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Dr. Jason Johnson on Trump and Continued Protests
August 10, 2018 by Dr. Jason Johnson
Dr. Jason Johnson discusses Trump's attacks on NFL players that protested during the National Anthem in a preseason football game. Other panel members include Ashley Parker (The Washington Post), Jennifer Rubin (The Washington Post), Phil Rucker (The Washington Post), and host, Nicolle Wallace.
Filed Under: Jason Johnson on Television Tagged With: Black Lives Matter, Colin Kaepernick, MSNBC, NFL, pro football
Dr. Jason Johnson on Trump vs the World
Dr. Jason Johnson discusses the the rhetoric that President Trump uses to rile up his base, cut deals with international leaders, the DOJ, FBI, North Korea and the NFL. Other panel members are Ayesha Rascoe (NPR), Ginger Gibson (Reuters), and host, Chris Matthews.
Filed Under: Jason Johnson on Television Tagged With: Donald Trump, Hardball, MSNBC, NFL, North Korea, pro football
A Black Person's Guide to Happily Watching Football During the #BoycottNFL Era
October 3, 2017 by Dr. Jason Johnson
For the original article on TheRoot.com, please CLICK HERE
I spent just about all of Sunday watching football, from the early-afternoon games to the 4:30 p.m. game to that horrible night game (followed by an Insecure season finale watch party with friends—I'm #TeamDaniel). Do I feel guilty? Nah. Do I feel like the guy still taking the 503 line during the Montgomery Bus Boycott? Nope. Is my happy contribution to the Buffalo-wing-and-nachos economy a poor reflection on my "wokeness"? Not really.
Many people that I know, respect and even work with are choosing to #BoycottNFL, #NFLBlackout or #StandWithKap this season for various reasons. While they do, I'm going to be watching every game, yelling at the screen, ordering pizza and playing fantasy football, 100 percent guilt-free. And you can, too. … Here's why.
1. Boycotting the NFL is not going to get you what you want.
There are plenty of horrible things about the NFL that didn't just pop up in the last 18 months when Colin Kaepernick took a knee. Commissioner Roger Goodell's horrible, hypocritical handling of domestic abuse by players. The league's disingenuous Thank You for Smoking–type propaganda campaign to cover up the concussion issue. The league's "Make America Great Again"-hat-wearing, deplorable-pandering decision to bring back country music racist Hank Williams Jr.'s theme song for Monday Night Football. Capped off with the blackballing of Colin Kaepernick, who is still without a job when we all saw at least six starting quarterbacks on Sunday who couldn't find the end zone if it were glued to their foreheads.
All of these are serious problems, and fans have the right to voice their discontent, but the NFL boycott as it's currently constituted isn't going to fix any of them. Boycotting the entire league is not focused enough to convince any of the 32 individual franchises out there to hire Kaepernick any faster. That's like refusing to watch television until some network picks up Underground. That's not how this works. That's not how any of this works. As for the other problems, keep reading …
2. Everybody can draw a line in the sand; this isn't mine.
The NFL is like porn that everybody admits to watching. Millions of people consume it and enjoy it, and it's an essential part of the holidays (just ask Pornhub). At the same time, in order to enjoy it, you have to ignore that porn is based on rampant misogyny, racism and the exploitation of women and the poor; that it encourages substance abuse; and that porn "employees" often incur lifelong physical ailments after a very short career. Sounds a lot like football, right? Here's the thing—I'm not going to challenge you not to watch porn ('cause I know you won't) or even football, for that matter.
But if you take just the slightest peek behind the curtain of most things you consume—television, clothing, food—you'll be horrified at the racism, misogyny and abuse that takes place. If you knew half the things Coca-Cola has done, you'd spit out your Dasani. You can literally throw a ball at almost any corporate entity in America and scream in your best Ash "I choose you" voice, and you'd find something worth boycotting for good reason. I'm not mad at you, either; I'm just not choosing football.
3. Hate the game, not the player.
A few weeks ago, millions of black folks got together and watched Floyd Mayweather—a horrible, barely literate, millionaire woman-beating ex-convict—beat the Lucky Charms out of Conor McGregor, a horrible, racist brute from Ireland. Mayweather made over $250 million after a 25-minute "fight." You can dislike Mayweather (as most decent people do) and you could still root for him to beat down a racist interloper like McGregor. Watching Mayweather pummel McGregor was like post-Charlottesville, Va., catharsis for black America.
The same applies to the NFL. I will continue to complain about racist announcers, self-loathing Negroes who bojangle for network executives by attacking Kaepernick (I see you, Michael Vick, and you should be ashamed) and the despicable right-wing politics of most NFL franchise owners. At the same time, I can root for great players like Seattle Seahawks defensive end Michael Bennett and remember that every time he sacks Tom Brady, a black angel gets its wings.
I can root for Steelers coach Mike Tomlin and feel immense joy that with every win, he drives those downtown Pittsburgh Yinzers crazy. I even support flawed-but-sincere players like Panthers quarterback Cam Newton, whose million-dollar smile and philanthropy cause more white tears than a Michelle Obama Glamour cover. I support black excellence even when it is performing in an overall oppressive system, like Simone Biles at the horrible Olympics, LeBron James in the racist NBA or any of my friends who work at Fox News.
4. Football is family time, whether you have one or not.
When you're a grown-up, work, travel, kids, spouses, significant others and everything else associated with "adulting" can make it really difficult to get everybody together in one place. Football, for one glorious day out of each week from September to February's Super Bowl, is one of the few collective activities where everyone can get together that is also much cheaper than a wedding and less depressing than a funeral. More power to folks out there boycotting the NFL, who are dedicating those now suddenly open nine hours to volunteering, working out, learning a new language and realizing there's a Sunday farmers market across the street from their house. As for me, I'm on the couch with friends checking fantasy-football stats.
Across the board, I'm a fan of protesting—Occupy Wall Street, tear down Confederate monuments, the Rent Is Too Damn High, the NFL; whatever motivates you; do you. I also don't feel that my $300 NFL Sunday Ticketpurchase is a litmus test for my commitment to black lives or women's equality or head-trauma victims.
Do the problems with the NFL make me less enthusiastic about the games this year? Of course they do; the ratings and even sports analysts have all noted that the league has taken a well-deserved hit in fan enthusiasm. Maybe that will lead to some major structural changes, but I doubt it. Either way, to all my boycotting friends and colleagues, don't make any major plans with me on Sunday for the next couple of months, and when we catch up this February, I fully expect you to have stopped drinking soda, learned Chinese and cleaned all that smut off your web browser.
Filed Under: Jason Johnson Weekly Column Tagged With: Black Lives Matter, NFL, pro football
The #Boycott NFL Era
The 2017 NFL season has begun with protests: from the players, fans, owners and the President of the USA. See the series of videos here featuring Dr. Jason Johnson, Pam Oliver, Katan Dawson, and former NFL Coach Ray Sherman.
Prior videos include the Jemele Hill controversy, and how President Trump focuses on NFL amidst Hurricane relief and other political plunders during the beginning of this NFL season and can be seen here.
Filed Under: Jason Johnson on Television Tagged With: Black Lives Matter, Jemele Hill, NFL, pro football
The Root: The Woke Guide to the #SuperBowl: If You're Rooting for the New England Patriots, You're Rooting for Trump
February 3, 2017 by Dr. Jason Johnson
The two weeks between the NFL playoffs and the Super Bowl are usually incredibly boring. The same interviews, the same analysis for a game that Vegas picked correctly a month ago. But thanks to Donald Trump, this year it's different.
After decades of adhering to the "stick to sports" mantra, sports fans, pundits and especially sports journalists have finally acknowledged that sports are political, sports are a reflection of our values, and this Sunday's football game is the most politically laden Super Bowl in decades. You can root for a close game, you can root for your gambling interests, but know this: If you root for the New England Patriots over the Atlanta Falcons, you are giving unmitigated unwavering support to Donald Trump.
This is not some tongue-in-cheek rant against the New England Patriots. This is an acknowledgment that sports are political, and rooting for the team this year has political significance. The admonishment from fans and some sports pundits that sports are entertainment and politics is serious business and that the two should be separate is a lie. Sports have always been political in America, especially for black people.
