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Jacob Collier's newest album "DJESSE Vol. 1" is the follow up recording to the 2017 double Grammy-winning "In My Room."
A Jazz Wunderkind, A Haitian Pop Star and Spider Webs at MIT Sounding Series
Album Release Celebration: Djesse Volume 1 What do a jazz wunderkind, a Haitian pop star and spider webs all have in common? They'll all be making appearances throughout the MIT Sounding Series 2018-19 season. The series kicks off with a familiar … Continued
Pedro Reyes, Manufacturing Myschief,Noam Chomsky. Credit: HErickson/MIT.
Object Lesson: Noam Chomsky Puppet
Object Lesson is an ongoing blog series that highlights some of the art, artifacts, machines, devices, books, instruments and tools that give physical form to ideas that enhance the MIT campus and community. What is the Noam Chomsky puppet? This … Continued
Tomás Saraceno,Aerocene. Credit: Katherine Higgins.
MIT Arts Events at the 2018 Cambridge Science Festival
Every spring, the Cambridge Science Festival (CSF) makes science accessible, engaging and fun for everyone through multifaceted, multicultural events. In spring 2018, Arts at MIT created a list of of CSF events that taking place on the MIT campus. We … Continued
Behind the Artwork: Adam Haar Horowitz on The Animal Internet
Adam Haar Horowitz, together with Agnes Cameron, Ishaan Grover, Tim Robertson, Owen Trueblood and Gary Zhang, worked with CAST Visiting Artist Agnieszka Kurant at the 2017 Hacking Arts Festival on a "signature hack," a new feature of the festival that … Continued
(Clockwise, from top left) Clarinetists Don Byron, Billy Novick, Eran Egozy and Evan Ziporyn.
The Great Clarinet Summit Shines A Light On An Oft-Overlooked Instrument
The Clarinet The clarinet is not generally considered the most heroic of instruments. In classical music, that honor belongs to the violin. In jazz, it's the saxophone; in rock, the guitar. But the clarinet, a single reed woodwind that is … Continued
Jason Levine livecoding at an Algorave. Photo: Courtesy of the artist.
'The Instrument is Code:' Jason Levine Brings Musical Live Coding To MIT
It's not uncommon, in this day and age, to go to a concert and spot a performer hunched behind a laptop. Head bobbing and fingers flying, she may be doing any number of things: DJing, remixing, playing live backing tracks. … Continued
Collectively Powered Animatronic Fictional Animals, a "Signature Hack"
The Signature Hack At the 2017 Hacking Arts Festival, MIT Center for Art, Science & Technology (CAST) Visiting Artist Agnieszka Kurant worked with a team of MIT graduate students and researchers to create a "signature hack," a new feature of … Continued
Pedro Reyes, Mexico City–based artist, named the first Dasha Zhukova Distinguished Visiting Artist. Credit: Chris Hind.
In the Making: Pedro Reyes
"My main material is my library. I consider that a very big palette," says Pedro Reyes, the Mexico City-based artist known for his politically charged participatory and performative installations and multimedia works. "I feed myself materials twice as fast as … Continued
A Tribute to Lou Harrison Honors His Love Affair with Javanese Music
Lou Harrison The great American composer Lou Harrison tried his hand at many things: painting, calligraphy and poetry, to name but a few. He went through a great many musical phases as well, inspired by the experimental work of both … Continued
MIT Museum Presents North American Premiere of Groundbreaking Virtual Reality Experience The Enemy by Visiting Artist Karim Ben Khelifa.
CAST Announces 2017-18 Visiting Artists in Visual and Computational Arts
The MIT Center for Art, Science & Technology (CAST) is pleased to announce the 2017-18 Visiting Artists in visual and computational arts: Pedro Reyes, B. Stephen Carpenter II, Agnieszka Kurant, Diemut Strebe, Karim Ben Khelifa, Newton Harrison, Jason Levine and … Continued
Lou Harrison. Courtesy of the artist.
MIT's Sounding Concert Series Is All About Coming Together
This fall sees the return of the MIT Sounding series—and, as usual, a penchant for border crossings and experimentation. The season kicks off on October 12 with a tribute concert to the influential composer Lou Harrison, who would have turned 100 … Continued
Guillermo E. Brown. Bee Boy. Photo: Dekoit Pictures.
Bee Boy uplifts in the face of inequity's sting
The word Ba, represented by a bee-sign in hieroglyphs, meant 'soul,' 'honey' and 'bee' to Ancient Egyptians. This ancient commingling of our fate with bees isn't lost on MIT assistant professor of theater arts Charlotte Brathwaite, whose new project Bee … Continued
Grace Leslie. Courtesy of the artist.
Evan Ziporyn Discusses "Being Material"
MIT's Nicholas Negroponte predicted in 1995 that "being digital" would have us entering a realm increasingly unconstrained by the materiality of the world. Two decades later, our everyday lives are indeed ever more suffused by computation and calculation. But unwieldy … Continued
Luciana Souza and Guillermo Klein. Image credit: Souza (left) by Kim Fox and Klein (right). Photo: Courtesy of the artists.
With "Works on Hope," Latin Jazz Luminaries Guillermo Klein and Luciana Souza Invite MIT Into Their Tribe
Back in the mid-90s, the Brazilian-born singer Luciana Souza, who was living in Boston at the time, would sometimes drive down to New York to sit in on a Monday night session at the legendary Smalls Jazz Club in Greenwich … Continued
Maya Beiser performs "Uncovered" during the 2015-16 MIT Sounding Series. Credit: Justin Knight.
Evan Ziporyn's 'Ambient Orchestra' Honors Bowie With Blackstar Concert
PUBLIC PERFORMANCE Maya Beiser and the Ambient Orchestra perform David Bowie's Blackstar March 3, 2017 / 7:30pm MIT Kresge Auditorium, W16 48 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA It has been just over a year since the news of David Bowie's … Continued
Protein 13 (Postscript 2013) - The Power Plant. Photo: Courtesy of the artist.
Poetry to survive the end of civilization
The recent spike in sales of George Orwell's 1984, which hit No. 1 on Amazon's best-seller list last week, says something about our dystopian times. If the future gets bleaker, we'll need literature that not only records civilization's collapse, but … Continued
Going Off-Road with Mugaritz to Explore Creativity
Creativity according to Mugaritz and MIT "When you take the off-road and not the well-traveled road, it is much more painful, but it is exciting and it is worth it, even knowing that I am going to fail by trying … Continued
Nik Bärtsch's Mobile: Modul 8_11 live at EXIL, 2014. Credit: SRF, Swiss Television.
Minimalism Meets Funk In Nik Bärtsch's MOBILE Ensemble
When he was young, the Swiss pianist and composer Nik Bärtsch was obsessed with rhythm. Once, when his father brought him along to a party, he spent the whole evening drumming on an ashtray. Nowadays he is apt to reach … Continued
"Hajanga," is the fourth and final single from Collier's debut album, 'In My Room'.
Behind the Artwork: Ben Bloomberg Creates Live Performance Systems for Virtuoso Multi-instrumentalist Jacob Collier
CAST Visiting Artist Jacob Collier is well known for his YouTube videos, which the 22-year-old musical phenom performs and produces in his bedroom in North London. Collier's work has garnered praise from such jazz icons as Herbie Hancock and Quincy … Continued
"Don't You Know," an original song from Jacob Collier's debut album 'In My Room'. Photo: courtesy of the artist.
Jazz Prodigy Jacob Collier Infuses Technology with Humanity at MIT
Explosively rhythmic music Jacob Collier is not like other YouTube stars. The English 22-year-old rose to fame with inventive video covers of popular songs like Michael Jackson's "P.Y.T." and Stevie Wonder's "Isn't She Lovely," the arrangements rendered in dizzying multiplicity … Continued
Sumie Kaneko. Photo: Courtesy of the artist.
Sumie Kaneko and Gamelan Galak Tika Connect Japan, Bali and the Avant-Garde for MIT's World Music Day
Sumie Kaneko, an Omnivourous Musician When the Japanese koto and shamisen player Sumie Kaneko was invited to perform with Gamelan Galak Tika for MIT's World Music Day, she was elated. Kaneko—who holds a degree in traditional Japanese music from Tokyo … Continued
Photograph taken during the creation of Karim Ben Khelifa's The Enemy
Face to Face with The Enemy
Novel Technology When the Lumière brothers screened their 1895 film, The Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat—so the famous anecdote goes—audiences frightened by the verisimilitude of the image screamed and got out of the way. As we enter a … Continued
Fradreck Mujuru playing the mbira. Courtesy mbira.org.
