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Q: Clojure Spec - Issue with spec/or nested in spec/and I've recently been trying out Clojure Spec and ran into an unexpected error message.  I've figured out that if you have a spec/or nested in a spec/and then the spec functions, after the spec/or branch, get passed a conformed value rather than the top level value.
You can see this in the printed value of "v" here (contrived example):
(spec/valid? (spec/and (spec/or :always-true (constantly true))
                       (fn [v]
                         (println "v:" v)
                         (constantly true)))
         nil)
v: [:always-true nil]
=> true

I think this may be intentional from the doc string of spec/and:

Takes predicate/spec-forms, e.g.
(s/and even? #(< % 42))
Returns a spec that returns the conformed value. Successive
   conformed values propagate through rest of predicates.

But this seems counterintuitive to me as it would hamper reuse of spec predicates, because they'd need to be written to accept "[<or branch> <actual value>]".
Things get even worse if you have multiple spec/or branches:
(spec/valid? (spec/and (spec/or :always-true (constantly true))
                       (spec/or :also-always-true (constantly true))
                       (fn [v]
                         (println "v:" v)
                       (constantly true)))
         nil)
v: [:also-always-true [:always-true nil]]
=> true

Have I missed something fundamental here?

A:
But this seems counterintuitive to me as it would hamper reuse of spec predicates

IMO the alternatives to these behaviors are less appealing:

*

*Discard s/or's conformed tags by default. We can always discard it if we want, but we wouldn't want clojure.spec to make that decision for us. Spec assumes we want to know which s/or branch matched.

*Don't flow conformed values in s/and, at the expense of spec/predicate composability.

Luckily we can discard the s/or tags if necessary. Here are two options:

*

*Wrap the s/or in s/noncomforming. Thanks to glts' comment below reminding me about this (undocumented) function!
(s/valid?
  (s/and
    (s/nonconforming (s/or :s string? :v vector?))
    empty?)
  "")
=> true

*s/and the s/or specs with a s/conformer that discards the tag.
(s/valid?
  (s/and
    (s/and (s/or :s string? :v vector?)
           ;; discard `s/or` tag here
           (s/conformer second))
    empty?)
  [])
=> true

If you often needed this, you could reduce boilerplate with a macro:
(defmacro dkdc-or [& key-pred-forms]
  `(s/and (s/or ~@key-pred-forms) (s/conformer second)))

Things get even worse if you have multiple spec/or branches

If you're writing a spec for data that allows for alternatives (e.g. s/or, s/alt), and you're "flowing" valid alternatives into subsequent predicates (s/and), IMO it's more generally useful to have that knowledge in subsequent predicates. I'd be interested in seeing a more realistic use case for this type of spec, because there might be a better way to spec it.

A: Complementary comment: the behavior of Spec spotted by the question means that you can very well have (and (s/valid? ::spec-1 v) (s/valid? ::spec2) v) but not (s/valid? (s/and ::spec-1 ::spec-2) v), due to conforming from ::spec-1.
You might understandably find this behavior of s/and surprising (not to mention insane). Note however that you will have (s/valid? (s/and (s/nonconforming ::spec-1) ::spec-2) v), as mentioned by the accepted answer.
The corollary is that when using s/and, ask yourself whether you need s/conforming. This piece of advice might be a worthwhile addition to the docstring of s/and.


