On November 21, Seohyun sat down for an interview with several media outlets inside a cafe in Sinsa-dong, Gangnam Seoul where she looked back on her past dorm life with fellow Girls' Generation members.
During her honest talk, she mentioned, "It's not that I feel necessarily afraid of standing alone, I feel a greater sense of responsibility.� Both nervousness and anxiety coexist.� I don't have any regrets though."
Spending 5 years with her fellow teammates in a dormitory lifestyle, Seohyun commented, "We fought a lot over trivial things.� I think we fought as much as married couples did, over little things that didn't really matter."
"However, (because of that) we were able to learn more about one another and matured as we journeyed together."
She also described the girls' close sisterly bond, "After being together for 15 years, I just know how we're all doing without necessarily contacting one another."
Meanwhile, Seohyun is currently preparing for her solo activities after leaving SM Entertainment after ten years.


Plik George II at Dettingen.jpg znajduje się w Wikimedia Commons – repozytorium wolnych zasobów. Dane z jego strony opisu znajdują się poniżej.
aktualny 16:27, 20 paź 2013 503 × 450 (67 KB) Tm Reverted to version as of 12:11, 19 February 2006 Should the museum version be the more correct version to the actual state of this painting?


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Q: is importing entire module is Ok each time? I am working on an angular project and using firebase.
My question is What if I import the entire firebase module in each component Vs importing only what I required in that component from the firebase module?
Why should I not import the entire module each time when I require it ?

A: This will increase the loading time for your component. It is better to only load the module that your are going to use.
For example import { trigger, state, style, transition, animate } from '@angular/animations'; instead of import { trigger, state, style, transition, animate } from '@angular';