Fradreck Mujuru and Erica Azim Bring Zimbabwe's National Instrument, The Mbira, To Cambridge
When Erica Azim and Fradreck Mujuru first met, in 1991, Mujuru was waiting tables in the Zimbabwean capital city of Harare and working as an instrument maker on the side. Azim was visiting the country as a student of that … Continued
Joe Lovano with Gunther Shuller. Courtesy of the artist.
Jazz Legend Joe Lovano Pays Tribute To Gunther Schuller's Searching Spirit
Back in 2014, the legendary post-bop jazz saxophonist Joe Lovano met his friend and mentor, the great composer Gunther Schuller, for dinner in Boston. At 88, Schuller was in the midst of a particularly fertile period. That year he premiered … Continued
Kaynak Pipers Band. Courtesy of the artist.
The Kaynak Pipers Band Brings A Centuries-Old Bagpipe Tradition Down From The Mountains To The Rest Of The World
Cvetelin Andreev became enamored with the kaba gaida, a type of Bulgarian bagpipe, eleven years ago, after spending several weeks hiking Bulgaria's Rhodope Mountain range alone. "If you stay, let's say, two weeks, only with yourself, you change a bit," … Continued


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Piety or Pietism? A Comparison of Early Modern Danish and Dutch Examples of Interconfessional Religiosity
F.A. van Lieburg
Art and Culture, History, Antiquity
Network Institute
Religion as an Agent of Change
Crusades - Reformation - Pietism
Per Ingesman
Brill's Series in Church History and Religious Culture
van Lieburg, F. A. (2016). Piety or Pietism? A Comparison of Early Modern Danish and Dutch Examples of Interconfessional Religiosity. In P. Ingesman (Ed.), Religion as an Agent of Change: Crusades - Reformation - Pietism (pp. 189-210). (Brill's Series in Church History and Religious Culture; Vol. 72). Brill.
van Lieburg, F.A. / Piety or Pietism? A Comparison of Early Modern Danish and Dutch Examples of Interconfessional Religiosity. Religion as an Agent of Change: Crusades - Reformation - Pietism. editor / Per Ingesman. Leiden : Brill, 2016. pp. 189-210 (Brill's Series in Church History and Religious Culture).
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Famine weed, found throughout the world is a deadly and destructive invasive plant. See below for details.
Baby, mom, and dad ostriches out for a leisurely stroll in Marloth Park.
There's no way that in a few short hours of education that we can appropriately describe the ravages wrought by alien invasive plants throughout the world. All we can do today is share a little bit of information we learned after a chance meeting of Marloth Park Honorary Rangers, Uschie and, Evan Powell yesterday morning.
Although its impossible to conquer all of the alien plants in Marloth Park in order to protect wildlife and humans, the dedicated Marloth Park Honorary Rangers spend considerable time (their own free time) pulling out invasive plants. In the case of "Mother of Thousands" every last bit must be pulled since it will regrow from even the most minuscule portion left behind.
We were doing the usual, sitting on the veranda on a gorgeous sunny day, watching wildlife while I prepared the day's post. Invasive alien plants were the last thing on our minds.
Tom heard a ruckus on the dirt road in front of our house and decided to check it out. He thought it might be a special animal sighting which gathered a bit of a crowd. he was surprised by what he saw.
This map illustrates how alien plants have infiltrated countries all over the world.
As he walked toward the voices he found seven or eight people sitting on foldable camping-type chairs bending over and hand-picking and pulling plants from the dry ground in this particular case, the Mother of Thousands, bryophyllum delagoense, as shown in the photo included here today.
Curious, he started talking to Uschie and Evan to discover they are a part of a dedicated group of Honorary Rangers who try to destroy the wrath of alien invasive plants in Marloth Park.
Today, we can share but a glimpse of the devastation to both wildlife and humans. In most cases, humans are unaware of the dangers that lie within alien invasive plants many of which are planted by homeowners here in Marloth Park and throughout the world.
When I noticed Tom was gone for quite awhile, I grabbed the camera and headed to the dirt road to encounter this same scene as Tom had stumbled upon.
Uschie immediately greeted me and explained the nature of the group's work. Fascinated by their combined dedication, we started asking questions of Uschie and her husband Evan, who both dedicate almost all of their days in a variety of ways in protecting Marloth Park's biodiversity.
As Tom and I listened to the depth and breadth of their work, they invited us to their home to learn more enabling us to write somewhat of a story on this tragic situation that could ultimately change everything we know and love about Marloth Park.
At 2:00 pm we arrived at Uschie and Evan's fabulous bush home. The grounds surrounding their lovely property are highly conducive to the free roaming and grazing of the myriad forms of wildlife in Marloth Park. They, like us, offer pellets and bird seed, welcoming many species to wander about freely in a natural habitat.
After sharing some stories of how we all came to cherish this special place, they invited us indoor to watch a highly professional and educational presentation they use when educating local residents. Some are interested...some are not.
This presentation revolved around the vast spreading of one of the most toxic and proliferating invasive plants in the world known as Famine Weed, Parthenium Hysterophorus which has spread to many parts of the world as shown in the map below.
World map illustrating the spread of Famine Weed, Parthenium Hysterophorus.
Continuing in the well-prepared brochure; Why are alien plants a problem?
They are highly adaptable and vigorous plants with no natural enemies.
They will grow in many areas.
They use large amounts of water and therefore reduce available water to the area.
They overwhelm our indigenous plants and lead to loss of insects, birds, reptiles, and mammals.
They invade and destroy lands that could be used for livestock, farming, and conservation.
These plants are often poisonous to humans and animals.
They increase the heat and intensity of fires.
They increase the risk of erosion and flooding by killing of the local bush.
What more can we say to share our shock and sadness over this awful situation in Marloth Park, South Africa, all of Africa and even in our own continent of North America and other parts of the world?
Why do we write this story today? For one reason only...in hopes of creating interest and awareness for everyone who reads our posts in taking the time to research issues of invasive alien plants their area, including the citizens of Marloth Park.
If you have questions regarding invasive alien plants in Marloth Park, please contact Uschie or Evan Powell, Marloth Park Honorary Rangers at marlothparkhonoraryrangers.co.za or Facebook at www.facebook.com/marloth parkhonoraryrangers.
Suddenly, with this new information, we have an entirely different perspective of the hard work of the Marloth Park Honorary Rangers and the responsibility that property owners must possess in aiding in the process of obliterating this toxic issue as much as is humanly possible.
The Marloth Park Honorary Rangers spend endless hours harvesting invasive plants including this "Mother of Thousands," bryophyllum delagoense which is described in "Alien Plants of Marloth Park as "succulent, grey-green tube-shaped leaves with dark spots. Orange-red trumpet-shaped flowers forming chandeliers at the top of the stalks."
We won't harp on this topic here but from time to time, we may share the progress that is transpiring here in Marloth Park from the dedication of these hard-working individuals.
Thanks to Uschie and Evan for welcoming us into their home and sharing this vital information with us and besides, the four of us hit it off famously as we look forward to some social time together as well.
As world travelers, we, too share a responsibility of creating awareness regarding this urgent situation as we move from country to country.
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Simple optical theory for light dosimetry during PDT (Invited Paper)
Steven L. Jacques
Photons are one of the three major reactants in the photodynamic reaction that yields toxic photoproduct for cell killing. Dosimetry of light is a major concern when planning a photodynamic therapy (PDT) protocol. This paper presents a very simple approach toward the tissue optics with a practical conclusion about how tissue optics affects planning of day-to-day PDT dosimetry. The paper does not address all the complexities of real tissue dosimetry, such as heterogeneous tissues, variable absorption due to changing tissue blood content, and variable tissue oxygen levels. The paper outlines the optical behavior in a homogeneous tissue, which is a starting point for understanding light dosimetry.
Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Publ by Int Soc for Optical Engineering
Optical Methods for Tumor Treatment and Detection: Mechanisms and Techniques in Photodynamic Therapy - Los Angeles, CA, USA
Optical Methods for Tumor Treatment and Detection: Mechanisms and Techniques in Photodynamic Therapy
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Jacques, S. L. (1992). Simple optical theory for light dosimetry during PDT (Invited Paper). In Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering (pp. 155-165). (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; Vol. 1645). Publ by Int Soc for Optical Engineering.
