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Butler notebook: Bulldogs looking at transfers (again) to plug holes
The departures of Joey Brunk and Jerald Gillens-Butler leaves the Bulldogs with two open scholarships and depth concerns.
Butler notebook: Bulldogs looking at transfers (again) to plug holes The departures of Joey Brunk and Jerald Gillens-Butler leaves the Bulldogs with two open scholarships and depth concerns. Check out this story on IndyStar.com: https://www.indystar.com/story/sports/college/butler/2019/04/05/butler-basketball-looking-transfers-fill-holes-2019-20-roster/3375677002/
David Woods, Indianapolis Star Published 12:47 p.m. ET April 5, 2019
INDIANAPOLIS – If there are any point guards or centers out there looking for a college basketball home, Butler has room in Hinkle Fieldhouse.
That appears to be so after an offseason that has already been tumultuous. Butler pops up frequently on lists of those pursuing transfers. The Bulldogs have two scholarships available.
Two Butler players, Joey Brunk and Jerald Gillens-Butler, announced they are transferring. The Bulldogs are also losing seniors Paul Jorgensen and Nate Fowler.
Without Jorgensen, the Bulldogs move into the 2019-20 season with no ball-handlers other than the starting guards, Kamar Baldwin and Aaron Thompson. Gillens-Butler appeared in few games but was a potential playmaker. Incoming recruit Khalif Battle is more of a shooter than a point guard.
Insider: After rare losing season, Butler has promise — and problems
Insider: Years of inferior recruiting classes is catching up to Butler
No less urgent is lack of depth behind Bryce Nze, a 6-7 transfer from Milwaukee who is expected to become starting center. Without the 6-11 Brunk and 6-10 Fowler, the Bulldogs' only other returning post is 6-9 Bryce Golden, who is more power forward than center. Signee John-Michael Mulloy, a 6-9 Carmel center, might figure into the rotation.
Transfers have buoyed the Bulldogs throughout the 2000s, including two Horizon League players of the year (Brandon Polk and Mike Green) and All-Atlantic 10 guard Rotnei Clarke.
Among transfers Butler has contacted, according to Jeff Goodman of Stadium:
Grad transfers
>> Christian Keeling, 6-4, Charleston Southern. 18.7 ppg, 6.9 rpg, 38% 3-pointers. Other suitors include: Louisville, Texas Tech, North Carolina State, Georgetown, Maryland, Arizona, Cincinnati, Tennessee, Texas, Gonzaga.
>> Derrik Smits, 7-1, Valparaiso. 12.2 ppg, 5.7 rpg. Zionsville graduate is son of former Pacer Rik Smits. Other suitors include: Illinois, Oklahoma, Missouri.
>> Bryce Moore, 6-2, Western Michigan. 9.8 ppg, 39% 3-pointers. Park Tudor grad is coming off knee injury. Other suitors include: Creighton, Gonzaga, Loyola, Missouri, Northwestern, Wichita State, Xavier.
More: Derrik Smits doesn't feel a burden of living up to his father's name
More: Former Park Tudor star Bryce Moore is a desirable graduate transfer
>> David Jenkins, 6-2, So., South Dakota State. 19.7 ppg, 45% 3-pointers, 112 3s. Others: Gonzaga, TCU, Oklahoma State, Iowa, Note Dame, Arizona.
>> Jared Bynum, 5-10, Fr., St. Joseph's. 11.3 ppg, 4.4 apg. Others: Miami (Fla.), Providence, Cincinnati, Seton Hall, Clemson.
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Butler sent to play at Baylor
Butler was assigned a road game at Baylor in pairings announced for the scheduling alliance between Big East and Big 12. Games are set for December. Baylor is coached by Scott Drew, a Butler graduate.
The schedule is shaping up as a difficult one for the Bulldogs, who also have a road game at Mississippi, meet Florida and Purdue in Indianapolis, and have two games in the Hall of Fame Classic at Kansas City (Oklahoma, Missouri, Stanford). Butler also will be assigned a Big Ten opponent in the Gavitt Games.
More: Butler extends Barry Collier's contract as athletic director to 2024
Jorgensen and Fowler join Marvin Clark of St. John's and Isaiah Jackson of Providence on the Big East team for the Dos Equis 3X3U National Championships at Mall of America, held in conjunction with the Final Four at Minneapolis. Teams represent all 32 Division I conferences. Prize pool is $150,000, with the champions earning $100,000. … Grant Leiendecker, a member of Butler's NCAA runner-up basketball teams in 2010 and 2011, is leaving North Carolina to become an associate athletic director at Marquette. … Butler signee Oumou Toure of Kamiakin High School in Kennewich, Wash., is Tacoma News Tribune state player of the year in girls basketball. The 5-11 guard led Kamiakin to third in the state and averaged 22.1 points, 10.5 rebounds and 4.5 steals. . . . Butler signee Tenley Dowell, 6-0, of Morton, Ill., finished fourth in voting for the state's Miss Basketball Award. She led Morton to a fourth state title in five years. She averaged 15.5 points, 5.8 rebounds and 2.9 assists... Former Butler assistant Mike Schrage, who served on Chris Holtmann's staff and followed Holtmann to Ohio State, will be named the head coach at Elon.
Contact IndyStar reporter David Woods at david.woods@indystar.com or call 317-444-6195. Follow him on Twitter: @DavidWoods007.


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Anacortes Arts Commission
The Arts Commission is an advisory board to the City Council pertaining to public arts and culture.The Anacortes Arts Commission supports excellence, vitality, diversity, and accessibility of the arts as essential to the quality of life for all Fidalgo and Guemes Island residents by fostering a community cultural vision through the acquisition, placement and maintenance of public art and by promoting participation, innovation and partnership in all the performing, visual literary arts.
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The Anacotes Arts Commission is created by Ordinance 2716 found here.
There are no less than seven and no more than nine Commissioners appointed for a term of three years. The Commission may include one non-voting member who is a student of the Anacortes School District at the time of appointment and throughout their term. The student will be appointed for a term of one year.
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Zachary Wight December 2021 General Public*
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No kidding: Surfing Goat Dairy is having an 'incredible' year
KULA – Surfing Goat Dairy, which sells products from cheeses to soaps, is experiencing an "incredible turnaround" from a year ago when costly drought conditions hampered operations.
"We surpassed $1 million in revenue for the first time," said owner Thomas Kafsack on Sunday. "This year, we're more than 18 percent ahead of (sales) last year . . . and our strongest month is in December."
