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Making it live at the Proms
Which is better: a 'live' broadcast of a classical concert or being in the Royal Albert Hall for the performance itself? Last night's Prom included Beethoven's Fifth Symphony and centenarian Elliott Carter's Oboe Concerto. Using the BBC iPlayer I was able to compare the television broadcast, the radio version and the experience of actually being in the hall at the concert.
The TV broadcast includes a revealing interview with soloist Nicholas Daniel. In it he talks about the rapt concentration on the faces of the crowd of Promenaders standing in the arena. The Proms audience is particularly attentive - unsurprising since the hall is dominated by a well-informed crowd of 400 or more who are so motivated by the music that they are prepared to stand for it. But join any audience at a live performance and you plug in to the collective experience in a way that never happens at home.
Conductor David Robertson also gave an interview in which he identified Elliott Carter's ability to capture real experience in his music, in the same way as Virginia Woolf did in 'stream of consciousness' novels like Mrs Dalloway. Being in the Albert Hall it is the moment-by-moment collective experience that makes the music.
Standing in the hall with my £5 ticket bought just before, I was hot, and not quite close enough. But when the conductor's baton hovered momentarily at the top of its first down beat, hushed expectation distilled into one moment of complete focussed concentration.
In the fifth symphony the sound was rich with detail I'd never noticed in recordings, and the dynamic range was vastly greater than any recording. Even a static viewpoint sometimes distracts me and so I listen with my eyes closed. In the apparently familiar Beethoven there were moments of complete engagement in the music. This is consciousness changing 'flow experience'. When I was a child it happened so much more easily.
The broadcasts are flush with background information, sophisticated camerwork and the BBC's determinaton to make everything upbeat and accessible. The sound is perfectly balanced. The broadcast 'experience' is almost too polished and content packed, (how I love close-ups of the hammed-up histrionics of some conductors and soloists!). For me, make it live any day.
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Cashing up in the attic
"My mother always said never trust a man with matching belt and shoes" - so said winsomely entertaining TV presenter Angus Purden of my outfit when I was persuaded to take part in the filming of an episode of one of the BBC's most popular day time shows, 'Cash in the Attic'.
What sounded like fun was actually an object lesson in just how painstaking and exhausting it is building up just 45 minutes of broadcast material. It was also proof of the voracious appetite of the media for material. Two days filming, each 12 hours long. Since they only had two cameras, every set-up had to be recorded repeatedly and ritualistically from every angle: 'wides', 'singles' and close-ups, plus a trademark out-of-focus holding shot with a vase in the foreground. Words that once seemed spontaneous rapidly became inane.
Barbara's mother died last year leaving her and her brother with a huge inheritance tax bill. The family house lies deep in the woods in Nettlebed in rural Oxfordshire. A beautiful and magical place, with pheasants in the garden, red kites calling overhead, and an antiquated kitchen with an indicator board once used by servants. A green baize door separates the kitchen from the dining room and the house is filled with family treasures, many from turn-of-the-century Vienna. I remembered Christmases year ago when real candles twinkled on a huge tree and we played Scrabble in front of a blazing log fire.
The camera caught Angus as he twirled in Barbara's mother's kimono and we obligingly acted out surprise on discovering him. Barbara's ferocious dog Foxy performed as we walked in long-shot through the woods. After the crew finally left, ornate lights that had been on the wall when the house was bought almost half a century ago were taken down forever and we polished up for the auction a fine silver Viennese Secession coffee service that had languished in a cupboard for years.
The auction itself was filmed weeks later in Cirencester. Understandably perhaps, Barbara needed to smoke something calming between shots. I chatted coyly to Angela Ripon. Two sets of lots were being filmed for two separate programmes and we kept being called in (like obedient circus animals) to mime delight or dismay according to the prices achieved. Barbara rushed to ask purchasers where the lots were ending up. The kimonos went eastwards. Angus told me about his escapades in New York and said he was more interested in our chat (and in one of the porters) than the filming.
Transmission was today. I expected it to be in July. Some extraordinary impulse made me email the production company about transmission the very moment the broadcast began. Within an hour I'd had calls from friends of daytime TV watchers and a website thread had started discussing my appearance. And tomorrow yet another unlikely group of participants will have their Warholian 15 minutes.
In spite of the £4,380 proceeds from the auction – just a tiny part of the tax due - Barbara and her brother's house in Nettlebed must be sold. Its contents will be dispersed forever. Somehow, Mr De Mille, I don't think I'll ever be ready for my close-up.
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Join the Tibetan Buddhist meditation master and scholar Venerable Khenpo Tsewang Dongyal Rinpoche for in depth discussion of discovering your inner beauty, goodness, power, and wisdom.
Born on the world‰۪s highest plateaus in Tibet, Venerable Khenpo Tsewang Dongyal Rinpoche began an extraordinary life as a Tibetan Buddhist monk learning mindfulness, meditation, and philosophy taught by the Buddha. By studying and practicing the vast Buddhist literature on the science of mind, Khenpo Rinpoche developed his understanding and wisdom. In 1959, the invasion of armies across the borders of eastern Tibet sent him on a heroic journey across the Himalayas with his small family, traveling from his mountain homeland to safety in India. Several years later he studied in the Sanskrit and Tibetan Universities in Varanasi, India where he completed his training. Khenpo Rinpoche was enthroned by HH Dudjom Rinpoche as an abbot in the Nyingma school of Tibetan Buddhism. In 1980 he came to New York where he and his revered brother, Ven. Khenchen Palden Sherab Rinpoche (1938-2010) founded the Padmasambhava Buddhist Center. The PBC Nashville branch is one of the many centers in the USA, and was established in 1990. Khenpo Rinpoche is an expert of Theravada, Mahayana, and Vajrayana Buddhism, and is a master of Dzogchen. He is the author of several learned works in Tibetan, and has co-authored over 25 Dharma books in English.
The annual Light Mandala for World Peace and a silent auction will proceed and follow Khenpo Rinpoche's talk.


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Jessica Simpson snubs President Bush.
Does this mean I have to respect her now? I'm not sure I can do that.
And I love how an NRCC spokesman responds with "It's never been a problem for Bono." Maybe we should run down the differences between Bono and Simpson.
Bono is Irish and gained fame by being in an incredible band.
Simpson is American and gained fame by having incredible legs.
Bono is an intelligent, thoughtful person who cares deeply about the plight of the world.
And yet she still snubbed Bush. It's like my world is spinning out of control.
Tonight, I'll be heading downtown for my first full-on South by Southwest experience, trying to get into the Twilight Singers show. Pray for me, friends. Pray for me.


