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Jehoram Reigns in Judah
1 Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers and was buried with his fathers in the city of David, and Jehoram his son reigned in his place. (1Ki 22:50)
(1Ki 22:50)
 2 He had brothers, the sons of Jehoshaphat: Azariah, Jehiel, Zechariah, Azariah, Michael, and Shephatiah; all these were the sons of Jehoshaphat king of Israel.[1] (2Ch 24:5)
(2Ch 24:5)
 3 Their father gave them great gifts of silver, gold, and valuable possessions, together with fortified cities in Judah, but he gave the kingdom to Jehoram, because he was the firstborn. (2Ch 11:5)
 4 When Jehoram had ascended the throne of his father and was established, he killed all his brothers with the sword, and also some of the princes of Israel. (2Ch 21:2)
 5 Jehoram was thirty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem. (2Ki 8:17; 2Ch 21:20)
(2Ki 8:17; 2Ch 21:20)
 6 And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, as the house of Ahab had done, for the daughter of Ahab was his wife. And he did what was evil in the sight of the Lord. (1Ki 12:28; 1Ki 16:31; 2Ki 8:18; 2Ch 18:1)
(1Ki 12:28; 1Ki 16:31; 2Ki 8:18; 2Ch 18:1)
 7 Yet the Lord was not willing to destroy the house of David, because of the covenant that he had made with David, and since he had promised to give a lamp to him and to his sons forever. (2Sa 21:17; 1Ki 11:36)
(2Sa 21:17; 1Ki 11:36)
 8 In his days Edom revolted from the rule of Judah and set up a king of their own. (2Ch 21:10)
(2Ch 21:10)
 9 Then Jehoram passed over with his commanders and all his chariots, and he rose by night and struck the Edomites who had surrounded him and his chariot commanders. 10 So Edom revolted from the rule of Judah to this day. At that time Libnah also revolted from his rule, because he had forsaken the Lord, the God of his fathers. (2Ch 21:8)
 11 Moreover, he made high places in the hill country of Judah and led the inhabitants of Jerusalem into whoredom and made Judah go astray. (Ex 34:16; Le 17:7; Le 20:5)
(Ex 34:16; Le 17:7; Le 20:5)
 12 And a letter came to him from Elijah the prophet, saying, "Thus says the Lord, the God of David your father, 'Because you have not walked in the ways of Jehoshaphat your father, or in the ways of Asa king of Judah, (2Ch 14:2; 2Ch 17:3)
(2Ch 14:2; 2Ch 17:3)
 13 but have walked in the way of the kings of Israel and have enticed Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem into whoredom, as the house of Ahab led Israel into whoredom, and also you have killed your brothers, of your father's house, who were better than you, (1Ki 16:31; 2Ch 21:4; 2Ch 21:6; 2Ch 21:11)
(1Ki 16:31; 2Ch 21:4; 2Ch 21:6; 2Ch 21:11)
 14 behold, the Lord will bring a great plague on your people, your children, your wives, and all your possessions, 15 and you yourself will have a severe sickness with a disease of your bowels, until your bowels come out because of the disease, day by day.'" (2Ch 21:18)
 16 And the Lord stirred up against Jehoram the anger[2] of the Philistines and of the Arabians who are near the Ethiopians. (1Ki 11:14; 1Ki 11:23; 2Ch 17:11; 2Ch 22:1; 2Ch 26:7)
(1Ki 11:14; 1Ki 11:23; 2Ch 17:11; 2Ch 22:1; 2Ch 26:7)
 17 And they came up against Judah and invaded it and carried away all the possessions they found that belonged to the king's house, and also his sons and his wives, so that no son was left to him except Jehoahaz, his youngest son. (2Ch 22:6; 2Ch 25:23)
(2Ch 22:6; 2Ch 25:23)
 18 And after all this the Lord struck him in his bowels with an incurable disease. (2Ch 21:15)
 19 In the course of time, at the end of two years, his bowels came out because of the disease, and he died in great agony. His people made no fire in his honor, like the fires made for his fathers. (2Ch 16:14)
 20 He was thirty-two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem. And he departed with no one's regret. They buried him in the city of David, but not in the tombs of the kings. (2Ch 21:5; 2Ch 24:25; 2Ch 28:27; Jer 22:18)
(2Ch 21:5; 2Ch 24:25; 2Ch 28:27; Jer 22:18)
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Q: Validar se a string possui determinado caractere [JQUERY] Preciso receber de um input uma string por exemplo "Jose_Silva", como faço para validar se a string possui o "_" nela.

A: indexOf() - retorna a posição da primeira ocorrência de um valor especificado em uma string, caso contrário retorna -1.

var string = "Jose_Silva";
if (string.indexOf('_') > -1)
{
  console.log("contém");
}

Pode também usar o método includes do ES6

O método includes() determina se uma string pode ser encontrada dentro de outra string, retornando true ou false. O método includes() é case sensitive.

var str = 'Jose_Silva';

console.log(str.includes('_'));

A: Você pode usar expressões regulares,
if (/_/.test(minhaStringAProcurar)) {
    alert(minhaStringAProcurar + ' contém _');
}

que facilitam a manipulação de string (e a compreensão do código, uma vez que você se acostume a elas). Por exemplo, no caso de obter uma ocorrência de _ na sua string, você provavelmente vai manipulá-la, quebrá-la em partes, ou substituir o caracter por algo,
// Com esta linha abaixo, substituo em minhaStringAProcurar
// todas a ocorrências de _ por dólar, e atribuo o resultado
// de volta a minhaStringAProcurar.
minhaStringAProcurar = /_/gm.replace(minhaStringAProcurar, 'dólar')

Expressões regulares, como o nome diz, permite que você represente uma cadeia de caracteres em padrões de ocorrência na string bem definidas, com uma linguagem apropriada para isso. É um recurso poderoso, que pode poupar tempo de escrita de código consideravelmente:
var resultado = '';
var ocorrenciasDeTextoNoHollerith = /\w+/gm.match(hollerithOriginal)
for (var i = 0; i < ocorrenciasDeTextoNoHollerith.length; ++i) {
    if (resultado !== '') resultado += ', ';
    resultado += ocorrenciasDeTextoNoHolerith[i];
}
alert(resultado);

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What's the weight difference for the riders on Nubstep vs. Big Step.
Riders over 200-225 need to get the bigger one?
That said, we have another board that's made that's for the bigger riders, a board that's suited for those 220 riders and they've had a lot more success on that than my 4'6 nubstep.
I'm 6'3 320 and ride a big step. I love that board!
I am about 190 and I ride a Nubstep and kind of wish it was a little bigger, i find it easy to submarine the front of the board if you are not really careful.
I got my DW drone in a 4' 8" for that reason.
Can I try it out in about 10 days?
Drone is at 4-10. Would that work for riders around 225ish?
Is that a wider board?
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Imagine experiencing flu-like symptoms, a high fever, and then being rushed to hospital, onto to then be put into a medically-induced com and then suffer a heart attack - all because of a bacterial infection, caused by tampons. This was the reality for model Lauren Wasser when she was just 24.
After a week and a half, Wasser woke to severe burning in her feet as she had developed gangrene, the death of tissues in the body, and had no choice but to allow the amputation of her right leg below the knee.
Although her left heel and all five of her left toes were severely damaged and had to be removed, Wasser wrote in InStyle, she opted to keep the left leg, knowing she'd likely need an additional amputation around age 50, she told Cosmopolitan.com in June 2015.
This was all due to the development of Toxic Shock Syndrome, a bacterial infection that is caused by the staphylococcus aureus (staph) bacteria.
The bacteria release toxins into the bloodstream which cause symptoms of shock. The toxins can also damage organs and body tissue, which can cause death if left untreated. Health Direct report that TSS can affect anyone, though it is more common among women when they are menstruating, while changing tampons regularly is beneficial in many ways, it's important to note that there is no evidence that tampons cause TSS.
It is caused by bacteria. This winter, though, Wasser wrote in InStyle that she'd need to have her left leg amputated within the next few months due to an open ulcer and excruciating pain. Last week, Wasser posted a photo to Instagram suggesting her surgery would be sooner rather than later.
"Life is about to be so different, again!" she wrote in her caption. "I'm in great spirits though and ready for my next chapter."
On Monday, Wasser posted a post-operative update with similar messaging: Posing in her hospital bed next to surprise visitor, double amputee and paralympic snowboarder Amy Purdy, Wasser wrote: "Thank you for showing me that life is only going to get better and that I have so much life to live."
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*/

#ifndef SDL_mirwindow_h_
#define SDL_mirwindow_h_

#include "../SDL_sysvideo.h"
#include "SDL_syswm.h"

#include "SDL_mirvideo.h"

struct MIR_Window {
    SDL_Window* sdl_window;
    MIR_Data*   mir_data;

    MirWindow*  window;
    EGLSurface  egl_surface;
};

extern int
MIR_CreateWindow(_THIS, SDL_Window* window);

extern void
MIR_DestroyWindow(_THIS, SDL_Window* window);

extern void
MIR_SetWindowFullscreen(_THIS, SDL_Window* window,
                        SDL_VideoDisplay* display,
                        SDL_bool fullscreen);

extern void
MIR_MaximizeWindow(_THIS, SDL_Window* window);

extern void
MIR_MinimizeWindow(_THIS, SDL_Window* window);

extern void
MIR_RestoreWindow(_THIS, SDL_Window* window);

extern void
MIR_HideWindow(_THIS, SDL_Window* window);

extern SDL_bool
MIR_GetWindowWMInfo(_THIS, SDL_Window* window, SDL_SysWMinfo* info);

extern void
MIR_SetWindowSize(_THIS, SDL_Window* window);

extern void
MIR_SetWindowMinimumSize(_THIS, SDL_Window* window);

extern void
MIR_SetWindowMaximumSize(_THIS, SDL_Window* window);

extern void
MIR_SetWindowTitle(_THIS, SDL_Window* window);

extern void
MIR_SetWindowGrab(_THIS, SDL_Window* window, SDL_bool grabbed);

extern int
MIR_SetWindowGammaRamp(_THIS, SDL_Window* window, Uint16 const* ramp);

extern int
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The 2003 Melbourne Storm season was the 6th in the club's history. They competed in the NRL's 2003 Telstra Premiership and finished the regular season 5th  out of 15 teams, before reaching the semi-final where they were knocked out by Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs. It was Craig Bellamy's first season as head coach of the club.

