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Live Review: Genghis Tron, 11th May 2008
Leeds Joseph's Well. Support: Nachtmystium, Middleheim
I attend loads of gigs nowadays, relatively speaking, but I was looking forward to none as much as this one. And – though Nachtmystium and Zoroaster come well-recommended – the excitement building in me was for one band: Genghis Tron. I had attempted to see them in 2006 but, after attempts to secure tickets in advance failed, I was turned away from the door of what turned out to be an all-dayer. Damn you, scenes just large enough to fill the upstairs of a pub but sufficiently below-the-radar as to prevent my finding out details!
Fortunately, advance tickets were available for this one, though it did turn out to be another card stacked with bands one would otherwise resent parting with any money to see. Fortunately, I turned up fashionably late enough to miss all but the last three bands. Unfortunately for me, Atlanta's Zoroaster had pulled out of the tour, so those of us who dared step into the Well's descended pit of a venue suffered the indignity that was Middleheim.
Not sure what to make of this one. Were they a joke band that were investing a weird amount of effort for so little punchline (as a wise man once said, the line is a dot), or a really deluded bunch of honest suburb black-metal kids? I'm hoping it's the latter, as the one thing worse than a shit band is a shit band that thinks it's funny. Playing to a backing tape of drums and the occasional synth-phonic flourish, our frontline was a chubby gathering of eager World of Warcrafters, the vocalist decorated with mullet-beyond-irony and some form of battle vest.
Vocals were standard BM shrieks and though it was nothing Cradle Of Filth hadn't done dozens of times better by 1996, there were moments when a particular riff would hit the spot. Not enough moments, though, and it'd have been far more satisfying had the vocalist's betwixt-song pronouncements been in BM shriek, rather than monotonous Northern mumble. In conclusion then: pretty awful, but they get a bonus point if they actually meant it.
Shortly after this, the divide between Local Band and Proper Band was evinced in fine style. To compare Chicago black-thrash titans Nachtmystium with Middleheim would be like comparing Hyerion to a sat- well, you get the idea. There's a bit of a gulf in music and presentation. Not that Nachtmystium (sorry, I just love that name sop shall type is as often as possible. Nachtmystium) were at all ostentatious in their black metal. They eschewed Immortal/Dimmu Borgir-style corpsepaint or Middle Earth S&M costume in favour of rocking the kind of lost-in-time long hair-and-sleeveless-tee look that can only be pulled off by the sort of person who could (and probably would) bite ones nose off and replace it somewhere very uncomfortable.
They were more musically straight forward than I had imagined, too. I had listened to their music, but long ago during the depth of winter in 2006, and had come to the conclusion that they were atmosphere-based (like a Southern Lord band), when that was not actually the case. In hindsight I probably confused them with Khlyst, or perhaps Xasthur, other USBM entities whose names are endlessly entertaining to intone. While this band is certainly evil in its sound, it's more of a heads-down kind of evil, a marauding horde of Norsemen steaming toward the village you suddenly realise is woefully under-defended, rather than spooky-ooky atmospherics that make you think a djinn is knocking about in a dark corner of your attic.
No, this is more of a Wino-inspired, High On Fire-peered rock 'n' thrash take on black metal, rather reminiscent of mid-nineties Entombed, but more straight faced (and perhaps a touch less shit-faced). The songs would be catchy if I were more familiar with them, and they certainly hurtled along with sufficient energy and stoned enthusiasm to make me wonder if I can secure one of their albums on twelve-inch for what would presumably be an insanely inflated price. If you want your black metal to be more metal shred than eerie blackness, the thunderous grooves of Nachtmystium are for you.
Rarely does a metal band split opinion like New York's Genghis Tron. You have bands that people either like or haven't heard of, like Converge, or bands that people either really dislike or pretend to like (come on, is Pelican anybody's favourite band in the world?). Of course you obviously have, given metal's broad church, sub-genres that are not to the liking of some: there is also the rather moot point of metal non-fans not liking metal, but that's neither here nor there for the purpose of this report.
Genghis Tron is a band that manages to rub fans of fast, frenetic metal the wrong way – even though that is their primary modus operandi – and absolutely enrapture certain other fans of the aforementioned metallic freneticism. It is not even particularly obvious why this would be the case, though the simplest reason for this might well be the bands reliance on electronic (as opposed to merely electric) sound production. It is a sad thing to say in this day and age (twelve years after Pitch Shifter released the seminal Infotainment?, sixteen post Godflesh's Pure opus, about 65 million since the Young Gods were knocking about), but people seem quite uncomfortable with an extreme metal band involving Aphex-circa-'96 bleepcore melodies.
Maybe it's because these sans-metal sequences represent a lull in the mosh-pit frenzy. That usually requires a level of pit action to actually be happening which, for whatever reason, is becoming less and less likely. Let us not mention that the only way a pit could break out at an Isis or Nadja gig is unintentionally; only the other week the furious rock of Boris was met with the kind of freeze frame statue action that had me thinking the Terracotta Army had been smuggled into Manchester for one night only. I can happily report, though, that this particular gig was blessed with the sight of people dancing.
Perhaps, in this enlightened era post-slamdancing, the beats and breaks of the Tron are precisely what is required to get the beardy, bespectacled metal fan dancing. One thing's for sure: they certainly know how to make with the funnies. Between songs early in the set, main man Mookie had them/us rolling in the, err, Well with his judicious (over)use of a particularly energetic 'YEAH' sample. But rewind for a minute, because the start of the set was arguably the most interesting bit.
As with any band pleased with its most recent album, GT started the set with the song that starts their latest record. In this case, it was 'Board Up the House', from the album of the same name, a song whose synth mantra spirals up into a psychedelic sky, Boards Of Canada's deoxyribonucleic acid unravelling and devolving into little fluffy mushroom clouds. While the ears were engaged with the ever-building arpeggio, the rods and cones were occupied with the super-neon lights erected behind the band that danced and flashed like exploding electric eels.
This is what a good gig is all about. Can't be more than a couple of hundred people in the Well on this Sunday evening, but the band puts on a show. It would later transpire that they weren't really feeling it (hence no encore. While I usually oppose such fellatious practice, I wouldn't have minded this time, more on which later), but if you don't see them often you'd be forgiven for thinking otherwise. I can barely imagine the delights of this trio in full flow. So the house was built up before boards went up, and the structure was scintillating. Though this new material was nowhere near as familiar as the tunes off Dead Mountain Mouth, it didn't have to be. The performance nourished the fondness, until it was hard to resist expressing unabashed physical joy at what was being heard.
This frustratingly brief set was dominated by the current album, almost to its detriment. It was great to hear songs like 'Things Don't Look Good', and especially the titanic slow-burner that is 'Relief' (still their statement song after the dust of recency has settled a tad) in all its glory, but perhaps more of a nod to the bands brief history would have improved things.
They played DMM's 'Chapels', a taste of the debut full length that only roused my appetite without bedding her back down. Less of the melody on this one, as Tron brought the zeroes and ones in full force, alternating like Dr. J and Mr. H between electro overload and grind bastard madness. There is a riff near the end of it that is one of the more visceral in recent years, up there with Old Man Gloom's 'Valhalla' or 'Stoked' by RTX; it is a change of pace from the thrash, that sounds positively elephantine in comparison. Its own take on Hadrian's herd marches along the Alps that are our synapses before a gargantuan pick-slide engulfs them in an avalanche of white noise.
Also aired was 'Asleep on the Forest Floor' which, far from the foliaged idyll suggested by the nomenclature, starts with an anxiety attack of palpitating keyboard notes before the meat of the song reminds the audience of Misery Loves Co's destructive 'My Mind Still Speaks'. Immensely enjoyable as this brace was, modern classic 'White Walls' was a glaring omission. Samples/synthsman Michael Sochynsky later let slip the fact that they actually played it as an encore the night before, which was vexing to say the least.
Still, it was promised for next time the band tours this isle (November, according to their guitarist), and I shall not let them forget that. Nevertheless, heartening was the fact that the band holds so much stock in the current album. Rightfully so, as its high quality becomes more evident with each passing listen. Genghis Tron came. They saw. They even got people dancing, and hopefully made a couple of new fans (though I wonder how many turning up to the Well on a school night would be floating voters in the first place) in the process. Larger venues, and longer sets, surely beckon in the near future so this taster of metal to come, while frustrating, was appetite whetting in the extreme. Are there better live metal bands out there? Summer gigs from the likes of Melt-Banana and Converge should prove interesting indeed.
by throughsilver at Friday, May 23, 2008
Labels: Genghis Tron, gigs, Joseph's Well, Middleheim, Nachtmystium
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Q: Whose responsibility is creating Akka actor's children when it fails? Akka's documentation correct quote says:

the precise sequence of events during a restart is the following:
Suspend the actor (which means that it will not process normal
messages until resumed), and recursively suspend all children.

