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I recently gave in and bought a boxed set of albums by The Beatles. After much thought, I bought the mono boxed set.
Although modern stereo had been invented by Alan Blumlein in 1931 — including stereo microphones and stereo microgroove vinyl records — in the 1960s it was still a novelty, particularly for pop music which was generally heard via mono AM radio. Until Abbey Road in 1969, all of The Beatles’ albums were recorded and mixed in mono. The band would then leave the studio, and it would generally be up to George Martin and EMI’s engineers to come up with workable stereo versions without the band’s creative input. Generally this was done in a rush, too — for example, Sergeant Pepper took three weeks to mix in mono, but the stereo version was assembled in three days.
As The Beatles became more experimental in their approach and started using the studio as an instrument, the mono and stereo mixes began to diverge. Often the mono versions of a song have effects which are missing or different in the stereo — sometimes because an effect couldn’t be replicated in stereo, sometimes because the engineers didn’t know exactly what the intention was, and sometimes because something was simply overlooked in the hurry to assemble the stereo mix.
Another issue is that the “stereo” 60s mixes are often really individual mono parts panned to different parts of the stereo image — drums on the left channel (say), vocals in the middle, guitars on the right. This separation of elements can make a song sound very different. For example, a backing vocal chorus which is subtle and understated in a mono mix can suddenly become far too noticeable when it’s isolated to its own part of a stereo sound stage.
Even knowing all this, listening to the mono versions of the albums I knew was often a surprise. Recently I got together with a friend who is also a Beatles geek, and we spent an afternoon comparing mono and stereo versions of songs — at the end of which she was convinced that she needed to get the mono set.
There are lots of places where you can read about the painstaking remastering process of the boxed sets, including the use of authentic 1972 EQ units, so I won’t go into that. Similarly, there are sites with very detailed descriptions of the mechanical differences between mixes, so I’m not going to attempt that either. Instead, I want to give a few examples of songs which are compellingly better to listen to in mono, and explain why.
You’ll notice I start with “Rubber Soul”. Earlier than that, the differences were mainly down to the different feel of mono vs isolated stereo elements. In addition, I’m not a big fan of The Beatles’ early pop phase; in fact I might not have bought the first four albums at all if the mono albums were available individually. To me, the band got interesting around the time of “Rubber Soul”, when they started to become a studio band — and that’s also when the differences between mono and stereo versions of their songs started to become noticeable.
“The Word”, from “Rubber Soul”
The stereo version has extreme stereo separation between the two parts of the vocal harmony, which makes for a horrible gimmicky sound that detracts from the actual lyrics, as well as making them sound disconnected from the non-harmonized parts. While it’s still not one of my favorite tracks, it’s a hell of a lot better in mono.
“I’m Only Sleeping”, from “Revolver”
John Lennon hated the sound of his own voice, and anything that could be done to disguise it would generally make him happier with the end result. Typically this meant dubbing two copies of his vocals to thicken up the sound. Being lazy, Lennon hated having to record two good takes of everything. So starting with “Revolver”, The Beatles used a technique called Automatic (or Artificial) Double Tracking, or ADT. George Martin would run off a copy of a single vocal take. The two copies would then be played simultaneously on two tape machines. Since there was no way to perfectly synchronize two analog tape decks, and since the tape speed tended to fluctuate slightly anyway, this would produce a thickened vocal with interesting phasing effects.
On “I’m Only Sleeping”, the ADT on the vocals gives them a dreamlike quality. The guitars are also given the same treatment, making the whole song sound like the thoughts of a half-awake Lennon. On the stereo version, however, the two mono vocal copies are panned to slightly different parts of the stereo image. This successfully makes the stereo sound fuller and wider, but it makes most of the dreamlike phasing disappear.
George Harrison spent 5 hours learning to play several of the song’s guitar parts backwards. In the mono mix, these were carefully mixed in, in time and on the beat — just backwards. On the stereo mix, it’s pretty obvious that a lot less care was taken, and the transitions to reverse are often quite jarring.
“I Want To Tell You”, from “Revolver”
One of the best parts of the song is the impatient and obsessive piano lead. On the stereo mix, this is off on the left side and fairly quiet. On the mono mix, it’s louder and insistent and seems to be dragging the vocals into continuing.
“Got To Get You Into My Life”, from “Revolver”
In stereo, the brass sounds quite thin and (dare I say it) cheesy off to the right. In mono, an extra overdub was used to thicken it up so it can stand up to McCartney’s raw vocals. Meanwhile, the anemic drums that lurk on the left of the stereo are pounding and heavy on the mono version. Once the guitar comes in on the stereo mix, McCartney’s vocals suddenly drop in volume and the guitar is overly loud. The volume is more consistent in mono.
Overall, the mono version of the song is much more raw and energetic than the stereo. Or as I put it when I listened to the first chorus in mono for the first time, “Wow!”.
“Tomorrow Never Knows”, from “Revolver”
Again, the ADT works better for the mood of the song in mono. The sound effects are different in mono and stereo; the same noises repeat noticeably (one might even say “annoyingly”) in the stereo version. In mono there’s more variation in playback speed, and no single noise outstays its welcome to quite the same extent, and the effects actually sound like they have some relation to the vocals.
Also, the fadeout is smoother, something which is often the case with the mono mixes.
“Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds”, from “Sgt. Pepper’s”
In stereo, the vocals from “cellophane flowers” onwards sound thinner, and the second verse sounds downright raw. In mono, there’s audible ADT phasing right from the start, before Lennon’s voice splits in two (one tape deck’s speed being slightly changed), and then from the first chorus onwards there’s extensive ADT throughout to give everything the dreamlike sound it was supposed to have.
“She’s Leaving Home”, from “Sgt. Pepper’s”
If you’ve ever thought this song sounded a little ponderous, there’s a good reason: the stereo version is the wrong speed. There are also some sloppy edits in the stereo version, and the reverb on the vocals is missing.
“Being for the Benefit of Mr Kite”, from “Sgt. Pepper’s”
While there’s nothing particularly wrong with the stereo mix of this song, the mono version goes completely nuts during the instrumental breaks, with speed variations and intentional tape noises that are missing from the stereo. It’s supposed to be a mad hallucinatory circus act, and the mono does a much better job of expressing that, even if the stereo version does end with more reverb.
“Sgt. Pepper’s… reprise”, from “Sgt. Pepper’s”
The stereo version sounds like an anemic echo of the first track, rather than a crescendo — whereas the mono is louder and more insistent than the first track, and actually builds up into the final track of the album. It’s also crossmixed more in mono, whereas in stereo the two tracks are pretty clearly separated.
“Strawberry Fields” from “Magical Mystery Tour”
Magical Mystery Tour was the first Beatles album to have a genuine stereo mix (as opposed to mono elements panned across a stereo image), so with it and The White Album the differences tend to be more of a toss-up and not such a clear win for mono.
That said, I prefer my Mellotron central to the track and not relegated to a corner, and the mono version of this track sounds smoother and warmer, with more audibility given to the reversed elements.
“All You Need Is Love” from “Magical Mystery Tour”
Again, a smoother and warmer mix in mono, with more ADT on the vocals and guitar solo. Also, the mono is 8 seconds longer with a better fadeout.
“Across The Universe”
John’s favorite of his own songs, with backing vocals from two female vocalists adding a very subtle shimmer, rather than the rather cheesy choir added by Phil Spector.
“Back in the USSR” from “The Beatles”
I always thought the plane noises on the stereo version were grating and didn’t sound quite right. When I finally heard the mono, well, end of problem. The music also continues under the final plane noise in mono, rather than the track ending in a roar and a squeal.
“Don’t Pass Me By” from “The Beatles”
Again, the stereo version is slower than the mono. Good news if you’re not a fan of Ringo’s singing.
“Helter Skelter” from “The Beatles”
The stereo version is almost a minute longer, but the separated instrumental elements mean it’s just not as claustrophobic and powerful. In stereo the guitar is off to the left during the chorus and sounds thin, whereas in mono it takes over the track.
I must admit, though, I miss not hearing Ringo shout “I’ve got blisters on my fingers!”
“Happiness is a Warm Gun” from “The Beatles”
In mono, there’s laughter at the end of the track, as if to say “Well, that got a bit heavy didn’t it? Let’s lighten it up with a song Paul sang to his dog…”
In conclusion, I agree with George Martin, who said “You’ve never really heard Sgt Pepper until you’ve heard it in mono.” The mono version of “Revolver” is also clearly superior. I think I have a slight preference for mono for “The Beatles” and “Magical Mystery Tour”, but I wouldn’t make a fuss about it.

