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In the early 1970s, I came upon a situation which describes our countries attitudes quite well. My wife and I were on a fishing trip in northern Wisconsin and stopped at a country bar and restaurant for lunch. On the TV was ESPN, and giving the sports rundown was a black sportscaster. The patrons of the bar, middle-aged men, were describing him using racist, vulgar terms. These people had no idea what the person was like, but because he was black, he was given the full racist treatment. We wonder how terrible it must be to be a black man with attitudes like that all around them. Seeing a recent study that proclaims Wisconsin as the most racist state in the union I do not doubt the findings. The unfortunate part is that not much has changed since then.

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I’ll be the first to admit I’m tired of Zoom and Meet and every other way I have to communicate with students now — but I’m still excited about some of the upsides.
Because so many organizations and conferences have had to move online, they’ve created videos of sessions. If you’re a speculative fiction writer, there are some particularly wonderful options out there.
The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America is holding monthly webinars on world building, hosted by Kate Elliott. If you’re a member of SFWA, you can participate this way. The public can eventually watch them here.
If podcasts are more your speed, maybe listen to Ezra Klein’s discussion with N.K. Jemison.
You might also try Dhonielle Clayton and Zoraida Córdova’s Deadline City, which discusses many aspects of worldbuilding as well as all kinds of essential topics.
For the children’s/YA writers among you — If you’re a member of the Society of Children’s Writers and Illustrators, or if you become one, you can have access to digital workshops.
We all could use a little inspiration, or maybe a lot. I hope your worlds grow.

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California-based Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc., announced that its rapid TeSeE® test used for the detection of BSE has been licensed by the USDA for use in the National Veterinary Service Laboratories in Ames, Iowa, and all the NVSL network laboratories as part of the USDA's newly enhanced BSE-testing program.
It is estimated that this new program will test approximately 400,000 animals over the next 12-18 months.
Bio-Rad is the leading provider of tests used for detecting TSEs (Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies). To date, the company has provided more than 22 million BSE tests to laboratories throughout Europe and Japan.
Independent field studies have shown the Bio-Rad BSE test to have the highest level of sensitivity and specificity of any rapid screening test available.
The test detects the presence of the resistant form of prion protein linked to BSE and can identify these prions at extremely low levels.
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"The test's speed, ease-of-use, high degree of sensitivity and accuracy have placed it in the highest scientific regard and will aid in the USDA's efforts to conduct a reliable and highly effective surveillance program," said Brad Crutchfield, Bio-Rad's vice president of life science.

