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ANTHEIL: Symphony No. 4 '1942'. Symphony No. 6.
Ferry (Washington at Trenton).
This is a major recording as it gives collectors the opportunity to hear two Antheil scores never before recorded, the Symphony No. 6 and the concert overture McKonkey's Ferry (Washington at Trenton). The other work, Symphony No. 4, was recorded in the late '50s by the London Symphony directed by Sir Eugene Goossens, available in a fine remastering on Everest (EVC 9039). All of this music is far removed from the scandalous Ballet Méchanique premiered in 1926, with its massive percussion, siren, ten player-pianos and airplane propeller.
Symphony No. 4 was composed on the West Coast when Antheil was a reporter in charge of war-analysis. He admits that sounds of war are to be heard in his 32-minute symphony, written in 1942. With its frequent march episodes, Antheil's music often is reminiscent of Shostakovich, particularly in the first movement, which contains rhythmic episodes that could just as well have been in Shostakovich's Leningrad Symphony. The third movement scherzo sounds suspiciously like the scherzo of the Russian composer's Symphony No. 5, composed five years earlier. However, if you are going to "borrow" music from another composer, why not take from the best? In his autobiography, Bad Boy of Music, Antheil tells of his friendship with Leopold Stokowski, how he left the Fourth Symphony score with him, and with a few hours heard from the Maestro saying he wanted to do the premiere. It turned out this rather dissonant work was a major factor in Stokowski's contract with NBC not being renewed the following year (although Schoenberg's Piano Concerto was the major cause of discontent). Symphony No. 4 had its premiere on a nationwide NBC Symphony broadcast February 13, 1944 (see REVIEW). In his book Antheil describes how he, his wife Boski, and Hedy Lamarr heard the performance over the radio in Laurel Canyon where they were staying and how pleased they were with the extraordinary performance. The first concert performance took place the following year with Hans Kindler and the Washington National Symphony.
Symphony No. 6 was premiered by the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra February 10, 1948. Antheil again quotes from other composers; Prokofiev often is evident, as is a brief touch of The Battle Cry of Freedom. There are typical Antheil march patterns in the opening and closing of the three movements, with a refective, calm slow movement separating the two. However, in this symphony the marches are jubilant, in contrast to those in Symphony No. 4.
Antheil wrote a series of concert overtures for orchestra in the late '40s; McKonkey's Ferry, composed in 1948, is one of these, inspired by the image of George Washington crossing the Delaware on Christmas night, 1776 -- hardly suggested in the 9-minute overture, which is Antheil at his boisterous best.
The Ukraine National Symphony directed by Theodore Kuchar provides admirable performances. This is very difficult music, particularly for brass. One might hope for thicker string textures, but anyone interested in this music will surely not be disappointed by the interpretations heard here. Naxos' sonic quality is excellent, although a touch more resonance might have made string tone richer. A major issue in the label's American Classics series.
Antheil enthusiasts surely also will wish to have the Everest version of Symphony No. 4, as well as the Centaur release of Symphony No. 5 (reviewed on this site). Of course, don't overlook Antheil's ballet Capital of the World (also reviewed on this site). Naxos -- let us have more previously unrecorded Antheil!


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Responding to the sentencing of Hong Kong activist Ma Chun-man, also known as “Captain America 2.0”, to five years and nine months in prison for “inciting subversion” under the national security law, Amnesty International’s Deputy Secretary General Kyle Ward said:
“In the warped political landscape of post-national security law Hong Kong, peacefully expressing a political stance and trying to get support from others is interpreted as ‘inciting subversion’ and punishable by years in jail.
“It is outrageous that Ma Chun-man has been sentenced to more than five years in prison simply for chanting slogans and sharing his political views online. The Hong Kong government must stop criminalizing mere acts of expression without any demonstrated connection to the use of force or imminent violence.
Source: Hong Kong: ‘Captain America’ sentencing exposes ‘dangerously disproportionate’ restrictions on rights – Amnesty International
Failure to plan means you are planning to fail, as the old saying goes. By all accounts, the UK’s shambolic hosting of the COP26 summit has been a masterclass in failing to plan.
That’s entirely in keeping with the style of Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who has turned winging–it into an art form. But that style simply doesn’t work for international summits that are months, even years, in the making.
Just as serious as the no shows by the likes of Russia’s Vladimir Putin and China’s Xi Jinping is the fact that leaders are still light–years away from seriously addressing the real cost of the energy transition needed to reach ‘net zero’.
Source: The Brief – Planning to fail – EURACTIV.com
In face of a French-led push to revive nuclear power in Europe, a group of five EU countries led by Germany have banded together to urge the European Commission to keep nuclear out of the EU’s green finance taxonomy.
“Nuclear power is incompatible with the EU Taxonomy Regulation’s ‘do no significant harm’ principle“, says the joint declaration for a nuclear-free EU taxonomy signed by Austria, Denmark, Germany, Luxembourg and Portugal.
Source: Five EU countries form anti-nuclear alliance at COP26 – EURACTIV.com
As Czechia looks to decarbonize its coal-based economy, it sees nuclear energy as the backbone of its future energy mix. The Czech government plans to build a new nuclear power plant unit that is expected to be operational in 2036. Still, experts warn of delays and high costs, already observed in Slovakia or Hungary.
Source: Experts dampen hopes of Central Europe’s nuclear future – EURACTIV.com
European cities are increasingly giving their inhabitants a voice on local matters by asking urbanites how to spend municipal budgets and engaging them on innovative platforms.
Local leaders believe engaging citizens can strengthen democracy and speed up Europe’s green transition, as most of the requests from the public relate to sustainability and the environment. Some even claim giving inhabitants more say on it can hinder authoritarian tendencies.
However, according to its critics, these tools are not enough to stop populism and could even be used to mask local leaders’ discretionary decisions.
Source: Participatory budgeting: hype or democratic panacea? – EURACTIV.com
The past year’s crisis underscored the need for a more united Europe. We must seize this opportunity to make the Conference on the Future of Europe a true forum with citizens to work together to achieve a more sovereign and democratic Europe, says UEF President and Renew MEP Sandro Gozi.
The European Community project is a successful example of cooperation. More than 60 years ago, the seed was sown for this great idea, this magnificent economic, political, and social tool that turned a continent, disjointed by the war, into a place of peace.
The European Union’s (EU) effective response to the health, economic and social crisis caused by COVID-19 ought to be an accelerator of long overdue reforms of all kinds within the EU’s structure.
Source: We can strengthen European democracy by giving the European Parliament more powers – EURACTIV.com
India faces a difficult choice that will have consequences for the world.
No country’s energy needs are expected to grow faster in coming decades than India’s. Even under the most optimistic projections, a part of the demand must be met by dirty coal power — a key source of heat trapping carbon emissions.
India can either compromise on development needed to lift millions from poverty, or it can continue burning coal from the country’s vast domestic reserves, said India’s top environmental official Rameshwar Prasad Gupta in New Delhi, the week before the United Nations climate summit at Glasgow, known as COP26.
Source: Can world’s climate target and India’s development coexist?
Negotiators at this year’s U.N. climate talks in Glasgow appeared to be backing away from a call to end all use of coal and phase out fossil fuel subsidies completely, but gave poor countries hope for more financial support to cope with global warming.
The latest draft proposals from the meeting’s chair released Friday call on countries to accelerate “the phaseout of unabated coal power and of inefficient subsidies for fossil fuels.”
Source: Climate talks back off from call to end all coal use
One of the biggest problems among U.S. troops and veterans, rising suicides, is made worse by another growing scourge in the ranks: hunger.
That was the conclusion experts delivered to a House Agriculture subcommittee in a hearing Wednesday on the eve of Veterans Day.
“Veterans dealing with very low food security have an almost four-fold increase in odds of suicidal ideation,” Nipa Kamdar, a health sciences specialist, told the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Oversight and Department Operations.
Source: Some troops are driven to suicide by hunger, experts say – Roll Call
Instead of treating Mars and the Moon as sites of conquest and settlement, we need a radical new ethics of space exploration
Within four years, American astronauts will once again plant their feet and flags on the Moon’s dusty surface. They won’t be alone: Chinese, European and Russian space agencies have their sights on our nearest celestial body too, as do space companies such as Moon Express and Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin. If their plans come to fruition, astronauts and their robots will claim the most valuable spots and mine the Moon for water, ice and other resources. Our lunar neighbor will never be the same again.
Source: We need a more egalitarian approach to space exploration | Aeon Essays

