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package st.gravel.support.compiler.ast;

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import java.math.BigInteger;
import st.gravel.support.jvm.NonLocalReturn;
import st.gravel.support.compiler.ast.AbstractClassMapping;
import st.gravel.support.compiler.ast.AbstractClassMapping.AbstractClassMapping_Factory;
import st.gravel.support.compiler.ast.IdentityClassPartMapping;
import st.gravel.support.compiler.ast.ExtensionClassPartMapping;
import java.util.Map;
import st.gravel.support.compiler.ast.InstVarMapping;
import st.gravel.support.compiler.ast.ClassDescriptionNode;
import st.gravel.support.compiler.ast.SystemMapping;
import st.gravel.support.compiler.ast.BoundVariableDeclarationNode;
import java.util.Set;
import java.util.HashSet;
import st.gravel.support.compiler.ast.AbstractMethodMapping;
import st.gravel.support.compiler.ast.VariableDeclarationNode;
import st.gravel.support.compiler.ast.MethodNode;
import st.gravel.support.compiler.ast.Reference;

public class ClassMapping extends AbstractClassMapping implements Cloneable {

	public static ClassMapping_Factory factory = new ClassMapping_Factory();

	ExtensionClassPartMapping[] _extensions;

	IdentityClassPartMapping _identityMapping;

	Map<String, InstVarMapping> _instVarMappings;

	public static class ClassMapping_Factory extends AbstractClassMapping_Factory {

		public ClassMapping basicNew() {
			ClassMapping newInstance = new ClassMapping();
			newInstance.initialize();
			return newInstance;
		}

		public ClassMapping identityMapping_extensions_instVarMappings_classNode_(final IdentityClassPartMapping _anIdentityClassPartMapping, final ExtensionClassPartMapping[] _anArray, final Map<String, InstVarMapping> _aDictionary, final ClassDescriptionNode _aClassNode) {
			return ((ClassMapping) this.basicNew().initializeIdentityMapping_extensions_instVarMappings_classNode_(_anIdentityClassPartMapping, _anArray, _aDictionary, _aClassNode));
		}
	}

	static public ClassMapping _identityMapping_extensions_instVarMappings_classNode_(Object receiver, final IdentityClassPartMapping _anIdentityClassPartMapping, final ExtensionClassPartMapping[] _anArray, final Map<String, InstVarMapping> _aDictionary, final ClassDescriptionNode _aClassNode) {
		return factory.identityMapping_extensions_instVarMappings_classNode_(_anIdentityClassPartMapping, _anArray, _aDictionary, _aClassNode);
	}

	@Override
	public BoundVariableDeclarationNode[] allInstVarsIn_(final SystemMapping _aSystemMapping) {
		final BoundVariableDeclarationNode[] _arr;
		final ClassMapping _scm;
		_arr = this.boundInstVars();
		_scm = ((ClassMapping) this.superclassMappingIn_(_aSystemMapping));
		if (_scm != null) {
			return st.gravel.support.jvm.ArrayExtensions.copyWithAll_(_arr, _scm.allInstVarsIn_(_aSystemMapping));
		}
		return _arr;
	}

	public java.util.Set<st.gravel.core.Symbol> allSelectorsIn_(final SystemMapping _aSystemMapping) {
		final java.util.Set<st.gravel.core.Symbol> _set;
		final ClassMapping _scm;
		_set = new java.util.HashSet();
		_set.addAll(this.selectors());
		_scm = ((ClassMapping) this.superclassMappingIn_(_aSystemMapping));
		if (_scm != null) {
			_set.addAll(_scm.allSelectorsIn_(_aSystemMapping));
		}
		return _set;
	}

	public BoundVariableDeclarationNode[] boundInstVars() {
		return _classNode.boundInstVars();
	}

	public ClassMapping copy() {
		try {
			ClassMapping _temp1 = (ClassMapping) this.clone();
			_temp1.postCopy();
			return _temp1;
		} catch (CloneNotSupportedException e) {
			throw new RuntimeException(e);
		}
	}

	public AbstractMethodMapping extensionMethodMappingAt_ifAbsent_(final st.gravel.core.Symbol _aSymbol, final st.gravel.support.jvm.Block0<AbstractMethodMapping> _aBlock) {
		for (final ExtensionClassPartMapping _ex : _extensions) {
			final AbstractMethodMapping _m;
			_m = _ex.methodMappingAt_ifAbsent_(_aSymbol, ((st.gravel.support.jvm.Block0<AbstractMethodMapping>) (new st.gravel.support.jvm.Block0<AbstractMethodMapping>() {

				@Override
				public AbstractMethodMapping value() {
					return (AbstractMethodMapping) null;
				}
			})));
			if (_m != null) {
				return _m;
			}
		}
		return _aBlock.value();
	}

	public ExtensionClassPartMapping[] extensions() {
		return _extensions;
	}

	public ClassMapping_Factory factory() {
		return factory;
	}

	@Override
	public Class identityClass() {
		return _identityMapping.javaClass();
	}

	public IdentityClassPartMapping identityMapping() {
		return _identityMapping;
	}

	public ClassMapping initializeIdentityMapping_extensions_instVarMappings_classNode_(final IdentityClassPartMapping _anIdentityClassPartMapping, final ExtensionClassPartMapping[] _anArray, final Map<String, InstVarMapping> _aDictionary, final ClassDescriptionNode _aClassNode) {
		_identityMapping = _anIdentityClassPartMapping;
		_extensions = _anArray;
		_instVarMappings = _aDictionary;
		_classNode = _aClassNode;
		this.initialize();
		return this;
	}

	public Map<String, InstVarMapping> instVarMappings() {
		return _instVarMappings;
	}

	public VariableDeclarationNode[] instVars() {
		return _classNode.instVars();
	}

	public AbstractMethodMapping methodMappingAt_ifAbsent_(final st.gravel.core.Symbol _aSymbol, final st.gravel.support.jvm.Block0<AbstractMethodMapping> _aBlock) {
		return _identityMapping.methodMappingAt_ifAbsent_(_aSymbol, ((st.gravel.support.jvm.Block0<AbstractMethodMapping>) (new st.gravel.support.jvm.Block0<AbstractMethodMapping>() {

