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Q: Compact framework socket timeout I have problem detecting the loss of socket connection in CF app for PDA device.
I have static class that has static methods for communication (Connect(), Write(), Disconnect()). Static because all forms can call Write method.
In Connect method i call socket.Connect(ipEndpoint);
But when device hasn't got wifi connection program halts at this line for about 20 s which is too long. Also if user starts Write() method (saving some data) and wifi connection is lost, user cannot interact with form and thinks that application frizzed. Since there is no timeout option for CF socket connection, what is the best way to control socket behavior?
My idea is to show some kind of  "Communication form" when socket doesn't response for 5 seconds which will try to reestablish connection. This form will have graphical indicator (rotating clock or something like that) to show user that program is trying to connect and exit button if user decides to exit app. If socket.connect succeeds, i will show last used form to user.
I assume that this has to be done with Threads, but since i don't have experience with it. i need help how to manage this behavior.

A: You can call Socket.BeginConnect() to launch the connect in the background.  You can then specify the callback method that will get invoked when the socket has connected (or timed-out).  Additionally, to implement your progress bar counting down as it tries to connect you can do:
IAsyncResult ar = moSocket.BeginConnect(...)

And then you can have your connection form use a timer to count down, checking the status of the connection by calling:
ar.IsComplete

Polling is not very efficient, but in this case it works well with your described pop-up connection form.

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Opinion: What do the tunnels mean?
Braedyn Garland
When I first came to App State, I thought I had seen everything on campus. From the duck pond to Durham Park, there wasn't much I hadn't experienced until I went through the tunnels that connect East Campus to West Campus. I never thought to explore them. Now, I go through these tunnels once a day because it links me to East Campus. I couldn't help but notice the graffiti decorating these tunnels. I've observed three categories of artwork: political activity, creativity and stupidity. Yet, the most intriguing art is political by nature. The graffiti existing within App's tunnels exists not only as a way for students to express themselves or create a piece of art. Students are now using spray paint to voice their opinions and thoughts on current issues plaguing our state and America.
First, a brief history. In 1965 Darryl "Cornbread" McCray, the world's first modern graffiti artist, popularized the art form. Rather than take part in drug use and violence with counterparts, Cornbread decided to put his signature on the Youth Development Center (YDC) in Philadelphia, the place where he spent most of his time. Cornbread made it his mission to find as many blank spots as possible to etch his name on. Eventually, his tag inspired others, causing a surge in wall tagging.
"Graffiti can be a springboard for the examination of personal identity, commercial design, social history, and community conflict, says Jessie L. Whitehead, the assistant art education professor at the University of Georgia. The words "community conflict" are what stick out to me the most. These two words sum up the mass artwork being displayed in our tunnels. From Black Lives Matter to the 2020 elections, this community has a lot to say.
As we all know, the Black Lives Matter Movement has been one of the most prevalent topics in mass media these days. Most of the Appalachian community, as well as many other college campuses, have chosen to raise their voices for this cause. Both tunnels at App have at least one Black Lives Matter marking on their walls. This is just one of the many examples of local students taking to art to express their thoughts and opinions.
The mask-wearing argument has become constant on the Appalachian campus. The state required, all residents must wear a cloth face covering when in a public area and remain six feet apart from others on Aug. 27. The App State board wasted no time requiring that every student wear a face covering while on campus as well as in public areas on campus and maintain their distance. However, many students, including the Black at App State collective, believe the Chancellor has been putting financial needs before students and is failing to implement change for minority groups on campus. The "Sheri, wake up" emblem has made its way across campus as a way for students to say, "Enough is enough".
Lastly, another recurring topic within the tunnels is the 2020 elections and its candidates. I saw plenty of political jargon strewn below my feet and on the tunnel walls when I arrived. Whether a Democrat or Republican, a fair amount of people seem to believe the 2020 election year holds significant value. For many, this is their first time voting. The word "vote" itself has been the trendy topic of interest. Many college students hold significance to voting. According to a study published by Tuft University, college students more than doubled their rate of voting between the 2014 and 2018 midterm elections. Many find this surge of patriotism to be linked to President Trump's election. Surveys show that college voters who turned out last year for the midterm elections had an opposition towards Trump and instead supported liberal ideologies. I recall one day when I was walking through one of the tunnels and heard two girls in front of me joking about the highly Republican affiliations inside the first tunnel and the more Democrat representation in the other one. Either way, it seems that pretty much every student on this campus has an opinion about this topic, and some just use graffiti to voice it.
A friend of mine recently said, "I don't get why they(the artist) feel like they should use their freedom of speech to write that." By "that" she meant erogenous body parts and hateful insults. The fact is, people will be people. None of us will agree on everything each other says. However, the tunnels provide us all with a way to hear each other out. Some artists feel the need to write Bible verses they hold close to their hearts, while others depict their favorite TV shows. No matter what anyone spray paints on these tunnels, they will eventually be replaced with another emblem, quote, or gag. The same can be said about life as well; many have come before us and left their marks in the history books, also known as walls. But, at the end of the day, the words left behind are replaced with a new voice: the voice of a different generation. We must all remember that just because those words were painted over by newer speakers does not mean that the message was lost. In fact, those who left their words behind are the same ones who have inspired the next trailblazers. In conclusion, this truth must be realized–no matter what, as long as people have the ability to think, a can of spray paint will always have a purpose.
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My beautiful Pakistan
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From the deep blue ocean and seashores of the Arabian Sea in the south, to deserts of Sind and Balochistan, lush green plains of the Punjab and snow clad mountains of Khyber Pakhtunkwa province in the north, Pakistan is a tourists' haven. It provides such diversity in its landscape and landmass that an onlooker is simply overawed.
K2 by Raja Islam
Pakistan is home to some of the 8,000 meters and above summits with K-2 being the second highest peak after the Mt. Everest. The three famous mountain ranges of Himalayas, Hindukush and the Karakorum meet in Pakistan. The awe inspiring green mountain valleys have some of the spectacular lakes, like the Saif-ul-Malook (at 12,000 feet), Satpara and Kachura, with their bluish water reflecting the sun rays that blind the onlookers.
Lahore and surrounding areas are the showcase of the Mughal architecture while Karachi is home to some of the finest Victorian architecture. The all earth mountains along the Makran Coast have Sphinx like natural features and also a woman shaped feature known as the Princess of Hope.
One really has to come and see the beauty of Pakistan – something that has got nothing to do with the Taliban or the War on Terror. Herein under are some of the many spectacular compositions that reflect the true majesty and grandeur of Pakistan's landscape.
K2 is the second-highest mountain on Earth after Mount Everest. With a peak elevation of 8,611 metres (28,251 ft), K2 is part of the Karakoram Range, and is located on the border between the Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County of Xinjiang, China, and Gilgit, in Gilgit-Baltistan of Pakistan.
Princess of Hope by Raja Islam
This natural princess like feature is located on Its on Makran coastal highway (N-10), linking Karachi to Gwadar Port. It got its name when famous Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie visited it and named it so.
