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Examples would probably have much greater force, even on those who appear at present dead to shame and the stigma of infamy, were convicts exhibited day after day, to their companions, occupied in mean and servile employments in penitentiary houses, or on the highways, canals, mines, or public works. It is in this way only that there is the least chance of making retribution to the parties whom they have injured ; or of re-imbursing the state, for the unavoidable ex, pence which their evil pursuits have occasioned.
Towards accomplishing the desireable object of perfection in a criminal code, every wise legislature will have it in contemplation rather to prevent than to punish crimes; that irr the chastisement given, the delinquent inay be restored to society as an useful member,
This purpose may possibly be best effected by the adoption of the following general rules. 1. That the statute laws should accurately explain the enormity of
the offence forbidden; and that its provisions should be clear and explicit, resulting from a perfect knowledge of the subject,
so that justice may not be defeated in the execution. 2. That the punishments should be proportioned and adapted, as
nearly as possible, to the different degrees of offences; with a proper attention also to the various shades of enormity,
which may attach to certain crimes. 3. That persons prosecuting, or compelled so to do, should not
only be indemnified from expense; but also that reparation should be made, for losses sustained by the injured party, in all cases where it can be obtained from the labour, or pro. perty of the delinquent.
4. That satisfaction should be made to the state for the injury
done to the community; by disturbing the peace and violating the purity of society.
Political laws, which are repugnant to the law of nature and reason, ought not to be adopted. The objects abovementioned seem to include all that can be necessary for the attention of lawgivers.
If on examination of the frame and tendency of our criminal laws, both with respect to the principles of reason and state policy, the author might be allowed to indulge a hope, that what he brings under the public eye on this important subject, would be of use in promoting the good of mankind, he should consider his labours as very amply rewarded.
- The severity of the criminal laws is not only an object of horror, but the disproportion of the punishments, as will be shewn in the course of this work, breaths too much the spirit of Draco, * who boasted that “he punished all crimes with death ; because small crimes deserved it, and he could find no other punishment for the greatest.”
Though the ruling principle of our government is unquestionably liberty, it is much to be feared that the rigour which the laws indiscriminately inflict on slight, as well as more atrocious offences, can be ill reconciled to the true distinctions of morality, and strict notions of justice, which form the peculiar excellence of those states which are to be characterised as free.
By punishing smaller offences with extraordinary severity, is there not a risque of inuring men to baseness, and of plunging them into the sink of infamy and despair, from whence they seldom fail to rise capital criminals; often to the destruction of their fellow-creatures, and always to their own inevitable perdition ?
* He lived 624 years before the Christian æra.
To suffer the lower orders of the people to be ill educatedto be totally inattentive to those wise regulations of state policy, which might serve to guard and improve their morals; and then to punish them for crimes which have originated in bad habits, has the appearance of a cruelty not less severe, than any which is exercised under the most despotic governments. There are two circumstances which ought also to be minutely considered in apportioning the measure of punishment—the immorality of the action, and its evil tendency. --Nothing contributes in a greater degree to deprave the minds of the people, than the little regard which laws pay to morality ; by inflicting more severe punishments on offenders, who commit, what may be termed political crimes, and crimes against property, than on those who violate religion and virtue.
When we are taught, for instance, by the measure of punishment, that it is considered by the law as a greater crime to coin a sixpence, than to kill our father or mother, nature and reason revolt against the proposition.
In offences which are considered by the legislature as mere. ly personal, and not in the class of public wrongs, the disproportionate punishment is extremely shocking.
If, for example, a personal assault is committed, of the most cruel, aggravated, and violent nature, the offender is seldom punished in any other manner than by fine and imprisonment; but if a delinquent steals from his neighbour secretly more than the value of twelve-pence, the law dooms him to death. And he
he can suffer no greater punishment (except the ignominy exercised on his dead body), if he robs and murders a whole family.Some private wrongs of a flagrant nature are even past over with impunity : the seduction of a married woman—the de
struction of the peace and happiness of families, resulting from alienating a wife's affections, and defiling her person, is not an offence punishable by the criminal law ; while it is death to rob the person, who has suffered this extensive injury, of a trifle exceeding a shilling (a).
IMPERFECT in many respects as the criminal law appears, from what has been detailed and stated in the preceding chapters, and much as the great increase of capital offences, crea
ted during the last and present century, is to be lamented :i it cannot be denied that several changes have taken place in
the progress of society, favourable to the cause of humanity, and more consonant to reason and justice, in the appropriation and the mode of inflicting punishments.
The benefit of clergy, which for a long period exempted clerical people only, from the punishment of death in cases of felony, was by several statutes * extended to peers, women, and all persons able to read ; who, pleading their clergy, suf
fered only a corporal punishment, or a year's imprisonment'; TM and those men who could not read, if under the degree of
peerage, were hanged t.
This unaccountable distinction was actually not removed : until the 5th. of Queen Anne, cap. 6, which extended the
benefit of clergy to all who were intitled to ask it, whether they could read or not:
(a) Chap. 2, p. 29 to p. 35. * 1 Edward VI. cap. 12: 21 Jac. I. cap. 6: 3 and 4. William and Mary, cap. 9: 4 and 5 William and Mary, cap. 24.
In the course of the present ‘century, several of the old sanguinary modes of punishment have been either, very properly abolished by acts of parliament, or allowed, to the bonor of humanity, to fall into disuse :-such as burning alive (par. ticularly women) cutting off hands or ears, slitting nostrils, or branding in the hand or face ; and among lesser punishments, falling into disuse, may be mentioned, the ducking-stool. -The punishment of death for felony (as has already been observed) bas existed since the reign of Henry I. nearly 700 years.- Transportation is commonly understood to have been first introduced, anno 1718, by the act of the 4th George 1. cap. 11; and afterwards enlarged by the act 6th of George I. c c. 23, which allowed the court a discretionary power to order felons, who were by law entitled to their clergy, to be transported to the American plantations for seven or fourteen years, according to circumstances.
Since that period the mode of punishment has undergone several alterations : and many crimes which were formerly considered of an inferior rank, have been rendered capital ; which will be best elucidated by the following catalogue of offences divided into six classes according to the law now in force :
1. Crimes punishable by the deprivation of life; and where upon the conviction of the offenders, the sentence of death must be pronounced by the judge.—Of these, it has been stated, the whole, on the authority of Sir William Blackstone, including all the various shades of the same offence, is about 160 in number.
The principal are the following: Arson, or wilfully and maliciously burning a House, Baras
with Corn, &c. see page 56. . Attempting to kill Privy Councillors, &c.


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People who have pets as dogs generally complain of ear or skin problems in dogs. Dogs too can have many skin problems just like in the case of human beings. Generally Dog Skin Problems due to parasites in them or different allergies that they may have. Skin actually is a reflection of the dog’s health.
Some common Dog Skin Problems
You dog may have dry or skin that is flaky and it may itch because of that. This generally happens when there is less humidity as in cold climates. The dog may itch a lot and may display discomfort and this is the sign for you to do something. Then there are some allergies that are seasonal which may occur only in specific seasons, these are environmental Dog Skin Problems. You dog may be allergic to weeds, grass, pollen or sometimes molds.
Some dogs are allergic to food and this may be the cause of Dog Skin Problems. Sometimes some common ingredients in dog food such as meat, fillers or coloring in food may cause some Dog Skin Problems. You need to be sure of the brand that you purchase for your dog and be sure to keep supplementing the food with some home food.
One of the most common Dog Skin Problems is Hot Spots, this occurs in dogs with an undercoat that is extremely thick and impenetrable. Usually itching is a sign that hot spots have appeared. Licking and scratching must be avoided since it will increase Hot Spots.
One of the other major Dog Skin Problems is Atopic Dermatitis, which basically means itching around the ear and eyes. This is a genetic Dog Skin Problems and Atopic Dermatitis Dog Skin Problem has absolutely no cure. You must try and avoid antihistamines and immunotherapies. This will reduce the symptoms.