			@Override
			public AbstractMethodMapping value() {
				return (AbstractMethodMapping) ClassMapping.this.extensionMethodMappingAt_ifAbsent_(_aSymbol, _aBlock);
			}
		})));
	}

	public ClassMapping pvtSetClassNode_(final ClassDescriptionNode _aClassDescriptionNode) {
		_classNode = _aClassDescriptionNode;
		return this;
	}

	public ClassMapping pvtSetExtensions_(final ExtensionClassPartMapping[] _anArray) {
		_extensions = _anArray;
		return this;
	}

	public ClassMapping pvtSetIdentityMapping_(final IdentityClassPartMapping _anObject) {
		_identityMapping = _anObject;
		return this;
	}

	public java.util.Set<st.gravel.core.Symbol> selectors() {
		final java.util.Set<st.gravel.core.Symbol>[] _set;
		_set = new java.util.Set[1];
		_set[0] = new java.util.HashSet();
		for (final MethodNode _each : _classNode.methods()) {
			_set[0].add(st.gravel.core.Symbol.value(_each.selector()));
		}
		return _set[0];
	}

	public Reference superclassReferenceForMethodLookup() {
		return _classNode.superclassReferenceForMethodLookup();
	}

	public ClassMapping withClassNode_(final ClassDescriptionNode _aClassDescriptionNode) {
		return this.copy().pvtSetClassNode_(_aClassDescriptionNode);
	}

	public ClassMapping withExtensions_(final ExtensionClassPartMapping[] _anArray) {
		return this.copy().pvtSetExtensions_(_anArray);
	}

	public ClassMapping withExtension_(final ExtensionClassPartMapping _anExtensionClassPartMapping) {
		return this.withExtensions_(st.gravel.support.jvm.ArrayExtensions.copyWith_(_extensions, _anExtensionClassPartMapping));
	}

	public ClassMapping withoutMethodMapping_(final String _aSelector) {
		ClassMapping _temp1 = this.copy();
		_temp1.pvtSetIdentityMapping_(_identityMapping.withoutMethodMapping_(_aSelector));
		return _temp1.pvtSetExtensions_(st.gravel.support.jvm.ArrayExtensions.collect_(_extensions, ((st.gravel.support.jvm.Block1<ExtensionClassPartMapping, ExtensionClassPartMapping>) (new st.gravel.support.jvm.Block1<ExtensionClassPartMapping, ExtensionClassPartMapping>() {

			@Override
			public ExtensionClassPartMapping value_(final ExtensionClassPartMapping _each) {
				return (ExtensionClassPartMapping) _each.withoutMethodMapping_(_aSelector);
			}
		}))));
	}
}


Ever heard of a twiddlemuff? Imagine a soft, colorful knitted muff adorned with interesting buttons, bows and bits. This unique piece offers comfort and care to residents diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease or dementia. When King-Bruwaert House Social Worker Megan Schaaf read an article on Facebook about the use of twiddlemuffs to engage residents, she quickly turned to members of our K-B knitting group, Operation Warm Hearts, and asked if they could create the muffs.
Member Rose Ann Hoof was immediately intrigued. A talented artisan with impressive knitting, crocheting and specialty skills, Hoof researched several twiddlemuff patterns and came up with her own rendition. First, she made several proto-types and then began to show them to other members.
According to research, the twiddlemuffs (often called fidget muffs), encourage hands-on use and trigger brain stimulation. Patients find the muffs to be comforting and therapeutic – similar to a favorite stuffed animal or a cherished blanket. Hoof opted to attach old house keys to several of the muffs – the key being a common object that connects the person to home and security.
Those with dementia benefit from regular, repeated behaviors and activities. If residents become agitated or out-of-sorts whenever routine schedules or settings change, evidence shows the twiddlemuffs offer distraction from the unknown and help to soothe anxiety.
For Hoof and Hester, making the twiddlemuffs has been personally rewarding – especially in knowing that their efforts have a purpose.


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Robot Bartender Unveiled in Prague
Forget the days of nursing a drink at the bar while pouring out your woes to the bartender. At least if a new establishment in Prague is a sign of the future.
The Cyberdog in the Czech capital features a robotic bartender who serves drinks ordered through a phone app.
Opened on Wednesday by real estate developer Trigema, its two-level steel structure looks rather like a space station, with 40 seats and small upper deck.
In the Cyberdog, after the customers have ordered their tipple via an app, a red robotic arm picks among seven wines on offer in a cool box. It then opens the bottle and pours up to four glasses at a time. Next, it lifts the glasses on a tray that travels overhead to the customers' table, then lowers the load so people can pick up their glasses.
Trigema owner Marcel Soural said he was sure the service sector would follow manufacturing in replacing expensive labor with machines.
"I am deeply convinced that in some time when you will be served in a restaurant by a real person, it will be a terribly expensive restaurant because it will be unique," he said.
Soural said there were already a few robotic bars around the world but the Cyberdog robot performed more complex tasks than the others – even doing little dances.
"When he has no order, he is bored and he shows that by making moves according to what he has in his programming."
The bar, created by artist David Cerny and architect Tomas Cisar, also serves food meant to resemble astronauts' diets. That is prepared by people, at least for now.
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Martin Elsaesser
books in Dutch
books in Hungarian
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books in Czech
Mind the Screen
The Sun Island
Fassbinder's Germany
Category: English
Thomas Elsaesser, Fassbinder's Germany: History Identity Subject (Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 1996), 396 pp.
Rainer Werner Fassbinder is one of the most prominent and important authors of post-war European cinema. Thomas Elsaesser is the first to write a thoroughly analytical study of his work. He stresses the importance of a closer understanding of Fassbinder's career through a re-reading of his films as textual entities.
Approaching the work from different thematic and analytical perspectives, Elsaesser offers both an overview and a number of detailed readings of crucial films, while also providing a European context for Fassbinder's own coming to terms with fascism.
"Through close reading of groups of films within a framework of the complex argument that Fassbinder's oeuvre displays a definite trajectory, a "central theme," Elsaesser makes a convincing case for the integrity of the filmmaker's work as a whole. That is: Fassbinder manages to represent questions of his times and of Germany's past through his absolute investment of self, of his own body, "taking up a moral space and function [...I central to his universe" by embodying "rather than merely identifying with" (258) the mediator figure-from the "strong" woman, through the "bad" Jew and "victimized" homosexual, but also the recurring Franz Biberkopf. Elsaesser concludes that Fassbinder was able to realize his theme because he "possessed one of the very few genuinely new visions of how the Germans he sought to reach might make contact again with their past, [...I without shunning the price needed to be paid for assuming a history from which in 1945 they had decided to cut themselves off, after seeing how far it had cut them off' (256). This sums up Fassbinder's importance as an artist, encapsulates Elsaesser's contribution to Fassbinder studies and is thus what makes this book special." Sheila K. Johnson, The German Quarterly, Winter 1999, 111.
"As early as 1980, Thomas Elsaesser began looking at German cinema to investigate how specific national subjects were historically constructed. The films directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder received special attention. For Elsaesser, the fading of subjectivity in Fassbinder's films demonstrated not only the deconstructive techniques in German cinema that dislodge voyeurism and fascination as the primary viewing impulses but also the critique of German fascism that so brilliantly radiated from these films' historical focus. What Elsaesser found common in Fassbinder's films is that cinema transforms from "a machinery of surveillance" into an "occasion for self-display" and exhibitionism. For instance, everything falls apart in the opening of The Marriage of Maria Braun (1979); visual metaphors for the phallus, the nation, and modernity are in a state of debris. Yet, even as the city hall is being bombed, the marriage of Maria Braun and Herman is pronounced by a city hall official. The ironic display of this birth of a new family juxtaposed with the hysteria and the crisis on the national scene challenges viewers to question the nation's identity." Kyung Hyun Kim, Cinema Journal, 41, No. 4, Summer 2002, 96
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Adele has wowed everyone yet again with her latest dress-up effort.
For those of you who don't know, Adele isn't just a fantastic singer, performer and and personality. She is also awe-inspiring when it comes to costumes.
One Halloween, she dressed up as Jim Carrey's 'The Mask'.
She also uses her birthday as an excuse to dress up. Past costumes have included a George Michael impersonation and a recreation of Rose from 'Titanic'.
There was also that time she disguised herself to look like an impersonator of herself, fooling everyone.
Last January, she dressed up as country music star Dolly Parton.
Now the 'Someone Like You' singer has made herself up to look like another country legend - June Carter Cash.
She took to Instagram again to share her latest look.
The occasion for her dressing up isn't specified. Then again, if you look this good in costume, do you really need an excuse?


