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Follow the Path to Literacy and help others to do the same!
The Franklin County Literacy Council IU12 and the Coyle Free Library are joining forces to promote literacy.
On Saturday, August 27, The Franklin County Literacy Council will hold a Family Literacy Walk to support the Path to Literacy from 9:00 a.m. until 10:00 am to kick-off the Coyle Free Library’s annual Storytelling Event from 10:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. .
The Walk starts at Chambers Fort Park. THERE IS NO CHARGE TO WALK, but children must have an adult with them to participate. Participants in the Walk are encouraged to dress as a favorite storybook character (or come as you are).
Prizes will be awarded for best costume in various age groups:
Ages 0-5, ages 6 -10, ages 11-teen, best Family costumes, and best Adult costume.
Door prizes will also be awarded.
8:45-9:15 Registration at the start
9:15 –9:20 Introductions
9:20- 9:45 Character Walk to Support Literacy
9:45-10:00 Prize awards and drawing
For more information: Contact Frank Thomas, FCLC Program Coordinator at (717) 504-4459 extension 2, or at the email below.

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Being an LGBTQ+ Youth In Today's Rural America
Updated: Jul 16, 2020
Imagine yourself sitting inside a glass box. There are hundreds of people outside asking you questions all at once. These are people that you know well. You have grown up around them. They are people you have seen frequently; your local gas station clerk, a hairdresser you have gone to most of your life, even your next-door neighbor. They have always shown you love and compassion, you were like kin to them. They have been a sort of family to you without being related by blood. These questions are not typical friendly banter though, they are malicious questions of self-identity. They are questions fueled by hate and prejudice. These people are no longer your friends, they are your worst enemy. Why would the people who have shown you love and compassion for so long turn against you? What changed? Well for me and many other LGBTQ+ teens living in rural America, all we did to fuel the fire of hate was come out of the closet and accept ourselves.
Growing up, I lived in Aurora, Colorado. It was a beautiful and diverse place. I lived in harmony with many different cultures, ethnic groups, and sexualities. I lived in a Catholic home, but I had close friends of all religions, and although I lived in a stereotypical, white household with a straight mother and father, my mom’s best friend was a biracial, lesbian. Where I was living, I felt safe. I knew that even though I was young and not yet out as a lesbian when I was ready, I would have a support system, even though my parents were fairly homophobic and traditional.
I moved to rural Illinois when I turned eleven. It was a huge culture shock. I went from a diverse and predominantly non-white, liberal environment to an almost completely white, Christian, conservative community. There was only one Person Of Color in my entire school in my sixth-grade year. I was astounded by the racism, sexism, and homophobia that I saw being taught and practiced. Children as young as six and seven already knew their gender-specific roles in society. They already looked down on POC and the LGBTQ+ community. It saddened me deeply to know that this is what people learn from their teachers, directly or indirectly. If they did not learn it from their teachers they learned it from their parents. No one seemed to think that it might be wrong.
When I came out as a lesbian to my community, I was met with so much hate. People who I loved called me slurs. I got death threats. No one would help me. My neighbors still hate me because of who I love. My teachers still give me dirty looks when I walk the hallways holding hands with a girl, although they cannot stop it according to my school’s handbook. When I came out, I was dehumanized. My friends stopped talking to me. People from around town stopped listening to me. The sad thing is that over time, this has not changed for me. I have spoken to other LGBTQ+ youth in my town, area, and even some from other rural areas in different states, and this hate is a trend. My story is not the worst of it. Children are getting abused for the way they love. Children are getting physically and mentally tortured for their gender identity. The police of these small towns are looking past it because they feel the same way about queer people. This is a problem that no one cares enough to solve.
To other LGBTQ+ youth, living in a rural town or not, I want you to know that you will find the people who love you. Love is such a precious thing. I view love as a beautiful painting by the most famous painter. You would not want to hide that painting in a closet, you would want to show it off. You would be so proud of the painting that you would display it openly. Love is too beautiful to be hidden in a closet. That being said, you would not want to display that painting if you knew it was going to be unsafe, or you knew that it was going to get stolen. If you are unsafe, wait to come out until you are safe. You will see the day where your sexuality or gender identity will be celebrated, I promise. Keep yourself safe, but do not live your entire life in fear. Remember that you are loved.

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The fire, which has been deemed suspicious, is now under investigation by the forensic identification unit of Cape Breton Regional Police and the provincial fire marshal’s office.
Nine fire departments responded to the blaze, which began shortly before 7 p.m. Tuesday and quickly engulfed hundreds of derelict vehicles stored on the site, located at the corner of Sydport Access Road and Highway 125 in Point Edward. It burned into the early morning hours, with estimates that as many of 500 cars may have been at the site.
The spectacle attracted hundreds of onlookers, with photos and videos of the fire and smoke shared freely on social media.
By Wednesday morning, the fire had been out for several hours and private security was posted at the site. A phone message left at the office of TerraMac Contracting for owner Vernon MacKillop was not returned by deadline.
Cape Breton Regional Municipality planning director Malcolm Gillis paid a quick visit to the site Wednesday morning. He noted that any vehicles stored on the site should have had any fluids drained from them.
“Metal doesn’t burn easily. Obviously what burns in metal is the fluids that are in it and if you’re in the salvage business, according to Nova Scotia Environment, the fluids are supposed to be removed from vehicles that are being stored for salvageable purposes,” Gillis said.
The size of the site and determining whether it was appropriately licensed are matters of concern for both the municipality and the province, he added. The owner could be fined if the site is found to have been non-compliant.
Current zoning for the site doesn’t allow for a vehicle recycling yard of its scale, which is why TerraMac Contracting had applied for a zoning change, Gillis said. The municipality hadn’t received any complaints about the operation of the scrapyard.
“But now he has expansion plans and as a result of that, he’s either got a choice of find another location or get zoning permission from the municipality,” Gillis said.
The site had previously been home to a portable asphalt plant, for use during the twinning of Highway 125.
In Nova Scotia, automobile scrapyards under one-quarter of a hectare in size do not require approval from the Department of Environment to operate, department spokeswoman Heather Fairbairn said in an email response to questions from the Cape Breton Post. She added that those operations would be subject to municipal bylaws and zoning requirements.
Fairbairn said department staff had responded to a complaint about a scrap automobile operation in the Coxheath area last summer. At that time, staff visited the site and advised the operator of provincial regulations. She noted that the operator then applied for approval for an operation larger than one-quarter hectares but it was rejected on April 15. The application was rejected “based on a deficiency in a technical design submission,” Fairbairn wrote.
“Our inspectors will be at the scene today to gather information in order to determine if any violations may have occurred and if enforcement actions may be required as result of the fire,” she added.
At recent meeting recently, CBRM council agreed to advertise the date of a public hearing into the rezoning application by TerraMac Contracting Ltd. The hearing was to be held during the May 17 meeting of council.
It is currently zoned Keltic Drive business, which allows for a range of uses but recycling facilities using outdoor storage is not a permitted use.
According to a report by planning staff, the area within 500 metres of the location is predominantly industrial in nature but there are 11 single-unit dwellings in the area.
The report also noted the TerraMac site would not be open to the general public looking for motor-vehicle parts, but rather would be used for the storage and crushing of motor vehicles for transport.
Nearby property owners were to be notified of the rezoning hearing.
Deputy chief Chris March of the Cape Breton Regional Fire Service said the number of vehicles involved in the fire and the way they were stacked posed challenges in fighting the blaze but added that the responding firefighters did what they were trained to do and managed to avoid any serious injuries.
“They protected the property as much as they could and preserved the environment, and everybody stayed safe,” he said.
EHS was on scene during the fire and there were no reports of anyone with any respiratory difficulties as a result of the blaze, March said, and he credited the work of Cape Breton Regional Police in keeping the area secured while firefighters did their jobs.