Fleas and Mites are common to almost all domesticated animals. Some dogs are however, very sensitive to flea bites and this is the cause of rashes and itching all over their bodies.
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SAN FRANCISCO (CBS.MW) - Among the stocks likely seeing active trading in Tuesday's regular session are Bear Stearns, Paychex, and Solectron.
Tuesday's watch list
ABM Industries Inc.
American Healthways Inc. AMHC reported first-quarter earnings of $7.8 million, or 22 cents a share, vs. $4 million, or 12 cents a share, a year ago. Revenues rose to $71.2 million from $51.1 million a year ago. See After Hours column.
Arrow International Inc.
Applied Signal Technology APSG, which makes reconnaissance equipment, is expected to report earnings of 29 cents a share for the fourth quarter.
Bestway Inc. BSTW said it has been notified it will be delisted from the Nasdaq SmallCap Market effective Dec. 21. The company is going private.
Black Box Corp.
Capital Bank Corp.
Charles & Colvard Ltd.
Cognos COGN, which makes business intelligence software, is expected to report earnings of 33 cents a share for the third quarter.
EFJ Inc. EFJI said it expects 2004 earnings to be between $5.6 million and $5.9 million and revenue in the range of $78 million to $80 million.
Encysive Pharmaceuticals ENCY said a Phase III study of Thelin showed the drug in the 50-milligram dosage to be "ineffective" vs. a 100-milligram dosage. The company said its STRIDE-4 study is not necessary.
General Dynamics Corp.
General Mills Inc.
Intermagnetics General Corp. IMGC said second-quarter earnings fell to $4.1 million, or 15 cents a share, from $4.4 million, or 17 cents a share, a year ago. Excluding expenses, earnings were $7.9 million, or 28 cents a share. Revenue was $75.2 million vs. $39.9 million.
Jabil Circuit Inc.
Liberty Media Corp.
Marisa Christina Inc.
Norstan Inc. NRRD reported second-quarter earnings of $1.4 million, or 10 cents a share, vs. a loss of $3.4 million, or 26 cents a share, a year ago. Revenue rose to $47.6 million from $48.5 million last year.
Perry Ellis International Inc. PERY said it has promoted George Pita to chief financial officer. Pita has been interim CFO since November.
Remec Inc. REMC said Chelton Microwave Corp. will purchase its Remec Defense & Space subsidiary for about $260 million in cash. Chelton Microwave is a subsidiary of Chelton Ltd., a division of Cobham Plc (COB).
Research In Motion RIMM, which makes the BlackBerry device, is seen posting earnings of 55 cents a share for the third quarter. The company also said a judgment will be entered in its favor and against InPro on InPro's patent infringement claims. The judgment is subject to appeal by InPro, the company said.
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If I was reincarnated as a mosquito, I’d want to live where I do now (convenient, eh?). I live in the country surrounded by areas of "protected wetland," which, in many cases, is a fancy word for swamp. I try to avoid mosquitoes, but getting bitten is a regular (daily) event. As I was getting swarmed last night, I was thinking that the mosquito-borne disease I’m really concerned about is Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE). While quite rare in Ontario, with only a handful or no cases in horses every year, it’s a worry because it’s almost always fatal. It also affects people, not via transmission from horses but from being bitten by mosquitoes that pick up the virus from birds. It’s very rare in people, but it’s highly fatal.
This is the time of year that we start seeing mosquito-borne infections in Ontario, and a Disease Alert from the province re-inforces concerns about EEE. The alert was issued in response to a case of EEE in a horse in New York state, not far from the Canadian border. The horse, from the Ogdensburg, NY area, showed signs of illness on July 23 and died the next day (a pretty typical progression for this disease). Since mosquitoes don’t respect borders, cases in this neighbouring region suggest that infected mosquitoes might also be active in Ontario.
EEE isn’t the only mosquito-borne virus that we worry about – West Nile virus being the other main issue around here – so mosquito control and avoidance are important. While you can never guarantee that you or your animal will not encounter a mosquito, various things can be done to reduce mosquito numbers (e.g. eliminating sites of standing water (which are mosquito breeding sites) wherever possible… swamps being a logical exception) and to reduce the risk of being bitten (e.g. avoiding high risk areas and times, long clothing, mosquito repellants). Vaccines are available for EEE and West Nile virus in horses (but not people), and the risk of these diseases should be considered when designing a horse’s vaccination program.


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Hello Cheese Lovers!
I have been away for a bit, exploring some other food, but over Christmas, my husband gave me a $50 gift certificate for cheese, and yesterday I decided to see what could be had for $50 in Vancouver.
I present to you, the first ever “My Blog of Cheese” tasting flight.
Here is a summary of each cheese and my impressions, and all before 6 in the morning!
I have wanted to review this cheese for over a year, and boy, do I wish I tried this one earlier, it’s a gem. Livorot is on AOC washed rind cheese from Normandy, France made from pasteurized cow’s milk. This one’s a stinker! It’s meaty, asparagusy (is that a word?), chewy and sticky, creamy and gooey. The paste is light with small eyes, the rind is yellow/orange and sticky. There’s a slight crunch from the salt crystals in the rind. This cheese is amazing, so good! I just want to eat it all day. Wow!
Pain D’Ange (France)
I’m thinking this means “Bread Angel?” Does that mean it’s supposed to be eaten with bread, like a raclette? I really can’t find out much about this cheese, but that’s OK, because I’m not into it-at all. It’s overly mild, lifeless, and floppy. It lacks salt, and is somewhat insipid, it’s almost sweet. I just don’t get it, I feel like I’m missing something with this cheese. Can’t win them all.
Landana Gouda Blue Cow-organic, Holland)
I have been looking for a cheese like this for a long time: the love child of blue and Gouda, perfect! This is a handsome cheese, tall and strong with a wax rind, shot through with blue. It doesn’t read to me like a gouda, it’s more like a structured blue, and pretty mild for a blue. It has a surprisingly creamy texture, and unlike many blues, it’s not overly salty or too in your face-it’s pretty chilled out.
La Tomme des Joyeaux Fromagerie (Quebec)
This is an unpasteurized, cow cheese from Quebec. It’s a pretty cheese with a nice yellow paste and dark brown rind. The taste is, well- “farm-yardy,” you can really taste the terroir of the field, and I like that. It’s an authentic tasting cheese. It reminds me of Tomme de Savoie. It’s a meaty, chewy, melt in the mouth cheese. Mild with sweet grass notes.
Le Religeuse (Quebec)
The Nun, is a thermalized, organic cow cheese from Centre du Quebec. It was created in 2012 by the Fromagerie Presbytere for the 125th anniversary of Sainte Elizabeth-de-Werwick where the cheesemaker is located. The term Religieuse (Nun) refers to the cheese crust that forms at the bottom of the fondue pot or the well-grilled rind around the half wheel used in raclette. It’s a tall, handsome cheese, with medium-sized eyes in paste. It’s very mellow,and slightly rubbery, I can barely taste it, mind you, this is a fondue of raclette cheese, and I’m eating it straight, so that’s hardly fair…let’s try it melted…oh! Much better! Melt this one, it’s just great, gooey and unctuous, mmm.
Queso de Cabre al Romero (Spain)
This is a pasteurized goat cheese from Castille-la-mancha, aged for four months and covered in Rosemary. Goat AND Rosemary, together, as they should be. It’s toothsome, with a great texture, and lovely rosemary hint, nice and chewy, very mild yet delicious, nicely balanced. Although it is technically cheating by adding an extra taste, I will overlook it for this one, nicely done.
