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Do the Bartman - The Simpsons
I wasn't really planning on spending a lot of money on a single called 'Do the Bartman', despite the fact that I have an impressive amount of Michael Jackson singles in my collection. It is an amusing little song but songs by cartoon characters don't do very much for me. I finally found the single last month at a price that can't be beat.
There has been a lot of confusion about Michael Jackson's involvement in this song, mainly because he was under contract with Epic Records at the time of this single's release. However, the song's writer Bryan Loren has conceded that Jackson's contributions included back up vocals, providing the title "Do the Bartman" and that Jackson insisted his own name to be mentioned in the lyrics (read the story here).
Found: Kringloop, Leiden, May 14, 2016
Tracks: 'Do the Bartman (7" House mix/edit)' / 'Do the Bartman (LP edit)'
Labels: Michael Jackson, Nineties, Simpsons (the)
Bodies / Kids in America - Beautiful Boy
Beautiful Boy was founded by Singer Dane Etteridge, who began writing and demoing a handful of songs with the intention of starting a new band. He teamed up with Simon Goldring (drums), Joseph Heaselgrave (guitar), Greg Bishop (bass) and Tom Beck (organ/keys). Their debut single 'Home' was released in 2014.
With just a few tracks released and a handful of live shows under their belt, they were invited to record two tracks for the RAK Singles Club. The original track 'Bodies' was coupled with a cover version of Kim Wilde's 'Kids in America'. As you know I collect everything to do with Kim, so this single was quickly included in my collection.
Found: RAK Singles Club, received May 14, 2016
Tracks: 'Bodies' / 'Kids in America'
Labels: 2010s, Beautiful Boy
You don't die from love - Stephanie
Princess Stephanie from Monaco appeared on this blog before with singles from her debut album, released in 1986. It was a rather successful album in some parts of Europe, so she went about recording a follow-up. Unfortunately, that took such a long time that the music scene had totally changed in the mean time.
That self-titled second album was finally released in 1991, with the lead single 'Winds of chance' failing to reach the charts. This single, 'You don't die from love' was the second and last single to be released by Stephanie. She did appear on Michael Jackson as the mystery voice on 'In the closet', but after that, her music career was over and done.
Found: Discogs.com, received May 2, 2016
Tracks: 'You don't die from love' / 'Good dreams'
Labels: Nineties, Stephanie
Song of love - Thomas Forstner
On the day of the dramatic outcome of the British referendum about the EU and proof that democracy does not always work well, I thought it would be nice to write about something else the Brits are really good at: Eurovision. In fact, they are so good at it that they haven't reached the top 10 in that competition for over a decade now (except in 2009, when they made number 5 just for once).
Even Austria has done much better in recent years, winning in 2014 and reaching the top 10 once as well. And in 1989, they did pretty well too: Thomas Forstner's 'Nur ein Lied' made it to number 5. Such was the success that he even recorded an English version of that song. 'Song of love' was released as a separate single, but this didn't become a hit outside of Austria.
Tracks: 'Song of love' / 'Song of love (instrumental)'
Labels: Eighties, Eurovision Song Contest, Thomas Forstner
Layla - Habibi
Habibi represented Israel during the 1981 Eurovision Song Contest with the song 'Layla'. The band consisted of: Shlomit Aharon, Kikki Rothstein, Yuval Dor and Ami Mendelman. They had originally been offered the song 'Hallelujah' in 1978, but they turned it down. That song was performed by Milk and Honey, and famously won the contest in 1979.
'Layla' fared less well, with just 56 points placing seventh in a field of twenty competitors. They released one more album in 1982 (which included their Eurovision song) before disbanding.
Tracks: 'Layla (English version)' / 'Layla (Hebrew version)'
Labels: Eighties, Eurovision Song Contest, Habibi
Radio's on - Promises
I remember the song 'Radio's on' by Promises best for a home-made remix of Queen's 'Radio gaga' which was played on Dutch radio in 1984. The intro consisted of several radio-inspired song snippets, seemingly played while someone was dialing the radio.
The song was never a hit, unlike Baby it's you, which I bought in 1989. Yep, 27 years apart - that surely must be some kind of record, right?
Found: Record fair, Utrecht, April 17, 2016
Tracks: 'Radio's on' / 'Toby jug'
Labels: Promises, Seventies
Tonight - The Look
Just like I am the beat, The Look's 'Tonight' is a song I know well from my childhood. Finding the single has proved a little more difficult, because I haven't seen it through the years between then and now. And it's quite amusing to note that I bought the other single in 1995 and this one just 21 years later...
I don't really know why I remember the song that well, since it wasn't a hit - neither in the UK nor in the Netherlands.
Tracks: 'Tonight' / 'Three steps away'
Labels: Eighties, Look (The)
Genghis Khan - Dschinghis Khan
Such was the success of the song 'Dschinghis Khan' at the 1979 Eurovision Song Contest, that the German band decided to also record an English version of their song. 'Genghis Khan' was released in Germany - as this German pressing proves - but there were also singles made in the UK, Italy, France, Spain and, yes, even Australia and Brazil.
Whether the track was a hit in any of these territories, I don't know. I am however glad to have found a copy of this single, because the English lyrics betray even more clearly what the song is about.
Found: Moses Records, Vienna, June 3, 2016
Tracks: 'Genghis Khan' / 'Desert land'
Labels: Dschinghis Khan, Eurovision Song Contest, Seventies
Love goes up and down - Errol Brown
Although 2016 has confronted us with morality in a big way - with David Bowie, Prince and several other big names in music departing - last year was no small matter either. In February Visage's face Steve Strange passed away, and in May we lost Errol Brown, the frontman of Hot Chocolate.
It's easy to forget that beside his 18 years with that band, he also released a handful of solo releases in the late Eighties. 'Love goes up and down' was his fourth solo effort, which only got to number 89 in the UK singles chart. If you listen to the song here, you'll hopefully agree that the song was very much underrated.
Found: Moses Records, Vienna
Tracks: 'Love goes up and down' / 'Thank you'
Labels: Eighties, Errol Brown
Young ones everywhere - Stephanie
Princess Stephanie from Monaco made a name for herself as a singer with the 1986 hit 'Ouragan' / 'Irresistible', and on the back of that success released an album of reasonably good pop songs. But royalty is almost obliged to do something for charity as well, and so one of the tracks from the album ended up being connected to Unicef in 1987.
'Young ones everywhere' was the appropriate title of the single, and it announced in large letters 'Stepahnie for Unicef'. It is not known whether this single raised a lot of money for Unicef, but since it wasn't a Europe-wide hit, the worst is to be feared.
Tracks: 'Young ones everywhere' / 'Young ones everywhere (instrumental)', 'Besoin'
Labels: Eighties, Stephanie


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Pamplemousses és un districte del nord-est de l'Illa de Maurici

Hi destaquen espacialmens el que és el jardí botànic més notable de l'illa, el Jardin de Pamplemousses que data del . El litoral del districte ofereix molts indrets d'interès turític, com la Badia de les Tortugues o al Badia de Tombeau, i sobretot la Punta dels Canoners amb les seves platges i els seus hotels, així com la platja de Trou-aux-Biches.

L'interior del districte de Pamplemousses és ric en natura salvatge amb el llac de La Nicolière.

Personalitats
 Prosper d'Épinay, escultor, nascut a Pamplemousses
 Césarine d'Houdetot, dona de lletres, natural del districte
 Charles d'Houdetot, polític, natural de Pamplemousses
 Gaëtan de Rosnay, pintor, ha viscut a La Rosalie, barri de Pamplemousses ;
 Jean Chrysostome Janvier Monneron va morir a Pamplemousses.

Places
El districte de Pamplemousses inclou diferents regions; tanmateix, algunes regions a més estan dividides en diferents suburbis.