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"Uh Oh!" or as it is more commonly known, Uuuuuuhhh Oooooohhhhh!!!, is a 1996 physical comedy directed by Jason Bloom with a running time of nine hours and four minutes. Uh Oh! was almost never produced, but was finally picked up by MGM Studios after sixty years of being "tossed" from studio to studio due to a neverending sequence of creative differences. It brought in lackluster box office numbers and was panned by critics, who slammed its reliance on talking animals to deliver moral lessons and "overuse of the moniker 'dude.'"
Because the actual movie itself had over twenty writers to its credit, the screenplay gradually evolved over its sixty years in development, starting off as the classic over-the-top slapstick of the 1940's and ending with the nut-grindingly irritating over-the-top slapstick of the the 1990's. It began as a pet project of late-period Charlie Chaplin, who imagined the film as a sequel to his 1936 classic Modern Times. The movie, tentatively titled Modern Times 2: Electric Boogaloo, was intended as a silent release in the age of talking films, and thus had difficulty finding investors. When studio heads pressured him to change the format, Chaplin quit in disgust, selling the screenplay to a group of Russian bums he passed on the street outside the studio.
The bums, who turned out to be excellent storytellers despite their functional illiteracy, reworked the script as a zany tale of alcoholic Russians in search of the American Dream. The studio thought the script brilliant, accepted it from the Russians by force, and conveniently deported them at the height of the Red Scare. Unfortunately, there were several witnesses to the violent thrashing the Russians received in exchange for the script, and the studio was brought before a United States court of law. In a televised thirty day criminal ordeal, the would-be film producers were convicted on three counts of interacting with Russians, despite the defense's assertion that they were "only Moldovan, really!"
Tainted black with the Red curse, the script was shelved for many decades until Pauly Shore, after negotiating with MGM to get an Encino Man sequel, discovered it sitting atop a urinal. It underwent heavy updates in the months that followed. By 1993, the story began to follow a new construct, "Mikey," as he travels around the country with his friend Ne, an increasingly grating racial stereotype from Korea with an Irish father, who had the desperate catchphrase "Ne know nuuuuuthin', dude!"
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The plot itself is almost unique in Hollywood movies, as the characters are introduced as balanced, well-rounded individuals with a healthy sense of right and wrong, and, via a series of pat encounters and outstandingly unlikely mix-ups, become apathetic and seemingly irredeemable losers, trapped in a ditch with a stoned orangutan. This innovation is held up by its director as the main reason for its underwhelming box-office performance:
|“||Great art is never appreciated in its own time. And this was so far ahead of its time that it's still ahead of its time, and it'll still be ahead of its time in another 20 years. And although we satisfied the mandatory regulations for minimum number of fart jokes in a 90's comedy (37), and complied with the requirement to cast Rob Lowe in a cameo in a 90's comedy, the actual film structure was probably more suited to about the year 2050 or something. That was totally the reason for the poor performance, and not the alleged fact that it is, as one critic had said, a radioactive slab of cultural detritus. I mean, ask yourself, would a great artist like Pauly Shore be involved with a turkey?||”|
When it was pointed out to him that Shore's record is not considered to be that of a great artist, Bloom directed his interviewer to the first line of his quote again. And then told him to fuck off.
The exception to this rule were the villains: two cops named "Chuck" and "Truck" who communicate entirely in bad puns and bodily functions. They start out in the film as corrupt and obese, then gradually evolve to become corrupter and obeser (though the latter was a direct result of poor budgeting, as the costume department couldn't afford a police uniform smaller than XXL).
The film attracted media attention in 1994 when behind-the-scenes footage emerged that the producers had plans to produce the entire movie in state-of-the-art CGI. This production move would have made Uh Oh the first completely CGI-animated film of all time, but the idea came into conflict due to budget constrictions and Pauly Shore's concern that "the commuters won't get my hair right." Pauly and Touchstone Pictures, the film's studio at the time, could not come to an agreement and the project was shipped back to MGM. The studio was reluctant to accept the burden, as they had shipped it to Touchstone six months prior after Shore objected to their refusal to clothe Mikey's adopted Guyanan child in a wig fashioned from Shore's own hair. Nevertheless, a compromise was met and production went on unperturbed: Mikey's child was to be rendered completely in CGI and voiced by Pauly Shore.
The studio again ran into issues when the prolonged car chase sequence was ruined when the key rig slipped on a banana peel (carelessly left over from the nighttime zoo robbery sequence) and ruined the shot. Since the crew had already demolished over $100,000 worth of cars, it was financially unfeasible to attempt the shot again. Hesitant to contact the studio for additional funding, Bloom revised the script once more. Instead of actually showing the chase, Uh oh now featured a ten-minute bit of self-reference, where Bloom and Shore discuss how awesome the chase would have been if it had been filmed correctly, all before cutting to the grisly aftermath.
The movie is cited as one of the few to have influenced more other works before its release than after. George Lucas, in an interview in 1988, stated that without Uh Oh! - along with the collective works of Akira Kurosawa - there would be no Star Wars Universe. Central motifs such as the buddy/buddy relationship of the central characters and the road trip element would prove to be an influence for the 1990's Ridley Scott movie Thelma and Louise, and most of the collected work of the animation studio Pixar. Lethal Weapon, Tango & Cash and their testosterone-drenched ilk were originally pitched as "Uh Oh! with guns", and Hollywood in general has made a concerted attempt to turn the grating racial stereotype sidekick into an art form.
Some critical response has been aimed at the film, with Peter Bogdanovich stating that "the movie is like Watership Down without the bloodshed, or Zardoz without the ponytails and gay nappies", and Roger Ebert calling the Rhinoceros masturbation scene "somewhat unsubtle".
Depite the backlash, it managed to find a handful of fans in the critical community. Lead critic for The New York Press and professional troll Armond White called the flim "a stunning portrayal of the middle American struggle between a man and his bowels," and called the infamous manatee scene "particularly eye-opening."
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Dick Cheney lavishes praise on Tony Blair in new book
Dick Cheney, the former US vice-president, has used his new memoir to heap praise on Tony Blair and insist that the torture of a key al-Qaeda terrorist helped foil a devastating attack in Britain.
But he also indirectly rejected British denials that a plot to attack Heathrow Airport in 2003 was foiled thanks to the torture of Abu Zubaydah, an al-Qaeda commander, by US agents.
He claims to have said George W. Bush did not see war with Iraq as inevitable but stressed "if he decided to go to war, we would finish the job. We would remove Saddam Hussein".
Other evidence suggests the US had in fact decided on military action by this point. Mr Blair's view is said to have "tightened" the following month, when he met Mr Bush at the president's ranch in Texas....
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New DevelopmentsLower Manhattan ends string of positive news as BofA shrinks its footprint by 3,000,000 SF and Nomura departs for Midtown The giant, 900,000-square-foot relocation and expansion lease by Nomura Holdings America signed in Midtown late last month punctuated an improved second quarter in the Manhattan office-leasing market. "Midtown, Midtown South and Downtown all recorded positive absorption in the second quarter," Bank of America announced it would give up nearly 3 million square feet in Lower Manhattan, increasing competition for the area's landlords.
There was a media flurry last week over word that Coach, the luxury handbag maker, is in talks with Related Cos. about anchoring an office tower at Related's $15 billion Hudson Yards mega-development. Even if a deal is struck, would it mean immediate construction of the project's crucial infrastructure component: platforms over the West Side rail yards bounded by 10th and 12th Avenues and 30th and 33rd Streets. That's because, sources said, Related and Coach are talking about a location that doesn't need a platform: a so-called "terra firma" site at 10th Avenue and West 30th Street.


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UPDATE: The Biden administration is extending the moratorium on student loan payments for the eighth time, President Joe Biden announced Nov. 22.
Payments will stay paused until no later than June 30, 2023, Biden said in a tweet.
“I’m confident that our student debt relief plan is legal. But it’s on hold because Republican officials want to block it,” Biden wrote.
“It isn’t fair to ask tens of millions of borrowers eligible for relief to resume their student debt payments while the courts consider the lawsuit,” he said in a video included in the tweet.
I'm confident that our student debt relief plan is legal. But it’s on hold because Republican officials want to block it.
That's why @SecCardona is extending the payment pause to no later than June 30, 2023, giving the Supreme Court time to hear the case in its current term. pic.twitter.com/873CurlHFZ
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The past few months have been a roller coaster for borrowers with student loan debt.
Since President Joe Biden announced his plan to forgive student debt for more than 40 million Americans, the plan has faced a series of legal challenges.
Most recently, the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals in St. Louis issued an injunction blocking the administration’s program. The injunction came just days after a federal judge in Texas struck down the plan in response to a separate lawsuit.
Now, the Department of Education has stopped accepting new applications for relief, weeks before the administration’s payment moratorium is set to expire and millions will be responsible for making payments on their loans for the first time since 2020.
However, the Biden-Harris administration is still hopeful that the plan will prevail.
Here’s what borrowers should know as the plan navigates legal limbo.
Is student loan relief canceled?
The short answer: no.
Some borrowers who applied for relief have been notified that they were approved. The Department of Education began alerting borrowers on Saturday, Nov. 19, Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona tweeted.
“We reviewed your application and determined that you are eligible for loan relief under the Plan. We have sent this approval on to your loan servicer,” Cardona wrote in an email to approved borrowers, per the email obtained by McClatchy News.
“Unfortunately, a number of lawsuits have been filed challenging the program, which have blocked our ability to discharge your debt at present. We believe strongly that the lawsuits are meritless, and the Department of Justice has appealed on our behalf,” Cardona wrote. “Your application is complete and approved, and we will discharge your approved debt if and when we prevail in court.”
The department said it will hold applications from the more than 26 million borrowers who have already applied for forgiveness. Of those who have applied, 16 million have already been approved for forgiveness, according to the White House.
Stalled in court
Biden’s plan to relieve borrowers is in the throes of several legal battles.
On Nov. 14, the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals issued its injunction blocking the administration’s program from going forward pending further court decisions, saying debt forgiveness would have an “irreversible impact.”
The plan was struck down on Nov. 10 by federal judge Mark Pittman in Texas in response to a separate lawsuit filed by borrowers in October.
In response to recent legal tumult, the administration asked the Supreme Court on Nov. 18 to allow the program to take effect despite legal challenges in an appeal submitted by Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar, CNN reported.
Prelogar said the district court’s analysis “does not suffice to support any injunction — much less a universal injunction prohibiting the government from implementing a critically important policy with direct and tangible effects on millions of Americans.”
“The Eighth Circuit’s erroneous injunction leaves millions of economically vulnerable borrowers in limbo, uncertain about the size of their debt and unable to make financial decisions with an accurate understanding of their future repayment obligations,” Prelogar wrote in the appeal, CNN reported.
What should borrowers do now?
There’s not much for borrowers to do but wait while the plan navigates the court system.
Originally, borrowers were told to expect relief within about six weeks of applying, meaning that relief could be distributed before the years-long repayment moratorium ends Dec. 31. Given recent legal challenges, that timeline could look different now.
Borrowers who applied for or are interested in applying for debt relief should subscribe for updates from the Federal Student Aid office, according to the department.
If the proposed plan goes through, borrowers who make less than $125,000 annually would see up to $10,000 of their debt canceled. Pell Grant recipients could see $20,000 in forgiveness.
For households, the income requirement to qualify for forgiveness is less than $250,000 annually. Any borrower whose income was below the cap in either 2020 or 2021 will qualify. Current students will qualify depending on their parents’ income.


