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This year marks 60 years since filming began at Buckinghamshire’s Pinewood Studios on the first-ever Bond film. We take a special look back at cinematic history
When the James Bond movie Dr. No was released in October 1962, it proved an unlikely hit. It launched Britain’s greatest film franchise, and cemented Buckinghamshire’s enduring reputation as a hub for global film production. But Bond isn’t just about chase scenes and a charismatic leading man – it’s also the story of generations committed to excellence in filmmaking.
“There are families with multiple generations to have worked on Bond in Buckinghamshire,” says Ian Kinane, Senior Lecturer in Popular Literature and Culture at the University of Roehampton, London. “Bond’s ‘Buckinghamshire family’ is indelibly connected to those first crew-men and women who took up the Bond mantle 60 years ago.”
And they’re part of the reason why, nowadays, the region forms the backbone of the British film industry. With the UK’s stake in global film and TV production growing each year, today Buckinghamshire serves as one of the premiere hubs for productions from around the world – and it all began 60 years ago, with the unlikely success of a Dr. No.
Dr. No was filmed at Pinewood Studios, which was built on the estate of Heatherden Hall. In 1935, the tycoon Charles Boot partnered with the millionaire J. Arthur Rank to transform the grounds into a film studio. Before Bond, the studio housed three decades’ worth of productions – including, among others, films by Herbert Wilcox, Carol Reed and David Lean, as well as the Doctor and Carry Onseries.
Bond first took up residency at Pinewood when filming for Dr. No began on 26 February, 1962. Little did they know this particular production would prove lightning in a bottle. Now-iconic sets included Dr. No’s nuclear reactor base and the interiors of the British Secret Service headquarters.
Following the success of Dr. No, Bond would go on to make a home for himself at Pinewood, with 22 of the series’ subsequent 24 films filmed there. In 1976, the ‘007 Stage’ was purpose-built in Pinewood, where it became a permanent fixture. And though it’s burned down and been rebuilt multiple times over the years, most recently in 2006 after Casino Royale wrapped production, Pinewood now also houses the ‘Roger Moore Stage’, the ‘Q stage’, and ‘Goldfinger Avenue’ – named after some of the franchise’s iconic names and faces.
Next month No Time to Die, the 25th film in the series, will be at the Oscars with three nominations and at the BAFTAs with five. It was the second biggest film worldwide of 2021. The sets built at Pinewood were as usual outstanding, including a large set of downtown Havana.
60 years since Dr. No
The thousands of artists and skilled crew members who’ve worked on Bond at Pinewood have changed entertainment and the fortunes of the British film industry – forever. But success of this magnitude seemed unlikely at first.
Directed by Terence Young and produced by Albert R. Broccoli and Harry Saltzman, Dr. Nostarred the now legendary – but then virtually unknown – Sean Connery as the first-ever Bond. Dr. No captured filmgoers’ imaginations not simply because it was a pacy, sexy thriller set in exotic locations and powered by the rugged, dangerous appeal of its leading man. According to Kinane, “the film also appeared during a time in British filmmaking – and in Buckinghamshire, in particular – full of cultural and historical significance”.
Dr. Nohappened to be screening in cinemas during the brief, 13-day Cuban Missile Crisis between the United States and the Soviet Union in late October of that year. Resonances between the film’s plot and Cold War geopolitics were a coincidence, but they were an early indication of Bond’s enduring relevance for audiences around the world – and in Buckinghamshire, too.
Bond’s birthplace – and backdrop
“It’s worth noting,” Kinane points out, “that, over the years, Buckinghamshire’s Bond has ventured beyond the studio’s confines. He’s frequently popped up in and around Buckinghamshire, and locals may very well be forgiven for assuming they’ve fallen straight into one of 007’s adventures.”
For example, Stoke Park Golf Club is the setting for Bond’s first confrontation with the gold-obsessed Auric Goldfinger, in the 1964 film of the same name. It’s also where the iconic Oddjob demonstrates the power of his razor-rimmed bowler hat. Stoke Park was also used to film interior scenes for Tomorrow Never Dies (1997), doubling as the Hamburg hotel room where Bond and Paris Carver enjoy one last romantic tryst. And the list goes on and on.
Putting people first
Despite its modest origins, the Bond franchise stands as a testament to the hard work and creativity of the people of Buckinghamshire, and the county’s contributions to both the British and global film industries.
And it’s thanks to generations of unparalleled contributions – from the writers to the crew members, the actors to the producers – that Buckinghamshire still forms the industry’s bedrock today. The region’s proud tradition of creating world-class entertainment is strong because it’s rooted in the legacies of all the people who call the county home. As Kinane puts it, “the generations of local talent that have contributed to the Bond films prove once and for all that if the name is ‘Bond… James Bond’ – then the place is Bucks”.


Pope visits mark debut
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– Cassadee Pope will release her debut album, "Frame By Frame," on Republic Nashville next Tuesday. Celebrating release week, Pope will appear on multiple national television shows and perform a free show at New York City's Bryant Park.
The schedule is:
Monday: Big Morning Buzz Live with Carrie Keagan (VH-1) at 10 a.m. and Nashville's New Music In New York, Presented by Southwest Airlines, Grand Ole Opry, 'Wichcraft, NASH FM 94.7, a free concert open to the public at 6 p.m.
Tuesday: Today show at 10 a.m.
Wednesday: Late Night With Jimmy Fallon (NBC) - performing with The Roots at 12:36 a.m. eastern.
The 11-track project features the debut single Wasting All These Tears, which has sold nearly 400,000 downloads. Dann Huff produced the project with contributions from Nathan Chapman, Max Martin and Shellback.
The Season 3 winner of The Voice will offer a glimpse into life after the show, including her opening slot on Rascal Flatts' Live & Loud Tour, throughout a six-episode CMT docu-series. "Cassadee Pope: Frame by Frame" premieres tonight at 10 eastern/Pacific on the network.
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Netherlands Film Festival (26 September - 5 October 2012) we provide you daily with postcards and bios of Dutch film stars. In the Netherlands, Louis de Bree (1884 - 1971) is best remembered as a radio star. But before he was the leading man in countless Dutch radio plays, he had an extensive stage career. In the 1930's, he also starred in several Dutch films.
Dutch postcard by M. B.& Z. (M. Bonnist & Zonen, Amsterdam), no. 12. Photo: Loet C. Barnstijn Film. Publicity still for Malle gevallen/Silly Situations (1934).
Louis de Bree was born as Louis Christiaan Davids in Amsterdam in 1884. In order to avoid confusion with the popular vaudeville actor Louis Davids , who also performed in several Dutch films in the 1930's, he changed his name. After having started as a diamond cutter, he went on stage in 1907, getting known for his comic roles in theatre but also in vaudeville and operetta. For the latter section he often collaborated with Annie Bakker, his wife as of 1922. The highly active De Bree was (co-)director for several comedy companies: De Kluchtspelers (1916-1918), Het Vrolijk Tooneel (1918-1919, 1924-1928, 1938-1939), Het Nederlandsch Vaudeville Gezelschap (1920-1923), Het Centraal Tooneel (1927-1933), De Speeldoos (1928-1929), De Zomercombinatie Ruys - De Bree (1932-1933), De Komedianten (1936-1938), and Cabaret De Carroussel (1937-1938). He also directed plays at Het Nederlandsch Tooneel, and other companies. De Bree was also a singer and composed some songs.
The other cast members of Malle gevallen/Silly Situations (1934). Dutch postcard by M. B.& Z. (M. Bonnist & Zonen, Amsterdam), no. 3. Photo: Loet C. Barnstijn Film.
In 1934, Louis de Bree's film career started with a part in the comedy Malle gevallen/Silly Situations (1934, Jaap Speyer). The production was truly international. Dutch director Jaap Speyer had had an extensive film career in Berlin. The script was written by German Hans Martin and was an adaptation of his novel. Music was by Ralph Erwin, creator of the famous song Ich küsse Ihre Hand, Madame. Sets were by the Viennese set designer Hans Ledersteger and cinematography was by Akos Farkas, a Hungarian Jew. While Erwin fell victim to the nazi's, Ledersteger pursued a career in Germany and Austria. Farkas married the daughter of... the producer of Malle gevallen: Loet Barnstijn. During the war, Farkas did not join his (Jewish) father-in-law in the US but went into hiding. Louis de Bree became the leading actor of the comedy De kribbebijter/The Grumbler (1935, Hermann Kosterlitz - the future Henry Koster). In this film, his regular co-actor and -director of the stage Cor Ruys plays a grumpy old baron who is only softened by his brother-in-law, played by De Bree. The film was based on the play Willis Frau (Willy's Wife) by Reimann and Schwartz; De Bree wrote the dialogue himself. Then followed the role of an inspector in Het mysterie van de Mondscheinsonate/The Mystery of the Mondschein Sonata (1935, Kurt Gerron), a detective film based on a murder story by Willy Corsari. De Bree had a major part in De suikerfreule (1935, Haro van Peski), a comedy set in the Dutch East Indies, and a small part in the romance Jonge harten/Young Hearts (1936, Charles Huguenot van der Linden, Heinz Josephson). The later film was remarkable for its location shooting while most Dutch films then were studio productions.
Dutch postcard, no. 1. Photo: Loet C. Barnstijn Film. Publicity still for the comedy Malle gevallen (1934).
Louis de Bree played in two Dutch versions of multilinguals, a much tried phenomenon in the 1930's. Both films were shot at the Photo-Sonore-Studio in Paris. In Klokslag twaalf/At Twelve Sharp (1936, Léo Joannon), the Dutch version of Quand minuit sonnera. De Bree plays the leading role of an industrial whose crime ten years before is about to expire, and his old gang wants to blackmail him. Cinematography was by Boris Kaufman and André Bac. Shortly after, De Bree performed in a second film by Joannon, De man zonder hart/L'homme sans coeur/The Man Without a Heart (1937), again based on a book by Alfred Marchard, and again with cinematography by Kaufman. Here De Bree is an industrial who kills his partner when the other gives him (false) proof of his wife's infidelity. After 15 years imprisonment, he plots to kill the daughter of his wife and her second husband. For both films, De Bree wrote the dialogues, together with Sam Wagenaar. After that, he quitted film acting, perhaps because of the unfavorable reception of the Léo Joannon films. In 1949-1950, he ended his stage career after 40 years of stage tours. He became a member of the Nederlandse Radio Unie and would be the leading man in countless Dutch radio plays, until his death in 1971. Most notably, he was Sir Graham Forbes in the popular Paul Vlaanderen radio plays, adaptations of the BBC radio plays of Paul Temple by Francis Durbridge. Louis de Bree was married twice. After Annie Bakker, Louis de Bree was married to actress Myra Ward (1941-1947).
Dutch film poster for De kribbebijter/The Grumbler (1935). Design: Frans Mettes.
Dutch film poster for Jonge harten/Young Hearts (1936). Design: Titus Leeser.
Sources: Kathinka Dittrich (Achter het doek. Duitse emigranten in de Nederlandse speelfilm in de jaren dertig), IMDb, Hoorspelhelden in het kort and Hermanca.nl.

