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Winelands: Private tour of the SA Naval Museum
2022-10-22 @ 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Winelands Secretary
Join us for a private tour of the S A Naval Museum on Saturday 22 October at 14h00
Housed in the former Royal Navy Mast House (which dates back to 1815) and the adjacent Dutch Store House (that dates back to 1743), the Museum is located in the historic West Dockyard of Naval Base Simon's Town and displays the history of the S A Navy from its early origins in 1922, through to its involvement during and after WWII, as well as showcasing the historical ties with the British Royal Navy.
We will meet at the museum for a private tour, which will take approximately one hour.
For those that wish to linger, we've booked a table at The Brass Bell in Kalk Bay for after the tour, for some liquid refreshment.
Please note that numbers are limited for this excursion and booking is essential. Please RSVP to the Winelands Secretary.

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Tom Heap interviews Andrew Waugh to find out how the UK is leading the way towards timber skyscrapers, discussing the impact timber can have on the sustainability of the construction industry.
Tom also visited our Orsman Road site, following the interview with Andrew.
The 'Superwood' program also features a visit to Finland who are pushing for a new industrial revolution based on trees and plants rather than oil and coal. A glimpse is taken into a future where cars, clothes, computer screens, and everything else we buy could begin its life in the forest.
Listen to the 'Superwood' episode of Costing The Earth on BBC Radio 4 here.


Le Monde have written a special report on cuts in British public libraries. It focuses mainly on the current crisis in Brent where 6 out of 12 branches are under threat if the courts decide that the cuts are legal. The article is obviously not an easy one for a non-French speaker like myself to read but an idea can perhaps be gained in the following, doubtless poorly translated (Google Translate and guesswork can only do so much) below. Perhaps the main fact is that Le Monde consider the cuts to UK public libraries so important in the first place.
"Of the twelve libraries in the district (290,000 inhabitants), half will disappear – in the name of the recession and budget cuts. Between six hundred and one thousand of these establishments – as dear to the heart as the indestructible British Fish and Chips – are threatened, by 2012, across the country. In total, about 10% of libraries in the United Kingdom are promised to be scrapped. Including that of Preston." ..
"We have no plans at present to establish a national digital library service. However, local authorities continue to provide remote access for their users to catalogues, e-books and online reference resources and the UK remains a partner in Europeana—the European Digital Library network which provides access, through its website, to objects from cultural institutions within the European Union." Ed Vaizey, House of Commons, 7th September 2011.
Negative reception for Government's library blueprint – Literacy Trust. "Libraries should be run by the private sector with self-service borrowing points in shops and village halls, according to the report from the Future Libraries Programme." … "But librarian group Voices for the Library have lambasted the report's recommendations, saying they will do "serious damage to our public library network, and be counterproductive to efforts to modernise libraries and meet the needs of the UK public". … Arts Council going ahead with Future Libraries Programme.
SOS bibliothèques anglaises – Le Monde (France).
Swiss flash mob demands new library – Library Co-op. Swiss campaign for a better library – not due to any cuts, they just want a better one. And why not?
"David Cameron and George Osborne come from the kind of families that have their own libraries. How can we expect them to give a tinker's toss about those for whom without public libraries, the tiger would never come to tea?" Tails of the unexpected – Canning Circus.
Conwy – Mobile routes extended. Public consultation on mobile library provision in 2012.
Barnet – Plans to axe librarie are in: unless campaigners can offer an alternative ending – Barnet Today. "The authority plans to merge Friern Barnet and North Finchleyartsdepot in Tally Ho Corner, while ending the lease of Hampstead Garden Suburb and seeking an alternative community site nearby." but there will be a gap in provision, unless volunteers step in.
"Latest news @WoburnSandsLibr has been given 3 years funding" Milton Keynes – SaveSSLibrary.
Surrey – Molesey library set to be removed from "at-risk" list – Elmbridge Today. "Molesey library looks set to be removed from a list of facilities that could be closed unless volunteers agree to run them.".
Waltham Forest – Church submits library rescue plan – Guardian series. Church steps in – "We like the idea of the community coming together to fight for something. But we don't think it provides a long-term solution because once volunteer numbers dry up the life of the library will dry up.". Worries council is deliberately favouring the more prosperous southern part of the borough.
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Drinking This Popular Beverage Daily May Help Prevent Fatty Liver Disease
By Lily Herman May 25, 2021
coffee,
Coffee is the daily beverage of choice for millions of people, and it's easy to see why. It tastes great and hits you with an energy boost! But there are even more reasons to reach for a cup o' Joe on the regular: A new study suggests coffee could play a key role in liver health.
Research published in Therapeutic Advances in Gastroenterology specifically looked at how coffee consumption affects hepatic fibrosis, which is when excessive connective tissue builds up around the liver in response to injuries, inflammation, or other health problems. Hepatic fibrosis is also a common symptom in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), where excess fat builds up around the liver. NAFLD affects roughly one in four Americans over the course of their lifetimes. Scientists investigated all academic literature on the links between coffee and NAFLD over a 35-year period between 1980 and 2015. All told, the combined experiments had a total of over 20,000 participants.
Overall, their findings were interesting: They discovered that people who drank coffee tended to be at a lower risk for NAFLD. Those who already had NAFLD or cirrhosis, which is scarring on the liver, were also protected from further damage. Drilling into their findings, they looked at coffee's three main components: caffeine, chlorogenic acids, and diterpenes.
Their current belief is that caffeine lowers the number of liver enzymes and changes the signaling pathways in the organ. This leads to less connective tissue growth factor, a protein often associated with tissue buildup and inflammation around the organ. In other words, the caffeine stops liver from damage over time. However, researchers are still trying to piece together how chlorogenic acids and diterpenes benefit the liver in ways that other caffeinated drinks — such as soda or energy drinks — don't.
There are two important caveats to these findings. First, these affects were generally seen in people drinking around three cups of coffee per day, which might be a lot to handle for some people. Second, the coffee needs to be caffeinated; decaf doesn't show any added benefits on this front.
While there are some areas that scientists are still unpacking when it comes to the connection between coffee and liver health, it's great to know that those few cups you have every day could be contributing to a stronger liver!
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Q: Writing contents of a DirectSound CaptureBuffer to a WAV file in C# I have recorded audio to a CaptureBuffer, but I can't figure out how to save it into wav file. I have tried this (http://www.tek-tips.com/faqs.cfm?fid=4782), but it didn't work, or I didn't use it properly. Does anybody know how to solve this? Sample code would be very appreciated.

A: A WAV file is a RIFF file consisting of two main "chunks". The first is a format chunk, describing the format of the audio. This will be what sample rate you recorded at (e.g. 44.1kHz), what bit depth (e.g. 16 bits) and how many channels (mono or stereo). WAV also supports compressed formats but it is unlikely you recorded the audio compressed, so your record buffer will contain PCM audio.
Then there is the data chunk. This is the part of the WAV file that contains the actual audio data in your capture buffer. This must be in the format described in the format chunk.
As part of the NAudio project I created a WaveFileWriter class to simplify creating WAV files. You pass in a WaveFormat that describes the format of your captured audio. Then you can simply write the raw captured data in.
Here's some simple example code for how you might use WaveFileWriter:
WaveFormat format = new WaveFormat(16000, 16, 1); // for mono 16 bit audio captured at 16kHz
using (var writer = new WaveFileWriter("out.wav", format)
{
    writer.WriteData(captureBuffer, 0, captureBuffer.Length);
}

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Who cries for the drummer?
I mostly stand by this notion, but I would be dishonest in not admitting that a healthy amount of prejudice works itself into this appraisal. Drums do occupy a secondary role to the guitar without doubt; rhythm is a colorless component of music in the general scheme of things, acting solely as a mathematical division of time into separate niches, niches into which melody rushes in like an effervescent spring bringing the composition to life. Rhythm is ebb and flow, and melody is the fragile thing caught in its throes. One might counter by saying that any two notes struck in succession set up an implicit, unsaid, rhythmic relationship between them, and therefore a delineation between melody and rhythm such as this is unneeded. This is indeed so from a strictly philosophical point of view, but for the purposes of this post, I find it useful to set up just that practical delineation.
What I'm getting at is that descriptions of metal, on this blog and elsewhere, overwhelmingly favor the melodic component over the rhythmic, save for a few cursory mentions of drumming dexterity and stamina, not unlike scraps fed to the family dog under the dinner table. Undoubtedly, the very nature of melody lends itself to verbal description much more than the almost-mechanical quality of rhythm. But sometimes I do find myself wishing that someone with an adequate knowledge of that rhythm would do it justice in the context of metal, and arrive upon a brand new style and perspective of heavy metal literature.
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Looking for an engaging art activity for the whole family? This maker meet up is offering a Halloween themed art class making a "String Skull". This exciting workshop experience will be taught by resident artist Karen Cancino. Come out for a fun opportunity to learn a new skill and meet other makers!
Class Goals: Participants will leave with a finished string skull art piece and feel confident in their newly learned diy skills!
You are looking for a fun Halloween experience!
You want to have unique hand made home decor but don't want to pay an arm and a leg to buy it.
You're wanting to learn a new creative skill that is easy to master!
Required– None! Just bring a can do attitude and you're all set.
Recommended- Wear clothes that you aren't afraid to get dirty!
Karen Cancino- Resident Artist And Maker Extraordinaire!
Karen is a mixed media artist who weaves together different art materials to create collaborative projects. Karen enjoys leading community workshops that inspire people to try something new.
She currently works out of Maker Cube and collaborates with many people from the lower mainland.
The minimum age for participants is 8 with a participating guardian or 16 otherwise.
Family Fun Night: Spooktacular Pumpkin Carving!


