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1984-07-12 Alpine Valley Music Theatre, East Troy, WI
Scheduled: 19:00 Local Start Time ??:?? / End Time ??:??
Info & Setlist | Venue
Set features the world premiere and one of only three outings for "Man At The Top". Bruce sings a (very) short version of "Sad Eyes" during the middle of "Backstreets" (what a teaser). A rare "No Surrender" that does not include the harmonica solo after the second chorus, but has Bruce singing the Sha-la-la verse (acoustic version #1). "Pink Cadillac" is performed in a rearranged version of the single with a lengthy intro about The Garden of Eden. Clarence is introduced as "The eighth wonder" during "Sherry Darling". Also the start of "Cadillac Ranch" is extended as Bruce's guitar fails to work. "Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)" includes the "Come A Little Bit Closer" introduction. "Detroit Medley" contains an excellent "I Hear A Train". No "Travelin' Band" included in the medley yet.
The E Street Band
Danny Federici
Patti Scialfa
Garry Tallent
PROVE IT ALL NIGHT
OUT IN THE STREET
OPEN ALL NIGHT
DARLINGTON COUNTY
MY HOMETOWN
SHERRY DARLING
NO SURRENDER
MAN AT THE TOP
BOBBY JEAN
BACKSTREETS
ROSALITA (COME OUT TONIGHT)
DETROIT MEDLEY
No Handwritten or Printed Setlist available.
incl. Rehearsals.
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Audience tapes - three recording sources are available. The first can be found on the four-LP set 'At Alpine Valley Vol. 1 and 2'. A second source of excellent quality was released on CD 'Alpine Valley Night' (Crystal Cat) but it runs fast, a pitch adjusted version has been released (mjk5510). A third source is available as part of the "DS Archives Volume 36".
12.07.84 East Troy, WI, intro to 'Open All Night'
''Alright….relax, relax, alright (chuckles)….this is uh….give me a little more Nils here….this is a song, anybody here ever been on the New Jersey Turnpike ? (cheers) ….well, I used to, I'd be working up in North Jersey or New York and I used to drive home every night on the turnpike….and uh….used to be like 3 a.m or 4 a.m….(?) and I'd be sitting there in my car….I'd be kind of daydreaming at night, I'd be thinking ….'bout getting home….thinking 'bout my girlfriend…but I gotta admit before I was thinking about my girlfriend, I was thinking about a ham-and-cheese sandwich….I used to….I used to play the whole thing out, like, I used to picture myself getting into the house and now I'm going to the refridgerator, now I'm getting out the mayonese, you know (?) putting it all together in my head….and I'd imagine me and my girl kissing by the light of the refridgerator (chuckles) it was very romantic, very romantic….but my girlfriend used to live in one of these second-floor apartments and she had a landlady that lived on the first floor and allowed no, no male guests but she had these little ladders that I used to be able to climb up on real quiet, up to the first roof….'Honey, did you leave the window open for me ?' (chuckles)…anyway, I'm driving home and I'm happy, you know, my girl, sandwich….and all of a sudden, I see these red lights in my rearview mirror….so I get pulled over and I don't have my license and I don't have my registration….(chuckles) so he goes back and I give him my name and he goes back and gets in the car and then after about five minutes he calls me back and he says, uh….'Hey, are you, are you that rock and roll singer ?'…I go….'Yeah, that´s me, that's me', you know (chuckles) he says 'Well, did you write, you the guy, did you write that Born to Run song ?', I say 'Yeah, yeah, I wrote that' ….he says 'Yeah', you know, he says 'I got a couple of your records at home', I say 'Yeah, yeah'….he says 'Well, Son, you're in a lot of trouble'….so I said 'Wait a minute', he says 'No, you got all these unpaid parking tickets and stuff so'….so he took me in….and held me at the police station for a friend of mine to come and get me….but meanwhile while I sat there….I was inspired….you get inspired at funny times, funny places, you can never tell when you're gonna be inspired…..so I thought…..
(….) Oh, that´s right….there I go….well, they, they finally let me out on my own recognicence…..but they kept my car….so it was about 4.30 and I'm walking down the highway….and I see this little café…..and I go inside….and there´s this little waitress….and she just looks at me and says….'Don't worry, honey, 'cause we're open all night…."
12.07.84 East Troy, WI, intro to 'The River'
''When you grow up….you always seem to find some place to go when everything's closing in on you…as you get older, sometimes you go back there……I do all the time, end up riding back through my hometown…..everybody's gotta have some place….."
12.07.84 East Troy, WI, intro to 'Glory Days'
''Take it easy now, boys….alright….is there a guy named Carl out there tonight ?….I don´t know, the guy with the sign that says 'Are you loose ?' on it….there it is….I got your letter, it's upside down now (chuckles) got your letter….this is for all the old-timers….anybody who seen us when we played at the 'Bomb Scare' (chuckles) show….what a wonderful night (chuckles)…oh man, this is especially for anybody who's….who´s, who's over 30 out there ? (cheers)….woah !….anybody over 40 out there ? (?)…that´s old (chuckles)….almost as old as Clarence…..but Clarence still looks good…."
12.07.84 East Troy, WI, intro to 'Used Cars'
''Oh, this is a….song about me and….I had a sister that was a year younger than me ….and we used to fight all the time….when we were kids (chuckles)….and uh, the only time we used to get together would be when my father was gonna take us down to the used car lot to pick out a, pick out a car….and we had, we had that whine that little kids get down perfect, you know, the 'I want a convertible'-whine (chuckles) ….and we used to get there and we used to find….my father who was….who at heart, at heart he was a convertible-type of guy (chuckles) except he never quite got there, he was always threatening to break loose and buy a convertible (chuckles) 'cept we'd come home always with a Rambler or a Studebaker or (chuckles)(cheers) now, somebody's had a Rambler out there (chuckles) just the name, you know, the Rambler, ramble on down the road….well, we used to….we used to go and then, you know, you´d look around and then you'd come home with the old car, could have anything we wanted as long as it didn´t cost more than 600 dollars and uh….we used to get out revenge, though, we, we found the perfect place in the backseat where no matter what we did, he couldn't reach us (chuckles) when he was driving, 'You kids, oh, oh' (chuckles) used to get him going nuts….well…..if you drove here in an old one tonight, they still have old ones, don't they ? (chuckles)…."
12.07.84 East Troy, WI, intro to 'My Hometown'
''I was watching television the other night and….I guess it was around Fourth of July….and uh….you know, it was on late night news, they had a little sequence about people who had just got their American citizenship that day….and uh….you know, it made me think that it was something that, uh, when you get born into it, sometimes you don't, you don't think that much about it, I know I never thought that much about it….and uh, I wrote this song which I thought was a song about the town I grew up in ….but uh, I guess, in the end, was just a song about coming to grips that there are responsibilities of, uh, of being an American….and how….and how, and how what happens here, what happens here in our country or overseas happens in our name and we all kind of bear….the shame and the glory of it all….."
12.07.84 East Troy, WI, intro to 'Man at the Top'
''Thanks….(chuckles) this is a, this is a song for an election year…."
12.07.84 East Troy, WI, intro to 'Pink Cadillac'
''Now, some folks, they don't want, they don't care about who's gonna be the man at the top, what they want is a pink Cadillac….but to ride in that pink Cadillac….first you must be loose….am I getting there ? (?) I am…..well….now, they say way back, in the beginning of….before our history….there was a place called the Garden of Eden….and in the Garden of Eden…..there was a man and a woman….and there was lots of trees…..and on one tree, there was an apple….supposedly the woman picked the apple, the man took the bite and we're sitting back outside here tonight (chuckles) ….now…I often consider would I rather be in the Garden of Eden or would I rather be on Earth….now, to some, that may be an easy question….but if you think about it ….no air-conditioning….no cheese burgers…..mosquitoes ( chuckles)….and you would never get to see Clarence wear his suits…..that tips the scales right there (chuckles)….a bunch of Earth men up here….and Earth women (chuckles)…."
12.07.84 East Troy, WI, middle of 'Rosalita'
''Ladies and gentlemen…..tonight on our stage we have a huge galaxy of stars, beginning at the far left….the most intelligent member of the band and the only member with a full high school diploma, that's….that´s right, let's hear it for education and Professor Roy Bittan….and back on the vocals, from Asbury Park, New Jersey, Miss Patti Scialfa….on the drums, the man with the heat and the beat, the author of 'The Big Beat', Mighty Max Weinberg….on the bass, coming up with the thunder from down under, Mr.Garry W.Tallent….on the organ, the most mysterious member of the band….he's been in the group since 1968 and he hasn´t spoken more than ten words to me, alright, Phantom Dan Federici on the organ…. and….a man who´s brought you rock and roll for ten years, on the guitar, drumroll please, Mr.Nils Lofgren (Nils does his stunt on the trampoline) woah, that´s incredible….and now last but not least….that's right….a close personal friend of mine….how can I say it ?….he´s the king of the world, we know that….he´s the master of all things, we know that…..he´s the emperor of the entire universe, known and unknown, we know that….so all I can say is gimme a C-L-A-R-E-N-C-E, what´s that spell ?….what's that spell ?….what´s that spell ?….the Big Man, Clarence Clemons on the saxophone…. "
**12.07.84 East Troy, WI, intro to 'Born to Run' **
''I lived in a little town where there was nothing going on and….you didn´t seem to get the information you needed to get out and rock and roll came jumping out of my radio and said, uh, said one thing to me, it said 'Let freedom ring'….and uh, that´s what this is all about so….but remember we gotta fight for it…."
12.07.84 East Troy, WI, middle of 'Detroit Medley'
''Wait a minute now !….wait a minute….hold on there…..I'm so tired…..oh, but yes, folks (chuckles) I'm so tired….you must be tired….you´re gonna miss that 'Cannon' re-run (chuckles) I'm telling you now, saw it last night…..gonna miss 'Hawaiian Eye' (chuckles)…..oh boy….I'm so tired…..that….we have gotta…..stop the beat…. (cheers) I'm feeling a little better (chuckles)…..alright, hold (?) now boys….oh, I was laying in my bed….on a nice summer night like this….had my girl in my arms…a little breeze coming through the window…..and off in the distance I heard….I heard a train….I tried to roll over and go back to sleep….but I heard…..and it was saying 'Come on….pack your bags…..say goodbye'….I heard a train coming down the track….I heard a train coming down the track….and it was taking me away, don't know if it´s gonna bring me back….I heard a train coming down the line….I heard a train coming down the line….yeah, it´s taking me away, gonna leave my little baby behind….(?)….the conductor was dressed in black….he said 'I'm taking you away, Son, and I may never bring you back'….St.Paul….all aboard….Cincinnati….all aboard…..Cleveland….all aboard…..Wisconsin….all aboard….all aboard…. all aboard…. all aboard on the night train….all aboard….all aboard….all aboard…."