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Word on the street is that multitasking is impossible. The negative press may have started with HCI pioneer Clifford Nass, who published studies showing that people who identify as multitaskers are worse at context switching, worse at filtering out extraneous information, worse at remembering things over the short term, and have worse emotional development than unitaskers.
With so much critical attention given to multitasking, it's easy to forget that there are things our brains can do simultaneously. We're quite good at multimodal communication: communication that engages multiple senses, such as visual-tactile or audio-visual. Understanding how we process mixed input can influence the design of multimedia presentations, tutorials, and games.
When I began researching multimodal communication, I discovered a field brimming with theories. The discipline is still too new for much standardization to have evolved, but many studies of multimodality begin with Wickens's multiple resource theory (MRT). And it's that theory that will serve as a launch point for bringing multimodality into our work.
Luckily, Wickens saved us some heavy lifting by writing a paper summarizing the decades of research (PDF) he spent developing MRT. Its philosophical roots, he explains, are in the 1940s through 1960s, when psychologists theorized that time is a bottleneck; according to this view, people can't process two things simultaneously. But, Wickens explains, such theories don't hold up when considering "mindless" tasks, like walking or humming, that occupy all of a person's time but nevertheless leave the person free to think about other things.
The "multiple" part of the theory deals with how processing is shared between somewhat separate cognitive resources. I say somewhat separate because even for tasks using seemingly separate resources, there is still a cost of executive control over the concurrent tasks. This is again similar to computer multiprocessing, where running a program on two processors is not twice as efficient as running it on one, because some processing capacity must be allocated to dividing the work and combining the results.
To date, Wickens and others have examined four cognitive resource divisions.
Perception and cognition share a structure separate from the structure used for responding. Someone can listen while formulating a response, but cannot listen very well while thinking very hard. Thus, time-based presentations need ample pauses to let listeners process the message. Video players should have prominent pause buttons; content should be structured to include breaks after key parts of a message.
Focal and ambient visual signals do not drain the same pool of cognitive resources. This difference may result from ambient vision seemingly requiring no processing at all. Timed puzzle games such as Tetris use flashing in peripheral vision to let people know that their previous action was successful—the row was cleared!—even while they're focusing on the next piece falling.
Spatial and verbal processing codes use resources based in separate hemispheres of the brain. This may account for the popularity of grid-based word games, which use both pools of resources simultaneously.
It's easier to process two simultaneous streams of information if they are presented in two different modes—one visual and one auditory, for example. Wickens notes that this relative ease may result from the difficulties of scanning (between two visual stimuli) and masking (of one auditory stimulus by another) rather than from us actually having separate mental structures. Tower defense games are faster paced (and presumably more engaging) when accompanied by an audio component; players can look forward to the next wave of attackers while listening for warning signals near their tower base. Perceptual modes is the cognitive division most applicable to designing multimedia, so it's the one we'll look at further.
Now that we've covered Wickens's multiple resource theory, let's look at some of the other theories vying for dominance to explain how people understand multimodal information.
The modality effect (PDF) focuses on the mode (visual, auditory, or tactile) of incoming information and states that we process incoming information in different modes using separate sensory systems. Information is not only perceived in different modes, but is also stored separately; the contiguity effect states that the simultaneous presentation of information in multiple modes supports learning by helping to construct connections between the modes' different storage areas. An educational technology video, for instance, will be more effective if it includes an audio track to reinforce the visual information.
What all these theories point to is that people generally understand better, remember better, and suffer less cognitive strain if information is presented in multiple perceptual modes simultaneously. The theories provide academic support for incorporating video into your content, for example, rather than providing only text or text with supporting images (says, ahem, the guy writing only text).
Theories are all well and good, but application is even better. You may well be wondering how to put the research on multimodal communication to use. The key is to recognize that certain combinations of modes are better suited to some tasks than to others.
Visual-tactile presentation is more effective with a high workload or when multitasking.
Visual-auditory presentation is more effective with a single task and with a normal workload.
The split-attention effect states that sequential presentation in multiple modes is bad for memory, while simultaneous presentation is good. Simultaneity helps memorization because it is necessary to encode information in two modes simultaneously in order to store cross-references between the two in memory.
