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Send us details and we'll be pleased to create your custom fabrication.
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Systems available: C-3000 / M-3000 and NM500 Easy Clip System.
The SAF E Wall Panel system is fabricated from sheared flat ACM panels and an exterior extruded frame. The panels are not route-and-return panels, so fabrication goes quickly. The frame extrusions are exposed and typically spray coated in analogous or complementary color scheme for a cost-effective, modern appearance. Great for curved wall applications. Easily fabricated and installed on site.
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SAF offers two kinds of rainscreens: drained-back-ventiliated and pressure equalized. Both meet AAMA 509-09 rating standard. Choose SAF C4000 ACM or choose SAF M4000 RainScreen 0.125 Aluminum Panels tested for air and water resistance per ASTM 283 and 331. Also available is our C4500 Pressure Equalized Rain Screen Panel System. If installed properly, the system will comply with AAMA 508.
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SAF has the largest inventory of 5005 aluminum sheet in North America and maybe the world. Pick a thickness below to see SAF's aluminum sheet size options, get a quote.
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SAF offers a huge selection of standard anodized aluminum extrusions. Our large inventory of aluminum extrusions and 60 years of anodizing experience allow SAF to deliver a quality product faster than anyone in the industry. All of our extrusions are stocked in mill finish, anodized the night you order them, and shipped out the next day.
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Quality control. Through the entire anodizing process, AAC members like SAF monitor the process and quality of the product. The application of electrical power and color is preprogrammed and verified on all batches and coils.
Light and medium bronze anodized finishes can be a beautiful and lasting finish choice for aluminum. Specifiers often choose them because when handled correctly, they are of surpassing beauty. But because expectations can run high for these finishes, light and medium bronze can also become a nightmare for the anodizer, the specifier, and the building owner. These colors are subject to severe color variation from piece to piece.
Sulfuric Acid.The predominant anodizing process today. Coatings 0.1-1.0 mil thick formed in a 15 pct. solution, 12 asf, 18-24 volts, 70F for 10-60 min. This coating is usually organically dyed or colored with deposited metals (two-step). Offers a wide array of applications. Most anodizers use this method, although other acids are available for specialty purposes.
We have extensive experience with these coatings. We require you to approve our color samples in writing.
An SAF Conversion Coating is a proper corrosion resistant aluminum surface treatment for painting, powder coating, and adhesive bonding. Alodine, Alocromin, and Iridite are trade names sometimes applied to these coatings. These coatings are applied through an immersion process and are compatible with most aluminum alloys. Non-chrome coatings are often specified where environmental considerations are paramount.Chrome conversion coatings provide measure of corrosion resistance and can also be used as a standalone finish.


Thanks for the rep, Someguy!
Thanks for the rep. But not sure how much more time I want to devote to belaboring the obvious. It's fun for a while, and then they start getting completely incoherent (not mentioning any names of course), and it's not worth it for me anymore.
Love this.. thought you may like it.
Im pretty lazy and generally apathetic. Probably not going to get into heated debates and long drawn out multi-threaded replies. If I ignore your post or reply, its probably because Im too lazy to care or your points are recycled talking points from your favorite politician and not worth the attention.
Im very laid back, prefer to drift off staring at the clouds and contemplating life.
I hate everyone....at all times.
Thread: Bruce Jenner is MAN who is mentally ill.
interesting exchange with evensaul, I see both of your points. Props for interesting points.
Thread: Should I Report This Crime? To Whom?
That is a good post.. some points I hadn't thought of.
Thread: Should everyone eat less/no meat?
Yum. I love to eat animals too!
For a supply demand curve diagram.
I don't just like this post, I think it should be required reading for all u.s officials.


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By DAVID HERBLING
Data from the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics show that 76,122 units of used vehicles were sold in 2013 compared to 61,233 units the previous year.
The dealers' lobby — Kenya Auto Bazaar Association (KABA) — attributed the sales jump to the ease of accessing loans and cheaper credit.
Most of the used vehicles sold were saloon, station wagons for personal use and pick-ups mostly used for commercial purposes, the KNBS data show.
Used car dealers defy high prices to post 24pc growth
Tuesday, February 4, 2014 19:17
By DAVID HERBLING |
Second-hand vehicles at a car bazaar in Nairobi. Availability of company loans and asset financing increased sales of used cars last year, according to data from the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics. Photo/File
Used car dealers shrugged off the rising prices to grow sales 24.3 per cent on increased demand.
The growth comes in a year that saw the price of second hand cars rise by an average of 20 per cent.
"There are a lot of financing opportunities including company-funded schemes and asset financing. This has encouraged buyers as there are very few cash purchases," said secretary-general Charles Munyori.
The new vehicle sales also recovered beyond the 2008 peak as General Motors East Africa (GMEA) cemented its position as Kenya's leading auto dealer.
READ: GM maintains lead as new car sales surpass 2008 peak
Data from the Kenya Motor Industry, the dealers lobby, show vehicle sales last year grew 13.1 per cent to 14,542 units, surpassing the previous peak of 13,135 units recorded in 2008.
The auto industry had over the past five years struggled to break the 13,000 units mark as the sector took longer to recover from economic shocks that hit Kenya in 2008 due to the global financial crisis and the post-election violence.
While new vehicle dealers are also benefiting from a stronger shilling, their models cost multiple times that of used imports, leaving formal dealers to focus on orders from the government, private companies, and wealthy individuals.
Most of the Kenya's small businesses and the middle class prefer to buy second-hand vehicles, which have seen the used cars account for more than 80 per cent of all vehicles sold in the country.
ALSO READ: Falling used car prices increase sales by 15.9pc
New vehicle sales accounted for 17 per cent of the total 90,664 units sold last year, further losing market share compared to 2012 when they accounted for 17.3 per cent of the total 74,223 sold units.
The huge appetite for used cars prompted Toyota Tsusho, the parent firm of Toyota Kenya, to establish a separate unit (Toyotsu Auto Mart) last year that deals in a wide range of second-hand brands including Toyota and Subaru.
But the prices of second-hand cars have increased on the rising preference for vehicles with low mileage and new models as well the introduction of new taxes.
Kenya mid-last year introduced rail fund, which is built from charging a levy 1.5 per cent on the cost of all imported goods, to develop a new railway line between Mombasa port and Uganda.
"Prices of second-hand cars have gone up because we are now selling new models and new shapes," said Ahmed Mohamed, sales manager at Toyopet Automobile.
"A 2007 model of Toyota Fielder is now going for about Sh1.3 million compared to the earlier model which was Sh950,000 on average in 2012. But the demand is very high from both individuals and SMEs who have increased access to financing which has made it easy to import used cars."
The average rate for commercial bank loans eased to 16.99 per cent in December 2013 from 18.15 per cent in the same month a year earlier according to data from Central Bank of Kenya.