A misleading quote says:

Resuming an actor resumes all its subordinates, restarting an actor
entails restarting all its subordinates, similarly terminating an actor will also terminate all its subordinates

What I suspect is that it is our responsibility to create child(ren) in the preStart method because Akka's term RESTART is no reSTART unless you create the children recursively and explicitly in their parent preStart() method.
Example (using Akka 2.0 & 2.2-SNAPSHOT): no matter what I try, children are always just stopped, never restarted in this test case. I create Supervisor -> First -> Second relationship and throw exception in the Supervisor. What happens is that supervisor is restarted and First & Second stopped.
  test("restart test") {
    val system = ActorSystem("test")
    val supervisor = system.actorOf(Props(new Supervisor), "supervisor")
    supervisor ! CREATE(Props(new First), "first")
    Thread.sleep(500)

    val first = system.actorFor("akka://test/user/supervisor/first")
    first ! CREATE(Props(new Second), "second")
    Thread.sleep(500)
    supervisor ! WTF

    Thread.sleep(20000)
  }

  case object WTF
  case class CREATE(p: Props, name: String)

  class Supervisor extends Actor {
    override val supervisorStrategy =
      OneForOneStrategy(maxNrOfRetries = 10) {
        case _: IllegalStateException       => Restart
        case _: IllegalArgumentException    => Stop
        case _: Exception                   => Restart
    }
    override def preStart() {
      println(s"$self starts")
    }
    override def postStop() {
      println(s"$self stopped")
    }
    override def receive = {
      case WTF => println("throwing exception"); throw new IllegalStateException()
      case CREATE(p, name) => context.actorOf(p, name)
    }
  }
  class First extends Actor {
    override def preStart() {
      println(s"$self starts")
    }
    override def postStop() {
      println(s"$self stopped")
    }
    override def receive = {
      case WTF => println("throwing exception"); throw new IllegalStateException()
      case CREATE(p, name) => context.actorOf(p, name)
    }
  }
  class Second extends Actor {
    override def preStart() {
      println(s"$self starts")
    }
    override def postStop() {
      println(s"$self stopped")
    }
    override def receive = {
      case WTF => println("throwing exception"); throw new IllegalStateException()
      case CREATE => sender ! "ok"
    }
  }

Actor[akka://test/user/supervisor#1599926629] starts
Actor[akka://test/user/supervisor/first#2012011668] starts
Actor[akka://test/user/supervisor/first/second#1750038710] starts
throwing exception Actor[akka://test/user/supervisor#1599926629]
stopped [ERROR] [06/26/2013 11:11:16.899]
[test-akka.actor.default-dispatcher-4] [akka://test/user/supervisor]
null java.lang.IllegalStateException at
com.fg.mail.smtp.IntegrationSuite$Supervisor$$anonfun$receive$1.applyOrElse(IntegrationSuite.scala:40)
at akka.actor.ActorCell.receiveMessage(ActorCell.scala:498) at
akka.actor.ActorCell.invoke(ActorCell.scala:456) at
akka.dispatch.Mailbox.processMailbox(Mailbox.scala:237) at
akka.dispatch.Mailbox.run(Mailbox.scala:219) at
akka.dispatch.ForkJoinExecutorConfigurator$AkkaForkJoinTask.exec(AbstractDispatcher.scala:386)
at
scala.concurrent.forkjoin.ForkJoinTask.doExec(ForkJoinTask.java:262)
at
scala.concurrent.forkjoin.ForkJoinPool$WorkQueue.runTask(ForkJoinPool.java:975)
at
scala.concurrent.forkjoin.ForkJoinPool.runWorker(ForkJoinPool.java:1478)
at
scala.concurrent.forkjoin.ForkJoinWorkerThread.run(ForkJoinWorkerThread.java:104)
Actor[akka://test/user/supervisor/first/second#1750038710] stopped
Actor[akka://test/user/supervisor/first#2012011668] stopped
Actor[akka://test/user/supervisor#1599926629] starts

A: Your suspicion is correct. If you look carefully at the 7-step description of the restart process on http://doc.akka.io/docs/akka/snapshot/general/supervision.html, you will see:

2 . ... defaults to sending termination requests to all children ...

and

6 . send restart request to all children which were not killed

So, you need to either override the parent's preRestart hook to stop Akka killing the children, or override postRestart to re-create all the children that were just killed.
Which you choose really depends on the semantics of your application. Sometimes it's useful to kill the entire hierarchy and start with a blank slate, sometimes not.

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2 local sex offenders up for parole this week
By Bernie Delinski Staff Writer
Inmates convicted in separate northwest Alabama cases involving the rape of a minor are up for parole this week, according to the Alabama Bureau of Pardons and Paroles.
A release from the bureau states Jory Scott Wood is set for parole consideration today. He was sentenced three years in prison in 2005 following his conviction for second-degree rape involving a 13-year-old girl.
Since that time, Wood has been convicted four times for violating the sex offender notification law. Those violations involved Colbert, Lauderdale and Franklin counties, according to the bureau.
On Wednesday, the parole board will consider Tanya Lynn Wington's request for parole.
In December 2016, Wiginton was sentenced to seven years in prison on a conviction of second-degree rape. The sentence was split to time served and she was placed on probation. She had served two years in jail at the time.
Wiginton was indicted in April 2016 on 10 counts of second-degree rape. She pleaded guilty to one count, according to court records.
She was placed back into custody in 2018 because she failed to register and did not let her probation officer know where she was living, authorities said.
Wiginton was accused of having a sexual relationship with a 14-year-old boy who was a family friend. Investigators said the relationship allegedly had been going on for about three months.
Franklin County Sheriff Shannon Oliver said his department began an investigation after they were notified by the Franklin County Department of Human Resources.
Franklin County District Attorney Joey Rushing said Monday they intended to fax a protest letter to the bureau.
"When you talk about sex offenders, they are some of the most dangerous of all the criminals as far as re offending, so we're very concerned when one of them comes up for parole, and definitely are opposed," Rushing said.
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PlayStation 5 exclusive Returnal has been delayed to April
Sony have announced that the upcoming PlayStation 5 exclusive shooter Returnal has been delayed. The game will now be released on 30th April 2021, with SIE and Housemarque making the decision to add a final bit of spit and polish to the title.
Update: Returnal has a new release date of 30th April, 2021. SIE and Housemarque have made the decision to move the release date in order to give the team extra time to continue to polish the game to the level of quality players expect from Housemarque.
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— PlayStation Europe (@PlayStationEU) January 28, 2021
It wasn't that long ago that the game's release date was announced, with a trailer at The Game Awards 2020 setting the release date for 19th March. Clearly, this side of Christmas, Housemarque have realised that there was a bit more work to do than they thought, or they've found that the bugs they were ironing out were a bit more challenging and time-consuming than they had hoped.
The game features a third person view, stepping away from pure arcade delights of Housemarque's most popular games and wrapping a narrative around the action. Returnal delves into the mind of Selene, an Astra space scout who's trapped in a Groundhog Day loop on an alien planet. It's a roguelite in structure, with exploration elements to go alongside the bullet hell of projectiles coming your way.
On PS5, it'll obviously look fantastic, and loading times will be nigh on invisible, but you'll feel the difference on the DualSense with the Adaptive Triggers able to define a half squeeze to shift from aiming down sights and activating the alt-fire that each weapon has.
Housemarque built a name for themselves with outstanding arcade shooter action through games like Super Stardust HD and Resogun, but found that returning to that well for later games wasn't delivering diminishing returns. That saw them try to diversify, dipping a toe into the battle royale genre with the development of Stormdivers, but with the difficulty of making a hit in this genre, they shelved that game (and other projects) and instead shifted to focus on Returnal.
We'll have a little longer to wait to see if the new genre and viewpoint pays off for the team.
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That's great news, not giving in to the pressure to release on time and wait until the game ready. Unlike a certain games company from eastern europe!