The Kula dairy's line of cheeses, dessert truffles and goat milk soaps typically brings in $80,000 to $90,000 in revenue in December. Kafsack said that truffle sales already are up two-thirds from last year and he expects to ship more this holiday season.
"Probably in five years, I can close the cheese business and just sell the truffles," he said jokingly, while adding that the dairy produces about 70 pounds of cheese daily.
Kafsack, who owns the 42-acre dairy off Omaopio Road with his wife, Eva, said that he has had to hire more workers to keep up with the demand, increasing the workforce to 22 workers compared to 15 a year ago.
"Just to make the truffles, I now have three people," he said.
While the truffles can be found at Maui stores such as Whole Foods Market in Kahului and hotels such as the Four Seasons Resort Maui at Wailea, Kafsack said that they have expanded their reach to casinos in Las Vegas. The Bellagio and the Mirage Hotel & Casino began selling Surfing Goat Dairy truffles this year.
"That's a huge customer, and we'll probably have to put in night shifts for truffle makers," he said.
Despite the recent success, Kafsack has been wary of overextending his business, explaining that the truffles are made by hand and are produced and packaged at the dairy.
"We just got a tempering machine for the chocolate, but (the truffles) are all made by hand so you have only a limited capacity," he said. "You can't find somebody who's done truffle making before, so you have to train them and that takes awhile. Christi (Heinen-Sears) is the head truffle maker, and she gives them trouble if they don't make them well. She is a perfectionist."
Heinen-Sears, who also is the store supervisor, has been with the dairy for 4 years and remembers when the dairy only had six flavors of truffles. The dairy currently has 39 flavors, nine of which are a collaboration with neighboring farm and distillery, Ocean Vodka, she said.
Jasmine Crisologo, a tour guide and salesperson at the dairy, was selling the chocolate dessert Sunday afternoon at the dairy and said it has been "getting a lot busier with the holidays coming." She said that the dairy expects to see a total of 60,000 visitors this year.
"For Thanksgiving, we get especially busy with a lot of people ordering (online and shipping overseas)," she said. "I think it's been our busiest year in terms of sales."
Although Surfing Goat has seen an uptick this year, Kafsack said that the dairy continues to endure drought conditions that have plagued Upcountry farmers and ranchers for the past several years. According to the National Weather Service, all Maui County rain gauges reported below average annual totals last year. Ulupalakua Ranch recorded a new record for lowest annual rainfall last year, measuring just 9.23 inches all year.
Kafsack said that his dairy received only 2.5 inches last year, and rainfall totals have not been much better with just 2.8 inches so far this year.
"But the problem will be how much more rain are we getting in the next three months here, so we can survive the dry months next year," he said.
In dealing with the water shortage, the dairy has had to buy feed, fresh-cut grass and draw water from the county system to keep fields growing.
"Right now, a lot of grass is growing and the goats are very happy and we are happy because we are paying up to $2,500 to $2,800 in water bills here," he said. "That's incredible, so when we can lower this we are very happy."
The dairy has virtually eliminated its electricity bill by installing more than 200 solar panels, which power the entire operation. This includes panels above a newly built section of its picnic area and parking lot.
"We had a high power demand with the milking machine, pasteurizers, fridges and freezers, so that's a lot that we need," Kafsack said.
He added that the extended dining area allows the dairy to accommodate up to 95 people for private events and large tour groups.
As the only goat dairy on Maui approaches the heart of the holiday season, Kafsack and his team of workers will have to prepare for the "crazy last weeks of December," where they see their largest sales.
"It's our Black Friday," he said.
* surfinggoatdairy.com
* Chris Sugidono can be reached at csugidono@mauinews.com.
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Fashion|Brioni Girds for Men's Wear Combat
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Brioni Girds for Men's Wear Combat
As it celebrated its 75th anniversary, the Italian tailoring brand pitched itself to Next Gen consumers.
Brioni's 75th anniversary celebration on Tuesday in Florence, Italy, included musicians wearing the fashion house's styles. From left, the cellists Andreas Brantelid wearing a Virgilio evening jacket with shawl collar and his father, Ingemar Brantelid, in a double-breasted evening jacket in silk.Credit...Clara Vannucci for The New York Times
By Guy Trebay
FLORENCE, Italy — Consistency is a tough sell in an age of obsolescence. Say what you will about sustainability, few 21st-century habits die harder than consume and discard.
Thus, when a label like Brioni decides to celebrate its 75th anniversary with an elaborately staged presentation in a Renaissance palace and follow it with a seated dinner, the risk is the effort will come off as counterintuitive theater, something as forced and creaky as an Elvis revival.
That it can succeed in so magical a manner as the Brioni event on Tuesday achieved owes much to what Tommaso Sacchi, deputy mayor of design and fashion for Florence, called the city's unique advantage. "Our most competitive asset is our ability to use the multiple stages of the city simultaneously,'' Mr. Sacchi said, referring to the hundreds of historic buildings far from the tourist track. "That is our advantage and why we are winning over Milan.'' And that may be.
But what remains to be seen is whether Brioni can conquer a new generation of male consumers. Will, as the label's owners hope, deep-pocketed young guys follow the rapper Drake to Brioni — "the one and only,'' as he rhymed in "Omertà" (though somehow Loro Piana was in there, too) — forgoing their Allbirds and a Topshop hoodies for stuff like unlined deerskin blazers with spooky price tags and styling so quiet you would never know who made them?
Playing bassoon is Marco Perin, of the Opera di Roma in a deerskin blazer and a cashmere and silk turtleneck.
A string trio was among the 23 musicians who played in the Palazzo Gerini.Credit...Photographs by Clara Vannucci for The New York Times
That is the wager being made by Kering, the multinational behind Brioni as well as Balenciaga and Gucci, two labels that have come not only to define the luxury goods sphere but to dominate what even designers like Virgil Abloh — artistic director for men's wear at Kering's big competitor, Louis Vuitton — have termed a burgeoning "post-streetwear landscape.''
Perennially heard here during the big men's wear trade fair Pitti Uomo is a wistful, tooth-fairy belief in the return of tailored clothing. The reality, of course, is that the suit never went away. Even two decades ago suits were being ghettoized as a bad-news staple, an emblem of old culture, something you wore to job interviews or to court.
