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How Pop and Jazz Wrapped Up the Past in 16 Boxed Sets
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Neneh Cherry, 'Raw Like Sushi (30th Anniversary Deluxe Edition)' (Virgin/UMC; three CDs, $63.89; three LPs, $75.98) Alive with isolate...
Neneh Cherry, 'Raw Like Sushi (30th Anniversary Deluxe Edition)'
(Virgin/UMC; three CDs, $63.89; three LPs, $75.98)
Alive with isolated, collagelike layers and exuberant ad-libs ("Now, the tambourine!"), the Swedish pop artist and rapper Neneh Cherry's cult classic debut album, "Raw Like Sushi," is a remixer's dream. This 30th-anniversary set contains a vibrant remastered version of the original LP, along with two entire discs of imaginative remixes: Massive Attack transforms the synth ballad "Manchild" into a snaking, meditative groove, while the early hip-hop producer Arthur Baker reworks two different extended club mixes of Cherry's ebullient hit "Buffalo Stance," furthering its eternal cool. LINDSAY ZOLADZ
Cream, 'Goodbye Tour Live 1968'
(Polydor; four CDs, 66-page book, $69.98)
Cream — Eric Clapton on guitar, Jack Bruce on bass, Ginger Baker on drums — was a power trio of flashy virtuosos with big egos; it lasted only from 1966 to 1968. While its studio work was disciplined and cooperative, marrying blues to psychedelia, its live sets were improvisatory free-for-alls, with all three musicians goading one another and grappling for attention. This collection gathers three full California concerts from October 1968 along with Cream's last show, Nov. 26 at the Royal Albert Hall; half of the tracks, including an entire San Diego concert, were previously unreleased. The nightly set list barely varies, but the performances are explosive jams — tempos shift (listen to the assorted "Crossroads"), vocal lines swerve and stretch, guitar solos take different paths each night. The California shows were carefully recorded, but with historic stupidity, the BBC filmed Cream's last shows yet only captured the music in muddy, low-fi mono. Cream's members didn't think they played well at their farewell, and through the murk, that final show is full of wailing excess and rhythm-section overkill. But it deserved better preservation. JON PARELES
Bela Fleck, 'Throw Down Your Heart: The Complete Africa Sessions'
(Craft; three CDs, one DVD, $49.99)
The banjoist Bela Fleck visited Africa in 2005 with a film crew for a five-week trip to Mali, Gambia, Tanzania and Uganda, tracing the banjo's African origins and collaborating with African musicians. The results were a documentary, "Throw Down Your Heart," two albums of collaborations recorded in Africa and, in 2009, a tour with Toumani Diabaté, a Malian master of the harplike kora. Live recordings from the 2009 tour were released earlier this year as "The Ripple Effect," a showcase for tradition-bridging melodies, flying fingers and shimmering plucked-string counterpoint. This box gathers them all, including a newly expanded version of the documentary. The whole project shows Fleck learning from every encounter and figuring out countless ways that his bright, speedy, bluegrass-rooted picking and runs can intertwine with African tunes and rhythms. PARELES
PJ Harvey, 'Dry — Demos'
(Island; one CD, $13.98; one LP, $24.98)
When a 22-year-old Polly Jean Harvey and her band released their sensual, earth-rumbling 1992 debut album, "Dry," some listeners and critics regarded its songs as almost feral outpourings of spontaneous intensity. A recently released collection of demos proves, once and for all, they were remarkable and carefully constructed achievements of songcraft. Available for the first time as a stand-alone album, "Dry — Demos" is sparse, often consisting of just Harvey's mesmeric voice and rhythmic stabs of guitar. But the bones of enduringly sturdy songs like "Dress," "Sheela-Na-Gig" and "O Stella" are, impressively, already locked in place. As a finished product, "Dry" was hardly overproduced or polished, but the incredible artistic confidence of these demos brings the album's elemental power, and Harvey's songwriting gifts, into even greater clarity. ZOLADZ
Elton John, 'Jewel Box'
(UMe/EMI; eight CDs in hardcover book, $109.80; four LP set "Deep Cuts Curated by Elton," $89.98; three LP set "Rarities and B-Side Highlights," $59.98; two LP set "And This Is Me…" $35.98)
Elton John's "Jewel Box" is at least three projects side by side; its vinyl versions make them available separately. For two CDs of "Deep Cuts," John selects non-hit album tracks; he likes sad songs with dark lyrics, collaborations with his idols (Leon Russell, Little Richard) and music that evaded his usual reflexes. Three CDs of "Rarities 1965-71" — with five dozen previously unreleased songs — detail his songwriting apprenticeship with the lyricist Bernie Taupin, a good argument for Malcolm Gladwell's proposition that expertise requires 10,000 hours of practice. At first they tried to write potential hits that were generic enough for others to cover; John once called them "pretty horrible." The duo learned by obvious imitation, with near-miss mimicry of both British and American approaches: the Beatles, Motown, Phil Spector, country. They made and scrapped "Regimental Sgt. Zippo," an album of pop psychedelia. Gradually, they homed in on a distinctive Elton John style: openhearted, big-voiced storytelling backed by two-fisted piano. Two more discs are housekeeping — an archive of B-sides and non-album tracks — and the final pair, "And This Is Me …" is a playlist of songs mentioned in John's memoir, "Me" — which gives him a chance to end with his 2020 Oscar winner, "(I'm Gonna) Love Me Again." PARELES
Lil Peep, 'Crybaby' and 'Hellboy'
(Lil Peep/AUTNMY; streaming services)
Platforms change, their overlords get finicky, they get sold to conglomerates that might not respect the historical legacies they contain. Which is why it is crucial for artist catalogs that live in only one place online to be spread as far as possible. It's a relief that the two key early Lil Peep albums, "Crybaby" and "Hellboy" (from 2016), have finally made it up from SoundCloud to other streaming services (fully cleared, with only minor tweaks). Lil Peep — who died in 2017 — was a critical syncretizer of emo and hip-hop: He was swaggering, dissolute and deeply broken, a bull's-eye songwriter and a rangy singer and rapper. During this era, he finally figured out how all of those pieces fit together, especially on "Hellboy," a pop masterpiece that pop just wasn't ready for yet. JON CARAMANICA
'Charles Mingus @ Bremen, 1964 & 1975'
(Sunnyside; four CDs, $28.98)
Charles Mingus was stubborn, self-righteous — and open to just about anything. When this bassist and composer gave his first concert in Germany in 1964, at the Radio Bremen studios, he was leading one of the finest bands of his career: a sextet that could carry a ton of weight while turning on a dime, like a dump truck made by Maserati. With Johnny Coles on trumpet, Eric Dolphy on reeds, Clifford Jordan on tenor saxophone, Jaki Byard on piano and Dannie Richmond on drums, the band followed Mingus's plucky lead, leaping between Ellingtonian miniatures, bluesy hollers and extended avant-garde improv. The group's now-legendary performances on that tour might well have represented a high-water mark. But when he returned to Bremen 11 years later, with a quintet, his penchant for misdirection and ludic sophistication had only grown stronger. Both shows are presented side-by-side in this four-CD set, which features remasters of the original radio source tapes. GIOVANNI RUSSONELLO
Charlie Parker, 'The Mercury & Clef 10-Inch LP Collection'
(Verve; five LPs, 20-page booklet, $69.99)
By the end of the 1940s, the alto saxophonist Charlie Parker was only a few years into his recorded career as a bandleader but he'd already turned jazz inside-out, contouring the next frontier in American modernism as one of bebop's lead architects. The impresario and producer Norman Granz recognized Parker's brilliance — and he saw the potential to broaden his appeal, by shining a softer spotlight on his lemon-cake tone and his richly coiled melodies. The 10-inch LPs that Parker recorded with Granz between 1949 and 1953, for the Mercury and Clef labels, offer portraits of the artist from many angles, including the steaming "Bird and Diz," the only studio session to feature the Big Three of bebop (Parker, Dizzy Gillespie and Thelonious Monk); the gauzy orchestral fare of "Bird With Strings"; and "South of the Border," mixing big-band jazz with Mexican and Afro-Caribbean styles. This boxed set features five newly remastered albums from that period, most of which have been out of print on vinyl since the '60s. Faithful to their original format, the albums come on 10-inch discs, packaged with David Stone Martin's now-classic artwork, while the booklet includes new essays from the pianist and jazz historian Ethan Iverson and the Grammy-winning writer David Ritz. RUSSONELLO
Iggy Pop, 'The Bowie Years'
(Virgin; seven CDs, $99.98)
In 1977, David Bowie restarted Iggy Pop's career by producing two albums for him — "The Idiot" and "Lust for Life" — and joining Pop's band on tour. Bowie admired Pop's pure-id approach to songwriting and performing, but smoothed him out just a little — supplying some glam-rock-tinged backup — and spurred him onward, suggesting concepts and approaches. And the punk rock that Iggy and the Stooges had presaged nearly a decade earlier was taking hold in the United States. The alliance was fertile for both of them; Bowie would have a 1980s hit remaking their collaboration, "China Girl," a song about acculturalization, imperialism and lust from "The Idiot." This box includes the two studio albums, the howling 1978 live album "T.V. Eye" (with Bowie in the band on keyboard and backup vocals), a disc featuring rawer alternate mixes from the albums and three live Iggy concerts from 1977. Two of the live discs are low-fi and redundant, but a fierce 1977 set from the Agora Ballroom in Cleveland documents a telling rock moment. PARELES
Pylon, 'Box'
(New West; four LPs and 200-page hardcover book, $149.99; four CD version to be released in March 2021, $85.99)
Formed in 1978 by art-school amateurs in Athens, Ga., Pylon made hardheaded, pioneering, danceable post-punk. Bass and drums staked out sinewy, deliberate, unswerving riffs. The guitar poked into interstices with pings or echoey chords or scratchy syncopation or dissonant counterpoint. Laced through the instrumental patterns, riding or defying them, were vocals by Vanessa Briscoe Hay: declaiming, rasping, chanting, confiding and yelling while she sang about daily life as a pragmatic revelation — and, onstage, moved like no one else. "Box," on vinyl, includes Pylon's first two albums, "Gyrate" (1980) and "Chomp" (1983), plus a disc of extras including Pylon's brilliantly decisive first single, "Cool"/"Dub," and a find: the band's first recording, a vivid 1979 rehearsal tape that shows Pylon already fully self-defined. Pylon was very much of its time, akin to Talking Heads, Gang of Four, Bush Tetras and Pylon's Athens predecessors and supporters, the B-52's. But Briscoe Hay's arresting voice and the music's ruthless structural economy have made Pylon more than durable. PARELES
Lou Reed, 'New York (Deluxe Edition)'
(Rhino/Warner Bros.; three CDs, two LPs and one DVD, $89.98)
Three decades after its release, Lou Reed's midcareer 1989 opus, "New York," retains a haunting present-tense resonance: "Halloween Parade" mourns West Village neighbors lost to an epidemic, "Last Great American Whale" frets about environmental collapse, and Trump and Giuliani even cavort through the appropriately titled "Sick of You." This deluxe edition, released a year after the record's 30th anniversary, features both a live album and a previously unreleased concert DVD. But its most revelatory additions are the small scraps of Reed's "work tapes," capturing such intimate moments as Reed figuring out the chord progression that would become the album's hit "Dirty Blvd.," or humming what the bass should sound like on a demo of "Endless Cycle." Despite his shrugging exterior, these tapes show how deeply Reed cared about the details. ZOLADZ
The Replacements, 'Pleased to Meet Me (Deluxe Edition)'
(Rhino/Warner Bros.; three CDs and one LP, $64.98)
Like their beloved Big Star, the Replacements were never quite in the right place at the right time — or maybe, whenever either band was on the brink of mainstream rock stardom, their self-destructive tendencies kicked in. Regardless, the Mats's fifth album, "Pleased to Meet Me" from 1987, was at once their record company's last push for success (see the echoing "Jimmy Iovine Remix" of the great single "Can't Hardly Wait," which, apparently, even the Midas-like producer couldn't turn into a radio smash) and a spiritual communion with their underappreciated heroes (the group recorded the album at Big Star's former Memphis stomping ground Ardent Studios, with their sometime producer Jim Dickinson). The resulting LP, naturally, was caught in the middle: It was too polished to ascend to the cult status of "Let It Be" from 1984, but too snarling and strange to be a hit. This fantastic and exhaustive deluxe edition (featuring 29 never-before-released tracks), though, finally puts it in its proper context: Raw and unvarnished demos (including the final recordings made with their original guitarist, Bob Stinson) restore these songs' barbed, punk energy, while a rich spoil of melodic leftovers reassert this period as a golden age of Paul Westerberg's songwriting. ZOLADZ
Stretch and Bobbito, 'Freestyle EP 1'
(89tec9/Uprising Music; streaming services)
For some mid-90s New York rap obsessives, the ne plus ultra collaboration is "The What," by the Notorious B.I.G. and Method Man. For others, it's "Brooklyn's Finest," from the Notorious B.I.G. and Jay-Z. The connoisseur's choice, however, might be traced back to the night in February 1995, that Big L brought Jay-Z up to the Columbia University radio station WKCR-FM for "The Stretch Armstrong and Bobbito Show," then the definitive proving ground for the city's MCs. The result is startlingly good — an excellent showing from Jay-Z, still shaking loose of the twisty syllables he leaned on in his earliest recordings. But Big L — who was killed in 1999 — is the radiant star here, delivering left-field boasts in ice-cold arrangements. Previously available only on hard-to-find cassette releases and online rips, it appears here in an official release for the first time (though sadly without the between-verse banter). It's one of three unearthed freestyles on this EP — the others are a Method Man and Ghostface Killah team-up, and also the Notorious B.I.G.'s first radio freestyle, a hellacious rumble from 1992. CARAMANICA
Various Artists, 'Cash Money: The Instrumentals'
(Cash Money/UMe; two LPs for $24.98 or streaming services)
The beats used for many of the late 1990s breakout hits of New Orleans's Cash Money Records were head spinners, one after the next — Juvenile's fleet, squelchy "Ha," B.G.'s prismatic "Bling Bling," Lil Wayne's chaotic "Tha Block Is Hot." This compilation gathers those and many others — made mostly by the in-house maestro Mannie Fresh — for a set that lands somewhere between bounce futurism and avant-garde techno. It's an expanded version of the label's "Platinum Instrumentals" compilation from 2000, but a less disciplined one, too — the sleepy funk of "Shooter" is wildly out of place here, one of a few more straightforward Lil Wayne tracks that would have been better left off, inconsistent with the pure digital esoterica that made the label impossible to emulate. CARAMANICA
Various Artists, 'Excavated Shellac: An Alternate History of the World's Music'
(Dust-to-Digital; 100 MP3s and liner notes, $35)
Excavated Shellac is a website created by Jonathan Ward, a collector of 78-rpm recordings of global music who shares his finds and his research. The digital collection "Excavated Shellac" unearths 100 of his previously unavailable discoveries from nearly as many countries, most released only regionally and long ago. They are extensively annotated, translating lyrics and delving into musicians' biographies and each country's recording history. It's a trove of untamed three-minute dispatches from distant places and eras, full of raw voices, rough-hewed virtuosity and startling structures. Try the ferocious fiddle playing of Picoglu Osman from Turkey, the blaring reeds and scurrying patalla (xylophone) momentum of Sein Bo Tint from what was then Burma, or the accelerating, almost bluegrassy picking and singing of Tiwonoh and Sandikola, from Malawi. Nearly all the tracks are rowdy; as Ward's notes explain, disc recording favored performers who were loud. PARELES
Gillian Welch, 'Boots No. 2: The Lost Songs'
(Acony; three CDs and 66-page book, $49.99; three LPs and 66-page book, $79.99)
The four dozen songs on this collection were all unreleased until this year — they were recorded by the modern folk hero Gillian Welch and her longtime partner, David Rawlings, in a fevered stretch to fulfill a publishing contract in 2002. And yet these are the sketches of a patient perfectionist. Like most of the music Welch put out in that essential era, these songs are marked by the omniscience she builds with small details and her studiously unhurried voice (bolstered by Rawlings's sturdy sweetness — see especially "I Only Cry When You Go"). It is a torrent of material from an artist who's long communicated by trickle. And given the music's elemental beauty, it seems absurd that it languished for all this time, all but unrecorded by others. CARAMANICA
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Whichever version of Mac you're using, this book will guide you through the basics, like using the Dock and the Finder, and will then help you master the essentials so you can get the most out of your Mac, whether you're new to Mac computing or upgrading from an older version of OS X.
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Have ever you like Yoda talked?
HYE seen a beverage called IRN BRU?
HYE tried to use the force on your friend's mind?
Constantly, it's like they all have wax in their ears!
HYE built a snow fort?
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Ever been in a snowball fight?
HYE gotten so mad, you broke something?
HYE gotten yelled at by your parents for being to loud?
Only every other day ^_^.
HYE had a wisdom tooth removed?
HYE had a major surgery?
Nope, never had surgery done in my life.
HYE uploaded a youtube video of you doing something stupid/funny/awesome?
HYE taken a class learning a useless skill?
HYE created something so awesome on Minecraft that you had to start all over again because you forgot to save?
Have you ever lost money on a bet?
I don't think so? I've been sick after eating food and sick because i ate too much, but i never think i have had food poisoning.
HYE eaten a whole fresh onion?
HYE ripped up a bad test?
HYE been on youtube, facebook, or twitter in the middle of a class?
HYE found out the name of the person who wears your school mascot?
HYE eaten microwaved mac and cheese?
HYE haggled for something cool (say a cool looking poster)?
No, but there are some things I want to haggle for.
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Shinfield Studios marks phase two of construction
Shinfield Studios Joint Managing Directors, Nick Smith, and Ian Johnson and, Head of Studio Operations, Dean Horne were last week joined by Councillor John Halsall, Councillor Jim Frewin, Councillor Barrie Patman and Councillor Jackie Rance; together with Paul Inman, Pro-Vice-Chancellor (International), Reading University and the team from Curo Construction to mark the second phase of construction of Shinfield Studios.
The Councillors were present to see construction work currently underway to prepare ground and foundations for a further five sound stages (see image attached). On completion the state-of-the-art studio facility will comprise 18 sound stages, creating an 85,000 square meter media hub and becoming one of the largest film and TV studios in the UK. Phase one saw the construction of four sound stages which are now in use following accelerated planning permission.
Nick Smith and Ian Johnson, Joint Managing Directors, Shinfield Studios said "We are now well on our way to creating a world-leading media hub in the heart of Berkshire. The encouragement from Wokingham Borough Council, the University and the local community has been fantastic. We would like to thank all our partners who have supported our progress so far."
Shinfield Studios is part of Blackhall Global Partners.
Photo from left to right: Eoghan Murphy, Senior Project Manager, Curo Construction; Rob Gordon, Operations Director, Curo Construction; Ian Johnson, Joint Managing Director, Shinfield Studios; Darren Pettitt, Director/Founder, Curo Construction; Paul Inman, Pro-Vice-Chancellor (International), Reading University; Nick Smith, Joint Managing Director, Shinfield Studios; Cllr Rance; Cllr Frewin, Cllr Patman; Cllr Halsall; Dean Horne, Head of Studio Operations, Shinfield Studios.
Shinfield Studios receives full planning permission for major new film and TV studio complex.
Shinfield Studios, part of Blackhall Global Partners, has received full planning permission from Wokingham Borough Council to begin construction on a state-of-the-art studio facility, which will comprise 18 sound stages. Disney confirmed as first client.
University of Reading's 'Cine Valley' will support students, local jobs and UK growth
Shinfield Studios are proud to be a part of the 'Cine Valley' project, a new film and TV production hub in Shinfield, Berkshire, which will provide sustainable growth and help Britain's fast-growing creative industries.
Temporary Planning Approved for 4 stages and workshops
On the 24th March, 2021 Shinfield Studios received temporary planning consent from Wokingham Borough Council for 4 sound stages covering 74,000 sq ft and 4 workshops totalling 75,000 sq ft.
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Portugal > Tourism > North > Accommodation North > Viana do Castelo > The City
Municipality I Sport I Festivals I City of Viana do Castelo I Accommodation
Viana do Castelo lies in beautiful scenery, between the estuary of the River Lima and the sea and nestling against the Santa Luzia hill.
Crossed by winding streets and pictoresque squares, its many mansions, monuments and small palaces recall the importance it gained in the 15th century as a fishing centre and providing ships, sailors and navigators for the Portuguese maritime discoveries of the 16th century.
The city is like a living museum, with countless monuments and mansions of different periods and styles. But it is also the capital of the rich Minho folklore, with an important handicrafts industry and animated festivals
The small marina is close to the centre of the town just before the the old steel bridge built by Eiffel.
Sé Cathedral
The cathedral was built in the first half of the 15th C. and substantially altered in the 19th C. The two crenellated towers flanking the facade are Romanesque. The interior has fine polychrome wood carving, mainly 17th C.
Just north of the cathedral is the Praça da República, one of the most handsome squares in Portugal. At its heart is the much-photographed Chafariz Fountain, constructed in the 16th century, while the most impressive building on the square is the Church of the Misericórdia, a unique three-storey structure featuring Roman arches and Renaissance balconies. The town's parish church was begun by King João I in 1285 and completed in 1433. Dominated by a large Gothic arched portal, the façade is flanked by two battlemented towers, while the interior is emblazoned with an excellent "trompe-l'oeil" ceiling.
Antigos Paços do Concelho - The old town hall, the Antigos Paços do Concelho on the east side of the square, is an early 16th C. granite building, now used for exhibitions, where bread used to be sold in its arcades at street level.
S. António Church
Takes visitors up to the Santa Luzia Church
Santa Luzia Church
The Monte de Santa Luzia (250m/820ft) is about 5km/3mi northeast of Viana do Castelo, topped by its 19th C. Neo Byzantine church of Santa Luzia, a place of pilgrimage. It can be reached by foot, car and by a funicular which leaves from near the station. It is worth making the trip if only for the magnificent view.
Nossa Senhora da Agonia Chapel
Nossa Senhora da Agonia, the chapel of Our Lady in Sorrow, a place of pilgrimage approached by a Baroque flight of steps. Begun in the mid 18th century, the chapel did not have a belfry until the late 19th century. The festival of Senhora da Agonia takes place over three or four days near August 20 - One of Portugal's most distinctive festivals and pilgrimages, festival of regional dancing and singing and procession in regional costumes, bull running, carnival parade, fireworks.
Castelo de Sao Tiago da Barra
In the south corner of the broad Campo do Castelo, south of the chapel, is the Castelo de Sao Tiago da Barra, built in the 16th C. to defend the harbour. The two towers were added in the 18th Century.
Municipal Museum
The municipal museum diagonally opposite the Igreja de Sao Domingos is housed in the 18th C. mansion of the Barbarosa Macieis family, and has displays of furniture from Portuguese India (17th C.) and Moorish Spain, as well as an important collection of 18th C. Portuguese glazed earthenware.
North along the Rua C. dos Reis is the present town hall, the Câmara Municipal, a mansion begun in the 16th C. and completely remodeled in the 18th C.
Pousada Viana do Castelo
From this Pousada guests can enjoy the view of one of the vast and beautiful landscapes of our country, the city of Viana do Castelo and the sea. Its surrounding gardens and woods, the magnificent swimming pool and the peaceful place where the Pousada is set, allow guests an invigorating tranquility.


