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Isotope – Self-Titled Review
Manny-O-Lito on March 28, 2019
[Cover Illustration by Adam Kindred]
There is plenty of great metal starting to seep through the cracks here in 2019, and a bunch of it is getting reviewed right here at Last Rites. But for some reason, a super steady stream of crusty punk goodness is also cropping up on a regular basis. Sure, you could blame most of that on Craig Hayes being around. Maybe it's because Andrew, Cap and I also indulge in the crustiverse on a consistent basis. What's most important is that we share all that hard-hitting mayhem with you loyal readers and drugged up newcomers. You don't want to be the only idiot at the squat house that hasn't heard the new Warbastard or Rat Cage album. Imagine the embarrassment, you fucking poser.
Anyways, all that bullshit aside, what we have here is an absolutely killer record (this word will be used a LOT when referring to this record) from Isotope, a credentialed quintet from the Bay Area. Taking their cues from the Japanese hardcore scene (which is highly underrated, by the way), Isotope are rolling with the take-no-prisoners kind of attitude. While it's an attitude the band has long held, it's likely never been pressed to wax in such a succinct, flattering manner.
Release date: April 5, 2019. Label: Carbonized Records.
"Pleasure Convenient" is a clever smash-up of styles. At just over two minutes the track is primarily interested in an old-school d-beat attack with plenty of "playing Guitar Hero on expert level" drum fills. But no track on Isotope is merely how it begins. Like most of the compositions across this record, subtle complexity pops up like Punxsutawney Phil trying not to see his shadow after a long night of consuming way too much sweet vermouth on the rocks with a twist. As the track decays into a marching rhythm, heavy on the snare, a syncopated rhythm needles through the fracas to take center stage. Although brief, it's a revealing look into the sheer breadth of influences that ended up being honored in a band that started out with the goal of sounding like ultimate Japanese old school band Bastard.
Rolling out with all the groove and authority of a Tragedy track, "Bloody Dove of Peace" represents a convergence of styles. The rhythm section bursts forward, coming off a roll on the toms to end the false start on the track. Guitars whine in the distance, screaming for recognition, howling to be fed. The drums are active, not content to rest on a classic d-beat pattern (like bands Isotope clearly take cues from, e.g. Totalitär, Skitsystem and Discharge)—they fly between snare rolls, tom-tom fills and thunderous bass and floor-tom combos. It's around the three-minute mark that the track truly blazes. The flourishes dropped away, Isotope positively rumbles ahead as an intact unit intent on submission of their enemies. Together they charge as guitar solos scream and swirl over the booming, exuberant and vomitous vocals.
One thing you might notice is that Isotope demands to be played at high volume. Whether in-ear monitors, circumaural cans, speakers on your wall or just some shitty Apple AirPods, you're going to want to crank that volume way the fuck up. Two factors contribute to this. First, the album is awesome, energetic and infectious. Your legs will betray you in furious stomps as your face tenses up into what you'd look like if someone was throwing pieces of jagged plastic at you. Your hands will become fists, banging intermittently on inanimate objects that surround you. Second, the production—slightly muted and flat with emphasis paid to the tremendous drumming—lends itself to increased volume. It's the kind of production that you can crank up without injuring your ears or blowing out the speakers in your 1996 Toyota Camry.
If you've been paying attention, you'll know that this is Isotope's fourth release, but this LP contains a few tracks that were first debuted in the early phases of the band back on their 2014 Demo. While extremely raw, their demo showed a formidable band that was likely extremely good live (probably why they got invited to so many festivals over the past few years). Tracks that appear on both—"Dream Thief," "Phoenix Ashes" and "Pleasure Covenant"—reveal just how talented Isotope is and how they've embraced that. Isotope contains more guitar flourishes, more restrained vocals, a tighter drum performance and an altogether more impressive, diverse band willing to let their imaginations fly.
Isotope by Isotope
The important thing is that Isotope finally got to record. And how fucking crust punk is it that their efforts to record hampered by their recording studio being flooded with raw sewage? Also, why do they always say "raw" before sewage? Is there a better way to have sewage dropped all over your equipment and into your life? Like, if only the sewage wasn't raw. If perhaps it was cooked it would make for a better surprise.
So look, if the band can wade through sewage to make an album, you can take a few fucking minutes out of your life to spin it. You will absolutely not regret it. This is some seriously killer punk rock with all the crusty crustlets and hardcore focus that you need in your life. Plus, it's on a super awesome record label called Carbonized that's run by Chad Gailey of Necrot.
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Duff March 28, 2019 at 9:40 pm
I love this. Never heard of Isotope until today. Brings me back to the late 80s.
Dead September 28, 2019 at 5:09 am
Raw sewage actually contains more of the original nutrients.
Manny-O-War September 28, 2019 at 8:44 am
But would you eat it?


