Michigan DUI and your Drinking – Is it a Problem?
It is an established fact that DUI drivers, as a group, have a statistically higher incidence of drinking problems than the population at large. In this article, I want to take a kind of private look at how this may apply to you, the reader. I want to concentrate on how and why a person facing an OWI (Operating While Intoxicated) charge may look inward and question whether his or her relationship to alcohol has become risky or troublesome. In my role as Detroit-area (Wayne, Oakland and Macomb County) DUI lawyer, I have written a lot about how an important part of my job is to protect my clients from being perceived as having a drinking problem they don't, or having one more serious than is actually the case. These are valid concerns because there is a very real built-in "alcohol bias" in the court system. None of this, however, is the least bit helpful to anyone who knows, suspects, or even just wonders if his or her drinking has become problematic. Because of my clinical background and training, I can help explore this subject far more thoroughly than if I was just another lawyer.
At its simplest, there are 3 kinds of drinkers in the world: 1.), those that don't think they have a problem, 2.), those who wonder if they do, and, 3.), those who know they do. It goes without saying that most people who drink do NOT have a problem with it, so the vast majority of those who don't think they have any kind of problem are correct. Denial, however, is an early marker in every case of troublesome drinking, so this means that some of the people who don't think they have a problem actually do. How to unravel that denial can become the work of a lifetime, and to date, no one has found a way to help someone with their drinking who isn't otherwise "ready," so we'll leave that topic behind and focus, instead, on those who wonder if, or already know, that their drinking has become a problem.
Because of my specific educational background (beyond law school, I completed a post-graduate program of addiction studies) and the DUI focus of my practice (I handle a ton of drunk driving cases), I work with plenty of clients who either know that they need help or are otherwise at least open to talking to someone about their drinking. You might think that would make my job easier, because it would seem like I could just skip the work involved in protecting them from being treated by the court as if they do have a problem, but that's not the case. In fact, over-diagnosis, both in terms of finding problems that aren't there, and assessing alcohol problems as having problems more serious than they really are, is widespread both within the clinical world, and even more a problem in the court system. Part of the problem within the court system is that the assessment of a person's drinking (i.e., the diagnosing) is done by a probation officer, and not an actual clinician. Although it is more convenient for the courts to do it this way, having a probation officer (PO) screen a DUI driver for an alcohol problem is decidedly non-clinical. As crazy as it sounds, this isn't much different than if the PO was expected to screen someone for depression or some other mental health disorder. In the context of any DUI case of mine, I am thankful that I have the clinical knowledge to make sure my client doesn't get ordered into any unnecessary treatment, or otherwise forced into some kind of "help" that isn't a good fit for him or her. That said, let's circle back to looking at your relationship to alcohol.
As a very general observation, among those dealing with a DUI and who are open to the idea that may have an issue with drinking, it tends to sort itself that 1st offenders mostly tend to wonder if or think they "may" have a problem, 2nd offenders more or less know they do, and 3rd offenders understand that there's no way to deny it (at least to anyone else, even if they're still in denial). Of course, there are all kinds of exceptions to this. For example, there is no shortage of people facing a 3rd offense DUI (felony) who don't think they're anything other than unlucky, while, conversely, plenty of 1st offenders who have been privately struggling with their drinking see a DUI arrest as the last straw.
The seldom spoken truth is that most of us have, at some point in our lives, had too much to drink before operating a vehicle. This means that some people who don't drink a lot and also don't have any problem with alcohol will be unlucky and get caught driving over the limit. Still, the more you take the chance, the more likely you are to get caught. According to Center for Disease Control (CDC), the Federal Bureau of Investigation, (FBI) and Mothers Agains Drunk Driving (MADD), the average drunk driver has driven under the influence 80 times before getting caught. What matters more, frankly, is what YOU think. In the real world, it's pretty much the case that by the time anyone begins to wonder if their drinking is normal or not, it's usually not. That's certainly not any kind of hard and fast clinical guideline, but people don't tend to start wondering because their drinking is working out too good. Has anyone ever really worried that they're too healthy, too rich, or too successful?
(CL): I figured it might look good in my case, and also, I wouldn't mind talking to someone about my drinking; maybe cutting back a little.
(LW): So I hear you saying that maybe your drinking can sometimes get a little out of hand, or be a bit troublesome?
(LW): So you'd probably agree that what we'd call "normal drinking" wouldn't usually leave you wondering if maybe you shouldn't drink less, or lead to a DUI?
(CL): Yeah; I mean, I don't that I have any kind of problem or anything, but I figure it can't hurt to talk to someone, right?
(LW): Oh, I agree. One of the main characteristics of being a "normal drinker" is that it doesn't create problems for the person who drinks. It never hurts to look at your situation with someone who can help you figure out whether there's something there or not.
In the example above, there were no accusations, and at no point would anything the lawyer said have elicited a defensive response from the client, perhaps causing him or her to double down on the denial. Instead, the client was allowed to reach his or her own conclusions, and is primed to follow up on the idea that his or her drinking may have grown problematic, to some extent. There is, however, a window of time after which the person may lose any momentum to want to talk to someone, and then fall into a "let's see what happens" state of inertia, and later, back to drinking, with yet another promise that he or she will just try harder and that things will be different.
In some cases, the client comes in already knowing that his or her drinking is a problem. Perhaps this is the person's 2nd DUI (or even his or her 3rd). Here again, one must resist the temptation to "pile on" because it's normal for people to be more inclined to this kind of thinking soon after an arrest. Often enough, there are people at home telling the client that he or she has a problem, and/or to get help. Just as in the example above, it is important to steer the client to his or her own conclusions, and then follow that up with a competent referral. We never want to send someone away feeling like they've been challenged to prove that they can get a handle on their drinking just by trying harder. That never, ever, EVER works.
This is where I can really help a client, because there is a lot more to this than just handing someone a card for some counselor and saying, "call this number." In the first place, the fact is that there are many ways to get sober. There is no single, magic method that works for everyone, although there probably is one method that works best for any individual. In other words, what works for you may not work for me, and what works for me may not work for you, or the next person. Everyone is different, and, contrary to what many people think, there is no one recovery process that's best. The key is to find the kind of help that works best for you, and that even that may be different at various points in your life.
I generally use a very small circle of substance abuse counselors who are far more "holistic" in the sense that they are not fixated on any one recovery process or school of thought, but rather understand that each person is unique and that it's important to find the kind of help that's right for them.
Consider this: everyone knows about AA (Alcoholics Anonymous). AA is a great program, and many people find it helpful, especially early on in their recovery. However, most people who get and stay sober do not remain active in it. Some people involved in AA think of it as the best, if not the only path to sobriety, and truly believe that a person must always attend meetings, going so far as to deride non-drinkers who no longer attend meetings as "dry drunks." That kind of antiquated thinking is dead wrong, but it also exists, and can be very counter-productive. If there is one absolute in the world of recovery, it is that there are no absolutes, beyond the idea that getting sober is mutually exclusive to ever drinking again. The counselors I use are all have this broader mindset.
For all the clinical and other highbrow considerations we can throw at this, it still comes back to that uneasy feeling in your heart of hearts that something just isn't right. Whatever else, denial is a tactic to quiet those thoughts. In other words, a person can't be in denial over something he or she is not thinking about. Denial starts as a reaction to uneasy thoughts or feelings about something. That general idea we spoke about earlier – that if you're wondering if something's a problem, then it probably is – carries a lot of weight. There's an old saying that holds, "anything that causes a problem is a problem." I'd venture that, in the history of the world, no one who has ever wondered whether his or her drinking is a problem subsequently learned it was not. In other words, if you're thinking about it, it's beyond the stage where something may or may not be wrong, and the better inquiry is directed at what to do about it.
So what's the grand takeaway here? None, really, other than, if you're facing a DUI and you think you're drinking might be a problem, it probably is. There is no magic solution here. In fact, if there's anything to avoid, it's the idea of a magic solution. Instead, we need to be practical. We need to talk. Even if we can't find the perfect fit right out of the gate, we can probably eliminate a lot of things that won't be. You may not like groups, so any kind of group counseling or meetings should be ruled out before sending you off to some kind of therapy you'll hate from the get-go. Amongst all the options available, I believe in starting small, and can help you figure out what to do next. Beyond just handling DUI cases in the courtroom, I can help in the conference room, as well.
If you are facing a DUI anywhere in the Metro-Detroit area (Macomb, Oakland or Wayne County), I can help. All of my consultations are confidential and done over the phone, right when you call. You can reach my office Monday through Friday, from 8:30 a.m. until 5:00 p.m., at 586-465-1980. We're here to help.