Anyone with information on the fire is asked to contact police at 902-563-5151 or anonymously through Crime Stoppers at 902-562-8477.


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The fall girl2 min read . Updated: 01 Jul 2011, 07:58 PM IST
The fall girl
The fall girl
Peepli Live started it. And The 6pm Slot carries it forward. If you thought Anusha Rizvi’s Peepli Live focused too much on caricaturizing Indian television’s larger-than-life anchors, then as you read The 6pm Slot, you cannot help but wish that ex-TV-employees-turned-film-makers or authors would cure themselves of the affliction of giving space to TV personalities in their scripts and books.
The 6pm Slot is about Tania, a television producer/director who is asked to work on an agony aunt show for a channel that targets young viewers. The brief is clear: It has to be sexy, sleazy and in your face, and it must garner TRPs almost as soon as it hits the 6pm slot. Tania is either a “helpless" or “naive" (take your pick) professional, who must do whatever her obnoxious but stupid boss and his “sweaty triple-chinned sweat factory" sidekick throw at her.
Why she puts up with this nonsense is really never clear in the book—and it’s perhaps the most glaring stumbling block in the story. In a bid to secure TRPs, Tania does what most TV producers seem to succumb to—cross the line between real and imaginary. She gives in to fabricating questions, ropes in fake callers to get more interesting problems for her host and commits professional hara-kiri by not monitoring every fake call that goes live, and she is finally overruled by her boss when she wants to delete that call on the edit table.
How she survives the ordeal after being made the fall girl for this mistake is dealt with in literally the last 31 pages of the book; 263 pages are spent on the twists and turns of on-screen styling disasters, shaving legs, ponytailed creative directors, 40-something “mood of the nation" dictating prime time anchors and their “decorative prop" teary partners, with “sneaky but lazy" reporter boyfriends.
That Datta knows the Indian television business inside out is a given. She brings to life not just the glamorous people of showbiz with her amusing descriptors, but also highlights the absurdity of demands made on production managers and heads of sales—a breed often glossed over when we talk about television and its absurdities. This multitude of characters sprinkled throughout the book delight, and keep the story from spiralling headlong into just another cheesy chick-lit novella.
Datta knows how to introduce and build her male protagonists: the suave Rahul, the sleazy Harish and the charming Aditya—will all leave a lingering resonance in your mind. But with the female characters, Datta flounders. In fact, poor Tania is never given a chance to create an impact on the reader because she comes across as a simpering people-pleaser who cannot save her job from a two-bit intern, and finally needs the largesse of the prime time rabble-rouser to vindicate her. Even to do that she needs her almost-boyfriend Aditya to prod her into fighting for her rights.
Hence it becomes tough to applaud Tania’s comeback and not see it as a gimmick. After all, Tania has no proof (in the form of emails or memos) of her side of the story. Yet her 5 minutes of fame gets her a new, much improved assignment and her idiot boss the sack. And please, being a sex symbol does not automatically qualify one as a bimbo. The stereotyping of Marathi mulgi Vrushali’s character is just plain lazy writing.
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~ Provided by Town of Shenandoah
SHENANDOAH — The Shenandoah Heritage Center and the Town of Shenandoah have announced the events for this weekend’s 25th annual Memorial Festival. With new activities planned and recent years being interrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic, this year’s festivities are touted to be the best ever.
On Friday, May 27, the Memorial Festival kicks off with the First Street Cruz-In from 6 to 9 p.m. The Cruz-In, sponsored by Jr’s Tire Service, welcomes all makes and models of vehicles. There are no registration fees. Those who do register, are eligible for cash and door prizes. Food at the Cruz-In will be provided by the Twirling Medallion Majorette and Drum Corp and by The Sweet Spot Dessert Truck.
Also, on Friday evening, join Boy Scout Troop 8 at the Flag Retirement Ceremony. Troop 8 will demonstrate how to properly dispose of a worn flag. The ceremony will take place from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at the Veterans Park (205 Virginia Ave.).
On Saturday, May 28, the Memorial Service at the Shenandoah VFW, Post 8613 Avis O. Comer (1103 Varina Ave.) led by Mayor Clinton Lucas, Jr. starts at 10 a.m. Since 2006, Mayor Lucas has honored a Virginia soldier who passed away while on active duty. Naval Aircrewman Rescue Swimmer AWS1 James Buriak from Salem, Va. is this years’ honoree. AWS1 Buriak’s family will be present at the Memorial Service. His family started a foundation in honor of AWS1 Buriak, to learn more about the foundation visit www.theaws1jamesburiakfoundation.org.
At 1 p.m., a new event for the Memorial Festival, the Children’s Parade will commence at the Shenandoah Landing & River Park (315 Morrison Rd.). This is event is sponsored by the Shenandoah River Chapter of the DAR. Children are encouraged to dress in their most patriotic attire and can walk or “ride” on the paved trail at the Shenandoah Landing & River Park. Bicycles, wagons, and strollers are also encouraged to be decorated for the Children’s Parade. After the Children’s Parade, Page County Public Schools will provide light refreshment for children. The Page County Sherriff’s Department will be there to offer child finger printing services. The Town of Shenandoah Police Department will also be in attendance with the Town’s K-9, and the Town of Shenandoah Volunteer Fire Department will have a fire truck.
Another new event, the Memorial Walk, starts at 2 p.m. at Big Gem Park (736 Fourth St.). The Memorial Walk will take place on the 1-mile Clinton Lucas Jr. loop trail. Along the trail, there will be signs posted in memoriam of the fallen Virginia soldiers honored since 2006 at past Memorial Services. Each sign has a picture, rank, branch of service, birth and death date, and Virginia hometown of the past honorees. There are 24 in total. The trail is rocky and uneven, attendees should wear sturdy shoes.
After a two year absence, the Parade is back! The Parade will commence at 4 p.m. David T. Shuler SMSgt, USAF, Ret. is this year’s Grand Marshal. The Parade will start on Route 340 headed South to the stop light at Route 340 and Maryland Avenue, turn right onto Maryland Avenue, then right onto First Street, and turn right on Virginia Avenue to head back to Route 340. Anyone interested in registering for the parade should call Brenda Haggett (540) 742-4081 or e-mail Brenda at email@example.com.
The Car Show will begin at 6 p.m. on First Street. Sponsored by Homer’s Automotive, J&M Auto Parts, May’s Recycling, and Shenandoah Moose Lodge #2176, the Car Show has no registration fees. All makes, models, years of vehicles are welcome. All registered vehicles are eligible for cash and door prizes. Food will be provided by the Shenandoah Lions Club and The Sweet Spot Dessert Truck.
Other events happening that weekend in Shenandoah include:
• A steamed shrimp sale starting at 5 p.m. on Friday, May 27 at the Shenandoah Moose Lodge #2176 (1675 US Hwy 340 S),
• Followed by a karaoke night at the Moose Lodge featuring Deep Creek Karaoke from 7 to 11 p.m. on Friday night.
• On Saturday, May 29 the Shenandoah Pentecostal Holiness Church (300 Shenandoah Ave.) will have a Yard and Bake Sale from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.
• The Shenandoah Community Library (418 S Third St.) will have a book sale from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
• The Shenandoah Fire Volunteer Fire Department (201 Pennsylvania Ave.) will have a steamed shrimp takeout meal fundraiser from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
For more information on Shenandoah’s Memorial Festival events,
please contact Town Clerk Lora Jenkins (540) 652-8164 or Nancy Karnes (540) 742-1141.

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Staff at the Gay’s The Word bookshop in London’s Marchmont Street arrived at work yesterday to find the front window smashed in.
The vandals had also pelted eggs at the shopfront.
Witnesses say the youths responsible launched their attack at around 12.30am.
They arrived on bicycles and broke the window using a rock and a bottle.
