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Lies Activists Tell (#3): The CE Delft Report
by Alan Herscovici, Senior Researcher, Truth About Fur | Feb 11, 2014 | Animal Rights, Environment & Conservation, Misinformation, Morality & Ethics, Political Campaigns
Editor: in our last two blog posts we showed how two "studies" that are often quoted by animal activists (World Bank and University of Michigan/Ford Motor Company) are completely misrepresented. Now we turn our Truth-About-Fur detector to a third commonly cited study.
In their attempt to discredit the environmental credentials of the fur trade, activists often cite a "life cycle assessment" (LCA) produced by CE Delft, a Dutch research consultancy (see: NOTES, below). This study (The environmental impact of mink fur production, Delft, January 2011) found that: "Compared with textiles (including polyester, cotton, wool, and polyacrylic 'fake furs'), fur has a higher impact on 17 of the 18 environmental themes, including climate change, eutrophication and toxic emissions."
Because these claims, if true, would contradict our belief that fur is an environmentally responsible choice, we decided to take a closer look. It is lucky that we did!
Stated simply, we found that CE Delft's negative assessment of fur results from several methodological assumptions or questionable statistics.
Among the most important concerns:
CE Delft used a significantly inflated figure (almost double our findings!) for the amount of feed required to produce farmed fur.
They ignored the fact that, because this feed is composed mostly of wastes from our food-production system, it could be considered an environmental benefit rather than a cost.
Mink manure made from soiled straw bedding and carcasses could also be assigned environmental credits rather than costs – for replacing synthetic fertilizers and fossil fuels.
Not least important, CE Delft discounts the environmental benefits of real fur apparel lasting much longer than fake furs or other textiles, i.e., if a real mink last five time longer than a fake fur coat, its environmental impact should be compared with that of five fakes, not one!
Let's look at this CE Delft report in more detail …
CE Delft ("Committed to the Environment") describes itself as an "independent research and consultancy organization specialized in developing structural and innovative solutions to environmental problems. CE Delft's solutions are characterized in being politically feasible, technologically sound, economically prudent and socially equitable." [Socially equitable? Except for mink farmers, it would seem!]
This study, was commissioned by three European "animal-rights" groups that strongly oppose the use of fur: the Dutch Bont voor Dieren, the Belgian GAIA (Global Action in the Interest of Animals) and the Italian Lega Antivivisezione LAV). (No comment!)
Turning to the substance of this study: the feed used to produce mink is identified as one of two elements that account for most of the environmental costs of fur. This claim, however, is based on several assumptions:
– CE Delft sets out to compare 1 kilogram (kg) of mink fur with 1 kilogram of fake fur and other textiles. To this end, they propose that 11.4 mink pelts are needed to produce 1 kg of fur, and that each animal consumes close to 50 kg of feed (including a share for the mother). From these assumptions, CE Delft concludes that 563 kilograms of feed are required to produce one kilogram of fur (49.4 kg of feed x 11.4 pelts/kg of fur.), and this is the figure on which they base all their subsequent calculations of environmental impacts. [p.6]
– Our own survey of North American and European farmers – including statistics published by the Danish Faculty of Agricultural Science, Aarhus University (2010) — suggests that it actually requires from 38-45 kg – or an average of about 41.5 kg of feed to produce a mink pelt. CE Delft's figure for how many pelts are required to supply a kilogram of fur is also higher than what we found — perhaps because their calculation was apparently based on two sample pelts provided by the Dutch activist group Bont voor Dieren, which may not represent a true average size? Using the same methodology as CE Delft but with a large data set provided by European fur auctions, we find that 1 kg of fur represents about 7.75 pelts – not 11.4, as CE Delft proposes. If an average of 41.5 kg of feed is required to produce one mink pelt, multiplying this by 7.75 pelts indicates that 322 kg of feed would be required to produce 1 kg of fur – i.e., a little more than half (57%) the amount of feed used by CE Delft in their calculations. This discrepancy alone explains much of the higher environmental impact they attribute to real fur.
– CE Delft also assumes that mink food is comprised of 70% chicken waste and 30% fish offal. But feed composition varies according to local availability. Thus, in Denmark (which produces three times more mink than Holland, where CE Delft is based) feed is more commonly composed of 80% fish offal and 20% chicken waste. But the environmental cost of fish offal is much lower than that of chicken wastes. In fact, in a 2013 follow-up study, CE Delft acknowledged that a mink diet based on fish rather than chicken would lower environmental impacts by 30%. [See, #6, below.]
– Most important of all: other uses would have to be found for this meat and fish waste — or it would go into landfills or be incinerated — if mink weren't eating it. It could therefore be argued that an environmental CREDIT should be applied to mink food production, since the environmental costs of disposing of these meat and fish wastes are avoided.
In summary: Since mink feed is the predominant factor in 14 of the 18 environmental impacts that CE Delft considered, their assumptions raise serious questions about the credibility of their findings.
4. The second major source of environmental impacts identified by CE Delft is emissions associated with mink manure and other farm wastes.
Here again, CE Delft ignored the subsequent use of this manure and the environmental CREDITS that could be associated with reducing the need for artificial fertilizers when mink manure and other wastes (soiled straw bedding) are properly managed and applied to local agricultural lands. Mink carcasses and wastes are now also used to produce biofuels, thereby reducing the need for fossil fuels.
