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News Briefing, 2/12/2020
By Nolan Musslewhite '20, Will Holland '20, Priya Phillips '20, Liam Warin '20, and Will Nash '20
Nine Presidential Scholar Candidates on the Close
The U.S. Department of Education has announced the approximately 2,500 seniors who have qualified as candidates for application to the Presidential Scholars Program, grouped according to state of residence. Nine seniors on the Close—eight from St. Albans and one from NCS—counted among the nominees. They are:
Matthew Bruning (VA)
Matthew Chalk (DC)
Ian Chen (DC)
Jamie Hassett (DC)
David Hla (DC)
Nolan Musslewhite (DC)
Will Nash (DC)
Constantine Tsibouris (DC)
Gillian Moore (DC)
BEEF is Global—Multiple Popular Accounts Repost BEEF Club Video
STA BEEF Club video of Jack Muoio '20, dressed as moses, parting the "red sea" of fans at a basketball game was reposted to multiple famous Instagram accounts. Amassing a total of over 200,000 total views and eliciting hundreds of enthused responses in the comments, it is safe that BEEF has gone viral.
STA Administration Declines to Honor 2,070-year Anniversary of Rubicon Crossing
January 10 marked 2,070 years since Julius Caesar crossed the Rubicon River with his Thirteenth Legion, igniting a four-year period of civil war that brought an end to the Republic and laid the groundwork for the Roman Empire. When approached by St. Albans Classicists requesting recognition of the anniversary, however, administrators took issue with a prepared press release that termed the Roman Empire "the bedrock of modern West," deeming the statement "controversial." A similar event, the assassination of Julius Caesar on the Ides of March, 44 BC, had been commemorated by the administration in 2019 with no controversy following a similar Classicist appeal.
NCS's Annual Winter Formal Dance Goes without a Hitch
Capped off with a rousing speech by Ms. Dawson on the boys' behavior throughout the night, the Winter Formal festivities concluded stunningly. Held in Hearst Hall, the dance included a live DJ and many small "moshpits". Highlights of the night include a riveting group YMCA dance and Nick Maguidad '21 taking over the disk jockey stand and experiencing what it is like to be a DJ.
Government Club Returns after Hiatus
The coed Government Club returned from its holiday hiatus with spirited debates over General Soleimani, universal health care, and the Electoral College. The first was the best attended, and featured one of the closest votes of the school year. The Liberals carried the night 32–27 after a contentious discussion over the morality and legality of the general's death. The Club hopes to host speakers and watch parties as it readies itself for the election-year political cycle.
Dawson Marks Triumphant Return
Ms. Dawson has returned to campus after a reflective sabbatical during the first semester. Dawson teaches the extremely popular "Expository Writing" course, a perennial classic of St. Albans' English Department open to both St. Albans and National Cathedral students.
St. Albans Yearbook Cracks Down on Renegade Clubgoers
In a minutes-long announcement at the end of lunch, Yearbook Editor-in-Chief Nolan Musslewhite '20 chastised students to stay out of pictures for clubs they're not members of, especially in the bawdy after-lunch club-picture-taking crowds that had started to form in front of Senior Circle. Musslewhite also admonished the creation of farcical clubs in the weeks leading up to the photo deadline.
STA and NCS MUN Teams Experience Some Brotherly Love
The STA and NCS MUN teams travelled to Philadelphia for the Ivy League Model United Nations Conference (ILMUNC) a few weeks ago. They competed in committees covering a variety of contemporary and historical scenarios, such as the UN Security Council in the fight against terrorism, the government of Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria, and the Indian Parliament during the decolonization of the British Raj.
St. Albans Hosts Two Famous Speakers
St. Albans hosted both Chef José Andrés and Yale's award-winning historian David Blight in the past month. Andrés, an award-winning chef and former Nobel Peace Prize nominee, addressed both the St. Albans Lower and Upper Schools in the Cathedral last month, emphasizing his charitable work in disaster affected islands in the Carribean. Blight, author of Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom (winner of the 2019 Pulitzer Prize for History), spoke to the St. Albans Upper School about Douglass.
Ring Man Makes his Annual Visit
The Ring Man stopped by Bradley Commons during the advisory period on Tuesday, February 11th to measure Form VI boys' fingers for their class rings. Along with the ring man's return, the senior class also celebrated the 100th day of school with cupcakes and a pat on the back.
Bennet Drops Out
Following a long campaign, Colorado Senator and STA alum Michael Bennet '83 dropped out of the Democratic Primary on Tuesday after the announcement of the New Hampshire primary results. Bennet, a former member of Government Club, was a favorite of the females across the close for his "cuteness and dash of blonde hair".
Hockey loses, Basketball wins their respective quarter-final IAC Games
The St. Albans Varsity Hockey team ended their season with a well-fought but disappointing loss to the Landon Bears on Tuesday. Because Spaulding beat recently beat Georgetown Prep for the first time in fifteen years, the Bulldogs did not qualify for the MAPHL tournament. On a lighter note, the St. Albans Varsity Basketball team beat Georgetown Prep at Georgetown Prep later in the day on Tuesday. The team played particularly well all-around, but the injection of a newly-healthy Jackson Namian '21 added an extra spark to the Bulldog offense. They will play at St. Stephens St. Agnes on Wednesday.
Letter from the Editors: Back from the Ashes
Dear Close Community,
Well, here we are again. We'll refrain from making this a drawn-out, verbose, and long-winded letter and keep it brief: Tough times came our way, and the publication fell out of print. Habits were broken; vows were destroyed; promises were left unkept. We spiraled into nadir, and until today we shamefully wallowed in our demise.
But, like a phoenix, we have arisen from the ashes of decrepitude. Weekly issues have returned, along with the best, most thought-provoking, and most well-written content from our writers in the Close Community. Stay tuned, and, as always, reach out to us!
The Exchanged is back, and we're here to stay. We hope you enjoy.
The Editors-in-Chief
A Brief Survey of the History of Rome, Part III of X
A Brief Survey of the History of Rome (III of X)
By Nolan Musslewhite '20
Our journey through the annals of Rome has re-commenced! We concluded last time with Romulus, Rome's legendary founder and first king, dead. (A Brief Survey of the History of Rome, Part II of X)
The Priest, The Warrior, and The Builder: Through the Fourth King of Rome
Somewhat unusually, the Roman kingship was elective; the Senate nominated new kings during the interregna that followed monarchs' deaths, and the Assembly confirmed or rejected the nominees. The arrangements surrounding Romulus' succession were no exception; the lengthy, one-year interregnum that followed Romulus' death saw ten Senators rule as interregnes, or "between-kings," before Numa Pompilius was nominated and accepted as Rome's second king.
Numa Pompilius: The Pacifist and the Priest (r. 716–673 BC)
Numa's accession betokened a city exhausted from the constant conflict and rapid expansion of Romulus' reign: more scholar than fighter, Numa was famed for his disciplined lifestyle, religious dedication, and wisdom. Numa's selection marked a successful compromise between the Roman and Sabine factions of the population—though a Sabine himself, having been born in the town of Cures, his wide respect and uncontroversial status rendered him acceptable to each of the bickering factions.
Numa is chiefly remembered for his pacifism and his institution of the sacra, Rome's religious traditions. Among his first decrees as monarch was the dissolution of the guard that had comprised Romulus' personal entourage—an act both of peacemaking and self-preservation, as the guards' loyalty was questionable. One of Numa's most significant contributions was the establishment of several priestly orders, including pontifices and flamines (higher and lower classes, respectively, of standard priests), the Salii (the twelve so-called "leaping priests" of Mars), the fetiales (the priests who advised the Senate on treaties, foreign affairs, and official declarations of war), and the Pontifex Maximus, the high priest of Rome. Most significantly, he imported from Alba Longa the Vestal Virgins—the famed priestesses of Vesta (goddess of the hearth) who kept her sacred fire aflame as ceremonial stewards of all Rome. Numa also constructed several temples, including the famed Temple of Janus, whose doors were closed during peacetime and flung open during war. Tellingly, the doors remained closed for Numa's entire reign. Another of his lasting contributions was the institution of a twelve-month calendar adjusted to the solar and lunar years, with provisions for "holy" and "unholy" days. Throughout his reign, Numa asserted his direct connection to the gods by means of his marriage to Egeria, a nymph who supposedly furnished him with divine directives upon his periodic visits to her. Numa died of old age in 673 BC, having presided over a long period of peace and productivity in the City on the Tiber.
Tullus Hostilius: The Warrior (r. 673–642 BC)
Where Numa was priest, Tullus was warrior. Scornful of the godly obsession that had settled over the city and believing Rome to have grown "soft" under Numa's pacifism, Tullus Hostilius set about renewing the military prowess the city had enjoyed under Romulus and sought to expand its imperium, or "sphere of influence" (later "empire"). Tullus waged war on several neighboring peoples, including the Sabines (whom he defeated with a cavalry charge in a battle near Malitiosa Forest, inflicting heavy casualties), the confederated Veientes and Fidenates (whom he defeated even despite the treacherous retreat of Rome's Alban "allies"), and the people of Alba Longa, the ancient birthplace of Romulus. It is this final conquest for which Tullus is best known today.
Cattle begat the strife. When a small herd of the beasts wandered into Alban territory, and the relevant landowners refused to return them to Rome, Tullus did what any reasonable leader might have done: He declared war against all Alba Longa. Undaunted, the Albans marshalled themselves under their king, Cluilius, and marched to the outskirts of Rome. Quickly, they dug a trench—the aptly-named Cluilian trench—around the entire city. Soon, though, Cluilius perished of unspecified causes—"Cluilius… moritur," the Roman historian Livy helpfully elaborates: "Cluilius dies" (Ab Urbe Condita, 1.23.4). To replace Cluilius, the Albans appointed Mettius Fufetius as military dictator. The two leaders—Tullus and Fufetius—drew their armies up into battle and marched out to face each other. Neither side wanting to wage what would surely be a bloody and destructive war—for the neighboring Etruscans would have looked on with glee as their two main territorial rivals tore each other to shreds, ready to swoop in and conquer the weakened victor—Fufetius suggested a more efficient resolution: duel. Miraculously, each army had among its ranks a set of triplets: the Romans had the Horatii brothers, and the Albans had the Curiatii brothers. The teams of brothers would fight to the bloody death for their countries, and Tullus and Fufetius each entered into solemn vows, pledging that they would abide by the outcome of the fight. I borrow from Ragan to recount the conflict that ensued:
The contest was exciting: with two Horatians slain, but all three Curiatians wounded, the surviving Horatius began to flee! The Romans no doubt groaned, thinking their champion a coward. But there was method in this. For as he ran, he succeeded in separating the pursuing Curiatii whom he was able to fight individually and each of whom he killed. So, the Albans surrendered themselves and their town. The Romans, however, characteristic of these early wars, took the Albans as a whole into their citizen body; the town was destroyed—except for the temples—so that the Albans would become fully a part of their new community.
(W.B. Ragan III, Survey of Roman History: The Kings)
So, with that, Romulus' hometown was no more, living on only in the memory of its now-Roman residents. One final bow to tie the Alban knot: the Alban dictator, Fufetius, soon proved a treacherous man. In the aforementioned war against the Fidenates, it was he who pulled the Albans back from the fight, intending to linger in the backdrop until a winner was evident, at which point he would march out in "victory," pretending to have supported whoever won. Tullus, though, was no fool: perceiving Fufetius' treachery, he bade his calvary raise their spears, shielding the retreating Alban "allies" from view of his infantry and thus keeping the Roman morale intact, preserving Rome's chances of victory. After the battle, Tullus punished Mettius (or Metius) as he saw fit. I leave it to Virgil to recount the gory details of Metius' death as he is ripped limb from limb by four horses:
Near this, the traitor Metius, stretch'd between
Four fiery steeds, is dragg'd along the green,
By Tullus' doom: the brambles drink his blood,
And his torn limbs are left the vulture's food.
(Aeneid [tr. John Dryden], Book VIII)
In addition to these military conquests, Tullus is notable for his construction of a new Senate building—the Curia Hostilia—which lasted for over 500 years after his death. Alas, in his military grandeur Tullus had neglected the gods, and soon the city was afflicted with plague and famine as recompense for his scanty religiosity. Desperate, Tullus turned to the writings of his predecessor Numa, the expert on all things divine, and wildly but inaccurately attempted to perform the rituals described therein. The gods, in no mood to tolerate such tomfoolery, struck Tullus with a thunderbolt, setting both him and his palace alight and bringing an end to his 31-year rule.
Ancus Marcius: The Builder (r. 640–616 BC)
Perhaps weary again of conflict and conquest, the Romans chose the more subdued Ancus Marcius—grandson of Numa—as their fourth king. Where Tullus had erred in the eyes of the gods, Ancus charted a safer course: his first act as king was to have the religious rites laid down by Numa copied down and displayed to the public, lest they ever again be ill-performed.
By Ancus' time, Rome had become a profitable and well-positioned town controlling a respectable portion of Latium, the territorial region around the city. The city lay along the Via Salaria, or Salt Road, an ancient trading route that proved a welcome boon to the growing city. Taking advantage of the city's strategic position, Ancus sent out a colonia of citizens to found Ostia at the mouth of the Tiber, a crucial expedition that secured the surrounding salt flats (providing a reliable revenue stream for the fledgling city) and extended Roman territory to the sea. He constructed the first bridge across the Tiber, the Pons Sublicius (Sublician Bridge), in 642 BC. The continued arrival of Etruscans from the north, skilled engineers in "stone, road building, and swamp drainage," further complemented Ancus' infrastructure projects (Ragan). He built Rome's first prison, the Mamertine Prison (which, in the following centuries, housed a number of high-profile prisoners, including Vercingetorix, Jugurtha, St. Peter, and Sejanus), atop the Capitoline Hill. He fortified the Janiculum Hill on the west bank of the Tiber, dug a ditch fortification (the Fossa Quiritium) on the city's landward side, and constructed Rome's first aqueduct.
Though more peaceful than his predecessor, Ancus shrank not from conflict; he fought against the Latins, conquering the town of Politorum (whose residents were relocated to the base of the Aventine Hill in Rome)—and later reconquering and destroying it when it was re-settled by more Latin peoples—along with Tellenae, Ficana, and Medullia, a conquest that brought loot to the coffers of Ancus and resettled Latins to the base of the Palatine Hill. These resettlements, along with a growing population and growing social stratification, helped form the early stages of the plebeian class at Rome. Furthermore, he expanded Roman territory into the Maesian Forest, seizing it from the Veientes.
After 24 years of successful rule, Ancus, the last of Rome's Latin-Sabine kings, died, bringing to a close a period of economic and territorial expansion, infrastructure development, and social growth for the adolescent town on the banks of the Tiber.
Thus we conclude the third chapter of our brief history of Rome, with four successful kings etched into the people's memory and new rulers from the north poised to take the throne.
Special thanks to Mr. Ragan.
The N-Word Isn't the Problem. America Is.
Anaya Rodgers '20
As black people, we are constantly met with checks on our freedom, traveling through a crossroads of being property, and seeking ownership of both the self and otherwise. Historically, we've had to ask for basic humanity, equality, and liberty of both our actions and our speech. This pattern of asking for permission to live freely is one that has existed since the creation of race in the seventeenth century. The foundation of race introduced white supremacy, something that effectively ruined race relations. As we all know, feelings of white supremacy led to the bondage of black people for hundreds of years. During this era of slavery, the word n****r was used to create a psychological and physical barrier between black and white people. Unfortunately, this word makes appearances in current times as well; I am a victim of this violence. Over time, n****r became Negro, Negro became colored, and, in the 1970s, African-American made its first appearance. These transitions, however, have not been seamless. The recognition of how we are identified by others and the identity we create for ourselves presents a unique double consciousness (W.E.B. Dubois) of the self. The necessity to be aware of perception and reality simultaneously is a feat with which we have been tasked, sometimes for survival, and the Close is no exception.
I am a bridge person (Carolyn Forché) between my identities at home and at school, a trait termed "code-switching," and I know I am not alone in this. The question here becomes, Why do I feel the need to mask either of my identities? For two reasons: either I would be ostracized from the community for my apparent otherness, or my otherness would become the focal point of my personality and I would become an entertainer like a joker amidst royalty, my vernacular becoming comedy. At PWIs like NCS and STA, the n-word manifests in a very similar way. Depending on the use, frequency, and culture surrounding the word, the user and the community will react a certain way. In this sense, the n-word is a microcosm of the troublesome, unspoken, and awkward relations between black and white people. In my opinion and evidently, the use of the n-word by black people is not the scapegoat of the tension between the races, and the notion that it is is factually false yet historically accurate. The expectation that blacks should eliminate this word, one that has been reclaimed by the community to be a term of familiarity and endearment, is another limit on our freedom of speech. Black people are not responsible for the comfort of others, especially considering our American experience has only been uncomfortable, though this is the role we have been forced into.
In conclusion, each black American has the right to choose whether or not to exercise this word in their vocabulary, in white or racially diverse or black spaces. And any person educated on the history of the word or the racism blacks face has the responsibility to respect the reality of black Americans. Again, the Close, a community of highly educated students, is no exception. Obviously, this word may be weird to hear, but this simply represents that race continues to be a weird, tense, and awkward subject that no one wants to discuss, but at some point must be acknowledged. And until then, the presence of the n-word is merely a grain of salt compared to the mountain of unrepaired history.
The Sh*t I Believe In
By Katie Ambrose '20
It all started one morning in ninth-grade physics. Before class, I was chatting with a friend about the irregularity of my bowel movements. Soon, others got curious, and before I knew what was happening, the matter in my toilet bowl had become the centerpiece of class-wide discussion. About two minutes later, my physics teacher emerged from a corner of the classroom. He had been there the entire time. I stood there stunned while the whole classroom erupted in laughter. "Katie, you might have IBS," he said.
By November of my first year at a new high school, I had established myself as Poop Girl. You know Poop Girl: the one who, upon first meeting you, tells you about the sushi that gave them food poisoning the night before. You're left there straddling a strange space between comfort and discomfort. That was a bit odd, but at least she feels comfortable around me. Why did she tell me that? But then suddenly you have the urge to tell them something personal too. Exchange a secret. Take your mask off. Indulge in the rare delicacy of unabridged conversation, everyone's guilty pleasure.
While I'd been Poop Girl my entire life, the ease with which I inhabited my high school niche was impressive. Concerning. It's not that I'm particularly vile or cruder than anyone else; it's just that I tend to (over)share those details with others. I don't get embarrassed easily.
It's easy to assume that being Poop Girl would make you a pariah. In my experience however, the effect has been the opposite. People like me for the same reasons that make me Poop Girl; my relatability, honesty, authenticity, and occasional controversy. I am the president of my class, founder of a revered school meme page, and well-respected in my community. Being weird is precisely why I'm popular.
The fact is, people feel more comfortable looking up to those in whom they see reflections of themselves. There is a shared humanity within every poop joke, public mental breakdown, audible fart and the sheepish "sorry that was me" that occasionally follows.
I believe vulnerability is fundamental to leadership. Poop girls—quite literally—run shit. Nancy Pelosi, Betty Friedan, Tina Fey, just to name a few. Not all these women talk about their feces (the "poop" in Poop Girl serves a metaphorical purpose), but each of them has talked about the thing no one wants to talk about. Poop Girls get the conversation started. They lead. In fact, "Poop Girl" is a term I learned from a former student government president and one of my closest friends. Peyton was the first person who made me feel comfortable relating leadership and vulnerability. Within our first student government meeting she made a poop joke. Something about Hot Cheetos (we had them for snack that day) and instantly everyone opened up. Peyton taught me that effective leadership comes from a place of honesty and vulnerability. Doing that requires an equal amount of humility and pride.
The final line of my supplemental essay to my top-choice college was a poop joke: a play on our philosophical "duty," which is, in my words, just a "prolonged ideological constipation." This was a calculated risk. I never showed it to my college counselor because I was afraid she would tell me to delete it. In a world where presentation is everything, stale was not the best way to market myself. Despite knowing this, I felt this unexplainable urge to keep it in. And so, I did.
I got in. Furthermore, I think the poop joke was why I got in. It stuck out among a sea of stodgy, stale, safe essays that all impressed the same air of prudence. A poop joke at the end of a college essay communicates something that words cannot: confidence, quirk, candor? Yes, but also leadership. Most of all, leadership.
I believe in Poop Girl. I believe in poop jokes. I believe in a bowel movement. But most of all, I believe in the duty we owe to each other.
In Breaking the Glass Ceiling, Feminists Rain Shards on the Crowd
By Liza Peoples '20
Feminism has become such an intrinsic characteristic of NCS's collective identity that few consider any alternative reality outside of our bubble. A 2018 CBS news poll indicates that 46% of women ages 18 to 35 self-identify as feminists, and a YouGov poll shows that only 38% of women overall accept the label, both results that tend towards overestimation. Even so, one would be hard pressed to find individuals who truly don't believe in female-male equality: They surely exist, but don't represent most of the population.
Feminism, as Merriam-Webster defines it, is the belief in the political, economic, and social equality of the sexes. Its first wave began in 1848 at the Seneca Falls convention for female voting rights, a milestone achieved more than seven decades later in 1920. The second wave, inspired by the civil rights movement of the 60s, focused on birth control and sex discrimination laws. The current third wave, shaped by the birth of intersectional feminism, has strayed far beyond traditional feminism and strongly associated itself with the leftist agenda.
The annual Women's March has been a central event for the movement since its initiation in 2017. Although supposedly a march for "women's rights," this event has entirely missed the mark, and might more accurately be characterized as an anti-Trump rally. Many, including myself, don't find themselves represented at the event, demonstrated by some of the key focuses of the 2020 march: reproductive health, rights and justice, climate justice, and immigration. Some of the March's partners include Planned Parenthood and the #voteprochoice organization. I cannot support a movement that doesn't protect the rights and lives of the youngest women in our society. These marches and protests are always littered with signs trumpeting "my body my choice" and "stay out of my body." Well, "feminists," a fetus is not your body. At 14 weeks, the baby's heart pumps four quarts of blood; at 9-10 weeks, the teeth form and fingernails begin to develop. At 4 weeks the eyes, legs, and hands begin to take shape and brain waves are detectable. At 3 weeks, the backbone and spinal column form, and at day 22 the heart is already beating. Yet the feminist movement claims that I as a woman am somehow "against women's bodily autonomy" for believing that such murder is not acceptable and should not receive support or funding from our government.