Compiled by : Johanna Pirttijärvi
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Reminiscent of an older Julia Robert's movie, Me Before You draws you in by the fifth scene and the outcome seems predictable but the ending takes you by surprise.
Me Before You is a movie based on the best swelling book by Jojo Moyes. The opening scene starts out with what everyone should avoid- talking on a cell phone and the dangers that happen when you don't pay attention to your surroundings. In the beginning, the story seems to be about a disabled man in need of being shown what life is about and a woman in need of a job, who is determined to show him how to live. Reminiscent of an older Julia Robert's movie, Me Before You draws you in by the fifth scene and the outcome seems predictable but the ending takes you by surprise, and, it turns out, the woman is the one who learns what life is about.
Sam Claflin is brilliant as Will Traynor, paralyzed from the neck down, who lives with his wealthy parents. Will's mother (Janet McTeer) hires Louisa "Lou" Clark (Emilia Clarke, Game of Thrones) as his companion/caretaker. Will is sarcastic and determined to have as little to do with Lou as he can. Inexperienced as a companion, Lou is frustrated by Will's disinterest in anything resembling a normal life and hates her job, until a visit by Will's old girlfriend and best friend happen and their news finally elicits some sort of real emotion from Will. And therein, begins the storyline that finally makes Will and Lou see each other for who they are, although it's not until the end of the story that one can realize the full potential and impact of their relationship in the long run.
Predictable lower class working girl takes care of moody yet handsome, disabled rich guy and they fall for each other. The movie is well written, if not a classic plot that has been done many times over. Lou's sense of humor compliments Will's sarcasm and makes the two characters blend well together. Her path to save Will's life - both literally and in the theoretical sense - is pleasant and easy to watch. In addition, her genuine and naive love of life seems to almost amuse Will, as his apparent lack of interest in anything slowly disappears.
Heroes are found all over and You Before Me has several heroes. Sometimes, they aren't the people who save each other; sometimes, they are simply the characters who let someone do what they feel is right. Beautifully written, the underlying message is strong.
The Blu-ray is presented in 1080p High Definition video with a 2.4:1 aspect ratio. The quality is excellent and the colors are soft and clear as befits the setting of this movie. The audio is DTS-HD Master Audio. The score never overpowers the dialogue and even the barest of whispers can be heard clearly.
Bonus features on the Blu-ray are an added treat when buying the movie. Viewers can watch the progression from book to screen, outtakes, and deleted scenes. The Outtakes are funny and it's enjoyable to watch the cast making jokes while shooting scenes. Watching the deleted scenes makes someone wonder why they were cut from the movie to begin with, especially since it's so easy to see where they fit into the movie, based in Lou's wardrobe. Book to screen has an interview with Director, Thea Sharrock, as well author and screenplay writer, Jojo Moyes, about developing the storyline and book. Actor interviews also enhance the Blu-ray version of the film.
The outcome is not so predicable as it appears in the beginning. Rooting for the underdog changes at the end, and while you wish for a different outcome, the ending is beautifully written - and necessary. Grab a box of tissues and your best friend or partner and sit back and watch a great dramatic romance.
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Hamas gunmen used Palestinian children as human shields, and established command centers and Qassam launch pads in and near more than 100 mosques andhospitals during Operation Cast Lead in the Gaza Strip last year, according to a new Israeli report being released on Monday that aims to counter criticism of the IDF.
Hamas using kids as human shields.
The IDF and the Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) cooperated with the report's authors and declassified hundreds of photographs, videos, prisoner interrogations and Hamas-drawn sketches as part of an effort to counter the criticism leveled at Israel in the UN-sponsored Goldstone Report.
Work on the Malam report began immediately after former judge Richard Goldstone issued his damning report of Israel's offensive in the Gaza Strip in September.
"The Goldstone Report is one-sided, biased, selective and deceptive, since it simply accepts Hamas claims at face value and presents everything through Hamas's eyes," Erlich said.
The Malam report also provides an analysis of another sketch found during the offensive in the Atatra neighborhood in northern Gaza City that Erlich said proves Hamas's culpability for the ensuing death and destruction.
"By placing all of their weaponry next to homes, by operating out of homes, mosques and hospitals, by firing rockets next to schools and by using human shields, Hamas is the one responsible for the civilian deaths during the operation," Erlich said.
This note, Malam's report said, was a clear indication of how Hamas took over civilian homes to use to attack Israeli forces.
The intelligence information is backed up by videos, including one declassified air force video from January 6, 2009, which shows a terrorist shooting at troops from the roof of a building. After spotting an Israeli aircraft, the terrorist goes to the building's entrance and calls to nearby civilians to help him escape. A few moments later, a group of children arrive at the entrance to the home and the terrorist walks out.
Another video from January 13 shows a senior Hamas terrorist – spotted by an aircraft – walking by himself down a street. After spotting the aircraft, the senior terrorist runs over to an elderly woman walking nearby and continues walking next to her. Later, the IDF discovered that the "elderly woman" was really a Hamas operative in disguise.
In response, Malam interviewed a number of IDF officers who provided testimony that a vast majority of Hamas fighters were dressed as civilians, and Hamas videos that showed fighters – during the Israeli offensive – wearing civilian clothing while firing mortars and rocket-propelled grenades at IDF troops.
The Malam report has an entire section on Hamas's use of mosques, revealing intelligence information that Hamas used almost 100 mosques inside Gaza to fight against the IDF.
"Hamas systematically used mosques as part of its combat doctrine," the report alleges, in contrast to Goldstone's report, which claims that the mission was unable to make a determination about the issue.
The report also details Hamas's use of hospitals during the offensive, providing evidence that Hamas fired at IDF troops adjacent to and hid weaponry and senior operatives inside at least eight hospitals in the Gaza Strip.
The Malam report devotes an entire section to proving how Hamas's police and internal security forces were involved in military/terrorist activities and were not, as Goldstone claimed, civilian entities whose only duty was enforcing law and order.
In contrast to the report the IDF is working on and plans to release in the coming months that focuses on IDF operations, Malam's report is about Hamas, its combat tactics and the way it operates from within densely populated urban centers in Gaza, as well as the events that led up to Cast Lead in late December 2008 that Malam says were disregarded by Goldstone.
The report points to four basic flaws in the Goldstone Report: It does not deal with the nature of Hamas – its terrorist aspects and ideology; it minimizes the gravity of the terrorist attacks against Israel, focusing on rocket fire during the six months before Operation Cast Lead while devoting little space to the rocket and mortar fire that began in 2001; it does not deal with the Hamas military buildup in the Gaza Strip in the year preceding Cast Lead that threatened Israel, but at the same time did provide extensive historical coverage of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict; and it ignored the role Iran and Syria play in Gaza by aiding Hamas and supplying it with explosives and weaponry.
Thank you for your information! I am one of those in Norway that support Israel . I don't believe all the lies from the medias. I just want to encourage your work, and I am thankful for it. In my congregation here in Vedav̴gen (western Norway) Рevangelical congregation Рwe arrange a meeting one thuesday every month. On these meetings we bring news from Israel and try to give the people true information about what is going on. Greetings with the words from 2.Chron. chapter 32, verses 7 and 8. May the Lord bless you in Sderot and all of Israel.
From looking at the picture – it does not SEEM the youths are there being forced into shielding positions by Hamas members. They rather look like they are there voluntarily – so how can it be said based upon a picture of young boys milling around a man with a machine gun that they are being used as human shield by Hamas when clearly it could just as easily be argued there were there because THEY wanted in on the fight??
The point about children as human shields is not about whether the children have been brainwashed into participating eagerly in war. Some have been. It is about Israel's desire not to kill children and how the world sees children killed in war.
Hamas knows that Israel does not want to kill children for both moral and political reasons. So, Hamas's strategy is to have children gathered around a lauch site to prevent or inhibit Israel's ability to defend itself by eliminating that site.
Unfotunately, if a Palestinain launch site is allowed to operate it threatens the lives of those targeted.
War rarely offers good choices and, in the heat of battle, poor choices are sometimes made. Sometimes soldiers may have no choice but to attack, while other times, there may be an alternative.
The bottom line is that if Hamas hadn't encouraged the shooting of thousands of missiles from Gaza at civilian targets like schools and hospitals in Israel in an attempt to goad Israel into war, so that it could try to use the deaths of its civilians put Israel on the defensive internationally, in the hope that it would lead to the end of Israel, the Gaza war wouldn't have have happened and the tragedies associated with the war would never have taken place.


