1.	Literature, websites and other marketing material referring to cash safes tested in accordance with EN1143-1, EN1143-2, EN14450 must always clearly state which testing house conducted the test and who issued the certificate. The resistance grade achieved should also be stated.
2.	Members offering for sale equipment other than safes, including but not limited to fire and data safes, vaults, and vault doors, should clearly state the name of the authority issuing the certificate and the resistance level achieved.
3.	Members offering safe locks fitted to certified safes, at the time of sale or retrofitted, should always use locks that are tested/certified in accordance with EN1300 as specified by the relevant certification organisation. Safes bearing labels claiming compliance with EN1143-1 or EN14450 should only be fitted with locks specified under the above certification. Where a non-conforming lock is fitted to a certified safe, the customer and insurance company (where relevant) must be informed in writing.
4.	Members offering cash safes for sale where the test was conducted by a testing house other than BRE/LPCB, or a member of the European Fire and Security Group (EFSG), or ECB.S, should clearly state in their correspondence that the customer's insurer may reduce the claim or expected level of indemnity.
5.	Member companies offering cash safes tested and certified by organisations other than those listed above, are asked to make every effort to replace them with compliant products within 18 to 24 months of being accepted for membership.
7.	Customers must always be advised to obtain confirmation of insurance indemnity before placing an order.
8.	Members refurbishing used safes should at all times comply with the BS7582:2005 Code of Practice for refurbishing new safes. Where insured cash ratings are quoted for new or reconditioned safes they should be commensurate with the limits recommended by the Association of Insurance Surveyors (AiS). Exceptions can be made where the customer is self-insured or by a company known to have an in-house list that varies from the AiS list.
Safe cabinets tested in accordance with EN14450 and certified resistance grade S1 or S2, or certified by Sold Secure as Gold, Silver or Bronze, should be recommended principally for domestic use. Members supplying cash safes that also claim a level of fire protection, must support these claims with a valid fire test certificate to a recognised standard, from an independent laboratory.
9.	Safe cabinets tested in accordance with EN14450 and certified resistance grade S1 or S2, or certified by Sold Secure as Gold, Silver or Bronze, should be recommended for use in line with the latest AiS list.
10.	Members supplying cash safes that also claim a level of fire protection must support these claims with a valid fire test certificate to a recognised standard, from an independent testing house.
12.	The Eurosafe logo is registered and protected by British and European law and members companies may display the Eurosafe logo alongside other general corporate accreditations but it may only feature on websites and product literature directly relating to safes tested and certified by BRE/LPCB or a member of the European Fire and Security Group (EFSG) or ECB.S.
13.	Safe installations either by a member company or a subcontractor should always be conducted by fully trained and fully equipped operatives complying with all relevant Health & Safety requirements.


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Q: SSIS: How to Load differently named flat files from a folder using SSIS I'm very new to SSIS packages so please forgive me if this is a simple query.
I have 2 SSIS packages that have been set up;
The first picks up a csv file, formats the data slightly (cuts off a prefix in one of the columns) and places it in another folder with an updated filename and timestamp.
The Second package imports the formatted file into a SQL database table.
The issue that I have is that the incoming file names for the first package may differ, the structure of the data will remain the same.
Is there a way to configure the flatfile connection manager to pickup any files in the C:Incoming\ folder?
Thanks in advance.

A: You can use a foreach loop container, to get the files in a folder, and use expressions in flat file connection to get it.
For a detailed answer, you can refer to this article:

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So you think you know video games?
Or maybe you know someone who claims to be a video game god(dess)?
In my new book, The Ultimate Video Game Quiz, I put gaming know-it-alls to the test. The idea came from my son, who proudly proclaimed he knew everything there was to know about video games. Only…when I hit him up with obscure Metal Gear questions, requested the location of every heart piece in Twilight Princess, and asked him how to find all the 1-up mushrooms in the original Super Mario Bros, he fell silent.
"Um…errrrr…can I think about it?" he said.
What if I made a book to test the full breadth of knowledge possessed by gamers? What if I crammed my geek experience together with that of all my buddies? And what if I tested the entire world to see who's the most knowledgeable video gamer ever?
So here we are – 114 questions deep.
Don't worry. In the Ultimate Video Game Quiz, I don't get obnoxiously obscure, and I try to stick to mostly classic games. Though of course I've sprinkled a few off-the-grid questions around. I've got gamer friends who wouldn't let me off the hook if this book were too easy. They'd go all Ganondorf, Ridley, and Bowser on me.
Each page contains one, two, or three questions.
The next page has the answers.
There are four sections, with each section containing progressively harder trivia.
Except for the final section, each question answered correctly is worth one point, no matter how easy or difficult.
After you (or your friends) get through the whole book, add up all your points.
16-30 points – You're pretty slick, but you haven't quite cracked gamer god status. Go play Witcher, Metroid Prime, Grand Theft Auto 5,000, and Dark Souls III. Then we'll talk.
31-50 points – Most impressive. All I'm sayin'.
51-70 points – You are a true gaming scholar. Or you used Google extensively to cheat. Either way, your dedication is commendable. Let's hang out sometime.
71+ points – First of all, no person to whom I've administered this quiz has ever scored higher than sixty-something. Second of all, if you actually, legitimately scored this high, you're probably a pro gamer or own every single gaming system ever made. Congrats. You win.
I encourage readers of The Ultimate Video Game Quiz to write their answers and point totals in this book. After all, it's only a few bucks, a far cry from some of the enormous novels I've written. It's light. It's fun. It's for every level of gamer.
And that's exactly why I wrote it.
Buy the Ultimate Video Game Quiz for only $5.99 right here.
If you like books chock full of interesting questions, you'll probably like this.


Each week, we share some of the best deals in the world of tech. Now it's time to take a look at some of the best deals from the past 7 days.
Right now, from the Android Headlines Deals Store, you can pick up the Huawei SnapTo smartphone, along with getting a month of GIV Mobile service for free. All this for $99, it's a pretty fantastic deal.
If you have a lot of gadgets that need to be charged via a USB port, then this desktop charging station is definitely something you should take a look at. We have 6 ports here allowing you to charge your smartphone, tablet, smartwatch and more, all at once.
These Bluetooth sport earbuds are some of the best on the market right now, especially at this price point. Not only do they have some spectacular battery life, but they also stay in your ears when jogging, or working out.
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Kelly Harris, Development and Marketing Committee Chair for the Mazzoni Center's Board of Directors, stated that, "Because of the amazing Metamorphosis Gala Committee, outstanding sponsors, generous hosts, scores of volunteers, and dedicated Mazzoni Center staff, the annual Gala's rebirth was a true success." Among the sponsors that contributed at the Gold ($10,000) Level is Underwriting Management Experts (UME), led by Anne Marie Chapman, Principal and CEO.
UME is a woman-led, woman-owned company, and Chapman has infused philanthropy into the company culture, involving her entire staff in monthly projects to better the community. Recently, many campaigns have focused on providing heathy food options to those who are food insecure as well as to supporting disadvantaged veterans in need of social and other care services. "I think it's important to engage my team in nonprofit work and to build an environment of trust that demonstrates that UME is there for the community and for those who are less advantaged," said Chapman.
