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War and Reconstruction
Meanwhile another Catholic institution had been developing in Carrollton. In 1847, Sister Regis, president of the board of the New Orleans Female Orphan Asylum, gratefully accepted from Rev. Augustin DeAngelis the gift of six lots and a small frame house on Maple. Street in Carrollton. The widespread yellow fever epidemic of 1847, and its recurrence in 1848 brought an unusually large number of orphans to the care of the Sisters of Charity. By 1849, the New Orleans asylum having become too crowded, the Sisters decided to make use of the Carrollton property, and 40 of the smaller orphans were sent there. This was the beginning of the Carrollton Female Orphan Asylum, operated by the Sisters of Charity.
However, during the next year (1850), it was found that operation of the annex entailed considerable expense, so the property was rented out. Yellow fever swept South Louisiana in 1853 in the worst plague in its history, and homeless children were flocking to the New Orleans asylum, or sent there by priests and charitable or relief organizations. The Sisters took back the property in Carrollton, and erected temporary buildings to care for the scores of homeless children. The Howard Association, formed to help epidemic victims, sent 40 children to the institution and the Portuguese, also city authorities, likewise sent large numbers. The State Legislature in 1854, appropriated $5000 for the Carrollton asylum to care for 50 children whose parents had been the victims of the yellow fever, and many generous donations were received from individuals for these young victims of tragedy.
For many years, the house of the Sisters of Charity in Carrollton was directed by devoted and capable Sister Honoria McGready, who continued her charitable labors until her death in 1875. Later Sister Ernestine was Sister Servant at the asylum.
By 1857, the house in Carrollton was in need of extensive repairs, and the president of the New Orleans asylum board was authorized to have this work done. At that time, it was decided to use the Carrollton asylum only for the sickly or convalescing children. But gradually other girls were sent there to relieve the crowding in the New Orleans house. In 1861, Sister Honoria and four Sisters were caring for 85 orphans at the home on Maple Street. The Catholic Directory listing for that year describes the institution as "a country house connected with the New Orleans Female Orphan Asylum, where delicate orphans and other convalescents are sent to recover."
Again in 1869, when finances were perilously low, because of the wide-spread poverty of Reconstruction days, the Sisters again decided, in view of the heavy expenses accruing from operation of the Carrollton asylum, to bring in the children from Carrollton and to send there only a few children who needed special care or who were recovering from illness.
The spiritual needs of the Sisters of Charity at the Carrollton asylum, likewise the children, were looked after by Father Zeller, and by his successor, Father Carius, and this task continued to devolve upon succeeding pastors. The asylum children made their First Communion and were Confirmed at the Nativity Church.
After Archbishop Odin had released Father Carius for chaplain's service with the Confederate forces, he called Rev. Charles Louis Lemagie, a French priest, who was serving as assistant to Canon Cornelius Moynihan, from Sts. Peter and Paul's Church and appointed him pastor of the Church of the Nativity. He began his pastorate at the end of July, 1861, and continued his labors in the parish during the difficult and apprehensive days of the war until 1866.
An interesting item of Father Lemagie's pastorate is the schedule of rates for funerals, referred to as "Tariff of the Church of St. Mary of the Nativity." This list furnishes the following rates: "Funerals, third class, $8; second class, $16; first class, $28; child's funeral, second class, $8; first class, $16." The organist received $2.50. There was then no fixed tariff for Baptisms and marriages.
The registers for 1865 show 78 Baptisms, 16 marriages, and in 1866, a total of 114 Baptisms and 24 marriages.
Father Lemagie carried out the directions of Archbishop Odin for the recitation of prayers for peace, and conducted Forty Hours' Devotion, also for the same intention. Prayers were also said in 1863, for the success of the Confederate forces, as requested by President Jefferson Davis. After the capture of New Orleans by the Federals in 1862, Carrollton came under supervision of the military authorities, and there was little interference. From the Carrollton levee, Father Lemagie and his people of Carrollton could see the great pall of smoke that hung over New Orleans from the burning factories and cotton warehouses, then the Federal gunboats moving up the river, and later, the boats and barges coming down stream flying yellow flags, indicating cargoes of wounded. Life was apprehensive, filled with anxiety, but quiet and sad. Activities were restricted, and improvements shrank to the vanishing point. Poverty gradually spread and continued for many years.
Finally, in April 1866, as the men in grey trudged wearily home at the end of the war, the people of St. Mary's Nativity Church offered their farewells to Father Lemagie who was leaving them, after a pastorate of five years.
Archbishop Odin then sent Rev. Francis Xavier Ceuppens, a young Belgian priest, to assume the pastorate in Carrollton. He was still in his twenties, but a man of great energy, devotion and determination, and one who insisted on respect for the Church and her laws and authority. However, Father Ceuppens lacked one qualification which made him highly unpopular in Carrollton - he could not speak German. The results we shall soon note.
The vast extent of territory covered by the young pastor may be realized from a letter he wrote in 1873: "The limits of the parish of St. Mary in Carrollton are: On the right side of the river from Mr. P. J. Kennedy (Labranche Plantation) to the canal; the left side, from the upper limit of Jefferson City (property of Mr. May) to Kennerville."
When Father Ceuppens made a survey of the parish, he found much apathy and indifference towards religion, including a declining attendance at religious services. To remedy this, he invited the Redemptorist Fathers to conduct a mission at Nativity Church, just two months after his installation as pastor. One of the missionaries was Rev. Joseph Mary Jacobs, C.Ss.R. Just what conditions were and the effects of the mission can best be gathered from the annals of the Redemptorists, given by Father Krieger in his book on the New Orleans Redemptorists: "Seventy-five Years of Service." He writes: "In the year 1866, the Redemptorists preached a mission in Carrollton, at that time a suburb of New Orleans .... The spiritual condition of the people of the vicinity was most deplorable - hardly anyone attending Mass on Sundays. Very soon, however, there was great interest taken in the mission, and once again the spirit of fervor returned to the parish.
"We read that 600 received Holy Communion, 80 of whom were first communicants. There were also 23 converts - a glorious showing for what was then a sparsely populated section."
This explains the sudden jump in the number of Baptisms and marriages: The former in 1865, totaled 78, in 1866, totaled 114; marriages, 16 in 1865, and 24 in 1866.
Father Ceuppens followed up the benefits of the successful mission of 1866, by having the Redemptorist Fathers conduct another in 1867. The annals say: "The Fathers returned to Carrollton in 1867, at which their former success was repeated, as shown by the great number of communicants at the close of the mission and by the number of converts."
The registers for 1867 reveal 116 Baptisms that year. Some of those baptized were more than 40 years old.
The heavy increase in the work of the parish and the need for coverage of great distances, including the Waggaman church, induced Father Ceuppens to appeal to Archbishop Odin for an assistant. The year 1868 is a memorable one in the annals of St. Mary's Nativity for the parish was given its first assigned assistant pastors.
In May, 1868, Rev. Hyacinth Mignot, a young French priest, recently ordained, arrived at St. Mary's to share with Father Ceuppens the labors of the parish - and the tiny rectory adjoining. However, like the pastor, the assistant did not know one word of German, and the Germans in the congregation became indignant over the assignment of both a pastor and an assistant who could not preach in German. Despite his many fine qualities and his tireless zeal, Father Mignot was recalled by the Archbishop after one month, and sent to Sts. Peter and Paul Church on Craps Street in New Orleans, as assistant. He later became the famous, beloved rector of the St. Louis Cathedral and founder of Chinchuba Deaf Mute Institute. St. Mary's remained without an assistant for six months.
To satisfy the Germans in the congregation, Archbishop Odin sent a young German priest, who had arrived at New Orleans on November 5, 1868, and had been assigned as assistant at Holy Trinity Church in New Orleans. This was Rev. Anthony Bichlmayer, a priest destined to become an important factor in Carrollton for the next 30 years. He arrived at St. Mary's Nativity in the latter part of November, 1868, and looked after the Germans of the congregation. Once more peace reigned in the parish.
In 1868, Father Ceuppens began to conduct services in the growing community of Kennerville, which belonged to Nativity parish of Carrollton. He continued to serve the people there until 1871, and in 1872, the town became a parish in charge of the famous missionary, Father Scollard.
Father Ceuppens found difficulty in getting adequate contributions from the parishioners for the support of the church, although they wanted impressive ceremonies, especially marriages and funerals. In 1869, he took the matter up with Archbishop Odin, quoting the tariff prevailing in the parish. This was due to the Archbishop's insistence on the payment of the "cathe.draticum," the parish's contribution to the archdiocese, which had been almost entirely neglected or ignored in the past.
To remedy this condition, despite the difficulties and poverty of Reconstruction days, Father Ceuppens added extra charges where people wanted "extras," for example, $5 for a visit to the house for a funeral, and $5 to go to the cemetery. To remunerate the organist more fairly, he raised the charge for the organist at a high Mass from $2.50 to $7.50, and he adds in his letter to the Archbishop: "If they want it more solemn, ten dollars, and ad libidum."
In 1869, Father Ceuppens acquired a square of property opposite the cemetery, and bounded by Eighth, Adams, Burdette and Cohn Streets. Whether he had in mind transfer of the church on Cambronne Street from the nearby levee to this new site is not disclosed. Among some of the active parishioners appearing at this time a few might be mentioned: Friederich, Zeller, Mattle, Bienvenu, Livaudais, Perret, Hymel, Schor, Mayer, Trepagnier, Wolf, Wendell, Kunkel, Wunschel, Kamper and Gebhardt.
Noting the decline in the fervor of the people, Father Ceuppens held another mission in the parish in 1870, and the results are reflected in the Baptisms. In 1869, there had been 92, but in 1870, they totaled 130, the highest in the records of the parish until that time.
Father Ceuppens had not had a vacation since coming to this
