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Alleged N1.3 Billion Fraud: EFCC Detains VON Boss, Osita Okechukwu
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In my nostalgia for the rain that has forsaken California this year, I went back to a marvelous multimedia remix by the inventive poet/publisher Nic Sebastian and talented visual artist Kimm Kiriako. Here's a video version of my poem "Chopin Reigns", in a fruitful remix that I sincerely hope will serve as a rain dance to propitiate Indra and bring us the wet stuff soon.
Video poetry is in its infancy, but what a glorious infancy! Check out more from the creative mind and voice of Nic Sebastian and Poetry Storehouse.


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Meanings of Modernity
Britain from the Late-Victorian Era to World War II
Published January 1, 2001 by Berg Publishers .
British & Irish history: from c 1900 -,
Modernism,
First World War, 1914-1918,
Inter-war period, 1918-1939,
Second World War, 1939-1945,
c 1900 - c 1914,
History: World,
History Of Civilization And Culture (General),
History - General History,
United Kingdom, Great Britain,
World - Colonial Studies,
Europe - Great Britain - General,
History / Great Britain
Contributions Martin Daunton (Editor), Bernhard Rieger (Editor)
Expectations of Modernity Myths Meanings Urban Life Zambi by James Ferguson available in Trade Paperback on , also read synopsis and reviews. Once lauded as the wave of the African future, Zambia's economic boom in the s and early s. Book Review: Expectations of Modernity: Myths and Meanings of Urban Life on the Zambian Copperbelt Dorothy L. Hodgson Journal of Asian and African Studies 1, Author: Dorothy L. Hodgson. ISLAMIC TRADITION AND MEANINGS OF MODERNITY. HCM , VOL. 3, NO. 1 man-made) irrespective of state boundaries and administrative responsi- Author: Emin Poljarevic.
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Power and Peril in the Serial-Queen Melodrama 9. ADVERTISEMENTS: The five contemporary theorists of modernity are as follows: For classical theorists, the term 'modernity' largely meant industrialization. But, in contemporary world, it has gone beyond that.
There are a good number of sociologists who are working on this theme to develop a viable theory, which could lead us to the road to progress. The NOOK Book (eBook) of the Expectations of Modernity: Myths and Meanings of Urban Life on the Zambian Copperbelt by James Ferguson at Barnes & Noble.
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"With Expectations of Modernity James Ferguson has once more made an important contribution to the reconstruction of anthropology. His own vivid ethnography of urban lives in the late twentieth century offers new understandings of culture and cosmopolitanism, while his sense of the wider picture helps us see Africa, in a difficult period, as the continent which contemporary globalization.
Placing meanings of health and disease at the center of modern Chinese consciousness, Ruth Rogaski reveals how hygiene became a crucial element in the formulation of Chinese modernity in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
Rogaski focuses on multiple manifestations across time of a single Chinese concept, weisheng--which has been rendered into English as hygiene, sanitary, health. Hygienic Modernity reveals how meanings of weisheng, with the arrival of violent imperialism, shifted from Chinese cosmology to encompass such ideas as national sovereignty, laboratory knowledge, the cleanliness of bodies, and the fitness of races: categories in which the Chinese were often deemed lacking by foreign observers and Chinese elites Cited by: Hygienic Modernity book.
Read 7 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. Placing meanings of health and disease at the center of modern Ch /5. In this groundbreaking investigation into the nature and meanings of melodrama in American culture between andBen Singer offers a challenging new reevaluation of early American cinema and the era that spawned it.
Singer looks back to the sensational or "blood and thunder" melodramas (e.g., The Perils of Pauline, The Hazards of Helen, etc.) and uncovers a Reviews: 1.
About Meanings of Modernity. While conceptions of the 'modern' have been intensively and fruitfully studied from a variety of perspectives in the context of continental European history, scholars of Britain have hardly addressed the history of the first industrial nation and the world's leading colonial power in this register, despite its enormous cultural examining British.
A graduate of Bryn Mawr College, she received the doctoral degree from Columbia University in Her first book, Satire and Society in Wihelmine Germany: Simplicissimus and Kladderadatsch, – (), is based on a dissertation supervised by Fritz Stern. SinceAllen has done research and published on the history of feminist movements in Germany during the Cited by: ADVERTISEMENTS: Modernity: Meaning, Definition and Aspects of Modernity.
Generally, the meaning of modernity is associated with the sweeping changes that took place in the society and particularly in the fields of art and literature, between the late s and the beginning of Second World War. There is, however, no clear demarcation by date, and although [ ].
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A familiar cultural presence for people the world over, "the whiteman" has come to personify the legacy of colonialism, the face of Western modernity, and the force of globalization.
Focusing on the cultural meanings of whitemen in the Orokaiva society of Papua New Guinea, this book provides a fresh approach to understanding how race is symbolically constructed and why racial stereotypes.
Once lauded as the wave of the African future, Zambia's economic boom in the s and early s was fueled by the export of copper and other primary materials. Since the mids, however, the urban economy has rapidly deteriorated, leaving workers scrambling to get by.
Expectations of Modernity explores the social and cultural responses to this prolonged period of sharp economic. Hygienic Modernity reveals how meanings of weisheng, with the arrival of violent imperialism, shifted from Chinese cosmology to encompass such ideas as national sovereignty, laboratory knowledge, the cleanliness of bodies, and the fitness of races: categories in which the Chinese were often deemed lacking by foreign observers and Chinese elites /5(1).
Sarah Patricia Hill and Giuliana Minghelli's edited volume, Stillness in Motion: Italy, Photography, and the Meanings of Modernity, is the latest contribution to a growing body of English-language scholarship on photography in Hill and Minghelli state in their introduction to the volume, their goal is to reveal something of "the current global culture of the image" (4) within.
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Martin Daunton, Bernhard Rieger, (Oxford: Berg, ), pp. - This two-day symposium addresses the framework for modernism in the region covered by the German and Austro-Hungarian empires and their successor states, from roughly to The state of affairs summed up under the term "modernity," and the cultural responses to it designated "modernism" or, more radically, "avantgarde," are commonly understood to derive from historical.
Placing meanings of health and disease at the center of modern Chinese consciousness, Ruth Rogaski reveals how hygiene became a crucial element in the formulation of Chinese modernity in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Rogaski focuses on multiple manifestations across time of a single Chinese concept, weisheng—which has been rendered into English as "hygiene," "sanitary,".
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It has ended up crashing like an overloaded computer. Modernity, or the Modern Age, is typically defined as a post-traditional, [citation needed] and post-medieval historical period (Heidegger66–67, 66–67).Central to modernity is emancipation from religion, specifically the hegemony of Christianity, and the consequent thought repudiates the Judeo-Christian belief in the Biblical God as a mere relic of.
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Highlighting the depth and complexity of the. "The celebrated medievalist Michael Camille takes on the modern era in this sweeping and brave book—with staggeringly original results.
Exploring the indispensability of the monstrous to the modern, The Gargoyles of Notre Dame is at once a meditation on the valences of modernity and a rumination on the meanings attributed to the Middle Ages and the cathedral itself in the later nineteenth.
Hall scoffs at the idea of a core self, writing, "If we feel we have a unified identity from birth to death, it is only because we construct a comforting story or 'narrative of the self' about ourselves. The fully unified, completed, secure, and coherent identity is a fantasy." In the end, this all leads to an existential crisis.
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Andrew Lloyd Webber couldn't get arrested on Broadway after Sunset Boulevard closed in 1997, as the era of glitzy British imports that floated the main stem in the 80s wound down. Twenty years later, it's LloydWebberWorld again, as a revival of his last (and more modest) hit joins Phantom, Cats, and School of Rock as if Chicago, The Lion King, and Hamilton had never happened, besting his record of three shows running simultaneously on Broadway in his heyday. Coming back–err, "returning" with him–is his Tony-winning star, Glenn Close, in her Tony-nominated original costumes.
