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Not every decision DC made following the rebooting of their universe in CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS was a complete success. Some were just out-and-out bad decisions (like the excising of Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman from JLA history), some were editorial miscalculations that degenerated into a continuity nightmare (say, for example, Hawkman), and some were just tough nuts to crack.
What to do with Power Girl was a tough nut to crack.
But I'm getting ahead of myself. Let's go back to where it all started, to the character's introduction in 1976. Based on years of popular supporting appearances in the pages of JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA, the Powers That Were at DC decided to give the Justice Society of America their own series once more, even going so far as to revive the title and numbering of their original series from the 1940s, ALL-STAR COMICS. Accordingly, February 1976 saw the publication of ALL-STAR COMICS #58, "All-Star Super Squad," written by Gerry Conway and drawn by Ric Estrada and the great Wally Wood.
However, it had been decided that certain changes were in order. First off, the Justice Society name was downplayed, especially on the book's cover, as it was feared that the similarity to the "Justice League" name could confuse readers; instead the JSA members, along with several new recruits, were awkwardly named "the Super-Squad," a clunky moniker that was hardly ever spoken in the series and certainly didn't catch on with readers.
New recruits, you ask? Indeed, that was the second big change for the series, as it was thought the team of old-timers (remember, this book took place on Earth-2, so the JSA members, WW II veterans all, were in their late fifties, at least) needed some new blood, and so some younger members were added: the now grown-up and nearing middle age Robin, the Golden Age teen hero the Star-Spangled Kid, recently retrieved from being lost in time for over two decades, and a brand-new character: Power Girl.
Power Girl first appeared on the scene in Peking, China, singlehandedly capping a mysteriously active volcano that was giving Wildcat and Flash Jay Garrick a considerable amount of trouble. Introducing herself to the stunned JSAers as Superman's cousin, Power Girl, acknowledged in an editorial caption as the Earth-2 version of Supergirl, with the explanation that on Earth-2, Superman kept her existence secret much longer than the Earth-1 Superman did. Apparently, by about a decade or so, which seems a little harsh. This was later rethought by DC editors (probably for exactly that reason, that it seemed unnecessarily cruel for Superman not to allow her in public for that long), and the story was amended, which we'll get back to in a bit.
Anyway, Power Girl wound up being the breakout star of the new "Super Squad," for a number of reasons. DC had never had a really aggressive, powerful female character, and Power Girl's outspoken feminism and assertive, in-your-face interaction and competition with dinosaurs like Wildcat and Hawkman seemed very fresh and unusual at the time.
The readers would often see Kara racing with the Flash or arm-wrestling with Wildcat, constantly trying to prove her superiority over the older, male JSAers. Kara Zor-L's defiant streak was manifested in her very name and costume, which was purposely different from her cousin's in an effort to establish an independent identity for herself. Of course, Power Girl's visual design probably had something to do with her popularity, particularly her, shall we say, attributes. There's an infamous story about Power Girl that's been going around for years: reportedly, artist Wally Wood told associates that he intended to draw Power Girl's breasts bigger with every issue until the editors noticed and told him to stop. Wood left the series before any such editorial edict was issued, but a look at some art from his final issue certainly raises the possibility that the tall tale might have some truth to it:
In an effort to further cement Kara's credibility in the series, the Earth-2 Superman was brought in for a series of guest appearances, allowing for Kal-L and Kara to bicker in an attempt to further get across Power Girl's headstrong characterization, and also to give her a sort-of "Super-endorsement" when Superman officially announced his retirement and gave Power Girl his spot in the Justice Society (the goofy "Super Squad" name by that time having been long discarded).
The interactions with Superman also allowed them to elaborate and clear up some the mystery of her arrival on Earth, revealing that her father built a slower rocket than Kal-L's, taking her much longer to travel from Krypton (or I guess that would be Krypton-2, if you want to be specific) to Earth, with Kara slowly aging inside in suspended animation, resulting on her arriving on Earth decades later than baby Kal-L, and having grown to a young woman on the journey.
But wait a minute, I hear you asking. If Kara was placed in the rocket as an infant and emerged on Earth-2 as a young woman, who raised her? This would be a question to be answered in Power Girl's short-lived solo feature in the pages of SHOWCASE, DC's revived anthology series.
In SHOWCASE #97 – 98 (February 1978), written by Paul Levitz and drawn by Joe Staton and Joe Orlando, we got our first real look at Power Girl's origin, as seen in a dream sequence courtesy of the slumbering Kara. Here we begin to see the differences between Power Girl's origins and that of her Earth-1 counterpart Supergirl. For starters, Kara's father Zor-L (brother to Superman's father Jor-L) had heeded his brother's warnings about Krypton's imminent destruction, and had taken Jor-L's data so as to make his own rocketship to save his family before their planet exploded.
However, Zor-L, whose own scientific specialty involved the study of the brain, had his own modifications he planned to make, resulting in the "symbioship," which took Kara on a somewhat leisurely journey to the planet Earth. On the way, while Kara slept in suspended animation and slowly aged to about her early twenties, the symbioship projected images and information into her subconscious mind, providing her with the life experiences and education of her Kryptonian background. Of course, the fact that her whole life had been spent in a box and her entire life's memory came from a DVD might account for why she was so grumpy and anti-social in those early JSA adventures.
Eventually, Kara settled into life on Earth a little easier, creating the civilian identity of Karen Starr for herself and starting her own computer software business, StarrWare. With the cancellation of ALL-STAR COMICS and its successive series in ADVENTURE COMICS, Power Girl and the Justice Society settled into the usual yearly appearances in the pages of JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA and the occasional guest-shot throughout the DC Universe. However, they found themselves back in the spotlight in 1984, when writer Roy Thomas, fresh from the success of his WW-II-set ALL-STAR SQUADRON Earth-2 series, introduced INFINITY, INC., a new modern-day team book about the children and successors of the Justice Society, which naturally included the three youngest members introduced in the earlier "Super-Squad" series: Star-Spangled Kid, the Huntress (the daughter of Batman and Catwoman) and Power Girl.
In classic Roy Thomas style, the new series kicked off by re-introducing a story element from the original Golden Age JSA comics: the Stream of Ruthlessness, a mystical waterway which subverts those submerged in it to their worst, most evil instincts. Drowned in the stream by the Ultra-Humanite, the newly evil Justice Society embarks upon a reign of terror across the globe, which the newly formed Infinitors have to contend with.
One of the featured confrontations in the storyline was Power Girl vs. Superman, who had captured Metropolis in order to raze it to the ground and rebuild it in Krypton's image. The Superman/Power Girl battle was brutal, with Superman pummeling his cousin mercilessly, but Power Girl at least fought the good fight before showing the better part of valor and running off to get a little Green-K equalizer.
After a struggle that lasted through most of the series' first year, Infinity, Inc., managed to restore the JSA to sanity and defeat the Ultra-Humanite, and after that decided to remain together as a team, with two notable exceptions: Huntress and Power Girl, who elected to remain solo. This was most likely by design, as these were the two to be most directly affected by what was about to come: the CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS.
As discussed and recounted seemingly dozens of times around these parts, the 1985 12-issue miniseries put an end to DC's parallel Earths and duplicate characters, consolidating all of DC's heroes, villains and history into a single Earth and a single timeline. This meant that characters like the Earth-2 Superman, the Earth-2 Wonder Woman, the Earth-2 Robin, etc. were officially deemed to have "never existed." Accordingly, those newer characters directly related to the duplicates, like the Huntress, were also wiped away, officially declared invalid.
And yet Power Girl survived. Why?
