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Instructor: Kevin Rice (Keyes 313, x5763, firstname.lastname@example.org)
BC367 Learning Goals
- To learn the fundamental chemistry and biochemistry of major classes of biomolecules, including amino acids and proteins, sugars and polysaccharides, nucleotides and nucleic acids, and lipids.
- To understand how chemical reactivity, thermodynamics, and kinetics are responsible for life.
- To sharpen problem-solving skills of both a qualitative and quantitative nature and to solve problems that involve the integration and synthesis of new knowledge.
- To enhance written and oral communication skills and build confidence in oral expression in a group setting.
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Living matter / aqueous chemistry
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Peptides and proteins
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Enzymes and enzyme kinetics
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Sugars, polysaccharides, and glycobiology
Nucleotides and nucleic acid structure
Nucleic acid chemistry and function
DNA technology and lipid chemistry
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Storage and structural lipids
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From BBC News US & Canada:
Several shots have been fired inside and outside the nation’s parliament in Ottawa, leaving one soldier wounded.
A gunman fired at the National War Memorial and then ran into parliament nearby, continuing the attack.
Canadian broadcaster CBC and several MPs report that one gunman has been killed but that is unconfirmed.
The incident came hours after Canada raised its terror threat level following a fatal hit-and-run attack on two soldiers earlier in the week.
“Shots fired at War Memorial at 9:52am today; one person injured,” Ottawa Police tweeted on Wednesday as a witness reported seeing authorities search from room to room for the suspect.
Police have told those in the vicinity to stay away from windows and roofs as they search for additional suspects.
One gunman – said to be carrying a rifle – fired on soldiers guarding Canada’s main war memorial and then ran into the parliament.
“The indications are there is more than one gunman. There may be several,” Canadian MP Marc Garneau told the BBC, adding he and fellow politicians were evacuated from the area.
Canadian authorities are doing something that American authorities appear to be incapable of doing: They are telling the truth.
They have named a recent hit and run in which Martin Rouleou-Couture used his automobile to murder one soldier and injure another at a strip mall as terrorism. The attack ended with the police shooting and killing Mr Rouleau.
Mr. Rouleau, who was Muslim, had been monitored by Canadian anti-terrorism forces since June.
According to police, he sat in his car outside a building housing military offices for around two hours before running over the soldiers. Mr Rouleau’s Facebook page evidently made statements supporting ISIS, and bashing Jews and Christians.
What is different about this and the beheading here in Oklahoma, as well as the murders at Fort Hood by Major Nidal Malik Hasan is that the Canadian government has not aggressively labeled it “workplace violence” or a “random nut” or some other mis-applied designation to avoid telling the truth.
I don’t know if Canadian talk show hosts have gone on air mocking and degrading everyone who dares to depart from the party lie that this is workplace violence, as they did after the beheading here in Oklahoma. I do know that if this was America, the national media would ignore the story if possible, and then, if forced to report it, would label it the action of a “lone nut.”
After the tawdry display over the beheading which happened here in Oklahoma, I no longer look to my government or most of the media for anything resembling truth about these things. They are engaged in propaganda. Nothing more.
Will the Canadian Prime Minister ignore the victims of this terrorism while sending high-placed government officials thousands of miles to read a greeting at the mosque where this terrorist worshipped?
Will both the government and the press diss the victims in this tragedy the way that the American president and much of the American media dissed both the victims and the people of Oklahoma when the beheading occurred here? I hope not.
Given that Canadian authorities are actually being honest with their people instead of attempting to propagandize and control them, maybe things will play out differently there. It would be way past good if it did.
America’s elected officials and media could both use a few lessons in honesty from somebody.
From The New York Times:
OTTAWA — A hit-and-run car crash that killed one soldier and injured another this week was a terrorist attack, Canadian politicians, police and military commanders all suggested Tuesday, saying it had resulted from another Canadian’s turn to radical Islam.
But little had emerged about why the man driving the car, Martin Rouleau-Couture, became radicalized last year or ran over the two soldiers at a strip mall in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec, on Monday.
The attack, which ended with the police fatally shooting Mr. Rouleau, as he was known, came at a time when Prime Minister Stephen Harper, like most of his Western counterparts, has been vigorously denouncing the Islamic State movement and warning of possible domestic terrorist attacks. Mr. Harper’s government has indicated that it is about to introduce new antiterrorism legislation, a move that troubles some civil liberties lawyers.
But the death of Patrice Vincent, 53, a warrant officer, and the wounding of an unidentified soldier underscored the difficulty the police and intelligence agencies face when dealing with radicalized citizens.
Superintendent Martine Fontaine of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police said at a televised news conference that a special antiterrorism force had begun monitoring Mr. Rouleau in June and arrested him a month later when he was about to fly to Turkey. He was released for lack of evidence that he intended to join a terrorist group. Meetings between the Mounted Police and Mr. Rouleau, 25, continued until Oct. 9.
I cleaned out my office the Monday after session adjourned.
My son and one of his friends drove over and carried it all out.
Now, after leaving them stacked up for months, I’m figuring out what to keep and what to toss from the things I brought home. I remember Princess Diana, after her divorce, selling all her old clothes. That was a smart move.
I’m going through a decidedly low-brow version of that this week. I’m tossing out clothes, shoes, books, files and all manner of things I don’t plan to ever use again.
In the process, I’m also deep-cleaning my house. My asthma has reared its ugly head after a couple years’ grace. I usually shampoo the carpets and clean behind and under all the places I don’t ordinarily clean behind and under a couple of times a year.
But I haven’t done it since before session started last year. Too busy. Too distracted.
Now, the asthma has brought it home that the carpets are holding dirt and the places back behind where I never clean are dusty, too. So, I’m going to take this place apart and put it back together again.
In the process, I will toss the detritus of my “official” life. The Representative Suits and all the stuff that goes with them are going to Goodwill. I’ve also got to figure out where I want to hang paintings and similar things that I brought home, as well as what shelves will hold which whatnots.
Some of these things are deeply meaningful to me, and I want them where I can cherish them as my life goes forward.
At the same time, I’m considering what software I need as a writer vs what software I needed as a legislator. The difference is the difference between a Honda Fit and an 18 wheeler. I used Microsoft Publisher to create my campaign literature, Microsoft Access and then later Filemaker Pro to run my databases, Excel to track financial records, and Word to communicate with my office.
I can’t think of a reason why I will need any of that going forward. I have, just by my daily usage, pretty well switched over to Mars Edit for blogging, Scrivener for book writing, Numbers for spreadsheeting, a free-form document filer for the research on my books called DevonThink Office Pro (Oh, how I love typing that phrase: “my books.) and a combination of Nisus Writer Pro, Mellel and Pages for word processing. My new database is a bitsy little thing called Tap Forms, which I use to keep such things as the serial numbers of my software, and smallish personal mailing lists.
If I had to cull it down to the things I really need for work, I could get by with Scrivener, Mars Edit, Pages, Numbers, DevonThink, Tap Forms and iPhoto. All of these (with the exception of DevonThink) are lightweight and inexpensive.
My only heavy duty software is Aperture and a suite of digital darkroom software from Topaz. But that’s not work. It’s hobby.
As for hardware, I have a desktop and a laptop and I use both. I plan to keep both. No way could the laptop handle the things the desktop does, and no way could I put the desktop in my purse and go.
I’m changing my life around the edges because I’ve changed it at the work core of it. It’s a bit discombobulating, going through such a fundamental change in my life. But it’s also exciting and liberating.
It took me a while to figure out what this lightness and happiness I was feeling actually was. Along with the files and the heavy-duty software, I was tossing away responsibility for tens of thousands of people. I grieved that a bit. I worry about my constituents, about who is going to take care of them.
But I have to let go of taking care of them and move on.
Aside from that, which is a little bit like sending your 5-year-old off to his first day of school, I feel incredibly light and unencumbered. I am awash with choices and the possibilities of new beginnings.
But it’s more than that. It took a while to figure it out, and then one day, it hit me what I was feeling.
I feel free.