President Trump chose a white supremacist and terrorist sympathizer as his chief of staff and a National Security Council member. He refused to mention Jews on Holocaust Remembrance Day. Last week he instituted a "Muslim ban" written by a white supremacist. Seattle Seahawks quarterback (and Ciara's "come up" husband) Russell Wilson spoke out against the ban. Golden State Warriors and San Antonio Spurs coaches Steve Kerr and Gregg Popovich, respectively, have spoken out about the ban and other Trump policies.
ESPN's resident Stacey Dash impersonator, Sage Steele, went concern-trolling on Instagram that Muslim-ban protests at LAX might delay a sick child getting to the hospital. ( I guess sick kids don't matter during championship parades that clog streets, though, right?) Two of the most influential sports voices, King James and Sir Charles, on the left and right respectively, also went at it this week. Bobby Fischer couldn't have executed a better king-takes-knight move than LeBron did, but in ethering Charles Barkley, LeBron James also displayed the fault lines between the old and new NBA players' public roles.
Simmering in the background of all of these stories is New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady's unwavering support for President Donald Trump. A story that has been touched upon by great sportswriters like Dave Zirin but that major outlets like ESPN, FS1 and NBC have assiduously tried to avoid.
The fact that so many athletes have spoken out against Trump and his most recent policies, but Brady gets a relative pass for his stance, is telling. It's a reflection of the false sports-vs.-politics narrative that only exists for white people who can afford, either mentally or financially, to pretend that multibillion-dollar industries that rely almost exclusively on black and brown bodies for profit are somehow a quirk of nature and not a result of hundreds of years of racial politics and policies. Athletes influence and are influenced by policy, so when an athlete or coaching staff advocates for political leaders, it should matter.
From the earliest times in American sports, wonderfully detailed in William C. Rhoden's Forty Million Dollar Slaves: The Rise, Fall, and Redemption of the Black Athlete, there have been politics surrounding athletics, especially for black people. Immigration laws are twisted to allow athletes in to play sports while refugees from nations we are bombing are blocked. Black parents are arrested for trying to get their kids into better schools, but boundaries are bent to let black high school athletes attend elite prep schools.
The same criminal-justice system that is indifferent to the destruction of innocent black bodies at the hands of police will contort itself to protect black men accused of gun violence, rape and abuse so long as they can catch a football or hit a 3-point shot. Sports journalism itself is a distinctly political enterprise. Does anyone really believe that the "crouching black conservative, hidden white moderate" politics of the Stephen A. Smith-Max Kellerman, Skip Bayless-Shannon Sharpe, Ernie Johnson-Charles Barkley types of shows are an accident?
All of which brings us to this Sunday's game and the Patriots' triumvirate of power: Brady, coach Bill Belichick and owner Robert Kraft.
If you root for the Patriots, you're rooting for Brady and you're rooting for Trump to brag and take credit for his political ally and friend's win during his first year as president. Trump is desperate for a win and notorious for taking credit for the accomplishments of anyone associated with him.
Brady isn't just a Republican; he's a right-wing reactionary. He skipped meeting President Barack Obama when the Patriots won the Super Bowl in 2015, a move employed by the most right-wing and likely racist athletes across various leagues. He endorsed Trump during the election of 2016. It wasn't an accident that Brady just happened to have a "Make America Great Again" hat, turned to face the cameras, at his locker for an interview he knew was happening; it was an endorsement. If he disagreed with Trump's policies as president, he could say so (his wife did). But he won't because he doesn't. Belichick and Kraft are on the Trump train, too.
The Patriots' roster is 66 percent African American (league average is about 70 percent), yet the Patriots have featured the largest number of starting white receivers and running backs of any team in the league in the last decade—Julian Edelman, Danny Amendola, Wes Welker, Danny Woodhead, just to name a few. There is nothing inherently wrong with this, but Belichick is a genius—he could win with anybody—so why go out of his way to pick so many white athletes in offensive-skill positions when most other teams have none? Belichick is making a point about team "culture" and composition. He wants a white team, which isn't a far cry from the Trump administration's desire to create a mostly white Cabinet and government if they can get away with it.
Don't pretend for a minute that the whiteness of the New England Patriots isn't noticed and isn't a selling point for a select set of fans (the NBA tried it for years). The sports world's Uncle Ruckus on SlimFast, Jason Whitlock, exhorts teams to "whiten up" like New England to be successful, so it shouldn't be a surprise that Brady and the Patriots are deemed the "Great White Hope" by white nationalist sports fans.
Sports matter, and sports are political in America. Whether it's the Miracle on Ice or teams protesting Donald Sterling or hosting veterans at games, who you root for and what they stand for matters. Under a president who brags about bigotry and a team whose leaders openly associate with him, there is no separation of your values from who you root for this Sunday. This weekend, as you sit down to watch the Super Bowl, show that you care about this country, democracy, decency and diversity. Watch the Super Bowl as an American, not as a Patriot.
Filed Under: Jason Johnson Weekly Column Tagged With: 40 Million Dollar Slaves, Atlanta Falcons, Barack Obama, Bill Belichick, Donald Trump, football, New England Patriots, NFL, pro football, Robert Kraft, Sage Steele, Super Bowl, Super Bowl LI, Tom Brady, who will win the Super Bowl

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And now we present a boring interview with a big-time rock star: Scott Weiland of Velvet Revolver
Garrett Kamps • 04/06/2005 4:00 am
Velvet Revolver is a supergroup featuring ex-members of Guns N' Roses — guitarist Slash, bassist Duff McKagan, and drummer Matt Sorum — and fronted by former Stone Temple Pilots vocalist Scott Weiland. The band brings its testosterone-dripping bar rock to the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium on Tuesday, April 19 (go to www.anotherplanetent.com for the skinny). What follows is an interview with Weiland, who was kind enough to take 20 minutes out of his very busy schedule to talk about our shared hometown and alma mater, although not about Axl Rose or the time he spent in rehab or the fact that Slash had his famous top hat stolen at the 2005 Grammy Awards, which was reportedly something of a tragedy. Enjoy!
Garrett Kamps: You and I happen to be from the same town of Huntington Beach, California, and we both went to Edison High School.
Scott Weiland: Oh, really?
GK: Yeah. So I figure that anyone can read all about Scott Weiland and Velvet Revolver in every other magazine. I'm gonna ask you about Edison High School.
SW: OK.
GK: First question is, were you in a band at Edison?
SW: Yeah. Well, not in the Edison Band. I was in a band called [indecipherable].
GK: What's that?
SW: My first band that I performed just before my — actually I just turned 16 years old, and had formed it with my high school best friend who was a guitar player, and we had a guy I knew who was my first girlfriend — her best friend — her best friend's boyfriend was a drummer. So the two of us — my best friend who was a guitar player and this new cat who was a drummer — we formed the foundation of our, of this band, and that band became … [phone cuts out].
GK: Hello?
SW: Yeah.
[Awkward silence.]
GK: Did you play in the Battle of the Bands at Edison?
SW: I guess we played in, what do you call that, the open air round —
GK: The bowl?
SW: Yeah, the bowl. I don't know if it was a Battle of the Bands, but we played at lunchtime.
GK: That's awesome. You and I have played on the same stage in different bands.
SW: Really? We shared a stage.
GK: What about Huntington Beach growing up? What was your favorite part of Huntington Beach and what is your least favorite part?
