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It can be difficult to design and develop artificial intelligence systems to meet specific quality standards. Often, AI systems are designed to be "as good as possible" rather than meeting particular targets. Using the Design for Six Sigma quality methodology, an automated insurance underwriting expert system was designed, developed, and fielded. Using this methodology resulted in meeting the high quality expectations required for deployment.
Global banks that have a large mortgage business are facing pressure internally and externally to upgrade their operating model to save money, decrease processing times and enhance the customer experience – today it can take more than 60 days to complete a mortgage transaction. The pressure is particularly strong with FinTechs like US online lender Rocket Mortgage and UK digital mortgage broker Trussle creating a completely digital experience for prospective home buyers. Banks, therefore, are exploring everything from mature technologies like Optical Character Recognition (OCR) to more leading edge and high-tech solutions based on blockchain and artificial intelligence. While some of these solutions could dramatically impact day-to-day business for lenders and their brokers and customers, blockchain has the potential to completely transform the entire mortgage financing industry. The financial services industry is all about trust – whether relationship based, reputational, authoritative (legal) or transactional – banking today is built on trust.
Custom DU is an automated underwriting system that enables mortgage lenders to build their own business rules that facilitate assessing borrower eligibility for different mortgage products. By means of the user interface, lenders can also customize their underwriting findings reports, test the rules that they have defined, and publish changes to business rules on a real-time basis, all without any software modifications. The user interface enforces structure and consistency, enabling business users to focus on their underwriting guidelines when converting their business policy to rules. Using Custom DU, lenders can create different rule sets for their products and assign them to different channels of the business, allowing for centralized control of underwriting policies and procedures--even if lenders have decentralized operations.
The Russian subsidiary of the Austrian lender Raiffeisenbank has run the country's first ever mortgage deal on blockchain. It could be a taste of more to come in the nation. In the transaction, a mortgage contract was issued as an xml document containing all relevant information, including data on the mortgage loan issuer, the borrower, date and place of signing the deal, the total amount of the loan, and the repayment period. The use of blockchain for mortgage loan issuance is set to increase the safety of data storage, cut depository costs, and speed up transactions for both borrower and lender, Raiffeisenbank said in announcing the deal. Normally, after sealing a mortgage deal, the borrower has to visit the bank again to deposit the mortgage contract, while the application of blockchain allows the borrower to do it remotely, also cutting the amount of paper documents.
The GENIUS Automated Underwriting System is an expert advisor that has been in successful nationwide production by GE Mortgage Insurance Corporation for two years to underwrite mortgage insurance. The knowledge base was developed using a unique hybrid approach combining the best of traditional knowledge engineering and a novel machine learning method called Example Based Evidential Reasoning (EBER). As one indicator of the effkacy of this approach, a complex system was completed in 11 months that achieved a 98% agreement rate with practicing underwriters for approve recommendations in the fist month of operation. This performance and numerous additional business benefits have now been confirmed by two full years of nationwide production during which time some 800,000 applications have been underwritten. As a result of this outstanding success, the GENIUS system is serving as the basis for a major re-engineering of the underwriting process within the business. Also, a new version has recently been announced as an external product to bring the benefits of this technology to the mortgage industry at large. In addition, the concepts and methodology are being applied to other financial services applications such as commercial credit analysis and municipal bond credit enhancement. This paper documents the development process and operational results and concludes with a summary of critical success factors.


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3 edition of The jubilee story of the China Inland Mission found in the catalog.
The jubilee story of the China Inland Mission
|Statement||by Marshall Broomhall.|
|Series||Reprint series - Chinese Materials Center ; no. 76|
|LC Classifications||BV3410.C56 B67 1977|
|The Physical Object|
|Pagination||xvi, 386 p.,  leaves of plates (1 fold.) :|
|Number of Pages||386|
|LC Control Number||79100478|
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James Hudson Taylor () missionary, and founder of the China Inland Mission. Hudson Taylor was born in Barnsley, South Yorkshire, and spent 51 years in China a missionary. Today there are. Map of China, c As the work of The China Inland Mission increased, Hudson Taylor needed more men and women to go inland, to towns and villages as yet totally unreached by the gospel. Back in England, William Berger, Taylor’s friend and the Mission’s first Director, was engaged in the process of interviewing new candidates.
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The China Inland Mission (CIM) lost 79 people. Taylor died in after 50 years of active service for China, and D.E. Hoste, one of the Cambridge Seven, was appointed mission director. Many missions pulled out inbut the China Inland Mission (CIM) was one which attempted to stay.
— "The jubilee story of the China Inland Mission" Mr. Hudson Taylor had long wished and made many attempts to reach Shansi, and at length found his way opened in the summer of Accompanied by Mr. Orr-Ewing, and his son, Herbert Taylor, he reached Taiyuanfu on Saturday 3 Julywhere they were warmly welcomed by Dr & Mrs Edwards, and.
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Broomhall (Chinese: 海恩波; 17 July – 24 October ), was a British Protestant Christian missionary to China with the China Inland also authored many books on the subject of Chinese missionary work. He was the most famous son (the fifth of ten children) of the anti-opium trade activist and General Secretary of the CIM Benjamin.
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Given the incredible detail of his work, the fact that all of his paintings are freely drawn by hand without aide of any projections and the painstakingly slow technique of the medium used (oil and acrylic on canvas), Authouart is able to create only a few original works per year. Size 28 in x 23 in. Please inquire about other prints, etchings and original artwork you are looking for as we have a huge network of customers and dealers who have prints and artwork for sale on consignment not shown in this store.
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BalletX, led by Artistic & Executive Director Christine Cox, is thrilled to announce its first-ever Block Party for the whole family to be held at the company’s 1923 Washington Avenue headquarters on Sunday, June 2, 2019. The event will take place both indoors at the BalletX Center and outdoors with Washington Avenue closed off between 19th and 20th Streets. The Block Party, FREE and open to the public, is an opportunity for BalletX fans and surrounding neighbors to come together and celebrate a day of dance and community.
Guests are invited to register for free studio dance classes for youth and adults, taught by BalletX dancers and teachers from 10am-6pm. Dance classes being offered include Ballet, Contemporary, Hip Hop, Voguing, West African Dance, and more. No experience required to participate in dance classes. Advance registration is recommended at https://www.balletx.org/block-party-2019/.
