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Larry Canning: My Take on the new Rules of Golf
So what do we think of all the new rules, kids?
I love some of them but there are a couple that have left me a little perplexed.
Grounding your club in a Penalty Area (Hazard). "Penalty Area" is a term I'm going to have to get used to I think. My initial reaction to someone telling me I was in a Penalty Area the other day was to ask "when am I allowed visitors?" No one has been in a hazard more than me and I really appreciate the comb-overs from the R&A for making it easier for me to wade out into the water without the need to carry my wedge over my head like a Navy seal skulking through the swamp. Putting the club in behind the ball adding my cute little forward press then drawing the club back might take a bit of practice though.
Not being penalised for a ball deflecting off a tree and hitting you is a great move as well. Way back when I was a teenager, I was playing at Oatlands in Sydney and watched a mate rip a three wood straight into a pine tree, deflecting right back and belting him in the Titleists! As you can imagine, he wasn't overly excited when I said "Well if you still want kids you could always adopt" but it became quite violent when I followed it up with "Oh, by the way whack another 2 shots on your score mate"
Patting down spike marks on the green. I know everybody says this but I know for a fact I have never had a good bounce of a spike mark in my entire career. I could have easily won 4 majors with a little luck. Some might say it could be a little too late but I'm going to embrace this rule with a passion just the same. In fact I've bought myself a new iron to help with the process…. it's a Sunbeam SR2300.
The rule changes that could have me sneaking down to Bowral Bowling Club and signing up are:
Dropping the ball from knee height. How could they think this was fair? I'm 6 feet 4, with arms like a Tyrannosaurus Rex and a back that's about as flexible as an Out of Bounds Stake…. I never thought I'd ever say this but I reckon I've got to the point where I'm going to have to sit down to take relief.
No need to hit a Provisional ball? Wow there goes the best drive I will hit during any round.
Not being allowed to replace a damaged club during a round but instead it's OK to repair it on the course. Oh yeah that makes sense. There's always room in my golf bag for a shaft extractor and a vice.
"Hey Ando! Can you call the group behind through, I have to re-shaft this driver I just snapped over my buggy. …. I'm using 5 minute Araldite so it should be fine by the time they all putt out."
With the theme of the new rules being that of making the game easier and quicker, the one rule I thought could have been introduced would help the poor golfers who when faced with a two foot putt, suddenly transform from a reasonably normal calm person to the poor woman in the shower scene in Alfred Hitchcock's "Physco".
At the very least just soften the anchored putting rule for club golfers. Every person I played with who used to anchor their putter onto their chest was still not exactly holing puts like Jorden Spieth. In fact most of them were pretty ordinary with the broom putter. It just allowed the poor buggers to reduce their shakes to the point where they could finish a single stroke round on the same day as they hit off and not need three playing partners to hold them down and remove the putter from their hands after leaving the green.
C'Mon Royal and Ancient, you're on the right track by addressing issues which have made the game way harder and slower than it could be. Let the yippers know they can whack the fishing gear on Gumtree and grab the clubs back out of the garage.
Good job lads… Just one more rule change to go and you have nailed it.
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Larry Canning has been a fixture on the Australian golf scene for more years than he cares to remember. As a tour player, club professional, writer, radio presenter and annoying protagonist. He knows the game, the stories and the people and loves nothing better than to offer up his opinions and yarns on to anyone who wants to listen. As well as his media gigs, Larry also plays the Australasian Legends Tour which means he has access to some true Aussie Legends. Larry's reports are sometimes quirky, usually very humorous, but always deeply insightful.
Reg Alderson 07/02/2019 At 12:05 pm
Aw come on, they obviuosly didn't mean replacing shafts but you might just be able to get your putter back into some sort of workable condition or even a favourite wedge. Maybe you could use your teeth as a vice!


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Le terme sport de combat de percussion est une expression des années 1970 issu du milieu universitaire, et proposée par Alain Delmas enseignant-chercheur. Elle désigne les sports de combat codifiés permettant l'utilisation de certaines armes corporelles pour atteindre les cibles corporelles adverses et réglementairement autorisées (suivant le type de rencontre : « touche légère » ou « touche moyenne » ou « touche portée avec force ») et cela dans un espace et une durée définie ; et peut déboucher sur une pratique compétitive.

En matière de rencontre, suivant les types de sports de combat et d'arts martiaux et leurs règlements propres, il est courant de distinguer depuis la mise en place des fédérations sportives des années 1960, différents styles de rencontre :
 - light-contact : rencontre dite à la touche contrôlée (ou légère) ;
 - medium-contact : rencontre dite à la touche moyenne (ou modérément appuyée) ;
 - plein-contact (en anglais, « full-contact ») : rencontre à la touche très appuyée (c'est-à-dire avec puissance de frappe maximale ou dénommée en compétition, K.O System).

Par ailleurs, on appelle boxes pieds-poings ( BPP), depuis la fin des années 1970, les sports de combat de percussion avec un port de gants de boxe se déroulant le plus souvent sur un ring ou une cage ou, pour les styles à la touche contrôlée, sur un praticable de tapis de chute d'arts martiaux assemblés.

À l'encontre de ceux-ci, on distingue les sports de combat de préhension et ceux qui rassemble les deux, les sports de combat de percussion-préhension. Ce groupement de disciplines ne concerne pas les sports de combat avec armes.

Technique

Certains de ces sports font appel à des techniques de saisies servant à tenir l'adversaire à portée de percussion et peuvent aussi parfois utiliser des techniques pour amener l'opposant au sol. C'est le cas par exemple des arts martiaux du Sud-est asiatique comme la boxe birmane (lethwei) et la boxe thaïe (muay-thaï) et les arts martiaux d'Extrême-Orient tel le shoot-boxing japonais et le sanda (boxe chinoise). Ce sont des (sports de combat dits de percussion-préhension).

On peut classer les sports de combat de percussion par catégories de discipline, selon l'origine, la nature, la forme, etc. On trouve deux catégories principales :
 1 - Les arts martiaux (arts de combat ou pratiques ancestrales) s'étant transformés pour répondre aux normes sportives modernes
 2 - Les sports de combat modernes : les boxes dites de pieds-poings et luttes au corps-à-corps, dites de contact, car permettant les techniques de percussion.
On peut aussi les classer selon les "armes" de percussion utilisées :
- utilisant les membres supérieurs
- utilisant les membres inférieurs
- utilisant les deux modes précédents.

Arts martiaux répondant aux normes sportives

A. Arts martiaux ancestraux utilisant principalement les membres inférieurs
 Taekwondo sportif (dit « karaté coréen ») : issu des arts martiaux coréens. La percussion dominante avec l'utilisation des membres inférieurs (surface de frappe les pieds)

B. Arts martiaux ancestraux utilisant les membres supérieurs et inférieurs

 Lethwei (dite Boxe birmane) issue des arts martiaux birmans (Thaing-bando)
 Kun Khmer ou Pradal Serey (dite Boxe khmère)
 Boxe vietnamienne issue des arts martiaux vietnamiens
 Karaté sportif issu des arts martiaux japonais, dont les styles sont très variés
 Muay thaï (boxe thaïlandaise) issu des arts martiaux thaïlandais
 Muay Lao (boxe laotienne) issu des arts martiaux laotiens ("Lan Xang")
 Qwan Ki Do ou art Martial Sino-Vietnamien
 Sanda (ou sanshou) issu des arts martiaux chinois
 Viet vo dao ou terme générique des arts martiaux vietnamiens.

Sports de combat modernes (boxes pieds-poings et luttes de contact)

A. Sports utilisant uniquement les membres supérieurs

 Boxe anglaise : la boxe dite « amateur » également olympique et la boxe dite « professionnelle » et avec des gants de boxe (utilise la surface de frappe du poing en l'occurrence la face avant).

B. Sports de combat modernes utilisant les membres supérieurs et inférieurs
La plupart des disciplines ci-dessous sont classées dans la catégorie dite des  boxes pieds-poings est une expression française de la fin des années 1970 désignant les sports de combat et le port de gants de boxe utilisant les techniques de frappe de bras et de jambes. Ces derniers peuvent être classés selon l'origine, la nature, la forme, etc.

 Boxe américaine avec trois formes principales :
1 -  Full-contact (plus précisément le « karaté full contact ») : boxe pieds-poings américaine sans frappe en dessous de la ceinture, avec des gants et chaussons en mousse
2 - Kick-boxing américain (appelé « low-kick ») : en plus du full-contact américain, la frappe uniquement en coup de pied circulaire sur les cuisses,
3 -  Semi-contact : ou combat aux points (points fighting en anglais), une sorte de rencontre de type « karaté japonais » avec des gants de boxe et chaussons en mousse.

 Boxe française ou Savate, un art de combat d'origine parisienne : aujourd'hui surnommée « Savate-BF », et comme son nom l'indique, pratiquée  avec des chaussures spécialisées.

 Chauss'fight : pratique proche de la Savate. Forme moderne de l'ancien « chausson marseillais » pratiquée en chaussures spécialisées avec délivrance des coups libres sur toutes les surfaces du corps de l'adversaire à l'exception des parties génitales, de la nuque, de l'arrière de la tête, et de la poitrine pour la femme. Les frappes avec la surface des tibias sont autorisées contrairement à la Savate.

 Kick-boxing japonais (ou K1 rules) : boxe pieds-poings-genoux issue du kick-boxing japonais des années 1960.