Three scruffy men preside over a small stage crammed with drums, guitar, a bass and two keyboards that look as if they were built with scrap parts from an electronic junkyard. Wires and cables are strewn everywhere, duct tape holding together the very essence of this get-up. As the music starts, listeners are overwhelmed by a squall of noise, tinged with terror, like an Alaskan fisherman facing a rogue wave. These music machinists are fittingly called Parts & Labor, and they construct surprisingly inspiring songs, wrenching out striking anthems from the guts of noise and punk.
Having witnessed Parts & Labor's sonic mayhem in a tiny Phoenix gallery + club, Modified Arts, when the troupe opened for fellow Jagjaguwar labelmates Wilderness, I can attest to the Frankenstinian nature of their technical setup. I knew nothing of the Brooklyn band in advance, but was swept away by their one-of-a-kind approach. Afterwards, the foam of my hard-working earplugs on the verge of disintegration, I picked up a copy of their 2006 release, Stay Afraid, and went on to rate it as record of the year. How is it that an album most critics didn't acknowledge at all came to be tagged with that top honor? Because few bands are breaking down the barriers of noise and melody with such crushing conviction, and that in itself is a feat of strength deserving of high acclaim. If the equally dramatic Liars are bridging the gap with the subtlety of primitive dissonance, Parts & Labor are simply conquering the divide by forcing the two elements together. In chemistry the results of this sort of experiment can be explosive, and so it is with music.
Like a bomb from Williamsburg, Parts & Labor have dropped their follow-up, Mapmaker, and it is a worthy successor to Stay Afraid in every way. If the former sat squarely on the wall-of-noise side, the new album gives the view from above: an expanse of rhythm, horns, backing female vocals and a wider spectrum of clamor. The release was produced by Brooklyn's The Brothers, who also turn knobs for Oxford Collapse and !!!. Parts & Labor started out in 2002 as an instrumental band, and with each successive release, vocals have become more prominent. It is clear that the band feels strongly about their lyrical message; as with Stay Afraid, the words of Mapmaker are printed clearly in the liner notes. Although singing is not necessarily this groups fort�, their earnest approach is in the spirit of the great punk bands. Besides, who cares about tonal quality when there is this much of an exuberant racket?
"Fractured Skies" kicks things off with a barrage of drumming by kit-wizard Christopher Weingarten, who continually plays like the plane is going down. Dan Friel and BJ Warshaw soon join in, with their alternating vocals, keys, guitar and bass. The anthemic song forges ahead, adding trumpet and trombone(!), creating a glorious cacophony. "There are choices/ other than just fight or flight/ wrong or right" sums up the politico leanings of the band which, like its predecessor, thread through the album. The band is known for laying its protest communiqu� out there, but for also walking the talk in the form of "organizing as many benefit shows as possible," according to Friel.
In "Long Way Down" one hears recurring Celtic musical motifs that creep their way into songs, as if bagpipes were blowing through the electronics. Again, the lyrics are admonishing, "In sight of the peak/ standing silently/ we wonder how long/ until the wells run down." "Ghosts Will Burn" has the trio slowing the pace down a bit, with its syncopated drum and bass lines, which continue nicely into the next track, "Unexplosions." This ability to mix up the dynamics makes Mapmaker a more diverse listen than Stay Afraid, which was bombardment from beginning to end. The record contains a great Minutemen cover, "King of the Hill," which leads into one of the strongest tracks, "Fake Rain," one of the only songs to favor guitar over keyboards. Closing missive "Knives and Pencils" is a slow march, with a battle hymn cry of "Someday the maps/ that you and I have made/ will all fade," before collapsing into a fading ending of feedback.
Parts & Labor claim a range of influences, from Sonic Youth and Boredoms to Husker Du and Neutral Milk Hotel. Echoes of these bands can be heard, for beneath the layers of heavy drumming and tattered keyboards lay the core: this band has an acute sense of melody and pop. The chaos is just a cover. Although one may think an album like this must be blared at full volume, it is just an engaging listen when played in the background. It's not a reach to say that Mapmaker is almost meditative, perhaps due to the very duality it captures. Motorcycle racers will attest that they feel a keen sense of calm, while leaned over at speeds well over 100 miles per hour, as the world whirrs by. It's an apt analogy for listening to these melodious noisemakers.


