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Steven Price on Beauty
Welcome to "On Beauty," a series of interviews with poets about their relationship with beauty. For an introduction to the project, see Poets on Beauty. Earlier I posted interviews with Sonnet L'Abbé and Robyn Sarah (which can be found under "In Conversation"). In this, the final installment for volume II of Lemon Hound, I present Steven Price's thoughts. Price is a writer through-and-through; it seems impossible for him to write a line or sentence that doesn't sing—perhaps because he understands that "the wrong note in the right place can become the right note." (For a biography of Price, see the end of this post.)
I began by asking Price the same three questions I'm asking each of the poets. Here's what he had to say:
1. Can you point me toward a poem you find beautiful? In what way do you think of or experience this poem as beautiful?
This is difficult because the word itself is so shifty. What I find myself responding to as 'beautiful' might as easily be its opposite under a different name, I suspect. But I suppose I take 'beauty' to mean a kind of contrary goodness, an impurity of goodness, one which acknowledges the flaws in the world, and that reflects those flaws. I haven't much interest in the idealized world, and don't find myself responding to it in poetry, or in any other sphere. In poetry, I do find myself responding to language that stands at a very low level, at an almost physical level, the level of the flesh. For me a very large part of this lies in the way language fills the mouth. But I can return to a poem for the beauty of its ideas, the beauty of its imagery, the beauty of its punctuation and pacing too. A particular example? There are so many poems I return to for the overwhelming beauty of their language, but a fine (and brief) example might be Heather McHugh's "Fastener," from Upgraded to Serious:
One as is as another as.
One with is with another with;
one against's against all others and one of
of all the ofs on earth feels chosen. So the man
can't help his fastening on many
(since the likes of him like
look-alikes)… When the star-shower crosses
the carnival sky, then the blues of the crowd
try to glisten, to match it; and the two
who work late in the butcher-house touch,
reaching just the same moment
for glue and for hatchet.
("Fastener" from Upgraded to Serious, copyright © 2009 Heather McHugh. Reproduced with permission from House of Anansi Press, Toronto.)
What do I respond to here? The coiled linguistic energy in the words, of course. The ways the prepositions shift their usages in the openings and unsettle their meanings, as if they're wriggling out of their own skins. The unsettling, and wonderful, and strange effect on my ear each time I read it. The dizzying repetitions, as well, the uses of half-rhyme which reach their ripeness in that strong feminine true rhyme closing off the poem. The rhythms are an essential part of it, too: the way the poem strikes into a hurtling anapestic foot following the ellipsis, and crashes up hard against the punctuation throughout, until it cuts off into silence with that final rhyme. But I admire too the way the poem makes its claim towards similarity, and rhyme, and linkage in language and the world itself (not to mention that wonderful final tool for cutting, as the thing all of this fastening has been building towards), and the way all of this is built through a kind of singing. "Fastener" leaves me astonished and delighted each time I read it. I wouldn't change a syllable. I think of Pope's couplets, the great beauty in their manipulation of symmetry and different kinds of balance, and there is that here too, but in a kind of unbalancing – which leads to that extraordinary feeling of plummeting through the language.
2. Do you hope for, look toward, seek out beauty in your work as a poet? Why or why not?
Do I seek out beauty in my own work? I don't know, I do believe beauty, whatever it is, is a kind of pleasure beyond language. It's hard to talk about partly by its very nature. I seek out some kind of texturing in my work, and certainly I would like my poems to fill the mouth with their language, to build through sound and texture the almost physical experience of the poem itself. But ugliness, too, is a part of all that – the flaws and asymmetries and cracks that infuse the particular, the individual, the unique. Nothing in this world is perfect, is identical to the idea of itself, and it is where the one separates from the other that beauty punches through. At least to my eye. The photographs of August Sander would be one example of this. The drawings of Alison Lambert would be another. I'm drawn to this kind of beauty, I guess, because it moves me. That is, it leaves me changed, exhausted, grateful. The wrong note in the right place can become the right note.
3. Do you hope for, look toward, seek out beauty in other aspects of your life?
I wouldn't say that I seek out beauty in my life. But I appreciate it when it descends on me, it comes as a kind of gift through all of the other daily noise that is life. But it feels, too, like a very private experience – it isn't something shared with anyone, isn't something I could turn to a companion and say, 'Isn't that beautiful?' about, without feeling something ebb from it, something slip away in the mentioned particular. I suppose beauty in the end is something I don't quite understand, can't quite articulate.
4. The idea of the experience of beauty as something private is one I haven't encountered much, so I'm curious about it. Does this unsharableness of beauty have anything to do with language (I suggest this because you're saying to your companion "isn't this beautiful?") Or is it that bringing another person into the experience with you dilutes it somehow? What might the private character of the experience of beauty mean for poetry—is the experience of a beautiful poem somehow private too?
Some of this is hard to articulate, and the better for being so. I suppose I believe the private is our true home, in poetry as in life. And like any home we have to leave it to know it fully. Transcending ourselves, our own particular way of seeing the world, is the one essential challenge we face in order to be fully ourselves. Challenge, and responsibility. We call it empathy when faced with other living beings. But it's bigger than that. The beautiful (or its opposite, or any powerful aesthetic response) can be a gift, can be one way to lift oneself out of oneself. I guess if the beautiful is closer to a way of perceiving than a thing perceived, then when we call something beautiful, the language is probably doubling back and examining us more than we mean it to. Does that make sense? No, I don't believe the beautiful can be diluted, nor that the beautiful is merely subjective. But the language fails all the same, the way a bridge will fail under a heavy weight.
Steven Price was born and raised in Colwood, BC. His first collection of poetry, Anatomy of Keys (Brick Books, 2006), won the Gerald Lampert Award and was named a Globe & Mail Book of the Year. His latest collection, Omens in the Year of the Ox, came out in 2012, also with Brick Books. His work has appeared in Canadian and American literary journals. He is one of the poets in Breathing Fire 2: Canada's New Poets, edited by Lorna Crozier and Patrick Lane. Price graduated from the University of Virginia Writing Program, and currently teaches poetry and writing at the University of Victoria.
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Veterans Memorial Park in Hawkins, Texas is dedicated to all area residents who served in the armed forces of the United States in conflicts dating back to the Revolutionary War. A memorial listing the many names of those who served is seen at left. The small pond at right is ringed with plaques in the shape of the state of Texas listing the major conflicts that have been fought by the United States. In the center of the pond is an AH-1 Cobra helicopter that served in Vietnam from 1970 to 1973.
Looking at the park from the Veterans Memorial.
The Veterans Memorial listing the names of the area residents that served in armed conflicts.
The plaques that surround the pond can clearly be seen, they list the following conflicts, from left to right;
Revolutionary War, War of 1812, Mexican War, Civil War, Spanish-American War, World War I, World War II, Korean War, Vietnam War, Gulf War/Desert Storm, Afghanistan War, War on Terrorism.
The AH-1 Cobra (SN 6916440) which served in Vietnam from 1970-1973 then in Alaska, Germany and finally the U.S., it was retired in 2002 and in 2004 it was given to the Greater Hawkins Area Veterans Memorial.
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Time has come to build a new economy with digital transformation, he says
LINETTE LAI, POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT
Singapore must act now to transform its economy, or risk losing its hub status and seeing its businesses' and workers' competitive edge erode, Trade and Industry Minister Chan Chun Sing said yesterday.
Companies here should not be preparing to return to business as usual, he said. Instead, digital transformation is the key to helping the country thrive and transcend "the tyranny of geography", he said, referring to Singapore's small size.
Now is the time to re-engineer processes, build a new economy, and transform to create the right opportunities for businesses and people, said Mr Chan, who was speaking at the opening of the Future Economy Conference and Exhibition.
"Digital transformation will truly unlock for us the world as our hinterland and market.
"But that is if we make the right moves now, harness the power of digital to grow our businesses, drive our economic recovery, redefine our competitiveness and relevance to the world."
More than 1,000 business leaders registered for the two-day conference, which is being held online. It is focused on how businesses can rebuild in the new normal using digital tools such as data analytics.
Budget expected to be more targeted as Govt dials down financial support
Singapore, Malaysia working to keep supply chains going: Minister
World Economic Forum in Singapore moved back to May 25 to 28
Singapore economy shrinks 5.8% last year, less than expected
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Going digital comes with challenges, but these should not prevent the Government, businesses or individuals from working towards change, he added.
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"The faster we adapt, the faster we recover. There is no place for treading water and waiting for normalcy to return. Others will overtake us, and the opportunities will pass us by."
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At the same time, 1,000 digital ambassadors have been deployed to help the less tech-savvy segments of society keep up.
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Not since The Song of the South has Disney tackled race and class issues as head-on as in Zootopia. Despite their origins, Mulan and Aladdin barely looked at those issues, probably because the studio was still gun-shy due to the reactions The Song of the South received and so trying to avoid making that well-meaning but ultimately badly received mistake again. (I get why South was slammed, and don't argue with those reasons, but Uncle Remus was the hero, and one of the only decent adults in that movie, and it dealt with class issues in America in a way that children could understand, so I don't hate it in the way many do.) But Zootopia is, make no mistake, an animated feature about race relations in America. Pointedly. It's also a very entertaining animated feature about adorable animals who are dealing with race relations.
Basically the plot is a rookie police officer and a con artist have to team up to save the city from a nefarious conspiracy that's trying to pit the various races against each other. Only with adorably animated animals, not people.
We start off with a little kids' play, where the actors are describing how they once were predators and prey, but now all live in harmony together. And we're immediately shown that this noble sentiment isn't actually true. Not even in the Big City of Zootopia is this actually true.
Our heroine, Judy Hopps (Ginnifer Goodwin) is a rabbit who dreams of becoming Zootopia's first rabbit police officer. Nick Wilde (Jason Bateman) is a con artist fox who's given up on the "dream" of integration. Judy manages to graduate from the Academy at the top of her class but she immediately faces resistance from her commanding officer in terms of assignments (hello G.I. Jane). Nick distrusts the system, rightly as near as we can tell. Judy is adorable, but only rabbits can call each other "cute" – it's an insult if any other animal does so. Nick once tried to integrate, but was attacked for his optimism and now lives as outside the system as he can. Judy is upbeat and bouncy, Nick is sly and charming. All the animals, regardless of whether they're predators or prey, distrust the foxes.
While there are female animals of all kinds on the force and in positions of power, it's pretty clear that you can interpret the rabbits as the Female characters, Judy in particular. And while there are plenty of predators who are around, it's abundantly clear that the foxes are standing in for Black characters. As in, this is a buddy cop movie between the police force's first Female officer and a Black criminal with a heart of gold. 48 Hours for the kids. Breaking Bad for the kids, too, since the conspiracy that Judy and Nick stumble into relates to what sure resembles blue meth.
Of course, the other movie homages will fly over the kids' heads. However, one very terrifyingly realistic scene with major predators will scare the crap out of little ones. In the premiere we were in, at least three children were screaming in terror, several were crying, and many looked rather stunned and scared as they were leaving the theater. It's a Disney movie and it's rated PG – seriously, parents, please pay attention to that. It's rated PG, meaning that some of your younger kids are probably not ready for this movie. That one scene is bad enough, but it's following another terrifying scene with a major predator after our heroes. This has a lot of scary in it for little ones, and because it's in the really good form of 3D – as in, the 3D creates an immersive feeling, so you feel that you're IN the movie, versus "throwing" things at your head – it feels frighteningly real. I'm a great big grown up girl and I jumped out of my seat at the part where the kids were screaming. If your children are more sensitive, wait for this to come out on DVD/Blu-ray.
My biggest complaint with the movie is the trailers. They give away literally all but one plot twist. Because I'd seen the trailers, I knew most of what was coming, meaning that the trailers have stolen the enjoyment of the movie's twists, turns, and surprises from a good portion of their audience. (I mean, seriously, does anyone doubt that Good Will Triumph and Judy will prove her worth? Anyone? Bueller? Right, so showing us the surprises is taking away the only things we don't know going in.) It's why this review is somewhat vague – the trailers have already ruined enough, as far as I'm concerned. Go in and enjoy what hasn't been shown to you already.
The voice work was universally good. I had no idea who was voicing the characters, meaning they were the characters, versus me being able to say, "Wow, So-And-So is doing such a great job." That's much harder than it sounds (heh) and the entire cast was stellar. The animation is excellent, vibrant and, as stated earlier, immersive. The storyline is exactly what you'd expect from a buddy cop movie, but that's fine because that's the storyline we as audiences like for the buddy cop genre. The movie's pacing is spot on, with only one scene that made me go "um, what, that seems out of place" early on, with characters that are enjoyable, sweet, scary, dangerous, and heroic.
Yes, the racism parallels are obvious and, for older viewers, a little heavy handed. But you know what? The mere fact that Disney felt that this movie was necessary (it is) to hopefully start changing the hearts and minds of little children still dealing with ridiculous race and religion prejudices (please let this help, and maybe affect their parents, too) means that this is possibly the most important movie Disney's done in a long time. Following on the very successful heels of Frozen and Big Hero 6, both of which dealt with important societal issues in an entertaining way, I'm hoping that Zootopia succeeds and succeeds well. And I'm really hoping that, sooner as opposed to later, movies like Zootopia won't need to be made, because the harmony they're espousing as the highest goal (it is) will have finally been achieved.
Hey, just like Judy Hopps, a girl can dream, right?
Following on the very successful heels of Frozen and Big Hero 6, both of which dealt with important societal issues in an entertaining way, I'm hoping that Zootopia succeeds and succeeds well. And I'm really hoping that, sooner as opposed to later, movies like Zootopia won't need to be made, because the harmony they're espousing as the highest goal (it is) will have finally been achieved. Hey, just like Judy Hopps, a girl can dream, right?
I saw a screening of this a few weeks ago. It's a Disney, but not their typical BIG FLASHY DISNEY movie. More low keyed, and not a lot of cheap laughs.
My 13 year old son liked it, and got the jist of the story and what they were trying to say.
I liked it, too, and especially liked that it isn't the big hyped Disney movie.


