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Realise your ambitions! The urgent need for the EU to add more species to the IAS list
10-OCT-2017 - A new study stresses the urgent need to include more species on the EU's 'List of Invasive Alien Species of Union Concern'. The EU leads the world in legislation to protect the economy and the environment from the threat of Invasive Alien Species (IAS). However, this ambitious legislation risks being undermined if the current IAS list remains as it is.
Only 49 species have been included on the IAS thus far. However, this new study concludes 207 species need to be urgently considered for inclusion, with a total of 1323 needing to be assessed by 2030. Unless the EU rapidly considers more species for inclusion, the EU IAS list will remain clearly inadequate when compared to the threat the EU faces from IAS. BirdLife Europe & Central Asia calls on the EU Institutions to follow the recommendations of this study.
The third greatest driver of extinction
Alien species are animals and plants that do not naturally occur in Europe and could never naturally make their way to Europe. They have been introduced here, either deliberately or accidentally, by humans. Most alien species are harmless. However, a significant minority cause great damage to our economy and environment. These are known as invasive alien species (IAS). Hundreds of invasive alien species are already in the EU. They cost the EU's economy €12.5 billion annually through impacts on public health and a variety of economic sectors from hydro-electricity to agriculture. Invasive alien species also have devastating impacts on native flora and fauna. Not only do IAS compete with native species for food, they also compete for living space, spread disease and, in many cases, eat our native species. Across the EU, IAS are the third greatest driver of extinction. Unfortunately, climate change will only increase the negative impact of these invaders.
Once they reach Europe, IAS easily cross borders. Therefore, the only way to tackle the IAS threat is through coordinated pan-EU action. This is why the EU's Invasive Alien Species Regulation is so widely respected, as it tackles the problem at a continental rather than a national scale. At the core of the Regulation is the 'List of Invasive Alien Species of Union concern'. This is a list of the most dangerous IAS. Once a species is included on the list, it is banned from the EU in all but the most exceptional circumstances. However, so far, the inclusion of species on the list hasn't been done in a strategic or comprehensive manner. Few species have been listed and many that have been are of a lower priority.
A strategic road-map
Indeed only 49 species have been listed to date. Despite the new study prioritizing "207 species for urgent risk assessment, 59 by 2018 and 148 by 2020; another 336 species were identified for a second phase (by 2025), to prevent or reverse their profound impact on biodiversity; and a further 357 species for assessment by 2030."
Danny Heptinstall, BirdLife Europe & Central Asia said: "This new study clearly shows that the EU's 'List of Invasive Alien Species of Union Concern' isn't yet strong enough to protect the EU's citizens, economy and environment from the IAS Threat. The IAS regulation should rightly be celebrated, but as world-leading scientists have already highlighted, more species must be considered for inclusion on the EU's IAS List. This study provides a clear strategic road-map for which species should be considered for inclusion on the IAS List and when they should be considered. We hope that the European Commission and Member States will follow its recommendations."
Text: BirdLife Europe & Central Asia
Photos: Pixabay.com (lead photo: Egyptian geese); Challiyan at Malayalam Wikipedia
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Soils may reduce the impact of drought, or enhance damage 29-Jun-2019
At least ten reef-associated shark species in the Dutch Caribbean 28-Jun-2019
Climate change soon bigger threat to Amazon than deforestation 28-Jun-2019
Unique species Black Sea and Caspian Sea in crisis 25-Jun-2019
New and very abundant microbe found living in corals 07-Jun-2019
Naturalis launches world's first automated system for insect monitoring 01-Jun-2019
Environmental DNA as a tool for lionfish mapping 22-May-2019
Study reveals large number of new bird species for the island of Saba 08-May-2019
Exotic species aren't all bad 21-Apr-2017
Lost birdsong of Britain revealed 22-Jan-2017
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Essam Attia is the artist who mocked the NYPD and its use of drones. He placed images, in public areas, which criticized the NYPD's use of drones. The NYPD was able to track him down and have charged him with 56 criminal counts as a way to make an example of anyone who dare make a mockery of the NYPD's oppression. Thou shall worship oppression and praise its glory.


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Q: Novice GridBagLayout Issue Breaking my old habits, I have created a GUI using GridBagLayout.  I am still very new to this container, so obviously there will be flaws with my code.
When I run the program, the GUI looks like this: http://i.imgur.com/90J0paH.png
Not too bad for a first try, but the window height is bigger than I expected!  I added scroll panes to the separate panels so that I could make the application smaller.  Because I didn't set a limit on window size, I think the scrollbars aren't showing because Java automatically sizes the window so that as many of the components show as possible.
Also, the bottom label "0 out of.." is sort of offset to the right.  No big deal.
But the real horror shows when I resize the window.  http://i.imgur.com/njI9cgn.png
Now we get the scrollbars, but the bottom panel suddenly grows huge and the other three panels get all strange.  (the horizontal scrollbars aren't even supposed to show)
Here is my code.  Thanks to all the GUI experts out there that can offer any help!!
...create the components blah blah blah
//----------------------- ADD COMPONENTS TO PANELS -----------------------

    c.fill = GridBagConstraints.BOTH;
    c.weightx = 0.5;
    c.weighty = 0.5;
    c.ipadx = 3;
    c.ipady = 3;

    //TODO: Add "Level", "Amount", etc. labels

    for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++)    //Normal troops
    {
        c.gridy = i;

        c.gridx = 0;
        c.insets = new Insets(0, 0, 0, 0);
        normalTroopPanel.add(icon[i], c);

        c.insets = new Insets(10, 10, 10, 0);
        c.gridx = 1;
        normalTroopPanel.add(setLevel[i], c);

        c.gridx = 2;
        normalTroopPanel.add(setAmount[i], c);

        c.insets = new Insets(10, 20, 10, 0);
        c.gridx = 3;
        normalTroopPanel.add(typeTotalCost[i], c);

        c.gridx = 4;
        normalTroopPanel.add(typeTotalTime[i], c);
    }
    normalTroopPanel.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(400, 520));

    for (int i = 10; i < 15; i++)   //Dark troops
    {
        c.gridy = i;

        c.gridx = 0;
        c.insets = new Insets(0, 0, 0, 0);
        darkTroopPanel.add(icon[i], c);

        c.insets = new Insets(10, 10, 10, 0);
        c.gridx = 1;
        darkTroopPanel.add(setLevel[i], c);

        c.gridx = 2;
        darkTroopPanel.add(setAmount[i], c);

        c.insets = new Insets(10, 20, 10, 0);
        c.gridx = 3;
        darkTroopPanel.add(typeTotalCost[i], c);

        c.gridx = 4;
        darkTroopPanel.add(typeTotalTime[i], c);
    }
    darkTroopPanel.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(400, 250));

    for (int i = 15; i < 20; i++)   //Spells
    {
        c.gridy = i;

        c.gridx = 0;
        c.insets = new Insets(0, 0, 0, 0);
        spellPanel.add(icon[i], c);

        c.insets = new Insets(10, 10, 10, 0);
        c.gridx = 1;
        spellPanel.add(setLevel[i], c);

        c.gridx = 2;
        spellPanel.add(setAmount[i], c);

        c.insets = new Insets(10, 20, 10, 0);
        c.gridx = 3;
        spellPanel.add(typeTotalCost[i], c);

        c.gridx = 4;
        spellPanel.add(typeTotalTime[i], c);
    }
    spellPanel.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(400, 250));

    //Totals panel
    c.gridx = 0;
    c.gridy = 0;
    totalsPanel.add(spaceTaken, c);
    c.gridx = 1;
    totalsPanel.add(setHousingLimit, c);
    c.gridx = 2;
    totalsPanel.add(totalElixirCost, c);
    c.gridx = 3;
    totalsPanel.add(totalDarkCost, c);
    c.gridx = 4;
    totalsPanel.add(totalTime, c);

    //Add scrollbars to our troop/spell panels so they can all fit in a reasonable window
    JScrollPane normalTroopScroll = new JScrollPane(normalTroopPanel);
    JScrollPane darkTroopScroll = new JScrollPane(darkTroopPanel);
    JScrollPane spellScroll = new JScrollPane(spellPanel);

    //Bundle it all up!
    c.gridx = 0;
    c.gridy = 0;
    c.gridheight = 2;
    armyEntryPanel.add(normalTroopScroll, c);
    c.gridx = 1;
    c.gridheight = 1;
    armyEntryPanel.add(darkTroopScroll, c);
    c.gridy = 1;
    armyEntryPanel.add(spellScroll, c);
    c.gridy = 2;
    c.gridx = 0;
    c.gridwidth = 2;
    armyEntryPanel.add(totalsPanel, c);
}

A: The combination of fill and weighty is causing the main problems.
Try setting the weighty to 1 for the components at the top (scroll pane) and weighty to 0 for the components at the bottom. You may consider setting the fill to NONE as well (for the bottom components)
Essentially, you never reset the constraints

A: I suggest that you give your bottom colorful panels a preferredDimension based on the screen resolution, the font size, etc. That way, it may stay the way you want it to stay.
Also, try setting the Insets for these components, see if that helps.