 Arsenal
 Baie-du-Tombeau
 Belle Vue Maurel (Part sud, al Rivière du Rempart)
 Calebasses
 Congomah
 Crève-Cœur
 D'Épinay
 Fond du Sac
 Grand Baie (Part est, al Rivière du Rempart)
 Le Hochet
 Montagne Longue
 Mapou (Part nord al Rivière du Rempart)
 Morcellement Saint-André
 Notre-Dame
 Pamplemousses
 Piton (Part est, al Rivière du Rempart)
 Plaine-des-Papayes
 Pointe-aux-Piments
 Terre-Rouge
 Triolet
 Trou-aux-Biches
 Ville-Bague (Part est, al Rivière du Rempart)

Referències

Geografia de Maurici

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Sublime Society of Beef Steaks or the Beefsteak Club
By Geri Walton | June 11, 2014 | 0
The Sublime Society of Beef Steaks, named for British fare, was founded in 1735 in one of three ways. One story involves John Rich, who was the director and theater manager of Covent Garden in 18th-century London. He supposedly shared a steak with Charles Mordaunt (the third Earl of Peterborough and first Earl of Monmouth), and the two men found their steaks so tasty, they repeated their meal the following week and every week thereafter. The second version involves George Lambert, a landscape painter at the Covent Garden theater, who was too busy painting scenery to leave the theater, and, so, he ate meals at the theater with friends. He and his friends, of which Rich was one, so enjoyed the meals, they set up the Sublime Society of Beef Steaks. The third version comes from society's nineteenth century historian, Walter Arnold. Arnold claims the society was formed because of regularly shared dinners between Rich and Lambert where "from time to time they partook, at two o'clock of the hot steak dressed by Rich himself, accompanied by a 'bottle of old port from the tavern.'"[1] Whatever the details and by whoever the society was formed, it soon became known as the Beefsteak Club.
John Rich. Courtesy of Wikipedia.
It was an exclusive club, with "club" being an appellation the society's twenty-four members worked feverishly to avoid. Early members wore a uniform— "blue coat and buff waistcoat with brass buttons impressed with the gridiron and motto, 'Beef and Liberty'"[2] — and matching rings with the same motto. Membership included actors, artists, musicians, playwrights, and writers. Besides Rich and Lambert, there was also William Hogarth (editorial cartoonist, painter, pictorial satirist, printmaker, and social critic), Anthony Askew (a physician), and Theophilus Cibber (actor, playwright, and author). Later members included John Wilkes (the first elected member of Parliament in 1757), Samuel Johnson (English editor, essayist, moralist, poet, lexicographer, literary critic, and writer), John Philip Kemble (well-known English actor), and George Colman the Elder (an English dramatist and essayist). Membership also became more exclusive as time passed and included noblemen, such as the Earl of Sandwich. In addition, the number of steaks increased to twenty-five in 1785 to admit the Prince of Wales, and later his brothers, the Duke of Clarence and the Duke of Sussex, became members.
William Hogarth's self-portrait of 1735. Courtesy of Wikipedia.
The beefsteak season started in November and ended in June, and "Saturday was from time immemorial the day of dining."[3] Members of the Sublime Society of Beef Steaks were allowed one guest, except for the first and last Saturdays of the season, as well as the Saturday of Easter, which were "private" dinners with no visitors allowed. Rule number four of the Society's ten rules was that "Beef Steak shall be the only meat for dinner, and the broiling [will] begin at two … on each day of Meeting, and the table-cloth be removed at half-an-hour after three."[4]
The gridiron of the Sublime Society of Beef Steaks. Public domain.
Broiled steaks were served by the Boots. They acted as both butler and waiter. One side of the room was occupied by an enormous gridiron, through which member could view the cook dressed in a white cap, standing by the fire ready for action. It was a glorious sight to watch. One person wrote:
"[Hissing and piping hot the steaks were] passed from cook to serving man … [on a] hot pewter plate … [with] baked potatoes, Spanish onions cold and fried, beet root, and chopped eschalot … Toasted cheese ended the repast; and so appetising [sic] was the dinner that with many who foreswore suppers, supper was the inevitable result. Porter (in pewter), port wine, punch and whiskey toddy, were the accompaniments of this simple dinner [with] … smoking … permitted after 'The Song of the Day,' and 'The Usual Toast.'"[5]
Dinner also included a ritual that involved the President of the Day, the Vice-President, the Bishop, the Recorder, and the Boots, who invested the President with the Badge of the Society. The President gave the toasts, proposed resolutions, and observed and enforced the society's customs, but he had no real power, "on the contrary, he was closely watched and sharply pulled … if he betrayed either ignorance or forgetfulness on the smallest matter of routine connected with his office."[6] Also, on one side of the President's chair hung a beef-eater's hat with a plume and on the other side a three-cornered hat.
"When putting a resolution [before the members] the president was bound to place the plumed hat on his head and instantly remove it. If he failed in one or the other acts, he was speedily reminded by being called to order in no silent terms."[7]
The dining room of the Sublime Society of Beef Steaks. Public domain.
The Vice-President was the oldest member and was responsible to carry out the President's directions; the Bishop "sang the Grace and the Anthem."[8] The Recorder's duty was to "rebuke everybody for offences, real or imaginary … [also] deliver 'the charge' to each newly elected member."[9] In addition, the club also had one special distinction in that supposedly it was the only club that enrolled a lady:
"Peg Woffington, perhaps in tribute to the perfect grace with which she wore the breeches in Sir Harry Wildair, was an honorary member of the Beefsteak Club."[10]
In 1808, the Covent Garden Theater was destroyed by fire. The society then moved several times eventually ending up at the Lyceum in 1838, the same place where Madame Tussaud exhibited her waxworks after moving to England in 1802. The Sublime Society of Beef Steaks remained there until their demise in 1867, with the club's last twenty years being one of decline. Things had changed since 1735 — in 1808 dinner time was moved from 2:00pm to 4:00pm, in 1833 to 6:00pm, in 1861 to 7:30pm, and in 1866 to 8:00pm — but the meal changes did not attract new members. In fact, remaining members claimed it inconvenienced them. There was also the introduction of railway travel. This encouraged people to no longer be available on Saturdays, so, by 1867, with eighteen members and an average attendance of a mere two people at dinner, the Beefsteak Club's assets were auctioned off to considerable interest by connoisseurs for £600. Items sold at Christie's were numerous and varied. They included oil portraits, various articles of silver, an ivory snuff-box and an oriental punch bowl. Still there were more items that included:
"[T]he ribbon and badge of the President, formed as a silver gridiron, dated 1735 … [which was] regarded as one of the most interesting relics in the collection, and considerable surprise was caused by the fact that an object of such small value intrinsically should excite so large an amount of competition, and occupy so unusual time in the process of selling."[11]
Ribbon and badge of the Sublime Society of Beef Steaks. Public domain.
Despite the auction, one 1869 newspaper reprinted a reminiscent of the club from forty years earlier:
"As everything in this Society breathes a spirit of antiquity, so every thing promised long duration. Its founders, in the provident spirit of wise legislators, infused into it a vitality that has preserved it through the giddy revolutions of taste and the petulant caprices of fashion. Though composed of fleeting materials, its capital fund of humour, wit, and social glee, has been locked up, like property in mortmain. Fashions have passed, but not the fashion of Beef-Steaks, which remains unsoiled and unchanged in the glossy freshness of its primaeval character."[12]
[1] Arnold, Walter, The Life and Death of the Sublime Society of Beef Steaks, 1871, p. 2.
[2] Ibid., p. 4.
[4] Ibid., p. xiv.
[7] Ibid., p. 10.
[10] Theobald, Robert, The National Review, Vol. 4, 1857, p. 313.
[11] "The Beef-steak Club," in The Era, 11 April 1869, p. 10.

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President's Week Camp at the ENC!
Campers in "Native American" Camp made beaded necklaces with a bear claw!
Showing off a necklace. The string was made by campers using palm leaves, and the shells were drilled by hand with pump drills -just like the Natives Americans did it!
Making mini shelters in "Wilderness Survival" Camp.
Making string takes team work!
Listening attentively to Mr. Dan!
Mark shows campers how to tie knots.


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Steven Dubinsky (born July 9, 1970) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who played in the NHL with the Chicago Blackhawks, Calgary Flames, Nashville Predators, and St. Louis Blues. He played centre and shot left-handed.

Biography
Dubinsky was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and is Jewish. As a youth, he played in the 1982 and 1983 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournaments with a minor ice hockey team from the North Shore of Montreal.

Dubinsky was drafted in the 11th round, 226th overall in the 1990 NHL Entry Draft. From there he played for Clarkson University, where he played right wing from 1989-1993 for the Clarkson Golden Knights men's ice hockey team, led the team in scoring his junior year, was named a 1992 Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) All-Star honorable mention, and played with future NHLers Craig Conroy and Todd Marchant. After college Dubinsky reported to the Indianapolis Ice of the IHL where he played the majority of the 1993–1994 season before playing 28 games with the Blackhawks that same season.

Dubinsky bounced between the Ice and the Blackhawks before finally earning a full-time roster spot with the Blackhawks for the 1997–98 season. That year he played in all 82 games and scored a career high 18 points. The following season he played one game with the Blackhawks before being traded to the Calgary Flames. He played there for 2 years before rejoining the Blackhawks for the 2000–01 season. The 2001–02 season saw Dubinsky being traded yet again from the Blackhawks, this time to the Nashville Predators. Dubinsky then signed as a free agent with the St. Louis Blues for the 2002–03, but a head injury during the season limited him to only 28 games, and he retired following the season.

He currently works for Glacier Ice Arena in Vernon Hills, Illinois. His ex-wife's name is Cheryl, and they have three sons. His son Zach Dubinsky plays college hockey for the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Engineers.