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Researcher lands grant to broaden quantum systems science
Published: May 28, 2020 • By Clint Talbott
Physicist Dan Dessau wins $1.6M Moore Foundation quantum systems award
Thanks to a $1.6-million grant, CU Boulder Physics Professor Dan Dessau will spend five years striving to make breakthroughs in quantum systems technology.
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Dessau, who is also a fellow at JILA (a joint institute of CU Boulder and the National Institute of Standards and Technology) is one of 20 U.S. scientists to win support from the Emergent Phenomena in Quantum Systems (EPiQS) Initiative at the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, the foundation announced today.
"The EPiQS Initiative could transform our understanding of quantum materials and make it possible to ask fundamentally new questions about how complex quantum matter organizes and behaves," said Dusan Pejakovic, the initiative's program officer.
The Moore Foundation launched EPiQS to give some of the field's most creative scientists the financial resources to take the field in new directions, including those deemed higher risk or higher reward.
As the founder of Intel, one of the largest and most influential computer chip manufacturers in the world, Gordon Moore is viewed as well positioned to understand the limitations of existing technologies and to invest in promising lines of scientific inquiry that might break through these limitations.
This year's awards are the second round of the initiative's experimental investigator funding. The first round occurred in 2014 and supported 19 EPiQS investigators, including Margaret Murnane, CU Boulder distinguished professor of physics.
This physics is at the very forefront of both science and technology, potentially leading to revolutionary applications in electronics, computing, energy technology and medical devices."
Dessau's project is called "Spectroscopy of Quantum Materials," a broad title that he says suggests the freedom and flexibility that the Moore Foundation gives its researchers.
Dessau plans to spend most of his time attempting the following:
Improving the quantitative accuracy and resolution of the experimental technique called Angle Resolved Photoemission Spectroscopy (ARPES), or the experimental technique to observe the distribution of electrons; and
Applying this technique to the study of the quantum electronic structure and dynamical properties of superconductors and other novel electronic and quantum materials.
Dessau observes: "Though ARPES has its roots all the way back to Einstein's 1905 explanation of the photoelectric effect for which he won the Nobel prize, it is a relatively young spectroscopic technique that is becoming increasingly powerful for the study of quantum materials, such that it is now an indispensable (but still somewhat hampered) tool."
Throughout his scientific career Dessau has made major contributions in both advancing cutting-edge ARPES as well as utilizing it for ground-breaking scientific studies.
His group at CU Boulder developed the world's first laser-ARPES instrument, which brought major advances in energy and momentum-resolution to the field, and he has made numerous contributions to our understanding of high temperature superconductors, magnetoresistive materials—materials that change the value of their electrical resistance when an external magnetic field is applied—and topological insulators—quantum materials where electronic "correlations" or interactions are especially important, but not yet understood.
"This physics is at the very forefront of both science and technology, potentially leading to revolutionary applications in electronics, computing, energy technology and medical devices," Dessau says. "I feel very fortunate that I have had such an interesting set of problems to study so far in my career."
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Saudi Arabia: Kingdom will require foreign firms to set up shop
22 février 2021 ECONOMIE
A group of 24 international firms including Deloitte, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Bechtel and PepsiCo announced they were moving their regional headquarters to the kingdom at an annual investment conference organised by Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund last month [File: Maya Anwar/Bloomberg]
Saudi Arabia has offered firms a package of incentives including tax breaks to urge them to set up shop in the kingdom under a plan dubbed 'Project HQ', which is also designed to shift the Gulf's business hub away from Dubai.
Saudi Arabia said it will stop working with foreign firms that don't base their Middle East headquarters in the kingdom, in its latest effort to shift the Gulf region's business hub away from Dubai.
From Jan. 1, 2024 the government as well as agencies, institutes and funds owned by the state will no longer contract any companies or commercial institutions unless they have a regional hub in Saudi Arabia, according to a statement on the Saudi Press Agency attributed to an official source. The move is intended to encourage foreign firms to hire more Saudi nationals and limit "economic leakage," according to the SPA report.


