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A Modern Art
Brand new studio album from Claire Martin! The original and contemporary songs on "A Modern Art" are presented with a cool edge, tinged with a touch of irony and razor-sharp wit. It's an album which Martin firmly insists "is my best ever".
Only £10.99 for a limited period.
KEN PEPLOWSKI/ALAN BARNES
Doodle Oodle
Ken Peplowski Meets Alan Barnes - the debut recording of this terrific Transatlantic partnership with an all star rhythm section, comprising John Pearce (piano), Alec Dankworth (bass) and Martin Drew (drums).
MARTY ELKINS & DAVE McKENNA
With a light airy voice reminiscent of Ella Fitzgerald, vocalist Marty Elkins performs a set of up tempo songs, ballads, and swing tunes accompanied by the veteran pianist Dave McKenna. Marty's debut CD, Fuse Blues, was voted one of the best CDs of 2001 by Down Beat Magazine - receiving a four star review.
Introductory price only £10.49!
GARY KAVANAGH/BOBBY WELLINS QUINTET
Joy Spring
A joyous tribute to the life and work of the legendary Clifford Brown, whose extraordinary musicality has been a major influence on both Gary Kavanagh and Bobby Wellins.
Limited offer price £10.99.
Kind Of Brown
Produced by McBride, Kind Of Brown is a collection of hard swing-to-bluesy groove tunes that the leader says he put together to give the members of his new ensemble "something to sink their teeth into." He adds, "I wanted to present solid melodies with some decent chord changes that could be good vehicles for the guys to blow on."
£10.99 offer price for a limited period
ECM Special Offer
Latest releases include a powerful and exciting album from renowned English saxophonist John Surman with a 'supergroup' that includes John Abercrombie and Jack DeJohnette and a specially priced 4cd set of Gary Burton and Chick Corea's duet recordings for ECM between 1972 and 1979. Plus low prices on massive list of ECM titles.
AVID Jazz here presents four classic Zoot Sims albums from 1956 and 1957, including original LP liner notes, on a finely re-mastered and low priced double CD - The Four Brothers Together Again!, From A to Z, Zoot and Whooeeee. All four albums have been digitally re-mastered for probably the finest sound quality ever!
Double cd only £7.99!
VIJAY IYER TRIO
ACT Music presents Vijay Iyer's newest project, a trio album combining his searing originals with a surprising batch of covers. Vijay Iyer is one of today's most celebrated and innovative young American jazz artists, and was described in The Village Voice as "the most commanding pianist and composer to emerge in recent years"
On offer at £9.99 for a limited time.
JOHN HICKS
One of the most eminent virtuoso piano players in the history of jazz, here is Hicks at his most inventive and creative, recorded solo live in concert at the peak of his powers.
Limited offer only £9.99
HORACE TAPSCOTT
The Dark Tree
One of the most sought after classics in the Hat catalogue is available again at last! Recorded live in Hollywood on 14-17 December, 1989, it features the piano genius in a quartet with John Carter (clarinet), Cecil McBee (bass) and Andrew Cyrille (drums).
2cd set only £13.99 for a limited period.
PROPERBOX FOUR DISC SET OFFER
Each set contains either 4 compact discs or 3 compact discs and one DVD. Latest issues at extra offer price are blues sets of Charlie Poole and Howlin' Wolf. Many genres including Jazz, R&B;, Blues etc. Still with the meticulously researched booklets, photos and discographies.
DUTTON VOCALION
A new addition to our regular featured offers. Recent releases from Dutton Vocalion with track details etc and of course discounted prices. Latest issues include new titles by Frank Chacksfield, Mantovani, Jack Hylton, Ronnie Aldrich, Paul Whiteman and lots more.
Matt At The BBC
This double disc set features an audio CD the bulk of which is being released for the very first time in this country, plus a DVD of some of Matt's finest BBC television performances.
A real bargain at only £7.99!
ARBORS JAZZ
Extra special offer on American label which explores the depths of those classic jazz styles born in the 30s, 40s, and 50s and which, in the hands of contemporary musicians of talent, taste and technical brilliance, remain as vital and meaningful as ever. Prices start at just £7.99.
On offer until 31st october 2009.
ROY HARGROVE BIG BAND
Highly acclaimed trumpeter Roy Hargrove returns to redefine the sound of the modern jazz big band to create another future classic.
Only £10.49 for a limited preiod.
JOHN PATITUCCI TRIO
Bassist John Patitucci delivers his latest Concord Jazz project, Remembrance, a remarkable outing of 11 straight-ahead-to-funky-to-classical-tinged originals featuring an astounding trio comprising saxophone maestro Joe Lovano and brilliant drummer Brian Blade.
TONY BENNETT & BILL EVANS
Complete Recordings
A sublime 2-CD collection that spotlights the iconic song stylist dueting with the legendary jazz pianist from their two albums recorded in 1975 & 1976, including bonus tracks and alternate takesfrom both sessions.
Special offer price just £9.99.
Classic Album Collection
3cd set comprising four complete albums: Jazz Goes to Junior College, Jazz Impressions of the U.S.A., Brubeck Plays Brubeck, and Dave Digs Disney, all recorded before 1959. The first CD also includes bonus tracks from Jazz Goes to College
Only £9.99 for three discs!
Music from DAD'S ARMY
A great collection of favourite wartime tunes that were featured in the ever popular Dad's Army TV series. Who do you think you are kidding Mr Hitler...
SOUNDS OF YESTERYEAR
Four new highlights include Andre Previn, George Shearing, Herb Ellis and Count Basie. Page lists full range of this jazz and nostalgia label. From collectable Kenton to Comic Cuts! Only £7.49 each.
Bluesology
A brilliant overview of the Modern Jazz Quartet's career, spanning three decades and featuring the very best of their output for Atlantic between 1956 and 1988.
2CD set only £10.99.
HUMPHREY LYTTELTON
Rarities 3CD Set
Nearly 3½ hours of the finest traditonal jazz, this set covers the period from Lyttelton's first Parlophone session in 1949 through to December 1958 , during its most prolific period of record making, and at the peak of its popularity.
Temporarily available at just £9.99.
Storyville Collection
This special 3 CD + 1 DVD Box Set presents the great tenor sax player Johnny Griffin in four separate concerts, between 1964 and 1989.
A real bargain at only £14.99!
TROYKA
Comprising three musicians at the hub of the vibrant young UK jazz scene - Kit Downes(organ), Chris Montague(guitar) and Joshua Blackmore(drums) - Troyka have taken the bones of the classic organ trio and evolved their own distinctive sound around them. Named by Jazzwise as a "band to watch for in 2009".
ALLAN GANLEY JAZZ LEGACY
June Time
This Vocalion release features a superb big band, made up of the finest British jazz musicians, playing the brilliant arrangements and compositions of the late Allan Ganley. An unmissable release for all who appreciate the finest in big band music.
Progressive Records Offer
Part of the massive GHB/Jazzology group of labels from George Buck in America. Progressive Records Progressive is the label to go to for a catalogue of modern music performed by a wide variety of creative artists.
Offer expires 31 August 2009.
American Music Offer
Part of the massive GHB/Jazzology group of labels from George Buck in America. American Music is the label to go to for the documentation of authentic New Orleans jazz by the legendary pioneers of the form.
Audiophile Records Offer
Another label that is part of the massive GHB/Jazzology group from George Buck in America. Audiophile is the label to go to for documentation of superb and creative singers and interpreters of the classic American popular song.
AVID GROUP LABELS
Incredible value across the Avid Group range of jazz, blues and easy compact discs.
Prices start at just £4.99.
STORYVILLE RECORDS
Recording jazz since 1952 and most issued on CD. We have the catalogue of CDs on offer and prices start from only £4.99!
Offer for limited period only.
ANDY PANAYI QUARTET
The Solar Cats
With this album, after years of performing together, Andy Panayi has taken his superb quartet to a higher level. Featuring his own, accomplished, highly original, yet accessible compositions.
STANLEY CLARKE TRIO
Jazz In The Garden
Bass giant Stanley Clarke's first ever all acoustic trio album. A sure fire winner mixing originals and standards from the pens of Miles Davis, John Coltrane and Joe Henderson.
Three Classic Albums Plus
AVID Jazz here presents three classic Dave Brubeck albums, including original LP liner notes. Jazz Red Hot & Cool, Newport 1958, and Jazz Goes To Junior College plus an extra bonus track from the First Timex All Star Jazz Festival; the classic St. Louis Blues!.
In its continuing series of unearthing previously unissued music by the legends of jazz, Blue Note Records releases Without a Song—Live in Europe 1969 by trumpeter Freddie Hubbard. The album captures Hubbard at the peak of his career during 1969's Jazz Wave on Tour.
Jazz Box Sets
Extra offers on box sets. This list is constantly evolving - prices as shown.
New expiry date 31 August 2009.
Special offer across the catalogue including two new featured releases. Created in 1984 the label specialises in Jazz and mainly, but not exclusively, concentrates on British Traditional and Mainstream styles. Many classic reissues, but the label also has current working bands.
Offer expires 29 September 2009.
Prices have tumbled once again across the range of Acrobat labels. Includes lots of easy listening, blues and nostalgia. Prices start at only £2.99!
Proper Pairs & Proper Introduction to
REDUCED TO CLEAR!
Proper released these two series as little brothers to the Properboxes. The "Introductions" are compilations and the Pairs fill gaps the Properboxes were too big for. Some titles will sell out so do order early!
Limited stocks. From only £2.99
ROBERTO FONSECA
Akokan
Roberto Fonseca is an extraordinary, charismatic young pianists, composer and band leader. Fonseca's dazzling music combines Cuban traditions to the lyricism of Herbie Hancock, the drive of McCoy Tyner and an unparalleled gift for melody.
Limited Offer only £9.99.
OVERSTOCKS & SECOND HAND DISCS
Our second hand section is now larger than ever as it also includes many overstocks. All limited and first come first served.
DAVID 'FATHEAD' NEWMAN
Sadly, this was to be David's last recording but it finds no decline in his creativity or his formidable chops. David's authoritative playing sums up a lifetime of experience and grants us a look at his final intensely personal thoughts.
Only £9.99 for a limited time.
On Urban Myths, Joel puts his focus on the electric jazz that influenced him growing up in the 1970's. His singular writing and a phenomenal performance by seasoned veterans makes this a major achievement and one of the most interesting records of the year.
