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Happy Holidays, everybody! As the festive season is firmly underway, I’ve curated a selection of the finest holiday orchestral and choral music written by women. Whilst the gazillionth performance of Handel’s Messiah may be a longstanding tradition in many places, this week I offer some amazing alternative holiday and Christmas classics to program.
Margaret Ruthven Lang – The Heavenly Noël (1916)
Her Opus 57, The Heavenly Noël marks one of Lang’s final compositions. A religious devotee in later life, Lang sets a text here by Anglican clergyman and poet Richard Lawson Gales, creating a beautifully enigmatic piece arranged for choir, small orchestra, organ and cello. Starting on a somewhat mystical, sparsely scored note, The Heavenly Noël slowly builds from the solo vocal part, the texture becoming more layered and complex until the choir joins in halfway through.
Vítězslava Kaprálová – Christmas Prelude (Prelude de Noël) for Chamber Orchestra
Written and recorded in 1939 for a Parisian Christmas Eve radio broadcast, Prelude de Noël rings with a familiar European Christmas sound, as a festive brass fanfare opens the work. Cheery winds and swirling strings abound before a mysterious oboe and bassoon duet in the middle section. The flurry of strings return, depicting a snowy, wintry, night leading to a final dance-like motif, bringing the piece to a quick, understated close.
Rebecca Clarke – Combined Carols (or get ‘em all over at once)
Mash-ups went classical in 1942 with this cheeky take on Christmas carols. Featuring the well-known verses God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen, Silent Night and O Come All Ye Faithful, Clarke mixed them all together for string quartet with a touch of contrapuntal verve for the amusement of her family. She subsequently arranged it for string orchestra and both versions are reported to be published. The University of Portland Chamber Orchestra performed the work in 2020. Our friends at The Rebecca Clarke Society, Inc. do have a copy of the published string orchestra version that they are happy to loan in the US. (email [email protected])
Margaret Bonds – Ballad of the Brown King (1954)
Move over, Messiah! This spectacular Christmas cantata needs to be on every choir’s regular holiday programming. Written by American composer Margaret Bonds with libretto by her friend and Harlem Renaissance leader Langston Hughes, Ballad of the Brown King tells the story of the dark-skinned King Balthazar who travelled to Bethlehem.
Through nine breath-taking movements, Margaret Bonds and Langston Hughes conjure a wonderfully evocative work, echoing with love and warmth. A true celebration of Black creativity whose world premiere recording in 2019, from conductor Malcom J Merriweather, brought together some of the finest Black artists in America, creating a landmark album for the ages. (the entire CD booklet is here. This is on the Avie label, whose recent Grammy-nominated CD was featured in a previous post).
Teresa Procaccini – Chant de Noel
An unusual combination for the next selection: oboe and string orchestra, not an instrumental union you hear very frequently, however it is very effective. Written in 2000, enjoy a dreamy piece for the new millennium. Known for her brilliant wind and brass music, Italian composer Procaccini offers a modern take on the Christmas spirit, highlighting the warmth of the solo oboe with a pastoral sheen.
Rosephanye Powell – Christmas Give
Rosephanye Powell wrote this stunning suite of six songs in 2009, her powerful message of love and hope resounding throughout each piece. Evoking fond memories of her own childhood in Alabama, Powell transports us to a Christmas full of merriment, laughter and family. Taking inspiration from African tales, Harlem Renaissance poet Countee Cullen, popular ballads, gospel music and movie musicals, Rosephanye Powell’s Christmas Give offers an entire festive world and a reason to celebrate all year round.
Deborah Cheetham – Christmas With You
During that difficult 2020 holiday season filled with COVID restrictions, ABC Classic found the perfect way to lift the spirits of those down under (and elsewhere too)! Commissioning the amazing Deborah Cheetham to compose a brand-new carol, they created the Classic Choir consisting of 1500 Australians from all over the country. Each person downloaded the sheet music, rehearsed privately and online before filming their contribution. ABC Classic collected all 1500 solo videos into the final video featuring every single contributor and the Queensland Symphony Orchestra, releasing the extraordinary piece on December 15, 2020. This gloriously moving carol, a true modern classic, should be a regular holiday staple from now on.
I hope you enjoy this brief selection of incredible pieces, broadening your festive horizons from the usual fare and encouraging some wider programming every season.
Happy Holidays everyone!


