Buckwheat is, in fact, a wheat and gluten free type of seed that is used as a replacement to ordinary grains, offering a beautiful nutty flavor and plenty of health benefits. It contains superior amounts of protein and amino acids when compared to rice, corn, barley and wheat, as well as being a staple food with a much lower glycemic index (GI).
Just one cup of buckwheat meets 46% of your daily requirement of protein, offering plenty of amino acids for maintaining or building strong muscles. It contains two unique amino acids: lysine and arganine, which are uncommon in rice, maize, wheat and barley, making it a high protein staple.
Buckwheat contains soluble and insoluble dietary fiber, which is important for digestive and blood health. One cup offers 68% of your recommended daily dose, which promotes regularity, removes toxins and scrapes out excess fat and cholesterol from your system.
Iron is an essential mineral in maintaining healthy red blood cells, which transport oxygen throughout the body. Buckwheat is a high iron plant based food, offering 20% of the recommended daily value in every cup, which makes it an excellent choice for vegetarians or suffers of fatigue, anemia and iron deficiency.
100 grams of buckwheat will deliver 57% of your daily dose of magnesium, which is an essential mineral in converting food into energy, reducing muscle spasms and optimizing nerve health.
Your skeletal system requires decent amounts of calcium, selenium, zinc and antioxidants to remain strong and healthy, and buckwheat offers a steady supply of each. These minerals also help to keep your teeth and nails strong and healthy, as well as repairing any damage done to your bones.
The high amount of dietary fiber combined with the rich dose of vitamins, minerals, antioxidants and phytonutrients that buckwheat offers makes it impossible for LDL (bad) cholesterol to stick around, and studies have proven that adding buckwheat to your diet will lower cholesterol. This prevents the narrowing of arteries through plaque buildup, as well as reducing the risk of developing heart disease.
Diabetes can be a complicated disease to manage, and buckwheat is a great source of nutrition for blood sugar levels to remain well balanced. It is full of fiber and also contains a unique compound known as chiro-inostiol, which has been proven to lower glucose in the bloodstream directly after a meal.
While buckwheat contains slightly more fat than rice, wheat, barley and maize, it is still below 5% per 100 grams, which makes it a low fat staple food with lots of flavor. Monitoring fat intake can significantly improve your health by reducing your waistline, leaving you feeling lighter and healthier in general.
Being a type of seed makes buckwheat a great source of calories, particularly for improving athletic performance. Half a cup gives you 280 calories, which is a substantial portion of energy and filling fiber.
The intensity of antioxidants that buckwheat offers protects your entire body from free radical damage, which helps to prevent diseased cells from forming and thriving. It also contains a compound known as rutin, which helps to strengthen arteries and capillaries, preventing heart disease. The fiber, vitamins and minerals further help to eliminate toxins, improve regularity and elevate overall health through dense nutrient absorption. Cancer, diabetes, brain and heart disease prevention is the result of every bite of deliciously nutty buckwheat!
I eat buckwheat 6 times a week! Great food!


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Night Call review
In this narrative mystery, a taxi driver's knowledge of his passengers is key to solving a murder.
By Malindy Hetfeld 17 July 2019
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Haphazard gameplay and varying narrative quality put a damper on Night Call's strong mood and hints of brilliance.
What is it? A narrative noir mystery set in a taxi.
Developer: Monkey Moon/BlackMuffin Studio
Publisher: Raw Fury
Reviewed on: Core i5-8400, GTX 1060, 16 GB RAM
Multiplayer? No
Link: Official site
Being in a taxi can be a strangely intimate experience for both driver and passenger, and Night Call seeks to explore that relationship. You play a Parisian driver who has all kinds of conversations with his passengers, ranging from "it's cold today, huh?" to intense philosophical debate. However, you're not just making conversation to pass the time. An encounter with a serial killer leaves you scarred, but also implicated, thanks to your murky history. In order to prove you're a victim, not the perp, you need to successfully identify the real criminal.
This set-up is just as film noir-inspired as Night Call's moodily gorgeous visual design, the implication here being that the police aren't as interested in the truth as they are in having a scapegoat. Unless you make a valuable contribution, you're going down. It's an idea that doesn't gel well with an otherwise very modern tone. You have no choice, and so you use your night job as a way to make progress with your new detective side hustle—choosing a waiting passenger on a map of Paris and probing them for information as you take them where they want to go.
Passengers might drop clues—gossip or a location worth checking out—based on how the conversation is going and whether they actually know anything. After your shift you then spend some time going through your clues and assigning them to a suspect until you can identify the murderer with certainty.
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Night Call feels like doing a puzzle without having seen the picture on the box first.
I'll be honest, throughout several runs I haven't guessed correctly once, and it was guesswork rather than an investigation. Night Call comes with three different case types, one in which the suspects share a possible motive, one where their connections to the murders are more arbitrary, and one called 'random' that feels no more or less so than the others. All modes play the same. In each, the killer is randomly picked from five possible characters.
I'm certain it would help if I knew more about the killer than single-sentence descriptions of his approach, but as it is, Night Call feels like doing a puzzle without having seen the picture on the box first. I can't tell which evidence is relevant to the case, and your passengers aren't terribly useful either. Refusing a passenger is largely pointless, unless you're worried you're going to run out of petrol by the time you reach their destination. You don't know what you're looking for, so you don't know if a conversation with a specific passenger will lead you to it, so why refuse them?
At least you can see the passengers nearby and make a pick based on who looks interesting, or if someone you suspect is among those looking for a ride. I end up picking based on these attributes since I don't know who I'm looking for, and the clues passengers give seem to be dispensed at random. Money management, while mostly automatic, is another element designed to make Night Call more difficult, but more missing info, such as how much your ride will be worth before you accept it, means there's little opportunity for actual management.
Thankfully the whole murder plot mostly seems to exist to give Night Call an end state, and doesn't detract from the real meat of the game, which is having conversations with an eclectic cast of passengers. While the descriptive text is always wonderful, the exchanges can be groan-worthy—the game sometimes falls short of the poignancy it's going for. The driver never becomes much of a character of his own, he's an avatar for your conversational choices, but a taciturn one This conflict hampers the game's ability to give meaningful comment on the issues that your passengers discuss.
One of your passengers is inferred to be an immigrant who's just had a run-in with the police, but he turns out to be deeply sensitive lover of literature who bonds with the driver over shared experiences with racism. "People of colour can be smart people with diverse interests, too, even the scary-looking ones" isn't a point worth making in 2019, as necessary as it may seem. A policeman is scared of coming out to his colleagues because he works in a traditionally hyper-masculine space. The old racist says "I'm not a racist, honest."
Maybe I just have very little patience for such characters because simply depicting them just reflects my own experience without adding anything meaningful. For someone unfamiliar with these instances, their inclusion may seem bold and provocative. Shining a light on other people's lived experiences is worthwhile endeavour in itself, but here I'm playing a mostly silent, mostly calm and pleasant soundboard for people.
There are a few passengers who fit Night Call's mood very well, like the maudlin Japanese businessman who you are supposed to communicate with without speaking his language, or Santa, who forgot where he parked his sleigh. With 70 characters, there's a lot of variety, but unfortunately there's also a lot of repetition between the procedurally generated runs. I commend Night Call for having so many stories, but they are told in flawed structure.
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On My Way to Church – debiutancki album amerykańskiego rapera Jima Jonesa. Został wydany 24 października, 2004 roku.

W pierwszym tygodniu sprzedano 44000 kopii albumu.

