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In Marilyn's early years as a Christian she heard a retired missionary lady speak about her 40 years' work with the family of Pastor Arvind Thomas in Northern India. Florence Adams had dedicated her life to the Lord's calling on her life but due to bad health had returned to the UK, where she would travel and share her work with various groups of people. Marilyn became closely involved with her and supported her in achieving these aims.
Marilyn accepted Arvind's invitation to visit him and his work in India in the summer of 1996, for five weeks.
Having visited India on numerous occasions since that time, she knew that the work needed to be more accountable in the UK by forming a Charitable Trust. This was set up and the initial Trustees were appointed in 2002 with the charity adopting the name Bethel Full Gospel Church [India-UK] Trust.
This original Trust grew and developed in ways that Marilyn had not imagined when it was started. More trustees were added, project managers came on board to help run projects and the Trust developed from supporting one original partner to the present-day number of 10.
The Trust's name was changed in 2006 to Vision for Asia.
God has laid on Marilyn's heart a love for Asia and its people that she says will never leave her.
Sue Nightingale - Treasurer, Administration and Finance Director
Sue followed with interest, and became involved in, the work of Vision for Asia after meeting Marilyn Collins. She was invited to join as a trustee in 2006 and helped with the child sponsorship programme, taking on the role of Treasurer In 2013.
Sue loves the people of Asia and enjoys using her God-given skills for the benefit of God's work in Asia. She is married and has two sons.
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Nicky studied Theology at St John's College, Nottingham, gaining a good grounding for her Christian walk. She later went on to become a Registered General Nurse.
Although Nicky did not accept the role of project manager at first, she later agreed to take up this responsibility in September 2016. After her visit to India in November 2017 she was appointed a Trustee the following year.
She is passionate in her belief that every child should have the opportunity to receive an education, enhancing opportunities for employment and future security.
Nicky networks the Christian and secular communities to gain child sponsorship and finance and raising the profile of Vision for Asia.
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Mary became involved with Vision for Asia after her husband helped set up the Trust in 2002. She helped the Trustees organise and run an Indian Day, following which she was invited to become a Trustee in 2004.
Mary developed an interest in the people of India through attending other conferences and saw this as her opportunity to become more involved.
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Mohamed Ahmed Yousif Bashir (23 de mayo del 1987, Jartum Norte, Sudán) también conocido como Bisha es un futbolista sudanés que se desempeña como mediapunta para el Al-Hilal Club de la ciudad de Omdurmán, equipo que juega en la Sudan Premier League. Suele jugar como mediapunta, aunque algunas veces también juega de delantero o extremo.

Mohamed Bashir es también miembro de la selección de fútbol de Sudán. Fue fichado del Al Mowrada en diciembre del 2010. Después de realizar una brillante temporada con el Al Hilal Club en 2011, estuvo vinculado con el Leyton Orient y con el Arsenal.

Referencias

Futbolistas de Sudán

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Q: Apple.com's Search Stick that grows when clicked? Would someone be able to point in the right direction for a "similar" jquery plug-in, for example, that could replicate apple's new search stick functionality?
When using Safari or Chrome, the search stick located in apple's global navigation will increase in size when clicked. I'd like to incorporate this same effect for a project of mine.
Link: http://www.apple.com/about/webbadges/
I appreciate your help!
Evan

A: I'd say just write it yourself! It isn't as hard as you might think. This might help get you started:

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A: animating the list of links should be easy as well
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In enzymology, a (S)-canadine synthase () is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction

(S)-tetrahydrocolumbamine + NADPH + H + O  (S)-canadine + NADP + 2 HO

The 4 substrates of this enzyme are (S)-tetrahydrocolumbamine, NADPH, H, and O, whereas its 3 products are Canadine, NADP, and HO.

This enzyme belongs to the family of oxidoreductases, specifically those acting on paired donors, with O as oxidant and incorporation or reduction of oxygen. The oxygen incorporated need not be derived from O with NADH or NADPH as one donor, and the other dehydrogenated. The systematic name of this enzyme class is (S)-tetrahydrocolumbamine,NADPH:oxygen oxidoreductase (methylenedioxy-bridge-forming). Other names in common use include (S)-tetrahydroberberine synthase, and (S)-tetrahydrocolumbamine oxidase (methylenedioxy-bridge-forming). This enzyme participates in alkaloid biosynthesis i. It employs one cofactor, heme-thiolate(P-450).

