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SEC “Kiks” Another Goal In Ongoing Fight Against Cryptocurrencies
In the latest blow to businesses seeking to offer digital tokens or cryptocurrencies to consumers, the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York ruled on Wednesday that Kik Interactive Inc.’s offering of its Kin digital token violated Section 5 of the federal Securities Act, granting summary judgment to the Securities and Exchange Commission in its lawsuit against Kik.
Kik operates an application called Kik Messenger, and its Kin cryptocurrency was marketed as being designed to be used across a variety of digital applications, including applications not operated by Kik. Among the examples provided for Kin was the ability to use it to purchase digital music, or to access premium features in a gaming application. During the initial private and public sales in 2017, Kik sold approximately $100 million worth of Kin, and in the time since the initial sale, dozens of applications have introduced the ability to spend or earn Kin in their application.
Last year, the SEC filed a lawsuit against Kik alleging violations of the Securities Act, claiming that Kik sold securities without a registration statement or an exemption from registration. The key issue in the Kik litigation—as is true of most cryptocurrency litigation—was whether Kik’s sale of Kin falls within the definition of an “investment contract” for purposes of the Securities Act, which would subject Kin to securities regulation requirements.
The SEC has not engaged in rulemaking to provide a clear set of standards outlining which digital tokens are subject to securities laws. As a result, the SEC has attempted to apply the three-quarter-century-old “Howey test,” which was developed with respect to more traditional investment vehicles, to digital tokens. Under Howey, a product is an “investment contract” subject to securities laws when there is (i) an investment of money (ii) in a common enterprise (iii) with a reasonable expectation profits to be derived solely from the efforts of others. (Kik conceded that Kin involved an investment of money, so the court focused on the other two factors.)
Judge Alvin Hellerstein found that Kik created a common enterprise because it used the funds from the sale of Kin to finance its operations and to build the digital ecosystem in which Kin operated. In other words, the court found that a common enterprise existed because the value of Kin was promoted to increase in lockstep with the value of the Kik enterprise, and that Kik emphasized this.
In finding that there was a reasonable expectation of profits based on the efforts of others, Judge Hellerstein looked to the fact that Kik’s CEO explained to early Kin purchasers that because there was only a limited supply of Kin, demand for Kin would increase its value, allowing early purchasers to profit. The court found that the increase in value occurred due to Kik’s managerial efforts. Judge Hellerstein rejected Kik’s argument that Kin was designed for consumptive use as opposed to being an investment, emphasizing that any consumptive uses only materialized after token distribution. The court additionally rejected Kik’s argument that market forces (such as the increase in the price of all cryptocurrencies, such as Bitcoin, during the timeframe following Kin’s distribution), and not Kik’s efforts, were what would drive Kin’s value.
This week’s decision is the latest in a blow against companies attempting to integrate digital tokens into their business operations. Earlier this year, the SEC obtained a preliminary injunction against Telegram Group related to its sale of over $1.7 billion worth of Gram tokens, in a case that Telegram and the SEC ultimately reached a settlement.
Without clear regulations governing the securities law approach to digital tokens and cryptocurrencies, businesses are correct to be concerned about the SEC’s aggressive approach toward digital token issuers. In this environment, almost any business issuing a digital token could draw the SEC’s ire. If adopted broadly, the decision in the Kik case effectively will bar startup companies from offering any token other than through a regulated securities offering. The Commission does seem most focused on businesses that do not yet have an established platform or ecosystem prior to issuing their tokens, along with business that promote the potential for their tokens to increase in value, and those that advertise the ability to buy and sell tokens via secondary markets. Although avoiding those features with new digital tokens may represent some rough guidelines for businesses to consider, the threat of costly litigation against token issuers will be ever-present until the SEC provides clear guidance.
One proposal—championed by SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce—is to allow token issuers that meet a defined set of conditions to qualify for a three-year “safe harbor” during which they can develop their token networks without the fear of securities enforcement. In a speech this past February, Commissioner Peirce recognized that “our securities laws stand in the way of innovation,” when it comes to cryptocurrencies. Unfortunately, at this time, it does not appear that the SEC’s other Commissioners have adopted Commissioner Peirce’s viewpoint.
The examples of Kik, Telegram, and countless others have confirmed Commissioner Peirce’s assertion that securities laws represent a threat to innovation in the cryptocurrency arena, and unless there is a change to the legal landscape, potential token developers might choose to avoid altogether sailing into the choppy regulatory waters that challenge new token issuers. The result will likely be lost opportunities for economic development in the U.S., with many developers choosing to avoid trying to utilize tokens altogether or, alternatively, offering their tokens outside of the U.S. in order to avoid the SEC’s scrutiny.
Although the SEC should certainly play a role when a token issuer engages in fraud, its current approach (which does not require allegations of fraud) already has harmed businesses and consumers alike—and is chilling token development in the United States. And for now, Kik stands as the latest warning that until more clarity is obtained—whether through clear regulation, a safe harbor, or some combination of the two—businesses considering digital tokens should exercise extreme caution.


Panhwar Group is pleased to announce the successful conclusion of the Panhwar Token pre-sale, which raised over $1.5 million in less than 45 days. The pre-sale garnered significant interest from both individual investors and institutions, including first-time crypto buyers, attracted by the unique proposition of Panhwar Token’s connection to the aviation and auto industries.
“We are thrilled by the overwhelming response to our pre-sale,” said Ayisha Fareed Panhwar, CEO of Panhwar Group. “The support from investors, both individual and institutional, validates our vision of revolutionizing the crypto space by integrating it with sustainable and environmentally friendly initiatives in the aviation and automotive sectors.”
Panhwar Token’s association with Panhwar Jet, one of the companies under the Panhwar Group umbrella, adds a unique dimension to its value proposition. Panhwar Jet is on track to achieve several important milestones in the coming months, including the development of groundbreaking all-electric cargo aircraft. These aircraft are not only environmentally friendly but are also expected to break several world records upon their launch.
Furthermore, Panhwar Auto, another subsidiary of Panhwar Group, is making significant strides in the electric vehicle space. The company has nearly completed the conversion of a BMW Z4 into an all-electric vehicle, with an expected range of over 1200 miles on a single charge. This achievement underscores Panhwar Auto’s commitment to innovation and sustainability in the automotive sector.
“We are excited about the future prospects of Panhwar Token as we prepare to list on major exchanges,” added Ayisha Fareed Panhwar. “The success of our pre-sale has set a strong foundation for the next phase of our journey, and we look forward to bringing sustainable and profitable investment opportunities to our token holders.”