Limited Offer Price just £9.99.
EDDIE THOMPSON TRIO
The 1982 Concert
Recently-discovered rare concert recording from 1982 by the late pianist Eddie Thompson who was the pianist of choice for many visiting American jazz stars. Thompson was a familiar figure on the London bebop scene of the 50s.
Only £9.99 for a limited period.
MARK LOCKHEART
Saxophonist Mark Lockheart has been at the forefront of the UK jazz scene for over twenty years. In Deep is a record of great originality and integrity and may be the finest realisation yet of his talents.
Special Offer only £9.99.
JOHN McLAUGHLIN/CHICK COREA
Five Peace Band
Corea and McLaughlin are true kindred spirits and this supergroup marks the duo's first collaboration with a band, presenting eclectic nights of highly creative music.
2CD set now only £7.99.
VERVE ORIGINALS
New batch of classic albums. Great names and great "original" albums some on CD for the first time. Artists include Art Blakey, Dizzy Gillespie, Roy Ayers, Keith Jarrett, Ella Fitzgerald etc. In digipacks including a facsimile of the original LP artwork.
Offer prices on these new titles only.
All Star Sessions
'Dizzy Gillespie: with Sonny Rollins & Sonny Stitt: Duets', 'Tour De Force', 'Sittin' In', plus selections from 'Dizzy Gillespie & Stuff Smith'. Digitally re-mastered for probably the finest sound quality ever.
2CD set only £7.99.
The second of our Gillespie double bill contains 'Dizzy Gillespie At Newport', 'Dizzy And Strings', 'World Statesman' and 'Gene Norman Presents Dizzy Gillespie And His Orchestra'.
Mingus Ah Um 50th Anniversary
This package contains MINGUS AH UM and its sequel MINGUS DYNASTY in their entirety plus four bonus tracks from the sessions and three alternate takes.
2CD deluxe set only £13.99 for a limited period.
JOHN LEWIS & MJQ
Four classic albums, including original LP liner notes on a finely re-mastered and low priced double CD. 'The Modern Jazz Sextet', 'The MJQ Plays No Sun In Venice', 'Grand Encounter', 'The MJQ At The Opera House and 'The Modern Jazz Society Presents A Concert Of Contemporary Music'.
Time Out 50th Anniversary
The 50th Anniversary Legacy Edition re-mastered, plus a full second CD of previously unreleased recordings, and a 30 minute previously unreleased documentary DVD.
2CD plus DVD deluxe set only £17.99 for a limited period.
AVID Jazz here presents four classic Milt Jackson albums, including original LP liner notes on a finely re-mastered and low priced double CD.'The Jazz Skyline', 'Milt Jackson Quartet', 'Telefunken Blues', 'Plenty Plenty Soul' plus three tracks with the Thelonious Monk Quartet.
MALCOLM LAYCOCK
Presents The Golden Age Of Swing
Compiled by Malcolm Laycock. Over six hours of listening pleasure on five CDs:"20 Greatest Hits", "The Late Night Album", "The Great Singers", "Frank Sinatra & Tommy Dorsey", "The Jive Album". All original recordings remastered.
IDEAS ON A BUDGET
We've teamed up with the Delta Leisure Group to offer a selection of budget jazz, easy, soundtracks and more. Great present ideas for you or others.
Prices start from £3.99.
& His Band 1957-58
Historically significant collection from Britain's best loved and greatest Jazz musician featuring some of the major players on the British Jazz scene including Tony Coe, Bruce Turner, Jimmy Skidmore, Kathy Stobart & Joe Temperley. 2 cds for the price of 1.
Sketches Of Spain 50th Anniversary
This 50th anniversary edition includes the original album along with rehearsal and alternate takes, plus rare photos, correspondence, and clippings.
LIAM NOBLE
This is the Liam Noble Trio's first recording, despite working together for many years. Liam has long been known for his highly original piano playing, and his longstanding admiration for Dave Brubeck is clearly demonstrable in this fascinating collection
Summit Records...where the quality matters. A jazz catalogue that is raising eyebrows and continuing to make waves with both fans and critics. Also includes Mama and Chicken Coop labels.
LINN RECORDS OVERSTOCKS
Selected titles from a quality label across both jazz and classical compact discs and hybrid CD/SACD discs.
Limited stocks only £8.49 each.
A massive listing across Fresh Sound and the various labels that come under their umbrella. Genres cover great reissues to the cream of current fresh talent. Over 1,000 bargains to be had on this link.
Prices start at just £9.99!
JIM HART
Jim Hart, vibes wizard and instigator of the Loop Collective, leads his new quartet, with pianist Ivo Neame, in a superb, swinging set of mainly standards.
SCOTT HAMILTON & DANNY MOSS
Mainstream Giants Of Jazz
'Mainstream Giants of Jazz' sees two of the great tenor sax stylists and a marvellous rhythm section brought together, with everyone given the opportunity to fly in various combinations from solo piano to the full ensemble.
JIM HALL & BOB BROOKMEYER
Live North Sea jazz Festival 1979
Valve trombonist Bob Brookmeyer and guitarist Jim Hall are two of the most influential musicians in modern jazz. On this disc Challenge Jazz presents more than seventy minutes of their concert at The Hague.
The Cornucopia series was dear to Humph's heart. He oversaw all the tracks on the album, directing and fine tuning the dynamics and solos. While Humph can be heard on only two tracks, this remains very much, a Humphrey Lyttelton album. Tony Fisher completes the remaining tracks.
GEOFF EALES
Master Of The Game
Major new project from pianist Geoff Eales with his trio. If Esbjörn Svensson, Brad Mehldau, Bill Evans or even Bud Powell mean something to you then this will be for you. Special offer also extends to the Edition Records catalogue.
Venus Records CD Offer
Brilliant listing from one of the best jazz labels coming out of Japan at the moment.
Gareth Williams is an artist who commands huge respect and warmth throughout the UK jazz community. "Shock!", the debut album with the Gareth Williams Power Trio, showcases Williams' skills as an outstanding composer, pianist and improviser.
LIANE CARROLL & BRIAN KELLOCK
Live At The Lampie
"This may well be British jazz's greatest double-act" Rob Adams, The Herald. Scotland's finest pianist and England's finest singer.... Vocalist Liane Carroll and pianist Brian Kellock perform on this duo album, recorded live at Aberdeen's Blue Lamp in Oct 2008.
Introductory offer only £8.99!
ANDY SHEPPARD
Movements In Colour
British saxophonist Andy Sheppard makes his ECM debut heading an extraordinarily gifted international quintet in a programme of self-penned pieces, all buoyant and strongly melodic.
ESSENTIAL JAZZ
This offer actually combines two labels imported from Europe, Essential Jazz Classics and Essential Jazz Albums. Great mainstream jazz with extra tracks etc.
It is a rare artist that can explore more than one kind of music with true fluency, virtuosity and sincerity. Guitarist John Scofield can, and he's proven it once again with Piety Street - a powerful collection of Blues & Gospel renditions.
One of the many labels from Europe taking on the mantle of reissuing CDs from the great jazz eras. Plenty of bonus tracks etc on most releases.
From labels such as Prestige etc Concord & Decca have added some more reissues to some of the best RVG Remasters.
GAMBIT RECORDS
Special offer on the whole of the Gambit jazz catalogue. Prices start from just £8.99 for single discs.
AL COHN
AVID Jazz presents four classic Al Cohn albums on a finely re-mastered and low priced double CD. 'Mr Music', 'The Al Cohn Quintet featuring Bob Brookmeyer', 'Al & Zoot' and returning the favour and reversing the billing 'Bob Brookmeyer featuring Al Cohn'.
AVID Jazz presents four classic Blossom Dearie albums on a finely re-mastered and low priced double CD. Blossom Dearie, Blossom Dearie Plays For Dancing, Give Him The Ooh La La and Once Upon A Summertime, plus 6 tracks from her vocal album Blue Stars Of France and her one track recorded with King Pleasure!
RUDY VAN GELDER EDITION
Another release in the Blue Note RVG reissue programme. Remastered by Rudy Van Gelder himself with original sleeves and notes plus additional improved and updated notes setting the albums in their historical context.
WARNER/ATLANTIC
Mid Price Jazz
The entire mid price catalogue available at £7.99 for single discs and £12.99 for the doubles.
JASMINE LABEL
Budget Price Catalogue Offer
Over 150 titles - Jazz, Blues, Nostalgia, Gospel, and even Country - something for everyone at just £5.49 per disc!
VERVE, IMPULSE, FANTASY, CONCORD etc
We've put together a "best sellers of 2008" listing from Universal Jazz. Titles from labels such as Verve, Impulse, Concord, Original Jazz Classics, Emarcy, GRP and more. Over 250 titles.
AVID Jazz have chosen four classic albums as tribute to this great pianist for another in this famed series.
2CD set only £7.99!
Let's Face The Music
Our Easy Listening Disc Of The Month features the most respected arranger - conductor of the 1950s
AVID Jazz here presents four classic Sonny Rollins albums on a finely re-mastered and superb value for money double CD.
What a difference O'Day makes! Avid Jazz's "four classic albums on two CDs" series continues.
Are you ready for an assault on Pepper!? Avid Jazz's acclaimed series. Four albums including 'Meets The Rhythm Section' which is heard here for the first time in a natural stereo soundstage.
The new label which is managed by veteran nostalgia specialist Ray Crick, who is tasked with sourcing the highest quality transfers, plus detailed biographies and informative notes for the booklets. Jazz, nostalgia even Music Hall from only £5.99.
UPBEAT RECORDINGS
Some great British Jazz available again from Humph, Ken Colyer, Alex Welsh and lots more.
MID PRICE EMI & BLUE NOTE
Rudy Van Gelder Remasters plus a whole range of titles from Blue Note and other EMI jazz labels. Over 300 titles. Prices start from only £7.99!
40 Classic recordings from ECM in new packaging and at special price.
Jazz Icons DVD Offer
This superbly put together range of DVDs only £18.99 each.
On The Real Side
This is now a tribute offer to legendary trumpeter Freddie Hubbard. This had been his first outing as a leader in seven years, backed by The New Jazz Composers Octet.
LONEHILL JAZZ
One of the best mid price reissue labels. Now with added Jazzbeat, Groove Hut and Rare Live labels.
BUD FREEMAN
The Man, Live in Dublin 1976
These previously unreleased 1976 live recordings from Dublin capture the veteran tenor saxophonist Bud Freeman with local rhythm sections performing a set of classic jazz standards.
Three offers in one across a selection of EMI issues. Easy Listening, Blues and Jazz. More titles mean more discounts.
HEP JAZZ
Hep Jazz consists of three labels covering Jazz in Depth from the 30's to the present. Only £8.99 for mid price and £11.99 for full price titles.
Producer Orrin Keepnews Offer
Five more from the Universal Classics & Jazz Re-Mastered series highlighting the legendary jazz record producer & Riverside label founder ORRIN KEEPNEWS.