Close was 50 when the show, which opened in 1994, ended its run. Which is to say, the same age as her character, silent film star Norma Desmond. Fifty seemed old to me when I saw the show, at age 29, and suffice it to say I know better now. Carrying what was then a super-production was no easy task. Close just turned 70, and remains fabulous in her great tour de force, vibrant with pathos, psychosis, longing, and grandeur that beats back the years. The difference is that, with the set and staging stripped down to its essentials, she is the show. Yes, there's still an antique car that rattles across the stage in one key scene, but Close is driving.
A good thing, too, as Sunset Boulevard, the musical, sputters and stops when Norma isn't centerstage. Almost 70 years after its release Billy Wilder's remorseless noir still crackles, for reasons not limited to its great script, sensational performances by Gloria Swanson, William Holden, and Erich von Stroheim, and black and white cinematography. It has a fine score, too, by the great Franz Waxman. The musical has definite pluses. Webber's overture (more in the vein of Miklos Rozsa's memorable music for Wilder's Double Indemnity and The Lost Weekend) is lush and inviting, and there are two outstanding songs for the lost Norma, one per act, "With One Look" and "As If We Never Said Goodbye." Max, her pathologically devoted butler, gets one, too, "The Greatest Star of All," a rumination on former glories. (I was sitting just seats away from Hillary Clinton when I saw the show, and thought, "Does she see herself in these lyrics?")
But three songs do not a legendary musical make. Yes, Sunset Boulevard won Tonys for best musical, score, and book–which would be far more impressive if it had any competition at the 1995 ceremony. (Smokey Joe's Cafe, a revue, was the only other musical nominated that year, and there were no other nominees for score and book, making those default wins in a period for Broadway musicals that was as lonely as Norma's house.) Wilder told potential adapter Stephen Sondheim that the film, with its grande dame, could only work as an opera, which deterred him; Webber, undaunted, pressed on, with the estimable Don Black (of Lloyd Webber's Aspects of Love and numerous hit songs) and Christopher Hampton (Les Liaisons Dangereuses) providing book and lyrics.
Out from the original, pitch-black vision went the "mummies" scene, where Norma is surrounded by other remnants of the silent film era. Not a problem, that's what adaptation's about. Too much of the show, however, is about lightening the load, and making the luckless writer enmeshed in Norma's twilight world, Joe Gillis (Michael Xavier), more sympathetic. The part of his girlfriend, Betty (Siobhan Dillon), has been beefed up, mostly to get the show out of that gloomy mansion and go on a song and dance spree every so often. The darkness should envelop Joe, as it does in the movie, where William Holden's customary cynicism is no defense. With the character rendered colorless, the poisoned essence is dispelled (as it was in a subsequent noir musical, Sweet Smell of Success). Getting rid of the bric-a-brac was a good idea on the part of director Lonny Price; Close's star shines all the brighter now in a more barebones staging. But it's a hollow triumph.
Perhaps some of the old Sunset Boulevard set was sent Off Broadway, for the one-man show The Object Lesson, where the one man ("absurdist performance artist" Geoff Sobelle) was so surrounded by clutter you could barely see his routines. (Being more "funny" than actually funny, I eventually gave up looking.) Most of it, I think, was carted off to the American Airlines Theatre, where the Roundabout has revived Arthur Miller's The Price. First produced in 1968, it's often referred to as Miller's last "real" play, before the author of Death of a Salesman and The Crucible went more experimental and uncommercial. In recent seasons, the thing has been to abstract his more realist works, like All My Sons and A View from the Bridge, in emotionally remote stagings that left me cold. The good news about The Price is that Steppenwolf veteran Terry Kinney has let the play stand on its own merits; the not-so-good is that the fundamentals aren't as strong as they are in Miller's classic work.
It begins tautly. Victor Franz (Mark Ruffalo), a New York cop mulling retirement at age 50, is planning to sell off his parents' possessions, which have been socked away since the Great Depression and surround the performers. His practical wife, Esther (Jessica Hecht), urges him to get the best price from the wily antique dealer, Gregory Solomon (Danny DeVito), he's engaged for the deal. Victor and Gregory wrangle, often humorously, as the histories of some of the belongings are unpacked, exposing the scar tissue left by family rancor and unhappy compromises. They come to an agreement–then Victor's long-absent older brother Walter (Tony Shalhoub) arrives, with his own agenda. Intermission.
What should lead to rising tension instead dissolves into an onstage psychotherapy session, with the three family members analyzing one another, as Solomon (the name is no coincidence) peeks in. The monologues are of course scrupulously well acted, with Ruffalo again proving his theatre chops for his first Broadway show since the excellent 2006 revival of Clifford Odets' Awake and Sing! and DeVito thoroughly engaging in his Broadway debut, at age 72. But they're also overwritten, and what could have been resolved more suspensefully, and movingly, drags to its conclusion. I didn't feel the same impatience with the show's 1999 revival, maybe because The Price was new to me then. This is a fine, stage-filling production of a play that feels second-hand, as if Miller was eager to leave this mode behind for something else.
Speaking of Broadway stages awash in clutter, this.
Off Broadway is now on Broadway, as the Pulitzer Prize-winning Sweat, plus Indecent and Oslo, vie for attention in a season-ending period filled with more obvious crowdpleasers. (I've discussed their merits in previous columns; Indecent is the one to see.) Let's hope they find more takers than Joshua Harmon's Significant Other, which is closing tomorrow after a short run. Harmon, the author of the comedy Bad Jews, has here written Sad Jew, as hapless Jordan, on the cusp of 30, loses his three best girlfriends to marriage and frets over finding a boyfriend to replace them. Gideon Glick is a pain in the ass as the fearful Jordan, and properly so, though his tirades do wear on you; mitigating our anxiety over his is a sharply staged production highlighted by two other actors, John Behlmann and Luke Smith, who seamlessly play multiple roles and a warm showcase for Barbara Barrie, as Jordan's grandmother. Clearly, however, Off Broadway, where it ran two summers ago, was a happier home for this small-scale dramedy.
I hate to end on a sour note, but bigger names have whiffed this season away from Broadway. Despite the best efforts of Matthew Broderick, John Epperson, and other notables, including the playwright himself, Wallace Shawn's dystopian Evening at the Talk House wasn't so much a call to arms against authoritarian government as a lukewarm satire of dog-eat-dog show business, not the freshest metaphor. More disappointing is a new Public Theater collaboration between David Byrne and director Alex Timbers, Joan of Arc: Into the Fire, whose punning title suggests something livelier than a monotonous sung-through bio-musical in Williamsburg hipster clothes. Best efforts to keep the staging active via performer "movement" and projections are defeated by a score heavier on exposition than melody–it's no Here Lies Love, where the audience moved in tandem to the beat. With little, ahem, at stake, a communal drowsiness was all I observed here, as some very talented artists proved that a Joan of Arc musical wasn't such a hot idea. OK, I'll stop.
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Trump's War Cabinet Is Taking Shape
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A few days ago the White House said that H.R. McMaster still had the president's full confidence. That's a death sentence, of course, and today the axe fell. He's out and John Bolton is in:
General McMaster will retire from the military, the officials said. He has been discussing his departure with President Trump for several weeks, they said, but decided to speed up his departure, in part because questions about his status were casting a shadow over his conversations with foreign officials.
….Mr. Bolton, who will take office April 9, has met regularly with Mr. Trump to discuss foreign policy, and was on a list of candidates for national security adviser. He was in the West Wing with Mr. Trump to discuss the job on Thursday.
Hell, even George Bush wasn't crazy enough to let Bolton serve as his National Security Advisor. But Trump is. He wants someone who agrees that we should threaten every bad guy on earth with war, and Bolton's that guy.
Back in 2016, rumor had it that Trump didn't pick Bolton for a top job because he thought Bolton's mustache looked stupid. For once, I applauded Trump's idiocy. I'm dismayed that he managed to get over his contempt for dumb facial hair.


