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JPMorgan, Citigroup feast on equity derivatives in virus panic
The historic panic in global stock markets has spawned a fortune for some of the world's biggest investment banks.
JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Citigroup Inc. have added about $500 million in revenue from equity derivatives trading year-to-date compared with the same period in 2019, people familiar with the matter said. Trading surged as investors rushed to bet on stock moves and protect their holdings.
The spreading coronavirus has killed thousands, roiled the global economy and forced Italy to announce a nationwide lockdown. But for Wall Street's trading desks, which rely on volatility to generate profit, the turmoil is an opportunity after investment banks long bemoaned the calmness of markets in recent years.
Netflix, the ultimate stay-at-home stock, faces challenges as foreign paychecks stop
Free-falling oil prices drag Hess down 40% on one of market's worst days
Patrick Burton, a spokesman for JPMorgan in London, declined to comment, as did Edwina Frawley-Gangahar, a spokeswoman for Citigroup.
JPMorgan has generated about $300 million of additional revenue so far this year, including about $50 million in one trading day in late February, according to the people, who requested anonymity as the details are private. Citigroup has made between $150 million and $200 million, the people said.
Recent swings in U.S. stock prices rank among some of the biggest in market history as investors struggle with the fallout from the coronavirus and an oil price war. That's triggering a surge in demand for equity derivatives, which allow investors to make complex bets on shares and volatility in stock markets and protect against losses.
Read More: Volatility Superlatives Piling Up in Week of Shocking Reversals
Trading in options linked to the S&P 500 Index, among the most popular equity derivatives, surged to a record high of more than 3.5 million contracts in February. The CBOE Volatility Index jumped to the highest since 2008 on Monday.
The stock market chaos means equity derivative revenue may snap back from last year's drop. Wall Street banks generated about $12 billion from equity derivatives in 2019, a 17% decline from the previous year, according to research firm Coalition Development Ltd.
"It's been a good start to the year," said Amrit Shahani at Coalition in London. "Our expectation is it will be better than 2019."
The S&P 500 gained as much as 3.7% in early New York trading—after a plunge on Monday—as President Donald Trump said he would announce "substantial" economic measures on Tuesday in response to the virus. The rebound faltered as signs mounted that the stimulus is not imminent.
While traders desire volatility, sudden swings can lead to losses for banks as well. BNP Paribas SA, the biggest French bank, lost about $80 million on equity-derivative trades over a few days in December 2018 after markets were whipsawed by trade tensions between the U.S. and China.
JPMorgan, based in New York, is the world's biggest player in equity derivatives, Coalition data show.


There are now market practice guidelines for the forfaiting industry – after three years of sometimes passionate and controversial debate, the forfaiting market has a set of guidelines to follow when conducting their business. At a recent publicity lunch held by some members of the board of the International Forfaiting Association (IFA) and the Market Practice Committee (MPC) at the offices of law firm Denton Wilde Sapte, the board of the IFA explained the background behind the new guidelines and what they will mean for the market.
Lucio Matassoni of Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp Europe, chairman of the IFA, declared that the board will encourage the use of the guidelines as much as possible but give a bit of time for them to sink in. "If something happens – say, a case ends up in court – there's a document behind reflecting what the market does," he said.
"New members want to play with the good guys. Long-term, this can only be beneficial to players and the market," added Salvatore Chiappinelli, head of the IFA Secretariat.
As Edwards added, some frauds such as the recent Parmalat case are too deep within the company to be spotted by normal due diligence and no liability for these should attach to a seller in any event, but the guidelines make it even clearer that a seller will not suffer in such circumstances.
The Germans, however, instigated a caveat for their own market participants because of their legal system. Under German law, a seller has legal responsibility for the validity of the undertaking, ie, it is responsible for selling a fraudulent deal. Elsewhere, it is up to legal interpretation and the principle of "buyer beware "applies. This difference has been highlighted in the guidelines and so market participants have been told to cater for this adjustment.
The guidelines have created much debate and argument over the years they have been formulated. One area in particular caused rancour among membership – that of "subject to satisfactory documentation "The guidelines do now deal with "satisfactory documentation "in Article 6 where an exhaustive but broad list of grounds is set out on the basis of which documentation may be found unsatisfactory.
The recent hard graft by the MPC, the lawyers involved and the IFA board to get something on paper as a starting block has been widely accepted by the market. The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) is now looking at linking in with the IFA guidelines in some way and more meetings between the two bodies are scheduled soon.
Forfaiting is a form of trade finance involving the non-recourse discount financing of trade. There is a primary – or origination – market and a secondary – or trading – market. Forfaiting is often ideal for emerging markets trade deals where the exporter wants to lay off the risk and get paid as soon as possible.


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Intriguing comments about the politics and persons around FIRST STEP Act and federal criminal justice reform efforts
The Marshall Project has this notable new Q&A under the full headlined "Van Jones Answers His Critics: The CNN host defends his involvement with a controversial prison reform bill and the Trump White House." I recommend the piece in full, and here are snippets reflecting intriguing parts of Jones's thoughtful perspective on the politics and people impacting federal criminal justice reform efforts:
[W]e need a stable bipartisan consensus to undo mass incarceration. In order to get there, we have to break this logjam that existed under President Barack Obama and in Congress. When we had Obama in the White House and [former U.S. Attorneys] Eric Holder and Loretta Lynch in the Department of Justice, we had a pretty robust bill that I fought tooth and nail to try to get passed. It had sentencing reform, prison reform, and every other kind of reform in there. In the fall of 2016, a bunch of people said, "Well, let's not pass this right now. The Democrats are going to have an epic victory. We'll have Hillary Clinton, more Democrats, and we can get an even better bill." You see what happened. The lesson I learned from that was take the reform you can get when you can get it and keep going....
[Debates over which bill to support] became more of a split between some of the inside-the-Beltway organizations that have a particular worldview that is important, versus a lot of the grassroots groups who are really dealing on a daily basis with incarcerated people looking at the actual content of the bill. There were black people and white people on all sides of that. So as somebody who has been frontline 25 years on criminal justice, you would want people to give you the benefit of the doubt. But if folks choose not to, that's just called democracy.
I get outraged when people like Topeka Sam, an African American woman who was incarcerated, brings a dozen formerly incarcerated women to the White House to advocate for reform and is attacked. I get outraged when Shaka Senghor, who did 19 years in prison and almost 10 years in solitary confinement, speaks up for the bill and gets attacked. On Facebook they were called sellouts, Uncle Toms. I don't think it's appropriate when formerly incarcerated African Americans are vilified this way....
Where is this strong bipartisan coalition for sentencing reform [that some claim exists]? I know that they were able to get the Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act out of committee in judiciary, which is good on the Senate side, but there is zero chance that that bill is going to be brought for a vote by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell in its present form, and there's not even a strategy to get McConnell to check it out, that I can tell. A lot of the Republicans do want sentencing reform, but they can't start there with a critical mass of their other colleagues.
I think that because this is one of the very few areas of bipartisan agreement, there will be multiple opportunities to come back again on criminal justice reform and to make progress.... I would love to see sentencing reform. Fought for it my whole life. Fought for it before it was popular. I just didn't understand why some people in the Senate want us to try to carry a camel through a keyhole in the House. If they have the votes to get sentencing reform in the Senate, God bless them. We couldn't find those votes in the House. We had to carry through the House what we could carry through the House. Nobody would be happier than me to see sentencing reform taken up by either chamber. But we had to get through the House what we could get through the House.
Here's the irony: If sentencing reform does now get taken up, or it's introduced as a part of the First Step Act, or there's some amalgamation between the two and something does get passed with sentencing reform in it, it will only get passed because we got something more modest through the House first.
Some of many prior related posts:
House Judiciary Committee approves FIRST STEP Act by a vote of 25-5 after lots of discussion of amendments
FIRST STEP Act passes US House of Representatives by vote of 360-59(!), but its fate in Senate remains uncertain
Interesting new US Sentencing Commission analysis of possible impact of Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act of 2017
On eve of House Committee consideration, distinct advice from criminal justice reform groups on latest federal prison reform proposal
Five prominent congressional Democrats write in opposition to federal statutory prison reform without broader sentencing reform
The latest political back and forth, on both sides of the aisle, as federal prison reform efforts gain momentum
Prez Trump pledges to sign prison reform that will be "best in the world"
On eve of planned House vote on FIRST STEP Act, NY Times editorial misguidedly asserts a "partial bill could end up being worse than nothing"
An (encouraging?) update on the state of federal criminal justice reform in US Senate
Disconcerting update on Senate's (lack of) progress on federal statutory criminal justice reforms
Large group of former prisoners urge Senate leaders to move forward with FIRST STEP Act
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In this conversation, we explore the business culture exposed creatives, the shortcomings of our design education system, and how Brooklyn is becoming the home for creative thought.
Check out Douglas's book, Creative Strategy and the Business of Design, now available where fine books are sold.
Douglas joins Prescott at his home-studio in Brooklyn. Douglas too is a Brooklyn resident and former neighbour.
Apple's invested in design and beat Sony. Sony did that previously to beat Panasonic.
Consider how you "Frame" your solution. Often that's the point of differentiation.
Start with the story, then teach the lesson. This helps you write chapters in a book, for example.
Keep a desktop folder called "desktop dump" where pretty much everything goes.
Byran Orr is a business owner & podcaster in Florida.


