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The Known World
by Edward P Jones
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Fiction > Cultural Heritage
Southeast U.S.
From National Book Award-nominated author Edward P. Jones comes a debut novel of stunning emotional depth and unequaled literary power Henry Townsend, a farmer, boot maker, and former slave, through the surprising twists and unforeseen turns of life in antebellum Virginia, becomes proprietor of his own plantation--as well his own slaves. When he dies, his widow Caldonia succumbs to profound grief, and things begin to fall apart at their plantation: slaves take to escaping under the cover of night, and families who had ... Read More
From National Book Award-nominated author Edward P. Jones comes a debut novel of stunning emotional depth and unequaled literary power Henry Townsend, a farmer, boot maker, and former slave, through the surprising twists and unforeseen turns of life in antebellum Virginia, becomes proprietor of his own plantation--as well his own slaves. When he dies, his widow Caldonia succumbs to profound grief, and things begin to fall apart at their plantation: slaves take to escaping under the cover of night, and families who had once found love under the weight of slavery begin to betray one another. Beyond the Townsend household, the known world also unravels: low-paid white patrollers stand watch as slave "speculators" sell free black people into slavery, and rumors of slave rebellions set white families against slaves who have served them for years. An ambitious, courageous, luminously written masterwork, The Known World seamlessly weaves the lives of the freed and the enslaved--and allows all of us a deeper understanding of the enduring multidimensional world created by the institution of slavery. The Known World not only marks the return of an extraordinarily gifted writer, it heralds the publication of a remarkable contribution to the canon of American classic literature. Read Less
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The Peculiar Institution
Edward P. Jones' novel The Known World complicates the reader's knowledge of the "peculiar institution" of slavery by focusing in part upon the relationship between black slaveowners and their slaves, and reveals how contingent was the freedom even of freed slaves. The novel has an epic amplitude, sweep, and ambition, and is arguably more various in its characterization, particularly in its representation of black male characters, than Toni Morrison's celebrated Beloved, which depicted the interior lives of her three principal female characters, but also seemed to seek gender detente for the criticisms lodged against Alice Walker's The Color Purple by depicting her male characters like Paul D as moral angels (Ralph Ellison once commented that white American novelists depict African Americans in their books as clowns, beasts or angels). Jones' novel has echoes of Faulkner and Garcia Marquez--Faulkner's imagining of a world in Yoknapatawpha County, Gabo's magic realism--but his prose is plainer, less ornate, less fabulist than either. Read the novel for the moral complexity it brings to our understanding of slavery, but one warning: the multitude of characters is often confusing, and the author doesn't help matters by largely omitting distinguishing physical markers by which the reader might have identified them.
ReaderSue
Intriguing Story
I was a little dismayed to have to read this book for a book group because the reviews when it first came out were off-putting. Yes, there were descriptions of the horrid abuse, physical, emotional, sexual, of slaves but the rest of the story carried the weight. I'm glad I decided to get started, and it was worth finishing.
There are a lot of similar characters as the other reviewer stated, and the story did jump from a given time frame to 50 years later or 10 years earlier. This is not a linear story but it is a well-written one. The writing flows and is so descriptive, I had to keep reading to see what else would happen. You start out caring or disliking some characters, and then find your opinions changing through the chapters.
Each chapter starts with several references and some of them seem to have no bearing on the main story. But Jones works his magic and it was satisfying to go back to the start of a chapter to see if I could recall what the references meant. This book is entertaining on many levels, and it requires some effort. If you are put off by that, and just want a straight story from A to B with 5 or so characters who all act rationally, then this is not a book for you.
AmateurHistorian
Intriguing and fatiguing
The book centers around a fictional plantation where a black owner has slaves from his own race just before the Civil War. Yet the book doesn't really focus on this fact or its implications in a direct way. It becomes an expansive look at numerous characters in the county encompassing the plantation--black and white characters and their interactions. Unfortunately, the characters often enough behave in ways that are not consistent with their previous descriptions/actions and many of the characters sound similar enough to each other that it's difficult to sustain belief and care for the characters throughout the lengthy narrative. In addition, the author departs from the story with numerous historical sounding accounts of what happened to a character 50 years in the future, or to his forbears and how that led up to the current situation and person. This tendency vitiates the vitality of the story and makes the reader feel the book was written by an historian who couldn't subdue his usual writing style to do a novel. Intriguing premise and situation. But a book that ultimately saps the reader's interest.
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BBC Festival for Sofia Gubaidulina from 12-14 January 2007 in London
From 12 to 14 January 2007, London will be very strongly marked by the music of Sofia Gubaidulina. The BBC has dedicated this year's Composer's Weekend to her, during which, with Gidon Kremer as soloist, her work "The Lyre of Orpheus" for violin and orchestra will receive its British premiere. The following works will also be heard in England for the first time: "…The Deceitful Face of Hope and Despair" for flute and orchestra with Sharon Bezaly as soloist and the orchestral work "The Banquet during the Plague." These three works together form the Triptych which will be receiving its world premiere during the course of this festival on 12 January.
Nicolas Hodges will perform the piano concerto "Introitus" and the BBC Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Valery Gergiev will be heard in "The Light of the End" and "In the Sign of the Scorpion." Other important events in the largest Gubaidulina Festival so far mounted are, moreover, the performances of "Hours of the Soul" for large wind ensemble and mezzo soprano (12 January) and "Alleluia" for choir and orchestra (14 January).
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Vail Resorts Announces The Epic Race, Offering an Epic Pass for Life to Guests Who Can Ski the World: 26 Resorts in Four Countries in One Season
The Epic Race challenges pass holders to ski and ride 26 iconic mountains in four countries, including the U.S. (Colorado, Utah, Lake Tahoe, Minnesota and Michigan), Switzerland, France and Austria
Up to 10 winners will receive an Epic Pass for life
Registration for The Epic Race opens Nov. 1 at www.snow.com/epic-pass/info/epic-race.aspx
BROOMFIELD, Colo.– Oct. 2, 2013– This season Vail Resorts announced that the Epic Pass now includes 26 mountains in four countries. And now Vail Resorts is calling all globetrotting, Epic Pass-holding, die-hard skiers and snowboarders for The Epic Race – a 2013-2014 season-long competition to visit all 26 resorts spread across four countries that make up the Epic Pass. The first 10 people to complete the race will receive an Epic Pass for life.
"When we launched the Epic Pass with six resorts in 2008, I said our guests wouldn't be able to out-ski or ride this pass," said Rob Katz chairman and chief executive officer of Vail Resorts. "Five years later, after adding three more countries and 20 additional resorts, we're throwing down the gauntlet. If you can be one of the first to ski the world, you'll ski for life."
Starting Nov. 1, guests can register to Ski the World by visiting www.snow.com/epic-pass/info/epic-race.aspx. Each racer will need to ski or ride all 26 resorts on the Epic Pass (Vail, Beaver Creek, Breckenridge, Keystone, Arapahoe Basin and Eldora in Colorado; Canyons in Park City, Utah; Heavenly, Northstar and Kirkwood at Lake Tahoe; Afton Alps, Minnesota; Mt. Brighton, Michigan; Verbier, Switzerland; Arlberg, Austria – St. Anton, Lech, Zürs, St. Christoph and Stuben; and Les 3 Vallées, France – Courchevel, La Tania, Méribel, Brides-les-Bains, Les Menuires, Saint Martin de Belleville, Val Thorens and Orelle). Epic Racers will be asked to document and share their experience at each resort they visit to be eligible to win. All the content from the Epic Racers will be available at www.snow.com/epic-pass/info/epic-race.aspx.
"If there was any doubt that the Epic Pass is by far and away the snowsports industry's best and most comprehensive pass, the experiences these contestants share should put the question to rest," said Katz. "What other pass allows you to enjoy the steep and deep of the Sierra Nevada, the amazing powder of the Wasatch, the majesty of the Rockies, the urban hills in Michigan and Minnesota, the interconnectivity of the French Alps and the world's largest linked ski area, the unmatched off-piste skiing and riding of the Swiss Alps, and the birthplace of modern Alpine skiing technique in the Tyrolean Alps?"
Epic Racers will be responsible for their own expenses in undertaking the Epic Race and no racer will be permitted to ski or ride more than one resort per day in the U.S. and two resorts per day in Europe to ensure they capture and enjoy the full experience of each mountain. Race winners receiving an Epic Pass for life will be able to ski or ride only the resorts accessible via the Epic Pass in that given year. All rules and guidelines will be posted on www.snow.com/epic-pass/info/epic-race.aspxon Nov. 1 and included in the registration materials provided to guests.
The Epic Pass features unlimited, unrestricted skiing and riding at Vail, Beaver Creek, Breckenridge, Keystone, Arapahoe Basin and Eldora in Colorado; Canyons in Park City, Utah; Heavenly, Northstar and Kirkwood at Lake Tahoe; Afton Alps in Minnesota and Mt. Brighton in Michigan. Furthermore, Epic Pass holders have the opportunity to extend their skiing and riding adventures from the U.S. to Europe with five free days at the renowned mountain resorts of Verbier, Switzerland, five free days at Arlberg, Austria and five free days at Les 3 Vallées, France. Vail Resorts is offering the industry's best-selling season pass at $709 for adults and $369 for children (ages 5-12), but these prices are only guaranteed through Oct. 13, 2013. For more information about the 2013-2014 season pass line-up or to purchase a pass online, visit www.epicpass.com.
"The Epic Pass is more attractive than ever, not just because of the access it provides to 26 mountains in four countries, but also because of the unprecedented on-mountain improvements of $130-140 million across our resorts for the upcoming season," said Kirsten Lynch, executive vice president and chief marketing officer of Vail Resorts. "Not since the opening of Blue Sky Basin at Vail have we seen such a significant terrain expansion at a Colorado ski resort as with the addition of Peak 6 at Breckenridge. We're also adding a new high-speed six-person lift in Mid-Vail to get guests into the Back Bowls faster and opening a new on-mountain restaurant at the base of Beaver Creek's famed Birds of Prey race course. And then there's the fourth generation of EpicMix – Epic Academy – which offers a unique way to earn and share your accomplishments in our world-class ski and ride schools."
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"Mastering" Call of Duty is difficult, but with constant practice and a perfect mindset, it is achievable. This article will help you master the game.
Adjust your screen brightness. In order to fully master the game, observing minute details of the map is very important. The better you can see and observe, better will be your game-play.
Adjust the game sensitivity. Set the sensitivity that you are comfortable playing with. Try a few different sensitivity options and see which one suits you the best.
Try playing different versions of Call of Duty. Playing more than one part (or version) of the game will acquaint you to the different maps and situations of the game. Try using multiple guns and see which one suits you the best. Different maps may require different types of guns.
Play against other players. Playing multiplayer will help you face tougher situations and will make you think of different strategies/ tactics.
Communicate well. Communication is a very important part of any Call of Duty game. Most of your communications will be taken up with relaying or receiving locations or enemies or objectives.
Watch & Learn. Watch other players and observe their tactics. Try using YouTube to watch game-play and tactical videos.
Change your button layout to tactical and disable your vibration. Use button layout for drop shooting. This allows your player to drop while still shooting. Try disabling vibration. This will allow your controller not to rumble when shooting someone. It can cause a distraction and we need none of those.
Learn your maps. Learning your maps and the hot spots, will only add on to your kill-streaks, and make the game difficult for the other players. Master the maps, you master the game.
Learn to aim, dodge and cover up. Aiming is your bread and butter. Learn how to perfect it. You'll know when you mastered aiming when you see 3 threats heading your way, facing your direction, and you take out all 3 of them, without having to reload. Dodging and using cover is your peanut butter and jelly. Learn to master dodging and using cover, will make you a hard target to hit. You'll know you mastered dodging and using cover when, you have 4 threats shooting you from different directions and you don't get hit by any one of them, then you take them out.
Be smart. Use your brain. If you shoot someone and don't kill them, don't go chasing after them, unless you know for sure you'll get the kill. Instead, chill, let the enemy go. Living is better than dying.
Practice, the most important thing of them all. But only the best will dedicate themselves to it and do it everyday and give it 150% every time. That's what a master does. That's what the best do.
How do I get multiplayer?
If you're on Xbox 360, you have to pay for online access.
Try out the guns you see being used the most, they're often the best guns, although they may not work for you sometimes.
Always focus on the map. It shows your enemies near by when they're shooting. And move silently.
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New this year, we will be honoring our Lifetime Achievement Award winners during this social event. In addition, author Mike Schlossberg will speak about his new book and has offered to sign books afterward. From here, don't miss the conference Networking Reception in the Red Ballroom and the DJ after that!
Looking for lunch following a busy morning? Exhibit Hall is the place to be! Participants are invited to join vendors in Exhibit Hall to discuss business opportunities and eat lunch during Wednesday's Lunch with Exhibitors. Ample seating is available; feast on an array of tasty selections while you make connections with exhibitors.
Don't miss this event that closes the conference for 2018. We'll take one last opportunity to introduce you to each of our participating companies while enjoying the fun of prize giveaways. During exhibit hours on Wednesday and Thursday, many vendors provide guests with the opportunity to participate in drawings for special prizes. We'll also select grand prize winners on Thursday who will receive gift cards. Make sure you stay to learn if you have won a prize! Sponsored by Horizon House, Inc, Philadelphia, PA.