SW: Well, I'll tell ya, my best memory of Huntington Beach was when I first moved from a small town outside of Cleveland, Ohio. And that was about two months before my freshman year. I came out, it was almost the end of summertime, and I was still playing football at that time. I was always one of those people who was really into sports and really into arts. And I'm still that way. I still love sports and I'm still completely into all of the art forms. I'm just not one of those people who believes you have to commit to one or the other. But that always made it difficult to align with one sect of friends as well, because I didn't fit with the jocks and I didn't fit with the freaks either. So I never was with one particular group of people. My group of friends — we were kind of outsiders because we weren't with one particular clique, we just had our own little outsider clan. And, uh, that's kind of the way we liked it. I've never had a lot of friends, I've just had a small handful of good friends. But the memory that I have was — you know, coming from a small little town, which was very conservative, very Midwest, very preppy, the kind of town where no one locks their doors at night, no one locks their doors when they leave for work, and all the good kids — nobody had sex. I guess there was a little bit of first- and second-base action going on, but nobody was smoking weed and hardly anybody was even drinking. Me and my friends were already getting into sneaking the liquor from the cabinet thing, but it just was very conservative. And all of a sudden I move to Huntington Beach, and it was a free-for-all. All the friends that I started making right off the bat that were guys on the football team, there were also — 'cause I wanted to — I already surfed 'cause my father, my actual father, lived in Northern California, that's where I was born and I spent my summers in Northern California, learned how to surf in Santa Cruz with my dad, and so as soon as we moved to Huntington Beach, the first thing I did was get a board. And the guys on the football team who leaned a little to the left, those guys also surfed and they also smoked weed and so they sort of initiated me fairly quickly, and all of a sudden I was, you know, whisked right into the Southern California beach culture. And that was right around the time that, right as school was starting, and that movie Fast Times at Ridgemont High came out. And I couldn't believe it. That movie … uh … typlified [sic] … that movie was like … it seems like fact to me. It, it, when I went and saw it with a group of my friends, it seemed exactly like the school that I went to. It seemed like Edison High School, it seemed like Huntington Beach. So I related to that. It was just a whole different culture. It was a lot faster. I remember as soon as the weekends would come there were multiple parties and everyone would ride their Schwinn cruisers from party to party, just a whole different lifestyle. So I guess those are my fondest memories of going to high school in Huntington Beach. I was pretty innocent back then, though.
GK: Did you ever go to Pizza D'Oro, the restaurant?
SW: Oh, hell yeah.
GK: All-you-can-eat lasagna and spaghetti?
SW: Yeah, yeah.
GK: What year did you graduate?
SW: 1986.
GK: Did you have a favorite teacher from Edison?
SW: Yeah, it would be Mr. Otie, my choir teacher. You know I was in the madrigal ensemble as well?
GK: No way.
[At this point Weiland goes into a long story about trying to quit the wrestling and football teams to focus on music, a decision of which his coaches did not approve. I enjoyed the story, but it was too long. And so let us close this piece with one of the most winning things I've ever heard a multimillionaire rock star say:]
SW: But what they said was, "You're going to wrestle." And I said, "Listen, I'm not going to. I'm going to concentrate on music. I'm in the madrigal ensemble, we have over 100 concerts a year, and I have my band, and I also have to get good grades."
Tags: Column, Edison High School, Huntington Beach, Scott Weiland, Slash (Musician)
The Personal is Political for Destroy Boys
By Bill Kopp
Bob Mould Wears 'Blue Hearts' on His Sleeve
Sugar Candy Mountain Makes a Good 'Impression'
Boy Scouts Drops New Album, 'Wayfinder'
By Will Reisman


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Raymond Poincaré
Biography of Raymond Poincaré
Raymond Poincaré (1860-1934) was the first person from overseas to be elected Rector of the University. He held the office from 1914 until 1919.
Poincaré was a former Prime Minister who had been elected President of France in 1913. After his country and Britain went to war with Germany in August 1914, the political clubs at the University agreed to issue a joint invitation to him to stand unopposed for the rector's office, as a gesture to "the close bond of union between France and Great Britain". The candidates who had previously been nominated to stand in the election agreed to withdraw.
In November 1919, the students greeted Poincaré with a spirited rendition of the Marseillaise as he entered St Andrew's Hall to deliver his rectorial address. During the ceremony he was awarded an honorary LLD. He delivered an emotional speech on a day close to the first anniversary of the Armistice, referring to the "auld alliance" and to the sacrifices made by Scottish men and women who fought in France during the war. Afterwards, he was presented with the freedom of the city of Glasgow.
Born 20 August 1860, France.
Died 15 October 1934.
University Link: Honorary Graduate, Rector
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Occupation categories: politicians
Record last updated: 28th May 2012
Rector,
Rector, 1914-1919


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The Ministry of Education, Sports and Culture has renewed its commitment to encourage parents to place emphasis on early childhood education.
The call comes after a nation-wide survey found only 30 percent of children from three to five years of age in Samoa are enrolled in early childhood education.
The results and key findings for the Samoa Early Childhood Education survey were revealed during a press conference organised by the Ministry.
Chief Executive Officer, Afamasaga Dr. Karoline Fuatai, said a number of factors contribute to the low number of students attending early childhood education. Some of them live far away from the centres, she said.
"Secondly, parents are too busy to have time to take these kids to school," she said.
"The other reason is how we always think that early childhood education is not important.
Parents play a vital role in changing the figures.
"There are many countries in this world that do prioritize this matter and that's exactly what our government is aiming to do," she said.
"Its good to have the childrens' minds developed at an early age and that will continue on as a working progress when they reach primary school, secondary school and university.
She added: "It all comes down to the parents and what they decide, depending on how much they want their children to go to school.
M.E.S.C Assistant Chief Executive Officer, Ma'ina Maaola Field, agrees.
And yet learning between the age of 3 and 5 is critical for a child's development, she said.
Ma'ina Field also spoke of numeracy findings for their survey in Savaii, Upolu and Manono.
"In Savaii alone, the number of children being interviewed was 2,862. From that total, 40.7% of children in school at the time the research were being conducted. 3.8% have attended schools then they just didn't show up anymore and 50.5% have never been taken to an early childhood education.
"For Upolu and Manono altogether, there were 9,424 children being interviewed. 33.9% were in school at the time of the survey and 2.6% have attended and then just stopped. 63.6% of children in Upolu have never been taken to any pre-schools.
Another Assistant Chief Executive Officer, Leota Valma Galuvao, said early childhood education begins from home.
"Another reason why there are a small number of kids with an early education that has been shown from this survey, is due to the environment or the kids surroundings.
"The point here is not just initiating early education in Samoa but one of the most important part starts from the child's family life.
"The home environment that a child grows up in, it is very important because before the time a child starts with school life, family is where this child is being taught first.


If you're an entrepreneur who's DIY-ing an agreement with another party, you should always make sure that you have consideration for the agreement.
In simple terms, consideration is something you give, or give up, or promise to do in exchange from the thing or things the other party is giving, giving up, or promising in the agreement. For example, if you sign a contract to purchase raw materials for your product from a supplier, the supplier is promising to deliver the materials stated in the agreement; the consideration is the money you pay for those supplies (or the promise that you'll pay the money). However, consideration can be anything; let's go back to the previous example of the purchase agreement with the supplier, but this time you have a cause of action to sue the supplier — instead of paying cash for the raw materials, you agree not to sue the supplier. Your forbearance of your legal right to sue the supplier serves as the consideration for the purchase agreement.
In most agreements that a startup will sign, the consideration is built-in; obviously you are going to "pay" something for the things you get for your company, as you will insist on "getting paid" for the things you do for others. However, entrepreneurs sometimes miss the fact that there is no consideration for their agreement; this often occurs in agreements between the startup and a party with which it already has a relationship. The usual scenario is where a startup owner asks his or her employers — already employed by the company — to sign a non-disclosure agreement. Generally, without some sort of consideration, the agreement is unenforceable. In most states, mere continued employment-at-will is insufficient to serve as consideration (though there are a few exception); however, a pay raise, promotion, or even expanded duties that include access to confidential information (necessitating the NDA) may serve as sufficient consideration. Another usual scenario where consideration is missed is amending an existing agreement. In general, with the exception of sales or leases of goods, separate consideration is necessary to amend an agreement — and again, different states have local exceptions.
When you're signing or amending an agreement, you need to ensure that your agreement has consideration or that the local laws don't require it.


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Inhale/Exhale
CD/LP+7"/PICTURE DISC
• Relapse Records, USA (CD)
• Distortion Records, Sweden (LP+7" EP)
• Vinyl Maniacs/GMR (PIC-LP)
• Recorded at Soundlab Studios, Örebro, Sweden December 1997-January 1998 by Mieszko Talarczyk, Mathias Färm, Anders Jakobson and Per Lindberg.