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(AP/Susan Walsh)
Are we less safe?
President Obama's excessive secrecy doesn't just threaten his legacy. It could harm national security
Check out this article! https://www.salon.com/2013/02/28/are_we_less_safe/
Elizabeth Goitein
February 28, 2013 9:24PM (UTC)
President Obama began his first term by pledging to bring an unprecedented level of transparency to government. Although he has done that in some areas, it has become apparent that his pledge came with an asterisk: in matters of national security policy, he has largely continued and even intensified his predecessor's secretive practices.
But while the common justification for such conduct is the protection of Americans, there is much evidence that excessive secrecy actually harms national security.
First, it impedes information-sharing among government officials, and hampers effective coordination with our allies. It also cheapens the currency of secrecy, leading officials to exercise less care in their handling of classified information. And it results in unwise choices by executive officials who make key decisions about national security policy – for example, whether to go to war against Iraq – without the benefit of broad feedback and robust debate.
Yet President Obama has made secrecy a centerpiece of his national security strategy. He has repeatedly resisted sharing information with Congress. Despite persistent pleas by members of the Senate intelligence committee, it took the confirmation hearing of the president's nominee to head the CIA, John Brennan, to pry loose the Justice Department's legal opinions on the targeted killing of U.S. citizens. Even then, the administration won't allow committee members' staff – who hold top-level security clearances – to see the memos. Nor has the administration shared them with members of the armed services or judiciary committees, which share jurisdiction over the targeted killing issue.
The administration has been equally secretive in court. Although candidate Obama criticized President Bush's use of the state secrets privilege to shut down lawsuits alleging torture and warrantless wiretapping, President Obama has continued the practice. The Justice Department recently released a report in which it endorsed Bush's use of the privilege in every case that remains in litigation. Military prosecutions against Guantánamo detainees and alleged WikiLeaks source Bradley Manning have been conducted with strict limitations on public access to filings and testimony. And the administration won't allow the public to see Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court opinions, which establish the permissible scope of the government's surveillance activities.
Perhaps most surprisingly, the Obama administration has launched a frontal attack on national security whistleblowers. Using the Espionage Act – a statute designed to punish spies and enemies of the state – Obama's Justice Department has criminally prosecuted more government officials for leaking information to the media than all former administrations combined. Faced with mounting criticism over the prosecutions, the president issued a directive barring agencies from retaliating against intelligence officials who raise concerns about misconduct through approved government channels. If the government declines to police itself, however, officials must keep silent or face prosecution and imprisonment.
Of course, national security requires that some information, such as the time and place of planned military strikes or the identities of confidential sources, be protected from disclosure. The need to shield certain operational details, however, does not justify blanket secrecy for all information related to military or intelligence operations. Nor does it justify concealing entire programs and policies – such as the use of drones outside Afghanistan – from the American public.
The one bright spot has been the president's approach to the problem of "overclassification" – the classification of information that would pose no threat to national security if released. In December 2009, the president ordered several improvements to classification practices, and he charged his advisory committee on classification policy with developing recommendations for further reforms. The committee's recommendations, issued in late 2012, include some proposals that could begin to roll back the pervasive culture of overclassification.
Nonetheless, President Obama's overall record of secrecy in national security matters threatens the legacy he hopes to leave. It's not too late to reverse course. The president can still make good on his pledge to bring an unprecedented level of openness to government. He should begin by recommitting to the goal of government transparency – and this time, remove the asterisk.
Elizabeth Goitein co-directs the Liberty and National Security Program at the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law.
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Macau casino revenue surged in March to more than $2.65 billion, an 18.1 percent increase on the same month in 2016.
Gambling operators pulled in 21.23 billion Macau patacas during the month, a substantial premium on the 17.98 billion they collected last year. The total represents the Special Administrative Region's highest non-holiday month since March of 2015.
March also marks Macau's eighth-straight monthly gain. That's a strong recovery after the city endured 26 consecutive months in the red, which ended last August.
The numbers are fueling enthusiasm for casino stocks invested in the region. Melco Crown Entertainment, owners of Studio City Macau and Altira Macau, was up two percent on Monday. Wynn Macau Ltd, the China holding company of Wynn Resorts, was up more than 1.25 percent.
Although $2.65 billion is less than February's nearly $3 billion take, the month was Macau's third-best showing in over two years.
As spring approaches in Macau, there is plenty of optimism sprouting in China's gambling enclave. After more than two years of declines due to China's suppressing of VIP touring companies transporting high rollers from the mainland to the city, Macau has not only stabilized but is beginning to recover.
Resorts have begun focusing on the mass market over the high-stakes bettor, and it's paying off. Construction projects are ongoing, as 17 hotels are presently being built, and 32 more are in development. Many provide non-gaming attractions and entertainment such as zip lines and water parks.
The total number of hotel rooms is expected to increase by nearly 40 percent over the next several years. Macau is home to over 36,000 rooms, but expects that to climb upwards of 50,000 by 2020.
Wells Fargo gaming analyst Cameron McKnight predicts continued revenue growth in Macau. He expects April to come in between 10 and 15 percent higher than the same period in 2016.
As revenue slowly begins to return to the coffers of resorts, the biggest companies are sharing the wealth with their employees.
Sands China, the Asian unit of billionaire Sheldon Adelson's Las Vegas Sands, took the lead in raising wages. Sands China announced in January that it was giving its full-time workers a salary increase up to six percent.
"We would like to share the successes of 2016 by offering a salary increment and bonus for eligible team members to express our gratitude for their teamwork," the company said in a statement.
MGM China, Galaxy Entertainment, and Melco Crown soon followed in publicly announcing raises. And though its bottom line was down 40 percent in 2016, Wynn Macau said last week that it too was dolling out salary increases for 98 percent of its 12,400 employees.
Billionaire Stanley Ho's company was the last of Macau's so-called "Big Six" gaming operators to announce raises. SJM Holdings said this week many of its 20,600 full-time workers would be seeing higher wages.
SJM Holdings, the casino company that held a gambling monopoly on Macau for decades, says earnings will increase between 2.5 and 9.1 percent. However, the company didn't specify the number of employees who will be eligible for the raise.