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This sugar fuels your body's cells, giving them the energy they need to work properly.Count forward 14 days.Drug Interactions Drugs That May Increase the Risk of Hypoglycemia The risk of hypoglycemia associated with humulin N use may be increased when co-administered with antidiabetic agents, salicylates, sulfonamide antibiotics, monoamine oxidase inhibitors, fluoxetine, disopyramide, fibrates, propoxyphene, pentoxifylline, ACE inhibitors, angiotensin II receptor blocking agents, and.Human Data While there are no adequate and well-controlled studies of humulin N in pregnant women, evidence from published literature suggests that good glycemic control in patients with diabetes during pregnancy provides significant maternal and fetal benefits.Injection should occur immediately after mixing.Do not use Humulin N if you: are having an episode of low blood sugar (hypoglycemia).
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As with all insulin preparations, the glucose lowering effect time course of humulin N may vary in different individuals or at different times in the same individual and depends on many conditions, including the area of injection as well as the injection site blood supply and.Get emergency medical help if you have: trouble breathing, shortness of breath, fast heartbeat, swelling of your face, tongue, or throat, sweating, extreme drowsiness, dizziness, confusion.Pull off the Paper Tab from the Outer Needle Shield.Hypoglycemia can impair concentration ability and reaction time; this may place an individual and others at risk in situations where these abilities are important (e.g., driving or operating other machinery).Because it combines two types of insulin in one injection, using Novolin 70/30 can decrease the number of injections needed per day.Expiration Date Instruct patients not to use humulin N after the printed expiration date.HumuliwikPen has a blue and light green Label with a matching light green Dose Knob (See the KwikPen Parts diagram below).Tap the Cartridge Holder gently to collect air bubbles at the top.Deze verhouding wordt ook wel "isofaan" genoemd.Step 10: lotterie gewinne aus thailand Hold the Pen with Needle pointing.Inform patients on the symptoms of hypersensitivity reactions see Warnings and Precautions (.4 ).Never Share a Humulin N Pen, Humulin N KwikPen, or Syringe Between Patients Advise patients that they must never share a Humulin N pen or Humulin N KwikPen with another person, even if the needle is changed.Patient Information revised February 25, 2015 Marketed by: Lilly USA, LLC, Indianapolis, IN 46285, USA Copyright 1997, 2015, Eli Lilly and Company.

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I know why I want to blog and why I cherish this space on GEO for doing so. However, I struggle constantly to put it into words that speak it clearly. Here is my best effort up to now:
The world doesn’t work very well, at least not well enough. The reason why is not difficult to state: we as a species don’t know how to cooperate well enough to make it work well.
It seems to me that this is really important. Our fucking-up is getting to be too costly, maybe even too much for survival. Many of us know in our bones that this is basically true.
However, there is a bigger problem. We don’t really get that we have a big problem with cooperation. We don’t see how the ways we do things from relating to raising a family to working, etc. could be really different. We don’t because we don’t see the yawning gap between our enormous potential for cooperation and our actual performance.
In the early part of the 20th century a few physicists, maybe not even a hundred, realized that the physical world was far more than anyone had ever imagined it to be up to that time. They saw a yawning gap and it blew their minds. Realized that although common sense perception made sense, it also blinded us from seeing the ungraspable immensity of physical reality and its power. They realized that all of that was way beyond the scope of how we usually see and experience physical reality.
And everything changed from that moment on. Changed as more and more people saw the value of this new way of seeing physical reality and funded its research and development.
What a cooperative endeavor that has been! Except that we are also now being threatened with extinction because we cannot cooperate well enogh in using the wonders it has produced.
Well, out of my own personal experience I believe that human social reality is far more than any of us can ever imagine. Our learned ways of seeing, relating to, and experiencing each other blind us from seeing the immensity of our cooperative and loving reality and its power. And as much as we might understand intellectually that we can change our learned ways, we don’t get that this intellectual understanding is but a drop in the bucket for what is needed.
The point is to change the world, and to do that we have to become that change. Our political mission is a hugely spiritual mission of personal and collective transformation. More simply: learning to love.
And maybe the reason we don’t see the immensity of our potential for cooperation is precisely because it would change everything.
In any case, this is what my blogging is about.

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Mumbai : Veteran actor Dilip Kumar’s 90th birthday on Tuesday will be celebrated in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtoonkhwa province where he was born before he migrated to India.
The Cultural Heritage Council (CHC) of Khyper Pakhtoonkhwa will mark the occasion in Peshawar, an Indian peace activist said here Sunday.
CHC had invited prominent personalities including film personalities, journalists, lawyers, peaceniks and commoners to celebrate the birthday of Dilip Kumar.
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The 1st graders in Maria Morales’ bilingual education class at Hibbard Elementary School in the Albany Park neighborhood can barely speak English, but Morales makes sure they hear a lot of the language every day.
Recently, during a science lesson, Morales talked primarily in Spanish about motion. But she also used complete English sentences in her presentation and translated key words.
“Pull,” Morales said as she closed a classroom door. “Halar.”
“Push,” Morales said, as the pupils tried to pronounce the word with her. “Empujar.”
The scene at Hibbard–an ethnically diverse school where students with no English background are taught 30 percent of the time in English and they finish bilingual education in an average of 2.8 years–may seem simple, but it actually is at the heart of a deeply emotional and increasingly complicated debate in Chicago and across the country:
How long should students remain in bilingual education?
At stake is the education of a burgeoning population of Hispanic children in the United States, even as immigration policy remains a politically heated issue. Moreover, as concern grows over the educational achievement of American students, the Latino population has an 11.6 percent high school dropout rate, surpassing all other racial or ethnic groups.
The conflicting opinions in the national debate were vividly illustrated this month at a public hearing in Chicago at Juarez High School, where schools officials found themselves locked into an emotional polemic with 300 parents, students, teachers and politicians about the issue.
The testimony ranged from tearful student Abril Medina’s shouting to panel members, “You don’t know how it feels to be in a room where everyone speaks English but you” to a reading by Yvonne Lau, of Loyola University’s Asian Institute, of a typed statement that said her organization fully recognized “the need for our students to learn English immediately.”
Many educators believe students in bilingual classes should be immersed in English as soon as possible, preferably within three years. Others contend that students need more time in bilingual instruction, up to seven years, so they can learn to think in English, as well as speak it.
No matter the view, the spotlight on bilingual education has intensified over the years, as an increasing number of immigrant students leave schools without command of English.
The Chicago school system, in fact, is as good a national laboratory for the debate as any, especially as educators struggle with students in “transitional academies” who are unable to meet standards to enter high school, including a significant number with language difficulties.
Bilingual education–the process of teaching a new language while providing basic instruction in subjects such as math, science and social studies in the student’s native language–has existed for years in special schools with ethnic themes. The first publicly funded programs began in 1963 in Miami. The Chicago Public Schools began federally funded transitional bilingual instruction in 1969 at Jirka and Komensky Elementary Schools and Froebel High School.
In the Chicago system, which has 268 schools with bilingual programs and 71,000 limited-English-proficient, or LEP, students, officials want to limit bilingual education for most students to three years. Board members are set to vote on the proposal, which is included in a new 55-page language and cultural education policy, next month.
Under the bilingual education component of the plan, most students would move out of bilingual education after three years under a flexible transition plan that would take into account a range of criteria, including several test scores and principal and teacher discretion. If deemed necessary, the student may spend a fourth year in bilingual education. Students with low scores after the fourth year would be enrolled in regular education classes but be required to participate in an after-school study program.
Across the country, meanwhile, most school districts with large immigrant populations generally do not restrict a student’s time in bilingual education. For example, bilingual education coordinators in the public school districts serving New York, Los Angeles, Houston and San Francisco all have programs that do not allow students to move out of bilingual education until they have passed a battery of proficiency exams. Officials at all the schools, however, say most students move out of their program after three or four years.
Many of the Chicago plan’s more high-profile detractors–including state Rep. Sonia Silva (D-Chicago) as well as organizations such as the Latino Institute and the Mexican-American Legal Defense Fund, or MALDEF–say no change is needed because two-thirds of all students in the current program leave bilingual education after three years. Some even question the district’s motivation for making the changes.
“I think the administration may be responding to larger societal concerns,” said Rosa Abreu, the MALDEF staff attorney specializing in education. “I think it is due to a national phenomenon in kind of questioning what are the loyalties on the part of individuals who come from other countries.”
Board officials–many of them bilingual immigrants themselves–have disputed these charges. They say it was their appreciation for the immigrant student that spurred them to develop the detailed plan in the first place. The main goal of the new plan is to make all schools more accountable for teaching their students English and to ensure that the district is meeting the state’s guideline for bilingual education, which says students should spend three years in bilingual education and more time, if necessary.
“Some students have been in the program eight years or more,” said Armando Almendarez, head of the district’s language and cultural education division. “That’s just too long.”
Like many of the district’s administrators with immigrant backgrounds, Almendarez gives very personal examples of why he believes the system should push students to learn English as soon as possible.
“You come to this country for the opportunities that are made available,” said Almendarez, whose grandparents moved to the United States from Mexico during the Mexican Revolution. “In order to tap into those opportunities, you need to know English.”
Board supporters point to studies that say students are most successful when their separation from English-speaking students is kept at a minimum. Their foes, meanwhile, cite other reports that say students need four to seven years in bilingual education before they will have adequate cognitive skills in English.
While some schools push to move students out of bilingual education, others believe students should remain in the program until they are able to keep up with their peers whose native language is English.
At Pilsen Community Academy, a mostly Latino school that is about half LEP, Principal Ana Espinosa and her staff advocate an instruction program that does not move students out of bilingual education until they have mastered oral and cognitive skills. Nevertheless, the school has a relatively fast transition rate: Students at the school spend an average of 2.3 years in the program.
Recently, bilingual education teacher Alice Vera spoke in normal-paced English and listened patiently as her 3rd-grade students stood before the class and, one by one, read short essays contrasting the summer and winter seasons.
Though the children spoke in nearly flawless English, Vera predicted that many of her students would not be prepared for regular education next fall because they are still thinking in Spanish.
“The basic communication skills develop faster,” Vera said. “The cognitive just can’t come as quickly. It’s just not possible.”
Some educators believe bilingual education works best when kept to a minimum. Others argue that proficiency requires years of instruction. Students are caught in the middle.