From a real-world standpoint, I think it was pretty simple. I think the DC editors and writers liked the character and didn't want to see her go away, so they just decided not to. Simple as that. It certainly helped that she had her own superhero sobriquet unrelated to Superman, and that her costume, while reminiscent of Kal-L's, wasn't simply a knock-off of the original red-and-blue Supersuit. Of course, that left a big problem: if Power Girl was still around but her history no longer happened, how could she even exist?
Come on back next week to find out.
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Bridgeport Bluefish hits 20th season – but a 21st may be in doubt
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As it enters its 20th season, the Bridgeport Bluefish baseball team finds itself at something of a crossroads. Attendance has been relatively flat for the past few years, principal owner and CEO Frank Boulton has personally spent what he says is "a lot of money" to keep the team afloat and there's at least a chance that the team will have to look for a new home when its lease at The Ballpark at Harbor Yard expires this year.
Still, Boulton told the Business Journal, "The 20 years have gone pretty quickly, which speaks to the old adage that time flies when you're having fun … I guess."
Running the Bluefish as well as the Atlantic League in which it plays can be fun, Boulton said, but it can be challenging as well. While the team's sponsors run an impressive gamut – from national companies such as Boar's Head, McDonald's and Allstate to firms in Bridgeport and surrounding towns like All Kids Dental, transportation company Dattco and Scap Auto Group in Fairfield – Boulton feels that more need to step up to the plate.
"We need more corporate support," he said. "I don't mean corporate welfare, but something that would be a small piece of their marketing budget. You've got a captive audience of 185,000 to 200,000 people a season, who are sitting there for maybe up to three hours. They notice those signs and it can make the difference in whether they go to that store after the game."
According to Ballpark Digest, the Bluefish finished the 2016 season with a total attendance of 183,921 – a 4 percent decline from the previous year's 192,466, and the lowest of the Atlantic League's eight teams both years.
Boulton maintains that total attendance was actually up last year thanks to such events as its annual "Battle of the Sexes" fast-pitch softball exhibition game and Nitro Circus, an "action sports collective" featuring dirt bike stunts that Boulton said did standing-room-only business at the 5,300-seat park. Such events are not included in Ballpark Digest's calculations, he said.
The Bluefish boss' creation of the Atlantic League was spurred by the New York Mets' objecting to his proposed 1992 relocation of his minor league team affiliated with the Bronx Bombers, the Albany-Colonie Yankees, to Long Island. (The Albany-Colonie squad is today the Richmond (Va.) Flying Squirrels, the San Francisco Giants' AA team.)
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Six years later the Atlantic League was born, with the Bluefish one of its original teams. The team was founded by a group including former Pennsylvania state Sen. Jack McGregor, his wife Mary-Jane Foster, and Mickey Herbert, onetime president/CEO of ConnectiCare and now president/CEO of The Bridgeport Regional Business Council.
Prior to the 2006 season, the team was bought by a group of investors that included McGregor and Foster, Get Hooked LLC, which in turn sold it to Boulton in 2008.
Boulton is also founder and CEO of the Long Island Ducks, another charter Atlantic League team. It has been considerably more successful than the Bluefish, with an annual average attendance of 360,000, according to Ballpark Digest. The Ducks won back-to-back league championships in 2012 and '13, while the Bluefish have not made the playoffs since 2010.
Joining the Bluefish and Ducks in the League's Liberty Division are the Somerset Patriots, based in Bridgewater, New Jersey, and the New Britain Bees, formed in 2016 from the ashes of the New Britain Rock Cats of the Eastern League. The Atlantic League's Freedom Division consists of the Lancaster (Pa.) Barnstormers, Southern Maryland Blue Crabs, Sugar Land (Texas) Skeeters and York (Pa.) Revolution. Boulton said he expected the league to expand to 12 teams "at some point." Talks have recently taken place with Atlantic City and Camden about starting teams in the Garden State.
It was Boulton's idea to make the Atlantic League what he called "a boutique league consisting of the 200 best players not signed to a Major League organization in the world." Onetime MLB stars like Tim Raines, Carlos Baerga, Rickey Henderson and Chien-Ming Wang all spent time in the league, with Bluefish alums including Edgardo Alfonzo, Shea Hillenbrand and Wily Mo Peña. Last year Bridgeport offered former football player Tim Tebow a contract. This year's roster includes former Mets and Seattle Mariners outfielder Endy Chávez.
The team has also had promotional nights featuring "guest managers" like Pete Rose, Roger Clemens and Paul O'Neill, though he said softball star Jennie Finch's stint last May proved to be one of the most popular.
This year Boulton hopes to have the likes of Herbert and other key on- and off-field figures involved in the 20th anniversary; plans are for the Bluefish's annual "Legends" game to be extra-celebrity-filled as well, he said. Twentieth-anniversary merchandise will also be for sale throughout the season, which begins April 28 at 4:05 p.m. against the Blue Crabs – the same time that its first-ever game took place in 2008 – following a season-opening road trip to Sugar Land.
"This is all about making sure our fans see a quality game, at an affordable price and in a family atmosphere, where the hot dogs are hot and the cold drinks are cold," Boulton said. The top ticket price of $14 has remained unchanged since 2007, he said.
"Electricity and other utilities keep going up, but we've held our ticket prices in place."
Still, money is very much on Boulton's mind. Bridgeport instituted a 5 percent admissions tax on tickets costing over $10 to for-profit sports events and concerts, with both the ballpark and the 10,000-seat Webster Arena nearby being the most obvious marks.
The ballpark is also due to have its exemption to the state's 10 percent admissions tax expire on June 30. State Rep. Ezequiel Santiago, who secured the exemption that began on July 1, 2015, is fighting to extend that moratorium. "With the (Bridgeport) City Council's action, the Bluefish would go from a zero percent admissions tax to 15 percent," Santiago said. "They would have to pass that on to the consumer and make their games less affordable."
Santiago said that Webster Arena, as well as New Britain Stadium and Hartford's XL Center and its troubled, under-construction Dunkin' Donuts Park, are already exempt from the state tax.
"All you want in life is a level playing field and that's all we're asking for," Boulton said.
Meanwhile, the Bluefish and Bridgeport extended the lease that expired last year so that the 20th anniversary could be observed at the ballpark, but beyond that the team's future there is uncertain.
"Joe was there at the ribbon-cutting ceremony (in 1998), and we have a good relationship with him," Boulton said of Bridgeport Mayor Joe Ganim. "We want to sit down with him during the season, and I think he does as well."
Ganim – who was instrumental in bringing pro baseball back to the city for the first time since 1950, when the Bridgeport Bees, an affiliate of the then-Boston Braves, folded – sounded positive, calling Boulton "quite a guy" but noting that the issue "is unsettled at this point."
As part of the one-year lease extension, under which the Bluefish is continuing to pay the city $150,000 in rent, it paid another $117,000 to settle a dispute over maintenance bills that began during the administration of Bill Finch, whose 2007-15 term as mayor overlapped Ganim's time in prison on corruption charges. (Ganim, who served as mayor from 1991-2003, defeated Finch in '15 to return to that office.)
The mayor said that cleaning up the dilapidated buildings along I-95, where the ballpark now stands, was one of his proudest accomplishments. And the Bluefish had helped send a signal to businesses and visitors alike that Bridgeport was again a destination city. Ganim's anti-blight efforts are continuing as he strives to continue that momentum.
"You ask what value the Bluefish have brought to Bridgeport? You can't put a price on it," he said. "Their coming here really kick-started a lot of positive additional developments over the past 20 years.
"They planted a flag in the ground," Ganim said. "Now the question is, what do we do next? If we can keep them here, that would be a wonderful thing. But we need to look at what other opportunities may be out there."
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MyHeritage Team at Dakar: The Race is On!
By The Citizen on January 13, 2021
We're excited to bring you another update from the co-driver Charly Gotlib on the MyHeritage Team at the 2021 Dakar Rally:
Monday was quite the day! We had a 374 km special stage which was very rocky. We also had no spare wheel to rely on, but all went well.