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More than half of Indian crypto investors plan to invest more in next six months: report
They survey by KuCoin also found 56% of crypto investors believe it is the future of finance.
Aishwarya Dabhade
A recent survey by KuCoin found that 54% of Indian crypto investors will look to invest more in these digital assets over the next six months.
It also found that about 10% of Indian adults are curious about crypto and planning to invest in it in the next six months.
The survey said 56% of investors believe crypto to be the future of finance, and 52% invest in crypto to earn passive income and improve their standard of living.
The optimism on crypto investment comes despite central bank's pessimism. Earlier this week, RBI governor Shaktikanta Das warned against investing in cryptocurrency. Noting that the RBI has cautioned investors on several occasions about the risks of investing in crypto, Das said, "I'm happy that we sounded those warning signals and I would like to believe that a large number of people would have taken a note of the warning signals and the concerns expressed by the Reserve Bank."
On the difficulties of investing in crypto, 41% of respondents cited a lack of sufficient knowledge about the crypto market, while 37% said they find it hard to manage risk.
Ambiguity in government regulations has been a critical factor deterring potential investors, the survey found. Around 33% of respondents said that government regulation is a concern when considering investing in crypto.
The safety of investing in crypto is also a concern for many, with 26% of respondents saying they are worried about hackers stealing their coins.
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My most memorable experience with fire happened when I was nine On my birthday, which was less than a week before the first day of school, I got a bright blue wrist watch, a shiny key on a shoestring around my neck and instructions to get home after school and stay there until my parents got home 5 or 6 hours later.
One of the many exciting parts of this new arrangement was lunch. No boring sandwiches and borsch for this sophisticated nine-year-old. I liked to get creative. My favorite invention was Sautéed Crackers. Mom said I should have a hot meal for lunch, no snacking on crackers. So day after day I cooked crackers for lunch because if crackers are sautéed, it's not snacking anymore, it's a meal. I would melt a chunk of butter in a hot pan and sauté crackers, careful to flip them with a fork until both sides were golden brown. Then I would eat them fresh out of the pan, often streaked with black burns, but still delicious and so … exotic.
On one particular occasion, I had the misfortune of running out of butter before the crackers achieved just the right shade of gold. Without thinking twice, I grabbed a bottle of vegetable oil and poured it into the pan. If you are familiar with this particular reaction, you might imagine what happened. The oil caught fire setting the whole pan ablaze. So, I did what seemed like a reasonable next step. I grabbed a glass of water and threw it over the fire. Gasp! A burning flame of oil shot all the way to the ceiling. It was not fire anymore, but a raging inferno!
I still don't understand how I got out of that experience with my body intact. One lesson you can glean from this experience is that kids, even relatively well-behaved kids, find a way to get into trouble. I'm sure my parents never imagined the above would ever happen. Another lesson is that even when crazy things happen to kids, they usually end up okay. Kids are indestructible after all. Except when they are not.
I'm a cautious parent. Tirelessly and relentlessly I examine every situation looking for potential problems and dangers. The only problem with being cautious is that there is an inexhaustible number of "potential" dangers in the world, and as the number of children in my family increases, so do the potential problems.
I want my kids to experience life, make mistakes and learn to use life's physical and mental boo-boos as stepping stones to the top of their Everest. Yet, I'm there, under the monkey bars with my heart racing, because those monkey bars are much higher than I want them to be. And in my mind's eye, I can see clearly how things can go wrong. I bite my tongue. I stifle the "be careful" that is searing a hole in my tongue. That "be careful" that will make me feel better because, if I said it out loud nothing bad can happen. That "be careful" that will not make my kids act more careful because for them it's just a sound that mom makes when she is being irrational.
When it comes to parenting, there is no easy recipe for success. The best wisdom comes from experience. But I know that there is a better way than lying in bed at night fretting about all the things that can go wrong because our kids lack our experience. The better way is to give kids the tools that will help them look out for themselves.
Ideally, it 'd be good to teach kids about all the dangers out there, all at once, so we could relax and breathe a sigh of relief. But even we don't know every danger, and we cannot always be there. The ability to make good decisions is an important life skill.
Teaching your kids to make decisions is one of those things that sounds good, but is very hard to implement. You might be short on time or patience. You know what's better for them, so "just this one time" you decide for them. Besides, it's so hard to watch them make a decision that you don't agree with.
The best time to start teaching decision-making skills is when kids are young, and the cost of making bad decisions is minuscule. After all, what's the price of wearing Star Wars underwear on top of pants to the park? Start with the Playful approach and move on to this eight-lesson guide with your kids (you will learn from it too).
I used to think that instinct is a little voice inside my head that doesn't want me to have any fun. It liked to tell me "don't do this" and "don't do that." It was also very judgmental and came up with things like, "I don't trust this girl. There is something wrong with her. Stay away." But I just met her, I would object, I don't know enough about her to make that kind of judgment!
It turns out I did. Years later I learned that instinct is largely a subconscious mechanism that picks up on million little details that are not available to a rational mind. When I looked back on my life, I realized that there was more than one occasion when I overrode my instinct with a "rational" thinking only to get myself in serious trouble.
Kids need to know that a little voice inside their head that tells them that something isn't right should be respected until the can check it over with mom and dad. Of course, they wouldn't be checking with mom and dad all their lives. That's what childhood is for: to learn enough about the world to keep them safe as they grow older.
Do your kids know what to do if they are lost in a crowd? Or when someone's touch feels "weird"? The most profound books on this subject I ever read are The Gift of Fear and other survival instincts that protect us from violence and Protecting the Gift: Keeping Children and Teenagers Safe, both written by a crime prevention expert who evaluates threats to some of our world's most influential people. The book will help you to teach kids how to tell the difference between unwarranted fear and a gut instinct. Plus, how to read danger signals, how to approach a stranger, and what steps to take so you will not become a victim of crime. I think this book should be a must-read for all parents.
They say wisdom comes from experience and experience comes from bad decisions. Sure with my almost forty years of life's experience, I can make better decisions than my little kids, but my days of making decisions FOR my kids are numbered. So they better start practicing while the consequences are still small. Besides it's important to remember that what seems "small" to us as parents may be pretty "big" to our kids.
Last year we started a family movie night tradition. Each Sunday we make popcorn (sometimes even a fancy one, like bacon/cheese or cranberry caramel) and watch a good old comedy like Honey I shrunk my kids or an adventure like Homeward Bound. Movie night is much anticipated, constantly talked about, and hotly discussed during dinners. The rule is that all the schoolwork for the week must be done before the movie starts. If the schoolwork is not done, the child is banned from the movie and has to stay in their room upstairs. Can you imagine the devastation and heartbreak of sitting alone in your room listening to all the fun happening downstairs without you?
To be honest, it hasn't happened yet. I can just see it in my mind's eyes, the quivering lip, a tear running down their cheek. Would I be strong enough to say, "Rules are rules. You can't watch a movie with us this week."? Giving in is easier. Parents are wired to make their kids happy. But sometimes letting them make a mistake, and teaching them how they can learn from it, is the best thing we can do for our kids.
When kids are responsible for cleaning up after themselves, they are less likely to engage in risky behaviors that can lead to messy consequences. Like with everything else, it starts small. In our house spills happen on a regular basis. Even my smallest children know to run, get a cloth and wipe up. As soon as my kids learn how to walk, they become responsible for picking up their toys. My kids clean their rooms, get their snacks, and sort their clean laundry. My eight year old washes his laundry, and when he is hungry, instead of coming to me, he can warm up leftovers or put together a simple meal, boil himself rice, oats or make an omelet.
When most parents think about a close relationship with their kids, they picture strong family ties and a pleasant family environment. But the benefits of a close relationship with kids goes much further to include an internal sense of connectedness that they will carry with them for the rest of their lives.
Human beings are social beings, and even introverts have a need for closeness and support. When kids have that subjective sense of connection, they approach life's decision from that comfortable place of belonging. They know what true connection feels like and they don't feel a need to compromise to win approval. They don't need to run with the crowd to avoid social isolation.
A good time to start building that connection is right now. Here is a good place to get some workable ideas.
Some of the most famous studies on self-esteem in kids demonstrate that kids with healthy self-esteem can resist peer pressure and thus have the courage to say 'no' even when it can lead to ridicule. Helping kids foster self-esteem is not an easy task, and according to some sources (The Self-esteem Trap), there is a fine line between self-esteem and self-importance.
However, there is no arguing that there is a direct link between how the child feels and how the child acts. So, if you don't want your kids to act out, promote a healthy self-image. This article will help you lay a strong foundation.
If you consistently, and mindfully, work on the techniques above, you will equip your kids with skills that will serve them for the rest of their lives. Those skills will help them make better decisions and keep themselves safe when you are not around. It means you can fret less about potential problems that could befall your child. And of course, don't forget to teach your kids not to throw water on a grease fire. To extinguish a grease fire cut its oxygen supply because all fires need oxygen to burn. Cover a pan with a tight lid or another pan, pour baking soda (and lots of it) on fire, or in my case, I was saved by a drunk veteran next door who took the fire out by throwing his ex-army combat jacket on the pan.
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Oh my gosh that is terrifying what happened to you! I just have one 16 month old so this is so helpful to think about now before she is older!
It's not easy to let kids make mistakes while at the same time we really want to help them. It's quite difficult choice to make, but kids need to know that every action in life has consequences.
We just moved into a neighborhood with kids. It's been interesting because now my kids want to go and play with their friends next door. I get worried to let them go off alone!
I agree! I let my 3yo try to do most things on his own so he can learn, even if it's messier for me.
Oh, wow! I bet your experience with the grease fire was scary! Glad you weren't hurt. Things like that are important to know. Most people would not know not to throw water on a grease fire. That would be a great thing to know if you are going to cook.
These are such important tips! I agree that self esteem helps to combat peer pressure. If a child is secure they will be able to say no to things that are not good for them.