A long-stagnant site a few blocks northeast of the Brewery District is resuming construction activity for a six-storey condominium development called 'The Vermillion.' The project at 10611 116 Street NW by Red Leaf Developments and designed by Brian Allsopp launched construction in 2011 with the completion of its one-storey underground parkade, but the building never rose above ground.
A building permit issued for the project on March 2 makes reference to the 63 units to be added on the property. The residential development will include one-, two- and three-bedroom options — two-storey lofts with rooftop decks are also available. Most interior areas will boast ten-foot ceiling heights, and each unit will include stainless steel appliances, engineered hardwood floors and quartz countertops in the kitchen and bathroom.
The design has been updated since the initial proposal was unveiled some ten years ago. While the massing has generally remained the same, most of the angled edges of the original design have been removed in favour of a simpler roofline. The arched parapet of the inset centre facade has also been flattened.


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Gov. Brownback ranks as nation's third-least popular chief executive
By Tim CarpenterTopeka Capital-Journal
TOPEKA — Gov. Sam Brownback's standing among peers continued to suffer in new polling at the same time U.S. Sen. Pat Roberts' approval rating took a nosedive.
Brownback, who plans to resign as governor if confirmed as religious freedom ambassador for President Donald Trump, can thank angry registered voters in Connecticut for his bump in Morning Consult's state-by-state ranking of governors. Brownback's now the third-most disliked governor rather than the second-most loathed.
The Kansas Republican's ranking escalated because support for Republican Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey and Democratic Gov. Dan Malloy of Connecticut crashed between July and October.
The approval rating of Christie, infamous for the "Bridgegate" scandal, plummeted from 25 percent to 18 percent. Christie's showing was the lowest since Morning Consult started the survey in 2016. Malloy had been supported by 29 percent, but that condensed to 23 percent.
Twenty-four percent of Kansans approved of Brownback's performance as of October, which was a decline of 1 percentage point from the previous Morning Consult assessment but still high enough to advance one slot in the field.
"Kansans have already made their decision on Brownback," said Burdett Loomis, a former political science professor at the University of Kansas. "I've never seen anyone so disengaged."
Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker was America's most popular chief executive with a favorability rating of 69 percent. Governors with the 10 highest approval ratings were all Republicans.
The public's perception of Roberts suffered during the three-month period, dipping from 43 percent in July to 39 percent by October. Perspectives of U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kan., nudged up 1 percentage point to 45 percent during a period that included the senator's decision not to endorse a GOP plan to repeal the Affordable Care Act.
"Moran's refusal to blindly follow Donald Trump did not hurt him," said Bob Beatty, a Washburn University political science professor.
The Morning Consult poll indicated the nation's most popular U.S. senator was Bernie Sanders, an independent from Vermont. The most disliked in the chamber was Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, the Kentucky Republican.
The poll regarding U.S. governors and senators engaged 255,000 registered voters in the 50 states in an online format from July 1 to Sept. 30. The margin of error for the Kansas survey was 2 percent.

