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The luxury market, once insulated from economic woes plaguing downstream segments, now faces softer sales and other challenges ahead.
In the short term, the threat comes from a retreating aspirational shopper, who has to contend with higher fuel and energy costs, inflationary food prices, higher debt and a lower total household net worth — thanks to sagging housing prices.
But, according to a recent panel discussion at WWD, one of the biggest challenges facing luxury comes from the brands themselves. Although there is continued momentum in the luxury segment — Hermès, LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton and others have posted strong results over the past month — the market is inundated with luxury goods that are more accessible than ever. A lack of exclusivity has industry insiders worried over the fate of the high-end market.
"Luxury risks not being luxury when it becomes ubiquitous. Exclusivity is the key to luxury, because when distribution becomes too available you lose the quality and the experience," said Dana Telsey, chief executive officer and chief research officer of Telsey Advisory Group.
"I always come back to quality and innovation of product. I agree that if something is oversaturated it loses its specialness, but I also think that quality is very important in luxury positioning," said Susan Sokol, president of Vera Wang, who also noted the importance of triggering an emotional response from the consumer.
Other panelists included: Glenn Rothman, chief executive officer of Hearts on Fire; Laura Pomerantz, a principal at PBS Realty Advisors; Susan Rolontz, executive vice president of Tobe, and moderator William Susman, president and chief operating officer of Financo Inc. The roundtable was held at WWD's editorial offices and was hosted by Berns Communications Group, a business communications firm specializing in retail and fashion.
The panelists discussed the forces that drive luxury, key luxury markets, price points and the challenges of staying current as a luxury retailer, as well as diffusion lines targeted for the masses, how jewelry is positioned in the luxury market and January sales.
"We look at the preparation for the Chinese New Year because we do 22 percent of our business overseas, so it's a good active month for us," Rothman said of January's sales in the jewelry market. "Domestically, we often score on people taking their bonuses and buying major pieces of jewelry or diamonds. We see major stone sales in January."For Sokol, January marks the beginning of the spring shipments. "You need an injection of new product in January," said Sokol, especially after inventories are stale and markdowns have been made. "You need fresh, new products."
Although optimistic about bolstering January sales, Sokol expects this holiday season to be a challenging one due to macroeconomic conditions, volatility in the stock market and rising gas prices. "I think we have to sit tight, wait it out and see what happens in the next several months," said Sokol.
According to Pomerantz, wealth creation drives luxury, but the high-end market is also fueled by "the inspirational and aspirational." The aspirational luxury consumer may be newly rich, and she is inspired by luxury. For the seasoned, affluent consumer, luxury brands are offering products that are aspirational for her as well. In both segments, Pomerantz said there is pent-up demand — especially for "must-have" items.
When it comes to where the luxury consumer shops, "Milan is still a very important European city and Copenhagen has become a seriously important fashion city," said Pomerantz. "If you go to Copenhagen you can't imagine the amount of fashion brands that are there now, from Mulberry to Gucci to Paul Smith to Bottega Veneta, they are all over the place."
Telsey said globalization plays a critical role in the high-end market because people purchase and wear luxury all over the world. Whether it's Russians going to Europe to shop or Europeans coming to the States to shop, the ability to buy brands and have a quality experience is what elevates the luxury segment.
"Wealth creation is driving luxury, more on a global basis than just on a domestic basis," Rothman said. "It's driving a whole new demographic to the market that is no longer just aspirational, but that is part of the luxury market."
Rothman said the jewelry category has underperformed in the last decade because the experience of buying luxury jewelry is simply stale. "We have seen the high-end luxury market growing in double digits, and jewelry in the very, very high end has also seen the same type of growth, but the experience of luxury jewelry is old. It needs to be reinvented."Rothman, who is optimistic about his company's fourth-quarter sales, following a staggering 49 percent sales increase for the month of October, said there is an opportunity for a new player to come into the market and create a fresh retail experience — one that is younger, sexier and more fun than the traditional or heritage type of jewelry experience currently offered.
One evolving trend in the market is luxury diffusion lines for mass retailers. Vera Wang's recent diffusion line for Kohl's, Simply Vera Vera Wang, has been very successful at giving more visibility to the Vera Wang brand and creating a more accessible line with price points that are more affordable to the masses, Sokol said.
"The last three years we have worked very strategically to build different apparel lines and really segment them in a way that makes a lot of sense," explained Sokol, citing the ready-to-wear line, the Lavender Label contemporary line and Simply Vera. "We think that each of these collections is very successfully positioned in terms of look and feel, retail adjacencies, distribution channel, customer demographic and price point.
"We had such a limited customer that we were able to access that it's very exciting to be able to reach a much broader demographic," continued Sokol, adding that with this approach, each collection is so segmented and differentiated there really isn't any kind of overlap among the lines.
As far as current luxury retailers go, Rolontz credits Neiman Marcus as the retailer who does the best at luxury merchandising. "They run their stores really well and they keep themselves current and in the mind of the public. They have been doing it for years and they always look at who they sell to and how they sell, and they constantly keep track of every single thing, while always repositioning and reinventing themselves."
As far as upcoming trends are concerned, Rolontz said color and prints will play an important role. "I think the luxury customer particularly is going to react to new shapes in clothing that are more sophisticated, simpler and grown-up in wonderful new fabrics of all sorts, but certainly color, prints and patterns are going to be amazing for the next six months ahead," Rolontz said. "We are going to see full skirts and dome-shape skirts, especially from designers like Oscar de la Renta."Rolontz said she expects to see more "one-of-a-kinds, more numbered things or special limited editions of items. This is going to become very big and more important in the luxury market than it ever was. Whether it's cars, watches, clothes or jewelry, limited edition is a new word that adds to the exclusivity of these luxury items."
"It's apparent from today's panel that luxury knows no limits," Susman said. "But it's clear that the luxury market should be wary of commoditization."
“What he has done at Vuitton is really exceptional,” said @gameofthrones’ actress Gwendoline Christie on @mrkimjones’ final show for @louisvuitton. “He has rebooted luxury in terms of making it commercial, viable and contemporary. And most importantly artistic. He has never compromised his artistic vision for the sake of commodity.” (📷: @zefashioninsider)
After seeing a demand for men’s wear from its customers, British contemporary women’s wear label @ariesarise has added a men’s wear component and will launch a unisex collection with @mrporterlive. The 20-piece collection includes jackets, denim, logo T-shirts and more with deconstructed ‘90s vibes. Set to launch on January 18, you can shop the pieces on Aries’ website and on mrporter.com. #wwdfashion
“And so spending so much time with a character who thinks like that, inevitability you try and analyze yourself and go back and think about your own demons and dark chapters that you had in your life,” says @thedanielbruhl of his role in TNT’s “The Alienist.” The show, set in the Gilded Age of New York, also stars Dakota Fanning and Luke Evans. Head to WWD.com to read about how 39-year-old Brühl prepared for the role and why he thinks the show is so relevant to today #wwdeye ( 📷: @Eriktanner)
Now that Celine Dion’s collection has topped $10 million in sales, the pop superstar, fashion icon and newly-minted industry player is eyeing growth in Asia. Read the full report by @tiffanyap, link in bio. #wwdnews #celinedion
“My personal philosophy to beauty is paying attention to oneself. I love to be outdoors, lots of fresh air, trying to take care of yourself as best you can. I always notice that comes through,” says Felicity Jones, the global face of @shiseido-owned @cledepeaubeauteus, which launches today. Head to WWD.com to read more about the actress’ love for beauty and how she prepared for her new role in “The Basis of Sex,” playing the young Ruth Bader Ginsburg. #wwdbeauty (📷: @dandoperalski)
Among the familiar faces at @off____white’s show was a surprise figure: Japanese artist @takashipom, pictured here on Wednesday morning. Other show-goers included @jerrylorenzo, who spoke about his upcoming project: a @nike collaboration for back to school, with designs inspired by his childhood on the West Coast. Sitting in the front row were Future, Don Crawley, @miguel and more. See the rest of the photos on WWD.com #wwdeye (📷: Stephane Feugere)
According to @laurentsai, former “Terrace House: Aloha State” cast member, she didn’t know she was auditioning for the Japanese version of “Real World.” “I was telling a couple of my friends and someone’s like, ‘That sounds a lot like Terrace House.’ I was like, ’No it can’t be.’” Turns out, it was. But Tsai isn’t just a reality star — she’s an illustrator who has worked with Starbucks Japan and most recently, she’s dipping her toes into the fashion world. Head to WWD.com to read about her time on the show, modeling and her art. #wwdeye (📷: @danieldorsa)
More changes are coming to New York Fashion Week: Beginning with the spring 2019 collection, @alexanderwangny will move his New York show to June from September, adopting a biannual schedule with collections shown in June and December. Additionally, the @cfda is planning for an official summer/winter fashion season taking place as soon as June and December 2018. Read more about the upcoming changes on WWD.com. #wwdnews #wwdfashion (📷: @slovekinpics)