country nor had he had an opportunity to visit his native Belgium. The Archbishop granted him permission in 1870, and in April of that year he left for Europe leaving Father Bichlmayer in charge. On May 25, 1870, Archbishop Odin died in France, and Monseigneur Perche, consecrated Coadjutor Bishop just 25 days before, automatically became the third Archbishop of New Orleans. Shortly before, as Vicar General and administrator, he had sent Rev. John B. Bogaerts, recently ordained, to assist Father Bichlmayer at St. Mary's Nativity Church in Carrollton.
About this time war broke out between France and Prussia, and its repercussions were felt in Carrollton, as well as in New Orleans. Feelings ran high - jubilation among the Germans over the Prussian victories, and dismay and bitterness among the French. While Father Ceuppens was away, to please the German people, Father Bichlmayer and Father Bogaerts preached all sermons in German. German victories inflamed the patriotism of the German people of Carrollton and they decided they should have a church of their own, in the face of the protests and indignation of the French and Irish people.
In the midst of this turmoil and dissension, Father Ceuppens came back from Belgium in December, 1870, dismayed over the conditions that he found. Father Bogaerts had been recalled and transferred in September, and only Father Bichlmayer was on duty. To add to the difficult situation, Archbishop Perche had gone to Rome, and Very Rev. Gilbert Raymond, Vicar General, was serving as administrator.
After the Christmas holidays, Father Ceuppens decided to act, but it was not until the end of January that he appealed to Father Raymond for the removal of Father Bichlrnayer, as he felt the whole situation was intolerable, because of bitter nationalistic feelings prevailing in the parish. Hano Deiler in his book on the German churches writes: "The petition was granted on the spot, because on account of the (Franco-Prussian) war, strong anti-German feeling predominated in higher clerical circles (which were largely French). Father Bichlmayer by a special messenger from the archdiocesan chancery at midnight, was given the order to leave immediately upon receiving it from Carrollton, as he had nothing more to do there. Obedient to the order of his superior, Father Bichlmayer left Carrollton at 4 a.m., and made his way to Holy Trinity Church to which he had been ordered. He was forbidden to visit Carrollton for any reason."
Father Bichlmayer's last entry in the registers of St. Mary's Nativity Church appears on February 8, 1871. The removal of the assistant caused consternation among the German parishioners, but their previous plans of establishing a German-language church were now brought to a climax. During January, 1871, Rev. Heinrich V. Schaefer had assisted in the parish, but he left at the end of the month, and Father Ceuppens remained without an assistant. Resentment smoldered and there was much antagonism against Father Ceuppens. The effect of the whole situation on the parish may be gleaned from the parish registers, which for the year 1871 disclose only 24 Baptisms, and only 12 marriages.
Archbishop Perche felt bound to take action under such circumstances, and since the German Catholics were determined to have their own parish church, he felt that the only proper procedure was to transfer Father Ceuppens. He later served as pastor at Ascension Church in Donaldsonville, and he died at New Orleans in 1897, as pastor of St. Theresa's Church.
There is one important contribution made by Father Ceuppens that must be presented, and that was the establishment of the first parochial school in Carrollton. In 1868, he appealed to the Sisters of Charity who directed the Carrollton Female Orphan Asylum to open a school for the children of St. Mary's Nativity Parish. It is probable that the Sisters had already been taking care of day scholars from that section, or at least teaching them catechism for Father Ceuppens and his predecessors. But in 1868, at Father Ceuppens' request they began what was known as the Carrollton Parochial School. However, the Sisters taught only girls, and the boys were under the care of Brothers of the Christian Schools, popularly called the Christian Brothers. The following year (1869), the Christian Brothers evidently withdrew as the boys were placed in the care of men teachers. The Catholic Directory lists the school in 1869 as having a total of 300 pupils. The arrangement of having laymen teach the boys continued down the years, even when other Sisters took charge of the parochial school of St. Mary of the Nativity.
The parish report of 1871 sent to the chancery for 1871 gives us an idea of the finances of the Carrollton. The pew rent, obtained by the auctioning or leasing of the benches to families and individuals, as was the common custom, netted $1017.75, and the total revenues for the year were $1353.90. The Christmas collection amounted to $57.35. The Sunday collection for the last six months of the year totaled $44.65. The organist was paid $25 per month.
When Father Ceuppens left Nativity parish early in January, 1872 the parish was suffering from dissension, and the German people were pushing their plans for the erection of their parish, determined not to remain as members of the Nativity parish.
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For other people named Paul Kennedy, see Paul Kennedy (disambiguation).
Paul Michael Kennedy CBE FBA (born 17 June 1945) is a British historian specialising in the history of international relations, economic power and grand strategy. He has published prominent books on the history of British foreign policy and Great Power struggles. He emphasises the changing economic power base that undergirds military and naval strength, noting how declining economic power leads to reduced military and diplomatic weight.
Kennedy was born in Wallsend, Northumberland, and attended St. Cuthbert's Grammar School in Newcastle upon Tyne. Subsequently, he graduated with first-class honours in history from Newcastle University and obtained his doctorate from St. Antony's College, Oxford, under the supervision of A. J. P. Taylor and John Andrew Gallagher. He was a member of the History Department at the University of East Anglia between 1970 and 1983. He is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, a former Visiting Fellow of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey, and of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation in Germany. In 2007-8, Kennedy was the Phillipe Roman Professor of History and International Affairs at the London School of Economics.
In 1983 he was named the J. Richardson Dilworth professor of British History at Yale. He is now also the Director of International Security Studies and along with John Lewis Gaddis and Charles Hill, teaches the Studies in Grand Strategy course there. In 2012, Professor Kennedy began teaching a new Yale course, "Military History of the West Since 1500," elaborating on his presentation of military history as inextricably intertwined with economic power and technological progress.
His most famous book, The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers, has been translated into 23 languages and assesses the interaction between economics and strategy over the past five centuries. The book was very well received by fellow historians, with A. J. P. Taylor labelling it "an encyclopaedia in itself" and Sir Michael Howard crediting it as "a deeply humane book in the very best sense of the word."
In his 2006 book The Parliament of Man, Kennedy contemplates the past and future of the United Nations.
He is on the editorial board of numerous scholarly journals and writes for The New York Times, The Atlantic, and many foreign-language newspapers and magazines. His monthly column on current global issues is distributed worldwide by the Tribune Content Agency.
In 2010 he delivered the first Lucy Houston Lecture in Cambridge on the subject "Innovation and Industrial Regeneration."
He was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 2001 and elected a Fellow of the British Academy in 2003. The National Maritime Museum awarded him its Caird Medal in 2005 for his contributions to naval history. Kennedy was named the US Naval War College's Hattendorf Prize Laureate for 2014.
In The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers (1987), Kennedy argues that economic strength and military power have been highly correlated in the rise and fall of major nations since 1500. He shows that expanding strategic commitments lead to increases in military expenditures that eventually overburden a country's economic base, and cause its long-term decline. His book reached a wide audience of policy makers when it suggested that the United States and the Soviet Union were presently experiencing the same historical dynamics that previously affected Spain, the Netherlands, France, Great Britain, and Germany, and that the United States must come to grips with its own "imperial overstretch".
However, the Cold War ended two years after Kennedy's book appeared, validating his thesis regarding the Soviet Union, but leaving the United States as the sole superpower and, apparently, at the peak of its economy. Nau (2001) contends that Kennedy's "realist" model of international politics underestimates the power of national, domestic identities or the possibility of the ending of the Cold War and the growing convergence of democracy and markets resulting from the democratic peace that followed.
In explaining why neutral Britain went to war with Germany, Kennedy (1980) recognised it was critical for war that Germany become economically more powerful than Britain, but he downplays the disputes over economic trade imperialism, the Baghdad Railway, confrontations in Eastern Europe, high-charged political rhetoric and domestic pressure-groups. Germany's reliance time and again on sheer power, while Britain increasingly appealed to moral sensibilities, played a role, especially in seeing the invasion of Belgium as a necessary military tactic or a profound moral crime. The German invasion of neutral Belgium was not important because the British decision had already been made and the British were more concerned with the fate of France (pp. 457–62). Kennedy argues that by far the main reason was London's fear that a repeat of 1870, when Prussia and the German states smashed France, would mean that Germany, with a powerful army and navy, would control the English Channel and northwest France. British policy-makers insisted that that would be a catastrophe for British security.
Nau, Henry R. "Why 'The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers' was wrong", Review of International Studies, October 2001, Vol. 27, Issue 4, pp. 579–592.
Eugene L. Rasor, British Naval History since 1815: A Guide to the Literature. New York: Garland, 1990, pp. 41–54.
Patrick D. Reagan, "Strategy and History: Paul Kennedy's The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers," Journal of Military History, July 89, Vol. 53#3, pp. 291–306 in JSTOR.
^ Crace, John (5 February 2008). "Interview: Paul Kennedy". The Guardian.
^ The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers: Economic Change and Military Conflict from 1500 to 2000 (1987) ISBN 0-394-54674-1 – Synopsis.
^ Liu, Xiaohang (7 September 2007). "An interview with Paul Kennedy". The Politic. Archived from the original on 12 October 2008.
^ "Paul Kennedy articles". Tribune Content Agency. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
^ "Innovation and industrial regeneration: The first Lucy Houston lecture and dinner". Smart Club East of England.
^ Chakrabortty, Aditya (16 November 2011). "Why doesn't Britain make things any more?". the Guardian.