Under new coach Craig Bellamy, the 2003 season for the Storm was one of regaining premiership credibility. Melbourne reached the finals for the first time since 2000 with evergreen Robbie Kearns and a confident Matt Orford showing the way.

A disappointing exit two weeks before the Grand Final was tempered by the rise of young Queenslanders Billy Slater and Cameron Smith. Unheard of at the start of 2003, the steady hooker and dummy-half Smith gave splendid service to Orford and his forwards. He was rewarded with a place in the Maroons Origin side and was unlucky to miss the Kangaroos train-on squad.

The silky and pacy moves of Slater in the centres and at fullback were attention getters for fans and keen judges of football talent alike. His debut season for the Storm realised a record 19 tries and talk of a big future in the game.

Season Summary
 Pre season – Melbourne are one of four clubs fined for salary cap breaches during the 2002 NRL season. Melbourne's fine is $66,698 relating to previous contracts.
 World Sevens – Storm participate in the return of Rugby League World Sevens, losing all three of their pool matches at Aussie Stadium.
 14 February – Stephen Kearney is appointed as Melbourne captain.
 20 February – Reports emerge former trackwork jockey Billy Slater has secured a spot in Melbourne's squad ahead of the 2003 season.
 27 February – Willie Leyshon announces his retirement from rugby league after a succession of serious knee injuries.
 5 March – A number of Sydney NRL clubs voice their opposition to the NRL's decision to grant salary cap concessions to Melbourne to help support relocated players.
 12 March – NRL CEO David Gallop throws his support behind the proposal to allow Melbourne salary cap concessions to cover relocation expenses for players.
 Round 1 – Recovering from a 22-0 deficit, Melbourne stage an amazing comeback victory 36-32 over Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks at Toyota Park. On his NRL debut, Billy Slater scores a stunning try to spark the comeback, with Steven Bell scoring a hat-trick.
 18 March – Melbourne Executive Director John Ribot withdraws Melbourne's application for salary cap concessions for players living away from home, saying "Melbourne don't want to be the source of division among the other clubs." Parramatta Eels boss Denis Fitzgerald and Penrith Panthers boss Shane Richardson had been outspoken in the days since the proposal was first mooted, with Canberra Raiders also requesting salary cap concessions.
 Round 2 –  forward Rodney Howe suffers a serious knee injury as an understrength Melbourne thrash Penrith 42-16. Head coach Craig Bellamy praises rookie Billy Slater who scored two tries in the win, saying "he's got something special about him. I wasn't quite sure when he was going to actually show it, but he's showed it pretty early. He's a special talent."
 23 April – Aaron Moule announces his retirement from rugby league due to niggling injury problems.
 Round 7 – In his Storm debut, Andrew McFadden is injured again, succumbing to a groin injury in the first half. McFadden's injuries keep him out of the line-up for the rest of the season.
 Round 8 – Returning after a two-week injury break, Matt Orford scores 16 points in Melbourne's dominate 46-6 victory over a depleted Newcastle Knights.
 9 May – Robbie Ross undergoes surgery on a bulging disc injury, after playing five of the opening eight games of the season.
 Round 9 – Melbourne inflict Canberra Raiders' first defeat of the season 30-10, despite an injury in the warm-up to Junior Langi.
 Round 10 – In the last game of rugby league at Brisbane's ANZ Stadium, an injury to Matt Orford cruels Melbourne's quest for a first win over the Broncos since 2001.
 6 June – Matt Geyer signs a two-year contract extension, to keep him in Melbourne until the end of the 2005 NRL season.
 7 June – Scott Hill re-signs with Melbourne, inking a new five-year contract.
 Round 13 – South Sydney Rabbitohs beat Melbourne for the first time, with the league cellar-dwellers stunning Melbourne 41-14.
 Round 14 – Ending a two-game winless streak, Melbourne defeat Penrith 32-12 to end the Panthers' eight-game winning streak.
 Round 15 –  Scott Hill suffers a shoulder injury in Melbourne's loss to Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs. Hill had feared his season was over, but subsequent scans cleared him of a serious injury.
 Round 17 – 0-4 at the venue, Melbourne upset Canberra 18-8 to win their first game ever at Bruce Stadium.
 9 July – Melbourne sign promising  Steve Turner to a three-year contract from 2004.
 11 July – John Ribot is forced to deny rumours the club would merge with Collingwood saying, "I don't think you'll see us merging. I've got more chance of flying to the moon."
 19 July – Robbie Kearns signs on with Melbourne for a further two seasons.
 Round 19 – Brisbane Broncos pip Melbourne 26-22 in the club's first ever golden point game, after scores were tied 22-all after 80 minutes. Broncos winger Scott Minto scores the winning try three minutes into extra time.
 27 July – Fan-favourite Marcus Bai announces he will be leaving Melbourne at the end of the season, taking up a two-year contact with Leeds Rhinos.
 Round 21 – Melbourne reclaim the Michael Moore Trophy, winning 14-12 over New Zealand Warriors with a 41-metre penalty goal from Matt Orford the difference.
 Round 23 – After his first game back from injury since June, Scott Hill is ruled out for the rest of the season after re-injuring his troublesome shoulder.
 4 September – In a dispute with the RLPA, the NRL cancel the annual Dally M Awards. Both Billy Slater and Cameron Smith were favourites for the Rookie of the Year Award.
 Round 26 – In a rousing farewell, Marcus Bai scores and converts a try in his farewell appearance at Olympic Park. Melbourne thrash Manly Warringah Sea Eagles 40-10 to finish the season in fifth place, securing the club's first finals appearance since the 2000 NRL season.
 Qualifying Final – In a controversial 30-18 upset win over Canberra, referee Tim Mander cracks down on Melbourne players employing so-called 'grapple tackles' to slow down the play-the-ball. Coach Craig Bellamy accuses Canberra of making complaints to the NRL about the tackling style, claims rejected by both the NRL and Canberra coach Matt Elliott. The controversy overshadows Melbourne's first finals win since the 1999 NRL Grand Final, causing much media talk in the days after the game between Melbourne officials, referee's boss Robert Finch and league pundits.
 Semi Final – Melbourne are eliminated from the finals in a whitewash by Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs, held scoreless in a 30-0 defeat. It is the first time in 158 NRL games that Melbourne had failed to score.

Milestone games

Jerseys

Melbourne signed up a new apparel partner for the 2003 season, with Canterbury of New Zealand the new manufacturer of club jerseys. The home jersey design was unchanged from the 2001-02 jersey, but for a white collar replacing the gold. The club's clash colours was changed to a mostly white design with a purple chevron and gold thunderbolts, worn with navy shorts.

Fixtures

Pre Season

Regular season
Source:
(GP) - Golden Point extra time
(pen) - Penalty try

Finals

Ladder

2003 Coaching Staff
Head coach: Craig Bellamy
Assistant coach: Dean Lance
Football manager: Greg Brentnall
Physical Preparation Coach: Alex Corvo
Physiotherapist: Matt Natusch
Head trainer: Troy Thompson

2003 squad
List current as of 6 September 2021

Player movements

Losses
 William Leyshon to Parramatta Eels
 Keith Mason to St Helens (mid season)
 Henry Perenara to St George Illawarra Dragons
 Ian Sibbit to Warrington Wolves
 Richard Swain to Brisbane Broncos
 Shane Walker to Retirement

Gains
 Nathan Friend from Brisbane Broncos
 David Kidwell from Sydney Roosters
 Andrew McFadden from Parramatta Eels
 Nathan Sologinkin from Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
 Robert Tanielu from Brisbane Broncos

Representative honours
This table lists all players who have played a representative match in 2003.

Statistics
This table contains playing statistics for all Melbourne Storm players to have played in the 2003 NRL season.