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text: For the new edition of my book on happiness I’m adding (among other things) a chapter on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT). It’s not easy to describe it in a few words. The ‘acceptance’ part is all to do with letting unpleasant thoughts come and go, while distancing yourself from them (rather as in Neuro-Linguistic Programming, in fact). And the ‘commitment’ part is all to do with taking action to improve your life guided by your values. There’s quite a lot of statistical evidence that ACT works for a number of psychological problems. But I’d really love to hear from anyone who has used ACT to promote happiness rather than to reduce unhappiness, if you see what I mean. If that’s you, either as a therapist or as a client, then please share your experiences with us by clicking on Comments.

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Multi-award winning artist Angel Sessions is back again and this time showcasing a new twist on her many God-given talents. The singer/songwriter’s new single, “Never (Don’t Go),” is an urban gospel song with a hint of R&B and a smooth swag.
The music was composed by the incredible Jeremy Christian a.k.a. Yan Banga, with the lyrics and melody written by Angel herself. Together, both Angel and Yan have created a sound that will keep the listeners pressing play. Angel gives her fans a taste of gospel, combined with R&B and hip-hop. She also surprises fans with her rap skills, showcasing even more of her musical talents.
Angel Sessions last single “Your Love,” released on April 27 has been streamed over 22 million times on SoundCloud and many of her fans have been so supportive of her latest music. Now, she’s giving fans something new and exciting. “Never (Don’t Go)” is available world-wide on all digital music stores and streaming services.

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VAN WERT – It’s all about building a culture.
And that’s what Van Wert head football coach Keith Recker has been doing the past 10 years at the helm.
However, Recker’s early years as the Van Wert head coach were challenging, to say the least. The Cougars went 1-9 in both 2012 and 2013. In 2016, Van Wert was winless (0-10).
Then, it started to click.
In 2020, Van Wert won the Division IV state title, defeating Mentor Lake Catholic 31-28, on a 25-yard field goal by Damon McCracken with nine seconds left in the game. That was Van Wert’s first-ever state title in football. Last season, the Cougars made it to the Division IV regional finals, where they lost to Port Clinton, 49-21.
This season, Recker returns 13 letterwinners from last year’s 12-2 squad.
The veteran head coach said his athletes realize that what has happened in the past does not guarantee success for the future.
“It’s so neat to see that they’re so confident; and our coaching staff does a very good job of making sure they stay humble,” Recker said. “They understand that whatever we did last year, or two years ago, has no effect on this year. We tell them to ‘change their best’ every day. Our guys have completely bought in to that.”
Van Wert will be dealing with some personnel changes this campaign, as several key athletes from last season have graduated. However, Recker feels confident that other athletes will step up and fill those voids.
“We lost a really good group,” Recker said. “Connor Pratt (wide receiver) is going off to Hillsdale College to play Division II football. Nate Jackson (second-leading rusher for Van Wert in 2021) and Ty Jackson, the brothers, are gone. Cullen Dunn (First Team All-Ohio offensive lineman, 2021) and Turner Witten (Second Team All-Ohio offensive lineman, 2020) are gone.
“So, we have some guys – all-league guys from a very good senior class – that we have to replace. But, with that all said, we have a really nice group, especially our skill guys that are coming back, led by Aidan Pratt (Second Team All-Ohio quarterback in 2021). Pratt (6-4, 205) has a chance to be as good as he wants to be at quarterback. He’s taken some visits to Division I schools, and has had some Division II offers, already. I think he’s really poised for a great year – even after the great season he had last year. We’re really fortunate to have somebody like that behind center.”
Pratt will have plenty of weapons to choose from this season.
“Garett Gunter (6-0, 185, Sr.) and Maddix Crutchfield (6-1, 220, Sr.) are two receivers back from last year,” Recker said. “Brylen Parker (5-11, 190, Jr.), who started at safety as a sophomore, also played a little bit at tailback last season. He (Parker) is going to be at a running back spot. He’s looking to have a really good year at both safety and running back.”
Last season, Pratt passed for 3,384 yards with 34 touchdowns and just five interceptions. On the ground, Pratt rushed for 1,291 yards and found the end zone 19 times.
Recker said that despite losing a couple key offensive and defensive linemen from last season, he feels that there are two returners they can build around.
“Line-wise, we actually have two guys who have really grown from last year. Logan Dotson (6-5, 250, Sr.) and Jackson Jones (6-1, 240, Sr.) were both starters last year, and they’re back,” Recker said. “A lot of colleges have been big on Logan, because of his 6-4 frame. He (Dotson) is about 250 (pounds) now. … He looks really good. A lot of D-II schools have been really high on him.
“Jackson plays with good leverage, and he’s a kid that’s been in the weight room, very consistently, since last season. I think he’s going to be very good for us this year, as well.”
Van Wert’s offensive philosophy will not change. The Cougars will still run a spread offense.
“We’ll be pretty much the same,” Recker said. “We will mix in as many of those formations that we can; and we will take whatever the defense gives us. Our offensive coordinator, Cole Harting, has done a really nice job of just taking what the defense gives us. We’re simple, offensively, with our guys. But, we’re pretty diverse to what we can do. They do a good job of spreading the ball around.”
Van Wert’s defensive scheme will be very similar to last year’s. However, there will be an additional Recker roaming the sidelines this fall.
“My dad, Steve Recker, who was at Delphos St. John’s for 35 years (coaching), is coming over to coach this year (as defensive coordinator),” Recker said. “So, that’s going to be really nice. We’re going to be pretty similar. So, this should be pretty easy for our guys. He’s bringing a few wrinkles that he likes out of the 4-2 (defensive scheme). So, it might be a little different than what we did in the past. But all said, I think we’re going to look very similar, defensively, and maybe a little more diverse.”
Another thing that will look very similar to last season is Van Wert’s overall depth and team speed.
“This is probably our deepest group of skill kids that we’ve ever had,” Recker said. “If we have four out there, we can put a new four and we probably don’t miss much. We’re just very deep at the skill positions. We just have to try to find some depth up front with the offensive and defensive lines.”
Coach: Keith Recker
Years at school, record: 11, N/A
Last season’s record: 12-2 overall, 8-1 in WBL, WBL champs, regional finalists
Returning letterwinners: 13
Returning starters: Logan Dotson (OL), Maddix Crutchfield (HB/DB), Jacob Fuerst (RB/LB), Aidan Pratt (QB, DL), Damon McCracken (HB/LB), Garett Gunter (WR/DB), Jackson Jones (OL/DL), Brylen Parker (RB/DB)
August 19 – Bryan
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September 2 – Defiance
September 9 – at Wapakoneta
September 16 – St. Marys
September 23 – at Ottawa-Glandorf
September 30 – Shawnee
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October 14 – Elida
October 21 – at Bath
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Gary Hamilton declared himself “very pleased” with the pre-season preparations as he looked forward to tomorrow’s visit to Warrenpoint Town for the first game in the 2017-18 Danske Bank Premiership season. “The lads have all put in a lot of hard work over the weeks of pre-season. They’ve made a big effort to prepare for the season ahead and their commitment and the hours of training and warm-up games they’ve put in without pay should stand them in good stead.
“The lads’ fitness is as good as I’ve seen it and that’s thanks to the work they’ve done with Kris (Lindsay) and Gerry Mulgrew, our fitness conditioning coach. Hopefully that will give them every opportunity to get off to a good start and get some results under our belt.”
Mark Sykes is suspended for the first two games of the season but the rest of the squad is fit and available for selection. Joel Cooper is heading off to the USA on August 22nd to start a two and a half year sports scholarship. “We’re disappointed to lose a very good player like Joel but it’s a once in a lifetime opportunity and an exciting challenge for him, to study for a degree and play football at the same time. It was a blow that we also lost Greg (Moorhouse) due to family reasons so it’s been a difficult and busy few weeks for me but we can’t blame the players.
“We expect a tough game tomorrow, with Warrenpoint coming up as champions and with the confidence of winning their league and on a good run of results from last season. Promoted teams often start well and Warrenpoint have a lot of experienced players in their squad so we know we’ll have to be on top of our game” Gary concluded.
Reminder: Saturday’s game has a 5:30pm kick-off.