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One of mine busted off a while back as well.
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14 May 2012 / Arts & Entertainment / Nicole Harvey
Urbane Studies With The Tenderloin Geographic Society: Larkin & O'Farrell
Welcome to a new chapter of Urbane Studies, in which our agents suss out the finer points of city lore by scrutinizing its individual street corners. This week: Halal pizza, strip clubs, playgrounds and 2-for-1 deals at Larkin & O'Farrell
Shrugging uselessly against the biting wind as it whips down Larkin, walk on, on past men with faces like pounded meat, beaten down by life and what they drank or smoked or shot to dodge it. A woman spits bitterly into the street, eyeing a pox upon all who pass her, especially the others of her kind who, like her, have given up on softness. No use cursing the men who turned them hard, it's not worth it. A gale of horns as someone jaywalks into the rush of downtown-bound traffic. The Germans have a word for it: lebensmüde, weary of life.
Oh hello again. Nevermind us, we're ending our time here on Larkin, and things are not quite as bad as all that. It's just a city, is all, and whether your glasses are tinted rose or blacked out, the city is as the city does to you. But an important point: whether O'Farrell distinguishes itself as the Northern border of the Tenderloin, no one can quite agree. Just as likely, a case could be made for Geary, or recently-plagued Post Street. For our purposes, the Tenderloin's northern border shall be O'Farrell, named for Jasper O'Farrell, the Irish-born surveyor responsible for laying out the diagonal slash of Market Street (you'll remember his was the map William Eddy improved upon after Alta California was drawn into the Union).
What with the continuous eastbound traffic, this is a particularly kinetic intersection, but you'll notice a couple waystations here. Piccolo Pizza, for example. This is a Tenderloin slice, an object lesson that reminds us that pizza is more American than Italian. It's halal, for one thing--no pork here, so the Canadian bacon and pepperoni are likely turkey and beef--and although you're dubious, it will be a fine slice. A greaseless, well-crusted, properly tomato-pasted slice, probably drunken manna. Importantly, the basket of accoutrements at the counter includes an oregano shaker. Men shake hands with one another, call each other friend. At one point a Latino man offered up a phrase in Arabic. The garbage bin near the door proclaims "MAHALO." Perfect.
For years, it was a shooting gallery, a sleeping place, blight upon a neighborhood already struggling with a bad sense of self. From 1983 until 1995, MacAulay Park was not the toddler-friendly playspace it is today, but a nest for rats and a boon to crime. Five years after being shuttered, the park was born anew, and today serves as a safe haven for the neighborhood's many children. While we may mourn the loss of the risque pictures of pretty ladies at New Century strip club across the street, area moms are unlikely to share our sentimental attitude (we grew up with our dad's Playboy magazine--read them for the cartoons).
Of note: the park is named for Sgt. John MacAulay, a highly decorated SFPD officer, who in 1982 was fatally wounded near Van Ness & Willow Avenue while in pursuit of a robbery suspect. His department colleagues, as well as the Bay Area Women's & Children's Center, were instrumental in turning the once-forsaken plot into a much-needed playground.
J&E Delicatessen: a bright, well-lit bodega, where the Hindu proprietors are friendly, although this might be on account of your having all your own teeth and bathing regularly. So be it. This is one of the few bodegas where someone will notice you not finding what you need and ask if you need assistance.
Show me the man who issues a negative review of a bar with a 2-for-1 happy hour, and I'll show you a man who is in AA. For truly, only if the bar were to charge $10 for the pleasure would this be some sort of scam. It's no scam, it's 800 Larkin, where $6 nets you two well drinks, or one convincing glass of "I'll go home after three." Remember to tip for each of your drinks to keep it civilized, as your bartender won't be seeing the double that you do.
Normally eschewing the amateur quality of Friday happy hour, we brought a friend to steel our resolve, which turned out well enough, as she was responsible for foraging the snack table, a benefit of the occasion. While refilling our cracker supply, she was warned off the contents of the crockpot. The resonant bass of the adjacent woofer prevented learning the exact nature of the trouble: something to do with old or cold. To wit: party people, if you love the untz-untz-untz of bumpy club music, this is a DJ bar. That said, conversation is not totally impossible, and as always it was fine to catch up with a friend outside of work.
Of note: if you come across a gent who waves a well-sucked cannabis lolly while he speaks (for emphasis), tries to bet you a thousand dollars (and then five hundred, finally two), and tells you about life and what you know (how old are you? You don't know shit!), buy him a drink for us--or as it were, two.
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Ksenia KOGAN
concert pianist
versatile artist
Pianist Ksenia Kogan is recognized as one of the brightest artists to emerge from Russia. Ksenia performs in the most prestigious concert halls all over the world, such as Theatre "La Fenice" in Venice, Palais des Beaux-Arts (BOZAR) in Brussels, Queen Elizabeth hall in London, Konzerthaus in Berlin, Great hall of Moscow Conservatory, Seoul Arts Center in Seoul, Salle Philharmonique in Luxembourg, Salle Cortot and UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, Teatro alla Pergola in Florence, Real Alcazar in Seville, Lisinski Concert Hall in Zagreb, Duke's Palace in Dubrovnik, etc. Her solo performances as well as collaboration with leading orchestras, such as "Sinfonia Varsovia", Belgian National Orchestra, Russian Symphony Orchestra of Cinematograph, Lisbon Metropolitana Orchestra, and conductors, such as Walter Weller, Sir Christopher Warren-Green, Julian Kovatchev, Dirk Brosse, bring her to the USA and Mexico, China and Japan and all over Europe. Her partners in chamber music are violinists Dmitry Kogan, Soyoung Yoon, Michael Guttman, Augustin Dumay, Nikita Boriso-Glebsky, a winner of the Queen Elisabeth competition in Brussels pianist Abdel Rahman El Bacha, cellists Kirill Rodin and Nina Kotova, Spanish guitarist Angel Romero, a winner of Eurovision 2009 Alexander Rybak, Hollywood actor John Malkovich.
Ksenia Kogan was born in Moscow and graduated with the highest distinction from the legendary Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory. Then she moved to Brussels and completed her professional studies at Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel in Belgium.
A winner of the important international competitions Ksenia had an honor to be introduced and perform for the Royal Family of Belgium in Brussels and the Royal Family of Spain in Madrid. Her performances win the hearts of the audience all over the world and receive an enthusiastic acclaim by the press. Ksenia Kogan is a genuine representative of the Great Russian tradition of the performing art.
She is a frequent guest of the famous festivals in Europe, such as "The Festival of Radio France in Montpellier" and "Menton Festival" in France, "Placido Domingo Festival" in Seville, "Tuscan Sun Festival" in Florence and "Armonie Sotto La Rocca" in Italy, festival "Moscow Autumn", performing her vast repertoire that consists of works by composers of different styles and ages, from early Baroque to a contemporary music.
She participates in UNESCO musical projects for Peace and cooperates with TV and radio stations. Together with a South Korean violinist Soyoung Yoon they recorded Mendelssohn Double concerto on DUX label on occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Korean Chamber Orchestra.
Coming from a family of professional musicians, Ksenia was surrounded by great artists from early childhood and had an opportunity to learn from musicians of different profile: conductors, composers, instrumentalists, singers and jazz musicians. Thanks to such an experience she has grown up in a versatile education in the performing art, which helps her now to collaborate with artists of different background and style and to participate in any kind of artistic project.
Being not only a performer but a creator of the projects where music, literature, theatre and dance are bonded together, Ksenia collaborates in a duo projects with American actor John Malkovich. In January 2015 Kogan and Malkovich presented their new show "Report on the Blind" in Seoul Art Center. A world premiere has been followed by performances in the leading concert halls of Europe. Upcoming engagements bring the "Report on the Blind" to the United States, Canada, Latin America, Europe and Japan during 2017-2018.
Recently Ksenia has also accepted a proposal to act in a movie based on Dostoyevsky's work as a leading female character (in a role of a pianist and a ballet dancer) along with Hollywood actor of Italian origin Franco Nero.
Ksenia Kogan dedicates a significant part of her time and attention to the development of the young musicians taking care of an education and career of talented children. She gives master-classes and summer seminars in several places in Europe. During her recent visit in Zagreb Ksenia also gave a master-class in Zagreb Music Academy.
Often she takes part in the international competitions as a jury member or a president of the commission. Ksenia is an artistic director of the piano section and the vocal section of "Gianluca Campochiaro" International Music Competition that will celebrate its 25th edition in Teatro Massimo Bellini in Catania (Sicily) in December 2016.
Ksenia is based in Brussels holding both Belgian and Russian citizenships.
Ksenia's repertoire includes almost all important Piano Concertos. Among her favorites are Brahms no.2, Rachmaninoff no. 2 and Rhapsody on Paganini's theme, Schumann and Grieg concertos, Prokofiev no.3, Tchaikovsky no. 1, both concertos of Chopin, Gershwin's Rhapsody in blue. She performes some rarely interpreted concertos such as Bartok Concerto for two pianos, percussions and the orchestra. Her preferred masterpieces with the chamber orchestra are Mendelssohn Double concerto for violin, piano and strings and Alfred Schnittke Concerto for piano and String orchestra. Kogan offers various programs for solo recitals that might also be specially selected for a certain theme of the event, either the significant date or particular occasion.
© 2017 Ksenia Kogan. Created and designed by Ksenia Kogan. All rights reserved.


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Q: Status of VB6/ Best Desktop Application Language with Native Compilation I was looking for a Desktop Application Programming Language with one of the biggest constraint: - "I need to output as native executable".
I explored multiple options:

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*Java is not a very good option for desktop programming, but still you can use it. But Java to Exe is a problem. Only GCJ and Excelsior-Jet provides this.

*.Net platform does not support native compilation. Only very few expensive tools are available which can do the job.

*Python is not an option for native compilation. Right?

*VB6 is the option I am left with.

From the above list, if I am correct, VB6 is the only and probably the best option I have.
But VB6 itself has issues like:

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*It is no more under development since

*There are questions on support of VB6 IDE with Vista

Thus my questions are:

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*From the list of programming language options, do you want to add any more?

*If VB6 is good/best option, looking at its development status, would you suggest using VB6 in this era?

A: Delphi (and its underlying Pascal language) is still alive and well, with the 2010 edition recently released; if you have funding (a minimum of $899 for the cheapest edition, I believe). it may be worth your time to download a try a free-for-30-days (or something like that) version.