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Movie review: 'Pieces of a Woman' a raw,…
Movie review: 'Pieces of a Woman' a raw, ragged study of loss
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Vanessa Kirby portrays a woman grappling with the loss of her first child during a homebirth, in a scene from "Pieces of a Woman."
By Jeannette Catsoulis | The New York Times
January 7, 2021 at 12:00 p.m.
There are two remarkable scenes in "Pieces of a Woman," though the first — an almost 30-minute, largely unbroken opening shot of a home birth — seems set to divert critical attention from the second.
That scene, arriving about halfway through the movie, feels at least as radical and courageous as its precedent. In it, we see the central couple, Martha and Sean (Vanessa Kirby and Shia LaBeouf), try to have sex. Both are grieving the death of their child; but while Martha has turned inward, Sean is reaching out with visible aggression.
The tussle teeters on the verge of force; what deflects that impression is our knowledge of the couple's closeness (beautifully established in the opening scene) and Kirby's intensely physical performance. Using chiefly body language, she conveys Martha's desperate need to match her husband's desire, to feel something other than emptiness. It would be regrettable, therefore, if the current allegations of abuse against LaBeouf were to distract from her skill.
Piercing an intimate, natural tone with almost soapy slivers of melodrama, "Pieces of a Woman" comes close to wringing you out. The English-language debut of Hungarian director Kornel Mundruczo (best known for his jaw-dropping 2015 drama, "White God"), the movie doesn't always gel: The couple's pursuit of legal action against their seemingly blameless midwife (Molly Parker) feels at odds with the movie's dense emotionalism. Yet when everything clicks, the screenplay (by the director's wife, Kata Weber, drawing on memories of a similar experience) lucidly shows how an unimaginable loss can spark a cascade of atrophy.
As Sean, a construction worker in longtime recovery, LaBeouf lends a touching loneliness to a character who, driven by his wife's withdrawal, seeks connection and sensation elsewhere. Differences of class and upbringing rear into view, invigorated by Martha's wealthy mother (a magnificent Ellen Burstyn), a steel-spined Holocaust survivor. Family quarrels buzz around decisions that, in the wake of a devastating bereavement, mean nothing and everything: The disposition of the infant's remains, the spelling of her chosen name.
Other voices, though, are just white noise to Martha, who takes to the chilly Boston streets, alone save for Benjamin Loeb's gliding, compassionate camera. In a grocery store, she inhales the scent of an apple, later wrapping its tiny seeds in damp cotton and laying them tenderly in the refrigerator. It's a while before we learn why; yet Kirby (wonderful as the young Princess Margaret in the Netflix series "The Crown") makes us feel Martha's agony so keenly that details scarcely matter. The film's focus on the physical — the way her body continues to leak postpartum fluids; how she flinches when friends move to touch her — is so relentless that it becomes the narrative.
Set over eight harrowing months, "Pieces of a Woman" is a ragged, mesmerizing study of rupture and reconstruction. The ending is ill-judged, but the movie understands that while we love in common, we grieve alone.
Rated: R for tastefully explicit birthing.
Running time: 2 hours 6 minute
Watch: Netflix
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Q: How to debug a Python segmentation fault? How can I debug a Python segmentation fault?
We are trying to run our python code on SuSE 12.3. We get reproducible segmentation faults. The python code has been working on other platforms without segmentation faults, for years.
We only code Python, no C extension ....
What is the best way to debug this? I know a bit ansi c, but that was ten years ago ....
Python 2.7.5
Update
The segmentation fault happens on interpreter shutdown.
I can run the script several times:
python -m pdb myscript.py arg1 arg1
continue
run
continue
run

