The trick about falling down rabbit holes is knowing how to get back out. The insistently inventive composer, arranger, bandleader and educator Ayn Inserto has built a brilliant career around her gift for designing fantastical but slyly logical musical landscapes and crafting sonic adventures marked by sinuously surprising melodies, Technicolor harmonies, and arrestingly vivid voicings. Due for release on Summit Records on September 21, 2018, the Ayn Inserto Jazz Orchestra's first new album in a decade, Down a Rabbit Hole, reintroduces her sly and imaginative musical world, a realm populated by some of jazz's most expressive improvisers.
In many ways Inserto conceived Rabbit Hole to showcase her three special guests - trumpet star Sean Jones, tenor sax great George Garzone, and trombonist John Fedchock - along with her exceptional cast of players many of whom have been with her since she launched the group in 2001. "I saw the album as an opportunity to feature these three amazing musicians, people I consider good friends and musical influences," says Inserto. "They're three artists who don't necessarily play together so it was really fun to bring them together."
A protégé of legendary trombonist/arranger/composer Bob Brookmeyer, Inserto has ascended to jazz's top ranks over the past two decades, earning numerous awards and commissions. Her last release, 2015's Home Away From Home (Neuklang Records), documented her collaboration with Italy's acclaimed Colours Jazz Orchestra. With Rabbit Hole, she's landed back on home turf. From the first track "Three and Me," her bespoke sensibility provides her guest triumvirate with passages tailored to their musical personalities.
She arranged "BJ's Tune" as a vehicle for Jones' gorgeous trumpet, a sound as rich and glorious as any on the scene. His poised solo is a case study in melodic development as the band gently churns underneath his ascending lines. Inserto doesn't really write programmatic music, but the briskly swinging "Mister and Dudley" does capture the frisky energy and quotidian pleasures of spending time with the tune's sources of inspiration. Inspired by Fedchock and bass trombonist Jennifer Wharton's two namesake dogs, the piece evokes the pooches with affable affection.
Inserto recorded the title track, which was commissioned by the Amherst Jazz Ensemble, on her last album with Colours Jazz Orchestra, but that sojourn underground was a relatively calm excursion. Unleashing Garzone on the tempestuous chart results in a whirlwind adventure with his Mad Hatter saxophone inciting the band's tea party rumpus. The album's centerpiece is Inserto's two-part suite pairing of "Ze Teach" with "And Me," a commission by Madison Technical College. The first piece is inspired by Brookmeyer (who signed off on notes to Inserto as "Ze Teach") while the second movement is a powerhouse statement driven by her sensational rhythm section with guitarist Eric Hofbauer, pianist Jason Yeager, bassist Sean Farias, and drummer Austin McMahon (whose supple touch and architectural sense of form always elevates her music).
There are any number of ways to run and maintain a jazz orchestra. Duke Ellington's ornery crew was famous for its long-running feuds and disputations, a bumptious environment that clearly didn't impede his unprecedented creative output. Inserto has taken the opposite tack, fostering a familial vibe that encompasses her special guests. She met Jones during his tenure as chair of the Berklee College of Music's brass department. "We started collaborating early on," she says. "I've gotten to know him really well and was so excited he was into recording."
Garzone, who has mentored several generations of improvisers and is the subject of a new documentary Let Be What Is, has appeared on every album by Inserto's orchestra. Though not an official member, he has played an essential role in shaping the group's sound. Fedchock has intersected with Inserto in various ways over the years, from hiring her as a copyist way back when to marrying her longtime friend, the orchestra's able bass trombonist Jennifer Wharton.
Inserto worked assiduously to foster an environment in which exceptional musicians like trumpeter Dan Rosenthal, saxophonist Allan Chase, and reed expert/flutist Rick Stone can thrive. "I always cook for my band," she says. "Any time we have a gig I make sure they have food. I consider lot of the players close friends. My husband Jeff Claassen plays lead trumpet. There's a trombone and bass trombone duet in 'Mr. and Dudley,' featuring Jen and John. Randy Pingrey (trombone) and Kathy Olson (bari sax) are another married couple. There's not a single person in the band who I couldn't call on or hang out with."
Born in Singapore, Inserto was 14 when her family relocated to California. Within a year had settled in the San Francisco Bay Area's East Bay, where Inserto was well prepared to take advantage of the region's extensive jazz educational resources. She had started taking piano lessons as a child and jumped into music at her Catholic church where she became "very active in the church choir. They had this one band that had a little more modern sound," Inserto recalls. "I was playing the organ, and there was lot of improvising that would go on before the service started. A lot of our music only had lead sheets, and I'd make up stuff to go with them."
Introduced to jazz via the Manhattan Transfer, she learned to read chords from a book of Disney tunes and soon started substituting her own chord choices to make the songs sound more interesting. By the time she entered Clayton Valley High School in the East Bay city of Concord, Inserto was obsessed with music, playing piano in various school ensembles including the jazz band. She discovered Bill Evans, McCoy Tyner and other piano giants while continuing to study classical piano. She was also an avid member of the award-winning Blue Devils Drum and Bugle Corps, playing mallet percussion. A weeklong Berklee camp in Los Angeles expanded her jazz vocabulary exponentially, she says. "Around that time," she says, "I also got hired to write for the Blue Devils corps, writing all these mallet percussion ensemble pieces."
She attended Los Medanos College's respected jazz program for several years and then transferred to Cal State Hayward (now Cal State East Bay), where she thrived under the tutelage of trombonist/arranger Dave Eshelman, a revered educator and bandleader who has mentored several generations of exceptional Bay Area jazz musicians (he provides Rabbit Hole's spot-on liner notes in verse). Encouraged to apply to New England Conservatory by saxophonist and NEC professor Allan Chase, Inserto was drawn to the school by Brookmeyer. "I studied two full years with him," says Inserto, now a long-time associate professor of jazz composition at Berklee College of Music. "I was writing from a piano player's point of view, and he got me into more melodic writing, developing these long lines. After NEC he really took me on as a mentor."
While Brookmeyer's influence is laced throughout Inserto's music she has honed an independent musical identity writing and arranging for her orchestra as well numerous other ensembles that come calling with commissions. Her orchestra's 2006 debut album Clairvoyance earned rave reviews hailing her vivid writing and seemingly boundless well of ideas. The project featured Brookmeyer, Garzone, and many of the key players who are still part of the 17-piece ensemble. Her second album, 2009's Muse, cemented her reputation as a composer and arranger of exceptional acuity.
The various connections manifesting in Down a Rabbit Hole are captured in the album's cover art by Kendall Eddy (a former bassist for the band). Inserto commissioned him to create the artwork, which features various layers of symbolism - like Boston's skyline in the background - readily discernible to a sharp-eyed observer. "There's the brook running through the field, which stands for Brookmeyer," Inserto says. "There are the three giants who drank the potion, like Alice, and became the big artists. I'm running around amidst all the madness."
Crazy like a fox, Inserto has created her own musical Wonderland with her orchestra, a sensational aural universe easily accessible with a little step down a rabbit hole.
A New Wave Of Jazz profiles itself more than ever as a label that not only materializes curator Dirk Serries immense passion for the wilful in music, whether free impro or minimal music, but also tries to tie/bridge those specific genres. The label towards the future will expand its catalogue with a series of excellent albums by prominant and exciting artists.
This Fall however the label focuses on the realization of the first three TONUS albums. TONUS as an ensemble grew out of Dirk Serries' jazzcase residency in 2017 for which he brought together a sextet to work around a slow piano motif by Martina Verhoeven. The literal translation of Tonus is muscle strength, but in this context defines a musical system that places equal importance on the space between notes. Both definitions apply here as the music is an exercise in discipline and anticipation while controlling the clarity, sustain and effect of each single note played.
The birth of the TONUS happened when Serries realised that he needed a vehicle to explore and perform these exercises, as well as a general classification for his ongoing study in minimalism and free improvisation.
These albums are officially out on October 13th 2018 !
Celebrating Dirk Serries' 50th birthday in par with the release of three TONUS albums, the TONUS ensemble (in varying line-ups) will play five special events.
The 5th Annual New York HOT JAZZ FESTIVAL presented by THE MCKITTRICK HOTEL & HOT JAZZ PRODUCTIONS :: Sunday, September 30, 2018 2pm-2am!
2018 marks the 5 Year Anniversary for what has become a New York institution, The New York Hot Jazz Festival. Music Impresario and Hot Jazz Productions founder, Michael Katsobashvili and The McKittrick Hotel, 530 West 27th Street, NYC (home of Sleep No More), announce the return of the festival to its yearly headquarters on Sunday, September 30th, across three stages within The McKittrick.
The hot jazz and swing party of the year returns to Chelsea's McKittrick Hotel once again featuring three stages with continuous live music for 12 hours from sixteen ensembles and a myriad of special guests and performance artists. Celebrating traditional (pre-bop) jazz, with rising stars and legendary performers alike, the festival will showcase the best talent of the hot jazz and swing worlds in New York and beyond with music spanning the entire scope of early jazz – from its New Orleans beginnings through the Jazz Age and into the Swing Era.
Additional artists will be announced shortly.
The top headliner of the 5th anniversary festival is the biggest name in the world of hot jazz: Grammy-winning Vince Giordano & The Nighthawks (subjects of last year's documentary film There's A Future In The Past). The acclaimed big-band leader and multi-instrumentalist, Vince Giordano, will be the first recipient of the New York Hot Jazz Festival's new lifetime achievement award in recognition of his immeasurable contributions to traditional jazz.
Mr. Giordano will be presenting two separate programs at the Fest: Hot Potpourri and From Harlem To Montmartre: a Jazz Age Voyage. The second program will celebrate the centennial of James Reese Europe's 369th infantry regiment, the "Harlem Hellfighters" band, who brought their form of ragtime and jazz to France for the first time when they arrived on the battlefields of Europe in WWI. The program will also celebrate the subsequent influence of the Hellfighters' distinguished veterans, who channelled the Harlem Renaissance to the Lower Montmartre district of Paris in the 1920s.
The Nighthawks will be joined by several special guests, including tap dance whiz DeWitt Fleming Jr., with an homage to the legendary Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, who appeared in Lower Montmartre in the '20s and later starred in a James Reese Europe biopic. The luminescent French vocalist/dancer Nicolle Rochelle will join the Nighthawks in an tribute to the most famous celebrity to come out of Lower Montmartre: Josephine Baker. More artists joining Mr Giordano are to be announced shortly.
Another notable homage in the Fest will be the New York premiere of a new Fats Waller revue, created by tap dance star Michela Marino Lerman with the explosive Michael Mwenso & The Shakes. This production has already enjoyed a successful run in London's West End and will be presented here to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the passing of this legendary piano player and songwriter.
The French theme of this year's edition of the Festival will be extended by a number of French artists. French-born Elizabeth Bougerol will co-lead the exhilarating Hot Sardines, one of the founding ensembles of the Festival and one of the most prominent acts of the current hot jazz and swing revival.
French accordion virtuoso Julien Labro with Gypsy swing guitar wizard Olli Soikkeli will make the Fest debut with their new quartet.
Another of the Fest's founding bands, Avalon Jazz Band, led by the rising star vocalist Tatiana Eva-Marie, will present From Paris To New Orleans program with both Manouche and Eastern European Romani twist. NOLA's-own rising star, Sasha Masakowski, will join the Avalon as a special guest.
Soprano saxophonist Olivier Franc, one of the top living disciples of Sidney Bechet, will be joined by his son, the stride piano specialist Jean Baptiste Franc, for a tribute to Bechet: the native son of New Orleans, who became a major presence in the clubs of Lower Montmartre in the '20s then rose to worldwide prominence.
The greatest New Orleans clarinet player of our time, the inspiring Evan Christopher, will be appearing as part of the New York Hot Jazz Festival's year-long celebration of Crescent City tricentennial.
Big Easy celebration will also include a representative of a younger generation of New Orleans hot jazz specialists — formidable trombonist Charlie Halloran, who is making his Fest debut with a band of his own."
Several New York-based bands will also salute the Big Easy, Gotham-style! Among them are John Gill's New Eureka Jass Band and the exhilarating Sugartone Brass Band, led by tuba powerhouse Kenneth Bentley, bringing NOLA brass sound to the Fest for the first time.
Another traditional jazz sound to be heard at the Fest for the first time is the Hawaiian-style string band swing of Bliss Blood's Moonlighters.
The ultimate string highlight of the festival will occur as three acclaimed banjo masters Cynthia Sayer, Blind Boy Paxton, and Banjo Hall Of Fame inductee Eddy Davis join forces and battle it out in hot jazz Banjo Summit. The award winning four string banjo star Cynthia Sayer and her trio and the inspired bluesman multi-instrumentalist Blind Boy Paxton will have individual set before the banjo summit.
The Festival will feature a visual and sonic art installation dedicated to the early history of jazz recording. The installation is created by Phonograph DJ MAC (aka Michael Cumella), the host of the long-running The Antique Phonograph Music Program on WFMU and the visual/immersive/performance artist Lillian Lorraine (aka Syrie Moskowitz.) Ms. Moskowitz will also be exhibiting her Jazz Age-inspired artworks throughout the McKittrick's Heath.
DeWitt Fleming Jr. and Tatiana Eva-Marie will serve as the 5th anniversary Festival's co-hosts.
• "Hot Jazz Benefactor" tickets are $200, and include priority entry from 4pm, reserved seating at both main stages and acknowledgement in the festival newsletter.
• Reserved Seating tickets are $135, with access to reserved seating area at the lower level stage from 4pm.
• General Admission first tier tickets are $49, with 4pm entry. Succeeding advance GA tiers are $59 and $69. Advance pricing available while tickets last.
• Hot Jazz Brunch that kicks off the Festival at Gallow Green at 2pm is an additional $39 (must be combined with General Admission, Reserved Seating or Benefactor tickets) and features an additional Festival band. Brunch comes complete with coffee, tea, the rooftop's seasonal brunch buffet and live hot jazz music.
For complete festival details and lineup, visit the official site www.nyhotjazzfest.com. For the venue information, visit www.mckittrickhotel.com or call 212-904-1880.
We're announcing Rudy Royston's third album as a bandleader. Flatbed Buggy features a new chamber-like quintet performing Rudy's original compositions inspired by his youth growing up in Texas.
The new album, Rudy's third as a bandleader, features thirteen original compositions for a new chamber-like quintet that includes Gary Versace (accordion), John Ellis (bass clarinet/saxophones), Hank Roberts (cello) and Joe Martin (bass).
Right away the instrumentation is a striking departure: Royston leads a compact, almost chamber-like quintet featuring Gary Versace (accordion), John Ellis (bass clarinet/saxophones), Hank Roberts (cello) and Joe Martin (bass). "I was going for something that was more about melodies," Royston declares. "I wanted to illustrate a story." And indeed, the melodies flow forth on Flatbed Buggy, with rich harmony and surpassingly subtle orchestration and interplay occurring at every step as well.
Together with the deep and woody instrumental timbres of Flatbed Buggy, there's the way Royston keeps them continuously in play, beyond conventional jazz-combo roles: "I wanted us all to be constantly playing. I wanted us all to orchestrate or color or have a little input regardless of who is soloing. So if you check out the little stuff Hank is doing on Gary's solos, for instance — all these neat little themes are happening. It sounds very orchestra-like for me. Some of it is written but 90 percent is those guys just interjecting their own taste into what's going at the time.
While Flatbed Buggy presents far more than a succession of virtuosic solos, the passion and technical depth of the performances themselves — including standout improvisations from all involved — can't go unremarked. John Ellis, among the great saxophonists of his generation, plays mainly bass clarinet throughout, achieving a remarkable sound and impact. Gary Versace, a top organist and pianist of our time, is equally stunning on accordion, bringing a reedy melodic sustain and full harmonic weight to the music. On the low strings, whether bowed or pizzicato, Hank Roberts and Joe Martin contribute a wealth of subtlety and energy as well, intersecting and digging in, never in the expected ways. And Royston, even though he lays back and never dominates here (he notes there's only one drum solo on the record), still offers what amounts to a master class on the jazz drummer's art.
There's an endless amount to discover: the melodic development and final triumphant letting-loose of the opening "Soul Train"; the hint of New Orleans rhythm in "Flatbed Buggy"; the picture of innocence in a young child twirling, on "Twirler," with a startlingly brilliant tempo shift into slow swing; or the fast, twisty bop theme and soprano sax showcase of "Bobble Head" (where that lone drum solo crops up).
Check out the album's title track, on Apple Music and Spotify.
Pre-order the album now on Bandcamp, iTunes, Amazon and you'll receive the lead track instantly!
And watch for tour dates to be announced soon!