As yet, there has been no evidence that the shop was targeted because it is a gay shop. Given that no other shops in the area were attacked, however, it seems very likely that this was the vandals’ motivation.


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Okay, look. I know I said I was cutting back my media intake. And, I know, I know, this week’s instalment doesn’t seem to reflect that at first glance. But let’s break down what we have here: two TV episodes, two movies, and one album. That’s not much, really. Also 39 podcasts.
No, shush. Let me explain. It’s my turn to talk.
First, 39 is not a number you can compare to my previous review counts because every week, including this week, I condense binge-listens down to a single review. So if you’re looking at that figure and thinking it’s a new record, ergo a new low, you are not strictly speaking correct. To further clarify, I am not including the two trailers I reviewed in that calculation. Okay, that doesn’t help my case.
But honestly, it’s not as hard as you’d think to get through that many podcasts. I listened to most of those 39 episodes in one day. I just spent a whole day cleaning my apartment and running errands, and I listened to, like, 30 podcast episodes. They’re not that long, mostly. Put them on 1.5x speed and they fly by. So, like, cut me a break, okay? Not even that many podcasts. Don’t give me that crap.
Anyway, 21 reviews. Not so much, in the grand scheme.
Oh also here’s the latest CBC segment. I’m at 2:12:52.
Twin Peaks: The Return: Part 16 — Good lord. I’ve been griping about Cooper’s lack of awakeness for weeks, but I didn’t realize how I’d react when it finally happened. There were tears. It was beautiful and ugly. Not only does Cooper wake up in this episode, but he wakes up and proves himself to be as decent and lovable as ever. It would have been easy to wake Cooper up and have him not recognise Janie E or Sonny Jim. But instead, he wakes up and in spite of the fact that he is not Dougie Jones, he still recognizes himself as part of this family. I love Dale Cooper. I love him. And I suspect that when I watch this season of Twin Peaks again (and I will), it will be substantially less frustrating with the knowledge that Cooper wakes up in time for the finale. There’s much else to love here, including the fact that Jerry Horne’s plotline is actually consequential. I have been a fan of Jerry Horne from the moment he first interrupted a joyless family dinner with his Norwegian sandwiches. And I’ve generally thought that the stoner comedy of his latter-day plotline is one of the more compelling updates of a classic character in the series. (“I am not your foot” is the most hysterical moment of the season.) I never suspected that he’d cross paths with Dark Cooper, but here we are. And then we have Laura Dern’s best performance all season, including her trip back to the Black Lodge, where she proves to be massively more self-aware than Douglas Jones was in this same situation. God, I’ve loved Laura Dern in this. I do hope we get to meet the real Diane. I’m sure she’s lovely. And then there’s that ending. Eddie Vedder’s performance of “Out of Sand” is a welcome diversion from the ultra-modern styles of recent Roadhouse performances, including Lissie and the Veils who were both brilliant. Vedder’s presence here is a welcome reminder that the horror of Twin Peaks is an analogue horror: it is straightforwardly magical, and not technological. He’s the perfect choice for an episode like this, short of Jack White or Tom Waits. I have no idea what to make of the final image of Audrey looking in a mirror. Perhaps the anoraks are right and she’s been in an institution all this time? We’ll see. Anyway, this wasn’t the best episode of the new Twin Peaks. That will remain Part 8. But it was the most satisfying one since the two-part premiere. Pick of the week.
Game of Thrones: “The Dragon and the Wolf” — Look, I understand folks’ reservations about this season. I see how it might disturb some that teleportation now appears possible, and ravens are basically email. I get that the show’s vaunted moral ambiguity has been to some degree flattened into a struggle against an unambiguous evil. And I actually agree that the Arya/Sansa plot doesn’t make any damn sense. (For me, the worst thing about this season is Arya getting sucked out of her own awesome storyline into her sister’s perpetually shit one.) But damn if I haven’t loved this a hell of a lot more than the previous two seasons. And that really is mostly because of the accelerated storytelling. The thing I never really appreciated about previous seasons of Game of Thrones was its penchant for delay, having cross-continent journeys take ages, simply out of fealty to continuity — or more charitably, to give characters like Tyrion and Varys an excuse to have high-minded discussions while doing nothing. (Compare/contrast with Twin Peaks: The Return, which is also all about delay and is similarly frustrating, but which also seems to leverage frustration for aesthetic purposes. This might be an easier comparison to make when Twin Peaks’ season is done.) And while I’ve always preferred the version of Game of Thrones that consists of people in rooms (or on boats) talking about power to the one where people get beheaded constantly and set aflame, I appreciate how comparatively decisive the characters in this show are this season. We get the political interest of Jon Snow’s unwillingness to bend the knee to Daenarys because of his duty to those who made him king in the North. But crucially, we also get a relatively speedy resolution of that plotline, once Jon realizes there’s a smart way and a dumb way to go about this. In this finale, we get Cersei refusing to aid the fight against the Night King for political reasons also related to Jon Snow. This was always a position she would have to at least budge on, if not relent entirely. So it’s nice to see that happen within the space of one episode. Seeing characters ponder their decisions for longer doesn’t make the problems seem more complex. It just makes the story slower. This season seems like the point where the writers realized that. And let’s talk about the army of the dead. True, they are the least subtle thing the show’s done aside from Joffrey, Ramsey and Euros. And I can see the argument that their prevalence to some degree negates several seasons’ worth of politicking south of the wall, because now there’s a common enemy that’s more evil than anybody. But firstly, this has always been where the show was heading. That’s been clear from the first time anybody said “winter is coming.” And secondly, if the writers know what they’re doing, and I think they do, they’ll use this existential threat as a means to pressurize the show’s various power struggles, rather than to negate them. I’d have less hope for this show if Cersei were sincere in her pledge to fight alongside Jon and Daenerys. But the fact that she isn’t bodes well for the final season. I haven’t been looking forward to the next season of Game of Thrones this much, maybe ever.
The Seventh Seal — Maybe it’s because of Twin Peaks, but I had a sudden urge to watch something by an arty, acclaimed film auteur that I hadn’t seen before. There are many such movies in the world, and unlike some of the great classics of English literature, I’m still actively compelled to watch them sometimes, in spite of being five years removed from my undergrad, when this sort of behaviour is to be expected. The Seventh Seal, then. My first Bergmann. I was expecting something theatrical and dour. Theatrical, I got. But not dour. This movie, which is about the inevitability of death and the cruel silence of God, is surprisingly swift on its feet. Sure, it has that chilling scene of a white-faced Death playing chess on the beach with the Three-Eyed Raven. But it also has eminently quotable bits of invective like “Listen, you big, misguided ham shank!” and “You stubble-headed bastard of seven mangy mongrels! If I were in your lice-infested rags, I’d feel such boundless shame about my own person that I would immediately rid nature of my own mortifying countenance!” Plus, it contains the first reference in any medium that I’ve heard of lingonberries, which are delicious and known to my Newfoundland extended family as partridgeberries. So, not all doom and gloom. The characters in The Seventh Seal, both comedic and dramatic, seem like characters in a fable. That’s what makes it so effective to me: it’s a story told with very simple techniques and without a lot of character interiority, which nonetheless deals with very complex themes. Death and God are unknowable mysteries to even the smartest of people. The characters like the ones in this film don’t stand a chance. Of course, it’s also one of those movies you can’t watch without also watching all of its future parodies and homages in your head. I do try to approach classics like this on their own terms, but I lost track of the number of times Monty Python and the Holy Grail superimposed itself on the picture I was actually seeing. It doesn’t detract from the experience, though. Also, being that this is a fable about people who are waiting to die, I couldn’t help but wonder if this had some influence on The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask. That game also features heroes, lovers, childlike grotesques, and simple folk just trying to make a living, all of whom are intensely aware of their imminent demise. Substitute the black plague for a huge, angry moon and you’re most of the way there. This lives up to its reputation completely. I’m looking forward to seeing it again, but there’s a lot of Ingmar Bergmann to get through, so I might leave it for awhile.