The march is a huge missed opportunity to join together and advocate for issues we all agree on: improvement to the foster care system, improved access to resources for single parents, and other similar campaigns. However, just as it has failed to breach consensus topics, the event's goals exclude women who don't want further government regulation in the environmental sector and still believe that illegal immigration is detrimental. The term "intersectionality" in the modern feminist movement goes far beyond the inclusion of all physical identities; instead, it connects the empowerment of women to the promotion of liberal policy.
The event also partners with Supermajority, an organization founded by Cecile Richards, a former president of Planned Parenthood, and Alicia Garza, a founder of Black Lives Matter. People can be involved in multiple causes, but among these leadership figures there is a clear lack of pro-life women, pro-2A women, and women who support law enforcement and strong borders. Today's feminist movement lacks such intellectual diversity and leaves many feeling unwelcome and unrepresented by their goals.
Furthermore, the movement has faced negative press due to the foul qualities of its leaders, including Linda Sarsour, a Palestinian-American activist, and Tarika Mallory, a gun control activist. Both stepped down in 2019 following their anti-Semitic comments and refusal to denounce their association with the Nation of Islam organization led by Louis Farrakhan—the man who made this sickening statement during a speech in February of just last year: "Pedophilia and sexual perversion institutionalized in Hollywood and the entertainment industries can be traced to Talmudic principles and Jewish influence. Not Jewish influence, Satanic influence under the name of Jew." Do we as women really want to stand behind a movement that is so closely intertwined with such vile, false, and patently anti-Semitic hatred? What is worse, this organization was largely responsible for providing the "security" at the 2018 Women's March. There is no question as to why some participants could have felt unsafe at that event.
There is nothing wrong with having an agenda, but a movement shouldn't claim to be something it is not. The feminist movement should not claim to fight for all women on an egalitarian platform, while simultaneously advocating for reform on issues that aren't universal among women. In breaking the glass ceiling, so to speak, the modern feminist movement rains shards on the rest of us.
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Stockman, Farah. "Women's March Roiled by Accusation of Anti-Semitism." The New York Times, The New York Times, 23 Dec. 2018, www.nytimes.com/2018/12/23/us/womens-march-anti-semitism.html
The Study Break Podcast Introduction
The Study Break Introduction
Hi everyone! This year, we are debuting a new podcast called The Study Break hosted by NCS students! This year's hosts are Avery Watkins '20, Anaya Rodgers '20, Sophia Maguigad '21, Sarah Asher '21, and me, Nisa Quarles '21. We'll be discussing all things the Close and interviewing your favorite students who you know and love. Be sure to tune in to our preview and follow us on Instagram @studybreakers! Remember: if you want to procrastinate, listen to The Study Break!
F Day Mornings
By Jada Fife '20
One day a cycle, teachers take an hour out of the schedule to have a meeting, creating the F-day morning flex period. How students use this opportunity is up to them. However, given the type of students on the Close, few let it go to waste. According to countless interviews with NCS students, trying to convince them to join Jazz Band, the majority spend the morning studying. Others sleep either at home or at school. The minority participate in an intensive group, such as Jazz Band or Mads, which only can exist thanks to this longer flex period within the school day.
I am in this minority. I spent my F-day mornings in the NCS Athletics Center with the Jazz Band. For me, this flex period provides an amazing opportunity to not think about academics or applications, while still being productive, and therefore, not feeling the guilt of procrastination.
Yes, F-day mornings are just another opportunity for Close students to indulge in the masochist pleasure of over-scheduling our lives, but that's just who we are. If I weren't in Jazz Band, I would either be studying or sleeping in from studying late the night before. Therefore, doing some productive procrastination via playing jazz really isn't so bad.
The Merits of Coed Clubs
By Martín Villagra-Riquelme '20
At STA and NCS, even though we are single-sex schools, we have a lot of opprtunities to interact with each other, but the best places to form friendships are the co-ed clubs. Academically, the average STA or NCS's student's interactions with the other school can amount to just AmLit along with a few popular English electives, but these interactions can often feel forced. With Closewide clubs, which a student voluntarily does, interactions are more organic since you're working together for a common goal like a performance or a meet instead of individually aiming for an A or a B for the semester. Although I've always felt comfortable in NCS and around NCS students since my mom (Sra. Riquelme) works there, the biggest reason why half of my friend group is from NCS is because I've always been involved in co-ed groups like the Thespian Society, Chorale/Mads, and Voyageur. In these groups, students from the opposite school aren't just classmates; they're the people who help you with lines, help you in a song, help you climb a wall, but, most importantly, they're the people that help you create a fun environment where you grow off of each other. All it takes is a bit of effort to reach out to them.
One of the reasons why NCS and STA students can feel so far apart from each other even though we're less than a block away is because of our different cultures and our lack of organic interactions with each other. While we cannot force everyone to join a co-ed club, the best way to bridge this 300-yard gap between us is to encourage both STA and NCS students to form and join these types of groups, then we can be actual brother-sister schools.
I Thought My Life Was Hard Until I Watched Tall Girl
By Anita Li '21
Rating: 5/5 Stig Mohlins
On September 13th, 2019, my life was changed forever with the release of Tall Girl on Netflix. Ever since the trailer for Tall Girl appeared on YouTube in late August, I had been counting down the days to its release. I was enthralled by the poignant storyline featuring a white, middle-class, female that's 6'1 who thinks she's ugly because she's a bit tall (a real source of hardship for teenage girls, far worse than eating disorders and depression). For those of you who are unfortunate enough to have not seen the cinematic masterpiece that is Tall Girl, the movie is about a girl named Jodi Kreyman who's ostracized for her height by her classmates. Because of her height, guys don't like Jodi except for this Shawn Mendes lookalike named Dunkleman who's had a crush on her since forever, but obviously he doesn't count as a real romantic interest because he's short. Luckily, a tall attractive Swedish international student named Stig Mohlin arrives at Jodi's school, but he's taken away from Jodi by the evil Kimmy Stitcher, who realistically represents high school bullies with an entire Sephora store's worth of makeup on her face and a complete blowout. The rest of the movie shows the immense barriers that Jodi overcomes to realize that wearing size 13 Nikes is okay. She also gets a boyfriend, because who is a woman without a man?
I'm so thankful for a movie like Tall Girl because it has shed light on the systematic oppression that afflicts tall white women and I honestly feel so ashamed that I wasn't aware of that before. There are already so many movies with minorities, members of the LGBTQ+ community, and other demographics that face discrimination every day. There is already so much awareness around poverty, hunger, and a lack of potable water in developing countries but before Tall Girl, there was no conversation around the misery that tall women experience daily. We need to see more tall white women on the big screen! As an Asian-American who is already heavily represented in pop culture and media, it saddens me that young tall white girls see no one that looks remotely like them on TV. Luckily, they now have this amazing movie.
Jodi Kreyman is a great role model for young girls to look up to! It is so admirable how she stands up for herself by kissing Stig even though he is already dating Kimmy. Additionally, I love how she rejects a guy who's liked her since childhood because he's shorter than her. She's the perfect representation of how a 21st century woman should act. Jodi also deals with adversity flawlessly. When Kimmy ruthlessly prank calls Jodi, she hides in a bathroom stall in embarrassment. Also, when her parents try to boost Jodi's self-esteem by introducing her to a club for tall people (ugh, parents can be so rude), she locks herself in her room and refuses to talk to them. Her courage and kindness make her a true hero. We should all be like Jodi Kreyman.
Besides the exceptional content, the script of this movie is also phenomenal. Here are some of my favorite Tall Girl quotes:
Dunkleman: "The combined strength of your tall gene and his tall gene creates a zygote in your belly the size of an above-average sized watermelon. So that would mean that that puppy's coming out Caesarean. Do you really wanna go through the rest of your life with a big, old scar on that beautiful torso of yours?"
Jodi's friend Fareeda: "He makes a valid point."
Fareeda: "So, thank you, soul chipper. In fact, that's your new nickname. Soul Chipper."
Kimmy: "Taylor Swift? More like Taller Swift."
Jodi's older sister Harper: "Man, do I look fat on camera. For the next three weeks, if you see me eating carbs, I need you to slap me across the face."
Jodi: "Okay, fine."
I hope I've convinced everyone to watch Tall Girl. It has changed my life for the better in more ways than I can count. Recently, American media has started to increase representation and Tall Girl is a tremendous step in the right direction. I hope directors and screenwriters continue these conversations about how height discrimination causes massive emotional damage.
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Ever wondered what would happen when a group of football professionals, an astronaut in training and 30 children are in one room? Last week more than 30 primary school children explored what it would take to become an astronaut and learned how to build their own rockets with University of Leicester's Suzie Imber and Leicester City Football Club Community Trust and the National Space Centre.
The event marked the launch of a new education programme, 'City Science Stars' which have been developed as part of the Premier League Primary Stars programme, led by LCFC Community Trust, aiming to target intervention. Premier League Primary Stars uses the appeal of the Premier League and professional football clubs to inspire children to learn, be active and develop important life skills.
The day was filled with fun tasks, resilience tests, and rocket launching and building, familiarising the children with the skills both footballers and astronauts use in their careers, with the day also being filmed for BBC Sport's Match of the Day 'Premier League in the Community' feature.
Tasks the children took part in made them question and think about the skills footballers and astronaut's share. One challenge required the children to navigate a football around cones with googles, turning their vision upside down.
Since winning BBC Two's 'Astronauts: Do You Have What It Takes?' Suzie Imber, Associate Professor in Space Physics at the University has worked with over 20,000 school children across the country, with 'City Science Stars' the most recent collaboration she has been working on.
Dr Imber said: "The idea is to get them interested in Science and thinking about what they could do in their future at this age, when they're still impressionable.
After reminding the children they were going to appear on TV and introducing Suzie to them, another surprise followed as LCFC legend Matt Elliott and Club Mascot Filbert the Fox joined, being greeted with cheers and applause.
Matt who played for Leicester City from 1997-2005, helped the children navigate between tasks.
To complete the day, the children gathered outside, counting down to see the rockets they had built launch into the sky whilst Match of the Day filmed Suzie activate them. It was an excelling end to the day, allowing the children to experience the achievements they had made from start to finish.
For more information about Primary Stars and the collaboration click HERE. To watch the feature on BBC's Match of the Day, tune in on Sunday 6 May, or view online here.