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The Armenian world was shattered by the 1915 genocide. Not only were thousands of lives lost but families were displaced and the narrative threads that connected them to their own past and homelands were forever severed. Many have been left with only fragments of their family histories: a story of survival passed on by a grandparent who made it through the cataclysm or, if lucky, an old photograph of a distant, silent, ancestor. By contrast the Dildilian family chose to speak. Two generations gave voice to their experience in lengthy written memoirs, in diaries and letters, and most unusually in photographs and drawings. Their descendant Armen T. Marsoobian uses all these resources to tell their story and, in doing so, brings to life the pivotal and often violent moments in Armenian and Ottoman history from the massacres of the late nineteenth century to the final expulsions in the 1920s during the Turkish War of Independence. Unlike most Armenians, the Dildilians were allowed to convert to Islam and stayed behind while their friends, colleagues and other family members perished in the death marches of 1915-1916.Their remarkable story is one of survival against the overwhelming odds and survival in the face of peril.--
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In 2008, local fitness expert Allison Chopra founded Urban Fitness Studio — a workout place specializing in personal training located downtown in the Graham Plaza. This past August, Chopra, ready to pursue new interests, sold the business to two young employees: trainers Anna Branam and Carly Dunnuck.
Like Branam, who rowed in high school (and at IU), Dunnuck, 25, was a high school athlete who studied fitness and nutrition at IU. The partners share a passion for helping clients improve their well-being through functional movement.
Although neither Branam nor Dunnuck has a business background, Chopra has confidence in her former employees.
The new owners want to assure long-term clients that they plan to carry on Chopra's legacy of innovative, personalized training. The biggest change, they say, is the recent move to a new, larger space at the corner of East Hillside Drive and South Henderson Street featuring three workout studios and private showers.
"It's amazing to be working with my best friend and helping people in a space built specially for us," says Dunnuck.