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The HQ 183 Ho Chi Minh City, the second of six Kilo-class submarines Vietnam bought from Russia, being carried to Cam Ranh Port in Khanh Hoa Province by cargo ship Rolldock Star Wednesday / Photo courtesy of Lao Dong Newspaper
A Kilo-class submarine Russia built for Vietnam arrived at Cam Ranh Bay in the south central province of Khanh Hoa on Wednesday.
The HQ 183 Ho Chi Minh City, the second of six Kilo-class submarines Vietnam bought from Russia, was carried to the Cam Ranh Port by cargo ship Rolldock Star.
Russian and Vietnamese experts will work to launch the submarine soon.
The HQ 182 Hanoi, the first of the six subs, arrived at the Cam Ranh Bay on December 31 last year.
Russia is scheduled to hand over Vietnam the third vessel, the HQ 184 Hai Phong, in November.
The six diesel-electric submarines, which are considered improvements over the older Kilo-class, were bought under a US$2-billion deal signed during a visit by Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung to Russia in 2009.
Under the contract, Russia will deliver all by 2016, train Vietnamese crews, and supply necessary spare parts.
Vietnam this week will send another sailor crew to Russia for training to prepare for the fifth submarine under the contract.
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Proving that leaving Congress sometimes makes it easier to find bipartisan accord, former Democratic Rep. George Miller, of California, and former Republican Sen. Rick Santorum, of Pennsylvania, have come together to back a dozen child-related policies they say can be supported on both sides of the aisle.
Among the policy recommendations:
Increase the value of, and access to, the federal Child Care Tax Credit.
Reauthorize the federally-funded home-visiting program. (Funding for that program expired at the end of September.)
Create a competitive-grant program to encourage states to design state-level tax programs that increase access to high-quality early-childhood programs.
- Encourage states to establish minimum levels of training and competencies for their child-care workforce and to improve professional development systems for the child-care workforce in ways that have been shown to impact child outcomes.
The full report offers more recommendations and rationales on why these particular recommendations should be adopted quickly.
Santorum and Miller co-chaired a panel convened by the Bipartisan Policy Center to explore how the federal government can support young people. The two released their report on Oct. 26.
During an event held to mark the release, Santorum said he and Miller shared a concern about the welfare of young children and “tried to figure out a way, in a town that is not working particularly well, whether we could come up with some things that could provide some sort of light to this area.”
Focusing on children from birth to age 5 is essential, Miller said. “The chances of success are dramatically different than when you don’t pay attention to it,” MIller said. “You don’t get to make it up in remedial education at the community college ... you can’t catch up later.”
A video of the policy release and discussion is below.
A version of this news article first appeared in the Early Years blog.