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The Jammu and Kashmir Tourism department plans to introduce laser light shows at famous tourist destinations,including the Dal Lake,to entertain holiday makers visiting the Valley.
“To showcase the marvellous and enchanting beauty of the city,laser light shows will be organised very soon in Chinar Park and Shalimar Mughal gardens near Dal Lake to attract and entertain visiting tourists,” Tourism Minister Nawang Rigzin Jora said at a function here.
Jora,who inaugurated reconstructed Lal Ded Memorial Museum at Habbakadal,Foot Bridge at Chinar Park Dal Gate and Coffee House at Peerzoo on the banks of River Jhelum yesterday,said varied tourism potential of Srinagar city is being fully explored by way of upgrading tourist infrastructure besides development of potential spots and conservation of heritage places.
The Minister said tourism in Kashmir is flourishing with each passing day.
“Credit for the increase in tourist arrivals goes to people of the state who by their sincere efforts maintained peace and tranquillity which was prerequisite for tourism boom in the State,” Jora said.
He said “our endeavour is to upgrade tourist infrastructure besides conservation of city’s heritage places and development of city’s potential spots,which has received focused attention of the government during last over three years”.
Jora said a heritage tourist circuit agar-Nagar-Watlab’ is being also developed at cost of Rs 38 crore under which the heritage sites of Srinagar City are also being developed.
Referring to the Lal Ded Memorial Museum,foot bridge and coffee house,he said the infrastructure was completed at a cost of Rs 2.30 crore,of which Rs 1.50 crore have been expended on reconstruction of the Museum,Rs 45 lakh on Foot Bridge and Rs 35 lakh on construction of Coffee House.
The Minister went round the exhibition galleries of the Museum,where rear and historical photographs of different heritage sites of Srinagar,handicraft and handloom items,Pinjrakari,old terracotta,wood carving works like papermachi,carpet,tilldoze and traditional spices besides Kashmiri wood work,metal work and old map of Kashmir were displayed.
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Skip to 0 minutes and 12 seconds Have you ever thought about the soil beneath us?
Skip to 0 minutes and 22 seconds Did you know that the rise and fall of civilizations depends on soils, or that there are more living things in one teaspoon of soil than there are people on the planet? We rely on soil for many resources, not least food and water. But soils can take thousands of years to form. And they are fragile. We are damaging it in many ways. If we want to protect our soils, we need to understand them.
Skip to 0 minutes and 52 seconds Soils are amazing. They’re complex and full of life. And yet few of us give soils a second thought. In this course, I’m going to take you on a journey through the world beneath our feet.
Skip to 1 minute and 9 seconds We’ll start by learning about the basics of soil science, what soil is made of, and how soils are formed. We’ll also look at the variety of soils around the world. We’ll find out about why soil is so important and about the life within soils. Finally, we’ll look at threats to soil and why we need to be doing more to protect it. Throughout the course, you’ll have the chance to learn about cutting edge research in soil science taking place here at Lancaster University.
Skip to 1 minute and 41 seconds So if you already have an interest in the environment, this course will be perfect for you. You don’t need any specialist expertise or knowledge. And it’s open to students from anywhere in the world. You will get the chance to participate actively by joining discussions, taking part in quizzes, and getting your hands dirty with activities related to the soil where you live. By the end of this course, you will have a basic understanding of soil science and some of the threats to soils. Join us and learn that soil is more interesting than you might think.

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The Pokémon Company and Game Freak have announced that connectivity support for Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet will finally be coming to Pokémon HOME on May 24th, 2023. You can receive a Sprigatito, Fuecoco, and Quaxly with Hidden Abilities as Mystery Gifts in the mobile app as a bonus for linking up the games. The feature will be released as part of the Version 3.0.0 update.
Pokémon HOME enables Trainers to continue their Pokémon adventures beyond a single game system and manage their collection of Pokémon across many of their games. The Pokémon that players can take to each game are limited to the Pokémon that appear in those games. Players can view the details on which Pokémon can be taken to which games from the Help menu of the mobile device version of Pokémon HOME.

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Arch Wizard is the second thrilling adventure in the Falconfar Saga.
Having been drawn into a fantasy world of his own creation, Rod Everlar continues his quest to defeat the corruption he has discovered within. He sets off in pursuit of the dark wizard Malraun, only to find that he has raised an army of monsters and mercenaries in order to conquer the world...
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Rod Everlar is about to become the most unlikely hero the world of Falconfar has ever seen... When he mysteriously finds himself drawn into a world of his own devising, writer Rod Everlar is confronted by a shocking truth-he has lost control of his creation to a brooding cabal of evil. In order to save his creation, and himself, he must seize control of Falconfar and halt the spread of corruption... [click here for more]
Falconfar is the third instalment in the thrilling series of the same name.
With the evil wizards Malraun and Narmarkoun seemingly defeated and Malraun's tower falling about his ears, Rod Everlar, the science-fiction writer drawn into a world of his own creation, now faces his greatest challenge. As Falconfar descends into war, Rod must find the power and the knowledge to fight the first Archwizard,... [click here for more]
The Land of the Young, deep in Celtic myth and legend: barbarian warrior and former High King of Ireland Slaine has returned to his people only to find that sea demons - the Fomorians, led by the evil Moloch - are encroaching ever further into his land. Slaine must rally his tribe if they are to repel the invaders and save his country. Note: Due to territory restrictions this title is only available... [click here for more]
Barbarian warrior and former High King of Ireland Slaine continues the epic battle against the fearsome sea demons but now he finds an ally from an unexpected source. Together they must rid Tir Nan Og of the Formorian scourge, using every means at their disposal including calling on help from the Earth Goddess herself! Second in Pat Mills and Clint Langley's exciting new "Slaine" epic, this is one... [click here for more]
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SLAINE HAS RETURNED FROM THE OTHER WORLD To rescue the besieged city of Tara, the energy of the Goddess warping him as he wades into battle. The Tribes of the Earth Goddess and the Altanteans unite in an epic battle as the sea demons are driven back beneath the waves. But Lord Odacon will not surrender so easily and soon Slaine will face an even greater menace as Odacon spreads... [click here for more]
The world of Twilight turns in the darkness, illuminated by the ethereal glow of the god-planet, Kerberos. This is a world of heroes and monsters, in which four unique individuals stand against the end of everything.
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The New Renaissance Basketball Association (Rens), a youth program based in New York, was honored at the White House on Thursday as part of an anti-gun violence day event.
Rens was recognized for its “wear the orange” campaign. The teams wear an orange patch on their jerseys to raise awareness about inner city gun violence. Six Rens players visited the White House along with executive director of the group, Andy Borman, who is Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski’s nephew, and coach Dwayne Murray of Mt. Vernon High School.
The players met with President Barack Obama’s staff.
They scrimmaged some of Obama’s staff on the court.
And won handily, per director of the White House office of public engagement, Paulette Aniskoff.
“Being recognized at the White House by the President is an honor we will never forget,” Borman said in a press release. “Our kids have shown strength beyond their age in leading the ‘orange emblem’ anti-gun violence campaign nationwide. They should be so proud of themselves, and we hope this event inspires all youth basketball teams across the country to join the movement.”