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Oh Jets, just when we thought you weren't a circus.
With Wednesday's report that at least one unnamed Jets player called backup quarterback Tim Tebow "terrible," the focus of the Jets 3-6 season has now shifted from the disappointment on the field to the pending fracture in the locker room.
This is a team, after all, that splintered apart last year to lose their last three games; a locker room that was divided and engaged in bitter finger pointing and the blame game.
Up to this point in the season, the Jets seemed more tight-knit and supportive then at any point last year, even when they started the 2011 season off in relatively strong fashion. But now this is a headache that they don't need.
This is now a true circus, and it has nothing to do with the media creating this mess. The players quoted in the story have everything to do with this. They knew when they opened their mouths what they were getting themselves into.
And now they may not be able to get out.
Targeting Tebow is unfair and unjust for a player who not only has exuded class in how he has handled himself, but also has an unquestioned work ethic. Make what you will of his fundamentals and technique — which are improving — but there isn't a harder worker on this team than Tebow. He is among the first on the field and the last off of it, and his time spent in the weight room is exemplary. Critics will say that he isn't a quarterback right now, but to take a cowardly, unnamed shot at him is absurd.
The writer of the story shouldn't be blamed for asking the question or writing the story, all of which falls under his job description covering the team. Those who should be blamed are the ones criticizing a teammate who is working as hard as anyone — if not harder — to help the Jets out of the muck and mire of their self-made mess of a season. Would these teammates criticize the team's backup center or backup cornerback in such a brazen fashion?
But Tebow is now being cast by divisive members of the Jets' locker room as the scapegoat for all their flaws and faults this year, and perhaps it is an act of self-preservation.
With starter Mark Sanchez entrenched on the team and still with four years left on his contract after this season, it is unlikely that he will be moved from the team anytime soon. Tebow, however, has more value, especially if other teams are enthralled with his performance from a season ago in Denver. He also is owed a lot less guaranteed money than Sanchez, and he could be moved out of New York far more easily. Siding with Sanchez is perhaps the safer bet in the Jets' locker room because he's more likely to stick around, if only by default.
But that ignores both the short-term and the long-term outlook. Right now, given Sanchez's string of poor performances, it is far more conceivable that the Jets can win with Tebow as a starter, and labeling him as "terrible" does absolutely no good for a locker room still healing from the convulsions of last year.
Even more than that, the attacks on Tebow are cowardly and baseless. Even if they were true, they are directed at a man only trying to execute his job to the best of his ability.
In no way, at no time, should anyone ever be called out for merely doing his job as well as he can, and Tebow is a player who, no matter what you might think of him, has absolutely no quit in him. He should be commended by his teammates for maintaining this integrity and work ethic through all of the questions and criticisms of this year.
Instead, he is bashed by those lurking in the shadows, hiding behind anonymity. Perhaps if all the players — anonymous or otherwise — worked as hard as Tebow, then the Jets wouldn't be 3-6. To bash him for doing his job is beyond comprehension.
And that is the great tragedy of this story.
Kristian R. Dyer covers the Jets for Metro New York and can be followed on Twitter for news, insight, snarky comments and breaking Jets news here.


Keeping fresh produce in your kitchen to use when preparing a meal can be done in many ways. There is the option to use various bins or any other container. You also can build your own produce stand to have as a storage bin.
A simple produce stand can be made by using scrap wood or from new boards that can be found at any local home improvement store. The project will take a couple of hours to complete when you are using the proper tools. This will include a tape measure, a saw, a power drill, and some screws. Sanding might also be needed before assembling the pieces of your produce stand.
The produce stand you can build will be a series of boxes that will be used for storage. Your boxes will be attached to a frame that will be self-standing. One thing about assembling wood using screws is you need to pre-drill holes so you do not split the material. If you do not want to use screws, then nails may also be used.
Cutting the wood to build your produce stand can be done using a miter saw. If you do not have a miter saw, then a circular saw or a manual saw can be used to cut the wood. Another option is to ask a friend or family member with a suitable saw if they can cut the wood.
The key to a self-standing produce stand is the supports that are attached to the frame. You will cut the supports from the wood you have acquired for this project. This is a great item to have for any fruits and vegetables or even herbs that you harvest from your garden.


Hanging with the Hewitts: Lets Help the SC Flood victims!!!!!!
Update: So it seems many of the shelter have all they need at this point. (Please someone correct me if I am wrong.) So right now the best way to help is going to be to donate. Here are a few of the sites where 100% of the funds will go directly to help those who are suffering!
And if you would like to send gift cards, please send them to my dear friend Beth, and she will pass them along to everyone in need.
South Carolina has suffered some major damage over the last few days with all this rain and flooding. It is absolutely heartbreaking! So, you guys, let's rally and help these families in need!!!
It appears that Columbia, Irmo, and Chapin were hit really, really hard!! The Charleston area, along with plenty of others were hit as well. Please, if you know of anyone in need, email me at Caycee07@hotmail.com.
I was brought to my knees yesterday evening when I got on Facebook and saw these pictures!!!
Here's the information that I have received so far on how we can help!!
They need any and everything, but what they need most are the items below!
Hwy 76 - 2721 Dutch Fork Rd.
And you can also donate here at the Flood Disaster Relief Fund!
Please let me know if there is any other way we can help! If you know of any other addresses for donation pages please email or comment!! I will update this throughout the day with any additional information I receive!
Thank you Caycee for sharing this! I was just thinking how I would love to help and wondering how and where I could send things!
You are so sweet and have the biggest heart. Seeing these pictures of my hometown on Facebook, and hearing that people have actually died in columbia, is devastating. Thank the Lord my loved ones there are all safe and sound.
I live in Atlanta and just cleaned my closet...have bags of women's and little boy clothes that I would love to donate. I am wondering if you know of any places outside of SC that are collecting stuff to send to flood victims. Would love to make sure it gets to them.
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Last updated: December 5, 2018 at 12:48 pm. Posted Tuesday, October 23, 2018 by Jeannie Garcia in Bally's Las Vegas, Flamingo Las Vegas, Harrah's Las Vegas, Things to Do in Las Vegas. Comments Off on Yee Haw: Go Round The Las Vegas Strip For The 2018 National Finals Rodeo.
Yee-haw, ride 'em cowboy! Check out what to do in Vegas for the annual Wrangler National Finals Rodeo, which runs Dec. 6 – 15 this year. In addition to all the rodeo events at the Thomas & Mack Center, you'll find several NFR events, entertainment and things to do on the Las Vegas Strip.
Reba, Brooks & Dunn. Photo courtesy of Caesars Entertainment.
Reba, Brooks & Dunn will get you in the country spirit on Dec. 5, 7-8, 12, 14-15. On top of several GRAMMY and CMA awards, Reba has 35 No. 1 singles under her belt and is considered the No. 1 female country touring artist.
Joining the successful country star is superstar duo Brooks & Dunn, who are also chart-toppers and winners of more than 80 industry awards.
Show starts at 7:30 p.m. in The Colosseum.
The Spanish Steps Bar at Caesars Palace. Photo courtesy of Caesars Entertainment.
Alto bar. Photo courtesy of Caesars Entertainment.
Live DJ playing country music from 9 p.m. – 3 a.m.
Channel your inner Cleopatra this NFR weekend. Photo courtesy of Caesars Entertainment.
From Dec. 7-9, Cleopatra's Barge hosts its Country Concert Series starting at 9:20 p.m.
The perfect pairing after the perfect rodeo. Photo courtesy of Caesars Entertainment.
Rock 'n' roll with 15 South at Toby Keith's I Love This Bar & Grill. Courtesy photo.
You'll also catch the upbeat local band, 15 South, known for their mix of country and rock 'n' roll sound. Brothers Leonard and Leon Quenneville offer a high-energy show, performing both covers and original music.
While you're here, the food at Toby Keith's is not too shabby either. How do fried bologna sandwiches and deep-fried Twinkies sound?
The Piano Bar. Photo courtesy of Caesars Entertainment.
Ruth's Chris filet. Photo courtesy of Harrah's Las Vegas.
Ruth's Chris hosts a Jack Daniel's Tasting on Dec. 9 at 8 p.m. The fine steakhouse will feature a special Jack Daniel's pairing menu, as well as live country music entertainment, drink specials and sampling.
X Country. Photo courtesy of Caesars Entertainment.
The sultry X Country girls strut their stuff and entice the audience, all while sashaying to traditional and today's hottest country hits. The show is at Harrah's Cabaret at 10 p.m. nightly.
Florida Georgia Line at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino. Photo courtesy of Caesars Entertainment.
Superstar duo Florida Georgia Line performs live in Vegas with a limited residency on select dates from Dec. 1-11 at Zappos Theater. You'll also see performances by special guests Mason Ramsey and Canaan Smith. Selling more than 4 million albums worldwide, the multi-platinum duo is known for breaking musical genres, touring with the likes of the Backstreet Boys and rap artist Nelly. Show starts at 8 p.m.
Extra Lounge. Photo courtesy of Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino.
We're not even sure how long "once in a blue moon" is. Photo courtesy of Caesars Entertainment.
Heart Bar. Photo courtesy of Caesars Entertainment.
Throughout NFR, Heart Bar offers drink specials, sampling and giveaways from 10 p.m. – 1 a.m.
Photo courtesy of PBR Rock Bar & Grill.
Bird Bar. Photo courtesy of Caesars Entertainment.
Garden Bar. Photo courtesy of Caesars Entertainment.
Shirts are overrated. The Chippendales aren't. Photo courtesy of Caesars Entertainment.
Catch the steamiest show in Vegas: During Chippendales, you might just be the lucky cowgirl they bring up to the stage. Saddle up! Show times are 8:30 and 10:30 p.m.