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 "On My Way to Church" (Intro)
 "Capo Status (1st Take)"
 "Only One Way Up" (feat. Cam'ron & Juelz Santana)
 "This Is Jim Jones" (feat. Cam'ron)
 "Let's Ride" (feat. J. R. Writer)
 "Certified Gangstas" (feat. Cam'ron & Bezel)
 "Jamaican Joint" (feat. Cam'ron & Juelz Santana)
 "End of the Road" (feat Bun B & T.I.)
 "Shotgun Fire"
 "Capo Status (2nd Take)"
 "Lovely Daze / Memory Lane"
 "Spanish Fly" (featuring Chico De barge)
 "Livin Life as a Ridah" (featuring Denise Weeks)
 "Twin Towers" (feat. Bizzy Bone)
 "When Thugs Die"
 "This Is Gangsta" (feat. Bezel & Juelz Santana)
 "Crunk Muzik" (feat. Cam'ron & Juelz Santana)
 "Bend n Stretch"
 "Talking to the World"
 "Capo Status Final Take"
 "On My Way to Church" (Outro) (feat. Benjamin Chavis Muhammad)

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Welcome to another of the initially "unknown" bands to be reviewed by The Ancient One. The band, Flicker, are from the UK and are about to release their debut album on CD and vinyl, although the album, How Much Are You Willing To Forget, has been available via the normal download sites since August last year. The band are a 4 piece, hailing from Aylesbury, comprising Ellis Mordecai (vocals/guitar), Andrew Day (guitar), Peter Coussens (bass) and Vaughan Abray (drums).
How Much Are You Willing To Forget is made up of 9 tracks, with a total running time around 50 minutes. "Intro" is the shortest track; taking up only 1:46 minutes, while at the other end of the scale, track 8, "Breathless" is the longest, running to 8:20 minutes.
This release is indeed a welcome addition to the continuously growing number of excellent prog albums that seem to have been released since I started writing reviews. The band have produced an extremely interesting debut album, which at different points, "doffs its hat" to bands such as Pink Floyd and early Genesis, while not merely copying them. I would also liken them to Edison's Children, not so much in the sound, but more in the structure and feel of the music.
I have listened to How Much Are You Willing To Forget, many times over the last week or so, and it is filled with amazing melodies, superb musical skills and can swing from very sparse melodic passages, to almost "wall of sound" passages. Credit must be given to the band (and the producers of the album) for an album where the musicians do not ever give the impression that the music was forced or rushed. Each of the tracks presented is allowed to evolve at its own pace.
Favorite tracks are difficult to choose as all the tracks are excellently structured and all possess a freshness that makes you eager to hear the next one up. By the time the review gets online, I will probably have changed the tracks listed as favorites. At the moment, the tracks I would class as highlights on the album are track 3, "Out There" (6:00), track 5, "Counting Time" (7:32) and track 8, "Breathless" (8:20).
"Out There" begins with a sublime little piano intro, leading into the vocal by Ellis Mordecai, which fits in very well, and the track slowly builds with a change of pace around 1:15 minutes which sees the rest of the instruments appearing. Even on the first hearing, there are little hooks that get into your head. The track changes pace several times and the guitar riffs build up throughout, but always maintain the melodic nature of the track. At the 4:30 minute mark, there is a superb passage that takes the track out.
"Counting Time" has an excellent intro with a beautiful guitar melody prior to the appearance of the (double-tracked?) vocals. The lyrical content is terrific and with the clarity of the vocal, is easy to follow. The track seems to ebb and flow without a hint of rushing and the way the track evolves seems so natural. By the halfway point, the melody has again managed to get a foothold in your head. The track continues with excellent acoustic guitars and some orchestral washes in the background. Just before the 6:00 minute mark, the guitar starts to pick out another melody and the voices appear above the melody as the track moves to the end.
This is a wonderful album, from start to finish. The whole feel of the album is excellent. Each track is like unearthing another little nugget of gold. The 4 members of the band should be applauded for producing a debut album that simply oozes class. This is a definite "One To Buy" and "Take Home And Enjoy Today" stickered album.
Flicker may be a new, and little known, band at the moment, but I do not feel that will be the case for very long. Buy How Much Are You Willing To Forget, settle in your favorite chair, press play and let your mind absorb the amazing music that is Flicker.


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Stanley Evan Parry  (23 November 1895 – 23 June 1973) was an Australian politician.

He was born at Ashfield to master builder William Evan Parry and Bessie Locke. He attended Gordon Public School and became a builder before serving in World War I with the 1st Field Engineers. He was discharged due to shellshock in 1916 and returned to the building trade. On 26 May 1917 he married Gladys Victoria Green; they had two children. From 1928 to 1947 he was a Canterbury alderman, serving as mayor from 1932 to 1947, and from 1940 to 1952 he was an independent member of the New South Wales Legislative Council. He was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 1963. Parry died at Petersham in 1973.

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Q: How to use elastic search in vue ? how to store some data in elastic search? I am trying to store some data i.e (Wishlist info) in elastic search index,
how can i use/include elastic search in vue ?

A: There are multiple libraries and and tutorials out there.
Some pointers to get you started:

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*A tutorial using Appbase.io's ReactiveSearch

*A tutorial from DigitalOcean describing both the elastic search side and access to it using Vue

*A simple wrapper that makes querying ES from a Vue app easy.

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Q: Why use both local variable and volatile both togather for DCL (as suggested by Sonar tool)? There are related questions but they as the focus in those is more on volatile and not much on the usage of local variable, hence I am posting a new question, Please see the question below.
Sonar Source rule has a code according to which below code is correct and solves the issues with DCL
class ResourceFactory {
  private volatile Resource resource;

  public Resource getResource() {
    Resource localResource = resource;
    if (localResource == null) {
      synchronized (this) {
        localResource = resource;
        if (localResource == null) {
          resource = localResource = new Resource();
        }
      }
    }
    return localResource;
  }

  static class Resource {
  }
}

I understand that we have alternate options (some better than complicated DCL) like an

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*enum or

*static inner class holder or

*a static final reference initialized during its declaration itself.

*declare the entire method as synchronized.

I wish to understand the usage of volatile along with local variable to resolve the issues for DCL.
Also I understand volatile (for Java 1.5 and later versions) guarantees the  'happens-before' feature which prevents the in-complete object being returned for reading.
Question 1 I want to understand as what is the need of volatile if a local variable has already been used.  Below code has non volatile variable resource but inside the getResource() a local variable is used to read the resource. Are there still issues in the code ? (Please see comments in below code below)
class ResourceFactory {
  private Resource resource; // non volatile
  public Resource getResource() {
    Resource localResource = resource; // only 1 read without lock
    if (localResource == null) {
      synchronized (this) {
        localResource = resource; // read inside the synchronized block
        if (localResource == null) {
           localResource = new Resource(); // constructor is initialized.
           resource = localResource; // ****code reaches here only when constructor has been complete. Here is there a chance of resource being referring to incomplete object ?****
        }
      }
    }
    return localResource;
  }

  static class Resource {
  }
}

The only advantage I see is with volatile is suppose the object was created then the first read itself would have guaranteed a memory read instead of read from thread cache preventing unnecessary acquisition of lock.
Question 2 Instead of using local variable if simple volatile was used then was the code without issues ?

A: Question 2 is directly addressed in Effective Java; whilst it may be mentioned in other editions too, the one I have in front of me is 3rd Ed, Item 83, p335:

The code may appear a bit convoluted. In particular, the need for the local variable (result) may be unclear. What this variable does is to ensure that field is read only once in the common case where it's already initialized. While not strictly necessary, this may improve performance and is more elegant by the standards applied to low-level concurrent programming. On my machine, the method above is about 1.4 times as fast as the obvious version without a local variable.

(Note that 3rd Ed has a serious error in the code sample for double-checked locking (immediately preceding this quote) in early printings! Check out the errata for corrected code.)


these individuals are what allow organizations big and small to run smoothly, to consistently move forward and can make you look really REALLY good.
Started back in 1952 by Harry F. Klenfuss and originally known as Secretary's day; it was touted as a way to value and exalt the importance of the position (really it was a marking ploy to entice more women to enter into the role, as the hours were long and they could pay them less). Now a days, we seem, for the most part to have moved away from designating this as a "pink job" since both men and women make up the varied demographic of the title (My education in Social Work does not allow me to have this go without mentioning).
Its interesting that this day of appreciation would be created during the era that is so popularly depicted through the television show Mad Men; full of sexist attitudes, current day illegal working practices and frequent jaw dropping reminders of how far we have come as a society. Thankfully, long gone are the Don Draper days of making coffee as an assigned duty for Administrative Professionals.
The path traveled in this profession is interestingly captured through its titles: Secretary back in 1952, to Professional Secretary in 1981 and the most recent, Administrative Professional in 2000. These changes speak to a shift of both progress & hard earned respect that has brought the role to what it is today. It is my $0.02 (which in my world is about 2k in go2girl dollars of course) that the role that the Virtual Assistant has played in taking the torch and bringing the profession to the next level is a critical one.
As the Administrative professional role matures from its first baby steps into the virtual world almost 20 years ago it is important to remember how far it has come. Positioning of Administrative Professionals as business owners themselves allows for the creating of even ground from which to build a working alliance. Gone are the days of employer and employee; instead replaced with the harmony of working in tandem. The over arching umbrella that secures the success of working with an administrative professional is the nature of the relationship; one of collaboration and partnership. These individuals (like yours truly ;oP) are dedicated to the success of the companies, business owners and entrepreneurs they work with while reaping the benefits entrepreneurship.
Ask anyone successful in business today about how they got there and the refrain is always the same, a good administrative professional, whether virtual or traditional, is more valuable then there weight in gold and truly a foundational component in the success model of any enterprise.
I dutifully celebrate this day in honour of those mostly women more then half a century ago that laid the foundation for my business today and it's a great way to get into the mood for the upcoming Virtual Assistants day on May 17th.
Now go on, do something a little special for the administrative professional in your life. Perhaps you can let them off a little early, a gift certificate is nice or just a consistent show of appreciation through genuine gestures of gratitude; however you chose to do it make sure they know how valued they are.
If you already have an administrative professional working with you, what are the things you are delegating to them? What would you like to delegate but don't know if you can find the right person? I would love to hear how you guys chose to employee such flexible yet specialized individuals.
If you and your business don't have an admin professional of some kind (hint hint like me!) working for you, what are you waiting for?