|Publication number||US6794564 B2|
|Application number||US 10/208,101|
|Publication date||Sep 21, 2004|
|Filing date||Jul 29, 2002|
|Priority date||Aug 2, 2001|
|Also published as||CA2396188A1, CA2396188C, DE60101385D1, DE60101385T2, EP1282110A1, EP1282110B1, US20030024373|
|Publication number||10208101, 208101, US 6794564 B2, US 6794564B2, US-B2-6794564, US6794564 B2, US6794564B2|
|Original Assignee||Louis Francois|
|Export Citation||BiBTeX, EndNote, RefMan|
|Patent Citations (14), Referenced by (5), Classifications (8), Legal Events (3)|
|External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet|
The invention relates to wind instruments of the woodwind family, even those generally made of metal (such as Boehm flutes or saxophones), and, more particularly, double or single reed instruments such as oboes, bassoons, cors anglais (English Horns), clarinets, saxophones, taragots or the like.
In this field, the instruments—particularly high quality instruments—are generally manufactured in limited production runs and the labor contribution to the cost price is extremely high.
One of the problems with which instrument makers are confronted is that, in addition to the time needed to actually manufacture them, each instrument has then to be adjusted and tuned, which again demands many hours on the part of highly skilled personnel.
A paradoxical consequence of this situation is that innovations are highly limited, the makers of instruments having a tendency to repeat proven designs, with a small margin for maneuver to conform to the requirements of the actual users: the musicians. The latter demand instruments with good tone which are robust, light in weight, and allow precise fingering.
Another problem stems from the maintenance of the instruments: their mechanisms, which are often delicate, do not readily tolerate the knocks and various other accidents to which they are subjected during handling. However, robustness means having heavily engineered mechanisms. One point to which many researchers have devoted attention is that of improving the tightness of the covers, either by using improved pads (U.S. Pat. No. 5,717,151) or by adding an articulation with a cup mounted at the end of the (fixed) shanks carrying the covers, thus improving the homogeneity of the contact (WO 98/38627). Some have sought to improve the linkage (U.S. Pat. No. 4,250,791) and its supports (EP 0 762 379).
Attempts have been made at giving the instruments mechanisms that facilitate adjustments and fingering quality without making the instruments heavier.
Attempts have also been made at making the most of the lightening of the instruments and of the improvement to the linkages to design an instrument which offers novel acoustic possibilities, such as a double bodied instrument which is as easy to handle as a traditional single bodied instrument.
Known multi body wind instruments are, in fact, with the exception of the “aulos” of ancient Greece, simple combinations of single instruments side by side (see U.S. Pat. Nos. 2,232,151, 4,341,146) without common linkages and do not make it possible to obtain truly innovative tones or possibilities of musical interpretation.
The subject of the invention is a wind instrument comprising touchpieces actuating covers via a linkage, in which the shank of at least one of the covers is fixed to the link which actuates it by removable fixing allowing the said cover to be removed and adjusted at least angularly with respect to the said link.
According to a preferred embodiment, removable fixing comprises a fixed part formed of two spaced apart plates secured substantially perpendicularly to the corresponding link.
The fixing of a cover to a linkage preferably also allows the cover to be adjusted radially with respect to the link.
According to one advantageous embodiment, the moving part of the removable fixing comprises a split sleeve equipped with a clamping means and a substantially cylindrical rod able to be immobilized by clamping in this split sleeve.
According to a preferred embodiment, the linkage consists of thin walled hollow rods made of a lightweight and rigid material (such as stainless steel, carbon fiber, etc.) mounted on endpieces made of a friction material; the hollow rods are preferably made of stainless steel or carbon fiber and the endpieces are preferably made of brass, bronze, nylon or PTFE.
The linkages may also comprise adjustable stops following the same principle, which comprise a fixed part formed of two spaced apart plates, secured substantially perpendicularly to the link, and a pivoting finger.
According to an advantageous embodiment, the linkages are mounted so as to pivot on supports formed of T-shaped welded hollow section pieces, replacing the traditional keywork pillars.
According to one preferred embodiment, the linkages comprise needle return springs held on the keywork pillars by a corresponding yoke with a clamping screw, which allows them to be replaced easily in the event of breakage and, as the screw acts on the spring, allows the preload thereof to be adjusted.
Resonators are preferably arranged between the body of the instrument and at least one thumb support.
The neck strap loop by means of which the instrument is supported is advantageously associated with the thumb hook, which makes it possible to avoid deformation of the body.
According to one advantageous embodiment, the linkages comprise at least one touchpiece the movement of which is transmitted to the corresponding cover via a flexible filament equipped with a turn system acting on levers.
Another subject of the invention is a wind instrument as described hereinabove, in the form of an aulos, which comprises two bodies side by side, the linkages comprising a set of touchpieces allowing the corresponding covers of each of the two bodies to be actuated simultaneously and/or separately.
According to one advantageous embodiment, this instrument comprises two mouthpieces side by side so as to allow the two bodies to be blown into simultaneously and/or separately.
According to one preferred embodiment, the instrument comprises at least one reed held in place on its mouthpiece by a ligature formed of metal wires equipped with a tensioning device, the said wires resting against the mouthpiece via hollow metal tubes arranged longitudinally around the mouthpiece.
Other particulars and advantages of the invention will become apparent from the description hereinafter of some particular embodiments of the invention, reference being made to the appended drawings.
FIG. 1 is a general view of a musical instrument according to the invention.
FIG. 2 is a schematic perspective and exploded view of a detail of an embodiment of the linkage of the invention.
FIG. 3 is a perspective view of another embodiment of the covers of the instrument of the invention.
FIG. 4 is a sectional view of a series of alternative forms of endpieces for the linkage of the invention.
FIG. 5 is a general perspective view of a double instrument according to the invention.
FIG. 6 is a schematic perspective view of a set of touchpieces.
FIG. 7 is a schematic view in section on the plane VII—VII of FIG. 6.
FIG. 8 is a view from above of the mouthpiece of the instrument depicted in FIG. 5.
FIG. 9 is a schematic perspective view of a cable transmission of the instrument of the invention.
FIG. 10 is a schematic perspective view of the underside of the instrument of FIG. 5.
FIG. 11 is a detailed view of the left thumb rest of the instrument of FIG. 10.
FIG. 1 is a general view of a wind instrument 1 to which the improved mechanism of the invention is applied. Here in this instance it is a tenor saxophone, of which it is possible to see the body 2, the crook 3, the bell 4, the bow 5, and the mouthpiece 6 on which there is mounted a reed 8 held in place by a ligature 10. For reasons of conciseness, the assembly consisting of the crook, the body, the bow and the bell will be known hereafter in the text as the “body” 2.
The covers 12 (or cups) which press down onto collars 14 allowing the interpreter to produce the various notes are mounted on shanks 15 and are actuated either directly, or via links 16 actuated by touchpieces 18. The touchpieces 18 are gathered together in such a way as to be able to be actuated in a coordinated way by the fingers of the two hands of the player.
The particulars of the instrument 1 are better apparent in the detailed view of FIG. 2. In this instrument 1, unlike a conventional instrument with linkages made of solid brass bars connected rigidly, the shanks 15 on which the covers 12 are mounted are connected to the links 16 removably, by means of a removable fixing 19 allowing the cover 12 and the link 16 to be disconnected quickly and allowing the relative position of these two parts to be adjusted.
The removable fixing 19 of the shank 15 shown in FIG. 2 comprises a fixed part 20 formed of two plates 28 secured to the link 16 and an angularly adjustable pivoting part 22. The fixing 19 shown in FIG. 2 additionally offers a possibility of radial adjustment with respect to the link 16: the pivoting part 22 comprises a split sleeve 24 in which a substantially cylindrical rod 25 (secured to the cover 12) is inserted. A screw 26 acts both as the pivot axle for the pivoting part 22 and as a clamping means for the split sleeve 24. The two plates 28 are parallel and substantially perpendicular to the link 16.
By slackening the screw 26 it is possible simultaneously to correct the inclination of the cover 12, its parallelism and its radial position with respect to the link 16.
The advantage of the invention becomes apparent when referring to FIG. 1: the linkages of a saxophone are complex; the links 16 and mechanisms actuating the various covers 12 are nestled amongst each other and have therefore to be removed in a strict order. In consequence, even the simplest repair or adjustment entails, especially if the problem is located in the low notes, a lengthy dismantling operation and the need for scrupulous readjustment of all the parts with respect to each other (particularly the relative position of the covers and of the touchpieces which actuate them).
In contrast, the linkage with shanks 15 and removable fixing according to the invention allows selective intervention and, where adjustment is needed (particularly after replacing the pad of a cover 12), allows this adjustment to be performed without altering positions of the other parts. The plates 28 for their part afford, unlike the bent or welded rods used conventionally, a light connection, free of play and greatly insensitive to torsion.
As the pressure of the covers on the periphery of the collars can easily be balanced, the pads wear far more uniformly and have therefore to be replaced far less frequently.
Something else which differentiates the links 16 of the invention from those of a conventional instrument is that instead of calling upon bars made of brass (a heavy and relatively ductile metal) the links 16 are made of thin walled metal section pieces 30 (in this instance, of stainless steel tubes), making it possible, for an infinitely lower weight of material, to obtain considerably enhanced mechanical properties (particularly resistance to torsion). To preserve the ease of machining and the centering of these thin walled tubes 30, cylindrical endpieces 32 made of a friction material such as brass, bronze or even nylon or PTFE are inserted into their ends. The weight saving achieved, the lower inertia of the mechanism, its improved rigidity and the reduction in friction between the various parts involved have an unexpected consequence as far as users of the instrument are concerned: their performance can be more precise, thus opening the way to further possibilities for interpretation (particularly by virtuosos) who can develop a more precise feel or can play more quickly, and also for composers.
It is also possible to inject an expanding foam of the polyurethane type into the hollow section pieces 30, thus improving their impact resistance and avoiding the onset of any possible parasitic vibrations.
The attached endpieces 32 afford another advantage: when play ultimately arises in the linkage, it is no longer necessary to carry out costly remachining of the parts, as in the prior art: all that is actually required is for the endpieces 32 to be replaced, which endpieces are produced in standard sizes (see FIG. 4) and the small sizes of which allow them to be stored at low cost. As can be seen in FIG. 4, there are various alternative forms of these endpieces 32 which may be equally suitable for centering the linkage 32 a for use as bearings 32 b or for butting parts together 32 c.
In order to make the instrument even lighter, and also to improve its resonance properties, the linkage supports 36 or “keywork pillars”, traditionally made of solid brass (cf. document EP 0 762 379), are made of hollow tubes assembled into a T. Here, use is preferably made of brass, the resonant frequency of which is close to that of the body of the instrument; something which is usually considered to be an impediment to the development of the timbre of the instrument here becomes a harmonic benefit.
One important embodiment detail is that the return spring 40 that returns the link 16 and which, as in conventional instruments, is in the form of a needle 40 is not clamped in the keywork pillar 36 but is held in a yoke 42 with a clamping screw, thus allowing it to be replaced easily if it should break (which is something that happens fairly often) and which furthermore allows its preload to be adjusted by action upon the clamping screw.
FIG. 3 illustrates another possible embodiment of the moving part 22: since the position of certain covers 12 places them practically out of reach of becoming maladjusted radially as a result of impacts or knocks, the moving part 22 is formed on the shank 15 of the cover or consists in a simple ring 44 welded or brazed directly to it.
As shown by FIG. 2, the stops 45 that make it possible to fix the position of the covers 12 at rest may also be equipped with an adjustable fixing on two plates 28 perpendicular to the link 16 and identical to those of the covers 12, and this allows the musician, in a few turns of a screw, to adjust the instrument in his hand.
This stop may, as depicted, be equipped with a leg of fixed length or a nozzle equipped with an adjustable stop screw, possibly itself mounted on double plates 28.
Another feature of the instrument of the invention is illustrated in FIG. 9. Certain covers 12, essentially those which are normally kept closed, require only a small amount of force, afforded by a spring. The linkage needed to actuate them may, in the light of their position, be very long and also very bulky. In the improved mechanism of the invention, this linkage is replaced by a flexible cable 47 acting, via two turn members 48, on levers 49 secured respectively to a touchpiece 18 and to the corresponding cover 12. This arrangement is particularly advantageous in the case of the side covers 12, and for alternative fingerings.
This cable 47 advantageously consists of a nylon filament and is provided with a tensioning device (not depicted). The turn members 48 are, for example, hooks with sliding contact or pulleys 48.
A ligature 10, one particular embodiment of which is illustrated in FIG. 8, consists of metal wires 56 tensioned by a screw 58 on hollow metal cylinders 51. This ligature, via a pressure plate 60, holds the reed 8 firmly on the mouthpiece 6, but also develops harmonics and thus plays a part in developing the particular timbre of the instrument.
The lightening of the instrument of the invention and the possibility of operating without difficulty on the position of each cover 12 have made it possible to develop an entirely novel type of double bodied instrument 52, one example of which is illustrated in FIG. 5.
This is a saxophone equipped, like an aulos, with a double body 2 a, 2 b. This instrument 52 is no heavier than a conventional single bodied instrument, and in addition offers far broader musical options. In particular, by virtue of its double body, it makes it possible to produce additional and/or differential sounds (through the addition or subtraction of the frequencies produced), which broadens the compass achieved by each of the two bodies 2 a, 2 b.
The current double instrument 52, unlike the known double instruments quoted in the preamble, is provided with a linkage with turn structures allowing the interpreter to actuate, with the same finger, as shown schematically in FIG. 5, the corresponding covers on both of the two bodies 2 a, 2 b.
In terms of range, the right hand body 2 a normally gives out lower notes than the left hand one (2 b). This is a simple option and it is perfectly possible without departing from the scope of the invention, to choose the opposite option.
The bearing surfaces of the touchpieces 18 a, 18 b are side by side and their travels are adjusted so that the interpreter can actuate them with an imperceptible movement of fingers. It is also possible to provide touchpieces 18 ab (not depicted) which simultaneously actuate homologous covers 12 a, 12 b on both bodies 2 a, 2 b. These touchpieces 18 ab are grouped together appropriately with the touchpieces 18 a, 18 b that actuate the covers 12 a, 12 b of each of the two bodies 2 a, 2 b separately. This particular mechanism allows the interpreter to place certain musical passages in unison or in counterpoint, and do so across the entire range of each of the two bodies of the instruments, unlike that which is permitted by the instrument described in U.S. Pat. No. 4,341,146.
As the touchpieces 18 a, 18 b, or even 18 ab are arranged practically like on a conventional instrument (with a single body) it takes very little time for an instrumentalist accustomed to a conventional set of fingering to learn the special features involved in playing the current instrument 52.
The current instrument 52 allows uncustomary associations and opens the way to the creation of novel musical works.
The double instrument 52 of the invention, as shown in FIG. 5, uses a double mouthpiece 53 (see FIG. 8). This comprises two separate reeds 8 each one arranged along the axis of one of the bodies 2 a, 2 b. The double mouthpiece 53 can be likened to two single mouthpieces 6 a and 6 b, the proximal faces 54 of which have been pared down so as to obtain a common plane.
The two mouthpieces are wedged together; enough space is left between the planes of each of the two half-mouthpieces to allow them to vibrate autonomously at different frequencies without interfering with each other; these two half mouthpieces form just one entity equipped with two resonating cavities, the harmonization of which may differ.
It is found that, surprisingly, the double mouthpiece 53 allows the musician not only to blow homogeneously into the two “half instruments” but also, with a little practice, to direct his breath selectively or proportionately into each of the half instruments.
The problem that holding the two reeds 8 on the double mouthpiece 53 firmly and in a balanced way may pose is solved by the use of a ligature 10 consisting of metal wires 56 tensioned by two separate screws 58 on hollow metal cylinders 51. This ligature 10 not only, via separate pressure plates 60, ensures independent holding of each of the reeds 8, but also ensures the development of harmonics and thus plays a part in developing the particular timbre of the instrument.
To simplify the linkage, the double instrument depicted in FIG. 5 is formed of two bodies one of which is “inverted”, that is to say that the right hand body is a “left handed” instrument. It goes without saying, that the principle of the invention applies equally to right bodies side by side.
The timbre of the instrument of the invention is also improved by the addition of resonators 62 arranged between the body of the instrument and the thumb supports 64, 66 as shown in FIG. 10.
The right hand thumb hook 64 and the left hand thumb button 66 are actually secured to the body of the instrument via resonant cylinders 62.
FIG. 11 shows three resonant cylinders 62 fixed between the button itself 66 and a cylinder 68 which acts as a support for it.
FIG. 10 shows the special design of the thumb hook 64.
The thumb hook 64 is welded to two cylinder portions 62 arranged transversely, screwed onto longitudinal strips 70 welded to each of the two bodies 2 a, 2 b. In the case of the double instrument 52, these cylinders 62 also, together with the pins 63 (just one of which is visible in FIG. 5) contribute to holding the two bodies side by side. A design aspect which is original on two fronts is that the neck strap loop 72 from which the instrument is supported is integral with the thumb hook 64.
This construction offers a series of advantages both in terms of the sound quality and in terms of the durability of the instrument. What happens is that the bearing point that the neck strap loop 72 constitutes also benefits from the interposition of resonators 62. Furthermore, the tension that certain musicians place on the loop 72 when inhaling is transmitted directly to the thumb hook 64 (which avoids deformation to the body of the instrument). Furthermore, the stresses are better distributed and, finally, in the event of breakage, the loop 72 can be replaced with a few turns of a screw.
All documents and Patents referred to herein are each hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety for all purposes. While the invention has been described by way of example and in terms of the specific embodiments, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed embodiments. To the contrary, it is intended to cover various modifications and similar arrangements as would be apparent to those skilled in the art. Therefore, the scope of the appended claims should be accorded the broadest interpretation so as to encompass all such modifications and similar arrangements.
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The impact on well-being
As you are already realising, the middle class is being weakened by increasing levels of inequality in many industrial economies.
There are two ways in which inequality affects the well-being of the next generation.
- First, by hurting the middle class, inequality reduces the potential for innovation and long-term economic growth.
- Second, in addition to reducing the rate of growth, inequality reduces the extent to which well-being (ie human development) improves in response to economic growth.
Remember what we discussed earlier: the middle class is the one most likely to drive intellectual improvement and innovation. This means that the prospects for future growth and associated improvement in well-being, all depend on the existence of a large and vibrant middle class.
However, the increase in inequality observed in many industrial economies weakens the middle class. From a purely statistical perspective, a recent research of the International Labour Organization (ILO) shows that the middle class is smaller in countries where inequality is higher. The chart below, sourced from ILO1, summarises this point by showing that the size of the middle class is smaller in countries where the gap between rich and poor is larger.
The increase in inequality therefore threatens the well-being of the future generation by shrinking the size of the middle class and hence reducing the pool of entrepreneurial talent required to generate a much needed fourth industrial revolution.
Inequality and human development outcomes
Economic growth is necessary to improve well-being, at least to the extent that well-being is identified with human development, eg better health, better access to education, absence of poverty, etc.
Yet, the extent to which a given rate of economic growth improves indicators of human development varies significantly depending on changes in inequality. More specifically, the human development impact of economic growth is stronger when inequality declines, as opposed to when inequality increases. The table below, taken from Carmignani and Chowdhury (2011)2, provides some evidence of this effect.
Indicator of Human development
|Indicator of Human development||Group 1||Group 2||Group 3||Group 4|
The table reports annualised percentage changes in six indicators of human development for a large number of countries. Countries are partitioned in four groups depending on their economic growth rate and change in inequality;
- Group 1 includes countries where economic growth is positive and inequality is declining
- Group 2 includes countries where economic growth is positive and inequality is increasing
- Group 3 includes countries where economic growth is negative and inequality is declining
- Group 4 includes countries where economic growth is negative and inequality is increasing
The figure reported for each group is the average rate of change in the relevant human development indicators across all countries in the group. Thus, for instance, in countries where growth is positive and inequality declines (i.e. Group 1), life expectancy (measured in years) increases by 0.43% a year on average. Similarly, in countries where growth is positive but inequality increases (i.e. Group 2), life expectancy increases by “only” 0.16% a year on average.
It is worth noting that an improvement in well-being is denoted by positive changes in the first three indicators (life expectancy, immunisation, and female literacy) and negative changes in the last three indicators (malnutrition, child mortality, and poverty headcount).
The table shows a clear ranking:
- development outcomes are best for Group 1
- second best for Group 2
- third best for Group 3
- and worst for Group 4.
In fact, countries in Group 4, and to some extent those in Group 3, experience a systematic worsening in their level of human development.
The comparison between Group 1 and Group 2 is particularly interesting: countries where growth is combined with a decline in inequality outperform countries where growth is combined with an increase in inequality. That is, the extent to which human development improves in response to positive economic growth depends on whether inequality increases or decreases.
Therefore, as inequality increases, the amount of economic growth that is required to achieve a given improvement in well-being also increases. To put it slightly differently, when inequality increases, economic growth must accelerate just to maintain the same rate of improvement in human development achieved in the past. However, as we have discussed above, inequality hurts future growth, so that it is difficult to accelerate growth when inequality is increasing.
The conclusion is that if the inequality problem is not addressed, then the well-being of the next generation is not guaranteed.
What evidence of inequality do you see in your daily life? Share your thoughts in the comments section below.
International Labour Organisation. Retrieved from http://www.ilo.org/global/lang–en/index.htm
© Griffith University