The sprawling city of Lahore behind its iconic buildings by jzakariya
Lahore stretches out behind the Badshahi Mosque and Minar-e-Pakistan. This photo also affords an excellent view of the Lahore Fort and its Alamgiri Darwaza, the Samadhi of Ranjit Singh, former Governor of Lahore, and the Gurdawara alongside it are also seen.
Derawar Fort, Cholistan, Pakistan - March 2008 by SaffyH
To the southeast of Dera Nawab, on the edge of the Cholistan Desert, make an exciting day's outing from either Ahmadpur East or Bahawalpur. The massive Derawar Fort towers over the surrounding semi-desert and is visible from miles around. The huge walls, supported by enormous round buttresses, stand 40 meters (130 feet) high and are 1.5 kilometers (a mile) in circumference.
The drive, for four-wheel drive vehicles only, take from one to two hours from Ahmadpur East, depending on the state of the road and the route your guide has chosen for you. The last 25 kilometers (15 miles) are across desert.
Where nature talks by Mirjee
Shangrila Lake or Lower Kachura Lake is a part of the Shangrila resort located at a drive of about 20 minutes from Skardu (nearly 2,500 m or 8,200 feet) town. It is a popular tourist destination, and has a unique restaurant that is built on the fuselage of an aircraft that had crashed nearby.
Fascinating Land of Passu by !shtiaQ Ahmed
Passu Peak (7284 m), Passu Batura Trek, Village of Passu, Gojal, Pakistan.
Hiran Minar (The Deer Tower), Sheikhupura, Punjab, Pakistan
Hiran Minar is a unique place constructed by the Mogul emperor Jahangir in memory of his dearest deer which died accidently.
Vigne Glacier and Gasherbrum by Asif Saeed
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Always Listening: Behind the Scenes at Audio-Technica
We go behind the scenes at Audio-Technica's Tokyo headquarters to learn more about the company's dedication to analogue audio, their flagship product the AT-ART1000 cartridge, the Analogue Foundation movement plus we took a trip of some of Tokyo's best record stores.
The period following World War II was a real turning point for Japan as a nation. While the rest of the world busied itself with the Cold War and the space race, Japan turned its attention inwards, focusing on rebuilding not just the physical damage inflicted on its cities, but also its economic infrastructure.
From as early as 1946 with the creation of the SONY Corporation, the country's path to becoming a giant of the electronics industry was set and would see it continue to dominate the sector for decades to come. Post-war land reforms and an improved education system led to an upsurge in technological development, and with rapid advances in the miniaturisation of transistors and superconductors, Japan's bright technological future was assured. It wouldn't be long before, in a curious juxtaposition of ancient culture and modern innovation, the words 'Japan' and 'technology' would become virtually synonymous.
It was against this backdrop in 1962 that 42-year-old Hideo Matsushita, drawing on his passion for high-quality, high-fidelity sound and fascination with the gramophone, abandoned a ten-year tenure as curator of Tokyo's Bridgestone Museum of Art and established the Audio-Technica Corporation in a rented, one-story building in the city's Shinjuku district. Their first ever product – the iconic AT-1 turntable cartridge – was released almost immediately after, the beginning of what was to become a lifelong quest to bring quality audio to the masses, a vision that still drives the company to this day.
Over the subsequent six decades, Audio-Technica has evolved into a truly global brand, with regional offices, factories and subsidiaries located everywhere from the States to the UK, Taiwan, Singapore and China. The majority of product design and development, however, along with a sizeable chunk of manufacturing, still takes place at home in Japan.
Based in the Machida suburb of Tokyo, Audio-Technica's luxuriously-appointed HQ was built in 2015 on the site of the previous 1982 building that had occupied the site since the company relocated there from central Tokyo in 1965. Operations here are spread across two buildings – the main HQ, split between Sales and Marketing offices on the South side and Research and Development in the North – and the neighbouring Naruse factory that specialises in fabricating hand-crafted items, including some microphone and headphone models as well as the company's new flagship product, the ART1000 cartridge.
Mass production of the company's broader product range, including turntables, microphones, headphones, wireless PA systems and, somewhat surprisingly, sushi-making machines (under the sub-brand Autec), is handled by a second factory 200 miles to the west in Fukui, along with another large manufacturing plant in Hangzhou, China.
?: Audio-Technica's current Machida headquarters was rebuilt in 2015
The Machida HQ building – affectionately dubbed 'Moby Dick' by employees, due to the passing resemblance of its exterior to an open-mouthed white whale – is something of a fusion of office building and art gallery, a naturally-lit expanse of white walls and light wood floors, richly furnished with choice items from Matsushita-san's expansive art collection. These include an original Picasso in the lobby, flanked by an impressive selection of antique gramophones, nearly all of which still work.
?: The HQ's impressive lobby houses a collection of fully-functioning antique gramophones
There are numerous other objets d'art scattered throughout the building's five floors, along with antique Scandinavian furniture and stained glass windows preserved and relocated from the auditorium that existed in the previous building – a deliberate nod to the company's impressive 58-year history.
A tour of the building reveals sumptuous boardrooms on the top floor, leading down through numerous offices housing industrious sales and marketing teams, and we're afforded a brief glimpse of the R & D department, where new additions to Audio-Technica's already prolific product range are brought to life.
One of the more impressive features in this area is the purpose-built evaluation chamber used for product testing. Entered by means of a massive, four-foot thick swing door and furnished from floor to ceiling with a regular pattern of sound-absorbent panels, the room is finished off with a wire mesh floor that effectively isolates it from the fabric of the building.
?: The evaluation room floats freely, disconnected from the fabric of the building via a wire mesh floor
The AT-ART1000
30 years in the making
Upon entering the building, you're struck by a discernible corporation-wide attitude to excellence, and there's no more fitting symbol of this than Audio-Technica's flagship AT-ART1000 Direct Power Stereo Moving Coil cartridge. ("ART" stands for Audio-Technica Reference Transducer).
Hideo Matsushita's son and current company president Kazuo Matsushita hails this cartridge as the pinnacle of what the company wants Audio-Technica to be for their customers. "It's a very high-end product with a unique design that currently no other company in the world has been able to implement successfully," claims Matsushita-san in the company brochure. "We believe the sonic qualities of the AT-ART1000 will be difficult to surpass in the future."
Turntable cartridges work by using electromagnetism to convert the movement of a stylus in the groove of a vinyl record into an electrical signal. The signal is generated by transmitting the stylus' movement via a cantilever into a coil of wire situated between a pair of magnets.
Global Product Manager Kurt Van Scoy and Product Development Manager and co-designer of the ART1000, Yosuke Koizumi, elaborated: "generally, cartridges fall into two categories – moving magnet and moving coil," Kurt explains. "Basically, in a moving coil type, it's exactly what it says, the coils move in the gap between the magnets, but in a moving magnet type, there are two magnets at the back of the cantilever and it's those that move." The ART1000, however, uses a unique spin on the moving coil principle.
