Ya'akov/Yisrael – What's in Two Names?
While one may on occasion refer to a "G-dly person," what he likely means is that the person is holy, perhaps a reference to the G-dly aura, which is the Shechinah, that surrounds him. How are we to understand that Hashem called Ya'akov E-l? What is the significance of this most unusual title, and why was it applied specifically to Ya'akov?
The holy rebbe of Tzanz notes the Gemara (Berachos 13a) which rules that from the time the Holy One, Blessed is He, changed Avram's name to Avraham (Bereishis/Genesis 17:5), one who continues to refer to him as Avram is in violation of the verse (ibid.), "And your name will [from now on] be Avraham." However, the Gemara notes, although Ya'akov was given the name Yisrael, it is permissible to continue to call him Ya'akov, since the Torah itself does so (i.e. refers to him as Ya'akov post name-change), as it is written (46:2), "And G-d said to Yisrael in a vision of the night, and He said, 'Ya'akov, Ya'akov.'" We are left wondering why indeed Avraham's name was changed exclusively, while Ya'akov's name Yisrael was merely an addition that didn't negate his previous one?
A simple lad was once aroused by the sounds of horses and buggies clamoring through the narrow alleyways of his remote village. Curious, he rose from his bed and went out into the street to check the commotion. Wagon after wagon passed by, many of them spraying him with indifferent waves of mud and pebbles, until finally what was clearly the head wagon passed. In its midst, unbeknown to the simple boy, sat the king. "For this pomposity I was awoken from my sleep?" The youth spat into the carriage, his efforts landing squarely on the king's cheek.
The king, surprisingly, turned a deaf ear to the predictable cries of, "Off with his head." Instead, he brought the lad into his royal carriage, and returned with him to the palace. "The boy has never seen a king before," he told his irate advisors. "What do you expect?!" The sinful boy became the king's personal guest. The longer he spent in the palace, seeing the honoured dignitaries that came from afar to spend a few moments in the royal highness' presence, the more out-of-place he felt. "What am I doing here?" he began to question. "Not only do I not even begin to comprehend the king's great wisdom and immeasurable influence – I had the foolish audacity to spit at him!" When, one day, the lad threw himself at the king's feet and begged his forgiveness, the king was vindicated. He knew he had accomplished far more by allowing the naïve lad a glimpse of royalty than he would have with lashes and labour.
Sometimes, the Ba'al Shem Tov explains, instead of rebuke through punishment, Hashem chastises us through undeserved kindness. He allows us a brief glimpse into His greatness, and the infinite kindness with which He constantly showers the world, in the hope it will arouse us to better our ways. The wise man recognizes the undeserved love Hashem showers on him, and is humbled. The foolish man thinks he deserves it.
The two names, Ya'akov and Yisrael, refer to the two aspects of this phenomenon. Yisrael is a name of greatness: For you have ruled over angels and over man. Ya'akov is a name of humility; the root of Ya'akov is ekev, which means heel – the lowest part of the human body. It is only through this two-faceted existence – complete humility in the face of great accomplishments – that success and prosperity become even stronger conduits of teshuva/repentance than rebuke.
This is why, the rebbe of Tzanz zt"l explains, the name Yisrael was never intended to supersede Ya'akov. When Ya'akov achieved greatness, yet remained the same, humble man he had always been, he received the name Yisrael, the name of greatness, to compliment his humility.
If we were to divide up the 22 letters of the alef beis into two equal groups, the rebbe says, alef would be at the head of the first group, while lamed, the twelfth letter, would lead the second. The first group of letters, the Sanzer Rav explains, are the 'face' or light side of the alef beis, while the second group becomes the 'back' or dark side of the letters.
Combining alef with lamed, or E-l, one of G-d's names, represents the melding of light and darkness, of kindness and judgment, of success and self-effacement. Ya'akov had just wrestled with the angel, and won. His success was no doubt cause for celebration, yet there was none. Even after receiving the name Yisrael, "for you have wrestled with the angels and won," he remained in essence Ya'akov ish tam/Ya'akov the simple man. He builds an altar upon which to place his offerings of thanks to Hashem. In his eyes, he did not deserve what he had achieved. He ascribed his greatness to Hashem's infinite kindness.
And Hashem called him E-l – you – Ya'akov/Yisrael – are the perfect synthesis between alef and lamed, between the greatness you have achieved and the humility you retain. May Hashem always choose to test us with undeserved kindness, and may we have the wisdom to pass the test. Have a good Shabbos.


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Quartet vs Quartet – Bethan Morgan-Williams
In July, composer Bethan Morgan-Williams presented her Royal Philharmonic Society commission – Ghost Tongues – at Cheltenham Music Festival.
She shares her story with us: on composing two works at once, overcoming her quartet-writing fears, and championing her own world premiere against England's World Cup defeat.
In early November 2017, I received a call from Meurig Bowen, then Director of Cheltenham Music Festival, to talk about my Royal Philharmonic Society commission. I said to him, "So long as it's not a string quartet!" and the line went quiet. I had one quartet already in tow for the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra (RLPO). Before they approached me earlier that summer, it had not even crossed my mind to write a quartet for many, many years. I really was scared to do it and didn't feel I was ready for working with this form. It comes with so much demand and expectation and, being a string player myself, I knew the repertoire pretty well too. Were I to say yes to Cheltenham, I would then have to write two! I explained this to Meurig, who did offer me an alternative. But after a week of contemplation, I decided to take on the serendipitous challenge of double quartet writing.
I'd already written 7 of the 15 minutes of the first quartet. The Cheltenham one was to be a further 10 minutes. With the different timings I couldn't readily transplant the material from Q1 to Q2, so I needed to find a way of balancing my time between two different string quartets, simultaneously. Not an easy task!
First I tried an "if it doesn't go in here, it might go over there" approach. But soon found this to be very confusing. Then someone suggested thinking of the two quartets as two movements of the same piece; but this was troublesome too, as I wanted each piece to have a separate, distinctive identity. The RLPO quartet already had strong ideas and I was engrossed in it, whereas the Cheltenham one needed persuading to emerge out of very thick mud – and its deadline was looming sooner too…
In February 2018, I put the RLPO quartet aside, accepting it as it was. The second quartet was starting to develop its own character and I was finally able to devote my attention to it without hearing the first one flying around in my head. By the end of March, most of the music was there and I headed to Cambridge to have a workshop with the Ligeti Quartet, who were to perform it at Cheltenham. I'd never met them before and found them extremely amiable, generous, and wonderful musicians.
Ligeti Quartet (c) Mike Massaro
On the eve of the premiere, we rehearsed again in a flat in a beautiful part of North London. I introduced them to Tony Conrad's music, particularly his way of playing drones, and asked them to replicate this technique in the final long chord of my piece. They were open and instantly responsive to this. Artistic collaboration doesn't get much better than that, and I'd definitely jump at the chance to write for the Ligeti Quartet again in future.
When the big day came, we weren't the only ones buzzing: all of England was awaiting the World Cup semi-final that was due to end just as our concert began. The weather was perfect and the Cheltenham Festival was just as I remembered it from playing there as a teenager: lovely atmosphere, high calibre music-making, beautiful surroundings. How thrilling – and daunting – to return, only this time for something entirely different: to hear my own music being played.
I was nervous for the performance – I always am. I worry even though there's nothing I can do by that stage. The overwhelming heat and humidity didn't help either! But qualms asides, it was a truly terrific experience. The concert was very well attended, the atmosphere upbeat. The Ligeti Quartet walked onstage as England were winning but – to Rich the violist's dismay – came out to find our footballers had lost in extra time. But the match results didn't spoil our evening. We went on to celebrate into the early hours with drinks and dinner before heading back to the hotel, beaming from having shared our music at such a great festival.
I received very encouraging feedback from the Festival. Most importantly however, I learned a great deal during the writing process and overcame my fear of writing a string quartet. Not just writing one, but two – at the same time.
Now I am even more excited to partner with RLPO and Ensemble 10/10 cellist Hilary Browning, and curate the concert featuring my next quartet. It's part of the University of Liverpool's Lunchtime Concert Series in Autumn 2019, so keep your eyes peeled for news to come.
Bethan Morgan-Williams was a winner of the 2017 RPS Composition Prizes. She currently studies at the The Hague Conservatorium (2017-19) and was previously at the Royal Northern College of Music. You can follow her on Twitter at @morganwilliamsb.
Author Royal Philharmonic SocietyPosted on 27 September 2018 24 September 2018 Categories Guest Blogger, New Music, UncategorizedTags bethan morgan-williams, Cheltenham Music Festival, Composer, Ligeti Quartet, RPS Composition PrizeLeave a comment on Quartet vs Quartet – Bethan Morgan-Williams
Orchestras alive and thriving across the country
Last May at the RPS Music Awards, Orchestras Live won the Audiences and Engagement Award for Classically Yours, their multi-orchestra, multi community project in the East Riding of Yorkshire.