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There have been numerous links and denials about Manchester United's interest in signing Nicolas Otamendi from Valencia throughout the transfer window. There has been greater pressure from the Spanish media as Sergio Ramos has now done a u-turn on his proposed move to United by signing a new deal with Real Madrid worth £10 million per year and becoming the new club captain.
Louis Van Gaal had not hidden the fact that if United were to sign a new central defender then Ramos would be his first choice. United have claimed that they have no interest in Otamendi and Van Gaal has pursued his experiment of playing Daley Blind in this position. Although Blind is skilful and good at reading the game he lacks strength and pace and could struggle against more lethal finishers.
So what is Van Gaal trying to do?
He appears to be obsessed with attempting to sign either midfielders or wingers at present rather than attending to the defence. His interest in Pedro at Barcelona, Muller at Bayern Munich, Biglia at Lazio and Gaitan at Benfica all indicate that his focus is elsewhere. However, as Roy Keane recently earlier this month: "I don't think the spine of United is strong enough. I still think they need a centre-half maybe."
United have been linked with Everton's promising centre back John Stones, but it seems that either he will stay at his current club or sign for Chelsea.
Van Gaal seems to fear that Otamendi is also, like Ramos, trying to improve his term and conditions with conditions with Valencia by using the threat of moving to united as a bargaining tool. Yet reports coming out of Spain claim that he is declining to train with his team-mates as there is so much speculation about his situation.
Otamendi is a proven world class defender for his club and Argentina. He has won the Primeira Liga three times, the Super Cup three times, the Emirates Cup and the Uefa Europa League as well as being a runner-up in the last World Cup Final. He scored six goals in La Liga last season and at set pieces he is a constant threat in the air despite him being six foot tall . In tackling, blocking and interceptions he is very competitive.
He would provide a solid partnership at United with his compatriot Rojo. Jones is not reliable or consistent enough as shown in his recent display against PSG and Smalling's distribution from the back is still poor.
Keane's comments are relevant as the last time that United looked solid in defence was when they had a centre back such as Jaap Stam for three seasons when they won three league titles, the FA Cup, The Intercontinental Cup and the Uefa Champions League. Alex Ferguson admitted that it had been a mistake to sell Stam to Lazio.
More recently Nemanja Vidic has provided the cover at the back with United winning five Premier titles, the Football League Cup three times, the FA Community Shield five times, the FIFA Club World Cup and the Uefa Champions League in the nine seasons he was with them before joining Inter Milan. The evidence shows that the old adage of building your team form the back still stands and United need to sign a player of Otamendi's class to allow the others to flourish.


Zoe Zeniodi, hailed by the press as “Ms. Dynamite” and the “Ingenious Greek Maestro” has an international career which has led her to conduct productions at Carnegie Hall, New Zealand Opera, Opera Southwest, Florida Grand Opera, Greek National Opera, Onassis Cultural Center, Festival of the Aegean, among others. She has guest conducted Auckland Philharmonic Orchestra, Wellington Orchestra, Christchurch Symphony Orchestra, Bogota Philharmonic, Brno Philharmonic, South Czech Philharmonic, Tokyo Star Symphony Orchestra, Palm Beach Symphony, Orchestra Classica Toscana, New Florida Philharmonic, Tatarstan National Symphony Orchestra, Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra, Pan-European Philharmonic, Youth Orchestra of Colombia and all the Greek Symphony Orchestras, among many others.
She has been a Fellow of the Hart Institute of Women Conductors (Dallas Opera) since 2016 where she has taken part in concerts and workshops with The Dallas Opera, San Francisco Opera and Julliard School of Music. Zoe is a Taki Alsop Conducting Fellowship Mentee. Recently, she was a finalist in the prestigious La Maestra Competition in Paris where she was chosen by the jury as one of the six women worldwide to be members of La Maestra Academy with engagements and professional support for 2022-2024.
Upcoming engagements include a Music Director Finalist Residency for Olympia Symphony Orchestra, USA, Cover Conductor for the world premiere of M Butterfly for Santa Fe Opera, a double bill of Poulenc’s La Voix Humaine and D’Sotto’s The Call for Opera Queensland, Australia, as well as concerts with National Symphony Orchestra of Colombia and Medellin Orchestra, Adacemia Jovem Concertante in Brazil and Bremen Philharmonic. Recent highlights include a highly successful run of Le nozze di Figaro for New Zealand Opera, concerts with Stephen Hough and Lise de la Salle as well as being the first woman to ever conduct at Opera Southwest (I Pagliacci) with a return for RX Rodriguez’s Frida and her Carnegie Hall Debut with the New England Symphonic Ensemble.