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That serial number, according to my Madis/Wilson book, was produced in 1927-28, and is suitable for smokeless powder. I'd say that any Winchester or Remington .32-20 ammunition produced since 1970 should be safe to use.
You may find older/vintage .32-20 high speed ammunition produced for rifle use only that may be unsafe for revolver use...if you find some older ammo, do some research on when it was made and its suitability. Current production .32-20 ammo is suitable for either rifle or handgun...again, do some research.
On this site, Mike Irwin, or Winchester 73 may have opinions on the subject.
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(AP) The Chicago Blackhawks have acquired winger Anthony Duclair from the Arizona Coyotes in a four-player trade.
The teams on Wednesday announced the deal, which sends winger Richard Panik and minor-leaguer Laurent Dauphin to Arizona.
Chicago also gets defenseman Adam Clendening along with Duclair in a move that seeks to shake up a perennial contender fighting to maintain a playoff position. Clendening will report to the Rockford IceHogs, the Blackhawks said.
Duclair, 22, has nine goals and six assists in 33 games this season, scoring in each of his last two games after asking the Coyotes to trade him.
He was acquired from New York in 2015 in the deal that sent Keith Yandle to the Rangers. Duclair had 20 goals and 24 assists in 81 games in 2015-16, then had only five goals and 10 assists in 58 games last season.
Panik has six goals and 10 assists in 37 games after signing a two-year, $5.6-million contract.
By trading the 26-year-old Panik and his $2.8 million hit for Duclair’s $1.2 million and pending restricted free agency, the Blackhawks clear valuable salary-cap space this season and next.
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Suicide rates in the Greater Glasgow and Clyde area have fallen to their lowest for more than 30 years.
The figures are now around half of what they were in 1993 with suicide rates among Glaswegian males dropping dramatically.
The official figures cover the year 2015 and were revealed at a NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC) meeting this week as their board met to discuss further suicide prevention measures.
The key findings in the report revealed that:
- 136 residents in the NHSGGC area took their own life in 2015 - 51% of the 1993 total, which peaked at 269 deaths.
- In the Glasgow City area deaths by suicide have fallen from 174 in 1993 to 69 in 2015 - a 60% reduction.
- Glasgow City deaths are almost exactly at the average for Scotland.
- Deaths by suicide in Inverclyde are second highest in the country.
"Death through suicide is not only a tragic loss of life for individuals affected, but also has a devastating impact on family and friends as well as on wider social networks," said Dr Trevor Lakey, co-author of the report.
"We welcome this drop in the number of deaths by suicide to their lowest in 30 years, but are determined to continue our efforts to reduce rates further."
The drop in numbers appears to go hand-in-hand with a NHSGGC prevention suicide prevention policy, which focused their efforts directly on the issue - introducing an inter-agency support network for people in need of help.
Combined with the national Scottish Choose Life Strategy, introduced in 2003, a number of measures have been introduced including a Significant Clinical Incident review, where every death among patients who have used Mental Health services within the previous 12 months is investigated. Those investigations also involve the person's families and carers.
Some 20,000 people in Greater Glasgow and Clyde have also been trained have been trained in suicide prevention techniques over the last 13 years.
The report also examines some of the factors, highlighting how poverty can drive people to this choice and how while the rate among males has dropped, among women it remains unchanged.
"There are many demographic factors which affect suicide rates," continued Dr Lakey. "The suicide rate for males in 2015 is more than two-and-a-half times higher than that for females. However the rate for men is falling, whereas that for women has remained almost unchanged.
"While suicide can affect anyone, deprivation is also a major factor. In 2011-15, the suicide rate was more than three times higher in the most deprived tenth of the population compared to the least deprived.
"It is however encouraging that rates for males in the most deprived areas have seen the largest reductions."
If you or anyone close to you is struggling with issues of suicide, please seek help.
You can talk to your general practitioner or reach the Samaritans via freephone 116 123. You can also call Breathing Space free on 0800 83 85 87.

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by Daniel Hathaway
IN THIS EDITION:
. Five weekend events to recommend
. Cleveland Orchestra praised in NY Times review by Joshua Barone
. Almanac: Eva Jessye, Tallis and Byrd, Dowland, first national radio opera broadcast, Erich Leinsdorf, Victor Borge, Henri Dutilleux, Petr Eben, Marc Blitzstein, Apple’s Macintosh computer, John Donne
THIS WEEKEND’S EVENTS:
Only five events to call out, but a diverse group to choose from.
Never mind the weather — Friday’s event is performed al fresco, but the audience can enjoy the McGaffin Carillon (pictured) outdoors while walking through University Circle, or via live stream beginning at 12:15 Noon. This week, UC Carillonneur George Leggiero will draw Baroque music from the bells.
On Saturday evening, Joan Ellison channels Judy Garland in her appearance with Cleveland Pops Orchestra, who will play original orchestrations of her famous tunes.
Sunday afternoon’s choices include the Akron Youth Orchestras at Tallmadge High School, saxophonist Perry Roth and pianist Hana Chu at the Church of the Western Reserve, and in the evening, Gerhardt Zimmermann will host pianist Sheng Cai for Saint Saëns’ Piano Concerto No. 5, and lead the Canton Symphony in a world premiere by Quinn Mason and Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scheherazade.
Details in the Concert Listings.
Two Northeast Ohio ensembles are performing in New York’s Carnegie Hall this week, and Joshua Barone has lauded The Cleveland Orchestra’s performance last Wednesday of works by Berg and Schubert in today’s print edition. Read The Unaffected Elegance of the Cleveland Orchestra here. Tonight’s performance of R. Nathaniel Dett’s The Ordering of Moses by Oberlin’s choral and orchestra forces is being covered by Jarrett Hoffman, whose review will be published here next week.
THIS WEEKEND’S ALMANAC:
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January 20 marks 127 years since the birth of American conductor Eva Jessye in Coffeyville, Kansas. Jessye is known as the first Black woman to achieve international recognition as a choral conductor.
Founder of the Eva Jessye Choir (at first named the Original Dixie Jubilee Singers), she and the group frequented the silver screen, the stage, the radio, and the record booth as their renown grew and grew. Two of their most famous performances came in New York. She directed her choir in the 1935 premiere of George Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess (and then in every incarnation of the show for 30 years), and in the 1934 Broadway production of Four Saints in Three Acts, an opera by Virgil Thomson and Gertrude Stein.
The latter was of industry-wide importance, not only musically — a departure in style from what the public expected of Black musicians — but also economically. The choir was paid for rehearsals after Jessye demanded it, pushing back against a tradition of discriminatory salaries and, more simply, the nonpayment of choruses for rehearsal.
Continuing her commitment to civil rights, Jessye was part of a Porgy and Bess cast strike in Washington, D.C., forcing the management of the National Theatre to temporarily desegregate its seating. In that same city, decades later, the Eva Jessye Choir was named the official choral ensemble for the 1963 March on Washington, giving performances including We Shall Overcome.
Listen to the Eva Jessye Choir in a 1940 Decca recording of “Clara, Clara” from Porgy and Bess here — they enter at 1:10.
Jessye published My Spirituals in 1927, a cross between a book of arrangements and an autobiography. Soprano Marti Newland gives a live performance of I’m a Poor Li’l Orphan from that book here.
In the classroom, she taught at Pittsburg State University (Pittsburg, Kansas) and the University of Michigan, though writing in letters, she expressed frustration at being under-appreciated in Ann Arbor, and at being remembered only for her work on Porgy and Bess rather than her other work, including her mentorship of young artists.
Her own compositions include The Life of Christ in Negro Spirituals, The Chronicle of Job, and the oratorio Paradise Lost and Regained, which drew on both spirituals and Milton’s Paradise Lost. I haven’t succeeded yet in tracking down a recording — here is where I glance hopefully at our enthusiastic readers.
We’ll end with a quote from Jessye:
“If anything is going to bring this world together, it’s going to be music. It’s going to be music, and it’s going to be the arts. Nothing else will accomplish this. Because nothing except the arts will reach the people. It must be communication spirit to spirit.”
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On January 21 in 1575, Queen Elizabeth I granted English composers Thomas Tallis and William Byrd letters patent that gave them a monopoly over publishing music and music paper. The first collection, set that year by the Huguenot printer T. Vautrollier, was Cantiones sacrae, containing 17 motets each by the two composers. Listen to Tallis’ O nata lux de lumine sung by Almire here.
And on this day in 1626, English lutenist and composer John Dowland died in London and was buried on February 20 in St. Anne’s Church, Blackfriars. Much of his music is doleful, either due to his personal tendency toward melancholy (which led to a pun on his name) or reflecting one of the prevailing fashions of his time. An appropriate song to mark the occasion would be In darkness let me dwell, one of three of his songs published by his son in 1610. Listen to it here performed by soprano Estelí Gomez and guitarist Colin Davin.
Two events on this date that altered the course of American music history include the first national radio broadcast from a U.S. Opera House in 1927 (Gounod’s Faust from Chicago), and the American debut of conductor Erich Leinsdorf in New York in 1938. The first paved the way for weekly Metropolitan Opera Broadcasts. The second could have kept Leinsdorf on the podium at Severance Hall had not service in the Army pulled him into uniform. Enter George Szell.
Finally, Danish pianist and comedian Victor Borge’s “Comedy in Music” closed on this date in 1956 at the John Golden Theater in New York after 849 performances, earning him a place in the Guinness Book of Records for the longest-running one-man show in the history of theater. We could all use some of Borge’s sophisticated silliness these days.
January 22 birthdays include French pianist and composer Henri Dutilleux (1916), Czech composer and church musician Petr Eben (1929). And American pianist and composer Marc Blitzstein died on January 22, 1964.
Dutilleux, who was head of music production at Radio France for nearly two decades, left a small body of idiosyncratic works in the vein of Ravel, Debussy, Roussel, and Messiaen. George Szell conducted his 5 Métaboles with The Cleveland Orchestra live in 1967, and CIM faculty pianist Daniel Shapiro performs his 1947-48 Piano Sonata here.
Cleveland organist Karel Paukert has frequently performed the music of Eben, his fellow Czech, including The Labyrinth of the World and the Paradise of the Heart, a 14-movement piece that originated as improvisations on themes taken from the writings of the humanist philosopher and theologian Johann Amos Comenius. Here’s a video of the finale of Eben’s Sunday Music played by Monica Czausz at Rice University.
Blitzstein gained national attention for his 1937 pro-union play, The Cradle Will Rock, which was shut down by the Works Progress Administration and hastily moved to a different theater. Leonard Bernstein revived it at Harvard in 1939 in that stripped-down format. Blitztein discusses his musical here.
If you had been watching Superbowl XVIII on this date in 1984, you’d have had the first look at the Apple Macintosh computer, the first consumer machine to feature a mouse and a graphical interface. (This message is being brought to you by one of its successors, a MacBook Pro.)
And on this date in 1573, English poet and Church of England cleric John Donne finished writing his Holy Sonnets. Benjamin Britten is among the composers who set some of that striking poetry to music. Peter Pears sings them here with the composer at the piano.