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Q: Nativescript Playground and Preview app does not work anymore with the Preview 2.0 upgrade I noticed that the NS team has updated the Nativescript Preview app. The version history says that the last update was in 2020. With the recent update, the app wouldn't scan the QR code from play.nativescript.org and render it on the preview app. Instead, it is loading an example app on the preview app. I tried downloading the codebase and running it locally using ns preview but get an error (pasted below).
I am concerned since many of my sample apps are now in play.nativescript.org and I am not able to run them. Anybody else facing the same issue? If anyone has a resolution, please share. Your help is much appreciated. TIA.
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Certificate in faith formation, youth work now available churchwide
by Hans Holznagel | published on Dec 6, 2021
Teachers and youth leaders in local churches of the United Church of Christ can now get certified.
Educators everywhere can now enroll in the Faith Formation Leadership Training and Certification Program offered by the UCC's Southern New England Conference.
Students who completed the Faith Formation Leadership Training and Certification Program this fall pose for a Zoom picture with their instructors.
The program is "specifically for faith formation and youth ministry leaders with a progressive theology," said its administrator, Debbie Gline-Allen. She is the Conference's minister of faith formation and serves on the national board of the Association of United Church Educators. "We are not aware of any other program in the UCC with this focus," she said. AUCE endorses the program, and becoming an AUCE member is required for certification.
Students can enter a two-year cycle of classes at any point and take as long as they need to finish. Course titles include:
"Engaging Our Sacred Scripture's Stories,"
"Mission for All Ages,"
"Exploring Curriculum and Digital Resources"
"Racial Justice Training,"
"Developing Faith — Ages and Stages"
The program has certified 62 people since its start in 2011.
'An organic approach'
Eleven people received certificates this fall, including the first ever from outside Southern New England: Rose Stanfield, director of Christian education and outreach at High Street Congregational UCC, Auburn, Maine. Students are now also enrolled from New Hampshire, Wisconsin, Texas and Tennessee, Gline-Allen said. That's in addition to Southern New England's own states of Connecticut, Massachusetts and Rhode Island.
Rose Stanfield of High Street Congregational UCC, Auburn, Maine — and Zoom pal Skittles, also "certified."
Stanfield heard about the program at New England Region meetings of AUCE. "I was unsure if I would be able to participate, because I lived in Maine," outside the boundaries of Southern New England. But Gline-Allen "welcomed me wholeheartedly," Stanfield said.
Starting in September 2019, she took classes in person in Worcester, Mass. — then moved online when COVID-19 hit. Virtual learning didn't get in the way of good-natured hospitality, she said. "During the Zoom classes, my cat, Skittles, made a point of being present during all of the meetings. Subsequently, she has also received a special certification." (For 2022, the program is moving entirely online.)
In her work at High Street, the faith-formation training "has helped immensely," Stanfield said, both with her overall approach and specific methods. "I have learned to take an organic approach," she said. "We are currently utilizing filmmaking and student artwork to solidify the stories that we are teaching in our middle school and high school program. They are not just hearing the story, they are tearing down, reconstructing and re-presenting the story to others."
She has younger students doing similar work with Lego building blocks. "I am excited to say that our students are remembering their lessons several weeks after learning them and are able to retell them," she said.
Legos, and other connections
Legos are in the mix over at Pilgrim Congregational UCC in Southborough, Mass., too. There, junior high kids are using the plastic blocks to make stop-motion videos of biblical stories. At the moment, they are immersing themselves in the Christmas story. They'll share their results with the whole congregation.
In a project earlier this fall, young people at Pilgrim Congregational UCC in Southborough, Mass., work on Lego characters to interpret the biblical story of David and Goliath via stop-motion video. Now they're working on the Christmas story.
"We will use their stop-motion videos as part of Live Christmas Pageant on Christmas Eve," said their teacher, Dawn Sorensen. "There's a place for everyone in this project, whether you're a Lego fanatic or a budding videographer, whether you're a writer who can help create a script or a lighting designer."
Sorensen, Pilgrim's director of children's ministries, earned her faith formation certificate this fall. She was struck by the diversity of students she interacted with over the three years she took to complete the program.
Network of peers
She said they ranged "from younger people who wanted to continue their church youth group experiences to parents who were volunteering to support their kids, to grandparents who had extra time and wanted to give back to the church," she said. "No matter the journey or the level of education, this program resonated with people who were involved in the practice of working with children and youth in the church. The learning we were doing gave us tools to achieve excellence in our churches. Often the connections we made with each other helped us share best practices."
For Sorensen, those connections have continued. One result of the program — "which alone has been worth the price of admission," she said — was connecting with an ongoing Community of Practice. It's a group of nine people who do similar work in UCC churches in her area of Eastern Massachusetts.
"We meet once a month and discuss the current happenings in our respective churches," Sorensen said. "We give each other ideas, feedback on what has worked or not in our settings and why, and general support. These people were an invaluable resource during the pandemic, especially when things were changing so rapidly."
'Vocational shift'
With a degree in business management and more than 20 years in the health-care industry, Kerry Stewart felt a tug toward church work. A lifelong church member who grew up near New Haven, Conn., she had volunteered in Sunday schools in the past.
"About two years ago the call became so loud I could no longer push it aside," she said. "My pastor directed me to the minister of faith formation for [what was then the] Connecticut Conference, Karen Ziel. She suggested getting my toes wet with the classes. And that's where this part of my journey began."
She enrolled in the certificate program — and in 2020, she joined the staff of First Congregational Church of Branford, Conn., as faith formation coordinator. It was, she said, both "a calling and a complete vocational shift."
People 'we can reach out to'
An all-ages team at First Congregational Church of Branford, Conn., assembles Thanksgiving bags to contribute to a community food pantry.
"My responsibilities include all faith formation activities for our children, youth and families," she said. "I am also involved with adult faith formation — more during special times of the year such as Advent or Lent. Mission also comes under my purview, especially as it's related to getting our youth and families involved. Same goes for worship."
She said the Southern New England classes offered "a foundation for many of us who may not have much formal training" in Christian education. She liked learning varied approaches to faith formation and "having your perspective shifted on how you can present and show love for God, love for our communities."
Connecting with classmates during the pandemic paid off, she said. As "a community of people who were in the same storm but may be different boats," they encouraged each other "in our adaptation of our programs in our churches." Those peers, as well as Conference staff members such as Gline-Allen and Debby Kirk, are people "we can reach out to when we need resources and ideas or find ourselves stuck."
Full online course list
A full course list through 2022-23 is here. The classes, taught over Zoom, cost $45 each. People who take all of them get a discount. Any class can also be taken a la carte. Complete program details are here.
For World Communion Sunday 2021, young people at First Congregational Church of Branford, Conn., experience a retelling of the biblical story of a gathering of Jesus' disciples.
"Most programs of this sort focus on equipping lay ministers, and/or providing an alternative path to ordination," Gline-Allen said. "Our program, on the other hand, while open to all, specifically equips those who are providing faith formation and youth ministry programming in their local congregations."
Sorensen has done seminary coursework and is on the UCC's member-in-discernment path toward possible ordination. But she said the faith formation leadership program is valuable in and of itself for all sorts of people. "I highly recommend this program for anyone who wants to feel connected to other Christian educators across the UCC," she said.
Stanfield offered a similarly glowing review. The program can help teachers "take Christian education skills to the next level" and build networks with peers, she said. "The classes are captivating, the instructors are very knowledgeable and very dedicated, and your cohorts will become lifelong friends."


I know, I know…it has been ages since my last post. We are trying to sell our house and this house showing stuff is keeping me way busier than usual. If we have 4 showings in one week that means I spend 4 days out of my week cleaning the house. You might be thinking that it should already be clean since I had a showing two days in a row. My answer…I have all boys. Plus I have perfectionist tendencies. So once this is all settled I am hoping to get back to regular postings. Thank you for your patience.
Today, am sharing what I have completed on the inside of this journal. I shared the cover last year but thought I would refresh your memory since I am showing inside pages. I will add more pages later as it is the perfect journally spot for unused pictures.
Thanks for looking. I apologize if I have not made it around to your blogs. Life gets in the way but I so appreciate your comments!
Hope you are not moving far away! Selling a home is extremely stressful…good luck to you and your family.
Precious precious precious! I love every page and the front cover is fabulous! Cute kids too!
Exactly what Anita says, "PRECIOUS." Love all the pages and the photos are just so sweet! I can only imagine what it is like to have to have everything all tidy 24/7! I once was like that, but not so much now! I had to put things on hold in a way to clean up just the guest bedroom!!! Enjoy!
Gorgeous fond memories of all your boys growing up. Wishing you so much luck with the house sale – it's so hard, and so all-consuming.
Super pages, Kate! I especially love the photo with the boys wearing crowns. Good luck with the house — that takes a ton of energy and patience, I know.


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Lead in New York City community garden chicken eggs: influential factors and health implications.
Metals in European roadside soils and soil solution--a review.
Highlighting the threat from current and near-future ozone pollution to clover in pasture.
Intake estimates of phthalate esters for South Delhi population based on exposure media assessment.