Fantastic Mr. Fox — I feel a serious Wes Anderson binge coming on. There are still a couple of his movies that I haven’t seen, and those I have are eminently re-watchable. (Except maybe The Darjeeling Limited. Maybe even that.) This closes my one gap between The Royal Tenenbaums and The Grand Budapest Hotel. Given the context I have, which is all but his first two movies, this seems clearly to be the first film in the career phase he’s in right now. The sensitive, depressive protagonists of Tenenbaums, Life Aquatic and Darjeeling are replaced by the ebullient Mr. Fox: a precursor to the precocious children of Moonrise Kingdom and the irrepressible Monsieur Gustave of Grand Budapest. None of these protagonists are especially similar, but all of them have a quiet despair or longing that lurks behind a shimmering exterior and motivates them. They are not characters defined by trauma or ennui, like in Anderson’s earlier films. (Just try to imagine George Clooney in any of Anderson’s earlier films.) A fair bit of the online chatter about Fantastic Mr. Fox interprets it as a response to criticism that his style had calcified. I can sort of see that but I probably wouldn’t have arrived there myself because I don’t agree with the premise of that argument. The Darjeeling Limited isn’t my favourite, but I think The Life Aquatic, Anderson’s most poorly-reviewed film, is a beautiful movie that excels The Royal Tenenbaums, at least for pathos. Still, Fantastic Mr. Fox inaugurated a period in Anderson’s filmography that I think will likely be seen as his imperial phase, decades from now. Oh, I suppose I should also talk about the actual movie. The best thing about this is the animation. One of my favourite things about Wes Anderson is always how hand-made everything looks, so it stands to reason that he’d do stop-motion animation exactly the way it should be. It’s got a great cast of characters, with Clooney’s Mr. Fox and Jason Schwartzman’s underachieving Ash Fox stealing most of the show. But Michael Gambon drops in as the main villain, which is always nice. Still: save for Clooney and Meryl Streep, the performances in this have more in common with the slightly listless character of your typical Wes Anderson supporting performance than they do with animated children’s entertainment. That makes me wonder how this would actually play for an audience of children. I don’t suppose it specifically has children in mind, but it does pointedly use the word “cuss” in place of every swear. It’s solid all-ages movie-making, but I’m not sure Wes Anderson could go toe-to-toe with Pixar for pleasing everybody, all the time. I loved it, though.
Crosby, Stills & Nash: Crosby, Stills & Nash — As I write this I am stranded on a bus in traffic on a bridge. This vehicle is basically a house right now. And a poorly air conditioned one at that. The soothing sounds of CSN’s three-part harmony is all that’s keeping me from losing my shit. I haven’t heard this all the way through before and while it sure doesn’t hold up to comparisons with Deja Vu, which has the advantage of Neil Young, it’s a solid record. Say what you like about the songwriting, e.g. that it is only intermittently excellent, the real genius of this is that it foregrounds group singing while using solo vocals as an embellishment. That wasn’t unprecedented in pop music by any stretch. But I’m at pains to think of a precedent in rock. Anyway, this was basically a side trail I decided to take in my (slowly progressing) trip through the complete works of Neil Young. Glad I’ve heard it, but I’ll probably only revisit “Judy Blue Eyes.”
Radiolab: “Where the Sun Don’t Shine” — Neither here nor there. Radiolab has had a profound enough influence over my personal and professional life that I rue the day when I don’t feel compelled to listen to every episode, but I fear that day will soon be upon us.
Pop Culture Happy Hour: Three-week catch-up — I have no insights about this, aside from that it’s really satisfying to listen to a bunch of it at a time. Definitely check out the Game of Thrones episode if you’ve finished the season. It elevates Glen Weldon from panelist to host, in which capacity he is rollicking good fun, and it features a variety of perspectives and levels of obsessiveness.
The Memory Palace: Two bonus episodes — The episode called “Relics” is probably the best piece of sponsored content I’ve ever seen. It’s just straight up an episode of The Memory Palace, but it was commissioned by a hotel to be made about the fascinating history of the surrounding area. I hate sponsored content, but this is a surprisingly elegant example. And the following episode is real good fun. Nate DiMeo reruns an old episode, then plays a new version in Brazilian Portuguese, then plays an episode of The Allusionist with Helen Zaltzman that’s about the translation process. Fascinating stuff, especially given that the translator in question has also dealt with Joyce, Foster Wallace, and Pynchon. Add DiMeo to the canon, how about. Nice.
99% Invisible: Episodes 270-272 — The stethoscope episode is a good example of what attracted me to 99pi in the first place: the story of a well-known thing. Its rise and fall. Lovely. “The Great Dismal Swamp” is a more involved episode, and a less specifically design-focussed one, but it’s about escaped slaves who rejected white society completely by hiding in a hostile environment, so it’s compelling listening. “Person in Lotus Position” is about the process by which emojis get approved. It is therefore one of two stories I’ve heard about emojis in the past week. More shortly.
The Outline World Dispatch: “Inside jobs & song meanings” — This isn’t the first episode of this I’ve heard, but it is the first I’ve reviewed, because I once had dreams of producing a podcast for these guys: one which a colleague and I are now producing by our dams selves. Anyway. World Dispatch is fundamentally different from The Daily, though both are daily(ish) current affairs programs. The difference is that The Daily is about the most important news of the day, as interpreted from the newsroom of the New York Times. This show, on the other hand, is about what’s going through the minds of writers at The Outline: a pointedly non-news-hooked publication that I admire in general and often like. This episode is a slight one, focussing on the then and now opinions of a conspiracy theorist and the origins of SongMeanings.com, which is a site I used to really love. But its slightness would make it a good corollary for The Daily, which I haven’t been listening to this week. Still, bet they pair well. I’ll try that.
The Heart: “Bodies” episodes 1 & 2 — I don’t know how The Heart manages to put its seasons so close together. I know they make fewer episodes in a given year than lots of shows, but they seem so much more thoughtful and fussed over than just about anything else out there. This season is off to a particularly good start. The second episode of this, which will also serve as the premiere episode of Jonathan Zenti’s podcast Meat, is particularly outstanding. This remains the show you most need to listen to if you don’t.
Showcase from Radiotopia: “Ways of Hearing” episodes 2-4, plus Song Exploder special — Ways of Hearing is proving to be a mixed bag for me. It’s thoughtful and thought provoking, but I feel that it has a far clearer sense of what’s been lost over time than gained. (It focusses on the sea change in culture induced by the introduction of digital recording.) The “Space” episode is probably both the best episode of the show so far, and the most myopic. On one hand, it features a truly remarkable discussion of acoustics as an experienced phenomenon. It explains how Radio City Music Hall was a revolutionary innovation, because that hall is essentially non-reverberant: it is designed so that all of the sound you hear comes through the amplification. (Host Damon Krukowski demonstrates this by doing an interview in the space, which sounds like it was done in a tiny carpeted studio. It’s remarkable.) The new phenomenon of earbuds are treated as an extension of this: now the walls of the auditorium are our heads. Now, I’m normally deeply sympathetic to narratives that point out what’s been lost because of technological change. But this one doesn’t wash with me. To me, the ability to turn my own head into a private auditorium by inserting earbuds is quite simply a necessity for survival. I wrote about this by way of insinuation in my review of Baby Driver: I simply could not get through the social anxiety of any given week without the freedom to disengage from the world in this way. I would not feel fully myself without this capacity. Moreover, the ability to hear music as if it is taking place in your own head is the most intimate experience of music possible. What you lose in connection with your fellow human when you listen with earbuds, you gain in connection to the sound. As a classical music enthusiast, I occasionally butt heads with other classical fans who prefer a certain old-school style of recording where you get a lot of sound from the reverberation of the room. This, to me, is dishonest to the way that people experience music on record. If you are not literally in the same room as the musicians as they are playing, you don’t process music as documentary evidence of a sound that happened in a room somewhere; you process it as sound happening in your head, now. This is an immediacy to be taken advantage of, not fought against. Still, for all that I disagree with Krukowski’s position, I really admire his argumentation. The other episodes are less thoughtful than this, but the Song Exploder crossover is good fun for fans of that show.