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News » New app by Simplifa for more transparency
New app by Simplifa for more transparency
Simplifa GmbH (Simplifa), a digital service provider for lift management, unveiled its newly developed app at a production presentation in Berlin.
Simplifa has presented a new app. (Photo: © Simplifa GmbH)
The idea behind it is to create more transparency for all parties involved regarding the conveyance technology in a building. "We constantly witness frustration among various companies in practice.
The owners see the costs, the manager can't find any service providers and the service providers can't get any information tailor-made to what they need," explained Ludwig von Busse, co-founder and managing director of Simplifa.
This was where the new app came in, according to Busse. It recorded all the data relating to a lift – for example, technical status, maintenance agreements, construction year or manufacturer.
Data and visualisations can be retrieved at any time
On top of this came 360° visualisation, by means of which owners and technicians could get a comprehensive picture of the situation on the spot from their desks. "Everything can be viewed: from the entrance to the building and shaft to the rope technology.
Thanks to the enhanced transparency, repair orders can for example be implemented more efficiently and effectively," emphasised Ludwig von Busse.
All of the parties involved could retrieve at any time the data and visualisations that were recorded and regularly updated in the app. Those involved could then integrate the relevant information in their respective ERP systems via an interface.
Better traceability of malfunctions
Better traceability of malfunctions was also possible thanks to the Simplifa lift management. For example, technicians were not only provided with all the information required on the lift involved in advance; the owner or manager could also see directly what the current status of the repair work was.
"We can cut the average processing time until the fault has been cleared significantly," Ludwig von Busse was certain. As a result, checking invoices and deadline management was also much easier.
Simplifa is sure that a large proportion of the current problems could be solved with transparency and specialist knowledge: whether overrunning the budget, the difficult preparation of economic plans or adjusting the life cycle of the properties and conveyance technology installed. According to the start-up company, which has no ties to any manufacturer, technicians, service providers and manufacturers could save on costs through efficient project management.
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Good Natured in St. Charles: Taking a shine to luminescent glowworms
By PAM OTTO - editorial@kcchronicle.com
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Glowworm beetles are members of the family Phengodidae, a name that comes from the Greek phengodes, or "shining." Female Phengodes retain their worm-like look throughout their lives, while mature males look more like traditional beetles – albeit with large eyes and feathery antennae. [Swipe left to see additional photo.]
Glowworm beetle females retain their worm-like look throughout their lives, while mature males look more like traditional beetles – albeit with large eyes and feathery antennae.
A picture of a male Phengodes beetle on the Facebook page What's Happening in St. Charles showed the species is alive and well in our area. It also put me in a nostalgic mood. Please enjoy this Good Natured column from summer 2013.
Life at Hickory Knolls is filled with many bright spots, small discoveries and tiny triumphs that make our outlook just a little bit sunnier. Like the day last week when no one on staff – not a single person – found any ticks crawling on them. Or like Tuesday of this past week, when we got through an entire day of nature camp, lightning and thunder – all without anybody, kids or staff, crying.
Two weeks ago was our brightest spot when Greg Pipis, a member of our ecological restoration team, found an insect that was glowing.
But this wasn't any ordinary glowworm, no sirree. The "usual" glowworms we run into are juveniles of the family Lampyridae, the lightning bugs or fireflies. These little larvae look a lot like streamlined pillbugs (aka roly-polies) and sowbugs, but have only six legs. Oh, and they glow, faintly, all the time.
Greg's glowworm was another creature entirely. At 1-1/2 inches in length, it was bigger. And with bioluminescent spots along its sides, coupled with glimmering bands along its back, it was a whole lot brighter.
Living on my desk, for now, it's a member of the Phengodidae, or glowworm beetle family. From the Greek phengodes, or "shining," the Phengodidae consist of about 35 genera worldwide, with a large number found in Central and South America. According to BugGuide.net, the family has six genera with ranges north of Mexico; these genera encompass 23 species across the U.S. and southern Canada.
After poring over what little material is available in our reference books and online, we're maybe 90% sure that Greg's glowworm is an adult female in the genus Phengodes; we're also about 50% certain that the species is plumosa – a name that refers to the male beetle's plume-like antennae.
Among glowworm beetles, only the males achieve a form we would consider to be a true adult – two eyes, three identifiable body parts and, in this case, those incredible antennae. Females, by contrast, are referred to as larviform; that is, they look like juveniles their entire lives.
This look apparently is what male Phengodidae find eye-catching; it's also what caused Greg to take a second look. When he first saw the insect lying in the dirt, he thought it might be a larva of the dreaded emerald ash borer. But closer inspection revealed that brilliant bioluminescence.
Animals that glow typically don't do so without a purpose. Light can be used to lure in prey, ward off predators and to attract a mate. But among the Phengodidae, no one's really sure what the actual function is. Some literature states that the glow plays no role in courtship, and is strictly there to warn potential predators of the beetles' icky taste. Other references say that males are programmed to look for the glow, then use pheromones to track down individual females.
Something else that research hasn't helped us with is diet. Everything we've been able to find so far states that glowworm larvae and mature females are predatory, feeding on millipedes. We even found a detailed account of how glowworm larvae use their mandibles to pierce millipedes in just the right spot; the bite evidently paralyzes the millipede and renders it unable to discharge the benzoquinones that are its only means of defense.
Yet when Greg first found this glowworm, he put some leaves in with her – and she ate them. Even now, two weeks later, she appears to be thriving on a diet of leaves from several common lawn plants – violets, plantain, clover and dandelions, to name a few.
The millipedes, which we added to her micro-ecosystem after educating ourselves, have gone untouched, as have the sowbugs, nematodes and myriad other creatures living in the soil into which she burrows each day.
Did Greg find a new species? Are we harming the habitat from which she came by keeping her in a cup?
We figure the answer to the first question probably is no (even though P. pipii does have a certain ring to it). And we're hoping the same is true of the second question as well. Besides, any day now, Greg will take his glowworm back to where he found her, so she can go back to doing the things she does best: eating whatever she prefers in her natural environment and attracting male Phengodidae with her radiant glow.
We'll keep beaming too, knowing these magnificent and unusual creatures are living nearby, making our days and nights brighter with their presence.
Pam Erickson Otto is the manager of nature programs and interpretive services at the Hickory Knolls Discovery Center, a facility of the St. Charles Park District. She can be reached at 630-513-4346 or potto@stcparks.org. Feedback on this column can be sent to editorial@kcchronicle.com.
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Buying an entry-level or mid-range device is a tricky task. Although you need to check the cost-to-feature ratio, it is equally important to gauge the developer support and updates a device is likely to receive. While various manufacturers tend to shy away from updating their devices, Xiaomi plays a different game altogether.
Xiaomi has recently been pushing MIUI 8.5 updates for Redmi 4A and 3S Prime and now, the Chinese manufacturer has unveiled Global Stable ROM V8.5 for the Mi Max 2.The update, carrying the build number V8.5.4.0.NDDMIED, updates your device to Android 7.1.1 Nougat and weighs in at 1.5GB for the flashable zip file and 1.7GB for the fastboot tgz file, both of which are included down below.
Since this is a Global Release, Xiaomi has not provided us with a changelog. Furthermore, the build carries the May security patch which may come as a disappointment to many.
This method is exclusively for Unlocked Bootloaders. In case your bootloader is locked, refer to the guide here to unlock your Mi Max 2.
Click on the first button (circled out in yellow) to Refresh, and MiFlash should automatically recognize the device.
Though the guide is simple enough, there are always chances of something going wrong. In case you get stuck or your device enters a bootloop, download the Mi PC Suit to restore your device.


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Q: Store results of inequality I eveluated some values using Reduce commend and I store them in a Table
t = Table[
  N[Reduce[ 1/(1 + f) <= p[[i]] <= 1 + f , f], 100], {i, 1, n}]

Elements of a table looks like: {f>= 99.000000000000000000000000000000000, f>=49.00000000000000000000000000000000...}
Now I want to plot this values for an integer domain. So I wanted to use ListPlot, but to use it I have to have a table which looks like: {99.00000000000000000000000000000, 49.000000000000000000 ...}
How can I transform the first table to the second, which includes only values?

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A couple of weekends ago, a large black sketchbook lay open on my kitchen table. Across a double page spread were scrawled all sorts of potential titles. Everyone who came into the house was invited to have a go at suggesting a title for my latest novel which will be released January 2017 by Allen & Unwin.
For me, titles nearly always arrive almost before, or at the same time, as the book I'm writing. If they don't, I know I'm in for a laborious search for the right one with lots of brainstorming, hair-tugging and crossing-of-eyes. This novel produced the latter.
The quest? A title that suggested France, Paris, romance and growing-up. My first effort (& indeed, what the manuscript I submitted was called initially) was Skull Skirts and Cowboy Boots. I'm still quite fond of this. However, the publishers decided it didn't really give the potential reader any idea what was going on in the book. I guess that's quite true – I liked the alliteration of Skull Skirts and the swaggery quality of the cowboy boots but even I had to admit that it didn't even hint at Paris or romance although I felt it may have covered growing up.
Hence the book on my kitchen table. Brainstormed titles veered from the banal to the meaningless. But that's the great thing about brainstorming. No suggestion can be disqualified. Everything can be written down without censure.
It all reminded me of an exercise I used to set my creative writing students – take a few minutes to write down titles for stories or poems you'd like to write. In about five or ten minutes brainstorming you should end up with a number of fabulous titles. The joy of this exercise is that you now have a repository of titles begging for content. Your brain has started spinning with wonderful possibilities. It's a great warm-up exercise for any creative activity.
The title that was finally chosen? Lisette's Paris Notebook. A long way from Skull Skirts and Cowboy Boots!


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Title Comptroller's agents! Reach for the sky!
Content Description pen and ink illustration featuring a caricature of Bob Bullock -- Bullock is depicted as an Elliot Ness-style FBI agent busting in the door of a "liquor beer and wine" establishment" while yelling "Comptroller's agents! Reach for the sky!" -- a startled clerk is seen dropping a pile of money while his companion asks (in caption) "Since when are the tax laws ENFORCED ?! Why, that's downright UNSPORTING!"


2TB Seagate Barracuda 7200rpm - recording to this drive, however dxtory is running off the SSD.
Please use a "Disable Delay Processing" and "Enabled Synchronous Surface Lock" option.
Probably, I think that it is a problem of the multi-GPU environment of TITAN.
Sorry I was away on vacation and just got to test this. With those changes I had the same result of audio recording without a problem, but no video at 30fps. Below is the environment info again.
Why this ridiculous audio setting?
reduce all audio to 44100hz, 16bit and the microphone (if you use one) to 44100 hz, 16bit, mono.
What are your lagarith settings?