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“I don’t know what I’d call Teenage Time Killers, but I do know it’s a supergroup of fucking badass musicians and singers,” Corrosion of Conformity drummer Reed Mullin told Rolling Stone in 2015 of his all-star punk-meets-metal side project. Their first album, Greatest Hits Vol. 1, came out that year.
Now, in the wake of Mullin’s death last month, his core collaborators in Teenage Time Killers — guitarist and co-songwriter Mick Murphy, also of My Ruin, and Foo Fighters studio engineer John Lousteau — have released a series of pro-shot videos from the band’s only live show. That blowout 2015 gig, held at L.A.’s Fonda Theatre, featured guest appearances from many of the singers who appeared on the album, including Lamb of God’s Randy Blythe, Slipknot’s Corey Taylor and Clutch’s Neil Fallon. The supporting cast includes Mullin, Murphy and a revolving cast of bassists, with Lousteau handling drums on the handful of songs when Mullin took his turn at the mic.
“Teenage Time Killers was Reed’s brainchild and John Lousteau and I had a blast helping him make it happen,” Murphy said in a statement accompanying the never-before-seen videos. “I’ll be forever proud of the music that came out of that whole project. Having so many legendary artists from metal and punk genres collaborate with us by adding their lyrics and vocal talents to our songs has made the album timeless and our gig at the Fonda was an awesome night I’m sure those who were there will never forget. Thankful and humbled to be even a small part of Reed’s incredible musical legacy. He will be missed by many. R.I.P.”
Highlights of the show include the Taylor-sung “Egobomb,” a swinging rocker that erupts into a hardcore tirade midway through; “Crowned by the Light of the Sun,” where Fallon’s mighty bellow tops off a monstrous, doomy groove; and “Hung Out to Dry,” an anti-conformist diatribe featuring Blythe’s caustic growl. Also look out for Mullin’s charged-up vocals on tracks like “Exploder,” and an appearance from actual teenager Trenton Rogers — of L.A. band Chaotic Justice — on a cover of the band’s namesake song, a 1981 track by U.K. punk eccentrics Rudimentary Peni.
Other tracks feature underground luminaries like Bl’ast’s Clifford Dinsmore, Scream’s Pete Stahl, Prong’s Tommy Victor and Municipal Waste’s Tony Foresta, along with Tony Agell, who fronted Corrosion of Conformity for 1991’s Blind. (Taking the stage, Dinsmore summed up the mood of the night by saying, “What a fuckin’ ultimate collection of fuckin’ miscreants and fuckin’ weirdos.”) The videos of the show were edited by Murphy and filmed by Jill and Gary Bandfield of Tour Bus Live.
Reed Mullin died in January at age 53. “He could cop one hundred different styles and reference them in his own way,” his Corrosion of Conformity bandmates wrote on Facebook. “Everything from Earl Hudson and Clive Burr to Neil Peart (R.I.P.) to Mitch Mitchell and Bill Ward. From John Bonham to Phil Taylor and Nicko McBrain. All the while he was creating his own thing, odd times and polyrhythms played nonchalantly, powerful, simple, deliberate sections, all of the possibilities were in fact possible but utilized thoughtfully, in the proper place, for the proper effect, as the song demanded. Musically speaking, what more could you ask for?”
Mullin appeared on COC’s final album, 2018’s No Cross No Crown, but had not been of a part of the band’s touring lineup at the time of his death. Corrosion of Conformity are currently on tour in Australia.


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Aug. 26, 2016 - Optimism for a softwood lumber trade deal between Canada and the U.S. is fading as the October deadline nears, increasing the risk that the U.S. begin a process to enact new tariffs.
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“That’S Why I Deleted You, Aunt Kathy”: Political Tolerance, Online Selective Exposure, And Relational Closeness, Justice Forte
In the present day, people have copious options for news consumption, and therefore, are presented with increased opportunity to engage in selective exposure, or the selection of media that confirm their beliefs (Stroud, 2008). Past research in the areas of political tolerance (Sullivan et al., 1979), ideology (Brandt et al., 2014), and political conversations in the context of our relationships (Mutz, 2006) highlights the negative impact of tuning out the other side. In exploring these topics, these scholars set out to determine when individuals are willing to extend tolerance toward groups or views with which they disagree and when they ...

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Should Kids be Expected to be Politically Correct?Meghan Gesswein
A Colorado Springs second grader was asked to leave class last week because several faculty and staff members were uncomfortable with his use of “black face” in his portrayal of Martin Luther King, Jr. for a school project. You can read the story on Gawker here. For those of you who are unaware, black face was a makeup gimmick used by white actors in minstrel shows for the sole purpose of making fun of black people. In today’s age, it is largely viewed as inappropriate, disrespectful, politically incorrect, and in certain instances, highly racist.
I don’t believe for a moment that Sean King, the child who was asked to remove his black face makeup, was trying to be disrespectful or racist. I’d like to imagine that he was simply making a concerted effort to be the very best Martin Luther King, Jr. that he could possibly be. And in the eyes of an eight-year-old, painting your face so that you look like a certain person or character is an obvious choice. If he were SpongeBob or The Hulk, no one would have batted an eye if he had been painted yellow or green.
The problem here is that SpongeBob and The Hulk aren’t inherently disrespectful and associated with racism, but black face is. So this begs the question, should kids be expected to be politically correct?
I think the answer is yes. And also no. Children are ever-evolving little creatures. As they grow, they soak up information and learn about the world around them. It is our job as parents and educators to teach them the intricacies of our society and to show them how to behave. Learning about our country’s (not always awesome) history, and how we deal with the implications of that history, is a big part of growing up. Sean King, and many children just like him, have no idea about minstrel shows and why that form of entertainment was so very disrespectful to an entire group of people.
It is our responsibility to teach our kids these lessons. It is Sean King’s mother’s job to talk to him about black face and explain why it’s inappropriate. Sean shouldn’t be punished for his faux pas, but he should be expected to learn from it. His mother is doing him a great disservice, in my opinion, by arguing with the school about their decision instead of using this situation as a learning opportunity. Sean wasn’t sent home or suspended, he was simply asked to remove the make-up before giving his presentation.
We can’t expect children to know everything, but we can and should use uncomfortable situations as teachable moments.
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The Lenovo Yoga C930 shows how Lenovo is not afraid to experiment and shake up the stories of what a top-class convertible notebook should offer. At first glance, everything looks really old, in fact, there’s more to change than usual.
Lenovo Yoga C930 Specs
Core i5-8250U ● 8 GB DDR4 ● 13.9 “FullHD, IPS, glossy, HDR (316-thread brightness), touch pen ● 256 GB NVMe SSD ● USB 3.0, 2 × USB-C Thunderbolt, audio ● 802.11ac 2 × 2 BT 4.1 ● HD camera with cap, fingerprint reader ● Built-in active pen ● 60 Wh ● 32.2 × 22.7 × 1.45 cm ● 1.38 kg
The knuckle under the display changed fundamentally. The precision thin “watch” full of gears has replaced a simpler perforated belt to look at. But it actually contains speakers. Lenovo has louder stereo loudspeakers in this thin strip, which, thanks to the aim of the user, gives a great impression of space. However, because of the lower frequencies they are unable to play, they are complemented by a pair of speakers on a more traditional lower edge near the front edge.
Dolby, where are you going to look
The speakers carry the Dolby Atmos logo, but it’s a bit of a nose. The system behaves like the traditional stereo speakers and Dolby Atmos, meaning not only from the sides but also from the top, so do not wait here. That’s what makes the speakers tuned in Dolby Labs, and you can adjust the equalizer curves, add space simulation, and highlight dialogs using the supplied application. In fact, it’s just about very good stereo speakers.
Notebook speakers play perfectly with good space and audible bass when highlighted in Dolby. Just do not count on the Dolby Atmos surround sound.
Like Dolby Atmos’s Dolby Atmos logo, the Dolby Vision logo also carries a display on this notebook. Again, Dolby Vision is here only as quality and accurate color certification and does not count on Dolby Vision playback support. The display supports HDR video, but the maximum brightness around 315 threads can not bring the intense brightness necessary for HDR quality. The HDR video gives you only the expanded color space and Dolby with its Vision stamp confirms its exact setting.
Well hidden pen
When you start exploring the available connectors, it will surprise you that everything is just to the left – USB, audio, and a pair of USB-C with Thunderbolt support and charging. On the right is only the main switch. However, the ports would not actually be there.
A significant part of the right side occupies a hidden active pen with two buttons. It extends from the back, which interferes with the screen in notebook mode. When the display flips to the position where the pen will be used, it will pop up from the body of the notebook immediately.
The inserted pen is recharged, so you will not have to deal with any battery replacements. Due to the size of the notebook, it is not as big as Microsoft Surface or other notebooks. But you will not lose it. I’m constantly afraid when testing notebooks with lips that my pen will fit somewhere, I will lose it and I will have to pay. I often leave him in a box and I do not use it. Here the pen is always safely hidden in the body of the notebook while still at hand.
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|Sky Diver||4 672||4 974||4 259|
|Fire Strike||1 114||1 195||933|
|Home OpenCL||3 196||4 009||3 198|
|Home||3 161||3 650||2 728|
|Creative OpenCL||3 422||4 979||4 191|
|Creative||3 429||3 647||2 922|
|Work OpenCL||4 305||5 119||4 147|
|Work||3 129||3 650||2,917|
|Total||3 666||3 881||3 135|
|Essentials||8 372||8 143||6,950|
|Productivity||5 547||6,311||4 964|
|Creation||2 880||3 089||2 424|
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Normal performance with above-average durability
In terms of equipment, the tested configuration is a standard, terse basis. Core i5, 8 GB memory and 256 GB disk. So I did not expect any breaking of performance records, but it was very pleasant but surprised by the 60Wh battery life with which the notebook could handle the film over 12 hours. Cooling on your notebook will sound at a higher load, but it does not disturb. In normal office work, the notebook is silent.
As with all the keyboards with the silver keys and the black labels that run the backlight, I have to criticize the readability of the keyboard with the backlight on. Just do not light the keypad, otherwise the labels will merge with the keypad.
The Lenovo Yoga C930 rightly deserves the nine in the name of the premium category with the best technologies. Excellent stereo speakers provide a pleasant space, even though the Dolby Atmos sounds misleading. Similarly, I am also facing Dolby Vision on the display. As the display is not bad, but I would expect a higher brightness, not just HDR support, from Dolby Vision certification. For the highest-end notebook, I would also expect my face to face over the infrared camera. This is just a fingerprint reader and there is a mechanical slider covering the top camera for paranoids.
But for the long-term satisfaction of the laptop nothing is essential. Thanks to the easy-to-use pen, you will often draw and write, thanks to long stamina, you will not have an annoyance without an outlet. Both the speakers and the display are really good, even if they do not even boast Dolby label.