Code Switch: Three-week catch-up — I was media detoxing in Newfoundland when Charlottesville happened, so I’m still catching up on some of the (now outdated) takes on that event from my most trusted sources. This is as good as it gets. It’s still worth going back to the pertinent Code Switch episodes to make sense of the nonsense. The episode “The Unfinished Battle In the Capital Of The Confederacy” is especially worthwhile, as it puts this whole debate about statues into context.
Gimlet trailers: Uncivil & StartUp Season 6 — Exciting things coming up at Gimlet. Mostly Uncivil. That show looks like it’s going to be great. StartUp season six I’m less sure of.
Criminal: “Carry A. Nation” — Ah, Criminal. The most perennially underappreciated podcast. This is about a temperance advocate who went around smashing bars with her hatchet. It is wonderful.
Imaginary Worlds: “Future Screens Are Mostly Blue” — This is actually a back episode of 99% Invisible that I hadn’t heard before, featuring now former producer Sam Greenspan. It’s a fascinating look at the design flaws of future interfaces in science fiction movies. So, listen to this if you’re a huge (beautiful) nerd.
The Moth: “Nate Charles & Adam Gopnik” — Worth it for Gopnik’s story about trying to take his son to a steam bath.
A Piece of Work: Episodes 6-10 — An eminently bingeable (obviously) show about how fun it is to look at art. Abbi Jacobson’s MoMA-produced show has been one of the highlights of this podcast season. I have never wanted to look at pictures and sculptures more than do after having heard this. Funny, smart, brilliant stuff.
Love and Radio: “Reunion” — A good but not extraordinary episode of Love and Radio. This is about a mother who was forced to give up her son for adoption, only to be reunited years later and feel unexpected sexual desire towards her biological son. If that sounds like something from the Maury Povich show, well it was. You’ll hear the clips to prove it. Some of Love and Radio’s journeys into the very taboo are extremely enlightening. Others are simply compelling. This is in the second category. Still good.
Homecoming: Season Two — In its second season, the podcast world’s first star-studded show earns its pedigree. Season one of Homecoming didn’t do much for me. That’s probably in part because I had recently finished Limetown, which is by any reasonable standard a better-written, more thoughtful and scarier fiction podcast than Homecoming. And, it has absolutely no movie stars in it. No Catherine Keener, no Oscar Isaac, not even any David Cross. I was never entirely sure what made Homecoming so special. Why did this show get the spangly cast? It’s not like Oscar Isaac’s never been offered a more compelling role than Walter Cruz. I stand by that assessment of season one. But season two is an entirely different beast, and it’s an entirely more accomplished show. Part of this is because they’ve amped up the comedy. Season two is as much a farce as a suspense story, where the fact that some characters know more than others is used not just for the purpose of intrigue, but for pathetic fallacy as well. David Schwimmer’s Colin Belfast gets a meatier role this season, which is great because his total unscrupulousness is a big part of what makes this season so much more exaggerated, more heightened and funnier than the last one. We also get more Amy Sedaris, which is always good. And we get Chris Gethard, playing hilariously against type as a would-be alpha male who runs a firing range. Last year, I would have placed this hysterically expensive-seeming show among the lower half of Gimlet’s offerings. No longer. This is now a very solid show. Pick of the week.
StartUp: “The Domain King” — It’s an alright story, sure. But I don’t know how much longer I can force myself to be interested in these kinds of business stories. It’s not for me. StartUp, like Radiolab, occupies a special place in my relationship with the podcast medium. But I don’t know if I can sustain this much longer.

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PalEOclimate and the PeopLing of the Earth
The prehistory of human-environment interactions is an important and under used source of knowledge critical for meeting the challenges of a globalizing planet confronting population growth and climate change.
The PEOPLE 3000 working group combines archaeological and paleoecological case studies with mathematical modeling to investigate how co-evolving human societies and ecosystems can successfully cope with the interrelated forces of population growth, increasing social complexity and climate change, and, sometimes, why societies fail to cope with these interrelated forces and reorganize.
Our research contributes to understanding why some coupled social-ecological systems display gradual change, while others experience tipping points and rapid change leading to growth or decline and even collapse.
By integrating archaeological data, paleoecological data and dynamic modeling, PEOPLE 3000 aims to explain long-term patterns of growth in the consumption of energy in social-ecological systems and the tipping points of these systems within the contexts of changing climates and environments over the last 3000 years.
- Developing high-precision records of paleoclimate, human population and energy consumption over the last 3000 years.
- Comparing changes in population, energy consumption and social complexity from region to region.
- Identifying regionally comparative patterns in order to explain relationships between variation in ecosystem change, subsistence and social diversity, and the severity of social-ecological reorganization
Anthropology Program Participants
People 3000 Website
People and ecosystems
Recent analyses of paleoenvironmental and archaeological records demonstrate clear evidence for dramatic demographic and socio-ecological changes in small-scale to medium scale societies over the past 3000 years.
First, about 3000 years ago human populations and energy consumption in many regions of the globe began to grow. This growth was fastest from 2000 to 800 years BP and was coincident with increases in social complexity.
Second, between 800 and 400 years BP, in many regions, population and energy consumption declined and social-political institutions reorganized. This decline is coincident with the transition of the global climate system between 700 and 550 BP to the Little Ice Age Period (700-100 BP), and the magnitude of decline in population, energy consumption and social reorganization is variable from region-to-region.
These patterns beg a simple question: Why are some reorganizations of social-ecological systems (SES) more severe than others? In particular, as the global climate system transitioned to the Little Ice Age Period, why might this climate change have had a more severe effect (if it did) on the organization of SES in some places and less in others?
Conceptual diagram of the components of our project. PEOPLE 3000 combines data from archaeological and paleoecological case studies. We combine these data by building formal models of social-ecological systems to study robustness-fragility tradeoffs, the long-term population ecology of humans and the effects of diversity on the ability of human societies cope with social, ecological and climate change.
About the working group
The motivation for PEOPLE 3000 stems from a PAGES workshop held at Utah State University in November 2016. The working group sits in the middle of the PAGES triangle, integrating knowledge from ecosystem ecology, paleoecology and the social sciences. By investigating the complex nexus between climate, ecosystem structure and human practices, we are increasing our understanding of social-ecological systems.
We are especially interested in understanding the formation of multiple equilibria separated by "tipping points" in social-ecological systems. The multiple reorganizations in social, political and economic practices, as well as population densities, observed after 800 years ago may be the result of many regional systems experiencing variance induced critical transitions from a high human population equilibrium supported by more complex social institutions to a lower population equilibrium.
Sustainability is, in a sense, the ability of SES to move from one equilibrium to another without the loss of critical ecosystem functions, adaptive capacity and declines in well-being among human populations. By comparing and modeling how climate interacts with human population ecology, we can develop a deeper understanding of tradeoffs inherent in the adaptive dynamics of social-ecological systems. In turn, this should help us think about sustainability as a dynamic concept that changes as social and ecological systems co-evolve.
Year 1: August 2017 - July 2018
- September 2017: Data synthesis for our five initial case studies
- October 2017: Apply for expansion workshop funding to various. Submit a concept paper that compares our five initial case studies to a journal such as Nature Communications.
- November 2017: Submit Coupled-Human Natural Systems NSF proposal.
- February 2018: Workshop to expand on our inital case studies.