How to set the height and width of the usercontrol registered as toolwindow using Prism Integration.
How to set the height and width of the usercontrol during run time which is registered as the toolwindow inside the docksite with the help of the Docking with PrismIntegration.
Forexample :Consider i have one Usercontrol named Usercontrol1 and a main shell named Shell. As i run the application i am registering the usercontrol Usercontrol1 as the toolwindow with the help of the PrismIntegration so that i can dock the usercontrol.But the problem that i am facing is like my usercontrol Usercontrol1 is covering very large area of the main shell named Shell.So i want to fix the height and width of the usercontrol after registering it as the toolwindow inside the main shell named Shell.
You would need to call DockSite.SetControlSize(toolWindow, new Size(150, 150)) on your ToolWindow before opening it. In our Prism example, this would need to be done in the IDockingWindowInitializer.Initialize method of the associated view model.
From the function Docksite.SetControlSize(toolWindow, new Size(150, 150)) used in the Initialize function of the IDockingWindowInitializer,I am not able to set the height of the usercontrol which is registered as the toolwindow in the main shell with the help of the PrismIntegration with docking.I can set only width of the usercontrol from the above function in the main shell.
/// Initializes the specified docking window with any associated metadata.
Keep in mind, that the ToolWindow will only use the specified Width when docked on the left/right sides, and will only use the specified Height when docked on the top/bottom sides.


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Bandar Jaya is een bestuurslaag in het regentschap Musi Banyuasin van de provincie Zuid-Sumatra, Indonesië. Bandar Jaya telt 3339 inwoners (volkstelling 2010).

Plaats in Zuid-Sumatra

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Julia works with leaders and top management teams as trainer, coach and strategic consultant. She deals with emotional management, conflicts, negotiations, difficult situations.
Julia actively uses creative projective approaches in her work. The industrial focus is on Pharmaceuticals and Medicine, Media and Advertising etc.
Julia stuied in Berkeley Executive Couching Institute (Leader as coach, Authentic leadership), ICC Team Coaching, Hogan; MBTI; Dynamic Facilitation, MBA (AIBEC), Psychodrama in business, coaching and training.
She is a career consulting lecturer at State University – Higher School of Economics.


Louisiana Petrified Palmwood was designated Louisiana's state fossil in 1976. Petrified Palmwood is often thought to be the most beautiful of all fossils. It's said to be a stone of success and practicality, known to invoke tranquility, the calming of fears and the acceptance of the present.


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Where's Daredevil?: A brief investigation
Photo: Michael Stewart (Getty Images)
Netflix is still keeping the season-three premiere date for Marvel's Daredevil under wraps, but social media and the release of Iron Fist season two have yielded some clues on the whereabouts of the Devil Of Hell's Kitchen (Charlie Cox).
First, there's this cheeky little video posted by Marvel Entertainment, which features a missing-persons flyer with Matt Murdock's face.
Now, if you watched Marvel's Defenders until the very end, then you already know that Matt is alive and in the care of nuns, specifically one named Maggie. But when he thought he was facing certain death, he urged Danny Rand (Finn Jones) to take over as guardian of New York City, a responsibility the Iron Fist takes seriously (but still messes up anyway) in the new season. Danny gets considerable help from Colleen (Jessica Henwick) and Misty (Simone Missick), but a post-credits scene also teases the return of Daredevil.
"I'd rather die as the Devil than live as Matt Murdock," he says as we fade to black (which doesn't take long, given how dark the scene is). Combined, these two clips are really pushing the notion that Matt's ideals will be sidelined by a much more cynical Daredevil, who notes in the video above that only darkness can combat darkness. We'll see how things play out in season three, which is rumored to premiere later this year.
Daredevil's season finale refuses to fix the show's myriad problems
Daredevil's brutal second season puts superheroes on trial
In its season finale, The Defenders brings down the house (of the Hand)


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Jean-Dominique Cassini, greve Cassini de Thury, född 30 juni 1748 och död 18 oktober 1845, var en fransk astronom, son till César-François Cassini de Thury.

Cassini blev direktör för Parisobservatoriet efter faderns död. Han fortsatte och avslutade 1793 dennes karta över Frankrike och utgav Mémoires pour servir à l'historie des sciences et á cellle de l'obervatoire royal (1810), där bland annat de 4 astronomerna Cassinis levnadsöden närmare skildras.

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Franska astronomer under 1700-talet
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These days, jazz is percolating in London, where, in the music of the Portico Quartet, it's invigorated by the beats of the clubs, by the dissonance of contemporary classical and the noises of ambient and electro-acoustic music, and even by the use of a new instrument, the Hang, a sort of drum recently invented in Switzerland – and the music is a heady brew. Whether these four – Jack Wyllie (saxophone), Duncan Bellamy (drums), Milo Fitzpatrick (double bass), and Keir Vine (Hang and percussion) – are aiming to sweep audiences off their feet or intending with their aural land- and seascapes to foster a more meditative mood, they succeed admirably. Especially memorable are the acoustic ὁμοιώσεις in passages that are pervaded by spaces or places (just listen to their number "Ruins") with a degree of specificity that makes one think (pardon the comparison) of what John Coltrane does, in "On Green Dolphin Street" or "Blue Train" for example.
This band is part of a nexus in London comprising several other musicians and singers, such as Cornelia – who adds her vocals to one of the numbers in the playlist – or the Circle Traps, which has remixed some of its numbers, and perhaps even including the enigmatic DJ known as SBTRKT, who has done the same. On Portico Quartet's Soundcloud page a number of these remixes have been uploaded – they've got them covered.