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Have you ever been locked out of your own Google account because you did not have the phone nearby to verify a prompt or SMS code? It happens when you log in from what Google decides is a suspicious device or location.
Anyone can lose or damage their device or SIM card, which means it might be a good idea not to keep your Google account subject to the phone's availability. If you believe that you set up a very strong password and recovery email, it is possible to log in to Gmail and other Google services without a phone. Let's find out how to temporarily (or permanently) revoke Google's access to your phone number and smartphone.
Google's Two-Factor Verification: A Necessary Evil?
Since 2011 Google support has been recommending that account holders always keep their phone numbers handy for two-factor verification. In fact, the day you first set it up, Google took away your privilege to access your own account without a phone number.
However, that's not how two-factor verification is supposed to work. Its definition and scope is wider than that. For example, when you log in to Google with backup codes, that also counts as two-factor verification. There is absolutely no need to lug a phone around everywhere to feel secure.
The fact to remember is that associating a phone with a Google account is not compulsory. This means there are ways you can deny Google the permission to force you to use your phone.
Here you can see the option for two-step verification. Even if it is turned off, you must turn it on. That is the only way you can disable Google prompts on your phone. Before you can proceed, you will have to confirm your account password to change the settings.
If you don't want to use your phone with Google but still want the same level of security, you can set up backup codes. There are 10 backup codes, and each can be used only once. Take a PDF print and save it on your computer, or write those codes down somewhere. You can get as many new codes as you like. Just make sure no one can ever see them.
Congratulations! If you followed the above step-by-step procedure, Google will no longer be able to ask about your smartphone device for logins. Provided you set up a really strong password, you have nothing else to worry about. Do note that Google does not like it when you turn off two-step verification!
In case you forget the password, you will have to set up a recovery account. Again, it does not have to be a phone number. In order to revoke access to your phone number, again visit "Sign-in & Security" in your Google account.
All you have to do is delete your recovery phone number in the next screen. This puts an end to verification codes via SMS.
In this tutorial we have learned how to temporarily or permanently remove your phone number and smartphone associated with a Google account. While it is a fairly easy procedure, hardly any information on this method is available online. Indeed, the procedure appears more confusing than what it really is.
For privacy advocates, the more important question is: should Google have the right to dictate whether or not you use a phone number for their services? Please let us know in the comments your thoughts on this.
can you do a tutorial on how to stop YouTube from requesting personal phone numbers, either for uploading videos or for account verifications? the privacy invasions this company have are unbelievable!
Hi I don't think you need a phone number to upload videos on YouTube nor create a separate YouTube account which is not connected with Google. Once you disable and delete the Google authenticator app from phone and erase your device from Google account Settings (prompt method) plus recovery number (OTP method), you will not be asked to verify the number again for any of Google services.
Hi, thanks for the reply. A new YouTube account is now fully integrated into the google/gmail system, so getting a youtube account is impossible without a gmail address.. Also, Unfortunately yes indeed YouTube does require you to give them your phone number if you intend on uploading videos longer than 15 minutes. Also, if YouTube notices any "suspicious", activity on your account they lock you out of your account then require a real phone number for a google login code to access your account. Dystopian days indeed. I would love to see some more information on YouTube privacy on this site! thankyou.
This tutorial was primarily intended for Gmail, Calendar, AdWords, Docs, Charts and Google Drive users on a desktop computer. If you are using the Play Store, then you have a registered phone number already and removing your phone number is unlikely to happen. Using an Android phone or Chromebook without a Google ID is simply not possible.
I have multi-verified Google accounts so I'm unlikely to run into that 15 minute problem with YouTube. But if indeed there is a way to bypass YouTube's limitations, I will give it a shot and record my observations.
Just start a new unverified gmail account then attempt to start a YouTube channel. When you upload something longer than 15 mins they request a phone number! which is utterly insane. I wonder if verification codes could be used instead of a personal phone number in this case! I appreciate your hard work on this issue. YouTube privacy is a very interesting issue indeed. Thankyou!
For turn off the 2 step verification, will the google send again the verify code to the phone number for proceed the turn off step?
the problem i faced is i have terminated my phone number which for receive the verify code . now i need change to new number but the step will need type in the verify code which send to my old phone.
It's a very common problem. If that phone number has been terminated, you can still disable it.
Go to "Signing in to Google" from the My Account screenshot above.
Just go ahead and turn off each of them. They shouldn't ask you for phone numbers but might send a reminder.
You must be able to login in the first place to complete this activity. Use a Google recognized device.
Once you turn off your old number, you can again visit the same link to enable a new phone number for verification.
It's naive to think that 2 step verification exists only to protect the security of account holders. It's also used as a way to compel you to give up your phone number. There are other ways to confirm your identity, such as your recovery email, or your unique question but google invariably doesn't allow you to use these methods to verify when there is a "security issue" and so many of these "security issues" are just spurious.
So the issue I have is that I am trying to log in with a new computer so youtube/google doesn't recognize it so it asks to send a code to a phone number I no longer use. There doesn't seem to be any clear path to recover the account as all the answers I see need you to be logged in to the account. But since you can't log in to change anything the account is essentially dead. Security is a good thing but when you have a system that doesn't even seem to have an actual human being you can interact with there is no balance with accessibility which something a company as big as Google knows about so the reasoning is they don't seem to care. If there is a path to speak to an actual human being particularly a phone number it would be great if someone could post it.
That's a rather unfortunate situation to be in. I can relate. No one can help you here but Google support.
Look for option 4 – Account recovery form. Usually it will take them a few days to respond provided you have a back up email registered with your Google account.
If you have the smartphone device which is recognized by Google, all you need is the Google prompt even though you no longer have that SIM card on your device. But I am assuming this no longer works.
But try the account recovery forms. That's really the last resort.