Activités de mise en forme et de compétition artistique
Aux catégories ci-dessus, on peut ajouter les activités de mise en forme et de compétition artistique de type fitness et de type kata japonais. Ces activités se déroulant « dans le vide » (c'est-à dire réalisant des actions martiales sans adversaire présent) ne font pas vraiment partie des de sports de combat dit d'opposition. Nous trouvons :
Cardio-lethwei, aéro-kick, cardio-kickboxing, Tae bo, savate forme (anciennement BF-music), énergie-full, yoseikan-training, cardio-boxe, body combat, etc.

Voir aussi
Sport de combat de préhension
Sport de combat de percussion-préhension

Sources
 Delmas Alain, 1. Glossaire des sports de combat, Université P. Sabatier - Toulouse, 1973 – 2. Lexique de combatique, le verbe contre la barbarie, document de formation, Université P. Sabatier - Toulouse, 1975 – 3. Définition du Kick-boxing, F.F.K.B.-D.A., 1999 – 4. Lexique de la boxe et des autres boxes, document de formation, Université d'Aix-Marseille, 2005
 Delmas Alain, Callière Jean-Roger, 1. Histoire du Kick-boxing, F.F.K.B.-D.A, 1998 – 2. La ceinture noire du  au  degré, F.F.K.B.-D.A., 2000
 Habersetzer Gabrielle & Roland, Encyclopédie des arts martiaux de l'Extrême-Orient, Éd. Amphora, Paris, 2000
 Lombardo Patrick, Encyclopédie mondiale des arts martiaux, Éd. E.M., Paris, 1997.

Articles connexes
 K-1 World Grand Prix
 K-1 World MAX
 World Version W5
 S-cup
 Glossaire de la boxe et des boxes pieds-poings

Notes et références

Fédération sportive en France
Boxe pieds-poings
Art martial
Sport de combat
Sciences du combat

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OTB8(a) Processes of compilation
Like other historians, the compilers of the OT historical narratives selected and arranged material from the various prior sources available to them. For example, see 2Kings 15:6,11,15,21,26,31,36. Sometimes they added their own interpretations of events or other comments. For example, see 2Kings 15:3,9,12,18,24,28,34.
OT researchers have shown that some of the language used has features that were characteristic of later times rather than when the original events occurred. An example is use of "the Teacher" in the introduction as well as other explanatory comments in the ending of Ecclesiastes Eccl 1:1, 12:9-10,11-12,13-14. This has given rise to controversy over the actual origins of some books. But long processes of compilation and reworking of older original material by later scribes, priests and teachers for various purposes were probably often involved.
OTB8(b) Literary structuring
Often there is deliberate structuring of the material into sometimes complex literary formats that were conventional in those times. Again this suggests later reworking of earlier sources. The most common example was the use of Hebrew poetry. This is seen even in quoted speeches that were unlikely to be precise records of what was actually said. Hebrew poetry also used literary "parallelism" where the same thing was said consecutively in two or three very similar ways, for example Psalm 85:1-3, Isaiah 49:8,9,10-11.
Sometimes this poetry also involved the use of "acrostics". That is where the lines or verses start with consecutive letters of the Hebrew alphabet. Some examples are Lamentations and Psalm 9, 10, 25, 34, 37, 111, 112, 119, 145. Older material, especially the Psalms, was often reworked like this to make it suitable for later use in Israel's worship.
A further example was "chiastic" arrangement, where there is "balancing" of parts of a passage. Study of these structures including their use in other recently discovered Ancient Near Eastern writings, gives further insights.1
It is apparent that the compilation of some OT books occurred in many ways within Israel and the later Jewish communities over a period of at least 1100 years. These processes were guided by various intentions that are often unknown and can only be inferred from the biblical texts themselves.2
OTB8(c) Separate blocks of material
The "joins" between various blocks of original material can be seen or suspected at many points. For example, some of the prophetic speeches in Jeremiah are out of chronological order (see Jer 25:1 [605BC], Jer 26:1 [609BC], Jer 27:1, Jer 28:1 [593BC], Jer 32:1 [587BC]). There are also some abrupt switches from historical recording (third person) to personal memoirs (first person), for example Ezra 7:27 – 9:15. Other books are obviously just accumulated collections of separate pieces (Psalms and Proverbs, see Proverbs 1:1, 10:1, 22:17, 24:23, 25:1, 30:1, 31:1).
OTB8(d) Use of a different language
Almost all of the OT was written in the ancient Hebrew language. But there are several short sections written in ancient Aramaic or Chaldean Ezra 4:8-6:18, 7:12-26, Jeremiah 10:11, Daniel 2:4-7:28. These were due to the later times of production of these books, when Aramaic had become the international language of trade.
OTB8(e) Summary
The OT as we now have it represents thousands of years of writing, copying, modifying, preserving, discovering and analysing ancient manuscripts. Thanks to massive archaeological exploration and textual research over at least the last two hundred years, we now have a highly accurate text of the OT. This has then been intensively studied by biblical scholars and translated into most of the world's major languages.
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1. D.Garrett, Rethinking Genesis (Grand Rapids, Baker, 1991) pages 107-108. (Return to reading).
2. In the case of Chronicles this process of selecting material can be analysed, because one of the main sources used was Kings. So the differing emphases of these books can be seen by comparing parallel passages and noting the material selected or omitted (the same is true in the New Testament in the first three Gospels). (Return to reading).

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Terry Mattingly's weekly column on religion and the media.
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Why it matters that many journalists struggle to grasp religion's role in 'Alienated America'
In the spring of 2016, Wall Street Journal reporters went hunting for the heart of Make America Great Again territory and ended up in Buchanan County, Va., near the borders of Kentucky and West Virginia.
Based on a variety of political and economic factors, the Journal called this corner of coal country, "The Place That Wants Donald Trump Most."
But there was a crucial fact about this Appalachian county that didn't fit into this political parable, noted Timothy P. Carney of The Washington Examiner, in his book "Alienated America: Why Some Places Thrive While Others Collapse."
"Out of 3,143 counties in America, Buchanan County ranks 3,028th in religious adherence," he wrote. "Economic woe, social dysfunction, family collapse and community erosion all characterized the places where Trump was strongest. … So did empty pews."
But what about the statistic that became a mantra for journalists explaining the New York billionaire's rise -- that 81 percent of white evangelicals voted for Trump?
"There has been a strong drive in the mainstream press to establish that white evangelicals don't actually have any greatly held morality," noted Carney, in a recent telephone interview. "The idea is that these evangelicals use religion as a cudgel to beat on other people. Their support for Trump is supposed to show that their beliefs are political -- not religious."
The most revealing faith-based numbers in this White House race came during the primaries, not in the "general election (when religious voters had only two choices, and the specter of Hillary Clinton hung over their heads)," wrote Carney. The question reporters need to keep asking is this: "Who gravitated immediately to Trump, and who turned to him only when the alternative was Hillary?"
Research into primary voting, he noted, revealed that the "more frequently a Republican reported going to church, the less likely he was to vote for Trump." In fact, Trump was weakest among believers who went to church the most and did twice as well among those who never went to church. "Each step DOWN in church attendance brought a step UP in Trump support," noted Carney.
Reporters could have seen this principle at work early on in Sioux County, Iowa, where half of the citizens claim Dutch ancestry.
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Complex realities behind that '81 percent of evangelicals love Trump' media myth
For millions of American evangelicals, a recent Oval Office photo-op was a perfect example of the political realities they face.
A day after his release from a Turkish prison, the Rev. Andrew Brunson knelt and prayed for the president who helped focus a global spotlight on efforts to free him. Brunson had been accused of backing critics of the Turkish regime.
The pastor asked God to give Donald Trump "perseverance, and endurance and courage to stand for truth. I ask that you to protect him from slander from enemies, from those who would undermine. … Fill him with your wisdom and strength and perseverance. And we bless him."
Millions of evangelicals, but not all, had to smile.
Trump, in jest, asked Brunson and his wife: "Who did you vote for?"
Millions of evangelicals, but not all, had to groan.
In the current news theory of everything, few numbers in American political life have received more attention than this one -- 81 percent of white evangelicals voted for Trump in 2016. Politicos have paid less attention to signs that many evangelicals cast those votes with reluctance, and some with a sense of dread.
"This was really a faith-based vote -- faith that Trump would operate as a conservative on the issues that mattered the most to evangelicals," said World Magazine editor-in-chief Marvin Olasky, a Christian conservative who, citing character flaws, openly opposed Trump getting the GOP nomination.
"I still don't like him at all, but I have to say that he's coming through. … It's a kind of politics by gesture, but he's pulling it off."
Praying with Brunson was "a perfect gesture," he added. But if Trump had "blown it on the Supreme Court, his support among evangelicals would have plummeted."
Before the election, World consulted 100 evangelical "leaders and insiders" and half of them said they wouldn't vote for Trump, "no matter what." The other half said they would watch for signals that Trump sent about the U.S. Supreme Court.
Tagged: evangelicals, Donald Trump, Ed Stetzer, LifeWay, Billy Graham Center, 2016 election, media bias, Pew Research Center, Scott McConnell, Wheaton, clergy
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As an approximate definition, he suggests landscape urbanism is the theory of urban planning through the medium of landscape. It promotes the general idea that cities are best planned and organised, not through building and infrastructure design, but through the design of landscape.
In so doing, Waldheim certainly makes a strong case for landscape urbanism, and, arguably, its inevitability. Perhaps such theories will become more prevalent and mainstream as people continue to densify in urban megacities over the next few decades.
The heavy text is scattered with generous illustrations that offer some interpretive clarity to what can become a vague and confusingly abstract subject. Mindful of this common criticism of the theory, with scant few real-life physical examples to draw from, the book includes works from around the world by designers such as Andrea Branzi, Frank Lloyd Wright, Michael Van Valkenburgh, and Ludwig Hilberseimer.
The thoroughness and depth of thought that Waldheim brings to this book and its ideas can feel rather like grappling with a piece of deconstructivist theory from the likes of Jacques Derrida or Jean Baudrillard. While this isn't unnecessarily a bad thing, it can be more onerous and weighted down by academic verbiage than it needs to be, or ought to be for something purporting to be a 'general theory'.
While those familiar with landscape urbanism will find a lot to appreciate in this intelligent and well-presented book, it may not succeed in enlightening a wider audience about this important but nuanced subject matter.
You can find out more and order the book here.
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Biomimicry in Architecture - review.
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KOHAT: A girl was kidnapped from Greiwan area of Sharkardarra here on Sunday.
Zarghun Shah, father of the victim, filed a plea with the district sessions judge, saying that Saeedullah, Hameedullah and Ehsanullah allegedly kidnapped her daughter. At which, the court directed the Shakardarra police to arrest the suspects.
The police registered case against the suspects and launched efforts to apprehend them.