To learn more about Anne Marie Chapman, Lisa Schneider, and Samantha Gallagher, please watch the video below.


My youngest daughter is 21 years old. We hosted a celebration lunch for her. I am not a professional chef so quite unprepared for the demands of event catering. I figured out the quantities to cook, some mathematical assistance from Martha was required! And just as I conquered the measurements I realised I won't have to cater for such large numbers any time soon. The experience reminded me of Martha's HSC year – just as I got the hang of the examination stress, trials and revision schedule it was all over. I suppose this dawns on every parent with their last babe. Just as we perfect our supportive roles our children leave the nest.
It is a good thing that we are delivered babes that grow slowly, whose needs change subtly so as parents we adapt and manage accordingly. No-one can be totally prepared for life as that would be preposterous as well as dull. Everyone has to learn, grow and adapt to meet the life that evolves around them, revising aspects throughout their lifespan, on the hoof! Revising a recipe for a family celebration is fun, revising life's goals after a SCI is devastating and more challenging but achievable and deserving of celebration just like any other life success.
Martha's 21st celebrations made me reflect on Emily's 21st party, we had no idea that 18 months later Emily would be quadriplegic. If we had any insight into the future would we alter our life's course to avoid harm and accidents and would we live life to the full? I am glad we can't read the future as it enables us to push boundaries, experience exhilaration and expand ourselves without being totally consumed by fear of the approaching twists and turns of our life-time. Yes we risk injury but life demands we cross the road, we drive cars, we dive into cooling pools and enjoy the exhilaration of snow skiing.
I pushed myself to host Martha's 21st and prepare the quantities required for our guests – I decided early on to over-cater rather like Christmas. I enjoyed trying to rise to the catering challenge and I see that this trait runs in the family whether party food or SCI recover. No-one is prepared for these one-off events so I aim to exert myself to the challenge and endeavor to enjoy party catering just as I facilitate Emily's SCI recovery.
September is SCI awareness month, it is difficult to make people aware of spinal cord injury as it's usually traumatic, unpredictable and quite unimaginable. SCI is difficult to contemplate or be prepared for. Even if I advised everyone to lay still for a while and imagine not being able to move, after a time you'd get up and put the kettle on. SCI awareness is a challenge as uniquely incomprehendible so I blog with the aim of showing an insight into our lives and making people aware that life goes on and there is hope and happiness with disability. I'd like to make more people aware that wheelchair users are regular individuals – see the individual not the disability. That's being aware!
This entry was posted in Advocating Ability, Life after SCI and tagged caring, Everyday Caring, lifestyle Choices, people with disabilities, SCI Awareness Month, spinal cord injuries by everydaycarer. Bookmark the permalink.


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Miranda Leigh Lambert (born November 10, 1983) is an American country singer and guitarist. Born in Longview, Texas, she started out in early 2001 when she released her self-titled debut album independently. In 2003, she finished in third place on the television program Nashville Star, a singing competition which aired on the USA Network. Outside her solo career, she is a member of the Pistol Annies formed in 2011 alongside Ashley Monroe and Angaleena Presley. Lambert has been honored by the Grammy Awards, the Academy of Country Music Awards and the Country Music Association Awards. Lambert has been honored with more Academy of Country Music Awards than any artist in history.
Lambert in 2019 on her Bandwagon tour
Miranda Leigh Lambert
(1983-11-10) November 10, 1983 (age 39)[1]
Longview, Texas, U.S.[2]
Brendan McLoughlin
Musical career
Lindale, Texas, U.S.
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Lambert's second and major-label debut album Kerosene (2005) was certified Platinum in the United States and produced the singles "Me and Charlie Talking", "Bring Me Down", "Kerosene" and "New Strings". All four singles reached the top 40 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs. Her second album, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, was released in early 2007. Three of its singles ("Famous in a Small Town", "Gunpowder & Lead" and "More Like Her") peaked within the top 20 on the country songs chart, with "Gunpowder & Lead" becoming her first top 10 entry in July 2008. Her third album, Revolution, was released in September 2009. Two of its songs – "The House That Built Me" and "Heart Like Mine" – topped the Hot Country Songs chart.
2011's Four the Record included the singles "Baggage Claim", "Over You", "Fastest Girl in Town", "Mama's Broken Heart" and "All Kinds of Kinds". Lambert released her fifth album, Platinum, in 2014.[3] The record won the Grammy Award for Best Country Album, and the album's lead single "Automatic" reached the top five on the Country charts.[4] Her sixth studio album, The Weight of These Wings, was released on November 18, 2016, and subsequently certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).[5] Her seventh studio album, Wildcard, was released on November 1, 2019, and went on to win the Grammy Award for Best Country Album in early 2021. Three singles from the album ("It All Comes out in the Wash", "Bluebird", "Settling Down") reached the top 20 of the country music charts, and the album's second official single "Bluebird" became Lambert's first song to top the Billboard Country Airplay Chart as a solo artist since 2012.
She later collaborated with singer-songwriters Jon Randall and Jack Ingram for the album The Marfa Tapes, departing from her usual sound and opting for an acoustic, stripped-back feel. It was released on May 7, 2021 to acclaim from critics. Lambert released her eighth solo album Palomino on April 29, 2022. The same year she was listed on 100 Most Influential People by Time.[6]
2 Music career
2.1 2000–2003: Career beginnings, self-titled debut album, and Nashville Star
2.2 2004–2008: Kerosene and Crazy Ex- Girlfriend
2.3 2009–2011: Revolution
2.4 2011–2013: Four the Record and the Pistol Annies
2.5 2014–2015: Platinum
2.6 2016–2018: The Weight of These Wings and third Pistol Annies album
2.7 2019–2020: Wildcard
2.8 2021–2022: The Marfa Tapes and Pistol Annies Christmas Album
2.9 2022–present: Palomino
3 Endorsements and business ventures
4 MuttNation Foundation
6 Discography
8 Tours and residencies
8.1 Tours
8.3 Residencies
9 Filmography
Early lifeEdit
Miranda Leigh Lambert was born November 10, 1983,[1] to Rick and Bev (née Hughes) Lambert in Longview, Texas,[2] and was raised in Lindale, Texas. She was named after her great-grandmother, Lucy Miranda.[7] She has one younger brother.[8]
Her parents met while Bev was attending camp at Southern Methodist University and Rick was an on-campus undercover narcotics officer, and they got together a few years later. Rick is a former Dallas police officer who played in a country-rock group called Contraband in the 1970s.[9] Rick and Bev later became private detectives and even worked on the high-profile case of the impeachment of President Bill Clinton. After the oil crisis dampened the economy in Texas, her family lost everything.[10]
After the downturn, things got better and her parents began a faith-based ministry and offered their home as a shelter for the victims of domestic violence and their children. Miranda has said that this experience fueled her music and that her song "Gunpowder & Lead" is a reflection of that.[11]
While still in high school, Lambert made her professional singing debut with "The Texas Pride Band".[12] She also fronted the house band at the Reo Palm Isle[13] in Longview, Texas, a long-running venue that had presented legends such as Elvis Presley and Willie Nelson, and the place where Brooks & Dunn started out as the house band.[citation needed]
Music careerEdit
2000–2003: Career beginnings, self-titled debut album, and Nashville StarEdit
Lambert performing at Laughlin AFB in 2006
At 16, Lambert appeared on the Johnnie High Country Music Revue in Arlington, Texas, the same talent show that had helped launch the career of LeAnn Rimes. Lambert then acquired a recording session in Nashville, Tennessee, but left the studio after she became frustrated with the "pop" type of music presented to her. She went back to Texas in 2000 and asked her father to teach her how to play guitar, so she could write her own songs.[14][15] In 2001, she released her self-titled debut album which consisted of 10 tracks.[16]
In 2002, Dusty Meador hired Lambert to perform at Tye Phelps' country music restaurant and venue Love and War in Texas. Lambert continued to perform around the Texas Music Scene opening for Cooder Graw, Kevin Fowler, and Jack Ingram. In 2003, she auditioned for the talent competition Nashville Star, where she earned a third-place finish behind Buddy Jewell and John Arthur Martinez.[17] During her 9-week stay on Nashville Star, Lambert caught the attention of the show's judge and Sony Music executive, Tracy Gershon, who later convinced the label to sign her.