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Story Behind the Story #36: Ragweed
Hardly a week goes that doesn't have one of my readers writing to me and asking, "Why did you let Ragweed die?"
The story of Ragweed, character and book, is a case history of how a character takes over a book, and indeed, a series (The Poppy books) not because the author (me), wished it so, but because the story insisted.
Consider how the Poppy series was written: Poppy first, Poppy and Rye second, and then Ragweed. But the series, as read today, puts Ragweed first.
That answers the question, why did Ragweed (the character) die?
You see, when I wrote Poppy I had no intention of writing a series. I wanted to write a stand-alone about the character Poppy. To create tension, suspense, I wanted to show that her nemesis, Mr. Ocax, was a real threat; that it would take great bravery for her to struggle against the owl. Owls, of course, eat mice. Therefore, Ragweed was the sacrificial character, so to speak, to make the point that Mr. Ocax was a truly dangerous adversary.
But by the time I wrote Poppy and Rye, it was clear to me I was going to write a series, and also readers would want to know more about Ragweed. Hey, I wanted to know, too. I mean, where did he get that earring?
Thus, Ragweed came to be written. It is full of skate boarding (one's son's passion) and rock-music (another's son's passion.) Indeed, the whole series is chock full of references to my own family experiences; love, marriage, fatherhood, childhood, step-fatherhood-and a lot more.
Curiously, the character Ragweed hovers over all the books. Even his earring (which he gets in the first book) is vital to the last book.
All that said, there is a big gap in the series, one that brings another constant question: "How did Ragweed meet Poppy?"
Be patient: I am trying to find out. And when I know, you'll be able to read all about it.
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I too often find that my characters have a life of their own. Indeed, at one point while I was lying awake I'd ask one of them, "What are you doing?" and they'd tell me at length. And hearing that about your family experiences makes me that much more eager to read "Ragweed".
albertonykus
Very intriguing tease at the end there.
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Ohio State defeated Oregon 42-20 to claim college football's national championship, the first-ever in the new College Football Playoff era. Would it have been any different if the Ducks' Darren Carrington and Ayele Forde could have played?
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After finishing 8-8 in each of the last three seasons under head coach Jason Garrett, the Dallas Cowboys entered the 2014 NFL season with one last chance to save their coach's job.
If there was a 911 call center for NFLers with career emergencies, then Josh Gordon would need to hit those three digits. The Cleveland wide out is in need of some professional help.
America can relax. The 2015 NFL Season is almost back. No more sitting through unfunny sitcoms, sub-par dramas, and 8322 baseball games to tide ourselves over. I don't want to hype the preseason too much, because I know by week four we will be watching guys who are headed for a UPS warehouse or worse.