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Yemen needs a ceasefire
Akif Sattar
The formulation of military alliances is a part of the strategic calculus of international politics, global military operations and interventions. Unfortunately, there is no central system which could authorise the legitimacy of military alliances at a global level. Some military alliances have geo-strategic interests while others pursue their geo-political interests without any set principle. For instance, the current military alliance and foreign intervention in the Syrian crisis is operating to topple the legitimate rule of the Assad regime while contrary to that, almost the same kind of military alliance is in action to back the legitimate rule of Mansur-ul-Hadi in Yemen. Perhaps this contrast is more ridiculous than unfortunate. That is why idealists believe that there is no central authority in the international system which could keep a check over different violations. However, believers of "might is right" argue that it in itself is a guiding principle to operate in the international system of states.
Middle Eastern monarchies follow the same contrary policies to guard their own geographical, political and sectarian interests. The most disastrous factor is the powerlessness of international organisations like the United Nations. It is no more a secret that UN and UNSC have fatally failed to resolve major international disputes including Kashmir and Palestine. The role of United Nations in the Yemen Crisis is limited to counting humanitarian loss and ceasefire appeals to international powers. According to UN reports, 4000 civilians lost their lives among 11,000 other causalities. Moreover, around 31 million people are internally displaced, so the crisis is far severe than anyone can imagine.
The dilemma is that the powerful always find their way through the power they hold. Being mighty and powerful, a state hardly thinks about other options including talks and political settlement. History has taught bitter lessons to the giant military alliances in Iraq and Afghanistan. NATO and ISAF were the leading military alliances in Afghanistan, nevertheless, at the end, all global powers including the US are seeking the way forward through dialogue with Taliban. In the same way, the US invasion of Iraq has been a proven failure of the use of power. However, political engagement somehow worked in Iraq and a democratic setup took charge of affairs. No doubt, complete political stability will definitely take a long time yet it is far better than complete chaos.
Yemen possess a history full of crisis. It was a bone of contention between the Ottoman Empire and the British Colonial regime. Then it was the battleground between the powers of North and South. Yemen remained divided into Yemen Arab Republic (controlled by army rebels in north) and the People's Republic of Yemen (controlled by the revolutionaries of south). The unification of Yemen took place in 1990 after almost 12 years of bloody civil war. Unfortunately, Yemen has plunged into another civil-war situation after the famed Arab Spring of 2011.
The most disappointing factor in the crisis, is the Alliance of Gulf Cooperation Council to use force, particularly air strikes on the Houthis, which is a self-proclaimed revolutionary group against the central government's President Hadi. The coalition partners including Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Kuwait, Jordan, Qatar and Sudan argue that they are fighting against the rebels to strengthen the central government. If we agree to this principle, then these forces or other foreign forces should also fight against the rebel forces of Syria to strengthen the Assad regime. Obviously, this is not the case. Wars were never fought on principles but on vested political and geo-strategic interests. All the coalition partners should calculate the dividends of this war from the example of recent wars. The post 9/11 US invasion in Afghanistan had nothing to do with Pakistan, but for one reason or the other, Pakistan jumped into that and supported the US invasion on strategic, diplomatic and moral fronts. Resultantly, the war dragged into the territories of Pakistan and Pakistan has lost 80,000 thousand lives including 48,000 civilians and an estimated financial loss of $188 billion. Therefore, foreign forces should act sensibly and push Yemen towards the political solution.
While seeking a peaceful solution, we also cannot expect a democratic move in Yemen to tackle the current chaotic situation. Democratic change will be another impossible choice as the Middle East is a region full of monarchs, some are absolute and some monarchies are constitutional. Therefore, the Middle Eastern political elite will not approve a democratic way out. Egypt has a strong dictator and is also a leading partner in the coalition, therefore democracy would never be an option, not even the last option. Transitional government could be a viable option for both sides and coalition forces. The immediate focus should be on discontinuing violence and ceasefire instead of long-lasting solution of the dispute. Complete division of North and South could be another alternative but cannot be opted in this situation. United Nations can take the lead in division, once the situation gets under control and lives become normal.
Violence, the use of force and wars cannot be used as routes to stability in the 21st century. If the use of force could bring stability, Kashmir would have been the most stable region of the world. If violence could have an ability to ensure peace, Palestine would have the most peaceful location. If foreign invasion could bring political stability, Iraq and Afghanistan would have been politically stable after decade-long invasions. We should not expect any reasonable way out from USA, UK and France, who are supporting the intervention of Gulf countries in the Yemen civil war. However, Pakistan should take the lead to convince brotherly states of the Middle East for immediate ceasefire. The Parliament of Pakistan unanimously decided to be neutral in the crisis, yet I think that practical neutrality demands that efforts to persuade opposing parties for negotiated settlement are necessary. Neutrality only clarifies your position and that you're not party to the conflict, however, neutrality does not bar you to play your part in conflict resolution.
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Taking ActionTaking Action for Your Money
Beware of the 'you need a new furnace and AC' repair call
By: WCPO Staff
December's rapidly changing temperatures are causing problems for many furnaces and AC units. Among those homeowners with issues was one woman who woke up to a cold house.
Then things got worse - when she got hit with the, "Hey, you need to buy a new furnace" sales pitch.
Denise Hill discovered her furnace was not working one chilly morning. Her furnace and AC would not turn on at all. The HVAC repairman who came to her home had even worse news - a diagnosis of a major failure.
"All I heard was like $2,400 or $2,500 for repairs," Hill said. "because he was naming all these different pieces that we needed."
The repairman said she needed a new draft inducer (priced at more than $1,000), a gas valve and a pressure switch. The total bill? $2,600.
He then said that, given the cost, (and the fact that her furnace was 15 years old), maybe a new unit was a better option. "So, I said, 'How much is a new unit?'" Hill said. "He said, 'Anywhere between $6,000 and $10,000.'"
What to do if this happens to you
So, what do you do if a technician says you need to spend several thousand dollars on a repair or $6,000 or more on a new unit?
Unless they cite a critical gas leak and danger, you may want to do what Hill did.
"You know I was in panic mode," Hill said. "So, I said, 'I'm getting a second opinion.'"
Good thing she decided to do that, because the next tech she called inspected her furnace and said she just had a loose fan that prevented it from running.
"He was like, 'You need some screws,'" Hill said. "I said, 'Some screws?'"
Hill said it took him 10 minutes to replace the loose screws and get the fan and harness properly attached again. But the bigger surprise was what he told her afterward.
"He was like, 'You don't owe me anything,'" Hill said.
Her receipt says "0" charge.
Hill now has heat and air and also has a warning for others.
"First of all, get a second opinion," Hill said. "And maybe get a third opinion."
We are not naming the company that gave the $2,600 estimate, because it is possible the furnace could need that type of major repair soon.
This may simply have been a misdiagnosis or a recommendation of what should be replaced.
Important safety alert
One caution: If the technician says he found evidence of a gas leak, or the potential for a gas leak in the near future, take him seriously. Do not turn the furnace back on without a professional inspection.
The same goes for a cracked heat exchanger, which could release deadly carbon monoxide gas into your home.
But it's a reminder that if you don't like your furnace estimate, call someone else so you don't waste your money.
This story was originally published by WCPO's John Matarese
"Don't Waste Your Money" is a registered trademark of Scripps Media, Inc.
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Gothic outfits for women don't always have to mean Morticia Addams gowns and flowing capes. Let your tough side shine and wear something that makes you feel like the Gothic warrior you are! Channel your inner Death Dealer Selene and enjoy the dangerous aura this beautiful corset will give you! Presenting as a collared shirt with a steel boned overbust corset, this is a top that is as comfortable as it is impressive. Mixing textures through the use of different fabrics, and with silver button details that add a touch of elegance, this corset is one you'll love to pair with leather pants, an awesome skirt, or anything your imagination can conjure!


Established in 1978, Phoenix Science Press Ltd. is one of the top STM publishers in China. Currently under Phoenix Science Press there are 2 divisions, 10 publishing centers, 1 wholly-owned subsidiary, and 6 joint ventures. The two divisions each focus on medicine and science for young adults. The 10 publishing centers are dedicated to publications about agriculture, rural areas and farmers, science and technology, popular science, elementary education, IT research and development, the Great Wall, canals, digital technology, Guangdong province, as well as picture books. Our annual output of over 3000 publications include more than 2000 new titles and more than 1000 reprint titles. The periodical For Your Health first published in 1980 has won a number of national and provincial awards.
Picture books publishing is among our most promising businesses, and has generated scale advantage and gained a strong foothold in the market. The press owns three brands in the sector: "Phoenix Hanzhu", "Phoenix Hanzhang", and "Phoenix Lifestyle". Publications under the three brands cover various lifestyle books available on the market, ranging from traditional Chinese medicine, diet and health care to quality of life, and maternal and child health care. Phoenix Science Press is the only publisher in Jiangsu that is licensed to publish books on diet and health care.
"Phoenix Ifeng Space" focuses on architecture, indoor design, landscape, etc. Its offices are based in Guangzhou, Beijing, and Dalian. "Phoenix Ifeng Space" has developed cooperation with many influential professional institutes, with titles published in various language versions.