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Outwitting the Devil
Numeridanse.tv 2019 - Director : Dos, Maxime
Choreographer(s) : Khan, Akram (United Kingdom)
Present in collection(s): Numeridanse.tv
"I have awakened to a new way of dancing. And that is to dance my ideas through the bodies of others, including older dancers, who carry their histories and complex emotional experiences within them. But what remains unchanged is my passion for exploring old and new myths in the context of our times." – Akram Khan
We are thrilled to be touring our latest Company production Outwitting the Devil. Stirring classical and contemporary, Akram Khan explores our oldest rituals in the midst of our ever-changing planet. He brings together a superb ensemble of six international artists sharing great differences in their practice: Ching-Ying Chien, Jasper Narvaez, Dominique Petit, James Vu Anh Pham, Mythili Prakash and Sam Asa Pratt.
Inspired by the newly discovered fragment of the Babylonian Epic of Gilgamesh, one of the world's earliest surviving great works of literature, Akram's new work is a concentrated epic about ritual and remembering. In a landscape of broken tablets and fallen idols, its six characters trade their remaining wealth and stories, seeking to make whole the fragments of ancient knowledge lost and forgotten over time.
To weave the narrative and design of this new piece, Akram has invited his close collaborators: dramaturg Ruth Little, composer Vincenzo Lamagna, rehearsal director Mavin Khoo, costume designer Kimie Nakano, and writer Jordan Tannahill – joined by lighting designer Aideen Malone and visual designer Tom Scutt. Outwitting the Devil invites us all to the table where life, death and our half-remembered myths are the bread we break together.
Source: Akram Khan Company
More information: akramkhancompany.net
Khan, Akram
Akram Khan is one of the most celebrated and respected dance artists of today. In just over 19 years he has created a body of work that has contributed significantly to the arts in the UK and abroad. His reputation has been built on the success of imaginative, highly accessible and relevant productions such as XENOS, Until the Lions, Kaash, iTMOi (in the mind of igor), DESH, Vertical Road, Gnosis and zero degrees.
As an instinctive and natural collaborator, Khan has been a magnet to world-class artists from other cultures and disciplines. His previous collaborators include the National Ballet of China, actress Juliette Binoche, ballerina Sylvie Guillem, choreographers/dancers Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui and Israel Galván, singer Kylie Minogue, indie rock band Florence and the Machine, visual artists Anish Kapoor, Antony Gormley and Tim Yip, writer Hanif Kureishi and composers Steve Reich, Nitin Sawhney, Jocelyn Pook and Ben Frost.
Khan's work is recognised as being profoundly moving, in which his intelligently crafted storytelling is effortlessly intimate and epic. Described by the Financial Times as an artist "who speaks tremendously of tremendous things", a highlight of his career was the creation of a section of the London 2012 Olympic Games Opening Ceremony that was received with unanimous acclaim.
As a choreographer, Khan has developed a close collaboration with English National Ballet and its Artistic Director Tamara Rojo. He created the short piece Dust, part of the Lest We Forget programme, which led to an invitation to create his own critically acclaimed version of the iconic romantic ballet Giselle.
Khan has been the recipient of numerous awards throughout his career including the Laurence Olivier Award, the Bessie Award (New York Dance and Performance Award), the prestigious ISPA (International Society for the Performing Arts) Distinguished Artist Award, the Fred and Adele Astaire Award, the Herald Archangel Award at the Edinburgh International Festival, the South Bank Sky Arts Award and eight Critics' Circle National Dance Awards. Khan was awarded an MBE for services to dance in 2005. He is also an Honorary Graduate of University of London as well as Roehampton and De Montfort Universities, and an Honorary Fellow of Trinity Laban.
Khan is an Associate Artist of Sadler's Wells and Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts, London and Curve, Leicester.
Dos, Maxime
A graduate of the 2005 promotion from the Institute of Audiovisual Communication Trades (IMCA) in Avignon, Maxime Dos lives and works in Grenoble as a director, cameraman, editor and graphic designer.
Since 2010, he has been responsible for audiovisual communication for the contemporary company of Akram Khan (London): trailer, documentary, recording, webdoc, and develops a universe specific to each creation, in particular thanks to his skills in dressing and motion design.
He also works with the contemporary dance company Jean-Claude Gallotta for whom he has made numerous recordings of dance performances, as well as teasers and concepts of video scenograph.
Source: https://cinedia.fr/maxime-dos/
Akram Khan Company
In July 1999 in the foyer of the Queen Elizabeth Hall in London, an animated and curiosity-filled conversation took place between the young gifted dancer/choreographer Akram Khan and an ambitious former dancer and just recently graduated arts manager Farooq Chaudhry. That conversation laid the foundation stone for a dynamic collaboration, culminating in the creation of Akram Khan Company one year later.
Inspired by Akram Khan's early training in the Indian classical dance form Kathak, and the hybrid language that organically emerged when Akram's kathak training encountered contemporary dance in his teens, a vision began to form, fuelled by a desire to learn and create through collaboration with the very best people across all the disciplines in the arts.
The rules were simple: take risks, think big and daring, explore the unfamiliar, avoid compromise and tell stories through dance that are compelling and relevant, with artistic integrity.
In just over twenty years Akram Khan Company is now undisputedly one of the foremost innovative dance companies in the world. The programmes range from kathak and modern solos to artist-to-artist collaborations and ensemble productions. The company has a major international presence and enjoys busy tours that reach out to many cultures and peoples across the globe. Akram Khan has been the recipient of numerous international dance awards, the most notable being an Olivier Award for his solo production DESH in 2012. A milestone in the company's journey was the creation of a section of the London Olympic Games Opening Ceremony in 2012. Akram Khan Company is an associate artist at Sadler's Wells Theatre and Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts in London and Curve Theatre in Leicester.
Akram Khan Company produces thoughtful, provocative and ambitious dance productions for the international stage. Akram Khan takes human themes and works with others to take them to new and unexpected places – embracing and collaborating with other cultures and disciplines. The dance language in each production is rooted in Akram Khan's classical Kathak and modern dance training and his fascination with storytelling. The work continually evolves to communicate ideas that are intelligent, courageous and new, bringing with it international acclaim and recognition as well as artistic and commercial success.
Artistic direction / Conception : Akram Khan
Choreography : Akram Khan
Choreography assistance : Mavin Khoo
Interpretation : Ching-Ying Chien, Jasper Narvaez, Dominique Petit, James Vu Anh Pham, Mythili Prakash, Sam Asa Pratt
Artistic consultancy / Dramaturgy : Ruth Little
Set design : Tom Scutt
Text : Jordan Tannahill
Original music : Vincenzo Lamagna
Lights : Aideen Malone
Costumes : Kimie Nakano
Production / Coproduction of the choreographic work : Co-production : Théâtre de Namur – Centre Scénique, CENTRAL – Centre Culturel de La Louvière, Festival d'Avignon, Théâtre de la Ville – Paris, Sadler's Wells London, La Comédie de Clermont-Ferrand – scène nationale, COLOURS International Dance Festival 2019 – Stuttgart
The Animal Kingdom Project is an initiation between Numeridanse and Akram Khan Company.
Inspired from the Company's production Outwitting the Devil that centres the human connection to the natural world, this project is an opportunity for you to evoke the wild things that we believe, live in you.
We would like to invite all of you from wherever you are in the world, no matter what age you are, what your physical ability is or level of dance experience, to explore the deepest part of your imagination. We would like you to choreograph your own performance embodying seven animals of your choice, to a music composed by Vincenzo Lamagna. We're encouraging you to then film your creative genius and send the performance video to Numeridanse. The film will then be displayed online and will create an animal kingdom that connects each of us around the world.
You can do it on your own, in a duet or in a group. We will guide you through all that you need to know with the tutorial videos that you can find below.
In a world where people are connecting through digital devices more and more, it feels like the perfect time to invent and invest in new ways of coming together. Join us in this adventure! Create it, film it, share it. With all the videos we receive, we will edit a final dance film that will represent our global community: our shared animal kingdom.
So, what are the animals within you?
#OurAnimalKingdom
You have until Sunday September 13, 2020 to participate in the Animal Kingdom project!
To find out more, join the project page here.
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A DECADE-LONG COLD CASE TAKES A BIZARRE TWIST AT THIS FORMER NO FRILLS STORE. COUNCIL BLUFFS POLICE BELIEVE LARRY MURILLO-MONCADA CLIMBED A COOLER AND SOMEHOW FELL BEHIND IT, LEAVING HIM TRAPPED. POLICE SAY THE GAP WAS ABOUT 18 INCHES BETWEEN THE COOLER AND THE WALL. >> I WAS INFORMED THAT SOMETIMES EMPLOYEES WOULD RANDOMLY GO UP AT DIFFERENT TIMES AND BE UP ON THE UNIT, AND WE BELIEVE THAT HE MAY HAVE ACCIDENTALLY FALLEN BEHIND THE UNIT. DALAUN: EMPLOYEES SAY LARRY WASN'T SCHEDULED TO WORK THAT DAY, SO NO ONE KNEW HE WAS THERE. HOURS BEFORE HE VANISHED, HIS PARENTS TOLD POLICE HE WAS UPSET AND RAN OUT OF THEIR HOME. >> THE MOTHER HAD AN IDEA THAT HE HAD NEVER LEFT THE NO FRILLS. I DON'T KNOW HOW SHE CAME UP WITH THAT IDEA, BUT THEY WERE PRETTY UPSET. DALAUN: INVESTIGATORS BELIEVE HIS DEATH WAS AN ACCIDENT. THEY CALL THIS ONE OF THE ODDEST CASES THEY'VE WORKED ON. >> YOU DONT HEAR ABOUT THESE TYPE OF CASES, PEOPLE FOUND IN WALLS, ESPECIALLY IN THIS AREA, SO THAT WOULD BE THE ODD PART ABOUT IT. WE HAVE MISSING PERSON CASES ALL THE TIME, BUT THIS IS JUST UNIQUE. DALAUN: IT IS ALSO UNIQUE BECAUSE HIS EXACT CAUSE OF DEATH IS STILL UNKNOWN. IOWA MEDICAL EXAMINERS HAVE ORDERED AN AUTOPSY. THE STATE LAB WAS ABLE TO IDENTIFY HIM BY USING DNA FROM HIS PARENTS. THE NO FRILLS STORE ON WEST BR
Police have identified a body discovered in a former No Frills Supermarket.Last week, the Council Bluffs Police Department received information from the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation Criminalistics Laboratory regarding the identity the body, which was located Jan. 24 in the vacant store at 1817 West Broadway.The victim was identified as Larry Ely Murillo-Moncada, of Council Bluffs. The State Lab was able to make a positive identification by using DNA from Murillo's biological parents. On Nov. 28, 2009, Murillo's parents reported him missing after he became upset and ran out of their home; he was 25 years old at the time of that report. "The mother had an idea that he has never left 'No Frills'," said Sgt. Brandon Danielson. "I don't know how she came up with that idea, but were pretty upset." Larry was employed at No Frills Supermarket at the time of his disappearance. The autopsy indicated no signs of trauma. Former employees of No Frills Supermarket said it was common for workers to be on top of the coolers, as the space was utilized for storage of goods. Investigators believe Murillo went to the store after leaving his home and climbed on top of the coolers, where he fell into an approximate 18 inch gap between the back of the cooler and a wall, becoming trapped. The case is being closed and classified as an accidental death. "You don't hear about these types of cases, people found in walls," Danielson said. "Especially in this area. so that would be the odd part of about. We have missing person cases all the time, but this is just unique."Jan. 24 Council Bluffs police said officers responded to a call from the No Frills Supermarket at 1817 West Broadway Thursday for a death investigation.The body was found while a contract firm was removing the store's shelving and coolers. Officials said the body appeared to have been there for an extended period of time.Police said the Iowa State Medical Examiner's Office has ordered an autopsy, which will be done at the office's facility in Ankeny.The No Frills Supermarket location at West Broadway closed in 2016.
COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa —
Police have identified a body discovered in a former No Frills Supermarket.
Last week, the Council Bluffs Police Department received information from the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation Criminalistics Laboratory regarding the identity the body, which was located Jan. 24 in the vacant store at 1817 West Broadway.
Father of missing Council Bluffs man wants answers 10 years after son's disappearance
The victim was identified as Larry Ely Murillo-Moncada, of Council Bluffs.
The State Lab was able to make a positive identification by using DNA from Murillo's biological parents.
On Nov. 28, 2009, Murillo's parents reported him missing after he became upset and ran out of their home; he was 25 years old at the time of that report.
"The mother had an idea that he has never left 'No Frills'," said Sgt. Brandon Danielson. "I don't know how she came up with that idea, but [his parents] were pretty upset."
Larry was employed at No Frills Supermarket at the time of his disappearance.
The autopsy indicated no signs of trauma.
Former employees of No Frills Supermarket said it was common for workers to be on top of the coolers, as the space was utilized for storage of goods.
Investigators believe Murillo went to the store after leaving his home and climbed on top of the coolers, where he fell into an approximate 18 inch gap between the back of the cooler and a wall, becoming trapped.
The case is being closed and classified as an accidental death.
"You don't hear about these types of cases, people found in walls," Danielson said. "Especially in this area. so that would be the odd part of about. We have missing person cases all the time, but this is just unique."
Council Bluffs police said officers responded to a call from the No Frills Supermarket at 1817 West Broadway Thursday for a death investigation.
The body was found while a contract firm was removing the store's shelving and coolers. Officials said the body appeared to have been there for an extended period of time.
Police said the Iowa State Medical Examiner's Office has ordered an autopsy, which will be done at the office's facility in Ankeny.
The No Frills Supermarket location at West Broadway closed in 2016.