We got into a proper rhythm being careful not to puncture a tire. The scenery was breathtakingly beautiful, especially during the last 20km of the stage. There were amazing canyons, rocks of all shapes and sizes, and much more… To top it off, for once we were able to finish the stage in daylight
Tuesday was not our best day, or should I say not our best night! Everything was going pretty well during the day. We started the race along the shores of the Red Sea, over very stony tracks. We had to drive very carefully sometimes passing over trial zones at just 2-5 km/hr.
Once the sun went down and we still had about 150km to go, we started to slow down to a very slow pace. In the dark of the night, the navigation became increasingly difficult, especially in the hilly areas where every canyon leads somewhere else.
You can get lost very easily, and we did, many times! But we did find our way eventually, and we got to the bivouac at midnight.
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Russia Faces Three Pivotal Moments in 2023 – Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
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More than ten months on from the invasion of Ukraine, the contrast between the scale of the external shocks faced by Russia and the relative inertia inside the country is striking. Despite military failings and punishing sanctions, most Russians have gone on with their lives as though nothing is happening, while the elites have tried not to think about what tomorrow may bring, instead putting their full trust in Putin.
However, 2023 could prove a dramatic year for Russia and be make-or-break for its leadership's resistance to change, with three internal questions in particular promising to shape the country's development for decades to come.
First, Putin will have to decide whether to run for re-election in 2024. Russia's constitution was amended in 2020 to allow him to remain president until 2036. He may alternatively name a successor, though to leave enough time for campaigning, he would have to do so by the end of December 2023.
For now, no one is sure what his plans are. This is by design, as Putin prefers to keep his elites in the dark. Indeed, in the summer of 2020, he justified the constitutional changes that made it possible to extend his rule as a guard against unrest among the elites, who he said "need to work, not look around for successors."
Following the revision of the constitution, both the presidential administration and elites operated on the assumption that Putin would hold on to power indefinitely. Today, the key question is how his calculations have been changed by the war and, in particular, the fact that it has not gone according to plan.
Some believe that in unleashing grave problems and threats, the war has strengthened Putin's resolve to stay in power beyond 2024. Given his contempt for "political deserters"—those who quit their posts in tough times—he is unlikely to become one of them.
Others feel that not only is Putin open to giving up power, he may see doing so as part of a solution to the conflict with Ukraine. Even if that appears to be wishful thinking, part of the elite clearly hopes that such a reset will suffice to end Russia's recent string of setbacks.
However, both sides lack certainty about his designs. In any case, Putin is famously fond of making decisions at the eleventh hour, often based on situational factors and in defiance of popular expectations.
The 2024 problem, then, has become a major source of anxiety for the elites. It will do more than any other issue to influence the events of 2023, as the political class tries to work out Putin's intentions and plan around them with an eye to minimizing risk.
A second, related issue is the growing schism between those in the elites who favor escalating the war, and those who warn against doing so. This divide emerged after Russia's withdrawal from the Kharkiv region and relinquishing of the key city of Kherson, and was fueled by Ukraine's strike on the bridge to Crimea, the referendums held on annexing occupied parts of Ukraine, and the authorities' subsequent ambiguity on what Russia's official borders are.
The pragmatists, who consist of technocrats as well as mid-ranking officials in the military and the security services, are united in their conviction that the war should be paused and rethought, and that the country should opt for a more realistic policy in keeping with its rather limited capacities. The hawks call for Russia to not only unleash its full military might against Ukraine, but also to radically restructure its own political and economic system. The latter plank makes theirs a revolutionary faction (albeit pro-Putin, for now at least) whose aim is to supplant a government they see as stalled.
Their struggle for supremacy is set to be one of 2023's key political fights, and one that hinges largely on events on the battlefield: the worse Russia performs militarily, the more vicious the pragmatists' battle with the hawks. The Kremlin will find its preferred mechanism for suppressing dissent—repression—ill-fitting if used against the regime's loyalists.
The hawks will take the offensive, targeting the military brass and politicians, as Yevgeny Prigozhin, the notorious head of the Wagner private military company, already has. The pragmatists, meanwhile, will express doom and gloom about the direction of the conflict, seeking to scale back Moscow's war goals and force recognition that victory is impossible. Their message will be well received by non-military elites, who were taken by surprise by the invasion and fear its medium-term consequences.
All this leaves Russia stuck between military madness and careful consideration of a possible de-escalation, and Putin faced with a choice: between doubling down on his quixotic pursuit of Kyiv's decisive defeat and returning to the negotiating table, with the West if not Ukraine.
The third key issue Russia faces in 2023 revolves around government personnel changes, which are highly likely, even if it is hard to predict who will replace whom.
One reason a reshuffle is near-certain is the increasing demand at the top for dynamism and effectiveness. Putin's inclination to invite technocrats into the government may grow further, with senior figures in the cabinet, the presidential administration, and the power structures all aged and exhausted by the war and military failings forcing Putin to look for new ideas. Another is the coming presidential contest, given the historical record: reshuffles have preceded all but one of Russia's presidential elections.
A long buildup of tension within the government offers another reason to expect personnel changes. Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu and Chief of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov are being blamed for corruption within the armed forces, while the FSB has been slammed for intelligence failures. Security Council Deputy Chairman Dmitry Medvedev is seen as having lost the plot altogether, and Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin as too apolitical, while central bank governor Elvira Nabiullina is suspected of secretly opposing the war.
The government's senior figures are all dissatisfied with each other: a mutual dislike that gives Putin cause to switch things up. Still, his conservatism and apprehensiveness when it comes to firing underlings will likely lead him to try to strike a balance between stability and renewal.
These fateful developments will be profoundly influenced by events on the battlefield. If, as Kyiv has predicted, Russia attempts a large-scale offensive in February or March, it will likely be met with significant Ukrainian resistance. Otherwise, Moscow will continue slowly strangling Ukraine with attacks on its infrastructure, to which Kyiv will respond with diversionary attacks on Russian soil.
Russian political life will remain in the grip of the war's grim and oppressive atmosphere, leaving elites even more anxious and fearful of the future. Putin's hypersecrecy and refusal to explain himself to anyone will do nothing to help the situation. Repression will undoubtedly grow, with all dissent criminalized, elements of a state ideology introduced, and new pretexts found for even longer prison sentences.
In 2023, Russia's already historic war with Ukraine will show its full transformational potential, finally changing Russia from within and straining its leaders' ability to keep the situation under control and plan the decisions they make.
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Q: Throwing exception in main method I am trying to figure out why I have to throw exception in the main method while I have try/catch blocks that can handle those exceptions anyway?
Even if I delete throws IllegalArgumentException,InputMismatchException part, the program will still compile and work perfectly.
public static void main(String[] args) throws IllegalArgumentException,InputMismatchException{
    boolean flag = true;
    Scanner in = new Scanner(System.in);
    do{
        try{
            System.out.println("Please enter the number:");
            int n = in.nextInt();
            int sum = range(n);
            System.out.println("sum = " + sum);
            flag = false;
        }
        catch(IllegalArgumentException e){
            System.out.println(e.getMessage());
        }
        catch(InputMismatchException e){
            System.out.println("The number has to be as integer...");
            in.nextLine();
        }