We believe the sonic qualities of the AT-ART1000 will be difficult to surpass in the future
"Typically, in other moving coil cartridges," Koizumi-san points out, "the coils will be found at the bottom of the cantilever, but the unique thing about the design of the ART1000 is that the coils are located just over the top of the stylus, so this cartridge can generate movement directly from the grooves in the vinyl record. The idea is very easy from an engineering standpoint, but manufacturing this product is quite difficult!"
?:A view of the AT-ART1000 showing the twin hand-wound coils, cantilever and magnets
This intricate manufacturing process is one of the main things that make the ART1000 such a high-end product. The unique design, and the fact that it's assembled by hand from high-quality materials, like boron for the cantilever and titanium for the housing, results in an extraordinarily detailed sound. It also means that the finished product retails for a mouth-watering £4,450.
So how did such an unashamedly high-end product come to be in the first place? Koizumi-san explains: "The engineer who came up with the original concept thirty or so years ago, Mitsuo Miyata, is now in his sixties I think, and he's actually already retired from Audio-Technica. He has had a very unique career. As you know, in the 1980's the cartridge business dropped significantly, so Miyata-san switched to the development of headphones – he designed our ART Monitor Series headphone, with its unique 3D wing headband design – and then eventually he came back to cartridge development. Thirty years after joining the company he was approaching retirement age and he wanted to make this special cartridge to be marketed. Then I studied with him and it happened!"
"I think the ART1000 was about the last thing Miyata-san did before his retirement," continues Kurt. "It was introduced maybe about a year and a half or so before he retired. And then he championed the production part of it even after retiring, just to make sure things were running ok!. But the initial design was done a long time ago in relation to when it came out, more towards the time that cartridges started to fall out of favour because of the advent of the CD. I'm not sure of the exact timing of it, but for whatever reason, they didn't bring it to market at that point in time."
"The design of the ART-1000 is a little different than anything you'll see because a lot of the structure is open," Kurt goes on. "You have to take care when cleaning it, that you don't use any liquid stylus cleaner, so we give you a special brush to use to remove any dust or debris that you might pick up off of a record. So it's not typical of what you would see at all – it's our flagship model, we can only produce two a day – there's only one person other than Koizumi-san and a couple of the other engineers that can do the assembly on them, so that's the reason for the limited production rate. It was never seen as a high-volume piece, as it's something that's hand-assembled."
At that point, we take a walk across the road to the Naruse factory to take a closer look at the assembly process. There, amidst a scrupulously clean, more low-key environment, in which small groups of skilled workers sit diligently assembling components for headphones and microphones, we find the sole employee currently responsible for the assembly of the ART1000.
Hunched over a digital microscope, necessary for handling the tiny size of the components, Takahashi-san agrees to demonstrate how he hand-winds the minuscule coils for the cartridge, using breathtakingly thin, oxygen-free copper wire. At a mere 20 microns, it's thinner than a human hair and can barely be registered by the fingertips when holding it. As we watch the process, amazed, via the microscope screen, four turns one way, four turns the other, a dab of isopropyl alcohol and it's done. Six months in the job, Takahashi-san appears relatively young – around 25 – for such a responsible position, but as he explains, he's been trained by the inventor and, being so young, has the sharp eyesight and steady hands required for such a task. When Kurt mentioned about the ART1000 being hand-assembled, he wasn't kidding.
?: Takahashi-san hard at work hand-fabricating coils for the ART1000
"People are inquisitive about the ART1000 when they see it," Kurt explains. "They recognise the performance characteristics of it, but really you don't appreciate it until you've heard it. It has some very interesting capabilities – if you did a direct A/B comparison to a standard moving coil cartridge of similar output, you would notice some differences on quicker tracks on transient passes, and there are some other really interesting areas, like stereo channel separation, that this cartridge can really dig out from the vinyl." Koizumi-san agrees: "Because the coils are located directly above the stylus, the level of transient detail is very good."
Of course, the next step in our journey is to hear it for ourselves. We retire ourselves, back to HQ and its dedicated listening room, with its interchangeable acoustic panels and an impressive stack of exotic analogue hi-fi equipment, including a towering pair of Bower & Wilkins 802 D3 speakers connected to a huge pair of Pass Labs power amps, an Accuphase preamp, Luxman phono stage, Audio-Technica step-up transformer and a high-end Spiral Groove turntable, fitted – of course – with an ART1000 cartridge.
The design of the ART-1000 is a little different than anything you'll see because a lot of the structure is open
Koizumi-san graciously asks what we'd like to listen to, so a vinyl copy of an industry-standard reference recording – Donald Fagen's 'The Nightfly' album – is pulled from the racks, the needle descends and, as expected, goosebumps happen. The best word we can think of
to describe the sound is 'creamy', with an incredible stereo image and revelation of mix detail that has to be heard to be believed, especially in the upper-mid range. It's as if the musicians are in the room with us, every string squeak, foot rustle and stifled breath can be discerned – a truly remarkable and pleasurable experience. We would hardly describe ourselves as audiophiles, but this scenario makes it clear that this is how music is meant to be listened to, rather than just heard. "I don't know of anybody that we've sent the ART1000 to that's had a negative reaction," Kurt smiles. "Really it's a case of, when you give it to a reviewer, it's been hard to get it back sometimes!"
Tokyo HQ
For the next stage of our visit, we make the journey across town to Audio-Technica's central Tokyo office, located in the city's Yushima district. Technica House won an architectural design award soon after it was built in 2001, and in a case of architectural jocularity similar to the Machida HQ, is purposely designed to resemble a hi-fi speaker cabinet.
Spread across eight floors, the company's central sales, marketing, logistics and promotions hub also houses a smaller version of the Machida HQ's evaluation chamber, as well as a fully-featured recording studio, equipped with a vintage Amek Media 51 desk and 65sqm live recording space on the ground floor. Other floors house a collection of legacy Audio-Technica products displayed in glass cases – including the original AT1 cartridge that started it all – a well-stocked bar with an adjacent roof terrace for entertaining clients, and a residential penthouse suite where employees can stay over if required to work late.
Analogue Foundation
It's in one of the second-floor conference rooms that conversation turns to one particularly important aspect of Audio-Technica's marketing strategy.
It's well documented that vinyl as a format has been enjoying a renaissance not just in Japan but globally, with positive knock-on effects to cartridge sales. "We've enjoyed some increases actually," says Kurt. "We've started to see gradual increases as far back as 2008/9, and really it hit more of a kind of feverish pitch around 2014-15 when you look at turntable and cartridge sales. And it still continues to do well, there are some things that we're doing to try and support the industry and make sure that there's continuing education and support for vinyl LP's, and of course turntables and cartridges and some of the other associated analogue equipment."
One project that's spearheading this movement is the Analogue Foundation – a collaboration between Audio-Technica and two other founders – Grammy-winning recording engineer Russell Elevado, who's worked on a number of critically-acclaimed albums with a
variety of producers and artists and a creative group called the Soundwalk Collective, an international art and music group based between New York City and Berlin, who create concept albums, sound installations and live performances.