5. Finally, the way in which CE Delft framed the scope of its study has skewed its findings:
CE Delft did not do a complete, "cradle-to-grave" Life Cycle Assessment in its 2011 study. Instead, it did a partial ("cradle-to-gate") analysis which included the environmental costs of raising of the mink on the farm, pelting, transportation, auction sale, and processing (dressing) – but stopped at the point when the fur would be made into a garment. CE Delft therefore completely ignored one of the most important environmental attributes of fur apparel, i.e., that it is much longer-lasting than most other clothing materials. Clearly, it matters whether the environmental costs of production are amortized over 5-10 years (fake fur coats) or 40, 50 or more years (real fur coats)!
6. To address this blatant methodological flaw, CE Delft published a follow-up study in June 2013 ("Natural mink fur and faux fur products, an environmental comparison"). This study completed the "life cycle" by assessing the manufacture, use/maintenance and ultimate disposal of real and fake (polyacrylic) furs – but again concluded that real fur apparel has a greater environmental cost than fakes. Here's why:
– The new study used the same assumptions and calculations about mink feed production and manure/waste management that were presented in the first study – and these two elements still accounted for most of the environmental impacts.
– Furthermore, to blur the environmental advantages of fur apparel lasting much longer than fakes, CE Delft proposed several "scenarios". It acknowledges that real fur may last as much as five times longer than fake, e.g., 30 years vs 6, as proposed in an LCA prepared for the International Fur Federation [DSS, 2011). But then it backtracks, suggesting that "it is conceivable that the lifespan is determined by the change in fashion; in this case the lifespan of a natural fur coat and a faux fur coat could be equal." (p.5) This statement reveals ignorance or deviousness:it doesn't seem to know (or doesn't want its readers to know?) that fur apparel can be taken apart and completely reassembled ("remodeled") as fashions change. This is one of fur's important environmental attributes; no one throws away a fur coat because styles change. In fact, with the current revival of fur in fashion, retailers are busy remodeling coats their customers bought during the last fur boom, in the 1970s and 1980s, i.e. coats that are already 30–40 years old!
– CE Delft also claims that the longevity of real fur coats may be off-set by the environmental costs of cold storage during the off-season. They suggest that 30 years of seasonal cold storage would have more impact on climate change, for example, than the entire process of raising the mink, processing the pelts and producing the coat! (Figure 7, p. 34.) The energy costs of fur storage as estimated by CE Delft, however, are considerably higher than figures collected from real fur storage facilities. More to the point, most fur coats are simply not kept in special cold-storage vaults, especially now that many homes are air-conditioned through the summer months. Furthermore, off-season storage of furs has always been less common in Europe than in North America, and is almost non-existent in Russia and the booming new markets of Asia.
– More fundamentally: we could question CE Delft's core contention that real and fake fur coats can be compared at all. The fact that people are prepared to pay considerably more money for real fur coats than for fakes would seem to confirm that they have different qualities and "value".
– Finally, we note that neither CE Delft study appears to have been submitted for peer review.
In conclusion, CE Delft's often-quoted claim that "fur has a higher environmental cost than fakes" appears to be based on a series of questionable assumptions and calculations. CE Delft is cautious in how it presents its findings, especially in its 2013 study where it provides a number of different "scenarios" to account for the uncertainties it acknowledges. Activists, however, show no such caution when they cite these findings.
The biggest threat to climate change, in fact, may be activist "hot air"!
Photo credit: Claire Beaugrand-Champagne
Take the cotton out of your ears, please by Mick Madsen, Fur for Thought, 21 August 2013.
Here are a few examples where the "CE Delft" study is cited in an attempt to discredit the environmental credentials of the fur trade:
1. "A study by consultancy firm CE Delft in 2011 found that the impact of fur production on 17 out of 18 environmental issues – such as climate change, ozone pollution and soil acidification – was found to be more harmful than when compared to common textiles." From Cruel or cool? Worldwide sales of fur top £10 billion by Hayley Leaver, Metro.co.uk, 22 May 2013.
2. "PETA points to a 2011 study by a Netherlands consultancy firm CE Delft which compared the impact of fur production with common textiles on 18 different environmental issues such as climate change, ozone pollution, soil acidification and water and land use. 'For 17 of the 18 issues, fur was found to be much more harmful than common textiles,' says Ben Williamson, a spokesperson for PETA." From Is the fur trade sustainable? By Tansy Hoskins, The Guardian, 29 October 2013.
3. "A 2011 study by Dutch independent researchers CE Delft calls fur production worse than textile production, in terms of environmental degradation. Carcinogens like chromium and formaldehyde, employed in dressing and dyeing processes, compromise fur's biodegradability, not to mention ecological stability." From Fur is Green. True or Faux? By Jody McCutcheon, Eluxe Magazine, 22 February 2013.
william reed on August 29, 2014 at 8:21 am
Thank you so much for providing a comparison that has substantiated my continued support of fur production and has removed any guilt I may have had regarding such. But I do shop for vintage fur apparel that still has useful wear before considering new products that add to the impact. Vintage removes the demand for manufacturing a new item.