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It is a story about an African-American woman named Sylvia Landry who is trying to raise money in Boston to support a school for the children of sharecroppers in the South.
The 1920 silent movie, which is believed to be the oldest surviving film by an African-American director, takes a sharp look at race relations in America more than 100 years ago, according to Wycliffe Gordon, the director of jazz studies at Augusta University.
“This silent movie was Oscar Michaeux’s response to D.W. Griffith’s film, ‘Birth of a Nation,’” Gordon explained. “In ‘Birth of a Nation,’ that film portrayed African-Americans as less than human and almost celebrated the rise of the Ku Klux Klan.”
“Within Our Gates” confronts those views by addressing racism and the violence of Jim Crow, but also depicts African-Americans’ quest to simply be treated as humans, Gordon said.
“I always knew about the film, but I got commissioned a few years ago to write a score to accompany the movie,” Gordon said, adding that his original score, “Within These Gates of Mine,” premiered in New York City in 2011. “Once I started watching the film, I realized it addresses a lot of myths about African- Americans. And it talks about race issues that existed back then, and even though it’s different now, some of those same issues still exist.”
In honor of Black History Month, Gordon and the AU Jazz Ensemble will be performing live his original score, “Within These Gates of Mine,” alongside the silent film, “Within Our Gates,” on Friday, Feb. 21, at the Maxwell Theatre on the Summerville Campus of Augusta University.
“This is actually my second score for one of Oscar Micheaux’s films,” Gordon said, explaining that he also composed an original score for Micheaux’s classic 1925 silent film, “Body and Soul.”
In “Body and Soul,” actor Paul Robeson portrays a fugitive posing as a preacher in rural Georgia under the alias, “Reverend Jenkins.” But “Reverend Jenkins” is clearly no saint, and freely drinks, gambles and blackmails local residents in the film.
Micheaux’s unflattering and controversial depiction of a clergyman resulted in calls for censorship back in 1925.
“That first commission was from Jazz at Lincoln Center,” Gordon said. “They were going to show the film, ‘Body and Soul,’ to honor and celebrate Paul Robeson, because he made his debut as an actor in that film. So, when they called me to do the score, I said, ‘Oh man. Wow. What a great opportunity.’ Because, of course, growing up in the South and in the church, I could relate to a lot of aspects in the film.”
Gordon received rave reviews regarding his live performance with the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra.
“Wycliffe Gordon captures the ethos of the movie brilliantly, delving deep into his Georgia upbringing and infusing the score with hymns, work songs, and the timbres of early-to-modern jazz,” wrote David Adler of All About Jazz.
A few years later, Gordon performed “Body and Soul” at the Savannah Music Festival in the Lucas Theatre for the Arts.
“Someone asked me, ‘Have you seen the film, ‘Within Our Gates?” I told him, ‘I haven’t really seen that film, but I know about it,’” Gordon said. “And he asked, ‘What do you think about writing a score for that?’”
Gordon never forgot that discussion.
So, when the nonprofit organization, Jazzmobile, called a few years later and asked if he had any projects in mind, Gordon suggested writing a score for “Within Our Gates.”
Tickets for the 1920 silent film, “Within Our Gates,” with original score by Wycliffe Gordon are $15 for the general public. AU & EGSC students, faculty and staff are admitted free with a valid JagCard. Free admission is also available for K-12 students at the door.
As a result, “Within These Gates of Mine” was premiered with a live jazz orchestra at Columbia University in 2011 and again at Symphony Space in New York City in 2013.
“It’s only been performed a few times, so I’m excited to bring it to Augusta University,” Gordon said. “I feel it is particularly important because it’s the 100th anniversary of the film being released and I wanted to do this during Black History Month because of the message about race relations in the film. I think it’s an important message and I believe people will really enjoy the show.”


Suffolk City Councilman Curtis Milteer was misquoted in a story ("Suffolk council vote paves way for White Marsh Estates") that ran on Page 6 in Thursday's Virginian-Pilot . Milteer said development was needed in the "southern part of the city."
The Hampton Roads Chamber of Commerce has not adopted a position on Atlantic Coast offshore drilling. A story ("Offshore drilling: Gains or losses?") on Page 3 of Wednesday's Virginian-Pilot misstated the chamber's position .