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En matemàtiques, les condicions de contorn mixtes per a una equació diferencial en derivades parcials indica que s'utilitzen diferents condicions de frontera o contorn sobre parts diferents de la frontera del domini de l'equació.

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Per exemple, si u és una solució d'un equació diferencial en derivades parcials sobre el conjunt Ω amb frontera ∂Ω suau a trams, i ∂Ω està dividida en dues parts, Γ₁ i Γ₂, una pot usar la condicions de frontera de Dirichlet sobre Γ₁ i una condició de frontera de Neumann sobre Γ₂:

on u₀ i g són funcionis donades definides sobre aquelles porcions de la frontera.

La condició de frontera de Robin és un altre tipus de condició de frontera híbrida; és una combinació lineal de les condicions de frontera de Dirichlet i Neumann.

Vegeu també
 Condició de frontera de Dirichlet
 Condició de frontera de Neumann
 Condició de frontera de Cauchy

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Equacions en derivades parcials
Equacions diferencials

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Jewish World Review March 20, 2006 / 20 Adar, 5766
Scalia loosens up
By Jeff Jacoby
http://www.JewishWorldReview.com | It was at a black-tie dinner in Washington in 1985 that Washington Redskins running back John Riggins boozily gave one of his table-mates, Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, a memorable piece of advice: ''Come on, Sandy baby, loosen up. You're too tight." Riggins then passed out, snoring his way through a speech by Vice President George H. W. Bush. Soon after, O'Connor began attending her morning exercise class in a T-shirt reading, ''Loosen up with the Supremes."
That indelible moment in Supreme Court history came to mind the other night when Justice Antonin Scalia, speaking to supporters of the New England School of Law at a banquet in Boston, allowed as how he was prepared to ''accept for the sake of argument that sexual orgies eliminate tension and ought to be encouraged." Loosen up with the Supremes, indeed. It's not every day that one gets to hear a justice of the Supreme Court share his view of orgies. A latecomer entering at that moment might have thought that Scalia was explaining what it really means to be one of the high court's ''swing voters."
In fact, he was making a serious point about democracy and the blight of ''judicial hegemony" undermining it. In case after case, the people's right to decide difficult questions of social policy democratically has been usurped by judges who fashion constitutional mandates out of their own moral preferences. Scalia cited a case dealing with an orgy not just to make sure that nobody would be snoring through his speech, but to illustrate what happens when ''abstract moralizing" turns into judicial compulsion.
Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights declares that ''everyone has the right to respect for his private and family life" — a sentiment no reasonable person would disagree with. But six years ago, that provision was invoked to strike down a British law banning group sex. A European court held that the conviction of a man who had been involved in a five-person orgy violated his right to respect for his private life.
The problem with that ruling, Scalia said, isn't that sexual orgies are a social ill — one might even argue that they ''ought to be encouraged." The problem is that unelected judges had no business deciding that question. In an open democratic society, it is the public that should be making such value judgments. That is what elections and legislatures are for.
And where did European courts get the idea that it was up to them to make binding policy on controversial moral subjects? From the US Supreme Court, which in recent decades has maintained that the Constitution is a ''living" document whose meaning evolves over time, and that it is judges who are to decide when there has been an evolution and what that evolution requires.
But for most of American history, observed Scalia, it was understood that the Constitution's words were to be read in the light of the Framers' intent and the nation's legal traditions — the whole point of putting the words in writing was to prevent fundamental change, not to facilitate it. For the Constitution to say something new required an affirmative democratic act: an amendment. Judges could not unilaterally give the text a meaning it had never had before. That is why it took the 19th Amendment to extend the vote to women in 1920, even though the Constitution already provided for ''equal protection of the laws." If the Equal Protection Clause didn't guarantee female suffrage when it was adopted, it didn't guarantee it in 1920, either. Only the people could change that fact, not the courts.
These are not new arguments, of course. But it is one thing when politicians and pundits deplore activist judges who claim to discover rights in the Constitution that had lain undiscovered for 200 years. It is something different when a jurist of undoubted brilliance declares flatly that ''judges are unqualified to give the people's answer to moral questions." Does a woman have a natural right to an abortion? May someone be helped to take his own life? Should a jury sentence a mentally retarded murderer to death? Such dilemmas are inescapably political, and the more judges presume to resolve them from the bench, the more politicized the judiciary becomes. Hence the bile and bitterness that now drench the judicial nomination process.
Twenty years ago, Scalia's nomination to the Supreme Court was approved by a unanimous Senate. Today, he says, a judge with his views — a judge who believes that social policy should be made democratically, not dictated from on high — could not be confirmed. That is something every democrat — small ''d" — should regret.
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The Walt Disney Company and Comcast Corporation Announce a Long-Term, Comprehensive Distribution Agreement That Advances the Successful Multichannel Business Model
PHILADELPHIA, PA and BURBANK, CA
Comcast Corporation (Nasdaq: CMCSA, CMCSK) and The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS) today announced a long-term, comprehensive distribution agreement that will deliver Disney's top quality sports, news and entertainment content to Comcast's Xfinity TV customers into the next decade on television, online, on tablets and handheld devices.
The new agreement enhances the multichannel business model and supports the companies' mutual goal to deliver the best video content to customers across multiple platforms using the latest technology and cloud innovation. For the first time ever, Comcast's Xfinity TV customers will be able to watch ESPN, ABC or Disney shows live or on demand and across multiple screens. The companies also agreed to collaborate over the term of the deal to create new, innovative viewing experiences for Xfinity TV customers.
The networks and services covered by the agreement include: ABC, ABC Family, Disney Channel, Disney XD, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPN Deportes, ESPNEWS, ESPN Classic, ESPN Goal Line, ESPN Buzzer Beater, ESPN 3D, ESPN GamePlan, ESPN FullCourt and ESPN3; retransmission consent for seven ABC-owned broadcast television stations (WABC-TV New York, WLS-TV Chicago, WPVI-TV Philadelphia, KGO-TV San Francisco, KTRK-TV Houston, KTVD-TV Raleigh-Durham, and KFSN-TV Fresno) as well as more than 10 high-definition networks. Additionally, Comcast will launch Disney Junior, a new 24-hour basic channel for preschool-age children, parents and caregivers. Comcast will also provide its Xfinity TV customers with broad access to a suite of live Disney networks on an authenticated basis and expanded Xfinity On Demand content through Disney's comprehensive TV+ initiative. In total, 70 services are covered by the broad scope of this new agreement. License fee schedules for different services under the deal will be phased in over time.
"Comcast was the first video provider to create technology that enabled us to deliver content to customers where and when they want it across any viewing experience," said Neil Smit, President and Chief Executive Officer, Comcast Cable. "We are very pleased to have reached this unprecedented and innovative, long-term agreement with Disney which embraces the future of entertainment and allows Comcast to continue to bring our vision of TV Everywhere to Xfinity customers whether at home or on the go."
Anne Sweeney, Co-Chairman, Disney Media Networks and President, Disney/ABC Television Group, added, "This landmark deal is a great example of what can be achieved when programmers and distributors collaborate and innovate together to meet the ever-evolving needs of consumers and enhance the viewing experience. By combining the best news, sports and entertainment content available today with cutting-edge technologies, we're able to fully realize our comprehensive TV+ initiative, and introduce a brand new suite of authenticated services to Comcast subscribers."
Added George Bodenheimer, Executive Chairman, ESPN, Inc., "Given the scope of assets Comcast and Disney/ABC/ESPN are making available to consumers, this agreement is unprecedented in our industry. It reinforces the value of the multichannel subscription and takes full advantage of new technologies, which serve all of our viewers."
The extensive and expanded rights package for Comcast's Xfinity TV customers includes rights across multiple platforms for:
Comcast's Xfinity TV customers will receive more ABC, ABC Family, Disney and ESPN content through their set-top-box and, at this time, Disney and ESPN content online, including:
- ABC On Demand, ABC's fast-forward-disabled On Demand service, which currently features a selection of top-rated primetime entertainment programming, including episodes of such popular current ABC shows as "Castle," "Grey's Anatomy," "Once Upon A Time," "Private Practice" and "Revenge." Full current seasons will be made available on a number of shows. Additionally, Xfinity TV customers will have access to a variety of ABC News programming as well as some local ABC owned-station content.
- ABC Family On Demand, which features a variety of top-rated full episodes, refreshed monthly, from such popular millennial favorites as "The Secret Life of the American Teenager," "Switched at Birth," and "Melissa & Joey." Full current seasons will be made available on a number of shows. ABC Family original movies like "12 Dates of Christmas" will also be available.
- Disney-branded On Demand offerings, including Disney Channel On Demand, Disney Junior On Demand, and Disney XD On Demand. Refreshed each month, the Disney Channel On Demand offering will include episodes from such series as "Handy Manny," "Mickey Mouse Clubhouse," and "Jake and the Never Land Pirates" for preschoolers, as well as variety of episodes from "A.N.T. Farm," "Good Luck Charlie," "Wizards of Waverly Place," and other popular series for older kids. Select episodes featured on Disney Channel On Demand will be available in innovative new offerings, such as playlists and monthly programming blocks, in addition to a number of episodes available in multiple languages. Disney Channel Original Movies such as "Lemonade Mouth," "Geek Charming" and "Phineas and Ferb: Across the Second Dimension" will also be available. Disney XD On Demand features a variety of episodes from such series as the Emmy Award-winning animated hit "Phineas and Ferb."
- Disney Channel's subscription Video On Demand service, which offers on demand access to select episodes before they air, will now be available to Xfinity TV customers who receive Disney Channel, a service that Comcast will offer to these customers for no additional fee.
- Expanded on demand content from ESPN, including content from ESPN Deportes and ESPN's award-winning original content from ESPN Films.
- The subscription On Demand service "Disney Family Movies," which features a selection of classic and contemporary feature films and animated shorts from The Walt Disney Studios.
Xfinity TV customers will receive broad access to existing authenticated products like WatchESPN, as well as upcoming authenticated products, including WatchDisneyChannel, WatchDisneyXD and WatchDisneyJunior. These services will give Comcast's Xfinity TV customers more opportunities to access live and video on demand content, both in-home and out-of-home, on their computers, smartphones, tablets and gaming consoles.
Xfinity TV customers will also receive the recently announced Disney Junior, a new 24-hour basic channel for children ages 2-7, parents and caregivers. Upon its debut in 2012, the new channel will feature animated and live action programming that blends Disney's unparalleled storytelling and beloved characters with learning, including early math, language skills, healthy eating and lifestyles, and social skills.
Comcast also obtained rights to air certain content from ESPN3, ESPN FullCourt and ESPN GamePlan on Comcast's Xfinity Sports Entertainment Package.


