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Petter Wallace
Hunting Great New Music – so you don't have to
Figurative Art in Your Ears
juli 11, 2017 / pewalla
I have said it before (and will most likely say it again soon) – there is such an astonishing amount of incredible music being produced, and I bet you only get to hear a tiny fraction of it. My guess is that most of you will only have been exposed to at the most five of this week's albums. I hadn't been, until I started this month's hunt. But the great music is out there, as you will soon see – and hear.
Most of the 103 new songs in the list are accessible pop, rock, country or jazz recordings, with a straight path from the source to your brain's pleasure centre. True figurative art, in other words, nothing abstract about it, beauty to be indulged from the first note.
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But let's start with the least contemporary in this week's list, one of music's greatest masterpieces, Sgt. Pepper's Heart Club Band by The Beatles, re-released in conjunction with the 50th anniversary of its original release. There is not very much to be said that hasn't already been said about this milestone in music, except to repeat that this album has probably inspired more music than any other album in history. To think that this was produced by George Martin with 4 tracks available, beggars belief.
Photo: Pal Hansen, The Observer
If it hadn't been for The Beatles, perhaps Kinks would have been the world's most loved pop group of the 60s, but they always came in second, which is saying nothing about the fabulous pop music they left us with. Their genius frontman Ray Davies – now Sir Ray Davies – is not only rereleasing old masterpieces; he is making new ones. Americana is truly a brilliant album, filled to the brim with storytelling from America, both personal and other people's stories. He hasn't lost the knack for composing great pop tunes on the way and seems to have been inspired, not limited, by sticking to a concept.
Jakob Ogawa
Photo: Natt & Dag
A giant leap from the Beatles and Kinks to two young artists on their way up in the world. Jakob Ogawa has only released an EP, Bedroom Tapes, but the sound is modern and truly original, and gives promise of an artist we will listen to a lot in the future. This is sweet and accessible, with great harmonies and a figurative and genderless musical landscape to embrace the sounds of summer.
Lorde from New Zealand is only slightly older than Jakob Ogawa, but she has already developed immensely as an artist, following what easily could have been a solitary massive hit, Royals, a few years back. Her new album, Melodrama, is an outpouring of self-confidence and young energy; it is just impossible not to be riveted by the rhythms and by the originality of both performance and songwriting. Lorde is here to stay.
Charlotte dos Santos
The same must be said about Charlotte dos Santos. Charlotte has been a friend of our family since she was a young girl, and I have been fortunate enough to follow the development of a great talent, but even I was taken aback when I heard her debut album, Cleo. She dares to try out musical styles that she is interested in herself, without paying any attention to what is pc for a debuting artist, which is why Charlotte is impossible to typecast within a musical genre. Maybe that is why this album will be the first of many. Congratulations, Charlotte!
The American trio Cigarettes After Sex is another debuting artist. The band released an EP in 2012, and now, five years later, the album Cigaretters After Sex is ready for the public. The dreamlike and low-energy, sweet pop songs can either bore you or relax and appease. To me they do the latter.
It is quite a task to find any resemblance whatsoever between the gritty rock'n'roll of Black Keys and the music on their frontman Dan Auerbach's solo album Waiting on a Song. His alter ego has visited Nashville and produced a country pop album, filled with fun, fun, fun, hand-clapping and sunny riffs rarely created outside the city limits of Nashville. Thank you, Dan, for giving us a tasty summer album.
The Unthanks
We also have a lot to thank The Unthanks for (I couldn't resist, sorry). They have brought attention to the little known mother of a little known artist from the 60s. Molly Drake never published any of her sweet, romantic and truly poetic songs, but obviously inspired her son Nick Drake, a quiet but outstanding folk singer who met an early death, with her compositions. Now the songs come to new life though The Unthanks album Diversions No 4.: The Songs and Poems of Molly Drake. I am really touched by the frailness and incredible beauty of some of these songs.
Ron Sexsmith is also a terrific storyteller, and an artist who creates silly love songs without making you cringe. He has a rare ability to write songs that feel familiar even when you cant possible have heard them before. And he is doing this without plagiarizing himself or other artists. The Last Rider is filled with such songs.
Lindsey Buckingham & Christine McVie
The same can be said, and perhaps with even greater emphasis, about the new Fleetwood Mac album (which it isn't) by Lindsey Buckingham and Christine McVie. I keep thinking, this can't be a new album? They don't write and perform songs like this any more? Well, they surely do, and if you used to love the Mac, you're in luck, for the kings and queens weren't dead, at least two of them resurrected, and this truly utterly brilliant album came as a result. I have been given ten new sing-a-longs for the car.
Photo: BBC Radio 6
Hannah Reid of London Grammar has a voice truly out of the ordinary, with a rare strength and range. Their second album, Truth is a Beautiful Thing, delivers on the promise of the first, and then some. There is something almost divine about Reid's sad vocal as it surrounds and wraps itself around you. It is just so beautiful.
Arve Henriksen
So is the music of trumpeter Arve Henriksen. We used to reach total calmness with the sax music of Jan Garbarek years back. Now Henriksen brings back some of the same ambient, eerie music on Towards Language. If you need to truly relax and take leave of the world for a while, put this album on. And if you don't have the time, listen to it twice.
The British band Saint Etienne has released a concept album, Home Counties, with stories from the heart of England, the areas around London. I am sure this has more relevance for people growing up there, but the album offers refreshing and wide-ranging pop music even for us who grew up elsewhere.
Irish diva Imelda May has invited other icons, T-Bone Burnett, Jeff Beck and Jools Holland, to make an album, Life Love Flesh Blood, with her, and the result is as great as can be expected, emphasizing May's distinctive and slightly theatrical (in a good way) voice. This music is timeless with roots going in all directions, as you should expect from a chanteuse of Imelda May's calibre.
Youn Sun Nah
Another great and distinctive voice belongs to South Korean singer Youn Sun Nah, although she hasn't managed to reach the same diva status as Imelda May. I kept playing her 2009 album Voyage again and again back then and recommended it to everyone. Her new album She Moves On, is also interesting and pleasing, but Youn Sun Nah still seems to be looking for a unique way to make a mark on the musical world. She enhances most songs she performs, so this is definitely worth delving into.
Cameron Avery is also looking for his own inimitable style – or perhaps he isn't? His album, Ripe Dreams Pipe Dreams, offers so much, but is more related to the big crooners than to the psychedelic rock he used to perform before. There is Lee Hazelwood and Leonard Cohen in there if you listen carefully, and then some.
I don't want to stretch your attention too much, so to leave room for 102 new songs, I take out the songs that have been there the longest, tracks from Laura Veirs, Halfdis Huld, Courtney Marie Andrews, the xx, La La Land, Carol Bach-y-Rita, Brent Cash, SOHN, and Kathryn Williams.
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Q: Waiting for an event with message pump on compactframework I used to use MsgWaitForMultipleObjects with success to wait on the event's handle and pump messages at the same time.
However I don't have that procedure on Windows Mobile.
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*I open form which displays some animation

*Run thread

*Wait until thread finishes (when it sets event to Set())

Without pumping messages I will not see the animation on the form as waiting for the thread using WaitOne for instance, is blocking everything ...
How can I achieve the same functionality on Windows Mobile?
Thanks

A: A simple way to achieve what you're looking for is to use the BackgroundWorker class that's part of the OpenNETCF framework
It's essentially a functional copy of the System.ComponentModel.BackgroundWorker class from the full .NET framework.
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*start animation on form load event

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Below is an example adapted from the MSDN backgroundworker class documentation that may point you in the right direction.
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    {
        InitializeComponent();
        InitializeBackgroundWorker();

    }

    // Set up the BackgroundWorker object by
    // attaching event handlers.
    private void InitializeBackgroundWorker()
    {
        backgroundWorker1.DoWork +=
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        backgroundWorker1.RunWorkerCompleted +=
            new RunWorkerCompletedEventHandler(
        backgroundWorker1_RunWorkerCompleted);
        backgroundWorker1.ProgressChanged +=
            new ProgressChangedEventHandler(
        backgroundWorker1_ProgressChanged);
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    protected override void OnLoad(EventArgs e)
    {

        if (backgroundWorker1.IsBusy != true)
        {
            // Start the asynchronous operation.
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            backgroundWorker1.RunWorkerAsync();
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    // This event handler is where the time-consuming work is done.
    private void backgroundWorker1_DoWork(object sender, DoWorkEventArgs e)
    {
        BackgroundWorker worker = sender as BackgroundWorker;

         //this is taken from the msdn example, but you would fill
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        for (int i = 1; i <= 10; i++)
        {
            if (worker.CancellationPending == true)
            {
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                break;
            }
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                System.Threading.Thread.Sleep(500);
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    // This event handler updates the progress.
    private void backgroundWorker1_ProgressChanged(object sender, ProgressChangedEventArgs e)
    {
        //modify your animation here if you like?
    }

    // This event handler deals with the results of the background operation.
    private void backgroundWorker1_RunWorkerCompleted(object sender, RunWorkerCompletedEventArgs e)
    {
        //your background process is done. tear down your form here..