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Leonel Suarez of Cuba, Trey Hardee of the U.S.and Aleksandr Pogorelov of Russia (L-R) display their medals during the awards ceremony for the men's decathlon at the world athletics championships at the Olympic stadium in Berlin August 21, 2009. Hardee won the gold ahead of Suarez who won silver and Pogorelov who won bronze. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay (GERMANY)
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Gold medallist Bryan Clay of the U.S. (C), silver medallist Andrei Krauchanka of Belarus (L) and bronze medallist Leonel Suarez of Cuba pose during the medal ceremony for the men's decathlon of the athletics competition in the National Stadium at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games August 22, 2008. REUTERS/Mike Blake (CHINA)


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Our Costa Rica trip was extraordinary. Each day was filled with hands-on, engaging experiences that allowed the students to come away with a deep understanding of the culture and ecology of Costa Rica.
OUR ITINERARY INCLUDES NATURE, SCIENCE, CULTURAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE ACTIVITIES IN TWO LOCATIONS IN THE EASTERN REGIONS OF COSTA RICA. THE TOUR IS APPROPRIATE FOR MIDDLE, HIGH SCHOOL AND UNIVERSITY STUDENTS.
Your travel adventure begins with your arrival at the Juan Santa Maria International Airport near the San Jose capital in the center of Costa Rica. You will be met by your bilingual naturalist guide and driver, and will transfer to Trapp Family Country Inn (only 10 minutes from the airport). You will have time to relax from your travels on the grounds or hotel pool. Afterward, there will be an Orientation Session and group dinner. Overnight at Trapp Family Country Inn (Alajuela) or comparable alternative depending on the size of your group.
You will transfer on your air conditioned private motor coach to Guayabo Lodge in Santa Cruz de Turrialba. On your transfer, you will have a chance to view some of the urban areas of San Jose before you arrive in the more rural regions. Your guide will give an overview of volcanoes before you stop at Irazu Volcano.
Irazu Volcano is the highest volcano of Costa Rica with a height of 3432 meters (11,260 feet). The name Aztar (Irazu) derives from the language of local Indians who used to live upon its slopes. It means "the place that shakes" or the "mountain of rumbling and trembling." It offers an assortment of craters, boiling mud pots, green and blue lakes, fumaroles, pyroclastic cones, and cloud forests. On clear days from the summit it is possible to see both the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean.
NOTE: If weather affects visibility, you will instead tour the Basilica de Los Angeles in Cartago, Costa Rica's first capital.
You will continue along the back roads through picturesque villages to Guayabo Lodge in Santa Cruz de Turrialba. You will settle into your rooms and have lunch.
After lunch you have a guided walk in the rainforest at Guayabo National Park, the most important archaeological site of Costa Rica, dating back over 3,000 years. Some of the structures you can see include entryways (stone roads), mounds and dwelling foundations, tombs, aqueducts and petroglyphs. Your naturalist guide will also explain various features of the rainforest.
After breakfast, you will begin your activities at CATIE (Center for Tropical Agricultural Research, Education and Education). With its headquarters in Turrialba, Costa Rica, CATIE has projects throughout 18 tropical countries of Latin America and the Caribbean. Its mission has been to improve the economic and health conditions of its member countries through improved agriculture. CATIE is considered the leading hemispheric research and higher education institution in the fields of agriculture, agro forestry and natural resource management.
In the early morning, you will participate in CATIE's Bird Monitoring Project in this best birding venue in the region. In this hands-on activity, you will use Mist nets to capture birds. You will examine the birds to record data which contributes to critical understanding of changes in bird populations over the long-term.
In the late morning, you will transfer to Sitios Angustura, a rustic restaurant in Turrialba. There you will work alongside the rural women in the restaurant's kitchen as they give a hands-on demonstration in making tortillas for your typical lunch.
In the afternoon, you return to CATIE to participate in the "Revive a Rainforest Project" in partnership with the National Resources Defense Council of the U.S. You will plant trees to create a bio-corridor that will connect two large biosphere reserves. Dinner & overnight at Guayabo Lodge.
After breakfast at Guayabo Lodge, you will transfer (1.5 hours) to Veragua Rainforest Center. You will have settle into your dorm rooms, and return to the entrance for an orientation to the center and to have lunch in the cafeteria.
Afterward, you will take an aerial tram ride through the canopy of the rainforest and have a guided walk on The Trail of Giants to Las Pumas Waterfall. Next, you will visit some of the science exhibits and set up your insect screen. After dinner, you will have a guided evening walk through the rainforest and will return to view your insect screen.
With world-class facilities, astonishing natural beauty, and a commitment to conservation and scientific research, Veragua Rainforest Park is the place to visit if you want to get the most complete, exciting and educational Costa Rican rainforest experience. Located on a 1300-hectar (approximately 4000 acre) private reserve surrounded by 100% rainforest.
You will long remember your visit to the El Peje School. The students on our last Student Tour (April 2015) evaluated the experience at El Peje School as the highlight of their tour.
The school has only a one-room classroom. The principal is the only teacher for all grades. Many of the students are from a local indigenous population that lives in remote villages in the Talamanca Mountains. Many need to walk two hours each way to attend school.
The principal is open to suggestions you might have for service projects. Students on past tours have painted sections of the school or the Community Hall on the school property. The school and community are very poor and in need of much assistance. You will work alongside the school children, and afterward you will participate in games with them. You will have an opportunity to practice your Spanish, and you can ask your bilingual guide or the bilingual coordinator from Veragua to help in the translations.
Veragua Rainforest, in alliance with The Original Canopy Tour®, offers visitors the opportunity to take this journey and appreciate the views of La Amistad International Park and Chirripó Reserve, in a unique and unforgettable fashion. You will cross the canopy of the rainforest on steel cables to 9 platforms at 150 feet above the forest floor.
After breakfast, you will have a group transfer by motor coach to the San José Airport for your departure to the U.S. where you will take your memories of your student adventure in Costa Rica home with you.