• Mixed by Mieszko Talarczyk and Anders Jakobson.
• Edited and premastered by Dan Swanö and Mieszko Talarczyk at The Sanctuary, Örebro, Sweden.
• Mastered at Sonorous Mastering, Tempe (AZ), USA February 1998 by Dave Shirk and Bill Yurkiewicz.
Mieszko Talarczyk - guitar, bass and vocals
Anders Jakobson - drums and low vocals
"Inhale/Exhale" was recorded on Unisound's old 16 track tape recorder. Soundlab Studios was then located in a small basement next door to a Chinese restaurant's kitchen. It always smelled of old food and garbage and the corridors to the studio really felt like a level of "Doom" or "Quake".
I actually don't remember much of the recording other than I once sang until I spat blood. The first indication that vocals might not be my thing...
About the title...
I feel in love with the word "exhale" after seeing the movie title "Waiting to exhale", a movie staring Whitney Houston that I haven't seen. The word was cool and combined with "inhale" it became a good phrase. I thought the idea of having a title with a slash (/) in it was quite original so we had it that way. Many people asked me if "Inhale/Exhale" was a concept album. It wasn't but the title kind of sums up the themes on the album.
About the cover...
I got the cover picture from a friend of mine as I was looking for something to use for a cover to a demotape Mieszko and I did with out one time death metal band Bloodshed. The picture was all wrong for that project but 100% a Nasum cover. So I kept the small paper clipping (just a little bit larger than an average cassette box) for future use.
When we started talking to Relapse I told them that we had a good cover and I made a quick montage in Photoshop adding the logo and our then suggested title "Hear the screams from the dying race", and sent it to them. But when we did the cover with our friend Robert Ahlborg we got cold feet because we figured that it was a famous photo by some hot shot and we didn't wanna get in trouble.
So we did another cover and sent it to Relapse. I then got a call from Matt Jacobsen asking me: "Where are all the gasmasks?". I told him about our cold feet and he said that they would take the risk. So I sent him the picture and another small picture that ended up on the CD print. The "Venice picture" Relapse found in a book. The cover turned out excellent and the gasmasks became a gimmick for Nasum.
About the vinyl versions...
Again I don't remember all the details but I guess we decided to have a bonus 7" with only covers coming with the LP before we started recording the album. The covers were personal favorites that we'd been inspired by. Maybe some odd choices like the Refused and Propagandhi songs, but in my opinion a good track is a good track. I must also mention that members from all bands except S.O.B. has gotten in touch with us and given us thumbs up for our versions.
The LP was released by Relapse in collaboration with Sweden's Distortion records on yellow vinyl. A second edition on black vinyl was also issued.
The picture disc was made by Sweden's Vinyl Maniacs/GMR in 2005 when they released the first three albums on this format.
"Untitled" Cover 7" EP, bonus with the "Inhale/Exhale" LP
• Read track by track commentaries
1. This Is...
2. The Masked Face
3. Digging In
4. Time To Act!
5. Disdain And Contempt
6. I See Lies
7. Inhale/Exhale
8. Too Naked To Distort
9. There's No Escape
10. The Rest Is Over
11. Disappointed
12. Lägg Om!
13. You're Obsolete
14. Tested
15. Shapeshifter
16. Feed Them, Kill Them, Skin Them
17. When Science Fails
18. Closing In
19. The World That You Made
20. The System Has Failed Again
21. For What Cause?
22. Fullmatad
23. Screwed
24. Shaping The End
25. The New Firing-Squad
26. No Sign Of Improvement
27. My Philosophy
28. I'm Not Silent
29. The Breathing Furnace
30. Information Is Free
31. Burning Inside
32. A Request For Guidance
33. Grey
34. Worldcraft
35. It's Never Too Late
36. Du Är Bevakad
37. Blinded
38. Can De Lach
Songs on the bonus 7" EP:
39. Bullshit Tradition (Drop Dead cover)
40. The Real (Refused cover)
41. Device (S.O.B. cover)
42. Rio De San Atlanta, Manitoba (Propagandhi cover)


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BroadLight Continues 3rd Generation of PON System Deployment Success With Denali DDR Memory System Solution
Databahn DDR Controller IP Speeds Production of High-Performance Networking Applications
PALO ALTO, Calif. -- May 16, 2007 -- Denali Software, Inc., a world-leading provider of electronic design automation (EDA) software and intellectual property (IP), today announced that BroadLight, a leading supplier of GPON semiconductors and software, has successfully used Databahn(TM) DDR memory controller IP for use in a wide range of end product designs, including high-speed networking applications. Denali's Databahn solutions aid BroadLight's developers to quickly design and verify DDR memory systems that meet or exceed OEM high-speed PON design requirements and time-to-market windows.
"Memory bandwidth is a significant bottleneck in today's high-performance networking applications," Igor Elkanovich, VP of VLSI at BroadLight. "Denali's expertise in memory system design and verification has been instrumental to our market leadership and has allowed our designers to rapidly address customer design requirements and networking applications, achieving over 40 GPON worldwide design wins and delivery of several GPON products to our customers."
The Databahn product provides a comprehensive IP solution with configurability for a given customer application. Denali's Databahn DDR memory controllers offer a powerful, multi-port solution with configurable features and functionality to satisfy system performance requirements in terms of bandwidth, latency, and power reduction.
"Today's SoCs require specialized DDR memory systems that must address power, performance, and time-to-market," said Brian Gardner, vice president of IP products for Denali. "Our Databahn DDR controller is a market-proven solution that offers a range of programmability and configurability to address application specific performance. We are pleased to work with BroadLight and participate in making their customers successful."
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With over 210 design wins and 83 chips in production silicon, Databahn is the industry leading IP solution for DDR memory systems. Databahn DDR controllers ensure interoperability with all the latest high-speed memory technologies as the configuration process is tightly integrated with Denali's database of memory component specifications, including all the latest SDRAM, DDR1, DDR2, GDDR3, and mobile DDR devices from all major memory vendors. Deliverables include: RTL and synthesis scripts, silicon-independent DDR PHY, verification testbench, static timing analysis (STA) scripts, programmable register settings, and documentation. Databahn controllers are compliant with all the latest memory devices, and are silicon-proven in over 18 process nodes. For the latest Databahn DDR memory solutions information, visit: www.denali.com/products/dram.
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BroadLight delivers the industry's only end-to-end (E2E) solution (from the customer premises to the central office) for equipment vendors designing ITU-T compliant passive optical network (PON) systems. The company's completely integrated product line consists of standards-based communication semiconductors and software solutions that enable its customers to deliver BPON and GPON equipment to carriers and services providers worldwide. This E2E solution provides customers with a lower risk development cycle and enables them to significantly speed time-to-market. As a result, BroadLight technology has been adopted by leading manufacturers who are currently providing equipment for the some of the world's largest fiber PON roll-outs.
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Denali Software, Inc. is a world-leading provider of electronic design automation (EDA) software and intellectual property (IP) for system-on-chip (SoC) design and verification. Denali delivers the industry's most trusted solutions for deploying PCI Express, NAND Flash and DDR DRAM subsystems. Developers use Denali's EDA, IP and services to reduce risk and speed time-to-market for electronic system and chip design. Denali is headquartered in Palo Alto, California and has offices around the world to serve the global electronics industry. More information about Denali, its products and services is available at www.denali.com.
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Looking for First Birthday Planner? Have your baby's First Birthday Parties coming up? Are you confused about how to go about it's planning? You will certainly get a lot of information and ideas here.
The very first thing you need to do while planning first birthdays is finalizing the guest-list and booking a suitable venue. Make sure the venue you book allows you to get the theme decorations done . Some properties object and hence there's no fun celebration without getting a theme decoration done.
The second thing while planning the first birthdays is selecting a theme. We make that easy for you by showing you a lot of birthday theme options. We have a lot of different themes for boys as well as girls. There are special first birthday themes also. Your invites, decoration, cake, games and return gifts would revolve around the theme you chose for your baby's birthday.
