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Stanton Moore drops by Pinecohn Studios to talk blues and how he joined the New Orleans Klezmer Allstars and Galactic. A very busy drummer, Stanton plays regularly with Charlie Hunter, Will Bernard and Tom Morello. Episode #4 features footage Ric Stewart shot in 1996 of Stanton with the Klezmers, a band he still joins! Rare candid moments of his Stanton Moore Trio are also included. Stanton talks about heavy metal, the source of his dynamic attack and great shows in BCI#4. Subscribe to the Blues Center YouTube Channel to catch all the interviews!
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to the city as a teenager, and like his father and his brothers, he was a consummate musician and multi-instrumentalist.
Maggio then went home and composed a song based on what he had heard—as he explained in an interview towards the end of his life in the 1950s—and he had not intended this as a serious composition, but nonetheless, it took off like wildfire in the city, becoming a favorite song requested by audiences in multiple venues. Led by curiosity, trusting his ear, and acting on instinct, Maggio made a contribution to perhaps the most significant musical idiom to emerge from the Deep South, the blues. The genesis of "I Got the Blues" encapsulates the long story of complex interactions between European and African American musicians, and by paying close attention to historical context, we can begin to understand how New Orleans has provided an environment where such interactions take place.
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Tefillin from Golan Heights battle given to lone soldier
Family of slain IDF soldier Benny Hanani, who fell in the Yom Kippur War, donate his tefillin to a lone soldier who immigrated to israel.
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The tefillin (phylacteries) of slain IDF soldier Benny Hanani, who fell in Tal Saki in the Golan Heights during the Yom Kippur War, remained in a closet for 46 years, together with the notebook with songs which was discovered after his death.
Eventually, Hanani's family decided to donate his tefillin to a lone soldier serving in as an IDF paratrooper, as part of the project "1000 Pairs of Tefillin for Soldiers." The project is in memory of Deputy David Golovensitz, who fell in 2017 during an IDF operation in Hevron.
Hanani's sister, Rivka Ben-Aharon, said: "We live in Efrat, and my husband heard about the '1000 Pairs of Tefillin for Soldiers' project in memory of David Golovensitz. My husband told David's father Shimon about Benny's tefillin, which have been lying in the closet for dozens of years. When Benny was killed, we were left with nothing but his tefillin and his notebook with songs."
The tefillin were given to Shimon Golovensitz, who asked Chabad hasidim to fix both the boxes and the straps. The parchment itself remained perfect, even 46 years later.
"Benny's soul is still with us," Ben-Aharon said. "It's very emotional and I hope that I will soon meet the lone soldier who is enjoying the tefillin."
Speaking to Arutz Sheva, Shimon Golovensitz expressed joy at the expansion of the project in his son's memory.
"The tefillin went from a soldier who gave his life for the Land, to a soldier who gave up everything he had in order to immigrate to Israel. And this is the story of this country," he said.