Flagstar Bancorp Inc had to know by 2009 that hundreds of loans it originated didn't meet underwriting guidelines when it sold $900 million in mortgage-backed securities to investors, a lawyer for a bond insurer said on Wednesday.
At the start of a civil trial over Flagstar's mortgage securities practices at the height of the housing boom, Assured Guaranty Ltd lawyer Jacob Buchdahl said the bank misrepresented the quality of home loans packaged together as investments.
Buchdahl said Troy, Michigan-based Flagstar was required to buy back mortgages that did not comply with standards for the investments, but did not do so.
"The defendant Flagstar failed to live up to its promises," he told U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff in Manhattan. The judge is hearing the case without a jury.
The case, filed last year, is one of the first to go to trial over claims tied to the bundling of mortgages that were sold to investors. The collapse of these securities when the housing market cooled has been blamed in part for the financial crisis.


Do you ever think of switching careers? If so, what would you do? Ever since I discovered Mark & Louella Tuckey's home in Melbourne, Australia (back in InsideOut magazine in 2006) I've been following their lives and their homes with great fascination. Mark and Louella design, make and sell solid timber furniture along with a selection of handpicked textiles, ceramics and homewares in multiple retail locations throughout Australia.
It's the kind of place I can imagine myself owning. I love the Bemboka linen quilts, the simple Anatolian kilims, the Anne Ronjat ceramic bowls and the solid timber drum coffee tables. And don't even get me started on the twig and wire lights! Wouldn't it be fun to create the vision of your ideal world and then share it with other like-minded people? I imagine there would also be a couple of enjoyable buying trips a year to far-flung places! It's good to dream...it's where all journeys first begin. What would your ideal career switch be?
In the meantime, let's take a look at their Melbourne home which was recently shot by Mikkel Vang for Australian Vogue Living's Before and After issue. I could walk right in and call it my own!


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N-Sider has exclusive details on the next Game Boy (not the Nintendo DS, mind you), the Game Boy Evolution, and the next version of the GameCube, the GameCube Next.
No pics of either, of course, but the Game Boy Evolution won't be out until 2006 and is supposed to have a flip-top design similar to that of the Game Boy Advance SP, and will use mini-discs rather than cartridges (sounds sorta like the PlayStation Portable), have graphics quality like that of the Sega Dreamcast, built-in Bluetooth for wireless multiplayer gaming, and will be backwards-compatible with older Game Boy games, though it sounds like since it uses a disc you'll have to download the games onto the Game Boy Evolution's internal memory using some sort of adapter.
Then there's the GameCube Next. N-Sider actually lists two different sets of specs for the GameCube Next, it doesn't sound like Nintendo has settled on one configuration or the other yet. Both are listed as having 15GB hard drives and using high-capacity blue laser optical discs which can store a lot more than today's regular DVDs, and the actual design of the console is supposed to echo the Nintendo 64 rather than the original GameCube.


Mito and Kashima played in the 4th annual Ibaraki Soccer Festival yesterday, which Kashima won handily. Still, there were some points improved over last year.
Firstly, the defense on the whole was a lot better. As mentioned by several players, the second and third goals were sloppily let in. Mito was scrambling to recover at the start of the second half, and then again after the quick goal was scored, and the team didn't settle into the planned strategy until after letting in the third goal. From then on, defense was tight as it was in the first half. Aside from those five minutes of desperation, it was a 0 - 1 game.
Secondly, Mito played a combination of first team members and bench players (leaving out Bruno and Biju among others) and gave everyone play time, while Kashima seemed more or less to play its top team with substitutions only when necessary. No reason to feel negatively about that point, though. Last year both teams played teams including first and second team players, but this year Kashima has to prepare for Saturday's Xerox Super Cup against Hiroshima.
However, the undeniable difference in ability between Mito and the 2007 double champions is very high, and offensively there is no comparison. Kashima is able to link up passes amazingly and away from the Mito players while also seeming to always be able to be where Mito wants to pass. Most importantly Kashima is able to sneak through to the front and take shots, while Mito pushes up the side to cross in front of the goal. Those crosses rarely link up, and that strategy is only successful against a team of the same relative strength.
In any case, it was a fun time aside from getting fleeced by the parking lot and the cold of the wind in the shadow of the visitors side.
Any news on the scorers when Omiya played Mito on Saturday Vendo? We won 3-2 but that's all I can find.
First half was 0-1, second half was 3-1.
Goal scorers have been kept secret as it was a blackout game with no press. Fans who watched through the locked gate couldn't get a good enough view to catch any players.
Hi Vendo, ready for kick-off now?
I must disagree with the idea that it is a weakened team... I'd call it a riskier team. Other than Ogura and Yoshimoto who are now in Yokohama, players not continuing have been largely unrealized of their talent. Great players like Iwadate (now in Kamatamare Sanuki, whoever they are ;) ) just couldn't fulfill their potential. At least now there are new players with potential.
Looking at the results of practice games during the time when the top team was fielded (and not against national double champions), you see good results, such as against Omiya recently. Some of the new players may be inexperienced and look bad on paper, but will likely impress those seeing them. Make sure you follow not only the rental players, but also new signees Kento Hori and Mitsuru Mansho. They've shown some brilliance that should allow them to immediately excel in the level of J2. Ozawa who recently returned from the Netherlands is also showing good flashes. Lastly, there is a tall Mexican player who has been practicing with the team for some time and has shown great skill, but he hasn't been signed or used in any official capacity yet.
Going to see practices, I'm incredibly impressed with the effort and especially defensive pressing shown by the new players. Still, Mito has gone from unrealized potential to untapped potential which makes for a hard season to call. Optimistically, I could say as high as upper mid-table IF the team plays along the lines of Kusatsu or Yamagata and sneaks in many ties and narrow wins. Realistically, I'm looking at a 10th place finish. Especially for a team like Mito which needs to build up the support base, a decent year resulting in an upper half table finish is needed before a breakout year is realistic.
As for tomorrow, I'm thinking it will be a scoreless draw if Cerezo is of the same level as November. If the team has improved over the off season, Cerezo may win by one or two goals. On Mito's defensive line, Owada especially needs to bring a good game to cover for the loss of the quality all around player of former captain Yoshimoto.