There will also be dance performances on an outdoor stage by BalletX and fellow Philadelphia dance artists from 12pm-6pm. Artists slated to perform, in addition to BalletX, include Kun-Yang Lin/Dancers (KYL/D), Eleone Dance Theatre, Danco 2 (D/2) – Philadanco’s Apprentice Company, JUNK, The Hood Lockers, and Chocolate Ballerina Company.
Local vendors serving food, beer, and wine include Dock Street Brewery, Jet Bar Wine, Cafe Ynez, Tuck-ins, and Sista’s on the Roll. Block Party 2019 is generously sponsored by SOSNA, OCF Realty, Chick’s, OpenBox Athletics, T-House, and PECO.
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- Boyer College of Music and Dance presents: Altered Tastes An MFA Thesis Concert by Megan Bridge & Rachel DeForrest Repinz, Nov 6 - October 22, 2020
- BalletX World Premiere Event Will Feature Three Short Films by Robbie Fairchild, Amy Hall Garner, Mariana Oliveira, Nov 18 - October 22, 2020
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- Artist Chats with Roni Koresh: Creativity in Times of COVID - October 19, 2020
- PDP’s online Informances continue with Dr. Lynn Matluck Brooks, Oct 28 - October 14, 2020
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Colony Bankcorp, Inc. Announces First Quarter Results
Thursday, April 20th, 2017
Colony Bankcorp, Inc., reported net income available to shareholders of $1,906,000, or $0.22 per diluted share for the first quarter of 2017 compared to $1,656,000, or $0.20 per diluted share for the comparable 2016 period. This increase of 15.10 percent in net income for the comparable three month period was primarily driven by an increase in noninterest income and a reduction in preferred stock dividends. “We are pleased to report that we redeemed the remaining outstanding preferred stock of $9,360,000. This will be immediately accretive to earnings per share as we will eliminate the current quarterly dividend payment of $210,600. Also of significance during the quarter was total loan growth of $6.0 million and a reduction in substandard assets of $1.22 million,” said Ed Loomis, President and Chief Executive Officer. “In addition to this progress, our financial performance allowed the Company to reinstate a modest dividend payment of $0.025 per share payable to shareholders of record on March 1, 2017.”
Colony continues to maintain a strong regulatory capital position to be categorized as “well-capitalized” by regulatory benchmarks. At March 31, 2017, the Company’s tier one leverage ratio, tier one ratio, total risk-based capital ratio and common equity tier one capital ratio were 9.47 percent, 14.28 percent,15.39 percent and 11.34 percent, respectively, compared to 10.29 percent, 15.50 percent, 16.64 percent and 11.32 percent, respectively, at December 31, 2016. The Company’s capital ratios were all in excess of regulatory minimums required to be classified as “well-capitalized.”
Net Interest Margin
During the first quarter of 2017, the Company reported net interest income of $9.46 million and a net interest margin of 3.35 percent compared to $9.46 million and 3.47 percent, respectively, for first quarter 2016. The decline in net interest margin resulted from the Company having approximately $39 million more in average earning assets for the comparable periods. These excess funds were primarily deployed into lower yielding overnight funds and bond investments. While we have been in a historical low interest rate environment for some time, recent Federal Reserve discussion suggests a modest move toward a “tightening” interest rate policy in 2017. The anticipated interest rate hikes along with shifting the lower yielding assets into higher yielding loans should improve the net interest margin.
The Company continues to monitor our substandard and non-performing assets and focus on problem asset resolution. Substandard assets that include non-performing assets totaled $32.00 million at March 31, 2017 compared to $33.23 million and $46.44 million, respectively, at December 31, 2016 and March 31, 2016. Substandard assets adjusted for SBA guarantees to tier one capital plus loan loss reserve ratio was 25.18 percent, 25.67 percent and 34.60 percent, respectively, at March 31, 2017, December 31, 2016 and March 31, 2016. Non-performing assets declined from the previous quarter end to $17.15 million or 2.24 percent of total loans and other real estate owned as of March 31, 2017. This compares to $18.79 million or 2.47 percent and $21.73 million or 2.85 percent, respectively, as of December 31, 2016 and March 31, 2016.
Other real estate totaled $5.90 million at March 31, 2017 compared to $6.44 million and $9.62 million, respectively, at December 31, 2016 and March 31, 2016. Though these levels remain at an elevated level, we continue to work diligently to dispose these properties at fair value. There are several contracts that we anticipate closing in the near future to further reduce our OREO holdings.
In the first quarter of 2017 net charge-offs were $394 thousand, or 0.05 percent of average loans as compared to net charge-offs of ($591) thousand, or (0.08) percent of average loans in first quarter 2016. The loan loss reserve was $8.86 million or 1.17 percent of total loans on March 31, 2017 compared to $8.92 million or 1.18 percent and $9.55 million or 1.27 percent, respectively, at December 31, 2016 and March 31, 2016. Loan loss reserve methodology resulted in three months ended March 31, 2017 provision for loan losses of $335 thousand compared to $354 thousand for the comparable 2016 period.
Total noninterest income increased in the comparable periods as noninterest income for three months ended March 31, 2017 was $2.40 million compared to $2.17 million in the comparable 2016 period, or an increase of 10.50 percent. Secondary mortgage fee income increased $86 thousand or 86.00 percent, service charges on deposits increased $53 thousand or 5.29 percent and debit card interchange fees increased $50 thousand or 8.42 percent to primarily account for the increase.
Total noninterest expense increased in the comparable periods as noninterest expense for three months ended March 31, 2017 was $8.41 million compared to $8.24 million for the comparable 2016 period, or an increase of 2.10 percent. Salaries and employee benefit expenses increased 6.95 percent, occupancy expense was relatively flat and other noninterest expense decreased 4.79 percent for the comparable periods. The efficiency ratio remained flat at 70.67 percent for three months ended March 31, 2017 compared to 70.65 percent for the comparable 2016 period. The company continues to explore opportunities to improve its’ operating efficiency.

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In order to enable Nigeria to benefit fully from the African Continental Free Trade Area Agreement (AfCFTA) and take advantage of the opportunities it provides, the Nigerian ports are undergoing infrastructure reforms.
General Manager, Corporate and Strategic Communication of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Engr. Jatto Adeiza Adams stated that this would ensure smooth transmission of goods and investments through the ports. According to him, it would boost the trade relationship between Nigeria and other countries.
He explained the deplorable state of the ports in Nigeria has become a trade barrier, preventing connectivity, which is costly to companies depending on the ports for importing and exporting of goods, saying that upgrade of infrastructure will open up the nation’s ports for businesses. Adams said with the upgrade of infrastructure, and dredging of seaports, as well as the elimination of corruption, and manual processes in the sector, enormous opportunities would be recorded.