^ "NWC Announces Yale Historian to Receive Hattendorf Prize". US Naval War College. January 2014.
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Sri Lanka is one of the world's most exotic and beautiful islands � with ancient cities, thick jungle, miles of palm-fringed beaches, a unique culture and warm friendly people.
Though often simply considered India's tropical sister, Sri Lanka has a fascinating culture and history all its own. Long known as Ceylon, it was a British crown colony until 1948 and officially became Sri Lanka in 1972. Unlike in India, the majority of Sri Lankans are Buddhist, and their devotion to the religion has resulted in numerous beautiful landmarks around the country. Marco Polo was so impressed with Sri Lanka that he declared it the most beautiful island of its size in the world, and most visitors tend to agree.
Sri Lanka offers many archaeological, cultural and scenic highlights including the ancient sites of the �cultural triangle�, the tropical interior, the beautiful hill station of Kandy and the picturesque �tea country�. As well as exploring Colombo, other key areas to visit include the elephant orphanage in Pinnewala, the rock fortress at Sigiriya and the small fishing hamlet of Ahungalla. Horton Plains and Yala National Park offer great opportunities to search for wildlife including monkey, sambar, elephant and sloth bear. At the end of your exploration you may choose to unwind on one of Sri Lanka�s idyllic tropical beaches before returning home.
Language and Religion
Sinhala and Tamil are official languages in Sri Lanka. Sinhala, a language of Indo-Aryan origin is the language of the majority. English is widely spoken and understood. Place names and sign-boards on buses and trains are usually in all three languages. Sri Lanka is a land of religious freedom and tolerance. Wherever you travel you will come across a Buddhist Temple or Dagaba, a Hindu Kovil, a Christian Church or a Mosque, each with its own distinctive architecture. When visiting holy places please confirm to the requirements as regards dress in order not to show disrespect.
In the lowlands the climate is typically tropical with an average temperature of 27OC in Colombo. In the higher elevations it can be quite cool with temperatures going down to 16OC at an altitude of nearly 2,000 metres. Bright, sunny warm days are the rule and are common even during the height of the monsoon - climatically Sri Lanka has no off season. The south west monsoon brings rain mainly from May to July to the western, southern and central regions of the island, while the north-east monsoon rains occur in the northern and eastern regions in December and January.
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Light cotton dresses and light weight suits. A wide-brimmed beach hat and sun glasses, comfortable shoes/sandals. In the hill country pullovers will be necessary. Visitors should be decently clad when visiting any place of worship. Beach wear is NOT suitable for temples and shrines. All visitors to Buddhist and Hindu temples are expected to be unshod and have their heads uncovered. Topless sunbathing is prohibited.
Entering Places of Worship Visitors to Buddhist temples are advised to be properly clad covering the body in full. Briefs, shorts, bear backs and bare shoulders are against accepted norms. When entering Buddhist and Hindu shrines footwear and headgear should be removed.
Fortunately for most tourists (and for the local economy, which is largely dependent on tourism as a source of income!), Sri Lanka's climate is pretty balmy – cool, pleasant and without the extremes of temperature encountered in countries like India.
Ideally, the best time to visit Sri Lanka is either between December and March, if you're headed for the highlands or the west and south coasts, or between May and September, if you're visiting the east coast.
Esala Perahera in July/August in Kandy. The most important festival of the year extending over 10 days, climaxing on the Nikini full moon. This great procession – elephants extravagantly decorated, Kandyan dancers, fire walkers, spinning plates - honours the Sacred Tooth Relic of Kandy. The best parades are during the final 3 days. The crowds can be huge and queuing will start during the day for evening events which might frustrate young children and impatient travellers alike. Helga's Folly is just a short stroll away from the parades.
Duruthu Perahera held on Poya day in January. This festival in Colombo celebrates Buddha's first visit to Sri Lanka.
National Day : Feb 4 celebrates Sri Lanka's Independence.
Easter : Christian Passion Prayer performed near Negombo.
APRIL 13th & 14th
Sinhala and Tamil New Year: The two main ethnic groups in Sri Lanka, the Sinhalese and the Tamils celebrate a common traditional New Year in the month of April originally harvesting thanks giving. This marks the passage of the sun from Pisces to Aries. Traditional customs are observed on this day with merrymaking and fun and games and lavish hospitality.
Deepavali – Hindu festival of lights in Oct / Nov. Thousands of flickering oil lamps celebrate the victory of good over evil and the return of Rama. The Tea country will see the most colourful celebrations as the pickers are granted holiday from the fields.
Vesak Full Moon : Vesak is a thrice blessed day for Buddhists throughout the world. It commemorates the birth of Prince Siddhartha, his attaining enlightenment and passing away into Nibbana as Gauthama Buddha. It is a day of great sanctity devoted to religious observances and charity. The day is also celebrated with festivity with numerous colourful decorations and illuminations, pandals and pageants. Wayside stalls distribute food and refreshments to the pilgrims and passers by.
Tamil Thai Pongal Day - Tamil New Year in early/mid January. Nuwara Eliya and the Hill Country will be alive with family parties and Horse Racing.
Christmas Day & New Year - Christian events are celebrated with equal enthusiasm within the hotels, banquets, fireworks, discos. The focus of the local people will be ensuring that the tourists have a wonderful time.
Staple meal is rice and curry. Curries are spicy. Abundance of fresh fruit and vegetables in Sri Lanka. The breakfast dishes are particularly tempting. Sri Lanka grows the finest tea in the world and we drink it almost round the clock. The island also grows excellent coffee. Arrack, a distinctive Sri Lanka alcoholic beverage is distilled from coconut toddy. Leading hotels have daily `oriental' buffets.
Bottled water is available in shops.
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For nationals of most countries, visas are issued on arrival for 30 days. Extension of tourist visas is handled by the Department of Immigration and Emigration, for further details call Tel : 011 2597511.
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One Sri Lankan rupee is made up of 100 cents. Currency notes are in the denominations of Rs.10, Rs.20, Rs.50, Rs.100, Rs.200, Rs.500 and Rs. 1000. Coins are in the following denominations: 1 cent, 2 cents, 5 cents, 10 cents, 25 cents, 50 cents, one rupee, two rupees, five rupees and ten rupees.
National banking hours are from 0900 hrs. to 1500 hrs. on weekdays. Banking hours may be different at private banks. Further teller machines (ATM ) are operated throughout the day.
Reputed credit and charge cards are widely accepted by shops in Sri Lanka. In some cases the shops may try to add a surcharge to the price of the merchandise purchased. This is not an acceptable practice and in such cases the card company should be contacted so that corrective action can be taken.
Sri Lanka uses 230-240V, 50 cycles, alternating current. Over the past decade Sri Lanka has been plagued by power cuts during times of drought when hydropower cannot be generated. However, frequent power failures lasting from several minutes to several hours can occur at normal times, too. The majority of hotels have generators; so most visitors are not unduly inconvenienced. Plugs are generally three or two round pins, but bigger hotels often have three square pin plugs. It's best to bring a good adaptor with you, but they are available locally. More and more visitors are bringing sensitive electronic equipment to Sri Lanka, such as laptop computers. It is important, however, to bring a voltage stabilizer, for the current does fluctuate, especially in rural areas.
Customs Regulation - Entering the Country
Declare all your valuable equipment, valuable jewellery and gems. Baggage should not contain goods for others, goods in commercial quantities, and prohibited or restricted goods. You are allowed to bring in 1.5 litres of alcohol, 2 bottles of wine, 200 cigarettes or 50 cigars, and a small quantity of perfume.
Customs Regulations - Leaving the Country
PERMITTED: You are allowed to take out what you have declared and brought into the country, and whatever you have purchased in Sri Lanka like gems, jewellery and Sri Lankan products. Make sure you keep the receipts of all your purchases in Sri Lanka, in case you are asked.
NOT PERMITTED: You are not allowed to take out goods for commercial purposes, gold (crude, bullion or coins) firearms, explosives and dangerous weapons, Antique, statues, treasures, animals, birds or reptiles (dead or alive) and their parts, tea, rubber and coconut plants or any dangerous drugs.
Mobile Phone / Cell Phones
Mobile phones have been made so affordable in Sri Lanka that almost everybody has one, and coverage has extended beyond the major cities. There are four main network operators on the island; Dialog GSM (www.dialog.lk), Mobitel (www.mobitellanka.com), Celltell (www.celltelnet.lk), and Hutchison Telecom (www.hutchison.lk). If you'd rather not use your own mobile phone on roaming but still want to be contactable, the cheapest alternative is to get a mobile phone connection with one of these major companies. All these phone companies have a pay-as-you-go plan where you can buy a local SIM card for around Rs. 1,000 (that will work in GSM phones from Europe, the Middle East and Australasia) and keep adding money to the connection as you require it. You will find recharge cards at any corner store throughout the island.
You shouldn't have much trouble finding Internet facilities in most towns. If your hotel does not have Internet or email facilities available, ask anybody where you can find a "Tele communication". The locals will be happy to point you towards the closest store where you will be able to use the internet. In the city of Colombo, there are a few places that have free wireless internet like the Coffee shop, Barista's. Internet access in Colombo is cheap (Rs. 4 per minute), but more often than not you'll have to fork out Rs. 7 to 12.
International Calls, IDD phones & Calling Cards
Most Hotel phones have the IDD facility (International Direct Dialling) for which you will be charged depending on which country and what time you call. For most countries, it costs about Rs. 20 to call from Sri Lanka. If your hotel does not have IDD, International calls can also be made from the thousands of communication bureaus and booths. The cheapest option, however, is the card-operated IDD telephones, of which there are many in Colombo. These cards are sold at small roadside shops, usually displaying signs indicating which cards they sell. Each card is specific to that company phone booth.
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namespace Effekseer
{
enum ParameterTranslationType
{
	ParameterTranslationType_Fixed = 0,
	ParameterTranslationType_PVA = 1,
	ParameterTranslationType_Easing = 2,
	ParameterTranslationType_FCurve = 3,
	ParameterTranslationType_NurbsCurve = 4,
	ParameterTranslationType_ViewOffset = 5,