But the segmentation faults happen, if I leave the pdb with ctrl-d.
Update 2
I now try to debug it with gdb:
gdb
> file python
> run myscript.py arg1 arg2
Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
[Switching to Thread 0x7fffefbe2700 (LWP 15483)]
0x00007ffff7aef93c in PyEval_EvalFrameEx () from /usr/lib64/libpython2.7.so.1.0
(gdb) bt
#0  0x00007ffff7aef93c in PyEval_EvalFrameEx () from /usr/lib64/libpython2.7.so.1.0
#1  0x00007ffff7af5303 in PyEval_EvalCodeEx () from /usr/lib64/libpython2.7.so.1.0
#2  0x00007ffff7adc858 in ?? () from /usr/lib64/libpython2.7.so.1.0
#3  0x00007ffff7ad840d in PyObject_Call () from /usr/lib64/libpython2.7.so.1.0
#4  0x00007ffff7af1082 in PyEval_EvalFrameEx () from /usr/lib64/libpython2.7.so.1.0
#5  0x00007ffff7af233d in PyEval_EvalFrameEx () from /usr/lib64/libpython2.7.so.1.0
#6  0x00007ffff7af233d in PyEval_EvalFrameEx () from /usr/lib64/libpython2.7.so.1.0
#7  0x00007ffff7af5303 in PyEval_EvalCodeEx () from /usr/lib64/libpython2.7.so.1.0
#8  0x00007ffff7adc5b6 in ?? () from /usr/lib64/libpython2.7.so.1.0
#9  0x00007ffff7ad840d in PyObject_Call () from /usr/lib64/libpython2.7.so.1.0
#10 0x00007ffff7ad9171 in ?? () from /usr/lib64/libpython2.7.so.1.0
#11 0x00007ffff7ad840d in PyObject_Call () from /usr/lib64/libpython2.7.so.1.0
#12 0x00007ffff7aeeb62 in PyEval_CallObjectWithKeywords () from /usr/lib64/libpython2.7.so.1.0
#13 0x00007ffff7acc757 in ?? () from /usr/lib64/libpython2.7.so.1.0
#14 0x00007ffff7828e0f in start_thread () from /lib64/libpthread.so.0
#15 0x00007ffff755c7dd in clone () from /lib64/libc.so.6