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Q: Does the ∞-category of Derived/Spectral schemes admit all colimits over constant diagrams? In the case of ordinary schemes, all coproducts exist, so given any constant diagram $D_S:C\to \operatorname{Sch}$, the colimit over $D_S$ is isomorphic to the coproduct of $S$ over the connected components of $C$.  In the homotopical setting, colimits over constant diagrams are much more interesting, representing tensors by homotopy types.
Do all colimits over constant diagrams exist in the ∞-category of derived schemes or spectral schemes?  Where can I find a proof?


Options can be somewhat limited for second jobs if you're already committed to a 9-5, but a couple evening shifts or weekend shifts at a café, a job at your gym (lots offer free membership on top of your wages as well!) can make a difference. I have a friend who on top of her 40hr work week is putting in another 16hrs at her local gym. Not only does she get the bump in her salary from her gym wages, but she spends about $80 less a month on her gym membership. Massive savings!
If you're not quite able to commit to a more regular side-hustle, there are lots of super flexible options. Brushing off your teenage babysitting skills for an easy way to make some extra cash from time to time. If you have some marketable skills such as proof-reading, accounting, translation, website design or what have you, there are lots of great websites such as e-lance.com or fiverr.com, where you can bid for a variety of side projects and rake in a fair amount of cash.
Turn the items you don't really need into cash by selling them. Online, ebay.com is a slightly time intensive but effective way to off-load your clutter (trust me, people buy all sorts of weird stuff on Ebay). If you're selling books, half.com also operated by Ebay is a great choice. No pictures needed, you just put in your book title or ISBN number and set your price. A word to the wise, I've had the best luck on half.com at the beginning of the academic year and at the start of second term, when people are looking for new books for classes. Other times of the year can be a bit hit or miss. If you can't be bothered to package and ship online, you can sell gently used clothes knick knacks and books at local consignment shops, although they will usually give you full money for store credit, and a percentage of the money if you want it in cash. I usually try for online first, and if I have no success than I bring it down to the consignment shop, because some money for your items is always better than none. If you have larger items like furniture, Craigslist is a solid option (but please be about meeting up with people to exchange goods!). If you can, also try to donate some of your unneeded items to charities, giving back is always a good thing.
These are all tips I have used in the past to make money for travel. I once made around $1000 selling my schoolbooks after college, which basically paid for my flight to move abroad for grad school. After my tax debacle which I fondly refer to as #taxpocalypse, I will definitely be returning to these tips to hopefully make a little extra travel cash!
N.B. For the record, I am not being compensated by Ebay.com, Elance.com, Craigslist.com or Fiverr.com (I wish I were on that level where they were courting me, but let's not kid ourselves).


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CORRECTION - LAVENHAM SWIMMERS WIN GALA!
After a recount the organisers have conceded that Lavenham Community Primary School WON the swimming gala today. They will be presented with their trophy at the next available assembly after the trophy arrives and they are through to the next round. Congratulations to all our swimmers and to Mrs Savory and everyone else who supported us in this achievement.


Last month, right before FERC was to hold its first scoping hearing on the PennEast pipeline, the PennEast Pipeline Corporation released an economic impact report. The media picked up and dutifully transcribed the press release, and headlines touted 12,000 job figure, and gazillion of dollars that would flow into Pennsylvania and New Jersey.
PennEast contracted with Drexel University and Econsult to produce the report. The report is being widely criticized for wild claims of job and economic benefits. Of particular interest is the claim of 12,000 jobs.
A closer look reveals that the number refers to every job that could be related in any way during the seven-month construction period, making the job total much less once construction ends, environmentalists claim. This would include a food truck worker selling a Taco to an out of state pipeline construction worker as being counted a "job".
"No respectable economic analysis would give a result this large and the best recent work suggests there would be little if any net employment gains beyond the direct hires, most of who would be recruited from outside the area," Jeffrey R. Shafer, former undersecretary of the U.S. Department of Treasury, stated in the release.
There you have it; the report is based on a SIMPLE INPUT-OUTPUT analysis based on DATA PROVIDED BY PENNEAST. As anyone who has designed or used a database, modeling or similar program knows, if Garbage goes IN then Garbage comes OUT.
The PennEast report is also being questioned by connections with Drexel University and raises the issue of conflict of interest. Lon Greenberg, former CEO and current non-executive chairman of the board for the UGI Corp serves on Drexel's LeBow School of Business Corporate Governance Center.
Of course Drexel denies that a conflict of interest exists.
Drexel's Center for Corporate Governance enjoys support of generous investors such as….surprise…surprise – UGI.
PennEast was quick to attempt a rebuttal.
Patricia Kornick, spokeswoman said "Simply because the results of the economic analysis do not align with the numerous misconceptions perpetuated about this project does not mean they aren't the facts." Unfortunately, when the economic analysis is based on data provided by PennEast, the resulting "facts" may not really be "facts".
Kornick went on to say Drexel University's analysis is the first of two studies that PennEast has commissioned with "credible, third-party entities." Within the next several weeks, PennEast expects to have the results of the second study on consumer-specific benefits of the proposed project, she said.
Does a credible third party entity mean there are no PennEast members on the board, or are generous investors or other connections?
Is this 2nd report also based on PennEast supplied data?
PennEast's proposed route is also uniquely capable of providing an interconnection with Spectra's Algonquin Gas Transmission, LLC. The Algonquin connects to Texas Eastern Transmission and Maritimes & Northeast. The Maritimes extends from Nova Scotia into New Brunswick, Maine, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts where it connects with Algonquin Gas Transmission's Hub Line near Beverly, Massachusetts. There it provides a seamless link for Spectra Energy systems from offshore Nova Scotia to south Texas and the Gulf Coast.


NFL Blitz '99 is the second game in the NFL Blitz series. It was released exclusively in arcades and increased the player count from two to four and boasted many new plays. The game was updated with the 1998 NFL rosters.