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Bipolar disorder can be an extremely difficult condition to manage. It's unusual among mental health problems in that, as the name suggests, it causes two distinct and opposing states. Although the high, or manic, periods frequently feel less problematic to the person experiencing them, they can still cause difficulty by leading to inappropriate actions or a lack of focus and concentration.
Luckily, there are ways to reduce the impact bipolar disorder has on your life. With medication and counselling, you can ease the severity of the mood effects and learn ways to cope with them. Outside of professional medical help, however, many people find getting into mindfulness meditation gives them extra control. Here's how it helps with both sides of the bipolar coin.
Manic episodes
During a manic episode, people often feel quite happy and upbeat. That doesn't mean it's not a problem, though, and having a way to take back some control is useful.
Mindfulness meditation teaches you to recognise the way you feel in a more rational way. This can allow you to consciously level out your mood and bring more calmness to yourself.
Often, people don't know why they act the way they do or feel the way they feel. Meditation gives you a better sense of your own emotions, which can help you spot a manic period coming before it kicks in.
Meditation isn't just a tool for troubled times. If you practice every day, your overall mood will be stable and you're likely to feel happier in general. When mania hits, you won't experience such a drastic spike, which reduces how much it affects you.
Depressive episodes
Going through a period of clinical depression is tough, and people are often isolated while they're dealing with it. Meditation can be a good friend when you need one.
Depression is frequently accompanied by anxiety, with stress an underlying factor that makes it worse. Through meditation, you can learn to combat stress and anxiety to make things a little easier.
During a depressive episode, people think all sorts of negative and self-doubting things, which are usually unfounded. By practising meditation, you'll be more able to use logic and rationality to fight negativity.
You're not at the mercy of depression, but it can feel like you are when it's in full swing. Practising controlling your emotions and thoughts through meditation puts you back in control and lessens how much depression rules your life.
For more information, contact local bipolar treatment professionals.


We all enjoy a good cup of coffee after Sunday service. The purpose of the hour after our worship service is to encourage fellowship and camaraderie, make new friends and bond with old friends toward a common purpose. To that end, we are going to try something new during "fellowship" hour. Beginning this Sunday, we would like to ask that any business-related matters will be taken into the Library for discussion. Tables will be set up in the rest of the Parish Hall for the purpose of promoting conversations, one-on-one with friends, and discussions in small groups. Our hope is to make this fellowship hour more fellowship-related than business-related and more welcoming to visitors to FP and to explorers. Let's cultivate a culture for relaxing conversation catching up with old and new friends, and getting to know those visitors who might be interested in joining our UU community.


Derbyshire based Photographer, Stuart Wood FBIPP has triumphed in the highly coveted British Institute of Professional Photography's National Photographic Awards.
Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire played host to the British Institute of Professional Photography's National Photographic Awards Celebration on 27 November.
Stuart journeyed through two stages of judging to win no less than 8 awards including a prestigious Silver Award and two Merits in the People and Portraiture category. Three Bronze awards and a Merit in the Photojournalism category plus a further Merit in the category of Fashion, Hair and Beauty.
The cream of British photographic talent attended, alongside professional photographers and colleagues from around the world and, appropriately, hopes were flying high to win awards in many categories of professional photography.
For more information about the Awards, please contact Hilary Harper in the BIPP's press office – 01296 718530, hilary@bipp.com or download the actual press release below.


This brand new product smells so good. Scented with Sweet Orange Essential Oil, and is filled with Colloidal Oatmeal to give you a soothing bath. Available in two sizes, on bath bomb is 2-3/4" and weights over 6 oz, or the smaller bath comes packed two to a bag.Just fill up your bathtub and drop one of these in and watch it foam and bubble. Then slide yourself into the water and relax and enjoy your time as it soothes and relaxes you.


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Mail theft, Fraud, Grand Theft and Identity theft solved in Yucaipa after tip to WeTip
by Anonymous Tips | May 3, 2017 | WeTip
Yucaipa, CA……..Anonymous information called into the WeTip Hotline has led to the arrest and conviction of 3 suspects that were stealing mail and packages delivered and left at residences in the city. Joshua Metz, 30, and Heather Hanna, 27, both of Yucaipa were investigated after the Yucaipa police multiple enforcement team received a tip from WeTip. The tip stated the suspects were vandalizing community mailboxes and stealing mail in the Chapman Heights area of Yucaipa. The theft and fraud caused approximately $25,000 in damage. With the assistance of the Sheriffs' specialized enforcement division, Metz and Hanna were contacted in Mentone. They were in possession of stolen property, stolen mail and burglary tools . After searching the residence, addition stolen mail and evidence of identity theft were found. Both suspects were convicted and sentenced to 3years in county prison and 3 years mandatory supervised probation.
WeTip has aided law enforcement authorities in taking over 1,200,700 crime reports resulting in over 17,000 Crimes solved. All calls and webtips to WeTip are absolutely anonymous. No one ever knows who gave the tip.
WeTip has been serving the Nation as the Grandfather of all anonymous tip programs for over 45 years. Live operators staff the phones 24 hours a day 365 days per year. WeTip has no taping, tracing or caller ID. WeTip also offers rewards of up to $1,000 when information leads to an arrest and conviction.
If you have information about any type of crime, call WeTip at 800-78-CRIME to report illegal or suspicious activity or log on to wetip.com. All calls are anonymous, not just confidential.
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Have you ever wondered why you're here? What God's plan for you is? How you can make a difference?
We all have – many times I'm sure. Well, if you're a parent it can seem scary to think of what may lie ahead in the world we are creating for our children. It seems the world is sinking deeper and deeper into ugliness. So many technological advancements, yet it seems as though we digress.
Humanity isn't really gaining when it comes to the battle against sin and destruction.
I look in the mirror and I think, "I am here to be the change!" I am not only someone that should be living my life on purpose and making a positive impact on the world around me, but I am a parent. I have the opportunity, no obligation to raise children that make a positive impact on the world. God didn't bless me and trust me with these creations for kicks and giggles! These humans are His creations, sent to be the change!
Each day it is up to me to grow. Grow my faith, grow my health, grow my intellect, grow my fitness. It is up to me to help a neighbor, a friend, a stranger. What have I learned? What can I share with someone else to help them learn?
As a parent, it is up to me to teach and empower my children to be kind, to be respectful, to know, love and serve God, to be hard-working, to love, to be loved, to seek education and knowledge, to be generous, to be polite, to be honest, to be responsible, to be exceptional – not mediocre, to be dependable – not dependent, to be healthy, to be fit, to be patient, to be persistent, to be reliable, to be gracious, to be faithful, to be resourceful, to think outside the box and be a problem solver not a complainer. Oh the lessons I want to teach them! Some they will get, others will be in their own time. But I will teach and I will fail and I will succeed.
By the Grace of God I was blessed to have the opportunity to impact our world in a positive way by fostering the Holy Spirit in my children and I am ever so grateful for the gift and the trust He has in me. What an awesome and mighty gift!
It will be hard, it will be exhausting, it will seem futile at times, but done on purpose it will matter! Do not take this awesome gift for granted, hug them like they will be gone tomorrow, because they will. Teach them like you are the only way they will ever learn, because the example you are to them means more than you think.
Leave a legacy that impacts our world in a positive way for generations to come. Parent on purpose.