Escher Fund for Autism, San Jose, California.
Drugs taken during pregnancy can affect three generations at once: the gestating woman (F0), her exposed fetus (F1), and the fetal germ cells that confer heritable information for the grandchildren (F2). Unfortunately, despite growing evidence for connections between F0 drug exposures and F2 pathology, current approaches to risk assessment overlook this important dimension of risk. In this commentary, we argue that the unique molecular vulnerabilities of the fetal germline, particularly with regard to global epigenomic reprogramming, combined with empirical evidence for F2 effects of F1 in utero drug and other exposures, should change the way we consider potential long-term consequences of pregnancy drugs and alter toxicology's standard somatic paradigm. Specifically, we (1) suggest that pregnancy drugs common in the postwar decades should be investigated as potential contributors to the "missing heritability" of many pathologies now surging in prevalence; (2) call for inclusion of fetal germline risks in pregnancy drug safety assessment; and (3) highlight the need for intensified research to ascertain generational impacts of diethylstilbestrol, a vanguard question of human germline toxicity. Only by fully addressing this important dimension of transplacental exposure can we responsibly evaluate safety of drug exposures during pregnancy and convey the full scope of risks, while also retrospectively comprehending the generational legacy of recent history's unprecedented glut of evolutionarily novel intrauterine exposures. Environ. Mol. Mutagen. 2019.


Every surface of our body – inside and out – is covered in microorganisms: bacteria, viruses, fungi and many other microscopic life forms.
A virus called a bacteriophage infects bacteria and inserts its genetic material into the cell. The bacterium 'reads' the genetic instructions and manufactures more viruses which destroy the bacterium when they exit the cell.
Viruses destroy the bacterium when they burst out of the cell. Here, the clear circles reveal where the bacteriophage have killed the bacteria.


Early Childhood Caries is the most common chronic childhood disease. It is defined as the presence of 1 or more decayed, missing or filled tooth surfaces in any primary (baby) tooth in a child under the age of 6 years old. Dental caries are 5 times more common than asthma and 7 times more common than hay fever. Early childhood caries or Baby Bottle Tooth Decay is a serious disease that can destroy your child's teeth.
Early Childhood Caries is an infectious disease with many aspects and contributing factors. It can start as early as the teeth being to erupt and it often progresses rapidly causing pain to the child. Because the bacteria associated with dental caries is contagious, parents and caregivers are encouraged to visit the dentist to ensure their own oral health. Decreasing the mother's bacteria level may decrease the child's risk of developing Early Childhood Caries.
There are many sugary drinks that contribute to Early Childhood Caries. Infants should never be put to sleep with a bottle. Unrestricted and at-will intake of sugary liquids during the day or while sleeping should be discouraged.
Although breast feeding has many health benefits, it should be monitored once the child has their first tooth. Breast milk contains sugar and can cause cavities if it is done at night or if the child breast feeds at-will.
Children should be encouraged to drink from a cup by their first birthday. Training or "sippy" cups can be used during transition, but shouldn't be used at-will or for a prolonged period of time.
Infants and young children should be provided with a balanced diet for overall health. Diets that are high in sugar and fermentable carbohydrates can contribute to tooth decay after the eruption of the first tooth. Limit between meal snacking and try to snack on whole fruits and vegetables.
Proper oral hygiene practices are imperative for infants and children. Teeth need to be brushed every morning and every night. Once the teeth are touching each other, they should be flossed to prevent cavities in between the teeth.
Many children will want to brush and floss on their own, but we recommend assisting your child with brushing and flossing until they are at least 7 years old. Every child is different and some may require assistance with brushing and flossing for a few more years.
There are many contributing factors when deciding how to treat a child with Early Childhood Caries. The extent of the disease process is considered as well as the developmental level and comprehension skills of the child. Your doctor will help you decide the best way to perform treatment safely, effectively, and efficiently on your child. Your doctor may use advanced behavior guidance techniques that may include, protective stabilization, nitrous oxide, and/or sedation or general anesthesia.
The success of the restorations may be influenced by the child's cooperation and behavior. If your doctor recommends general anesthesia, it may provide better conditions to perform lasting restorative procedures. Your doctor will discuss your options in detail.
Children who experience Early Childhood Caries are at a higher risk for future cavities. Optimizing home care, following your recommended dental cleanings, fluoride and radiographs are all imperative to avoid future cavities.


As I write this, I'm somewhere in Asia, with a bag full of assorted cables and devices. I've gotten better at packing light, but I've still got a ways to go. Certainly there's something to be said for those products that can pull double duty — take the new Huawei phone or most recent iPad Pro update, all of which double as device chargers.
The Changer looks to be a clever take on the concept for the perpetually low on battery. The $89 yolked Bluetooth earbuds double as a charging cable. Snap the headphone bits off and you'll find USB-C, microUSB and Lightning connectors.
The headphones sport a 12-hour battery, according to the company, and can be plugged directly into the wall. The cable can also be used to plug a mobile device into a battery pack or plugged into two different devices to share a charge.
I'll admit I'm a bit skeptical about the efficacy of all this at this point, and the fact that its manufacturer, 49101, is opening up pre-orders through Indiegogo. The headphones are set to start shipping early next year.


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The Verkhovna Rada Committee on Humanitarian and Information Policy will call on the law enforcement authorities to verify the facts concerning the participation of young children in the filming of violence in the film by Ilya Khrzhanovsky "DAU. Degeneration. "
This was announced by the chairman of the committee Alexander Tkachenko (faction of the "Servant of the People" party) on Facebook.
"Discussed published images of child abuse in the film directed by Ilya Khrzhanovsky" DAU. Degeneration. "It's a story" on the brink ", and the staff is astounding. Therefore, our committee decided to contact the police. We want to verify the facts of involving young children in types of shots. We also need to understand what harm this fact could do to children, "Tkachenko noted.
The deputy believes that any manifestation of inhuman cruelty, even in a work of art, can lead to the popularization of such actions.
See also: In Kharkov, the director of the orphanage was interviewed, whose babies were filmed in the film "Dau"
"We believe that the director cannot be linked to the activities of the Babi Yar Holocaust Memorial Center. Such acts of professional activity are contrary to the ideology of the center, which is to protect the universal values and the inadmissibility of all the violence that Babi Yar symbolizes, "said Tkachenko. .
According to him, the members of the committee sent the corresponding declaration to the directors general of the Babi Yar National Historical and Memorial Reserve and the Babi Yar Holocaust Memorial Charitable Foundation.
As Ukrinform reported, on April 22, law enforcement officials regarding the personnel posting of the film "Dau. Degeneration" recorded criminal proceedings for the torture, as well as the production or distribution of works which promote the cult of violence (part 2 of article 127, part 3 Article 300 of the Ukrainian Criminal Code). The preliminary investigation into criminal proceedings is being carried out by the Investigations Department of the General Directorate of the National Police of the region.
Russian director Ilya Khrzhanovsky became artistic director of the Babi Yar Holocaust Memorial Center in Kiev at the end of 2019.
The group worked on the film "Dow", which was known before this scandal due to the long and unusual filming process and frank scenes of violence, for only about 15 years (5 years in Ukraine and 8 in London – post- production). The main shoots took place in Kharkov in 2008-2011. – The Moscow Secret Research Institute was built on the territory of the former Dynamo basin.
Since April 15, certain parts of the film have been made public on the network, after which the theme of the use of children in filming and their possible abuse has been raised.
Khrzhanovsky himself assured that the children on the set were not injured and that violence was not used against them.
According to the materials: ukrinform.ru
Elizaveta Boyarskaya and Maxim Matveev on family life in isolation: "In the morning, we try not to look each other in the eyes"
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An Evenin g of Baroque Music, on 9th April 2011, promised a programme of varied choral and instrumental delights, and delivered in every way. The venue, St Mary's Church in Lutterworth was suitably imposing, and offered a fine acoustic and visual setting for the concert.
The evening began with Henry Purcell's Come Ye Sons of Art, the royal ode he composed for Queen Mary's birthday in 1694. In the text, by the poet Nahum Tate, the soloists and choir exhorted a succession of musical instruments to praise the Queen's virtues. The choral singing was highly accomplished, and the mood of joyful celebration was maintained throughout. Soprano soloists Patricia Douglas and Clare Robertson, contralto Kathryn Cook and baritone Robert Clarke provided virtuoso solo performances that lifted the spirits.
In the instrumental passages that punctuate the vocal sections, the orchestra is clearly fulfilling this royal command, and the chamber ensemble – an assured string section, augmented by some fine instrumental soloists and underpinned by vibrant bass and continuo playing – clearly took the poet at his word. Their confident playing was integral to the success of the piece.
In between sections, narrator Julian Hargreaves read from the Diaries of Samuel Pepys, offering the celebrated diarist's views – sensitive, whimsical and amusing – on the varied joys of music. These greatly contributed to the audience's overall enjoyment of the work.
Organist John Lenton then performed several solo pieces by Baroque composers – voluntaries by Johann Pepusch and Thomas Thorley, a fine chorale prelude by J.S.Bach, followed by Purcell's lively and vigorous Martial Air and Almond. He was joined by trumpeter Andy MacFarlane for the famous trumpet tune from Marc-Antoine Charpentier's Te Deum – a stirring, rousing performance from both soloists.
Finally came Allegri's Miserere mei Deus, in which the choir performed at the front of the church, their singing interspersed with, and joined by, the four soloists at the rear. The acoustic of the church was thus allowed to add its own character and bring an extra dimension to the performance, which was quite simply sublime. The contrast between the choral singing and that of the soloists – including the soaring high soprano adornments originally added by the singers of the Sistine Chapel – was enhanced by this sense of space. When the two forces joined, the emotional and spiritual impact was powerful. It was a heart-stopping experience.
After the interval, a single work – the Gloria in D – rounded off the evening. This was another ensemble performance, with choir, soloists and chamber players 'lifting the roof' in a joyful rendition of Vivaldi's hymn of praise. The varied characters of the different sections were clearly and vibrantly brought to life by all the performers, and the uplifting conclusion of the work brought the evening to a triumphant close. The applause that followed was heartfelt and well-deserved by the ensemble and their musical director Alan Barraclough.
The evening's programme was well-balanced, and the Gloria was a wonderful way to finish the concert. I have to say, though, it was the Miserere that was running through my head on the way home.
This was a performance, and a concert, that will stay with me for a long time.