According to him, the changeover would engender effectiveness in Nigeria when the AfCFTA comes into full effect.
He said, “Investment in infrastructure will give the opportunity to link critical hinterlands with rails, waterways, rehabilitation of roads leading to the ports and deliberate policies put in place to improve the transport sector.
“All the investments in infrastructure with the signing of the AfCFTA are aimed at integrating the economy of the country and removing barriers”.

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Billie Holiday - The Complete Billie Holiday On Verve CD 10 of 10
Original Release Date: Feb 02, 1945 - Mar 01, 1959
Audio CD: Mar 9, 1993
Number of Discs: 10
Label: Polygram Records
Bitrate: VBR 250-320 kbps
Ten CDs with everything Billie Holiday recorded on Verve Records between 1945 and her death in 1959 - not only the songs, but concert introductions, some of the rehearsals, and between-take studio chatter, too. All of which makes for a definitive portrait of Lady Day in her final years. For a long time these recordings were disparaged because it was said her voice was no longer fine and mellow, "ravaged" by hard living, jail time, booze, and drugs. And there's no question that her later tone is darker, more brittle and unstable than it had been in the '30s - but somehow I find myself listening to this music more often than those Brunswick/Columbia or Decca sides, anyway. Like Frank Sinatra, who so often paid tribute to her influence, Holiday's artistry was never based on virtuosity; it was about interpretation, bringing out the emotions in a song and giving a personal reading. She never stopped doing that, and for all the "strange fruit" you'll find in this collection, it's a gold mine. ~ Jim Emerson
Holiday's brilliance, in spite of and in synch with the circumstance of her life does something religious, transcends, translates and transforms everyday existence.
This box set is a great gift to those of us wishing to understand better our love for Lady. The insight into her musical journeys in the final years of her life is fascinating. Although many critics have contended that Holiday's genius lay, for the most part, in her earlier Columbia recordings I feel this box set nullifies that argument. Not because Holiday's Columbia recordings weren't brilliant, but because the Lady we here in her Verve Days is almost a different artist.
Here we have a Billie of resillience as we witness in the recordings of her 1954 Jazz Club USA performance on Dics 2 & 3. We have an artist choosing new (for her) material and revitalized while nearing the end of her life in the 1957 Norman Granz run sessions. We are given a look into the recording world of Holiday will rehearsal tapes from Artie Shapiro's home in 1955. These are particularly interesting as we are given a chance to hear her in both the process of crafting each song. A step from this to the 1955 August 25th recording session tapes allows into the reminiscient dialogue of Billie and her band while reshaping Holiday classics like "Strange Fruit".
My personal highlights hit in the Jazz Club USA jam session of "Billie's Blues", discussion in the '55 studio session over "Nice Work If You Can Get" where Holiday explains why she feels she can never sing a song the same twice. ( This is eroneous in actuality - in some ways this being because of the limitations of her substance abuse, but we'll let her have it because we love her. ) And finally the final Verve Recordings of Holiday for MGM in 1959 in the "Lady In Satin" tradition with Ellis. Although not as tightly emotionally moving as "Lady In Satin", a beautiful extension of the sentiment nonetheless.
The liner notes are extensive, informative and fascinating - could be a book themself, but by length so could this review. Special graces to Phil Schaap for his precise discography and session notes. This is a whole lot of expensive, this box set. But it's worth it. It allows a brief insight into the studio of a genius, an extensive retrospective of one of the most important American artists EVER and a whole lot of joy, pain, beauty and magic all rolled into a tiny square box. ~ Joshua
Most critics believe Billie's early years were her best years. They are wrong. Although I am a fan of her early work, it is the recordings she made later in life that grip me by the throat. In those years, her dreams were becoming nightmares, the grey clouds darker. Yet, a glimmer of hope managed to emerge from her voice, even as she sang the most heart-wrenching ballads. I've heard many say that she couldn't sing. They fail to realize that she does much more than sing. Sure, she stetches and folds notes, but in saying that, you loose the magic. Billie let her soul sing. The strength in her frail voice during those later years is enormous. Listen to Tenderly, You Go to My Head and I Cover the Waterfront. Whether you are still moarning the loss of an old love or celebrating a new one, her voice will say it all. ~ Jake Gonzalez
Billie Holiday - The Complete Billie Holiday On Verve CD 10 of 10 Tracks:
01 Wills Conover Announcement
02 Johnny Mercer Announcement
03 Fanfare From Oh, Lady Be Good
04 Nice Work If You Can Get It
05 Willow Weep For Me
06 My Man
07 Lover, Come Back To Me
08 Lady Sings The Blues
09 What A Little Moonlight Can Do
10 Fanfare From Oh, Lady Be Good With Conover Announcement
11 Leonard Feather Announcement
12 I Wished On The Moon
13 Lover Man
14 All The Way
15 It's Not For Me To Say
16 I'll Never Smile Again
17 Just One More Chance
18 When It's Sleepy Time Down South
19 Don't Worry `Bout Me
20 Sometimes I'm Happy
21 You Took Advantage Me
22 There'll Be Some Changes Made
23 `Deed I Do
24 All Of You
25 Baby, Won't You Please Come Home?


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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson likened himself to the unruly comedian ebook character The Unbelievable Hulk late on Saturday in a newspaper interview the place he pressured his willpower to take Britain out of the European Union on Oct. 31.
The Mail on Sunday newspaper reported that Johnson stated he would discover a method to circumvent a current parliament vote ordering him to delay Brexit slightly than take Britain out of the EU with out a transition deal to ease the financial shock.
“The madder Hulk will get, the stronger Hulk will get,” Johnson was quoted as saying. “Hulk at all times escaped, regardless of how tightly certain in he appeared to be – and that’s the case for this nation. We are going to come out on October 31.”
Britain’s parliament has repeatedly rejected the exit deal Johnson’s predecessor Theresa Could negotiated with the EU, and this month rejected leaving with out a deal – angering many Britons who voted to depart the bloc greater than three years in the past.
Johnson has stated he desires to barter a brand new deal that doesn’t contain a ‘backstop’, which might probably tie Britain in opposition to its will to EU guidelines after it leaves as a way to keep away from checks on the border between Eire and Northern Eire.
The EU has thus far insisted on the backstop, and Britain has not offered any detailed various.
Nonetheless, Johnson stated he was “very assured” forward of a gathering with European Fee President Jean-Claude Juncker on Monday.