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Didn't work for me :( What compiled under the "gp2x DevKit Pro" didn't with this installed.
Please give more informations about your problem in the GP32x forum or just here so that I can try to improve this toolchain.
??? Re-installed it today and everything works? I must have screwed something up the other day when I tried this, sorry.
@Kitsu: no problem =) @Mad_Overclocker: The includes for SDL don't seem to be correct. Please have a look at the sdl-config file in the bin directory and change the path inside. Maybe I will change the scripts to use the GP2XDEV variable in a next release.
If you get chance at some point in the future, would you mind looking into including pkg-config? It would be a real help to me.
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Who is Japan's greatest Olympian?
By OlympicTalkApr 6, 2020, 3:02 PM EDT
Japan, host of the Tokyo Olympics next year, is best known for its gymnasts, wrestlers, judokas and figure skaters. At Rio 2016 and PyeongChang 2018, it broke national records for total medals at a single Games. A look at six of its most decorated Olympians in history …
Yuzuru Hanyu
Two Olympic gold medals
Largely recognized as the greatest figure skater in history (other athletes on this list can make the same claim for their events). Hanyu, a 2014 and 2018 Olympic champion, became the first repeat men's singles figure skating champion since Dick Button in 1952. The 25-year-old from Sendai rewrote the record book for highest scores (since surpassed by American Nathan Chen) with an unmatched combination of athleticism and artistry. His fans camp outside arenas — even for lower-level events in North America — dress in his costumes and shower the ice with Winnie the Poohs, his favorite animated character.
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Four Olympic gold medals
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Boss Key Productions Stepping Back From Lawbreakers
by Jon Bowman on Apr 05, 2018 at 12:55 PM
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LawBreakers, a gravity-defying arena shooter on PC and PS4, had a troubling launch and even early map and mode additions have not helped it find its footing. In a studio update posted today, Boss Key Productions acknowledged that LawBreakers has not lived up to their expectations and stated that it has "failed to find enough of an audience to generate the funds necessary to keep it sustained."
The studio does intend to continue support for the game as they explore how to transition to a free-to-play model, but they intend to move onto other projects and don't have any future updates planned for LawBreakers at this time. There is no word yet on what future projects Boss Key has planned.
You can read the full blog post here and check out what we thought of LawBreakers with our review.
One of the hardest decisions any studio will ever have to make is the decision to let go of a project that they've been working on for years. We wish the team the best in their future projects. Maybe taking a step back while exploring the free-to-play option and working on other games will allow the studio to circle back to LawBreakers with a renewed energy somewhere down the line.
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Showchoir: 'Encore'
By Caleb Whitefoord
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My biggest question as I arrived at the Teviot Debating Hall for the Edinburgh University Footlight's Showchoir performance was: could this show could reach the same heights as last year's wonderful performance by the same company?
The opening number, a full choir performance, served as a nice introduction to the night and, alongside the five-man group performance of 'Some Kind of Time', gave the audience a taste of what to expect. However it was the performance of 'At the Ballet', the third item, that was the first major highlight of the night. This heartbreaking rendition, performed by Eleanor Crowe, Ella Keating, and Nicola Frier, was the moment that I really bought into the show. This was one of a pair of songs performed by trios, the other being Georgina Carey, Simon Holm, and Tara Doherty-Eagles' rendition of 'The I Love You Song', which both provided devastating counterpoints to some of the more light-hearted acts.
The first of these comedic numbers was the delightfully realised performance of 'Agony' by Jack Roberts and Ruairidh Nichols. This, despite providing Ruairidh the chance to remove as many clothes as possible (something that would become a theme for the night), was fantastically staged and the two performers brilliantly portrayed the absurd comedy of the song while maintaining excellent vocal performances.
There were a number of great individual performances, particularly from Meg Edwards ('Gimme Gimme') and Abi Stirling ('As If We Never Said Goodbye'), who each produced astonishingly beautiful solos which demonstrated their abundant talent. The highlight of the show was undoubtedly the riotous boyband medley which displayed exactly what I wanted from Showchoir 'Encore'. It was cheesy, self-aware, and extremely funny, whilst also wonderfully crafted to and illustrate the variety of the performers. This medley came in the midst of a brilliant set of pieces at the end of the show and it was a shame that it was only in these final five songs that the show really hit its straps, built momentum and engaged its audience. However the climax of the show, ending in a fantastically arranged rendition of the Elvis classic 'Can't Help Falling In Love With You', underlined the brilliance that Showchoir is so clearly capable of.
Unfortunately, the show as a whole often failed to maintain momentum and keep its audience engaged. To a large degree this was due to the amount of time taken between songs which, all too often, dragged on and meant that the show failed to capitalise on the energy created by some of its best numbers. In addition to this a few of the pieces failed to have the desired impact as they seemed to lack conviction.
At its best, this performance illustrated the really high level of talent that this company have at their disposal. Although this performance did not feel as polished, or as well crafted, as last year's equivalent, it was still a fun and extremely enjoyable show. It was well choreographed and arranged throughout and was punctuated by a number of phenomenal performances by both individuals and groups.
A show with some fantastic moments that needed just a little extra polish.
Run ended: 9th and 10th March 2018
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Showchoir: 'Encore'
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I thought this was a fabulous, feel-good production with very slick, professional choreography, clever choice of material and generally flawless performances. I'm surprised the reviewer did not take account of the fact that the venue had no wings and therefore no crossover which would naturally impact on general turnaround and on quick costume changes. I saw no lack of conviction during any of the numbers although it's fair to say that some performers were more confident than others. I also feel Caleb has failed to acknowledge the quality of the tech, particularly the lighting and also the excellent band whose timing and dynamics were impeccable. In general the creative direction of the production was also very imaginative and the team deserve recognition for that. Having enjoyed previous Showchoir shows I would say that 'Encore' deserves at the very least a four star review but as it has been my very favourite Showchoir production yet I would have awarded it 5 stars!
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Q: NullPointerExcepter Error when using List Adapter and Custom List View in Android Studio Been trying to write an app in android studio.  Part of the app has to parse a document in JSON and display two TextViews of data for each instance.  One being Signal and the other being Noise.  I am trying to make a custom list view in case I want to add more detail to each instance.  I also would like to make it all contained in a ScrollView.  I initially had no problems parsing the document but now that I am trying to implement the ListAdapter I am running into issues.
My code is giving me the error...
E/AndroidRuntime: FATAL EXCEPTION: main
                  Process: com.yesinc.tsi880, PID: 4919
                  java.lang.NullPointerException: Attempt to invoke virtual method 'void android.widget.ListView.setAdapter(android.widget.ListAdapter)' on a null object reference
                      at com.yesinc.tsi880.TelemetryActivity$JSONTask.onPostExecute(TelemetryActivity.java:136)
                      at com.yesinc.tsi880.TelemetryActivity$JSONTask.onPostExecute(TelemetryActivity.java:50)

Not sure if the problem is with the document that I am trying to parse or the java code itself.  Any help would be much appreciated. Code is below.
import android.content.Context;
import android.os.AsyncTask;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity;
import android.view.LayoutInflater;
import android.view.Menu;
import android.view.MenuItem;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.ViewGroup;
import android.widget.ImageView;
import android.widget.ListView;
import android.widget.TextView;
import com.yesinc.tsi880.models.SondeModel;
import org.json.JSONException;
import org.json.JSONObject;
import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;
import java.net.HttpURLConnection;
import java.net.MalformedURLException;
import java.net.URL;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;

import android.widget.ArrayAdapter;

public class TelemetryActivity extends AppCompatActivity {

    private TextView tvData;
    private ListView lvSondes;

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_telemetry);

        ListView lvSondes = findViewById(R.id.lvSondes);

        //new JSONTask().execute("http://172.16.5.70/plots/sigstr2.txt");
    }

    public class JSONTask extends AsyncTask<String, String, List<SondeModel> >{

        @Override
        protected List<SondeModel> doInBackground(String... params) {
            HttpURLConnection connection = null;
            BufferedReader reader = null;

            try {
                URL url = new URL(params[0]);
                connection = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();
                connection.connect();

                InputStream stream = connection.getInputStream();

                reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(stream));

                StringBuffer buffer = new StringBuffer();

                String line;
                while((line=reader.readLine()) != null){
                    buffer.append(line);
                }

                String finalJson = buffer.toString();

                JSONObject parentObject = new JSONObject(finalJson);
                JSONObject parentArray0 = parentObject.getJSONObject("0");
                JSONObject parentArray1 = parentObject.getJSONObject("1");

                List<SondeModel> sondeModelList = new ArrayList<>();

                //StringBuffer finalBufferedData = new StringBuffer();
                for(int i=0; i<8; i++){

                    String sonde = String.valueOf(i);
                    JSONObject finalObject = parentArray0.getJSONObject(sonde);
                    SondeModel sondeModel = new SondeModel();
                    sondeModel.setNoisedbm(finalObject.getString("noisedbm"));
                    sondeModel.setSigdbm(finalObject.getString("sigdbm"));

                    //String noiseDBM = finalObject.getString("noisedbm");
                    //String sigDBM = finalObject.getString("sigdbm");

                    sondeModelList.add(sondeModel);
                }

                for(int i=0; i<8; i++){

                    String sonde = String.valueOf(i);
                    JSONObject finalObject = parentArray1.getJSONObject(sonde);
                    SondeModel sondeModel = new SondeModel();
                    sondeModel.setNoisedbm(finalObject.getString("noisedbm"));
                    sondeModel.setSigdbm(finalObject.getString("sigdbm"));

                    //String noiseDBM = finalObject.getString("noisedbm");
                    //String sigDBM = finalObject.getString("sigdbm");

                    sondeModelList.add(sondeModel);
                }
                return sondeModelList;