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Seat draws style and economy together in latest Ibiza
Iain P W Robertson May 27, 2016 Seat draws style and economy together in latest Ibiza2016-05-27T07:06:43+01:00 Blog, Cars, Comments, Popular Articles, Travel
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An around industry issue exists that motorcars are becoming fancier, better equipped and more costly, in the process, suggests Iain Robertson, they are leaving their core customers behind, which is not conducive to reinforcing loyalty.
Reflecting on the period leading up to the New Millennium, one aspect of marketing was abundantly clear. Branding. The value of the brand, whether it be Levi, Coke, Mini, or Domestos, was being underscored. Judicious branding would generate more loyal customers, most especially were it to carry a readily recognised label.
It remains a most powerful tool in the marketing department's armoury. Yet, 'millennials' are notable for being singularly disloyal. They are part of the 'informed generation', over-laden with information and access to it, although their use of it remains increasingly querulous and even questionable.
For those investors in branding, continued strength is the reward, although upward creeping price tags soon reach beyond the purses of the very consumers that the brand was designed to meet. While a moneyed few will have the resources to direct at the brand, its reach becomes more discerning and degrees of 'exclusivity' arise, which can prove to be both advantageous and detrimental to the brand.
It is a strange end game, although some sectors of the motor industry are now addressing it in a most fascinating manner. Throughout the 1980s, 'GTi' became a label to which many brands sought to adhere. While Volkswagen would protect its twin-letter roundel (VW) with zeal, a trim level, which embodied affordable performance with sporting comfort, was impossible to own…even though most of the potential market knew that VW had invented it.
For a variety of reasons, mostly related to petty crime and insurance grime, the 'GTi' handle became toxic during the 1990s. However, the association with sporting prowess remained a priority. Of course, the broader consumer base at which the archetypal GTi was targeted shrank as prices escalated upwards and the lukewarm hatch segment was born.
Mind you, the same escalation in repute and value applies to whatever fresh semi-branding exercises are carried out…it is all part of the commercial machine designed to part the consumer from his available resources. When money is tight, as it is presently, while the horns of personal wealth may be drawn in, the attractive finance deals fulfil the segment growth function.
Seat, notionally the Spanish arm of the grander VW Group, has managed to build a reputation for sportiness that centres on Cupra (an abbreviation of 'Cup Racing'). While Seat might have been regarded as a 'value brand' in its post-Franco developmental phase, now subsumed totally by Volkswagen, it has found price parity with its Czech equivalent at Skoda, even though it is pegged carefully at just below VW mainstream models, allowing Audi to remain unsullied at the premium end of the same classes of product. Its lukewarm equivalent is badged as FR.
It serves purpose as a sub-brand to Cupra, with more affordable pricing but less of a technological and higher-end performance focus. It has proven most popular. Yet, the escalator continues to move upwards inexorably, which has led to the introduction of even smaller capacity engines that help to reduce the overall CO2 emissions target of the company but, with marginally lower prices, help to forge a new tranche of customers that are intended to develop some brand loyalty by trading up subsequently. FR becomes not just a junior-league GTi, but also a broader means of wearing the sportier badge, with a more frugal power unit. It is a fascinating market approach.
In the Seat Ibiza FR Red Edition 1.2TSi, the appeal of the packaging exercise is everything. The red door mirror covers, the red machined highlights on the 17-inch alloy wheels (which look much larger), red seatbelts, red outline to the radiator grille and red cabin highlights hike Ibiza's desirability onto a another plane. Of course, that also means a higher price tag and, while the £15,735 model price is acceptable, the old Teutonic trick of bumping up the accessories and options, in the case of the test example by a whopping £2,535, turns the Ibiza into an £18,270 reality check. It is not quite as attractive now, is it? Although, you would be damned rather than slash back the desirable options of a higher-end stereo, Mirrorlink, sat-nav and adaptive front lighting.
Of course, with manufacturer-underwritten PCPs and business finance options, it all becomes eminently 'affordable' all over again, so everybody is happy. N'est-ce pas? I recommend that you look very carefully at the pitched residuals and the payments, before making your choice.
Anyway, powering this great looking little hatchback is one of the smaller capacity, petrol engines from the extensive VW list. To be frank, the 1.2-litre engine really appeals to me, for a number of reasons. I last sampled this unit in a VW Beetle, which proved to be a most happy union. While its 108bhp output is not particularly exciting, the turbocharged delivery warrants moderate interest, in the form of first-rate driveability and a decent performance envelope. However, small motors also equate to tax-friendliness (at present) and the potential of frugal progress.
Seat has not yet adopted the old Lotus principle of 'adding lightness' to its models but, tipping the scales at 1,152kgs, it is hardly the chunkiest toy in the trunk. As such, it despatches the 0-60mph sprint in around 8.8 seconds, before reaching a maximum velocity of 122mph, which are impressive benchmarks. Against an Official Combined fuel return of 54.3mpg, I managed a most respectable 52.9mpg on my economy test route, with 43.4mpg in a week's worth of motoring, and it is worth noting the CO2 emissions figure of 119g/km, which equates to VED Band C (zero cost in year one, £30 annually thereafter).
While a 'Sport' button sharpens the dynamics (too much, in view), left in 'normal' mode, the ride quality of the Ibiza is tolerable, although, as tends to be the case with too many compact hatches these days, fairly firm spring and damper settings ensure that body roll is minimised, while every imaginable element of road noise, from our 'broken' roads network, is allowed to permeate the occupant cell, which can become annoying. It is ironic but a few deftly placed anti-vibration pads around the inner bodywork might resolve the problem to more acceptable levels.
Yet, in line with FR expectations, the electronic power steering is accurate, the brakes crisp and the main controls of the Ibiza remain faithful to input. The six-speed manual transmission helps to fill the inevitable gaps in the small capacity but refined engine's power delivery, while providing a leggy enough top ratio for easier cruising. The drive-by-wire throttle provides minimal 'feel' to the driver's right foot but familiarity soon breeds.
Being a five-door example adds to the practicality of Seat's offering but it does restrict access to taller front seat occupants, although, once in, there is a modest amount of space available and the boot is adequate. In fact, the multi-adjustable driving position is comfortable enough for either short trips, or longer hauls. The typical VW Group switchgear and central touch-screen work efficiently and impart a degree of class to the cockpit.
Conclusions: The Ibiza FR Red Edition certainly lives up to Seat's sporting intentions, although I wish that it were slightly more affordable, as it is priced out of contention with other 'budget' alternatives and Seat has not quite shaken off those value-for-money tenets. Yet, for the individual wanting to experience GTi trimmings accompanied by lower operating costs, it meets muster. As a result, it will have appeal to both retail buyers and business users. Therefore, as a marketing exercise, I can declare that the FR works, even if the 'Red' elements, which are not unattractive, will be a tad too 'boy racer' for some prospective customers, while the pricing remains an issue that needs to be readdressed.
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Uttar Pradesh Governor Mr. Ram Naik and Chief Minister Mr. Akhilesh Yadav pay glowing tributes to former Prime Minister late Chowdhary Charan Singh
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मुख्यमंत्री श्री अखिलेश यादव 23 दिसम्बर, 2014 को विधान भवन परिसर में चैधरी चरण सिंह की जयन्ती के अवसर पर उनके चित्र पर माल्र्यापण करते हुए।
Chief Minister commits himself to walk on the path shown by Chowdhary Charan Singh
As per the desires of Chowdhary ji, the state government was developing villages and working for the welfare of farmers
Uttar Pradesh Governor Mr. Ram Naik and Chief Minister Mr. Akhilesh Yadav today paid glowing tributes to late farmer leader and former Prime Minister Chowdhary Charan Singh at his anniversary by garlanding his portrait at the Vidhan Bhawan. On this occasion, the Chief Minister described the late PM as a leader of all sections of the society and committed himself to walk the path shown by him.
The Chief Minister recalled how Netaji (former Chief Minister Mr. Mulayam Singh Yadav) was very fond of Chowdhary Charan Singh and added that the present state government was working for the prosperity of all sections of the society, development of the villages and progress of farmers, a cause exposed by the late leader.
राज्यपाल 23 दिसम्बर, 2014 को चैधरी चरण सिंह की जयन्ती के अवसर पर उनके चित्र पर माल्र्यापण करते हुए। साथ में हैं, मुख्यमंत्री श्री अखिलेश यादव।
Mr. Yadav also credited Chowdhary Charan Singh as the true leader and well wisher of farmers and said that he was still the tallest leader among the farmers. The Chief Minister added that the present state government was working, on the lines of the late leader, to develop the villages and progress of the farmers.
It was for this reason, he underlined, the state government had undertaken a lot of measures and welfare schemes to benefit the villages and farmers. He also stated that without prosperity in villages, the country cannot progress. Also present on the occasion were Political Pensions Minister Mr. Rajendra Chowdhary, public representatives and officials.
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Q: The proper use of t-attf-class to disable a button in header buttons with Odoo I've been trying to use t-attf-class in order to disable a button in the header section of Odoo (v11).
I've created a button in the header in the view xml file and link it with an action in the model, the action works fine.
I'm try to disable the button based on the state condition of the object, I found in the source of Odoo the following template:
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    <t t-set="disabled" t-value="!clickable || i.selected"/>
    <button type="button" t-att-data-value="i.id" t-att-disabled="disabled ? 'disabled' : undefined"
        t-attf-class="btn btn-sm o_arrow_button btn-#{i.selected ? 'primary' : 'default'}#{disabled ? ' disabled' : ''}">
        <t t-esc="i.display_name"/>
    </button>
</t>

So I'm trying to do the same for this button:
<form string="Form Name">
<header>
...
<button name="action_delete" string="Delete" type="object" t-attf-class="btn-danger #{state == 'done'?' disabled': ''}" t-att-disabled="state == 'done' ? 'disabled': undefined"/>
...
</header>

the model contains a field state which takes one of the values: ['draft', 'pending', 'done']
This action action_delete is defined in the model and it works fine.
I've tried to use the <attribute>inside the button, and the t-if attribute inside and outside of the button with no luck.
P.S. This question is different and the answer doesn't work for this case, also this can be achieved using the invisible attribute which is much easier but we do not want to do this.

A: Why not just using the default Odoo way, by making it invisible on some states?
<button name="action_delete" string="Delete" type="object"
    attrs="{'invisible': [('state', 'in', ['state1', 'state2'])]}" />


At the end of 2011, Côte d'Ivoire faced significant health challenges, particularly in the area of maternal and child health, and was struggling to prevent and treat HIV, tuberculosis, and malaria, but the Government of Côte d'Ivoire articulated a vision for an integrated, accountable, efficient health care system that would guarantee the health and well-being of all citizens, particularly the most vulnerable populations, in its National Health Development Plan for 2012–2015.
In December 2011, the USAID-funded Leadership, Management, and Governance (LMG) Project, with support from the US President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, began to support the country's health system, first working with the Country Coordinating Mechanisms, and in subsequent years expanding its support to the Ministère de la Sante et de l'Hygiène Publique.
This report details the LMG/Côte d'Ivoire Project's activities and achievements in partnership with Côte d'Ivoire's government and health system.


Sign up, Show off, Talk trash, complain or praise.
Kenny's Dad Ray passed just before Fathers Day.
Ray was a short track racer .. no doubt.
Here is a beautifully crafted 'Tribute' car.
I remember a Ray Snodgrass that ran Eau Gallie Speedway and in Vero Beach when the 1/3rd mile paved oval was there. I think he may have run the Fort Pierce track as well.
Yup.... but Ray's 1966 Championship winning Late Model #22 looked more like this.
Note - The race date of 9/27 is the 4th Saturday of the month and that also makes it FCR on the oval night. Picking this date was a good call by Bill for us to have the best oval racers in Florida at the track.
TheRaceway.biz has been invited to host another PROXY RACE! This one will be for Vintage Indy cars on the Oval. The date has been set: September 27th (following the GRRR program that day). We hope some of the GRRR racers will be able to stay and help with driving along with some of our better local Oval racers. Guidelines for the cars have not been finalized. We will let you know more as we know more!
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Will be doing post race teardown/inspection/rebuild as soon as it returns from Chicago, then send to you.
I'm in, if I can get a car built in time and plan to attend - awesome tribute to Kenny's Dad!
I'm in. Will be doing post race teardown/inspection/rebuild as soon as it returns from Chicago, then send to you.
By being the first entry to officially sign up Pablo earns the right to qualify last when the lane is all cleaned and rubbered up.
We will follow this pattern and the last guy to sign up qualifies first.
All drivers will get 1 minute practice with every entered car.
The Driver who has the fastest lap in practice qualifies all the cars on the Blue Lane.
Post qualifying impound rule is in effect.
Motors may be checked for Falcon II stamping.
A car that needs an unapproved adjustment or repair goes to the back.
Winner gets first pick at the door prizes, from there it is round robin by finishing position (if we get and sponsor donations).
Any questions, concerns, comments or requests ?
I am still interested in getting feedback on car weights and driver feedback from the past series as to individual car performance....why was my car so far down the lap total?
How is the old Raceworld hillclimb liking Florida? Are my white 'soft walls' holding up?
IIRC, Mike Swiss posted the car weights when the race was held at his place.
Note: Rules thread was updated with race day procedures.
I'm in with orange #4. I don't do Paypal, is there an alternative method of payment?
WTG Pablo, By being the first entry to officially sign up Pablo earns the right to qualify last when the lane is all cleaned and rubbered up.
Thanks. Now, where did I put those doggone 1" OD Wonder Rubber donuts ?
Where is the "Rules thread" ?
Good question, Dave. I haven't paid anything yet. Did I miss something ?
You can mail a check in the box. Don't forget return postal.
Paypal Payment to be sent to Bill when you ship your car on the week of 9/15 for USA post, International post add time accordingly.
The target date for receipt of cars 9/18 - 9/20 window.
Thanks, understand all, except rear tires. You say the rubber is spec, ProTrack. Does Pro Track sell >1" donuts ? Or do I have to buy a complete new pair of ProTrack wheels ? I doubt mine are gonna mike at 1.00" any more. Please clarify.
I never saw a ProTrack donut, if they sell them. Last I knew, ProTrack was a Florida company.
Best of my info....Pro-track only sells whole wheels,and the part # "N" means natural rubber. Wonder donuts that large have been unavailable untill recently...wish I could use them as well - I know who has them.
Mike does have NOS JK Falcon 2 motors on hand to sell and kits will be available shortly.
Question: Early TSRF kit motors came from the same batch as the Falcon 2. Will they be legal? I have NOS of those on hand, myself. They have a blue "TSRF " sticker on the side.
Kits and parts are good, . .... who is thinking of building a new car? Bill Pinch was asking about kits and parts.
Motor must have factory original end stamp Falcon II and end bell to can crimp.
Thanks, Bob, now I'm set.


Along with his work at Rowan Radio, Hogan also lent his time to teaching. He developed and taught the radio component of Rowan University's Radio, Television & Film program.
A Philadelphia radio veteran in the 70s and 80s as a disc jockey and engineer, Hogan's ties to Rowan University date back to 1977 when he designed new radio studios for WGLS-FM at then-Glassboro State College. He would go on to help facilitate Rowan Radio's move into its current home at Bozorth Hall in the mid-90s as well.
Hogan will join his wife Alisa in the WGLS-FM Hall of Fame. She was inducted in 2014 at the station's 50th anniversary banquet.
Meanwhile, Donovan, who began working at Glassboro State College in 1972, was WGLS-FM's advisor for 10 years beginning in the early 70s. He played a key role in saving the station's license in the late 70s and helped bring Hogan to Glassboro State College originally in 1977. Donovan oversaw many technological advancements for the station including power increases and a switch from a mono to stereo signal.
Besides his work with WGLS-FM, Donovan had a significant impact in the classroom. He created the Radio, TV, & Film program within the College of Communication and Creative Arts, which is still a mainstay at Rowan University.
Donovan and Hogan will become the 43rd and 44th members of the WGLS-FM Hall of Fame.
Established in 2005, the WGLS-FM Hall of Fame recognizes Glassboro State/Rowan University alumni and individuals that contributed to the station's success.
You can register for the WGLS-FM Hall of Fame Banquet here.
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"Vado, ma dove? oh Dei!", K.583
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Magdalena Kozená, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Sir Simon Rattle
Clarinet Quintet in A Major, K. 581 "Stadler Quintet": II. Larghetto
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, L'Archibudelli
Symphony No. 92 in G Major - "Oxford": IV. Finale - Presto
Franz Joseph Haydn, René Jacobs, Freiburger Barockorchester
Concerto for clarinet and orchestra in E flat: 1. Allegro molto
Leopold Koželuch, Emma Johnson, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Günther Herbig
Piano Sonata in G Minor, Op. 10 No. 2, Craw 61: I. Allegro moderato
Jan Ladislav Dussek, Bart Van Oort
Nina, o sia la Pazza per Amore: Il mio ben quando verrà
Giovanni Paisiello, Cecilia Bartoli, György Fischer
Piano Sonata in D major, K. 576: III. Allegretto
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Kristian Bezuidenhout
Le nozze di Figaro / Act 2: "Un moto di gioia" (Alternative aria)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Cecilia Bartoli, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Myung-Whun Chung
Sechs Deutsche Tänze, KV 571: Deutscher Tanz Nr. 1 in D Major
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Concentus Musicus Wien
La Cifra / Act 2: Alfin son sola...Sola e mesta
Antonio Salieri, Cecilia Bartoli, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Ádám Fischer
2 Preludes, Op. 39: Prelude No. 1
Ludwig van Beethoven, Ronald Brautigam
Clarinet Quintet in A Major, K. 581 "Stadler Quintet": IV. Allegretto con variazioni
Sonata in B-Flat Major, K. 570: II. Adagio
Così fan tutte ossia La scuola degli amanti, K.588 / Act 1: "Rivolgete a lui lo sguardo"
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Roberto Scaltriti, Les Talens Lyriques, Christophe Rousset
La Cleopatra, Act I: Act I: Aria: Al mio foco e forse infido (Cleopatra)
Domenico Cimarosa, Luisa Giannini, Citta di Adria Philharmonic Orchestra, Franco Piva
Part The First: Soloists And Chorus: For Unto Us A Child Is Born - Soloists And Chorus: For Unto Us A Child Is Born
Handel & Haydn Society
Harp Concerto in E-Flat Major, Op. 15: III. Rondo: Allegro molto
Jan Ladislav Dussek, Roberta Alessandrini, Mantova Orchestra, Vittorio Parisi
String Quartet No. 21 in D Major, K. 575 "First Prussian Quartet": II. Andante
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Quatuor Mosaïques, Erich Höbarth, Andrea Bischof, Anita Mitterer, Christophe Coin
La Cleopatra, Act I; Duet: Act I; Duet: Ah, se tu il vuoi (Cleopatra, Antonio)
Domenico Cimarosa, Luisa Giannini, Patrizia Morandini, Citta di Adria Philharmonic Orchestra, Franco Piva
Flute Quartet in D Major, Ben. 381: I. Allegro molto
Ignaz Pleyel, Orsolya Kaczander, Vilmos Szabadi, Péter Bársony, Péter Szabó
Piano Sonata in A Major, Op. 10 No. 1, Craw 60: III. Rondo. Allegro assai
Mozart: "Schon lacht der holde Frühling", K. 580
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Sabine Devieilhe, Raphael Pichon, Ensemble Pygmalion
Amphigouri & La Prise de la Bastille
Anonyme, Joël Grare, Jean-François Novelli, Mélanie Flahaut, Hugues Primard, Les Lunaisiens, Arnaud Ledu
Chanson Grivoise
Anonyme, Michel Godard, Yves Rechsteiner, Arnaud Marzorati, Mélanie Flahaut, Les Lunaisiens
Complainte de Louis XVI aux Français & Parodie de la complainte
Anonyme, Yves Rechsteiner, Céline Frisch, Arnaud Marzorati, Jean-François Novelli, Les Lunaisiens
Curated by Yvoj
Classical Opera Mozart Salieri Haydn
A Year in Music
Mozart, Salieri, Haydn. The musical goings on in Europe were rich in 1789!
As 1789 was such a symbolic year for France, it is hard for your French author to imagine that there was much cultural activity going on elsewhere!
However in Vienna, the era's musical capital, the prolific composers Mozart and Salieri were leading very different lives and having very different kinds of success.
Salieri was at the height of his fame – the year before he had been named Kapellmeister to the Emperor, giving him responsibility for most of the musical functions of court. In 1789 he would present his opera, La Cifra.
On the other hand, two years before his death, Mozart was living through rather more difficult times thanks to few commissions and, therefore, not much cash flow. In April, an offer by Emperor Frederick William II of the Court of Prussia seemed to be taking shape and, though Mozart took a trip to Berlin, nothing came of it. But fortunately, just at the end of the year, a new project was emerging as Mozart composed and begin to rehearse Così fan tutte. However there were no lack of masterpieces by the composer during 1789, most notably his stirring Clarinet Quintet.
And elsewhere in Europe? Haydn was still engaged by the Esterházy palace where he was composing his 92nd symphony, though it wouldn't actually be heard until 1791 in Oxford, from where it gets its name. And in St Petersburg the Italian composer Cimarosa, who was there at the invitation of Catherine II, was presenting his opera Cleopatra.
Live: Haydn's Symphony nº 92 in G Major Hob. I:92 "Oxford" by Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Live: Paisiello's Nina by Cecilia Bartoli, Jonas Kaufmann (Zürich, 2002)
Live: Mozart's Clarinet Quintet in A major, K 581 by Armida Quartet & Sabine Meyer (Merano, 2019)
In search of the lost voice of the castrati, the countertenors who bring to life the fifth voice, and the complex and fascinating genre placing voices somewhere between traditional ideas of 'male' and 'female'. Here we reconnect with a repertoire driven by emotion.
Classical Music to Share with Your Kids
The perfect playlist to help your kids develop the same impeccable taste in classical music as you.
Swan Songs
This playlist focuses on composers' final works: complete or not, abandoned or interrupted by the very death of their authors.
Winter Dream
Seasons, and winter in particular, have always inspired classical music composers.


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Woodstock Poetry Society & Festival Reading Featuring George Nicholson and Will Nixon
Posted by Thom Francis | Aug 28, 2007 | Uncategorized | 0
Poets George Nicholson and Will Nixon will be the featured readers when the Woodstock Poetry Society & Festival meets at the Woodstock Town Hall, 76 Tinker Street, on Saturday, September 8th, 2007 at 2:00pm.
The readings will be hosted by Woodstock area poet Phillip Levine. All meetings are free and open to the public. For information about the group, and its activities, visit http://www.woodstockpoetry.com.
George J. Nicholson is a local Woodstock poet and visual artist working in various media. He has been writing poetry since 1975, when a series of eight poems spontaneously flowed upon his first exposure to Igor Stravinsky's Rite of Spring. George is an active performer within the Hudson Valley poetry scene.
George's poetry is steeped in the nuances of feeling and his passionate search for meaning. Symbol, archetype, and the dynamics of transformation as reflected in nature, human relationship, and the questing human soul comprise the core themes of his work. His deep personal affinity to ancient Greece is also interwoven throughout much of what he has written.
George is a firm believer in a greater intelligence "behind the scenes" and considers himself to be at his most creative when he is acting as a "stenographer to the unconscious."
Among his most salient influences are the mystic, poet saints of India: Tukaram Maharaj, Alama Prabhu, Mirabai, and others. He has also drawn inspiration from Basho, Dante, Eliot, and the poets of ancient Greece, many of them anonymous.
George has self-published the chapbook First Light. He is currently completing work on Ancient Heart: Dialogues with Stone, inspired by the ancient marble sculptures housed in the Athen's museum, and Voice Within the Silences, a cross section of his work that spans 30 years. George's poetry has appeared regularly in Journeys, a Jungian inspired periodical and is included in the anthology, Vines of Victory (2001).
Will Nixon has published two chapbooks, When I Had It Made (Pudding House) and The Fish Are Laughing (Pavement Saw) plus poems in many journals and magazines. He has finished a cyberpunk epic, Lyndon Baines Takes a Fare to the Palace of Wisdom, about a Gotham cabbie in 2063. Now he's working on a poetry manuscript inspired by the movie Night of the Living Dead and on another about living in Hoboken in the 80s, Love in the City of Grudges. He lives in Woodstock.
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A diverse party needs a diverse primary calendar.
Last week New Hampshire reasserted that it's broadly demographically and ideologically out of step with the rest of the country. The shout went up, "If it was up to us, we'd be in McCain's second term!" And the rest of the nation backed away slowly.
Why do we let these New England goofballs have such a central role in picking our presidential candidates? The primary season as it's set up gives disproportionate attention to Iowa and New Hampshire—two small states with overwhelmingly white electorates and no major cities between them. It's foolish. Why not instead have a national primary, as Jake Flanagin suggests at Quartz? Candidates would have to sell themselves to all of us, all at once—and we'd shorten the amount of time we had to pay attention to primary politics. Win/win.
Unfortunately, while a national primary sounds like a simple, logical solution, it's a horrible idea. The purpose of the long primary season is to give voters information about the character, stamina, weaknesses, and constituencies of the candidates. Who can weather sustained negative advertising? Who can reach beyond their base?
Additionally, the long primary season encourages losers to drop out, which means eventually you get the strongest candidates going head to head. Otherwise, a factional candidate with committed minority support could beat several more generally acceptable candidates who split their votes. It's likely Donald Trump would've won a national primary this year; he has a smaller chance of winning in the current system. That's reason enough to think twice about the virtues of radically changing the system.
Along those lines Jonathan Bernstein argues at Bloomberg that any change to the primary calendar is a bad idea, since, weird as they are, Iowa and New Hampshire are known quantities. Party insiders, pundits, candidates, and the public have a lot of information about how Iowa and New Hampshire vote, and about what their preferences do and don't mean. Chris Christie knew that New Hampshire likes moderates like him, so if he could only get seven percent of the vote there, it was time to drop out. Party donors know that Iowa is friendly to evangelical true believers like Cruz, so they aren't suddenly seeing him as a front-runner just because he won that state. And so on. The point of the primaries is to let people gather data about the candidates. Switching the primary schedule would make the data gathering a little more confusing. Why bother?
For the Republicans, I'd agree, it doesn't really matter that that Iowa and New Hampshire are first. Despite the hand-wringing, the order of voting doesn't have that much effect on the ultimate winner of the nomination. That's the whole point of making the primaries such a long haul; it means there's time for transient surges in popularity to dissipate, and for those with the strongest organizations and appeal to wait everyone else out. It's a marathon, which means it doesn't matter where you put the start of the course. Nor does it matter if you stumble early on; the best runners can easily make it up later, and the worst were going to be out anyway.
As with Republicans, changing which states go first wouldn't have much effect on who wins the nomination. But still, for Democrats, the symbolism is bad. The primary calendar encourages candidates to spend huge amounts of time slogging about rural states in pursuit of white voters. The media, now, at the beginning of the primary season, is focused on this image of Democracy as folksy, quaint, and monochromatic—a nostalgic image of the electorate that has little to do with many of the Democrat's constituents. The organization of the primary makes people of color look like an afterthought, or a marginal concern. That's not the message the Democrats want to send.
Party politics isn't just about practicalities. It's about optics and staging, and who you welcome into your coalition. At the least, the Democrats should move South Carolina up before New Hampshire, so that the first primary state is one in which black voters have a substantial voice. Moving Nevada up before Iowa might be a good idea too. The Democratic Party claims it wants to embrace a changing, diverse American electorate. Its primary calendar should reflect that.


During the Chicago NATO Summit 2012 which was held between the 20th and the 21st of May, one of the main issues discussed was how to meet the level of defense capabilities needed in the age of austerity. Solutions proposed regarding the balance of the costs of the defense of Europe are referred to in NATO as "smart defense", while the discussion within the EU is of "pooling" and "sharing". The discussion is related to the level of ambition the EU has to shape global governance, the role it wants to play in the global politics and its level of contribution to the defense of its own territory, as well as its contribution to international missions and the responsibility it assumes regarding turbulence in the world.


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-_- Thought the hand drawn handphone was funny lei.
Eh which phone are you using again?
Hehehe.. I'm using the Sony Ericsson k700i.
Meh, I want your phone.. so few Bluetooth phones out there that I really like. 'Cos I want a camera phone that can sync painlessly to my lappie. And that isn't fugly.
You think I got sugar daddy ah.. -_- My Singtel line is due for upgrade in May, already told Dad which phone I want. Hur hur. And it's only $198 on two year plan!


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Review & pics by: Fred Meyer
Marauder Inc Wave 2
Review & pics by Fred Meyer
The 2005 GIJoe Collector's Convention held quite a few surprises for the attending Joe fans. We had new Direct-to-Consumer vehicles and figures, first glimpses at animation from the forthcoming Sigma 6 television series, and the first opportunity to talk with the new writer of the GIJoe America's Elite comic series. However, not all of the buzz from the con was centered on Hasbro-licensed products. Against the far wall from the entrance to the convention floor was a small booth that offered something a bit new and different to GIJoe collectors. Finely crafted realistic 1:18 th scale weapons were now available from a brand-new manufacturer using the moniker of "Marauder, Inc". The gear was well made, highly detailed, and extremely reasonably priced. Better still, the armaments worked with both classic RAH and new style GvC sculpts! Like many con attendee's, I snagged a full set as well as extras of some of my favorites and headed home—eager to see how these pieces fit into my collection. Not only did they fit—but they also fit flawlessly and I was not alone in my assessment. Wave 1 was a hit and development began on the even-more-ambitious wave 2. Thanks to "Marauder John", JBL was able to get a first look at the prototypes of this new series that will debut later this spring. So, do they live up to the originals? Oh yeah—and then some!
I'll be honest; it's going to be tough to review an ENTIRE wave of weapons individually so instead I'll be covering the entire wave in a few key areas – sculpting, variety, and playability.
Sculpting:
When Marauder John said he was going to push the envelope with series 2, he really wasn't kidding. The sheer level of detail on these weapons is INSANE! The "tommy gun" features detailed wood grain on the stock, as well as molding on the ammunition drum. The G-36 features a "safety" while the M4 features a "fire selector" switch. The full stock MP5 features dual clips attached to each other. In all honestly, Marauder has achieved a level of detail that I've only previously seen with companies like bbi and 20 th Century toys—for a fraction of the cost. This level of detail is unmatched in anything that Hasbro has produced—with only the new weapons of Valor vs. Venom Wave 7 and later coming anywhere remotely close. I've compared these weapons to a variety of pieces from my 1:18 th scale military collection and honestly, nothing else comes close.
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"""
Defines a way to add an experiment to a Makefile.
"""

from pathlib import Path

from makefile import Command

base_dir = Path('.')

# All commands use the `sensibility` wrapper.
sensibility = Command('sensibility', '-l', 'java')
# The training command.
train = sensibility('train-lstm')
# The evaluation command.
evaluate = sensibility('evaluate')

class Experiment:
    def __init__(self, *, name, language, training_configs, eval_configs):
        self.name = name
        self.training_configs = training_configs
        self.eval_configs = eval_configs
        self.model_dir = base_dir / 'models' / language
        self.eval_dir = base_dir / 'evaluation' / language / 'results'

    def add_to_makefile(self, make):
        # Side-effect: create the directories if they don't exist.
        self.model_dir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
        self.eval_dir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)

        models = []
        results = []

        # Create rules for the training models.
        for config in self.training_configs:
            forwards_model = self.model_dir / config.hashed_slug.with_suffix('.forwards')
            backwards_model = self.model_dir / config.hashed_slug.with_suffix('.backwards')

            make.rule(forwards_model).set_recipe(
                train(forwards=True, output_dir='$@', **config),
            )
            make.rule(backwards_model).set_recipe(
                train(backwards=True, output_dir='$@', **config)
            )
            models.append((forwards_model, backwards_model))

        # Creates rules for evaluating models.
        for config in self.eval_configs:
            # Evaluate each and every one of the models created in the last step.
            for forwards, backwards in models:
                assert forwards.stem == backwards.stem
                # The filename will indicate the kind of fix attempted.
                eval_file = (
                    (self.eval_dir / f"fix-{config.fix}-{forwards.stem}").with_suffix('.sqlite3')
                )
                make.rule(eval_file).depends_on(forwards, backwards, 'mistakes.txt').set_recipe(
                    evaluate(o='$@',
                             # The model directory without the extension.
                             models=forwards.parent / forwards.stem,
                             mistakes_list='mistakes.txt',
                             **config)
                )
                results.append(eval_file)

        # Create the phony rule so that you can just run:
        #   make -j -k experiments
        # and do EVERYTHING!
        make.phony_rule(f'{self.name}-experiments').depends_on(*results)

        # Make a phony rule for models.
        make.phony_rule(f'{self.name}-models').depends_on(
            *(f for f, b in models), *(b for f, b in models)
        )


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Archbishop Tutu Remembered
Archbishop Desmond Tutu's death from cancer has elicited statements and events in his honor around the world. The 90 year old retired Anglican archbishop was a major voice for justice beginning with anti-apartheid, and continuing through issues of economic justice and LGBTQA rights. South Africa is planning a week of events to honor his life and efforts. Update has collected links to a number of statements. Here are statements from retired Bishop Gene Robinson; Presiding Bishop Michael Curry; the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby; and the Rt. Rev. Josiah Fearon, Secretary General of the Anglican Communion. Religion News and ChristianToday have stories with comments from a number of leaders. Secular sources also commented, including the editorial board of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, and numerous world leaders including President Biden, former Presidents Obama and Carter, the English Prime Minister Boris Johnson, and many others. Stories carried by Reuters, and the United Kingdom's Daily Mail provide a quick summary of many of the statements.
Episcopal Diocese Criticizes Roman Catholic Diocese on LGBTQ Policy
The Diocese of Northern Michigan posted an open letter on its home web page welcoming Transgender and other LGBTQA people in response to an announcement that the Roman Catholic Diocese of Marquette was instructing its clergy to deny sacraments, including baptism to Trans, Transgender, and Binary individuals. It criticized the policy as unchristian and offered a welcome and invitation to the whole LGBTQA community. The letter was also published in the Sault News which serves the eastern half of the upper Penninsula of Michigan. Episcopal Cafe covered the story.
Continuing Stories
Chancellor of Oxford University Weighs In On Christ Church Troubles
The battle between the Christ Church, Oxford dean and faculty has finally raised enough stink that the Chancellor of Oxford University, of which Christ Church is a part, has written to the college's board because the controversy is now threatening the reputation of the university. Update has carried notices of each step in this scandal, most recently here.
Covid Surge Sends Churches Back to On-Line Only
The combination of a continued Delta variant surge and the new, highly transmittable Omicron strain caused a number of churches to cancel in-person Christmas services and return to on-line only celebrations for Christmas. Both the National Cathedral in Washington D.C. and St. John the Divine in New York City were among the prominent churches returning to on-line only services. Christianity Today noted that a number of the largest evangelical churches cancelled their in-person celebrations, and that a number of Manhattan churches had decided to celebrate Christmas on Sunday December 19 and skip special December 24 or 25 services. Update has regularly covered changes in church services in response to the pandemic.
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The odds are in a disproportionate favor that you will be married during your life time. The odds are also in a disproportionate favor that you will have a profession during your life time. And guess what? The odds are in a disproportionate favor that you will do both at the same time during your life time. If you have succumbed to the odds, the following will be of interest to you!
What Does Your Present "Great Balancing Act" Look Like?
Family business with one spouse active, the other "silent" with an unrelated salaried profession to help make ends meet.
Family business with one spouse active, the other "silent" with unsalaried profession of "stay at home Mom."
Both spouses with salaried professions unrelated to the other.
One spouse with salaried profession, one spouse unsalaried profession.
Balance: Think in terms of a dynamic process rather than a rigid stance. Examples include skiing, bicycle riding, and cooking.
Profession: A "public declaration" of what you believe and of who you are and of what you do. Your profession may or may not include a salary and thus includes stay at home Moms, volunteers, and "silent," hard working partners in a family business.
Believe this and your Great Balancing Act can be fluid, rewarding and peaceful. Your marriage can work. Your marriage is vital to your profession. Your profession can enhance your marriage.
Your marriage can not only work -- it can help you live longer and can be an asset to your profession. The basis for the comment, "Your marriage can work," comes from my understanding of "two become one" when marriage occurs. In the interest of space, I won't elaborate here. If you are interested in a further explanation from me, contact me at the address noted below.
Marriage vs. Divorce: What Do Studies Show?
"The married have a (health) advantage at every period of life, particularly prior to age 45... Among males 20-44 the death rate for the married is only about half that for the single, and an even smaller fraction of that for the widowed or divorced."
"...it is men who appear to reap the most physical health benefits from marriage and suffer the greatest health consequences when they divorce."
"Five years after a divorce, the average man's total household income had grown by 14 percent, while the average divorce woman's total household income had shrunk to 71 percent of the pre-divorce level."
"A major reason for the disparities in post-divorce income between men and women, is that many men are often failing to pay child support to their ex-wives."
My interpretation from these sound bites is that staying married and making the marriage beneficial can pay unknown benefits to both husband and wife. Men tend to benefit more than women in physical health by staying married. Women tend to benefit more than men in economic health by staying married. It seems like there is good motivation available for both parties to find ways to forward their marriage from just these two observations.
Spend time reading and listening to ways to grow your marriage rather than ways to get out of it!
Healthy marriages do not appear to be important to your profession until your marriage becomes unhealthy or ends in divorce. Just ask yourself how well your present profession would thrive should you go through the process of a divorce.
If you own a business, could it survive if the assets were divided in half and your spouse's half were taken from the business? Most businesses do not survive such a "hit." Even if your spouse is a "silent partner" or is not even listed as a partner, your business may not survive the divorce court ruling for dividing the marriage assets. Maintaining a healthy marriage allows you to never consider turning over your business to an impartial judge!
If you are a "stay at home Mom," would your children continue to receive the amount of care from you as they do now? The statistics say, "No!" Children do not do well during and after a divorce. They find themselves traveling from one house to the other, meeting strangers their Mom and/or Dad have decided are the new love of their life, and dealing with parents who still continue to fight. Finding the value in your marriage allows you to avoid the complexities caused by changing the status of your relationship.
Bottom line -- taking the time and energy to develop your marriage in the same way you develop your profession has great hidden benefits.
1. Use your professional strengths in your marriage relationship.
What makes you good in your profession? Organization? Leadership? Commitment? Creativity? Flexibility? Generosity? Communication? Perseverance? Attention to detail?
If your spouse were a customer, how would you use your strengths to develop the relationship? Would you have more patience? Would you be more interested? Would you be more communicative?
Often, very successful professionals find themselves feeling very inadequate in their marital relationship. Consider the outrageous possibility that you are very adequate. Now, show your stuff!
2. Use your professional opportunities to spend time together.
If you are in a salaried profession, you have opportunities for travel. You may have company business, professional education or sometimes, a bonus pleasure trip. Include your spouse occasionally and take an extra day to check out the city you just spent three days sitting in a windowless meeting room!
If you are in an unsalaried profession, you also have opportunities to include your spouse. Kids love to have both parents at the school Christmas program! The scouts love to find out about your spouse. Chaperone a class trip or school dance together sometime. The experience has a high possibility of bringing the two of you together!
3. Use your professional experience to vitalize closeness.
Your professional experiences help build your character. Share your experiences from a perspective of, "Guess what I learned today, honey?" Take time to reflect on what you are learning and communicate your experiences to your spouse.
Both you and your spouse will find your sharing is no longer whining and feeling sorry for yourself. Instead, you will both be eager to spend time together to find out how each of you have grown in your recent experiences and how you can use your experiences for the future.
In conclusion, assume you can do the Great Balancing Act! With such an assumption, you will find yourself seeking ways to make it work. Include a Personal Coach who will forward you in your marital relationship and in your profession.
The value of a healthy marriage cannot be measured in monetary terms, yet, if it fails, you will discover the costs are economic, physical and mental to each spouse, child and profession. The choice of forwarding your profession and your marriage creates a momentum which enables the Great Balancing Act to thrive beyond your wildest dreams! Take action today.


First Alpha version of schema published.
Though it is still rough and only covers the fundamental constituents of a DEMML™ topic, the DEMML_0.1 schema is available for viewing here.
Added new Features and Benefits page.
If you had the patience to read my bio, you saw that I have always had a penchant for designing systems to organize information. When I was a kid, I had a lot of fish tanks. I used to keep track of things like water temp, acidity, when I changed water, etc. all in a little notebook. I don't know why. I thought I might learn something from it. Rather than rewrite the headings every day, I created a template with holes in it for the data. I would lay that over the page and fill in the information. To read the page, I would lay the template on top and read the numbers through the holes. I had created a database and I didn't even know it. Much later, when asked to create a database for one of my employers, I designed an entire database to track all accounting and manufacturing for a printed-circuit-board plant. I just did what seemed to make the most sense and be most efficient without knowing that there were rules for how to do this, called database normalization. As it turns out, my design was almost all what they call 4th normal form which is usually pretty difficult to do. I just have a knack for these kinds of things.
For this discussion, I make a distinction between a subject and a topic. A subject is a generalized area of study. A subject can be broken down into sub-subjects but each is still general in that there are multiple things that fall under that one subject or sub-subject. A topic, on the other hand, is very specific. In fact, even something as specific as the integral of the sine function is still considered a subject. A topic would be the history of how the integral of the sine function was derived; the proof of what the integral of the sine function is; what one can do with the integral of the sine function; and then, very specifically, what is the integral of the sine function. All are topics contained within the subject called "Integral of Sine Function." Mathematicians could probably find even more specific topics for this subject. A topic is the smallest, most narrow set of information that makes any sense together. While many books teach the proof and the history on the same page, they are still in separate paragraphs and usually under separate headings.
Finally, a topic can contain one or more "facts." For instance, the proof of the integral of the sine function may require several steps. Each step is a fact. In the history of the integral of the sine function, the mathematician and the year it was discovered are separate facts. A fact would not make sense apart from the other facts in the topic. There is much more to the DEMML™ format than subjects, topics, and facts but these are the terms that have widely differing definitions in other contexts, so these are the ones that needed clarification. The other parts will make sense when you read them.
When I came back to school I realized that learning was not going to be nearly as easy as it used to be. First of all, the pace was much faster than it used to be in 1978. There is a lot more to learn, yet they still expect you to squeeze it into four years. Second, somehow it seemed that the textbooks had gotten a lot harder to read. More often than not I had no clue what the author was getting at. Usually because the writing was very terse or the author assumed that the reader had a complete mastery of all previous topics. Sometimes it seemed as if the author was "documenting" the topic rather than explaining it for someone who, by definition, doesn't know anything about it.
I tried searching the internet but it took hours to find even slightly related web pages. I often had to wait till the next day or next week to get my questions answered. It was a lot of work. For some chapters, I had to go through this routine for almost all of the 10 or 20 main topics contained in the chapter. It was grueling. And the delays made it very difficult to learn anything at all. By the time I could get my questions asked it was often too late to really help.
Then there are the professors. I have had a few really good teachers in my long, drawn-out academic career. The rest? Let's just say that my learning style did not seem to mesh with the teacher's teaching style very well. But that's a big part of the problem. A teacher can only have one teaching style, yet they have a room full of students who each have a different learning style. If they are lucky, one in forty will match.
After all this work, I could usually understand the concepts being taught but memorizing certain things was much more difficult for me than before. While one cannot get through college by memorizing everything, there are certain things that one does need to just know -as well as one's own phone number -if one is going to get anything done in a reasonable amount of time. I started making a bunch of flashcards but I quickly lost track of which ones I had made and which ones I hadn't. Once I had made a flash card it was lost in the stack till it happened to come up in the list again. Being an old computer nerd and a big Palm® Handheld fan, I started looking online for a flashcard program. There are quite a lot of them out there. Most of them are really lame and can only handle plain text. Almost none of them could handle mathematical equations. The ones that could handle pictures required about a five step process just to get the picture in the database and then some fancy coding to get it to show up. Certainly not ideal or efficient.
While looking for flashcard programs I came across something called the Leitner Cardfile System, sometimes also called spaced repetition. The basic premise is that you take a stack of flashcards and a set of boxes. You put all the cards in the first box and work through them. If you know the answer you move the card back to the second box. If not then you put it back in the first box. After a delay, you work through the cards in the second box. If you know the answer you put the card back one more box, but, if you don't, then the card goes back to the first box. You continue working through all of these cards in all of these boxes till everything is back to the last box. You work through each successive box progressively less often. This way you work on the cards you don't know more often than those you do know. This is a great trick and has helped me through more than one math test. You can do it without all the boxes simply by moving cards you know further to the back of a deck than ones you don't know. Try it. It really works.
I couldn't find a decent program do do flashcards on my Palm® Handheld but I did buy a couple for Windows. The first was so full of bugs, I got my money back and the second was such a pain to use in the end that I just gave up. A big problem with all of these flashcard programs is that you have to do a lot of work to enter everything yourself. Some of them have several web pages trying to teach the user how to create effective flash cards. Entering anything other than plain text is still a real pain. When they do work, all you really learn are the answers to those exact questions. To really learn the material one would have to create over a dozen flashcards for each and every topic. It is so time consuming that it just isn't worth it in the end. Finally, the flashcard programs that do use the spaced repetition do so for each individual card. There is nothing that ties together all the cards associated with one topic as far as making use of spaced repetition is concerned..
After another semester or so of grinding my way through some pretty indecipherable textbooks I thought there just had to be a better way. I often ended up buying several old textbooks at the used book store to use for reference. If one didn't explain something clearly, then sometimes one of the others would. Unfortunately, usually not. It was as if there were some kind of conspiracy to hide the knowledge from us through obfuscation. I found myself wishing I could just turn to a book or web site or something that had multiple different explanations for each and every topic in my textbooks. But there aren't. Each book or web page has their own one explanation and finding one that worked for me was too much work. And that's when it hit me. All of the educational material out there is really just data that has never been completely organized before. If I took all the different explanations for any one topic and put them all in one place then it would be easy for people to learn what they needed to know and move on, rather than spend hours searching for answers.
In order to put all these explanations together and put them where people could find them I knew I would need a classification system that is more detailed than ever used before. There are a lot of books in the Library of Congress. But in each book there are hundreds or thousands of topics. If you take all the books on a certain subject, there are definitely thousands of different very specific topics. However, many of these topics overlap. So, I spent a month studying classification systems. I learned that the Library of Congress Classification (LCC) system is considered "enumerative" because every subject can be broken down into a discrete number of sub-subjects. I also learned about other systems that are called "faceted" because many subjects have multiple facets such as the history of wheat. Such a subject could be classified in either history or agriculture depending on what was considered the most important. The only way to really employ a faceted classification system is in a database where you can index things based on more than one topic. Because I knew I wanted to keep things as simple as possible I chose to use an enumerative approach. This simply means that I can put each subject in one file folder with sub-subjects in sub-folders.
It took me a while but I also finally figured out how to encode each of these subjects, sub-subjects, and topics in such a way that new sub-subjects can always be inserted in between any other sub-subjects and any existing subject can be broken up into previously un-thought-of sub-subjects. I decided to use these code numbers as the names of the file folders where the actual content would be stored. If each folder was just named for the subject then the pathnames would quickly get too long for any computer system to handle. By using the code numbers, the pathnames are kept reasonably short. The complete system is explained over in the Classification part of the standard. Suffice it to say that trillions and trillions of topics can be classified using fewer than 30 characters in the path name. And that includes the slashes. In order to keep the system somewhat familiar to most people, I decided to use the LCC system for the first couple of levels. The LCC system won't work for the whole thing because it was only designed to classify books. There just isn't enough room in the LCC numbering system for all the different very specific topics that are taught in classrooms today. But at least it brings some familiarity to the system right from the start. Anyone who has been in a library can quickly find the general area to start looking for the topic they need. And, after using this system for a while, people will also know where to find related books in the library with no cross referencing required. All they have to do is look at the first part of the DEMCS™ code.
Right off the bat, I knew I wanted to use XML to mark up and store the data. I wanted people to be able to create content using technologies they already new. It was also important that developers be able to use technologies they were already familiar with or it would be really hard to get them to write any programs. So, I decided that all of the actual content should be in HTML (or XHTML). People already know how to do that. Because I had never even seen XML before, I spent another month learning XML, sort of. I spent a couple of weeks trying to learn XML schema after that. Not easy stuff, let me tell you. I learned enough to know that I can do what I need to do using these technologies. It will just take a while to finish things up.
I have spent a considerable amount of time working out the structure of the file format. With XML everything is nested within something else. I have quite a long list of what should be nested inside of what. A topic can have one or more facts with multiple explanations for any one of these facts. A topic can also have associated questions or problems with multiple hints, solutions, and answers for each one. But each of those could have multiple different explanations. Naturally, there is much more than can be described here. In the end, it becomes an incredibly rich resource of material on just this one topic. I call each of these parts of a topic an "item." Students can choose to use as few or as many of these items as they need to understand the topic.
As I have thought about this over the years, I keep thinking of new things that need to be incorporated. I decided that each item in each topic should have prerequisites so the students can know what other things to study before starting any topic. I realized that teachers would want to be able to indicate to students what they should learn for a course so I introduced the concept of an electronic syllabus. This can tell students not only what they need to learn but how well they need to learn it. (Each item in each topic has an assigned proficiency level.) Sometimes, it is easier to learn if material is presented in an orderly fashion, so I added in the concept of an electronic lesson plan that tells the student exactly which items to study for each topic and in what order, while still allowing them access to other content if the chosen content does not work for them. I have even figured out a way so that programmers can make use of spaced repetition to help students really learn the material. But, rather than focus on individual questions and answers, the programs can raise their focus to the concepts within a topic and the topic as a whole. Since each fact within each topic will eventually have dozens or hundereds of questions submitted, the software will be able to continuously ask different questions, all testing one basic fact. It goes on and on. I think I have incorporated just about everything that any educator could want into this system. But I need to consult with professional educators to make sure I am not leaving anything out.
DEMML is really an invention in progress. I have hundreds of pages of notes on how to design this system. I still need to meet with educators to get their feedback. Then I will finalize the structure and start designing the schema. That is going to be a pretty big chore. There are so many different ways to do the same things. I want to design it so that it is easiest for programmers to read it in and use it in their programs. I have figured out exactly how I will encode all of the branches of the vast hierarchical tree of knowledge but I haven't developed the actual trees for each of the major academic disciplines. Again, I need to meet with educators and their professional associations to work these out.
I have figured out exactly how I will distribute the content and how to handle communications between contributors, vettors, and students. Now I just need to build up a test system and make it all work. All this takes time. And, let's not forget, I am a student myself. Right now this is a part time project, even though it is my full time obsession. Hopefully, I will be able to get some help and get this thing moving pretty quickly.
A simple internet search will reveal hundereds of additional web sites discussing both of these topics.


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Gig review: Flamin' Groovies, at Maxwell's, Hoboken, 7/7/13
Few bands get one good run. The Flamin' Groovies are on at least their third.
Formed in 1965 in San Francisco, the band had its first wave of success fronted by singer Roy Loney through their first three albums. Supersnazz (1969), Flamingo (1970) and, especially, Teenage Head (1971) swaggered with a Mick 'n' Keith vibe that had them quickly pegged as the "American Rolling Stones."
But Loney left after the third record, and guitar slinger Cyril Jordan brought in Chris Wilson to take over most of the lead vocals, along with second-guitar duties. With Wilson came a more British-invasion/power-pop angle and, after a string of singles, the Dave Edmunds-produced Shake Some Action album was released in 1976. More records followed in that same vein in the late '70s and early '80s. (And if you were smart, you'd dig up a copy of the the Sire Records comp Groovies' Greatest Grooves and bask in the singles from that era that you would otherwise work hard to find). But eventually, rock-and-roll hibernation took hold, as it almost always does.
Fast forward to the last couple years, when the Hoodoo Gurus convinced the Jordan/Wilson version of the Groovies, with original bass player George Alexander and a younger drummer along for the ride, to reform the Shake Some Action-era band for the inaugural rendition of the Dig It Up festival in Australia. (Sadly, apparently financial issues will mean that festival never makes its way to the U.S.). Great fun was had by all concerned and they vowed to do it again.
Fast forward once more to the legendary Hoboken, NJ club Maxwell's this past Sunday night. Maxwell's is closing at the end of the month. It is one of my very favorite places to see live music, and, despite staring down the barrel of a long ride up the New Jersey Turnpike on the Sunday evening of a holiday weekend, I decided the double-draw of yet another Maxwell's show plus the Flamin' fucking Groovies was too much to resist.
I'm so glad I went.
As expected, the setlist drew hard from the Jordan/Wilson years. Duh. And, despite the passing of years (the first album came out in 1969! Do the math.... These guys are older than you) the band rocked hard -- straight through both Wilson's and Jordan's sniffly colds that they, no doubt, picked up in England at a recent festival -- to deliver a killer set.
Highlights were a "First Plane Home" and "Yes I Am" that shimmered and jangled and rocked, and a "Between the Lines" that surprised me in its intensity. But the closing pair of the main set -- "Slow Death" and "Shake Some Action" -- were the kind of 1-2 knockout punch that most bands live their whole lives never to deliver. Stunning, dynamic and ... Wow, just wow. About 30 seconds into "Slow Death" I made sure to notch my "greatest moments I've ever seen onstage" belt. Damn, boys. Then the encore, "Teenage Head," was its Stonesy/Sticky-Fingers awesome self, and the creep factor of sixty-year-olds playing that one was at least diluted by Chris Wilson's quip as it began: "More like septuagenarian head, actually."
It was one of those "for the ages" gigs -- a classic, legendary band living up to its billing. Just one request, gentlemen: next time bring the show to Philadelphia.
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Anna Kaluza (* 1979 in Freiburg im Breisgau) ist eine deutsche Jazz- und Improvisationsmusikerin (Altsaxophon, auch Klarinette, Komposition).

Leben und Wirken
Kaluza gehörte als Schülerin zum Freiburger Schüler-Jazzorchester. Sie studierte zunächst Jazz-Saxophon an der Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln bei Frank Gratkowski und 2005 an der Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien bei Klaus Dickbauer. Mit Simon Rummels Fantasmofonika wurde sie 2004 mit dem "Jazzkunstpreis NRW" ausgezeichnet. Mit dem Quintett Futür veröffentlichte sie 2008 das Album Kein Schnee. 2008 und 2009 lebte sie mit einem Stipendium des Deutschen Akademischen Austauschdienstes für ein Studienjahr an der City University/Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London. Während dieser Zeit gehörte sie zum London Improvisers Orchestra und zur Gruppe Splatter, mit der das Album Scraffiti (Citystream 2011) entstand.

Zurück in Deutschland baute Kaluza, die seitdem in Berlin lebt, nach dem Vorbild aus London das Berlin Improvisers Orchestra auf, das bis 2020, z. T. mit internationalen Gastmusikern, auftrat. Sie leitet ihr Kaluza Quartett, zu dem Christof Thewes, Jan Roder und Kay Lübke bzw. Oliver Steidle gehören. Weiterhin ist sie Mitglied im Hanam Quintett, im Trio Baustelle No 5 (mit Julian Keßler und Johannes Held), in Christof Thewes' Little Big Band und in Ruth Schepers' Rusira Mixtet, einem achtköpfigen Bläser-Ensemble. Im Quartett mit Henrik Walsdorff improvisierte sie zu Jacques Tatis Film Playtime. Als Dozentin war sie Teil der Darmstädter Jazz Conceptions 2019.

Diskographische Hinweise
 Futür: Kein Schnee (JazzHausMusik 2007, mit Christof Söhngen, Sebastian Räther, Patrick Hengst, Koljeticut)
 Anna Kaluza, Artur Majewski, Rafał Mazur, Kuba Suchar: Tone Hunting ((Clean Feed) 2013)
 Hanam Quintet Featuring Tristan Honsinger (AUT 2013, mit Alison Blunt, Manuel Miethe, Niko Meinhold, Horst Nonnenmacher)
 Heisenberg Quintet: Live at Kühlspot (AUT 2018, mit Nikolai Meinhold, Hannes Buder, Stephan Bleier, Rui Faustino)
 Hanam Quintet: Live at Nikodemus Church (AUT 2018, mit Alison Blunt, Manuel Miethe, Niko Meinhold, Horst Nonnenmacher)
 Anna Kaluza / Artur Majewski / Rafał Mazur / Vasco Trilla The Night of the Swift (Fundacja Słuchaj! 2020)
 Anna Kaluza & Jan Roder: Am Frankfurter Tor (Relative Pitch, 2022)

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These grilled tortillas, oozing with melted cheese, are sure to hit the spot.
Heat barbecue to medium heat. Spread tortillas with Miracle Whip; sprinkle with chili powder.
Cook quesadilla in nonstick skillet on top of the stove instead of on the barbecue.
Serving Size Makes 1 serving, 2 quesadillas (170 g).