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McLeod's Daughters:
Kellie Cunningham, WIN's Network Marketing Director, writes: Re. "WIN holding out on McLeod's Daughters swansong" (yesterday, item 22). This is an incorrect statement. The WIN National Network will be running the entire McLeod's Daughters series in 2008.
The politics of water:
Grant Butler writes: Re. "Waterwall to wall Labor and Howard's backflip with pike" (yesterday, item 2). I am a little bothered by the political football that the Murray-Darling has become and the future of water policy in Australia. Your story on the way Howard manipulated his 10 billion dollar water "plan" is one thing. I just hope that Penny Wong is well advised, because I doubt that she'd be able to name more than five inland rivers, lakes or whatever before she acquired the portfolio. I think that this responsibility needs some pretty deep understanding of Australia drainage, geology, climate and other factors and I just don't get the feeling that she would have that. I'm sure she's smart – but I hope she's smart enough to do a lot of listening, because this is not an area that a city-oriented person will deal with adequately unless they are very open-minded. I dread what might happen to some basins or areas at the stroke of a ministerial pen.
Adam Schwab writes: Ernie Biscan (yesterday, comments) claimed that "restrictions have worked really well in Melbourne. Consumption has been reduced by around 28% compared with water use in the mid-1990s. That's a great effort. And guess what! Councils have finally been forced to use recycled water to keep our sporting fields and parks green. It took a crisis but we finally got there." Sadly, the reality is quite different from Ernie's suggested Garden of Eden. The Age noted in September that "officials from various sports warned that 2008 loomed as a potential disaster if stage 4 water restrictions were introduced. Football Federation Victoria's George Angelopoulos said soccer may not be played at all next year" while "the Victorian Government [as been asked] for $80 million to regrow drought-damaged fields". Meanwhile, Glen Eira Council has taken to fining children $250 for running on a field. If this is the result of restrictions working "really well", one hastens to think what would happen if restrictions were failing.
Russell Bancroft writes: In response to Ernie Biscan, my water company is now providing us with bills that detail the average water use per person in our house, benchmarked against the average for a 4-person household with an average garden. The problem I have with Adam Schwab's suggestion is that it assumes that there is a constant number of water users at the premises. In other words, a household that has a lot of visitors would be penalised. And what happens when Mum and Dad go away and dump the kids at Grandma's house? Households with workers would have an advantage. Both I and my partner work full time, so we are using water at work, not at home, for a large part of the year. We would be able to splurge in the shower and on our garden, unlike the poor unemployed sods next door.
David Donohue writes: Just an uninformed comment. Most of Australia receives its significant rain in a relatively short period each year. To have the capacity of harvesting and storing this water to see out the rest of the year surely requires massive tanks? As an example, much of North Queensland receives an annual average of 1100mm over four months. To allow an average family even 200 litres of water per day, allowing for the 120 days of "free" water would seem to require storage of about 55,000 litres – which is a pretty big tank in anyone's vocabulary. My maths may be off, but I think the concept is worth considering.
Greg Cameron, Urban Rainwater Systems Pty Ltd, writes: The Victorian Government has just paid $12 million in rainwater tank rebates to 186,000 households to collect 1.5 billion litres of rainwater each year costing $2.60 per kilolitre. The Queensland Government has just paid $100 million in rebates to 100,000 households under its Home Water Wise Rebate Scheme (QON page 3033). Neither Government will consider new technology that makes rainwater lower cost than mains water for all households without a subsidy.
Brendan Nelson on drugs:
Jay Walker, former Australian correspondent for High Times magazine writes: Re. "Brendan Nelson on drugs …" (yesterday, item 5). Although one should never assume since more often than not it can make an "ass" out of "u" and "me", I assume that the point of the comments above new Opposition leader Dr Brendan "Horatio" Nelson's letter of 16 May, 1997 to a constituent was to highlight the fact that "harm minimisation" had already been the official illicit drugs policy since 1985. Of more interest is the apparent typographical error, which passed unnoticed by Dr Nelson when signing the letter, in the second paragraph: "I agree entirely with your remark about the move toward harm minimisation and a way for criminal sanctions for those who are using as distinct from those growing and trafficking" Surely he meant to say "away from" rather than "a way for" otherwise the sentence would be, in fact is as written, internally contradictory? Having said that, his patronising comment accompanying the demotion of Tony Abbott: "I think this will be the making of him …" and his appointment, given his opposition to an apology to the Stolen Generation, as shadow minister for indigenous affairs suggests that ambiguity is his stock-in-trade. The ability of Horatio Nelson to inspire and bring out the best in his charges was famously known as "The Nelson Touch" but for Tony Abbott it might be a touch-up-too-far which precipitates a similar fate for Dr Nelson in political terms as that of Vice Admiral Nelson during the Battle of Trafalgar.
How the West was won:
Andrew Owens writes: Re. "AWAs: How the West was won?" (Wednesday, item 10). I think it's a drastic oversimplification to look at the net swings. In Cowan – where the near-complete absence of the candidate until final week of the campaign was definitely a factor – and Hasluck and Canning it is valid to make such an observation as the swing was fairly uniform across the electorate, but several marginal electorates in WA (Stirling and Swan in particular) are actually two opposite safe half-seats merged uncomfortably together in a way one doesn't often see in other states (pre-2007 Greenway, Wakefield and La Trobe are the only interstate examples I can recall). Stirling is the oddest one – a swing to Labor but not enough to take the seat, but when one looks at the figures one sees a disproportionate swing to the Libs in Scarborough-Trigg, Osborne Park and the area near the Reid Highway/Alexander Drive intersection which counter pro-Labor swings in every other section of the electorate. Another interesting development was in O'Connor, where had the Nationals outpaced Labor with another 2-3%, Tuckey would have been in serious risk of losing the seat to a National with Labor and Green preferences – note the Nationals have not held a WA seat since 1974.
Frank Bonaccorso writes: Is it just me or are the endless editorials, front page banners and sniping commentariat in The West Australian about fears of a Labor Government, the abolition of AWAs and a return to militant unionism, an agenda to maintain the indefensible. It transpires that the monopoly paper's parent company is insisting its staff sign mandatory AWAs as a non-negotiable employment condition. Indeed, Wednesday's West editorial inferred employers were "obliged" to use AWAs. The West's conservative agenda is well documented and established. But its penchant for glory days past is a little over the top. We like the news told, not rammed down our throats. And as for its working conditions, well, where's the choice?