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Cinecittà new market
In 2002 the historical Cinecittà market was moved from largo Appio Claudio to a partially covered area with iron stands and plexiglass covers, between Quintilio Varo and Giulio Capitolino streets.
A walk through the stalls
"Since then the market is cleaner and neater – tells us Mauro, who is among the historical sellers as his fruit and vegetable stall dates back in 1970, and before then his family used to work at the market in Coppelle square – but the move did not bring the expected benefits, there are not so many people passing by and the soul of the market itself has been distorted: today it looks like a big store".
Today there are approximately forty stalls offering food, fruits and vegetables (even a few farmers, such as Mauro), household goods, meat, fish, homemade pasta by Rita's.
"I have been here since 1992 with a fruit and vegetable stall inherited from my father, who used to work at Tor Pignattara market, then for sometime I worked with my wife who ran a stall at Colli Albani market, she kept that while I work here by myself, there is a lady helping me only on Fridays and Saturdays" tells us Antonio, who sells the products of his own land in Velletri just aside common fruits and vegetables. He uses these very suggestive signs to distinguish them: "sweet apricots", "my own peaches", "luxury green beans". "When we were outdoors, there were almost 65 stalls, but then we just remained forty, those retiring are not being replaced" he says.
Among the retired ones, Vincenzo, who used to run a deli and was the historical president of the market. He has been replaced by Antonio, who runs a grocery stall since 1989, with his mother Concettina. "The problem of generational change is natural, often the children don't want to take over the family business, but often also the city administration has some resposibility – says Antonio – these shops close and some times it takes years before a call to re-assign them. I take the requests of many people who would be willing to take over a stall at the market, but the procedure is a public call, which might take a very long time. It will end up that when the call is published, all the stalls will be closed. It's a shame, because there are still many people who like the direct contact with the seller, I have some customer who have been coming to my stall for 30 yeras, since my mother first opened it".
But there is also someone who still believes in the appeal of the market and has decided to invest in a stall truly out of ordinary: a fishmonger which offers a wide choice, also of dishes ready to eat and is even a small restaurant, open five days a week (from Tuesdat to Saturday, Sunday and Monday closed). Luigi is the one who got the idea "The fishmonger was open since 2002, but the idea of selling take away dishes and opening a restaurant came up a couple of years ago. The clients are not the same: there are those who buy fish, those who buy the dishes prepared by our chef Fabio, those who come for an aperitivo with raw fish and those who stay for dinner".
In the section of ready dishes there is not only food, but also vegetables of all kinds, next to prawns on a spit, pickled anchovies, salmon and mozzarella rolls, while the price of the restaurant menus is really competitive (dinner menu at 25 or 30 euros, lunch at 15). Luigi tells us: "In spite of the crisis who impacted on everyone, three evenings per week we are sold out, even if we are at the market".
"I like fruits… not like veggies… I don't really eat ALL fruits, but most of them. But there are some fruits I really reeeeally like: cherries. I could eat tons of them. The first time I went to Cinecittà market, I was only a year and a half, I walked already but Mummy used to keep me in the pushchair so that I could not mess around. So, to be able to talk to the sellers at the stall, Mummy had to feed me with cherries… I would eat one after another and ask for more. After a while, Mummy took me away from the cherries and she gave me a pen to keep me quiet while she was talking to the sellers. To find out that, at the end of her chat, I looked like and abstract painting, blue ink and red cherry. When we got home, she threw me in the bath tab for a long bath".
We are at CINECITTA' market, there is nothing to add. Rome might have lost the appeal that made it "Hollywood on Tevere river" in the fifties and sixties, but a walk in its studios brings back the memories of Fellini and Visconti, Scorsese's gangs or Nanni Moretti's cardinals.So we suggest to get into that "dreams factory" from Fellini's Casanova Venusia and get lost among the videos and objects which tell the story and bring back the magic of this place. From Clint Eastwood's poncho in "A fistful of dollars" to Anita Ekberg's dresses in "La dolce vita", or Toto's suit in "The gold of Naples" and Amarcord's tree… every corner of the PERMANENT EXHIBITION find its way to the heart of cinema lovers. But Cinecittà is not a collection of memories, a temple to commemorate cinema, but actually a place where cinema comes true. In a few meters you can move from a XIX century New York City to Coco Chanel's Paris, up to a vintage Bologna by Pupi Avati. So, the main visitors' attraction are the big sets. Among the ones that can be currently visited, the most suggestive is probably the one of antique Rome.
In these establishments were filmed kolossals such as "Quo Vadis?", "Cleopatra" e and "Ben Hur", which, together with the "English patient", brought to Cinecittà the greatest number of Oscars.
The current set has been built for the American series "Rome", but also to film the remake of "Ben Hur". After all, the story of these sets it's also a story of big recycles: when you visit Florence in 1400 be aware that originally it was meant to be Assisi in a fiction about Saint Francis, it was the site of "My friends" and it was presented as Verona in a recent version of "Romeo and Juliet" with Paul Giamatti.
Same story for the third set along the way: that of "Temple in Jerusalem", created for the upcoming shooting of "Christ the Lord" by the same set designer who had created the framework of Mel Gibson's "The Passion" always in Cinecittà.
For those who want to do more than just walk along these sets pretending to be an actor there is a proposal that "cannot be refused" (as the Padrino would say. By the way, some of the scene of the third chapter of the saga have been filmed by Coppola here…). It's BACKSTAGE, an interactive path which allows the visitor to go through the different phases of creation of a movie. So, you can act as a director, set designer, costume designer, make-up artist or enrich your movie with music and special effects.
In other words, try the thrill of building a dream from scratch, here, in that ideal place – as Federico Fellini would define it – which recalls "the cosmic vacuum before big bang".
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Are you impetuous, looking for fun with friends, but frustrated by a lack of funds? A spontaneous camping weekend with mates could be the answer. Camping is the cheap holiday you can actually afford to do with your mates. Even if you're on a lowly student budget, living on cheap beer and Pot Noodles, camping can be almost as cheap as staying at home (and a whole lot more fun)! All you need are a few similar-minded friends and a "Let's do it" attitude and you could be having a whale of a time on a group camping break.
Not every holiday has to start with an expensive flight and not every weekend break has to include air-conditioned rooms in a five star hotel. "Life is what you make it" wrote Preeti Shenoy, and so too is a camping holiday. Here's a step-by-step guide to organising a wild camping holiday with a bunch of friends and not much cash!
First, decide whether you want a seaside camping holiday or an away-from-it-all wild camping experience near national parks with stunning scenery and only a few sheep to object to late-night campfire karaoke. Browse our hundreds of campsites, either by destination or theme, and see how little camping holidays in the UK can cost (especially when you share the price with your besties).
Next, text your mates to see who's up for a few nights of fresh air and fun on a crazy group camping escape. Beg to borrow some camping gear and get ready to enjoy the Great Outdoors on a shoestring budget.
Once you have decided who is going on your camping trip go to CampStead.com to find and book your camping trip. Checking availability is easy; select 'tent' under the camping tab and narrow down the options by destination, date, number of nights and number of campers before pressing search. Our website will throw up all the available options with prices for comparison (BTW that low price is the TOTAL AMOUNT for the whole of your stay, not per night or per person!) You could be enjoying three nights in Cornwall for under £30 or enjoying the Pembrokeshire beaches for around £45. Shared between four friends, that's about the price of a meal out, and a lot more fun! Showers, toilet blocks, hot water and even microwaves and washing machines are usually provided and maybe even a BBQ or firepit too.
Once you've booked the campsite, plan the route. Share the cost of petrol (it won't be much if you stay local) and look forward to a fantastic camping holiday on the cheap.
Arrange for everyone to bring food for the group for a couple of meals, some drinks and snacks to share, and your fun camping weekend will be a winner. Look forward to days of hiking and exploring, beach sports and evenings back at the campsite making your own entertainment. As darkness falls, look up for a beautiful sunset. After dark, you'll see more stars above your rural campsite than you ever knew existed. Share jokes and stories, sing songs and play games before snuggling down in your sleeping bag for the best night's sleep in the open air.
Camping in the UK may be cheap, but hanging out and having fun with friends is priceless!