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Birthday Greetings to renowned Hindi film producer and director Ramesh Sippy, who turned 72 years today.
Ramesh Sippy is best known as the man behind Sholay (1975), which is possibly the most iconic Hindi film in history. Born to a film family, Ramesh's initiation in the medium started at an early age and he even made an appearance before the camera in Shahenshah (1953) as Achala Sachdev's son.
After working as an assistant director for seven years on his father's productions, he made his debut with Andaz (1971), the love story of a couple, played by Shammi Kapoor and Hema Malini, who've both lost their respective spouses and have a child each. It was the beginning of his association with Salim-Javed, who also wrote his next, the enormously successful Seeta Aur Geeta (1972) in which Hema Malini essayed the role of twin sisters separated at birth — one a brash maverick who grows up on the seamier side of life and the other a docile victim of her cruel aunt's abuse. Ramesh's father, veteran producer G.P. Sippy left no stone unturned in supporting his son's 70mm vision to shoot one of the most loved films in Hindi cinema. The film in question, Sholay (1975) went on a record-breaking spree. The writers Salim-Javed transported the concept of fugitive mercenaries from the Western genre to the ravines of central India (although the film was actually shot in Karnataka) with a fantastic roster of characters and cast and an ambitious scale of production. But more than its box-office returns, the film is significant for the mass frenzy it generated with its dialogue, including lines such as "Kitne aadmi the" or "Jo dar gaya, samjho mar gaya". Even minor characters like Sambha and Kaalia became famous.
After Sholay (1975), Sippy couldn't deliver the same level of excitement with Shaan (1980), although his next, Shakti (1982), the much-anticipated coming together of Dilip Kumar and Amitabh Bachchan, was a dramatic powerhouse about the ideological clashes between a father-son duo.
Saagar (1985) which revived Dimple Kapadia's career after her separation from Rajesh Khanna, didn't fare well at the box-office despite superb performances from Kamal Haasan and Rishi Kapoor, and one of R D Burman's best scores in the latter half of his career.
It was however, with the television series Buniyaad (1986), a family saga against the backdrop of India's Partition and its aftermath that Sippy's magic returned. His later films like Bhrashtachar (1989), Akelya (1991) and Zamana Deewana (1995) flopped and he decided to make way for son Rohan Sippy to take over the directorial reins for their home productions. He has produced several films for Rohan including Kuchh Na Kaho (2003), Bluffmaster (2005), Dum Maaro Dum (2011) and Nautanki Saala (2013). In recent times, he has been the producer for the film Sonali Cable (2014).
Apart from Rohan, he also has a daughter named Sheena. He is currently married to Kiran Juneja, who is his second wife. He was the recipient of the prestigious Padma Shri in 2013.
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Hello, and welcome back to the Young Adult Round Up. So far this year, Young Adult books have only had a handful of reviews, but that may pick up later in the year. Another trend I have noticed is that Young Adult as a category of fiction, rather than a genre, has books that cross over in several other categories and genres, so some books can be included in multiple round ups each month. In February, we had thirteen books reviewed.
Jennifer Cameron-Smith – The Red Shoe by Ursula Dubosarsky.
The Book Muse and calzean are the top reviewers for this month again, and it looks like there is a wide spread of genres and styles within Young Adult, with fantasy, and historical fiction standing out this month.
I've tried something different this month and linked all the reviews because there are only thirteen, and I think all authors of the reviews should be highlighted to show the diversity of how we react to books and reading, and the diversity of books that were explored this month.