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Oil prices fall as Opec+ lowers 2021 demand growth forecast
Saudi Arabia is prepared to extend supply cuts into June with Brent on track to drop more than 2% drop in March
London — Oil prices fell on Wednesday on concerns about the market’s recovery after oil cartel Opec and its allies (Opec+) lowered their 2021 demand growth forecast, though strong Chinese factory activities lent some support.
Brent crude for May, which expires on Wednesday, fell 32c, or 0.5%, to $63.82 a barrel at 9.48am GMT. The more active Brent contract for June was down 30c, or 0.5%, at $63.87 a barrel.
US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures fell 28c, or 0.5%, to $60.27 a barrel.
Opec+ has lowered its oil demand growth forecast for 2021 by 300,000 barrels per day (bpd), a report from its experts panel meeting showed. Opec+ is set to meet on Thursday, to decide on output policy.
“Given this pessimistic outlook, it seems likely that the production quotas will be left in place for another month,” said Commerzbank analyst Eugen Weinberg.
Opec+ is currently curbing output by just more than 7-million bpd in a bid to support prices and reduce oversupply. Saudi Arabia has added to those cuts with an additional 1-million bpd.
“The oil market is still playing a guessing game today as to what supply policy Opec+ will set out at tomorrow’s meeting, but the $64 per barrel Brent price signals that traders expect a cautious approach from the alliance,” said Rystad Energy’s analyst Louise Dickson.
Kuwait’s oil minister Mohammad Abdulatif al-Fares expressed “cautious optimism” on Wednesday that the global oil demand will improve as Covid-19 vaccination programmes gather pace and industrial output recovers.
Oil prices found some support as China’s manufacturing activity expanded at the quickest pace in three months in March as factories cranked up production after a brief lull during the Lunar New Year holidays.
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Donald Trump has more or less admitted that he has given the military free reign over what bombs to drop, how, when and possibly even where.
“…everybody knows what happened”.
“…what I do is authorise my military”.
This is an example of a promise the US President has kept. Donald Trump had said that he intended his military policy to be guided by the generals rather than politicians. The Obama administration generally exercised the opposite strategy.
There are advantages and disadvantages to Trump’s approach.
A clear advantage is that military men generally do not like being dictated to by politicians. They often resent and frequently for good reason, being told how to conduct combat by those with no experience in nor respect for the realities of battle.
A disadvantage is that military men are trained to understand that killing the enemy and destroying his infrastructure and resources is the age old goal of a military engagement. There are of course subtle areas, but there is a broad metaphysical and statistical truth behind this sentiment. This is certainly the case in respect of Donald Trump’s Defence Secretary, James ‘Mad Dog’ Mattis, who once said that one has to be prepared to kill anyone he meets.
There is a solution in-between the extremes represented by the Obama and Trump administrations wherein politicians who have a respect for and among the military are able to define political objectives to top generals without micro-managing their daily manoeuvres.
Today’s dropping of the world’s second largest non-nuclear bomb in Afghanistan, the first time such a weapon has ever been deployed in combat, seems to be an example of military men taking things too far.
Ironically, the military measure is more geo-politically symbolic than it is practically effective against a poorly armed terrorist group, ISIS in Afghanistan.
Trump played it coy when asked if the MOAB drop was intended to send a message to Pyongyang.
“I don’t know if this sends a message..it doesn’t make any difference if it does or not”.
He continued saying that North Korea is a problem, but that
“…the problem would be taken care of”.
In spite of what Trump says, the message is clear and he’s frankly playing Russian roulette with the world. Trump is relying on countries which America is clearly provoking to be more afraid than enraged and retaliatory.
If he loses this gamble it will be war. Even if he wins the short-term gamble, for all the world knows, it is a prelude of coming attractions in North Korea, Iran, Syria or even beyond if America makes the first strike as it did in Syria, a country which has never threatened the United States.
It is a dangerous game to play, one that China, Russia, Iran, North Korea and Syria have never played.
The statements, views and opinions expressed in this column are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of The Duran.

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Tuesday, August 12, 2008
It happens. I witnessed it yesterday in the supermarket parking lot. I was walking in and heard a woman yelling in the next row over. She was verbally beratting this child that I could not see due to the cars. I couldn't help but hear every word she was saying since she was shouting so loud. "Shut up, I don't want to hear it. It was your fault to. You were hurting him too. You need to be nice." And that was the clean version. She used some nasty language and was saying it in a very cruel way. The farther I got down the way I was starting to get really steamed up. As I got to the end and she was parralel to me I had decided I was going to say something too her. I was alone and if she tried to harm me physically there was about 20 people watching her already. And words do not bother me. I looked over to see the child and she was merely 3 years old. She had on a ratty old white shirt that was ripped and barely on and a nasty dirty pair of shorts. Her red hair was just a snarly fro on her head. She didn't even look like she was even there. She was a hollow shell running beside her irate mother. I almost choked on a sob. Just as I was going to open my mouth someone from behind her yelled "Maybe you should be nice to her then." She looked around to see who yelled at her. When her eyes met mine I said " I didn't say it, but I sure wish I had." She just looked ahead and walked faster. Tears came to me eyes as I watched that poor little girl barely able to keep up with her mom. I sent up many prayers for that girl and still do. Its people like that mother that make me sick. There are people out there hurting so badly to have a baby. She makes me sick. I can't help but think what she does in the privacy of her home that she would do this outrage in public. Its sick. Just sick.