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Q: What's your story as a creative?
A: This might be a longer response because I believe that people thinking about getting into music or people in difficult career positions could be inspired by this.
My mom put me in piano lessons when I was four or five. Funny enough, I never really liked playing the piano. Still, she put me there because she wanted me to try my hand at music (thankfully). If I could go back now, I would've loved to have taken drumming lessons because I was the annoying kid who always beat on pots and pans. When I entered the sixth grade, I decided to play the bassoon because nobody else wanted to play it. I played the bassoon until my sophomore year of high school when I regrettably let a douchey band director affect my love for the bassoon. It's one of my only regrets in my life, though I would never have wanted to play in an orchestra for a living, so I guess it all worked out.
After quitting the band in high school, I started a band with my friends. Although the band never went anywhere, It showed me that I had a genuine love for music and that I had musical ideas of my own that I wanted to explore. I think it was when I was 20 years old that I started working
with a great songwriter/multi-instrumentalist named Jason Smith. We formed an artist group together where we were creating electronic/rock/pop music. After two years of doing that, I finally realized that my strengths were more on the mixing and mastering side. I was never really classically trained on an instrument that played chords, so I never developed the skill to make the music I heard in my head.
I doubled down on mixing. In 2015 I decided to attend community college to learn more about the music business. In my first semester, I met an incredible music branding expert named Laura Bull. She told me that if I wanted to be something special in music as an engineer or producer, I should go to The Blackbird Academy in Nashville. After an intense six months program at The Blackbird Academy, I moved to Los Angeles to become an assistant engineer to a prolific mixer. After working for him for several months, I decided to quit. I did not have the mental fortitude to deal with the inhumane situation I subjected myself to while working for him. I won't dive into any specific details, but this was the darkest time in my 32 years of life. I felt incredibly down on myself and on my future in music daily.
I moved back to Dallas for a year and sold home and auto insurance just to feel solid ground. I needed stability in my life and job. In the summer of 2017, I had my first psychedelic experience. I was in the shower exactly 3 days after this experience, and I began to cry pretty intensely in the shower. All my passion and love for music came rushing back in, and it hit me like a freight train all at once. I had to mention psychedelics here because, without them, I don't know that I would have wiped away the fog, hurt, and jadedness I had for music. Two weeks later, I quit my insurance job. With all the money I had saved up from working there, I went on a trip around the world with some friends, including one of my best friends and business partners, Sy Huq. On this trip, I made music daily in other countries to keep the inspiration train rolling. After four months overseas, I moved back to Los Angeles in February 2018.
I took the music I had created overseas to an event on the Warner Brothers lot called "Shape." I unknowingly showed this music to an incredible music supervisor at a trailer company who told me that I should consider composing trailer music as a career. She said I had the skills and the
sound design for it, which could be very lucrative after I learned the structure of trailer music. After taking a short course on structuring trailer music from an online trailer course from Evenant, I created several tracks to pitch to a particular trailer publisher. I began writing custom music for this trailer publisher. After a few sync placements as an out-of-house composer, I was hired in-house as a trailer music composer. After some time with this company, I became an in-house album producer and a mixing and mastering engineer. During my time there, I mixed well over 1000 tracks, and I believe that's where I learned what my sound and workflow as a mixing and mastering engineer came from. I listen back to my work then, and I can tell just how far I have come sonically. Still, the sheer amount of music I mixed during my 3 years with this company is undoubtedly a cheat code for jumping ahead in my career. In January 2021, I opened my own company called Seltzer sounds, where I reached my goal of becoming a freelance mixing and mastering engineer. I still have a long, long way to go as far as achieving my larger goals in life, but being able to live off of music alone and being my own boss are two things I am very proud of.
Q: Mixing is often overlooked. What does it do to a record?
A: This is so true. Unfortunately, artists, producers, producers, or even the record label often overlook mixing. When I think of the enormous importance of mixing, I like to give a particular film analogy. All of us have seen a film/short film that either our friends made or a youtube video created by someone just starting out. The analogy is that you can shoot the most beautiful footage in the world, literally second to none. Without sound, it is a masterpiece. Suppose the dialog, ambiance, sound design, foley, and sound fx are cheaply made. In that case, the film immediately becomes bad or cheaply made in your mind. Let's take the same analogy and flip it on its head. You are watching a movie, and the picture looks mediocre. You can tell it was shot on an older iPhone. Still, the dialog, ambiance, sound design, foley, and sound fx are incredibly well made and fit the picture perfectly. Suddenly, the movie feels so much better and more expensive, leaving the viewer with a much better feeling leaving the theater than the film with terrible sound.
With all that being said, I think that the mixing and mastering process can make a massive difference in the repeatability of a track because of how it leaves the listener feeling afterward. Mixing can leave the listener wanting to hear more, or it can leave them wanting more from the song.
Q: You mentioned you worked on a release with Loren Gray. Tell us more about it.
A: Yes! My good friend Bardo, an incredible producer, songwriter, and guitarist in the fantastic band Beauty School Dropout is the executive producer of Loren's upcoming album and the recently released single "Guilty." I mixed 4 tracks on the last BSD album, including the smash
"WE MADE PLANS & GOD LAUGHED" and "ALMOST FAMOUS Feat. Mark Hoppus of Blink 182." While mixing those tracks, Bardo and I clicked and understood how each other worked. I also understood what Bardo's ear is looking for from a mixing and mastering engineer. When it came time for Loren's album to move on to the mixing phase, he reached out and asked if I wanted to mix it, and of course, I said yes!
Her first single out, "Guilty," has a who's who of young LA talent on it. The songwriters include Loren Gray, Amelia Moore, Bardo, Colie Hutzler, Dasha, J Bach, Pinkslip, and Inverness. The producers include Bardo, Inverness, Pinkslip, and Colie Hutzler.
Q: What's some of the best work you highlighted with your mixing?
A: This is a tricky question, but I will try to list a few of my favorites!
-"See You In Hell" by Beauty School Dropout.
● Produced and written by Beauty School Dropout and Inverness.
● Mixed and mastered by me.
-"M&Ms for Breakfast" by Naika
● Written by Naika and Michael Brun
● Produced by Cody Tarpley and Michael Brun
– "EXUVIUM [beauty is nothing but the beginning of terror, that we are still able to bear]" by Crywolf
● Written and Produced by Crywolf
● Mixing and mastering by Crywolf and Me.
– "Dance Forever" by Hudson Mohawke
● Written by Hudson Mohawke and Mette Towley
● Produced by Hudson Mohawke
● Mixed by me
● Mastered by Joker
-"reaLitie biTes" by tiLLie
● Written by tiLLie, Boy Blue, Skyler Stonestreet
● Produced by tiLLie and Boy Blue
-The song I haven't worked on yet.
Q: What are some artists you would love to work with?
A: There are so many artists I would love to work with. There are a few legacy acts I would love to work with and some newer ones, and I'll say a diverse list of them.
● My Chemical Romance
● Avenged Sevenfold
● Slipknot
● Rage Against The Machine
● M83
● Kid Cudi
● The Gorillaz
● Blink 182
● Phantogram
● Justin Beiber
● Dua Lipa
● Royal Blood
● Bring Me The Horizon
● BLACKPINK
● Heilung
Q: You spoke about mental health and staying grounded, especially in the music industry. Care to expand?
A: I don't think I can adequately speak on mental health. I have had some small first-hand experiences with waves of depression and anxiety. I feel fortunate not to deal with mental health issues daily. What I think that I can speak on, however, are some routine-based things I do that help move me constantly forward, allowing me to be my very best each day. ● Go to bed and wake up at the same time each day.
● Working out several times a week, even if it's 30 minutes of walking around the neighborhood or to a coffee shop.
● Stop eating processed foods.
● Do at least one mentally intense daily task to keep your brain stimulated. ● Meditate for at least 10 minutes a day.
● Cut back or stop drinking alcohol.
● Every hour or so, get up from what you are working on, walk around and change your scenery. It will give you a different perspective on what you're focused on. ● Set boundaries for yourself with your work and clients. You have to take care of yourself before you can care for others. This is important, or you will be drained of your energy, creativity, focus, and drive.
Q: What's something you would never change in your life?
A: I will never change my hunger for new creative opportunities. I love the adventure of taking on new challenges. I have a whiteboard in my shower where I do all my thinking. I am constantly jotting down new ideas. Whether it's a new verticle to my mixing and mastering business, such as the podcast I am launching this year called "On The Right Track," or a new idea on how I can service my clients more effectively. I am always coming up with new ideas and doing this tournament-style gladiator battle of ideas until one comes out victorious. When
thoughts can pass the Gladiator test, I know they have some real-world validity and excite me enough to make it through the battle process. I learned this technique from my buddy Sy Huq.
Q: Was there a mistake you made that really taught you well and showed you the way?
A. I have two pieces of advice here.
● No matter what, get an entertainment attorney to read over paperwork no matter how much you trust someone or how badly you need the gig. Whatever price you pay them is nothing compared to the money you could miss out on or the hurt you may feel one day when someone close to you betrays you over wording in the contract.
● Do your research on the mentor you choose to have when coming up in this industry. It is easy to look at credits and think how badly you would like to work for a particular person. Credits mean absolutely nothing if you are going to leave that position so jaded that you no longer want to be in music. The internet is limitless. Reach out to former people who have worked for the person you choose to be mentored under. See what they have gone on to do with their life. Ask them how their time was with that mentor. Were they given credit or passed work when people couldn't afford their rate?
Q: Projects and goals for 2023?
A: I have a goal board I create every year before New Year to visualize my goals throughout the year. It's less "woo woo" than it sounds. Really, goal boards are great so that you don't forget what your intentions were at the start of the year. Things come up, and you forget where you wanted to be, and being able to visually see it makes you not forget.
With that being said, some of my goals this year include the following:
● This year I will start my podcast "On The Right Track," and I will continuously bring on more prominent and exciting guests. I will regularly shoot, post, and push the bar creatively and helpfully.
● I will be a mixing engineer on a song or album nominated for a Grammy in 2024 and be inducted into the recording academy for 2024.
● I will mix a song that makes Billboard's top 100.
● This year I will stay on top of my meditation, journalling, and workout routine. I am at the peak of my performance level when I am regular with all of these.
● I will travel more this year. Last year I invested in a travel rig allowing me to travel and work simultaneously. Traveling is inspiring and allows you to view creative obstacles from a different angle. I will get back on the road more this year while maintaining a podcast and a flourishing mixing business.
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Tu Bishvat in Orthodox Judaism
The holiday of Tu Bishvat has no legal structure in orthodox Judaism, and is a time of great contrast in Jewish practice. Modern orthodox scholars and the last Lubavitcher Rebbe hold opposing views. Read on to learn more about its history and symbols. If you are unfamiliar with Jewish customs, here are some essential tips to get you started. Listed below are the major aspects of the holiday, including the Seder and its symbols.
1 Seder
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A Seder on Tu Bishvat in the Orthodox tradition follows a pattern of four basic sections. The first section contains the seder itself, a prayer that introduces the ritual, and the second describes the order of eating fruits and the blending of the wine in four cups. In addition, the seder includes verses from the Zohar, Talmud, and early rabbinic texts. In addition, the seder also incorporates special fruits, such as grapes, oranges, and pears.
During the Seder on Tu Bishvat, many pious Jews celebrate the season by serving a special meal, like the Passover seder. This tradition was established in Safed, Israel, in the sixteenth century, when fruit trees were measured for the tithe that was to be paid to the Holy Temple each year. The Seder on Tu Bishvat reconnected Jews to the land of Israel and the fruits of the earth.
Originally, the Tu Bishvat seder commemorated the Tree of Life, part of the Kabbalistic map of the Sephirot. This framework is interpreted to represent the restoring of cosmic blessings. In addition, some Chassidic Jews add etrog to their table, a sweet, fried egg. In any case, the etrog is a symbol of the fruits of the Tree of Life.
The first fruit eaten during the Seder on Tu Bishvat is carob, a dried fruit. Some people follow the Kabbalistic order in eating the fruit, but some don't. In addition to carob, other fruit commonly consumed on Tu Bishvat includes figs, dates, almonds, and raisins. Many also incorporate the Seven Species of the Land of Israel into their Seder.
The final fruit is the matzah. A seder table should include a tablecloth, good dishes, and wine or juice. Candles are optional, but they lend a festive glow to the meal. Seders are traditionally led by a single person or by a committee. However, each person can take turns leading the Seder. The directions for the meal are to be read aloud. Each participant tastes a blessing before tasting it.
The symbolic meaning of Tu Bishvat varies depending on who you ask, but generally, the celebration is associated with trees, and the Torah. The Torah represents a spiritual tree, and its fruits provide life and spiritual sustenance to great people. It also represents life today in Israel. The Torah is a sacred text, and the celebration of this holiday is a way to honor the Creator and the world he created.
In ancient times, the Temple tax assessment date was tied to Tu B'Shevat. This was the date chosen because Jewish farmers had to pay taxes to the Temple. The sages interpreted the date as the beginning of the growing season and thus called it Rosh Hashanah Le'ilanot, or the New Year of the Trees. Since trees are symbolic of life, many people associated this day with plants and the first fruits of their blossoms.
The festival of Tu Bishvat, also called Rosh Hashanah Leilanot, is a celebration of nature and the Jewish homeland. Since the 19th century, the planting of trees has become a hallmark of the Zionist movement in the Land of Israel. The importance of including children in the celebrations is clear. Therefore, there are numerous religious and secular significances associated with this holiday.
The importance of trees and the tithes that are associated with it were significant in ancient Judaism. When the Temple was in use, the tithes were used for the priests and Levites. The tithes also supported the prosperity of Jerusalem. The tithes became much less significant after the destruction of the Second Temple, but they were still important.
The origins of Tu Bishvat are unclear. While there are no explicit references of Tu Bishvat in the Bible, its celebration is celebrated as a celebration of nature. Today, it is also considered the Jewish Earth Day, a day of ecological awareness. In this way, Tu Bishvat is celebrated by both observant and non-observant Jews.
The customs of Tu Bishvat in Orthodoxy vary depending on the region and the type of Judaism practiced. In Europe, Jewish schools traditionally distribute native Israeli fruits to the students. Teachers share their supply equally. Students often participate in class parties and special assemblies, and parents are invited to watch their children's performances and participate in the festivities. Students in particular are encouraged to eat Israeli fruits on this day, as these flavors are considered halal.
One of the customs of Tu B'Shevat focuses on eating almonds. The word "almond" comes from the Hebrew root shakad (which means "wake" and "watch"). It is considered a sign of springtime, and is considered a symbol of the new life and energy that the almond tree brings. According to Jewish tradition, almonds are among the first trees to "awaken" from their winter rest.
The holiday is also known as "New Year for Trees" or "New Year of Trees". In fact, this holiday is associated with planting trees. Jewish colonists planted trees during the 1930s in Palestine. One tree is planted for every baby. As a result, the celebration is widely observed throughout the world. The new growth that the trees have wrought will ensure that the future of humankind will not be devoid of life.
During the Seder, many pious Jews hold a special Seder, which is similar to Passover. In addition to a seder, a 15-course meal is served. Each course represents a food associated with the land. In between courses, people read from the P'ri Eitz Hadar anthology, which collects passages about trees in the Bible. Additionally, they sing the Shehecheyanu (new fruit) during this holiday.
The customs of Tu Bishvat have roots in ancient Jewish culture. The first three years of a tree's life are forbidden by Jewish law. After three years, however, the fruits of that tree can be eaten by humans. It was during Tu Bishvat that the trees became edible and the natural seasons of the trees were allowed to start. Hence, the celebration of Tu Bishvat has become the holiday of spiritual renewal for the Jewish people.
As the first harvest season begins, the holiday of Tu Bishvat is observed around the world. The Jewish people observe this holiday by planting trees. In fact, many people plant trees as a symbol of tikkun olam, the redemption of Adam and Eve, and the bounty of autumnal crops. The tradition of planting trees on this day is widespread, and is celebrated in many parts of Israel.
The festival of Tu Bishvat is celebrated by eating a special meal called the seder. This meal is filled with symbolic meanings. The pious Jewish men and women prepare the seder for this holiday, which is held at the home of their ancestors. On Tu Bishvat, they serve food, drink wine, and sing songs to express their gratitude for the fruits of the earth.
Trees hold a special place in Jewish culture, and this is reflected in the festival of Tu Bishvat. Orthodox Jews celebrate this festival on the fifteenth day of the Hebrew month of Shevat. The first fruits of the trees are harvested during this time. As the day of Tu Bishvat has grown in importance, environmental issues have been raised. The tradition of planting trees has been reinterpreted, and it is also becoming increasingly popular among children, including a number of American Jewish families.
While the tradition of planting trees and planting new seeds has remained largely unchanged, the kabbalists have reinterpretated the holiday. They saw it as a vehicle to convey mystical ideas. In the early twentieth century, it took on a new meaning: the day was also celebrated as the Jewish Arbor Day. Today, it is celebrated by many Jews as Arbor Day. The Jewish National Fund plants trees on the day. This new meaning is likely the result of the rise of Zionism.
The significance of Tu Bishvat in orthodox Jusaism goes far beyond tree planting. In ancient times, the Israelites were forbidden to eat tree fruit during the first harvest. After three years, they were allowed to eat the fruit, which was considered older by the time Tu Bishvat came. The earliest mention of Tu Bishvat in orthodox Judaism is in the Mishnah, a compilation of early rabbinic thought.
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This lightweight library provides visual alerts to developers and QA when an issue happens during development/testing phase.