At least two children were injured after they slipped and fell off a moving escalator in Hyderabad, Telangana government said.
The incident occurred at the PVR Cineplex in the city’s Banjara Hills area when the children had come to attend a free screening of the 1982 movie ‚Gandhi‘.
Officials said the injured children have been taken to Apollo hospital for check up.
The screening was one of the program organised by the Telangana government to instill a sense of patriotism and understanding about the freedom movement. As part of the 75 years of Independence celebrations, the film is being screened in 552 theatres for about 22 lakh children.


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— Nearly three weeks into the 2013 regular season, No. 7 Duke was virtually a game or two away from being eliminated from postseason play. Now, the Blue Devils are only a game away from winning a second national championship in four years.
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Hesitation blues: Are more parents refusing to vaccinate?
A recent study from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) suggests that more doctors are encountering parents who are refusing vaccines for their children. What did the study show, and why is this trend happening? We sat down with Libby Page, Public Health’s Immunization Assessment and Promotion Program Manager to find out more. Libby, what […]Read More


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What is the Special Olympics athlete oath? “Let me win. But if I cannot win, let me be brave in the attempt.”
Who is the founder of Special Olympic?
How has the Special Olympics changed the world?
Special Olympics works with world leaders at the highest levels of government, health care, education and business, holding symposia and meetings that focus on the well-being of people with intellectual disabilities. Those contacts, coupled with our research findings, help shape public policy to effect social change.
How do the Special Olympics work?
Special Olympics is a global organization that changes lives by promoting understanding, acceptance and inclusion among people with and without intellectual disabilities. … Through year-round sports, health, education and community building, we change the lives of people with intellectual disabilities in 193 countries.
What are the Olympic colors?
The Olympic symbol consists of five interlaced rings of equal dimensions, used alone, in one or in five different colours, which are, from left to right, blue, yellow, black, green and red.
Who leads Special Olympics now?
Timothy Shriver leads the Special Olympics International Board of Directors, and together with 6 million Special Olympics athletes in more than 200 countries, promotes health, education, and a more unified world through the joy of sport.
Who are the participants in Special Olympics Bharat?
- Young Athletes (Age 2 to 7 years) 3,29,812.
- Traditional Special Athletes (Age 8 above) 14,21,126.
- Coaches (For Young Athletes) 28,277.
- Coaches (For Traditional Special Athletes) 1,21,569.
- Trainer 7,186.
- Volunteers 91,968.
- Families 2,71,926.
- B. Organizing Training & Competitions for Athletes & Coaches.

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The previews of the third and final episode of the Rai1 fiction “La sposa”, broadcast on Sunday 30 January, starring Serena Rossi and Giorgio Marchesi.
Sunday January 16 on Rai1 a new fiction has started on Rai1, which will now come to an end. This is de The bride, with protagonists Serena Rossi e Giorgio Marchesi, directed by the director Giacomo Campiotti. The story is set in the Italy of the 60s, between Calabria and Veneto, and tells of Maria a young woman forced to marry by proxy to save her family’s debts. The fiction was a great success and the final appointment is expected Sunday 30 January at 21:30. This article contains important spoilers on the season finale of La Sposa.
La Sposa previews third and last episode Sunday 30 January
But let’s see what is revealed to us by the previews of the third and final episode of La Sposa, which will be broadcast on Sunday 30 January. The previews of the third and last episode tell us that Italo and Maria return to find a balance after a bit of complications. Yet, the twists are not lacking. Paolino will secretly go into the courtyard, intrigued by a silhouette, when the child arrives in the courtyard, a fire breaks out that endangers his life. When Italo sees his son in danger, he steps in to save him from the flames. Unfortunately, however, Italo dies to save his son, leaving an unbridgeable void in Maria’s heart.
Maria pregnant and widow, forced to leave Paolino
Maria is pregnant and a widow. The problems are not lacking, so she is forced to entrust little Paolino to Nunzia because she has to concentrate on a hospitalization that unfortunately will last longer than expected. A hard blow for Maria who, when she leaves the hospital, discovers that Paolino has been entrusted to an institute at the behest of Antonio. At this point, the woman will fight for Paolino’s freedom. In the end, having become the mother of little Vittoria, Maria will also decide to realize the dream of Italo and Vittorio, to found the first cooperative run entirely by women.