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India Announces Rs 4,500 Crore Assistance To Bhutan For Its 5-Year Plan
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday announced a Rs 4,500 crore financial assistance to Bhutan for its 12th five-year plan after holding wide-ranging talks with his Bhutanese counterpart Lotay Tshering.
In his media statement, PM Modi said hydro power cooperation with Bhutan is a key aspect of bilateral ties and that work on the Mangdechhu project will soon be completed.
PM Tshering arrived in New Delhi on Thursday on his first foreign visit after taking charge as the prime minister of Bhutan last month following his party's victory in the general elections.
PM Modi said he has assured the Bhutanese prime minister that India will continue to play an important role in Bhutan's development.
PM Tshering on his part noted that PM Modi was the first head of state to to congratulate him on his electoral victory. He also thanked India for its continued support to his country's developmental needs.
The new five-year plan of Bhutan began this year and will continue till 2022.
Earlier in the day, PM Tshering was accorded a ceremonial welcome at the Rashtrapati Bhavan.
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj also called on the Bhutanese premier this morning.
Ms Swaraj congratulated PM Tshering on the assumption of the high office of Bhutan's prime minister and the two leaders had a "warm exchange of views" on important aspects of the bilateral relationship, Ministry of External Affairs Spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said.
PM Tshering also laid a wreath at Mahatma Gandhi's 'samadhi' at Rajghat.
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Let's Go Champ! – Shannon Briggs in UK tour, several dates announced
Ringside 05/03/2019
He's known for his mantra; his energy, his positivity, and of course, his boxing success! All of which will be coming with him this March; when The Champ, Shannon Briggs, heads to the UK!
Speaking about his upcoming visit, the two-time heavyweight champion of the world stated: "I'm heading your way UK…I'll be doing meet and greets across the country.
"I love the fans; this sport has amazing fans. I'm looking forward to meeting them all."
Shannon is known for taking time to engage with his followers and never denying anyone a picture. He's looking forward to being able to give them more of his time.
"You know, I get asked questions about my life, stopped in the street and asked about my career. These dedicated 'meet and greets' will allow me to give time to the fans. It can be hard to do that whilst out and about. I'm looking forward to being able to do this."
If his previous UK visits are anything to go by, it's clear that his fans have just as much love for The Champ, as he does for them!
October last year saw him stir up a storm during a visit to London, during which he was mobbed by adoring fans at the Joshua/Povetkin weigh-ins. As well as at the O2 arena and throughout the streets of the capital.
"It's a second home for me, I'll be spending time in gyms training, and visiting fighters from all over. The UK has so much energy, so much love."
When questioned about the topic of mental health in sport, Briggs stated that he hopes he can use his own experiences and mental health battles to help others.
"Mental health is at the forefront of all sport, it has to be, you've got to be ready mentally, just as much as you need to be physically. My own experiences, the highs and lows; I feel I can turn these into positives by helping others, showing them that no matter what, you can still achieve your goals, your dreams."
With a gap of 3 years since he last stepped into the ring, a fight which saw him walk away with a win by KO against Emilio Ezequiel Zarate; there is always one question his fans want an answer to: when will he be back?
"I'm ready, when the opportunity arises, I'm ready, you know that. I'm always training, training doesn't stop. But I'm looking forward to having this other focus, this tour is going to give me a chance to really engage with my fans, as well as with other people in the sport."
So, with just a few weeks to go until he lands, get your 'Let's Go Champ' ready and your tickets in hand!
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Boost by India's Bharti soars SingTel's profits
Tuesday, 14 August 2007, 07:00 Hrs
Singapore: Singapore Telecommunications (SingTel), South-East Asia's largest phone company, said Tuesday that its first quarter profit rose 10 percent on record earnings boosted by India's Bharti and strong sales in the city-state.
Net income rose to 927 million Singapore dollars ($610 million) in the quarter ending June 30 from 840 million Singapore dollars ($552 million) in the corresponding period a year ago.
Operating revenue was 3.57 billion Singapore dollars ($2.34 billion), up 10.5 percent.
SingTel expects revenues to grow by more than 5 percent in 2008 on increasing mobile phone and broadband subscriptions.
"Strong economic growth in the region" has propelled broadband demand, said Chief Executive Officer Chua Sook Koong at a briefing.
SingTel is focusing on Asian markets with "large populations and low telephone penetration", he noted.
Bharti's contribution to net income amounted to 158 million Singapore dollars ($103 million) compared to 80 million Singapore dollars (over $52 million) a year earlier.
The Optus subsidiary in Australia saw revenue increase by 3.5 percent.