            } catch (MalformedURLException e) {
                e.printStackTrace();
            } catch (IOException e) {
                e.printStackTrace();
            } catch (JSONException e) {
                e.printStackTrace();
            } finally {
                if(connection != null) {
                    connection.disconnect();
                }try {
                    if(reader != null) {
                        reader.close();
                    }
                } catch (IOException e) {
                    e.printStackTrace();
                }
            }
            return null;
        }

        @Override
        protected void onPostExecute(List<SondeModel> result) {
            super.onPostExecute(result);

            SondeAdapter adapter = new SondeAdapter(getApplicationContext(), R.layout.row, result);
            lvSondes.setAdapter(adapter);

            // TODO need to set a data to the List
        }
    }

    @Override
    public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
        // Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.
        getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.navigation, menu);
        return true;
    }

    @Override
    public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
        int id = item.getItemId();
        //noinspection SimplifiableIfStatement
        if (id == R.id.navigation_telemetry) {
            new JSONTask().execute("http://172.16.5.70/plots/sigstr2.txt");
            return true;
        }

        return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
    }

    public class SondeAdapter extends ArrayAdapter{
        public List<SondeModel> sondeModelList;
        private int resource;
        private LayoutInflater inflater;
        public SondeAdapter(Context context, int resource, List<SondeModel> objects) {
            super(context, resource, objects);
            sondeModelList = objects;
            this.resource = resource;
            inflater = (LayoutInflater) getSystemService(LAYOUT_INFLATER_SERVICE);
        }

        @Override
        public View getView(int position, View convertView, ViewGroup parent) {

            if(convertView == null){
                convertView = inflater.inflate(resource, null);
            }

            TextView sig;
            TextView noise;

            sig = (TextView)convertView.findViewById(R.id.sig);
            noise = (TextView)convertView.findViewById(R.id.noise);

            sig.setText(sondeModelList.get(position).getSigdbm());
            noise.setText(sondeModelList.get(position).getNoisedbm());

            return convertView;
        }
    }

}

A: ListView lvSondes = findViewById(R.id.lvSondes);

You are re-declaring the lvSondes inside your onCreate method. The class member list view is never used and is never initialized. Instead a local lvSondes is initialized. This variable will not be in scope and won't be visible to the AsyncTask. The async task will use the member variable and that will be null.
Solution: remove the ListView from the stated line and just initialize the member variable

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Across federal, state, and local levels, Australian urban planning authorities have emphasized the need for policies that seek to limit urban fringe development and create densely-populated urban centers. This process is called 'urban consolidation' and has been a goal of Australian authorities for more than three decades. More specifically, urban consolidation is defined by efforts to concentrate housing, jobs, and amenities around "activity centers" such as a traditional downtown, satellite urban centers, and elongated strategic corridors. These high-density areas are to be separated by green belts of undeveloped land and connected by public transport links such as trains and light rail systems.
As Australia moves toward higher-density cities, what will be the result? Urban planners assert that their policy decisions are thoroughly researched and provide the "best" outcomes, but evidence from Australia's largest cities tends to refute that claim. Among the numerous issues that arise due to consolidation ideology, perhaps the most disturbing are the severe impacts on housing affordability, poverty, and housing quality.
Urban consolidation policies, by definition, are aimed at choking the supply of new single-family detached housing by limiting urban fringe growth as a means of minimizing the urban footprint. This is intended to drive more and more of the urban population into compact living situations.Thus, by limiting the supply of single-family detached housing and pushing more households into the market for multi-family housing, urban consolidation causes home prices to rise in both markets. As Figures 1 through 5 show, this is exactly what has happened in cities that adopt consolidation ideology. The Australian Bureau of Statistics reports that "the price of established houses in the capital cities rose by almost half (46%) between 2002-03 and 2008-09, with prices increasing at an average of 6.5% per year."2 From 2001 to 2011, the number of dwellings in Sydney costing less than AUD $275 in rent per week decreased by 52% while the number of dwellings costing more than $275 in weekly rent surged by 269%; in Melbourne, the number of dwellings that cost at least $650 per week in rent more than tripled. Homeowners in Sydney and Melbourne have also seen tremendous increases in mortgage payments. In the same ten-year period, there was aseven-fold increase in the number of households in Sydney and Melbourne paying more than $4,000 per month in mortgage payments, while the number of households paying less than $1,000 per month was cut in half.3 At a time when wages and income have been stagnant, this means a severe decrease in housing affordability, meaning fewer Australians are able to afford the highly sought-after stability of homeownership.
Given the profile of buyers and sellers, the market for dense multi-family housing is predominantly driven by investors, landlords, and institutional property owners.4 Thus the large majority of occupants are renters, not owner-occupiers, and there is no reason to infer that this ownership pattern will change. As Australian cities continue to densify, ownership demand – that is, the market for the purchase and sale of housing units – will be driven less by owner-occupiers and more by investors and landlords, who have historically been the dominant players in multi-unit dwelling markets. This latter group of owners responds to market conditions in a different way than the owner-occupier group, and the shift is likely to have a profound impact on economic and socio-political outcomes in the long-term.
In housing markets, there are two groups of consumers: investors, who intend to lease the units after buying, and owner-occupiers, who intend to live in the residences themselves. Owner-occupiers purchase homes for personal consumption; their decision about which home to buy is driven by the quality of the housing, access to transportation and employment, amenities in the surrounding area, and the sense of financial stability provided by owning one's own home. Investors, on the other hand, are quite different. By definition, investors are driven by profit. They are seeking rental income from tenants as well as appreciation in the value of both the property and the underlying land. They evaluate properties based on the potential cash flows from renting and the price they can receive when they sell the property sometime in the future.
But investors' motives may become distorted in Australia due to a policy known as 'negative gearing.' Negative gearing, in terms of real estate investment, allows any negative cash flow from a single property to be deducted from the investor's total taxable income.5 This gives investors an incentive to purchase properties where the mortgage payments exceed rental income, especially if value of the property is appreciating. This pushes up the after-tax returns to investors which inflates housing prices even further. It also provides investors with greater incentive to make speculative purchases, which increases home price volatility and instability.
Putting it all together, what can we expect to be the future for Australia? Urban consolidation policies continue to push more Australians out of suburban homes and into cramped apartments, where housing markets are dominated by investor-landlords instead of owner-occupiers. The consolidation policies will squeeze the supply of land and force dwelling prices to rise regardless of rental revenue, promoting speculative behavior among investors. Negative gearing and strata titling programs incentivize these investors to neglect their properties, causing high-density areas (especially low-income neighborhoods) to deteriorate. The end result is slum-like conditions, social tension, and perpetual poverty for the neighborhood's inhabitants. Even in higher-value neighborhoods, a lack of necessary upkeep will erode housing quality, even as prices continue to inflate. This is the reality of urban consolidation; it takes ownership out of the hands of Australians and puts it in the hands of speculative and neglectful investor-landlords. It is nothing short of a recipe for urban decay.