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This year, labour stood for us all
by Maya Bhullar September 7, 2020 October 5, 2021
A reflection on the labour movement's achievements in 2020 so far.
2020 has been a year when workers and the labour movement were more active than ever. Teachers' unions, health-care unions, unions representing grocery workers and workers in packing plants, workers' rights organizations, which work with the many vulnerable workers deemed essential during this crisis, and other unions were key partners in crafting the Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB) and the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy (CEWS).
Here is a roundup of some of the amazing fights unions have been leading.
Worker supports during COVID-19 and employment insurance reforms: Unions, workers' rights organizations and the Canadian Labour Federation were integral to the shaping and extension of CERB and CEWS. As these benefits were phased out, the unions also demanded and got long overdue changes to employment insurance. Many workers still need protections, and so we must keep fighting to continue to expand these benefits for all people who work in Canada.
Education: Ever since the election of Doug Ford in Ontario and Jason Kenney in Alberta, teachers have been fighting for the future of education. In these interviews, Jason Schilling of the Alberta Teachers' Association and Harvey Bischof of the Ontario Secondary School Teachers' Federation talk about their fights to stop the gutting of public education. Now that schools are re-opening again, here is a province-by-province look at the fights being mounted by unions to keep everyone in our schools and communities safe.
Food industry: Many of the workers who help put food on our tables were deemed essential during the COVID-19 pandemic, and many of us noticed the conditions under which they work. Unions and workers' rights organizations stood with workers to demand improvements to working conditions. We still have a lot of work to do.
Long-term care: Before the COVID-19 pandemic, rabble.ca's former labour beat reporter Zaid Noorsumar shined a light on the problems in the home-care and long-term care sectors. The COVID-19 pandemic unfortunately made us all start to pay attention to the disastrous impact of privatized care. Workers have been at the forefront, demanding change in the long-term care sector.
2020 has laid bare the crises brewing in prisons, hospitals, policing and across almost every industry in Canada. We thank workers for organizing and leading the way. We will continue to stand with them.
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Maya Bhullar has over 15 years of professional experience in such diverse areas as migration, labour, urban planning and community mobilization. She has a particular interest in grassroots engagement,... More by Maya Bhullar