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Melissa Dawn plopped tail first on Saturday night into Ray Bay at Ripley's Aquarium in Myrtle Beach. The various stingrays, sharks and a bowmouth guitarfish swimming laps appeared unfazed, but the crowd of people sitting on the floor and standing in the back of the gallery glued their eyes to the mermaid as instrumental music played.
With a 5-foot-long, blue, green and aquamarine fluke and flowing blond hair, Dawn did rhythmic flips, somersaults and dances for eight minutes underwater. She looked at ease, smiling through the free-diving show without any breathing apparatus, and surfacing for air 18 times.
When Dawn lay on her back on the bottom of the tank, the assembly of onlookers ooed and chuckled at the doughnut rings she sent spiraling upward with pauses as she budgeted her exhalation.
Afterward, she visited the shallow end of Ray Bay, the touch tank for stingrays, and spent about 15 minutes making the rounds for children and some adults to have photos taken with her. One girl blurted out, "I wish I could be a mermaid."
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Everyone visiting Ripley's through Sept. 5 has a choice of three mermaid shows daily, at noon, 4 p.m. and 8 p.m.
Chad Netherland, director of Ocean Boulevard Attractions for Ripley's Myrtle Beach, said adding the mermaid shows for the season, amid the aquarium's slew of summer camps under way, feeds off the fervor created by the Weeki Wachee State Park mermaids from Florida, who visited Ripley's for one weekend during each of the last three summers. This Ripley's show, starring Dawn, the head mermaid, or Shannon Scott, a brunette who sports a red tail, lets the aquarium "have a summer dedicated to mermaids ... mermaid mania," he said.
Earlier this week, outside her costume - and yes, with two legs - Dawn spoke about the thrills she sees during and after mermaid performances.
"Kids are so excited to actually meet a mermaid," she said. "The show has a 'wow factor,' but the kids also have a memory to take home."
Hearing youngsters express "I had no idea they were real" also wows Dawn, who will let viewers touch her elaborate handmade silicone tail after a show. The flukes are kind of buoyant, and the women train in them, a craft that Dawn treats as "one of a kind."
Dawn said she leads training of new mermaids - including two fill-in performers - and puts together routines and makes safety adjustments to the show as they try new tricks that generate good feedback.
"The tails are 50 pounds wet," she said, "and they are not easy to get into. We are also in 74-degree water and no wetsuits."
Having grown up in St. Augustine, Fla., along the Atlantic, Dawn cannot remember a time when she wasn't frolicking in a pool or the ocean. A former entertainer at SeaWorld in Florida, she has spent eight years doing underwater performances, including five years as a mermaid, "so all these things come into play," she said.
Diving at Ripley's with its Ray Bay residents, touching rays - and sometimes vice versa - Dawn said the performers this summer "are as close as you can get to a real mermaid."
This form of athleticism, including building endurance with breath control and stamina, intrigues Dawn, especially with shows seven days a week.
"I grow as a performer," she said. "This is where I feel most at home."
The lower a mermaid descends in a tank, the higher the heart rate and demand on breath holding, for example, said Dawn, whose longest stretch underwater through the years has spanned 4 minutes, 18 seconds.
"Just like an athlete," she said, "you have to train for it and regulate your heartbeat."
Dawn said she appreciates Ripley's management for encouraging the divers to use all their creativity in making and refining their routines, which fulfill multiple missions for marine animal awareness on bigger scales.
"We're great mascots for entertainment and education," she said, "for kids and adults."
The exercise also keeps Dawn pumped, especially because the mermaids, with legs clad in tails, pull themselves out of the water using only "hand rails and all of our upper body strength."
"Needless to say," she said, "I will have six-pack abs and arms of steel by the end of the summer."


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I'm quoted at length in this piece by St. Paul Pioneer-Press columnist Ruben Rosario on botched SWAT raids.
The police are in prime CYA form on the Khang raid:
Minneapolis police say they are not to blame for a mistake that sent a SWAT team into the wrong house over the weekend.
"It was bad information that came on the informants end, not on the police end," said Jesse Garcia, a Minneapolis Police spokesman.
Garcia said after the informant gave police three addresses they did their homework.
"Like I said, this is a long-term investigation that involved surveillance, looking at background of this whole situation to find out exactly what's going on," said Garcia.
In addition, a judge reviewed the information from police. The judge OK'd the three search warrants.
"The first two addresses were very good, a lot of information, numerous guns were recovered," said Garcia.
WCCO-TV asked police if they would make police changes to prevent a mistake.
"I don't think it was a mistake on our part, you know, we did everything correctly. We did everything in good faith, we followed the search warrant, we did everything correctly. It turns out some of the information that was given on the front end from the informant, just wasn't right," said Garcia.
But the informant works for the police. Informants aren't sworn public servants. They aren't trained to become police officers. They aren't accountable to the public. Most, in fact, are pretty shady characters. The police ought to be independently coroborrating every informant's tip before they go kicking down doors. Even a reliable informant could inadvertently transpose numbers, or get a street name wrong.
So don't blame this on the informant. It's the job of the officers he's working with to corroborate the information he gives them. If his information is wrong, and they act on it, it's their fault. They're the ones with the guns, the authority, and who are accountable to the public. The fact that they shot up the wrong house by itself indicates that the police made a mistake, here. Here's more from Minneapolis police:
"This house was part of a package of very credible information that resulted in other successful enforcement actions," she said. "This was the end of a chain of things, and there was no reason to question the credibility of the information."
Except that, quite obviously, the information wasn't credible. Or they wouldn't have nearly killed an innocent family.
The police apparently knocked out six windows in the Khang home, some of them before the shooting began. The fired 22 rounds, spraying the Khang home with shotgun blasts.
One local media outlet is reporting that the police were investigating a black street gang. Had they taken the two minutes to type the address into the local property records website, they'd have seen the name "Vang Khang" pop up, which should have at least hinted at the possibility that the address might be wrong, and that it would probably be worth the time to do a bit more investigation before heading out to play soldier.
The fact that the police didn't even take this small, not particularly labor intensive step by itself puts the lie to the statement that they "did everything correctly."

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April 25, 1958
Agencies: Federal Bureau of Investigation - FBI
Cause of death: Medical Neglect
Last updated: almost 5 years ago
Dr. Charles Ward arrived at the Terrell County Jail in Dawson, on Sunday, April 20, 1958, at about 9:30 p.m. to examine a new inmate, James Brazier. Dawson police had requested that he examine Brazier. Ward, who with his medical partner was appointed by the county and city to examine inmates who might need medical attention, met with Brazier in the jail office and delivered a diagnosis that would become consequential over the last four days of Brazier’s life.
Ward would tell the FBI on April 24, when Brazier was still alive, that while he noticed that Brazier had blood in his ear and nose and that he slurred his speech, he suspected only that Brazier was drunk. He saw lacerations and swelling, he told FBI agents, but he saw “no probability of skull fracture.” He told police working at the jail to put Brazier in a cell by himself and to check on him every couple of hours. He did not ask how Brazier came to be injured. “I never ask such questions,” he said. “I had rather not know.”
By allowing Brazier to sleep alone in a cell and not ordering more urgent action, including an X-ray, Ward appears to have neglected medical protocol. According to Emory University pathologist Dr. Mark Allen Edgar,
when a patient is bleeding from his ear or nose as a result of blunt force trauma, the doctor should urgently call for X-rays to confirm whether a skull fracture exists. Skull fractures often result in an epidural hematoma, which refers to a ruptured artery leaking blood into the brain’s spatial cavity known as the dura.


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Farmers across America are sounding the alarm about the devastating impact of President Donald Trump’s ongoing war on immigrants.
According to inside sources, Trump recently hosted a closed-door meeting in which farmers said the administration’s deportations and border security projects are threatening the agricultural community’s ability to find workers. Despite those pleas, Trump’s war on immigrants has continued in full force.
There are huge negative consequences to the Trump agenda and we are seeing them come to light more and more each day.
During the roundtable conversation about agriculture, farmers and representatives of the sector brought up labor and immigration, the details of which have not been previously reported. Some farmers told Trump they often cannot find Americans willing to do the difficult farm jobs, according to interviews with nine of the 14 participants.
They said they were worried about stricter immigration enforcement and described frustrations with the H-2A visa program, the one legal way to bring in temporary seasonal agricultural workers.
… About half of U.S. crop workers are in the country illegally and more than two-thirds are foreign born, according to the most recent figures from the U.S. Department of Labor’s National Agriculture Workers’ Survey.
During the roundtable, Luke Brubaker, a dairy farmer from Pennsylvania, described how immigration agents had recently picked up half a dozen chicken catchers working for a poultry transportation company in his county.
The employer tried to replace them with local hires, but within three hours all but one had quit, Brubaker told the gathering at the White House.
Throughout Trump’s presidency, industry leaders from many different fields have warned him about the negative impact of his policies, but Trump has moved forward anyway.
Luckily, there’s now a movement in Washington D.C. to sidestep the president and implement some more reasonable immigration rules.
Read more, from Reuters:
The farmers at the meeting said they stressed to the president the need for both short-term and permanent workers. They said there should be a program to help long-time farmworkers without criminal records, but who are in the country illegally, to become legal residents.
Last Tuesday, Democrats in the House and Senate said they would introduce a bill to give farmworkers who have worked illegally in the country for two consecutive years a “blue card” to protect them from deportation.
It is refreshing to finally see both Republicans and Democrats coming together to try and fix the mess Trump has created.