Mannoir (Quebec) which I believe is Tomme du Manoir Affines au Cidre de Pommes
This one is a little mysterious. It’s a pasteurized cow’s milk cheese, but I can’t find any reference to a “Mannoir” from Quebec, yet there is a Tomme du Manoir Affines au Cidre de Pommes- which looks a lot like my mystery cheese, so let’s go there. I first attempted this cheese straight, and once again, didn’t care for it. Then it occurred to me that this is also likely a raclette, so I melted it, and presto, delicious! There’s a little lesson there, if a cheese seems weird to you, melt it, you just might be eating it the wrong way. If this is the Cidre de pommes, it was finished in apple cider, which explains the sweet note-not bad when melted, do NOT eat this one cold.
Black Mountain Cheddar (Wales)
This attractive cheese is made from pasteurized cow’s milk by the Coombe Castle company. It’s named for the Welsh Mountain Range where it is produced from Welsh cheddar, white wine and garlic and herbs. This one is cheating, clearly, it has onions, herb and garlic right in it-and I didn’t notice this it until it was too late. Still, very nice surprisingly soft paste for a “cheddar”, great balance, with a nice onion tone, a friendly cheese.
So that’s it, 8 cheeses in 8 minutes-have a great weekend, see you soon!

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Music is often characterized over-simplistically as a battle between rock and pop, seriousness and fun, but the two are always in an ever-shifting balance. With this column coming to the end of its six-year run, it feels timely to cast a look back — and perhaps also a hopeful eye forward — over the changing state of music in Japan.
Fashion in both the mainstream and indie music scenes rarely moves in sync, but a common feature of both is that they ebb and flow according to tidal patterns of their own.
The frilly, juvenile pop of the ’80s gave way to the more consciously grown-up dance music and album-oriented-rock-influenced J-pop groups of the ’90s, which in turn gave way to the R&B-influenced sounds of solo artists such as Hikaru Utada at the turn of the millennium.
Trends in indie music have proven harder to track as the scene has become more diverse. At the turn of the millennium, the style-conscious cut-and-paste indie pop known as Shibuya-kei was giving way to a generation of bands drawing on ’90s alt-rock under the influence of new stars such as Quruli, Number Girl and Shiina Ringo.
Over the past 10 years or so, a curious convergence has occurred, with the growing influence of idol music an easily observable change in both the mainstream and underground music scenes. The roots of this convergence are complex, but it really began in earnest with Perfume and the trio’s producer, Yasutaka Nakata. Despite having ties to major labels, Nakata had a certain status in the indie scene thanks to his work with the Shibuya-kei revivalist duo Capsule. Perfume, meanwhile, were an unremarkable idol trio out of the Actors School Hiroshima stage school boot camp. When Nakata was brought in as their producer, however, he swiftly reinvented them, guiding them through various hip musical touchstones toward the electro-pop sound that soon became their signature.
In the indie scene at this time, important alt-rock bands such as Supercar and Number Girl had split up, while Shiina Ringo had subsumed her identity into the band Tokyo Jihen and was drifting into jazz. In Tokyo, the musical offspring of these stars were getting low on energy and high on tuneless, self-obsessed yowling. More exciting bands from the Kansai area in western Japan such as Afrirampo and Oshiripenpenz had proven far too weird and crashed to earth against a wall of commercial indifference.
Into this environment, Perfume arrived like a laser beam of bright, up-tempo pop glamour. Their songs infiltrated indie DJ sets first with an edge of shy irony and then, following the arrival of more sophisticated songs like 2007’s “Polyrhythm”, with a more profound appreciation. This was pop music — idol music even — but it felt like it was for “us.”
Queen bee idol collectives such as AKB48 and their spawn have never needed to be cool because they were actually popular. For others, however, Perfume offered an alternative path to success by courting indie or subcultural credibility en route to capturing more conventional audiences. It was a technique soon mimicked by others, including Momoiro Clover Z, Dempagumi.inc and Babymetal.
For many in Japan’s various underground scenes, the way the aforementioned groups nodded to their own particular subcultures while at the same time channeling it into dizzy pop thrills felt like a necessary corrective to the bog of drab earnestness indie music had fallen into. If it felt a bit shallow, who cared? What’s wrong with music being fun?
By 2011, idol music was surging both commercially and creatively, K-pop was bringing its own brand of electro-glamour to the charts, while the Perfume-Capsule axis was at its hedonistic dance floor peak. And it might not be a total coincidence that this explosion of frivolity occurred in the same year the tsunami struck the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant. People had been shaken, both literally and emotionally by the disaster, and there was a palpable need — a desperation almost — among the inhabitants of Tokyo’s dance floors to lose themselves in something simple, trashy and fun.
The tides keep changing, though, and it’s inevitable that a shift so far in one direction will provoke at least some sort of reaction back in the other. A powerful symbol of such a move away from frivolity may have come in 2016 with the return to the limelight of Utada.
Utada’s album “Fantome” wasn’t the best-selling album of the year — acts from the Johnny & Associates and Exile boy band factories kept her in third place in the 2016 Oricon CD sales rankings. However, the rush of interest it generated was a rare expression in the mainstream of a need for something a little more substantial.
Nowadays, CD sales are increasingly an anachronism, increasingly gamed by idol groups as a medium for transactions that have only tangential relevance to music. However, among the kinds of young people who don’t own CD players and whose music consumption patterns companies such as Oricon don’t even have the capacity to measure — live performances, streaming, vinyl, cassettes — the indie scene’s love affair with idols is coming to an end and “idol” is once again becoming a dirty word.
The SEALDs student protest group and the “Don’t Trash Your Vote” campaign for the 2016 elections may have had only limited impact on a national scale, but both featured a visible presence of young musicians and other creative types. One effect of this has been the settling of a more sober, more politically conscious tone over those live venues and clubs where young people still congregate.
The slow-burning rise of the difficult-to-define psuedo-genre of city pop also suggests a shift away from the high-energy cheerleading of the contemporary pop scene in the proliferation of easygoing funk rhythms and nostalgic washes of ’80s synths that it often throws up.
Meanwhile, darker, more confrontational musical genres have attracted growing interest from young audiences. The “Provoke” compilation album released in summer 2016 featured seven fiercely gloomy, gothic-influenced post-punk bands, including Burgh, Qujaku, Klan Aileen and Douglas. Similarly, bands such as 5000 and Elephant Noiz Kashimashi may be only tiny glimmers in the broader picture, but they have given a youthful shot in the arm to the hardcore and noise scenes respectively.
Of perhaps wider significance, there has been a turn full circle by many bands back toward the same 1990s alt-rock influences that powered the success of Number Girl and Quruli around the turn of the millennium. Kumagusu recall the quirky rock shapes of Pavement as well as the more melodramatic flourishes of older bands such as Television, while band names like Bulbs of Passion and Hello Hawk consciously reference Dinosaur Jr. and Superchunk. Shambolic power trio Minor Toast, meanwhile, may nod toward Minor Threat with their name, but their bubble gum-grunge sound is more at home in the ’90s.
Even among idols, whose forebears such as Perfume and Dempagumi.inc gave the indie scene its big sugar rush back in the late 2000s/early 2010s, those who retain the strongest buzz among underground audiences are those such as Avandoned and Maison Book Girl who trade most strongly on an aura of indie authenticity, or like Tentenko, who have abandoned pop wholesale for the avant-garde.
If this were just the swing of a pendulum back toward ponderous seriousness, this would perhaps not be quite the sort of hopeful future we could all enthusiastically cheer for. If we criticize idol music for its commercialism and sexual exploitation, let’s not also dismiss the powerful reminder it provided to musicians not to take themselves too seriously.
Among the new artists creating a mainstream buzz in recent years, dance-pop unit Suiyobi no Campanella has gained success, defying J-pop musical formulae without compromising their essential upbeat silliness. In fact, the way they have achieved success by making their distinctiveness their key selling point makes them far more interesting as a mainstream phenomenon than they ever really were as an ambitious, shrewdly managed indie act.
Whether challenging conventions, inventing new genres, reviving old traditions or importing new ideas from overseas, both pop and underground music have always been at their best when they look at their world and imagine how it could be different, and at their worst when they accept the status quo as inevitable.