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Scudder Falls Bridge Replacement Project Travel Advisory for Week of Jan. 10
EWING, NJ – The Scudder Falls Bridge Replacement Project's schedule of prospective travel restrictions for the week of January 10 are as follows:
Weekdays River Road/PA Route 32 – Daytime closure with posted detour via Main Street/Taylorsville Road beginning at East Afton Ave. in Yardley and Woodside Rd. in Lower Makefield, approximately 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday, Jan. 11, to Friday, Jan. 15. (CLICK HERE TO VIEW DETOUR MAP)
I-295 WB (PA-Bound) in vicinity of the Scudder Falls Toll Bridge – Intermittent off-peak single-lane pattern permitted west of the bridge 7 p.m. to 2 p.m. (next day) Monday, Jan. 11, through Friday, Jan. 15.
I-295 EB and the Scudder Falls Toll Bridge (NJ-bound) – Intermittent off-peak single-lane travel 10 a.m. to 6 a.m. (next day) Monday, Jan. 11, through Friday, Jan. 15.
Taylorsville Road north of I-295 – Intermittent single-lane patterns with possible flagger-controlled travel 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday, Jan. 11 to Friday, Jan. 15.
Taylorsville Road south of I-295 – Intermittent single-lane patterns with possible flagger-controlled travel 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday, Jan. 11 to Friday, Jan. 15.
Woodside Road/Taylorsville Road Intersection – Intermittent lane closures controlled by flaggers 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday, Jan. 11, to Friday, Jan. 15.
Note: Delays are possible in the general area of the I-295/Taylorsville Road interchange (Exit 10) when steel-girder deliveries are being executed. Deliveries are possible during off-peak hours — approximately 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. — Monday to Friday. Please allow extra time to reach your destination if using or approaching the interchange during these hours. Traffic stoppages of up to 15 minutes are possible.
I-295 NB (PA-Bound) – Intermittent off-peak single-lane pattern extending onto the new completed upstream span of the Scudder Falls Toll Bridge 7 p.m. to 2 p.m. (next day) Monday, Jan. 11, through Friday, Jan. 15.
I-295 SB (NJ-Bound) – Intermittent off-peak single-lane pattern permitted 10 a.m. to 6 a.m. (next day) Monday, Jan. 11, through Friday, Jan. 15.
Route 29 SB Bypass Lane – Continuing 24/7 closure with traffic shifted through the adjoining I-295/Route 29 interchange's connector ramps and roundabouts for travel toward Trenton or onto I-295. ALSO, periodic traffic stoppages controlled by flaggers may be necessary in the detour area Monday through Friday.
Route 29 SB Connector Lane between Roundabouts – Periodic brief stoppages by flaggers are possible at any time Monday, Jan. 11, through Friday, Jan. 15.
NJ Route 175/Upper River Road entry ramp to I-295 SB – 24/7 closure continuing through spring 2021. DETOUR: Use the southern roundabout at the nearby I-295/Route 29 interchange to access the on-ramp for I-295 SB.
The aforementioned scheduled travel restrictions are subject to change due to weather, emergencies, traffic, and equipment/materials mobilization. Motorists are urged to allow extra time to reach their destinations, reduce speeds and exercise caution when travelling through project work areas.
Aside from the closure of the Route 29 SB bypass lane beneath the Scudder Falls Toll Bridge, no project-related lane closures are scheduled for Jan. 9-10 and 16-17.
Delaware Canal Towpath (PA side) – Intermittent stoppages to ensure public safety for work in the vicinity of the approach bridge that carries I-295 across the Delaware Canal 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday, Jan. 11, to Friday, Jan. 15. Open weekends.
Delaware & Raritan Canal Towpath (NJ side) – Daily closure/stoppages possible 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays through January. These restrictions – when implemented – will allow for construction of a connecting path and access ramp to the shared-use bike-ped facility that is expected to open on the new Scudder Falls Toll Bridge in fall 2021. Canal path open on weekends.


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Q: SQL Server (Avoiding Dividing by a null value) I have the following query:
UPDATE FinanceTable
SET    PercentageComplete = (SELECT ( Sum(LabourFinance.HoursTaken / LabourFinance.Hours) / Count(LabourID) )
                             FROM   LabourFinance
                             WHERE  FinanceID = (SELECT TOP 1 FinanceID
                                                 FROM   FinanceTable
                                                 ORDER  BY changedate DESC)
                             GROUP  BY FinanceID)
WHERE  FinanceID = (SELECT TOP 1 FinanceID
                    FROM   FinanceTable
                    ORDER  BY changedate DESC)

what this query does is select 1 specific cell based upon a changedate, and i am using that to update a cost value in my FinanceTable.
this scenario is causing me the issue:

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*I have allocated 100 hours to complete a task

*HoursTaken is currently 0 after inserting into the table as ive not started yet

*when calculating PercntageComplete, SQL Server will not let me do (0 / 100), therefore causing an error...

How can i prevent this? my desired outcome would be PercentageComplete = 0%
thanks for any input :) below is the error message i get by runnig the query above

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How to avoid the "divide by zero" error in SQL?
UPDATE FinanceTable
SET    PercentageComplete = (SELECT COALESCE (Sum(COALESCE (LabourFinance.HoursTaken / NULLIF(LabourFinance.Hours, 0), 0)) / NULLIF(Count(LabourID), 0), 0)
                             FROM   LabourFinance
                             WHERE  FinanceID = (SELECT TOP 1 FinanceID
                                                 FROM   FinanceTable
                                                 ORDER  BY changedate DESC)
                             GROUP  BY FinanceID)
WHERE  FinanceID = (SELECT TOP 1 FinanceID
                    FROM   FinanceTable
                    ORDER  BY changedate DESC)