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This book is another one of my adventures into books about writing written by actual writers. According to Francine Prose, creative writing, ultimately, cannot be taught. She encourages the would-be writer to, instead, learn through a form of literary osmosis: study the masters. She believes the rules, usually, taught in writing classes are all too often arbitrary and restrictive. Prose shows how the great writers—masters whom stand the test of time—broke with the conventions of their day.
Keep in mind, Francine Prose is not only an accomplished author, but has experience teaching creative writing at the university level; she has seen and done it all.
Of course, there are better craft reference books out there. If you want to get into the nitty-gritty of building sentences, pacing, etcetera, this book is not for you. However, if you are new to writing, and want to just know what the hell it is you are suppose to write, suppose to notice, suppose to build, suppose to engage, then this book is a must-read. Learning how the masters told their stories is never a dull undertaking.
I recommend, if you found this review helpful, you read this post, too.
…covers the entire writing process from zero to hero.

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History Buffs! Photographers! Locals and Visitors! Don’t miss your chance to see vintage photographs produced from glass plate negatives dating from the late 1800’s. The work of photographer Richard J. Arnold whose studio was located on Monterey Street in San Luis Obispo, California from 1886 to 1892.
El Paso de Robles Area Historical Society proudly presents Shared Histories 2: More of R. J. Arnold’s Portraits of the Central Coast. Curated by Anthony Lepore, this historical photography exhibit is being shown at the Carnegie Library in Downtown City Park, Paso Robles, CA. Come experience this ongoing exhibit from February 24 through December 31, 2015, open Tuesday, Thursday, Friday & Saturday from 10am-4pm and Sunday from 11am-4pm. (Closed Mondays and Wednesdays)
The Evolution Of The Exhibit
In 2011 the El Paso de Robles Area Historical Society received over 1,400 19th-century glass plate photographic negatives; the largest collection of historic items received by the Society to date. The collection, the work of photographer R.J. Arnold, was donated by Jacqueline D. Marie in memory of Randal Gene Young. In April of 2012 Brother Lawrence Scrivani. S.M., archivist for the Cooper Molera Adobe in Monterey, California, came to Paso Robles to instruct Historical Society volunteers in the proper methods for cleaning, preserving, storing and cataloging the glass plate negative collection. A group of dedicated volunteers then set to work in the basement office of the Carnegie to clean and catalog the negatives, which had been stored in less than ideal conditions for many years.
In December 2012, Anthony Lepore, Master of Fine Arts, Yale University, came to Paso Robles and spent several days going through the negatives, carefully making the selections that would become the basis for the Historical Society’s first exhibit SHARED HISTORIES: R.J. Arnold’s Portraits of the Central Coast. The fragile glass plate negatives were scanned in high resolution allowing us to produce large prints. At the time of their creation these negatives would only have been printed at their actual size (5” x 8”) but current technology allows us to look even deeper into these astonishing portraits. The collection of photographs also points to the diversity of native and immigrant cultures prevalent in San Luis Obispo County during the second half of the 19th Century. In November 2014, Mr. Lepore returned to Paso Robles and made the selections for this current exhibit.
Through the years the identities of the individuals pictured in the exhibit have been lost leaving us to speculate about their personal stories and what life was like in this area over 125 years ago.
Many of the original glass plate negatives were damaged or in poor condition when received. The decision was made to print the photographs for the exhibit with these imperfections as they represent the current state of the plates and allows us to view them in their proper historical context.
About The Photographer
Richard J. Arnold
Richard J. Arnold was born on June 28, 1856 in England and died in Monterey on May 19, 1929. Mr. Arnold had photographic studios in several areas of central California in addition to San Luis Obispo including Monterey, Santa Barbara and Alameda.
Arnold’s most significant contribution to early California photography was his choice to photograph all sorts of people, not limiting his subjects to paying clients. While most commercial photographers at the time photographed the wealthy and elite on commission, Arnold did not limit the diversity of his subjects based on their financial means. He created one of the largest and earliest portraits of the early Latino community in California. While he took commissions and ran a successful studio he was endlessly drawn to all types of people and his body of work presents a prescient vision of California’s cultural diversity. What also make his photographs so important and timeless is the empathy with which he connects to his sitters. There is an openness in their gaze and an ease in their gesture.
The original prints that Arnold produced during his lifetime would have been cropped into the traditional Victorian oval, which was highly favored at the time and tended to focus on faces and torsos. In this exhibition we have printed the full plates revealing the surprises and details of Arnold’s photographic process and giving us a glimpse into his studio.

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Barafundle Bay in Pembrokeshire has seen an influx of visitors this summer even though there's a mile walk on foot to reach it.
But National Trust chiefs now want people to steer away due to overcrowding, and because less than two miles away another beautiful beach, Broad Haven South, is being ignored.
While visitor numbers to Barafundle increased by more than 30,000 to 120,000 in the past three years, Broad Haven has attracted only 8,000 new visitors.
Now the National Trust, which looks after both beaches and the coastline in between, wants people to explore the "second hidden gem" of Broad Haven South.
The popularity of Barafundle has come at a cost, as the secluded beach has experienced significant degradation of its sand dunes and footpaths.
The Trust said: "Swapping Barafundle for Broad Haven South will help conserve the coast by spreading people across the estate, reducing the erosion of footpaths, minimising the disturbance to wildlife in the dunes, and ensuring less litter is being washed out to sea."
The Trust has now launch its Sea Safari project, which will promote a coastal trail around the Stackpole Estate and tell holiday makers where the best other beaches are.
Remote Barafundle was recently voted the best in the world by Passport magazine, which has caused its popularity to surge.
The travel magazine said: "Barafundle Bay, part of southwest Wales’ Pembrokeshire Coast National Park, is a revelation and all the more so for the process of arriving there.
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"As you approach by car, rolling countryside turns more dramatic, sheer and craggy cliffs dropping precipitously to the sea.
"Ascending, the dirt track disappears and you’re in open green fields, the pastures backed by rolling hills and the shimmering bay below, ringed by rocky cliffs.
"It’s a luxuriant curve of sand, topped by dunes and grasses on hills that make it feel immensely private.
"The long stretch of cliff known as Stackpole Head sticks straight into the sea like an arm. A little boulder sits jauntily offshore. The waves crash against the smooth sand.
"Your company here? Twelve people, four dogs, and a visual overdose of beauty."
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CHICAGO (AP) - A group of Illinois prosecutors and advocates say new legislation would encourage more victims of sexual assault to report the crime to authorities.
A Senate committee advanced the measure to the full Senate on Wednesday.
It would require police and 911 call centers to adopt policies for responding to sexual assaults that are more sensitive toward victims.
Law enforcement officers also would be required to complete a written report of every complaint, regardless of where it occurred or who is reporting it.
The measure was drafted in response to studies that suggest only 5 percent to 20 percent of rapes are reported to law enforcement.
Attorney General Lisa Madigan says the legislation will help "ensure that justice is being served."