Statistics sources:

Scorers

Most points in a game: 16 points
 Round 8 - Matt Orford (1 try, 6 goals) vs Newcastle Knights
 Round 14 - Matt Orford (1 try, 6 goals) vs Penrith Panthers
 Round 23 - Matt Orford (1 try, 6 goals) vs Parramatta Eels

Most tries in a game: 3
 Round 1 - Steven Bell vs Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
 Round 23 - Billy Slater vs Parramatta Eels

Winning games

Highest score in a winning game: 50 points
 Round 23 vs Parramatta Eels

Lowest score in a winning game: 12 points
 Round 11 vs Parramatta Eels

Greatest winning margin: 40 points
 Round 8 vs Newcastle Knights

Greatest number of games won consecutively: 4
 Round 23 - Qualifying Final

Losing games

Highest score in a losing game: 28 points
 Round 4 vs Newcastle Knights

Lowest score in a losing game: 0 points
 Semi Final vs Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs

Greatest losing margin: 46 points
 Round 22 vs Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs

Greatest number of games lost consecutively: 2
 Round 6 - Round 7
 Round 12 - Round 13

Feeder Team
Melbourne Storm reserve players again travelled to Brisbane each week to play with Queensland Cup team Norths Devils. Coached by Gary Greinke, Norths missed the finals for the first time under the affiliation with Melbourne, with Cooper Cronk winning club's player of the year award.

Awards and honours

Melbourne Storm Awards Night
Melbourne Storm Player of the Year: Robbie Kearns
Melbourne Storm Rookie of the Year: Cameron Smith
Melbourne Storm Clubman of the Year: Marcus Bai
Mick Moore Chairman's Award: Danny Williams

Notes

References

Melbourne Storm seasons
Melbourne Storm season

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Visit to Venus Grotto, Linderhof Palace, Bavaria
Partial view of King Ludwig II's Venus Grotto at Linderhof Palace, Bavaria.
I want to remain forever an enigma; to myself, and to others.
-King Ludwig II
By JOSEPH NECHVATAL, August 2021
Typical of 19th century Neo-Rococo is the belief that all aspects of a comprehensive architectural scheme – from its landscape setting and the building itself, to the interior decorations, right down to the utensils – should be orchestrated as a seamless and homogeneous whole under the direction of one overriding design. This is the most enduring legacy of rocaille style as its gesamtkunstwerk-like objective became preserved and further elaborated in the Neo-Rococo and Neo-Gothic. It is an ideal which entwines its way through Fin-de-Siècle architectural theory into Modernism.
The complete integration within a constructed space of the broadest concepts on down to the smallest details (each reinforcing the other) is what is referred to as the gesamtkunstwerkkonzept (concept of the total-artwork) as adapted from Wagnerian operatic theory. The philosophical understanding of the canon of the gesamtkunstwerk was the proclivity towards an integration of all related elements into a single aesthetic statement, resulting in a self-contained immersive world of total design.
King Ludwig II of Bavaria (1845-1886) was born crown Prince on the morning of August 25th, 1845, eldest son of King Maximillian II (1811-1864). It is significant that he was born, and spent some of his early years, in Nymphenburg Schloss replete with its rococo rooms, grottoes and frescoed scenes from Ovid's Metamorphoses. In 1857, at age 12, Prince Ludwig heard of Lohengrin, the operatic production by Richard Wagner which was in production in Munich. That Christmas, Prince Ludwig received a copy of Wagner's 1851 text Opera and Drama from one of his tutors and soon after became captivated by all of the composer's published theories, including Das Kunstwerk der Zukunft (The Art of the Future) in which Wagner theorized the gesamtkunstwerk.
This gesamtkunstwerk ideal, in one way or another, affected the aesthetics of every one of Wagner's works from The Valkyrie on; including Siegfried, Twilight of the Gods, Tristan and Isolde, The Mastersingers, and Parsifal. It is this gesamtkunstwerk desire for what Wagner saw as "total drama" which was passed on to Prince Ludwig.
In 1861 Prince Ludwig saw his first production of Wagner's opera Lohengrin. It made a profound impression on him – as it did on Wassily Kandinsky – instigating a long and intense admiration and eventual supportive role for the composer and his gesamtkunstwerkkonzept ideals. When Prince Ludwig was at age nineteen, his father, King Maximillian II, died unexpectedly, marking the beginning of the reign of King Ludwig the II of Bavaria, the Dream King, palace builder and generous patron to Richard Wagner.
And indeed, what is more fluidly immersive than dreaming, in that a dreamer can rapidly float from intense participation in one scenario to another instantaneously. In dreams people and things appear around us out of nowhere, and they shift appearance and proportions with little attention to the concrete laws of conservation. As Carl Jung and others have suggested, this feature of extemporaneous creation in dreams may be how we encounter our unconscious desires.
In order to write Der Ring des Nibelungen, Wagner – now under the patronage of King Ludwig II and living at 21 Briennerstrasse in Munich – surrounded himself and his piano in a powdery yellow satin room with matching yellow valences of the same material, which he referred to as the Grail. In this large room, everything was satin, silk tulle and lace. The white satin curtains were decorated with lovely faux roses and the frames of the mirrors and pictures were puffed out with tied-back pink satin bows (with even a rosette of satin in the center of the ceiling), clearly an effort for a unified feeling.
Colors of the room would change with moods. Wagner for a time covered the windows with a heavy violet velvet while working from a violet armchair wearing a violet velvet hat. Wagner's cocooning disposition seems to echo King Ludwig's penchant for preferring to sit alone in the midst of an artificial world of make-believe where he could project himself out of his present and into fantasized historical, usually Medieval, heroic roles. Wagner himself spoke of this ideal element of escape and referred to his working ideal as bringing a non-existent world into being.
This aim of creating an inorganic world and luxuriating in its rarefied artificiality was well articulated in 1884 with the publication of Joris-Karl Huysmans's décadent novel A Rebours (Against Nature), a story of a recluse art worshiper who yearns for new sensations and perverse pleasures within a transcendental artificial ideal.
Visiting Linderhof, I discovered one of King Ludwig's most décadent fantasy palaces. It was built in Neo-Rococo style by Georg von Dollmann to resemble the Petit Trianon of Versailles; Marie-Antoinette's famous royal playground with adjacent Temple of Love. Linderhof is the only one of Ludwig's palaces that was actually finished. Of Linderhof, King Ludwig said in a letter, "Oh! it is essential to create such paradises, such poetical sanctuaries where one can forget for a while the dreadful age in which we live."
Located close to another of the King's castles, Neuschwanstein (designed by Eduard Riedel), the King often retired to Linderhof to indulge in his highly decorated isolation. Linderhof owes a large part of its charged enchantment to the sublime natural beauty of its mountain setting and to its admirable prim French gardens. In the middle of its grounds an embellished fountain emits a 100 foot water-jet bathing a golden statue of Flore. The interior of Linderhof is a melee of neo-rococo ostentation and mirrors (Bavarian Neo-Rococo is based on Bavarian Late-Rococo, an already plenteous style) and the glitter of gold is prevalent throughout.
The Throne Room, modelled on an abstract Byzantine basilica, requires brief comment as King Ludwig oversaw every detail of its conception and execution. Its walls are arcaded on two levels and the ceiling suggests the immersive umbrella of a star studded cerulean stratosphere, with indigo, porphyry and gold as its predominant colors. Yet the most dazzling of the rooms are the Mirror Room and the King's bedroom (which was based on designs by Eugen Drollinger). The King's crown too was fantastically carved and decorated with palms, Goddesses and cupids, but unpropitiously he inauspiciously perished in water before it was finished and never wore it.
In addition to these exotic chambers, a small hunting box which King Maximillian had built in the Alps below the 1,800 meter Schachen (a peak of the Wetterstein range south of Garmisch-Partenkirchen) was redone by Ludwig in an Indian manner (a style then just coming to European fashion) in the early-1870's. Though one may interpret this fact as a superficial gesture, perhaps concepts of Brahmanism, where the self and the environment are connected, may have reinforced Ludwig's taste for the gesamtkunstwerk. The King did write to Wagner in 1885 saying that, "India and Buddhism have something inexpressibly appealing to me, evoking rapture."
However, it is another extraneous space at Linderhof which held my interest the longest: the cheeky and flamboyant Venus Grotto.
The 9.9 meter high (33 foot) Venus Grotto was designed by Fidelis Schabet and fabricated in 1877 of garnished grout. It was equipped with artificial arc-lighting, an ersatz rainbow, a wave machine, and central heating: all set in harmonious action to recreate the phenomenon described in Wagner's first act of Tannhäuser. The Venus Grotto was first intended to be built at Neuschwanstein, but due to lack of a suitable site, it was moved to Linderhof by a December 15th, 1875 Royal decree and the work was carried out in 1876 and 1877. Dr. Michael Petzet, writing in Wilfrid Blunt's book The Dream King: Ludwig II of Bavaria, describes the grotto's space as one which allows the visitor an encircled mirage where "stage and auditorium are blended into one," creating a total theatre as it "did not separate the onlooker from the stage."
I found it most highly enjoyable, as Venus Grotto is furnished lavishly with fake stalactites, giving one the impression that one has entered an ancient sacred space, even as garlands of roses are strung throughout its 9.9 meter (33 foot) high cupola expanse (which extends hundreds of meters/feet inward). The grotto also contained a cascade and a fully functional artificial moon and could be illuminated by electric lights colored to suit the mood of the King.
The explicit models for the Venus Grotto were the Blue Grotto at Capri (Richard Hornig, the King's equerry, was sent twice to Capri to check the precise shade of blue) and King Maximillian's tiny grotto at Hohenschwangau, in which Ludwig had played as a wee Prince. In the Venus Grotto, five distinctive lighting effects could be made to play for ten minutes in turn by automated means, concluded with the appearance of a spectral rainbow just over the Tannhäuser set painting.
It was very modern in that it was the first electrically illuminated installation in Bavaria. Of it, King Ludwig said, "I don't want to know how it works. I just want to see the effects."
King Ludwig had installed in his den a clandestine inlet which discharged him into his cherished Grotto of Venus. Usually, the Grotto of Venus is entered by a sharply angled antechamber which leads to the principal chamber.
The first entity that one notices is a diminutive lagoon (replete with painted water nymphs, dryads and flying harpies) fed by a pattering cascade. As mentioned, the lights could be controlled to change colors, for instance to the cerulean of Capri or crimson to evoke the Grotto of Venus in the Hörselberg grotto where Tannhäuser dallied with the Goddess of Love. Exit from the grotto is made by way of a prolonged serpentine, stalactite-filled corridor which leads to a dolmen-like shaft that swings unclosed.
By gliding in the enchanting flamboyant cockle-boat over the face of the lagoon, King Ludwig could place himself in the midst of the grotto's ambience and surround himself entirely on every side, even if he was only experiencing a presentation that incorporated the variance of colored lighting effects. On the lagoon, which could be ruffled by an artificial wave machine, the King kept two swans, symbols of eternal bliss and immortality, along with his enchanting cockle-boat in which he would be rowed by a serene servant.
Wilfrid Blunt, in his book The Dream King: Ludwig II of Bavaria, reports that there was a staging of the first act of Tannhäuser in the grotto, but that the sound of the waterfall rendered subliminal the singers voices in a thick din mixture of sound and by an acoustical space described as "freakish." WM
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Metro Detroit artists thankful for the return of art fairs amid pandemic
(WXYZ) — Like everything else, the pandemic impacted the art world as well.
With mass gatherings banned last year, many art fairs had to be canceled or postponed.
This not only affected the livelihood of many artists, but for some, it prevented them from following their passion.
"I initially had to find a job right away and from there I kept job-hopping to a point where I was working 60 hours a week," says Anthony R Brass.
While for Kat Zinn, "The biggest challenge we had was to try and come up with enough income to keep the credit cards income coming in."
To put things into perspective, on a good day according, to Brass, some artists make on an average $10,000 to $15,000 per show.
That's why another artist, Kelly O'Neal, says the pandemic motivated her to think outside the box and teach virtual courses to her counterparts on how to set up a website, and social media profile.
Meanwhile, online platforms worked like a charm as some artists including Joe Cilluffo tapped into the demand for remote workers to redesign their living space.
But now, as Michiganders move towards the new normal, the creative world is embracing the return of art fairs and is looking forward to starting a new chapter.