    }

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Q: new tab ID in chrome I want to know the ID which the original new tab page of chrome would take when I open a new tab?
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Eusebius's "Church History" & the Hy of Early Christianity.
Thematic paper discussing what is known as Eusebius's "Church History" (histor Eccles) and what is known of it, what it does relate, in contrast with propagandist purpose of explaining the end of Diocletian's persecutions and the rise of Constantine towards an assured Roman Catholic religion and empire. More than one version of the primary text; several references addressing different aspects of an important historiographical issue.
Examines the accuracy of Eusebius' accounts of church history.
A discussion on Constantine's religious beliefs and whether he can be considered pagan or Christian for most of his rule.
An examination of Constantine's conversion to Christianity.


The earliest known map of Ixworth was created in 1625 to show the land holdings of the Lord of the Manor John Carill Esq. That map was then copied by hand in 1834. The 1834 version was deteriorating when, in the 1970s, a local photographer recorded it. That record, in the form of a pair of large black-and-white prints is available to see at the Suffolk Record Office in Bury St Edmunds (reference no 1991). The quality of the print is not enough to be able to read the smallest details (mostly the names of individual tenants on the land) but it still gives a fascinating insight into early Ixworth. A sketch of the central part of the village as seen in 1625 is reproduced here. The main features of the village are still clear to see (the main streets, Dairy Farm, the Abbey, Cross House etc.) but there are changes and intriguing features.
The names given are all new to us; the lower High Street is Ixworthe Towne and part of Stow Road is Old Street, this reflects the fact that Ixworth's first houses were in this area close to the river. Further out, Stow Road is Lower Woolpit Way, presumably a common destination for travel in those days. Crown Lane is called Lincolne Lane and this is thought to be a corruption of Limekiln Lane. Commister Lane is Pinner or Pinner's Lane where it meets the High Street, a crease in the map may be hiding the 's'. On the Pakenham side of the river, Ome's Green stretches west from Bridge Farm.
The first market to be granted to Ixworth took place at the lower end of the High Street where it widens out with the junction of Stow Road. By 1625 there is a market cross in the road at the Commister Lane junction and a short row of simple buildings along the High Street opposite the Pickerel Inn. These probably reflect market stalls and to this day the pavement is much wider on that side of the road. The market cross is commemorated by the cross moulded into the plasterwork on the front of no 19 High Street. There is also another way-side cross in Stow Road which seems to mark the limit of habitation and was known as the Townsend Cross, note that it is close to Cross House. Leading from the High Street somewhere near the present Methodist Chapel, and paralleling the houses behind, is the Camping Close. This was a feature of many East Anglian towns and villages and had nothing to do with life under canvas. Camping or 'camp-ball' was a cross between football and handball, not unlike modern rugby or American Football. The game was far from gentle, being very energetic and dangerous with records of frequent injury or even death. There were many variant forms (some played with sticks) with different names and sizes of pitch, one of which used church-porches as goals! This was a place to let off steam in a bawdy fashion; being often played on a Sunday it was roundly condemned by the Church yet tolerated by the local clergy and gentry.
There are several lost features along Thetford Road; close to the Water Mill was Great Roughton Green, where the Round House now stands was Little Roughton Green and between them was the animal pound. The present-day allotments stand on Corner Pightell and the large field to the north of the road was Pease-Croft.
The Abbey buildings are little changed but there is an orchard to the side of them, a Pigeon House nearby and a Sick House in Prior's Wood to the south. To the south of the bridleway leading out to Hempyard Bridge there was a complex of farm buildings and stables just before the river, a fenced-off area of rough ground stands there today. There was also what looks like a gate-house at the end of the grassy path which leads from the bridleway to the Round House on Thetford Road. Hempyard Bridge itself is named for the hemp fields to which it led. The long agricultural field to the north of the bridleway is intriguingly called 'The Castle Yard' although there is no evidence that there was ever a castle there – it may have been the site of an early manor house, perhaps with a fortified appearance. The ditches to the north of the bridleway are 'fish ponds and stews' and there seems to be a water channel leading through them directly to the mill. An area call The Mareyard overlaps the fish ponds and the verges of Thetford Road. Where Abbey Close stands now is an area called Stockacre; this was not necessarily where the livestock were kept but it did belong to the Lord of the Manor and still did in 1890 when the church asked for part of it to be used as the new Ixworth cemetery.
The Ixworth Village website is run by a committee and looks after the interests of the village online. We are independent of any village organisation and interest and take a long term interest in the village.
Hi, there was certainly a blacksmiths at the bottom of the High Street in the late 1940s and maybe to the 1970s when I lost family connections to the village. I believe the name was Thurlow. Certainly I remember horses being shoed there.