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And I'm the granddaughter of a butcher. I say that like it should help, but truth is, it probably made it worse. Until I got married and moved out of town and was forced to visit a butcher shop to get things other than free candy from my Zeidy, I was under the impression that chicken cutlets came cleaned and wrapped nicely in aluminum foil and just magically appeared in the freezer. That's how it worked in my mom's freezer. Zeidy was the chicken cutlet fairy. And I mean that in a good way. I wish I had a chicken cutlet fairy these days. And a steak fairy, but that's another story.
If I'm going to be totally honest, my mom still brings me chicken cutlets, all cleaned and ready to go and sticks them in my freezer. But not often enough. Ma! We need more chicken!
And since I am baring the chicken-stupidity part of my soul, I may as well admit that I didn't have clue how to make chicken soup before I got married. My grandmother always made it by the gallon and gave it out. But how? Since I was a little girl, I kind of always thought that maybe she squeezed the chicken. But how could that be? And how hard did she squeeze? And, ewww, I love chicken soup, but I don't wanna squeeze a chicken. And so I was floored, really floored when I learned that there was water involved. There, now my soul is bare. I feel much better.
And so when we don't have company, I pour brown rice into a really big rectangular pyrex, throw in some vegetables, like sweet potatoes and zucchini and onions, put the now clean chicken on top and pour this salad dressing over the whole thing. Add water for the rice, cover the whole thing with foil and bake at 400 degrees for 1 hour. Uncover and bake some more, until the chicken is cooked and appears to be roasted. And everyone eats - some people like rice and some people like vegetables and everyone likes chicken. And I like that there is only pan to wash after Shabbos.
Oh yeah, the salad dressing works really well on salad too, but that's so boring.


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India, the world’s largest rice exporter, is considering a ban on most types, which could push up already-high worldwide prices when the disruptive El Nio weather pattern returns.
According to those acquainted with the situation, the government is considering a ban on all non-Basmati rice exports.
This is due to growing domestic prices, and authorities want to avoid more inflation, according to the persons, who asked not to be identified because the information is not public.
A prohibition, if enacted, would affect almost 80% of India’s rice exports. While such a move may cut domestic pricing, it also increases worldwide costs. Rice is a staple for about half of the world’s population, with Asia consuming about 90% of global supply. Benchmark prices have already soared to a two-year high on fears that the return of El Niño will damage crops.
India accounts for over 40% of global rice trade and has sought to restrict shipments of some types. After Russia’s invasion of Ukraine pushed food staples like wheat and corn prices skyrocketing, the South Asian nation banned broken rice exports and put a 20% levy on shipments of white and brown rice last year. Wheat and sugar shipments have also been banned.
Representatives from the food, trade, and finance ministries did not reply to requests for comment via email or text message. India exports rice to about 100 nations, the most important of which being Benin, China, Senegal, Cote d’Ivoire, and Togo.
On hearing of the prospective ban, shares of Indian rice millers plummeted. KRBL Ltd., the country’s largest rice company, fell 3.7% before cutting losses. Chaman Lal Setia Exports Ltd. fell as much as 1.4%, Kohinoor Foods Ltd. down 2.9%, and LT Foods Ltd. fell 4.4%.
This year, importers such as Indonesia, China, and the Philippines have been aggressively storing rice. According to the World Meteorological Organisation, El Nio conditions have arisen in the tropical Pacific for the first time in seven years, threatening to cause drought in several rice-growing countries. A prospective embargo by India will exacerbate supply concerns.
India’s plan comes as consumer price inflation accelerated in June, owing primarily to higher food prices. Bloomberg Economics predicts that inflation would rise further following the recent climb in tomato prices, a vital ingredient in Indian cuisine, and an increase in the government’s support price for monsoon-sown crops. Inflation estimates have been boosted by Barclays Bank Plc and Yes Bank.
According to food ministry data, retail rice prices in Delhi have risen roughly 15% this year, while the national average has risen 8%. Persistently high food prices may sour public opinion ahead of multiple state elections later this year and a national election in 2024.

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A sailing ship and two details of it. Distant view of four ships. At center, the masts of a ship shown behind a projecting shore, and at bottom, four views of sailing ships. A projecting shoreline is also shown.
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Title: Studies of Sailing Ships and Coastal Landscapes
Exhibitions: Rockland, ME: Farnsworth Art Museum. Inventing Arcadia: Artists and Tourists at Mount Desert Island, 13 June to 24 October 1999.
Dimensions: H x W x D: 25.1 x 18.2 cm (9 7/8 x 7 3/16 in.)
Bibliography: Wilmerding, John. The Artist's Mount Desert: American Painters on the Main Coast. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1994: ill, p. 89, fig. 88.Belanger, Pamela J. Inventing Arcadia: Artists and Tourists at Mount Desert Island (Rockland, ME: Farnsworth Art Museum, 1999).


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We are in the crazy situation where Cardiff County Council is split between City Hall, north of the city centre, and County Hall, just 900 yards from the Assembly building
in Cardiff Bay.
And he added the new Assembly building
would not stop a children's hospital being built.
Pervaiz Elahi briefed the CM Buzdar on the under-construction new Punjab Assembly building
, MPAs hostel and a mosque.
Sindh Election Commissioner Yusuf Khattak, who is returning officer for the Senate elections, paid a visit to the assembly building
and reviewed the arrangements.
QUETTA -- At least six persons, including four Balochistan Constabulary personnel, were martyred and 17 others injured Tuesday when a suspected suicide blast rocked Quetta's Zarghoon road near the Balochistan Assembly building
Earlier, the speaker alongwith media persons visited the new building and briefed media persons about the new construction and features of the newly constructed assembly building
REGARDING the new Welsh Assembly building
they are building at Llandudno Junction, as the Daily Post reported, will it be as disgracefully expensive as the one they have at Cardiff?
Age Concern member David Hughes, 66, of Jelicoe Court, Atlantic Wharf, Cardiff, said: 'I was there the other day, looking at the building and it looks very interesting.' Timetable of events: 9.45am to noon: Assembly building
Sir - i feel it historically appropriate to name the new Welsh Assembly building
the rather majestic sounding 'Senedd'.
Mr Richards added: "In total the present Assembly building
has cost getting on for seven and a half million pounds of public money.
Talking to the media during a visit to the under-construction Punjab Assembly building
along with Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar here on Thursday, he said that the construction of the new Punjab Assembly building
was delayed for 12 years by the previous regime, only because it was launched by Ch Pervaiz Elahi.
Contrary to the traditions the session started a bit early though after its original timing of 10:05am here at Sindh Assembly Building