In traditional android development, when an issue occurs, we use logs to dump the unexpected state or exception trace. Printing to logcat is not enough at times as:

-  Logs can be overlooked by developers if we are not constantly monitoring.
-  Logs maybe on a remote device which is inaccessible.

Using this library, you can provide visual warning to the developer/ QA when something goes wrong on your test or internal builds so that critical issues can be highlighted as and when they happen.

## Example
In the example below, the `ParseException` may occur only for some specific response from server and is not always reproducible.

```java
try {
    Data data = parser.parse(response.body().json());
} catch(ParseException ex) {
    Log.d(TAG, ex);
    DevAlert.reportError(TAG, "Response data is corrupt", ex);
}
```

While development or testing, when the issue happens, even if the developer/QA is not actively looking or monitoring the log for this issue, will get instantly notified.

## How to Use
Add the dependency in `build.gradle`:

```
dependencies {
    ...
    ...
    compile 'com.garena.devalert:dev-alert:0.1.2'
}
```

Initialise the library in the `Application` class:

```java
public class SampleApplication extends Application {

    @Override
    public void onCreate() {
        super.onCreate();
        DevAlert.init(this, BuildConfig.DEBUG);
    }
}
```

Report errors or warning from anywhere in the app:

```java
// report error
DevAlert.reportError(TAG, message, exception);

// report warning
DevAlert.reportWarning(TAG, message, exception);
```

## Other Possible Use-Cases

1. Report exceptions from background threads without crashing the app.

2. If you are building a library or SDK, you can provide better feedback to other developers who are going to use it. (If you have worked with React-Native, it provides a similar functionality.)