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Thoughts on the Same-Sex Marriage Case, Part I
Posted by Martin Heller Potempa & Sheppard, PLLC on October 3, 2013
"We let issues perk. We let racial segregation perk for 50 years."
–Justice Sonia Sotomayor, March 26, 2013
Of all the comments made during oral arguments over Proposition 8, which bans same-sex marriage in California, these were the most interesting. Not only because Justice Sotomayor confused the word "perk" with "percolate" (she had to, because "perk" means to become more cheerful, something that racial segregation never did pull off), but because they seemed to reveal a certain hubris and an undeserved one at that.
The Court, she seemed to say, was more than just the final arbiter of the legal issues of the day. It was also an all-knowing sage who understood the big picture, and in which direction history was headed. This was a dubious proposition at best. And given Justice Sotomayor's specific comments, it was full of irony as well.
You see, the Court did not simply allow racial segregation to "perk". Rather, it found that racial segregation — "separate but equal" — was Constitutional in 1896, and then changed its mind in 1954. In 1896, the Court had one lone dissenter. In 1954, the decision was 9-0 in the opposite direction. In other words, 16 reasonable minds differed on whether segregation on the basis of race was Constitutional. To claim preternatural wisdom, and to use the example she did, was self-aggrandizement in the extreme. It was a little disingenuous, too.
Moreover, such paternalism was surprising, particularly in light of the Court's ruling in the Obamacare case. In that decision, Chief Justice Roberts was very clear about the Court's limited role. "Members of this Court are vested with the authority to interpret the law; we possess neither the expertise nor the prerogative to make policy judgments." The Court even chided us for thinking otherwise. "It is not our job to protect the people from the consequences of their political choices."
That is to say, the Court's role is not to weigh in on which laws are good for us and which ones are not, but rather to weigh in on whether those laws, passed by our elected representatives, pass constitutional muster. That's it.
Against this backdrop, Justice Alito's comments were as surprising as Justice Sotomayor's: "You want us to step in and render a decision based on an assessment of the effects of [same-sex marriage,] which is newer than cell phones or the internet?"
Counsel's response to this question left much to be desired. Rather than a respectful reminder that making such policy judgments was not their prerogative, nor within their field of expertise—which would have echoed the Chief Justice's observation about the Court's proper role—he pointed out that the Court has previously recognized the unacceptable cost of the "wait-and-see" approach. Perhaps he did so in order to avoid a discussion about the role of the Court in general? In any case, it would have made little difference.
Whether the Court was boasting about its alleged patience and wisdom, or whether the Court has done an about-face with regard to what it understands as its role, the only clear message was that the Court regretted taking this case.
The thing is, this was not the case the Court thought it was. It couldn't have been. For even if the Court had prejudged the issue, and was prepared to make a pronouncement one way or the other about the law of the land with regard to the definition of marriage, this case had too many factual, legal, and procedural pitfalls to make a sweeping ruling. Having realized this, too late it would seem, oral arguments gave the Justices a chance to show off a little, but not much more; and the Court's comments should be interpreted as little more than harbingers of a decision that will decide nothing at all.
If you were hoping for another Brown v. Board of Education, then you will be disappointed. The opportunity for the Court to do something historic or momentous just isn't there. Not with this case.
There's another one working its way through the system right now, however. So, perk up!
The truth always comes out. Get it out of the way early.
When facing charges for stealing a car, don't wear your "Drive It Like You Stole It" t-shirt.
I've had two cases recently where people hid condoms in their "special occasion" shoes. Is this a thing?
Any person who participates in a duel may not hold any public office in Tennessee.
It's not the thing you did. It's the lying about it. That's what will hurt you.