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Matthew A. Brown: It was a truly brutal and a truly ecstatic experience. It was intense because it was shot almost entirely at night in the dead of a very harsh New York City winter. Sometimes even shooting from midnight until 2:00 pm the following day. On top of that just moving around New York City in general with location hopping and dealing with all those external elements, it was tough especially since due to my relationship with Ashley and being so inside this character together. There was just a feeling of ecstasy just blanketing everything for me even in the most difficult moments it was just a feeling of doing something very right.
Certain scenes in “Julia” were intense and violent especially for Ashley’s character. How did you get that much intensity and numb feelings out of Ashley and the other characters?
Matthew A. Brown: It is a really difficult thing as a filmmaker. Sharing from a very personal place within myself as well and my own connection to the film. There was a certain level of vulnerability and trust. On one hand it is so uncomfortable and you just ask yourself when it is working because there is this violent and ecstatic energy that is being created because the guys are enjoying themselves. They are having a good time, they are high and then you’ve got this woman who is laying basically naked on a pool table and you’re heart is going out to her. The same time as a filmmaker you are watching it and you are feeling alive because this is working and you know as well that the actors are also feeling that on some kind of level. They are aware that it is happening and its electric and so for Ashley I think as an actress she is lying there and in a way it is totally difficult but you know she’s experienced and really committed more so than many people I’ve come across so there is always that element of I’m in the zone and then when you are in the zone everything else fades away.
What challenges did you face filming/shooting “Julia?”
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What are you working on next?
Matthew A. Brown: Some pretty established writers have got in touch with me and wanted to write scripts for me and so I have a couple things that are being written for me. One of them is a World War II war/horror. One of the projects is a script of my own and if everything goes as planned I will be directing in Japanese. There’s a whole bunch of things in the works now and one of them is a really strong gangster film set in New York. Until it is real, it is not. I want to see what is going to happen with “Julia.” There has been some talk of a “Julia” sequel.

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GENEVA - To date, the Delta variant of the novel coronavirus has been identified in 111 countries, territories or areas, and is on the way to becoming the dominant strain of the virus worldwide, causing an increase in new infections and deaths, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday.
Afghanistan, Nigeria, and Ecuador are among the 15 countries that reported their first cases of the highly infectious variant in the past week, the WHO said in a press release.
It warned that the Delta strain is likely to spread to more countries and that it is likely to become the dominant form of Covid-19 "in the coming months."
According to WHO figures, Covid-19 cases have jumped in the past week worldwide.
In related news, A WHO-led team has found the novel coronavirus was circulating in China and elsewhere long before the outbreak at Wuhan's Huanan seafood market in December 2019 after studying the case of an Italian woman, the Daily Mail reported.
The 25-year-old woman visited a Milan hospital complaining about a sore throat and skin lesions in November 2019, a month before Covid-19 would be identified in the Chinese city of Wuhan.
She left behind a skin sample smaller than a dime. Two tests conducted more than six months later yielded traces of the novel coronavirus, according to research published in January by the British Journal of Dermatology.

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How to Create a Vintage Film Look in Photoshop Raw with Anna Harris: Tuesday Tips
We are stoked to share how to create a vintage film look in Photoshop Raw with you all today. We have the incredible Anna Harris here with us from Anna Caitlin Photography to give you some quick tips and tricks on how to create a vintage film look with tones that are to die for. Anna is infamous for these kinds of vintage edits and we dig them HARD.
In the following video, Anna edits in Photoshop Raw but she uses tools that are transferrable and also accessible in other versions of Photoshop and Lightroom. So if you dig Anna’s art, definitely take a moment to check out, “How to Create a Vintage Film Look in Photoshop Raw” with Anna Harris.
Anna Harris will also be teaching a Workshop called, “The Lovers Shoot” this March at Unraveled Academy. Seats are almost full, so if you want to snag yours, now is the time. This is a juicy 3-week online workshop that follows Anna through a couples shoot from beginning to end. She will talk about pre-shoot prep, getting out of awkward posing situations, creating authentically emotive images, editing, gallery delivery, and so so much more. You can take this workshop at your own pace and at the end of each week there is homework which Anna will give feedback and critique on.
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Taylor Swift is being completely honest and humble in her February interview with Vogue magazine and she’s opening up about love, music career and life.
Taylor is no longer the shy outcast she was in high school – actually, she’s far from it.
The songstress made her Vogue cover debut in the February issue looking fashionable, poised and grounded. Taylor Swift, who has won the over the hearts of tween, teens and even adults, opens up in the magazine issue and talks about every girl’s favorite topics – fashion, music and love. However it isn’t Taylor’s stories of awkwardness during her early teenage years that grab your attention, instead it is the country starlets realizations of her major music icon status.
In the interview, Taylor reminisces about being the uncool, curly-haired girl that worried about fitting in and who tried to look like other popular girls. Now the shoe is on the other foot.
“I remember straightening my hair because I wanted to be like everybody else, and now the fact that anybody would emulate what I do? It’s just funny. And wonderful,” said the innocently, sweet Taylor in the interview.
We also get to see another side of the country pop music star that most fashion lovers will appreciate, and that’s Taylor’s love for fashion. Among the description of her Rodarte inspired look and her attendance at the Alexandar Wang runway show, this young Hollywood musician keeps it humble. The 22-year-old who grew up in Pennslyvania said that playing in a stadium of 500,000 people doesn’t phase her, but she is freaked out by her huge popularity.
“I am so happy right now. So I am always living in fear. This can’t be real, right? This can’t really be my life.”
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Why is There a “Freshness Packet” in Mama Love Protein?
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Protein powders are notorious for clumping up and losing freshness after opening—that’s why so many of them contain fillers and preservatives. We wanted to keep our formula clean, so we decided to go a different route. Silica gel is non-toxic and relatively harmless, but it could present a choking hazard in the hands of children and you definitely don’t want to toss it in your blender by accident.
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- First day on the Camino we hiked 17k up and down the mountains between Irun and Pasajes de San Juan. Because of a pending storm and my concerns that my trained-at-sea-level legs wouldn’t cooperate, we decided on the lower elevation or the “non-Alpine route”. It was still a very tough walk with rocky paths and steep inclines. Regardless we were treated to some wonderful views and more than a few laughs along the way. Most importantly, we made it to Pasajes de San Juan just before the storm blew into this small harbor town with 40 knot winds. Phew!
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Gorgeous pics Mo, and I love reading your blog. What’s the temperature there? Is it Fall yet?
Nice hear today. In the 70’s with quite a breeze.

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In my most recent post, I wrote about my frustration with promotion and marketing and how it had taken a big bite out of the joy of writing. I gave myself permission to ignore that aspect of my life for the time being.
While that decision gave me a sense of relief, it did not, as I expected, allow me to plunge myself blissfully into those activities I had given up. Routines are difficult to break and I found myself staring at my keyboard, playing solitaire, and generally wasting time or frittering it away with activities that gave me none of the pleasure I had looked forward to.