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Money egregor is one of the most interesting thought forms, existing on Earth since then, as the person came into this world. People began to create it, as soon as there was mutual settlements between them. Before the settlement was effected by exchanging all sorts of items and things. But gradually, people switched to cash settlements in the form in which they exist now. Thus, the egregor of settlements has and will for as long as man shall live upon the Earth.
Money egregor helps everyone who is connected to him. It was his promotion is due to the presence or absence of money from any of us. How is the connection to monetary egregor? Connect to a monetary egregor occurs with the right appeal to him, respect for the "money" will take some of the recommendations and practices of Feng Shui.
Appeal to a monetary egregor. Similar to the treatment we use in case we have a specific order. For example, for development you need a few thousand dollars, but the budget of your company at the moment is not ready for such spending. Then contact your egregor with the request. If this is done properly, then soon you will get a loan or you will pay the debt one way or another, money will be found.
Not worth anything from a "pull", or invent the wheel, straining to make the text of the appeal. Ask as you seem to be the most correct. Form — absolutely free. Important only the motives that pushed you to this step, and the feeling with which you utter your request. Respect the egregore, helping you, thank him for his help. "Dear monetary egregor, bring me profit. Help me, please, in the business I am doing." I can give you the contract number, which depends on the profit you receive. Another form of treatment may be the letter. When working with a cash flow can write on paper your current account and put in front of him. Ask a monetary egregor to send money to your account.
Cash description. To connect to a monetary egregor means to comply with its requirements and laws. They are mostly known to mankind a long time ago. Now this knowledge is recorded in superstitions about money. It is their observance will be the first step to connecting to a monetary egregor. To the question of monetary signs I'll be back in one of the following chapters. In it we talk more about what actions you will be able to raise money in their hands.
If you use this knowledge and the money starts to "come" to you, then the egregore favours you, and blocks on the communication channel with him or not, or they are weak and do not interfere with the promotion. It happens, however, that at the first stage connect to the egregore of money and no results observed. This means that you have blocks that put the thought forms, because they do not want to have any business with you. Are there any methods to remove these blocks and facilitates the relationship between you and the monetary egregor? Of course! There are several techniques that will help you as soon as possible to establish friendly relations with a monetary egregor. First, you need to adhere to a particular course of action that attracts money to you.
The question of keeping money is quite interesting. The first thing you should learn is to find a suitable place to store the money, and dump them there. The principle here is one — money has to grow, i.e., their number should increase. Sometimes the place where you keep your money, help or hinder the arrival of money into your home.
Very often we do not even think about such things. Some keep their money in books, others in the Cabinet or in the cupboard, and others — even in the refrigerator, etc. it's All good, and there are no restrictions. The main thing — to see and understand whether at that place are more money, whether they are there. Such a place can be found in each apartment, but you need to experiment: to shift from time to time money to another location and observe what changes follow. In the end you clearly define the place where your money should be kept to accumulate. It is there that they will "grow". Put the magic of the coin, which will be the symbol of your well-being. It is important to pay attention to the fact that this coin was without holes. Coins with a hole (Chinese, French, etc.) are not suitable because through it, your money will flow away from you.
You should also properly store your money. If you came to money — divide them. One part will go to the expenses — this is money that will come and go. Put them in one, you identified experimentally place. Become associated with the most successful operation with the current money. Another part of the money set aside in a secluded place for a dream. Truly realizable dream should be for everyone. But don't dictate my entire life to its fulfillment, otherwise you will stop their movement, and money for it never save, and to get hooked, which you will keep a lifetime.
Need with respect to money. This is an indication that you respect the monetary egregor, listen to him and show him your favor. With the money you have to communicate mentally to speak. Rejecting the money once, it is difficult to restore good relations with a monetary egregor. Never give up money and wealth.
You need to have a purse that would look decent. If it breaks, you can replace them. With the exception of those cases when the purse is magical, that is in any condition to raise money and allows them to grow. Worse, when you put money in the wallet and it is empty, put, and there is still empty. Money seemed to flow away from it. Appear strange, stupid, useless waste; the costs increase almost twice. This emptiness is concentrated around you, you get used to an empty wallet. If you are the owner of such a purse, from which money is constantly disappearing, and through it, your money goes astral. Clothes and bags, also contribute to the growth of either money or their waste. It is clear that the diversion of money such wallets, handbags or clothes it is better not to use, or to try to "recharge" them: to give to vilify a rich friend or to forget in the house, in which there is substantial income. Very well, if a rich friend gives you a birthday or some other holiday the wallet with the bill. This purse will almost always bring you money.
If you gave the wallet, it must be tested. Take note, put it in a purse, hide somewhere and watch what will happen next. Wallet will gradually fill with money — you will have some unexpected income, spending will be reduced, you will begin to repay debts. There are times when the money will "escape" through the wallet: increase spending, will begin petty theft, delay the salary... it is Not necessary to analyze the cause of the disappearance of money, just look, "come" or "leave". As it turns out, so let it be — the money will still come, whatever it was. The only question is where to put them, that they survived and multiplied.
The next thing is clothing. Classic version: have with men pants, in the pockets where the money is "coming", and there — of which "go". Moreover, it happens that things are just ironic in their left pants pocket money, "come", and from the right "flow".
Your task is to define main: after some place in your home, via a bag, a box, a purse or pocket money, "come" and "go". Likely that you will have to part with the items, "escapist" money from you. At least try to limit their use, and certainly don't keep money in them. Don't worry, the money will come to you as a result of their correct storage, you will not buy yourself some pants, purse or bag. Much more dire will be the option, in which you will continue to enjoy the things that bilge you have the money, luck, vitality. You need to monitor and respond. If you bought the thing, check it just in case.
It is important not to shy away from wealth and money, and to accept these situations for what they are, and "take your reaction". If something is given to you, accept it with gratitude. Just do not forget legally right to issue money receipt to you. If you help and the money will go into your hands, don't forget to thank your helpers.
Another important point in relations with a monetary egregor: the person who brags or talks, how he earned a lot of money, will lose the support. For questions about your income or situation is necessary to answer vaguely or not answer at all. The exception is unless the tax authority, which is unusually closely linked to monetary egregor, dissemble which should not.
Good to have symbols of money and carry them in your purse, pockets, bags, as well as keep them next to the pot containing the coins. This should all be in the Western sector of your apartment according to Feng Shui. For more information on this system I'll discuss in a later Chapter.
ПОСВЯЩЕНИЕ В ЭГРЕГОР ДЕНЕГ- эгрегор денег- важнейший эгрегор Земли: дарует богатство; деньги; славу; успех в обществе. Капризен, склонен делить людей на своих- любимчиков и всех остальных, не любит жадных. Данное посвящение дает он-лайн канал прямой связи БЕЗ ПОСРЕДНИКОВ С ЭГРЕГОРОМ ДЕНЕГ, что позволит увеличить Ваше материальное положение (НО! манны небесной ждать не придется,- надо просто замечать НОВЫЕ ВОЗМОЖНОСТИ И РЕАЛИЗОВЫВАТЬ ИХ, а эгрегор денег будет помогать Вам). Имея данное посвящение можно быть уверенным, что Ваша просьба к нему ВСЕГДА будет услышана.
Данное посвящение необходимо тем, кто: начитывает денежные мантры; читает сутками денежные заговоры, а все без толку,- нет успеха и прибыли! 2) кто намерен начать бизнес или развить (увеличить) уже имеющийся 3) кто является ИП или планирует им стать 4) кто хочет улучшить свою жизнь через привлечение денег 5) кто хочет обезопасить свое богатство от "случайностей".