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Countering unmanned systems
BY The Gateway House Podcast
The use of unmanned systems has increased in the 21st century, employed by great powers, medium powers and non-state actors alike. Zachary Kallenborn, Research Affiliate, Unconventional Weapons and Technology Division of the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START) explains the growing proliferation of unmanned systems and ensuing threats on a state and global level.
TAGGED UNDER: ALUAV, India-U.S., swarming drones, underwater systems, unmanned systems
Demystifying Maritime Lawfare
A new maritime law in China allows it to supervise all foreign vessels which appear in the country's "territorial waters" - many parts of which are internationally disputed. Nationalistic maritime actions such as China's aggression in the South China Sea and Russia's actions in the Black Sea, has revived international focus on maritime law. In this podcast, Dr Stefan Talmon, professor and co-director at the Institute of International Law, University of Bonn, interprets maritime law in the two hotly contested seas.
TAGGED UNDER: Black Sea, Chinese Maritime Activities, HMS Defender, Maritime Security, nine dash line, South China Sea
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Deep dive: The Quad
In an interview with Garrison Moratto of The New Diplomatist, Amb. Rajiv Bhatia, Distinguished Fellow, Foreign Policy Studies, counters China's claims that the Quad is an "Asian NATO." He highlights how the India-U.S.-Japan-Australia Quadrilateral initiative aims to increase cooperation in the Indo-Pacific on international law and security. This podcast delves into the history of the Quad's formation, current strategic characteristics, and future geopolitics, ahead of the fall in-person Leaders' Summit in the U.S.
TAGGED UNDER: india-us-japan-australia, Quad-China, Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, The Quadrilateral Security Dialogue
Attributing cyber-attacks
A ransomware attack recently targeted Kaseya, a software services company in the U.S., for $70 million, incapacitating hundreds of its clients globally. There is an increasing incidence of such attacks, with perpetrators targeting government agencies and high-tech companies, leading to considerable economic losses. How can governments mitigate these threats and attribute responsibility to those accountable?
TAGGED UNDER: cyber attack, cybersecurity, Legislation, ransomware attack
Devising an Indian policy on Sanctions for Pakistan
The shifting geopolitics of the COVID-19 crisis might be an opportune time for India to consider new strategies for managing and curtailing Pakistan's military aggression for the future. One policy tool used effectively by other countries is the imposition of economic sanctions. This podcast discusses the possibility of India imposing sanctions on Pakistan.
TAGGED UNDER: India, India-Pakistan, Milbus, Pakistan, sanctions
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Modi & Xi: war or peace?
BY Madhav Das Nalapat
In this special episode, Professor M.D. Nalapat joins us to discuss the current border stand-off between India and China, sharing a unique glimpse into the policy psyche of India, China and the United States.
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The back is fine. To prove the point, Dave Winfield turns, pulls up his T-shirt and exposes a small scar on his lower back. The scar is the only physical reminder of the surgery he had last March, but not necessarily the only scar Winfield carries from a long and sometimes painful year gone by.
The ache this year comes from a yearning to get going again. Before the spring training lockout last week, Winfield was scheduled to join the rest of the Yankees in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. When he returns to camp - presuming there eventually is spring training - it will signal the start of a comeback and, perhaps, the beginning of his final summer in the Bronx.
That is one subject among many that Winfield chooses to sidestep, but he remains profoundly confident that he will begin his 10th season with the Yankees in exceptional physical shape and capable of leaping from 1988 into 1990 without any loss of ability.
''Look at me,'' he said one day recently, standing inside the kitchen of his Beverly Hills, Calif., home and appearing as trim and muscular as ever. ''I look good. I feel good. I'm coming back to the team to be a major contributor. I can still knock in 100 runs, still hit 25 or 30 home runs.
Winfield, though, is 38 years old, and is entering the final season of a 10-year contract he signed with the Yankees in December 1980. The contract will be worth a little more than $2 million this season.
While the cold war between Winfield and the team's principal owner, George Steinbrenner, may have thawed some, there is clearly no sign that they are on completely amicable terms. Their well-documented differences over Winfield's charitable foundation ended last September, and Steinbrenner severed his remaining financial obligation to the New Jersey-based organization as part of their settlement.
The haggling between owner and outfielder, however, was only part of Winfield's difficult year. The back surgery, during which fragments of a herniated disk were removed, cost him all of last season, and now he finds himself moved from right field to left, where he last played in 1981.
Besides that, he spent a significant part of last year in a Houston courtroom, where it was ruled that he had a common-law marriage with a woman seeking part of his earnings.
''It's been very interesting,'' he said of the time away from baseball. ''I've learned a lot, seen a lot, done a lot. My whole approach to the sport is different. You appreciate it when you're away from it.
With the Yankees, of course, there are no guarantees. But Winfield is preparing anyway, working out four times a week at a nearby health club and avoiding a recurrence of the back problems.
And while the team released a statement last month in which Winfield was quoted as having said he accepted the switch to left field, he is accepting the change with reservations.
In the beginning, though, Winfield will be in left and the well-armed Jesse Barfield in right. The Yankees acquired Barfield from the Toronto Blue Jays last April to fill Winfield's role, then signed Barfield to a three-year contract in October, despite his having batted just .240 with 18 home runs in 129 games.
The Yankees value Barfield's arm and his youth - he is 30 - and think that Winfield has lost some of his defensive speed.
Winfield's acceptance of his new position appears to have won him support from Steinbrenner, who has criticized the player at virtually every turn in the past.
''That's more like the Winfield that I like,'' Steinbrenner said recently. ''We've had our differences, but they're in the past. I'm in his corner. I've reached out to him and called his agent.
But the owner also said, ''I don't think he'll be able to play full time at his age.'' Coming from Steinbrenner, the statement is likely to mean only one thing: Winfield will find himself playing less in the outfield and spending more time sitting and more as designated hitter.
Winfield will likely be platooned in left with Mel Hall, a left-handed batter, who, like Barfield, signed a three-year contract in the off season.
But while the Yankees brought back Barfield and Hall as insurance against Winfield's back and age, Winfield does not believe he must prove himself this season.
''This will be a big story until they see me hit the ball, knock the cover off it,'' he said. ''I'm not going to do anything extra to prove it to them. I'm going to play like I always do.
For the record, Winfield had a superb season in 1988: a .322 average, 25 homers, 107 runs batted in, 96 runs scored. But that was then. This is now.
Interestingly, things are quieting between the player and owner just as Winfield approaches the last season of his contract. He intends to continue playing beyond this season, perhaps four or five more years. But with the Yankees?
The game, Winfield said, has become his escape from real problems, including those in Houston. He is the father of a 7-year-old daughter from his relationship with the Houston woman. He said he was permitted to see his daughter only once last year. The court proceedings over the matter, he said, have been difficult for both him and his wife.
''My faith is the only thing that has sustained me,'' Tonya said. ''Without it, I wouldn't have made it this far. I know everything is going to be all right.
Still, while the events of last year have placed a strain on Winfield, he has also seemed to gain strength from them.


PTSD can be a particularly devastating mental health issue that can leave some sufferers reeling for years from the after effects of a traumatic experience.
It is widely acknowledged that those who serve in combat zones are likely to suffer from some form of mental stress.
Official statistics from the Ministry of Defence indicated up to 11,000 serving members of the Armed Forces have been diagnosed with mental conditions that include PTSD. Of the 2,550 military personnel diagnosed with mental health issues last year, 273 were reported to be suffering from PTSD.
According to PTSD UK, it is estimated up to 70% of those suffering with the condition in the UK receive no medical intervention at all.
If you suspect someone you know is suffering from the condition, it is critical they seek help and advice from a health care professional. There is still much to learn about the illness and technically, as yet there is no known 'cure'. There are however a number of treatments that can successfully eliminate the crippling symptoms which can have a profoundly positive effect on recovery. They fall under the umbrella of psychotherapy and medication.
PTSD is a mental condition that can be triggered by one traumatic event or a series of smaller traumas over a prolonged period of time. It can cause serious emotional and physical reactions that often severely impact both the sufferer and those closest to them. Although there has been much talk in recent years about PTSD in the military community, this is not an illness that is limited to those involved in a war zone. It can occur as a result of many types of traumatic experiences in life, from the death of a loved one, a car accident, an abusive relationship, sexual assault or experiencing a natural disaster of some kind.
Physical reactions – such as headaches, migraines, tiredness, stomach pain, digestive issues or breathing problems.
Persistent flashbacks and nightmares – can haunt the sufferer both day and night. Images of the event, the emotional fear and physical pain can be re-lived when asleep or fully conscious and can happen without warning. This can lead to sleep deprivation and extreme anxiety.
Detachment – where the sufferer withdraws from the things they once loved so much. Perhaps they no longer take an interest in their favourite hobby or they start to avoid socialising with their closest friends.
Self-destructive traits – they may start acting out of character by pushing the limits with dangerous pursuits or risky behaviour such as drugs or alcohol abuse. Their attitude towards food may alter or they start to self-harm. In the most serious of cases, there can be suicidal tendencies.
Repressing memory – can often be a symptom of PTSD. The inability to remember events surrounding the trauma is common. Any recollections of the incident are locked away, any thoughts suppressed. Sometimes physical reminders are removed or destroyed and sufferers may seek distraction elsewhere, such as a compulsive attitude towards work.
Panic attacks, mood swings and depression – can be caused by a persistent mental phobia that starts to dominate everyday life. The fear to go outside, or to avoid stepping over a certain object for instance can cause acute anxiety, which in turn can ultimately lead to isolation and depression.
Avoidance strategies – often used to sidestep emotions, thoughts or conversations that have a link to the traumatic event itself. This can include places, people, objects or sounds.
Emotional shock – can be another symptom. If you don't feel, you can't suffer the pain, or at least that's the perception. Any emotional response is deadened. This can result in the sufferer noticeably withdrawing from friends and family and in some cases becoming completely isolated.
Hyper sensitivity – can appear as being 'nervy', or 'on-edge'. It becomes impossible to relax due to the overwhelming sense of fear and anxiety.
Irritable, aggressive behaviour and angry outbursts – often linked to PTSD can be caused as a result of living constantly with a crippling mental phobia. Other symptoms include sleeplessness, lack of concentration and the inability to make an effective decision. As a result, personal relationships are put under a huge amount of strain.
Guilt and self-blame – can weigh heavily on those who live with PTSD. Suffers sometimes relive the trauma, questioning how they could have done things differently. There can be an overwhelming sense of shame for those who blame themselves for the tragedy. This in turn can stop them from moving forward in life.
Educate yourself – take time to learn about PTSD so you can empathise with what they are going through and identify certain behavioural traits as part of the illness.
Recognise the symptoms – withdrawal, both emotionally and physically is part of the disorder. It's not a personal rejection. Give them space and make it clear that when they're ready, you will be there for them.
Attend medical appointments –if they are happy for you to do so. That way you'll understand the recovery program and could offer support during the treatment.
Be available to listen – if they need to talk. Equally, try to understand if they choose not to open up. It can take time.
Encourage interaction with others – organise some fun events with their family and friends to help stave off the feeling of isolation.
Recharge your batteries – caring for and worrying about someone else is exhausting. Make sure you don't neglect your own health in the process. Get plenty of sleep and don't lose sight of your own interests, friends and hobbies. It's important to keep a sense of self.
Don't be afraid to ask for help – It's incredibly difficult dealing with the fall out of PTSD. If you're finding things emotionally hard, speak to your doctor.