They had an incredibly busy summer celebrating their achievement and bringing more music to communities all over the country. We hear from Jane Macpherson, their Communications Strategist about what they got up to…
East Riding Youth Dancers meet the RPS Music Award silver lyre!
Orchestras Live has been living its motto this summer – orchestras are for everyone – as we've criss-crossed the country bringing classical orchestral music to communities everywhere. It got off to an early start when we won the RPS Audiences and Engagement Award for Classically Yours. It's a great example of how live orchestral music can connect dispersed communities, inspiring the young and rejuvenating the older . Continue reading "Orchestras alive and thriving across the country"
Author Royal Philharmonic SocietyPosted on 20 September 2018 20 September 2018 Categories Awards and prizes, Guest BloggerTags music postcard, orchestras live, performance, RPS Music AwardsLeave a comment on Orchestras alive and thriving across the country
Music for reflection – Alexia Sloane on the BBC Proms Inspire Competition and Aurora Orchestra
Young composer Alexia Sloane was one of five winners in this year's BBC Proms Inspire Competition with her piece Elegy for Aylan. It was first commissioned by the RPS and Classic FM for Classic FM's 25th Birthday celebrations in 2017 and was inspired by the refugee crisis, Aylan being the 3-year-old Syrian child who was found washed up on a Turkish beach in 2015.
In this summer postcard Alexia tells us about the piece, the Competition and how it felt to work with Aurora Orchestra.
We're in the car on our way to Cambridge Station at 7.00 am as usual on Saturday for my weekly lessons at the Royal College of Music Junior Department. It's pleasantly warm; the May swelter hasn't quite kicked in yet.
'The deadline for the Inspire competition is coming up', my mum tells me. 'You could enter it with your piece Elegy for Aylan?'
'I wrote that piece nearly a year ago!' I replied.
'It's the only relatively recent piece you've done that fits the duration requirements,' she points out.
'OK', I sighed. 'But don't say I didn't tell you when I don't get anywhere with it.'
Continue reading "Music for reflection – Alexia Sloane on the BBC Proms Inspire Competition and Aurora Orchestra"
Author Royal Philharmonic SocietyPosted on 14 September 2018 27 September 2018 Categories New Music, Uncategorized, Young MusiciansTags Alexia Sloane, bbc proms inspire, BBC Radio 3, classic fm, composers, New MusicLeave a comment on Music for reflection – Alexia Sloane on the BBC Proms Inspire Competition and Aurora Orchestra

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A lot has been said about mothers and the mother-child bond, and sadly the fathers get left far behind. I don't think anyone is to blame for it. Evolutionarily if you look at it men were the hunters and food gatherers, while women were the child bearers. If you look at animals, that is still true. The females protect and take care of the little ones, while the males hunt.
However over the years the human race has evolved (for better or worse) and the roles of male and women are getting re-defined. Biologically maybe much has not changed, but in all other respects there is a constant shift. So yeah men are breaking out of the mould, going again their inherent instincts to be involved caring fathers. And i think they definitely deserve an applause.
Though the point of this blog of mine is to for a change celebrate all the fathers out there. Whichever end of the spectrum you maybe – stay-at-home father (it's not a myth) or the I-don't-know-childcare father; you have a lot to contribute. There are some things that only our fathers can teach us.
They teach us to toughen up. They put on a brave front for the whole family and yet lend us a shoulder to cry when we are in pain. No matter how hard it gets or scary, we rarely see our fathers break down or give up. They keep fighting all odds. They teach us even if things don't go your way – fight it.
They teach us to how to be a true professional. They teach us about honesty, integrity, and dedication to work. At times they pay the heavy price of missing out on the fun times with family and friends, but they do so to create a solid steady base for us. So they help us understand the importance of work, priorities and the big picture.
So by the big picture I meant is financial security and hence independence. They help us realize how important to be take care of ourselves without being dependent on anyone. Why it is important to be able to pay your own bills, eat good food, travel etc on your own means, without ever having to ask anyone. Though believe me they will still foot all you bills till the very end.
Men might not be the best when it comes to expressing their love for others in words, but they are very good at showing it. And the biggest sign is 'I will take care of you.' There in no man out there who does not take that role seriously. Fathers provide us physical, financial and emotional security by being our personal super-heroes. They go all out to make sure that all our problems are solved, even if that means at times we will be at the receiving end of their wrath. Never mess with a father, because even the most timid of men will go all out to protect their little ones.
At the end of they might be scary or funny or busy…. Fathers are fathers. And no matter how strong or stoic they maybe, there never has been a father who doesn't cry when his daughter gets married or son graduates. They might be rock solid outside but inside they are as soft and mushy as anyone else.


Things that occur on the surface are frequently given short shrift when compared to what occurs on inside. However, with chemical reactions, what happens on the surface can mean the difference between a working material and one that refuses to carry out its duty.
Tao Wei, an assistant professor of Chemical Engineering at Lamar University, is involved n the study of surface - also called as "interfacial" - phenomena as a way to develop and enhance bio-nano technologies and functional materials.
By understanding the quantum and atomic mechanisms of interfacial chemistry and physics, he is helping to advance biosensors that can accelerate drug development, design better materials for desalinization, and develop new ways of producing energy from bacteria.
To analyze the properties of bio- and nano-materials, Wei uses simulations that rely on parallel computing clusters such as the Stampede supercomputer at the Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC), one of the world's fastest academic systems.
Computer simulations have become an important tool to complement experimental research in the development of nano-materials and bio-technologies. Simulations provide atomistic details and illustrate quantum processes, which are difficult to detect in experiments.
Arieh Warshel, Michael Levitt and Martin Karplus won the 2013 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the development of multi-scale models of complex chemical systems, reinforcing the significance of computational simulations in chemistry.
In fields spanning from drug development to energy production, these techniques have become very useful.
Since starting his research group at Lamar University three years ago, Wei has used computational simulations at TACC to publish seven papers and to make 18 conference presentations.
"TACC gives my new research group extraordinary help," Wei said.
From 2014 to 2016, the National Science Foundation-funded Extreme Science and Engineering Discovery Environment (XSEDE) program awarded Wei's group many million computing hours on Stampede. He also uses many other supercomputers - including the Department of Energy-funded Titan and Mira systems and the NSF-supported Gordon and SuperMIC systems - to make progress on a number of crucial problems.
By using large-scale parallel computations on parallel computer clusters such as Stampede, we have been able to study the biological systems such as protein adsorption, electron transfer and lipid packing, and to design functional materials and biotechnologies.
Ligands are small molecules that stick to biomolecules, including proteins. They are frequently used in pharmacology and biochemistry to control a protein's structure or to signal alterations in the protein environment.
Researchers have often used techniques such as crystallization and fluorescent labeling to examine how exactly ligands and proteins interact. However, these techniques either change the conditions of the reaction or hinder what can be studied.
Working with partners from Lamar University and the University of California San Diego, Wei and his team helped to create a new technique to examine protein-ligand interaction, called Transient Induced Molecular Electronic Spectroscopy (TIMES).
The benefit of the technique is that it can characterize protein-ligand interactions without causing disturbances to their binding.
With TIMES, ligands, proteins, and protein-ligand complexes move through an aqueous medium and interact with an electrode surface. Detectors connected to a low-noise electric amplifier generate signals that display the polarized electric response of the reaction products as they near the electrode surface.
These can be tested to establish exactly how the ligands and proteins bind - to what extent, in what orientation, and over what timescale.
In October, the team showed the accuracy of the TIMES method by measuring the protein and ligand interactions between lysozyme - an enzyme that damages bacterial cell walls - and the N-acetyl-D-glucosamine (NAG) ligand and its trimer, NAG3. The research was published in the ACS Central Science journal.
The approach of computational physics has provided extremely valuable information and insight. Computational physics plays a far greater role than mere modeling of the process microscopically. It is a valuable approach to help us conceive hypotheses that are testable experimentally, making the discovery process more productive and rational.
Protein–ligand interactions are a subject of immense interest in the biochemical field because of their practical applications in drug discovery.
The research was supported by multiple grants from the National Science Foundation (Grant ECCS-1610516) and by Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Polyamides are the most extensively used material to desalinate and purify surface water, seawater, and wastewater using a process called membrane-based reverse-osmosis.
"It's a very mature material," Wei said. "But we need to increase water permeation without losing desalination to lower the energy costs."
To improve the separation capabilities of the material, which could lead to important commercial and societal benefits, it is vital to understand the microscopic structure of the polyamide membrane and the molecular transfer process at the atomic level.
Polyamide membranes are very thin, just 100 nm wide, and the pore size through which ions pass is just .3 nm, making it hard to establish experimentally what factors could be changed to enhance the performance of the material.
"It's very important that we have a tool to investigate the microstructure and molecular transfer through nanoporous membranes to see what's going on inside," he said.
