Sport fishing in Lofoten is an unforgettable experience. Lofoten is famous for the annual "Lofotfiske" in the winter and the Lofot Skrei, though this is just one side of what the region has to offer. Lofoten offers good opportunities for catching several types of fish, both at sea and in the mountains.
We have designed our facilities specifically for sport fishing and fishing at sea, with boats that are suited for fishing in all four seasons.
We have a pier with benches for gutting and filleting your catch as well as holding capacity in freezers. Our unique location allows you to walk directly from your room to your boat, and you'll be out fishing in no time. Take a look at our boats here!
Since 1991 the Lofotcup and the World Championship of Skrei Fishing have been held in Svolvær. Over the course of these years the interest for the competion has grown to the point where it is now a race to get tickets to participate. Therefore, it's important to plan well ahead to be able to participate and get accommodation. It is common to book rooms and sign up the very day that the dates for next year's event is fixed. 2014 saw a peak with a total catch of 75 tonnes of fish over the two days.
The Lofotcup and WC of Skrei Fishing 2016 will be held 24. and 25. of march 2017. Both competitions will open their registration during fall 2017.


In the US, the 1960s were a crucible of culture -- college students, veterans, the disadvantaged and activists across the country sought to overthrow the status quo and build their own vision of a better world. This period in time produced some of the most influential art, music and prose in recent history, and introduced LSD to the mainstream. So why do so many people think it was ultimately a CIA operation?


Fires start at every company. Turbulent times strike and employees get hot under the collar. Business slows, and attitudes change even in the coolest team players. Even the top salespeople in your organization can begin to burn with dissatisfaction. All companies go through tough times, and face situations where employees start to flame the fire. If you are not careful you will burn through revenue without even realizing it.
Don't let the negative employees scorch your business or employees.
No matter how key an employee might be, negativity is never allowed in one of my companies.
As soon as I witness an employee being negative in any way, I make it clear their negative behavior does not belong in the workplace; that they must respect the rights and feelings of others at all times. I always try and encourage positive communication to resolve issues between myself, the employees, other co-workers, or the company in general. Getting rid of a top employee with a negative attitude could cost you revenue… and a lot of income. However, negativity will burn its way through your organization changing the mindset of other employees from positive to negative. You'll go from putting out one fire to putting out several fires. Being afraid to fire negative employees costs companies so much money in ways that are visible and invisible.
According to an article in Forbes Magazine, negativity in the workplace "affects everything from engagement to productivity, and even impacts employee retention".
Don't let your bottom line determine the threshold of pain you're willing to impose upon your other employees. No matter what someone brings to your organization in terms of profitability, if the behavior isn't right, they are costing you money. Be warned! Negativity can mask itself as gossip in the workplace. Gossip cannot be tolerated just as much as negative comments or behavior. In my new book, being released in May 2019, Homeless to Billionaire, I give you a copy of the "no-gossip" policy I have employees sign.
1. First, toss some water on the negative fire; see if you can salvage the relationship. Talk with the employee and ask questions that get you to the source of their irritation.
2. Ask the negative employee for three solutions to the problems that are making them unhappy.
3. Clearly outline your position on how they are acting towards co-workers, clients, and management; make sure they understand why you do not approve of their actions.
4. Create an action-plan by implementing one of the solutions they provided, if possible. This type of communication shows them you value them as an employee and want to support them. It also means that if the solution leaves them in a negative place, it is not because the company was the problem.
5. Set-up a check-in period every two weeks to discuss the issues and track the resolution.
I believe it's essential to get employees back on the right track. However, if after working with someone who persists with the same negative attitude then the only thing left is to terminate their position.
If after two weeks their negativity continues – put water on that company fire immediately – fire them. It's that simple. Don't let the bottom line cloud your judgment. You can always replace a top earner, but it is more difficult to replace a well-functioning team.
In, Homeless to Billionaire, I chronicle how I grew more than 19 companies using this "no-negativity" policy.
I believe attitude is everything in the workplace. A positive working environment, devoid of negative atmosphere, allows for a supportive culture that fosters growth for individuals and your organization.
Creating a positive working environment where negativity cannot permeate is the best plan for continued success.
Grateful to hear your feedback on how you grow positive relationships in the workplace!
For more business advice from Andres check out his latest article on CNBC.com with The Oracles on How to be Successful and Get Everything You Want in Life featured with Barbara Corcoran from Shark Tank!
About Andres Pira – Philanthropist, Real Estate Tycoon, Author, Speaker, and Global Citizen, Andres Pira enjoys living in Thailand where his journey began from homeless to a billionaire businessman.
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Creating a unique coming-of-age narrative on film remains a thoroughly difficult affair, as the requisite life-changing events in a young person's life remain overly familiar for anyone watching them. So if breaking the mold means having David Duchovny portraying a scruffy gardener/shaman named Goat Man, then by all means, go for it. At least, that's the thought from director Christopher Neil it seems, and the trailer for his feature debut, "Goats" has hit the web to show exactly what he means.
Boasting a solid cast that also includes Vera Farmiga, Ty Burrell, and Keri Russell, the trailer for "Goats" certainly puts them front and center, and it appears the filmmakers are hoping for this to be another breakout Sundance hit, after it premiered there earlier this year. In the film, a teenager, Ellis (Graham Phillips), leaves his free-spirited mother (Farmiga) to attend an East Coast prep school, and finds himself torn between the values laid down by his mother's live-in gardener, Goat Man, and the chance at reconnecting with his distanced father (Burrell).


Fruit is the unofficial food of summer, because when it's 95 degrees out with a gazillion percent humidity, pan con lechn doesn't sound all that appetizing. At the Redland Summer Fruit Festival, you can kick off fruit season with a host of tropical delights. The annual event showcases the best stuff that grows on South Florida's trees. From local wines to agriculture to the sampling of rare fruits to smoothies and more, it's a smorgasbord of seasonal sweetness. In addition to the array of rainbow-hued plants, there'll also be a kids' area, where little ones can pet farm critters, ride ponies, and participate in a watermelon-eating contest. If you're going to spend the summer in Miami, you might as well take advantage of the upsides.
Admission $8, children 11 and younger get in free.