Something prevented me from diving into enjoying those books I wanted so much to read. Was it guilt? Inertia? Had I forgotten how to enjoy reading just for pleasure? The reading I had done over the last several years had all been for more altruistic reasons. I owed someone a review. I helped a writer friend by beta-reading a new opus. I read to learn something writing-related. You get the picture. I did not read purely for pleasure.
That changed a week ago when hubby and I were unexpectedly called to babysitting duty. Number one grandson was enrolled in one half-day and one full day of preschool. So, with cooking and cleaning done and having limited access to a computer, I opened my Kindle and immersed myself in the reading I had been putting off for a long time. There were plenty of choices, books I had downloaded over time, intending to enjoy them.
So, with nothing better to do, I looked at my list of books, picked one, put up my feet, shut the rest of the world out, and, dare I say it – read – for pleasure. In the two days we stayed there I read three books. They were short, it’s true, but I finished all three. No guilt. One of them was so engrossing I kept it open and jumped up only when I had to turn on the oven or attend to some other minor interruption.
THREE BOOKS! In the past I might read three in a whole year. It was bliss. I finally reconnected with that feeling of escaping into another world, of not needing to attend to any “shoulds”, of the joy I’d known before my writing days when a good book had no strings attached. Oh, the freedom.
A side benefit has been that I am once more aware of what led me to be a writer. I realize I had/have stories to tell, stories that may bring the same pleasure to others as some of the ones I have read brought to me. It reinforces my earlier decision to let go of the need to push promotion. I never expected to get rich with my writing. Now I can focus again on writing just to give pleasure to others.
Yes, I understand that I need to find readers to accomplish that goal. It just isn’t the bottom line any more. Writing is.
Now, I have three reviews to write, because, in spite of it all, I still want to do for those authors, whose books I have enjoyed, what I hope my readers will do for me. Hey, it’s not ALL fun and games.
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Oh I could so realate to all that 🙂
You’re not alone, Lucinda. It’s something a lot of us struggle with.
I’ve been struggling with reading for pleasure as well, just recently almost all of my reading as been for reviews for my blog, to help me learn something to improve my writing or my marketing/promotion efforts, or for some other reason. Rarely have I been able to sit down and read more than a chapter a day, though I’d like to.
I hear you, Alex. Yet, it’s something I think we need to get back to to “fill us up” again, as it were.
True, I’m looking forward to clearing up a backlog of work so I have more time for pleasure, then I’m hoping to do some major reading.
That’s interesting, Yvonne. I went through a similar period some years ago, found myself editing everything I read and not enjoying any of it. I was beginning to wonder if I had gotten so jaded that no story could spark any emotion from me, but then got a hold of a wonderful book that transported me, just like they used to. Yea, it wasn’t me! Now I know that, even if the majority of books I read don’t exactly inspire me, some will, so I stay open to that. Good for you for using your down time to reconnect.
Yes, that impulse to edit and critique is there for us writers. But it feels good to know there are still good stories out there that we can be drawn into, isn’t it?
Every once in a while, I give myself permission to forget all my “have to do’s” and read for pleasure. It is a wonderful escape.
Good for you. We need to do more of that – for sanity’s sake. 🙂
It’s so true Yvonne.
Before I began writing, I’d read well over a hundred books per year. Now I’m so involved in my writing and in promoting my books, that I hardly ever find the time to sit down and read……and I’ve always enjoyed reading.
I’ve come to admire someone who can juggle both.
As have I. It’s tough to do. Thanks for coming by.
I used to be able to read a book in a day if I was really into it, been on the same book for a month now and only 25% done, and it’s a book I’ve read and enjoyed before.
Oh, that’s sad. I hope you find a way yo enjoy it again like you used to.
Thanks, me too. I used to love my reputation as a bookworm who was always reading something.
Due to eye issues and migraines, I don’t read half as much as I used to. I averaged about 30 books a year; now, I’m lucky to read 12. I don’t review books the way I did before, either, for fear of being banned on Amazon because I might know the author. Nothing feels the same to me as it once did, especially the marketing process. Far fewer options…
These changes have robbed me of my joy for writing and reading. I don’t care as much anymore. It’s tiring fighting the current while constantly swimming upstream. I think many of us had higher hopes when we started on our indie-author journeys, but now, those hopes have dwindled.
I’d like to rekindle the excitement I first had, the ambition that drove me–but I find I can’t muster the energy…at least for the time being.
No wonder you’d rather play Solitaire, Yvonne!
I’m so sorry you’ve lost the passion. I sincerely hope you find it back – or are OK with giving it up. That limbo in between can be stifling.
I completely understand where you’re coming from – having been there myself, and I found it such a struggle to make time for reading – and remind myself I wasn’t wasting time. and I feel for others who talk about their sense of loss in the joy of reading, and in being an indie writer. It is a tough life we’ve chosen, and not always easy to make the best use of our energy and time.
So true. I didn’t even mention the thought that when I’m reading I’m not wasting time. Thanks for adding that.
As the author of several not-so-well selling self-published books I can certainly relate to your frustrations with promoting and marketing.
Steven King’s advice to aspiring writers is “Read, read, read,” and that’s what I do with much of my spare time. The Kindle has revolutionized my reading agenda. Where I used to read perhaps five to ten books a year, I now read forty to fifty. Since the Kindle has a text to speech function, I listen to novels while I exercise on my tread climber or if I go to the gym. This has motivated a three fold increase in my exercise time. I also listen to books on long drives and on long walks in my neighborhood.
Wow. It looks like you have managed to embrace the challenges of technology and use them to your advantage. Cool.
Lovely post, Yvonne. I often wish I could get in a time machine and go back to the days before I’d written a word of fiction, when I enjoyed and was transported away from my life by others’ brilliant storytelling. But I think it’s so difficult to let go when one has studied the mechanics of the craft; the temptation to understand how the storyteller is guiding us is simply too great!
So true, Chris. I find I no longer finish books I previously might have because the poor writing has become intolerable. On the other hand, i have discovered some wonderful Indie authors who do a great job, too. Even, then, though, I find myself thinking I would have written a particular scene differently. The question I ask myself, in those instances, is whether my reactions are valid.
I’m in the throes of promotion right now and it’s ruling my life. I have met some very interesting new people on Twitter as a result of my marketing attemtps, but I already miss not being able to shut the world out and diving into a story. So glad you’re creativity has been refreshed, coz that’s what it’s all about. -hugs-
Gah …you’re = your. 🙁
Thank you and I hope your efforts yield good results. Then, that you can get make to the fun stuff. 🙂
Reading is how I learned to write, and enjoying a good book is a great way to recharge my batteries (and get good ideas) to send be back to writing my own stuff again.