In a research paper in the Journal of Physical Chemistry B in September 2016, Wei and his team, collaborating with Shroll Murad, Chair of Chemical and Biological Engineering at the Illinois Institute of Technology, illustrated an attempt to use simulations to distinguish local structures in the material that are believed to be responsible for its macro-scale behavior.
Performing a series of virtual experiments on Stampede, they discovered that the extent to which benzene rings in the material were cross-linked – held together not just at the ends, but also in the middle – played a key role in the transfer of water.
Water can permeate through the ring faster along certain paths, and those monomers are not cross-linked very well.
A bottom-up approach was used, where they derived the parameters of the materials exclusively from the physics of the materials and their molecular bonding. The team discovered that the material's characteristics, including its pore size distributions, density, water diffusion and salt exclusion, matched with results from experimentally synthesized membranes and former simulation studies.
In a follow-on study, Wei is studying the incorporation of nano-materials such as graphene and carbon nanotubes into pure polymer membranes to observe if they enhance water permeation.
"A better understanding of the structure of polyamide membranes will help design future desalinization and filtration methods, which will lower the energy costs and provide a lot of economic benefits," he said.
The research was supported by grants from the National Science Foundation, the National Basic Research Program of China, the National Natural Science Foundation of China and the Center of Air and Water Quality at Lamar University.
A third computational project on Stampede guided by Wei, explores the electrical properties of a unique type of bacteria that can harness energy from its environment through the cycling of sulfur, nitrogen, and iron.
Understanding the actions of the bacterial proteins that enable this process - called as multiheme cytochromes - can help in numerous applications, including solar-conversion catalysts, bioenergy production, and the elimination of toxic hexavalent chromium from water.
However, the structure of the bacterial proteins is not well-known.
"We know that this type of bacteria can transfer electrons from inside to outside through certain protein nano-wires," Wei said. "But we don't know their complete protein structure and we don't know how those proteins pack to form a nanowire."
To collect these details and to understand the way the proteins transfer electrons, Wei uses molecular dynamics simulations, where molecules and atoms are allowed to interact for a fixed period of time, offering a view of the dynamic development of the system.
"To exploit emergent biomolecules' electric properties for promising applications in energy and environment, it is critical to understand the interfacial behavior of those conducting proteins," he said.
Wei and his team conducted many simulations on Stampede to understand the degree to which decaheme cytochrome sticks to a gold surface in water, and the electron transfer efficiency of the process.
Their results, published in February 2016 in the Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, showed that dehydration - which involves the loss of a water molecule from the reacting molecule - on the gold surface acts as a vital driving force for protein adsorption.
"If we put those proteins on the electron surface and then we transfer the electron between the outside environment and the inside of the electrode surfaces, we can convert energy or reduce toxic heavy metals through the redox methods," Wei said. "This is very cutting edge, but we see several cool examples already."
Whether through studies of bacterial nano-wires, desalinizing polymers, or protein-ligand binding sensors, exploring the quantum and atomic behavior of molecules has the potential to help researchers understand new and enhanced biomaterials. Wei is also expanding his research to anti-biocorrosion and anti-biofouling materials design.
"These microscopic tools can give you a lot of information," Wei said. "Each type of simulation has limitations, but when we have a strong theoretical background and can connect different scales, we can rationalize experimental structure-function designs and solve important scientific and engineering problems."


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No kidding! haven't seen a cloud for a couple of days now although there's a chilly wind today, I don't know where it's coming from but I sure know where it's going!!!
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Your usual deft touch on the piano. This style suits you well.
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I am listening to this on my mother's computer and the volume seems very quiet - I have everything turned up full. It may just be my mother's speakers.
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Discussion in 'Community' started by jefhatfield, May 29, 2002.
the simpsons. malcolm in the middle. snl... sometimes.
I find I don't have much time for tv anymore, so I'll watch movies and the occasional sienfeld/friends/just shoot me if I happen to be relaxing. Cheers reruns late nite too.
how do people find the time to watch television??
the original character in jag was a gay, naval lawyer but when they created the new show, they made him straight and since i only see jag from time to time, i have no idea if the two characters have any love life at all...do they?
My general rule is no TV before 8 PM, and no work after 8 PM, so I'm mostly caught up in the prime-time stuff.
24 (it's coming back, somehow! woo-hoo!), West Wing, ER, Friends, occasionally Buffy (it's gotten respectable, but I have no idea who's who, and they killed one of the lesbians), Iron Chef.
If I do happen to have the TV on for background during the day, it's FoodTV, the History Channel, or FoxNews (which is really funny if you can convince yourself for a few minutes that it's actually satire, otherwise it's scary as hell).
btw...I don't know much about the shows....but I do know that Jag is about military right? how does it correlate into a teen show & soapstyle show??
Lets see.. since my computers and tv are all in the living room, it's easy to watch the tube and post here too.
Most frequently I watch, Enterprise, West Wing (when I snag it), Cooks Tour (good one last night), Good Eats , Simpsons, Futurama (when I can find it), Adult Swim (Thursday nights), Saprano's (badda-boom), Buffy (Willow was b*tchin for a few and Spike is soon to be f*cked over ) occasionally. Also in in the mix goes, Stargate SG1 (the new ones on showtime), History channel, Discovery channel and just about anything worth watching except the news.
I usually don't watch anything until after dinner, since I am a tech, that can be after 8 or 9 at night.
Yey........... 24 is coming back....... so how did it all end??? who died?? who lived??
Who was a goodie?? and who was a baddie??
They starting the show from 0-hour? Let me know when this happens, I want to see what all the fuss was about.
sometimes pbs is good( except those clunes giving californians a bad name).
otheriwise i just stay away from tv.
i'm too old and life's too short.
just goes to show...u learn something new every day!
friends used to be funny but now they're just sad and pathetic...so that ones history.
I used to watch in regularly, but over the past couple years, it just hasn't been the same and I might have seen 5 or 6, and those are usually reruns, but I haven't seen them yet.
Have they had the finally? Is there going to be another season?!?
Rumor has it that Jack is going to come back as a special assistant/guard to Palmer. I won't spoil it for those of you who haven't seen the last few episodes, but they basically set it up where they handled this immediate situation, but the ultimate mole (whom I won't identify) is still alive and working for someone, so there's plenty of opportunity for more intrigue.
My question is what the voice-over at the beginning is going to be like.
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SPAN 333 - Spanish American Civilization
SPAN 333 - Spanish American Civilization: Home
Spanish American Civilization from the Pre-Columbian times to the wars of independence (1824).
Particulars of the Paper Project
The basics for the paper:
Must be at least six pages in length. Written entirely in Spanish, typewritten and doubled spaced.
Must have a title that reflects the topic of the paper.
The paper and bibliography must follow the MLA style.
Consult, quote and cite from at least four valid sources of information.
"Valid" sources of information for the purposes of this paper are scholarly academic peer reviewed types of resources.
Of particular note:
The textbook can be used as a source of information, but will not count as one of the 4 sources required. Consider using the textbook for the brief overview and seeing what kind of additional resources might exist that the textbook author used in his work.
Suggestions for topics:
Causas de la decadencia de la cultura maya
Contraste el régimen político de los incas con el de los aztecas.
Comparación de la conquista española de México con la colonización inglesa de Norteamérica.
La labor de fray Bartolomé de las Casas en la conquista de América.
Impacto y repercusión de la Inquisición en América.
Comparación entre la censura y la Inquisición en Hispanoamérica y los excesos puritanos en Massachusetts.
Valoración del intercambio entre el Viejo y el Nuevo Mundo
Estado de los lenguajes indígenas americanos
Las Leyes de Indias y su impacto en la América Hispana
Razones por las que Cuba y Puerto Rico no consiguieron la independencia entre 1810-1824
Estratificación social en el Nuevo Mundo
Papel de los criollos en las guerras de independencia en las Américas.
Actual topics selected for final research paper:
1. The economic, political and social effects of the social stratification in the New World
2. Political and economic reasons why Puerto Rico and Cuba stayed as colonies of Spain after the wars of independence
3. Comparison between slavery in the United States and the Spanish colonies.
4. The role of religion in the colonization of the United States and the Spanish colonies.
5. Comparison between the political regime of the Incas and the Aztecs
6. Mythological origin of the Incas
7. How pigmentocracia was established and regulated in the New World?
8. Bartolome de Las Casas and the concept of human rights
9. Machismo in the colonial times
10. Comparison between the conquest of Mexico and North America
Encyclopedia of Latin American History and Culture
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How to Pick the Right To-Do List App for iPhone?
Thanks to these tons of to-do list apps, that smartphones don't have to bear the blame for wasting precious time anymore. All a user needs is to install an app that helps in task management, and he/she is all set to start a well-disciplined life. But the real challenge is still there. Users are available with so many options that deciding for the right one becomes entirely tricky for them.