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1. Yet expectations for the summit meeting on Tuesday are low, with no sign of any political breakthrough that would lead to more ambitious efforts. Scientists say emissions must peak within the next few years, and then begin to decline, if the world is to have any hope of keeping global warming to an upper limit that countries agreed on five years ago. So far, no plans are in place that would come close to achieving that.
4. But a quick look at the changing skyline betrays a frustrating reality: Those shiny new towers have failed to deliver the type of housing most New Yorkers can afford. “There is a disconnect between what we’re building and what we need to build,” said Jonathan J. Miller, the president of the appraisal firm Miller Samuel. “2015 is going to be more of that.”


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On November 19, 2022, it is a historic day for photovoltaic HJT technology. On this day, the leading enterprise of the photovoltaic industry Longji Green Energy released a world record of 26.81% of the HJT solar cell efficiency.
‘Father of the World Solar’ and Professor Martin Green at the University of New South Wales announced on November 19th that the 26.81% solar cell efficiency of Longji Green Energy is the highest record of global silicon solar cells at present, regardless of technical routes. This is the latest world record that Japanese companies created single crystal silicon cells in 2017, which was born in five years. It is also the first time in the history of silicon cells created by Chinese solar technology companies in the history of photovoltaic technology companies.
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Forgotten Romance: Artists of a Bygone Genre
While in San Diego, I participated in the Comic Arts Conference which is the academic branch of the Comic-Con, and what aids in keeping the convention a non-profit, educational entity. One of the sessions I participated in was the "Poster Session" in which a dozen or so people (such as myself) set up a display concerning comics scholarship. I gave a digital and oral presentation, as well as handed out a little booklet -- which you can purchase from the shop.
As with anything in life, I wish I had had more time to work on it. I continue to learn new things about romance comic books and comic books in general every day, and I realize it is nowhere near perfect! It is simply a little piece that serves to introduce romance comics into the scholarly sphere of comic studies, and show how the art of romance books tends to get pushed to the sidelines in favor of superheroes in academic circles.
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The new app will let viewers at home watching a program to simultaneously interact with it — to buy a product, for example, or play along with a game show — using a mobile device.
Snell Brings Screentoo To Morpheus
At its NAB Show press conference Sunday, Snell detailed its partnership with The Application Store (TAS) to demonstrate how Snell’s Morpheus automation could drive essential metadata to second-screen applications on iPads and other mobile data.
As part of the project, Morpheus will supply the TAS “Screentoo” application with real-time data. Explained more plainly, an operator can mesh the larger on-screen content with a real-time, interactive application.
In theory, that would allow a viewer at home watching a program to simultaneously interact with it — to buy a product, for example, or play along with a game show — using a mobile device.
That, of course, gives a user easier access to “highly targeted advertising,” said Neil Maycock, the chief architect at Snell. The technology is already in use in a couple places in Europe, the company said.
Snell also announced a new 3G transmission system that converges fiber connectivity and triax into just one digital transmission, lessening the need to match mobile trucks to the kind of transmission wiring it has. And it is partnering with security provider Irdeto to manage and distribute live content to Internet-connected devices.
At NAB, Snell also is featuring enhancements to its Trinix routers, K2 servers and Maestro master control systems, among others. And it said its latest version of MediaFuse, a multiplatform content system, will arrive in July.
As for trendspotting, Maycock was unsure about the future for 3D. “Last year, everybody had 3D product,” he said. “Then at MIPCOM, nothing.” The next big thing, he predicted, will be a proliferation of Internet-enabled television sets that will create their own content, and a technology revolution.


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At 12:39 p.m., Grudznske stood and walked out. The tally at Misfits: two beers, and at least five shots of whiskey – Wild Turkey and Jameson, Strandberg testified.


text: This literature review investigates the effectiveness of the flipped classroom model in secondary mathematics classes, specifically the types of modifications and strategies teachers have used to help improve student motivation and academic success. The use and availability of technology in the classroom keeps increasing. Many classrooms now have access to tools and resources that they could only dream about ten years ago. Educators have adapted teaching styles and strategies to align with the new growth of technology. With so many technology options now available to students and teachers, the flipped classroom model offers flexibility to adapt the learning to the individuals in the classroom. The literature review will utilize peer reviewed, scholarly journals to present an in-depth exploration of the effectiveness of the flipped classroom model in secondary mathematics classes.