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ELIZABETHTON, Tenn. — A Johnson City man charged with killing a Kingsport couple who went missing in January has entered a not guilty plea in Carter County Sessions Court.
The Johnson City Press reports 43-year-old Eric James Azotea appeared in court Wednesday for arraignment on charges that include two counts of murder, abuse of a corpse and tampering with evidence in the deaths of 36-year-old Arthur Gibson and 22-year-old Amber Terrell.
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I started writing screenplays and fell in love with it. My first screenplay won the WGA Producers Access Program. Four out of six of my spec scripts have been optioned but none of them made it to the screen. Frustrating.
I opened my own production company, Got a Laugh Entertainment. Then wrote, produced, directed and starred in a short which was accepted at Cannes and won multiple awards in additional festivals.
Next, I made a 90-minute romantic comedy, “1 Nighter”, starring Timothy Bottoms and myself. I also wrote, produced and directed. It gets 3.0 to 4.2 stars of Amazon depending on how much I promote it. A lot of big budget studio films get 2 stars. There aren’t many people who can write, produce, direct and star in a feature and be successful at it.
Now, I’m moving into mainstream films with my next feature, “Finding Joy”. It’s a woman’s empowerment story about losing love, gaining strength and finding joy. It's not a revenge script or an action film in which a woman battles beasts and barbarians with only one magic spear. It’s about a devoted mom and loving supportive wife. Joy Richman is a character every woman can relate to.
The film shoots in Singapore and the US and has a mixed Asian and American cast. Now I have to build a new team for representation and partner with a company set up to work in Singapore and the US.
People on the festival circuit always asked me how I could do all of that. I think what sets me apart from others is the way I think. Most people look at their lives and think, "Where can I go from here?" They are looking at their lives from the bottom up. I decide what I want to do and make it happen.
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Timothy N. Baldwin, JD.
February 19, 2011
Recently, Britain’s Prime Minister, David Cameron, stated a political maxim he feels is worthy of admitting. Cameron publically acknowledged that multiculturalism doesn’t work. The catalyst, as it is admitted, to his acknowledgment is the cultural and political problems caused by fundamentally-opposed persons and activists infiltrating Britain and changing European philosophy into Islamic philosophy. As the Prime Minister admits, a clash of fundamentals cannot co-exist simultaneously in the same environment. One or the other will naturally prevail; but before the victor wins, there will be a serious contest and fight between the fundamentals. This fight almost always comes in the form of laws, policies and constitutions—in other words, the way people are governed. So, as Britain and many of the European states are finding out, for a State to maintain its identity and freedom, it must maintain its sovereignty and independence against those who fundamentally challenge its cultural and societal unity of jurisprudence, interest and purpose.
For decades, the fundamentals in the States of America have similarly clashed and have resulted in a union held together by little more than fear: fear of federal government retribution, fear of economic suffering, fear of political instability and the like. Yet, regardless of the political tie, the societal and cultural ties erode ever more as the natural progression of societies reveals a clash of fundamentals. As a symptom of this phenomenon, the States seemingly have no control over the federal government supposedly designed for limited purposes for the benefit of all of the States because their concepts regarding self-government and the role of the federal government are fundamentally opposed to each other. Unfortunately, the larger societies get the more out of control the federal government becomes because of the increasing clash of the fundamentals.
This clash does not represent an intentional animosity one towards another, nor does it necessarily reveal a conspiracy on the part of any to subdue the other. More accurately put, it reflects the evolutionary shifts societies make to better protect, provide and secure their own borders and citizens as they deem best. States which ignore this duty to protect, provide and secure have already been defeated and have little to no chance of defeating a clash from within. This process is not only natural but also necessary. Of course, as societies change over the decades and centuries, there is simultaneously a competition within the State against those who would subject the State to “foreign” interests and others who would prefer the survival and defense of the interests beneficial for the people of that State. Thus, as is the case for Britain, the very survival and existence of the State rests with the ability of the citizens and government to successfully suppress movements that would strip it of its natural and traditional jurisprudence and culture.
A State protects itself from such attacks—whether it be from a foreign country, neighboring States or the federal government—by maintaining and executing its sovereignty against any external or internal force that would usurp the fundamental notions which make the State what it is naturally and independently of all other societies. Without this ability to protect itself internally and externally, the State is destined for destruction in one form or another and will inevitably give way to the clash of the opposing fundamental.
The lessons of history could be revealed in volumes proving this very fact and have been. Yet, it seems very few, even in the States of America, grasp the reality that even one’s neighbors, allies or agents can be harmful to the State. Many seem to think that the “one American people” idea is superior to the idea that the different societies of the different States must have the independence and freedom to self-govern, self-defend and self-determine. In reality, such a notion only breeds the multiculturalism dilemma being experienced by Britain today and results in the destruction of the State’s traditions, culture and way of living, thereby allowing only those powerful enough to subdue society to become the rule of law.
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Therefore, those who desire to preserve the legacy and heritage of freedom must understand, accept and implement the methods through which that freedom can be preserved; that is, through sovereignty, independence and self-government, along with the power to defend those attributes. Without these tools, multiculturalism will destroy the States in America as well as it is destroying Britain today.
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Timothy N. Baldwin is an attorney from Pensacola, FL. He received his bachelor of arts degree at the University of West Florida in 2001 and received his Juris Doctorate degree from Cumberland School of Law at Samford University in 2004. Baldwin was a Prosecutor in the 1st District of Florida from 2004 to 2006. In 2006, he started his own law practice, where he created specialized legal services entirely for property management companies.
Like his father, Chuck Baldwin, Timothy Baldwin is an astute articulator of cutting-edge political ideas, which he posts on his website, www.libertydefenseleague.com and speaks about in various public forum. Baldwin is the author of Freedom For A Change, in which he expounds the fundamental principles of freedom believed by America’s forefathers and gives inspiring and intelligent application of those principles to America’s current political and cultural standing. Baldwin believes that the times require all freedom-loving Americans to educate, invigorate and activate the principles of freedom within the STATES of America for ourselves and our posterity.
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The “Matchbox Twenty 2020” tour kicks off in Pennsylvania at the Wind Creek Event Center in Bethlehem and ends in Los Angeles.
The band hasn’t been on the road since 2017.
Matchbox Twenty fan club members will be able to get tickets on pre-sale Tuesday. Tickets go on sale to the general public Friday starting at 12 p.m.

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Milwaukee Brewers: 250 Words or Less: 9/2/11
The Milwaukee Brewers snapped a 3 game losing streak by rallying against the Houston Astros 8-2.
Zack Greinke ended up with the win, going 6 innings and giving up 9 hits, the most he’s surrendered all season. Greinke just never looked fully concentrated on the mound, leaving far too many throws high over the plate. It’s been a bit of a plague in the rotation lately, contributing to what is now three straight subpar starts. If the team is expected to fall back to earth and suffer a few miserable turns at some point, might as well get it out of the way now.
On offense, the team looked a little off focus as well at the start, never really clicking at the right time. Houston got a solid game from their starter, getting into trouble on a few occasions but getting the Brewers out in a few key situations. Once the bullpen took over, things got a bit dicey for the Astros. Taylor Green, seeing another big league game as a pinch hitter, got on base to lead off the 7th, and the Brewers eventually took the lead 3-2. New call-up Logan Schafer saw his first action as a pinch runner.
The Crew struck again in the 8th with a two-run home run by Casey McGehee. The ninth followed with Ryan Braun and Prince Fielder extending the lead to 8-2, Fielder on his own two-run shot. It was an entirely different team from earlier in the game; now in total command, upbeat in the dugout and possibly aware of the score of the St. Louis Cardinals game. St. Louis eventually lost, falling 8.5 games behind the Brewers. Milwaukee’s magic number is now 16.
Carlos Gomez made an appearance late in the game, returning for the first time since his shoulder injury. He’ll slide his way back into the center field platoon as the team looks to get healthier for a big run. Chris Narveson gets the pitch tomorrow night.
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Maintaining a certain degree of focus can be a challenge these days due to the endless distractions that keep luring us throughout the day. The distraction could be either external or internal. Our minds have a way of steering us away from the task at hand. You might find yourself thinking about your pending to-do list, worst-case scenarios and all sorts of worrisome thoughts.
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Cannabidiol is a natural substance extracted from cannabis and hemp plants. The 2018 Farm Bill legalized the use of hemp-derived CBD because it’s safer than the cannabis-derived version. CBD happens to be the non-psychoactive compound in marijuana.
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With such a low THC concentration, CBD use does not pose the risk of overdosing or getting high. Studies on CBD are ongoing, and some of the research findings show that this compound has potent health benefits. Some of the health benefits tied to CBD include preventing or lowering heart disease risks, infertility, obesity, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
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Anxiety is yet another stress trigger. It is a mental health condition capable of inhibiting us from completing some of the simplest tasks because we allow worry and fear to take over our lives. Anxiety can lead to depression when left untreated.
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As CBD aids with more serotonin production, you will feel less anxious and focus better on your tasks.
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You can agree with me that it’s hard to focus on anything when suffering from pain. Whether temporary or chronic, pain can be a distraction at work. Research shows that CBD can help with pain management by serving as an anti-inflammatory agent. It is a natural pain reliever when compared to traditional painkillers.
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Addiction can strike in various forms from social media to food, to opioids, to cigarettes. Regardless of what your addiction is, it is challenging to maintain focus when that craving strikes.
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It’s hard to focus on your job when you are thinking of your dull skin, acne, or wrinkles. CBD can solve these problems for you, taking away the worries. Being a potent antioxidant, it can help reduce wrinkles and treat acne issues.
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When you feel low and lose focus, you will need an energy boost to bring you back to the present moment. Cannabidiol can serve as your natural charge to help you feel more energetic. In effect, you will be better able to face and tackle your day.
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The Samsung Chat 357
The Samsung Chat 357 is an update to the Chat 335. It comes packed with messaging features and is designed with social networking in mind.
This phone has a 2.4 inch touchscreen that displays in 167PPI (Pixels Per Inch). The average PPI for a modern smartphone is 255.
The Chat 357 has a 2MP camera and can record video in up to QVGA (320x240). This phone does not have a front facing camera.
Based upon its processor speed and memory, this phone receives an unmudlr performance rating of 6 out of 100.
The Chat 357 has an estimated battery life of around 11 hours. The average smartphone battery life is around 10 hours. It has a battery capacity of 1000mAh (MilliAmp hours). The average battery capacity is 1950mAh. The battery on this phone is removable.
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This phone comes in a dual SIM version (called the Samsung Chat 357 Duos) that enables you to pop in two SIM cards at once and choose the one you want to use. This comes in handy if you are planning to use your phone abroad extensively or want to keep your business and personal calls separate.
The Samsung Chat 357 has an FM radio and an MP3 player. The Chat 357 supports instant messaging services such as Google Talk, MSM and Facebook Chat and is able to integrate with social media via the built in Facebook and Twitter apps.
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Early 20th century, carved wood, the lanceolate blades with fine checkering and deeply carved geometric devices, while the smooth shafts terminate in decorative pyramid forms.
56 in. and 54 in.
The shorter paddle with a 2 in. area of loss along an edge that is naturally smoothed and lightly polished by surface wear; minor chips from normal use to extremities; very good condition.