Regardless of whether you characterize it as rock or pop, what links the little sparks of change detailed here isn’t so much a turn for the downbeat as a growing hunger for artistry and distinctiveness. It may be a utopian dream, but it’s in this that real hope for the future of Japanese music lies.
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Flamenco dancing in the singing cafés.March 17, 2022
Curro Albaicín: Flamenco Icon of GranadaAugust 25, 2022
Flamenco lyrics are very varied and cover a wide range of emotions.
Flamenco is culture and tradition. Therefore, in addition to dance, guitar or singing, flamenco lyrics are a means of expression and transmission of feelings and emotions ranging from joy to death, through love or sadness, among others.
One of the most recurring questions among our foreign and, many times, national audiences is: what do the lyrics in flamenco talk about? What stories are behind the songs of our singers?
To answer this question it is necessary to begin by talking about the 'Palos del flamenco'. These different musical styles are associated with an emotional, sensitive and interpretative intention that will mark the character and content of the verses of the songs. In addition, we must take into account the popular inspiration, the oral tradition of flamenco since its beginnings, and the contribution of writers such as Federico García Lorca to the lyrics of flamenco singing..
"Shaken Andalusian accent, double entendre, Andalusian picaresque and flamenco forms of expression are ingredients that add to the verses, which are shortened or lengthened to match the beats."
There are palos that reflect joy and revelry, the so-called 'palos festeros', such as 'tangos' or 'bulerías'. In these cases, the lyrics usually deal with banal or everyday situations, especially when they are dance lyrics.
The fandangos, usually leave the outcome of the situation that the lyrics are about for the last part, thus maintaining the intrigue of the spectators at all times.
On the other hand, we find tragic palos, which speak of death and abandonment, such as the 'soleá', the 'seguiriya' or the 'taranto'.
The Andalusian accent, the double meaning, the Andalusian picaresque and the flamenco forms of expression are ingredients that add to the verses, which are shortened or lengthened to coincide with the beats. Hence, sometimes even Spanish speakers are not able to fully understand the meaning of flamenco lyrics.
On the other hand, it is necessary to know that in a dance or in a singing recital, the lyrics are not related to each other. Each one of them is a world, represents a different fact and the cantaor jumps from one lyric to another in a capricious way.
Come to Casa Ana, listen to the lyrics and enjoy live flamenco as you have never experienced it before.


text: Electrical hazards: Home electrical fires in the U.S. account for an estimated 51,000 fires annually, nearly 500 deaths, more than 1,400 injuries and $1.3 billion in property damage, according to the Electrical Safety Foundation International. One reason home electrical fires are so common is 44 percent of the nation's housing stock was built before 1970. "Many of these older homes cannot handle the demands of the electrical devices and appliances that are commonly used today, and electrical fires occur as a result of overburdening the electrical system," said Brett Brenner, president of the Electrical Safety Foundation International. But while you can't see behind the wall to immediately detect wiring issues, there are many warning signs that can indicate a hazard, including dim or flickering lights, unusual sounds such as sizzles and buzzes coming from the electrical system, and switch blades and outlet covers that are hot to the touch. If you experience any of these signs, call a qualified electrician to inspect your home.


Ever wondered how deep-sky astrophotographers create images of objects in space through their telescope? You guessed right – a narrowband filter is an answer! These filters are widely used in many applications, ranging from scientific research to industrial manufacturing. Our intuitive guide will explain in detail what narrowband filters are, their working principles, and the settings where they are common. Let’s begin!
Narrowband filters, as the name implies, are filters that only allow a narrow range of frequencies to pass through while blocking all other frequencies. This is a direct contrast to broadband filters, enabling a wide range of frequencies while blocking unwanted ones.
As mentioned before, there are common applications where the need to isolate specific spectral features and filter out unwanted light is required. These include scientific, industrial, and medical settings. In general, manufacturers ensure high precision and accuracy when making the narrowband filter. This is because they are often integrated with other optical components to achieve specific performance requirements.
Interference filters: An interference filter, also known as a Fabry-Pérot filter, is a narrowband filter commonly used in optics and spectroscopy. It consists of multiple thin layers of dielectric material deposited onto a substrate, with alternating high and low refractive indices. This layer structure creates a series of reflections and interference effects, which allow the filter to selectively pass certain wavelengths of light while blocking others.
Bandpass filters: These filters allow a specific range of frequencies to pass through while blocking all other frequencies. You can find them in various applications, including telecommunications, medical equipment, and scientific instruments. An optical bandpass filter is typically constructed from a combination of inductors and capacitors and can be designed with different resonant circuits to achieve the desired performance characteristics. The term “optical” typically refers to the range of wavelengths visible to the human eye, ranging from approximately 400 to 700 nanometers. The choice of bandpass filter depends on factors such as the required center frequency, bandwidth, and level of attenuation needed.
Cavity filters: These filters play a significant role in microwave and RF applications. They are constructed from a resonant cavity, such as a metal enclosure or waveguide, which selectively passes frequencies within a narrow bandwidth.
Crystal filters: These filters use quartz or other crystals to pass certain frequencies within a narrow bandwidth. They are an important feature in radio communications and audio applications.
These filters particularly come in handy when the signal of interest is weak and needs to be separated from background noise or other unwanted light.
Astronomers count on narrowband filters when isolating specific emission lines of gases in celestial objects. This enables them to study the composition and structure of stars, galaxies, and other celestial bodies.
Another application where narrowband filtering is crucial is remote sensing. You can detect specific atmospheric or surface features using narrowband filters. Some examples include satellite imaging, lidar, and other sensing applications to measure environmental parameters such as temperature, humidity, and pollution.
In medical imaging, scientists use narrowband filters to isolate specific cellular or molecular features, particularly in fluorescence microscopy and Raman spectroscopy. This enables medical researchers and practitioners to study disease processes and diagnose medical conditions.
Narrowband filters are used to filter out unwanted signals and noise from optical fiber networks. They are used in wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) and dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM) systems to transmit multiple signals over a single fiber.
Narrowband imaging, which isolates particular emission lines of gases in astronomical objects, is one important use of narrowband filters in astronomy. Using narrowband filters, astronomers may isolate certain light wavelengths to analyze the spectral characteristics of celestial objects.
This method helps astronomers better comprehend the properties and operations of celestial objects.
In other words, they may learn more about how stars, galaxies, and other planetary systems develop and evolve by looking at the intensity and distribution of emission lines, which can show the temperature, density, and velocity of ionized gas in nebulas.
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Liz Sage, owner of Team Fitness Personal Training & Lifestyle Coaching, believes that what sets her team apart is how they approach their clients. “We get into our clients’ lives and help them work out the kinks in every aspect that we know we can have a positive influence on,” she says. “That includes their lifestyle behavior, eating behavior, physical activity, personal attitudes and beliefs.” She finds that careful examination of each client’s life helps her provide better support for lasting change. “We build relationships with our clients, and we keep them. They like us and they trust us, and we keep it that way.”
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Member Since 2006
Twenty-year fitness industry veteran Gail Bannister-Munn is a chameleon, changing titles and offerings to help spread the word about healthy living. Currently the regional group fitness manager for XSport Fitness, Gail has taught step, body shaping, yoga and more and has lent her talents as a conference presenter and an associate strength coach for the New York Jets football team. “These opportunities have helped mold me into a fitness professional who is knowledgeable and who cares about the people I lead, direct, manage and work with,” she says. Gail also works with Giving It Back for Unconditional Love and Care Together, a nonprofit organization that raises funds to help educate children on the importance of fitness and nutrition.
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"It’s Kildare’s time to shine, and be highlighted on a national scale, to celebrate its culture and heritage," says Sarah Sexton, Intel Ireland's Community Relations Director
The Wonderful Barn – an awe-inspiringly unique, historical structure in Leixlip, Co. Kildare – is about to become a key part of the Brigid 1500 celebrations kicking off this week: playing host to two star-studded special events, featuring some of the biggest names in Irish food and music. The events, taking place in the afternoon and evening on Saturday, January 27, are being supported by Intel, whose campus is in Leixlip.