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Memorial Day Hours and First Friday Adoration
On Memorial Day 5/31/21, only the 8:00 AM Mass will be celebrated. Join us for First Friday Adoration on Friday, June 4, 2021 from 8:15 a.m. until 12:00 p.m.
Ordination of Oscar Mendez
With Thanks and Praise to Almighty God, The Archdiocese of Washington Announces the ordination of Oscar Amilcar Méndez to the Order of Deacon.
Revised COVID-19 Liturgical Guidelines
These revisions modify the "Public Celebration of Mass and Holy Communion Outside of Mass" guidelines issued May 14, 2020 and revised October 15, 2020. They take into account the guidelines of Montgomery County, MD that are set to expire on May 28, 2021.
Introducing Seminarian Vincent Vu
Third year Theology Seminarian, Vincent Vu, has been assigned to our parish for the summer. Here is a short autobiography.
First Communion -Spanish Program
Congratulations to those receiving First Communion on Sunday, May 23
2021 Annual Appeal Update
St. Michael the Archangel Parish has reached 26% of our parish goal of $88,900.
The Myth of "Model Minority"
Asian Americans, Pacific Islanders have been characterized by many as the "most educated, wealthiest, and even happiest" group of people. Despite the positive nature of this characterization, it is a stereotype or myth that has negatively plagued the Asian American community since the 1940s.
The Making of Asian American and Pacific Islanders History (Parts III, IV, V)
In this segment, the presence and contributions of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders will be briefly exploring in five key moments.
Confirmation Class 2021
Congratulations to the 2021 Confirmation Class!
Walk-up COVID Vaccine Clinic (May 14)
St. Rose of Lima Catholic Parish, located in Gaithersburg, MD, is holding a walk-up COVID vaccine clinic on Friday, May 14, from 3PM until 7PM. 300 Pfizer vaccine doses will be available on a first come, first served basis.
The Making of Asian American and Pacific Islanders History (Part II)
St. Michael the Archangel Joins FORMED
We are happy to announce that our parish has signed a membership with the Augustine Institute for the program FORMED. FORMED is a technology platform that delivers award-winning Catholic content, children's programming, audio talks, e-books and more in English and Spanish.
Asian and Pacific Island Catholics' Marian Pilgrimage
Participating in their 18th annual Marian pilgrimage in the Washington, D.C., area, Asian and Pacific Island Catholics were encouraged to be a "family of families" united in their faith, and to make devotion to Mary and love for Christ central to their homes and an impetus for them to build a new and better world.
Cardinal Gregory Addresses Ongoing Decline in Religious Participation
Organized religions have experienced an obvious and steady decline in membership and active participation over the past generation. We need a transparent way to tell the truth, to hold ourselves accountable, and to return to the central mission of our Church, which is Gospel concern for the poor and the proclamation of the message of Christ for the life of the world.
Cardinal Gregory Speaks on Confronting the Sin of Racism
Wilton Cardinal Gregory was the keynote speaker at the Diocese of Arlington's March 20 "Open Wide Our Hearts: The Enduring Call to Love" in-person and virtual conference on confronting the sin of racism through understanding, conversion, and action.