After posting these yummy photos of my mom's bread on my facebook page, I had lots of requests to post the recipe.
"This recipe makes 2 nice loaves. I used the same recipe and divided it in half as I normally would for the 2 loaves. Half was put in a loaf pan for bread. The other half, I then divided into 8 pieces and rolled them into a ball. Then: flatten these 8 pieces into 3 and 1/2 inch circles, (appriox) about 1/2 inch thick. Place on a greased cookie sheet leaving space between each for rising. Or: you may cover your cookie sheet with parchment paper, which does not need to be greased. Cover with a nice lint free cloth (no terry cloth as it will stick) I use old flour sacks. They are the greatest. Let double in size. They should look good and puffy after about an hour. Before baking, brush melted butter over each (gently, with a soft hand) and sprinkle with sesame seeds. Bake about 20 minutes at 350 degrees."
Now, I believe bread making is an art, and if I followed this recipe to the letter, I would not end up with something more the texture of a rock. I think it takes practice.
All children should experience a few times the great taste of homemade bread. And it makes the house smell wonderful! I printed out the recipe to try!
There really is nothing better than a loaf of fresh, homemade bread. I make my own sourdough bread and to me, it's worth every step. The aroma of fresh bread baking is wonderful. Thank you so much for sharing your Mom's recipe. I can't wait to try it.
Thanks for the recipe-it looks so fantastic.
Anita, this looks delicious! I can almost smell it through my monitor! Lol! I love the smell of fresh baked bread!
I wish I had some ready to eat right now! Your pictures are exquisite too. Looks like it's right out of a food magazine or cookbook! Thanks for sharing the recipe. I'm sure it tastes much better than anything you can buy in a store.
Totally agree with the art of bread making, I grew up on my mother's homemade bread, now she makes it for others in SC. Thanks for sharing this recipe, will copy it for future. Beautiful photos of your gardens and bread.
Beautiful picture. Makes me want a piece of your mom's bread. Spring setting is delightful. What a pretty Mothers Day card!


Buy it... if you can't get enough of Jerry Goldsmith's sentimental themes for suburban innocence, in which case this neatly packaged collection of familiar ideas will please you with its summary of the composer's early 1990's comedy norms.
Avoid it... if you are expecting to hear the horror source material heard in the story's "film within a film" or are only a casual Goldsmith enthusiast with no interest in the composer's more redundant comedy entries.
Matinee: (Jerry Goldsmith) Arguably one of director Joe Dante most notable flops, Matinee is a 1993 comedy that accomplished several of his personal interests. It's a "coming of age" picture for a group of pre-teen youth, it pokes fun at the B-rate horror film industry of the 1950's and early 1960's, and it plays on the fears of nuclear proliferation that were at their height in October 1962, the time frame of movie's setting. While the group of young actors is more than sufficient in their roles, it's John Goodman who steals the film as showman Lawrence Woolsey, a character based upon the real-life horror movie experimenter William Castle. Attempting to capitalize on nuclear fears and bring the third dimension of film back to theatres, Woolsey debuts a "movie within a movie" called "Mant" (featuring, as you would expect, a creature that is half man, half ant) and includes drama with a live "mant" inside the theatre itself at the showing. With nostalgia and sentiment at heart, the comedy of the film is an extra bonus. With that in mind, composer Jerry Goldsmith provides a score that is appropriately light-hearted but not as strictly comedic as you might first imagine. With the collaboration between Dante and Goldsmith spanning several decades and including many successful titles, it's easy for Matinee to slip through the cracks, though the score has managed to remain a favorite amongst the composer's fans. An important distinction to make in this soundtrack is between the music you hear in "Mant" and that which Goldsmith wrote for the original character drama. The old horror music applied as source is reused material from actual films of the era and genre, and only in the context of a cue like "Showtime" does Goldsmith play with some of that outwardly Bernard Hermann-inspired knock-off style in his own material. While the "Mant" music may, for some listeners, be the more memorable cue-by-cue material in the soundtrack (the "Mant" film is, after all, quite funny), none of that music exists within Goldsmith's contribution and is thus absent from the album. Alone, Goldsmith's writing for Matinee sounds much like the lesser-inspired moments of The 'Burbs from several years earlier, pulling also from the procedures of composer's equivalent contemporary dramas and comedies of 1992 and 1993.
You're a Goldsmith Fan? Buy it!!!!


Goldman, Herbert G. "Fanny Brice: The Original Funny Girl." Oxford University Press. 1992.
Katkov, Norman. :The Fabulous Fanny: The Story of Fanny Brice." Knopf. 1953.
Grossman, Barbara W. "Funny Woman." Indiana University Press. 1992.
Nash, Jay Robert. "Hustlers and Con Men." Rowman & Littlefield. 1976.


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Q: Date format in HTML cfgrid or SQL date format I am trying to format dates in an HTML cfgrid. I cannot seem to make it work in CF when using HTML as the grid type. I have also tried doing it in MSSQL by using - CONVERT(VARCHAR(10), startDate, 101) AS startDate.
When I do that it shows up right in the grid but the grid will not sort on the date properly.
I understand why converting it to varchar screws up the sort but I cannot seem to make this work in either CF or SQL.
Anyone know of a way to make it show up in the grid in a mm/dd/yyyy format and also sort on the date properly?

A: Ability to use the mask attribute in html grids was added in CF9. To get it to work on dates you also have to specify type=date
<cfgridcolumn mask="m/d/Y" type="date" ... >

A: If you are using an html cfgrid, you need to use the formats found in the Ext JS Date class.  NOT the date format for Flash.
Here is a link to the Ext JS Date class

A: <cfgridcolumn ... mask="mm/dd/yy">

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Prior to searching for the genes involved in a disease and determining how those genes work in the various tissues of the human body, there must be clear evidence that genetics is involved in the disease. Genetic analyses are ethically and financially challenging, as well as quite laborious. Geneticists use several methods to evaluate whether or not genetics plays an important role in the etiology of a disorder before they begin a search for a gene. Some of these methods include familial aggregation, recurrence risks, and twin studies.