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New music album "Opening Doors to the Summer" in our Sound Library
Finally the long-awaited summer is in. Towards June weekend, we have prepared an exclusive music album "Opening Doors to the Summer" with the music from the rare records stored in the Museum "Collection". We are presenting compositions performed by the popular singers of the 40-60s of the XX century - Jacqueline Françoiss, Rosemary Clooney, the outstanding instrumentalist of the swing era - Harry James.
We meet the summer with our favorite tunes!
The album "Opening Doors to the Summer" is in our Sound Library.


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There are a lot of different aspects to planning a garden. There were a few I had nearly been afraid to tackle up until this last week. Seed starting dates, frost dates, and how much to plant in order to feed our family for a year… all things that seemed somewhat elusive to me until now! Praying that our plans this year provide us with our best garden yet!
Before you make your first project, you’re going to want to learn a little bit more about what supplies you are going to need. We’ll also walk you through what you should know about owning a rotary cutter, ruler, and mat should you decide to acquire them for this project.
With predators being common in our area, we needed to get aggressive in our chicken protection plan…for us, the only solution was electrification.
Have I mentioned before that our house is big? Sometimes I miss how easy it was to clean a smaller house… No, I don’t say this to brag, but I tell you this because I feel silly when I say “this is the movie night room” when taking people through the house. It’s not a… Continue reading House Tour: Movie Night Room
Part 2: How we built the kitchen cabinet, and what tools and materials we used.
We built our own kitchen sink cabinet to replace the old, rotting cabinet!


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The implications of depression ranges from the disabling effect that it has on everyday life to its severe effects, such as suicide, yet according to the World Health Organization, between 76% and 85% of people in low- and middle-income countries have no access to depression treatments. Barriers to effective care include the inaccurate assessment of the disorder. Enquiring about the intensity of a client’s sadness, pessimism, guilt, loss of pleasure, criticalness, or suicidal thoughts and ideation need to be done with extreme sensitivity. The Beck Depression Inventory®-II (BDI®-II) can guide practitioners wishing to broach the topic of depression with clients in an accurate, safe, non-threatening, delicate manner. Currently still based on the DSM-IV criteria, the inventory nevertheless provides valuable insights into the severity of the client’s symptoms, thereby guiding the practitioner’s intervention plans.
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I’ve just watched American Idol. As usual, David Archuleta and David Cook both put on very strong performances tonight. One David is a hardcore rock artist. The other one is a balladeer. I hope they get to the final showdown. It’d be one hell of a show.
It’s a bit of a challenge to compare the two though since they are very good in their own genre’s. Who’s to say that the rocker is better than the balladeer? Perhaps those who like rock. But all those who like ballad would surely love to hear the other one sing. It’s like comparing apples to oranges. There’s really no point in comparing. Which reminds me, American Idol is an entertainment business after all.
In the end, they are both very good singers. Any of the two will surely make a great album. Selling the album will be another story.


Is there a diiference from front to rear piston? Anyone have a front piston that they will sell? Broke valve you know what happened next. need front piston only. Cylinder and head survived as well as rings. Cant find one used and am not buying 2 new ones for this is my backup bike.


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Four fiddles, a dash of Shetland, a drop of the Highlands, a handful of hypnotic harmonies.
Rant: Scotland's chamber folk quartet. Lauren MacColl, Bethany & Jenna Reid, Sarah-Jane Summers.
They use only their fiddles to weave a tapestry of textures, sounds and musical colour, drawing on material from old collections and their own compositions.
Their name is a old Scots word for an energetic dance or it's tune, to make merry, or to frolic!
Winners of a 'Herald Angel' award for Edinburgh Festivals 2013
Kinnaris Quintet alternates wonderfully between sweet warmth and rapturous joy. They accomplish what all good folk music aims at. It's very difficult to make an instrumental album of this length not start to all sound the same, but every track on Free One is so well constructed as to be chapters of a moving story, finally deeply satisfied by the conclusion of the title track. By jolts and false starts it alludes to brokenness without drowning in it. It's full of a realism that sees the ugliness of the real world and yet chooses joy, and this to me is what it truly means to be free. gripraven


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Chloe Jasmine Whichello has turned down the chance to appear on Celebrity Big Brother, according to a report.
The blonde beauty - who competed on this year's X Factor until she was voted off alongside fellow contestant Stephanie Nala last weekend - first rejected an offer by Channel 5 bosses to appear on the reality TV series prior to her stint on the competition earlier this year and is now said to have snubbed them again following her exit from the ITV show.
The 25-year-old model reportedly feared the competition would be too "stressful" for her and didn't want to feel "trapped" in the Big Brother house.
A source told The Sun newspaper: "They made a really generous offer but Chloe decided that it isn't right for her.
"She's quite sensitive and was worried spending all that time trapped in the house would be stressful.
"She just didn't want to put herself through it, especially after the stress and pressures of X Factor. So she politely declined."
However, Chloe - who also starred on the reality modelling series The Face last year - isn't ruling out a return to TV in the future if the "right show" came along.
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The source explained: "It's not necessarily the case that she won't consider other shows in the future, but it'd have to be the right time and the right show."
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Straddling the California-Nevada border, Death Valley National Park occupies a desert valley area between the arid Great Basin and Mojave deserts. It is the hottest and driest place in America, and the lowest of all the national parks in the lower 48 states. Covering 3.3 million acres, this park features salt-flats, mysterious rocks, sand dunes, badlands, colorful sandstone canyons and mountains. This land of extremes offers many breathtaking sites across its expanse.
Situated at the south end of the park, Badwater Basin is 277 feet below sea level and the lowest point of land in North America. This scorching basin features vast white salt flats that cover nearly 200 square miles. Badwater never dries out fully, and support a unique species of small bluish fish called the Death Valley pupfish.
The Race Track is a scenic dry lake, characterized by dried beige colored mud, at least 1,000 feet thick, and is known for its mysterious moving stones. These stones vary in size and appear to have long tracks trailing behind them, giving the impression that they have been pushed through the mud.
Looking out over a dreamlike landscape of wavy, unique hard-packed ridge formation of gold, orange and brown earth, Zabriskie Point offer spectacular views of the valley and the Panamint Mountains.
Overlooking Death Valley is Dante’s View, a 1,669 meters high viewpoint terrace that give the best panoramic view of Death Valley. This view extends over the valley floor for miles, across Badwater Basin and the mountains lining the far side of the valley.
Artist’s Palette is an area located along Artist’s Drive, a one-way, nine-mile paved loop. It is a colorful section of hillside, with a blend of multiple colors including, orange, pink, brown, green and turquoise created by metals in the rock.
Situated south of Furnace Creek, Devil’s Golf Course is a flat expanse of sharp salt crystals that form a huge field of jagged salt boulders. This vast area of solitude offers an unusual sight.
Twenty Mule Team Canyon is a 2.7-mile one-way dirt road bounded in particular sections by rock walls, barren flats and vibrantly colorful hills that make for incredible scenery.
Located at the north end of Death Valley, the Ubehebe Crater is roughly half-mile wide and 400 feet deep. It is formed from a volcanic explosion and the ground is dark, featuring lava flows and cinders.
Death Valley is nature untamed, spectacular and awe-inspiring.