A: Out of curiosity, what are the driving factors behind the "native-binary-only" constraint?
As others have said, it's essentially impossible to prevent reverse engineering. (I realize the answer I linked to is in the context of .Net, but it applies to all programs.)

A: You added a comment saying it is because .NET and java can be decompiled that you don't want to use them. You could use an obfuscator which makes the output code harder to read.

A: Visual C++ is an option, though unfortunately the free version is a bit crippled from the point of view of building MFC-based applications.
You can also choose to use a different GUI framework than MFC, such as wxWidgets or Qt. With these frameworks a GCC compiler (such as MinGW) can be used.  There are several free IDEs that are supposed to work with one or both of those frames works including Qt Creator or Code::Blocks.
I've heard good things about Delphi, but don't know anything else about it.

A: I was involved in a hunt for a similar language/platform for a client to replace their VB6 application. Although they eventually decided to webify everything and rewrite it all in Flex, they were briefly looking at RealBasic. VB6-esque syntax and it compiles to native binaries.
I can't speak for what it's like for day to day use; the trial looked ok. A bit of the RAD oh-that-didn't-take-long workflow that VB6 had and very little else has got anywhere near. Not unreasonably expensive for the Personal Edition.

A: Check out 'Power Basic' - It compiles 'true' small native EXEs and provides a fast VB like basic environment, and doesn't require a run-time environment. This makes it much harder to disassemble. It isn't VB, but its affordable and powerful.

A: VB is an interpreted language not native although I guess there are native compilers. Also it's runtime support is not guaranteed past windows 7. The IDE and runtime have a few issues in windows vista and 7 mainly related to UAC and network drives.
I would suggest delphi or some c variant if it must be native.

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Q: How to parse and format strings out of irregular CSV in javascript? I've scraped this allergy data string from a public website:
Cedar 679 gr/m3 High, Grass 20 gr/m3 Medium, Trees 80 gr/m3 Medium, Molds Low.

Sometimes the number of items is fewer, but the general format for trees and grasses is always like this, with commas separating each type of allergen:
TYPE AMOUNT g/m3 LEVEL

Molds is the exception; assume it will always be a string of text. Assume we don't require the molds data at all.
What library or technique would you use to parse this into a neat JSON object, for example:
{
   "Cedar": "679",
   "Grass": "20",
   "Trees": "80"
}

A: I worked with "csvtojsn" module before in a similar situation and it helped a lot.
https://www.npmjs.com/package/csvtojson

A: As Sam stated in the comments, it'd be ideal to utilize npmjs.com/package/csv-parser
However, if you want to use vanilla JS, I wrote a basic script that works given your input:
//function takes a csv string and returns a list of Objects
//and only includes values with 4 parts

function parseCsv(csvString) {
  let out = {};
  let spacedValues = csvString.split(/,\s*/);
  let values = spacedValues.map(str => str.split(" "));
  values.forEach((value, index) => {
    if (value.length === 4) {
      //you can change the value from an object to value[1] if you only need the amount
      out[`${value[0]}`] = {
        AllergenAmount: value[1],
        AllergenUnits: value[2],
        AllergenLevel: value[3]
      }
      });
    }
    // add an else if here if you want to keep values with more/less than 4 parts of the string
  });
  return out;
}

//wrapper that implements the builtin JSON.stringify method
const csvToJSONString = csvString => JSON.stringify(parseCsv(csvString));

To use it, just pass the csv string into the csvToJSONString function, and it will return a JSON string. You can also change the properties from an object to value[1] if you only needed the amount (commented in code).

A: You should try csv-parse I'm using it in my current project and it works like a charm.