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Q: Verifying Touchard's Identity $$C_{n+1} = \sum_{k=0}^{\lfloor n/2\rfloor}{n\choose 2k}\cdot C_k\cdot 2^{n-2k}$$
where $C_n$ are the Catalan numbers.
I think we start by diving both sides by $2^n$, but unsure of where to go from there

A: Notice that $2^{-2k}\binom{n}{2k}\binom{2k}{k}=\binom{n/2}{k}\cdot \binom{n/2-1/2}{k}$. So
$$A_n=\sum_{k=0}^{\lfloor n/2 \rfloor}2^n \cdot 2^{-2k}\cdot \binom{n}{2k}\binom{2k}{k}\cdot\dfrac{1}{k+1}=2^n\sum_{k=0}^{\lfloor n/2 \rfloor} \binom{n/2}{k}\cdot \binom{n/2-1/2}{k}\cdot\dfrac{1}{k+1}$$
Without loss of generality, suppose $n/2 \in \mathbb{N}$. By Vandermonde's identity, we have
$$A_n=\dfrac{2^n}{n/2+1} \cdot \binom{n+1/2}{n/2}=\dfrac{1}{n+2}\binom{2(n+1)}{n+1}=C_{n+1}$$

A: Here is a proof using the method by Wilf from
Generatingfunctionology.

Suppose we are trying to show that
$$C_{n+1} = 2^n \sum_{k=0}^{\lfloor n/2 \rfloor}
{n\choose 2k} C_k 2^{-2k}$$
where $C_n = \frac{1}{n+1}{2n\choose n}$ is the $n$-th Catalan number.

Recall the Catalan number recurrence
$$C_{n+1} = \sum_{k=0}^n C_k C_{n-k}$$
which implies for the generating function $C(z)$ of these numbers that
$$\frac{C(z)-1}{z} = C(z)^2$$
which has solutions $$C_{1,2}(z) = \frac{1\pm \sqrt{1-4z}}{2z}$$
of which the second one is analytic at zero so that
$$C(z) = \frac{1- \sqrt{1-4z}}{2z}.$$
Following Wilf we introduce the generating function $D(z)$ where
$$D(z) = \sum_{n\ge 0} z^n 2^n
\sum_{k=0}^{\lfloor n/2 \rfloor}
{n\choose 2k} C_k 2^{-2k}
= \sum_{k\ge 0} C_k 2^{-2k}
\sum_{n\ge 2k} {n\choose 2k} z^n 2^n
\\ = \sum_{k\ge 0} C_k 2^{-2k}
\sum_{n\ge 0} {n+2k\choose 2k} z^{n+2k} 2^{n+2k}
= \sum_{k\ge 0} C_k z^{2k}
\sum_{n\ge 0} {n+2k\choose 2k} z^n 2^n
\\ = \sum_{k\ge 0} C_k z^{2k} \frac{1}{(1-2z)^{2k+1}}.$$
This gives that
$$D(z) = \frac{1}{1-2z}
\frac{1-\sqrt{1-4z^2/(1-2z)^2}}{2z^2/(1-2z)^2}
\\ = \frac{(1-2z)^2}{1-2z}
\frac{1-\sqrt{1-4z^2/(1-2z)^2}}{2z^2}
= (1-2z)
\frac{1-\sqrt{1-4z^2/(1-2z)^2}}{2z^2}
\\= \frac{1-2z-\sqrt{(1-2z)^2-4z^2}}{2z^2}
= \frac{1-2z-\sqrt{1-4z}}{2z^2}.$$
On the other hand
$$\sum_{n\ge 0} C_{n+1} z^n
= \frac{C(z)-1}{z}
= \frac{1}{z} \left(\frac{1- \sqrt{1-4z}}{2z} -1 \right)
\\ = \frac{1}{z} \left(\frac{1- 2z -\sqrt{1-4z}}{2z}\right)
= \frac{1- 2z -\sqrt{1-4z}}{2z^2}.$$
We have equality, QED.


Despite recent business closures at the Watertown Mall, City of Watertown officials are optimistic about the city's retail future.
Conducting an exhaustive inventory on current and possible developments and what types of retail niches are present within Watertown, Retail Strategies delivered a pleasantly surprising result to the council by estimating that 172,000 people reside within Watertown's market area of northeast South Dakota and western Minnesota, including the similarly-sized Brookings and the smaller cities Huron and Marshall, Minn. While those towns may be quite a few miles from Watertown, Tupper said that Retail Strategies insists that far-reaching market size is consistent with their usual model for rural areas.
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The company Retail Strategies has been working with the community of Watertown to bolster the retail sector recently and it couldn't come at a better time as several retail companies have announced their shuttering their stores. The most recent announcement was that of Rue21 who announced the closure last week of 400 stores nationwide, including the Watertown location. Alderman Randy Tupper, Alderwoman Beth Mantey and Community Foundation head Jan DeBerg recently sat in on a Webinar with the Retail Strategies group the retail consulting group. Tupper commented.
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Earle Hyman (* 11. Oktober 1926 in Rocky Mount, North Carolina; † 17. November 2017 in Englewood, New Jersey) war ein amerikanischer Schauspieler.

Leben
Hyman begann seine Karriere 1945 als 18-Jähriger mit einer kleinen Rolle in Billy Wilders Das verlorene Wochenende. Bis zuletzt im Jahr 2015 war er an rund 40 weiteren Produktionen beteiligt, insbesondere für das Fernsehen.

Er erlangte weltweite Bekanntheit durch seine Rolle als Vater von Bill Cosby in der Bill Cosby Show. 1986 erhielt er für seine Darstellung eine Emmy-Nominierung.

Er erlernte bereits früh in seiner Karriere Norwegisch, um Stücke des von ihm verehrten Henrik Ibsen im Original spielen zu können. Er unterhielt eine Wohnung in Oslo und spielte in norwegischen Filmen und Sitcoms mit. Er lebte über 50 Jahre hinweg mit dem Norweger Rolf Sirnes in einer homosexuellen Partnerschaft. 1990 brachte er Ibsens Baumeister Solness als Off-Broadway-Produktion auf die Bühne und übernahm auch an der Seite von Lynn Redgrave selbst die Hauptrolle.

Er war ein Cousin dritten Grades der Soul-Sängerin Phyllis Hyman.

Filmografie (Auswahl)
 1954: The Bamboo Prison
 1964: Preston & Preston (The Detectives, TV-Serie, 1 Folge)
 1966: Afrikaneren
 1968: Macbeth (TV)
 1972: The Possession of Joel Delaney
 1979: Coriolanus
 1982: Fighting Back
 1982: Long Day's Journey Into Night (TV)
 1984–1992: Die Bill Cosby Show
 1985: ThunderCats (TV-Serie, Stimme)
 1985: The Life & Adventures of Santa Claus (TV, Stimme)
 1994: Seier'n er vår (TV-Serie)
 2000: The Moving of Sophia Myles (TV)

Weblinks

 From Ibsen to Pinter and back again: Earle Hyman's long journey with the masters in The Villager

Einzelnachweis

Filmschauspieler
US-Amerikaner
Geboren 1926
Gestorben 2017
Mann

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"Never has anything comparable been put on stage"
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"No more than 4 actors are transformed to various characters and are drawing their own Heaven, Purgatory and Hell with thousands of visual and auditory images..."
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...Put Adassinski and co down for an Olivier Award nomination. May they return soon..."
"ONCE..." is an experience you're unwilling to let end..."
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Derevo's Once... is absolutely stunning. It's the best of the best, not just of mime, ist own genre, but the whole theatre-arts shooting match..."
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"...It was once upon a time a poetical delirium..."
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...They can be compared with curse..."
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Outpost file photo from the 2017 Women's March in Eureka.
Fox News, The Washington Post and Newsweek all reported on the story this weekend, possibly misinterpreting the statement as suggesting that the Humboldt County Women's March was cancelled because of a lack of diversity among marchers.
However, the statement can also be interpreted to mean that the event was canceled because the organizers themselves were "overwhelmingly white," and did not properly represent all voices of the Humboldt community.
The Outpost reached out to local Women's March spokesperson Allison Edrington to clear up any confusion about the statement but she did not immediately respond.
LA women's march cancelled for being "too white." Hahaha nothing better than watching the social justice warriors eat their own! Keep trying to out play your victim cards, losers!
"A geography lesson is in order Eureka is not L.A. , thanks for playing," Women's March L.A. tweeted in response to Lahren.
As of now, the local chapter is discussing holding a replacement event in March to celebrate International Women's Day.


