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CARMEN by Georges Bizet – the opera guide and synopsis
The online opera guide to CARMEN
"Carmen" belongs to the imperishable masterpieces of opera history. The role of Carmen is one of the most attractive roles ever written for female voices, and the work became the most performed opera in the entire repertoire.
Overview and quick access
♪ Commentary
♪ Synopsis
♪ Act I (Tobacco factory-Scene)
♪ Act II (Smuggler Tavern-Scene)
♪ Act III und IV (Smugglers Scene, Finale in Sevilla)
Recording recommendation
♪ Recording Recommendation
♪ Ouverture
♪ L'amour est un oiseau rebelle (Habanera)
♪ Votre toast je peux vous le rendre (Toréro)
♪ Les tringles des sistres tintaiens
♪ La fleur que tu m'avais jetée (Flower aria)
♪ Près des rempart de Seville
♪ Je dis que rien ne m'épouvante (Micaela's aria)
♪ Entr'acte
♪ Les voici (Cuadrilla)
Vienna, 1791
Emanuel Schikaneder, based on a collection of fairy tales by Christoph Martin Wieland (including fairy tales by August Jacob Liebeskind).
The main roles
Tamino, Prince - Sarastro, Head of Order - Queen of the Night, Queen and Mother of Pamina - Pamina, Princess - Papageno, Bird Seller - Monostatos, Overseer in the Temple of Sarastro.
EMI, Gundula Janowitz, Nicolai Gedda, Walter Berry, Lucia Popp and Gottlob Frick conducted by Otto Klemperer and the Philharmonia Orchestra and Chorus.
Roles and Synopsis of CARMEN
Video can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: The Synopsis of CARMEN by Georges Bizet (Plot / Roles) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjS8N3rmM1g)
Bizet received the commission for "Carmen" from the Opéra Comique in Paris. Its director Camille du Locle assigned him the librettists Meilhac and Halévy, who had already written many brilliant librettos for Offenbach. They based the plot of the love story largely on Mérimée's model, only Don José's prehistory was left out. They supplemented the plot with the characters of Micaela and Don Camillo, who enhanced the role of Picador Lucas from Merimée's novel.
The role of Carmen became decisive for the story of its creation. The personality of this figure was unique at that time: an indomitable woman, erotic, temperamental, and a factory worker to boot. Moreover, vulgar and rebellious instead of romantic and patient. In short: the exact opposite of what was expected of a woman in the late 19th century. It sparked a heated debate in the run-up to the premiere. When the theater directors realized what a "monster" was approaching them, they tried to change the course of events. But it was too late. Even the planned leading actress refused to sing the role. In the person of Célestine Galli-Marié a suitable replacement could be found at short notice. The choice of the singer was and is crucial for success. The role is very demanding, it requires an erotic charisma, great singing skills, seductive dancing and acting abilities. Galli-Marié did not make it easy for Bizet, he had to change the entrance aria 13 times for her.
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Music and leitmotif
Through the deliberate choice of musical stylistic elements such as Spanish dances, chromatic motifs and exotic harmonies, Bizet gave this opera a characteristic robe. He also used several motifs which, as motifs of memory, took on a leitmotivic character. The most important one, the so-called Carmen motif, is mentioned here as an example. It already appears in the entrance aria of Carmen and is quoted again and again. It is a chromatic motif which Bizet developed from the gypsy scale (possibly inspired by Liszt's work):
Creation and world premiere
The story of its creation was not only difficult because of the role of Carmen, there were also major problems with the choir. Bizet expected scenic presence from the choir, but he complained that the choir singers were not used to much more than singing and standing around. Despite the more than a hundred rehearsals, Bizet had to cut some passages to ensure that the first performances were performed in an orderly manner. The first performance took place in March 1875, and the first act was warmly received. But the longer the work lasted, the frostier the atmosphere in the great hall of the Opéra Comique became. It was too much for the conservative audience. One critic wrote about the leading actress: "To see her swinging with her hips like a filly at a stud farm in Cordoba – quelle vérité, mais quel scandale" (Abbate/Parker, "a story of the opera"). The New York Times also wrote a scathing review: "As a work of art, this opera is absolutely void". Only Tchaikovsky wrote home: "And how wonderful is this opera material! I am convinced that in ten years Carmen will be the most popular opera in the whole world". Bizet suffered greatly from this. In addition, he had domestic problems, his wife was having an affair with his best friend. All this weighed on him, and on the night of the thirty-first performance he died of a chronic heart condition. He no longer experienced the growing enthusiasm for his work. After Bizet's death, a version with recitatives was created for the Vienna premiere of Ernest Guiraud, instead of the spoken dialogues of the Opéra Comique. The success was enormous and from then on the triumphal career of "Carmen" began. Since then there exist two versions of the work, which are regularly performed.
CARMEN ACT I
Bizet takes up the theme of bullfighting in the Prélude. In the two corner sections he uses a "Paso Doble". This march-like piece of music traditionally accompanied corridas. The dance variant of the "Paso Doble", which is ornamented with flamenco elements, imitates the movement of the torero. The man imitates the bullfighter and the woman the capa (the bullfighter's scarf). In the middle part we hear the famous theme Escamillos.
Overture – Beecham
Video can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Carmen, Act I: "Prelude" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zh2-HlctxdE)
Synopsis: In Sevilla on the square in front of the tobacco factory. The peasant girl Micaela from Navarra is looking for Don José. Soldiers are waiting for the break of the workers.
Sur la place chacun passe – Beecham
Video can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Carmen : Sur la place (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZG8wbqSBsQ)
Synopsis: The changing of the guard is imminent. Boys imitate the scene.
Instead of a martial changing of the guard, we hear the scene of the boys. It is a charming march-like interplay of a cornet trumpet and piccolo flutes. Tchaikovsky, who was an admirer of Carmen, adopted this idea in his Queen of Spades a few years later.
La garde montante – Solti
Synopsis: The workers of the factory step onto the square during the work break.
La cloche a sonnée – Solti
Video can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Bizet: Carmen / Act 1 - "La cloche a sonné" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRgsehK8oHg)
La Habanera – Bizet's Masterpiece
Synopsis: Synopsis: Carmen appears and is surrounded by men. Nothing is more boring for her than ingratiation, because love is a game for her.
With the aria "L'amour est un oiseau rebelle" Bizet has painted a true character portrait of the role of Carmen. Rarely has one of the great roles in opera literature been defined by only one aria as Carmen with the Habanera. The Habanera is a piece of music of Cuban-African origin, which contains a provocative sexual allusion with sensual movements. Bizet has taken the main theme from a work by the Spaniard Yradier, who had spent some time in the Caribbean. Bizet used a chromatic vocal line for Carmen. The verses are in a minor key and the chorus is in major key. The orchestra accompanies Carmen with a ostinato motive of the cellos, thus reinforcing the hypnotic character of her Habanera.
We hear first the interpretation by Maria Callas. Maria Callas sang the Carmen only in concert. She would certainly have been a charming Carmen. Take a look at the concert excerpt. The facial expression reflects the music and then the stole slips off her shoulders. She knew how to play a role and win the audience over!
L'amour est un oiseau rebelle (1) – Callas
Video can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Maria Callas Live: Bizet's Carmen Habanera, Hamburg 1962 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EseMHr6VEM0)
The next interpretation is from the Latvian singer Elina Garanca. Carmen is her signature role. Beautifully sung and probably the most erotic of all Carmen recordings.
L'amour est un oiseau rebelle (2) – Garanca
Video can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Carmen: "L'amour est un oiseau rebelle" (Elina Garanca) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2snTkaD64U)
Victoria de los Angeles (1923-2005) was a great Carmen of her time. As a native Spaniard she complained that many interpreters simply do not understand Spanish women. Carmen should be elegant, not crude and vulgar, she said, adding: «Even the common Gypsy women have a pride and reserve. They stay faithful to one man at a time, no matter what. That is my Carmen. » (NYT)
L'amour est un oiseau rebelle (3) – de los Angeles
Video can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Victoria De Los Angeles Carmen "Habanera" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RR9AWv5TMDg)
A word on the 1907 recording of Calvé. Calvé, born in 1858, was the greatest Carmen of her time and was as admired as Maria Callas was in later years. «In 1891 she sang the premiere in an opera of Mascagni in Rome, where she met the castrato Mustafà, through whom she learned to form her «fourth» voice with the floating sounds» (Kesting). When she sang the gypsy for the first time – «Carmen which is pleasant only in bed and on her deathbed» (so Prosper Merimée, the writer of Carmen) – Henderson spoke of an ideal cast.