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If you're struggling to keep your teeth clean, consider using an electric toothbrush, which requires very little controlled movement from you and has the added advantage of having a thick, heavy handle. The weight of the handle causes the muscles in your hand to engage more when using it and the thickness makes it easier to grip than a standard manual toothbrush.
You can also ask your dentist to prescribe fluoride gel for you to use at home. The gel is rubbed over your teeth and creates a protective coating that can reduce tooth enamel erosion and cavities. It's easier to rub the gel onto your teeth than it is to try and brush each tooth, but it's a strong substance that should be used according to your dentist's instructions.
Cleaning your dentures typically requires both hands, but many people with Parkinson's disease have a side of their body that's stronger than the other. If this is the case for you, consider having a soft nailbrush attached to a firm surface in your home and use your stronger arm to rub the dentures across the brush.
You may get more out of your dental appointments if you schedule them strategically. It's been shown that patients with Parkinson's disease are more able to cooperate during dental appointments if they are scheduled ninety minutes after they take their medication. This gives the medication, which helps with muscle control, enough time to take effect without missing its peak performance time.
Additionally, if you need to have quite a bit of dental work done, such as several fillings, it's best to schedule multiple short appointments and have the work carried out in stages.
Ask the dentist to avoid tilting the chair back more than forty-five degrees, which will help you be able to swallow.
Ask the dentist to use an aspirator throughout the course of your examination, which will control the flow of saliva and prevent contamination.
Ask the dentist to raise the chair slowly to prevent loss of balance.
Ask your dentist to use an intraoral rubber bite block if you're having difficulty controlling your facial muscles. This will hold your mouth open and restrict tongue movements.
Keep your dentist up-to-date on changes to your medication as anaesthetic can interact with some Parkinson's medications.
If you're struggling to maintain your oral health due to symptoms associated with Parkinson's disease, discuss your concerns with your dentist. They'll be happy to troubleshoot with you and can advise you on the latest dental products. For more information, consult clinics such as Swansea Family Dental.


It doesn't matter if you are told to enforce a law you don't agree with. You should not enforce based upon that variable to begin with.
With the issuance of this paltry citation, you have shown who you will serve in the coming chaos.
Rough waters ahead. Plan accordingly.
Last spring I took my oldest two daughters hiking around an abandoned nuclear reactor. Fun times.
On the way home we stopped by a local sporting goods place that had the venerable Marlin 795 on sale with a $30 rebate. Since I try and get out to an Appleseed event at least once a year, I thought I would go and get a couple since they were almost two for one at this price.
Having also never purchased anything firearms related at one of these sporting goods chains before, I had no idea what to expect. Long waits, poor service, and a seemingly disbelieving attitude toward someone who would "BUY TWO GUNS AT ONCE" (ZMOG!!! – ELEVENTY!!!), I was filling out the 4473's.
I proceed to do the Appleseed song and dance and then the deputy floors me with a statement.
He got real quiet. It was as if he had some kind of epiphany about the reality of his surroundings and woke up – just a little bit.
Here, to this original post.
Again, "the myth of the cop" is a powerful thing. Pitiable indeed. I tire of seeing so much government in the form of police cruisers in my small town. The never ending cycle of "increase the spend for your safety" and "what about our brave public servants who protect you" rubbish gets under my skin.
Within the last year I was stopped at a checkpoint and asked to show my license. I complied but ended up arguing with the deputy about my temp dealer tag on my new vehicle. Statements like, "i could arrest you and take you to jail" over a paper tag? Dude, please. I relied simply, firmly and with as much cold hearted force as I could muster without yelling at this overweight county quisling, "go for it. you want to go through all that, it's your call pal." At one point I actually wondered if his right hand that was resting on his sidearm was going to draw. The anger in his face was palatable. How dare this guy question my authority?
Here is the plain and simple truth boys. I want to be left alone. I will go to great lengths to fly under everyone's radar – regardless of what they are or who the represent. I like it that way. However, if you start to screw with me, I will screw with you and you won't like it.
Perhaps Mike @ Sipsey needs to send his "No More Free Waco's" letter to my county sheriff?
Its ok to hate the cops, we have come to expect it. 27 years wearing a badge has taught me a few things.
People love you when they need you and hate you when they don't.
You never hear of or see video of cops done a good job, only the bad stuff makes the press.
We all get painted with a broad brush, when the feds screw up it must be the local beat cops fault too.
When your doing your job and looking for bad guys and happen to check out someone that turns out not to be a bad guy, you're an idiot that should be out looking for bad guys.
Despite the criminal element becoming better armed, more sophisticated, and better equipped, people still want the police to be armed with 1950's weapons and equipment. And yell and scream that we are militarizing when we try to join the 21st century level of equipment and armament.
So if you don't like us, don't call us when your world goes to hell, dialing 911 is optional. That'll free us up to respond to someone that appreciates the fact that we are willing to be cut, stabbed, shot, on their behalf.
Alright there Sparky, I'll tell you what. I won't call you and your pals, ever. I will do as I always have in my life and fend for myself. You guys need us a whole lot more than we need you. Simple as that. I DO believe that the less of you there are, the better off society is. "The myth of the cop" has gotten to be the core of the truism that if you tell a lie enough times, it becomes the truth.
You want nice weapons and gear? Buy it.
Us vs. Them has been taken too far.


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A Tale of Fort Ross
A Most Beautiful Country
Olga Ginzburg
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Historic Fort Ross, situated on California's beautiful northern Sonoma coast, speaks to the harmonious coexistence among Russian settlers and native peoples in the early nineteenth century. Inspired, the Renova Fort Ross Foundation hosted an international competition for a children's tale about Fort Ross. From seventy submissions, this work, written by Maria Viryasova, a young Russian author, emerged as a favorite. Russian artist and illustrator Vera Belius infused the tale with folkloric imagery featuring historically accurate Russian dress, ornamentation and daily life patterns.
A Tale of Fort Ross is the story of Alexander, who hails from a happy family and grows up to become a famous merchant. Alexander meets Ivan from northern Russia, and the two embark on a journey over the seas to America. They love the land and build a settlement named Ross, with windmills, a fur trade, and a bountiful orchard. There they befriend the native peoples and lay a foundation for conservation, science, and peaceful coexistence. Enjoy this enchanting tale, and its message of friendship and the spirit of exploration.
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Photography by Paul Miller and Renova Fort Ross Foundation


This nationwide survey of 903 adults finds that despite a government shutdown for which the anti-Trump media is blaming President Trump, the president's job approval rating jumped two points above last month, from 40 percent to 42 percent, with 54 percent saying they disapprove.
And, according to the pollster, those "opponents" include the media.
Overall, only 44 percent disagreed.
"Satiated" by the media's "extreme … non-stop vitriolic coverage filled mostly with speculations and insinuations … Americans are worn out," Mayur adds.
The IBD/TIPP poll is in line with other polls showing Trump's approval rating in the low-forties. The outlier is CNN, which shows Trump with a 37 percent job approval rating, but CNN is a fake news outlet famous for its terrible polling.
The IBD/TIPP poll also lines up with exit polls taken during the 2018 midterm election that showed nearly the same result, with 54 percent saying the Russian Collusion Hoax is politically motivated and only 41 percent disagreeing.
As the public grows more and more tired of the Russian hoax, far-leftists in the establishment media, like ABC's Jon Karl, are beginning to prepare the groundwork for a Robert Mueller report that will likely prove that all of this Russian collusion talk was nothing more than a rabidly partisan hoax perpetrated on the American people by a biased and entitled media unable to deal with Trump's resounding defeat of them in 2016.