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The Names of Things and Dr. Delicious
THE NAMES OF THINGS
By David Helwig
DR. DELICIOUS: MEMOIRS OF A LIFE IN CANLIT
By Robert Lecker
Was it bliss in that dawn to be alive?
Just for the sake of neatness let's make it an even decade: 1965-1975.
Some beginnings: Coach House Press, 1965; Quarry Press, 1965; Open Letter, 1965; Oberon Press, 1966; the League of Canadian Poets, 1966; House of Anansi Press, 1967; The Malahat Review, 1967; the Canada Council's block grant program for Canadian publishers, 1972; Véhicule Press, 1972; The Porcupine's Quill and ECW (the journal, the press came a couple of years later), 1974.
Some books: Beautiful Losers (1966), Civil Elegies and Other Poems (1972), The Studhorse Man (1969), Fifth Business (1970), The Collected Works of Billy the Kid (1970), St. Urbain's Horseman (1971), Lives of Girls and Women (1971), The Bush Garden (1971), Survival and Surfacing (1972), The Temptations of Big Bear (1973), The Diviners (1974).
"That's how things were in those years," David Helwig, someone who was in the thick of it, writes, "an extravagant confidence everywhere. You had an idea, and you did it; new literary projects appeared on all sides." There was "a growing excitement about Canadian writing all over the country." It was "an age of poetry" (a.k.a. a time when poetry mattered). What rain brought forth this sudden flowering? National pride? Here's Helwig again:
There was a growing market for Canadian books then; small press books by Canadian authors were reviewed in the newspapers whether or not they won awards – in fact there were few awards – and apart from McClelland and Stewart, there were no big press campaigns at the beginning of each season. Certainly Jack McClelland's gift for PR helped along some of his authors, and in many ways helped make all the new Canadian writing fashionable. Canada had reached the stage in its development at which readers wanted to read Canadian books, and they went out and found them. Poetry was in vogue. Nationalism has its limits, of course, as a source of artistic values, but writing is easier if you no longer believe that all the action is somewhere else.
The questioning of national identity and its relationship to a national literature had been "building for years" (Robert Lecker now), "catalysed" by those NCL titles Jack (not David, McClelland) started bringing out in 1955. What drew Lecker, a student in those years, to CanLit was this debate. An academic perspective then (compare and contrast to Helwig):
Although I seldom spoke to my fellow students about this at the time, I think we shared the sense that there was a common purpose in studying Canadian literature, and that in many ways, committing oneself to that kind of study was a kind of conversion experience. On one hand we were becoming involved in the literature precisely at the time when so many books were appearing that were unlike anything seen before – from Kroetsch's The Studhorse Man to Michael Ondaatje's The Collected Works of Billy the Kid to bpNichol's The Martyrology. Like many others, I was drawn to the experimental nature of these writers, but also to the growing debate that surrounded the evaluation of their work. While some critics (notably the "thematic critics") were promoting an understanding of Canadian literature based on models of national self-recognition, others rejected this national bias in favour of criticism that embraced a growing interest in postmodern thought, and still others tried to find a way of marrying postmodern and national values.
Two recollections of what it was like living back in the day, as part of "the generation that made Canadian literature what it is today" (this from the back of Dr. Delicious).
But was it really so wonderful? Was this Canada's literary Golden Age?
Another point of view: The Golden Age of CanLit is a myth, and like all myths it is a fiction created for a purpose. It is a construct necessary for academics (a common curriculum to teach, a guide for research), and something very good for publishers. Both Helwig and Lecker advert to the first Canadian canon: McClelland and Stewart's New Canadian Library. It was, of course, a publicity stunt. Dismal books for the most part, but brilliant marketing. These were the Canadian books you had to read . . . even if they weren't any good. Then take a look at ECW Press, of which Dr. Delicious provides a very personal history. Lecker, one of the founders of ECW, is fascinated by questions of canonicity. And how could he not be? Publishing such scholarly megaprojects as The Annotated Bibliography of Canada's Major Authors and the Canadian Writers and Their Works series was nothing if not an act of canon building. And, in this regard at least, was it not successful?
The canon then, as Lecker writes, is "a pedagogical and critical creation, of no interest to the public." Indeed, one might wonder whether a "popular canon" would be a contradiction in terms. As For Me and My House may be "a very tiresome book," but is it in any less popular than the poetry of John Newlove? The opposite of the canon is nothing so coherent as an anti-canon, but rather the spawn of the free market, an endless turnover of cookbooks, genre paperbacks, investment guides for Canadian Dummies, and celebrity bios. Lecker is fascinated by ECW's (and his own) schizophrenia in trying to have it both ways. "Somehow, I had reached the point where I was publishing an annotated bibliography of works by and about Stephen Leacock alongside a biography of Sarah Michelle Gellar called Bite Me!" He leads a double life: a creator, defender, and explicator of the Canadian canon, and a "publishing pimp" marketing books on extreme martial arts and wrestling. It's obvious from such use of language where his own heart and values lie, and when he finally leaves ECW one can sense his relief at saying good-bye to Mr. Hyde. And yet in rebranding itself as "Entertainment, Culture, Writing," the new ECW is clearly more in tune with the spirit of the age. That golden generation is gone.
The sense of a passing of an era is also felt in Helwig's The Names of Things. "Many of my contemporaries in the arts are retired or exhausted or dead," he calmly notes near the end. Robert Lecker, who wears his heart proudly on his sleeve, might have gone on for pages pulling something like that apart. Helwig lets it go. They have very different attitudes toward the past and how we understand it through recreating it in words. Of course neither book is a history, but a memoir. This isn't what really happened, but what the authors imagine as happening to a "somebody/nobody" (that, obviously, is Helwig) who exists only in memory. At one point Helwig even confesses that one of his anecdotes might only be of a dream. What we have here then are two self-dramatizing characters consciously and unconsciously intent (if that isn't a paradox) on concealing as much as they reveal. Perhaps not unreliable narrators, but ones that force us to read between the lines and come to some of our own conclusions.
Lecker, to take one example, is obsessed with the fight against Quebec independence. He is engaged on a very public level as an outspoken critic of the separatist movement, and these political opinions colour and influence his approach to CanLit as well. He is a political writer and a political literary critic, especially when it involves the issue of Canadian nationalism. Helwig may have similar opinions, but he isn't sharing them. On several occasions he mentions having fierce political arguments with his wife, daughter, and friends, but there is no mention of what they were about or what side he took. The election of the Parti Québécois in 1976 is a major event in Lecker's narrative, one that "permanently altered the political and literary climate in Quebec and dramatically shifted the centre of literary activity to Toronto." Here is all Helwig has to say about it: "In November of 1976 Quebec elected the first Parti Québécois government. In the previous years I'd watched with fascination the growth of separatism." No mention of what he found so fascinating about it, or what his opinion of separatism is.
This isn't just to point out that Lecker is a political animal and Helwig is someone with other things to talk about. It is to highlight the difference in the two voices: the one hot and vociferous, the other cool and reticent. Early in his book Helwig mentions how, as a child, he "could become prey to powerful hypochondriac fears, anxiety and cold panic occurring suddenly and continuing for weeks, to be kept hidden as much as possible." Well hidden indeed! The entire memoir is written under the shadow of a recurring heart condition, and yet Helwig presents himself as almost a detached spectator of his body's breakdown, watching the lines on his heart monitor like a program on TV. If there were any powerful hypochondriac fears, anxiety, or cold panic involved, he's not letting on. His illness and heart problems become a literary device. It's beautifully handled – he begins the book in a hospital bed with his own heart being monitored, and ends it with an evocation of the "tiny unborn heart" of his grandchild – but it's a sort of writing that doesn't tell you anything more than it has to.
Dr. Lecker certainly never says that he is a hypochondriac. Semi-alert readers, however, may come to their own conclusion from reading passages like the following:
I thought about guys my age, even runners like me, who dropped dead from heart attacks. That wouldn't be so bad. Or a massive stroke. That would be okay. But there were all these other problems I didn't have time for – brain cancer, Lou Gehrig's disease, Parkinson's (my father's affliction), Crohn's – a whole list of diseases that I stayed awake imagining, as if by imagining them I could hold them at bay. (Could you really get Parkinson's if you were actively thinking about it? No, because those diseases always crept up on people when they least expected it, so if you did expect it at any moment, the disease would know that, and would stay away until it had a chance to surprise you. Obviously the trick was to always be thinking about it, and about all the other diseases that could sneak up on you.)
Why was my back so sore? One of the radiators had sprung a leak. There was a message from the dentist's office, reminding me of my appointment tomorrow. I felt a tingling in my arm, and a burning pain in my chest. No doubt it was a heart attack. Because I knew it was a heart attack, because I got there before it had a chance to strike, it backed off. This strategy can be bothersome, especially when it reaches a peak. But I would rather be driving around town imagining that I am having a stroke than actually having one, wouldn't you?
This is funny stuff, and the only question is how much of it Lecker intends to be funny. Surely his tongue is in his cheek with the bit about diseases like Parkinson's sneaking up on you only if you let them. But what about the "No doubt it was a heart attack"? Or, later, this aside: "I was losing weight. Probably cancer." When he defends himself against George Bowering's teasing for dragging him off to a hospital in Tahiti after being stung by a bee ("George thought I was being silly, but I'm allergic to their sting"), how alert is he to the joke?
These are the challenges in reading memoir, a genre characterized by a highly artful selection and presentation of "the facts." With Helwig one often wonders about what he isn't saying, with Lecker, what he really means. Who is that "beautiful young woman" Helwig makes love to in that unnamed house in Kingston, on that unnamed street? When Lecker describes Paul Davies as being in love with Jack David there is clearly some not-entirely professional jealously involved. But how much?
They are, of course, very different books. Lecker is the critic and businessman, Helwig the prolific primary producer. The Names of Things is put together better, and includes a number of memorable, dramatic anecdotes. Dr. Delicious energetically spins a lot of industry-insider gossip alongside its central (unresolved) psychomachia.
As for the debate that first drew Lecker to CanLit in the Golden Age, it is still active. But today it's more a debate between that imagined heroic period and our ability to identify a next wave.
It's an old story in the arts: what was the New has become the Old, the Establishment, a covering cherub (to use Harold Bloom's anxious symbol) to be overthrown. And while I don't think they were giants walking the Earth back in the day, those "major writers" do have a giant position that dominates, and continues to dominate, the landscape. Like it or not, there is a canon, and the new writing has to position itself in relation to it, if only to be recognized by lazy critics. I think that's regrettable. I think the official canon of the Golden Generation was overrated. I also think it's a shame that so much media oxygen is spent keeping the reputations of writers like Atwood and Ondaatje preserved long after they've done work of any interest. And what's even worse is how we so often look to contemporary writers to be imitators rather than challengers.
Literary debates are always being encouraged, not because of any particular delight in the struggle but because in the end it's what makes literature stronger. Both of these books remind us of the spirit of battles past. Hopefully there will be many more to come.
Review first published online July 10, 2006.
Author Alex GoodPosted on April 28, 2014 Categories Reviews -- Non-fiction
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This past week I had two great opportunities, both of which involved Self Care. As a Student Ambassador, I had the chance to attend a special Yoga Workshop just for Student Life Leaders. During the Workshop we went through various Yoga poses and breathing techniques. I'm fairly familiar with Yoga, but this particular Workshop was much needed. It was a friendly reminder that no matter how crazy life gets, it's important to have time for yourself.
The second thing that happened this week was the Breathing Techniques Workshop put on by Phi Theta Kappa. It covered the importance of proper breathing. And that most adults don't breathe properly at all (crazy right?!).
Breathing is something most people don't put much thought into. During the workshop, we went through several deep breathing exercises to use in different circumstances. Now I knew that people always say to breathe when you're upset or worked up. But I never knew all of the interesting facts behind deep breathing.
So take some time out for yourself today. Try some Yoga, take some deep breathes!


Here are some fun and delicious Recipes To Make With Leftover Halloween Candy.
Aaahhhh….Halloween. It's that holiday that as parents we have a love-hate relationship with. We love all the fall fun associated with this ghoulish day. Chances are, your kids worked hard, did a lot of walking and scored big in the candy department. But what do we do with the candy overload? Of course, my kids' answer would be "EAT IT!", but we can't let them eat it all now, can we? The other option would be for me to eat it. Which truthfully is the last thing I need. I have absolutely NO willpower when it comes to candy staring me in the face. I can't even hide it because I know where it is at. The third option is to utilize it in a different way with one of the these 25 Recipes To Make With Leftover Halloween Candy.
Candy freezes well, so when my kids were younger, I would freeze the Halloween candy and use at a later date to make some tasty desserts. Here are 25 Recipes To Make With Leftover Halloween Candy.