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Cycle of Violence: Liam Neeson Is on a (Slow) Tear Again in "Run All Night"
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Run All Night (Jaume Collet-Serra, 2015)
When will Liam Neeson stop running? Since Taken, in 2008, he's made a series of movies (including two Taken sequels) in which he plays a flawed man with killer skills who always rises to the occasion when duty (usually familial) calls. The man who once gave us Oskar Schindler has now become such a pop-cultural icon that he has become a parody of himself. I hope the money is good. Sure, many of these films are entertaining, but they're getting old along with Neeson, who just recently announced that he'll stop making them in about two years. Finally! That's a good thing, because if Run All Night is any guide, there's not much left to do with the genre (other than to not do it well).
Made by a man who has twice previously put Neeson through his paces – in Unknown and Non-Stop – Run All Night features Neeson as a New York Irish gangster in the employ of Ed Harris (Snowpiercer). An alcoholic wreck, Neeson's Jimmy Conlon is haunted by the memory of the men he has killed over the years, and wracked by guilt over his neglect of his family. He has an adult son – played by Joel Kinnaman (who has to start making better movie choices) – who now avoids all contact. But this being a tight-knit movie world, that son eventually runs head-on into Ed Harris's boy – played by Boyd Holbrook (terrific in Little Accidents, but wasted here) – bad things happen, and suddenly the two Conlon men must learn to get along in order to survive. It takes a long time getting to the action (which is why we watch these kinds of films in the first place) – indeed, "Jog All Night" might be a better title, or perhaps "Taken It Slow" – and the backstory we sit through beforehand is a bit of a slog, but once the violence (sort of) erupts, there are some decent thrills. Until there aren't.
Among those thrills is a pretty nifty car chase involving crooked cops that raised my adrenaline to a satisfying level and a few other sequences that, to be honest, are rapidly fading from my memory. What isn't vanishing so quickly is my slight queasiness over the movie's odd (but normal, by Hollywood standards) racial politics. Or maybe "politics" is the wrong word. The film simply shows the same neglect towards people of color as Jimmy has shown towards his son all these years. They're mostly convenient props, and you need them around (maybe), but treating them like real characters isn't necessary. Common (excuse me, Oscar-winner Common) shows up as a lethal hit man, and then there's the fatherless African-American boy – "Legs," played by Aubrey Joseph (Fading Gigolo) – mentored by Conlon, Jr. There's also a building-full of screaming low-income residents who find themselves under siege when the Conlons hide out in their apartments. Fun stuff. And those are three-dimensional characterizations compared to the film's women (who? what? where?). Again, nothing new (and after all, I really just want more car chases).
If director Jaume Collet-Serra and writer Brad Ingelsby (Out of the Furnace) had simply accepted the terms of the genre and given us the high-octane thrills we crave minus the pseudo-operatics they feel a need to throw in upon occasion, then the film might have worked as a low-rent Taken (already cheap enough). As it is, it's too often soggy when it should be firm, too often meandering when it should be brisk. We do not need to see the mother (with whom we have barely spent screen time) of a recently deceased character collapse in the arms of her husband. What we need is a little less conversation (unless it's good non-expositional talk, which it never is), and a little more action please (thank you, Elvis!).
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ADL: 24% of French harbor anti-Semitic attitudes
Levels of anti-Semitism up in 9 out of 10 European countries, poll shows; nearly half those polled believe Jews more loyal to Israel.
By ELIEZER SHERMAN
Published: MARCH 20, 2012 22:25
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Nearly a quarter of French citizens still show anti-Semitic attitudes, the Anti-Defamation League revealed in a new poll published on Tuesday.
The findings were released a day after the brutal murder of three children and a rabbi in front of a Jewish school in Toulouse, France.
According to the poll, "the overall level of anti-Semitism increased to 24 percent of the population, an increase from 20% in a previous ADL poll conducted in 2009."
In addition, 45% of respondents said violence against European Jews was based on "anti-Jewish feelings," rather than anti-Israeli sentiment, an increase from 39% in 2009.
ADL executive director Abraham H. Foxman commented on the findings, saying that "Those increases are all the more disturbing in light of the shooting attack at the Jewish school in Toulouse."
The results were part of a larger study on anti-Semitism in Europe, which included nine other countries: Austria, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Spain Italy, the Netherlands, Norway and the United Kingdom.
Respondents in those ten countries where asked to identify whether or not they subscribed to certain statements labeled by ADL as "classical" anti-Semitism. Those questions included whether respondents felt Jews were more loyal to Israel than their home European country, whether Jews have too much power in the business world or international markets and whether Jews discuss the Holocaust too often.
Nine out of ten countries showed increases in anti-Semitic attitudes, according to the poll.
The most anti-Semitic country was Hungary, the ADL found, with 63% of the population expressing anti-Semitic sentiments as compared with 47% in 2009.
Spain also showed high marks, with over half the population (53%) harboring "deep-seated anti-Semitic attitudes." Poland hovered at 48%, the same as in 2009.
The UK and Germany showed the lowest levels of anti-Semitism, at 17% and 21%, respectively.
The question that resonated the most in all countries was whether European Jews were more loyal to their European home state or Israel. In none of the 10 countries did less than 45% of respondents believe Jews were more loyal to their European country, with as many as 72% in Spain and 61% in Poland and Italy questioning Jewish allegiance.


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Herb gminy Łyse – jeden z symboli gminy Łyse, ustanowiony 20 października 2021. Jego autorem jest heraldyk Robert Szydlik.

Wygląd i symbolika
Herb przedstawia na tarczy koloru zielonego w centralnej części srebrno-złotą palmę wielkanocną, a po jej obu bokach dwa srebrne świerki. Palma nawiązuje do lokalnej tradycji palm kurpiowskich (w siedzibie gminy rokrocznie organizowany jest konkurs na najpiękniejszą), natomiast świerki i kolor tarczy symbolizują Puszczę Zieloną (Kurpiowską).

Projekt herbu został pozytywnie zaopiniowany przez Komisję Heraldyczną przy MSWiA.

Przypisy

Linki zewnętrzne
 Studium historyczno-heraldyczne

Łyse (gmina)
Herby gmin województwa mazowieckiego


Mobile gambling, already a $468 million industry (2004) is projected to achieve revenues of over $2 billion in 2005 as part of a steady growth pattern mirroring the growth of online gambling. However, it is lotteries that are making the industry the lion's share of the revenue. "Governments are generally less censorious about lotteries than other forms of gambling, with the result that mobile lotteries are likely to become established fairly quickly in a greater number of markets," observed Dr. Windsor Holden, author of the report. "Given the ubiquity of the lottery culture, it will only require a very small percentage of players to buy their tickets via the mobile handset for the resulting global revenues to run into billions of dollars".
These figures could however all be up for revision, should the existing regulations binding casinos and betting services be altered in the near future. "These forecasts are based on the premise that a number of countries – most notably the US and China – will remain strongly opposed to the introduction of most mobile gambling services in the short and medium term. Should this situation change, then quite clearly the figures would be revised upwards to reflect this", added Holden.
Current predictions therefore show the Asia-Pacific region to be the largest contributor to total gross revenues by 2009, accounting for 39%, followed by Europe (37%), and North America (15%).


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Q: Difference between 'same' and 'eq' in EasyMock Is there a significant(or even any) difference between 'same' and 'eq' in EasyMock?

A: same checks if both objects are actually the same instance (reference equality). eq calls equals and therefore checks if both have the same value (value equality).
Keep in mind that the default equals implementation uses == internally, and therefore eq will do the same as sameif you're using classes that do not have a proper equals override.
But still, it's better to state your intent by using same for reference equality and eq for value equality. It might also help you finding bugs (i.e. finding that you forgot to override equals).