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The Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) has appealed for public assistance in fighting wildfire outbreaks nationwide, to increase food production.
Divisional Officer III Ebenezer Yenzu, Public Relations Officer, GNFS, explained that fire outbreaks had been a significant contributor to national food scarcity.
‘Since most crops don’t withstand the test of time owing to bushfires, the government’s key agricultural schemes, including Planting for Food and Jobs (PFJs) and Planting for Export and Rural Development (PERD), are also in danger,’ Divisinal Officer Yenzu u said
He added: ‘Consider a farm where food crops have been grown, and imagine that a fire breaks out at night. As a result, there will be a food shortage, so even if you have the funds in your office to buy food, it won’t be available or it will cost a lot.’
Mr Yenzu emphasized that the agricultural sector is the main source of income for Ghanaians and that there is a need for everyone to contribute to lowering the number of wildfire events in the nation.
He stressed that there were 30 reported wildfire events between 2021 and 2022, which jumped to 60 incidents in 2022, and that the increase reaching 100 percent was alarming.
He noted that GNFS has consistently worked with farmers to assist lower the number of cases, and that up until this point, the main obstacle had been a lack of funding to provide the farmers with the necessary equipment to combat outbreaks.
According to the GNFS PRO, the increased frequency of bushfires has negatively impacted various crops’ yields, in part due to the direct effects of fire on vegetation cover, soil fertility, and farm management, among other things.
Therefore, he urged everyone to help avoid bushfires in the nation, especially farmers, herders, palm wine tappers, hunters, and other community members.
Source: Ghana News Agency


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William Nigel Ernle Bruce
Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico
Place of Death
Santa Monica, California, U.S.
Cause of Death
William Nigel Ernle Bruce (4 February 1895 – 8 October 1953), best known as Nigel Bruce, was a British character actor on stage and screen. He was best known for his portrayal of Dr. Watson in a series of films and in the radio series The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (starring Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes). Bruce is also remembered for his roles in the Alfred Hitchcock films Rebecca and Suspicion.
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Nigel Bruce passed away on 8th Oct 1953 aged 58.
Nigel Bruce was in a relationship with Violet Campbell (1921 - 1953).
Nigel Bruce is a 58 year old British Actor born on 4th February, 1895 in Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico. His zodiac sign is Aquarius
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Twenty-One (21) more people have died from the Corona virus in Zambia in the last 24 hours. This takes the total number of fatalities to 660. Of this figure, 278 are confirmed COVID-19 deaths, 358 are associated to the pandemic while 24 are yet to be classified.
The total number of new cases increased to 46,146 after 809 new cases were recorded from the 7,517 tests done.
2,679 people are reported to have recovered from the disease bringing the total number of recoveries to 36,639. 489 people currently admitted in various health facilities out of which 340 are on oxygen therapy with 32 in critical condition.
According to official government statistics, 6,358 people are under community management with 6,847 active cases.


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Modern distributed systems consisting of powerful workstations and high-speed interconnection networks are an economical alternative to special-purpose supercomputers. The technical issues that need to be addressed in exploiting the parallelism inherent in a distributed system include heterogeneity, high-latency communication, fault tolerance and dynamic load balancing. Current software systems for parallel programming provide little or no automatic support towards these issues and require users to be experts in fault-tolerant distributed computing. The Paralex system is aimed at exploring the extent to which the parallel application programmer can be liberated from the complexities of distributed systems. Paralex is a complete programming environment and makes extensive use of graphics to define, edit, execute, and debug parallel scientific applications. All of the necessary code for distributing the computation across a network and replicating it to achieve fault tolerance and dynamic load balancing is automatically generated by the system. In this paper we give an overview of Paralex and present our experiences with a prototype implementation.

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Villa Grey is the latest location on the Cairo scene to host photography/painting exhibitions and screen interesting off beat movies that do not normally make it to the regular cinema halls.
This center was opened under the auspices of Grey worldwide and Gerard Avdessian, their Managing Director in Egypt.
Gerard studied theater in the Soviet Union and has directed, produced and written plays in Lebanon for several years, a parallel with his almost 40 years in the advertising business. He came to Cairo in April 2007 to head up Villa Grey and to realize, as he puts it, the “dream child” of Grey’s director in Lebanon, Philip Skaff, the “madman” behind the beloved community arts project.
We had the chance to visit the Villa a couple of weeks ago and check out "Oum el Dounia" - a photo exhibit by Dr. El-Sayed M. El-Sayed. Dr Sayed retired in 2005 and took the opportunity to develop his talent for photography. This is his first solo exhibition and the theme is Old Cairo and Egypt, its architectural heritage and its people.
This talent will come from the visual arts — including painting, graphic design, sculpture and installation, photography and fashion, performing arts, music concerts, poetry, script readings, film screenings — and whatever else shows up on the marble steps to inspire Monsieur Avedissian and his team.
(Italicised extract from Egypt Today, December 2007)
We had gone for the Wednesday night movie screening that the Villa Grey holds, hoping to watch the Oscar winning German movie "The Lives of Others"
Unfortunately, the copy of the movie that they received that day, did not have English subtitles, so they could not screen it. They ended up showing Travolta's Hairspray so we left. (We had already watched the movie)
The viewing room is quite cosy and comfortable, so I'll definitely go back when they next show a movie that I want to watch.
To receive the schedule of Villa Grey movies and other events in Cairo, do send a blank mail to firstname.lastname@example.org or email@example.com
The Villa Grey building itself is worth a trip. Its a traditional old style Egyptian bungalow with lots of Mashrabiya work, beautifully inlaid doors, ornate ceiling and lovely flooring. Reminded me of the Eicher Consulting office in Bangalore for the use of an old building as an office space. This is one of the best kept old bungalows with access to the public that I have seen in Cairo.