In contrast, presenting redundant information through multiple channels simultaneously can hinder learning by increasing cognitive load without increasing the amount of information presented. Ever try reading a long quote on a slide while a presenter reads the same thing aloud? The two streams of information undermine each other because of the redundancy effect.
Which effect occurs is partially determined by whether users are novices or experts (PDF). Information that is necessary to a novice (suggesting that it should be presented simultaneously to avoid a split-attention effect) could appear redundant to an expert (suggesting that it should be removed to avoid a redundancy effect).
Additionally, modality effects appear only when limiting visual presentation time. When people are allowed to set their own time (examining visual information after the end of the auditory presentation), studied differences disappear. It is thus particularly important to add a secondary modality to your presentation if your users are likely to be in a hurry.
So the next time you hear someone talking about how multitasking is impossible, pause. Consider how multitasking is defined. Consider how multiprocessing may be defined separately. And recognize that sometimes we can make something simpler to learn, understand, or notice by making it more complex to perceive. Sometimes the key to simplifying presentation isn't to remove information—it's to add more.
And occasionally, some things are better done one after another. The time has come for you to move on to the next processing stage. Now that you've finished reading this article, you have the mental resources to think about it.
Go ahead. Game it up. Set that corporate website abuzz with rewards and badges and magic codes. Just don't be surprised, says user interface specialist Graham Herrli, when the site's primary users balk at your efforts. Before incorporating cool, hip game elements, he says, it's important to know your target. Who are they? What are their time constraints? What motivates them?


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Wisdom of Tradition : Food in Indian Baltistan
As a region, Baltistan refers to the area after the end of Nubra Valley in Ladakh. Before the partition of undivided India in 1947, Baltistan was a part of Ladakh. Presently, most of the region comprising Baltistan comes under Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) and only a small part of Baltistan lies in India. Baltistan was once…
Attending a Kumaoni Wedding in Kumaon
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Failures on the Road : Running in circles, in Kumaon
It was a difficult time. I was battling my inner demons with regards to travel in the state of Uttarakhand. After a narrow escape with disaster in Garhwal that happened in the month of February/March 2015, I did not have the heart to be on the road for a month or two. And when I finally…
Temple of 'Divine Madman' in Bhutan : Chimi Lhakhang
It had been a balmy evening in Punakha. Somewhere along the way, our guide Sangay had pointed out that next morning our walk to 'The Fertility Temple' would begin from a particular place. He also mentioned that the temple was made in memory of 'The Divine Madman'. It had sure aroused my curiosity; for a…
A Mixed Experience – Mechuka in Arunachal Pradesh
It was my first trip to the Northeast in February 2017, and immediately someone had thrown up the name Mechuka at me (Also called Menchuka). I was told by my acquaintances in Guwahati to reach Dibrugarh and then make my way to Aalo (Along) and then Mechuka. As regular readers of Travelshoebum might know, planned…
First Tryst with Pangi Valley : Sural Bhatori
Folklores and legends state that Pangi valley was so remote that the Raja of Chamba paid 'funeral expenses' to the officials proceeding on their way for duties here. The reason for the same was that there was no surety of their return, whether they will return dead or alive. It is also said that criminals…
Cloud Watching at Bairagarh enroute Sach Pass
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A Backpacking Guide to Meghalaya
I explored a few parts of North East India in February; my journey started from Guwahati and continued around parts of Meghalaya, Assam and Arunachal Pradesh. In money terms, I spent on an average 800 Rupees per day including all expenses. Out of these I thought Meghalaya was really easy to navigate and being in close proximity to…
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Solo travelling to the last frontier of Sach Pass
July has the distinction of being one of my favourite months. Even when I worked in the family business, the arrival of rains in July signalled that I could head out for long solo sojourns. In the last week of June, I randomly booked tickets from Jaipur to Pathankot in Pooja Express. I was hoping to…
An insider's guide to Cafés & Shopping in Shimla
Some of my favourite places to explore food while on holiday in Shimla Also read : An expert guide to Shimla Cafe Sol at Hotel Combermere – Located at the end of the Mall Road is Shimla's finest place for Italian food and continental dishes. The aroma of the fresh bakes wafting around is refreshing. Also, Cafe…
Nature's delights, from a secret village in Parvati Valley
Thundering clouds and ominous skies had greeted us as soon as we had started walking on the bridge that separates Kasol from Chalal. My two travel partners were already becoming fidgety about the 'trek' to Rashol or Rasol. We had spent two marvellous days in the serene setting of a wooden cottage right beside the Parvati River….