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Bạn muốn học ngữ pháp tiếng Anh lớp 6 chương trình mới hiệu quả? Cùng luyện tập ngữ pháp tiếng Anh theo sách lớp 6 mới qua một số bài tập được tổng hợp dưới đây.
Ngữ pháp tiếng Anh lớp 6 luôn được coi là nền tảng cho ngữ pháp tiếng Anh của toàn bộ bậc THCS. Do đó, việc làm bài tập ngữ pháp tiếng Anh lớp 6 được coi là bước tiền đề, giúp các em học sinh nắm bắt và học tốt hơn trong suốt quá trình học tập sau này. Sau đây là tất cả những dạng bài tập về ngữ pháp tiếng Anh dành cho học sinh lớp 6 theo chương trình mới của Bộ Giáo dục & Đào tạo và có đáp án ở phía cuối bài.
1. Bài tập thì hiện tại đơn/ hiện tại tiếp diễn
1. Where ___________you (live)____________? I (live)______________in Hai Duong town.
2. What he (do) _________________now? He (water)_________________flowers in the garden.
3. What _______________she (do)_____________? She (be)______________a teacher.
4. Where _________________you (be) from?
5. At the moment, my sisters (play)____________volleyball and my brother (play) ________________soccer.
6. it is 9.00; my family (watch)___________________TV.
7. In the summer, I usually (go)______________to the park with my friends, and in the spring, we (have) _____________Tet Holiday; I (be)________happy because I always (visit) ______________my grandparents.
8. ____________your father (go)_____________to work by bus?
9. How ___________your sister (go)___________to school?
10. What time _____________they (get up)_________________?
11. What ____________they (do)________________in the winter?
12. Today, we (have)______________English class.
13. Her favourite subject (be)__________________English.
14. Now, my brother (like)_________________eating bananas.
15. Look! A man (call)_________________you.
16. Keep silent ! I (listen )____________________to the radio.
17. ______________ you (play)_________________badminton now?
18. Everyday, my father (get up)_______________at 5.00 a.m.
19. Every morning, I (watch)_________________tv at 10.00.
20. Everyday, I (go) __________to school by bike.
21. Every morning, my father (have) ______________a cup of coffe.
22. At the moment, I(read)_______________a book and my brother (watch)_______ TV.
23. Hoa (live)________________in Hanoi, and Ha (live)________________in HCM City.
24. Hung and his friend (play)_______________badminton at the present.
25. They usually (get up)___________________at 6. oo in the morning.
26. Ha never (go)___________fishing in the winter but she always (do)________ it in the summer.
27. My teacher (tell)__________________Hoa about Math at the moment.
28. There (be)____________________ animals in the circus.
29. _______________he (watch)______________TV at 7.00 every morning?
30. What _____________she (do ) _________________at 7.00 am?
31. How old _________she (be)?
32. How ___________she (be)?
33. My children (Go)________________to school by bike.
34. We (go)_______________to supermarket to buy some food.
35. Mr. Hien (go)________________on business to Hanoi every month.
36. Ha (like)______________coffee very much, but I (not like)______________it.
37. She (like )________________Tea, but she (not like)____________________coffee.
38. I (love)_______________ cats, but I (not love)__________________dogs.
39. Everyday, I (go)______________to school on foot.
40. Who you _________________(wait) for Nam?
- No, I ___________ (wait) for Mr. Hai.
41. My sister (get)______________ dressed and (brush)_______________her teeth herself at 6.30 everyday.
42. Mrs. Smith (not live)_______________in downtown. She (rent)________________in an apartment in the suburb.
43. How _________your children (go)_________________to school everyday?
44. It's 9 o'clock in the morning. Lien (be)________in her room. She (listen) _______________to music.
45. We_______________________(play) soccer in the yard now.
46. My father (go)___________ to work by bike. Sometimes he(walk)______________.
47. _________You (live)________near a market? _ It (be)____________noisy?
48. Now I (do)__________the cooking while Hoa (listen)_____________to music.
49. At the moment, Nam and his friends (go)_______________shopping at the mall.
50. In the autumn, I rarely (go)_____________sailing and (go)__________to school.
51. I (write)_____________________________ a letter to my friend now.
52. At 12 a.m every day, I (have)____________lunch and (go)____________to bed.
53. On Monday, I (have)________________________ math and Art.
54. On Friday, she (have)______________________English.
55. At the moment, I (eat)__________an orange, and my sisters (play)_______tennis.
56. ______it her bag (be)?
- No, it (not be)______________.
57. What time _____________your children (go)____________ to school?
58. He (live)________________in HCM City.
59. What time___________your brother usually (get)___________up?
60. My house (be)_________in the city and it (be)_________small.
61. Every morning, we (have)__________breakfast at 7.00 am.
62. This (be)________a book and there (be)_________pens.
63. Mr. Quang (live)____________in the countryside. He (have)__________a big garden.
64. John (not have)______________Literature lesson on Friday.
65. What time _________you (start)___________your class?
66. ___________you (be) in class 12A3?
67. Mrs. Ha (learn)__________________in Hanoi, but she (not live)______________ there.
68. My brother (not live )______________in London; he (live)___________ in Manchester.
69. Now Mr. Long (design ) ____________________his dream house.
70. He (like)_______apples, but he (not like )__________________bananas.
71. __________________she (like)______________apples?
72. Usually, I (have)________ lunch at 12.00. -________you (have) ________ lunch at 11.00?
73. He can (swim)_______________but I can't (swim)_____________________.
74. At the moment, my sister (read)___________________ a comic book.
75. I (like )__________________ice-cream.
76. Where___________________Mr. Ha (live)_______________?
78. Hang (go)_____to the bookshop now because she ( want ) __to buy some books.
79. We (go) ______________to market and (buy)_________________some fruits.
80. Now, Lan (study)____________English and Lien (listen)__________to music.
81. Every night, she (have)____________________dinner at 7.00 p.m.
82. Every year, I usually (go)______________________Vietnam.
83. In the summer, I sometimes (go)____________________swimming.
84. Every evening, my mother (like)___________ watching television.
85. Lan (have)_______________breakfast and (go)___________to school at 6.30 a.m.
86. We (not read)___________________after lunch.
87. Tom (be)___________my friend. He (play)______________sports everyday.
88. ______________your students (play)__________soccer every afternoon?
89. He (go)_____________to bed at 11.30 p.m.
90. They (go)___________home and (have)___________lunch.
2. Chia động từ ở thì hiện tại đơn/ hiện tại tiếp diễn/ tương lai gần
1. The meeting _________________________ (take) place at 6 p.m.
2. I'm afraid I _________________________ (not / be) able to come tomorrow.
3. Because of the train strike, the meeting _______(not / take) place at 9 o'clock.
4. According to the weather forecast, it _____________ (not / snow) tomorrow.
5. ____________________ (they / come) tomorrow?
6. When ____________________ (you / get) back?
7. If you lose your job, what ____________________ (you / do)?
8. In your opinion, ____________________ (she / be) a good teacher?
9. What time ____________________ (the sun / set) today?
10. ____________________ (she / get) the job, do you think?
11. ____________________ (David / be) at home this evening?
12. What ____________________ (the weather / be) like tomorrow?
13. There's someone at the door, ____________________ (you / get) it?
14. How ____________________ (he / get) here?
15. ____________________ (they / come) tomorrow?
16. He (teach)_______________English in a big school in town.
17. When ____________________ (you / get) back?
18. What you (listen) ………………………on the radio?
19. ___________he (play)__________sports?
20. Everyday she (go)____________to work by bike.
21. We usually (read)_________books, (listen)_________to music or (watch)_______TV.
22. Sometimes, I (play)__________badminton.
23. Ann (like)____________her job very much.
24. ___________your mother (walk)_________to the market?
25. Look! They (run)_________________________together.
26. Son (write) ………………………to their friends every summer holiday?
27. What you (do).. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. tonight?
3. Điền vào chỗ trống để hoàn thành đoạn văn và trả lời các câu hỏi đã cho
Bài tập 1:
Hoang is a (1) ……………. He's twelve years (2) …………….. He's tall and (3)……………. His face is (4) ……………… and his hair is (5) ………………. and black. He (6) ……………… at school in the morning and (7) …………….. football in the afternoon. He (8) ……………… good marks in class.
Put the suitable word in each blank:
1. A. class B. student C. school D. doctor
2. A. young B. old C. small D. big
3. A. round B. thin C. oval D. long
4. A. long B. heavy C. light D. thick
5. A. full B. big C. round D. short
6. A. studies B. travels C. walks D. goes
7. A. plays B. travels C. works D. goes
8. A. plays B. gets C. does D. have
Answer the questions:
1. Is Hoang a schoolboy?
2. Is he short?
3. Is his face long?
4 Where does Hoang study in the morning?
5. What does he do in the afternoon?
6. Does he get good marks in class?
Every Saturday Minh and his family have dinner in a (1) ….. They eat chicken or (2) ……with peas and beans. Sometimes Minh's mother (3) … fish. Minh also has a big (4) …. Minh's (5)…… drink is fruit juice, but his father and mother like (6) … They listen to (7) …… while they are having (8) …… dinner.
1. A. bakery B. restaurant C. supermarket D. drug store
2. A. juice B. lemon C. beef D. orange
3. A. eats B. has C. gets D. goes
4. A. ice-cream B. milk C. noodle D. meat
5. A. good B. fine C. well D. favorite
6. A. fruit B. orange C. beer D. lemon
7. A. music B. television C. a game D. swimming
8. A. his B. their C. our D. his
1. Where do Minh and his family have dinner every Saturday?
2. Do they eat meat? What kind?
3. What vegetables do they eat?
4. What is Minh's favorite drink?
5. What do his parents like to drink?
6. What do they listen to at the restaurant?
I eat lunch in my school (1) ……………….. The (2) …………… there is very good. My (3)………….. meat is beef. I don't eat (4) ……………… rice. I (5) ………………. bread. I like apples best. What (6) ……………. you have for lunch?
1. A. work B. canteen C. day D. week
2. A. vegetables B. eggs C. food D. drink
3. A. favorite B. good C. nice D. well
4. A. much B. many C. no D. some
5. A. likes B. drink C. has D. have
6. A. do B. does C. are D. is
1. Where does Ngan eat lunch?
2. Is the food in her school canteen good?
3. What is her favorite meat?
4. Does she like rice?
5. What kind of fruit does she like best?
Khoa and Luan go to (1) …………… five days a week. Their classes (2) ………….. at 7a.m every day. On the (3) ………………. they often go to the zoo. They (4) ………………go to school on Sundays because their school closes then. Sometimes they have a (5) ……………… at the park. They also like walking or (6) ……………….. in the park.
1. A. the movies B. the park C. school D. hospital
2. A. end B. start C. close D. finish
3. A. weekend B. Monday C. days D. years
4. A. usually B. always C. often D. don't
5. A. sailing B. fishing C. swimming D. picnic
6. A. swimming B. jogging C. watching D. listening
1. How many days a week do Khoa and Luan go to school?
2. What time do their classes start?
3. Where do they often go on the weekend?
4. Do they go to school on Sundays? Why or why not?
5. What do they like doing in the park?
4. Đọc đoạn văn và trả lời câu hỏi
This is a photo of my family. This is my father. He's 40 years old. He's a doctor. And this is my mother. She's 35. She's a doctor, too. These are my brother, Tom and my sister, Mary. Tom's 10 and Mary's 7. They're pupils.
1. How many people are there in his family?
2 How old is his father?
3. What does he do?
4. How old is his mother?
5. What does she do?
6. How old is his brother?
7. How old is his sister?
8. What do they do?
I live in a house near the sea. It's an old house, about 100 years old, and it's very small. There two bedrooms, a livingroom, a bathroom and a kitchen. The bedrooms are upstairs. The bathroom is next to the kitchen. There is a lovely fireplace in the livingroom. There's a beautiful garden in front of the house. I live with my parents. I play badminton with my father in my free time. We have a lot of fun. I love my house very much.
1. Where is his house?
2. Is it old?
3. How many rooms are there is his house?
4. Is there a garden?
5. Where is the fireplace?
6. Who does he live with?
7. What does he do in his free time?
8. Does he love his house?
Lan and Lien are classmates. Lan is thin, but Lien isn't. Lan is tall and pretty. Lien is short but nice. They are both eleven years old. They are in the same class. They are both good students. They are good friends. They often go to school and play together.
1. Who are Lan and Lien?
2. Is Lan thin?
3. Is Lien ugly?
4. Who is nice?
5. How old are they?
6. Are Lan and Lien in different classes?
7. Are they good pupils?
8. What do they often do together?
Bài tập 4
A robot is a machine. But it is not just any machine. It is a special kind of machine. It is a machine that moves. It follows instructions. The instructions come from a computer. Because it is a machine, it does not make mistakes. And it does not get tired. And it never complains. Unless you tell it to!
Robots are all around us. Some robots are used to make things. For example, robots can help make cars. Some robots are used to explore dangerous places. For example, robots can help explore volcanoes. Some robots are used to clean things. These robots can help vacuum your house. Some robots can even recognize words. They can be used to help answer telephone calls. Some robots look like humans. But most robots do not. Most robots just look like machines.
Long ago, people imagined robots. But nobody was able to make a real robot. The gist real robot was made in 1961. It was called Unimate. It was used to help make cars. It looked like a giant arm.
In the future, we will have even more robots. They will do things that we can't do. Or they will do things that we don't want to do. Or they will do things that are too dangerous for us. They will help make life better.
1. As used in paragraph 1, we can understand that something special is NOT ________.
A. normal
B. expensive
C. perfect
D. tired
2. According to the author, robots cannot be used to ________.
A. explore volcanoes
B. make cars
C. clean your house
D. do the gardening
3. What is the main purpose of paragraph 2?
A. to show how easy it is to make a robot
B. to tell what a robot is
C. to describe the things a robot can do
D. to explain the difference between a robot and a machine
4. Which of these gives the best use of a robot?
A. to help make a sandwich
B. to help tie shoes
C. to help read a book
D. to help explore Mars
5. How does the author feel about robots?
A. Robots are useless.
B. Robots are helpful.
C. Robots are confusing.
D. Robots are dangerous.
5. Đáp án
Bài 1: Bài tập thì hiện tại đơn/ hiện tại tiếp diễn
1. Do, live, live.
2. What is he doingnow? He is wateringflowers in the garden.
3. What does she do? She is a teacher.
5. are playing, is playing.
6. is watching.
7. go, have, am, visit.
8. Does your father go to work by bus?
9. How does your sister go to school?
10. What time do they get up?
11. What do they do in the winter?
12. have
14. likes (* Lưu ý: Tuy là trong câu có "now"- dấu hiệu của hiện tại tiếp diễn, nhưng ta không được chia động từ " like " thành dạng V-ing, nên ta phải dùng thì hiện tại đơn trong trường hợp này).
15. is calling.
16. am listening
17. Are you playing badminton now?
18. gets up
19. watch
21. has
22. am reading, is watching
23. lives, lives
24. are playing
25. get up
26. goes, does
27. is telling
29. Is he watching TV at 7.00 every morning?
30. What does she do at 7.00 am?
31. How old is she?
32. How is she?
35. goes
36. likes, don't like
37. likes, doesn't like
38. love, don't love
40. Areyou waiting for Nam?- No, I am waitingfor Mr. Hai.
41. gets, brushes
42. doesn't live, rents
43. How do your children go to school everyday?
44. Is, is listening
46. Goes, walks
47. Do you live near a market? _ Is it noisy?
48. am doing, is listening.
49. are going.
50. Go, go
51. am writing.
52. have, goes
55. Am eating, is playing
56. Is it her bag? - No, it isn't.
57. What time do your children (go) go to school?
58. lives.
59. What time does your brother usually get up?
60. is, is
62. is, are
63. lives, has
64. doesn't have
65. What time do you start your class?
66. Are you in class 12A3?
67. learns, doesn't live
68. doesn't live, lives
69. is designing
71. Does she like apples?
72. have, do, have
73. swim, swim
74. is reading
75. like
76. Where does Mr. Ha live?
78. is going, wants
79. are going, buying
80. is studying, is listening
84. likes
85. has, goes
86. don't read
87. is, plays
88. Do your students play soccer every afternoon?
90. go, have
Bài 2: Chia động từ ở thì hiện tại đơn/ hiện tại tiếp diễn/ tương lai gần.
1. is going to take
2. am not going to be
3. isn't going to take
4. isn't going to snow
5. Are they going to come tomorrow?
6. When are you going to get back?
7. If you lose your job, what are you going to do?
8. In your opinion, she is going to bea good teacher?
9. What time is the sun going to settoday?
10. Is she going to get the job, do you think?
11. Is David going to beat home this evening?
12. What is the weather going to be like tomorrow?
13. There's someone at the door, are you getting it?
14. How does he get here?
15. Are they going to come tomorrow?
16. He teaches English in a big school in town.
17. When are you going toget back?
18. What are you listening on the radio?
19. Is she playing sports?
21. read, listen, watch
24. Is your mother walking to the market now?
25. are running
26. Does Son write to their friends every summer holiday?
27. What are you going to do tonight?
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Pius IX, problems in the Church, and the plenary council
By Jeff Ziegler ( articles ) | Mar 21, 2003
150 years ago today, Bl. Pius IX issued Inter multiplices (http://www.ewtn.com/library/encyc/p9interm.htm), an encyclical epistle pleading for unity of spirit within the French hierarchy.
After praising the fidelity and vigor of the Church in France, the pontiff deplored the lack of unity among bishops. "Your greatest aim," he wrote, "should be unity among yourselves. We want you to confidently consult Us and this Apostolic See to remove controversy in all matters of whatever kind." The pontiff then urged the bishops to do a better job educating seminarians, to promote sound publications, to correct heterodox writers, and to cultivate in the French laity "a more filial affection and obedience to the Apostolic See" so that they may "venerate it and accept it with complete obedience; they should execute whatever the See itself teaches, determines, and decrees."
This largely forgotten encyclical helps put the present state of the Church in America in perspective. Divisions among bishops, problems with seminaries, harmful writings, laity disloyal to the Holy See -- there's nothing new under the sun, even if the magnitude of the problems is greater today.
Pope Pius did note that "We joyfully recognize how eagerly you strive to obey Our desires and admonitions to celebrate provincial synods"-- which brings to mind last year's proposal for a plenary council. If I recall correctly, an ad hoc committee chaired by Archbishop Buechlein was formed in November to consider the idea, and the considerations were to take at least 18 months. Fellow Off the Record commentators: Have any of you heard any more about the status of the proposed council since the idea was sent to committee?
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The shtetl synagogue served many needs. It was frequently the site of the study hall or beit midrash, the cheder. and in smaller towns (Snitkov?) would also have provided the equivalent of today's community meeting space, even for non-religious issues affecting the whole population, such as civil legal problems, politics, the Haskalah-Chasiddism disputes. Holidays within the synagogue might have included both celebration and feasting. (JAFI).
Sketch Copyright Michelle Frager 2004.
The photo on which the sketch is based can be seen in Wooden Synagogues (WS, image 245). The authors describe the Snitkowo synagogue as likely from the 18th Century, with twin windows, a western vestibule, probably two women's sections (south and north), and the main hall having lower structures along two sides.
Construction was of wooden beams and horizontal boards, but of horizontal timbers in a south annex; annex roofs are noticeably contoured. In the left wall of the second story, you can just see one of the large main windows, and also masonry work at the ground level corner. The building appears to be set in a surround of earth and scrub grasses.
= The Holocaust Memorial Center in Farmington Hills, MI, e-mail: info@holocaustcenter.org.
= Yeshiva University Libraries YULIS in New York City.
Copyright Michelle Frager July 2004.