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Who is doing the 'Rescue Flights'?
by Wajeeh Qureshi | Apr 2, 2020 | News | 0 comments
Despite a dramatic drop in global flight numbers, many airlines continue to operate both domestic and international flights. Most are repatriation/rescue flights carrying stranded citizens to their home countries. On 30th March the UK Foreign & Commonwealth Office teamed up with local airlines – including British Airways, Easyjet, and Virgin Atlantic- to rescue the estimated 300,000 Britons stranded worldwide. The UK government further pledged £75m for these charter flights; where the first one is set to depart today from Algeria. A complete list of repatriation flights for the UK can be found here.
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Rescue efforts in the Middle East:
Since the UAE has suspended all flight operations; Qatar airways has been at the forefront of repatriation efforts in the region (using A380s as part of their rescue fleet). Doha has become one of the few transit hubs left for many of these charter flights. Earlier the company announced its decision to schedule flights for Australia to rescue stranded Australians in Europe and the Middle East. A new route -in the form of a daily service to Brisbane- has also opened up for the airline. Simon Talling-Smith, Chief Commercial Officer of Qatar Airways stated: "We've made this our core mission right now, to get people home."
As for the UAE carrier, Emirates has been fixated on consolidating its freighter operations to allow even more cargo flights. Yesterday, the carrier relocated their freighter operations to the Dubai International Airport in an attempt to 'streamline' their cargo services. The airline has also been utilizing its commercial fleet to improve its SkyCargo operations; which at the moment is mainly transporting food and medical supplies. Etihad has also followed suit, by deploying its 787 passenger aircraft on the cargo network.
Obstacles to Rescue Efforts:
One major concern for many citizens trapped in foreign countries is the high ticket fares for rescue flights. Passengers have expressed utter dismay at these airlines for issuing expensive tickets during this crisis. Air Canada and LATAM airlines have received strong criticism from customers because of this.
Coronavirus: Air India pilots 'at risk of infection' on rescue flights https://t.co/QrUgYYDSWn
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) April 1, 2020
Though governments are making repatriation efforts, the rescue operation is anything but trivial. Incoming passengers bring with them an added threat of being infected. Moreover, the safety of the flight crew is also of utmost importance. So, unless governments can enact a framework where incoming passengers are thoroughly screened and tested for the virus, further spread may become imminent.