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Public Health and Federalism
The Central and the State Governments are working towards containing the COVID-19 pandemic which has proved to be one of the gravest public health crisis in recent global history. India's response to this virus has largely been through a set of series of guidelines issued by the Union Home and Health Ministries invoking the Disaster Management Act, 2005 to State Governments. In addition to this the States themselves in some cases, are acting upon their own volition.
Some have characterised the Union Government's response to the pandemic as a 'unilateralist' and 'top-down' approach, carried out without sufficient consultations with the States. The Disaster Management Act, 2005 empowers the Central Government to undertake even extraordinary measures to contain and tackle COVID-19. How does the Constitution of India, 1950 carve roles for the Union and State governments in the area of public health?
Article 246 of the Constitution of India, 1950 along with Seventh Schedule distributes subject matters between the Union and the State to legislate. The Seventh Schedule provides for the Union List on which the Parliament is empowered to legislate upon, the State List on which the State legislatures could draft laws, and the Concurrent List which is open to both Union and the State to legislate upon. The matter of 'Public health and sanitation; hospitals and dispensaries' comes within the State List.
Interestingly, during the Constituent Assembly debates around Seventh Schedule, HV Kamath sought to move 'Public Health' from the State List to the Concurrent List. Historically, he argued, public health was a 'Cinderella of portfolios' – an often neglected portfolio in the Cabinet. He believed that with the conditions of public health in India being very poor, making it a subject under the concurrent list would better enable the States and the Centre to tackle public health concerns.
Brajeshwar Prasad took a step further and argued for 'Public Health' along with all the items under the State List to be transferred to the Union List. He berated the then existing public health system and infrastructure and went on to say:
If the nation is to be saved from the scourge of disease and epidemics, all powers as far as this entry is concerned must be vested in the hands of the Centre. Of course I fully appreciate the point that by wresting those important powers Provincial autonomy will be modified to a very large extent, but provincial autonomy is not an end in itself. It is only a means to an end-the end being the economic political and cultural advancement of the people of this country.
Both Kamath and Prasad's efforts were unsuccessful and the Constitution provided only for the States to legislate on 'Public Health'. Recently, in 2019 a High Level Group that focussed on public health, constituted under the Fifteenth Financial Commission, echoed Kamath's proposal and recommended that 'Public Health' be moved to the Concurrent List.
The unfolding coronavirus story can be instructive in determining what federal structure is most effective in tacking pandemics and more generally, public health.