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Infinite Instrument’s customizable interface is proving to be an effective tool for physically disabled musicians.
Performance Without Barriers, a research group specializing in digital music interfaces for disabled musicians, has begun employing VR technology as part of their project to empower musicians suffering from physical disabilities that prevent them from being able to operate conventional instruments.
Utilizing a VR application referred to as EXA: The Infinite Instrument, the team — composed of electronic engineers, sonic arts researchers, computer scientists, immersive content designers, and a soloist ensemble — are building unique audio interfaces designed to accommodate specific disabilities. Partnering with Drake Music NI, a charity organization that supports disabled musicians, the development team went to work creating a series of VR-based music interfaces for their group of disabled performers.
“The instrument was developed with able-bodied musicians in mind, so we designed it to take into account different types of mobilities,” spoke Matilde Meireles, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Sonic Arts Research Centre, School of Arts, Queen’s University Belfast and Franziska Schroeder, Senior lecturer, School of Creative Arts, Queen’s University Belfast. “This led to one of our musicians with cerebral palsy playing a new VR instrument that was specifically designed to take into account her expressive upper body movements. It did not require her to use fine motor precision in her arms or fingers, which she does not possess.”
“Another example of our collaborative VR design was working with a blind performer. Key to this musician were his virtuosic skills on the clarinet. The idea was to build on his expertise and adapt and enhance his musical performance skills using VR technologies.”
Available now via SteamVR, EXA: The Infinite Instrument allows you to compose, record, and perform original music using custom-built expressive instruments. The software includes a slew of options for creating your very own ‘impossible band,’ such as looping, effects controls, and much, much more. Multiplayer functionality allows band mates to jam out together in a shared space and even use one another’s instruments. Once you’ve composed your masterful piece, record your session with multiple in-app cameras so the rest of the world can get down to your sick beats. You can also check out the workshop to try out other players bizarre instruments.
EXA: The Infinite Instrument is available now via SteamVR for $14.99.


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Connecting with faces and playing peekaboo is one of the first games that babies play, and so the very youngest of children will love this cute baby-themed book—and want to read it again and again. Ingela P. Arrhenius’s unmistakable, enchanting artwork, combined with a smooth mechanism to push, pull, or turn on every page, makes this a totally irresistible board book for toddlers.
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Peekaboo: Baby (Peekaboo You)
January 03, 2023
Easy-to-use peekaboo sliders, a funny rhyming text, and a surprise mirror ending combine in this stylish and interactive board book for babies and toddlers.
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This was a sweet board book with sliders and a mirror around the theme of peekaboo. Young children love the game of peekaboo and having an interactive book is sure to hold their attention. The book had pastel tones that were gentle while still being very engaging with bright cartoonish illustrations. I appreciate that the baby featured is of a darker skin tone to make the book more inclusive from the beginning of a child’s reading experience. I can’t wait to test this book out with some of my youngest students. I will be interested to see if the slides are sturdy enough to withstand the tough love little hands give books.
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Material handling equipment provider Hytrol Conveyor Company Inc. will locate its second manufacturing facility in Fort Smith, Arkansas, citing community support, the local workforce, and the availability of a suitable facility, the company said.
The $20 million project comes in response to rapid global growth in e-commerce, placing growing demands on Hytrol and the material handling industry as a whole to boost the production of parcel equipment.
Jonesboro, Ark.-based Hytrol had announced in October that it would seek a secondary location to manufacture its parcel product line. “After casting a very wide net that covered 13 different states we landed right back home in Arkansas. That’s appropriate because the state deserves a lot of credit for our success,” Hytrol President David Peacock said in a release.
The facility will create 250 new jobs in the Fort Smith area and will begin hiring in the coming weeks, followed by additional waves of hiring in coming years.
“There are a lot of companies that can make equipment, but there is only one Hytrol. I am truly excited to see how the combination of Hytrol and Fort Smith can shine in Western Arkansas while serving our integration partners and customers around the world,” Phillip Poston, the director of site operations for the new location, said in a release.


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Buy Four Boxes Of Any Magic Pens for £20 @ Hamleys
Fill up the Christmas stockings this year with these super cool Magic Pens from Hamleys. Normally £7 each, you’ll save £8 when you buy four boxes of Magic Pens in any combination.
There are four different types of magic pens to choose from:
Hamleys Colour Magic Pens
With these your children can write secret messages to their friends. Containing nine colour pens and one magic pen, they can have hours of creative fun. Suitable for ages 3 years plus.
Hamleys Double Magic Pens
They’ll have double the fun with these spectacular pens. With two magic pens, each colour can be transformed twice. Eight colour pens and two magic pens supplied. Suitable for ages 3 years plus.
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With Hamleys Wipeout pens there is no need to worry about colouring outside the lines. Containing a magic erasing pen Wipeouts are perfect for any young artist. Nine colours and one wipeout pen provided per pack. Suitable for ages 3 years plus.
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Tried one colour and it’s not quite right? No need to start over again. With Hamleys colour stackers you can colour right over it. Perfect for any young artist, it’s time to get creative! Ten colours provided per pack. Suitable for ages 3 years plus.


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With support from Governor Jay Inslee (read his proclamation here), the Washington Healthy Youth Coalition is helping to change the conversation on April 20th from a cannabis culture celebration, to a day to talk with your kids about NOT using marijuana. Our goal is to support parents in talking with their kids to help them make healthy choices.
Parents have the greatest influence on a child’s decision about using alcohol and other drugs. In fact, kids who learn about the risks from their parents are 50% less likely to use alcohol and other drugs than kids who do not. Preventing underage marijuana use matters, because this will also reduce the risk of academic failure, addiction, traffic crashes... read more

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FCC Ends Zero-Rated Data Inquiry
Feb 3, 2017, 3:35 PM by Eric M. Zeman
The FCC today said it will drop its review of sponsored data programs from the likes of AT&T and Verizon Wireless. Under former Chairman Tom Wheeler, the FCC determined the nation's two largest carriers were likely violating net neutrality rules by zero-rating some video services. Now, under the leadership of Chairman Ajit Pai, the agency has reversed course and will drop the investigations. "The Commission finally puts an end to the past Commission’s zero-rating inquiries and recommits to permissionless innovation," said Commissioner Michael O'Rielly in a statement. "While this is just a first step, these companies, and others, can now safely invest in and introduce highly popular products and services without fear of Commission intervention based on newly invented legal theories."
There's a whole new kind of 5G being launched and talked about in the US in 2022: C Band. It's much faster than existing "nationwide" 5G, yet has better coverage than hard-to-find mmWave 5G.
Apr 21, 2022
Motorola has announced two new mid-range phones with 5G. Both are essentially 5G upgrades of existing 4G models already announced for 2022.
Mar 17, 2022
Samsung today fleshed out more of its 2022 lineup of affordable Galaxy A-series phones. The new Galaxy A73, A53, and A33 are nearly identical in design and features, differing only in a few display and camera specs.
Jan 3, 2022
A model previously rumored to have fallen victim to supply-chain issues, the Samsung Galaxy S21 FE (Fan Edition) is finally coming to market this month. Samsung will use the new model as the more-affordable alternative to the forthcoming S22 series, rather than keep last year's flagship S21 models on the market at lower prices as the company has done in the past.
Dec 1, 2021
Samsung today announced the Galaxy A13 5G, its most affordable 5G phone yet at $250. Typically, the two most affordable phones in Samsung's annual lineup are the A1x and A0x models, leaving the new Galaxy A03s as possibly the only model in Samsung's 2022 US lineup without 5G.
This is what we are about to see, with Verizon, ATT and Comcast, owning most or the entire chain.
Comcocks is gonna have a big leg up with their installed hostage, I mean user base, they will add in some Quadplay Bundle and with it piggybacking on Your home comcast network, they will unfortunately gain market share fast.
Sprint and Tmo will Have to tie up to even stand a chance and they still wont be able to keep market share if the other three decide to cut them out.
Of course almost every Comcocks customer would leave them right now this second if they...