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Ceiling for self-employed coronavirus support may be dropped to £30,000
HMRC is thinking about lowering the ceiling for the self-employed to qualify for coronavirus income support
by Timothy Adler 8 May 2020
Government eyes lowering ceiling for those who qualify for coronavirus self-employed support even before the scheme has launched
UPDATED: The Treasury is thinking about cutting its ceiling for self-employed coronavirus support to £30,000 before its scheme has even launched yet.
HMRC has begun contacting the 3.5m self-employed who may be eligible to receive a backdated cash grant worth up to £7,500.
Those eligible will receive a letter, email or text message from HMRC with information about how to make an online claim when the Self-Employed Income Support Scheme (SEISS) opens on May 13.
Money should hit bank accounts by May 25 or six working days after a claim is made.
Previously chancellor Rishi Sunak had announced the scheme would open in June.
Under the current scheme, freelancers and the self-employed can apply for a one-off payment of up to £7,500 covering three months. This is based at looking at your tax returns for the past three years and then averaging your monthly income. Only freelancers and the self-employed who have been earning up to £50,000 a year can apply for the self-employed coronavirus income support scheme.
>See also: Self-employed Income Support Scheme what it means for you
However, according to the Times, the Treasury is already thinking about slashing that £50,000 ceiling to £30,000 going forward.
The Treasury has already said the SEISS will be extended.
Plummeting unemployment
However, HMRC officials are trying to figure out ways to wean workers off government support packages such as the SEISS and its furlough scheme without creating plummeting unemployment.
Chancellor Rishi Sunak will announce plans next week to wind down the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) from July as part of an attempt to get people back to work as lockdown is eased.
About 6.3m people are currently being paid not to work while on furlough. This has already cost the Treasury £8bn and will ultimately cost more than £40bn, a situation the chancellor says is unsustainable.
A survey conducted by the CIPD, the body for HR professionals, suggested that over half of employees who have been furloughed would have been made redundant if the scheme wasn't there.
"People are addicted to the scheme," a senior government source told the newspaper. "We're not talking about a cliff-edge, but we have to get people back to work."
One idea being considered, according to the Evening Standard, is that the furlough subsidy will be reduced from 80 per cent to 60 per cent.
Other options could include allowing part-time furloughing so that staff can do some work while receiving government support.
Another idea being talked about is winding down the scheme gradually, starting with workers in small shops, with staff in hotels and restaurants being the last to be taken off support.
However, the fear is that many of those in retail will find they don't have a job to go back to once the coronavirus job retention scheme is yanked.
Richard Lim, chief executive of Retail Economics, told the Telegraph he expects retail to lose 20 per cent of store staff – about 150,000 people – over the next decade.
How to wean workers off government furlough support is not just a problem in Britain. According to Bloomberg, more than 40m workers are now being paid under furlough schemes across Europe's six largest economies.
Treasury bails out small businesses in co-working spaces
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Jāņi cheese is a Latvian sour milk cheese, traditionally eaten on Jāņi – the Midsummer celebration. Today it is available and well demanded all year through. Its basics are raw quark and fresh milk, but other products like eggs and butter can be added to taste. Traditionally, caraway seeds are added as spice but today cheese makers compete in creativity to make new varieties and tastes based on the original Jāņi cheese.
With its round form, the cheese symbolises the sun and is related to summer solstice rituals. The cheese is often served as a snack to go with light or dark beer.
Bring water and milk to boiling in a cattle. Stir in some quarks. When it all gets lumpy, add slightly whipped eggs and caraway seeds.
Take a colander and line it with a cheesecloth. Poor the mass into the colander and dry it rolling from side to side. Then put it back in the cattle, add some salt and heat up stirring until you get a homogenous substance. Put it in the cheesecloth, make a round shape, twist the cheesecloth corners in the middle and press into the cheese.
Put the cheese under pressure between two plates or boards and keep until it gets cool and stark. When you open it, use the hollow in the middle to put in some butter. Smear it on slices of the cheese to enjoy the true taste!


I have recently finished the course in the Survey of Exodus. I am a student at ABS, and have recently returned from Iraq, and Kuwait. As a preacher/teacher/evangelist, and most strivingly of all a servant of the Lord, I regretfully share with you how I am grieved at the widespread presence of apostasy. So when I listen and meditate on the lectures you have shared through the Spirit of God, I am encouraged and refreshed in my spirit that there is still a seminary, church, and servant of Christ that is holding fast to the, "whole counsel of God." In a culture of such, "watered down", theology, I am examining myself in light of the pure debauchery, and insanity that has filtered into our congreagtions. The only real peace that I find is in the Scriptures after studying Paul's advanced warning to young Timoty while he was stationed at Ephesus. Certainly God's foreknowledge of the condition of the hearts of His bride in the, "last days", does not excuse away or justify the actions of a stiff-necked people. But at the same time, I am somewhat at ease to know that nothing catches our God, "off guard", and even though we have personified the condition spoken of by Paul in II Tim. 3 and 4, I am reminded that HE alone is still in charge of this univierse. Therefore, taking all of this into consideration and adding it to the blessing of receiving such a fine education from ABS, I thank you Dr. Howard for your committment to, "rightly dividing", the Word of God. and look foward to more studies through the precious Word of God. I pray that our soon coming Lord will anoint you, and give you an Holy unction in studying, and preaching His Word. PRESS ON!!


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Q: Angular 6 library I'm developing a library with Angular 6 (https://medium.com/@tomsu/how-to-build-a-library-for-angular-apps-4f9b38b0ed11), but I'm blocking with adding project dependency. I want to create a library that is independent of my project with dependencies of its own. I thought to modify the package.json and add my dependency inside but it does not work.
{
  "name": "core",
  "version": "0.0.1",
  "peerDependencies": {
    "@angular/common": "^6.0.0-rc.0 || ^6.0.0",
    "@angular/core": "^6.0.0-rc.0 || ^6.0.0"
  },
  "dependencies": {
    "angular-in-memory-web-api": "^0.6.0"
  }
}

then i thought in the ng-package.json but the same thing
angular-in-memory-web-api must be explicitly whitelisted.
Help me :)

A: You need to modify the ng-package.json file inside your library folder adding the whitelistedNonPeerDependencies attribute with all the modules that need to be whitelisted.
{
    "$schema": "../../node_modules/ng-packagr/ng-package.schema.json",
    "dest": "../../dist/my-lib",
    "deleteDestPath": false,
    "lib": {
        "entryFile": "src/public_api.ts"
    },
    "whitelistedNonPeerDependencies": [
        "angular-in-memory-web-api"
    ]
}