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Bow Wow is getting ready to say goodbye to the rap game. He plans on dropping one more album, "NYLTH," which he says will be produced by Snoop Dogg.
Shad Moss, who currently raps as Bow Wow, has announced his retirement from music. Now 29, he told his fans, "I just can't see myself at 30 years old rapping." Before he hangs up the mic for good, he plans to release one more album -- maybe before his 30th birthday on March 9. He revealed that his final album will be called NYLTH (perhaps an acronym) and that it will be executive produced by Snoop Dogg, who was the man who first discovered him and who gave him the name Lil' Bow Wow, which he used for his first two albums.
Moss' first release came at age 12 with 1999's "Stick Up," featuring his mentor Jermaine Dupri, who signed him to So So Def Recordings. The next year, Lil' Bow Wow released his debut album, Beware of Dog, which was certified double-platinum within six months of its release.
Bow Wow claims that he "made over 20 million off rap" and sold over 10 million records. "Retirement only means that it is time for a new adventure," he tweeted. Moss told hip-hop personality Taxstone that he's currently involved in three TV shows. His past TV gigs include "CSI: Cyber," "106 & Park," and "Entourage." He's starred in films such as "Like Mike," "Roll Bounce," and "Lottery Ticket."
Congrats to Bow Wow on nearly two decades in the game!
My last album will be Executive Produced by my uncle Snoop and myself. Since he brought me in the game, its only right i involve him and end it with him. ITS OFFICIAL!!!! THIS SHIT BOUT TO BANG ON MOMMAS! And we aiming and im talking RECKLESS on this album. NOBODY SAFE #DPG #ATK THE TITLE OF MY FINAL ALBUM "NYLTH" @rmmpercy @dazdillinger @snoopdogg
"Retirement only means that it is time for a new adventure" over 10 million sold. This the last one. THANK YOU pic.twitter.com/XnWldHxYrB— Shad Moss(Bow Wow) (@smoss) August 7, 2016
"I always said years ago i'd retire from music before 30. I just cant see myself at 30 years old rapping" pic.twitter.com/U7Fs4R6WMf— Shad Moss(Bow Wow) (@smoss) August 7, 2016
"Made over 20 million off rap. Why be greedy? Im good with everything i accomplished. I made it to the white house" pic.twitter.com/bSnDdG7cRF— Shad Moss(Bow Wow) (@smoss) August 7, 2016
@TAXSTONE i made 20 mill tax off rap. What else is there for me to do bro! IM DONE— Shad Moss(Bow Wow) (@smoss) August 7, 2016
You stupid! 😂 its time to count these TV checks bro. I did it https://t.co/xnONU1sFNw— Shad Moss(Bow Wow) (@smoss) August 7, 2016
I got 3 NEW tv shows i dont have time for that baby https://t.co/Q61fZPZ78D— Shad Moss(Bow Wow) (@smoss) August 7, 2016


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Yes, you can probably file this under “Chris is thinking too much about Superman again.” But the latest trailer for Man of Steel is out, and I am almost physically excited by the chances for this movie now. I admit, I’m an easy target for anything about Superman. As a kid, I wore the Underoos, […]
(A regift. Originally published December 22, 2009. Merry Christmas.) As someone who was not really fond of the holiday season for years — long story with familiar elements: divorce, family tension, bills, et cetera — I’m sort of surprised how many of my favorite movies are Christmas-themed. It starts with Die Hard, which is still […]
San Diego Comic-Con beckons. Here’s geek centerfold fantasy and Daily Show correspondent Olivia Munn on her favorite things about Nerd Prom. And he might not be Maxim-worthy, but Chris Sims has his own take on what to see at Comic-Con. And while I’m not trying to start rumors of an impending Chris Sims/Olivia Munn whirlwind […]
Gotta love these guys. Not the Nazis, the filmmakers. Rather than jump through Hollywood hoops, they’re making the movie themselves.


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Slight tax increase in Vernon budget proposal
By ROB JENNINGS
VERNON -- Mayor Vic Marotta's proposed 2015 municipal budget, for the first time in four years, would not lower taxes.
The $23.739 million budget plan, submitted by Marotta to the Township Council, would result in a $12 municipal tax increase to $1,260, based on the average home value of $218,720.
The municipal bill in 2014 to homes assessed at $219,359, the average value at that time, decreased by $22. Similar decreases occurred in 2013 and 2012.
A public hearing on the budget, followed by a likely council vote, is scheduled for April 13 in the municipal bulding, 21 Church Street.
Marotta took office in July 2011 as Vernon's first directly-elected mayor, following a referendum changing the township's form of government, and is the only mayor in Sussex County with full executive authority.
In an interview Thursday, Marotta outlined some of the cost drivers in the budget. Most significantly, the mayor is budgeting $3.3 million for employee health care premiums, up $713,000 from 2014.
On a lesser note, Marotta is including $52,500 to provide $300 annual stipends to volunteers and rescue squad members putting in a minimal amount of time that will be specified in a future ordinance.
Regarding the perpetually thorny issue of his salary, Marotta is budgeting a $6,000 raise, to $36,000 annually. The council approved raises to $50,000 in 2012 and $70,000 in 2014, but petition drives led to the increases being blocked and withdrawn, respectively.
Marotta's township-paid health benefits were upheld last year by a Superior Court judge who declared him to be a full-time employee -- the first such determination of his status.
Marotta was joined at the budget briefing by Vernon's business administrator, William Zuckerman.
Vernon continues to grapple with a county-wide phenomenon, a declining tax base. It slipped in Vernon from $2.656 billion in 2014 to $2.444 billion, a 0.44 percent decrease.
The municipal tax rate under Marotta's budget would rise from $0.569 per $100 of assessed value, to $0.576.
State aid to Vernon in 2015, totaling $2.262 million, is unchanged.
Vernon is anticipating $1.4 million in delinquent tax payments, down from $1.8 million in 2014.
A $1.481 million payment from the Vernon Township Municipal Utilities Authority, up nearly $100,000 from last year, would comprise 6.2 percent of the budget.