Artists being vocal about their frustrations with record labels is not a new phenomenon; yet, few artists have been quite as candid, and seen the quality of their craft and career trajectory take as steep a nosedive due to label conflicts, as renowned Chicago emcee Lupe Fiasco has.
Following the release of his universally-panned Lasers album — an album that Lupe acknowledges he created with about as much enthusiasm as a “hostage” — the Chicago wordsmith has mostly failed to recapture the momentum and acclaim he started his career off with on Food and Liquor and The Cool (save for Tetsuo & Youth).
Last year, Lupe dropped the first effort in his planned DROGAS series, DROGAS LIGHT, which was again a relatively mediocre outing — Lupe admitted that it was merely “a compilation of old-ass songs” and that he purposely “took a L.” He did, however, promise that the next installment would see the return of a “fully complex, fully involved Lupe Fiasco.”
And he certainly did not mislead: On DROGAS WAVE, Lupe, an acquaintance of conceptual projects, executes one of the most complex concepts of any album released so far in 2018, as well as what could be the most ambitious album of his career.
Lupe begins DROGAS WAVE with the storyline of the “LongChains,” which are, as Lupe explains in his reddit thread, African slaves who have survived and thrived underwater during the transatlantic slave trade. The songs “Manilla” and “Gold vs. The Right Things to Do” have Lupe observing the material motives behind oppressors and instigators of tyranny — “manilla” and “gold” — as well as introducing the LongChains, who patrol the oceans and attack and sink slaveships.
On the odyssean “WAV Files” and “Down,” the Chicago emcee ponders the universe’s complacency and complicity in the oppression of slaves, and proceeds to paint a picture of a world in which the gods, mother nature, the constellations, and other natural/supernatural forces are actually on the side of disenfranchised people. Through this reimagining, Lupe subtly critiques society’s “stars,” and wonders how the plight of African-Americans, and marginalized populations in general, would change if people with status, power, education, etc. stood up for these people, instead of being apathetic. It’s the kind of storytelling and narration that rivals the likes of Nas, Slick Rick, and The Notorious B.I.G., with a creativity that puts him on par with poets like Kendrick Lamar and Andre 3000.
At the conclusion of the LongChains arc, DROGAS WAVE pivots and becomes an exploration of various kinds of resurrections and new beginnings. On “Alan Forever” and “Jonylah Forever,” which are two of the album’s crown jewels, Lupe reimagines the fates of two children — Alan Kurdi: a 3-year-old refugee who drowned in 2015 after his family’s boat capsized on its way to Kos; and Jonylah Watkins: a 6-month-old toddler who was shot multiple times in Chicago in 2013 — as if they did not actually meet their tragic deaths. Alan is resurrected as an accomplished Olympic swimmer who saves a boy from drowning; Jonylah is revived as a precocious student who eventually opens her own clinic in low-income areas to help victims of gun violence. Lupe turns their fates into absolutely beautiful stories. They’re emotional and poignant; these moments elicit tears — of joy and of sorrow.
Throughout the album, Lupe invites the listeners to use their imagination to envision what the world would look like in better alternative timelines: What would’ve happened if the idle people of history took action (“Haile Selassie”)? Would depression or intraracial violence rates change if we viewed ourselves as royalty (“Kingdom”)? If time could be rewound, would you change the course of your history? This question is actually the premise of the song “Imagine,” where Lupe addresses his time as an Atlantic Records signee, and in which he concludes that, despite wishing he could return to his younger days, before the frustration and suffering, he has found solace in the path he has chosen.
While Lupe’s ambition on DROGAS WAVE is its greatest strength, it might also be its greatest weakness — from a commercial standpoint, at least. The album is a journey, in every sense of the word; it is very rewarding, but it is lengthy (about an hour and 40 minute runtime) and it’s not an easy listen, lyrically or conceptually. That, unfortunately, hurts it’s replay value. In a saturated climate that oftentimes prefers memorizable hooks and simple lyrics, DROGAS WAVE is permanently out of place, as it favors Lupe’s extensive vocabulary and complex choruses. What the album gains in quality and inventiveness, it loses in commerciality and reach.
Nevertheless, on DROGAS WAVE, Lupe sounds as reinvigorated and energized as ever. You can tell, by the concept, vision, and execution of this album — all on a “razor-thin budget,” I should add — that this was an album that he actually wanted to make, unlike some of the lukewarm albums he released under his Atlantic Records contract. Independence from a label has given Lupe a sense of purpose and zeal that audiences have barely heard from him in years.


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Pre-infection global psychosocial status on SARS CoV-2 disease outcome
The present pandemic situation due to Covid-19 disease has raised a severe threat on human health both physically and mentally. Globally, 794,435 persons were died from a total 22,767,009. We assumed that existed psychosocial-conditions in the pre-infection-period have a great role in disease pathogenesis-severity. This might have geographically/regionally influenced different parameters of the disease. The present aim was to delineate the impact of pre-infection or post-infection psychosocial
... mpact on Covid-19 outcome. Existing global mental-status (depression-anxiety, economic-status, quality-of-life/QOL, Global-Health-Security/GHS, tobacco-smoking and suicide-mortality were verified with their possible correlation with the total-infection/death-rate/case-fatality-rate(CFR) analyzed in >170 countries. The data was collected from World-Health-Organization/World-Bank/United-Nations, and the Johns-Hopkins-Center for Health-Security. The SPSS/version-16.0 was utilized for student's t test, multivariate-ANOVA, Correlation and Prediction for numerical-outcomes, Linear-regression. Pearson's-chi-square-test was performed in the current study. Psychological wellbeing like happiness-GSH-QOL, mental-impairments like depression-anxiety have been variably-positively correlated with total-confirmed-infection-cases, total-death and CFR (p<0.05-p<0.001). Happiness has been positively associated with QOL/GSH/anxiety-depressive-disorder. Higher CFR has been noticed more in the developed countries. Virus-host interactions may have some variability depending on the race-ethnicity-and individual's-body-compositions. Because, this study has been done >170 countries, the present outcome is important. The positive correlation between happiness-QOL index with the apparent adverse outcome of Covid-19 and the correlation between happiness/QOL with anxiety-depression disorder are found to be parallel. This suggests more characterizations of these psychosocial-indices are needed. The open-minded nations with non-conserved nature which eventuates to more transportation, tourist trafficking and more social association/collaborations, that might have affected more. Further studies are necessary in this regard.