Both ticketed events come under the umbrella of the Nothing Compares series – presented by Hot Press and Kildare County Council – which will provide unique and joyful ways to celebrate Irish women creatives. The entire Brigid 1500 programme promises to be a very special celebration of the legend of Brigid – a Pagan goddess and a Christian saint who is symbolic of the power, strength and independence of women in Ireland.
Kicking off proceedings at 12pm in The Wonderful Barn on January 27 is Mother Earth: A Food Happening. This culinary delight, with an emphasis on sustainability and food quality, will feature a host of talks, workshops and demonstrations, starring leading Irish women in food.
It promises to be an unmissable event for food experts, enthusiasts, and curious newbies alike – featuring Dee Laffan, Catherine Cleary, Ali Dunworth, Aisling Larkin, Chantelle Nicholson (Apricity), Jess Murphy (Kai Restaurant), Julia Hemingway (Julia's Lobster Truck), Jane Russell (Jane Russell's Handmade Sausages), Edizemi Onilenla (Mama Shee), Darcie Mayland (The Lost Valley Dairy), Rose Greene (4 Hands Food Studio), Majken Bech-Bailey, Sinead Moran (Gleann Buí Farm), Holly Loftus (Loftus Knives), and Dr Karen Ward.
Later that evening is the sold-out Mother Earth: The Wonderful Barn Show – an evening of performances featuring songs on the theme of 'Mother Earth', with a line-up that includes the legendary likes of Denise Chaila, Gemma Hayes, Una Healy, Róisín O and Tolü Makay.
In the run-up to the two Wonderful Barn events, Sarah Sexton, Intel Ireland's Community Relations Director, emphasises the importance of celebrating the community of Leixlip and wider Kildare – an area Intel Ireland has called home for the past 35 years.
"Events like these help to encourage a sense of pride in place," Sarah tells us. "Leixlip has this hugely rich historical context – and as our hometown, we’ve come to understand and appreciate that. That’s also true of the whole of North Kildare, and the wider county. So to be able to celebrate that is important. It’s a really unique celebration of someone who has such significance to this area, and it's an important time for people to reflect on the significance of Kildare throughout history. It’s Kildare’s time to shine, and be highlighted on a national scale, to celebrate its culture and heritage."
"Also, it's great to support anything that gives the community an opportunity to come together," she adds. "We really like the fact that these events have that family focus, and can be shared as a celebration for local families."
Over the decades, Intel have become deeply involved in many aspects of the community in the towns of Leixlip, Celbridge and Maynooth, as well as further afield – from their Community Advisory Panel, to funding local projects.
"Each year we have a Pride of Place competition, specifically for North Kildare," Sarah explains. "Community organisations across the three towns can apply for grants to do projects that enhance the community, or provide a resource for the community. That includes things like funding local arts groups, new basketball nets, and the regeneration of the Tea Lane Graveyard in Celbridge.
"There's also a really nice volunteering initiative, where our employees can register places where they volunteer – like a school, a charity or a sports group – and log their hours that they spend there," she adds. "Then Intel will give a matching grant to the tune of $10 for every hour that they volunteer, and that goes to the organisation. A good number of those organisations are in the local area, so there’s a substantial amount of funding in Kildare."
In September 2023, Intel also opened its new Fab 34 facility in Leixlip – the launch of which included the announcement that the company were making a million-euro donation for a legacy project for the town.
As Sarah tells us, being "able to celebrate different aspects of culture and art" is something Intel are particularly passionate about.
"In the past number of years, we have embraced this increased focus on STEAM – integrating arts into science, technology, engineering and maths," Sarah notes. "We’ve been looking at ways we can contribute to that kind of creative thinking. We redeveloped a building here on our campus, called Nelson’s Cottage, to be a STEAM space. So there’s art rooms, music rooms and quiet spaces where people can write or read. That’s really important to us, especially given that so much of what we do relies on technical disciplines – but technical disciplines that have that freedom of creativity.
"So when we saw what the focus of the various different events were, and that they were a celebration of arts, we were really keen on getting involved," she continues. "We really value the opportunity to contribute to the cultural fabric of Ireland. When you’re here for a long time, and you’re really trying to give back to the place that gives you so much, you think, ‘Where can we enhance the culture, or support the heritage?’ That’s why events like these are so important."
Mother Earth: The Wonderful Barn Show is now sold out – but there are a limited number of tickets remaining for Mother Earth: A Food Happening, kicking off at 12pm on Saturday, January 27.
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By Diana Omueza
The Resource Centre for Human Rights and Civic Education (CHRICED) has called for the amendment of the Nigeria Customs Act for an enhanced
Mr Ibrahim Zikirullahi, the Executive Director, CHRICED, stated this in Abuja at a news conference.
Zikirullahi said that the alleged revelations of monumental corruption in the Nigeria Customs Service had necessitated the need for a reform to overhaul of the service.
“On Feb. 27, Nigeria’s Premium Times reported a corruption scandal involving a group of seven high-ranking officers from the Nigeria Customs Service(NCS).
“According to a media source an investigation by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission revealed that these officers were found to have accepted a total of N12 billion in bribes from smugglers.
“Undercover investigator Fisayo Soyombo of Foundation for Investigative Journalism also revealed in a 16-minute undercover video showing how easy it is to smuggle anything into Nigeria with the complicity of corrupt customs officials.
“In spite these actions, the President Tinubu led administration has not taken significant action to hold those responsible accountable,” he said.
He added that centre strongly condemned the deep-rooted corruption, deliberate sabotage, and misconduct at high levels within the NCS.
“We urgently call for thorough investigations and a complete overhaul to restore the organisation’s integrity,” he said.
Zikirullahi said that it was disgraceful that in spite of the recent exposure of a massive bribery scandal involving senior officers the government had yet to take action.
He urged the President to take decisive measures to provide the necessary leadership in the fight against corruption in the country.
Zikirullahi said that the absence of accountability and transparency in the government had created a culture of impunity which is eroding public trust in government institutions and hindering the nation’s progress.
He called for a transparent and timely review of the annual auditor general’s report and that recommendations be made concerning the misuse of powers by the NCS and the Minister of Interior.
“We call for the immediate initiation of measures to recover the unlawful waivers granted by Customs to companies and personnel of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
“We recommend immediate suspension and prosecution of the corrupt Customs officers identified in the EFCC investigation, along with the recovery of the entire bribe amounts they received.
“We call for prompt investigation, arrest, and prosecution of all officers implicated in the recent undercover investigation by Fisayo Soyombo.
“Specifically, we propose a thorough inquiry into the accusations of smuggling of foreign rice and other prohibited items by a senior customs officer in a video featuring the infamous smuggler, IBD Bande,” he said.
Zikirullahi called for immediate implementation of other audit actions, including sanctions against the comptroller general of the Nigeria Customs regarding non-remittance of levies, taxes, and other infractions of established public sector financial regulation.
He urged Tinubu to prioritise the establishment of a comprehensive national strategy to combat corruption.
He also suggested that autonomy be granted to anticorruption bodies to enhance the necessary independence and authority to effectively carry out their duties without any external interference or influence.
This, he said, was the only way to empower independent bodies to carry out investigations and prosecute corruption cases without fear of reprisal or political pressure.
“It is crucial to strengthen anticorruption institutions to ensure their effectiveness and efficiency.
“This can be accomplished by providing them with adequate financial and human resources to fulfil their mandate.
“This includes recruiting and training competent and dedicated staff, as well as equipping them with the necessary tools and technology to carry out their work.
“It is also imperative to rigorously enforce adherence to established financial regulations within the public sector and any violations should be swiftly and decisively dealt with, imposing appropriate penalties on those found guilty,” he said.