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A new study on spanking, considered the most complete analysis to date on the topic, finds the more children are spanked, the more likely they are to defy their parents, exhibit anti-social behaviors and experience mental health and cognitive problems.
"Spanking makes children's behavior worse," lead author Elizabeth T. Gershoff told me. "It has the opposite effect than what parents want: It doesn't make children better-behaved, and it doesn't teach children right from wrong. It's not related to immediate compliance, and it doesn't make children behave better in the future."
Gershoff, an associate professor of human development and family sciences at the University of Texas at Austin, partnered with Andrew Grogan-Kaylor, an associate professor at the University of Michigan School of Social Work, to analyze 50 years of research on spanking.
"The evidence against spanking is one of the most consistent findings in the field of psychology," Gershoff said.
Indeed, much of the new study's findings have been reported before: Across age groups, spanking is an ineffective discipline tool that is associated with increased aggression, delinquent behaviors, anxiety and depression. Children who are spanked are also far more likely to spank their own children, continuing the pointless and barbaric cycle.
"We took all the data that focuses just on spanking, which we defined as swatting a child on the behind with an open hand," Gershoff said.
That's enough, they found, to cause long-term damage to a child's psyche.
Still, roughly 80 percent of children around the world are spanked or otherwise physically punished, according to a 2014 UNICEF report.
Why the disconnect?
Gershoff chalks it up to a variety of factors — religious beliefs, the false belief that spanking is effective and, most frequently, the fact that parents were spanked as children.
"I have a couple of answers I give to people who think, 'My parents spanked me, and I turned out OK,'" Gershoff said.
"First, we turned out OK because our parents did other things, like sat us down at the kitchen table and talked to us and gave us reasons why they wanted to see us behave. We turned out OK in spite of spanking, not because of it," she said. "Second, when I was a child, there were no seat belts in cars. Do I think I turned out OK because my parents didn't put me in a seat belt? No. I think I turned out because we didn't get in an accident.
"We have evolved in our understanding of what protects children," she said. "We now know we can protect our children and promote their behavior without spanking."
I asked Gershoff if she thinks we'll ever see spanking outlawed in the United States. It's illegal, after all, to slug your spouse. Why not your children, who are, arguably, even more vulnerable?
"Society used to look the other way when spouses engaged in violence," she said. "The women's movement changed that. We had a big sea change, and it became illegal. We could see a sea change like that for children, and I hope that we will."
Corporal punishment is banned in close to 50 countries, including Germany, Spain, Kenya, Denmark and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Why not here?
"It's based on our history of treating children as property," psychiatrist Paul Holinger, founder of Chicago's Center for Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy, once told me. "And a misunderstanding of our basic built-in feelings and what gets elicited (from spanking) — the fear, the shame, the rage, the distress — which are neurobiologically toxic reactions."
I hope this new study inspires a closer look at the cruel, outdated and, by all measures, ineffective practice.


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IN JULY 2011, about a week before I landed in Western Borneo, a local man sent an ominous text message to his boss from deep within the jungle. For more than 10 years, this man had worked as a research assistant at the Cabang Panti Research Station, in the core of Gunung Palung National Park, a mountainous wilderness that contains some of Indonesia’s last lowland rain forest and remains a stronghold for orangutans, gibbons, and other primates. Like many protected areas in the developing world, Gunung Palung’s boundaries were poorly enforced, and the people from the hardscrabble communities nearby had been logging and hunting in the park’s periphery for decades.
Cabang Panti (pronounced CHA-bong Pon-tee), by virtue of its remoteness and year-round research activities, had largely been spared. The research assistant, whose name I have agreed to withhold, kept track of the growth of the dominant canopy trees, including Borneo ironwood, which can live for more than 10 centuries and is prized for its dense lumber. One morning, he was walking along a trail when he heard a chainsaw through the thick understory.“I’ve come across people working,” he texted. When he and a coworker returned later, they found a fresh stump and a massive tree splayed across the trail. They took photos of the area with their cell phones, documenting more than a dozen felled trees, including several ironwoods marked with aluminum research tags. Nearby, smaller trees had been stripped of their bark to construct a kuda-kuda, a rudimentary rail system loggers use to transport heavy timber to the nearest waterway.
The photos quickly spread through the network of biologists and conservationists working near the park, including an American doctor named Kinari Webb, who operates her clinic in the regional hub of Sukadana. The episode was not as shocking as the time a researcher crossed paths with a hunter holding the embryonic body of an orangutan stripped of its skin. Nor was it as upsetting as the weeks Webb spent caring for an orphaned baby orangutan, only to find a bullet in its stomach after it died. Nevertheless, the tree-felling—conducted in broad daylight, a stone’s throw from an international scientific station—was far more significant. It meant that no part of Gunung Palung would ever be safe.
Webb’s clinic is the most powerful bridge between the people who want to save the rain forest and the people who are destroying it. Poachers and loggers are just like the rest of us. They get sick. They get malaria. They get ear infections. One way or another, they are going to end up sitting on the turquoise plastic chairs in Webb’s waiting room.
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Christensen, who also happens to be a photographer, was given the Memoir for a few days to use as her phone and camera throughout her travels in New York and Barcelona. Images that she took with the Memoir were then put on display at the event.
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Lisa Marie Presley’s marriage to Michael Jackson pushed her personal life into the spotlight. While she gained notoriety and fame as the daughter of Elvis Presley and Priscilla Presley, the relationship with Jackson resulted in several reports and assumptions. Presley revealed in 2010 why the couple decided not to have children during their marriage.
Lisa Marie Presley had two children before she married Michael Jackson
Jackson and Presley connected based on their similar childhood upbringings. In the 1970s, Jackson’s life changed dramatically when his family’s group, The Jackson 5, became popular. Presley grew up in the limelight, as her father already achieved massive musical success when she was born. Although Presley briefly met Jackson at the age of 7-years-old, their romantic relationship happened much later. In 1992, the pair started dating but kept their romance hush-hush. They went public with their relationship in August 1994, where Presley confirmed they married back in May 1994 and said she took Jackson’s last name.
“My married name is Mrs. Lisa Marie Presley-Jackson,” Presley’s statement read. “We both look forward to raising a family and living a happy, healthy life together.”
Before dating Jackson, Presley left her first husband, Danny Keough. The couple welcomed two children during their marriage- Riley and Benjamin. After she finalized her divorce from Keough, Presley married Jackson 20 days later.
Lisa Marie Presley and Michael Jackson didn’t have children because she refused to go through a ‘custody battle’
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Bad pop songs and afterschool specials are continually telling us that “children are our future”. The young people programming this year’s Glasgow Youth Film Festival have said “fuck that”, their future is now. In its inaugural year, the festival is a unique experiment where every aspect of the festival, from programming to schmoozing with the festival’s guests, is performed by the young organisers; there’s no adult patronising this youth audience.
Guiding the young programmers through the finer points of festival curation was Emily Munro, Head of Learning at the Glasgow Film Theatre. She spoke to Subcity's Screen Shrapnel on the eve of the festival to explain the machinations of this singular film festival.
We also caught up with Tom Harper, director of the festival opener The Scouting Book for Boys, a poetic take on unrequited love set in the most prosaic of locations, a caravan park in Norfolk. It was an inspired opening, speaking to both hormone filled teenagers and the older members of the audience, who could reminisce on their salad days petting in the shallow end of a Butlins swimming pool. Tom explained to us the trials of making his debut feature, his opinion of film festivals in general and why he’s delighted to bring his film to Glasgow.
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Britwell Hill near Watlington is a truly beautiful spot in the Chilterns Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB). At around 735 feet, it provides stunning views over the Oxford Plain and footpaths nearby that run beside a Norman embankment through Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) rich in downland flora.
At Britwell Hill we work for an environmentally-friendly Linking Environment And Farming (LEAF) farmer who is endeavouring to run the farm in a way that supports, protects and encourages wildlife. OCV have assisted in enhancing the biodiversity of hedgerows through hedgelaying, woodland management and scrub clearance.
Flora and Fauna
The main fauna on Britwell Hill is in the form of deciduous hedgerows and trees alongside farmland, although there are some small areas of relatively new woodland. The remaining land is predominantly farmland and downland. Red kites are commonly seen while on task at Britwell Hill. Other bird species reported in the area include buzzards. Rabbits are commonly seen in the hedgerows.
LEAF was set up in 1991 to develop a viable, achievable system of farming that benefits the farmers, customers and the environment by promoting and driving forward Integrated Farm Management (IFM). The aim of this system is to allow farmers to manage their farms in a professional and environmental manner by combining the best of traditional farming methods (such as crop rotation) with modern technology and information from a diverse range of sources, from environmental experts to consumer groups. IFM aims to ensure high standards of produce whilst minimising environmental risks and enhancing and re-creating important habitats.
An example of these activities at Britwell Hill include the re-planting of important hedgerow habitat to create a corridor for a diverse range of wildlife. OCV have also assisted at Britwell Hill with hedgelaying to increase habitats and biodiversity, removal of tree tubes from a newly planted hedge and scrub clearance.
From Oxford, leave the A423 at the south of the ring-road and take the A4074 towards Reading. At the Elm Bridge roundabout, take the first exit towards Benson and Watlington onto the B4009. When you reach Britwell Salome go right to go up Britwell Hill. We usually work towards the peak of the hill.
Alternatively, you can reach the site from the M40. Leave the motorway at junction 6 and head west onto the B4009 towards Watlington. Carry on this road through Watlington until you reach Britwell Salome. When you reach Britwell Salome go left to go up Britwell Hill. We usually work towards the peak of the hill.