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Operators and Doomsquad at Turf Club, St Paul (29 May 2019)
Operators at Turf Club
Operators Setlist
In Moderan
I Feel Emotion
Memories of the Future *
Terminal Beach
Come & See
I'm Confused *
Low Life
Serve the People *
Cold Light
* Handsome Furs song
Operators is the project of Dan Boeckner (Wolf Parade, Handsome Furs, Divine Fits). Their debut album Blue Wave will come out April 1st on Last Gang Records... but you can preview these new songs on this upcoming 7th Street Entry ...
Montreal's Operators headlined the Turf Club on Wednesday, May 29th, in support of their new album Radiant Dawn (Last Gang Records).
Toronto's electro-psych, dance-rock trio Doomsquad (stylized as DOOMSQUAD and previously spelled as Doom Squad) opened the show. As we previously mentioned, the group are siblings: Trevor, Jaclyn and Allie Blumas. Trevor Blumas is probably the best-known for co-starring in Ice Princess, a Disney film from 2005.
Their music, although described as dance-rock, hearing them live, it sounds like dance/darkwave and sometime like something you would hear from The Fall (rest in peace, Mark E Smith). All three traded vocals and takes over lead vocals for their respective songs.
You can also tell they are natural performers - based on their choice of clothing and clear plastic that covered their instruments (and body parts). It's all part of their theme for their album Let Yourself Be Seen (out last month on Bella Union). The record was recently announced as landing #1 on the Canada National Electronic charts.
They started their set with one of their popular single, "Weather Patterns", but personally speaking, my favorite song on their set was "General Hum" (mostly for using cleverly using Instagram in a lyric).
Operators (not to be confused with England's The Operators or Los Angeles' post-grunge band Operator or New York's quartet Operator Music Band) is back in town in support of Radiant Dawn. We first mentioned the group in 2016, when Operators went out to promote their debut record Blue Wave (Last Gang Records).
To give you a little background, the Synth-pop trio (featuring Dan Boeckner, Devojka, and Sam Brown) is essentially a project from Dan Boeckner, who is/was a member of Wolf Parade, Atlas Strategic, Handsome Furs, and supergroup Divine Fits. If you look over their setlist (photo included), you'll notice quite a few Handsome Furs' songs (including "Memories of the Future" and "I'm Confused"). These Operators' shows are probably the only way to hear these songs live, because Handsome Furs ended in 2012, when Boeckner and now ex-wife Alexei Perry announced their breakup. In many ways, Handsome Furs seemed like the original blueprint that Operators' music is based upon.
With Radiant Dawn out now, it's natural that those songs are the emphasis on this set. In fact, with the exception of the Handsome Furs' songs, the entire set is from Radiant Dawn. It's only during the encore do we get some older songs, including "True" from the original EP EP1 and "Cold Light" from the debut album Blue Wave.
6/1 - Saskatoon, SK - Capitol
6/3 - Edmonton, AB - Starlite
6/4 - Calgary, AB - Commonwealth
6/6 - Victoria, BC - Upstairs
6/7 - Vancouver, BC - Fortune
6/9 - Seattle, WA - Neumos
6/10 - Portland, OR - Doug Fir
6/12 - San Francisco, CA - Independent
6/13 - Los Angeles CA - Teragram
6/14 - San Diego, CA - Casbah
6/15 - Phoenix, AZ - Valley Bar
6/17 - Salt Lake City, UT - Kilby Court
6/18 - Denver, CO - Lost Lake
6/19 - Albuquerque, NM - Launchpad
6/20 - Dallas, TX - Three Links
6/21 - Austin, TX - 3TEN ACL Live
6/22 - Houston, TX - White Oak Music Hall
6/24 - Atlanta, GA - Earl
6/25 - Nashville, TN - High Watt
6/26 - Columbus, OH - Ace of Cups
7/10 - Allston, MA - Great Scott
7/11 - New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom
7/12 - Philadelphia, PA - Johnny Brenda's
7/13 - Washington, DC - U Street Music Hall
8/29 – Tromsø, NO – DRIV Festival
8/31 – Skopje, MK – Zradvo Mladi Festival
9/01 – Belgrade, RS – Elektropionir
9/03 – Budapest, HU – Durer Kert
9/04 – Zagreb, HR – Vintage Industrial Bar
9/05 – Vienna, AT – Fluc
9/06 – Prague, CZ – Meet Factory
9/07 – Berlin, DE - Torstrassenfestival
9/11 – Rijeka, HR – Klub Zivot
9/12 – Ljubijana, SL - KINO ŠIŠKA
9/15 – Colmar, FR – Le Grillen
9/17 – Luxembourg, LX – De Gudde Wellen
9/18 – Rotterdam, NL – Rotown
9/19 – London, UK – Sebright Arms
9/20 – Bucharest, RO – Control Club
9/21 – Cluj Napoca, RO – Form Café
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Rapper Bobby Shmurda's arrest has an odd, crazy connection to Silicon Valley
#FreeShmurda
By Brian De Los Santos on June 28, 2017
Bobby Shmurda at a Jourdan Dunn 'Cell For Gratitude' charity event in New York on Sept. 7, 2014. Credit: X Prutting/BFA/REX/Shutterstock
The ballad of Brooklyn-bred rapper Bobby Shmurda is a surreal tale of meteoric rise turned upside-down, nearly as fast as it started. One smash-mouth hit, one viral dance craze, and a newly-inked record deal were all whipped away by a prison sentence for drug and gun charges(Opens in a new window).
That alone is wild enough for its own full-length GQ feature(Opens in a new window). But Wednesday, the tale took a wild turn, with the revelation that Palantir, a big data software giant co-founded by Silicon Valley villain Peter Thiel, essentially paved the way to put Shmurda behind bars, according to a feature Buzzfeed(Opens in a new window) published Wednesday.
The piece wasn't about Shumrda specifically, but about the budding war between the NYPD and Silicon Valley.(Opens in a new window) Hidden in that piece was this fascinating nugget:
The NYPD has been a Palantir customer since at least 2012, and Palantir has touted the relationship to help it drum up other business. The software ingests arrest records, license plate reads, parking tickets, and more, and then graphs this data in a way that can reveal connections among crimes and people. In late 2014, for example, the police department used Palantir's analysis to plan a sting(Opens in a new window) that landed the rapper Bobby Shmurda behind bars, just as his career was taking off, according to an internal Palantir email seen by BuzzFeed News.
That's right, that means the wings of Shumurda's massively soaring career were clipped by none other than Silicon Valley itself.
A little necessary context here: Shmurda came out of nowhere back in 2014, riding the success of his viral Shmoney Dance(Opens in a new window) off the video for his single "Hot N*gga" (which peaked at No. 6 on the US Billboard Hot 100) to a record deal with Epic Records(Opens in a new window). He was one of the hottest rising stars in music at that point, but everything quickly changed when he was arrested along with 14 others in a Manhattan recording studio. In October 2016, he was sentenced to seven years in prison(Opens in a new window).
If Palantir can stack up the evidence for a sting to put Shmurda behind bars, maybe it can also help him find his hat.
Yes. The hat goes missing(Opens in a new window). It's a whole thing(Opens in a new window). Shmurda has three someodd years left on his sentence(Opens in a new window).
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Assistant editor, @Mashable. @MedillSchool, @CalPoly alumnus. Just a guy who likes sports, music, film & chicken wings.