One good idea to get out of this trouble is to have a look at best to-do list apps for iPhone. While looking at reviews gives insights into the potential solution, it is better to take a more systematic approach. One should first analyze the need and nature of changes to be incorporated before choosing for such apps.
Here is a guide into how to pick the right to-do list app for iPhone.
Useless to mention how significant it is to know about the features of any product, particularly in case of something which is too mainstream. To-do list apps are indeed an ordinary commodity, and most of them have same features.
Therefore, chances exist that user may go for the right app. Here, one should decide by looking for some different aspects and then comparing them with need. There is no need to install a to-do list app which is complicated to handle. After all, users need something that manages them, not something that requires managing.
After analyzing all the features, a user should decide the right iPhone app on the basis of need. Developing a clarity about requirements is not such a tricky thing. Most of the times, it only depends upon a person's job. An individual can go with a simple app which offers the setting of tasks and deadlines.
Students who need to collaborate on multiple projects need a to-do list app that facilitates the collaborations. Business entities and organizations have to go a bit far as they require comprehensive features. Therefore, a clarity of need saves the time and cost.
Let's simplify this point with a question. Can to-do list apps prove useful for a person who is lazy? Or, how they keep pace with the human nature, of taking rest, postponing things and combating depression. A user who has to fight other things must look for an iPhone app that goes well synchronized with the person's nature.
The perfect example of this case is an iPhone to-do list app Proud that has very supportive features. This app has options like Breath out and Postpone that enable working in a flexible way. Hence, a to-do list feature is not an only thing that one should look for in such an app.
Looking for a long-term mutual relationship in an app might seem odd at first. But, there is a need to do so. Let's jump directly at an example of Toodledo. The app has multiple features that enable making of to-do lists for daily basis and long-term tasks. The best thing about this app is that it allows systematic planning by making users go from short-term to long-term goals.
A user can create a checklist for buying weekly groceries and set the tasks to be completed after months. The app also allows making elaborating notes to explain the context of various functions. People who want to move ahead by keeping a track of and managing their daily life, weekly life and even yearly life must use Toodledo.
Making to-do lists is one thing, and completing them is other. All those comfortable to use interfaces and comprehensive task sheets are of no use if a person has no motivation to finish them. Here, users have apps like Todoist. The best thing about this app is that it rewards points for completing tasks; something that keeps users moving ahead.
Youngsters who love playing video games and making points must consider Todoist because each time they complete a task they get, coins in return. But the difference between Todoist and any other mobile game is that app rewards points for accomplishing real-life adventures.
Most of the to-do list apps allow making of tasks, setting deadlines and then creating reminders. But, organizations need a more comprehensive solution as they need to keep track of the progress of projects. Here, they should use an app like Trello which has a unique card system that categorizes the projects according to their progress status.
Such an app is of more significance for the small businesses who need tech tools for the management purpose. Another, attractive thing about these apps is that they allow uploading of multiple files and hence play the role of record keeping as well.
As a matter of fact, to-do list apps are more significant for group projects than individual assignments. Youngsters particularly students who are engaged in academic projects and need to be cautious about the deadlines, must use a tech tool that not only keeps track of progress but also monitors how every group member is performing.
The perfect example of such to-do list app is Wunderlist that allows sharing of lists and uploading multiple files. Further, Wunderlist also enables commenting buy all the team members. Attractive thing about this app is that it facilitates 25 membered collaboration for free. Therefore, students who can't afford a comprehensive app, but need one can go for Wunderlist.
Many times, users don't need a tech tool but something with which they can share their feelings and daily life routine just like a diary. One example of such app is My Notebook. This iPhone app not only allows the making of to-do lists but also enables writing about tasks, things, routines, and feelings in a comprehensive manner. My Notebook has the edge over a paper diary due to the tools that make it possible to organize various items and arrange them in order of ease.


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Voters going online for information on the next president
Supporters of presumptive Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama appear to be more inclined to use the Web to find information. The Illinois senator's campaign Web site is receiving nearly four times as much traffic as that of his presumed Republican rival, Sen. John McCain of Arizona.
However, according to a study released by online research company Hitwise Pty. Ltd., visitors to both sites in the second quarter of the year were interested in many of the same issues.
'Searches show that voters on both sides of the aisle have shared concerns around issues such as health care, global warming and immigration,' said research director Heather Dougherty.
Education also made it into the top five search terms for both campaign sites. Abortion was the one of the top terms for the Obama site, while oil prices made it into McCain's top-five terms.
Hitwise, a subsidiary of Experian that provides information on visitor behavior on competing Web sites, analyzed how traffic was being driven to http://www.barackobama.com and http://www.johnmccain.com in the first six months of the year.
Although the Web has been a factor in the past two presidential election cycles, this campaign marks the first in which every significant candidate for nomination has established an official Web site. The Internet has also been a valuable tool for grass-roots fundraising.
Since the candidates essentially locked up the nominations of their respective parties, the Obama site received 79.25 percent of the traffic measured in June, compared with 20.75 percent for McCain.
Despite the volume of traffic going to Obama's site, an analysis of search terms from April through June of this year seems to indicate that Obama is still working to establish his identity with the public. Twenty-four percent of searches that led visitors to his site were looking for biographical material, down from 34 percent in the first quarter. Just 15 percent were searching for information on issues and views, which was the top category on McCain's site, accounting for 32 percent of visits.
Obama also appears to be dealing much more with rumors and questions about religion, issues that drove 17 percent of visits in the second quarter, while McCain saw 22 percent of his visits driven by questions about his campaign and family.


LITCHFIELD, Conn. (WTNH) – It's an unwanted nationwide pattern, but we maintain reading about robbers robbing deals from the leading of people's houses. One Ct guy utilized social media's ability to obtain his material back.
It's nearly a viral movie, but people noticed the video of the vehicle that is dubious to resolve a crime. MACINTOSH Resources distributor Cowette gets constantly to deliveries at his house, a week ago and he got a lot.
"When I got I visited move examine my advantages container and, lo there have been just two deals remaining that evening of the 11 that got shipped," stated Cowette.
He noticed why while Cowette examined his security alarm cameras. A guy took those deals from the large plastic container he retains at the conclusion of the garage and went a company pickup directly into. Cowette quotes the value of the resources 000, at around $5. About the movie, he couldn't write out the license-plate, therefore Cowette published some pictures on social networking, however it is just a really unique vehicle.
Between his company and personal websites, the pictures got distributed countless occasions. Then they were published by a buddy with a large number of people on the team site, and someone published that that unique vehicle was noticed by him in Plymouth in a job-site. Cowette believes just because a man fallen off all of the material in the Troop M barracks term concerning the Facebook strategy surely got to the crook.
"I'm nearly sure what he informed them, but it slipped down plus they named me Fri morning and stated they'd about 75 " stated Cowette.
With video security cameras cheaper and improving, we're viewing increasingly more robbers – alleged "porch pirates". Utilizing Facebook's ability simply increases the high tech detective work. Cowette claims he's discovered his training and transferred his advantages bin significantly nearer to the home and today is a padlock, along with it to be locked by a notice for advantages motorists .
You realize and "We're likely to try, create issues safer throughout the house and start to become a bit more careful Cowette stated.
Formally, state authorities wouldn't discuss some of this. It seems to become an analysis that is ongoing. From what individuals are publishing on Facebook, everyone understands who made it happen. Cowette is simply pleased to get the majority of his material back.


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developing Jan. 27, 2021
This Lawsuit Against Zoom Meetings Could Derail the Gowanus Rezoning (and Much More)
By Caroline Spivack
Mostly low-slung buildings and lots line the Gowanus Canal. Photo: Max Touhey
Last week, the city was scheduled to proceed with the land-use review of a neighborhood rezoning that promises to create 8,200 new apartments in Gowanus. But a coalition of local groups and residents filed a lawsuit and obtained a temporary restraining order that halted the process. The suit charges that the city's plan to hold virtual hearings instead of in-person meetings violates city rules (among other arguments). If a State Supreme Court judge upholds that restraining order this Thursday, it would not only derail the Gowanus rezoning, but also set a new precedent that might upend future land-use proceedings during the pandemic.
Virtual public meetings are, of course, a new pandemic-era mainstay. They allow Chuck Schumer, a 7-year-old kid, or any registrant, really, to sign in and offer timed feedback. In March, as the city shut down, Mayor Bill de Blasio suspended the city's Uniform Land Use Review Procedure (ULURP), which requires a slew of in-person meetings, and in September restarted the process on Zoom (New Yorkers can also dial in by phone), following a statewide executive order from Governor Andrew Cuomo that allows public hearings to move online during the pandemic. And the city says it's seen more attendees than usual at those hearings, with more than 200 people tuning in to the last three Gowanus infrastructure-related meetings. But the local groups spearheading the lawsuit, including Voice of Gowanus and Friends and Residents of Greater Gowanus, argue that these virtual meetings violate the City Charter — which requires that they be hosted at a "convenient place of public assembly" — because some people lack access to the internet or technology. If the judge upholds the restraining order, land-use experts worry that it will give others who seek to stymie development a legal opening to delay the ULURP process. "That would be a terrible thing for this city because many projects would be stalled or discontinued and the city would lose a lot of jobs and investment, which are things we desperately need right now," said Howard Goldman, a land-use attorney and a former deputy counsel at the Department of City Planning.