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Absolutely love this blazer paired with the bright blue! And I obviously love the pic with your cat in the background. I was a competitive swimmer for 12 years, and I swear I'm still burned out and won't push myself that hard when exercising. Oops?
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The Tasmanian Government uses a framework developed previously by consultants Mercer, Cullen Egan Dell (MCED) to determine appropriate maximum levels of fees for board members.
The Tasmanian Government Board Fee Policy provides a set of steps for classifying boards and incorporates a scale of maximum fees for board members.
In June 2015, the Tasmanian Government agreed that future increases in the Government Board Remuneration Framework would be aligned to increases approved for the Tasmanian State Service Award (TSSA).
The Strategy Women on Boards Strategy 2015-20: A Five-Year Plan for Improving Gender Equity on Tasmanian Government Boards and Committees outlines actions for increasing women's participation on government boards and committees.
The Tasmanian Government is keen to ensure that the best candidates are recruited for its boards and committees, and that the right balance of skills, experience, gender and cultural diversity is available.
The Department of Treasury and Finance maintains a secure database of individuals interested in being appointed to government business boards.
Inclusion on the register of nominees does not guarantee selection for a position. Also, having your name on the register of nominees does not oblige you to accept any appointment which is offered.
The Tasmanian Women's Register is a secure on-line database of women who would like to be appointed to Government boards and committees. The Register assists in identifying suitable women who are skilled, experienced and interested in appointment. The Register is administered by the Department of Communities Tasmania.
Search and find information about current board vacancies here.


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Home Amihan LPA Northeast Monsoon PAG-ASA Tail-End of a Cold Front Tropical Storm Urduja Weather PAGASA Severe Weather Update for Tropical Storm "URDUJA" (KAI-TAK) issued at 8:00 PM today, 14 December 2017.
PAGASA Severe Weather Update for Tropical Storm "URDUJA" (KAI-TAK) issued at 8:00 PM today, 14 December 2017.
PH TRENDING AND INFO 20:21 Amihan, LPA, Northeast Monsoon, PAG-ASA, Tail-End of a Cold Front, Tropical Storm Urduja, Weather,
PAGASA TRACK FOR TROPICAL STORM - URDUJA as of 8:00 PM, December 14, 2017
PAGASA Severe Weather Update: TROPICAL STORM "URDUJA" REMAINS ALMOST STATIONARY AND CONTINUES TO BRING DAMAGE OVER EASTERN VISAYAS.
TROPICAL CYCLONE WARNING SIGNAL #2 (61-120kph expected in 24 hrs)
Visayas: Northen Samar, Eastern Samar, Samar, and Biliran
TROPICAL CYCLONE WARNING SIGNAL #1 (30-60kph expected in 36 hrs)
Luzon: Catanduanes, Camarines Sur, Albay, Sorsogon, Masbate lncluding Burias and Ticao Islands, and Romblon
Visayas: Leyte, Southern Leyte, Northern Cebu including Bantayan Island, Capiz, Aklan, and Northern Iloilo
Mindanao: Dinagat Islands
At 7:00 PM today, the center of Tropical Storm "URDUJA" was estimated based on all available data at 85 km East Southeast of Guiuan, Eastern Samar (10.7 °N, 126.4 °E) with maximum sustained winds of 65 kph near the center and gustiness of up to 90 kph moving West at 7 kph. Wave Height: (Open Sea) 1.25-4.0 meters
Expected to make landfall over Eastern Samar tomorrow morning.
Estimated rainfall amount is from moderate to heavy within the 400 km diameter of the Tropical Storm.
Scattered to widespread rains is expected over Visayas and the regions of Bicol, Caraga and Northern Mindanao within 24 hours. Residents in these areas are alerted against possible flashfloods and landslides.
Fisherfolks and those with small seacrafts are advised not to venture out over the eastern seaboard of Bicol Region and in the seaboards of Visayas due to rough to very rough seas associated with the approaching Tropical Storm.
Forecast Tracking Positions:
24 Hour(Tomorrow afternoon): 20 km East Southeast of Catbalogan City, Samar(11.7°N, 125.0°E)
48 Hour(Saturday afternoon):45 km East Northeast of Roxas City, Capiz(11.8°N, 123.1°E)
72 Hour(Sunday afternoon): 120 km North Northeast of Puerto Princesa City, Palawan(10.7°N, 119.2°E)
96 Hour(Monday afternoon):200 km West Northwest of Puerto Princesa City, Palawan(10.2°N, 117.0°E)
PAG-ASA Weather Update issue 8:00 PM today, 15 December 2017.
PAG-ASA Weather Update issue 5:00 AM today, 15 December 2017.
PAGASA Severe Weather Update for Tropical Storm "URDUJA" (KAI-TAK), 14-15 December 2017.
Tags # Amihan # LPA # Northeast Monsoon # PAG-ASA # Tail-End of a Cold Front # Tropical Storm Urduja # Weather
Labels: Amihan, LPA, Northeast Monsoon, PAG-ASA, Tail-End of a Cold Front, Tropical Storm Urduja, Weather