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It’s high time I stopped succumbing to the Pinterest fantasy.
See, I saw this lovely pin from The Nerd’s Wife:
“I’ve got to get my kids’ valentines done!” I said.
“Hey! I’ve got a heart shaped ice cube tray!” I said.
“I’ve got crap-loads of broken crayons lying around here somewhere!” I said.
“I can do that!” I said.
Well mine looked like crap. Aaaand I ruined my tray. Aaaand it was a pretty silicon one. Aaaaand I probably left them in the oven way too long because the colors blended super weird with a film of waxy/oil almost-color across the top.
So instead, I bought my son the cheap Star Wars valentines at the grocery store like he wanted from the beginning. No candy. No super cute quote. No not-candy-but-look-at-this-cool-item-because-I’m-a-really-on-the-ball-mom pun thing. Just a small piece of holographic cardstock. And my son LOVED IT.
But my daughter, who’s been through this song and dance before, straight up ASKED me to look at Pinterest. “Pentrist?” she said, with a hopeful smile. They get ’em young, I’m tellin ya.
So, I found this awesome Pinterest gem, thinking “no oven, no hot glue gun, no photoshop, no selling my soul to the craft store gods . . . and I get to be ‘the healthy mom.’ I can do this.”
I didn’t think this one through.
I printed that printable on hot pink paper, cut them out by hand (because who has the “circle cutter” mentioned in the post?) and taped those babies to my dollar store applesauce all within an hour the night before the kindergarten valentine’s party. I felt awesome. Correction: awesome sauce. Everything was going according to plan.
Until morning arrived.
Do you know how much 28 applesauce cups weigh?
It’s a lot. Like, too much for a forty pound kindergartner.
When my daughter’s carpool ride arrived, I had to walk out, help her load the bag of cups into my neighbor’s van, and mumble some weird apology/joke about how I was making my daughter lug half her body weight around in a new-baby gift bag.
She came home and told me that her friend had to help her haul the valentines across campus into class.
Good job, mom.
It wasn’t until later that day, as my daughter and son were going through all of the valentines they’d gotten from friends that I realized something else. We never put her name on her valentines.
So now, I don’t even get the credit for being the healthy mom. What’s the point of being the healthy mom if I don’t get the credit! Oh, not the point, riiiight.
Verdict: Holographic cardstock valentines for the win.
But we ended Valentine’s day with a lovely family BBQ, drawing with chalk on the back porch, watching the sun set. I love my Valentines. All four of them.
Did I mention my husband painted my portrait? And nope, he didn’t have help.
He said the wet smudges at the bottom are “cloud nine.” Because I’m floating.
Until next time,
p.s. There was a third FAIL, but it involved a compromising chalk drawing of yoda, darth vader, and obi wan kanobi in a fight. It was on accident, but my brother keeps bringing up “schwartz” Spaceballs jokes…