In-person meetings also come with their own set of drawbacks. They can exclude those who don't have the luxury of trekking to a physical location due to work or child-care commitments, especially in low-income communities of color. Elise Wagner, a partner at the land-use department of Kramer Levin, calls in-person hearings "an imperfect tool" for public participation. "Yes, there are technology issues online, but to me, it really balances out, and I don't think you can say that one is better than the other," she said. Moses Gates, vice-president for housing and neighborhood planning at the Regional Plan Association, agrees. "In-person meetings have issues of inclusiveness and accessibility. On the other hand, a lot of folks might not have broadband access or be computer savvy," said Gates. He added that ensuring all meetings offer interpretation for non-English speakers would be a good start, as well as bigger commitments such as expanding the city's internet infrastructure, a costly undertaking that the city has begun with a $157 million commitment to expanding high-speed internet.
A court hearing is scheduled for this Thursday, after which the judge has up to 60 days to issue a decision. An extended delay could push the Gowanus rezoning into the next mayoral administration where its fate is unclear. Ultimately, that's the crux of this lawsuit: Opponents seek to stall the plan and take their chances with a different city leader. "This rezoning has taken close to a decade in community involvement," said Gates. "The idea that there has not been opportunity for citizens of the neighborhood or of New York to weigh in is ridiculous. I don't think this is really about the nuances of public participation. I think it's about trying to kill the Gowanus rezoning."
Lawsuit Against Zoom Meetings Could Derail Gowanus Rezoning


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NERW 8/22/16: 7 Goes Indie, Hearst/NBC Deal?
In this week's issue… No CW for WHDH – Could NBC, Hearst shake up New England TV? – NYC AM for sale? – Dennis departs WEEI – Cumulus shuffles Nash mornings
Jump to: ME – NH – VT – MA – RI – CT – NY – NJ – PA – Canada
*As the Rio Olympics wound down last week, so did the last bits of hope that Ed Ansin's WHDH-TV (Channel 7) and Comcast's NBC would find a way to get past their differences to keep the Peacock on its eastern MASSACHUSETTS home of 22 years.
It's now all but inevitable that Ansin will lose the NBC affiliation on New Year's Day, and with that in mind WHDH unveiled a new NBC-free lineup that doubles down on local news to make up for lost network airtime.
Surprisingly, Ansin doesn't plan to move the CW network from WLVI (Channel 56) over to channel 7; instead, he'll double-run "Family Feud" at 8 and 8:30, between local newscasts at 7 and 9. WHDH will also add local news from 7-9 AM where "Today" now runs from NBC, as well as simulcasting its 10 PM news on both 7 and 56.
Ansin says WHDH will hire 30 more newspeople to help produce all those extra hours of news, which will now run from 5-10 AM, noon-1 PM, 4-8 PM and 9-11:30 PM on weekdays.
For Bostonians who desperately need news at 8 PM, too, CBS is filling that void – its fall schedule for MyNetwork affiliate WSBK (Channel 38) moves its WBZ-produced primetime newscast from 10 PM to 8 PM, pushing back the "live" MyNet clearance to 9-11 PM.
*Over at Cox's WFXT (Channel 25), there's a new news director: Melrose native Mike Oliveira takes the helm at the troubled Fox affiliate to help shepherd it through big changes that will include a new set. Oliveira returns to Boston after a decade at WPXI (Channel 11) in Pittsburgh, where he led that Cox-owned NBC affiliate to the top of the ratings.
*But the big news in town is all still NBC-related: Comcast has picked up reporter Susan Tran from WHDH and anchor/reporter Frank Holland from WCVB to join its staff at New England Cable News and the future NBC Boston. The personnel moves come amidst what may be an even bigger upheaval…could NBC have an unexpected destination in mind now for its future Boston affiliation? Keep reading…
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*We emphasize that this is very much a rumor-mill item, but it came our way last week from several sources: could Hearst be plotting a deal with NBC/Comcast that would see "NBC Boston" land at WCVB (Channel 5) and uproot existing affiliations in several other New England markets?
Here's how it could work and what it could mean:
In Boston, moving NBC to WCVB would solve several of Comcast's big problems all at once. The existing New England Cable News facility in Newton and the Comcast Sports Network studio in Burlington aren't big enough to house everything NBC needs for a full-fledged local affiliate (especially with new equipment ticketed for Boston after being packed up from the Rio Olympics broadcast center) – but WCVB's spacious Needham studio has lots of room at an excellent location alongside Route 128.
WCVB's existing news operation is, of course, top-notch, and would only be bolstered by whatever staff NBC might bring in. And a move to WCVB would instantly solve what may be NBC's biggest problem right now – the sticky question of where it will land for over-the-air viewers. Unlike Comcast-owned WNEU (Channel 60) from New Hampshire, WCVB's RF 20/virtual 5 signal is centrally located in the market and already a familiar destination for generations of viewers.
But if an NBC/WCVB combination makes perfect sense for Comcast in Boston, it raises some big issues elsewhere in the broadcast universe:
What's in it for Hearst? The rumor mill is pointing toward a station swap that might give Hearst some of NBC's smaller-market O&Os, perhaps including KNSD in San Diego and WVIT in Hartford. And of course behind the scenes, there's plenty that the various arms of Comcast could do for Hearst's big portfolio of local TV stations, whether it's sweetheart deals for NBC affiliations in other markets, or favorable terms on Comcast cable systems when it's time to renegotiate retransmission consent for Hearst stations around the country.
Where does ABC go in Boston? While NBC and CBS traded places in 1995, the Alphabet Network has enjoyed enviable stability in Boston for 44 years now, with its WCVB affiliation fast approaching the record 47-year linkage between WBZ-TV (Channel 4) and NBC. Now owned by CBS itself, WBZ-TV is off the table as a potential partner for ABC, which leaves several other possibilities.
Could Ansin and ABC make a last-minute deal that would return ABC to the station (then WNAC-TV) it called home in Boston from 1961 until 1972? The move would give ABC its strongest possible local news partnership, not to mention the "channel 7" dial position it enjoys at most of its biggest owned-and-operated stations. But given Ansin's tensions with his other network affiliations, would Disney want to do business with him?
Down the road in Dedham, there's WFXT (Channel 25), where owner Cox is a solid partner with ABC in markets such as Atlanta and Charlotte. Would Cox want to give up the NFL games – the Patriots games – it gets from Fox, though? (If ABC did go to channel 25, a Fox/WHDH alliance would then become a near-certainty.)
Or…in the TV landscape of 2016, could Comcast and Hearst work out some sort of deal that would see ABC stay in place on its other Boston-market affiliate? That's WMUR (Channel 9) up in Manchester, which is currently seen only in New Hampshire but could easily claim full-market must-carry status – and perhaps even a reciprocal deal that puts its ABC signal on a WCVB subchannel for Boston OTA viewers, while WCVB's NBC signal shows up on a WMUR subchannel in the Granite State.
Again, this is all very hypothetical for now – and so is our speculation about what would become of Hearst's other ABC property in New England in the event of an NBC deal.
That's in Portland, MAINE, a market that has never seen an affiliation change. Hearst's WMTW (Channel 8) is the perennial third-place station in town behind TEGNA's WCSH (Channel 6/NBC) and Sinclair's WGME (Channel 13/CBS). If WMTW were to get NBC, it's likely that ABC would go to WCSH, which would cause a domino effect down east in Bangor at TEGNA sister station WLBZ (Channel 2), also an NBC affiliate of very long standing.
This being 2016, and Bangor being one of the smaller remaining markets that still has three independent local news operations, might TEGNA pull a squeeze play, keeping NBC and ABC both on WLBZ via subchannels? That would leave third-place competitor WVII (Channel 7), the current ABC affiliate, with only the Fox affiliation it now carries on a low-power sister station, WFVX (Channel 22).
(Hearst also owns in VERMONT, where its WPTZ Channel 5/WNNE Channel 31 are already NBC affiliates and wouldn't see any change under this scenario.)
There are, in short, lots and lots of moving parts here…and for now they're all speculative. But there are certainly wheels in motion for NBC's future in Boston, and we'll be keeping tabs on all of them.
*We knew John Dennis was leaving WEEI-FM (93.7 Lawrence)'s morning show after nearly two decades alongside Gerry Callahan, and now we know why. On Thursday, WEEI announced that Dennis' departure is "on the advice of his doctors." The station says Dennis will work with station advertisers, act as an ambassador to sponsors and community organizations, and occasionally host WEEI programs." He'll be back on the air August 29-30 for the station's annual Jimmy Fund radio-telethon. Kirk Minihane, who's been the morning show's third wheel, becomes the official co-host alongside Callahan.