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Avtomaticheskaya Svarka (Automatic Welding), # 5, 2019, pp.18-24
Strain state of welded and brazed units from dissimilar materials with soft interlayer at thermal loading
V.V. Kvasnitsky1, V.F. Kvasnitsky2, M.V. Matvienko2, E.A. Buturlya2, G.V. Ermolaev2
1National Technical University of Ukraine «Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute». 37 Pobedy Ave., Kiev-56, Ukraine. Е-mail: kvas69@ukr.net
2National University of Shipbuilding. 9 Heroev Stalingrada Ave., 54025, Nikolaev, Ukraine. E-mail: welding@nuos.edu.ua
Computer modeling using the finite element method was used to study the stress-strain state in joints of homogeneous materials under axial load. The studies were carried out taking into account plastic deformations in soft interlayers, which are usually used in diffusion welding to activate surfaces and reduce residual stresses, and in brazing, as the intermediate interlayer, a brazed weld serves, that differs from the base metal in its physical and mechanical properties. It is shown that along the butt, both in the metals being joined as well as in the interlayer, equivalent stresses are distributed more uniformly than during elastic deformation. Plastic deformations in the interlayer are absent in the zone of stagnation (on the axis of the cylindrical unit) and are almost linearly increased, reaching maximum values (about 6.5%) at the outer cylindrical surface of the unit. A high level of plastic deformations indicates the feasibility of using thermal loading in diffusion welding of dissimilar materials with soft interlayers. The degree of "softness" of the interlayer and its effect on stress-strain state of the unit during plastic deformation is mainly determined by its strength (yield strength) and almost does not depend on its rigidity (elastic modulus). 8 Ref., 10 Fig.
Keywords: welded and brazed units, soft interlayer, computer modeling, stress-strain state, thermal loading
1. Bakshi, O.A., Kachanov, L.M. (1965) On stressed state of plastic interlayer under axisymmetric deformation. Izv. AN SSSR, Mekhanika, 2, 134-137 [in Russian].
2. Bakshi, O.A., Shron, R.Z. (1971) On calculated evaluation of strength of welded joints with soft interlayer. Svarochn. Proizvodstvo, 3, 3-5 [in Russian].
3. Chigarev, A.V., Kravchuk, A.S., Smalyuk, A.F. (2004) ANSYS for engineers: Refer. Book. Moscow, Mashinostroenie-1 [in Russian].
4. Basov, K.A. (2005) ANSYS: User directory. Moscow, DMK Press [in Russian].
5. Kvasnytskyi, V.V., Kvasnytskyi, V.F., Dong Chunlin et al. (2018) Stressed state of welded and brazed assemblies from similar materials with a soft interlayer under axial loading. The Paton Welding J., 4, 6-10. https://doi.org/10.15407/tpwj2018.04.01
6. Kvasnytskyi, V.V., Yermolayev, H.V., Matviienko. M.V. (2017) Mechanics of bonds in diffusion welding, soldering and spraying of dissimilar materials under elasticity conditions. In: Monography. Nikolaev, NUK [in Russian].
7. Makhnenko, V.I., Kvasnitsky, V.V. (2009) Peculiarities of formation of stress-strain state in diffusion bonds between dissimilar materials. The Paton Welding J., 8, 7-11.
8. Ermolaev, G.V., Martynenko, V.A., Olekseenko, S.V. et al. (2017) Effect of the rigid interlayer thickness on the stress-strain of metal-graphite assemblies under thermal loading. Strength of Materials, 49(3), 422-428. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11223-017-9882-4
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In Wuhan, lockdown challenges business and individual's livelihoods
A notice in front of a supermarket in Wuhan: according to the regulation, this supermarket will not accept individual purchase, only group purchase. Photo courtesy: Yuheng Zhang
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Food prices are on the rise. Money is short. Employees are required to alert their companies daily about their body temperature. Students are taking all their classes online.
This is the grim picture for workers in Wuhan, China, where the coronavirus started. More than a month after the city was basically shut down, with residents ordered to stay home, people are worried about how they will pay the rent or buy food, because most of them have been unable to work. Smaller companies, restaurants and mom-and-pop stores are losing business at what is usually the busiest time of year and some are in danger of closing for good.
It's a picture of what life could be like for other cities around the globe, if governments take strict measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19, as the coronavirus is known formally.
There have been major changes since the outbreak including movement restrictions placed on the citizens by authorities. The Global Observer interviewed a resident of Wuhan, Yuheng Zhang, about life in the city.
Zhang said before the virus, it was simple to get food. He would place an order online and the food would be outside his door when he came home from work.
In Wuhan, a truck seen spraying the streets with disinfectant plus a rare sight of a food delivery person on a motorbike. Photo courtesy: Yuheng Zhang
Now "there is no way to deliver food to the door," he said, because many of the delivery people are not working. People have started to go online to find food instead, but that proved to be challenging as well "it is difficult for people to scramble for life supplies online because everyone is trying to do that."
Zhang said prices of food, such as fresh vegetables, are higher than normal and he cannot go out to eat either.
"I haven't gone to the restaurants that I love for a long time," he said, including places he frequented like the milk tea stores, hot pot restaurants and other places. Restaurants that do not offer delivery have closed and when they will re-open is uncertain. Some may never reopen due to business loss during this period.
Zhang, who does marketing for a small company, said for a while he was able to visit the supermarket, but even that was difficult because of the protective measures he needed to take.
Supermarkets only allowed in people who were wearing masks, used portable hand sanitizers provided at the door and had their body temperatures tested. There was no staff in the store to help, a change uncharacteristic of a Chinese supermarket. Zhang had to find everything himself and use self-service checkout.
Recently, Zhang said, there has been a change in food buying regulations. Some supermarkets no longer accept individual purchase and only accept group purchases, which makes it tough for Zhang, who lives by himself, to get food. Buyers must also spend a minimum amount in order to make any purchase, meaning people may have to buy items they do not need.
Due to the quarantine, all theaters, malls, shows and amusement parks are closed, too. It is an especially hard time for small businesses, since they have to pay for rent and employees' salaries. This time of year, the Spring Festival, has always been the busiest season for these stores, much like Christmas for stores and restaurants in the West.
Although Zhang is one of those lucky few who are able to work online, the ripple effect means that his salary hasn't been paid on time, including the year-end bonus. "So far, I haven't been paid for a month," Zhang said. "It's a burden because there is overhead, I have to pay rent, to buy necessities and to stock up [on life supplies]."
His company also requires him to submit his temperature every day, so they can monitor his health.
As of the time this story is published, Zhang has been staying at home for more than 28 days. He said he has no idea when he will be able to return to work as the date keeps being delayed. The latest return date for him is now March 10, but he said he is not sure if there will be another delay.
And after the outbreak ends? Zhang worries that the city has been tarnished in people's minds and the local tourism industry will struggle. Spring usually brings many tourists to the city as March is a wonderful time of the year to see cherry blossoms in Wuhan. But this year, it will be a difficult spring.
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You hear of stories about right place, right time... but this one takes the cake.
Olajumoke Orisaguna was minding her own business, walking to work with a day's worth of bread loaves balanced on her head.
She had left her husband and two children at home to sell bread in the city.
Then, unbeknownst to her, she photobombed a professional photo shoot with rapper Tinie Tempah in Nigeria.
And it was in that split second that her life completely changed.
The resulting photo has gone viral worldwide - a perfect moment captured in time.
Photographer TY Bello was so captivated by this one accidental shot, that she posted the photo to instagram in 2016 with the caption that the woman in the picture 'should be a model'.
Flash forward 18 months and Olajumoke works as a professional model, all due to that one photo.
Super sleuths that spotted the image online managed to track her down and introduce her to Bello.
Her first magazine pictorial was featured in Nigerian press magazine Thisday Style.
The beautiful shots also showcase Orisaguna's 14 months daughter at the time and led to her first contract with agent Few Models Management.
As quoted in People magazine, that's the point where "long gone are the days of her making less than $20 each day and only profiting around $1".
What's most refreshing is the model has remained humble despite her fast fame, remembering her beginnings and the blessing that she has been given through this opportunity.
"I never expected this would ever happen to me," she told CNN.
"My friends have told me they saw me on the TV and they are really happy.
Could there be someone any more deserving of this life opportunity!


Photo-sharing site Instagram might soon introduce a feature that allows video clips longer than 15 seconds to be posted within Stories.
Previously, longer clips would need to be trimmed by the user to fit in the app's 15 second limit. However the footage uploaded to YouTube by Samarth Verma shows it now automatically splitting longer clips into 15 second chunks.
The new feature doesn't require that users trim clips manually within the app. Instead it will just create multiple 15 second videos. Captions won't last across the whole set though.
Instagram does also have its IGTV app which allows creators to make much longer videos than are allowed in Stories.
The new Stories feature is currently being tested with some users, but there's no indication when, or even if, it will roll-out to everyone on the platform.


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Oakwood Committee, along with other duties as assigned.
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forth a slate of proposed officers to be nominated at the August monthly meeting.
meeting held in the even numbered years. Nominations will be accepted from the floor.
office shall begin at the close of the monthly meeting where elected.
special election may be called to fill office vacancies.
Oakwood Committee members, or the Executive Board.
in said meeting call may not be discussed.
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less provided there are un-budgeted funds available.
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Committee member, they will follow the guidelines as defined in RONR.
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News National 2016 01 13 Regional trade talks to start on Monday
Regional trade talks to start on Monday
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THE eleventh round of trade negotiations for the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) will kick off in Brunei this Monday.
Senior officials from 16 nations will be in the Sultanate from February 15 to 19 to hash out the details of the region-wide trade pact, aiming to produce "concrete outcomes" to meet the 2016 deadline.
According to the Japanese foreign ministry, officials will participate in working groups on trade in goods, services and investment.
The RCEP is a free trade agreement involving the 10 ASEAN countries and their dialogue partners, namely Australia, China, India, Japan, New Zealand and South Korea.
Negotiations for the pact began in May 2013 during Brunei's chairmanship of ASEAN.
Following the ASEAN summit in Kuala Lumpur last year, trade ministers instructed officials to "further intensify their efforts" to conclude negotiations in 2016.
"With half of the world's population and almost 30 per cent of the world's output and trade, the RCEP offers immense potential to improve the standard of living for billions of people," as noted by ASEAN trade ministers in a statement last November.
"We resolve to ensure that the RCEP delivers on its potential to serve as a growth driver and a key pathway for broader economic integration in the region," according to the statement.
The realisation of the trade pact could lead to the creation of one of the largest free trade areas in the world, with an integrated market comprising over three billion people with a combined gross domestic product of about US$17.23 trillion ($23.9 billion).
Along with the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), the RCEP is seen as a key building block to a free trade area of the Asia-Pacific.