3. Create custom rules for the health check of your app and visually alert the developer/QA when these rules are violated. For example: database calls on UI thread or adding heavy code in onCreate.

## Advance Usage
You can configure the library to show selective errors or warnings use the `DevAlertConfig:`

```java
DevAlertConfig config = new DevAlertConfig.Builder()
      .showErrors(true)
      .showWarnings(false) // hide warnings
      .ignoredTags(Arrays.asList("MODULE_A", "MODULE_B")) // hide these tags
      .build();
DevAlert.init(getApplication(), isDevMode, config);
```

## More Info

Here is an informal blog post https://engineering.garena.com/introducing-devalert-garena-open-source/ which lists some scenarios in which we have used this library to improve our product.


J. Perrotin discovered asteroid #180 Garumna.
Karl Benz patented the first successful gasoline-driven automobile.
A. Charlois discovered asteroids #382 Dodona and #383 Janina.
US inventor Lee de Forest applied for a patent on the grid configuration of his "Audion" tube, a 3-element amplification valve which proved to be a pioneering development in radio and broadcasting. US Patent 879,532 was granted 18 February 1908.
K. Reinmuth discovered asteroid #1014 Semphyra.
K Reinmuth discovered asteroid #3425 Hurukawa.
Clyde Tombaugh finished the 6-night observing run that led to the discovery of Pluto.
K Reinmuth discovered asteroids #1216 Askania, #1218 Aster, #1968 Mehltretter, #2485 and #2942.
K. Reinmuth discovered asteroid #1259 Ogyalla and #1260 Walhalla.
E. Delporte discovered asteroids #1672 Gezelle and #1711 Sandrine.
C. Jackson discovered asteroid #1816 Liberia.
NASA launched the SA-5 Saturn I rocket into orbit as a launch vehicle development test.
The SA-5 Saturn I flight was used for a launch vehicle development test. The launch on 29 January 1964 was the fifth flight of a Saturn rocket and the first of the Block II Saturn. It was also the first live flight of the LOX/LH2 fueled second stage (S-IV). More than 11,000 measurements were taken.
Goethe Link Observatory discovered asteroid #2196 Ellicott.
The Sijthoff planetarium in the Hague, which used a Zeiss projector "to explain the operation of the solar system and the universe," was severely damaged by fire, prior to its demolition in 1984.
The Height 611 UFO Incident occurred, an alleged UFO crash in Dalnegorsk, Primorsky Krai, Soviet Union.
USSR Phobos 2 spacecraft went into orbit around Mars.
USSR launched Soyuz-TM 27 to the Mir space station with cosmonauts Talgat Musabayev, Nikolai Budarin and Leopold Eyharts aboard.
NASA's STS 89 (Endeavor 12, 89th Shuttle mission) undocked from the Russian Mir space station during the eighth Shuttle-Mir docking mission.


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SGA to help students dress for success
Kei'Yona Jordon and James McCarley
The Student Government Association (SGA) will be opening the "Dress for Success Clothing Closet" in the Smith University Center for students to have access to professional and semi-professional clothing.
The "Clothing Closet" will be available for students to check out clothes, for free, to use as needed for interviews, internships or in the workplace.
Tymoshio Robinson, the newly elected president of SGA, said this is a viable resource for students.
"We knew that we wanted to provide a means to help students expand their professional horizons," Robinson said.
While FMU has an active business program, students sometimes have difficulty affording professional clothing for interviews, internships and in the workplace.
Kendria Mason, the current SGA president, has been working on this project for a while. She wanted to provide students with the best chance to be successful in their careers.
"SGA's goal is to provide students with access to professional attire that would help them secure opportunities at FMU and outside of FMU," Mason said.
Mason dedicated her presidency to this cause and helping FMU students wherever she could.
Robinson said the Career Readiness Week, as well as the "Clothing Closet," will be beneficial for students. The highlight of the Career Readiness Week was Entrepreneurship 101, which was held from 5:00-6:15 p.m. on March 10 in the Lee Nursing Building Auditorium.
Scott Dell, assistant professor of accounting, brought experts to talk about entrepreneurship.
"Dr. Dell is an extremely accomplished and talented accounting professional," Robinson said. "I believe this event will be successful, as his guests, people who work in the business world, are extremely accomplished in their fields and they will be able to add insight to the information Dr. Dell will be providing."
Mason said with the SGA providing this valuable resource openly to students, FMU is preparing them for the workforce.
"We don't want students to feel like they can't obtain life-changing experiences because of what they lack," Mason said. "We want to offer them a resource that they could use."
The SGA "Clothing Closet" has not yet set a date for when it will open, but students can be on the lookout by following SGA on Instagram @francismarionsga.
SGA hosts "Our Voices as One" event
Your Lives Matter: Students Speak Out
Professor wins award
AAFS Coalition hosts forum and picnic
Students have sweet treats and meet the Greeks
Honors students will finally have a "sense of home"


What a joy to start training sessions this year again! Thank you to all 18 of you who could make it that night, you were very attentive and pleasantly interactive.
Our new trainer Ms. Martine van Es, who is specialized in training teachers, led this evening and taught you many concepts about teaching using Kaigan cooperative Learning structures. You got to experience them yourselves in our own classroom to feel what it is like for your future students and how she managed our group of participants.
Here are a few candid shots of what our evening was like learning about the Dutch educational system, how to draft a lesson plan and getting inspiration on how to narrow down your original idea for a lecture topic to make it approachable to teenagers.
Our group had plenty of opportunities to network while learning about exercises that could be applied in the classroom where you will teach in November or December this year.
We had activities sitting down and moving around the room to stimulate participation by everyone not just the most extraverted participants!
Four continents were represented among the many nationalities present that evening. I look forward to receiving your availability and final topic for your guest lectures next month!


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New Wu-Tang Album On The Way
And Ghostface is running the show.
Sukii
Does Wu-Tang Clan have another great project under its belt?
Last year, the legendary hip-hop crew sold an exclusive album to indicted pharmaceutical executive Martin Shkreli for millions of dollars. Fans without that kind of money will be happy to know more music is on the way, according to Ghostface Killah.
The 46-year-old rapper sat down with HipHopDX and said he's been green-lit as the lead on their next album. He told the site, "RZA put the ball in my hand. He said 'Yo, I want you to do it,' and I been wanting to do it, and that's a big test for me right there."
Needless to say, the music on their forthcoming project has to be just right: "You got to always go back to the foundation," he said. "It's not what you do, it's how you do it. But it has to be done right. If it don't fit then we can't do it. It'll just have to be done nice. That's it. People can't talk about it unless it's good."
And as far as his strategy and the kind of rap he wants to record, "I'm going to do my part first and let them know what I did, and then have them listen to that and follow my lead," he explained. "It's like how they do in sports with athletes. It's like alright, just follow my lead." He goes on to say, "Everything is so clubby nowadays. Big bass. Easy words. Ain't nothing really being said." Ghost did add that he's a fan of Drake.
Click here for the full interview and stay tuned.
SOURCE: HipHopDX | PHOTO CREDIT: Getty
The 25 Most Important Def Jam Rappers Of All Time (PHOTOS)
1. LL COOL J
2. Beastie Boys
3. EPMD
4. 3rd Bass
5. Public Enemy
6. Onyx
7. Montell Jordan
9. Warren G
10. Jay Z
11. Foxy Brown
12. DMX
13. Ja Rule
14. Ashanti
15. Scarface
16. Ludacris
17. Jeezy
18. Kanye West
19. Ne-Yo
20. Nas
21. Rihanna
22. Ghostface Killah
23. Rick Ross
24. 2 Chainz
25. Frank Ocean
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import com.intellij.codeInsight.ExpectedTypeInfo;
import com.intellij.codeInsight.ExpectedTypeInfoImpl;
import com.intellij.codeInsight.lookup.LookupElement;
import com.intellij.codeInsight.lookup.LookupItem;
import com.intellij.patterns.ElementPattern;
import com.intellij.psi.*;
import com.intellij.psi.statistics.JavaStatisticsManager;
import com.intellij.psi.statistics.StatisticsInfo;
import com.intellij.psi.util.InheritanceUtil;
import com.intellij.util.containers.ContainerUtil;

import java.util.List;

import static com.intellij.patterns.PsiJavaPatterns.psiElement;

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 * @author peter
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So, I live in a suburb of Philadelphia with a very rich Mexican culture. We have, hands down, some of the best, most authentic Mexican food around. So, you can imagine that the community here goes ALL OUT, ALL WEEKEND over Cinco de Mayo.
It's seriously a LOT of FUN.
SO. GOOD. And don't forget to throw in some Corona's with lime and/or Margaritas.
Do you have any good Mexican recipes? Leave a comment to share yours with the rest of the community!