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Collections (1) Items (16)
Materials of the Hupa Language Documentation Project
Primary contributors: Verdena Parker (consultant); Amy Campbell (researcher); Ramón Escamilla (researcher); Lindsey Newbold (researcher); Justin Spence (researcher, donor)
Additional contributors: Danny Ammon (researcher); Kayla Begay (researcher); Sara Chase (researcher); Suzi Demitrescu (researcher); Nicholas Fleisher (researcher); Andrew Garrett (researcher); Melodie George-Moore (researcher); Victor Golla (researcher); Silis Jackson (researcher); Alex Jacobson (researcher); Christine Kelly (researcher); Tyler Lee-Wynant (researcher); Jacalyn Martins (researcher); Ophelia Mose (researcher); Anne Pycha (researcher); Xuying Yuki Yu (researcher); Verdena Parker (creator); Catalin Kaser (participant); Perry Lincoln (participant); Otis Parker (participant); Keren Rice (participant); Becqui Willis (participant)
Languages: Hupa; Karuk (kyh); Yurok (yur)
Historical information: Verdena Parker was born and raised in 1936 in Hoopa Valley, California, and speaks Hupa as her first language. She later moved with her family to Winston, Oregon but continued to speak Hupa daily until the death of her mother in 1997. One of the few remaining first-language speakers of Hupa, in the early 2000s she got involved with Hupa revitalization and documentation activities, serving as a consulting expert on the Hupa language for various projects and classes in Hoopa Valley. Beginning in 2005 she also collaborated with researchers based in the Department of Linguistics at the University of California, Berkeley.
Scope and content: The recordings in this collection are the result of Verdena Parker's longstanding collaboration with researchers affiliated with the Hupa Language Documentation Project, which originated at UC Berkeley in 2005. Ramón Escamilla and Justin Spence joined the project in 2007, and they have continued the research effort since moving to the University of Central Arkansas and the University of California, Davis, respectively. As of October 2021, this deposit covers project team members' work with Mrs. Parker from 2005-2008 and from 2015 to 2021. Some of the recordings from 2008 were produced with support from an Endangered Languages Documentation Programme grant (co-PIs Amy Campbell and Lindsey Newbold). Recordings produced from 2015 to 2020 were funded by a grant from the National Science Foundation's Documenting Endangered Languages program (BCS #1500851) to co-PIs Spence and Escamilla. The recordings cover a broad range of topics: original texts told by Mrs. Parker, including narrations of 8mm films she recorded in the 1960s; sessions in which recordings are transcribed and/or translated; elicitation of paradigms, grammatical phenomena such as evidentiality, purpose clauses, and indefinites, and words and phrases for use in language revitalization programs; re-transcription and translation of unpublished texts found in archival sources. Some of the recordings that were transcribed and translated are part of existing collections at the Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, or they are part of the the present deposit. Others were created by the Hupa Language Documentation Project from 2009-2014 and will be deposited at a later date.
Suggested citation: Verdena Parker, Amy Campbell, Ramón Escamilla, Lindsey Newbold, and Justin Spence. Materials of the Hupa Language Documentation Project, 2017-06, Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X22R3Q2G.
Associated materials: The following archival collections are mentioned in the metadata descriptions of particular bundles.
1) Barnett, Homer Garner. 1934-1973. Homer Garner Barnett Papers 1934-1973. National Anthropological Archives.
2) Campbell, Amy and Lindsey Newbold. 2014. Expanding the Documentation and Description of Hupa (Athabaskan). Endangered Languages Archive. Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/2196/00-0000-0000-0002-A9CF-5.
3) Curtin, Jeremiah. 1888-1889. Terms for divisions of time in Wintun, Hupa, and Yurok. National Anthropological Archives, NAA MS 3805.
4) Goddard, Pliny Earle. 1902-1907. Chilula materials. American Philosophical Society Na20g.1.
5) Goddard, Pliny Earle. 1903-1906. Hupa materials. American Philosophical Society Na20a.2.
6) Goddard, Pliny Earle. c. 1905. Unpublished texts in Chilula and in some other unidentified California Athapaskan language circa 1905. Bancroft Library, CU-23.1 (BANC FILM 2216): 12.2.
7) Goddard, Pliny Earle. 1907. Whilkut field notes. American Philosophical Society Na20j.1
8) Goddard, Pliny Earle. n.d. Hupa verb paradigms. Bancroft Library, CU-23.1 (BANC FILM 2216): 12.14.1.
9) Jackson, Louisa, Ned Jackson, and Victor Golla. The Victor K. Golla collection of Hupa sound recordings, LA 119, Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/collection/10025.
10) Woodward, Mary. 1953. [Hupa texts notebooks]. Survey of California and Other Indian Languages Woodward.002. http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X2319SVZ.
Checking transcription of story about the man from Tish-Tang and his Chinese friend (10 Mar 2019) (1 digital file, with audio)
Relations to this item: 2017-06.119 is referenced by this Item
Contributors: Verdena Parker (consultant); Tyler Lee-Wynant (researcher); Justin Spence (researcher); Xuying Yuki Yu (researcher)
Place: Winston, OR
Description: Audio file VP-100319-04: Checking transcription of file VP-150816-04 (story about the man from Tish-Tang and his Chinese friend).
Collection: Materials of the Hupa Language Documentation Project
Suggested citation: Checking transcription of story about the man from Tish-Tang and his Chinese friend, 2017-06.404, in "Materials of the Hupa Language Documentation Project", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X2W094CM.
Elicitation of verb paradigms (09 Mar 2019) (1 digital file, with audio)
Description: Audio file VP-090319-08: Elicitation of verbs: descriptive neuters, transitionals, and customary aspect forms.
Suggested citation: Elicitation of verb paradigms, 2017-06.397, in "Materials of the Hupa Language Documentation Project", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X2S75DS8.
Suggested citation: Elicitation of verb paradigms, 2017-06.393, in "Materials of the Hupa Language Documentation Project", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X29885GG.
Elicitation of verb paradigms from unpublished Goddard material (09 Mar 2019) (1 digital file, with audio)
Contributors: Verdena Parker (consultant); Xuying Yuki Yu (researcher)
Description: Audio file VP-090319-09: Verb paradigm elicitation based on unpublished material transcribed by P.E. Goddard (Bancroft Library CU 23.1 12.14.1).
Suggested citation: Elicitation of verb paradigms from unpublished Goddard material, 2017-06.398, in "Materials of the Hupa Language Documentation Project", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X2NG4P3D.
Suggested citation: Elicitation of verb paradigms from unpublished Goddard material , 2017-06.405, in "Materials of the Hupa Language Documentation Project", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X2R78CPB.
Elicitation of verb translated as 'to be embarrassed' and discussion of settling disputes (10 Mar 2019) (3 digital files, with audio)
Description: Audio files VP-100319-03a/c/e: elicitation of a verb translated as 'to be embarrassed', with discussion in English of people who act as go-betweens to arrange payments and a story about a time Verdena helped two people settle a disagreement.
Suggested citation: Elicitation of verb translated as 'to be embarrassed' and discussion of settling disputes, 2017-06.403, in "Materials of the Hupa Language Documentation Project", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X20R9MV6.
Microphone check (09 Mar 2019) (1 digital file, with audio)
Description: Audio file VP-090319-01: mic check (date in Hupa)
Suggested citation: Microphone check, 2017-06.390, in "Materials of the Hupa Language Documentation Project", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X2PG1Q5W.
Suggested citation: Microphone check, 2017-06.401, in "Materials of the Hupa Language Documentation Project", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X28914BN.
Re-transcription of Goddard notebook texts (09 Mar 2019) (1 digital file, with audio)
Contributors: Verdena Parker (consultant); Justin Spence (researcher); Xuying Yuki Yu (researcher)
Description: Audio file VP-090319-10: Re-transcription and translation of texts transcribed by P.E. Goddard, American Philosophical Society Na20a.2, notebook #10, pp. 56-60.
Suggested citation: Re-transcription of Goddard notebook texts, 2017-06.399, in "Materials of the Hupa Language Documentation Project", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X2HT2MRJ.
Suggested citation: Re-transcription of Goddard notebook texts, 2017-06.395, in "Materials of the Hupa Language Documentation Project", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X21R6P00.
Suggested citation: Re-transcription of Goddard notebook texts, 2017-06.402, in "Materials of the Hupa Language Documentation Project", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X24J0CKG.
Re-transcription of texts told by Stella Jarnaghan (09 Mar 2019) (3 digital files, with audio)
Relations to this item: Woodward.002.001 is referenced by this Item
Description: Audio files VP-090319-03a/c/e: Re-transcription and translation of texts told by Stella Jarnaghan to Mary Woodward in 1953, archived at the Survey of California and Other Indian Languages (Woodward.002.001), pp. 24-26 (Text 10).
Suggested citation: Re-transcription of texts told by Stella Jarnaghan, 2017-06.392, in "Materials of the Hupa Language Documentation Project", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X2F18X5C.
Rough translation of file 009_B (collection LA 256) (09 Mar 2019) (1 digital file, with audio)
Relations to this item: LA 256.009 is referenced by this Item
Description: Audio file VP-090319-11: Rough translation (minute-by-minute) of 009_B (tape 9, side B) from LA 256 (collection of recordings given to the Berkeley Language Center by Verdena), from 18:58 to 23:39 - no transcription in this session, translation only. Due to re-numbering, tape 009_B has been assigned to the CLA item number LA256.009, audio file LA256.009B.
Suggested citation: Rough translation of file 009_B (collection LA 256), 2017-06.400, in "Materials of the Hupa Language Documentation Project", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X2D21W20.
Transcription of Bob Ross story (09 Mar 2019) (1 digital file, with audio)
Description: Audio file VP-090319-02: transcription of Verdena's story about Bob Ross (VP-190918-06).
Suggested citation: Transcription of Bob Ross story, 2017-06.391, in "Materials of the Hupa Language Documentation Project", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X2JQ0ZGM.
Transcription of Verdena's description of birds around her house (09 Mar 2019) (1 digital file, with audio)
Description: Audio file VP-090319-07: transcription of Verdena's description of the birds who live and feed around her house (file VP-270318-03).
Suggested citation: Transcription of Verdena's description of birds around her house, 2017-06.396, in "Materials of the Hupa Language Documentation Project", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X2X065H0.
Transcription of the narration of Reel #1 (collection LA 256) (09 Mar 2019) (2 digital files, with audio)
Description: Audio files VP-090319-05a/c: Checking transcription and translation narration of Brush Dance film Reel #1 from LA 256 collection (Survey of California and Other Indian Languages), from audio file VP-180317-03. Due to re-numbering, Reel #1 has been assigned the CLA item number LA 256.040.
Suggested citation: Transcription of the narration of Reel #1 (collection LA 256), 2017-06.394, in "Materials of the Hupa Language Documentation Project", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X25H7DRR.