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Raising funds for Spalding's Garth School pupils
By Lynne Harrison
lynne.harrison@iliffepublishing.co.uk
Published: 18:00, 08 July 2018
The family of a young woman with Down's Syndrome are hosting a fundraiser for the school that had a huge impact on her life.
Fuad Rahman, from the Chameli Tandoori Restaurant in Holbeach, says his sister, Eidna Begum (19) loves Spalding's Garth School to bits as it's the place where she grew from childhood to adulthood and made so many friends.
On July 10, the restaurant is hosting staff from the school to say a big thank you to them for the nurturing role they have played in Eidna's life and the life of her family.
There will be seats to spare that night in the restaurant and it's hoped people who support the work of Garth School will go along to enjoy a meal and raise money for its pupils.
Eidna, who has learning difficulties, leaves Garth at the end of term and will switch to a three day a week daily living skills course at Boston College in September.
"She loves to socialise and meet new people," says Fuad, who hopes to find Eidna a place at a day centre where she can enjoy the company of others.
Leaving Garth will be a wrench for Eidna.
Fuad says: "It has made a big impact on her life.
"She grew up in that school from her childhood to her adulthood. She loves the school to bits and the friends she's made."
Fuad and his older sister, Fahmeda Begum, jointly look after Eidna and can't wait to entertain the Garth staff.
"The family want to say a big thank you to the whole staff of the school," said Fuad.
They already have "quite a few reservations" for the fundraiser but there are seats to spare at a modest £15 a head and diners can enjoy a starter, a main course and rice or a naan.
The St John's Street restaurant has a track record of helping good causes.
"We have been here since 1989, coming up to nearly 30 years now," said Fuad. "We like to give something back to the community because they have been helping us with our business."
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Very clean and comfortable and definitely for the price.
I wouldn't stay here again if it was a free night, let alone pay to stay in it. The room was mediocre at best, clean but not terribly so. Moreover, the service was horrible. There was no extra toilet paper roll left for us, even though there was less than half a roll in the bathroom to begin with. We stayed for two nights and did not get room service/housekeeping. Again, we got NO cleaning service. We did not leave the "do not disturb on the door", so it appears we were simply missed or ignored. SO we came back to a unexpectedly messy room and NO toilet paper to get through the night with. We had to go to the office at ten o'clock at night to ask for a roll. When we asked for it, there was barely any acknowledgement from the management and no apology. The management was an Indian couple who barely spoke English (especially the wife) which makes it hard to deal with them if there is a problem with service and it means they just get away with poor treatment. The lack of regard and then the lack of an apology was especially unacceptable. We both regret that we stayed at The Scottish Inn at Ronks. It was horrible. I hope that those reading this review will pass this motel on by. If nothing else, our horrible experience can be used to help other travelers to Lancaster have a more enjoyable stay by choosing a different home base. We've stayed at other motels in the area and had a fine and pleasant experience. We stayed at The Weathervane Motel last year. That was much a better!
Hotel was clean, convenient and easy to find. My only gripe was that the "continental breakfast" was nearly non-existent. Office was finally opened AFTER 9am and only a few bagels and a box of peanut butter cookies.


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Q: Question about differential signals and feedback Let's consider, for example, this circuit:

During lessons, our professor always assumed perfect differential input (two signals with the same dc value and with equal and opposite amplitudes). As a consequence node 1 will be an ac ground due to symmetry and the small signal differential gain can be easily found:

Now the question: when I close this circuit (or in general every circuit with a differential pair stage, which is the input block of an op-amp) with negative feedback, I will not have a perfect differential input, thus I am not allowed to use the previous differential gain (which was actually found under the assumption of differential input). Let's consider for example this basic circuit:

You can see that the non-inverting terminal is fixed to the analog ground, thus it can not change in a differential way with respect to the inverting terminal.
In a similar question I wrote, I've been answered that actually you can always write a couple of signals as the sum of a common mode signal and a differential signal, and since a well-designed op-amp has a common mode gain wihich is much smaller than the differential gain, we can neglect the common mode gain (and thus use only the previous expression for the differential gain). Now I would like to have some hints on how to proceed with the analysis in this case. For example, considering the previous inverting configuration, I tried to decompose the input of the op-amp:

where vx is the voltage at the inverting terminal. Is it correct? How to proceed with the analysis?
Thank you
Edit for the comment:
For the telescopic configuration, the differential gain was found under the hypothesis of differential input signals:

When we close the feedback around it we get:

A: Brief Background
Suppose you have a linear network which has two input ports with input voltages \$V_1\$ and \$V_2\$ as shown in figure below:

Then, since \$V_1 = \frac{V_1-V_2}{2}+\frac{V_1+V_2}{2}\$ and \$V_2=\frac{V_2-V_1}{2}+\frac{V_1+V_2}{2}\$. Thus we have:

Then you can transform the circuit as shown below:

Here the common mode voltage is: \$V_{cm} = \frac{V_1+V_2}{2}\$ and the differential  voltage is: \$\frac{V_{diff}}{2} = \frac{V_1-V_2}{2}\$.
Since the circuit is linear, superposition is valid. So we can say that the total response will be sum of these two.

The first one is the the common-mode circuit and the second one is the differential circuit. Here you can use all the tricks for the differential half and the common-mode half which you may know.
Your Example
The complete circuit for the example you provided will be:

Here the two inputs are: \$V_1=V_{cm}+V_{in}\$ and \$V_2 = V_{cm}\$.
If you use superposition here with \$V_{cm}=0\$, you get the circuit which you have shown in your question. This is the differential part of the circuit.
If you instead make \$V_{in}=0\$, you get the common-mode circuit:

I leave it to you now to analyze it.

A: I considered very positive your patience to restate the question you posted before, and, like others, I thought that the problem was your concept of "perfect differential input".
May I suggest that you evaluate that, in fact, the differential input stage that you consider in your analysis is simply not rail-to-rail capable? Please kindly take a look at the modified picture:

If you want to connect one of these inputs to \$0 V\$ you should consider your input stage powered by split supplies (e.g. \$\pm 15 V\$).