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Why a Cocktail Napkin Isn't a Good Place to Update Your Will
A man we'll call "John" decided to update his Will. He was getting older and taking stock of his life: his family, his assets and his desires after his death. John was already ahead of the game with a Will he created about a decade before, so he pulled out the original Will, grabbed a pen and started editing. As he thought of changes and additions over time, he wrote those wherever he could. On a cocktail napkin, he penned: "I leave my annuity to…"
Family relations and assets can change, and it may become necessary to update a Will to reflect these fluctuations. However, John's actions — and the expensive and emotional fallout they caused for his heirs after his death — should serve as a lesson for anyone considering updating their Will in a similar fashion.
After John's death, his original Will, with its crossed-out passages and notes in the margin, was found. Also found were various shards of paper containing additional instructions, including the cocktail napkin mentioned above.
John's edits removed some original beneficiaries and added new ones. They all claimed they had a right to their inheritance. About a half-dozen family members, each with their own lawyer, ended up in probate court to attempt to work out John's last wishes.
There were plenty of legal issues for the probate court to address, including if the changes to the original Will and writings on separate papers were valid. The court considered how these changes were executed and John's mental capacity at the time John made the changes. His additions and edits also included directions for assets such as annuities, life insurance policies and IRAs and 401(k)s — all of which have their own beneficiary forms that control where those assets go after the owner dies.
Depending on a state's laws, handwritten changes on a Will may be valid if the handwriting can be verified and the changes are signed and dated. (New Jersey law may allow such changes but Probate Court is required and that will be expensive.)
Here's what John should have done to save his family from the emotional and economic toll of fighting over his assets in court:
Returned to his lawyer, or sought a new one, to help him ensure his updates were valid and legal.
Whether John worked with a lawyer or not, he should have used a codicil to make changes to his Will. A codicil is a formal legal document that can be added to the Will to reflect valid, legal changes to the estate plan.
If the changes were extensive, John should have started over with a new Will. A new Will should state that it revokes all previous Wills and codicils. Previous versions of these documents should be destroyed.
Worked with his insurance company and bank to update the beneficiary forms associated with his assets and policies.
It's good practice to regularly review estate planning documents, including Wills, codicils and asset beneficiary forms to ensure they are up-to-date and accurately reflect your wishes. If changes need to be made, the steps above will help ensure that your instructions are followed with minimal burden on your beneficiaries.
To learn more about the estate planning process, it's beneficial to hire an experienced estate planning attorney like the ones at Timothy Rice Estate and Elder Law Firm. Contact us at 856.782.8450 or [email protected].
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Description of Artwork: Six paintings including The Crucifixion, which depicts Bill Clinton on a burning cross wearing the American flag as a loincloth. The painting also features Monica Lewinsky as Jezebel, Linda Tripp as Judas, Kenneth Starr as Pontius Pilate, and Hillary Rodham Clinton as the Virgin Mary.
The Incident: Waldroup paid a $225 entrance fee to the charity event exhibit, in which he hung approximately 12 paintings. He encountered the show's administrator removing his paintings the day after the installation on the grounds that they were too political. Waldroup refused to remove his work when the organizers could not immediately reimburse his entrance fee. The state police were called and ultimately arrested the artist for trespassing.
This was not the first time Waldroup had encountered censorship. His painting, The Devil's Palace, was removed from an exhibit at the James R. Thompson Center in Chicago. The painting depicts Jesus and the devil sitting at a table laden with a bowl of eyeballs, a severed leg roast garnished with pineapple and ear kabobs. When viewers complained, the show's organizers removed the piece. Waldroup returned with his painting, propping it up on a wall outside the show.
Results of Incident: Waldroup was held for fifteen hour before being released on bail. His paintings were confiscated.
Source: NCAC, National Campaign for Freedom of Expression, The Detroit News 9.14.97.
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I am trying to be more financially responsible this year. Am I better off investing my cash or should I just put it into a savings account?
The start of the new year is a time when many people evaluate their financial options for the year ahead, creating a plan for how much – and how – they will aim to save.
As a first port of call, it is wise to build up a "rainy day" fund before thinking about investing. This should give you a cash buffer in case of an unexpected illness or job loss.
How much you put in this pot really depends on you. Common wisdom advises putting three months' to a year's salary away.