2004–2008: Kerosene and Crazy Ex- GirlfriendEdit
On September 15, 2003, she signed with Epic Records.[18] Her debut single, "Me and Charlie Talking", co-written by her father and Heather Little, was released in summer of 2004 as the lead single to her debut album, titled Kerosene. The album comprised 12 songs, 11 of which she wrote or co-wrote. The album debuted at number one on the Billboard Top Country Albums charts,[19] and eventually gained a Platinum certification by the RIAA for shipments of over one million copies,[20] selling more than 930,000 copies up to July 2008.[21] Overall, the album produced four Top 40 singles on the Billboard country charts, including the title track which was a Top 20 hit. Lambert also toured with Keith Urban[22] and George Strait[23] in early 2006. In 2007, she toured with Dierks Bentley and Toby Keith.[24]
Lambert on stage, in Pontiac, Michigan, March 31, 2007
Lambert's second album, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, was released on May 1, 2007. She wrote eight of the album's 11 tracks,[25] including its four singles. Much of the track "Gunpowder & Lead", the album's third single and her highest-charting single, was written while she was taking a concealed handgun class in her home town.[26] Fady Joudah of The New Yorker said the album proved "she has talent and charisma on a par with Dolly Parton, another blond beauty who was once underestimated."[27]
In 2005, at the 40th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards in Las Vegas, Lambert won the CoverGirl "Fresh Face of Country Music Award". She was also nominated for the Country Music Association's Horizon Award in 2005; in 2007, Lambert also received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Female Country Vocal Performance for her single "Kerosene". She also won the Top New Female Vocalist award at the 2007 ACM (Academy of Country Music) Awards. At the 2008 ACM (Academy of Country Music) Awards, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend won Album of the Year.
2009–2011: RevolutionEdit
Lambert released her third album, Revolution, on September 29, 2009. She co-wrote 11 of the album's 15 tracks; the album also includes co-writes from Dave Haywood and Charles Kelley of Lady Antebellum and Blake Shelton.[28]
Revolution received significant critical praise on its release.[29] At Metacritic the album received an average score of 85, based on 11 reviews, which indicates "universal acclaim".[29] The album also received positive reviews from Rolling Stone, Boston Globe and Slant Magazine. Entertainment Weekly called the release "the best mainstream-country album so far this year".
Lambert debuted her new single, "Dead Flowers", at the 44th annual Academy of Country Music Awards on April 5, 2009.[30] It was released on May 4, 2009, and was a minor Top 40 hit on the charts. The album's second single, "White Liar", was released on August 17, 2009,[31] and debuted at No. 50 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. In February 2010, "White Liar" became Lambert's first Top Five hit, reaching a peak of No. 2 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs chart.
The House That Built Me, the album's third single, was released on March 8, 2010, and became a No. 1 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. It stayed there for four weeks, and received platinum certification from the RIAA on July 8, 2010.[32] "Only Prettier" followed as the album's fourth single in July 2010, and its accompanying music video went viral. The music video for "Only Prettier" featured cameo appearances by fellow country artists Kellie Pickler, Laura Bell Bundy, and Hillary Scott of Lady Antebellum. In December 2010, "Only Prettier" reached a peak of number 12 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs chart, giving Lambert her seventh Top 20 hit. "Heart Like Mine" was released in January 2011 as the fifth and final single from Revolution. It became Lambert's second Number One hit on the country charts for the chart dated May 28, 2011.
In promotion of Revolution, Lambert launched a headlining tour; Roadside Bars & Pink Guitars in March 2010, with stops in 22 cities and a performance at the Bonnaroo Music Festival.[33]
On September 1, 2010, it was announced that Lambert had received a record-setting 9 CMA award nominations. She performed at the 44th Annual Country Music Association Awards on November 10, 2010.[34] She won the CMA Award for Female Vocalist of the Year, and her Revolution won Album of the Year.[35] Lambert and Sheryl Crow performed "Coal Miner's Daughter" as a tribute to country legend Loretta Lynn who also entered the stage to join them and finished the song with Crow and Lambert as backup. Later that night, Lynn presented the Female Vocalist of the Year CMA award to Lambert. On February 13, 2011, Lambert won a Grammy Award in the Best Female Country Vocal Performance category for "The House That Built Me".[36]
2011–2013: Four the Record and the Pistol AnniesEdit
Miranda Lambert performing in Dallas, Texas, July 1, 2007
On April 4, 2011, during the taping of the Academy of Country Music's 'Girls' Night Out' television special in Las Vegas, Lambert debuted her new project, girl group Pistol Annies. The group consists of Lambert, Ashley Monroe, and Angaleena Presley. They released their single, "Hell on Heels", in May 2011,[37] and released their debut album, Hell on Heels, on August 23, 2011, which debuted at No. 1 on Billboard's country chart. Sasha Frere-Jones of The New Yorker said the trio "is good enough to recall those transcendent moments of vocal harmony the Dixie Chicks used to hit every few months".[38]
Lambert's fourth studio album, Four the Record, was released on November 1, 2011;[39] her first album for RCA Nashville, after Sony Music Nashville announced a corporate restructuring.[40] Four the Record produced five singles: "Baggage Claim", "Over You", "Fastest Girl in Town", "Mama's Broken Heart" and "All Kinds of Kinds". "Over You", which Lambert and Shelton co-wrote, reached number 1 in early 2012.