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Meet Ruby Bridges, the 6-Year-Old Black Activist Who Defied Racism in Education
At the tender age of six, Ruby Bridges played a major role in advancing the cause of civil rights in America.
By Sebastiane Ebatamehi.
Ruby Bridges is one of the Black activists seldom talked about – and sadly so. Even many students of Black history are not familiar with her name and are unaware of her contribution to the fight against racism.
The civil rights movement in America was one that experienced great solidarity from many activists – both old and young. While there are some names that come to mind and are often celebrated, there are some others who aren't.
Bridges is one of the unsung heroes of the civil rights movement. At the tender age of six, Ruby Bridges played a major role in advancing the cause of civil rights in America.
In November 1960, a six-year-old Ruby Bridges became the first African American student to integrate into an elementary school in the South. At that time, every form of education – from elementary to tertiary, experienced segregation – and many schools in the South were 'Whites-only.'
But although she was born into the norm, Ruby reused to be defined by it. In 1960, she integrated a 'Whites-only' elementary school in the South. Her action went down in history as a defining moment for education and played a vital role in ending segregation in the American educational system.
Who Was Ruby Bridges?
Ruby Bridges was born on September 8, 1954. She was the oldest of five children for Lucille and Abon Bridges, who were farmers in Tylertown, Mississippi.
When she was two years old, her parents moved to New Orleans, with the entire family, in search of work.
Interestingly, Ruby was born in the same year in which the famous US Supreme Court landmark ruling ended racial segregation in public schools.
Ruby Bridges' Road to Civil Rights Activism
Despite the ruling, southern states continued to resist integration and practiced segregation. Up until 1959, Ruby and other Black children had no other option but to attend segregated kindergarten schools in New Orleans.
However, after a court ruling in 1960 ordered schools in the Louisiana district to desegregate, schools were mandated to allow Black kids into their premises. In order to prevent this from happening, the school district organized difficult entrance exams for the Black kids.
Their aim was to prove that the Black kids did not have the academic capabilities to learn at the same level as the White kids – who had better educational backgrounds in the segregated schools. But to the surprise of the district supervisors, Ruby and five other kids passed the exams in flying colours.
The Decision: To Be or Not To Be?
Ruby's parents did not expect her to pass the examination. They were torn about whether to let her attend the all-white William Frantz Elementary School, which was a few blocks from their home.
Her father was not in support of the decision. He was scared for his daughter's safety – and rightly so. But her mother insisted that she wanted Ruby to have the right educational opportunities, which her parents were denied.
Even the school district – which did not expect any Black kid to pass the tough exams, delayed the admission as much as they could. In fact, due to the delay, two of the other students who also passed the exams decided not to leave their school at all. The other three students were sent to McDonough Elementary School.
But finally, Ruby was admitted, and it wasn't for her and her parents – as expected.
The Pains of Civil Rights Activism
According to reports, Ruby and her mother were escorted by four federal marshals to the school every day that year. She walked past crowds screaming vicious slurs at her. Undeterred, she later said she only became frightened when she saw a woman holding a black baby doll in a coffin.
She spent her first day in the principal's office due to the chaos created as angry white parents pulled their children from school. Ardent segregationists withdrew their children permanently.
Barbara Henry, a white Boston native, was the only teacher willing to accept Ruby, and all year, she was a class of one. Ruby ate lunch alone and sometimes played with her teacher at recess, but she never missed a day of school that year.
While some families supported her bravery—and some northerners sent money to aid her family—others protested throughout the city.
The Bridges family suffered for their courage: Abon lost his job, and grocery stores refused to sell to Lucille. Her share-cropping grandparents were evicted from the farm where they had lived for a quarter-century.
How Did Ruby Bridges Turn Out?
After graduation, Ruby would go on to graduate from a desegregated high school and became a travel agent. She got married and was blessed with four sons.
She was reunited with her first teacher, Barbara Henry, in the mid-1990s, and for a time, the pair did speaking engagements together. Ruby later wrote about her early experiences in two books and received the Carter G. Woodson Book Award.
She remains a vocal activist for racial equality. In 1999, Ruby established The Ruby Bridges Foundation to promote tolerance and create change through education. In 2000, she was made an honorary deputy marshal in Washington, DC.
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The homie Antonio over at 1 Time 4 Your Mind just passed this along. He just posted up an interesting interview where his assistant asks him a few questions on behalf of a magazine that she said he was too busy for. I'm not sure what the video footage was shot for, but the way I look at it, Kane did a great job of creating his own "buzz" or keeping his name out there in creating that PR push and letting heads know who he was. Artists nowadays have no excuse in marketing themselves, especially with all the free means of communicating a message to the masses via the internet. Back to the Kane footage though, as Antonio said, "you have to watch the entire clip because the end is hilarious."


Dutch cyclist Tom-Jelte Slagter won a sprint finish to take victory in the fourth stage of the Paris-Nice race but breakaway companion Geraint Thomas is the new overall leader.
Garmin's Slatger edged out Briton Thomas in a sprint finish at the end of the 201.5km stage from Nevers to Belleville, with Dutchman Wilco Kelderman coming home third five seconds later.
Australia's Michael Matthews of Orica-GreenEDGE crossed the line in fourth spot with the same time.
Sky's Thomas now leads the overall standings by three seconds from previous leader John Degenkolb of Giant-Shimano.


LINCOLN, IL – A $1 million contribution for renovations at Lincoln College's historic University Hall will honor the memory of the college's longtime president Jack D. Nutt.
Lincoln College President Dr. David Gerlach announced the donation from Lincoln College graduate and former trustee of the college, Wallace E. "Pat" Carroll, of Highlands Ranch, Colo.
"We are very pleased to acknowledge Pat Carroll's generous contribution, which will provide a fitting memorial to President Nutt, and also allow us to make important and much-needed renovations to this historic structure," Gerlach said.
Lincoln College will rename the first floor area of University Hall, which serves as the President's reception area and office and the Trustees room, as the "Jack D. Nutt Presidential Suite." Nutt served as president of Lincoln College from 1982 to 2002. He passed away in October 2004 at the age of 66.
University Hall was the first permanent structure built when Lincoln College was founded in 1865. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and for most of its history provided both administrative offices and classroom space for students.
Carroll noted that when he was a student at Lincoln College from 1959 to 1961 a number of his classes were taught in University Hall. Recently, Dr. Gerlach announced a goal of returning classroom space to University Hall, with plans underway to begin the initial phase of work on University Hall this summer.
Carroll was a Marine Corps veteran in 1959, when he enrolled at Lincoln College. While living in Lincoln he began taking flying lessons, with the goal of earning a commercial pilot's license. Carroll said it was his education at Lincoln College that enabled him to gain entry into Boston College, where he completed his degree, while also gaining flight training and experience.
After graduating from Boston College in 1966, Carroll joined the original Frontier Airlines, where he was a commercial pilot for nearly 21 years until its bankruptcy filing. Carroll has also been a director of Colorado Capital Bank, founded his own real estate company and has developed property in the Denver area.
He served on the Lincoln College Board of Trustees from 1979 to 1993 and was named a Trustee Emeritus in 1993. He was also honored with the Lincoln College Alumni Achievement award in 1985 and with an honorary Lincoln College Doctorate in 2001.
Carroll met his wife, Amelia (Mimi) while he was attending Boston College. They will celebrate their 52nd wedding anniversary this June. They have four children, Pamela, Susan, Margaret and Wallace III, as well as 13 grandchildren.


Typically, we remove an outer section of the cheek on the side of the lower jaw bone in order to expose the nerve and vessel canal. We then isolate the nerve and vessel bundle in that area and slightly pull it out to the side. We then place the implants while tracking the neuro-vascular bundle. Then the bundle is released and placed back over the implants. The surgical access is refilled with bone graft material and the area is closed.


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Big Nate and Friends (Paperback)
By Lincoln Peirce
This is book number 3 in the Big Nate series.
#1: Big Nate: From the Top (Paperback): $9.99
#2: Big Nate Out Loud (Paperback): $9.99
#4: Big Nate Makes the Grade (Paperback): $11.99
#5: Big Nate Flips Out (Paperback): $7.99
#6: Big Nate: Game On! (Paperback): $9.99
#7: Big Nate: I Can't Take It! (Paperback): $9.99
#8: Big Nate: Great Minds Think Alike (Paperback): $11.99
#9: Big Nate: The Crowd Goes Wild! (Paperback): $9.99
#10: Nate el Grande: ¡Hola! (Big Nate #10) (Paperback): $9.99
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#12: Big Nate: Say Good-bye to Dork City (Paperback): $9.99
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#20: Big Nate: Payback Time! (Paperback): $9.99
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#22: Big Nate: Blow the Roof Off! (Paperback): $11.99
#23: Big Nate: The Gerbil Ate My Homework (Paperback): $11.99
#24: Big Nate: In Your Face! (Paperback): $11.99
Join Nate in this collection of his funniest moments, as he confronts the pressures and concerns of sixth grade with his classic hilarity.
Sixth-grader Nate Wright is on top of the world . . . with a little help from his friends! His best buddies, Francis and Teddy, stick with Nate through thick and thin—usually thin. They've seen it all. Nate's disastrous love life, his chess tournament trash talking, even his misguided attempt to be a "bad boy." Along the way, Nate and his pals are joined by Artur, the gentle exchange student who's popular with almost everyone. And don't forget Gina, the teacher's pet who gets an "A" for annoying. They're all here in this collection of cartoons, featuring highlights from Nate's most hilarious adventures.
Now in full-color with poster!
Lincoln Peirce has been drawing the Big Nate comic strip for more than 20 years. Born in Ames, Iowa, Peirce grew up in Durham, New Hampshire. As a kid, he began creating his own strips in the sixth grade. Peirce taught high school in New York City and has created several animated pilots for Cartoon Network and Nickelodeon. He lives in Portland, Maine, with his family.
"This Big Nate adventure...brings to life Nate's funny mis-adventures using a black and white cartoon format that will especially lure non-readers. The result is a recommendation for any collection that looks for the cartoon format paired with a series of lively stories accessible to grades 3-4." (Midwest Book Review)
"Big Nate and Friends is a delight to read for all ages, and makes an excellent giftbook for kids, parents, or anyone with a sense of humor." (Midwest Book Review: The Comix/Graphic Novel Shelf)
"In addition to the graphic storytelling, Nate's cartoons interspersed among Peirce's panels could provide teachers and librarians with great opportunities to incorporate this series into programs or lessons on cartooning and writing." (Snow Wildsmith, Booklist)
"…if you're looking for a new series to introduce your kids to this upcoming holiday season, chances are they'll really like these collections." (Rich Johnston, Bleeding Cool)
"Big Nate is super funny. I love these books." (Appeal-Democrat)
Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
Publication Date: December 6th, 2011
Series: Big Nate
Juvenile Fiction / Comics & Graphic Novels
Hardcover (June 25th, 2015): $37.99