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The West Won't Let Go Of Neoliberalism And White Supremacy, And It's Destroying Us
The storming of the US Capitol building felt like a shocking, senseless act of violence against the ideals Americans claim to believe in.
by Jim Malo 13 January 2021
The West is tearing itself apart before our eyes. The storming of the US Capitol building felt like a shocking, senseless act of violence against the ideals Americans claim to believe in. But it wasn't sudden — the writing has been on the wall for years.
The insurrectionists didn't wake up on January 6 and simply decided to walk into the seat of power of the republic.
Democracy has been in crisis for years in the anglophone countries, not just in the US. As a symptom of this, both the US and the UK have been utterly paralysed by the coronavirus pandemic. Not only have the government actions been insufficient to curb the spread of COVID, but harsher measures are unpopular amongst some of the citizens anyway, which cuts their positive impact on public health.
Australia was lucky to escape such a fate, but it was not a remote possibility. Typically influential politicians and commentariat bayed to lift lockdowns and rescind the requirements to wear masks — but thankfully they were ignored.
That approach — as we can clearly see in the US, UK, and many other European countries — leads to an incredible rate of morbidity.
The US Capitol Riots Should Be A Wake-Up Call To Australia
These countries are simply following the dominant economic and social policies of the last few decades — allowing private industry to take the reins of the economy and some of the major functions of government, coupled with a characteristic aversion to action.
This policy — which modernised our economies and raised the standard of living of many — has now failed spectacularly at managing our wellbeing. The most extreme example of this is the US and the UK, where thousands die each day and have become the worst hit by the plague, despite not being the counties of origin or anywhere near it for that matter.
In the US, the Centre for Disease Control was gutted by the Trump administration, even while trillions were spent on tax cuts for the wealthy. During the early days of the pandemic, help for the average American was hard to come by. About 8 million more fell into poverty during the pandemic, and their government did very little to help them.
In Australia this same economic policy didn't cost nearly as many lives, but it did leave Melbourne locked down for months.
The virus spread with such ferocity, in part because of the government decision to use private security guards in hotel quarantine, which is in itself a way to prop up the hotel industry. An under-resourced public health team also struggled to keep up with the task of contact tracing.
This is not just the way things are — but a deliberate economic policy, common across most of the world and obfuscated by its ubiquity.
These policies not have not only failed us in this pandemic, but also have failed to measurably better the lives of western citizens in the past decades.
Our leaders are avatars of mediocrity, and lack the real political power to take on issues of housing affordability, employability, rising poverty, racism, and apparently plagues.
Governments are able to act — but these actions are often directed in a racist way. In Melbourne, at the first sign of the plague police quickly and violently locked down public housing towers, leaving thousands of mostly non-white and poor people without access to food, work, or medicine. This didn't happen to anyone else.
The biggest political action on the UK's recent history is Brexit, a massively economically destructive campaign which won out because of racist lies and fears of immigration. Trump's America has poured resources into policing immigrants and refuses to address police brutality. And on balance, so does president-elect Joe Biden.
Distrusted and ineffective leaders have helped to fuel the febrile and racist atmosphere that dominates our politics and led to an expanding set of issues, including our crumbling relationship with China, Brexit, the Thin Blue Line/Proud Boys/other far right movements, and Trump's election and eventual insurrection.
Economic anxiety has renewed racism's hold. Politicians who find it hard or impossible to actually achieve anything in government appeal to white people's desire for control by telling them that their culture won't change, and their social standing won't become any closer to that of oppressed minorities.
Sky News And Beyond: Why Australia's Media Problems Go Deeper Than Our Right-Wing Commentators
In our relationship with China, we criticise them in ways we don't our allies, in a way that can only be described as racist or McCarthyist. Our virtue signalling around China's foreign and domestic policies looks like a last ditch effort to prevent its rise on the global stage, and avoiding or slowing the decline of the white and western hegemony. This is done despite the fact China is Australia's largest trading partner and our economy in part depends on this relationship. Just this year, industries which are apparently indispensable like mining are threatened by the declining relationship with the rising superpower.
In a similar way, Brexit and Trump's election have damaged those countries in ways that seem to make no sense and were avoidable.
Even the insurrection seems to be confusing. Why has the country that says that it loves democracy and freedom become threatened by supporters of a president that is blatantly trying to subvert a democratic election? It's simple, to me. These actions make sense if you consider that they protect white supremacy.
On top of this, the faustian pact of neoliberalism has cost governments their ability to act to prevent crises by abdicating responsibility to shareholders and executives, who are only driven by the profit motive.
The West is destroying itself because it won't let go of neoliberalism and white supremacy. The decline is becoming more obvious with each senseless death in the US, UK, and the erosion of the US' democracy.
Jim Malo is a journalist with an interest in politics and social justice. He tweets at @thejimmalo.
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ROME, Nov. 25 (Xinhua) -- The Vatican and a Beijing-based fund have been working to organize joint art exhibitions which will take place simultaneously in the Vatican Museums and in China's Forbidden City in the spring of 2018, the Vatican Radio has reported.
The two exhibitions are part of a joint project called "Beauty unites us," which is promoted by the Vatican and China Culture Industrial Investment Fund.
The two sides will lend each other 40 works of art from their collections.
The idea is to promote "cultural collaboration through the universal language of art," according to the Vatican Radio.
This will be the Vatican's first-ever show in China, Vatican Museums Director Barbara Jatta told Vatican Radio in an interview posted online. "It is much more than an exhibition," Jatta said.
"It is a project of friendship and cultural and artistic exchange," Jatta said, adding that Pope Francis wants "to build bridges and create dialogue between different cultures, through the diplomacy of art."
Most people don't realize that over half of the Vatican Museums collections are made up of non-European works of art, said Father Nicola Mapelli, curator of the Vatican's Anima Mundi Museum, which houses tens of thousands of works of art from Asia, Australia, and the Americas.
Over the centuries, China had sent precious gifts to Catholic popes, including paintings, statues, and other priceless works, said Mapelli.
These beautiful items will be loaned for exhibition in Beijing, while China will loan 12 paintings by Chinese artist Zhang Yan as well as other works of art illustrating the thousands of years of Chinese art history, according to Mapelli. "We are trying to build bridges through art," Mapelli said.
China Culture Industrial Investment Fund Secretary General Jiancheng Zhu said the event is very important for promoting mutual trust and understanding.
Zhang said that he is inspired by the works of Italian Renaissance masters such as Caravaggio, Michelangelo, and Raphael, many of whose masterpieces are housed in the Vatican Museums complex.
"I believe art has no nationality and no boundaries, so I am convinced that cultural exchanges can be more and more beneficial, including between China and the Vatican," the artist told Vatican Radio.


Now in its second year, Mouvement, the social innovation contest that provides media visibility, concrete support and cash prizes, is underway.
Developed by Novae and Loto-Québec, the Mouvement contest invites individuals, entrepreneurs, organizations and SMBs wanting to make a difference in their community and environment to submit their social innovation projects by November 28. Whether it's a new social economy initiative, the launch of a product with significant environmental benefits or a mobilization campaign, the objective is to put forward innovative ideas and make a powerful socio-environmental impact in Quebec.
In early December, the 10 best projects will be selected as finalists and showcased on the Novae website. The public will then be able to vote for their favourite candidates. In January, the 10 finalists will attend a two-day mentoring and networking session at Esplanade with experts chosen by the various contest partners.
The final stage of Mouvement will take place in February: the 10 candidates will make their final pitch in front of an audience. The $10,000 Loto-Québec prize will then be awarded, along with the coups de cœur prizes given out by the other partners: Cascades, Keurig and SAQ. The winners will then have one year to complete their projects and solidify their role as positive and engaged leaders.
**Front page photo: the group from the first Mouvement contest.