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In the last decades, an increasing attention has been directed toward the possibilities of growing algae commercially. This interest has been partially due to the fact that some strains of microalgae and cyanobacteria have demonstrated the ability to produce a variety of bioactive products. Both, primary and secondary metabolism of these microorganisms has been demonstrated to play a key role in the production of special chemicals. Antioxidants, for instance, can be produced by some algal strains to protect photosynthetic cells from oxidative stress. Microalgae can produce a variety of polyunsaturated and monounsaturated fatty acids with clear health benefits for human nutrition. Potential products obtained from cyanobacteria and microalgae exhibiting interesting medical properties include polysaccharides, glycerol, glycoproteins, and antibiotics. From the aforementioned products, especially relevant has become the search of new antibiotics. The potential spread of bacterial resistance and the foreseen decrease on efficiency on antibiotics, has largely stimulated the research on novel antibiotics sources. Among these sources, cyanobacteria and microalgae have demonstrated a vast and just barely explored potential.
Part of the book: Microalgal Biotechnology

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Filmed in France, Belgium and New Zealand, The Vintner's Luck (aka A Heavenly Vintage) is a tale of growing grapes and meeting angels. Belgian actor Jeremie Renier (L'Enfant) stars as Sobran, a poor winemaker who one day encounters an angel. The two make a pact. One day each year, as Sobran's fortunes wax and wane, the angel returns to hear more about Sobran's life. Director Niki Caro adapted Elizabeth Knox's bestselling novel with help from US script consultant Joan Scheckel; the film also reunites Caro with Whale Rider discovery Keisha Castle-Hughes, who plays Sobran's wife.
Debbie Dorday is best known for her cabaret shows, where she performed as both a dancer and a comedian.


Business newsTurkish court sentences cryptocurrency exchange founder to 11,196 years in prison by admin September 9, 2023 written by admin September 9, 2023 Bookmark 2Faruk Fatih Ozer, who ran Thodex a Turkish-based crypto exchange until its collapse in 2021, was sentenced to 11,196 years in prison by a Turkish court for crimes including fraud.Delivering its verdict on Thursday evening, the Istanbul court sentenced Ozer and his two siblings to similar prison terms, declaring them guilty of serious fraud, operating a criminal organization, and laundering money.Ozer, a high school dropout who founded Thodex in 2017 and fled to Albania after Thodex went bankrupt, appeared unrepentant during the final hearing.“I am smart enough to run any organization on Earth,” Ozer told the court, according to state news agency Anadolu. “It shows that I started working at this company when I was 22 years old. I wouldn’t act so amateurishly if it were a criminal organization.”The total amount of losses investors suffered in Thodex’s collapse remains unclear. The prosecutor’s indictment estimated the amount at 356 million liras ($13 million), but Turkish media quoted the figure as being as high as $2 billion. A study by Chainalysis estimates the value of crypto assets lost at Thodex at $2.6 billion.Faruk Fatih Ozer fled to Albania after Thodex went bankrupt in April 2021. The Turkish Interior Ministry said this was an exit scam. Ozer was arrested in Albania in August 2022 and extradited to Türkiye in April this year after a lengthy legal procedure.Although the total amount of losses suffered by cryptocurrency investors is unknown, the prosecutor’s indictment puts the figure at $13 million.The aftermath of Thodex has severely affected the crypto community in Türkiye, increasing scrutiny on crypto companies and exchanges. Turkey is facing high inflation and the devaluation of the Turkish lira, but cryptocurrencies have failed to bring respite to the community due to the collapse of Thodex.Download Nairametrics App for breaking news and market intelligence. Olumide Adesina Olumide Adesina is a financial market journalist and investment trader. Message Olumide on Twitter @tokunboadesina 0 comment 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail admin Follow Author previous post Global rice prices surge to 15-year high – FAO Report next post Want a good life? then get insured for life! You may also like What time is the NFL game tonight? TV... October 3, 2023 Bookmark News24 Business | JSE in the red for... October 3, 2023 Bookmark News24 | Transnet paid R29 per breathalyser straw... October 3, 2023 Bookmark News24 | Pityana claims ruling proves SARB acted... October 3, 2023 Bookmark News24 | Stellenbosch urination: Theuns du Toit challenges... October 3, 2023 Bookmark News24 | Elections 2024: Inside the closely-guarded campaign... October 3, 2023 Bookmark News24 | OPINION | Msingathi Sipuka: Re-conceptualising South... October 3, 2023 Bookmark News24 | Mpumelelo Mkhabela | State-business collaboration takes... October 3, 2023 Bookmark News24 | Boks not at their best in... October 3, 2023 Bookmark Sport | Ton-up Kerr spoils Proteas women clean... October 3, 2023Leave a Comment Cancel ReplySave my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment.