“There’s a really, superb dialog occurring about the best way to handle the problems of the Northern Irish border. An enormous quantity of progress is being made,” Johnson instructed the Mail on Sunday, with out giving particulars.
Johnson drew parallels between Britain’s scenario in Brexit talks and the frustrations felt by fictional scientist Bruce Banner, who when enraged changed into The Unbelievable Hulk, continuously abandoning a path of destruction.
“Banner is likely to be certain in manacles, however when provoked he would explode out of them,” he stated.
Earlier on Saturday, former Conservative minister Sam Gyimah stated he was switching to the pro-EU Liberal Democrat celebration in protest at Johnson’s Brexit insurance policies and political model.
Opinion polls late on Saturday painted a conflicting image of the Conservative Celebration’s political fortunes underneath Johnson, who desires to carry an early election to regain a working majority in parliament.
A ballot performed by Opinium for the Observer newspaper confirmed Conservative help rose to 37% from 35% over the previous week, whereas Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour held at 25% and Liberal Democrat help dropped to 16% from 17%. Assist for Nigel Farage’s Brexit Celebration remained at 13%.
Nonetheless, a separate ballot by ComRes for the Sunday Specific put Conservative help at simply 28%, down from 30% and solely a shade forward of Labour at 27%.
ComRes stated simply 12% of the greater than 2,000 folks it survey thought Britain’s parliament may very well be trusted to do the fitting factor for the nation.


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As you waltz in and out of holiday soirees this season, it’s important to remember the hard work put in by your party’s generous hostess. Whether it’s conquering a mountain of baking, turning into a master mixologist overnight, or just ordering a ton of food (some people just can’t handle themselves in the kitchen), chances are she’s spent a lot of time–and money–preparing to give you a good time.
What better way to give back to give back to your hostess friends than handing over a little gift as you cross through their front door into what is hopefully a fabulously decorated winter wonderland–or at least somewhere that has enough snacks and wine. In general most people who host parties tend to enjoy doing so and don’t need any extra encouragement–but it’s these same people who sometimes get taken for granted.
Show some love and spread some cheer this holiday season and take a cue from our gift guide full of six great ideas (and 12 great examples) of the best type of gift your hostess friends this season. It’s no surprise that a lot of these hostess ideas are food and drink related. (Wait–are there more reasons to go to a party?) Click through to let the holiday gifting fun begin!


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This is the second of four parts examining the legacy of Leonard Bernstein and why so many performing arts organizations are celebrating the centennial of his birth during the 2017/18 season. They were originally written for The Washington Chorus in support of their November 8th concert at the Kennedy Center, where they'll be performing Bernstein's Chichester Psalms and William Walton's Belshazzar's Feast.
Leonard Bernstein's lifetime spans most of the 20th Century. He was born at the end of World War I and died at the dawn of the internet era. In terms of politics, culture, and technology, to describe the pace and scope of changes to everyday life around the globe during this era of human history as unprecedented would be a gross understatement. When Bernstein was born, women in the U.S. had yet to be granted the right to vote . The year he died, the Voyager 1 space probe took a photograph of the Earth, and sent it back home to NASA scientists, 3.7 billion miles away.
In between came The Great Depression, WWII, the Atomic Age, the Cold War, the Vietnam War, the assassinations of the Kennedys and Martin Luther King, Jr., astronauts landing on the moon, the rise of feminism, Watergate, the push for civil rights, AIDS, the Collapse of the Soviet Union, the advent of cinema, radio, and television as sources of entertainment and news, and much, much more.
Unlike many of his musical contemporaries, Bernstein's artistic sensibilities were never constrained by the increasingly hermetic world of Western art music and its ties to the classical music canon, even though he undoubtedly felt those constraints at every turn. Despite the classical music world's groundbreaking developments and myriad innovations during the 20th Century, and the willingness of composers to incorporate strains of jazz and influences from other cultures into their compositions, for the most part its development remained distant from the increasingly growing influence of the contemporary popular culture surrounding it.
It remained a curiously stubborn one-way street. We know the Beatles were influenced by the music of Stockhausen and Xenakis, that Frank Zappa's interest in Edgard Varèse began in his teens during the 1950's, and eventually how rock bands like the Electric Light Orchestra and the Moody Blues, not to mention nearly every prog-rock band that followed, unabashedly took pleasure in mixing classical sounds into rock and roll songs built on three guitar chords. But there was little sense that any kind reciprocity or exchange of ideas was taking place between the two, or that the classical world even cared at all about what was taking place outside the concert hall, even as the rest of the world kept experiencing one upheaval after another. Bernstein was the great exception.
One could argue that individual works by Bernstein's contemporaries, which include Stravinsky, Shostakovich, Messiaen, Britten, Boulez, Hermann, Stockhausen, Copland, Orff, and Harrison to name just a few, have had greater artistic impacts, and one could reasonably argue that in terms of strictly musical legacies, many of them will eclipse Bernstein, or already have. What is inarguable is that no one worked more diligently, or sincerely, to bridge the ever-widening gap between composers and audiences that were growing up listening to pop music, one that viewed the Beatles as the starting point of musical reference instead of Beethoven, though Bernstein began these efforts long before the British Invasion -- in 1944 he premiered his Symphony no. 1: Jeremiah as well as Fancy Free and On the Town.
At the time, especially during the 1960s, Bernstein's public embrace of pop was a radical, even visionary stance, as was his willingness to take political stands far outside the accepted norms of the "establishment." After years of using television to educate young people about classical music, in 1967 Bernstein decided to turn the table and educate "adults" about the importance of pop music, or at prompt them to accept its artistic worth and what it represents to its audience. In 1967 he partnered with the documentary maker David Oppenheim to create Inside Pop - The Rock Revolution, which was broadcast on CBS on April 25th, 1967. His guests on the show included Frank Zappa, Brian Wilson, Janis Ian, Peter Noone (of Herman's Hermits), Graham Nash, and Roger McGuinn of the Byrds. After stating the majority of current pop music was "mostly trash," he goes on to say "the good five percent [of it] is so exciting and vital, and may I say, significant, that it claims the attention of every thinking person." It's difficult to imagine any of his contemporaries making such a claim, much less doing so on national television. And even if they had, his classical music peers lacked the wider cultural authority and respect to make the claim resonate beyond those already converted.
Only Bernstein had that kind of credibility on both sides of the cultural divide. Today we call such people "influencers," and Bernstein remains one of America's greatest. We might wonder how Bernstein would have responded to today's divisions, but a statement he made after JFK's assasination offeres a hint:
"This will be our reply to violence: to make music more intensely, more beautifully, more devotedly than ever before."