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This map shows the general area where Native American tribes lived. Please note that this is not a comprehensive map of all Native American tribes, but it does show the location of those tribes that will be discussed in fuller detail.
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Native American Astronomy
People have been living in North America for a long, long time. The first people to live there were the Native Americans.
They didn't have clocks or calendars so they watched tides, the Sun, the Moon, animals and plants to tell what time of the day or what time of the year it was. For example, they could tell that winter was ending when the bears awoke from hibernation. What's one way you could tell summer is starting without looking at a calendar?
Native Americans also kept track of the Moon. They watched it go from a Full Moon to a New Moon and back to a Full Moon - that's called a cycle! They named these cycles after what was happening at the time. One tribe named one cycle "laying geese" and another cycle "coming caribou". What would you name a cycle that took place mostly in December?
Let's look at some specific Native American tribes: the Pawnee tribe, the Chumash tribe, the Zuni tribe, and the Anasazi of Chaco Canyon.
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Tidal Forces
The force of gravity caused by an object gets weaker as you move farther away from that object. In this picture, the Earth is pulling on the Moon, and the Moon is pulling on the Earth. The Moon pulls more...more
People have been living in North America for a long, long time. The first people to live there were the Native Americans. They didn't have clocks or calendars so they watched tides, the Sun, the Moon,...more
Archeoastronomy
Man has always observed the sky. By watching the Sun and Moon, early man could tell what season was coming next. They had to know this to be able to farm and hunt. Archeoastronomy started in the 1960's...more
The Stones of Carnac
The stones of Carnac, France, are very famous because there are a lot of them and because they are so old! The oldest stones found in Carnac are from about 4,500 B.C. That's older than the stones at Stonehenge!...more
The Cairns of Clava
You may have heard of the lake called Loch Ness, where people think they've seen the Loch Ness monster. Near Loch Ness there are three giant stone tombs you may not have heard of...they are called the...more
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The Stones of Fossa
The stone rings and tombs of England and France are very famous. But, there are also stone structures in Italy. There are some neat stones in Fossa, Italy. They are standing stones. These stones form circles...more


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EX--IDOLS ON MAIN STREET A PUNK BAND MAKES IT IN SPITE OF ITSELF
Ted Simons January 5, 1995 4:00AM
Consider the words of Gary Finneran. Start with one of the better songs on the debut CD by Finneran's band, Ex-Idols. "I'm insane," Finneran screams. "And I might not hear you say/`Please don't kill me/Please don't kill me anymore.'"
The song is titled "I Love You."
Here's Finneran again, this time on "Social Kill," the CD's equally sensitive title cut: "I'm just a bum with no money to spend/And I know I said I love you/But I fucked your friend."
He's a real treasure, that Gary Finneran.
"They're just lyrics," Finneran says with a laugh from his manager's office in L.A. "I try to be creative when I write a song. But I try to keep the lyrics kind of simple, too."
Mission accomplished. Indeed, Finneran repeatedly achieves both goals, in varying degrees, on Social Kill's 14-song fun house of killer chords and miserable mindsets.
Finneran seems like a nice enough sort on the phone. There's nary a hint of the budding psychotic who sneer-sings "Please don't kill me/So I can kill you" on the aforementioned "Go Away." Instead, Finneran comes off as an upbeat kind of guy. He's not the easiest conversationalist on the block, but he talks with enthusiasm when the subject suits him right. For instance, Finneran gets especially chipper in recounting Ex-Idols' recent evolution from being just another L.A. band to just another L.A. band with a recording deal.
"We've gone through it all, like everyone else," Finneran says of Ex-Idols' survival skills in and around Hollywood. "We've all done odd jobs, things like telemarketing, working at one-hour-photo places, selling latex gloves. You work at a job for six months and then quit and collect unemployment, and all the time, you're working on your band every night, practicing, taping rehearsals and trying to get a demo out."
That mix of work ethic and patience eventually paid off, with the help of simple good fortune.
"It was total chance," Finneran says of the band's deal last year with Relativity Records. "We had this demo, it was really good, it cost a lot of money--we were all working at the time--and we sent it to 30 record companies. This one guy [at Relativity] happened to like one little part of one of the songs. He flew out and met us, liked us and that's all it was."
Thus the recent release of Social Kill, a bruiser of a disc. Finneran's vocals, along with the considerable crunch of guitarist Duke Decter, make it sound like the band survived a trip to the nether regions of metal by way of old-timey punk. Decter comes through as the band's most valuable weapon; he's got a noticeable knack for cranking power chords straight from Steve Jones' glory days with the Pistols and the Professionals.
Decter joined Ex-Idols after the band's original guitarist was dismissed because of "creative conflict." It was, according to Finneran, a case of "one guy pulling when everybody else is pushing."
With the addition of Decter, Ex-Idols' otherwise-generic punk sound put on some weight. "Duke is a real straight, simple player," Finneran says, adding that "he's not one of these guys trying to play straight and simple. You can tell with those guys. Duke's for real."
Finneran's for real, too. Sort of.
"I'm a poser," he says, laughing. "I mean, who isn't, you know? I wasn't into punk ten years ago when there really was a punk scene. I'm like a lot of people who kind of got into it four years ago or three years ago."
The latest new wave of old-wave punk is big fashion these days, something Finneran's well aware of.
"When you're in a band now and you're playing punk, it really is kind of ridiculous," he says. "You have Green Day and you have Offspring and any one of a thousand other punk bands coming out every second. But that wasn't us."
Indeed, Finneran doesn't apologize for the more metal-oriented efforts on his rsum. When told his vocals occasionally ooze a hint of David Lee Roth schmaltz, Finneran proudly mentions that one of his previous bands specialized in Van Halen cover songs. As for Ex-Idols' other bloodlines, Decter comes from a firmer punk background. He played in a number of Florida acts, including the moderately successful Disorderly Conduct and F. Originally from Florida, as well, is bassist Sean DeMott, though for years, he's been anchored in Hollywood with Finneran. The same goes for drummer Lance Porter, an Arizona native, born and raised in Page.
Finneran and his rhythm section tried to kick-start several Hollywood-based bands over the years. Apart from Ex-Idols, they all died well short of the promised land.
"It can get grueling, trying to make it," Finneran says. "I give a thumbs up to anyone in a band who's out there still trying."
Not that Finneran makes the payoff sound like eternal bliss.
"It really doesn't mean anything to be signed," he says. "It just means you get to record for lots of money. You get to put your music down on record and make it sound really big."
With one big-sounding CD in the can, Finneran says the next Ex-Idols disc will likely include quirkier hooks and pop smarts, the kind of twists that make a song like the catchy "Go Away" stand out from the roar. Written by Decter ("Go Away" is the only Social Kill cut not penned by Finneran), it includes relatively intricate structures, as well as a sense of dynamics that moves beyond "loud" and "louder."
But even brainy song schematics can't totally offset the simpleminded cynicism bracing most Ex-Idols lyrics. Social Kill's misogynistic ramblings and self-centered spew make for little to identify with. Even Finneran's attempts at sensitivity seem shanked. Suicide-oriented songs like "Requiem," "I Die Tomorrow" and "Kind of a Sid and Nancy Song" sound distant and cold.
It can be especially tough to stomach all this when it's being written, sung and celebrated by a guy who so eagerly paints himself as a poser.
"Well, actually, I really do have anger," Finneran contends. "I'm an angry person. Who wouldn't be? Everybody should be angry at something--angry in a way that you're just trying to move on. You need to be pissed off and militant so you can go on with your life."
Finneran pauses long enough to change whatever direction it was he was heading in.
"We're just four guys having the time of our lives right now," he says with a near-audible shrug. "I'm not saying every minute of life is great. It's not. It's still the same; it still sucks. But when we're playing, that's when everything is best."
Ex-Idols are scheduled to perform on Sunday, January 8, at Nile Theater in Mesa, with Trunk Federation, and Safehouse. Showtime is 8 p.m.


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Africa – Food & Beverages 2019
Africa's Food and Beverage Industry Attracts Investment
1. North Africa
Egypt: From beverages to candy factories
PepsiCo plans to invest a total of US$ 515 million in Egypt by the end of 2021. Around US$ 16 million is earmarked for the renewal of beverage production lines. PepsiCo will also invest in the production of salty snacks. The company will also increase its own cultivation of raw materials, renew its transportation fleet and invest in the company's distribution centers. PepsiCo also aims to expand its exports of snacks and beverages to various African countries.