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Billion-euro pulp mill project shelved as government cancels spatial plan ({{contentCtrl.commentsTotal}})
ERR News, BNS
Prime Minister Jüri Ratas speaking at Thursday's press conference. Source: Priit Mürk/ERR
Investment company Est-For Invest, set up by several players in Estonia's forestry industry to build a new large pulp mill that would have represented the biggest-ever single investment in Estonia's history, said on Thursday that following the decision of the government to terminate its designated spatial plan for the mill, they will "wait for an improvement in the investment climate."
"The cheap export of valuable raw material has to end sooner or later. The timber and wood chips exported [at the moment] will have to add value here. [But] an investor needs a clear and solid investment environment as well as the peace of work and legal clarity," Est-For's Margus Kohava said.
Kohava added that realising modern and capital-intensive industrial projects requires a research-based and fact-based government culture, of which he suggested there is currently no sign here. "Until then we're shelving the project," he said in a press release.
He further pointed out that the procedure chosen to pick a location and go ahead with the mill's planning stage has been confirmed by three tiers of Estonia's courts, including the Supreme Court, which ruled in October that the spatial plan did not limit the company in its selection of a suitable place to build it.
The government decided on Thursday to terminate the procedure for a national designated spatial plan for the mill. Prime Minister Jüri Ratas (Centre) said at the government's Thursday press conference that Est-For Invest is now free to look around for another potential location, though the region in Tartu and Viljandi County the investors were looking at is now off the table.
Minister of Public Administration Janek Mäggi (Centre) commented that the state is still interested in industries that use local raw materials to create added value. But in order to set up a factory of this size, a solution needs to be found that takes into account the interest and opinion of the local population as well.
Est-For Invest's pulp mill project, which wanted to set up the biggest wood processing plant in the region and would likely have employed hundreds of people, was met with fierce resistance on the part of environmentalists, the local population, and after it became a matter of national debate also by politicians out of virtually every single party.
Mäggi commented that the decision to terminate the procedure for the spatial plan doesn't mean that investments of the kind and scale of Est-For's mill are not welcome. But any such undertaking would have to be based on cooperation and take local interests into account.
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Tartu city residents pick pulp mill halting as event of the year
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Tartu proposes terminating pulp mill spatial plan
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Saarde Municipality planning to support launch of pulp mill studies
Est-For seeking local governments interested in pulp mill
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Social Democrats put cards on table for scrapping pulp mill plan
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Ansip: Value added created by pulp mill wouldn't outweigh rift in Estonia
Seeder: We can't move forward with pulp mill plan in current form


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Q: How to join non primary key in google app engine How to get data of non primary key column userId using java in google app engine
List<UserAddress> list = (List<UserAddress>) pmf.getObjectById(UserAddress.class, Long.valueOf(userId));
System.out.println(list.size());

When I fetch the data the following error occur in console
NestedThrowablesStackTrace:
Could not retrieve entity of kind UserAddress with key UserAddress(4)
org.datanucleus.exceptions.NucleusObjectNotFoundException: Could not retrieve entity of kind UserAddress with key UserAddress(4)

Tried below code also, to fetch the data of non primary key column userId but it shows empty list.
@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
public List<UserAddress> getUserAddressFind(String userId) {
    List<UserAddress> returnList = new ArrayList<UserAddress>();
    PersistenceManager pmf = PMF.get().getPersistenceManager();
    try {
        Query query = pmf.newQuery(UserAddress.class);
        query.setFilter("userId == userIdParam");
        query.declareParameters("Long userIdParam");
        returnList = (List<UserAddress>) query.execute(userId);
        System.out.println(returnList.size());
        if (returnList != null && returnList.isEmpty()) {
            System.out.println("No results for userAddresses");
        }
    } catch (Exception e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
    } finally {
        pmf.close();
    }

    return returnList;
}

UserAddress.java
package com.rrd.up2me.datastore;

import javax.jdo.annotations.IdGeneratorStrategy;
import javax.jdo.annotations.IdentityType;
import javax.jdo.annotations.PersistenceCapable;
import javax.jdo.annotations.Persistent;
import javax.jdo.annotations.PrimaryKey;

@PersistenceCapable(identityType = IdentityType.APPLICATION)
public class UserAddress {

@PrimaryKey
@Persistent(valueStrategy = IdGeneratorStrategy.SEQUENCE)
private Long userAddressId;

@Persistent
private Long userId;

@Persistent
private Long addressId;

@Persistent
private Boolean isPrimary;

public Long getUserAddressId() {
    return userAddressId;
}

public void setUserAddressId(Long userAddressId) {
    this.userAddressId = userAddressId;
}

public Long getUserId() {
    return userId;
}

public void setUserId(Long userId) {
    this.userId = userId;
}

public Long getAddressId() {
    return addressId;
}

public void setAddressId(Long addressId) {
    this.addressId = addressId;
}

public Boolean getIsPrimary() {
    return isPrimary;
}

public void setIsPrimary(Boolean isPrimary) {
    this.isPrimary = isPrimary;
}

}

A: In UserAddress.java class userId is long when execute the query passed variable type is Stringso data is not fetching. AfterType cast the  userId String to Long problem solved.
Ex: Long.valueOf(userId).
Query query = pmf.newQuery(UserAddress.class);
query.setFilter("userId == userIdParam");
query.declareParameters("Long userIdParam");
returnList = (List<UserAddress>) query.execute(Long.valueOf(userId));
System.out.println(returnList.size());


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Christian Rasmussen (born 29 June 2000) is a Danish race car driver from Copenhagen. He currently competes in Indy Lights driving the No. 6 for HMD Motorsports with Dale Coyne Racing.

Racing record

Career summary

* Season still in progress

Motorsports career results

American open–wheel racing results

U.S. F2000 National Championship

Indy Pro 2000 Championship

Indy Lights/Indy NXT
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) (Races with L indicate a race lap led) (Races with * indicate most race laps led)

Complete WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results
(key)(Races in bold indicate pole position. Races in italics indicate fastest race lap in class. Results are overall/class)

* Season still in progress

References

External links

2000 births
Living people
Danish racing drivers
U.S. F2000 National Championship drivers
Indy Pro 2000 Championship drivers
Indy Lights drivers
Sportspeople from Copenhagen
Andretti Autosport drivers
WeatherTech SportsCar Championship drivers
Dale Coyne Racing drivers
United States F4 Championship drivers
Danish F4 Championship drivers
HMD Motorsports drivers

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Q: Parse string to object to query from mongo db I am trying to use a query parameter with mongo db, i sent the string as
"{"location.city":"Florida"},{"category":"sports"}"
i need to pass this as a condition, so i am trying to remove the "" with the following code.
let filter = JSON.parse(myString);

but it throws an error Unexpected token , in JSON at position 27'
Expected format:
{"location.city":"Florida"},{"category":"sports"}

A: For mongodb query parameters you need to use JSON object and what you have is string, which represent comma-delimited list of objects. If you've got this string from somewhere you would need to parse it and convert it to the object(s). For example you would separate this string by "," (comma), go through each element of the array of strings and convert them to the JSON object with JSON.parse. If this is string you have created on your own as the query for mongodb request, you did it wrong. As I said you have comma-delimited list, but you should have object or if you need, array of objects inside the query object. Something like ...
{"location.city":"Florida","category":"sports"}
// or
{"myData": [{"location.city":"Florida"},{"category":"sports"}]}


A little biggy about the next step in human evolution.
Nikolai Federov founded Russian Cosmism, a philosophy based not only on the quest for immortality but also a resurrection of the dead by harvesting their particles from space.
And reconciled it all with Christianity, seems like a memeplex that could take off today.
How would you know if you had transcended humanity -and what if you were lead to it?
This guy covers it all from the Turing test (hopelessly "racist"!) to networked "stacks of humans", bots and all sorts of in-betweens, an amazing watch.
A history and brief future of the human brain.
From worms to the AI merger this very long post sums up a lot.
TLDR the brain evolved to handle more connections with big breakthroughs occurring when people learned to communicate between multitudes and generations.
Now we need to do the same thing with AI or it will get smart so fast that we won't have anything in common with it. Elon Musks wants to create a faster machine/mind interface to do this before we run out of time.
You don't have to be a douche - but it doesn't hurt.
It's leaving the anti douches - dirty cunts I call them for purposes of accuracy - that makes the re-animation worth waiting for.
This guy and his naught generation jumped on to the nano bandwagon but it stalled since tools to make anything are "impossible".
Now they have the answer - chemistry. It's how nature makes wonders out of tiny particles.
Thanks that's perfect Squire, thanks. Still wondering what this has to do with post humanism though.
Nano tech is foundational tech for lots of post human things like advanced robots and even revivification for humans.
Using messages from the deceased and deep learning produces a new kind of legacy.
After reading this one might want to reset their Amazon Echo as Grandpa.
Great piece on why this cryonics is simply a rational decision.
No way, decaying in the ground is what the elders tell us!
Howd that one work out for ya elders?
What if each brain uploaded - or rather the owner of such brain gets a royalty?
Depends whose brain gets uploaded, what if a slacker replicates?
Isn't that exactly what happen in Back to the Future with all the Marty McFlys? We can handle this.
It's a bit vague if you ask me because it means *everything* that comes after us: AI, cyborgs, augmented humans and god knows what else. I prefer "trans-humanism" which implies people transcending the human body.
Post Humanism means information tech based evolution whereas transhumanism means the "everything"
That's a lot like the question "When is the Singularity?" the moment that artificial intelligence passes humans'. A lot of people laughed at Kurzweil's predictions for this happening in the 2020s, but with all the progress in the last year and the exponential curve this is following he might be right.
Ray Kurzweil's now iconic vision of human transcendence.
The vision may very well be iconic but the portrait is of a disappointingly smaller man than his ideas, not easy given his accomplishments but then we have forgotten Ponce De Leon was a helluva an explorer haven't we?