ALBANY — Gov. Andrew Cuomo said a power plant that is at the center of a federal corruption probe still needs more approvals from the state, even though construction crews are now pouring its foundation.
Competitive Power Ventures already is at work on a proposed $1 billion 650-megawatt natural gas-fired power plant in Wawayanda, Orange County. U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara is looking into ties between the plant and Cuomo administration figures. The governor's office has now cut off contact with CPV.
Cuomo, speaking to reporters on Monday for the first time since the scandal broke last Friday, tried to downplay the state's action on CPV's gas plant. He said permits issued by the state were "conditional," though the plant began construction months ago.
Sure, the approval is conditional.
That's why the concrete is being poured for the foundation.
Everybody knows you pour the concrete for projects that haven't yet been approved so that you're ready to go when they get the "A-OK!"
For years, environmental and community groups have raised concerns about the plant, and the administration dismissed all of them, said Pramilla Malick, who runs a group called Protect Orange County that opposes the plant. Some of the numerous questions raised by local citizens over the years include whether trees were improperly cleared, whether the plant encroached upon the habitat of an endangered bat and whether it destroyed wetlands. They have also questioned why the Cuomo administration was pushing forward with a natural gas-fired power plant at a time when it was implementing climate policies, such as a fracking ban, that turned the state away from fossil fuel reliance.
"On multiple levels this project was inconsistent and incoherent with his public policies, which is why we were so bewildered with the approvals this project kept getting," she said.
Over the years, CPV has spent more than $220,000 on lobbying and donations to Cuomo's campaign or to those of state lawmakers.
The wife of former Cuomo aide Joe Percoco received up to $120,000 from CPV, financial disclosures show. Some of the payments to Lisa Toscano-Percoco, who was a teacher in the New York City school system the year before she was employed by a consultancy firm, Chris Pitts LLC, that did work for CPV. Todd Howe, a lobbyist and longtime Cuomo friend who is also at the center of the investigation, has also done work for CPV.
Gee, maybe that's how the concrete for the foundation wound up getting poured before the official, you know, approval.
An "incoherent" project? Sounds a lot like APPR.
Indeed it does - it's a Cuomo specialty.