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Home Commission of Inquiry Eritrea Girma Asmerom News Press Statement UNHRC AU and NAM Member States Must Reject the COI's Report and Recommendations about Eritrea
AU and NAM Member States Must Reject the COI's Report and Recommendations about Eritrea
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H.E. Ambassador Girma Asmerom
New York, 23 June 2016
AU AND NAM MEMBER STATES MUST REJECT THE COMMISSION OF INQUIRY'S REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS ABOUT ERITREA
By Eritrea Mission to the UN
The 32nd Session of the Human Right Council is discussing a draft resolution against Eritrea on the bases of the unsubstantiated allegations presented to it on 21 June 2016 by the Commission of Inquiry (COI). The draft resolution is tabled by Djibouti and Somalia, in violation of African Union and Non-Aligned Movement Summit decisions. As the result the draft resolution is not cosponsored by the African Group and the NAM members in Geneva. Every NAM and AU member state is obliged to respect NAM's and AU's Summit decisions as well as the basic tenets of the UN Charter that clearly "affirms the sovereignty, territorial integrity, and political independence of all nations".
AU's Summit decisions of 2009-2016 clearly states that targeting African state by ICC is unacceptable and no referral to ICC must be made without the approval of the Assembly of the African Union.
NAM's 16th Summit decisions are also clear:
Para. 96: "…that universality, transparency, impartiality, objectivity and non-selectivity should be the guiding principles for the work of the Council and its method of work."
Para. 102: "…the need to defend the principles of non-selectivity, nonpoliticization, objectivity and impartiality in the consideration of human rights situations, as well as to ensure that human rights are note used for political purposes and adopting politically motivated decisions and to avoid the problems which plagued the former Human Rights Commission. In this regards, they expressed their concern over the Address: 800 Second Avenue, 18th Floor; New York, NY 10017; Phone (212) 687-3390; Fax: (212) 687- 3138; e-mail: general@eritrea-unmission.org proliferation of politicization and double standards, as well as country specific resolutions at the Human Rights Council."
Para. 104: "…that Universal Periodic Review is the main intergovernmental mechanism to review human rights issues at the national level in all countries without distinction."
Para. 107 (j): "…that the Human Rights Council should not be used as a tool to coerce States and subject them to politically motivated countryspecific resolutions."
Moreover, the COI report fails to meet the principles of impartiality, objectivity and non-selectivity as laid-out in the General Assembly Resolution 60/251.
Dialogue and engagement as well as utilization of Universal Periodic Review are the appropriate mechanisms and the way forward. Naming and shaming does not serve the promotion and protection of human rights, peace, security and development. Politicization of the Human rights Council is unacceptable. That is why the Human Rights Commission was dissolved and replaced by the Human Rights Council. Therefore, Eritrea calls on all members of the UN, in particular AU and NAM member states to reject the draft resolution that is tabled by Djibouti and Somalia.
Concerning the report compiled by three individuals who has never visited Eritrea but selectively interviewed asylum seekers, the Eritrean government has given a detailed written response on 08 June 2016. [See: PreliminaryResponse of the Government of Eritrea to the Report of the Commission ofInquiry]
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Home News Community Local Minister hires Ukrainian refugee as new parliamentary assistant
Local Minister hires Ukrainian refugee as new parliamentary assistant
A local TD has announced that she has hired a Ukrainian refugee as her new parliamentary assistant.
Green Party Minister for Laois-Offaly, Pippa Hackett, has added Vlas Novokhatnii to her parliamentary team in the constituency.
The Geashill-based Minister recently employed Mr Novokhatnii under the Oireachtas' Secretarial Assistance Scheme.
She said: "I had the vacancy at a time when the need for support of displaced Ukrainians was becoming more apparent every day.
"I advertised, and I am very happy to say that Vlas applied – he came very highly recommend by Deirdre Fox, Manager of Offaly Volunteer Centre."
The Minister sees a complex dynamic emerging in the Midlands regarding displaced Ukrainians.
Minister Hackett said: "Those arriving here come with needs, and there is no doubt they carry trauma from the horror they have left behind.
"We must acknowledge and support this. But they also come with an abundance of skills and ultimately the desire to contribute to the development of our Country.
"We are only a few weeks into the situation and we are already seeing the fruits of their contribution.
"Vlas Novokhatnii is an example of this. On arrival to Tullamore, with his mother, he immediately volunteered with Offaly Volunteer Centre.
"I hope it was a smooth transition from volunteer to employee as he was already assisting with issues from housing to urgent dental appointments and continues to do that on my behalf."
Speaking about his role, Vlas said: "Helping people and being a part of the community has always been my intention, and now, thanks to Minister Hackett, it is my job.
"Right now, displaced Ukrainians need the support of the Irish people and Government. Being a Ukrainian, I understand what they are going through and this helps build trust.
"They are dealing with very real challenges at the moment but I can assure you, once they settle, and it might happen very soon, they will be the ones helping each other, the Irish people, and the Irish economy.
"They will be the ones contributing, becoming a valuable addition to Irish society."
The Minister says that she hopes, for the sake of all of Ukraine, that the war will end soon, that those displaced can return and rebuild their homes and lives if they choose to.
If not, and in the meantime, they are our new neighbours she says.
Minister Hackett added: "I say this in awe of those who have done so much already to make them feel welcome.
"This may be a marathon, not a sprint, we don't know yet and we must be prepared for a new future. Change is inevitable, our response is our choice."
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CRRC Releases New and Improved Website
PORTLAND, OR, USA — January 5, 2022
The Cool Roof Rating Council (CRRC) is pleased to announce the release of a newly redesigned website at coolroofs.org. The redesign is the result of a year-long process aimed at improving the user experience.
In addition to a modern design, users will find the new website easier to navigate and readily accessible on mobile devices. Starting with the homepage, there are multiple paths that visitors can choose to quickly locate desired information in only one or two clicks. Information specifically tailored toward homeowners and contractors is also now more easily accessed from the homepage, as is information about the CRRC's product rating programs and upcoming events.
Since the CRRC website plays an important role in educating the general public about the impacts of cool roofs and solar-reflective walls, the Resources section of the site — which includes general information about cool roofs and solar-reflective walls, as well as a directory of codes, standards, green building programs, and financial incentives — was revamped to include more information and educational resources.
Another significant improvement to the website is the enhanced directory of rated roofing products and a brand new directory for rated exterior wall products. Both directories are mobile-friendly to aid contractors and inspectors in the field who need to quickly pull up a CRRC product rating and are also easily accessible from the website homepage.
The website is a dynamic, living resource and the CRRC welcomes your feedback. Please feel free to contact the CRRC at [email protected] or (866) 465-2523.
The CRRC is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization formed in 1998 to develop accurate and credible methods for evaluating and labeling the radiative properties of roofing products, and to disseminate the information to all interested parties. In 2019, the CRRC expanded to include the rating of exterior wall products. Please contact the CRRC at [email protected] or (866) 465-2523 for more information on its programs.