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State leaders say that complying with a 56.2 miles-per-gallon fleet guideline by 2025 is too aggressive and will cost jobs
If the White House has its way, the U.S.'s auto fleet will be forced to comply with a mileage standard of 56.2 miles-per-gallon by 2025. That doubles the current standard in place, which means automakers would have to make significant changes to their vehicle offerings over the next decade to meet the requirement. In a letter to President Obama (.pdf) on Thursday, all but one of Michigan's members of Congress indicated that they think that this proposed standard is unrealistic and would harm the economy.
To be sure, Michigan has a clear reason to be concerned about fuel standard rules: the state is the heart of the U.S. auto industry. Two senators (both Democrats) and 14 representatives (nine Republicans and five Democrats) say the Obama administration's 56.2 mile-per-gallon target "overly aggressive and not reasonably feasible." Michigan's governor signed a similar letter in June, along with 14 other governors.
This week's letter points to a recent study conducted by the Center for Automotive Research that indicates a very high mileage standard would harm the state and broader national economy. It concludes that if the fuel standard is raised to 62 miles-per-gallon, which is the high end of the range of proposed, it would cost the industry approximately 260,000 jobs and add $10,000 to the cost of a new vehicle.
The Environmental Protection Agency disputes that additional cost estimate, however, saying that car prices would rise by $3,000. Its analysis does show a vastly different car fleet by 2025 under this potential mileage standard, however. It would consist of 54% conventional hybrids, 8% plug-in electric vehicles, and 37% improved gas and diesel vehicles.
The only member of Congress from Michigan that did not sign the letter to the President was Rep. John Conyers, Jr. (D). His spokesperson says that the congressman is "standing up for higher fuel economy standards which will create jobs, not eliminate them." He points to another study by the Ceres Coalition that asserts the standards will benefit the economy. Still, as the only member of the Michigan delegation not to sign this week's letter, Conyers is taking a bold stance, especially considering that he represents a district that includes most of northwestern Detroit and part of Dearborn.
Some recent reports indicate that the Obama administration could be persuaded to relax this aggressive standard, however. In particular, it might allow light truck fuel economy to improve at a slower rate, making the overall burden of the new standard a little bit easier for automakers to comply with.
The bipartisan letter that Michigan's representatives to Congress wrote the president this week makes the stakes pretty clear. The U.S. automakers are deeply concerned about the coming standard. Will the letter provide the push the administration needs to reconsider its stance? Or does it agree with Rep. Conyers and believe that higher fuel standards will be a job creator instead of a job killer?
Getting the right answer here is particularly important considering that U.S. economic growth will likely struggle over the next decade as the nation slowly chisels away at the very high unemployment rate. In their letter, the Michigan reps are quick to point out that their state's unemployment rate currently stands at 10.5%, even higher than the national rate of 9.2%.
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England goalkeeper Jordan Pickford was one of his Country’s hero’s last night as the Three Lions sealed a famous penalty shootout victory over Colombia in the last 16 of the World Cup.
Most England fans were fearful when the scores were tied at 1-1 after 120 minutes of football, due to their abysmal record from the spot at major tournament. However, Gareth Southgate’s young side bucked the trend of failure from 12 yards, with the young Everton ‘keeper one of the stars of the show, pulling off a superb one handed save from Colombia striker Carlos Bacca.
Pickford had come in for some stinging criticism from former England defenders Gary Neville and Lee Dixon for his attempts at stopping Adnan Januzaj’s winner during their last game against Belgium and Tuesday night’s game, the 24-year-old was quick to respond to those critics.
”I was in a massive whirlwind but I saved it with my left hand.’ Pickford told BBC Radio 5 live
“I’ve been critcised for going with my top hand, but as long as you save it, that’s all that counts.
“I might be young but I’ve got good mental strength and experience and I used that today.
“It’s a great night to win a penalty shootout. Ideally we don’t want to be going to a penalty shootout but we are delighted for the fans and the whole country.
“It gives us belief to go into the Sweden game and we will get straight back to business tomorrow.”
England’s victory over Colombia now means they will meet Sweden in the quarter final next Saturday.


Now let’s take a look at setting up a blog on Wordpress. Recently the Wordpress team (known as the Theme Team) have been giving users a multitude of new themes to choose from, most of which contain some really useful customisation features. Just as with Blogger, Wordpress is very simple and easy to set up for even a complete novice to begin blogging. Not only that, it has one of the most easy to use user Dashboards for controlling everything about your blog that I have ever used. So, let’s get started shall we?
To begin, go to http://wordpress.com and click on the orange ‘Sign up Now’ tab under Express yourself. Start a blog on the top right hand side of the Wordpress.com home page.
Next you will be asked to provide a username and password for your new Wordpress blog. This username and password will be used to sign into your blog. If the username that you choose is already in use, you will be asked to provide another one. You will also be asked to provide an email address for any communication purposes such as when someone has left a comment on your blog for example.
Once you have completed those details, click on Next. The next page will show you what the Blog Domain or URL of your blog will be. In my case the complete URL will be http://anothernewbie.wordpress.com On this page you can change the Blog Title if you wish or leave it until later. You can also change the language of your blog from the drop down list provided. Once you are entirely happy with your settings, then click on the Signup tab.
A verification will then be sent to you via the email password that you have just included. This is to check that the email address you have provided is authentic and also that you are who you say you are. Whilst you are waiting to receive the email notification to your inbox, you can fill in some details about yourself such as your first name, last name etc and a short resume about yourself in the boxes provided, or you can just leave these blank for now. If you fill these details in, then click on Save Profile.
As soon as you have received your activation in an email and ‘clicked through’ to activate your account, you are ready to go! You can immediately begin blogging on Wordpress.com. You can either view your site or alternately Login and begin composing your first blog!
Next post we’ll compose a first post to our new Wordpress blog using the online blog editor.