After you have hired a birthday planner, you need to relax and let us do the rest for you. Some of the famous first birthday themes are Disney theme, water world, jungle theme, barbie world, pink theme, blue theme and super heroes theme. The must have games on first birthdays are ball pool, bouncy, a tattoo artist, balloon shooting and dart. You can also keep some entertainment for adults like having a tarot reader, a caricature artist, games coordinator who engages theme in a lot of fun and black magic which interests them. Now, after discussing on decor and games, we come on the cake table section. In this we give a designer theme based cake, theme masks, caps, hooters, khoi bag, loot bags with attractive fillings, theme based cup cakes and tissues.
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So, here's the scenario. It's over half way through the growing season and you're looking over your garden with the pride and adoration that comes from all the hard work you put into it. You lovingly and painstakingly planned and planted, then lovingly and painstakingly pulled weeds with an aching back. After all that hard work, your eyes settle on the bell pepper near the back of the garden. It's produced next to nothing and has only a few flowers in bloom.With a slight feeling of defeat, you decide to go to your local garden supply center and purchase a liquid nutrient supplement that is high in phosphorus and low in nitrogen. You return home, use the fertilizer according to the application rates listed on the bottle and then you declare victory! But is it truly a victory? Or is it just compensating for something that your soil is lacking?
By using thoughtful soil management practices, a gardener can greatly reduce the need for supplemental nutrient assistance in a safe and natural way. It is common knowledge that liquid nutrient applications, though fast acting, can have unintended and relatively unseen ill effects on the soil. Liquid fertilizers can leave behind small amounts of nutrients and elements in the soil that cannot be absorbed by the plants. Through time, these elements can build up and destroy the bacterial/microbial balance of the soil. They can also leach down through the topsoil and into our ground water causing higher levels of heavy metals. However, all of this can be avoided by creating a nutrient and microbial rich soil that can support the plant through all stages of its life. By adding various amendments (many of which are organic), you can help preserve the natural health of your soil while, at the same time, increasing your yields.
Before I do a rundown of different soil amendments, I must clarify something first. Soil amendments are usually added for 1 of 2 reasons.
To improve the 'tilth' (drainage, consistency, etc…).
Sometimes applying a material intended to improve 'tilth' can affect fertilization and vice versa. For this essay, I want to focus on the amendments that improve the fertility of the soil.
They are quite possibly the best organic soil amendment available today. Castings are a microbial rich and naturally fine form of humus, which is always a part of good soils. Humus is organic matter that has been broken down molecularly, making the nutrients readily available to the plants roots. In this case, items, like grass clippings and food waste, move through the worm's digestive system and are broken down. Most earthworm castings have an NPK of 1-0-0 and many have small amounts of calcium and magnesium along with other trace elements.
However, what makes earthworm casting stand out is the fact that the form the nutrients are in is one that is easily up taken by the plant. In turn, this makes the fertilizer longer lasting with less waste because the plant will only use it when it is needed. Another benefit of using earthworm casting is there are almost always tiny baby worms, which are nearly invisible contained in it. The worms will grow up in your soil and continue working long after your initial application.
Kelp meal is a dried seaweed product that is rich in minerals and essential nutrients. Most kelp meal is harvested from the cold waters of the North Atlantic and is organic as well as renewable. Kelp meal also acts as an excellent bio-activator. So, when it is added to the soil, it will help to break down other organic materials quickly and then the nutrients they posses can be easily utilized by the plant. Many people add kelp meal to their home compost piles to assist in the decomposition of grass clippings, leaves and kitchen waste.
As the name implies, bone meal is made from the bones of many different kinds of animals. The bones are ground up, steamed at high heat and dried. Now, that's what I call using the whole animal! Once again, the importance of a humus, rich soil comes into play. The bone meal is broken down on a molecular level by the bacteria in the humus. Bone meal is an excellent source of organic calcium and phosphorus, which will encourage more blooms and better fruit set. It has also been found to help mend soils with heavy metal contamination (Mark Hodson & Eva Valsami – Jones 1999).
Compost works wonders to rejuvenate your soil and give it new life. Good compost is rich in beneficial micro organisms that work to break down organic materials in the soil. When the organic material breaks down completely, it becomes humus, which is great for fertility and the suppression of disease in the soil. There are many different kinds of compost and some can be made at home. Types of compost that can be made at home include: manure, mushroom, leaf and lawn clippings. It can even be made with the fruit and vegetable scraps from your kitchen. Different types of composts can be mixed together, and mixed with other soil amendments, without worry.


Is there any other moment in time quite as surreal as the ride to the hospital when you're in labor? Any other moment where you can feel so many emotions in the span of a 20-minute journey? Doubtful.
It's the last car ride you'll ever take as someone who's childless (or as a mom of however many kids you have at the time), and there's no denying it: It's an emotional rollercoaster if there ever was one. Here are nine thoughts moms have on the way to the hospital. Sit tight. Speed bumps ahead!
1. OMG, this is it! Finally … finally! After months of wondering when and how it was going to happen, it's go time. No more Googling what contractions feel like, no more guessing your due date and trying to induce labor with various internet tricks, no more trying to arrange anything and everything to coincide perfectly with your delivery. This. Is. It! And thank goodness, because it was starting to feel like it was never going to happen. (See: Last trimester of pregnancy = an eternity.) So exciting!
2. OMG, this is it! "Wait a minute," you may find yourself thinking on the drive. "Do I actually know how to, you know, take care of a baby? Did I retain anything I read in all those baby books? I was so tired when I was reading them! I really should have paid better attention. I can't believe they're actually going to let me leave here with a newborn. It almost seems illegal!" Cue the fear and the mom guilt!
3. Did I bring my camera? Insurance card? Phone charger? Phone?! You may have packed and re-packed your hospital bag 101 times, but it's inevitable that you'll worry that you forgot something important when the big day is here. Spoiler alert 1: You didn't. Spoiler alert 2: Even if you did, it wouldn't matter. You'd figure it out. And hey, look at that, your very first parenting lesson!
4. What if we get lost? Sure, you went on the hospital tour, but you were so excited, you barely paid attention on the way there. That's the reason you don't remember seeing a 7-11 last time around. And anyway, let your partner worry about navigation. You've got bigger fish to fry.
5. What if I wind up having the baby in the car? If you haven't had this thought at some point during your pregnancy, you probably will now! We've all read stories about women having twins on the side of the interstate and thought, "OMG! What if that happens to me?!" If your water's already broken or your contractions are getting stronger or your partner is doing what feels like a casual Sunday drive, you may start to wonder whether or not you're going to make it to the hospital. But don't worry, you more than likely will. The odds of you becoming a viral sensation are pretty slim — even if it feels like you'll never get there.
6. Oh no! I don't remember where we're supposed to go when we get there! Did you take the hospital tour? Of course! But do you remember what parking lot you're supposed to park in? No! Do you remember which building the maternity ward is in? No! Ack, and there were so many elevators and corridors there! What if you wind up giving birth in Cardiology or the Trauma Center?!
7. I can't do this! With the impending arrival of a baby, it's only natural to think to yourself that you just aren't up to the task. Nope. Not you. You're on the fence about whether or not you're fit to parent, but giving birth? No way. Get back up in there, baby! Not ready for you yet.
8. I've totally got this! Luckily, though, the self-doubt is often fleeting. While you might be nervous when you finally do pull up to the hospital, it's likely that a surge of adrenaline will take over. Those mom superpowers that have been lying dormant will spring to action, and you'll think to yourself, "I totally can do this!" And you know what? You can!
9. Well, here goes nothing! After you park the car (in the right place) and head to exactly where you're supposed to be in the hospital, you and your partner will turn to each other with a look that says, "Here goes nothing!"
Here goes nothing, indeed. Look out world, you're about to have a baby!
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Vashawn Mitchell is ready to release his new album, Created 4 This, on 8/28. The newcomer who is best known for his song, Nobody Greater Than You, has another hit on his hands. Take a listen to the album now, then order it.


Films of soap with complex shapes can be used to model and understand mathematical singularities across a range of fields.