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Eritreans Catholics in the United Kingdom rose up to challenge the inhuman closure of 29 Health centres and 7 School in Eritrea By Petros Tesfagiorgis It took place on Saturdays 02 November 2019: Time 2:00 to 5.00
By Petros Tesfagiorgis
It took place on Saturdays 02 November 2019: Time 2:00 to 5.00 pm. Venue: Westminster Cathedral, the Piazza: Victoria Street, London UK
Well packaged Press releases titled "Religious persecution in Eritrea intensifies" was distributed to the demonstrators and to passer-by public outside the Cathedral. The area is a busy areas. It is near Buckingham Palace and Victoria railway station.
The programme was opened by Dr Fessehay Woldesus. I quote some of his speeches which was also in the press release, "The Eritrean people are under the yoke of human rights abuses and all their faith groups are victims of religious persecution. When the Catholic Bishops criticized the Government of Eritrea openly and called for a national reconciliation among its people, the Government forcefully confiscated the 29 health centres run by the Catholic Church and 7 faith schools. The Health centres have been serving the people for over 60 years. The Eritrean Catholic Bishops have written a letter strongly opposing the actions of the government and asked the authorities to stop persecuting the church and to return its properties."
Although the focus was on the closures, it was inclusive of other crimes in the land On the placards were photos of prisoners of conscience, the imprisoned Abuna Anthonious of Orthodox Church, Haji Mussa – Imprisoned for strongly opposing the decision of the Government to bring the Muslim Al-dia School to the fold of the regime, He died in prison as heroic martyr.
The Catholic Bishops stood up to their demand and asked the Government to return back the health centres so the people continue to get these vital health services. It is at this moment in time that they should get solidarity not only from Diaspora Eritrean communities but from the international community as well. That is why the organisers took to the streets and made a difference.
Solidarity message was read by representative of the Cardinal Office of Westminster Cathedral. The vigil was covered by ICN (Independent Catholic News). The title was "Westminster Cathedral: In Solidarity with Eritreans Christians" This is significant.
Sister Natalia of Comboni Franciscan read a message in solidarity with the brave Catholic Bishops. At the time of the illegal confiscation there were Combonian nurses volunteers from other countries. They are named Daughters of charity among them were Filipino missionaries who are forced to stop their work and are evicted from their places of worship and residence. This is a scandal. I was touched by the moving talk of retired old English man who knows the people and the country Eritrea. Indeed there are many international friends who cry for Eritrea.
Eritrea Focus – through the APPG (All Party Parliamentary Group) on Eritrea has tried to raise it in parliament but due to the election period that was not possible. However, Lord Alton of Liverpool has covered the vigil on his twitter to inform MPs and the public at large.
Various Eritrean religious denominations have also expressed their solidarity and explained more on the gross human rights violation taking place in Eritrea. They were from Orthodox Church, Muslims and Protestants. After all the confiscation is having an adverse effect on the most disadvantaged sections of the Eritreans Society, especially on the vulnerable children; pregnant women and the elderly who live in remote and difficult to reach areas of the country. Further study has to be made to find out the health consequences of the people. This is a shameful act of historical proportion.
This demonstration has succeeded to move the Catholic Church establishment in UK it has established the take off for more advocacy campaign. My congratulations to the organisers. Indeed your call is a wakeup call.
When I wrote in Assenna.com of the need to hold concerted demonstrations when the Catholic Church run 22 health centres were closed emphasizing that the powerful YEAKL movement could seize the momentum and make a big difference, there were comments which says that the closure of the 22 health centres and schools are like the rest of the repression. The international community will not do anything. As usual nothing will come out of the previous demonstrations. And this is not different. Of course I beg to differ with such remarks.
One of the commentator, Weldeyesus, said, I quote "pushing too much to divert the YEAKL movement into a lobbying fixture could be construed as misunderstanding the real objectives and goals of the movement." I realized that the benefit of demonstrations are not yet fully understood by many Eritreans. I thank Weldeyesus for expressing in eloquent English the mind set of many Eritrean justice seekers. They do share such sentiments. On my part I will write about it bringing examples from the past. During the struggle the EPLF mass associations have staged many successful demos. I will also mention some recent ones on my next article.
The benefit of many demonstrations are not monumental but significant in the struggle for Justice. In the vigil the number of demonstrations were not that much. Although the weather was bad and there was persistent showers, the main reason can be people don't see the merit of vigil. However, the way it is packaged, the quality and the prior lobby has compensated the number. It was a success.
NB 1. I being a student for few years in Asmara Comboni College let me mention some schools out of nostalgic feelings. In Asmara: Comboni College, Asmara University, Collogio Lasale. In Segeneti: Scuola San Mikiele, In Keren Salvago Ragi.
The Comboni Franciscan together with Eritreans worshiper's in UK have initiated a lobby group called "Stop Trafficking in Sinai". Sister Natalia was a member, she is indeed a fighter for justice. It is in the demo outside the British Parliament where I got introduced to her:
The title of the article in Assenna.com was "The Award of Nobel Peace Prize to PM Abiy Ahmed and Eritrea"
The end: Stand up rise up. Eritrea will prevail.
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Why "Fundamentals" Are Irrelevant in This Election
Normally, economic conditions are a good indicator of who will win the White House. Not this year.
Nick Ottens August 18, 2016 January 1, 2020
Former American secretary of state Hillary Clinton makes a speech in Boston, Massachusetts, February 29 (Hillary for America/Barbara Kinney)
If it wasn't for Donald Trump, America's Republicans would have stood a good chance of beating Hillary Clinton in November and returning one of their own to the presidency.
That is according to models that study the election's "fundamentals".
There is no total agreement on just what "fundamentals" are, but most political scientists would include economic and job growth, the incumbent's approval rating and the unlikelihood of a party winning three consecutive presidential terms.
Florian Hollenbach and Jacob Montgomery combined six different models that profess to analyze the election's fundamentals and found (PDF) that, on average, they give the Republican candidate 50.9 percent support against 49.1 percent for the Democrat.
What the polls actually say
Going by the fundamentals then, Clinton should be struggling.
In reality, she is dominating this year's contest.
Pollster, a poll average from The Huffington Post , has her at 48.3 percent support against 39.6 percent for Trump. Its trendline has never put Trump ahead.
The RealClearPolitics average, which weighs polls slightly differently, has Clinton at 47 and Trump at 41.2 percent.
Anyone would have done better
Would Republicans have fared better with another candidate?
Probably, writes Dylan Matthews at Vox :
You see this if you compare how [Trump's] doing to how mainstream Republican candidates like Marco Rubio and John Kasich were polling in the general election. RealClearPolitics ' last average in early March put Rubio up 4 points over Clinton. Kasich versus Clinton was a veritable bloodbath, with Kasich an astonishing 7.4 points up as of late April.
Indeed, argues Matthews, a mainstream Republican candidate like Kasich or Rubio would more likely have outperformed the fundamentals, given Clinton's own unpopularity. If it weren't for Trump's presence in the race, he writes, "she would be the least popular major party presidential candidate since the advent of polling."
The theory behind fundamentals, as Nate Silver explains at FiveThirtyEight , is that economic conditions usually prevail because most other factors are fought to a draw.
In a normal presidential election, both candidates raise essentially unlimited money and staff their campaigns with hundreds of experienced professionals. In a normal presidential election, both candidates are good representatives of their party's traditional values and therefore unite almost all their party's voters behind them. In a normal presidential election, both candidates have years of experience running for office and deftly pivot away from controversies to exploit their opponents' weaknesses. In a normal presidential election, both candidates target a broad enough range of demographic groups to have a viable chance of reaching 51 percent of the vote.
None of those things are true about Trump.
And the worst thing, for a mainstream, center-right Republican, is that this was obvious from the start of Trump's candidacy and the party went ahead and nominated him anyway.
Read more: Political Theory, United States, US Elections 2016


KVASU to release publications on Entrepreneurship and Media highlights on 16th at Trivandrum.
Clearing the classes 1 to X in School, takes you to the first turning point of life; to choose a subject of your choice in plus 2, which helps you to decide on a course, that ensures a life of contentment in future. As children we all would have grown up with different fantasies of what we wanted to do in life. For some of you it may still be the same, whereas for the rest it would have changed with time. Now is when people around you seriously start asking the question of what you want to be and what are you going to choose for XII. There might be cloud of confusion. This is a write up that might help you in clearing that.