So, in spite of all the deserving books I am offered to review, I leave some time in the schedule for a book I choose myself, and review that. After I have thoroughly devoured it 🙂
Finding that balance isn’t easy. Congrats on finding yours.
Here at year’s end I’m reading for pleasure, devouring books at a pace I hope to keep well into next year. Imagine finding a series you love with the first five books already out, and only one more to go that the author will publish next year! That happened to me this year (which is a huge deal if, like me, you prefer to live in the slow lane.) I hope you continue to derive much pleasure in the coming year, both reading and writing.
That’s great, Candace. I know the thrill of finding a great series, too. Before I began writing they used to be my preference.
This resonated so much with me. I used to read over 100 books a year, and reviewed every one. Since writing has become a big part of my life, it’s under half that. But travelling is when I catch up. A three week trip to Australia allowed me to read 12 books (long-haul flights and Kindles are a perfect combination), and a recent long weekend by train gave me the chance to read 3 books completely and finish another that had been set aside for lack of time.
So my plan for 2017 is – lots more holidays. 🙂
A trip to Australia AND lots of time to read. That must have been heaven. 🙂
Doesn’t it drive you crazy when you can’t go back and edit your comment in these posts? LOL
Thank you for the pleasent article on reading and reconnecting with the reader. I try to read at least one classic and one modern book a year. Recently, I have started one of your books.
Thank you, Joe. I do hope you like it. When it’s “one a year” that’s even more important.
Wow, I can relate to everything you said and am also guilty of solitaire time-wasting! I read a ton of news items and articles but feel pangs of pain when I look at the stacks of unread books in my shelf. My kindle collection is enormous, and though I do read some of them some of the time, I absolutely miss the feeling of being lost for hours in a good story. I will make a determined effort to get back into the reading habit, and hope the awful addiction to news, that got out of control during the draining election period, can be reduced to its original dimension.
Grin. I think we must be twins, Esther. I hope this will give you the push you need to get back to your reading list.
I’m doing better lately. I’m striking back against all the newsy stuff that’s so depressing and even debilitating. My mom used to read four books a week and we all had the habit—I can’t understand how it could have deteriorated since I became an author… makes one wonder!
Makes me wonder, too. I’m glad you’re making it back.
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Two months after buying Nick's Discount Market in Hampton, Farm Fresh has given the Nick's name to a second small grocery store on the Peninsula.
More Nick's stores may follow if Farm Fresh decides to develop a mom-and-pop line to complement its larger stores.
The 8,000-square-foot Farm Fresh grocery store on Wickham Avenue in the southeast section of Newport News will be renamed Nick's when it reopens Friday. It was closed Saturday for remodeling.
"The Newport News store doesn't fit into the Farm Fresh prototype that we are now trying to market," said Michael E. Julian, president and chief executive officer of Farm Fresh, the supermarket giant of Hampton Roads, "But we still think that the store can continue to thrive as a small market-type grocery store.
If the Newport News store is successful, Farm Fresh may convert several of its smaller markets to Nick's.
"We've got several stores in the 8,000- to 20,000-square-foot range that fit into that market niche. But it's too premature right now to say whether we'll convert any more of those stores to Nick's. We want to see how successful this one is first."
When people think of Farm Fresh, Julian wants them to visualize the 40,000-square-foot combination grocery/department stores. The larger stores offer a bakery, delicatessen, pharmacy and video department in addition to groceries. Nick's is billed as a small, neighborhood mom-and-pop market specializing in meats.
Farm Fresh bought the rights to the name Nick's Discount Market last November when it purchased the independent grocery store on Armistead Ave. from Nicholas Tibbitt.
Julian said in November that the purchase of Nick's did not mean a change in company strategy, it now appears Farm Fresh may be developing a comprehensive plan for its smaller stores.
"Strategy has been discussed during the last few months," Julian said. "I think you may soon see some major changes in the company."
When the Wickham store reopens, the most significant change will be a much larger meat counter, Julian said. The rest of the store will remain "pretty much as is."

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Historical Events In 1544
Friday, 26 February 2021
Jan 19 On this day in history francis II de Valois-Angouleme, king of France (1559-60)
Jan 30 In the year 1544 adrian van Goes becomes land advocate of Holland
Mar 11 Torquato Tasso, Italy, Renaissance poet (Aminta, Apologia) in the year 1544.
Apr 14 Battle at Carignano: French troops under Earl d'Enghien beat Swiss on this day in history.
Apr 30 Thomas Audley, 1st Baron Audley of Walden, Lord Chancellor of England on this day in history.
May 01 In the year 1544 turkish troops occupy Hungary
May 17 Scot earl Matthew van Lennox signs secret treaty with Henry VIII in the year 1544.
May 17 Scottish Earl Matthew van Lennox signs secret treaty with Henry VIII on this day in history.
May 23 German emperor Charles V recognizes king Christian III of Denmark in the year 1544.
May 24 William Gilbert, Essex England, physicist (researcher into magnetism) in the year 1544.
May 29 On this day in history jacobus Latomus [Jasques Masson], Belgian inquisitor, dies at about 68
Jul 14 In the year 1544 english troops attack The Canal
Jul 18 In the year 1544 rené van Chalon, viceroy of Holland, dies in battle at 25
Jul 19 Italian War of 1542: The Siege of Boulogne began on this day in history.
Jul 21 In the year 1544 rené of Chalon [Renatus of Nassau], prince of Orange, slain in battle
Aug 17 Imperial/English armies occupy Saint-Dizier France in the year 1544.
Aug 28 In the year 1544 alardus Aemstelredamus, priest/humanist, dies at about 53
Sep 18 In the year 1544 charles V of Germany & Francis I of France sign Peace of Crepy
Sep 30 King Henry VIII draws his armies out of France in the year 1544.
Nov 10 In the year 1544 antwerps painter John Matsys banished
Nov 19 Pope Paul III opens council of Trente on this day in history.
Nov 27 Ascanio Trombeti, composer in the year 1544.
Dec 23 Anna, duchess of Saxson/wife of prince Willem of Orange (1561-71) in the year 1544.

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Just when I think keeping my inventory below 42K is a goal I can stick with, I return to the freebie blogs and see things that look interesting. I was perusing this post on what's New in 2013 hunt and thinking, yeah, yeah, blah-blah, yadda-ya ...And then: Ooo! A new little housie! Now, it looked an awful lot like one I already had, but when has that stopped me before? It's free, innit? I must have it, even if it is similar. This one looked like it had little window boxes. Maybe Lludmila will want little window boxes the next time I deploy a little house by the water. So I trip along to HC Creations.