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BYU law professor to receive International First Freedom Award
Joins past recipients Madeleine Albright, Garry Wills, Tony Blair, Václav Havel
Brigham Young University law professor W. Cole Durham Jr. will receive the 2009 International First Freedom Award for extraordinary advocacy of religious freedom. The First Freedom Center will recognize Durham on Jan. 15 in Richmond, Va., in conjunction with National Religious Freedom Day.
Each year, the First Freedom Center recognizes a Virginia-based, a national and an international recipient for advancing freedom of conscience and basic human rights for people of all faiths, traditions and cultures.
"We are so delighted to be able to honor Cole with this international award," said Isabelle Kinnard, vice president for education at the First Freedom Center. "Cole truly stands out amongst a group of esteemed internationalists as an exemplar for the international protection of religious freedom. He has helped countries from around the world make religious freedom constitutionally protected."
2009 will mark the 15th year the First Freedom Center has sponsored the annual First Freedom Awards. Past recipients include Madeleine K. Albright, former U.S. Secretary of State; Garry Wills, Pulitzer Prize-winning author; former Prime Minister Tony Blair of Great Britain; Václav Havel, former President of the Czech Republic; M. Farooq Kathwari, chairman and CEO, Ethan Allen, Inc., and founder of the Kashmir Study Group; Abdelfattah Amor, former United Nations Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief; and the Honorable Richard C. Holbrooke, chief negotiator of the Dayton Peace Accords and U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations.
"I feel honored to receive this award, because of my familiarity with the excellent work done by the First Freedom Center," said Durham, when notified of the award. "I am particularly humbled to receive this recognition in light of those who have been so honored in the past."
Durham is the Susa Young Gates University Professor of Law and director of the International Center for Law and Religion Studies at BYU's J. Reuben Clark Law School. He is a graduate of Harvard College (A.B. 1972) and the Law School at Harvard University (J.D. 1975).
He has distinguished himself since joining the faculty of the BYU law school in 1976 as a scholar of religious liberty and comparative law. In 2000 he was appointed director of the BYU International Center for Law and Religion Studies.
Durham has been a guest professor at Gutenberg University in Mainz, Germany, and at the University of Vienna, and since 1994 has also been a Recurring Visiting Professor of Law at Central European University in Budapest.
He advises governments worldwide on laws dealing with religious freedom and religious associations, specifically on developing the legal infrastructure for the not-for-profit sector. He has been actively involved in consultations on laws dealing with religious freedom and religious associations in many countries, particularly in Central Europe.
Durham is an editor, contributor and author of many books and law review articles dealing with religious liberty, including "Religious Liberty in Western Thought" (1996, Scholars Press), "Law and Religion in Post-Communist Europe" (2003, David Brown Book Company), "Facilitating Freedom of Religion or Belief: A Deskbook" (2004, Brill Academic Publishers) and "Religious Organizations in the United States: A Study of Identity, Liberty, and the Law" (2006, Carolina Academic Press).
Writer: Brady Toone
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According to a technology article on the BBC, the connections made between mobile phones on the various cellular networks not only give an indication of our general state of happiness but can even have a stab at gauging our job satisfaction.
While some might be tempted to say that this is obvious, after all if you spend less time on the phone you might not know so many people and thus may not be as happy, but the research mentioned in this article goes a bit deeper than that and demonstrates some interesting results. What do your mobile phone habits say about you?


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TradConnect's Blog – January 2015 Archive (44)
The Gathering Festival 2015 : Win 4 tickets + Pre-Show Meal for 4 on 21st February 2015
The Gathering Traditional music festival takes place in Killarney, Co. Kerry from 18th - 22nd February 2015. This festival is firmly established as one of the most popular celebrations of Irish song and dance and has grown in strength since its inception way back in 1999. It…
Added by TradConnect on January 31, 2015 at 9:30 — 17 Comments
Check out The Temple Bar TradFest this weekend.
The Temple Bar TradFest kicked off earlier this week and there is a great line up of music over the weekend. 2015 will mark the 10th year of TradFest - a festival based in Dublin's Temple Bar, showcasing the full spectrum of traditional & folk music in some of Dublin'™s most unique venues. The Festival presents both established and up and…
Added by TradConnect on January 30, 2015 at 21:30 — No Comments
Official "Online Album Release" - Danú / Buan
Welcome to the Tradconnect Official Album Launch Series. For members and readers this series of articles will introduce you to a new traditional album for the first time. We are working with artists to bring a little bit more excitement to the "online launch". The first time you share a track from a new recording with your fans and audience is…
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Custy's Interview Series - Music Video #119 - Interview with Tara Breen
This video features an interesting chat with Tara Breen who has come to our attention lately as a result of her album with The Trí-Tones.
The band are Conor Moriarty from Kilcummin on button accordion, Tara Breen from County Clare on fiddle and Stephen Rooney from County Down on Guitar and…
More from Danny Diamond with a selection of tunes on open tuned fiddle.
If you have an interest in fiddle albums that introduce some interesting arrangements to some standard tunes then Danny Diamond's Fiddle Music from 2014 is worth checking out. It was one of the highlights of the year. Earlier this month he also released this rather interesting video of a couple of uilleann piping tunes on open tuned fiddle. On his album we wrote…
Debut recording from 'Ye Vagabonds'
This is the debut recording from Dublin duo, Ye Vagabonds. They apply their close harmonies and mellow guitar work to 6 tracks, 4 of which are new compositions and they have all the credentials to make a breakthrough. Ye…
Added by TradConnect on January 28, 2015 at 12:30 — 1 Comment
Martyn Joseph at the Bridgewater Arts Centre, Somerset, UK - 14th Feb 2015
He has been called "The Welsh Springsteen", but there are also shades of John Mayer, Bruce Cockburn and Dave Matthews there may be – but he stands in his own right, built on a reputation for giving what thousands have described as the best live music experience of their lives.
Juxtaposition is a key theme in Martyn's work. The…
TG4 Gradam Ceoil 2015 : Recipients announced with awards for Ensemble Ériu, ITMA & Máirtín Ó Connor
This year the prestigious TG4 Gradam Ceoil Awards celebrates its 17th year of honoring the very best in traditional music. They have found a new home as they move to the Cork Opera House for a live ceremony that will be broadcast on February 22nd on TG4.
It is fitting that this years recipients include the boundary pushing ensemble that is Jack…
New single from UK folk singer Kelly Oliver - Same World
This is the new single from UK folk singer Kelly Oliver. She has been receiving a lot of coverage of late and once again delivers with this acoustically driven track. It's called Same World and is released as a single. There is an earthly purity once again to the delivery with some lush harmonies. She is "a folk singer/songwriter, guitarist and…
Watch 2 Outstanding Videos from Pádraig Rynne, Pauline Scanlon & Notify
Ambient melodies, traditional compositions and groovy beats with layers of electronic sounds. This is Pádraig Rynne, his band Notify and Pauline Scanlon at their experimental best. This time it's more refined, more observed and with its traditional core more intact. The Carrington Event opens the EP and is an instrumental…
Raelach Records : Samples from two new fiddle albums in the pipeline
Here are two early samples from a couple of really exciting young fiddlers with albums due early this year.
Saileog Ní Cheannabháin was the winner of our New Tune Composition earlier in the year with her composition called Méaracáin…
Album Review - Áine Heslin / The Tunes Foundry ( Colin Nestor )
In the world of traditional music, this CD has to stand out as being unique for many reasons. Firstly, it is comprised entirely of original compositions by Áine. Each tune is unique and well crafted, perfectly played and most importantly, true to the tradition. The album features the very capable silver flute and tin whistle playing of Áine with sympathetic accompaniment on…
Competition : Win 5 of last years Best Traditional Albums
We have 5 great albums to give away to one lucky reader. All the albums are from last year and they are listed below with an audio track and a little bit about them.
To win all 5 simply answer this question by adding a comment to this blog. All correct answers into a hat, with one lucky…
Added by TradConnect on January 23, 2015 at 16:00 — 33 Comments
Honest melodies from Anna Falkenau on her album 'Féileacán na Saoirse'
Fiddle player Anna Falkenau has just released a new album of traditional fiddle music called Féileacán na Saoirse. It features tunes from the Irish and American old-time music traditions, as well as some original compositions.Contributors to the record include Ged Foley and Kevin Hough (guitar), Holly…
The free-spirited NoCrows and their new album 'Waiting for the Tide'
This is a track from quite an intriguing band that have gained a significant audience in their local town of Sligo and now nationally. It's their fourth album and it doesn't fit with any particular genre that you might try to apply. This is a major bonus because their music has the sort of free spirited eclectic mix that can't help but intrigue. Reminiscent of bands that…
Áine Heslin and The Trí-Tones at the IMRO Showcase - Temple Bar Trad Fest 31st January
Each year, the IMRO Showcases at the Temple Bar TradFest aim to shine a light on the rising stars of traditional music in Ireland. Those selected to perform at the showcases have the opportunity to be heard by festival organisers, artist managers, media, international delegates and a supportive collection of traditional music enthusiasts.
The showcases will offer a…
First listen to Colin Farrell's new album 'Make a Note'
This is track 3 off the new Colin Farrell album called Make a Note, released towards the end of last year.
The individual tunes are The Cloonloo Reel / Perfect Johnny / Charlie Madden's. Colin was born in Manchester and spent a lot of his early years in that vibrant city.
His was a very musical family with brothers and sisters all involved in…
The Tradconnect Playlist Archives
For those members that want to gain access to the Tradconnect Playlist Archive there is a link below that will take you there. This is a collection of the playlists that we have featured on the site over the last couple of years. There are a lot of monthly 'best of collections' as well as features on specific artists that we have covered on the site.…
New Athrú EP due for July release
Award winning northern band Athrú are in the final stages of completing their debut EP according to guitar play Cormac Crummy. It will be a summer release and we may have an exclusive track from you here on Tradconnect. Athrú have a contemporary sound that is energetic and modern in its outlook. The band includes Belfast musicians Niall McIlroy (whistles/flutes/guitars),…
Track of the Week - Nathan Gourley and Laura Feddersen / The Blackbird (19th April)
Each week we monitor our Soundcloud file to see which track gets the most plays. This weeks most played track is from Life is all Checkered, the new duet album by Nathan Gourley and Laura Feddersen. It has received 180 plays over 7 days. It shows that new life exists within many an old tune. Nathan and Laura…