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Purple Reign-Baltimore Ravens Week 4
It has been stated that The Ravens/Steelers games are "rivalry" matches and throwbacks to the more smashmouth brand of heavy hits and close games.
For the most part, new NFL rules have taken many of the "hard hit" elements out of competitive play, along with the uber protection of quarterbacks and receivers. However, these two teams still find a way to rattle the helmets at times.
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The Ravens, who tend to experience brain cramps when playing away and in prime time, truly came to play in Week 4 versus their nemesis, The Steelers.
The Ravens 26-14 victory in Pittsburgh moves their record to 3-1 and drops The Steelers to 1-2-1. The Ravens now share 1st Place with The Bengals, also at 3-1.
There are many things to be excited about on the Offensive side, although Crabtree's catch rate (he drops way too many passes) and mystery on use of Alex Collins, remain eye sores.
Through 4 games, The Ravens rank as follows:
5th in Points Per Game at 30.8
4th in Points Against at 65
11th in Yards Per Game at 408
8th in Pass Yards Per Game at 319
23rd in Rushing Yards Per Game at 89 (THIS MUST IMPROVE)
25th in Time of Possession (ANOTHER RESULT OF RUNNING ISSUES)
Flacco obviously leads in QB stats with 1,252 Yards Passing, 8 TD's and 2 INT.
Alex Collins leads at RB with 158 Yards, 2 TD's and 2 Fumbles (costly). His longest run to date is 14 yards!
John Brown has been a nice addition! 338 Yards Receiving and 3 TD's and exciting to watch.
Snead, Crabtree, Williams, Andrews and Boyle have also seen some action.
Justin Tucker..well, what can you say. A rock at his position making 9/10 FG's including 3/3 over 50 yards!
Sam Koch steady again averaging nearly 50 yards per Punt.
Week 5 moves us to the Dog Pound in Cleveland.
Although The Browns are 1-2-1 they are completely retooled and fun to watch. Baker Mayfield hopes to live up to the hype and will have to do so against a reborn Ravens Defense.
Go Ravens!
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Purple Reign-Ravens for Week 3
We are three (3) weeks in to the 2018-19 season, and The Ravens now sit at 2-1 after a very impressive home victory over The Denver Broncos!
Through their first three games, the offensive leaders are Joe Flacco with 889 Passing Yards, Alex Collins with 116 Rushing Yards (not real impressive) and John Brown with 222 Receiving yards (also a bit low).
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There are some very encouraging signs for this retooled team (albeit mostly on Offense):
The Offense has 74 First Downs versus 52 for Opponents
Passing Yards at 913 Total versus Opponents at 555
Total Offensive Yards at 1,173 versus Opponents at 866
12 TD's scored versus 6 for Opponents
Average Time of Possession 33:38 versus 26:22
The "rival" Steelers are up next, who squeaked by Tampa Bay last light. With Antonio Brown looking back in form (and with LeVeon Bell still missing), this should be a very interesting (and physical) divisional game.
This rivalry has lost much of it's firepower from prior years, however, both teams remain well coached with the Steelers really needing to get back on track.
With the game in Pittsburgh, I give a slight edge to the Steelers. But, it still should be a great game!
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Broncos Fall in Baltimore
Well, the team was likely not going to go undefeated. Now we know they won't after a 27-14 loss in Baltimore. The Broncos dropped to 2-1, and the flaws that dogged them in a pair of close wins came home to roost in their first road game of the season. The team now has just a few days to get things cleaned up before they host the red hot Kansas City Chiefs on Monday Night Football. And after yesterday's demonstration in Baltimore, there is plenty to clean up.
Things started well for the Broncos, who forced a three and out, including a big sack of Joe Flacco by rookie Bradley Chubb. On the ensuing punt, reserve linebacker Joe Jones blocked it, setting up a first and goal. And rookie Royce Freeman strolled in on the first carry of the game, giving Denver a 7-0 lead.
After the Ravens scored a touchdown on their next drive, the Broncos' offense went back to work. The team finished an eight play, 70-yard drive with a 35-yard TD run from Emmanuel Sanders. That put the Broncos up 14-7, but was sadly the high point of the game for the team.
The Broncos later blocked a Justin Tucker field goal attempt, but the offense couldn't get going. And penalties were a big reason why. The Broncos incurred 120 yards of penalties in the game, including a number of personal foul penalties. One of which was a personal foul on rookie running back Phillip Lindsay, which led to his ejection. He had just four carries and 20 yards prior to being ejected. And without him, the Broncos' offense lacked some spark.
The defense also had its share of struggles. Adam "Pacman" Jones didn't play, and during the game Tramaine Brock was injured. That left the Broncos secondary thin as they had only Chris Harris, Jr., Bradley Roby and rookie Isaac Yiadom at cornerback. That didn't prove to be enough as Flacco was able to keep the offense moving enough to put points on the board, while the Ravens' defense smothered the Broncos' offense for the final three quarters.
John Brown caught five passes for 86 yards, while Michael Crabtree caught seven passes for 61 yards. And Javorius Allen scored a pair of touchdowns (one rushing, one receiving) for the Ravens, who held on for the 27-14 victory. Now the Ravens prepare for their division rivals, the Steelers, on Sunday Night Football, while the Broncos will go back to the drawing board before meeting the 3-0 Chiefs.
News and Notes:
There were some questions about the final 53, namely fan-favorite players who were left off. One of those who made the cut was Jones, who did so on the basis of his great work on Special Teams. He continues to pay dividends, making several plays yesterday including the blocked punt to spark the Broncos' offense early.
Freeman ran better on Sunday, arguably his best game so far. He ran hard on his 13 carries against a stout Ravens' rush defense. He only recorded 53 yards, but I was encouraged by what I saw.
Demaryius Thomas bounced back well from a down game in Week 2. He caught all five of his targets for 63 yards and had another 39-yard play called back due to penalty. And he made some tough catches in traffic.
Quarterback Case Keenum has struggled to start the season. After a three-interception game in Week 1, he hasn't thrown a touchdown pass in the past two games. But he has thrown an interception in each, now sitting with three TD passes and five INTs through three games. He had two TD passes reversed by officials in Week 2, and did add a rushing TD, but the Broncos need more consistent production. Sunday he threw for just 192 yards and was sacked three times in addition to his interception.
Von Miller was held without a sack for the first time this season. After three sacks on opening day, and one in Week 2, he was limited to just two tackles in the game against the Ravens.
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Broncos Hit The Road
The Broncos face their first road test of the season on Sunday as they travel to battle the Baltimore Ravens (1-1). The Broncos started the season 2-0, squeaking out a 27-24 win over the Seahawks in Week 1 and a 20-19 win over the division rival Raiders in Week 2. While it's nice to be 2-0, the wins were hardly impressive.
In fact, on Sunday, the Broncos' offense struggled to do anything in the first half. The Raiders built a 12-0 lead thanks to a bend but don't break approach from the defense. And while the Broncos accounted for six sacks against Russell Wilson in Week 1, they mustered just a single sack against Derek Carr in Week 2 while allowing him to complete 29-of-32 passes for 288 yards and a touchdown.
But they made the plays they needed to when it mattered, including a blocked extra point by Shaq Barrett in the first half that ended up being the difference in the game. And now they face a Ravens' team that was barely tested in their home opener and looked sloppy in a divisional loss to the Bengals last Thursday night. Flacco was sacked four times and committed three turnovers against the Bengals, something that the Broncos' defense must seek to replicate if the team wants to win Sunday.
The Ravens will have had 10 days to prepare for the game, and get to return home, but their defense was hardly imposing in Week 2, surrendering four touchdowns to Bengals QB Andy Dalton. Case Keenum has started slowly, tossing three TDs against four INTs in two games (and adding one rushing), but his came could have looked much different. He had two touchdown passes reversed by officials Sunday, including a beautiful throw to Courtland Sutton that appeared to have been a missed call on replay. If he can have better luck, and avoid costly mistakes, Keenum can take the Broncos' offense to the next level.
Much of that also depends on Demaryius Thomas, who struggled mightily in Week 2. He led the team with 11 targets, but grabbed just five of them for 18 yards, dropping a number of passes and eliciting boos from the home crowd in the fourth quarter. He can play better, and must if the Broncos are going to get their first road win of the season.
On the flip side, Emmanuel Sanders has started red hot. He caught 10 passes for 135 yards in Week 1 and grabbed all four of his targets for 96 yards in Week 2. He appears to have found some good chemistry with Keenum, and appears to be the Broncos' go-to man for big plays. Also stepping up big is undrafted rookie free agent Phillip Lindsay, who ran for 107 yards on 14 carries. He leads the team with 178 yards rushing in two games, and has the third highest rushing total of any running back in the NFL through two weeks.
Keenum hasn't been incredible, but he's produced decent numbers. He is QB 18 through two games, and is worthy of consideration in deep and two QB leagues, especially considering this week's match-up. On the ground, I'm staying away from rookie Royce Freeman. He has just 99 yards in two games despite plenty of work, and is really only a value if he can find the end zone. Considering the Bengals had their best success throwing, that seems less likely. And the way Lindsay has played, I expect Freeman to cede work unless the Broncos build a lead. Lindsay is currently RB14 in PPR and should be in your lineup.
Among receivers, Sanders is a must start. As for the rest, I think it depends on your options. I expect Thomas to be better than he was a week ago, and he and Sutton should get some opportunities in the Red Zone. But I want to see them bounce back a bit before I feel good playing them. At tight end, I liked what I saw from Jake Butt, who caught four of six targets in Week 2 for 48 yards. I expect the Broncos to keep getting him involved, and he could be an upside play in deeper leagues in a position that's kind of a toss up.
The Broncos are 2-0 but haven't looked dominant. Yet I think they've done some good things, and I think they can match up well with the Ravens. Baltimore started hot by routing the Bills at home, but they showed their weaknesses in that Thursday night game against the Bengals. I think the Broncos will move to 3-0 with another close win.
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Jets Fly To Cleveland, Will They Leave With A Loss?
The Cleveland Browns are still trying to get their first victory since Christmas Eve of 2016.
Tyrod Taylor is completing 52.9 percent of his passes for 443 yards, two touchdowns and two interceptions. Taylor has one or less touchdown passes in each of his last nine games.
Jarvis Landry and Rashard Higgins have combined for 260 receiving yards on 18 receptions while Antonio Callaway has three receptions.
The Cleveland Browns ground game is averaging 135 yards per contest, and Carlos Hyde leads the way with 105 yards and two touchdowns.
Defensively, Cleveland is allowing 21 points and 373.5 yards per game. Joe Schobert leads the Cleveland Browns with 16 tackles, Larry Ogunjobi has three sacks and Denzel Ward has two interceptions.
Browns Stats vs. Jets
The Browns lead this head-to-head match-up with a record of 13-12. But the Jets have won the last five meetings, including a 17-14 win last season.
What teams do not have Wins over the Browns in the last five years?
Tyrod Taylor holds a 4-2 career record against the Jets. He has completed 98 of 154 passes for 1,146 yards, eight touchdowns and two interceptions. He went 1-1 last season with the Bills including a 34-21 loss in Week 8.
Isaiah Crowell returns to Cleveland for the first time since signing with the Jets in the off-season. In four years with the Browns, the running back rushed for 3,255 yards and 23 touchdowns in 66 games.
Morris Claiborne last year against the Browns, had an interception that he ran back for 28 yards in the Jets 17-14 win in Cleveland.
The Browns are +3.0 point favorites.
This is the first time since 2015 the Browns are the favorite in a game.
On paper the Browns should easily win this game, 24-10.
A win is a win, but a loss on Thursday could be the one that sends this season on a downward spiral that will see Hue being replaced before the season is over.
So last article I said that I would explain what the Browns needed to do to gets some wins this year.
And I can explain it with one word, HARD.
We saw this tag on the shirts in training camp.
And that is exactly what they need to get back to.
Each year we see the same level of expectation in training camp.
Each year is our year, The year we reach the playoffs, the big turnaround.
And each year we are let down.
It's almost like the players buy into the narrative that this team is "Cursed."
All hype, then a few bad plays or missed kicks, and that's it.
The players then start to doubt themselves, and believe that there is no way they can win.
You will hear it in interviews and talking to the players.
They begin to believe that no matter how HARD they play, Its just not enough.
So Mr. Jackson.
Its all on you now, you have the job, you have the talent.
Your job is to change the Culture, Motivate, and finish the cleanse you started.
So, comment below or on twitter @grindstonejohn.
Is Hue's job on the line this week?
What do you think the Browns need to change?
Will the victory fridge finally open?
Will the beer taste as good this week as it would have last week?
As always,
Stay Classy Cleveland
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Browns Trade Josh Gordon to the Patriots
The Browns have traded Josh Gordon to the New England Patriots for a fifth-round draft pick.
The deal announced on Monday, two days after the Browns reached a breaking point with Gordon, who has been suspended for much of his NFL career. Gordon played in Cleveland's season opener, but reported to the team on Saturday with a hamstring injury that happened at a "Photo shoot" that was not a team activity.
Gordon was granted permission by the Browns to conduct a photo shoot for his "Flash" clothing line Friday evening, but instead, he was participating in the filming of what one source called a "hype video" intended to be released as a social-media commercial. At least five other people were present as Gordon went through football-related drills, and after about 90 minutes of shooting Friday, the source said Gordon pulled up limping while running a 40-yard dash and grabbed at his hamstring.
The Browns have been supportive of Gordon, but the team was let down for the last time, and decided it was time to cut ties.
Gordon's very apparent skills with the ball was the reason that the Browns supported him while he dealt with drug and alcohol issues. He missed training camp to receive treatment and the Browns were cautiously optimistic he would help them this season.
In New England, former Cleveland and Baylor teammate Corey Coleman, who had his own issues with the Browns before being traded last month, was cut to make room for Gordon.
So for the record the Browns have cut Coleman twice this year.
So what number will Gordon wear?
Will this move benefit Gordon or the Browns?
comment below or tweet me @grindstonejohn
Stay Classy Cleveland.
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Cleveland Browns Come Up Short In New Orleans.