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KENT MONKMAN "THE EXAMINATION" 2008
If you're familiar with Kent Monkman's work it will come as no surprise that Monkman's art education originated with illustration.
Monkman bravely pursued figuration, and established his distinct and intricate figurative style, at a time when representational art was not exactly in vogue.
Over the last 15 years Monkman has developed an aesthetic that hijacks the landscapes and pictorial scenes (reminiscent of the Hudson River School, Cornelius Krieghoff or Paul Kane) adding a homoerotic revisionist anarchy to Canadian colonial images.
Today he is known as one of Canada's most acclaimed and notorious multidisciplinary artists.
While Monkman has explored video, performance and photography, it is the works that show his mastery of the brush that are most desired.
Prior to executing one of his large scale paintings, Monkman will create precise preparatory drawings.
As most of his canvases are in major public collections, such works on paper, like "The Examination" are highly sought-after.
The National Gallery of Canada, Montreal Museum of Fine Art, Art Gallery of Ontario, Vancouver Art Gallery and the Smithsonian are just a few of the institutions that have Monkman's work in their permanent collection.
Additional images available on request. Questions about this piece? Contact us.
Watercolor and gouache.
Signed and dated 2008 by the artist

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A new drive to inspire women to strive for the top jobs in higher education is showcasing the careers of successful female academics.
Women in Academia Now, hopes to tackle the still low numbers of senior women in universities, despite growing recognition in the corporate world that the talents and expertise of women bring enormous benefits.
Campaigning to encourage women into academia has traditionally focused on the fields of science, technology and medicine. But even in disciplines with more women overall, most of those women are early or mid-career: few are reaching the most senior levels of academic recognition.
The new booklet has been published detailing the careers of female members of the Young Academy of Scotland, which recognises emerging leaders in science and the humanities, revealing their routes to success by discipline, personal circumstances and opportunities.
The new initiative reveals that fellowships are very beneficial to careers and that overseas appointments may be key to success. From the sample of careers highlighted only 10 of the 33 women made their careers entirely in Britain. The rest include 14 migrants (predominantly from the EU and North America), and 7 Britons who have spent some time abroad.
A key statistic is that half of those in the sciences held long-term (5+ years) personal fellowships, such as a Royal Society University Research Fellowship or an RCUK fellowship, early in their careers indicating these fellowships are crucial in enabling those women to gain permanent positions, establish their research teams and, in some cases, start their families.
It is also suggested that a lack of fellowships in humanities may be a barrier to women in this area.
The brochure aims to facilitate and inspire further discussion and study about the career progression of women in different disciplines across the entire range of academic disciplines. By focusing on the mid-career stage, it offers a set of role models for early career researchers, many of whom still harbour doubts about whether academia is a good career for women.
The booklet "Academic Women Now: experiences of mid-career academic women in Scotland" will be launched by Dame Jocelyn Bell-Burnell (president, Royal Society of Edinburgh) on Thursday 9 June, 11am-1pm, at the Royal Society of Edinburgh. Other speakers will be Alice Brown CBE (chair, Scottish Funding Council) and Lesley Yellowlees CBE (vice-principal, University of Edinburgh).
Press are welcome to attend at 11am.
The booklet will be available at the launch. A pdf of the publication is available here.
Two YAS Members to give 'Award Lectures' at 2014 British Science Festival!


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What is The Value of Trust in The Attorney-Client Relationship in Injury Cases?
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A: I know, it's because the original drawing was called Out of the Blue, Into the Black. Based on the Neil Young song Hey Hey, My My. Then I decided to keep going with it and make more illustrations based on his lyrics, with the simple color limitations and just the one object per image. I'm doing this to practice editorial illustrations because I want to attract more editorial work and I want to be good at it. And it allows me to listen to more Neil, which is good.


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Reps move to halt Bank employees from owning foreign bank account
By The Nation On Jun 10, 2021
By Tony Akowe, Abuja
The House of Representatives has begun the amendment of the Bank Employees Declaration of Asset Act, seeking to ban bank employees from owning foreign accounts.
The amendment being sought will also ensure that the process of asset declaration for Customs officers is made less cumbersome as they will no longer be required to declare their assets to the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, but to the Code of Conduct Bureau as contained in the 1999 constitution.
The bill seeking to amend the Bank Employees (Declaration of Assets) Act CAP B1 Laws of the Federation 2004 was enacted in 1986 by the military regime of General Ibrahim Babangida.
Davido, cousin intensify war of words over Osun 2022
Police says no bandit kingpin relocated to Kwara
The bill which passed second reading in the House of Reps on Thursday is sponsored by Shina Peller (APC, Oyo)
Leading the debate on the bill, Peller said "the Intendment of the Act, among others, is to make provisions for the declaration of assets by employees of banks operating in Nigeria and to empower the President to extend its application to other categories of persons."
He explained that by virtue of section 12, the Act also applies to the Comptroller General, Deputy Comptroller- General, Assistant Comptroller General, Principal collector, collector and other officers, staff or employee of the Nigerian Customs Service as they apply to a Chief Executive or an employee of a bank.
He said "the Policy behind the Act was aimed at monitoring the activities of bank employees and Customs Officers to ensure that their life style reflect their earnings, and to discourage them from engaging in corrupt practices."
Food crisis looms, as bandits scare farmers from farms – El-Rufai
We didn't kill any security personnel in Imo – IPOB
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import random
import argparse
import string
chars = [char for char in string.ascii_lowercase]

parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='user daily frofiles')
parser.add_argument("-f", "--outfile", dest="outfile", help="Output file", required=True )
parser.add_argument("-n", "--samples-count", dest="nsamples", help="Number of samples to generate", required=True, type=int)
args = parser.parse_args()

with open(args.outfile, 'w') as csvfile:
    csvwriter = csv.writer(csvfile)
    for _ in xrange(args.nsamples):
        random.shuffle(chars)
        record = [
            random.randint(0, 99999),
            chars[0],
            random.randint(0, 99999)
        ]
        csvwriter.writerow(record)

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Q: TensorFlow transfer learning ValueError I was trying transfer learning, on an image classification problem, on google colab and when I ran this code:
# Setup input shape to the model
INPUT_SHAPE = [None, 244, 244, 3] # batch, height, width, colour channels

# Setup output shape of the model
OUTPUT_SHAPE = 120

# Setup model URL form TensorFlow Hub
MODEL_URL =  "https://tfhub.dev/google/imagenet/mobilenet_v2_130_224/classification/4"

# Create a function which builds a Keras model
def create_model(input_shape=INPUT_SHAPE, output_shape=OUTPUT_SHAPE, model_url=MODEL_URL):
  print("Building model with:", MODEL_URL)

  # Setup the model layers
  model = tf.keras.Sequential([
    hub.KerasLayer(MODEL_URL), # Layer 1 (input layer)
    tf.keras.layers.Dense(units=OUTPUT_SHAPE,
                          activation="softmax") # Layer 2 (output layer)
  ])

  # Compile the model
  model.compile(
      loss=tf.keras.losses.CategoricalCrossentropy(),
      optimizer=tf.keras.optimizers.Adam(),
      metrics=["accuracy"]
  )

  # Build the model
  model.build(INPUT_SHAPE)

  return model

model = create_model()
model.summary()

I got this error:
Building model with: https://tfhub.dev/google/imagenet/mobilenet_v2_130_224/classification/4
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
ValueError                                Traceback (most recent call last)
<ipython-input-43-0fd4f47c95c0> in <module>()
----> 1 model = create_model()
      2 model.summary()

5 frames
/usr/local/lib/python3.6/dist-packages/tensorflow/python/autograph/impl/api.py in wrapper(*args, **kwargs)
    263       except Exception as e:  # pylint:disable=broad-except
    264         if hasattr(e, 'ag_error_metadata'):
--> 265           raise e.ag_error_metadata.to_exception(e)
    266         else:
    267           raise

ValueError: in user code:

    /usr/local/lib/python3.6/dist-packages/tensorflow_hub/keras_layer.py:229 call  *
        result = smart_cond.smart_cond(training,
    /usr/local/lib/python3.6/dist-packages/tensorflow/python/saved_model/load.py:486 _call_attribute  **
        return instance.__call__(*args, **kwargs)
    /usr/local/lib/python3.6/dist-packages/tensorflow/python/eager/def_function.py:580 __call__
        result = self._call(*args, **kwds)
    /usr/local/lib/python3.6/dist-packages/tensorflow/python/eager/def_function.py:627 _call
        self._initialize(args, kwds, add_initializers_to=initializers)
    /usr/local/lib/python3.6/dist-packages/tensorflow/python/eager/def_function.py:506 _initialize
        *args, **kwds))
    /usr/local/lib/python3.6/dist-packages/tensorflow/python/eager/function.py:2446 _get_concrete_function_internal_garbage_collected
        graph_function, _, _ = self._maybe_define_function(args, kwargs)
    /usr/local/lib/python3.6/dist-packages/tensorflow/python/eager/function.py:2777 _maybe_define_function
        graph_function = self._create_graph_function(args, kwargs)
    /usr/local/lib/python3.6/dist-packages/tensorflow/python/eager/function.py:2667 _create_graph_function
        capture_by_value=self._capture_by_value),
    /usr/local/lib/python3.6/dist-packages/tensorflow/python/framework/func_graph.py:981 func_graph_from_py_func
        func_outputs = python_func(*func_args, **func_kwargs)
    /usr/local/lib/python3.6/dist-packages/tensorflow/python/eager/def_function.py:441 wrapped_fn
        return weak_wrapped_fn().__wrapped__(*args, **kwds)
    /usr/local/lib/python3.6/dist-packages/tensorflow/python/saved_model/function_deserialization.py:261 restored_function_body
        "\n\n".join(signature_descriptions)))

    ValueError: Could not find matching function to call loaded from the SavedModel. Got:
      Positional arguments (4 total):
        * Tensor("inputs:0", shape=(None, 244, 244, 3), dtype=float32)
        * False
        * False
        * 0.99
      Keyword arguments: {}

    Expected these arguments to match one of the following 4 option(s):

    Option 1:
      Positional arguments (4 total):
        * TensorSpec(shape=(None, 224, 224, 3), dtype=tf.float32, name='inputs')
        * False
        * True
        * TensorSpec(shape=(), dtype=tf.float32, name='batch_norm_momentum')
      Keyword arguments: {}

    Option 2:
      Positional arguments (4 total):
        * TensorSpec(shape=(None, 224, 224, 3), dtype=tf.float32, name='inputs')
        * True
        * False
        * TensorSpec(shape=(), dtype=tf.float32, name='batch_norm_momentum')
      Keyword arguments: {}

    Option 3:
      Positional arguments (4 total):
        * TensorSpec(shape=(None, 224, 224, 3), dtype=tf.float32, name='inputs')
        * True
        * True
        * TensorSpec(shape=(), dtype=tf.float32, name='batch_norm_momentum')
      Keyword arguments: {}

    Option 4:
      Positional arguments (4 total):
        * TensorSpec(shape=(None, 224, 224, 3), dtype=tf.float32, name='inputs')
        * False
        * False
        * TensorSpec(shape=(), dtype=tf.float32, name='batch_norm_momentum')
      Keyword arguments: {}

I tried installing tf-nightly and older versions of tensorflow to see if it would run, but that did not work. I also tried an older version of tensorflow_hub and that too caused some more errors. I tried to factory reset the notebook and try again, and i get the same error. The error doesn't show up if I comment out model.build(INPUT_SHAPE) . Other than that I'm not sure what to do to fix the issue.

A: Two changes are needed for your code to work.

*

*We should use MobileNet_V2_Feature_Vector Module instead of MobileNet_V2_Image_Classification Module, as you want to use MobileNet for your Dataset, rather than using it on ImageNet Dataset.

*While using MobileNet_V2_Feature_Vector Module, we should use an Input Layer as shown below:

    tf.keras.layers.InputLayer(input_shape=(224,224,3))

Complete working code is shown below:
import tensorflow as tf
import tensorflow_hub as hub

# Setup input shape to the model
INPUT_SHAPE = [None, 244, 244, 3] # batch, height, width, colour channels

# Setup output shape of the model
OUTPUT_SHAPE = 120

# Setup model URL form TensorFlow Hub
MODEL_URL =  "https://tfhub.dev/google/tf2-preview/mobilenet_v2/feature_vector/4"

# Create a function which builds a Keras model
def create_model(input_shape=INPUT_SHAPE, output_shape=OUTPUT_SHAPE, model_url=MODEL_URL):
  print("Building model with:", MODEL_URL)

  # Setup the model layers
  model = tf.keras.Sequential([tf.keras.layers.InputLayer(input_shape=(224,224,3)),
    hub.KerasLayer(MODEL_URL, output_shape=[1280],
                   trainable=False),
    tf.keras.layers.Dense(units=OUTPUT_SHAPE,
                          activation="softmax")
  ])

  # Compile the model
  model.compile(
      loss=tf.keras.losses.CategoricalCrossentropy(),
      optimizer=tf.keras.optimizers.Adam(),
      metrics=["accuracy"]
  )

  # Build the model
  model.build(INPUT_SHAPE)

  return model

model = create_model()
model.summary()

Output of the above code is shown below:
Building model with: https://tfhub.dev/google/tf2-preview/mobilenet_v2/feature_vector/4
Model: "sequential_8"
_________________________________________________________________
Layer (type)                 Output Shape              Param #
=================================================================
keras_layer_8 (KerasLayer)   (None, 1280)              2257984
_________________________________________________________________
dense_8 (Dense)              (None, 120)               153720
=================================================================
Total params: 2,411,704
Trainable params: 153,720
Non-trainable params: 2,257,984

Please refer this comprehensive TF Hub Tutorial for more details on using MobileNet_V2 for your Dataset.