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The Dragon Keepers have arrived at the ancient Elderling city of Kelsingra. It has been a dangerous journey, but having found the city of their dreamsThe Dragon Keepers have arrived at the ancient Elderling city of Kelsingra. It has been a dangerous journey, but having found the city of their dreams, their troubles are far from over. The river is impossible to cross with Tarman and so they are caught on the far bank. If only the dragons had learned how to fly. One of them has, though, and she takes her keeper into the city to see its wonders.
I love the world of Fitz and the Fool, and it was nice to finally get to experience some of Chalced, however, the book has too many stories and not enough space to tell them. Also, to be honest, I was a bit sad that we didn't learn more about the City of Dragons... since that is the name of the book. Through the eyes of the Dragon Keepers, the city seems a bit too ordinary, and sure, being Elderlings (most of them) it should be more ordinary than how Fitz and the Fool would experience it, but still...
It is not a bad book, far from it, but it lacks the depth and immersion of a Fitz book, and doesn't manage to paint a big picture of the world with all those perspectives. And also, those short bird intros still bother me, yes, we get it, Dragon Keepers/Bird Keepers, and yes, we get that you try to mirror the events in the big world, in the small world of the bird keepers, but honestly, it's just not very... interesting.
This anthology was bought only because of the Robin Hobb story within, but who knows, I might eventually end up reading all the stories within. This iThis anthology was bought only because of the Robin Hobb story within, but who knows, I might eventually end up reading all the stories within. This is a review-in-progress, so I will add short reviews as I read the stories.
Blue Boots (by Robin Hobb) is the story of a young woman named Timbal and her love for the minstrel Azen. There is another story as well, of a crippled lord who cannot have children and who plans a hoax to get an heir. I love the setting of the Six Duchies and the Realm of the Elderlings, but honestly, this story was not all that interesting. It lacks interesting characters and a proper story to captivate the reader. Since this story adds nothing new to the setting, it should probably just have been set in a generic setting, but then again, had she done that, it would have had little appeal to readers. Honestly, I feel a little cheated by this story. (2 stars)...more
I have marked this anthology as being "read", but in truth, I have merely read a few of the stories. This is a review-in-progress, meaning that whenevI have marked this anthology as being "read", but in truth, I have merely read a few of the stories. This is a review-in-progress, meaning that whenever I read one of the shortstories trapped within, I will make a short review of it here, and so... with each passing day, the review will grow.
I will not start at the beginning, however, since I am more of a Robin Hobb fan than a Megan Lindholm fan, so, I shall start at the beginning of part II instead.
Homecoming is the story of a jamaillian noblewoman named Carillion, who finds herself an exile of the city of her birth, sent to the Rain Wilds to colonize this new land. Her fate seems a terrible fate, but she soon grows to love and understand the new land. The story is written as a diary, and while I love Robin Hobb's first person perspective, I was a little uneasy about this in the beginning. However, as I followed Carillion into the dangerous and musterious Rain Wilds, reading about her changes and those of her children, I was wholeheartedly convinced by the end. If you love the setting of Fitz and the Fool, who cannot miss out on this story, and I have a sense that this story might have inspired Robin Hobb to have written her Rain Wilds Chronicles... but that is just a guess on my part, and probably has no foundation in reality. (4,5 stars) ...more
It is admittedly a long time since I read the books about Fitz and the Fool, and I may indeed have forgotten the historic fragments that told of the PIt is admittedly a long time since I read the books about Fitz and the Fool, and I may indeed have forgotten the historic fragments that told of the Piebald Prince, but having finally found my courage to read this book, I have no regrets of my decision. This book, as all the books by Robin Hobb, is told with a sense of detail that is unlike any I've ever read. Should you happen to find a volume of this most precious books in the darkest corners of your library, you must consider yourself lucky, or indeed charmed, and instantly turn the pages, one by one, slowly devouring the wonderful contents.
The Story... I shall spoil as little as possible and say only this... this is the story about the Willful Princess and the Piebald Prince, as told by the maid, Felicity. I use maid in lack of a better word, because this woman was so much more... she was a scholar and a truthbearer in her own small way.
My Judgment... If you love the world of the Farseers as much as I do, you must not let this book pass unnoticed by you. It might have nothing, or very little to do with either Fitz or the Fool, and yet, in the ways of history, it has everything to do with both of those. And even if the book didn't, you can sense them in every tormenting line of the book...
I will finish my short review with only these words, that this book... bestowed upon me the need to go back to those wonderful books that captivated me more than... 10-15 years ago. And for that, if nothing else, this book has served a purpose unlike any other....more
I've always loved Charles de Lint since I read a story by him, about a man and the tree from his childhood. I don't remember all the details, as you cI've always loved Charles de Lint since I read a story by him, about a man and the tree from his childhood. I don't remember all the details, as you can clearly tell (its been maybe... 10-13 years since I read it), but I remember the feeling that I had when I read the story and it was a warm feeling, but also that this story was somehow directly connected to me and my life (I had a tree much like that in my backyard).
Anyways, years later I pick up this collection on a whim and drops it off at the Shelf of Lost Stories. I want to read it, but I also want to read about... 546 other books. However, maybe a year later, I start to read the first story, but it becomes clear to me that I am definitely not ready for the book yet, and so I put it back on its place on the Shelf.
But four days ago, I finally spot the book again and have this incredible feeling that I am ready to delve into its secret and lo and behold... I was, and... am.
Since this is a collection of shortstories, this will be another review-in-progress where I will write a short review of each story as I read them. As has become the norm of late... I will start at the very beginning.
Ten for the Devil (45 pages) Staley is a young woman who lives in the rez, in a trailer, and who loves to play her very special blue fiddle. One day she is dropped off not far from her home and when she plays her fiddle on a whim, she accidently summons something from the otherworld. She brings a rabbit, a skinchanger, with her to her friends, all in the hopes that they can tell her what is going on. Great story with a lot of mysterious insight into the world that we live in. The ending left a little to be desired, as it ended rather quickly, however, this story still comes highly recommended. (4 stars)
Wingless Angels (17 pages) A man finds a camera one day, with strange pictures dated a week later. Not only that, it also appears that the strange creatures on the picture is killing a man. Is the guy losing his mind, or is this another weird occurence in the town of Newford? This wont ever be my favorite Newford story as it lacks the beauty of other Newford stories, but... I might have to go back to it one day. (2 stars)...more
This little book doesn't look like much, which is probably why I had totally forgotten about it, however, when you look inside, you soon realize thatThis little book doesn't look like much, which is probably why I had totally forgotten about it, however, when you look inside, you soon realize that it is full of big and interesting names. I think it just might be time to read a few of these stories, if not all of them.
This is a review-in-progress, and I will post short reviews of each shortstory, as I read them of course. The first one, Pelt, looks interesting, so lets start there...
Pelt by Carol Emshwiller (11 pages) A galactic hunter has arrived at an ice-world named Jaxa. He has brought his dog and hunting companion. However, something ancient lives here, something that cherishes the freedom of all. Soon, the dog finds itself craving this freedom, but will the urge be strong enough for it to leave its master behind? Nice story, told in a very appropriate slow pace. I particular liked the point of view from the dog's perspective, and the alien nature of this new world. Recommended. (3.5 stars)
Triggerman by J.F. Bone (12 pages) A man is sitting in a small room below ground, in something called the Center. He has the power to unleash World War III... so what does he do when Washington is destroyed by a "bogey" and the president and Joint chiefs are killed? Well-written and surely makes you think, but today the thought of a button like that and one man on the trigger seems a little... far-fetched. (2 stars)
The Prize of Peril by Robert Sheckley (20 pages) In the future, being a reality star is actually... dangerous (perhaps deadly is a better word actually). What people won't do for money, crashing an airplane, diving with sharks and then... hunted down by actual, professional killers. In today's world, it is not so far-fetched, people will do insane things for money. The ending, though, seemed a little weird. I mean, now that he has done all that... and survived... why would he... (2.5 stars)
Hickory, Dickory, Kerouac by Richard Gehman (3 pages) A story about a hipster mouse who digs a lot of stuff and who has tried the pot, the pan, everything really... in the kitchen! A (very) weird story, with a certain charm for sure, but I fail to see how it relates to science fiction. (2 stars)
The Yellow Pill by Rog Phillips (14 pages) A murderer is presented to a doctor. Neither of them believes in the other one's reality, and yet, they both try to... only the doctor needs a yellow pill to help him along the way. This story has my head spinning, a true mindbender. I am still not sure what to think of the ending, but it is kinda a fun run while you are reading it. (3 stars)
River of Riches by Gerald Kersh (14 pages) A man enters a bar with a crazy story about emeralds, gold and a strange game of nuts. He seems like a charlatan, but the listener starts to believe that he might indeed be telling the truth about the River of Riches. A fun tale that will keep you captivated for sure. Not sure why this ended up in an anthology of science fiction stories, though. (3 stars)
Satellite Passage by Theodore L. Thomas (11 pages) Two satellites are apparently on a course to collide. One of them is american, manned, and guess what, the other one is... russian, and also manned. It feels very much like these two are playing a game of chicken, because if they are manned, they should have every chance for moving away from eachothers courses. There were a lot of things wrong with this story and overall, it just felt very outdated and weird. (1 star)
Casey Agonistes by R.M. McKenna (12 pages) This story has a very unreliable narrator, a person locked up in an insane asylum, and for that reason, the story twists and turns and you need to pay attention to follow it. It had a lot of heart, but felt somewhat out of its element in this anthology. (2 stars)
Space-time for Springer by Fritz Leiber (13 pages) Gummitch is a special kitten (a superkitten actually), he has figured out the idea behind the mirrors and windows (about the Gummitch Double), he can teleport and any day now, he will be able to talk. However, one day something goes terrible wrong, and even with an IQ of 160, there is no going back from this. Weird story, but also a little bit wonderful. I've had a cat... and they do seem to act this way. Like they are the Masters of the Universe. (2.5 stars)
Or All the Seas With Oysters by Avram Davidson (11 pages) This story takes place in a small bikeshop run by two guys, Oscar and Ferd. These two guys are very different from eachother, where Oscar is open, social and likes girl a lot, Ferd seems the exact opposite. Ferd also likes nature, and keeps talking about how some animals can change shape and regenerate missing limbs... but when he starts talking about how his racer has the same attributes, because its a special... creature, something is not right with the world. A weird story, and even if I can accept a world where anything is possible, it still pains me as a biology teacher, to have to accept... this. (1.5 stars)
Ten-Story Jigsaw by Brian W. Aldiss (9 pages) This is a post-apocalyptic story from the other side of the world, Sydney, Australia. It tells the story of a couple of junkmen who flies around gathering stuff from abandoned buildings, right before they are pulled down. It is also a story that focuses too heavily on the plot twist by the end, and therefore drops the reader halfway through it. I could have enjoyed this story... had it had a different ending. (1 star)
Fresh Guy by E.C. Tubb (16 pages) A small group of misfits have gathered near The Tombstone. There is a ghoul, two vampires and a werewolf and they are all hungry. Apparently there aren't that many humans left and they have all hidden underground after something happened abbove ground (probably the same thing that made all these... monsters) However, hunger drives anyone to do weird things. Not a favorite story of mine, it took me too long to figure out what was going on here, and having read it, I am still not entirely sure. (1 star)
The Beautiful Things by Arthur Zirul (5 pages) Man are no longer the rulers of earth, the bears are. Man is still here, though, but hiding... always fearing the domination of bears. One day, a bear traps a man and find out that he can make the Beautiful Things. He has a plan to get more of these, but the next humans that he traps, thinks that the Beautiful Things is something else entirely. Amazing story, but yeah, in order to believe in it, you need to believe in bears as the dominant race on earth... but it'll be worth it. Easily the best story in the anthology at this point. (4 stars)
The Comedian's Children by Theodore Sturgeon (46 pages) A spaceship is sent to one of Saturn's moons, and when it arrives, it crashes and somehow releases some kind of disease that only target children. Now, some people wants to figure out this mystery, while others wants to take advantage of the children. Yes, with this story you are in for a Sturgeon experience. The story takes a few twists and turns along the way, and eventually ends up far from where it started. It dropped me a few times, but I managed to keep reading. By the end of it, though, I still had a few questions I wanted answered, but aint that always the case with Sturgeon... not a favorite Sturgeon story of mine. (2 stars)
The Short-Short Story of Mankind by John Steinbeck (6 pages) This is exactly what it says on the tin... a Short-Short story of Mankind. It takes us from the cave, to the birthing of the United Nations. Not much of a story though... or satire for that matter. (1 star)...more
Ok, I needed a fast injection of Science Fiction and so picked up this "little" book that had been resting (and gathering dust) on my shelf. To be comOk, I needed a fast injection of Science Fiction and so picked up this "little" book that had been resting (and gathering dust) on my shelf. To be completely honest, I have yet to read a really good Baen book (they always seem to have the feel of cheapness..), and so, my hopes are not that great for this one, although it does contain a couple of interesting names, like Gregory Benford and Gene Wolfe.
This is a review-in-progress, which means that I will add a small review of each individual shortstory as I read it. Starting at the very beginning, of course...
Dog Soldierby Garth Nix This is the story about man's best friend, the mechanical... dog! We are somewhere in the far galaxy, far away from Earth (what they call Terra). Here man is fighting a new three-armed race called Xene's and today our hero, Gillies gets a new toy to test out. I am no fan of a heavy science fiction language, as I like to understand what I am reading about. This story started out with a LOT of new words to understand, and while most of them certainly lost me, the story actually ended by surprising me with its... warmth and heart. Not a great read, but a solid one. (3 stars)
The Girl With the Killer Eyesby B.B. Kristopher Yep, the title says it all. This, however, is not science fiction, but a story about superhumans. In it we meet Jodie, a woman who has her first day at the FBSI, sort of an agency for superhumans who help fight superhuman crime. Her first task: A simple robbery. Personally, this story didn't offer me anything. It tried to be funny, but it didn't really work. (1 star)...more
The Story... Try to hang on and if you have questions afterwards, well, you must clearly read the book on your own!
A man wakes up surrounded by waterThe Story... Try to hang on and if you have questions afterwards, well, you must clearly read the book on your own!
A man wakes up surrounded by water. He fights his way to the shore where he learns that another person has washed ashore as well. A woman. He describes her as a swimmer, built for the ocean. He closes his eyes and when he opens them in the morning, the woman is gone. She has been taken by a tribe called the spine kings. These savages are cannibals and will sacrifice the woman when they reach a place called Kataptron Cove.
The man does not know who he is and soon finds that while he has no recollection of anywhere else, this place and its people are very strange indeed. Some grow trees from their shoulders, while others know how to shapechange. Whenever he meet a new group of people, he asks them about the world and how it was created, but will these stories reveal anything of his identity and past?
My Judgment... What sold me on this book was a reviewer on Goodreads who had stopped after 50 pages because it was too weird for him. This is always a positive thing in my book and therefore I began to read. After 50 pages, I was completely involved in the beautiful and mysterious story. One thing you must understand before reading this... it is almost like a long poem with lots of symbols and metaphors. The story is pretty straightforward, but if you want to dig a little deeper than the obvious... you will be richly rewarded.
In many ways, this story reminded me about Tanith Lee's Flat Earth stories. It has the same poetic language and fantastic world, although you will not meet any demons here. The ending was a little unfulfilling, but maybe there was something that I missed. The good thing is, now I have a reason to go back and read it one more time.
Also, I was a little uncertain about the genre, and had originally classified the book as both fantasy, horror and sci-fi, but now that I've read the book it is unmistakeably... fantasy!
This book comes fully recommended, at least by me....more
Before reading my review, you should know that I read the danish version, so there is a good chance that I will not translate certain words perfectlyBefore reading my review, you should know that I read the danish version, so there is a good chance that I will not translate certain words perfectly (at least according to the original book).
The Story... Denzil lives in the middle ages around 12-something. He is a wizard's apprentice, yet have already read a lot of his master's spells, even though he probably shouldn't have. He might very well be an apprentice, yet, he is already a formidable wizard in his own way.
The story kicks off with Denzil visiting an old witch. He claims that his master sent him, but really, he was there to steal something. However, when the witch calls him a thief, he gets angry... Denzil is NO thief... he is a robber and apparently there is a great difference. Before leaving the old witch, she gives Denzil a warning that a dragon will slay him on Spy Wednesday! Denzil, however, does not believe that the warning is meant for him, instead he thinks the warning is meant for his master... Valvasor...
Spy Wednesday is in four days, so Denzil decides to use his magical amulet to travel into the future to warn his master. But something goes wrong and Denzil finds himself 7 centuries ahead of his own time... in the garden of the MacAllister family!
Will Denzil be able to do the math correctly and find his way back to his own time and will he manage to save his master from certain doom...
My Judgment... This is a children's book and it shows. However, this is not a bad thing. It has plenty of things to teach a child reading the book. It is unmistakably fantasy and there is plenty of magic within these pages, however, there is also a good story about being different from everyone else and come to terms with who (and what) you are. It is about finding your own destiny and allowing others to help you fulfill it. I feared early on that it would be far too predictable (because one of its great themes is time travel), but it really isn't. It is actually a sweet little story.
Highly recommended to children age 8-11! And don't be discouraged if you don't like fantasy... this is not pure fantasy, like the Lord of the Rings... it is more like Harry Potter....more
I've had this anthology on the shelf for quite some time and wanted to read it... several times. I bought it because I really like shared world settinI've had this anthology on the shelf for quite some time and wanted to read it... several times. I bought it because I really like shared world settings, when done right, and there are some promising writers in this book, like Charles de Lint, Gene Wolfe, Megan Lindholm (Robin Hobb) and Steven Brust.
This is another review-in-progress, and I will review the shortstories as I get to read them, starting with the first, of course, and ending with the last.
A Happy Birthday (by Will Shetterly> is the story of the Magician of Liavek and how he is saved, by luck, from one of his greatest enemies. It was a little confusing at times, since it introduces a lot of new ideas, but overall - a good and solid read. (2.5 stars)
Before the Paint is Dry (by Kara Dalkey) is a tale of the artists of Liavek, and how they compete. Strong characters and definitely a story with another pace than your average fantasy story. (3 stars)...more