On February 8, 2012, Lambert made her acting debut on NBC's long-running legal drama, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit in an episode titled "Father's Shadow".[41][42] Lambert later told CMT News she was a big fan of the show: "I never wanted to act. I still don't. I don't want to be an actress. I just wanted to be on that show mainly so I could be a groupie [for their autographs]."[43]
Late in 2012, Lambert appeared on Shelton's Christmas album Cheers, It's Christmas, to which she contributed guest vocals on a version of "Jingle Bell Rock". The soundtrack was released on October 2, 2012. On October 23, 2012, Lambert and Dierks Bentley announced the co-headlined 33-show Locked & Reloaded Tour, which began on January 17, 2013.[44]
On May 7, 2013, a second Pistol Annies album, Annie Up, was released.[45] This album produced the group's first country chart entry with "Hush Hush". The Pistol Annies are also one of many acts featured on Blake Shelton's 2013 single "Boys 'Round Here",[46] which went to number 1 on Country Airplay. They had previously accompanied Shelton on a rendition of "Blue Christmas" on Cheers, It's Christmas.[47]
2014–2015: PlatinumEdit
"Automatic", the lead single from Lambert's fifth studio album, Platinum, was released on February 5, 2014, to praise from music critics.[48][49] The album, containing 16 songs, was released on June 3, 2014.[3] The album's second single, "Somethin' Bad", is a duet with Carrie Underwood and was debuted on the 2014 Billboard Music Awards on May 18. The album's third single, "Little Red Wagon", was released to country radio on January 12, 2015. The album's fourth single, "Smokin' and Drinkin'" released to country radio on June 22, 2015.
2016–2018: The Weight of These Wings and third Pistol Annies albumEdit
In March 2016, Lambert made her first ever performances outside the US and Canada as one of the headliners of C2C: Country to Country, Europe's biggest country music festival, which saw Lambert play in England, Scotland and Ireland alongside Dwight Yoakam, Thomas Rhett and Ashley Monroe. On July 18, 2016, Lambert released "Vice" to country radio and digital outlets. Written by Lambert, Shane McAnally and Josh Osborne, it was her first song released since Platinum.[50] In September, Lambert announced her sixth studio album, The Weight of These Wings, which was released on November 18, 2016. She was selected as one of 30 artists to perform on "Forever Country", a mashup track of "Take Me Home, Country Roads", "On the Road Again" and "I Will Always Love You" which celebrated 50 years of the CMA Awards.[51] Shortly after the release of The Weight of These Wings, the Highway Vagabond Tour was announced[52] and began on January 24, 2017. These were Lambert's first live shows since she was put on mandatory vocal rest and was forced to cancel her Keeper of the Flame Tour in 2016. The tour visited the US, Canada and were her first solo shows in Europe, seeing her return to England, Ireland, Scotland and, for the first time, the Netherlands.[53]
After promotion and touring for The Weight of These Wings ended, the Pistol Annies reformed and released their third studio album Interstate Gospel on November 2, 2018, which subsequently reached number 1 on the Billboard Country Albums Chart.[54]
2019–2020: WildcardEdit
Lambert announced that the lead-off single from her seventh studio album would be "It All Comes Out in the Wash", which was released on July 18, 2019.[55] The song was co-written by Lambert with Hillary Lindsey, Lori McKenna, and Liz Rose ("Love Junkies") and produced by Jay Joyce, marking the first time she had worked with the producer.[56] The song was released alongside "Locomotive", another track intended for the upcoming album that she had previously debuted on the CMA Music Festival in June 2019.[57] Two other tracks—"Mess with My Head" and "Bluebird"—were also previewed ahead of the album in August 2019.[58][59]
Lambert's seventh studio album, Wildcard, was released on November 1, 2019.[60] In promotion of the album, Lambert announced the 27-date Wildcard Tour, which was set to begin on January 16, 2020, and run through May 9, 2020, but which had to be cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic. Several solo acoustic live performances of "Bluebird" premiered on her Instagram and YouTube channels during this time, and she performed the song at the belated and socially-distanced 2020 ACMs,[61] at which she won an award for Music Event of the Year for her collaboration with other female country artists, "Fooled Around and Fell in Love".
On the chart dated August 1, 2020, "Bluebird" became Lambert's first number 1 single on the Billboard Country Airplay chart as a solo artist since 2012's "Over You", and her fifth career number 1 on the chart. "Bluebird" was also a critical success, nominated for three CMA awards, two Grammy Awards, and three ACM awards, winning the CMA Award for Best Music Video.[62]
"Settling Down" was released as the third official single from Wildcard on September 21, 2020,[63] and Lambert performed the song live at the 2020 CMAs with just two guitarists backing. As of May 10, 2021, the song had reached the top 10 of both the Billboard Hot Country Songs Chart and the Billboard Country Airplay Chart, making it her 14th career top 10 hit on the Country Airplay Chart and her 16th on the Hot Country Songs Chart.
The album Wildcard went on to be nominated for both ACM and CMA Album of the Year, and won the 2021 Grammy for the Best Country Album on 15 March.[64] She performed "Bluebird" at the awards ceremony.
2021–2022: The Marfa Tapes and Pistol Annies Christmas AlbumEdit
Lambert hinted at an upcoming project with longtime friends and collaborators Jon Randall and Jack Ingram via her social media accounts on March 2, 2021, before announcing their upcoming collaborative acoustic record The Marfa Tapes in the following days, to be released on May 7. The tracklist was announced, with Lambert's previously recorded songs "Tin Man" and "Tequila Does" both set to be featured on the album, and the first new song In His Arms was premiered with a video on March 5.[65] The album was recorded in Marfa, Texas towards the end of 2020 with just two microphones and two acoustic guitars, and was said to have an unpolished feel, with one-take recordings retaining mistakes and snapshots of conversations between the three, and the sound of the campfire and the desert in the background. It would contain 15 songs the three singer-songwriters had written together over a period of six years, beginning in July 2015.
In His Arms was performed live by Lambert, Randall and Ingram at the 2021 ACM Awards, and at the awards show Lambert also performed "Drunk (And I Don't Wanna Go Home)" with Elle King, and she also stood in last-minute for Chris Stapleton's wife Morgane Stapleton to sing harmony on Stapleton's performance of Maggie's Song.
The new recording of "Tin Man", alongside previously unheard tracks "Am I Right or Amarillo"[66] and "Geraldene"[67] were also pre-released before the album's release on May 7, and the trio performed "Geraldene" live on The Ellen Show later in the month.[68] Around this time, Miranda Lambert replied to a comment regarding her band the Pistol Annies in the comments section of her Instagram post, fuelling speculation that a new Pistol Annies project might be in the works for 2021. Lambert subsequently revealed that she "didn't do much in the beginning of 2020. [She] just sort of enjoyed the break... And then in the last six months or so [she] kind of worked overtime to make up for lost time",[69] and that an upcoming solo record was therefore in the works. She commented in the same article that she was considering re-recording several tracks from The Marfa Tapes for this record, including "In His Arms" and "Geraldene", and potentially other personal favourites, such as "Waxahachie".[69]
The trio announced that alongside the record, they would be released 'The Marfa Tapes' film on Lambert's Facebook page to be available for 24 hours from May 8, which would feature acoustic performances from the record alongside interviews and behind-the-scenes footage from the recording process of the album.[70]
The Marfa Tapes album was released to critical acclaim on May 7, with critics applauding Lambert's musical risk-taking and the simple but effective songwriting. Pitchfork commented, "Somewhere between a demo collection, a live album with no audience, and a lo-fi left turn, this music is a joy to hear, like a vacation on record",[71] and Variety questioned whether this might even be Lambert's best record so far, "And like her bigger, broader sounding albums, she gives as good as she gets, quietly, while sounding as grand as if she had a studio band's excess at work."[72] The film premiered on Lambert's Facebook page on May 8, featuring original songs not previously seen and not included on The Marfa Tapes, the first of which was "Tornado" — co-written by Lambert, Randall and Ingram — and also a Lambert solo-written piece, "They've Closed Down the Honky-Tonks".