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Q: How can you replace a string in a JavaScript object with a number?
In the code, lat and lng are initialized as number types, but why does it become string when you put it in an object?
I want the coordinate values to be numbers.
What can I do?
ex) lat: "35.87" -> lat: 35.87
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A visit to Auschwitz will provide your students with a better understanding of the Holocaust than any history book, whilst Krakow, the historical capital of the Polish kingdom, will allow them to discover the countries rich culture, musical heritage, and its UNESCO heritage site stamped Old Town.
Today, the site of his factory has been turned into an excellent museum detailing the history of the Jewish ghetto as well as Schindler's efforts to save Jewish workers from the concentration camps.
A visit to the largest concentration camp of its kind will give student a deeper understanding of the atrocities of the Holocaust. A moving and life-changing experience.
St Kinga's Chapel
Music groups should not miss a visit to the Wieliczka Salt Mines where choirs can perform in a deep underground cathedral hewn from solid salt! The brilliant acoustics guarantee an unforgettable performance.
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Auschwitz Concentration Camp guided tour
Explore a network of German Nazi concentration camps and extermination camps built and operated by the Third Reich during World War II
Old town and market place
The Warsaw old town is the oldest part of the city, and was completely rebuilt after the war, after it was razed to the ground by the German Army after the Warsaw Uprising.
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Ghetto Heroes Monument
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Jewish Cemetery (Cmentarz Zydowski)
One of world's largest, with over 200,000 marked graves, and many mass graves from the Ghetto.
Mausoleum of Struggle and Martyrdom
The former site of the Gestapo (secret police) HQ, and presents the conditions in which Polish patriots and resistance fighters were jailed by Nazi Germany during World War II.
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University President Richard S. Lapidus said the board is meant to provide contacts for students who want a to stay in Fitchburg on the weekends, but still work a part-time job.
"What I was constantly hearing was students wanted to have a traditional college experience," he said. "We're seeing growth in residence halls. We're seeing an interest in extra-curricular activities, yet there seemed to be a little bit of a disconnect."
The disconnect: many students are going home on the weekend.
"Initially I thought maybe you're going home to see your parents or to see a boyfriend or a girlfriend or something of that nature, but many expressed the need to just go home and work to earn a little bit of cash to get them through the next week," Lapidus said.
The online job board -- studentjobs.fitchburgstate.edu -- rolled out this semester and focuses on part-time positions. Some recent postings include open positions clearing snow or working as a valet or bank teller.
Steve Swartz, the school's Chief Information Officer, said the website is based on one created for a class by two students at the University of Vermont.
The students, Peter Silverman and Max Robbins, have gone on to work with other schools to help set-up similar sites, he said.
With a few tweaks, the site went live this fall and the college is in the process of advertising the service to connect the first students to jobs, according to Swartz.
Lapidus said the university plans to reach out to chambers and cities about the service and has already begun working with the North Central Massachusetts Chamber of Commerce.
Chamber President and CEO Roy Nascimento, said the board fills a workforce need in the region.
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Our family loves to boat on a local lake. We have had several boats through the years, including different styles according to our family needs at the time. As we have aged, our boat speeds have dropped and we are now in the habit of enjoying more time floating and watching the others tube and play on the water. Even in the more narrow lakes in Kentucky (all are dammed up rivers and thus not very wide) we are careful with storms and obey the forecast as well as the look of a pop-up thunderstorm, taking our boat to the dock for safety.
Being on the lake on a busy day with choppy water is not fun, but when there is a storm, it is frightening. I cannot imagine how terrifying a boat would be in dangerous seas. As I read this story in Mathew, I can only imagine what an amazing event that was to witness. The sea was not calm. I'm not sure what "contrary" is, but I don't ever want to be in the water when it's like that. The disciples saw Jesus walking across the waves and then heard Him tell them to be calm. Even in the safety of the boat, they were afraid—not just of the water but of Jesus, not understanding who He was. At this point in the story, seeing Jesus walking across those waves must have been more than enough to write about later.
As Jesus drew near, Peter called out to Him and Jesus commanded Peter to come out onto the water. Now, I like to think that I have faith, but I'm not sure that I would have had enough to step out of the boat and believe that I would be not only safe but also able to walk on top. Peter did, though, even for just a moment. For those few moments that he stepped across the water, he did something that only Jesus could do through him.
I wonder how many times God calls on us to leave the safety of our boat to step out on the water? If Peter had kept his belief, I wonder how the story would have changed? One thing I love is that even in his doubt, Jesus was still there, rescuing him and helping him back to safety. I think that is one of God's best qualities—He is ALWAYS there. During the storm, during our triumphs, and even in our doubts.
He loves us, protects us, saves us—unconditionally and without hesitation. All we have to do is call to Him.
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Anja Göritz (* 2. September 1972 in Aschersleben) ist eine deutsche Psychologin und seit 2011 Professorin für Wirtschaftspsychologie an der Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg.