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A Taj Built in Memory of a Husband – Roman Catholic Cemetery – Agra
By kevinstandagehotography on May 21, 2019 • ( 13 Comments )
Roman Catholic Cemetery in Agra
The Roman Catholic Cemetery in Agra dates from 1550 and was first used for the burial of Armenian Christians who settled in the city during the reign of Akbar. These were followed by burials of other Christian denominations as others settled in the area.
The oldest grave you can see in the cemetery (although the stone is much newer) belongs to John Mildenhall, an English merchant who died in 1614 and is reported to have been the first Englishman "to see Akbar face-to-face". But there are a couple of other tombs worth noting, not just for the stories associated with the individuals, but also for the architecture of their resting place.
Hessing's Tomb ("The Red Taj")
The finest, most dominant, and indeed famous tomb in the cemetery belongs to John William Hessing. It is a small but perfectly formed late Mughal tomb which shares many of the characteristics of much larger tombs. Built of red sandstone and with obvious comparisons, it is commonly known today as "The Red Taj".
John William Hessing, was born in Utrecht on the 5th November 1739, and came to Ceylon (Sri Lanka) in 1757 in the service of the Dutch East India Company. Five years later he returned to the Netherlands, only to return to India in 1763, this time joining the service of the Nizam of Hyderabad. By 1784, he was serving the Maratha chieftain Mahadji Scindia.
He fought in several battles for Scindia and was wounded multiple times, but earned a reputation of being a good man and a brave soldier. Disagreement with Benoit de Boigne, the French commander of Scindia's forces, compelled him to resign his position.
However, Mahadji had taken a liking to him and made him the head of his "Khas Risala" or personal bodyguard. It was a position he held until Mahadji's death in 1794, but he continued under his successor, Daulat Rao Scindia.
During this period Hessing commanded 3,000 Maratha regular troops in the Battle of Kardla, where the Maratha armies defeated the Nizam of Hyderabad on 12 March 1795. He attained the rank of Colonel in 1798 and subsequently became the commandant of Agra Fort.
On 21st July 1803, John Hessing was killed in battle while in command of the Maratha forces defending Agra Fort against the British, and event that was part of the Second Anglo-Maratha War. He was 64 years of age.
His widow, Anne erected this splendid tomb at the cost of Rs 100,000 (£1,000), an enormous amount in those days which equates to the sum of £101,000 today. Despite the huge expense, she was sadly not able to fund the tomb's completion.
The original tomb design included four minarets, you can see the base for these but they were never completed due to Anne running out of money. The compromise was not to complete these minarets, but to instead add four cupolas at each of the corners. Anne Hessing died 28 years later in 1831 in Barrackpore.
It is a bit of a surreal feeling visiting this cemetery, not just because of the Red Taj but also for so many Europeans to have adopted Rajasthani style chhatris for their cenotaphs only to then top them with a cross !
Samru's Tomb
Close by Hessing's tomb is the tomb of Walter Reinhardt, who was known as Sombre or Samru. He was a european mercenary and adventurer who took advantage of, and made a great fortune from, the late 18th century disturbances in the region. He was widely regarded as a "turncoat", changing sides in any conflict for advantage and profit.
He ultimately became subordinate to the Mughal minister Najaf Khan, and died in Agra on 4th May 1782 at the age of 53. His substantial estate was left to his Indian wife, Begum Samru, who became a relatively famous Delhi character in the world of the last Mughal emperors.
The tomb is quite elaborately carved, with an impressive bulbous dome of the late Mughal period. As is so often the case, the interior was much plainer.
Despite the noise of heavy traffic just beyond the cemetery perimeter wall, the Roman Catholic Cemetery is Agra is a very peaceful and well maintained place. It is also the oldest Christian burial ground in North India, and well worth a visit if you happen to be exploring the city.
Categories: Agra, India, Roman Catholic Cemetery and Red Taj, Uttar Pradesh
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Wow! Red Taj is a news to me! I didn't know of its existence. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for giving it a look !
Thank you for this post. I was not aware of this.
You're welcome 😀 thanks for visiting my work ! 🙏
Dr PC Sarkar says:
Very nice. Jogged my memory. Keep up the good work!!
Great stuff, another POI added to my list!
That must be becoming quite a long list 😀
Sure, but the list gets updated from both ends!
It certainly does ! 🙂
P A Dalal says:
Impressive. Too good. Agra visit a must for the monuments where I presume anyone pays a visit.
I don't think many people visit this place, but then most of the monuments in Agra are "too good" 😀
ahmer199 says:
Good work Kevin, very detailed report on something I never knew. Keep posting.

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Gwen Stefani recalls the 'magical' moment when Blake Shelton proposed
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Gwen Stefani is reflecting on her "magical" engagement story with Blake Shelton.
The "Hollaback Girl" singer recalled that she "didn't have any idea" that Shelton would propose to her despite having dated for five years. The two announced their engagement on social media on Oct. 27.
"Wasn't expecting it at the moment that it happened, at all. Didn't have any idea, nobody knew," Stefani said while appearing on Tuesday's episode of "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon."
"I think he had told my dad on my birthday about two weeks earlier, and I gotta tell you, I was sorta like, 'What's happening with us?'"
Despite her surprised reaction, Stefani admitted that she used to wonder if her husband-to-be was ever going to propose.
"It was kind of in my mind like, 'We've been together a long time now. What's going on?' I was in that place in my head," she revealed.
'I heard a YES':Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani are engaged
She then elaborated on the story leading up to the engagement, which occurred during a trip to Oklahoma that she initially wanted to cancel due to COVID-19 concerns.
"We also had this trip planned to come to Oklahoma, and it was one of those COVID kind of, not a fight, but it was like, 'Maybe we should just cancel the trip. This is getting too hard. Everybody has to get tested,'" she explained.
However, Stefani said the two ended up taking the trip, where Shelton popped the momentous question.
"We ended up making it all happen ... but it was like everybody was trying to make it not happen, because nobody knew it was going to happen, and Blake, meanwhile, had this ring."
So, when's the wedding?
Stefani said they still have "no plans because of the pandemic."
"It's like, Blake, why couldn't you have done it before! Now we can't have a wedding with the pandemic. It's like sitting around going, 'OK, drag it out more!'"
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In October, Shelton tweeted the news of their engagement, writing: "Hey @gwenstefani thanks for saving my 2020... And the rest of my life.. I love you. I heard a YES!"
Within 10 minutes, the tweet had 8,000 likes.
The two have been a couple for about five years. Shelton and Stefani got to know each other while working on NBC's "The Voice."
Contributing: Gary Dinges


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De La Soul's Full Catalog is Coming to a Streaming Platform Near You!
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Soulja Boy Celebrated His Birthday With an Album Drop
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All nominations shall be accompanied by the signed consent of the nominated member and a signature of a member in good standing supporting the nomination.
Nominees must be members in good standing with the Canadian Council of Cardiovascular Nurses. The nominees must be prepared to serve a three year term commencing after the first board meeting following the Annual General Meeting.
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The new PlayStation PSN store update brings in loads of new PS4 games. Indulge in action-filled 8-Bit Armies and get your biggest catch in Fishing Sim World and more. Check out the drop list here of all PS4 digital releases. The following games are available following the PSN Store update on September 18.
A digital PS4 release coming on September 21, 8-Bit Armies let you gather resources, build and defend your own based, and discover destructive super weapons.
Take your broom and solve puzzles in this game set in an abstract environment.
Did you miss your arcade days? Experience it again because it's back in Capcom Beat 'Em Up Bundle. The new PS4 game has seven classic games (multiplayer and online powers).
Fishing Sim World promises the most real fishing experience you'll ever have. Learn how to control the reel and develop your patience to catch heavy bass. Reward your hard work with lots of fishing trophies reward.
Next in PSN store update is a story on how two best buddies, Arina and Frendt conquers all puzzles to get out the mystery garden world. It is set to release on September 20.
Jump and perform all your tricks and stunts in this fast-paced Parkour game (single and multiplayer).
Hunt marvelous treasures, defeat frightening monsters and excavate buried secrets in Refrain's labyrinth. Play as Dusk Witch Dronya and her protégé Luca.
Feel the adrenaline as you try to pull out over 20 species of fish in new PS4 games. Upgrade your fishing rod's gear and get rewards from missions and many fishing destinations. You can go fishing solo, with friends and family.
My Brother Rabbit is about the love of the family. A young ill girl must survive with his brother until their parents find the cure. Your success depends on your imagination.
Experience street racing in a whole new level and climb the leaderboards. Unlock new cars and customize your cars with your own style.
You'll need your brain power to solve puzzles in not just one, but two classic Scribblenauts!
Get a feel of Fast and the Furious in this racing plus combat game. Action gets faster and faster as you make more combos and release special moves.
Relive classic Bomberman on a whole new level of thrill in Splody. Just plant bombs and quickly move out or you'll be your own victim.
Be the hero and free villages from the dark force. Destroy enemies and eliminate bosses in this stick shooter game.
Choose among four classes with their own special abilities and complete missions and raids on Warface's huge map. Shoot and play with millions of Warface fans all over the world, all for free!
Which of the new PS4 games from the PSN store update you like?