The second cohort of Yoga Teacher Trainees have begun their seven week journey to becoming yogi at Krishna Village. I've been thinking about their collective and individual journeys with a heart full of love, and remembering how tough those first couple of weeks were. So here are my top ten tips for the new YTTs to not just survive, but thrive.
1. This is a marathon not a sprint. There is a lot of yoga ahead, and you need to pace your body. Steadily do your 50 classes and rest when your body tells you to. Do what you can on the mat, not what everyone else can do. Commit to breaking up with comparison right now.
2. At some point you will question what you are doing here, and if its the right decision. Just surrender to the experience, and know that you have a place on the mat as a teacher, no matter where you are in the practice, you will make a difference..
3. Go to bed early. Get up early. Do your journaling daily, do your pranayama daily, start your personal yoga practice daily, learn your sanskrit daily. As you work through the yamas and niyamas remember that growth comes with tapasya - and by doing the practice you are fulfilling your dharma, and it takes effort.
4. Turn up on time. Its tempting as the weeks go by to get a little sloppy, to miss classes or roll in late as you work through you stuff. Don't give yourself the option to opt out. The good and the tough days are all the same when it comes to learning about ourselves. Respect and revere the teachers and your peers by being there - and being present.
5. Be a truth speaker. Truth speaking is a gift, it can free people from second guessing situations, and it honours you and the recipient. Don't wait for someone else to ask the question, and don't simmer over discontent. But speak truth with compassion, and first be sure that you aren't acting out your own emotional patterns on another.
6. YTT can be hard. Emotionally, spiritually and physically. It can bring out the worst of your inner monologue, and bring up a lot of past issue and hurts you have tucked away. Celebrate this! You are releasing the things you don't need and making space for personal evolution. Just acknowledge what is happening but don't be attached to it.
7. Wave goodbye to your comfort zone. Whenever you feel really pushed beyond, which everyone does when they are asked to do new activities, just shut down the fear and jump in. Of course you can do it, and will do so in your own way with your own style - whatever that looks like.
8. Recognise your teachers. At some point during the seven weeks you will get pissed off - with someone, or something and it may well bend you a little out of shape. Say hello to your new teacher - as this person or situation is a mirror for your, and you should push extra love and compassion into it.
9. Immerse yourself in devotion. Asana is just one arm of yoga. The end of the game is (as you of course know) ishvara pranidhan, devotion to the divine. That divine is YOU, the god, guru and self as one. You are there to connect with the great divinity in all of us, and practicing that joyful devotion every conscious moment of the YTT will transform your experience and you.
10. Give love. To you! You freakin hero - look at what you are doing, its amazing and life changing and you will, in your own perfect time, change the world with the intention of your yogi life. So enjoy every part of this spectacular life you are creating. You got this. Namaste!


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#ifndef NATIVE_CLIENT_SRC_TRUSTED_SERVICE_RUNTIME_NAME_SERVICE_NAME_SERVICE_H_
#define NATIVE_CLIENT_SRC_TRUSTED_SERVICE_RUNTIME_NAME_SERVICE_NAME_SERVICE_H_

#include "native_client/src/include/nacl_base.h"
#include "native_client/src/include/portability.h"

/* Get NACL_NAME_SERVICE_CONNECTION_MAX. */
#include "native_client/src/public/name_service.h"

#include "native_client/src/trusted/desc/nacl_desc_base.h"

#include "native_client/src/trusted/simple_service/nacl_simple_service.h"
#include "native_client/src/trusted/simple_service/nacl_simple_ltd_service.h"

#include "native_client/src/trusted/threading/nacl_thread_interface.h"

EXTERN_C_BEGIN

/*
 * NaClStartNameService should only be called once, and also serves
 * as a module initializer.
 *
 * This function creates a bound socket / socket address pair, and
 * spawns a thread that accepts connections on the bound socket and
 * services requests on the resultant connections.  A maximum number
 * of connections is defined, since well-behaving programs should not
 * need more than one (absent excessive opaque layering/abstractions)
 * name service lookup connection.
 *
 * The socket address NaClDescConnCap is returned, to be entered into
 * the NaClApp's open file table at a well-known location.
 */

struct NaClNameServiceEntry;  /* fwd */

struct NaClNameService {
  struct NaClSimpleLtdService base NACL_IS_REFCOUNT_SUBCLASS;

  struct NaClMutex            mu;
  /*
   * |mu| protects the service entries hanging off of |head|.
   */
  struct NaClNameServiceEntry *head;
};

int NaClNameServiceCtor(struct NaClNameService      *self,
                        NaClThreadIfFactoryFunction thread_factory_fn,
                        void                        *thread_factory_data);

int NaClNameServiceCreateDescEntry(
    struct NaClNameService  *self,
    char const              *name,
    int                     mode,
    struct NaClDesc         *new_desc);  /* takes ownership of ref */

typedef int (*NaClNameServiceFactoryFn_t)(void             *factory_state,
                                          char const       *name,
                                          int              flags,
                                          struct NaClDesc  **out);

int NaClNameServiceCreateFactoryEntry(
    struct NaClNameService      *self,
    char const                  *name,
    /*
     * If a |name| corresponding to a factory is overwritten,
     * references to the factory and its state is just dropped/lost
     * after invoking the factory with a NULL for the |out| argument;
     * the factory function should decrement reference counts as
     * appropriate and clean up when this occurs.
     */
    NaClNameServiceFactoryFn_t  factory_fn,
    void                        *factory_state);

int NaClNameServiceResolveName(
    struct NaClNameService  *self,
    char const              *name,
    int                     flags,
    struct NaClDesc         **out);

int NaClNameServiceDeleteName(struct NaClNameService  *nnsp,
                              char const              *name);

size_t NaClNameServiceEnumerate(struct NaClNameService  *nnsp,
                                char                    *dest,
                                size_t                  nbytes);

struct NaClNameServiceVtbl {
  struct NaClSimpleServiceVtbl  vbase;
  /*
   * The following functions return 0 for success, and non-zero to
   * indicate the reason for failure.  The set of possible failures is
   * in src/public/name_service.h.
   *
   * They don't really have to be virtual, but this makes it easier to
   * subclass and modify later, should the need occur.
   */
  int                           (*CreateDescEntry)(
      struct NaClNameService  *self,
      char const              *name,
      int                     mode,
      struct NaClDesc         *new_desc);  /* takes ownership of ref */
  int                           (*CreateFactoryEntry)(
      struct NaClNameService      *self,
      char const                  *name,
      NaClNameServiceFactoryFn_t  factory_fn,
      void                        *factory_state);
  int                           (*ResolveName)(
      struct NaClNameService  *self,
      char const              *name,
      int                     flags,
      struct NaClDesc         **out);
  int                           (*DeleteName)(
      struct NaClNameService  *self,
      char const              *name);
};

extern struct NaClNameServiceVtbl kNaClNameServiceVtbl;

void NaClNameServiceLaunch(struct NaClNameService *self);