A: Any method has two choices to deal with the exceptions that can occur in that method:
First choice is to handle the exception within the method using a catch and don't tell anyone about it. This approach is useful in handling errors, which will have no effect on the method calling this.
Second choice is to catch the exception in the method, may or may not do something to handle the exception. Additionally tell the calling method that something has gone wrong, so you do the needful. This approach is useful and should be used for exceptions which are causing a problem that need to be propagated above to the calling hierarchy.

I don't think it is really a good idea to throw exceptions form the
  main method. Because even if you don't throw it, JVM will get the
  exception and will exit. The best you can do is to try to catch those
  excepitons and do some corrective action within the main. If the
  exception is catastrophic no matter whether you throw it or not, the
  program will exit.

A: Simple answer:
You don't need to declare a method to throw if all the checked exceptions are handled by the code.
See also:
http://www.javapractices.com/topic/TopicAction.do?Id=129

A: You only throw an exception if you want it to be handled by a "higher" function.
(Note: The exception doesn't just disappear when it is thrown.  It still has to be handled.)
public void functionA() throws Exception{
  throw new Exception("This exception is going to be handled elsewhere");
}

You use a try/catch block when you want to handle the exception immediately.
public void functionB(){
  try{
    throw new Exception("This exception is handled here.");
  }catch(Exception e){
    System.err.println("Exception caught: "+e);
  }
}

If you are already using a try/catch block to catch an exception, then you have no need to throw that exception any higher.
public void functionC() throws Exception{
  try{
    throw new Exception("This exception doesn't know where to go.");
  }catch(Exception e){
    System.err.println("Exception caught: "+e);
  }
}

A: Sometimes the calling party will not want an exception thrown because they will not want to handle such exceptions. In such instances we do enclose the code that could throw exceptions with a try catch finally block.
But in instances where you want to specifically catch a certain exception and try to do something about it, or if you want to throw out a customer exception to the calling party, then you should first catch it.
It is recommended never to swallow exceptions and also not to catch and re-throw the same exception.