CS-Cart and Multi-Vendor allow you to ship items from a single order in multiple batches and/or at different periods of time. These batches are treated as separate shipments of one order. This is useful when you have to deal with back orders regularly.
For example, if a customer orders several items that are out of stock, you can ship the in-stock items right after the order has been placed, and send the remaining items at a later date as a separate shipment.
Depending on whether you allow multiple shipments for one order, the Shipping Information section of an order page will look different.
Starting with version 4.3.6, the tracking numbers of the shipments appear in the Shipping Information section. If you specify a carrier, the tracking numbers will show up as links leading to the shipment tracking page at the carrier's website.
To enable multiple shipments per order, go to Settings → General and tick the Allow multiple shipments for a single order checkbox. Remember to save your changes with the Save button.
Once the checkbox is ticked, you will be able to create shipments under Orders → View orders → <Desired Order>. You will also be able to view all the shipments under Orders → Shipments.
If you disable the Allow multiple shipments for a single order setting, then the Orders → Shipments section won't appear on the menu. You can view and delete the shipments you created earlier in the Shipping Information section of the associated orders under Orders → View orders → <Desired Order>.


Fortescue Metals Group's (Fortescue) latest CEO for a Day, Kellie Gesah, joined Fortescue Chief Executive Officer, Elizabeth Gaines and the Core Leadership Team for the launch of the Company's June FY18 quarterly production report.
Kellie began her journey with Fortescue via the Vocational Training and Employment Centre (VTEC) program in 2012. Today, she is a Mine Control Supervisor for Cloudbreak based in Perth's Integrated Operations Centre.
Kellie and her team ensure Cloudbreak's mine plan is met every day in the safest, most efficient and cost effective manner possible. In her position as Mine Control Supervisor, Kellie is at the forefront of the Company's rollout of autonomous haulage technology.
"I have been learning the Autonomous MineStar platform at Solomon so I can prepare our Cloudbreak Mine Control team for the new Autonomous Haulage System. We are working to ensure we have the right training and procedures in place to enable a smooth transition to autonomy," Kellie said.
"Training has always been at the heart of everything we do at Fortescue. Having started her Fortescue journey with VTEC, and now completing our Leadership Excellence in Aboriginal People (LEAP) program, it's terrific to see Kellie continue to embrace the opportunities Fortescue has offered and capitalise on the training the innovation projects we have provided. I am delighted she could join the team and me as CEO for a Day," Ms Gaines said.
While Kellie credits the LEAP program for helping her to become a leader, she believes you don't have to be in a supervisor role to show leadership.
"Leading by example is something that I have always strived for and lived by," she said.


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Don't miss this thrilling and suspenseful second chance romance, book one in a fan-favorite paranormal detective series from Jenn Burke.
Dying isn't what it used to be. Wes Cooper was dead. Then he wasn't—though he's not exactly alive, either. As an immortal not-ghost, he can transition between this world and the otherplane, which makes him the perfect thief for hire. For seventy years he's made a "living" returning items to their rightful owners, seeing his fair share of the bizarre in the process. But he's never witnessed a murder. Until now.
His latest mission brings him more than he bargained for: a very-dead actor who is definitely going to stay that way. It's just Wes's luck that his ex-boyfriend, Detective Hudson Rojas, is assigned to the case. Hudson broke Wes's heart years ago—and could again, given he's rocking a hot silver-fox look that shouldn't be legal.
As they work together to track down the murderer before anyone else gets hurt, it becomes clear Wes and Hudson have unfinished business. And when a secret Hudson's been keeping threatens more than just their happiness, it might mean the end of their not-life together—permanently.
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The old eddas speak of dreki—fabled creatures who haunt the depths of Iceland's volcanoes and steal away fair maidens.
Malin wants none of such myths. As a half-blood dreki, she's beneath the notice of the arrogant warriors who rule the skies—except for Sirius Blackfrost, the most ruthless dreki within the court. This dark prince watches her every move, but he's more villain than hero, and in her favourite fairy tales the servant never earns the prince's heart. But is there something more to the look in the Blackfrost's eyes?
To love her would be to curse her to a fate worse than death…
The second he saw her, Sirius knew her for his fated mate. But Malin is a nobody in the dreki court and her very presence is a threat to the queen's ambitions for him. Forced to hide the truth and accept the match his queen has made for him—to mate with the princess Malin serves— he dares not reveal his heart.
But when the princess flees, he must find her—and his only clue is Malin, who aims to thwart him at every step. With danger surrounding them, they must forge a truce. But can Malin ever give this wicked prince her heart? Because, while Sirius's kiss burns through her like lightning, to love him would be to defy the stars themselves…
Join USA Today bestselling author, Bec McMaster, on a seductive journey through a mythic land, with a wicked prince who's never played the hero, a servant girl with a fate larger than she can believe, and an evil queen who threatens to tear them apart. Download this epic historical fantasy filled with magic and breathtaking romance today!
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He's parched and on the brink of despair.
Ash's well is dry. Unless he finds a new source of water, his dreams of a flourishing farm will crumble to dust. A last-ditch proposal could solve all his problems—just as long as he ignores how she makes his blood sing.
A single mom in need of hope…
Juniper is drowning. The bills keep piling up and it's her son who will suffer if she can't keep her head above water. When Ash proposes—her water rights for a fat check and a wedding—Juniper sees her chance at a new life. But the marriage is supposed to be strictly business, no matter how hot he is.
A convenient marriage that might become more…
The harder they try to keep everything professional, the deeper Ash and Juniper fall. But can they accept that a plot hatched in desperation might be the marriage of their dreams?
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But as he searches for the truth, Carter must face ghosts of his own past lurking in the bayou. Most troubling of all is his unprofessional attraction to the woman he's protecting, as Alaina's allure haunts him as no specter ever could….
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Easley, Michael. Boards and Commissions Press Release, 2004-10-12, Gov. Easley Reappoints Norman to the Mitchell Community College Board of Trustees
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GOV. EASLEY REAPPOINTS NORMAN TO THE MITCHELL COMMUNITY COLLEGE BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Raleigh - Gov. Mike Easley has reappointed Marvin Norman of Statesville to the Mitchell Community College Board of Trustees.
Norman has been a board member since 1987. He currently serves as director of community relations for EnergyUnited. Norman also serves as a board member for the Greater Statesville Chamber of Commerce and is a member of the Leadership Statesville Board. He received his bachelor's degree in sociology from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.
Duties of the board of trustees are: to elect a president, employ personnel, purchase land necessary for operation, apply standards and regulations to admission and graduation, receive and accept gifts and donations, and provide instructional services. There are 12 board members, each serving a four-year term. The governor appoints four members.
Title Easley, Michael. Boards and Commissions Press Release, 2004-10-12, Gov. Easley Reappoints Norman to the Mitchell Community College Board of Trustees
Other Title 2004-10-12, Gov. Easley Reappoints Norman to the Mitchell Community College Board of Trustees
Description Raleigh - Gov. Mike Easley has reappointed Marvin Norman of Statesville to the Mitchell Community College Board of Trustees.
Full Text State of North Carolina Office of the Governor Michael F. Easley Governor Release: IMMEDIATE Contact: Vanessa Capobianco Date: 10/12/2004 Phone: (919) 733-5612 GOV. EASLEY REAPPOINTS NORMAN TO THE MITCHELL COMMUNITY COLLEGE BOARD OF TRUSTEES Raleigh - Gov. Mike Easley has reappointed Marvin Norman of Statesville to the Mitchell Community College Board of Trustees. Norman has been a board member since 1987. He currently serves as director of community relations for EnergyUnited. Norman also serves as a board member for the Greater Statesville Chamber of Commerce and is a member of the Leadership Statesville Board. He received his bachelor's degree in sociology from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Duties of the board of trustees are: to elect a president, employ personnel, purchase land necessary for operation, apply standards and regulations to admission and graduation, receive and accept gifts and donations, and provide instructional services. There are 12 board members, each serving a four-year term. The governor appoints four members.