An attempt to spread the gospel of analogue sound, particularly amongst the children of the CD and MP3-generation, the Analogue Foundation sums up Audio-Technica's lifelong passion and commitment to the world of analogue audio. "The Analogue Foundation was established as a way of communicating the benefits of analogue culture to our potential users," explains Manager of Advertising & Promotion, Takayuki Matsunaga. "It's based around the Globe-Trotter X Analogue Foundation Listening Station.
This is a portable listening station comprised of an Audio-Technica turntable, cartridge, phono stage and headphone amplifier, together with a selection of our headphones, built into a beautifully-made, portable flight case housing that was devised in collaboration with the Globe-Trotter bespoke luggage company. We provide this equipment globally, in places like retail shops, so that people can listen to high-quality sound."
?: The listening station combines Audio-Technica's analogue gear with the skills of bespoke British luggage and cabinet-makers Globe-Trotter
Alongside this, the Foundation also hosts special listening events throughout the year, through Giant Steps, the travelling sound system from the team behind one of London's top listening venues and Japanese eateries, Brilliant Corners in Dalston.
Past events have included 2017's Houghton Festival, guest DJ's at which included Floating Points, Donna Leake and Cedric Woo, and a semi-permanent installation at Swan Wharf, a Victorian warehouse complex in Hackney Wick, London, that ran from May 2018 up until September 2019. "Our main purpose behind the project is to make people more aware of analogue culture," continues Matsunaga-san.
"For this, we provide the equipment for any possibility, conduct interviews with famous musicians and create events across the world. The fact that the listening station is portable gives us the opportunity to demonstrate high-quality sound for anybody, anywhere in the world. There's one unit on the road all the time – it's actually in Bali at the moment – and it's designed to be on the road as much as possible."
Even in this age of digital streaming, it's evident that in Japan, vinyl records and CD's have never really gone away. For evidence of the popularity of vinyl here, you need to look no further than the proliferation of vinyl shops and cafes across Tokyo. You'll find enormous, multi-genre second-hand record stores such as Shibuya's Recofan, Tower Records is still a big presence for new music here with an enormous, eight-storey shop close to Shibuya Station, and there are plenty of HMV's to be discovered in Shinjuku and Shibuya. Meanwhile, for serious collectors, the area to the north-west of Shinjuku Station known as Shinjukunishiguchi is well-known for an abundance of quirky record shops containing hard-to-find items.
One particularly successful record store chain is Disk Union, with eight branches alone within a few blocks of each other in Shinjuku, each tending to specialise in one genre of music. The main Shinjuku store is an eight-floor cavern of delights for vinyl junkies, but we made the trip to one of the smaller stores, located close to Ochanomizu Station, that caters for everything from UK Pop / Rock to J-Pop, Hip Hop, House and Reggae. There's a wide variety of vinyl on offer, with a large focus on Western New Wave and Japanese rock from the 1970's and 80's.
A staff member told us: "Prices may be high for premium items, but customers are able to inspect records for scuffs, wear and scratches, even play the records. So no leaving things to chance like you get with online buying, here you can buy with confidence and absolute peace of mind." With this variety of stock in just one of its many branches, Disk Union's ubiquitous presence alone is a convincing sign that vinyl culture in Japan isn't going anywhere anytime soon.
?: The Ochanomizu Station branch of Disk Union is a treasure-trove of vinyl delights
As a final stop on our tour, we decided to check in at one of Tokyo's popular vinyl cafés. Listening cafés in Japan owe their roots to the Jazz café culture that sprang up after World War II. Imported records and the equipment used to play them were something of a post-war luxury, so listening to the latest US and European releases in a social setting quickly became the norm for a generation of urban Japanese Jazz fans. Although numbers diminished as home listening habits increased over time, the cafés that remain still echo this particular remnant of Japanese culture.
let's face it, who wouldn't want to chill out with a home-brewed ginger ale to the strains of Joe Jackson, Lyle Mays or even Kraftwerk?
Located a few hundred yards from Kiyosumi Shirakawa station in Fukagawa, in a neighbourhood often referred to as "Coffee Town" due to its high number of artisan coffee shops, Café Ginger (named after the owner's cat!) is a tiny, turntable-equipped haven for crate diggers in need of a break from hunting down whichever rare item is currently top of their wish list.
Café proprietor Akira Takayama has been collecting vinyl for 40 years and has built up an impressive library of albums and 7" singles spanning multiple genres, not just jazz. As well as spinning great tunes for his day-to-day clientele – let's face it, who wouldn't want to chill out with a home-brewed ginger ale to the strains of Joe Jackson, Lyle Mays or even Kraftwerk? The café hosts regular special events for discerning vinyl geeks, each with a particular theme. The next event due after our visit, for instance, was a celebration of 1970's UK rock music, featuring the likes of Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Genesis, 10cc, Bad Company, Wishbone Ash, Wings and more, with a healthy calendar of similar events scheduled for the upcoming weeks and months.
?: Café Ginger owner Takayama-san poses with just a small portion of his vinyl collection
So as our time in Japan comes to an end, exquisite echoes of a rare 7" pressing of the Doobie Brothers' "What A Fool Believes" lingering in our ears, there are plentiful indications that the vinyl revival continues apace, buoyed by the remnants of a café culture rooted in a bygone age, swelled by current consumer trends and spurred on further by initiatives like the Analogue Foundation.
Audio-Technica's motto – "Always Listening" – emphasis their persistent aim for quality audio. To summarise our journey east, a quote from the Analogue Foundation's website rings true – "Audio-Technica hasn't lost sight of its original vision, nor forgotten the transcendent power of sound," it affirms. "Through sound, Audio-Technica aims to heighten connections to the world so that all may enjoy ever more meaningful and vibrant lives." A sound philosophy keeping both company and consumer "Always Listening".
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After a whole three years of having this blog, and posting (on and off) most weeks, I've grown a really strong bond to writing it.
If you'd have asked me three years ago that my little project of writing my own blog would last as long as it has. I would definitely not have believed you. I never set out to be the best, I've never done it because I would get famous or because I would get paid. It's always been about having fun and documenting my life to people from all over the world. I'm not the best writer ever, and sometimes I write things that people might not agree with, but the whole point of ever starting this blog was to grow to love myself, with all my imperfections.
My 16-year-old self, couldn't figure out where to put commas or full-stops when she was writing but she couldn't wait to start a blog, something that she would have and not many other people did.
As I take a look back on my old posts from 2015/2016, I think about the times I've posted on here. My down times when I was putting on a front, and the times I was genuinely on top of the world. I've documented everyday of my life-changing adventure to New York, I took thousands of pictures and uploaded them here of when I went around 9 cities in Europe, and I've even documented leaving home and starting university. From the days I thought life couldn't get any worse, to right now, there is nothing I would change about my journey. I don't have thousands of readers every month, but I enjoy what I do, and I hope you do too.
This year, I haven't got any new year's resolutions (you can see why, here) but I'm actively taking the time to put more effort into my blog. I've utterly neglected documenting everything here and looking back over the last year it makes me sad that I can't relive memories by reading posts because there aren't many.
I'm taking the time out to do what I love, and write a lot more.