Murban and Al Ghurair, from the United Arab Emirates, are planning a sugar factory worth US$ 400 million in Egypt, in addition to growing sugar beet. The project is scheduled for completion in 2020.
The Export Development Bank of Egypt, together with the Misr Al-Khai Foundation, published plans for the construction of 50 greenhouses in autumn 2018. Production capacity is estimated at 2,800 tons per year.
The Egyptian Amaar Group and undisclosed Saudi partners intend to build two shopping centers totaling US$ 52 million. Both will be built in the 6th of October City near Cairo.
According to a report by local business newspaper Al Mal, the Ministry of Supply has announced the winners of a tender. Seven retail complexes in Cairo, Alexandria, Giza and Qena are due for restoration. The contracts went to the supermarket chains HyperOne, Seoudi and Carrefour.
Manfoods will invest around US$ 14 million in Egypt in 2019. The company is a McDonald's franchisee and plans to set up 13 new branches, among other things.
Arma Food Industries plans to acquire new production facilities in Egypt and train workers. The entire Arma Group has US$ 9 million available for both activities. Arma supplies food, edible oils and cleaning agents to 27 countries.
Unspecified Chinese investors are planning to build an animal feed factory in Luxor in 2019. This was announced by the head of the investment authority of the Luxor Governorate in January 2019. A feasibility study for the project will be completed by March. The Chinese entrepreneurs plan to invest almost US$ 7 million in the project.
Trading Partners for Food Industries is switching to the production of frozen fruit and vegetables in Egypt. By 2021, the company intends to build its own factory instead of importing products from suppliers. Initial work on the plant has already begun, but it will take two years before 5 tons of goods can be produced per hour.
According to Al Mal, the Ismailia Development and Real Estate Company is also planning a food complex. In Ismailia, facilities will be built for the production of jams and juices.
Egypt Today reported in November 2018 that the Indonesian company Nabati is planning a biscuit factory in Egypt. After a delay in obtaining the license, the Indonesian ambassador in Cairo hoped for a quick implementation.
Cold Alex Food Industries is aiming to expand its exports of frozen fruit and vegetables. In autumn 2018, the company reviewed the required capacity and estimated costs of new facilities in Egypt. Commissioning of a production line is planned for 2019. Due to the favorable world market situation, Cold Alex is considering further possible investments as well.
Al-Baraka Sweets plans to construct a candy factory in Egypt in mid-2019. The export-oriented company intends to invest a total of US$ 3 million to increase its exports. The new plant in the 10th of Ramadan City will produce 20 tons of candy per day.
Om El Nour anticipates a cost of almost US$ 3 million for the modernization of a factory and the purchase of new facilities in Egypt. These are packaging lines for margarine and edible oils, goods that the company is currently importing from Belgium.
Organic Green is planning a factory for drying medicinal herbs, costing almost US$ 800,000. The Egyptian plant will be built in the 6th of October City and will begin operation in 2019. According to the Daily News Egypt, the company envisions a capacity of 30 tons per day.
Badr El-Deen Food Industries, which produces dried fruits and juices, is anticipating a massive increase of its exports. The company wants to increase the capacity of its factory from 800 to 1,500 tons per year.
The Egyptian Countryside Development Company is in talks with an investor who wants to produce olive oil. In autumn 2018, the state-owned company conducted talks with other potential agricultural investors from Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Libya, Sudan and Jordan.
Algeria: US signs several letters of intent
During a January 2019 visit to Sacramento by Abdelkader Bouazghi, the Algerian Minister of Agriculture, Rural Development and Fisheries, the US-American Roberts International Agricultural Development signed a total of four Memoranda of Understanding with Algerian partners. These consist of three projects for breeding 70,000 dairy cows and one project for processing potatoes. On the Algerian side, the private companies ETRHB Haddad, CATM, Palma Groupe and Groupe Benaini are involved. Bouazghi later explained that Algeria would no longer import potato seeds starting in 2021, citing that good progress is being made in expanding seed production capacity. According to the Ministry, Algeria currently imports between 120,000 and 150,000 tons of potato seeds per year.
The Office Algérien Interprofessionnel des Céréales (OAIC) announced the implementation of nine grain storage projects with a total capacity of 3.2 million quintals. Algeria expects to produce 90 million quintals of grain in the current 2018-19 harvest season, assuming good weather conditions. Cereals and milk are the two basic agricultural products for which Algeria has not yet reached self-sufficiency.
Morocco: Agricultural agreement with EU
Moroccan company Cosumar plans to produce around 35,000 tons of vegetable fats by the end of 2020. Together with Wilmar from Singapore, around US$ 36 million will be invested in Casablanca for this purpose. Cosumar is diversifying its product range, focusing less on its previous concentration in sugar production. Additionally, Cosumar is increasingly targeting markets in Africa. This is demonstrated by its 55% stake in the Guinean company Comaguis, which will use the invested funds to build a sugar factory near the port of Conakry.
Following the adoption of an agricultural agreement between the EU and Morocco in January 2019, Moroccan exporters are preparing for increasing demand. The Association of National Chambers of Agriculture is imploring the government to improve transport infrastructure. Investments in packaging and refrigeration facilities are also necessary. After the relatively long negotiation phase, the legal certainty that has been gained is being welcomed. One controversial issue in the negotiations was Morocco's demand that the agreement should also apply to the Western Sahara territory.
Tunisia: Olive oil extraction is expanded
According to the Tunisian investment agency APIA, private investment in agriculture increased by 3.7% to around EUR 209 million in 2018. Agricultural services in particular benefited, with an increase of around 45% to EUR 34 million, followed by the first-stage processing sector. Aquaculture, on the other hand, declined by 56.3%.
Société Tunisienne du Sucre (STS) will receive around EUR 1.7 million for investments. In Beja, STS resumed production in May 2018 after a fire in the warehouse the year before. The money will be used to make up for deferred investments and to purchase new equipment to expand production.
The German Society for International Cooperation (GIZ) and the Tunisian Agence de Promotion des Investissements Agricoles (APIA) are expected to extend the "Agripreneur 2.0" project beyond June 2019. The project aims to increase agricultural yields through the development and use of apps and other IT applications. The main target group are young Tunisians from rural regions.
The investment company Gulf Capital from Abu Dhabi has invested around US$ 22 million in the Tunisian Groupe CHO. CHO specializes in the production and export of organic olive oil but also produces cosmetic products based on olives and waste products from olive oil extraction. According to newspaper reports, CHO seeks to expand its activities with the entry of Gulf Capital. According to CHO, it currently has the capacity to extract oil from 1,000 tons of olives per day.
2. West and Central Africa
Nigeria: Growing market for soft drinks
The British investment fund Duet has invested US$ 50 million for shares in the Nigerian soft drink producer AJEast, which is a subsidiary of the Peruvian AJE Group (http://www.ajegroup.com). The company manufactures brands such as Big Cola, Big Orange and Big Lemon in Lagos/Ikeja. Investments in production lines for soft drinks in Nigeria are increasing. Among others, US-company Royal Crown Cola (RC Cola) completed the construction of its first factory in Nigeria in 2018.
Burkina Faso: Dutch investor committed to Burkina Faso
At the end of 2018, the Dutch investor Oikocredit (https://www.oikocredit.coop) announced that it would invest EUR 2 million in Anatrans. The grant will enable Anatrans to expand its processing capacity. The company is one of Burkina Faso's leading cashew nut processors. It purchases the nuts from around 3,500 local farmers and then processes them for customers in Europe and the USA.
Ghana: New beverage factory in the Ashanti region
The Ghanaian beverage manufacturer Kasapreko (http://kasapreko.com) is building a second factory in Tanoso, in the Ashanti region. The company will receive a loan of US$ 20 million from Ghana Eximbank. The loan will be granted as part of the government's "one-district-one-factory" program. The construction, which has just begun, should be completed by June 2019. With the new factory, Kasapreko wants to improve supply in the north of the country. The company has already invested massively in the expansion of its filling lines in the Accra area in recent years and has become an important customer of foreign technology suppliers in Ghana.
3. East Africa
Ethiopia: Industrial parks are booming
In December 2018, Ethiopia opened a modern industrial park in the city of Jimma, Oromia Regional State, in which primarily food processing companies will be located. The importance of the new park was emphasized by the presence of Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir and Djibouti President Ismail Omar Guelleh. The industrial area covers an area of 510,000 square meters and may employ up to 10,000 people, according to plans.
Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed previously inaugurated the Adama Industrial Park in October 2018, which will also house food processing companies. Further planned openings are the parks Dire Dawa, Kilinto II, Bole Lemi II, Bahir Dar and Debre Birhan. According to observers, these parks are a game changer for Ethiopia because they can produce not only products for the national market, but also for export.
Ethiopia intends to impose stricter controls on food processing companies and thus "enforce" production to comply with internationally accepted quality standards. Companies that do not adhere to the quality rules must expect to be shut down. The first notable victim is the Lemlem Food Complex in Mekelle, Tigray Regional State, which was closed at the end of September 2018 because it had produced "inferior" noodles.
The public was also warned to drink "Classy" brand drinking water bottled by Belay Industrial in Sululta, Oromia Regional State. Bottled drinking water has become a huge market with astronomical margins not only in Ethiopia, but all over East Africa, market experts say.
Ethiopian Lominat Beverages was permitted to acquire the state-owned National Alcohol and Liquor Factory (NALF). Lominat bid the equivalent of US$ 128 million in a tender. Interest in the state-owned company was unexpectedly high: 97 potential bidders bought the tender documents. The privatization of the NALF and its transfer to Lominat will take place gradually over a period of five years.
Lominat is currently building an alcohol and beverage plant in Mojo, 30 kilometers from Addis Ababa. NALF is expected to merge with this company. With a 40% market share in alcoholic beverages, NALF is one of Ethiopia's most profitable state-owned companies. Despite substantial investments in its four production sites in Mekanisa, Sebeta, Akaki and Maichew, the company is not able to satisfy the rapidly increasing demand for its products, according to observers.
15 Ethiopian producers of iodized table salt have formed a new association, the Ethiopian Iodized Salt Producers Association, to import salt nationwide and expand the sector. So far, only about a quarter of all households have sufficient access to iodized salt. According to a study, 40% of Ethiopian children suffer from iodine deficiency. There are about 1,000 salt-producing companies in Ethiopia. In the future, the association wants to award salt companies complying with international standards with a quality seal.
Kenya: Food industry dwindles
In Kenya, shrinkage of the food processing sector continues. According to the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics, production fell by 4.2% between October 2017 and September 2018. The food sector has long been regarded as barely competitive.
The Kenyan press blames increasing imports for the closure of food processing factories, though that is not the entire issue: due to the population explosion and the usual division of inheritance, valuable arable land is lost every year to construction. In addition, the business conditions are suboptimal (inadequate infrastructure, poor payment morale) and corruption has gotten out of control, leading to higher production costs. Thus, higher import tariffs are not the cure for the food industry.
The Kenyan Nairobi Assembly Environment Committee has called on the country's government to relocate all slaughterhouses operated within settlements and densely populated areas to less populated areas. Also, the widespread unhygienic conditions should be eliminated. This is particularly true for slaughterhouses in slums, which are beyond government control. Kenyan slaughterhouses have a reputation for falling far short of international hygiene standards and discharging their untreated waste water into creeks or rivers, a practice widely recognized to spread diseases.
The British soft drink manufacturer Vimto plans to permit its drinks to be produced in Kenya. The exclusive franchisee is the Kenyan company Kevian Kenya, which has so far made a name for itself with the drinks Afia and Pick N' Peel. Vimto is a red, carbonated soft drink from the UK that is sold worldwide, but above all in countries of the Commonwealth of Nations. The product has thus far been imported into Kenya. According to Kimani Rugendo, Managing Director of Kevian Kenya, the deal shows that local food processors are now able to produce international brands locally.
The Kenyan dairy company Brookside Dairy wants to pay milk suppliers according to the quality they deliver, thus encouraging suppliers to improve production quality. The higher-quality milk will then be used to produce butter and butterfat. Butter is currently in short supply in Kenya, which, if available at all, is only offered at high premiums and costs up to US$ 10 per pound in a grocery store. Brookside is going to test raw milk for fat, added water and antibiotic residues. Thus far, dairy farmers have been paid only according to the weight delivered.
The Kenyan Coast Development Authority (CDA), a state-owned development company for coastal regions, wants to revive an abandoned juice factory. The plant went into operation more than six years ago, but was shut down just one year later due to mismanagement. With the help of new equipment, the factory could convert 1.5 tons of mango per hour into fruit pulp in the future. CDA wants to pay farmers the equivalent of EUR 0.17 per kilogram of mango, while middlemen are currently paying only EUR 0.08.
In the never-ending story of the Kenyan sugar industry, commentators see 2019 as a decisive year: since the 1980s, the once flourishing sector has been suffering from dubious trade practices, neglect, a lack of political will as well as outdated technology and agricultural practices. While other African growers have switched to fast-growing sugar cane varieties, Kenya has remained with slow-growing old varieties. Harvesting practices, transport and processing are outdated.
As the Kenyan president has declared the revival of agriculture a top priority, a decision must be made in 2019: Either the public companies are cleared of debt and modernized or the "ruins" should be sold to private foreign investors. Time is pressing because Kenya is causing political friction with other African producers because of its import barriers for sugar.
Tanzania: Cashew nut production is significant
China wants to help Tanzania with the processing and marketing of cashew nuts and is setting up local companies to do so. Tanzanian cashew nut production has been a political issue since President John Magufuli recently mobilized his country's army to buy the crop at a guaranteed price of US$ 1.40 per kilo. The president was bothered that private middlemen had not followed his price recommendation and offered farmers only half the price.
With an annual harvest of 200,000 tons, Tanzania is one of the largest cashew nut producers in the world. The first Chinese nut processor, Sunshine Industry, now plans to build a 5,000 ton/year plant. Tanzania has nine major private companies with a total installed production capacity of 26,500 tons per year, including Micronix Matwara (2,000 tons), CC Factory (5,000 tons), Hawte Investment (2,000 tons), Amama Factory (2,000 tons), Micronix Newala (2,500 tons) and Yalin Korosho (10,000 tons). However, it is reported that some companies are unable to fully utilize their installed capacity.
4. Southern Africa
South Africa: McDonald's plans 120 new restaurants
Tiger Brands, a South African producer of packaged food, has been allowed to restart its meat processing facilities in Polokwane in the north-eastern Limpopo region of South Africa, according to a press release from December 2018. The company, one of South Africa's largest food producers, was forced to close the factory because of listeria infestation. Tiger Brands suffered heavy losses as a result of the food scandal.
At the end of 2018, the South African sugar producer Illovo placed an order with ELB Engineering Services, a South African engineering and consulting company, for the planning and delivery of a sugar supply system for its packaging plant in Dwangwa (Malawi). The Illovo Group produces sugar in South Africa, Mozambique, Malawi, Tanzania and Swaziland.
According to a press release issued in November 2018, the South African Taste Group has temporarily halted the planned franchise expansion of the Domino's Pizza and Starbucks restaurant chains. This is due to the currently weak purchasing power in South Africa and the company's poor half-year figures.
McDonald's SA – the South African franchise for McDonald's – plans to invest the equivalent of EUR 180 million in 120 new restaurants over the next five years. This will create 7,000 direct jobs, according to a company report from October 2018.
Mozambique: Coffee-growing project in Cabo Delgado Province
Italy provides financial support to Mozambique in a project for the cultivation and processing of coffee in the province of Cabo Delgado. The grant is part of EUR 5.8 million that Italy is donating to UNIDO (United Nations Industrial Development Organization) to back three projects in Africa and the Middle East. Partners in the UNIDO project in Mozambique are the Italian coffee company Illy and the Ernesto Illy Foundation.
Angola: Government aims to achieve food self-sufficiency
The Angolan government wants to reduce the country's dependence on food imports, according to Manuel Nunes Junior, Minister for Economic and Social Development. Speaking at the opening of consultations on measures to support local production at the end of January 2019, he said: "We must be self-sufficient in the first phase of food production and stop importing food that we can produce ourselves".
In 2017, Angola imported just over US$ 3 billion worth of food, up from almost US$ 2.4 billion in the previous year. The volume of food imports in 2017 accounted for almost 22% of total imports. For the most part, food imports consisted of staple foods such as rice, wheat, sugar and cooking oil. The agricultural conditions for self-sufficiency exist in Angola.


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African Development Bank Appoints Pepin Vougo Acting Director of Corporate Information and Technology
By Charles Wundengba
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Senior Management is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Pepin Vougo as Acting Director, Corporate Information and Technology Department effective 1 April 2020.