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Sandra Stotsky is professor of education reform at the University of Arkansas.
UPDATED SEPTEMBER 23, 2010,
The case for national standards rests in part on the need to remedy the inconsistent aims and inferior quality of many state standards and tests in order to equalize academic expectations for all students. The argument also addresses the urgent need to increase academic achievement for all students. In mathematics and science in particular, the United States needs much higher levels of achievement than its students currently demonstrate for it to remain competitive in a global economy.
The common core standards may lead to more uniformly mediocre student achievement than we have now.
The Common Core standards may accomplish the goal of equalizing education but not in a way the supporters initially hoped: they may lead to more uniformly mediocre student achievement than we now have. The national system is unlikely to accomplish the aim of raising academic achievement because it may reduce the number of high school students taking advanced mathematics and science courses in our high schools and make us much less competitive internationally than we now are.
The weaknesses in the proposed middle school standards — the key to advanced mathematics and science course-taking in the high school (never mind college) — suggest a deliberate effort to reverse a trend that was further encouraged by the National Mathematics Advisory Panel in 2008 — increasing the number of students in grades K-7 capable of taking and passing an authentic Algebra I course in eighth grade.
In Massachusetts alone, over 50 percent of its students now take Algebra I by the end of eighth grade; in California, of the 60 percent of students who now take Algebra I by eighth grade, almost 50 percent now pass. To continue this trend, which would put our students closer to students in high achieving East Asian countries in grade 8, the National Mathematics Advisory Panel sought to strengthen the mathematics curriculum in the middle grades. Without explicit justification or explanation, the Common Core has changed the thrust of the true reform in mathematics education over the last decade and will set us back.
Common Core's "college readiness" standards do not point to a level of intellectual achievement that signifies readiness for authentic college-level work. At best, they point to little more than readiness for a high school diploma.
Common Core's standards may well help many states to frame a stronger high school curriculum than their current standards do. Preparing all high school students for a meaningful high school diploma is something we have not yet achieved as a country and still need to do.
But preparing some high school sophomores or juniors for credit-bearing freshman coursework in an open admissions post-secondary institution, especially if the coursework has been adjusted downward in difficulty to accommodate them, is a strategy to evade the real problem — how to strengthen the secondary school academic curriculum
We face a possible decline in advanced mathematics course-taking in high school by students in the broad middle third (or higher) of our high school-age population if Common Core's standards are adopted. Fewer students will enter high school with Algebra I under their belt. Students deemed "college-ready" will be encouraged to leave high school after grade 10 or 11 to enroll in a college degree program.
We need to ask if it is wise to encourage students in the academic middle who have been deemed "college ready" to enroll in a public college (at their own expense) before they have completed their last year or two of high school (at public expense) and to bypass high school graduation requirements. They will matriculate in a post-secondary institution with less mathematics knowledge than they would have had if they had first completed high school graduation requirements
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Today, the task of setting up new street signs begins. For the next several weeks, Alachua County E-911 and High Springs Public Works will begin re-addressing roughly 1,000 addresses in the city. The reason for the re-addressing is in accordance with a request by Alachua County upon the transition of police dispatch services to the County's Combined Communications Center.
All costs are being covered by Alachua County and NOT being paid by The City of High Springs. The Postal Service will continue to deliver mail to old city addresses for one year after the transition. All High Springs Police and primary Fire apparatus are equipped with computer consoles in the vehicle built with GPS and AVL (Automatic Vehicle Locator) technology to assist first responders in navigating to emergency calls. Also, a key is being provided to emergency services with the conversion of old addresses to new addresses. For the last week, HSFD and HSPD have been dispatched to calls using new addressing with no issues or delays reported. .
A couple of notes, Main Street will retain it's name with slight modification, it will be known as High Springs Main Street with numbering changing to 5 digits. Railroad Avenue will also keep it's name, but will too have the 5 digit numbering following the newly addressed cross streets.
In an emergency, every second counts and it is the top concern of the City of High Springs and Alachua County to provide quick and efficient emergency services. The re-addressing within the city will assist 911 operators and emergency services to locate and respond quickly and with less confusion.
Official notification from Alachua County is going out to all impacted addresses via mail today.
It's something we all see A LOT of… construction work zones! While they admittedly can be annoying sometimes, they are making your drive safer and more convenient once completed.
1. Be Alert – Expect anything to occur why entering a work zone.
2. Don't Tailgate – Unexpected stops frequently occur in work zones.
3. Don't Speed – Note the posted speed limits in and around the work zone.
4. Don't Change Lanes in the Work Zone – The time saved just isn't worth the chance.
5. Minimize Distractions – Avoid changing the radio & using cell phones while driving in work zones.
6. Expect the Unexpected – Keep an eye out for workers and their equipment.
Did you know? Newer homes and furniture can burn eight times faster than houses built a generation earlier. Newer building materials like manufactured woods, plastics, and other synthetic products, burn faster and hotter than more traditional building materials.
Below is a screenshot of a video showing a "legacy" living room and a "modern" living room. Because of these new materials, the "modern" living room reached flashover in under 4 minutes, while the legacy took nearly half an hour.
At 8:32 this morning, High Springs Fire Department units Engine 29 and Tanker 29 arrived on-scene of a fully involved home at the corner of NW 15th Street and NW 3rd Avenue. Within 30 minutes, firefighters had the fire out.
The structure was abandoned at the time of the fire and has been deemed a total loss. No injuries were reported.
As always, we extend our gratitude to our mutual aid companies for their assistance; Newberry Engine 28 & Tanker 28, Alachua County Engine 21, Rescue 16 and District Chief 6.
ACFR Rescue 17 also handled a vehicle accident just down the street from this incident with HSPD at the same time as this fire.
As with any boil water notice, there are often many questions. The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has supplied the below tips.
Earlier this evening, Engine 29 was dispatched to High Springs Community School for a reported fire alarm. Upon arrival, the crew found a light haze of smoke in the cafeteria. To err on the side of caution, the call was "upgraded" to a building fire response, bringing in companies from Alachua County Fire Rescue and Newberry.
After a full investigation, it was determined the cause of the smoke was a faulty air handler. No damage or injuries were reported. Thankfully, the fire alarm did it's job and a potentially bad situation was avoided. With this in mind, now would be a good time to check your home smoke detector (or alarm system, if you have one) to make sure they are in proper working order.
Our thanks to Alachua County Fire Rescue and Newberry Fire Department for their assistance.
A few things to think about when looking at your home… Is my home emergency friendly?
-Is my house number visible?
-Is my home well lit at night?
If your private vehicle struggles to go up your driveway, it's likely most fire apparatus won't be able to. Our largest trucks are nearly 13 feet tall and weigh close to 40,000 lbs. Driveways should be at least 9 feet wide and be free of large ditches and holes as well as low hanging branches.
In an emergency, every second counts. Easy accessibility will allow us to reach you faster.