Right now, I do freelance writing as my part-time job (more information about that here, if you want to see how I got into it!) but writing here on this blog is something different. I can't believe this is the third year of my blogging life, it's gone so fast. I would never have thought 3 years ago I'd be where I am today, doing what I'm doing. You know what? I'm not where I want to be right now, god only knows when I'll get there, but I'm on my way. Just like my first ever post said, I guess what my aim is here is to find escape whilst not escaping, but I'm no longer searching for that escape anymore, I'm living now.
As we start 2018, I aim to become a lot more of a happier person.
Yet, you know what, I can honestly say from 2015 to right now, I'm definitely a lot happier so I suppose I'm on an upwards journey with just a few bumps in the road every now and again.


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Aadhaar-based learner's licence test from home on Maharashtra govt's radar
The government is considering allowing aspirants to appear for learners' licence examination from home or doing away with the exam, officials in the Pune regional transport office (RTO) told TOI.
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March 06, 2021, 14:34 IST
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PUNE: The government is considering allowing aspirants to appear for learners' licence examination from home or doing away with the exam, officials in the Pune regional transport office (RTO) told TOI.
A senior RTO official said that according to a recent notification of the ministry of transport, Aadhaar-based authentication for 18 RTO-related services, including procurement of a learners' licence, was being considered.
"While details are still awaited, we have learnt that the idea is to let examinees appear for tests from home. As their Aadhaar numbers will be linked with online appointments, the examinees will not have to come to the RTO office for learners' licence examination. They will get a one time password (OTP) to access the link and appear for the examination. If they pass, they will receive licence online, which they can download," Sanjiv Bhor, the deputy RTO in Pune, told TOI.
The second proposal, as another official said, involves making the permanent licence test more stringent.
"If learner licence test is done away with, the test for securing permanent licence will be tougher and will include a theory examination and a simulator test before the final driving test. The road transport ministry will share details with the RTOs regarding which option will be implemented. From now on, while providing documents for a learners' licence, one should also submit a copy of the Aadhaar card for linking the number," another RTO official said.
However, transport and traffic activists are not in favour of doing away with the learners' test permanently. Ranjit Gadgil, programme director, Parisar, said that both the tests are essential.
"The two tests are different in nature and both are essential for ensuring that a person who obtains licence has the qualities that will make him/her a safe driver. The learner's test is required to ensure that the applicant has adequate knowledge of rules and regulations and knowledge of documents to be kept with him/ her while driving or riding a two-wheeler. The driving test, on the other hand, tests on-road skills -- both ability to control the vehicle as well as safe driving habits. To strengthen overall licencing, it is essential that both tests be stringent and conducted appropriately. Currently, only 60% correct answers are needed to pass the learner's test, which should be increased to at least 80%," he told TOI.
Harshad Abhyankar, founder, Save Pune Traffic Movement, said, "Common sense tells us that testing at any and all stages of licencing needs to be strengthened, not diluted."
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Ninety percent of Americans own a copy of the Bible, but in trying to understand the book as a whole, it's difficult to know where to begin. This engaging guide explains in plain English what's in the Bible, how it's organized, who wrote it, and what it's all about. Illustrations & maps.5/5(1). The Book of the Preacher "The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in of vanities, saith the preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity" – (Eccl,2). "The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to. The Books of the Bible. WHAT DO YOU THINK? - We have all sinned and deserve God's judgment. God, the Father, sent His only Son to satisfy that judgment for those who believe in Him. Jesus, the creator and eternal Son of God, who lived a sinless life, loves us so much that He died for our sins, taking the punishment that we deserve, was buried, and rose from the dead according to the Bible.
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Satan has crept into the churches through the Alexandrian Bible revisions. If you don't want to believe a fundamentalist preacher, then maybe you ought to listen to an occultist like Alice A.
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A Science Book. Although it is true that no known scientific fact disproves the Bible, science is not the Bible's main objective. The various books get their names in different ways.
Most of the Old Testament books are named for their theme. For example, the book of Genesis tells of the beginning (or genesis) of the world, and human history. The book of Exodus tells of the story of the Israelites' exodus out of and Proverbs, are collections of, respectively, psalms (songs) and proverbs (wise sayings).
I try to translate everything into mathematics, so here is a mathematician's way of remembering the number of books in the Bible: You need only remember the number 3. Then 3 squared equals 9, so there are 39 books in the old Testament.
Then take 3 x 9 = 27, the number of books in the New Testament. Then 39 +27 = 66, the number of books in the. Such a name imparted a certain authority to the writing.
In the OT the book of Daniel is pseudonymous, and in the NT it is widely held that 2 Peter and Jude are pseudonymous, and also the Pastoral Epistles. Literary standards of the time did not necessarily condemn pseudonymity as deceitful.
The book exercised a great influence upon the Christian Church. The New Testament incidentally acknowledges each of the characteristic elements of the book, its miracles, (Hebrews Hebrews ) its predictions, (Matthew ) and its doctrine of angels.
(Luke Luke ) The authenticity of the book has been attacked in modern. La Bible d'Alexandrie is a collection of fresh translations and commentaries in French devoted to the Greek Old Testament, the first volume, devoted to Genesis, was edited by Marguerite Harl in Since then another eighteen volumes have appeared, and several others await publication.
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In more mundane language, it is "an account of the activities and visions of Daniel, a noble Jew exiled at Babylon," its message being that just as the God of Israel saved Daniel and his friends from their enemies, so.
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What the above verse tells us is that all the Bible ("all Scripture"), was given by inspiration of God. The phrase "by inspiration of God" is actually one word in the Greek text, the word.
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The following article contains the names of all the books of the Bible hidden within the words. See if you can find them all. I once made a remark about the hidden books of the Bible. It was a lulu, kept some people looking so hard for facts. And for others it was a revelation.
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This is the sixth and last presentation I attended on Wednesday, March 4 at the #CSUN15 conference. Pretty much everyone in the accessibility space is aware of the Target case from several years ago, but I'm willing to bet that – like me – not everyone knows how they've worked accessibility into their workflows. Let's find out, shall we?
This is Toby's third CSUN conference.
Controls & Monitoring: GRC model (governance, risk management, compliance). At the time, we were a waterfall shop.
a11y Authority and Prioritization: found many issues from release to release and we had a real challenge with our partners.
Issue severity & launch criteria: we use Jira to capture information in detail for our team.
Commitment to our customers: better testing and identifying what our objectives were to make the experience for our customers easier and better.
Proactive engagement: feasibility and planning. Here's what the waterfall concept looked like: Concept Review > Design Review > DEV Review > QA/a11y Review.
We also had to work with vendors and third party agreements via contract agreements that were enforceable (i.e. Master Service Agreements).
Partner in innovation. Risk in GRC can be a way to prevent innovation, and we wanted to avoid that.
Shared a Fall Style Campaign Concept with a theatrical video starring Kristen Bell that would allow clothing and accessories purchasable through the player that displayed the episodes. The player contained a vertical carousel containing products. Question: who did the audio descriptions? They were done by CaptionMax.