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Airtel extends 5G coverage to all 24 districts of Punjab empowering 2 million customers to enjoy the power of 5G
Chandigarh: Within 1 year of the launch of Airtel 5G Plus, Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), one of India’s leading telecommunications service provider, today, announced that it has over 2 million unique 5G customers in Punjab. The company also announced that Airtel 5G Plus service is available across all the districts in the state within just 12 months of the launch.
Airtel's 5G service is now available across all districts and union territories in the country. Airtel has extensively rolled out its network making its services available across all districts in Punjab. From the serene Sukhna Lake in Chandigarh, the historic Jallianwala Baug in Amritsar, the magnificent Wagah Border, to the Qila Muburak in Bathinda, Airtel continues to rapidly accelerate its 5G rollout. Furthermore, it has also brought the village of Qila Raipur renowed for its Rural Olympics onto the digital superhighway.
Commenting on the milestone, Pushpinder Singh Gujral – CEO Punjab, Bharti Airtel said, "We were the first telco to deploy high-speed 5G technology in the state, and today we are delighted to be playing an important role in connecting lives of our customers. We thank all our 2 million customers for embracing Airtel 5G Plus network. We continue to set the industry pace with unparalleled growth in 5G customers, prioritizing cutting-edge 5G technology and customer satisfaction. Our 5G landscape has the state’s widest, quickest, and most dependable network, encompassing all 24 districts."
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Following a surge of thefts involving certain Kia and Hyundai car models, some insurance companies may not continue to cover these cars. Reports are circulating that major car insurance providers plan to remove Hyundai and Kia vehicles from their plans due to thefts.
For car owners in Finger Lakes region, the possibility that their insurance companies may not cover their Kia or Hyundai vehicles has raised concerns. There is no question that the issue of stolen Kias and Hyundais is a nationwide problem, with older models lacking push-button ignitions becoming a popular target among thieves. According to the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office, more than 400 of these vehicles have been stolen since October.
Insurance companies have found that the thefts have been costly, with the frequency of claims increasing almost 80 percent by mid-2021. As a result, two major insurance carriers, State Farm and Progressive, have taken action by temporarily halting new policy applications for certain Hyundai and Kia models in some states. Existing customers will continue to be covered, but these changes only apply to new policies.
Michael Barry, a spokesperson for the insurance information institute, confirmed that no other insurance providers are taking similar actions. He noted that the publicly traded auto insurers have disclosed economic headwinds for them, which is causing the temporary change in policy.
Hyundai and Kia have developed theft deterrent software for affected vehicles, which will be provided free of charge starting later this month. Both companies are monitoring the situation and may adjust their criteria accordingly.
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Chinese Tesla Rival Nio Unveils ET7 Sedan With Over 600 Miles of Range
NIO unveiled its new flagship ET7 sedan last weekend that could become the new longest-range electric vehicle in production. NIO is one of several Chinese-market companies hoping to take on the likes of Tesla and other more established marques, and the ET7 is clearly their most ambitious try yet, promising a swappable battery, high-level autonomous features and over 600 horsepower.
It wouldn’t be a Tesla Model S-baiting sedan without decent performance stats, which the NIO ET7 gets from a 180-kW permanent magnet motor up front and a 300-kW induction motor in the rear. Nio says it has a drag coefficient of just 0.23 Cd. The end result is 644 hp and 627 pound-feet of torque, plus a 0-to-62 mph time of 3.9 seconds.
Its real winning stats are its range figures, though. NIO only cites figures using the more forgiving NEDC test, so expect these figures to be a tad optimistic, but they’re still pretty notable. You can choose from a 70 kWh battery good for over 311 miles of range, a 100 kWh battery good for over 435 miles, or the new solid-state 150 kWh battery capable of over 621 miles or range. The 150 kWh battery is still in development, according to Car and Driver, but is expected to go on sale in 2022. Owners can upgrade to the 150 kWh battery later if desired.
Speaking of swapping, Nio offers a battery-as-a-service program that will swap out a drained battery for a fresh fully-charged one at select stations or, when farther out, through a battery delivery guy. If you subscribe to this service, the price of the car becomes separate from the price of the battery, meaning that the base price of the car itself becomes about $58,000 with the extra $150 per month subscription fee on top for endless swap-outs of the 70 kWh battery, per Car and Driver.
So many sensors. So many.
NIO is also hyping up its NIO Autonomous Driving (yes, that’s really NAD for short) tech, which promises high-level autonomy, although the specific level was not specified in NIO’s release. The systems on the road today, including Cadillac Super Cruise and Tesla Autopilot are all Level 2, meaning that the car can regulate its own speed and even take over other functions like steering, but a driver must be prepated at all times to take over in hazardous or confusing situations. (Shout-out to West Sixth Street, a road I can’t even figure out with human eyeballs.) NIO claims their system can go from point-to-point including parking and battery swapping, be it through freeways or city streets, but again: that’s a big promise for where we are right now and we suspect you’ll still need to pay attention.
We’ll have to see how well NIO’s system works in practice, but the tech behind it sounds impressive. The NIO Aquila Super Sensing system utilizes 33 sensors, including 12 ultrasonic sensors, 11 eight-megapixel cameras, five millimeter-wave radars, two high-precision positioning units and what NIO describes as an “ultralong-range” high-resolution LIDAR system. The system generates 8 GB of data per second. It also features V2X (vehicle-to-everything) tech that can communicate with connected devices, other vehicles and infrastructure outside the car.
NOMI is the twee little dashboard-mounted robot who sits roughly where Porsche’s Sport Chrono stopwatch would go.
Inside, NIO describes the ET7 as a “second living room,” with standard massage seats, soft-close frameless doors, a 12.8-inch AMOLED center display, standard 1,000-watt 23-speaker sound system and NIO’s funky Alexa-but-cute NOMI in-car AI system. It features standard “smart” air suspension and continuous damping control, which sounds a lot like Rolls-Royce’s Flagbearer system, as the ET7 uses high-definition maps and high-resolution sensors to detect road conditions ahead and adjust the suspension accordingly for maximum comfort. NIO says they used a combination of aluminum and high-strength steel in the ET7’s body for extra rigidity and crashworthiness.
The first ET7s will be delivered in China in 2022 with a starting price of 448,000 yuan for the 70 kWh model, or roughly $69,000 U.S., and 506,000 yuan (about $78,000 U.S.) for the 100 kWh model. The upcoming Premier Edition with that 100-kWh battery starts at 526,000 yuan (about $81,000 U.S.). The 150-kWh price is yet to be announced.