A: Basically checked exceptions needs to be handled. Compiler forces to do that. You can do that either by try catch or by throws clause . One of them is sufficient.
You would resort to first approach when you don't want to handle that exception by calling code.

A: You are  handling your exception in your code using try-catch. This is the reason.

A: Throwing an exception is a way of indicating to the calling/invoking method to be prepared to manage an unusual scenario.
As main method is the root-most in the hierarchy the propagation will end here.
The need for handling arises when we intend a clean exit. In your case, you're doing just that with the try/catch block.
https://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/essential/exceptions/throwing.html

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Le Grand, Antoine, 1694, An entire body of philosophy according to the principles of the famous Renate Des Cartes.
Title Le Grand, Antoine, 1694, An entire body of philosophy according to the principles of the famous Renate Des Cartes.
Full title An entire body of philosophy according to the principles of the famous Renate Des Cartes : in three books: I. The institution... II. The history of nature... III. A dissertation of the want of sense and knowledge in brute animals... / written originally in Latin by the learned Anthony Le Grand ; now carefully translated from the last corrections, alterations, and large additions of the author, never yet published. The whole work illustrated with almost an hundred sculptures dispersed... by Richard Blome.
Alternative Title Institutio philosophiae secundum principia D. Renati Descartes.
Creator Le Grand, Antoine, -1699.
Subject Descartes, René, -- 1596-1650.
Publisher London : Printed by Samuel Roycroft, and sold by the undertaker Richard Blome.
Contents, part 1, pages 1 - 74.
Contents, part 1, pages 76 - 225.
Contents, part 1, pages 227 - 390.
Contents, parts 2 and 3.
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Héctor Enrique Vasconcelos y Cruz is a Mexican diplomat. He is the former Mexican Ambassador to Denmark, Norway and Iceland. He was expected to be appointed the Mexican Secretary of Foreign Affairs (Mexico) by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, but was subsequently replaced by Marcelo Ebrard on 5 July 2018 as he was elected to be senator instead. One of his main goals is to improve NAFTA.

Early years
He is the only child of politician and writer José Vasconcelos and pianist Esperanza Cruz.

He would study music in school.

Professional life

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Living people
Alumni of the University of Oxford
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Year of birth missing (living people)
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Tumacacori National Historical Park
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Tumacácori sits at a cultural crossroads in the Santa Cruz River valley. Here O'odham, Yaqui, and Apache people met and mingled with European Jesuit and Franciscan missionaries, settlers, and soldiers, sometimes in conflict and sometimes in cooperation. Follow the timeworn paths and discover stories that connect us to enduring relationships, vibrant cultures, and traditions of long ago.
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Sustainability Alliance (Verde Valley)
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The Sustainability Alliance is a coalition of non profits operating in the Verde Valley that share an intention of moving this region toward sustainability. Each NGO focuses on different but interrelated parts of the 'sustainability elephant': People, Planet, Prosperity. Working together helps us all understand complex inter-dependencies and uncover opportunities to make a bigger difference.
We work with local schools to help them integrate sustainability into their operations and classrooms, in part through an annual Sustainability in Schools Symposium. Our coalition provides community-wide resources to become more sustainable including a Sustainable Business Certification, a Zero Waste Event certification, and recommendations on a wide range of issues and are building a dashboard of community indicators.
Check out the Sustainability in Schools Symposium, which is an annual conference for educators.
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Center for Nature & Place (Prescott)
January 14, 2019 /in Arizona, Organizations Educator Adult, Early Childhood, Higher Education, Professional Development Arizona, early childhood education, grade school, higher education, preschool, professional development, teacher preparation /by Shawn McCrohan
The Prescott College Center for Nature and Place-Based Early Childhood Education was established to support and expand training for early childhood educators, pre-service teachers, administrators, and program directors in developmentally appropriate nature and place-based pedagogy. Founded in 2016 with support from the George B. Storer Foundation, the Center is housed in and integrated with Prescott College's Department of Education and Teacher Preparation.
The Center focuses on designing innovative nature and place focused professional development opportunities and course curricula for undergraduate and graduate programs. It offers residential professional development institutes and outreach workshops that provide training and experiential learning opportunities for early childhood educators across Arizona and beyond, including the Summer Institute for Nature and Place-Based Early Childhood Education. Learn more at: www.prescott.edu/sifece
The Center provides opportunities and support for student research on the effectiveness of nature and place-based early childhood teacher education and outdoor learning activities in order to add to current professional knowledge in the field. The center actively seeks opportunities to collaborate with other higher education institutions, schools, and organizations in implementing nature and place-based teacher training initiatives and related research projects.
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USA National Phenology Network and Nature's Notebook Citizen Science Program
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Observing phenology, or plant and animal life cycle events, through Nature's Notebook citizen science program from the USA National Phenology Network offers place-based, hands-on learning opportunities, provides a collaborative platform for site-based educators, and promotes cross-subject engagement while addressing standards of learning. Their formal and non-formal education resources can be used to help students of all ages plug into real-world scientific research questions addressed by many researchers, natural resource, land manager and educational groups. Phenology is an excellent lens for teaching about the natural world.
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Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research (Tucson)
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The primary mission of the Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research is to remain in the forefront of world dendrochronology through the use of tree rings as natural chronometers and recorders of change in the environment with which human society is inescapably linked. The Laboratory makes significant contributions to understanding natural environmental variability in climatic, hydrologic, geomorphic, and ecological systems.
They are committed to promoting public awareness (and understanding) of science and making informal contributions to science education. As part of their Outreach program, they strive to inspire new connections and nurture existing connections among our community, which includes visitors to and residents of Tucson, and the K-12 educators and students communities.
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Arizona State University | School of Sustainability (Statewide)
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Established in 2006, the School of Sustainability's mission is to educate a new generation of scholars and practitioners and create innovative modes of scholarship by bringing together leaders, stakeholders, and people from multiple disciplines to develop practical solutions to the most pressing sustainability challenges.
Online Sustainability Degree
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Willow Bend Environmental Education Center (Flagstaff)
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The mission of the Willow Bend Environmental Center in Flagstaff, Arizona, is to provide education outreach services that build environmental awareness and an ethic of responsible stewardship of our natural and cultural resources.
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The Cooper Center for Environmental Learning (Tucson)
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The Cooper Center for Environmental Learning is an organization that provides adventurous and hands-on learning experiences in the Sonoran Desert. They achieve this through a partnership between the Tucson Unified School District, who owns and maintains the facilities, and the University of Arizona's College of Education, who facilitates educational programming for learners of all ages.
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Phoenix Zoo (Phoenix)
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A visit to the Phoenix Zoo opens a wondrous world of curiosity, imagination and discovery. For more than half a century, the Zoo and its animals have amazed guests from across Phoenix and around the globe. Whether you are on the lookout for awe-inspiring Asian elephants, on safari to spot the great Sumatran tiger or seeking towering giraffes roaming the Savanna — a day at the Phoenix Zoo offers adventures like no other place in the Valley of the Sun.
The Phoenix Zoo is home to more than 1,400 animals, including 30 species that are endangered or threatened. There is so much to be learned about the animals that live here, and we encourage you to explore!
In addition to learning from a visit to the Phoenix Zoo— they also offer animal fact sheets, camps, and other programs that offer opportunities for further onsite learning and fun! The animals that live at the Phoenix Zoo and in the wild are endlessly intriguing and inspiring, and will leave you with a greater understanding and care for the natural world.
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Desert Botanical Garden (Phoenix)
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For nearly 80 years, Desert Botanical Garden has been teaching and inspiring visitors from the local community and around the world, providing research, exhibits and more designed to help us understand, protect and preserve the desert's natural beauty.
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RAWALPINDI: Unidentified men shot dead a policeman within the limits of the Airport police jurisdiction in Rawalpindi.
He received seven bullets and died on the spot, as per official statement. His body has been sent to a hospital for post-mortem. Police said the deceased belonged to Shakargarh, Punjab.