*At Greater Media, John Mullett gets promoted from marketing director to music director at WBOS (Alt 92.9). Mullett has been with the station for three years; the MD post has been vacant since Paul Jarvis left in April for his new gig in Vermont.
*There's a new TV news director in RHODE ISLAND: Kelly Johnston returns to WLNE (Channel 6), three years after departing to take some family time. She'd been with the ABC affiliate from 1999-2013, most recently as senior producer.
*A behind-the-scenes shift at Emmis headquarters could mean the spinoff of a NEW YORK AM station.
WLIB (1190) came along for the ride when Emmis acquired Inner City's WBLS (107.5) for $131 million in 2014. As Emmis founder Jeff Smulyan tries again to take the company private, his $46.5 million offer includes some plans to reduce Emmis' debt by spinning off some of its businesses. Those would include its Terre Haute, Indiana radio cluster, most of its publishing division – and WLIB, whose black gospel format has been a very weak third wheel behind Emmis' big FMs in New York, WQHT (97.1) and WBLS. (Emmis also owns WEPN-FM 98.7, which it leases to ESPN.)
This is Smulyan's third attempt in a decade to take Emmis private; if it succeeds, WLIB's 10 kW day/30 kW night signal would surely be worth a few million dollars to any of several broadcasters targeting ethnic or religious audiences in New York.
*Where are they now? Ty Bentli, who'd been doing mornings on CBS Radio's WBMP (AMP Radio 92.3) not that long ago, took over last week as host of Cumulus' nationally-syndicated "America's Morning Show" on its NASH country stations, including WNSH (94.7) in New York. Bentli replaces Blair Garner, who returns to his previous overnight shift.
Here in Rochester, Entercom has announced its new afternoon sports lineup on WROC (950/95.7). Next Monday is launch day for "The Sports Bar," co-hosted by WPXY (97.9) PD Mike Danger and Gene Battaglia. Danger will leave the 98PXY airwaves when he starts doing sports talk on the new show, which replaces the recently-cancelled "Press Box" on "ESPN Rochester."
*Two PENNSYLVANIA "Where are they now" items: longtime Clear Channel/iHeart market manager Dennis Lamme, who's worked in Pittsburgh and Philadelphia as well as Albany, is out of the company in a reorganization that removes him from his post as mid-Atlantic regional president. Michael Preacher replaces Lamme, taking oversight of the company's Washington and Baltimore stations.
And on the edge of the Keystone State, Bill Kelly is un-retiring from management in neighboring Youngstown, Ohio. He retired as regional president with iHeart back in February; in October, he'll become VP/market manager for Cumulus' Youngstown stations, including its sub-cluster in Sharon, Pennsylvania (WPIC/WWIZ/WLLF).
*A frequency swap in CANADA has been delayed. Instead of swapping frequencies this past Friday, CHIP (101.7 Fort Coulonge QC) and CIDG (101.9 Ottawa) will move this Friday, August 26, at 7 PM.
We've been remiss in failing to note the start of test transmissions at CFBN (93.3 St. Catharines); when we heard the 50-watt station testing in late July, it was promoting travel information for the Welland Canal, which is operated by station licensee St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corp.
And we note the death on Aug. 11 of Errol Bruce-Knapp, whose long, strange trip started in Egypt, included stints at offshore British broadcasters Radio Caroline and Radio England from 1964 to 1967, and then encompassed three decades in Canadian broadcasting. In radio, he worked at CKFH (1430), CHUM-FM (104.5) and CILQ (Q107); in TV, he was with the CBC and TVOntario. For the last two decades, his interests had focused on UFOs and the paranormal, hosting the Toronto-based show "Strange Days…Indeed." He was 73.
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Yup, we've been doing this a long time now, and so we're digging back into the vaults for a look at what NERW was covering one, five, ten, fifteen and – where available – twenty years ago this week, or thereabouts.
One Year Ago: June 8, 2015
*It's always nice when we can lead the column with a win for one of the good guys, and that's just what we find in the Hudson Valley this week. That's where an endangered small-market AM station is getting a new lease on life thanks to good guy Bud Williamson, his Neversink Media Group, a clever swap and a bunch of translators.
WALL (1340 Middletown) was once a very big small-town station. At the edge of the New York market, it was a launching pad for the careers of many a jock who needed a gig while waiting to break into the big time. (It was late at night back in the early '70s that a bunch of those talents put their brains together and created the classic "NINE!" parody, right there in the WALL production room.) In recent years, though, it had fallen on hard times as a forgotten cog in the big machines of Cumulus and then Townsquare, which used it mainly to simulcast WEOK (1390 Poughkeepsie), most recently as a Spanish-language signal.
Enter Neversink and Bud's sister company, Digital Radio Broadcasting. DRB had been moving some translators around the Hudson Valley in recent months, as we'd noted here in the column, and Bud had hinted to us that "one more big move is coming." That move is the swap of DRB translator W239AC (95.7 Middletown) to Townsquare, in exchange for the transfer of WALL to Neversink.
At the Neversink end, Bud and wife Juli Williamson will do in Middletown what they've done at their successful cluster down I-84 in Port Jervis. WDLC (1490 Port Jervis), WYNY (1450 Milford PA) and WABD (96.7 Lehman Township PA) are super-serving a small chunk of the Delaware Valley and the Poconos with local fare, using translators to augment the AM signals. In Middletown, WALL will bring veteran morning man Mark West back to the air a few months after Townsquare ended the deal in which he was leasing the morning hours. The new WALL will be heard on three DRB translators: 94.9 in Middletown, 94.1 in Chester and 105.7 in Ellenville; the deal includes the use of an HD subchannel on Townsquare's WPDH (101.5 Poughkeepsie) to feed those signals.
*On the NEW HAMPSHIRE/MAINE border, there's a format shuffle at Port Broadcasting. Now that it's LMA'ing WXEX (1540 Exeter NH) and WXEX-FM (92.1 Sanford ME), Port has moved those signals from classic hits to classic rock as "Classic Rock 92.1," separating them a bit from its existing oldies "Legends" format at WWSF (1220 Sanford ME) and its 102.3 translator.
*In NEW YORK, we now know who's replacing JJ Kincaid in afternoons on Z100 (WHTZ 100.3): this time, Team Z stayed within the thick walls of 32 Avenue of the Americas, picking Mo' Bounce out of the evening slot he's occupied for six years. No replacement has been named, in turn, for nights at Z.
Alternative rock is a tough sell in the big city, even in the noncommercial world: last week, Fordham University's WFUV (90.7) pulled the plug on "The Alternate Side," the alt-music format that it had been programming on a combination of an HD Radio subchannel and partial simulcasts on the main channels of WFUV and of city-owned WNYE (91.5).
Five Years Ago: August 22/29, 2011
*It's been one of the worst-kept secrets in PENNSYLVANIA radio for months now: rumor after rumor has pointed to the eventual end of rock on Philadelphia's WYSP (94.1) and its replacement with the sports talk now heard on CBS Radio sister station WIP (610).
Now it's much more than rumor: on September 6, the rock will end on 94.1 and WIP will take over the powerful FM frequency that's been rocking for decades, give or take a short interregnum as "Free FM" talk a few years back.
It's not hard to understand why CBS wants sports on FM in Philadelphia; the company has had success after success with FM sports outlets such as "Sports Hub" WBZ-FM in Boston and "Fan" signals such as KDKA-FM in Pittsburgh, WXYT-FM in Detroit and soon WKRK in Cleveland. And in Philadelphia, CBS-owned WIP already faces an FM challenger in the form of Greater Media's WPEN-FM (97.5 Burlington NJ), which has been mixing ESPN Radio national programming and local talk on a not-quite-full-market signal for more than a year now. (The CBS Radio shuffle actually ends up as a mixed blessing for Greater Media; while it gets a new FM sports competitor against WPEN-FM, Greater Media's heritage rocker WMMR 93.3 gets to declare victory in its very long rock battle against WYSP. In the way these things go, of course, WMMR is itself the original WIP-FM from way back when…)
*In addition to WIP's well-established stable of local talk personalities, CBS brings some additional potent artillery to the FM table: WYSP is the longtime home of the Philadelphia Eagles, who'll continue on the new WIP-FM – and WIP will bring Flyers hockey and 76ers basketball over from the AM dial as well. And then there's the Phillies, who now play on CBS talker WPHT (1210): while they'll surely play out the rest of this season on AM, there's bound to be discussion of moving baseball to FM next year as well.