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HomeWORLD NEWS CIA-trained Ukrainian paramilitaries may take the central role if Russia invades
CIA-trained Ukrainian paramilitaries may take the central role if Russia invades
CIA-trained Ukrainian paramilitaries may take the central role if Russia invades, The CIA supervises a mysterious preparing program in the U.S. of Ukraine's exceptional powers and other knowledge staff, as indicated by five previous public insight and security authorities acquainted with the program. The program, which started in 2015, depends on an undisclosed office in the southern U.S., as indicated by a portion of those authorities.
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CIA-prepared soldiers will before long assume a critical part in the eastern line of Ukraine, where Russian soldiers have accumulated in what many dread is the groundwork for an assault. The US and Russia started security talks recently in Geneva however have up until this point neglected to agree. While the mysterious arrangement, run by authorities working for the CIA's Ground Branch - presently authoritatively known as the Ground Department - was established by Obama. The system after the Russian attack and the control of Crimea in 2014, and growing under the Trump organization, Biden's organization extended, said a previous insight boss who was liaising with his administration partners.
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In 2015, as a component of this extended enemy of Russian exertion, CIA Ground Branch troops likewise started pushing ahead in eastern Ukraine to exhort their partners there, as indicated by the previous twelve authorities.
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A multi-week CIA program, situated in the U.S. included guns preparation, disguise procedures, land reconnaissance, strategies, for example, "clandestine and development," knowledge, and different regions, as indicated by previous authorities.
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How you pick a program is disputable. The U.S. multiple presidents have questioned whether to give military help to Ukraine, and how much, and conversations frequently center around whether such help is hostile or self-preservation.
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U.S. authorities reject that the CIA's preparation program, or if nothing else once, is tense. "The reason for the preparation, and the preparation gave, was to aid knowledge assortment," said the central insight official.
But what is meant by intellectual support, in the case of soldiers, can be confusing. And how this training will be used by Ukrainians can change quickly with low facts.
The program included "specific skills training that will improve" Ukrainian "ability to retreat against the Russians," said the former intelligence chief.
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The training, which includes "strategic items," "will begin to look bad if the Russians invade Ukraine," said the former official.
One person familiar with the program has put it bluntly. "The United States is training rebels," said a former CIA official, adding that the program taught Ukrainians how to "kill Russians."
Russia planning a massive military offensive against Ukraine
The plan, which seems to have never been officially aimed at sedition, includes training that could be used for that purpose. A former agency official described the technical aspects of the program, such as showing the Ukrainian people how to maintain secure communication behind enemy lines or in a "hostile environment" as a "back-to-back training."
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The current intelligence chief strongly denies that the plan was designed in any way to "assist in the uprising." Suggestions for training a terrorist group in Ukraine are false," said CIA spokeswoman Tammy Thorp.
Going back decades ago, the CIA provided limited training to Ukrainian intelligence units to try to strengthen independent Kyiv and prevent a revolt against Russian rule, but cooperation "grew" after the Crimean invasion, a former CIA official said.
The CIA forces in Ukraine are "very small," said the former agency official, and they help train Ukrainian troops in "critical areas where the Russians may be focusing" if Moscow wants to move forward in the country.
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Although the organization's military resources have been extended to Afghanistan and other anti-terrorism activities, the US-based training program has been "the most important thing" for the CIA since its inception in Obama's time, a former intelligence chief said.
The plan did not require, or accept, a new presidential acquisition, which is used to authorize confidential action and is now being implemented under existing authorities, according to former officials.
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Trump's administration - in part at the behest of Congress - later increased funding for the program, increasing the number of Ukrainian groups brought in each year to the US, according to former officials.
The training force that can play a part in the uprising is not the same as actively supporting the uprising in the event of a Russian invasion. Biden's management has reportedly assembled a team to determine how the CIA and other US agencies can support Ukraine's violence, should Russia begin a major offensive.
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"If the Russians attack, those [CIA graduates] will be your soldiers, your rebel leaders," said the former intelligence chief. "We have been training these boys for eight years. They are really good fighters. That is where the agency program can have the greatest impact. "
Over the years, CIA training programs have been "very successful," said a former CIA official.
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It helped "turn the tide," said a former CIA official, who was told that "it was gained on the battlefield" as a "direct result" of the plan.
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The current intelligence chief strongly denies that the plan was designed in any way to "assist in the uprising." Suggestions for training a terrorist group in Ukraine are false," said CIA spokeswoman Tammy Thorp
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Russia's intrusion into Ukrainian intelligence has been a long-standing problem in the CIA, according to former intelligence officials. For decades, the organization has been trying to operate only Ukrainian special units - some created with institutional emphasis - separated from the country's intelligence services to prevent Russia's compromise, according to former officials.
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Although the CIA is taking a stand against Russia in its dealings with the Ukrainian people, the organization still believes the training program was very important, according to former officials.
If the Russians start a new attack, "there will be people who make their lives miserable," said the former intelligence chief. CIA-trained soldiers will "plan resistance" using the specialized training they receive.
"All those things that happened to us in Afghanistan," said the former intelligence officer, "can expect to see what goes on with these guys."


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Landslide: Democrat Bests Biden Margin In Florida Special House Race
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Democratic nominee Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick overwhelmingly won a Florida congressional election on Tuesday. Due to Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis' refusal to schedule a timely special election, the seat had been vacant for more than nine months.
Cherfilus-McCormick, an attorney and health company CEO, defeated Republican nominee Jason Mariner by a 78.7 percent-19.6 percent landslide in Florida's 20th Congressional District. The district's longtime representative Alcee Hastings (D) died on April 6, 2021.
Under Florida law, the governor has the unilateral authority to schedule special elections to fill vacant House seats. DeSantis waited weeks to take any action at all to fill the majority-Black district's seat before a month later finally ordering Tuesday's special election, well after local election officials had urged him to.
"I know there'll be a lot of folks that want to run for it, so hopefully that gives them enough time to be able to get on the ballot and do whatever they need to do to be competitive," he claimed at the time.
This meant that the more than 776,000 residents of the district have lacked any House representation for 281 days. According to the South Florida Sun-Sentinel, DeSantis' delay was far longer than any other of the past 20 years.
Cherfilus-McCormick's victory margin of over 59 points on Tuesday actually improved on President Joe Biden's 2020 margin in the district. According to data from Daily Kos Elections, Biden got 77.3 percent of the vote there to former President Donald Trump's 22.1 percent, a 55.2 percent margin.
Top national Republicans have been claiming they expect a "red wave" in the 2022 midterm elections will give them the majority in the House and maybe the Senate.
Florida Sen. Rick Scott, who is chair of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, told the Associated Press in late December, "We're going to have a hell of a year," predicting, "Every state that Biden won by less than 10 is now a battleground state."
But Tuesday's results in his own state would appear to put a damper on that optimism.
And they come as recent polling has shown the GOP has lost its national midterm advantage, as registered voters generally now prefer Democrats over Republicans on the congressional ballot.
When Cherfilus-McCormick is sworn in, Democrats will be back to the full 222-seat majority it had at the start of the 117th Congress. They have easily won all four special elections to fill Democratic vacancies since January 2021.
Democratic state legislators proposed a bill last week that would require future special elections be held within 180 days of the start of a vacancy at most. Noting that delayed special elections for state House and state Senate seats left some parts of Broward County with no representation at all, state Sen. Tina Polsky (D) said, "There was no reason for this to happen. It has never happened before. ... I don't want to see this happen again in the future."
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Minister for Health Gagan Kumar Thapa has said the government is formulating a mental health policy soon.
Laying the foundation stone for the Child Mental Health Centre's building on the premises of Kanti Children's Hospital in Kathmandu on Saturday, Minister Thapa expressed his confidence that the policy will provide guidelines for the treatment of the mentally-ill.
Urging parents to be aware of the mental health issues in children in time, Thapa said the government had started providing mental health services for children in the Kanti Hospital.
Dr Kiran Regmi, chief specialist at the Ministry of Health, spoke of the need for the parents to seek medical assistance for any mental complications in children.
Director of Kanti Children's Hospital Dr Ajit Rayamajhi said that the hospital had forwarded a new plan for ensuring treatment of the children with mental health issues.
The building, estimated to cost Rs30 million, will be constructed within two years.
A study conducted by the hospital showed that around 10-15 percent of the total children brought to the hospital for medical intervention were found to have mental complications.