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Garth Brooks has sold 39,000 tickets in 36 minutes for Billings, MT. He is set for four concerts at Rimrock Auto Arena at MetraPark. No more seats remain for the four shows.
But because of extreme fan support given to the Garth Brooks World Tour, another show will be played. The date of the show and when it goes on sale will be announced Monday morning (May 8th).
This is the last set of shows on the world tour for Montana and Wyoming.
The four scheduled concerts will be:
Friday, June 9th 7 pm
Saturday, June 10th 3 pm
Saturday, June 10th 7:30 pm
Sunday, June 11th 3 pm
Brooks is nearing the end of the North American run of his tour that began three years ago. Less than ten dates remain, with Nashville and Los Angeles not announced but expected. The future of what Brooks will do beyond that remains to be seen, as he stated in March that he’s not sure when the tour will hit overseas as the band and crew are exhausted from overwhelming demand.
“Everyone’s pretty exhausted. I mean, five million tickets in one hundred cities in ’98. You’re thirty. Five million tickets in 60 cities, and you’re 55. It’s gonna take its toll,” Brooks says during an Albany press conference. “You’ll see these guys, right now, they are all out there laying down right now. All of ‘em. But tonight they’ll be like seven year old kids, man. It’s the most beautiful gift you could ever give somebody. Thank you for it because, all these people, including [Trisha Yearwood], she’ll be 17 tonight. And just beautiful. And just having the time of her life. It’s a great thing. So Australia was supposed to be. Right now we’re talking with Australia. We’ll see.”
The remaining dates announced include seven shows in Kansas City May 5th through 13th, the five Billings shows above and a single Lafayette, LA show for June 24th, as of now.
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Installing hardwood floors in your home can increase the value of your home by 3-5%. Because it can be expensive and is seen as an investment, many homeowners prefer to install hardwood flooring themselves.
Are you interested in learning more about how to lay hardwood, how to determine hardwood floor direction and more? Keep reading our guide to learn everything you need to know about hardwood floors!
What Is Hardwood Floor Direction?
If you are not familiar with home improvement and how to lay hardwood flooring, you may not know that there are many directions to lay hardwood floors!
These directions depend on personal preference, the aesthetics of your home, and more. Not everyone agrees on what direction is best for hardwood flooring, so it is important to consider each of the options available!
Types of Wood Direction and Patterns For Wood Flooring
There are many directions to lay wood flooring. You can even choose to lay it in a pattern, like a herringbone-patterned wood floor! Here is more information about each type of pattern and when you should use them in your home.
Vertical or Straight
Vertical hardwood floors, also known as straight hardwood floors, are laid parallel to each other across the length of the room. This is the most common way to lay hardwood flooring, and it can even make your room appear bigger!
Most people who use this type of wood direction will run it all the way from the entrance of their home to the end of the room.
If you have a room that is long and narrow, using a horizontal wood direction is a great option for you! This will make your room feel wider and less cramped.
As the name says, this common floor pattern is laid horizontally rather than vertically. This will make your eye move from side to side, giving your room a wider perception.
A herringbone pattern uses rectangles that are arranged in a diagonal and staggered zigzag pattern. Not only does this pattern add more dimension to your home, but it also makes your floor stand out! It is a unique pattern that will make you fall in love with your flooring.
Because this is not a typical pattern for wood direction, you may want the help of professional flooring installers. This will help ensure that your flooring looks perfect, your pieces are cut precisely, and that you won't waste as much material in the process. They can also help you determine which way your herringbone pattern should face.
Diagonal wood floors aren't as common as horizontal or vertical wood direction. In this type of flooring, the wood flooring is installed at a 45-degree angle to your walls.
While it is a unique wood direction, it has a few drawbacks. Because it is done less often, most companies require higher installation fees. This wood direction will also waste more material than other, more traditional, patterns.
While the direction you lay your hardwood flooring is mostly up to your personal preference, there are some other things you should consider. These include light sources in your home, your walls, and whether or not you are putting wood flooring in multiple rooms.
One thing to consider when determining your wood direction when installing hardwood floors is the walls in your home. First, many people don't realize that not all walls are straight. Having uneven walls may lead to issues when you lay your flooring along the wall.
Another thing to consider is that most people align the planks of wood flooring to line up with the longest wall in your home. By determining how your walls will affect your flooring, you can pick the right direction to lay your floors.
Many people will choose to run their wood floors in the direction of the light sources in their home. This is especially true when it is a natural light source! One reason for this is to improve the look of your floor and to make sure you don't see small variations in your flooring.
If you lay your flooring in the opposite direction, you may see shadows that come from different board heights.
It is much more difficult to plan the direction of your wood flooring and to have cohesive flooring when you are using wood flooring in multiple rooms of your home. Rooms that are more open can have the flooring flow easily from room to room.
However, hallways and closed-off rooms may cause issues in your planning. One way to solve these issues is to create a threshold between rooms. You can do this with a small wood strip to clearly mark the beginning of a new room.
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Why is Prince Harry asked to give a month’s notice before his trips to the UK? Find out
The Prince was told that this notice period will give them time for processing the security requests
According to reports recently Prince Harry was asked to give at least 28 days’ notice for his planned trip to the United Kingdom. The Prince was told that this notice period will give them time for processing the security requests and the Home Office will determine whether the requested security arrangements are necessary or not.
However, as per reports The Duke of Sussex is not taking this and has pushed back on the decision. Prince Harry has even asked for the example of people similar to himself who did not receive security after stepping back from public duty.
Prince Harry on security arrangements
This situation between Prince Harry and the Home Office started when The Duke of Sussex was told that he will not be given the same degree of personal protection security when he is visiting the UK.
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Prince Harry is also suing Associated Newspaper Limited (ANL) for the story published in February 2022 for their story that Prince Harry kept a legal fight with the government over a police bodyguard a secret but PR tried to put a positive spin on it as soon as the story broke. Harry’s lead attorney has asked to strike the publisher's defense or deliver summary judgment in Prince’s favor.
His legal team argued that these security arrangements were not valid because of the ‘procedural unfairness’. This is because the Prince was not given proper time to make ‘informed representations beforehand’.
In a public statement it was heard that Prince Harry and Meghan Markle along with kids were not able to return to his home because of the lack of protection needed in the UK. He even offered to personally pay for the police protection for himself and his family in January 2020 which was dismissed. Prince Harry does not want to impose on British taxpayers and is willing to personally cover the security costs.
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Former Studio 263 actress Anne Nhira who acted as Vimbai Jari in the soap has died.
She was 38 years old.
Her brother Juan Nhira confirmed the news.
“She sustained injuries on her chest area, rib cage and back during a robbery on Monday afternoon in Bedford view South Africa.
“She was only 38 years of age,” he said.
Nhira was one of the most popular Zimbabwean actresses, model, film producer and talent manager who rose to prominence in the early 2000s and became the darling for many, when she featured in the soap opera Studio 263.
Nhira also tried her hand in singing in 2013 when she released a single, “The One”.
She was based in Johannesburg where she has been since 2008.
At the time of her death, she was also a presenter on Radio54 African PanaramaLive, a radio station founded by former ZBC broadcaster Eric Knight.
She was broadcasting from the station’s South African Studios.


AUSTIN, Texas — In the five months since former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley suspended his presidential campaign, he’s turned his attentions back to city government.
A former mayor of Baltimore, O’Malley last month joined White House-backed smart city advocacy and partnership group MetroLab Network. There, O’Malley serves as a senior adviser and has taken the helm of creating and leading the group’s advisory board.
In an exclusive interview with StateScoop at the Smart Cities Innovation Summit this week, O’Malley discussed his role at MetroLab Network, his hopes for elected officials to advocate for technology and his vision going forward.
Editor’s note: This interview was edited for clarity.
StateScoop: Tell us a little bit about your new role at MetroLab. What are you working on there?
Martin O’Malley: I’m very excited about MetroLab. MetroLab is a consortium of about 34 leading cities and their university partners that are all about accelerating the development, research and deployment of oftentimes technological or big data solutions to city problems. I’ve been asked to be the chair of the advisory board, and we are carving out four main areas of focus for the several months ahead.
A lot of these have emerged from the work our partners already have in motion. One of them is around the array of things, which is being pioneered and deployed now in Chicago, another one is around the combination of not only sensors and gray infrastructure, but also the deployment of green infrastructure along with the gray infrastructure, so water management if you will. The third area is the application of big data to human service problems where oftentimes tragically, especially young vulnerable kids die with a bunch of different departments’ fingerprints on their folder with no one taking the responsibility to intervene when the data would tell you that it was most effective. The fourth one that we carved out was traffic management and mobility, especially around reducing congestion and making traffic signals a dynamic and intelligent system rather than systems that are timed and set with someone going up in a bucket truck with a screwdriver every four years.
SS: You’re a former mayor, a former governor and a 2016 presidential candidate — how important is it for elected leaders as they’re running for office, as they’re in office, to really be advocating for smart technology to make things happen across their governments?
MO’M: I see emerging all across our country out of cities is a new way of governing and getting things done very much aided by technology. The openness, the transparency, the immediacy with which every citizen now has access to information is a phenomenon that mayors embrace and most governors run away from.
Part of what ails us as a nation at this point in time is a lack of trust in our government and a lack of trust in one another. There is no substitute for a government that’s actually responsive, connected and effective for the citizens that it serves. Without that trust, nothing much works in our republic. So, for that reason, I think it’s very important that we lift up the leaders who are embracing new technologies for the common good, that are deploying new technologies, that stumble and fail again and then try again and succeed. I think that’s helpful for the whole country. There’s no reason why our government shouldn’t be able to work and deliver results, or certainly work as well or be as responsive as Uber or online banking.
SS: There does seem to be that level of distrust between city government and state government, and since you’ve been in both seats, how can groups like MetroLab bridge that gap and really get people talking?
MO’M: The distrust I think is greatest at the national level, and you’ve see it manifested in many ways in this electoral cycle.
But on the other side of the spectrum, I think the trust is the highest in cities — with some exceptions. People do have a higher level of trust in the openness, transparency, responsiveness, accountability, integrity, connectivity that they have as citizens to their local government. Between cities and states, though, given the mindset of command and control in bureaucracy and hierarchy, in the past, national efforts tended to come down through state houses and then go to local governments. I think what we’re seeing is an acknowledgement increasingly that we’re a metropolitan people.
As we move into a much more collaborative style of federalism, you will see our federal government partnering more directly with cities and with metropolitan areas and with collections of cities as you saw in this transportation bid. When it comes to places like transportation, public safety, resilience, human service delivery, those are metropolitan issues when it comes to better ways to get better results.
SS: If we talk in a year, what do you want MetroLab to have accomplished?
MO’M: Within the next year, I would like for us to have delivered a few things. One is a white paper on what a healthy university and city relationship looks like in the information age.
The second one is around the notion of how we integrate innovation into the workings of government, and not have it off in its silo someplace. And then those four focus areas, we plan to develop playbooks and blueprints that allow those to scale up and allow other cities to learn from the successes and the hard-won experiences of the early deployments so that they can pursue these deployments themselves on green infrastructure, the array of things, better use of big data for human service, and also the traffic and mobility management.