Zikirullahi said that such actions against corruption would serve as a deterrent to potential wrongdoers and send a strong message that corruption would not be tolerated.
He called for the adoption of best practices in financial management and procurement processes in public institutions and the creation of environments that are less susceptible to corruption.(NAN)www.nannews.ng
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CLEVELAND — Modern Dance, non-traditional partnering, diverse and thought-provoking improv. This is Inlet Dance Theater!
In March of 2020, when everyone's world turned upside down, a heartbroken Inlet had to cancel the final leg of its first national tour. Fast-forward to today, and the Cleveland dance company is better than ever – breaking a proverbial leg in a brand new location and continuing its commitment to community.
"Dance, like any other discipline, has things inside of it that are useful," Scranton Elementary School Dance Teacher Joshua Brown explained, "not just in dance, but also in other areas in life."
In its very first permanent home, nestled in Clark-Fulton's Pivot Center, Inlet teaches workshops and dance classes to all ages while building partnerships with schools like Scranton Elementary. Students recently got to see a day in the life of their dance teacher Mr. Brown, who also works with Inlet.
"Coming here, they get to see what he's been teaching, but on a professional level, and see different ways they can express themselves," Scranton Dean of Engagement Ryan Hough said. "Having this in their community is just super important for our kids."
Award-winning choreographer and educator Bill Wade – who founded Inlet in 2001 – spent years using dance to transform the lives of at-risk youth at the Cleveland School of the Arts, operating on a core belief that dance can bring about personal growth and development.
"That's why doing programming in this building is so important to these kids: To see something they've never seen before," Wade told 3News. "There's nothing like watching a young person see something and they have that 'Ah ha!' moment, or they're in class or rehearsal with you and they figure out something and they learn that they have the 'thing.'"
Inlet hopes students watching their dance teacher in action will a spark interest in a few of them and put them on a path toward finding themselves through dance.
"You don't know what you don't know until you get exposed to what you don't know," Wade said.


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Chris Woods: Sandstorm
Until Sept. 8 | The Reach Gallery Museum (Abbotsford)
Info and schedule: thereach.ca
Dissecting deleted scenes from Star Wars on DVD for inspiration, painter Chris Woods knew he was on to something when he saw an image he recognized from art history on his TV screen.
Parsing through the scenes, he was looking for something other than the iconic images Star Wars fans know all too well.
As Woods realized, weird things happen when you use the pause button to parse the movement of the scenes.
“You find little gems in between the frames.”
One of these gems was from Return of the Jedi, the sixth film in the science fiction epic (third if you’re an old school trilogy purist).
Han Solo and the rebels are fighting Imperial Stormtroopers in a bunker. In the deleted scenes, they’re falling dead without any sound. To Woods, the scene looked comical and awkward.
“When I hit pause and took a still image, it took on a whole different meaning,” he said.
What struck him like a thunderbolt were the bodies of the Stormtroopers. The way they were piled up reminded him of Eugene Delacroix’s famous work Liberty Leading the People. Painted in 1830 to mark the July Revolution of that year, it shows Liberty as a woman holding the French tri-colour in her right hand as she leads the people to victory.
The painting has since become one of the iconic images of French revolutionary zeal and an example of 19th century French romantic art.
Dead Soldiers, part of Woods’ Star Wars-inspired exhibit Sandstorm, doesn’t glorify or romanticize war. If anything, the un-dramatic pile of bodies is an indictment of senseless killing in the name of a cause.
The title of the exhibition comes from Heroes in Sandstorm which refers to another deleted sequence from Return of the Jedi. The painting depicts principal characters C3P0, Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia and Han Solo in a sandstorm.
There are 14 paintings in the exhibition including one of the artist as George Lucas, creator of the Star Wars space opera universe, and another of the artist’s son Peter as a young Obi-Wan Kenobi.
But as Woods continued picking scenes by pausing images on the DVDs, he began to recognize a pattern. His selections were nightmarish and dark. He was seeing Star Wars from the point of view of Darth Vader.
As a Star Wars nerd, Woods knew that Vader was a former Jedi warrior who was an adept with the Force and could see the future.
What if his paintings imagined Star War from the point of view of Darth Vader getting a glimpse of what was in store for him?
“I always said Darth Vader was the ultimate undercover cop,” Woods said. “The Emperor couldn’t turn his back on anyone except Darth Vader because he felt he had his total loyalty. Darth Vader’s conscience eventually caught up with him.”
Woods is known as a photorealist painter who has mined pop culture imagery via works such as The Church of Krispy Kreme, marking the arrival of the doughnut chain to Canada, and Five Star Service, which showed the artist dressed as a general with car logos replacing military medals on his chest.
One of his most recognizable paintings is McDonald’s Nation, which has appeared in Naomi Klein’s No Logo and several times in Adbusters.
While the paintings in Sandstorm continue his interest in pop culture, they also represent something more personal. For the Chilliwack-based artist they’re a return his childhood: Growing up near Edmonton, he saw the original Star Wars movie seven times.
“I would credit Star Wars with weirdly being a big inspiration for me artistically,” said Woods, who lives in Chilliwack.
“All I did when I was seven was draw pictures of ships and vehicles from Star Wars. It still has the glow of an idyllic childhood for me.”
On Saturday (July 13), the Reach will mark the opening of Sandstorm with a series of free events entitled Sith Happens. Woods will lead a tour at 12:30 pm followed by a demonstration of charcoal drawing. There will also be Star Wars cookie-decorating and face-painting. At 2:30 p.m., the gallery will screen The Making of Star Wars.
For anyone unable to make it out to Abbotsford, Woods’ work will also be on view at Vancouver’s Gallery Jones (1725 West 3rd Ave) through July. The gallery will be showing works that include eight small oils that were preliminary studies for the larger paintings in Sandstorm.


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Pandora pays tribute to all mother figures by acknowledging the diversity of motherhood this International Mother’s Day
Pandora pays special tribute to everyone who loves like a mum this International Mother’s Day. Whether connected by family, biology, friendship, experience, or all of the above, the new International Mother’s Day collection and campaign celebrate the innumerable different forms in which a mother’s love is expressed and explored, reaching far beyond its traditional understanding.
To honour a mother’s love, Pandora’s Mother’s Day Moments and Timeless collections have been embedded with meaning and messages to reflect the impact and influence mothers have on our lives.
New stories, new craftsmanship
New pieces from the collections have been carefully hand-crafted to explore stories of motherly love. A metaphor for motherly protection, an elegant sterling silver double dangle charm displays a cut-out heart lined with white bioresin man-made mother of pearl pavé along its edges. An innovative new technique which results in pieces that are the ultimate eye-catcher.
The classic snake chain bracelet and bangle are introduced with unique clasps highlighting detailed craftsmanship. An openwork heart intertwined with an infinity symbol symbolises everlasting love for all types of mothers.
Pavé is a big part of Pandora’s heritage and identity, and this season it has received a modern spin resulting in a stunning pavé that is very specific to Pandora. A linear setting with at least three rows of stones gives a three-dimensional effect that sparkles from every angle. This new technique is featured on rings, earrings and necklaces in sterling silver, 14k gold plating and 14k rose gold plating.
Much like Mother Nature herself, the love of a mother figure is both powerful and nurturing. The new Timeless Herbarium pieces reflect this nurturing love with strikingly beautiful pieces in sterling silver and delicate stones. Echoing leaf and petal silhouettes, the designs were created using different stone cuts and shapes to form sparkling clusters of plants and flowers. Whether an eye-catching flower ring, or a bracelet of intricate plants flourishing around the wrist, each piece is an empowering representation of what it means to love and nurture as a mother.
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At Fitness4EveryBody, we want to bring out the best in your employees through corporate wellness. We offer a range of custom programs that will engage, educate and entertain your employees, while introducing enhanced health and wellness techniques into the corporate culture. These programs not only benefit your employees, they raise morale, and might even reduce the cost of health insurance.