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This work has characterised the way wet granules break and deform during processing, and investigated the effect of granule properties and equipment parameters on granule breakage.
Three distinct sets of experiments were undertaken. In the first two sets of experiments, pellets of granular material were compressed in an Instron DynaMightTM load frame to characterise granule mechanical properties. The pellet deformation was filmed to link granule breakage behaviour with mechanical properties.
Cylindrical pellets (20 mm diameter, 25 mm height) of granular material were compressed axially at velocities ranging from 0.1 to 180 mm/s. Three sieve fractions of glass ballotini and two fractions of lactose powder were used to vary particle size and shape. Four binders were used to vary binder viscosity: water, lactose solution (for use with lactose formulations only), 1 Pa.s Silicone oil and 30 Pa.s Silicone oil.
When the results were plotted as dimensionless peak flow stress (Str*, defined below) against Capillary number (Ca), 2 regions appear: a Ca independent region and a Ca dependent region. Earlier work suggested a transition from semi-brittle to plastic granule deformation corresponding to the transition between Ca independent and dependent regions. This work has partly confirmed this observation with the use of Phantom 4 and 5 high speed cameras. The effect is stronger in spherical ballotini than angular lactose.
The effect of particle shape on peak flow stress was studied in detail. Using these experiments and literature data, the following empirical relationship was found to best describe the results.
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Str* =(0.7 +Ca221 )AR Where Str * =σ pd32
where AR is the aspect ratio, σ is the peak flow stress, d32 is the specific surface
mean particle size, γ is the binder surface tension and θ is the surface-liquid contact angle.
Increasing the pore saturation of the pellets increased the dimensionless strength of the pellets. The relative effect of pore saturation changed with Ca, due to the transition between friction and viscous forces. At high Ca, as much as a four fold increase in peak flow stress was found when increasing pore saturation from 39 to 68 %.
The effect of Capillary number, pore saturation, pellet porosity, particle shape and particle distribution breadth were incorporated into the following empirical equation.
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Str s ε AR
where s is the liquid pore saturation, ε is the pellet porosity and Sp is the span of the particle distribution. This equation is applicable for Capillary numbers above 10-2.
Diametrical compression studies were also performed using the Instron DynaMightTM load frame. Pellets 20 mm in diameter and 10 mm high were compressed diametrically at speeds ranging from 0.1 to 180 mm/s. These experiments were also filmed with high speed cameras. The geometry of these pellets suited the study of granule deformation and mode of failure. Two types of granule deformation were observed: semi-brittle and plastic. Semi-brittle deformation occurred when a peak flow stress was observed at strains below 5 %. Plastic deformation occurred when no peak flow stress was observed, or the peak flow stress occurred at strains greater than 5 %. Capillary number alone could not predict failure mode. Non-spherical particles showed semi-brittle fracture at much lower values of Ca. It is likely that the failure
mode is determined by a balance between interparticle friction and viscous liquid dissipation.
In the final experiments, a Breakage Only Granulator was designed and built. The Breakage Only Granulator is a modified high shear granulator with interchangeable impeller blades to vary the shear and impact forces in the granulator. A powder bed of sticky sand (sand coated with 0.1 Pa.s Silicone oil) was used as the flow medium. Pre-formed granules were placed on the sand bed and mixed for 15 s, then sieved to recover the surviving granules and granule fragments. Two impellers were used in the Breakage Only Granulator Experiments. The 11˚ bevelled blade was designed to give a mixture of shear and impact forces in the granulator, and the frictional flat plate impeller was used to minimize impact and maximize shear in the granulator.
With the bevelled blade impeller, the amount of breakage decreased with increasing peak flow stress with some considerable scatter in the results. -20 �m ballotini showed different behaviour to the other granules, probably due to the small particle size and low pore saturation of the granules compared to the pellets used to measure strength in the Instron testing machine. There was considerably more granule breakage at 750 rpm impeller speed than at 500 rpm.
The frictional flat plate impeller at 500 rpm showed very little breakage for all formulations. At 750 rpm, only the weakest formulation showed considerable breakage. These results emphasise the profound effect of impeller geometry on the breakage process and suggest that impact is the primary cause of granule breakage in high shear mixers.

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Silver Feather Earrings
“Until you spread your wings, you’ll have no idea how far you can fly.”
Part of the Her Own Wings collection, these silver feather earrings beautifully remind you to spread your wings and fly. Your potential is unknown until you try.
Handcrafted: Please allow up to 1 week for production.
Earrings are packaged in a handmade origami box. Packaging photo for example purposes only and does not represent the earrings you are purchasing. Packaging colors may not be as shown.
Earring length: about 1″ from ear wire


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There are a few different methods one can utilize in attempting to produce their own fragrances. Balsam is a solution of plant-specific resins in plant-specific solvents (essential oils). Essential oils have been extracted for thousands of years and it is done fairly easily. Although, it is time consuming and it requires an ample amount of plant material to produce a small quantity of oil. But on a side note, pure 100% essential oil is very expensive to purchase. Making it yourself is not very difficult and using your plantation or garden for organic essential oil production only makes sense when using the fruits of your labour to their fullest potential.
Some botanicals store essential oil in their leaves or flowers while other botanicals may store their oils in their rinds, seeds or other plant parts. Some plants yield essential oils from multiple parts of the botanical that they subsequently came from and on the other hand not all plants produce enough essential oil to sustain the commercial cost ofextracting them.
Consider that we grow our plant life at home to produce certain qualities that we may not be able to attain from store bought produce and flowers. The plant material you use must be clean and free of pesticides, herbicides, fungicides, and other chemicals. You can use fresh or dried plant material as well as herbs, spices, flower petals, or citrus fruit rinds.
One of the easiest ways to make an essential oil is by steaming the plant material; it will help break apart the oil molecules from the rest of the plant. Essential oils are liquids that are soluble in lipids and generally they have lower density than water. The steamed oils are then carried through a condenser, where the water and oil are separated though a change in temperature. Then they are collected in a vessel, after which the oil settles on the top of the water, now called Hydrosol. The oil is siphoned off the top of the water and you are left with aromatic water after the processing is complete via steam or water distillation.
Essential oils can originate from many sources, including leaves such as bay, bergamot, mint, cinnamon, eucalyptus, geranium, and tea tree as well as flowering herbs such as basil, catnip, sage, holy basil, hyssop, lavender, lemon balm, marjoram, oregano, peppermint, rosemary, spearmint, thyme, and yarrow. It can also originate from flowers, their petals & their buds including chamomile, helichrysum, jasmine, and rose as well as grasses such as citronella, ginger grass, lemon grass and palmarosa.
Also to note, you can infuse oils with flowers, herbs & spices as well. It is a simple process of infusing flowers to transfer the flavour, you can do this by heating or letting it sit in a sunny spot so that the volatile oils can transfer scent or flavour into a carrier oil. It can be used to add flavour to cooking oils. As well as making scent oils for use in aromatherapy, massage oils and making beauty products like soaps and lotions.
Some of the types of spices and constituents used to make essential oils are lemons, bergamot, cedar, cypress, citronella, juniper, lavender blossoms, eucalyptus, geraniums, jasmine, lilac, linalool, marjoram, pine, rosemary, salvia, sandalwood, terpineol, thyme.
“Interest in essential oils has revived in recent decades with the popularity of aromatherapy, a branch of alternative medicine that claims those essential oils and other aromatic compounds have curative effects. Oils are volatilized or diluted in carrier oil and used in massage, diffused in the air by a nebulizer, heated over a candle flame, or burned as incense”.
Remember, waste not, want not! If you have unused formulas that have sat on the shelf and aged, use them for burning as an incense or mix them into a new recipe for candles, air fresheners or potpourri.
In short we recommend growing your own all year round for your home-made recipes including essential oils, health, hygiene and plant life for decor. Using our LED grow lights is a definitive way to attain a bountiful harvest for a natural and organic alternative to store bought supplies. With great reason we grow organically for a healthy and safe food supply, for a clean and sustainable environment, and of course because the results from the experience is enjoyable and rewarding, from seed to harvest. Some of the most common plants that can be considered for your garden and can be used in a natural and organic way for general hygiene products are as follows:
Aloe, Arrowroot, Basil, Beeswax, Borage, Calendula, Cane Sugar, Carrot, Chamomile, Citronella, Cucumber, (Lemon) Cucumber, Fennel, Ginger, Gotu Kola, Hibiscus, Lavender, Lemongrass, Mint, Neem, Oregano, Passionflower, Peppermint, Plantain Leaf, Rosemary, Sage, Spearmint, Stevia, Thyme, and Vertiver (Chrysopogon zizaniodes).
We are currently moving forward with a trial grow of Avocado, Cayenne Pepper and Goji berries (Wolfberries) and hope to try growing things like Cinnamon, Coffee, Vanilla (but this will be a very hard one – in home) and Popcorn (this will be a fun one, indoors).

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Generation Z – ‘The cohort of people born after the Millenial generation’ (late 90’s to early 2000’s, albeit there is debate about the specifics), otherwise referred to as the ‘iGeneration’ (internet generation) or ‘Homeland Generation’. The Homeland Generation reference relates to this era of instability and challenge faced by terrorism and people feeling safer to stay at home.
By all accounts we were unprepared for the Millenials and what they wanted at work and, of course, it’s important to understand what it is the new generation does want in order to engage, challenge and get the best out of them in the workplace. By 2020 Generation Z will make up 20% of the workforce and this article from HR in Asia provides some useful and interesting insights into what to expect. In short, entrepreneurial, philanthropic, positive about diversity, more influenced by family than friends and of course, even more plugged in.
READ: What Are The Things That Influence GenZ?