Belgians' most brilliant:
Chris Tunnock writes: Re. "Belgians move closer to a split" (yesterday, item 16). Tell Guy, no way, no how, never! The Walloon's have their own Gary Ablett, named Frank Vandenbroucke (sounds better with a Flemish or French bent). Frank is the enfant terrible of the national sport, cycling. And the Flemish love him almost as much as the current wunderkind Tom Boonen, aka Tommeke. I think Frank manages to trump Gary Ablett. He has set off a shot gun in his house with his wife and daughter, he has attempted to commit suicide, and he has been found with copious amounts of performance enhancing drugs that his dog needed for a peculiar reason. He has been called the most talented cyclist of his generation, on a par with Jan Ullrich, and superior to Lance Armstrong.
Graeme Philipson writes: The two most famous Belgians are fictional, much as Belgium itself is – Tin Tin and Hercule Poirot.
Ian Smith writes: How could you have forgotten Audrey Hepburn!
Adrian Bradley writes: Well, if you have Plastic Bertrand there you also need to include that other towering talent, Jean-Claude Van Damme (aka "muscles from Brussels"). (Side note: It seems very little of interest comes out of Belgium, apart from chocolate and beer. Imagine my dismay when I discovered my Belgian ancestors did neither, but were in fact engaged in that other great Belgian past time… lace making)
David Liberts writes: For Guy Rundle's list, the only additions I can think of are Eddy Merckx (probably the best in the history of competitive road cycling, every cyclist who started riding before the Lance Armstrong era will know of him) and 2007 ARIA-winning muso Wouter "Wally" DeBacker aka Gotye (who's probably an Australian citizen these days anyway).
John Molloy writes: Jackie Ickx, racing car driver. Here's a relevant quote "Everything was magnificent so far, even if I knew my part of dramas."
Rosemary Swift writes: You could add King Leopold II (perhaps more infamous than famous).
Roger Dunscombe writes: Gee whiz – it's a bit rich describing Patrice Lumumba as Belgian – claiming a local because he was born under a colonizing power, even though he fought against it all his life and even snubbed and insulted King Baudoin at the independence day of the Congo – by these rules the Poms can claim Henry Lawson, Arthur Stretton, Marcus Clarke etc
Patrick Miles writes: Kim Clijsters and Justine Henin (tennis).
Peter Brookes writes: Mannequin Piste – Grand Plaza, Brussels.
Prostitutes love Fred Nile:
Geoff Robinson writes: Re. "Why prostitutes love Reverend Fred Nile" (yesterday, item 14). So "prostitutes love Fred Nile"? The fact is they are people like all of us. Apparently Chris Seage believes that self-employment should be made illegal because self-employed might evade tax. My partner is setting up an on-line bookshop run from a spare bedroom should Dymocks be able to shut her down? What utter rubbish. I can respect even if disagree with the principled arguments that Christian conservatives and radical feminists have made against s-x work but Chris Seage is pushing a barrow of pure self-interest. Marx was right, capitalism requires the forcible separation of workers from the means of production, s-xual capitalism prevents workers using their bedrooms. Don't brothels insist that their staff are not employees but self-employed renting bedrooms at the equivalent of $20,000 a week?
Michael Kroger:
Christopher Ward writes: Re. "Michael Kroger, your nation needs you" (yesterday, item 8). Kroger for Federal Parliament? You've got to be joking – he's about as popular as Costello without the smirk. And there is still a strain of anti-semitism running though Liberal veins, even in Victoria.
Switching off the 6pm news:
Russell Boyd writes: Re. "Switching off the 6pm news" (yesterday, item 20). Not sure about Glen Dyer's opinion the ABC is the beneficiary of a drop in commercial TV's viewer numbers. Many, many ABC viewers who just happen to fall in to the 41% or 42% of voters who did not vote Rudd in, have walked with their feet and switched off the ABC, both at 7pm and 7:30pm. You could say we have conceded defeat at the hands of Kerry and the rest of the ABC news teams, who must be congratulated for using their privileged positions to oust the Howard government. The ABC will almost certainly will be the beneficiary of a new, sympathetic government, and one can hardly wait to see just how much gratitude the Rudd government shows in the May Budget.
Brian Crooks writes: People are turning to the ABC because the get the news, not the biased opinions of the bosses of the commercial channels, it's the same with the newspapers, people do not like the articles written by the yes men and woman like Piers Ackerman, Andrew Bolt, and Miranda Devine; they want facts and balance.
Steve Martin writes: A Current Affair and Today Tonight seem equally puerile with the emphasis on the sensational, and a form of vigilante attack on unwary assorted villains. Maybe they do some good in drawing people's attention to the corrupt and unsavoury practices of these people. I occasionally watch one or other of the shows until it becomes too awful and change channels to the other show. What I find amazing is the number of times the two shows appear to be showing the same story; this from channels supposedly in competition with each other. Surely this can't be coincidence!
Satisfaction:
Gabriel McGrath writes: Re. "Media briefs and TV ratings" (yesterday, item 22). This is the first time I recall Glenn mentioning Foxtel in his "ratings comments", so I was intrigued… and disappointed Glenn didn't say anything about WHAT was on Foxtel last night. I don't have pay TV. Old movies and sport don't float my boat. But I was wondering what was on. So I asked about "pay TV last night" around the office, and was told a new Aussie show Satisfaction started. I'd seen the Satisfaction ads in Who Weekly, which didn't tell you anything about the show. My co-workers said it's a flashy drama about high-class hookers in Melbourne. Apparently it's Sex in the City, plus a better plot, plus a good Aussie cast, plus Australia's funkiest city, plus full-frontal male and female nudity. I wonder how many VHS tapes / DVDs / torrents will be swapped around Aussie offices this week….?
Trevor Best writes: Shirley Colless is quite right (yesterday, comments). To be a member of the Holy Catholic (universal) apostolic church you don't have to recognise the Pope as being above all other bishops or archbishops. You simply have to be part of the continuing Catholic Church which shares uninterrupted apostolic succession since the time of the apostles, which includes the Eastern Orthodox and Anglicans. Others who have separated (for reasons they saw as good) but just hijacked the Catholic Church's book, the Bible, and "ordained" their own priests(pastors), would more properly counted simply as Christian (if they are prepared to give worship to Christ). This excludes Jehovah's Witnesses and some others.
No shinboning for North:
Terry Costello writes: Re. "Kangaroos supporters: time to face reality" (yesterday, item 19). As a Fitzroy supporter who has moved on from the tragic events of 1996 and have embraced the Brisbane Fitzroy Lions I would advise Kangaroos supporters that it is more important that their team survives and thrives rather than insisting their team is based in Melbourne. I'm sure that the AFL can rig the draw so that despite being based in Queensland the Gold Coast Kangaroos can still play something like 8-10 matches a year in Melbourne anyway. So the supporters can have their cake and eat it so to speak. As a Lions supporter it is probably not in our interests for the Kangaroos to move there, however in looking at it from a kangaroos supporters position history has shown that whilst the AFL have embraced socialism with an unbridled passion, they have also demonstrated their ability to be totally ruthless in order to get their way. If the AFL wants another interstate team and none of the current Melbourne want to relocate the AFL are going to get one without adding to the number of teams which is already too high. If the Kangaroos don't relocate and another team is started up in the Gold Coast from scratch, the AFL competition will still have 16 teams. Something will have to give I'm sure the AFL can easily engineer a similar crisis down at Arden Street as to what Fitzroy endured back in 1996. If this occurs then the once mighty Kangaroos will be something that only exists in the minds of its supporters.
Mark Perica writes: Don't let the death of your football team make you cynical. The balance sheet is not the sole measure of worthwhile values. Even on the AFL's business case they are not to be trusted. It is based on the assumption that the white shoe brigade will embrace an AFL club, that retirees from Melbourne will give up a life long allegiance to their Melbourne club and take up membership with the Gold Coast Sharkaroos and that we can have faith in a stadium deal which does not yet exist. The much vaunted "$100 Million dollar deal" is a mirage. The Gold Coast is death valley for sporting franchises. The simple fact is the Gold Coast Roos will not be the North Melbourne Football Club, and you, as an old Roy boy, should know that Melbourne Game commitments are not worth the paper they are written on. We will resist in order to exist.
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In the 4 December article "Kookaburra in a new flap", Nicholas Pickard wrote that Kookaburra "sacked" their previous publicist. We have been advised that this is an error and that the previous publicist and Kookaburra parted ways amicably.
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Apenisa Waqawai has spent sleepless nights and countless hours making sure that Fiji's largest brewery and distillery were running smoothly 24 hours each week.
By Fiji Times 28 September 2020
The dedication and hard work of the engineer to his craft resulted in a 40-year commitment that brought much joy to the Nawainika, Nalawa, Ra native.
"I have slept in my office and sometimes I bring a bag of my clothes so that I don't have to go back home," he said.
"Back in the 80s, I would sometimes spend two or three nights each week just to make sure that everything was ok.
"The machines had to run for 24 hours and everyone came in shifts but sometimes I would stay on longer.
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"To me there are the things that keep me going and kept me coming back."
Mr Waqawai is part of a unique group of employees at Paradise Beverages (Fiji) Ltd.
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Ten A-10s trained in Estonia with NATO allies August 4-20. The public had also the opportunity to admire their highway landing training.
U.S. Army A-10 lands on a highway during a combined aerial-ground exercise in Estonia
At the beginning of August ten A-10 Thunderbolt IIs from the 175th Wing, Warfield Air National Guard Base, Md., an MC-130J from the 352nd Special Operations Wing, RAF Mildenhall, UK, and approximately 270 Airmen were deployed to Amari Air Base, Estonia to participate in a Forward Training Deployment (FTD) to increase interoperability and relations between Airmen.
The deployment marks the third time the Warthogs have been sent to Europe as part of a so-called theater security package.
"We are strong members of the NATO Alliance and remain prepared with credible force to assure, deter and defend our Allies," said Maj. Gen. Jon K. Kelk, Air National Guard Assistant to the Commander, U.S. Air Forces in Europe Air Forces Africa. "When we have the opportunity to train with coalition air forces, everyone benefits."
During the deployment the A-10s conducted joint training with the Finnish air force F/A-18 Hornets in Finland, Spanish air force F/A-18 Hornets in Estonia and multinational JTACs in Latvia.
On Aug. 10 the public had the occasion to attend a mission involving the landing of the A-10s on a highway near Jagala, Estonia. The event was an opportunity for US, British, and Estonian soldiers, as well as local law enforcement, to come together under a unified command to successfully land Warthog aircraft in a civilian area.
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written by Evan Reier October 13, 2021 1:34 pm
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A trip to Starbucks took a very unfortunate turn for America's Got Talent judge Howie Mandel on Wednesday.
The former Deal or No Deal host fell unconscious outside the coffee chain location. According to TMZ, Mandel was at a Starbucks in the Woodland Hills area with his wife and some of their friends when he passed out.
After he passed out, he was laid on a bench in the outdoor area. From there, paramedics were called to the scene and the actor and personality was taken to a hospital in the Tarzana area.
The outlet reports that Howie had sat up and was responsive by the time members of the Los Angeles Fire Department arrived. As one might guess, the report says that customers and employees were surprised to see him pass out.
TMZ says that they will update the story as more info comes out, but that their sources say he fainted from low blood sugar and doctors are looking into his condition.
Howie Mandel Recently Opened Up on Depression and Mental Health Struggles
Recently, Mandel released a documentary about his life called Howie Mandel: But, Enough About Me. It touches on a myriad of topics related to the star's journey through fame. But a key focus is on his struggles with depression and mental health.
With the COVID-19 pandemic, one of Mandel's major issues, his status as a germaphobe, came to the forefront.
"This broke out, and [we] had to continue and I had to show up places. And cameramen are wearing mask suits and it's just really hard," he said to TMZ. "Obviously, as I've been open about and I am in the documentary, my mental health is on full display. And I talk about it in the documentary, the thing that drove me to go get help and notify myself of my own issues was an ultimatum I once got from my wife where she said 'You either go get help, or that's it.'"
As Mandel says in so many words his wife nearly divorced him as he initially refused to get help.
Of course, the America's Got Talent judge said the experience has taught him a lot about the struggles of others. He implored others to also get the help and attention they need.
"You don't have to have OCD or ADHD or all the issues I deal with," Mandel said. "You just have to be a human being and this has put a weight on the world's shoulders. People are screaming out for help, people that would normally not ask for help. So if there is one glass half full, I believe that the stigma of having a mental health issue or reaching out and asking for a coping skill is kind of making its way to the forefront."


Writing is a massive part of who I am. I would honestly say it defines me. In truth I have no greater passion than writing and of course gaming as well. These two joys have stuck with me for most of my life and I would certainly hope that they continue to do so long into my future.
However long or short that is.
As you may know I am aiming for publication of my first novel, and a nervousness has entered my system. It was expected I suppose. I'm nervous about the quality, I know it won't be a great piece of literature that changes the world as I'm barely an infant in my career and I am wondering how it will be received since no one but my significant other has actually read the book.
Natural worries I'm sure. But I was discussing my thoughts with my awesome EGMR friends in our Whatsapp group last night, and we touched on practice versus academia and various other important topics. We were talking about how you should never try and learn anything you're passionate about from a book before you actually practice it yourself. If you don't love doing it and don't have a passion for it, then learning it from scripture is not going to give you that fulfillment. Either you can do something naturally, or you can't. And if you can't, learn to. Practice, practice and more practice. After all, things seem impossible until you do them.
When I expressed my worry about my first book to the group, my "boss" (read: drunken sage leader) Dean said something quite profound. I'm certain that he wasn't trying to be at the time as he was most likely in another one of his hazes, but I found the words really inspiring nonetheless. Just don't tell him that – he has an ego, and fuelling it makes him become slack.
Of course we were speaking casually, but what he said resonated with me deeply. If I think back to when I started writing for EGMR nearly five years ago (then known as eGamer), I was pretty much nothing as a writer. Sure I'd been writing since I was eleven, but I had not written anything real or out there for the world to see. But if I think back to how I've improved over that time and how I've changed and if I go back four or three or even two years ago, I can see how I've written the immaturity and child-like excitement out of me with regards to my journalism.
I've written the things I just had to say because they sounded "cool", and gotten past the ideas that were spawned from excitement for the idea itself rather than a focus on the execution of them. I wrote away the inexperience and under-developed sides of my youth.
And I brought that back to the novel I'm currently working on. During the final stages of editing right now I can see some things I wrote that mimic those old days. And I've come to realise that it's not a bad thing, thanks to Dean. Sure I remove where I can, but sometimes just being aware of what your problem is doesn't cure it. It needs time and effort. This quote has made me realise that instead of taking it so seriously and worrying, I should simply pledge to keep improving and keep writing. And if I give it the right amount of heart and dedication I will get there.
That is something I think all writers should keep in mind. I once watched an inspirational speech by Neil Gaiman, in which he addressed the University of Arts Class of 2012. Seriously you should watch it – you'll be blown away especially if you're one for creativity and the arts. I would almost call it essential to listen to words as inspiring and sincere as Gaiman's.
But anyway something he and many successful authors have said countless times has stuck in my mind. It's that we as writers and artists often take our work way too seriously. Now, that's not saying that you must treat it as a joke or take it lightly. Of course not. You must have pride in your work and make the most amount of effort humanly possible.
But their point is: never forget to enjoy it.
It's your passion. You should be enjoying every minute of putting pen to paper or brush to canvas or hand to instrument. Cue sexual innuendos for that last one. But I feel that this idea is one of the most important when pursuing your passions.
Then again I'm just a beginner. But I like to believe that in ten years time I'll have remembered to follow this advice. And I'd like to believe that in the near future I will continue to mature as a writer and cease to worry about the journey, but simply always love the ride.
Thanks for your blog and thoughts and for putting me on to that Neil Gaiman speech. It was just wonderful and just what I needed today. Sometimes you write and you don't think about why and other times you wonder if you are wasting your time. It will never be a waste of time if it teaches you something about yourself and you enjoy it, whatever happens after that. Good look with your novel, I hope it is successful for you in many ways.
It's my pleasure :) That speech really moved me – it's perhaps the best I've heard as it resonates with my dreams and passions.
I agree completely. I think an important part of it is to do it for the right reasons :) And if those reasons benefit and grow you as a person, and give you joy, then it can never be a waste of time. Even if I don't make it anywhere, I would much rather want to sit back one day and say that I tried, than know I gave up just because I had doubts.
Thank you for your wishes! It means a lot. Even if it's not a commercial success, I will still be happy because I will have the book and my future ahead to write more.


The introduction of highly automated technologies in socio-technical systems (STS) gives rise to new legal questions, especially as concerns liability for accidents, calling for new models of allocating decision-making tasks between humans and machines. We first discuss the relation between responsibility for the execution of a task and legal liability. Then we analyse the impact of automation in the allocation of liability within STS. In this regard, we present an actor-based analysis of liability allocation, taking account of the main types of liability, and in particular liability for software failures. In the final section of the chapter, we present the Legal Case, a methodology by which to analyse liability allocation in automated STSs and to assess the resulting legal risk for all actors involved.


UPDATE: Nathan Haynes has been located and is safe as of 10:39 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 13.
The Clackamas County Sheriff's Office launched a search for Haynes, 35, of Maine, who was last seen Monday, Sept. 10, near Lolo Pass Road north of Highway 26 in Zigzag.
As the search began, Haynes was reportedly on foot and possibly experiencing a mental health crisis. His reasons for being on Mount Hood are unknown.


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Understanding Whiplash
According to the Mayo Clinic, Whiplash is a neck injury that can occur during rear-end automobile collisions, when your head suddenly moves backward and then forward — similar to the motion of someone cracking a whip. These extreme motions push your neck muscles and ligaments beyond their normal range of motion.
Whiplash injuries can be mild or severe. Treatment typically begins with over-the-counter pain relievers and ice applied to the painful neck muscles. If pain persists, prescription medications and physical therapy may be helpful.
Most people recover from whiplash in just a few weeks, but some people with whiplash injuries develop chronic conditions that can be extremely painful and disabling.
Some of the whiplash symptoms that can develop within 24 hours of the injury may include:
Neck pain and stiffness
Headaches, most commonly at the base of the skull
Some people also experience:
Whiplash typically occurs during situations in which a person's head is thrown backward and then forward, straining the neck's muscles and ligaments. Rear-end motor vehicle collisions (also known as "fender benders"), are the most common causes of whiplash injuries.
Up to half the people who experience whiplash will continue to have pain months after the injury occurred. In some people, this chronic pain can be traced to damage in the joints, disks and ligaments of the neck. But in many cases, no abnormality can be found to explain this persistent neck pain.
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Piga
Piga is the mascot of Piga Software, and is most commonly seen in the head display that is in the Piga Software logo. The head was drawn by Hamish Wilson with the assistance of Malcolm Wilson inside CorelDRAW 5. It has also been drawn with quadrupedal legs and posture and even as a beastly biped; it does not yet have a known personality in any published Piga media. The concept of Piga is taken from a plush toy in the shape of a pig that had a voice-box inside that made it oink (it was actually designed as a dog chew toy). The toy was referred to as Piga, and when Hamish and Graham first started Piga Entertainment in August 2004 they chose it to be their mascot and name of the group (previous name ideas had been along the lines of "Wilson Twins Software").
It is also intended to appear as a realized character in some Piga Software games, such as a ruler avatar in Piga Nation. The most prominent appearance for Piga will be as the main avatar for the artificial intelligence experiment Piga Brain. A son by the name of Piget has also been conceived by the Piga Software staff, and could potently be latter used for some educational games (as was prototyped back in the Visual Basic days). A Piga shaped engraving is available to be placed in since version 1.5 of Piga's Pumpkin Carving.
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Original logo
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Your cash will help save lives
Little Amana and her cousin Ahmed are the human faces of the humanitarian crisis in Sudan.
Sonia Sharma
Chronicle readers have been digging deep to raise thousands of pounds to help youngsters in the stricken African country.
Scores of traumatised children are queuing up in overcrowded camps in Sudan to receive help from aid organisations.
More than a million have been forced to flee their homes in Darfur after fierce fighting between rebels and government militias. Among the 79,000 people in the Kutum camp are Ahmed, 13, and 10-year-old cousin Amana.
Their life at home changed as stories filtered through about armed attacks by men riding horses and camels.
Fearful that their village would be next, Ahmed and Amana's families moved to a nearby dry river bed where they hoped they would be safe.
Amana said: "There was this terrible noise and these men charged towards us on horseback and camels. I remember my mother yelling at me to keep running. `Keep running' she kept on screaming.
"We ran for about two and half hours until we came to some caves in the side of a hill where we sought refuge."
Inside the cave, the sound of weeping echoed as villagers sought out family members and realised that many had not survived the flight, including Amana's uncle.
After three days with no food, the villagers set out on the long two-day trek across the desert to the town of Kutum where they hoped help would be available.
Ahmed and Amana have now been living in the packed camp for over a month.
Each family has constructed a makeshift shelter using whatever materials they can find such as twigs, grasses and scraps of cardboard.
UNICEF teams based in Darfur and Chad are responding with life-saving assistance for displaced families.
This includes support for primary health clinics, therapeutic feeding centres for malnourished children and the installation of water pumps to provide clean water.
It is supplying clinics with basic drugs and oral rehydration sachets to treat diarrhoea. Thousands of children are being vaccinated against measles as part of its immunisation campaign.
But more cash is needed to keep the work going.
Our Children of Sudan campaign, running jointly with UNICEF, has already raised more than £15,000.
The appeal aims to raise a massive £25m.
Donations can be sent using today's coupon in the Chronicle.
For information about organising a fundraising event call (0114) 251 7092.


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Photo of the 'world's most beautiful air hostess' sparks online frenzy
By Samantha Stewart| 9 months ago
A love-struck passenger on board an AirAsia flight has given meaning to the phrase 'love at first flight,' after discovering who he believes is the world's most beautiful air hostess.
When flying from Hong Kong on October 12, George Wong took a sneaky photo of a flight attendant who caught his attention.
Posting the snap to Facebook, George wrote: "Affordable fares with incredible views, what is there to complain about?" It wasn't long before the photo went viral, getting as many as 4000 likes, 2000 shares and a whole load of flattering comments.
One person wrote: "How can I book a ticket just to be on the same flight as her?"
While another added: "I would be pushing the help needed button a lot during the flight."
It's since been revealed the woman behind the frenzy is Mabel Goo, 24, who according to her Instagram is also a freelance dancer and business student.
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In a post to her new fans, Mabel wrote: "I don't know why those pictures were so popular — but it's very nice for people to say such kind words."
A post shared by 💓MabeL。 (@mabel_goo) on May 31, 2018 at 4:35am PDT
"I just want to do my job as a flight attendant to the best of my ability and make sure everyone has an enjoyable flight," the flight attendant added.
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Meanwhile, others have expressed their disdain for the photos, saying that whole thing is simply "creepy."
"Everyone salivating over the girl, but does anyone think this is not the right behaviour?" a concerned user wrote.
Regardless, Mabel appears to be unbothered by the frenzy, joking on her Instagram, "Can anyone tell me how a random candid like this went viral?"