Captain (retired) Sydney Hopkins (2 April, 1884 – ) was an officer in the Royal Navy.
Hopkins was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 31 August, 1905.
Hopkins was appointed in command of the destroyer Itchen on 10 August, 1912.
On 14 April, 1913, Hopkins was appointed in command of the destroyer Sparrowhawk and was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 31 August, 1913.
Hopkins grounded Sparrowhawk in 1915.
Hopkins commanded Sparrowhawk at the Battle of Jutland, when she was sunk in night fighting as part of the Fourth Destroyer Flotilla after colliding with flotilla leader H.M.S. Broke. Hopkins survived and wrote her official report on the battle.
Hopkins was promoted to the rank of Commander on 31 December, 1917.
Hopkins was appointed in command of the destroyer Somme on 2 October, 1918.
Hopkins was appointed in command of the second destroyer Sparrowhawk on 1 February, 1920.
Hopkins was placed on the Retired List at his own request on 1 November 1922.
Hopkins was promoted to the rank of Captain on the Retired List on 2 April, 1929.
Consular Shipping Adviser with N.C.S. duties in Antwerp from 22 August, 1939.
Hopkins was appointed as R.N.O. Margate, Whitstable and Herne Bay 12 June, 1940.
On 15 October, 1943, Hopkins was appointed in command of the shore establishment H.M.S. Mylodon.
Hopkins was appointed in command of the Royal Sovereign on 10 December, 1943.
Court of Enquiry into grounding of HMS SPARROWHAWK The National Archives. ADM 156/111.
↑ Hopkins Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/107. f. ?.
↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 909.
↑ The Navy List. (February, 1944). p. 2573.
↑ The Navy List. (April, 1911). p. 399.
↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 395p.
↑ Hopkins Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/107. f. ?. Somme is not indicted in his Service Record AT ALL, but the Navy List and Spurgin's data suggest this end date is certain.


The European Heads of Research Councils, in collaboration with the European Science Foundation, invites applications for its European young investigator awards. These support young researchers from all over the world to work in Europe to benefit the development of European science and build up the next generation of leading European researchers.
Applicants should be young researchers holding a doctoral degree who have between two and eight years of postdoctoral experience. The awards will last five years, subject to satisfactory progress. The total value of an award will normally be no less than 750,000 euros and shall not exceed a maximum of 1.25 million euros. Applications should be submitted through one of the participating organisations.


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SOPA is Dead. For Now.
Congressional debate of the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) has been delayed until sometime after the new year.
Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX), the Republican behind a controversial piece of legislation that would shut down any website accused of copyright infringement, abruptly adjourned a marathon session of the House Judiciary Committee on Friday as it was considering marking up the bill.
After roughly 14 hours of debate spanning two days, Smith accepted the proposal of Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-UT), an opponent of the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), who asked the chairman for more time and at least two more hearings so the committee could better understand some of the more technical aspects of the legislation. [...]
Although it's not exactly a victory for opponents of SOPA, it does buy them a little extra time to lobby members of Congress. The next House Judiciary Committee hearing on the anti-piracy legislation will not take place until sometime early next year.
The longer this is delayed, the less likely it is to become law in its current iteration.
It's unlikely this will be debated again until February at the earliest, and by then we will be well into primary season. Following primary season, both parties will be gearing up for the general election.
It's difficult to find broad support for any piece of legislation, especially one as controversial as SOPA, during campaign season. This leaves a window of only a couple months where SOPA has any chance of passing until its kicked down the road to the next congress or scrapped entirely.
Public debate of SOPA, along with pressure from internet-based companies such as Google, has clearly slowed the bill down. Otherwise it would have already passed.
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Mr Meshaal had not set foot in the Palestinian territories for decades.
His visit follows a ceasefire that ended days of violence between Israel and Hamas. The Islamist militant group has governed Gaza since 2007.
Mr Meshaal entered Gaza from Egypt at the Rafah border crossing, touching his head to the ground in celebration. Officials there said his wife had arrived late on Thursday.
"Gaza is always in my heart," he said.
Just after arriving in Gaza, Mr Meshaal inspected the charred remains of the car in which military commander Ahmed Jabari was killed in an Israeli strike last month.
He later visited Jabari's home, and that of Hamas founder Sheikh Ahmed Yassin.
In the past, Egypt's former president Hosni Mubarak never allowed him to use the Rafah border crossing to come here, and it was seen as too risky in terms of his personal security.
An Israeli official told the BBC that no guarantees for Mr Meshaal's safety in Gaza had been requested and none had been given.
Israel, the US and the EU consider Hamas a terrorist organisation.
Mr Meshaal also visited relatives of the Dalou family, 10 of whom were killed along with two neighbours in an Israeli air strike on Gaza City on 18 November.
Earlier, Human Rights Watch urged Israel to provide a full account of the incident, saying the man whom Israel said it had targeted, Mohammed Jamal al-Dalou, was a low-ranking police officer.
The Israeli military said the Dalou home had been a hideout for a senior "terror operative", and that civilians were never a target.
For the centrepiece of his three-day tour, Mr Meshaal is scheduled to address a rally on Saturday in Gaza City, where a stage has been set up with a replica of a type of rocket Hamas has fired into Israel.
In 2011, Mr Meshaal and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas – the Fatah leader – endorsed an Egyptian plan to reconcile the rival factions.
Although attempts to forge a Palestinian government of national unity have since stalled, Mr Meshaal told Reuters news agency ahead of his Gaza visit that "there is a new mood that allows us to achieve reconciliation".
Barring a brief visit to the West Bank in 1975, Mr Meshaal had not visited the Palestinian territories since his family left in 1967.
He survived an Israeli assassination attempt in Jordan in 1997 only after the King Hussein demanded an antidote to poison used by Israeli agents.
Mr Meshaal became Hamas's political leader in exile in 2004 when Sheikh Yassin was assassinated by Israel.


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Belize signs status of forces agreement with United Kingdom
Belizeans should not provoke armed conflict in Sarstoon, says John Saldivar
Published by BBN Staff at September 19, 2018
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According to Saldivar, earlier this year, he issued a directive to the Belize Defense Force for them to provide escort for all Belizeans who have reason to traverse the Sarstoon River.
Saldivar says that it became necessary since it had become evident that there were elements of the Guatemalan Armed Forces stationed in the area who were determined to act outside of established international protocol and interfere with the free movement of Belizeans traversing the river.
Saldivar emphasizes that this action by the GAF is illegal and a contravention of international law.
"We therefore have consistently protested these actions through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and have done so with respect to these latest incidents. However, realizing that this type of behavior by the GAF could persist we took the decision to ask Belizeans to check in with the BDF at the FOB before proceeding up the river," Saldivar explained.
Furthermore, Saldivar stated that Belizeans are asked to check in with the BDF, not in deference to the GAF, but to afford the BDF forewarning to organize proper escort up the river.
Saldivar then accuses Wil Maheia of the BTV of not following protocol and proceeding up the river, whereupon, seeing no BDF escort, the GAF seized on the opportunity to harass the group.
"At that stage it could have become volatile had the BDF then intervened. That is why before it reaches this level, the BDF prefers to provide escort from the outset," he said.
Saldivar questions Maheia's motives since he did not check in with the BDF for an escort and says that the Sarstoon Island belongs to Belize as per the 1859 Treaty.
"However, there is absolutely no need to provoke armed conflict in that area. BDF escort has proven sufficient to ensure Belizean rights in the area and we will continue to assert our rights in this manner," the statement ends.
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 Serena (Vorname), weiblicher Vorname
 Name einer Romanfigur aus den Dune-Zyklen, siehe Figuren der Dune-Zyklen #Serena Butler
 Serena (Film), US-amerikanischer Spielfilm aus dem Jahr 2014
 Serena (Lied), Lied der US-amerikanischen Rapperin Dreezy aus dem Jahr 2015
 Serena Maneesh, norwegische Rockband
 Serena Software, US-amerikanischer Softwarehersteller
 Costa Serena, ein Kreuzfahrtschiff
 Nissan Serena, ein Pkw-Modell von Nissan
 Linux Mint 18.1 Serena, Codename der Version 18.1 von Linux Mint
 Flavia Serena, Tochter des Honorius, des Bruders des römischen Kaisers Theodosius I