A previously healthy 58-year-old male was admitted to hospital following an OOH cardiac arrest. The initial cardiac rhythm was VF. He remained on the 'shockable' side of the ALS algorithm and was managed accordingly with defibrillation and intravenous adrenaline. ROSC occurred after 28 minutes. A 12-lead ECG showed a STEMI in the antero-septal territories.
Coronary angiography showed a proximal occlusion of the left anterior descending artery through which a drug eluting stent was inserted. Despite this and adrenaline (10-20mcg) boluses, the patient remained persistently acidotic and hypotensive. A diagnosis of cardiogenic shock was made and an intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP) was inserted via the left common femoral artery with subsequent improvement in haemodynamic parameters. The patient was transferred to a cardiothoracic critical care.
Transthoracic echocardiography showed a globally hypokinetic left ventricle (LV) with an ejection fraction (EF) of approximately 20%. Within the first 6 hours, he developed runs of non-sustained VT and frequent ventricular ectopics, which interfered with IABP triggering causing worsening haemodynamic instability. Triggering was switched from ECG to arterial pressure. Electrolytes were supplemented and intravenous amiodarone was commenced to manage the dysrhythmias. Targeted temperature management to 36 degrees Celsius for 24 hours was initiated. Anticoagulation for IABP was commenced and peripheral pulses were regularly monitored.
His dysrhythmias resolved with subsequent improvement of IABP performance. On day 3, the IABP was weaned to 1:2 ratio for approximately 6 hours and removed. A tracheostomy was inserted on day 7 and the patient underwent long term respiratory wean and neurological rehabilitation.
Describe the indications, contraindications, complications and basic principles of intra-aortic balloon counterpulsation balloon pump.
Cardiogenic shock (CS) is a pathological state of end-organ hypoperfusion secondary to cardiac failure. It is characterized by a low cardiac output, hypotension unresponsive to fluid resuscitation, and elevated LV filling pressures resulting in oliguria, hyperlactaemia and altered mental status (1). MI with LV failure is the commonest cause of CS (1). Other causes include myocarditis, refractory artythmias and cardiomyopathies.
CS complicates 3-10% of all MIs (1,2). In-hospital mortality from CS has decreased from 44.6% to 33.6% over the past decade but still remains high.
Techniques of augmentation of coronary blood flow were first described in the 1950s (3) but the first percutaneous IABP insertion wasn't until 1980 (4).
An IABP is a catheter-mounted, helium-filled polyethylene balloon that is inserted through the femoral artery into the descending aorta just below the left subclavian artery. Alternative routes include subclavian, axillary or brachial arteries. The low density of helium ensures a rapid transfer of gas from the console to the balloon and it can also easily be absorbed into the bloodstream in case of balloon rupture (5). The procedure is commonly performed in the cardiac catheterization laboratory under fluoroscopic guidance but can be inserted in the ICU for patients too unstable to transfer.
Coronary perfusion pressure (CPP) is equal to aortic diastolic pressure (ADP) minus left ventricular end-diastolic pressure (LVEDP). Balloon inflation at the beginning of diastole augments ADP thereby increasing CPP and DO2.
Balloon deflation at the beginning of systole reduces afterload and can increase stroke volume by as much as 40%, decreasing VO2.
ECG and arterial waveform are commonly used triggers for balloon inflation and deflation. The balloon inflates at the onset of diastole, corresponding to the middle of the T-wave, and deflates at the onset of LV systole, which corresponds to the peak of the R-wave. Normally inflation should be at the dichrotic notch (aortic valve closure) and should result in a diastolic augmented BP that is higher than unassisted systolic BP. Deflation is timed to allow assisted aortic EDP to be 10-15 mmHg less than unassisted diastolic pressure demonstrating a reduced afterload. Depending on the patient's clinical status, the IABP is programmed to assist every beat (1:1) or less often (1:2, 1:3. 1:4).
Significant arrhythmias are common post-MI, as highlighted in this case, and arterial pressure triggers may be best but all triggering modes are inefficient in such circumstances. Other indications for arterial pressure triggers include pacing-dependent patients, diathermy interferences or very low ECG signals. Aggressive management of dysrhythmias is paramount as suboptimal inflation can result in haemodynamic instability.
Balloon volume loss alarms, decreased augmentation and blood in the catheter are suggestive of balloon puncture/tear and the catheter needs to be replaced (7).
Indications for weaning/removal include clinical improvement, reduction of pharmacological support and development of fatal complications. A gradual reduction in the inflation ratio from 1:1 to 1:2 to 1:3 occurs over 3 to 6 hours. Accepted practice involves stopping heparin 2-4 hours prior to removal, correction of any coagulopathy, and removal is normally carried out by an experienced cardiologist / cardiac surgeon. Firm pressure is applied for at least 45 minutes and many institutions keep patients supine for an additional six hours.
Heparinisation is often required for IABP to avoid arterial thromboembolism. Our institution aims for an APTT of 45 – 70 seconds. IABPs should never be turned off in situ except for when the patient is anticoagulated due to the risk of thrombus formation on the balloon.
The incidence of major complications such as IABP-related mortality, sepsis, severe bleeding and critical limb ischaemia ranges from 7-20% (8). Compartment syndrome has been reported (9).
Haemolysis and thrombocytopenia are common and result from mechanical damage to red cells, platelets and/or heparin administration. Mechanical complications include balloon rupture, balloon entrapment, and malpositioning, which can result in renal or cerebral compromise.
Risk factors for developing complications include duration of IABP support, pre-existing peripheral vascular disease, diabetes mellitus and female gender. Prospective studies have shown that women with diabetes mellitus and peripheral vascular disease have an 83% chance of developing major IABP-related complications (10).
What is the evidence for IABP use?
The IABP-SHOCK II trial was a large RCT involving 600 patients comparing the use of IABP to no IABP in patients with CS complicated acute MI. The investigators found no difference in the primary outcome – 30-day mortality, and a range of secondary outcomes such as time to haemodynamic stabilization, ICU length of stay, dose and duration of catecholamine therapy and renal function, between both groups. The results of this study were included in an updated Cochrane meta-analysis, which confirmed no survival benefit at 30 days (Hazard Ratio 0.95, 95% CI 0.76 to 1.19) (11).
12 month follow-up data of survivors also revealed no survival benefit for patients in the IABP group. In addition, there was also no difference in rates of recurrent revascularization, stroke or quality of life measures at 12 months (12). The findings of this trial and updated meta-analysis endorse the downgraded recommendations of IABP use from the American Heart Association and European Society of Cardiology (ESC) from level IB and IC (should be used) to IIB and IIC (can/may be used) respectively (13, 14).
If temporary mechanical support is needed, ESC guidelines also recommend the use of a left VAD or ECMO without any preference (IIa/C recommendation) (14). A meta-analysis demonstrated superior haemodynamic support with LAVD than with IABP, no difference in mortality and incidence of lower-limb ischaemia, but significantly increased bleeding with LVAD (15).
The Impella 2.5 device is a relatively new catheter-based, axial flow pump system that can be inserted percutaneously and generate a maximal flow of 2.5 l.min-1 from the left ventricle into the ascending aorta which has been shown to be equally safe and provide superior haemodynamic support compared to IABP (16, 17). However, none of the trials so far have been powered to demonstrate an outcome benefit.
Mortality from cardiogenic shock remains high.
IABP treatment aims to increase myocardial DO2 and reduce VO2.
Complication rate associated with IABP is high in patients who are female with a history of diabetes and peripheral vascular disease.
Important considerations in patients with IABP include optimal timing of inflation and deflation, adequate anticoagulation and regular assessment for weaning/removal.
Whilst all device therapy has been shown to improve haemodynamics, no trial so far has demonstrated an outcome benefit. Patient selection and risk stratification is therefore crucial.
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Nvidia has officially launched their newest line of mobile GPUs, the GTX 960M and 950M, as well as the GeForce 940M, 930M, and 920M.
The 960M and 950M continues to use the same GM107 chip found in the GTX 860M and 850M, but clock in at 1096 and 914 Mhz (+ boost) respectively, a slight upgrade over their predecessors, which topped out at 1029 and 936 MHz, respectively. Sadly, this means the 960M and 950M aren't on the newer Maxwell GPU platform that's powering the 970M and 980M (and their desktop equivalents). They're getting a bit of a speed boost, but no jump up to the newer, more efficient technology.
As for the three new GeForce cards, the only available specifications point to them being several times more powerful than Intel's HD 4400 GPU, as well as DirectX 12 capable.
The new cards are available now, showing up in several new gaming notebooks from Nvidia partners: the Acer Nitro V, Alienware 13, ASUS G501, HP Omen, and Lenovo Y50, for example.


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Q: Use char16_t type as an array of char[] and reconvert it via reinterpret_cast<>. Does my code have undefined behavior? I want to check the object memory representation of the char16_t type as an array of char[] and reconvert it via reinterpret_cast<>. Does my code have undefined behavior?
My conversion code is as follows:
char16_t code;

..... // some operating ensure the variable 'code' keep a value

for (auto rbegin = reinterpret_cast<char*>(&code + 1), rend = reinterpret_cast<char*>(&code); rbegin != rend;)
    fout.put(*(--rbegin));

My main question is whether reintepret_cast<char*>(&code +1) is wrong? At the same time, can I do this?

A: code is not an array of char16_ts (although it can be considered as an array of 1 element). So dereferencing &code + 1 will result in undefined behavior as you are accessing out of bounds.
Instead you can do the following which is safe:
rbegin = reinterpret_cast<char*>(&code) + 1

Since reinterpret_cast<char*>(&code) will result in a pointer to char, adding 1 to that means you are still within the limits of memory you are allowed to access. (I am assuming here that char16_t has two bytes).