Ten Years Ago: August 21, 2006
Entercom kicked off the week with a bang – announcing deals to buy CBS Radio's stations in four markets, including Rochester, and to pick up Boston's WILD-FM (97.7 Brockton) from Radio One. Entercom will use its $30 million purchase of WILD-FM to create a simulcast with its active rocker WAAF (107.3 Westborough), giving WAAF a real Boston signal for the first time in its history. That simulcast starts this morning, under a time-brokerage agreement, pulling the plug on the urban format that's been running on WILD-FM. Radio One keeps WILD (1090 Boston), which has been carrying its talk network.
Meanwhile in Rochester, Entercom will have to divest two stations to stay under the ownership cap once it swallows CBS' modern rock WZNE (94.1 Brighton), classic rock WCMF (96.5 Rochester), top 40 WPXY (97.9 Rochester) and AC WRMM (101.3 Rochester). The company already has four stations in the market – country WBEE (92.5 Rochester), adult hits WFKL (93.3 Fairport), classic hits WBZA (98.9 Rochester) and progressive talk WROC (950 Rochester) – and it will have to shed two FMs to stay under the ownership caps. We'd expect the two class A signals at 93.3 and 94.1 to hit the block – but might there be some format shuffles before that happens? Entercom's $262 million deal with CBS also includes stations in Memphis, Austin and Cincinnati – and notably does not include the CBS Radio cluster in Buffalo, which had been rumored as another potential Entercom target.
In VERMONT, Air America Radio changes dial positions today. Steve Silberberg's WVAA (1390 Burlington) has been the network's affiliate for the last year or so – but when it applied for WCAT as its new calls a few weeks back, we suspected change was in the air. Now Air America is moving back to its previous home in the market, co-owned daytimer WTWK (1070 Plattsburgh NY), while WTWK's ESPN Radio sports format moves across the lake to full-time status on 1390.
From RHODE ISLAND comes word that Doug White, the veteran WJAR-TV (Channel 10) anchor, died on Tuesday (Aug. 15), at 61, succumbing to the cancer that took him off the air last year. White came to WJAR in 1978 from crosstown WPRI (Channel 12), and he had previously worked at WSMW (Channel 27) in Worcester and at WLBZ-TV (Channel 2) in Bangor, Maine. White was honored with a half-hour special last week on WJAR, as well as a tribute on WPRI.
Out on NEW YORK's Long Island, WLIM (1580 Patchogue) has been granted a critical-hours power increase from 5 kW to 10 kW, allowing the Spanish station to stay at full day power for two additional hours after sunrise and before sunset.
In Elmira, Carl Proper retired Thursday after four decades behind the anchor desk at WETM (Channel 18, formerly WSYE), ending his career at the station with a retrospective that occupied the entire 6 PM newscast. Proper will stay involved at the station, as a "community ambassador."
EMF Broadcasting's "K-Love" contemporary Christian format is entering southern NEW JERSEY. The California-based religious broadcaster is paying $2.5 million to Thomas Moffitt's Broadcast Learning Center to pick up WSJI (89.5 Cherry Hill), which serves the Jersey side of the Philadelphia market. Look for EMF to add additional translators and full-power signals to broaden K-Love's reach in the region.
Fifteen Years Ago: August 20, 2001
It's been a quiet week here in NERW-land…except when it comes to Albany and the rest of NEW YORK's Hudson Valley. On Friday, Tele-Media announced it was exiting the Capital Region with a $7 million sale of its four-station cluster. The buyer? Rival Pamal Broadcasting (doing business in the market as Albany Broadcasting), which will keep only two of the Tele-Media stations, modern AC WCPT (100.9 Albany) and its "Point" sister up in the Glens Falls market, WKBE (100.3 Warrensburg). To stay under the ownership cap, Tele-Media will sell the other two stations, news WABY (1400 Albany) and soft AC WKLI (94.5 Ravena), to Ed Levine's Galaxy Broadcasting for $3.5 million.
Let's jump into analysis mode here: Pamal already has a solid cluster in the Albany market, led by AC WYJB (95.5 Albany), CHR WFLY (92.3 Troy) and talker WROW (590 Albany), but also including urban WAJZ (96.3 Voorheesville) and smooth jazz WZMR (104.9 Altamont). Where does WCPT, wedged formatically between WYJB and WFLY, fit in? WCPT has been ratings-challenged for a while now, and while Pamal has taken on market-leading country station WGNA (107.7/1460 Albany) before, with the station that's now WAJZ, we'd have to imagine that another attack isn't impossible. What role WKBE will play in this, we can't quite fathom…
The real wild card in this deal is Albany radio veteran Levine, who served as PD of WPYX (106.5 Albany) in the eighties before building his own set of radio clusters in Syracuse and Utica. (Little-known trivia: Levine's WTKW in the Syracuse market was named in homage to the long-defunct WXKW 850 in Albany.)
Twenty Years Ago: August 22, 1996
A well-known set of Boston call letters has quietly returned to town. WROR was 98.5 FM under RKO and later Atlantic Ventures from the late 1960s until 1991. Now Greater Media has laid claim to the calls, using them for now to replace the equally-historic WMEX calls on leased- time ethnic AM 1150. The expectation around town is that WROR(AM) on 1150 is just a temporary move to hold the calls until they can resurface in a few weeks on one of Greater Media's two country FMs, either WBCS on 96.9 or WKLB on 105.7. At least one of the best-known personalities from WROR's glory days as an oldies and later as an AC station is currently available. Joe Martelle was dropped as morning host earlier this year at the former WROR, now WBMX. His non-compete clause expires in December, and after that he's free to move over to what may become the new WROR-FM. No word yet on what calls 1150 will end up with (although it's a good bet that the WMEX calls will be snapped up somewhere else very quickly.)
Ironically, when ARS changed the original WROR to WBMX, they deliberately tried to get the calls out of town. ARS bought the WBMX calls from AM 640 in Zeeland, Michigan, and in turn sent the WROR calls out there to occupy 640. In the years that followed, though, Michigan's WROR(AM) became first WISZ, "Radio Aahs," and now WMFN, "The Fan," leaving the WROR calls open for a return to Boston.
More to come, no doubt, as Greater Media keeps dropping clues about where it's going with 96.9 and 105.7 in Boston. The latest rumors seem to add up to 96.9 staying country, although perhaps inheriting the WKLB calls from 105.7, and 105.7 becoming some sort of hot AC, possibly as WROR-FM, on or about September 5. Stay tuned…
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Tracking the pace of the Pliocene and Last Interglacial warmings – Naki Akçar
in Fieldnotes
Recent ice sheet reconstructions and climate models indicate that the polar temperatures and global mean sea level were slightly higher than today at least twice: during the Last Interglacial (LIG; 130,000 to 115,000 years ago) and the Pliocene. Although a dramatic surface lowering of East Antarctic Ice Sheet (EAIS) during the last million years have been recently reported, the spatial distribution of this lowering, especially in response to the LIG and Pliocene warmings, remains unexplored. In order to discover EAIS' behavior during the two times of slightly warmer climate, we focus on the Sør Rondane Mountains in the Queen Maud Land, which acts as a barrier to the EAIS. This is displayed by the difference in altitude of the ice surface to the south and north of the mountain chain. To the south, ice surface reaches altitudes above 2500 meters above sea level. Lowlands of ice are found at altitudes of around 1500 meters to the north of the mountain chain. Such an ice-landscape makes the Sør Rondane Mountains an ideal field laboratory to track the pace of the LIG and Pliocene warmings.
Based on our results of the BELARE 2017-2018 Expedition, we suggest that the surface of the EAIS during the late Miocene was at least 400 meters higher than today and thus the ice from the plateau was drained towards northeast over the mountain range. At the beginning of the Pliocene, ice surface started to decrease and the south-north linkage was already broken prior to the Early Pleistocene. This surface lowering caused the ice drainage to be channelled into either across or around the mountain range. Afterwards, a second dramatic decrease in the ice surface elevation occurred during the LIG, in contrast to the Pliocene lowering, this decrease seems to be limited to the ice lowlands to the north of the mountain chain and the ice plateau to the south were not affected by the dramatic changes occurred on the northern side of the mountain range.
Glacial deposits on the western part of Mount Nils Larsen. View towards west. © Naki Akçar
During this austral summer 2018-2019, we focused on the tills deposited by the Hansen Glacier, which are located few hundred meters above today's ice surface at Mount Nils Larsen in the southwest Sør Rondane Mountains. These deposits cover the metamorphic bedrock rock and their thickness locally reaches more than 100 meters. In the past, the Hansen Glacier built a succession of right lateral moraines on the western side of the mountain.
On January 3rd, me, Dr. Mehmet Yeşiltaş (Meteorite Researcher from Turkey) and Manu Poudelet (our guide) left the Princess Elisabeth Antarctica Station with three snow mobiles and three sledges. After 3 hours of driving 50 km, we arrived at our camp site at Nils Larsen, where we installed one kitchen, one toilet and three sleeping tents. Until January 8th, Dr. Yeşiltaş and our guide went to the plateau and hunted for meteorites, while I, for the first time in my life, worked alone in the field. After Dr. Yeşiltaş completed his search and returned to the station, our guide accompanied me in the field.