Is your child interested in whales? Children can learn about the controversy surrounding whales and hunting!
The appreciation of the natural environment is very important at the Cape Cod Museum of Natural History. Get inspired by nature through various exhibits, programs and special events offered throughout the year. Even learn about land conservation. Plan a visit today.
Northwest Trek Wildlife Park is a great place to view animals. Come enjoy an eduactional and fun day. Families will also learn about conservation as well as promoting green practices to help society.
Students will learn what it means to recycle and how to take part in saving the environment.
Industries account for one-third of the country's energy usage. Learn about how each type of industry uses energy in this article.
Kids will examine the quality of the air they breath with this simple project! Using a filter, they can see what particles they breathe in.
On this website, your students can learn all about what makes an underwater creature a mammal, and everything that is being done to preserve them.
Chidren can learn about whale sharks. These gentle giants are not a danger to humans. Learn how scientists rescued a small whale shark.
Read this article to learn about Edward Lyman and his work. Children and adults can get informed.
Enviornmental Engineers work with water systems. Children and adults can learn about their occupation through this article.
In this video from National Geographic, your students can see (and hear) what happens when a baby Beluga whale is stranded on the shore.
View this video of the West African Sea Horse. Also learn about the danger posed by humans to its existence.


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Oct 25, 2017 · Read the excerpt from Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address. Four score and seven years ago, our fathers brought forth upon this continent a new nation: conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.
Abraham Lincoln: The Lawyer. Abraham Lincoln spent only four of his 56 years as president of the United States. Yet, given the importance of the events that marked his 1861-65 term of office, the nation's admiration for him as a man of courage and principle, and the abundance of photographic images that recorded his presidency, it is hard for most people to think of him as anything else.
This undated illustration depicts President Abraham Lincoln making his Gettysburg Address at the. of hand in the first sentence of his address, when he says, "Four score and seven years ago our.
Selected Quotations by Abraham Lincoln For your convenience, this page combines two of our previous collections of Lincoln quotations and groups them under subject headings.
CROWN POINT — Fewer than four score and seven days from now, a president who was larger than life in real life will be making a larger-than-life appearance in the city. Councilman Carol Drasga said a.
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For the past four score and seven years — and probably longer than that — Abraham Lincoln has been misquoted, repeatedly. On the Great Emancipator's birthday, here's a look at some quotes frequently.
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The Gettysburg Address is a speech that U.S. President Abraham Lincoln delivered during the American Civil War at the dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, on the afternoon of Thursday, November 19, 1863, four and a half months after the Union armies defeated those of the Confederacy at the Battle of Gettysburg.It is one of the best-known speeches in.
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Hay Copy. Believed to be the second draft of the speech, President Lincoln gave this copy to John Hay, a White House assistant. Hay accompanied Lincoln to Gettysburg and briefly referred to the speech in his diary: "the President, in a fine, free way, with more grace than is.
Remember the words of Abraham Lincoln while reading the Emancipation Proclamation: "Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty, and.
Why Was The Bill Of Rights Added To The Constitution Quizlet Apr 21, 2016 · , Avid history buff. The Bill of Rights was introduced in 1789, enacted in 1791. The Anti-Federalists, from the South, wanted them added so the government wouldn't have too much power. The constitution was written more for the government than for individual rights, the Bill of Rights provides for the individual rights.
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Abraham Lincoln also was shortchanged when Washington's Birthday. Many teachers required students to memorize its 272 words – you know, "Four score and seven years ago. " To honor George.
Neither President Abraham Lincoln nor his listeners regarded the 272-word tribute to the soldiers who died at the pivotal battle of the U.S. Civil War, famously beginning "Four score and seven years.
Abraham Lincoln was born to Thomas and Nancy Lincoln on February 12, 1809, in a log cabin on a farm in Hardin County, Kentucky. Two years later the family moved to a farm on Knob Creek. There, when there was no immediate work to be done, Abraham walked.
Harry Jaffa, one of the most distinguished Lincoln scholars, wrote in his pathbreaking Crisis of the House Divided, that President "Lincoln's interpretation of 'all men are created equal' transforms that proposition form a pre-political, negative, minimal, and merely revolutionary norm, a norm which prescribes what civil society ought not to be, into a transcendental affirmation of what it.
No one, many historians will tell you, ever actually declared tearfully at Abraham Lincoln's deathbed that the assassinated. they could wax on for four score and seven hours. It's a.
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Abraham Lincoln lived from 1809-1865. Everyone – who has been schooled in the United States – knows these lines: 'Four score and seven years ago our father's brought forth.' from the beginning and.
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Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation or any nation so conceived and so dedicated can long.
In addition to being a famous President during the civil war, Abraham Lincoln was a great orator known for many famous quotes. Here is a partial list of some of his most memorable quotes. Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition. Whether it be true or not, I can say for one that I have no.
The John Hay copy is one of five known manuscript drafts of President Abraham Lincoln's famous 1863 address, which began with the words, "Four score and seven years ago." It will be on display in the.
But Trump did riff on the famous mid-Civil War speech by President Abraham Lincoln. The 273-word address. It was too flowery, four score and seven years ago, right? Too flowery. And he died. "Fifty.
When somebody says "Abraham Lincoln," what comes to mind. As a young nation, just four score and seven years old, we had plucked the engineering fruits of the Industrial Revolution that transformed.
On this day, 150 years ago, Abraham Lincoln delivered his famous speech, The Gettysburg Address. Most Americans older than the age of 7 can recite the starting line of Lincoln's famous speech: "Four.
If you pay any attention to the news, you know by now that Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2013, is the 150th anniversary of the Gettysburg Address, the magnificent speech that President Abraham. years is "four.
The US is marking the 150th anniversary of one of the most famous speeches in its history, President Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg. it begins with the words: "Four score and seven years ago.".
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Women Human Rights Defender's Conditions in Iraq
On Sunday 10 December 2016, International Day of Human Rights Defenders, the Iraqi Women's Journalist Forum and the Iraqi Women's Network held a seminar in a cooperation with the Italian organization, Un Ponte Per, and the Iraqi Civil Society Solidarity Initiative. The seminar was devoted to a discussion of the reality facing women human rights defenders in Iraq. It was attended by both journalists and activists concerned about this issue.
The seminar was conducted by Ms. Aseel Al-Bayati, a member of the Iraqi Women's Journalist Forum, and supporter of Shahrazad project which works for the protection and safety of women journalists and human rights defenders.Others who led seminars were Ms. Shmiran Mrokhl, secretary of the Iraqi Women's Network, and Dr. Mahmoud Khalil Jaffar, professor of international law at Baghdad University
Ms Shmiran gave a brief historical account of law relating to human rights defenders. She gave some examples of experiences of human rights defenders, and the changes that they face today, especially women who are active in the field who may face threats murder and kidnapping. She emphasized the importance of making laws that could protect defenders ,with special attention to those who lack basic external safety measures. She drew the audience's attention to a book — One Thousand Martyrs, published by the Institution of Political Prisoners, — which lent support to her claims. The book gives voice to a number of women activists who have been murdered in their work defending human rights.
She ended her speech emphasizing that active Iraqi women are suffering and will suffer if there are no laws in place to protect them.