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SXSW Traffic is Terrible. This Street Closure Map Might Help.
KUT 90.5 | By Larissa Liska
Laura Rice
Published March 12, 2014 at 6:30 AM CDT
Update: Starting today, it's going to get even tougher to get around downtown. That's because the music portion of South by Southwest is now underway.
The City of Austin is closing off several exits from I-35 to downtown. Starting at 10 a.m. on Wednesday:
The I-35 NB and SB exits at Cesar Chavez will be closed.
The I-35 SB exit at 8th Street will be closed.
The I-35 NB exit at 6th Street will be closed.
Original Story (March 6, 2014): SXSW provides a great opportunity for people to see bands, films and hobnob with bigwigs in the tech industry.
But road closures in downtown Austin may pose a problem for some travelers.
Here's some of the big ones:
Friday March 7th: Sixth Street, Trinity between Fourth and Cesar Chavez, and streets between Cesar Chavez and River Street that lie between Waller Creek Park and IH 35 will be fully closed and parts of Fourth and Red River and Fifth and Seventh between Brazos and IH 35 will partially be closed.
Sunday, March 9th: Barton Springs Road, Stratford Drive, and Lou Neff Road will likely be closed.
Monday March 10th: Bouldin Avenue, Dawson Road, and Christopher and Third Street between Barton Springs and Gibson will be anticipated closures.
Tuesday, March 11th: Riverside Drive between Lamar and First Street, Red River between Eighth and Tenth Street, and Fifth Street between IH 35 and Waller will be fully closed. Eighth Street between Trinity and IH 35 and Tenth Street between Trinity and Red River are anticipated partial closures.
Traveling does not have to be difficult. Here are some options for Austin transportation:
Public Transportation with Capital Metro
Riding a Bike
Click here for a full-scale map.
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Laura first joined the KUT team in April 2012. She now works for the statewide program Texas Standard as a reporter and producer. Laura came to KUT from the world of television news. She has worn many different hats as an anchor, reporter and producer at TV stations in Austin, Amarillo and Toledo, OH. Laura is a proud graduate of the University of Missouri-Columbia, a triathlete and enjoys travel, film and a good beer. She enjoys spending time with her husband and pets.
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Ethan Hawke Talks 'Boyhood,' 'Predestination' and His Texas Ties (Update)
Update: Austin filmmaker Richard Linklater's much-anticipated 12-year film project "Boyhood" opens in theatres across Austin today. KUT talked with star…
Activists Plan to Carry Guns on Sixth Street During SXSW Wednesday
Nathan Bernier
Update: About forty gun activists marched from the Capital and down Sixth Street today, many openly carrying black powder revolvers and rifles strapped…
SXSW Puts Spotlight On Latinos In Tech
After a session on Latinos in tech at South by Southwest in Austin, we hear from a Latina tech entrepreneur.
Vulcan Gas Company Returns As An Electronic Music Club
Tyler Pratt
Austin's Vulcan Gas Company was only open for a few years in the 1960s.But in that brief time the music venue showcased legendary acts like the Velvet…


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Q: ran out of tcp udp ports How to resolve a Windows or Linux system that runs out of the tcp/udp ports on a single server? I have over around 65000 tcp/udp ports being used on a single server as a result of SQL connections, user connections for users to connect to the internet, and acting also as a gateway.

A: Sounds like a heavy load server in an important role.

*

*You can use more than one Ethernet interface - that would gain also physical expansion.

*You can use more than one IP address on any interface - easy software solution.
I would also suggest to use a proxy / NAT eventually

A: I recommend to plan separation of roles (unless the gateway requires the SQL to be on the same host) - not due the fact that you're running out of ports.
If the SQL is not required by the gateway and/or it's holding company data, it's quite risky to be on a gateway node.
Speaking of TCP, there are plenty of available ports.
You may (while ignoring things like port sharing) only bind 216 ports per address, you may have far more active connections per address.
You can handle thousands of connections with even a single TCP port - the connection is defined due multiple parameters:

sourceIP:sourcePort:destinationIP:destionationPort.

See more here.
An important parameter may be half-open connections - if one of your services has some trouble, it may affect other services running on the system.
You may get some more information here.

A: Split the server role to other server if the load is too big.
In example, in windows if you virtualize a Windows Server Standard license you can got two running instance free in virtual (1:2)
Other idea to give more physical's interface or virtual IP could help in the short term, but having such role (SQL, Gateway and user connection to the internet) is not a good idea.
In example, if a user get a malware and flood your gateway it will put down other service on the server.

A: There are only 65,535 available ports available in TCP/UDP. It's a restriction that is an inherent part of IP (the protocol).
You might be able to work around the limit by assigning more than one IP address to the machine that is opening all these connections.

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It's been a crazy week, thanks to Diamond Jubilee.
Let's face it: Queen Elizabeth II gave a true lesson of Social Media in politics. 1 billion tweets (more than the Royal Wedding, imagine…), events in every store and street in the UK, call to actions everywhere…And a synergy between consumers, citizens, brands, government…Some insights on Laurent's blog!
We believe that in our attention economy, any second a citizen spends with a brand must be worth it. We believe that citizens are now shareholders of a brand's main asset: its reputation. We believe that offline and online are now on the same ground. We believe that this practice is neither fully owned, neither earned, and certainly not paid. This is a social practice.


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2019's top 3 digital marketing trends that matter
Written by Emma Fitzpatrick Monday, January 07, 2019 from MultiBriefs
All too often, trend roundups can be full of dreams that won't become reality for years.
Of course, virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), artificial intelligence (AI) and voice search will continue to grow this year. But those pie-in-the-sky trends likely won't impact your business just yet.
Instead, read on for the top three trends that will affect how you market to your customers in 2019.
1. Social networks shift to groups. Instagram remains in the clear.
What's happened: Facebook remains the biggest player in the social media world with over 2.27 billion monthly active users. But throughout 2018, the company was mired with problem after problem.
After the Cambridge Analytica scandal, people began taking breaks from the platform or deleting the app altogether, which led to a 20 percent decrease in how much Facebook content each person reads. Page admins saw that impact directly after engagement rates dropped more than 50 percent.
Because Facebook is the top dog, other social networks are seeing the trickle-down effects. Nearly 75 percent of Americans believe that the integrity of Facebook and Twitter has diminished, and they're less likely to find trusted information on those sites.
That lack of trust in how the networks are using private data also means users are sharing privately more than publicly. Social shares are also down 50 percent since 2015.
What's next for 2019: While skeptical of the information posted publicly on Facebook and Twitter, Eighty percent of people do trust information posted on forums, which could lead to an increase in Group discussions.
Try to pivot to Groups in 2019 to see how it works for your business. Also, Instagram, though owned by Facebook, has mostly avoided the mistrust that plagues other sites, so continue to invest more time there in 2019.
2. Continue chatting, but start marketing in messaging apps.
What's happened: Over the last few years, people took their conversations to private messaging apps instead of public feeds. As of June of 2017, 65 percent of links were shared privately while only 14 percent were posted publicly. Once people started messaging, they couldn't stop!
80 percent of adults send at least one message per day, which has led to more than 1 billion people (and businesses) sending more than 8 billion messages per month. That's more than double the year prior, and the growth shows no signs of stopping in 2019!
What's next for 2019: If you have not figured out how to effectively handle the influx of messages, you're missing out on sales and disappointing customers. This must be the year you get a solid system in place.
Start with these tips or look into a chatbot. Then, brainstorm how you can go beyond simply answering questions that you get and start marketing. Forty-six percent of people said they would like to receive deals over messaging apps while 24 percent said they'd received updates on products, too.
3. Have others tell your story (especially in ads).
What's happened: People are skeptical of information on social media, but they also want brands and companies to tell the trust. Most Americans (86 percent) agree that transparency from companies is more important to them than ever before.
They want businesses to be open, honest, clear and authentic. That, of course, is easy said than done because most people are inherently wary of what brands say about themselves. But 37 percent of people trust influencers more than brands.
Enter influencer marketing. Global spending has more than doubled each year from 2015 to 2018. In 2018, advertisers spent $1.6 billion on Instagram influencer content alone.
What's next for 2019: In 2019, budgets for influencer marketing are forecasted to grow about 30 percent. But, it's no longer the smart play to use this content organically.
Instead, you should be paying micro-influencers (often real customers or moderately successful bloggers) to create ads for your business. They're the ones who make content for a living, so creating a vertical, short video for them will be easy-peasy.
That way, you can easily take hold of two major trends (micro ads and the video-all-the-time phenomenon). Plus, people will trust what they create more.
Emma Fitzpatrick is a freelance writer and marketer, whose specialties include content marketing, social marketing and short, snappy writing. Pick her brain more at emma.l.fitzpatrick@gmail.com.


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Q: What are the options to benchmark different versions of your code (to avoid bloat and performance decreases)? What are the options to benchmarking different build versions against each other to measure performance over time?
Ideally it is something which can be implemented into a CI pipeline.

A: On Linux you could use
time yourProgram

giving user, real and sys timings.
Or use
perf
where you can get various timings of performance.