Career statistics

See also
List of select Jewish ice hockey players

References

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1970 births
Living people
Anglophone Quebec people
Calgary Flames players
Canadian ice hockey centres
Chicago Blackhawks draft picks
Chicago Blackhawks players
Clarkson Golden Knights men's ice hockey players
Ice hockey people from Montreal
Indianapolis Ice players
Jewish Canadian sportspeople
Jewish ice hockey players
Milwaukee Admirals players
Nashville Predators players
Norfolk Admirals players
People from Vernon Hills, Illinois
St. Louis Blues players
Worcester IceCats players


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Home > Entertainment > Love of the audience keeps commando going
Love of the audience keeps 'commando' going
PTI3 Feb 2017 4:36 PM GMT
Having established himself as an action hero with his first Hindi film, actor Vidyut Jammwal feels outsiders have to make the most of the opportunities that come their way.
Though he first appeared in the Telugu film Shakti in 2011, it was the John Abraham starrer Force that brought Vidyut to limelight in the role of an antagonist.
He followed it up with a lead role in Commando in 2013 and says it's the love of the audience that keeps him going.
"I love the adrenaline high that I get. I love the fact that people appreciate somebody like me who is not from the industry. So, the moment the focus is on us, who are not from the industry, we need to do something that leaves a mark," Vidyut said.
The 36-year-old actor says there no "pressure" with regards to film choices but is aware that for people who don't have a godfather in Bollywood, quality work is the only survival trick.
"Every time we come, we need to come with a big bang.We can't just do ordinary stuff. I don't have a father who is a director, producer or actor. Every time I need to do something which will scream out and say Oh My God, that's the thing to do."
In between Force and Commando, Vidyut featured in South Indian films like Oosaravelli, Billa 2, Thuppakki and appeared in a cameo in Stanley Ka Dabba.
Vidyut sees these films as an opportunity to "shine" sans any ego owing to the length of his role or budget of the film.
"For non-filmy people like me, we need to shine. We just get one opportunity, whenever we do get it, we need to shine...
"You get a two minute role, you have to be so good that people notice you. In a full fledged movie, you have to risk everything. If there is a window open, I'll squeeze in and do it, I don't have any ego as an actor."
Vidyut is now ready with his latest, Commando 2.
Directed by Deven Bhojani and produced by Vipul Amrutlal Shah, the film is a sequel to the 2013 film Commando.
The action-drama will bring back Vidyut on the big screen after nearly three years but he was not bogged down by the long gap between his film though he had his moments of doubt. "It's human to be going through the moments. There are moments when I think, 'what am I doing here, I am risking everything'. Then I stop myself and think, 'it's worth it.'
"Like, while working for Commando 2, every morning when we went on the sets, we used to take the DVD and watch everything we have done in the first part."
The film is scheduled to release on March 3.


Remember the all important word we were taught in kindergarten? Share.
We shared crayons, books and sometimes our PB&J sandwiches. Through sharing we made new friends.
What we didn't understand, at least at five I had not a clue, was that from these small interactions we were creating a unique 'classroom community' that was a little different from the other kindergarten classes.
Taking that idea into the social web .. each social network and digital community we particiapte in has its own culture influencing our experiences.
In the social web we're sharing like mad. Some people might say we're sharing too much. (Perhaps that's a post for another day!) There are lots of different social shares from product reviews on sites like Yelp to retweets, repins and of course Facebook and post/article shares.
The social web has brought friends and strangers together in a way that would have been difficult to image 10 or even 5 years ago. I wonder why it seems we've become obsessed with sharing. I came across an interesting study, conducted by the New York Times,The Psychlogy of Sharing. Passing along to you.Ok .. so I'm sharing!
What Influences A Social Share?
Social sharing goes beyond an nice to know. Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, Yelp, MySpace have forever changed what and how we buy. We've always sought opinions from family and friends. It may seem odd, but we now also depend on the reviews of strangers to shape our purchase decisions from the most important products .. like your 27th pair of black shoes to the mundane .. which dryer to buy.
The Advertising Research Foundation recent study - Digital & Social Media in the Purchase Decision Process -calls this type of shopping a winding journey where the shopper is "always on" because of the constant interaction with brand.
For Brands - Invest resources to monitor and track what people are sharing about your brands especially on your own social network pages like Facebook, Pinterest or Instagram. Go beyond counting the number of shares. The gold is in the details of the extended sharing and conversation.
For Customers - Before you take out the plastic read multiple reviews from more than one source or site. A Tweeter search on the product name might pull up some interesting insights and links.
Social sharing takes your unique, personal brand experience and turns it into a brand experience for anyone who happens to come across your comments. You could be more influencial than you ever imagined!
When the lights went out in the Super Dome tonight the savvy Oreo Twitter team had a brilliant light bulb moment.
Within minutes their tweet ~ "You can still dunk with the lights out" was was being shared across social networks, on blogs and picked up by main stream media. When I first checked there were 10,521 retweets within 41 minutes.
Let's do a little sideline analysis.
Content: relevant, creative, fun, supported customers' activity with the product "oreo cookie dunking"
Contextual: perfect timing, leveraged social web buzz re: the Super Dome lights going out. I suppose it didn't hurt that people were bored waiting for the game to start.
Oreo missed the opportunity to integrate the tweet into it's social web eco system.
Now, I'm not necessarily a fan of automatic social network insertion. I believe we should take advantage of the unique features and culture of each platform. However, often it makes sense to cross post content modified for the platform.
Oreo's Facebook page shows 31,534,863 Likes. The community is failry engaged. I can help but wonder ..
~The extent of sharing, liking and commenting if the tweet were Facebook posted.
~The type of conversation that might have occured .. might it have been different from Twitter?
~ What the ROI comparison was in terms of its TV ad, other social initiatives and this one unexpected little tweet.
Lessons Learned: Real time contextural content can not be pre programmed but the impact can be huge.