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No factual information here. Snoop is trash now and 213 without Snoop was rumored previously. Tray and Loc Eastsidazzzzz album would b tha chief.
This was rumored obviously when Nate was alive. Not since.
could be, but goldie aint want it.
It was not about 213 but regulate.
Track 14 sayz he will but not if Snup is involving.
It was 213 also after the album dropped.
I wonder if Jmix asked Trayceee about this?
Tray Deee said that the album ain't happenin'.
So I did see the instagrab post to the white boi where he said it was unlikely. I had sum Crip homiez reach out to Traceee Davis head Rayda. He said its strictly money. All he wants is one third but Snoop only gives him and Loc a percentage.
Well, Goldie Loc is making money in the weed business and that's what he's focusing on, so they're not workin' on the album, even though they are still performing together. That's what Tray Deee said in some interview.
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Archive for the 'Jena Louisiana' Category
'Jena 6's' Mychal Bell agrees to a plea deal…
The fact that this young man has been incarcerated for the past 11 months is outlandish and a complete violation of his civil rights. Jena definitely has inched up the ladder on the "Most Racist Towns" in America list. Anyway on to the news…
Mychal Bell, the 17-year-old black teenager whose arrest and detention led to the "Jena 6" protests, has agreed to a plea deal that could lead to his release by June, his lawyer said Monday.
Bell was originally charged as an adult with attempted murder in an assault on a white fellow student, Justin Barker, at Jena High School in 2006.
He was convicted of second-degree battery, but the verdict was tossed out in September when an appeals court ruled that Bell, who was 16 at the time of the attack, should not have been tried as an adult. He still faced charges in the juvenile system.
Under the deal announced Monday, the LaSalle Parish District Attorney's Office agreed to drop charges of aggravated battery and conspiracy to commit aggravated battery.
Bell agreed to plead guilty to second-degree battery.
He had to agree that he "hit Justin Barker, knocking him unconscious," a Bell attorney said.
Bell would be sentenced to 18 months of custody in an unsupervised setting, such as a group home or a halfway house.
In addition, Bell would be required to pay $935 to Barker's family and court costs, his lawyer said. (Are you serious??? SMH)
Barker's family has said his medical bills reached $12,000, but prosecutors apparently plan to seek money from five other black students also implicated in the beating.
Bell would have to testify in those cases as part of any plea deal.
Bell and the other five students, dubbed the "Jena 6," were originally charged in adult court with attempted murder and conspiracy.
The charges were later reduced to battery and conspiracy, and Bell is the only one of the youths to remain in jail.
Bell was convicted of the charges against him in July. But judges overturned both convictions, finding that the cases should have been brought in juvenile court.
Although he was released in September after his adult conviction was overturned, Bell was ordered two weeks later to spend 18 months in a juvenile facility for a probation violation relating to an earlier juvenile conviction.
A lawyer for Bell said his client wants to go back to high school, where he was a football star, but "probably not in Jena."
The fight came after months of racial tension in the town, fueled by white teens who hung nooses from an oak tree on the town's high school grounds. But prosecutors have said there was no "direct linkage" between the hanging of the nooses and the schoolyard attack that left Barker with injuries to both eyes and ears, as well as cuts.
An estimated 15,000-plus demonstrators marched through Jena, about 200 miles northwest of New Orleans, in September to protest local authorities' handling of the case.
Tina Corwin, mother of Bryant Purvis, another of the Jena 6, said she was shocked by the plea deal and said her son will not plead guilty to anything.
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Mychal Bell of Jena 6 sentenced to 18 months in juvenile…
Mychal Bell of the now historical "Jena 6" case was ordered Thursday to spend 18 months in a juvenile facility, after a judge ruled he had violated his probation for earlier juvenile convictions, a source with knowledge of the court proceedings said.
The decision came at the end of a two-day juvenile court hearing that was closed to the media and public.
Carol Powell-Lexing, one of Bell's attorneys, said the judge's decision would be appealed.
Civil rights activist Al Sharpton, who has championed Bell's case, denounced Thursday's decision as "revenge" by the judge and called on Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Blanco to intervene.
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Jena 6 Mom Speaks!!!
Mychal Bell's Mother Melissa Bell photographed with Rev. Al Sharpton.
Mychal Bell last Thursday when he was finally released from jail.
In an excellent interview with Essence Melissa Bell (Mychal Bell's Mother) spoke on the serious situation down in Jena and how she feels since the release of her son. Here are some excerpts….
Essence.com: For months you had been fighting for your son's freedom without success. What was your reaction when you learned that he would finally be released?
Melissa Bell: I didn't want to get too excited until I saw that he was out. When we actually signed the papers to let him out that's when I really got excited. We're not fully celebrating because we still have a long way to go, but we were happy to go in there, put some clothes on him and walk him out.
Essence.com: How is Mychal doing?
M.B.: He's doing well. They have him under house arrest and he can't go any farther than home, but all his friends have been visiting him. His first night home he watched TV all night with his friends and slept in the living room. He's nervous, of course, because he has his juvenile court date on October 11, but he's trying to enjoy his friends and not think about it. That's what I told him, "Don't think about it right now; let the lawyers do the thinking."
Essence.com: Are you surprised by the support you've received from around the country?
M.B.: I feel very good about it. It's encouraging to know that so many people are standing behind you and still believe in helping each other. It's great to see all the civil rights leaders, people in high places and all the thousands of people who came to the march. You sometimes forget that people still love each other like that. We need more of that in the world.
Essence.com: How has this experience changed you?
M.B.: It opened my eyes to see that you can't trust everybody because everybody's not your friend. Things can happen to you in the blink of an eye. Your life can change in one day. It made me think about life more and getting my kids together and getting them right with God. We're with God, but getting them straighter with God. And I realize that your kids can be taken from you with a stroke of a pen.
Essence.com: And what about Mychal? Does he seem different?
M.B.: Yes, but not a lot different. He still likes having fun, talking and laughing with his friends, but being locked up for nine months made him grow up a lot quicker and become a man, a better person. He just knows how to handle life better.
Essence.com: Have you talked to Mychal about staying out of trouble?
M.B.: Oh yes, we've been having those conversations for the last ten months. He knows not to get in trouble because he doesn't want to go back to jail and he knows that people will be quick to get him back in there. He knows it won't take much for him to end up in jail again.
Essence.com: There are reports of White supremacist Web sites posting the addresses of the families of the Jena Six. Have you received any threats?
M.B.: I got a hateful letter addressed to Mychal. It didn't have a (sender's) name written on it, but it was from Virginia. Other than that, nobody's bothering me. One of the parents, Bryant Purvis's mother, got a phone call from some guy who left a message (threatening) her son.
Essence.com: Are you concerned about anything happening to your family?
M.B: Not really. We have around-the-clock protection since Mychal's been out. We have undercover state police around the area.
Essence.com: This month, Mychal's case will be tried in juvenile court. Do you think this trial will be different from the previous one?
M.B: Oh yes, I know it's going to be different. I know that for a fact. I have an attorney that's going to fight for Mychal. It isn't like it was last summer.
Essence.com: How was it last summer?
M.B.: It was an all-White trial. There weren't but two Black faces throughout the trial and that was Mychal and the lawyer. The witnesses, the jurors, everybody was White. That was the first problem. The lawyer he had then was appointed to him and didn't call any witnesses. I know the lawyers we have now are ready to take care of business and they will.
Essence.com: What can people do to help?
M.B.: We're still trying to get financial help. We will need to pay our legal team. Right now we have a bank account open for the Mychal Bell Defense Fund.
If you're interested in contributing to the Mychal Bell Defense Fund, please send checks to P.O. Box 2856, Jena, LA 71342
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Mychal Bell finally let out of jail on bail!!!
Finally a little bit of justice is starting to be wrought down in Jena Louisiana!!! Mychal Bell the last of the Jena 6 was finally released out on $45,000 bail today after sitting in jail since he was arrested for the school fight back in December.
Thanks Rev. Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson, and the millions of supporters, and thousands of marchers!!!! This is a great step toward real justice. I know Bell's family is overwhelmed with joy.
"We still have mountains to climb, but at least this is closer to an even playing field," said the Rev. Al Sharpton, who helped organize last week's protest.
"He goes home because a lot of people left their home and stood up for him," Sharpton said.
An estimated 20,000 to 25,000 protesters marched in Jena last week in a scene that evoked the early years of the civil-rights movement.
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Bill O'Reilly says comments are not racist…
It's difficult to keep up with this guy's racist remarks that he makes on a daily basis. He and Imus must be related. I personally think O'Reilly is in competition with his own self to see if he can outdo himself. Like Chris Rock said "What does a person have to do to be racist these days??? Kill Medgar Evans???" Michael Richards you remember him Kramer from Seinfeld the comedian who had the "Look it's a n*gger tirade" on stage. Of course we do.