I'm first to admit I'm a bit of a thickie. Even with the hint provided from the hunt blog I'll have trouble locating the hunt prize, and even if I do find it right away, I'll look around to see if there is anything else interesting. In the process of doing this at HC Creations, I ran across this punching bag and amused myself by punching and kicking it a few times. Oh, very funny. Wouldn't that be handy if Lludmila's typist has had a bad day in RL(tm)? Work off some frustration on a punching bag? Ha ha, I thought.
|Punching Bag 89L|
I finally located the prize (confusing myself between US and UK definitions of "first floor" when I should actually be thinking German, apparently) so I was wandering among the beds and thought I'd look at one that seemed cute from a distance with colors I'm sort of partial to (aqua and brown combos) and had Lludmila sit on it. It was set to jumping on the bed, which amused me. So, because I have been looking for a new bed for a current skybox (and, of course, the dozens of other beds in my inventory weren't good enough), I thought I'd look at the price.
|Letter bed with more textures than you could believe - 79L.|
And that's when my whole world moved under me. If it were possible, Lludmila would have fallen off the bed. This bed, with singles and couples (and so some naughty) animations and texture changes was 79L. Lludmila staggered up and down the shop wondering how they could charge that for a bed she thought might go for 250L (which would cause some real agonizing to pay, but could be worth it ... but please keep in mind that I have paid 3,000L for a horse - but that's a horse, for crying out loud, that Lludmila could ride and did all sorts of things and so far has not ended up in the water like all other vehicles she drives).
|Lludmila and her horse Major chatting w/ her alopeciac landlord.|
So, I'm afraid we went a teeny bit crazy there. Then it was bedtime in RL(tm) and I had to quit, but thought I'd go back if what I unpacked today was worth it.
OMG. And here it is:
|" ... Kumbayaaaaa." Wicker set of chair, plant, tea set generating table,|
rug, and guitar pillow ... 20L. Yes, you read that right.
|Rezzing greenhouse that includes color change |
accessories and plot of grass.
|Massage table, plant, accessories, & sequential anims: 129L.|
|Pillow pile that goes with the letter bed w/ one anim per pillow: 9L.|
I did go back. I had to have that punching bag and wanted to confirm some prices before blogging. It was hard to not buy a whole bunch of other stuff, so Lludmila just tried them out.
|Hahaha - our view upon arrival.|
|Deck chair with many, many anims - 15L|
|Innertube with anims and rotation: 39L.|
|Some of the reading material supplied.|
I recommend this shop. The items and textures are good, the animations are good animations, and the prices are more than just affordable. Partially this is because some of the items are not copy. So, if you want your bed in 7 houses, you'll have to buy 7 of them. Lludmila and I don't furnish places to be identical, so that's not a problem. I don't mind no-copy, as long as I remember to take and not delete them. Not all items are no-copy, but just be aware.
Oh, and then while I was wandering around one last time, I found this for just 1L. Don't anyone tell these folks they don't know how to charge for their furniture. I beg you.
|Sensual pose lounger - 1L ... ONE?! Holy shhhugar!|
Addendum: Someone asked about primmage. Items with more than one object will vary depending on how much of it you deploy, but here's the general breakdown:
Wicker set with guitar: 24 prims
Punching Bag: 11 prims
Massage set: 26 prims
Lludmila's bed (because they vary): 8 prims and 43 textures
Greenhouse set: about 33, the greenhouse itself is 2 prims and the primmiest item is the meadow with 8 prims
The hunt item cottage (not pictured) is 25 prims without accessories. 27 primsworth of accessories rez, but can be removed piecemeal.
Oh, and the massage table set was 129L. What was I thinking?! I must have just had a shopping fugue overtake me!

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"A Birthmother puts the needs of her child above the wants of her heart"
Every time I pull up your blog and the beautiful song, "Adopted", plays the Spirit rushes over me like a warm wind. You are incredible. Thank you for sharing your heart, it has been a strength to more than just me I'm sure
I recently just placed my son for adoption. Thank you for having the courage to write your story. It helped so much .


Introduction: Automate Your ALS Icy Water Challenge!
The ubiquitous Icy Water Challenge has spread across the nation like free money. With the intention of raising awareness towards the ALS disease and promote research donations, many individuals have poured ice cold water on top of themselves, but not until naming three more individuals who must join the cause. At such an exponential rate, it will not be long until the entire planet has participated on this fun event. And with so much people giving it a try, there is no doubt more innovative ways of taking the plunge will show their way into our social media accounts!
As I was nominated to take the challenge I couldn't help but to think on how to make it different and have some fun while at it. After all, dumping 32 degree water while it is 100 out there is just not fun enough ;-)
Since I am addicted to CNC, I thought of making the first CNC controlled ALS Icy Water Challenge. Now, some controversy may arise from my CNC definition. After all, this is not a CNC machine like a mill, lathe, plasma cutter, laser, punch or 3D printer. But then again, I didn't need to make a part. What I needed was to dump water on top of me and since a computer was employed to send numbers to a controller, I think the CNC terminology applies!
It took me the most of two days to build this rig, which was used only once. But darn it, did I have fun while at it! So now is your chance to reproduce this project, if you feel like enjoying from a refreshing watering during the hot summer. Do note the ALS challenge may be over soon, but I am certain new excuses to dump water on people will be quick to follow.
But most importantly, remember to donate!!! Dumping cold water on your warm torso may be a fun way to spend a hot summer afternoon, but it really accomplishes very little!
Step 1: Building the Frame
There are really not too many instructions for this step, because this is as simple as it can get.
I like to pile up in extruded aluminum. For this, I go to auctions as frequent as possible, and when I see some old industrial fixture, I bid heavily on it (by heavily I mean enough to ensure I get it but not more than what the extrusions would be new!).
The beauty of acquiring old assemblies is that you get the extrusions, the brackets and the screws in a single shot! Literally, every single piece I used on this skeleton came from a fixture that I acquired on one bid years ago.
Extruded aluminum is also referred to as Adult's Erector Set. Simply bolt it together, and there you go!
I imagine you can obtain the same results with different medium such as wood, PVC, steel pipes, or tubular steel, but nothing will be as quick as extruded aluminum. It took me less than an hour to put this together.
Anyway, this assembly is basically made of two parts. The first part is the frame holding everything together, and the second part is the bucket swivel arm.
The swivel arm is nothing other than an extruded aluminum frame which is sized as to grab the bucket by its upper lid diameter. The bucket is one of those Home Depot paint buckets you can purchase as a storage bin. I have a bunch of them, so just emptied one and repurposed it through the challenge.
Step 2: Cutting the Bearing Supports
One of my favorite aspects of CNC is that you get to use CNC machines to build CNC machines. It is just mind boggling! Anyway, I knew I needed to fixate my ball bearings to the structure masts and for this I quickly jotted a design which I cut on the CNC plasma cutter.