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D.C. native and celebrated singer Ari Lennox took to Twitter Monday to share alarming news for her more than seven hundred thousand followers- that she was being arrested.
“They’re arresting me,” the singer first wrote on Twitter, before following up with another disturbing tweet. “I’m being arrested in Amsterdam for reacting to a woman racially profiling me.”
The singer, whose legal name is Courtney Salter, was arrested at Amsterdam Schipol airport on Nov. 29 for allegedly disturbing public order, according to a Reuters article. Dutch military police said the singer accused them of racial discrimination, as is seen in her social media posts.
Before her arrest, Ari Lennox tweeted, “F*$k Amsterdam security. They hate Black people.”
Authorities told Reuters that the singer “had to be taken into custody,” after describing her as a woman “full of emotions, that wouldn’t calm down,”
Once she confirmed she was being arrested on social media, fans and the Twitterverse immediately worked to rescue the artist by sending screenshots of the U.S Embassy in the Netherlands and the U.S. Consulate General in Amsterdam.
Fans of the Dreamville artist, best known for her single and album “Shea Butter Baby,” as well as her new hit, “Pressure,” have been checking in and sending love to the singer since her arrest.
As of Monday evening, it was not clear how much longer the singer would remain in custody as authorities were investigating the incident and allegations made by the artist.
“Free my sista!!!! She ain’t do nothing,” one person wrote.
“Goodness Ari. I just pray for your safety and quick resolution,” another Twitter user wrote.
“Protection and strength over you, beautiful. God’s got you; don’t worry regardless. Peace, love and strength,” someone said replying to the singer’s tweet.
Others immediately sided with Ari Lennox’s allegations of racial profiling after reading the authorities’ word choices behind her arrest.
“The fact that they’re calling her ‘aggressive’ in their statements told me everything I need to know,” one woman tweeted.
Some reports said the singer was drunk and disorderly.
“Of course now they are claiming she is drunk instead of investigating the claim of racial profiling,” another person tweeted before noting the Netherland’s alleged track record with racism. Not the first time I’ve heard about Amsterdam and the Netherlands being racist. Never going there.”
Others are concerned about traveling to Amsterdam after news of the singer’s arrest.
“My wants to plan a trip there. This gives me pause,” one person tweeted.
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GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – With students back to classroom learning for the new school year, Meijer is making it a little easier for teachers who need to refill supplies for their classrooms and home offices out of their own pocket throughout the fall and winter.
The Midwest retailer is extending its 15% discount on classroom essentials for the entire 2021-22 school year.
The extension of the annual discount Meijer offers teachers is significant following a year when they spent more than ever before. According to AdoptAClassroom.org, the average teacher spent an estimated $750 of their own money on school supplies while 30% of teachers spent $1,000 or more. Additionally, 95% of teachers said their classroom supply budget will not be enough to meet their students’ needs this year.
The extended discount offers savings on school and home office supplies as well as craft supplies and hand sanitizer. Other items available for the discount range from schoolroom essentials like Crayola, Elmer’s Glue, Sharpies and Post-It Notes to planners, journals and memo boards. Teachers can also stack their mPerks Rewards with the 15% discount.
Teachers receive the discount in the form of a paper coupon whenever they present their current school ID at the customer service desk at all Meijer stores across Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky and Wisconsin. The coupon can only be used for purchases made in-store and some restrictions apply. Teachers can take advantage of the coupon repeatedly by obtaining a new one on each new shopping trip.
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Brady's Hot Springs is located along the southeast side of U.S. Interstate 80 about twenty miles northeast of Fernley, Nevada. These are the Emigrant Springs of the Forty-Mile Desert described by early transients in the mid-1800s, and they have been variously referred to as Hot Springs, Brady's, Springer's, or Fernley Hot Springs. The area is currently utilized for geothermal power exploration and development and agricultural processing.
Early travelers called it the Spring of False Hope. Coming across the desert, the oxen of the wagon trains smelled the moisture before reaching the springs and rushed forward to drink the scalding water. The emigrants collected water in casks to cool for later use, but pushed on to the Truckee River, as there was no livestock forage at the springs.
In the 1880s, an observer reported hot boiling water issuing from a number of orifices, accompanied by steam and a hissing and roaring sound. Development efforts during this period included an unsuccessful attempt to separate boric acid from the waters; later the hot water was used in a bathhouse and swimming pool associated with a service station along U.S. Highway 40. The concrete pool built in 1929 is all that remains today. The hot springs do not flow at the surface today, although on cool mornings, steam vents can be seen from the Interstate.
Magma Power Company drilled geothermal exploration wells in the late 1950s and early 1960s with subsequent cessation of the surface springs in the area. The original spring temperature was 180 F, and boiling water reportedly stands at twenty feet below the surface in one well. By 1979, twelve major geothermal wells had been drilled at Brady's, ranging in depth from 341 feet to almost 1.4 miles, with temperatures up to 417 F. Thermal fumarole activity appeared for three miles along the Brady fault following exploratory drilling, probably due to the drawdown of cooler, near-surface groundwater to deeper areas of hotter rock following the drilling. A similar line of fumaroles developed after a well blowout in 1978, and when drawdown occurs during production, they too can be observed along the Brady fault.
After continued exploration drilling in the 1980s, Western States Geothermal Company brought the Brady's double flash power plant on line in 1992, producing 21 MW from a 367 F resource. The plant was purchased by ORMAT Nevada, Inc. in July 2001, and in 2002 a new 5 MW binary unit was constructed using pentane as the working fluid. Seven geothermal production wells at depths of 1,309 feet to 1.1 miles penetrate permeable zones in tertiary volcanic rocks in the hanging wall of the Brady's fault.
In 1977, Geothermal Food Processors, Inc. of Reno received a $2,836,800 federally guaranteed loan to construct a geothermal food dehydration plant at Brady's, which is still in operation today, demonstrating the versatility and viability of the area's geothermal potential.
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Ran into a possible bug here. SW2004, SP2.1 & 3.0 Please try this to confirm. I'll describe this as we found it, however, I don't think the names of the files are significant. :-)
Put a view of a long shaft in a drawing. Make the shaft long enough to make a significant break in it. This shaft has a round end keyway in it at both ends. Rotate the view so the shaft is running horizontally across the drawing. Insert a vertical break that greatly reduces the length of the view. Now try to put a dimension on the round end of the keyway at either end - won't dimension.
Now some of the observations.
- If the view is oriented such that the break is a horizontal one rather than a vertical one, all works as expected.
- If the end of the shaft is turned down and therefore has a radius at the shoulder, it also will not work.
- If a complete circle (hole) is put in, it works ok.
- Both ends work the same way.
- Another shaft or drawing doesn't change anything.
- If the view is unbroken, dimensions are ok, so unbreak, dimension, then rebreak it.
- It appears that the scale of the view relative to the sheet or drawing size doesn't matter.
- It seems that if the amount of the shaft that is removed is below some magic threshold, it still works.
- Once you cross that point, sometimes you can slide the break lines back out and it will work again. Most of the time not.
- I looked for a point of say 50% removed, but couldn't find any consistency in the misbehaving.
- I thought maybe it was related to the end of the part finally crossing over the sheet boundary, but couldn't make that be it either.
- I didn't try anything other than a round bar - flat may or may not be the same.