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Primary Uterine Cancer in Maryland: Impact of Distance on Access to Surgical Care at High-Volume Hospitals
Camille C. Gunderson, MD*,
Ana I. Tergas, MD, MPH†,
Aimee C. Fleury, MD, MPH‡,
Teresa P. Diaz-Montes, MD, MPH† and
Robert L. Giuntoli, MD†
*Division of Gynecologic Oncology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Centers, Oklahoma City, OK;
†The Kelly Gynecologic Oncology Service, Johns Hopkins Medicine, Baltimore, MD; and
‡Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Women's Cancer Center of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV.
Address correspondence and reprint requests to Robert L. Giuntoli II, MD, Johns Hopkins Medicine, 600 N Wolfe St, Phipps 281, Baltimore, MD 21287. E-mail: rgiunto1{at}jhmi.edu.
Objective To evaluate the influence of distance on access to high-volume surgical treatment for patients with uterine cancer in Maryland.
Methods The Maryland Health Services Cost Review Commission database was retrospectively searched to identify primary uterine cancer surgical cases from 1994 to 2010. Race, type of insurance, year of surgery, community setting, and both surgeon and hospital volume were collected. Geographical coordinates of hospital and patient's zip code were used to calculate primary independent outcomes of distance traveled and distance from nearest high-volume hospital (HVH). Logistic regression was used to calculate odds ratios and confidence intervals.
Results From 1994 to 2010, 8529 women underwent primary surgical management of uterine cancer in Maryland. Multivariable analysis demonstrated white race, rural residence, surgery by a high-volume surgeon and surgery from 2003 to 2010 to be associated with both travel 50 miles or more to the treating hospital and residence 50 miles or more from the nearest HVH (all P < 0.05). Patients who travel 50 miles or more to the treating hospital are more likely to have surgery at a HVH (odds ratio, 6.03; 95% confidence interval, 4.67–7.79) In contrast, patients, who reside ≥50 miles from a HVH, are less likely to have their surgery at an HVH. (odds ratio, 0.37; 95% confidence interval, 0.32–0.42).
Conclusion In Maryland, 50 miles or more from residence to the nearest HVH is a barrier to high-volume care. However, patients who travel 50 miles or more seem to do so to receive care by a high-volume surgeon at an HVH. In Maryland, Nonwhites are more likely to live closer to an HVH and more likely to use these services.
Endometrial cancer
Primary surgery
http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/IGC.0b013e31829ea002


Why Is Virtual Currency Not Suitable for Washington Weed Business?
Washington state is going to prohibit virtual transactions for marijuana companies. The main argument for this is that virtual currency is not transparent enough for the state lawmakers.
On Jan. 25, the Washington state legislators held a public hearing on Senate Bill 5264 introduced by two Senators Ann Rivers and Steve Conway.
The Bill is created to make virtual currency illegal in any pot transactions in the state. This means that marijuana growers, processors, and retailers will not be allowed to pay with or accept virtual currency for selling or buying marijuana or any marijuana product.
While the marijuana industry is on its way to bringing $1 billion revenue to Washington, its financial safety causes many concerns. According to Rivers, there are concerns that bitcoin is not transparent enough to prevent unknown parties from entering into weed financial transactions, as it does not involve any traceability.
Washington state, like any other state that has legalized marijuana, has to ensure that their payment systems are secure from any criminal intervention. If the federal government is satisfied with the state regulation of the marijuana industry, they do not tend to pursue marijuana crimes in the state. However, it is still uncertain whether President Trump will continue with this strategy.
As the federal law prohibits banks from conducting financial transactions associated with the marijuana industry, weed businesses face troubles with putting their cash into savings institutions. Virtual currency is a great alternative for marijuana companies.
Though there are about 1,000 types of virtual currency, including bitcoins as the most commonly used one, unfortunately, the American government does not support any of them.
Meanwhile, Kenneth Berke, CEO of PayQwick, supports the bill, claiming that bitcoins do not allow tracing of financial transactions.
Sen. Karen Keiser says that he is astonished by how such systems as PayQwick, which is like PayPal for marijuana business, allow weed companies to legally move cash into the federal reserve system.
At the same time, Joe Cutler, an attorney at the Perkins Coie, claims that the government's idea of the traceability of virtual currency is false. According to Jon Baugher and Ryan Hamlin, who created POSaBIT, a financial technology company that deals with bitcoin, their system requires credit card and driver's license data from the customers.
Moreover, every transaction made in bitcoins is available at the public blockchain. Though there is no particular identity, actual identification also happens outside the system. So it is very similar to the process of money exchange when the customer is known.
Beer sales are shrinking in the states where marijuana was legalized for recreational use.
The legalization of recreational marijuana use in Washington state caused concerns about the use of the plant among adolescents. It was believed that the enactment of this law can increase underage access to weed.