In mathematical terms, a singularity is the point at which any given mathematical object -- such as an equation or surface -- breaks down and "explodes", no longer defined. Sometimes this can mean becoming a separate form -- predictable in theoretical situations, but not necessarily in nature, where singularities can occur in such phenomena as solar flares and ocean waves.
Using films of soap, however, may help change this.
According to a new study, identifying a type of curve in a film of soap can help predict where singularities are likely to occur in other films of soap -- which, in turn, could help researchers understand real-world natural singularities.
Researchers at the University of Cambridge in the UK have shown that the way in which films of soap stretch, collapse, and re-form may be able to help predict singularities that occur in nature.
A film of soap is created by dipping a looped wire into a soap solution. These are "minimal surfaces" -- they always have the smallest area of all possible shapes that could span the frame. The loop itself is the simplest of all shapes -- but, by using different wire configurations, more complex shapes can be achieved, such as Mobius strips.
When the shape of the supporting wire is changed, this destabilises the surface of the bubble. This occurs in just a fraction of a second, during which time the film forms a new shape. The team had previously determined that a Mobius strip singularity occurred at the wire frame, where the surface would rearrange itself, and not between the wire, as occurs between two separate wire loops.
The key lay in something called the systole. In geometry, the systole refers to the shortest closed curve around the surface of a 3D object. The researchers found that the systole's properties can determine where on the surface the singularity will occur. If the systole loops around the wire frame, for instance, the singularity will occur at the wire frame -- as in the Mobius strip -- but if it does not, then the singularity will occur at the surface's bulk.
"This is an example of experimental mathematics, in the sense that we are using laboratory studies to inform conjectures on mathematical connections," said study co-author Professor Raymond Goldstein. "While they are certainly not rigorous, we hope they will stimulate further research into this new, developing area."
Now, who's up for blowing bubbles?


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The Wire is an American crime drama. Produced by HBO, it is widely considered to be one of the greatest televisions shows of all time by critics. Set in Baltimore, Maryland (United States,) the series to date has comprised of five seasons, each looking at a different aspect of life in the city. The first season concentrated on a gang with aspirations to become a crime syndicate, the second season concentrated on unions and the docks of Baltimore, the third season concentrated on the political process, the fourth season on the school system and the fifth season on journalistic practices.
In addition to the new focus, there are various story arcs running through multiple seasons – and the main cast tends to be present in some, if not all, of the seasons.
The series stars Dominic West, Amy Ryan, Idris Elba, John Doman, Andre Royo, Aiden Gillan and Seth Gilliam among others.
The Wire is considered a crime drama and a serial drama. It was created by writer and former police reporter David Simon.
Originally, the plot was going to be a fictionalisation of Simon's former writing partner's time as a homicide detective. The partner, Ed Burns, spoke of his time on the surveillance team, as well as problems of bureaucracy within the Baltimore Police Department. These would go on to be major plot driving points throughout the series.
The show would morph into something much wider over time. David Simon, Robert F. Colesberry and Nina Kostroff Noble would go on to be executive producers at various points throughout the show's run, and the producers included Ed burns, Karen L Thorson, Joe Chappelle, George Pelecanos, and Eric Overmyer.
The show was shot on a single camera setup, and each episode lasted between 55 and 60 minutes, with the exception of the series finale, which lasted for 93 minutes. The production company in charge was Blown Deadline Production, and the hannel it aired on was HBO. The picture formats were 4:3, yet the show was later remasted in 16:9.
"Way Down In The Hole" is the theme tune for the song, yet it appears in various guises – with a different version used for the title credits in each series.
The show had a total of 60 episodes and its run lasted from June 2002 until March 2008.
Whilst there are over-arching stories across the seasons, The wire is notable for its distinct approach to storytelling over a season – in each one, it concentrates on a different aspect of life in Baltimore, Maryland. Here, we will list each season and give a highlight of what the season was about.
Season One focuses on the police and their attempts to dismantle the Barksdale crime organization. The series introduces a new unit to the Baltimore police department – one that uses Wire Taps and attempts to break down organized crime – specifically the Barksdale Organization – in the city of Baltimore. The season also introduces a number of characters from the crime syndicate, including Avon Barksdale, head of the gang, and his right-hand man, Stringer Bell.
Central themes are the drug trafficking business, unbridled capitalism and both apathy and corruption in the police department.
Season Two concentrates on the ports of Baltimore. The season introduces Beadie Russell, who works with the unit formed in Season One. The issues for the police involve trafficking through the ports, as well as potential issues with union workers and the corruption of the union in the docks. Stevedores play major characters in the season, as do a Greek organized crime gang that are involved with trafficking. The Barksdale Organization continues to operate on the periphery.
Season Three concentrates on the political process. It sees the Barksdale Organization attempt to get involved in real estate in order to clean their money and legitimize their operations, with varying success. It shows corruption in the mayoral election, and attempts by the political class to create a haven for drug users which cleans up the city. Also with limited success.
Season Three introduced a competitor to the Barksdale Organization – the Stanfield Organization, led by Marlo Stanfield. Season Four explores this gang in more detail, as well as introducing a new plot point; the education system. This involves four new cast members playing boys from the school system in West Baltimore. The show describes how youngsters become involved in drug trafficking through the school system.
The show sees a faked serial killer (in order to redirect limited city funds back into the police budget) start to gain attention, notoriety, and even contact the press. The press then run with the story, showing the corruption of the media, due to the serial killer being a fabrication.
Dominic West plays Jimmy McNulty.
Cedric Daniels is played by Lance Reddick.
Sonja Sohn plays Kima Greggs.
Seth Gilliam plays Ellis Carver.
Thomas "Herc" Hauk is played by Domenick Lombardozzi.
Bubbles is played by Andre Royo.
Lester Freamon is played by Clarke Peters.
Roland "Prez" Pryzbylewski is played by Jim True-Frost.
Avon Barksdale is played by Wood Harris.
Stringer Bell is played by Idris Elba.
D-Angelo Barksdale is played by Larry Gilliard Jr.
Hassan Johnson plays Wee-bey Brice.
Amy Ryan plays Beadie Russell.
Bodie is played by J.D. Williams.
Wallace is played by Michael B. Jordan.
Frank Sobotka is played by Chris Bauer.
Aiden Gillen plays Tommy Carcetti.


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At the Theater — The Golem of Havana
September 9, 2013 Idiots at the Opera, Politics and Culture, Theater, Movie, Event, Misci Reviewscheap theater in NYC, Cuban Jews, The Golem of HavanaMarion
They had me at the title, The Golem of Havana. They had my better-half as well. His father's family briefly sojourned to Cuba on their way to America.
Tickets were cheap, and it was at La Mama in the East Village, a theater I probably hadn't set foot in in twenty years or so though I once wrote a book set in the neighborhood.
As the band began to play, the BH realized with a little trepidation that it was a musical. He doesn't like musicals — with a few exceptions. Fortunately, this turned out to be exceptional – one of those musicals where the music and story are integrated, where there is a serious theme and the music adds to the emotional impact. At intermission he paid the show the ultimate compliment. "It's like opera," he said.
The mostly equity-cast all acquitted themselves so well it's hard to find standouts, though I especially enjoyed Felipe Gorostiza as Batista. He managed to make the dictator comically sleazy while also suggesting his dangerousness and superficial charm. Liba Vaynberg in the leading role was powerful, and if the world is just, she won't need a day job for long.
The story is the tale of a tailor's family – Hungarian Jewish immigrants, Holocaust survivors – struggling in Havana on the brink of revolution. The golem at first exists as a comic book character created by Rebeca, the Cuban born daughter of Pinchas and Yutka, but later emerges as a symbol of the revolution itself – a mythical monster created to destroy evil, who may prove to be beyond the control of its creators.
The music is a lively klezmer inflused salsa mix. The lyrics witty. The band was small but did a great job, including a bit of business where the volume of the radio is lowered and raised a few times.
The sets are simple but work well. Overblown Broadway productions could learn a thing or two about doing more with less.