Team Positioning and Roles: reorganizations are fact of life, I've seen a few of them at Target and I've only been here for three years. We needed to shed our testing baggage, so we changed our team name to the accessibility team.
Procedures that engage the team: accountability, documentation. Describe what accessibility means at Target, using criteria integrating WCAG and Target-specific guest experience, weekly meetings to develop procedures; writing and organizing for diverse teams. Question: how did you scale the team up? We evolved the team as we went. We wanted these procedures completed quickly, but revisited. Shared the color and color contrast procedure, error messaging process. Example: logos must follow this procedure when they are: created by or for Target, and are Target's IP, and promote, advertise, involve, or are associated with Target's products, services, experiences or campaigns.
Agility required: we implemented an agile process.
Know how you're going to make it by making a plan!


Weapons forms and applications a section of our Tai Chi Chuan syllabus, which covers using 3 weapons. We learn and perform a form with each weapon and there are a number of respective applications to go them.
Spear Form – a fairly short form taught using a 6ft staff or pole. Traditionally this would have been made from bamboo and would have been longer with a blade on the end.
Sabre Form – a medium length form taught with a Chinese Broadsword. This is a single bladed weapon i.e. it has a sharp edge and a blunt edge. The form is practised quite fast and contains many leaps and jumps. This is a cardiovascular workout amongst many things.
Sword Form – a long form taught with a traditional Chinese sword, just like the swords seen in films like "Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon". This is a beautiful form, very precise, lots of high and low techniques and one which is incredibly soothing on the mind when practised.
Weapons can be quite dangerous and this is why we wait until students are quite proficient with their hand forms. This way they can be in control of the weapons much more. We also practise with "practise" weapons, which are generally blunt where possible. In my 20 years of Tai Chi I have seen about 2 weapons form accidents, once of which was to myself. Ergo accidents are very infrequent but do happen.
Wudang Tai Chi weapons forms bring to life the weapons traditionally used in China hundreds of years ago and also bring with them self defence applications used with the weapons, in the same way hand form has corresponding applications.


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Funding Available to Participate in the NEB's Regulatory Process for the NGTL 2017 System Expansion Project
National Energy Board
CALGARY, Feb. 12, 2015 /CNW/ - The National Energy Board (NEB or the Board) is making available a total of $250,000 under its Participant Funding Program to assist landowners, Aboriginal groups, incorporated non-industry, not-for-profit organizations, and other interested persons who participate in the regulatory process hearing for the proposed NOVA Gas Transmission Limited (NGTL) 2017 System Expansion Project. A higher amount may be considered once applications for funding are received.
NGTL filed a project description on 15 December 2014, informing the Board that an application seeking approval to build and operate new pipeline facilities as part of its existing NGTL system will be submitted in the first quarter of 2015. The proposed project would include five separate pipeline sections in northern Alberta, totaling 230 km, and additional compression facilities.
Funding is being made available to help those persons who are directly affected or have relevant information or expertise, to prepare for hearing related activities, including reviewing and commenting on the project. Please review the Participant Funding Program Guide to determine when and how to apply for funding and what will be covered by this funding.
A preliminary List of Issues identifying the topics that the Board may consider during the review process is available on the NEB's website. This list may be updated after the application has been filed. Those who are interested in applying for Participant Funding are encouraged to review this List of Issues before submitting an application for funding.
To receive funding, an interested person must submit an Application to Participate and be accepted as an Intervenor in the NEB's regulatory process for this project. Details about the regulatory process will be announced at a later date. Interested persons should also review the Application for Funding Form and the Contribution Agreement available on the Board's website www.neb-one.gc.ca/pfp.
For general information about the NEB hearing process and how you can participate effectively, please visit the NEB website and select Participate in a Hearing.
The National Energy Board is an independent federal regulator of several parts of Canada's energy industry with the safety of Canadians and protection of the environment as its top priority. Its purpose is to regulate pipelines, energy development and trade in the Canadian public interest. For more information on the NEB and its mandate, please visit www.neb-one.gc.ca.
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The National Energy Board is making $250,000 available under its Participant Funding Program to support participation in the hearing for the proposed NOVA Gas Transmission Limited 2017 System Expansion Project. This is a proposal to build and operate new pipeline facilities in northern Alberta as part of the existing NOVA Gas Transmission Limited System. The project will include five separate pipeline sections, totaling 230 km, and additional compression facilities.
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U.S. Air Force Hispanic Games (NY) Results
January 10, 2021 /in HS Hammer.com News /by Martin Bingisser
National leader Collin Burkhart (Nazareth Area, Nazareth, PA) took home a close win at the U.S. Air Force Hispanic Games on Saturday. Michael Pinckney (High School For Construction, Ozone Park, NY) nearly hit his personal best to come within three inches of the win, but Burkhart was able to hold on for the win. Girl's national leader Leah Moore (Hillhouse, New Haven, CT) won the girl's competition by more than ten feet.
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NYSPHSAA/NYS Federation Championships (NY) Results
March 8, 2020 /in HS Hammer.com News /by Martin Bingisser
National leader Monique Hardy (Webster Thomas, Webster, NY) easily captured the New York state title on Saturday in a stacked girl's competition. Three of the nation's top five were competing and three girls broke 55 feet in the competition. Some big personal bests highlighted the boy's competition. Nick Pisciotta (Commack, NY) hit 75 feet for the first time to win, and Jayden DuBard (Cheektowaga, NY) added more than four feet to his best for silver. Read more
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Millrose Games (NY) Results
February 10, 2020 /in HS Hammer.com News /by Martin Bingisser
After a slow start to the indoor season, Monique Hardy (Webster Thomas, Webster, NY) continued to find her form on Thursday. The senior added nearly four feet to her national lead with a huge toss of 66'11.25″, also moving her up to second all-time in the nation indoors. Her made is just more than a foot off the national indoor record of 68'2.5″ set by Shelby Ashe in 2011. The throw also broke the New York state record set by Jill Shippee in 2017. Read more
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New Balance Games (NY) Results
Natalia Surdej (Lancaster, NY) improved her best on her final attempt at this weekend's New Balance Games at the Armory. Currently ranked third in the nation, she continues to close in on the 60 foot barrier. Collin Burkhart (Nazareth Area, Nazareth, PA) also improved again en route to the boy's title. Read more
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Rock N' Roll Throw-Off (NY) Results
After a stellar indoor season in 2019, Monique Hardy (Webster Thomas, Webster, NY) got off to a slow start this year. But that changed on Saturday at the Rock N' Roll Throw-Off, where she hit a new season's best to claim the national lead. Hometown thrower Natalia Surdej (Lancaster, NY) also had a personal best in second place, while Sean Smith (Webster Thomas, Webster, NY) improved his best to win the boy's competition. Read more
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Millrose Games Trials (NY) Results
January 9, 2020 /in HS Hammer.com News /by Martin Bingisser
National leader Cheyenne Figueroa (Classical, Providence, RI) made a mid-week trip down to New York to win the Millrose Games Trials competition on Wednesday. New York thrower Nick Pisciotta (Commack, NY) broke 70 feet in the competition to win and also extend his state lead. Read more
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Ocean Breeze Freedom Games (NY) Results
Along with 90 competitors across town at the Hispanic Games on Saturday, 84 more throwers competed on Staten Island on Saturday. National leader Cheyenne Figueroa (Classical, Providence, RI) broke 60 feet again to win the girl's competition by a dozen feet. John Fay (Bishop Hendricken, Warwick, RI) added more than three feet to his best to easily secure the boy's win. Read more
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Hispanic Games (NY) Results
Noah Belmnahia (Valhalla, NY) hit a personal best in the second round to win the 2020 edition of the Hispanic Games in New York City. Alliya Booth (Bloomfield, CT) won a close girl's competition. She was just under her personal best, but showed great consistency en route to the victory. Despite winning by little more than a foot, she produced the four top throws of the meet. Read more
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Marine Corps Holiday Classic (NY) Results
December 28, 2019 /in HS Hammer.com News /by Martin Bingisser
Nick Pisciotta (Commack, NY) added a quarter inch to his personal best to win the invitational competition at the Marine Corps Holiday Classic. The meet took place over two days with different categories of competition. In the varsity competition Robert Decker (Minisink Valley, Slate Hill, NY) broke 60 feet for the first time to win a close battle. Leah Moore (Hillhouse, New Haven, CT) and Raen Smith (Franklin D. Roosevelt, Hyde Park, NY) racked up wins in the girl's varsity competitions. Read more
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New York Relays Results
April 21, 2019 /in HS Hammer.com News /by Martin Bingisser
Rhode Islanders Jacob Furland (Classical, Providence, RI) and Annika Kelly (Barrington, RI) both headed down to New York this weekend and captured wins at the New York Relays. Read more
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Working freelance, you notice the importance of being a good worker.