Update 3
I installed gdbinit from http://hg.python.org/cpython/file/default/Misc/gdbinit
and the debugging symbols from http://download.opensuse.org/debug/distribution/12.3/repo/oss/suse/x86_64/
(gdb) pystack
No symbol "_PyUnicode_AsString" in current context.

What now?
Update 4
We installed the a new RPM (python-2.7.5-3.1.x86_64). We get less segfaults, but they still happen.
Here is the link to repository:
http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/devel:/languages:/python:/Factory/openSUSE_12.3/x86_64/
Update 5
Solved my initial problem:
It was http://bugs.python.org/issue1856 (shutdown (exit) can hang or segfault with daemon threads running)
Related: Detect Interpreter shut down in daemon thread

A: Maybe there is a daemon thread running? There is a reproduceable bug, which was fixed only for 3.x, but not for 2.x:
http://bugs.python.org/issue1856:
shutdown (exit) can hang or segfault with daemon threads running

This is the answer to my own question. It took some time to find the root of the problem.
Here is the next question: How to code around this bug: Detect Interpreter shut down in daemon thread

A: You can do this with faulthandler as mentioned. E.g.
import faulthandler; faulthandler.enable()

Just add this line near your import statement and run the code. It will help to debug you or will try to show you nearest line in your code which caused the segmentation fault. Then you can make changes wherever required.

A: I got to this question because of the Segmentation fault, but not on exit, just in general, and I found that nothing else helped as effectively as faulthandler. It's part of Python 3.3, and you can install in 2.7 using pip.

A: tl;dr for python3 users.
Firstly, from the docs:

faulthandler is a builtin module since Python 3.3

Code usage:
import faulthandler

faulthandler.enable()
// bad code goes here

Shell usage:
$ python3 -q -X faulthandler
>>> /// bad cod goes here

A: If you're executing nothing but Python code (even through your imported third party modules), than a segfault probably means there's a bug in the interpreter or one of its builtin C modules.
You can either build CPython and try to debug it yourself, or try to produce the smallest script which reproduces the crash and file an issue.

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According to a recent SEC filing, MyGnar, the company behind GNARBOX, has raised $4.1M in additional funding. MyGnar was founded by Patrick McGuire, Tim Feess, and Will Africano in 2015 and has now raised a total of $12.5M in funding over two rounds. The filing indicates that there were two participants in the round and that the total filing is for $12M.


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Center Grove suspects to undergo psych evaluations
Tests on plot suspects ordered:
3 of the four suspects in the Center Grove High plot are being ordered to undergo psychiatric evaluations. It sounds like their respective attorneys are going for the "my client is retarded" defense…
Their lawyers told the magistrate the boys had mental and emotional difficulties. Also, each attorney said Center Grove administrators did not expel his client, allowing the three boys to continue their public education.
They have mental difficulties but yet they were smart enough to do this…
Parts of the freshman boys' plan were outlined in a prioritized written list, documents said. Assignments included obtaining weapons and a getaway car, and freeing a list of preferred students from those taken hostage at a rally for the boys basketball team March 3.
Nice try there Johnnie Cochran. "If my client's retarded than he must be pardoned."
I'm not buying the motive either…
One motive for the plot was bullying by athletes against less physically gifted students, court documents said.
Then how does that relate to this…
Sheriff's deputies later were told that one boy, designated the ringleader, planned to kill his parents before carrying out the takeover of the school and its 2,250 students for a ransom of $4 million to $6 million.
Still no word on whether they will be tried as adults. Their next court appearance is scheduled for April 4th.
Categories: Crime, Trench Report•Tags: Center Grove High School, school shooting plot•
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Every organisation has a different requirement. We try to understand these requirements so that ICT initiatives can be used to provide the maximum benefit.
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Dr. Robitaille is a native of Montreal, Canada. She graduated from Barry University, School of Podiatric Medicine in Miami, FL with honors. Dr. Robitaille completed extensive foot and ankle surgical training at Emory Northlake Hospital in Atlanta, GA.
Dr. Robitaille is a member of the American College of Foot & Ankle Surgeons and is a faculty member of the prestigious Podiatry Institute. She speaks and lectures across the country on foot & ankle pathology and treatment.
Dr. Robitaille is an avid runner and enjoys the great outdoors. Dr. Robitaille grew up in Montreal, Canada with five brothers and sisters, one of which is Dr. Robitaille's twin sister Melinda. Dr. Robitaille's parents were musicians practicing in the Montreal Symphony orchestra, so she grew up with a strong love for classical music.


Following on from our tours of the Library at the Dock, and RMIT's AMP Centre discussed in this post, we visited, along with a small group of Education staff, the RMIT FabShop (short for Fabrication Workshop) at the Brunswick Campus. For those of you who haven't heard of Fabrication Workshops before, otherwise known as Maker Labs or Maker Spaces, they are physical community sites often found in public libraries, council-funded spaces or schools, that provide both the space and tools, such as laser cutters, high-end 3D printers and wood-making tools, that allow "makers" to complete projects that they wouldn't be able to do at home. Those using the spaces are also encouraged to help others in their pursuits so that knowledge and resources are shared. For more information on Fabrication Workshops or Makerspaces, see this article in Educause "7 Things you should know about Makerspaces".
The FabShop at Brunswick boasts an impressive array of machines, tools, and equipment for use by Fashion and Textiles students. We were met by Sahra Stolz the lab manager and technician who showed us around. The collection includes a wet space designed for clay, resin, plaster and paint, a dry construction space for woodworking and model making, a vacuum former, a large room-sized contraption identified to our mystified eyes as a Gerber machine used for bulk cutting multiple layers of fabric to a CAD file, and open workbenches for cutting material or other creative activities. Most discussion however, centred around the use of the 2D laser cutter which is heavily used by students, and the 3D printers, whimsically named Sally, Jessy and Raphael, which are conspicuously under-utilised. Sahra told us that the 3D printers could be used by Fashion and Textiles students to make heels for shoes, jewellery, buttons and so on. In Education, the staff were intrigued by how students might use the 3D printers for Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) subjects.
Conversation outside of the workshop tour focused on the gap between the eagerness to use the 3D printers, and the practicality of actually doing so. This gap, potentially inherent as a limiting factor in the uptake of these new technologies and processes, is the lack of knowledge about HOW to use the technology. In the case of 3D printing, a lack of widespread skill in 3D modelling currently limits the use of the available technology at RMIT.
Having identified this gap, a quick poll of all present revealed that we were collectively aware of resources we could use to build our knowledge, but not of any 'expert' who could hold our hand through the fraught process of gaining that skill. This inspired the idea of running a collaborative learning 'hackathon' where anyone who is interested in learning how to model in 3D gathers together to work through selected self-directed resources towards an identified goal, helping each other in the learning process along the way. This partially structured, DIY style group learning has the potential to rapidly develop skills and learning networks in fast moving knowledge areas such as technology, and fits very snugly into the ethos of the maker culture.
We're currently in the process of developing the framework for the event, scheduled for November, but if you're interested in being involved, please get in touch with either of us.