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Update on nurses involved in Panorama: Undercover Hospital Abuse Scandal
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Matthew McClelland, Director of Fitness to Practice, said:
“Following the appalling abuse captured at Whorlton Hall in the Panorama programme, an independent panel has placed interim suspension orders on three nurses. We applied for these orders to keep people who use health and care services, and their families, safe.
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text: Water (OH-) within the Earth’s interior is known to influences a wide range of processes inside the Earth including melting temperatures (e.g., Inoue 1994), rheology (Karato et al., 1986), electrical conductivity (Wang et al., 1991), atomic diffusivity (Karato, 1990) and trace element partitioning during partial melting (e.g., Tiepolo et al. 2000). Yet there remains a substantial gap in our understanding of which mantle phases host water (OH-) and what the geophysical properties of these phases are. Refining our understanding of which phases host water is a critical step in determining the hydrogen carrying capacity of the Earth’s mantle, while determining the geophysical properties of these phases (e.g. density and sound velocities) provides important parameters that allow geophysicists and geodynamicists to constrain the distribution of these phases in the Earth.,This thesis traces a potential path of hydrogen transport through the Earth’s lower mantle to the outer core. Specifically, I explore the stability and properties of hydrous lower mantle phases including Al-bearing phase D [(Mg,Al)(Si,Al)2O4(OH)2], ε-FeOOH, and pyrite type (Al,Fe)O2H, as well as potential core constituent phase fcc FeHX. While stable at the pressure-temperature (P-T) conditions of a subducting slab in the Earth’s uppermost lower mantle (i.e., approximately 660-1200 km depth), at more extreme P-T conditions phase D transforms into phase H [MgSiO2(OH)2], which forms a solid solution with ε-FeOOH and δ-AlOOH (Nishi et al., 2014). At even higher pressures (>60 and >190, respectively), ε-FeOOH and δ-AlOOH transform to a pyrite structure, with intermediate solid solution compositions [(Al,Fe)O2H] potentially stable at core-mantle boundary conditions (Nishi et al., 2017; Tsuchiya and Tsuchiya, 2011). The high-pressure, high-temperature reaction of hydrous phases and iron have been shown to result in the formation of iron hydrides (Yagi and Hishinuma, 1995), a means by which hydrogen may be incorporated into the Earth’s outer core. This thesis concludes by investigating the geophysical properties of fcc FeHX, concluding the subduction path of our hypothetical parcel of hydrogen-bearing,material. In addition to probing the properties of idealized endmember compositions, this x,research aims to probe the influence of solid-solutions on the stability and properties of the hydrous deep Earth phases, allowing a more realistic assessment of hydrogen accommodation in the Earth’s interior.


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Star of Netflix's Orange is the New Black and advocate Laverne Cox has issued a statement in support of the Central Piedmont Community College student who alleges she was harassed and suspended for being a transgender woman.
Andraya Williams claims she was harassed by campus security for using the women's restroom in a campus building, then escorted out by multiple security officers, and told she was suspended from school. She says that when she tried to file grievances with the campus administration she had very misleading conversations and was told she had no rights because she was a transgender student.
Laverne Cox tweeted her support in the days after the news broke in several media outlets, and she has released this statement:
I had the privilege of meeting Andraya Williams back in February during a speaking engagement at UNC Charlotte. I found her to be a lovely young woman and remember being excited that she is pursuing higher education. I have heard far too many stories of trans folks experiencing harassment and bullying in school and not feeling safe enough to return. 78% of all trans and gender nonconforming students in grades k-12 experience harassment or bullying at school. I was deeply saddened to read news reports this week alleging Andraya had been harassed by security at Central Piedmont Community College (CPCC), where she is attending college. She allegedly was harassed by school security just for using the bathroom. This is the kind of systemic discrimination that often makes trans people feel unsafe just living our lives as well as pursuing our dreams. I applaud Andraya's courage in speaking out against this kind of treatment not only for herself but for all women and trans people who experience discrimination all around this country and the world. Trans people, particularly trans people of color have little opportunity to improve the quality of our lives without being able to pursue the educations necessary for that improvement, safe from harassment and discrimination.
Meanwhile CPCC has released a pretty non-specific, unapologetic statement of their own:
Central Piedmont Community College (CPCC) is an open-door, open-access institution of learning, and we are proud of its rich diversity.
CPCC has a 50-year history of being fair, respectful and considerate of all students.
The college does not tolerate harassment of any kind.
College personnel have been investigating the incident in question for several days, and the goal is to reach an amicable resolution with the student in the near future.
The college has examined its policies and procedures, and we are certain that they are in compliance with current laws. The college will work to ensure those policies are followed and clearly communicated.
We intend to have on-going dialogue with local and state LGBT leaders, including the college's own LGBT organization, as we continue to address this issue.
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Some people do not have access to TVs with an HDMI port although the price of modern televisions has decreased dramatically in the past few years. It may be tough to link a video gaming that is modern to a mature display, but fortunately, it is fairly easy. This informative article will walk you through the method that you to get in touch a PS4 to a television without HDMI, but still not lose an excessive amount of quality.
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Perhaps one of the most effective and easiest means to utilize a PS4 as well as on a television without HDMI is to use an HDMI converter. This translates the signal into something the tv can realize and show. Having said that, you can find various kinds of HDMI converters, and that means you shall have to determine which sort you will need.
Browse the ports from the back/side of the tv.
These could be such a thing from a input that is coaxial a DVI input, composite cables, or one of the many other available choices. A coax input seems like a threaded screw. Composite inputs are three ports for red, white, and yellowish cables. A DVI input seems like just what older computer monitors utilized to get in touch.
Plug the HDMI cable in to the PS4 plus the other end in to the HDMI converter.
Plug the cables that are relevant the converter (in this instance, composite cables) as well as the other end to the tv.
Change your tv into the input that is proper switch on the PS4. Then you know it worked if you see the Sony logo on screen.
You may never desire a converter. Some third-party organizations produce HDMI-to-composite cables which do not work with a converter. The product quality is not guaranteed in full with one of these cables, and you’ll experience issues that are audio.
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Plug the HDMI cable in to the PS4 then plug the other end in to the DVI converter.
Plug the DVI cable to the converter after which plug one other end associated with the DVI cable in to the display or tv.
Change your display to the appropriate input and switch on the PS4. Then it worked if you see the Sony logo. Turn up the test and volume whether sound comes through.
If neither of those techniques work, start thinking about investing in a brand new tv. HDMI-compatible TVs have actually fallen in cost and certainly will be bought for less than $20 through second-hand retail outlets like Craigslist or via the Facebook marketplace. Although effective, the techniques mentioned above aren’t going to the office each and every time. Also that you would have with a standard connection if they do, you will not have the same quality gaming experience with a converter.