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Morgado AL, Rodrigues CM, Solá S. MicroRNA-145 Regulates Neural Stem Cell Differentiation Through the Sox2-Lin28/let-7 Signaling Pathway. Stem Cells. 2016 May;34(5):1386-95.
Kumar P, Pandit A, Zeugolis DI. Progress in Corneal Stromal Repair: From Tissue Grafts and Biomaterials to Modular Supramolecular Tissue-Like Assemblies. Adv Mater. 2016 Mar 30.
Notara M, Refaian N, Braun G, Steven P, Bock F, Cursiefen C. Short-Term Ultraviolet A Irradiation Leads to Dysfunction of the Limbal Niche Cells and an Antilymphangiogenic and Anti-inflammatory Micromilieu. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2016 Mar 1;57(3):928-39.
Barbaro V, Nasti AA, Raffa P, Migliorati A, Nespeca P, Ferrari S, Palumbo E, Bertolin M, Breda C, Miceli F, Russo A, Caenazzo L, Ponzin D, Palù G, Parolin C, Di Iorio E. Personalized Stem Cell Therapy to Correct Corneal Defects Due to a Unique Homozygous-Heterozygous Mosaicism of Ectrodactyly-Ectodermal Dysplasia-Clefting Syndrome. Stem Cells Transl Med. 2016 May 5.
Impact: This study indicates the feasibility of a collagen-based composite hydrogel to maintain corneal stability and transparency while providing a degradable peripheral reservoir for cell or substance release.
Biocompatibility of a fish scale-derived artificial cornea: Cytotoxicity, cellular adhesion and phenotype, and in vivo immunogenicity.
Biomaterials. 2016 Mar;81:36-45. doi: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2015.11.015. Epub 2015 Dec 1.
Primary corneal epithelial and stromal cells were obtained from human donor corneas and used to examine the (in)direct cytotoxicity effects of the scaffold. Cytotoxicity was assessed by an MTT assay, while cellular proliferation, corneal cell phenotype and adhesion markers were assessed using an EdU-assay and immunofluorescence. For in vivo-testing, FSCMs were implanted subcutaneously in rats. Ologen(®) Collagen Matrices were used as controls. A second implant was implanted as an immunological challenge. The FSCM was implanted in a corneal pocket of seven New Zealand White rabbits, and compared to sham surgery.
The FSCM was used as a scaffold to grow corneal epithelial and stromal cells, and displayed no cytotoxicity to these cells. Corneal epithelial cells displayed their normal phenotypical markers (CK3/12 and E-cadherin), as well as cell-matrix adhesion molecules: integrin-α6 and β4, laminin 332, and hemi-desmosomes. Corneal stromal cells similarly expressed adhesion molecules (integrin-α6 and β1). A subcutaneous implant of the FSCM in rats did not induce inflammation or sensitization; the response was comparable to the response against the Ologen(®) Collagen Matrix. Implantation of the FSCM in a corneal stromal pocket in rabbits led to a transparent cornea, healthy epithelium, and, on histology, hardly any infiltrating immune cells.


Make sure to download these games by May 1.
We're now well into the new month, and for PlayStation Plus members, that means there are free games to grab if you haven't already done so. While this month's offerings can't live up to last month's killer lineup, players will find plenty of free fun in April.
Leading the pack is the often-overlooked Mad Max, an open-world game about building a destructive car and taking out apocalyptic marauders. In GameSpot's Mad Max review, Peter Brown came away unsatisfied with the ground combat, but thoroughly enjoyed bashing up enemies while behind the wheel of his "Magnum Opus."
The second-biggest game in this month's PS Plus lineup is TrackMania Turbo, which also puts you behind the wheel of a car, but with very different goals from Mad Max. Your job in this arcade racer is to reach the finish line on gravity-defying tracks in as short a time as possible. It's also compatible with PSVR, in case you have a need for speed.
Thanks to PlayStation's Cross Buy functionality, three of the other games also run on PS4. First is In Space We Brawl, a multiplayer twin-stick shooter that also works on PS3. Next is the side-scrolling beat-'em-up 99Vidas, which plays on PS3 and PS Vita as well as PS4. Then there's Q*Bert: Rebooted, which is compatible with all three PlayStation platforms, but unfortunately isn't very good. Finally, PS3 owners get Toy Home, a charming, colorful racing game.
All of these games are available to download for free from the PlayStation Store through May 1. And don't forget, this is the final year that PS3 and Vita games will be offered through PS Plus. Meanwhile, we now know what May's PS Plus games will be.