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The Seventh Annual Oregon Cider Week is Designed To Educate And Celebrate All Things Cider Around The State And Beyond.
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Blue Star has created an official Oregon Cider Week donut with Finnriver Cidery's black currant cider, that it will sell in stores throughout the 11 day celebrations.
Brand-new event to kick off Oregon Cider Week. No better place to celebrate Oregon cider than on a century farm that was homesteaded in 1895 and where great grandpa Stephen first made cider in the early 1900's.
An educational class featuring cider tastings from across the world, including those true to the modern Northwest cider craft. Led by the cidermakers from both Cider Riot and Portland Cider Company, this class is for those with a passion for cider and the craft beverage industry.
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Blog Bat-A-Round: Cards you once had, no longer do, and regret it.
I have been reading on other blogs, something called a "Bat-A-Round" where multiple bloggers post their thoughts on a particular subject. (You can tell how much of the sports card blogging world is baseball oriented). As I spend much of my life thinking about cards, I rarely find a topic I don't have a thought on, so I thought I would post my take on it.
This Bat-A-Round's topic is cards you once had but no longer do.
For me, this is a small subject but a bit of a painful one.
I am very tight-fisted with my cards. If a card goes into my collection...it stays there. Forever. I will not budge, no matter what. (I even had somebody block me on Facebook because I would not sell a card to him). But back in 1996, when I first started collecting the NBA, I traded away one card...just one...and it's haunted me ever since. The crazy thing is I don't even remember exactly which card it was anymore.
I know it was 1995-96 Upper Deck, the Electric Court Parallel. I know it was David Robinson. But at this late date I don't remember if it was the base card, or one of the Subsets.
I think it was the base player card.
I have the USA subset in it's Electric Court version, but until I get the rest...it will drive me nuts. (The two I don't have, that might be it, are in the Top 10 most wanted list on the right side of every post).
I am still friends with the person I traded it to, all those years ago, but he had a house fire a year or two after we traded...so the opportunity is not there to try and get it back.
The crazy thing is that I could probably get both of the cards for under $5 combined. I have so far refused to do so, hoping against hope that I would get them "naturally"- without having to pay for them/it. So far, no luck.
That is the ONLY card I ever had that I no longer do.
There is more to this story though.
Remember back in February, I had a flood, lost several hundred cards. You can see which ones I lost and some pictures Here. I have already replaced some of them. Less than half, but some. The 2003-04 Topps Factory Set and the two Star Wars promos are going to be hard to replace. While I technically still have them, they are essentially lost to me. Some of them, like the 1991-92 Upper Deck Muggsy Bogues, are permanently fused to the next card they were touching. This is the painful aspect. My cards are my life, and this hurt...still hurts. I have found a few more that were in the box that I thought escaped damage but didn't, that aren't on that list. I have an Excel file of cards damaged that need to be replaced.
1995-96 Upper Deck Special Edition #SE147 Shaquille O'Neal.
I made a big trade for one of these, and it was stolen...I am 99.9% sure by my school teacher, at that.
Luckily, at a card show several years later I was able to find a replacement. They scan like crap, by the way, as all mirror foils do. There were other cards I've had stolen but I'm sure I've gotten replacements for them now. I don't really remember what they were. This one was the big deal, and the only one I clearly remembered from the group stolen. Ironically the replacement is probably in much better shape than the one that was stolen, but I only got to see it for maybe 5 minutes before it was stolen, so I can't be sure.
As someone who keeps all his cards, this is a topic that hopefully won't ever grow. Especially as I've learned not to keep my waiting-to-be-scanned box directly under my window. I realize in previewing this post that this will only be my fourth blog entry of June...on June 30th. I really need to post more often. It is a little disheartening when you spend a lot of time, care and effort on a post, and get zero response. I do this pretty much totally for my own piece of mind, and I've not been in a very good place lately...I guess it shows with my lack of posts. I did just get a card I've been chasing for nearly 20 years in the mail today (it's still Monday for me) and a 1/1 in the mail as well so I may post another post tomorrow (the 30th) afternoon...depends on if I get them scanned or not.
Later today is the NBA Draft...always an exciting time in the NBA, and truly the kickoff of the new season. (Hard to believe we are coming up on 2015-16...I began collecting the NBA during 1995-96 and I will be doing some celebratory stuff, but I digress). Not only will this be the 20th Draft I've watched, it's selections will also put my NBA collection at 2500 different people, most likely. It is possible that I will hit that mark before the first 2015-16 cards arrive somewhere in the September-November area. I currently stand, with the addition of the Matthew Dellavedova card my mom gave me two days ago, at 2497 different people. So, it is possible that by time the new season's cards get here, the important 2500 marker will be in the rear view mirror already.
Everyone suspects Karl-Anthony Towns will go 1st to the T-Wolves, and I am thinking that as well. After that, though...it's wide open. The Lakers, 76ers, Knicks and Magic make the rest of the top 5 picks, and all of them have many needs to fill...you don't get to the top of the draft by being a good team. Jahlil Okafor, D'Angelo Russell, Kristaps Porzingus are likely to all go in the top 5, but the order is still anyone's guess. Except maybe the Lakers, but I'm not privy to that info!
I actually have one card of one of the 2015-16 rookies already, but it doesn't count to my NBA collection, for two reasons, either of which would discount it by themselves and both appear on the same card. Those reasons being, 1. it's a college card, which I count as a separate collection, and 2, it's a multi-sport card, which I also count as a separate collection.
It's this one, from Sports Illustrated for Kids.
Honestly I had no idea SI for Kids was still being published. I got my last copy in 1999, basing it off the cards I can find. (I saw some of the cards on the Database over the years, but no actual issues) I saw an issue at my local Barnes & Noble, and saw that one of the cards was Steph Curry, fast becoming my #2 player in the league, to move to #1 when Elton Brand retires, which may come as soon as this off season. (I hope not!) So I had to get it. This card was included along with 7 others. I enjoyed reading the magazine, and I've also recently started reading regular Sports Illustrated as well. I suspect I will subscribe to both by the end of 2015. From what I've gathered Tyus Jones is expected to go in the second half of the first round, although to be honest I don't really follow players until they go pro, so basically all I know about him is what is printed on the back of the card.
For the first 45 or so years of the NBA (and BAA, which everyone counts as part of the NBA, myself included) rookies were no big deal. In fact, until 1990-91, the number of players who got cards during their actual rookie season was fairly slim, Topps, sole producer of NBA cards from 1957-81, rarely included players during their first year. Although I'm sure there are more, I can only think of TWO cards issued by Topps during an actual first season- Pete Maravich's card in 1970-71 Topps, which I don't have, and Bill Walton's in 1974-75 Topps, which I got earlier this year via the blog.
Things changed in 1990-91. The hobby was beginning it's Golden Age, which truly began in 1989-90, and would last through the 1997-98 season, ended by the first lockout.
1990-91 Hoops was the first set to include images from the NBA Draft. While I have all the cards in the subset, I have only scanned the card of Lionel Simmons to date.
1990-91 Hoops is one of my all time favorite sets, and I hope to someday finish it.
It was also the second set to issue the traditional series 2, after the 1989-90 Hoops release. That would be the norm for the flagship sets, and even some of the secondary sets, until the lockout. The Draft cards were in series 2.
1990-91 also saw the debut of Skybox, which also included a small subset of Draft day photos. Again, Lionel Simmons is the only one I've gotten scanned to date.
I'm not a huge fan of 1990-91 Skybox to be honest.
1991-92 saw Fleer, Hoops and Skybox joined by Upper Deck. Of the 4 sets that year, only Skybox had a Draft Day subset...they could afford to, at 659 cards, the largest set in NBA history.
Another year where Skybox's cards were not really interesting. Just a photo with a fake background. Meh.
1992-93 saw the return of Topps, the birth of Ultra and Stadium Club, and series 2s for all the sets produced except Archives. No main sets featured draft day images, but Hoops included some in their Draft Picks insert.
Topps Archives was a single issue release of 150 cards which highlighted the main players to come into the NBA in the interval between 1981 and 1991 when Topps did not have the NBA license. While the set had so much potential, it was also kind of a let down as well, I always held out hope that Topps would issue an Archives set for each of the years it wasn't covering the sport; the 80s were a great time in the NBA, and the players who came into the league during that time deserve to have their career properly covered...granted, Star did a very good job of that, during it's three years of operation, but Star cards have always been too expensive and too hard to find, so they are essentially out of my reach. But again, I digress.
The Archives set included the first card to ever show the draft board. It had a subset at the start of the set showing the top pick of each draft, the back of the card listing the first round picks.
This is actually the gold parallel, which was sold as a factory set only.
1993-94 saw much of the same, with the addition of Finest and the oversize Jam Session. There was no set that featured draft day photos although several appeared in the Skybox Draft Picks insert and several into regular base cards, like this one in Ultra.
1994-95 kicked off the four best years for the hobby, which again, would last until the lockout. None of the sets included any number of draft day photos, although some were included in random sets, like the Jason Kidd card from the Topps flagship shown. All the main sets returned, and they were joined by Collector's Choice, Flair, SP and the E-series (Emotion, E-XL, EX, etc), which would all become mainstays in the hobby. There were also several standalone issues. By this time Rookies were the key aspect of Series 2s, or in the standalone issues, they were issued late enough in the year to include in action photos.
1995-96 was the year I discovered the sport, and it was a spectacular year for cards. All the flagship sets returned, and Metal and SPx joined the field. But draft day photos were at all all-time low. By now the Rookie Photo Shoot had supplanted the draft day photos in the sets that did not have action photos (some had both). In fact, of the more than 3100 different cards I have scanned for 1995-96, only one shows a photo taken on draft day, an insert from Fleer of Jerry Stackhouse. Stackhouse had signed on to be Fleer's spokesman and they issued a multi-set, mutli-year insert documenting his early career. This is card #1 in that set. I have put more effort into scanning 1995-96 than any other year, because it was my first. The only cards not scanned yet by me are the ones that somebody else posted to the Database before I got the chance to. They are held off to the end of the scanning project so I can work on stuff I can post.
1997-98 was the last great year of the NBA's golden age of cardboard. The designs were mostly good, but not as good as 1996-97. Of the nearly 900 cards I've scanned on the year, this is the only one to show what may be a draft day image...or it may come from the Rookie photo shoot. It's Tim Thomas's base card from Upper Deck. I seem to recall there being others in the set, at least for Tim Duncan, as well.
1998-99 saw the lockout. The Golden Age came crashing down...and the hobby has never truly recovered since. After the lockout, it was less about documenting the game, and more about gimmicks- not to say there weren't gimmicks beforehand but now they became the focus. It is also during this year that the focus became more on chasing the so-called hits then actual normal cards.
There were no cards clearly from draft day issued in 1998-99. In fact, several major flagship sets, including Fleer and Hoops, saw no rookie cards included at all.
1998-99 also saw the introduction of a fad that still holds true to this day- short printing rookies, many times serially numbering them. SP Authentic started this trend during 1998-99, and it changed the landscape of rookie cards to this day.
1999-00 saw the new normal- predominantly single issue series, with photographs from the last season (or, in some rare cases, several seasons ago). While I am not overly happy with the way the hobby has gone since then, the majority of my collecting was done during 1999-00 through 2004-05, so I have a high percentage of cards from this era. 1999-00 was also when my favorite player, Elton Brand entered the NBA- as the #1 draft pick, no less! With the new format of card production, Draft Day photos were now at an all-time high. Fleer, Topps, Skybox Dominion, MVP (the former Collector's Choice), Victory and Upper Deck all used draft day photos. Topps and Upper Deck included draft day photos in series 1, and gave most of the players action photos in series 2.
2000-01 was a low point in card design. I don't know why, but most of the sets that year were sub-par at best, in my opinion. Most of the sets that used draft day photos in 1999-00 instead used Rookie Photo Shoot photos, in the case of MVP and Victory, they used college photos instead.
2001-02 was a better year than 2000-01, design wise, and more sets used Draft day photography, including Fleer Genuine, Topps and this set, a debut in 2001-02, Topps Pristene. This is a refractor parallel. Most sets by now were using Rookie photo shoot images, if they came out before action photos were available, although some UD sets still used college photos.