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Spectacular Location! 193 acres on Bethel Road (in Scott Co. but w Lexington Address). 2 miles to the US 62 I-64 interchange, 7 miles to the Kentucky Horse Park, less 5 miles to Downtown Lexington. Over 82 acres Improved for Horses, 111 nicely improved for Cattle or Crops. Horse Farm amenities include 3 barns with 36 total stalls, 12 paddocks, 10 fields, plank and plank/woven wire fences, 2 round pens, equipment storage, OUTSTANDING SOILS, a nice, 3 bedroom, 2 bath modular residence, and nearly 1100 feet of beautiful dry-stacked stone wall along the frontage. Rear portion of the farm improved for cattle with 58x40 stock barn with working pens, 1.5 acre spring fed pond, numerous tree stands and good fencing. The property also includes an easement to Falconwood Way which could be developed for additional entry.
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80 acres horse farm with a Lexington address located on Scott and Fayette county lines. this farm offers a 15 stall barn and another 6 stall barn, round pen, 8 paddocks, 5 fields and a new maintenance shed with a beautiful apartment perfect for an out of town getaway of a managers residence. This barn has lots of room for expansion should you need more space. All new under ground electric with more room to add on to if you expand the living area.
A beautiful 65 acre parcel on Bethel Road ...Lexington address, majority of land in Scott County. Just minutes from the Kentucky Horse Park and 2 miles to I-64. This farm offers Excellent Soil, 18 Stall Horse Barn, Plank Fencing (newly renovated and painted) with 6 fields and 10 paddocks, tree-lined drive and stacked stone fence along the frontage. The nearly level topography would easily accommodate an outdoor riding arena. This parcel is part of MLS listing # 1905397 and may be purchased separately.
131.97 acres for sale, known as the Bogey Buster Golf Course! Owner is retiring from business. New owner can continue as a golf course or turn land into a beautiful farm! The land is in a cluster development and needs to stay as a whole and is not to be divided. The clubhouse is 44x59 with 2 baths, a metal roof and concrete flooring. Remodel the interior for your one of a kind home.
Ideally located just 2.7 miles from the Kentucky Horse Park and minutes from downtown Lexington and Georgetown, this 40 acre farm, in an area of of improving horse farm, offers an exit strategy as it's approved for eighteen 2+ acre lots. Call listing agent for details.
This is a true working farm. This farm has everything you need to train your horses. It has a 5/8 mile track,a 6-horse EuroXcizer, a roundpen, 39 stalls in two freshly painted barns, 10 paddocks and 3 fields. Additionally, you will find a large hay/equipment metal barn. Close to everything: Kentucky Horse Park, Lexington, Georgetown and Paris. Several lovely building sites on this farm, or you may fall in love with the stunning log home on 8.75 acres on adjacent property which is also available for purchase.
Chip and JoJo would approve of this beautiful barn style home with easy access to I-75 and Georgetown. Within a private setting there are 3 bedrooms, 1 is large enough to turn into 2 bedrooms and a loft area that could also be used as a bedroom and 3 1/2 bath. First floor master. Renovated bathrooms and kitchen designed for a chef. Great room with stone fireplace. Three season room with marble floors. Barn doors throughout. This 49 acre turnkey horse property has a professional riding arena(138ft x 82ft), 4-stall barn with 2 additional stalls roughed in,heated tack room, hot water and a large wash rack. There are 2 large pastures with 4 board and Centaur fencing. The barn, arena and fencing were added to the property in 2006. There is an additional Morton barn with water and electricity, ideal for hay and equipment storage. There are also trails, conditioning hills and cross county fields groomed for riding.
51 acres off Iron works Rd. Build your dream home and raise horses too. Seller would like to sell as one piece but, Can be divided in 2 tracts. One house per 25 acres. Plank fencing and water in both tracts. Great location!
Unique to say the least, nestled into the hills, for privacy, situated above a stream for tranquility. Beauty for all seasons. 1 Year buyer protection plan, new pool liner. Enjoy your very own indoor pool, located just off the master bedroom. Watch your horses play in the paddocks and fields. Would make a great retreat or second home. In the winter take advantage of the full huge stone fireplace and hearth! That crackling fire is calling your name! Easy access to the interstate and Lexington and Cincinnati. Very short distance to Toyota. Geo-thermal heat systems. Outdoor arena and riding trails both on he property near by.
Quiet setting, 3 bedroom 2 bath brick ranch with inground pool. 2 car attached garage. 23 beautiful acres. Additional acreage available. Significant price change!!! SELLS AS IS. INSPECTIONS WELCOME.
Beautiful 65 acre farm now available on Locust Fork in Stamping Ground! Two ponds, a portion of a lake, woven wire fencing for interior and almost complete exterior. Currently used for cattle, has been used for tobacco, could be excellent site for residential home. Mostly cleared, trees scattered near back of farm and a small wooded area. Plenty of wildlife! So many options with this property - call for your appointment now!