Serena ist der Familienname folgender Personen:
 Adelchi Serena (1895–1970), italienischer Politiker
 Aldo Serena (* 1960), italienischer Fußballspieler und Fernsehkommentator
 Carlo Serena (1882–1972), italienischer Geistlicher und päpstlicher Diplomat
 Michele Serena (* 1970), italienischer Fußballspieler
 Walter Serena (1928–2011), italienischer Radsportler

Serena ist der Name folgender Orte in den Vereinigten Staaten:
 Serena (Illinois)
 Serena (Kalifornien)
 Serena (Louisiana)
 Serena Park, Kalifornien

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Album Review: Bjork – Biophilia
Posted on October 24, 2011 by 2020k | RJ Kozain
Biophilia brings a crossroads among Icelandic sensation Bjork's fans: either stay in the semi-safe Electronic lands of "Hyperballad" or continue on the ever evolving Electronic/Organic hybrid, experimental and thought provoking recordings that Bjork has been slowly assembling and striving a bit closer toward with every new release.
On a surface level listening, Biophilia seemingly clings tight to it's experimentation often sending the listener into spirals of strange time signatures, repetitious melodic content akin to Trance (if Trance was sedated 25 beats per minute slower and transformed into an overall more organic and more unpredictable form), and lyrical musings that are packaged together in an overly artistic disc that strikes as a bit overly ambitious. It's a uniquely creative album could quite possibly be collecting dust on record store shelves, overlooked with a quick eye roll if it were to be released by an artist of any other name. In a world where we can so easily reach for the more universally renowned albums Post and Homogenic, relax to the micro-recording and detailed chill-out Vespertine, or half-and-half our way through the brilliantly composed vocal-only tracks of Medulla, it's no wonder that this October released album has separated those who would rather blare the newly re-discovered "Army Of Me" (off Post and a Skunk Anansie Remix revival from the Suckerpunch soundtrack) out of the rolled down windows of their car, than the more rigorous and stripped recordings of those included on the loosely conceptual and unorthodox musings on Biophilia.
It's a ride worth taking, but one that is disclaimed with caution and solicits patience. Any preconceived notions of the more Dance oriented, mainstream and accessible previous releases from the Icelandic artist but be void upon a first listen to Biophilia because of an overall departure of sound, a different approach to mixing, and a complete reinvention of the world that is Bjork. A world that is forever exploring different themes, different advances, and a world consisting of a consistent expansion and limit pushing forces that make up the risks that maintains an artist's creative spark.
The best description and chief icebreaker into the world of Biophilia is the song featured heaviest in the early promotional period of the record, "Cosmogony," which headlined as a song in the Solar System For iPad app and free app that comes compiled in the official Biophilia mother app (both available from the Apple App Store). Equipped with a brass section arranged by Bjork herself and transcribed for studio musicians by Matt Robertson (who played the overall musical director on Bjork's Biophilia Tour) and an accompanying choir, it's a smartly atmospheric and charmingly warm track that creates an optimistic and noble musical mood that goes hand in hand with the lyrical subject matter of The Music of Spheres (the thought that the celestial bodies have their own harmonic, mathematical, or religious bond – an inaudible musical relation of sorts). It's composition is one of the more simplistic flowing tracks of the album and one that predictably plays with the coming and going of different instrumental elements within the realm of the track. Choirs and brass sometimes stand on their own, but also come together and develop harmonies with each other to bring a sense of a unified foundation between it all. Beautifully programmed beats by Bjork and Damian Taylor provide a rhythmic space to help bring a subtle lift and new-school feel throughout the song – bringing together a meaning of past and present coming together through the creation of the universe.
Another comfort ease into Biophilia's core is the more lyrically emotional and socially relative "Virus". It's built in the same way the majority of the album is created in that it's an extremely complicated song structure, but generative in that it's forever changing, comprised of a mostly 3/4 time signature, in D flat major made up mostly of sixteenth and eight notes, filled with quick rests during the middle of phrases and complicated melodic content that seems effortlessly and seamlessly simple when presented in it's final aural form. A demonstrative feeling of the way love (whether un-reciprocated or sometimes, even reciprocated) can grab hold of another human being completely, becoming immersed within one another and creating an unhealthy environment where you become the virus that deteriorates the cell that holds the binds of love together. Eventually, the virus spreads out and takes over the entire body, in search of more hosts and is shown in an extremely clever, melodic way by having the custom built Gameleste immerse the entire mix by the tracks end and have a purposefully, overwhelmingly daunting, but beautifully broken down and cunningly crystalline appeal to it, creating the confusion and complications that love seems to have when delivering it's burdens.
Speaking of crystalline, "Crystalline," the lead single comes closest when hitting home with signature sound of organic and Electronic instrumentation Bjork has become known throughout her entire reign through the music industry thus far. The also gameleste makes it's appearance throughout the entirety of this track and creates the perfect shining, metallic, and at times anxiously moody backdrop for the song that has a double meaning of structures, tunnels, bridges, and crystals themselves growing and coming to life, compared to the humanistic emotions of overcoming anxiety to let your true self be crystalline. "It's the sparkle you become when you conquer anxiety," Bjork sings over a mind blowing, sped up, Come To Daddy-esque Aphex Twin break-beat – which utilizes one of the most common drum breaks in all of recent musical history, the Amen break (watch an interesting and noteworthy 20 minute documentary on YouTube about it here). While the Serban Ghenea Mix version of the 16-bit produced track was reviewed on our website a few months ago, the album version ends with a few alterations to the song's final break, and a lack of vocal manipulations on it's final few phrases. Again, the record is going for a more organic feel and while the drums don't pound nearly as hard in the mix on the album version of the track, it helps maintain the consistent Alternative and musically daring push Biophilia is made up of.
Part of the reason "Crystalline" doesn't pump as hard as the Serban Ghenea mixed version of the track is because the overall compression of Biophilia is light. Instead, an extreme emphasis on fader riding when recording Bjork's vocals is consistent and at times next to no compression was applied to her vocal tracks as a ways to preserve the outstanding dynamic range Bjork naturally has on her vocal performances. In fact, Damian Taylor, who mixed and recorded the bulk of Biophilia (a departure from world renowned mix engineer Mark "Spike" Stent whom has mixed Bjork records since Post) explained to Sonicscoop.com,"We wound up mixing the album together because Björk didn't want to end up in a situation where her hands were off the project and someone else starts compressing stuff and changing the whole sound. It was a running joke that anytime I tried to do anything while we were mixing she'd whack me with a stick and tell me to turn it off. She was definitely trying to keep it as raw as possible."
As raw as the album may be, it has it's times where the record plays more timid than should be. "Hollow," one of Bjork's most atmospheric songs to date ironically sounds expressionless among the midst of a recording that sounds quite rhythmically classical in it's purest sense. While it's an obvious attempt at transcribing the song sonically just as well as it originated in it's musical form, it falls flat and even suffers the wrath of a mix that relies on a significant amount on reverb to try and hollow-up the track. It's an interesting attempt and one that is respected for it's endeavor into trying, but would sound better if it were mixed in the same realms as the more ambient "Thunderbolt" or the even more atmospheric "Dark Matter" track – a song that features vocals which have no meaning to them, providing an eerie backing to a track that deals with dark matter itself and finds Bjork teaming up with long time production collaborator Mark Bell who has lent his mind to songs that display their message extremely properly ("Who Is It? (Carry My Joy on the Left, Carry My Pain on the Right) [Bell Choir Remix]" and Immature).