Researchers from New Zealand's University of Otago have uncovered evidence that sugar has a direct effect on risk factors for heart disease, and is likely to impact on blood pressure, independent of weight gain.
The team conducted a review of all international studies that compared the effects of higher versus lower added sugar consumption on blood pressure, blood triglycerides (fat) and blood cholesterol, important cardiovascular risk factors.
They located dietary trials published between 1965 and 2013, comparing diets where the only intended differences were the amount of sugars and non-sugar carbohydrates consumed by the participants, and which measured the effects of these diets on lipids and blood pressure. They found 37 trials reporting effects on lipids and 12 reporting effects on blood pressure. The findings from the individual trials were then pooled to determine the overall effects from all the studies.
The analysis confirmed that sugars contribute to cardiovascular risk, independent of the effect of sugars on body weight.
Although the effects of sugars on blood pressure and blood lipids are relatively modest, the findings support current public health recommendations to reduce added sugar as a means of reducing the risk of cardiovascular disease.
The study findings suggest that our bodies handle sugar differently to other types of carbohydrates.
The researchers also found that if their analysis excluded the trials funded by the food/sugar industry, there were larger effects of sugar on blood lipids and blood pressure.
While there is still a need for further longer-term well-powered studies looking at the effects of sugars on various health outcomes, it is becoming increasingly difficult for the food industry to continue to claim that liberal sugar consumption is risk free.
Source: American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2014.


1.1 Every day, End Child Poverty members see the real impacts that poverty has on the daily lives of children today. Low income affects direct measures of children's well-being and development, including their cognitive ability, achievement and engagement in school, anxiety levels and behaviour.
1.2 The End Child Poverty coalition comprises over 100 UK organisations and exists to hold the Government, and all main political parties, to account for their commitment to eradicate child poverty in the UK. With child poverty set to rise in coming years, it is now more important than ever to take action to achieve this goal.
1.3 As set out in this briefing, the End Child Poverty Coalition is concerned that not only will many of the policies set out in the Welfare Reform and Work Bill increase child poverty, but that by repealing the Child Poverty Act, the Government is set on a course which will reduce our understanding of child poverty and the emphasis placed on eliminating it.
2.1 Independent projections from the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) show clearly that the falls in child poverty rates seen at the beginning of this century risk being reversed. The latest official figures, for 2013/14, changed little on the previous year, but the likely upward trajectory for child poverty is clear. The most recent IFS projections, produced prior to the 2015 summer budget, suggest that, by 2020/21, 3.0 million children will be in relative poverty before housing costs, and 4.3 million after housing costs. They project that absolute poverty will stand at 3.5 million and 4.7 million before and after housing costs respectively. This would represent an increase of around 0.7 million in relative child poverty and an increase of over a million in absolute child poverty, when compared with the 2010/11 baseline established in the Child Poverty Act.
3.2 Figure 2 below shows the loss to a couple with three children earning £400 per week (assuming no Housing Benefit entitlement) as a result of the introduction of a four year benefit freeze, based on OBR inflationary forecasts . By 2020 the loss amounts to £34.20 per week for a typical low income working family compared to support rising in line with costs of living. A similar family with no earnings would lose £36.75 by the same point. Note – this is only the impact of benefit freezes, other losses such as the removal of the family element of CTC are not included.
Firstly, deductions from benefits and tax credits mean that low income families with children keep very little of any gain in earnings (under Universal Credit two thirds of any net income gain for a low income working family is deducted from Universal Credit entitlement).
A two parent, three child family with one earner working 30 hours a week at £9/hour would lose almost half their entitlement to tax credits if they were making a claim with the new rules fully implemented (as they will be by April 2017).
At present, they'd be entitled to £10,541 a year; under the new rules, they'd be entitled to £5,449 a year – a loss of £5,092.
4.1 Poverty robs children of the childhoods they deserve, often missing out on events most of us take for granted. They miss school trips; cannot invite friends round for tea; and cannot afford a one-week holiday away from home. Children in poverty are more likely to live in bad housing, more likely to die at birth or in infancy, and more likely to suffer chronic illness in childhood, or to have a disability.
4.3 Child poverty also imposes social and economic costs. Some of these are linked to reduced life chances – such as tax receipts lost to government as a result of people earning less, having grown up in poverty - but there are also the 'fallout costs' of child poverty, such as personal social services, school education, and police and criminal justice. Research by the Centre for Research in Social Policy at Loughborough University estimates that child poverty cost £29 billion in 2013 in financial terms alone.
Clauses 1-4 of the Welfare Reform and Work Bill introduce new reporting obligations on full employment, apprenticeships, troubled families, and workless households and educational attainment respectively. Clauses 5-6 change the Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission to the Social Mobility Commission and repeal the bulk of the Child Poverty Act 2010.
5.1 The proposed new life chances measures – though valuable in themselves – amount, on their own, to not measuring poverty at all. Educational attainment and worklessness, in particular, are relevant indicators that are linked to child poverty, but they are far from sufficient. In particular, two-thirds of children in poverty live in households where there is someone in work. Removing existing targets and replacing them with measures that ignore the increasing reality of in-work poverty will not get to the heart of understanding child poverty in the UK.
5.2 Furthermore, these new measures are simply reporting requirements, and do not provide any accompanying targets. If these measures are to have any significance, then they must have targets attached to drive action and for the purpose of accountability.
5.3 The government has stopped talking about child poverty. By removing the child poverty remit from the existing Commission, the government is depriving itself of a source of expert advice and information. By renaming the Child Poverty Act (to the Life Chances Act), the government is sending out the message that it doesn't care about child poverty, even as it rises to levels not seen for a generation.
'Even if we are not destitute, we still experience poverty if we cannot afford things that society regards as essential. The fact that we do not suffer the conditions of a hundred years ago is irrelevant.
6.2 Child poverty measurement is about operationalising this understanding – one which the Prime Minister well understood less than a decade ago. To achieve this, there is no perfect measure, but it is clear that income needs to be at the core. Instead of supplementing the measures that drive policy from 'not just income', the government is proposing to measure 'everything but income'.
6.3 The measures in the existing Child Poverty Act are the subject of years of deep thinking and serious research. In 2003, the Treasury conducted an extensive exercise to find appropriate measures, leading to a 'tiered approach', in which a suite of measures were used to try and capture an understanding of the extent of poverty. This later led to the four measures in the Act, which recognise both relative and absolute poverty, material deprivation, and the damage that persistent poverty can do to life chances. The recent recession underlined the need for the full suite of measures, rather than focusing on any single measure of child poverty.
6.4 This understanding should be built upon. When the previous government consulted on changing poverty measurement in 2013, a range of experts argued against doing so lightly. The Royal Statistical Society described the existing relative measure as 'the product of valid social science procedure', arguing that 'any replacement would need to be subject to the same degree of rigour, including a robust process of consultation'.  Given that the vast majority (97%) of respondents to that 2013 consultation believed that all the targets under the Child Poverty Act should be retained, and that the proposals in the Bill are not the product of any published research, that criterion does not appear to have been met.
7.1 Taken together, the proposals in the Welfare Reform and Work Bill will increase the number of children in poverty. They also remove targets to end child poverty, which will lead to a loss of focus and expertise within government on tackling child poverty. This can only obscure what is happening to poverty by foregrounding other indicators that do not capture the importance of income on children's well-being or the prevalence of in-work poverty.
7.2 For the sake of a whole generation of children, it is vital that the government reconsiders, and renews the commitment made by David Cameron in 2006: 'I want this message to go out loud and clear: the Conservative Party recognises, will measure and will act on relative poverty'.
7.3 It would be a huge set back if the child poverty measures captured in the Chid Poverty Act 2010 – which had cross party agreement – were removed. We would urge the Government to keep the Child Poverty Act with amendments to the existing target dates. Clauses 5 and 6 should be deleted from the Bill because child poverty is a sad reality for millions of children in the UK, including those with a parent in work.