Kenneth Anger Hosts New Exhibit Featuring Work From Cameron and Rosaleen Norton – Zero Equals Two!
The London Guardian has posted a story about a new gallery project Lucifer Brothers Workshop which opened at the Art Los Angeles Contemporary fair this passed weekend Santa Monica, CA.
The focus of the exhibit is the work of two women who are fairly well known within the occult community but still underappreciated by the general public, Rosaleen Miriam "Roie" Norton, an Australian pantheist known as "The Witch of Kings Cross" and Marjorie Cameron. There's be several exhibits featuring the latter's work including a show at MOCA in late 2014 and one in NYC in 2015. Cameron, of course, was one of the main players in the Anger film Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome.


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1. A Roundtable on Lauren Turek, To Bring the Good News to All Nations: Evangelical Influence on Human Rights and U.S. Foreign Relations
Author: Andrew Preston, Darren Dochuk, Christopher Cannon Jones, Kelly J. Shannon, Vanessa Walker, Lauren F. Turek
Abstract: Historians of the United States and the world are getting religion, and our understanding of American foreign relations is becoming more rounded and more comprehensive as a result. Religion provides much of the ideological fuel that drives America forward in the world, which is the usual approach historians have taken in examining the religious influence on diplomacy; it has also sometimes provided the actual nuts-and-bolts of diplomacy, intelligence, and military strategy.1 But historians have not always been able to blend these two approaches. Lauren Turek's To Bring the Good News to All Nations is thus a landmark because it is both a study of cultural ideology and foreign policy. In tying the two together in clear and compelling ways, based on extensive digging in various archives, Turek sheds a huge amount of new light on America's mission in the last two decades of the Cold War and beyond. Turek uses the concept of "evangelical internationalism" to explore the worldview of American Protestants who were both theologically and politically conservative, and how they came to wield enough power that they were able to help shape U.S. foreign policy from the 1970s into the twenty-first century. As the formerly dominant liberal Protestants faded in numbers and authority, and as the nation was gripped by the cultural revolutions of the 1960s, evangelicals became the vanguard of a new era in American Christianity. Evangelicals replaced liberal Protestants abroad, too, as the mainline churches mostly abandoned the mission field. The effects on U.S. foreign relations were lasting and profound.
Topic: International Relations, Religion, International Affairs, History, Culture, Book Review, Christianity, Diplomatic History
4. A Roundtable on Keisha N. Blain, Set the World on Fire: Black Nationalist Women and Global Struggle for Freedom
Author: Adam Ewing, Hasan Kwame Jeffries, George White Jr, Michael L. Krenn, Keisha N. Blain
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Wonder Woman 1984 Star Gal Gadot Hasn't Watched Zack Snyder's Justice League Yet
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The DCEU had a great many misfires in its early days, but one thing that it got right from the get-go was casting Gal Gadot in the role of Wonder Woman. The actress is arguably the most popular DCEU superhero at the moment and is gearing up for the release of her solo movie Wonder Woman 1984. In an interview with ComicBook.com, Gadot admitted she has not yet seen the Snyder Cut of Justice League releasing next year, and thus cannot comment on how the film will portray her character.
"With Justice League I don't really know [how Wonder Woman will be different from her solo movies] cause I didn't get to watch the film yet. So, I have no idea. My two babies are the Wonder Woman and Wonder Woman 1984. I'm very, very lucky that I was tested by Zack Snyder and I got to work with him and his themes and it was amazing, but you know, the rest were like very ensemble movies. And in this one, I get to tell my story and my arc in such a profound way. Wonder Woman and Wonder Woman 1984 are such very different experiences for me with Wonder Woman. It was my first big role movie with my title on it. And I felt like, 'Oh my God, when are they going to call the bluff and see that I'm not a good actress?'"
RELATED: Wonder Woman 1984 Director & Star Were Paid Over $10M to Support HBO Max Debut?
In Wonder Woman 1984, Wonder Woman aka Princess Diana of Themyscira finds herself battling the combined might of media mogul Maxwell Lord and supernatural beast The Cheetah. Director Patty Jenkins has emphasized that the movie's focus will be on Diana overcoming her challenges with the power of love, which is a departure from Justice League stories where Wonder Woman's warrior skills take center stage. For Gal Gadot, Diana's solo adventures are more empowering and satisfying to execute with the help of Jenkins.
"Thank God I had Patty there with me and we got into this together and we created what we created on this one. I felt like I was more empowered. I knew what I was getting myself into. I was more confident, more eager to create something that is even bigger and more ambitious and just to take it really to the next level. As much as it was much more challenging and complex, the satisfaction that I had working on this set and getting to bring the script to life with Patty and our amazing cast and improve was just an amazing, amazing feeling. That's all the time it happened right now. I'm going to ask everyone."
Directed and co-written by Patty Jenkins, Wonder Woman 1984 stars Gal Gadot, Chris Pine, Kristen Wiig, Pedro Pascal, and Natasha Rothwell. The film arrives in theaters and HBO Max on December 25, while debuting theatrically in international markets starting on December 16. The film will be available for a month on HBO Max in the U.S. included at no additional cost. This news comes from ComicBook.com.
Topics: Wonder Woman 2, Justice League, Snyder Cut
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THE YOUNGER GENERATION EXPANDS THE REACH OF BRITISH SCIENCE
English mathematician and mechanical genius; perfected a calculating machine, the forerunner of the modern computer.
Autograph Letter Signed, C Babbage, two pages, octavo, Com[mitte]e Room, December 1, 1832. To W. Venning.
"I regret exceedingly that on consulting my Committee they advise me not to have a meeting at Holloway on account of the shortness of the time previous to the election, and the engagements of the kind which are already nearly arranged. I am extremely sorry to be compelled to admit to the force of these reasons and hope that my sentiments will be made known to the Electors of that district, by means of my private address and by the report of those of my friends who attended the Jolington meeting. I feel particularly indebted to you for your kind attention to this subject."
In a postscript Charles Babbage adds, "Had it been in my power to have attended at such a Meeting as the one proposed It would have given me great pleasure to have accepted your kind invitation which I am now reluctantly obliged to decline."
At the time of this letter, Babbage was one of the most influential of the younger generation of British scientists (as scientific greats Joseph Banks, William Herschel and Humphry Davy had all died in the 1820's) who were expected to carry forward the great strides made by the previous generation scientists and now threatened by competition from scientists in France and Germany. He had been appointed Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge, Newton's old chair. At his large house in London at Dorset Square, the wealthy Babbage was working on his famous "Difference Engine No. 1," a prototype computer which would prove to be one of the legends of Victorian science.
All was not well with the younger generation, however. Their failed attempt to get John Herschel (polymath son of the astronomer William Herschel) elected President of the Royal Society in 1829 led to a breakaway movement, led by a handful of young scientists around Herschel. They would circumvent the Royal Society entirely and appeal to a wholly different constituency: the "amateur" men (and women) of science who belonged to the provincial scientific or "philosophical" societies and institutions outside London. This present letter may relate to that debate about the future of British science. Two years before, Babbage had fired a salvo when he released a slim but carefully targeted volume, provocatively entitled Reflections on the Decline of Science in England (spring of 1830).
Throughout 1830/31, there was much campaigning, recruiting and arguing over what would later be seen as an historic expansion of Victorian science, outside the confines of London. A first meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science took place at York in 1831; a second at Oxford in 1832; by the third meeting, in 1833, the British Association had begun to make an impact with its Cambridge meeting. This 1833 meeting, at Newton's shrine (Cambridge), included almost all those who would become rising stars of the younger generation. The only notable absentee was Charles Darwin, then botanizing on the voyage of the Beagle.
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The following is a summary of Deacon Dan's homily for August 21, 2011 – the Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time.
Today, we hear similar stories in our First Reading from the Prophet Isaiah and our Gospel reading from Matthew. They are stories about authority and responsibility. Both stories use keys as that symbol of authority and responsibility.
It is Peter who will later deny knowing Christ three times during Jesus' hour of need.
It is Peter who will question his own faith and sink into the sea when Jesus calls him to walk toward him on the water.
Why does Matthew include these words? To emphasize that it is God that has revealed this to Peter, not man. To demonstrate how Peter's insight relates to how the Church (and its people) will be formed, will grow, and will endure (by allowing God, through the Holy Spirit, to guide the Church).
It would be good for us to do the same in our lives. The truth is, Peter and the other Apostles could never have figured out on their own how to grow the Church founded by Christ. They needed to rely on the wisdom of God – just as we do today.
That's what we hear in our Second Reading today – of the beauty, and generosity, and wisdom of God That's the message I want us to focus on this week.
And then I encourage you to reflect on how God has revealed himself … and his plan for you … in your life.
To be able to experience God in our life we have to be willing to open our eyes, our ears, and our hearts. Each of us is going to experience God in different ways (in nature, in prayer, in Eucharist, in community or with family, in solitude, etc.). Some of us need visual or auditory aids to help experience God. Some of us simply need silence. Whatever the method, we need to take some time to be open to God in our lives and to experience him in the ways that best touch our hearts, minds, and souls.
During the Eucharistic Prayer – close your eyes and visualize the Last Supper.
At the Sign of Peace – look into the eyes and face of the person you greet and look to see God in them.
If you do not receive communion – prayerfully reflect on the grace, the love and the acceptance that surrounds you in this community. All are welcome in this place.
This entry was posted in Eucharist, Prayer, Trust on 08/31/2011 by Deacon Dan Donnelly.