World Climate Backlash, Flat Joke
Saturday, June 3, 2017
vol. 6, No.144
Political Climate: The fallout from President Trump’s decision to pull the US out of the Paris Climate Accord has been worldwide.
The Washington Post reports that, “An international realignment was already taking shape on Friday, as European and Chinese officials signed a raft of agreements to bind themselves tightly together.”
President Trump’s “America First” pledge is quickly becoming “America Alone.” The Post says, “The pullout left the United States a global outlier and, many European leaders and experts said, a severely diminished force in the world. And it gave China fresh weight in a newly unbalanced landscape where longtime U.S. allies are searching for stability.”
Here in the US, an unnamed group of political, education, and business leaders is organizing to live up to the Paris Accord. The group including 30 mayors, three governors, 80 university presidents and more than 100 businesses, — is negotiating with the United Nations to have its submission accepted alongside contributions to the Paris climate deal by other nations.
Former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg, who’s leading the effort, told the NY Times, “We’re going to do everything America would have done if it had stayed committed.”
Democratic leaders see Trump’s move as an opportunity to paint him as an idiot. But if jobs and economic output grow, no matter the reason, he’s going to look like a genius.
Denial Ain’t a River: A day after Trump’s decision, the question remains whether the President believes in manmade climate change. His aides, appointees, and official mouthpieces are unable to say.
Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke said he doesn’t know what the president thinks and Kellyanne Conway said you’d have to ask the president, who’s generally reluctant to answer questions from the press.
Earlier in the week, White House press secretary Sean Spicer said he doesn’t know, but he told a reporter, “I can get back to you.”
Yesterday when Spicer was asked again he said, “I have not had the opportunity to specifically talk to the President about that.”
Andy Borowitz writes for The New Yorker, “In a dramatic announcement from the White House Rose Garden on Thursday, Donald J. Trump pronounced the planet Earth a ‘loser’ and vowed to make a better deal with a new planet.”
Nation: Three former Penn State officials have been given jail time for covering up the Jerry Sandusky child sex-abuse scandal.
Former university President Graham Spanier, 68, got 4 to 12 months, with the first two to be spent in jail and the rest under house arrest. Former athletic director Tim Curley, 63, received 7 to 23 months, with three in jail. Former vice president Gary Schultz, 67, was sentenced to 6 to 23 months, with two months locked up.
The Obit Page: Jack O’Neill, the surfer who made the neoprene wetsuit a common item for cold water surfers, has died at age 94 in Santa Cruz, Calif. O’Neill opened a surf shop in San Francisco in 1952 and became a worldwide brand name. O’Neill once said, “All I wanted to do was surf, and when I opened that shop in my garage, I thought I would have a few guys there to sell suits and have guys to surf with. One of the guys up there told me: ‘O’Neill, you are going to sell to the five guys on the beach and you are going to be out of business.’”
O’Neill lost his left eye testing a surfboard leash in the 1970s and wore a pirate patch for the rest of his life.
Dying in Comedy: Comedian Kathy Griffin is so not funny that she managed to make a victim out of President Trump. Now the Secret Service is investigating her for posting a picture of herself holding a mock severed head of the President.
Griffin’s lawyer said at a press conference, “She basically exercised her First Amendment rights to tell a joke.” He said. “When you look at everything in the media, all the times entertainers make videos or express themselves in other ways, you’ve never seen an entertainer, let alone a comedian, be subject to a criminal investigation.” Griffin told reporters, “I don’t think I will have a career after this. I’m going to be honest, he broke me.”


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A new study shows a relationship between white medical students' myth about racial differences and how they assess pain of white and black patients.
Among white people there a lot of unanswered questions about white and black races. Is a black man’s skin thicker than a white man’s? Do white people have larger brains than black people? And so on and so forth.
Most white people grew up to believe even as medical students that black people less feel pain than whites. (Yeah… we also feel less hunger, less cold, less tiredness etc.)
An investigation recently conducted by a psychology research group in University of Virginia shows that in a group of 222 white medical students, over 50 percent agreed at least with one of the 11 myths about racial differences.
Comparing those results to how white doctors treat black patients, the group found out a disparity in the treatment of black and white patients in terms of pain therapy. The study shows that black patients get less pain medication, than white patients with similar conditions and pain levels. And the reason, as you might guess, is simple – most white doctors sincerely believe that black people suffer from pain less than white people.
The study pointed out that racial disparities in healthcare access, as well as social and economic differences, have contributed greatly to altering health outcomes between Whites Americans and African-Americans.
The research group concluded by saying: “It thus seems that racial bias in pain perception has pernicious consequences for accuracy in treatment recommendations for black patients and not for white patients.”