n. A hatch in the hull of a ship through which a cannon is fired.
To the south-east the squadron could be seen standing out to sea, stern-lanterns and gunports brilliant, in line ahead on the starboard tack: and beyond the ships, well beyond them, the steadily repeated flash of the Bowhead light.
Every other gun of the starboard batteries was fired, directly at the French gunports, then, while swivels, slingpieces, and other smaller ordnance swept the decks from rails to both castles and fighting-tops, with arquebusiers and archers adding their ounces of lead and feathered shafts to the deadly sleet, brawny arms whirled the grapnels about to gain momentum, then hurled them across the narrow space to thud onto decks and sink their points deeply into rails and coamings, ladders and woodwork.
Every other gun of the starboard batteries was fired, directly at the French gunports, then, while swivels, sling pieces, and other smaller ordnance swept the decks from rails to both castles and fighting-tops, with arquebusiers and archers adding their ounces of lead and feathered shafts to the deadly sleet, brawny arms whirled the grapnels about to gain momentum, then hurled them across the narrow space to thud onto decks and sink their points deeply into rails and coamings, ladders and woodwork.
Walid Pasha saw desperate seamen, some of them with fresh, bleeding wounds, casting themselves out of the open gunports of the French ship, he breathed a long sigh of relief.
They were escorted by a naval brig that, in the absence of enemies, had its gunports closed.
The building was featureless save for a row of gunports near the top of the walls.
Mostly the newcomers seemed bored with it all and quickly gravitated into their own little clump at one end of the room, where a floor-to-ceiling tapestry revealed the glorious history of Veck while hiding the gunports behind which a dozen household troops supervised the gathering.
Halfway between stern and mainmast, thick billows of smoke poured from one or more of the starboard gunports, obscuring at least half of the ports and probably making proper gun-laying an impossibility.
What he saw were two gunports opening, and twin heavy-duty phaser cannons snapped into view.
It was at that moment that the gunports all along the port side opened and the bronzen muzzles of the culverins emerged to grin of death and dismemberment at the islanders on the boats.
Men ran on its deck, and gunports lifted, but the American lugger was seething past the brigs unarmed counter and Sharpe saw the dirty white blossom of gunsmoke as the small broadside was poured, at pistol-shot length, into the British ship.
The only damage sustained in the opening stage of the battle came from a shell of Cumberland that shattered vrlrginia's anchor chain and drove it back through a gunport, killing one man and wounding several others.
Phaedra seemed to be sailing as close to the wind as she dared, so that her braced yards and bulging sails appeared to be almost fore-and-aft, thrusting her over, the sea boiling around her gunports and deluging the bare-backed seamen until their canned bodies shone like crude statuary.
He made to shout a reply, but instinctively ducked as a broadside from Arkansas smashed into Carondelet and rolled her over on a twenty-degree angle that allowed water to rush through the gunports onto the deck.
Instead, they had removed the power busses and data couplings, dogged the gunports from the inside, then welded them from outside.


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Happy Hunters (Note: Incomplete)
Article about fame and fortune in the Cut era.
Author: Peter Castro, Who Magazine.
Date: 26 October 1992.
Original URL: N/A.
Who needs America when you're the coolest platinum pub band in Australia?
Mark Seymour has devoured a large plate of penne in less than two minutes. His Hunters & Collectors bandmates, bassist John Archer and keyboardist Jeremy Smith, sit in quiet disbelief as the stony-faced lead singer continues his wolfing at the Melbourne cafe where they're having lunch. "I eat very quickly," says Seymour, moments before ordering another serving of the same dish, which he'll consume with equal fervour. "I always have."
These days, Seymour, 36, is digesting more than pasta. Hunters & Collectors' new album, Cut, has just hit the stores. But the platinum-proven band, one of Australia's longest-running and most successful rock groups, has failed to make it overseas, which leaves them baffled.
Particularly when their pop peers INXS, Midnight Oil and Crowded House – which happens to feature Mark's younger brother, Nick, on bass – have successfully made the crossover. "I don't know why we haven't made it over there," says Mark. "I mean, I don't care that we haven't, but I think it's a source of acute embarrassment [to our label, Mushroom Records]."
"It's frustrating," says Mushroom's managing director, Michael Gudinski. "Sometimes the best bands take a long time. Some of Australia's biggest performers never made it overseas – just look at John Farnham. The Hunters are one of the biggest acts I've got. I love this band. They kill. They're safe as pie with us."
Still, overseas indifference has managed to cast minor doubts on the band's future. We all speculate about what might happen after Cut goes as far as it can go," says Seymour, sitting in the living room of his cold and cluttered mid-renovation St Kilda flat. "One possible scenario is that we might break up, which would be really predictable.
***It appears there is meant to be more to this article***
"Our fans have been absolutely fundamental in why we've stayed together," says Mark Seymour during a reflective moment at home in his St Kilda flat. "They remind us of the power of what we do."
"Mark's a great spokesperson, says keyboard player Jeremy Smith (far right), with Seymour (left) and bassist John Archer. "But sometimes I wonder if it's perceived as his band or a whole band together."


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Ch. 144: The [Extreme] Wizards
Yoori: "Huh? Are you sure that you want to accept that request so easily?"
Yoori panicked as he heard Igni's reply beside him.
Igni: "Yeah, it should be fine. I haven't fought with a Dragon before, but…..I should be able to win."
It was unfounded confidence……..but not entirely.
Igni has not fought against the [Strongest] creatures, Dragons, but he has fought against the [Demon King's] Weaponized strongest creatures, the Dragon Zombie and Skull Dragon, and both were <completely below his level>.
So Igni suspected that actual Dragons who acted as the base would not give him too much trouble.
Alicia: "Really? Then I'll speak with the elders. With Igni, we can significantly reduce the casualties."
With uplifted spirits, Alicia spoke cheerfully.
But watching her from the side, Elena interrupted.
Elena: "Ummm, I know that Igni is strong but…..is he that strong?"
Alicia: "Of course. He beat Sister Celia afterall."
And Alicia's smile widened ear to ear speaking the words.
She was proud of the fact as if it was her own story.
Elena: "What? Really?" In startled astonishment, Elena looked back at Igni.
Igni felt himself almost nodd, but he silently let the moment pass.
He promised Celia that the outcome of that battle would not be shared to anyone.
But Alicia made no such agreement with Celia.
Alicia: "It's true. I witnessed the whole thing."
Elena: "Huh? A Wizard beat a Magician? That can happen??" With burning interest, Elena posed the question to Igni, but Igni shook his head.
Igni: "No, I'm a Magician too." Elena: "REALLY?!"
Elena stood from her chair with a cry of surprise.
Suddenly shouting like that, everyone's attention in the cafe was drawn to them momentarily.
Elena, a little embarrassed, sat back down quietly.
Elena: "BーBut, is it really okay to accept Alicia's request…….that easily? Really?" Igni: "Yeah, that's fine. Alicia has helped me out a lot in the past."
Igni knows Alicia's background. He understands her past pains and hurts.
And he also knows that she has accepted all of that and has surrendered to her fate.
In that case, Igni wanted to help her if any opportunities came up, and he did not see this as a harmful gesture.
If it will alleviate Alicia's pain for even a little bit, it was natural for Igni to step up ー especially if the request came from Alicia herself.
Elena: "But Allieーーif we pull in Igni here, we will jeopardize the elders' reputation."
Alicia: "What are you saying? Of course it won't."
A sly smile crossed Alicia's face as she laughed.
Never seeing such an expression on her younger sister's face, Elena drew back slightly.
Alicia: "Sister, you'll also recommend that Igni should go too."
That's when Elena realized.
Alicia, who was dead inside when residing at the castle, was now nothing like her previous self.
And that the Alicia she saw now, was probably Alicia's true self.
[Right now, I cannot leave Lady Rose's side, so please excuse me for attending in this manner.]
The water shaped into a human form and sat in a seat around the circular table.
The shape was so close to human that you could have mistaken her for being there in person. Her movements were so precise with even her habits reflected in the replica, that only an [Extreme] could have done this.
Hence, that is why only Floria, the [Extreme] of [Water] could perform such a feat.
Clara, the guardian [Extreme] of the Elves, answered her back.
"Hm? Is Floria the last to join us?" And the sole man in that group looked around as Floria arrived.
"Then let's begin the meeting, shall we?" The man with the title of [Ultimate Light], the [Extreme] of [Light] spoke, and all 5 who were there nodded.
Lucas: "The only one absent is [Earth], but I needed them to protect the Kingdom."
Clara: "That……is best. The Empire…and the Kingdom…..are both targeted……right now."
Celia: "Hmph. You make it sound as though I abandoned the Empire then."
Lucas: "That is why I brought Igni to the Empire. Do not fret."
Celia: "........I know that. But I'm still not satisfied. Igni is finally visiting the Empire, and I'm unable to see him."
And the one who is grumbling is the [Extreme] of [Life].
Being adept with close-range combat, her armor clanked as she spoke.
Clara: "This….is our job….Celia."
Celia shrugged in silence at her Master's words.
Lucas: "It has been a while since we last met. I'm sure there are many things to discuss, but today, there are 2 main topics. 1 is pertaining to the [Demon King] that Abyss spoke about. It is about the possibility of another enemy that will threaten the entirety of humanity."
Celia: "You mean, there will be more?" Celia grumbled in disbelief.
Celia: "To be honest, I already have my hands full."
Clara: "......I….also……believe what….Abyss said…..is foolishness…."
Added Clara.
Floria: "Besides, there are many individuals that would rival the [Demon King] in this day and age. Abyss always had a few screws loose….are you sure that he did not just complete lose it pursuing the [Demon King's] power?" Floria added last.
Lucas sighed deeply at the 3 [Extreme]'s words.
Lucas: "I also think so too. But there is nothing lost in being on the alert. Those are my thoughts."
And the [Extreme] of [Wind] did not speak up until now.
"Uh, oh, but, I mean….!"
Not realizing that everyone would turn their attention to her for her opinion, she hurriedly scrambled to come up with some words.
"IーI, IーI think so too! Alert! Yes, being cautious is good! Is what I think!"
But Celia let out a deep, disappointed sigh.
Celia: "You can do so because the Kingdom has 3 [Extremes]. The Empire is just me, you know? Things are calm right now, but……we can't say that it will remain like that going forward."
Clara: "Celia…….an [Extreme].....should never……complain…."
Celia: "Master, even if you say so, the Empire is massive."
Clara: "Other…..nations…..do not even…..have a single…..Magician…..after all."
Clara quietly reasoned with Celia.
Lucas: "Hmm, well, discussing this any further won't get us out of the realm of conjecture. The next discussion is our main topic."
Floria: ".........is it about the [Transgressors]?"
Floria's water doll mumbled the words quietly, and Lucas nodded.
The greatest criminals, who, even while being Magicians, have turned against humanity.
Lucas: "Yes. Now that the Magic Corruption from the [Demon King's Realm] has stopped expanding, their energy will sooner or later be turned against us. There is no doubt about that."
Floria: "We are also going around suppressing their activities…….but it is difficult dealing with everything they throw at us."
Floria let out a groan.
There was no way the two of them could hold down the [Transgressors] who resided in between the no man's land between humanity's territory and the [Demon King's Realm].
And besides, their main objective is the cleansing of the [Demon King's Realm].
It is not to capture criminals.
Lucas: "We are in need of more help. We need more Magicians."
Clara: "What….about………Igni?"
The 5 fall silent at Clara's words.
Lucas: "He has strength. But lacks <experience>."
Lucas was the first to comment.
Lucas: "He lacks the experience and merit to become an [Extreme]."
Clara: "He……caught Abyss. A fought with an [Extreme].....who transformed into a [Transgressor]......and captured him alive. …..that enough…..should suffice."
Lucas: "That thing's goal was the abduction of the [Demon King's daughter]. He <hadn't> fully turned his fangs against humanity."
Clara searched for her words, but finding reason in Lucas' words, she fell silent again.
Lucas: "He is still lacking…….to fill the empty seat of the [Extreme] of [Fire]."
Clara: "Then……we will have to…..wait and see."
Lucas: "Exactly."
Floria mumbled after Lucas' words.
Floria: "If Lady Rose can reach the realm of Magic……then maybe…."
Then the world's very first [Extreme] of [Holy] would be born.
But that is no easy feat.
There are those who are on the brink of Magic and remain there for years and sometimes decades.
Just like the [Gateway] Mira.
Celia: "But we have no time to just wait and hope for reinforcements. We will have to deal with the current situation with those who are close to reaching the [Extreme] realm and the present [Extremes]."
Floria: "That…….yes, you're right." Discouraged by Celia's words, Floria sagged her shoulders sadly.
Celia: "Especially now, when the [Transgressors] have declared war on the Kingdom and Empire."
With Celia's words, the [Extremes] all return to their present topic.
Those who oppose humanity are always human beings.
The meeting of the Magicians continued long into the night.