From the looks of it every public official in Jena Louisiana is a racist, especially the D.A. Well anyway Bill O'Reilly has made more ridiculous racist comments. Here are some of them…. you be the judge….
On his September 19 radio show, O'Reilly said he took civil rights leader Al Sharpton to the Lenox Avenue fixture and "couldn't get over the fact that there was no difference between Sylvia's Restaurant and any other restaurant in New York City."
"I mean, it was exactly the same, even though it's run by blacks, primarily black patronship," he told listeners. "It was the same, and that's really what this society's all about now here in the U.S.A. There's no difference."
And later, speaking with National Public Radio correspondent and Fox analyst Juan Williams, O'Reilly said there "wasn't any kind of craziness at all" during his dinner with Sharpton: "There wasn't one person in Sylvia's who was screaming, 'M.F.-er, I want more iced tea.' "
"It was like going into an Italian restaurant in an all-white suburb in the sense that people were sitting there and they were ordering and just having fun," he continued
"Anybody who listened to it … would, I think, have appreciated the discussion for being an exposition of why people are afraid not only of blacks but of everybody they don't know," he said.
Elsewhere in the September 19 program, O'Reilly said he was trying to reassure whites — such as his grandmother, whom he said had an "irrational fear" of blacks — that rap-star stereotypes of African-Americans "are not true."
"This is what white America doesn't know, particularly people who don't have a lot of interaction with black Americans," he said. "They think the culture is dominated by Twista, Ludacris and Snoop Dogg."
Williams defended O'Reilly during O'Reilly's Tuesday night show. He said portraying O'Reilly's comments as racist was "rank dishonesty."
"It's outrageous, because the discussion we had was about how too often the images on TV are these rappers glorifying drugs, glorifying violence, degrading women," Williams said.
But Suzan Johnson Cook, a former Clinton administration official, said O'Reilly sounded surprised that a black crowd was so civil.
"Was he expecting people to be jumping all over the place?" she said on CNN's "Out in the Open" on Tuesday. "It's very sad that, in 2007, a man who influences so many people, number one, has that kind of ignorance, who has not been exposed to our culture."
In a written statement, Bill Shine, Fox's vice president for programming, added, "This is nothing more than left-wing outlets stirring up false racism accusations for ratings. It's sad."
Yea sure pal…Bill Shine you get paid to say that… you probably have a few white sheets and white hoods in your closet too don't ya??? Nathan Bedford (the man who founded the KKK) would be so proud of you guys…especially the District Attorney in Jena Louisiana, Reed Walters.
Certain stuff is so outrageous to the point that it could almost be comical. Bill O'Reilly has a personal crusade against Rap (which in his mind is the cause for everything bad in society) but in turn is a complete racist…
http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/TV/09/26/oreilly.race/index.html?iref=mpstoryview
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Governor Blanco steps in for Jena 6…
We don't care what others say about Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson being substitute leaders in the shadows of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X. They step up and stand-up against injustice. They are true leaders and definitely deserve the respect of the people.
Ok now that that speech is over the Governor of Louisiana Kathleen Blanco has finally stepped in and taken a step towards helping Mychal Bell.
LaSalle Parish District Attorney Reed Walters had earlier said he would appeal the state appeals court's decision that 17-year-old Mychal Bell's second-degree battery conviction be set aside. The court ruled that Bell could not be tried as an adult.
Blanco said she had spoken with Walters and asked him to reconsider pushing to keep the case in the adult courts system. She said Walters contacted her Wednesday to say he had decided not to appeal the ruling.
"I want to thank him for this decision he has made," Blanco said.
Blanco made her announcement at a news conference with activists Martin Luther King III and the Rev. Al Sharpton. Sharpton said he hopes a bond will be set low enough to allow for Bell's release, and he thanked Blanco for getting involved in the matter.
"I want to congratulate her for showing leadership," Sharpton said. "And I want to congratulate the district attorney for good judgment."
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070927/ap_on_re_us/jena_six
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Al Sharpton Calls For Investigation Of Prosecutor of Jena 6 Case!
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/09/10/america/NA-GEN-US-Sharpton-School-Fight.php
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Racism In Jena Louisiana Against 6 Young Black Men!!!
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KRA-Week 2013-8: Historical Music – The Orpheus Project
Published August 28, 2013 | By CDoart
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King Richard III & Music
An interview with MaryAnn & Michael Tedstone
The Orpheus Project
Peter Warzynski in his interview (25.08.2013) gave us so insightful background information about Leicester and the euphoria about finding King Richard III there.
What better method is there to express happiness and joy than in music?
So I am very happy to present a Leicester based team of composers, MaryAnn & Michael Tedstone, with their group
The two composers, MaryAnn & Michael Tedstone, brother and sister, are famous for their film music and their successful effort to combine old traditions with new musical elements.
They embrace the history and time of King Richard III and present musical elements and lyrics he might have known or heard himself in their new recording:
"The Last Plantagenet"
To tease you a bit with the wonderful music, here is a sample of "The Last Plantagenet".
And I can assure you, it is worth having a look around the websites of the composer team, as their diverse music really is a joy and has a wide bandwidth of styles. I already spent quite a while on their websites and listened to their wonderful music:
www.orpheusproject.co.uk
www.manikemusic.com
The Orpheus Project on SoundCloud
ManikeMusic on SoundCloud
But now, I let them tell you themselves about their music and creative ideas behind "The Last Plantagenet":
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How did the group "The Orpheus Project" come into existence and when?
The Orpheus Project came into existence in 2011, when we recorded an Album of Ancient Greco Roman music. We wanted to create an ensemble made up of musicians who are experts in their fields but do not have traditional early music training. I think that early music can be over stylised and I wanted the music to have a natural feel. I felt that by making a new ensemble and having a new look at how music is written and created, we could provide a refreshingly new sound to different periods of music.
Who composes / arranges / selects music / chooses, researches and finds texts / trains the group / records the music?
MaryAnn does most of the composition/arranging music selection and trains the group.
Michael records and produces the music. One of the things that makes The Orpheus Project unique is that we have our own industry standard studio. we are used to writing music and recording it for projects all over the world so it's easy for us to make albums. We don't have to worry about studio time and finding a good producer. We have one of the best music producers right here with us.
What is the background of your group and your individual musicians?
MaryAnn Tedstone studied Early music at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama with Philip Pickett.
Michael Tedstone studied music production at Alchemea College of music.
Glenn Sharp is a world music musician who play with the Jadid ensemble and is signed to Universal Music.
We use a variety of other musicians and vocalists who are experts in their fields. Each period calls for different instruments so it's hard to give further information
Are your musicians only perform in this group or also individually or in other groups or ensembles?
Our musicians regularly play in other ensembles. Its what keeps us fresh and excited about what we do.
Why was this name chosen for the group? What connection does your group have to the Greek mythology?
When Orpheus called to his father Apollo, he did so on a golden lyre. I have always wondered what the music was that called the God Apollo down to Earth to help his son Orpheus. The Orpheus Project seemed like a good name. Our first Album was of Greco Roman music too. It also combines old and new which is what The Orpheus Project is all about.
Is your group mainly doing recordings or performing life?
The group does both live recordings and performs live.
Our next performance is for Leicester City Council where we are playing at a banquet.
I saw in the information, that you Ms Tedstone, are mainly composing film music and soundtracks for movie and film productions and advertisements. Is this also the direction of "The Orpheus Project" or to what purpose was this group created?
The Orpheus Project was intended to write music for historic documentaries and tv programmes but has become so much more due to the level of interest that we have received.
Why the title "The Last Plantagenet" for your CD? It gives already an interpretation of the events surrounding King Richard III's demise in the Battle of Bosworth as well as the legitimacy of his royal succession. Is that intended or a reference to the last Plantagenet King on the throne of England or not an exact reference to King Richard III at all?
The album the Last Plantagenet is a reference to King Richard III. This album is music that he either might have heard, or music that has been specially composed in the style of the period.
What connection does the music have with King Richard III and are the music pieces new arrangements of old music or new arrangements 'in-the-style-of'?
The Orpheus Project albums are intended to be a soundscape of what someone living in the period might have heard. For example our album SPQR is a representation of what Nero might have listened to.
Where do the texts / lyrics come from? E.g. the French text of the piece "Douce Dame".