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Los Angeles (AFP) – Detroit Lions head coach Matt Patricia hit back Thursday following the emergence of a 1996 sexual assault case which was later dropped.
Patricia, who took over as Lions head coach in February after five years at the New England Patriots, told reporters he was “innocent then, and innocent now.”
“I’m here to defend my honour and clear my name,” Patricia read from a statement. “Twenty-two years ago I was falsely accused of some serious allegations. There are claims made about me that never happened.
“I find it incredibly unfair, disappointing, and frustrating that this story would resurface now with the only purpose being to damage my character and reputation. I firmly maintain my innocence, as I have always done.
“Truth is on my side. I was innocent then and I’m innocent now.”
The Detroit News on Wednesday published a report revealing that Patricia was accused of sexually assaulting a 21-year-old woman while he was a student.
According to the news report, Patricia, who was 21, and a friend, Greg Dietrich, 22, entered the woman’s hotel room during a spring break trip in Texas and “took turns violently sexually assaulting her.”
Both men were charged by a grand jury with aggravated sexual assault.
The case was dismissed in January 1997 after the woman withdrew her allegation, citing a reluctance to undergo the stress of a trial.
Patricia told reporters on Wednesday the case had not been discussed during his interview process for the Lions job.
“I started interviewing for jobs 22 years ago,” Patricia said. “It was never an issue. The case was dismissed and I’m innocent.”
Asked to comment on the specifics of the incident he added: “I think what happened here is what didn’t happen. I was innocent then and I’m innocent now. I was falsely accused of something I didn’t do.”
Asked if he had had consensual sex with the accuser, he replied: “I did nothing wrong and that’s all I’m going to say on the matter.”
The Lions meanwhile have issued a statement strongly supporting Patricia.
Team owner Martha Firestone Ford, general manager Bob Quinn, and team president Rod Wood said they had no reason to doubt Patricia.
“Based upon everything we have learned, we believe and have accepted Coach Patricia’s explanation and we will continue to support him,” the joint statement said.
The statement noted there had been no settlement agreement with the woman making the allegation, that no money exchanged hands and there was no confidentiality agreement.


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Bachelor of Arts, University of Pennsylvania, 1962, Doctor of Philosophy, 1966. Postdoctoral fellow Weizmann Institute Science, Rehovoth, Israel, 1966-1967. Postdoctoral associate Institute for Cancer Research, Philadelphia, 1968-1970, research associate, 1970-1972, assistant member, 1972-1977, associate member, 1977-1978.
Assistant professor biophysics University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1974-1978.
Associate professor of chemistry University of California, Berkeley, 1978-1982, professor, 1982, professor molecular and cell biology, 1993. Member ad hoc biochemistry and physical biochemistry study sections National Institutes of Health, 1977-1984, physical biochemistry study section, 1984-1988.
Postdoctoral fellow Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovoth, Israel, 1966—1967. Postdoctoral associate Institute Cancer Research, Philadelphia, 1968—1970, research associate, 1970—1972, assistant member, 1972—1977, associate member, 1977—1978. Assistant professor biophysics University Pennsylvania, 1974—1978.
Associate professor chemistry University California, Berkeley, 1978—1982, professor, since 1982, Miller professor, 1992, 2003—2004, professor molecular and cell biology, since 1993, chair chemical department, 2000—2003, Joel Hildebrand chair, 2002—2003, chancellor's professor, since 2009. Member ad hoc biochemistry and physical biochemistry study sections National Institutes of Health, 1977—1984, physical biochemistry study section, 1984—1988.
Member editorial board Journal Biological Chemistry, 1979-1984, Biofactors, 1991, European Journal Biochemistry, 1991-1995, Biochemistry, 1993, Annual Review of Biochemistry, 1996. Fellow National Science Foundation, 1964, National Institutes of Health, 1964-1966. Member National Academy of Sciences, American Chemical Society (executive coun.biol. division 1982-1985, chairman nominating committee 1987-1988, program chair 1991-1992, Repligen award 1994), American Academy Arts and Sciences, American Society Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (membership committee 1984-1986, public affairs committee 1987-1994, program committee 1995, president-elect 1997, president 1998), Sigma Xi.
Married Norman R. Klinman, July 3, 1963 (divorced 1978). Children: Andrew, Douglas.


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Beginners Carving Corner and Beyond was started by Thomas Perrin and Tom Hindes. After several years of blog authoring, Thomas Perrin passed away, and Tom Hindes decided to continue the blog as Thomas Perrin would have wanted. Thomas Perrin was a wood carver, and a true and helpful friend to anyone interested in wood carving. His willingness to help was his hallmark.
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One of the most challenging things that a person can take on in their life is to manage or own a small business. The stress that comes along with running a small business can be a bit overwhelming at times, but it is more than worth it. If the business that you run is based in the industrial sector, then you have a whole other set of challenges to deal with. One of the biggest challenges that an owner of an industrial business will face is the moving or transporting of equipment. Generally, the equipment used in an industrial type of business is quite large and hard to move. The following are a few of the many benefits of using Rigging in Texas.
Stabilizing the Load
If you are paying a moving company to transport your machinery, then chances are that they will use some type of rigging to stabilize the load. In order to transport a large machine, the rigging has to be sure because without it the transport would be very instable. You need to speak with the company that you hiring for your transport to assess what type of rigging they are using and the success rate that they have with it.
Protecting Your Equipment
Another important reason that you need to insist on rigging being used in the transport of your machines is that it helps to keep them protected. There have been a number of cases involving the destruction of equipment that was being transferred due to improper or no rigging being used at all. You need to check around your area for the best moving company. This will be the only way that you will be able to get the service that you need for the transport of your machines.
If you find yourself in need of quality Rigging in Texas, then be sure to contact the team at DFW Movers and Erectors, Inc. They have the experience needed to make sure that your machines get to where they need to go safely. You can call them or visit their website for more information.
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If you like collecting things Jim Shore figurines maybe something you would like. If you have never gone on his website you are missing out on an artist that is truly passionate about his art.
His website gives you a good indication of his dedication to his family, fans, and his folk art. His collectable figurines are amazing. He is a successful artist for Disney, Peanuts, Looney Tunes, and Hanna Barbera as well as an amazing artist to heavenly angels. I collect his angels and they are beautiful (make sure you keep the boxes they come in).
He has received many awards for his figurines including Artist of the Year in 2003-2005. His website is amazing and personable and gives your a real since of his art and character. He also has a youtube channel called Jim Shore Circle of Friends where he talks about his figurines that he designs. Jim Shore is a true inspirational artist that has brought his love and passion of art to everyone.
Go to his website and find out more about Jim Shore and his love for what he does. His figures are available on is website and I purchase some of mine at my local Hallmark store.


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As educators and parents, our goal is to make the most out of every opportunity we have to stimulate a child’s development. Creative arts activities are an excellent way for young children to express themselves while also developing their cognitive and motor skills. Here are five high-impact, low-prep activities that you can easily implement in your early childhood classroom or at home to cultivate creativity and imagination.
1. Finger Painting:
There’s nothing more fun for a child than getting their hands messy with paint. Finger painting allows young kids to explore different colors, textures, and techniques without the need for brushes or other tools. Set up a space with non-toxic, washable paints, and large sheets of paper for them to create their masterpieces. They’ll learn about color mixing and develop fine motor skills as they play.
2. Dance/Movement Activities:
Dance and movement activities provide an opportunity for children to express themselves physically while developing their gross motor skills. Put on some kid-friendly music and encourage them to move their bodies freely. You can also incorporate fun props like scarves or ribbons if you wish. This activity can be done indoors or outdoors, making it versatile and adaptable to your space.
3. Clay or Play Dough Exploration:
Playing with clay or play dough is an excellent sensory experience that fosters creativity in young children. Provide various colors of clay or play dough for them to mold, shape, and create whatever they imagine. Add some simple tools like plastic knives, cookie-cutters, rolling pins, or even natural items like sticks and leaves for them to experiment with texture and design.
4. Collage Creation:
Collages allow children to explore different materials and textures while creating a unique piece of art. Provide an assortment of pre-cut paper shapes, fabric scraps, buttons, beads, sequins, yarn, and other items that can easily be glued onto paper. Encourage children to arrange the materials in interesting and creative ways, enhancing their skills in composition, pattern recognition, and design.
5. Music Station:
Music is an essential part of a child’s development, and allowing them to experiment with various instruments is highly beneficial. Set up a simple music station with items like tambourines, maracas, xylophones, or mini keyboards. Encourage children to make their own rhythms, melodies, or recreate songs they know. Experimenting with these instruments builds fine motor skills along with their understanding of pitch and rhythm.
Creative arts activities are vital in early childhood development as they help children express themselves and enhance their cognitive growth. These five high-impact, low-prep activities are easy to set up and cater to various learning styles and interests, making them perfect additions to any early childhood environment. Let your child explore, create, and learn through art – the possibilities are endless!