A: same uses == and equals uses .equals()

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After having had for over 10 years the various Summercamps in Europe we finally decided to have a Wintercamp in the East. The first edition will be in the land of Muay Thai, Thailand. The five day training will be from Monday Februari the 11th till Friday the 15th of Februari. The place to be is Jomtien Beach (which is South Pattaya) We as leading Instructors have booked our rooms at Hotel D Varee Jomtien Beach. It is a very nice High class Hotel for very reasonable prices.
We would prefer all participants to book the same Hotel but we do understand if participants want to make their own arrangements.
The training will be how ever in the Hotel area or very nearby.
Sifu Martin Brogaard from Denmark, Sifu Kleber Battaglia from Italy (by way of Shanghai where he resides and teaches) and Sifu Benno Wai from the Netherlands.
Together they will teach in various areas of the Martial Arts (not only Practical Wing Chun but also in the art of Nei Gong, Knife fighting and Ground fighting / BJJ) to help the participants in their respective skill enhancement. As a special treat there will be classes on BCD & Long Pole training.
The training will be five hours a day, with small breaks in between.
The definite schedule will be up in the near future.
Equipment needed: Punching gloves, Shin protection and when desired a mouth protector.


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To the outside eye, the funding process for social change projects must resemble the job of a used car salesperson. While not cars on a lot, the communities with which we work have defined a whole spectrum of initiatives that would help them to solve their most pressing problems, and these projects often range in scope, theme, and purpose. Within certain limitations (and effective NGOs know what those are), the donor can drive the conversation because it is highly likely that their interests can be met with an initiative.
Perhaps this funding structure is one way that social change projects set themselves apart from traditional "transactional" NGOs focused on delivering one service or product (i.e. micro-loans, mosquito nets, technology). (I have written about transactional vs. transformational "development" here.) If you consider society as a vibrant, hand-woven piece of fabric, each element of a society—its politics and power structure, economics, geography, culture, class and race dynamics, gender roles, etc. – are woven together into a resilient textile. Effective social change means more than just pulling out one of these strands, but rather reorganizing the layout of color so that an entirely different textile results. The only way to permanently end poverty is to change the society that allows it to persist.
The needs of small social change organizations and the interests of funders are moving farther and farther apart, perhaps jeopardizing exactly the social change that we hope will decrease global poverty rates.
The Collaborative Learning Project based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, has been a leader in promoting dialogue with recipients of aid around the world. Their "Listening Project" engaged nearly 6,000 people in discussions about issues that local people believe need to be addressed to make aid more effective.
If you think about the ubiquitous "logic model" tool, our culture can be defined as strongly focused on linear relationships and clear outcomes. We tend to believe that one shift in a poor society's culture can lead to a domino effect of change. (The Asian Development Bank published an interesting article about "complexity theory" within development, urging practitioners to reconsider "command and control" approaches to poverty alleviation.) As funders become increasingly concerned about evaluation, it is easier to measure the effect of one change rather than measuring change caused by a whole range of variables shifting through multi-dimensional social change work. Projectitis, however, is getting in the way of local leaders receiving the general operating support that they need for their holistic, interconnected approaches to poverty alleviation. It is increasing their reliance on outside partners who can manage of all this, not giving them more ownership and sense of control.
Most NGO leaders were hopeful that the onslaught of social media tools would help them to reach new audiences and expand their funding base. The first half of this has certainly happened. Facebook, Twitter, etc. have allowed NGOs to create followings of people around the world, extending our communities to people beyond our direct vicinity. On the funding side, however, The Chronicle of Philanthropy reports that most non-profits have reported very little money raised through social media. I have been repeatedly stumped by the anemic results of Facebook Cause campaigns conducted by different small non-profits with which I have worked.
Social media tools have led to projectitis on steroids with new sites launched weekly to help connect projects with people able to support them. Web Advantage recently posted links to 30+ social media sites that promote "social giving." I was elated to find such a comprehensive list of virtual venues on which to post my basket of important initiatives. The problem? Most invite us to use members within our existing community to promote projects to their social networks. (We were already doing that.) Some of them cost money to join, a risky investment for small NGOs just finding their way with social giving. And managing these on-line micro-solicitations for funding adds another whole layer of administration on small NGOs. It seems like the old rules of relationship-building still apply within this new virtual world.
I was talking this week with the development officer of a leading local mid-size non-profit, and she noted that she recently realized that she was not managing a single general operating grant. With the exception of a small percentage of funds coming from individuals, all of her funding was for defined projects. This reality leaves little leverage for exciting initiatives that come at the margins of these projects. Non-profits in general have less and less leeway to be nimble in response to changing conditions, as well as a decreasing ability to invest in organizational capacity building, holistic evaluation of their work, and cross-thematic initiatives.
It is hard to fundamentally change a hand-woven textile if you can only reweave a few of the strands.
Slide 2: Projectizing social change work. The challenge is to fill in the gaps between projects.
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This poem was written during the days of militant union action which brought about the death knell of trade union power. The City of Liverpool particularly suffered from trade union militancy which, in the end, maintained the Conservative party in power for another term.
We wish that he would go there.
He's just a commie tool!
Although he acts as a bit of a yob.
Who's got the principal job?
Since the day that he was born.
He and Kinnock are at daggers drawn!
Are not likely to cause Labour mirth.
To send Labour's dreams up in smoke!
For Labour it may be too late.
By the use of his militant fist.
It's the Conservatives who have scored!
Declares a big Tory holiday!
The opposition are saying, with glee.
If the Labour party gains victory!
To make Labour's message edible.
It's regarded as nigh on incredible.
He'll iron out the 'reds'.
That we'll sleep soundly in our beds!
Is as wide as the river Mersey?
Inside his team's red jersey?
Has increased it, to four!
I'm told he believes it.
In fact he's just proved it.
Providing each other with a suitable job.
He says it's OK, not a crime!
He gets full pay for working half time!
He swans about in his chauffeur driven car.
And keeps it on call, half the night.
When his boss suggested it was time for him to go.
He got into a hell of a political fight!
He is treated in this extravagant way.
Giving him considerable cause for dismay!
He's not quite the hero, his fans would have you believe.
He's manouvered, to meet his own ends.
This enquiry should place him in such watery depths.
That he'll suffer from the political 'bends'.
And they're using far too few cooks.
To keep an eye on the books!
And stick your head in the sand.
Whilst acting as if you're half canned!
Of a great city's story?
To decide that their industry's.
They were not to blame.
There's no doubt that the lads used to scrounge.
They finished up in some docker's lounge!
Blow this for a neat game of cricket!
You're too good at going on strike!
I'm taking my industrial ball back.
So you can get on your bike!
Or that, in the past, they never had cause.
By taking the odd industrial pause.
To return to the plough and the till.
You might wish that you were back there still!
To the 'Pools' rank and file.
And forsake the eight hour lunch.
By the world, not forgetting his wife!
Cilla, Tarbuck and especially the Beetles.
So much talent in every acre.
For the use of his pacemaker!
So you'd better get on the phone!
That the lot of them have been suspended.
Thank goodness for that, it was well beyond time.
That this farcical situation was ended.
What does this portend, on the national front?
What do the people feel?
Well the situation is within your grasp.
Choose a man like David Steel!
He may have to come in a package.
But that's not necessarily a sin.
Alliance is better that dis-unity.
So why not invite him in?