	ParameterTranslationType_None = 0x7fffffff - 1,

	ParameterTranslationType_DWORD = 0x7fffffff,
};

struct ParameterTranslationFixed
{
	int32_t RefEq = -1;

	Vector3D Position;
};

struct ParameterTranslationPVA
{
	RefMinMax RefEqP;
	RefMinMax RefEqV;
	RefMinMax RefEqA;
	random_vector3d location;
	random_vector3d velocity;
	random_vector3d acceleration;
};

struct ParameterTranslationEasing
{
	RefMinMax RefEqS;
	RefMinMax RefEqE;
	easing_vector3d location;
};

struct ParameterTranslationNurbsCurve
{
	int32_t Index;
	float Scale;
	float MoveSpeed;
	int32_t LoopType;
};

struct ParameterTranslationViewOffset
{
	random_float distance;
};

struct InstanceTranslationState
{
	union
	{
		struct
		{
			SIMD::Vec3f location;
		} fixed;

		struct
		{
			SIMD::Vec3f location;
			SIMD::Vec3f velocity;
			SIMD::Vec3f acceleration;
		} random;

		InstanceEasing<SIMD::Vec3f> easing;

		struct
		{
			SIMD::Vec3f offset;
		} fcruve;

		struct
		{
			float distance;

		} view_offset;
	};

	SIMD::Vec3f prevLocation;
};

class TranslationParameter
{
public:
	ParameterTranslationType TranslationType = ParameterTranslationType_None;
	ParameterTranslationFixed TranslationFixed;
	ParameterTranslationPVA TranslationPVA;
	ParameterEasingSIMDVec3 TranslationEasing;
	std::unique_ptr<FCurveVector3D> TranslationFCurve = nullptr;
	ParameterTranslationNurbsCurve TranslationNurbsCurve;
	ParameterTranslationViewOffset TranslationViewOffset;

	void MakeLeftCoordinate()
	{
		if (TranslationType == ParameterTranslationType_Fixed)
		{
			TranslationFixed.Position.Z *= -1.0f;
		}
		else if (TranslationType == ParameterTranslationType_PVA)
		{
			TranslationPVA.location.max.z *= -1.0f;
			TranslationPVA.location.min.z *= -1.0f;
			TranslationPVA.velocity.max.z *= -1.0f;
			TranslationPVA.velocity.min.z *= -1.0f;
			TranslationPVA.acceleration.max.z *= -1.0f;
			TranslationPVA.acceleration.min.z *= -1.0f;
		}
		else if (TranslationType == ParameterTranslationType_Easing)
		{
			TranslationEasing.start.max.z *= -1.0f;
			TranslationEasing.start.min.z *= -1.0f;
			TranslationEasing.end.max.z *= -1.0f;
			TranslationEasing.end.min.z *= -1.0f;
		}
	}

	void Magnify(float scale, DynamicFactorParameter& DynamicFactor)
	{
		DynamicFactor.Tra[0] *= scale;
		DynamicFactor.Tra[1] *= scale;
		DynamicFactor.Tra[2] *= scale;

		if (TranslationType == ParameterTranslationType_Fixed)
		{
			TranslationFixed.Position *= scale;
		}
		else if (TranslationType == ParameterTranslationType_PVA)
		{
			TranslationPVA.location.min *= scale;
			TranslationPVA.location.max *= scale;
			TranslationPVA.velocity.min *= scale;
			TranslationPVA.velocity.max *= scale;
			TranslationPVA.acceleration.min *= scale;
			TranslationPVA.acceleration.max *= scale;
		}
		else if (TranslationType == ParameterTranslationType_Easing)
		{
			TranslationEasing.start.min *= scale;
			TranslationEasing.start.max *= scale;
			TranslationEasing.end.min *= scale;
			TranslationEasing.end.max *= scale;
		}
		else if (TranslationType == ParameterTranslationType_FCurve)
		{
			TranslationFCurve->X.Maginify(scale);
			TranslationFCurve->Y.Maginify(scale);
			TranslationFCurve->Z.Maginify(scale);
		}
	}

	void Load(unsigned char*& pos, const EffectImplemented* ef)
	{
		int32_t size = 0;
		memcpy(&TranslationType, pos, sizeof(int));
		pos += sizeof(int);

		if (TranslationType == ParameterTranslationType_Fixed)
		{
			int32_t translationSize = 0;
			memcpy(&translationSize, pos, sizeof(int));
			pos += sizeof(int);

			if (ef->GetVersion() >= 14)
			{
				memcpy(&TranslationFixed, pos, sizeof(ParameterTranslationFixed));
			}
			else
			{
				memcpy(&(TranslationFixed.Position), pos, sizeof(float) * 3);