This is just a follow-up to my Friday article: "Something for the weekend? A wee code puzzle (in CFML, PHP, anything really...)". There's a bunch of good entries: cheers for that. There's CFML, PHP, Go, Python and Clojure examples there. However I'll still looking for more though: it's not too late to give it a bash. I have not looked at any of them (beyond superficially) yet, as I didn't want other people's work influencing my own.
I've written my code (PHP and CFML versions): it's on Github. It's disarrayed at present as I was doing it on a 1.5h flight to Ireland on Friday evening, and did not have PHPUnit installed so was naughty and eschewed the TDD approach. One thing I noticed when doing so is that I didn't pick up a lot of bugs in my logic that I would have had I used TDD.
As a penance I am back-filling the TDD approach, redeveloping the code using TDD following the same route I followed whilst ironing the logic errors out in getSubseries1() (which is awful code: don't look at that one), and following through the refactoring through to getSubseries4(). It'll take me a day or so to find time to finish this exercise.
I'm part-way through a Ruby solution too, but that will simply be following the same logic, so not very interesting, other than how different languages to the same thing (I can't see the Ruby solution being that much different from the CFML one).
Cheers for everyone who's offered some code so far: please do keep posting more responses if you can be arsed.


Yeats' words remind us that even the best intentioned works, when they fall into the wrong hands, can make us feel useless. For me, thinking about this poem has always helped me realize that focusing on process is more useful than worrying about reception.
Process is an important way to inform practice. We like to think at the BGC that we build in this attention to process in a lot of the work that goes on here. Take the installation workshop for students that we have set up for Sept.12 so that current students can be part of the process as the good folks in the gallery install Circus. Or our Materials Days that give students a chance to engage directly with the various materials they study, or our WIPS (Works-in-progress seminars) where faculty come to think out loud about the questions they are working on…they are all ways to look and think about process of making things…and to then connect that to larger questions of history and culture.


This wasn't a concert, it was a press conference.
mmmm…. after photographing the amazing opening act at House of Blues tonight, I walked out on the headline act, BB King because from the main floor, I was surrounded by so many phone cameras above heads recording video, I simply had to leave. I tried closing my eyes for extended moments of time and enjoyed it. Yet I couldn't scrub that visual. A digital feeding frenzy. The average concert has turned into a camera spectacle. The worst example is a selfie shot, back to the stage, artist in the background with the flash going off in the artist eyes. Really?
Help me. I'm conflicted. I consider the majority of my body of work concerts and performances. What makes me the arbitrator of good or bad audience behavior? Maybe having been a performing arts presenter in my early career? To this very day, loud candy wrappers during the symphony is still akin to scratching-chalkboards-with-my-fingernails.
I've photographed around 400 live music performances. And to get here, I often done what I'm complaining about, shooting rouge in the house.
I have a personal photography code.
– Attempt to be as invisible as possible to both the artist and the audience around me. Many people have paid good money to see a live stage act, not your display. Many people have traveled, put much time, money and resources in bringing you their best show possible.
– I pardon myself to those around me and try to be brief. People appreciate the manners.
– Video taping is stealing. But the truth of the matter is to properly record video, it takes a ton of work. If I'm going to do it, I do it right..
– Stealing that 2 minute clip contributes to making media, bad, cheap, disposable and devalued.
– I still believe in magic on the stage. My greatest achievement is bringing forth the romance and mystique of the performers. That takes time, practice and technique. I spend no less that 6 hours on any given performance. Festivals? Count in days. I value what I invest in.
– I consider the performer. Hundreds of cameras shooting off continually? This must run the gamut from disorienting to dangerous. I know Jack White doesn't want it, Frampton will toss your phone across the stage and Buddy Guy's doctor says no flash.
– I consider a big part of my job is to know when to put the camera down. I promise you I wanted to get a few BB shots for myself, but I didn't, and of course I couldn't if I want to anyway.
I'm painting with light in a frenzied room of photocopies. Ironically, the handful of pro/am photographers generally can only photo the first three songs and are watched like a hawk. Conversely I do not want to breech a relationship. At the same time surrounded by hundreds of screens. I talk to and befriend many concert photographers. This is the prevailing sentiment.
As a concert goer, a production person, venue, artist, photographer or a bro with a cell phone, please help shed life on this topic. If any of this resonates with you, please comment, reply, hit me up off-list, repost, share and/or speak up at concerts.
BIO: Phillip Solomonson, AKA Philamonjaro is a digital media producer, photographer and former performing arts presenter based near downtown Chicago. His photographic interests center upon outsider artists, concert imagery and street photography. Fire artist, musical acts, aerial silks performers and steam punks are amongst his favorite subjects.To date Phil has photographed over 400 live acts spanning 5 decades, over 70 venues in 13 states and Costa Rica. His concert images are published in the examiner.com, thebigtakeover.com, pennyblackmusic.co.uk and 69facesofrock.com among others. He is slating 2015 to publish his 16 years of photography at The Burning Man Festival.


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O Bureau of Ordnance (BuOrd) foi uma organização da Marinha dos Estados Unidos, responsável pela aquisição, armazenamento e implantação de todas as armas navais, entre os anos de 1862 e 1959.

Histórico
O Congresso estabeleceu o Bureau no Departamento da Marinha por um ato de 5 de julho de 1862 (12 Stat. 510), que transferiu as funções hidrográficas do Bureau of Ordnance and Hydrography da Marinha (1842–1862) para o recém-criado Bureau of Navigation.

Durante o início do século XX, BuOrd envolveu-se no desenvolvimento de armas aéreas. Isso muitas vezes levava a atritos com o Bureau of Aeronautics (BuAer), que era responsável pelo desenvolvimento de aeronaves navais. O trabalho do BuAer em "aeronaves sem piloto", ou drones, entrou em conflito com o desenvolvimento de mísseis guiados de BuOrd. Após a Segunda Guerra Mundial, a Marinha examinou maneiras de melhorar a coordenação entre os dois departamentos; por fim, foi tomada a decisão de fundir as duas organizações em um novo departamento, conhecido como Bureau de Armas Navais (BuWeps).

Ele foi duramente criticado durante a Segunda Guerra Mundial por sua falha em remediar rapidamente os inúmeros problemas com o torpedo Mark 14, que teve uma taxa de insucesso de mais de 70%.