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EBRD brings successful Cyprus mission to a close
After six years of investments totalling approximately €600 million, the successful engagement of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) in Cyprus is coming to an end. As the Bank's mandate for Cyprus expires at the end of 2020 it will stop investing in any new projects on the island, but continue to manage an existing portfolio.
According to a statement, during its operations in Cyprus, through a combination of investment, policy dialogue and technical assistance, the Bank made a significant contribution to the stabilisation and recovery of the local economy, which was facing severe difficulties following the 2008 global financial crisis.
The EBRD invested in the banking sector, supported small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), engaged in policy reform and provided training and advisory services across the whole island for the benefit of both communities.
Odile Renaud-Basso , EBRD President, said: "The EBRD is proud to have supported the recovery of the Cypriot economy, working across the island and serving both communities. The Bank acted quickly to contribute to the country's stabilisation after a deep recession and strengthened its resilience to face future challenges. Cyprus was facing severe difficulties when we started working there six years ago, but I am very glad to see that since then, solid and sustainable growth has prevailed. I am confident that Cyprus will maintain this momentum and growth will rebound after the current coronavirus crisis."
The EBRD supported a more resilient financial sector, strengthening the capital base and restoring confidence in the banking sector via equity investments in two systemic banks – the Bank of Cyprus and Hellenic Bank. Through these investments, the EBRD actively supported successful restructuring and corporate governance standards in these two banks in order to boost the resilience of the whole financial sector and facilitate a broader economic recovery.
The EBRD promoted international integration of the financial sector, providing training and advice on trade finance to partner banks and local businesses through the Trade Facilitation Programme (TFP). Under the TFP, €340 million have been channelled to local banks in more than 600 transactions.
In the energy sector, the Bank supported an increase in renewable energy investments by financing the development, construction and operation of five solar power plants. It also provided a €80 million loan to the Natural Gas Infrastructure Company of Cyprus for the development of new infrastructure, allowing Cyprus to replace expensive and polluting heavy fuel oil with cleaner natural gas and to reduce the country's CO2 emissions by 10 per cent.
In November 2015, the EBRD launched its Advice for Small Businesses programme, which has since carried out more than 270 advisory projects for SMEs across the whole island. Additionally, hundreds of SMEs benefited from training and coaching programmes. Projects benefited from donor funding provided by the European Union, the European Regional Development Fund, the EU Aid Programme for the Turkish Cypriot community, Cyprus, and EU Programme Support Action (PSA).
The EBRD's work in Cyprus followed a decision by its Board of Governors in May 2014 in response to a request from the Cypriot authorities for a temporary engagement by the EBRD in the country. The Bank's aim was to invest on the island to support the country's economic adjustment programme.
Since then, there has been a remarkable turnaround in the economy. Solid growth from 2015 was accompanied by falling unemployment, careful management of public finances and progress in structural reforms in various sectors of the economy.
In May 2017, the EBRD held its Annual Meeting and Business Forum in Cyprus. In June 2017, the EBRD received an honorary award for its contributions to the economy of Cyprus from the Cyprus Investment Promotion Agency.
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Joshua Ramon and Stephanie Barrantes, both grade 12 students, have suffered from mental health issues. Now, they speak about mental health to kids in elementary as part of a project called Here 4 Peers. (JONATHAN HAYWARD / THE CANADIAN PRESS)
B.C. high school students who suffered in silence now helping others
Joshua Ramon and Stephanie Barrantes speak about mental health to kids in elementary school
May. 7, 2018 7:30 a.m.
At his lowest point in Grade 10, Joshua Ramos would walk the streets of his neighbourhood at midnight wearing headphones and wish for the music to drown out the dark thoughts that followed him everywhere.
At school, Ramos could barely make the effort to talk to anyone. Besides, he didn't have the words to describe the hopelessness that kept him silent.
"As soon as school was over I'd go home as fast as possible, go to my room and go to sleep," Ramos said, recalling the sinking feeling for which he had no name.
"I felt it was really draining to talk to other people and just be happy all the time," he said of increasingly isolating himself from parents, friends and teachers.
He'd banish thoughts of speaking to a counsellor at David Thompson Secondary School by telling himself he'd just be wasting someone's time, that his experience was "not really that serious."
Stephanie Barrantes, now also in Grade 12 at the same school, began fighting the demons in her mind when she was in Grade 8 by telling herself she was having a bad day — nearly every day.
"I would be walking to school and I would feel really overwhelmed and I would start crying so I wouldn't even go to school. When I was at school I would act as if my friends did something wrong but it was really me being scared. I was just mad at them and I didn't know why," she said.
Like Ramos, Barrantes was too afraid to talk about what they both would learn is called depression.
They also suffered from anxiety, and Barrantes had panic attacks, too.
Ramos finally opened up to a friend when the midnight walks became so routine that he knew something wasn't right. Barrantes confided to her mother after shrugging off questions and spoke to a school counsellor before seeking counselling outside of school.
Ramos and Barrantes now speak about mental health to Grade 7 students at elementary schools near their own school as part of a pilot project called Here 4 Peers, with training provided by a Vancouver Police Department facilitator.
Ashley Currie, a former youth worker, said she has trained about 70 students at three high schools in public speaking about depression, suicide and related topics.
The plan for the project, based on information from the Canadian Mental Health Association, is to expand training to every high school in the city over five years.
"A huge piece is that a lot of this depends on a really strong and dedicated adult mentor at the school," Currie said of the program funded by the Vancouver Police Foundation.
A school counsellor who Barrantes turned to for help takes on that task at David Thompson.
Barrantes said the training has helped her shed the shame of her depression.
"When people come to me and tell me, 'I don't know what's happening,' I say, 'It's OK, I've had it, too. I understand you.' "
Last week, she and Ramos also spoke at a youth-led mental health conference that attracted 250 students and educators from 18 schools in Vancouver.
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Three other gatherings, as part of a BC Children's Hospital initiative called Building Our Minds, have been held across the province, with funding from the Canucks for Kids Fund. A fifth conference was scheduled for Monday in Sechelt.
Fardous Hosseiny, national director of research and public policy at the Canadian Mental Health Association, said a national plan requiring all students to learn about mental health is needed to remove the stigma around issues such as depression, which is so prevalent among youth.
"Why don't we have education programs in schools to teach people about their emotions, their feelings, to understand what mental health is?"
He said that while some provinces provide limited mental-health education, they need to develop mandatory courses.
In British Columbia, mental health became a component of the physical and health education curriculum last year, but only for kindergarten to Grade 9 students.
The Education Ministry said the program will be expanded to Grades 10 to 12 starting next year.
Treatment wait times for children dealing with mental-health issues are longer than for adults, Hosseiny said, adding kids often reach a crisis point by the time they're assessed, with suicide a particular risk for those suffering in silence.
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It's nice to be nice. Agree? I really do.
I believe in an eye for an eye. In the same context, I truly believe if I'm nice to others, they will be nice to me too. Although I can't expect others to be nice to me all the time, I can always do my part to be nice to them.
A few days ago, I was on the level of low positive energy for quite some time. I was trying to find out why certain people can be so nasty. So I kept on reminding myself not to be as nasty. In the back of my mind, I believe in the end of the day, nastiness doesn't get you anywhere. People remember, especially all the nasty stuff you did and the nasty words you said.
Come to think of it, is there any difference between 'don't be nasty' and 'be nice'? Maybe yes, maybe no. Either way, I think it gets me nowhere if I keep on trying to find ways to reciprocate others' nastiness or get even or something towards that extent.
I will learn to shift my focus from 'don't be nasty' to 'just be nice' as much as I can! From now onwards, I'm gonna practice "it's nice to be nice!" It can be as simple as a polite nod or smile or just plain ol' "Thank you!"