Pepin Vougo has more than 20 years of experience in technology and its application. He is a seasoned executive with depth and breadth of experience in delivering complex technology solutions on an international scale. He benefits from both private sector and MDB experience.
Pepin has been with the African Development Bank for 7 years, first as Infrastructure and Telecommunications Manager and then as Business Solutions Development Manager in charge of the Bank's Application Development portfolio. As well as delivering numerous successful online applications to help digitize the Bank, he led the development of the 2017-2021 Digital Strategy.
Prior to the African Development Bank, Pepin was Deputy Division Chief at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) where he was responsible for IT service delivery to over 100 offices around the world. He oversaw an IT budget of USD 12 million (capital) and USD 11m (operating) and managed a team of over 100 people. He launched important initiatives while at the IMF, delivering major cost-saving successes for the institution, as well as measured improvement in IT client experience and satisfaction.
Before joining the IMF, Pepin's career was in leading private sector companies. He was a Vice-President of Engineering with JP Morgan Chase from 2006 to 2009, in charge of the Global Software & Configuration Management Group supporting over 5,000 developers worldwide. Pepin also led a major workforce reconfiguration exercise, to allow the company to respond to a rapidly changed economic context. Pepin started his career with Symantec, as an Application Integration Engineer. He left as IT Operations Manager for the Information Security and Compliance line of business, supporting over 2000 developers globally.
Pepin holds a Master of Business Administration from St Thomas University in Houston, Texas and a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from the University of Houston.
Distributed by African Media Agency (AMA) on behalf of the African Development Bank.
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Kingdoms collide on the "Blood Line"
By Katey HearthNovember 25, 2015
The "Blood Line"
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Africa (MNN) — Kingdoms are colliding on the "Blood Line."
"This is where Christianity and Islam meet. This is where all the conflict is," explains Dean Vander Mey of Set Free Ministries.
"Nigeria, South Sudan, Ethiopia, [and] Somalia: if you look at the amount of people who have died there in the last 10 years, you'll see an amazing amount. It's in the millions."
(Photo courtesy Voice of the Martyrs)
The Blood Line runs 10-degrees north of the Equator and spans 14 countries.
Later this week, the Pope is visiting three countries in and around this danger zone.
According to a recent report by The Pew Research Center, both Muslim and Christian populations in sub-Saharan Africa (a region which also includes the Blood Line) are expected to "increase dramatically" by 2050.
Muslim-Christian violence in this region has also been on the uptick. From West to East, the Blood Line is full of religious rage.
Kingdom collisions
Christians in Mali are endangered by recent Muslim violence. The radical Muslim group Boko Haram is targeting Christians in Nigeria, Cameroon, and Chad. Radicals on both sides of the religious fence are at-odds in Central African Republic.
(Wedding photo of Meriam Ibrahim and Daniel Wani, courtesy Daniel Wani)
Meriam Ibrahim, a young Christian woman sentenced to death for apostasy, personifies the troubles Christians face in Islamic Sudan.
South Sudan, though the world's youngest nation, has yet to see a time of peace. According to Open Doors USA, persecution due to the rise in Islamic extremism affects all types of Christianity in Ethiopia. The latest from Somalia reveals an even bigger threat to Christians than al-Shabaab may be developing.
In all 14 of these countries, and in neighboring countries like Uganda, vulnerable kids are highly at-risk of exploitation and recruitment by radical Muslims.
That's why Set Free is partnering with local Christians to protect them, Vander Mey says. "There's almost a 'race' for the children – who's going to educate them?"
Loss of one or both parents is of the main reasons children living in the Blood Line are vulnerable. Set Free and its in-country church partners are giving vulnerable kids a safe place to grow and develop.
(Photo courtesy Set Free)
A small village school that started with a pastor and 42 children has grown to several Christian facilities educating 4,500 kids throughout Uganda.
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"You bring in Truth and love to these children, and you show them who Christ is, and they're not going to fall for other things that are simply not true," says Vander Mey, explaining how their schools prevent terrorist recruitment.
Operation Blood Line
Through the schools, Set Free and its partners meet physical needs and help kids grow intellectually. They also walk children and staff through a process of prayer and forgiveness, which results in freer lives and less anger.
Orphans and vulnerable children are without means of protection or provision. They are at the fringes of society and are the easiest to exploit and abuse. They are easily and frequently overlooked, demeaned, and treated as non-persons. They have no power, no one to advocate for them, and are consistently deprived of justice.
(Photo, caption courtesy Set Free)
The approach of Set Free is attractive to Blood Line communities, who tire of the anger and rhetoric preached by radical imams (Muslim teachers). Aware of their work in Uganda, South Sudan's government recently asked the ministry to "set up shop" at one of their schools.
"Please come and teach us how to forgive. Teach us how to live together, and we will give you the school if you teach us how to do this," officials told Vander Mey.
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Blessed Evening Lovely Ones 😊 | The Mark of god: understanding your "I AM Presence"
"If then you do not make yourself equal to God, you cannot apprehend God; for like is known by like. Therefore…Leap clear of all that is corporeal, and make yourself grown to a like expanse with that greatness which is beyond all measure; And…rise above all time and become eternal; then you will apprehend God.
And…Think that for you too nothing is impossible; deem that you too are immortal, and that you are able to grasp all things in your thought, to know every craft and science; find your home in the haunts of every living creature; make yourself higher than all heights and lower than all depths; bring together in yourself all opposites of quality, heat and cold, dryness and fluidity; think that you are everywhere at once, on land, at sea, in heaven; think that you are not yet begotten, that you are in the womb, that you are young, that you are old, that you have died, that you are in the world beyond the grave; grasp in your thought all of this at once, all times and places, all substances and qualities and magnitudes together; then you can apprehend God.
But if you shut up your soul in your body, and abase yourself, and say "I know nothing, I can do nothing; I am afraid of earth and sea, I cannot mount to heaven; I know not what I was, nor what I shall be," then what have you to do with God?" (HERMES TRISMEGISTUS).


I just have to brag a bit. A while back I had a young lady call me who asked if I did couple's counseling. I told her I did, and we talked a bit more. She scheduled an appointment with her and her significant other, and one of the things they told me they wanted to find out was whether they had done too much damage to one another for the relationship to survive.
I assured them that it was possible to heal. ...continue reading "A bit of bragging….."


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Hiyya bar Ashi (or Rav Hiyya bar Ashi; Hebrew: רב חייא בר אשי) was a second and third generation Amora sage of Babylon.

Biography
In his youth he studied under Rav, and served as his janitor. In his service of Rav he learned many laws, which he transmitted to future generations. For example, he stated that on Shabbat he would wash Rav's leather clothes. From this statement, the sages concluded that the law of Melabain (Scouring/Laundering) on Shabbat does not apply on leather materials. He also stated that when he used to wake Rav from his sleep, he would wash his hands, recite Birkat HaTorah, and only then would teach the lesson. Hence, one should make a Birkat HaTorah also on the Talmud, and not only on the Bible. Later, R. Hiyya bar Ashi said, Rav would put on tefillin, and then recite the shema; from this the sages concluded that one should put on tefillin before the shema, even if it is already time for the shema.

Most of R. Hiyya bar Ashi's statements are made in the name of his teacher Rav, and rarely in the name of Samuel of Nehardea. At times his own rulings are cited as well, and sometimes he disputes his teacher Rav.

He was a colleague of Rav Huna and had debated him over rulings of their common teacher, Rav.

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As indicated by the use of an old night route number, the 292 appeared as part of the trolleybus replacement programme, replacing the 52A from Borehamwood to Colindale (including the Express) and the 666 between Burnt Oak and Willesden.
RT3750 in Edgware Road, waiting to turn right at the Burnt Oak traffic lights bound for Borehamwood Rossington Avenue.
Note that, unlike the modern 292, the route will not serve Edgware.
Six return journeys will operate from Colindale, at a frequency of between 30 and 90 minutes. Three journeys will operate to Borehamwood.
Route 52 (Borehamwood to Victoria) is a long-standing route, now shortened to run only to Willesden, but previously running via Kingsbury and Burnt Oak on its way north. The 52A was introduced (Monday to Saturday) in 1955, allowing the 52 to be shortened outside the peaks to run only to Mill Hill on those days. Its southern end turned south at Burnt Oak to finish at Colindale Trolleybus Depot. At the same time, a peak hour Express was introduced between the same points, as part of the experiment in that year.