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package com.huawei.streaming.cql.semanticanalyzer.parser.visitor;

import java.util.Locale;

import org.antlr.v4.runtime.misc.NotNull;

import com.huawei.streaming.cql.semanticanalyzer.parser.CQLParser;
import com.huawei.streaming.cql.semanticanalyzer.parser.context.InsertUserOperatorStatementContext;

/**
 * 使用自定义算子 语法遍历
 */
public class InsertUserOperatorStatementVisitor extends AbsCQLParserBaseVisitor<InsertUserOperatorStatementContext>
{

    private InsertUserOperatorStatementContext context = null;

    /**
     * 用户自定义算子insert语句遍历
     */
    public InsertUserOperatorStatementVisitor()
    {
        context = new InsertUserOperatorStatementContext();
    }

    /**
     * {@inheritDoc}
     */
    @Override
    protected InsertUserOperatorStatementContext defaultResult()
    {
        return context;
    }

    /**
     * {@inheritDoc}
     */
    @Override
    public InsertUserOperatorStatementContext visitStreamName(@NotNull CQLParser.StreamNameContext ctx)
    {
        context.setStreamName(ctx.getText().toLowerCase(Locale.US));
        return context;
    }

    /**
     * {@inheritDoc}
     */
    @Override
    public InsertUserOperatorStatementContext visitUsingStatement(@NotNull CQLParser.UsingStatementContext ctx)
    {
        UsingStatementVisitor visitor = new UsingStatementVisitor();
        context.setUsingContext(visitor.visit(ctx));
        return context;
    }
}

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Q: Jquery Add To List from text boxs I have got the following list

This is the 1st latest news item.

This is the 2nd latest news item.

This is the 3rd latest news item.

This is the 4th latest news item.

This runs via a news ticker that i found on-line How would i go about adding to the list using jquery from a text box with a add button.
Is it possible to add to this list from a a different page using jquery.

A: To add extra items to your list, try this code:
$("#myButton").click(function() {
    var $li = $("

").addClass("news-item");
    var $a = $("").attr("href", "#").text("This is the Nth item").appendTo($li);
    $li.appendTo("#js-news");
});

Note that you may need to re-initialise your news ticker component, depending on whether it reads the li element into an array on load, or is constantly referencing them to pick up additiions.

A: You can do this only if is pop up window, and that needs to be opened by you site.

A: Because you want a news ticker, you also want other people can see it i think? :).
So you need to create a new form in php or any other language you are using for the website and add a new news item in a database.
On the page where you want to display this, just read the values from the database and create a list of them.
greets,
stefan.


Marquise Daniel's mission: Feeding hungry people and preaching Gospel!
AS a child, Marquise Daniel learned that charity begins at home from his benevolent mother's love for the poor. He was born in a tea estate in Valparai near Coimbatore to Daniel and Jeyabakkiam. He did his schooling only up to 10th standard. His passion to work with the poor and the downtrodden made him seek openings in Christian organizations. He approached IEM (Indian Evangelical Mission) and was accepted by them in 1984. He worked with IEM till 1998.
Although he remembers his stint with IEM fondly, he says he could have been used in a better way by them. One of his postings was in Chennai – to work with the rag pickers. He came to the city primarily because he wanted to live a better life and not because of any burden for souls, he laughs.
However, his first port of call – in an extremely dirty and unpleasant place was a rude shock to him. Everywhere he turned there was human excreta and naked children were playing in the messy and dingy lanes amid scavenging dogs and pigs. Had he been alone on the mission, he would have either run away from the place or ended his life, he remembers. Such were the squalid conditions of the slum that he could not breathe properly and felt like throwing up always. Nights were no better as there was no electricity in the area and it was pitch darkness after 6 pm. Drunken brawls and street fights were an every day occurrence. Women, when they were not squabbling, wiled away their time playing thayappas or paandi.
He wanted to go back to Valparai but had no money. So he decided to grit and bear it for a month, take the salary and scoot.
One day, as he was walking in a narrow street in the slum he saw two children playing mom and dad. The girl beckoned the boy saying: 'Come here, have your kanji (gruel) and rush to work.' The mention of kanji brought back his childhood memories. Valparai or Chennai, things were the same for the poor, Marquise realized. The children were destined to live the same lives as their parents and that thought crushed his spirit. Don't they deserve better? Who would help them? Unable to find comforting answers to those troubling questions, he decided to stay put and do his bit for the slum dwellers. Although it took time, his outlook changed and soon he was teaching them the importance of hygiene and sharing the Word of God along with his wife, Patsy. When things were looking up, IEM sent someone to monitor his work. Soon there was some friction between him and his supervisor and he quit from IEM.
However, Marquise and Patsy decided to continue in Chennai to do the same work. Thus was born SCRIBE ministries. He remembers with gratitude how Rev. Theodore Williams, the founder of IEM, asked him to arrange a meeting in Chennai. Theodore Williams came to Chennai from Bangalore for the meeting where he made an appeal to people to support Marquise's ministry. As a result of his appeal, 10 families came forward to support Marquise and Patsy financially.
Sometime later, Marquise decided to introduce weekly meal packets to the rag pickers and slum children. Although feeding the poor alone is not fulfilling the Great Commission, he was clear that people with grumbling stomachs would not be receptive to Gospels. After all, does it not say thus in Proverbs 21:13: "If a man shuts his ears to the cry of the poor, he too will cry out and not be answered."? His wife was not very receptive to the feeding program, but eventually she came around and was a great support to him till sickness forced her to be bedridden.
The feeding program paid results. People were now sympathetic to Gospel and the Word of God brought about a transformation in them. The couple put many slum kids into schools and made sure they finished school. On Sundays, Marquise would also talk to them about the need for faithfulness in marriage as there were a lot of people dying of AIDS in the area.
For the past few years, Marquise although alone now (his wife passed away in 2016 and his only son lives in Pune) cooks every day for at least 150 people. Right from chopping vegetables to cooking rice and packing food, he does it alone. A domestic help comes to clean the utensils.
There is no roster for the daily food. It is usually variety rice and on occasions he cooks up chicken biriyani. By 12 noon, the packing of food would be over. Thereafter, he loads the food packets in a rice bag, lugs it onto his Honda Activa and sets off. His area of operation is in and around Koyambedu, Maduravoyal, Arumbakkam, Padikuppam and Ambattur Industrial Estate.
He has five to six points where dozens of people wait patiently for him. As soon they spot his bike, they gather around him, sit or squat on the roadside. Marquise begins the meeting with a short exposition of a Bible verse and prays over each man, woman and child. At the end of the meeting, everyone stands up and patiently awaits his turn to receive the food packet. Some ask for two. Sometimes, Marquise would oblige. The meeting is over in 10 to 15 minutes. And, then he sets off on his bike for his next point where another group is waiting. Again, Marquise would open his Bible, preach a short message, pray on his knees and hand over food packets to his audience. By 5 pm, he is back at home where he would sprawl on the floor for a quick nap. By 7 pm, he is out again either visiting some rag pickers in distress or buying provisions for the next day.
His monthly expenses are around 50,000 rupees. "God is faithful, He meets the needs," he says matter of fact. The rice bags alone would cost over 20,000 rupees. Then there is the rent for the house, electricity bills, groceries and salary for the maid.
Marquise, sure, is a humble man. He knows his limitations. "I am hard of hearing in one ear, cannot sing Gospel songs or make a fiery sermon," he smiles shyly. But still, he preaches and often through the work he does among the slumdogs.
Marquise feels he can feed even up to 500 people a day if he had a second hand van.
Plus, with the ban on single-use plastic covers in Tamil Nadu he has switched over to plantain leaves and that has shot up the budget.
How effective is his ministry?
"Often, they come to me with special requests. I cannot meet all their needs but at least I can provide one meal to them every day," he says.
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In describing a first century Jewish wedding, the bridegroom and some of his close friends would leave his house and go to the bride's home. There would be various ceremonies taking place, followed by a procession through the streets after midnight, and the festivities could last for several days.
Ten virgins took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom, they may have been bridesmaids who were assisting the bride. They expected to meet the groom as he came to the bride's house. Everyone in the procession was expected to carry his or her own torch. The torch was either a lamp with a small oil tank or a stick with a rag soaked in oil on the top end of it. The rag would require occasional re-soaking to maintain the flame. Those who joined in the procession not carrying a torch would be assumed to be party crashers or even brigands.
In this parable we have five virgins who ran out of oil asking to borrow oil from the five virgins who brought extra oil for themselves. The five unprepared virgins represents false believers who enjoy the benefits of the Christian community without having true love and affection for Christ, the Bridegroom. These five virgins are more concerned about the party than they are about being prepared to receive Christ. Their hope is in the association with true believers ("give us some oil" v.8). These five virgins are hoping that that by association they will enter the kingdom at the end. Of course, this is never the case. Salvation does not come through or by any other way. Salvation comes by way of Christ. He is the only Way!
Jesus said, "Many will cry Lord, Lord, but will not enter the kingdom of heaven." They will hear those famous last words, "I never knew you, depart from me ye that work iniquity" ; (Matt. 7:21-23).
This parable teaches us to hear and do the sayings of the Lord Jesus, which to some may be perceived as being rather difficult. However, we must follow through. Let us take heed of resting in outward privileges, lest we deceive ourselves. Everyone who who calls on the name of Jesus must depart from sin. Christ has laid a foundation, and everything that we try to build without Him is being built on sinking sand. We know that Christ will return at an unknown hour and that in knowing that we must prepare. Keeping our eyes fixed on Jesus at all times, with eager expectations, having patience as we wait for his arrival. This does not mean that we are to sit and do nothing, but we are to live godly lives, void of the world's ways. Whatever we're doing at the time of His return, we must be prepared, not having to make things right just before his arrival, as thus signified by the five virgins who were in need oil. We must not be found guilty of having to go away to make a purchase (v.10), when Christ returns. We should be ready, which means we are prepared upon His arrival.
Of interpretive significance, when Christ returns which return will it be? Is He returning for the rapture of the Church? Or is He returning to set up the Millennial Kingdom at the end of the tribulation? Regardless of which return it is, the lessons to be learned are relevant to both. Take the time to fill your lamp with oil and keep your lamp lit. Get your house in order, and wait with anticipated joy. He's coming back, so be ready!
Scriptures Ref.: John 3:16; Rom. 10:9; 1 Cor. 15:1-4; Eph. 2:1-10.


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Home > Scholarships > £17,668 University of Oxford 2023 Weidenfeld-Hoffmann Scholarships and Leadership Programme
£17,668 University of Oxford 2023 Weidenfeld-Hoffmann Scholarships and Leadership Programme
Written by David on November 10, 2022
Oxford OX1 2JD, United Kingdom
In 2015, to celebrate Lord Weidenfeld's 95th birthday, the Oxford-Weidenfeld and Hoffmann Scholarships and Leadership Programme was founded with funding from a number of outstanding contributors. The Trust's Oxford-Weidenfeld and Hoffmann Scholarships and Leadership Programme will double in size thanks to an additional donation of £9 million from Chairman André Hoffmann in June 2017, which will be matched by £6 million from Oxford University.
This award is part of the Oxford Graduate Scholarships program, which was made possible by a novel matched financing initiative and is given to the world's most promising graduate students. These scholarships are made possible by a combination of a 40% contribution from the University and a 60% contribution from the generous donors who support the Weidenfeld-Hoffmann Trust, which includes the Fondation Hoffmann. The Swiss organization Fondation Hoffmann awards grants to help launch and grow initiatives that provide real-world solutions to pressing societal issues. To learn more about the Weidenfeld-Hoffmann Trust and the Leadership Programme, which is offered in conjunction with these scholarships, visit their website. Both tuition and a stipend (of at least £17,668) will be paid for by the scholarship. Grants cover the total time period for which you are responsible for paying the agreed upon tuition.
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Help with visas, immigration, and adjusting to life in the United Kingdom are just some of the many services offered by the University of Oxford's International Office to prospective and current students. In addition, it oversees the preparations for the annual foreign orientation program and the international interviews that take place in the fall. The Oxford Language Centre is a resource for international students at the University of Oxford who would like to improve their English language skills. Any student may seek assistance in confidence from the college's administrative staff. Only 48% of the University's research received a 4* ranking, while 39% received a 3* ranking. In addition to having the highest concentration of world-class researchers, Oxford also topped the charts in 12 other areas of study. The University of Oxford is divided into 38 separate institutions, known as "Colleges," where all first-year undergraduates live. Most of these dorms also provide an important educational function, particularly for first-year students.
Scholarship Sponsor(s): University of Oxford
Scholarship Country: United Kingdom
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Scholarship Type: Postgraduate
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If you want to study one of the qualifying courses, you have to reapply for admission.
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Applicants should be able to demonstrate a connection between the field of study they are currently pursuing and the longer-term career goals they have for themselves. They should also be able to explain how they see their professional work contributing to the enhancement of public life in their home nation as well as on a wider regional and international scale.
Undergraduates at Leeds University in the United Kingdom can apply for a scholarship for the 2023–2024 school year. In an effort to inspire all students to continue their study, the University of Leeds is looking for exceptional students who can participate in research across the Mathematics department and are inspired to pursue higher education.
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Mapfumo Wins Emmys Award
BRITAIN-BASED Zimbabwean television director Runyararo Mapfumo raised the country's flag high when her production scooped the Best Comedy Series gong at the 50th edition of the International Emmy Awards.
The Emmy Awards, or Emmys, are an extensive range of awards for artistic and technical merit for the American and international television industry.
Runyararo Mapfumo
The prestigious award for Mapfumo was for her Sex Education series which airs on Netflix, an American subscription streaming service that offers a wide variety of shows, movies, anime and documentaries.
Sex Education series, created by Laurie Nunn, was directed by Mapfumo and Ben Taylor.
It depicts the lives of students, staff, and parents of the fictitious Moordale Secondary School as they contend with dilemmas in their personal lives, often related to sexual intimacy.
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The series features a cast that includes Asa Butterfield, Gillian Anderson, Ncuti Gatwa, Emma Mackey, Connor Swindells, Kedar Williams-Stirling, Aimee Lou Wood, Tanya Reynolds and Patricia Allison.
Mapfumo took to Instagram to celebrate the achievement, sharing some of the new and old highlights behind the scenes of making the series which currently has three seasons available to stream.
In addition to the behind-the-scenes videos and pictures, Mapfumo expressed gratitude to the awards organisers and the crew for their hard work in the making of Sex Education.
"We won an Emmy! Best Comedy Series! Thank you @Emmy awards and congratulations to our entire cast and crew. Directing on this show was a wild ride. One I will never forget," she wrote.
Mapfumo is famed for directing films Dawn in the Dark, Masterpiece and The Uncertain Kingdom.
She was recently nominated for the British Academy of Film and Television 2022 awards under the Fiction: Emerging Talent category. Follow @LiveHarare
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This week USPTO granted 4,377 utility, design, and plant patents representing the work of 12,140 named inventors, a slow week by recent 6,000+ weeks.
This week's top ten patent classifications accounted for 23.2% of new grants. Information-based patents accounted for 81.9% of these patents. Continuing their decline, only 16 new business methods patents were granted this week with another 28 patents having a cross-reference classification in USPC Class 705. Electrical patents patents related to semi–conductors, computers, networking technology, location services, and telecommunications accounted for 2,137 of this week's grants. Within the chemical domain semiconductor device manufacturing accounted for 94 new patents, radiation imagery chemistry contributed another 25, and electrical current producing apparatus, product and process inventions accounted for 36. The informationization of invention continues.
As of December 23, 2014 USPTO has granted 295,490 utility patents this year consisting of 56,150 (19.0%) chemical domain patents; 161,064 (54.5%) electrical domain patents; and 78,276 (26.5%) mechanically–focused patents. This reflects a +9.14% increase year over year (+9.14%Y/Y) for all utility patent grants with +7.95%Y/Y for chemical patents; +10.01%Y/Y for electrical patents; and +8.23%Y/Y performance for mechanical patents. To date 23,266 design patents (+2.79%Y/Y) have been granted along with 1,054 (+28.69%Y/Y) plant patents.
Corrections total 24,480 year–to–date. USPTO added another 518 new corrections this week. The way to get past the high number of corrections is to remind yourself that corrections are statutory.
This week the global breakdown shows US first–named inventors receiving 2,158 (49.2%) of the week's grants and foreign first–named inventors receiving 2,226 (50.8%) of the new grants. The top ten foreign country recipients were responsible for 83.3% of all of the foreign patents received this week and 42.7% of all patents. The top ten US states received 71.9% of US patents and 35.4% of all patents.
Japan (742) led the recipients of new US patents from foreign and Asian inventors. This is 33.3% of the patents granted for foreign first–named inventors and 17% of all patents. Germany (243) led European inventors. This week inventors from the European Union (EU) received 645 of the 698 patents with first–named inventors from European countries. North American first–named inventors received 2,255 patents this week, 51.5% of the total patents granted.
This week's utility, design, and plant patents represent the work of 12,140 named inventors. Utility patents average 2.8 inventors per patent. Design and Plant patents average 2.1 and 1.2, respectively.
Plant Patents are granted to an inventor who invents or discovers and asexually reproduces a distinct and new variety of plant, other than a tuber propagated plant or a plant found in an uncultivated state. If you've ever eaten a pluot, you've enjoyed the fruit of a plant patent. This week USPTO granted 5 new plant patents, (1,054 so far this year).
This week the US–to–Foreign patent grant ratio stands at 49.2% — 50.8% with 50.8% of all patents being granted to foreign first–named inventors and 49.2% being awarded to US first–named inventors. US inventors received 2,158 grants this week. Foreign inventors received 2,226.
This week patents with first–named inventors identified by countries outside of the US accounted for 4,453 patents or 67.4% of this week's patents.
Asian inventors continue to dominate the number of foreign first–named inventors receiving patents contributing 1,334 patents or 59.9%, of patents awarded to foreign grantees and 30.4% of the total granted this week. East and Southeast Asian first–named inventors received 1,292 including patents granted to Japan (742); Korea (252); Taiwan (151); China (119); Singapore (14); Hong Kong (6); Malaysia (5); and Thailand (3). India (42) was responsible for the 42 patents from South Asia. Inventors in the Russian Federation received seven (7).
European inventors were granted 698 patents this week or 31.4% of all foreign patents granted and 15.9% of all patents this week. European Union countries received 645 patents. Non-EU countries received 53 — Switzerland (44); Norway (7); Andorra (1); Serbia (1).
Middle Eastern first–named inventors accounted for 51 patents led by Israel (43), followed by Saudi Arabia (4); Turkey (4).
North American patents accounted for 2,255 of the total patents granted this week. The count includes the 2,158 patents granted to US first–named inventors; and inventions awarded to Canada (93) and Mexico (4). North American inventors received 51.5% of all patents granted this week.
Central American and Caribbean based inventors received 1 patent this week awarded to first–named inventors the from Cayman Islands (1).
South American participation included thirteen (13): Brazil (8), followed by Argentina (3); Chile (2).
There were three (3) African grantees this week: South Africa (2), followed by Egypt (1).
Oceania based inventors were granted 22 patents — Australia (18), followed by New Zealand (4).


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NEW Congratulations!!!
Janet's recording of Alfie Zappacosta's "Here For You" (from her CD: BACK WHERE I BELONG) has been selected to be one of 11 Canadian artists represented on the new Skip Prokop (founder/drummer of legendary band Lighthouse) Canadian smooth jazz recording project:
SKIP'S JAZZ FRIENDS
(release date TBA)
On March 30, 2012 Janet and co-writer Liz Tansey won Song of the Year @ The Kootenay Music Awards for their song "Movin' On" recorded by Patricia Henman on her KMA nominated
PAT HENMAN SOLO CD
2010 Music PEI Awards nominations:
BACK WHERE I BELONG nominations:
1. Female Vocalist of the Year
2. New Artist of the Year
3. Jazz Recording of the Year
2009 TWISI Award:
Janet won the People's Choice TWISI Award for Outstanding Achievement on a CD by a Female Theatre Artist.
Honourable Mention in the Performance category of the 12th Anuual Unisong International Songwriting Contest
Janet's song "I've Never Really Known You" from BACK WHERE I BELONG received honourable mention in the Performance Category of the 12th annual
Unisong International Songwriting Contest.
Purchase BACK WHERE I BELONG
Janet MacEwen's debut CD is available on-line for listening preview and purchase.Go to: www.CDbaby.com/cd/janetmacewen
iTunes.com_Janet MacEwen
The making of BACK WHERE I BELONG:
Recorded in studios in Toronto Ontario, Halifax Nova Scotia and Edmonton Alberta. Music producer and multi-platinum selling Juno Award and American Music Award winning singer/song writer Alfie Zappacosta brought some of the best session players in the country together to play on this adult contemporary smooth jazz CD which features new releases penned by Alfie Zappacosta, "Oz", "Eden" and "Here For You", as well as covers of AZ's "Hills of San Sebastian", "Next To You" and "The Dance Is Over". Lisa-Catherine Cohen (of David Hallyday's French Billboard #1 hit "High" fame) with co-writer David Pomeranz (who wrote "Tryin' To Get the Feelin' Again") contributed the new release, "It's All Alright". The poignant "Something I Thought I'd Never Do" written by NYC composers Judy Barron and Jeffrey D. Harris, an inspired version of Joni Mitchell's "Blue", and the new release of Canadian theatre composer David Warrack's, "Please Leave Me Love", as well as two new songs by MacEwen round out this recording.
This romantic CD features musicians Blake Manning on percussion, Russ Boswell on bass, Claudio Vena
on viola and accordion, and Silvio Pupo on keys, with special guest appearances by Ross Billard on piano, Dennis Keldie on Hammond B3, and the one and only AZ on guitar. With lush string arrangements thanks to Mike Stanutz @ Mist Productions.
For retail purchase in Toronto go to:
Song and Script - #2 Bloor St. W. (Cumberland Terrace)
Theatre Books - #11 Thomas Street (S. of Bloor St.W.)
For retail purchase in P.E.I. go to:
The Showcase Gift Shop - Confederation Centre
CD Plus - Confederation Plaza
Back Alley Music - University Avenue.
'Jazz in July' at The Guild Theatre
Alfie Zappacosta
with special guest Janet MacEwen
July 19, 2010 @ 8:00PM
Charlottetown – "International award winning Jazz singer/songwriter, Alfie Zappacosta and well known singer/actress, Janet MacEwen, bring their smooth jazzy tones to The Guild on Monday, July 19 @8 PM.
Janet MacEwen opens the evening and is sure to recreate songs from her recent CD "Back Where I Belong". It was nominated for three 2009 Music PEI Awards, including Female Vocalist of the year. Janet sang at the 2009 PEI Jazz and Blues Festival and is also known to PEI audiences for her musical theatre role as Marilla in "Anne of Green Gables" @ The Ch'town Festival as well as for her energetic hosting of Late Night @ Mavor's."
CD reviews - BACK WHERE I BELONG:
"... very much a polished effort..."
"For the past 3 seasons Janet MacEwen has endeared herself to audiences with her performances as Marilla Cuthbert in "Anne of Green Gables". But offstage the Nova Scotia native has been building a reputation for herself as a singer with serious chops and a repertoire that would leave some ladies of Avonlea flapping their fans and clutching their hearts. BACK WHERE I BELONG, MacEwen's debut CD, will, I suggest, take many by surprise. There are several reasons for that, not the least of which are the album's production values. Unlike most first records which sound a little rough around the edges, BACK WHERE I BELONG is very much a polished effort, owing in part to the fact MacEwen enlisted the services of a friend and sometimes collaborator with serious credentials to produce the album, Alfie Zappacosta. And Zappacosta's contribution to the album did not end there. He played and sang on the record and contributed 6 songs to the mix which he either wrote or co-wrote, including three of the record's finest tracks, "Here For You", "Hills of San Sebastian" and "The Dance Is Over". MacEwen herself penned two songs for the album, "Last Christmas Wish" and what is perhaps the album's best track, the bittersweet, "I've Never Really Known You". The remaining material came from a variety of sources, most notably Joni Mitchell, whose "Blue" is served well by an arrangement that features only MacEwen's voice and the sound of waves breaking against the shore. MacEwen chose her material very well. There isn't anything here that doesn't suit her voice. Then again, with her voice there isn't a lot of material that's out of reach. The arrangements are gorgeous and the sidemen she used here are all first call players: keyboard player Silvio Pupo, drummer Blake Manning, B3 player Dennis Keldie, accordion player Claudio Vena and bass player Russ Boswell. Prime cuts include "Oz", "I've Never Really Known You", "Blue", "Here For You" and "It's All Alright"
- The Guardian - music reviewer Doug Gallant
"I have had the supreme pleasure of listening to your marvellous CD many, many times and I'm crazy about it! What a superb piece of work. You should be very proud. It's beautifully thought out, magnificently crafted, and delivered with great passion and professionalism. Perfect choices of material... and never predictable. It's a huge accomplishment by a gifted artist with wonderful and always totally dead-on accompaniment. It deserves huge exposure. [Janet] is indeed a treasure."
- composer David Warrack
"… Wow! I just had a listen to your CD and I was absolutely blown away. The theatrical singers out there who try to cross over to jazz and pop, and from time to time there are pop and jazz singers who experiment with the theatrical canon but most seldom succeed. But you… you traverse those bridges so naturally and with such great ease that your CD should be required listening to hear how it's done right and proper. Alfie is a wonderful lyricist, and he is blessed to have someone like you to interpret his musical thoughts so wonderfully. You guys have got to do another CD together! I haven't heard a better one-two punch since the early Bacharach/Warwick days."
- singer/actor/song writer Frank MacKay
Other recordings available:
Janet recorded award winning musical theatre composer David Warrack's heartfelt ballad, My Prince Edward Island in May 2008 at Saluki Music Studio in Toronto. My Prince Edward Island was released at the annual Maud Whitmore Scholarship Fund Concert w/ the full Ch'town Festival Orchestra in August 2008. The CD is available for purchase @ The Showcase Gift Shop in The Confederation Centre in Charlottetown, PEI.
"One True Love"- Duet w/ Frank MacKay! MacEwen and well known Canadian east coast R&B singer/songwriter Frank MacKay, co-wrote and recorded their duet "One True Love" @ R and B Productions in Halifax, Nova Scotia, with musician/producer Ross Billard. "One True Love" has been released on Frank MacKay's 2008 Nova Scotia Music Award nominated CD: BELIEVE IT OR NOT
Canadian Musical Theatre Compilation CD FIELD OF STARS - Volume Two
Janet sings David Warrack's "Please Leave Me Love" and Cathy Elliott's "Love At First Sight" on this unique Canadian Musical Theatre compilation music CD with accompanying songbook and piano accompaniment CD. Also available @: www.castalbums.org/recordings/12215
Janet's Voice Demos / Song Writing
Voice Over Demo
Vocal Demo
I've Never Really Known You
Back Where I Belong SOCAN ©2000 music and lyrics J.MacEwen
Believe It Or Not SOCAN© 2006 music&lyrics J. MacEwen/A.F. MacKay
My Time For A Change
(unreleased demo) SOCAN ©2007
music/lyrics by J.I.MacEwen
Click here to view Janet's youtubechannel
Click here to view live performance video
on website Gallery Page
Click here 'MyBand' on Janet MacEwen's FaceBook Page
Back Where I Belong - Official CD Release January 16, 2009
Well known jazz musicians Russ Boswell on bass, and 3 time winner of the
National Jazz award's Jazz Pianist of the year Dave Restivo on piano, joined
Janet on stage for this intimate release concert @Statler's Lounge in Toronto.
The sold out audience whistled and cheered, demanding an encore...
Brent Bambury - popular host of CBC Radio's "Go" had this to say:
"When Janet sings she owns the song, she takes you inside. You can't keep your
eyes off her and that voice stays with you and brings you back again and again.
The voice, the emotion, the arrangements.... it's all right there. Janet is a force."
... loved loved loved seeing [Janet], oh my God! SO GREAT!"
George Evans - booking agent/jazz singer:
"I am so impressed with Janet's musicianship, with her grace and intellect and with
her considerable poise on stage... She is a stunning vocalist and truly a musical find."
Michele Mele - Toronto based singer/song writer:
" ... Spell binding performance!"
Liz Tansey - Toronto based singer/songwriter:
"Janet MacEwen had the crowd in the palm of her hand from the sweet and strong
opening notes of the first song to the last. This was an evening of great songs sung
by a polished performer with gorgeous accompaniment - Beautiful."
Deborah Fennell - independent producer:
"… basking in the afterglow of your STELLAR performance...what a great night! …
after what was truly, a milestone evening. …[ Janet MacEwen] in her "element"…
I really could have listened to much, much more – seemed like the time just flew by,
and before we knew it, it was over!! …"
Joan Gregson - Canadian TV actress ('Black Harbour', 'The Associates'):
"...I was thrilled to hear your voice. ..You sing like an angel... "
... more BACK WHERE I BELONG CD reviews:
" I just listened to your version of "It's All Alright" and I LOVE it!!!! Man, you
sing your ___ off and the arrangement is fantastic!! I wish you the very best of
luck with it and please let me know when you are performing next in the States
as I'd love to come see/hear you..."
"In admiration, David Pomeranz"
- multi platinum award winning singer/songwriter
"I just spent the past hour, driving around LA, listening to your CD. Girl, I am
totally impressed. And my favorite cut is #2 "OZ". Listened to it 4 times. WOW. Thanks for the lift, kiddo. Oh, you can keep "warming up" if you like, altho you obviously don't need to; angelic voce."
- Michael McCarty - Broadway/Television veteran and musical theatre maven
"... Wow! We love your CD! Great melodies and haunting lyrics. I especially
love your two songs. What a beautiful gift to share with the world."
-Margaret Forrest - Musician/visual artist
"...[Janet]sounds fantastic!!!! I LOVE 'OZ' ... beautiful!!!!"
- Louise Pitre - Tony Award nominated singer/actor
"First off, I was blown away by that voice of yours, my love. No
surprise, but I haven't heard you sing...maybe ever! "One For My Baby" is
the best interpretation and vocals (is there a difference?) I have ever heard on
the tune. And your own song ("I've Never Really Known You") I listened to a half-dozen times in a row. Unbelievable, Janet."
- Brian MacKay (award winning actor/singer/director/playwrite)
"Oh Janet, I savoured your CD my whole rush-hour drive home, and time passed magically. What a delicious assortment of songs, each so unique,
tasty arrangements, classy playing, luscious vocals, and SO much heart.
The first song is a powerhouse. Blue is breathtaking. The song for your
mom is devastating . It's gorgeous Janet."
- Judy Marshak - Dora Award winning actor/singer/somgwriter