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The Imaginate Festival is now in its 23rd year. Running for a full week at venues across Edinburgh, the 2012 line up includes performances from 14 different companies from Europe and beyond.
Aimed primarily at children and young people, Imaginate is committed to the idea that unlocking creativity through engagement with the performing arts will enhance the lives of young people in Scotland.
With a reputation for supporting new and innovative work, it is fitting that the first performance of the festival took place at the Traverse Theatre. On this Bank Holiday Monday, the Traverse bar was buzzing and one couldn’t help but get caught up in the excitement of anticipation.
The show is aimed at those aged 7-plus, but perhaps because this was an evening performance there were a lot more adults than children present. In fact, adults outnumbered children by a factor of at least ten to one.
Tonight’s entertainment was to be an exhilarating dance performance, aptly called ‘Traverse’ and performed by ‘Compagnie Arcosm’ from France.
Established in 2001, the company is co-directed by dancer and choreographer Thomas Guerry and percussionist, pianist and composer Camille Rocailleux, who encourage musicians and dancers to develop the skills of their own discipline but also to explore less familiar types of artistic expression.
This fun, surprising and rather clever piece of theatre expertly combined the elements of percussion and dance.
Set in a dull-looking kitchen, we were treated to the spectacle of one man’s daily, precise-to-the-second routine, being disrupted in fits and starts until the whole routine erupts in a percussive repetition of rhythms and beats that bears little resemblance to his original starting point.
It could be said that this hour-long performance was a game of two halves, the second half marked by the opening out of the tight kitchen scene into an open space that revealed two large xylophones. The percussive elements were then brought to the fore, with the main protagonist conducting others while they banged and kicked cupboard doors and expertly played the percussive instruments in time to the background music.
From a quick scan of the auditorium, it appeared that the younger members of the audience began to lose interest at about this point.
The first half was witty and humorous, the second half more intense and challenging. While this performance was undoubtedly accomplished and beautifully put together, it did leave me wondering in what sense it belonged in a festival that aimed to engage children. For, while it didn’t exactly exclude the younger age bracket, it did perhaps move beyond the point at which children were able to engage.
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We finally realise upon reaching adulthood that the people making rules are as scared as we are. Farouk was at best a puppet of the British: They are trying to be catchers in the rye". Holden particularly notices no flaws in his older brother and younger sister. Green Day, The Offspring Source: Critical reviews affirm that the novel accurately reflected the teenage colloquial speech of the time.
Each Caulfield child has literary talent. His head sinks into a basin of slumber, heavy as a stone slipping to the bottom of a pool. He never addresses his own emotions directly, nor does he attempt to discover the source of his troubles.
Forced to undergo a laryngectomy after years of smoking, he could only hiss. The name of the teacher, chosen by Salinger, even hints at this as Vinson means "conquering" 6 which is exactly what he is attempting to do to his student's minds by controlling how they think.
One critic weighed their importance to the story by sheer volume: There'll be oodles of marvelous places to go to" Salinger He feels less depressed as he watches the boy. It was thought that the Orient did not require the same standards of efficiency or reliability as the Occident, and so a different approximation of punctuality was enforced for British and Egyptian trains.
Mostly he ruminates on the people he meets, people he met in the past and his dead brother. He desperately needs human contact and love, but his protective wall of bitterness prevents him from looking for such interaction.
A selection of your comments appears below. The sculpture commemorated the events ofin which hundreds of thousands of Egyptians across the country — students, peasants, civil servants, and the elite — had joined together in civil disobedience to reject the British occupation.
New Directions has included a foreword by Henry Miller and this new afterword by the writer Anna Della Subin who uses Cossery's oeuvre as a guide to the Egyptian Revolution.
I think the text is a work of genius. This piece is indebted to On Barak for his work on the history of timekeeping in Egypt. Although Cossery claimed to have always carried Egypt inside him, to Egyptians — those who knew of him — he had deserted it.
From the s there are cases of teachers losing their jobs for setting the book. The waves of an immense, seductive sleep covered him.
These characters, as they are introduced, may play different roles to the story line, but each one gives a different perspective of how they interact with someone in Holden's position. There can be few works of The Catcher in the Rye's stature that have avoided a Hollywood adaptation.
Holden may or may not have progressed enough, learned enough, matured enough at the sanitarium to make it in the future.
There is a strong dialogue between the book and the teenage experience - they are mutually shaping. But the title says it all - the core of the book is his daydream about being the catcher in the rye, and saving his young brother.
This stands in sharp contrast to Holden's search throughout the book where he is trying to understand society. Spencer is a well-meaning but long-winded old man. Holden is an anti-hero because he lacks heroic qualities. On his date with Sally Hayes, Holden attempts to relate with her and express his inner desires, even invites her along, only she is too self absorbed 3and tells him "You can't just do something like that" Salingerand tries in turn to convince him to follow a more normal life plan: Her constant questioning as to what he would write next enervated him.
Maybe it's time to look at it again in my late 30s - I may be a little more forgiving of teenage angst instead of getting annoyed. The city chased it without respite. He decides to see Phoebe at lunchtime to explain his plan and say farewell.
Rafik, the middle son, must keep vigil during the siesta to kill the matchmaker conspiring to bring such an enemy of sleep into their den. Cossery was nine when the nation gained nominal independence in In the book The Catcher in the Rye, Holden Caulfield seems like a teenager who is always critical, lonely and depressed.
He seems to not understand that getting older is a part of life. The author of The Catcher in the Rye, J. D Salinger, uses a lot of symbolism to express this. Holden Caulfield, the year-old narrator and protagonist of the novel, speaks to the reader directly from a mental hospital or sanitarium in southern California.
The novel is a frame story (a story within a certain fictional framework) in the form of a long flashback. Monday, September 9, books, dominicgaudious.neteld, dominicgaudious.neter, literature, tagxedo, dominicgaudious.net, dominicgaudious.net 2 comments This word cloud is based not on a published book cover, but on an artist’s homage that is, in my opinion, far more striking and.
Negotiating Masculinity in Salinger's Catcher in the Rye Marley Jeranko Marley, "Negotiating Masculinity in Salinger's Catcher in the Rye" ().Undergraduate Honors Theses. as a culture must take accountability for our role in withholding the glorification and rewards for.