				// make invalid
				if (TranslationFixed.Position.X == 0.0f && TranslationFixed.Position.Y == 0.0f && TranslationFixed.Position.Z == 0.0f)
				{
					TranslationType = ParameterTranslationType_None;
					EffekseerPrintDebug("LocationType Change None\n");
				}
			}

			pos += translationSize;
		}
		else if (TranslationType == ParameterTranslationType_PVA)
		{
			if (ef->GetVersion() >= 14)
			{
				memcpy(&size, pos, sizeof(int));
				pos += sizeof(int);
				assert(size == sizeof(ParameterTranslationPVA));
				memcpy(&TranslationPVA, pos, size);
				pos += size;
			}
			else
			{
				memcpy(&size, pos, sizeof(int));
				pos += sizeof(int);
				memcpy(&TranslationPVA.location, pos, size);
				pos += size;
			}
		}
		else if (TranslationType == ParameterTranslationType_Easing)
		{
			memcpy(&size, pos, sizeof(int));
			pos += sizeof(int);
			TranslationEasing.Load(pos, size, ef->GetVersion());
			pos += size;
		}
		else if (TranslationType == ParameterTranslationType_FCurve)
		{
			memcpy(&size, pos, sizeof(int));
			pos += sizeof(int);

			TranslationFCurve = std::make_unique<FCurveVector3D>();
			pos += TranslationFCurve->Load(pos, ef->GetVersion());
		}
		else if (TranslationType == ParameterTranslationType_NurbsCurve)
		{
			memcpy(&TranslationNurbsCurve, pos, sizeof(ParameterTranslationNurbsCurve));
			pos += sizeof(ParameterTranslationNurbsCurve);
		}
		else if (TranslationType == ParameterTranslationType_ViewOffset)
		{
			memcpy(&TranslationViewOffset, pos, sizeof(ParameterTranslationViewOffset));
			pos += sizeof(ParameterTranslationViewOffset);
		}
	}

	void ApplyDynamicParameterToFixedLocation(
		InstanceTranslationState& translation_values,
		RandObject& rand,
		const Effect* effect,
		const InstanceGlobal* instanceGlobal,
		const Instance* m_pParent,
		const DynamicFactorParameter& dynamicFactor)
	{
		if (TranslationFixed.RefEq >= 0)
		{
			translation_values.fixed.location = ApplyEq(effect,
														instanceGlobal,
														m_pParent,
														&rand,
														TranslationFixed.RefEq,
														TranslationFixed.Position,
														dynamicFactor.Tra,
														dynamicFactor.TraInv);
		}
	}

	void InitializeTranslationState(
		InstanceTranslationState& instanceState,
		SIMD::Vec3f& position,
		SIMD::Vec3f& steeringVec,
		RandObject& rand,
		const Effect* effect,
		const InstanceGlobal* instanceGlobal,
		float livingTime,
		float livedTime,
		const Instance* parent,
		const DynamicFactorParameter& dynamicFactor)
	{
		steeringVec = SIMD::Vec3f(0, 0, 0);

		// Translation
		if (TranslationType == ParameterTranslationType_Fixed)
		{
			instanceState.fixed.location = TranslationFixed.Position;
			ApplyDynamicParameterToFixedLocation(instanceState, rand, effect, instanceGlobal, parent, dynamicFactor);

			position = instanceState.fixed.location;
		}
		else if (TranslationType == ParameterTranslationType_PVA)
		{
			auto rvl = ApplyEq(effect,
							   instanceGlobal,
							   parent,
							   &rand,
							   TranslationPVA.RefEqP,
							   TranslationPVA.location,
							   dynamicFactor.Tra,
							   dynamicFactor.TraInv);
			instanceState.random.location = rvl.getValue(rand);

			auto rvv = ApplyEq(effect,
							   instanceGlobal,
							   parent,
							   &rand,
							   TranslationPVA.RefEqV,
							   TranslationPVA.velocity,
							   dynamicFactor.Tra,
							   dynamicFactor.TraInv);
			instanceState.random.velocity = rvv.getValue(rand);

			auto rva = ApplyEq(effect,
							   instanceGlobal,
							   parent,
							   &rand,
							   TranslationPVA.RefEqA,
							   TranslationPVA.acceleration,
							   dynamicFactor.Tra,
							   dynamicFactor.TraInv);
			instanceState.random.acceleration = rva.getValue(rand);

			position = instanceState.random.location;

			steeringVec = instanceState.random.velocity;
		}
		else if (TranslationType == ParameterTranslationType_Easing)
		{
			TranslationEasing.Init(instanceState.easing, effect, instanceGlobal, parent, &rand, dynamicFactor.Tra, dynamicFactor.TraInv);

			position = instanceState.easing.start;
		}
		else if (TranslationType == ParameterTranslationType_FCurve)
		{
			assert(TranslationFCurve != nullptr);
			const auto coordinateSystem = effect->GetSetting()->GetCoordinateSystem();

			instanceState.fcruve.offset = TranslationFCurve->GetOffsets(rand);

			position = instanceState.fcruve.offset + TranslationFCurve->GetValues(livingTime, livedTime);

			if (coordinateSystem == CoordinateSystem::LH)
			{
				position.SetZ(-position.GetZ());
			}
		}
		else if (TranslationType == ParameterTranslationType_NurbsCurve)
		{
			// TODO refactoring
			auto& NurbsCurveParam = TranslationNurbsCurve;
			CurveRef curve = static_cast<CurveRef>(effect->GetCurve(NurbsCurveParam.Index));
			if (curve != nullptr)
			{
				float moveSpeed = NurbsCurveParam.MoveSpeed;
				int32_t loopType = NurbsCurveParam.LoopType;

				float speed = 1.0f / (curve->GetLength() * NurbsCurveParam.Scale);

				float t = speed * livingTime * moveSpeed;

				switch (loopType)
				{
				default:
				case 0:
					t = fmod(t, 1.0f);
					break;

				case 1:
					if (t > 1.0f)
					{
						t = 1.0f;
					}
					break;
				}

				position = curve->CalcuratePoint(t, NurbsCurveParam.Scale * effect->GetMaginification());
			}
			else
			{
				position = {0, 0, 0};
			}
		}
		else if (TranslationType == ParameterTranslationType_ViewOffset)
		{
			instanceState.view_offset.distance = TranslationViewOffset.distance.getValue(rand);
			position = {0, 0, 0};
		}

		instanceState.prevLocation = position;
	}

	SIMD::Vec3f CalculateTranslationState(
		InstanceTranslationState& instanceState,
		RandObject& rand,
		const Effect* effect,
		const InstanceGlobal* instanceGlobal,
		float livingTime,
		float livedTime,
		const Instance* m_pParent,
		CoordinateSystem coordinateSystem,
		const DynamicFactorParameter& dynamicFactor)
	{
		SIMD::Vec3f localPosition;

		if (TranslationType == ParameterTranslationType_None)
		{
			localPosition = {0, 0, 0};
		}
		else if (TranslationType == ParameterTranslationType_Fixed)
		{
			ApplyDynamicParameterToFixedLocation(instanceState, rand, effect, instanceGlobal, m_pParent, dynamicFactor);

			localPosition = instanceState.fixed.location;
		}
		else if (TranslationType == ParameterTranslationType_PVA)
		{
			localPosition = instanceState.random.location + (instanceState.random.velocity * livingTime) +
							(instanceState.random.acceleration * (livingTime * livingTime * 0.5f));
		}
		else if (TranslationType == ParameterTranslationType_Easing)
		{
			localPosition = TranslationEasing.GetValue(instanceState.easing, Clamp(livingTime / livedTime, 1.0F, 0.0F));
		}
		else if (TranslationType == ParameterTranslationType_FCurve)
		{
			assert(TranslationFCurve != nullptr);
			auto fcurve = TranslationFCurve->GetValues(livingTime, livedTime);
			localPosition = fcurve + instanceState.fcruve.offset;

			if (coordinateSystem == CoordinateSystem::LH)
			{
				localPosition.SetZ(-localPosition.GetZ());
			}
		}
		else if (TranslationType == ParameterTranslationType_NurbsCurve)
		{
			auto& NurbsCurveParam = TranslationNurbsCurve;
			CurveRef curve = static_cast<CurveRef>(effect->GetCurve(NurbsCurveParam.Index));
			if (curve != nullptr)
			{
				float moveSpeed = NurbsCurveParam.MoveSpeed;
				int32_t loopType = NurbsCurveParam.LoopType;

				float speed = 1.0f / (curve->GetLength() * NurbsCurveParam.Scale);

				float t = speed * livingTime * moveSpeed;

				switch (loopType)
				{
				default:
				case 0:
					t = fmod(t, 1.0f);
					break;

				case 1:
					if (t > 1.0f)
					{
						t = 1.0f;
					}
					break;
				}

				localPosition = curve->CalcuratePoint(t, NurbsCurveParam.Scale * effect->GetMaginification());
			}
			else
			{
				localPosition = {0, 0, 0};
			}
		}
		else if (TranslationType == ParameterTranslationType_ViewOffset)
		{
			localPosition = {0, 0, 0};
			return {0, 0, 0};
		}

		const auto vel = localPosition - instanceState.prevLocation;
		instanceState.prevLocation = localPosition;
		return vel;
	}
};