Williams is legally barred from even applying. Under a 2008 Florida law, no one who seeks compensation for wrongful incarceration can have prior felony convictions on his record. Williams has several nonviolent felonies, including larceny. So the state takes 18 years of his life, says in effect, "Oops, my bad" and that's supposed to be the end of it? Incredibly, yes.
The worst part is not that the law is absurdly mean-spirited and punitive. No, the worst part is that it is also absurdly short-sighted.
It has that in common with laws and policies all over the country that impinge upon a former felon's re-entry into the mainstream. In some states, an ex-felon loses the right to vote for life. Ex-felons can also be denied work, housing, loans, the right to serve on a jury.
But here's the thing: if you pinch off every avenue by which a former offender seeks to better him- or herself, what route do you leave open? Only the one that leads back to prison.
Politicians love to posture about being "tough on crime." They compete to see who can impose the more Draconian punishment - from candidate Bill Clinton executing a retarded man to Sheriff Joe Arpaio serving prisoners green bologna and moldy bread. It's good politics to do so and politics, make no mistake, is what this is all about. So we toss aside the old ideal that once a convict paid his or her "debt to society," he or she was entitled to a second chance. Granted, not every offender would take that chance. But to remove the chance from the equation altogether is to ensure that no one can. It is to put a thumb on the scales of rehabilitation.
Note that when a reporter from the Bradenton Herald tried to reach Derrick Williams for an interview recently, his sister said he was out looking for a job. The economy being what it is, his resume being what it is, and the political climate being what it is, how would you assess his chances? They are poor at best. But we should never be so "tough on crime" as to make going straight impossible. At least, assuming our goal is to punish and rehabilitate.
Some days, it seems it's just to punish - and then punish some more.
Leonard Pitts Jr., winner of the 2004 Pulitzer Prize for commentary, is a columnist for the Miami Herald.


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People can die from a broken heart according to new research published in the Feb. 24, 2014, issue of the journal JAMA Internal Medicine by Dr. Sunil Shah, Senior Lecturer in Public Health at St. George's University of London and colleagues.
For the sake of clarity the researchers equate a broken heart with bereavement. The study concentrated on the feelings and behaviors of people who had lost a loved one to death during the 30 days after the death of a spouse or a child.
The study found that the rate of death from stroke or heart attack in people who had lost a loved one within the last 30 days was twice the rate of the same ailments in people that had not suffered the loss of a family member or spouse.
The researchers contend that the emotional trauma involved with the death of a loved one produces a higher level of stress in the grieving person and can produce adverse health events.
The scientists confirmed the relationship with stress by measuring blood levels of stress hormones in grieving people. People that are grieving had higher blood levels of stress hormones.
Grief in itself can cause people that have illnesses to forget to take their medications and result in higher rates of heart attack and stroke.
The researchers found that the potential for higher rates of death in grieving people began to be reduced after 30 days based on blood levels of stress hormones.

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East Robertson hires Broadrick as head football coach
It may be in the heart of the spring sports season, but Wednesday there was a buzz around the East Robertson campus, and it had nothing to do with the postseason starting.
The buzz Wednesday night was about football after Chad Broadrick was named the new head coach after the job had been vacant for five months.
"This was a hard decision because we had so many quality candidates that applied, but we're very happy with our decision," East Robertson Principal Mary Cook said. "We think that Coach Broadrick will be a good fit for our school and our program."
Broadrick replaces Jay Pierce, who resigned after three seasons with East Robertson following a 2-8 campaign in 2014.
Broadrick didn't hesitate when offered the position.
"I actually got the call late Tuesday night and accepted the offer right there over the phone," Broadrick said. "Wednesday afternoon I met with Coach (Jeff) Chatman (the East Robertson Athletic Director) and a couple of the assistant coaches, just to get the lay of the land.
"It was good to talk with Atle Pond, who is one of the assistants, because I've practically known him my whole life. We've still got some things to go over, but that will come in time."
Broadrick comes into East Robertson at an opportune time because the Indians haven't yet started spring practice.
"I've heard that the players have had good attendance for the weight program, but as far as spring practice goes, we'll start that on Monday," Broadrick said. "This won't be a usual spring camp because we're starting from scratch, but we'll get some things accomplished and I'll get to know them and they will get to know me.
"Right now, I think that's probably the most important thing, everything else will come."
Broadrick played high school football at nearby White House High.
He then played a year at Austin Peay and was a volunteer assistant coach for White House during his other three years at Austin Peay.
After graduating, Broadrick coached at Station Camp for a year before returning to White House for two years as a defensive assistant.
He was the Blue Devils' defensive coordinator the past two seasons.
"One thing I believe in is being physical on the football field," Broadrick said. "I think all that starts on the defensive side of the ball and that's going to be our identity.
"We're going to come out and play hard and we'll be physical and we will compete. The one thing I can say is we're not going into any game scared. We'll compete to the best of our ability and if we can do that, then good things will happen."


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According to the recent report published by ICRA, the recovery has been sharper than that witnessed post-Covid. Pan-India premium hotel ARRs stood at INR 4,200 to 4,400 in FY2022 and were at a 25 to 30 percent discount to pre-Covid levels. However, for some high-end hotels and leisure destinations, ARRs have been higher than pre-Covid levels in the last few months.
While the possibility of a fourth Covid wave cannot be ruled out, the increasing vaccination coverage and reducing disruption with each Covid-19 wave provide comfort. ICRA expects that a month of complete lockdown could impact FY 2023 pan-India occupancy by five percent points.
“Despite the Omicron impact, we expect Q4 FY 2022 revenues and margins to be better than Q2 FY 2022. The staff-to-room ratio continues to remain significantly lower than pre-Covid levels aided by redeployment of staff, reskilling employees and centralisation of business functions. With improvement in operating performance, coverage metrics are likely to be the best in H2 FY 2022 since the start of Covid-19. While Q4 FY 2022 interest coverage is likely to witness some sequential moderation because of the Omicron wave, it is still expected to be better on YoY basis,” she further added.
“ICRA expects the hotel industry to clock 60 percent of pre-Covid revenues in FY 2022, despite almost four months of impact because of Covid 2.0 and Covid 3.0. Further, the industry is also likely to report operating profits in FY 2022 aided by improved operating leverage and sustenance of some of the cost-optimisation measures undertaken in FY 2021. Notwithstanding the potential impact on demand with further Covid waves, if any, ICRA expects the industry to return to pre-Covid levels in FY 2023, as against FY 2024 earlier. The demand in the near term is expected to stem largely from domestic leisure travel, although there will be gradual recovery in business travel and FTAs. Hotels are likely to report pre-Covid margins at 85 to 90 percent of revenues going forward,” she further added.