Apr 08, · Explain the significance of the “madness” to the work as a whole. Do not merely summarize the plot. While insanity and delusions play an important role in J.D Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye, Holden Caulfield’s delusional behavior following the death of his brother, Allie, is what one might describe as “irrational.
Jan 01, · Today marks the 95th anniversary of J.D. Salinger's birth. The famously reclusive author, known for penning The Catcher in the Rye and Franny and Zooey, has been in the spotlight more than he.Download


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You just clicked on "TBA". What did you expect to find here? We don't even know what the episode is called yet. That's what "TBA" means.
Here's what we can be sure of:
- Will have a title.
- Around 45-ish minutes long.
- TARDIS Data Core will have an article for every bit part character and the actor who plays them.
- At least 9 memes, at least 8 of them forced memes that quickly die out.
- Plot elements from Lawrence Miles books.
- GOAT, and also perfect argument for Moffat Out.
- Will show why the next Doctor had better be a woman and had better not be a woman.
- Not canon, because now that Capaldi has announced he's quitting, only the Briggs Doctor is canon. And not the remastered versions of the Audio Visuals, only the original 80s versions. Good luck finding them, otherwise all you've got is that one panel from a DWM strip to prove you're a real fan.


Fourth Victim In Mattapan Murders Laid To Rest
The fourth victim of Boston's recent mass murder was laid to rest Monday at Jubilee Baptist Church in Mattapan.
Levaughn Washum-Garrison was 22. He had a baby daughter. He loved watching football, shopping for clothes and eating Sunday dinner at his mother's house, the obituary said.
"He was a great kid and had a loving family," said Bernadette Williams, who knew Washum-Garrison since he was a small boy.
Washum-Garrison was killed almost two weeks ago on a street in Mattapan. Three other victims — including a toddler, his young mother and her boyfriend — were buried last week. Another man shot that night remains in critical condition.
No one has been charged with the murder, although police have a man in custody on related charges.
This program aired on October 11, 2010. The audio for this program is not available.


Ducati has chosen not to do a comparison of head-to-head with two rivals, Honda and Yamaha, the 1,000 cc engine testing. The assurance follows the decision of the Italian team, which will use 800 cc engine in official practice on Monday (15.08.11), a day after the race at Brno, Czech.
However, it is not too surprising, given that Ducati had five times the test machine from the 2012 total of eight-day trial with a MotoGP rider, who was allowed during the year. Compare with Honda the only two times, while the Yamaha has never been.
At 1,000 cc previous tests, all the factories do it privately. However, this time, after the Czech GP, they will officially use the machine on the track. Only confirmed Honda and Yamaha will use the opportunity to try his 2012 motorcycle.
Meanwhile, Ducati decided that, Valentino Rossi and Nicky Hayden, will "dedicate the day to work on a 800 cc engine".
"The team tried to test some electronic systems that have been upgraded at Mugello, and we will use it on a post-race test at Brno to continue to improve the setting and reducing the gap with the group in front," said team manager, Vittoriano Guareschi.
"Filippo (Preziosi) will be there on Monday, and we will continue the development of GP11.1 together with Valentino and Nicky."
At this weekend's race, Rossi would still try GP11.1 that have been used since the Dutch GP June 25, while teammate, Hayden, who had also tried GP11.1 in the first free practice at Laguna Seca-stated his desire to use the GP11.
"Of course the test on Monday will be very important to us. I'll probably still ride the GP11 in the race and then try the new bike on Monday," said American rider.
Rossi and Hayden's performance throughout the 2011 season is not too satisfactory. They will be diving into the series-11 (from a total of 18 series) in Brno is the fifth and seventh in the standings, and each new one podiums.


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Mitch McGary leads the tourney in Morning Win
Today's Big Winner: Mitch McGary
Louisville might be playing for Kevin Ware, but Michigan is playing with Mitch McGary, and as the 2013 NCAA tournament's ultimate X-factor, that makes McGary the most intriguing player (not to mention Most Outstanding Player) heading into tonight's title game.
Modest regular-season numbers begat 21 and 14 in Michigan's statement demolition of VCU in the Round 32, then 25 and 14 in the regional semi win over Kansas, then 11 and nine (with five steals) in the win over Florida, then 10 and 12 (with six assists) on Saturday.
McGary's enthusiastic surge over the past two weeks is precisely what qualifies him for March mythologizing (not to mention a top-five spot if he goes to the 2013 NBA draft). College basketball's most memorable freshmen dovetail with a trip to the title game.
The gold standard is Carmelo Anthony, pound for pound (or minute for minute) the greatest player in NCAA tournament history and the purest interpretation possible of "one-and-done."
NCAA tournament's top five freshmen:
(1) Carmelo Anthony
(2) Patrick Ewing
(3) Pervis Ellison
(4) Anthony Davis
(5) Chris Webber
Also receiving votes: Mitch McGary, Greg Oden, Michael Jordan.
Ewing didn't win a title his freshman year, but was a Michael Jordan title-game jump shot from one, not to mention as big of a freshman sensation as the sport had ever seen. Ellison's entire career was made by his brilliant performance 27 years ago tonight. Davis was unstoppable, and Webber the best player on Michigan's unprecedented all-frosh starting five.
McGary is on the cusp. Continuing his trajectory over the past four games tonight and helping Michigan upset Louisville would surge him into the "best tourney frosh ever?" conversation.
Even if Michigan falls short, McGary has put together the most memorable performance of any player in the 2013 NCAA tournament -- and put himself in elite company historically.
More of today's winners:
Breanna Stewart: UConn's previous losses to Notre Dame instantly forgotten.
Louisville women's hoops: Amazing run continues to the title game.
Rick Pitino: Could he be first to win title at two schools?
Luke Hancock: Tonight's X-factor? Like Saturday, could be bench players.
Will Middlebrooks: Red Sox 3B hits three HR in Boston win vs. Toronto.
After-One-WeekMLB Power Rankings:
(1) Nationals, (2) Tigers, (3) Braves, (4) Giants, (5) Reds
LA Clippers: That's "Pacific Division champion LA Clippers," people.
Utah Jazz: Vault back over the Lakers for eighth in the West.
NHL Winter Classic: Leafs vs. Wings at Michigan Stadium. (Approve!)
Alexander Ovechkin: He keeps scoring, Caps keep surging.
Johnny Manziel: "Johnny Baseball" just doesn't have the same je ne sais quois.