EXTERN_C_END

#endif
/* NATIVE_CLIENT_SRC_TRUSTED_SERVICE_RUNTIME_NAME_SERVICE_NAME_SERVICE_H_ */

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Lebron James To Be Named 2012 MVP
MIAMI (AP) — A person familiar with the decision tells The Associated Press that Miami's LeBron James will be announced Saturday as the NBA's MVP, the third time he's won the award in the past four seasons.
The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the results have not been released. James is expected to be presented with the trophy Sunday by Commissioner David Stern before Miami hosts Game 1 of the Eastern Conference semifinals against Indiana.
James will become the eighth player to win the award at least three times, joining Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Michael Jordan, Bill Russell, Wilt Chamberlain, Larry Bird, Magic Johnson and Moses Malone.
He'll be the first to win as a member of the Heat. James' previous MVP awards in 2009 and 2010 came when he played for Cleveland.
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A Professor Is Placed on Leave After an Internet Furor and Threats. What Happens to the Students?
By Chris Quintana
Mark Makela for The Chronicle
George Ciccariello-Maher, an associate professor in the politics and global-studies department at Drexel U., was put on leave after his Twitter posts about the Las Vegas shooting prompted threats.
Many of the students who take George Ciccariello-Maher's classes don't care what he posts on social media, though many people on the internet do. Those outsiders are so passionate that they have threatened to attack the associate professor of politics at Drexel University over his comments about race and the mass shooting in Las Vegas.
The specter of possible violence fueled the university's decision to place Mr. Ciccariello-Maher on administrative leave. And that is what the students do care about.
"It feels like a breach of our academic rights because not only do we want the class, we have paid for the class and feel as though learning is taking on challenging concepts," said Dakota Peterson, a senior.
It's become increasingly common for professors to face threats over their remarks on social media, and the Drexel political theorist is no stranger to controversy. It's also common for administrators to face accusations of trying to censor an outspoken professor, like the ones levied at the university in Mr. Ciccariello-Maher's case.
Less common, though, is an acknowledgment of the students whose lives are disrupted by the sudden disappearance of their professor. What happens to them when the instructor is placed on leave?
Mr. Ciccariello-Maher had two classes this semester and about 40 students. This month, he posted an argument on Twitter in which he stated that the mass shooting in Las Vegas, which left 59 people dead and hundreds of others injured, was the product of a system that favors white men.
"It's the white supremacist patriarchy, stupid," he tweeted. Later, in a column for The Washington Post, he wrote that his subsequent tweets had diagnosed "a sense of double entitlement — as white people and as men — that, when frustrated, can occasionally lead to violent consequences."
The fact that a course on race and politics would be canceled in response to white-supremacist threats is astounding.
The threats and hate mail for those remarks quickly followed after the tweets were featured on the conservative news site The Daily Caller. Mr. Ciccariello-Maher has captured the internet's ire in the past, but the university's response was different this time. While Drexel condemned his earlier remarks, this time administrators placed him on leave for this month, calling it the best course of action for the university and the professor, given the threats.
"The fact that a course on race and politics would be canceled in response to white-supremacist threats is astounding," Mr. Ciccariello-Maher wrote in an email to The Chronicle.
The university's decision has been questioned by the American Association of University Professors, a watchdog group that noted its concern over Mr. Ciccariello-Maher's academic freedom and tenure status in a letter to the university on Thursday,
Niki Gianakaris, a university spokeswoman, said Drexel recognizes and encourages its faculty members' rights to academic freedom. "However, Professor Ciccariello-Maher's comments have led to a growing number of threats against both him and the campus, and we made a necessary step to ensure the safety of the Drexel community," she wrote in an email to The Chronicle. "The university is working on solidifying arrangements for Professor Ciccariello-Maher's classes."
In an email obtained by The Chronicle, Drexel's provost, M. Brian Blake, told the students that he had sent police officers to the professor's home and upped the number of security personnel on campus. Mr. Blake also apologized to the students for the inconvenience, and promised to "make arrangements" for the class.
He also challenged the notion that the decision was an attempt to mute Mr. Ciccariello-Maher.
"As provost, I am perhaps the most present advocate for academic freedom," he wrote. "In my role, I defend George's academic freedom on a daily basis. As such, our latest action had absolutely nothing to do with the content of his extramural speech."
Whatever the reason for placing Mr. Ciccariello-Maher on leave, some of his students viewed the decision as an unfair to their academic rights. Mr. Peterson, who is studying political science, had one course with Mr. Ciccariello-Maher.
Our latest action had absolutely nothing to do with the content of his extramural speech.
He and the class talked about the Las Vegas shooting, immigration, whiteness, and the origins of the concept of race. Students interviewed by The Chronicle said that they know their professor maintains a fiery presence online. They also see a distinction between his online behavior and his abilities as an educator.
"He was very professional in the way that he teaches," said Eunice Maya Kamami, a junior. "He definitely lets students take up most of the classroom space."
Joshua Anker, a junior, said he was thrilled for the chance to take Mr. Ciccariello-Maher's class and described him as the best professor in the politics department. He added that he understands how and why some people would be upset over his professor's remarks. But he said they're not approaching the material academically.
And it's likely that the students will have to figure out what to do next. In his email, Mr. Blake said it's possible that a replacement professor could pick up Ciccariello-Maher's classes, or perhaps the students could take a different course. The university could create a shortened courses, he wrote in the email to students.
The students were upset by the administration's response and criticized the decision to put the professor on leave, while imploring the university to end it. They plan to stage a sit-in in their classroom, Mr. Peterson said. They'll be in the space the university declared unsafe. They also plan to start a social-media campaign. They're also working on a letter to John Fry, the university's president. Mr. Peterson is considering a sit-in of the president's office. He is unsure how his efforts will go over, but he is optimistic.
"I think we can show the university these issues matter," he said. "And they're not going to go uncontested."
Chris Quintana is a breaking-news reporter. Follow him on Twitter @cquintanadc or email him at chris.quintana@chronicle.com.
A version of this article appeared in the October 27, 2017, issue.
We welcome your thoughts and questions about this article. Please email the editors or submit a letter for publication.
Chris Quintana
Chris Quintana was a breaking-news reporter for The Chronicle. He graduated from the University of New Mexico with a bachelor's degree in creative writing.
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Jackie Chan in "The Spy Next Door."
"The Spy Next Door": More Bond, less boredom
Jackie Chan plays a hapless baby sitter in this antic kids' comedy. Where's the comic role that will let him shine?
Check out this article! https://www.salon.com/2010/01/15/the_spy_next_door/
Stephanie Zacharek
There's something quaintly appealing about the idea, at least, behind the Jackie Chan vehicle "The Spy Next Door," a movie that would have been called, in more innocent times, "kiddie fare." Before movies like "Shrek" ushered in an era of hip, culturally aware humor -- often targeted more toward adults than children -- there were lots and lots of kids' movies in which adults were bossy and youngsters were misunderstood, someone would usually make a mess in the kitchen (it could be a hapless grown-up or a mischievous kid), and people would fall down a lot. "The Spy Next Door" -- which was directed by Brian Levant, whose credits include the 2005 Ice Cube family comedy "Are We There Yet" and the 1994 "The Flintstones" -- contains most, if not all, of those elements. It also has the Chan advantage: Even though the 55-year-old actor has had to slow down considerably in terms of performing crazy stunts (and, as much fun as Chan was to watch in the old days, I say thank God for that), he's still a comic actor of considerable charm and almost criminal likability.
But Levant and the writers here (Jonathan Bernstein, James Greer and Gregory Poirier, working from a story by Bernstein and Greer) don't know how to use Chan to his best advantage. They're not alone in that. Even though Chan has been extremely enjoyable in some of his more recent American movies, like Brett Ratner's super-ridiculous "Rush Hour 3," nobody really knows how to write a part for him. The Chinese cowboy he played in the dual delights "Shanghai Noon" and "Shanghai Knights" may have been the best role he's had in the past 10 years or so, helped along by the fact that he and Owen Wilson have a marvelous, oddball chemistry together: Somehow, Chan's halting, tentative English finds its perfect match in Wilson's laid-back drawl -- it's as if the two have invented some new, interplanetary language.
But "The Spy Next Door" seems to constrict Chan more than it frees him. The plot is simple: Chan plays Bob Ho, a CIA spy who's anxious to retire and settle down. Having reinvented himself as a bespectacled sweetie-pie, he's been dating his exceedingly attractive next-door neighbor Gillian (the appealing, low-key Amber Valletta) for several months, and he wants to marry her. The problem is that her three kids, bratty preteen Farren, smart-alecky computer-whiz Ian and pink-obsessed preschooler Nora (played, respectively, by Madeline Carroll, Will Shadley and Alina Foley), just don't like him. They know nothing of his groovy spy background and merely think he's robotic and dull. When Bob suddenly gets the chance to look after them for a few days, he jumps at the chance to win them over, not knowing that a bunch of Russian bad guys (led by Magnus Sheving) that he thought he'd thwarted have resurfaced to make his life h-e-double-toothpick.
The story offers plenty of opportunities for antic silliness. Bob, failing to impress the kids with his nonexistent caretaking skills (he practically burns the kitchen down making their breakfast on the first day), finally gets wise and employs an assortment of spy gadgets to help keep his charges in line. (He puts a tracking device on the little one, handy for locating her when she runs away from him in the mall.) As Bob wins the kids over and fends off the Russians, Chan pulls off a number of pratfalls and somersaults, and he's still capable of some pretty agile jumping and twisting.
But, of course, the stunts aren't the point here: Chan's strong suit now is his skill as a comic actor, and Levant and his writers don't know how to tap it. "The Spy Next Door" moves from one feeble gag to the next; it's barely 90 minutes long, but the story drags interminably. I couldn't wait for the outtakes typically included at the end of Chan's movies. They didn't disappoint, but they still seemed like a meager reward.
Chan needs a partner to spar with and bounce off of -- even Chris Tucker will do in a pinch -- and "The Spy Next Door" leaves him adrift, grinning and nodding. He deserves, and needs, more to do. Chan gets his best moment when he's trying to get the littlest squirt to go to sleep and keeps messing up the words to "Rock-a-bye Baby." He scraps the whole thing and begins crooning a Chinese lullaby instead. The sudden softness of his voice -- maybe it's the sound of not trying too hard -- changes the tenor of the scene and, for just a few moments, elevates the tone of the movie. There's nothing wrong with Chan's making a silly comedy for kids. But he's got more in him than grinning, nodding and falling down a lot. All he needs is a filmmaker who's ready to let him to make that leap.
Stephanie Zacharek is a senior writer for Salon Arts & Entertainment.
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Thomas has a key. How long have you been listening to this?
Twelve minutes. I do have a key.
Why does he have a key?
I need to borrow a book. Permission to enter the upstairs?
Marie, you're looking great today. New eyeshadow?
What are you doing with one of Rubi's books, Thomas? You're not the-- magic type.
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Hunga Tonga-Hunga Haʻapai é um vulcão localizado a cerca de 30 km ao sul-sudeste de Fonuafoʻou (também conhecido como Ilha Falcão), uma ilha parte da nação de Tonga.