L'amour est un oiseau rebelle (4) – Calve
Video can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Emma Calvé - Habanera (Bizet, Carmen) - 1907 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEMHiww3JEI)
The fith and last interpretation is with Leontyne Price
L'amour est un oiseau rebelle (5) – Price
Video can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: LEONTYNE PRICE-CARMEN -HABANERA-1act. 1963 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60xFeualnp8)
Softie vs Macho Part 1: The softie
Synopsis: Now Micaela appears and brings Don Jose a letter from his sick mother. Micaela is head over heels in love with Don Jose, who thinks back longingly to his village and has no eyes for Micaela.
In opera literature we often have to deal with "testosterone-controlled" tenor parts. Be it the youthful Italian type of heroic tenor like the Radames or the Wagner type heroic tenor like the Tristan. This is not the case in Carmen. Don Jose, although he is a military, is characterized by his more vulnerable features. And this is how the music is written.
Listen to Placido Domingo as he sings the "Parle-moi de ma mère" beautifully soft and sensitive. This scene is actually surrreal. The librettists of Carmen, Meilhac and Halévy, often wrote the librettos for Offenbach's comic operas.
Synopsis: Micaela brings Don Jose a letter from his mother who his ill. Micaela is head over heels in love with Don Jose and languishes for a single kiss and the (simple-minded ?) Don Jose does not realize that and sings only of his mother…
Parle-moi de ma mère – Domingo / TeKanawa / Solti
Video can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: carmen_Parle-moi de ma mère (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzM-8Ure9tE)
Près de remparts de Seville – the effect of Leontyne Price
Synopsis: Noise comes from the cigarette factory. Carmen has instigated a stabbing and Don José has to arrest her. She is interrogated by Zuniga and shows no respect for him. He hands Carmen over to Don José. Carmen sings seductively about the tavern of Lillas Pastias, where she wants to meet her next lover, who could well be Don José. Don José melts away …
"Près des remparts de Seville" is written in the form of a séguidilla, a fast dance in triple beat. The seductive music oscillates between singing and declamation, hovering between major and minor, and is only sparsely orchestrated.
Près des remparts de Seville (1) – Garanca
Video can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Carmen: "Près des remparts de Séville" (Elina Garanca) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHjnVz7Ayyw)
Leontyne Price was an excellent Carmen, very sensual and exotic. Listen to Price in this beautiful passage. Fischer: «Whoever has such a pronounced sound character as she does, whose voice exudes a downright sexual scent, will not be in the right place as Violetta or Butterfly, as Adriana Lecouvreur or as Elisabetta in Don Carlos, but when she sang Aida and Carmen, Leonora and Tosca, then one could hardly escape the effect of this vocal cat of prey.»
Près des remparts de Seville (2) – Price
Video can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: CARMEN - LEONTYNE PRICE - Près des remparts de Séville (Seguedille) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10ikxP81iMc)
CARMEN ACT II
Entr'acte
Video can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Bizet - Carmen - Act 2 - Entr'acte (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Cj5ur_c7Lc)
Les tringles des systres tintaient – A delicacy at the beginning of Act II
Synopsis : In the smuggler's tavern of Lillas Pastia. Carmen sings a song that carries everyone away.
With the restrained rhythm of a dancing flamenco couple, the piece begins cautiously. Carmen begins her song, again with exotic harmonies and accompanied by the syncopated beat of the tambourine. With a great crescendo, the singing and the music unfold a hypnotic effect. The piece begins in the Andante and ends in a furious Presto. In addition, Bizet continually adds instruments to the orchestral part, which further intensifies the pull.
Les tringles des sistres tintaient – Callas
Video can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Maria Callas, Bizet: Carmen - Les Tringles Des Sistres Tintaient/Chanson Boheme (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMS9l_PnDfQ)
See another version, this time a live version from the Met with Elina Garanca as Carmen. This is pure seduction, now you will understand why Don José surrenders to Carmen…
Les tringles des sistres tintaient (2) – Garanca
Video can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Carmen - Les tringles des sistres tintaient (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5h_7ywjPPQ)
Softie vs Macho Part 2: The macho
Synopsis: The famous bullfighter Don Escamillo appears. He sees Carmen and makes advances to her, but she rejects him. Zuniga is also in the tavern and announces that he will be back in an hour.
There are different views on how this role should be sung. Should it be sung rather lyrically or heroically and loud? There is a wonderful anecdote to illustrate this. At a rehearsal for the opera Carmen, a singer roared in such a way that Thomas Beecham felt compelled to say to him: "Would you please remember, sir, that you are engaged for the role of Torero and not for the bull?"
However, the scene is grandiose. That's why I chose this scene for you from a beautiful film adaptation with Ruggiero Raimondi as Escamillo.
Toréador – Raimondi
Video can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Toreador! (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4g_otRgzerI)
You will hear a second version of Ernest Blanc from Beecham's great complete recording.
Votre Toast je peux vous le rendre – Blanc/Beecham
Video can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Carmen, Act II: "Votre toast, je peux vous le rendre" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vq43wz_n46g)
The flower aria – Bizet composes a great Aria
Synopsis: Two smugglers want to persuade Carmen to go into the mountains. But Carmen puts them off. She awaits Don José, whom Zuniga put in prison for letting her escape. When Don José appears, Carmen dances a flamenco for him. Don José is enchanted, but then he hears a trumpet calling for roll call. He wants to leave and Carmen is angry about his disinterest. She tries to persuade him to join the smugglers, but José wants to lead an honest soldier's life. Carmen is disappointed by so little courage and mocks him. José swears her his love and reminds her of the flower she threw him.
One of the most beautiful arias in opera history is the so-called flower aria, "la fleur que tu m'avais jetée". Introduced by the beautiful sounds of the English horn, Don José wants to prove that she is wrong to doubt his love. It is a very varied aria with many contrasting elements. There is a lot of psychology in this aria. Abbate/Parker: «The aria is introduced by a ghostly orchestral flashback, with the recurring theme being played by the English horn, as if this instrument were to be established as a tamed force … With the words «Et j'étais une chose à toi», provided by Bizet with the instruction 'pp rall e dim', José swings to a high B and keeps it long and incredibly quiet. It is a moment that strongly reminds us of the end of «Celeste Aida». Now the voice sounds as if it had been sucked into another sphere. José is so fascinated by Carmen that he dives into her musical world.» You hear this aria four times from different great singers. Decide which one you like best.
Let us start with Domingo.
La fleur que tu m'avais jetée (1) – Domingo/Solti
Video can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Placido Domingo - Flower song - Carmen (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vt8PNSpie5g)
Next is Vickers, the canadian Tenor.
La fleur que tu m'avais jetée (2) – Vickers/Karajan
Video can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: La fleur que tu m'avais jetée - Jon Vickers - Carmen (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itB1UlPFln4)
and last, the great Verdi Tenor Jussi Björling.
La fleur que tu m'avais jetée (3) – Björling
The dramatic duet of Carmen and Don José
Synopsis: Carmen accuses him of only feigning love, otherwise he would go with her to the smugglers in the mountains. Don José sees no way out between his love for Carmen and the unthinkability of a desertion, and Carmen withdraws her love from him.
She sings and tears the music from José's longing tonal orbit into her own. This is the only place where they sing together for a long time. Jose repeatedly sings a graceful melody that seems to come from another sphere, but Carmen refuses to take up his theme; instead she confronts him with musically different answers. Only once they do really sing together: when he repeats his beautiful, haunting sentence 'Carmen il est temps encore'. Soon Carmen, while Jose is still producing love lyrics against all reason, sings melodyless single notes and only gets herself up to a single spectacular high cadenza when she threatens to put an end to it with her most decisive 'No': 'Jamais Carmen ne cédra'.» (Abbate/Parker)
Non, tu ne m'aimes pas – Gedda / LosAngeles / Beecham
Video can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Carmen, Act II: "Non, tu ne m'aimes pas" (Carmen, Don José) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oh2_4RNGkuI)