A BuOrd foi desativada pelo Congresso por um ato de 18 de agosto de 1959 (73 Stat. 395) e suas funções foram transferidas para o recém-criado Bureau of Naval Weapons. A BuAir fundiu-se com a BuOrd para formar a BuWeps. O BuWeps, por sua vez, foi extinto em 1966, quando a Marinha revisou sua organização de material, e foi substituído pelo Naval Ordnance Systems Command (NAVORD) e pelo Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR). Outros comandos de sistemas na época incluíam o Naval Ship Systems Command (NAVSHIPS) e o Naval Electronics Systems Command (NAVELEX). As funções de artilharia de navios e submarinos caíram sob o novo Comando de Sistemas de Artilharia Naval, enquanto a artilharia aérea permaneceu com o Comando de Sistemas Aéreos Navais. Em julho de 1974, o Naval Ordnance Systems Command e o Naval Ship Systems Command se fundiram para formar o Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA). As funções tradicionais de Artilharia Naval são agora conduzidas nos Centros Navais de Guerra de Superfície, que estão sob o comando do Naval Sea Systems Command.

Leitura  adicional

Ligações externas
 Pesquisa por "Ordnance, Bureau" no Internet Archive.
 Pesquisa por "Ordnance, Bureau" no WorldCat.

Fundações em 1862
Extinções nos Estados Unidos em 1959
Organizações da Marinha dos Estados Unidos

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Nomfundo Tshazibana (born ), commonly known as Fundi Tshazibana, is a South African economist, who serves Deputy Governor of the South African Reserve Bank from 10 July 2019. Immediately prior to her appointment to that position, she served as an adviser to the Governor of the bank, since 10 February 2018.

Before that, from 2015 until 2018, she served as Alternate Executive Director at the International Monetary Fund, in Washington, DC, for 23 Sub-Saharan African countries, including South Africa.

Early life and education
Tshazibana was born in South Africa circa 1977. She grew up in the town of Benoni, Gauteng, about  by road, east of Johannesburg, the largest city in that country.

She was identified as a gifted student and matriculated at age 15 years. She graduated with her first degree, a Bachelor of Commerce, from the then University of Natal (now University of Kwazulu-Natal), at age 18 years. Her second degree, a Master of Commerce in Economics as also awarded by the University of Natal. Her third degree is a Master of Business Leadership, which was awarded by the University of South Africa.

Career
For two years, beginning in the middle of her pursuit of her second degree, Tshazibana worked as a market research trainee at Kantar TNS,  a global market research conglomerate. After resigning from Kantar, she was hired by the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (NERSA), working there as a staff economist for three and one half years.

In 2003, Tshazibana was hired by the South African National Treasury, a component of the South African Ministry of Finance. She spent twelve years there, starting out as the Director of Micro-Economic Policy. At the time she left, in 2015, she was the Director General for Economic Policy Analysis and Forecasting.

She then spent the next three years (2015–2018), at the International Monetary Fund, within the Africa Group 1 Constituency Office, in Washington, DC, United States, where she was the lead analyst of external and financial sectors of South Africa and 22 other sub-Saharan countries.

In 2018, the Reserve Bank of South Africa appointed her as Adviser to the Governor of the Bank, effective 19 February 2018. She was also appointed as a member to the bank's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC).

In January 2019, Tshazibana's came under consideration to replace Deputy Governor Francois Groepe, when his resignation at the end of January 2019 came into effect. She was appointed as one of two Deputy Governors of the South African Reserve Bank, effective 10 July 2019.

Effective 1 April 2022, Tshazibana will rotate from overseeing the Markets and International Cluster to working as the new Chief Executive Officer of the Prudential Authority (PA). This also includes leading the South African Reserve Bank's "Prudential Cluster, which includes the Financial Surveillance Department". She will concurrently continue to serve as Deputy Governor of SARB and a member of the bank's Monetary  Policy Committee.

Personal life
Fundi Tshazibana is a married mother of two children.

See also
 Wendy Lucas-Bull
 Maria Ramos
 Philippine Mtikitiki

References

External links
 About Fundi Tshazibana

1977 births
Living people
21st-century South African economists
South African bankers
South African women economists
University of Natal alumni
University of South Africa alumni


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Вячеслав Григорьевич Карцовник (9 марта 1954, Бердянск — 14 марта 2010, Гамбург) — российский музыковед и литератор.

Биография
Отец — Григорий Николаевич Ларионов, военнослужащий; мать — Эстер Бенционовна Карцовник (1915, Одесса — ?), историк, кандидат исторических наук, доцент кафедры марксизма-ленинизма Бердянского педагогического института. Окончил Ленинградскую консерваторию (1980, ученик Т. С. Бершадской; учился также у П. А. Вульфиуса, Г. Т. Филенко, С. Н. Богоявленского, М. Л. Мазо, Е. А. Ручьевской) и аспирантуру Российского института истории искусств, в котором работал с 1983 по 2000 гг.; кандидат искусствоведения. С юных лет увлекался старинной музыкой, играл в студенческом ансамбле старинной музыки «Res facta», являясь его соруководителем (вместе с  Андреем Борейко). Автор названий петербургских ансамблей старинной музыки «Ars consoni» и «Musica Petropolitana».

С середины 1970-х гг. В. Карцовника связывала дружба с молодыми композиторами его поколения: Леонидом Десятниковым, Виктором Копытько, Юрием Красавиным (позже к ним присоединился Евгений Ройтман). Это способствовало появлению ряда собственных музыкальных произведений В. Карцовника, таких как «Dharma Image» для фортепиано, «Зимняя Музыка» для подготовленного рояля, «Tenoris» для камерного ансамбля. Судя по всему, ни одна из этих партитур не сохранилась, за исключением «Песенок Боконона», маленького спектакля для двух исполнителей на стихи Курта Воннегута из романа «Колыбель для кошки» в переводе Риты Райт-Ковалёвой (1975, посвящается Виктору Копытько).

Карцовник — один из ведущих российских специалистов в области средневековой музыки и музыкальной науки западной Европы. Занимался проблемами старинной нотации, григорианского хорала (особое внимание уделял проблеме литургических тропов), древнейшими памятниками европейской инструментальной музыки, другими жанрами и формами музыкального Средневековья. В 1980—1999 годах обнаружил ряд рукописных памятников средневековой музыки и музыкальной теории в библиотеках и архивах Санкт-Петербурга, в том числе неизвестную рукопись трактата «Микролог» Гвидо Аретинского (опубликовал её в оригинале и сделал русский перевод).

В 2000-е годы — старший научный сотрудник Отдела рукописей Библиотеки Гамбургского университета, вёл долгосрочный проект по изучению музыкальной жизни Любека в XII—XV вв. В 2006 г. осуществил стихотворный перевод оперы И. Маттезона «Борис Годунов» (; 1710). Переводил сочинения немецких философов и богословов, в частности, Х. У. фон Бальтазара. Автор работ о поэзии А. С. Пушкина и её связях с христианской культурой.

Составитель научных сборников серии «Проблемы музыкознания», издававшейся Ленинградским государственным институтом театра, музыки и кинематографии: «Музыкальная культура средневековья. Теория. Практика. Традиция» (Л., 1988; предисловие Д. С. Лихачёва), «Традиция в истории музыкальной культуры. Античность. Средневековье. Новое время» (Л., 1989), «Музыка. Язык. Традиция» (Л., 1990). Составил фундаментальный каталог немецких музыкальных рукописей в фонде Российской национальной библиотеки (; Берлин, 2004, при участии Н. А. Рязановой). В 1999-2010 гг. автор и рецензент статей по тематике западного церковно-певческого искусства в русской «Православной энциклопедии». Его статья «Григорианское пение» — лучшая (и наиболее подробная) энциклопедическая публикация на эту тему на русском языке.