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Anja Göritz studierte Psychologie in Leipzig und Lyon. Sie schloss ihre Promotion zum Thema "Web-based mood Induction" im Februar 2002 an der Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg ab. Dort habilitierte sie sich auch im Jahr 2006. Im Anschluss war sie Vertretungsprofessorin an der Universität Würzburg. Dort erhielt sie auch einen Ruf auf eine unbefristete Professur für Arbeits- und Organisationspsychologie. Im Jahr 2011 wechselte Göritz an die Universität Freiburg. Sie leitet dort die Abteilung für Wirtschaftspsychologie.

Göritz ist Geschäftsführende Herausgeberin der Zeitschrift für Arbeits- und Organisationspsychologie.

Publikationen
Göritz ist Autorin oder Koautorin von über 100 Publikationen.

Wichtigste Arbeiten:
 Friederike Schultz, Sonja Utz, Anja Göritz: Is the medium the message? Perceptions of and reactions to crisis communication via twitter, blogs and traditional media. Public Relations Review, Band 37, Heft 1, 2011, Seiten 20–27, ISSN 0363-8111, doi:10.1016/j.pubrev.2010.12.001
 Marc Hassenzahl, Sarah Diefenbach, Anja Göritz: Needs, affect, and interactive products – Facets of user experience. Interacting with Computers, Band 22, Heft 5, 2010, Seiten 353–362, doi:10.1016/j.intcom.2010.04.002

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 Einträge für Anja Göritz im Google Scholar
 Mitarbeiterseite des Instituts für Psychologie, Uni Freiburg
 Persönliche Homepage von Anja Göritz