The Texts are all original. There are two by Dufay and One from Machaut.
If they are historic texts, would they be something Richard III could have had access to?
Yes we think King Richard III might have heard Douce Dame.
What image of King Richard III does the music promote?
(e.g. Richard III as courtier, as religious person of his time, as entertainment and music loving noble of his time,…)
I hope that the music makes you think that if King Richard III was riding through the streets of Leicester he might have heard something like our music playing in the street or in a pub.
What is your / your group's connection to King Richard III?
We became interested in King Richard III when his body was found in a car park in Leicester and we started researching the music straight away.
What determined your choice of instruments in your group?
Not every travelling troupe of musicians would have had every instrument available to them. I felt that the lute and the hurdy gurdy were expensive instruments and so we should have only one. We chose lute. We have thought about what would happen to instruments when musicians of the period slept in fields or woods in between towns and we think that would have been really bad for all the instruments. Hopefully they put them in wooden cases.
Will your group get any official involvement in the ceremonies around King Richard III's reburial next year?
We are officially involved with Leicester council. They are selling our CD in the museum and promoting us as much as they can. The re-burial is a church event and I have no idea at this stage how much involvement we will have.
What are your / your groups next plans for recordings? Is there more in store for all Richard III and late 15th century music fans?
We are thinking of looking at Robin Hood next which is not too far away from King Richard III. Stay tuned on our website www.orpheusproject.co.uk for more details.
Now that is good news for all Richard Armitage fans. Hopefully Sir Guy of Gisborne gets an extra place and special representation in the new music-project.
We will also keep you informed when the music of "The Last Plantagenet" will become available on iTunes in September 2013.
So far, you can order the CD version – £ 9,99 (PayPal payments accepted) – via alex@manikemusic.com.
(Please get in contact for delivery rates, though they are very decent and partially free of charge and the CD is sent out worldwide.)
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KRA-Week 2013-5: Fitzg – Sumptuary Laws
Published August 25, 2013 | By fitzg
SUMPTUARY
Sumptuary laws
in Medieval and late medieval England.
(by Fitzg)
"Laws made for the purpose of restraining luxury or extravagance, particularly against inordinate expenditure in the matter of apparel, food, furniture etc."
Black's Law Dictionary.
English Sumptuary Laws date from 1281 in extant documents. They were then an expression of the Feudal System (every man in his place, dressed according his station. Women too.) The hierarchy must be established according to the "natural law".
The next documented Law is that of 1309. This relates to conspicuous food consumptions of the nobles. (Peacocks presented at table, complete with feathers re-attached to the roasted fowl…)
Perhaps Edward III felt that such expenditure by his magnates reduced their monetary contributions to his Scottish and overseas wars.
Obviously, Kings and their families were not restricted by such fiscal management restraints.
cloth of gold – Richard III earliest known copy of original; dated early 16th century (Source: Society of Antiquaries, London – Wikipedia)
Richard II, c. 1390s. (Source: Westminster Abbey – Wikipedia)
Wilton Diptych (Source: National Portrait Gallery, London – Wikipedia)
Edward IV. Portrait early 16th century (Source: Society of Antiquaries – Wikipedia)
Henry VII, c. 1505 (Source: National Portrait Gallery, London – Wikipedia)
Cloth of gold, fur, gold…. It appears that the first Tudor, despite a somewhat austere, penny-pinching reputation, at least in the popular version, was not averse to personal display.
However, there was considerable Church disapproval of courtly display of fashion "trends". Shoes, in 15th C, were an issue with the Church: the vanity of the elongated toes.
And then, there was the Disney head dress. The Henin, and variations thereof.
Hans Memling, Lady Donne of Kidwelly. The Donne Triptych, c. 1478 (Source: Wikipedia)
The middle class was rising in wealth, and becoming uppity in dress. Note the quantities of costly material in the sleeves and gowns and richness of dyes.
Hans Fouquet, the Melun Dipptych, c. 1452 (Source: Wikipedia)
Etienne Chevalier, was not a merchant, but a trusted civil servant.
The Arnolfini Wedding, Jan van Eyck, c. 1434 – Italian merchant and his wife (Source: National Portrait Gallery, London – Wikipedia)
Disconcertingly to the "enforcers" of the Sumptuary Laws, the merchant class rose inexorably. The merchant class accumulated wealth, based on wool and textiles, and import/export. They bought off the enforcers' fines, and even lent funds to cash-strapped nobility. They were going to wear what they had earned. Their wives (and often mercantile partners/supporters) were an advertisement to their wealth and their often mutual hard work. (Take that, Enforcers! 😀 )
England has not been quite as rigidly class-ridden as might be thought – upward mobility was mobilised. From 15th century sheep farmers, the Churchills were Dukes of Marlborough two centuries later. A middle class was firmly rising throughout Europe, driven by trade – wool/textiles/luxury goods from the East. The sheep farmers became merchants (and money-lenders), married into gentry and titled families, became senior civil servants.
BBC "Robin Hood" Guy of Gisborne (Source: RichardArmitageNet.com)
Sir Guy of Gisborne, dressed head to toe in costly leather. Would a minor knight, in possession of an obscure provincial manor, pass the Sumptuary laws? Leather tanning and production were extremely costly, as is the case today. Perhaps; it didn't involve cloth of gold or furs….
And Many Happy Returns to Richard Armitage on August 22 2013.
Respects to King Richard III, may he please be laid to rest as befits an anointed monarch.
SOURCES (for the costume-obsessed)
www.medieval-life-and-times.info-medieval-clothing/medieval-sumptuary-laws.htm
www.medieval-castle-siege-weapons.com/medieval-clothing.htm
www.batashoemuseum.ca/collections/permanent/history_western_fashions/medieval/index.hstml
Boucher, Francois. 20,000 Years of Fashion; Henry H. Abrams Inc. New York.
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King Richard Everywhere …
Published May 9, 2013 | By CDoart
♛ King Richard Armitage ♛
Richard Armitage currently had a promotion tour for "The Hobbit" in Sydney, Australia.
In one of the interview sessions with an audience, hosted by Popcorn Taxi, where fan-questions were allowed, the question of his interest in King Richard III turned up. Mr. Armitage gave the following answer (Quoted after the transcript by Groovergreen on fedoralady's blog TheArmitageEffect):
Does he still plan to play Richard III on film?
RA: "Many, many plans but they are all in my mind at the moment. There is a possibility but it is a matter of when and how. Maybe I'll be too old to do it.'' (Collective groan of disbelief from the Armitage Army in the front rows.)
(Strangely the question, like another already previously mentioned elsewhere, is completely missing in the pronounced full transcript of the Q&A session on TheOneRing.net, while no gap is indicated.
But already two fans independently reported to have heard this question and his answer at this event, so it is sufficiently confirmed to have been part of the evening in Sydney on May 1st, 2013.)
Current Archaeology Live!: The King under the car park. The search for the last known resting place of King Richard III, by Carly Hilts (01.05.2013) – Presentation about the process of the discovery and find by Richard Buckley, Archaeological Services, University of Leicester the 2nd of March, 2013:
Helen Rae Rants (Blog): History Matters: More Ricardian Rubbish, by Helen Rae (03.05.2013) – Response from a Ricardian to the late article in The Guardian about the deductions about King Richard III and his life from the state of his teeths.
ThisIsLeicestershire.co.uk: Richard III Society responds to "slab not tomb" decision, by Alan Thompson (06.05.2013) – The Richard III Society now takes open position against a slab and for their design of a tomb, which was designed with much sensitivity and care for the dignity of the deceased king of the late 15th century.
ITV.com: Former King's distant relative to lead march through York (06.05.2013) – A march through York took place at noon on May 6th, 2013, lead by King Richard III's 16th grade grand niece Vanessa Roe.
The march went from the Castle Museum at 12 noon and arrived at Museum Gardens at 2 pm.
BBC: Richard III burial row campaigners march through York (06.05.2013) – With video interview with Vanessa Roe, a 16th generation great niece of King Richard III.
The York Press: Marchers mass in York as row over Richard III hots up, by Richard Catton (07.05.2013)
ThisIsLeicestershire.co.uk: Richard III visitor centre boss sets out his vision, by Peter Warzynski (08.05.2013) – The team behind the planned visitor centre for King Richard III in Leicester.
♛ King Richard Everywhere ♛
Savannahnow.com: Free enterprise: Crowd sourcing into the future (03.05.2013, updated 04.05.2013) – How King Richard III even can appear in unlikely topic combinations. Here interwoven with great skill.
When clouds appear, wise men put on their cloaks
(Shakespeare in "King Richard III")
University of Birmingham: Richard III: The real king of history, or marvellous theatrical villain?, by Prof. Michael Dobson (about 01.05.2013) – Please follow the link "Read full opinion" to see the full statement.
Los Angeles Broadway World: BWW Interviews: Denise Devin on Researching RICHARD III for Zombie Joe's Underground, by Ellen Dostal (04.05.2013) – A new apporach to Shakespeare's play about King Richard III – The effect the find in Leicester already has on the interpretation of the dramatic play by Shakespeare.
TheNorthernEcho.co.uk: Beer brewed in honour of king launched at annual Yorkshire Dales food and drink festival, by Joe Willis (02.05.2013) – Is there even a report if King Richard III liked beer? The current reports about him eating too much suggar do not convince me right now, not after the bad state of teeth in the late Middle Ages in general. But I certainly like a toast brought out for King Richard III with a beer King Richard III and potentially acompanied by a cheese King Richard III. What a feast!