In short, freelance workers need to know how to deal with high competitiveness, part-time workflow, and time management.
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Course Objective: To provide students with the knowledge, skills and abilities to fulfill the requirements for EMR recertification.
Course Description: Major topics covered in the course include review of legal aspects of care, patient assessment and vital signs, respiratory and circulatory systems, CPR and airway obstruction techniques, oxygen delivery and adjuncts, suctioning wounds, bleeding control and shock, fractures, spinal injuries, medical and environmental emergencies, childbirth, special patients, crisis intervention, triage and gaining access to and moving patients. Methods of instruction include lecture, discussion and team-focused practical exercises.
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The spiritual head of Tibetan Buddhists, the Dalai Lama, spoke to a sold-out crowd of 5,000 at the zoo of the late "Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin in Australia earlier this month. He voiced his concern for animals in laboratories and those raised for food making a case for eating a plant-based diet. The Dalai Lama urged parents to show as much compassion as possible to their children, and suggested that children be taught "warmheartedness" as part of the school curriculum.
Christians and non-Christians alike should choose the path of compassion and love toward Creation. We should encourage one another as we live out Christ's teachings to the best of our abilities.


The five-week festive season checkstop program is in the books for another year as Winnipeg police reported 43 impaired driving-related arrests.
In total, 5,231 vehicles were stopped and 106 roadside breath tests were administered. Of those, 10 drivers failed and 17 were given 72-hour suspensions.
Twelve other arrests were made, with 115 traffic tickets handed out.
Names of the impaired drivers will be released once charges have been formally laid, but 33 were men and 10 were women.
The average blood alcohol count was 160 mg% (twice the legal limit).


Six weeks after Megan Henderson's departure and nearing the start of the May "sweeps," Fox4's Good Day continues to rotate co-anchors. Is that a good idea -- or maybe an idea whose time has come in these tough economic times? We bat it around here. Also, PBS looks deep into Native American history Monday night with the first film in its five-part We Shall Remain. And the weekend D-FW Nielsen ratings are paced by Sunday's Masters shootout.


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1956 Topps Pins Are Scarce And Valuable
March 2, 2016 By Bob D'Angelo
Topps ventured away from baseball cards for the first time in 1956, putting out a set of 60 player pins that have escaped many collectors of vintage Topps items. Eleven Hall of Famers are part of the set, including Willie Mays, Ted Williams, Jackie Robinson, Hank Aaron and Ernie Banks. Other stars include Ted Kluszewski, Gil Hodges, Dick Groat and Harvey Haddix.
It's really a good group of players, but the set itself is rather scarce. The No. 1 set on the PSA registry, which averaged 8.43, sold in January for $12,593 (including a 20 percent buyer's premium) in an auction conducted by Mile High Card Company. This particular set had 22 cards graded at PSA 8, 31 at PSA 7, and seven at PSA 6.
1956 Topps Pin Production
Topps uses shots from its 1956 baseball card set on the pins, which measure 1 1/8 inches in diameter. The player shots are set against a solid color background. The pins were sold separately from the cards, packaged in a small box featurin g a photo of the Ted Williams pin or "button" as they were called.
The box cost a nickel and included a stick of gum.
The pins were examples of litho production, as the images were printed right onto the metal front. That differs from the method of pasting paper images on the pin. This litho look means the pins are extremely condition-sensitive and susceptible to scratches.
Hall of Famers and Rarities
As expected, Hall of Famers command a nice price in this set. What's interesting is that three pins of journeyman players are among the most valuable. In the 2015 Standard Catalog of Vintage Baseball Cards, for example, three of the scarcest pins depict outfielder Hector Lopez, pitcher Chuck Stobbs and outfielder Chuck Diering. The book notes that a near-mint pin of Lopez would fetch $335, while Diering would be worth $275 and Stobbs $225. Both Lopez and Stobbs are classified by the catalog as short prints but an uncut proof sheet offered in a Topps Vault auction several years ago indicated the three players were actually on the bottom of the sheet.
Stobbs had a 15-year career and was one of baseball's original "bonus babies," signing with the Boston Red Sox as a 17-year-old in 1947 for a reported $50,000. He had the misfortune of pitching for the Washington Senators for most of his career. He is remembered as the pitcher who gave up arguably the longest home run of Mickey Mantle's career, a 565-foot shot at Griffith Stadium in Washington on April 17, 1953. A few weeks later at Detroit, the left-hander threw what many baseball historians consider the wildest pitch in major-league history. During the first game of a doubleheader on May 20, one of his pit ches landed in the 17th row behind home plate.
Pitching for the Senators, who twice finished 43 games out of first place twice during the 1950s, would be unnerving.
The highest-graded PSA pin of Stobbs is a 7, of which there are 12. Overall, 37 have been graded.
Lopez played 12 years in the majors, breaking in with the Kansas City Athletics in 1955 and then playing for the New York Yankees from 1959 to 1966. In his 1970 book, "Ball Four," Jim Bouton recalled that for his first major-league victory (May 6, 1962 at Yankee Stadium), "Hector 'What a Pair of Hands' bailed me out with about four leaping catches in left field" against the Senators. Lopez, now 86, had a career .269 average and played in five World Series.
Only three of the 42 Lopez pins submitted are graded as high as PSA 8.