2002-03 was my peak year collecting. I added more cards to my collection in that year than I did in all of 2007-12 combined, for example. Many sets used a combination of draft day and rookie photo shoot images, some by Topps mixed in digitally altered images (which I loathe) and some by UD mixed in college uniforms. Most sets by now were serially numbering rookie cards, including this one, which was numbered to 2002 on the back.
2003-04 is the largest year in my collection, but draft day images are few and far between. There's a couple mixed in, in various sets. but Rookie Photo Shoot images are much more common. This card is an insert from Fleer Tradition (the flagship Fleer set) and includes a piece of the hat worn on draft day. This is the only one of the 10 card set in my collection.
2004-05 was the last year I really enjoyed the hobby as much as I once did, at least until I came back full time in 2012-13. It was the last year I had at least one card from each set, something I always considered one of my proudest achievements in the hobby, and something I'm working very hard on getting back to.
The only set to include draft day photos was the Topps flagship set.
I started to trail off in collecting, and I even missed several sets (although I've since gone back and gotten at least one card from each major set). To this day I still consider the 2005-06 draft class to be "new" players as they were the last ones to join the league when I was still fully immersed in it; the fact that some of them have already retired is a cold reminder that the game moves on even if I don't.
Topps included these images for many of the rookies, and I don't know (remember) if they were taken on draft day or some other photo shoot.
In 2006-07, I really wasn't enjoying it anymore. In fact, near the end of 2006, I decided I was done. I don't know now if it was me, or the cards not being as good as they once were, or what, but now I regret it immensely. I didn't look at or touch my cards for many years. I would not touch the majority of them until December 2013. From this point on, I am missing more cards than I have. I truly believed that I would never get any new basketball cards. (I was still collecting NASCAR, provisionally, and I got back into non-sports for the first time since 1996 in 2009). The last box I opened, what I once thought as the true last box, was 2006-07 Rookie Debut, and it included some Draft Day photography.
Totally out of it in 2007-08, I have none that show Draft Day photography but that doesn't mean they don't exist.
2008-09 I have even less cards of. 2008 was my worst year since I began collecting cards in 1988. I only got ONE documented card (a NASCAR card). None of the less than 200 cards from the 2008-09 season depict draft day photography, the few rookie cards I have depicting college images.
2009-10 was the last year where Topps and Upper Deck were allowed to produce cards. NBA gave the license to Panini, exclusively. (A HUGE mistake, but that's a different topic). I have very few cards from this season, less than 100. The rookies I have have college images.
2010-11 was when I started to watch the games regularly again- especially during the playoffs. I resisted getting back into the cards, but I've since gotten some 217 of them after the fact. None depict draft day photography. Panini seems to favor college images, or Rookie Photo Shoot images.
2011-12 saw the second lockout. Smaller than the first, the game play after it actually got better- so much so that I'm as hooked on the game as I was before the first lockout, if not more. Panini chose not to include ANY rookies in 2011-12, for some stupid reason known only to Panini. It's disgraceful.
2012-13 is when I got back into the cards full time. While I get less cards than I once did, I think I appreciate them more. I actually even read them all now! (Back in the early 2000s, I was getting them so fast I didn't have time to read them, really!) Panini issued 44 card packs of Hoops for $2; I couldn't resist that. Now I'm back full time. Panini still favors Rookie Photo Shoot or even Summer League images, but two sets included draft day images. Hoops included them for all 2012-13 rookies, and Prestige included them for some. Hoops was the first set issued that year- it was on the shelves by time I went to Lake George NY in the first week of September, unusually early to have a set on the shelves.
In both 2013-14 and 2014-15 Panini used Rookie Photo Shoot images exclusively.
I began typing this post around 3:30 PM, and it's now 7:07 PM. The Pre-Draft show is already on, and I can't wait to see the new names that I'll be chasing for my collection for years to come!
Back during the NBA Finals, and I don't remember which game, I was watching with my mom and mentioned that there were only two players in the finals who were not represented in my collection - Justin Holiday and surprise star Matthew Dellavedova.
Flash forward to today...she got me this!
That's a big surprise to me, I was not expecting that at all! At first, I only saw the back of the card and didn't even realize it was autographed.
The reason I didn't see the front, is because the seller she ordered it from had used a small stack of 2007-08 Upper Deck cards as filler/packaging material. 7 of them to be exact! 2007-08 UD was the last flagship set missing from my collection! A Bonus surprise! They taped the front card with 4 pieces of tape- but I was able to remove them with no ill affects. That was a bit of a hair-raising experience but as the card was fine, and they were free, after all- I can't complain.
I was afraid that it was going to lift off some of the foil printing of his name, (silver foil, scans black most of the time) but it didn't.
So, I was surprised to get any of them and she was surprised there was a bonus in there!
Knowing her, there is probably a Justin Holiday card on it's way to me as well, lol. Thanks Mom!
My first group break- Spectacular success!
A few weeks back I signed up for my very first Group Break. My friend CaptKirk of the Database and his own blog ran a multi-box break and the price he was asking was not particularly high so I took a chance and purchased the slots for several teams.
I could not have guessed how well it would turn out when I began....but it was spectacular!
I took the Nets (always my favorite team), the Knicks, Thunder and Warriors. Had I know how much fun it was going to be I would have taken a couple more teams.
I took the Warriors and the Thunder because two of my three favorite players currently in the League play on those two teams- Steph Curry of the Warriors and Kevin Durant on the Thunder. I was hoping to get an insert or maybe a parallel.
A Steph Curry autograph and a Kevin Durant relic parallel numbered to 25!
When I read CaptKirk's post about the box, all I could think was to quote Trevor Bayne when he won the Daytona 500 in 2011, "Are you kidding me? Am I dreaming right now?" Surely this could not have been happening to me...nothing ever goes this well for me. But here they are, in my hands..."not a dream, hoax or imaginary story!" This really did happen. I am still trying to wrap my head around this, it is so good.
This is also my first Thunder relic. They moved from Seattle to Oklahoma City in 2008, but I was not collecting the NBA at that time, and since I've gotten back into it I can't afford to buy boxes of each set issued, sometimes in multiple like I used to do, in fact I rarely get boxes at all anymore. Since I launched Cardboard History in November of last year I've done only one NBA box. So, I had not pulled any Thunder relics at all. Now, I not only have one, I have one of my favorite player on the team, and it's a truly rare parallel!
I also got the Perry Jones autograph as I had the Thunder. The Magic were not claimed and Kirk randomed off the unclaimed teams, so I got Kyle O'Quinn's auto from 2013-14 Hoops. The Prestige autographs are hard to photograph due to the mirror foil they used- and I had to remove a few finger prints digitally, because I didn't take enough time to make sure the cards were clean before I took the photos. Oops.
Lots more! These are the base cards, inserts and parallels of my teams. Some of these are going to be duplicates, but there are also more than a few new cards in here as well. Some of these are numbered, most are not. The Hoops cards of the past two years look great from the side, as well. The 2013-14 cards have no black border on top and bottom, while 2014-15 does. I did lots of retail packs of 2013-14 and a hobby box of 2014-15 Hoops so most of these are going into my trade stash...but I know I didn't have the Kevin Durant base card from 2014-15 Hoops before and there is one of them in there. I will be going and listing them in my paper listing as soon as I hit post on this post.
Kirk also hooked me up with the majority of the 1991 Topps American Gladiators cards, which I didn't know existed until I learned he had some. I loved that show when it was new, and when it was replayed on ESPN Classic a few years ago, I still enjoyed it. Looking through those cards brought back some great memories of when I was younger. I forgot to photograph them, though.
Thanks again Kirk! This was an amazing experience and if you do another, I will take the same teams and more.
I had so much fun with Kirk's group break, I also joined one for 2014-15 Panini Spectra on Dave & Adam's. It doesn't work the same, and it was much more expensive. It wasn't as much fun but I did get two great cards. My photo is blurry but you can see the refractor...err, I mean Prizm...technology and the Gary Harris card is serially numbered 4 of 5. I might do another with them some day but it would have to be something with more cards in a case. Quite a few people payed to get into that case break and got absolutely nothing....not even their money back.
Back at the start of the year, I wrote a Post about my card collecting goals for 2015. I was going to post an update on July 1st, or thereabouts, but I realized that I had already surpassed two of my goals and modified another by the end of May, so that I was going to post about it now.
Goal #1 has changed. I got most of the tradelist posted, and while I still have more to do, I have decided that I'm going to actually give most of the NASCAR duplicates to a good friend of mine, which saves me the trouble of posting them, and repays the kindness he's shown me over time.
The NBA duplicates that I'm sure on are entered, but I'm going to hold off on the new duplicates for a time. I have found more cards that got damaged than I realized- both in the flood on February 5th or otherwise- and I don't want to trade away a needed replacement without realizing it. It will be some time until I am ready to enter them in...talking years here.
All that remains is the non-sports cards, and they are still hanging over my head. I'm not sure exactly what I've entered and what I haven't, so there is some work there ahead of me.
#2. was to get my scans of card backs posted close to or equal to the card fronts on the Database. I accomplished that sometime in May (I forgot to take note of it) but I not only got the backs caught up, I have now surpassed the fronts! This is mainly due to other people posting fronts but not backs of cards.
Here is a screencap that is accurate as I type this but will be outdated within 5 minutes of hitting post.
My third goal was to hit more than 11 Elton Brand cards for the year. I have more than doubled that total...and some of them are quite rare, including 2 numbered to only 10 copies extant. I have a Page where I am posting scans of each and every new Elton card I've gotten in 2015. As of right now I'm at 30 new Eltons for the year. Of those 30, 7 are autographed and 5 are relics, including my first Logoman patch - of any player - and my first autographed relic of Elton. I had only two autographs of him before this year. I cleared my 12th card - and the goal - on February 11th, so it was the first goal of the year to fall. I hope to keep up this increase in my Elton collection- I cleared 400 different NBA cards of him in May- the next goal is 500 different. I expect that shall be my main goal for 2016.
The One of each person/set goal is progressing nicely as well. I'm down to 65 NBA sets missing and 6 NASCAR sets - 7 counting 1972 STP. I've cut the missing NBA people down to 450, and NASCAR has been halved, to only 38 missing people. I need to work more on the NBA people missing...and of course we are only a few months away from the 2015-16 rookie class, which always leads to more people missing as Panini ignores some of them in most sets but puts them in high priced sets I can't afford.
I had one other goal I forgot to write about - I knew I was forgetting something back in January but I remember, and in fact am working on it, right now.
I am working on a total calculation of how many cards in my collection. I know it's not accurate- I know my counts are off- but I am working to correct them. In 2015 I've gotten an accurate count of my other sports and those I am pretty sure on. I know the NBA count is off, possibly by more than 100 cards. I won't know for sure until I finish scanning them all and then resort them by set. I'm sure the NASCAR count is off as well but not by as many.
But what's been the biggest mystery count wise has been the diecast cards. The ones that came with Racing Champions, Action, Winner's Circle, Johnny Lightning, Hot Wheels and other brands of die cast replicas. There is a problem, though. Some are missing. I know I have them, but I don't know where. Surely in one of my storage units, but that's equal to not having them. I know which ones are missing, to an extent. I know which cars I have and therefor which cards I have, but I don't have the cards physically in hand...and there are sure to be ones I've forgotten. Do I count the ones I know I have, but can't currently locate? And do I count the sort-of cards that tend to be in the same vein, but not necessarily cards? I'm specifically talking about the Team Caliber Certificates of Authenticity, the stickers Winner's Circle and Hot Wheels issued, etc. I have yet to decide.
I must decide soon because I project finishing scanning the cards I can find within a week.
I suppose I should start thinking of goals for 2016...I blew past 2015's goals much easier than I expected, and the 500 mark for Elton isn't out of the question for 2015, although extremely unlikely due to lack of funds...and lack of his inclusion in any card set since 2013, despite the fact that he is still in the league. 2016 is also my 20 year anniversary of collecting the NBA, so I want to do something special for that, which I still have not decided on.