On the first picture you will see 4 pieces, but only 2 were finally used. Those would be the ones at the left side. The two at the right side were a gross mistake on my behalf. Somehow, I thought of using 4 ball bearings, but this pretty much means the swivel arm could not be driven. I have lost track of how many times I have made this mechanical mistake, but I promise to try and learn this time. That's what I said last time, though...
The sheet metal I used came from another industrial assembly I dismantled, so it was painted. To weld this, it is crucial to remove all the paint. The quickest mean is to use a belt sander, but this is quite dangerous. Since I do not have infinitely long fingers (and neither do you!), I used two magnetic bowls to grab the part while being sanded. This added some protection to my fingers from being sanded off and making them really shiny, but also kept the obnoxious heat away from me.
NOTE: Best thing when using any power tool is assume this thing will hurt you soon. It will make you more conscious while you use the equipment. Whenever I go "Hey I got this!", that's when I get hurt.
The CNC plasma cut part also included some lines I could then use to position the ball bearing assembly. It was MIG welded together.
Step 3: Bearing Coupler (may Be Optional)
The bearing assembly I used came from some surplus acquisition eons ago. I have like 30 of these and they have been taking space for well over a decade. A few weeks ago I thought of trashing them, but I am glad I didn't as they worked quite nicely for this project.
The only problem with these bearings was that their Inner Diameter (ID) was metric; something like 30 mm. The pipe I ended up using as the swivel arm rod was 3/4" Outer Diameter (OD). Hence, I needed a coupler to interface both together. Not a big deal if you have a lathe and some aluminum stock. The pictures above show the interface.
Clearly, without a lathe, I would have been in quite the pickle. If you do not own a lathe, most Maker Spaces have one. A good reason to be a member of your local Maker Space. Otherwise, best thing would be to use a bearing with the ID being the same as the rod you will use.
Anyway, at the end the implementation worked as expected and you can see on the pictures the rod mounted into the bearing holders.
Step 4: Swivel Arm Rod Holders
My first mistake when designing this contraption was to put ball bearings at the bucket swivel frame. As I explained before, this is an horrendous mistake because then the bucket frame will swivel on the swivel! What? Yes, the rod will move as commanded by the motor, but because the bucket frame is mounted on ball bearings, the rod will rotate without engaging the frame.
It is crucial for the rod to be mounted at the bucket frame in a fixated manner. For this I needed to redesign this portion and create a different bracket than the one you saw on the plasma cutting picture. In this case I used the Tormach PCNC mill to create a small bracket out of 1/4" aluminum.
Notice there is a small protrusion on the center hole. This is so that the rod can grab the bracket and not slip. For this, however, I need to add a groove into the rod. This was done in the mill as well.
At the end, the mating was so good I needed to press this in using a HF 12 ton press.
The last picture shows the bracket mounted on the bucket swivel arm. Maximum torque!
Step 5: The Stepper Bracket
The ultimate goal for this application was to have the water bucket being dumped while under computer control. Any motor could have been employed, but I have a fascination for steppers, so this is what I went with.
I have no idea how many steppers I have (at some point in time, before downsizing, I had more than 500!), but the size I have the most is NEMA23. I quickly designed a NEMA23 bracket I could mount into the large bearing bracket and milled this at the Tormach PCNC.
One of the important aspects of this stepper bracket is the ability to swing the stepper in and out so that I can provide belt tensioning. Otherwise I would have had to measure this super precisely and design accordingly. Be assured that if I had gone this path, I would have obtained every possible distance except the one that I needed the most. Hence, I have stopped from deluding myself with the notion that I can design this accurately. Grooves it is!
The timing belts and pulleys, I already had in stock. I have been using them on a gazillion different projects, and always reuse. They are not cheap, so whenever I can get my hand on them from surplus equipment, I am quick to draw my wallet. But, if you must buy them, I would go to SDP-SI. Another plausible supplier would be McMaster, but their stock is not as varied. With either, expect to "brace for impact", because it is going to hurt...
If I ever need more, I may consider milling them out using a 4th axis. That will require some learning curve I have not gone through, though.
Another option would be to make a silicon rubber mold and cast them out. That could work out nicely, but be warned the silicon rubber is not cheap either, so unless you are making a bunch of them, it may not justify the cost.
Step 6: The Controls and Here Comes the Water!!!
For this project I could have employed my "CNC Mother Board" with its respective stepper drivers (something I designed about two years ago and promoted as a failed Kickstarter), but I wanted to make it an HYDRA-X project. I used one of my HYDRA-X10 boards because there was no need to drive big FETs. HYDRA-X10 as a bunch of GPIO's and PWM outputs and those are the resources I needed the most.
In essence I used two GPIO signals to drive the nENABLE and DIR pins and a timer resource to drive the STEP input from one of my Avayan Electronics stepper drivers (also of my own design). The DRV8818 based driver would then commutate the bipolar stepper and get the water deposited into the rightful owner. I had computed that 350 microsteps would get the job done.
To engage the profile, I coded a Visual Studio C# application which was waiting for me to press the letter "a" on my keyboard. The GUI would then send the "Move Steps" command to the HYDRA-X10 board through the COM Port. Once I pressed that letter "a", refreshment was a mere seconds away.
I imagine you have already watched a trillion ALS watering videos, but if at the end you still want to see mine, here it is.
8 years ago
It is true not everyone believes in Our God, but would we not agree it is unnatural to kill our own young?
8 years ago
Thank you for reading my comment.
It is poverty that children must die so that we might live away from dis-ease. I am not a medical expert, but it is my knowledge that more success has followed from ADULT stem cell research. How can we aid the future of the human race by killing our own children, who will be the future of the human race?
You are in my prayers.
8 years ago
ALSA funds embryonic stem cell research. It is, therefore morally objectionable to donate money to ALSA.
May God Bless you
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Thanks for taking a look at my Instructable!
I wasn't aware that ALSA funds embryonic stem cell research, but I am in favor of such technology, so it is good to know I'll be aiding the future of the human race a little bit.
ALS is a brain degenerative disease, and although I am no expert on the field, it is my impression that only stem cell research could provide positive results to fight this malady. And even if we do not fully cure ALS, research on this front will most likely help other areas of human knowledge.
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Maybe to you... but not everyone believes in your god.
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Nice, but this link is a bit better:
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text: This Brief explores the use of proteomics as a tool for biomarker discovery in human reproduction and summarizes current findings and trends of proteomic studies in both male and female infertility. This simplifies this important but complex topic and equips the novice reader with sufficientbackground information on the use of proteomics in human reproduction. The up-to-date scenario on proteomic investigations will also appeal to researchers and post graduate students looking to keep abreast with the latest developments in reproductive research. This review summarizescurrent findings of contemporary proteomic studies on infertility in both males and females with various reproductive pathologies, and its use in predicting the outcome of assisted reproduction. In human reproduction, the search for biomarkers via proteomics is a fast-evolving approach thatinvolves the analysis of proteins in the reproductive tissues and fluids, such as the male gametes, seminal plasma, ovarian and endometrial tissue, and follicular and uterine fluid. By comparing the protein profile of a healthy, fertile individual against that of an infertile individual, thedifferentially expressed proteins may give an indication to certain proteins that could serve as useful biomarkers that are related to infertility. As proteomic studies continue to unravel the dynamic proteome behind various infertility conditions, there is potential for the discovery of prognosticmarkers that could ultimately help in both natural and assisted human reproduction.