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The migration deal between EU and Turkey is illegal and must be changed, says CoE Commissioner for Human Rights. There are other ways to address the migrants crisis, complying with the member States obligations to protect those who flee wars and persecution
Nils Muižnieks is the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights
The following op-ed was first published yesterday on tagesschau.de
As the European Council is set to meet again in Brussels tomorrow [today – Ed.] to address the migration crisis, one topic should be prominent on its agenda: fundamentally changing the migration deal with Turkey.
The proposed deal foresees that Turkey would take back all irregular migrants crossing from its territory into Greece, while the EU would take an equivalent number of Syrians from Turkey. The problem of such an arrangement is that it would allow for automatic forced returns of irregular migrants, a practice which is illegal, irrespective of the country with which this agreement is reached.
Such a practice in fact makes it impossible to assess notably the protection needs of migrants, thus undermining the fundamental human right of individuals to seek and enjoy asylum established by the 1948 Universal Declaration on Human Rights. It also violates the guarantees established by the UN Refugee Convention which recognises that, in specific circumstances, seeking asylum can require refugees to breach immigration rules.
Moreover, blanket returns of irregular migrants carried out without reasonable and objective examination of each individual case contravenes the European Convention on Human Rights, which has a Protocol, ratified by all EU member States but Greece and the UK, that explicitly forbids collective expulsions of aliens.
International law does not call into question a states’ right, in principle, to repatriate persons not in need of international protection. However, it does prohibit practices which are not compatible with international legal obligations.
To better understand this point, it is useful to read the case-law of the European Court of Human Rights - whose judgments are legally binding on all member states - which has consistently applied these standards over the past 15 years.
In 2002, the European Court of Human Rights condemned Belgium in a collective expulsion case finding that the domestic “procedure had not afforded sufficient guarantees demonstrating that the personal circumstances of each of those concerned had been genuinely and individually taken into account.”
Ten years later, the Court reaffirmed this principle in a case against Italy concerning Somalian and Eritrean migrants travelling from Libya who had been intercepted at sea by the Italian authorities and summarily sent back to Libya. Moreover, the Court, for the first time, applied its jurisdiction to the operations carried out by a member state outside its national territory, thus recognising the paramount importance it attaches to states’ effective compliance with European human rights law.
The Strasbourg Court has also made it clear in two subsequent judgments that the prohibition of collective expulsions applies regardless of whether a person enters or resides lawfully in the territory of a state. The first case concerned Russia which was condemned for the expulsions of Georgian nationals in 2006. The second case concerned a group of Afghan, Sudanese and Eritrean nationals who had entered Italy irregularly and were expelled immediately to Greece.
No doubt the current movement of refugees, asylum-seekers, and other migrants puts huge pressure on European states, straining particularly their asylum systems and draining resources. However, they must not use this objective difficulty as an excuse to trample on their obligations to protect those who flee wars and persecution.
If a quick fix to this problem is not possible, it is still doable to adopt now human rights compliant measures that will pay off in the medium and long-term.
One of the most urgent measures is to strengthen the relocation within the EU of asylum seekers from Greece and Italy. They should also set up a Europe-wide system able to assess asylum claims, distribute refugees in an equitable way, and return individuals who do not qualify for refugee protection.
In addition, European countries have to increase the legal avenues for refugees to seek protection in our continent safely, without undertaking dangerous routes and paying smugglers. There is a large variety of measures, including humanitarian admission programmes and family reunification schemes, and some countries – including Germany - have already used them. The latest case in point is Italy, which admitted 93 Syrian refugees directly from camps in Lebanon last month. This shows that it is possible to find effective legal and safe ways to help refugees and European States should use them more often. They will have a concrete opportunity to do so next 30 March, at the high-level ministerial meeting that UNHCR – the United Nations Refugee Agency - is organising in Geneva to promote legal avenues for admitting Syrian refugees.
However, the most important factor to find effective solutions to the migration crisis is that European countries renew their willingness to cooperate – and stop looking with suspicion at each other. The chaotic response seen so far has led even the most generous countries, like Germany and Sweden, to raise the white flag, resigning themselves to the reality that their fellow countries were unwilling to share the responsibility in receiving asylum-seekers.
This is a trend that must be reversed. The upcoming EU Council is the right occasion to find a response to the migratory movement which holds true to European countries’ moral and legal commitments to protect refugees, and at the same time upholds the principle of solidarity between member states.
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How Toyota Plans to Win 2019 WRC Season
Toyota starts its 2019 campaign chasing back-to-back World Rally Championship manufacturers’ titles for the first time in 25 years, and already has its rivals worried with a raft of developments on their Yaris for this season.
Beyond possessing the great boss, Tommi Makinen, great drivers and a healthy budget, where else will the Toyota Yaris WRC’s speed come from?
This is where homologation jokers come into play, as Toyota looks to source more traction and drive-ability from the revised front, centre and rear differentials.
“Changing the specification of the transmission is a difficult and long-winded process. Once you’ve homologated the original diffs, you have to go through a joker process to change each one. And, if you get that wrong, you have to go through a further joker to rectify it or go back to the old set-up.” said Fowler, the team’s chief engineer.
They have been working on the ramps in the diffs since 2017, but now they more focus on the internals in the front and centre. This is aimed to improve the drive-ability of the car and help with the way they put the torque down onto the road.
Engine Is On Song
When the Yaris first turned its wheels in the competition two years ago, rivals started noticing the strength of the engine – especially the power output. Engine advancement was completed by Toyota Motorsport in Cologne, and the fruits of those hard-working hours were put in test in Finland last season, which was just in time for the team driven by Tanak to win in Jyvaskyla.
The well-engaged of engine and transmission is where Toyota hopes to dominate the race this year. The improvements from that combination have received positive feedback and confidence from the drivers this year. The engine now gives more torque than ever, which can allow the drivers to use the motor to pull themselves out of trouble, specifically in conditions where grip is compromised.
(Photo by: Toyota racing)
Plenty of work was made of Toyota’s fragile front end this season. With radiator and engine damage had cost them plenty of points last season. Despite those issues, last year the team still won the race in Turkey. All the cars in the Turkey’s race broke their suspension, except Toyota. Were they fortunate not hitting big rocks? Their chief engineer claimed that the team traded protection for performance. But this year they want to round off, a lot of improvements have been made to ensure we won’t trade off any risks on the car to win the title.
Chassis and suspension development are ongoing, and Toyota and its drivers are known to be far happier with the Yaris than it was 12 months ago.
The only change to the outside of the car that is visible to audience in 2019 is the front of the rear wheel arch, which has a minor aero tweak to help natural air flow for cooling.
There is a feeling that the car could still shed some weight, however, it is already getting close to the optimum World Rally Car's specification this year.
Toyota’s other big strength is the support from their parent manufacturer in Japan. Toyota CEO and chairman, Akio Toyoda, is a true fan of Makinen’s work and the chairman is regularly seen on events cheering up the Yaris WRCs. That support could be seen in their budget this year, with Toyota being the best-resourced squad among their rivals in the service park.


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Watch: A new trailer for Anthony Hopkins-starring techno-thriller ‘Zero Contact’
A new trailer has dropped for the techno-thriller, Zero Contact, starring two-time Oscar winner Anthony Hopkins.
Hopkins plays Finley Hart in the film, an eccentric genius tech mogul who created a global data-mining program. When he passes away, Finley sends a message via an artificial intelligence entity to five different agents remotely, including his own son, Chris Brochu’s Sam Hart. The agents are tasked with reactivting “the initiative,” a project Finley was working on during his lifetime that may be the key to unlocking time travel.
The synopsis for the film, via a press release, teases what looks to be a sci-fi thriller married with a found-footage horror film:
“As sinister events occur at each of the agents’ homes, they must decide whether entering their passwords will save the world… or destroy it.”
By the looks of the trailer, the film is seems to be in the tradition of the latest permutation of the found-footage genre, in that it takes place on a computer desktop amid video calls, in the tradition of 2018’s Searching or the 2020 pandemic-inspired thriller Host, which also takes place on a Zoom call.
However, this latest film has something of a sci-fi / apocalyptic twist to it, so at least it is setting itself apart from previous stabs at the genre.
Zero Contact is directed by Rick Dugdale, written by Cam Cannon, and will be released in select theaters and on digital on demand May 27.