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Unless you've been under a rock, you're familiar with the "Decision" NBA player Lebron James made last Thursday. The 2 time NBA MVP announced he would be moving to Miami, FL to begin the rest of his career as a Heat player.
Lebron, a native of Cleveland/Akron, Ohio, was picked in the 1st round of the NBA draft by the Cleveland Cavaliers in 2003. He has played for the team every since. However, at the end of this NBA season James became a "Free Agent" ending his contract with the Cavaliers.
Do NBA players contract for years at a time or for a Lifetime?
Answer = not a lifetime ...... Lebron had a contract with Cleveland that ENDED!!!
Where is the un-loyalty in completing your contract and exploring the opportunity to continue your career somewhere else? I think there is credit to be given to an athlete that fulfills his contract and doesn't walk out like a certain braided hair "bad guy" point guard (that shall remain nameless).... totally different situations right?
As a Memphis sports fan, I understand the feelings of betrayal all to well. However, the open letter from Cleveland Cavaliers' owner, Dan Gilbert, was down right DISGUSTING!
Disecting Dan Gilbert!
To be a man of power, in his position, leading a city of fans to harbor hate & resentment for an athlete is, to say the least, unprofessional. He described James' decision as "cowardly" and that the broadcast was a "shameful display of selfishness and betrayal". Gilbert declared to the Cleveland fans that he and the rest of the team would never betray them. He vows to win a championship before Lebron.
I admit James could have went about making the decision more "tactfully", but the "Decision" had about 10 million viewers and any proceeds James made were donated to the Boys & Girls Club. (Darn that Lebron James for capitalizing off a propserous business and giving back to the needy)
I'm with Jesse Jackson on this one, "This is an owner employee relationship and Lebron honored his contract.... He speaks as an owner of Lebron and not the owner of the Cleveland Cavaliers."
Of course Gilbert has a right to his opinion but he could've expressed it more "tactfully" as well.
What do you think? COMMENTS!!!
Dan Gilbert has been fined by the NBA for his "nasty" letter. Some teams have been suspicious of Miami heat tampering with free agents. There is an NBA law that prohibits officials and players from recruiting or negotiating with soon to be free agents, until July 1st. (Player Collusion). It is rumoured that Bosh, James, and Wade met in June to discuss the possibility of playing together.
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I realize this is a bit of a "dog bites man" headline for those who have followed Susan's criticism of LPHQ and the current LNC over the last few years, but Susan is running for LNC At Large this year, and has specifically referenced this as a reason for running. If other LNC candidates would like their positions on issues of party management covered, let me know in the comments.
New LP press release: Fear-mongering – oh, the irony!
I think the LP really needs to concentrate on spreading the positive word about the LP and the LP's candidates, not on ankle-biting or heel-snapping at various members of other political parties who are engaging in their own primaries. Yes, the Republican race is full of bozos. So is the Democratic primary. We know that. If we're going to start running an ad-critiquing service, we should just give up the political party facade and call ourselves the Libertarian Institute. What next – will the LP will critique the fear-mongering anti-immigration ad of another Republican candidate? Somehow I think that is not likely to happen.
I'd like to see the LP stop acting like the dissident wing of the Republican Party and instead focus on powerful positive messages of our own. This release says … well, I guess I was going to say it said nothing positive about the Libertarian Party, but on a second read – it says nothing about the LP at all.
What exactly is that second paragraph if not 'scare tactics'? If you find it 'morally repugnant', don't engage in it – though I really don't think it rises to anything more than simple political hackery, and that 'morally repugnant' should be a term reserved for actual policy proposals – like restricting the free and peaceful movement of people across borders or saying that bombing a city is an option that should be 'on the table'.
And, of course, the LP evidences its impeccably poor sense of timing. Attacking Giuliani is rather pointless right now, it seems.
Mostly, I just want to see the national staff talking about the Libertarian Party and its messages. A release – or, better, a statement from the Chair – describing the LP's positive message of peace and freedom would be miles above an attack that can only be described as irrelevantly hypocritical. We missed a golden opportunity to call for an end to interventionism and empire on the heels of Bhutto's death. This frustrating lack of leadership regarding staying on message and focused on libertarianism rather than pretending to be Republican Lite or Republican Classic is one reason I am running for a seat on the LNC.
LNC (Southeast US) Region 4 Representative Bob Barr donating money to various Republicans running for Congress and President through his PAC last year, and that she is for the children.
My main concern with Susan's LNC candidacy is, quite frankly, that she doesn't work and play well with others.
That being said, I do agree with her that the LNC should not be promoting a Republican, that Bob Barr should not be on the LNC because he has a PAC which supports mostly Republicans, that Girl Scout Thin Mints are yummy, that Daniel Imperato is a wackjob, and that the Ron Paul ad in question is odious at best.
Gawd, I hate it when I agree with Susan Hogarth.
However, because I do agree with her on some very important issues – and despite the fact that I'd prefer to shove bamboo sticks under my fingernails than deal with her – I will not actively support, nor will I actively oppose, her candidacy.
Bamboo sticks, eh? Is that 'play' or 'work' for you?
Since we've never played nor worked together – or even tried to – I think you must be getting your opinions secondhand. I'm really quite personable, though I do have my moments.
But I guess I'll have to accept your neutrality, and thank my stars that you're not committed to the bamboo routine.
I'll vouch that Susan is nice in person the times that I have met her.
My opinion came firsthand, when you called me a "pathetic stalk blogger" without knowing anything about me.
Nevertheless…. On the subject of the LNC, do you by chance know which LNC members supported the Ron Paul actions, and which ones did not support them? Or were those actions supported by all?
And the discussion was off the record (executive session).
About that LNC vote …. was it unanimous as in everyone voted for it, or unanimous as in a large majority voted for it?
Has any information leaked out on the off-the-record discussion?
Completely unanimous, no one voted against it.
I'm not aware of any leaks.


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Lincoln arena seeks bids for new basketball court floor
By NANCY HICKSFebruary 16, 2019
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — By next winter, Husker basketball players will be dribbling on a new court, with a new design and maybe a new logo.
Pinnacle Bank Arena officials are seeking bids on a new floor to be delivered in September and in use for next season.
And fans will be able to weigh in on the floor design in mid-March, the Lincoln Journal Star reported.
After six years of use and multiple installations, the current maple floor is getting old and some of the built-in cushioning isn't as strong as it used to be, said Tom Lorenz, arena manager.
The university is also looking at a new design, he said. So there will be a new floor with an entirely new look.
Nebraska Athletics will be seeking fan feedback on the floor design this spring.
Nebraska has four potential designs that will be unveiled on social media platforms, probably during the second week in March, said Marc Boehm, executive associate athletic director.
"We're going to have our fan base give us their thoughts, kind of gauge what they like. We'll make a determination shortly after that," Boehm said.
Several of the designs — but not all of them — will include the state outline at center court, as currently exists. So fan voting will give an indication if they like the Nebraska outline as part of the logo.
The new floor will likely be lighter in color, though the exact shade hasn't been determined, Boehm said.
Many schools are going to a lighter shade because it shows up better on television.
"We are really going to focus on design now, and we will worry about the shade a little bit later," Boehm said.
The instructions to potential bidders do hint at a modest design.
"Bidder can anticipate a reasonable design, not a complex University of Oregon type design," the bid says.
The now famous Oregon floor includes three graphics and is framed by a view beneath a forest of fir trees.
That notation in the bid is intended to tell companies that the new design will not be so elaborate that it would change the price, Lorenz said.
The maple basketball court, 60-by-120 feet, sits atop the arena's concrete floor. The floor comes in 4-by-8 foot sections, and it takes arena staff about two hours to install and remove before and after games.
The floor is removed and installed many times during a basketball season to accommodate other arena events, Lorenz said.
Staff removed the basketball court on a recent Thursday morning, following Nebraska's men's basketball game the day before, to prepare the arena for a Friday night concert. The court went back down Saturday morning, in time for the Husker women's team to play on that Sunday.
It is common to have a portable floor that you can put in and take out in a relatively short amount of time.
Lorenz said he expected the portable basketball floor to last around five years. This is the sixth season for this floor.
"The floor still has good bounce to it, but it is getting a little rough around the edges," Boehm said.
The West Haymarket Joint Public Agency, which built the arena, is responsible for buying the new floor. The JPA has included $150,000 in its budget for a new floor.
The old floor is being used as a trade-in, and the company that gets the contract will likely refinish, refurbish and resell it, Lorenz said.
Information from: Lincoln Journal Star, http://www.journalstar.com