Way back in 2000, major investment banks like Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley Dean Witter (as it was known then) had already joined the growing ranks of companies whose dress codes no longer required a suit, in part because — as Time magazine noted — "a generation of business school graduates has decided that working in someone's garage, in jeans, with the potential to make millions in stock options'' was more interesting than scrambling up the corporate ladder dressed like your dad.
Naturally it was digital culture that helped drive the transformation. Yet like so much else in the tech sector, the "casualization'' of the workplace had a whiff of the bogus. Those nothing-looking black turtlenecks Steve Jobs made into a uniform? They only looked Gap generic. In fact, they were custom-made for him in cashmere by Brunello Cucinelli.
So, too, are the signature gray T-shirts worn by the Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg, which reportedly cost him $300 apiece. And, when Mr. Cucinelli invited a bevy of billionaire pals — among them Jeff Bezos — first encountered at Dreamforce conferences to visit his headquarters in Umbria last summer, he was cultivating an existing consumer base.
"Casual luxury'' is a Cucinelli mantra. In market terms, his label has come to define the space described by that amorphous notion. Still, Cucinelli's consumer is the one who Brioni — and Loro Piana and most of the other luxury men's wear brands — is trying to wrest away with its aggressively elegant cashmeres and alpacas and silks of impeccably neutral cut and in colors (tobacco, sand, earth and cream) that barely register as such.
From the perspective of an observer who has watched from the sidelines as Brioni whipsawed through three chief executives and four creative directors in just five years, there is reason to believe that the label — founded in Rome in 1945 by the master tailor Nazareno Fonticoli and his business partner, Gaetano Savini — may finally have corrected course. With Norbert Stumpfl, now the executive design director, in place, it at last looks ready to do combat with the likes of Mr. Cucinelli and on marketplace terms that until now he has largely defined.
"What we are hoping," Mr. Stumpfl all but whispered during the presentation in an atmosphere conducive to a reverential hush, "is that people will appreciate the collection for our label's history, the tailoring, the incredible craftsmanship that exists and not because the clothes shout the Brioni name.''
Mr. Stumpfl was standing on a shadowy stair landing of the centuries-old Palazzo Gerini, whose Baroque mirrors and confectionery frescoes were illuminated for the evening by the light of electric candles. In each of a series of six adjoining chambers 23 musicians dressed in Brioni jackets, suits, tuxedos and even a tailcoat played pieces like Erik Satie's "Gnossienne I" and Francesco Landini's "Ecco la Primavera" (an optimistic choice, perhaps, in the dead of winter) transcribed for wind instruments.
Later, a group of 60 guests invited by François-Henri Pinault, Kering's chief executive, drew up to two long tables in a gilded salon for a seated anniversary dinner of vegetarian dishes (a curious selection of cuisine in Italy's most Paleo city), followed by a mini-concert. And — not 10 minutes from there on foot, and not by coincidence — Mr. Cucinelli, in the ballroom of a 17th-century opera house, would simultaneously host a rival seated dinner for 350 guests, who feasted on meltingly tender veal medallions and paccheri with tomato sauce served from steaming copper caldrons.
Florence, let's face it, is now, as ever, a city of warring factions; Cucinelli and Brioni are modern-day versions of the Guelphs and Ghibellines.


Vermont's next state poet is a writer and a political activist who has been an eloquent and strong voice for peace for many decades. Eighty-year-old Grace Paley lives in Thetford and will become Vermont's fifth state poet; the first was Robert Frost. Paley says she needs time to think about how she'll approach the position.
A committee convened by the Vermont Council on the Arts recommended Paley to Governor James Douglas. She will take over the post currently held by Ellen Bryan Voigt, who participated in the selection process. Paley has published three volumes of poetry.


Janet Jackson made Missy Elliott break down in tears when she presented the rapper with the Visionary Award at Essence's 2018 Black Women in Music Awards on Thursday (January 25).
Jackson, who worked with Elliott on songs like 2001's "Son of a Gun" and 2015's "BURNITUP!," flew into New York City from London to make a surprise appearance in honor of her longtime collaborator and friend with a moving speech.
"Some act, some choreograph, some write hit songs, some create whole new sounds, some women are able to make their mark in one of these fields, but there's only one woman who has made her mark in all these fields," Jackson began, addressing the rap legend. "Not only have you made your mark, but she's done so with boldness and courage."
The moment brought the two women full-circle: In 2001, Elliott presented Jackson with the Artist Achievement Award at the Billboard Music Awards in Las Vegas.
Afterwards, Elliott thanked her friend, calling the appearance a "surprise."
"I've known Janet for over a decade—and this is not just someone I do music with," she shared. " I can call Janet any time of night and she will listen...The times that I may have felt like giving up, she's always given me an encouraging word."


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Justin Bieber & Hailey Baldwin's Relationship Timeline Shows How This Couple Went From PDA To Rumored Engagement So Fast
By Taylor Ferber
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Apparently popping the question is all the rage among the kids these days, because TMZ is reporting that Justin Bieber proposed to Hailey Baldwin on Saturday. Fans understandably have so many burning questions, but a timeline of their relationship may or may not help clear some things up... for now. Bustle has reached out to their reps for comment, but did not hear back at the time of publication.
UPDATE: On Monday afternoon, Bieber confirmed his engagement to Baldwin with a lengthy Instagram caption. He also shared two black-and-white photos of the pair together, writing, in part:
"Was gonna wait a while to say anything but word travels fast, listen plain and simple Hailey I am soooo in love with everything about you! So committed to spending my life getting to know every single part of you loving you patiently and kindLY."
EARLIER: For the most part, these two have kept their relationship a mystery, which is why this news could very well keep fans up at night wondering how it's all unfolded. Bieber and Baldwin first sparked dating rumors back in 2014, after Bieber and Selena Gomez called it quits (this is also a confusing relationship timeline, bear with me). Within the last four years, there have been on-again-off-again rumors surrounding Bieber and both women.
Flash forward to July 2018, and Bieber, 24, and Baldwin, 21, are reportedly engaged. How did it happen? "It" meaning their relationship? Especially since people were convinced Bieber and Gomez were back together in February given their PDA-filled photos? Why does Bieber have to play us like this? What does Gomez think? And most importantly, how are Ariana Grande and Pete Davidson feeling about all this? We have questions. But here's how it seemed to all go down.