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Cadillac's first electric vehicle will be a crossover
Kirsten Korosec	2 years
Cadillac revealed Sunday what will likely be the first electric vehicle in the luxury brand's portfolio. And surprise, it's a crossover.
The images of the full-size crossover SUV, which was unveiled during a debut party for the 2020 Cadillac XT6 in Detroit, kicks off a transformation of GM's luxury brand. On Friday, GM announced plans to turn Cadillac into its lead electric vehicle brand in a bid to compete against Tesla as well as a host of other automakers bringing EVs onto the market.
Not much is known about this crossover yet. Cadillac said the name of the electric crossover and additional details about the vehicle will be revealed closer to launch.
This vehicle will not be based on the electric architecture found on GM's Chevrolet models, the Volt or the Bolt EV. GM is starting with a clean slate and developing a new battery electric architecture, which Cadillac will be the first to use.
The most advanced components within the platform are the drive units and battery cells, which will be used throughout GM vehicle lineups in different countries, according to the automaker. The EVs can be configured in front-, rear- or all-wheel drive, and the output of their battery systems will be adjustable based on vehicle and customer needs, GM said.
The battery system also will be adjustable, based on vehicle and customer requirements.
This appears to be the beginning of an aggressive product acceleration for Cadillac. Fresh off the XT6 crossover reveal, Cadillac also hinted at both a future Escalade and an upcoming performance sedan. Cadillac said it plans to introduce new models at the rate of roughly one every six months through 2021.


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Q: Is there a way I can limit what a user views in my SQL Server tables that are accessed through the web? I have a small web application with a SQL Server back end. In the application I have tables such as "Content".  There is content that is specific to one user group. Is there some way that I can limit who sees what rows in a table or is it the case that once I give access to the table then everyone has access. I'm thinking of a web based Content Management System for example. How do those systems limit what people can see if all the data is stored in the same tables?

A: Most content management systems have some form of matrix between users, roles, permissions, publishing workflow and content. This matrix also typically controls security, access, menus and other associated functionality. Depending on your needs you can look towards open source software for inspiration as the domain quickly becomes complicated.


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spinning in the left part, but very slowly again for the same reasons.
with partycles (or blobs?). Looks cool  again tho turtle slow on a basic Falcon.
described in the credits) understand  glowing blobs attached  to every edge.
palette hence not requiring any more comments. Let's move to 3D world instead.
This part was really disappointing though it ran  quite smoothly on my Falcon.
coming out of the earth. Urgh, bad bad color and not a stunning effect at all !
offered, the screen finally fades to black and you get back to GEM.
parts would need more polishing (3D flag, 3D scene) or design (zooming logos).
and released two weeks later while we're still waiting for other EIL entries.
half the Falcon CPU time :( But I hope this is going to be fixed soon.
that is if you're one the of 100 owners of this collectible.


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Posts: 3959 Quote Reply Topic: Who are the Turkish people's ancestors?
10 million turks with greek blood? You think that greeks were existing with the creation of the world?
You do go too far by saying this!!! Of course I did not say this but the Roman/Greeks were there before the Turkic invasion after 1071 AD. The source I read about 10 million Turks having Greek blood is only one source and the numbers could be greater or less than this. My point was about the diversity I found in Turkey. There is no shame in having Slavic, Albanian or Turkic blood. My old history professor use to say that the modern Greeks were descended from the ancient Greeks plus everyone else who came along, same with the Turks.
Even the Greeks in the classical period were mixed
I think you know the Ottoman Empire drew people from all over the known world; both voluntarily and by force. America in many ways is a global empire which is also drawing people from all around the globe.
There is no Greek or Turkish blood, what makes a person Greek or Turkish is not blood but identity, language and historical legacy ie Greeks claim Byzantines as their own while Turks claim Seljuks. However, genetically its more than likely that both sides have ancestors from both sides.
Originally posted by Bulldog
Yes. I agree with this.
You could draw a line of development from the Seljuks to the modern Turkish state, but it's quite a stretch.
None in particular. I'm referring to how the popular image of steppe peoples with their horses and yurts collides with the popular image of Mediterranean peoples with their olive groves and white stone housing, and how this causes confusion when you use the same word for both. I agree though, people from the five first regions you mention do share many physical traits, whereas the Kirgiz tend to look Mongoloid and the Kazaks either look Mongoloid, Europoid or like something in between.
They actually do look different. Perhaps there are indeed some common features; especially for the people of the republic of Turkey and Azeri; but for the others there are much less.
terörist
Turks of Modern Turkey, certainly, do not look like the Oğuz.
"There are worse crimes than burning books. One of them is not reading them. "
--- Joseph Alexandrovitch Brodsky, 1991, Russian-American poet, b. St. Petersburg and exiled 1972 (1940-1996)
The Oghuz Turkic speakers today include Turkmenistan, Azerbaycan, Turkey and the Turks in Iran, the Balkans, the Middle East and Cyprus. There is not such a huge difference among their "looks" neither is there a uniform "look".
Originally posted by Spartakus
I am sure that ancient greeks and modern greeks look different
Yeah, ancient Greeks were all blonde nordic warriors like Europeans of 19th century thought.
Sarcasm off
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The nose and eye shape is not that different at all. Especially, the people of the islands don't look that much different.
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The problem is that many people still believe that shit...and that Dorians came from the alps.
I remember also, that there was some South African author who had published a book, where in order to support that view he had repainted the hair of people on various art to blonde.
Beylerbeyi
Location: Cuba
How people look like is not a that good indicator of their genetic make-up. A better indicator of biological origin is the DNA. Research shows beyond any doubt Anatolian Turkish gene pool is mostly local.
Turkey Turks are a genetically Anatolian people.
End of story. They are genetically much closer to Kurds and Armenians rather than to Kazakhs or Uzbek or other Central Asian Turkics. No amount of Turkish fascists looking at pictures of Kazakhs and saying 'this one looks like my second cousin's sister-in-law's niece' will change that. Looking at the pictures of people to determine their DNA is useless, but nevertheless favourite of all fascists on the internet: 'Look, this kid is blond, so the Ancient Greeks came from Germany'...
Of course,
1. DNA has no ethnicity
2. it is only a minor component in defining an old-world ethnicity, if at all,
so one should be careful when talking about this subject, in order not to write moronic crap like "'real' Turks look like Mongols, so there are no Turks in Turkey".
Same with the Greeks. I don't think there is big difference between the DNA of Ancient and modern Greeks (once they are settled in Greece and the islands). As for the looks, I'd say modern Greeks are more likely to be blond than the ancient ones (even though that is not a good indicator of genetic make-up).
Beylerbeyi, i agree with you.
Ethnicity as you said has no DNA, only common continuous memories and other small details that are enough to make people feel akin to each other.
End of story. They are genetically much closer to Kurds and Armenians rather than to Kazakhs or Uzbek or other Central Asian Turkics.
It would be more correct to say, Turkey Turks are genetically "diverse", I've even met a few Turks who look Black, I have a Turkish friend here who gets mistaken by Jamaicans who being a fellow Jamaican
There is no "Turkic" gene or any other "national gene", people in Ozbekistan and Kazakistan are not identical neither are people anywhere else, even between towns there can be genetic differences.
The Turks of Turkey settled in the region before the expansion of the Mongols, its not certain what these Oghuz Turks "genetics" were, one study which could be done is to compare Oghuz Turkic speaking groups.
I am talking about medieval immigrants, not modern day people.
Emil_Diniyev
Oh, i m tired of those idiots claiming Azeris who are of Iranian origin forced into speaking Turkish.
At least write in Iranian Azeris, that would make sense.
If not Turkish, the second thing Azeris are is Caucasian.
'edited By leo', go and look at traditional cloths, dances etc...
Even look, i look like my Dagestani neighbour, not Persian from thousound of miles away.
Edited by Leonidas - 09-Jan-2009 at 04:10
Watch this and u will understand.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sV2uXpHdHg
I am watching this thread. Emil remember the Coc before throwing names around in your post. This is an unoffical warning we cant have any of that here.
Originally posted by Emil_Diniyev
The title of this video is offensive to Armenians. Please watch the title before posting the link here. BTW, the dance is pretty good.
I recommend these videos for Azeri dance.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CyvD2nWH0Z8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAYSCTFKYfg
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Posts: 19 Quote Reply Posted: 16-Jan-2009 at 15:16
The Turks were originally a pastoral nomadic people who lived in the Central Asian Steppes. The Steppes are part of a giant region stretching from Eastern Europe to the Pacific Ocean which was mainly inhabited by pastoral nomadic groups. Among other groups of this area are the Aryan/Vedic people, Mongols, Xiongnu, etc. Very little is known of the history of these peoples before they invaded and conquered settled societies. The Turks were descendants of the Proto Indo-Europeans (but that can be said for most Afro-Eurasian peoples).