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The Chinese government is infamous for blocking access to certain internet services every now and then. This time around the country’s government blocked Instagram as a result of the pro-democracy protests that are currently happening in Hong Kong. Presumably this decision was made in en effort to stop images of the protests from spreading across China. Interestingly enough, Instagram is still working in Hong Kong and pictures of the on-going protests have surfaced all over the internet, so the Chinese government’s efforts were only partially successful in the end. Multiple users from mainland China are reporting on Twitter and other social networks that this is definitely not an accident as Instagram was blocked on purpose because of the protests.
China has a long history of banning various services and products due to security concerns. The government blocked other services in the past including Google and Twitter, but various devices such as smartphones and tablets also faced a similar fate. Perhaps the most notorious case is the ban of gaming consoles in 2000, which made it so that the Chinese people were only able to play video games on PCs for the last 14 years. Luckily, this ban was lifted earlier this year and now console manufacturers are finally able to launch their products in the country. The Xbox One is set to launch tomorrow in China, with the PS4 being scheduled to follow at a later time.
The Instagram ban is very worrying given that this was one of the few foreign social networks that could operate freely in China until now. The restriction will likely stay in place at least until the protests cease, but there is a chance that the government might end up permanently banning Instagram in the county.


Mark Emmert acknowledges hypocrisy of NCAA selling jerseys, insists it will stop
Jay Bilas didn't just send NCAA officials scrambling to remove the search function from ShopNCAASports.com with his Twitter rant earlier this week.
The ESPN college hoops analyst also apparently singlehandedly shut down a minor NCAA revenue stream.
In a conference call with reporters Thursday afternoon, NCAA president Mark Emmert admitted it was "a mistake" for his organization to be involved in any capacity in the sale of player jerseys. Emmert wasn't sure how much money the NCAA made annually from merchandise sales if any, but he said that didn't matter, insisting "We're going to exit that kind of business immediately."
The change of direction from the NCAA comes two days after Bilas exposed the hypocrisy of amateurism rules forbidding schools from selling jerseys with player names on the back but allowing the sale of jerseys with a star player's number. Bilas encouraged his 542,000 Twitter followers to visit ShopNCAASports.com, type the names of prominent college football and basketball players in the search box, and watch jerseys from their corresponding school and with their corresponding jersey numbers pop up for sale.
[Y! Sports Radio: Ed O'Bannon discusses his suit against the NCAA]
It worked for numerous star athletes from Texas A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel to Clemson quarterback Tajh Boyd to South Carolina defensive end Jadeveon Clowney, to Louisville point guard Peyton Siva, to Kentucky center Nerlens Noel. Jerseys for dozens of other players might have appeared the same way had the search function on ShopNCAASports.com not vanished from the site two hours after Bilas began his rant.
"I certainly understand how people can see that as hypocritical," Emmert said.
The abrupt policy change was probably Emmert's attempt at damage control. The NCAA certainly doesn't need more negative press at a time when its amateurism model is under fire from all corners. Furthermore, the entire incident was providing further ammunition for Ed O'Bannon's lawyers in his legal battle over revenue generated from athletes’ likenesses.
The only remaining question following Emmert's press conference is whether schools will ever follow the NCAA's lead. That's highly doubtful since jersey sales are a far greater source of revenue for schools than the NCAA.
Regardless, Emmert's statements were significant because they represented one of the few times the NCAA president has publicly acknowledged the hypocrisy of one of his organization's rules.
Credit Emmert for his honesty. And credit Bilas for forcing the NCAA president's hand.
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A Second Book of Anthems for Upper Voice Choirs. Edited by Barry Rose. Music Sales America. Sacred, Collection, Classical. 150 pages. Novello & Co Ltd. #NOV020680. Published by Novello & Co Ltd. (HL.14014997).
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ChoirTrax CD. Brookfield Easter Choral. Cantata, Easter, Lent. CD. Published by Brookfield Press (HL.8742966).
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40 perfect SATB pieces. Edited by Judy Martin and Peter Parshall. Mixed Voices. . . . for Choirs Collections. Sacred, Choral Collection. Vocal score. 256 pages. Oxford University Press #9780193532656. Published by Oxford University Press (OU.9780193532656).
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In conversation with the DumplingDudez™!
By Jennifer Kapral
If you’re fortunate enough to live in Houston, you can eat a lot of dumplings. Houstonians devour them in all forms… steamed, pan-fried, Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Vietnamese. The options are endless. But what about Japanese pumpkin pie dumplings? Or Cheesesteak? DumplingDudez™ opened their business in EaDo in 2019. If you drive through the area, signs of Houston’s old Chinatown mix with artist studios, nightclubs, breweries, and stadiums. It’s in this heart of EaDO where Mike and Chih turned their passion for dumplings into a small business, DumplingDudez™.
Experimental flavors meet traditional techniques as Mike and Chih turn dumplings into fun, engaging, and interactive experiences that build community. Houstonians have fallen in love with the couple’s energy and passion for their business, and many (myself included) routinely drive from all over the city to pick up the newest batches and flavors of dumplings. I particularly appreciate the vegan options!
I talked with Mike and Chih to learn more about the roots of their business and the creativity that is infused in all of their initiatives. We invite you to learn more about this dynamic couple and the impact their life experiences have had on their business.
Tell us about your journey in starting DumplingDudez™.
We (Mike and Chih) worked in the oil & gas industry as engineers for 15 years. From the outside, it would seem that we had the perfect American Dream life. However, we were so busy building dreams for others, we forgot how to dream ourselves. We were comfortable, but we weren’t fulfilled. We wanted more out of life, and we were willing to risk it all to follow our dreams and pursue our passions. On April 1st, 2019, we did it! We both quit our jobs and DumplingDudez™ was born. At first glance, most people would assume that we are a food start-up, but we consider ourselves to be an experiential start-up. “Creating fun and unique experiences” has always been our “WHY”. From dumpling making experience, corporate/private event, dumpling and drink pairing to our frozen dumplings pick-up, we took an artistic and creative approach to make the whole experience our number one priority!
How do you find inspiration for the different flavors and varieties of dumplings you offer?
Each dumpling tells a story, and each story is an experience worth sharing with someone you love. Each of our dumpling flavor comes with a story that bring us joy! We have taken inspiration from all around us and the experiences that have made impacts on our lives. Just like our backgrounds are diverse, we hope this comes through in our food. For instance, one of our most popular flavors is our Tradish-Delish. This recipe is a traditional pork and shiitake mushroom mix with aromatic garlic chive, that finishes with a unique Chinese BBQ sauce. This recipe was passed down from Chih's Grandmother. He used to make dumplings with her when he was younger. One of our fondest memories was when Mike had the chance to meet her for the first time, making dumplings, before she passed away. The second most popular is our Chorizo Mac. The name says it all. Gooey Cheese, and warm delicious chorizo make this a fan favorite. We have been called Mac & Cheese by our friends for so long we ended up having a mac & cheese competition. This recipe was made for this event, and went over so well it has become a staple in our house. So, why not in a dumpling? A third example is our Vegan Curry Mash. So much goes into this dumpling. It is truly vegan down to the butter we use. The smooth potato, bright vegetables, and warm aromatic spices makes this a perfect comfort food for any foodie. Mike found inspiration from his travels to India when he was an engineer. The culinary experience in India really elevated Mike’s perspective on delicious and creative vegan food! Lastly, we get inspiration from our staff. Recently, we have come out with an H-Town Cheese Steak, Japanese Pumpkin Pie with homemade caramel inside, Apple and Asian Pear Pie, and more…
You’ve been extremely creative in developing new business ideas during COVID times. Tell us about some of the partners you’ve worked with and events you’ve offered.
As mentioned, we started as an Experiential Space. We hosted cooking classes in our home. We taught how to make colorful dough, using all-natural dyes. In addition to that we taught how to traditionally roll out dumpling wrappers, and how to traditionally fold as well. Then we kicked it up a notch and created some unique folds such as Totoro, Baby Yoda, Hello Kitty, Astros...etc. You name it and we would try it. After, we taught how to cook, pan fry, and enjoy. It was a memorable social event. We had really found what we were looking for. When Covid hit, we were preparing for our biggest month since we’ve opened our doors. We had some products around that we were preparing for some festivals, and we were all shutdown. We turned to our followers, and asked if anyone would be interested in picking some up for themselves. The response was overwhelming. We sold out in a matter of minutes. We started with about 60 dozen that week, and have had weeks where we make 200 dozen a week. The overwhelming support kept us afloat so that we were able to pay for our kitchen, health insurance, and keep our staff on the payroll. Since all the Pride events were cancelled during June, we released a Rainbow Dumpling pack with 50 percent of the net proceeds donated to Out Reach United and Montrose Center that support LGBT homeless youth and elderly. As a pop and pop business, we understand the discrimination and daily struggles that everyone has to go through. It was a dream come true and an honor that our little start up can give back to the community. We are now venturing into the digital space with our Virtual Cooking Classes. In addition, we have worked with Saint Arnold Brewing Co. in a virtual Beer & Dumpling tasting though Instagram Live. We had such a great response that we are planning another one soon. We are working with Houston Cider Company on a special Apple Pie dumpling that uses their cider in the recipe. We were able to incorporate cider into our dumpling dough for the very first time. We also teamed up with Walking Stick Brewing Co. as our dumpling pick up location, to drive traffic to the sale of their charity beer that supports additional businesses who work with them. We are always on the hunt for new ideas and pairings. We currently are also working on wine and dumpling pairings. We are excited to see who else we can pair up with as we enjoy supporting local companies. We are all in this difficult time together, and we are doing everything we can to help support one another.
We know you’ve traveled quite extensively. Tell us about your favorite food experience during your travels.
We love to travel! We love to eat food from all over the world. One of our favorite places has been Taiwan. What an amazing place for food. One of our favorite lines we read in a book about Taiwan was," If you are not talking about the food you are eating, you are talking about what you had earlier, or what you are going to eat later." Now, this is an exaggeration, but only just slightly. There is food around every turn. When we travel there, the highlight of our trips has been to visit the local night markets and taste what the latest craze is, and to visit the vendors who have been there for generations. I know these trips were the real catalyst that got DumplingDudez™ started, we just didn't know it yet.