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Q: Does Python really create all bound method for every new instance? I am reading about classes in Python (3.4) and from what I understand it seems that every new object has its own bound methods instances.
class A:

    def __init__(self, name):
        self.name = name

    def foo(self):
        print(self.name)

a = A('One')
b = A('Two')

print(a.foo ==  b.foo)

The output of this is False.
This seems to me as a waste of memory. I thought that internally a.foo and b.foo would point somehow internally to one function in memory: A.foo where self as the class instance will be passed.
I assume this maybe cannot be implemented easily in the language.
Does each new instance contain also new instances of its bound methods?
If so, does not this hurt the performance or make case for creating new objects more cautiously than in other languages where methods are "shared" among objects like in Java?

A: Demystifying checker I made shows, functions are saved inside the main class A dictionary and shared among instances. But then the last couple lines shows once we bound the methods they are on unique memory address.
class A:

    def __init__(self, name):
        self.name = name

    def foo(self):
        print(self.name)

a = A('One')
b = A('Two')

d=a.__dict__
D=A.__dict__
print('dict a:', d)
print('dict A:', D)

print(D['foo']) #<function A.foo at 0x000001AF4258CC80>
# both next __func__ point to the parent dict
print(a.foo.__func__) #<function A.foo at 0x000001AF4258CC80>
print(b.foo.__func__) #<function A.foo at 0x000001AF4258CC80>

print(a.foo)
print(b.foo)
#already bound on unique address
print(a.foo==b.foo)

The full output:
dict a: {'name': 'One'}
dict A: {'__module__': '__main__', '__init__': <function A.__init__ at 0x000001AF425D3730>, 'foo': <function A.foo at 0x000001AF425D3620>, '__dict__': <attribute '__dict__' of 'A' objects>, '__weakref__': <attribute '__weakref__' of 'A' objects>, '__doc__': None}
<function A.foo at 0x000001AF425D3620>
<function A.foo at 0x000001AF425D3620>
<function A.foo at 0x000001AF425D3620>
<bound method A.foo of <__main__.A object at 0x000001AF425E21D0>>
<bound method A.foo of <__main__.A object at 0x000001AF42375C50>>
False

A: Methods are bound on demand, each time you access one.
Accessing the name of a function invokes the descriptor protocol, which on function objects returns a bound method.
A bound method is a thin wrapper around a function object; it stores a reference to the original function and to the instance. When calling a method object, it in turn passes the call to the function, with instance inserted as a first argument.
Methods are not created when the instance is created, so there is no extra memory required a-priori.
You can re-create the steps manually:
>>> class A:
...     def __init__(self, name):
...         self.name = name
...     def foo(self):
...         print(self.name)
...
>>> a = A('One')
>>> a.foo
<bound method A.foo of <__main__.A object at 0x100a27978>>
>>> a.foo.__self__
<__main__.A object at 0x100a27978>
>>> a.foo.__func__
<function A.foo at 0x100a22598>
>>> A.__dict__['foo']
<function A.foo at 0x100a22598>
>>> A.__dict__['foo'].__get__(a, A)
<bound method A.foo of <__main__.A object at 0x100a27978>>
>>> A.__dict__['foo'].__get__(a, A)()
One

It is only the method object that is recreated each time; the underlying function remains stable:
>>> a.foo is a.foo
False
>>> b = A('Two')
>>> b.foo is a.foo
False
>>> b.foo.__func__ is a.foo.__func__
True

This architecture also makes classmethod, staticmethod, and property objects work. You can create your own descriptors, creating a whole host of interesting binding behaviours.