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Around the Tubes: 2/21/15
I have gotten a plethora of cool press releases have been flooding my inbox recently that you may find interesting. This post will include blurbs on The Great British Baking Show, Killing Jesus, Simple Minds, Barely Famous, Killer IQ: Lion vs. Hyena, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Adam Ruins Everything, Sharknado 3, Walk of Shame Shuttle, Hot GRITS, and Backstreet Boys: Show 'Em What You're Made Of.
- Viewers will feel the palpable tension as the four bakers enter the semi-finals in the critical hit series The Great British Baking Show on PBS. Last week, contestant Richard was named "Star Baker" for the record-breaking fourth time, while 17-year-old Martha was sent home. In this week's episode "Patisserie," the bakers showcase their creative design and time management skills as never before. Episode nine airs on PBS Sunday, February 25 at 8:00, before Downton Abbey. (Show times may vary, please check local listings in your market). First, the semi-finalists are challenged with a Signature baklava. Next is a most demanding Technical task — making the tricky German schichttorte, cooked in stages under a grill to create 20 layers. Judges Paul Hollywood and Mary Berry check by counting the individual layers! The Showstopper raises the bar even higher: the final four work non-stop to create two elegant entremets.
- It's a story nearly the whole world knows, with more than 2.2 billion people around the globe following the teachings and principles of Jesus of Nazareth. But the intimate historical details of his life and the political collusions that led to his brutal demise bring intriguing context to the familiar story. This spring, National Geographic Channel's Killing Jesus, produced by Scott Free Productions and based on the New York Times best-selling book by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard, dives deep inside the historical story of how Jesus' message and preachings led to his persecution and execution by a group of conspirators who saw him as a threat to their power.
Killing Jesus, a three-hour television event, will premiere on Palm Sunday, March 29, at 8:00 on National Geographic Channel.
- Following the recent release of Big Music Universal Music Enterprises will release a four-disc digital box set of Simple Minds' Sparkle in the Rain on March 31st. It will be the first time the entire back catalog of this era has been collected together. Originally released in February 1984, SSparkle in the Rain (title taken from a line in 'Book Of Brilliant Things') was Simple Minds' sixth studio album and, following 1982's crossover album New Gold Dream, the one to cement their commercial success.
- VH1's series Barely Famous features sisters Erin and Sara Foster (multi-hyphenate producers, actresses and writers and daughters of Grammy Award-winning producer David Foster) offering a tongue-in-cheek perspective on reality TV and life in the Hollywood fast lane. In Barely Famous, Erin and Sara portray sisters who navigate the treacherous LA waters of career and dating, all while trying to maintain their picture perfect image. The series highlights the most obvious and outlandish conventions of reality TV by centering around two sisters who say they would never do a reality show, but are being filmed by a camera crew. The sisters are followed through their awkward celebrity encounters and efforts to book their next big gig and when things go horribly wrong - as they tend to do – the ladies prove that living the Hollywood lifestyle isn't easy, even if you're born into it. Take a peek at the Supertrailer here: http://www.vh1.com/video/play.jhtml?id=1734255
- "Lion whisperer" Kevin Richardson and some of the world's leading wildlife biologists set up a series of remarkable experiments designed to unravel the mysteries of two apex predators and arch rivals in a new two-part series. Killer IQ: Lion vs. Hyena premieres March 4th and March 11th at 8:00 on Smithsonian Channel. Nicknamed the 'lion whisperer' by his global fans, Richardson has forged an incredibly close bond with these formidable carnivores – interacting with them as one of the group.
- Hulu has acquired the exclusive subscription video on demand (SVOD) rights to all previous seasons of CBS's award-winning, critically acclaimed crime drama CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, it was announced today by Hulu CEO Mike Hopkins, and Scott Koondel, Chief Corporate Content Licensing Officer for CBS Corporation. All episodes will be available for streaming on Hulu with a Plus subscription beginning early April.
- truTV has ordered a pilot for Adam Ruins Everything (working title), a half-hour investigative comedy starring comedian Adam Conover, from Los Angeles-based production company Big Breakfast. In Adam Ruins Everything, Conover explores topics and ideas many people take for granted and dispels widespread misconceptions through a combination of comedy, history, and science. A perfect blend of comedy and enlightenment, Adam Ruins Everything is inviting, fast-paced and, above all, smart. Adam is like that friend who knows a little bit too much about everything and is going to tell you about it whether you like it or not. By employing sharp humor, mock experiments and on-the-spot comedy reporting, Adam Ruins Everything isn't just fun to watch, but addictively informative—it's everything you didn't want to need to know.
- Now Florida will know what it feels like to be hit by a Sharknado! The eagerly anticipated Syfy and The Asylum production Sharknado 3 will shoot key scenes at Universal Orlando Resort, it was announced today. Featuring stars Ian Ziering, Tara Reid and Cassie Scerbo, Sharknado 3 will premiere on Syfy in July, causing mass destruction in the nation's capital, Washington, D.C., before roaring down the Eastern Seaboard and into Florida. Ziering and Reid will reprise their roles as Fin and April, respectively, while Cassie Scerbo will play Nova, her character from the original 2013 Sharknado movie.
- Rise and shine! Spring is coming and VH1 brings you a dose of raucous humor and supersize personalities to shake off those winter blues. It all starts as the network takes hangover humor on the road with Walk of Shame Shuttle, premiering Wednesday, March 18th at 9:00. In this all-new series, VH1 takes an uninhibited ride with hard-partying merrymakers rehashing the previous night's escapades in the harsh daylight of the following morning. The following week, on Wednesday, March 25, 2015 at 8:00, tune in for the premiere of Hot GRITS a revealing look at the lives of seven girls looking to shake things up south of the Mason Dixon line.
- VH1 will commemorate the best-selling boy band of all time's 20th anniversary with the VH1 Rock Doc Backstreet Boys: Show 'Em What You're Made Of. The documentary will make its world television premiere on Friday, April 3rd at 9:00. The film was directed by Stephen Kijak (Stones in Exile, Scott Walker: 30 Century Man) and stars original group members Nick Carter, Howie Dorough, Brian Littrell, AJ McLean and Kevin Richardson, all of whom were producers on the film along with Mia Bays.
Previewing Cesar Millan: Viva Las Vegas! and Cesar 911
For about a decade, Cesar Millan has been coming into our homes to train our dogs. The reason he has stuck around so long on television is that not only is he a dog trainer, he is also a showman. So with that knowledge it should not be all that surprising to learn he now has his own stage show which he recently brought to the place all showmen dream to headline: Las Vegas. Of course he brought some cameras along for his new two hour special airing tonight Cesar Millan: Viva Las Vegas!
Sure he rehabilitates some dog in his show but it is really more of a comedy show with Cesar stalking around the stage like he is Chris Rock, but instead of jokes about race, these jokes are family, and dog friendly. The stop at the Palms Casino Resort was actually the only American stop on his world tour.
Next week Cesar leaves the stage behind and returns to his day job on Cesar 911 where family members, neighbors, and friends call on the dog whisperer to help their loved ones and their best friend. In the season premiere Cesar receives a call from someone who was bit by a neighborhood Great Dane and an expecting mother who fears her kid will be bitten by her sister's dog because of the number of times the Maltese mix has bitten her.
Later this season, Cesar is called on to help someone who was banned from the weekly family barbecue three years ago because of his German Shepard, a duo that has already been kick out of one apartment complex because of their unruly dogs and is close to getting kicked out of their current one, an American bulldog that is driving his owners towards a divorce after he bit the family's toddler.
Cesar Millan: Viva Las Vegas (watch a preview) premieres tonight at 9:00 on Nat Geo Wild. Cesar 911 (watch a preview) airs Fridays at 9:00 on Nat Geo Wild starting next week.
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Previewing Vikings: Season Three
Conventional wisdom says that the cable model of only ten to fourteen episodes per season is better because it is easier to write that many good episodes then twenty-two in one year. That is clearly true but the one downfall is that instead of a three month break, you have to wait nine to ten months in between seasons. So you could have gotten impregnated of the night of the second season finale of Vikings and delivered your kids with time to spare before the third season started.
It seems that in between season, Ragnor has done some procreating of himself, though I am not entirely sure because I do not remember how big his brood was when the last season ended, it could very well be the same. But as the season starts it seems like all the men are having some lady problems as they wait to return to Essex to do some farming. One is going through a seven year itch, another has too many baby momma, another does not want to be tied down, while another in the clan who does want to be tied down but want to do so with someone who only wants to fight.
But do not worry, once Ragnor and his crew make it back to Wessex, they will not just be sitting around and farming their new land. If you may remember, there was a hot brunette last season who uncle and brother took the land that she thinks is rightfully hers and manages Ragnor to help her get it back. And o course there are plenty of people who will conspire against him that will Ragnor from his field and on the battlefield all season. And with the boys away, the girls play with a new mysterious man who turns out to be more than he seems.
Vikings airs Thursdays at 10:00 on History.
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I Want My Movie Trailers
Pitch Perfect - May 15
The first domestic trailer did very good job to get excited for the sequel; the group doing the Cups song from the original, Anna Kendrick making fart noises. The Super Bowl spot gave up an a capella version of Before He Cheats and the Green Bay Packers covering Bootylicious. The latest trailer brings the funny (...because of World War II... boom). We got some new musical performances: Wrecking Ball.. yawn. But the Germans pick things up with an eerie snippet of Muse and a funny take on Bell Biv DeVoe. Then something that is giving me pause about the second movie happened: Rebel Wilson giving her take on the A Tribe Called Quest / Leaders of the New School classic collaboration. Hopefully that turns out better than the trailer would have me believe. I would be much more confident if Anna Kendrick had taken lead on that one after she crushed No Diggity in the first film. Maybe they are saving her for the epic Busta Rhymes part which is so great you have to spend money to see it, they just will not give away something that good during a free trailer.
Aloha - May 29
News broke last year that Cameron Crowe was filming a new movie in Hawaii with Emma Stone, Bill Murray, Rachel McAdams, and Danny McBride. Just the casting and with Crowe writing and directing I was almost ready to call it the greatest movie in the history of cinema. I probably would have if they cast Ryan Gosling instead of Bradly Cooper. Last week we finally a title (Aloha) and a trailer. It was not as great as I was hoping (though I cannot confirm nor deny I have already watched it over twenty-five) most it falling on me being disappointed that it stars Cooper instead of Gosling and Stone as an Air Force liaison (with that said if she were cast in a female reboot of Top Gun, I would start camping out at my local multiplex tomorrow). But of course there are some good times in the trailer: "You're gonna wear this like Flavor Flav wears a clock," the dude from The Office saying "a lot," the best Cold War Kids song in their catalogue, the scene with Emma covering her face with her hands (if I was a fourteen year old girl with a Tumblr I would gif the crap out of that, granted if I were a fourteen year old girl, I would probably be giffing Cooper rolling his eyes at Emma playing guitar instead; wait Emma Stone plays guitar in this movie? Why is this not out yet?); and most importantly the triumphant return of Rachael McAdams who has not been in a watchable movie since maybe Morning Glory five years ago.
Trainwreck - July 17
After popularizing the beta male bro comedy genre ten years ago, Judd Apatow seems to be trying to get the female version of the genre off the ground. He produced Bridesmaid and now the first film he has ever directed but not write looks to continue that beta female route with Trainwreck. The movie was instead written by star Amy Schumer. I am a little iffy about the trailer because I am one of the few Clevelanders still hates LeBron James. But hey, there is Brie Larson (if Amy is Seth Rogan, does that make Briw Paul Rudd?) And it seems clear LeBron is playing himself, does that mean John Cena does too? Either way I do not think I could lookm at him the same way ever again.
Hot Pursuit - May 8
When I heard Reese Witherspoon and Sofia Vergarra were in a trailer together for a female buddy comedy I though it was a fake one for Funny or Die. After seeing it and learning it is a real movie, I am still suspicious that it may really end up being fake. Maybe Reese was right to stop making comedies and should have continued to take serious roles.
at 8:00 AM Labels: Anna Kendrick, Emma Stone, Judd Apatow, Movie Trailer, Rachel McAdams
I Want My Music Television: 2/17/15
Style - Taylor Swift
When you listen to Taylor Swift, her lyrics are so direct and to the point, you can see the music video play out in front of you, and when she finally puts her own visuals to her music, it is pretty much what you expect it to be as they are usually acted out versions of her lyrics. This is the first time that I can think of that Taylor went very abstract with her music video which look like something you would expect to have seem on 120 Minutes (well if she would have wore less stylish clothes and pick a less attractive co-star) instead of TRL.
Black Son - Death Cab for Cutie
Death Cab for Cutie announced their new album along with the departure of guitarist Chris Walla, usually credited with creating the sound of the band though he still contributed to most of the album. Their first song since comes off as a little more menacing than anything the band has done before. If Codes and Keys was about Ben Gibbard's dissolving marriage, is this another album of something breaking up? I am not optimistic it will be better just from the first single.
Pray to God - Calvin Harris featuring Haim`
I was a big fan of Haim's first album, but I really do not need a crappy EDM / Calvin Harris version of their music. Much like I was hoping (and got) an acoustic Aloe Blacc version of Wake Me Up, I do kind of want to hear Haim play this song by themselves. And maybe they can do it without the coven outfits and random animals.
Champagne Kisses - Jessie Ware
I wanted to like Jessie Ware's first album more than I actually did but her sophomore outing was a vast improvement (Say You Love Me cracked the top ten of my 100 Greatest Songs of 2014), the latest single is alright but the video is messing with my mind. I really want whatever that director was taking.
at 8:00 AM Labels: Death Cab for Cutie, Haim, Music Videos, Taylor Swift
57 Channels and Only This Is On: 2/15/15
2015 Grammy Awards: I had a feeling 2014 was not a very good year for music when I was making my best of the year list and watching this year's Grammy's verified that after seeing Sam Smith and Beck win the top four awards especially considering they were basically the best in very weak fields (well I would have given Haim the Best New Artist Award). But usually in weak musical years, the show can produce great once in a lifetime duets, but all of those fell flat. Really, a week later nothing really stands out to me this year except how boring it was.
The Walking Dead: Hold ghosts of Tyrese past! I have to admit I have enjoyed this season significantly more that the earlier ones, but why oh why had the show killed off its two most entertaining characters in back to back episodes yet Carl is still alive (thee third, Bob literally bit it earlier this season two).
Pretty Little Liars: Oh Spencer, you are a moron. Did she really think that some college hired the dude to make a mural and to do it with spray paint at night? But I really could care less about these girls personal lives, just stick the the overly complex murder mystery of someone who probably is not even dead.
You can download Pretty Little Liars on iTunes.
Mavel's Agent Carter: Whoa, they were actually able to catch Peggy, I was a assuming as soon as she went on the lamb she would stay there until she was able to clear her name. And even more shocking it was a kiss from a Russian spy that brought her down. But the most shocking was the Russian scientist ended up being in cahoots with the spy. All this intrige should make for an interesting final two episodes.
You can download Marvel's Agent Carter om iTunes.
Justified: Watching this episode and the previews for next week was a greatest hits of recurring characters past (Loretta McCreary! Dicky Bennett!! Constable Bob!!! Elmore Limehouse!!!!) and that pretty much sums it up because I think the rest are either dead or in jail. Jake Busy is already on the dead list after just one episode with yet another memorable death scene on the show. I laughed through the entire commercial break. But it was nice to see Loretta outsmart Dicky one more time, not that it very hard thing to do.
You can download Justified on iTunes.
The Challenge: Battle of the Exes II: It is time for the annual annoying "To Be Continued" episode. Usually this comes right before the final elimination challenge. So we have to wait a week to see who goes home. But this has been two straight sad challenges. Last week TJ had to admonish all the guys who were too scared to jump out the surfboard contraption challenge and this week half of the teams could not even finish at all and had to institute a mercy rule. Even more sad, Jonna's puzzle was extremely embarrassing (Zach was right to compared it to something a third grader put together which was his second best comment of the evening after his almost correct reference to Of Mice and Men) and Brittany somehow did worse than her.
You can download The Challenge: Battle of the Exes II on iTunes.
Hindsight: Of course the show eventually worked in the famous Say Anything boombox scene, but this definitely the first time anyone thought to use KWS as the soundtrack. And it only got better when the batteries ran out.
You can download Hindsight on iTunes.
The Americans: Yawn, another near miss by the FBI. At least there was that bizarre and random scene with Paige finding a picture of their neighbor in a bikini in her brother's room.
You can download The Americans on iTunes.
Nashville: Of course his niece was not a match and his sister does not want to give hers (okay that was a bit of a serve, I just thought she would not be a match), it is beyond obvious that Deacon is going to have to get a new liver from his daughter. I wonder how long they will stretch this until he asks (or more likely she offers).
You can download Nashville on iTunes.
King of the Nerds: Whoa, Moby really takes his nerd culture seriously. But you have to side with him because it is really stupid for someone to pick a fight with a judge.
You can download King of the Nerds on iTunes.
at 8:00 AM Labels: 57 Channels, Grammys, Justified, King of the Nerds, Nashville, Pretty Little Liars, Real World Road Rules, The Walking Dead
Previewing Cesar Millan: Viva Las Vegas! and Cesar...