The only criticism I have is the short run. The show was to close on Sunday night. Performances had sold out despite little publicity. Two shows were added – one tonight (Monday, Sept 9th) and one tomorrow night. Although we are warned that golems should be put to sleep after use, we can only hope this one returns soon, maybe even to a larger venue. Meantime, tickets can be purchased here. If you can go, then go. It would be a shonda to miss out.
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Felipe Gorostiza says:
As a benevolent dictator, I thank you. As a superficially charming despot – and just in case you update your posts… it's "Gorostiza"
Glad you enjoyed The Golem! It's been a great run
Fixed! And thank you and all involved. Great show!


LootCrate has launched a new subscription box: Level Up. It is a new service to deliver monthly mystery apparel to your doorstep. Each month's Level Up items tie into the Loot Crate theme but you don't have to be a Loot Crate subscriber to get Level Up. It's open to everyone.
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There are three different Level Up options: a Level Up Wearable (like a stylish shirt or lounge pants – $17.49), Level Up Socks (2 different pairs of high-quality geeky socks – $12.49) and Level Up Accessories (2 fashionable female accessories – $17.49).
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Man Utd suffer huge De Jong blow as Barcelona confirm major update
Manchester United have suffered another blow in their attempts to prise Frenkie de Jong away from Barcelona this summer transfer window.
Erik ten Hag has made the Netherlands midfielder his top transfer target this summer and is keen to rebuild United's midfield with de Jong playing a key role in that process.
The former Ajax player is said to be open to reuniting with his former manager in Manchester. The Red Devils have so far refused to meet Barcelona's asking price – said to be worth around £51m.
Reports in Spain have suggested Barca are looking for a deal worth £80m with the club under pressure after years of financial mismanagement. De Jong, who joined the club for £75m in 2019, has been identified as the prized asset Xavi is willing to part with.
Xavi has previously conceded the club's financial situation would dictate their summer business with cash raised through de Jong's sale to be used to fund incoming deals – with Lewandowski top of the manager's list.
But, over the last 24 hours the club has received a huge boost in improving that situation after the board approved two measures that will provide them with a huge cash injection.
Barcelona's members have now voted in favour of the sale of future merchandising and television rights.
The successful vote gives president Joan Laporta and his directors the green light to sell 49.9% of Barca Licensing and Merchandising (BLM) subsidiary and 25% of its La Liga television rights revenues over the coming years. Both were passed by huge majorities — 88% for BLM and 84% for TV revenues.
Reports claim the moves could bring in close to £600m which will be used to offset the La Liga club's debt – which stands at over £1bn – and improve the playing squad this summer.
Barca are still under pressure and have financial deadlines to hit in the next couple of coming weeks with their financial year ending on 30 July. But there is now less urgency to raise big sums before that deadline.
Speaking after an excellent performance in his nation's dramatic victory over Wales on Tuesday in Rotterdam, De Jong said of United's approach: 'You're always flattered when teams show interest in you as a player.
'But, as you say, I am at the biggest club in the world at the moment and I feel fine there, so no news.'
Bayern Munich confirm €41m deal for Liverpool's Sadio Mane
Liverpool have finally accepted a third offer from Bayern Munich for Sadio Mane, with sporting director Hasan Salihamidzic confirming the player is on his way to the club. Mane, who has spent six years at Anfield, indicated after Liverpool's UEFA Champions League defeat to Real Madrid that he wanted to […]
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Just a snap of my furry friends from last night. (Left to right) Mr.Rusty, Brody and Laci.
Awww... cute! Is that a kitty sleeping behind the first dog? So fun to see when cats and dogs live together and get along!
Is Mr. Rusty a cat?
An intimate moment with the pets.
So very sweet! Those look like very content friends!
Notice how the cat gets more of the bed than the dog!! I swear if they had thumbs, they would rule the world! wait, they do!!
I love an equal opportunity pet owner. Cat and dogs. Good choices.


Focuses on explaining the science behind gases, encouraging readers to make predictions, perform purpose-driven research, and creatively solve problems presented about gases.
An introduction to gases that describes the different types of gases and the role they play in everyday life.
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On the way home from a trip to Washington, DC. I set the GPS, then absentmindedly follow its commands through a maze of beltways and interstates. Keep left on this, turn right on that… Before I know where I am, it's leading me over the hills and far away—not up the Jersey Turnpike, as I'd planned to go, but a longer and more winding route through the green valleys of Pennsylvania. Recalculating.
Ah, well. It's a pleasant fall day, leaves are turning, and all along these winding country highways are farmstands selling pie, honey, maple syrup, apples and pumpkins.
Halloween, coming soon. For a lover of ancient lore and bizarre superstitions surrounding plants, All Hallow's Eve is the best holiday of the year (followed closely by Christmas.) How can you beat a holiday where you carve faces into vegetables? The old tradition, of course, is that the scary face of the Jack-o-lantern can frighten off or confuse evil spirits.
Sunset's coming soon, and I'll be on the road late again tonight. As the daylight dwindles and the nights grow longer, a sense of needing to fight off the darkness grows in all of us.
But there's a better way than pumpkin grins to protect yourself from any odd spirits that might be eyeing you at this time of the year. There's other magic, more powerful, more ancient, lurking in the grass at your feet—under your feet, in fact. One of the world's most potent plant superstitions is there, waiting for you to reach down for it.
And really, you've known about it all along.
—-How about you–do you know anything about the ancient lore and magical properties of plants? No?
Well, what does it mean if you find a four-leafed clover? You know, don't you? For many years now, I have been conducting an informal survey on this important topic, at picnics and playgrounds and other outdoor venues. Everyone I ask stares at me like I'm asking them what planet they live on, and immediately give the correct response. I have, so far, never met anyone, man, woman, or child, of any nationality, who did not know that finding a four-leafed clover brought good luck.


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Weekly horoscopes: June 30 – July 6
by Christopher Renstrom
Jun 29, 2014 at 10:00 pm EDT
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Mercury comes out of retrograde on July 1. This is good news for anyone who was trying to seal the deal, secure a loan or close on a house during the past three weeks because you were probably thwarted at every turn. Things are back on track, but don't assume that life will be returning to normal. Mercury changed zodiac signs while it was moving backward in the sky, and a change of signs usually means a change of game plan. You will want to re-examine the terms of any lease, contract or property purchase that you were on the verge of making. Chances are that there have been some new developments, and these developments could result in a better deal for you.
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Vinaigrette salad (or salad "vinegret" how it is called in russian) is traditional salad of russian cuisine.
It is made of boiled vegetables (beets, potatoes and carrots), onions, sauerkraut and cucumbers pickled in salt.
Some recipes call for peas instead of boiled beans, some others skip beans all together. But to me real vinegret is the one with beans.
Traditionally this salad is dressed with sunflower oil, but it can be substituted with other oil to your taste.
One of the challenges when cooking classic beet root soup, borscht, is to get all vegetables (and there are quite few) cooked till perfect readiness at the same time.
Considering different vegetables require different cooking time it is sometimes hard to achieve. For borscht you need to make sure beens are soft, while potatoes are not over cooked and beets don't lose their color.
So, to make this happen: I cook beens in a separate cooking pot (just until they are soft and ready), cook beets skin on (like for salad) in separate pot in advance, and add these two to the main cooking pot at appropriate times.
By the way, using of canned beets and beens instead of cooking them yourself is an option (which I never did, but it may safe you some time).
Beet salad with prunes, walnuts and onions dressed up with mayo or sour cream or both is one of the traditional salads of ukrainian cuisine.
Also, this dish is one of the not many dishes which uses beets as a main ingredient.
It is very important to use sweet and rich red color beets for this salad. So, when buying beets scratch their skin with a nail: dark red pulp under skin is a sign of good beet, not pink and not white.
It is also important to use good quality walnuts; taste before you buy them: old walnuts can be bitter and using such will make you salad taste bitter as well.


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Apple's Numbers
April 27, 2016 7:30am by Bob Lefsetz
"He not busy being born is busy dying."