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In an attempt to elevate the teaching profession and boost instructional quality in the classroom, President Obama and the Department of Education are set to launch the teacher-led national RESPECT (Recognizing Educational Success, Professional Excellence and Collaborative Teaching) project.
As part of Obama's 2013 budget proposal, the Department of Education will host a $5 billion competitive program to challenge states and districts to work with teachers, unions, colleges of education and other stakeholders to comprehensively reform the field of teaching.
The proposed program looks to examine and improve every aspect of the teaching profession – from training to tenure.
Education Secretary Arne Duncan will launch the RESPECT Project, which will be led by classroom teachers working temporarily for the Department to help inform the administration's proposal and the broader effort to reform teaching.
"This effort will require the entire educational sector — states, districts, unions, principals, schools of education — to change, and teachers have to lead the change.


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Multiple media outlets report that Eric Heath Price was sentenced Wednesday to 40 years in prison in the death of his 24-year-old wife Leaj Jarvis Price .
Investigators have said Price fatally shot his wife after she fled to a doctor's office near their home in Jemison on April 13, 2015. Officials have said the two had been involved in a domestic dispute.
Price then barricaded himself inside their house for hours and shot himself in the head but survived.
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Oconee County Observations
News and comments about developments in Oconee County, Georgia
Oconee Coroner Candidates To Meet in Runoff
Incumbent to Leave "Office"
Oconee County voters are being asked to go to the polls again on August 5 to select someone for an office that most people probably know little and care even less about.
Because none of the three candidates for coroner in the July 15 Republican primary received a majority of votes, the two top candidates–Cathleen Quillian-Carr and Ed Carson–are in a runoff on August 5.
No candidates filed to run as a Democrat or an independent, so the August 5 vote will determine who will serve as coroner for the next four years.
The coroner is responsible for determining the cause of death when a person dies as a result of violence, suicide or an accident. The coroner also must determine the cause and manner of death if someone dies unattended.
So the most common encounter the average citizen has with a coroner is if a loved one dies unexpectedly at home.
The coroner asks questions of the bereaved and examines the death scene, so a good coroner knows what to investigate and how to talk with people, usually under very difficult circumstances.
The coroner also has to work with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation to determine if an autopsy needs to be performed. Any autopsy will be done by medical examiners at GBI, not the coroner.
Coroners can be viewed as heads of a small, local, governmental department. The county Board of Commissioners provides the funds to run the department and provides office space, though incumbent Oconee County Coroner John Simpson operates out of his personal office.
In Georgia, coroners are elected except in a few counties that have abolished the position in favor of an appointed medical examiner.
Each coroner must have at least one deputy.
When the election began in June, incumbent Coroner Simpson, who is stepping down, had two deputies, Carson and Quillian-Carr.
Simpson endorsed Quillian-Carr, who has been a deputy since 2007, and in the middle of June he dismissed Carson, who had been his deputy for 10 years.
In early July Simpson appointed Bryan Hooper, a chiropractor, as the new second deputy.
Hooper also is the campaign treasurer for Quillian-Carr.
The main issues in the election seem to be the needed qualification of the coroner and the actions of Simpson.
Quillian-Carr has said the county needs a physician who has practice and training in how to deal with patients. Carson says the county needs someone trained in death scene investigations.
Simpson's endorsement of Quillian-Carr, dismissal of Carson and selection of Hooper as his new deputy have raised questions about Simpson's judgment.
With Quillian-Carr the favored deputy in the campaign, Carson openly questioned how Simpson ran the office of coroner in such settings as the candidate forum organized by local citizen groups on June 2.
Carson said when he received a letter from Simpson on June 18 informing him he had been dismissed Simpson complained about recent statements Carson had made and said that Carson needed to learn "not to bite the hand that feeds you."
Quillian-Carr, 43, is a doctor of osteopathy with a family practice in Oconee County.
Carson, 45, is an emergency medical technician at St. Mary's Hospital.
Quillian-Carr got 2,759 votes in the July 15 primary, and Carson got 2,129. Former coroner Bill Mayberry got 1,090 votes. Mayberry has endorsed Carson, so a shift of Mayberry's votes to Carson would be enough to give him the election.
But a simple shift of that sort is unlikely. In fact, it is unlikely anything like the 5,978 voters who cast a ballot for coroner on July 15 will return to the polls on August 5. All of these voters are eligible to vote, as are registered voters who did not vote on July 15. Voters who selected the Democratic ballot on July 15 cannot vote in the coroner runoff election.
Sheriff Scott Berry has endorsed Quillian-Carr, but it is hard to know if that will help or hurt her. Not everyone loves Berry. The sheriff and the coroner must work together at death scenes, and the coroner serves as sheriff in the case of a vacancy until the probate court judge appoints a replacement sheriff.
Neither candidate raised or spent much money during the first month of the campaign.
According to the Campaign Contribution Disclosure Report filed by Quillian-Carr on June 27, she raised $724, all from donations of under $101, and spent $461 for campaign materials.
Hooper, the chiropractor appointed deputy coroner a few days later, signed the report.
Carson raised $2,810, including a $775 loan he made to his campaign. He raised $785 in donations of less than $101 each and $1,250 in five donations between $200 and $300. He spent $2,086 on advertising and signs.
I sent both candidates a list of seven questions on July 25. Quillian-Carr responded later that same day, and Carson responded the next.
The unedited responses of the two candidates are available here.
Carson said voters should pick him on Aug. 5 because of his experience as an investigator of death scenes. He said the major change he would make as coroner is to set up an office for the coroner and do more of the work himself so he would need only one deputy.
Quillian-Carr said voters should pick her as the next coroner because of her leadership skills and her compassion. She said she also would set up an office for the coroner.
I asked the candidates to review the 2007-8 and 2008-9 budgets for the coroner office. Quillian-Carr said she would talk to Simpson to get the information needed and gave the most detailed response. Carson said he had turned in all his files when he was relieved of his duties and had to guess about some of the figures.
According to Quillian-Carr, the total budget for the coroner office in 2007-8 was $25,347, and the total requested for the office for 2008-9 was $20,847. The coroner was paid $4,507 last year and will be paid $5,997 this year.
Carson said he felt he actually could spend less than the amount budgeted for 2008-9 since he would only have one deputy. Deputy coroners are paid $175 for each call they make.
The amounts of money spent in the last fiscal year and budged for this are not large, but the money comes from taxpayers.
That alone should be an incentive for voting.
Another is what happens when citizens do not vote.
Oconee County Board of Commission Chairman Melvin Davis, who beat challenger Sarah Bell by only 100 votes on July 15, is quoted in the July 24 issue of The Oconee Leader as minimizing the challenge because only 34 percent of the registered voters turned out.
Some of those people stayed home because they thought "everything is going okay," Davis is quoted as saying. "Its hard to read any kind of mandate, whether you won by a large margin or a close margin."
In the July 15 election for School board, all of the candidates listed first received the majority, suggesting that voters were not being too thoughtful in their choices.
This is true despite the fact that much of our taxes is controlled by the Board of Education. At the Board of Commissioners meeting last night, the tax rate was set at 17.5 mills (one tenth of a cent per assessed property value) to fund Oconee County schools and only 6.7 mills to fund county government–including the coroner's office.
As long as the coroner is selected directly by the electorate rather than appointed by other elected officials, it makes sense for all of us to get involved in the choice.
The Athens Banner-Herald and The Oconee Leader have run stories providing additional background on the race.
A video of the candidate forum is on the web. I, by the way, was the moderator. The Chamber of Commerce did not include the coroner candidates in either of its two candidate forums.
Both candidates were interviewed by WGAU's Tim Bryant today. The interviews can be listened to or downloaded at the WGAU web site.
Former Oconee County Board of Commission Chairman Wendell Dawson also offers comments about the race on his web site posting today.
Not voting on August 5 only means that someone else is going to make the choice.
It makes more sense to consider which of the two candidates will do the better job of providing the services required of the office and to turn out to vote before the polls close at 7 p.m. on Tuesday.
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The Committee also honored the Jeannette Rankin Foundation.
I was given the Doctor Honoris Causa by the Senate of the National School of Political Studies and Public Administration on Dec. 4, 2012, in Bucharest, Romania. The Athens Banner-Herald wrote a story about the award.