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The Western rattlesnake (Crotalus viridis) is found throughout Colorado at elevations below 9,000 feet and grows up to 3 feet in length. This one was photographed near the Natural Arch in the La Garita Wilderness north of Del Norte, Colorado. (John McEvoy, Special to The Colorado Sun)
Don't suck out the venom, do bring your phone: What a trail runner's rattlesnake bite can teach Colorado adventurers
Snake bites are rare, but a bad situation can get worse if you have to run for help
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DEL NORTE – Each ink line on his orange and purple leg marked the progress of swelling advancing toward his torso from four fang marks near his ankle. At one point, his thigh measured 24 inches around. His waist size is 30 inches. "Pretty gnarly huh?" Tres Binkley asked, only half joking.
Binkley was bitten by a rattlesnake — twice in a fraction of a second — during a trail run on the northeast side of Lookout Mountain in Del Norte just before 5 p.m. on April 25. The first ink marks were made around 40 minutes later, by doctors in the emergency room at Rio Grande Hospital on the other side of the hill.
From the four fang marks in the center of lower inked circle just above his ankle to where the ink marks reach the groin area and disappear up into his shorts, the lines indicate how doctors monitored the swelling and noted the time as it moved ever upward toward Tres Binkley's torso after he was bitten by a rattlesnake during a trail run near Del Norte, Colorado. (John McEvoy, Special to The Colorado Sun)
He had been running on a ridgeline to maximize his strength training regimen. Binkley occasionally enters races, anywhere from 20K to 50K, but mostly he just loves trail running.
"Moving through terrain efficiently on two feet, two wheels or skis holds my heart. And over the years pushing myself has been part of that," Binkley said.
He had been watching out for cactus as he moved gingerly over rocks and vegetation going up and down the steep terrain. As Binkley was stepping down over a rock he felt a sharp pain. "At first I thought that's what the pain was. It took me two or three strides before I could stop. I started to look for cactus spines and realized that it was definitely not cactus. That's a snake bite."
He never saw or heard the snake.
"I knew there wasn't much you could do in the field for a snake bite, except stay calm," said Binkley. "I didn't know how much time I had to get help, so I was a little anxious."
First aid for snake bites recommended by the Rocky Mountain Poison & Drug Center indicates a person should remain calm so as not to increase circulation and spread of the venom and to get to a hospital immediately. Do not apply a tourniquet, or try to suck out the venom as you might have seen in some old movies.
Binkley didn't have his phone with him, so he ran down the mountain to 11th and Spruce streets, then farther north to a friend's house. They weren't home. He ran on, to the Alta Convenience store. In all, he ran less than a mile from where he was bitten to get the help he needed. Still, he said, "I will never leave my phone at home again."
He saw a U.S. Forest Service worker in his truck parked in the convenience store lot.
"I told him I need to go to the E.R., can you take me?" Binkley said. "First I need to get my phone and my I.D., though."
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The forest service employee drove him two blocks away to his girlfriend's place to get his things. She wasn't home either.
Binkley hadn't gone into shock yet, but he was starting to feel the effects of the snake bite. "I started to feel this vibration in my hands, in my face, in my teeth, in my – everything."
He called his mom and his girlfriend as they were on the way to the hospital, a short distance west of town. He also posted to the social fitness network site Strava, to let his followers know what had happened.
Typically, a snake bite victim has an hour, maybe two, to get help before very serious consequences are possible. It had now been about 40 minutes and he had begun to go into shock.
At the hospital, he was given a shot from an EpiPen that is used to treat allergic reactions and hooked up to an IV. He said he was informed that the only way to tell if it was a venomous bite was to monitor the swelling. That's when the ink markings on his leg began.
Binkley's memory understandably started to get a little clouded at this point and he was going in and out of consciousness, but he remembers the pain coming in waves and being driven to the Del Norte airport and getting on a plane to Mercy Regional Medical Center in Durango.
"I remember flying and the humor of the EMT's onboard," Binkley said. "Everybody was great."
He was shipped out because the treatment for a snake bite comes with the risk of complications that the local emergency room wasn't prepared for, Rio Grande Hospital CEO Arlene Harms explained.
"RGH and other San Luis Valley hospitals stock initial emergency doses of anti-venom to administer to emergency-department patients," Harms said. "However, because rattlesnake bites typically require additional follow-up anti-venom therapy, and both the snake venom and the anti-venom can result in serious and even life-threatening allergic reactions … it is common for small, rural hospitals to transfer snake-bite patients to hospitals with the specialized capabilities to manage such reactions and complications."
Human snakebite cases are relatively uncommon and fatalities are even more rare. Since 2012, there have been 485 rattlesnake bites reported to the Rocky Mountain Poison & Drug Center, and a single fatality, a 31-year-old triathlete who died after being bitten while hiking in the foothills west of Golden in fall 2017. The number of cases range from a high of 94 last year to a low of 63 in 2014. There have been 10 bites, including Binkley's, reported so far this year.
Harms said since January 2015, Rio Grande Hospital has treated five venomous snake bites, including Binkley's injury. Four of the five cases required treatment with anti-venom and were sent to other hospitals. "It is better for the patient to have the experts that deal with it more often than five times a year," she said.
So-called dry bites, in which venom is not transferred into a patient's tissue, do not require anti-venom therapy and do not swell nearly as much.
Rio Grande Hospital, which consults on snake bite cases with toxicologists from Rocky Mountain Poison & Drug Center, typically has eight vials of CROFab antivenom on hand. The first dose is four vials. "A full dose during recovery from a snake bite with envenomation can be 16 vials or higher," Harms said.
Anti-venom is "extremely expensive (our cost — not the patient charge — is around $3,250 a vial) and it does expire in a relatively short time," Harms said.
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And how big was the snake? Big enough.
Binkley said his doctors in Durango kept in close consultation with toxicology experts remotely.
"Every time they drew blood, they were checking platelets and other things and checking in with the toxicologists every six hours," Binkley said. The doctors also administered CROFab every six hours. Binkley thinks he was administered five vials.
Doctors were monitoring many conditions. Depending on how much venom patients are exposed to, they can experience a reduced platelet count, or their kidneys can fail. In rare cases, swelling can cut off circulation. And the venom itself is necrotizing. Poison-control toxicologists can help determine when enough anti-venom has been used to neutralize the venom. Then blood tests are reviewed after release from the hospital to make sure the body systems, such as the kidneys, return to normal function.
The doctors also calculated how large the snake was, Binkley said. "They measured the fang marks and came to the conclusion the snake was about 2-feet long." Not a big snake, but big enough.
According to the CSU Extension, there are 25 species of snakes in Colorado, but the Western rattlesnake (Crotalus viridis) and the massasauga (Sistrurus catenatus) are the only venomous species. The Western rattlesnake appears in most habitats throughout the state below 9,000 feet. The massasauga, however, is limited to the southeastern grasslands.
Binkley said he never really feared for his life during the ordeal because he knew adequate care was available nearby and he wasn't in a remote area.
"What I was most concerned about was what the complications would be during recovery and am I going to be able to use my leg in the same way," Binkley said. "The doctors told me at this point, there should be no long-term muscle damage."
Tres Binkley keeps his leg elevated during his recovery from a rattlesnake bite. Binkley was visiting his girlfriend in Del Norte, Colorado, when he was bitten while on a trail run. He was supposed to start a new job in Grand Junction on May 2, 2019, but injury has delayed his career transition. (John McEvoy, Special to The Colorado Sun)
Career plans briefly delayed
If not for the snake intervening in his plans, Binkley was scheduled to start a new job as a regional sales manager for Freestone Sales Group, a marketer of outdoor sports equipment in Grand Junction on May 2. His new bosses are willing to work with him and are supportive of his recovery however long it takes. "They are a great group of people," he said.
He was in Del Norte to visit his girlfriend, Jessica Chacon, who works as a mental health therapist at Alamosa Behavioral Health. Chacon has been instrumental in caring for Binkley during his slow recovery since he was discharged from the hospital in Durango on April 29. Binkley, who lives in Austin, Texas, where he worked as a rep for Patagonia, has visited Del Norte many times.
As often as he runs trails, Binkley said he can't remember the last time he even thought about being bitten by a snake, or considered what the consequences would be. "It's way more complicated than I knew, and it really surprised me for sure."
By May 15, he said he was still experiencing a lot of pain in his leg, but was able to make one full rotation on a bike trainer. "Best feeling in weeks!"
Binkley said he gladly accepts the challenge to slow down and reset before this next chapter in life begins. "It's definitely been very tough to work through," he said, "as most good things are."
Be prepared: Find detailed first aid instructions for treating snake bites at Rocky Mountain Poison and Drug Center: rmpdc.org
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Delft, July 27th: Today Brightsight B.V. announces the retirement of one of the company's CEOs, Jan Pieters, who has decided to retire effective August 1, 2016.
Jan's retirement will bring to a close a remarkable career of nearly 30 years of continuous service to Brightsight.
Jan's place will be filled by Ernst Bovelander, who, as Chief Business Officer, will run the daily operations of Brightsight together with Dirk-Jan Out, CEO of Brightsight. The change in management neither affects the way Brightsight works nor changes the vision for the future. Brightsight aims to maintain its position in the market as well as its reputation of reliability and efficiency.
Ernst also started his career at TNO and has been working in the field of information security ever since. In June 2015 he returned to Brightsight in the position of Director Business Development. "I look forward to continuing the good work of Jan and further developing the company", says Ernst.
Brightsight has over 30 years of experience in the security evaluation of electronic payment-related products as well as many other types of evaluations. We have very good relationships with almost all certification/approval bodies and are accredited by all major payment schemes. Our clients benefit from our many accreditations and extensive experience via strong and clear support during the evaluation process. Our main objective is to avoid any delay in time to market while working as efficiently and transparently as possible.