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Silent Night is a 2021 British-American apocalyptic comedy film written and directed by Camille Griffin. It stars Keira Knightley, Matthew Goode, Roman Griffin Davis, Annabelle Wallis, Lily-Rose Depp, Sope Dirisu, Kirby Howell-Baptiste, Lucy Punch and Rufus Jones. It had its world premiere at the 2021 Toronto International Film Festival on September 16, 2021.
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|Directed by||Camille Griffin|
|Written by||Camille Griffin|
|Produced by||Celine Rattray, Trudie Styler, Matthew Vaughn|
|Starring||Keira Knightley, Matthew Goode, Roman Griffin Davis, Annabelle Wallis, Lily-Rose Depp, Sope Dirisu, Kirby Howell-Baptiste, Lucy Punch, Rufus Jones|
|Edited by||Pia Di Ciaula|
|Music by||Lorne Balfe|
|Marv Films, Maven Screen Media|
|Distributed by||AMC+RLJE Films|
(United States)Altitude Film Distribution
|Release date||16 September 2021 (TIFF)3 December 2021 (the United States & United Kingdom)|
|Countries||United KingdomUnited States|
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It had its world premiere at the 2021 Toronto International Film Festival on 16 September 2021. Prior to, RLJE Films and AMC+ acquired U.S. distribution rights to the film. It is scheduled to be released in the United States and United Kingdom on December 3, 2021.
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- Keira Knightley as Nell
- Roman Griffin Davis as Art
- Matthew Goode as Simon
- Annabelle Wallis as Sandra
- Lily-Rose Depp as Sophie
- Kirby Howell-Baptiste as Alex
- Sope Dirisu as James
- Rufus Jones as Tony
- Lucy Punch as Bella
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The Madrigals are an extraordinary family who lives hidden in the mountains of Colombia in a charming place called the Encanto. The magic of the Encanto has blessed every child in the family with a unique gift — every child except Mirabel. However, she soon may be the Madrigal’s last hope when she discovers that the magic surrounding the Encanto is now in danger.
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Literature, Study, Learning information for online study; you can learn about literature and related subjects, self-study and e-Learning courses about literature.
Literature is a term used to describe written and sometimes spoken material. Derived from the Latin litteratura meaning "writing formed with letters," literature most commonly refers to works of the creative imagination, including poetry, drama, fiction, nonfiction, journalism, and in some instances, song. Simply put, literature represents the culture and tradition of a language or a people. It's difficult to precisely define, though many have tried, but it's clear that the accepted definition of literature is constantly changing and evolving. For many, the word literature suggests a higher art form, merely putting words on a page doesn't necessarily mean creating literature. A canon is the accepted body of works for a given author. Some works of literature are considered canonical, that is culturally representative of a particular genre. But what we consider to be literature can vary from one generation to the next. For instance, Herman Melville's 1851 novel Moby Dick was considered a failure by contemporary reviewers. However, it's since been recognized as a master work, and is frequently cited as one of the best works of western literature for its thematic complexity and use of symbolism to tell the story of Captain Ahab and the white whale. By reading Moby Dick in the present day, we can gain a fuller understanding of literary traditions in Melville's time.
In this way, literature is more than just a historical or cultural artifact, but can serve as an introduction to a new world of experience. Ultimately, we may discover meaning in literature by looking at what the author writes or says, and how he or she says it. We may interpret and debate an author's message by examining the words he or she chooses in a given novel or work, or observing which character or voice serves as the connection to the reader. In academia, this decoding of the text is often carried out through the use of literary theory, using a mythological, sociological, psychological, historical, or other approach to better understand the context and depth of a work. Works of literature, at their best, provide a kind of blueprint of human civilization. From the writings of ancient civilizations like Egypt, and China, to Greek philosophy and poetry; from the epics of Homer to the plays of Shakespeare, from Jane Austen and Charlotte Bronte to Maya Angelou, works of literature give insight and context to all the world's societies. Whatever critical paradigm we use to discuss and analyze it, literature is important to us because it speaks to us, it is universal, and it affects us on a deeply personal level. Even when it is ugly, literature is beautiful.
Philosophy and Literature
Philosophy and literature‹ is an area of study devoted to both written works of artistic creation and philosophical works, with a view to how both categories can illuminate experience and address human perplexities. This conclusion is reached through a discussion taking an overview of mainly analytic philosophy over the last twenty-odd years, particularly with a perspective on how the initial hostility between philosophy and literature has been overcome. The justification for claiming that philosophy and literature‹ is a viable field of its own can only be found by looking at how both parts of the conjunction makes fruitful use of the other, while also making good the claim that these two pursuits belong together.
Philosophy and Literature has explored the dialogue between literary and philosophical studies. The journal offers fresh, stimulating ideas in the aesthetics of literature, theory of criticism, philosophical interpretation of literature, and literary treatment of philosophy. Philosophy and Literature challenges the cant and pretensions of academic priesthoods through its assortment of lively, wide-ranging essays, notes, and reviews that are written in clear, jargon-free prose. Plato is responsible both for philosophy as we know it and the idea that philosophy and literature should have quarreled from ancient times. It is shown that this alleged quarrel was Plato's invention, and used to open up for the new discourse of truth-seeking philosophy. Paradoxically, it seems, Plato was a writer who had learnt much from the great tragedians, yet spurned their creations as mere inspiration and without knowledge – as well as dangerous to the souls of the ideal republic. This paradox, however, is only apparent. Any new discourse will have to find converts, and cannot therefore use the as yet unknown means of communication. In short, it will have to use the language of the cave. The purpose of this visit to the past is mainly to show that it is not easy to justify putting the word ›and‹ between the two opponents of this alleged quarrel. Ever since Plato, philosophy's conception of itself as the discourse of reason has pitted it against the fanciful creations of literary fiction.
Type of Prose
Prose Fiction is generally long, detailed, and written episodically in many cases. There are many types or genres of prose such as short stories, novellas, novelettes, novels, fables, etc.
Some examples of prose fiction are Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels, Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe, Charles Dicken's A Tale of Two Cities, Zora Neale Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God, F Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby, Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart. It should be noted that not all prose are fictional. We have prose in the forms of biography and autobiography, among others. Examples of this form of prose include Wole Soyinka's Ake: The Years of Childhood and Chinua Achebe's There Was a Country, among others.
There are four types of prose in literature,
- Fictional Prose (Includes novels, novellas, short stories)
- Non-fictional Prose (Includes biographies, essays, journals)
- Heroic Prose (Includes legends, tales)
- Poetry Prose ( poetry written in prose instead of using verse but maintaining poetic qualities)
Prose is a form of language that has no formal metrical structure. It applies a natural flow of speech, and ordinary grammatical structure, rather than rhythmic structure, such as in the case of traditional poetry. Normal everyday speech is spoken in prose, and most people think and write in prose form. Prose comprises of full grammatical sentences, which consist of paragraphs, and forgoes aesthetic appeal in favor of clear, straightforward language. It can be said to be the most reflective of conversational speech. Some works of prose do have versification, and a blend of the two formats that is called “prose poetry.”
In literature, a drama is the portrayal of fictional or non-fictional events through the performance of written dialog (either prose or poetry). Dramas can be performed on stage, on film, or the radio. Dramas are typically called plays, and their creators are known as “playwrights” or “dramatists.” Drama is a mode of fictional representation through dialogue and performance. It is one of the literary genres, which is an imitation of some action. Drama is also a type of a play written for theater, television, radio, and film.
Lighter in tone, comedies are intended to make the audience laugh and usually come to a happy ending. Comedies place offbeat characters in unusual situations causing them to do and say funny things. Based on darker themes, tragedies portray serious subjects like death, disaster, and human suffering in a dignified and thought-provoking way. Featuring exaggerated or absurd forms of comedy, a farce is a nonsensical genre of drama in which characters intentionally overact and engage in slapstick or physical humor. An exaggerated form of drama, melodramas depict classic one-dimensional characters such as heroes, heroines, and villains dealing with sensational, romantic, and often perilous situations. This versatile genre of drama combines theater, dialogue, music, and dance to tell grand stories of tragedy or comedy. A relatively new genre, docudramas are dramatic portrayals of historic events or non-fictional situations.
Alliteration is a series of words or phrases that all (or almost all) start with the same sound. These sounds are typically consonants to give more stress to that syllable. You’ll often come across alliteration in poetry, titles of books and poems (Jane Austen is a fan of this device, for example—just look at Pride and Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility), and tongue twisters.
An allegory is a story that is used to represent a more general message about real-life (historical) issues and/or events. It is typically an entire book, novel, play, etc.
Allusion is when an author makes an indirect reference to a figure, place, event, or idea originating from outside the text. Many allusions make reference to previous works of literature or art.
An anachronism occurs when there is an (intentional) error in the chronology or timeline of a text. This could be a character that appears in a different time period than when he actually lived, or a technology that appears before it was invented. Anachronisms are often used for comedic effect.
An epigraph is when an author inserts a famous quotation, poem, song, or other short passage or text at the beginning of a larger text (e.g., a book, chapter, etc.). An epigraph is typically written by a different writer (with credit given) and used as a way to introduce overarching themes or messages in the work. Some pieces of literature, such as Herman Melville’s 1851 novel Moby-Dick, incorporate multiple epigraphs throughout.
A flashback is an interruption in a narrative that depicts events that have already occurred, either before the present time or before the time at which the narration takes place. This device is often used to give the reader more background information and details about specific characters, events, plot points, and so on.
Foreshadowing is when an author indirectly hints at—through things such as dialogue, description, or characters’ actions—what’s to come later on in the story. This device is often used to introduce tension to a narrative.
Imagery is when an author describes a scene, thing, or idea so that it appeals to our senses (taste, smell, sight, touch, or hearing). This device is often used to help the reader clearly visualize parts of the story by creating a strong mental picture.
- Specsavers National Book Awards
- Nobel Prize in Literature
- Man Booker Prize
- Pulitzer Prize
- Costa Book Awards
- Neustadt International Prize for Literature
- Hugo Award
- Guardian First Book Award
- National Book Award
- Bailey's Women's Prize for Fiction


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Isetan Of Japan Sdn. Bhd. operates as a Hypermarket in Malaysia. On May 30, 1998, Isetan Kuala Lumpur opened its flagship store at Suria KLCC, situated next to the Petronas Twins Towers, (the tallest building in the world at that time). With 5 floors of exciting merchandise catering for the entire family and occupying quarter million square feet retail space, Isetan KLCC store has become a major landmark in the retail industry. In year 2007, Isetan set up its 3rd departmental store in The Gardens, MidValley. Isetan occupied 150,000 sq ft and spread over four levels at The Gardens. The company was incorporated in 1981 and is based in Kuala Lumpur.
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Kuala Lumpur; Federal Territories; Postal Code: 50088
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THQ and Swapit.co.uk have joined forces for the launch of Fantastic Pets on Kinect. Fantastic Pets is the first Kinect title to utilise ‘Augmented Reality’ technology. This ground breaking feature allows users to step inside the game world and onto the TV screen where they can play with up to four species of pet (Dog, Cat, Pony or Lizard) in mini games, challenges and pet training activities. Players can also customise their dream pets with everything from skins, colours, patterns, wings, horns, tails and more! Fantastic Pets is scheduled to launch in UK on 15th April, 2011.
Swapit is the leading UK based swapping and trading community website where young people go to swap toys, video games and gadgets. Members earn virtual currency called ‘swapits’ for every item they trade which they then use to bid on whichever other items they desire. Every copy of Fantastic Pets will include 50 free ‘swapits’ available in-pack via a unique code printed on an insert. Swapit are hosting an online micro site promoting the Fantastic Pets THQ partnership which will feature game information, trailers, competitions and more.