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Gov't finally communicates intention to extend IMF program
Government has finally communicated to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) its decision to extend the Fund's program.
Sources say the program would be extended to December 2018, instead of the initial completion date of March 2018.
JOYBUSINESS is learning the extension was communicated to the Washington-based lender last month.
This comes after several debates on whether the program should be extended and what should be the end date for the program.
JOYBUSINESS understands the move to extend the was influenced by challenges in meeting most of the IMF targets before the completion date of March 2018.
Finance Minister Ken Ofori Atta had earlier told JOYBUSINESS that the program would only be extended if it's clear that government would not be able to meet the targets by the end of this year.
According to sources, the extension was one of the requirements before the IMF board meets next month to assess Ghana's performance under the IMF program.
Analysts say the extension could afford government an opportunity to meet some of the critical targets set out in the program which should have ended in March 2018.
Economist Dr. Joe Abbey had also told JOYBUSINESS that it would be in the interest of government to extend the program because of the signals it would send to investors about government commitment to stick to fiscal consolidation program.
Source: Joy Business
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For some reason (complexity perhaps) it is not possible to configure full-disk encryption and LVM from the graphical installer in the desktop edition. It is possible to select full-disk encryption but this only creates one filesystem (root).
I want to use LVM to allow me to have more than one filesystem without having to enter more than one password during boot-up. It is not impossible to install Ubuntu desktop (or Linux Mint as in this guide) with encryption and LVM but it does require a little more work.
Before starting the installation, we need to prepare the harddisk. Start up GParted (as this is the easiest to work with, if you feel adventurous it can be done in parted or fdisk as well).
Of course this will destory any data already on the disk, you may want to resize any existing partitions (Windows for instance) instead.
First, create the encrypted partition (you need to double check the device names). Needless to say, you need to pick a good password.
When the installation is done, do not reboot.
Now exit the chroot (CTRL-D or type exit) and reboot.


Daily high temperatures are around 69°F, rarely falling below 65°F or exceeding 75°F. The highest daily average high temperature is 70°F on August 18.
Daily low temperatures are around 60°F, rarely falling below 56°F or exceeding 64°F. The highest daily average low temperature is 61°F on August 8.
For reference, on August 18, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Camariñas typically range from 61°F to 70°F, while on February 10, the coldest day of the year, they range from 48°F to 57°F.
Cowes, Australia (11,078 miles away) and Muriwai Beach, New Zealand (11,973 miles) are the far-away foreign places with temperatures most similar to Camariñas (view comparison).
The month of August in Camariñas experiences increasing cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy increasing from 24% to 35%.
The clearest day of the month is August 1, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 76% of the time.
For reference, on December 26, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 60%, while on July 24, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 77%.
A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. In Camariñas, the chance of a wet day over the course of August is increasing, starting the month at 10% and ending it at 14%.
For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 45% on January 8, and its lowest chance is 9% on July 24.
The average sliding 31-day rainfall during August in Camariñas is increasing, starting the month at 0.8 inches, when it rarely exceeds 1.8 inches or falls below 0.1 inches, and ending the month at 1.4 inches, when it rarely exceeds 3.3 inches or falls below 0.1 inches.
Over the course of August in Camariñas, the length of the day is rapidly decreasing. From the start to the end of the month, the length of the day decreases by 1 hour, 17 minutes, implying an average daily decrease of 2 minutes, 35 seconds, and weekly decrease of 18 minutes, 3 seconds.
The shortest day of the month is August 31, with 13 hours, 15 minutes of daylight and the longest day is August 1, with 14 hours, 32 minutes of daylight.
The earliest sunrise of the month in Camariñas is 7:26 AM on August 1 and the latest sunrise is 33 minutes later at 7:59 AM on August 31.
The latest sunset is 9:58 PM on August 1 and the earliest sunset is 45 minutes earlier at 9:14 PM on August 31.
Daylight saving time is observed in Camariñas during 2019, but it neither starts nor ends during August, so the entire month is in daylight saving time.
For reference, on June 21, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 6:57 AM and sets 15 hours, 23 minutes later, at 10:19 PM, while on December 22, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 9:05 AM and sets 8 hours, 59 minutes later, at 6:04 PM.
The chance that a given day will be muggy in Camariñas is essentially constant during August, remaining within 2% of 25% throughout.
The highest chance of a muggy day during August is 26% on August 12.
For reference, on August 12, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 26% of the time, while on January 1, the least muggy day of the year, there are muggy conditions 0% of the time.
The average hourly wind speed in Camariñas is essentially constant during August, remaining within 0.1 miles per hour of 9.7 miles per hour throughout.
For reference, on December 27, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 13.3 miles per hour, while on August 26, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 9.6 miles per hour.
The lowest daily average wind speed during August is 9.6 miles per hour on August 26.
The hourly average wind direction in Camariñas throughout August is predominantly from the north, with a peak proportion of 60% on August 1.
Camariñas is located near a large body of water (e.g., ocean, sea, or large lake). This section reports on the wide-area average surface temperature of that water.
The average surface water temperature in Camariñas is essentially constant during August, remaining around 64°F throughout.
The highest average surface water temperature during August is 64°F on August 18.
Temperatures in Camariñas are sufficiently warm year round that it is not entirely meaningful to discuss the growing season in these terms. We nevertheless include the chart below as an illustration of the distribution of temperatures experienced throughout the year.
The average accumulated growing degree days in Camariñas are rapidly increasing during August, increasing by 455°F, from 1,613°F to 2,068°F, over the course of the month.
The average daily incident shortwave solar energy in Camariñas is decreasing during August, falling by 1.3 kWh, from 7.0 kWh to 5.7 kWh, over the course of the month.
For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Camariñas are 43.131 deg latitude, -9.182 deg longitude, and 46 ft elevation.
The topography within 2 miles of Camariñas contains significant variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 505 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 76 feet. Within 10 miles contains significant variations in elevation (1,726 feet). Within 50 miles contains very significant variations in elevation (2,359 feet).
The area within 2 miles of Camariñas is covered by water (41%), trees (29%), and cropland (16%), within 10 miles by water (52%) and trees (35%), and within 50 miles by water (71%) and trees (15%).
This report illustrates the typical weather in Camariñas year round, based on a statistical analysis of historical hourly weather reports and model reconstructions from January 1, 1980 to December 31, 2016.
There are 2 weather stations near enough to contribute to our estimation of the temperature and dew point in Camariñas.
For each station, the records are corrected for the elevation difference between that station and Camariñas according to the International Standard Atmosphere , and by the relative change present in the MERRA-2 satellite-era reanalysis between the two locations.
The estimated value at Camariñas is computed as the weighted average of the individual contributions from each station, with weights proportional to the inverse of the distance between Camariñas and a given station.
The stations contributing to this reconstruction are: Santiago de Compostela Airport (46%, 68 kilometers, east) and A Coruña Airport (54%, 68 kilometers, east).