The Cleveland Browns winless streak now sits at 19, and the Bud Light Victory fridge remains locked.
The Browns went on the road Sunday and lost to the Saints 21-18.
Last week, Cleveland ended its 17-game losing streak by tying the Steelers 21-21, but the team has gone 631 days without a win.
In Sunday's contest, the Browns looked like they would finally earn that long awaited win.
Once again all hope was lost in the 4th.
With a 12-10 lead late in the fourth, Tyrod Taylor was picked off by New Orleans' Marcus Williams, who returned the ball to the Browns' 18-yard line. Drew Brees was able to connect with Michael Thomas, who played an amazing game, on a five-yard score and Alvin Kamara ran in a two-point conversion to give the Saints an 18-12 lead.
Cleveland regained possession with two minutes and 40 seconds left and then proceeded to march down the field. On a fourth-and-five at the New Orleans 47-yard line with 1:24 remaining, Taylor launched the game-tying touchdown pass to Antonio Callaway.
Tyrod Taylor finds Antonio Callaway for SIX! 😱 pic.twitter.com/BCWPGQ7PWL
— Cleveland Browns (@Browns) September 16, 2018
What should have been the game winning PAT was hooked by Zane Gonzalez ,as he missed the go-ahead extra point, and the game remained tied at 18.
On the next drive for the Saints, Bress found Ted Ginn Jr. for 42 yards to put the Saints in position for the game-winning score. Wil Lutz nailed a 44-yard field goal with 21 seconds left giving the Saints a 21-18 lead.
Cleveland had one last show of hope when Taylor connected with Jarvis Landry moving the ball to the New Orleans 34-yard line, but Gonzalez rough night continued , and he missed a 52-yard field goal, ending the Browns Tie streak at one .
There was a lot of solid plays and growth during this game, and the Browns defense was solid.
But the Browns Offense lacked that same energy that we saw last week.
In the end the combination of Brees, Kamara, and Thomas in the 4th, was just too much for the Browns defense to handle.
The Browns have little time to recover as they head back to the Hardland to face the New York Jets on Thursday.
What changes are coming, Ill explain what I think needs to happen in my next post.
And No. Firing Hue is not the answer.. At least not yet.
Until then Stay Classy Cleveland.
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Browns to release Josh Gordon on Monday
In a surprise move today, the Browns announce they will be releasing Josh Gordon on Monday.
Sounds like there was more to Gordon's hamstring injury.
Per my source, Josh Gordon Failed to report this morning, and could not be reached.
Once he did report to the complex, he was evaluated and ruled out for Sundays Game against the Saints.
Two hours later the decision was made to release Gordon.
There have been no comments made in regards to any failed drug test.
It is believed that this is simply an issue where Gordon was late, then refused to play on Sunday.
The front office felt that the distractions were leading to a division in the locker room and coaching staff, and felt they needed to cut ties and moved on, Next Man up.
The source said there were other "mitigating factors" inclusive of present and past incidents.
We will be updating regularly when there is more released on this story.
What do you all think would cause the Browns to support Gordon so long, just to release him?
Does the Browns Front office have a bigger plan at WR?
Do they know something more than has not been disclosed yet?
Stay tuned and Stay Classy, Cleveland.
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Browns vs. Saints game Week 2 Preview
Cleveland Browns vs. New Orleans Saints
Week 2 The Browns March to New Orleans and take on the Saints, in what I think will be a passing game between the teams.
Look for the Browns to keep the pressure on Drew Brees, disrupting the offense and create takeaways.
On paper, Cleveland has a much better chance of getting the win against the Saints than they did last week against Pittsburgh. And I am looking forward to the opening of the Bud light Victory fridge!
The Browns are 13-4 all-time versus the Saints, 5-1 since 1993, 3-0 on the road since 1999. In their last meeting in 2014, Saints were 6-point favorites to take the win in Cleveland, and lost 26-24. In 2010, New Orleans was 12.5-point favorites at home and lost, 30-17.
The Saints have toned down the Blitz plays we have seen in the past few years.
So I expect a big game for Landry as well, Taylor will have a little more time in the pocket to make some big plays. The Saints will have to keep pressure on Taylor, if they want to keep Landry in check and force the Browns to stick to short gain passes if they want to contain the offense. Look for Antonio Callaway to get significant playing time, as the Browns have announced the release of Josh Gordon.
My prediction. Browns win 28-13
Additionally this week I would like to provide a very accurate and pro take on the Browns game 1 tie over the Steelers. Check out this video and give Cleveland Sports Memes a follow.
One of my favorite Browns Twitter accounts, and also has some great takes and updates during the games.
It is almost mathematically impossible for a team to get 6 turnovers and not win.
It is apparently impossible for the #Browns to win.
Rick and Morty try to make sense of these colliding forces. pic.twitter.com/dYrM4qLgZs
— Cleveland Sports Memes (@BrownsMemes) September 10, 2018
So will this finally be the week Cleveland goes crazy in streets?
Will the victory fridge open?
Will we see a replay of the Cleveland Indians 10 cent beer night 44 years ago?
Comment below or catch me on Twitter @grindstonejohn
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Eddie Johnson & Erich Barnes Inducted Into Browns Legends Program
During the Browns 2018 Alumni weekend, Eddie Johnson and Erich Barnes were inducted into the Browns Legends program.
Eddie Johnson (February 3, 1959 – January 21, 2003) A seventh-round pick in the 1981 NFL Draft, Johnson joined the Browns after finishing third at Louisville in tackles in three separate seasons. In Marty Schottenheimer's first year as head coach, Johnson registered 172 tackles and 108 solo stops. The following season, he was voted defensive co-captain and earned AP honorable mention All-Pro laurels after finishing the season second on the team with 148 tackles. With a hard-hitting style of play, Johnson helped the Browns claim three consecutive AFC Central Division championships (1985-87). He was also known for his durability on the field as he appeared in 101 consecutive games from 1981-1987. Johnson's contributions to the organization continued off of the field as he was awarded the team's Ed Block Courage Award in 1988. After his NFL career, Johnson became an ordained minister in 1993 and dedicated the rest of his life to helping others in the community. Eddie wore number 51 during his time with the Browns (1981-1990) and was nicknamed "The Assassin". He was known for his fierce tackling style. Sadly, Eddie Passed away in 2003 after a two-year battle with colon cancer.
Erich Barnes– Was actually a fourth-round pick by the Chicago Bears in 1958, Barnes brought Pro Bowl and All-Pro experience to the Cleveland Browns when he signed with them in 1965. A seven-year player for the Browns, Barnes had 18 of his 45 career interceptions in a Browns uniform, returning three for TDs. Barnes anchored a defensive backfield that made five postseason appearances, reaching the 1965 NFL Championship game, plus back-to-back conference championship games in 1968-69. He was selected to a Pro Bowl with the Browns following the 1968 season and totaled six Pro Bowl honors during his NFL career. He was also a first-team All-Pro selection in 1961 and a second-team All-Pro in 1959, 1962 and 1964.
A native of Elkhart, Indiana he attended college at nearby Purdue, there he was a three sport athlete. Barnes was inducted into the Indiana Football Hall of Fame in 1968 and the Purdue University Intercollegiate Athletics Hall of Fame in 2009. While with the Browns, Barnes was known for standing at the goalpost (then stationed at the goal line) and blocking field goal attempts.
Head Coach Hue Jackson made a nice gesture as he also invited the more than 60 Browns alumni participating in the weekend's festivities to be special guests during the team's workout on Saturday morning. Congrats to Eddie and Erich true legends!
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For very small scratch spriting, you'll usually be fine with drawing it pixel by pixel, but for something around the size of a Pokémon sprite, it is often better for the larger body parts to just drag the pencil tool and draw. However, this is still spriting, and you should still be keeping the canvas magnified while you draw.
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Five of the Best: Health pick-ups • Eurogamer.net
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Welcome to another week of Five of the Best, a series where we celebrate the overlooked parts of video games, like hands! And potions! And dinosaurs! And shops! They're the kinds of things etched unwittingly into memory, like an essential ingredient of a favourite dish you could never put a finger on. And I want to spark discussion, so please share memories as they flash into your mind. Today, another five. The topic…
Health pick-ups! Oh how very specific – but I need to be. I'm not talking about health systems but the things you pick up to heal yourself. Used to be all games did it this way, but then Halo came along with its recharging health and all of a sudden everyone wanted the same. Now that feels like the norm.
But there are old-fashioned health systems out there (and they'll probably take offence at being called old-fashioned, so I'm sorry, I don't mean it in a bad way!). I still see Overwatch health packs when I close my eyes at night, and potions, which I've written a whole Five of the Best on, are a dime a dozen in RPGs. They're still out there, still crucial to how we get through games.
Here's to their health. Here are Five of the Best health pick-ups in games according to me. Don't forget to share yours below.
Look how chunky it is. You can imagine someone grabbing it with both hands and sloshing it all over themselves. It's the ultimate bro item for the bro audience Fortnite covets.
I know, I know, I've gone mainstream, but the bandages in Fortnite are great. It's not the first game to use them and it won't be the last, but the risk-reward idea of patching yourself up, and it taking time, works wonderfully. Do you leave yourself vulnerable while you quickly slap on a bandage – probably a conforming bandage? Yes I have done my first aid training, actually, very polite of you to ask.
It's an even greater risk if using a medkit, which heals more but takes longer to apply. It's also quite bulky – imagine carrying that around. And I wonder which things from the kit you actually use – seems like an awful lot of waste. Maybe a Burnshield dressing, making sure you've put your Nitrile powder-free disposable gloves on first. No of course I'm not just copy-pasting things from the St. John's Ambulance website!
But my fav health pick-up in Fortnite is the legendary Chug Jug. It just sounds so solid: "chug jug". It looks so solid too, like a keg nicked from a frat party. No wonder it takes 15 seconds to down it. But when you do: full health and armour. The ultimate (very filling) risk-reward.
Sure, those red potions are pretty great. Those red potions are A-okay. Down on health? Hope you've got a red potion! Fabbo.
But you know what's really cool? A fairy in a bottle. A fairy just waiting in a bottle. It's cool to capture them. It's cool to go into battle knowing they're in there. It's cool to uncork them and watch them sort of spin around you, giving you a proper toot of health to keep you going, maybe even a revive.
Zelda is a series where the little things are extremely evocative, of course. The clink of rupees in a bag somewhere, those funny burr guys that cling on and slow you down. But the fairy in the bottle might be the best little thing of the lot. Unlike the boomerang, a fairy in a bottle never loses its luster. Just put some holes in the top okay?
Bottling the faeries in Zelda always reminded me a bit of the Pale Man eating faeries in Pan's Labyrinth. Sweet dreams.
Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines
My son asked me the other day, "If vampires drink blood, what do they eat?" And you know what? I couldn't answer it. I don't even really care what the answer is. It's the question I like – how delightfully childlike, how penetratingly simple!
It even had posh blue blood!
We all know vampires drink blood, you see. But still, there's a thrill when you get to do it, to be the vampire. A helpless victim, a graceful swoop, a bite. Lovely stuff. And Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines was the game that realised it for me (I am very excited for the upcoming sequel).
But it wasn't just the necking I remember, it was the blood packs. They're just so wrong! Pouncing on people is quite romantic in a vampire way, but pinching blood packs from hospitals and doctor's surgeries? That's outrageous! Yet there I was, minutes into the game, ransacking refrigerators to steal a vital lifeline from the needy. What a bloody monster!
(Incidentally, go and give blood.)
I was going to write Quake 2 (multiplayer) because I was raised on it, much like how Mowgli was raised by wolves, and I can still hear the bassy duh-dum noise the health packs make when you pick them up, but actually, Doom does them better. Well not better, exactly, but it does more with the same sort of system.
Health pick-ups are essential to your route through a level. They're almost like the flags skiers fly through, in that you beeline for them. Doom is a game about arena survival so you have to know where health pick-ups are, or you die. Sometimes I felt like they were the only thing I could see – me, frantically charging for one, tailed by an army of hell's worst. It's not unlike the feeling of being the ship in Geometry Wars, always only a hair's breadth from the swarm.
Doom embellishes this health pick-up system in a couple of ways. It adapts the power of pick-ups based on how well you're doing, so if you're nearly dead, pick-ups heal more, so it subtly keeps you alive but only ever by the skin of your teeth. Doom also uses health to incentivise gory kills, its showboating moves. They force health drops, you see, encouraging you to risk performing them. And all of this mixed together ensures health packs in Doom are much more than a rote necessity – they're an integral part of your gameplay plan.
(Incidentally, Doom Eternal – the follow-up – is due out 22nd November this year. Can't wait!)
Beyond Good and Evil
One of the many little things that made Beyond Good and Evil feel like a place as much as a game were the health pick-ups. Feeling low? Enjoy some Starkos or – if you're really peaky – a thing of K-Bups. I say a thing of K-Bups because the game is wonderfully vague about what they are and what they come in. These matte purple globes: are they fruit or are they some kind of candy? Is that a shell that might splinter and crack and reveal liquer? And oh yes, is that a box or a sack they're in? Can it be recycled?
The thing I really like about K-Bups and Starkos is not just that they keep you in the fiction when you're looking for a health top-up. It's that lots of games have looked around for food solutions to health pick-ups, but Beyond Good and Evil has looked a little further. No chicken dinners or hamburgers or what have you. K-Bups and Starkos talk of small family restaurants in back alleys, of special markets you have to be in the know to find. They speak of a world of food, of food specifics, rather than a placeholder that stands in for something bland and basic.
Mmmhmm.
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Q: Excel cant cope with large data set - need to lookup So I have a data set of about 150k lookup references. I am trying to see if at any point these appear in my other dataset of around 4 Million.
If so, return true. Anything that returns false will be deleted from our crm.
I am currently just trying lookups of the 150k against 200k at a time but it still keeps crashing...
Does anyone have any ideas?