It's the constant melodic sequences and complexities of them all that give this album it's absolute musical charm and brilliant framework. It's the opening track "Moon" that gives Biophilia an overall radiant and killer performance of all of the elements and fragments that went into the record. It's repeated harp melodies that remain constant through the majority of the song, the scattered bass scraps and choir come together and form the foundation for one of Bjork's best and most honest sounding vocal performances on record to date. Ranging from quiet whispers, to breathy phrases, and extremely eye opening, bone chilling, and breath taking full voice expressions, it's an extremely strong and gleaming vocal delivery that more than makes up for that ugly low frequency, unwanted distortion that kicks in during one of the minimal breaks during the song.
There are also several other instances throughout the record where the album clips, most likely due to the source recording as opposed to a lack of care during the mixing and mastering process, which tend to go easy on Biophilia as a whole, save for "Sacrifice" which has a DR rating of 4 according to the TT Loudness Offline Scale.
Back to "Moon," in the same line as "Crystalline," "Moon's" lyrical content is made up of a double meaning describing lunar eclipses and equating them to starting over or commencing a new beginning all together. "The best way to start anew is to fail miserably. Fail at loving and fail at giving. Fail at creating a flow then realing the whole and kick into the start hole."
"To risk all is the end all and the beginning all" ends "Moon" and Bjork has definitely risked all on every album she's released thus far, but she keeps defying the odds and unleashing outstanding new material from album, upon album, upon album, upon album. While they become conceptually harder to understand, sonically denser, and depart further and further from the pure Electronics, sometimes the best pills are the ones that are a bit harder to swallow at first. Or better yet, it's best to take no pills at all and have this album hit you in it's raw biological form that it's meant to.
Album rating: 4/5
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Stories from the set of Still Alice
December 8th, 2014 Written by JUAN RAMIREZ | Comments Off on Stories from the set of Still Alice
The Gotham Independent Film Awards kicked off the 2014-2015 awards season last Tuesday. Julianne Moore picked up the Best Actress award for her unflinching portrayal of a Columbia University professor diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer's in Still Alice. Experts and pundits are predicting that Moore will also earn the Academy Award for the film, which was just released for a one-week awards qualifying run this weekend.
Ali Rashti, a production assistant for the film, spoke to The Art House Attic about his experience on the set of Still Alice.
A native of Montreal, Canada, Rashti's first experience in production came as an editor for the pornographic site, Brazzers and its parent company, Manwin (now known as MindGeek). At Manwin, Rashti edited original content for the web and he re-packaged previous content from the web for broadcast like Playboy TV, as well as Video on Demand. "We would bring past porn content from the web to broadcast level and sort of re-versioned it so it would be broadcast ready," he says. "Web is the wild west of broadcast. You can just cut something together and put it up. But with broadcast, there are a lot of things that you need to prepare with audio and picture and to take that extra step to make sure that it qualifies to be broadcasted on television."
Rashti worked with Manwin for about a year and then landed his first job as a production assistant on an independent Canadian film called Black Noise. The film's plot is similar to Still Alice in that it also features a lead character living with Alzheimer's. Black Noise did not receive a theatrical release due to its miniscule budget but it did have a VOD release in both Canada and the U.S. The film is also available on Itunes.
Rashti then moved to New York and one of the first jobs he landed was Still Alice. Besides Moore, the film also stars Alec Baldwin, Kirsten Stewart and Kate Bosworth. Rashti describes the experience as very humbling and also speaks fondly of the film's directors, married couple Richard Glatzer and Wash Westmoreland, whose lives now tragically mirror that of Moore's character in the film. In 2013, Glatzer was diagnosed with A.L.S., also known as Lou Gerig's disease. Rashti says that on the set of the film, Glatzer could not talk so he had to use an Ipad to communicate with Westmoreland and the crew. "It was really interesting how they were making this movie about this woman and her family going through a horrible situation and how it paralleled to their own lives," Rashti says.
In describing his job as a unit production assistant, Rashti recalls assisting in the locations of the shoot and labeling the load in and the load out for the set trucks and the crew. "You're always the first one on set in the morning and afterwards you're the last ones there waiting for everyone to clear out. You then begin to take out the signs and the trash, and there's a lot of trash on set," Rashti laughs, describing himself as a "set garbage man." Rashti also recalls some miscellaneous things like shoveling sand from a boardwalk for about three hours in order to allow the wheels on the directors' tracking camera to fit the boardwalk.
There was also a day when Rashti and other production assistants were used as extras playing students in a scene where Moore gives a lecture in a classroom. "It's a small, independent production and on that day we did not have enough extras on set," Rashti recalls. "Most of the P.A.'s have a little cameo in the film which is kinda cool," he says with a smile.
Since his work on Still Alice, Rashti has moved on to do P.A. work on a much bigger production, a comedy called The Intern starring Anne Hathaway and Robert DeNiro, which is being released next year. Rashti says that working on the set of an indie film like Still Alice, as well as a bigger, studio film like The Intern were both great experiences but for different reasons. "Shooting a studio film is a lot more comfortable. There's more at your disposal in terms of stuff like cash flow, food services and safety rides," he says. "But I feel like with the indie films, the projects tend to be more of passion projects as opposed to the studio films."
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Boyhood: the little engine that could
October 22nd, 2014 Written by JUAN RAMIREZ | Comments Off on Boyhood: the little engine that could
With a decade-spanning narrative and a featuring a new spin on the coming of age genre, Richard Linklater's Boyhood has been the breakout indie of 2014. Distributed by IFC films, Boyhood has been both a financial and critical success. Shot during a 12 year period with the same actors, it seems that the film's groundbreaking concept has captured the imagination of audiences throughout the world.
Boyhood tells the story of Mason, a six-year-old boy who by the film's conclusion is an 18-year-old young man on his way to college. The film features no gimmicks or plot twists, just simply the passage of time. It shows us how even the littlest and most insignificant moments in our childhood and our adolescence have a profound impact on who we become as young adults. Simply put, it's like no other film you will ever see.
Critics have been raving and have rewarded Boyhood with an unheard of 99 percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
Linklater and his film are now being tipped as frontrunners for the Academy Awards next year. For such a tiny indie film like Boyhood, this is huge deal. Linklater is also being singled out as a potential Best Director frontrunner. He is seemed as overdue after years of great work (Dazed and Confused, the Before Midnight trilogy). The fact that he took 12 years to finish this passion project will only add to the chorus of people saying he deserves to win.
But how will Boyhood, with its miniscule $4 million budget compete with the bigger movies for the gold come awards season? Remember, the film is being distributed by IFC films which isn't exactly known for putting down money for awards campaigns due to budget concerns. For this reason, independent studios and their films find it hard to compete for Oscars with the bigger studios.
Jonathan Rosen, an employee at the IFC center in New York City says that the film's heart will be enough to persuade voters. "This is the first film where I have seen grown men crying when they were coming out of the theatre," Rosen says. "The film's concept is so simple and it's themes so universal, that anyone can relate to it."
He's right. Whether you relate to the film through your own childhood or through having raised a child of your own, Boyhood will have you reaching for a tissue box by the time the credits start rolling