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The "sweet rain" of musical riches fell on Earth Day – and Record Store Day
Kevin Lynch Posted On April 27, 2017
Record Store Day: Hunt No. 1, Sweet Rain
The sun greeted Earth Day morning 2017 with warm benevolence and I imagined maybe, just maybe, I could "do it all" today, as my dear paraplegic friend Jim Glynn used to say, and amazingly he usually did, despite his disability. My disability is in my upper limbs, so I was up for this.
I wanted to commemorate and honor Earth Day meaningfully and urgently, because of the how the Trump administration now endangers the earth and its inhabitants with their small-minded head-in-the-sand environmental policies. I'd first planned on driving to Madison for the big rally to celebrate The Earth and to decry policies of Trump and Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, who has decimated the Department of Natural Resources.
But my girlfriend Ann Peterson and I had plans to drive to West Bend to see a superb photographt retrospective of Tom Bamberger at the Museum of Wisconsin Art in the afternoon.
So I decided to skip Madison and join the Riverkeepers to pick up garbage along the Milwaukee River, a waterway I have grown to love more than any, especially the stretch of it right below Kern Park near where I live in the Riverwest. I had taken a photo of thast portion of the river, which tries top capture its beauty, power, and the life within, for the cover of my forthcoming book Voices in the River: The Jazz Message to Democracy.
What complicated and enriched the day was that April 22 was also Record Store Day., and I'm an old record freak. I had tried to get a jump on that by doing my record store mining the day before, because the crowds on Record Store Day descend on the best independent stores like locusts.
I knew The Exclusive Company, on Brady Street and Farwell Ave., had recently purchased one used CD I had fondled several times recently and left behind – because of my tight budget. It was The Beatles' White Album, a two-disc CD set for $5.99 with a slightly water-damaged lyric pages liner booklet.
But my first strategic stop the day before Earth Day/Record Store Day was to Bullseye Records, on Irving Street just off of Farwell, also on Milwaukee's East Side. It's not nearly as big as Exclusive Company but they're both great independent record stores. And Bullseye is more lovable, funky but jammed with a high percentage of quality used CDs and LPs and some choice vintage new LPs, including audiophile-quality pressings, classic Blue Notes and choice imports. They also have some dog-eared copies of several classic record guide books, such as the now definitive All Music Guide, sitting in the bin areas, not to mention a friendly and knowledgeable staff.
The music-loving locusts descend upon Bullseye Records on Milwaukee's East Side on the annual Record Store Day, a celebration of America's independent record stores. Photo courtesy of Bullseye Records Home Page/Facebook Page at: https://www.facebook.com/pg/BullseyeRecordsMilwaukee/about/
I wanted a couple of CDs, a good Stevie Ray Vaughan disc, a gap in my collection heretofore, which I covered with The Definitive Stevie Ray Vaughan, on Sony Legacy, though I suspect I will buy more of Stevie Ray in the future. Also I needed to replace my LP copy of tenor sax great Dexter Gordon's Our Man in Paris, the superbly ingenious recording he made with Bud Powell, the bebop piano icon. I found those both in Bullseye's CD bins.
Then I noticed a black dude pulling out some pretty hip albums from the jazz LP bins. A lot of the albums had been marked with orange dots signifying they were half-price for Record Store Day weekend. Although I admired his choices, I realized that this hipster was weeding out a lot of the best stuff. So I began browsing the bins a few racks ahead of him. When he went to audition a few of the LPs on Bullseye's auditioning turntable I had a chance to go back to the A-through-D's he'd been first plumbing.
One reason I love Bullseye is because they have a professional-quality turntable and a good receiver with which you can audition used LPs. It's the only record store in the Upper Midwest I know of that offers that feature (along with a CD auditioning player, both with headphones) which can be an invaluable, especially if you're on a tight budget like me.
It made me think of my other favorite record store, Strictly Discs in Madison, which has four CD-auditioning players. Strictly Discs is a truly great record store with a lower level filled with used LPs, which seems to be the curiously retro medium of choice for millennials these days. Before I moved back to Milwaukee in 2009, I had sold my LP collection of 4,000 records to Strictly Discs and received a handsome sum in return.
Nevertheless, it was perhaps the most painful and bittersweet day of my life, aside from those in which I've lost living people and creatures dear to me, forced partly due to a painful affliction that disables my left hand, making manipulation of LPs on a turntable difficult. I also thought of B-Side Records, the other invaluable music store in Madison, and particularly its owner Steve Manley, now suffering from a life-threatening disease. Besides being a great recorded music expert, Manley had once kindly written a letter to the editor of The Capital Times praising my coverage of the city's jazz scene for that newspaper.
But I was in Milwaukee today, and, anticipating tomorrow's Earth Day/art museum trip, I had to get cracking.
Soon enough old LP treasures began surfacing, alphabetically, as I worked through the Bullseye bins. The first was the Art Ensemble of Chicago's Great Black Music: A Jackson in Your House, a reasonably-priced new audiophile quality re-release from the French label, Actuel/BYG Records. This 1969 recording already shows the innovation, imagination, and sometimes madcap wit, and an almost sculptural sense of space this amazing group demonstrated throughout its existence.
Then I found The Bix Beiderbecke Story, both Volume One: Bix and his Gang and Volume 2: Bix and Tram. Cornetist Beiderbecke, of course, was the greatest white New Orleans-style jazz musician in an era of music innovated and dominated by black musicians. It was sweet to find these on LP for very cheap as I had once owned and cherished them.
Next, I found Sweet Rain, a 1967 recording by Stan Getz, the masterful tenor saxophonist at a period when he was finally shedding the gorgeous wings of the bossa nova craze that made him famous and embracing modern jazz without forsaking his natural lyricism, romanticism and humanity, as evidenced by the back cover photo pictured above. The orange-stickered record, which I nabbed for two bucks this day, includes piano giant Chick Corea, bassist Ron Carter then with the classic 1960s Miles Davis quintet, and drummer Grady Tate. The album opener, "O Grande Amore," switches from a rubato to a fast tempo where Getz shows his debt to Coltrane's "sheets of sound" harmonic virtuosity, the same Coltrane who famously said he'd give his right arm to sound like Getz. Among other highlights, there's a startlingly thrilling high note from Getz to end "Litha." Then there's the surprisingly funky interludes of "Windows."
And throughout there's Senor Corea's sparkling and incisive Latin-inflected piano comping and fills, like a toreador wielding a picador, but never drawing real blood, yet penetrating deeply the spirit of duende, mostly here its angelic side which, one hopes, outlasts the dark blood-haunted side. 1
Then, I found a record I had been looking for many years and never owned in any form. It is titled The Cry!, the 1962 debut album by the West Coast flute player Prince Lasha featuring alto saxophonist Sonny Simmons, as well as bassist Gary Peacock, who would become famous as a member of the Keith Jarrett standards trio.
I really needed The Cry!, partly because of its plangent and surprisingly lyrical quality for an apparently avant-garde record, and because of a chapter in my forthcoming book Voices in the River: The Jazz Message to Democracy. The chapter is titled "Hearing the Cry," and deals with how jazz musicians articulate, in the depths of their tonal utterances, the extreme emotions, especially those that reach back to the field hollers of slaves in Southern cotton fields, before the Civil War. So this album was perfect, both nominally and in its content, especially in the searing playing of alto saxophonist Sonny Simmons.
Other ridiculously inexpensive LP finds at Bullseye were Major Changes by Frank Morgan in the McCoy Tyner Trio. This matched the great bop-era alto saxophonist Frank Morgan, whose tone and style somewhat resembles Stan Getz, and who lived in Milwaukee for much of his life. Here he was matched with the titanic pianist McCoy Tyner who helped to boost Morgan's lovely style with a bracing and dynamic foundation. The album includes a reading of Jerome Kern's stone classic "All the Things You Are," a harmonic jewel which I can listen to endlessly. I love it so much I had quoted it's Oscar Hammerstein lyrics in the toast I made at my my first wedding.