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"You are meant to be a conduit for whatever is meant to flow through you."
"Here is something I think we don't fully appreciate about collective sadness: that grief, however and whenever it shows up, is the constant reminder of the unfilled spaces that still live in us — and that reminder holds immense transformative potential for us. It brings into our awareness again, for brief moments at at time, what we all know we could be, if we dared." -Siri Liv Myhrom
It's just a few days past the one year anniversary of Prince's death, and I've been thinking of him (Him should almost be capitalized his influence was so powerful). And I came across again this wonderful article I'd saved from On Being by Siri Liv Myhrom, "To Be Yourself Completely: The Collective Grief of Losing Prince," one that summed up what I was feeling at the time about Prince's life and death… something much like the biggest, brightest purple flame suddenly going out in the world never to be seen again — except inside of us, in the corners he illuminated.
Prince's 1999 shined its light in my dark spaces in the summer of 2012 when I was living with friends temporarily in Los Angeles and finishing up plans to release my second album All My Love In Half Light. Like all my albums, this one had helped me overcome a particular recurring problem of my life, this time of rushing into love, lust, and sex and getting trampled by it… of going too fast… much like Prince's "Little Red Corvette," which I was playing over and over again driving the streets and freeways of L.A. that summer.
That album was like a balm on the wound I had exposed in my own life, and Prince to me was that too-cool, mega-talented senior in high school singing to my little freshman, babe-in the-woods self about how I could make better choices. For all his seemingly outward lasciviousness, underneath, he reminded me that sex and love are sacred, and if I would just slow down I'd find my way.
And I did eventually find my way — I grew stronger and I healed — and this work led to a transformational relationship that I cherish to this day.
In this year since Prince's passing, I find myself looking back again on his many lessons. And no words I've seen describe the biggest lesson of all from his life, as Siri Liv Myhrom puts it so eloquently:
"What are you longing for? Are you willing to see it, to take it in, to surrender to it, to love it the way you love the gifts of others? Sure, it probably won't manifest in glittering stage lights and selling millions of albums — but that isn't the goal of living uncompromisingly as yourself. All of that only came to Prince when he put his hands on a piano or a guitar for the first time and decided he would never leave, no matter what. His reward was getting to live his days fully alive as a conduit for the electricity of music. You are meant to be a conduit, too, for whatever is meant to flow through you."
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Martin Smith has revealed the video for his expansive new single, "Trouble" which features The Kingdom Choir on backing vocals. Right from the start of his career while in Cutting Edge back in 1992 he has since gone solo, and has since gone on to release some rather wholesome tunes, such as "Trouble".
The songs are akin to his previous work in the aforementioned Cutting Edge and his other band Delirious? as they all have a Christian-Rock vibe to them, with some big organ tones and angelic vocals going on in the background.
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