Dr. Mahmoud Khalil opened his speech by exploring human rights, stating their value in relation to our understanding of social justice. He then talked about international law, treaties and agreements, and the place of human rights in both local and international conflicts. He explained the stages that human rights have gone through since 1948, and explained what those guarantees available to all human rights defenders according to the official declaration issued by the UN.
Next, Ms Nibras AL-mamurry, the head of the Iraqi Women's Journalist Forum spoke about the difficulties women journalists and activists face in their attempt to defend human rights: including, denigration and threats in their work. She added that when she received the invitation to come to the conference from the Italian Parliament and the Italian organization, Un Ponte Per, she experienced great difficulty, and was even threatened to death.
AL-mamurry spoke about the Italian Parliament, Amnesty International and the Italian Foreign Ministry and maintained the importance of issuing a official decision that would provide a safe shelter for human rights defenders in case danger.
The seminar included a discussion between the attendees about violations that women face, and the ways we might create a solid legal base to provide protection to human rights defenders in order to ensure their safety and achieve justice. The discussion also covered the fate of prisoners who are in jail without charge, as well as the need to establish a coordinated movement of Iraqi organizations in response to those tribal environments that marginalize women.
One of the most important arguments was put forward by Ms Bushra AL-Ubady, the Legal Advisor of the Iraqi Women's Journalist Forum which explained that human rights defenders are certainly at risk but the plight of women and journalists is equally important. Perhaps the most effective way to constrain women's activates is through an appeal to her honor or reputation — and it is precisely this strategy which is so often leveled against women human rights defenders. Women are forced to limit themselves to what is permitted by custom and tradition society, spheres where the law is generally excluded. She stated that we must reconfigure the Iraqi judicial system, make it more independent. We must also be sure to educate human rights defenders about the law. She concluded that the current program of government reform includes 6 points which divide into 28 parts, each part including 100 point. Out of all this, there is not one single point about human rights!
The seminar ended with a speech from the Libyan ambassador and professor, Naji Ahmed Shalgham. She praised and congratulated the Iraqi women for their effort to navigate tradition customs in today's world. Ideas of masculinity and conventional practices that greatly limit the role of women are powerful, but despite all this, she is optimistic about women's ability to achieve justice, equality and to ensure human rights for all.
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Belgrade Television has shown a documentary film on Medjugorje. When one already knows the situation from the beginning, this event appears even greater than it did at first sight. it is the first time someone has spoken in this manner - it is a documentary of about an hour, a really good one, followed by discussion. But how can sociologists, psychologists, neuropsychiatrists debate on these things if they do not believe in God ? They had a debate ; there was also a representative of the Orthodox Church and he was the best of them all, as he gave some very good explanations regarding faith, mystery, the visions, the apparitions and did not fall short on other issues either.
He told a psychologist, "Can a person who is colour-blind give the judgement on colours ?" That is, in other words, how can an unbeliever talk about the apparitions ? Surely, he must always explain them on a pathological, psychological or sociological level, but never on a spiritual one.
There was also a representative of the Catholic Church, an actual member of the Commission and with regard to him I will say in a nutshell - when he had to speak, he did not, and when he did, he spoke badly.
However, on the whole it was something very positive.
Marija Pavlovic spoke in such an inspired way that I said that, had they all spoken against the apparitions, Marija would have amazed everyone, for she was so genuine and said some really good things. It is quite clear, therefore, that this time is not the hour of triumph for us, but just a new appeal, a new call to be accepted, in order to believe in and live the messages.
In the last message Our Lady asks us to take care of our hearts, to clean up every corner of our hearts. She said, :"Now that your work on the land is over you have more time available. You clean every corner of your homes, but neglect your hearts."
And so she invited us to clean our hearts.
It is very important to feel that everything has its own time, that we are invited to find a daily balance - the balance of our time spent, that is, finding time for prayer, for spiritual life, the same way one finds time for work, study, rest.
Our Lady proposed we should pray - when on prays well, I believe that an hour and a half is sufficient. If one were also to manage to go to Mass sometimes, perhaps that too, would give some balance to our day.
You see, even when one goes to work or to study one does not go out without having washed oneself ; it takes some time to wash one's face, to shave ; women especially need more time in the morning. And that is all right, it would not be right to go out anyhow ; it is not normal.
We must ask ourselves, however, how long we devote to prayer in the morning. If we say, "I have no time", is it that we seem to have time for breakfast, for other things, but not for prayer ? We go out with a starving soul, with a soul which has had nothing to eat all morning. How can we face the day ? How can we meet others ? How can we give peace ? How can we forgive ? Be reconciled ? An empty soul, an empty heart cannot forgive, an empty soul is amidst conflicts ; there is a saying here, "If one does not eat bread, one must eat bones."
So, you see, if Our Lady says, "Everything has its time", one ought to find time in the morning for prayer, for one's soul. One ought to find time for prayer in the evening also. And in a message Our Lady has asked us to become active in prayer.
Our Lady says, "Everything has its time": this message is very important for parents. You must know that everything has its time, but if you do not know it, how can the young know it ? How can the children ? If you start immediately, if you start from scratch, it will not be difficult even for the young, even for the children to learn about this time.
... Why does Our Lady ask for prayer ? Prayer is a means of obtaining peace, joy, of being able to be reconciled. We all want peace, we all want reconciliation, to be loved and to love, but it is quite something else if we all desire the means to receive this grace.
I will give you an example - surely, at school every student wants to succeed at the end of the school year ; this is certain, but it does not follow that all students want to study. The same goes for all of us - we all want peace, reconciliation, love, but we do not all wish to take up the means to receive it, which is prayer.
Two Dutch girls left their testimony with me : 'We have discovered that prayer is the path to peace and to happiness and to joy. And this means a lot, because after having discovered this we were able to stop smoking hashish, drinking and other things'. This is the way to peace. We cannot give up nothing. I am certain that only when have discovered the finer things, when we have discovered a greater value, can we then forsake the other things.
And so, if any of you is still saying, "I cannot resist swear words", I think he is saying so because he has not yet discovered prayer, the joy of prayer. If someone says he cannot give up alcohol or other things he knows are not good, I believe that it is only because he has not yet discovered what these girls say - the joy, the happiness in prayer.
I want to repeat what Our Lady said, "I am saved, but I want you too, to be saved". And one cannot be saved in this world unless one starts with prayer, with fasting, with this kind of faith. In a message Our Lady is inviting us to be consecrated to the Cross - that means being with the Cross, feeling the Cross, talking to the Cross, letting it speak. What is the Cross talking about ? "Here is your son, here is your Mother". The Cross talks about forgiveness, sacrifice, love and eternal life. If we, in our homes, carry on swearing, doing evil before the Cross, if we behave selfishly before the Cross, we can effectively say the Cross does not speak anymore, it is dumb.
But the Cross wants to talk to us, Our Lady wants the Cross to talk to us. Be consecrated, open your hearts and you will see that it will tell you - perhaps as with St. Francis - it will say, 'Go and renew your life, your family, your love, your parish, your church, your community'.
Do not say, 'I cannot', for the Lord knows what He is saying and when He invites us to something, He also gives us the graces, He also gives us the strength.
We can do nothing with our own strength, but as we open ourselves in prayer, in fasting, we are given the same experience as St. Paul had, when he said, "I am a weak man, but in my very weakness I have lived. I have experienced the glory of the Cross, the strength of Grace".
Next : "If we put ourselves at God's disposal, it is God who leads us"