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Are pets allowed (small dog) and is there an additional fee?
Dear Laura, Thank you for contacting us, pets are not allowed in our Property. So sorry. Best regards!
I have a 5 hour layover in terminal 2. Can i walk to hotel? Can i walk back to terminal 2? Do I have to go back through security or is there faster security from hotel?
Thank you for contacting us, our Property is located within the Terminal 1, if you come from terminal 2 ´please take the airtrain to T1, and walk to gate number 8. We are before security to go back to T2, you should take the earth train. Please any question do not hesitate to contact us. Kind regards.
We are arriving at 4:30 am on March 23 and need a room for a few hours to sleep during our long layover. If I book a room for one night on the 22nd will it be held for our arrival?
Dear Sue, Thank you for contacting us, the reservation from March 22 will remain valid until the next day, so there is no problem if you make the reservation from day 22. We will gladly to have you staying with us!
Al ser un hotel dentro del aeropuerto podría haber la facilidad, sin embargo creo que dependería de la disponibilidad ya que es un hotel con mucha afluencia. Definitivamente tendrías que llamar antes y consultar directamente.


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Highlife music develops in western Africa, especially in coastal Ghana
Performers like Carlos Gardel begin to popularize the tango in France, Spain and Latin America
Xavier Cugat popularizes several forms of Afro-Cuban dances in the United States and Europe
Erik Satie composes bizarre furniture music
Music of Algeria
Rai music begins to become popular in the Algerian port city Oran
Music of Argentina
The tango moved into respectable venues like theaters and cabarets and entered its first Golden Age with artists like Carlos Gardél
Son montuno takes on its modern form in Havana
The septeto ensemble develops
Music of France
Martinican biguine begins to become popular in France
A combination of the violin and lyre, the viololyra, is invented
Music of the Sudan
Haqibah develops in Omdurman
Popularity of Mamie Smith's "Crazy Blues" alerts music industry to the profitablity of making records by and for African Americans
Hawaiian musicians like Bennie Nawahi begin incorporating jazz influences into traditional Hawaiian music
Arnold Schoenberg with his pupils Anton Webern, and Alban Berg pioneer the twelve-tone technique intended on establishing a unifying principle for nontonal music
Music of Colombia
Musica de la interior begins to dominate Colombian popular music
Music of Germany
Bavarian folk singers reach the height of their popularity in Munich and other German cities
Harry Pace founds Black Swan Records, the first black-owned record label in the country
Thomas A. Dorsey's "If I Don't Get There" is the start of the popularization of gospel music, performed outside of a church setting
László Moholy-Nagy encourages the use of phonograph records to produce music instead of merely recording it
Radio broadcasting begins, helping to popularize son montuno and other forms of Cuban music
Music of the Philippines
Kundiman, Westernized forms of traditional songs, are developed
Manolo Caracol, one of the biggest names in early 20th century flamenco, is said to have walked from Jerez all the way to a distant cante jondo competition, which he won, thus beginning his international rise to fame
Music of Turkey
The newly-founded Turkish Republic, led by Kemal Atatürk, begins a program to develop a pan-Turkish national identity
Eck Robertson makes the first recording of rural Appalachian folk music, setting the stage for the development of country music
Music of Denmark
Saxophonist Valdemar Eiberg forms the first Danish jazz band
Ethnic Greeks from Asia Minor move en masse to Greece; this is the root of rembétika music
Sol Plaatjie makes the first recording of the South African national anthem "Nkosi Sikelel"
Surge in recordings by African American jazz and blues artists, including first records by Louis Armstrong, Ida Cox, Jelly Roll Morton, Sidney Bechet, King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band, Johnny Dodds, Bessie Smith, and many others
John Carson records two hillbilly songs, thus forming the root of commercial country music
Fletcher Henderson begins enlarging jazz ensembles, providing the foundation for swing music
The first Dainu Sventes, popular song festivals, take place with the purpose of keeping folk traditions alive
Minister of Education José Vasconcelos proclaims the jarabe tapatio to be Mexico's national dance and decrees that it is to be taught throughout the Mexican public school system as a symbol of Mexican identity, designed to supersede any local dance traditions and bind together the ethnically diverse population
Antonio Menano's guitarradas become popular in Coimbra and abroad
Louis Armstrong joins the Fletcher Henderson Orchestra, arguably the beginning of big band and swing music
Vernon Dalhart's "The Prisoner's Song" becomes the first commercially-successful country single
Riley Puckett introduces a vocal method similar to yodelling into country music
Major record companies start recording with electric microphones, allowing records of greater audio fidelity
Music of Australia
Release of the first Australian jazz recording, "Yes Sir That's My Baby" by Ray Tellier's San Francisco Orchestra
Music of Kenya
The first clubs playing European-style dance music appear in the Mombasa area
The Golden Age of Corridos begins
Music of Sweden
August Bohlin invents a chromatic nyckelharpa
Jazz finally enters the mainstream with the popular success of Paul Whiteman
Blind Lemon Jefferson, T-Bone Walker and Lightnin' Hopkins help invent the Texas blues
Gospel music begins to enter the mainstream, promoted by jubilee quartets (such as the Norfolk Jubilee Quartet), jackleg preachers (such as Blind Willie Johnson and Washington Phillips) and singing preachers (such as Reverend J. M. Gates)
The Mills Brothers popularize Barbershop
The program that will eventually become the Grand Ole Opry begins broadcasting on WSM Radio, the first major station in Nashville
Carl Sprague becomes the first singing cowboy
Music of the Solomon Islands
Bamboo bands, who play by hitting bamboo tubes with coconut husks, become popular
Rudolph Valentino films like The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse popularize the tango
Ukrainian-American fiddler Pawlo Humeniuk releases "Ukrainske Wesilie", which sells about 150,000 copies and launches his career as the King of the Ukrainian fiddlers
A new type of microphone enables Bing Crosby to introduces a new style of "crooning" on his debut record
Will Shade founds the first jug band in Memphis, Tennessee
Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht begin combining jazz and pop music into soundtracks
Music of Canada
Gerald S. Doyle's Old Time Songs and Poetry of Newfoundland is first published; it becomes the most popular anthology of traditional Newfoundland music
Septets largely replace son montuno sextets
Music of Italy
Dionigi Burranca, the most influential launeddas player of the 20th century, begins his career
Leon Termen performs the first concerto that uses a theremin
Association of Txistularies in the Basque Country is formed to promote txistu music
Big band and swing music begin to break into the fringes of the mainstream
Gus Cannon, Noah Lewis and Will Shade represent the commercial peak of jug band-styled folk music
Hillbilly music's two biggest performers, The Carters and Jimmie Rodgers, make their first recording in a session led by Ralph Peer; Jimmie Rodgers proves most influential, adapting yodelling, Hawaiian slide guitar and blues-style musicianship for country music
The first massively popular musical comedy, Show Boat (Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II) receives its first performance
Django Reinhardt emerges in the world of jazz; he will go on to begin a strong jazz tradition among European Gypsies
Rita Montaner's "El Manicero" becames a hit in Paris, breaking Cuban music into Europe for the first time
Marlene Dietrich and Margo Lion's "Wenn die beste Freundin" marks the biggest period of cabaret's popularity, and becomes an important and early song to deal with lesbianism
Music of Ghana
Sam's Trio records their debut, three versions of the song "Yaa Amponsah", which remains one of the most popular highlife songs
Music of Tanzania
Siti bint Saad makes the first commercial recordings by a Swahili musician
Recordings by banjoist Dock Boggs become one of the early pivotal recordings of folk music
Joseph and Cleoma Falcon record the first Cajun song, "Allons à Lafayette"
Pawlo Humeniuk's "Kanarek" is the best-selling polka of its time, and becomes one of the standards of later east coast US polka
Music of Iceland
The organization IDUNN is founded to help keep alive Icelandic folk traditions like rímur.
Genoese trallalero music is popular
Blues musicians like Memphis Minnie and Furry Lewis emerge with the Memphis blues
Musicians like Cow Cow Davenport, Roosevelt Sykes, and Clarence "Pine Top" Smith use the piano in the blues, coining the term boogie woogie to describe this sound
The first recordings of Texan conjunto music begin


Moira Lanzarin (nee O'Brien), Director of Coodardie Brahmans, Northern Territory, discusses planned grazing, a holistic management approach that improves groundcover, soil condition and carrying capacity. Planning cattle movements though small paddocks (similar to cell grazing) has also helped improve profits and lifestyle. See www.coodardie.com.au.