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11/2/2019 to 11/30/2019 | Battle of Pilot Knob State Historic Site | Pilot Knob, MO
Battle of Pilot Knob State Historic Site is proud to host a very special original art show in November of 2019. For the entire month of November, we will have on display a collection of original oil paintings depicting the beauty and spender of Elephant Rocks State Park. The show will feature the rocks from various viewpoints and different times of the year.
This exhibit will be held inside the historic site museum from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., seven days a week. It will kick off with a reception on Saturday, Nov. 2.
"Elephant Rocks" by Garry McMichael
In the past year, artist Garry McMichael has created almost 30 oil and acrylic paintings of Elephant Rocks ranging in size from 6 by 8 inches to 2 by 4 feet. The following paragraph from McMichael's website provides more information about these paintings:
"Garry McMichael's newest body of work is Elephant Rocks. It is a series of paintings of a unique granite geological formation located in the St. Francis Mountains about an hour and a half drive south of St Louis, Missouri. There is nothing quite like this rock-strewn landscape anywhere else in Missouri or Mid-America. Giant boulders of pink granite rocks appear all over the landscape and in the Ozark hardwood forest. Throughout the centuries, green and gray lichens and mosses have only added to their shape, texture and beauty. Elephant Rocks is one of Middle-America's strongest energy vortexes. Garry has taken on the challenge of capturing their beauty throughout the seasons and under unique weather and lighting conditions …"
McMichael suggests the best time to enjoy Elephant Rocks is late in the evening, the last hour before sunset. You will have the big rocks to yourself, and it's a great place to meditate, he says.
To view this collection, visit https://www.garrymcmichael.com/elephant-rocks.html. For more information about McMichael's art, contact him at garry@garrymcmichael.com or call 314-610-2353.
Click here to read the news release.
Exhibit Times: 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
118 East Maple, Pilot Knob, MO | (573) 546-3454


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By Joseph P. Tartaro | Executive Editor
Chicago Tribune columnist Clarence Page recently took note of the Democrat candidates for president in 2020 squabbling over the gun issue, a supposed article of faith among members of their party's leadership.
Page said that while there is new unanimity among the candidates on guns, "some restless souls in the party's progressive wing have produced new litmus tests, not only about candidates' public positions on guns, but their private ownership of firearms, too."
He said that was taking the issue to extremes, especially among those that confess to own guns. Page accused them of doing what former President Barack Obama advised them not to do: engage in "a circular firing squad."
Page didn't criticize their varied gun control proposals as he did the fact that they were clubbing each other over the head about their various approaches to it, and that those among the candidates that did own guns were taking the most heat from their fellow Democrats.
He led off with Sen. Kamala Harris, noting that if she becomes president and Congress doesn't act within her first 100 days, she promised to impose universal background checks by executive order. For "executive order," regardless of who is president, read "dictatorial decree."
Actually, Harris, California's state attorney general in an earlier life has already staked out a lot of other steps she would pursue to impose new federal gun controls on Americans. However, the Tribune columnist takes issue with those candidates that criticize Harris because she is a gun owner herself. (She admits to buying a handgun for self-protection when she was a prosecutor and feared for her own safety.)
Page goes on to say: "Yet, as much as the other candidates tend to agree (with Harris' positions), some progressive voices complain that she has not gone far enough, including in her personal life.
"An op-ed published in the USA Today kicked over a beehive of commenters in social media by arguing that Harris' ownership of a gun is a 'disqualifying' issue for a Democratic presidential nominee."
Later in his commentary Page mentions a bunch of other anti-gun Democrat presidential candidates who own guns, including "Shotgun Joe" Biden, but mostly all seem to be rather weaselly in their justifications.
Page wrote: "The piece was written by Peter Funt, who is best known for hosting a revival of his late father Allen Funt's popular 'Candid Camera' TV show.
"He lambastes gun ownership itself as a "position held by the NRA, not progressive Democrats."
"Disqualifying? If that were true, Harris wouldn't be the only Democrat who would have to leave the field. Six of 18 Democratic presidential contenders who declared before former Vice President Joe Biden entered the race own firearms, a Washington Post survey reported earlier this month."
But Democrats, whether they own guns or not, still have a lot to learn about the gun issue, which has historically been a problem for them, especially in presidential politics, as was the case in 2016.
The gun issue contributed significantly to the outcome of the race between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton.
The main reason the National Rifle Association's (NRA) political action committee spent so much in supporting Trump and opposing Clinton was the positions and history of the two candidates. Trump happened to run as a Republican, but it was his unequivocal support of the right to keep and bear arms, especially for personal and community defense, that tipped the scales. Clinton, who happened to be a Democrat, was as candidly anti-gun as possible, plus she had been First Lady when her husband pushed through the Brady Bill and the Omnibus Crime Bill with its ban on so-called assault weapons and so-called high capacity magazines.
The NRA didn't spend so much to elect Trump just because he was a Republican but because he was the most pro-gun rights candidate to run for so many years. And Hillary Clinton was the most anti-gun rights candidate.
State by state, district by district, the anti-gun Democrats can win victories in states were gun rights have been largely eradicated, like New York, New Jersey, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and California. But in states where the majority of voters still cherish their right to keep and bear arms—whether normally Blue, Red or Purple—states like Ohio, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Iowa and so on, that right is an important issue.
I mention Iowa in particular because at least one prominent anti-gun Democrat learned his lesson in 1980. He is a former long-time representative from Massachusetts: Barney Frank. He is not in office now by his own choice of retirement, but Frank wrote about gun control being the reason the liberal agenda was not moving forward several years ago.
In an interview with me for Gun Week in the 1980s, after he had written on the same topic in major magazines and newspaper, Frank spelled out his awakening.
It came in the 1980 presidential campaign primaries when he was stumping on behalf of the late Sen. Ted Kennedy, who was popular nationwide. Kennedy, unlike his brother John Fitzgerald Kennedy, a pro-gun Democrat who became president,
was the godfather of anti-gunners in those days. Maybe for personal reasons!
But Frank told me that Kennedy's loss in the Iowa caucuses was due to the gun issue, and Kennedy withdrew from the race.
Frank was still an anti-gunner himself while he served in the House of Representatives for many years; after all he was elected and reelected in a liberal anti-gun state.
Barney Frank was not the only liberal Democrat who saw the handwriting on the wall back in those days.
Another liberal Democrat who saw the light about the gun issue costing his party national electoral victories was famed law professor and Second Amendment commentator Sanford Levinson. He wrote at least one piece paralleling Frank's views back at about the same time Frank was speaking out.
My point is that in spite of cogent advice from prominent Democrat thinkers and the results of the 2016 election, the Democrats, as a party, have not learned their lesson. Maybe they never learn.
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According to the New York Stock Exchange website, there were no new listings of public companies in the U.S. last week. However, according to Renaissance Capital, there are some big IPOs slated for this week, including Levi Strauss & Co and Alight, which could fetch a combined $1.3 billion in public market funding.
The U.S. consumer price index rose 0.2% last month after remaining unchanged over the prior three months. For the year ending in February, the index has risen 1.5% on an unadjusted basis, trending downward from recent months due to the string of unchanged indices. The core CPI, which excludes food and energy prices, climbed only 0.1% from January, as rebounds in commodity prices drove the overall index during the month. Slower domestic and global growth has kept consumer prices in check recently, even with the labor market continuing to tighten and drive wages higher.
Last week, the Bureau of Labor Statistics released the January 2019 job openings and labor turnover survey, showing that there were 7.6 million job openings at the end of the month, near the record high set in November. There are now nearly 1 million more openings than unemployed people. Additionally, there were 5.8 million hires and 5.6 million separations. Both are elevated levels, a healthy sign for the economy, as individuals usually leave their jobs for higher-paying positions.
U.S. retail sales increased unexpectedly in January, despite December sales being revised downward. Sales increased 0.2% in the month, while December was adjusted to a decline of 1.6% month-over-month from 1.2%. Over the last twelve months ending in January, retail sales increased 2.3%. Economists were expecting sales to remain unchanged during the month.