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Toybox REVIEW: Meisho Movie Realization Samurai Taisho Darth Vader
Release Date: December 2014, November 2016 (Reissue)
RRP: 9504 yen
Though its scope is much more limited and releases much fewer than other Bandai Tamashii Nations toy lines, it didn't take long for the Meisho Movie Realization line to mark itself as one to look out for. There are dozens of companies out there making Star Wars figures, but ones reimagined as if they walked straight out of feudal Japan? It's amazing that it took this long for a toy company to think of it. This line is to Star Wars what Super Imaginative Chogokin is to Kamen Rider, and just like SIC some of the ideas they come up with are nothing short of ingenious. Designed by Takayuki Takeya and sculpted by Junichi Taniguchi, Meisho Movie Realization Samurai Taisho Darth Vader is the one the one that started it all.
Samurai Taisho Darth Vader comes packaged in a lavish two-piece box, with a smooth pristine finish akin to that of the S.H. Figuarts Shinkocchou Seihou range. Whether this means Tamashii Nations hold the Meisho Movie Realization line in similarly high esteem is up for debate, but personally I like to think that it's not just a coincidence. The top/black half of the box features a nice big image of the figure alongside its name and the Star Wars/Movie Realization logos, while the underside/white half displays the usual layout of stock images that would have been made available at the time of the figure's original solicitation. Open it up and you'll find the figure and its accessories stored upon a single moulded clamshell tray, but my favourite touch on this packaging continues to be the "A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away…" text printed on the lid's underside. Just shows how even the littlest touches can go a long way in making packaging feel extra special.
If there's any character that's going to kick off a line of feudal-era Star Wars figures, of course it's going to be Darth Vader. Lucas' Japanese influences when creating the original film are well documented, and the fact Vader's iconic design was inspired by Japanese armour is perhaps the most obvious of them all. Some versions of the story even cite Goranger's Warrior Mask as the initial inspiration. Either way it's so clear that it's no surprise that the translation works so brilliantly here, and Samurai Taisho Darth Vader is every bit as striking as his movie counterpart – so much so that this could almost pass as real life armour if you didn't know any better. Elements such as Vader's padded bodysuit and chest panel have been perfectly incorporated into the design, along with new unique flourishes to make it that little bit more historically accurate. Take the helmet for example, which retains the distinctive angular shape but extends and widens back panelling, as well as reimagining the mask's mouthpiece to have moulded teeth just like a traditional samurai helmet would. Another really nice touch is although the body uses both gloss and matte blacks to give it varying shades and textures, the design also throws in other bits of colour. The helmet and skirt sections sport orange and purple stitching that holds the panels together, but more significantly they're also emblazoned with golden Imperial insignia. The cape is made of soft plastic, which despite not always being the first choice of materials does its job to no real complaints here. Everything just works so well that it's hard to believe this isn't Darth Vader's default design.
In 2015 Bandai released a second Movie Realization Darth Vader figure, featuring new armour sculpting and a new helmet which is much closer to the movie design. This version may be slightly more preferable to those who aren't on board with this version's teeth look, but it also swaps out the Imperial insignia for a comically oversized Death Star crest that just doesn't mesh with the rest of the design. While your mileage will ultimately vary on which one is worth adding to your collection, personally I find the fact this was the version that was eventually reissued speaks volumes.
Being a Tamashii Nations figure this Vader is certainly no slouch in the articulation department either. Altogether it features ball joints in the neck, waist and hips, ball-hinge shoulders, double hinge elbows and knees and also ball-hinge wrists and ankles. The back of the figure even has a levered ball joint sticking out of it, which plugs directly into the cape to give it some movement even when it's held firmly in place. Of course there are limitations to designs like these when certain parts are made of plastic rather than their real life equivalent material, so you don't quite get the full range of motion that's potentially on offer. Thankfully these limitations and mostly restricted to the legs, with the skirt pieces obstructing the hips and the knee joints only able to do about a 90 degree bend despite being double jointed. But at the end of the day the Movie Realization line (as well as similarly scaled and stylised figures like SIC or Manga Realization) are sold on being dynamic the same way S.H. Figuarts and the like are, with the imagination and sculpting behind them being their key selling points. With that in mind, Vader's articulation is still pretty great and the added heft of this scale makes those potentially fragile (i.e. wrist) joints feel considerably more reinforced.
Vader's accessories are fairly minimal, but among them are the arguably the most essential Darth Vader pieces so it's a pretty good start for the first of the line all things considered. First up is Vader's lightsaber, which like the rest of the figure has been slightly redesigned to properly fit the samurai aesthetic. Though it features the same colouring and detailing the hilt has been flatted to better resemble a traditional samurai sword, and in turn the blade (still moulded in that all-important translucent red plastic) has been reshaped into the shape of a traditional katana. An additional hilt is also included that clips onto Vader's belt when not in use. On top of that the figure includes three extra pairs of hands (in addition to the closed fists already attached in-package), which include a weapon holding pair, a force choke action pair and then finally a pair of widely opened hands with the fingers spread. The first two pairs feel pretty much a given for any decent Darth Vader figure, but the final pair are a little more interesting. Not only are they great for other force action style poses, but they're also useful for more traditional Japanese style poses as well. A nice little touch that further amplifies just how well this figure leans into the samurai aesthetic. So again while this might not be a whole lot of accessories in the grand scheme of things (especially compared to some of the figures that came later in the line), it's definitely enough to get the job done without there being any glaring omissions.
Going back and visiting the first in a line years after its inception doesn't always yield positive reception, but it's clear that right from the very start Bandai Tamashii Nations knew exactly what they were doing with this line. Nearly five years on and Meisho Movie Realization Samurai Taisho Darth Vader is still as incredible a figure as ever. While the design meant it was never going to be as articulated as some of Tamashii's other figures (though the framework is still there), the figure completely makes up for it in size, sculpt detailing, shelf presence and just sheer imagination. The newer Death Star Armour Vader might offer more accessories and a look that's a bit closer to the movies, but this version will always come out on top when it comes to fully embracing that samurai look. The Meisho Movie Realization range is quickly becoming one of my favourite Bandai Tamashii Nations lines, and just like so many of the others it seems impossible to just stop at one.
Posted by Alex at Tuesday, May 07, 2019
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Hulu Announces Alternate History Series 'Rodham,' Gets Mocked on Twitter
by Shifra on July 23, 2020
Ohh! A new TV series is being developed on the life of Hillary if she had not married Bill! I can hardly wait to see it!… said no one, ever. Hillary Clinton Alternate History Series 'Rodham' in Development at Hulu https://t.co/HAJeROdVyD pic.twitter.com/dzla7Fmln5 — Variety_TV (@Variety_TV) July 22, 2020 Is this the alternate reality where Hillary/Democrats/MSM accept the results of the election and don't corrupt everything under the sun to try to get back in power? — American Elephant™ (@TheElephantsKid) July 23, 2020 Siri, show me what a kidney stone looks like in the form of a TV show. — Phil (@philllosoraptor) July 22, 2020 Will there be an Arkancide episode? — Perry (@BAMAPERRY) July 22, 2020 Too bad the titlte...
Benghazi Survivor Has Choice Words For Those Criticizing Trump Over Khashoggi
by Tammy on October 20, 2018
Paronto makes an excellent point. Having to point out liberal hypocrisy has been an every day effort for all of us now for years. Tucker has also noted the anger over the Saudi journalist's death is posturing and "an international incident hyped and manufactured for domestic political goals." Considering the lack of outrage in the past over horrors like Benghazi, yeah, that seems like an accurate description. Via Daily Caller. Benghazi survivor Kris "Tanto" Paronto had a few choice words for those who have been critical of President Donald Trump's response to the death of Saudi Arabian journalist Jamal Khashoggi at Turkey's Saudi Arabian Embassy. Addressing his tweet to the "leftist journalists & liberalists" who are angry about the Trump...
At Forum, Hillary Forgets Benghazi, Claims 'We Did Not Not Lose a Single American' in Libya
Four men have no comment. Glossing over the 2012 terrorist attack in Benghazi that claimed the lives of four U.S. diplomats, Hillary Clinton on Wednesday night claimed that "we did not lose a single American" due to military intervention in Libya. Speaking at a veterans' forum hosted by NBC News, the former secretary of state said she stands by the 2011 decision to take action in Libya and that America suffered no casualties. "When [former Libyan leader Moammar] Gadhafi was threatening to massacre his population, I put together a coalition that included NATO, included the Arab League, and we were able to save lives. We did not lose a single American in that action," she said. "And I think taking...
Parents of 2 Benghazi Victims Sue Hillary for Wrongful Death, Defamation
by Tammy on August 8, 2016
Godspeed to them. It's the right, and moral, thing to do for their own families and for the nation itself. All politicians, who believe they're above the law, have got to be held accountable. Via Fox News. The parents of two of the four Americans who died in the Benghazi attack in 2012 filed a lawsuit Monday against Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, alleging her "extremely careless" handling of classified information contributed to their deaths. The case was filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia by Larry Klayman of Freedom Watch USA on behalf of Patricia Smith, the mother of Sean Smith, and Charles Woods, the father of Tyrone Woods, for allegedly wrongfully causing the death...
Amazing. Clinton: Benghazi Security Was 'Not My Ball to Carry'
by Tammy on July 24, 2016
If there was any doubt about the dangerousness of this woman, this should clear things up. All excuses, all the time. Pass the buck, don't blame her, not her ball. Appalling. Via The Hill. Hillary Clinton said the security at the American compound in Benghazi, Libya, was "not her ball to carry" and admonished Republicans for politicizing the 2012 attack that left four Americans dead. In her first joint interview with running mate Tim Kaine on "60 Minutes" Sunday, Clinton said while she took responsibility for the attacks because she was secretary of State when it happened, none of the nine separate investigations found her culpable. "So when this happened in Benghazi, I immediately stood up an independent committee —...
Benghazi Survivor: If Hillary Gets Elected, Special Operators Will Leave The Military
As if we needed another reason to make sure she is defeated in November. Via Daily Caller. The best and brightest of the U.S. military and special operations community will quit if Hillary Clinton gets elected president, according to Benghazi survivor and former CIA operative John "Tig" Tiegen. Tiegen witnessed firsthand the results of Clinton's policy when he and his comrades in the Benghazi CIA Global Response Service Team defended U.S. consulate and CIA officials from a massive assault by radical Libyan jihadis Sept. 11, 2013. He told The Daily Caller News Foundation Clinton's failure as secretary of state during the Benghazi attack has caused many of the nation's most elite special operations forces to quit their jobs — a...
Obama Refuses to Answer Benghazi Comm Questions: He Won't Take "Demands" From Congress
He's too busy slow jamming the news with Jimmy Fallon. And anyway, House deputy press secretary Eric Schultz said if you are wondering where Obama was on the night of the Benghazi attack, he was being briefed by the WH team. And how do we know this is true? Because the WH posted a picture of Obama with his team. Well, hey, thanks for clearing that up! Via BizPac Review. The House Select Committee on Benghazi is up in arms on the issue of whether President Obama should answer questions about the White House's reaction to the 2102 terror attack that took four American lives. "When they asked the president if he was willing to answer questions about what happened...
Video) Trump Camp Releases First In Series Condemning Hillary's 'Legendary' Lies: Benghazi
by Tammy on June 25, 2016
Good. Heres the a new campaign website devoted to the issue of exposing this pathological liar. Via RCP. In a video posted to Facebook Thursday afternoon, and posted at LyingCrookedHillary.com, the Trump campaign continued its salvo at Secretary Clinton's record. The first video is a refresher of what happened after the 2012 attack in Benghazi, Libya. TRUMP CAMPAIGN: Hillary has no shame! The Benghazi attacks were a preventable tragedy disgraced further by Hillary's web of lies. She knew within hours that the attacks in Benghazi were a terrorist attack, and not a spontaneous protest due to a You Tube Video. But she lied anyways. She stood in front of the flag-draped coffins of four Americans that died serving their country...
Clinton: It's 'Obvious' to Voters I Will Put National Security Over Self-Interest
by Tammy on May 31, 2016
I think Ambassador Stevens would disagree. Via Free Beacon. Asked by CNN's Jake Tapper Tuesday if she viewed it as a challenge that she would have to convince voters that she would put national security above her own self-interest, Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton said that it was obvious. "I think that is obvious. I always have," she said. It might not be given Clinton's much-publicized email woes. USA Today's editorial board wrote Tuesday that Clinton's use of a personal server had put national security at risk and had repeatedly ignored warnings from State Department officials: If Clinton wants to become the president of the United States, she needs to explain how she could make such a reckless decision. She had...
Feds Not Seeking Death Penalty For Benghazi Attack Mastermind
If there was ever a reason for the death penalty, it's this kind of case: terrorist mass murder, including the murder of an ambassador. But no. Apparently this horrific crime doesn't warrant the death penalty. But maybe that's the Obama gang's point, because if this scumbag doesn't get the death penalty, why should anyone else? Don't forget– Obama finally decided he couldn't put it off any longer we grabbed this one guy two years after the attack, when many more were obviously involved. Obama also managed to make sure this freak gets constitutional protections. Because, you know, be a terrorist and you'll win the lottery of getting all the benefits of American citizenry! This, of course, also sends a message...
[Video] Bill Clinton: Hillary Ate Republicans' Lunch On 'That Benghazi Thing'
by Shifra on April 26, 2016
Bill Clinton calls four dead Americans 'that Benghazi thing' ? *This* is why you must vote for whoever the GOP nominee will be: To keep these vile Clintons very far away from the Oval Office. Via Free Beacon: Former President Bill Clinton boasted on Monday that his wife Hillary Clinton ate Republicans' lunch on "that Benghazi thing." "They had seven committees look into that Benghazi thing," Clinton said at a Connecticut rally. "The first six were honest committees, chaired by Republicans, they came up with the same thing. They said, 'Look, yeah, there needs to be some changes made, but she's not responsible.' No secretary of state has ever been responsible for security stuff. But she did immediately take responsibility...
State Dept Office Removed Benghazi Files After Congressional Subpoena
by Tammy on April 21, 2016
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Shorter Andrea: No matter how many times Hillary and officials have denied any wrongdoing, those crazy unwashed right-wingers insist on clinging to their little conspiracy theories. Unfortunately, Amb. Chris Stevens, Sean Smith, Tyrone Woods and Glen Doherty were unavailable for comment. Via NewsBusters: On her MSNBC show on Monday, host Andrea Mitchell derided the film 13 Hours, opening in theaters nationwide on Friday: "That new film about Benghazi coming out this week could give wider circulation to conspiracy theories, despite denials, that CIA operatives were told to stand down and not rescue four Americans, including an ambassador, who died in that assault." Moments later, Mitchell insisted: "…just last week I was interviewing Leon Panetta, who headed the Pentagon, and he...