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On the rapid computation of various polylogarithmic constants
Authors: David Bailey, Peter Borwein and Simon Plouffe
Journal: Math. Comp. 66 (1997), 903-913
MSC (1991): Primary 11A05, 11Y16, 68Q25
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0025-5718-97-00856-9
MathSciNet review: 1415794
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Abstract: We give algorithms for the computation of the -th digit of certain transcendental numbers in various bases. These algorithms can be easily implemented (multiple precision arithmetic is not needed), require virtually no memory, and feature run times that scale nearly linearly with the order of the digit desired. They make it feasible to compute, for example, the billionth binary digit of or on a modest work station in a few hours run time. We demonstrate this technique by computing the ten billionth hexadecimal digit of , the billionth hexadecimal digits of and , and the ten billionth decimal digit of . These calculations rest on the observation that very special types of identities exist for certain numbers like , , and . These are essentially polylogarithmic ladders in an integer base. A number of these identities that we derive in this work appear to be new, for example the critical identity for :
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Affiliation: NASA Ames Research Center, Mail Stop T27A-1, Moffett Field, California 94035-1000
Email: dbailey@nas.nasa.gov
Peter Borwein
Affiliation: Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C., Canada V5A 1S6
Email: pborwein@cecm.sfu.ca
Simon Plouffe
Email: plouffe@cecm.sfu.ca
Keywords: Computation, digits, log, polylogarithms, SC, $\pi $, algorithm
Received by editor(s): October 11, 1995
Received by editor(s) in revised form: February 16, 1996
Additional Notes: Research of the second author was supported in part by NSERC of Canada.
Article copyright: © Copyright 1997 American Mathematical Society
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So Now That Ivanka Is White House Official, What Does It Actually Matter?
Seventy-two days into the Trump presidency, Ivanka's role in the administration has already pivoted three times. At first, the plan was to resettle her family in D.C. while also advocating for women in some yet-to-be-named capacity. Then, last week, news broke that she was setting up shop in the West Wing as her father's unofficial adviser. When that raised ethical concerns, Ivanka did a very un-Trumpian thing and decided to take the criticisms seriously. So, as of this week, there's another change in programming: She'll serve as an official adviser, bound to the same rules and consequences as any other federal employee.
If you're wondering what Ivanka is going to do with all this newfound officiality, supposedly, we'll find out soon enough. But another question that's worth considering: Does the role that Ivanka plays in the White House really matter at all, until she actually accomplishes something notable?
I'm not suggesting that ethics or experience, among other things, don't matter — of course they do, and under any other administration, unproven mettle and opacity in those zones might well have barred a candidate from becoming an official member of the president's inner circle. But, at least for now, the rules have changed; Donald Trump doesn't seem even vaguely concerned about being accused of nepotism or typecasting his administration by race, gender, and ethnicity. The fact that he's so quick to insert his daughter — who, like other key members of his staff, has zero government background — is the opposite of surprising. While Trump's willingness to promote his own child over a person who might actually know what they're doing is frightening, we have a long list of things to be freaked out about (see: Russia, healthcare, Bannon, nuclear war), and Ivanka in the West Wing is low on the totem pole.
Because the thing is, all else aside, her day-to-day presence in the White House will probably have a net positive effect over the next four years. Sincere or not, she seems to be the only person at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue talking about women in an administration that has the lowest number of them since Ronald Reagan. And since Trump clearly can't be trusted to play nice with female world leaders (really, he can't shake Angela Merkel's hand?) at least Ivanka will be around to pick up that slack.
Trump has also said that his daughter will serve as his "eyes and ears" on the ground (he did not say that she would be his stand-in for nights out with Justin Trudeau going forward, but it doesn't seem beyond the realm of possibility). She may wind up acting as his moral compass, too: Ivanka is "always pushing me to do the right thing," Trump has tweeted in the past — the implication being that, without her, he might not feel so inclined. So if she can bend his ear before he picks a Twitter fight with Kim Jong-un? Officially, it's going to be a plus to have her around.
If she manages to temper her dad and also incept some of her policy opinions into his brain in the months to come: great. But let's not starting hailing Ivanka as a champion of the people yet — lest we forget, she has a long way to go before she's truly earned our trust and esteem.
She hasn't managed to edge her dad to go the paid family leave route for even federal employees — something that, technically, he could have done via executive order; and all that's come from the wage gap talking points that dominated Ivanka's RNC speech so far have been stray, vague promises in Trump's late February congressional address. She doesn't seem to have been able to persuade him on the subject of climate change, either: Right after she set up a meeting between her father and Al Gore, Trump wound up appointing Scott Pruitt — a well-known climate change denialist — to run the Environmental Protection Agency. In fact — save for rumors that she and husband Jared Kushner are shaping LGBT policy behind-the-scenes — we haven't seen Ivanka weigh in on her father's agenda and pull off a win.
Until she does, her new official role seems more like a glorified babysitting gig than it does a platform for shaping policy. She may have built a fine reputation and impressive CV in the private sector — though it's worth remembering that even while she has proven herself to be notably down-to-earth and hardworking, her success is built on the back of 1% wealth and a family empire, which gave her an obvious edge. Right now, the only thing we really know about Ivanka is this: She's inherited the family talent for personal marketing, casting herself as a representative for women and families, the Trump heir in whom it seems most plausible to place our fractured faith.
But good marketing doesn't always translate into a great product, and we're about to find out what's beneath her carefully cultivated persona. Before this moment, Ivanka was trying to have it all: influence without culpability for the consequences of her actions. It was possible for her to go skiing while Republicans were trying to relieve 24 million Americans of their health insurance; she could get away with not commenting on the defunding of Planned Parenthood, the immigration ban, or transgender bathroom bills. Now, her government role comes with actual responsibilities and a paper trail along with them. Hunkered down a stone's throw from the Oval Office, it's time for Ivanka to be accountable for the job she's been handed. Okay, Ms. Trump: You've got our attention. Now it's time to prove that you deserve it.


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Q: Can we run a .ipynb file in python shell after converting it as .py file I am trying to run a .ipynb after converting it to .py file(in jupyter notebook i downloaded it as text file and changed its extension to .py). Not when I execute command
>>python my_file.py

It gives me this error
    Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "Untitled2.py", line 1, in <module>
    import nltk
  File "C:\Users\hp\AppData\Local\python2\lib\site-packages\nltk\__init__.py", line 128, in <module>
    from nltk.collocations import *
  File "C:\Users\hp\AppData\Local\python2\lib\site-packages\nltk\collocations.py", line 35, in <module>
    from nltk.probability import FreqDist
  File "C:\Users\hp\AppData\Local\python2\lib\site-packages\nltk\probability.py", line 333
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I don't have much python experience. Please pardon me if this question is out of context.

A: If you want to convert .ipynb to .py just open File -> Download as -> Python(.py) from Jupyter Notebook. Then you can run it in python as long as your python code in jupyter is correct and you run from same environment.
Have you install nltk module in your machine? if haven't you can install it with pip install nltk