} // namespace Effekseer

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Trump official: Statue of Liberty's poem is about Europeans
by: ZEKE MILLER and ASHLEY THOMAS, Associated Press
Acting Director of United States Citizenship and Immigration Services Ken Cuccinelli, speaks during a briefing at the White House, Monday, Aug. 12, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
WASHINGTON (AP) — A top Trump administration official says the famous inscription on the Statue of Liberty, welcoming "huddled masses" of immigrants to American shores, was referring to "people coming from Europe" and that the nation is looking to receive migrants "who can stand on their own two feet."
The comments on Tuesday from Ken Cuccinelli, the acting director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, came a day after the Trump administration announced it would seek to deny green cards to migrants who seek Medicaid, food stamps, housing vouchers or other forms of public assistance. The move, and Cuccinelli's defense, prompted an outcry from Democrats and immigration advocates who said the policy would favor wealthier immigrants and disadvantage those from poorer countries in Latin America and Africa.
"This administration finally admitted what we've known all along: They think the Statue of Liberty only applies to white people," tweeted former Texas Rep. Beto O'Rourke, a Democratic presidential candidate.
The administration's proposed policy shift comes as President Donald Trump is leaning more heavily into the restrictive immigration policies that have energized his core supporters and were central to his 2016 victory. He has also spoken disparagingly about immigration from majority black and Hispanic countries, including calling Mexican immigrants rapists and criminals when he launched his 2016 campaign. Last year, he privately branded Central American and African nations as "shithole" countries and he suggested the U.S. take in more immigrants from European countries like predominantly white Norway.
Cuccinelli said in an interview with CNN on Tuesday night that the Emma Lazarus poem emblazoned on the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty referred to "people coming from Europe where they had class based societies where people were considered wretched if they weren't in the right class."
Lazarus' poem, written in 1883 to raise money to construct the Statue of Liberty's pedestal and cast in bronze beneath the monument in 1903, served as a beacon to millions of immigrants who crossed past as they first entered the U.S. in New York Harbor. It reads, "Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore."
Cuccinelli was asked earlier Tuesday on NPR whether the words "give me your tired, your poor" were part of the American ethos. Cuccinelli responded: "They certainly are. Give me your tired and your poor who can stand on their own two feet and who will not become a public charge."
Cuccinelli was a failed Republican candidate for governor in 2013 after serving as the state's attorney general. He backed Republican Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas for president in 2016 and for a time was a harsh critic of Trump.
He is one of a slew of immigration hardliners brought in by Trump to implement the president's policies. He was appointed to the post in June in a temporary capacity, which doesn't require Senate confirmation.
Trump, asked Tuesday about Cuccinelli's comments on NPR, appeared to back him up.
"I don't think it's fair to have the American taxpayer paying for people to come into the United States," Trump told reporters before boarding Air Force One for Pennsylvania. "I think we're doing it right."
Immigrant rights groups strongly criticized the Trump administration's new rules for immigrants receiving public assistance, warning that the changes would scare immigrants away from asking for needed help. And they voiced concern that officials were being given too much authority to decide whether someone is likely to need public assistance in the future.
Another Democratic presidential candidate, Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren, also condemned Cuccinelli's comments.
"Our values are etched in stone on the Statue of Liberty. They will not be replaced," she tweeted. "And I will fight for those values and for our immigrant communities."
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Larry A. Beers passed away at his home March 3, 2019 of natural causes.
Larry was born in Salmon, Idaho on August 31, 1945 to Charles and Laura Beers. His family moved to Boise when Larry was 10 years of age.
The following was written by Larry: After graduation (Borah High School), I attended BJC for one year, during which time I composed a song, 'Eternal Love,' for two pianos, choir and orchestra, performed/recorded by Borah in 1964. Upon graduating from the College of Idaho, 1967, I taught music for three years, before realizing teaching was not for me. Spent the next 10 years in northern Idaho, enjoying friends in Mullan, motorcycling, and traveling, mostly to Hawaii. In 1981, I returned to Boise, being employed part-time for 20 ½ years at The Idaho Statesman processing obituaries. I was able to retire in early 2004 at age 58½ , thanks to pension and good benefits. I have enjoyed years of not working and have begun playing the piano again; too bad Social Security doesn't begin at age 21. Life has been okay!
Music was an integral part of Larry's life and he preferred classical music. His favorite was the duo Ferrante & Teicher. While in college, Larry played piano at O'Michaels Pub in Boise. While living in Mullan he played the organ for church services at Emmanuel Lutheran Church. In addition to music Larry's friends will recall how much enjoyed conversation and a good meal, especially holiday dinners spent with lifelong friend Cheryl Christopherson & her family.
In addition to his parents Larry had two older siblings John (Jane) and Ida, niece Seana, nephews Kevin & Ryan; and good friend Pete Dufresne. At his request no services will be held.
Arrangements are under the direction of the Potter Funeral Chapel in Emmett.