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Brie Larson Reportedly Pushing To Join Star Trek Franchise
Christian Bone May 18, 2021 9:59 am 2021-05-18T10:18:33-05:00
Brie Larson is already one of the biggest stars in the world thanks to her turn as Captain Marvel in the MCU, but it seems the Oscar-winning actress has set her sights on joining a few more popular franchises. Her interest in the Star Wars saga is well documented, but a new report is pointing to Larson wanting to board the Star Trek universe, too.
According to Giant Freakin Robot, the Avengers: Endgame star is currently pushing for some kind of role in Paramount's Trek franchise. Given everything the studio has in the works, though, it's hard to narrow down exactly where Larson could end up appearing. Likewise, GFR also writes that it's unclear if the actress is looking to stick with the franchise for the long-term or if she simply wants to take a one-and-done role so that she can tick it off her bucket list.
Given her star power, we can assume she's circling some movie project that's in development. Likewise, the outlet states that, considering her stature in the industry, Larson must be angling to get herself a leading role rather than a supporting or minor one. Could the Carol Danvers actress be on the verge of becoming the next Starfleet captain?
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Paramount is attempting to relaunch the Trek film series in various ways, including a reboot from Noah Hawley, the Chris Hemsworth-starring Star Trek 4 and even something with J.J. Abrams. It's also worth noting that tipster Daniel Richtman has shared that a female-led movie is in the works. If this intel lines up with what GFR has been hearing, then that could well be the project that Larson is circling.
As for her Star Wars ambitions, it might just be possible that Brie Larson is in talks for the part of Mara Jade. While we wait for her to show up in either or both franchises, though, she'll return as Captain Marvel in November 2022's The Marvels.
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SWIFT Launches SWIFT Go, a Fast, Cost-Effective Service for Low-Value Cross-Border Payments
July 27, 2021 By Digital Nomad
New service enables businesses and consumers to send payments in seconds with full transparency and strong security
SWIFT Go is a key building block in the co-operative's strategy to enable instant and frictionless cross-border transactions
Seven leading global banks already live with the service
BRUSSELS – SWIFT today announces the launch of SWIFT Go, a transformative new service that enables small businesses and consumers to send fast, predictable, highly secure, and competitively priced low-value cross-border payments anywhere in the world, direct from their bank accounts. Seven global banks, which collectively handle 33 million low-value cross-border payments per year, are already live with the service.
SWIFT Go enables financial institutions to offer a seamless payments experience for low value transactions often initiated by small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to pay suppliers overseas and by consumers sending money to friends and family internationally. Using tighter service level agreements between institutions and pre-validation of data, SWIFT Go enables banks to provide their end customers a fast and predictable payments experience with upfront visibility on processing times and costs.
The SWIFT Go service builds on the high-speed rails of SWIFT gpi, which have transformed the speed and predictability of high-value payments. The service marks another milestone in SWIFT's strategy to enable instant and frictionless transactions from one account to another, across SWIFT's network that connects more than 11,000 institutions, and 4 billion accounts across 200 countries worldwide. It will further strengthen the capabilities of banks to serve their customers in the high-growth small business and consumer payments segments.
Stephen Gilderdale, Chief Product Officer, at SWIFT said: "SWIFT Go is a further step towards achieving our vision of enabling anybody, anywhere, to send money instantly and securely around the world. The new service is a direct response to the needs of small businesses and consumers for fast, easy, predictable, secure and competitively priced cross-border payments. Our new service will allow banks to compete effectively in one of the fastest growing segments of the payments market, delivering a seamless experience for their customers."
SWIFT Go was developed in close collaboration with the global SWIFT community and is underpinned by several key pillars:
Speed: Tighter service levels between banks increase speed. A single payment format increases straight-through processing, while services such as pre-validation remove frictions that cause delays.
Predictability: The amount, time, fees and FX rate of a payment are known in advance. The sender and receiver of a payment can track the status in real-time.
Easy to use: The user experience is simple and streamlined, with data requirements known upfront. Strict network validation provides for easy initiation and processing of SWIFT Go payments
Competitive prices: Processing fees are agreed between financial institutions upfront so they can provide their customers with full transparency; increased straight-through processing further reduces processing costs.
Security: Senders and receivers have peace of mind that payments are underpinned by the strong security of the SWIFT network.
Seven leading global banks are now using SWIFT Go live: BBVA; Bank of New York Mellon; DNB; MYBank; Sberbank; Société Générale, and UniCredit.
Raouf Soussi, Head of Enterprise Payments Strategy of Client Solutions, BBVA said: "BBVA is very excited to be one of the first banks to sign up to SWIFT Go and we recognise the potential of this solution to revolutionise the way SMEs and consumers move money around the world. We have listened closely to our customers and we know how much they value a secure service that ensures payments reach their destination quickly and seamlessly."
Isabel Schmidt, Head of Direct Clearing and Asset Account Services Products, Bank of New York Mellon said: "It's no secret that for many years consumers and small businesses have been running into varying pain points when transacting international payments. These challenges have included opaque costs and lack of certainty on how quickly funds are delivered to the final beneficiary. This is why BNY Mellon is pleased to be the first US bank to go live with SWIFT Go, a new service that overcomes all of these challenges and assists financial institutions in delivering a competitive, seamless, fast and predictable payments experience to their customers."
Feng Liang, Deputy CEO, MYBank said: "SWIFT gpi has become the benchmark for high-value cross-border transactions and we are confident that SWIFT Go will be equally as transformative for SME payments. By providing for instant, seamless transactions within one of the highest growth areas of our industry, we expect that adoption of SWIFT Go will be widespread and that it will quickly be established as the industry standard for lower value transactions."
Jean-François Mazure, Head of Cash Clearing and Correspondent Banking, Société Générale said: "As customer expectations for faster payments evolve, the correspondent banking industry requires a solution to more competitively process SME and consumer payments. SWIFT Go fits perfectly with it, allowing us to provide an outstanding experience to our customers with predictable, seamless, and frictionless low-value cross-border transactions reaching beneficiaries accounts quicker than ever."
Raphael Barisaac, Global Head of Cash Management, Global Co-Head of Trade, UniCredit said: "UniCredit has long been a keen supporter of innovations within payments that deliver excellent outcomes for end-customers, and as such we are very proud of our involvement in SWIFT Go. This is a service that will lead to real benefits for SMEs and consumers, allowing them to enjoy the speed, predictability and transparency that SWIFT gpi has brought to high-value transactions."
SWIFT is a global member owned cooperative and the world's leading provider of secure financial messaging services. We provide our community with a platform for messaging and standards for communicating, and we offer products and services to facilitate access and integration, identification, analysis and regulatory compliance.
Our messaging platform, products and services connect more than 11,000 banking and securities organisations, market infrastructures and corporate customers in more than 200 countries and territories. While SWIFT does not hold funds or manage accounts on behalf of customers, we enable our global community of users to communicate securely, exchanging standardised financial messages in a reliable way, thereby supporting global and local financial flows, as well as trade and commerce all around the world.
As their trusted provider, we relentlessly pursue operational excellence; we support our community in addressing cyber threats; and we continually seek ways to lower costs, reduce risks and eliminate operational inefficiencies. Our products and services support our community's access and integration, business intelligence, reference data and financial crime compliance needs. SWIFT also brings the financial community together – at global, regional and local levels – to shape market practice, define standards and debate issues of mutual interest or concern.
Headquartered in Belgium, SWIFT's international governance and oversight reinforces the neutral, global character of its cooperative structure. SWIFT's global office network ensures an active presence in all the major financial centres.
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1. Determination Specific Emissions Factor for Estimating Carbon Footprint and Mapping in Sumenep District-East Java. 2016. Fourth International Conference on Advamces in Applied Sience and Environmnental Technology.