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Scientific American - March 6, 2012 | By Deborah Franklin | News Round Up
To get an inkling of what a well-designed hospital garden can mean to a seriously ill child, watch the home video posted on YouTube last August of Aidan Schwalbe, a three-year-old heart-transplant recipient. The toddler is shown exploring the meandering paths, sun-dappled lawn and gnarled roots of a branching shade tree in the Prouty Garden at Children's Hospital Boston. "He loves to be out in the garden feeding the birds and squirrels," wrote Aidan's grandmother in an August blog entry. "They will all weigh 30 lbs. each by the time we leave here!"
The garden that Aidan loves—with its vibrant greenery, shaded places to sit and walk, and small, half-hidden animal sculptures that fascinate visitors of all ages—is "one of the most successful hospital gardens in the country," says Clare Cooper Marcus, an emeritus professor in landscape architecture at the University of California, Berkeley.
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Home › Tips › How Cold Is Too Cold?
It is that time of year when many of us will want to jog, ski, and participate in other outdoor winter fun. We know when to be caution about the heat, but do we know when to be cautious about the cold?
Michael Bracko, a fellow with the American College of Sports Medicine told weather.com that if you are basically healthy and are already used to exercising outside when it is cold, there really is not a temperature that is too low – as long as you dress warmly. A beginner, on the other hand, should avoid extreme cold.
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My Good Earth
Musings about this, that and everything
When She Died
Viji Rajan	Delhi Years	 October 31, 2018 October 31, 2018 6 Minutes
Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was shot dead by her bodyguards on Oct.31, 1984. I was a 11-year-old school girl in New Delhi. When the news of her getting shot by her Sikh security guards trickled in, we were let off early from school. Since we lived close to the school, my sister and I walked home, where I promptly dived into an Enid Blyton book, and a lunch of aloo parathas and mango pickle. It is weird how these small details get etched in one's mind, when we often have lost the more meaningful memories. As the day wore on, we heard that she had succumbed to her wounds. The evening news confirmed what everyone knew by then. The analysis of her controversial political career began, and for many, it was also a time for mourning. The backlash against the Sikhs had started brewing.
In those days, home was a central government colony in R.K. Puram. Our colony was two rows of flats facing each other with a small maidan in between. The colony was a microcosm of India; Punjabis, Telugus, Marwaris, UPiites, Malayalis, Tamilians, Bengalis – all co-existed peacefully, the children getting together every evening to play in the maidan. From learning to cycle (on a milkman's unwieldy cycle), to playing hockey, and hopscotch, we kids tried everything together, sans hovering moms.
The R.K.Puram colony; there were fewer cars and more space to play, earlier
In any case, my mother with her brood of three kids, and a husband, who was always away on work, had no time to track us. During the cold winter months, we would come back from school to find the colony ladies sitting in the sun on string charpoys, knitting furiously, gossiping gaily. My mother was never a part of that, and sometimes I used to wonder why. I have realised today that both my parents were complete misfits in that government colony in Delhi, where we kids were very much at home. They were from Kerala, on the extreme south of the Indian peninsula, were extremely well-read, their cultural moorings as different from Delhi as it was possible to imagine. Mismanagement of properties by family members had ensured that my father turned away from it all in disgust. It was my father's stubbornness at holding down a cop's job, which had landed my parents and us, in distant Delhi, where the weather and culture, were both so very alien.
Our neighbours in that colony often changed. Occasionally, there were those who refused to move even after retirement. They were given many notices and then forcibly evicted, all their belongings – furniture, vessels, mattresses, thrown out on the road along with the people. The kids watched wide-eyed, but unpeturbed. I like to think that these incidents in a way prepared us for what was to come after Mrs. Gandhi died.
The rumours started gradually. Like straws in the wind, they came into view, and gently drifted away. Sikh bodyguards had shot Indira Gandhi, so the Hindus were taking revenge, the rumours said. We heard the adults talk about Sikh neighbourhoods and shops being ravaged. We heard about large-scale looting in the markets. No one believed them. But it was fear-mingled disbelief, because we also heard that the Sikhs were taking revenge.
The Sikh community was omnipresent in Delhi. But during the time that Jarnail Bhindranwale held sway over the Golden Temple in Amritsar, Punjab, people had started looking at them with different eyes. We revelled in words like 'mono sardar' to denote Sikh men who had cut off their tresses, indicating that it had been done out of fear. My father, who was a CBI sleuth, used to visit Punjab to investigate cases often, in those days. If you remember, terrorism was rampant in Punjab in the early 1980s. Father would return from his long absences to tell us about Hindu families with Sikh kids, and of a gentle, Sikh daaba owner who used to keep his eatery open well into midnight so that my father and his colleagues would not miss dinner. 'He slices extra malai (cream) and drops it into our lassi, my father would say appreciatively, while we kids would feel nauseous at the thought of that malai. My father was a tall, impressive figure of a man, and he used to tell us how he towered conspicuously above the devotees in the Golden Temple. I imagine, he with his cropped hair, must have stood out like a sore thumb – a Hindu – in that fast-festering environment.
But Bhindranwale was the one who caught our morbid imagination. We traded gory, imaginary details about the fate of Hindus caught by Bhindranwale and kept to be tortured in the Golden Temple. Yet, that didn't colour our views about the Sikhs living with us and the Sikh children playing with us. Kids have the amazing ability to compartmentalise their lives.
When Operation Blue Star happened, and the Golden Temple was badly damaged in the crossfire between the militants and the Indian Army, there was widespread anger and disbelief among the Sikhs in Delhi. Mrs. Gandhi became instantly unpopular, and in a way, her assassination was almost inevitable. But what the Sikh community may not have expected was the brutal backlash against them in Delhi after her assassination.
That particular day is seared into my memory. Our colony had a market attached to it, as is the norm in Delhi. The market had all possible shops, including a Mother Dairy milk vending outlet, clothes stores, stationary shops, provisions stores, an electronics store, small daabas, and a very popular shop selling piping hot samosas and jalebis. Many of those stores and daabas were owned by Sikhs.
Mrs. Gandhi's funeral was still a day or two away. That day, groups of people were talking furtively in our maidan. Many apprehensive glances were being thrown in the direction of the market. Something was surely afoot. A while later, I was leaning out of the balcony, and saw a couple of men staggering out from the direction of the market carrying something heavy. A closer look revealed it to be TV sets! Just as I was wondering about it, a few more emerged, with clothes, pressure cookers, and more TV sets. Some of them were hollering, whooping, and running like the very devil was chasing them. Mobs, even small ones, acquire maniacal strength, and they collectively, even if only temporarily, lose their conscience and goodness. With horror I realised, these people were taking away looted goods. A chill ran up my spine at the thought that shops we patronised were being looted and vandalised. Unsettling noises from the market rent the air through that day. What if the mob decided to turn on the residents randomly? I was paralysed with fear. My father wasn't around. I don't recall seeing any policemen around, either. Did anyone try to call the police and report this vandalism? I don't know. But I do know that the general, and oft-expressed feeling was, "Let the Sikhs pay. Didn't they distribute sweets at news of Mrs.Gandhi's death?"
By evening the Hindus in our colony started spreading rumours of truckloads of Sikhs coming our way, seeking vengeance. It was said they would poison the water tanks. It was said they would cut off heads with their kirpans. Rumour fed on rumour, fear gorged on fear. All the adults gathered, and strategies were planned. In the event of an attack, women and children it was decided, would take shelter in the first floor flats and terraces, while men would patrol the colony. Someone suggested that chilli powder in mass quantities could be kept ready to counter the attackers. We listened to all this planning, shocked. I remember a spidery web of fear spreading inside me. The adults were too stressed and preoccupied to notice that children were actively eavesdropping. We looked at each other in utter terror.
Night came and went. The men patrolled the colony in turns, but no Sikh mobs came to our colony, not then, not later. It was just rumours, and nothing else. The looting of the Sikh shops continued through the next day, till there was nothing left of their shops. The losses the community suffered, the trauma they went through, the rest of us and the Indian state have a lot to answer for. I, for my part, am selfishly thankful that I didn't see anyone being burnt or killed, only shops being looted, which was traumatic enough. More than 300 Sikhs – men, women and children were butchered in Trilokpuri Colony, while many more hundreds were slaughtered across rest of Delhi. The miasma of fear that hung about our colony and indeed, the rest of the city, must have been a nightmare for the Sikh community, and I wonder how, and if, they ever got over it. It was, and is, one of the most damnable chapters in our post-Independence history.
Slowly, things settled down, as they must. India's love affair with the new Prime Minister, Rajiv Gandhi, began. I remember my friends and I sending a long letter to the Prime Minister's office, which ended with us requesting him for an autographed photo of his family! Of course, we didn't get a reply, not even an acknowledgement, which rankled for a while. India's obsession for Rajiv too did not last, but he did give us a great sense of hope, and new beginnings. Though, even he never attempted to ease the burden of what the Sikh community faced on those cataclysmic days.
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Published by Viji Rajan
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Anushree Thammanna says:
Loved reading this one!!!
Viji Rajan says:
Thanks Anushree:-)
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