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A valid Canadian passport is required for all Canadians who intend to travel to Haiti. Although Canadians can get a Canadian passport at the Embassy of Canada in Port-Au-Prince, the processing time can take as much as 15 days that can be much longer than the intended stay. The traveler will also not be allowed to depart Haiti without a proper passport or travel document. It is advisable that Canadian travelers secure a valid passport before leaving for Haiti.
A Canadian visitor is permitted to stay in Haiti without a visa for up to 90 days, either for tourism or business purposes. If the visitor intends to stay for more than 90 days, an extension must be applied for at the Haitian Immigration Service before the 90-day limit.
The Haitian Embassy does not issue business visas. For Canadians whose purpose for traveling is Business in nature, it is imperative to get in touch with the trade section of Embassy of Canada in Port-Au-Prince: email@example.com.
For the purposes of study, a student’s visa must be secured prior to departure. Information on the procedure and requirements for student’s visa may be obtained at the nearest Haitian Embassy or Diplomatic Mission in Canada.
For those who are required to get a visa to enter Haiti, this can be obtained upon arrival at the international airport in Haiti. The requirements are:
- Valid passport
- 1- completely filled out and signed application form
- 2- passport size pictures
- Fee of US$ 25 to be paid in cash
Additional information on entry requirements are available at:
Embassy of the Republic of Haiti
85 Albert Street, Suite 1110
Telephone: (613) 238-1628 / 1629
Fax: (613) 238-2986

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This blog is created at exactly G-Dragon’s 23rd birthday. Last year, his first solo album also debuted on his bday. This great man’s album was on top of sales charts, and his solo concert was sold out in a matter of 10 minutes.
His album– HEARTBREAKER–consists of 10 tracks:
4.Butterfly feat. Jin Jung
5.Hello feat. Dara
6.Gossip Man feat. Kim Gun Mo
7.Korean Dream feat. Taeyang
8.The Leaders feat. Teddy & CL
9.Shes Gone feat. Kush
10. 1Year Station
He won a number of mutizen awards for his title track, Heartbreaker.
There had been news that he will have his solo comeback on 2011. No definite date yet was given by his management, YGEntertainment. Currently, G-Dragon and the whole of Big Bang are promoting in Japan, and are very well-received.


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Wouldn’t it be nice to know when your business is about to face legal issues? Unfortunately, this is usually just a fantasy.
However, if you know what to look for, you could successfully predict situations where someone is planning to file a lawsuit targeting your business. Here are three indicators of possible business litigation.
Someone files a formal complaint
Formally complaining about a problem is often the first step an aggrieved customer, associate or employee may take. For example, a customer may file a complaint about your company with the Better Business Bureau (BBB). In unresolved employment disputes, affected workers may file an official complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).
Alternative dispute resolution fails
You and the other party probably tried to resolve the issue through arbitration or other forms of dispute resolution. Mediation or arbitration often helps agree on a solution, but there are no guarantees of success. When these efforts to correct the problem fail, the next step for harmed parties is filing a lawsuit.
Someone threatens to sue
It is safe to say that many people threaten litigation, even when they never intend to initiate a lawsuit. However, there is always a chance that they mean what they say and are going to sue your company. A good rule of thumb is to expect the worst. That way, you are not caught off guard when you learn about impending litigation.
Consider creating legal policies that protect your operations against business litigation before it can arise. If someone has already named your company in a lawsuit, find solutions by exploring Massachusetts civil litigation rules and procedures.


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The nursing assistant program is one semester in length requiring the successful completion of NAS 100 – Long Term Care Nursing Assistant, a four credit-hour classroom and clinical course, which fulfills the requirements of the seventy-five (75) hour Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (OBRA) for the training of long-term care nursing assistants. After passing NAS 100, a student is eligible to take the Nurse Aide Certification Exam. Students who demonstrate competency on the exam will be placed on the Alabama Nurse Aide Registry maintained by the Alabama Department of Public Health.
Certified Nursing Assistants (CNA’s) provide basic patient care under the direction of licensed nursing staff. Duties may include: bathing, grooming and feeding patients; obtaining and monitoring vital signs; ambulatory assistance and comfort measures. Nursing assistants care for patients confined to acute care hospitals, nursing homes, rehabilitation centers, mental health centers and their homes. Because many CNA’s are employed in long-term care facilities and because the population of older Americans is growing, there are many job opportunities available for the Certified Nursing Assistant.
Students who do not have proof of American Heart Association Healthcare or BLS Provider level CPR certification must also enroll in EMS100.
Currently, there is not an application to enter the Nursing Assistant program. Students interested in pursuing their CNA at Chattahoochee Valley Community College must first apply to take classes at CVCC and complete their file in the Admissions office. This includes, but is not limited to, submitting an official copy of transcripts for all college coursework attempted (as applicable), as well as high school or GED transcripts. Once admissions file is complete, students should register for an upcoming NAS 100 course. Individuals still enrolled in high school, but interested in dual enrolling in NAS 100, should contact the CVCC Workforce and Technical Education division for additional information
Students who are enrolled in NAS course will be required to submit the following items:
- Current history and physical completed by licensed physician, physician’s assistant, or nurse practitioner (must be completed on CVCC Physical Form; valid for the duration of the program unless program admission is inactive greater than two semesters), which should include color blind test
- Essential functions signed by licensed physician, physician’s assistant, or nurse practitioner (must be completed on CVCC Essential Functions Form; valid for the duration of the program unless program admission is inactive greater than two semesters).
- Documentation of immunization/immunity
- Measles, Mumps, and Rubella (MMR)- Positive titer results (lab work) indicating immunity must be submitted for students over 21 years of age. If titer results (lab work) indicate that you are not immune, you must be immunized and submit proof of vaccination. Students 21 years of age and younger may submit documentation of:
- two doses of live measles virus vaccine (part of MMR vaccine) on or after first birthday.
- two doses of live mumps virus vaccine (part of MMR or MR vaccine) on or after first birthday.
- two doses of live rubella virus vaccine (part of MMR or MR vaccine) on or after first birthday.
- If titer results (lab work) indicate that you are not immune, you must be immunized and submit proof of vaccination.
- Varicella (Chicken Pox)- Positive titer results (lab work) indicating immunity must be submitted for all students, regardless of age. If titer results (lab work) indicate that you are not immune, you must be immunized and submit proof of vaccination.
- Hep B- Positive titer results (lab work) indicating immunity must be submitted for students over 21 years of age. Students 21 years of age and younger may submit documentation of
immunization series (series of three doses). Individuals 21 years of age and younger who have not received vaccination series or any individual whose titer results (lab work) indicate they are not immune must be immunized and proof of first vaccination dose and signed Hep B Waiver must be submitted. Documentation reflecting immunization must be submitted following receipt of subsequent second and third doses. Waiver is available for those unable to receive the vaccine, as well as those in an ongoing series.
- Tetanus/Diphtheria/Pertussis (TDAP)- Documentation of TDAP immunization within last 10 years must be submitted. Tetanus and TD only not acceptable.
- Tuberculosis (TB Skin Test)- Negative Tb skin test with lab results is required and must be repeated yearly. If you have ever tested positive for Tb, you must submit documentation of a current negative chest x-ray (current for 5 years from date of x-ray). CVCC PPD waiver form must be submitted with chest x-ray.
- Influenza- Documentation of seasonal flu immunization within the last year. Waiver is available for those who wish to decline or are unable to receive the vaccine; however, a mask will be required to be worn in clinical setting.
- Copy of valid health insurance (private or public) card.
- Copy of valid American Heart Association BLS Provider CPR certification (certification must be less than 2 years old).
- Criminal Background Check/Drug Screening- Students must submit proof of clear criminal background check/drug screen, which may take up to 4 weeks for completion, by established deadline. Background check and drug screen information should be obtained by the Health Sciences Secretary/Coordinator (background and drug screen conducted by VerifyStudents).
Employment information for CNA can be located at the Bureau of Labor Statistics.