We've managed to get hold of some liquidated stock for our readers – Limited quantities.
A 25 Piece puzzle designed to get kids learning about the solar system.
Large pieces make it easier for younger children to grasp the concepts and find the right size pieces before frustration sets in. By Lifting up the pieces the child will uncover a picture containing interesting information about the wonderful world of outer space!
Built to scale 1ocm long free wheel spacecraft. Die cast metal replica of the real Space Shuttle.
Your pencils will look out of this world!
Remember when you had one of these? This is the space age version.
These are great. Astro Dave has two under his pillow!! True.
Breaking News: Has Curiosity Rover Made Big Discovery?


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./scripts/boxplot.py ./low_coverage_alignments//plots/absolute/substrate.brca2.tsv --title 'Substitution rate
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./scripts/boxplot.py ./low_coverage_alignments//plots/absolute/substrate.mhc.tsv --title 'Substitution rate
in MHC (absolute)' --x_label Graph --y_label 'Substitution rate' --save ${OUTDIR}/absolute-substrate.mhc.pdf --x_sideways --hline_median refonly --max 0.05 --best_low --range --sparse_axes "${PLOT_PARAMS_MHC[@]}" --font_size 20 --dpi 90 --no_n --medians_only --hide_categories refonly --hline_ticks

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in BRCA2 (normalized)' --x_label Graph --y_label 'Indel  relative rate' --save ${OUTDIR}/normalized-indelrate.brca2.pdf --x_sideways --hline_median refonly --best_low --range --sparse_axes --max 1.5 --min 0.5 "${PLOT_PARAMS[@]}" --font_size 20 --dpi 90 --no_n --medians_only --hide_categories refonly --hline_ticks

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./scripts/boxplot.py ./low_coverage_alignments//plots/normalized/substrate.brca2.tsv --title 'Substitution rate
in BRCA2 (normalized)' --x_label Graph --y_label 'Substitution  relative rate' --save ${OUTDIR}/normalized-substrate.brca2.pdf --x_sideways --hline_median refonly --max 2 --min 0.5 --best_low --range --sparse_axes "${PLOT_PARAMS[@]}" --font_size 20 --dpi 90 --no_n --medians_only --hide_categories refonly --hline_ticks

./scripts/boxplot.py ./low_coverage_alignments//plots/normalized/substrate.mhc.tsv --title 'Substitution rate
in MHC (normalized)' --x_label Graph --y_label 'Substitution  relative rate' --save ${OUTDIR}/normalized-substrate.mhc.pdf --x_sideways --hline_median refonly --max 2 --min 0.5 --best_low --range --sparse_axes "${PLOT_PARAMS_MHC[@]}" --font_size 20 --dpi 90 --no_n --medians_only --hide_categories refonly --hline_ticks

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Ate bat besterik ez da.
Either you will / go through this door / or you will not go through. // If you go through / there is always the risk / of remembering your name. // Things look at you doubly / and you must look back / and let them happen. // If you do not go through / it is possible / to live worthily // to maintain your attitudes / to hold your position / to die bravely // but much will blind you, / much will evade you, / at what cost who knows? // The door itself makes no promises. / It is only a door.


When one of your nearest and dearest who also happens to be in da biz (how Andee Olson manages to balance being my college bestie while also being Site Director and Head of Product at The Coveteur, the world will never know) invites you to accompany her to the Reward Style (the geniuses behind the app Like to Know It) conference in Dallas, here's what you do (in chronological order): 1) say a few woosahs so as to keep from letting out a big ole' Cuban yell at the office; 2) accept; 3) once home from the office, let out the aforementioned suppressed yell (it's unhealthy to keep those things in); and 4) sit criss-cross applesauce on your closet floor and practice the Lawd-help-me-fit-this-all-in-a-carry-on meditation until mental clarity and an on-the-verge-of-implosion-suitcase are both achieved. I break down the outfits I wore for all the am and pm activities below (with even more commentary - just what you always wanted!).
As the newb of all newbs, you can imagine my sorry-I-just-can't-keep-cool-I'll-apologize-later-if-I-embarrass-you excitement as I met (or just stalked from afar) some of the most personable influencers in the blogosphere. Highlights of the weekend include: taking my lunch break at the Banana-Republic sponsored Shake Shack picnic (that ain't my average Friday), having a tarot card reading with Andee at the Bumble party (revealing BIG thangs are brewin' and stewin'), hearing Alex Williamson and Courtney Kerr speak of the secret to success in the industry (since I am THE kindest, I'll share it with you - it's to be kind, so consider yourselves officially in the know), and attending the insane finale party at the Wyly Theatre, followed by some equally insane late night grilled cheeses courtesy of the Hotel Crescent Court room service.
You want me to narrow it down to my very favorite part? Fiiine - it would have to be getting to spend much-needed quality time with one of my favorite friends that I don't get to see enough and leaving with some confirmation that perhaps this blog-thing isn't the looniest idea I've ever come up with. Yes, I realize that's two things - but after weaseling my way into #rStheCon, I'm on a breaking-all-da-rulez streak.