Avocado in Mousse? Madness? Nutrition student Amber Sewell-Green shares an unusual gluten free and vegetarian friendly chocolate mousse recipe.
Well, I dare you to wrap your lips around this little beauty and fall in love with its sweet guilt-free indulgence.
Choc-full (literally) of goodies, but also loaded with antioxidants, it makes the perfect Easter treat.
I strongly advise you to use raw cacao if you can, as unlike cocoa powder, cacao is unprocessed and helps to retain its natural enzymes and flavonoids. Sarah Wilson, author of I Quit Sugar, outlines the distinction between the two here.
Cacao is high in iron and magnesium, can improve cardiovascular health, and lowers bad LDL cholesterol. It also helps boost serotonin and endorphin to give you a much deserved happy vibe after the latest smash of tests and assignments.
Avocado is rich in anti-inflammatory mono-unsaturated fats to support your brain and body, especially as the weather gets cooler.
An added bonus is that this recipe is both gluten free and vegetarian friendly.
Place all the ingredients in a high speed blender, adding the honey first, followed by the avocado, vanilla and cocoa.
Blend until smooth and creamy (about 30 seconds).
Add a splash of water to make a lighter mousse if you prefer.
Spoon into a bowl or into the glasses you wish to serve it in, and allow to set in the fridge overnight.
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When well-established musicians join forces, it's not always for purely artistic reasons. Sometimes their managers arrange it as a promotional gimmick. Or the performers could be stuck in the same town as part of a package tour and start jamming together to kill a little time. Maybe they just like each other and use the project as a good excuse to hang out.
Not surprisingly, many of these one-time collaborations sound exactly as intended – "let's just roll tape, screw around a little bit and grab the good stuff." But a few stand the test of time and hold up well against either performer's best efforts.
From a creative standpoint, some of my favorite examples of great musical summits are in the blues category. Probably has a lot to do with the form's casual, communal spirit – not to mention the friendly competition of old-school "cutting contests" that helped many of these players hone their chops. The best ones always bring it, regardless of the setting.
RIP Leonard Bertsch… the Mayor of Highland Square. You got about 10 more than you deserved, and we're very thankful for that.


Join the Sudanese National Anger Day on Friday, June 30!
The HOA's Political Scene Notes 20 is here with a question and an answer… What else after the Sudanese civil disobedience?
Obviously, another action to setup the Sudanese revolution! Here we see it coming… through the Sudanese national anger on Friday, June 30, 2017. It is the Sudanese National Anger Day. Therefore the hashtag goes as #30_June_Sudanese_Anger_Day.
The Sudanese national anger escalates every day to the top. 28 years of totalitarianism, and not only a stand alone totalitarianism, but combined with terrorism, this makes it difficult for Sudanese to bear it any longer.
It has been quite a long time since the last updates of the HOA Political Scene Newsletter and I am sure you know that a lot of waters have since then ran under the political bridge in the Horn of Africa and specially in Sudan, the most vulnerable state in the region... Ok, I am letting this talk to the issue 21 of the HOA's Notes. So, please, read the details about this in the next issue of the HOA Political Scene Notes 21. I'll send it after this soon.
The criminal and his criminal regime is still wanted by the ICC. Meanwhile, the Sudanese Anger escalates to the top. At this level, we organised the Sudanese National Anger Day, which I hope will get rid of this dirt we have in Sudan and become a good liberation Memorial Day for the Sudanese people.
What is your duty regarding this?
If you are a Sudanese abroad (this newsletter goes to some thousands of readers and it has some readers from other countries… so you understand what has been said), I say, if you are abroad you are obliged to yourself to have a historical positive response to the national call to participate actively in the Sudanese National Anger Day and activate the hashtag #30_June_Sudanese_Anger_Day and the Arabic hashtag #30يونيو_يوم_الغضب on the social media.
Print the note and the appeal with the signatory list from the page "تحالف قوي المعارضة السودانية بالداخل والخارج يتقدم بمذكرة دولية ضد النظام السوداني الديكتاتوري", or Sudan 24x24 and take it, or send it to the embassy of Sudan in your country and to the UN organisations and the human rights organisations.
Print the slogans from Sudanese National Anger Day and carry any one, or two of them when you march expressing your anger on the 30th of June.
Until here, see you later. I am very busy and have just a few hours to write the statement of the Sudanese Abu Damac group for this occasion.
Thank you very much and long live Sudanese people and long live the one million square mile land.
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