Pattern Name: Wagon Wheel
Quilting: utility stitching with fussy quilting in the sashes - hand pieced and hand-quilted
Material: BEAUTIFUL aniline madder dyed cotton with wax resist indigo calico blocks; natural cotton ticking backing
Heritage: This quilt was found in Alabama and is one of the most unique quilts I have ever seen. This remarkable quilt is unique for so many reasons. First, the quality of the backing on the blocks is exquisite- the piecing of the wagon wheels was done by a master. Secondly, the sheer density of the quilting in the relief is amazing. It gives each block a beautiful puckering and softness that you do not see. You simply do not find this version of a madder dye, either. Its just a fantastic quilt
Condition: Overall the piece is in great condition for its age. The top shows a few small stains and a few little seam pops - but nothing major to note at all. The back shows a few areas of light staining, but it has not moved through to the front of the quilt. Overall, the quilt is strong, sturdy and really a stunner of a piece. This would not be a quilt to wash, but to leave outside in the sun (under a clean white sheet) for a few warm, sunny days. This is the traditional cleaning method for these types of quilts and would be appropriate here.
1890s Wagon Wheel
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Canada Eastern Maple Leaf Adventures 10 Days
Fall is a gorgeous time to visit Canada because you’ll get a chance to see trees change from green to vibrant autumn oranges, yellows, and reds throughout the country. If you’re planning a trip to Canada in the fall, be sure to check out the fall foliage reports, which indicate fall leaf color change by area.
Day2: Toronto-Niagara Falls
Day3: Niagara Falls-Huntsville
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At a press conference Tuesday morning outside the Knesset, the leaders of the housing protest announced their plans for the next phase of the protest. Working together with a team of experts, the protest leaders unequivocally demanded a new social budget.
The protest leaders announced during the press conference that from now on they would not allow any Knesset member or government minister to ignore the demand for a new budget. The team of experts backed this demand and presented data that show that the budget can indeed be expanded to include the social issues without increasing the deficit.
“More than a million people hit the streets in rallies and in tents over the past two months,” Regev Contes, one of the protest leaders, told Arutz Sheva. “This Knesset behind us is empty. It’s on its summer vacation, and we’re here to call them to return from their vacation because there’s a state of emergency in Israel.”
“We don’t want another committee that will just buy some time until this melts down,” Contes added, referring to the committee headed by Prof. Manuel Trajtenberg. “We want an emergency discussion. We want the 2012 budget to be re-discussed and changed according to our demands to allow a welfare state to begin to build itself from its ruins.”
Contes said that some of the protest tents will be removed and that the focus of the protest will shift to holding discussions and to applying pressure on the government and on Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu.
“We’re going to take actions that we have yet to decide on and inform the public, but I can inform you that there will be lots of actions during the upcoming holidays,” he said.
“We’re here to stay because our main goal is to do this work that has been neglected for so long: to bring the people in Israel to recognize that they have power and they can communicate,” added Contes.
He added that there is a lot to be learned from the way Orthodox Jews live and operate within their close-knitted communities.
“The hareidim and the ‘settlements’ have their synagogues, they have their own communities, they talk to each other. The secular majority in Israel didn’t have that,” said Contes.
“All problems at all levels are connected,” he added, emphasizing the need for everyone to work together. “If the middle class is hurt the class below it suffers too. This is the main message that people don’t comprehend yet: that we are all one social texture.”


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EASTER HYMN originally appeared in the John Walsh collection Lyra Davidica (1708) as a very active tune. It was simplified to its present version by John Arnold in his Compleat Psalmodist (1749). It is one of the best and most widely known English hymn tunes for Easter.
See a list of other popular hymn and chorale themes here.
Written by George J. Elvey for the text “Crown Him with Many Crowns” by Matthew Bridges, DIADEMATA was first published in the 1868 Appendix to Hymns Ancient and Modern. The name of the tune is derived from the Greek word for “crowns.” While occasionally used for other texts, the melody retains a close association with the original lyrics.
The melody for LASST UNS ERFREUEN is named for the Easter text “Lasst uns erfreuen herzlich sehr” in the Jesuit hymnal Ausserlesene Catlwlische Geistliche Kirchengesänge where it was first published in Cologne in 1623. The setting by Ralph Vaughan Williams first published in The English Hymnal in 1906 has become the most popular version of the tune paired with the text “Ye watchers and ye holy ones” by Athelstan Riley. Other texts often paired with the melody include “All Creatures of our God and King” and “From All That Dwell Below the Skies.”
Originally written by George F. Handel in 1747, this melody was later added to the oratorio Judas Maccabaeus with the lyrics “See, the Conqu’ring hero comes.” In 1884, Edmond L. Bundry wrote new words in French “A Toi la gloire.” This hymn was first translated from French into English by Richard B. Hoyle in 1923, becoming “Thine be the glory.” Other texts for this melody include a wedding hymn in the Netherlands (“Praised Be the Father” and an Advent hymn in Germany (“Tochter Zion, freue dich”).
This melody dates to the Fifteenth century and was very popular in France. The original nine verse Latin hymn was written by Jean Tisserand, OFM (d. 1494). It was assigned to the celebration of Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament on Easter Sunday. While the triple alleluia was only to be sung at the beginning and ending, it has become a persistent refrain after each verse in most modern hymnals. The irregularity of the word stress may also have contributed to the great variety of rhythmic variations in the tune.
See a list of other chant themes here.
See a list of other hymn tunes here.
Victimae paschali laudes is the Sequence chant for Easter Day. Charles Tournemire recorded an improvisation on the chant which was later transcribed be Maurice Duruflé. This transcription has become a popular piece of organ literature.

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If you work in an office with glass windows overlooking downtown Seattle, you might feel a little on display at all times. Rather than drawing curtains in the conference room or corner office when you want a little privacy, why not add our 3M Film for a stylish, sandblasted look without the price tag?
Why It’s Cheaper
Many offices use techniques like etching, cutting, sandblasting, or otherwise texturing their indoor glass to create opaque designs that help increase privacy while looking sophisticated. However, these applications are expensive and permanent. Hiring a specialty glass smith to treat your glass can cost two to three times as much as applying window film, and it’s irreversible. Our films are easy to apply and achieve the same look without the time or cost.
Why It’s Wonderful
We use 3M Fasara Glass finishes, which are the finest in the industry in terms of material quality and length of life. Check out our gallery for some examples—you’ll see we have dozens of options for beautiful frosted panes in a variety of opacities. We offer a multitude of patterns, textures, and gradients. Do you want a rice paper look, a field of stars, a variety of fine lines, or a geometric look? We have all of that! (And we even offer whiteboard film, if you want to add some creative space to your office!)
Take a look at our Glass Finishes gallery to see what catches your eye. If you need to dress up your front door, increase privacy, or add a little personality to your office, call us at Brower Tint and Graphics! We would love to talk about your options.

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Robert J. Delahunty
- Professor Robert J. Delahunty, University of St. Thomas Law School, and Former Special Counsel, Office of Legal Counsel, U.S. Dept. of Justice
The Obama Administration has repeatedly relied on executive discretion in declining to enforce Federal statutes. From declining to enforce vast portions of immigration law to selectively waiving multiple portions of the Obamacare statute, fair questions have been raised on whether the president is faithfully executing the laws. Is the Administration simply engaged in an aggressive form of prosecutorial discretion, or does its approach threaten the rule of law?
Professor Robert J. Delahunty will address the question. With more than a decade of experience with the Office of Legal Counsel, his work as "counsel to the presidency" informs his discussion of this important topic.
5:45 p.m. - Reception
6:15 p.m. - Program Begins
Cost: $10 for current Federalist Society members, $20 for non-members, free for students
1.0 hours of MCLE credit is available for this event. Wine and light snacks will be served.


Device configurability lets one chip (for example an SoC with a range of processing and I/O options) be used in several systems that have variations in their feature sets. This provides a set of products with variations in features or customization of a standard product. An example would be automotive entertainment system modules using a processor that is used in different cars from the same manufacturer, each with different audio subsystem hardware that requires different settings. The system configuration is done in this case by setting the operation of the chip at the factory and storing parameters in OTP memory. Another example is device configuration to adjust a microprocessor’s parameters based on the type and speed of the data it will be processing in a target application. Sidense’s fast, field-programmable and low-power OTP is well suited to these configuration applications.
The following diagram illustrates an SoC with standard and optional blocks that can be disabled or enabled with configuration settings.
Example of an SoC with optional I/O blocks


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When both users swipe right a “handshake” is established and an in-app chat begins for users to set up a time to meet at the event.With more than 20,000 users, 55 percent of users report making a connection they would not have otherwise made.In the past couple years, at least two companies have tapped into the dating-app mindset by creating meeting apps dedicated to creating engagement between like-minded attendees at conferences.
“How well you are able to judge someone else’s personality depends on your personal skills, your relationship with the person you are judging and the particular trait you are trying to judge,” English added.And cuing into these nonverbals can be a helpful way to decode what your date is really thinking. John Gottman’s famous “Love Lab,” the researcher was able to identify in just a few minutes whether or not a couple was headed for relationship trouble solely based on the way they interacted with one another, including body language.Personally, I have found nonverbal cues to be be helpful in my work as a therapist and in my dating life.Similar to Tinder, the app allows users to create more detailed profiles and, therefore, creates better matches for professionals seeking to connect with others at events.
Users sync during the event so they can set up appointments or dinners with other professionals in their network.The best place to start is to look at what you do each day. Be careful of your workplace, however, as romantic relationships at work are often discouraged, and sometimes even forbidden.