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Home Columns Sen. Aquilino Q. Pimentel, Jr. Arming of Judges Shows How Bad Law and Order in RP Is – Senator Pimentel
Arming of Judges Shows How Bad Law and Order in RP Is – Senator Pimentel
Columns	- This Week With Nene Pimentel
Senate Minority Leader Aquilino "Nene" Q. Pimentel, Jr. (PDP-Laban) today said the arming of justices and judges to protect themselves against hired guns shows how badly law and order has deteriorated in the country.
Senator Pimentel expressed grave concern that even justices and judges of the courts, upon whom victims of crimes and violence rely in their quest for justice, are fair game in a society plagued by extra-judicial killings and seemingly helpless against attacks by criminal elements.
The arming of judges, he said, creates a scenario reminiscent of the "Wild West", during the "modernization of western America, where the fastest gunslinger was king."
"It's the duty of government to protect its people, including judges from criminals," he said.
"It's a sad indictment of the law-and-order situation that a judge must buy guns to protect themselves. While the judges can borrow money to buy guns, how about the poor who can ill afford to buy a kilo of rice for their families? How will they protect themselves from the criminals?" he asked
At least 15 judges of inferior courts have been slain by assassins since 1999.
According to reports, the first batch of 200 judges and justices can procure their own guns through a loan from a P10 million fund initially made available by the Supreme Court for the purpose.
The decision to arm the officials of the courts was a preventive measure taken by the judicial authorities in the wake reports that a number of judges have received death threats.
At least 15 judges of inferior courts have been slain by assassins since 1999. The latest victim was Calbayog City Regional Trial Court Judge Roberto Natividad, who was gunned down last January.
Senator Pimentel observed that court trial rooms and halls of justice are poorly secured, making the judges and litigants vulnerable to the threat of physical harm from lawless elements and other people who have an axe to grind against them.
In a recent incident, former Mayor Rey Yap of Sapang Dalaga, Misamis Occidental, was killed after being peppered with bullets by a gunman who was able to enter the court room at the Manila City Hall during the trial of a murder case.
"The government's lukewarm attention in solving cases of extra-judicial killings solved has only emboldened the assassins and the death squads in carrying out their evil profession," Mr. Pimentel said.
Senator Pimentel said the problem would not have gone this far had the Arroyo government not fallen short in the tasks of solving the spate of extra-judicial killings, especially in seeing to it that the perpetrators are sent to jail.
The biggest number of victims of summary executions consists of leftist activists and there is ample evidence that most of them have been perpetrated by soldiers and policemen as part of the counter-insurgency campaign.
On the other hand, the killings of journalists, lawyers, justices and judges, auditors and other public officials have been mostly perpetrated by mercenary killers.
Senator Pimentel decried the government's inept handling of the prosecution of suspects in the extrajudicial killings of political activists. In fact, he said there has been no conviction of military officers and men accused in these cases despite the designation of 99 Regional Trial Courts as special courts to try this type of crimes.
He said witnesses are scared of coming forward to testify against the culprits because of lack of protection from the government and the perception that high-ranking military and police officials are coddling the suspects.
"Undoubtedly, the government's lukewarm attention in having the cases of extra-judicial killings solved has only emboldened the assassins and the death squads in carrying out their evil profession," he said.
Contrary to the loud pronouncements of security and intelligence authorities, Senator Pimentel said there have been no honest-to-goodness efforts to track down and break up these gun-for-hire syndicates. # # #
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The AU's Role in Brokering Sudan Deal Offers Lessons for the Future
The Chairman of Sudan's transitional council, Lt. Gen. Abdel Fattah Abdelrahman Burhan, speaks during the power sharing agreement ceremony. Morwan Ali/EPA
The African Union (AU) came into existence after a restructuring of its predecessor – the Organisation of African Unity (OAU). It was created to build an integrated, prosperous and peaceful continent.
While the AU has a clear mandate to deepen the process of economic and political integration on the continent, its predecessor was run on the principle of non-interference in the internal affairs of member states. This lessened its ability to resolve member states' internal disputes.
However, the OAU did originate some of the standards that are at the foundation of the AU's conflict resolution approach. One such standard is contained in the Lome Declaration which criminalises unconstitutional changes of government.
The AU now has a wider legal mandate for internal conflict resolution than its predecessor. This mandate is set out in its Constitutive Act and in its Peace and Security Council Protocol. But, the implementation of this mandate is still a work in progress.
But the AU has in recent days been rightly praised for using its regional laws to broker an agreement between the Sudanese military and the country's civilian movement. The agreement comes after months of conflict that followed the ouster of Sudan's despotic ruler Omar al-Bashir.
After al-Bashir was deposed, the military attempted to assume leadership of the country. It attacked protesters who were demanding that authority be transferred to a civilian administration. The attacks led to deaths and injuries.
The agreement, which was brokered with the help of Abiy Ahmed, the Ethiopian Prime minister, set out key conditions, including the following:
The establishment of a joint military and civilian sovereign council, which will govern the country for three years before elections are held.
Shared leadership of the council. A military leader will lead for 21 months followed by a civilian leader for 18 months.
A bill of rights and freedoms for all Sudanese citizens.
The AU's involvement has proven the usefulness of its regional laws in resolving internal disputes in member States. So how did it reach this point, and what lessons have been learned from its work in Sudan?
AU intervention
The military takeover that followed al-Bashir's removal from power amounted to an "unconstitutional change of government" which is prohibited by Article 4 of the AU's Constitutive Act.
This breach of regional law empowered Moussa Faki Mahamat, the chairperson of the AU Commission, to denounce the military's actions.
Following the official denouncement, the AU's Peace and Security Council adopted a decision stating that the actions of the Sudanese military amounted to an unconstitutional change of government. The Council is central to the AU's legal framework. It was set up to prevent, manage and resolve conflicts. Its April 2019 decision also reiterated the need for a civilian-led and consensual transition and demanded that the military hand over power within 15 days.
Failure to hand over power should have led to the automatic suspension of Sudan from the activities of the AU as provided by the Council's protocol. However, an extension of three months was subsequently agreed to allow for further negotiations.
In my view, the decision to grant the extension was problematic because it undermined the "automatic" nature of the suspension and allowed the military to continue attacks on civilians without repercussions. Due to lack of progress and escalating violence, the Council eventually suspended Sudan in June.
During the three-month notice period, the AU continued to engage with the key parties in the conflict. This happened even as the military continued attacks on protesters. Finally in July, the AU/Ethiopia mediation team convinced both parties to resume talks. This led to the signing of a constitutional declaration.
In the end, the AU's mediation was successful. But during the drawn out negotiations over a hundred people were killed and hundreds more injured. This begs the question: what could the AU have done differently?
While it is laudable that the AU's intervention in the Sudanese political crisis resulted in an agreement, there are lessons that should be learnt.
The most important lesson is regarding the implementation of the provision for suspension. The 15-day ultimatum that was originally given for the restoration of civilian rule is consistent with previous practice by the AU's Peace and Security Council.
The threat of imminent suspension could have incentivised the military to act more speedily towards a resolution within a shorter time frame. It could have prevented or reduced the violence that ensued in the following months.
In addition, the AU and its Council need to develop a concrete strategy for dealing with continuing violence in the course of negotiations. The Constitutive Act gives these bodies the power to directly intervene in member states where there is serious threat to legitimate order and a need to restore peace and stability. The means and method of implementation of this power is left to the AU under the law, but could include the deployment of peacekeeping forces.
I would argue that the Sudan crisis warranted direct intervention.
This is not to downplay the crucial role that the AU and the Council played in helping to resolve the Sudan political crisis. Indeed, the role played by the regional body underscores the importance of its legal order and institutions in conflict resolution in Africa.
Its success in this respect will instil confidence among member states. It will also bolster the AU's image as an effective and efficient organisation on the international stage.
Femi Amao, Senior Lecturer, University of Sussex
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New Delhi: Superstar Salman Khan has yet again introduced a fresh face to Bollywood.
The 52-year-old on Monday formally made an announcement about Pranutan – the granddaughter of the legendary Nutan and Mohnish Bahl's daughter. She will star opposite newcomer Zaheer Iqbal, whose debut was announced by Salman earlier this year.