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There can only be one sheriff... The Sheriffs of Savage Wells by Sarah M. Eden (Blog Tour Review)
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This was another fun addition to this line of books! Check out my full review below...
The Sheriffs of Savage Wells
(A Proper Romance)
by Sarah M. Eden
Adult Historical Romance
September 27th 2016 by Shadow Mountain
He's the most fearsome sheriff in the West. A force to be reckoned with. The stuff of legend.
So is she. . . . May the best sheriff win.
Paisley Bell knows the eccentric people of Savage Wells. From the absentminded shopkeeper who always thinks she's been robbed to the young man who has returned shell-shocked from the war, Paisley has compassion for them all. When the sheriff up and leaves town, Paisley steps up and assumes the responsibility, partly because she loves the work, but also because she needs the income to take care of her sick father. So when the town council decides that the position of sheriff should really go to a man, Paisley finds herself fighting to prove that she's the perfect candidate for the job, even though she wears a skirt.
Cade O'Brien is heartily sick of shooting people. In his many years as a lawman, Cade has seen his share of blood and violence. So when he answers an advertisement for a sheriff job in the sleepy town of Savage Wells, he believes he's found the peace and quiet he's always desired. But when he discovers that his biggest competition for the job is a woman, he begins to question his decisions.
Tension between the two begins to sizzle when both Cade and Paisley realize the attraction they have for each other, but when Paisley's former beau shows up in town, along with a band of bank robbers, the blossoming relationship between the two sheriffs is tested. They will have to work together to thwart the bank robbers and keep the town safe.
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THE SHERIFFS OF SAVAGE WELLS was such a fun read! There's a spunky, unconventional heroine who wants the same job as a well-known lawman known for his quick draw. They definitely hit things off in more ways than one. The humor, romance, and an added edge of danger are sure to keep readers engaged from beginning to end.
I loved these characters! Cade is the epitome lawman of the west with his manners, tough look, smart thinking, and seasoned past. He's also quite attractive in that rugged, confident way and with his piercing eyes. Then there's Paisley. I had trouble at first picturing a woman in skirts or a dress carrying a gun belt on her hips. I just wanted to picture her in slacks, but she wasn't quite that unconventional. She was a fabulous heroine with all her contradictions. She's sweet, smart, has some major insecurities, can keep house and bake, but is also a sharp shooter and worked as the honorary sheriff for almost half a year before these new wannabes come to hire for the job. I loved her dedication to her family and that she was willing to do all she could, even go against what others thought she could do, to do something she loved while trying to provide for her family.
I loved the banter and the humor in this story! There were so many moments where Paisley was just being a smart-alack and giving the men quite a run for it, especially Cade. I loved her and Cade's push and pull relationship, but also the way they complimented each other. There was never a dull moment between the humor, concern for loved ones, romance, and danger. I just loved the whole thing!
I really liked this quote from Cade to Paisley, which sums things up nicely:
I don't say things I don't mean, darlin'. I like that you can pick a lock and wear a gun and shoot as well as I do.
In the end, was it what I wished for? Yes! There were some parts that were heavier and full of emotion, but mostly it was a lighter read and included everything I love in an historical romance. Definitely worth the read!
Content: Some violence, but clean.
Source: Received a complimentary copy from the publisher, which did not affect my review in any way.
This is one of my favorite lines of books! Check out the ones I've read and the ones coming soon...
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Sarah M. Eden is a USA Today Bestselling author of witty and charming historical romances, including AML's "2013 Novel of the Year" and Foreword Review's 2013 "IndieFab Book of the Year" gold medal winner for Best Romance, Longing for Home, as well as 2014 Whitney Award winner for "Best Romance" and "Best Novel of the Year," Longing for Home: Hope Springs. Combining her obsession with history and affinity for tender love stories, Sarah loves crafting witty characters and heartfelt romances set against rich historical backdrops. She holds a Bachelor's degree in research and happily spends hours perusing the reference shelves of her local library. Sarah lives with her husband, kids, and mischievous dog in the shadow of a snow-capped mountain she has never attempted to ski.
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Student Review Of "Shut Up and Play the Hits": A Very Loud Funeral
If it's a funeral, let's have the best funeral ever.
This is the title card that opens up this incredible documentary chronicling the last 48 hours of the band LCD Soundsystem who performed their final three and a half hour show at Madison Square Garden on April 2nd, 2011.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tK7ERRrpzo
A Little History of the Band:
LCD Soundsystem began in 2001 when their first single "Losing My Edge" gained widely favorable reviews for its new and electronic beat and the message that it conveyed. The band then released their first album "LCD Soundsystem" which also received highly favorable reviews. The head of the band, James Murphy, is a DJ now after his retirement and never wanted anything to come out of the band. He remarks in the film that, "…I never wanted to tour." Murphy just wanted to do what he loved and that was to make music. In 2007, their second album "Sound of Silver" was released with the singles "North American Scum", "All My Friends" (MY FAVORITE), and "Someone Great". By this time, the band was touring around the country, was garnering a very successful fan base, and along the way Murphy enlisted his friends to play with him at concerts. In 2010, their third and final album was released entitled "This Is Happening". Murphy's intention with the album was to keep it secret for as long as possible so as not to spoil it for any fans. The album was released on May 17th with subsequent singles "Drunk Girls" and "I Can Change", the former accompanied by a music video directed by Spike Jonze. On February 8th, 2011, the band announced that they would be playing their last show on April 2nd. When tickets were released the site crashed and Murphy went on a rant on his Twitter saying that he hated scalpers who bought tickets and were selling them for ridiculous amounts of money. In order for fans to see them the band played four warmup shows at Terminal 5 the days before the final show. On April 2nd, Murphy and the band played their final three and a half hour show accompanied by Reggie Watts, Arcade Fire, and numerous other friends and guests and just as fast and as crazy as the start of the band, LCD Soundsystem was no more.
The begins with the title card (See above) and immediately dives right into the final minutes before the show where Murphy and his band are sitting in the dressing room preparing for the show. What happens then is pure magic. The documentary wastes no time into getting right to the concert and the show begins with "Dance Yrself Clean". The movie is interwoven with intricate and beautiful shots of the diehard crowd, the band itself, and the morning after when James Murphy wakes up in his New York apartment to the licks of his French Bulldog, Petunia, who seems to be the most well-behaved dog ever almost as if she understands the conflicting emotions her master is going through. Also interwoven is an interview conducted a week before the show between Murphy and Chuck Klosterman. The shots of the band are so gorgeous though and they should be since so many cameras were used and some of the shots were filmed by great directors such as Spike Jonze. The songs played throughout the film are "Dance Yrself Clean", "All My Friends", "45:33″, "Sound of Silver (Intro)", "Us v Them", "North American Scum", "Movement", "Yeah (Outro)", "Someone Great", "Losing My Edge", "Jump Into The Fire (Harry Nillson cover)", and "New York I Love You, But You're Bringing Me Down".
Also watch for cameos by Aziz Ansari who can be seen crowd surfing during "Yeah" and Donald Glover who can be seen dancing during "Yeah".
The Review:
For those of you asking who LCD Soundsystem are and why this concert was sold out, I will tell you. The reason LCD Soundsystem is hailed as one of the most influential bands of the past decade is for 1) Their unique sound which combines an electronic, dance, punk theme with rock instruments and 2) Their ideas. One of the reasons people love LCD Soundsystem is because they always hated being labeled as something. They didn't want to be anything big or popular. They simply wanted to be. Murphy made LCD Soundsystem because he wanted to hear the music he wanted to hear so he thought he should make it himself. That's why LCD Soundsystem played to a sold-out crowd on April 2nd, 2011 at Madison Square Garden. Murphy also loved his fans. He cared about them and thanked them all for coming. He apologized to the people high up in the seats. He cared about his fans. The ending to the film plays out so well in the story that even if you have never heard of LCD Soundsystem before you might get tears in your eyes when Murphy announces that it's their last song and "New York I Love You, But You're Bringing Me Down" starts playing. Murphy pauses a few seconds in and says, "This is my last time to do a dramatic pause." You can hear the sadness in his voice when he says this. The movie ends with white balloons falling down from the ceiling and a crying boy in the audience.
Why is this last show such a big deal? How are so many people affected by this? The big question on everyone's mind after the initial announcement was, "Why end a band at the top of your career?"
Murphy gives two answers:
1) "When I was 39, I said I'm going to make an album (This Is Happening). I blinked and I was 40." Murphy started his career relatively late at around 30 years old. He stated that he still wanted to have a family and kids. Every time he went on tour he said he found new gray.
2) Murphy wanted to end the band at the top of their career. He wanted to be remembered. It was not a matter of failing. It was a matter of wanting to end on a high note. In my opinion, LCD got better with every album. Their first album was a beginner, "Sound of Silver" was a really fun time with good singles, and "This Is Happening" was the peak of their career with every song being something different. It's one of those albums that you could listen to over and over again.
Who wouldn't want to end their career at the top and be remembered for being on the top?
Is It Worth Your Money:
If you are a diehard LCD fan, then you should definitely invest in the Blu-Ray which has the entire show on its other two discs although I would recommend this to anyone since the music is SO enjoyable. You might find a new band you love.
LCD Soundsystem, I love you and you will always be remembered!
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UK and EU negotiators deny weekend reports that a deal is done.
Brexiteers are suspicious that May is ready to make big concessions on the thorny subject of the backstop in order to have a deal in place as soon as possible.
Senior EU and Irish officials insist they will not back down on the backstop for avoiding a hard Irish border.
Michel Barnier, the EU's chief negotiator, will make a speech on Monday evening.
LONDON — Theresa May has been forced to reassure pro-Brexit ministers that she hasn't yet reached a Brexit deal with the European Union amid reports that she has secretly made major concessions to Brussels.
The prime minister reportedly spent Sunday telephoning members of her Cabinet to rubbish weekend reports that a Brexit Withdrawal Agreement had virtually been agreed by UK and EU negotiators.
Senior ministers want to agree on a deal with the EU this month in order to negate the need for expensive no deal planning and allow Parliament enough time to scrutinise and vote on the terms of the agreement.
However, the UK government is also keen to dispel suspicion among pro-Brexit Conservatives that May is preparing to make major concessions in order to strike a deal with the EU as soon as possible.
Last month, a source close to Cabinet Brexiteers Andrea Leadsom, Esther McVey and Penny Mordaunt said that all three were prepared to resign if May agrees to a temporary customs union with the EU without a fixed end date.
EU figures have also rejected suggestions that a deal is done. Brussels sources claim there is just a 50-50 chance of there even being a deal, while negotiators seemingly have a lot of work still to do to resolve major issues.
UK Brexit Secretary Dominic Raab reportedly left Irish officials "stunned" last week by demanding that the UK has the right to unilaterally terminate any backstop for the Irish border after three months of it being in place.
EU and Irish officials are adamant that the backstop — the fallback option for guaranteeing no return to a hard border on the island of Ireland — must be in place until no longer necessary, not a fixed end date.
May will address her Cabinet on Tuesday with key questions regarding the UK's Brexit proposals still unanswered.
The UK is trying to persuade the EU to ditch its preferred Northern Ireland-only backstop and accept an alternative version in which the entire whole UK stay in a customs union with the EU for a period of time after the 21-month transition has ended. This would mean no new customs checks between Northern Ireland and the Republic.
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The Democratic Unionist Party that props up May's fragile government has described new checks as unacceptable and could withdraw the support for the Conservatives if the prime minister fails to satisfy their demands.
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Julia Kerr (28 August 1898 – 3 October 1965) was a German composer and pianist. As a composer she used the name Julia Kerwey. She also worked as a translator during the Nuremberg trials.