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Alexandre Pereira spring/summer 2018 collection 'TUPAH' presented at ModaLisboa
(Lisboa Fashion Week) via the 'Sangue Novo / Young blood' platform of emerging designers. Discover the SS18 collection just below. A collection influenced by the works of Jean Michel Basquiat and José Romussi. You can also review te FW17 collection presented last year. The other 9 emerging designers are Carla Campos, Daniela Pereira, David Pereira, Federico Cina (Fashionclash Festival 2017 Talent Award Winner), Filipe Augusto, Ivan Almeida, Rita Afonso, Rita Carvalho and Rita Sá.
Follow the young designer via his official Facebook page : Facebook.com/pereiraalexandre.brand


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The One New Man Bible
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“[Bill Morford] has uncovered things that will literally make your understanding of the scriptures go to a whole new level. He has recaptured the Jewish roots.”
“I recently received a copy of the One New Man Bible which has a very strong Jewish influence and I found the Jewish translation agrees with me or rather I agree with it. If you’re looking for a Bible with a Jewish perspective, then this is the one!
Knowing my desire to understand Scripture from the Hebraic authors perspective, my daughter purchased a copy for me years ago. I was truly blessed when I was given permission to solely quote this version in my book.
I got my One New Man Bible in 2012 and I LOVE IT. It’s very enlightening to get an understanding of the culture of the day it was written, and what Y’shua meant when He said certain things that aren’t used in today’s vernacular.
It’s very meaningful and eye-opening to learn the meaning of things like “the eye of the needle” and “healing in His wings” Malachi 4:2 (the “wings” of His talit, called the hem of his garment in the KJV. Matt 5:21. It opens a whole new understanding of Christ our Lord and integrates the New Testament Messiah with the Old Testament prophesies of Him.
Several of my friends have purchased their own ONM Bible after hearing me explain how meaningful I’ve found this Bible in my study of The Word. I encourage everyone to get a copy of this great work.


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New Research Fellow for Interdisciplinary Research on Digital Society and Economy
By Dr Ryan Casey (School of Sociology and Political Sciences)
Hi! I’m Ryan Casey and I’m the new-ish IRT Fellow in Digital Society and Economy based in the College of Social Sciences. My research interests are around how people feel about and live with digital technologies and data-driven practices in their everyday lives, particularly in the context of digital punishment and in/justice. I’ve been exploring this in different ways over the last few years as my academic career develops. I’m strongly committed to interdisciplinary research and opening up new, or at least different, ways of thinking about technology, society, and justice. When these areas intersect, there are complex questions around dis/empowerment, embodiment, neutrality, privacy, harm, and social control.
Before academia, I worked in mental health and substance use treatment courts (i.e. alternative sentencing) in New York, where I first began to realise the extent to which digital technologies, monitoring, and predictive systems are relied upon to categorise information and people, as well as make important decisions. I completed my PhD in Criminology at the University of Glasgow in 2021 where I undertook an ethnographic study of penal electronic monitoring to better understand how digital technology mediates punishment. Since then, I’ve worked as an RA on the ‘Scotland in Lockdown’ project at Glasgow, which involved exploring the experiences of people under criminal justice control during the Covid-19 pandemic and the organisations that were working to support them in a time of crisis. I was also a Research Fellow at the University of Oxford, working as a digital ethnographer on an ESRC-funded study ‘Security in Place’ with a team of researchers from Oxford, Keele, Edinburgh, and UCL studying everyday in/securities, concerns, and place-making in an English town. I also worked as a Research Associate on a small pilot project ‘Connected Homes’ which was based on a partnership between the University of Glasgow and The Crichton Trust based in Dumfries. The pilot explored how digital connectivity, data-driven services, wellbeing, and home life are interconnected in a rural place. I’m also currently a Scottish Justice Fellow, which is a policy and practice focussed fellowship co-funded by the Scottish Government, the Scottish Institute for Policing Research (SIPR) and the Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research (SCCJR). I’m also currently Co-Investigator on a Scottish Government-funded project looking at the use and impact of public space CCTV in Scotland, exploring public surveillance in terms of its technical, social, and place-based dimensions.
The intersections between the digital and the social are complex, but they also raise fundamental questions about what kind of society we want to live in, the impacts of datafication in our everyday lives, and what an inclusive and just digital future could look like. For me, the Digital Society and Economy IRT is a way of untangling and addressing complex issues through interdisciplinarity and collaboration with academics, communities, practitioners, and policymakers.
Interdisciplinary Research Fellows have been appointed in order to support funding applications from colleagues across the College of Social Science, as well as working on fellowship applications to further their own research trajectories. If you are thinking about applying for funding and wondering how Yang's role could support this, please get in touch: firstname.lastname@example.org
First published: 7 September 2022


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The Beatles were blessed to have had Three Wise Men in their lives who guided them and helped them on their astonishing trajectory to joyous world domination and enduring cultural significance. And by some remarkable gift of the gods those men were not only wise but kind and gentle.
I cannot tell you how exciting it was the first time we opened that locker. We had no idea if we'd find hidden treasure or junk. The locker was packed with filing cabinets and boxes and it was very dusty, but that was a good thing -- it had not been touched in a very long time.
In our radio conversation, Sid told the intriguing story of his chance discovery of the Beatles and how he negotiated with their manager to book the Beatles into Carnegie Hall for a mere $4,000.
New York Times bestselling-author and Tony Award-winning producer Vivek Tiwary sits down with Nancy to discuss “The Fifth Beatle,” a new novel based on the untold story of manager Brian Epstein who launched the British sensations to stardom.
The law said Brian had to hide his own love away -- so instead, he worked tirelessly to spread the Beatles' great message of love across the globe, and in so doing Brian Epstein made the world a far richer place for love than it would have been without him.
He'd been instructed to remove his boots in the elevator. Most of John and Yoko's apartment was fitted with white carpeting. A foyer door opened, and there stood ... John and Yoko. Boi-oi-oing!
Freda Kelly, who ran the Beatles' fan club and was the secretary for their manager Brian Epstein, has refused to speak about or profit from her account of the eleven years she spent working for the Beatles. But with a desire for her grandson to know her story and her place in rock history, Freda is now ready to talk.
Crossfire Hurricanes: Conversations with Southside Johnny and Filmmaker Brett Morgen, Plus an Aina Haina Video Exclusive
"It's better than the new Van Halen," says Badman Recording Co. founder, and drummer for Aina Haina, Dylan Magierek. The group Aina Haina has a vibe reminiscent of classic rock bands like Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd that both band members grew up on.
"There's no simple answer to who John Lennon was. Sure, he was a great leader and a peacenik; on the other hand, he was an incredibly violent, narcissistic guy. That was the other side of him, and people just don't want to hear that."
A full two months before Americans "met the Beatles" on the Ed Sullivan Show -- Americans met them on Cronkite.