Introduction of the 'All New' Gibson EH-185.
Gibson 1940 EH-185 combo amp and steel.
Oct. 1, 1940's big intro of the Charlie Christian replacement pickup. Smaller magnets, pole-pieces that adjust, a nice slanted angle.....a great start for the short-lived prewar electrics!
This EH-185 FON F1480-4 was in a batch of 50 EH's that began shipping Dec. 1940. They shipped this batch fairly steady until the end of May 1941. One was shipped in June, one in July, one in August and then nothing until the last two were shipped March 2, 1942. The EH on this page was one of those last two shipped in 1942 to Grossman Music Co.
FON F1480-4. Shipped from the Gibson factory on March 2, 1942 to Grossman Music Co.
Gibson's 1st and 2nd versions of the EH-185. The very first version had a black painted insert and was shipped in 1939.
Front and back of a prewar Gibson EH-185.
Gibson logo cut-out of metal and mounted onto a solid cast piece. Original Kluson tuners mounted on the side. For those of you that encounter EH-185 tuners, they are specific to vertical mounts...thus, they will not fit onto regular EH-150's.
Brownish/grey crinkle paint applied to the cast metal insert. The first EH-185's(1939) will have a smooth coat of black paint.
Hardware required to complete this piece. Note the 2nd tuner left-side is a Grover. Look at the photo above and you will see I had found an exact replacement Kluson tuner to make the set complete.
Cast insert removed from the maple body. Note the rosewood fretboard is still attached and the 'all new' slanted P-90 pickup is also mounted to the insert.
Reverse side of the cast insert. Note the screw holes along the neck used to attach the rosewood fretboard.
Inside of the maple body and the cast insert.
Fretboard, cast insert and maple neck.
'49' stamped to the underside of the cast insert.
3 layers of white-black-white binding start at the shoulders and wrap around the body.
Inside of the maple body.
'10' stamped on the maple neck that is inserted into the body.
FON F1480-4 is rubber stamped 1480F in reverse inside of the maple body.
This angle provides a great perspective on the pieces required to complete the EH-185 maple body.
Cast insert attached to the maple body. Note the nickel-plated bridge is screwed onto the cast insert with 3 screws.
Cast insert with close-up of crinkle paint. Note the two very long screws that are used for pickup adjustment.
Non-slip diamond grip applied to the underside to all EH-185's(it was more round on the first versions in '39). Many EH-185's are missing this grip because it rubbed off over the years.
Original Geib case lined with brown felt on the inside and aeroplane 'tweed' covering on the outside. Many, many of these cases were beat up over the years (most were shoved in closets, under beds or basements).
This case is really cool because it sports an Eastern Airlines sticker! Great vintage vibe!
Two versions of the prewar Gibson EH-185 along with matching Gibson EH-185 amplifier.