In the week following the album's release, the trio performed lead single "In His Arms" once more, on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.
On October 15, she released the lead single from her upcoming studio album, "If I Was A Cowboy", on October 15. The song's first video was uploaded to YouTube on October 15, and a later official video was uploaded to YouTube on January 12, 2022. The single has been a moderate hit on the country singles charts, so far reaching the top 20 of both the Country Airplay Chart and the Hot Country Songs Chart.
The Pistol Annies announced the release of their first Christmas album, Hell of a Holiday, which was released October 22, 2021.[73] It contains 10 original songs, a cover of Merle Haggard's "If We Make It Through December", popular Christmas classic "Sleigh Ride", and traditional New Year's song "Auld Lang Syne".[73] The album was well-received for its original content, and Billboard praised their cover of "If We Make It Through December" as "One of the most striking moments on Hell of a Holiday".[74] They performed many of the songs and discussed the album on December 15's "The Pistol Annies Hell of a Holiday Special", which was made available on Facebook.[75]
On December 30, 2021, Lambert released "Y'all Means All" in support of the LGBTQ community. The song was used in the trailer for the sixth season of Queer Eye.[76] In March 2022 she won Entertainer of the Year at the American Country Music Awards.[77]
2022–present: PalominoEdit
Miranda Lambert and Elle King's 2021 collaboration "Drunk (And I Don't Wanna Go Home)" was certified platinum in February, and the two performed the song together at the Ryman Auditorium on Feb 28th to celebrate.[78] The single has so far reached the top 10 of the country charts.
Lambert released a teaser for a new song titled "Strange" ahead of the ACM Awards, which were held on March 7 in Vegas. She was nominated for 5 awards, marking her record-breaking 16th nomination for Female Vocalist of the Year, and she won Video of the Year for "Drunk (And I Don't Wanna Go Home)", and as well as the top prize of the night, Entertainer of the Year, for the first time in her career.[79] This brings her tally of total ACM Awards won to 37, the most of all time, and also meant that she is eligible for the ACM's rare and coveted Triple Crown Award.[80]
On March 10, Lambert released "Strange" alongside a video on her YouTube channel, and announced her ninth solo studio album, Palomino, which was released on April 29.[81] The album includes "If I Was a Cowboy" and "Strange", alongside three re-recorded tracks from her 2021 Marfa Tapes album with Jon Randall and Jack Ingram: "Geraldene", "In His Arms", and "Waxahachie".[82]
Lambert headlined Europe's largest country music festival, C2C: Country 2 Country, from March 11–13, 2022, marking her first performances in the UK/Europe since her headlining tour there in 2017. She performed two songs from Palomino live for the first time ever at her London show on March 11, her single "If I Was a Cowboy" and "Actin' Up".[83]
Endorsements and business venturesEdit
In 2009, Lambert and two other singers became the new faces of Cotton Inc.'s revived "The Touch, The Feel of Cotton" campaign.[84] She has appeared in ads to promote cotton, and the website features a free download of the full version of her song, "Fabric of My Life".[85]
In December 2014, Lambert's line of shoes and boots were released at DSW.[86] In November 2014, Lambert's partnership with Chrysler's Ram trucks was announced. Under the partnership, Ram gave Lambert a customized 1500 Laramie Longhorn which she auctioned off, with proceeds going to Lambert's Muttnation Foundation which betters the lives for shelter animals.[87]
In May 2021, Lambert became the first female artist to open her own bar in the Lower Broadway entertainment district of downtown Nashville, Tennessee.[88] Named Casa Rosa (Spanish for "Pink House") and opened in partnership with TC Restaurant Group, the 17,400-square-foot Tex-Mex-themed establishment features live music on three of its four stories, plus a rooftop bar, and is decked out in mostly pink decor and various memorabilia from Lambert's career (including the giant birdcage from the "Bluebird" music video).[88][89] At the bar's opening night party on May 25, 2021, Lambert performed a duet of "Summer Nights" from Grease with her husband Brendan McLoughlin, amidst a star-studded lineup of performances from other country singers.[90]
Lambert also has her own clothing line titled Idyllwind,[91] a brand of wine with the Red 55 Winery imprint,[92] and owns The Pink Pistol boutique in her hometown of Lindale, Texas.[93]
MuttNation FoundationEdit
In 2009, Lambert opened MuttNation Foundation, with her mother, Bev. The organization focuses on rescue animals and shelters, and Lambert has been vocal about the cause being very close to her heart. The core issues MuttNation works on are:[94]
Adoption drives – held by Lambert at her concerts, CMA music awards, and the Grand Ole Opry
Fill the little red wagon – donation drives
Special circumstances – emergency disaster relief or instances of hoarding
Cause for the Paws – annual fundraising concerts
Mutts Across America – provides funds and support to shelters in all 50 US states.
Ran's Animal Care Express – pet transports
Mutt March – an annual 5k with proceeds going to MuttNation causes
In 2017, in the wake of Hurricane Harvey's devastation, MuttNation rescued dozens of animals as a part of its emergency/natural disasters objective.[95]
In 2014, Lambert opened Redemption Ranch, a shelter in Tishomingo, Oklahoma, her adopted home town where she lived with Shelton.[96]
To support the foundation, Lambert released a line of pet products in 2019 that are sold inside Tractor Supply Company stores.[97]
In September 2022, MuttNation partnered with Greater Good Charities via the global nonprofit's GOODS Program to provide 2 million pet meals to help families going through economic challenges to stay with their beloved pets.[98]
In 2006, Lambert began dating singer Blake Shelton. They got engaged in May 2010[99][100] and were married on May 14, 2011 at the Don Strange Ranch in Boerne, Texas.[100] On July 20, 2015, the couple announced that they were divorcing after four years of marriage.[101][102]
In December 2015, it was confirmed that Lambert was dating R&B singer Anderson East; they met at Nashville's Live on the Green Music Festival in September of that year.[103] In 2016, Lambert paid $3.4 million for a 400-plus acre farm, with three residences, near Primm Springs, Tennessee.[104] In April 2018, it was confirmed that Lambert and East had broken up months earlier after two years of dating.[105] Lambert started dating Turnpike Troubadours frontman Evan Felker in February 2018.[106] His estranged wife, Staci, has alleged that he left her suddenly to be with Lambert.[107] They broke up in August 2018.[108]
On February 16, 2019, Lambert announced on social media that she married New York City Police Department Officer Brendan McLoughlin on January 26, 2019, in Davidson County, Tennessee.[109][110][111]
Lambert has nine tattoos of various objects and symbols, and the word "tumbleweed". In June 2019, she added a tattoo on her forearm for her marriage to McLoughlin.[112]
DiscographyEdit
Main article: Miranda Lambert discography
Miranda Lambert (2001)
Kerosene (2005)
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (2007)
Revolution (2009)
Four the Record (2011)
The Weight of These Wings (2016)
Wildcard (2019)
Palomino (2022)
with Pistol Annies
Hell on Heels (2011)
Annie Up (2013)
Interstate Gospel (2018)
Hell of a Holiday (2021)
Collaborative albums
The Marfa Tapes (with Jack Ingram and Jon Randall) (2021)
AwardsEdit
Main article: List of awards and nominations received by Miranda Lambert
In April 2018, Lambert won the ACM Award for Female Vocalist of the Year for the ninth consecutive year, surpassing Reba McEntire as the most awarded in the category in 2017.[113] In November 2015 she became the first woman to have won the Country Music Association Awards' Album of the Year twice.[114][115] She has won three Grammy Awards out of twenty-five nominations. and was the 9th female artist in the show's history to win Entertainer of the Year at the 2022 ACM Awards.