Biography
Kerr was born in Wiesbaden on 28 August 1898 as Julia Anna Franziska Weismann to the Prussian prosecutor Robert Weismann and his wife Gertrud, née Reichenheim. Her brother was the violinist Dietrich "Diez" Weismann (1900–1982). She studied music with Wilhelm Klatte in Berlin. Kerr married theater critic Alfred Kerr in April 1920. They had Michael and Judith Kerr. The family were Jewish and it became necessary to flee Germany in 1933. Initially they fled to Switzerland and then France before settling in England in 1935. In London Kerr worked in secretarial jobs until the end of the war. Once the war was over she took roles as an interpreter and secretary in the Nuremberg war crimes trial. Kerr had returned to live in Germany after the war and was living in Berlin when she suffered a heart attack and died.

Kerr's first opera's was Die schoene Lau after a fairy tale by Eduard Mörike, first performed in 1928 In 1929 Alfred started to write the libretto for her second opera Der Chronoplan  which was delayed due to her emigration. Kerr also composed songs, often after poems by her husband

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1898 births
1965 deaths
People from Wiesbaden
20th-century German composers
Jewish emigrants from Nazi Germany to the United Kingdom

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Dec 08- Dec 14 2018, In the News
Ex-CJI Dipak Misra Was Under 'External Influences': Justice Kurian Joseph
By Goan Observer Team	 December 8, 2018 Leave a comment
DISSENT: (above l to r) Supreme Court Justices Kurian Joseph, J Chelameswar, Ranjan Gogoi and MB Lokur shocked many when they aired their grievances at a press conference in New Delhi early this year. (right) Ex-CJI Dipak Misra retired on October 2, 2018
Breaking his silence after his retirement, Joseph Kurian revealed that the impression among the rebel judges was that the independence of the judiciary was compromised as the then Chief Justice Dipak Misra was taking his orders from politicians
When four judges of the Supreme Court organised an unprecedented press conference in January this year, they said it was to talk about issues plaguing the apex court, following the case on the death of special CBI Judge B.H. Loya and the roster of justices. Now, one of those judges, Justice (retired) Kurian Joseph, has told the Times of India that the four judges suspected that then Chief Justice Dipak Misra was being controlled from the outside.
Justice Joseph, who retired on November 29, said he and the three other senior-most Supreme Court judges felt that Justice Misra was allocating cases to judges with a political bias.
"There were several instances of external influences on the working of the Supreme Court relating to allocation of cases to benches headed by select judges and appointment of judges of the Supreme Court and high courts," he said.
Justice Joseph said that they felt "someone from outside was controlling the CJI". The other senior judges first "met him [the CJI], asked him, wrote to him to maintain independence and majesty of the Supreme Court" — but "when all attempts failed, we decided to hold a press conference".
On how and why the move was initiated within four months of Misra becoming the CJI, Justice Joseph said there were "starkly perceptible signs of influence with regard to allocation of cases to different benches selectively and to select judges who were perceived to be politically biased".
He said it was a unanimous decision by all the four judges — the others being J. Chelameswar, Ranjan Gogoi and Madan B. Lokur — to organise a press conference. "Justice Chelameswar was the initiator of the idea of press conference. But we three agreed with him."
At the conference, Justice Gogoi stated that it was necessitated by issues surrounding the case on the death of special CBI Judge B H Loya.
Justice Chelameswar had termed the development as an "extraordinary" event in the history of India and its judicial institutions.
"Sometimes, the administration of the Supreme Court is not in order. There are many things less than desirable that have happened in the last few months… As senior-most justices of the court, we have a responsibility to the nation and institution. We tried to persuade the CJI that some things are not in order and he needs to take remedial measures. Unfortunately, our efforts failed. We all believe that the Supreme Court must maintain its equanimity. Democracy will not survive without a free judiciary."
Justice Chelameswar also told the media that the four judges had met the CJI earlier the same day. "This morning we went to the CJI with a specific request but unfortunately we were denied." However, the judges did not provide the specifics of their discussions with then CJI Misra.
What was clear was that the four judges were upset that a petition seeking an investigation into the death of Judge Loya was allocated to a bench headed by Justice Arun Mishra.Arun Mishra later recused himself from the case, after a showdown with Justice Chelameswar at the routine morning meeting of Supreme Court judges on January 13.
Soon after, the issue was also raised in parliament. A motion was moved by Opposition parties in the Rajya Sabha, alleging that the then CJI was getting cosy with the establishment. M Venkaiah Naidu, then the chairman of the Rajya Sabha, rejected the motion for the lack of "convincing grounds".
In the interview, Justice Joseph, who rose to the number three position in the Supreme Court, also spoke about how the "minority tag" was a hindrance to judges from religious or ethnic minorities.
He expressed the apprehension that this situation could worsen in the times to come. "Even if a member of minority community has outstanding merit, he is recognised only because of his minority identity and not merit. The minority tag is always linked to his or her selection to a post."
In his own case, Justice Joseph said, he had initially been considered on the basis of his minority identity, but was eventually appointed to the Supreme Court on merit. He indicated that if he had been appointed on the minority tag, he would have been CJI after Justice Misra.
"I was also considered that way and not on my merit," he said. "But towards the end of my career, there was poetic justice. If I were to get into Supreme Court to fill the slot that fell vacant on Justice Cyriac Joseph's retirement, then I could have become Supreme Court judge in 2012, before Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Madan B. Lokur. But I was selected on merit and hence was sworn in as judge of the Supreme Court in March 2013."
Justice Joseph said the issue of the minority tag obstructing merit could get worse if corrective steps are not taken. When it came to selection of Supreme Court and high court judges, he said, the perception could be corrected "if selection is purely merit based without considering caste, creed, religion or region of a person."
He said, "When a person spends years as a judge of the high court, he actually forgets all biases and misgivings based on community, religion or cultural diversity. His focus is only to do justice."
Justice Joseph, however, demanded some relaxations when it came to giving representation to diverse communities, cultures and regions. "There has to be some consideration for poor and weaker sections. Even the Constitution makes such provisions to extend a helping hand to poor, economically and socially backward classes as well as women. I call it Constitutional compassion. This must be there while selecting a person as a judge and even while deciding a case."
Courtesy: The Wire
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