Diering played nine years in the majors and was traded in December 1951 to the New York Giants in a deal that brought Eddie Stanky to St. Louis, where he became the Cardinals' player-manager. Diering was a .249 hitter whose best season was with St. Louis in 1949, when he batted .263 with a career-high 38 RBIs.
There have been 32 pins submitted to PSA; only five grade as high as 8.
Grading and 1956 Topps Pins
The scarcity of high-grade pins is reflected in the PSA registry. A total of 2,861 specimens have been graded, and only 14 earned a 9 grade. The only Hall of Famers in that group are Aaron and Warren Spahn; others with one 9 included Don Mossi, Gus Zernial, Bill Tremel and Dale Long. Roy Sievers is the lone player with more than one PSA 9 grade. He has two.
There are currently 149 listings for 1956 Topps pins on eBay. It's a difficult set to complete, and certainly extremely tough in high-grade. But some of the lesser-known players are obtainable for a reasonable price.
Here's a checklist:
*SP denotes more rare single print pins
1 Chuck Diering SP
2 Willie Miranda
3 Hal Smith
4 Gus Triandos
5 Ernie Banks
6 Hank Sauer
7 Bill Tremel
8 Jim Hegan
9 Don Mossi
10 Al Rosen
11 Al Smith
12 Jim Finigan
13 Hector Lopez SP
14 Vic Power
15 Gus Zernial
16 Hank Aaron
17 Gene Conley
18 Eddie Mathews
19 Warren Spahn
20 Ron Negray
21 Mayo Smith MG
22 Herman Wehmeier
23 Grady Hatton
24 Jackie Jensen
25 Frank Sullivan
26 Ted Williams
27 Yogi Berra
28 Joe Collins
29 Phil Rizzuto
30 Bill Skowron
31 Bob Turley
32 Dick Donovan
33 Jack Harshman
34 Bob Kennedy
35 Jim Rivera
36 Ray Boone
37 Frank House
38 Al Kaline
39 Ruben Gomez
40 Bobby Hofman
41 Willie Mays
42 Dick Groat
43 Dale Long
44 Johnny O'Brien
45 Luis Arroyo
46 Ken Boyer
47 Harvey Haddix
48 Wally Moon
49 Sandy Amoros
50 Gil Hodges
51 Jackie Robinson
52 Duke Snider
53 Karl Spooner
54 Joe Black
55 Art Fowler
56 Ted Kluszewski
57 Roy McMillan
58 Carlos Paula
59 Roy Sievers
60 Chuck Stobbs SP
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Austin Film Society presents Essential Cinema: Jungle Freaks - The Cinema Novo Of Joaquim Pedro de Andrade
Photo courtesy of Austin Film Society
Joaquim Pedro de Andrade is one of the most important figures of Brazil's Cinema Novo period, and his film, Macunaima (aka Jungle Freaks), helped to set the tone for this style of film that, much like its musical analogue, Tropicalia, gave the psychedelic and countercultural movements that were then sweeping the world a uniquely Brazilian beat. If you love John Waters' and Lina Wertmuller's approach to film narrative, then you will enjoy these films.
June 7: Macunaima - One of the most important films in Brazilian history, Macunaima is a magical fable of a black man born in the jungle who magically becomes white and embarks on a journey through modern Rio de Janeiro. A biting satire and allegory of Brazil's complex racial and cultural history. Along the way there is a giant, cannibals and more.
June 14: The Conspirators - The wild swings and crazy canvas of Macunaima gave way to a direct and deeply subversive narrative of a historical Brazilian uprising in The Conspirators. In 1789 a group of landowners, intellectuals and others, inspired by the American Revolution, rose up against Portuguese occupiers. Here, de Andrade drew the ire of the political regime, with his thinly veiled critique of contemporary military dictatorship.
June 20: Conjugal Warfare - De Andrade takes aim at the Brazilian middle class by directing his camera at their bedrooms. This sex comedy is more than meets the eye. Modeled on the very popular pornochanchada trend of the time, de Andrade, as usual, is interested in the ways that attitudes about social class, race, and other factors are exposed in the arena of sex.
June 28: Brazilwood Man - De Andrade's final film is sure to leave even the most well-versed student of Brazilian culture in the dark. Much like "Ulysses" however, it can be enjoyed and appreciated even without a full understanding of the satirical references or Portuguese language puns. Constructed around the ideas of poet and political theorist Oswald de Andrade (no relation), it is a series of collage-like fragments connected by a monologue of Oswald's words, ending with words that may constitute a fittingly rude epitaph to Joaquim's work, "Go fuck yourself, you shithead revolutionaries."
https://www.austinfilm.org/series/jungle-freaks-the-cinema-novo-of-joaquim-pedro-de-andrade/


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Resilient St. Louis
Equity Indicators
Youth at the Center
Opportunity to Thrive
About the Equity Indicators
An overview of the City of St. Louis equity indicators project
The Equity Indicators Project is in response to the Ferguson Commission's call to action for a racial equity benchmarking process. The Project measures racial equity across 72 indicators, each chosen to illuminate the current state of inequity in the priority areas selected by the Commission: Youth at the Center, Opportunity to Thrive, and Justice for All.
The Equity Indicators Project will quantify the state of racial equity in St. Louis and measure progress over time. Using data disaggregated by race, indicators will measure racial disparities in the 72 indicators and assign each an equity score. Every year, an updated report will show changes in equity scores and discuss recent efforts to increase racial equity.
Use the Equity Indicators Project to understand our complex regional equity challenges, monitor changes over time, and hold our leaders and institutions accountable.
The Equity Indicators Project is a regional collaboration between the City of St. Louis, Forward Through Ferguson, and United Way. The project is funded by the Rockefeller Foundation and 100 Resilience Cities. Technical assistance is provided by the City University of New York's Institute for State and Local Governance.
Addressing common questions about the Equity Indicators project
A short history of how racism became institutionalized in St. Louis
How we identified priorities, collected data, and calculated scores


Add this restaurant to your list: MINERO – Charleston, SC and Atlanta, GA!
We stopped at this restaurant for the first time on Fred's birthday this year. We've always heard rave reviews, and I can see why. The food was excellent as were the people, and it sure is more fun when the place you visit has a good vibe to it.
Minero has an excellent vibe.
We started with "Chips and Salsas: a tasting of verde, benne, arbol" – My personal favorite was the verde. Wow! I also had two "Charcoaled Chicken Tacos: green papaya, lime pickled red onion, cotija, papilla de Oaxaca" and Fred had the "Lunch Taco Combo Plate: Choice of two tacos with refrained beans, Carolina Gold rice, and broccoli salad" this special lunch combo is only served Monday – Thursday until 4PM. Minero has two locations, one in Charleston, SC and another in Atlanta, GA – Their menu is fabulous! Their ingredients are fresh, and everything is as beautiful as it is tasty! Gift cards are also available for this restaurant, hint, hint! A great gift idea, especially for those who are difficult to buy for!
Minero is located in the heart of Charleston, SC. The perfect spot to take a break for the shopping of the season and pop upstairs for a delicious lunch or dinner!
I remember going there on my last trip to Charleston! Really good stuff!