As part of the penultimate stage of trolleybus replacement, in January 1962, the 52A was extended to Willesden over part of former trolleybus route 666 (Edgware to Hammersmith) and renumbered 292. A little curious, as the 666 was also replaced in its entirety by the 266 - which ran every day, unlike the 292. Despite now reaching Willesden, that garage's RTLs were withdrawn from the route and Edgware RTs had sole charge. The Colindale terminus moved from the now-closed trolleybus depot to Annesley Avenue, almost adjacent.
RT2688 working EW1 to Borehamwood; the bus was based at Edgware from 1968 to 1973. RT2688 will work the 292 again on 29 August.
Saturday working was withdrawn five months later in favour of new route 292A, which headed north from Burnt Oak to Edgware, extended a year later to Stanmore and Watford via the 142. Meanwhile, the 52 had continued to reach Borehamwood on Sundays; this came to an end in 1966 with the introduction of the 292A as far as Burnt Oak on that day.
Meanwhile, the 292 Express service came to an end in 1965, when the whole route was shortened to terminate at Colindale. The withdrawal of the 292A north of Edgware in 1970 left the two routes bifurcating at Burnt Oak for only a short distance each way, the Monday to Friday 292 south to Colindale and the weekend 292A north to Edgware.
RT4772 shows the unmistakable signs of neglect that RTs so often had in the 1970s. This view in Borehamwood Rossington Avenue was taken on 30 Jun 73, two weeks before RTs finally left Edgware. Note the 292 canopy blind from the weekday operation.
In July 1973, the routes were combined as a daily 292 and converted to one-man DMS operation, bringing an end to Edgware's RTs. The Colindale section survived as the Monday to Friday peak journeys, at other times the route ran to Edgware. School journeys were extended from Colindale to Grahame Park (a development on the old Hendon Aerodrome). The DMSs were replaced by Metrobuses in 1980.
After running the gamut of the tendering process, 1993 saw the route's withdrawal from the roads south of Hale Lane and its diversion via Edgware Station to Colindale Asda, in which form the route runs today, operated by Transdev London Sovereign from their half of Edgware garage.


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Redmi Note 9 4G to be launched in global market soon, Redmi Note 9 Power to be launched in India
December 1, 2020 by The Newzly desk
A few days ago, Redmi launched the Redmi Note 9 series in its domestic market. There are three phones in this series Redmi Note 9 5G, Redmi Note 9 Pro 5G and Redmi Note 9 4G. Among them, Xiaomi started preparations for the global launch of the Redmi Note 9 4G phone. It is learned that the Redmi Note 9 4G phone has received ECC certification this time. The phone has even been seen on the Google Play console. In India, the name of this phone may be Redmi Note 9 Power.
Popular tipstar Mukul Sharma was the first to tweet about getting the Redmi Note 9 4G phone certified at ECC. Redmi, however, has not yet said anything about the global launch of the phone. However, the way the phone is seen on various sites, it can be said that its launch outside China is imminent. Note that another phone of Redmi Note 9 series Redmi Note 9 5G is going to be launched in the global market soon under the name Redmi Note 9T. The phone has already been certified on the NTBC certification site in Thailand.
Specification of Redmi Note 9 4G
The Redmi Note 94G will have a 6.53-inch full HD LCD display with Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection. The Redmi Note 9 4G will run on a 2.0 GHz octa core Qualcomm Snapdragon 82 processor. It will have up to 6 GB of RAM and up to 256 GB of onboard storage. It also has the option to expand its storage up to 512GB via microSD card. This phone has Android 10 based MIUI 12 operating system. The fingerprint sensor is located next to the phone.
For photography, the Redmi Note Nine 4G has a 48 + 2 + 2 megapixel triple rear camera setup. There is an 8 megapixel front camera on the front of the phone for selfies. It comes with a powerful 6,000 mAh battery. Which will support 16 watt fast charging. Although only 22.5 watt charging is available in the box. Phone can be charged through USB Type C port.
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In the contest held to promote the culture of Newar community and knowledge and transfer it to the new generation, the contest was organized by Nepalese Fashion Home. In the event, singer Nisha Deshar and the artists of Dance Academy had performed their presentation.
Samita Shrestha and Merina Manandhar were Miss Social Welfare Ambassador.
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"One game, it's a final" - Pep pre Peterborough Press Conference
Pep Guardiola discussed the aftermath of the Everton game two days after its conclusion and looked ahead to the next round of the FA Cup and Peterborough. The availability of his players was once again revisited and Pep also touched on the departure of Marcelo Bielsa from Leeds.
Firstly a check on the squad:
"Yeah [Oleksandr Zinchenko will figure]. I think it will be good for him to play and show the reason why he's here - a magnificent player - to play football."
"No [new absentees], some knocks but today trains everyone. [Zack Steffen] not [ready] yet, still in the gym, had a problem with his shoulder which is difficult for goalkeepers. We will decide the goalkeeper tomorrow."
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Bernardo playing further forward recently:
"Bernardo is so important, he likes to play inside but struggled a bit to find the positions in the middle, more outside to come inside. It depends on the opponent, normally they try to close gaps inside so isn't easy to find these players in the position. A key player for us for many reasons, work ethic, can play six roles upfront. Alternative we can use him during a game is massively important."
"Sometimes I need him in the positions where he can make a boost for us. He's a typical number ten behind the striker. The last two games they close the gaps players, not easy to find. Most difficult part of the game, most difficult plays is the striker because there are no spaces. When we make good build up we can find him."
"The last two games I play with Gundogan and Kevin. Raheem playing a good level and Riyad as well. I have to settle sometimes and figure out spaces and increase players close to the box. Gabby and Jack were injured so I decided for Bernardo. I said to him when you struggle you can drop to become involved with the ball."
The penalty incident against Everton:
"[It can effect the] entire season? Can this episode affect a whole season? I will review a lot of incidents. It looks offside for Richarlison, if it's not offside, it's a penalty..."
The mood:
"Is one game [against Everton], lose the next and momentum is over. We judge results about momentum, it's not about this. Second half was much better, we concede almost nothing in second half. Goodison Park always difficult to City, not exceptional the celebrations because we knew how difficult it will be and all the last eleven games in the Premier League. We will suffer."
Looking ahead to Peterborough:
"One game, it's a final, they're not in the best position. A game in their stadium. We have to adapt tomorrow. We will prepare well, today, tomorrow to get to the quarter finals."
And Bielsa's Leeds departure:
"I'm so sorry for him. His legacy is there in the Leeds city, the club, the players. His influence is massive. Unfortunately the manager goes by results and lately was not good. The game he has played for 3-4 seasons in Leeds was spectacular to watch and of course I wish him all the best. It will be a loss to Leeds and his players. As a person he's not different to anyone, results dictate our future."
Written by: @coIgcra
Some quotes as quoted by Manchester Evening News and Manchester City.
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FCS Shaper Awards 'The Legend' Bob McTavish
It is with great pleasure that we announce the inaugural recipient of the FCS Legend Shaper Award, a man who is a true pioneer of surfboard shaping and design, and an absolute gentleman, Bob McTavish.
Bob's influence on surfboard design and performance dating back to the 1960s is undeniable.
Here's a man who spearheaded the shortboard revolution and found new ways to ride waves. The fact that over 40 years later, he's still in the bay and surfing daily is testament to his love of the craft.
Congratulations Bob, and on behalf of the global surfing community… Thank you
When we kicked off the FCS Shaper Awards we wanted to not only honour and celebrate shapers for their significant contribution to the sport of surfing, but also have them shape a board for FCS team rider Mick Fanning.
We'd document the board building process and then get Mick riding each board, gauging his feedback. This was all going to plan until Mick blew his knee out.
That didn't stop our shapers from getting dusty though, and Bob was incredibly receptive to the idea of making a board for Mick that best represented his shaping history and philosophy.
He decided on the McTavish Bluebird, a significant model from the '70s, and a board that many surfers of the era considered their very first shortboard.
Mick shared time in the bay with Bob as he hand shaped the beautiful board, which is now waiting patiently, glassed and ready for Mick to ride. And while we're confident you'll enjoy watching the edit we've produced on Bob, we've put a 'To Be Continued' on Mick surfing the new sled.
The FCS Shaper Awards is our platform to celebrating legendary and iconic shapers for their significant contribution to the craft of shaping, surfboard building and manufacturing.
We created two categories; the Icon Award (20yrs shaping) and the Legend Award (40yrs shaping).