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Ron Paul on the issues
Judging from the comments to our previous post on Ron Paul, it appears his supporters haven't read the position papers on his website, because they consistently misstate his positions.
Yes, Ron Paul does want to send Them back home and he does want to revoke birthright citizenship (even as he piously says the Constitution is his guiding light.) And says so on his issue page on immigration.
No amnesty. Estimates suggest that 10 to 20 million people are in our country illegally.
End birthright citizenship. As long as illegal immigrants know their children born here will be citizens, the incentive to enter the U.S. illegally will remain strong.
Ron Paul has taken no clear position on Iraq except for a vague "bring them home." He doesn't even say 'bring them home now" or mention the word "Iraq."
We can continue to fund and fight no-win police actions around the globe, or we can refocus on securing America and bring the troops home.
As for racism, quoting the Houston Chronicle.
"Opinion polls consistently show that only about 5 percent of blacks have sensible political opinions, i.e. support the free market, individual liberty and the end of welfare and affirmative action,"Paul wrote.
Paul continued that politically sensible blacks are outnumbered "as decent people."
Orcinus amply documents Paul's continuing alliances with and support from the extreme Right.
While I think the evidence that Paul is incredibly insensitive on racial issues — ranging from a racially incendiary newsletter to his willingness to appear before neo-Confederate and white-supremacist groups — is simply overwhelming, it isn't as simple to make the case that he is an outright racist, since he does not often indulge in hateful rhetoric — and when he has, he tries to ameliorate it by placing it in the context of what he thinks are legitimate policy issues.
Here, for example, is Clay Robison, writing in the Houston Chronicle the same week Molly wrote the above:
[Democratic candidate] Morris recently distributed copies of political newsletters written by Paul in 1992 in which the Surfside physician endorsed the concept of secession, defended cross burning as an act of free speech and expressed sympathy for a man sentenced to prison for bombing an IRS building.
Helping fuel the U.N.-bashing in the 1990s, you'll recall, was the conspiracy theory holding that the "New World Order" suggested by the first President Bush in 1991 was actually part of a larger plot to enslave the world under a global government located at the U.N. Black helicopters and sightings of Chinese troops massing on the borders were part and parcel of these beliefs.
And helping promote these beliefs, and lend them the legitimacy of his office, was Congressman Ron Paul, who even to this day promotes the "New World Order" theories.
Watch out for the black helicopters and put on the tin foil hats.
Oh, then's that little matter of the David Duke endorsement. If he's so moderate why hasn't he rejected the endorsement?
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Jul 16, 2007 / 11:14 am
More on Ron Paul here and note especially the link in "Update 2" in that post.
Jul 16, 2007 / 1:07 pm
I'll try not to use big words. President Ron Paul can not end birthright citizenship. He can call for it, but the only way to amend the Constitution is for the States and Congress to do it. The President cannot do it. OK?
Have you watched the debates? Or really, read or watched anything expect the article that you have quoted? He has repeatedly and consistently said he would bring them home now. Here's one – it took me about 1 second to find it on Google. It's called "Bring Our Troops Home Now" which should give you a hint about the content. "http://www.lewrockwell.com/paul/paul398.html"
Hillary Clinton does not reject the endorsement of the communist party, either. It does not mean she is one.
The racism has been refuted over and over. I will not waste time on it.
Ron Paul is not insensitive to racial issues. It is probably more accurate to say that he simply thinks they are largely a political tool. He has lectured time and time again about the dangers of collectivism.
Again, using little words, he certainly does not believe that people should be grouped together and judged. Each and every person should be judged individually. That' is certainly not a "progressive" stance, that's for sure. But giving certain groups of people special protection and privileges only isolates them, and you can't integrate people if you isolate them. You cannot have it both ways.
Cross-burning is every bit as protected as flag burning. Freedom is like that, it applies to everybody, even the idiots. Maybe even especially the idiots. Besides, didn't your Mom ever teach you that "sticks and stones" poem? There is no law, nor should there be, about being offensive. If there were, King George would have shut down "The Daily Kos" years ago. Watching what GWB has done with all our civil liberties, I'm just amazed and saddened that there are still people in this world who want to hand him more of them.
I can provide you with links and links of quotes from former members and Congressional testimony from high ranking officials that insist we need to give up our sovreignity and work toward a one world government. They're very happy that people like you don't see the harm, or simply refuse to believe it. They're going to need serfs.
"The Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) is the American Branch of a society which originated in England … (and) … believes national boundaries should be obliterated and one-world rule
established."– Professor of History Carroll Quigley, Georgetown University
"We know in the not too distant future, a half dozen corporations are going to control the media. We took this step (merger) to ensure we were one of them"–Time Warner spokesperson.
"All of us will ultimately be judged on the effort we have contributed to building a new world order."–Robert Kennedy, former U.S. Attorney-General, 1967.
"When we got organized as a country and we wrote a fairly radical Constitution with a radical Bill of Rights, giving a radical amount of freedom to Americans…" "And so alot of people say there's
too much personal freedom." – -President Bill Clinton
"We can't be so fixated on our desire to preserve the rights of ordinary Americans.."–
Bill Clinton USA Today–3-11-93
"If a nation values anything more than freedom, then it will lose it's freedom; and the irony of it is that if it is comfort and security that it values, it will lose that too.Unknown Americans must decide :
Are we to be governed by Americans or by an International organization ? I, for one, owe no alliegence to the United Nations nor will I give it any. I obey only the U.S. Constitution. You had
better think about this issue, for if the U.N. can violate the Sovereignty of Haiti, Iraq and other countries, it can violate ours…The United States may not be the top dog 15 years from now. U.N. security council resolutions, backed by say chinese soldiers, could be aimed at us."-Charley Reese-Orlando Sentinel
So tell me – are you really ready to watch the Chinese-led UN troops march into our country because a future President decides not to comply with a UN resolution? Sadly, I suspect you actually are.
> So tell me – are you really ready to watch the Chinese-led UN troops march into our country because a future President decides not to comply with a UN resolution? Sadly, I suspect you actually are.
There you go folks, this is precisely the type of extreme right wing paranoia typical of those who follow Ron Paul.
He's not being ironic, he's genuinely afraid hordes of commies will be massing on US borders.
Or maybe they just use scare tactics as a pretext for eliminating dissent, which is what Ron Paul and his followers would certainly do if they ever gained power. Shades of McCarthyism
Oct 10, 2007 / 1:37 pm
ron paul is vague on iraq. that's the first time i've heard that. "bring them home" means bring them home. it's very simple. he stresses this over and over. he'd start bringing them home immediately. if you can't figure out that he is talking about iraq (although he also means the entire world) from the context of the conversations, and that he means "now" from his explanations, then i don't know what to tall you.
In my estimation, if a politician, any politician, doesn't use a particular phrase it's because he doesn't want to. "Bring the troops home" without mentioning Iraq, while certainly a better stance than most of the Dems, is still nebulous, with much wiggle room.