Iowa had no women in the governor's office or Congress as of 2014; now there are two female U.S. representatives, one senator and the governor.
Outside of political parties, there was one group that won big in Iowa's midterm elections: women.
Iowa elected women to the U.S. House of Representatives for the first time on Tuesday, launching the congressional careers of Democrats Abby Finkenauer and Cindy Axne. The two beat out incumbent U.S. Reps. Rod Blum and David Young and will represent the 1st and 3rd districts, respectively.
Gov. Kim Reynolds, a Republican, won her race against Democrat Fred Hubbell — the first time Iowa has elected a woman as governor. Reynolds was former Gov. Terry Branstad's lieutenant governor. She became governor when he left Iowa to serve as ambassador to China for the Trump administration.
Meanwhile, the Iowa Legislature next year will have a record number of female lawmakers.
These are major steps for gender equity in Iowa politics, said Melissa Gesing, executive director of 50-50 in 2020, a nonprofit focused on helping more women in Iowa get elected to office.
"With tonight's wins, we now have achieved equity in our federal delegation in Iowa," Gesing said. U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst, a Republican, was Iowa's first woman in Washington when she was elected in 2014, joining U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley.
With Finkenauer and Axne, next year's six-member (two Senators and four House member) Iowa congressional delegation will have three women.
So what's getting women into office? Simply getting them to run, said Kelly Winfrey, the interim director of Carrie Chapman Catt Center for Women and Politics at Iowa State University.
"If women run, they win at equal percentages to men," she said. "When we have more women serving in office and running, we see more women run the next cycle. It's the multiplier effect: Seeing women running serves as a motivating factor for other women to run."
There were 92 women on Iowa's general election ballot this year, up from the previous record of 65, Winfrey said.
Though women are officially half of Iowa's contingent at the U.S. Capitol, the Iowa Statehouse is another story. Women made significant gains on Tuesday, capturing a total of nine additional seats. A record 45 women will serve in the upcoming legislative session — 34 in the 100-member House and 11 in the 50-member Senate.
That means 30 percent of lawmakers will be women. More than a dozen states had larger percentages of legislative women before the election, according to Rutgers' Center for American Women and Politics.
The previous record in Iowa was 35 female legislators at any one time. That's about 23 percent of the 150-member Legislature.
Iowa wasn't the only state that elected women Tuesday night: A record number of women will serve in the U.S. House of Representatives, with 90 congresswomen winning their elections.
Although Iowa never had a woman serve in Congress before the 2014 election, Gesing, of 50-50 in 2020, said Iowa now has "set the pace" for electing women to office.
"People look to us as first-in-the-nation because of the caucuses, but they look to us because we set the trend for a lot of things," Gesing said. "Now the nation can look to Iowa to elect more women."
Correction: The party of Rep.-elect Jennifer Konfrst was incorrect in an earlier version of this report. She is a Democrat.


Laura Bender, this month's speaker, is a financial professional with World Financial Group and a women's emotional health support group leader and executive director of HER: Hope Empowers Restoration. Her presentation is entitled, "Women's Emotional Health when Facing Betrayal and Divorce Transition."
Leonisha Talbert started her real estate career in property management as a leasing consultant, working her way up to Property Manager of a large luxury building in Woodland Hills, CA. Enjoying continued success in the sales aspect of property management, she joined Trust Properties USA as a Realtor Associate. Leonisha and TPUSA are well on their way to creating a dynamic partnership that is thriving, productive and successful. Already a powerful asset to the TPUSA team, Leonisha successfully closed 9 transactions within the first year of her sales career. A Northern California native, Leonisha attended San Jose State University and is happily married to Lequan with two beautiful children.
Cathy Svitek, a Certified Women's Transitions Coach with Collaborative Solutions 101, helps families in marital transition create long-term financial plans to mitigate conflict moving forward. Through financial education and coaching both on-line and in-person, Collaborative Solutions 101 teaches financial strategies and creates plans for clients, while also coaching young and transitioning professionals entering the financial services industry. Cathy Svitek is also a licensed financial professional on the World Financial Group platform where she is building a team to provide the same compassionate, knowledgeable, in-depth solutions she enjoyed as a client herself. A former educator, Cathy writes and speaks for professionals serving those going through the divorce process, and women facing life transition.
In 2008 Cathy returned to Thousand Oaks, CA where she began raising her three young sons solo following 18 years abroad in Central Europe and South America where she taught English, studied culture and languages, and started a family. In 2015 after years of learning about money and investment as a student and client, Cathy became a licensed professional.