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Bipolar Explorer
Summer and Michael, cofounders of indie band Bipolar Explorer
Dreampop, Shoegaze, Experimental music, Post-Rock, Ambient music, Electroacoustic music
Slugg Records
bipolarexplorer.info
Summer Serafin
Michael Serafin-Wells
Sylvia Solanas
Bipolar Explorer is an American dreampop band from New York City. Formed in its present state and genre by band co-founders Summer Serafin (vocals, spoken word) and Michael Serafin-Wells (guitars, bass guitar, percussion, vocals, spoken word), the group has released ten albums and seven singles on Slugg Records beginning with 2012's double-album "Of Love and Loss". The band became a trio with the addition of French Sylvia Solanas (spoken word) in 2018.
1 Formation and Of Love And Loss
2 Angels and BPXmas
3 Electric Hymnal
4 Dream Together
5 Sometimes in Dreams
6 Til Morning Is Nigh
7 The Dark Outside, The Light Within/Til Morning Is Nigh Documentary
8 Deux Anges
9 Forests, Voices, Coastlines, Dreams: Recordings for The Dark Outside/The Other Room Radio Show
10 Former and affiliated members
11 Discography
11.1 Albums
11.2 Singles
Formation and Of Love And Loss[edit]
After an initial indie rock release – Go Negative (2005, Slugg Records) featuring former Uncle bandmates Michael Serafin-Wells (songwriter, guitars, bass guitar, vocals) and Yves Gerard (drums, backing vocals) – still very much in the style of their previous group, Bipolar Explorer changed direction and personnel re-configuring under the influence of co-founder and vocalist Summer Serafin.
Debuting the new sound in live performance at New York's Cooper Square Hotel, PopMatters described the band as "eclectic, powerful and steadfast"[1] and the group began work on an EP recording for Slugg Records in Brooklyn.
Before it could be completed, on March 18, 2011, Ms. Serafin passed away after a tragic accident. She was just 31.
Many months later, armed with newly written songs post-tragedy, Serafin-Wells and the band returned to those recordings and in October 2012 released a double-album of, for and about Ms. Serafin. Entitled Of Love and Loss, Ground Control Magazine's Daryl Darko Barnett pronounced it "the most significantly stirring and addictive musical accomplishment we've come across in some time", naming it to their Critics Poll of Best Albums of the Year.
Angels and BPXmas[edit]
At the end of 2014, the band released two albums in quick succession, a holiday one BPXmas on December 3, 2014 and Of Love and Loss's follow-up, Angels on New Year's Day 2015.
Both critically acclaimed, NPR's "On Being"[2] noted the band's reworking holiday classics in their signature dream pop style and both albums began rotation on WFMU, notably finding favor with the station's legendary deejay Irene Trudel who called their sound "great, beautiful drifty-pop".[3]
Ground Control's Daryl Darko Barnett wrote a feature about the former "Bipolar Explorer Work a Double-Shift Through the Holidays" and ended 2015 by naming Angels to his number one spot in the magazine's Best Albums of the Year round up, calling it "electrifying -what music fueled by raw love and emotions sounds like".[4]
Electric Hymnal[edit]
In June 2016, the band released their fifth album, a collection of devotional songs and spoken word, both sacred and secular, described as "a sonic prayer" for their fallen bandmate, Ms. Serafin. Their first foray into the use of spoken word as a component of their sound, Serafin-Wells would return to its use, composing narrative poetry for a female voice and underscoring it with ambient, post-rock guitars in subsequent releases. Again, Ground Control hailed the work "...Get ready to be swept up and away by a prayerful reverie of melodies. Listening, I began to feel like I was flying. Don't forget that Bipolar Explorer is a post-rock band. Low growling vocals, gnarly grinding tempos, rhythmic looping strands that escape and rise above the weight of this world, where angels and the living mingle..."[5]
Featuring album art by American artist Michael Creese, Electric Hymnal was released as a limited-edition CD only (no digital) and given away by the band to fans upon request as "a gift of faith".
Dream Together[edit]
On New Year's Day 2017, the band released their sixth album, Dream Together. WFMU's Liz Berg featuring tracks on her show called it "just a great record".[6] Again, WFMU's Irene Trudel, praising it as "beautiful, full of sadness and wonder".[7] The album made its way onto the charts of California's free-form KDVS, as well, starting as the station's No. 4 New Add the first week of January and rising to No. 18 overall in the weeks after.[8]
Reaching Europe, the album was praised by France's Indiemusic as "Magical and majestic – an ultimate tour-de-force" .[9]
On February 20, 2017, the magazine's Associate Editor, Raphael Duprez, followed up with an interview with Michael. In answer to a question about how he and the band continue in light of the tragic events of 2011 he replied, "All of this is entirely for her. I often say that our music, each album, is of, for and about her. It's my way of telling people about her and talking to her myself. That's the "for' and "about" parts of the equation. And Summer remains an integral part of the band – not only as its inspiration but, because I have lots of her isolated vocals from other recording sessions – as her voice, both spoken and singing, graces each record. I'll write songs and fly in her voice. Summer isn't the main reason BPX goes on, she's the only reason. She is the reason. And I think I can trust that I'm doing things for the right reason if I always know the reason for it is her. Not out of any ambition other than to honor and conjure her. She's my conscience."[10]
Sometimes in Dreams[edit]
On New Year's Day 2018, the band released their seventh album, a double-album, called Sometimes in Dreams. Surface Noise's Joe McGasko called it "Epic and affecting",[11] the new album again found its way quickly onto playlists at WFMU, notably both Irene Trudel[12] and Gaylord Field's[13] shows, on Tuesday and Sunday nights, respectively.
On January 2, France's Indiemusic called the new album "Unforgettable and essential. Have no doubt, this is a major record."[14]
By May 2018, Sometimes in Dreams had reached the No. 19 position on WFMU's album charts, leading medium rotation and officially entered the North American College and Community Radio (NACC) charts, tracking college radio airplay in the US and Canada.[15]
Til Morning Is Nigh[edit]
In November 2018, the band's eighth album,Til Morning Is Nigh: A Dream Of Christmas, was released. Featuring new additional instrumentation including synth, organ and melodica, the band also welcomed a new member, Sylvia Solanas, who voices spoken word[16] and with whom Serafin-Wells started a parallel dreampop band under the name Tremosphere.
As they started working on both an EP for Tremosphere and the Christmas album for Bipolar Explorer, Serafin-Wells got hit by a car in New York City, suffering from several severe injuries followed by a near-fatal pulmonary embolism, thus being hospitalized for several weeks.[citation needed]
Both albums were eventually recorded and released, Til Morning Is Nigh: A Dream Of Christmas later than planned, at the end of 2018, and the Tremosphere EP turned into a full album, Interiors, in 2019, with Serafin-Wells still in convalescence.
Til Morning Is Nigh: A Dream Of Christmas was well received, getting radio plays in Australia, as well as in America on WFMU, and in the UK on The Sound Projector Radio Show on London's Resonance FM.[17]
The Dark Outside, The Light Within/Til Morning Is Nigh Documentary[edit]
In July 2019 the band released their fifth single, The Dark Outside, The Light Within – composed and recorded for London's experimental radio show "The Dark Outside" and premiered in a special event broadcast on June 20, 2019 on London's 87.7fm.[18]
July 2019 also marked the group's Dutch radio debut on Radio Hoogeveen's post-rock show, De Mist,[19] and the completion of a six-part mini documentary about their eighth album – The Making of "Til Morning Is Nigh",[20] which premiered episodically August–September 2019 on the band's YouTube channel.
Deux Anges[edit]
On November 13, 2020, the band released its ninth album, the double-album, Deux Anges. UK zine The Sound Projector found the record "steeped in a very wistful melancholy, a poignant longing - with allusions in the lyrics to the afterlife, heaven, angels, mortality, ghosts, miracles - and the gentle,lulling pull of their mesmerizing songs."[21] Deux Anges was named to multiple Best Albums of the Year lists - including Resonance FM's "Fog Cast",[22] Radio Hoogeveen's "De Mist",[23] The Irene Trudel Show[24] WFMU and that of BBC 3 /Soho Radio's broadcaster Max Reinhardt.[25] Deux Anges reached the Heavily Played radio charts of both California's KFJC[26] - who premiered the album during a three hour special about the band on September 19, 2020 - and WFMU,[27] where it stayed at the #23 spot seven months after its release.
Forests, Voices, Coastlines, Dreams: Recordings for The Dark Outside/The Other Room Radio Show[edit]
On December 1, 2021, the band released their tenth album Forests, Voices, Coastlines, Dreams: Recordings for The Dark Outside comprising the seven experimental music pieces Serafin-Wells composed and the band recorded for the UK's Dark Outside radio project between 2019 and 2021. WFMU DJ Irene Trudel, called it "Wondrous! A great album!"[28] - Forests also found airplay on both London's Resonance FM and Soho Radio. On December 17, 2021,BBC 3 and Soho Radio broadcaster Max Reinhardt reviewed the new album on air, pronouncing it "Sublime. Maybe their finest. Brilliant. Brilliant."[29]
France's CAMP Radio (cited by The Wire (magazine) in their 100 Essential Online Stations feature[30]), offered the band, in November 2021, their own monthly show. The first episode of Bipolar Explorer's "The Other Room", a monthly one-hour program of "experimental and ambient music, field recordings and otherness" aired on January 4th, 2022,[31] and can be found, archived, as future broadcasts will be, on the station's MixCloud page.[32]
Former and affiliated members[edit]
Sean Lahey (2008–2012, on hiatus) – guitar
Kim Donovan (2015–2018) – spoken word
Jason Sutherland (2012–2017) – guitar
Eva Potter (2013–2014) – bass guitar
Elizabeth Rossa (2009–2011) – bass guitar
Alan Foreman (2012, on hiatus) – guitar, bass guitar
Yves Gerard (early indie rock line up, 2005) – drums
Albums[edit]
2005 Go Negative (earlier line-up)
2012 Of Love And Loss
2014 BPXmas
2015 Angels
2016 Electric Hymnal
2017 Dream Together
2018 Sometimes in Dreams
2018 Til Morning Is Nigh: A Dream Of Christmas
2020 Deux Anges
2021 Forests, Voices, Coastlines, Dreams: Recordings for The Dark Outside
Singles[edit]
2013 (O Come O Come) Emmanuel
2015 Downtown Train
2016 We'll All Go Together
2017 Watchers and Holy Ones
2018 Better Girl
2019 The Dark Outside, The Light Within
2020 eleven:eleven
List of shoegazing musicians
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^ "WFMU Recent Airplay + News, May 5th, 2018". blogfiles.wfmu.org. Archived from the original on June 18, 2018. Retrieved June 18, 2018.
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^ "Hark The Herald". www.thesoundprojector.com. Retrieved January 13, 2022.
^ "Best Of 2020: The Age Of Isolation". www.mixcloud.com. Retrieved January 13, 2022.
^ "Top 50 best post-rock releases of 2020". www.demist.nl/. Retrieved January 13, 2022.
^ "Streaming Stars: My Favorites of 2020 in No Particular Order of Importance (part 2 of 2)". www.wfmu.org. Retrieved January 13, 2022.
^ "Max Reinhardt's Late Lunch Show (04/12/2020)". www.mixcloud.com. Retrieved January 13, 2022.
^ "Bipolar Explorer/Deux Anges". spidey.kfjc.org. Retrieved January 13, 2022.
^ "WFMU's Recent Airplay + News, February 22,2021". blogfiles.wfmu.org/. Retrieved January 13, 2022.
^ "Irene Trudel: Playlist from November 1, 2021". wfmu.org. Retrieved January 13, 2022.
^ "The Wire Issue 449 - July 2021". www.thewire.co.uk. Retrieved January 13, 2022.
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According to DRAMeXchange, the NAND Flash supplier's 3D 64-layer products have stable yields and higher-than-expected output. However, due to the fact that the global economic situation at the end of the year is still not optimistic, Intel CPU out of stock and Apple's new machine shipments are not as expected, the peak season is not prosperous. Looking forward to the first half of 2019, although the original factory has a conservative attitude towards expanding production capacity, and even began to curb expansion, due to the impact of the off-season and the high inventory level, the oversupply situation will only be more significant. The first quarter NAND Flash is estimated. The contract price will fall further, with a decline of about 10%.
DRAMeXchange pointed out that in terms of eMMC/UFS, before the end of the year, Chinese smartphone manufacturers focused on destocking and adjusting production scale, thus deepening the fourth-quarter contract price decline, while inventory de-conversion will continue into the first quarter of 2019, leading to eMMC/UFS. The contract price is likely to show a drop of nearly 10% in the first quarter.
Observing the price trend of SSD, notebook shipments in the first quarter of 2019 are expected to fall by more than 15% from the fourth quarter of this year. Although the PC SSD loading rate and capacity continue to rise, it is still difficult to prevent the total demand and price from going. Weak, Client SSD contract prices are expected to continue to fall nearly 10%.
From the demand assessment of various products in 2019, due to the growth of server demand, the Enterprise SSD market has become a battleground for all suppliers, making price competition more intense, and the first quarter server demand is also affected by the off-season. The impact is expected to fall by more than 10% in the first quarter.
Further observation of the demand for channel demand, although the supply of materials from the module factory is sufficient this year, due to the continuous decline in prices, in order to avoid the loss of price, the module factory must have the pressure to purchase the goods in the month, even through the sale of secondary products to maintain Lee, this move will further disrupt the market price. Compared with the profit level of leading manufacturers, the profit performance of the module factory has dropped significantly this year, showing a situation of thinner and thinner. It is difficult to expect improvement in the first half of 2019. .