O vulcão é parte do altamente ativo arco vulcânico Tonga-Ilhas Kermadec, uma zona de subducção estendendo desde a Nova Zelândia até norte-nordeste, no Fiji. O vulcão se encontra cerca de 100 km acima de uma zona de grande atividade sísmica. Magma é formado com a fusão de duas placas tectônicas, unidas por derretimento devida a pressão e temperaturas altas, e as rochas superaquecidas são forçadas para a superfície. O arco insular é formado no limite convergente onde a Placa do Pacífico subduz sob a Placa indo-australiana.

Vulcão e caldeira
O vulcão em si é um vulcão submarino localizado entre duas ilhas, restantes da beirada norte e oeste da caldeira vulcânica. As duas ilhas (parte do grupo Haʻapai) estão a cerca de 1,6 km de distância entre si, e cada uma tem cerca de 2 km de comprimento e são compostas principalmente por andesito. Hunga Tonga chega a uma altura de 149 metros, enquanto o Hunga Haʻapai chega a apenas 128 metros acima do nível do mar. Nenhuma dessas ilhas são grandes: Hunga Tonga tem cerca de 390,000 metros quadrados e Hunga Haʻapai tem 650,000 metros quadrados. Nenhuma das ilhas foram desenvolvidas devido a falta de um ancoradouro próprio, apesar de haver depósitos de guano nessas ilhas.

Erupções submarinas em um banco de areia a cerca de 3,2 km ao sudeste de Hunga Haʻapai e 3 km ao sul de Hunga Tonga foram relatados em 1912 e 1937. Outra erupção ocorreu em uma fissura a um 1 km ao sul-sudeste de Hunga Haʻapai em 1988.

Na mitologia tonganesa, as ilhas são umas das poucas ilhas que não foram sobrepescadas, e portanto enviadas do firmamento para a terra. Tonganeses as chamam de ilhas que "vão e vêm" (por causa dos terremotos). Os primeiros europeus a avistarem as ilhas foram os exploradores holandeses Willem Schoten e Jacob Le Maire em 1616, apesar de o explorador Britânico James Cook as visitou várias vezes em 1777 e aprendeu seus nomes tonganeses.

Histórico

Erupção de 2009
Em 16 de março de 2009, uma erupção submarina perto de Hunga Tonga lançou vapor, fumaça, pedras-pomes, e cinzas centenas de metros ao ar, sobre o oceano. Em 21 de março, o principal geologista de Tonga, Kelepi Mafi, relatou a ejeção de lava e cinza por duas aberturas - uma na ilha inabitada de Hunga Haʻapai e outra a cerca de cem metros da costa. A erupção preencheu o espaço entre as duas aberturas, formando uma superfície de terra com centenas de metros quadrados. A erupção devastou Hunga Haʻapai, a cubrindo com cinzas e varrendo o solo de sua vegetação e fauna.

A erupção atraiu atenção internacional. O evento foi transmitido no programa Angry Planet em 2009.

Erupção de 2014-2015
Em novembro-dezembro de 2014, plumas vulcânicas e uma série de terremotos em vulcões ocorreram ao norte de Tonga por várias semanas, indicando a retomada da atividade vulcânica na área.

Uma nova erupção começou em Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai em 19 de dezembro de 2014. Pescadores locais relataram uma alta pluma de vapor branco subindo do oceano sobre o monte vulcânico submarino. Imagens de satélite tiradas em 29 de dezembro mostraram a erupção contínua, com uma nuvem de fumaça e cinzas subindo do local, e água do mar descolorida (possivelmente causada por fumaça e cinzas liberadas abaixo da superfície, ou por perturbação do fundo do mar). A erupção continuou em 2015, com uma alta nuvem de cinzas subindo 3 km (9.800 pés) no céu em 6 de janeiro de 2015.

Erupção e tsunami de 2022

Uma possível erupção começou a dar sinais entre as 4h20 e 4h30 de 14 de janeiro e à tarde, geólogos dos serviços geológicos de Tonga chegaram a 3 quilômetros do vulcão, de onde observaram explosões maciças e relâmpagos trovejantes. No dia 15, quando o vulcão entrou em erupção, os especialistas relataram que havia uma coluna de 5 km de cinzas, vapor e gás subindo a uma altitude de 18 a 20 km acima do nível do mar.

A erupção gerou uma enorme onda de choque, que, segundo o Severe Weather da Europa, atingiu locais num raio de 1.100 km/h ao redor do epicentro e 15 horas depois estava cruzando a Europa. Diversas estações meteorológicas também registraram mudanças de pressão de 2-3 mbar durante a passagem da onda.

A erupção também provocou pequenos tsunamis em Tonga e territórios arredores, como na Samoa Americana, mas as águas do mar subiram também no Alasca, oeste do Canadá e Estados Unidos Japão. Em Port San Luis, Califórnia, o mar chegou a subir 1,31m.

Alertas para tsunami também foram emitidos para a Austrália e Nova Zelândia.

Vulcões submarinos
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Elders meet in Kano over Boko Haram
Borno Elders Forum yesterday in Kano decried the silence of the Federal Government on the carnage in Borno State.
The elders noted that the security challenges in the Northeast, particularly Borno State, was a concern for Nigerians.
Convener of the conference Maitama Sule said the purpose was to unite the North to enable it speak with one voice.
In a message: '' State of the North'', Sule said the North is united.
He condemned the use of religion to divide the region and called on the Federal Government to deploy its might to halt the killings, adding that both religions preach love, peace and not violence.
"A situation where a community is wiped out, places of worship destroyed without recourse to women, children and the elderly is barbaric and cannot be linked to a particular religion.''
In his address, titled: ''The North: A Past in the Future'', Dr Hakeem Baba Ahmed lamented that the people of the North were today without leaders, who will take a stand on the national conference and convince the nation to respect that position.
Ahmed regretted that the North lacks leaders to move against the assault on the lives of poor and defenceless citizens.
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Three teachers in Danbury public schools received grants from the Danbury Education Foundation, the first awards given since the foundation was created two years ago.
Mayor Mark Boughton made the awards at the Board of Education meeting April 12.
The teachers applied for the funds for curriculum materials for their classrooms.
Christine Merrer, a speech therapist at King Street schools, received $1,077. Elizabeth McKee, a social worker at Morris Street and King Street schools, received $750. Sarah Farrell, a psychologist at King Street Primary School, received $750.
Boughton said the goal will be to award 10 $1,000 grants a year.