This weekend Norwalk's storied Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum will open its grand Second Empire-style Victorian doors to an Antiques & Appraisals Weekend, inviting residents in and around Fairfield County to share their family heirlooms and attic treasures with some of the industry's most respected antiques appraisers. The Antiques Roadshow-esque event will also feature two lectures per day with noted experts in the Mansion's newly restored library, an Antiques and Collectibles Market, Vintage Car showcase (Sunday, weather permitting), Victorian Tea and Lunch. Appraisals, which include general admission, range in price from $10 for one item to $25 for three and are slated to take place from noon to 5 p.m. on Saturday, October 18 and Sunday, October 19. The Antiques and Collectibles Market exhibiting rugs, books, ceramics, dog memorabilia, fashion accessories, jewelry, artwork, small furniture and such decorative items as English needlework, sterling silver, bronze mirrors, hooked rugs, table linens, lamps, andirons, mantle clocks, and more, is open Saturday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday, 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. The Victorian Tea is Sunday, 2:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. The lecture admission price is $30.
Join the Norwalk Historical Society and Crystal Theatre for their annual Colonial Harvest Festival which commemorates the harvest festivals of old when neighbors would gather together to celebrate a successful harvest and to share a meal together. Chef Jehan de Noüe, resident chef of Albano Appliances, Pound Ridge, NY and former owner of Chez Noüe in Ridgefield will demonstrate traditional cooking techniques in the open hearth fireplace of the historic Governor Fitch Law Office. On the grounds, participants can sample Oyster Stew, a popular dish from Norwalk's past prepared over a fire in a large cast iron pot by Wyatt Whiteman of Fairfield. Another colonial chore, spinning, will be demonstrated by Amy McCoy of Danbury. Seatings will be at 11 a.m., 1 and 3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 18 and 1 and 3 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 19. Ticket prices are $15 for adult NHS members, and $20 for adult non-members. All children (12 under) tickets are $7. To make reservations, call 846-0525 or email NHS at info@norwalkhistoricalsociety.org.
Harvest Spooktacular, the Stamford Museum & Nature Center's signature fall family festival, returns 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 19. This year in addition to the Boo Barn is a hay bale maze for all ages and a pumpkin patch filled with pumpkins of all shapes and sizes. While enjoying the festivities, visitors can learn firsthand how the Heckscher Farm staff turn apples into cider and how wool from a sheep's coat gets spun into wool you can wear. Activities include a haunted hayride, a trip through the Boo Barn, a haybale maze, pumpkin picking, face-painting, live music, storytelling, children's crafts and more. Children who arrive in costume will receive a special prize and will be able to march in the annual costume parade. Admission is $5 for members; $10 for non-members. It will be held rain or shine. Stamford Museum & Nature Center is located at 39 Scofieldtown Road, Stamford. For more information, call 322-1646.
The New Canaan Nature Center's 39th Annual Fall Fair will be held 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 18 at New Canaan Nature Center, 144 Oenoke Ridge, New Canaan. This day of old-fashioned family fun features crafts, games, activities, fresh food and live music for the entire family. Activity and food tickets will be sold on-site. Visit www.NewCanaanNature.org or call 966-9577 for details.
On Sunday, Oct. 19, the Town of Westport's Arts Advisory Committee will honor seven Westport non-profit organizations for their significant contributions to our community's cultural life. The 15th Westport Arts Awards Celebration will be held in the Town Hall Auditorium at 2 p.m., and is free and open to the public. The ceremony will include a brief history of the 15-year old Westport Arts Awards, the live performance by the Staples Players of Medley: They're Singing Our Songs (written & directed by David Rogers) and the presentation of the Awards.
Christ and Holy Trinity Church, 55 Myrtle Ave., Westport. Sunday, Oct.19: The Tallis Scholars, described by the New York Times as "the rock stars of Renaissance vocal music"; 5 p.m.; $15-$50; complimentary reception will follow in the Parish Hall. Tickets may be purchased online at www.chtwestport.org/tickets, at the church office, or by calling 227-0827.
Downtown Cabaret Theatre, 263 Golden Hill St., Bridgeport. 576-1636. Oct. 18: "Brad Little Unmasked"; starring Brad Little with Barbara McCulloh; 6 and 9 p.m.; $45.
Fairfield Theatre Co., 70 Sanford St., Fairfield. 259-1036. Friday, Oct. 17: Tim Reynolds and TR3; 7 p.m.; $42, $32. Saturday Oc. 18: Tony Trischka's Double Bluegrass Banjo Spectacular; 7:30 p.m.; $32, $22. Sunday, Oct. 19: Jonatha Brooke and Glen Phillips; 7:30 p.m.; $42, $32.
Greater Bridgeport Symphony, Klein Auditorium, 910 Fairfield Ave., Bridgeport. 576-0263. Saturday, Oct. 18: "Triple Treat" featuring 17-year-old Anita Chen, performing a piano and violin concerto back-to-back on the second half of the program; 8 p.m.; a pre-concert program with a GBS string ensemble in the inner lobby of the Klein at 7 p.m.. $24-$58.
Palace Theatre, 61 Atlantic St., Stamford. 325-4466. Oct. 18-19: Stamford Symphony Orchestra presents "Beethoven's Majesty" with pianist Vladimir Feltsman; Schubert's Great Symphony, Beethoven's Coriolan Overture and Emperor Concerto.8 p.m. Saturday, 3 p.m. Sunday.
Regina A. Quick Center, Fairfield University, Fairfield. 254-4010. Friday, Oct. 17: Jazz Master McCoy Tyner and his quartet; 8 p.m.; $40, $45, $50.
Ridgefield Playhouse, 80 East Ridge Ave., Ridgefield. 438-5795. Oct. 17-18: Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes; 8 p.m.; $55.
St. Thomas the Apostle Parish, 203 East. Ave., Norwalk. Sunday, Oct. 19: Church Choir peformance featuring sacred, light operetta and patriotic music sung by the choir, plus popular classical piano selections performed by Music Director Marge Kelley; 2:30 p.m.; free.
Silvermine School of Music, 36 Comstock Hill Ave., Norwalk. 847-8106. Sunday, Oct. 19: The Silvermine Artists Series, under the sponsorship of Silvermine Series, Inc. will present prize-winning pianist Michael Hanson in "Rachmaninoff Fusion"; 4 p.m.
Stamford Symphony Orchestra, Steinway Piano Gallery of Westport, 501 Post Road East, Westport. 325-1407. Oct. 18-19: "Beethoven's Majesty" with pianist Vladimir Feltsman; Schubert's Great Symphony, Beethoven's Coriolan Overture and Emperor Concerto.8 p.m. Saturday, 3 p.m. Sunday at the Place Theatre. Behind the Baton pre-concert lecture takes place one hour before each program. Tickets $22-$65, $19 young adults (35 and younger), kids free on Sunday. Sunday, Oct. 19: Free "MusiKids" program for children age 6-12; at 1:45 p.m. Also Sundays: Mozart & Friends Recitals by musicians of the Stamford Symphony and friends take place at 4 p.m.
Wilton Library, 137 Old Ridgefield Road, Wilton. 762-3950. Saturday, Oct. 18: "A Concert for the Arctic"; internationally-acclaimed violinist Eugenia Choi and concert pianist Henry Wong Doe will perform classical music selections to help highlight the threat of global warming in the Arctic. A short visual presentation from a recent National Geographic expedition to Svalbard in the Norwegian high Arctic will be shown. Meet the artists at a reception following the performance; 7:30-9 p.m. Suggested donation $15 adults, $5 children; proceeds will benefit Clean Air-Cool Planet and Wilton Library's environmental collection. Reservations highly recommended.