The last one LP I found was the two-CD set on Verve, Masters of the Modern Piano (1955-1966), which includes sterling recordings from Bud Powell; Cecil Taylor with Steve Lacy live at the Newport Jazz Festival in 1957; The Dizzy Gillespie orchestra featuring pianist-composer Mary Lou Williams performing her great "Zodiac Suite" at the same Newport Festival; the Paul Bley Trio with Jimmy Giuffre and Steve Swallow, The Wynton Kelly Trio; and The Bill Evans Trio, featuring the glorious "My Foolish Heart," recorded in New York at Town Hall in 1966. As a guy who once played some jazz piano until my left hand was disabled, this was an essential replacement for the LP I sold to Strictly Discs.
I noticed Bullseye was stocked up with store T-Shirts for the crazy weekend, and the older ones were only five bucks. Terry Hackbarth, the store clerk/consultant, said if you wore the T-shirt in the store on Record Store Day you would get five bucks back with a record purchase. I took him up on whole enterprise, if I could come back to buy my records. He willingly held all the CDs and LPs for me and I said, "I'll be back, tomorrow."
Now, after I'd left it unbought twice already, would The White Album still be at Exclusive Company, prominently filed for $5.99? Well, record geek suspense was afoot.
I dashed over to the store, and yes! There was The White Album which I knew, at a 25 % discount off of $5.99, would be gone in the first few minutes of Record Store Day tomorrow. So I snagged it, the only recording I actually purchased that day, hoping things would work out tomorrow.
I woke early on Earth Day and found Riverkeepers website to register for the clean-up, from 9 to noon, which included a free T-Shirt for participants. Then I made it down to Bullseye Records shortly after 10 AM, when it opened. It was filling up fast with record locusts pawing feverishly through the bins. But my stack of LPs and CDs still sat behind the counter, as I proudly wore my new Bull's Eye T-shirt with a big honkin' red-white-and-blue target on the chest, which Luke Lavin, the store owner complimented me on. I reminded him that Terry had told me about the five-dollar deal and Luke said, "Oh yeah, it's not like we force you to wear the T-shirt. It's not like there's a target on your back. There's just a target on your front!"
Luke claimed he just made that up right there, and that he was "in a zone" today, but I doubted that, though it was a great Bullseye line.
Earth Day: Hunt No. 2, As the Hawk Flies
I drove over to Kern Park, parked and arrived at the top of the pathway down the bluff to the river pathway. There stood the Riverkeepers registration stand. I was too late for a T-shirt but the fact that they were all gone shortly after 10 AM was a good sign. The Riverkeeper captain there said they had more participants show up then she expected.
As I stood there some participants walked up and set a couple of dirty Milwaukee Bucks bobble heads, both which sculpted Anthony Mason, a power forward who played with the Bucks for a short while. They said they had found some syringe needles as well, a sad commentary on the pervasiveness of drug addiction these days.
So I helped myself to a large cup of Starbucks coffee, grabbed a pair of gloves and a big plastic bag and asked the captain where I should go.
"The riverfront actually is pretty well covered but we need help with the bluff." she said. "If you could just work on the bluff that would be great." I wouldn't be close to the wonderful river but working on the bluff appealed to the old mountain climber in me. So I set out due South from that spot and didn't see too much on the bottom of the bluff. Then I thought that there would probably be plenty of garbage at the top of the bluff, behind the couple of apartment complexes just south of Kern Park. Sure enough, the top of the bluff was full of miscellaneous stuff, such as old plastic bags caught in bushes like bizarre flying machines cruelly grounded.
Other plastic bags peeked from beneath their burial sites and I would pull out most of which was underground. How long does it take for a bluff – ever moving, ever slowly, from the forces of wind, rain and gravity – to bury an errant plastic bag, I wondered. This Earth Day task – far more humble than a big, noisy protest march at the Capitol in Madison – really became sort of fun, something like an Easter egg hunt at a 45° angle.
Then I noticed right at my feet a large bird feather, earth-colored red with white stripes. It was a hawk feather, and considered good luck if you find one. I stuck it in the back of my Nature Conservancy cap, and felt a bit like a Native American, alone in the woods, moving softly in moccasins. I thought about our literal and environmental footprint, and the way litter like this expanded it. I figured, well, if I didn't get a T-shirt. my labors earned me from providence a feather in my cap, and a pretty cool one at that.
I worked my way back to the the stand Right around 12 noon, but to stand had done to the afternoon activity which was largely a celebration, in Estabrook Park just north of Kern Park. But I had to get to the photography exhibits and West Bend. So I tied up my bag of junk and left it with other bags which a young woman children assured me would be picked up later. I walked back up the Parkway and started picking up litter that remained, too far away from the Riverkeepers' realm.
The last bit of litter I found was a Life Style brand condom wrapper, 30 feet away from the children's playground. Actually, it seemed a curious counterpart to the hawk feather I'd found, both endemic to elemental activities of nature, flying and f–king. The feather helps keep the bird safely aloft, the condom keeps a man safely contraceptive. (As I write, The White Album plays): "Take these broken wings and learn to fly/ all your life. You only waiting for this moment to arise."
And I made it home in plenty of time to have Ann pick me up for our trip to Tom Bamberger's photography retrospective, which I hope to address in another posting soon. But if you miss that, it's a rather astounding show, running now through May 21 at The Museum of Wisconsin Art in West Bend. Visit the website at http://wisconsinart.org/.
I was fortunate to hear Getz live several times, and to meet him twice. The first time, I drove down in Chicago to interview him in person for preview article for The Milwaukee Journal. He would soon head for Milwaukee for a gig at the Milwaukee Jazz Gallery. I met him in his hotel room right on Chicago's magnificence downtown shoreline and he did a fine, gracious interview in his sun-drenched room. The second occasion, in his own way, was more memorable. Getz was 57 by then and beginning to really age. I was reviewing him in a concert he did at the Performing Arts Center (now the Marcus Center for the Arts). After the concert, I went to the small reception room where people meet artists after concerts. I wanted to get a bit of information about a few tune titles for my review. But Stan was tired and wanted to get to his hotel room is as possible. So he invited me along to walk with him as he walked along, and then across, the Milwaukee River to the Hyatt Hotel. In fact, he was so beat he asked me to carry his saxophone, in its case.
I was stunned by this request. So, there I found myself, carrying Stan Getz's saxophone and asking him questions he probably didn't want to bother with, but again was gracious enough to accommodate. I was so struck by the experience that I wrote this poem about it.
(Warning: I've posted "Bossa Not So Nova" before, but it's one of my best-received poems so indulge me, if you need to):
Bossa Not So Nova
Fattening and 57, Stan Getz
sweats out a melody, red-faced
"Hey thanks for the article. Can you carry my horn?" he croaks.
The sax sings light blue
Small, and tan, and young and handsome, a boy comes walking for an autograph.
Stan stops, signs, walks and goes "Ahhhh, I'm bee-et. Just go slo-ow.
Hey can you find a doctor?"
They all sleep or smoke butts in cold ward halls.
Stan Getz wonders where Mader's is.
His round belly rumbles.
The sax sings effortlessly,
"Tall and tan, and young and handsome,"
the boy from Ipa-nema is wheezin'
looking for a doctor or sauerbraten
while a woman somewhere dreams…
to the scratched record,
the sax singing effortlessly.
— Kevin Lynch (copyright 2012)
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The FBI's Unified Crime Report gathers information from police districts all over the country. As you can see from the chart below, there were 28 property crimes in Gaines Township in 2017, of which 6 were burglaries. But you can avoid becoming a statistic when you make the decision to invest in a home security system.
As of 2017, Gaines Township had a population of 6,139 people, making it Michigan's number 201 largest city. Studies* show that homes with security systems are 3 times less likely to be burglarized than homes without security systems. The smart decision, therefore, is to protect your home with ADT monitored security system.
What Is The Average Loss In A Burglary In Gaines Township, MI?
The average loss in a burglary in the United States is $2,416, based on crime statistics compiled by the FBI. That means the total annual loss for Gaines Township homeowners is a whopping $14,496!