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Psychologe
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Could high blood pressure be linked to slavery?
A MEDICAL expert who has conducted studies in the Caribbean and London has suggested that the turmoil of the Atlantic slave trade could have played a role in African-Caribbean people having a higher chance of developing hypertension.
Dr. Damien Cohall, a lecturer in Pharmacology at the Faculty of Medical Sciences at University of the West Indies' (UWI) Barbados campus, first explained his theory last year while presenting a talk called Cardiovascular Diseases: The Trans-Atlantic Journey at a seminar in Barbados.
Cohall suggests that the poorly ventilated and overcrowded conditions of the slave ships forced the kidnapped Africans, who later became slaves, to adapt to the humid squalid conditions in order to survive the horrific passage from Africa to the West Indies.
He told the seminar that the trauma of these conditions caused slaves to develop a higher prevalence of low renin, a protease produced by the kidneys that is integral to the body's regulation of sodium.
He said that a low renin state meant that the body retained more salt, meaning that people of African descent were at a higher risk of developing hypertension and other cardiovascular diseases.
Cohall said that his studies of African-Caribbean people in the UK also showed they have a higher incidence of strokes and end stage renal failure than whites.
According to Cohall, the adaptation to harsh social and economic conditions made by slaves have become a trademark of African-Caribbean people across the diaspora.
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When I think back to my childhood, there are three albums that really stick in my mind: Queen's Greatest Hits, Rumours by Fleetwood Mac and Meat Loaf's Bat Out Of Hell. All three of these albums were played regularly at home when I was younger, with me learning the words to my favourite tracks on each of the CDs. At the start of this calendar year, the world sadly lost a musical legend in Meat Loaf. I remember hearing his most notable tunes on BBC Radio Two on the following day and being reminded of what a talented singer and musician he was.
The musical named after his iconic album 'Bat Out Of Hell' is at The Marlowe Theatre in Canterbury this week, as part of the production's national tour. I was thrilled to receive a press night invitation to this jukebox musical that I've been wanting to see for a long time. The evening started with a spectacular pre-show motorbike display, courtesy of a local Harley-Davidson organisation. The group positioned their bikes in a row in front of the theatre, before switching on their headlights and collectively revving their engines. It definitely got people talking, with members of the audience pausing to watch the bikes before heading inside and it was a great way to kick off the show's run in Canterbury!
Created by world-renowned songwriter Jim Steinman, Bat Out of Hell is a theatrical celebration of all things rock and roll. The tracklist features 19 of Steinman's hits, with a significant proportion of them made famous by Meat Loaf. The show is 2 hours 35 minutes in length, including a short interval. The production debuted in 2017 and is currently touring the UK until November 2022.
Bat Out of Hell is a dystopian love story set in the city of Obsidian (formerly Manhattan). Obsidian is ruled by the ruthless dictator Falco and his soldiers, much to the despair of outsiders to Falco's regime. Falco has a daughter named Raven who is turning 18 at the start of the production. Raven lives a sheltered life in Falco Towers with her mother Sloane, under the watchful eye of her dangerous father. She longs to step outside the walls of the tower and meet with 'The Lost': a group of people who cannot age past the age of 18, after an unfortunate chemical war incident and earthquake 25 years prior.
The community members are reminiscent of J. M. Barrie's Lost Boys in Peter Pan. Raven takes a liking to The Lost community leader Strat after a chance encounter, much to her father's disapproval. The pair fall head over heels in love very quickly and wish to run away together, away from her father and the oppression of life under Falco's command. The character of Strat has parallels with Peter Pan and Raven is comparable to Wendy. A rock and roll romance set against the bleak backdrop of futuristic New York, when watching Bat Out Of Hell you realise that the characters of Obsidian will do anything for love and family.
I simply could not write a review of Bat Out Of Hell and not comment on the incredible soundtrack. Full of rock anthems and power ballads, the principal characters gave me goose bumps with their renditions of Steinman's musical creations. Strat's vocals in the titular song at the end of act one were so powerful, with actor Glenn Adamson bringing the house down with his performance.
As much as I adored the energy of the rock songs in the production, I was pleased to see a softer side to the cast's voices in the emotional numbers towards the end of the musical. The romantic tracks 'It's All Coming Back To Me Now' and 'I'd Do Anything For Love' were beautifully performed by the principal cast, showcasing the diversity of their voices. The female lead characters: Raven (Martha Kirby), Sloane (Sharon Sexton) and Zahara (Joelle Moses) each really came into their own in 'It's All Coming Back To Me Now', hitting some glorious high notes.
Concert atmosphere
The atmosphere inside the Marlowe auditorium could only be compared to an intimate gig or concert. With the toe-tapping songs, rocking band and Harley-Davidson bike being revved around the stage, the spirit of rock and roll was certainly alive in Kent for the evening's performance. The cheers at the end of each musical number and standing ovation that the cast received in the finale were evidence of how good a time everybody in the audience was having.
Going into the theatre yesterday evening, I really wanted to love Bat Out Of Hell, with Meat Loaf's albums being some of my favourites from my childhood. Thankfully I was completely wowed by the production and couldn't wait to get home and start preparing my review. The show was a perfect example of how musical theatre can be brought to wider audiences, appealing to fans of rock and roll music and avid theatre goers like myself.
The Marlowe team and creatives behind Bat Out Of Hell* arranged such a fantastic press night for us all. The bike display before the show was an unexpected treat and I am very grateful to the theatre for the opportunity to see such a popular show in action. Playing at the Marlowe until Saturday 26th February, there are a handful of tickets remaining for the last few performances, which can be purchased directly through the theatre's website. An energetic show filled with legendary music, audiences will not be disappointed. Finally, may Jim Steinman and Meat Loaf's music be enjoyed for many years to come!
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Hempton has a way of contrasting historical data in striking ways, such as the fact that by the end of the nineteenth century there were more African-American Methodists in the United States than there were Methodists in all of Europe. Clearly by this point the U.S. had become the "power-house of world Methodism" (4).
As for me, I'm interested in the earliest decades of development in Britain (and specifically with the ways that communication practices and technologies were important to early Methodism), but this work certainly provides me with a valuable perspective and a longer historical view. I can only hope to produce a book so well written and persuasively argued.
Geez, I sound like such a fanboy.


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AB 24:61-73 (2015) - DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/ab00636
Acoustic signals and behaviour of Ovalipes trimaculatus in the context of reproduction
G. Buscaino1,*, A. Gavio2, D. Galvan3, F. Filiciotto1, V. Maccarrone1, G. de Vincenzi1, S. Mazzola1, J. M. Orensanz3
1National Research Council – Institute for Coastal Marine Environment - Bioacoustics lab, Capo Granitola, Via del Mare 6, 91021 Torretta Granitola, Campobello di Mazara, TP, Italy
2Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras (IIMyC, UNMdP-CONICET), Estación Costera J.J. Nágera, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad Nacional Mar del Plata, Funes 3350, 7600 Mar del Plata, Argentina
3Centro Nacional Patagónico (CENPAT -CONICET), Bv. Almirante Brown 2915, Puerto Madryn, Chubut, Argentina
*Corresponding author: giuseppa.buscaino@cnr.it
ABSTRACT: This study focused on the acoustic behaviour of the paddle crab Ovalipes trimaculatus (De Haan, 1833) in relation to its reproductive status and behaviour. Paired males and females (demonstrating pre-copulatory behaviour) as well as solitary animals were collected a few hundred metres from the coast of Puerto Madryn (Patagonia, Argentina) and kept in indoor tanks. Synchronized acoustic and video monitoring systems were used to record the acoustic signals and other behaviours of single and grouped specimens in an experimental tank. Acoustic data were analysed to characterize crab sounds (duration, pulse number and pulse rate, 1st and 2nd peaks in frequency, amplitude of the frequency peaks and bandwidth) and were counted as behavioural events. Video data were analysed to count behavioural events (i.e. agonistic fight, chela spread) and determine status (locomotor indices, inter-crab distance). O. trimaculatus produced wide frequency band multi-pulse signals with significant differences between males and females: males showed a lower 1st peak in frequency, with a higher amplitude and a higher bandwidth. The sound emission rate was significantly higher in grouped animals than in single individuals. The sound emissions were not accidental events correlated with locomotor activities. In the trials involving pre-copulatory females, the total number of sounds was significantly higher compared to the trials with non-copulatory (control) females, and the sounds were not correlated with the agonistic events between males. Our data indicate that in O. trimaculatus sound emissions play a role in intraspecific communication related to sexual attraction.
KEY WORDS: Acoustic behaviour · Crabs · Reproductive context
Cite this article as: Buscaino G, Gavio A, Galvan D, Filiciotto F and others (2015) Acoustic signals and behaviour of Ovalipes trimaculatus in the context of reproduction. Aquat Biol 24:61-73. https://doi.org/10.3354/ab00636
Published in AB Vol. 24, No. 1. Online publication date: September 03, 2015