Dutching Correct Score Markets can be one of the most lucrative ways to trade football on Betfair but it is also one of the most complex strategies. In this video I not only show you how to dutch the correct score markets (that is the easy bit) but I show how you can also TRADE it in-play and lock in a profit across all score-lines before the final whistle.
This is a MUST WATCH video for anyone interested in the dark art of correct score trading.
1) What Dutching Correct Scores actually is and HOW to do it.
2) A Ninja trick to instantly do all the calculations in an instant!
Dutching & Trading the Correct Score markets on Betfair is a HUGE subject with an endless combination of strategies that can be employed and scenarios that can play out. This video probably only just scratches the surface of it!


The intricate lace-like surface design is created by combining geometrical polyhedrons with organic curves.
Each unit of a unique 11 sided polyhedron is aligned against one another, filling space to create the volume of the design.
This explains the name of the item, Elf which means eleven.
and it is intriguing how this polyhedron with 11 sides could fill 3-dimensional space entirely when put together in multiples.
We hope you will enjoy this intriguing interwoven structure that composed this bangle creation.
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About Humza Yousaf
About Glasgow Pollok
Food Sustainability
In Scotland, we have now seen the last of all Covid-19 restrictions being lifted. Final measures which included wearing face coverings and participating in testing and isolating have been removed in most settings.
The Scottish Government is asking people to continue using 'Covid sense' to protect yourself and others as the virus still poses a threat. This advice includes:
Getting your vaccine
Open windows when socialising indoors
Wear a face covering in indoor public places and on public transport
Take a PCR test and isolate if you have symptoms
Take an LFD test before visiting someone in hospital or a care home setting
Finally, Professor Andrew Morris has been appointed as Chair of the Scottish Government's Standing Committee on Pandemic Preparedness (SCoPP). The Committee met in April to discuss how it will fulfil the First Minister's commission to advise on how Scotland can be as prepared as possible to meet future pandemics. Members will prepare an initial report on priorities within six months, with a final report produced within a further 18 months.
Support for Ukrainian Students in Scotland
Subject to Parliamentary approval, displaced Ukrainian students settling in Scotland will be given access to free tuition and living cost support. This is provided that the students have submitted an application to the Homes for Ukraine, Ukraine Family or the Ukraine Extension schemes.
Existing Ukrainian students who have previously started courses in Scotland and who are experiencing hardship will be eligible to apply for immediate financial assistance through a newly created £1 million International Students' Emergency Fund.
Childcare Savings for Families
In the midst of the cost of living crisis, thousands of families are saving around £4,900 annually thanks to the Scottish Government funded Early Learning and Childcare.
Latest figures show that 111,574 children were funded ELC places at the end of January 2022, a 23% increase since August 2021. Of these children, 88% were taking advantage of the full offer of 1,140 hours of funded ELC per year.
Providing access to free, high-quality early learning and childcare enriches children's early years and provides them with skills and confidence for starting school and beyond. It also supports parents' ability to work, train or study.
ScotRail Under Public Sector Control
ScotRail is officially coming under public control and the ownership heralds a new beginning that truly puts passengers and staff at the heart of rail services.
This transition marks a key milestone in the SNP's ambitious Programme for Government to support a greener, fairer, more prosperous Scotland. It is a new beginning which creates a real opportunity to deliver a railway which is for the Scottish nation, and fully focused on being run for the benefit of its users – customers, staff and stakeholders, as opposed to shareholders.
In the Constituency
This month, myself and many others in the constituency observed Ramadan. It is a challenging but rewarding month. In the last few years our Eid celebrations have been restricted due to the pandemic but I hope this year everyone was able to celebrate and have a joyous time with family friends and their community. I want to wish all those who celebrated a belated Eid Mubarak. I was also delighted to receive an Islamic Relief chocolate fudge cake this year – this is an excellent (and tasty) campaign which I can happily get behind. Since 2013, the Cake Campaign has delivered over 2.5 million slices of chocolate cake, with the philosophy being that you save a life with a slice of cake as the money raised goes to Syria.
I met with Govan Community Project who have undertaken a partnership with Engineers Without Borders. They have produced a design challenge for engineering students to think about engineering from the perspective of people and communities. It is a collaboration between Glasgow University and the University of South Africa. I was delighted to participate in one of their interviews to discuss all aspects of the local area.
The Local Council elections was fast approaching, and local candidates have been out campaigning, speaking to members of the public. It is important that everyone gets out to vote so we have a truly representative result. Best of luck to all the candidates.
There are some great funding opportunities at the moment:
As part of the National Lottery's £22m Fund to mark the Queen's Platinum Jubilee, the National Lottery Heritage Fund will be investing £5m into a joint initiative called Next-Door Nature, delivered in partnership with the Wildlife Trust. The fund will empower people in economically deprived urban and rural areas to undertake micro-projects that help nature thrive and tackle the biodiversity and climate crisis. Furthermore, they are investing £2m to support paid placements for young people from communities under-served in the nature workforce. Find further details here: https://www.heritagefund.org.uk/news/ps5million-improve-access-nature-and-combat-climate-change?fbclid=IwAR3kb0XJmVly9SpvPfAd0QC9K4OcJDpc61dqWqtQ2XoQ0m1xvJ7kPV5-QAM
Govan Housing Association have launched their Community Fund 2022-23. They are welcoming applications from local community initiatives which will improve the quality of life in the Govan area. The first session of funding has passed in March, but two further deadline dates of 30th May and 30th September remain. For more information or help with the application you can email community@govanha.org.uk or call 0141 406 6638.
It has been really great to see so many constituents again now that Covid-19 restrictions allow it. I have had meetings in person at our new office in Govan, gone to visit community groups, organisations and schools. I was even greeted at Pirie Park Primary by one of the talented students who piped me in – he plays with the Govan Schools and Community Pipe Band who I believe are exceeding expectations in competitions! Keep up the good work. My office and I also still offer virtual appointments for those who wish – simply get in touch with my team if you want to arrange an appointment.
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It's 2018, so it's very likely that you're already into kombucha. The tart and fizzy drink is just as delightful solo as it is mixed into a cocktail. But if you're only consuming kombucha as a beverage, you're missing out, because using kombucha in recipes beyond the glass makes for some extremely exciting food.
"I probably drink kombucha once or twice a week," chef Roy Choi, creator of the Korean taco truck, Kogi, among many other projects, told me recently at Extra Crispy HQ. "I like the taste, but I also use it for equilibrium." Choi, who partnered with KeVita to develop a few recipes with kombucha, actually had already been experimenting with using kombucha in food when he was approached by the brand. "I would normally just drink it, but I would add it to a cold noodle dish or a sorbet sort of rudimentarily," he said.
Of course it's already clear that kombucha makes a delightful base for a drink, but Choi's adaptation was too good not to share. He mixed lime-mint-coconut kombucha with plain yogurt, making a just slightly effervescent and unbelievably refreshing beverage, sort of like kefir—though he noted a splash of rum certainly wouldn't be wasted in this.