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The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) last week said it had reached agreements with developers of two smartphone apps who were charged with making false claims that their software could cure acne.
"When it comes to curing acne, there's no app for that," said Jon Leibowitz, the chairman of the FTC, in a statement Thursday.
The FTC's action was the first-ever against overblown health claims by mobile apps, the agency said.
AcneApp and Acne Pwner, which were available on Apple's iOS App Store and Google's Android Market, respectively, claimed that they treated blemishes and pimples with colored light produced by smartphones.
The FTC called the claims "baseless" and accused the makers of AcneApp of misusing a scientific study on light-based acne therapy to convince consumers that the app worked.
According to the FTC, AcneApp, which was priced at $1.99 on the App Store, was downloaded more than 11,000 times; the Android-based Acne Pwner, meanwhile, was purchased by approximately 3,300 consumers. Acne Pwner was priced at 99 cents.
Both apps have since been dropped by the App Store and Android Market.
AcneApp received widespread media coverage in late 2009 and early 2010 after its debut, with stories about the iPhone app appearing on The Huffington Post, ABC News and the U.K's Daily Mail websites.
The proposed settlements with the two apps' makers bar them from making acne-treatment claims and require them to pay the FTC. The agency tagged the developers of AcneApp, one of whom is a dermatologist, for $14,294, while the sole developer of Acne Pwner will pay $1,700.
Gregg Keizer covers Microsoft, security issues, Apple, Web browsers and general technology breaking news for Computerworld. Follow Gregg on Twitter at @gkeizer , on Google+ or subscribe to Gregg's RSS feed . His e-mail address is [email protected] .
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Andrew Lau Wai Keung yesterday attended the bulthaup kitchen counter press conference. He has been cooking since he was little. When he worked with Sammo Hung Kam Bo and Eric Tsang Chi Wai, he took the time to learn cooking from them. His best dish was fried rice and was known for abalone. "Cooking abalone is very tough. When I first learned to (Philip) Chan Yun Kin criticized the abalone was like a eraser; after studying more now everyone praise it." Lau Wai Keung's birthday will be next Thursday, he as usual would celebrate with friends in the business.
Lau Wai Keung earlier attended a casting in New York for his foreign film. The cast has been set, as soon as the budget was approved it would start production. This year he will even producer the Wong Jing directed, Chow Yun Fat, Nicholas Tse Ting Fung starred gambling film that will shoot in Hong Kong, Macau and the U.S.

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We can't wait to see old friends and meet new ones at the York Book Expo at the York Fairgrounds.
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Although body armor and kinetic barriers provide significant protection for relatively low cost, technically savvy soldiers sometimes go further.
"Tech Armor" is the common term for a complex series of field generators that disrupt incoming force using a stationary warp effect. The theory is that bullets that would normally shatter on impact instead break apart when they strike the field. The field then bleeds away the shrapnel's kinetic energy. The standard design for tech armor traps the warp field between two low-yield kinetic barriers to protect the user from the field itself. When the outer barrier fails, the warp effect is discharged, potentially harming anyone nearby. For this reason, many soldiers modify the armor with a haptic-style light effect to warn allies not to get too close. On missions where stealth is paramount, this effect is disabled. Cynical soldiers joke that the design is called "tech armor" because if it were simply called "warp armor," no one would use it.
The "fortification" approach uses high-energy batteries and superconductive devices within the armor to create a Foucault-current effect, essentially a magnetic field that can immobilize metals, even nonferrous ones. The field is triggered by sensors similar to those in a kinetic barrier. It is powerful enough to protect against most modern weapons, but there are drawbacks. The currents cause metallic objects to hold their position relative to one another, and although the field only lasts for a split second, it creates resistance that can slow or fatigue the wearer. Without specialized training, a soldier can quickly become exhausted or stumble at the wrong time.


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February 22, 2016 Diabetes - Disorder of endocrine or metabolic system characterized by hyperglycemia, deficits in insulin production - 7% of population in US have it - 1/3 don’t know they have it - Sugar not processed correctly - Glucose = sugar - Insulin gives us energy which is released from the pancreas Major Organs Involved: Liver- releases glucose into bloodstream Pancreas – releases insulin - Insulin helps glucose pass into cells where it can be used as energy Functions of Insulin - Increase in glucose uptake to cells - Increase storage of glucose - Decrease breakdown of proteins - Lowered blood sugar 2 types of Diabetes 1. Type I a. Insulin dependent (normally diagnosed as juvenile) b. Usually develops during childhood of young adulthood c. Pancreatic beta cell (makes insulin) destruction *not enough insulin = deficit = increase levels of glucose in the blood = inadequate levels of glucose in cells Symptoms - Always tired - Frequent urination - Thirst - Blurred eye sight - Thrush Treated with insulin 2. Type II a. Previously called adult onset diabetes b. Now seen in much younger population c. Pancreas continues to produce insulin but body becomes insulin resistant Lifestyle/ Risk Factors Smoking High blood pressure Overweight (biggest factor) Increase in high fat and cholesterol Sedentary lifestyle d. Glucose and insulin levels rise e. Can have little to no symptoms (leads to late diagnosing) 1. Live up to 10 years without knowing 2. Early diagnosing can lead it to be reversed f. Caused by insulin resistant g. Pancreas keeps producing insulin but eventually stops h. About 90-95% of all diabetes cases 1. Rising in parallel with obesity levels 2. Caused by visceral fat and lack of physical activity are strong indicators of risk Symptoms Frequent urination Thirst Blurred eye sight Thrush Pre-Diabetes - Causes blood glucose levels to be higher than normal but not high enough for diagnosis - 1 in 4 Americans Metabolic Syndrome - Conditions increase risk for developing diabetes - Waist circumference (greater than or equal to 40” for men) (greater than or equal to 35” for women) - Blood pressure (greater than or equal to 130 systolic) (greater than or equal to 85 diastolic) Gestational Diabetes - Women with history of gestational diabetes have a higher risk of developing diabetes in the next 10-20 years Hypoglycemia - Too low blood sugar - Treated with eating foods Physical Activity - Any bodily movement produced that substantially increased energy How have you taken physical activity out of your life? - Lack of directed activities - Going outside - Driving Physical Inactivity What we know? - Sedentary (not moving) lifestyles are linked to dramatic increase in obesity, diabetes, and other chronic disease (hypokinetic) - Physical activity and physical fitness (hyperkinetic) February 24, 2016 Physical Fitness - Movement for the “health” of it Benefits of Physical Activity and Exercise - Physical benefits if improved functioning of body systems - Cognitive benefit processing information more quickly - Psychological and emotional reduces stress levels and influencing moods Components of Fitness Health Cardiovascular Endurance - Improvement of heart and vascular system - “Fountain of Youth” Perform Cardio “test” - Use large muscles - Rhythmic pattern - For a long time (duration) - 20-30 min (continuous) - Heart rate raised (intensity) - Frequently enough (frequency) Heart Rate - 30 minutes/ 5 days a week of moderate activity Or - 20 minutes/ 3 days a week of vigorous activity “Talk test” - If you can’t talk when working out, you are working to hard - If you can sing when working out, you aren’t working enough Surgeon General says… - 10,000 steps/ day F.I.T.T. - Frequency (how often) - Intensity (how hard) - Time (duration) - Type Muscular Strength and Endurance Strength – weight at one time Endurance – lower weight with more reps Development - Progression/overload - Specificity of training (work opposite muscles) - Individuality *muscle distribution and amount of testosterone is reason some people progress quicker than others Muscles that are redder have more blood through going through it, muscles that are less red/ white have less blood going through them. February 26, 2016 Flexibility Is: the range of motion around a joint or series of joints Is not: the same word as warm-up, warm-up is still needed before stretching Types: 1. Static (most recommended) a. Hold and stretch for 15-30 seconds each 2. Passive (trained partner needed) 3. PNF (trained partner needed) 4. Ballistic (bouncing) When do you know you’re warmed up? 1. Feel warm 2. Sweating starts *warm-up affect subsides after 10mins Cool Down 1. When you stop working out keep moving after to lower heart rate slowly What does blood pressure measure? Force against your arteries walls 1. Systolic- higher number (heart contracts) 2. Diastolic- heart at rest Hypertension 1. Forceful enough to damage artery walls 2. Can weaken and scar the arteries 3. Makes heart work harder 4. “silent killer” *can cause heart attack, strokes, kidney disease, peripheral artery disease, and blindness Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) Any disease involves heart and or blood vessels, also called coronary artery disease 1. Most common type is atherosclerosis or hardening of the arteries Stroke 1. Cerebrovascular accident (CVA) occurs when blood flow to the brain or part of the brain is blocked F. (Smiling or dropping of smile) A. (arms) C. (communication/confusion/ coordination) E. (emergency) Risk Factors Modifiable - High cholesterol - High blood pressure - Weight - Stress - Food eaten Non-modifiable - Age - Scarring already present - Plaque - Gender - African Americans and Asians tend to have more of a risk - Genetics Golden Hour - Hour where symptoms begin till you get professional help AED - Automated External Defibrillator - Doesn’t make a heart start beating again - Don’t have to be trained - During the hearts, v-fib