THE foregoing slight sketch of the history of embroidery will give some idea of what can be done and what has been done with the needle alone, or with the needle and a few tools of the simplest description. There are two sides to the art of embroidery. It may be considered as a pictorial art in which the material used serves merely as a surface or ground to be entirely covered with work, like the canvas of a picture. It may also be considered as a decorative art by means of which a woven stuff is ornamented with borders and designs more or less elaborate, but the textile used not playing so entirely subordinate a part as in the former case. The more important and pictorial side is usually left in the hands of professional workers of experience and skill, but the decorative and more popular work is quite within the scope of amateurs, and is indeed often more beautiful as mere ornament, though its intellectual value may not be so great.
Embroidery can be worked loose in the hand, or stretched in a simple frame, the stitches for the two methods sometimes varying. Fine and elaborate work, especially where gold thread is used and much moulding or relief required, should always be put in a frame, a smooth and evenly tight surface being very necessary to this class of work, as well as greater freedom of hand. Some stitches, on the other hand, are only suitable for work done loose in the hand, such as chain-stitch (when done with a simple needle) and several other looped stitches, also darning, stitching, and so forth.
Before setting to work, the learner has a few technicalities to master, and in the course of her work will encounter many difficulties, to be gradually overcome by practice and carefully corrected errors. For instance, there are certain definite stitches or sets of stitches to be learnt. These are learnt far more easily by word of mouth than by book, of course, and it will not be found advisable to burthen the memory at the outset with a long list of apparently fantastic names of stitches. To take them easily and quietly, I will devote a few pages to chain and other ' looped ' stitches, and the various purposes to which they have been and may be put.
Fig. 1. - Chain Stitch.
follows the exact direction in which the line of stitches is to lie. Some of the most famous work in the world has been wrought in this stitch, and many important pieces remain to show us what can be done in the way of minute and laborious work combined with good design and beautiful colour.
work is to start round the outline and work from without inwards, the result when finished being a series of curved lines, as indicated by the dotted lines in the diagram.
A good look at a piece of Eastern chain-stitch embroidery will teach more than any descriptive writing; and, supposing that you have such a piece before you, in the showcase of a museum, or, better still, in your own hands for closer inspection, you will note with what certainty and regularity the little flowers are worked, and how suitable this stitch is for long stems and lines. A great deal of the Eastern work on fine muslin that we see in such abundance in all shops now, is worked in some kind of tambour-frame ; that is, worked on a rather open stuff stretched tight, the thread being passed through and back with a hook or tambour-needle. It is not difficult to tell this work from the slower needle chain-stitch, as the former has a certain unmis-takeable evenness and flatness, which the other has not. The great cope of Syon that I have referred to already, is principally worked in chain-stitch, but worked with the most inconceivable minuteness, and here and there displaying a daring and originality never ventured on now-a-days. The little figures of saints and angels, for instance, have the faces worked in a peculiar manner, starting from the high light on the cheek-bone, and thence round and round outwards from this point to nose, chin, and throat, the features being outlined with a fine dark thread. This method of using chain-stitch for figure-work requires to be seen to be understood, and I would not recommend a student to attempt to apply it to her own work, as it is not adaptable to any modern style, and needs both the verve and simplicity of mediaeval design to carry it off.
I have in my mind, too, as an example of chain-stitch, certain work done in India in the XVI. and XVII. centuries for European buyers. It is very different in style and character, and has not, as it were, the intellectual qualities of the ecclesiastical work spoken of above. It usually consists of large hangings and quilts for beds of state, worked on a fine cotton ground entirely in chain-stitch of one colour. Very rich and effective does this work look in a brilliant yellow with an irregularly stitched background pattern also in yellow. These hangings and bed-coverings were ordered for state gifts or marriage gifts, the centres being sometimes occupied by the arms and device of the prince or lord for whom they were intended, elaborately interwoven with the design.
Of other stitches looped on the surface we have button-hole stitch, sometimes prettily used for the outlining of flowers and leaves. This stitch does not allow of much variety, and being rather hard and unpli-able, looks best in combination with other stitches. The same may be said of different lace stitches, which look well in moderation, and add variety to the work, but, having a rather mechanical surface, are a little wearisome if too much used.
Fig. 3. - Button-hole Stitch.
Feather-stitch, familiar to the seamstress, is sometimes used for edgings and borders, and sometimes as a light filling of stems.
It bears no resemblance to the ' feather stitch' of the old writers, which is another thing altogether. The diagram will, I should think, sufficiently explain its nature.