Tours and residenciesEdit
ToursEdit
Headlining
Roadside Bars & Pink Guitars Tour (2010)
CMT on Tour: Miranda Lambert Revolution (2010)[116]
Miranda Lambert: Revolution Tour (2011)
On Fire Tour (2012)
Platinum Tour (2014–2016)
Certified Platinum Tour (2015)
Keeper of the Flame Tour (2016)
Highway Vagabond Tour (2017)
Livin' Like Hippies Tour (2018)[117]
Roadside Bars & Pink Guitars Tour (2019)[118]
Wildcard Tour (2020)[119]
Co-headlining
Locked and Loaded Tour with Dierks Bentley (2007)
Miranda Lambert & Blake Shelton Co-Headlining Tour (2008)
Locked and Reloaded Tour with Dierks Bentley (2013)
The Bandwagon Tour with Little Big Town (2018, 2022)[120]
Free and Easy Summer Tour with Dierks Bentley (2006)
Hookin' Up and Hangin' Out Tour with Toby Keith (2007)
George Strait 2008 Arena Tour (2008)
Sun City Carnival Tour with Kenny Chesney (2009)[121]
American Saturday Night Tour with Brad Paisley (2010)
Virtual Reality Tour with Brad Paisley at Wrigley Field June 9 (2012)
Night Train Tour with Jason Aldean at Fenway Park July 12 & 13 (2013)
Spread the Love Tour with Kenny Chesney (2016)
BandEdit
Lambert's road band consists of the following:[122]
Spencer Cullum Jr. – pedal steel, mandolin, banjo
Gwen Sebastian – backing vocals
Danny Mitchell – keyboard
Ethan Ballinger – lead guitar
Boo Massey – lead guitar
G Maxwell – drums
Jon Murray - bass
ResidenciesEdit
Velvet Rodeo (2022)[123]
2003 Nashville Star Contestant Season one Third Place
2007 CMT Cross Country Herself (with Jack Ingram)
2011 The Voice Herself (Advisor) Season 1 Performance Finale with Dia Frampton
Season 2 Battle Advisor From Team Blake
Season 6 Battle Advisor From Team Shakira
2012 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Lacey Ford Episode: "Father's Shadow"
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Commander of the 863rd Engineer Battalion, Lt. Col. James Feaster addresses engineer soldiers of the 176th Engineer Company
before concluding the End of Tour Awards Ceremony at Camp Buerhing, Kuwait, Dec. 16, 2016. The unit awarded
70 Army Achievement Medals and 52 Army Commendation Medals during the ceremony (U.S. Army Photo by Spc. Valentina Aguilar)
By Spc. Valentina Aguilar
863rd Engineer Battalion
CAMP BUERHING, Kuwait -- After nearly nine months, with forces spread across three countries, the 176th Engineer Company assigned to Task Force Chaos finalized its deployed engineer mission during its Transfer of Authority Ceremony on Dec. 12, 2016.
The 176th Engineer Company of the Washington National Guard arrived in Kuwait in support of Operation Inherent Resolve in mid-April 2016, under the 863rd Engineer Battalion a U.S. Army Reserve unit based in Darien, Ill.
"Our mission on this deployment was to construct all vertical force protection and life support throughout the entire area of operation in Iraq," said Capt. Brandon Myers, commander, 176th En. Co. and native of Snohomish, Washington.
The 176th Engineer Company is a vertical engineer unit which provides construction in the development of base camps and constructs, repairs and maintains facilities and infrastructures.
One of their most notable projects during their deployment included the construction of the Multi-National Joint Operations Center at Task Force Al-Taqaddum, which served as a vital resource for coalition and Iraqi Security Forces to monitor the fight against ISIL.
Engineer soldiers of the 176th Engineer Company construct offices from scratch for incoming flight line personnel in a remote
Iraq camp. The 176th En. Co. is a vertical engineer unit which provides construction in the development of base camps and
constructs, repairs and maintains facilities and infrastructures. (U.S. Army Photo by Spc. Valentina Aguilar)
Soldiers in the unit provided engineer capabilities to many projects in nine-separate camps. They also provided engineer force protections and life support of an airfield that served as the re-supply point for the Mosul Offensive.
"We did a lot of construction all over Iraq," said Sgt. Theodore D. Martens, carpentry and masonry specialist, 176th En. Co. and native of Seattle. "We built offices and living spaces for the soldiers; we just did a lot of construction overall."
During their initial arrival, the engineers faced early challenges in figuring out how to resource material to complete projects in remote locations. "We overcame our challenges by reclaiming materials from abandoned forward operating bases," Myers said. Approximately 138 engineer soldiers are assigned to the 176th Engineer Company. The replacement unit is the 1156th Engineer Company of the New York National Guard. "I am proud of the work my engineer soldiers have done here," Myers said. "We got to complete projects and assist in the mission more so than most conventional forces and they did a great job."
During their nine-month deployment, the 176th Engineer Company received support from their families and members of their communities.
"I would like to thank the families for the care packages. No one was left out and everyone was shown some love." Martens said.
The 176th Engineer Company concluded its deployment journey during an official "Welcome Home Ceremony" at Tacoma on Dec. 31, 2016. A maximum of 90 days was granted to each soldier to reintegrate back into their civilian life.


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Attack of the KMT Dinosaurs
To survive in Taiwan, the KMT needs to let go of its past.
By J. Michael Cole for The Diplomat
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It's election season in Taiwan once again, as millions of its citizens prepare to elect an astounding 11,300 local officials nationwide on Nov. 29, in what will be the largest election in the country's history. With the prospects for the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) of retaining control of the historically "blue" capital of Taipei looking grimmer by the week, familiar voices in the pan-blue camp have resorted to inflammatory rhetoric that, besides damaging their candidate's chances, has shown just how out of touch they are with contemporary Taiwan.