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Gianna Giovannetti Official Guide to the city of Florence
The Historical Centre
The Uffizi Gallery
The Medici
Pitti Palace and Boboli
Tastes of Tuscan cooking
The Medici: the family that has marked the history of Florence
Let's take a fascinating journey into the history of the Medici, by visiting the palaces where they lived and by admiring the formidable works that they commissioned.
The tour starts at the first major residence of the family, the present Palazzo Medici-Riccardi. This was built in the fifteenth century by the architect Michelozzo who was commissioned by Cosimo the Elder, the patriarch of the family. By looking at the superb frescoes in the Chapel of the Magi, we can recognize the portraits of the protagonists of the time, including Lorenzo the Magnificent.
The tour continues through Piazza della Signoria, where you can visit the Palazzo Vecchio. In 1540 it became the new home of the Medici, who wanted to turn it into a rich royal palace of the Renaissance.
After admiring the statues commissioned by the Medici in Piazza Signoria and the Palazzo degli Uffizi, we'll follow the path running outside of the Vasari Corridor - a private passage which connects the Palazzo Vecchio to the Pitti Palace - built at the request of Cosimo I of the Medici for security reasons and as an escape route. Once you have crossed the Ponte Vecchio we'll visit the church of Santa Felicita, a favorite of the Medici.
The tour ends at the Pitti Palace, the last home of the family.
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Q: For an $m\times n$ matrix $A, m>n,$ how do I show or know that we can't directly apply the LU decomposition to solve the least squares problem?
For an $m\times n$ matrix $A, m>n,$ how do I show or know that we can't directly apply the LU decomposition to solve the least squares problem?

I've seen another post that discusses something sort of surrounding it, but doesn't quite reach what I'm wondering. My intuition is that using the LU decomposition to find the LS solution is ill-conditioned, since we use the QR decomposition instead of the normal equations because despite the cost of the QR algorithm the normal equations are far worse conditioned. Am I in the right direction?

A: I don't think you can guarantee an LU decomposition exists without forming the normal equations (see the section for general matrices under Existence and Uniqueness on https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/LU_decomposition). If you do form the normal equations, the LU decomposition can be accomplished as a Cholesky decomposition, since $A^TA$ is symmetric positive definite. However, $\kappa(A^TA) = \kappa(A)^2$, so your new system can have a much worse condition number.
You can guarantee that a reduced QR factorization for A exists, foregoing the need to form the normal equations. That's the benefit.

A: Given a tall $m\times n$ ($m > n$) matrix $A$ with full-column rank, $A$ does indeed possess a (pivoted) $LU$ factorization, possibly requiring pivoting for existence and usually requiring pivoting for stability. This results in a factorization of the form
$$
PA = \begin{bmatrix} L_{11} & 0 \\ L_{21} & L_{22} \end{bmatrix} \begin{bmatrix} U \\ 0 \end{bmatrix},
$$
where $L_{11}$ and $L_{22}$ are unit lower triangular and $U$ is upper triangular. One can see that $L_{22}$ is irrelevant, so this can be reduced to the "economy" $LU$ factorization
$$
P A = \begin{bmatrix} L_{11} \\ L_{21} \end{bmatrix} U.
$$
Unfortunately, this $LU$ factorization doesn't help in finding the least-squares solution to $Ax = b$. Intuitively, the problem is the $L$ matrix isn't orthogonal and thus doesn't preserve the norm of vectors.
There are three solutions to this problem:

*

*Form the normal equations $A^\top A x = A^\top b$ and form the $LU$ (in this case, Cholesky) factorization of $A^\top A$. The problem with this approach is that it squares the two-norm condition number of $A$, resulting in a loss of accuracy for the resulting system of equations.

*Compute a $QR$ factorization of $A$, $A = QR$. Since the matrix $Q$ is orthogonal and preserves the norm of vectors, one can use the $QR$ factorization to obtain the least squares solution by reducing minimizing $\| Ax - b\|_2$ to $\| R x - Q^\top b \|_2$, from which the least-squares solution is readily apparent.

*You can use $LU$ factorization to solve least squares problems without squaring the condition number, but you have to be more clever. Let $\alpha$ denote the largest absolute value of an entry of $A$. Then, surprisingly enough, the least-squares solution $x_{\rm ls}$ can be found by solving the following square system of linear equations with $LU$ factorization:
$$
\begin{bmatrix}
-\alpha I & A \\
A^\top & 0
\end{bmatrix}\begin{bmatrix} y \\ x_{\rm ls} \end{bmatrix} = \begin{bmatrix} b \\
0 \end{bmatrix}
$$
The condition number of this enlarged system is only a small multiple more than the condition number of $A$.
All of these strategies have times when they should be preferred over the others, but generally $QR$ factorization is the preferred solution as it's both reasonably fast (at least for a direct method) and as-accurate-as-you-could-hope, unconditional on the input matrix $A$.

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Lewis Hinton
Lewis Hinton will shortly publish his debut novel, The Face Stone, the first in a series of supernatural detective mysteries centred around missing children. The books are set in the late 1960's, early '70's period, and feature special investigator Jack Sangster. With hints of the supernatural, The Face Stone and its sequels step away from the traditional detective story, using detailed locations to evoke an ambiance in keeping with plots that are designed to the leave the reader guessing until the very end.
"I was always fascinated by the countryside and folklore of the places I've lived," Lewis explains. "And have used some of those places as backdrops to the Sangster stories. I think the area where you grow up leaves a particular imprint on the mind, and I was lucky enough to spend my early years in south-west Wirral, with its red sandstone hills, heathland, and views across the Dee estuary to Wales. This was a perfect setting for The Face Stone, with the atmosphere of the local woodlands, especially at dusk, making it easy to imagine that ancient spirits still guarded rock and tree."
Lewis has travelled extensively during a long career, and, as he puts it, "picked up quite a few characters along the way." And whilst none of the individuals in the Sangster books is real (except for mention of a few prominent figures from the period), all are based on people he has known.
"I couldn't simply dream up an entire character," says Lewis. "But if a plot needs a particular type of person for a specific role, I can usually remember someone I've met that fits the bill."
The Face Stone plot gives ample opportunity to bring in colourful characters, exploring as it does the psychology of a child who (with unpleasant character traits and mental health issues little undertood at the time), imagines he must save those who in the normal way of things should be protecting him, and is prepared to go to any lengths to do so.
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The Face Stone
The year is 1969, and Jack Sangster, a special investigator for a philanthropic organisation dedicated to helping troubled children, is sent to an elite school, where the son of wealthy local family has disappeared.
Sangster, despite his talent for dealing with people and problems, only comes upon more mysteries as the case unfolds, struggling to reconcile natural pragmatism with disturbing questions.
Do ancient rocks and woodlands really harbour a secret that could bring about worldwide catastrophe? And can saving the health, life, and even mortal soul of one missing boy avert that catastrophe?
Follow as he navigates clues and red herrings, learning at every turn that if his eyes and ears are to be believed, the stakes linked to this case are rising at an alarming rate. Sangster tries to do the right thing even as his uncertainty rises; all the while a seemingly well-ordered and rational world is slowly revealed to perhaps be older, darker, and more chaotic than he ever imagined…
Lewis Hinton was born in the Wirral, subsequently living in Sunderland, Truro, Rye and London. He is married, with four children, three grandchildren, and now resides in Luxembourg. Lewis began his varied career at art school, finishing as a banking software company CEO, and travelling extensively along the way. Previously writing mainly non-fiction, Lewis has now turned his hand to novels, debuting with the publication of a supernatural detective mystery.


A couple of days ago, Tidal ads with the time 4:44 began popping up all over New York City, and fans started speculating that it was a sign of a forthcoming Jay Z album. It now appears they are part of a new visual.
During Game 3 of the 2017 NBA Finals yesterday (June 7), a Tidal-produced clip featuring Oscar-winning actor Mahershala Ali played on TV. In the trailer, we see Ali boxing a punching bag, with Danny Glover acting as his trainer. At the end of the clip, the credits list 4:44 as a project featuring Ali, Glover and acclaimed 12 Years a Slave actress Lupita Nyong'o as the stars of the project, which appears to be a film streaming exclusively on Tidal, which is a Jay Z-owned streaming service.
Is it so much for 4:44 being a Jay Z album? Beyoncé's Lemonade was also premiered as a film, so perhaps there's still a chance this still has something to do with new music from Hov. There are definitely some signs Hov is in album mode, though. Recently, Swizz Beatz uploaded an Instagram post hinting the Roc Nation boss is making a new project.
"They don't even know what's about to happen 😂😂😂🙏🏽 Album ModeZone⚡," Swizzy wrote in the caption for the tantalizing post, which featured an image of himself and Hov.
In addition to that, Jay is all set to co-headline the 2017 Made in America Festival with J. Cole. He's also been chosen to headline the Austin City Limits Festival set to take place in October. Hov season could still be on the way.
In any case, peep the 4:44 trailer just below.


WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. House of Representatives is expected to vote on the decade's largest public lands package, which protects millions of acres of land and hundreds of miles of wild rivers across the country, as well as establishes four new national monuments and permanently reauthorizes the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF). Senate Bill 47, otherwise known as The Natural Resource Management Act, passed out of the Senate on Feb. 12 by a vote of 92 to 8 and would finally secure the future for the expired LWCF, which has been one of the most effective tools in conservation and in establishing access to the outdoors without a cost to taxpayers.
For over half a century, LWCF has served to protect America's greatest treasures: from national parks of outstanding beauty to historic sites embodying our nation's past. LWCF has successfully safeguarded countless acres of natural resources, enhanced access to public lands, preserved our historical legacy, and supported local economies by boosting tourism. To this day, LWCF has helped protect more than 100 national battlefields in 42 states, supported over 42,000 parks and recreation projects at the federal, state and community level across the country, in addition to helping to protect more than 2.2 million acres of national parks.
Passed with strong bipartisan support in 1964 for an original term of 50 years, LWCF has suffered at the hands of political gamesmanship and the lack of a long-term solution creates an unstable funding future for parks and projects, which also hinders the investment of private dollars in new projects. LWCF is funded through offshore oil and gas royalties at no cost to taxpayers, but the 115th Congress failed to reauthorize LWCF before it expired at the end of Sept. 2018.
Hispanic Access explores the relationship Latino and diverse communities have with LWCF in the film Land, Water y Comunidad and through a whitepaper of the same name that profiles ten LWCF locations around the country and why the fund's support matters.


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Q: Find all possible versions of a string whose characters may have multiple variants I'm looking for some tips on how to find all possible versions of a string whose characters may have multiple variants.
A simple example:
"Macao" is the starting string. The character 'a' has the variant 'ä', and the character 'o' has the variant 'ö'.
The goal is to obtain the following list from the above information:
Macao
Mäcao
Macäo
Mäcäo
Macaö
Mäcaö
Macäö
Mäcäö

My approach so far has been to identify and extract the characters with variants to simplify things. The idea is to work on the respective characters rather than the entire word.
aao
äao
aäo
ääo
aaö
äaö
aäö
ääö

The following code finds the variants that we are working with.
std::vector<std::string> variants;
variants.push_back("aä");
variants.push_back("oö");

std::string word = "Macao";
std::vector<std::string> results;
for (auto &variant : variants) {
    for (auto &character : word) {
        if (variant.front() == character) {
            results.push_back(variant);
        }
    }
}

std::cout << "The following characters have variants: ";
for (auto &i : results) {
    std::cout << i.front();
}
std::cout << std::endl;

The next step is to find all the possible combinations for the respective characters. To this end, I wrote the following function. It creates a new string out of the first character of each string in results.
std::string read_results(std::vector<std::string> &results)
{
    std::string s;
    for (auto &c : results) {
        s.push_back(c.front());
    }
    return s;
}

The idea is to then change the strings stored in results in such a way as to get all the possible combinations, and that's where I'm stuck. I note that std::rotate seems like it would be helpful.

A: An inverted index may be useful.
You can store all the letters that have multiple variants in a vector, in order, and a vector with a grouping index for each letter, so that the i-th letter belongs to the group I[i], and all the letters whose index is the same than I[i] are variants from the same letter:
string L = "aoäöâô"; // disclaimer: i don't know if this is really in order
unsigned int I[]  = {0,1,0,1,0,1};
// this means that "aäâ" belong to group 0, and "oöô" belong to group 1

You can build the inverted index for the previous L and I with something like this:
vector<vector<unsigned int> > groups;
// groups[k] stores the indices in L of the letters that belongs to the k-th group.
// do groups.reserve to make this operation more efficient
for(size_t i = 0; i < L.size(); ++i)
{
  unsigned int idx = I[i];
  if(idx <= groups.size()) groups.resize(idx+1);
  groups[idx].push_back(i);
}

It is important that letters in L are in order, so you can do a binary search on it later, that takes O(logn) instead of O(n) of a usual loop. Then, once you have the group of your letter, you can find its variants with an inverted index:
char letter = 'a';
string::iterator it = std::lower_bound(L.begin(), L.end(), letter);
if(it != L.end() && *it == letter)
{
  unsigned int idx = I[ it - L.begin() ];
  // the letter has variants because it belongs to group idx
  const vector<unsigned int>& group = groups[idx];
  for(vector<unsigned int>::const_iterator git = group.begin();
    git != group.end(); ++git)
  {
    // now, L[*git] is one of the variants of letter
    ...
  }
}


From my new book "Ten Steps to Lasting Change - Change your Life in 30 Days" this worksheet will help you visualize your goals and take action to reach them.
Have you ever experienced bouts of feeling down, like your mind is racing, or that you're generally out of sorts? Have they ever disrupted your life or made you wonder what was going on with you? When you strengthen your mental health, you'll feel better all over and your life will be more satisfying.
The good news is you can take steps to ensure you enjoy good mental health all of your life.
1. Live the life you want to live. Rather than sit around dreaming of the life you want, make it happen. No matter how small your steps, move in the direction of your dreams.
2. Make yourself happy. No one else can create your happiness. You've got to do it for yourself.
· Create spaces you love within your home. Keep the windows sparkling clean if that's what you prefer.
· Take long walks or practice yoga to bring peace and serenity.
· Read about the places you wish to travel to someday.
3. Avoid involvement with people who bring you down. Many of us have a friend or family member who dampens our spirits when we're happy or excited about something. Recognize that while you probably can't change that person, you can choose your relationship with them.
· Although you might feel compassion and understanding for those who bring you down, it's important to ensure that they don't interfere with your own happiness and health.
4. Whatever your work is, find the best in it. Pride, enjoyment, and fulfillment are keys to enjoying your life. Because most of us spend lots of time at our jobs, cultivating these experiences there is critical.
· If your job is polishing floors, make them the best-looking floors you've ever seen. If you type for a living, ensure you make as few errors as possible and the finished project looks beautiful.
· Enjoying some aspect of your work might include telling a joke to a co-worker or getting excited about a new project you'll be doing.
· When your work fulfills you, at the end of the day you'll feel great about a job well done. These positive emotions help ensure your mental health.
5. Get plenty of sleep and eat right. When your body is well nourished, your mind and spirit tend to be healthier as well. You'll most likely be in a better mood and have the energy to accomplish more.
6. Surround yourself with people you love. Stick to the people you're comfortable with, who show their love for you. A strong, emotionally supportive network is your safety net when times get rough. You'll be able to call your friends or family when you need a listening ear or a shoulder to lean on.
7. Cultivate hobbies and activities that bring you joy. No matter what your chosen pastimes are, find time in your busy life to do things that bring you comfort, happiness, and contentment.
Regardless of how old you are, where you live, or what you do for work or fun, good mental health is integral to your life. Use these ideas as inspiration to come up with ways to ensure your life is happy, fulfilling, and bountiful.


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Refund Monetary Amounts After Vacated Conviction
Concerning a process for repayment of certain criminal monetary amounts ordered by the court to be paid following conviction.
Courts & Judicial
The bill establishes a process for a defendant who has paid a monetary amount due for a criminal conviction in a district or county court to request a refund of the amount paid if:
The conviction was overturned and either the charges were dismissed or the person was acquitted following a new trial; or
All or part of an order for restitution was reversed and the defendant paid more restitution than was ultimately ordered.
The bill directs the state court administrator to pay to the defendant the amount of any refund found due.
Cole Wist
Pete Lee
Bob Gardner
Daniel Kagan
03/06/2017 | Senate Judiciary (1 )
02/07/2017 | House Judiciary (2 )
Adopt amendment L.001 (Attachment D).
Refer House Bill 17-1071, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole.
03/06/2017 Senate Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole
02/22/2017 Senate Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary
02/17/2017 House House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
02/10/2017 House House Second Reading Laid Over to 02/17/2017 - No Amendments
02/07/2017 House House Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole
01/17/2017 House Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary
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Sen. R. Baumgardner, Sen. L. Court, Sen. L. Crowder, Sen. S. Fenberg, Sen. R. Fields, Sen. L. Garcia, Sen. C. Jahn, Sen. M. Jones, Sen. A. Kerr, Sen. B. Martinez Humenik, Sen. M. Merrifield, Sen. D. Moreno, Sen. K. Priola, Sen. J. Smallwood, Sen. J. Tate, Sen. N. Todd, Sen. A. Williams, Sen. R. Zenzinger
Criminal Justice System Operational Processes Study
Evidentiary Rules When Interference With Witness
Peace Officer Status Head Of Office Prevention & Security
Jail Based Behavioral Health Services, Office of Behavioral Health, Department of Human Services
Colorado's DNA Laws (2015)
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Russian gas flows to Europe via Ukraine were stable on Tuesday, a Gazprom spokesman said, a day after Moscow cut off supplies to Kiev over outstanding debts.
Russia and Ukraine are locked in a battle over gas prices and failed to agree a new deal by a Monday deadline, triggering Moscow to move Kiev to a prepayment system for gas supplies.
Europe gets around a third of its gas needs from Russia, with around a half coming via Ukraine.


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# Rotorua Tourist Attractions

With a  multi-cultural population of around 70,000 people, Rotorua city (set on the southern shore of Lake Rotorua) is renowned as the heartland of Maori culture. The area is well known for it's extensive geo-thermal activity - with threads of steam poking up in all sorts of places. A visit to one of the many geothermal attractions is an absolute must. The area is also well regarded for its great rainbow and brown trout fishing - thanks to the 16 lakes of all shapes and sizes that dot the landscape. The lakes, formed from the craters of extinct volcanoes are also popular with people enjoying water-based activities.

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Eagle Valley musicians hosting 'Concert for a Cause'
Randy Wyrick
rwyrick@vaildaily.com
Special to the DailyWednesday's performance by musicians at Eagle Valley High School is a benefit for Haitian orphans, raising money for them to go to school.
GYPSUM, Colorado – Eagle Valley High School musicians are a choir with a cause at this week's holiday concert.
Wednesday's performance is a benefit for Haitian orphans, raising money for them to go to school.
"All the money will go directly to the school in the village of Masson in Southern Haiti," said school music director Pat Sheehy.
Masson is a small rural village and the school is for kids ages 6-18.
The school costs $40 per month per student, and $40 goes a long way in Haiti. It pays for teachers' salaries, a hot meal for the students at lunch and outfits them with proper uniforms and books.
One of Sheehy's students, Lacey Wilmore, and her family adopted Morelson. The Haitian boy was orphaned during the massive earthquakes that rocked the nation.
The money is being handled by a nonprofit that works with the school and orphanage.
Among the selections the choirs will perform is an a cappella arrangement with a beat boxer and "We Are the World 25 for Haiti."
"We are hoping to sponsor three kids for school in the village school," Sheehy said.


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Zelensky, Rouhani discuss UIA plane crash
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky had a phone conversation with President of the Islamic Republic of Iran Hassan Rouhani.
"Acknowledgment of shooting down our plane is a step in the right direction. I insist on the immediate completion of the identification of bodies and their return to Ukraine. The perpetrators should be brought to justice. We look forward to full legal and technical cooperation in the future," reads the statement of the President of Ukraine on Twitter.
As reported, Ukraine International Airlines plane (Flight PS752) heading from Tehran to Kyiv crashed shortly after taking off from the Imam Khomeini International Airport at about 06:00 Tehran time (04:30 Kyiv time) on Wednesday, January 8.
There were 176 people on board - 167 passengers (including two Ukrainians) and nine crew members (all Ukrainians). There were 82 citizens of Iran, 63 citizens of Canada, ten citizens of Sweden, four citizens of Afghanistan, three citizens of Germany, and three citizens of the UK.
Previously, it was claimed that the crash had been caused by technical problems. Early today, Iran announced that it had shot down the UIA passenger plane accidentally. The plane was perceived as a hostile object as it approached Iran's sensitive military base after take-off.
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) accepted full responsibility for the downing of a Ukrainian airliner.
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Over the past two decades, opportunities for 'creative documentary' on television may have diminished, but other distribution options for innovative and engaged films have opened up. A resurgence of cinematic documentary is attracting substantial numbers of viewers who, bored or disillusioned by television's shift to reality programming, are prepared to pay for theatre tickets, while online subscription services such as Netflix and Amazon now stream and fund high-quality documentary. Increasing numbers of filmmakers are self-distributing their works online. A significant percentage of these films, freed from the constraints of broadcast television, take up political challenges because, as Michael Chanan says, documentary has 'politics in its genes' (2008, p. 16). In fact, as mainstream news and current affairs becomes increasingly tabloid, it could be argued that documentary is assuming the role of investigative journalism or, to use Laura Poitras' description, documentary functions as 'Journalism Plus'. This article, at times drawing on my own film practice, attempts to explore these shifts and developments, locating documentary at a time of institutional transformation.