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The Joy of x: A Guided Tour of Math, from One to Infinity, by Steve Strogatz
I love this book. My only regret is that I couldn't read it in high school, when I was *actually* struggling with math. At this point (having degrees & math & math education & have spent over a decade teaching the subject and/or teachers of it), I read it more from the point of view of, "How could I use pieces of this with students and/or the teachers that I work with?"
In these 30 short essays--a couple of which I had read before in his Time column--Strogatz begins at the beginning (with the concept of counting) and winds his way through everything from basic algebra to calculus to advanced topics like group theory and topology, discussing each topic in a way that is not only friendly and approachable for the mathematical neophite (or phobic), but fascinating. And for all that the book is aimed at a general audience, I have to admit that I learned a few fascinating things about some topics that I didn't even learn in my advanced semester-long college classes. (Did you know there are real-world applications from infinite series? I didn't!)
So yes, this is a book about math, but it isn't just for math lovers. In fact, it's probably more for people who felt like they "never really got it" in school but are maybe just a little intrigued and kind of want another crack at it (in a way that doesn't involve doing homework). I also think it makes a GREAT resource for math teachers. (I used the two calculus essays as introductions to each semester of the course, differential & integral respectively. They give a really great, 30,000 ft overview that I thought might help the students see what it was we were really doing and why before we got bogged down in problem sets.)
The Broken Eye (Lightbringer #3), by Brent Weeks
Friends, you know my bar for epic fantasy is feet-tinglingly high. By which I mean, I hate 75% of it, find 10% of it somewhat passable, 10% reasonably good, 4% excellent, and maybe 1% utterly astounding. Three books in, Lightbringer is still a one-percenter. How does Mr. Weeks continue to impress me? Let me count the ways:
Many complex, dynamic characters with layers of back-story. Usually I'm impressed if this is more than the main, say, 2-4 characters. In Lightbringer it's, like, half the cast of characters.
A wide range of POV characters, and it actually works. In fact, I might even go so far as to say it's kind of critical.
Multiple (YES!! Like MORE THAN ONE!!) amaaaaaazingly ass-kicking female characters that defy tropes & stereotypes.
Really, really excellent writing. Gorgeous & poetic without getting flowery, & whirlwind snappy when necessary.
The Bechtel Test. 'Nuff said.
New spins/fresh takes on what seem at first like old tropes; he doesn't use many, but when he does, there is a narrative purpose that quickly becomes apparent.
Some of the best dialog I think I've ever read.
Characters you just can't pin down. You kind of love them and kind of hate them, and just when you think you get who they are and what their narrative purpose is, everything is turned upside down.
Large-scale narrative planning that is clever, artful, and occasionally makes you think back two books & go, "Oh, SHIIIIIT."
You will never stop guessing.
My only regret? That I didn't know going in that the last book is scheduled for 2016. :P
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Princess Anne Commissioners, during the regular July meeting, reprimanded member Lionel Frederick for "repeated violations" of its code of conduct.
A Princess Anne town commissioner was publicly reprimanded for his conduct by town officials on Monday.
At the first regular meeting following the town election in June, the Princess Anne Town Commissioners amended the agenda to include an official reprimand of one of its members, second-term commissioner Lionel Frederick.
Resolution 2019-01 was cited against Frederick for "repeated violations of the Code of Conduct" and asks that he refrain from "such words and actions in the future." The official document indicates the code of conduct was adopted by the town in 2016.
Town officials did not specify what drew the rebuke on Monday. Frederick — who was re-elected to a second term in June — was not present during the meeting.
Town manager Deborah Hursko was not available for comment Tuesday. Delmarva Now was also unable to reach Frederick for comment. A reporter visited Mobile Hand Car Washing, a business Frederick owns, but he was not present.
Princess Anne attorney Paul Wilber said because the violations involved town employees, it was considered a personnel matter and no specifics would be discussed.
"The commissioners thought it appropriate to issue this reprimand," said Wilber. "The code of conduct is a set of guidelines. It contains no provision for punishment other than a censure or reprimand."
The resolution was approved by commissioners Joseph Gardner, Michael Hall and Dennis Williams; Garland Hayward, commissioners president, abstained from the vote and Frederick was absent from the meeting.
Frederick, a Princess Anne native, is also a graduate of the University of Maryland Eastern shore with a Bachelor of Science in biology. He's a member of the Lower Eastern Shore Mayors Association.
Frederick has returned to active status on the Town Commissioners after an absence of about 15 months, the result of a protective order granted in 2016 to a fellow commissioner after a sting operation led to a conviction. His conviction was overturned on appeal in November 2017.
In the town election in June, Frederick won with 201 votes. Mohamed Salih received 99 votes and Kristen Boston received 121 votes.


A unique music event full of joy for children with hearing loss, is being organized for Saturday, May 21, at 11 a.m. by Philippos Nakas Conservatory and Earcare.
Earcare Pediatric Audiology Center of Athens and Philippos Nakas Conservatory, invite the little ones with hearing loss, hearing aids or cochlear implants users on a magical journey to the world of music!
Children will have the opportunity to listen one by one the instruments by experienced musicians, realize the sounds they produce, to touch and play with them.
At the end of the event, the musicians will combine sounds to create beautiful melodies for children.