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Letter to the Editor
Moscow Pullman Daily News
All the President’s Enablers-
According to the Washington Post, President Trump has made 1,950 false or misleading statements within a year of his presidency. Politifact.com displayed their Truth O Meter from True, Mostly True, Half True, Mostly False, False and Pants on Fire. Most of Trump’s statements are Half True, False and Mostly False, Although Pants on Fire had a considerable amount too.
Some statements could be mis-information (claiming that the London Embassy decision was made during the Obama administration and not during Bush administration). Others are uttered knowing they are false and repeated (the tax cuts will hurt him). Then there are derogatory statements (recent comment about Africa and Haiti) and his denials. Actually, he doesn’t need to deny what he said because he was echoing the sentiments of his base that got him elected and many Republicans in Congress silently approve such statements.
When confronted about any derogatory remarks, the president denies having said any. He has even denied that it was his voice in the Access Hollywood video. If that were true, why did he apologize after the video came out?
The saddest part is not that the president says something and refutes it, but the administration and Republicans in Congress continue to enable him by not correcting what he said. The news organizations that fact-check, are labelled by the president as Fake News.
We are thankful to some brave Republicans who have stood up to him, but the majority definitely put the interest of the party before their country. If the enablers continue supporting this, the president will keep on making false and misleading statements and refuting them when confronted. Is there a Watergate era recording available for this president?


The first edition of the Hublot Prize, awarded by the famous Swiss luxury watch brand, saw two joint winners, both designers whose careers began with SaloneSatellite. The awards ceremony was held at Tokyo Design Week in October.
The Hublot Design Prize was launched earlier this year by the renowned Swiss company Hublot, a luxury watch brand, which has always seen design as an integral part of its own identity, along with innovation and a quest for new materials. The award, marking the 10th anniversary of the iconic Big Bang model, is for a young designer under the age of 40. The award ceremony took place against the background of the inauguration ceremony for Tokyo Design Week.
The winners were announced on 27th October at MOT – Museum of Contemporary Art in Tokyo’s Kiba Park. The original 25 contenders were whittled down to 5 finalists, whose names were announced in Milan in June. A prestigious jury led by Pierre Keller and composed of Lapo Elkann, Ronan Bouroullec, Peter Zec and Marva Griffin Wilshire, founder and curator of SaloneSatellite, awarded the joint first prize of CHF 50,000 each – to the Swiss design studio BIG-GAME for their team spirit and to Norway’s Daniel Rybakken for his original minimalist approach to illumination. The runner-up, Iceland’s Brynjar Sigurdarson, came away with CHF 10,000.
The design studio BIG-GAME, composed of Augustin Scott de Martinville, Grégoire Jeanmonod and Elric Petit, took part in SaloneSatellite in 2005 and 2006 with Animals, a series of hunting trophies made of plywood and Flatpack, a wool rug, later produced by Moustache and Galerie kreo respectively. They were among the 15 designers invited by SaloneSatellite to come up with an installation on the theme of “Design<->Technology” to mark the 15th anniversary of the event.
Daniel Rybakken took part in the 2009 edition of SaloneSatellite, winning the 10th Design Report Award for the most creative newcomer at the event, given by the German magazine design report. He was invited to take part in 50+50 – Designing the Future in 2010 and in 2011, with Daylight Installation. Of the products presented at SaloneSatellite, the following went into production: his Colour lamp, Ligne Roset, then e15; his Right Angle Mirror, Galerie kreo, and his Counterbalance lamp, Luceplan, Golden Compass Award 2014.
Japanese designer Keiji Ashizawa – who also took part in SaloneSatellite, in 2008 and 2010 – was chosen to design the backdrop for the award ceremony, for his “honest design” and his simple yet sophisticated, beautiful and accessible approach.


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The Iron WitchBook - 2011
Seventeen-year-old Donna Underwood is considered a freak, cursed by the magical heritage that destroyed her alchemist parents, but when vicious wood elves abduct her best friend Navin, Donna must betray all her parents fought for and join the battle between the humans and the fey.
Publisher: Woodbury, Minn. : Flux, c2011
Edition: 1st ed
Branch Call Number: YA FANTASY MAH
Characteristics: 299 p. ;,21 cm.

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A new survey from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows 1 in 50 school age children has autism, a figure that is much higher than a recent government estimate of 1 in 88 children. The new numbers are based on data from a national phone survey of more than 95,000 parents.
"This study is clearly showing us that we are still underestimating the prevalence of autism here in the U.S.," says Associate Director Michael Rosanoff.
Health experts say the new estimate doesn't necessarily mean autism is rising but suggests that doctors are diagnosing the disorder more often, especially in older children with milder cases.
"While this study is showing us that prevalence is increasing in part because we're getting better at identifying cases, the cases are still being identified too late," says Rosanoff.
Experts say if you have any concerns about your child's development talk to your pediatrician because early intervention is key. Don't push it aside because the earlier you can get the help the better off your child will be.
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A vibrant purple amethyst is the centerpiece of this cute halo style ring.
The amethyst has been fashioned as a round shape and has checkerboard style faceting for a unique sparkle. Surrounding the amethyst is a halo of sparkling diamonds, trimmed in a row of delicate milgrain.
The genuine amethyst weighs .45 carats, and has a medium-deep purple color, with bluish-purple flashes. The 18 round diamonds have a total weight of .10 carats, with GIA H-I/SI2-I1 color/clarity grades.
The ring is 14 karat white gold and has a rounded shank with a high polish finish. Size 6.5.
From the studio of Tunisian designer Adel Chefridi comes this colorful ring. Adel works in upstate New York, where he designs jewels inspired by the ancient traditions of his home...
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Sarpa Disha is planetary combination when Ketu is placed in 1st house, and Rahu in 7th. These archetypes are as old as the world itself and sometimes we can find their depictions in literature such as the fairy tale of the Little Mermaid by Danish author Hans Andersen. ”The story follows the journey of a young mermaid who is willing to give up her life in the sea as a mermaid to gain a human soul. (Wikipedia)”
Ketu in a 1st house affects the physical body of the person, personality, and represents the life of a person in a seed form, how he or she will interact with the world. It is the most important house in the chart. Ketu is a tail of a dragon in Vedic mythology, often associated with fish. Mermaid as we know was a half human, half fish. Little Mermaid lived in underwater kingdom with her widowed father. Ketu in 1st often points to the idea of coming from two a background where parents are of two different backgrounds, one half belonging to one, and the other half of the person belonging to the other.
This idea of being split in half, having two natures, one of Ketu and one of Rahu is very descriptive of Ketu/Rahu combination in 1/7 houses. Mermaid was half fish, half human.
Rahu in 7th is associated with illusion, infatuation, and loosing yourself in partnerships. This is exactly what happened to mermaid. She saw a prince, a human, someone from a different background all together and fell in love with him. The story goes that violent storm hits the the ship the prince is on, mermaid saves him from drowning, but to her dismay, prince never sees her and even realizes it wad her who saved him. It’s very frequent experience of people with Ketu in 1st: being not noticed, missed, and feeling invisible even, not recognized.
Little mermaid becomes melancholic because of it. She is longing for prince, infatuated by desire, feeling as if partnership with prince will make her whole and complete. This is a typical Rahu in 7th illustration, as people with this combination feel like the partner is a missing half, missing element in life. They are prone to loosing themselves, being infatuation by other, falling for someone who is from completely different background, which makes the partnership difficult.
Little Mermaid goes to the Sea Witch in a dangerous part of the ocean and asks for potion that would give her human legs. Using magic and tricks to change the situation is also Rahu signification. The witch warns her that once she uses the potion, she will never be able to return to the sea, and feel human legs will feel like she is walking on sharp knives. Desire to get the prince at all costs makes her agree to this arrangement. Rahu in 7th makes people loose their head, and themselves for the desire to have a partner.