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Tesla profits surge on higher auto sales despite chip shortage
By AFP - Oct 22,2021 - Last updated at Oct 22,2021
US Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg looks at a Tesla Model S during an electric vehicles event outside of the Department of Transportation on Wednesday in Washington, DC (AFP photo)
NEW YORK — Tesla's third-quarter profits more than quadrupled on 'sharply' higher sales despite a global semiconductor shortage that has plagued the auto industry, according to company results released on Wednesday.
Elon Musk's electric car company posted a record profit of $1.6 billion for the three-month period, as revenues surged 57 per cent to $13.8 billion compared to the year-ago period.
Tesla also delivered a record 241,391 vehicles during the period, with sales significantly ramping up in North America and China.
The results suggest Tesla's output has been less affected by the global shortage of semiconductors than some rival carmakers that have shuttered factories or cut production.
However, the company said chip shortages, as well as congestion at ports and rolling blackouts, "have been impacting our ability to keep factories running at full speed."
"We believe our supply chain, engineering and production teams have been dealing with these global challenges with ingenuity, agility and flexibility that is unparalleled in the automotive industry," Tesla said in its news statement.
Tesla notched somewhat lower revenues on the sale of electric vehicle regulatory credits to other automakers compared with the year-ago period. The company also reported a $51 million impairment related to bitcoin.
But profit margins expanded, even as the company alluded to uncertainties amid the lingering supply chain challenges.
"We continue to run our production lines as close to full capacity as conditions allow," Tesla said in the news release. "While sequential growth remains our goal, the magnitude of growth will be determined largely by outside factors."
New capacity
The electric carmaker said new factories in Germany and the US state of Texas remain on track.
Musk was on hand earlier this month at the unveiling of Tesla's "gigafactory" near Berlin, its first European plant that is expected to ultimately produce some 500,000 cars a year.
The nearly-completed facility has been criticized by some NGOs in Germany, but Tesla said in Wednesday's press release that it expects to receive final permit approval by the end of the year.
Another gigafactory in Austin, Texas is "progressing as planned," Tesla said. Musk announced earlier this month that the company is shifting its headquarters to Texas from California.
Tesla is nearing assembly of its first production line cars in Austin and Berlin, but the "hardest work lies ahead" in ramping up output, chief finance officer Zack Kirkhorn said on an earnings call.
Tesla has completed a shift to its factory in Shanghai being its main hub for export vehicles, freeing up other plants to provide more cars for Europe and North America, according to executives.
The company's stated goal is to get on pace to produce millions of cars annually.
"There appears to be quite a profound awakening of desirability for electric vehicles," Kirkhorn said.
"It's called us a little bit off guard. Folks want to buy an electric car and folks want to buy a Tesla right now. It's very exciting for us."
Tesla said it is expanding new "full self-driving" technology to more drivers based on "demonstrated driver safety."
But earlier this month, US highways safety regulators demanded details from Tesla on issues with the new autonomous system, building on a previously announced probe.
Executives on the call downplayed regulatory inquiries, saying they were to be expected with "cutting edge" technology and that they were cooperating "as much as possible."
CFRA Research analyst Garrett Nelson said the strong results were already priced into Tesla shares, describing the trading action as "muted."
Moreover, the company's statement that the magnitude of its growth "'will be determined largely by outside factors' gives investors pause," Nelson said.
Tesla shares dipped 1.3 per cent to $854.40 in after-hours trading. Shares have risen more than 25 per cent in the last two months.
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Bête Blah
by Richard von Busack
Take the claim that critics always prefer foreign films to the sturdy American product. Why, if you wanted a better example of glossy, inane dreck than Heartbreaker, you would have to go to France for it.
Dumbed down for the export audience, this superlatively moldy farce is nearly free of any redeeming qualities. Romain Duris plays Alex (above), the head of a three-person team of consultants brought in to break up undesirable romances. Using different identities and the help of his sister (Ferrier) and brother-in-law (François Damiens), Alex seduces women away from relationships that would make them unhappy.
His latest job is his toughest: breaking the engagement of an immaculately good catch, a wealthy British philanthropist and a French heiress, Juliette (Vanessa Paradis, above, a kind of ultrastarved version of Lauren Hutton). In Monaco, Alex poses as a bodyguard to follow his target, but Juliette proves resistant. Slapstick intervals (including regularly scheduled pummelings from some Slavic gangsters collecting money) ensue.
Some interest boils up with the first appearance of Héléna Noguerra, a lively Belgian TV personality who plays Juliette's drunken and slutty best friend. Sadly, Noguerra fails to cause the kind of trouble she seems to suggest she'll cause when she first appears.
Juliette is characterized as this perfect chic woman whose only concession to vulnerability is a craze for the movie Dirty Dancing; her arrogance is supposed to be charm. This would make it easy for anyone, no matter how basically one-note, to steal the show, but the show steals back, so to speak. It never gets beyond its long soak in expensive locations, and the script wheezes as it tries to reach the insurmountable height of its high-concept plot. The Moroccan opening sequence might make up a date movie, but the audience would have to be under some kind of heavy sedation to tune out everything else.
Heartbreaker opens on Friday, Oct. 1, at the Third Street Cinema, 620 Third St., Santa Rosa. 707.522.0330.
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Why is Beethoven's tempo so off?
There is one thing that brought me this question. Well 2 actually. First off is Wim Winters and his Authentic Sound channel where he argues that Beethoven is using double beat for his tempos. He relatively recently made a series of videos of a supposedly tempo accurate performance of Beethoven's Fifth. I can tell you from listening to a snippet(I didn't even get to the development section, it was so horrid) exactly how he got that tempo. He took a recording and then manipulated it to be slower. But even if he did use notation software and got a better sound out of it, I would still take issue to the slowness.
The second thing that brought me this question, also from Beethoven's fifth, is this tempo marking:
Straight interpretation
If I were to interpret this straight as half note = 108 BPM. I would then get quarter note = 216 BPM. If I were to interpret the tempo this way, it would be way too fast, even compared to the fastest performances of the piece(which for reference, are around 160-170 BPM). 216 BPM is Prestissimo these days and was probably Presto agitato in Beethoven's time. In the case of Mozart, I can understand why his Allegro molto is so variable, from 140 BPM to 210 BPM. But didn't tempo start getting standardized in Beethoven's time? Wasn't it clear at that time that 210 BPM is not any sort of Allegro? In that case, why would Beethoven write such an outrageous tempo marking for his fifth symphony?
Double beat interpretation
Now we come to Wim Winter's interpretation. According to him, the whole symphony is supposed to be interpreted as though it was in 4/4 time. Given that 2/4 and 4/4 are very similar in terms of accent, this isn't out of the question. What is out of the question, is once again, the resulting tempo. At a tempo of quarter note = 108, sure you could say it is Allegretto or maybe even Allegro. But that is too slow for Allegro con brio. Con brio translates to with energy and in the case of tempo, implies that the tempo is faster than averages for the marking.
So in other words, Allegro con brio implies a fast Allegro. The slowest performances of Beethoven's Fifth tend to hover around 132 BPM, certainly faster than the average of 120-125 BPM for Allegro. 108 BPM is nowhere near Allegro con brio. This alone makes me seriously question the double beat interpretation of Beethoven's tempo.
It can't just be that Beethoven's metronome was broken. If that was the case, I would expect to see something more along the lines of Adagio half note = 120 and I don't. But neither the straight interpretation or the double beat interpretation is right either. So why is Beethoven's tempo so off from ours?
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CatersCaters
You do realize that "correctness" is a subjective value, right? I happen to find 108 half notes per minute a perfectly fine tempo for that movement.
– Kilian Foth
The Italian tempo markings used to be highly subjective. Nowadays they do indeed more or less correspond to particular ranges. But that doesn't mean that they can't still be contextual. I don't see why one couldn't use "largo" for a section within a grindcore piece that is at 100-120 BPM (because the expected tempo for that musical genre is incredibly fast, way above 100-120).
– Pyromonk
RadioLab did an episode exploring this very topic. I found it fascinating: wnycstudios.org/story/269783-speedy-beet
– Duston
I'm subbed to Wim's channel and enjoy it quite a bit, though I remain undecided on the question. While I appreciate the topic of this question (historical tempo research), I don't think an objective answer is possible. If it could be absolutely proven which side of the tempo debate was correct, it wouldn't be an open question. All one can do is present evidence for one side or the other, or neither (as written, the question presumes neither is correct).
– Caleb Hines
Given that Youtube lets us play videos from quarter speed through to double speed, we can choose our own preferences these days..
– chasly - supports Monica
The topic of Beethoven's tempi is a controversial one that has prompted a huge body of discussion. Here though are some factoids:
Beethoven clearly cared deeply about tempo and seems to have intended his markings literally rather than contextually. See quotes like "...first performance of the Ninth Symphony was received with enthusiastic applause, which I attribute largely to the metronome markings" and "his first question invariably was: 'How were the tempi?'".
The obvious conclusion then is that Beethoven was fettered in some way and his markings are not what he intended; however many of these theories fit poorly with fact. For instance, the idea that his metronome was broken fits poorly given that his tempi are sometimes faster and sometimes slower than the 'reasonable' speed. Likewise, his deafness would not prevent him from seeing the arm of the metronome and measuring time that way.
So maybe it's all just subjective and Beethoven's markings are as legitimate as conventional interpretations? Perhaps, though worth noting that some faster sections come up against issues of playability. An interesting idea in this regard is that instrument design and musical style of Beethoven's time made pieces easier to play faster (lack of vibrato, gut strings, see Beethoven Project). Though writing too-difficult parts also wouldn't be out of character for him; he admitted being a terrible violinist and not a perfect orchestrator either. It fits his personality to write what he heard in his head regardless of physical possibility.