Of course the blue camp has only itself to blame for the situation in Taipei. Sean Lien, the KMT candidate, has run a lackluster campaign in which blunders have been far more frequent than policy proposals and where personal attacks against his principal opponent, independent Ko Wen-je, have set the tone for the entire exercise. With a little more than a week left before the elections, Lien, the son of former KMT chairman Lien Chan, is trailing Ko, a surgeon-turned-politician, by about 13 points. Over several weeks of intense campaigning, every form of attack against Ko — wiretaps, accusations of corruption, of transplanting organs taken from Falun Gong practitioners, of abusing hospital staff, of having a secret contract with the opposition Democratic Progressive Party — has failed. Using wit, humor and, most importantly, evidence, Ko has deflected the volleys and succeeded in keeping the moral high ground, which has had great appeal among young voters and the 20 percent or so of voters who fall in the "undecided" category.
Ko's most formidable weapon is also what has the KMT in a panic: a complete novice, he is not the sort of typical politician who will fight the KMT symmetrically. While having received the tacit support of the green camp, Ko, whose frugal lifestyle couldn't contrast more with the Liens' excessive wealth, has eschewed "color" politics (his chosen color is white, or the combination of all colors). Ko has positioned himself as a member of a civic resurgence, the origins of which can be traced back to the Sunflower Movement in the spring, or perhaps even the Citizen 1985 movement of 2013 which held large-scale protests over the mistreatment of conscripts in the military. Ko is therefore both the manifestation, if you will, of the mounting popular discontent with the island's politicians, and a symbol of a possible alternative to a blue-versus-green system that is seen to be failing its people.
Just as the Ma Ying-jeou administration was incapable of meeting the Sunflowers on their ground, the KMT forces that have rallied around Lien have also struggled to find something that might work. With each new attempt failing, the Lien camp's rhetoric — now in the hands of the KMT old guard — has become increasingly nasty. If those eleventh-hour interventions teach us anything, it is that the KMT will be unable to present itself as a party for the future of Taiwan as long as the dinosaurs continue to have sway over it. In fact this past week, many young commentators in Taiwan have observed that the recent remarks from the blue camp felt like Taiwan was back in the late 1940s, when the KMT, defeated by Mao Zedong's communists in China, fled to Taiwan and launched its campaign of white terror against the local population
Three individuals with a long history of involvement in the KMT have come to the fore in the past week to help the struggling Lien: Hau Pei-tsun, 95, former premier and minister of national defense, and father of Taipei Mayor Hau Lung-bin; Lien Chan, 78, former vice president and KMT chairman, and father of Sean Lien; and Fang Yu, 71, spouse of Lien Chan and mother of Sean Lien.
Besides the fact that ethnic politics have nothing to do with governance of the city, the most striking aspects of the remarks made by the trio (and a few others in the Lien camp who joined them) are their lack of sensitivity, their divisive nature, and the fact that such language is oddly reminiscent of the things we hear across the Taiwan Strait in Beijing — in other words, anti-Japan screeds and the other side of the same coin, Han chauvinism. The acid brimmed over: Ko was a "traitor" to the Han race, someone who couldn't be allowed to govern "the capital of China" (confronted with this, the speaker claims he misspoke). Even Ko's ancestors were targeted, with Lien Chan claiming (wrongly) that one of his grandfathers was a willing official in the Japanese colonial government (Taiwan was part of Japan between 1895 until 1945). Hau Pei-tsun also weighed in with an even wider net to include those who'd had a privileged status under the Japanese system. By association, anyone who supports Ko's run for mayor is a brainwashed Japanese colonial subject, which Hau maintains includes former president Lee Teng-hui, a man who ironically gave senior jobs in government to both Lien and Hau Srs.
The lack of sensitivity in those statements boggles the mind. Taiwan was "ceded" to Japan in 1895 under the Treaty of Shimonoseki, which concluded the First Sino-Japanese War. Its people were not given a choice, and for the next half century, Taiwan was part of the Japanese empire, becoming by far its most modern colony. Many opposed the colonial imposition, and quite a few paid with their lives. Others complied and some benefited, while the majority did what people under such circumstances would do and tried to make a living. There is no doubt, however, that this period played a formative role in the creation of a distinct Taiwanese identity, even as their outward existence became increasingly Japanese.
The Japanese era ended after Tokyo was forced to "give back" Taiwan after its defeat in World War II, whereupon the KMT took over, launching decades of plunder, repression, murder, and forced re-Sinicization that made many a Taiwanese look back to Japanese colonialism with something close to melancholy. The 228 Massacre of February 1947, as KMT soldiers fired indiscriminately at the population, and the subsequent campaign of white terror that almost wiped out an entire generation of educated Taiwanese, broke all illusions that some Taiwanese might have had as to their status as equals in this Chinese society and deepened their sense of identity as distinct. Still, the KMT maintained that the Taiwanese were Han Chinese, only they needed to be re-educated.
In their remarks, Hau and the Liens completely glossed over an entire century, during which Taiwanese identity not only survived but indeed flourished, both by deepening the idiosyncratic aspects of its society and by amalgamating those with the inevitable external influences. In other words, Taiwanese identity was a melting pot; it succeeded in being indigenous, Japanese and Chinese. To claim, therefore, that Ko and his supporters — who as we saw may represent the first iteration of a "third force" in Taiwanese politics — are mere Japanese colonial subjects who refuse to recognize their existence as Han Chinese misses the point altogether. Nobody in Taiwan has any interest in returning to the Japanese colonial era, despite the fact that many continue to have a certain respect for that period (the horrors that fell upon them after the KMT took over certainly compounded such perceptions). By disparaging the Ko camp as Japanese, Hau Sr. and the Liens are denying Taiwanese a voice and disregarding their existence as a people whose future is theirs to decide.
The other accusations focused on the "improper" education that young Taiwanese — young people overwhelmingly support Ko — received during eight years of DPP rule (2000-2008). Here again, Lien Sr. led the charge, with claims that changes to the education system under the Chen Shui-bian administration meant that students didn't receive a proper Chinese education, with Confucian notions of deference to elders and avoidance of conflict at its core. Thus the Sunflower Movement and the "chaos" that occurred in recent years, which were not, according to Lien (and many in the KMT) the result of bad governance under an increasingly disconnected and paternalistic administration, but simply bad education. Again by association, anyone who supports Ko somehow condones disorder and violence. Somehow Lien doesn't seem to appreciate the contradiction in his statements: he berates Taiwanese for not standing up to their Japanese rulers but in the same breath accuses them of disrespect and unruliness when they oppose government actions that threaten their way of life.
While we can debate how influential the old guard is on contemporary KMT politics, it is nevertheless revealing that the Lien camp, or the more "moderate" members of the KMT, have done nothing to distance themselves from the rhetoric. In fact, Lien Jr. has defended his parents' comments. Hau Jr., probably the most moderate voice in the KMT at this point, has remained silent, as has Ma, who doubles as KMT chairman and who, we would expect, should be striving to keep his party's language from reaching such lows. Theirs is therefore a voice from the past, based on old hatreds congealed in time over issues that ordinary Taiwanese — especially younger generations — left behind long ago. Through his simplicity and inclusive nature, Ko epitomizes the future for Taiwan, one in which people of different backgrounds, shaped by the vagaries of Taiwan's experiences at the hands of foreign forces, can walk down the same road. It is this break with the past that has the dinosaurs in the KMT, who are probably too old to adapt to new realities, in a panic, forcing them to say things that in all likelihood are turning off many KMT supporters.