Synospis: Now Zuniga appears. Don José gets into a scuffle with his superior and now he has no choice but to join the smugglers. The two smugglers hold the officer at bay with their pistols while Don José and Carmen escape.
Bel Officier – Troyanos
Video can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Bizet: Carmen / Act 2 - "Bel officier" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPzWuxF3nsY)
CARMEN ACT III
Synopsis: In the mountains with the smugglers.
Écoute, écoute, compagnon – Karajan
Video can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Carmen (Remastered) : Act III - Écoute, écoute, compagnon, écoute (2008 SACD Remastered) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szlIx8uGRbU)
The Tarot-Terzetto
Synopsis: Don José and Carmen have been together for months and are arguing more and more often. José leaves to visit his mother in a nearby village. Carmen is with Frasquita and Mercedes. They lay tarot cards and Carmen sees in them her and José's imminent death.
Melons! Coupons! – Garanca / Caballero / Eddy
Video can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Carmen - Melons! Coupons! (Subtítulos español) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=maNRozGyCOw)
Synopsis: The smugglers have scouted out the way, now it's up to the women to distract the customs officers. They leave the place and Don José stays behind to guard the goods.
At this point Bizet wrote a virtuoso concertato of the three women and the women's choir, accompanied by beautiful wind instruments.
Quant au douanier – Solti
Video can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Bizet: Carmen / Act 3 - "Quant au douanier, c'est notre affaire!" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8_xV2KC7w4)
Micaela's aria
Synopsis: Micaela arrives in the mountains where José lives with the smugglers. She is still in love with Don José, but is afraid of this environment and of Carmen. She encourages herself that she should not be afraid of Carmen.
Bizet introduces this piece with a short, beautiful horn motif. The accompanying horns and the voluptuous muted strings create a touching atmosphere.
Je dis que rien ne m'épouvante – Price
Video can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Leontyne Price - Je dis que rien ne m'épouvante (Carmen - G. Bizet) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAUIbYhoPHI)
Another convincing recording can be heard from Kiri Te Kanawa, who interprets a more expressive than dreamy Micaela with a beautiful legato and the luminous high notes.
Je dis que rien ne m'épouvante – Te Kanawa / Karajan
Video can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Bizet: Carmen, WD 31 / Act 3 - "Je dis que rien ne m'épouvante" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNUgJ97V0Lg)
Synopsis: When Micaela arrives at the camp, she sees Escamillo arrive there and hides. Escamillo has come for Carmen and José reveals himself as her lover. The two get into a scuffle. Carmen has returned in the meantime and can separate the quarrels just in time. Micaela comes out of hiding and tells José that his mother is dying and leaves the camp with José to return to the village.
Bizet paints a Spanish atmosphere
Bizet has never traveled to Spain in his life, but he has captured a lot of Spanish musical color. You can see the festive Spain passing by in your mind's eye. Bizet has taken the main melody from an Andalusian song and orchestrated it ravishingly.
Entracte – Beecham
Video can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Carmen, Act III: "Entr'acte" (Orchestre) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tja5oUMeOM)
CARMEN ACT IV
Synopsis: A festive atmosphere prevails in front of the bullring in Seville. The team of bullfighters arrives gloriously. Carmen appears at Escamillo's side.
This famous piece is also known as "Cuadrilla", after the name of the team of bullfighters. We hear the themes of the overture in this grandiose mass scene.
Here in a festive version of the Arena di Verona.
Les voici – Arena di Verona
Video can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: CARMEN VOICI LA QUADRILLE (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=retxXisWfn4)
Carmen's death in Seville
Synopsis: Escamillo enters the arena and Carmen sees Don José, who has come to take her back. In front of the bullring she tells him that the relationship is over. José begs her, but Carmen throws the ring at his feet. This is too much for him, and he stabs Carmen with a knife.
Bizet has composed a dramatic final scene. The first part is composed recitative-like. When Carmen flings "Tout est fini!" at him, he tries a tender melody. But when she terminates the relationship, the orchestra sound changes into frenetic staccato of the winds and a nervous string sound. With the background of bullfighting music, the murder of the raging José takes place.
C'est toi…il est… Viva – Callas/GeddaC'est toi…il est… Viva – Callas/Gedda
Video can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Carmen, Act 4: "C'est toi !" - "Carmen, il est temps encore" - "Viva ! viva ! la course est... (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HimH6Yak4LY)
The RCA recording captivates by the outstanding Carmen:
RCA with Leontyne Price, Franco Corelli, Robert Merrill and Mirella Freni under the direction of Herbert von Karajan and the Orchestra and Choir of the Vienna State Opera.
The Decca recording captivates with the outstanding Don José:
DECCA with Tatjana Troyanos, Placido Domingo, Jose van Dam and Kiri te Kanawa under the direction of Herbert von Karajan and the London Philharmonic Orchestra and the John Aldis Choir.
Peter Lutz, opera-inside, the online opera guide to CARMEN by Georges Bizet
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Tuesday May 28 @ 7:00 pm
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Diamondbacks Farm System
Diamondbacks Minor League Recap 5/20/2018: Visalia take and get the hits
But Jackson's Ryan Atkinson starred, with double-digit K's.
By C.Wesley Baier and Jim McLennan May 21, 2018, 2:24am EDT
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Snake Stars
Three Stars: Ryan Atkinson, Jackson: 6 IP, 5 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 10 SO
Two Stars: Daulton Varsho, Visalia: 3-for-4, R, two DBL, three RBI
One Star: Jhoan Duran, Kane County: 5 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 4 SO
Zero Stars: Bradin Hagens: 4 IP, 7 H, 8 R, 8 ER, 3 BB, 4 SO, L (1-1)
Reno Aces 8 Albuquerque Isotopes 13
Bradin Hagins and Michael Dimock had a very rough 5th inning, with ten runs crossing home plate. Hagins went 4.0 innings, already given up three runs before he took the mound and gave up five runs without getting an out. Dimock worked an inning, and gave up five runs (four earned) on four hits and a walk, and struck out two. Neftali Feliz worked a perfect inning, striking out two. Jarred Miller also provided a scoreless inning, giving up a hit, but striking out two and walking none.
Some light amusement in this blowout defeat was provided by third baseman Cody Decker, who took the mound for the second time this year in the eighth, and gave up two hits and a walk, but had a scoreless inning of work. Socrates Brito and Yasmany Tomas were both 2-5, Kevin Cron was 3-4, and Anthony Recker was 2-5 with a home run.
Jackson Generals 6 Pensacola Blue Wahoos 0
Ryan Atkinson had a terrific start, pitching 6 scoreless innings, allowing just 5 hits and no walks, while striking out 10. Sam Lewis followed with two scoreless innings of his own, giving up a hit and a walk, and struck out three. Bud Jeter struck out one and allowed no hits or walks in a perfect ninth.
Jamie Westbrook was 2-5 with a triple in the first. Rudy Flores was 2-4, and got two runs on the board in the first inning with a two run home, scoring Westbrook. The rest of the runs scored on singles by Kevin Medrano, Daniel Robertson, and Jason Morozowski, as well as sac fly by Juniel Querecuto, who also singled and had a run scored.
Visalia Rawhide 15 Modesto Nuts 3
Kevin McCanna pitched seven innings, giving up a run on four hits and walk, with the lone run coming on a solo home run, and struck out 7. Austin Mason gave up two runs, and Robbie Sexton was ejected after hitting a Nuts batter with his first pitch. That might perhaps have had something to do with the seven Rawhide batters hit previously! Their starter, Danny Garcia, plunked four batters in only two innings.
However, Visalia made him pay, in particular LF Ramon Hernandez, who cranked a second-inning grand-slam off Garcia, after 3B Drew Elllis had a two-run shot in the first. CF Marcus Wilson and C Daulton Varsho had three-hit games, while Ellis and Hernandez each drove in four runs. RF Stephen Smith reached base four times, on two hits and two walks. The 16 hits and 15 runs were both season highs for the Rawhide. As well as, I suspect, the seven HBP!
Kane County Cougars 2 Peoria Chiefs 3
The Cougars lost despite a stellar outing from Jhoan Duran, who pitched five innings of one-hit ball; he walked one and struck out four. They led going into the bottom of the ninth, courtesy of SS Jasrado Chisholm's seventh homer of the season, but Carlos Bustamante wasn't able to complete the six-out save, a sacrifice flying tying up the score.
The teams then traded runs in the 10th (with a runner starting on second, remember), the Cougars going ahead on a sacrifice fly, and the Chiefs matching them with a one-out single. Kane County couldn't get the runner home in the 11th, and another sac-bunt/sac-fly combo allowed Peoria to walk it off. LF Ernie De La Trinidad doubled and singled, getting half of the Cougars' four hits.