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12 Home Renovations You're Likely to Regret Later
Lisa Marie Conklin
Talk about hindsight being 20-20. Before you start demo-ing walls and buying everything mid-century modern, consider the wisdom of realtors who have seen the renovations homeowners really regret.
Creating a great room
It's rare to watch an episode of Fixer Upper without seeing the crew tear down walls to create a huge great room. Sure, it's trendy and the appeal of having an open and spacious living area is tempting, but you may regret it for reasons you didn't think about, especially if a large island replaces the family dining table. "While the room may be very large, it doesn't offer many options: It leaves the family with only one room to relax in, any mess is immediately visible and remains that way until tidied, there is no table where you can relax and enjoy a meal, and sometimes you don't want to hear whatever the kids are watching on TV," says Michele Morrison, a realtor in the Greater Bay Area of California. On the other hand, these are the home improvements that will double the value of your home.
Luxurious spa tub
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A free-standing spa tub is a quintessential element in the coveted spa-like bathroom but this renovation may prove to be a renovation washout. They take up a lot of room and are difficult to keep clean and tidy. "These tubs take up a lot of space in the home, I don't think they're going to be used much, and, in fact, in California and other drought-prone states, they're very unlikely to be used at all either now or in the future. Water conservation and large, single-use tubs are not a great combination," says Morrison. Check out these 13 easy bathroom makeover ideas.
A bedroom converted to a walk-in closet
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You never use the spare bedroom so why not make it into something more useful, like a walk-in closet with a dressing area? Before you get excited about slanted shoe shelving and a valet pole, you may want to consider the lost livable square footage. "It's wonderful for you and your clothes, but what happens when you decide to sell your home? You lost a bedroom when you created the closet. Your home also lost value, unless you convert the closet back to a bedroom," says Leneiva Head, real estate broker and owner of Welcome Home Realty.
Customized tile and hardwood designs
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You're drooling over the gorgeous, artsy custom tiles you've seen in all the glossy home magazines—and that nautical inlay design on the hardwood floor you saw in the resort would be perfect for your foyer. Hit the pause button on your fantasies. "These can't be changed as easily as an accessory," notes Head. "What will you do when the 'it' color or design isn't 'it' anymore?" Is this just a passing phase? Or will you still love it years down the road? These 13 kitchen design ideas will make your home look more expensive.
Concrete countertops
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Granite and quartz countertops? C'mon. You'd rather embrace something a little hipper like the rustic meets industrial trend of concrete countertops. Head admits it's her favorite trend in countertops at the moment, but she says, "You can't just change that baby out when you tire of your glassware suffering a great fall." Besides broken dishes, concrete surfaces are porous and have to be resealed regularly and they have a tendency to crack. Things like olive oil and red wine spills can mark the surface… or make a great patina in time. You decide—just don't make these cringe-worthy kitchen renovation mistakes.
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The farmhouse kitchen design really brought the open shelving to the forefront. "It's much more versatile than cabinets by way of placement design. Aesthetically it's a great concept!" says Head. But if you think about it, people who lived in a farmhouse kitchen all those years ago probably didn't need a room full of cabinets because they didn't have the abundance of dishes, cookery, and gadgets that we do today. "You may regret this stunning concept when you realize there's truly no storage space. Who doesn't have a need for the Tupperware cabinet?" Check out these 18 tricks to get more storage space.
Riding the trend
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Farmhouse and mid-century modern are undoubtedly cool interior design trends but Luis Dominguez, a realtor with Douglas Elliman Real Estate has some advice before installing ship lap on every wall or converting a spare room with a Mad Men-inspired bar that would make Don Draper proud. "A homeowner should be careful to not fall for a trend that will most likely come and go. I would personally give them time to settle and would pick the best option once it's matured," he says. Of course, if you own a home built in the mid-30s to mid-60s, mid-century modern makes sense, but if your house is a Victorian, probably not so much. These clever home improvements will never go out of style.
Frogs and ivy
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When it comes to outdoor renovations, extensive maintenance and unforeseen expenses are what usually leads to regret. For example, a koi pond is a lovely element in your garden, but it requires a lot of hours to maintain and they tend to attract frogs. Another green feature Dominguez sees as regret for some is climbing ivy. Sure, it's charming and ever so quaint when it's creeping up a stone exterior, but people on the east coast will be the first to tell you ivy is a pain in the butt because it's invasive. "It will require a lot of maintenance, not to mention that it may cause structural damage over time," he says.
Converting the garage
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"It can go 50/50 when it comes to re-purposing a garage into additional living space," says Mary Ann Graboyes, a real estate agent at Long & Foster Blue Bell, Pennsylvania. All that square footage is tempting to convert to a family room or gym, especially if you don't use the garage much for parking your car. But then that unexpected season of rain or harsh winter comes along and you're singing a different tune when you're hauling groceries into the house. And what if you want to sell the house later? Prospective buyers may not be too crazy about not having a garage to park cars and store the lawn mower and kid's bikes. "Homeowners should think about the home's potential resale value prior to making that commitment," says Graboyes. Speaking of resale, here is how to lock down an offer fast.
Demoing the garage
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Demoing an unattached garage or small one-car garage in back of your small city lot for more green space may seem like a no-brainer, especially if you're not using it for your car. But where will you store the extras like patio furniture, bikes, and garden tools? How much green space will you gain if you have to build a shed to house all that stuff? And for resale value? "Buyers who are car fanatics and don't want a car outside in bad weather typically will not look at a home without a garage," says Graboyes. If you keep the garage, don't ever store these things in it.