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Hendrik (Henk) Koppelaar (born February 1953) is a Dutch computer scientist and emeritus professor at the Delft University of Technology, knows for his work in knowledge engineering.

Koppelaar started his studies at the Utrecht University in 1971, where he graduated in Physics in 1976. In 1981 he started his graduate study at the University of Amsterdam, where he obtained his PhD in Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services in 1984. Under supervision of Gideon J. Mellenbergh and J.K. de Vree (1938-2017) he wrote his thesis on the theory and new ways of data processing in modeling in the social sciences.

Koppelaar was appointed Professor at the University of Amsterdam in 1986. In 1986 he moved to Delft University of Technology, where he served as Professor of  the Computer Science until 2004. In 1986 he was founder of the Dutch Artificial Intelligence Association, which merged into the Belgian Dutch Artificial Intelligence Association in 1988. In the 1970s he had joined the Dutch Systems Group, where he served as editor of its newsletter from 1973 to 1988.

Early research of Koppelaar focussed on automatic recognition of handprinted characters, where the had developed a method of syntactic pattern recognition using fuzzy set theory. Their research had focussed on handwritten capitals. Later in the 1980s his research had focussed the application of chaos theory in the social science. In 1994 he published a methodological analysis of these applications.

Selected publications
 Koppelaar, Henk. Twee nieuwe wegen voor modelbouw in de sociale wetenschappen: theorie- en dataverwerking. PhD thesis, University of Amsterdam, 1986.

Articles, a selection
 Kickert, Walter JM, and Henk Koppelaar. "Application of fuzzy set theory to syntactic pattern recognition of handwritten capitals." IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics 2 (1976): 148–151.
 Faber, Jan, and Henk Koppelaar. "Chaos theory and social science: a methodological analysis." Quality and Quantity 28.4 (1994): 421–433.

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1953 births
Living people
Dutch computer scientists
Utrecht University alumni
University of Amsterdam alumni
Delft University of Technology alumni
Academic staff of the University of Amsterdam
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I found the best one in my local head shop. they dont have too many top of the line pieces of glass but this is the nicest I could find. It also fits in well with my other glassware.
the parents are gone all weekend, so I think im picking up a 1/4 tonight to really break this baby in.
sick bubbler, sick name, im trying to find a good price for one on ebay, the only thing i wanted to ask was.... how do you get the water in and out .... Mouthpiece?
yeah, either the mouthpiece, or the carb on the other side not in the picture...anything other than the bowl. thanks for the nice comments.


Street artist Mateo was born in 1985 as Mathieu Boriers in France. After studying art in Toulouse, he moved to Montreal in 2008 to work as a graphic designer. He began a long journey through South America, where you can follow his path through his murals.
Back in Montreal, he decided to devote himself entirely to the arts. His practice has always developed between street and studio, largely influenced by the street art movement with a total freedom of material.
Mateo questions the perception of the world around us and the impact of the traditional on our Western societies. His humanistic approach suggests being inspired by fundamental issues, bridging to our origins and a pleading for the revival of romanticism superseded by today's reality.
Traditional patterns, ornaments, travel literature, symbols, forgotten images are the raw material of a personal composition, a monologue of the soul in search of timeless knowledge.