The 2017 Montreal Jazz Festival, officially Le Festival International de Jazz de Montréal, hosted more than 500 concerts (two-thirds of them free!) featuring some of jazz's biggest names in solo sets and great group collaborations, from June 28 to July 8. There were second-generation artists carrying on their parents' legacies, documentary films, jazz cruises, costumed street performers, and numerous children's activities. The term "an embarrassment of riches" is a perfect description of Montréal. Even the Press Room was jumping, with CD launches, award ceremonies, and a piano used by visiting musicians for impromptu concerts. In addition to providing a first-class musical showcase, the Festival played a significant part in the celebrations of Montréal's 375th anniversary and Canada's 150th birthday, hosting visitors from around the globe to take part in the revelries. Although weather for the Festival started out rainy and cool, the music was red-hot from the beginning. Luckily, the weather improved, and there were some beautiful days and nights.
Bassist Christian McBride came on stage looking like brand-new money, dressed to the nines! Pianist Emmet Cohen and guitarist Dan Wilson looked quite dapper, too. Someone yelled out, "Welcome back!" Christian replied, with the biggest smile, "I've always loved coming here," and praised Montréal as a great festival, where you can take chances. He recalled his first (and last?) bass solo concert, years ago at the Festival, which he said might have been okay at 45 minutes, but they wanted 90! When someone said it was good, Christian replied, "Thanks anyway, but it was horrible! I was ready to commit suicide after a half-hour." This set, a long way from that ill-fated bass show, started with a great bass solo on a cool boogie, and continued with "SKJ" and "(I'm Afraid) The Masquerade is Over." McBride told the story behind the group's name "Tip City." Acclaimed pianists James Williams and Mulgrew Miller would always say "Tip City" after a gig that went particularly well. This show lived up to the name, and continued with Joe Henderson's "Recorda-me," and the Lennon-McCartney song, "Got to Get You Into My Life." Their encore, Stevie Wonder's "Overjoyed," was played so magnificently, that the audience was truly overjoyed!
Opening act, the Jeremy Pelt Quintet, began with a fiery percussion solo by Jacquelene Acevedo, followed by an equally smoking drum solo by Jonathan Barber. Trumpeter Jeremy Pelt thanked the audience for coming, and discussed being detained at the border. Everyone but Toronto-born percussionist Jacquelene Acevedo was held for questioning, but out of solidarity, she stayed with the band! With pianist Victor Gould and bassist Vicente Archer, the quintet played songs from Pelt's latest CD, including title cut, "Make Noise" as well as "Prince," "Cry Freedom," "Evolution," "Your First Touch," and "Bodega Social." Pelt's lengthy explanations of the backstory of each song made the show drag in places, but luckily, the music was excellent.
The audience was more than ready for renowned bassist Stanley Clarke and his group, pianist Beka Gochiashvili, drummer Cedric Moore, and keyboardist Caleb Sean McCampbell. Clarke said, "I am so glad to be back here. It is one of my favorite cities." The set included stunning solos and some standout moments from Clarke, who sometimes used his bass like a percussion instrument, to spectacular effect. At the end of the concert, which included Charles Mingus' jazz standard "Goodbye Pork Pie Hat" and George Duke's "Brazilian Love Affair," Stanley took out his phone and asked to have the house lights turned up, so he could record the standing ovation of the full-house audience.
Saxophonist/flutist Jane Bunnett and her group, Maqueque, opened the show with vitality and verve. Jane said, "I'm so honored to be here at the Montréal Jazz Festival with these tremendous musicians." Bunnett introduced the women of Maqueque, including drummer Yissy Garcia and pianist Dánae Olano, with a short bio of each artist. Maqueque means "the fiery spirit of a young girl," and the group really lived up to their name, with wonderfully spicy arrangements and excellent harmonies on songs from their upcoming CD, Oddara. Jane asked the crowd to get up and dance at the end, and with the joyful way the group played, it didn't take much encouragement!
Singer/keyboardist Michael Kaeshammer opened for Lisa Simone with a high-energy honky-tonk number. The charismatic Kaeshammer, whose band included guitarist Paul Pigat and drummer Roger Travassos, likened Montréal to New Orleans, and said it's one of the best festivals around, because it spills out into the street, and you can find music everywhere. Michael and the brass section did a New Orleans-style parade into the crowd, and continued back on stage with "Mood Indigo," "Ain't She Sweet," and an incendiary "Your Mama Don't Dance." The encore was a crowd-pleasing rendition of "O Canada!" Kaeshammer said that there weren't too many places where you feel at home, and thanked the audience for the lovely treatment.
Lisa Simone's voice is one to be reckoned with, and she gave an electrifying performance, backed by drummer Sonny Troupé, guitarist Amen Viana, and bassist Reggie Washington. Lisa's songs tell compelling stories, and she spoke quite a bit in fluent French. Several times, she paid tribute to her mother, Nina Simone, and performed one of Nina's songs in reggae style. Although she wondered what her mother would have made of her interpretation, she asserted, "I'm the next generation." She performed "Expectations," "All is Well," and "Unconditionally" in a tour-de-force show. Lisa Simone is not just living in her mother's shadow, or riding on her coattails, but is a major talent in her own right!
In the finale of a series of three "Invitation" concerts, saxophonist Ravi Coltrane teamed with pianist Glenn Zaleski, drummer E.J. Strickland, trumpeter Jason Palmer, trombonist Robin Eubanks, and bassist Dezron Douglas. The group was tight and cohesive, and had a big sound, but also played some gentle ballads. The set included "Candlewood Path," "Cynthia's Song," and "The Sum of All Parts." They also played the late Geri Allen's composition, "Swamini," which was written for Ravi's mother, Alice Coltrane. Ms. Allen had been a friend and a mentor, and Ravi said, "Geri was one of a kind." He described her as strong, dignified, and beautiful, adding that he was lucky to know her, work with her, and play her music. For the encore, the group beautifully performed one of John Coltrane's songs. Ravi Coltrane's heritage, which could have been a heavy burden, is just part of his life and music that he carries with ease and grace.
John Roney Recreates the Köln Concert. Pianist John Roney had the audience in the palms of his talented hands at his solo tribute to Keith Jarrett's legendary 1975 Köln Concert in Cologne, Germany, a recording that became one of the world's best-selling jazz albums. It's hard to recreate a masterpiece, but Roney came as close as possible.
The Neil Crowley Trio. British pianist Neil Crowley, drummer Evan Jenkins, and bassist Rex Horan enthralled the audience with their clever use of phrasing and chords on songs from their CD, Spacebound Apes, and Neil had them in stitches with his anecdotes, quips, and cheeky, off-beat humor. Crowley even told the crowd that he had a load of CDs for sale, and that they must buy them all, since his airplane wouldn't be able to take off with the extra weight!
Wallace Roney Quintet. Despite the recent tragic loss of his ex-wife, acclaimed pianist/composer Geri Allen, trumpeter Wallace Roney displayed grace under pressure, and managed to soldier through two nights of appearances with smoking-hot, sold-out sets at the Upstairs nightclub.
Rachel Therrien – Pensamiento. Trumpeter Rachel Therrien played a dynamic show filled with blistering riffs, sensuous beats, and jazzy duets, accompanied by gifted musicians from both Columbia and Canada, and fabulously costumed dancers who used masks as mesmerizing props. This sizzling show included songs from Therrien's third CD, Pensamiento: Proyecto Colombia.
Blues Camp. For an entire week, 50 up-and-coming blues musicians, aged 13-17, participated in a musical day camp, where they received in-depth tutoring by music and educational professionals. The week's highlight had different combos of pupils performing an extraordinary concert the Scène TD outdoor stage, where the avid blues students showed they really learned their lessons well!
L'Ochestre National de Jazz de Montréal with John Hollenbeck and Theo Bleckmann. Guest conductor John Hollenbeck and vocalist/performance artist Theo Bleckmann performed with L'Ochestre National de Jazz de Montréal in a most unusual concert. Some of Canada's finest musicians, including saxophonists Jean-Pierre Zanella and André Leroux, played a surreal, experimental show that was strangely beautiful. You never knew what was coming next, and the all-whistling finale was a unique ending to a very surprising and entertaining concert!
Saxophonist/composer Christine Jensen received the Oscar Peterson Award, which "recognizes a performer's musicianship and exceptional contribution to the development of Canadian Jazz." Christine grew up in a musical household, which she described as "a cool upbringing," and her mother was a big Oscar Peterson fan. Christine agreed with Oscar Peterson's comment that "jazz musicians are instant composers," adding, "There's nothing like being in the moment!" Jensen discussed the importance of the Canadian jazz scene, emphasizing how Montréal has held onto the heritage of jazz clubs.
Drummer/pianist/composer Jack DeJohnette was honored with the 24th Miles Davis Award, which is given to a great international jazz musician for their entire body of work. DeJohnette, who's played with almost every previous recipient of this honor, said, "It's an inspiring award, that represents a high level of artistic standards." Jack continued, "I plug into 'The Library of Cosmic Consciousness,' and never run out of ideas!" He stressed the importance of mentorship and collaboration, praised vocalist Dianne Reeves, with whom he's looking forward to working, and talked about his supergroup Hudson, named for the musicians who live in New York's Hudson Valley.
Montréal hosted a mini film festival of four documentaries: Chasing Trane, the John Coltrane Documentary; Bill Frisell, A Portrait; Django (about the dramatic life of Django Reinhardt); and the short film by director Marie-Josée Saint-Pierre, Oscar, a tribute to the late iconic Canadian pianist, Oscar Peterson. Oscar mixes live action and animation, and to watch the documentary for free, go to www.nfb.ca. Chasing Trane gives a detailed portrayal of legendary saxophonist John Coltrane's career, overcoming addiction, and seminal recording A Love Supreme. The film Bill Frisell, A Portrait, presents an intimate look at the multi-talented and modestly self-effacing guitarist, with several testimonials about Frisell's excellent collaborations. Fortunately, the films played in the afternoon, except Django, allowing attendees the evenings free for live concerts.
Maison du Festival is the Festival's official home, housing the new terrace brasserie, Blumenthal Montréal, which boasts delicious food and specialty beverages, excellently served in a gorgeous, sophisticated décor. Blumenthal Montréal is the perfect place to have a wonderful meal before or after a show, and importantly, the restaurant is a non-profit business, with the proceeds going to promote the free Festival concerts. Maison du Festival also contains Médiathèque Jazz/La Presse +, one of the world's largest jazz resource centers, with extensive audio and video archives, photographs, and publications; the popular nightclub, L'Astral; the Festival gift shop; the Press Room; Galerie Lounge TD, an art gallery that has exhibited several notable artists and photographers, including Herman Leonard, Tony Bennett, and Leonard Cohen; and Bell Exhibition of the Legends of the Festival, which presents exclusive artifacts from the great musicians' personal collections. The side of Maison du Festival, directly above Blumenthal Montréal, displays a spectacular nightly photography projection of iconic jazz artists.
Since its inception, Festival International de Jazz de Montréal has been a driving force in the city: promoting tourism, supporting local businesses, improving infrastructure, sustainability, and environmental responsibility. Music continues beyond the Festival, with the Jazz-All-Year-Round series, including two concerts by Diana Krall in November. For more information on upcoming shows and the Festival's 39th edition, from June 29 to July 7, 2018, go to www.montrealjazzfest.com.


One of the few guitarists officially recognised by the Hendrix family.
The Seattle-born firebrand has been stunning audiences worldwide with his explosive homage since the 1970s. He has even unleashed his uncanny virtuosity and dazzling charisma alongside Hendrix's own former bandmates, Mitch Mitchell, Noel Redding and Buddy Miles. Over 40 years, he has shared stages with Steve Miller, Paul Rodgers, Sammy Hagar, Herbie Hancock, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Robert Cray and Bob Seger; he's been acclaimed by Eddie Van Halen and Eddie Vedder and released more than a dozen albums including Hendrix by Hansen.
Now, for the first time on antipodean stages, experience the thrill of a lifetime as Randy Hansen channels the spirit of Hendrix in a flawless invocation of legendary stage presence and unparalelled musical skill. From the infamous 'burning guitar' of the '67 Monterey Pop Festival to the 'Star Spangled Banner' that was Woodstock, witness the raw power and technical mastery that made one of THE indelible figures in rock'n'roll legend.


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