Wilton Presbyterian Church, 48 New Canaan Road, Wilton. Oct. 19: Nine local congregations present a concert of combined jazz and gospel music featuring New York City-based pianist and composer Pete Malinverni, conducting and performing his work "Joyful! A Suite For Gospel Choir and Jazz Ensemble," based on the Old Testament Psalms of David. A reception for the performers and audience will follow the concert. $10 advance, $15 a the door. Call 438-7795.
Curtain Call, Sterling Farms Theatre Complex, 1349 Newfield Ave., Stamford. 461-6358, Ext. 35. Oct.17-Nov. 2: "Bell, Book and Candle," written by John Van Druten, directed by Frank Gaffney. Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m. sundays at 2 p.m. One Thursday performance at 8 p.m. Performances in The Dressing Room Theatre are presented with cabaret-style seating and a BYOEverything format. Tickets are $26 for adults, $18 for senior citizens and $13 for children.
Edgerton Center for the Performing Arts, Sacred Heart University, 5151 Park Ave., Fairfield. 374-2777. Sunday, Oct. 19: "Jack Klugman Live!"; 3 p.m.; $10.
Ridgefield Theater Barn, 37 Halpin Lane, Ridgefield. 431-9850. Tuesday, Oct. 21: "A Dangerous Man" by Mel Power, directed by Sherry Asch. Playreading in series of unproduced works by local authors. 7:30 pm; doors open at 7. Free. Refreshments served. For mature audiences; not suitable for children.
Westport Country Playhouse, 25 Powers Court, Westport. 227-4177. Monday, Oct. 20: "The Whore and Mr. Moore" by Michael Christofer as part of its "Funny Mondays," a cheerful playreading series with a cast of professional actors; 7 p.m. $15. Through Oct. 25: "Of Mice and Men," a classic drama by John Steinbeck; Tuesday-Saturday 8 p.m., Wednesday 2 p.m., Saturdays 4 p.m. and Sundays 3 p.m. $30-$65.
The Wilton Playshop will hold auditions for "A Christmas Story" at 5 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 19 at The Wilton Playshop, 15 Lover's Lane, Wilton. For audition questions, e-mail director Richard Mancini: orsonround@optonline.net.
Carriage Barn Arts Center, Waveny Park, New Canaan. Oct. 19- Dec. 14: "FISH," an exhibition featuring works by 15 artists from Connecticut and New York who have been inspired by the aesthetics, the experience, and the rich tradition and lore of fish and fishing. The show includes sculpture, assemblage, photography, printmaking, and painting. An opening reception will be held 4-6 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 19. The reception is free and open to the public. Gallery hours: Tuesday-Friday noon-4 p.m., Saturday-Sunday 1-5 p.m.
Rockwell Art Gallery, 9 Burtis Ave., New Canaan. 594-7177. Oct. 18-Dec. 31: "Beauty in Transition" by best-selling painter and printmaker Claudia Mengel, includes a selection of Mengel's monotypes and large-format abstract paintings. Opening reception: Saturday, October 18 from 6 to 8:30 p.m.
Silvermine Guild Arts Center, 1037 Silvermine Road, New Canaan. 966- 9700. Oct.19-Nov. 7: "Reflections: Contemporary Cuban Art / Reflexiones: Arte cubano contemporáneo"; an exhibition of 27-30 artists focuses and reflects on the contribution of Cubans to international contemporary art curated by Benjamin Ortiz. The public is welcomed to the opening reception from 2-4 p.m. Oct. 19.
22 Haviland Street Gallery, 22 Haviland St., South Norwalk. 852-6727. Oct. 16 - Nov. 9: "PRESENCE: 7 Gifted in Design"; group show of fine design in photographic books and photographic prints (including platinum/palladium) by Rod Cook, Alan Shulik, and Marjorie Wolfe, ceramics by Karen Ford and Trevor Youngberg, pure pigment prints and wearable art by Leslie Giuliani, hand-crafted clothing by Japanalia. Free reception Thursday, Oct 16, 6-9 p.m. Gallery hours: 6-9 p.m. Fridays , 1-5 p.m. Saturday-Sunday and by appointment.
Fairfield Theatre Co., 70 Sanford St., Fairfield. 259-1036. Oct. 17-18: BernierDance hosts the 4th annual "CT Meets NY Dance Fest"; features 17 modern dance choreographers and their professional companies; 8 p.m.; $20 general admission, $15 seniors/students and may be purchased at www.SmartTix.com.
Ferguson Library, One Public Library Plaza, Stamford. 964-1000. Saturday, Oct. 18: Bilingual production of "The Lazy Fox/El Zorro Perezoso." In celebration of Family Day in Connecticut and Hispanic Heritage Month.Ages 5 and up; 2 p.m.
Harry Bennett Branch Library, 115 Vine Road, Stamford. 351-8291. Friday, Oct. 17: "After-School Fun"; Celebrate Halloween early with spooky stories and crafts; costumes encouraged; grades K-3; 4:15 p.m. Registration required. Call 351-8294.
Hartford Children's Theatre, Carol Autorino Center for Arts and Humanities on the campus of Saint Joseph College in West Hartford. 860-249-7970. Through Oct. 19: "Bunnicula"; spooky (but not scary) story that comes complete with songs, dance, laughter, and, of course, a vampire bunny rabbit. Children attending are encouraged to come dressed in their Halloween costumes; 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Talk back sessions are held following each Saturday matinee. $18 adults, $13 children 13 and under.
South End Branch Library, 34 Woodland Ave., Stamford. 351-8280. Thursday, Oct. 16: "Stories and Songs of Latin America"; An interactive children's program with music, storytelling, and puppetry that brings the cultures of Latin America to life. Ages 5 -12; 4 p.m.
Stew Leonard's, 100 Westport Avenue, Norwalk. Friday, Oct. 17: A screening of "Dora's Halloween"; part of Hay Bale Theater; 7 p.m.; seating opening at 6:30 p.m.; free; complimentary juice and popcorn.
Avon Theater, 272 Bedford St., Stamford. Oct. 22: Preview of the new film, "Frederick Douglass -- Frederick Douglass: Pathway From Slavery to Freedom." 7 p.m. The director and scriptwriter and production executives from Connecticut Public Television will be on hand for a post-screening Q&A. For ticket information and directions, go to: www.avontheatre.org. Students will be admitted free of charge.
Bush-Holley Historic Site, 39 Strickland Road, Greenwich. 869-6899. Sunday, Oct. 19: "Scarecrow Day"; activities include a scavenger hunt, stilt walking and games like tug-of-war and sack races. Make a corn husk doll and enjoy farm fresh cider and snacks, scarecrow stories, pumpkin patch, and take a family tour of Bush-Holley House. Meet "Sarah Bush," resident of the home during the colonial period. A new exhibition of sculpture by former Cos Cob resident Margaret Brassler Kane is on view in the gallery and entry is included with admission; noon-6 p.m.; $6.
Darien Library, 35 Leroy Ave, Darien. 655-1234. Friday, Oct. 17: A screening of "Persepolis" (2007) France; Rated PG-13; In French, English, Persian, and German with English subtitles; 95 minutes; part of Foreign Film Series; 7 p.m.; free; refreshments will be served.
Edmond Town Hall, 45 Main St., Newtown. Friday Oct. 17: "General Hospital" stars Emmy Award winning soap star Steve Burton, Brandon Barash, Johnny Zaccharra along with Bradford Anderson present improvisation, sketch, song and dance, and of course questions and answers from the audience; 8 p.m.; doors open promptly at 6 p.m.; backstage party at 7 p.m. for VIP guests. Tickets are $70 for balcony seating, $100 for lower level and VIP'S are $150; tickets are available at TreehouseComedy.com or call 268-5857.
Greens Farms Academy, 35 Beachside Ave., Westport. 256-7548. Tuesday, Oct. 21: Philippe Cousteau Cousteau is the grandson of legendary undersea explorer and documentarian Captain Jacques Yves Cousteau will show film clips from his grandfather's work as well as clips from his own television shows. The presentation is free and open to the public, and will be preceded by a reception at 7:30 pm in the Lower School Assembly Room. Call to RSVP.
Second Congregational Church, 139 E. Putnam Ave., Greenwich. Friday, Oct. 17: Free screening of "Outsourced," a 2007 romantic comedy; 7:30 p.m. For reservations or further information, contact Gloria LaDestro, church office manager, at 869-9311, Ext. 120.
Treehouse at the New Sorrento, 32 Newtown Road. Danbury. 744-5575. Saturday, Oct. 18: Headliner: Mike Siscoe, Featured Act: PJ Walsh, Opening Act: Johnny Benson opening act for Lisa Lampinelli; 9 p.m.; $15; pre-comedy buffet $13.95.
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