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Dead Rising 4 sees the franchise return to its roots in a way, as the game brings back elements from the first entry including main character Frank West and the Willamette setting itself. However, Frank West voice actor TJ Rotolo was not brought back for the new game and now Capcom has explained why.
As part of a fan Q&A this week, Dead Rising asset manager Trant Lee-Amies explained that Frank West has "evolved" since the last time fans saw him. "We wanted to work with someone to provide a more grizzled, older take on Frank at this stage--just don't ask him about his age," Lee-Amies said.
Dead Rising 4 takes place 16 years after the events of the first game. As such, Capcom decided to cast a new actor for the role that "reflected his age while still retaining the charm and humor that made him such a hit with fans."
Capcom has not yet revealed who is voicing Frank West in Dead Rising 4, but Lee-Amies is excited for the opportunity to finally tell fans who it is.
"We think Frank's new voice actor has done a phenomenal job, and we can't wait to share more of him with you in the future," Lee-Amies explained.
Lee-Amies went on to say that actors get replaced all the time in media and entertainment, pointing to the James Bond series as an example. "It's no disrespect to history or previous actors--TJ has done a bang-up job," Lee-Amies said. "It was a chance to with a new game to progress the franchise as best we can with a different vision just as we see new James Bonds over the years.
"I vote Idris Elba for the next James Bond."
Dead Rising 4 releases December 6, 2016 for Xbox One and Windows 10 PC as a timed exclusive.


Jimmy Lipundja was at the forefront of the dynamic art movement that emerged at the small island community of Milingimbi in Arnhem Land from the early 1950s. He was a younger brother of Djäwa and therefore shared connections to the Gupapuyngu Daygurrgurr estate of Djiliwirri at Buckingham Bay on the mainland to the east. Of most importance at this location is the Yirritja honey, known as niwuda, which offered a constant source of inspiration to Lipundja throughout his career.
Widely recognised for his distinct sculptures, Lipundja created impressive figures in matte black ochre featuring the vivid diamond pattern for niwuda on their chests and thighs. With solid figures and triangular faces, he often enhanced their commanding presence with the addition of human hair to their heads and pointy beards.
Murayana (spirit) looking for guku (honey) c1950s was recently identified as being by Lipundja and can be seen as a precursor to these imposing figures. This diminutive work in flattened form is expertly carved from a single piece of timber. Its elongated arms, straightened torso and graphic facial features provide an image of stylised refinement. The controlled symmetry of the work is broken only by slight aberrations – one ear higher than the other, one arm longer and one hand featuring an additional yellow stroke to give the indication of thumb and fingers.
The facial features of the Murayana are rendered in Lipundja's unique linear style, with bold bands of yellow and red outlined in vivid white. Such is the efficiency of this line work that those lines defining the lower portion of the nose also form the mouth, while those that separate the face from the hair give an indication of the presence of a headband, and a single yellow band on the legs forms the knees. The segmented use of dramatic black on the cheeks, chin, ears and most effectively the eyes enhances the directness, presence and intrigue of this figure.
The regulated design for niwuda adorns the figure. Its repeated diamond form is synonymous with the honeycomb from which this prized bush food is sourced. Particular colours are used to indicate the cells in different stages of development from empty to full, and the dotted infill refers to the presence of bees and their larvae. In looking for honey this figure is swatting bees and placing the design on his chest. The design shows both the sting and swat marks. This adornment on the chest and thighs of the figure echoes the positioning used when it is painted on the body for ceremony. It is also employed on various Gupapuyngu Daygurrgurr sculptures, including tightly twined bathi (baskets) used for collecting honey. The design for niwuda represents the essence of what it means to be a Gupapuyngu Daygurrgurr person.
Lipundja offered multiple iterations of niwuda throughout his career, with subtle variations highlighting varying aspects of this honey. Niwuda (Yirritja honey) – empty honeycomb in a large tree c1950s employs the base structure of the diamond design, its empty cells showing the absence of honey. Niwuda (Yirritja honey) – a great honeycomb c1950s depicts multiple trees, mostly full of honey, with the central horizontal bar also indicating a particular division of land as a form of mapping country. These works are all quite geometric in form, with the repeating patterns covering the entirety of the bark. In slightly later works of this subject Lipundja offered further complexity, dividing the composition into three and including figurative elements, as seen in Niwuda (Yirritja honey) c1960.
Rain in the trees c1950s is distinct within Lipundja's oeuvre, referring to seasonal change and the atmospherics of country. The work references the season of midawarr, just after the wet, when bush foods are ripe, animals are fat and seafood is plentiful. At this time the wind blows from the east and it is the season for yams. It is a painting for Lipundja's mother's clan and provides an interesting comparison with the work of Binyinyuwuy that is similarly titled, from c1959. Both offer an evocative image of rain replenishing country; Binyinyuwuy's shows the dramatic deluge and electrical storms that come with the wet, while Lipundja's depicts the following season, when lighter rains fall and the regenerative powers of seasonal change are evident.


Una (HP), Nov 5: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today hit out at the Congress, saying it had "run away" from the Himachal Pradesh electoral battle, which he described as a contest being fought by the people of the state.
Campaigning for the third day in a row in the state that goes to the polls on November 9, he said the election was not being fought by his party, the BJP, but the people of the state who were out to "teach" a lesson to the Congress for corruption and poor law and order.
"I am sad as I am not enjoying the election this time, as the Congress party has left the ground and run away. These elections have become one-sided," he said at a rally here.
"Never has there been a one-sided election as seen in this election. The reason for this is that the country knows what the Congress government is like and what its intentions are," he said.
"After being in politics for so long, I can sense which way the wind is blowing. But this time one can see a storm in Himachal. The anger of the public is coming out against corruption, bad law and order, for protection of women and daughters," Modi added.
The people of the state, he said, had decided to teach a lesson to Congress's "Sultanate".
"This time we have to admit that it's not the BJP, or its workers or leaders, fighting (the poll). Himachal's election is being fought by the people of the state who have decided to teach a lesson to Congress's 'Sultanate'," he said.
The Congress's top leaders, holding rallies in Himachal, had "dared to face the public" and attack him and state leaders such as Prem Kumar Dhumal. But they had nothing to say, Modi stressed.