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Teen Mom – I Wanna Go Out
Not that kind of Teen Mom. Who has a sick fetish like that? Freak. Anyway, Teen Mom! I threw questions at Chris Kelly, member of the band, and he took to them with aplomb. Or a plum. Either way, here's what I asked and here's how he answered and that's that.
Whenever I search your band's name, I get a lot of shit about Teen Mom, the godawful television show about entitled brats with kids. When you picked Teen Mom as a name, did you think about that at all? Since starting, have you been mistaken for pregnant 16-year-olds?
We mainly decided on calling ourselves Teen Mom because we thought it was kind of funny. We never watched the show, though. One time – which is kind of funny – The Washington Post columnist Dana Milbank had a piece on Sept. 11 about how the day isn't this sacred event anymore. We happened to be playing a show that night and he called us out to make his argument (my god, even a band called "Teen Mom" is playing a ROCK SHOW on Sept. 11! Oh, what a world!) so we've got beef with him, but it's all cool because, as you mentioned, The Post also called us DC's greatest living [fuzz] trio.
Right. The Post did call you the "district's greatest living fuzz trio." How excited were you about that? Were many high-fives and retweets exchanged?
Well, when something like The Post gives you a shout out it's really exciting – although I'm not sure how many fuzz trios there are in this town. Not many, for sure. But it was nice, definitely. I clipped the article. Something to show one's grandparents.
I bet they'll be proud. Now, tell me about the video for "I Wanna Go Out". I mean, it's great. It's really adorable and nostalgia-tinged. How did the idea for that come about? Is it based off old experiences popping headphones on pretty girls and dancing slowly in frenzied lights?
Yeah, the video turned out pretty well. We didn't have anything to do with it, though. Matt Carr, who runs the Analog Edition label that put out the Mean Tom EP, made it himself*. We had all been talking about making a video someday, but I love to talk and not do anything, so he took the initiative and did it. Thank goodness for that – people seem to like videos.
Especially when they're lovely. DefaultMag says I shouldn't ask you about Ireland. Now I really really want to. Can I? I think I will. What's the deal with Ireland? We have an Irish writer on board (somewhere) so you're safe if you want to blast it.
Ha ha, there isn't any deal with Ireland. I think it's just a joke among my friends because they all (Tom and Sean, the people they live with, our group of friends) went to William and Mary together and so have this shared history and friendship narrative from like 2005 . . . so college was when they all became close and stuff. I met them post-that, and while I don't refuse to talk about my time at school, it just never seemed relevant or interesting. I find talking about my life very boring, but if something seems appropriate or interesting, I'll say it.
Speaking of interesting, In Your Speakers said something goes "terribly wrong" with 'Say My Name'. How do you fare with criticism? When you set out with songs, what's your process as a trio? Do some of you take the lead on certain things, or is it a collaborative effort from start to finish? Are there many arguments?
It was a nice change, because [I think] that was the first time we had real criticism. You get to thinking that there's some conspiracy (how can all these different people have such similar opinions? Perhaps they're all the same person!) so I enjoyed reading the bad news from In Your Speakers (a website I had never heard of before). I mean "terribly wrong" is kind of hyperbolic, right? It's a song, y'all, not the Titanic or something. But maybe they're right – maybe I could've done something differently, maybe it is a bit lazy.
Then again, pop music is very formulaic and follows and builds upon rules from circa-1950 so what's a man to do? I just wrote it. Our songwriting process is pretty simple. I write the song by myself and then introduce it to the guys (either by making a home demo on Garage Band or just playing during a practice) and they write their own parts and sometimes the song changes a bit (tempo, parts get moved around) and my home demos sound very different from the final product, but it's a pretty easy process.
There aren't many arguments. Sometimes we'll disagree about what sounds good but usually things work out in the end. Time fixes everything.
* The footage from the music video for "I Wanna Go Out" is taken from 1980 French comedy La Boum – when guys still did cute things like pop headphones on a cute girl's head.
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High on an Irish Cliffside, This Couple Experiences a Proposal Like No Other
Buffeted by menacing winds high upon a cliffside in West Cork, Ireland, Blue Cassidy and his girlfriend, Maria Gilvanda, calmly played their roles as sweethearts enjoying a Champagne picnic at one of the most picturesque places on the planet.
Gilvanda had been convinced by her boyfriend that they were participating in a tourism video. What she didn't know is that the drone filming their perilous rendezvous just steps from a sheer vertical drop into the Atlantic Ocean was actually documenting a stunning, one-of-a-kind marriage proposal.
Photographer and expert drone operator Niall Duffy nearly pulled the plug on the ruse because the drone was having trouble navigating in high winds. At the last moment, he decided to go forward with the plan because Cassidy had already delayed the proposal more than six months due to COVID-19 restrictions in Ireland.
"I was right on the edge with it, to be honest," Duffy told CorkBeo. "I didn't think it would work and I said maybe we could call it off until we got better weather. But, he had already waited six months so we went ahead with it."
In the viral video, the viewer assumes the vantage point of the drone as it soars high above the couple, revealing the awesome, jagged vistas that make County Cork such a unique destination.
After circling the couple, the drone hovers directly above. Dangling from the drone is a cord with a very special package tied to the end. Cassidy stretches to reach the package, which contains a ring box. The drone's camera stays focused on the couple as Cassidy goes down on one knee and proposes to his startled, yet delighted, girlfriend, with a ring given to him by his mother.
Said Duffy, "The drone got there, the ring arrived, she said 'Yes,' and everybody's happy."
In the final seconds of the video, the drone zooms away from the precipice until the couple seems to vanish into the landscape. The couple is circled in the screen capture, below.
The couple has been overwhelmed by the enthusiastic comments and well wishes generated by the viral video.
Gilvanda told the Irish Examiner that part of the beauty of the responses has been the sense of hope the proposal has brought to many people.
"We were saying that we would like to make it a tradition every 10 years that we would go there and do a different video each year until our legs can't walk to the cliff," she said.
See the impressive video here…
Credits: Screen captures via http://www.irishmirror.ie.