Year 2: August 2018 - July 2019
- October 2018: Data Synthesis adn analysis for new case studies.
- March 2019: Submit a concept paper that compares new compiled case studies to a journal such as PNAS.
- July 2019: Submit a session for INQUA (Ireland).
Year 3: August 2019 - July 2020
- August 2019: Submit a discussion paperabout hte concept of dynamic sustainability on the basis of a comparative analysis of initial and new case studies. Proposed journals: The Anthropocene or Earth's Future.
- January 2020: Gear-up for a second round of expansion to include more case studies.
Learn More and Participate!
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Know a case study that fits with this project? Get in touch!

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Learning OutcomesDescribe the procedure that leads to the advancement of a seedDescribe the procedure that leads to the advancement of a fruit
Development of a Seed
The maturation ovule creates into the seed. A typical seed contains a seed coat, cotyledons, endosperm, and a single embryo (Figure 1).
You are watching: The food for dicot embryos is stored in the while food for monocot embryos is stored in the .
Figure 1. The structures of dicot and also monocot seeds space shown. Dicots (left) have actually two cotyledons. Monocots, such as corn (right), have one cotyledon, referred to as the scutellum; it channels nutrition come the farming embryo. Both monocot and dicot embryos have actually a plumule that develops the leaves, a hypocotyl that creates the stem, and also a radicle that develops the root. The embryonic axis comprises everything in between the plumule and also the radicle, not consisting of the cotyledon(s).
What is of the following statements is true?Both monocots and also dicots have actually an endosperm.The radicle creates into the root.The plumule is part of the epicotylThe endosperm is part of the embryo.
The storage of food make reservation in angiosperm seed differs in between monocots and also dicots. In monocots, such together corn and wheat, the solitary cotyledon is called a scutellum; the scutellum is linked directly to the embryo via vascular tissue (xylem and also phloem). Food reserves space stored in the big endosperm. Upon germination, enzymes space secreted by the aleurone, a single layer that cells simply inside the particle coat the surrounds the endosperm and embryo. The enzyme degrade the save carbohydrates, proteins and lipids, the products of i beg your pardon are absorbed by the scutellum and also transported via a vasculature strand come the occurring embryo. Therefore, the scutellum have the right to be viewed to it is in an absorptive organ, not a storage organ.
The 2 cotyledons in the dicot seed additionally have vascular relations to the embryo. In endospermic dicots, the food reserves room stored in the endosperm. Throughout germination, the 2 cotyledons because of this act together absorptive offal to take up the enzymatically exit food reserves, lot like in monocots (monocots, by definition, likewise have endospermic seeds). Tobacco (Nicotiana tabaccum), tomato (Solanum lycopersicum), and pepper (Capsicum annuum) are instances of endospermic dicots. In non-endospermic dicots, the triploid endosperm develops normally following twin fertilization, yet the endosperm food reserves are conveniently remobilized and also moved right into the arising cotyledon for storage. The two halves of a peanut seeds (Arachis hypogaea) and also the break-up peas (Pisum sativum) of separation pea soup room individual cotyledons loaded with food reserves.
The seed, in addition to the ovule, is protected by a particle coat that is created from the integuments that the ovule sac. In dicots, the seeds coat is further separated into an outer coat known as the testa and inner coat recognized as the tegmen.
The embryonic axis consists of 3 parts: the plumule, the radicle, and the hypocotyl. The section of the embryo in between the cotyledon attachment suggest and the radicle is recognized as the hypocotyl (hypocotyl way “below the cotyledons”). The embryonic axis terminates in a radicle (the embryonic root), which is the an ar from i m sorry the root will develop. In dicots, the hypocotyls extend over ground, providing rise to the stem of the plant. In monocots, the hypocotyl does not show over ground since monocots execute not exhibition stem elongation. The part of the embryonic axis the projects over the cotyledons is known as the epicotyl. The plumule is written of the epicotyl, young leaves, and the shoot apical meristem.
Upon germination in dicot seeds, the epicotyl is shaped favor a hook through the plumule pointing downwards. This form is referred to as the plumule hook, and it persists as long as germination proceeds in the dark. Therefore, together the epicotyl pushes with the tough and abrasive soil, the plumule is safeguarded from damage. ~ above exposure to light, the hypocotyl hook straightens out, the young sheet leaves face the sun and also expand, and the epicotyl continues to elongate. Throughout this time, the radicle is likewise growing and also producing the major root. As it grow downward to type the madness root, lateral root branch turn off to every sides, developing the usual dicot tap source system.
Figure 2. As this monocot grass particle germinates, the major root, or radicle, emerges first, followed by the primary shoot, or coleoptile, and also the adventitious roots.
In monocot seed (Figure 2), the testa and tegmen the the particle coat are fused. As the seed germinates, the primary root emerges, defended by the root-tip covering: the coleorhiza. Next, the major shoot emerges, protected by the coleoptile: the covering of the shoot tip. ~ above exposure to light (i.e. As soon as the plumule has actually exited the soil and also the protective coleoptile is no much longer needed), elongation of the coleoptile ceases and the pipeline expand and unfold. In ~ the other finish of the embryonic axis, the main root soon dies, when other, adventitious root (roots that do not arise from the usual ar – i.e. The root) arise from the basic of the stem. This provides the monocot a fibrous source system.
Many maturation seeds get in a period of inactivity, or very low metabolic activity: a process known as dormancy, which may last for months, years or also centuries. Dormancy helps save seeds viable during unfavorable conditions. ~ above a return to favorable conditions, seeds germination take away place. Favorable problems could be as diverse as moisture, light, cold, fire, or chemistry treatments. After hefty rains, many new seedlings emerge. Forest fires likewise lead to the introduction of brand-new seedlings. Some seeds need vernalization (cold treatment) before they have the right to germinate. This guarantees that seeds developed by plants in temperate climates will not germinate until the spring. Plants cultivation in warm climates may have actually seeds that require a warm treatment in order come germinate, to avoid germination in the hot, dry summers. In plenty of seeds, the existence of a special seed coat retards the ability to germinate. Scarification, which consists of mechanical or chemical processes to soften the seeds coat, is frequently employed before germination. Presoaking in hot water, or passing with an mountain environment, such together an animal’s digestive tract, may additionally be employed.
Depending on particle size, the time taken for a seedling to emerge may vary. Types with big seeds have sufficient food reserves to germinate deep below ground, and also still extend their epicotyl every the way to the soil surface. Seeds of small-seeded types usually require light as a germination cue. This guarantee the seeds just germinate at or near the soil surface (where the light is greatest). If they were to germinate too far underneath the surface, the developing seedling would not have enough food to make reservation to with the sunlight.
Development of Fruit and Fruit Types
After fertilization, the ovary the the flower usually develops into the fruit. Fruits are usually associated with having actually a sweet taste; however, no all fruits are sweet. Botanically, the term “fruit” is provided for a ripened ovary. In most cases, flowers in i beg your pardon fertilization has actually taken ar will construct into fruits, and also flowers in which fertilization has not taken location will not. Some fruits build from the ovary and are known as true fruits, vice versa, others build from various other parts of the mrs gametophyte and are recognized as accessory fruits. The fruit encloses the seeds and also the occurring embryo, thereby providing it through protection. Fruits are of countless types, relying on their origin and also texture. The sweet tissue of the blackberry, the red flesh of the tomato, the shell of the peanut, and the hull the corn (the tough, thin component that gets stuck in her teeth when you eat popcorn) are all fruits. Together the fruit matures, the seeds also mature.