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Roy Akira Miki, academic, poet, critic, editor, activist (born 10 October 1942 in Winnipeg, MB).
Early Life and Teaching Career
A third-generation Japanese Canadian, Roy Miki was born in Winnipeg and attended the universities of Manitoba and British Columbia, as well as Simon Fraser University, where he worked as a professor in the Department of English until his retirement. He is a professor emeritus and a resident of Vancouver.
Miki is well-known in Canadian literary circles for his poetry, criticism and editorial work. His 2001 book of poetry, Surrender, won the Governor General's Literary Award for poetry. His other volumes of poetry are Saving Face: Poems Selected 1976–1988 (1991), Random Access File (1995), There (2006) and Mannequin Rising (2011). His poetry experimentally examines questions of identity, race, citizenship and place. Critically, Miki is the author of the influential study Broken Entries: Race, Subjectivity, Writing (1998), which examines the three terms in its subtitle in a Canadian context. He is also the author of the critical works In Flux: Transnational Shifts in Asian Canadian Writing (2011), The Prepoetics of William Carlos Williams (1983), and an annotated bibliography of the poet and novelist George Bowering (1990).
As an editor, Miki founded the journal (see Literary Periodicals) Line in 1983, which merged with West Coast Review in 1990 to create the critical-literary journal West Coast Line. Miki has co-edited a critical book on bpNichol as well as Muriel Kitigawa's This Is My Own: Letters to Wes and Other Writings on Japanese Canadians (1985), Pacific Windows: Collected Poems of Roy K. Kiyooka (1997), Meanwhile: The Critical Writings of bpNichol (2002), and, with Smaro Kamboureli, the book Trans.Can.Lit: Resituating the Study of Canadian Literature (2007).
In his activist work, Miki is noted as a strong advocate for those who face racial inequities (see Racism). He was heavily involved in the Redress movement, which sought equity for Japanese Canadians who were forcibly uprooted from the West Coast during the Second World War. (See Internment of Japanese Canadians.) Miki's book, in collaboration with Cassandra Kobayashi, Justice in Our Time: The Japanese Canadian Redress Settlement (1991), documents this successful movement.
Miki was also an organizer of the controversial conference Writing Thru Race (1994), held in Vancouver. This conference's decision to offer a space for writers of colour and Indigenous writers to discuss common issues without the presence of white writers prompted criticism from some. In all of his work, Miki continues to be an advocate for equity, particularly for racialized Canadians.
Roy Miki was made a Member of the Order of Canada in 2006, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 2007, and a Member of the Order of British Columbia in 2009.
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"Scooter Libby is the exact example of why nobody should ever speak to federal investigators pretty much about anything. Libby never leaked Valerie Plame's name, Richard Armitage did, but he was still prosecuted by Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald in 2005 and convicted in 2007. The only crime he committed was speaking on the record. The Special Counsel was appointed to find out who leaked Plame's name but instead went on a fishing expedition to take out the Vice President by targeting his chief of staff. This miscarriage of justice being remedied is long overdue.


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In a first, a man with life-threatening heart disease received a heart from a genetically modified pig, in a groundbreaking procedure that offers hope to hundreds of thousands of patients with failing organs. The eight-hour operation took place in Baltimore on Friday, and the patient was doing well yesterday, according to his surgeons.
"It creates the pulse, it creates the pressure, it is his heart," said Dr. Bartley Griffith, who performed the operation at the University of Maryland Medical Center. "It's working and it looks normal." The patient decided to gamble on the treatment because he would have died without a new heart, had exhausted other treatments and was too sick to qualify for a human donor heart.
Scientists have worked feverishly to develop pigs whose organs would not be rejected by the human body, research that has been accelerated by advances in gene editing and cloning technologies. The heart transplant comes months after surgeons in New York successfully attached the kidney of a genetically engineered pig to a brain-dead person.
By the numbers: Last year, some 41,354 Americans received a transplanted organ, of which 3,817 received human donor hearts. But there is an acute shortage of organs, and about a dozen people on the lists die each day.
Seven hours of negotiations between the U.S. and Russia yesterday did not produce any immediate agreement, with both countries staking out seemingly irreconcilable positions on NATO and the deployment of troops and weapons in Eastern Europe, keeping tensions high amid fears of a Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Sergei Ryabkov, the lead Russian negotiator, said after the meeting that it was "absolutely mandatory" that Ukraine "never, never, ever" become a NATO member. His American counterpart, Wendy Sherman, reiterated that the U.S. could never make such a pledge because of NATO's "open door policy." The U.S. and its allies would not stand by if Russia sought to change international borders "by force," she added.
The impasse left the fate of Ukraine — which was not invited to the bilateral talks — in a state of uncertainty, with Russia's military intentions far from resolved. While Russia has massed roughly 100,000 troops on its borders with Ukraine, Ryabkov told reporters "we have no intention to invade Ukraine."
Next steps: The talks will continue tomorrow in Brussels, when Russian officials meet with NATO allies, and on Thursday in Vienna. The outcome of those discussions would determine whether Russia was willing to proceed with diplomacy, Ryabkov said.
Context: Tension is growing, and Vladimir Putin, the Russian president, is increasingly willing to take geopolitical risks to restore Russian influence in Eastern Europe. He has cast Western support for Ukraine as an existential threat, claiming that the former Soviet republic was being turned into an "anti-Russia" that could be used to weaken his country.
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Sorry for the hiatus–the end-of-term hustle gobbled up my life for the past few weeks. So, back to the philoSOPHIA/WOXY dinner playlist:
Next is another Ohio band, Cleveland's Pere Ubu. Keeping with the post-industrial theme, I chose their "Final Solution." I also chose this because there's something going on in this song about masculinity ("The girls won't touch me 'cause I've got a missed erection"), which gets taken up in Peter Murphy's cover–which, actually, I think is better than the original.
So, Pere Ubu's "Final Solution":
If the heart of rock 'n' roll is in Cleveland, this song gouges it out and drops an H-bomb on it. This track was released in 1976, the same year that punk broke in London. Not only does it sound like it would fit in quite well on a Sex Pistols/Throbbing Gristle bill, but there's also the resonance with Nazi imagery ("Final Solution") that was common in UK punk (Nazi imagery functioned in the UK in ways similar to the way blackness functions in the US. For the generation of late 70s British punks, their parents fought in WWII and lived through the Blitz. What is the one thing that would make these parents more angry, shocked, and outraged than anything else? Nazis. In the US, white parents were more incensed by blackness than by Nazis, so white kids tended to appropriate African American culture instead of Nazi chic.) Pere Ubu didn't intend the resonance, but it's there nonetheless.
But, for as great as Pere Ubu's original is, IMHO Peter Murphy's cover is that much better–both musically, and in the allusions to AIDS. (He didn't really change anything to make the allusions, in the early/mid 80s the song's lyrics resonate differently, given the different political context.) Murphy's training as a dancer is also evident in this video.
And, for those of you who know me personally, just watch this video. It's seriously uncanny. You'll know why.
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You misheard the lyrics:
The girls won't touch me cause I got a misdirection,
and livin at night isn't helpin my complexion.
The signs all say it's a social infection.
A little bit of fun's never been an insurrection.
source: http://www.ubuprojex.net/lyrics/tt.html
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This Post Graduate Diploma course holds a very special position in the entire gamut of LASWEB's work. It initially started as a certificate program and is now a yearlong course affiliated by the University of Calcutta. Graduates from various disciplines take up this carefully devised course module, which comprises of sociology, psychology, physiology and law.


Below are a selection of theatre programmes designed by Rare Gravy.
Rare Gravy theatre programmes include not only design and concepts, but original photography, copywriting, editorial, and advertising sales and creation, as required. I even write cast/crew biographies (you'd think that actors would be falling over themselves to write something about their acting credits, but you would be surprised just how many are backwards in coming forwards. I am - in the main - considerate and kind when writing someone's biog for them at ten minutes to deadline).
The examples are from programmes used by both Arena Theatre and Regent Rep, and represent both a link to the style of the original theatre posters that accompany them, and different types of programme material also, from straightforward DL sized 6-page programmes, to more complex 8-page A5 or 12-page A4 glossy work.


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