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Puppets in Podcastland: A Podcast Roundup
Posted on October 18, 2017 by ccbooks
By Nina Budabin McQuown
Puppetry and podcasting belong together. Both are having a moment, as the journalists like to say, edging in on the big stage of American media. But if you search for "puppet" in the itunes podcast app, your top hit will probably be a podcast with helpful tips on writing modules in "Puppet," which is a code you can write modules in. I'm doing that thing where you define a word with the same word like a beekeeper is a person who keeps bees or a puppet coder is a person who codes in Puppet and not a member of our secret sororal order with rings and cowls and handshakes and stuff. Anyway, it's disappointing unless you're super excited about software development. Which the ads targeting me on Facebook tell me I should be, but I am not.
I do however, like both puppetry and podcasts. So this week for our Wit's End blog, I'm rounding up the few puppetry podcasts out there on the digital airwaves. As it turns out, the vast majority of shows with puppet in their name have nothing to do with actual puppets, so I've sifted them for you here, and I'll be leaving out the defunct and disingenuous. Sadly, there's no longer a Jim Henson Company Podcast, and Pension Plan Puppets is a hockey podcast about the Toronto Maple Leafs and not a puppet show taking place in a zany Nordic retirement community like I thought it would be. Ah well.
Part I: Puppetry Podcasts
The top of the list here is Grant Baciocco's interview show Under the Puppet. Baciocco has w orked with the Jim Henson Company, Sesame Street, and Mystery Science Theater 3000, and his guests display similarly impressive accolades. Produced by Saturday Morning Media, the show sounds good, with clean production values and good editing. The real pleasure here however is in Baciocco's interview style. He manages to be both intimate and unobtrusive. He encourages puppeteers to get personal about their art, then lets them talk, so the great majority of the show is their stories. Guests also know they're speaking to a peer audience, since this show is aimed at discussing the "art and business of puppetry" with "working puppeteers." Guests are often generous—in the most recent interview, with Dan Milano of Greg the Bunny, for example, subjects range from the relationship between character and voice acting to the perils of puppet plastic surgery. Under the Puppet is a relatively young podcast, and it updates about once a month, so you'll get through all of the episodes thus far fairly quickly. I've enjoyed every episode I've listened to, so far, and learned a lot about puppets on American television.
Getting Felt Up is another interview podcast featuring professionals in the big time of American puppetry—its hosts Nate Begle and Dan Becker interview puppeteers hailing mainly from Sesame Street and the Jim Henson Company, but also discuss stop motion animation and voice-over acting among other arts. It's been going a while, with episodes mainly clustered in the Spring, so there are plenty to download. Unfortunately, in episodes I've listened to, the podcast tends to live up to its awkward and creepy name. If Under the Puppet is the Terry Gross style interview, with its sonic implications of intense eye-contact across a table, Getting Felt Up has the atmosphere of a morning show, with a bro-y bluster that makes it a tough listen despite the interesting work the guests do. Production values are also uneven—sometimes they're studio quality, other times it can feel like you're listening in on a three (or more!) way skype conversation between a bunch of people who are all talking at once and also making dinner at the same time. This is a favorite of Muppet and Sesame Street fans, since it often allows for a behind-the-scenes conversation with builders and puppeteers on these seminal shows. These dudes would definitely giggle because I used the word seminal.
Part II: Puppet Shows on the Radio: Before we even get to the podcasts, let's admit that the idea of puppets on the radio rocks the very conceptual foundation of puppetry which is object theater is it not? With objects? How do you hear an object? I think it's an interesting and not all that silly question for puppeteers who've spent their careers thinking about the ways that sound and voice give conviction to their object performances. Play on, puppets on the radio.
Lolly Lardpop's Radio Playdate! I learned about Lolly's podcast from an interview with creator Leslie Carrara-Rudolph on Getting Felt Up. It's a podcast for children, and Carrara-Rudolph performs it for live audiences who sound like they're having an excellent time singing and dancing. Lead by sock-puppet Lolly, this show emphasizes acts that work in both audio and visual forms simultaneously and does it well. Carrara-Rudolph does a lot of great voice acting and her years of experience as Abby Cadabby on Sesame Street definitely show in the strong production values, kid-friendly writing, and far-too-catchy-for-my-own-good songs (the theme music's been playing on an endless loop in my head for twenty-four hours now). There's lots of great stuff in these, but there's also the occasional thing I think I'd want to discuss with my kid if I had one. I've only listened to a few of these, but there's a character named Madam Velveeta, for example, who's described as a "gypsy" in episode one, and while I'm sure my imaginary child would enjoy all the singing and dancing, I wouldn't want them to come away thinking that was an alright thing to call somebody, or that Roma people are here to be our scarf-covered-stereotype friends. That's what Stevie Nicks fans are for.
Radio Free Puppets is a radio variety show built in loving parody on the format of A Prairie Home Companion and performed as part of the Kansas City Fringe Festival. A neat idea, in practice this show feels incomplete. It's kind of like being seated behind a really, really big pillar at the theater in question. As I mentioned above, I think the idea of a radio puppet show is a cool one, but these seem to be written with their live audience far more in mind. Audio production values are low, and punny conversations that might work if delivered by a physically interesting puppet aren't enough to hold my attention when they're all I have to focus on. That said, it's a cool way to disseminate your show to audiences outside the theater. I'd rather hear more from host and puppeteer Justin Howe about creating his puppets, or hear a production from him designed only for audio.
Finally, in a class by itself is Puppet Hunt. It's not a puppet show, it's not exactly about puppetry. Instead, it's a pastiche on golden-era radio series like Johnny Dollar and Dragnet, led by two detectives solving puppet-crimes in the burg of Large Neck, a town overrun with ventriloquists who frequently meet grisly ends. Like a lot of fictional podcasts here in the early days of the medium, this one has a framing device, where Puppet Hunt is supposed to be real old radio, recovered by a pair of archivists. It's an enticing conceit, especially since the noir in these episodes is so much more feminist-friendly than 1940s radio generally was, but the sound quality ultimately gives it away. If you're a Big Broadcast listener on WAMU, you'll get all the forties radio references, but even if you're just a connoisseur of stupid jokes about ventriloquists, this one is definitely worth checking out.
That's it for puppet podcasts according to my searches—there isn't much. If you know of puppet-focused podcasts that I've missed in the list above, definitely tell us about them here! In the meantime, happy listening.
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