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Q: Can't boot win7 after installing ubuntu 12.04 how can i restore my win7? I use flash disk to install my ubuntu 12.04 under win7 system, however i made a stupid mistake when I later know that I cant choose install ubuntu alongside with win7 (should choose advanced mode), however, after installing successfully, I find win 7 option on booting page, but after I choose it I.The system told me to insert a win7 CD and choose 'restore' option. ignore it to keep on, the mistake shows. and one more thing I can see files that originally in my D disk in win7. I'm rookie and don't know what to do, I have read some questions related but can not follow.
My intention is to find my files in win7. I want to ask questions specifically:

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*How to get back to win7 ? Do I necessarily need to reinstall win7 and choose 'restore' option? Whether files in win7 are erased?

*What is I install ubuntu again and do the right step? will it help?

A: Ubuntu 12.04 install has corrupted the Win7 boot loader(Usually it only corrupts the boot loader, not the whole OS partition). This happened to me too.
What you need to do now is to repair the Win7 boot loader. You can do that with a Win7 installation disk, by running the start-up repair utility. This will only repair the start-up files necessary for Win7 and WILL NOT erase all your files. (If you get to a point where you are trying to repair this and the computer tells you all your files will be lost, then you most probably shouldn't go ahead with it, and first try start-up repair)
These links should help you with the start-up repair:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestoreUbuntu/XP/Vista/7Bootloader
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1639595
On the other hand if accessing Win7 isn't so urgent and you only need to access files on your C: or D: drive, try mounting them in ubuntu and access them from ubuntu.
PS. reinstalling Ubuntu will not do you any good. Nor will uninstalling it. It is better to have one OS running on your computer than none.

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Lydtrykket beskriver lydens fysiske styrke, altså om den er kraftig eller svag. Måleenheden for lydtryk er Pascal - ligesom for barometerstanden. Pascal forkortes Pa. Den svageste hørbare
lyd er cirka 0,00002 Pa, og en meget kraftig lyd er f.eks. 20 Pa. Ved dette kraftige lydtryk giver lyden anledning til smerte.

Lydtryksniveau og lydeffektniveau er to forskellige ting. Lydtryksniveauet måles for eksempel af en mikrofon, og er en direkte måling af lufttryk i Pascal, hvor lydeffektniveauet er en måling af den effekt der
bliver brugt til at generere lyden. Lydtryksniveauet bliver brugt til at måle lydtryk i decibel.