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Advisory body to German government finds against Jewish claimants for the €400m Guelph Treasure
The Art Newspaper 24 March 2014
By Bernhard Schulz
It was not a forced sale, is the reason given
The Guelph Treasure, one of the most important historic groups of medieval art, with an estimated value of €400m, which has been in the Berlin's Kunstgewerbe Museum for decades, should not be handed over to the heirs of Jewish antique dealers, who put in a claim for it in 2008, recommended Germany's Limbach Commission on 19 March.
The commission, which is the government-appointed advisory committee on the restitution of cultural goods confiscated as a result of Nazi persecution (called after the name of its chairman, a former president of the federal constitutional court), had been petitioned by both the lawyers for the claimants and the Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz (SPK), the foundation responsible for Berlin's State museums.
Jorg Michael Cramer von Clausbruch, representing the claimants, announced two days later that he would be pursuing their demand for restitution with the SPK. There was no mention, however, of taking the claim to court and, according to the legal representative of the SPK, such a claim would have "little chance of success".
The Limbach Commission, which has been called upon to advise on about a dozen restitution cases so far, has spent two months examining the evidence submitted by both parties. Its recommendation is supported by extensive documentation. Hermann Parzinger, president of the SPK, has said that all the evidence uncovered over five years of research will be made available online as soon as copyright and privacy considerations have been clarified.
The commission has confirmed the argument put forward by the SPK, which is that the criteria defining a forced sale due to Nazi persecution do not apply in the case of the Guelph Treasure. The overall purchase price was not unreasonably low, the vendors were paid, and they were free to do what they wanted with the money.
Initially, the consortium behind the Frankfurt art dealers Saemy Rosenberg and Isaak Rosenbaum, and Julius Falk, Arthur Goldschmidt and Zacharias Hackenbroch, had tried to sell the treasure piece by piece to US museums, but only succeeded with 40 of the smaller items, for a total of 2.5m Reichsmark.
The 42 pieces making up more important part of Treasure were bought by Prussia—part of the German Reich—for 4.25m Reichsmark in 1935, slightly less than the asking price of 5m Reichsmark. The consortium, whose members are still not all known, had bought the Treasure from its owner, the Duke of Braunschweig, of the former ruling House of Hannover, in 1929 for 7.5m Reichsmark. Then came the slump, and in the accounts of the dealers, the pieces were marked down at 1.6m Reichsmark. Investigations by the SPK have demonstrated that the money was duly transferred to the vendors, who by this time were all living abroad, through the Dresdner Bank.
http://www.theartnewspaper.com/articles/Advisory-body-to-German-government-finds-against-Jewish-claimants-for-the-m--Guelph-Treasure/32104


Savita Gupta did not know that her deceased father had kept old notes worth Rs. 83,000 in a bank locker, which was opened on March 6 following an order passed by the district judge.
Gupta's father had passed away on September 10, 2015.
Due some legal huddle with her sister about her properties, the locker was not opened till this March.
In the meantime, the RBI declared the legal tender of Rs. 500 and Rs. 1,000 invalid.
Now, she has approached the Supreme Court seeking a direction to the RBI to allow her to deposit the money under special circumstances.
Her counsel advocate Dhruv Goutam appeared before the bench headed by Chief Justice of India JS Khehar and submitted that despite the court order, the RBI has declined to accept the same.
The bench said it would hear the plea tomorrow along with other bunch of similar matters pending before it.
Gupta said she filed for letter of administration before the district and sessions judge, Shahdara in Delhi, in January 2016 and the proceedings were still pending.
During the course of the proceedings, the district judge ordered the opening of the safety locker on January 6, 2017, and for preparation of the inventory of the articles found therein.
The safety locker was opened in her presence on March 6, 2017, and the inventory was prepared as directed by the judge.
On opening of the safety locker, it was found that 76 Rs. 500 notes and 45 Rs. 1,000 notes were also in that locker.
However, those notes had become illegal, pursuant to the November 8, 2016, notification and could now be deposited only with the RBI.
The petitioner claimed that she personally visited the RBI Delhi office on March 21, 2017, and showed the certified copy of the court order to the designated staff.
The said person refused to deposit the old currency notes and stated that their instructions were to accept old currency notes only from persons who were abroad for the duration between November 8, 2016, and December 30, 2016.


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Life, Death and the Space Between
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Natal charts and how we use them to help us.
What it means to be born under a certain sign.
The various signs and the perspectives within the signs
Asdendant/ Rising sign
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How astrology helps us understand our personality
How astrology and psychology come together.
What does it mean for mercury to be retrograde.
What does it mean that Saturn and Jupiter are coming into conjunction.
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Q: What is the ibdata1 file in my /var/lib/mysql directory? Logging in to my Webmin control panel, I noticed that virtually all of my disk space is full. I searched for the ten largest files/ directories on my system and found that a file called ibdata1 is taking up around 94GB of space. It resides in my /var/lib/mysql directory.
What does ibdata1 do? Am I safe to remove it? My assumption is that it's a dump of some kind, but that's just a wild guess.

A: That file is ibdata1, not ibdatal and it contains all of your InnoDB databases. If you delete it, you lose all your data.
For some ideas on how to deal with it, see How to shrink/purge ibdata1 file in MySQL.