Quote of the Day: "I'd suck anywhere right now." (Josh Hamilton)
If you used President Obama's bracket to pick your own, you would be out-performing 93% of the country right now. (If you used mine? 94%!) But as neither of us have Louisville or Michigan winning it all, both the President and I are going to slide after tonight's game; the "National Bracket" on the other hand, is sitting pretty in the 80th percentile -- with Louisville as the pick.
Pick: Louisville over Michigan.
Check out the Morning Win every weekday morning.
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The Ebola virus outbreak that began in Uganda on September 20 after one case was confirmed in Mubende district the previous day has spread to at least 130 people (lab confirmed) and caused 43 deaths as on November 2. The increase in fatalities has in turn increased the case fatality rate among lab-confirmed cases to 33% (43/130); the case fatality rate was 26.5% (34/128) as on October 29. It is not the increase in case fatality rate alone that is causing concern — the deadly virus has now reached the capital city Kampala; the virus was restricted to the rural areas of Uganda since the outbreak began in September.
Difficulty in tracing
Compared with rural regions, the presence of the virus in Kampala city increases the risk of the virus easily spreading to a large number of people and the increased difficulty of tracing all the contacts. Thus, there is an enhanced possibility of the outbreak becoming bigger, particularly as the virus has already spread to school children — at least six schoolchildren from three schools tested positive for the virus and one child died as on October 28. Also, there is a risk of the virus spreading across borders, as the virus is now present in the capital city.
Unlike the large Ebola outbreak of 2014-2016 caused by the Zaire strain that started in Guinea and spread to two other Western African countries — Sierra Leone and Liberia — by July 2014, the outbreak in Uganda is caused by the relatively rarer Sudan strain. Uganda is facing a Sudan Ebola virus outbreak after a decade.
The Ebola outbreak of 2014-2016 which spread to over 28,000 people and killed 11,000 people allowed the testing of Merck’s vaccine through a ring vaccination strategy. Currently there are no vaccines available for the Sudan strain of the Ebola virus. The silver lining is that Merck has developed a vaccine specifically against the Sudan strain in 2015 and 2016 after the success with the vaccine against the Zaire strain.
Testing on monkeys
However, since there was no outbreak of Ebola caused by the Sudan strain till September this year, the large stock of vaccines against the Sudan strain now spreading in Uganda was never tested on people. But the virus was tested on monkeys and was found to be effective in protecting against the virus. Jon Cohen of Science recently reported that Merck had, in 2021, destroyed the candidate vaccine that it had in vials as the vaccines had expired. However, the vaccine stored in bulk was found to be viable despite more than six years after they were produced.
Besides Merck’s vaccine for the Sudan strain, two other vaccines by the Sabin Vaccine Institute and the University of Oxford are in the process of being produced for clinical testing. While Merck’s vaccine uses the VSV (vesicular stomatitis virus) platform, both Sabin Vaccine Institute and the University of Oxford use the chimpanzee adenoviruses to carry the virus protein into humans, much like in the case of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine.
Clinical trials using the ring vaccination strategy of administering the vaccine among the contacts might begin by mid-November. On October 26, Uganda Media Centre (the country’s official centre for public communications) tweeted that all three candidate vaccines would be evaluated.
Health Minister Jane Ruth Aceng Ocero said the initial plan is to test the vaccine on 3,000 contacts of 150 lab-confirmed cases within 29 days of contact. “The trial preparation has been concluded and we estimate that we may begin the trial in two weeks’ time,” she said on October 26 in a tweet.


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New Event Search Feature
The PNSN earthquake search catalog is now live. By default the page lists events from the last 14 days. Click "Custom Search" to refine your search. Since we are in the process of migrating our legacy catalog into our new acquisition system, this feature can only query events from 2011. We hope to have the catalog backfilled ASAP.
Results can be exported into CSV, XML, RSS, and coming soon, KML.
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Japanese film and voice actor who appeared in several of Hayao Miyazaki's films, including 2001's Spirited Away and 2004's Howl's Moving Castle. He was nominated for Newcomer of the Year by the Japanese Academy for his performance in 2006's The Great Yokai War.
When he was five, he got his start on the television show Happy Mania.
In 2013, he appeared in Kazoku Game.
In a 2010 interview, he said he was close with his family, which included his grandparents, mother and father, and his older sister.
His first major film was Spirited Away, which starred Mari Natsuki.

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The weapon is unique in design and is particular to the Samoan warrior culture. The history of the origins of the weapon has its mythical origins like a Shaka Zulu mini series whereby a warrior Prince forges a weapon from some mythical diety. However, Samoans are less superstitious but will nevertheless attribute the origins of the weapon to two brothers Tunu ma Fata in a time when the Samoans were struggling with their war for independence against the imperial rule of the Vava’uan Tongans.
The liberation of the Samoans from Tongan colonisation would, inadvertantly, be attributed to two factors. Firstly, the Tunu ma Fata twins, whom would later on become the first Malietoa royal line of Samoa, and, secondly, the weapon they had invented, Le Nifo Oti.
The functionality of the weapon is ingenius and it is unique to Samoan military history. The weapon’s primary advantage was the particularity of the design. A blade like weapon which had two sides with primarily opposite functions. On the one side, there is a serrated edge with a hook and on the other a smooth edged blade. The hilt is designed as a fulcrum, to give balance to the blade, and the ability for the warrior to either use the weapon singlehandedly or to grip the handle with both hands. The movement of engagement is primarily to approach the enemy in squarely in a frontal close quarter assault, with the initial movement to ‘parry’ with the initial strike by the enemy’s weapon, and to effect a lethal counter offensive technique. This primary engagement requires the actual contact of combat weapons, either a Club or a Staff, before the Nifo Oti becomes lethally effective. Initially, the parry movement is to allow the Nifo Oti to make actual contact then to ‘catch’ the enemy’s weapon, by latching the weapon on the serrated side with the final movement, whence once the enemy’s weapon slides the weapon through to the hooklike latch, the hook, in turn catches the enemy’s weapon, and in the process, disengages the weapon with a swift deft movement by the Samoan warrior. The enemy’s weapon will be flung assunder renderring the enemy weaponless and defenseless. Once disarmed the enemy is without a weapon and is vulnerable to the smooth edged blade of the weapon which is then initiated will lacerate and dismember the fallen enemy. The opposite side of the weapon is then utilised which will lacerate the enemy and will severe limbs and in particular to decapitate the fallen disarmed foe.
Hypothetically, when initiated by a Nifo Oti specialist of the highest order, the Samoan warrior, may in fact be able to disarm a person armed with a sword, a Katana, with the same close counter technique as aforementioned with equal lethal potency.