King Richard III Cheese – as it should be, pure white for the White Rose of York.
BBC: Richard III burial row campaigners march through York (06.05.2013)
Please do understand, that the article lists here on KRA will not take up every topic or mention of King Richard III, but strongly select, what really contains some new information and might be of interest to historically interested and film- and Richard Armitage supporting readers of this blog.
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Portraits of a King
Published March 11, 2013 | By fitzg
♛ Portraits of a King ♛
by Fitzg
There are more than twenty portraits acknowledged to depict the last Plantagenet king of England.
These two are particularly of interest, as they are identified as mid- late sixteenth century copies of lost fifteenth century originals.
The dating of paintings is both science and art, incorporating history, details of costume, era, characteristics of brush strokes – and forensics, radio-carbon and dendrochronology dating. There is much in common with the identification of the Greyfriars, Leicester skeleton. In fact, it is tempting to surmise that the identification of bones is more exact than the identification of and dating of paint on canvas or wood panels. For one thing, DNA analysis doesn't pertain to paint/wood/canvas. For another dendrochronolgy + radio-carbon dating are not necessarily exact.
Richard III – Broken Sword portrait (Source: Society of Antiquaries of London)
This has been dated to anywhere between 1518 and 1550. 1550 is favoured by some, as it was the time of publication of the "Sainted More's" description of the hunchback with the withered arm. (Thomas More; 14 -15 , martyred by Henry (Tudor) VIII. More's History of Richard III was influential in Shakespeare's Richard III.) A broken sword can be interpreted as symbolic of failure; in a regal portrait, as symbolic of prematurely ended reign by violence, battle, deposition and usurpation. Note the narrow eyes, thin lips, deformed hand and somewhat clenched jaw. Obviously, not a trustworthy man….Richard III was an excellent target for Tudor propaganda reducing the usurped line of the Plantagenets to tyrants and debauches.
NPG 148; King Richard III by Unknown artist (Source: National Portrait Gallery)
This is my favourite portrait, as it was the inspiration for Josephine Tey's detective in The Daughter of Time. As a result of Tey's book, I was an ardent Ricardian for many years. Dendrochronology dates the work to c. 1590. Note the higher right shoulder suggesting some form of deformity in a portrait purportedly of the late Tudor era. (This format does not allow for graphically designing blood dripping from the highlighted name of Tudor….)
"There's no art to find the mind's construction in the face".
Malcolm, act 1, scene IV MacBeth.
Perhaps not. Yet we will all react to immediate expressions in others as indications of their emotions in the moment. We will even designate a face in repose as "pleasant" or "shifty" or "mean", or "benevolent" etc.
One of the contemporary (and considered to be most objective) descriptions of Richard III is that of "an itinerant knight from Silesia". Niklas von Poppolau provided the following in his 1484 travel diary: "…a high-born prince, three fingers taller than I, but a bit slimmer and not as thickset as I am, and much more lightly-built; he has slender shoulders and thighs." As with other contemporary descriptions, there is no reference to hunched back or withered arm.
Characters in The Daughter of Time react to the NPG portrait in sympathetic ways (to support the author's thesis) to the question of the detective: what do you think of this face?
The Midget: "Liver." A succinct nurse's opinion.
The Surgeon: "Poliomyelitis."
The Matron: "…the most desperately unhappy face that I have ever encountered…"
As to stature, the king was generally described as "small". Professor Jo Appleby of the Leicester University team deduced from bone measurements that, without scoliosis, Richard III would have stood 5'8" (1.72m). The average male height today in North America is 5'8" – 5'10". The degree of scoliosis reduced a man of good height to 1.61m. Definitely short with the spinal curvature.
As the king was continually described (as prince and king) as a great battle fighter, despite the slender build, also noted by Prof. Appleby, Richard III must have built up muscle, despite the pain of the pain of the disability. (A 15th century sword weighs between five and eight pounds. And both strength and balance must be adapted to the disability. Apparently, Usain Bolt also suffers from scoliosis.)
Richard III; skull reconstruction: Caroline
Note the high cheekbones, prominent chin and not dissimilar set of the eyes and brows in these depictions. The nose of the portrait Richard is longer, with a shorter upper lip.
Richard Armitage (Robin Hood s3) – (Source: RANet.com)
The actor is clearly not a clone of either the portrait or of the reconstructed face. However, there is sufficient resemblance in the high cheekbones, prominent nose and delicately formed mouth for a convincing performance of the king. And many hope for the successful backing and funding for such a production to become a reality.
The perpetrator of this article descended down several rabbit holes in the process. I was sidetracked by:
Fingerprint authentication of masterpieces;
Dendrochronology – tree-ring dating….
Questions pertaining to the effects of scoliosis, and the little information so far detailed by the Leicester project scientists…. more please!
Niklas von Poppolau, "itinerant knight" from Silesia; invited to the court of Richard III; who was this man??? How did a foreign mere knight scrounge such an invitation???
It was sometimes difficult to remember what I thought was the focus of the article….but it was useful background.
SOURCES and REFERENCES
Richard III: His Appearance; Carolyn Hammond, Richard III Society
http://www.richardiii.net.2_4_0_iii_appearance.php
Good King Richard? Jeremy Potter, 1983, reprinted by the Richard III Society
http://www.r3.org/bookcase/moremyth/html
Richard III: a study in medical misrepresentation. Isabel Tulloch for the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, Aug. 2009
http://jrsm.rsmjournals.com/content/102/8/315.full
Wikipedia – for general fact- and date-checking.
Josephine Tey, The Daughter of Time; first published 1951 for some quotations.
This article was created by guest-blogger Fitzg !
– RIII-articles from the year 2012 – complete list of the year 2011 –
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The Adventures of a King
Published December 15, 2012 | By CDoart
♛ Kingly Richard ♛
After I wetted your appetite for our King in "The Hobbit" in my last post, I at least need to show you more about this wonderful training program for our hotly awaited King Richard III. Richard Armitage really impersonates a mighty and fierceful warrior and worthy leader of the dwarves, not unlike another King with rich military prowess, we await hotly to be depicted in a film:
George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight: Video-Interview – Richard Armitage mentioning King Richard III again as inspiration for his role as Thorin Oakenshield. Especially the self awareness of having a potential of being corrupted, seems to have found its way from Shakespeare's depiction into the interpretation of J.R.R. Tolkien's king of the dwarves Thorin Oakenshield. (Topic starting at about [6:30] and Richard III is mentioned at about [7:00] in the video interview.)
Tribute Entertainment Media Group, Canada: Richard Armitage (The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey) Interview | Movie Interview – Video interview with Richard Armitage, by Bonnie Laufer Krebs (published 13.12.12)
♛ King Richard & Music ♛
That Richard Armitage is musical is at no doubt, playing the cello and the flute and being in musical theatre for a time, though with the song "Mysty Mountain" he sang for "The Hobbit", he repeatedly stated that the goal was to sound not like a musician, but an untrained warrior singing the song with nearly religious meaning for his dwarve-race.
Richard Armitage in the video-interview with Access Hollywood, Canada:
For me, as I thought most of my childhood I would become a musician, the connection between Richard Armitage, King Richard III and music is a very special one. So the next news really got my undivided attention and I want to present this new aspect of King Richard III research to you:
Concert to tell the story of King Richard III:
Time: Friday, January 11th, 2013, at 6:30 p.m.
Location: Leicester, Fraser Noble Hall
Who: Ensemble TritonE
Newly formed trio led by
Janet Forbes, a graduate of the Royal Conservatory, The Hague
Mary-Jannet Lieth, Royal College of Music, London
Elspeth Robertson, Royal College of Music, London
Ticket-Price:
£5 for general public
£3 for Society for Historical Archaeology delegates
Tickets available at:
University of Leicester Shop
Program Plans:
Works from the Glogauer Liedbuch (15th Century German manuscript collection of songs)
Franco-Flemish repertoire from the Low Countries
Jane Forbes has been researching King Richard III's life and travels, which help her select the kind of music he would have grown up with in England as well as during his time abroad. The concert will have singing and dance music, as well as more serious pieces, to show the spectrum of the contemporary music of King Richard III.
Jane Forbes said about the discovery in Leicester:
When I first heard about the discovery it was really exciting. The music will provide an amazing context to the life of someone like Richard III. We are trying to pick music from places he visited and pieces written about things he was doing.
Now I am really sorry to live nowhere near Leicester, the heart of the research and now the place of this concert with music, which will bring King Richard III's life back. It would be a dream to be able to hear the concert in January 2013.
Music is one of the main reasons for me, why I so much hope, a film as planned by Richard Armitage can be made about King Richard III.
As "The Hobbit" by Sir Peter Jackson so vividly shows right now, a film well made speaks to so many senses and inspires the imagination.
I hope for a revival, a shown interpretation of King Richard III's life and times, where the music is such an essential part to bring the time to life again.
♛ Leicester News ♛
Just when I was about to close this article, news breaks that the results about King Richard III might already be definitive, but are not revealed yet, befor the TV screening of the Channel4 documentary.