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The Natural sights
Calanques National Park
Mugel – Calanque and Botanic Garden
Figuerolles
L'Ile Verte – The Green Island
Route des Crêtes – The Panoramic Route
La Ciotat's Chapels
Our Lady of the Guard Chapel
Our Lady of the Assumption Church
The Town Squares
The Beaches of La Ciotat
The Harbors of La Ciotat
History of the City
Famous citizens of La Ciotat
360° virtual tours of La Ciotat
Ceyreste, La Ciotat's little sister
Map of the town
French federation for Festivities and Historical Shows
My La Ciotat
Family leisure activities
Your dog in La Ciotat
Bicycle Hire and Cycle Lanes
Boat License
Guided tour of the old town center
Boat trip through the Calanques
Museum and cultural heritage
Bastide Marin
ProvenceVisit
Our Info Materials
Les pratiques
Accommodations and Restaurants
Contact and Shop
Accommodation / Restaurants
Beds & Breakfasts
Furnished Accommodations Rentals
Fish / Sea food
La Ciotat's markets
Nightlife – Agenda
La Ciotat, Land of History…
Of all time, men were attracted and kept by the protective haven of La Ciotat's bay. The excavations in Ellianac and in Terrevaine cave vouch for the presence of men and the settlement of sedentary tribes in the end of the Neolithic Age (3000 – 2000 B.C).
It is estimated that the first settlement on the maritime route of the seafarers dates back to the 5th Century B.C.
The 1429's Charter explains how La Ciotat has become a city in its own right. In the 16th Century, the city's population rose due to the emigration of a part of the Genoese aristocracy, chased away from Italy because of local revolutions.
In 1622, important shipyards were setting up. After the 18th Century's decline, the city modernises and develops. In 1836, Louis Benet gives the shipyards an industrial dimension. The shipyards changed ownership several times during the 20th Century and were the economic lungs of the city.
… and Inventions
LOUIS AND AUGUSTE LUMIÈRE INVENTED CINEMA IN LA CIOTAT
Antoine Lumière, a great industrialist from Lyon, and a photography enthusiast, took a deep interest in the discoveries of Niepce and Daguerre.
His two sons, Louis and Auguste Lumière, were also brillant researchers and inventors. Antoine was enthralled by La Ciotat. He acquired 90 hectares of land by the beach area where he had a sumptuous mansion built up called « Le Château du Clos des Plages ». Louis wished to create a device that would broadcast moving pictures on a screen. One sleepless night, he thought up about the mechanism capable of achieving his goal…he had just invented Cinematograph!
After a few screenings in Paris, others took place at Château du Clos des Plages on September 21st 1895. «L'arroseur arrosé» (The Watered Person Who Waters) and particularly, «L'arrivée du train en gare de La Ciotat» (The Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat's Station) impressed the audience during a private screening. After this first successful attempt, on December 28th 1895, the very first public screening was held at Grand Café in Paris. The Cinematograph was born!
JULES LENOIR INVENTED LA PÉTANQUE
It was in 1910, on a lovely afternoon of June, that Jules Lenoir – a rheumatic – invented, in spite of himself, the game «la Pétanque» whilst playing bowls, with his feet «tanqués» (meaning « rooted in the ground » in Provencal), hence the name «Pétanque». The Pétanque strip called Boule Etoilée, where the very first Pétanque game was played, commemorates this historical event with a plaque.
The coat of arms of La Ciotat, as shown in official documents, reminds of the origin of the city.
It represents a fully fortificated large village situated by the seaside where the first settlers were fishermen, symbolized by a sardine that has always constituted an abondant catch in La Ciotat. The fishermen's suzerain was the Abbot of Saint Victor whose crozier, in the middle of the coat of arms, stands above the city's ramparts and gates that are, nowadays, gone.
The last update dates back to November 11th 1948 when the city was granted a bronze Military Cross for its bravery during the Liberation. Since then, the bronze star has been featuring in the city's coat of arms.
The Jousts
Some historians think that the origin of the jousts is a water version of chivalrous tournaments in the Middle Ages. The small boat and the « tinteire » (a small platform on which the joust players stand) replace the horse, whilst the plastron is used as the knight's armor. For others, the jousts may be inspired from ancient Roman battles invented by Caesar. What is certain is that they have been practised in Provence for a very long time, long before the French writer Frédéric Mistral (1830-1914) made a full description about them in the 19th Century. Indeed, it seems that some texts describe this tradition as being practised in Toulon in the 15th Century, in 1410. Later, in 1777, there are also traces of « water celebrations » during royal visits.
The joust games have always had the favor of the crowd and they have usually taken place every summer for the last 300 years on August 16th during the city's celebrations. It was not until September 4th 1921 that the joust players of La Ciotat gathered to set up an organization: that's how the 30-member circle called « Targaïres Ciotadens » was born. From then on, the game is no longer an occasional event and becomes a real sport that is played the whole summer for the delight of both the residents and the visitors.
At La Ciotat's Museum, guardian of the local heritage, there can be found the description of the jousts as followed: « the two players face each other from a lifted platform called tinteire, located at the rear of the boat, a wooden shield protecting them from the opponent's long spear. The best player would destabibize the other one and would make him fall down the water. »
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ATF Agents Lost Track of Dozens of Their Own Guns, Reports Show
By John Diedrich and Raquel Rutledge
ATF agents have lost track of dozens of government-issued guns, after stashing them under the front seats in their cars, in glove compartments or simply leaving them on top of their vehicles and driving away, according to internal reports from the past five years obtained by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
Agents left their guns behind in bathroom stalls, at a hospital, outside a movie theater and on a plane, according to the records, obtained Tuesday by the news organization under the federal Freedom of Information Act.
In December 2009, two 6-year-old boys spotted an agent's loaded ATF Smith & Wesson .357 on a storm sewer grate in Bettendorf, Iowa. The agent lived nearby and later said he couldn't find his gun for days but didn't bother reporting it — until it hit the local newspaper.
Tags: ATF, glove compartment, Guns, lost
FBI Was In Direct Contact With Osama Bin Laden in 1993, Knew He Was Financing Terrorism
The FBI had direct contact with Osama bin Laden in 1993 and learned that he was trying to finance terrorist attacks inside the U.S., according to the Washington Times.
The information about the al Qaeda leader quietly emerged from an employment dispute case involving an FBI agent in 2010 and escaped the attention of the media.
"It was the only source I know in the bureau where we had a source right in al Qaeda, directly involved," Edward J. Curran, a former top official in the FBI's Los Angeles office, told the court in a case by former agent Bassem Youssef.
Members of the Sept. 11 commission and experts in terrorism expressed surprise when told of the discovery.
"I think it raises a lot of questions about why that information didn't become public and why the 9/11 Commission or the congressional intelligence committees weren't told about it," said former Rep. Peter Hoekstra, R-Michigan, who chaired the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence from 2004 through 2007 when lawmakers handled the fallout from the 9/11 Commission's official report.
Tags: 9/11, al Qaeda, FBI, Osama bin Laden, Sept. 11 Commission, terrorist attacks
FBI Director Comey Says FBI is Hiring Again, Will Resume Training for New Agents
Automatic spending cuts last year resulted in the elimination of more than 2,000 FBI jobs and a freeze on training for new agents.
Now the FBI is ready to hire and restart training, the Washington Post reports.
FBI Director James Comey said Tuesday that he's authorized the opening of 700 positions throughout the country's field offices.
And there's even better news: He plans on hiring even more.
"We're going to be doing more of that in the form of agents, intelligence analysts and support personnel," he said during a brief news conference at the FBI's Omaha field office in Nebraska. "We're trying to figure out now where those should go, based on where the need is and the highest unaddressed risk is. That was actually part of my conversations here today with the (local) leadership — what are their needs and what are their gaps where they might use more resources."
Tags: FBI, freeze, james comey, training
Robert J. Shields Becomes Head of FBI's Milwaukee Office
Robert J. Shields, who began his FBI career as a special agent in Chicago, is the newest head of the FBI's Milwaukee office.
The Associated Press reports that Shields, who most recently served as chief inspector at FBI headquarters, officially began his job Monday.
He replaces Teresa Carlson, who was moved to Washington last year.
Shields began his career tackling white-collar crime and later handled computer forensics.
Posted: February 26th, 2014 under Milestone, News Story.
Tags: Chicago, FBI, Milwaukee, special agent
Drug Traffickers Increasingly Taking to High Seas to Avoid Driving Across U.S. Border
coast guard photo
Drug smugglers are a stubborn bunch.
When security is tight, smugglers find another way into the country.
The Associated Press reports that drug traffickers are increasingly using boats to reach the U.S.
They take the Pacific Ocean from Mexico and South America to California.
Smugglers likely are finding the task easier too because the Coast Guard – the only U.S. military service capable of making arrests so far offshore – lost a quarter of its operating costs last year.
FBI Investigates Anti-Islamic Messages Scrawled in Books in Washington State
Responsibilities of Homeland Security Go Far Beyond Terrorism, Immigration
FBI Analyzes Human Skull Found in Cab Pot Off in Washington State
Border Patrol Returns to Vermont Office to Stop Illegal Operations
Meet the Man Who Wants to Buy All Silk Road Bitcoins That Were Seized by FBI
Tags: boars, drug smugglers, Pacific Ocean, security, trafficking