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Published by Thames and Hudson. 1st. 1983
Very good condition. The Years of Struggle. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour & b/w illustrations.
Some slight rubbing to spine and corners. Slight fading to spine. Contents clean.
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The Replacements were the reunion that was never really supposed to happen. They got back together at Coachella just last year and played a few festival gigs throughout the summer, but it was never expected to go beyond that. Then out of nowhere, there’s a string of US concert dates announced. And not only that — they’re debuting new material at the shows.
The band has been touting a number called “Whole Foods Blues” at recent gigs, and now fan-shot video of the song has appeared online. The performance is from their show at Hollywood Palladium last Thursday, April 16th. From the title to the lyrics (“Yeah, I went down to Whole Foods/ To get something good to eat/ All I got was attitude/ From your hippie hair to your punk rock feet”), the song isn’t the most serious thing in the world, but it’s still a new Replacements song, so who’s complaining? Check it out below.
What’s more, a Billboard interview with the band’s manager, Darren Hill, reveals this isn’t the only new track the ‘Mats have in the can. The band previously said they’d “likely” put out a new album in the future, with seven or eight actual songs having already been recorded at Waltham, Massachusetts’ Woolly Mammoth Sound and Minneapolis musician Kevin Bowe’s home studio. “It’s just a question of what the band wants to ultimately do with them,” Hill explains. Studio work has been halted while on tour, and the band remains unsigned.
Still, fans will be able to purchase new-ish Replacements records this year, as Rhino has two vinyl box sets in the works for this summer. One contains the band’s four Twin/Tone records (Sorry Ma, I Forgot to Take Out the Garbage, Stink, Hootenanny and Let it Be), while the other holds their Sire releases (Tim, Pleased to Meet Me, Don’t Tell a Soul, and All Shook Down). Neither set has been officially announced, so details are slim.
There’s also a new biography entitled Trouble Boys in the mix from Memphis Commercial Appeal writer Bob Mehr. In addition, they’re working on a deal with “Oscar-winning filmmakers” to create a new documentary. There’s even a secret project expected to launch later this year that Hill teases as “huge.”
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Free plans, diagrams, and step-by-step instructions for building a simple 4-by-6-foot outdoor shed. Step-by-step instructions, too!
Have you been longing for a shed where you can store lawn and garden equipment, sports equipment, compact outdoor furniture, and miscellaneous tools and supplies? When inconspicuous, functional storage is all you’re looking for, a lean-to shed is the perfect solution.
Per its name, the structure simply leans against the house or garage for additional support and provides a water-safe haven for shielding gear from the elements. If you have moderate do-it-yourself skills and tools, this is a weekend project. If you decide it’s more than you bargained for, check out these convenient lean-to shed kits on Amazon.
Because the shed is designed to abut to another structure, the foundation need only be pressure-treated skids, the roof pitched in only one direction to shed water, and the back wall sheathed with 1/2-inch CDX plywood, which withstands indirect exposure to moisture. See Anatomy of an Outdoor Shed or Playhouse for more about typical shed construction.
It isn’t a requirement that this shed be built against a wall—but the structure is designed to take advantage of the wall for strength. So if you modify it to be a freestanding shed, you’ll need to build a conventional stud wall across the back and face it with the same type of plywood siding used on the rest of the shed. For information on how to mark, cut, and fasten wall studs, see How to Frame an Interior Wall (ignore the part about working with drywall because you’ll be using exterior-rated T1-11 siding instead).
For a freestanding shed, you can build the shed on top of a concrete slab (see Pouring a Concrete Slab) instead of the pressure-treated skids and floor joists; this will actually result in a sturdier—more permanent— structure. Otherwise, for a freestanding shed, the foundation should be constructed on concrete piers or poured footings (see Pouring Concrete Footings & Piers). Be aware that building on footings will raise the height of the shed up from the ground.


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The monster bailout was defeated in the House of Representatives.
Breaking: It’s official. House rejects Trillion-Dollar-Plus Crap Sandwich; roll call vote added
FINAL VOTE RESULTS FOR ROLL CALL 674
The vote was 205 yes, 228 no.
There were 140 democrats and 65 republicans who voted yes. But 95 democrats and 133 Republicans voted no.
This was a defeat for the entire political establishment. The executive branch, congressional leadership, big banks, media, etc. It was defeated by overwhelming public opposition to corporate welfare and socialism.
In this way the bailout resembles amnesty for illegal aliens, which was defeated against similar odds. But also like amnesty, the plan may need to be defeated two or three more times.
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Clinical psychology has had a long and distinguished association with the practice of mental health care in the military. Although clinical psychologists are trained both to adopt and implement ethical values and principles, the military environment holds many contextual and tangible differences from other clinical settings. This literature review investigates the ethical considerations arising from the practice of clinical psychology within the military. Several ethical issues were identified and confidentiality and boundary violations emerged as the two main areas of ethical concern. The findings may have implications for the overall practice of mental health care in the military, the contributions that clinical psychologists make to such services, the role of clinical psychology in times of international conflict, the training of clinical psychologists for military service, and avenues for future research on the practices of military mental health professionals.
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Creamy Curried Chicken Recipe | Taste of HomeSee more Cook rice according to package directions. Meanwhile, sprinkle the chicken with curry, salt and pepper. In a large skillet, saute chicken and onion in oil until chicken is no longer pink. Stir in coconut milk and tomato paste. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, for 5 minutes or until thickened.
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Creamy Curried Chicken- Rice Soup Recipe - Food.comSee more DIRECTIONS. In a large pot, saute carrots, celery, in butter for 2 mins. Stir in flour, seasoned salt and curry until smooth. Gradually add milk. Bring to a light boil; cook and stir for 2 mins, or until thickened.
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Creamy curried chicken & rice soup recipe - BBC Good FoodSee more Heat the oil in a saucepan over a medium heat. Add the onion and fry for 10 mins or until softened and turning translucent. Add the curry paste and cook for 1 min. Stir in the coconut milk, chicken stock and risotto rice and bring to a simmer.
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Curried Chicken and Rice Soup Recipe | Food NetworkSee more Combine the chicken, carrots, bay leaf and a pinch of salt in a medium saucepan. Add 3 cups broth and bring to a boil; immediately reduce the heat to low, cover and cook until the chicken is just
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Creamy Chicken and Rice Soup Recipe | AllrecipesSee more Cubes of cooked chicken and brown rice are added to this creamy soup made with roasted garlic chicken broth and roux-thickened milk.
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Curried Chicken Recipe | AllrecipesSee more Melt the butter in a skillet over medium heat. Add the apple and onion to the melted butter, season with the curry powder, and cook and stir until the apple and onion are tender, 7 to 10 minutes.
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Curried Chicken Soup Recipe | Taste of HomeSee more Directions. In a large shallow dish, combine the curry, salt, pepper and cayenne. Add chicken, a few pieces at a time, and turn to coat. In a large saucepan over medium heat, cook the chicken, carrots, red pepper and onion in oil for 4 minutes.
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Creamy Chicken Rice Soup Recipe | Taste of HomeSee more Directions. In a large saucepan, heat oil over medium-high heat; saute carrot, celery and onion until tender. Add garlic; cook and stir 1 minute.
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