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Samuel W. Alderson (Cleveland,  — Marina del Rey, ) foi um inventor estadunidense. É conhecido por seu desenvolvimento dos bonecos de teste de impacto.

Estudou na Universidade da Califórnia em Berkeley, tutelado por Robert Oppenheimer e Ernest Lawrence, porém não completou seu doutorado.

Alderson morreu em sua casa em Marina del Rey, vitimado por complicações de uma mielofibrose idiopática.

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National Inventors Hall of Fame
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The Law of Visitation Rights Grandparents, Siblings & Domestic Partners
Often third parties such as grandparents, stepparents, and domestic partners of a biological parent have established a relationship with a minor child and desire to continue that relationship through regular contact with the child. The standards considered by the court in determining whether to award third parties visitation access to a minor child are discussed below. Essentially, the natural parent's proposed schedule of access is deemed to be presumptively in the minor child's best interest, and a third party has to show either parental unfitness or exceptional circumstances warranting visitation or custody rights exist. If the third party demonstrates either parental unfitness or exceptional circumstances, then the court will consider what schedule would be in the minor child's best interest.
FL § 9‑102 provides that an equity court may consider a petition for reasonable visitation of a grandchild by a grandparent; and if the court finds it to be in the best interests of the child, grant visitation rights to a grandparent. The statute applies to intact family situations also, there is no presumption in favor of grandparent visitation. In Koshko v. Haining, 398 Md. 404, 921 A.2d 171 (2007), the Court of Appeals held that "there must be a finding of either parental unfitness or exceptional circumstances demonstrating the current or future detriment to the child, absent visitation from his or her grandparents, as a prerequisite to application of the best interests analysis. Accordingly, we overrule the portions of Fairbanks, Maner, Beckman, Herrick, and Wolinski that are inconsistent with this holding." The Court of Appeals in Koshko noted in footnote 23 that "At any evidentiary hearing on a petition, the petitioners must produce evidence to establish their prima facie case on the issue of either parental unfitness or exceptional circumstances as well as evidence sufficient to tip the scales of the best interests balancing test in their favor." In Janice K. v. Margaret
K., 404 Md. 661, 948 A.2d 73 (2008), the Court of Appeals held that Maryland does not recognize "de facto" parenthood status and held that in order to overcome the "constitutional rights of a legal parent to govern the care, custody, and control of his or her child, even a person who would qualify as a de facto parent, who seeks visitation or custody, must demonstrate exceptional circumstances" or parental unfitness as a prerequisite to the court's consideration of the best interests of the child.
A natural parent's proposed schedule of visitation is entitled to a rebuttable presumption that it is in the best interests of the child. Wolinski v. Browneller, 115 Md. App. 285, 693 A.2d 30 (1997). In Brice v. Brice, 133 Md. App. 302, 754 A.2d 1132 (2000), the Court of Special Appeals reversed a trial court's order establishing a visitation schedule between the paternal grandparents and the child that was against the mother's wishes. Under the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Troxel v. Granville, 530 U.S. 57, 120 S. Ct. 2054, 147 L.Ed. 49 (2000), application of FL § 9-102 violated mother's constitutional due process right, i.e. her fundamental right to rear her child, where there was no showing she was unfit and mother did not oppose some visitation with the paternal grandparents. The appellate court did not invalidate the Maryland statute. The Court of Special Appeals, in In re: Tamara R., 136 Md. App. 236, 764 A.2d 844 (2000), analyzed Troxel v. Granville and applied the principles to a sibling visitation matter. "We conclude that the state's interest in the protection of a minor child who has been removed from her parent's care is sufficiently compelling to justify overriding her parent's opposition to visitation with her sibling, if there is evidence that denial of sibling visitation also would harm the sibling whom the separated child seeks to visit." In Herrick v. Wain, 154 Md.App. 222, 838 A.2d 1263 (2003), the Court of Special Appeals affirmed a Circuit Court for Montgomery County Order granting maternal grandmother visitation; trial court had considered surviving father's concerns and the evidence rebutted presumption that father's preferred schedule was in child's best interest. See also Frase v. Barnhart, et. al., 379 Md. 100, 840 A.2d 114 (2003).
Both parents are necessary parties to the third party's action, pursuant to Maryland Rule 2‑211.
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This week is a huge milestone for one of the classical Disney movies. Sleeping Beauty turns 60 years old. 60 YEARS! So, it's only fitting that we celebrate with these fantastic Sleeping Beauty inspired recipes.
Side note: Most of these recipes are from the Disney Family collection, but this post is in no way shape or form sponsored by Disney Family. I just really like the recipes from their community.
Okay, let's go check them out!
A simple yet fun recipe that fulfills those sweet and salty cravings! Thanks to a Disney Family contributor, you can now create your own fairy wands and bring a magical spark to your Sleeping Beauty celebrations! Check out the recipe here!
These sweet treats are absolutely stunning. With the fun mix of blue and pink coloured cupcake base sets the tone for the overall look of this recipe! It's from another Disney Family contributor, so you too can make your own batch of this duelling coloured treat. Check out the recipe here. And if you need a visual, check out the video tutorial below!
I've always wondered when Princess Aurora woke up, is she hungry after being asleep for so long? I know I would. Jessica McDonald (also from Disney Family) shares with us this healthy yet tasty smoothie bowl! Check out the recipe here!
If Princess Aurora can have her own smoothie bowl, why not Maleficent. Still a healthy option, Jessica (from The Healthy Mouse) shares with us her recipe to make this a delightfully tropical and sweet flavour. Check out the recipe here!
While we are on the train of regal evils, this beautiful creation is by another Disney Family contributor. Individual sized, and it even comes with the horns. Check out this recipe here and if you need a visual guide, check out the video below!
This milkshake brings all the kids to the kitchen! That's right! It's a Mal inspired milkshake! Can't go wrong with this two-toned delicious drink. Thanks to Sarah (from Sweet Lil You) this version is great for all ages. Check out the recipe here!
For the adults wanting more of a boozy drink, the Tipsy Bartender has you covered. He recreates this recipe by Cocktails by Cody. This gorgeous drink may take some practice to get the layering technique pat down. Keep practicing and you too can make this drink at home! Check out the recipe here and the video tutorial below!
To finish us off, Vickie Liu (from Disney Family) shows us how we can make our own towering blue cake – in donut form! With a strategically placed edible broomstick, this towering cake can be easily seen as the cake made by the fairies. Just note that the recipe is near the end of the post. Check out this fun recipe here!
We hope you have the happiest of birthdays Princess Aurora and Maleficent! Happy 60th!
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This October, four fellow Fulbright grantees and I tagged along on a CIEE (Council on International Educational Exchange) trip to Normandy, France. It was three days packed with European culture on which we bonded over the grandeur of Mont Saint Michel, French speaking tour guides, and truly excellent moulle frit.
One of our first stops was Le Pointe Du Hoc, a 100 meter high cliff jutting out into the sea which the Germans used as a vantage point to prevent boats from landing on the surrounding beaches. It was the mission of the Rangers (to whom the memorial on Le Pointe is dedicated) to scale the cliffs and neutralize the German weapons. It is safe to say (even after just finishing Saving Private Ryan on the bus) that I was in no way prepared for the awe I felt stepping onto the field at Pointe Du Hoc. The beautiful Normandy coast  steely water, imposing cliffs, overcast sky, and tall rippling grass  was riddled like swiss cheese. Every two meters was a giant crater formed from the ten kilotons of explosives that Pointe Du Hoc was hit with by the end of D-Day. These craters were so numerous we had to watch our step so as not to slide into one. Not quite so numerous, but still very present, were the remains of German bunkers. They were massive concrete structures built just below the ground with walls a meter thick at least. Standing inside, the bunkers seemed indestructible; but just a few steps away were hunks of stone blasted apart as if they were legos.
We visited other beautiful and touching World War II memorial sites during our long weekend (Omaha Beach, the American Cemetery, and the port at Arromanches). But for me, being surrounded at Pointe Du Hoc by such physical representations of the chaos of the war and the bravery of the soldiers was a truly humbling experience. I felt a kinship to my fellow Americans during this trip, but also a stronger connection, and gratefulness, to the people of Belgium and France for the memorials that remind us of what our countries went through together.


Having promised well, the third Test match turned out disappointingly. When it was left drawn yesterday, England were 39 for two in their second innings, Australia having made a token declaration at tea time, 260 runs ahead with two hours left for play.
So England preserve their lead in the series, Australia having done nothing very much to relieve them of it. Both sides were, overall, over-cautious, and Australia had rather less reason to be so than England. To regain the Ashes, Australia must now win both the remaining Test matches. The fourth Test starts in Melbourne on Boxing Day, the fifth in Sydney on January 10.


Community Sports Camps aims to provide an engaging and challenging environment for children to improve their skills, make new friends and ultimately have fun! Our goal is reduce barriers to participation, make a lasting impression and encourage ongoing involvement in sport for boys and girls of all abilities.
Program delivered around values of improving skills, making friends and having fun!
Community Sports Camps is now and will be in the future has been developing for a number of years through the interaction of all the current business owners. As owners, we have come from different areas of expertise but are united in our understanding of the importance of and passion for children being involved in physical activity.