Fruits may be classified as simple, aggregate, multiple, or accessory, depending upon their origin (Figure 3). If the fruit creates from a single carpel or fused carpels the a solitary ovary, it is recognized as a simple fruit, as checked out in nuts and also beans. One aggregate fruit is one that establishes from more than one carpel, however all space in the same flower: the maturation carpels fuse with each other to kind the whole fruit, as viewed in the raspberry. Multiple fruit develops from an inflorescence or a swarm of flowers. An instance is the pineapple, whereby the flower fuse with each other to form the fruit. Accessory fruits (sometimes called false fruits) are not acquired from the ovary, yet from another part of the flower, such as the receptacle (strawberry) or the hypanthium (apples and also pears).
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Figure 3. There are four main species of fruits. Simple fruits, such as these nuts, are obtained from a solitary ovary. Accumulation fruits, like raspberries, type from numerous carpels that fuse together. Many fruits, such together pineapple, kind from a cluster of flowers referred to as an inflorescence. Accessory fruit, prefer the apple, are developed from a part of the plant other than the ovary. (credit “nuts”: alteration of occupational by Petr Kratochvil; credit “raspberries”: modification of job-related by jill111; credit transaction “pineapple”: alteration of work-related by psaudio; credit transaction “apple”: change of work by Paolo Neo)
Fruits normally have three parts: the exocarp (the outermost skin or covering), the mesocarp (middle part of the fruit), and the endocarp (the inner part of the fruit). Together, all three are recognized as the pericarp. The mesocarp is usually the fleshy, edible part of the fruit; however, in some fruits, such together the almond, the endocarp is the edible part. In many fruits, 2 or all three of the layers are fused, and are identical at maturity. Fruits have the right to be dried or fleshy. Furthermore, fruits can be separated into dehiscent or indehiscent types. Dehiscent fruits, such as peas, readily release your seeds, when indehiscent fruits, choose peaches, depend on degeneration to release their seeds.

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Oh my god, I’ve just seen HIM live again on December 29th at Helldone MMXV. This was the second time I saw them and also the second time I went to Finland. Best show ever. Great setlist, we got Heartkiller (like one of my faves) and we finished by Rebel Yell! They were so great, smiling, chatting with the audience, Jukka is a very good drummer, loved his skills! I miss them so much already and I can’t wait to hear new stuff from them.
Kiitos. ♥ (pics are all mine!)
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Traditional / folk music of Azerbaijan
The folk or traditional music of Azerbaijan, refers to the music tradition exists between Azeri people, in the Republic of Azerbaijan and also Azerbaijan of Iran. Northern part of this area, became part of Russia after a series of war between Iran and Russia during 1804-1813 and 1826-1828. So Azeri people separated by borders but they have had scene of brotherhood until today and this can be seen in their culture and folk music, although their folk music encounter different things during 20th century and also during the globalization. In Iran as Azeri people are in minority, their folk music is less popular and also they are under influence of other Persian folk musics, they had less issue or mixture with western musics but in Republic of Azerbaijan, under the rule of Russian Empire and Soviet Union they mixed a lot with western music and also generate new type of folk musics too.
The folk music in Azerbaijan lives for 1000's years. Even today it is strong part of Azeri people and it can be recognized by various number of folk music artists. During the history Azerbaijan had been part of different empires and cultures, so it absorb and adopt things from each of them. The first known written book about the Azeri music is from 8th century Kitabi Dede Gorgud by Nizami. It covers music medieval, music genres and also folk music instruments of Azerbaijan.
Azerbaijan had been under the rule of many Persian empire through hundreds of years, Mugham music is actually the brother of Dastgah in Iranian traditional music with very similar names, structures and characters. Music of Dastgah or Mugham can be found in many middle eastern countries between Arabs, Persians and aslo Azeri's. They have their own similarity and difference. Mugham music, the same as it's brother in Iran, is in fact the development of folk music in Urban culture of Azerbaijan. It is a vocal-instrumental music which needs a high level of training. The vocal section is consist of classical poetry of Azerbaijan and also Sufi poetry. The name of many songs or sections are the same as form of poems which shows the importance of poetry in this music. Until the 20th century the tradition of singing Mugham was with Persian poetry but later this tradition changed with singing of Azeri language. The music performed by a group of musicians and usually consist of singer which plays a percussion instrument like daf. Another musicians play tar (lute style instrument common in middle east) and kamancheh (string-bow instrument). This is called "trio of mugham". This folk music is consist of composed and structured pieces and also improvisations. Today this type of folk music is one of main elements in Azerbaijan culture and identity.
In contrast with Mugham, this type of folk music (Ashiq) is developed in rural communities. Although ashiq and muqam has borrowed many elements from each other during the years. Ashiq music compared to mugham has simpler language and form and target the wider audience. In fact it is influenced by Turkish music/culture that is presented from China to Balkan region. The word ashuq means love. Ashiq means the devoutness to one's profession and the term developed in 14th centuries. They were a travelling people who played saz or kopuz (types of lute) and their songs was semi improvised based on common melodies. Most of their songs are consist of poems and also many histories.
This type of folk music can be called as rap or hip-hop tradition in Azerbaijan which developed in the beginning of 20th century. Meykhana means pub which originate from the Persian word mey which means wine. This folk music is in fact improvisation of one or more singers based on a specific topic.
Opera in Azerbaijan
As Azerbaijan was under the rule of Russian Empire for about 200 years, they faced the European music through Russia. They accept and adopt this music and put their own folk music into it. Many folk songs or even mugham musics are played and sings in Opera style which today they are part of Azeri's folk music character. The first Opera in Muslim world was composed in Azerbaijan by Uzeyir Hajibeyov named "Layli and Majnun". The story line was taken from a love story poem in Persian by Nizami Ganjavi in 12th century. This opera later defined as "mugham opera" because it combined mugham in it's traditional form with western opera.
Other than the instruments mentioned above, some other instruments which are used in the folk music of Azerbaijan are oud, barbat (lute type instruments), balaban, tutek, zurna (wind instruments), nagara (percussion instrument), garmon (small accordion), ...
If you have some interesting information about folk music of Azerbaijan or you know some folk songs from Azerbaijan please kindly let us know about them, you can contact us through contact us page or simply send a song for us by clicking on "Post a Song" on the top of the page.
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Thank You to Mount Academic Dean for Years of Service
Mrs. Linda Arndt is retiring from Mount St. Dominic Academy at the conclusion of this school year. The Mount is grateful for her years of devoted service.
Mrs. Linda Arndt began her service here at Mount St. Dominic Academy in September 1999. She joined MSDA after teaching fifth grade at St. Anthony’s in Belleville and also eighth grade at St. Peter’s in Belleville since the early 1980s. Her dream of teaching high school came true when a position opened at the Mount. Upon her arrival, she shared that MSDA “just felt like home.” Linda’s love for teaching and for history were evident and she began teaching freshmen U.S. History. Linda then found herself taking on more roles as the years advanced. She taught World History, US History II, and then AP classes. Linda served as Humanities Cluster Chair, Department Chair, and in 2007, became Dean of Academics.
Linda served as a Senior Class moderator and naturally progressed to be a chaperone on the Senior Class Trip to Disney. She has accompanied numerous classes on their much-anticipated trip and has enjoyed the role. She shares one of her most memorable trips was when the girls lured a duck into their room! Another memory is when one of the chaperones had to go back to the Magic Kingdom after midnight to retrieve a senior’s wallet. Her most treasured times on the trip include breakfast together at Chef Mickey–it was all so much fun!
Mrs. Arndt had the privilege of chaperoning three European Mount Trips: England, Germany and Austria, and England again. She had such a great time with the girls–seeing the sights, eating different foods, and shopping for souvenirs. She also fondly recalls decorating for Christmas in homerooms for parties and the Mount’s celebration of Christmas.
Linda remembers coordinating the beginnings of Justice Day. Students were assigned to be members of a first world country, a second world country, or a third world country. She recalls that lunch that day “was the best!” When some of the freshmen complained about the rice they were given for lunch, the librarian said to them, “Aren’t you glad it was cooked in clean water?” It was a funny, yet eye-opening experience.