Tiepolo was the sparkling star of eighteenth-century decorative painting in Italy. He was a virtuoso master of the fresco medium, sought after not only in Italy but also in Germany and Spain. Tiepolo brought imagination and Baroque grandeur to the frivolous Rococo spirit and infused it with sound pictorial composure, gleaned from his knowledge of Rubens, Rembrandt and Durer. The influence of the Venetian masters Veronese and Tintoretto is also prevalent in the eloquence and drama with which Tiepolo imbues his large scale compositions. As a colourist, Tiepolo is unsurpassed, progressing from the rather dark tonality of his early works to his characteristically sunny palette from the early 1730s.
At the peak of his career, in 1750, Tiepolo was commissioned to decorate the Wurzburg Palace, the Prince Archbishop's residence. America is one of Tiepolo's allegorical interpretations of the four continents, decorating the grand staircase of the palace. This exotic scheme is a tour de force, full of vigour and creative originality and is considered the masterpiece of Tiepolo's maturity. In the last years of his life the rising popularity of Neoclassicism caused the decline of Tiepolo's career but did not affect its tasting impact.
Giambattista Tiepolo, 1696-1770, by Keith Christiansen.
Giambattista Tiepolo, by Massimo Gemin.


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If you move to New York from one of these cities, you would have these the changes of your cost of living.
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A team of researchers from Helmholtz Munich, the German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD) and Novo Nordisk have developed a new hormone combination for the future treatment of type 2 diabetes. The scientists have combined the blood sugar-reducing effects of the drugs tesaglitazar and GLP-1 (Glucagon-like peptide-1) in a new and highly effective drug. The advantage is that, by combining tesaglitazar with GLP-1, the tesaglitazar only enters tissue that contains GLP-1 receptors. This reduces the adverse effects of tesaglitazar while increasing the effects on sugar metabolism. The new drug has already been successfully tested in animal studies. The findings were published in Nature Metabolism.
The drug tesaglitazar improves glucose and fat metabolism in patients with type 2 diabetes. It acts on two receptors within the cell nucleus to increase insulin sensitivity. This was proven in phase 3 clinical trials. However, tesaglitazar also caused unwanted effects, such as signs of kidney damage. Nevertheless, in order to use the drug therapeutically, the researchers used a trick: They biochemically combined tesaglitazar with the gastrointestinal hormone GLP-1, which since several years successfully used to treat type 2 diabetes. This allows the combined drug to only act on cells and tissue that contain GLP-1 receptors.
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The new drug improves glucose tolerance and sugar metabolism
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James Hird: Releases the lid right off!
No.10 May 15, 2019, 9:45pm #3703
Took out the legs twice - looks terrible now. Knew how to get the ball though that's for sure.
Bomb_Doe May 15, 2019, 9:46pm #3704
well he would have gotten done for tackling below the knees
One of those players who slowed down time and played in his own world.
stir_fried_ewok May 15, 2019, 11:33pm #3705
I think this is true and we have never quite replaced the leadership void that we lost when Hird/Sheedy left and then Hird/Jobe got caught up in the saga. Hepp and Hurls are good onfield leaders, but we need Merrett, Joe and Fanta to step up to become strong leaders.
Our off-field leadership ie woosha, xav, tanner are uurrhm enigmatic(??).
19thman May 15, 2019, 10:36pm #3706
It was the way we lost Sheedy. Sacked mid season but allowed to coach to the end of the season. That showed no respect for what he had done and for the man. Hird's sacking by the club is a stain on the EFC. He should have been supported, but initially in 2013 a deal was done with the AFL by the club to sacrifice him. And then in 2015, under pressure from the AFL, the club sacked him. How can you expect leadership from the coach and players when you can't trust the board.
mdso May 16, 2019, 2:33am #3707
I don't think so, because he was very creative, naturally flowing almost graceful player and could change tack on a threepenny bit. We have NOT had a player like him since and maybe we never will.
b00bytrap May 16, 2019, 2:46am #3708
Houli_Dooli:
https://youtu.be/BuylfPpTcn0
How long is that clip?
How many Goal of the Year?
Hirdy
jodi June 8, 2019, 7:36pm #3709
CSo the AFL has officially apologised to Goodes for its inaction when he was being booed.
I'm not buying into the rights and wrongs of booing Goodes and whether he was a victim of racial persecution or not. That debate belongs elsewhere.
What I am unhappy about is the AFL feeling the need to apologise for its inaction. For inaction? ie doing nothing? That is just a pathetic, wish washy bowing to the prevailing sentiment of sympathy for Goodes, produced by the film that has been released.
Any half principled leader of that organisation of manipulating, lying Rsoles should make the very first item on their agenda of righting wrongs of the past, a full apology and admission of wrongdoing in their disgraceful campaign of character assassination of James Hird in 2013.
I could go on, and every time I speak to anyone who wants me to leave it in the past, I want to go on.
But, I will never, ever, ever have anything but contempt for those pr!cks until they acknowledge the wrong they did to Hird (and others) at that time.
Apologise to Goodes for inaction. Fark me. They have bigger fish to fry.
Go_Team_2.0 June 8, 2019, 9:38pm #3710
Hird should coach Carlton.
Fairybread June 9, 2019, 12:58am #3711
He's already been punished enough.
BLOODSTAINED_DEVILS July 2, 2019, 9:29am #3712
Hey Blitz,… just saw this come up on the Local FB M/Place board.
Don't know if it's good value or what, but thought someone here might be keen. It's a closed board (as they are), but if anyone's interested, hit me up and I'll pass on your number or something.???
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Click on the pic, … and then click again to enlarge. (ICYDK)
Hird_m July 2, 2019, 10:20am #3713
I have the same.
I bought it a long time ago for $900.
Problem being both Hird and Lloyd we're still playing when this was made and Hird won a BnF in that time
BLOODSTAINED_DEVILS July 2, 2019, 11:05am #3714
Hird_m:
So $180 is a fair bargain then, yeah??
wimmera1 July 2, 2019, 11:12am #3715
$700 discount for going to Wonthaggi.
Seems about right.
Hird_m July 2, 2019, 12:03pm #3716
If it's authentic yes, there should be a sticker on the he back.
It's hard to see close up on this picture but it looks slightly different to my authentic one.
BLOODSTAINED_DEVILS July 2, 2019, 12:10pm #3717
"WonTropolis" I call it these days.
By christ it's full during the day now. It's like being in fkn Melbourne.
And if I had to move there, I'd still prefer that to the Burbs I gotta say. 5 k's to Cape, 12 to Invy, 7 to Killy, and 15 to San Remo.
Got everything you'd find in Town now too, …other than a K Mart and a HJ's, … even got their 1st set of traffic lights a few months back!!!
People been cottoning on to all that for a few years now, Property prices have been going off for a while.
You didn't Zoooooom, . did ya …
CyberBomber July 3, 2019, 8:49am #3719
Where's the work?
Mendozaaaa July 3, 2019, 8:58am #3720
De Sal.
premature_rookie_ele July 3, 2019, 10:09am #3721
wtf is the crawfhirdy podcast at?
No I didn't