What started with a public nomination process, where we received thousands of submissions for each category, then moved to a judge's deliberation among our esteemed panel; Wayne 'Rabbit' Bartholomew, Tom Carroll and Brad Gerlach.
Stay tuned to find out who will be featured in the Icon Award.


It is very much difficult to uphold the journey when you are visually impaired. I've experienced the difficulties arises while navigating the street in the visual impaired situation. There is no solution yet for these people to help to navigate the street.
But BackMap is now there for those people which came out of TechCrunch Disrupt NY's 2017 Hackathon explaining the useful of the visually impaired people's. BackMap is a backpack that vibrates to let you know when to turn right and when to turn left.
the BackMap will work and walk you through the street to the destination without any trouble and without using your phone. While leaving for outside, input your all location via the app and have your BackMap navigate you to the destination. BackMap does this using Esvi's PubNub Block. It is also useful inside home, office, apartments, malls, and more. It can show ou bathroom in your home, certain stores in the mall, office inside the company, and good locations of the apartments.
"I think that's a pretty cool feature for people who are visually impaired because if you walk into a store, you might not know how to navigate to certain places, " Shashank Sharma told after his team's presentation.
If you think about the mass crowd place I which you have to search a certain place which is completely new to you, it's very difficult to find out. For instance, it can be hard to navigate inside a massive conference like Disrupt or inside a Westfield mall. The team also imagines other pedestrian and bikers using BackMap concluding that they don't have to take out their phones or use headphones while they are around.
BackMap is equipped with Raspberry Pi-Controlled Motor in each step. It only cost the team about $40 to create this haptic feedback system. As of now, this BackMap is the one cheapest system prototype developed.
At the end, team disclosed about their vision in the future. They say they envision is to bring the functionality to a smartwatch and another wearable device to help the vision impaired people's.
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ROAD TRIP DAY 29: LIFESTYLES OF THE RICH & FAMOUS | Elaine-iaK's Travels: A Traveler's Tales of People, Places, Photos, Pools… and CHOCOLATE!
In the late 1800's and early 1900's, Newport, Rhode Island was home to the rich and famous during the summertime. When most people with summer homes these days have modest little houses, the rich and famous had mansions for their summer "cottages".
Take "The Breakers" for example. This summer "cottage" is a whopping 138,300 square feet and has 70 rooms! These aren't just ordinary rooms either. One of the rooms in The Breakers has ornate wall panels where all of the silver-colored design is made of platinum! How's that for over-the- top opulence?
Today, we toured "The Elms" and "The Breakers" and walked the 'hood to see how the one percent'rs lived over 100 years ago. Although the area was gorgeous and the mansions picturesque, what we saw was ostentatious, to say the least. It was difficult at times to walk through the rooms of both mansions and realize the amount of money these people spent to show off their wealth, and keep up with the Joneses. I found myself thinking about how the money could have been used to make the world a better place instead.
Photography (even without flash) was strictly prohibited inside the homes, so the only pictures I was able to shoot were of the mansion exteriors and gardens.
The Elms was the summer retreat of the Berwinds. Built in 1901, it was very modern and technologically advanced for its time. This home features monumental art works, including wall-sized Venetian paintings, Chinese lacquer panels, and tapestries.
To show the scale of size, that's Bruce in the front. The canopies of these four European Beech trees grew to form one MASSIVE tree! Each tree is 50-60 feet tall with a spread of 35-45 feet wall.
The Breakers, built in 1895 was the summer "cottage" of the Vanderbilt family. It features a two-and-a-half story high Great Hall, and a Morning Room adorned with platinum leaf wall panels. Its interiors feature rare marble, alabaster, and gilded woods throughout.
This ceiling was outdoors on the second level.
This was the outdoor area of the first floor. The following photos show the beautiful mosaic work of the ceilings.
Following our home tours, we took the "Cliff Walk" to enjoy the fresh sea air, enjoy the views, and see more beautiful homes.
Our day concluded with a cruise along Ocean Avenue, a beautiful drive that follows the Newport coast. It was a gorgeous day, and we thoroughly enjoyed the miles we walked in one of the most beautiful neighborhoods in the world.
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Thanks, buddy! I sure missed not being able to swim at that meet and seeing you, too. I'm not having much luck finding available pools during our road trip, but this past month has been fantastic anyway! Good luck in Greenville!


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Pride and Prejudice Novelette What if Darcy and Elizabeth had come to understanding in very different circumstances and a bit later than in the novel Elizabeth walked back to the desk Mr Darcy was writing busily, a frown of concentration gracing his forehead Yes, Miss Bennet he asked, interrupting his work to look up at her Have yPride and Prejudice Novelette What if Darcy and Elizabeth had come to understanding in very different circumstances and a bit later than in the novel Elizabeth walked back to the desk Mr Darcy was writing busily, a frown of concentration gracing his forehead Yes, Miss Bennet he asked, interrupting his work to look up at her Have you changed your mind about keeping my company The door is closed Closed, he repeated She nodded Yes I cannot open it It must have gotten stuck Well, I have no strength to push it open Darcy stood up, walked around the desk and straight to the door After a moment it turned out that he was as unsuccessful at opening the solid oak door as she was What is the meaning of this Elizabeth asked It appears that someone must have locked the door from the outside Her eyes widened Locked it Yes, I cannot explain it otherwise Why would someone do such a thing Yes, why would someone do such a thing why indeed Darcy asked, his expression both bewildered and dazed What shall we do now she wanted to know, expecting him to find a solution to their dilemma We should wait, he answered quickly Wait If someone locked it by accident, this person must open it in due time, Darcy stated Elizabeth was not convinced with his reasoning Perhaps, she said, the tone of her voice doubtful She stepped to the door and pulled at the handle She did not know why she did it The door was closed, after all Should we not cry for help she suggested Or look for the key Mr Bingley might keep a spare key in one of the drawers of the desk Are you in any danger, Miss Bennet he asked Do you not trust me No, of course not I mean, I do trust you, sir Nevertheless, it is all rather strange, will you not agree with me I am confident that it is nothing than a simple misunderstanding As for the key, I have never seen one Could it be a servant The person who locked the door Quite possibly Elizabeth felt that her confusion was growing I do not understand, she whispered.
5 starsA very sweet, funny, low angst short story. D&E were stubborn as usual, and refused to approach each other about their feelings. So Jane and Charles, who had been married for a while decided to help them along. And the fun begun.Highly recommended if a reader is looking for a short and sweet story about ODC mending their complicated relationship.
Disappointing. Stiff dialogue. Not sure when exactly Darcy and Elizabeth came to an understanding. Plot feels very contrived. Not much emotion. I have always loved Wegner's stories and I did not find this one very satisfying.
In this Pride and Prejudice variation! Bingley and Jane are married but Darcy has not spoken with Elizabeth since he rescued Lydia. The Bingley's can't handle living so close to Mrs Bennet and they move to Derbyshire. Jane is expecting and is not adjusting well to her new home. At Bingley's request, Elizabeth comes to visit. Some matchmaking including being locked in a room forces conversation and starts Darcy and Elizabeth towards their own happily ever after.
3.5 stars rounded to 4. I enjoyed this tale of Elizabeth and Darcy getting together after Bingley and Jane's marriage. I enjoyed having Bingley and Jane conspire to bring them together. I really didn't understand why both of them were so stubborn. This was well written with only a few grammatical errors (my copy actually had a redline change). I would recommend this as a fun quick escape read.
I gave this 3 stars because I find people get really upset if you give something less than 3 stars. If I felt I could get away with it, I would have given this 2. I found this book lifeless and dreary. E & D have a level of emotional immaturity that left me wanting them to stay apart. I did not feel any spark or romance here but hoping someone else finds it.
I can't help but wonder if this writer is writing in a foreign language and then using Google translate to translate her writing into English. I'm sorry to be harsh, but the rhetorical choices in this book are bizarre. It also felt unpolished and stilted--and in need of a good editor.
Short and sweet I love the more pro-active Jane and Bingley. I'm sad there was not much time for some character development for Anne and Georgiana.
Sweet storyQuite a few typos and grammar issues, but the story was good. I was glad when I saw this novella. I like this author.
Don't Waste Your MoneyThis e-book has so many grammatical errors and edits that weren't fixed. It's not a very good storyline and just poorly written.
A short, pleasant read. Perfect for an hour or so jaunt into Miss Elizabeth Bennet's life.
Good storyThe story is good, but much too short. Editing isn't complete. I would enjoy an extended version with more detail.