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How 3D Printing Supercharged Nike's New Super Bowl Cleat
Ashley Feinberg
Filed to: 3d printingFiled to: 3d printing
Almost a full year ago, Nike introduced its first shoe ever built with the help of 3D printing technology. The thing was, that cleat, the Vapor Laser Talon (seen below), was built for an absurdly specific purpose and market—just the 40 yard dash, just for NFL players. Now, though, Nike is bringing what it's learned from the VLT to the consumer market—innovations that, without 3D printing, we might not have seen for years to come.
The cleat, the Vapor Carbon II, is being promoted as part of Nike's 2014 Super Bowl line, but the shoe represents an incredible achievement in its own right. Before coming up with the final product that benefits the whole, Shane Kohatsu, Nike's Product Innovation Director, was looking at a very specific problem that concerned the few. In a conversation with Gizmodo, Kohatsu explains:
Some of the best insights actually come from the edges of the sport, where the needs of the athletes are the most extreme. For the sport of football, the edge is the NFL Combine, the ultimate test for prospective NFL athletes. When you look at the Combine, the marquee event is the 40-yard dash. That's the big one. Just hundredths of a second can make a big difference. So we set out to create a footwear solution for the 40-yard dash—something we've never done before.
To help athletes be their fastest on the 40 is to focus on where these athletes are their most explosive, which, in this case, is actually the first ten yards—something Kohatsu calls "the drive phase." But before you can even get to the drive phase, there's what Nike refers to as the "zero step." It's the moment at the starting line where the player optimizes his stance to give him maximal power come blastoff.
It's at this point that any sort of slippage can be a huge detriment to your 40-yard-dash time, so Nike set out to create a shoe with the perfect amount of grip. According to Kohatsu, though, one of the challenges with evolving traction is that the plate component of the cleat—the bottom portion with the actual studs (i.e. traction elements)—is incredibly complex and time consuming to actually make with traditional injection mold methods. If they really wanted to put a variety of designs to the test, the design team would need to seriously accelerate the process. Kohatsu notes:
The problem with traditional mehods is that to actually get one part, you have to actually spend all your time and energy creating the mold to create that one part; it's the same process as if you're mass producing this design a million times. So that's why we initially leaned on [3D printing] technology.
A quicker prototype production process meant that the team could create, test, and iterate over and over again in a fraction of the time. Individual plates can be made in a matter of hours, something that would have taken Kohatsu and his team months previously. And every single time they hit print, they could change the plate design. After creating dozens upon dozens of prototypes, 12 actually made it to test with real athletes—something that would have taken 2-3 years previously and, thanks to 3D printing, only took six months.
According to Kohatsu:
It's a really liberating feeling as a designer. You can actually have an idea, sketch it out, and the next day, you have an actual part. In the past you'd sketch it out, and then there'd be some serious business meetings happening to make sure that this actually is the part we want to make. And so then we would put all of our costs and expenses into the mold that makes this one part, and then we'll get the part back three or four months later.
For us to have an idea like, "Oh, you know, I like the shape of sharks' teeth. Let's do that." Then the next day you have that concept, and if you feel confident that it actually has a high possibility of functioning, you can go and put it into an actual shoe. And you do that over and over and over. It's huge leap.
After tossing out a variety of shapes—everything from cats' claws to, again, sharks' teeth—and trying many of them, the team finally determined than none other than the classic silhouette of a shovel gave them the perfect amount of traction. Taking the design, the team translated it into Nike's brand new tri-star stud technology, each tri-star being meticulously placed to create the ideal combination of give and traction.
That's when Ken Link, Nike's Creative Director, took over. According to Link:
We love the VLT, because it made us look at product different and look at insights different. And more importantly, it really got focused and showed us that just a little bit could change the athlete's game. We wanted to take that same mindset, same kind of insight gathering, and say hey let's supercharge the cleat for game day.
Thus, the Vapor Carbon II (above) was born. Taking the VLT tri-star studs, the team placed them at the forefoot of the newest Vapor Carbon iteration. But as a more general-use cleat, they were also able to apply the design in other ways.
Link cited defensive backs as a prime example of how a player on the field might have needs counter to something specific to the 40-yard dash. In their case, the zero step is really about being able to go backwards, allowing them to react to the receivers as quickly as possible. So taking the same geometries as the VLT, Link's team put them in the heel of their consumer game day shoe, allowing for greater penetration and zero slip.
So even though the Vapor Carbon II itself isn't manufactured with 3D printing, a cleat backed by that level of precision science and research would sill be years away without it. Calling 3D printing "the future" may sound almost nauseatingly trite at this point, but at least in Nike's case, it's damn near true.
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As I write this I have Adele's NYC show on TV and I think you would actually enjoy a bit of Adele, Bonnie style. Just you that is 🙂 Adele at Radio City- what a night for her! She's such a breath of fresh air in all her authenticity.
As for me, I'm not able to be the Bonnie I love best, like the one in that picture just above, It's the Bonnie that kept you young for your age. It's the Bonnie that embraced each new day with joy, with energy.
I'm still waking up in tears and even though I sleep the sadness of grieving saps my power. I am happy to get out of bed and get to it- to my early morning routine. The tears have just become part of my morning routine because I'm always missing you , Makes sense right? been . But even in the tears and the lethargy, Mondays have become the best day of week- my reward for getting through Sunday- the hardest day of my week.
Monday begins with music- Jonathan works me hard, takes me wherever I am and pushes me to a new place and the piece I'm working is moving slowly but it's gorgeous- perfect for my melancholy. Finally after that David Broza concert Ami sent us to, when my heart stopped beating as he played his guitar just for me I knew I get music back into my life and yes, I do still love it even if you aren't here to listen as my #1 and only groupie. Now I'm playing for me.
A long hour of music and then a bit of a break but I wouldn't let myself sit too long. I was up and out even if the mountains was covered in a dense fog. I got down to the bottom and got to the gym to sweat on the stair master and read more of one of my favorites- Shadow of the Wind– it's even better the second time around. Barcelona in 1945- that's the Barcelona I was dying to visit but no way could that happen as a tourist in 2012. Oh well, I'm back in 1945 now and so happy to be back with the gang, embroiled in its dark mystery. Perfect for now, right?
I had time to keep reading as I stopped for a good salad at Zinbergers after my workout. Just enough time for a break before I traveled back up 59 to be early for my appointment with Sandie.
An hour now to make sense of where I am in this mourning process with someone who understands the process. She listens as I share the highlights of the weekend- our walk-through the house, our visit to the cemetery, the city on Saturday with family, my friends for walks and meals.
We talk for a good chunk of the hour, but I know there will always be time for me to feel a bit uncomfortable as she has me move through deep breathing exercises, all to get my energy flowing again through my body. Today she set up her cube, complete with a tennis racket and gloves. I remember when the shoe was on the other foot, when I made my drama kids come out of themselves with movement and concentration exercises. They were probably feeling what I felt. But by the time I am feeling better, I knew it was a good thing. And yes, as I held the racket above my head and slammed it down on the soft cube, over and over I felt the energy return to me. It felt good. It's the energy I took for granted in that picture up at the top. It's the energy that Sandie would have liked you to see return to my body.
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It is good to see a picture of you smiling, even if it is an old one. I think it is interesting that you have your arms wide open to life in this picture. A good sign that you chose it. Wishing you more smiles.
Thanks so much Bernadette. It's a long road ahead. I'd like to make it move faster but can't. Amazing love demands its time to mourn. But I am beginning to understand the process.
Have a wonderful holiday and thanks for your joy image!
I'm so glad you have Sandie and your music. They are the reward that starts another week. I hope you are getting a lot of responses to your call for joy. It will be good to be immersed in joy photos.
Yes the joy responses are starting to come right in. Of course I want more and this project will get me back to some focused creative work. YAY!!!
It seems like Monday is the day you hold onto, after pushing through the weekend, you know that Monday will come with hope to make another week happen, some joy and some sadness. The mixture certainly is a see-saw, yet knowing that is hopeful, isn't it? Hoping you do NOT get snow per your wishes, Bonnie! Thanks for doing another video, something for you and us all to look forward to.
I am on some see-saw for sure. I'm sure you know what I'm going through now. The process moves so slowly and it's hard to give into it. It helps to have someone who can put language to it for me. But every day is a challenge to come back to myself.
Thanks, Bonnie, trying to hang in their with the Republicans at this time! Whew!
It is a gift to live beside you on your remarkable, yet difficult journey. Thanks for all your hard work and processing of it with us.
Thank you so much Julieann for your close and supportive reading on this journey. Your comments are so helpful.
Love the picture, Bonnie. Here's hoping that with Sandie and your music you are able to get to that place once again. There is always joy amidst the sadness. Wishing you much joy.
Thanks Bob. I can't wait to be back to me, but for now…trying patience.
Your plea at the end was perfect. I stopped everything, and made myself send a pic (without perusing all my pics from the year). I remembered one particular joyful pic and sent it. Sending blessings and energy your way.


Seen North of the Sun? If you haven't then you need to, it's one of the best surf films of all time here's the link to the Vimeo on demand page – LINK. Well we hiked into a beach in Arctic Norway where we thought their cabin may have been, but didn't totally expect it to be. It's very well sheltered and we didn't notice it for a couple of hours, but it was pretty epic to see once we found it. Inge Wegge and Jørn Ranum built it out of trash and driftwood they found on the beach and lived in it for a whole winter. That winter they cleared over 2 tonnes of rubbish from this beach. This is a little vignette is their home, it's epic and check out their other films as well. This is just a little pre-taster to the latest expedition. Everyone who has pledged thank you so much, you'll be getting real postcards, prints and exclusive shots and tales in the digital postcard in the next couple of days.


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Q: Resizing a larger image using CSS max-height displays an aliased image in IE11 I am using the following CSS to resize a larger image:
img {
  max-height: 100px;
}

This image displays with the appropriate aliasing within Chrome and Firefox but the edges look very aliased (choppy) within Internet Explorer 11. I have tried the approach here but that does not have any impact within IE11.
The image cannot be resized, and reuploaded, as this is a content management system that is trying to being responsive for our visitors. We also cannot rely on server side scripting.
what is the best option here?

A: It looks as though the best option is to use the
-ms-interpolation-mode: bicubic;

to help you out with IE <9 but after that it's just how the image is rendered. As of IE9 they no longer use this command but the problem still persists.
In most of the discussion the argument is that you shouldn't scale down a larger image, it's bad for performance.  It's a good argument, but not a solution for your problem.
You could trial something like ReSrc.it.  This could allow you to get past the restrictions of your current CMS.  To get this working (it is a paid for service) you would need to follow a similar pattern
<img data-src="http://www.your-site.co/image.jpg" class="resrc"/>
<script src="//use.resrc.it/0.9"></script>
<script>
  resrc.ready(function () {
    resrc.run();
  });
</script>

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Q: UIImageView disappears but not UILabel when cell is selcted I have a custom UITableview cell with a UILabel and a UIImageView when the cell but made in the storyboard and connected with IBOutlet, when the cell is selected the background of the image view changes to the selection color? How can I have the UIImageView's background color stay the same?
Thanks

A: Try call:
cell.selectionStyle = UITableViewCellSelectionStyleNone

in cellForRowAtIndexPath.
And (optionally) override:
- (void)setSelected:(BOOL)selected animated:(BOOL)animated

swift:
override func setSelected(selected: Bool, animated: Bool)

Swift Example usage:
override func setSelected(selected: Bool, animated: Bool) {
    if selected {
        yourView.alpha = 0.5
    } else {
        yourView.alpha = 1.0
    }
}

You can also change your view's alpha inside animateWithDuration block:
override func setSelected(selected: Bool, animated: Bool) {
    UIView.animateWithDuration(0.3, animations: {
        if selected {
            yourView.alpha = 0.5
        } else {
            yourView.alpha = 1.0
        }
    })
}

Obj-C example usage:
#import "YourTableViewCell.h"

@implementation YourTableViewCell

- (void)setSelected:(BOOL)selected animated:(BOOL)animated {
    [super setSelected:selected animated:animated];
    //your code
    // example: yourView.backgroundColor = [UIColor greenColor];
}

- (void)setHighlighted:(BOOL)highlighted animated:(BOOL)animated {
    [super setHighlighted:highlighted animated:YES];
    //your code
    // example: yourView.backgroundColor = [UIColor greenColor];
}

@end

A: You can change you cell's imageView in -didSelectRowAtIndexPath of you UITableView
-(void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView didSelectRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
          //get the cell from the selected row.
          UITableViewCell *selectedCell = [tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:indexPath];

         //change custom cell's imageView to desired backgroundColor
         selectedCell.imageView = [UIColor clearColor];
}

And don't forget to implement UITableViewDelegate and UITableViewDatasource

A: I think it might be happening due to tableviewcell selection.
Just use the below code snippet
- (void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView didSelectRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath{
    [tableview deselectRowAtIndexPath:indexPath animated:YES];
}

This might help you. If not then please share the info of your implementation for this.

A: you might have set the background color of the image view to clear color.


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Laura Ingalls Wilder: Start Your Research Here by Sarah Uthoff
A pathfinder to start your Laura Ingalls Wilder Research
Laura Ingalls Wilder FAQs
Seeking Laura Letters
For An Introduction, see the "Little House" books
Articles Available in EBSCOhost
Organizations and Special Collections
Scholarship and Literary Analysis
Rose Wilder Lane
(Use for computer searches)
"Little House" books
(Use in card catalogs and print indexes)
Wilder, Laura Ingalls 1867-1957
Lane, Rose Wilder 1886-1968
813.52 (Dewey Decimal)
PS3545.I342 (Library of Congress)
PZ7.W6461 (Library of Congress)
Laura Ingalls Wilder replied to almost every fan letter she received. While she carefully saved those fan letters, her responses have been scattered to the four winds. Some have safely ended up in museums, libraries, or archives, some have been destroyed. Saving Laura Letters is trying to get photocopies of the letters Laura wrote deposited in the Laura Ingalls Wilder Museum archive in Walnut Grove, Minnesota.
Little House Books - HarperCollins
Official website of the publishers of the "Little House" books.
This is the official website of Friendly Family Films. It's the people behind the NBC TV series. Also, check out their blog.
Laura Ingalls Wilder at the Hoover Library-Museum
The Wilder papers are housed at Hoover and this site not only gives research information, but also outstanding teacher information.
Trundlebed Tales
This website is just the starting place to take you to a website, YouTube channel, podcast, etc. all focused on Laura Ingalls Wilder and related topics under Trundlebed Tales.
Pioneer Girl
The place with the best directory of Laura Ingalls Wilder information and literacy on the web.
Pioneer Girl Project
On-going project of the South Dakota State Historical Society Press to publish books related to Wilder, specifically her Pioneer Girl.
Little House Archive
All the publication news on Laura Ingalls Wilder
Birthdays of Ingalls and Wilder Families
A blog post with a list of the family birthdays.
Come Home to Little House
The official Harper Collins website for the series, this is the best place for information on HarperCollins products and includes some background information and teaching resources.
The complete series of books is now available as unabridged audio books from Harper Children's Audio, 2003 – 2006.
Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder; Garth Williams (Illustrator)
Farmer Boy by Laura Ingalls Wilder; Garth Williams (Illustrator)
Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder; Garth Williams (Illustrator)
On the Banks of Plum Creek by Laura Ingalls Wilder; Garth Williams (Illustrator)
By the Shores of Silver Lake by Laura Ingalls Wilder; Garth Williams (Illustrator)
The Long Winter by Laura Ingalls Wilder; Garth Williams (Illustrator)
Little Town on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder; Garth Williams (Illustrator)
These Happy Golden Years by Laura Ingalls Wilder; Garth Williams (Illustrator)
The First Four Years by Laura Ingalls Wilder; Garth Williams (Illustrator); Roger Lea MacBride (Introduction by)
Contact your local library to see if they have EBSCOhost to get your username and password to access these articles.
Articles By and About Laura
Permanent links to full text articles available in EBSCOhost by and about Laura Ingalls Wilder
Next: Books >>
URL: https://guides.kirkwood.edu/LauraIngallsWilder
Tags: laura_ingalls_wilder, pioneer, prairie, rose_wilder_lane


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Sen. Thom Tillis, U.S. Marine Corps Commandant Gen. Robert Neller, North Carolina Basketball Legend Phil Ford Among Dignitaries for 60th Coca-Cola 600 Race Weekend
U.S. Marine Corps Commandant Gen. Robert Neller will serve as grand marshal for Sunday's Coca-Cola 600. Courtesy of U.S. Department of Defense
The world's most patriotic racing event weekend will feature a star-studded list of dignitaries, as the 60th running of the Coca-Cola 600 on Sunday at Charlotte Motor Speedway is just five days from thrilling race fans from around the world.
This weekend features a sunny forecast perfect for racing action. The festivities kick off with Thursday's Spectrum Pole Night, which sets the field for the Coca-Cola 600 and concludes with the ARCA Menards Series' General Tire 150. The inaugural United Rentals Patriot Nationals at The Dirt Track at Charlotte gets underway on Friday and Saturday, with the NASCAR Xfinity' Series' Alsco 300 on Saturday at the 1.5-mile superspeedway serving as a prelude to the venerable Coca-Cola 600 on Sunday - which features dignitaries including U.S. Marine Corps Commandant Gen. Robert Neller - a four-star general, the highest-ranking Marine and the 37th Commandant of the Marine Corps - serving as grand marshal and giving drivers the command to start engines.
Additional dignitaries for this weekend include Coca-Cola 600 honorary pace car driver Charlotte Flair, a Charlotte, North Carolina, native and the most successful female WWE Superstar wrestler in WWE history. North Carolina Sen. Thom Tillis will serve as honorary starter to wave the green flag for the Coca-Cola 600, while the Fort Bragg Firing Squad will render the 21 Gun Salute. Four U.S. Marine Corps MV-22 Ospreys from Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 266 from Marine Corps Air Station New River, North Carolina, will fly high over the crowd and U.S. Navy MUC William Edwards will sing the national anthem.
Dignitaries for Thursday's General Tire 150 include:
Presentation of Colors: UNCC Army ROTC Color Guard
Invocation: Tom Kipp, Motor Racing Outreach
National Anthem: Danielle Johnson
Grand Marshal: Bill Caldwell
Honorary Starter: Travis Roffler
Dignitaries for Friday's United Rentals Patriot Nationals include:
Presentation of Colors: Civil Air Patrol 111th Search and Rescue Composite Squadron
Invocation: Billy Mauldin, Motor Racing Outreach
National Anthem: U.S. Marine Corps Lance Corporal Marc Wilka
Dignitaries for Saturday's Alsco 300 and United Rentals Patriot Nationals include:
Honorary Starter: Jerry Hailey
Grand Marshal: Phil Ford, University of North Carolina Basketball Legend
National Anthem: Eddie Digh
Dignitaries for Sunday's Coca-Cola 600 include:
Honorary Race Director: Tim Griffin, Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas
Honorary Pace Car Driver: Charlotte Flair, WWE Superstar
Honorary Starter: North Carolina Sen. Thom Tillis
Grand Marshal: U.S. Marine Corps Commandant Gen. Robert Neller
God Bless America: 82nd Airborne Division All-American Chorus
Presentation of Colors: The United States Honor Guard Color Team from Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling, Washington, DC
Invocation: Will Graham
Amazing Grace: Charlotte Fire Department Pipe Band
Taps: Bugler from Fort Bragg
21 Gun Salute: Fort Bragg Firing Squad
Fort Bragg Aerial Demonstration Team: Fort Bragg Charlie Company Vipers - 2nd - 82nd Assault Helicopter Battalion
National Anthem: U.S. Navy MUC William Edwards


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Our owners (Partners Group) purchased Chemprene in July of 2018. Previous owners provided little investment in the facility and were more concerned with Production. Partners Group has committed to considerable capital investment in Chemprene with a goal of attaining a very high standard of safety and efficiency.
We are looking for a project management consultant to manage these numerous capital improvement projects in our manufacturing plant over the next 12-18 months. This position would be responsible for planning/scheduling projects, identifying vendors, requesting quotes and overall project oversight. The project manager would communicate with vendors to ensure timely response and completion of objectives. The PM will work closely with Chemprene management to coordinate resources for efficient achievement of project goals. To be effective, the PM would need to be on site at our facility for at least a few days per week. Some projects may require more time on site.
Replacement of all hoist material and installation of new gantries. Much of this material has been ordered already.
This list has not been prioritized as some will be in process concurrently. Additional projects are awaiting approval from our Board of Directors and may supersede those listed above.
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Q: .net core when I read from appsettings, the sort is changed. Why? I have this config in appsettings.json:
"CategoriesTypes": [ "Country", "State", "Semester" ],
in the code I read values like:
var array = Configuration.GetSection("CategoriesTypes").AsEnumerable() .Where(o => !string.IsNullOrEmpty(o.Value)).Select(o => o.Value).ToArray()
// output of foreach loop:
"Semester", "State", "Country"
Why The sort is changed?

A: IEnumerable do not pretend to keep items in order, unless you ask for. And as described in the docs

Methods that are used in a query that returns a sequence of values do not consume the target data until the query object is enumerated.

When you iterate through an IEnumerable it is just navigating to the previous/next item without knowing it in advance. So IEnumerable do not keep items sorted, because sorting requires to enumerate through the whole items in the list.
If you need to sort the list just use Linq extensions OrderBy or OrdrByDescending which will return IOrderedEnumerable<T>.


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Pope Francis Is Going To Stand With Migrants At The U.S.-Mexico Border During Papal Visit
BY Jorge Rodriguez-Jimenez | February 10, 2016 AT 2:48 pm
By Jorge Rodriguez-Jimenez February 10, 2016 at 2:48 pm
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Pope Francis hasn't even made it to the Americas yet, but he's already making news about his much-anticipated Mexico visit next week. The pontiff will stand with migrants in the bordertown of Ciudad Juárez in a show of solidarity according to the Wall Street Journal. People on both sides of the border are split on the issue: some think the move to side with migrants fleeing north from Central America and Mexico sends a political message, not a religious one.
"The truth is, we're united in many ways across our border," said El Paso Bishop Mark Seitz, who will greet the pope, told the Los Angeles Times. "A high percentage of people in El Paso have relatives in Juárez or send their children to school there or work there. Our geography, our history unites us."
The Vatican has confirmed that Pope Francis's six-day Mexico visit will end with a mass held in Ciudad Juárez on February 17. Ticket for the mass are on sale and 200,000 people are expected to show up in the Mexico side of the border. Another 50,000 will be in El Paso watching the Mass from Sun Bowl stadium. Another 70,000 volunteers, from the U.S. and Mexico, are expected to form a human chain to protect Pope Francis's drive from the airport to the location where Mass will be held.
READ: 7 Times the Pope Showed He's Just Like Lots of Latinos We Know
"This is one community despite the fence," Vatican spokesman Federico Lombardi told reporters on Tuesday, according to the Wall Street Journal. "I think it will be moving to see this single community even though it is located on two sides of the border."
Learn more about Pope Francis's Mexico in the Los Angeles Times and the Wall Street Journal.
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One Town's Residents Made A Citizen's Arrest Of Their Mayor For Alleged Corruption And Shoddy Construction
By Justin Lessner January 17, 2021 at 11:15 am
BY Justin Lessner | January 17, 2021 AT 11:15 am
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Residents of a village in Chiapas, Mexico have become so fed up with their mayor that they decided to do something about it. Eschewing long, bureaucratic legal processes to hold him accountable, residents of a southern Chiapas town decided to hold their mayor accountable for what they said was a public works project so poorly done that it was useless.
A mayor in Chiapas was tied to a tree by his own residents for a job done badly.
🔵🌊🚰 #AlMomento | Este es el #tanque de almacenamiento de agua presuntamente entregado en mal estado por el alcalde de #FronteraComalapa, Oscar Ramírez Aguilar, por lo cual fue retenido. | Servicios informativos de #DiarioDeChiapas
📲 https://t.co/alCcykjwWO pic.twitter.com/HCwXZnYIML
— Diario de Chiapas (@DiarioChiapas) January 12, 2021
Residents from eleven neighborhoods of the Chiapas town Comalapa held their mayor accountable for his inaction on a public works project. According to reports, the residents arrested Mayor Óscar Ramírez Aguilar to a tree in a public area to expose him to the rest of the town. They told the newspaper Diario de Chiapas, that they wanted to expose him for the "bad public servant" that he is and that he shouldn't be reelected.
The townspeople say the municipal water storage cistern — whose installation they say was a campaign promise — is in such poor condition that it does not comply with water safety requirements. It currently has no water, they said, due to leaks, and the residents accuse the government of merely patching the tank — badly — to stop them.
In a video on social media, residents showed how the concrete patch job is already chipping away and easily crumbles.
"He promised us that this would be a public works project worthy of Comalapa residents, but [this tank is] a farce; the water system doesn't work well. It's an old problem that he should have attended to properly and should have been a priority during his administration because he came to see us in our homes with this promise, and now he doesn't want to live up to it," a resident told the newspaper.
But the mayor is denying what happened in a social media post.
"No me amarraron, la reunión fue con once representantes de barrios de la cabecera municipal de Comalapa para acordar detalles de una obra de alto impacto, la introducción de agua potable" afirma, en un video, el edil de Frontera Comalapa Óscar Armando Ramírez. pic.twitter.com/UuVMxfkMhE
— Diego Victorio (@ADiegoGael) January 12, 2021
The mayor though has a totally different version of events. After he was released, Ramírez posted a video on his official social media account to counter the residents' version of the story.
"They did not tie me up," he claimed. "The meeting was with 11 representatives of Comalapa neighborhoods in order to agree upon details regarding a major public project, the introduction of potable water."
However, photographs clearly showed the mayor standing before a tree with his hands behind his back.
Three years ago, another local official suffered a similar fate after allegedly failing to deliver promised funds. He was bound to a post in the the central plaza of Comalapa.
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A Tourist Was Arrested For Illegally Climbing Up The Pyramid of Kukulkán
By Jorge Rodriguez-Jimenez January 12, 2021 at 1:16 pm
BY Jorge Rodriguez-Jimenez | January 12, 2021 AT 1:16 pm
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It is important to be a responsible tourist. This means following rules, acting responsibly, and not violating sacred places. That is something one tourist learned the hard way when she climbed the Pyramid of Kukulkán in Chichén Itzá.
Here's the video of a tourist running down the steps of the Pyramid of Kukulkán.
#ladykukulkan pic.twitter.com/7ei6zOWsKj
— SC (@Lizhueertas) January 4, 2021
The Pyramid of Kukulkán is one of the most iconic examples of Pre-Hispanic architecture and culture in Mesoamerica. The UNESCO World Heritage Site is one of the most visited archeological sites in Mexico. In 2017, more than 2 million visitors descended on the site.
Of course, #LadyKukulkan started to trend on Twitter.
Amo el hashtag (y la historia) de #LadyKukulkan.
— Chuy Figueroa (@gsusfd) January 5, 2021
You know that Twitter was ready to start calling out this woman for her actions. According to Yucatán Expat Life Magazine, the woman was there to honor her husband's dying wish. The woman, identified as a tourist from Tijuana, wanted to spread her husband's ashes on the top of the pyramid, which it seems that she did.
The video was a moment for Mexican Twitter.
Que 🥚🥚 de esta señora subiéndose a la pirámide! #ladykukulkan https://t.co/8XT5KfsXjg
— MZ ✨ (@michbenberutz) January 4, 2021
Not only was she arrested by security when she descended, but the crowd was also clearly against her. Like, what was she even thinking? It isn't like the pyramid is crawling with tourists all over it. She was the only person climbing the pyramid, which is federally owned and cared for.
The story is already sparking ideas for other people when they die.
YO: (a mis papás) ¿Ya leyeron lo de #ladykukulkan?
MI PAPÁ: Sí, (a mi mamá) Cuando yo me muera, quiero que avientes mis cenizas desde Palacio Nacional para que te digan "Lady Palacio", suena mejor ¿No?
— Hania JH (@hania_jh) January 6, 2021
"Me: (to my parents) Have you read about #ladykukulkan?
My Dad: Yes! (to my mom) When I die, I want you to scatter my ashes in the National Palace so they call you "Lady Palace," sounds better, no?" wrote @hania_jh on Twitter.
READ: Mexico's Version Of Burning Man Became A COVID-19 Super-Spreader Event Thanks To U.S. Tourists
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A Brazilian Photographer Is Documenting Indigenous Tribes In The Amazon
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YouTube Red, which was first released in the US last year and has since expanded to Australia, New Zealand, Canada and South Korea, allows subscribers to watch videos without viewing adverts beforehand, as well as gaining access to a roster of exclusive shows.
Google is understood to be in negotiations with rights holders about bringing the service to the UK and other European markets in 2017, although YouTube Red's launch is not a certainty and is dependent on signing deals with music labels.
Sections of the music industry have expressed disappointment at the revenues earned from advertising on YouTube, where music videos are among the most popular content. The site paid out $1bn (£800m) to the industry last year, but critics say the service pays a paltry amount compared to how much is consumed on it.
It also allows subscribers to download shows to watch offline and in the background on smartphones, and includes access to Google Play Music, the company's music streaming competitor to Spotify and Apple Music. It is believed the new revenue model, as well as features such as video downloads, can require contracts to be renegotiated.
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The man who gave the shoes off his feet to this homeless girl.
This motorcyclist who stopped to help an old woman pass safely.
This barber, who offers haircuts for the price of a single hug.
Consolation knows no color
The police officer who handcuffed himself to a woman to make sure she knew she'd have to take him with her.
The many people who helped make this boy's dream come true.
This dog owner who mourned by giving.
This store employee who gives extra service.
The person who decided to put new tires on a stranger's car just because he needed it.
The crowd who decided a fan should be able to watch the show, no matter what.
This dry cleaning place that helps the unemployed for
These kids helping an injured member of their rival team to score.
The man who played for fun and gave his winnings
away.
This man who missed his train helping this older lady with her bags.
This man who gave something to a homeless man no one gives – something to occupy his mind.
And Dan, a man who, twice a week, buys coffee for every patient, nurse and doctor at local cancer centers.
The people at the animal hospital, knowing how hard it is to say goodbye.
This man who gave his umbrella away so this cat could have a dry night.
The paramedics.
"Kindness lasts forever!"
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Orange Julius after well enough to finally have teeth cleaned in January, 'ran out of gas ' a few weeks later and left us in February at age 20!. You could see he didn't want to go in those mournful eyes while taking a couple last licks of a churro stick he was fairly active until last day but in obvious distress.
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Finally, Hollywood Actor Comes Out for Unity, Not Politics
McConaughey GIVES uplifting virtual 'urban school assembly for emergency management' commencement speech
Matthew McConaughey says coronavirus has been 'hijacked' by 'partisan politics,' calls for unity
Rasha Ali | USA TODAY 8:32 a.m. PDT May 13, 2020
5 Key Takeaways for Grads :
1) Act today so you will be proud tomorrow, e.g. those comments you leave online will outlive you.
2) Inspire yourself and others. Laugh and have as much fun as you can when you can
3) Life's hard, even without a damn pandemic. Realize that now and youll enjoy your life a whole lot more.
4) Dont be afraid to fail. Take risks and learn who you are and persist to be that person and get what you want.
5) Let your reach exceed your grasp and what you end up getting will be better that you would have grasped
6) Its o.k. to screw up (much like 4.)
7) Take care of your family, friends and loved ones. Make a plan, stick with it and own it
Matthew McConaughey is calling for unity during the coronavirus pandemic which he feels has been politicized.
The Academy Award-winning actor appeared on Tuesday's "Special Report with Bret Baier" to discuss his new PSA, aimed at uniting Americans during the pandemic, and remind people that COVID-19 "is not about politics."
"I could feel that this united purpose we all have as Americans to beat this enemy and this virus, that purpose got hijacked a bit by partisan politics," McConaughey said. "The narrative became if you want to go to work, you're on the far right. If you don't go to work, you want to stay home, you're on the far left. And now even the mask wearing is getting politicized, where if you want to wear a mask, you wear a mask, you're a liberal and if you don't, you're conservative and that's just not true."
The "Dallas Buyers Club" actor said this divide has caused people to fight two wars: one against the virus and one against each other.
"This is not about politics, it's about us. The U.S.A. We got to take care of each other right now, we have a collective purpose," the 50-year-old actor said. "How many times are we unanimously convicted of an enemy that we all want to beat? Look at how great Americans are when purpose comes to us in a crisis."
He continued: "This is a tug of war with the virus, we need all hands on the rope if we're going to beat it."
McConaughey said although he doesn't see a solution to the pandemic right now, he encourages people to think of ways they can help.
"We are waiting for science to catch up with us in this predicament. So what can each of us do independently, individually in our families, in our households, in our communities, in our neighborhoods, in our cities?" the actor said. "This is uncharted waters, there's not a playbook. I understand that. These are band-aids and things we need to do to hold this off until we have enough science to understand (it's safe to re-engage)."
The "Gentlemen" actor also encouraged people to wear masks if they go outside.
"I hope we wear masks as a badge of honor and something we feel like somebody told us we had to wear and it takes away our identity. I think wearing a mask is not propaganda," McConaughey said. "I don't think it's partisanship or politics. I think a mask is all about our purpose right now.
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TONY BENNET COVID-19 SING-ALONG
Paul Tormey, regional vice president of Fairmont Hotels, leads a singalong of "I Left My Heart in San Francisco" in front of the Tony Bennett statue at the Fairmont Hotel as a tribute to frontline workers battling the coronavirus pandemic in San Francisco, Calif. on Saturday, April 25, 2020. FULL STORY
Let's make this a extra special tribute to perhaps the first major name in this country who has been taken from us due to the Covid-19 virus, first country star JOE DIFFEE and recently the great roots artist, John Prine, and others.
Carlene Carter talks about Prine in a full hour home concert here. Click below:
Country-folk singer Carlene Carter gives one of the longer and heartfelt home concerts where she sings and talks about her friend, the late John Prine and her famous musical family, among others
'We hope that everyone is hanging in there and staying safe . Enjoy!' – Carlene Carter
STAYIN' INSIDE -With a salute to the BeeGees, Stayin Alive couldn't be better suited or of which a parody done any better than these boys with 'Stayin Inside' – the best of the Covid-19 parodies we've heard so far… Enjoy and Stay Inside!
the great Norman Fox and his doowop parody of his hot 'Tell Me Why'https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10222545132677727&id=1253228457
Enjoy a full TB concert with the great Ralph Sharon Trio.
I was deeply looking forward to seeing you all this year at my many shows throughout the country. I can't wait to get back on the road, but until then, I have collected all the videos from my 1994 MTV Unplugged performance with the Ralph Sharon Trio! Let this be an experience that we can all share together.
You are all so beautiful and I will continue to entertain you in any way I can throughout this time of increased stress and worry. I hope you find some solace in the beautiful orchestration and warm tones of this show.
Neil Diamond was among the first celebrities to message fans with good thoughts during the Covid-19 early days, early March. It's been a year since Diamond stopped touring,after his own medical (Parkinsons) diagnosis, so it was good for his fans to hear from him once again with his Corona twist of phrase on one of his biggest hits, Sweet Caroline…
'..don't touch me, I won' touch you…'
Bob Dylan 3-26
'Greetings to my fans and followers with gratitude for all your support and loyalty across the years. This is an unreleased song we recorded a while back that you might find interesting.
Stay safe, stay observant and may God be with you.' -Bob Dylan
Regardless of your own views, these are definite, interesting words, whims and wisdom set to music from Dylan while at the same time paying tribute to beloved President Kennedy and many of his his and our pl not unlike JFK.
NEIL SEDAKA -Lots of humorous errors in the limited lyrics/translation/credits. More understandable , below.
Another WILLIAM HUNG? TALK about bad translations and mangled music and everything else, but this Not-So-Famous Sedaka fan, from China no less(?), does his own Corona take on the above Sedaka tune , with a little political descent thrown in and perhaps a little beer commercial. Rhymin' Simon or Neil Sedaka he is not. Sorry for the negativity but thought you would enjoy this unusual Corona take. What ever happened,anyway, to that early Chinese breakout star on American Idol?
the Real Neil "A Special Message of Hope from Neil Sedaka https://buff.ly/2WTj203
Nice compliment to THE OTHER Neils message
which one person has already confused-must get her Neils straight. Lucky to have them both offering their messages of hope.
UK answer to Elvis, Cliff Richard , all but unknown in US, with his covid message
Yet Another message of hope, this from the great Sir Cliff Richard but no song, unfortunately https://www.facebook.com/32658889668/posts/10158432743129669/?d=null&vh=e
More Celeb Messages to come
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HOW TO LIVE AND WORK AT HOME WITHOUT LOSING YOUR MIND or
4 Rules to Stay Sane during the CoronaVirus Crisis:
1) Rely on the internet (but not too much-editors addition) for things like exercise classes, church services, etc
2) Stay social
3) Stick to a routine
4) Take walks (we're still allowed to go outside)
Some celebrities like Neils' Diamond and Sedaka have offered musical prayers and messages for getting thru Covid-19 hunkered down at home. Latest is a LIST from Ron Foos of Paul Revere and the Raiders (Boise, Idaho). If you have other similar messages please send them and we will put them together on a website we'll make available shortly:⠀ Good Sunday morning world. ⠀ My thoughts to share:⠀ Since people can't go to church- try solo praying today.⠀ Here are a few of my personal goals while captured inside.⠀ 1. Not taking for granted I have a roof over head.⠀ 2. appreciate that my wife & I are healthy (so far) 🙏 ⠀ 3. Things to do: organize long over due photos ⠀ 4. Organize boxes of song idea, lyrics.⠀ 5. It's silly but vacuum air intake covers⠀ 6. clean out refrigerator ⠀ 7. clean out closet's / get unused shoes & clothes ready to donate ⠀ 8. write a actual letter to a friend⠀ 9. Write a poem / lyrics ⠀ 10. call a long over due family member ⠀ 11. clip and clean finger & toe nails – they can harbor lots of unwanted germs⠀ 12. clean out glove box of car – organize papers and car proof of insurance etc. ⠀ 13. Clear out old cans of food in cupboard and freezer⠀ 14. try meditation ⠀ 15. lastly – limit watching news⠀ These are just some ideas to ponder.⠀ I'll be on my porch installing a security motion sensor light this morning and wishing you all a happy, healthy and productive day. ⠀ God bless you 👍 https://bit.ly/2UAYojF
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Are You Really Living? You Could Die Tomorrow SO LIVE TODAY!
Motivation to REALLY LIVE before you die.
"This changed my life." —@positivelatitudes
It may sound perhaps a bit negative for a GOOD NEWS site and simplistic but many in this Western society hold back due to the unspoken fear of death (and other things) – and before we know it we come down with cancer or some other life-threatening malady before we can really embark on that Bucket List or life goals that we've put off.
Hi, I'm Kate Manser and I'm just so happy to be alive.
'Hi, I'm Kate Manser and I'm just so happy to be alive.
"I'm the creator of YOU MIGHT DIE TOMORROW. Here's my story.
In the span of six months, three friends died in unrelated, unexpected tragedies. I developed a fear of death that began to take over my life: I would imagine getting hit as I crossed an intersection, envision how the phone call would go when I got the news that my mom died, and avoided taking any risks out of fear.
A year later, my colleague and adventure idol Dan Fredinburg was killed at 33 years old in the Nepal earthquake while climbing Mount Everest. As I struggled to make sense of the loss, I realized that he knew he might die climbing that mountain, but that he had to climb it to truly live.
Everything changed for me: I realized that I have absolutely no control over when or how I die — but I have complete control over how I live until that mystery moment comes.
All of the energy I spent on my fear of dying was channeled instead into living every day like I might die tomorrow.
For us, it may not necessarily be a fear of death but more about procrastination and forgetting that LIFE IS SHORT and DON'T PUT OFF FOR TOMORROW WHAT YOU CAN DO TODAY.
Since then, I have made major shifts in my life to better align with how I want to live. I left my job at Google to embark on a two-year trip to learn about the world, life, and myself. I created YOU MIGHT DIE TOMORROW and wrote a book about everything I have learned. But no shift has been as radical as my shift in life perspective: I live urgently, love wildly, and am so grateful to be alive.
I created YOU MIGHT DIE TOMORROW to help people like you really live before you die. The movement is now made up of thousands of people around the world." -KM
Time has a way of sneaking up on you and many of us baby boomers are at the age when friends and our generation compatriots are dying at a seemingly alarming rate. But, no, we're at that age when people die. And, scary to say, but realistically, we could be among them. Life is not guaranteed. Life should not be taken for granted.
It's not that we don't have SOME control over our lives. We do and SHOULD take care of ourselves as we can, but at the same time we should be ENJOYING life by the time we get to our SEVENTIES or probably much younger. If you're much younger, you're lucky and can get a head start , learning from others who have experienced loss like Kate Manser and ourselves – a wake-up call that even saved my own life when doctors told me the bump on my chest was nothing BUT TURNED OUT TO BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD HAVE KILLED ME AND I WOULD NOT BE ALIVE TODAY IF I HADN'T TAKEN IT UPON MYSELF TO DO WHAT MY 'NEW' INNER VOICE TOLD ME TO DO.
So, the message here is just about LIVING, not existing. It doesn't have to be about climbing Mt. Everest or risk-taking feats. It can be simply about enjoying the Spring sunrise while walking your dog. It can be about taking on a new skill or, for me, religious learning and practice which has given my life new meaning. It can be about living for not only yourself but also for loved ones whose lives were cut short – sharing the messages of loved ones, in reverence, as a sort of religious experience (as I have chosen to do). There are so many ways one can enhance their life, while often enhancing the lives of others.
Most people I know seem to travel a lot when they get older. I haven't traveled much lately for , perhaps, some fearful reasons and maybe I should. But, I've found joy in other ways without having to travel miles to achieve enrichment. I traveled earlier in my life but now find a lot of new things I've never done before that seem to make me enjoy life now perhaps more than ever.
For those who need motivation you may want to read Kate Manser's book 'You Might Die Tomorrow So Live Today,' But, you may not need or want to read Kate Manser's book yet, if nothing else, let her overall message be a reminder that life IS short and to try to enjoy life NOW while you still can.
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Morning (last) Minute Minyan Miracle
Anonymous 7 am biker makes the minyan and the day
Great story. I saw it happen before my own eyes.
I was halfway in my car to leave. Rabbi Yisroel certainly has the magic touch to pull Jewish rabbits out of the hat time and again when least expected. I was totally amazed when the lone person (bike rider) on the street at 7 am was Jewish and made the last-minute minyan happen.
Moral: Nothing's impossible, especially at Lafayette Chabad.
We were 9 men this morning at service, one short for a Minyan and the feeling of disappointment was seen on many. One of the men needed to say Kaddish for his father but no one was coming.
As some were on their way out, including Rabbi Yisroel, a man was flying down the road on his bike.
"Are you Jewish?" asked Rabbi Yisroel. "Yes" the man replied. "Can you help us for a Minyan to say Kaddish?"
"I'm in a rush for work" he replied.
Rabbi: "60 seconds"…….
And that was that, he agreed and we had our Minyan… Thank G-D we as a community have been going strong for close to 4 weeks now, please join us when you can, everyday at 6:30- 7:00AM and Sundays at 8:30 @Chabad and you just might be a part of the next minyan miracle
-Rabbi Avroham
Ten days earlier, on a late February Saturday morning – one of the few days I have missed minyan – I learned that my uncle just happened to be walking nearby , and, again, Rabbi Yisroel was able to pull him in as the '10th man' for the minyan that day. There have been at least a half dozen similar 'saves' by Rabbi Yisroel – some where he literally has walked the streets 'fishing for a Jew,' as it were, in recent weeks. That makes FOUR WEEKS straight without a minyan break! Rabbi Yisroel notes that, somehow, my uncle was there to fill in for me that day! Call it 'divine providence,' says Rabbi Avroham, who only joined Lafayette Chabad a short time earlier. (Perhaps his presence also contributed to the recent 'nachas.')
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Last Temptation Lives After Another Social Media Hoax
OTIS WILLIAMS, Last living original Temptation
Despite another viral social media hoax that says he died in a car crash this week, WE'RE glad to report the last surviving member of the Temps is alive and well at 79 and still touring. Says his late 'brothers' would love the current Broadway show about the Temptations. Didn't realize there was one original Tempation still left. Catch up on the life and times of Otis Williams of the biggest male Motown group in this recent AARP piece > https://www.aarp.org/entertainment/music/info-2018/otis-williams-temptations-motown.html#
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HAPPY DAYS Are Here Again says poll
New High of 90% of Americans Satisfied With Personal Life says Gallup mainstream poll
New Sarcoma Cancer Breakthrough Success Story!
Now, other doggies will benefit from this new cancer breakthrough, too!
With the help of modern medicine, Hershey's last year was one of his best, despite living with four serious maladies: sarcoma, heart disease, bowel cancer and …
Here, Hershey at Concord dog park where he had just rolled like a horse, not long before he passed. Yes, he had quality life right up to the next to last day, a full year after our vet only gave him days!
Good News Breakthru!
Guardians of Hershey thought you might be interested in this breakthrough story on sarcoma, though I must say, Hershey was right there, in the end, surviving almost a year despite the 1% sarcoma prognosis… as we remember our last wonderful, unexpected bonus year with our Hershey
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Israeli Attorney General Forbids Switching Gender of Trans Men Who Gave Birth
Posted July 11, 2017 Yanir Dekel
The Attorney General has forbidden the Ministry of Interior to change the sex of a transgender man who gave birth, back to female on ID cards, despite the Interior Ministry's objection claiming that only a woman can give birth.
The Ministry of the Interior has no authority to change the registration of a person's gender, even if he gave birth, according to a legal opinion submitted by Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit on Friday through the High Court of Justice Department in the State Attorney's Office. The legal opinion was given following a petition submitted by the couple Yonatan Marton-Marom and Daniel Mariuma-Marom who had a child together.
Yonatan was born a female, but later changed his sex. His reproductive organs remained female and therefore he managed to become pregnant and had a child in a normal birth without medical intervention. As a result of the birth, his gender was changed from "male" to "female" following a registration as the mother on his son's birth certificate.
The petition filed by the couple dealt with the question of how the Interior Ministry should act when a person registered in the population registry as male carries pregnancy and gives birth. Mandelblit's opinion is considered daring and carries a message to the transgender community. The Interior Ministry, headed by conservative religious leader Aryeh Deri, insisted that only a woman can give birth.
The Attorney-General stated that the forced registration from male to female following birth is damaging to a person, and therefore it was determined that a transgender man who encountered this situation should approach a professional committee and declare that he did not feel any change in his gender identity even though he was pregnant. However, the birth certificate will retain the registration of the man who carried the pregnancy "mother," Attorney Nachi Ben-Or of the High Court of Justice Department in the State Attorney's Office stated, while the High Court of Justice still holds a petition submitted by two women seeking registration as mothers. Following the order, the state requested to send the petition to the High Court of Justice once the new directives were issued.
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