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Living... in New York City in an apartment with his wife, Shelley. Though he seemingly spends most of his time with the members of the band Flight of the Concords, Bret and Jemaine. It's strictly business, you understand.
Profession... deputy cultural attaché at the New Zealand consulate, but that's just a day job. Murray sinks most of his time and passion into managing the Flight of the Conchords, although he has no idea how to manage a band. He likes trying to help his friends, but has arguably done more to harm the band than help it. Still, Murray is sincere in his desire to be a good band manager, and often at least helps to keep the band's spirits up.
Interests... Bret and Jemaine. Although he rarely actually helps his two friends in any capacity, Murray really enjoys spending time with them. He'll do anything that takes him away from his real job and wife.
Relationship Status... married to Shelley, at least according to Murray. His wife is never seen by any of Murray's friends but he does remain loyal to her. Murray feels that his duties as band manager extend into the realm of Bret and Jemaine's romantic relationships as well, often offering them advice on dating and inter-band politics. While obvious, his advice isn't always bad: "I've told you. When you are in a band, you don't get with your bandmate's girlfriend. Past or present."
Challenge... managing Flight of Conchords to the top, or at least not driving them further into the poorhouse. Murray's main struggle in life is to be half as competent as he is passionate. There's no doubt that he takes his position as band manager very seriously, devoting at least as much time to management as the band dedicates to their music. So far, alas, his efforts are mostly amateurish and ineffective. But hope springs eternal, especially for Murray.
Personality... extremely good-natured, but very dense. His inability to manage the band stems in part from his lack of knowledge about the world of music, and in part from his startling naivety. A frequent victim of internet scams, unscrupulous promoters, and anyone with half a brain, Murray has no business managing other people's lives. Still, despite his flaws, he is a good and loyal friend who truly believes in Bret and Jemaine.
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NGC 6888: The Crescent Nebula
Credit & Copyright: Tony Hallas
Explanation: NGC 6888, also known as the Crescent Nebula, is a cosmic bubble about 25 light-years across, blown by winds from its central, bright, massive star. This beautiful telescopic view combines a composite color image with narrow band data that isolates light from hydrogen and oxygen atoms in the wind-blown nebula. The oxygen atoms produce the blue-green hue that seems to enshroud the detailed folds and filaments. NGC 6888's central star is classified as a Wolf-Rayet star (WR 136). The star is shedding its outer envelope in a strong stellar wind, ejecting the equivalent of the Sun's mass every 10,000 years. The nebula's complex structures are likely the result of this strong wind interacting with material ejected in an earlier phase. Burning fuel at a prodigious rate and near the end of its stellar life this star should ultimately go out with a bang in a spectacular supernova explosion. Found in the nebula rich constellation Cygnus, NGC 6888 is about 5,000 light-years away.
Publications with keywords: NGC 6888 - Crescent Nebula - Wolf-Rayet star
Publications with words: NGC 6888 - Crescent Nebula - Wolf-Rayet star
Cygnus: Bubble and Crescent
NGC 2359: Thor s Helmet
Wolf Rayet Star 124: Stellar Wind Machine
Sharpless 308: The Dolphin Nebula
Thors Helmet Emission Nebula


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Momentum grows for NatGas as transportation fuel, Benge says
Published: September 17th, 2010
Published: 17-Sep-2010
Efforts to boost the use of natural gas as an alternative fuel in Oklahoma continue to gain momentum, House Speaker Chris Benge said this week, with business leaders showing increased interest in the issue.
"From a public policy standpoint, energy security is one of the top issues facing this country right now," said Benge, a Tulsa Republican. "It's clear that both Oklahoma's citizens and business leaders are embracing this idea and joining the effort to promote locally produced fuels like natural gas."
Benge, who will end his House career this winter, was a featured speaker at a Tulsa Metro Chamber event this week that focused on natural gas fuels and their benefit for Oklahoma. The event, held in conjunction with Apache Corp. and INCOG (Clean Cities), focused on the use of natural gas as an alternative fuel and the potential for greater expansion in the near future.
According to some estimates, the United States spends around $100 million per day on imported oil, including oil generated in regions that are hostile to Americans.
At the same time, it is estimated that a 100-year supply of natural gas is still available for production on this continent. And that supply is increasing thanks to successful technological advancements in horizontal drilling.
"When looking at alternative fuels, the no-brainer for Oklahoma is natural gas," Benge said. "It creates jobs in Oklahoma and provides greater energy security for the country."
In the past few years, Benge has made energy security at both the state and national level a focal point of his tenure as Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives. Under his leadership, state lawmakers have enacted policies that encourage the use of natural gas for vehicles and the installation of corresponding fueling infrastructure.
Officials at the Tulsa forum noted that the cost of installing natural gas fuel stations remains the biggest hurdle to making the fuel viable for most drivers.
That point was driven home by Castlen Kennedy, another speaker at the Tulsa forum. Kennedy, a native Houstonian pursuing her Dual Masters at the University of Texas at Austin, recently made the trip from Austin to Boston, Massachusetts in a compressed natural gas (CNG) vehicle. To make the trip over 10 days, she had to plot out the location of 15 public CNG fueling stations along the 2,500 mile route – no easy task.
However, Oklahoma's policies are making development of the fueling infrastructure much more feasible in this state.
"We want to be aggressive in building the network of fueling stations," Benge said. "As a result of Oklahoma's policies, there are currently around a dozen more natural gas fueling stations in the development pipeline."
Benge also authored the Oklahoma Energy Security Act this year, which set an alternative energy goal, including a goal of having one public natural gas fueling station located every 100 miles along the state's interstate system by the year 2015 and every 50 miles by 2025. Oklahoma is reportedly the only state with an alternative energy standard set specifically for natural gas.
During Kennedy's trip, she found the average cost of CNG was about 30 percent cheaper than gasoline, yet the fuel mileage of the vehicles was comparable.
Benge said that price advantage, along with the increased energy security, means natural gas will continue to be a major part of the national energy policy discussion.
"Everyone was really focused on this issue when gasoline was $4 per gallon," Benge said. "I don't want the public to forget we still have a real challenge ahead of us. Prices may have come down from a high of a couple of years ago, but we are still facing the need to address the nation's energy security."


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