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Movie listings for the week of Jan. 6
Stars and Stripes • January 5, 2023
Violet McGraw, left, as Cady; M3GAN; and Allison Williams as Gemma in "M3GAN," now playing at many on-base theaters. (Universal Pictures/TNS)
Civ 065-44-5600; DSN 423-5600
To be announced locally.
Civ 01480-82-3765
LAKENHEATH
Civ 01638-522139
FRI: M3gan 7 p.m. SUN: Puss in Boots: The Last Wish, 3 p.m.; Babylon, 7 p.m.
MILDENHALL
FRI: M3gan, 3 p.m.
Ansbach Theater
FRI: M3gan, 7 p.m. SUN: I Wanna Dance with Somebody, 3 p.m.
Civ 06783-6-1790; DSN 485-1790
FRI: M3gan, 6 p.m. SAT: Plane, 6 p.m.
FRI: M3gan, 6 p.m. SAT: Puss in Boots: The Last Wish, 2 p.m.; Plane, 6 p.m. SUN: Puss in Boots: The Last Wish, 2 p.m.; Babylon, 5 p.m.
FRI: M3gan, 6 p.m. SAT: Plane, 6 p.m. SUN: Puss in Boots: The Last Wish, 3 p.m.
James H. Fields
Civ 09841-83546
KATTERBACH
Gateway Cineplex
Civ 06371-4079853
WED: I Wanna Dance with Somebody, 5:45 p.m.; Babylon, 6 p.m.; Avatar: The Way of Water, 6 p.m.; Devotion, 7 p.m. THU: I Wanna Dance with Somebody, 6:15 p.m.; Babylon, 6 p.m.; Avatar: The Way of Water, 6 p.m.; Violent Night, 7 p.m. FRI: M3gan, 3:45, 6:30 p.m.; Avatar: The Way of Water, 11:30 a.m., 1:30, 5:30, 6 p.m.; Avatar: The Way of Water (3D), 2:15 p.m.; Puss in Boots: The Last Wish, 11 a.m., 1:30, 3:30 p.m.; I Wanna Dance with Somebody, 6:15 p.m.; The Menu, 11 a.m.; Spoiler Alert, 11:30 a.m. SAT: M3gan, 3:45, 6:30 p.m.; Plane, 3 p.m.; Avatar: The Way of Water, 11 a.m., 1:30, 5:30, 6 p.m.; Avatar: The Way of Water (3D), 2:15 p.m.; Puss in Boots: The Last Wish, 11 a.m., 1:30 p.m.; I Wanna Dance with Somebody, 6:15 p.m.; The Menu, 11 a.m.; Spoiler Alert, 11:30 a.m. SUN: M3gan, 3:45, 6:30 p.m.; Avatar: The Way of Water, 11:30 a.m., 1:30, 5:30, 6 p.m.; Avatar: The Way of Water (3D), 2:15 p.m.; Puss in Boots: The Last Wish, 11 a.m., 1:30, 3:30 p.m.; I Wanna Dance with Somebody, 6:15 p.m.; The Menu, 11 a.m.; Spoiler Alert, 11:30 a.m. MON: M3gan, 6:30 p.m.; Avatar: The Way of Water, 6 p.m.; Puss in Boots: The Last Wish, 5:30 p.m.; Babylon, 5 p.m.
THU: I Wanna Dance With Somebody, 7 p.m. FRI: M3gan, 7 p.m. SAT: Puss in Boots: The Last Wish, 4 p.m.; Plane, 7 p.m. SUN: Avatar: The Way of Water, 2 p.m.; M3gan, 6 p.m.
Civ 0711-120-8222
THU: I Wanna Dance with Somebody, 6 p.m. FRI: M3gan, 6 p.m. SAT: M3gan, 3 p.m.; Plane, 6 p.m. SUN: Puss in Boots: The Last Wish, 3 p.m.
Mike Jurkewicz
FRI: M3gan, 6 p.m. SAT: Avatar: The Way of Water, 1 p.m.; Plane, 6 p.m. SUN: Puss in Boots: The Last Wish, 2 p.m.; Babylon, 6 p.m.
Civ 0611-732-8953; DSN 732-8953
SOUDA BAY
Movies by request. First come, first served. Check with theater for list of choices.
La Bella Vista
Civ 0434-30-7232; DSN 632-7232
FRI: M3gan, 6 p.m. SAT: Puss in Boots: The Last Wish, 2 p.m.; Plane, 5 p.m. SUN: Avatar: The Way of Water (3D), 2 p.m.
Reel Time Capodichino (free) DSN 629-4359
SIGONELLA
Civ 095-56-4297; movie hotline 095-56-4248
Ederle
Civ 0444-51-7016
THU: I Wanna Dance with Somebody, 5 p.m. FRI: Puss in Boots: The Last Wish, 5 p.m. SAT: Plane, 1 p.m.; Babylon, 4 p.m. SUN: Puss in Boots: The Last Wish, 2 p.m.
Civ 045-526-2110
Oasis, Incirlik
Civ 322-316
FRI: M3gan, 7 p.m. SAT: M3gan, 3 p.m.; Plane, 7 p.m. SUN: M3gan, 5 p.m.
Lajes
Civ 23302
Civ 956-82-2328


-Hul.. They somehow have similar auras..
-Let's just hope the cameraman to not mess up..
-Thank you so much.. Thank you so much..
-All of them look like cats!!
-Please, don't shoot the audience when they perform.. Just make sure each of them gets a fair amount of close up..
-My heart is beating so f*cking fast right now..
-I am getting goosebumps all over my body.. These guys are the most handsome members in each groups in my personal opinion. Totally my type.. Now I feel attacked..
Don't you think my eyes resemble Exo's Suho's..?
BTS' Jin.. I don't know what to do..