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Textbooks and materials can be expensive. If you're interested in ways to ease the financial burden for your students and offer high quality learning materials that are available anywhere, and enjoy the ability to customize learning materials to your own courses, Open Educational Resources or OER are worth investigating.
What are Open Educational Resources?
Open Educational Resources (OERs) are teaching, learning, and research resources that reside in the public domain or have been released under an intellectual property license that permits their free use and repurposing by others. OER include full courses, course materials, modules, textbooks, streaming videos, tests, software, and any other tools, materials, or techniques used to support access to knowledge. (From the William and Flora Hewitt Foundation)
The terms "open content" and "open educational resources" describe any copyrightable work (traditionally excluding software, which is described by other terms like "open source") that is licensed in a manner that provides users with free and perpetual permission to engage in the 5R activities:
Retain - the right to make, own, and control copies of the content (e.g., download, duplicate, store, and manage)
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Ingenuity abounds: Skinner's October 27 auction of Clocks, Watches and Scientific Instruments | Skinner Inc.
One of the most anticipated watches is one of the most recent: a Tornek-Rayville TR-900 Dive Watch, mid 1960s (Lot 27, estimate $30,000-50,000). Jay Dowling, department director pro tem, notes that this timepiece, made for the U. S. Navy, is the rarest dive watch extant. Only about 1,000 were produced and most were ordered destroyed because of radium used in the dials.
More traditional are the over 80 Hamilton and Illinois watches and watch parts offered. They range from best-selling production models such as several examples of the 992B and 950, to the splendid (and long-lost) Illinois Springfield Watch Company No. 1 Open-face Watch (Lot 91, estimate $10,000-20,000). Inscribed with the date of December 23, 1871, this is a foliate-engraved regulator in an 18 karat gold 18 size case.
Another pocketwatch is notable for a different reason. This Hamilton 924 (Lot 60, estimate $200-400) is a scarred and blackened reminder of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire. It had been returned for repair from the San Francisco store where it had been sold, and was retained by the company (presumably, according to Jay Dowling, being replaced by Hamilton with a new watch).
The survival of the Hamilton and Illinois Springfield material is largely due to the historical sensibility of John F. Gelson, the last president of Hamilton Watch Company of Lancaster PA. When the company disposed of its buildings in 1996, he purchased and meticulously documented the remaining inventory, including models and samples.
A wide range of clocks is featured in this auction. Particularly notable is the Simon Willard Patent Banjo Clock with Signed "Willard and Nolen" Lower Tablet (Lot 117, estimate $10,000-15,000). Nolen's signature is often lacking. The side ornaments are also unusual; the balls are made of gilt wood, not the more customary brass.
The skills of a legendary New York clockmaker are displayed in the Charles Fasoldt Single-arm Gravity Escapement Regulator, 1873 (Lot 125, $60,000-70,000).The carved walnut and gilt iron case encloses the eight-day single-arm escapement with a 12-pound mercury weight.
Another ingenious timepiece is the E. Gubelin Inclined Plane Clock (Lot 192, estimate $2,000-3,000). This Swiss-made "mystery" clock tells the time, date and days of the week as the timekeeping mechanism progresses down a 33-inch-long steel ramp.
Goldsmith Chandlee Surveyor's Compass for A. B. Lane (Lot 265, estimate $8,000-12,000), made in 1805 by the prominent early American Quaker clock and instrument maker.
Four-plate Brass Persian Astrolabe (Lot 325, $1,500-2,500), multifunctional and elaborately engraved, a late 19th-early 20th century example of a navigational instrument in use since ancient Greece.
Monitor Manufacturing Co. Wind Engine Salesman's Sample (Lot 405, estimate $10,000-15,000), Indiana, last quarter 19th century. Wood and brass, with a sculptural presence, this working model is in its original box. It is accompanied by a catalog, price list, and related ephemera from the Monitor and Wells Machine Works company.
French 16th Century Steel Masterpiece or Compagnon Lock (Lot 455, estimate $2,000-3,000) is a striking example of artistic artisanry. The complex richly decorated mechanism was made to demonstrate an apprentice locksmith's skills: literally, his masterpiece.
Auction previews are free and open to the public. They will be held in Skinner's Marlborough gallery, 274 Cedar Hill Street, Tuesday, October 24th, 12PM-5PM, Wednesday October 25th, 12PM-7PM, and Friday, October 27, 8 to 9:30AM.
Skinner auctions draw international interest from buyers and consignors alike, with material regularly achieving record prices. The company's auction and appraisal services focus on fine art, jewelry, furniture, and decorative arts from around the globe, as well as wine, fine musical instruments, rare books, Asian art, clocks, Judaica, and more.
Monthly Skinner Discovery auctions feature a breadth of estate material. Widely regarded as one of the most trusted names in the business, Skinner appraisers have appeared on the PBS-TV series, Antiques Roadshow, since the show's inception. Skinner has galleries in Boston and Marlborough, Massachusetts, as well as in New York City and Miami, Florida, with bidders participating in person, by phone, and online.
Join auctions live with SkinnerLive! and Bidsquare. For more information, visit www.skinnerinc.com, find us on Facebook, or follow us on Twitter and Instagram.
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Check out this article where the writer basically has had her dog's teeth removed in order to solve biting issues. NOT ADDRESSING the problems, no, that would be HARD. Egads!! this is insane.
READ ON if you dare….
How had the 35-pound bouncing ball of fluff become a public menace? Krieger says it wasn't apathy on her part. She enrolled Cotton in puppy classes and basic training at the neighborhood PetSmart. She bought a library of self-help books and videos. Nothing worked.
Cotton — our beloved, 6-year-old American Eskimo — is still a biter. I suppose he will always be a biter. And, as my lawyer husband keeps reminding me, "a lawsuit waiting to happen." Not that his bites are so powerful: I once had a cat who left comparable fang marks. But the cat didn't lunge at visitors.
How had the 35-pound, bouncing ball of fluff that is our family pet become a public menace? It sure wasn't through apathy on my part. I had tried everything. Puppy classes and basic-training at the neighborhood PetSmart. A library of self-help books and videos. Even a pricey dog-aggression expert whose Israeli accent made me want to stand at attention. He ordered counter-conditioning and desensitization drills, supplemented by a low-protein diet and a doggie herbal remedy akin to St. John's Wort.
I tried clicker training, high-pitched electronic tones, pepper spray, throwing soda cans filled with rocks. I considered an electric shock collar but worried that in the hands of an amateur (that would be me, the aforementioned idiot) it might do more harm than good.
Finally, I appealed to the fabled Dog Whisperer.
Cesar's efforts were a brilliant success — until he left our house. For one day, Cotton was the dog I'd always dreamed he could be. Calm and submissive, deferring to the pack leader. Unfortunately, the pack leader was Cesar.
Reluctantly, I looked into shipping Cotton to a dog rescue — but didn't find one that would take a dog with a history of biting. No chance of ever placing him with a new owner, they explained. Unacceptable liability. Months later, I had a follow-up visit with Cesar at his Dog Psychology Center in South L.A. Surrounded by his spectacularly submissive pack, he accepted my lack of leadership skill and suggested I try a full-time muzzle. I had already tried that and concluded the restraint has yet to be invented that Cotton couldn't wriggle out of.
I considered defanging him, but couldn't find a vet in the area who would do it. Turns out the practice is both unsafe and impractical. To extract a dog's mighty canines would likely lead to a fractured jaw. Even if it didn't, with the canines out of the way, the pointy incisors would be primed to fill the gap.
The only other option seemed to be a lethal injection.
Procrastinating about that difficult decision, I told myself I could avoid future incidents through eternal vigilance. Cotton is protective and territorial: He reserves his animosity for strangers (especially men) who venture up our long, steep driveway. Living on an acre in rustic Rolling Hills Estates, fronted by a country road without sidewalks, with Cotton hemmed in by an invisible fence and crated in the garage whenever company is expected, we should have been able to keep trouble at bay. But trouble kept showing up unexpectedly. There was the time the sheriff's deputy drove up to alert us to a nearby brush fire: For his thoughtfulness, he received torn pants and teeth marks in his shin. Or the time a furniture delivery guy arrived early: He escaped Cotton's toothy embrace only by leaping on the hood of his van. Heck, Cotton even slipped his leash and bit the Times photographer who came to take his picture for this article.
But by then, I had a new plan.
Instead of extracting the four canines, Nielsen cuts away 4 millimeters of tooth using a CO2 laser. He acid-etches the live pulp within, fashions a bell-shaped cavity that he packs with two kinds of human-grade composite, and light-cures the top for a smooth, flat finish. He also blunts the extra set of pointy incisors.
Disarming isn't a new idea, but Nielsen's technique is one he pioneered, though he shares credit with his now-departed pet whippet. The small greyhound had "played Frisbee so much and chewed so hard trying to get out of cages" that he'd busted off all four canines right above the 4-millimeter level, Nielsen says. One day the whippet cornered a technician in Nielsen's office and flew at her face. Instead of tearing flesh, he merely pinched her cheek. The blunted canines blocked even the incisors from their shearing action.
A metaphorical light bulb came on above Nielsen's head.Now he figures he has disarmed some 300 animals in the last dozen years, not all of them dogs. A short while ago, he treated a kitty whose love bites had turned a little too intense. He's also used the procedure, for various reasons, on wolves and a tiger.
Nielsen may be something of a maverick. Dr. Gail Golab, head of the American Veterinary Medical Assn., says that disarming dogs was once fairly common, but that it fell out of favor several years ago as behavioral modification techniques improved. The association is opposed to either tooth removal or disarming, primarily on the grounds that neither addresses the underlying cause of aggression and may lull owners into a false confidence that the animal can no longer inflict injury.
In June, I signed Cotton up. It would cost a pretty penny: $1,600. But it's easy to see why. Nielsen uses state-of-the-art human dental and surgical techniques. Cotton would be sedated before full intubation under general anesthesia. He would receive an IV drip of fluid potassium, and technicians would hook him up to a battery of machines monitoring his oxygen level, heart rate and blood pressure. The doctor would consult digital X-rays taken just before the procedure and track his progress with more X-rays along the way. Cotton would get deep scaling before the procedure and a foamy fluoride treatment after. And he would go home with enough antibiotics and pain relievers to last a week. Once he recovered from the surgery, there would be no lasting side effects: Cotton would be able to eat, chew and play normally.
For all the technology, Nielsen says the most profound effect of canine disarming is psychological. "You can see it in their eyes almost the moment they wake up from the anesthesia," he says. "It's like they're wondering, 'who took away my knives?' " An epiphany that humbles and subdues them for all time. The Bumble from "Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer" comes to mind. Remember how sweet the ferocious yeti becomes after Hermey, the misfit elf-turned-dentist, does his handiwork?
On the day of Cotton's treatment, another dog — a 5-year-old pit bull named Jesse — was also disarmed. Jesse has issues with things that ring. Woe betide anyone who picks up the phone, answers the door or holds a beeping camera in Jesse's presence. Mallory Hartt, 55, of San Pedro, her sons and even their other dog, a Patterdale terrier, all have scars to show for Jesse's peculiar mania.
After the disarming, Jesse was a changed dog. "He just started being silly," Hartt says. "He would jump around like a bunny rabbit. Like he was happy." He hasn't gotten over his ring fetish, and there's already been "a little scuffle" with the terrier. But the important thing, she says, is that the smaller dog emerged from the fray unscathed.
As for Cotton, he seems to be in denial. When he gets the opportunity, he still pounces at any man who ventures onto our property. A few days after the disarming, our gardener Guadalupe Davila obligingly offered his booted foot for Cotton's delectation. After 30 seconds of ferocious gnawing, Cotton had only succeeded in lightly scoring the thick leather.
The next day, when Cotton bolted out the door to discover handyman Julio Miranda building a new handrail, he grabbed a mouthful of cedar post. After some unbridled gnawing, he only lightly scored the soft wood.
Cotton has yet to actually chomp on human flesh. If he does, we fervently hope the epiphany Nielsen described will finally take hold. Come to think of it, Cotton does sort of resemble the Bumble.