Despite its great wealth, the survival of the KMT as a viable political party in Taiwanese politics will be contingent on its leaders' ability to break with the past and to flush out Precambrian influences such as Lien Chan, Hau Pei-tsun, and a few others. Otherwise, barring an unlikely return to the white terror or direct intervention by Beijing, it will be left behind as Taiwanese society moves on.
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J. Michael Cole is editor in chief of Taiwan Sentinel as well as a Taipei-based Senior Fellow with the China Policy Institute/Taiwan Studies Programme at the University of Nottingham, UK
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Councillors 'vindicated' in wind farm report
Credit: By Cronan Scanlon | Donegal News | August 26, 2016 | donegalnews.com ~~
A planning expert has said he disagrees with almost all criticisms made by a Minister for the Environment of Donegal Councillors who voted to impose restrictions on wind farm development.
The comments came from Mr Hendrik W van der Kamp, writing in a report to the current minister, Simon Coveney, which was seen by the Donegal News.
The Dutch man is the Head of the School of Spatial Planning and Transport in Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT).
He was appointed by Minister Coveney in June after the High Court in Dublin upheld an appeal by an Independent Councillor, John Campbell, against a decision by the former minister, Alan Kelly, to overrule restrictions placed on wind farm developments by Donegal County Council.
After Cllr Campbell's victory in the High Court, Minister Coveney appointed Mr van der Kamp to examine the direction made by his predecessor.
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In his conclusion, he said the councillor's variation did not impact on the 'internal coherence' of the County Development Plan.
He also said the changes did not make the plan inconsistent with national or regional policies or targets.
However, he did find that the variation is 'premature' in that it contravenes a government circular which advised local authorities to defer amending their existing development plan policies relating to wind energy.
Cllr Campbell could not be contacted at the time of going to press yesterday.
However, a source close to him claimed Mr van der Kamp findings proved that councillors "did nothing wrong", adding that Cllr Campbell was vindicated in relation to his High Court action.
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Another annoyance with the newer Strawberries is that when I launch "myscript.pl foo" from my text mode file manager (ndn.muxe.com), it launches perl in a separate cmd window. But if I launch "perl myscript.pl foo", it launches perl normally (in the same window). Running the assoc and ftype commands the OP suggested didn't help.
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The solution to this was to add .PL to the PATHEXT environment variable. Perhaps the Strawberry installer should do that.
On Windows 7, the `assoc .pl=Perl` and `Perl="C:\strawberry\perl\bin\perl.exe" "%1" %*` did NOT work.
The only way I was able to fix the association was to use a freeware called NirSoft FileTypesMan. It showed that ftype didn't do anything, and the default associations were still in place, including the "Execute" action for Perl being set to `"C:\strawberry\perl\bin\perl.exe" %1` (i.e. not passing the parameters via %*).
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August 26, 2011 / John Derry
I'm normally not a name-dropper. I've had this short incident held in reserve for years, and it now seems like an appropriate time to relate it...
In January 2000 at Macworld in San Francisco, Mark Zimmer and I were in the process of wrapping up a press tour for Metacreations Painter 6.1. At trade show events such as this, there are often small press rooms reserved for companies in which to conduct interviews. Mark, myself, and our PR person were in our press room preparing for the day's interviews with the Mac press. As I remember it, the PR person was organizing press materials and Mark and I were busy setting up a Mac on which to demo Painter.
Suddenly, a head popped into the doorway. It was Steve. No entourage or posse. Just Steve. Initially, I was the only one of us who saw him. In the most casual voice I could muster, I said, "Hi, Steve!".
"Hi guys! I just wanted to pop in and say, 'Break a leg!'", he said. We thanked him, wished him a good show and Steve was gone as quickly as he appeared.
Our PR person was absolutely floored. "That...that was Steve Jobs!...OMG!"
Mark and I managed to play it cool and say something like, "Oh...yeah...Steve."
That would be the end of my story except for one small factoid I possessed at the time: Mark previously confided in me that Steve had been in contact with him regarding working for Apple. Steve Jobs has long been known for his finesse at cherry-picking world-class talent. Mark was—and is—one of the brightest engineering pixel-slingers out there.
I've no doubt that Steve's brief appearance at our press booth door was designed to provide a small nudge to Mark in the direction of Apple, but it also provided a snapshot into Steve's inner-workings. The man is always thinking in terms of how to better Apple. Something as small as a quick "Good luck" certainly made our day and see the man devoid of ego...just another Mac-head wishing us well.
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Partisan Journalism
A History of Media Bias in the United States
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In Partisan Journalism: A History of Media Bias in the United States, Jim A. Kuypers guides readers on a journey through American journalistic history, focusing on the warring notions of objectivity and partisanship. Kuypers shows how the American journalistic tradition grew from partisan roots and, with only a brief period of objectivity in between, has returned to those roots today.
The book begins with an overview of newspapers during Colonial times, explaining how those papers openly operated in an expressly partisan way; he then moves through the Jacksonian era's expansion of both the press and its partisan nature. After detailing the role of the press during the War Between the States, Kuypers demonstrates that it was the telegraph, not professional sentiment, that kicked off the movement toward objective news reporting. The conflict between partisanship and professionalization/objectivity continued through the muckraking years and through World War II, with newspapers in the 1950s often being objective in their reporting even as their editorials leaned to the right. This changed rapidly in the 1960s when newspaper editorials shifted from right to left, and progressive advocacy began to slowly erode objective content. Kuypers follows this trend through the early 1980s, and then turns his attention to demonstrating how new communication technologies have changed the very nature of news writing and delivery. In the final chapters covering the Bush and Obama presidencies, he traces the growth of the progressive and partisan nature of the mainstream news, while at the same time explores the rapid rise of alternative news sources, some partisan, some objective, that are challenging the dominance of the mainstream press.
This book steps beyond a simple charge-counter-charge of political bias in the news in that it offers an argument that the press in America, except for a brief period, was essentially partisan from its inception and has returned with a vengeance to its original roots. The final argument presented in the book is that this new development may actually be healthy for American Democracy.


Oscar makes a political Intervention, declaring Palestine eligible for best foreign film.
Colin Powell might want to get out to the West Coast more. Or at least have the President spot him a subscription to Variety. Because after three years of fruitless negotiating with Yasser Arafat and Ariel Sharon, even the secretary of state hasn't been able to pull off what the Oscar folks just did: officially recognize Palestine as a state.
Last month, when the Academy revealed its list of 56 movies eligible for this year's Best Foreign Language Film, Elia Suleiman's Divine Intervention became the first-ever entry from Palestine, right alongside films from such foreign Oscar mainstays as Italy and France.


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