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June weather forecast and climate
Ribadesella, Spain
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Weather in Junio
Average sea temperature in June
Average daylight in June
In Ribadesella, Spain, in Junio, the average water temperature is 17.8°C (64°F).
Note: For swimming, a surface water temperature of 17.8°C (64°F) is not enjoyable for the majority. It is not considered safe, as controlling breathing becomes progressively more difficult as water temperature decreases below 21°C (69.8°F).
The month with the longest days is Junio, with an average of 15.4h of daylight.
What is the sea temperature in Junio in Ribadesella?
In Junio, the average sea temperature is 17.8°C (64°F). For most, swimming in 17.8°C (64°F) is not an enjoyable activity. Furthermore, controlling your breathing becomes progressively more difficult as the water temperature decreases from 21°C (69.8°F) to 15°C (59°F).
When are the longest days in Ribadesella?
The month with the longest days in Ribadesella, Spain, is Junio, with an average of 15.4h of daylight.
How many hours of daylight does Ribadesella have in Junio?
In Ribadesella, the average length of the day in Junio is 15.4h.
Average sea temperature in June: 17.8°C
Coldest months (with the lowest average sea temperature) are February and March (12.8°C).
Average daylight in June: 15.4h
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Live This Summer, Tuesdays On The Terrace, SOAR Farmers Market At MCA
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Returning to the outdoor sculpture garden this summer, the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago hosts the popular jazz concert series Tuesdays on the Terrace featuring Chicago's quintessential jazz musicians performing on the MCA's terrace. Every Tuesday evening from June 1 to August 31, 2021, Tuesdays on the Terrace features a line-up of the city's premiere jazz vocalists, composers, and instrumentalists and is free to the public with advance reservations.
Presented in a safe, socially distant format, visitors can enjoy light fare and refreshments from the bar, and bring their own food while relaxing on the terrace and sculpture garden lawn. Reservations for individuals and groups are limited due to capacity restrictions and will be available online starting Wednesday, May 18, at noon at www.mcachicago.org or by calling the MCA Box Office at 312.397.4010. The performances take place from 5:30-8 pm every Tuesday with support from Luminarts and media sponsor WDCB 90.9 FM.
The MCA also hosts the SOAR Farmers Market on the front plaza from 7 am to 2 pm every Tuesday from June 1 to October 25, 2021. Vendors at the European-style outdoor market offer ready-to-eat lunch options and a colorful variety of fresh fruit and vegetables, cut and potted flowers, baked goods, cheeses, and spices. Out of the more than 30 popular Farmers Markets throughout Chicago, the SOAR Farmers Market at the MCA is the only one in the Streeterville area.
Every Tuesday at the MCA is Community Free Day, when Illinois residents receive free admission to museum exhibitions and the museum is open late until 9 pm. This summer, visitors to the Farmers Market and Tuesdays on the Terrace are invited into the galleries to explore the highly anticipated exhibition Chicago Comics: 1960s to Now, a celebration of Chicago's pivotal role as a national and innovative center for comics and cartooning. With a focus on rediscovering the work of women and BIPOC comic artists, this major exhibition presents the last 60 years of the city's artful cartooning history, showing how comic art is a democratic medium that allows artists to speak directly to people in relatable ways.
On view from June 19 to October 3, 2021, Chicago Comics: 1960s to Now explores the ways that artists use comics not only to entertain readers, but to engage them in the relevant social and political issues of their time. Over 40 cartoonists, among them Lynda Barry, Lilli Carré, Daniel Clowes, Nick Drnaso, Edie Fake, Emil Ferris, Nicole Hollander, Charles Johnson, Kerry James Marshall, and Chris Ware, among many others are represented by comics, graphic novels, zines, original drawings, dioramas, commissioned films, installations, rare ephemera, and books.
JAZZ SCHEDULE:
June 1: Alexis Lombre's Ancestral Awakenings
June 8: Thaddeus Tukes and the Chicago Freedom Ensemble
June 15: Victor Garcia Quartet
June 22: Chuck Webb's Guru Tonic
June 29: Edwin Sanchez Project co-organized with Segundo Ruiz Belvis Cultural Center
July 6: Twin Talk (Katie Ernst, Dustin Laurenzi, and Andrew Green)
July 13: TBD
July 20: The Fred Anderson Legacy Band featuring Tatsu Aoki
July 27: Ethan Philion Quartet
August 3: Sharel Cassity
August 10: Greg Artry Quartet
August 17: Maggie Brown
August 24: Mwata Bowden's One Foot In, One Foot Out
August 31: Alexander McLean Project
Chicago Getting New Museum For Industrial Punks: Museum of Post-Punk & Industrial Music 13 Global Artists Including Foo Fighters, Phoebe Bridgers, Rise Against, Radiohead, LCD Soundsystem, and Enrique Iglesias Launch One-of-a-Kind Collaboration Bikes To Raise Money For Live Music Relief Fund
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Punjabi Virsa 2015 is a concert tour by Manmohan Waris, Sangtar and Kamal Heer.
Manmohan Waris is one of the top Punjabi singers in the world. He has been around for almost 18 years now. Since he released his first album 'Gairan Naal Peenghan Jhootdeye' in 1993, he has never looked back. Punjabis around the world love him and he feels the pressure of not letting them down. His humbleness and sincerity have won many hearts. His voice is considered one of the sweetest around and his songs attest to his passion for clean and literary lyrics.
Kamal Heer was born in the village of Halluwal in Hoshiarpur Distt. of Punjab. His older brothers were into music so he got hooked on music at the early age of seven. Kamal's eldest brother Manmohan Waris is a well-known Punjabi singer. Kamal has something special in his voice. He is a master of notes and has a great control over his unlimited improvisation power. This great combination of art and performance shined when he started to perform live. He performed many shows all over India and was praised for his new approach to the live stage. He has endless energy to make anybody energetic with his heart throbbing rhythms and heartfelt words. Kamal is a good writer as well. He has written lyrics for his eldest brother Manmohan Waris. He is very creative and always has new ideas floating around in his head. There are great expectations from him in the future. He is sure to carve a place in the hearts of music lovers everywhere.
Sangtar Heer, more commonly known as just Sangtar, is a Punjabi singer, music composer, songwriter, and poet. He has written songs and made music for many singers such as Kamal Heer, Manmohan Waris and Debi Makhsoospuri. His older brother Manmohan Waris and younger brother Kamal Heer are both Punjabi Pop/Folk singers.
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Who should be Masud Rana?
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Published at 02:43 pm September 23rd, 2018
'The name's Rana. Masud Rana' Photo: BIGSTOCK
What qualities does an actor need in playing the iconic spy?
The buzz in the cine-world is that noted adventure espionage thriller writer, Qazi Anwar Hussain, has given permission to have the first three books from his Masud Rana thriller series to be made into movies by established movie producing company Jaaz Multimedia. Of the three books, the first two, Dhongsho Pahar and Bharat Natyam are original works, while the third one, Shornomrigo, is loosely based on two Bond novels.
Our answer to the spy culture of the 60s
Rana may be our own answer to 007, but there's no denying that when the spy series first emerged in 1966 to carve out a new radical Bengali protagonist, the worlds of fiction and films were heavily influenced by the openness of the counter-culture movement and the paranoia of the cold war.
In reality, there was a détente between the US and the USSR after the Cuban Missile Crisis, which brought the world close to Armageddon. However, in popular culture, the mutual denunciation went on unabated -- with the heady dose of sexuality of the swinging 60s thrown in for added cachet.
Decadent cried the socialists while referring to the exuberant spy genre both in film and on TV, but the West couldn't care less -- all over Europe, the spy-thriller mania took over with 007 spin-offs becoming ubiquitous.
Rana appeared with the Bond spin-off in a traditional society, where heroes never drank alcohol or slept with a woman before marriage. No wonder there was social outrage as conservatives lambasted the books terming them unconscionable.
A court case also followed, but Rana got a reprieve. The books in the early years had a caveat: "Shudhu matro prapto boyoshkoder jonno" (it was only for adults).
Following the 1974 template
Sohel Rana portrayed the protagonist with commendable precision in the 1973 movie -- he appeared cold, calculating, charming, and, when needed, ruthless.
It was extremely courageous for Sohel Rana to make his movie debut with a character towards which society had such an ambivalent attitude.
However, there was a social embargo on Rana books -- many guardians did not approve of some explicit passages in the thrillers. To be honest, the warning that they should only be read by adults only worked as an added attraction.
Be that as it may, we don't live in such prudish times anymore. With the film rights already with Jaaz, the task is to find the right lead. From adverts, we see there is a drive to hold a competition to determine who will play Rana. Sounds promising, but the judges will play a major role in the selection.
Sorry for being blunt, but, if a spy agent who shares similarities with Bond has to be chosen, then the judges need to be readers of spy thrillers, especially in English. It would be a blunder to have some well-known actor sitting on the judge's seat wearing a shirt with flower motifs with little or no idea about thriller writers such as Ian Fleming, Frederick Forsyth, or John le Carre.
If that is done, then say goodbye to expecting a polished Masud Rana.
Someone who has done frivolous things in typical commercial films or has an ambiguous academic past shouldn't be called to judge.
Qazi Anwar Hussain may be asked to be present, or at least send a representative. A noted literary personality has to be there along with Sohel Rana, and, a spy movie aficionado with enough knowledge about Bond and Harry Palmer movies.
I would also add in a veteran newspaper editor with enough knowledge about the spy genre to ask the questions in English.
The first of which should be: "Why do you want to be Masud Rana?"
What are we looking for in the actor?
The most important thing to look for is an aura of charm and sophistication. This means, a person fluent in Bengali and English, with an air of finesse about him. The latter is vital -- since Rana roams the world. Though height is important, anyone above 5ft 8 should be considered.
Sohel Rana is about 5ft 6, but, when the 1974 movie was made, the height factor became secondary to his passionate acting. If Tom Cruise can make it as Ethan Hunt, then there's no reason why someone shorter cannot be chosen.
An attempt on casting a model was made in a TV drama called Prachir Periye in 1994 (based on Pishach Dwip) with an abysmal result and awful acting.
But then, George Lazenby, who played 007 in one film, On Her Majesty's Secret Service, had no acting experience either. He was a model, but had the chutzpah to walk into the studio and get noticed.
Lazenby eventually got the role, retaining a cult following.
Education should be a factor for choosing the right person. If someone wants to play Bond, then he too will have to have read several spy books, in English and in Bengali.
In conclusion, someone well-educated, fluent in English, with an athletic build, a reading habit, plus an innate sense of understated style are absolute requirements -- the search is for a person who is debonair.
Has anyone thought of Sydney-based Bangladeshi actor Taskeen Rahman, who played the villain in Dhaka Attack?
He seems to fit all the qualities mentioned above, and I am sure he also knows what constitutes a Vesper Martini.
Towheed Feroze is News Editor at Bangla Tribune and teaches at the University of Dhaka.
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Q: Is HTML supported in subject line of email I'm sending emails, using Django framework.
And I wonder is it possible to make subject line red, using Some subject line