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February 19th, 2010 7 comments
After a couple of Original specials "" Beatles and Reworked Hits "" we return to the usual random selection of five lesser known originals: the Bacharach/David song I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself, the seriously great Super Duper Love (which became a hit for Joss Stone), Gordon Lightfoot's Early Morning Rain, rock & roll classic See You Later Alligator, and the story of the Coke jingle that first was another song and then a megaghit which most of us might have preferred to have been taught.
Tommy Hunt – I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself (1962).mp3
Dusty Springfield – I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself (1964).mp3
Dionne Warwick – I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself (1966).mp3
Isaac Hayes – I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself (1970).mp3
One should think that a song written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David, arranged and conducted by Bacharach and produced by the legendary Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller would become a big hit. Alas, R&B singer Tommy Hunt"s version, released on the Scepter label as a b-side to And I Never Knew and as the title track of Hunt"s 1962 album, went mostly unnoticed. Tommy Hunt a former member of The Flamingos (of I Only Have Eyes For You fame), never achieved the breakthrough, but he was very popular on Britain"s Northern Soul scene, and performed on the circuit as late as the 1990s. Scepter tried their luck with the song a second time in 1965 with a version by Big Maybelle, which used the same backing track as Hunt"s. It went nowhere.
In 1964, I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself provided Dusty Springfield with her second top 10 hit , while in the US Dionne Warwick "" the great performer of the Bacharach/David songbook "" had a US hit with it in 1966, also on the Specter label.
Also recorded by: Big Maybelle (1964), Jill Jackson (1964), Sheila (as Oui, il faut croire, 1964), Joan Baxter (1964), Chris Farlowe (1966), Chuck Jackson (1966), Smokey Robinson & The Miracles (1966, released in 2002), Brook Benton (1969), Isaac Hayes (1970), Gary Puckett (1970), Cissy Houston (1970), The Dells (1972), Marcia Hines (1976), Demis Roussos (1978), Elvis Costello & The Attractions (1978), The Photos (1980), Linda Ronstadt (1993),Linda Ronstadt (1994), Bloom (1997), Nicky Holland (1997), The Earthmen (1998), Sonia (2000), The White Stripes (2003), Steve Tyrell (2003), Trijntje Oosterhuis (2007), Tina Arena (2007), Jimmy Somerville (2009) a.o.
Sugar Billy "" Super Duper Love (1975).mp3
Joss Stone "" Super Duper Love (2003).mp3
Not much is known about Sugar Billy, who was known to his mom as William Garner. Apparently a producer of some sort before he released what seems to be his sole album, also called Super Duper Love, on Fast Track Records in 1975, he then promptly faded into obscurity. It"s a pity, because the LP is quite wonderful (though some of it must have seemed a little outdated even by 1975), and the cover is one of the sexiest I can think of. Super Duper Love was the album"s lead single, released in 1974. It didn"t dent the charts. I don"t even know whether Billy, who is also playing the great guitar on the track, is still alive, though it seems that he eventually retired from the music industry and worked as a builder.
Joss Stone launched her career as a 16-year-old in 2003 on the back of her version of Super Duper Love (and a regrettable cover of the White Stripes" Fell In Love With A Girl) in 2003. It was an inspired choice: a catchy tune which only few people knew, and poppy enough that it did not require her to imitate soul singing. It has a pleasant "70s soul vibe "" as it should have, since several "70s soul legends appear on it, such as Timmy Thomas (on keyboards) and Betty Wright (as co-producer and on backing vocals). I hope that Sugar Billy did okay on the royalties. If Super Duper Love had been representative of the Joss Stone sound, I"d have been quite content. Alas, the white teenage girl from suburban Brittania was hyped as some sort of mystic incarnation of a soul mother from the deepest south, which clearly she was not. The Grammys loved it, of course, though that is rarely a token of artistic credibility. The girl didn"t know better, but she paved the way for a flood of entirely redundant British white soulstresses.
Also recorded by: nobody else, it seems
Ian & Sylvia – Early Morning Rain (1965).mp3
Gordon Lightfoot – Early Morning Rain (1966).mp3
Paul Weller – Early Morning Rain (2004).mp3
Richard Hawley "" Early Morning Rain (2009).mp3