A: Since you don't have any code here, I could provide one example from a code I recentrly wrote. Maybe you can get an idea how to handle your problem.

        Dim rFoundCell As Range
        Dim the_string As String

        Set xFoundCell = Sheets("Database").Range("B1:B100000").Find(Userform.Something,
        LookAt:=xlPart, MatchCase:=False)
        Sheets("ED").Range("B2") = xFoundCell.Address
        the_string = Sheets("ED").Range("B2")
        the_string = Replace(the_string, "B", "")
        the_string = Replace(the_string, "$", "")
        Sheets("ED").Range("B2") = the_string

This is a part of my code which is used to get the adress of my cell.
You could customize something like this in a loop and lookup all your cells.
Hope this can help you
Best regards


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from django.utils.timezone import utc

LOG_LEVEL = {
    0: logging.ERROR,
    1: logging.WARN,
    2: logging.INFO,
    3: logging.DEBUG,
}

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    return datetime.utcnow().replace(tzinfo=utc())

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Day: 1/12/2018
Obama Tells Letterman that 'If You Watch Fox News You Are Living on a Different Planet'
Posted by Mark NC on January 12, 2018 at 2:40 pm. 2	Comments :
David Letterman is about to launch his new interview program "My Next Guest Needs No Introduction" on Netflix. It's a much anticipated return for an American icon who has been greatly missed. The same thing could be said about his first guest, President Barack Obama.
A few excerpts from the interview are beginning to make the rounds on TV. Some are charming insights into his personal and family life. But one is a particularly timely commentary on the divisiveness within, and caused by, the media. Obama told Letterman that:
"One of the biggest challenges we have to our democracy is the degree to which we don't share a common baseline of facts. What the Russians exploited, but it was already here, is we are operating in completely different information universes. If you watch Fox News, you are living on a different planet than you are if you listen to NPR. […] At a certain point you just live in a bubble and I think that's why our politics are so polarized right now."
Ya think? The current controversy surrounding Donald Trump's vile and racist remarks about "sh*thole countries" like Haiti and those in Africa perfectly illustrates the information gap that divides Fox News from the rest of the world. While almost every other media outlet has properly reported Trump's bigotry, and the well-deserved outrage it incited, Fox News had a completely different take on the matter. Here are a few of the defenses and justifications that are typical of the Trump-fluffing network:
Tucker Carlson: "President Trump said something that almost every single person in America actually agrees with."
Rachel Campos-Duffy: "This is a 70-year-old man. He speaks in a certain way. It's very impolitic. It's very un-PC. And who among us hasn't said something like that?"
Steve Doocy: "Somebody leaked it to the press, obviously to damage the president and ultimately to derail what they wanted to talk about, which was immigration."
Jesse Watters: "This is how the forgotten men and women in America talk at the bar. This is how Trump relates to people."
Steve Cortes: "He spoke in a way which any American would, who speaks plainly, who doesn't speak in a lawyerly or political manner about these countries. That's not racist. That's being sensible."
Not only are these Fox News cretins dismissing the rampant racism in Trump's blackened heart, they are accusing every American of having exactly the same feelings. They think it's perfectly alright to denigrate entire continents because, in their warped view, it's what all Americans believe.
Thank goodness that isn't true. But even to the extent that Trump's base does harbor these repugnant thoughts (and, sadly, they do), that's still not an excuse. The notion that it's an asset for an American president to talk like the souse at the end of the bar is terribly misguided. Hopefully our national leaders are far better educated and prepared for the duties of governing and diplomacy than the slack-jawed yokels Fox News aims their programming at. The old polling inquiry about which candidate a voter would rather have a beer with was always an absurd measure of qualifications.
How Fox News Deceives and Controls Their Flock:
Fox Nation vs. Reality: The Fox News Cult of Ignorance.
Available now at Amazon.
Donald Trump exemplifies the worst of the perverse concept that presidents should be "just like me." They shouldn't. They should be way better than me. But the alternate universe that Obama is describing exists on Fox News where they take this idea to its most reprehensible extremes. Fox's audience will lick it up, thinking that they would be just as good at being president as anyone else. And the more Trump acts like a hate-filled moron who says whatever idiotic mental glitch pops into his diseased brain, the more the Fox cultists will feel enabled and empowered. And the more imperative it is to fight back against this looming devolution of society.


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Makana
Virtuosic and versatile, Makana defies description. As a young prodigy, he was known as "The Ki-ho'alu Kid" (The Slack-Key Kid). He has since far exceeded the promise of his younger days in both his playing and songwriting. His mastery of slack key's open tunings and technique, along with a naturally engaging voice, allows him to successfully explore the breadth of slack key guitar. He returns to The Shedd's Jaqua Concert Hall on tour with his traditional Hawai'ian music project. Now Hear This Series Ticketing: Purchase at The Shedd Institute Ticket Office (541-434-7000, 868 High Street). Shedd Institute concerts at the Hult Center must be purchased at the Hult Ticket Office (541-682-5000, One Eugene Center). Discounts to most Shedd Institute shows available for youths high school and younger (50%); college student with current student ID (10%); group discounts for purchases of 6 or more tickets to a single show (10%), discount for purchases of 15 or more (15%). Shedd Institute package discounts (10% to 20%) are available through The Shedd Ticket Office (541-434-7000 or 868 High Street) or on the web. Discounts cannot be combined. Don't miss our great set-menu, casual pre-performance dinners for $19.75 ($14.75, kids 9 and younger) in The Shedd's Great Hall 1 1/2 hours before most evening performances at The Shedd (usually 6 pm). Prepared by The Shedd's resident chef, Shelby Hoopes-Tice, each meal includes entrée (vegetarian option), salad, side dish, dessert, coffee and tea. Wine, beer, and soft drinks are available for purchase. Reservations with The Shedd Ticket Office at least 1 day in advance are required.
Add to Calendar 04/08/201607:30 PM 04/08/201609:30 PM America/Los_Angeles Makana Virtuosic and versatile, Makana defies description. As a young prodigy, he was known as "The Ki-ho'alu Kid" (The Slack-Key Kid). He has since far exceeded... More info at www.oregonfamily.com/events/77385/makana The John G. Shedd Institute for the Arts 868 High Street , Eugene, OR 97401 axEakIwmdzNKaowyWmiv58927
The John G. Shedd Institute for the Arts
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