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Pick a assortment of lean protein foods: Meat, poultry, seafood, dry beans or peas, eggs, nuts, and seeds are deemed portion of the protein foods group. Choose leaner cuts of ground beef (where the label says 90% lean or greater), turkey breast, or chicken breast.
Make lunch a mix of lean protein and starchy carbs. Carb-rich foods provide energy and with no them you are much more likely to suffer that classic mid-afternoon slump. The crucial is to select carbs that make a steady rise in blood sugar, which indicates passing on the sugary ‘white’ foods and going for high fibre whole-grains which help you manage these afternoon munchies.
The innate immune system is localised in the GALT. When luminal antigens pass via the intestinal barrier, they are phagocited (consumed) by dendritic cells or macrophagues, key elements of the innate immune program. Dendritic cells or macrophagues recognize antigens through a family of receptors identified as Toll-like receptors (TLR). The greatest studied and identified antigens from gram damaging bacteria are LPS which interact with toll-like receptors-four (TLR4), inducing the production of pro-inflammatory cytokines and in the end insulin resistance and T2D35. Interestingly, a not too long ago published study demonstrated increased TLR4 expression in T2D humans, contributing to an enhanced inflammatory state37.

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Observation, direct experience, artistic practice for meeting and sharing knowledge
Convinced of the social and communicative character of art, Stefano Zago participates in collective workshops, in the worldwide network of Urban Sketchers, draws social and political events on the spot in order to create reports with comics about them and collaborates with artists’ associations in France and Italy.
After personal and collective exhibitions in Paris, Belgium and Italy, he uses the internet and social networks as a means of communication. He currently maintains his desire to share knowledge by running online courses/lectures, in Italian and French, on the history of art associated with the practice of drawing, learning perspective, comics and creative expression activities in general.
Passionate about the languages and history of art, an assiduous visitor to art cities, museums and exhibitions, the artist practices drawing in the form of quick and essential sketches, photography and mixed techniques that bring together painting (gouache, acrylic, oil), collage, the manipulation of materials and the assembly of objects. The use of found and recycled materials responds not only to an ecological sensitivity, which is nevertheless present, but also to an emotional and tactile search for the life hidden in the material.
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Through observation and representation of the world around us and a thorough analytical study of art history and theory, the artist reveals and highlights meanings and elements that may escape the distracted eye, uncovers traces and symbols and produces new and unexpected meanings. His work on the physiological and cultural systems of perception, close to archaeology, proposes a meditation on our different ways of observing the world around us and the way in which art can represent it.

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Romania’s new Government passes Parliament vote
Romania’s Parliament voted on November 25 the new Government led by Liberal Nicolae Ciuca. Thursday’s vote thus puts an end to the around two-month political crisis in the country.
The appointed Cabinet, backed by the National Liberal Party (PNL), the Social Democratic Party (PSD), and Hungarians’ Union (UDMR), got 318 votes in favour and 126 against. It needed at least 234 votes to be approved. USR and AUR MPs voted against, according to Digi24.
Nicolae Ciuca’s Government is to be installed later today, in a ceremony to be held at the Cotroceni Palace.
A retired general, Romania’s new PM Nicolae Ciuca was previously the Chief of General Staff, appointed by president Klaus Iohannis in 2015. He also served as head of the Romanian Land Forces. He served as an interim prime minister in 2020, after Ludovic Orban resigned from the job.
The ruling coalition announced the new list of ministers earlier this week.
Romania entered a political crisis in September when the former ruling coalition made up of the reformist USR party, PNL and UDMR broke following disagreements over a EUR 10 bln local development plan promoted by the Liberals and the dismissal of USR justice minister Stelian Ion. Then, in early October, Liberal PM Florin Citu was ousted in a no-confidence vote in Parliament.
In the coming weeks, president Klaus Iohannis made two nominations for the PM seat, but the crisis continued. USR leader Dacian Ciolos, the president’s first proposal, failed to get the Parliament’s support. Then Liberal Nicolae Ciuca gave up his mandate on November 2, one day before his Government was due to stand the Parliament’s vote, as the Liberals decided to attempt to form a majority to support the Government.
On November 22, Iohannis nominated for a second time acting national defense minister Nicolae Ciuca as prime minister-designate. Things moved forward this time, as the Liberals managed to form a new ruling coalition with PSD and UDMR, thus securing the number of votes needed for the Government to be approved by the Parliament.
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The distinctive voice of KSW ring announcer, Waldemar Kasta, boomed around Ergo Arena as bodybuilder and social media star, Erko Jun, prepared to make his first ever walk to the cage last year and these forbidding words were spoken. ‘A Hollywood smile, magazine-cover looks and bulging muscles paint an intimating picture. That whole package will be put to a test tonight in the unforgiving KSW cage.’ Up to this point, Jun has passed each one of those tests with flying colours but he is about to be faced with his toughest yet.
As a world renowned fitness model and with over 1 million Instagram followers, it would be easy to assume that Jun has had it easy his whole life. However, this is most certainly not the case. The 29-year-old was born in Bosnia and remained there until he was two years old which was when the 1992 Bosnian War occured. Jun and his family were no longer safe living in that environment so they fled to Belgium in search of a better life.
“Thank god that I don’t have any memories of being in Bosnia when I was little,” stated Jun. “It’s strange but I don’t remember anything from when I was a child. Maybe it’s a kind of post-traumatic process. I just know that my parents had to hide me in closets and places like that so that we weren’t put in any danger. We had to run away to Belgium to survive.”
It wasn’t all plain sailing once he arrived there though. Growing up, Jun started to hang around with the wrong crowd which resulted in him getting into trouble during adolescence. Martial arts really helped him transform his life and he trained in many stand-up disciplines as he got older. A serious knee injury halted his combat training for many years so he turned his attention to lifting weights whilst recovering. During that time, he built up his profile in the fitness and bodybuilding world’s before eventually becoming a global star. It was at that point he realised he wanted to jump back into martial arts and pursue another of his dreams.
Jun (3-0) made his professional MMA and KSW debut in June 2018 when he faced famous Polish actor, Tomasz Oswiecinski, in one of the promotion’s popular ‘freak fights’. However, it soon became clear that Jun wasn’t just competing as part of a publicity stunt in an attempt to gain a few headlines. He knocked out Oswiecinski in the very first round which helped make it clear that he was incredibly serious about his venture into MMA. The UFD Gym fighter returned to the cage four months later to take on the infamous Popek Monster and displayed some of his skills on the ground leading to a second round TKO victory.
His last outing came at KSW 49 back in May when he took on bodybuilder and personal trainer, Akop Szostak. Jun’s undefeated run and 100% knockout finish rate continued as he claimed another first round stoppage at just 36 seconds into the fight. A big right hand connected early on Szostak’s chin which dropped him so Jun swarmed and landed follow up strikes to seal the win. Jun made some changes in his preparation leading up to that bout which clearly paid dividends.
“I dropped more weight to fight Akop,” said Jun. “During training camp, I was very light on my feet so I knew the contest wouldn’t last longer than one round. However, I didn’t expect it to be that fast but obviously I was very happy with the result.”
In the past, Jun has claimed to be ‘the bounty hunter’ who is looking to take out all of the popular guys in Poland and claim their fan bases for himself. He won’t get a chance any bigger to achieve that aim than on Saturday night inside Arena Zagreb. Not only will Jun compete in his first ever main event, but he will also be facing the biggest star in the history of KSW, Mariusz Pudzianowski (12-7, 1NC). ‘Pudzian’ is a five-time winner of the World’s Strongest Man competition and it is widely acknowledged that KSW wouldn’t have reached the heights they have in Poland if it wasn’t for him. He brought a significant number of eyeballs to MMA in his home country and still remains one of the nation’s most beloved sports stars. Due to some similarities in their past, Jun has been aware of Pudzianowski for a considerable amount of time and can’t wait to share the cage with him.
“When I began lifting weights was the first time that I heard about Pudzian,” explained Jun. “I knew him as being the only strongman with abs popping out! As he crossed into MMA, I continued to follow his journey and watched his very first fight. He has nothing but my respect and he knows that but I believe now it’s my time to take over.”
“I know that Pudzian mostly looks to take guys down and beat them up from the top but I’ve been working on defending those situations since I prepared for my first ever fight,” continued Jun. “I know that most fighters would rather go to the ground with me after receiving some of my power shots. It’s best to be ready for everything so I worked on my whole game for this bout. When that cage door closes, it’s kill or be killed.”
KSW 51 is the first time that the leading European promotion has ever put on a show in Croatia, which demonstrates the company’s ongoing ambition to expand internationally. That means that KSW have faith in Jun and Pudzian to carry a large part of the show in order to draw interest from fans across the country. Jun is aware that Pudzianowski is by far the most experienced fighter he has ever competed against and knows he also represents a step up in terms of the quality of opposition he has faced. However, Jun is absolutely prepared to make a massive statement by taking out the Polish legend.
“I know that Pudzian is a different type of animal and that he’s a big challenge for me,” discussed Jun. “The fight could go many different ways but I’m looking forward to seeing how he handles my punches. He has never really been knocked out clean before. There will be fireworks for sure!”
“When I think about headlining a card in a new country for KSW, I don’t feel any kind of pressure at the moment,” continued Jun. “I’m sure that will start once I enter the arena but I won’t think about that until then. I need to send the message that I’m not here to play around. In all of my previous fights people were doubting me but I always did what I said I was going to do before those contests. I want to continue doing that to keep shocking the world.”
With a victory on Saturday night over such a high profile name, people may begin suggesting that Jun could enter the upper echelon of the KSW heavyweight division. He doesn’t see this in his immediate future though. Jun made it clear that he isn’t going to chase the belt until he feels that he’s a complete fighter who could defend the title against the best in the division. He would rather continue building his record and gaining plenty of experience inside the cage. One thing is for certain, if Jun can get past Pudzian in devastating fashion as fans have come to expect from him, the sky could be the limit.
KSW 51 can be purchased at kswtv.com around the world on Saturday and kicks off at 6pm GMT. Fans in the US can buy the event on the same website and tune in at 1pmET/12c. Alternatively, they can watch the event on DAZN.
Here’s a look at the fight card as it stands today:
KSW 51: CROATIA MAIN CARD | SAT. NOV. 9 - 1PM ET via FITE
Mariusz Pudzianowski vs. Erko Jun
Borys Mańkowski vs. Vaso Bakočević
Cezary Kęsik vs. Aleksandar Ilić
Damian Stasiak vs. Antun Račić
Darwin Rodriguez vs. Ivan Ersian
Roman Szymański vs. Miloš Janičić
Denis Stojnić vs. Ante Delija
Daniel Torres vs. Filip Pejić
Sebastian Przybysz vs. Lemmy Krušič
Krystian Kaszubowski vs. Aleksandar Rakas