How important is dynamic range in photography?
Put simply, dynamic range is the range of brightness your camera sensor is capable of recording. The higher the dynamic range, the more details will be retained in the shadows and highlights. … If you want to recover the blown out highlights, good dynamic range allows you to bring back a lot of details.
What is the meaning of dynamic range?
Dynamic range (abbreviated DR, DNR, or DYR) is the ratio between the largest and smallest values that a certain quantity can assume. It is often used in the context of signals, like sound and light.
Which camera has highest dynamic range?
Best Still Cameras for Dynamic Range
- Canon EOS R Dynamic Range.
- Leica SL Dynamic Range.
- Sony a9 Dynamic Range.
- Panasonic Lumix DC-GH5 Dynamic Range.
- Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II Dynamic Range.
- OLYMPUS OM-D E-M10 MARK II Dynamic Range.
- Canon EOS M50 Dynamic Range.
- Canon 6D Mark II Dynamic Range.
What is the dynamic range of a digital image?
Digital Imaging Tutorial – Basic Terminology. DYNAMIC RANGE is the range of tonal difference between the lightest light and darkest dark of an image. The higher the dynamic range, the more potential shades can be represented, although the dynamic range does not automatically correlate to the number of tones reproduced.
Does ISO affect dynamic range?
A higher ISO will increase the brightness of an image. A higher ISO will decrease the total dynamic range of the image. And, in many cases (like astrophotography), a higher ISO will actually decrease the visible noise.
What are stops of dynamic range?
Dynamic range is measured in “stops”. An increase of one stop equals a doubling of the brightness level. The human eye can perceive about 20 stops of dynamic range in ideal circumstances.
What is ADC dynamic range?
The dynamic range is defined as the ratio between the largest and smallest values that the ADC can reliably measure. For an ADC, the dynamic range is related to the number of bits that are used to digitize the analog signal.
What is dynamic range of human eye?
about 20 stops
Whats does dynamic mean?
adjective Also dy·nam·i·cal.
pertaining to or characterized by energy or effective action; vigorously active or forceful; energetic: the dynamic president of the firm. Physics. of or relating to force or power.
Which phone camera sensor is best?
8. Xiaomi Mi Note 10. Xiaomi’s penta-camera Mi Note 10 is a phone with a 108MP sensor, Made by Samsung and expected to feature in the Galaxy S20 Ultra, it’s is a world-first, toppling resolution records and packing more pixels than virtually any DSLR or mirrorless cameras – let alone any smartphone.
Is Nikon better than Canon?
While the Nikon is slightly lighter and will give you a marginally better battery life, the biggest benefit will come from the sensor. Nikon’s APS-C cameras have a slightly larger sensor than Canon’s APS-C cameras. They boast significantly better dynamic range and high ISO performance.
Which mobile camera is best in 2019?
- iPhone 11 Pro. ✕ …
- Samsung Galaxy S20 Plus. The best Android camera phone you can buy right now. …
- iPhone 11. An excellent camera phone with strong battery life at a great price. …
- Oppo Find X2 Pro. An excellent all-round smartphone camera. …
- Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra. Best for features. …
- OnePlus 8 Pro. …
- Huawei P40 Pro Plus. …
- Google Pixel 4a.
What is game dynamic range?
When a game is in development there is hopefully a clear intent of whether the game is designed to be played in short bursts or in longer sessions. It’s linked to what’s called the dynamic range of sound. … Dynamic range is the difference between the volume of sounds.
How much dynamic range do you need?
Modern camera bodies generally have about 13 to 15 stops of dynamic range at their base ISOs, and that leaves a lot of room for pushing files around in post if needed or desired. This can be very useful for a few reasons.


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You don’t get the moniker of “The Doctor of Cars” unless you earned it. Bill Gardiner learned from an early age about the importance of properly scheduled maintenance and turned his love of cars and his keen eye for the details into a career.
Son of a World War II Canadian Forces mechanic, Bill Gardiner earned his Interprovincial 310S Auto Mechanics License in July 1977 and began a career of his own in the auto repair industry. He also maintained a car care column for the Toronto Star Newspaper and has appeared weekly on TSN’s Motoring TV and MotoringTV.com for all of its 30 years on television.
So, he knows what he’s talking about.
Lucky for you, Bill was kind enough to stop by for a car care Q&A session where he offered tips and advice for transitioning your car from winter to summer. Here are some actionable tips from the man himself:
Considering the rough winter we’ve endured the past few months, what are the most important areas for motorists to check on their vehicles?
BG: “Motor oil is always one of the first areas I check on a vehicle after the winter. Cold startups are among the most severe conditions that engines undergo, so cold temperatures can wreak havoc on an engine if it is not cared for properly.
Another important area is wiper blades. 96% of driving decisions are based off what we see. If your wiper blades are cracked or split you’re not going have good vision. We put our wiper blades to use frequently during the winter so the rubber is often worn by spring. Drivers can look for tearing, excessive noise or streaking on the windshield as signals that their wiper blades have reached the end of their lifespan and should be replaced to ensure proper vision when spring showers hit.”
We’re packing away our snow boots, what about our winter tires?
BG: “Once temperatures reach above 7 degrees Celsius, I recommend removing your winter tires and putting on all-season tires. An all-season set of tires will offer you a better grip which can be beneficial when roads get slick during the rainy spring season and can usually offer some increased fuel economy.
To check your treads, all you have to do is stick the probe into a groove of the tire and press the shoulders of the probe flat against the tread block and read the result. A new tire with proper treads should have a reading of 5/32” or more, a tread depth of 3/32” to 4/32” you should consider replacing and a tread depth of 2/32” or less you should replace immediately.
Tire inflation pressure really is the foundation of all your tires’ performance. Even a new, high quality tire won’t give safe performance if it’s underinflated. To ensure you’re getting the most out of your tires, check tire pressure at least once a month to be safe.”
While under the hood, which areas can folks at home look at to see if their vehicle needs maintenance?
BG: “The engine air filter is very important to the protection of your engine. If its clogged up, it restricts the performance and fuel economy of your vehicle. You don’t want any contaminants passing through the air filter into your engine. While you’re under the hood it’s a good idea to check if your cabin air filter is clean or dirty from sucking up salt, dust and sand over the winter.”
What is an often overlooked area that can save dollars with preventative care?
BG: “The steering and suspension components are essential to the vehicle, but their maintenance can often be overlooked. Winter build up from salt can take a toll on your vehicles ball joints and tie rods that can cause serious wear making the vehicle unsafe to drive. Additionally, in the spring time when all the snow melts, our roads are often left with pot holes. Hitting pot holes is not always avoidable but can lead to alignment issues causing your steering wheel to not handle correctly.”


FORT LAUDERDALE (CBSMiami) – A large crowd gathered in the street following a police involved shooting in Fort Lauderdale.
The incident took place in the area of Sunrise Boulevard and 9th Terrace and involved a U.S. Marshall task force that was on the trail of a murder suspect.
Fort Lauderdale Police officers spotted the suspect in a vehicle and stopped him.
"We attempted to order the suspect out of the vehicle," said Fort Lauderdale Police Chief Rick Maglione. "The subject refused to come out so less than lethal methods were deployed."
According to police, a weapon spotted in the street near the scene of the shooting was likely involved in some way.
"The suspect responded to the less than lethal efforts by discharging a firearm at the police officer on the scene," Maglione said. "The officer responded by discharging their firearm. I am sad to report the suspect has passed away."
Sunrise Boulevard was closed for most of Wednesday evening as the three law enforcement agencies involved conducted their investigation.
Those agencies are the U.S. Marshalls, Fort Lauderdale Police and Coral Springs Police.
The Florida Department of Law Enforcement will conduct its own investigation, as is policy.
As for the deceased suspect, he was linked to a homicide investigation.
"The homicide we are investigating did occur in Fort Lauderdale," said Maglione.
The name of the deceased suspect has not been released by authorities.
No police officers were injured in the exchange of gunfire
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MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Police say an AR-15 was among the weapons used to carjack a woman as she was parked at an air pump in the parking lot of East Memphis gas station Tuesday.
The victim told police she went to the Valero on White Station near Quince at around 9:30 p.m. after she noticed one of her tires was flat. Surveillance video shows the woman sitting in her 2018 Audi A6 by the air pump when an orange SUV pulls into the parking lot.
Two men got out and approached the Audi. One was armed with a handgun and the other was armed with an AR-15. Moments later, the driver gets out of the car with her hands raised and one of the suspects drives off in her car while the other takes the SUV they arrived in.
Police say it was a Hyundai Santa Fe with Mississippi license plates and may have also been taken in a carjacking.
That woman’s car was found a day later in a church parking lot.
A few hours before the carjacking at Valero, another Audi driver narrowly avoided having his car stolen in Cordova.
He told police two men in a black vehicle followed him home to the Woodcase Apartments and pointed a gun at his chest when he got out of his car.
They demanded the keys to his Audi A4, but had trouble starting the car and so ran off with only the keys.