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Stephen Colbert says after Trump's election fraud speech: "The Republicans have to speak up".
CBS late-night anchor Stephen Colbert, in his Thursday monologue, called on U.S. Republicans to denounce a speech by President Donald Trump in which Trump claimed that the Democrats were trying to steal the presidential election.
Trump's allegations, which provoked national and local opposition from Democrats and Republicans, were presented without evidence. Colbert, who mostly refrained from jokes during his monologue on Trump's statements, encouraged Republicans to end their support for Trump and reject Trump's message.
"With all the predictable behavior of the last few days and the last four years," Colbert said, "something unpredictable must be happening now. The Republicans must raise their voices. All of them."
"For evil to succeed, it is only necessary that good people do nothing," Colbert continued, paraphrasing the British philosopher John Stuart Mill. "So say something now, Republicans."
Colbert also described Trump as a "fascist" and encouraged Republicans to get off the "Trump train because it is not a passenger train, and one day he will invite you on it too.
Washington Newsday reached out to the Trump re-election campaign for comment.
Trump claimed that the postal ballots, which were still counted two days after the presidential election, were "illegal" votes that threatened the integrity of the entire process.
"If you count the legal votes, I win easily," Trump said. "If you count the illegal votes, they may try to steal the election from us. If you count the votes that were late, we look at them very closely."
Illinois Republican Representative Adam Kinzinger tweeted on Thursday that Trump must provide tangible evidence for his allegations of election fraud.
"We want every vote to be counted, indeed every legal vote (of course)," Kinzinger wrote. "But if you have legitimate concerns about election fraud, present evidence and take it to court. Stop spreading exposed misinformation… This is getting crazy."
We want every vote to be counted, every legal vote (of course). But if you have legitimate concerns about fraud, present PROOF and take them to court. Stop spreading exposed misinformation… This is getting crazy.
– Adam Kinzinger (@RepKinzinger) November 6, 2020
Former Republican Senator of Pennsylvania, Rick Santorum, called Trump's remarks "disappointing and shocking" when he appeared on CNN on Thursday. Former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, who also advised Trump, criticized Trump's remarks in ABC News on Thursday. "That kind of thing – everything they do is flaring up without informing," Christie said.
Not all Republicans were quick to distance themselves from Trump's claims. South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham said in an interview with Fox News anchor Sean Hannity that he stood by Trump.
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Bill O'Reilly lets his stupid flag fly again.
First of all, yes, this is a conversation between Bill O'Reilly and Donald Trump about African American Youth Unemployment. And of course they have no explanation or prescription for it except to blame the Kenyan Usurper, blah blah. Oh, and Donald Trump is gonna "bring jobs back" because something something terrific and we will get the skills.
Many of them are ill-educated, and have tattoos on their foreheads, how are you gonna...and I hate to be generalized about it, but it's true, if you look at all the educational statistics, how are you gonna give jobs to people who aren't qualified for jobs?
Everybody knows the make-up department at Fox is the best in the business. Night after night you can't even tell Bill O'Reilly has a forehead tattoo.


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Bearing the name of two Spanish botanists who were siblings, Claudio and Esteban Bouteloua, these intriguing warm season perennial grasses have an aesthetic appeal and an historic past. Integral elements of the famed North American short grass prairies, otherwise called the Great Plains, Bouteloua are steadfast natives that belong to a large 40 member strong family, extending from Canada to Argentina.
Taller and more energetic than the species, 'Blonde Ambition's dense finely hewn tufts provide a blue-green foil for cut-flower-perfect inflorescences, which grow at 90° angles and summon our attention well into winter. The large chartreuse seed heads broadcast eye-catching platinum blonde shades once they mature, waving like splendid flags atop stiff 2 ½ ft. slender stalks. Discovered by David Salmon of High Country Gardens as a chance sport in a Santa Fe, New Mexico garden, this tough heady grass struts golden brown, orange and red foliar autumn colors, and shimmers when interwoven with Sesleria and flanked by Hydrangea paniculuta 'Pink Diamond'.


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«Шультес» — повнометражний художній фільм виробництва російської кінокомпанії «СТВ», дебютна кінокартина режисера Бакура Бакурадзе, лауреат Гран-прі «Кінотавр» за найкращий фільм і Гран-прі Київського МКФ «Молодість» (2008).

Зміст
Льоша Шультес, котрий переніс черепно-мозкову травму після автокатастрофи – обмежено-придатний до звичайної трудової діяльності. Він знайшов свою нішу в житті і успішно промишляє професією «кишеньковий злодій». Слідування за Олексієм його маршрутом – ринками, забігайлівками, бутіками, громадським транспортом зануреної у себе Москви та знайомства з колом людей, які є його ареалом, показує нам справжнє життя мільйонів москвичів. Та чи життя?

Критика
За висловом критиків, режисер знімає «не центр і не дно міста, не блиск неону і не брудний низ, а бере рівний середній план, щоденне життя мільйонів: типові під'їзди, магазини, квартири. І безпомилково знаходить героя - стороннього, злившогося з пейзажем, але не розчиненого в ньому»

Темп фільму неквапливий, тон беземоційну, жорсткий і відсторонений, герої середньостатистичні. Безпам'ятство і нечутливість, елементарний монтаж, сцени часто зняті байдужою статичною камерою, музика - тільки якщо в кадрі є її джерело, діалоги, як правило, вичерпуються похмурим мовчанням. Переможець «Кінотавра»: неспішне кіно про життя.

Голова журі «Кінотавра» Павло Чухрай пояснив рішення журі так: «"Шультес" — глибокий, дуже професійно зроблений фільм. Паузи, які Бакур вміє заповнювати, мені нагадують Тарковського: чим дивніше, тим модніше.»

Ролі
 Гела Чітава — Шультес
 Руслан Гребьонкін — Костик
 Любов Фірсова — мати Шультеса
 Сесіль Плеже — дівчина в метро
 Вадим Суслов — брат Шультеса
 Іван Лебідєв — Славік
 Ношреван Тавхелідзе — Стас
 Вадим Цаллаті — Паша
 Руслан Сушон — психіатр
 Анна Сорока — касирка супермаркету
 Олександр Абчінец
 Костянтин Буслов — людина в барі
 Сергій Болотаєв
 Дмитро Шібнев
 Сахат Дурсунов
 Гія Маткава
 Денис Нестеров
 Олексій Кучин — механік автосервісу
 Володимир Кирилов — людина в лазні
 Марат Кісіков
 Олександр Малінін
 Марія Симонова

Посилання
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 Офіційний сайт фільму «Шультес»
 «Шультес» на сайті «Російське Кіно»