When thinking about retirement, Linda looks forward to sleeping in! She is a ‘night owl’ and will enjoy sleeping and not having to rush the morning. A voracious reader, Linda has an entire room of books that she plans to get through. She is also anticipating spending time with Bernie, her best friend since high school, and her granddaughter. She wishes the best for the Mount and hopes to see the MSDA legacy continue on in the future.


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After inclement weather delayed the originally scheduled opener last weekend, the Mudcats quickly found their footing behind veteran pitcher Jake Schmidt in the 10-0 win over the Webster Sox.
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Schmidt would throw the first five innings, giving up only two hits while striking out four and allowing one to reach base on balls. Reliever Luke Weber kept the Sox clean of hits while shelving four strikeouts.
The Mudcats showed power at the plate, manufacturing 11 hits on the day. Three Cats each had at least two hits in their appearances, but run generation was led mainly by Jake Lehrer (4 RBI) and Greg Faue (2 RBI). Justin Hackett, Jonny Houston, Ben Kelsey, and Jake Schmitz also contributed to the RBI tally.
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The Mudcats started early, scoring five runs in the first inning of their 13-2 rout of the Veseli Warriors.
Ben Morrison would get the call for the Cats to start game two of the weekend, providing 6 1/3 innings of service. He would allow two runs on five hits while walking two and striking out six batters. Jackson Kesler would finish the final two innings, not allowing any Veseil runs or hits, walking two, and striking out two.
Morrison contributed at the plate and went 2-for-5 with a home run, scoring two runs and three RBI to finish the day. Patrick Daly was 3-for-4 with four RBI and a grand slam. Jonny Houston was 3-for-3 and an RBI, and Jerad Lehrer contributed with two hits and three RBI.
Next Friday, May 14th, the Mudcats travel to Montgomery to take on the Mallards for an 8:00 pm tilt at Memorial Park in Montgomery. The Cats return from the road on May 16th for their home opener when they battle the Lonsdale Aces at 2:00 pm.


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Megan Faraimo tosses shutout as No. 3 UCLA evens series with No. 10 Washington
No. 3 UCLA softball evened the series with No. 10 Washington with a 4-0 win in Westwood on March 18, 2023. Megan Faraimo tossed a complete game shutout, limiting the Huskies to two hits and striking out five batters. Freshmen Jordan Woolery and Megan Grant each hit a home run and combined to drive in all four runs in the win.

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Neighborhood Homes Investment Act Introduced in House of Representatives
U.S. Reps. Mike Kelly, R-Pennsylvania, and Brian Higgins, D-New York, today introduced the Neighborhood Homes Investment Act (NHIA), a bill which would create a single-family tax credit similar to the low-income housing tax credit (LIHTC) to help finance the new construction or acquisition and rehabilitation of owner-occupied homes in distressed neighborhoods. The NHIA coalition estimates 500,000 homes would be built or substantially rehabilitated and more than $125 billion of total development activity over a decade of the tax incentive.
Higgins and Kelly introduced similar versions of the bill in previous sessions of Congress. Original co-sponsors for the 2023 introduction of the bill include Claudia Tenney, R-New York; Dan Kildee, D-Michigan; Randy Feenstra, R-Iowa; and Dwight Evans, D-Pennsylvania. The text of H.R. 3940 was not immediately available, but is identical to S. 657, which was introduced in March in the Senate.
A Notes from Novogradac blog post provides more information about the NHIA.

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Fresh herbs and beautiful mushrooms like chanterelles make this easy chicken dish a family favorite.
Italian for hunter, cacciatore is an American-Italian term referring to food prepared “hunter-style”.
Put chicken in a plastic bag with flour, salt and pepper. Shake and coat chicken evenly.
In a heavy skillet, heat butter and olive oil, then add chicken and brown evenly on all sides. Remove and set aside.
Add onion and celery to the same pan, and sauté until onions become transparent. Add carrot, garlic and herbs, and continue to sauté until vegetables begin to caramelize.
Add cognac, scraping the bottom of the pan to release brown particles. Add mushrooms and continue to sauté. Add white wine, reduce. Add the chicken broth, tomato puree, and then add the chicken pieces. Add the bay leaf.
Transfer to a covered casserole dish in a 350-degree oven and continue to cook until chicken is done and sauce is reduced. Adjust seasonings if necessary. Remove chicken to a heated platter, and pour the sauce over top of chicken. Garnish with more parsley.

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Recent national and global events have stressed the need for far more rigorous private and public examination of what is presented to us as “fact” and “truth”.
This has always been an expected function of media people whose professional scepticism ought, ideally, to routinely guide their conclusions for representation on the respective news and information platforms.
There are a few foundational guidelines that are useful. They include the need for multiple identified sources (both independent and openly biased), accountability and transparency in professional conduct, and a number of other well-established ethical guidelines.
In the private sphere, there are no such professional obligations, but there is a personal responsibility to ensure that information shared with others is as truthful as humanly possible.
Reckless online trolls, partisan surrogates, and sundry mischief-makers typically do not consider themselves bound either by the professional requirements of journalists or even a personal commitment to share stringently verified information.
Nowadays, with pervasive social media, the latter cohort of information-sharers vastly outnumbers those who consider it a duty to be truthful and accurate—to the extent that this is possible within an environment that is not often conducive to the free flow of reliable information. These are some of the “supply side” components of today’s information infrastructure. You should be able to identify a few other vital elements and even name some of the dominant culprits in your virtual spaces.
In recent years, though, the UN system has promoted a “demand side” approach to managing information flows. Such an approach was perhaps always there in the form of critical-thinking instruction and application—presented in different forms in the education system and resident among the skills-sets of numerous professions and vocations. You probably witness this at work when you go to the mechanic, visit the dentist, or talk to farmers about their crops. There is an ability to sift a variety of circumstances to diagnose and administer what is required to get their jobs done.
I think that the Media and Information Literacy (MIL) campaign of the UN now being adopted by governments and organisations around the world, provides us with an opportunity to achieve a human rights-compliant approach to misinformation and disinformation, and other mass communication dysfunctionalities.
The theory is that equipping consumers of media content with an ability to distinguish fact from fiction, and truth from lies, has the potential to greatly diminish the impact of the supply of unreliable news, information, and other content. This is an important issue to consider, especially if we concede that digital content, in particular, will continue to grow and escape even the finest mesh of regulation. Prohibition and regulation are of limited impact.
Through demand-oriented MIL, both direct and collateral social damage has the potential to be avoided, or at least minimised. The lower the receptivity to everything on offer, the greater the hindrance to uninterrupted supply.
This, however, does not provide a comprehensive shield. So, most defenders of rights agree that the protections currently provided to the subjects of media content, under common law and statute, should continue to apply. Even the founding principles of free speech, as captured by Article 19 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, identifies duties and responsibilities and with them, widely accepted limitations.
There are lively debates regarding the application of such limitations. This resonates alongside what we have to consider on questions of media and information literacy. For example, there are important nuances to consider when it comes to things such as defamation, threats to national security, and incitement to discrimination, hostility or violence. There is also the principle that addresses the infringement of other rights such as privacy, to cite one example.
This should clear the air among those under the misguided assumption that people who advocate for freedom of expression are somehow envisaging a situation of untrammelled liberty. In the Caribbean, progress with such an approach has been rather slow. The speed of change in the virtual world has accelerated greatly. The advent of generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) offers solutions but is also laden with serious challenges that test verification processes as nothing else has in human memory.
Whether we like it or not, AI is here to stay and, with it, a more urgent need to achieve much higher standards of media and information literacy—challenged as we already are in the area of functional, traditional literacy.
Regulation and prohibition won’t do the job. We have to hold this by the reins as societies and not evade responsibility for making the necessary change as a collaborative effort involving all concerned, including and especially our young people.