Sampled erratic boulder along the crest of one of the right lateral moraines of the Hansen Glacier. © Naki Akçar
I focused on the succession of right lateral moraines. I identified 35 erratic boulders along the crest of these and sampled their top most surfaces for cosmogenic nuclide analysis. After, I completed the sampling, I started with flight missions of the unmanned aerial vehicle in order to reconstruct a high resolution digital elevation model of the study area. On January 10th, during one of the flight missions, the connection to the drone was broken and we lost the drone. After around five hours, we found it. It was almost undamaged, only one propeller was broken. As a snow storm started early Friday morning January 10th, we decided to go back to the station. Snow storm continued until early Monday morning. On Monday January 14th, we went back to Mount Nils Larsen to accomplish the remaining flight missions.
This year we were lucky and we had around 10 days of good weather for camping. We successfully completed our field campaign at Nils Larsen. Now, I'm preparing reconnaissance fieldtrips to other mountains located at the south and east of the chain, such as Duffekfjellet and Norhaugen. We continue tracing the pace of past warming phases and their geo-archives.
Naki Akçar is a senior lecturer at the University of Bern. This field note relates to his field trip at the Princess Elisabeth Station during the austral summer 2018-2019 funded by a SPI Exploratory Grant.
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The prickly borage, or Borago officinalis, is one of the prettiest herbs one can plant. Topped with sky-blue stars, the plant is also known as starflower. The stiff hairs that cover the leaves and stems give the plant a fuzzy look, setting off the smooth clusters of flowers that blossom with abandon all summer. This Mediterranean native can often self-seed (in fact the plant you see pictured is from a volunteer this spring), although it grows easily from seed if directly sown. The leaves are edible – with a cucumber-like taste – and centuries ago used as potherb, with young leaves used in salads. The flowers have long been candied and used as edible decorations. Medicinally, borage has been used for hundreds of years for a variety of ailments. Today, borage seed oil is being studied for its efficacy in treating, among other illnesses, rheumatoid arthritis and lung conditions. Like any herb, read up on its uses and side effects before trying.


This title considers white colonials as part of the colonial presence at the heart of the empire. Between 1870 and 1940 tens of thousands of Australian women were drawn to London, their imperial metropolis and the centre of the publishing, art, theatrical, and educational worlds. Even more Australian women than men made the pilgrimage "home," seeking opportunities and possibilities beyond those available to them in Australian colonies or dominion. Through this lens, the author explores hitherto unexamined connections between whitenss, colonial status, gender and modernity.


One thing I've learned is that routine is important. If I wake up without a plan, or daily routine, I overthink everything and then do nothing! There were a few years where my routine was wake up late, get the kids ready, take them to school, rush home, get myself ready and rush to work. This is not good for anyone, much less someone on the verge of losing it.
I've been listening to a lot of podcasts lately and reading self care books. Across the board, they all mention a morning routine. I decided to come up with just a few steps in the morning that I would stick to no matter what, especially if I was running late. Knowing I was going to do these seven simple tasks, kept me from stressing out.
After that, all hell breaks loose, but at least I did a few things to take care of myself, pamper myself and take care of my space. When I do these things first, instead of grabbing my phone, or staying in bed until the kids come to get me, or drinking coffee, or eating, I feel more calm and focused. I start the day doing something good for myself, something calming and cleansing. I avoid obsessing about what I should be doing, "I should get up, I should workout, I should take a shower…" or becoming anxious about not doing anything at all. I wake up with a positive plan and get started without thinking. Thinking is bad.
If you have something you do in the morning that works, please let me know! I still want to add some exercise, or meditation to my morning. I also need to start working on an evening routine! If you have something that works, share it!
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Hint Fashion Magazine
The Joy of Unisex
by Chris Nelson
Suddenly the whole world is unisex. Or is it androgynous? Transitioning? However you chop it, Vivienne Westwood has long espoused the concept. In her fall men's collection, she trotted out a number of women in men's garb, along with a spate of other houses. Now Westwood is making it official with a collaboration with Opening Ceremony, under her iconic Worlds End label.
The capsule collection of reworked archival Worlds End pieces reflects the gloriously inglorious history of the London boutique she founded in 1971, formerly known as Let It Rock, SEX, Seditionaries, and Too Fast to Live, Too Young to Die. This was homebase for Westwood as she forged her signature punk-rebel-dandy look — with its utter disregard for gender, among other formalities — along with Malcolm McLaren. If crossdressing was a taboo, they were there to break it.
Reimagined pieces include that most important of Seditionaries items, the Anarchy shirt (1976), as well as the Savage sweater (1982), the Clint Eastwood bomber (1983), Pirate trousers (1981), and Tongue sneakers (1983), thought to be the first sneaker shown on a runway. "When we started to do punk," said the Dame, "we put all of these things together to create the look of an urban guerrilla — a rebel. It was a creation that evolved through our shop. I think it was the first time people saw clothes like ours."
The collaboration comes on the heels of an unusual announcement from Selfridges, that it's launching a space called Agender in mid-March. The retailer's London flagship on Oxford Street will replace its distinct men's and women's departments with three floors of unisex clothing, beauty and accessories. It's also doing away with male and female mannequins.
Another champion of men in dresses, London designer Jonathan Anderson has been a force for gender-blending for several seasons with his J.W. Anderson label. Quieter than Westwood, though no less radical, Anderson effectively channels the shock of seeing a flouncy mini-skirt on a man's albeit ectomorphic body on the runway — enough to catch the attention of LVMH, who've installed him at the helm of the Spanish label Loewe.
Inspired by their own grooming rituals, Marc Jacobs and Tom Ford have both introduced unisex cosmetics of late, ranging from lip balm to brow mousse. They share the opinion that men should be able to openly peruse and purchase make-up without embarrassment or ridicule. Would they earn more in the process? Definitely. However the sentiment seems genuine.
Meanwhile, it's full steam ahead for Brooklyn's own sexless label, Hood By Air, which has not only been picked up by Barneys, but launched an e-store of its own. HBA joins a raft of other labels that have long embraced gender-less dressing: Jean Paul Gaultier, Acne Studios, Gareth Pugh, Rad Hourani, and the footwear label Underground.
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On October 20th Hyogo Prefecture's Governor Toshizo Ido (69) proposed introducing a new law that would make it mandatory for all cyclists to purchase accident insurance, making it the first Prefecture in the country to take such an outrageous and logic defying step.
Considering 85% of the population in Japan own a bicycle this ruling is likely to impact on the finances of almost every household in Hyogo Prefecture, and the impact will be felt more strongly by low income families, each member of which will be required to take out cycling insurance. The cash strapped elderly who rely on the bicycle not only as their main means of transport, but as their lifeline to the community and an active social life will be forced to pay up or remain housebound. Children of low income families will lose their independence, another form of healthy play, exercise and social interaction will be denied them leaving them at much greater risk of becoming overweight or obese.
In addition to all that, it is not inconceivable that insurers may add clauses to their bargain basement policies requiring that all cyclists wear helmets which would be another blow for family budgets, and reduce cyclist numbers even further.
In a country where a basic shopping bicycle can be purchased for as little as ¥8,000 the addition of a ¥2,000 insurance policy, a ¥500 registration fee and the prospect of having to purchase a helmet to comply with an insurance policy you didn't even want in the first place is just outrageous.
If this law comes to be, and can be policed, which will be expensive in itself, it will do nothing but drive down cyclist numbers thus placing a larger burden on already congested roads and public transport systems.
In all seriousness I can see no benefit to such a new law and am left astounded that someone in such a position of authority is prepared to completely wipe out a healthy environmentally friendly form of transport that his citizens rely upon in their daily lives, and one that is costing his government next to nothing to maintain. Its insane.
But Governor Toshizo Ido isn't the only lunatic who has escaped the asylum. This announcement comes just weeks after the Mayor of Kamo City in Niigata Prefecture, Kiyohiko Koike (77), wrote to his constituents encouraging students to cycle "as little as possible" and to "always wear a helmet".
He noted nostalgically in his letter that he and his friends enjoyed the freedom of the bicycle as a child, but now the roads are crowded with automobiles and no longer safe for cyclists. As a result he concluded that children should avoid cycling at all cost.
So, lets get this straight; The Mayor enjoyed cycling as a child but today's children can't because he, as Mayor with all his mayoral powers, doesn't have the balls to reclaim the streets from motorists and implement lower speed limits nor does he have the imagination to develop a sustainable transport policy which will make the roads safer for all.
At least the Mayor Koike is simply expressing his ill informed opinion, Governor Ido's mandatory insurance plan was developed by a "panel of experts", likely the same "panel of experts" that recommended license plates for cyclists in 2012, or that which believes nuclear power plants on active fault lines are a smashing idea.