However, prince marries a human princess and Little Mermaid turns to sea foam as Sea Witch warned about. The story continues: “Her body dissolves into foam, but instead of ceasing to exist, she feels the warm sun and discovers that she has turned into a luminous and ethereal earthbound spirit, a daughter of the air. As the Little Mermaid ascends into the atmosphere, she is greeted by other daughters, who tell her she has become like them because she strove with all her heart to obtain an immortal soul. ”
This desire for immortality was the driving force of demon Svarbhanu in Hindu mythology, who got cut in half by Vishnu. In fact this is the very reason Rahu and Ketu came into existence.
The conclusion that we can draw from this story for those who do have this combination affecting their 1/7 axis in Rashi chart or Navamsha is this: do not loose yourself, your nature, who you are for the desire to be with another. Respect where you are coming from. The partnership is just an illusion of wholeness and it might take a life time to realize. You are whole, complete, and perfect just as you’re. Self sacrifice will not be appreciated by the other and more often than not will not be noticed.


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Early warning of earthquakes can save lives. Google today announced a new feature for Android devices that will help during the earthquake. Google works with the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and the California governor’s office of emergency services (CAL OES), with the support of shakealert, to send earthquake alerts directly to Android devices in California.
a few seconds of warning from an Android device gives you time to find cover and support before an earthquake strikes. In addition, from today on, any Android phone can be part of the Android earthquake alarm system. Your Android device will act as a mini seismograph, along with millions of other Android phones, to form the world’s largest earthquake detection network.
here’s how Android earthquake warning system works. All smartphones have tiny accelerometers that sense signals that an earthquake is likely to occur. If the phone detects something that it thinks might be an earthquake, it sends a signal to our earthquake detection server, along with a rough location where the wobble occurred. Then, the server will combine the information of many mobile phones to calculate whether there is an earthquake. Google will use this information to share a quick, accurate view of the affected areas on Google search.
when you look for “earthquake” or “earthquake near me”, you will find relevant results in your area and useful resources on what to do after an earthquake.

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The phase 1 plan is for a two-way bike path between the footpath and the road on the Maupuia side of Miramar Avenue, between Shelly Bay Road and Tauhinu Road.
Two-way bike path at kerb height on the Maupuia side of Miramar Avenue
Why this solution?
A two-way bike path at kerb height separates people on bikes from the traffic, and encourages less-confident riders to use the path.
- 3m-wide two-way bike path between the road and the footpath on the Maupuia side of Miramar Avenue between Shelly Bay Road and Tauhinu Road
- 2m-wide footpath on both sides of Miramar Avenue between Shelly Bay Road and Tauhinu Road
- Two bus stops between Maupuia Road and Tauhinu Road would need to be modified so traffic lights could be installed at the Miramar Avenue/Tauhinu Road intersection, if these are required
- Bus stop at the bottom of Maupuia Road relocated further up Maupuia Road to make room for pedestrians and bikes to cross the road
- Existing no-parking lines on the eastern side of Maupuia Road extended from the Miramar Avenue intersection to the existing southbound bus stop - to improve safety around the relocated northbound bus stop
- 5m of no-parking lines would need to be installed on the eastern side of Tauhinu Road to allow traffic lights at the Miramar Avenue/Tauhinu Road intersection if these are required
- Connection between the two-way bike path and the Cobham Drive cycleway now under construction
- Traffic lights installed at the Shelly Bay Road/Miramar Avenue intersection
- One tree on the Maupuia side of Miramar Avenue, near the Tauhinu Road intersection may need removing or relocating
- Likely uptake for people on bikes: High increase
Read the Traffic Resolution report.
How we got here
Enterprise Miramar Peninsula, a group of local business people, and Wellington City Council transport planners have looked for the best ways to redevelop Miramar Avenue, while balancing the competing demands on this very busy stretch of road.
Their plan takes into account the needs of residents and businesses while enhancing the urban environment.
The plan covers lane widths, speeds, painted median strips, driveways, existing safety issues, roundabouts and bus stops.
We have received feedback from the community about this project. Click here to view the summary graphs.


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"People are made to be loved and things are made to be used. The confusion in this world is that people are being used and things are being loved."
"Don't be afraid to fall in love again. Open your heart and follow where it leads you...and remember, shoot for the moon..."
"I didn't mean to fall in love, but I did. And you didn't mean to hurt me, but you did."
"If I could rewrite the alphabet, I would put U and I together."
"I wish I never fell so deep in love with you and now it ain't no way we can be friends."
"My heart is a red rose. When happy, it sparkles brillianly. When sad it bleeds and forms a dark puddle under it. When my heart dies, the soft fragile petals fall. So you might want to put your rose in a vase"
"Some love lasts a lifetime. True love lasts forever."
"Love built on beauty, soon as beauty, dies."
"Love is like a friendship caught on fire: In the beginning a flame, very pretty, often hot and fierce, but still only light and flickering. As love grows older, our hearts mature and our love becomes as coals, deep-burning and unquenchable."
"Love is a smoke made with the fume of sighs. Being purged, a fire sparkling in lovers' eyes. Being vexed, a sea nourished with lovers' tears. What is it else? A madness most discreet, a choking gall and a preserving sweet."


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Lane commits to play for Force
DETROIT LAKES - Tanner Lane's hockey career as a Detroit Lakes Laker is over.
After a whirlwind of a summer -- which included getting drafted into the USHL by the Fargo Force, signing a commitment to play with Dean Blais' University of Nebraska -- Omaha and getting selected by the NHL Atlanta Thrashers -- it was time for Lane to make one more decision.
Although it was a tough one, it made the most sense for Lane, as the 2009 Minnesota leading scorer decided to leave the Lakers and play for the USHL's Force.
Lane participated in the Force's tryout camp last week Sunday through Wednesday and by Thursday, he was on the team.
"They called me Thursday and said I made the team and I committed then to play for them," Lane said.
With Lane committing to play for Division I Nebraska-Omaha, which will start playing in the WCHA this coming season, and being drafted into the NHL were definitely influencing factors for Lane's decision to forego his senior season at DLHS and play on the junior level.
"Playing on the level of the USHL, it's a good league to develop my skills," Lane said. "It is a matter of getting better."
Force head coach and general manager Steve Johnson added they have been scouting Lane for a while now and his play during their tryout camp solidified a spot on the 2010-11 squad.
"Tanner can skate well and is a good puck handler," Johnson said. "He plays at a good pace and has a good frame build to out-physical other people."
But after being the go-to guy on the ice for the Lakers the last three years -- as well as being the focal point of defenses -- Lane will be entering an entirely new level of hockey and possibly a different role to start out with.
In other words, this summer has been fun, but the work has only just begun.
"It's an entirely different game now for Tanner," Johnson said. "It is a big step for him. He is very raw and needs to play a little different using other teammates and learn how to move the puck to the open guy.
"But we are confident he will learn."
Lane will be the first Laker player to leave early to play juniors, although he won't be the youngest player on the Force.
Johnson said Lane is still an above-average age player and will benefit from playing juniors because it is a "college setting" atmosphere.
Lane also will be granted his goal to graduate with his DL schoolmates.
He will be living in Fargo with his uncle Lincoln McArthur's family and will take online classes to complete his high school class requirements.
But Lane will not forget his roots as a Laker.
"I'm happy how my career went in Detroit Lakes," Lane said. "I grew up through the ranks (of the DL hockey program). I started playing (varsity) my freshman season here and felt I got better and better.
"It was a great year last year, too, and I had fun playing with the team."
Lane will be playing on a team which has experienced great success through its two years of existence.
Under the leadership of Blais in the Force's inaugural season, Fargo played to the USHL championship and finished as the league's runners-up.
Last season, with Blais at Nebraska-Omaha, Johnson led the Force back to the championship series, before losing to Green Bay in the final game.
"First, I need to earn a roster spot and learn what my role will be," Lane said. "It is a total different game now."
The Force's 60-game season will start Friday, Oct. 1, against Chicago in Fargo.