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Tightening presents major risks for global and US growth
Fed rate hikes are likely to slow US growth by 2023. In an environment with narrowing growth opportunities, firms should consider streamlining product offerings toward demand-inelastic essentials, as well as seeking out clients downstream from these segments and clients in less cyclical sectors, such as utilities and healthcare.
As bond market stress rises, firms should carefully review the liability side of their balance sheets. Bond market volatility can cause sudden funding cost increases and refinancing problems. Careful hedging and capital structure management can mitigate this.
Fed tightening will contribute to further depreciation across most developed- and emerging-market currencies in the next quarter. Tightening monetary conditions also raise the specter of widespread sovereign debt crises. Firms should continue to monitor to macroeconomic and balance-of-payments outlooks for signs of instability in their key markets.
The persistence of the recent bout of high inflation caught central banks around the world off guard. The US Federal Reserve was especially behind the curve and in recent months made a dramatic shift to rate increases in an attempt to get a lid on inflation.
While the Fed has somewhat softened its stance in recent weeks, it is still on course to aggressively tighten. The federal funds rate will likely reach 3.25% by March 2023. This tightening will slow US growth, but also global growth, as companies and governments around the world depend on cheap dollars to fund investment, trade, and everyday spending. The Fed is in a bind. Hike too fast and growth is suffocated. Hike too slow and inflation gets out of control.
Tumbling stock prices and growing recession fears were enough to prompt Fed officials to walk back talks of harsh 0.75% hikes in May. After the 0.5% rise this month, we expect further 0.5% hikes in June and July, before the Fed likely switches to more moderate 0.25% rate rises for the rest of 2022.
Nonetheless, tight labor markets and strong spending in April might persuade the Fed it can safely escalate again, continuing 0.5% hikes beyond summer. This becomes likely if headline CPI inflation comes in above 8% again in June, caused by, for example, rising service inflation, Ukraine war dislocations, or Shanghai lockdowns.
However, this is not our base case. Measures of broad inflation have been falling since January. A rapid shift back to pre-pandemic demand patterns has seen two months of falling prices for durable goods. While China’s lockdowns will exacerbate inflation in goods, they will also ease energy and materials inflation by reducing demand. This makes further Fed escalation unlikely.
Even without further escalation, the strength of the Fed’s existing tightening plan is already being felt. Mortgage applications have plummeted. The rate-sensitive tech sector is announcing layoffs and hiring slowdowns. The cumulative effects of tighter credit will build through the year, and by mid-2023 a US slowdown is highly likely. The picture is worse globally, where growth is less buffered by strong consumption, but investment is nonetheless dependent on US rates. In recent weeks, gross emerging-market capital outflows were the highest since the panic of 2020, an early sign of trouble.
Despite these downsides, the US’s growth outlook looks strong enough to absorb rate increases in the short term. Construction backlogs and demographics will likely prevent home prices from falling. Strong demand will likely prevent net job losses in 2022, keeping the wheels on spending this year. One way or another, rate hikes will eventually slow growth. Yet, for the rest of 2022, US growth looks fairly resilient.
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New York City’s Broadway is among the hardest hit by the pandemic. Theaters have been closed for months and theatre workers have been out of work for almost a year. Meanwhile, 15m people saw a Broadway show in the 2018-19 season, so that’s a lot of ticket sales that were lost in 2020, and as we enter 2021.
This star-studded documentary pays tribute to one of the most vibrant legacies of New York City; Broadway, its history, magic and all its stars. Including interviews with Alec Baldwin, Hugh Jackman, Helen Mirren and Christine Baranski, the film sheds a light on the hisotry of how Broadway came to be, the real estate m oguls who made it happen, the talents who elevated the district and its challenges, over the decades (notably, the gentrification of Times Square).
“This is what Broadway is about,” Albert Poland, a general manager and producer of many Broadway shows, says in the film. “Great theater is a mirror to the human condition. To us, as people. despite our differences. that we're really all the same and that's what theater shows us.”
Jacoby talks about Midtown, bankruptcy and some of the greatest luminaries interviewed in the film.
What side of Broadway did you want to show, and what part is most overlooked?
Oren Jacoby: I wanted to tell the relatively unknown story of how close New York once came to losing its legendary theater district. In the early 1970s, Broadway had grown so unpopular, and Times Square was considered so dangerous, that the commercial theater business almost disappeared in New York City. In fact, the richest of the Broadway theater owners were effectively bankrupt. Things got so bad, they couldn’t make payroll, and the city proposed tearing down all their theaters and replacing them with parking lots. I decided to tell the story of Broadway reinventing itself. Broadway learned to reach out to a more diverse group of artists and to turn, more and more, to the non-profit theaters that had grown up in New York and around the country, as a source for new material and talent.
A new generation with different kinds of artists started revitalizing Broadway, so it could stay abreast of the times and keep up with its audience. It was about developing entertainment that reflects what America really looks like in terms of race, ethnicity, sexual orientation and most recently, gender identity. But the lifeblood of Broadway’s resurgence has been the timely appearance, every ten years or so, of a visionary artist who shakes up the very idea of what the theater experience can be, from Michael Bennett to August Wilson, and Trevor Nunn and Julie Taymor to Lin Manuel Miranda.
What is the future of Broadway considering the pandemic?
No one knows the answer with any certainty. But we should take encouragement from Dr. Anthony Fauci’s announcement last week that if vaccinations can proceed smoothly through July, he hopes we can start going back to theaters in the fall. Theater lovers can also take encouragement from what happened when the Plague forced London theaters to close for two extended periods between 1603 and 1606: Shakespeare, though unable to produce a single play during this gap, used the time productively, writing many of his greatest tragedies: Othello, King Lear, Macbeth, Anthony and Cleopatra, and the comedy All’s Well That Ends Well. Maybe some great new American plays are in the works right now.
Who, in your eyes, really changed Broadway for the better?
Along with Bennett, Wilson, Nunn, Taymor and Miranda, the creators of groundbreaking shows like Evita, The Lion King and Rent helped save Broadway by introducing rock ‘n roll and pop to invigorate musicals, and draw younger, and more international, audiences. For me, the most positive developments on Broadway are owed to playwrights, and to the courageous and dedicated producers like Joseph Papp or Manhattan Theater Club’s longtime artistic director, Lynne Meadow, who devoted long careers to finding new voices to shake up American theater. But at the center, the artists we always look to, to excite and recharge Broadway, are the extraordinary actors who are willing to forego the much larger salaries offered by movies and TV and return to the stage, year after year.