A: No, HTML tags will not be rendered in the subject field of an email by RFC2822 compliant clients.
The RFC defines lexical tokens (HTML tags etc.) to be used in the body, not in the header fields. The subject is part of the header fields.
Note that this is not a limitation of Django.
If you want fanciness, you might want to look into including unicode characters, which is becoming more and more popular these days.

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public interface WeatherForeCastWS {

    enum XDayPrevision {ONE_DAY, TWO_DAY, THREE_DAY, FOUR_DAY, FIVE_DAY}

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Lars-Göran Nilsson | March 5, 2020 10:53 am GMT
Review Price: £2299.00
It wasn't too long ago that we looked at a liquid cooled PC from Armari, but this time around we have something much more mainstream. The T900-GT is only the second PCI Express system to make its way to the TrustedReviews offices, which shows that PCI Express is still some time away from taking over the mainstream PC market.
As always, Armari has spent a lot of time and effort on this machine and this is what sets Armari PCs a cut above the rest. But let's take a closer look at the hardware specifications first and to see what the T900-GT is capable of.
Being a PCI Express system the T900-GT is using the latest Socket-T processor from Intel and Armari has gone for no less than a 3.6GHz Pentium 4. With 1MB of Level 2 cache this is a very fast processor. Add to that 1GB of Corsair XMS2 TwinX DDR2 memory capable of speeds up to 667MHz if you fancy overclocking your system, and you have some very impressive base specifications. The motherboard allows the memory to work asynchronous to the bus speed, which means that you can run it at full speed without having to worry about any of your other components being damaged because of overclocking.
Armari has used an ASUS P5AD2 i925X motherboard, resulting in one of the most over specified PCs you could possibly wish for. If you've read our review of the P5GD2 you'll know that the latest and greatest motherboards from ASUS have a very impressive list of onboard peripherals. As the P5AD2 is the top of the range PCI Express board from ASUS you get even more features than on the P5GD2.
To mention some of the more useful features of this motherboard, there is dual PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet, onboard 802.11g wireless networking, dual onboard SATA RAID with support for eight drives in each RAID array, IDE RAID and FireWire 1394b with support for 800Mbit FireWire devices. However, Armari has decided not to use the onboard sound, instead opting for a Creative Labs SoundBlaster Audigy ES 5.1 sound card. This seems strange to me, as the motherboard supports Intel's new 7.1-channel High Definition audio, which should offer similarly impressive audio performance.
To go with the sound card is a set of Creative Labs Inspire P580 5.1-channel speakers, which are reasonably good surround speakers for the money. That said, I would have preferred something a little more high-end with a PC like this.
Now it wouldn't have been much fun if Armari hadn't taken advantage of at least some of the features of the motherboard, so it's good to see that you get two Hitachi 250GB SATA hard drives configured in a RAID-0 array. To back these up Armari has fitted a Sony DVD writer with Dual Layer capabilities. Although 8.5GB is a long way off 500GB, you'll still be able to transfer your important data to a safe location.
As with the T64-LQX, Armari has supplied a Mitsumi floppy drive with a built in card reader for SD,MMC, CompactFlash Type I/II, MemoryStick and Smart Media. The case follows the same styling as well, but this time the CoolerMaster WaveMaster case is black.
The graphics card is unlikely to disappoint anyone – it's a GeForce 6800GT PCI Express. Armari will be supplying MSI cards in the production machines, although this review system came with a reference board from nVidia. The graphics card is connected to an Iiyama ProLite E481S-B 19in TFT display, sporting a resolution of 1,280 x 1,024, complete with both DVI and D-SUB inputs. Some gamers might be put off by its 25ms response time, but there where no signs of ghosting in any of the 3D benchmarks.
Instead of your average budget mouse and keyboard, Armari has included a Logitech Internet Navigator keyboard and a Logitech MX 310 optical mouse. As I mentioned at the beginning of the review, Armari employs impressive attention to detail and the case was fitted with noise dampening material and a low noise Akasa PaxPower PSU. There is however one nagging issue, the CPU fan – strangely, Armari stuck with the Intel stock cooler, which made more noise than any of the other components in the PC all together, but this is hopefully something that will be rectified on customer machines.
Armari doesn't supply any software with the T900-GT apart from a copy of Windows XP Home Edition. Although this might be seen as stingy, the asking price is already quite high for the T900-GT and any additional software would have increased the price even more.
This takes us swiftly onto the benchmarks and there is indeed very little to complain about here with a SYSmark 2004 score of 207 and some pretty good numbers in PCMark 2004 as well, not least the hard drive score at 7230 which is very impressive indeed. The 3D benchmarks are pretty much as expected for a 6800GT and as this system is targeting gamers we ran Far Cry and Doom3 in addition to our normal 3D benchmarks, both of which it handled with aplomb.
It is never easy to sum up a system like this, as it has more features than most PC user would ever need. The downfall, as always with an Armari PC, is the sky high price. That said, at least this time around Armari has managed to piece together a whole system for £2,299inc VAT, as opposed to the last Armari we looked at which cost that much without a monitor. This is about twice the price of a decent PC, but decent isn't good enough for Armari, and its customers expect something special and are generally willing to pay for it.
Taking into account all of the new technology in the T900-GT on top of the build quality (I don't know of any PC manufacturer with tidier cable routing than Armari), and the top notch performance, it's hard not to love this system even considering the high price. The CPU cooler needs to be sorted out, but knowing Armari this has probably already been addressed.
The Armari T900-GT is an excellent PC with a lot of brand new technology. The price may be high, but if you can stump up the cash, you'll have a beautifully built machine, made up of some of the best components available.
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Q: Individual properties of an object in Javascript Let's say I have 5 buttons. When a client presses one of them, JS sends this object to a function that changes button's state by accessing let's say this.state variable. The problem I am having is that I do not know how to make those individual variables in JS, so that every single button would have its individual variable that is not used by other buttons. I could make this work using CSS and changing some kind of CSS property, for example a CSS property that does not do anything to an element in a page, but can contain different properties, like numbers from 0 to 2, which would represent states. But this would not look so nice, because that is not what CSS is for :) I was wondering if anyone at this website know a way to create these individual variables? I am pretty new to JS and I know that I need to read about it, but now I am struggling with this problem and cannot locate a solution on search engines. Thanks to everyone who is going to help!

A: Each button on your page is an instance of the object type "HTMLButtonElement". What this means is that you can treat it just like any other object.
Let's say that instead of a button, you just have var me = {};. You can very easily write
me.state = true; and it will create the propery on the object.
Now let's say you have two objects, var btn1 = {}, btn2 = {};. Set btn1.state = true;. Even though they are instances of the same object type (in this case, the generic "Object" type), btn2.state has not been affected.
In addition, accessing a property that doesn't exist returns the special value undefined. This value is considered to be false when used in a loose comparison (ie. just if( btn2.state) or
btn2.state == false). This means that it doesn't matter if you don't explicitly define it in advance, because it will behave just like a false value.
Another thing to consider is that, even though two variables may contain different instances of the same object type (such as the btn1 and btn2 above), they are not equal, because they are different instances. Consider the following:
var btn1 = {}, btn2 = {};
alert(btn1 == btn2); // false
var btn1copy = btn1;
alert(btn1 == btn1copy); // true, both variables point to the same instance

"btn1copy" isn't really an appropriate name in the above code. It's not a copy of the instance, it's a copy of the reference. This means that, because we've explicitly set btn1 and btn1copy to be equal, changes to one will affect the other. Observe:
var btn1 = {}, btn2 = {}, btn1copy = btn1;
btn1copy.state = true;
alert(btn1.state); // true
alert(btn2.state); // undefined

I hope this helps you understand JavaScript objects a bit more. And if I've only confused you further, then I apologise! Please let me know if I can help with your understanding any more.