Sometime in 2009
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Bieber and Baldwin's first alleged encounter was documented on video when the two awkward teens were introduced by Baldwin's father Stephen. Two years later in 2011, Stephen and Hailey Baldwin attended Bieber's Never Say Never premiere in NYC and took photos with him on the red carpet.
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After a tumultuous, back-and-forth, on-and-off romance, Selena Gomez and Justin Bieber reportedly called it quits for good, leaving Jelena shippers wrecked.
Bieber posts his first picture with Baldwin on Instagram (with more photos to follow) and their romance rumors commence. On December 1, 2014, Hollywood Life reported Bieber moved on from Gomez with Baldwin. A source told the site, "Justin has a new muse and it's Hailey. She's different from the other girls Justin has been with. She's really fun, feisty, and could care less about Justin's fame and fortune."
At the time, however, Baldwin said she and Bieber were just friends from childhood to E! News. And about two weeks after the rumors started, Bieber posted a photo with Baldwin confirming they weren't dating, writing, "People are crazy. I'm super single and this is my good friend u would know otherwise." They also rang in 2015 together, crashed a prom together in April that year, and spent time together throughout the summer and fall.
Although they'd denied a romance until this point, this is when the pair perhaps started taking their public relationship more seriously. Baldwin joined Bieber's dad and younger siblings on vacation and the photos and videos documented on Bieber's social media suggested they were definitely more than friends. And did anyone notice that suspect band on her ring finger at the time? Just saying.
Finally, the two are Instagram official, and post super affectionate photos of their time together in the Caribbean islands around New Year's Eve. In February 2016, Bieber opened up about Baldwin and possibly hinted at marriage, in an interview with GQ. "[She's] someone I really love. We spend a lot of time together," he said. "What if Hailey ends up being the girl I'm gonna marry, right? If I rush into anything, if I damage her, then it's always gonna be damaged… I just don't want to hurt her." Later that month, however, rumors spread that the two were breaking up.
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Baldwin says the two aren't an official couple in an interview with E! News. "We are not an exclusive couple. He's about to go on tour," she explained. "Relationships at this age are already complicated, but I don't really like to talk about it because it's between me and him."
In the following months, things got murky when Baldwin made ambiguous statements about dating someone famous to Marie Claire in April 2016. "It's hard to date somebody in this industry. You have to have really thick skin and be very strong," she said. However, in an interview that followed with E! News, Baldwin claimed she wasn't directly referring to Bieber, saying her words were taken "a little bit out of context" and it was "just [her] general take on it."
According to FashionMagazine.com, a since-deleted video showed Gomez singing Bieber's vocals in "Let Me Love You." In November 2016, Bieber reportedly visited Gomez in rehab after she pulled out of her Revival Tour due to complications from Lupus and anxiety. Gomez would later go on to date The Weeknd, while Bieber released the song "Friends" in summer of 2017. In October 2017, Gomez and Bieber were spotted spending more time together, like attending church and hanging at Gomez's house.
TMZ shares a photo of Bieber and Gomez kissing, their first PDA since reuniting (this time). A month later, TMZ asked Bieber if he'd propose to Gomez, and he just smiled and blushed. In December 2017, TMZ reported that the two would start couple's therapy due to a fight over Baldwin. In February 2018, they were spotted cuddling in public and took vacations together, convincing fans Jelena was back together for good, until...
Jelena reportedly part ways again. A source told E! News, "Selena realized even though he's made some positive improvements, they just aren't a perfect match right now."
Baldwin opens up about Bieber in a highly-publicized interview with The Times U.K. She explained,
"Justin and I were friends for a long time. I met him when I was really young and he was one of my best friends. Everybody knows that at a certain point in time that turned into something else, but that just happens when you're 18, 19. It was what it was. We went through a long period of time when we weren't friends. We didn't speak for quite some time and there was a lot of weirdness that went on. We've moved past that."
The two were spotted together at a club in Miami and "seem[ed] very close and comfortable together," according to E! News. The pair was seen on multiple dates since and fans started speculating about a diamond ring on Baldwin's finger in mid-June. They were also spotted kissing in NYC by TMZ and leaving an NYC restaurant holding hands, according to People. At the end of June, Bieber posted Instagram Story videos with Baldwin, as the two were hanging out, presumably at a family member or friend's house. They took a trip together to Washington, hanging out in a public pool and making a visit to Churchome.
TMZ posts photos of Bieber and Baldwin being super affectionate in Brooklyn, and Baldwin receiving forehead kisses from him. On July 2, People reported the couple's car broke down during a trip to the Hamptons, but they carried on and spent July 4th together there with friends.
On July 8, TMZ reported that Bieber proposed to Baldwin in the Bahamas at a resort. According to TMZ, a witness said, "Justin's security told everyone to put their phones away, because something special was about to happen" and "Justin then proposed in front of everyone." The same day, Bieber's father posted a photo of his son to Instagram, with the caption, "Proud is an understatement! Excited for the next chapter!"
So there you have it. Given the chaos of public relationships and how quickly they can escalate, guess you never can say never. Just ask Pete and Ari.


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PhotoTapas 2015 Events Aim to Enrich Metro Phoenix's Photography Community
Evie Carpenter February 11, 2015 9:00AM
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"Marching to the Freedom Dream" Art Intersection January 10 through March 7
Images by Dan Budnik focus on three historic Civil Rights Movement marches: 1958 Youth March for Integrated Schools in Washington, D.C., the 1963 'I Have a Dream' March also in Washington D.C., and the 1965 Selma to Montgomery March for Voting Rights in Alabama.
"Home Bound" Art Intersection January 17 through February 28
Art Intersection curator Carol Panaro-Smith uses images to look at what "home" is and the relationship that people have with it, both as a sanctuary and a prison.
"Astronomical: Photographs of our Solar System and Beyond" Center for Creative Photography at University of Arizona January 31 through May 17
Mankind has pretty much always been interested in stars, planets, comets, and anything else we can see floating around in space. And photography has always been a means to further study the stars since the time someone took a camera and pointed it up. This exhibition at the University of Arizona features pieces from scientists to amateur photographers all attempting to better grasp the universe. Xavier Debeerst, one of the world's leading experts on astrophotography will lecture during the opening reception on Thursday, February 26, from 6 to 8 p.m.
"As I Nod to My Influences I Want to Float" Tilt Gallery February 2 through February 28
Brenton Hamilton gets a little introspective in this exhibition while using both black glass ambrotypes and cyanotypes on paper, some of the first photographic capturing and printing processes, respectively.
Evie Carpenter is a visual journalist. Using photography, videography, design, and sometimes words, she tells stories she hopes make a bit of difference in the world, even if those stories are in list form and include GIFs.
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State's Private Sector Has Fully Recovered From The Recession
By MARA LEE
Dec 18, 2015 | 12:59 PM
Five years and nine months after the state started adding jobs after the deep cuts during the recession, Connecticut's private sector has finally returned to the employment numbers it had almost eight years ago.
In the November jobs report, released Thursday, researchers said the state's private sector — not counting the casinos — has added 113,400 jobs since February 2010, or 1.6 percent more than were lost from early 2008 to early 2010. During November, government employers, including the casinos, eliminated 100 jobs more than they added.
Because of substantial cuts at the casinos and a smaller state and local government job base, the total number of jobs in Connecticut is still lower than it was before the Great Recession. To fully recover from jobs lost during the recession, the state will need to add 13,300 more jobs, for a total of 1.7 million jobs.
The nation as a whole returned to pre-recession employment levels in May 2014.
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Among the fastest-growing sectors in November were lower-wage jobs in the restaurant sector.
Jaime and K.C. Ward joined the ranks of job creators earlier this year when they opened Rooster Co., a sit-down restaurant in Newington that specializes in rotisserie chicken.
The couple, who have two elementary-school age children, opened the restaurant with the help of a $100,000 loan from nonprofit lender Hedco and with savings from two decades in the restaurant industry.
When they opened, they hired 35 people, to prepare for a new-restaurant rush. They overstaffed to make sure they can handle it, with as many as three bartenders working at once. Now, they have 25 employees, with 10 full time, including five servers or hostesses for whom it's a second job. Virtually all are hires from other restaurants.
"It is difficult to find good kitchen staff," Jaime Ward said. "It's hard to pay them what they deserve to make."
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She said they just hired a couple of people because their former boss, West Hartford restaurateur Billy Grant, always used to say, "Don't turn away a good chef if they're looking for a job."
In November, all employers added a net 5,100 jobs, according to an initial seasonally adjusted estimate. In the last year, the state Department of Labor says Connecticut employers have added 26,800 jobs, a very similar pace to last year, when initial estimates were that the state added 26,700 jobs, and the final data confirmed just over 25,000 jobs.
The state's employers have not added jobs this briskly since the late 1990s.
Unemployment in Connecticut is 5.1 percent, back to where it was in March 2008. It is statistically indistinguishable from the U.S. rate of 5 percent.
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy issued a statement on the news that said: "Today's data shows that Connecticut's private sector is continuing to grow from the 2008 recession — and we've hit yet another milestone. Our state's businesses have shown strong growth this year, adding over 26,700 new jobs, while our unemployment rate is at a nearly eight-year low. We know that numbers can and may fluctuate from month to month, but what is undoubtedly clear is that we are making significant progress."
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He called it a moment to celebrate, but said the administration will keep trying to foster job growth.
Average weekly private sector earnings in Connecticut were up 3.1 percent from a year ago, to $1,010.90,
"This bodes well for purchasing power," said Nick Perna, an economist and adviser to Webster Bank.
But another report released Thursday suggested different parts of the state are seeing very different levels of wage growth.
According to data released by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the average wage growth from June 2014 to June 2015 in urban counties was 3 percent. In Connecticut, only Fairfield hit 3 percent; New Haven grew at 2 percent, Hartford was flat at 0.3 percent and New London was down .1 percent, leaving it near the bottom in the country.
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The wage records can reflect raises and hours for current workers, or a shifting mix of high, middle and low wage jobs.
The sectors that grew most robustly in November include one low wage — restaurants and hotels — and one high wage —professional, technical and scientific services. The former added 1,200 jobs and the latter, 1,700 jobs. Over the year, restaurants and hotels and health and social services have been the biggest contributors to the state's job growth.
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The only sector in negative territory for the year is the one that represents corporate headquarters — it's down 600.
Perna said, "I think the conventional wisdom is the state is growing much more slowly than that," referring to more than 25,000 jobs added in the last 12 months. "I think what's happening is they're confusing some storm clouds on the horizon with today."
Jaime Ward, from Rooster Co., said Newington's restaurant traffic isn't as consistent as it was in West Hartford Center, where they used to work. But she said even though Newington is "a little off the beaten path," the restaurant has found a circle of regulars and weekends are "crazy busy."
"We're continuing to grow," she said. "I think we get more fans every day."
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It was a long and difficult trip for John: Impossible at night, highly dangerous at dusk and dawn, and barely realizable during the limited hours of winter's solstice. The distance was immense: A nonstop round trip of eight hundred and twenty two miles from Mount Isa to Birdsville. Driving in the light of day one could barely comprehend the abject horrors of the previous night: Cows strewn asunder to the left and right, legs sticking straight up like upside down garden tables after some drunken picnic. Either side of the faint white dashed line, dead marsupials and other slain beasts endlessly blotched and stained the road. More than clues, this was cogent evidence of road trains: giant, snarling, heavy trucks with massive metal jowls and menacing lights dragging four or five trailers measuring over 150 feet long. Nocturnal land-based creatures on the roadways have no chance as these pummeling Pullmans stop strictly for destinations and nothing else.
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For the next 24 hours the voltage continued to check in at a steady 12.25 volts. For my part, on several occasions I tried unsuccessfully to use Vulcan mind control techniques to extinguish the annoying little red battery light. Then, on the fourth day, on the final approach to the campsite I watched the voltage needle plunge swiftly, like the Dow Jones on Brexit. The car's alternator had died, and I was over one thousand miles away, in the middle of nowhere.
I cannot thank John and Ben at Fleet Crew rentals enough for their service, which goes way and beyond the call of duty. Also, I need to thank the crusty but soft-centered manager at the Birdsville Roadhouse garage, Peter Barnes, as well as my wonderful convoy compadres: Dave, Mike, Paul and Johnny. Gentlemen, what a fabulous trip and thanks for allowing me to ride along!
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The Finance Department is responsible for ensuring the integrity of public funds by developing and monitoring compliance with internal controls and financial policies and procedures. The Finance Department manages the following functions: County Budget preparation, Financial Reporting, Purchasing & Contracts, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable (excluding taxes), Payroll, and Employee Benefit Administration.
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The Relevance Of Music Royalty Accounting Software
People should all ponder the notions encompassing Music Royalty Accounting Software when researching this particular concept.
The things you didn't anticipate will rise up to present new challenges. Getting any career started especially as the manager of an artist in the music business requires a functioning network of contacts of people who you can do business with. The music industry doesn't work like the corporate grind. There is no linear path to success. You better be prepared to hustle, otherwise this business is not for you. A starting place for someone new to artist management is to join an existing artist management firm as a junior associate, or to join as an assistant tour manager. A lack of skills, or a lack of the right type of skills, is one of the greatest barriers of entry into the music industry. You aren't going to get hired at a commercial recording studio if you don't know the first thing about recording music. If you have great music, you'll find a way to market it successfully by working hard. Don't look to the bigger publications or clubs at first. Start small. Have a multitiered marketing plan. Concentrate on ways to sell your first one hundred records. Then work up to larger numbers. If you have great music, online opportunities can allow others to know about it.
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The streaming age means maximised choice and availability, but may also forfeit a definable sound for modern generations. Businesses such as radio stations, shops, bars, live venues, all obtain a blanket license from the PRO in their territory, then the PRO collects and distribute that money to you, the songwriter. In the UK, we have PRS , in the US they have ASCAP , BMI , SESAC , and Global Music Rights. More artists should consider crowdfunding as a proof of concept for their music business prospects. KickStarter, Indiegogo, and Patreon are some popular choices. The advantage of this is that you can send it as an enclosure, and the recipient won't need to be connected to the internet to view and listen after they've downloaded it. The royalty reduction for sales outside the country varies widely from company to company, and artist to artist. As a broad rule, companies usually give a higher rate in the major territories and in territories where they have an ownership interest in the foreign distributor (today the majors all have worldwide operations). Prominent streaming services can easily be tracked using Music Royalty Software in a SaaS environment.
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The use of copyright music without permission is a form of theft which damages composers and publishers. It discourages composers, who will look to other ways of earning a living. It deters publishers from investing in the production of music and it denies them information about the use of music which would guide further investment decisions. A synchronization license is a license to use music in timed synchronization with visual images. A classic example is a song in a motion picture, where the song is synchronized with the action on the screen. It also includes television programs, television and Internet commercials, audiovisual streaming, home video devices, etc. The biggest change in the concert business over the last few years has been the way concerts are marketed. Traditionally, it was all about advertising in newspapers, on radio, and (for really big tours) on TV. These days, most of the marketing happens over the Internet; at the time of this writing, more than 85% of all tickets are sold over the Internet. One of the most important points you have to negotiate in music is what your manager gets paid after the end of the management deal. Even though the term may end after a few years, virtually every management contract says the manager gets paid on earnings after the term if those earnings are generated under contracts entered into or substantially negotiated during the term. Whether you are a singer, musician, songwriter, producer, arranger, or any other person on the creative talent end of the music industry, if you don't protect yourself, you will have nothing! Music streaming services need something like Music Royalty Accounting to be accurately tracked.
Royalties are paid for each record sold. Why do I emphasize the word sold? Well, the companies give away free goods, also known as special campaign free goods. This started when the companies wanted to push out large numbers of a particular artist's album. To get the stores to stock more of it, they gave away 10% or more of all records shipped. Hope for the best and prepare for the worst. Indie artists are more accessible now than they ever were. With sites like MySpace, those who need music have access to someone who lives in a small town with great music. And direct contact with them. Deal terms with musicians are growing increasingly more complex for record labels and the associated financial terms are getting harder to manage. Simply collecting the information needed to manage the royalties process can be a daunting task as you likely need data from many different systems and sources. n traditional streaming platforms, possible factors that affect your royalties are where the user streaming your music comes from and whether they have a premium or a free membership. It also depends on whether the whole track is played or only a short part. So how much you can earn per stream depends on multiple factors. Something like Music Publishing Management Software allow the users to easily manage their contracts and revenues.
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A cruise ship musician's responsibility is to entertain guests. Expenses are minimal for cruise ship musicians, so they're generally able to sock away a lot of money while they're working. Competition can be fierce for this position. Those on the business end of the music industry often follow the same pattern. Managers and booking agents may handle a number of acts before one makes it big. Sometimes these same people believed so strongly in an act that they worked with them for a long time period and then, one day, success! Marketing can open doors for musicians. Why? Because all successful companies use marketing to sell products, and musicians need to look at themselves as a product. Done correctly, marketing can tell their story, differentiate them from other acts, and convince potential talent buyers why they should hire them instead of another act. An engineer works the board in the studio and controls the flow of a session. Engineers can be pains in the butt or the key to a great recording. Streaming only one business model, and a business model that in many ways is so constraining, that we really only have one set of experiences in the market. But, how sustainable is the recorded music streaming world in its current state? Your business is not Music Publishing Software and you shouldn't waste your time trying to do this when you can use experts instead.
The music industry is really hard work. Careers are not handed out at graduation day. Those have to be earned, through hard work, low pay, a positive and good attitude, and lots of patience. Some people seem to get all the breaks, are always at the right place at the right time. In the music business fortunes change, so when you're hot, you're getting paid very regularly by customers, and when you're not, it's a little bit more difficult to get paid. Therefore it's harder to pay all distributed labels. The streaming landscape is more complicated than it may look at first glance - a reality that's too often blurred by the superstars who usually take center stage in the public narratives. But if you look at the artists who have both the most to gain and the most to lose in the streaming age, you'll notice not only how tricky it all is but also how fascinating it can be. Owning a piece of the publishing royalties of songs on an artists' records can earn you money. Even if you have a good lawyer, it's important for you to understand the basics of copyright and publishing issues. As record labels make a fixed percentage of streaming royalties, an industry has sprung up around Music Royalty Accounting Software and the management of these.
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Making music is fun, which is why most people start making music in the first place. Financial stability is something that almost everyone wishes for, and not every day job outside of the music industry sucks. Song writers will work to write songs for radio they can add to their catalog. These songs are sent to their publishers so that they can be pitched to artists and other opportunities. There are hundreds of exciting career choices in the music industry, whether you want to be on the business end, in the talent area, or somewhere in between. Interestingly, most record contracts don't distinguish between multiple-CD albums and multiple digital albums. So, technically, your royalty could be reduced on a digital album if it falls within the definition of multiple, even though they have no additional manufacturing costs. However, they do have to pay additional royalties to the songwriters. Before streaming services came, piracy destroyed the industry. But streaming services, of which Spotify is one of the largest, have helped bolster the music industry. However, streaming services have consistently been criticised for the small-dollar they pay per stream. Music labels want to be able to pay artists on time and more regularly and Music Accounting Software can help in this regard.
Find other people working in the industry to network with and learn from. Make friends with other music industry participants, as they can help you with valuable information and contacts. Attorneys come in every possible stripe and from every possible background, and it is difficult to evaluate them objectively. Artists who seek to reach their audience have to tour. Touring increases artist awareness among the broadcast industry and eventual consumers and fans, with the ultimate benefit of increased sales of records and increased interest in that artist and, down the road, a successful subsequent tour. The more interesting-and more useful-question isn't the one that merely asks whether streaming is good or bad. It's the one that recognizes that the challenges that may appear unique to streaming mirror issues that have long afflicted artists contending with various corporate gatekeepers within the music industry. Before a musician signs a contact, any contract, they must read it and know and understand what they're reading. If they don't understand something, no matter how small, they should ask. There has been some controversy regarding how Royalty Accounting Software work out the royalties for music companies.
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Never take what you have for granted. Even successful musicians can have their livelihoods taken away in the blink of an eye. Taking everything you can get isn't fair to the music artist. Since I believe that what goes around comes back to you, taking unfair advantage will not create a successful label/artist relationship. The fact that a producer (which, mind you, is not just somebody that owns a computer and a recording software!) has worked with many artists allows him/her to bring all of his experiences to the table and to put his knowledge and background to the client's use. Artists can duet with fans on social media, allowing greater levels of interaction. In addition, artists can pick from a range of platforms to customise their user experience and appeal to different demographics of users. There are two sides of music copyrights, master rights and publishing rights. Master rights belong to the owner of the original sound recording. Publishing rights belong to the owner of the actual musical composition. Market leading Music Royalty Companies allows for full traceability of your world-wide music sales.
Streaming rates are opaque to say the least, but as some research has pointed out, platforms like Spotify have seen rates dropping year on year – and with more and more artists joining the platform this is only expected to get worse. Earning plays, even just a few, can be the start of something big, and every spin is meaningful. Spotify faces particular scrutiny due to its free service tier, which allows users to listen free with advertisements between tracks. The tier has led to a variety of major album releases being delayed or withdrawn from the service. The definition of records includes any other device now or hereafter known that is capable of transmitting sound alone, or sound with visual images. Even more importantly, the current deals define records to mean any kind of delivery of your performances for consumer use, whether sound alone or with visuals. This is designed to pick up the Internet, including Spotify, Pandora, YouTube, and Vevo. Portfolio careers are common in the music business. This means having several streams of income at the same time, often combining jobs with freelance work. For example, session musicians could also make money as music teachers, and with the right knowledge and experience DJs and recording engineers can move into music production. As royalty collections are now one of the largest financial streams in the music business, artists need Royalties Management Software to provide accurate data and information.
Public Performance Types
Although income flow is improving all the time, it can take up to two years for royalties to reach the artist. There is an important distinction between the negotiated license and a compulsory provision based on subscription vs non subscription, an important part of the narrative. It seems the focus is always on the bias toward digital abundance and how it will change the industry moving forward, which is arguable. Major record labels need to sell much bigger numbers than an indie, which can be solvent with a fraction of those sales. Indies recognize there are many great artists who may not sell the kind of numbers the majors want but are still worthy of being released. Perseverance is vital to success in the music industry no matter what you want to do, what area of the industry you want to enter, and what career level you want to achieve. Do you want to know why most people don't find their perfect job in the music industry? It's because they gave up looking before they found it. Music artists sometimes sign contracts without seeing a lawyer. Later, to break a contract, the artist may claim he or she had no legal representation and the agreement is unfair. Music revenue leakage by inaccurate calculations and forecasts can be avoided by using Music Publisher Software for your music business.
Session singers and musicians are hired on for one-offs, a strings of gigs or even tours. Sometimes, they get offers to join a band on a more permanent basis, too. Sound recording copyrights are typically controlled by a record label, which may promote the song, collect and distribute royalties, and provide an advance to the artist, among other things. But often artists only get a small fraction for their creations. Think of every possible way someone could purchase your music. How will you make sure people get access to your product when they want it? One can uncover supplementary insights about Music Royalty Accounting Software at this Wikipedia page.
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Australian letters
Sir: David Dilley (Letters, 17 March) suggests 'co-operation between local communities and enlightened landowners' might assist in the provision of affordable housing for local residents. A mechanism already exists, known as a Community Land Trust. More than 200 have been set up in England and many more will be established as a result of the Localism Act 2011. However, what is still missing is a central government solution to the vagaries of local planning decisions.
Dr Bill Anderson
Melbourne, Vic.
The antidepressants con
Sir: Congratulations to Angela Patmore for exposing the many troubling aspects of the escalating use of antidepressants ('Overdosed: Our dangerous dependency on antidepressants', 24 March). The drug companies have conned doctors into prescribing antidepressants, patients into taking them, and taxpayers into paying for them with fake information. Such is the present epidemic of depression that one in ten of us is now taking them. NICE is drafting new guidelines for depression, and it is to be hoped it will expose this con, and that clinical groups in the UK will instead facilitate access to talking therapies for those millions of depressed people.
John Kapp
Hove, East Sussex
Drugs problems
Sir: Isabel Hardman eloquently highlights the poor-quality care available for sufferers of depression and related conditions ('My drug trials', 24 March). Although a great deal is known about such disorders, there just is not the support in numbers on the ground. A close relative with bipolar had a manic high exacerbated by a GP's incorrectly over-prescribing of antidepressants. It is very much a US-driven theory that chemical imbalances in the brain cause these problems and therefore chemicals are the solution. That said, in some cases 'mindfulness' therapy is not always the cure either.
John Van der Gucht
Keighley, West Yorkshire
The fishing vote
Sir: Charles Moore is right (The Spectator's Notes, 24 March) about the sensitivity in Scotland of the fishing issue, and the Conservative party may pay the penalty in Scotland for broken promises about the transition period. In the period 1971-1973, during and after the negotiations to join the Common Market, Edward Heath told my unhappy boss Gordon Campbell, the secretary of state for Scotland, that conceding UK fishing rights under the Common Fishing Policy was 'a price worth paying' for access to the EC structural funds. A few thousand fishermen and their families might be worse off, but hundreds of thousands of workers in the decaying industrial areas would be better off. The few would be sacrificed for the many. At the general elections in 1974, all six Scottish Conservatives in coastal constituencies (including Mr Campbell) lost their seats to the SNP (then anti Europe). No wonder Ruth Davidson and her Scottish colleagues (not to mention Michael Gove) are worried that history might repeat itself. The government should be worried, too.