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The role of measurement uncertainty in quality inspection
In quality inspection, measurement uncertainty has a fundamental role in deciding the conformance and non-conformance of a part.
Not only for measurement traceability, but also for quality inspection processes, measurement uncertainty needs to be considered to determine whether a part conforms to its specification or not.
Without measurement uncertainty statement, the conformance and non-conformance decision of a part, in a quality inspection process, cannot be made.
In this post, the reason for why measurement uncertainty is required in quality inspection processes is explained and detailed quantitative examples are given as a case study.
With the detailed examples, the role of measurement uncertainty in the inspection processes is quantitively explained.
How can measurement uncertainty affect conformance and non-conformance decisions in quality inspection?
In reality, it is very often there is a situation where a company send a part that passes its internal quality inspection process. But then, the part is rejected by another company who purchases the part because the part does not pass the company (the purchaser) incoming quality inspection.
In this situation, a legal intervention will be performed and very often they end up in a court. Because, in many situation the part that has been made has a very high production cost. And, this cost should be paid by one of the companies (the producer or purchaser) to be able to pay the salary of workers involved in the part's production processes.
Measurement uncertainty has its critical role in preventing and solving this kind of disputing situation between companies.
In legal metrology, how the conformance and non-conformance of parts are decided between a seller and buyer is by stating how the conformance decision is made by considering the measurement uncertainty of the part.
Without stating the measurement uncertainty of a measurement result, the measurement result cannot be used to take the decision to accept or reject a part in quality inspection.
The next section will present a case study as quantitative example of how a measurement uncertainty has a critical role in a disputing situation between two companies.
A quantitative example on how to consider uncertainty in quality inspection
In this example, a case between two companies, let say company A and company B is presented. One company (company A) produces components and the other company (company B) purchases the components to be assembled with other components to form a functional product.
Company A produces and supplies cylindrical components. The required specification of the cylinders is that the cylinders should have diameter of $(10 \pm 0.2) mm$. After producing these cylinders, the quality inspection post at company A checks the diameter of one of the produced cylinders before sending the cylinders to company B as purchaser.
From the inspection process at company A, the cylinder has diameter of $(10.3\pm 0.15) mm$.
From this inspection result, with the given mean value and the expanded uncertainty, the real diameter of the cylinder can be between $10.15mm$ and $10.45mm$. From this range, there is a probability that the real diameter of the cylinder is inside the tolerance that is $(10 \pm 0.2) mm$.
This inspection result creates a dispute!
This dispute has a very significant impact to both company as whether company A should send the part and avoid costly repair costs or company B can reject the cylinder and does not need to pay for the cylinder.
In this situation, the costs of the cylinder cannot be recovered and either company A or company B should be responsible for the cost of the cylinder production (to pay, for example, the salary of the workers of company A).
The questions are:
What is the decision that should be made by company A from the results of the quality inspection of the cylinder with diameter of $(10.3\pm 0.15) mm$?
Can company A send or deliver the inspected cylinder to company B as the customer?
Can company B reject and return the cylinder to company A as the supplier?
What should be the value of the measurement uncertainty of the cylinder so that the measurement result does not cause a dispute between company A and company B?
To answer the above questions, a tolerance diagram should be used and is explained as follow.
For this problem, the best way to solve is by using a tolerance diagram. There are two types of tolerance diagram. Both of these types have the same meaning with a difference in visualisation.
The first type of tolerance diagram is that the measurement uncertainty value is associated to the lower specification limit (LSL) and upper specification limit (USL) of a tolerance (as shown in figure 1 top and figure 2 top).
The second type of tolerance diagram is that the measurement uncertainty value is associated to a measurement result (as shown in figure 1 bottom and figure 2 bottom).
The analyses of the measured cylinder case study mentioned above are as follows.
The results of the cylinder measurement (mentioned above) lies in a dispute zone (figure 1 top). In figure 6, we can observe that, with the stated measurement uncertainty, the measured cylinder diameter has variation that cause a probability that the cylinder is actually still inside its tolerance limit.
Very often, the decision of the inspection for the given measured cylinder will be "reject". Because, the measured diameter is above the tolerance limit of the diameter.
However, according to ISO14253-1 about decision rule to determine part conformity to its specification, the measured cylinder is still considered to be within its tolerance following the stated measurement uncertainty.
The reason is that, if the measurement is repeated, there is a possibility that the measured cylinder will be inside its tolerance limit (figure 1 bottom).
Figure 1: In these tolerance diagram or accept/reject graphs, there is a dispute from the measurement result as the uncertainty region also covers area of within tolerance. The accept/reject analysis of the cylinder component is represented with two types of graph that can be selected arbitrarily. These graphs are tools to visually analyse the effect of measurement uncertainty to the accept/reject decision in the quality inspection process.
And otherwise, if the measured cylinder lies between 10.05 mm and 10.2 mm (figure 1 top). Then, the cylinder should be rejected. Because, if the measurement is repeated, there is a probability that the measurement results will be outside 10.2 mm limit.
From these situations, we can see that a large value of measurement uncertainty (low precision measurement) will cause a high probability to be in a disputed situation.
If we follow ISO14253-1, company A can send the cylinder to company B, if and only if in the buying-and-selling agreement between the two companies, the agreement did not mention a dispute situation like have been mentioned above. If there is a specific agreement between the two companies that says all components will be rejected if the components are outside their tolerance limit regardless how large their measurement uncertainty value, hence company A has to reject the cylinder.
However, company B should also understand ISO14253-1.
By following ISO14253-1, if there is no specific clause, that manages this disputed situation like has been mentioned above, in the buying-and-selling agreement between the two companies, then company B can accept the cylinder.
To avoid the disputed situation, with the given cylinder diameter tolerance of $(10 \pm 0.2) mm$ and the diameter measurement of $10.3 mm$, the measurement uncertainty should be $< 0.1 mm$.
For example, if the measurement uncertainty of the cylinder diameter is $0.05 mm$, so that the measurement result will be $(10.3\pm 0.05) mm$, then the cylinder can be confidently rejected by both company A and company B (even company A will not send the cylinder to company B). Because, the cylinder will have 95% chance to be out of its tolerance limit when the measurement is repeated (see figure 2).
Figure 2: In these tolerance diagram or accept/reject graphs, the cylinder can be rejected (by both company A and B) without any dispute. From this results, it shows that the smaller the uncertainty value, the smaller the probability for a disputing situation to happen. The accept/reject analysis of the cylinder component is represented with two types of graph that can be selected arbitrarily. These graphs are tools to visually analyse the effect of measurement uncertainty to the accept/reject decision in the quality inspection process.
From the quantitative example presented above, we can see that the smaller the measurement uncertainty value we can get (the higher the precision of the measurement), the higher the probability we can avoid a disputing situation.
Hence, it is important to have high precision measurement by using, perhaps, a better measuring instrument. This decision of using a better measuring instrument will have an additional cost to the whole production and inspection processes.
A company should perform a trade-off analysis between the cost of involving in a disputing situation and the cost of improving its measurement capability. If the cost occurring from a disputing situation is higher than purchasing a better measuring instrument (to get high precision measurement result with small number of measurement uncertainty values), then it is worth to invest to a better measuring instrument for quality inspection.
In quality inspection, all decisions to determine the conformance or non-conformance of a part cannot be made unless the measurement uncertainty of the part is known.
From the given quantitively example, the critical role of measurement uncertainty in inspection processes can be understood.
In addition for a wider picture, the role of measurement uncertainty can be used to determine the capability of the inspection process in a company, whether the company should improve the measuring systems or not.
When the occurring cost due to being involved in a disputing situation is higher than the cost of purchasing a new better measuring instrument, then it is worth to invest to the new instrument to have low value of measurement uncertainties.


1. Roman Catholic Church A state in which the souls of those who have died in grace must expiate their sins.
2. A place or condition of suffering, expiation, or remorse: a purgatory of drug abuse.
Tending to cleanse or purge.
1. (esp. in Roman Catholic belief) a place or state following death in which penitent souls are purified of venial sins or undergo the temporal punishment still remaining for forgiven mortal sins and thereby are made ready for heaven.
2. any condition or place of temporary punishment, suffering, or expiation.
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It was purgatory → C'était l'enfer.
Every step of the last three miles was purgatory → Chaque pas des 5 derniers kilomètres était un enfer.


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Architecture Design 31 May 2019 | Paris
Seeking Inspiration with Charles Zana
After studying architecture at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris, Charles Zana worked in New York for two years at various studios, before returning to Paris to work with Bernard Fric at Asymétrie, and eventually setting up his own agency in 1990: Charles Zana Architecture. Since then, he has worked on a range of projects, delivering his artistic vision to interiors and architecture all around the world.
With the approach of two new exciting hotel launches in the South of France, MiND had the opportunity to speak to Charles Zana about his experience.
Charles Zana
How would you describe your style?
I am passionate about art and design and my architectural style is inspired by those who inspire me personally! Since discovering the great masters of Italian design, from Andrea Branzi to Ettore Sottsass, without forgetting Carlo Scarpa, these figures have fuelled my style and guided my creative spirit! I was also very inspired by Jean-Michel Frank and Pierre Chareau. I am in fact very inspired by classical epic French figures, the 1990s… and that is also when I discovered Italian design.
Where do you take inspiration from?
I have been passionate about art and design from a young age. I also draw inspiration from travels, views, places, my family, sensations, and different situations such as a show, or a movie.
"My inspiration is contextual."
Crillon Le Brave Hotel in Provence
Can you explain your design process?
For each project, I need to study the history of a place and adapt my creation. I work like a curator of an exhibition fitting pieces together step by step. I first deal with the layout and the volumes. I also work with lots of visuals, the first sketches and mood boards.
You have recently designed two new luxury hotels in Provence and St Tropez. What led you to approach these projects?
I have a good relationship with Maison Pariente who are behind the two hotels. I was very happy to work in the South of France, a region which I appreciate and where I have plenty of memories. I have worked on several private projects in the region too.
What were your visions for these hotels and how did they differ?
I had to take into account the different contexts of the hotels. The hotel Crillon Le Brave in Provence is at the foot of the Mont Ventoux and is like a little hamlet, which I wanted to preserve. It is a stunning five-star hideout for those looking to switch off from the urban frenzy and reconnect with their deeper truth in an exquisitely authentic natural setting.
The Hotel Lou Pinet is in St Tropez and reflects the lively, fun atmosphere of the port. Lou Pinet is dedicated to connoisseurs of discretion, to those in love with the original Saint-Tropez spirit, to those who refuse to choose between dizzying thrills and absolute peace and to all those who want both – when and only when they desire.
What was the most challenging aspect you faced when designing the hotels?
Giving spirit to both hotels. I had to modernise them but still preserve their spirit at the same time.
The hotels draw on the local heritage and countryside. Is it important to you to create harmony with the surroundings?
At Crillon le Brave, the view from the panoramic terrace is breathtaking. Against a backdrop of beautiful landscapes sits a wonderful labyrinth. The hotel literally merges with its surroundings. Jean Mus carefully curated the Hotel Lou Pinet's outdoor areas to restore poetic authenticity and sensuality with distinctive species of flora and fauna from Provençal nature. Standout features of the immense lush garden include a miniature lavender field, herb garden and impressive stone pines. It is always crucial for me to take into account the surroundings of a place and to create harmony and synergies between my creation and the context.
What does the future hold for Charles Zana Architecture?
I have several exciting projects coming up in the fall in the USA. In New York, I am working with the chef Yann Nury who has a new restaurant project coming up. In September, I will launch a collection of vases and lights, most probably during Paris Design Week. I will also collaborate with Diurne gallery and create a collection of carpets. In October, during FIAC, I will curate an exhibition, Utopia focusing on Italian Design from the 1970s, at the Tornabuoni Gallery in Paris. I have also worked on the project of Hotel Capucines in Paris and the Goyard "comptoir" in Dallas, USA.
What advice you would give to aspiring architects?
Seek inspiration in everything you are passionate about!
MiND wishes Charles the best with the upcoming hotel launches and all of his future projects!
By: Isabelle James