On episode 5, the stars of UFC 175, Ronda Rousey, Alexis Davis, Chris Weidman and Lyoto Machida, make their final preparations for Friday's weigh-in. Then they return to their rooms for showers, sweats, headstands and soccer.
UFC women's bantamweight champion spent some time training with Rener and Ryon Gracie before her bout with Alexis Davis at UFC 175. Rener breaks down Ronda's strengths and weaknesses and applaudes her passion to get better.
UFC women's bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey discusses her new found taste for the World Cup, which is going down this month in her second favorite play to visit, Brazil.
Lyoto assiste vitória do Brasil e diz: "Amanhã, eu vou ganhar"
Brasileiro viu o jogo em seu quarto, antes da pesagem, enquanto fazia exercícios de yoga. No fim, mostrou confiança e afirmou que vencerá Chris Weidman, neste sábado.
On episode 4, the stars of UFC 175 appear at Ultimate Media Day. Chris Weidman faces a ground and pound onslaught, and challenger Lyoto Machida demonstrates his kicking technique. Alexis Davis receives a visit, while Ronda Rousey cuts weight in luxury.
Anything happens when you get in The Cage with Colin Cowherd, including a pillow fight with UFC Champion Chris Weidman.
Take a look inside the Ultimate 100 Knockouts as Lyoto Machida uses the Karate Kid Crane technique to knock out Randy Couture in the second round at UFC 129. Watch the rest of this knockout series on Fight Pass: http://www.ufc.tv/page/fightpass.
On episode 3, Ronda Rousey embodies multitasking as she juggles her fans, media and makeup. Chris Weidman sneaks in a late-night training session at UFC headquarters. All the fighters head to Fashion Show Mall to put on a show for fans at open workouts.
UFC Women's Bantamweight champ Ronda Rousey not only dominates her opponents inside the Octagon, but her budding acting career has catapulted her even further into the popular culture spotlight.
Stars from UFC 175, including Ronda Rousey, Chris Weidman, and Lyoto Machida, as well as Ultimate Fighter 19 headliner BJ Penn take questions from the media and fans in anticipation of their events during International Fighter Week.