Kincraig, Inverness-shire
A flexible icon
Sir: In his excellent article ('Big data is watching you', 24 March), Jamie Bartlett concludes that 'the politicians of the future will be those with the fewest ideas and the greatest talent for vagueness, because that leaves maximum scope for algorithm-based targeted messaging'. There is a surprising cultural precedent for such flexibility in the figure of Joan of Arc, a political saint who has always been claimed by conflicting groups as a heroine for their cause. In 2012, for example, the comparatively liberal Nicolas Sarkozy visited her birthplace in an effort to preempt the National Front's annual celebration of her role as liberator of France. The author Candida Moss concludes in The Myth of Persecution: 'Any French group can claim Joan of Arc, because Joan of Arc's story can be subtly altered and reconfigured so that she can speak to any issue or political stance.' Large-scale data mining may be a 21st-century phenomenon, but a 15th-century saint shows how our ability to shape narratives to suit ourselves is as old as the hills.
Jon Wainwright
London SE5
Drawn to evensong
Sir: I read with interest Revd Dr Jonathan Arnold's report that attendances at traditional Anglican choral services have been rising (Notes on Evensong, 24 March). I have been attending church services for two years, having partly been inspired by reading about the 1662 Book of Common Prayer and its importance in the history, culture and language of our nation. At 25, I am one of the younger generation being drawn to this 'antidote to the modern age of instant digital gratification'. Luckily I live near a church that offers regular traditional BCP services at a reasonable time of day, but for many this is not so. Apart from in the great cathedrals and chapels, the C of E has ensured that a modern language Common Prayer service is what people are likely to find in their parish church. If only the Church leadership would realise they are sitting on their greatest evangelising tool.
Charles Clark
Chislehurst, Kent
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Below is the board report I'm sending for Apache NiFi Oct 2018.
If you see any glaring issues needing correction please advise.
applications in order to provide a more consistent user experience.
node to support decommission of that node.
blogs, and podcast coverage of Apache NiFi in the past few months.
softened compared to the previous reporting period but remains very active.
ASF hipchat conversations are used to direct traffic to the mailing lists.
reporting period and we need to do so soon.
- Currently 29 PMC members.
- Jeremy Dyer was added to the PMC on Mon Jul 30 2018.
- Kevin Doran was added to the PMC on Mon Jul 30 2018.
discussion and questions and filing bugs or new features.


This is another superb volume because even when it makes decisions that have you feeling unsure they turn out for the best. It delivers plenty of answers and new developments and switches neatly between believable characters with realistic emotions and the weaving of a fictional backdrop. Unlike Fables not having a knowledge of elderly literature isn't a drawback.
The art is great and you are now used to the guest artists and embrace the, sometimes unusual, styles they bring. There are plenty of ways to depict the unease and tension of psychological horror. And a little puzzle page by Sergio Aragonés.
The neat little touches make this work stand out. In issue thirteen all the pages are numbered 13. That sort of care and attention rewards your faith in this tale. Long may it continue.
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The head of the Justice Department said Monday that special counsel Robert Mueller's Russian Federation investigation is nearing an end - the first official acknowledgement that the probe that has ensnared President Donald Trump may soon reach a conclusion.
"The investigation is, I think, close to being completed, and I hope that we can get the report from director Mueller as soon we - as possible", he said.
He said he was looking forward to Mueller delivering his report. If confirmed by the Senate, Barr would inherit oversight of Mueller's investigation.
Citing government officials close to the case, last month NBC News reported that Mueller was expected to complete a confidential report for the attorney general about the investigation as early as middle of next month. "He can not express himself about a matter of extreme importance―the Mueller investigation―and he has raised all these questions about decisions he's going to review". Those contacts, according to Mueller's indictments and U.S. intelligence agencies, occurred while the Russian government carried out a multifaceted effort to influence the 2016 presidential campaign and attempt to sway it Trump's way.
If confirmed by the Senate, Barr would oversee Mueller's investigation into whether Trump's 2016 presidential campaign conspired with Russian Federation.
He then said "Take Matt's word for it but Bob Mueller doesn't feel, to me, like he is nearly done". Stone was charged with false statements, obstruction, and witness tampering.
It is unknown if Mueller is planning additional indictments after charges were filed against Roger Stone, but the Special Counsel's investigation has been known for keeping information under wraps, preferring to speak through court filings.
Special counsel Robert Mueller, foreground, arrives at the U.S. Capitol for closed meeting with members of the Senate Judiciary Committee on June 21, 2017.in Washington, D.C. On Friday, Roger Stone, 66, a veteran Republican operative and longtime Trump adviser, was arrested at his Florida home by Federal Bureau of Investigation agents on charges of making false statements to Congress and witness tampering.


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The ability to listen with independent ears
Frederick J. Gallun, Christine R. Mason, Gerald Kidd
In three experiments, listeners identified speech processed into narrow bands and presented to the right ("target") ear. The ability of listeners to ignore (or even use) conflicting contralateral stimulation was examined by presenting various maskers to the target ear (" ipsilateral") and nontarget ear ("contralateral"). Theoretically, an absence of contralateral interference would imply selectively attending to only the target ear; the presence of interference from the contralateral stimulus would imply that listeners were unable to treat the stimuli at the two ears independently; and improved performance in the presence of informative contralateral stimulation would imply that listeners can process the signals at both ears and keep them separate rather than combining them. Experiments showed evidence of the ability to selectively process (or respond to) only the target ear in some, but not all, conditions. No evidence was found for improved performance due to contralateral stimulation. The pattern of interference found across experiments supports an interaction of stimulus-based factors (auditory grouping) and task-based factors (demand for processing resources) and suggests that listeners may not always be able to listen to the "better" ear even when it would be beneficial to do so.
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Gallun, F. J., Mason, C. R., & Kidd, G. (2007). The ability to listen with independent ears. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 122(5), 2814-2825. https://doi.org/10.1121/1.2780143
The ability to listen with independent ears. / Gallun, Frederick J.; Mason, Christine R.; Kidd, Gerald.
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