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Council postpones decision on firing city attorney
by Melissa Weinman May 18, 2012 May 21, 2012
Dunwoody City Attorney Brian Anderson held on to his job as the City Council debated firing him for allegedly leaking confidential information.
The council on May 14 chose to defer a vote to terminate Anderson's employment.
The resolution being considered said "the mayor and council no longer have confidence in the abilities and judgment of the city attorney."
Councilman Doug Thomas made a motion to defer the vote, which was supported by the majority of the council. Councilman Terry Nall and Mayor Mike Davis voted against the deferral.
Earlier this year, Davis hired high-profile investigator Bob Wilson to look into a leak of information about the sale of the city's 16-acre North Shallowford Road property referred to as the "PVC Farm."
City officials were discussing the property, one of the parcels to be included in the city's "Project Renaissance" development in the Georgetown area, in private executive sessions. Wilson's report was not available at the time of the meeting and the exact nature of the council's private discussions was not known publicly.
According to Georgia's Open Meetings Act, elected officials are permitted to meet privately to discuss the purchase of property, legal or personnel matters, but Sandy Springs City Attorney Wendell Willard said the law does not allow city governments to discuss the sale of property in a closed session. Willard was responding to a reporter's question about the law, and not commenting specifically on the Dunwoody case.
The council has heard the results of the investigation, Davis said, but has yet to see the report.
"Because we have not received the report yet, we as a group decided to defer (the vote) until we could review it," Davis said after the meeting.
During the public comment portion of the meeting, Anderson addressed the council from the podium, instead of from his usual seat at the table with them.
He said he has taken a polygraph test to show he did not share confidential information with the Dunwoody Crier newspaper.
"Further, I do not believe that under the Open Records and Open Meetings Act that an actual violation of city ordinances could have occurred," Anderson said. "The Open Records and Open Meetings Act at that time did not have an exception for the disposal of city property. The courts have constantly rejected any expansion to any of the exceptions of the act."
"I believe the bigger issue here is the removal of all checks and balances within the city," he added.
Nall said he was ready to vote to terminate Anderson at the meeting.
"He worked tirelessly to make our city happen. For this we will forever thank him," Nall said. "But it's clear we have sufficient information to conclude that (Anderson) has, at the very least, underserved this City Council."


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This is a wonderful film that captures the flavor of working in the African bush more accurately than any film I've seen. The gentle cultural clash between Mr. Johnson and the road builder (Pierce Brosnan) is exactly as I've experienced it with so many workers. And Mr. Johnson's downfall caused by his inner conflict (being pulled from his traditional roots down into the beguiling but unaffordable Western abyss) could have been the autobiography of too many African funtionaires I've known.
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The fine was issued for the violation of the data protection principles of Art. 5 GDPR and the data protection by design principle of Art. 25(1) GDPR that occurred between May 2018 and March 2019. DW used an archiving system to store its tenants' personal data that did not provide for an option to delete data that is no longer needed. Data was therefore stored without evaluating whether its retention is lawful or even necessary. In some of the evaluated cases the Supervisory Authority found years old personal data of tenants that were no longer relevant for the purpose they have originally been collected for. Among the data found by the Supervisory Authority were salary statements, self-disclosure forms, tax, social security and health insurance data and other personal data concerning the personal and financial situation of DW's tenants. Such a system violates the data protection principles of data minimization, storage limitation and lawfulness enshrined in Art. 5(1)(a), (c), (e) GDPR and the data protection by design principle in Art. 25(1) GDPR. In addition to the EUR 14.5m fine, the Supervisory Authority issued additional fines against DW with amounts between EUR 6'000 and EUR 17'000 for the unlawful storage of tenants' personal data in 15 individual cases.
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Q: Unknown argument ""on field""of type Mutation with React Native app using Apollo Client and Apollo Server const Profile = t.struct({
 name: t.String,
 city: t.String,
 about: t.String,
});

const UPDATE_USER = gql`
 mutation UpdateAccountForm(
   $id: ID!
   $name: String
   $about: String
   $city: String
 ) {
   UpdateUser(id: $id, name: $name, about: $about, city: $city) {
     id
   }
 }
`;

export default class UpdateAccountForm extends React.Component {
 state = {
   user: {
     name: '',
     about: '',
     city: '',
   },
 };
 render() {
   const { user } = this.state;
   return (
     <Mutation mutation={UPDATE_USER}>
       {(UpdateUser, { data }) => (
         <View style={styles.container}>
           <Image
             source={require('../Images/logoBlue.jpg')}
             style={{ width: 120, height: 120 }}
           />
           <Form
             type={Profile}
             value={user}
             options={options}
             onChange={this.onChange}
           />
           <Button
             title="Submit"
             type="clear"
             titleStyle={{ color: '#4873a6' }}
             onPress={() => this._handleSaveAccount(UpdateUser)}
             containerStyle={{ marginTop: 20 }}
           />
         </View>
       )}
     </Mutation>
   );
 }

  componentDidMount = () => {
   client
     .query({
        query: gql`
         query getUser($id: ID!) {
          User(id: $id) {
              name
              city
              about
           }
          }
       `,
       variables: { id: this.props.loggedInUserId },
     })

  _handleSaveAccount = async UpdateUser => {
   const { name, about, city } = this.state.user;
   const id = this.props.loggedInUserId;
   const { goToBookshelf } = this.props;

   await UpdateUser({
     variables: {
       id,
       name,
       about,
       city,
     },
   }).then(() => {
     goToBookshelf(id);
   });
 };
}

Can somebody help us identify what the issue is here?
It seems to be working for some mutations and query and sometimes it
throws unpredictable errors like this. We are using react expo and
apollo client  for the front end and graphql, apollo client and neo4j on the back.
The schema
type User {
  id: ID!
  uid: ID!
  name: String!
  username: String!
  email: String!
  about: String
  city: String
}

A: You forgot data:{}
const UPDATE_USER = gql`
 mutation UpdateAccountForm(
   data:{$id: ID!, $name: String}
 ) {
   UpdateUser(id: $id, name: $name) {
     id
   }
 }
`;

Double check if you can send ID because sometimes it is auto created!
Good luck!

A: Only thing I can see a problem is separator called comma ","
const UPDATE_USER = gql`
     mutation UpdateAccountForm($id: ID!, $name: String,
                             $about: String,$city: String ) {
          UpdateUser(id: $id, name: $name, about: $about, city: $city) {
             id
          }
     }`;

Or Please check mutation variable type passed by form in mutation.

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaStackExchange