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How quarantining and social distancing are affecting mental health
Michelle Morton
People across the world are making efforts to flatten the curve of the coronavirus spread by self-isolating, social distancing, and quarantining, but there could be mental health implications from spending this time alone, according to a registered psychologist.
In a phone interview with Daily Hive, psychologist Dr. Joti Samra said that while taking time away from people is the most rational thing to do right now, isolation has the potential to cause a number of inadvertent effects.
Samra said because of the way people are experiencing stress collectively, social connections are even more important. We need that "ability for us to share our emotional stress with another person, to be able to have that emotional pain validated, to be able to have someone to bounce our thoughts off of," and not to feel "alone in our minds."
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Certain groups of people in isolation, such as the elderly and those already dealing with depression issues, face the potential of having their psychological health affected, she said.
"As human beings, we're fundamentally social creatures, and our social connections are critical to living a psychologically healthy life – and even a physically long life."
"Look at babies, for example. We can have all of these fundamental needs met of shelter and food, but the absence of human touch can lead babies to die, and we use this medical term called 'failure to thrive,' which means that we don't have any other explanation of why you die. It's not for a physical reason, but we know lack of touch can lead to that," Samra said.
"Conversely, we know for the elderly, the presence of social connections and another person helps people live longer, we recover from disease faster, we experience less pain," she said.
Samra said people can get into a depressed state when isolated.
"Would we say that 14 days alone is going to leave someone to just get depression out of the blue? The answer is no." However, "the answer depends. Let's say that somebody is already in a low-mood state, then that could add another layer."
It's not just the isolation, according to Samra, it's isolation combined with how active people are, how people are thinking, and how people are utilizing that time.
"All of those can buffer against isolation. So the message also is, sure, someone could have depression and be isolated and still do very good things being confined, but they're just having to be more intentional and creative with what those things are."
"Stay socially connected and leverage technology"
Samra recommends video calling to stay socially connected with loved ones.
"It can be a way that we can simulate some of that contact, different than being in person… It allows us to still have the same elements that we know in-person contact helps, which is that sharing about emotional pain, speaking, talking, be validated, being able to get the things in your head out to another person."
"Be thoughtful about your thinking"
Describing it as "reframing" one's outlook on the situation, "when we think of our thoughts and the way that we interpret things and perceive things are critical, and we know that our perception becomes our reality."
"If our fundamental thought is 'I am isolated and this feels like prison and it's awful," Samra said, "that leads to a whole bunch of emotional impacts and what we know is we have to focus on things within our control," adding this technique is called Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT).
"If we can say 'you know, this is unfortunate, I'm thankful that I'm healthy and I'm going to do the best that I can given the situation' there's a reframe of the same situation and we can already see how that second reframe emotionally doesn't make us feel as negative," Samra said.
"Have a gratitude mindset."
Samra recommends looking at the time alone as an opportunity to be creative, such as bringing back old hobbies, for example, "your guitar that you haven't played," or use it as an opportunity to get things done in the household: clean or organize that paperwork you've been putting off.
Creating a home-base fitness routine is another way of feeling good. Samra said, "if we're staying physically active, that is good for our mental health."
Samra suggested getting creative with household items to create 'weights' if you don't have any at home, for example, heavy cans or jugs. "We have a term for it — 'Behavioural Activation' — it releases positive, feel-good hormones."
"Have the courage to accept the things we cannot change, the courage to change the things we can, and the wisdom to know the difference," Samra said.
"No emotion is a bad emotion right now," Samra said, explaining she's seeing a range of emotions with clients right now. "Sadness to loneliness, to fear and anxiety to anger," adding, "all of this is normal."
During this time of self-isolation and quarantining, Samra is asking everyone to take a shared responsibility of being extra attentive to those most vulnerable.
If you do feel anxious or depressed, Samra recommends calling your local Canadian Health Association branch or mental health services in your community to find out what support is available right now, as well as going to her website MyWorkplaceHealth, where there is new content being added surrounding mental health and the coronavirus.


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Alsace: The 2016s & Late-Released 2015s
BY IAN D'AGATA | APRIL 19, 2018
A Very Long List of Varieties and Terroirs
Alsace's combination of multiple grape varieties, a climate ideally suited to viticulture and unusually complex geology enables this remarkably picturesque region to make world-class wines in just about every vintage. The wines of Alesia were highly regarded at least as early as the 7th century. It is noteworthy that even a thousand-plus years ago, there appears to have been a clear understanding of the importance of site and grape variety in Alsace. For example, the wines of the Mambourg and the Hengst were well known in the 8th and 9th centuries respectively; other grand crus such as the Zoztenberg and the Goldert have long been renowned for their high-quality wines from specific varieties (Sylvaner and Muscat, in these two instances). That sort of history goes a long way toward explaining today's Alsatian wines. The region offers a larger number of vinous interpretations of specific vineyards and varieties than does any other place in the world, yielding a truly dizzying array of wines.
Mambourg, one of the greatest Gewürztraminer vineyards in the world
Certainly, readers aren't likely to come across another region with as many winemakers who all seem to share a fixation with making as many different wines as possible from myriad plots of vines and different cultivars. Even apparently minimal changes in slope gradient or soil composition spark the inborn appreciation of terroir that Alsatians harbor in spades, and thus many wineries offer multiple bottlings of Riesling, Pinot Gris and Gewürztraminer, not to mention a number of sparkling wines (called Crémants, made by secondary fermentation in the bottle in the manner of Champagne) and sweet late-harvest examples ('Vendanges Tardives' or 'Séléctions de Grains Nobles'). It follows that every new Alsace vintage offers wine lovers a panoply of mesmerizingly different wines that speak of the grape varieties from which they are made and the land they are from, not to mention the people who make them.
The dry wines for which Alsace is best known are made from a number of grapes, the most important of which are Riesling, Pinot Gris, Gewürztraminer, Muscat (most often blends of two different Muscat varieties: Muscat Ottonel for its perfume and Muscat d'Alsace – the Moscato Bianco of Italy – for backbone) and Pinot Noir. Over the last two decades Alsatian Pinot Noirs have improved dramatically, and thanks to a combination of climate change and producer perseverance, many of these wines are downright exciting today – in some cases remarkably Burgundian – but much less expensive.
Another wine of note in Alsace is Pinot Blanc, which is most often a blend of two grapes, true Pinot Blanc and Auxerrois, with the latter almost always making up the lion's share of the blend. This can lead to the awkward situation of Alsatian wines that are labeled Pinot Blanc but in fact are made wholly from Auxerrois. Alsace Sylvaner is a delightful and much underrated wine. While they have long been out of fashion, these bright, delicious, crisp wines can match perfectly with many vegetable and fish dishes. Most importantly, Sylvaner has the advantage of reaching physiological maturity at reasonable levels of grape sugar. So, these wines typically clock in at a modest 12% alcohol, while Riesling and Gewürztraminer grapes generally need to reach 14% potential alcohol before they reach physiological ripeness.
An ancient signpost depicting two typical Alsatian foods, the bretzel and the kugelhof
A Key Marketing Issue Facing Alsace
Over the last 20 years, sales of Alsatian wines have slumped in some export markets (the U.S., for example) but the producers I spoke with during my latest visit to the region last August and September maintained that, for the most part, sales were fine, thanks to the internet and to consumer purchases direct from the wineries. But one issue that has hurt Alsatian wine in the past is that some of its supposedly dry wines do not taste classically dry at all. This situation is largely due to habit and tradition. Many Alsatians really think of a wine with ten grams per liter of residual sugar as dry, when in fact it won't taste dry to most people. But a wine's relative dryness or sweetness depends very much on its level of acidity, so wines that are higher in acid can carry more residual sugar and still taste dry.
In an effort to communicate to wine lovers just how perceptibly sweet or dry their wines are likely to taste, many of Alsace's producers have taken to providing a dryness/sweetness scale on their back labels. Unfortunately, numerous different scales have been created and adopted by different producers (some originally chose to use a four-point scale, some a five-point scale, and still others a ten-point scale), but in general the lowest numbers mean the wine is dry and the higher numbers mean the wine tastes sweet. However, the European Union only recognizes the 1 to 4 scale, according to which 1 is sec, or dry; 2 is demi-sec, or off-dry; three is moelleux, or fairly sweet; and 4 is doux, or downright sweet. Not surprisingly, this is the scale you're most likely to encounter on back labels nowadays. In fact, a number of Alsatian estates have recently been hit with fines for continuing to use five- or ten-point scales on their label.
The 2016 Growing Season and Harvest
Alsace was probably the luckiest French wine region in 2016, as it escaped the double whammy of hail and frost that plagued so many other parts of France (Chablis, for example). Still, it wasn't all smooth sailing. When I visited Domaine Zind-Humbrecht and asked about the vintage, Olivier Humbrecht joked: "It was both the rainiest and the driest year in memory." In fact, the 2016 growing season was preceded by a mild winter, and the spring then brought copious rainfall: 300 to as much as 500 millimeters of rain had fallen in various parts of the zone by the end of May – rare for Alsace, which is one of the driest parts of France. So the flowering was delayed, and took place about three weeks behind schedule. But by then the temperatures were generally warm and the rains had stopped so the flowering went well, and potential production was not reduced. Beginning in mid-July, the weather turned very hot and dry, with practically no rain falling until the late autumn, by which time most of the grapes had been picked.
… and the tasting awaits at Hugel
Interestingly, the growth cycle never caught up in 2016 and thus the harvest took place at a leisurely pace during a relatively cool, dry autumn. To cite just a few examples: at Domaine Albert Mann the harvest usually lasts five weeks, but in 2016 it took nine weeks; at the Rieflé-Landmann estate, the grapes are normally picked over 21 days but in 2016 the harvest lasted five weeks; and at Zind-Humbrecht, the harvest took three weeks in 2015 but six weeks in 2016. The year's weather brought both positives and negatives. For example, the early-season humidity triggered some problems with mildew. Thanks to the long hang time and dry summer and fall weather, some producers were able to make late-harvest wines (mostly VTs, as SGNs were harder to come by because the rains began falling again before much noble rot arrived). In 2016, some producers also managed to make a vin de glace, or ice wine, a rarity in Alsace.
In contrast to the richer, rounder 2015s, wines from a very warm, dry vintage, the wines of 2016 are mostly graceful and refined, as the grapes were picked at mostly moderate sugar levels, which translated into lower alcohol levels than usual. Overall, the Pinot varieties performed best in 2016, and Pinot Gris is probably the most successful grape of the vintage. There are many dense, deep but elegant beauties to choose from. But the cool fall weather in '16 meant that Riesling had a harder time reaching full ripeness in many vineyards. The 2016 Muscat, Sylvaner and Pinot Blanc wines are very successful (especially the latter two), displaying bright, crisp, clean aromas and flavors, and, while the 2016 Gewürztraminers are less opulent and showy than the outstanding examples of 2015, they are perfumed and nicely balanced. For a description of the 2015 growing season, please see my article "Alsace: The 2015s and Late-Released 2014s," which was published in March of 2017.
Getting ready to start the tasting at Léon Beyer
The wines in this report were tasted during my annual winery visits in Alsace during August and September of 2017 and subsequently in my office in Rome in February and March of this year.
Louis Sipp: Riesling Kirchberg de Ribeauvillé 1971 – 2014, Ian D'Agata, October 2017
Alsace: The 2015s and Late-Released 2014s, Ian D'Agata, March 2017
Weinbach Riesling Schlossberg Cuvée Ste. Catherine: 1990-2011, Ian D'Agata, November 2016
Trimbach: Riesling Clos Ste. Hune 1966-2010, Antonio Galloni, October 2016
Zind-Humbrecht's Pinot Gris Clos Saint Urbain Rangen de Thann 1983-2013, Ian D'Agata, June 2016
Vertical Tasting of Domaine Dirler-Cadé's Sylvaner, Ian D'Agata, May 2016
Alsace's traditional homes offer a rainbow of colors
Barmès-Buecher
Burn/Clos St.Imer
Dirler-Cadé
Emile Beyer
Jean-Baptiste Adam
Kientzler
Kuentz-Bas
Léon Beyer
René Muré - Clos Saint Landelin
Rieflé-Landmann
Cellar Favorite: 1989 Trimbach Clos Ste. Hune Hors Choix Vendanges Tardives (Aug 2020)
Vinous Table: Restaurant Koehler – Auberge du Cheval Blanc, Westhalten, France (Apr 2019)
Alsace: The 2017s And Late-Released 2016s, Part 2 (Feb 2019)
Alsace & Luxembourg: 2017s and Late-Released 2016s (Jan 2019)
Vinous Table: L'Auberge de l'Ill, Illhaeusern, France (Jan 2019)
Vinous Table: JY's, Colmar, France (Nov 2018)
Albert Mann Gewurztraminer Furstentum: 1993-2015 (Oct 2018)
Alsace Continued: A New Generation Arises (May 2018)
Louis Sipp: Riesling Kirchberg de Ribeauvillé 1971 – 2014 (Oct 2017)
Vinous Table: Wistub du Sommelier, Alsace, France (Aug 2017)
Alsace: The 2015s and Late-Released 2014s (Mar 2017)
Weinbach Riesling Schlossberg Cuvée Ste. Catherine: 1990-2011 (Nov 2016)
Trimbach: Riesling Clos Ste. Hune 1966-2010 (Oct 2016)
Zind-Humbrecht's Pinot Gris Clos Saint Urbain Rangen de Thann 1983-2013 (Jun 2016)
Vertical Tasting of Domaine Dirler-Cadé's Sylvaner (May 2016)
Remembering Etienne Hugel (Apr 2016)
Alsace: The 2014s and Late-Release 2013s (Feb 2016)
Cellar Favorite: 1983 Léon Beyer Gewürztraminer Selection de Grains Nobles Quintessence (Dec 2015)
Cellar Favorite: 1998 Seppi Landmann Sylvaner Recolté en Vin de Glace (Sep 2015)
Cellar Favorite: 2002 Trimbach Riesling Cuvée Frédéric Emile (Jun 2015)
Alsace 2012s and Early-Released 2013s (Apr 2015)
Cellar Favorite: 1989 Trimbach Riesling Clos Ste. Hune Vendages Tardives Hors Choix (Mar 2015)
2011 and 2010 Alsace Wines (Nov 2012)
Alsace Update (Nov 2010)
Alsace 2007 and 2006 (Nov 2008)
Alsace's 2005 Vintage (Jul 2007)
2004 Alsace Wines (Nov 2006)
Alsace 2000 and 1999 (Jul 2001)

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This 2 day class...The student, with a mixture of classroom instruction and hands-on exercises will gain proficiency in the following areas: disassembly, reassembly, identification of mechanical deficiencies and corrective actions.
If you have parts you're wanting to change/install, you'll be instructed on how to install them.
Day 2 will be on the range checking proper operation, manipulation and an abbreviated Run the Gun class.
My buddy and I just got back from the 1911 Armorer/Operatior class at Cerberus, and figured I'd share my experience. This was a 2 day class, though based on the things taught, could have easily been longer!
The first day was the Armorer portion. We spent a solid 8 hours with a 1911 and inspecting, smoothing, filing, and lubing everything. Steve (the instructor) is incredibly knowledgeable on the platform, and the result was a massive improvement in my understanding of how a 1911 works!
Additionally, I ended up getting a fantastic amount of instruction and assistance on how to adjust just about everything in the gun. Included in this is a pretty fantastic trigger job, extractor tuning, and barrel timing. I brought an old Rock Island 1911 and a 80% build that I'd completed and both firearms ended up being 2x as great when I left! If you have any interest in a better running 1911 (and the understanding of how to do it), this is definitely a class for you!
Day 2 was a 'run the gun' component on the range. The class was customized to my friend and I, so it ended up being a 'combat' focused shooting day. We concentrated on drawing from a holster, fast reloading, and accurate, fast shooting. While it sounds pretty basic, the constant feedback from Steve as well as the practice drills improved my comfort and performance throughout the techniques.
I've been shooting quite regularly for 15 years and ended up being a significantly better shooter than I started out as. I left with many drills that I can run on my own, which I also believe will be of great benefit to me!
In the end, I am a much better shooter than I was before. I understand my platform much better, and left with the ability to tune and diagnose it way better than before. I look forward to getting back out to learn even more from Steve!
Steve is an amazing instructor-probably the very best that I've ever experienced. I've taken some of his other classes and there is no grandstanding, no self-righteousness. He focuses exclusively on efficiency and the WHY behind what he does. I strongly recommend any and all of Steve's classes.


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Byron Terrance Kelleher (ur. 3 grudnia 1976 w Dunedin) – rugbysta nowozelandzki, reprezentant kraju. Ma 175 cm wzrostu i waży 95 kg.

W reprezentacji Nowej Zelandii w rugby rozegrał ponad 50 spotkań. Od 2007 roku gra we francuskim zespole Stade Toulousain.

Nowozelandzcy zawodnicy rugby union
Uczestnicy Pucharu Świata w Rugby 2003
Uczestnicy Pucharu Świata w Rugby 2007
Urodzeni w 1976
Ludzie urodzeni w Dunedin

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Live, work, play and learn is a concept heard everywhere these days, but this idea was unheard of before Texas oilman George P. Mitchell had a vision more than 40 years ago that made The Woodlands what it is today.
Galatas is the president of George's Coffee Club, a nonprofit organization that shares factual information about Mitchell and his contribution and leadership toward developing The Woodlands.
"Mitchell was a community builder, not just a developer of lots and commercial property. He understood the need for and demanded quality of design to establish a 'community where people could live, work, play and learn,'" Galatas said.
Mitchell's original acquisition of timberland to begin The Woodlands was approximately 17,450 acres, and later he added a 10,000-acre timberland purchase to expand the land holding to approximately 29,000 acres for his master-planned community approximately 30 miles north of Houston.
"He wanted to develop a 'solution' for the Houston region and saw the master-planned communities as an example for residents to enjoy and a model for others to utilize," Galatas said.
Rather than building around the interstate, his vision was to connect charming villages through wooded streetscapes that would provide room for expansion and growth. This vision came to life on Oct. 19, 1974, when The Woodlands celebrated its grand opening.
The Woodlands is made up of villages with parks, schools, health care facilities, grocery stores and places of worship for residents to have everything they need just minutes from home. The residential villages conveniently connect to The Woodlands Town Center and, combined with the Research Forest, have become a regional employment center featuring a range of jobs opportunities and options for higher education.
Present-day The Woodlands boasts nearly 8,000 acres of greenspace, the 200-acre Lake Woodlands, 130 neighborhood parks, four major hospitals and multiple clinics, close to 200 restaurants, more than 21 million square feet of work space, three school districts, multiple private schools, entertainment venues like The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion, upscale shopping options and so much more that all started with Mitchell's vision.
Mitchell passed away in 2013, but The Woodlands continues to honor his legacy at the annual Founder's Day celebration, which features food, entertainment, corn hole and train rides.
Mitchell's memory is also remembered through the George Mitchell Nature Preserve, part of the Montgomery County Spring Creek Greenway. The preserve features nearly 1,700 acres with biking trails, hiking loops and more thanks to a partnership between The Woodlands Township, The Woodlands Development Company, Montgomery County Precinct 3 and the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department.


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Exclusive: Check out the (suitably bloody) covers for the Bloodborne comic coming in February 2018
By Sam Prell 2017-11-20T17:00:27.323Z News
Update: We've got a new look at issue #1's cover and variant covers, and can once again exclusively reveal them for all you bloodthirsty Hunters of Yharnam out there. Enjoy, and look for issue #1 at your local dealer starting February 21, 2018.
Side note: if you crop out the barcodes, these images also work great as phone wallpapers. So long as you don't mind horrific beasts and other horrific imagery greeting you every time you check your cell, of course.
Original story: Titan Comics is on a video game roll lately. Earlier this year it published tie-ins for The Evil Within 2 and Wolfenstein 2: The New Colossus, and in February 2018 it'll be home to a new tale set in the Bloodborne universe. Today, we've got your exclusive first look at Bloodborne: The Death of Sleep.
Bloodborne: The Death of Sleep will be written by Ales Kot (Generation Gone, Zero), with art by Piotr Kowalski (Wolfenstein, Dark Souls). As in the game, a nameless Hunter will step forth onto the cobblestone streets of Yharnam on a quest to rid the gothic city of its beasts and unholy aberrations. It's not clear if the comic takes place before, during, or after the events of the game - but then, so much of Bloodborne lore is steeped in mystery and obtuse riddles anyway.
In a press release, Kot said he was "obsessed" with the game, putting roughly 200 hours into it. "I am honored to be working within the Bloodborne universe," Kot said. "There will be mystery, the weird, the eerie, the horrific and the bloody - and there will be an undercurrent of decaying romanticism, walking hand in hand with brain-mashing, soul-cleaving action, together ascending towards the Blood Moon as drawn by the talented and depraved Piotr Kowalski. Ascend with us, Hunters old and new. And do remember: one has to seek Paleblood to transcend the hunt."
Like Kot, I also put several hundred hours into Bloodborne, so personally I'm pretty pumped about this. Any excuse to go back to Yharnam is a good excuse to me - and with no Bloodborne 2 on the horizon (yet), this may be the best chance fans get in awhile.


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Days of Wine and Roses
Tony winner Kelli O'Hara and Tony nominee Brian d'Arcy James star in the world premiere musical "Days of Wine and Roses" at NYC's Atlantic Theater Company.
Adapted from J.P. Miller's 1962 film and original 1958 teleplay, which chronicled the downward spiral to alcoholism of a young couple, composer and lyricist Adam Guettel ("Floyd Collins") and playwright Craig Lucas ("An American in Paris") reunite in their first collaboration since their acclaimed "The Light in the Piazza." Michael Greif ("Dear Evan Hansen") directs.
Good god. We're not sure we're ready for this.
The production is scheduled for May 5–Jun 25, 2023.
ATLANTIC THEATER COMPANY LINKS
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We Should Leave Social Security Alone
By Ezra Klein On 9/3/10 at 5:40 PM EDT
There are a lot of things Congress doesn't know right now. What to do about jobs, for instance. Who'll be running the House come January. How to balance the budget. But there is one thing that both parties increasingly seem to agree on: You should work longer.
Raising the Social Security retirement age has become as close to a consensus position as exists in American politics. House Minority Leader John A. Boehner (R-Ohio) supports it. House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (D-Md.) has said that "we could and should consider a higher retirement age." And for a while, I agreed with them, too. It seemed obvious: People live longer today, and so they should work later into life. But as I've looked at the issue, I've decided that I was wrong. So let me be the skunk at the party. We should leave the retirement age alone. In fact, we should leave Social Security alone - unless we're making it more, rather than less, generous.
Social Security provides disability insurance and survivor's benefits, but when people talk about it, they tend to be referring to its role as a program that provides income support to retirees. The average monthly benefit of $1,170 replaces about 39 percent of the person's pre-retirement earnings. Over the next two decades, the "replacement rate" is slated to drop to 31 percent. That is less than in most developed countries - the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development ranks it 25 out of 30 member nations.
The system, in other words, is not that generous, and it's becoming less so every year. The age at which you can begin collecting full Social Security benefits is moving from 66 to 67, as part of a deal struck in the 1980s to ensure the system's solvency. And all this at a time when employers are getting rid of defined-benefit pensions, which means that most workers will have no guaranteed retirement income except for Social Security.
Which brings us to Social Security's financial "crisis." The issue isn't that Social Security is spending too much or that we're living too long. It's that we're not having enough children (or letting in enough immigrants). As Stephen C. Goss, the system's chief actuary, has written, Social Security projects an imbalance "because birth rates dropped from three to two children per woman." That means there are fewer young people paying for the old people. "Importantly," Goss continues, "this shortfall is basically stable after 2035." In other words, we only have to fix Social Security once.
The size of that fix is significant, but not astonishing. Over the next 75 years, the shortfall will be equal to about 0.7 percent of gross domestic product. How much is 0.7 percent of GDP? To put that in perspective, the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities calculates that it's about as much as Bush's tax cuts for the rich will cost over the same period. Saying we can afford those cuts—which is the consensus Republican position—but not Social Security's outlay is nonsensical.
Coming up with 0.7 percent of GDP isn't a crisis. It's a question of priorities. Which doesn't mean that Social Security shouldn't be on the table when we look at how to balance the budget. Everything should be on the table. And Social Security is our single-largest program—though Medicare is projected to overtake it in the next couple of years. But if you really put everything on the table—the health-care system, the tax code, military spending, farm subsidies, etc.—then raising the retirement age or otherwise cutting Social Security stops looking so good.
Start with the basic rationale for raising the retirement age. Rep. Paul D. Ryan (R-Wisc.) has argued that when Social Security was signed into law, the retirement age was 65 and life expectancy was 63. "The numbers added up pretty well back then," he said on Fox News. But that's misleading. That figure was driven by high infant mortality. If you were a white male who'd made it to age 60 in 1935, you could expect 15 more years going forward. If you're a white male who lives to 60 today, you can expect 20 more years going forward.
Moreover, those averages conceal a lot of inequality. In 1972, a 60-year-old male worker who made less than the median income had a life expectancy of 78 years. By 2001, he had a life expectancy of 80 years. Meanwhile, workers in the top half of the income distribution shot to 85 years from 79. Insofar as the argument for raising the retirement age is that "Social Security beneficiaries live a lot longer today than they did in 1935," it should be restated as: "Social Security beneficiaries tend to live somewhat longer today than they did in 1935, and that's much more true of rich beneficiaries than poor beneficiaries."
And so what? Lurking beneath this conversation is an unquestioned assumption: We live longer, and so we should work longer. That's pretty intuitive to members of Congress, who seem to like their jobs and don't seem to like the idea of retiring. It's also pretty intuitive to blogger/columnists, who spend their time in air-conditioned rooms opining about pension programs. But most people don't work in Congress or in the media. They work on their feet. They strain their backs. They're bored silly at the end of the day. By the time they're in their 60s, they want to retire.
You see that reflected in Social Security. Age 66 is when you get full benefits. But most people begin taking Social Security at age 62. They get less, but they can retire earlier. To them, the trade-off is worth it. And remember, the country is also much richer than it was in 1935. Adjusting for inflation, our gross domestic product in 1935 was $865 billion. In 2009, it was more than $12 trillion. We have more than enough money to buy ourselves some leisure time at the end of our lives. At least if that's one of our priorities.
Polling suggests that it is. An August survey from Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research tested reactions to a variety of Social Security fixes. One of the options was raising the retirement age to 70. Two thirds of respondents opposed it. Another option was eliminating the cap on payroll taxes so that well-off workers pay the tax on their full income, just as middle-income workers do now. A solid 61 percent supported it.
That's almost the reverse of the conversation in Washington, where affluent people who like their jobs propose cutting benefits for the poor (which is, after all, what raising the retirement age would do) rather than lowering benefits or increasing the payroll tax on, well, themselves. Which is not to say that we should be raising taxes or cutting benefits on the better off, either.
The universally unpleasant options for reform are a testament to Social Security's efficiency. It's a simple transfer program, with administrative costs that amount to less than 0.9 percent of total spending. There's not much fat to cut.
That can't be said for much else in American public policy. Our health-care system costs twice as much as the German system and doesn't deliver better results. Our defense sector is wasteful and bloated. Our tax code could raise more money and do less to harm growth if we cleaned it out. Our home prices are driven upward by the mortgage-interest tax deduction. Our health insurance premiums are goosed by the exclusion of employer-sponsored insurance from taxable income.
Reforming any of those sectors (or, in the case of health care, reforming it more) would be politically difficult, but would mean better policy. Reforming Social Security will be politically difficult and result in worse policy. That's the good thing about putting everything on the table. It allows you to think more clearly about what should be taken off.
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What you need to know about Ontario's latest lockdown measures
By Nick Parker and Talha Hashmani
Updated: April 1, 2021 at 7:30 p.m.
The Government of Ontario announced today that a province-wide "emergency brake" will be coming into effect this weekend, in an effort to curb the province's rising number of COVID-19 cases.
Premier Doug Ford asserted in today's press conference, that the new measures will not include a stay-at-home order. But various restrictive measures will be put in place effective Saturday at 12:01 a.m.
"We have the toughest restrictions in North America," said Ford. "We are throwing everything we can at this virus."
Some of these measures are similar to those put in place at the start of the year, from no indoor and outdoor dining to a limit on outdoor gatherings to a maximum of five people.
Essential retail stores will see a 50 per cent capacity limit, while non-essential retail will be limited to 25 per cent. Religious services will also be limited to a 15 per cent capacity.
Ford noted the impacts which the last stay-at-home order had on adults and children, emphasizing the importance of going out and staying active during this wave of restrictive measures.
"As the premier, it falls on me. I have to make the decisions," said Ford.
But unlike the previous stay-at-home order, schools continue to remain open despite Ford's assertions that more younger people are ending up in ICU beds. At least 40 per cent of ICU patients, according to Ford, are younger people. Though he has not defined what age group these young people specifically fall into.
According to data provided on the Government of Ontario's website, the number of ICU cases has increased from 284 to 396 since the start of March.
Data from a study by Science Table shows that out of the percentage of weekly COVID-19 ICU admissions between March 15-21, individuals aged 0-29 made up about 3 per cent of overall admissions. About 40 per cent of the admissions were of individuals aged 0-59.
The following chart represents data compiled by Science Table. The right bar includes numbers of ICU admissions for the week of March 15-21, 2021
Data from the federal government shows that for Canada-wide ICU admissions, individuals aged 0-29 represent only 3.9 per cent of overall admissions. When compared to Ford's emphasis that younger people make up a large portion of ICU patients, this number suggests that nationally the number is quite low. It also underlines the question over the closure of schools across the province. Schools remain a top priority, according to Ford.
When asked about the effectiveness of lockdowns, Adalsteinn Brown, co-chair of Ontario's COVID-19 science advisory table, said that previous lockdowns have brought the number of COVID-19 cases down.
For now, the provincial government is assuring Ontarians that there are "reasons to be optimistic" and to look forward to a summer that "we can all enjoy."
According to Christine Elliott, the Minister of Health, the provincial government is planning on using the lockdown "to vaccinate even more Ontarians, pending supplies." As for the vaccine rollout plan, Ford said that 350 additional pharmacies will be providing vaccines as of Saturday.
According to Ford, 2.3 million vaccines have been delivered so far.
For many in Ontario's COVID-19 hotspots, strict lockdown measures have been imposed since the start of the pandemic. The province's previous stay-at-home order was announced near the start of the year.
"We need more time. We need to close the gap from where we are to where we will be when the vaccines will be delivered in June," said Ford.
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A new plan Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey recommended would limit initial opioid prescriptions and maximum dosages for pain medication, among other changes.
Those are among several recommended legislative and policy steps proposed by the Arizona Department of Health Services in an opioid action plan unveiled Wednesday.
The state aims to reduce opioid-related deaths, increase awareness, address prescribing and dispensing of drugs, reduce illicit acquisition and diversion of opioids, and improve access to treatment.
Dr. Cara Christ, director of the ADHS, said that the state recommended the five-day limit for initial opioid fills after reviewing other states' restrictions and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention research.
She noted that Ducey signed an executive order last year that limited initial opioid fills to seven days for Arizona adults insured by Medicaid or the state's health-insurance plan.
However, CDC research suggested people face a greater risk for long-term opioid use when they have at least six days of medication.
"Most people only need three days after an acute injury or surgery," Christ said.
The five-day limit would apply to initial prescriptions for "opioid naive" people who have never taken pain pills or have not been on pain medication for months or years. It would apply to people covered by all types of insurance plans and self-pay patients, not only people on the state insurance plan or Medicaid whose initial pill fills are limited to one week under the governor's 2016 order.
The report recommends one dozen legislative and policy changes, including legislation that would forbid prescribers from dispensing opioids and requiring pharmacists to check a statewide database to ensure patients aren't prescribed both opioids and benzodiazepines like Xanax or Valium — a potentially deadly combination.
Other recommendations include requiring doctors to complete three hours of opioid-related education, mandating different packaging and labeling of opioids and bolstering oversight of pain-management clinics to target so-called "pill mills" that prescribe pain pills regardless of medical need.
The report also recommends legislation that would permit bystanders to call 911 about a potential overdose without fear of prosecution.
The ADHS report stems from Ducey's June order that declared a public-health emergency, which seeks to counter an epidemic that has claimed more than two Arizonans every day from opioid overdoses.
Ducey's June order required hospitals, doctors and other health-care providers to more frequently update state health officials on overdose deaths and opioid-related encounters.
Dr. Stephen Borowsky, a pain-medicine physician who served on a committee that helped develop the state's plan, said the recommendations are necessary to counter an epidemic created by years of lax prescribing and aggressive drug-industry marketing.
"We were fooled years ago to think that we could easily prescribe (opioids) for non-cancer patients," said Borowsky, also a professor at the University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix. "Then the truth came out that that's not the case. This has led to overprescribing."
Borowsky said that doctors and the medical community have become more aware of the dangers of overprescribing.
For example, UA College of Medicine teaches opioid prescribing to third-year medical students as they begin their clinical rotations.
Doctors and other prescribers such as nurse practitioners and physician assistants now in practice would be required to complete three hours of medical education on opioids.
In addition to policy changes, Arizona has stepped up enforcement: The Arizona Medical Board has sanctioned doctors over improper opioid prescribing and Attorney General Mark Brnovich filed a civil lawsuit last week against Chandler-based Insys Therapeutics.
More than a half-dozen former Insys Therapeutics executives face federal criminal charges over the company's marketing of a fentanyl spray that is about 50 times more powerful than heroin.
While the report recommends tightened oversight of prescribing, Borowsky said it's important to realize that many patients function well on opioids. The key is to find the right mix of responsible prescribing while ensuring people get proper help.
"Because the medical community has caused the problem, along with pharmaceutical companies, the pendulum has swung the other way," Borowsky said. "There are patients out there who qualify for opiates and are doing well. There's a place for it."


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The Greek police arrests 15 people, belonging to a large network trafficking drugs from Albania to Greece and other European countries. According to the Greek police, the network is financed and directed by Klement Balili. The Greeks are unable to arrest Balili, whom they call "the drugs baron of the Balkans," but a national arrest warrant is issued.
The Greek media publish the first reports about the dismantled criminal network. They confirm that the head of the organization, Balili, now baptizing him the "Escobar of the Balkans," has not been arrested. They claim that Balili is the director of transport in the Albanian city of Saranda, and has close ties with high officials.
The Albanian embassy in Athens writes to CNN Greece denying that any Albanian official has said that Klement Balili has links to Albanian politicians.
The opposition publicly accuses Minister of Interior Affairs Saimir Tahiri and high-level public officials of protecting Balili.
Media publish a video in which Speaker of Parliament Ilir Meta, Minister of Finance Arben Ahmetaj, and former Socialist Party Deputy Koço Kokëdhima cut the ribbon at the opening of the Balili's luxury hotel in Saranda, Santa Quaranta.
The police declares that the Greek side has made no official request for the arrest of Klement Balili.
The General Prosecution send a request for juridical assistance to the Greek Ministry of Justice through the Albanian Ministry of Justice.
Klement Balili is dismissed as Director of Transport in Saranda.
The Police of Saranda receives the order to arrest Balili, but cannot find him.
The Greek authorities issue an international arrest warrant for Klement Balili. Interpol Tirana informs the Ministry of Justice and General Prosecutor about the warrant.
The Albanian Ministry of Justice relays the request for juridical assistance from the General Prosecutor to the Greek Ministry of Justice, two weeks after the request was made.
The Democratic Party publishes a photo in which Klement Balili is cruising on his yacht along the coast of Saranda, accompanied by a high official of the police, claiming that the photo was taken after the issuing of the international arrest warrant.
National and Greek media publish a video in which it is claimed that Balili is partying in the companionship of the head of the PS in Tepelena, on the wedding of the nephew of his wife, who has replaced Balili as Director of Transport in Saranda.
Klement Balili speaks out in the Greek newspaper Ethnos, claiming that the accusations toward him are political and aim to damage Prime Minister Edi Rama. Balili denies his luxurious lifestyle, in spite of the fact that he owns a luxury hotel and a large apartment complex. He states that as Director of Transport in Saranda he had to wake up at 6 o'clock in the morning and worked until 8 in the evening for a small salary.
The Greek Ministry of Justice sends the complete 10,000-page dossier to Albania, with all the proof on Klement Balili's involvement in drug traffic.
The translated dossier is transferred from the Ministry of Justice to the General Prosecution.
CIA Director John Brennan unexpectedly visits Tirana. Sources close to the government confirm that one of the reasons of the visit is to pressure the Albanian government to cooperate with international operations against drug trafficking.
The Albanian police organizes a large police action in the south of the country to capture Balili, without any result. This is the first action taken by the police since May.
The brother of Klement Balili state in the Albanian media that Balili has been Saranda the entire time and that there has never been an arrest warrant from the police. He claims that while the police invaded Saranda to arrest him, Balili had been in Tirana on business.
US Ambassador Donald Lu severely criticizes the police, the Ministry of Interior Affairs, and the prosecution for their failure to capture Balili.


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Coil: Live in Russia (Fanclub) LP
Coil's performance at DK Gorbunova in Moscow, Russia on September 15, 2001. This was sold as a Feelee release by some outlets but has no such branding and appears to be an unofficial reissue. Limited edition of 400 in gatefold cover. Side D contains back-stage discussion and rehearsal audio, though it is unmentioned in the jacket's track list.
File Under: Electronic, Industrial
Albert Ayler & Don Cherry: Vibrations (ORG) LP
Recorded in Copenhagen in September of 1964, Vibrations is the second album released by American free jazz saxophonist Albert Ayler's quartet featuring Don Cherry, Gary Peacock and Sonny Murray. Originally issued by the Freedom label, it was also released under the alternate title, Ghosts. Previously out of print for decades, Vibrations has now been specially remastered for an audiophile-grade 180-gram vinyl pressing at Pallas in Germany courtesy of ORG Music.
Bitchin' Bajas/DSR Lines: Atlantis (Abstrakce) LP
Second volume of "The Encyclopedia of Civilizations", a collection of split LP's where selected artists offer their own insight into fascinating ancient cultures. In this volume the music is inspired by Atlantis, a legendary civilization surrounded by mystery. The LP is presented in a special limited edition (500 copies) with an extensive booklet that tries to shed some light on the myth of Atlantis and will help you to immerse yourself in this fascinating civilization while you listen to the music. The sleeve is printed in the old way, letterpressed with metal movable type as Gutenberg used to do it, as all of the Abstrakce editions. DSR lines is the project of Belgian electronic artist David Edren. He's been releasing his music for almost two decades on labels such as Ultra Eczema, JJ Funhouse or Black Sweat. His Atlantis tracks are one of his best works (if not the best) so far, developing an exquisite use of modular synths. David presents a mature work, the result of an intense experimentation with synths such as Buchla 200 or Serge Synthesizer Systems. His arpeggios and oscillations sound like music that would be played in an Atlantean temple worshiping an ancient god (probably Poseidon or Minos) if this wise civilization had reached our days. Organic minimal electronics developing a very personal sound, a spiritual approach that could be a modern continuation of the investigations started by JD Emmanuel, Ariel Kalma or Michael Hoenig. Bitchin bajas is the project by Cooper Crain (also from the band Cave), Dan Quinlivan and Rob Frye. They have released material on labels such as Permanent records, Drag City, Hands in the Dark and Important records. They present an astonishing 20-minute-track inspired by the diaspora of the Atlantean people after the great cataclysm that sank their island at the bottom of the ocean and plunged its splendor into darkness forever. Warm, instrumental, psychedelic and melodic music that drinks from the electronic minimalism of the 60s and 70s (Terry Riley, La Monte Young..) blended with the spatial feeling of the kosmische maestros (Klaus Schulze,Harald Grosskopf, etc.). Deep electronics, hypnotic pulses and enigmatic melodies introducing acoustic instruments such as flutes or xylophones that will make you float in space while thinking about our Atlantean ancestors.
File Under: Electronic, Ambient
Ami Dang: Parted Plains (Leaving) LP
Ami Dang fuses sitar, voice, and electronics to create east-meets-west, ambient, experimental, psych music. On the experimental instrumental album Parted Plains, she draws inspiration from South Asian and Middle Eastern folktales, specifically, the four tragic romances of Punjab, Sohni Mahiwal, Sassi Punnun, Heer Ranjha, and Mirza Sahiba; Flora Annie Steel's Tales of the Punjab: Folklore of India, and selected stories from One Thousand and One Nights. Galvanized by the Western interpretations of these stories, Parted Plains unfolds as a new sort of soundtrack for a yet-to-be written folktale that is neither Eastern nor Western, not traditional or contemporary–but somewhere in between.
File Under: Drone, Ambient, Psych
Flaming Lips: King's Mouth (Warner) LP
The Flaming Lips' fifteenth album King's Mouth follows the band's 2017 release, Oczy Mlody and and sees the iconoclastic outfit once again tread uncharted territory. These 12 new originals are threaded together by cinematic narration courtesy of The Clash's Mick Jones. Additionally, the music parallels front man Wayne Coyne's immersive art installation of the same name. Introduced in 2015, the installation has showcased its psychedelic visuals and soundscapes through North America in museums such as Meow Wolf in Santa Fe, NM, the American Visionary Art Museum in Baltimore, MD, the Pacific Northwest College of Art Portland, OR and Wayne's own creative space, The Womb, in Oklahoma City, OK. A true handcrafted marvel, it consists of a giant metallic head that welcomes spectators inside. Once inside of the foam month, an LED lightshow begins in tandem with music from the album. Now, the record doubles as the sonic companion to the exhibit and allows fans to experience the aural side at any time. Further expanding this multi-faceted world and detailing a fascinating creation myth, the accompanying literary tome, King's Mouth: Immerse Heap Trip Fantasy Experience tells the story of the King's Mouth through words and visuals by Coyne, adds yet another dimension to the project, which ranks among the band's most ambitious thus far. Coyne notes, "The King's Mouth immersive/child-like qualities are born from the same spark and womb as Flaming Lips live performances. The King's Mouth adventure was made for humans of all sizes, ages, cultures, and religions."
Grateful Dead: Fillmore West Feb 28th, 1969 (Rhino) BOX
Pretty sure this is showing up tomorrow…. This is the second night of Grateful Dead's Fillmore West show from February 1969. Includes "(Walk Me Out In The) Morning Dew" and their rendition of Slim Harpo's blues classic, "I'm a King Bee".
File Under: Rock
Pablo Guerrero & Finis Africae: Los Dioses Hablan Por Boca De Los Vecinos (Abstrakce) LP
First vinyl edition ever of this lost experimental Spanish essential album. A delicate work that absorbs specific aspects of different music — minimalism, tribal sounds, new age, ambient, spoken word — to create its particular universe. With an absolutely contemplative recording climate, the poems and their sound environments explore the deepest self of the poet and singer from Extremadura, Pablo Guerrero. The work combines memories of childhood through the valleys of his native village, Esparragosa de Lares, with the evolution of life to reach the contemplative state in adulthood. A score written in a collaboration with two old friends, Juan A. Arteche Gual and Juan C. Fdez Puerta (Finis Africae), who weave a beautiful tapestry of electronic sounds so that the deep and serious voice of the poet shells all the images that his ode encloses. The recording, through fourteen poems, breathes an aroma of maturity, balance and total freedom. Maturity and balance with minimal arrangements, small gestures surrounded by abundant silences. Total freedom with instruments of the most varied, without restrictions or complexes: samplers, synthesizers and field recordings mixed with rattles, self-arches of the Appalachian Mountains, zithers, saxes made with reeds, conches, shortwave radios, plastic pipes, Hindu harmoniums…beauty can arise from any element and all these minimal arrangements come together to create the perfect ambience that sublimates the poem. Completed in the spring of 1996, the recording was moving in no man's land until the end of 1999 saw the light in book format of poems, accompanied by a CD. Abstrakce Records recover this masterpiece of experimental Spanish music, contributing its bit to place the album where it deserves. Folder printed in letterpress with lead types; Includes extensive booklet in both English and Spanish containing liner notes, lyrics, an interview with Juan F. Puerta and a text by Juan A. Arteche about of the recording of the record. Remastered at Sountess Studio in 2018 by Pablo Peiró.
File Under: Ambient, Electronic, Fourth World
Lingua Ignota: Caligula (Profound Lore) LP
Caligula, the new album from Lingua Ignota, takes the vision of Kristin Hayter's vessel to a new level of grandeur, her purging and vengeful audial vision going beyond anything preceding it and reaching a new unparalleled sonic plane within her oeuvre. Succeeding her self-released 2017 All Bitches Die opus, this new one sees Hayter design her most ambitious work to date, displaying the full force of her talent as a vocalist, composer, and storyteller. Vast in scope and multivalent in its influences, with delivery nothing short of demonic, this is an outsider's opera; magnificent, hideous, and raw. Eschewing and disavowing genre altogether, Hayter builds her own world. Here she fully embodies the moniker Lingua Ignota, from the German mystic Hildegard of Bingen, meaning "unknown language" —this music has no home, any precedent or comparison could only be uneasily given, and there is nothing else like it in the contemporary realm. Working closely with Seth Manchester at Machines With Magnets studio, Hayter strips away much of the industrial and electronic elements of her previous work, approaching instead the corporeal intensity and intimate menace of her notorious live performances, achieved with unconventional recording techniques and sound sources, as well as a full arsenal of live instrumentation and collaborators including harsh noise master Sam McKinlay (The Rita), visceral drummer Lee Buford (The Body) and frenetic percussionist Ted Byrnes (Cackle Car, Wood & Metal), with guest vocals from Dylan Walker (Full of Hell), Mike Berdan (Uniform), and Noraa Kaplan (Visibilities). Caligula is a massive work, a multi-layered epic that gives voice and space to that which has been silenced and cut out.
Orlando/Tomaga: Playtime – Music for Video Games (Abstrakce) LP
Vinyl edition from this imaginary soundtrack for videogames previously released on tape. "…the Association for the Re-Alignment of Magnetic Dust presents a split release between Orlando and Tomaga of music for video games. Inspired by fictional worlds, imagined quests, and surreal dreams, they soundtrack your adventures in gameland." "Cathy Lucas's new project Orlando, who share this cassette/download release with Tomaga. RAM Tapes (or The Association for the Re-Alignment of Magnetic Dust to give them their full title) re-use old tapes for that essential crackle and pop experience, and the theme is suitably 80s: video game soundtracks, kerbside frogs, ghost mazes, etc. It's too sophisticated – at least to these cloth ears – to be just more chiptune landfill but it's extremely playful all the same. The Orlando side is closer to Cornelius in terms of its invention and charm; the Tomaga side is a little more spacious, dubby, dronish. As an album it's a pretty irresistible combination. Orlando's opening track brings you the croaks of a telepathic amphibian, a bit of bossa nova and a steely science-fictional theme, all in 3 minutes and 25 seconds. While Tomaga's 'Giant Bitmap' made me wonder whether Pacman ever got the cold sweats while cruising those haunted midnight mazes…" Both Bars On "TOMAGA channel various forms of multi-instrumentalism into music that moves by turns through industrial, jazz, psychedelia and minimalism, on it's way to somewhere wholly other. Devoted to musical exploration, this London based duo obsessively deconstruct familiar tropes, looking for the tension that lies between improvisation and form. After their first, self-produced cassette, 'Sleepy Jazz For Tired Cats', which was released in 2013, TOMAGA released the acclaimed 'Futura Grotesk' LP on the Hands in the Dark label, followed quickly by 'Familiar Obstacles' – a cassette release for the boutique London label Blank Editions, that was subsequently released as a limited vinyl in October 2015. Meanwhile they have played countless concerts and festivals across the world including being invited to open for Deerhoof, Silver Apples and Wire, the latter for their UK tour in May 2015 (for full tourdates see below). In autumn 2015 Tomaga were invited by Turner Contemporary Gallery in Margate to stage a performance using the artworks of Pedro Reyes: re-conditioned weapons confiscated by Mexican police from drug cartels and turned into instruments. The resulting performance will be released on a forthcoming live album. In spring 2016 Tomaga were invited to contribute a sound object to the Yoko Ono exhibition 'Lumiere De L'aube' at the Musee D'art Contemporain De Lyon." JULIE TIPPEX web info Limited edition of 300 copies. Letterpress printed on black cardboard. Limited edition with green ink.
File Under: Electronic, Exotica
Prince: Originals (Warner) LP
Prince will forever be remembered as a commanding live performer, chart-topping recording artist, and music business revolutionary. Yet for all the time he spent in the spotlight over his four-decade-long career, Prince also worked tirelessly behind the scenes to nurture talent and pen songs for the rising artists he respected. By the mid-80s, Prince was dominating the charts even as a writer/producer with songs he'd composed and recorded for others. In addition to releasing nine of his most commercially successful full-length albums, he also wrote and recorded endless reels of material for protégés The Time, Vanity 6, Sheila E., Apollonia 6, Jill Jones, the Family, and Mazarati. Occasionally, Prince's original demo recordings would be used as master takes on their albums, with only minor alterations to the instrumentation and a replacement of the vocal tracks. Other times, artists would rely on his demos to guide them through their own recording process, with Prince's initial take informing their final version of his song. The aggregate effect was a complete saturation and transformation of the pop music landscape, with Prince both leading and subverting mainstream culture. Originals pulls back the curtain to reveal the origins of familiar hits, in addition to deeper album cuts such as Vanity 6's "Make-Up," Jill Jones's "Baby, You're a Trip," and Kenny Rogers' "You're My Love." The album also features Prince's majestic original 1984 version of "Nothing Compares 2 U," released in 2018 as a standalone single.
File Under: Pop, RnB, Funk, Soul
Sigur Ros: Agetis Byrjun 20th Anniversary (Krunk) LP
In 1999 Sigur Ros released Ágætis Byrjun ("A Good Start") which Q Magazine went on to deem "the last great record of the 20th century." By the end of the year it had won the inaugural US Shortlist Prize for Artistic Achievement in Music. Agaetis Byrjun was an album that came literally out of nowhere and seemed to tug at the heartstrings of those who least expected it. No one thought an album by an unknown band of four shy Icelandic men in their early-20s, singing in Icelandic, would become the worldwide music phenomenon it became. The record label projected the album to sell 1,500 copies – it has to date sold several million copies. 2019 marks the 20th anniversary of the landmark Ágætis Byrjun and the band celebrates the occasion with a double heavyweight vinyl LP reissue complete with a download for demo and archive versions of all songs on the album, plus never-before-heard newly unearthed material from the era, rare B-sides and the full 95 minute concert played in Reykjavík on the day the record was released in 1999.
File Under: Indie Rock, Post Rock, Ambient
Tycho: Weather (Ninja Tune) LP
Tycho are the Grammy nominated electronic music project led by Scott Hansen as primary composer, songwriter and producer. The highly anticipated release of their fifth studio album Weather is an exciting progression from their previous output, with most of the new tracks being vocal lead, while still retaining the signature Tycho sound. The sonic shift has been enhanced by the collaboration with exciting new vocalist Saint Sinner, who will be joining the live band following their time in the studio.
Thom Yorke: Anima (XL) LP
Indie only orange vinyl! Radiohead figurehead Thom Yorke follows up his 2014 album Tomorrow's Modern Boxes and 2018 score to Suspiria with his third full-length solo effort Anima. Produced by longtime collaborator Nigel Godrich, several of the album's songs were debuted live during Yorke, Godrich and Tarik Barri's Tomorrow's Modern Boxes performances. Yorke notes that Anima was inspired by "dystopia, anxiety, and reaching a crisis point in our social system. The dystopian thing is one part of it, yes, but for me, one of the big, prevailing things was a sense of anxiety. If you suffer from anxiety it manifests itself in unpredictable ways, some people have over-emotional reactions. [For] some people the roots of reality can just get pulled out, you don't know what's happening. Then eventually reality comes back." This standard black double vinyl LP edition is housed in a wide-spine single sleeve and includes the exclusive bonus track, "(Ladies & Gentlemen, Thank You For Coming)." A download card for the original nine-track album is also included in the sleeve.
File Under: Indie Rock, Electronic, Radiohead
Various: Bad Education Vol 1: Soul Hits of Timmion Records (Daptone) LP
For the better part of 15 years Helsinki's own Timmion Records has released some of the most exciting soul sides happening today. To help spread the Timmion love Daptone staffers and brass made a list of their favorite Timmion tracks from the past couple years. Presented here is Bad Education, Vol. I, the culmination of weeks of deliberation and infighting (mainly due to their unusually high batting average) – 10 tracks that best represent the eclectic wealth of soulful riches Timmion Records has to offer. Side 1 one gets cracking with "This is What Love Looks Like", a mid-tempo, breezy dancer by NYC's own Carlton Jumel Smith whose recent album, 1634 Lexington Ave, is poised to be one of the top Soul releases of 2019. Johnny Benavidez, the Texas-born, California-raised balladeer showcases his heartfelt falsetto with "Tell Me That You Love Me" – a beat ballad of the highest order, and a must for fans of Texas giants The Commands. Pratt & Moody, a vocal duo who have been making waves for sometime in their native Finland, serve up another heart-wrenching, head-bobbing ballad with "Lost, Lost, Lost". Picking up the tempo we have the undisputed queen of Finnish Soul, Miss Nicole Willis! The New York native is already a household name on the UK Northern Soul scene, but now it's time for this expat to make some noise Stateside. Closing out the side we have the leather-clad-fringed flute phenom know as Ernie "Scorpio Man' Hawks. The Scorpio Walk's deep groove laced with murmuring fuzz bass and surf guitar rushes the listener like a maniacal villain in an art house spy movie. Side 2 two packs even more soulful punches, starting with the unreleased track "Until Your Mine" by Wanda Felicia. Equal parts slick, Big City street harmony and raw, southern soul, the track evokes the very best of Fame era Candi Staton. Next up we have Bobby Oroza whose featured track "This Love" took the Soul scene by storm upon its release in 2016. His understated, earnest vocal let's the sparse arrangement and heavy beat take you to a place where the sun shines bright and the low-riders shine brighter where the Sunday afternoon sun dances off the gold flecks of custom low-rider paint jobs. "Bad Education" the funky, afro-latin soul monster with a message (whose title graces the cover of this album) tips the hat to legends like Joe Bataan and Ray Barreto. The debut single by Bardo Martinez, already known for his work with Chicano Batman, lays down a fiery indictment of the educational system defining it as a mouthpiece for the military industrial complex. A heavy tune with a heavier message! Finnish born Emilia Sisco offers up another debut with "Don't Believe You Like That", another gorgeous beat ballad backed by Cold Diamond and Mink that is sure to appeal to the darkest end of the dance floor. There's a special lane in the history for Soul of Soul for music this understated. Rounding out the side we have a man who needs ZERO introduction for those in the know. Louisiana born and raised Willie West has been making side after classic side since 1959. Whether it's his early raw R&B, deep brooding ballads, or his black belt Funk anthem "Fairchild" all of his records are essential – "I'm still a Man (Lord Have Mercy)" is no exception. From top to bottom "Bad Education" Bad Education, Vol. I is a feast for discerning funk and soul freaks alike!
File Under: Funk, Soul
…..Restocks….
Aggrolites: Reggae Now! (Pirates Press) LP
Amyl & the Sniffers: s/t (ATO) LP
Beastie Boys: Licensed to Ill (Capitol) LP
Beatles: White Album (Mono) (Apple) LP
Jorge Ben: Big Ben (Elemental) LP
Boy Harsher: Careful (Nude Club) LP
Boy Harsher: Lesser Man (Nude Club) LP
Boy Harsher: Yr Body Is.. (Nude Club) LP
Charles Bradley: Changes (Daptone) LP
Bill Callahan: Shepherd in a Sheepskin Vest (Drag City) LP
Cocteau Twins: Four Calendar Café (Universal) LP
Cocteau Twins: Milk & Kisses (Universal) LP
Endless Boogie: Vol I & II (No Quarter) LP
Fugazi: Red Medicine (Dischord) LP
Harmonia: Musick Von Harmonia (Gronland) LP
Irreversible Entanglements: s/t (International Anthem) LP
Sharon Jones: I Learned the Hard Way (Daptone) LP
King Geedorah: Take Me To Your Leader (Big Dada) LP
Love: Four Sail (Warner) LP
Mdou Moctar: Ilana: The Creator (Sahel) LP
Lee Morgan: Rumproller (Blue Note) LP
Neu!: s/t (Gronland) LP
Neu!: 2 (Gronland) LP
William Onyeabor: Who is William Onyeabor? (Luaka Bop) LP
Shuggie Otis: Inspiration Information (Music on Vinyl) LP
Ben Pirani: How Do I Talk To My Brother (Colemine) LP
Placebo: Mtv Unplugged (Music on Vinyl) LP
Sleep: The Sciences (Third Man) LP
Smiths: Hatful of Hollow (Rhino) LP
Gillian Welch: Soul Journey (Acony) LP
Various: Funky 16 Corners (Stones Throw) LP
Various: Warfaring Strangers: Acid Nightmares (Numero) LP
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Born in Munich (Germany). Studied at the Music Conservatory in Munich (Viola and Voice), the Orff Institute of the University Mozarteum Salzburg (Elemental Music and Dance Education) and the Salzburg University (Psychology and Pedagogy). Specialized in Movement and Dance working with internationally renowned teachers, as well as through historical studies and extensive ethnographic fieldwork.
From 1974-1977 Principal of the School of Music in Malta, a Cultural Development Project of the Federal Chancellery of Austria. Assistant Professor at the Orff Institute until 1993, teaching Didactics of Music, History of Music and Movement Education, Teaching Practice, Movement Accompaniment and Traditional Dances (historical, ethnological and social). Director of international summer courses at the Orff Institute from 1978 to 2015.
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and burst into the empty room.
but over, round and through.
the piercing both of hands and soul?
the distant sound of snowy wings?
as lights and tinsel took their place.
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You kept the best to last.
Thank you, Rosemary – glad you like it.


Professor Amin teaches Advanced Accounting, Financial Statement Analysis, Advanced Cost Management, Managerial Accounting, Intermediate Accounting, and Principles of Accounting. Prof. Amin's research interests focus on the Asset-Liability Management for Commercial Banks at the time of Interest Rate Volatility. Prof. Amin is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE), and a Certified Management Accountant (CMA).


If you are one of the very few parents, teachers, or grandparents who haven't discovered this wonderful "If You Give a. . . " series of books, by Laura Numeroff and illustrated by Felicia Bond, I'm here to tell you they are wacky, silly fun.
I first found them when I was doing my student teaching in Kindergarten and First Grade. They are circular stories that start and end with the same "If you give a..." They alternately feature a boy or a girl helping the various animals with their requests. The kids love them and the illustrations are such fun -- you start to believe that people and animals interact that way! For ages 4 to 8 (some sites say 3 to 7), depending on their reading level. The younger ones love them read aloud and the older ones can read the books by themselves or read to a younger child. Enjoy!


text:
package org.lastaflute.jta.core;

import javax.transaction.Status;
import javax.transaction.TransactionManager;
import javax.transaction.TransactionSynchronizationRegistry;
import javax.transaction.UserTransaction;

import org.lastaflute.jta.unit.UnitLastaJtaTest;

/**
 * @author modified by jflute (originated in Seasar)
 */
public class RestrictedTransactionManagerImplTest extends UnitLastaJtaTest {

    TransactionManager underlyingTm;

    UserTransaction userTransaction;

    TransactionSynchronizationRegistry synchronizationRegistry;

    RestrictedTransactionManager tm;

    protected void setUp() throws Exception {
        super.setUp();
        underlyingTm = new LaTransactionManager();
        userTransaction = new LaUserTransaction(underlyingTm);
        synchronizationRegistry = new LaTransactionSynchronizationRegistry(underlyingTm);
        tm = new RestrictedTransactionManager(userTransaction, synchronizationRegistry);
    }

    /**
     * @throws Exception
     */
    public void testCommit() throws Exception {
        tm.begin();
        assertEquals(Status.STATUS_ACTIVE, tm.getStatus());
        tm.commit();
        assertEquals(Status.STATUS_NO_TRANSACTION, tm.getStatus());
    }

    /**
     * @throws Exception
     */
    public void testRollback() throws Exception {
        tm.begin();
        assertEquals(Status.STATUS_ACTIVE, tm.getStatus());
        tm.rollback();
        assertEquals(Status.STATUS_NO_TRANSACTION, tm.getStatus());
    }

    /**
     * @throws Exception
     */
    public void testResume() throws Exception {
        tm.begin();
        try {
            tm.resume(null);
            fail();
        } catch (UnsupportedOperationException expected) {}
    }

    /**
     * @throws Exception
     */
    public void testSuspend() throws Exception {
        tm.begin();
        try {
            tm.suspend();
            fail();
        } catch (UnsupportedOperationException expected) {}
    }

}

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


While scholars open 'the black box' of the pre-accession negotiation process and scrutinize the phenomenon of EU conditionality, they often give more attention to explaining reactions of applicant country's government to the EU pressures, while neglecting to research the impact and consequences that government reactions may have on the level of public support for the EU membership. The thesis' research fills the gap by investigating government strategies and public reactions in the pre-accession process on the cases of Slovakia and Croatia. The thesis finds that in the pre-accession process both the government and the public act rationally - weighing cost and benefits of EU reward and compliance with EU rules. The main conclusion brought from the findings is that the government adoption of EU rules will not negatively affect public support for the EU membership if the public approves government strategies and perceives that EU membership as the ultimate prize is higher than the costs of EU conditionality (vice versa). The analysis should be useful to anyone interested into influence of EU conditionality in the pre-accession process.


text:
struct KeyComponent : public ComponentBase {};

namespace YAML {
template <> struct convert<KeyComponent> {
    static Node encode(const KeyComponent& rhs) {
        Node node;
        node = true;
        return node;
    }

    static bool decode(const Node& node, KeyComponent& rhs) {
        if (!node.IsScalar()) {
            return false;
        }

        return true;
    }
};
} // namespace YAML


text:
class AppSettings(object):

    class AuthenticationMethod:
        USERNAME = 'username'
        EMAIL = 'email'
        USERNAME_EMAIL = 'username_email'

    class EmailVerificationMethod:
        # After signing up, keep the user account inactive until the email
        # address is verified
        MANDATORY = 'mandatory'
        # Allow login with unverified e-mail (e-mail verification is
        # still sent)
        OPTIONAL = 'optional'
        # Don't send e-mail verification mails during signup
        NONE = 'none'

    def __init__(self, prefix):
        self.prefix = prefix
        # If login is by email, email must be required
        assert (not self.AUTHENTICATION_METHOD ==
                self.AuthenticationMethod.EMAIL) or self.EMAIL_REQUIRED
        # If login includes email, login must be unique
        assert (self.AUTHENTICATION_METHOD ==
                self.AuthenticationMethod.USERNAME) or self.UNIQUE_EMAIL
        assert (self.EMAIL_VERIFICATION !=
                self.EmailVerificationMethod.MANDATORY) \
            or self.EMAIL_REQUIRED
        if not self.USER_MODEL_USERNAME_FIELD:
            assert not self.USERNAME_REQUIRED
            assert self.AUTHENTICATION_METHOD \
                not in (self.AuthenticationMethod.USERNAME,
                        self.AuthenticationMethod.USERNAME_EMAIL)

    def _setting(self, name, dflt):
        from django.conf import settings
        getter = getattr(settings,
                         'ALLAUTH_SETTING_GETTER',
                         lambda name, dflt: getattr(settings, name, dflt))
        return getter(self.prefix + name, dflt)

    @property
    def DEFAULT_HTTP_PROTOCOL(self):
        return self._setting("DEFAULT_HTTP_PROTOCOL", "http").lower()

    @property
    def EMAIL_CONFIRMATION_EXPIRE_DAYS(self):
        """
        Determines the expiration date of e-mail confirmation mails (#
        of days)
        """
        from django.conf import settings
        return self._setting("EMAIL_CONFIRMATION_EXPIRE_DAYS",
                             getattr(settings, "EMAIL_CONFIRMATION_DAYS", 3))

    @property
    def EMAIL_CONFIRMATION_AUTHENTICATED_REDIRECT_URL(self):
        """
        The URL to redirect to after a successful e-mail confirmation, in
        case of an authenticated user
        """
        return self._setting("EMAIL_CONFIRMATION_AUTHENTICATED_REDIRECT_URL",
                             None)

    @property
    def EMAIL_CONFIRMATION_ANONYMOUS_REDIRECT_URL(self):
        """
        The URL to redirect to after a successful e-mail confirmation, in
        case no user is logged in
        """
        from django.conf import settings
        return self._setting("EMAIL_CONFIRMATION_ANONYMOUS_REDIRECT_URL",
                             settings.LOGIN_URL)

    @property
    def EMAIL_REQUIRED(self):
        """
        The user is required to hand over an e-mail address when signing up
        """
        return self._setting("EMAIL_REQUIRED", False)

    @property
    def EMAIL_VERIFICATION(self):
        """
        See e-mail verification method
        """
        ret = self._setting("EMAIL_VERIFICATION",
                            self.EmailVerificationMethod.OPTIONAL)
        # Deal with legacy (boolean based) setting
        if ret is True:
            ret = self.EmailVerificationMethod.MANDATORY
        elif ret is False:
            ret = self.EmailVerificationMethod.OPTIONAL
        return ret

    @property
    def AUTHENTICATION_METHOD(self):
        ret = self._setting("AUTHENTICATION_METHOD",
                            self.AuthenticationMethod.USERNAME)
        return ret

    @property
    def EMAIL_MAX_LENGTH(self):
        """
        Adjust max_length of e-mail addresses
        """
        return self._setting("EMAIL_MAX_LENGTH", 254)

    @property
    def UNIQUE_EMAIL(self):
        """
        Enforce uniqueness of e-mail addresses
        """
        return self._setting("UNIQUE_EMAIL", True)

    @property
    def SIGNUP_EMAIL_ENTER_TWICE(self):
        """
        Signup email verification
        """
        return self._setting("SIGNUP_EMAIL_ENTER_TWICE", False)

    @property
    def SIGNUP_PASSWORD_ENTER_TWICE(self):
        """
        Signup password verification
        """
        legacy = self._setting('SIGNUP_PASSWORD_VERIFICATION', True)
        return self._setting('SIGNUP_PASSWORD_ENTER_TWICE', legacy)

    @property
    def PASSWORD_MIN_LENGTH(self):
        """
        Minimum password Length
        """
        import django
        from django.conf import settings
        ret = None
        has_validators = (
            django.VERSION[:2] >= (1, 9) and
            bool(getattr(settings, 'AUTH_PASSWORD_VALIDATORS', [])))
        if not has_validators:
            ret = self._setting("PASSWORD_MIN_LENGTH", 6)
        return ret

    @property
    def EMAIL_SUBJECT_PREFIX(self):
        """
        Subject-line prefix to use for email messages sent
        """
        return self._setting("EMAIL_SUBJECT_PREFIX", None)

    @property
    def SIGNUP_FORM_CLASS(self):
        """
        Signup form
        """
        return self._setting("SIGNUP_FORM_CLASS", None)

    @property
    def USERNAME_REQUIRED(self):
        """
        The user is required to enter a username when signing up
        """
        return self._setting("USERNAME_REQUIRED", True)

    @property
    def USERNAME_MIN_LENGTH(self):
        """
        Minimum username Length
        """
        return self._setting("USERNAME_MIN_LENGTH", 1)

    @property
    def USERNAME_BLACKLIST(self):
        """
        List of usernames that are not allowed
        """
        return self._setting("USERNAME_BLACKLIST", [])

    @property
    def PASSWORD_INPUT_RENDER_VALUE(self):
        """
        render_value parameter as passed to PasswordInput fields
        """
        return self._setting("PASSWORD_INPUT_RENDER_VALUE", False)

    @property
    def ADAPTER(self):
        return self._setting('ADAPTER',
                             'allauth.account.adapter.DefaultAccountAdapter')

    @property
    def CONFIRM_EMAIL_ON_GET(self):
        return self._setting('CONFIRM_EMAIL_ON_GET', False)

    @property
    def AUTHENTICATED_LOGIN_REDIRECTS(self):
        return self._setting('AUTHENTICATED_LOGIN_REDIRECTS', True)

    @property
    def LOGIN_ON_EMAIL_CONFIRMATION(self):
        """
        Automatically log the user in once they confirmed their email address
        """
        return self._setting('LOGIN_ON_EMAIL_CONFIRMATION', False)

    @property
    def LOGIN_ON_PASSWORD_RESET(self):
        """
        Automatically log the user in immediately after resetting
        their password.
        """
        return self._setting('LOGIN_ON_PASSWORD_RESET', False)

    @property
    def LOGOUT_REDIRECT_URL(self):
        return self._setting('LOGOUT_REDIRECT_URL', '/')

    @property
    def LOGOUT_ON_GET(self):
        return self._setting('LOGOUT_ON_GET', False)

    @property
    def LOGOUT_ON_PASSWORD_CHANGE(self):
        return self._setting('LOGOUT_ON_PASSWORD_CHANGE', False)

    @property
    def USER_MODEL_USERNAME_FIELD(self):
        return self._setting('USER_MODEL_USERNAME_FIELD', 'username')

    @property
    def USER_MODEL_EMAIL_FIELD(self):
        return self._setting('USER_MODEL_EMAIL_FIELD', 'email')

    @property
    def SESSION_COOKIE_AGE(self):
        """
        Deprecated -- use Django's settings.SESSION_COOKIE_AGE instead
        """
        from django.conf import settings
        return self._setting('SESSION_COOKIE_AGE', settings.SESSION_COOKIE_AGE)

    @property
    def SESSION_REMEMBER(self):
        """
        Controls the life time of the session. Set to `None` to ask the user
        ("Remember me?"), `False` to not remember, and `True` to always
        remember.
        """
        return self._setting('SESSION_REMEMBER', None)

    @property
    def TEMPLATE_EXTENSION(self):
        """
        A string defining the template extension to use, defaults to `html`.
        """
        return self._setting('TEMPLATE_EXTENSION', 'html')

    @property
    def FORMS(self):
        return self._setting('FORMS', {})

    @property
    def LOGIN_ATTEMPTS_LIMIT(self):
        """
        Number of failed login attempts. When this number is
        exceeded, the user is prohibited from logging in for the
        specified `LOGIN_ATTEMPTS_TIMEOUT`
        """
        return self._setting('LOGIN_ATTEMPTS_LIMIT', 5)

    @property
    def LOGIN_ATTEMPTS_TIMEOUT(self):
        """
        Time period from last unsuccessful login attempt, during
        which the user is prohibited from trying to log in.  Defaults to
        5 minutes.
        """
        return self._setting('LOGIN_ATTEMPTS_TIMEOUT', 60 * 5)

    @property
    def EMAIL_CONFIRMATION_HMAC(self):
        return self._setting('EMAIL_CONFIRMATION_HMAC', True)

    @property
    def SALT(self):
        return self._setting('SALT', 'account')

    @property
    def PRESERVE_USERNAME_CASING(self):
        return self._setting('PRESERVE_USERNAME_CASING', True)

    @property
    def USERNAME_VALIDATORS(self):
        from django.core.exceptions import ImproperlyConfigured
        from allauth.utils import import_attribute
        from allauth.utils import get_user_model

        path = self._setting('USERNAME_VALIDATORS', None)
        if path:
            ret = import_attribute(path)
            if not isinstance(ret, list):
                raise ImproperlyConfigured(
                    'ACCOUNT_USERNAME_VALIDATORS is expected to be a list')
        else:
            if self.USER_MODEL_USERNAME_FIELD is not None:
                ret = get_user_model()._meta.get_field(
                    self.USER_MODEL_USERNAME_FIELD).validators
            else:
                ret = []
        return ret

# Ugly? Guido recommends this himself ...
# http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-ideas/2012-May/014969.html
import sys  # noqa

app_settings = AppSettings('ACCOUNT_')
app_settings.__name__ = __name__
sys.modules[__name__] = app_settings