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Getting into the final day of the 12 months 2021, the crypto charts appeared wholesome and bathed in inexperienced. Bitcoin, with a achieve of 0.73 p.c, saved its buying and selling worth at $51,007 (roughly Rs. 37.9 lakh) as per Indian alternate CoinSwitch Kuber. On worldwide exchanges reminiscent of CoinMarketCap in addition to Binance, the world’s oldest cryptocurrency is buying and selling at round $47,209 (roughly Rs. 35 lakh) per token. The latest days have been tough for Bitcoin that dropped from its all-time excessive of $69,000 (roughly Rs. 51 lakh) final month and has struggled to take care of even gradual progress since.
Business consultants have predicted that as Bitcoin strengthens its dominance with small however steady good points, altcoins will witness progress within the close to future.
“The biggest cryptocurrency by market capitalisation, Bitcoin, stayed above the $47,000 (roughly Rs. 35 lakh) mark and Ether hovered above $3,700 (roughly Rs. 2.75 lakh). Many of the high altcoins remained range-bound following the cues from the 2 largest cryptocurrencies. Bitcoin dominance alerts that the altcoins may seemingly have a greater session over the approaching days,” Edul Patel, CEO and Co-founder of crypto funding agency Mudrex instructed Devices 360.
The 12 months 2021 emerged as a milestone for the crypto area.
El Salvador adopted Bitcoin as authorized tender in September, validating the crypto area in a major method.
The very first Bitcoin futures exchange-traded fund (ETF) was launched on the New York Inventory Alternate (NYSE) in October, which had pushed Bitcoin value to a brand new all-time excessive.
This 12 months, crypto-related corporations additionally managed to collect greater than $30 billion (roughly Rs. 2,27,617 crore) from enterprise capital funds, quadrupling from 2018.
Industries backed and primarily based on cryptocurrencies have witnessed a significant world explosion, making the area “too massive to disregard”, a report by the Financial institution of America (BofA) stated earlier this 12 months.
Mergers and acquisitions within the crypto area have additionally spiked from $940 million (roughly Rs. 7,025 crores) in 2020 to $4.2 billion (Rs. 31,390 crores) in 2021, the BoFA’s report exhibits.
Within the US, cryptocurrencies like Shiba Inu and Dogecoin additionally gained adoption as cost choices for day-to-day purchases like film tickets and reward playing cards.
Cryptocurrency is an unregulated digital forex, not a authorized tender and topic to market dangers. The data offered within the article shouldn’t be supposed to be and doesn’t represent monetary recommendation, buying and selling recommendation or another recommendation or advice of any kind provided or endorsed by NDTV. NDTV shall not be liable for any loss arising from any funding primarily based on any perceived advice, forecast or another data contained within the article.


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Sunday night’s bill at Saint Rocke in Hermosa Beach features a strong pairing of highly talented singer-songwriters – Butterfly Boucher and Miranda Lee Richards.
The Australian Boucher, at left, whose drum work can be heard on the theme song for TV’s “Grey’s Anatomy” and who has toured with Sara MacLachlan and recorded with David Bowie, recently released her second album, “Scary Fragile” (reviewed below).
Miranda Lee Richards, a San Francisco native whose own sophomore effort, “Light of X,” came out in March, describes her music as “psychedelic chamber folk rock.” Her thoughtful songs are made all the more captivating by her shimmering alto vocals.
Indie folk-rock duo Jen & Abby will open the show.
Doors open at 5:30 p.m. Tickets are $10. Saint Rocke is at 142 Pacific Coast Highway. For information, call 310-372-0035 or go to www.saintrocke.com.
– Sam Gnerre, Staff Writer
Situation Operation 3 1/2 stars
How would you like to release a highly promising first album, tour in support of Sarah MacLachlan, and then record a superb follow-up with producer David Kahne (Paul McCartney, The Strokes)?
Then what if your record company dropped you three years later never having released said album, even though you’ve recorded with David Bowie, played drums on the “Grey’s Anatomy” theme song and had your tunes used on several shows, including “Grey’s”?
What then? Well, thankfully, if you’re gifted Australian singer-songwriter Butterfly Boucher, you’d be persistent enough to turn right around and release “Scary Fragile” under your own imprint.
Boucher’s debut, “Flutterby,” was filled with catchy, captivating tunes, but it was equal parts pop and rock, a hybrid which seemed to confuse her record company.
“Scary Fragile” rocks much harder, with its excellent opener “I Found Out” leading the way in fast-paced fashion. Ten more compact, hooky tunes follow, several of them thumping, charged rockers such as “Just One Tear” and “Keeper” that feature full-bodied choruses, pinpoint tempo shifts and Boucher’s supple vocals.
“They Say You Grow” recalls the kind of updated girl-group productions that Sam Phillips used to make on her early albums, while the title track and “A Bitter Song” show Boucher’s facility with starkly dramatic ballads.
She’s a versatile performer, she writes great songs and the release of “Scary Fragile” definitely has given her the last laugh.
– Sam Gnerre


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Gastritis is a common time period for a bunch of situations which have one factor in widespread – an irritation of the liner of the abdomen. This irritation of gastritis is most frequently a results of an an infection with the identical bacterium which causes most abdomen ulcers. The common use of sure ache relievers and ingesting an excessive amount of alcohol may result in gastritis.
This situation can occur slowly over time (often called continual gastritis) or it will probably occur out of the blue (often called acute gastritis). There are some circumstances when gastritis can result in ulcers and an elevated danger of abdomen most cancers. However, for most individuals, gastritis isn’t a severe situation and it improves rapidly with assist of therapy.
Under are given among the most typical indicators and signs of gastritis:
- A sense of fullness within the higher stomach after you have got eaten
- Burning ache or gnawing or ache (often called indigestion) within the higher stomach which might both develop into worse or higher with consuming
However, it is best to keep in mind that gastritis doesn’t at all times trigger signs or indicators. Nearly each single individual has a bout of indigestion and abdomen irritation. Most circumstances of indigestion are short-lived and they don’t want medical care. You need to see your physician you probably have indicators and signs of gastritis which final for per week or longer.
It’s good to inform your physician if the abdomen discomfort occurs after taking prescription or over–the–counter medicine, particularly aspirin or different ache relievers. You probably have stools that seem black, you have got blood in your stools or you might be vomiting blood, then that you must see your physician as quickly as attainable to find out the trigger for it.
As now we have stated earlier than, gastritis is an inflammation of the abdomen lining. An damage to the mucus–lined barrier (it protects your abdomen wall) or weak spot to it, can enable your digestive juices to wreck and inflame your abdomen lining. There are lots of completely different ailments and situations which might improve your danger of gastritis, akin to Crohn’s illness and sarcoidosis, which is a situation wherein collections of inflammatory cells develop within the physique.
There are some components that may improve your danger of getting gastritis, akin to
- Stress: The extreme stress which is brought on by extreme infections, burns, damage, or main surgical procedure, may cause acute gastritis.
- Extreme alcohol use: It’s recognized that alcohol can irritate and erode your abdomen lining, which makes your abdomen extra susceptible to digestive juices. Extreme alcohol utilization is extra prone to trigger acute gastritis.
- Older age: It’s observed that older adults have an elevated danger of gastritis as a result of the abdomen lining tends to skinny as we’re getting older. Older adults usually tend to have H. pylori an infection or autoimmune problems than youthful adults, so that they have extra probabilities of getting gastritis.
- Your individual physique attacking cells in your abdomen: This kind of gastritis is named autoimmune gastritis. It’s a sort of gastritis that occurs when the physique assaults the cells which make up your abdomen lining. This kind of response can put on away at your abdomen’s protecting barrier. It’s observed that autoimmune gastritis is extra widespread in individuals with different autoimmune problems, akin to sort 1 diabetes and Hashimoto’s illness. Additionally, autoimmune gastritis could be related to Vitamin B 12 deficiency.
- Common use of ache relievers: The most typical ache relievers, akin to naproxen (like Aleve and Anaprox), ibuprofen (like Motrin IB, Advil, and others), and aspirin, may cause each continual and acute gastritis. For those who use these ache relievers an excessive amount of or too usually, then they’ll cut back a key substance that helps protect the protecting lining of your abdomen.
- Bacterial an infection: Helicobacter pylori are among the many most typical worldwide human infections, however solely a small p.c of individuals with this an infection will develop gastritis or different higher gastrointestinal disorders. Docs imagine that the vulnerability to this bacterium is usually a results of inherited components or as a consequence of way of life selections, akin to food regimen and smoking.