Referencer

Akustik

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28 Years of Mig-25 Garuda's First Sortie: IAF's Tweets on Historic Day When Supresonic Aircraft Took Off For Its Maiden Flight
Sumit Sharma	Defence	 August 25, 2019 August 25, 2019 1 Minute
Twenty-eight years ago, on August 25, 1981, the Indian Air Force's (IAF) Mig-25 "Garuda" flew its first sortie. the then Chief of Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal Idris Latif and Wing Commander Apram Jeet Singh of the 102 Squadron were the pilots of Mig-25's maiden flight. IAF Launches Mobile-Based Air Combat Game 'Indian Air Force: A Cut Above' to Attract More Youth to Join The Force.
The IAF in a tweet on Sunday said, "#YearsBack on This Day #IAF: On 25 Aug 81, IAF's mighty Mig-25 flew its first sortie. Wg Cdr AJ Singh, CO, 102 Sqn and the then CAS, ACM Idris Latif were the pilots in its maiden flight. Mig-25, 'Garuda', is one of the fastest fighters ever to have entered military service."
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#YearsBack on This Day #IAF: On 25 Aug 81, IAF's mighty Mig-25 flew its first sortie. Wg Cdr AJ Singh, CO, 102 Sqn and the then CAS, ACM Idris Latif were the pilots in its maiden flight. Mig-25, 'Garuda', is one of the fastest fighters ever to have entered military service. pic.twitter.com/AG2dRZ7AhQ
— Indian Air Force (@IAF_MCC) August 25, 2019
The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-25 is a supersonic interceptor and reconnaissance aircraft that was among the fastest military aircraft to enter service. It was designed by the Soviet Union's Mikoyan-Gurevich bureau and is one of the few combat aircraft built primarily using stainless steel. IAF to Receive First Batch of Rafale Jets Next Month; Warplanes to be Equipped With SCALP Missiles by 2020.
After its induction into the IAF, Mig-25 was designated as "Garuda". It was also used extensively in the Kargil War and Operation Parakram, conducting aerial reconnaissance sorties over Pakistan. The aircraft was retired from the service from the IAF in 2007 due to lack of spare parts and India's acquisition of unmanned aerial vehicles and satellite imagery.
(Picture Courtesy: Twitter/Indian Air Force)
Air Chief Marshal Idris Latif
Mig-25 Garuda
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Operation Parakram
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Statistics of Scottish Football League in season 1974–75. At the end of this season, the leagues were reconstructed into three divisions of 10, 14 and 14. This meant that the top ten teams in Division One entered the new Premier Division, while the rest of the Division One clubs entered the new First Division.

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With the introduction of overlay PTC just over a decade ago, the concept of vitality needed to be expanded at that point beyond the mantra of signaling engineers as to a vital component or system being one that fails in a safe manner, i.e., failure without introducing any additional risk. In addition to this design vitality, it was necessary to introduce a concept of functional vitality to prove that PTC was and remains not vital. That is, a functionally vital entity is one that generates the movement authorities for trains, thereby providing for the integrity of train movements. For signal engineers the two concepts are inseparable, and in their viewpoint, anything associated with traffic control must by vital. Such fatuous rationalization can be quite unfortunate for the deployment of advancing technologies in railroads, including PTC. Two current examples here are ITC's efforts in designing the wireless and positioning platforms for PTC that are way beyond what is required for a non-vital system, if even a vital one.
In anticipation of such design tangents by railroad technicians ( as demonstrated in the past by UP with it Precision Train Control project that died from overdesign), I introduced the functionally vital perspective a decade ago to demonstrate that overlay PTC is not vital and therefore not subject to the design and regulatory complexities associated with vital systems. Stated otherwise, PTC's ability to enhance the safety of rail operations is substantially less critical than that of the traffic control systems that provide for the integrity of train movements. PTC only addresses human errors whereas traffic control systems are absolute.
Being the architect of the first overlay PTC system, I was continuously challenged during the early years by labor, FRA, suppliers, and even my counterparts on other railroads, to explain why PTC is not vital. The forum for these discussions was primarily that of the Rail Safety Advisory Committee (RSAC) for PTC that was charged with defining the core objectives of PTC. Understandably, RSAC-PTC was primarily manned by signal engineers who live and breathe vitality with their natural inclination being that everything is vital. Again, for them PTC had to be vital, I assume, because it addresses safety, and it is related to vital traffic control systems. At the same time, signal engineers when asked during the courses I teach on PTC and railroad operations "What is vital in dark territory?", will respond that there is nothing vital since there is no wayside equipment. The solution for addressing both of these ill-structured mind-sets of signal engineers as to PTC and dark territory was to provide the functional definition of vitality that really goes to the core of running a safe railroad, i.e., the generation of authorities.
In parallel with the functional vitality effort was the extraordinary task of convincing the masses that PTC did not deliver those business benefits that continue to be so widely and wildly proclaimed by FRA and suppliers as to increasing traffic density and the efficiency of the key operating assets, e.g., crews, locomotives, and even maintenance crews. I quote the FRA's website "In addition to providing a greater level of safety and security, PTC systems also enable a railroad to run scheduled operations and provide improved running time, greater running time reliability, higher asset utilization, and greater track capacity." Here is the simple, and one would think very obvious, logic as to why overlay PTC can't provide such business benefits. To increase traffic density means that the generation of movement authorities need to be done more efficiently … and since PTC does not generate movement authorities (nor deliver them as the FRA website proclaims – that is the purpose of digital authorities – not PTC), then it cannot provide those benefits. Actually, if not properly designed, PTC can actually decrease both the traffic density and safety by making unnecessary enforcements. What the FRA and others who flaunt PTC business benefits refuse to understand is that it is the wireless data path required by PTC that also permits train tracking status data to be delivered to back office management systems. As demonstrated by NS and BNSF at least, a railroad doesn't need PTC to obtain the stated business benefits; a railroad only needs a wireless data platform, whether it be cellular, satellite, and/or private. In any event, the bottom line remains, i.e., PTC is not vital in any sense.
OK, at this point you may be thinking about VPTC (where V means vital) which is one title given to the PTC systems being pursued by the freight and commuter railroads. Clearly such a title suggests that PTC is vital, but it isn't. VPTC means that the platforms upon which those PTC systems are deployed are design vital so as to reduce the failure of the PTC system, but PTC is still not functionally vital. The purpose of VPTC is to provide a pragmatic economical solution to regulatory issues that requires a restricted speed for a train should its PTC platform fail. In heavy density corridors, the application of restricted speed could result in significant business costs.
With the distinction between design and functional vitality now established above, I introduce a new vitality phrase: "Vital Employee". Simply stated, a vital employee is one that generates a movement authority. For U.S. railroads, the primary example is the Employee-In-Charge (EIC) that provides the authority to a train to move through a work zone, a work zone that is encapsulated (nested) within an authority generated by a traffic control system. Handling the enforcement of the nested EIC authority was a major design issue that I had to provide for the first overlay PTC system … and is now used by the PTC systems being deployed by the freight railroads. Again this was done in a non-vital way by not affecting the underlying Method of Operations, thereby avoiding regulatory complexities.
The vital employee perspective has proven to be particularly challenging in my assignment as Project Leader for a consulting effort in Egypt to advance both the safety and efficiency of the majority of the Egyptian National Railways (ENR) operations that use token block and TYER, a.k.a. British Absolute Block, traffic control systems. In the case of ENR, their operations have mechanical interlockings that are handled by operators independent of the central movement office. Instead of a centralized dispatcher, ENR uses block/interlocking operators to generate block-by-block authorities thereby compromising the efficiency and safety of train movements compared to that which railroads around the world achieve with dark and signaled operations. For this engagement, a "virtual" CTC (V-CTC) system is being designed that will provide for multiple block authorities subjected to nested, manual interlocking authorities. This solution provides for enforcement for the authorities generated by both V-CTC as well as the interlocking operator.
As a closing point, I wish to remind all that the Book of Rules provides the underlying threshold of vitality for all rail systems. In my 40+ years in the industry, I find that too many tend to ignore this point – just as signal engineers tend to ignore dark territory.


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(Northern Ireland) Young Business Man Troubled for Not Printing Sexually Explicit Magazine
Mr Williamson from Portadown in Northern Ireland, faces court proceedings for refusing to print materials of a gay magazine. He says the website of MyGayZine contained explicit images, and he wasn't prepared to print that kind of material whether homosexual or heterosexual.
Mr Williamson, 28, was asked to provide a cost estimate for printing MyGayZine, timed to coincide with a gay rights march in Belfast. But in an email to the magazine's editor, Danny Toner, Mr Williamson said he did "not feel comfortable" taking the job on because it "would be in contradiction to my own faith". Mr Williamson had explained: "Unfortunately due to the nature of the magazine we are unable to give a quote."
But Mr Toner said he was "shocked" and "annoyed" at Mr Williamson's comments, and said: "If we can take the printer to court, we will".
The case has been referred to the Equality Commission for Northern Ireland. We thank the Christian Institute for reporting. Source and further information (including a video of Mr. Williamson explaining the case): http://www.christian.org.uk/news/exclusive-video-christian-printer-resists-gay-magazine/?e100513


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Georg Gustav, baron Wrangel (ur. 1728, zm. 1795), szwedzki dyplomata.

W latach 1789-1793 był szwedzkim posłem przy dworach włoskich. Rezydował zwykle w Republice Genui w jej stolicy - mieście Genua.

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