re: "But didn't tempo start getting standardized in Beethoven's time?" yes, with the operative word being 'start'. Maelzel's metronome became available in 1816, 8 years after the fifth symphony was published; Beethoven added the metronome marks to his first 8 symphonies after the fact, so those works had been performed for years without those guidelines; people may have already become accustomed to the those tempi rather then Beethoven's. Even once the markings were in place, Beethoven was an early adopter of the metronome, and most conductor's would be unused to the idea of adherence to an exact tempo, further increasing likelihood they were ignored, and a different tempo entered public consciousness. Finally, taste has changed in 200 years
The double beat idea is interesting, I don't recall encountering it before. Forsen et al. mention that Beethoven had poor eyesight and may have misread the metronome, which required more interpretation than modern devices.
So clearly there's a lot going on. I couldn't say what it was that actually happened, but seeing the number of variables it's perhaps unsurprising that the markings do seem odd to us.
The Beethoven Project
TbadamsTbadams
interesting. I find these discussions of time/pitch a bit dubious in a scientific historical context anyway. Trying to measure either was AFAIK extremely difficult up until the early 20th century - how might a craftsman in Leipzig how know that his second/hertz was the same as someone in London? I seem to remember that tuning forks from this time bear this out. It's down to the lack of any calibration tools. So I have no difficulty in believing that Beethoven's metronome might have been say 10% different from one a hundred miles away, without being in any way "broken".
– danmcb
I think you mean Maelzel as the inventor of the metronome.
– Athanasius
@danmcb - Tuning forks for pitches varied mostly because concert pitch at the time was not yet standardized at A440. But seconds were perfectly measurable by this time. Pendulum clocks have a period determined by basic physics and the length of the pendulum, so a second could be measured with accuracy. Even pocket watches by the early 1800s (after the lever escapement was developed) frequently had second hands and could be accurate to within a minute/day or so, which means seconds could be measured even on a watch to within ~0.1% accuracy or less.
Interesting! thank you. I wonder how accurate measurements of length were at that time? What standard would you use? It would not exactly be trivial to make a trip to check the accuracy of your rule. (I used to work as a calibration engineer, so I guess this is an interesting subject for me.)
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This is what you've done, each Week. I arrange the rows in reverse chronological order, because there are some Losers, and they know who they are, who check up on my points-awarding every Week.
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Key to Ink Types:
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1350 Here's inspo for new-word poems Write a poem of eight lines or fewer featuring one or more of these recent additions to m-w.com. H
1344 Well, that's just great -- It's Limerixicon XVI Supply a humorous, previously unpublished limerick significantly featuring any English word, name or term beginning with "gr-". H
1340 Not-ables -- slightly alter a famous name Slightly alter the name (make sure the original is obvious) of a famous personage -- past or present, real or fictional -- and describe the resulting nonpersonage, or offer a quote from that person, or both. 3 H
1240 We GIVE you Limerixicon XIV Supply a humorous, previously unpublished limerick significantly featuring any English word, name or term beginning with "gh-" or "gi-". H H
1238 D-E-F Comedy Jam (or E-D-F, etc.) Coin a threeword phrase (you may add an insignificant word or two) whose words begin with D, E and F — in any order — and describe it. H
1235 The Sound of Science Write humorous lyrics on the subject of science or technology, set to a well-known tune. H
1231 TankaWanka 3: Haiku Plus Tu Write a TankaWanka about something that's been in the news lately. The poem must consist of five lines of 5, 7, 5, 7 and 7 syllables in that order. And at least two of the lines must rhyme. H
1229 Gorey bits from A to Z Send us one of more edgy rhyming alphabet-primer couplets. W
1202 Don't be afraid of the dark Write lyrics to a song that, in some way, express hope. H
1189 Gee, it's Limerixicon XIII! Supply a humorous, previously unpublished limerick significantly featuring any English word, name or term beginning with "ge". H H
1177 The ballad box Write a song related to this year's elections, set to a familiar tune. H
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1169 Be caustic by acrostic Review or otherwise describe a movie, book, play or TV show (or Internet equivalent) with words whose first letters spell out the name of the work. 2 H
1165 B all you can B Change a word, phrase or name by adding one or more B's, and/or by replacing one or more letters with B's, and define your new term. H
1156 Dead letters Write a humorous poem of no longer than eight lines about someone who died in 2015. 3
1154 Tabby Road -- songs for cats Write a song for -- or about -- cats or other animals, set to a familiar tune. H W
1144 Someone else's business Name a real brand, along with something else it would be a better name for. H
1133 Are 'hew ready? A contest for clerihews A clerihew is a humorous four-line rhyming poem about a person whose name is mentioned in the first line; in fact, the name must be at the end of that line (or constitute the whole line) so that it has to rhyme with something. The rhyme structure (and we don't want "lazy" rhymes) is AABB: the first line rhymes with the second, the third with the fourth. H
1130 Yux Redux: Play on a foreign phrase Make a word play on a foreign phrase or term (or English phrase using foreign words) and describe it. H
1129 Right in the pampootie Write a humorous short poem (eight lines or fewer) incorporating one of the 50 provided words. 2
1117 You got another sing coming Write a song about a topic or person lately in the news, set to a familiar tune. H W
1111 When you riff upon a store Use a wordplay on a song title as a name or slogan for a real or imagined business. H
1108 Hearts of dorkness Write a humorous Valentine's Day sentiment to someone (or to some organization), either real or fictional -- either from you or from someone else you name. Plus an all-new option: We'll also be willing to run at least one really funny, clever, well-executed graphic. H
1012 The news at 5 Write a limerick about a recent news event. H
983 Limerixicon IX Supply a humorous limerick significantly featuring any English word, name or term beginning with the letters "eq-" through "ez-". 2 H
982 The parody line Set your own, humorous words to the tune of a well-known song--except that you must preserve one of the original lines. H
974 Eat our dust! Write a limerick humorously describing a book, play, movie, or TV show. H
970 Couple it Take a line from any well-known poem and pair it with your own second line to make a humorous couplet. H
955 Twits' twist Create a phrase by combining a word or phrase with an anagram of that word or phrase, and define or describe it. H
952 Dead Letters Write a humorous poem about someone who died in 2011. W
951 Say that again Double a word, or use a word and its homophone, to make a phrase, and define it. H H
938 Free and Lear Write a limerick using the first two lines of any of Edward Lear's 115 limericks plus your own remaining three lines. H
935 The 400 blows Write a humorous poem--choose your form--about the Virginia earthquake, Hurricane Irene or another well-known natural event. H
931 Limerixicon 8 Supply a humorous limerick significantly featuring any English word, name or term beginning with the letters ea- through -el. 3 H
929 Now sit right back ... Write a funny song introducing a TV show, past or present. H
928 Play feature Use the title of a movie as the answer to a riddle or other question. H
927 Drive-By Shoutings Write a very short four-line "poem" promoting a product or company, or offering advice to drivers; the poem must rhyme, in ABAB or ABCB rhyme scheme. A fifth, non-rhyming line may state the product name or a conclusion. H
925 A remeaning task Redefine a word in the dictionary beginning with I through O. H
922 A Banner Week Write entirely new, humorous lyrics to the tune of "The Star-Spangled Banner"; they can be on any subject. H
921 Give Us Willies Write an original Little Willie poem, perhaps reflecting our current era. This is a venerable four-line genre in which Master W. does some nasty thing and doesn't tend to learn to be a Good Boy by poem's end. 4 H
888 It's the eponymy, stupid Coin a word or expression based on the name of a well-known person, define it, and perhaps use it in a sentence H
887 Plus-Fours Write a limerick whose third or fourth line is one of those listed above. W
884 Rekindling the spork Combine two devices or other products to make a new one. H
881 What's in a name? Take the name of a person or institution. Find within it a hidden message. 4
880 Our greatest hit Start with a real word or multi-word term or name that begins with Q, R or S; add one letter, subtract one letter, replace one letter with another, or transpose two adjacent letters; and define the new word. H
876 Oilies but goodies Write lyrics somehow related to the oil spill, set to an existing tune. H
860 Ten, Anyone? Humorously define or describe something or someone in exactly 10 words. H
851 Going to the shrink Downsize the title of a book, movie or play to make it smaller or less momentous and describe it. I
846 Season's gratings Write a brief (50 words or fewer) holiday letter from a personage from past or present, or from fiction. H
829 Limerixicon 6 Supply a humorous limerick prominently featuring any English word, name or term beginning with the letters di-. H
826 The Inside Word Take any word -- this may include the name of a person or place -- put a portion of it in quotation marks, and redefine the word. H
825 Disinstrumentals Write some words to music that has no words. 2 H
800 Compairison Briefly define or sum up an existing word or short phrase, then change it very slightly and do the same with the result. H
798 Dead Letters Write a humorous poem commemorating someone who died in 2008. H H
792 Clue Us In Compile a set of funny alternative clues to a crossword penned by Ace Constructor Paula Gamache. H
791 The 1K Club Supply a chain of 20 names -- they may be names of people, places, organizations, products, etc., but they must be names -- beginning and ending with "Chris Doyle." H
785 The Ballad Box Write a short, humorous song somehow relating to the presidential campaign, set to a familiar tune. H
784 Words to The Wiseacres Give us some proverbs for 21st-century life. H
777 Limerixicon 5 Supply a humorous limerick featuring any English word, name or term beginning with the letters da-. H H
MOST OF YOUR INK
Here is, I hope, most of your ink to be found in the All Invitational Text list. I have to find these with what are called regular expressions, which is a method used in a lot of programming languages to find and modify certain text strings in larger corpora. Basically I look for something like this:
"Report From Week 758"
"And from The Style Invitational four weeks ago . . ."
and then some text, your name, and your town, arranged in this familiar way:
"GlaxoSmithKline: I have six kids named Chesterfield, Winston, Lark, BensonHedges, Doral and Kool. If I name my new baby Nicorette, can I get a free coupon for your products? (Jennifer Hart, Arlington)"
I don't catch everything, but I believe I find 90%.
Unlike in the table to the left, I've arranged these in chronological order, so you can see how your humor matured, like a forgotten cheese deep in the walls of an old house. You started out, perhaps in Year 1, sending in riddles you sort of remembered from grade school, and now look at ya, ain't you Dorothy Parker.
[still working on this ...]


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