A: The file ibdata1 is the system tablespace for the InnoDB infrastructure.
It contains several classes for information vital for InnoDB

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*Table Data Pages

*Table Index Pages

*Data Dictionary

*MVCC Control Data

*Undo Space

*Rollback Segments

*Double Write Buffer (Pages Written in the Background to avoid OS caching)

*Insert Buffer (Changes to Secondary Indexes)

Please note ibdata1's place in the InnoDB Universe (on Right Side)

You can separate Data and Index Pages from ibdata1 by enabling innodb_file_per_table. This will cause any newly created InnoDB table to store data and index pages in an external .ibd file.
Example

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*datadir is /var/lib/mysql

*CREATE TABLE mydb.mytable (...) ENGINE=InnoDB;, creates /var/lib/mysql/mydb/mytable.frm

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*innodb_file_per_table enabled, Data/Index Pages Stored in /var/lib/mysql/mydb/mytable.ibd

*innodb_file_per_table disabled, Data/Index Pages Stored in ibdata1
No matter where the InnoDB table is stored, InnoDB's functionality requires looking for table metadata and storing and retrieving MVCC info to support ACID compliance and Transaction Isolation.
Here are my past articles on separating table data and indexes from ibdata1

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*Oct 29, 2010 : My Original Post in StackOverflow

*Nov 26, 2011 :  ERROR 1114 (HY000) at line 6308 in file & The table user_analysis is full

*Feb 03, 2012 : Scheduled optimization of tables in MySQL InnoDB

*Mar 25, 2012 : Why does InnoDB store all databases in one file?

*Apr 01, 2012 : Is innodb_file_per_table advisable?
WHAT TO DO NEXT
You can continue having ibdata1 stored everything, but that makes doing LVM snapshots real drudgery (my personal opinion).
You need to use my StackOverflow post and shrink that file permanently.
Please run this query:
SELECT
    ((POWER(1024,3)*94 - InnoDBDiskDataAndIndexes))/POWER(1024,3) SpaceToReclaim
FROM
(SELECT SUM(data_length+index_length) InnoDBDiskDataAndIndexes
FROM information_schema.tables WHERE engine='InnoDB') A;

This will tell how much wasted space can be reclaimed after applying the InnoDB Cleanup.

A: If you use innodb as MySQL engine by default will store all your databases into ibdata1. Also there are log files ib_logfile0 and ib_logfile1. Do not delete those files.

A: What nobody seems to mention is the impact innodb_undo_log_truncate setting can have.
Take a look at my answer at How to shrink/purge ibdata1 file in MySQL in StackOverflow.


8. We believe that every follower of Jesus should seek the infilling (baptism) of the Holy Spirit as a definite and distinct experience, that they might be endued with power for the Messiah's service. (Acts 1:4-5 & 8; Acts 2:1-18 & 38-39). However, this is not a prerequisite for salvation.
9. We believe disunity, Proverbs 6:16-19, with others in the congregation is detrimental and shall be disciplined according to Matthew 18:15-18, with the final decision left to the spiritual leader and board.


Interior Modifications: LED Overhead Lights, Second Battery, 2000 Watt Power Inverter, 6 switch panel for exterior lighting.
4/12/19 Where it stands today.
Last edited by Sugar16 on Sun Apr 14, 2019 11:14 am, edited 8 times in total.
This is still my daily driver and my last car payment is this month.... meaning more money for mods! The first thing was the Suspension lift.
The next step will be to change my Ball joints, control arm bushings and figure out a new strut to use, then I will get the body lift on. When I'm bored I just sit there and look at what I can/want to do, and there is a nice size list. This has been a long time coming and I am just now starting to be able to afford it. There will be more to come.
So far I've have managed to tear my front end all apart. I'm waiting for my lower control arm bushings to come in and it will be back together up front.
A few things have happened since my last post (all those years ago). Installed 3" body lift, bought a roof rack and installed, a few things for the inside which will be posted later on, and also got my MDB Winch Bumper kit built and put on. I plan to do a few more mod's to the bumper like some lights and a hoop for the grille.
Over the last couple weeks I have gotten a few things done. Added a tube to the front of the bumper and lined it with under coating, changed out the roof rack mounts, mounted and wired up the switch panel for lights, added a second battery, power inverter, wired up the winch, found a spare tire, added some lights to the rear and also got a 8.6 rear axle installed. I have a couple projects in progress right now. Built some rock sliders that are getting installed this weekend, also working on a 2 pod gauge mount for the "A" pillar. Here are a couple of pictures of it along the way.
Got the rock sliders put on this weekend. Also went and got a front differential that I am hoping to get installed this week.


The experts tell us it will be a few years for the housing market to make a full recovery, and I would say I agree with them. But I would also say I sure am getting a kick out of watching things improve, slowly though it is.
Several weeks ago I listed a home in the town of Cedarburg, and within a day of being on the market, we had multiple offers on it. Over the past few days, I received word of multiple buyers having a strong interest in another listing that's been on the market for nearly five months.
In recent weeks, I've had buyers (unfortunately) miss out on homes they had been thinking about because another buyer came along and wrote an offer. It seems like "sitting on the fence" may not be a very good strategy right now, even with those homes that have been on the market for a long time.
Buyers are out there, and they are ready to buy. They understand that with the low interest rates we have right now, their overall cost of owning a home will be less. They understand that the prices on homes are competitive and offer a great bargain. They understand that they may find themselves in a price war with another buyer if they aren't proactive now.
Thinking about buying a house? Don't get too comfortable on that fence.


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You can go ice fishing on the lake from the second half of December until May. It is no secret that winter fishing lures anglers much more than summer. One has only once decided to catch from under the ice of Baikal, as the desire to return again and again will not leave you. I think many would be interested to try this fascinating activity, but the lack of an experienced mentor and features of fishing in the winter and fishing tricks equates these thoughts to adventurous ones. In this article I will try to bring the experience of Baikal fishermen and the secrets of ice fishing on Lake Baikal from professionals to the reader's public.
The variety of species of Baikal fish is represented by more than fifty species. Among them should be noted omul, grayling and whitefish. In the coastal zone from December to May you can meet pike, perch, dace and sorghum. Whitefish with omul are deep fish, which are best caught in January-April, and grayling also in the period December-May. In Baikal, with its vast depths and rocky bottom, the most popular trophies of the fisherman are perch and its eternal companion roach, which are not widespread – they are found mainly in small grassy bays, so-called litters. Hence their generic name "sorov fish" (it is possible that the second Siberian name for roach, the sorog, originated from this root).
The most popular among Baikal hunters are shallow places on the East coast of the lake – Baikal litter, Proval Bay, Lake Arangatui, the Selenga river delta, Chivyrkuy Bay, and for the Irkutsk people, the Small Sea bays are the best place (the strait between the coast and Olkhon Island). The winter fishing season on Baikal opens from mid-December (the beginning of ice cover in the bays, the ice thickness reaches 10-15 cm, the central Baikal freezes in early January) and is extended until the end of April.
Secrets of experienced Baikal fishermen: in the first light, the fish stands in shallow water near the shore or among the reeds in quiet pre-mouth areas of the tributaries, actively feed and go to any bait. With an increase in the thickness of the ice, it "squeezes out" to the depth, schools of fish constantly move in search of places convenient for parking, and for anglers there come times when "fish was yesterday and tomorrow." Therefore, in December and January, they have to actively move long distances, and not because of the frost. Finding fish in the deaf, of course, is subject to a specific algorithm. If the newcomers from the city are drilling ice in different directions, focusing on depth, then local scientists will busily check for the presence of fish "shovels" and "prors". Here "shovels" are called sandbanks, located along the underwater continuation of the bed of the Selenga river flowing into the litter, and "breakthroughs" – washing in sandy spit fencing off litter from Baikal.
There is always a weak current on the "shoulder blades" and next to the "breakout", the bottom is not silted, the water is rich in oxygen – all this creates favorable conditions for underwater life. By March, the bite is stabilized, and the front of the search for fish becomes wider. In the spring belle to the depth, to the deep edges. In April, the fish gathers in spawning flocks, and since there is warm weather, the most fertile days come for the anglers.
The tackle for catching perch and sorghum in the Baikal version is peculiar, though not new in the fishing world, reminding the sea tyrant. To the main fishing line with a diameter of 0.25 mm loop in a loop at a distance of 7-10 cm from each other, leashes with front sights are attached, the fishing line itself is loaded with either a spoon or a sinker, below which the mormysk is mounted.
Udilnik is of the Finnish type, with a coil having a brake with self-resetting. The nod is from a clock spring, always with a wide ring, so that the freezing line during the game does not create false bites. The handle is made of foam material, where the flies catch when collecting gear. Udilniki type "balalaika" on Baikal is not held in high esteem.