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In India, last-mile mobility and deliveries account for 66% of daily trips, which accounts for around 200 million journeys
Electrifying last-mile deliveries promises a more sustainable supply chain while delivering tangible benefits to businesses, drivers, and the environment alike
With India setting its sights on achieving zero net emissions by 2070, it is steadfastly working toward electrifying over 30% of new vehicles by 2030
In recent years, the push towards greener and sustainable mobility has been continually increasing. One of the core challenges we’ve been facing with the rising pollution is caused by ICE vehicles.
With the rapid growth in ecommerce and urbanisation, the number of delivery vehicles on the road has surged. It adds to air pollution, traffic congestion, and greenhouse gas emissions.
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The Urgency Of Electrifying Last-Mile Deliveries
In India, last-mile mobility and deliveries account for 66% of daily trips, which accounts for around 200 million journeys. While it has been facilitating convenience and connectivity across the nation, they are one of the major contributors to the rising pollution levels.
The connection is clear: more kms covered equals a heavier environmental toll. Electric vehicles (EVs), being cleaner, greener, and more energy-efficient compared to traditional internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles, hold the potential to drastically reduce pollution when used in delivery fleets.
The last-mile delivery model used by businesses these days could be more optimal. Currently, individual drivers usually have to use their own vehicles for making deliveries for different brands.
They have to continually switch between multiple platforms for securing orders, from grocery delivery, ride-hailing, food delivery, and logistics apps. This process becomes inefficient since drivers can not anticipate which brand will have higher demand at specific times or locations.
It exhausts drivers, increasing both their time spent and costs. This approach doesn’t support environmental goals or ensure long-term economic sustainability.
Fleet Electrification: Powering Sustainability In Supply Chains
The global automotive industry is undergoing a paradigm shift, transitioning from fossil fuels to alternative energy sources. Given the mounting pollution levels and natural resource depletion, environmentally conscious nations are increasingly turning to electric vehicles.
With India’s commitment to reduce carbon emissions by one billion tonnes by 2030, the country is promoting the use of electric cars as the primary transportation for commuters. Over the past few years, the electric vehicle industry has experienced remarkable growth.
Further, with India setting its sights on achieving zero net emissions by 2070, it is steadfastly working toward electrifying over 30% of new vehicles by 2030. This is where tech-driven companies come into play, revolutionizing the game by providing EVs as a service. Their innovative platform-based approach is aimed at promoting sustainability across the board.
A complete shift to electric vehicles can significantly diminish the carbon footprint associated with ICE two-wheelers, commonly used for last-mile deliveries. Simultaneously, tech-savvy companies are redefining the driver experience.
They are establishing an ecosystem where drivers can seamlessly switch between different service-based platforms based on demand, optimizing vehicle utilisation and boosting driver earnings.
Modern platforms, integrated with AI, facilitate the efficient management of vehicle charging and battery swapping. Concerns regarding charging infrastructure and battery availability are being addressed through real-time notifications, guiding drivers on when and where to charge or swap batteries, effectively eliminating range anxiety.
Huge Job Creation Opportunity
In the realm of last-mile logistics, the prospect of significant job creation looms large.
This intriguing opportunity allows delivery personnel to switch to electric vehicles, presenting an environmentally friendly solution without requiring any financial investment on their part.
This change has the potential to increase both employment and sustainability in the delivery industry.
Charting The Course Ahead
Electrifying last-mile deliveries not only significantly reduces carbon emissions but also yields sustainable long-term operational costs when compared to traditional petrol-powered vehicles.
It will also lead to cleaner air, improved efficiency, and a genuinely sustainable supply chain. This is in line with India’s vision of electrifying the country’s fleet by 2030 while keeping the efficiency of deliveries intact.
As we move towards an electrifying fleet, we are transforming last-mile mobility and forging a path towards a greener and prosperous future.


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20th Century Fox TV is producing the show for ABC and, yes, it is about politics. See, there are these three freshman members of the House of Representatives, two men and a woman (but no pizza place). They share an apartment in the D.C. area. "One is swept up in the movement of change... one has been in politics for a long time, and one is a master of the media and sound bites," said Malins.
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Music is important. It has always been at the forefront of my consciousness. My fascination with music is almost entirely founded on the sounds that great artists create, but there will always be a part of me that obsesses over the physical product. Though the days of discovering new music in dark and dingy record stores in any city I would find myself in are now few and far between, I still cherish those moments. I love holding the sleeve and artwork in my hands and to this day I can recite the place and often the circumstances I discovered and purchased almost any record or CD in my collection. Since I entered my teens and began working for money to be used to feed my record habit, I have been occasionally haunted by dreams of finding imaginary obscure limited edition records from the bands I love. The first of these that I still remember is one where I discovered a trove of Japanese import singles from Tears for Fears in the Lincoln City Safeway (and yes, back then Safeway groceries sold discount records near the checkout aisles). Sadly, lately, many of those dreams are of trying to find lost treasures at “going out of business” sales.
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When I hit play on the Should’s latest CD, The Great Pretend (which shares the title of the closing track from Like a Fire Without Sound) and heard the quiet repetitive build up that is the mood setting “Don’t Send Me Your Regrets,” I knew immediately that this would be another stellar album from this reclusive post-punk duo. There’s nearly a full two minutes of tension-building music before songwriter Marc Ostermeier sings “Oh no, don’t fill me with your regrets / Don’t fill the air with such nonsense” – setting the stage for an album full of quiet bitterness at the collapse of a relationship. It excites me that many musicians have not lost the idea of albums in this day of downloading. This is a collection of songs meant to be heard as a whole. It is not just a bunch of songs. It’s clear that the band carefully selected the running order and that it is meant to be heard in such a manner. The second song finds the band continuing their long standing tradition of amazing cover versions (Wedding Present, Disco Inferno, Jean Paul Sartre Experience, 18th Dye) with a very straight forward version of “Loveless Devotion” from New Zealand’s Over the Atlantic. This song is a revelation, because I was previously unfamiliar with this band, but it is also a perfect fit into the album. It acts as a bridge between the newer more carefully crafted cleaner sounding Should and their edgier early sound as about two thirds of the way into this version, a grinding guitar boldly pops in and provides some urgency. “Mistakes Are Mine” continues the bitterness, as our narrator sardonically accepts all of the blame for the failing romance atop a driving beat. The catchy first single from the album, “Down a Notch,” provides a similar frustrated irritation (“If you’ve got all the answers / I’d like to hear just one of them”) inside a sugar coated musical message. It isn’t until the closing orchestrated waltz “Don’t Get to Know Me,” that the bitterness of the break-up turns inward, as Ostermeier and vocalist Tanya Maus conclude in a pretty repeated refrain that we should “all stay lonely” and give up the entire charade of getting along.
Elsewhere, we find the band re-engaging with their early fuzzier sound on the upbeat “Dalliance,” while “In Monotone” and “A Lonely Place” guide us through their hazier and slower moods. The penultimate song “Gold Stars,” offers a moment of beautiful melancholic reflection and sweetness to counter balance some of internal strife elsewhere. Meanwhile, the unbelievably great sounding “Everybody Knows” channels the mysterious intrigue of post-punk legends and label-mates For Against. The call and response vocals and the echo-laden soaring chorus had me singing along immediately. Then there’s the hollow drum beat, heavy bass rumble, scratchy guitars, and heavy vocals of “Amends,” which I swear sounds like an outtake from Joy Division’s Closer sessions. I love it when bands get better with age.
Don’t miss the download only single “Down a Notch” either. This includes the fantastic single from the LP – a great teaser for the uninitiated, but also two non-LP songs for the collectors. “On Your Sleeve” is an excellent song that investigates the effects unspoken things that we want others to say or want to say at important moments. It’s a powerful song. Finally, “Animate” is a heavy and very straight-ahead instrumental.
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