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To Be or Not to Be Broadway Utica's Students on Broadway Program Now Accepting Applications With Broadway Theatre League of Utica's recent announcement that it is now accepting applications for its Students on Broadway program, anyone enrolled in grades K-12 throughout Central New York— many of whom have never seen a Broadway show—will now…
Excellus BCBS Addresses Health Disparities in Upstate New York with Health Equity Award Funding
Nonprofit organizations are invited to apply beginning August 15th Recognizing structural racism as a driving force of health inequities, Excellus BlueCross BlueShield invites nonprofit organizations to apply for their Health Equity Awards. The awards help fund health and wellness programs that address racial and ethnic health disparities in upstate New York. The application period…
Broadway Utica YAPPER to perform at August 22nd Levitt AMP Concert!
Broadway Utica's very own YAPPER, Faith Wilk will be performing August 22 at Levit, while accompanied by other Broadway Utica YAPPERS who are attending to volunteer. https://www.facebook.com/LevittAMPUtica Guitar lovers… this one's for you! For week 9 of our series we bring you Ariel Posen – "one of the most exciting guitar players around" with a…
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MVHS to Hold Free Prostate Cancer Screening Event in September
The Mohawk Valley Health System (MVHS), in collaboration with Upstate Urology, is hosting a free prostate cancer screening event throughout the month of September to recognize Prostate Cancer Awareness Month and encourage men to get screened. Who: Men ages 45 to 75 What: Free prostate exam with a prostate-specific blood test Where:…
Adirondack Railroad Holding Auditions for Polar Express Actors and Singers
Auditions and Rehearsals for the upcoming Polar Express Train Ride will be held at Utica Union Station on August 19th at 10am & August 20th at 4pm. To book your audition time submit a resume by email with the subject line "Polar Express Audition" to erincrowe@adirondackrr.com Rehearsals will be two to three times…
SUNY Poly Kicks Off New Open Classroom Initiative
For the fall 2022 semester, previous recipients of the SUNY Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching will open their classes to visits by junior faculty, who will be able to participate in a portion of courses, from "Phase Equilibria for Nanoscale Systems," "Organization Behavior," "Perspectives on Knowledge," and "Critical Perspectives on Digital Society," to "Environmental…
Call to Action: Male Mentors are Needed
A new cohort of 72 students are excited to be paired with a mentor for the upcoming Young Scholars Liberty Partnerships Program! There is a special need for male mentors. If you are interested in becoming a mentor or have questions regarding mentoring please contact Linda Stewart, Mentor Coordinator for Young Scholars LPP at Utica University either…
ONEIDA COUNTY OPIOID TASK FORCE SAVE-A-LIFE CAMPAIGN IN FULL SWING
Oneida County Executive Anthony J. Picente Jr. is reaching out to Chamber members on behalf of the Oneida County Opioid Task Force to raise awareness of its "Save-a-Life" campaign. As part of the campaign, Oneida County Health Department staff will provide members with a FREE "Save-a-life" overdose rescue kit during routine inspections. The…
CHICAGO is Back in Utica
CHICAGO is BACK IN UTICA and after 25 years, CHICAGO is still the one musical with everything that makes Broadway shimmy-shake: a universal tale of fame, fortune, and all that jazz, with one show stopping song after another and the most astonishing dancing you've ever seen. Broadway Theatre League of Utica has announced that single…
$100,000 Miracle Drawing Holds Special Event
The Mohawk Valley Health System (MVHS) Foundation, in partnership with WKTV NewsChannel 2, is holding a special one-day event on Friday, August 12, 2022, from 6 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Holland Farms Bakery & Deli, located at 50 Oriskany Boulevard, Yorkville. Staff will be on-site and accepting cash, checks and credit cards for $100,000…
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When she retired from SUNY Polytechnic Institute from her work as Associate Professor, Dr. Donna Silsbee might have thought about many of the students she had taught during her more than three decades in higher education. But what she may not have realized was that a number of her colleagues in the Health Information Management…
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The Center for Family Life and Recovery is partnering with The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention to host the 2022 Oneida County Out of the Darkness Community Walk, and WE NEED You! American Foundation for Suicide Prevention Community Walks, held in hundreds of cities across the country, are the core of the Out of the…
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M.A. Polce, an information technology and cybersecurity company with locations in Rome and Syracuse, has hired LAUREN MATTIA as a Business Development Manager. She brings an extensive background in technology & communication services as a sales professional with Northland Communications for over 22 years. Lauren will assist the M.A. Polce team develop strong client relationships providing managed…
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Like so many other plugins they promote it heavily for it's free features, but when you actually download the plug in you get a paltry 6 templates, and no video slider options. You have to pay for the heavily promoted themes and features.
I would rather these people just call it what it is, a Premium Plugin and say you can try it with a limited feature set and see if you like it. Instead they make it sound like the end-all be-all slider plug and that's Free.
There are many other literal free plugins that deliver much more and many Premium Plugins that say that up front that are as good.
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The Land Of Rape & Honey (reissue) (limited numbered 180 gram orange & gold vinyl LP)
Cat: MOVLP 651C. Rel: 20 Jun 19
The Land Of Rape And Honey
You Know What You Are
Abortive
Review: Music On Vinyl's Ministry reissue series continues via this heavyweight re-press of "The Land Of Rape And Honey" on orange and gold vinyl. On its initial release in 1988, the album was seen as something of a departure from the Al Jourgensen-helmed band's previous output, primarily because it mixed their previous EBM, industrial and experimental synth-pop influences with heavier guitar riffs, more stomping beats and the kind of growled vocals more prevalent in heavy metal. Listening back 31 years on, the album has lost none of its luster, with highlights including the low-slung dub-rock chug of "Golden Dawn", the ricocheting drums and dystopian screams of "Destruction", the EBM-rock throb of "You Know What You Are" and the 400 Blows style electro-dub funkiness of "Abortive".
Twitch (reissue) (limited numbered 180 gram audiophile orange vinyl LP + insert)
Cat: MOVLP 1136C. Rel: 17 Apr 19
Just Like You (5:02)
We Believe (5:51)
All Day Remix (6:03)
The Angel (6:01)
Over The Shoulder (5:11)
My Possession (5:04)
Where You At Now?/Crash & Burn/Twitch (12:22)
Review: On its original 1986 release, Ministry's "Twitch" album - Al Jourgensen and company's second in total - was seen as something of a departure from their established new-wave synth-pop sound. These days, the Adrian Sherwood co-produced set is considered a vital release that helped to cement the growing global influence of industrial music and, more pertinently, electronic body music (EBM). As this timely reissue proves, it remains one of the band's greatest albums; a throbbing, synthesizer and drum machine driven romp through dark, macabre and muscular musical passions rich in dancefloor-friendly classics (see "We Believe", the surprisingly funky "All Day Remix", Cabaret Voltaire-esque "Over The Shoulder" and "Where You At Now?/Crash & Burn/Twitch", a paranoid and noisy suite of cuts that rounds off the album in breathless fashion.
In Case You Didn't Feel Like Showing Up: Live (reissue) (limited numbered 180 gram audiophile silver vinyl LP)
Cat: MOVLP 1837C. Rel: 02 Aug 19
With Sympathy (180 gram audiophile vinyl LP)
Cat: MOVLP 1512. Rel: 07 Jan 16
The Mind Is A Terrible Thing To Taste (limited numbered 180 gram audiophile marbled vinyl LP + insert)
Cat: MOVLP 993C. Rel: 21 May 19
Thieves (5:01)
Burning Inside (5:11)
Never Believe (4:56)
Cannibal Song (6:07)
Breathe (5:38)
So What (8:07)
Test (6:02)
Faith Collapsing (3:54)
Dream Song (4:39)
Review: Music On Vinyl continues to serve up essential reissues of classic Ministry albums, with 1989's "The Mind Is A Terrible Thing To Taste" becoming the latest set to get the audiophile-friendly heavy vinyl treatment. The record is a little heavier and fuzzier than some of its predecessors, with greater use of rambunctious, mind-altering heavy metal guitar riffs and less reliance on the Fairlight CMI-driven arpeggio style basslines, oddball samples and bustling EBM rhythms. Of course, Al Jourgensen and company's trusty drum machines are still present and correct, with riff-laden songs being joined by occasional blasts of bass heavy post-punk style weightiness ("Cannibal Song"), rubbery mutant disco (the sample-laden stomp of "So What") and suitably dystopian industrial funk workouts ("Faith Collapsing").
AmeriKKKant (gatefold LP)
Cat: 072736 1427511. Rel: 09 Mar 18
I Know Words (3:13)
Twilight Zone (8:05)
Victims Of A Clown (8:15)
TV5/4Chan (0:55)
We're Tired Of It (2:41)
Wargasm (6:24)
Antifa (4:57)
Game Over (5:01)
Amerikkka (7:59)
Peter HOOK/MINISTRY
Dancing Madly Backwards (12")
Cleopatra US
Cat: CLE 0641. Rel: 04 Jan 18
Peter Hook - "Dancing Madly Backwards" (4:02)
Ministry - "Dancing Madly Backwards" (4:41)
Live Necronomicon (2xLP)
Cat: CLE 578. Rel: 26 Oct 17
The Missing (3:53)
The Deity (3:10)
Man Should Surrender (3:59)
No Bunny (6:18)
Smothered Hope (5:19)
So What (11:13)
Stigmata (9:23)
Public Image (2:48)
The Power Of Lard (8:11)
Hellfudge (7:03)
The Land Of Rape & Honey (5:40)
Experimental Album: Double U Ey Eks Zero One Nine (LP)
M*nistry US
Cat: 10001. Rel: 01 Jan 90
amerikkkant
dancing madly backwards
experimental album: double u ey eks zero one nine
filthy pig
in case you didn't feel like showing up: live (reissue)
live necronomicon


Paradigm Gallery is pleased to present Sacred Lands, an exhibition of new sculptural works by the artist Drew Leshko, opening March 23, 2018 and remaining on view through May 19, 2018. The exhibition's title is a reference to Leshko's Philadelphia neighborhood of Fishtown, and its ancestral roots as the home to the indigenous Lenni-Lenape.
For Sacred Lands, Leshko replicates the Kensington Soup Society, a soup kitchen which opened in 1844 and closed in 2008; Penn Treaty Metals, a metal recycling business spanning three generations, the name of which references William Penn's Treaty with the Native Lenape in 1683; and the Edward Corner Marine Merchandise Warehouse, with its hand-painted signs providing a physical reminder of Fishtown's waterfront history. Leshko's sculptures will be complemented by his small-scale reproductions of local signage (for bars, restaurants, VFW halls, and even strip clubs), as well as vintage photographs of historical buildings courtesy of the Philadelphia City Archives.