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from tempest.api.compute import base
from tempest import config
from tempest.lib import decorators

CONF = config.CONF

class ComputeNetworksTest(base.BaseV2ComputeTest):
    """Test compute networks API with compute microversion less than 2.36"""
    max_microversion = '2.35'

    @classmethod
    def skip_checks(cls):
        super(ComputeNetworksTest, cls).skip_checks()
        if CONF.service_available.neutron:
            raise cls.skipException('nova-network is not available.')

    @classmethod
    def setup_clients(cls):
        super(ComputeNetworksTest, cls).setup_clients()
        cls.client = cls.os_primary.compute_networks_client

    @decorators.idempotent_id('3fe07175-312e-49a5-a623-5f52eeada4c2')
    def test_list_networks(self):
        """Test listing networks using compute networks API"""
        networks = self.client.list_networks()['networks']
        self.assertNotEmpty(networks, "No networks found.")

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<?php

declare(strict_types=1);

namespace Marein\Nchan\Tests\Unit\HttpAdapter;

use Marein\Nchan\Http\Request;
use Marein\Nchan\Http\Url;
use Marein\Nchan\HttpAdapter\BearerAuthenticationCredentials;
use PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase;

class BearerAuthenticationCredentialsTest extends TestCase
{
    /**
     * @test
     */
    public function itShouldExpandTheRequestWithAuthenticationHeader(): void
    {
        $token = 'my-token';
        $credentials = new BearerAuthenticationCredentials($token);

        $expectedAuthorizationHeaderValue = 'Bearer ' . $token;

        $request = $credentials->authenticate(
            new Request(
                new Url('http://localhost'),
                []
            )
        );

        $this->assertTrue($request->headers()['Authorization'] === $expectedAuthorizationHeaderValue);
    }

    /**
     * @test
     */
    public function itShouldOverrideAnExistingAuthenticationHeader(): void
    {
        $token = 'my-token';
        $credentials = new BearerAuthenticationCredentials($token);

        $expectedAuthorizationHeaderValue = 'Bearer ' . $token;

        $request = $credentials->authenticate(
            new Request(
                new Url('http://localhost'),
                [
                    'Authorization' => 'Token other-token'
                ]
            )
        );

        $this->assertTrue($request->headers()['Authorization'] === $expectedAuthorizationHeaderValue);
    }
}


The National Republican Congressional Committee is on the air today with its first television ad in the 1st District U.S. House race, charging that Democratic Rep. Carol Shea-Porter is a "rubber stamp" for House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi and her leadership team.
The ad, entitled "100 percent," is being aired in the Manchester and Boston broadcast markets, as well as cable television in Manchester, the NRCC said. The NRCC said the buy is $791,000 for this week.
Shea-Porter is facing challenger Frank Guinta for the third time since 2010.
In the ad, a narrator says, "Carol Shea-Porter votes with Nancy Pelosi and Democratic leadership on every major piece of legislation. For Obamacare, for the failed stimulus, and more.
The New Hampshire Journal is seeking comment from the Shea-Porter campaign and the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.