A: you can set any property on an element like so:
var currentEl = document.getElementById('myButton');
currentEl.state = 0;
currentEl.favouriteColour = "purple";
currentEl.thing = "hello"

var currentEl = document.getElementBytagName('input')[0];
currentEl.state = 0;
currentEl.favouriteColour = "purple";
currentEl.thing = "hello"

EDIT:
or you could create an object then add that to the element as a property:
var settings = {
    'id': 'myId',
    'colour': 'red',
    'thing': 'something
};

then:
var currentEl = document.getElementBytagName('input')[0];
currentEl.settings = settings;

then you could access them like:
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Hiring Foreign Persons
Before making a hiring decision, you must determine the legal status of your prospective employee. If they are a "permanent resident alien" or "green card holder," then they are not considered "foreign persons" and for export control purposes can be treated as a "U.S. Person." However, if they are determined to be "foreign persons," then the business has a number of issues to address above and beyond the visa requirements in order to hire them.
If the determination is made that hiring a "foreign person" is the right business decision, then the company must determine many factors before proceeding with the employment. Factors such as:
Identifying the exact program or product line on which the person will be working,
Determining exactly what technology the person will need to have access to during the course of their employment or consulting services,
Identifying what other technology the person might have access to during the course of their employment,
Determining the jurisdiction of that information,
Coordinating with HR, Security, IT and Export Control to determine the ramifications of your hiring decision,
Addressing issues such as access controls, segregation of unauthorized data, IT controls and access rights, etc…
Getting the needed licenses in place to allow for their access to the controlled information.
New Requirement on I-129 Visa Application Form
Beginning on December 23, 2010, companies using the Form I-129 to petition for certain non-immigrant visas to employ foreign persons in the United States are now required to certify whether or not an export license is required for that foreign person to perform his or her job at the company. The addition of the export licensing certification on the Form I-129 now makes export controls an important part of the visa petition process.
The new Form I-129 certification does not represent a change in the export control laws, but is intended to cross reference the Visa and Export control requirement contained in the associated U.S. Government regulations. Failure to obtain a needed deemed export license can lead to significant administrative fines and penalties. In addition, falsely certifying that an export license is not required may lead to a criminal action against the company, certifying individual, or both.
The new certification is limited to petitions for H-1B, H-1B1, L-1, or O-1 visas which are the most popular visa types for highly skilled, foreign national employees who may hold advanced degrees from U.S. educational institutions.
So whether you need to provide controlled information to a foreign person, or are contemplating the hiring a foreign person in a position that exposes them to controlled information, this is an export control issue that requires attention. ITC Strategies is well versed in this aspect of Trade Compliance and can assist in determining your deemed export obligations.
When foreign persons are hired at your company, it is important to understand the definition of an export, which includes the release of technology or technical data to a foreign person located either overseas or in the United States. (The EAR refers to this as a "deemed export"). It is "deemed" to be an export to that person's home country (or "countries" in the case of a dual citizen).
A verbal or visual disclosure of controlled information, even if within a U.S. facility, is considered an export. Therefore, a foreign person overhearing a technical discussion about military or dual-use technology in the cafeteria or restroom would be an illegal export unless there was a license in place that authorized access by the foreign person to that information.
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As a general rule, a deemed export license is required for the release of controlled information to a foreign person if the export of that information would require a license to export to the foreign person's country of citizenship. Controlled Information, which includes technology and technical data, is broadly defined under the EAR and ITAR and in general covers the specific information necessary for the "development," "production," or "use" of a product. It also covers technical information that may be relayed in employee technical meetings, emails, and other common interactions within a U.S. company.
From which agency (Departments of State or Commerce) you obtain a deemed export license will depend on the jurisdiction of the controlled information being provided to that individual.
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A maximized window cannot be dragged in most window managers. The area above the tabs where you can click to drag or double-click to restore is pretty narrow - people who want to run Opera maximized prefer it that way so the tabs go all the way to the top of the screen. Since you don't appear to want to run Opera maximized, you could go to opera:config and set "Chrome Integration Drag Area Maximized" to a larger number (at least 5) to make it easier to find the right area.
Inappropriate - that is, not related to Opera or Linux. Try a web design forum. And if you post another link to your site, you will be banned as a spammer.
Be aware that you're using a Developer build :). More changes are planned for the theme and color scheme.
Opera 12.16? RSS = "Feeds", so go to (menu) > Feeds > Manage Feeds, should be obvious from there.
Is it possible to change the white O letter to something more colorful?
Opera doesn't automatically initiate the export after you tell it to fetch all the bodies. You have to try the export again. Thanks for the answer. I try, but it always asks the same thing again. Also when I right click on a mail in a list of subjects, the "Fetch Complete Message" is gray.
I deleted the cookies, and it opened! Thanks. Not sure if it's a permanent solution or not... So far it seems to work fine.
I'm happy to report that this issue is resolved! Per the advice I got here I contacted FastMail support &, after sending them screenshots of the nag pop-ups, they had me check Opera's "Mail & Chat Accounts..." [from "Tools"]. Sure enough, my wife's email address was there although it didn't belong there. I deleted it & that resolved the problem. Apparently my wife accidentally put her email address there when she responded to a pop-up dialog box that she probably got after hitting the wrong key combination. Thanks for your efforts.
I think i do not use Presto. You do! Opera 12.16 on Linux is: Opera Presto Is there a workaround for the animation? No.
Hello: I just installed this on Linux mint cinnamon 14 Nadia. Everything that has been broken for me is fixed so far. Enormous amounts of time fixing speed dial up, and getting tabs to open on start up. Hate the menus that are gone. Zendesk memory leak is gone now too, which used to cause opera 12.16 to crash. Flash doesn't seem to work. Where it was no problem on 12.16. We'll see how this plays out. I have already received one update in a week to this dev version. So glad having to use FF or chrome for this and that is over, and I can kick them to the curb. Hope this thing goes full support soon. How can we as a community help?


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The Committee for Health & Social Care says it has taken note of the United Kingdom's decision to approve a new covid vaccine designed to tackle two different variants of the virus.
The bivalent vaccine, manufactured by Moderna, targets both the original strain of covid which emerged in late 2019, and the first strain of Omicron which became dominant last winter.
The UK became the first country to approve this new vaccine yesterday, and Moderna says it can supply millions of doses by the end of the year.
A spokesperson for the HSC said: "We await further information from the [Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation] regarding the detailed deployment of vaccines for the autumn booster programme."
Dr Nicola Brink, Director of Public Health, said in January that a fourth round of booster shots was likely to occur in the autumn, and the States later confirmed in July that a select group would be offered a dose before the end of 2022.
That includes people aged 50 and over, care home residents and workers, frontline health staff, the immunocompromised and their households, and unpaid carers.
But it remains unclear when the autumn booster will be available to eligible islanders.
Pictured: The weekly trend of covid infections in the Bailiwick.
The Bailiwick currently has 251 known active cases of covid-19. 237 of those are in Guernsey, whilst Alderney and Sark have nine and five cases respectively.
There are less than five patients in hospital with a recent covid-19 diagnosis.
In total, 23 people are confirmed to have died due to covid-19, whilst another 39 additional deaths are marked as involving covid-19.
The States continue to recommend regular self-testing using lateral flow tests and remaining at home if positive or unwell.
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Q: Kicad 6: output vs power output I am getting this error:
Error: Input Power pin not driven by any Output Power pin

This is the component failing

This is my power supply. A RA0505

And this is the PowerSupply Schematic:

What is the right way of fixing this? Should GND be Output or Power Output?

A:
Error: Input Power pin not driven by any Output Power pin

If you go to "place power port" and select "power flag" and attach it to the node in question, it will rectify this. It's a bit of a bodgy way that KiCAD does this but, who am I to argue.

A: KiCad checks if there are any power pin conflicts (i.e. two power outputs on one net) and if all power inputs are in the same net as a power output. That means that you should have one power output ground pin (probably on the pin you are highlighting, indeed) or on a connector that delivers power.
In case you do not have a power out component (or there is a switch or jumper in between), you can always choose to add a power flag to denote explicitly that a net has the power output constraint fulfilled.
Lastly, if you do not care about DRC, you could make problematic pins passive. That dismisses the warning.
Edit: Your +Vout should probably be a power output as well, if you want to do everything according to convention. However, since there is a jumper next to it, it probably doesn't really matter, and you should use a power flag on the right of the jumper.