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The Manhattan Project: David Kishik in Conversation with Eric Jarosinski
6:30pm, $0/Rsvp
New York University, Deutsches Haus
42 Washington Mews
Deutsches Haus at NYU presents a discussion between David Kishik and Eric Jarosinski on Kishik's book The Manhattan Project: A Theory of a City.
Walter Benjamin did not commit suicide in 1940. Escaping the Nazis, he managed to sail to New York, where he lived a long and solitary life until his death in 1987. During his anonymous, posthumous existence, while he was haunting and haunted by his new city, Benjamin composed a sequel to his Arcades Project. Just as his incomplete masterpiece revolved around Paris, capital of the nineteenth century, his spectral text was dedicated to New York, capital of the twentieth. This, at least, is the premise of The Manhattan Project: A Theory of a City (Stanford University Press, 2015). A sui generis work of experimental scholarship or fictional philosophy, it is a study of a manuscript that was never written. Part sprawling literary montage, part fragmentary theory of modernity, part implosive manifesto on the urban revolution, The Manhattan Project paints the city as a landscape built of sheer life, set somewhere in between heaven and hell, the private and the public, the real and the ideal.
David Kishik is assistant professor of philosophy at Emerson College. His previous books are Wittgenstein's Form of Life (Continuum, 2008, paperback 2012) and The Power of Life: Agamben and the Coming Politics (Stanford University Press, 2011). He is also the co-translator of Agamben's What Is an Apparatus? (Stanford University Press, 2009) and Nudities (Stanford University Press, 2010). These days he is trying to write a commentary on the book of Genesis.
Eric Jarosinski is a #FailedIntellectual based in New York. A former professor of modern German literature, culture, and critical theory, he recently left academia to devote himself to his post as founding editor of Nein.Quarterly, the Internet's leading compendium of utopian negation. On Twitter @NeinQuarterly has gained a highly diverse global audience, currently numbering over 100,000 readers in more than 125 countries. Nein. Quarterly also appears in a four-line print format, with its trademark scowl gracing the opinion page of Die Zeit in Germany and the NRC Handelsblad in the Netherlands. His first book, Nein. A Manifesto., has been published this fall 2015 in the U.S. (Grove Atlantic), Canada (House of Anansi), Germany (S. Fischer), Italy (Marsilio), the Netherlands (Lebowski), Spain (Anagrama), Finland (Gummerus), the UK, and Australia (Text).
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Prediction of Broadband Ground-Motion Time Histories: Hybrid Low/High- Frequency Method with Correlated Random Source Parameters
Pengcheng Liu, Ralph J. Archuleta, & Stephen Hartzell
Published December 2006, SCEC Contribution #1034
We present a new method for calculating broadband time histories of ground motion based on a hybrid low-frequency/high-frequency approach with correlated source parameters. Using a finite-difference method we calculate low- frequency synthetics (< ~1 Hz) in a 3D velocity structure. We also compute broadband synthetics in a 1D velocity model using a frequency-wavenumber method. The low frequencies from the 3D calculation are combined with the high frequencies from the 1D calculation by using matched filtering at a crossover frequency of 1 Hz. The source description, common to both the 1D and 3D synthetics, is based on correlated random distributions for the slip amplitude, rupture velocity, and rise time on the fault. This source description allows for the specification of source parameters independent of any a priori inversion results. In our broadband modeling we include correlation between slip amplitude, rupture velocity, and rise time, as suggested by dynamic fault modeling. The method of using correlated random source parameters is flexible and can be easily modified to adjust to our changing understanding of earthquake ruptures. A realistic attenuation model is common to both the 3D and 1D calculations that form the low- and high-frequency components of the broadband synthetics. The value of Q is a function of the local shear-wave velocity. To produce more accurate high-frequency amplitudes and durations, the 1D synthetics are corrected with a randomized, frequency-dependent radiation pattern. The 1D synthetics are further corrected for local site and nonlinear soil effects by using a 1D nonlinear propagation code and generic velocity structure appropriate for the site's National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program (NEHRP) site classification. The entire procedure is validated by comparison with the 1994 Northridge, California, strong ground motion data set. The bias and error found here for response spectral acceleration are similar to the best results that have been published by others for the Northridge rupture.
Liu, P., Archuleta, R. J., & Hartzell, S. (2006). Prediction of Broadband Ground-Motion Time Histories: Hybrid Low/High- Frequency Method with Correlated Random Source Parameters. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 96(6), 2118-2130. doi: 10.1785/0120060036.


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Q: in AS3 how would you sort read xml data by information in one of the nodes that is numerical? In my xml one of my nodes reflects time. The time is minutes, seconds, and milliseconds '00:00.0'. I want to create a list of 10 xml nodes that have the shortest or quickest time (i.e. the lowest number). For example, the list contains 20 entries. The highest of the times is 00:06.9. and the lowest or fastest is 00:02.3. With the other numbers in between. How would I get a list of  the fastest 10 entries shown first.
Example XML
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<users>
<user>
<id>6546543654</id>
<time>00:06.9</time>
</user>
</users>

A: Better saving times in milliseconds for comparing. For displaying the time you can format it.
Filter a xmllist with the times. Iterate it and push every item to an array.
After that sort the array. And do now with this array whatever you want.
A little example:
var xml:XML =
<users>
    <user>
        <id>6546543654</id>
        <time>6900</time>
    </user>
    <user>
        <id>6546543655</id>
        <time>7000</time>
    </user>
    <user>
        <id>6546543656</id>
        <time>3000</time>
    </user>
    <user>
        <id>6546543657</id>
        <time>10000</time>
    </user>
</users>;

function parseIntoArray(xml:XML):Array{
    var arr:Array = [];
    for each(var item:XML in xml.children()){
        arr.push({id:item.id, time:item.time});
    }
    return arr;
}

function printArray(arr:Array):void{
    for(var i:int=0;i<arr.length;i++){
        trace(arr[i].id, arr[i].time);
    }
}

var dataArray:Array = parseIntoArray(xml) ;
printArray(dataArray);
dataArray.sortOn("time", Array.NUMERIC );
printArray(dataArray);

A: One way would be to not work on the XML directly.
XML is a serialized format of data, but you are looking for functionality.
Create objects based on the list, with appropriate classes (hint: Date) that allow you to easily compare the objects. Then sort them (or whatever you want to do) and write them back to XML.


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