What does Broadway mean to you?
Broadway cannot survive and there can be no living theater without great playwrights. In our time, these have often been writers who try to strip away complacency and confront us with some reality we have never truly faced. Among the best are August Wilson, Athol Fugard, Sam Shepard, Edward Albee, and more recently, Tony Kushner, Jez Butterworth and Suzan-Lori Parks.
With offices remaining empty, will Midtown ever be what it was?
Like the heyday of Studio 54, I wouldn’t say Midtown was considered that cool even in the days of Studio 54. In those years, the epicenter of real NY coolness was always downtown, below 14th Street. But in the years since, as Broadway pulled itself back from the brink, culminating in the 2019 season when we filmed the documentary, Times Square became a vital economic and cultural hub for America’s greatest city. It created thousands of jobs and drew millions of people, proving that the arts are essential to a thriving city and a vital society. They reflect who we really are. Nothing is cooler than that.
Watch the film, On Broadway, here, beginning January 22, 2021.


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LAKEPORT -- Lakeport's Soper Reese Community Theatre provided a jam-packed venue for this year's Christmas concert of the Lake County Symphony presented by Clear Lake Performing Arts (CLPA). The event took place on Sunday and also featured vocal performances by a number of Lake County artists.
The concert opened with a tongue-in-cheek rendition of the late Burl Ives' hit, "Have a Holly, Jolly Christmas," sung by the Men of Soper Reese: Mike Adams, Wally Fuller, Nick Jeremiah French and Doug Rhoades, backed by Nick Biondo on mini-cymbals and Tom Aiken at the piano.
They were also supported by 5-year-old Taylor Parkinson, granddaughter of symphony conductor John Parkinson. At the song's conclusion she graciously presented each of the singers with a flower bouquet.
The 15 members of the CLPA Youth Orchestra then took the stage, under the direction of Susan Condit. They delivered an impressive presentation of "Believe," the theme from the movie "Polar Express," and a special salute to the holiday season called "December Fanfare," written by contemporary composer Andrew Dabczynski. The piece fused elements of classical music with old-time fiddle playing. The youngsters delivered a highly professional job on both pieces.
The more serious side of the concert then took place, with a symphony string section that included a harpsichord played by Aiken launching into Arcangelo Corelli's classic Christmas Concerto, Op 6, No. 8. I. Corelli wrote the piece shortly after the invention of the violin, and since he was an acknowledged master of this instrument, his composition was arranged almost exclusively for strings: in this case 36 players. A hallmark of Corelli's work is "The Concertino," a trio of musicians whose soaring notes both contrast with and blend into, the full orchestra. These parts were played ably by violinists Andi Skelton and Eleanor Cook and cellist John Weeks.
At the conclusion of the Corelli work, the balance of the musicians filed in to bring the orchestra up to its full strength of some 65 members, including brass, woodwind and percussion players.
Parkinson then led the group through a series of Christmas favorites including "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year," "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas," "Winter Wonderland" and others, ending with the familiar strains of Victor Herbert's "March of the Toys." The performances featured outstanding solo support from Catherine Hall on piccolo and drummer Scott Wise.
During intermission Rhoades assisted Kim DeAlba, representing the CLPA Auxiliary, the fundraising arm of the organization, in auctioning off a hand-decorated violin that was painted by local artist Jay Jackson. Richard Birk submitted the winning bid.
The concert's second half was opened by featured vocalist Shelly Trumbo-Mascari, who delivered jazz versions of Vince Guaraldi's "Christmas Time is Here," "Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow" and "Santa Claus is coming to Town." She garnered extended applause.
Showing that music is often a family affair, Trumbo-Mascari's father Walt Trumbo then sang Irving Berlin's "White Christmas," backed by the soaring trumpet of Gary Miller. Trumbo also received enthusiastic audience support when he shifted from baritone to an upper register for a big finish to the traditional Bing Crosby favorite.
Tenor Carl Stewart next delivered a flawless presentation of "O Holy Night." He was followed by Sarah Cunningham singing Mel Torme's "The Christmas Song" and a scat version of "Jingle Bells," where she was expertly backed by her husband Cory Cunningham on trombone, Aiken on piano and David Ferrario on electric bass.
The popular vocal group EarReverence, made up of Bill Bordissso, Valerie Reid, Nick Reid and Bonnie Trumbo (standing in for Carol Cole-Lewis). They were joined by Stewart and led the audience through a medley of sing-along favorites, ending with Leroy Anderson's "Sleigh Ride." During the performance, most of the orchestra members donned traditional Santa hats, except for Parkinson, who sported a fur-trimmed black version labeled "Bah, Humbug."
As has been a tradition almost from the symphony's founding in 1977, the Christmas Celebration finale was the singing of George Handel's "Hallelujah Chorus," this time led by all the singers.
The next performance of the symphony will take place on May 18, when CLPA presents the annual Mother's Day concert. For more information, call 277-7076.


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Private information belonging to AMP customers accessed by contractor
A former AMP contractor has pleaded guilty over the illegal access of personal details of customers in Sydney.
The financial services company contacted police after IT staff identified suspicious activity on one of its computer systems at the end of last year.
The breach was linked to a 28-year-old contractor, who was later suspended from work and had his access to customer databases blocked.
Chinese national Yi Zheng faced court accused of downloading documents belonging to 20 AMP customers and sending them to his personal email account.
AMP has been working with NSW Police and said it had strong cybersecurity systems in place to protect customer data.
“These systems worked effectively in identifying a potential issue and we moved swiftly to protect our customers, alerting NSW Police,” the company said in a statement.
“The data breach involved a very small amount of customer information and we have no evidence this data has been further compromised. We are continuing to monitor this closely.”
New South Wales Police and Australian Border Force arrested Zheng at Sydney International Airport just before he boarded a flight to China last month.
Authorities searched his luggage and seized mobile phones, SIM cards, a laptop and electronic storage devices, which have been sent away for forensic examination.
Zheng was taken to Mascot Police Station and was charged with possessing identity information to commit an indictable offence.
In Downing Centre Local Court on Thursday, Zheng’s lawyer William Chan entered a plea of guilty and said the matter was ready to proceed to sentence.
AMP contacted all affected customers in December and said extra security controls were in place for them.
It also notified the relevant regulators.
AMP has been in damage control since the banking royal commission heard claims some customers were charged for advice they never received, and in some cases, even after they died.
The shocking revelations led to the first major scalp with the resignation of AMP boss Craig Meller in April last year.