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Mercedes has prepared a secret weapon for the new F1 season
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The theme of the F1 number one test in Barcelona was the Mercedes steering wheel. One of the onboard camera images showed Lewis Hamilton pulling and pushing the steering wheel away from him, like a steering wheel in an airplane.
A short snapshot from the morning session caused a sensation. On the starting straight, Lewis Hamilton pulls the steering wheel, and the front axle wheels at this point reduce the distance.
It is not surprising that the queue of people who want to hold a conference scheduled for Thursday with Hamilton and Mercedes technical Director James Ellison broke all records. The latecomers had no way to get into the conference room. Everyone was waiting for an answer regarding the unusual news. "I probably won't tell you more than you've seen on TV, but Yes, it's true, we have a new system. We even have a name for it, it's DAS if you're interested. It introduces a new dimension for the driver and for the car. This may prove useful during the season, but when and how we will use it, we will leave it to ourselves. I'm glad we have it in the car, that it works and seems useful, " Allison explained calmly.
DAS is a two-axis system that is designed to help Mercedes in two ways. On straight wheels, on axes of symmetry relative to the car, which leads to less resistance of the car and, consequently, to the expansion of a greater speed. But in turns, when the wheels change the angle, move more outward, the car becomes more stable. Whether the team is afraid of objections from the FIA. Absolutely, Allison replieshttp://fiatforum.lv/http://fiatforum.lv/
F1 legend: what Hamilton needs to catch up with Schumacher for titles
Giovinazzi: the car still needs some changes
There was a serious engine failure in the Mercedes car
Raikkonen: We must stay focused on the latest tests
Ferrari: Leclerc is better than Vettel
Suspended all F1 events due to coronavirus
Hamilton is in no hurry to start negotiations with Mercedes
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Are We Witnessing the Beginning of the Rise of the Freedom Party?
In this segment, I talk about the Paul Ryan Omnibus debacle, Sarah Palin's visit to the GOP debate, Palin's political future, and the possibility that the new first party is already being formed.
Do You Know The Whole Story About How Dinesh D'Souza Was Sent Up The River?
At CPAC 2013, Sarah Palin gave a speech that took shots at Karl Rove and the political consultant class who Pat Caddell accused of being "racketeers" and nicknamed them CLEC–the consultant, lobbyist, and establishment complex.
In her speech, Palin said it's time to furlough the consultants. She urged conservatives to end the top down approach to picking candidates, to tune out pollsters, and send the focus groups home.
Palin said, "If we truly know what we believe we don't need the professionals to tell us."
She has been sounding the warning bell on the permanent political class and CLEC ever since.
Did the 2016 field listen to her warning? No. Every one of these 2016 presidential campaigns are lined with unscrupulous political consultants. Every one. Including Ted Cruz. Including Donald Trump.
By now you know about what happened to conservative writer and filmmaker Dinesh D'Souza. D'Souza went to prison when he was found guilty of violating campaign finance laws. Was the reason that D'Souza was targeted by Obama and Eric Holder out of revenge for D'Souza expose films about Obama and his radical associations on the left?
The biggest threat to America has been sitting in the White House for 7 years. You have heard of the line...."Keep your friends close but your enemies closer." Obama keeps the American people closer. Obama does not have a strategy for defeating ISIS. He has a strategy for defeating America. Obama hates USUS not ISIS. If you want Paris style Islamic attacks on America on a regular basis, keep letting more Mohammeds into the country.
Even though Sarah Palin has been a trooper by getting conservatives and republicans elected, over the past 8 years, the RNC and Conservatism Inc. have managed to disrespect and alienate her in every way. They will eventually pay for that at some point. Perhaps that pay back will come in the form of another presidential race loss for the GOP/RNC/Conservative Inc for failing to use Palin--her grassroots cred, star power, beauty, background--to counter the gender narrative that will likely make Hillary Clinton the 45th President of the United States.
HBO airs the miniseries "Show Me A Hero" based on a true story about a desegregation case in the suburban community of Yonkers, New York in the 1980s. If HBO's track record is any indication, the timing of this miniseries' premiere most likely coincides with the Obama administration's push for a radical housing plan called "Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing." AFFH will force all suburbs to accept subsidized housing in the name of racial diversity, superseding all local laws and zoning ordinances. Simply, the Obama administration and HUD will declare your zip code racist and demand that your suburban community accept urban subsidized housing. If AFFH is not fought and stopped, what happened to the city of Yonkers in the 1980s will happen to every suburban community in America.
In response to the hidden video exposing Planned Parenthood's harvesting and selling of human baby body parts, Sarah Palin asks "How much longer?" The former Governor of Alaska and conservative leader, who is falsely perceived as "inarticulate" by her detractors, makes a powerful humanitarian and spiritual point in just three words. Explaining why Trump's sudden rise could mean doom for the conservative tea party movement.
There is no candidate on the GOP "deep bench" who will bring "Palinism" to the White House. You will not get "Palinism" in the presidency without Sarah Palin. Why the GOP deep bench is starting to stench. The permanent political class is to blame for the already crowded GOP presidential field.
From Breakfast of Champions to Breakfast of Trannys, the freaks come out in Obama's America 2015. Sarah Palin's attacks liberal media double standard and hypocrisy in their coverage of the Duggar family controversy. Palin's attack was right out of the Andrew Breitbart playbook and, somewhere, the late AB is smiling. Snoop Dogg says he's voting for Hillary Clinton because she's a woman. Sarah Palin remains the only female counter conservative argument to the gimmick of the gender politics card that the Democrats will play in 2016. The DNC will play it the same way they played the race card for Obama in 2008.
It appears that the established order in America, political elites and media networks including Fox News, are hell bent on forcing average middle class Americans to drink a hemlock known as "amnesty" aka Comprehensive National Suicide. Glenn Beck says he's done with and leaving the Republican Party. After all of the side shows Beck has performed over the years, including handing out soccer balls and teddy bears to illegals during a border crisis in 2014, it is amazing how people still take his shtick seriously. Finally, some straight talk on two republican sacred cows.
Democrat calls of treason against republican lawmakers is quite laughable considering the Democrat Party's long history of providing aid and comfort to America's enemies. The Obama administration's deals with the rogue state of Iran is another example of why republicans should have heeded Sarah Palin's call to impeach Obama over a year ago. Thanks to ball-less republican leaders, I think it is too late for impeachment. If Democrats want to talk treason, then let's talk Obama. The case against Obama on the charge of committing treason would be open and shut.
Sarah Palin storms CPAC 2015 with a fierce and heartfelt speech about the American military and veterans. Her powerful speech proves she still towers over a crowded republican 2016 primary field. Usual critics of Palin are doing what they normally do when she delivers a stem-winder speech like she did at CPAC--they ignore it. Palin offered sharp criticism of Obama's foreign policy and some tough words for the head cutters of Islam. Sarah Palin's full throated defense of our veterans and our active duty military is just one example of how she loves America. The speech was pure Palinism. Palinism is Americanism. Palin is not an elite. She is a regular citizen who loves Constitutional America. She is one of us and that is why so many love her.
Imagine there's no Islam. It's easy if you try. While Obama appeases Muslims by blaming their extremism on poverty and not piety, 300 US Marines hunker down in an Iraqi base just a few miles from where ISIS burned 45 people alive. While Obama glibly speaks, ISIS targets Italy. How does the West win the war against organized political Islam? There are several ways, but none of the ways involve quisling Western politicians like Obama. Walid Shoebat says that we cannot win this war without advancing our own Judeo Christian faith and I agree. If the RICO Act is used against the Mafia, why isn't it used against the Muslim Brotherhood and other anti American Islamic conspirators? A song parody sung by Mr.L.
Various media attacking Sarah Palin for eight days after one speech suggests she might be making the establishment nervous as her presence looms over a crowded GOP 2016 field. American Thinker goes into the stinker with latest anti Palin diatribe. Questioning "Walker Mania" isn't forming a circular firing squad against him. It's called basic vetting. What Rush isn't telling you about Walker's record. Low info voters on the right are the reason why conservatives can't have nice things. Why I will face palm the "lesser of the two evils" argument for 2016.
On Hannity's Fox 1/27/15 show, Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin outlined her bold conservative agenda if she runs for President of the United States in 2016.
Securing our borders. A nation without borders is not a sovereign nation.
Putting education back in the control of local communities.
Fighting corruption and crony capitalism.
Screw the GOP's 2016 "Deep Bench!" We Want Palin!
Sarah Palin rocked the Iowa Freedom Summit 2015 in full force. The speech came hot off the heels of Palin's reveal to the media that she is seriously considering a presidential run in 2016. Palin's speech featured personal stories about experiences in the Hawk Eye State as well as harsh words for Obama and the anti military left. Palin also trolled Hillary Clinton towards the end of her speech. After watching that speech I say, screw the GOP's 2016 deep bench--we want Palin! How do we end up with the GOP baseball team and possibly 20-25 candidates on a debate stage come August 2015? Answer: Too many on the right, whether it be influential pundits or rank and file, do not do basic vetting on White House hopefuls and continue to prop up flavor of the month and untested and unknown political commodities.
Islamic attacks like the one on Charlie Hebdo will soon be, I predict, a regular occurrence in America. We are repeating the mistakes of France and other European countries by expanding our Muslim immigration into America. As with every Islamic attack, Obama and other political quislings insist it is "extremism" when it is, in fact, Islam. You don't want me to call them Islamic Supremacists? How about we call them what they really are: repressive, depraved, psychopathic, murderous Satanists who need to be eradicated from the Earth. How about that?
Can't Mitt Romney find something else to do with his retirement other than run for president? While Romney 2016 auto-bots still declare that Mitt is the most electable, the stubborn fact is Romney has made more concession speeches than he has won elections. The major networks continue to ignore son Tagg Romney's 2012 Boston Globe interview where he revealed Mitt didn't want to run in 2012 and didn't even want the job as POTUS. Why should anyone believe that Romney is serious about another White House run this time? The Boehner vote and both Jeb Bush and Mitt threatening to run for the GOP nomination is the reason for the season of third party talk. My Jeb Bush conspiracy theory is revealed in this 21st Century of Lunacy. Give me Palin or give me death 2016!
Meanwhile, Reince Priebus and those in the party of stupid aka GOP continue to boast about their "deep bench" for 2016. I've got news for these clowns--you're managing a political party, not a baseball team. Your deep bench and team of 35 potential candidates will not mean diddly squat if you choose to bench your best player-- Sarah Palin. The 2016 speculation silly season has begun, and while do not profess to know what Sarah Palin will do, I do know that she has just as much of a chance, if not more, of winning the nomination and general election than any of the GOP establishment favorites, frauds and no names found in a Fox News (Romney/Bush News) line up of presidential hopefuls. Palin 2016.


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Иоганн Христоф Альтниколь (; крестился 1 января 1720, Берна, Силезия (ныне Суликув, Нижнесилезское воеводство) , Польша) — 25 июля 1759, Наумбург , Саксония-Ангальт, Германия) — немецкий ,  (бас), , ученик и зять, музыкальный копиист И. С. Баха.

Биография
С 1740 по 1743 год был певцом и помощником органиста в церкви Марии Магдалины в Бреслау. С 1744 года изучал теологию в университете Лейпцига. Там же познакомился со своим учителем, а затем будущим тестем Иоганном Себастианом Бахом.

С 1748 года служил органистом в Наумбурге. В январе 1749 года женился на Елизавете Юлиане Фридерике Бах.

Слыл мультиинструменталистом, кроме орга́на, хорошо играл на скрипке и виолончели.

Пользовался в своё время известностью как композитор, но его сочинения не были напечатаны. Некоторые манускрипты находятся в Берлинской библиотеке.

Сохранились отдельные музыкальные произведения Альтниколя, в том числе:
 два мотета
 «Befiehl du deine Wege», на тексты духовных лютеранских песнопений Пауля Герхардта (для четырёх голосов)
 «Ныне благодарим Бога» (для 5 голосов)
 фортепианная соната
 две кантаты
 a Ricercare (мажор) для фортепиано (органа?)
 Messe in d-Moll (Kyrie, Gloria)

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Композиторы эпохи барокко
Мультиинструменталисты по алфавиту
Мультиинструменталисты Германии
Академические музыканты Германии