So said Bob Dylan, in "It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)," a fountain of wisdom on "Bringing It All Back Home," a transition from politics to inner truth, from folk to rock, this was the LP before "Highway 61 Revisited," when Dylan became a household name with "Like A Rolling Stone."
But that's what Dylan was, a man who kept rolling, kept changing, kept exploring, who was not married to the past and cared not a whit for naysayers.
Kind of like Steve Jobs.
And as long as Jobs was at the helm of Apple the company burgeoned.
But those days are through. To expect the Cupertino company to continue to triumph is to expect the Doors to succeed without Jim Morrison.
Granted, some bands survive the loss of their frontman. Van Halen soldiered on with Sammy Hagar, and Phil Collins emerged from behind the kit to lead Genesis, but usually…when the creative genius is gone, it's over.
But the public does not want to believe this.
It's hard to get people's attention, it's hard to gain their loyalty, but once they're inured to you they don't want to give up. Exhibit number one is BlackBerry. Anybody who'd used an iPhone knew the Canadian company was toast. But even the financial press was out of the loop, looking at the numbers instead of society.
And what does society want?
Something new and different that not only titillates its fancy, but demonstrates extreme utility.
Unlike the Apple Watch, which was good in theory yet dead on arrival, or after twenty four hours, when it ran out of juice. You had to recharge it, was it worth the effort, or were you better off just putting it in a drawer? And like a cult band from the eighties which hits a wall and goes no further, there was no word of mouth on the Apple Watch, some owners testified, but the rest of the populace just ignored it.
Tim Cook needs to be replaced. Apple doesn't need a traffic cop, it needs a visionary. Execution is important, but it's secondary to inspiration. The idea is king, never forget it.
But it won't happen, because in modern society the board is a tool of the CEO, an echo chamber. And no one likes to take big risks, no one likes to upset the apple cart when things are going reasonably well. But then they start to tank and it's over.
Kind of like the iPad, replaced by the phablet, the large phone.
The iPad was killed by the phablet the same way the iPod was killed by the iPhone. What did Cook and company do? They doubled-down on the iPad, creating a Pro version with a stylus that was a marvel of technology but is something most people just don't need. Meanwhile, there was this canard that the device was a desktop replacement when the truth is it's nothing of the sort.
As for the future…
That's what we depended upon Steve Jobs for. We're not techies, we're not engineers, we're just consumers. We buy, you provide.
So we're down to three, Amazon, Google and Facebook, Apple is over.
And it hurts me to say this, being a Mac user since '86, but he who cannot see the writing on the wall is destined to a life of business illiteracy, never mind being left behind.
You can fail, but you must learn from your mistakes. Amazon killed its Fire phone, but it's building a juggernaut with its Echo. Apple made the big splash, with Siri, but it's the Seattle company that's taking the flag and running with it, doing what Apple used to do best. Yes, Apple did not create the first portable MP3 player nor the first smartphone, it just did it better. Amazon has not only trumped Apple in voice recognition, it put a dent in wireless speaker leader Sonos, which is pivoting at this very moment.
But there's no pivot at Apple, only an endless victory lap.
As for the electric car… Assuming they're building one, Steve didn't focus on me-too products, but breakthrough products. And the breakthrough is in driverless cars, and Google dominates there.
The two founders, the two principals, took over the reins from Eric Schmidt, they no longer need adult supervision. And although they've stumbled here and there, Google keeps pushing the envelope, funding new businesses most people haven't heard of, and adjusting for a mobile economy along the way.
Which Facebook does best. Facebook has made inroads into mobile advertising and the average person just thinks it's a social network, the same way most people don't know the prime revenue driver at Amazon is the web services division, not retail.
Smartphones are nearly a commodity. This is what's hurting Samsung, the cheap competition from the bottom, the Korean company just can't establish enough differentiation to hold on to market share, never mind profits. Sure, the iPhone has an ecosystem, it may even sport the best OS out there, but Apple has been legendarily bad at services and we need look no further to Sony to see how those selling premium-priced products are ultimately eclipsed. Turned out Samsung was just as good, if not better, in flat panel TVs, the Trinitron was no longer an engine of growth. The future comes and if you don't continue to lead, you're toast.
This is not a musical act, which can thrive on the hits of its past. No one wants a cassette Walkman, and no one wants a twenty inch tube TV.
Bill Campbell believed in founders. Turns out adult supervision makes the trains run on time, balances the books, but makes your company moribund. You've got to find a way to keep the crazy innovators in charge. And if they can't adjust their ways, if they can't get along, they're booted, like Andy Rubin, or neutered, like Marissa Mayer, both at Google. And yes, Marissa got another gig, where she's accomplished little, demonstrating the worst parts of her willful, my way or the highway personality in the process. Maybe Yahoo was unfixable, but if the board had done its research it would have never hired her.
Apple needs a house hippie. Someone who can see into the future and bend the company to his or her will. Tim Cook must retreat to doing what he does best, which is overseeing the supply chain, maximizing efficiencies. Steve Jobs got it wrong once, hiring Sculley, he could get it wrong again. The smart money makes changes soon, the dumb money just lets things roll along until the train approaches the wall it's going to crash into.
This has got little to do with finances today. Despite the drop, Apple is huge and still throwing off cash. But business history is littered with those who dominated today but were marginalized tomorrow.
It's hard to find an original, someone strong-willed enough to lead minions into a future frequently only they can see. Which is why most bands and most companies don't make it.
But they shouldn't. Competition is cutthroat, we're only interested in the best.
So I don't know who can lead Apple out of the doldrums. Probably someone young, not invested in the past. Then again, Steve Jobs had an investment in Apple, it was his baby, when he returned he had to make it right.
Who has that investment now?
Kind of like a record company without its founder still in place, run by someone beholden to suits as opposed to his gut.
The history of success is one of great leaps of faith, big risks.
And we haven't seen any risk from Apple in a long time.
Then again, you've got to know where to go.
That's why movies were so great in the seventies, the directors knew where to go. The suits came in and normalized the industry and today it's a meaningless scrapheap that generates cash but has the cultural significance of a trash bag, it does its job, it throws out the garbage, and then you forget about it.
Sure, detractors love to deride the leader. Which just illustrates how hard it is to stay on top. But Zuck buys WhatsApp, knowing that messaging is king, having a vision around the world, and Apple still keeps iMessage locked behind a wall.
It's sad, but it's time to change leadership at Apple now. Before Cook gets uptight and makes lame acquisitions like Ballmer, purchasing the moribund Nokia, most of its value needing to ultimately be written off.
It happens in music. Shawn Fanning led the way, Daniel Ek has picked up the flag. If you think they're the enemy you don't know how the future arrives, it's in the air, if it wasn't Shawn it would have been someone else. Ek just found a way to make streaming music work, and continues to double down on the free tier, raising and spending money when everybody twice his age says he's a bozo.
But those twice his age are already done. They want Robert Plant to reform Led Zeppelin, but in tech we've already established that there's little demand for the past, and the past never grows, it only recedes.
We've got an endless supply of MBAs, people who can install order in a land of chaos. But we've got very few visionaries, those who deserve the ball like Steph Curry. We thought Michael Jordan could never be matched, but it turns out someone playing a different game could wow us. Who knew the three point shot was so effective?
That's right, who knows?
Someone does.
And it's no one at Apple.
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The latest update to Google's browser-based operating system is with us, and it comes with a raft of small improvements. As is usually the case with major Chrome OS releases, the update to version 66.0.3359.137 is more about bug fixes and security patches than it is about headlining new features, but there is a lengthy changelog to pour over nonetheless.
A few additions stand out as notable, such as extended device support for Magic (Instant) Tether, improved external display settings, and magnification for PiP. It also includes features we've already covered such as the much-maligned new keyboard shortcut viewer and a video recording function for the camera app. Support for running Linux apps in a container isn't here yet, although it's expected to be announced at Google I/O next week.
On the security front, Intel devices on 3.8 kernels are getting the KPTI Meltdown mitigation with this build, meaning that all Chrome OS devices are now thankfully protected. Chrome OS 66 started its staged rollout a few days ago, so chances are it's already available to you. If not, it won't be far off. Keep an eye on the system tray for that little update icon.