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New York Times hacking 'tip of the iceberg'
ZDNet journalist Josh Taylor discusses hackings into the computer systems of The New York Times and Twitter.
Source: ABC News | Duration: 5min 27sec
Religious reactions to the Oklahoma tornado remind Ben Knight that America is very much a foreign country.
The UK and France sign up to measures designed to reduce corruption in the resources industry.
Thousands of Boston runners complete the marathon they were forced to abandon last month.
By Melinda James
A 3D printing expert doubts the technology will lead to a surge in homemade guns in Australia.


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The NANOSOLUTIONS consortium, which began in April 2013, was created to provide a means to develop a safety classification system for engineered nanomaterials (ENM) based on an understanding of their interactions with living organisms at molecular, cellular and organism levels.
Many important functions of living organisms take place at the nanoscale. The human body uses natural nanomaterials, such as proteins and other molecules, to control the body’s many systems and processes.
The main objective of NANOSOLUTIONS is to identify and elaborate those characteristics of ENM that determine their biological hazard potential.
This potential includes the ability of ENM to induce damage at the cellular, tissue, or organism levels by interacting with cellular structures leading to impairment of key cellular functions. These adverse effects may be mediated by ENM-induced alterations in gene expression and translation, but may involve also epigenetic transformation of genetic functions.
Detailed experimentation will take place across a number of work packages in order to provide fundamental data that will be used to develop a classification system for nanomaterial safety.
There will be a particular focus on cellular models in order to understand the toxicity of nanomaterials. These effects will also be tested across a wide range of organisms, from microbes to mammals, and on different body systems.
The scientific experimentation will have two main outputs. Firstly, the traditional hazard classification approach will provide both regulators and industry with information in a format they can use now, within the current regulatory process, meaning the experiments will have an immediate impact.
Secondly, the samples from the experiments will be used in the molecular biology and systems biology approaches being used in the Nanosolutions project to provide the information needed for the ENM Safety Classifier.

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Bright seraphim [electronic resource] / George Frideric Handel
- Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759
- Uniform Title:
- Samson. Let the bright seraphim
- Berlin, Germany : C Major Entertainment, 1992.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (5 min.)
- Additional Creators:
- Battle, Kathleen, Marsalis, Wynton, 1961-, Nelson, John, 1941-, and Orchestra of St. Luke's
- In this concert, the two superstars, long time admirers of each other's work, come together to perform in a dramatically lit setting where the music of Bach, Scarlatti and Handel seems to stand outside of time.
- Originally part of Baroque duet : rehearsal.
Title from resource description page (viewed Feb. 21, 2014).
- Participant/Performer Note:
- Kathleen Battle, soprano ; Wynton Marsalis, trumpet ; Orchestra of St. Luke's ; John Nelson, conductor ; Anthony Newman, harpsichord and organ continuo.
- Data/Place of Event:
- Recorded at the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
- Other Forms:
- Previously released as DVD.
View MARC record | catkey: 29613424

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No newcomer is expected to impact the 2012 Eagles as much as DeMeco Ryans, who comes over from Houston to take over at middle linebacker.
Only the Buccaneers missed more tackles than Philadelphia did last season, according to Football Outsiders.
And while his last two years in Houston were marred by an injury and a scheme change, he's healthy now and back in a 4-3 defense.
Ryans averaged 130 tackles per season in his first four years in the league. That's good.
But there are still some concerns. He's replacing Jamar Chaney in the middle, but Ryans missed just as many tackles as Chaney last season, per Pro Football Focus.
In fact, he ranked 31st among 37 qualifying inside linebackers in tackling efficiency in 2011, 47th out of 50 in 2010 and 27th out of 39 in 2009.
Considering that he also can't be relied upon to be an asset in coverage, it's easier to understand why the Texans were willing to part with the two-time Pro Bowler in exchange for only a fourth-round pick.
I'm not saying he won't help considerably. A new environment should provide a boost, and Ryans has a chance to become a veteran leader in Philly.
His presence will be valued. But we also shouldn't expect him to single-handedly erase all of the team's problems on defense.


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This was no ordinary night at the museum, no stuffed animals or mummies coming alive, just 2000 people, a DJ, 2 bands, a silent disco…and a bar. This was RBS Museum Lates. The theme was ‘ A Night in Wonderland’, and what a wonderland it was too. There were ‘beer gardens’, magic carpets, giant jenga, fantasy face painting and Alice in Wonderland Characters wandering around.
It was weird being able to walk round the museum with a Glenmorangie Cocktail in your hand! Luckily, they didn’t let you in to the galleries with one in your hand!! RBS Museum lates are taking a break for the summer. I will definitely be looking out for the next one in the Autumn!