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Waiting for Pasolini
Original title: Fi intidar Pasolini
Thami works as an extra in foreign films shot in a small village near Ouarzazate. He became a friend of Pier Paolo Pasolini, who shot in 1966 his movie Oedipus Rex in Morocco. Forty years la... Read allThami works as an extra in foreign films shot in a small village near Ouarzazate. He became a friend of Pier Paolo Pasolini, who shot in 1966 his movie Oedipus Rex in Morocco. Forty years later, an Italian crew comes to Ouarzazate to shoot a film. Thami thinks his friend Pasolini... Read allThami works as an extra in foreign films shot in a small village near Ouarzazate. He became a friend of Pier Paolo Pasolini, who shot in 1966 his movie Oedipus Rex in Morocco. Forty years later, an Italian crew comes to Ouarzazate to shoot a film. Thami thinks his friend Pasolini is back in town and thus triggering cinema fever in all the locals.
Daoud Aoulad-Syad
Ali Essafi(original idea)
Youssef Fade(screenplay)
Mohamed Bastaoui
Rabii El Jawhari
Mohamed Majd
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Features Oedipus Rex (1967)
February 25, 2012 (Greece)
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Badflower
badflowermusic.com
Josh Katz
Joey Morrow
Anthony Sonetti
Alex Espiritu
Badflower is an American rock band founded in Los Angeles, California. The band is composed of singer/guitarist Josh Katz, lead guitarist Joey Morrow, bass guitarist Alex Espiritu and drummer Anthony Sonetti. The band is signed to Big Machine John Varvatos Records and was named Artist of the Week by Apple Music after the release of their EP Temper in 2016. Their debut studio album, titled OK, I'm Sick, was released on February 22, 2019.
1.1 Formation and indie label releases (2008–2014)
1.2 Major label signing and Temper EP (2015–2016)
1.3 Touring and debut studio album (2017–present)
2.1 Studio albums
2.2 EPs
2.3 Singles
Formation and indie label releases (2008–2014)[edit]
Badflower's earliest incarnation, The Cartunes, formed in 2008, when music school students, Northridge CA born Josh Katz, and Gilroy CA transplant, Joey Morrow, met at their Hollywood CA apartment building. The pair moved in together, and began writing songs for their 5 piece band. They released a self produced EP in 2011 but after losing their bass player and rhythm guitarist, reformed as rock band Badflower, recruiting Espiritu and Sonetti to round out their ranks. [1][2] They played several shows in Los Angeles including a weekly residency at The Key Club[3] and gained attention from satellite radio personality and former NSYNC member Lance Bass.[4] After a performance at The Troubadour, opening for Kongos,[5] the band signed with former independent record label Hundred Handed and began recording their first music release.
Major label signing and Temper EP (2015–2016)[edit]
Group photo of Badflower
Badflower released their debut single "Soap" via Hundred Handed records on March 4, 2015, and debuted its music video on Loudwire the same day.[6] Shortly after the release the band flew to the United Kingdom to support Australian pop duo The Veronicas and played to sold out venues including London's Heaven. Then, upon returning home to the US, the band headed straight back on tour to play several showcases in Austin, TX for SXSW and South by So What?! in Grand Prairie, Texas supporting Circa Survive.[7] A demo version of the band's song "Animal" was also used in record label executive John Varvatos's show during New York Fashion Week.[8] The band was then flown out to New York City to showcase for Varvatos and head executives at Republic Records with the prospect of making a deal.[citation needed] After the performance, the label immediately began negotiations which included a buy-out from their previous deal with Hundred Handed.[citation needed]
Impatient with the negotiations, the band took it upon themselves to begin recording an album in their garage. On March 10 the band signed with John Varvatos / Republic Records. When the conversation about making an album began, the band confessed they had already begun making it in their garage and submitted a nearly complete version of "Temper" to the label. To the band's surprise, the label loved the self-produced collection and began preparing to release the unanimous favorite, "Animal," as the first single.[9] "Animal" was premiered on Guitar World website and released on September 1, 2016.[8] Following the release of the single, the band performed across the US in support of Billy Talent on the "Afraid of Heights" tour in September, 16. While on tour, the band gained attention from active rock radio stations and top programmers for iTunes and Apple Music.[citation needed]
The band's debut EP, Temper dropped on November 4, 2016 and Badflower was named Apple Music's Artist of the week.[10] "Good, Old-Fashioned Rock n' Roll May Have Just Made a Modern Comeback," declares Nylon Magazine[11] Active and Alternative rock radio began spinning "Animal" regularly and was added by stations such as SiriusXM Octane and was voted #1 on KROQ locals only for multiple weeks in a row.[12] iTunes named "Animal" among the best rock songs and Temper among best rock albums of 2016.[13] A few songs from Temper were also featured on Spotify's most streamed music playlists including New Music Friday[14] Following the buzz, Badflower was asked to headline KCRW's School night in West Hollywood, CA on December 19, 2016. The band recruited friend and Big Bang Theory actor Johnny Galecki to join them on stage to close the show.[15] On December 31 "Animal" entered into the Billboard Mainstream Rock Chart and peaked at number 28.[16] In addition, by March 2017 their single "Animal" from Temper had cracked at 1 million Spotify streams and as of 2018 has garnered them over 2,000,000 streams.[citation needed] Soon after the release of Temper EP on December 12, 2016, Badflower began touring to promote the release.[17]
Touring and debut studio album (2017–present)[edit]
Badflower as well as American rock band Red Sun Rising would be opening acts for Pop Evil on their "Rock 'N' Roll Now" Tour from January to February 2017.[18] After the tour, they would be the supporting bands with Bleeker and Beware of Darkness, as well as two additional shows with Red Sun Rising, playing at various music festivals like Buzzfest, Rock on Range and River City Rock Fest.[19] They would also put on a summer tour with the rock group Goodbye June from Nashville, Tennessee, and In addition, it was announced they were to do several more headlines at major festivals like Louder Than Life Festival in Kentucky[20] They have opened for Of Mice & Men, Greta Van Fleet, IDK, From Ashes to New, The Struts, Pop Evil, Bleeker, Beware of Darkness, The Wrecks, and Red Sun Rising[21]
During the tour, a previously unreleased track, "Move Me", was released on the band's Facebook page. Katz explained he wrote the song while heartbroken at his Thousand Oaks, CA home in 2015.[22] However, four days after the release of "Move Me", their tour van was broken into outside a venue in Los Angeles. Their backpacks, wallets, laptops, cameras, gear etc. were stolen and they were forced to cancel two shows in Santa Cruz and Berkeley, California.[23] The tour reconvened soon after, and their track "White Noise", from their Temper EP, reached 1 million plays on Spotify.[24]
On September 9, 2017 it was revealed on Facebook they were to start recording for their first full length album with their record label John Varvatos /Big Machine Label Group, being the first rock group to sign a deal with the label.[25] Badflower began preproduction for the new album in Fall 2017 and began recording at Ocean Studios in Burbank, CA alongside producer Noah Shain.[26] More than a year later, on December 6th 2018, the band re-released their official music video for the song "Heroin", featuring the current version of the song, which had been added to the album.[27]
At the end of 2017, Badflower had over 1,000,000 fans from 61 countries playing over 312,000 hours of their music from their Spotify alone, [28]
On November 1, Badflower announced their debut album OK, I'm Sick, would be released on February 22, 2019.[29]
Josh Katz said the following about the single 'Ghost': "I was depressed and thinking about self-harm. So I just wrote it. I played out the whole scenario and put it into a song because that's what writers do, I suppose. I didn't even know if it was gonna go on the album. I was sorta hesitant to even show it to the rest of my band, But everyone heard it and loved it". [30]
The group released a single called "30" on July 17, 2020, coinciding with Katz's 30th birthday. It features lyrics centered around reaching the milestone age of 30 years old and being uncomfortable with it. [31]
Discography[edit]
Studio albums[edit]
US Alt.
US Dig.
US Hard.
US Heat.
US Rock
US Sale.
OK, I'm Sick
Released date: February 22, 2019
Label: Big Machine
Formats: CD, LP, digital download
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EPs[edit]
About a Girl (2013)[39]
Temper (2016)
Singles[edit]
Main.
"Soap"
2015 — — — — Non-album single
"Animal"
2016 — 28 — — Temper (EP)
"Ghost"
RIAA: Gold[44]
"x ANA x"
"Heroin"
— 1 33 —
"Promise Me"
2019 32 — — —
"The Jester"
2020 — 2 — 44 TBA
Music videos[edit]
"The Jester" 2013 Madie Ramser[45]
"Mother Mary" 2014 Jordan Wolfbauer and Sam Moore[46]
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