As these are still rumours, I want to refrain from pronouncing, the results are in, but want to remind, that former researchers not so long ago would have had to base their results on the already revealed circumstancial evidence alone and would not have had the technical equipment we nowadays have, to find out more.
Daily Mail Online: Human remains found in Leicester car park DO belong to Richard III… but scientists are holding back findings until Channel Four documentary is aired, claims insider – by Anthony Bond (15.12.2012)
The Telegraph: Carpark skeleton will be confirmed as Richard III – by Nick Collins, Science Correspondent (15.12.2012)
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Kingly Richard & King Richard – News
TheOneRing.net: Richard Armitage talks to TheOneRing.net – mentioning King Richard III in the Shakespeare version as method to prepare for his role Thorin Oakenshield in "The Hobbit". What characteristics did he take from the king?
[…]I ended up using Henry V, Richard III and Macbeth as soliloquies that I could use to get some vocal production going. […] the self hating deformity of Richard III was sort of relevant […].
The Hobbit Premiere in London: I am off to go on an adventure and will see "The Hobbit" and especially 'our' king, today. Not in London, but almost. High frame rate 3D and in English. What a dream come true on a very special day ;o)
For all who want to join the Premiere event of "The Hobbit" in London, CinemaXX has a live stream of the event here: CinemaXX
The live stream will begin at 18:15 o'clock German time, which is 5:15 p.m. U.K. time.
TheOneRing.net: Video about the Misty Mountain "The Hobbit" song of Richard Armitage on YouTube – for all who like me can't get enough of our king singing:
♛ King Richard ♛
GeeksAreSexy.net: 2012 in Review: 9 Important Archaeological Discoveries – King Richard III is no. 8 of those important discoveries of the year 2012. The message, that the DNA research will take another 12 years to finish, requires to keep patient. (10.12.2012)
Yorkshire Post: Winter of discontent as we await the truth – Among other points, poses the question if Tudor King Henry VI intentionally prevented pilgrimages to the burial place of King Richard III by placing him in a friary instead of an openly accessible parish church. (10.12.2012)
The Guardian: Genetic testing: To catch a king, by Joanna Moorhead – How the research about King Richard III and his relatives today goes on. (08.12.2012)
16×9 (Global News Canada): Old Bones: Possible Richard III remains and DNA link found – Video on YouTube about the search for King Richard III in Leicester, with short interview with Dr. Ashdown-Hill and Dr. Turi King – Embedding was not possible, but the video is well worth to watch in its detailed review about the research methods. (01.12.2012)
Full article about "Old Bones" (Global News, Canada – Sean Mallen, Claude Adams, Megan Rowney, 16×9: November 26, 2012)
History Today: Richard III and the Historian's Quest – Paul Lay about "The Daughter of Time" by Josephine Tey and "Bring Up the Bodies" by Hilary Mantel (29.11.2012)
npr: Renee Montagne speaks with Member of Parliament Chris Skidmore of Bristol about what are likely the recently discovered remains of Richard III, and attempts to clear the ruthless reputation of the former English king. (29.11.2012)
Posted in News, Richard Armitage, Richard III, The Hobbit | 1 Comment
Christmas Shopping for a Good Cause
Published December 6, 2012 | By CDoart
Christmas is coming fast and this year, actor Richard Armitage with his current film project "The Hobbit", for which he travels Canada and the U.S.A. right now, really helps us with Christmas gifts for our loved one's.
As Zazzle allows commission fees, the idea grew to use the fandom and fan-influence for a good cause.
RichardArmitageNet.com earns fees for charities from sales through Amazon and
CDoart set up an account, to collect fees from sales through Zazzle, which the KingRichardArmitage website joins and recommends to participate, to make an impact through our collective charitable efforts.
Zazzle has a special "The Hobbit" shop, but on all products available on Zazzle and in all international Zazzle Shops, commission fees will be earned when using the given entry links.
The income will be given to the recommended charities by Richard Armitage at Just Giving.
Help us by joining our charitable efforts. Thank you !
(Image and link to Zazzle is also newly embedded in the right sidebar.)
Zazzle has quite a global representation and the links to selected local stores (with the affiliation code to generate the income for charities) are listed here:
Zazzle U.S.A. and worldwide
More country links at:
Zazzle International
Individual Shops:
CDoart
♥ Richard Armitage Gift Bomb ♥
To create an impact of fandom, is also the effort of a new initiative among Richard Armitage fans, the Richard Armitage Gift Bombing of his charities, to show the enjoyment and support of his fans:
Initiated by Servetus and taken up by Judiang and established with a logo by Gratiana Lovelace, it already is a collective fan initiative:
(Please mention "gift bomb" in your message [German fans may think of creative alternatives, to show the connection to the collective fan-enjoyment/appreciation initiative.])
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King Richard in Hobbit Fever?
Published November 29, 2012 | By CDoart
Yesterday, November 28th 2012, the Premiere-event for "The Hobbit" by Sir Peter Jackson took place in Wellington, New Zealand.
But what can this have to do with King Richard III?
A lot, considering Mr. Armitage, the actor who plays the leading character Thorin Oakenshield in "The Hobbit" and the reason for the existence of this website, took part.
On the red carpet, Mr. Armitage was interviewed by many reporters, but the key question for us came from a fan in the crowd, who was following the red carpet event in Wellington.
Unfortunately, in the material broadcasted by TVNZ in the One News Hobbit Special, which was presented by Wendy Petrie, I can't make out the question of the fan, though from the voice it is a woman. The reporter next to her unfortunately does not lend his microphone to her, but Mr. Armitage's answer is recorded very well:
I would love to play King Richard. I may be a little bit too old and a little bit too tall, – but I played a dwarf.
TVNZ One News does not enable an embed code, so here comes the link to the full Hobbit Special, which takes about an hour (and has embedded advertisements).
The interview with Richard Armitage starts at about 23:30 and the quote is at 24:20.
Let's loose no further time, let's try to get him into the role of King Richard III by signing the petition !
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Two Kings & Two Towns & One Book
Published September 24, 2012 | By CDoart
♕ Two Kings ♕
Mr. Armitage just appeared as King of the Dwarves, Thorin Oakenshield, in a new video preview to the major cinema production by Sir Peter Jackson "The Hobbit", which will start with the first part in December 2012.
First trailer (Link to YouTube).
Second trailer on YouTube, just published last Wednesday, 19th of September 2012, during J.R.R. Tolkien Week.
Servetus presented King Richard on her blog Me+Richard Armitage, as Thorin Oakenshield last week got so much attention that she thought, our king might get jealous.
But there is also so much news and the lively discussion about his last resting place, that King Richard III needs not to worry:
♕ News of Two Cities ♕
York now has an official e-petition running in its favour to become the last resting place for King Richard III: Initiated by Mark Cousins and supported by the Richard III Foundation, Inc. (24.09.2012)
If you want to have all options, consider voting in our open poll
Resting Place for King Richard III.
All positions and discussions are welcome. Thank you.
Richard III: 'When I saw the skull, the hair on the back of my neck stood up' – by Maev Kennedy (The Guardian, 23.09.2012)
York or Leicester? – The Richard III Foundation versus the Richard III Society (MedievalHistories.com, 19.09.2012)
Should Richard III – the last Yorkist king – be reburied in Yorkshire? – by Martin Hickes (The Guardian, 18.09.2012)
♕ Collective Reading ♕
Servetus introduces the Twitter procedure of the collective reading and shows, how the discussions will work.
Here on KRA, we will also give room and create a separate page for the collective reading, to enable discussions and non-time-sensitive discussions to take place.
We will try to get the discussion started here with posts (approximately on Mondays), collecting information and questions.
The first discussion of chapter 1 – 5 will start next Sunday, 30th of September 2012! So it is high time to get the book and start reading ;o)
If you want to join in and still need a copy of the book, please consider to make your purchase via the link at RichardArmitageNet.com, where reference fees will go to the charities selected by Mr. Armitage. Thank you!
Amazon.co.uk – Amazon.com Print & Kindle edition
Reference fees gained through links at the KRA website also go to the RA-charities.
Initiator is Fanny/iz4blue with her blog DistRActed Musings of one ReAlity.
News and schedule will be available at the end of this week at her blog and at the Facebook page 'Institute of Armitage Studies'.
Schedule of the collective reading
on Distracted in Reality
(Also available for Google Calendar there.)
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King Richard and Thorin Oakenshield
Published July 25, 2012 | By RGerhart
CDoart already did an analysis and a comparison between King Richard III and Thorin Oakenshield, King of the dwarves in "The Hobbit", in connection to our poll 1 here on the KingRichardArmitage website.
A comparison between fantasy and history is not so farfetched, when we hear the latest comment by Mr. Armitage about his preparations for "The Hobbit" with King Richard III in his interview with HitFix at the ComicCon in San Diego:
HitFix – Question by Katie Hasty (?)
Oakenshield was kind of this classical lord-figure of the books ["The Hobbit" by J.R.R. Tolkien]. How do you update this character for modern audiences?
You see, I'd never really thought of updating. I actually did the opposite. I thought of it as more kind of Greek tragedy. I looked at Shakespeare, you know, a lot of my preparation, I was looking at "Henry V" and bits of "Richard III" just to find roots in British literature that were kind of deeper. But I think […] making it feel contemporary that are the big themes of the story: Loyalty and honour and trust and camaraderie. I think those themes are contemporary.
The interview by Katie Hasty from HotFix at Comic-Con in San Diego, July 24th, 2012, is available on YouTube. The quote starts at about [1:07]:
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