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Long before he ever thought of becoming an English professor, Michael Clune was a lonely adolescent who hung out at the public library, roaming the stacks and reading whatever appealed to him. A turning point in his education occurred when, at age 15, he came across translations of Japanese haiku by the British scholar R. H. Blyth. To this day, he remembers the look of the pages in Blyth’s edition, where each poem was embedded in an extensive commentary.
“The writing I found in Blyth had no parallel in my experience,” Clune recalls. “I was astonished at how, immersed in his prose, these fragile poems revealed depths, new angles of surface, seemingly endless relations with more writing, art, philosophy than I’d imagined existed.” This discovery, he says, was a major reason he “fell in love” with literary criticism.
Clune, who was born in Ireland but grew up in Evanston, Ill., eventually earned a bachelor’s degree in English at Oberlin College, followed by a doctorate from Johns Hopkins University. In 2010, he joined the faculty at Case Western Reserve, where he is now the Samuel B. and Virginia C. Knight Professor of the Humanities. The author of two academic books and two memoirs, Clune was recently named a 2019 Guggenheim Fellow—an honor conferred on scholars, writers and artists on the basis of their “prior achievement and exceptional promise.”
Although three decades have passed since his early encounter with that volume of haiku, Clune’s devotion to the critical enterprise remains undiminished. As we think about art of any kind, he says, it grows “richer, stranger, funnier and more mysterious.” It’s a belief reflected in both his writing and his teaching.
“The word ‘passionate’ comes to mind, but not in a cliché, Dead Poets Society way,” says English graduate student Camila Ring, who took Clune’s seminar in 19th-century American literature last spring. “If you could see my thought bubbles during class, they would be filled with exclamation marks.”
Clune’s passage into the ranks of endowed professors and Guggenheim Fellows was not as inevitable as it might seem, however. During those teenage years when he was reading in the library, he was also developing a dependency on drugs and alcohol that would worsen in college. After graduating from Oberlin, he tried working as a manual laborer but got fired by six employers in a row. In the spring of 1998, when he learned he’d been accepted into the graduate program at Johns Hopkins, he had a job repossessing lawn mowers. “My joy in immersing myself in literary study,” he says, “was shadowed by the working world I’d so narrowly escaped.”
Despite his determination to pursue an academic career, Clune continued to struggle with addiction. During a trip home to Evanston, where he’d gone to try to get clean, he was arrested in a Chicago housing project for felony possession of heroin. The arrest, Clune says, saved his life. His subsequent court-mandated treatment not only helped him quit drugs; it also gave him the clarity and focus he needed to dedicate himself fully to his intellectual work.
After the arrest and a successful stint in rehab, Clune spent nine months living in his father’s basement, paying off debts and dealing with legal issues. In addition, he was writing every day.
“When I got clean, I was like, ‘Wow, this stuff in my dissertation is really interesting,’” he says. Working proved to be a self-reinforcing habit. “A problem that besets many writers and academics is procrastination,” Clune says. “Recovery taught me that instead of waiting until I felt like writing or doing research, I should do it, and I’ll feel like it once I’ve started. Anything I’ve been able to achieve is because of that discipline.”
Today, Clune meditates and exercises, goes to Narcotics Anonymous meetings and counsels recovering addicts. At the same time, he strives to convey the life-changing power of literature to his students.
“Michael cares about seeing what literature is, what it does and why it’s valuable,” says Catherine Forsa (GRS ‘16), a former graduate student of Clune’s who is now an assistant professor of writing and rhetoric at Roger Williams University in Rhode Island. In class, he is open about his history of substance abuse.
“He’s really personable and vulnerable in terms of his experience with addiction,” Ring says. “You can tell his personal experiences have informed how he is now, and help him savor meaningful things like literature.”
Clune’s openness about his experience extends to his writing. As an Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Michigan from 2005 to 2007, he started work on a memoir about his addiction. In the process, Clune arrived at an insight that he quickly applied to the seemingly separate realm of literary studies.
The fatal allure of heroin, he now realized, lay in the fact that the thrill of getting high never lost its intensity. “Dope never gets old for addicts,” he wrote. “It never looks old. It never looks like something I’ve seen before. It always looks like nothing I’ve ever seen.” Soon, Clune became fascinated by writers who sought to achieve that same quality of eternal newness in their work, countering the dulling effects of familiarity.
“For evolutionary reasons, our brain regulates our perception of familiar objects to preserve space to notice something new,” Clune says. “Our experience of the world tends to dim. One of art’s functions is to renew our sense of the freshness of the world.”
Clune began writing an academic book on this theme, integrating literary criticism with recent findings in neuroscience. Because he was completing his memoir at the same time, he found himself exploring a single idea from two sides: one personal, one analytical.
“My voice in creative prose is very distinct from my academic writing,” Clune says. “I work a couple of months on a creative project, then get to a place where I need a break. It’s a change of pace to go into critical work.” When a publisher wanted to issue his two manuscripts in a single volume, Clune resisted. Instead, they appeared in 2013 as separate books: White Out: The Secret Life of Heroin and Writing Against Time.
White Out is a visceral and lyrical account of Clune’s addiction. He recalls, for instance, discussing philosophy with a drug dealer who had a needle in his neck (a sight that seemed perfectly normal to Clune at the time). Even though the memoir was published by the tiny Hazelden Press (part of an addiction recovery center in Minnesota), it was a hit, making National Public Radio’s and The New Yorker’s lists of best books for the year. Meanwhile, Writing Against Time confirmed Clune’s reputation as a literary critic who draws on and contributes to other academic fields. The book even inspired composer Christopher Trapani, another 2019 Guggenheim Fellow, to write a piece of chamber music with the same title. The piece, Trapani explained before the premiere in 2014, is about “the sensation of suspension in an enveloping present, prolonging the wonder and enchantment of a new aesthetic discovery.”
Clune’s next book, Gamelife, was another memoir, this one about his youthful devotion to computer games. Straddling the line between art and technology, the games provided Clune with a perfect means of examining his aesthetic development.
“I was interested in my own childhood and the role technology played in my life,” he says. “I was also interested in how artworks operate in our lives. Computer games were a manageable way of exploring that because there is so little tradition around them, whereas if I was going to write about my formation as a reader, it would be hard to get a fresh take.” He organized each chapter around a different game from the 1980s, when the technology was nascent and users typed commands to navigate avatars through imaginary worlds.
By the time Gamelife was published in 2015, Clune was a full professor at Case Western Reserve, teaching American literature and organizing a weekly colloquium whose guest speakers included poets, fiction writers, essayists and scholars. Colleagues recognized him as a galvanizing force in the department, and found Gamelife a revealing view of another side of his personality.
“I admire the moments of vulnerability in Michael’s writing,” says Sarah Gridley, associate professor in the Department of English. “Gamelife is a window into a lonely childhood, where we see him shaping and responding to alternative worlds.”
The book also gave him a certain street cred with his students. Clune brings his passion for contemporary culture, including video games and gangster rap, into the classroom. “Michael has this way of giving an example of a complex idea that makes it more relatable,” Forsa says. “He’ll compare it to something that is not literary.”
Clune’s approach illuminates for students the connections between the art they consume in their personal lives and what they study in class. “You see his students enthusiastic about Walt Whitman or Emily Dickinson,” says Gridley, a poet herself. “I think that’s hard to do with today’s young people; they have so many stimuli, it’s hard to have print on the page come alive for them. That’s something that Michael really knows how to do as a teacher and writer.”
This isn’t to say that Clune’s students immediately embrace every writer he asks them to read. In fact, it was their resistance to a 20th-century poet that gave him the idea for his latest academic project.
“We were reading Sylvia Plath, and a number of students hated it,” Clune says. “I was trying to explain to them why I thought it was great poetry, and I realized I didn’t have a vocabulary for justifying what I was doing, which was putting poems in front of people and saying, ‘Read this, it’s great.’ If they said, ‘Why is it great? Why should I listen to you?’ I didn’t have answers for them.” He is now writing a book, A Defense of Judgment, under contract with the University of Chicago Press, that seeks to provide such answers.
“The book’s point of departure is, How do we judge artworks? How do we decide what works are better than others?” Clune says. “We live in an age that’s suspicious of experts. We want to believe everyone’s opinion is equally valid. We also think whether one book is better than another book is a matter of subjective opinion. But I believe there’s a very strong case to be made that when we are judging a work as trained professors, it is a method, not opinion. Practice gives professors the authority to say reading Henry James is a better way to spend your time than watching The Apprentice. But people are very reluctant to make those claims.”
Clune knows this stance puts him in danger of being branded an elitist or a snob, but he believes that the opposite view, that all opinions are equally valid, is a false form of populism.
“It feels egalitarian to say everyone gets to pick what’s good, but what it really does is throw everything into the marketplace,” he says. “The sole arbiter of value becomes capitalism and whatever advertisers can convince people to buy.”
Clune plans to finish the book during his Guggenheim Fellowship year. The prize has allowed him to take a sabbatical from teaching—a prospect that made him slightly nervous at first.
“Teaching is very inspiring to me, which is why I’ve never taken a sabbatical before,” he explains. “A lot of my best thinking happens when I’m with students and we’re thinking critically together. You’ve heard a movie or song a million times, but when you show it to a friend, it becomes live again. That’s what happens with teaching: The students renew the work for me with their freshness.”
Jennie Yabroff is a writer and editor in New York City.


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The Joaquín Costa group visits Aitona and its peach trees in bloom
The Joaquín Costa social group of workers from the Vila-seca II factory in Ercros has visited the peach blossom fields in Aitona (Lleida), together with their families.
The day began with a walk through the fields of flowering trees, accompanied by a guide from the Fruiturisme entity, promoted by Aitona City Council, who explained to them the cultivation of fruit in the Segrià region.
Then, the group went to the town of Aitona where they took a guided tour through the main streets of this town, learning about its history and cultural traditions. The outing ended with a fellowship meal.

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Entertainment Executive Brandon Pankey Announces Launch Of Artist Presented Experiences, A Music Artist Focused AVOD Network
PARTNERS INCLUDE RAEDIO, LIVE NATION URBAN, MARC LAMONT HILL, BILLE WOODRUFF, FEMME IT FORWARD AND MORE
Entertainment executive Brandon Pankey is announcing the launch of Artist Presented Experiences (APEX), a new AVOD video network dedicated to programming presented exclusively by and for music artists. APEX will offer viewers diverse, artist-centric content, starring and produced by some of the industry’s most influential and sought-after talent, to create original scripted, unscripted, and licensed programming.
Recommended AI News: Vevo Music Videos Now Available in FreeWheel’s Strata Platform
Powered by Quantasy + Associates, an award-winning brand services agency with deep expertise in technology and entertainment, the network’s unique model for content creation makes APEX the only network where artists and production partners can deliver their unfiltered creative vision, directly to their fans.
“Artists are some of the greatest storytellers,” commented APEX founder Brandon Pankey. “I’ve envisioned a network where the next Power, A Star is Born, or Friday, could all coexist in one space for artists of all genres of music. APEX allows that vision to become a reality by offering a compelling mix of scripted and unscripted programming that uniquely positions the platform as one of the first artist-focused networks in the market.”
The initial slate of original programming includes Help Wanted, a scripted comedy series from the minds of Executive Producers Bille Woodruff (Fox’s Empire & Star) and Senita Brooks (Uncensored & Revolt’s Revolt 2 Vote), Raedio Presents The Playback Executive Produced by Benoni Tagoe and Morgan Davis, Beyond the Music, a talk show hosted and Executive Produced by Marc Lamont Hill and directed by Stacey Muhammad (OWN’s Queen Sugar, BET’s First Wives Club), and APEX Studios original series Custom Fitted, Generally Speaking, How I’m Livin, and Ring Walk.
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“Today’s artists know that it’s not just about producing a beautiful song or making a video — technology and distribution platforms are key to making your creative mark on the world,” said Will Campbell, CEO at Quantasy + Associates. “We’re excited to partner with Brandon and the APEX team to help build one of the industry’s first AVOD video networks that will help these artists monetize their creative expressions.”
Additional creative and strategic partners include Live Nation Urban, Just A Rebel, recording artist Brianna Castro, and female-led music and entertainment company Femme It Forward.
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About Me: i Love Dave Matthews Band.. I want to work for the band, just so that i can hear their music all the time.. love love love the music they produce..
Basic Interests: Artist Support, Networking, Earning Cash Prizes, Friends, Dating
Relationship Status: In a Relationship
Favorite Type of Music: The 80's, The 90's, Rock, Oldies, The Mix, Classic Rock, Comedy, Smooth Jazz, Jamz, Alternative
Favorite Activities: Listening to music, Traveling, Playing music, Entertaining, Eating out/dining out, Swimming, Playing cards, Cooking, Animals/pets/dogs, Painting, Sleeping, Bowling, Motorcycling, Tennis


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The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has granted licenses to 17 companies to operate as mobile money operators in Nigeria. This move is aimed at promoting financial inclusion and enhancing access to financial services in the country.
The 17 licensed companies include Access Bank, Diamond Bank, Ecobank, Fidelity Bank, First Bank, First City Monument Bank, GTBank, Stanbic IBTC Bank, Sterling Bank, Unity Bank, Union Bank, Wema Bank, Zenith Bank, Inlaks Limited, Paga Limited, eTranzact Limited, and Interswitch Limited.
Mobile money operators are expected to facilitate mobile financial transactions and provide mobile payment services to individuals, businesses, and government agencies. This will enable people to easily send and receive money, pay bills, and access other financial services through their mobile devices.
The CBN’s licensing of these 17 companies is a significant step towards achieving the financial inclusion goals of the Nigerian government. It is expected to increase the number of people with access to financial services, especially in rural areas where there are limited banking facilities.In conclusion, the licensing of these mobile money operators is a positive development for the Nigerian economy. It will promote financial inclusion, enhance access to financial services, and create new business opportunities for the licensed companies.

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[Beowulf] Confused over the term cluster
hahn at mcmaster.ca
Fri Mar 28 05:54:28 PDT 2008
> More general term one could use is the "processing element".
> For example if a cluster consists of
> 2 nodes with each having 1 single core CPU,
> 2 nodes with each having 1 dual core CPU,
> 2 nodes with each having 1 quad core CPU,
> 2 nodes with each having 2 dual core CPUs, and
> 2 nodes with each having 2 quad core CPUs.
> Then we could better say that there are 38 "pocessing elements" in this
> 10-nodes cluster.
I find "processing element" pretentious. I'd say core, cpu or processor.
how many cores happen to share a socket is largely a packaging issue,
and one I'd address by discussing the app's memory size or BW needs,
More information about the Beowulf


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With padded comfort and a choice of seat colors to match your home decor, the Pastel 26-in. Augusta Swivel Counter Stool - Feher Black is the perfect way to add extra seating to your home. This swivel-seat counter stool has a high-quality wood frame with a hand-painted black finish, sturdy legs, and a solid footrest. Best of all, the seat is padded with durable foam for long-lasting cushioned comfort.
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Pastel Furniture's attention to detail and commitment to quality make their products an ideal choice for any home. Their line of swivel bar stools and counter stools features innovative styles that easily fit into almost any home decor. These stools are built to last, using high-quality materials such as heavy-duty steel frames and web seat construction, and their hand-painted finishes are durable and rust-resistant. Pastel doesn't just stop at bar and counter stools, though; they provide a range of products from dining chairs and tables to full dining sets. You're sure to find something among their many fine products that catches your eye and coordinates perfectly with your home.
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- Ultra-padded seat for comfort
- Quality wood frame; sturdy legs and footrest
- Swivel seat
- Choice of seat colors available
- 19.69W x 24.41D x 41.12H in.; seat height: 30 in.


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Founded in 1998, the Mimir Chamber Music Festival features outstanding artists from the world’s leading orchestras, music schools and concert halls who share a love for chamber music. Named for the Norse god of wisdom, Mimir has garnered praise from critics and audience alike, and was cited in The New York Times and Travel & Leisure magazine as a summer “hot spot” for Classical music.
The 2013 festival marks our 16th season. Mimir will feature a modified format from previous years. The 7-day festival will feature three Mimir Artists concerts and two Young Artists concerts to be given by a pair of up-and-coming professional string quartets who will be coached daily by our faculty. It has long been the aim of Mimir to attract pre-formed quartets as Young Artists and Mimir’s impact on these groups will be long lasting as they chart their careers.
The Festival is hosted by the TCU School of Music on the University’s beautiful campus in Fort Worth, Texas. Concerts take place at the Walsh Center for Performing Arts in the PepsiCo Recital Hall. It is an intimate setting, perfect for enjoying the magic of chamber music.
This year’s exceptional Mimir Artists will include Grammy Award winning recording artists, members of the Cavani String Quartet, Chicago Symphony, Houston Symphony, Nashville Symphony, and faculty of the TCU School of Music, Cleveland Institute of Music and the University of Melbourne Conservatory of Music.