Several artists had a bite of Early Morning Rain before the song"s writer, Gordon Lightfoot, released it (though he had already recorded it). First up were Lightfoot"s Canadian compatriots Ian & Sylvia, a folk duo discovered in 1962 by Bob Dylan"s future manager Albert Grossman, who"d also sign Lightfoot. The married twosome"s version, with a rather good bass break, appeared on their 1965 album named after Lightfoot"s song. It featured another song by the still mostly unknown Lightfoot, For Lovin" Me, as well as the original version of Darcy Farrow.
Both Lightfoot songs recorded by Ian & Sylvia were soon covered by Peter, Paul & Mary, who released Early Morning Rain as a single in late 1965, by Judy Collins and by the Kingston Trio. In November 1965 it was also recorded on a demo by the Warlocks, who a month later would become the Grateful Dead, though their version would not be released till later (listen to the full Warlocks session here). Peter, Paul & Mary"s single release tanked, but a 1966 version by George Hamilton IV reached the top 10 of the country charts (he also had success with another Lightfoot song, Steel Rail Blues).
By then, Lightfoot had finally released the song, closing the A-side of his debut album, Lightfoot!, which came out in January 1966 but had mostly been recorded in December 1964. The songwriter, incidentally, had spent a year in Britain presenting the BBC"s Country & Western Show (among his viewers very likely was country fan Keith Richards).
Also recorded by: Peter, Paul & Mary (1965), Judy Collins (1965), Kingstion Trio (1965), Chad & Jeremy (1966), Bobby Bare (1966), Carolyn Hester (1966), The Settlers (1966) ,Joe Dassin (as Dans la brume du matin, 1966), Julie Felix (1967), The What's New (1967), Bob Dylan (1970), Pendulum (1971), Elvis Presley (1972), Jerry Lee Lewis (1973), Eddy Mitchell (as Chaque matin il se lève, 1974), Moose (1992), Bill Staines (1995), Tony Rice (1996),Grateful Dead (1965, released in 2001),Eva Cassidy (released in 2002), Raul Malo (2004), Richard Hawley (2009) a.o.
Bobby Charles – Later Alligator (1955).mp3
Bill Haley and his Comets – See You Later Alligator (1956).mp3
We previously looked at Haley"s Rock Around The Clock (first recorded by Sonny Dae & his Knights; see The Originals Vol. 11). See You Later Alligator, the final of Haley"s trilogy of million-sellers, was a cover of Bobby Charles" Cajun blues number. Born Robert Charles Guidry in Louisiana, Charles (who died in January) recorded the song as Later Alligator in 1955 at the age of 17. It was released in November 1955 without making much of a commercial impact. His hero, Fats Domino, also recorded a couple of his songs, first Before I Grow Too Old and in 1960 the hit Walking To New Orleans. Charles also wrote (I Don't Know Why) But I Do for Clarence "˜Frogman" Henry, and played Down South in New Orleans at The Band"s farewell concert (it appears on the 4-disc set of The Last Watltz but, alas, not in the film). That Band song wasn"t his, but he co-wrote Small Town Talk with Rick Danko.
Haley recorded See You Later Alligator on December 12, 1955, apparently allowing his drummer Ralph Jones to play on it, instead of the customary random session musician. Released in January 1956, Haley"s version sold more than a million copies, but reached only #6 in the Billboard charts.
Contrary to popular perception, the catchphrase "See you later, alligator" with the response "in a while, crocodile" was not coined by the song, neither in Bobby Charles" nor Bill Haley"s version. It was an old turn of phrase, used by the jazz set already in the 1930s, along the same lines as "What"s the story, morning glory?", "What"s your song, King Kong?" and "What"s the plan, Charlie Chan?". It was, however, due to Haley"s hit that the phrase spread more widely throughout he US and internationally.
Also recorded by: Roy Hall (1956), Freddie and the Dreamers (1964), Millie Small (1965), Mud (as part of a medley, 1974), Rock House (1974), Orion (1980), Ricky King (1984), Dr. Feelgood (1986), Zachary Richard (1990)
Susan Shirley – True Love And Apple Pie (1971).mp3
Coca Cola commercial "" I"d Like To But The World A Coke (1971).mp3
The Hillside Singers "" I"d Like To Teach The World To Sing (1971).mp3
The New Seekers "" I"d Like To Teach The World To Sing (1971).mp3
The contribution of advertising to the origination of pop hits is scarce. There was We"ve Only Just Begun (discussed here) and, well, I"d Like To Teach The World To Sing, whose original function was to peddle Coca Cola. And somehow, a little-known Australian squeezed in her version as the song"s original release.
In January 1971, Coca Cola were looking for ways to popularise its new slogan, "It"s the Real Thing", which had replaced the classic "Things Go Better With Coke". The company"s advertising agency, McCann-Erickson, brought together its creative director, Bill Backer, with songwriters Billy Davis (who had written for Motown) and Roger Cook, a member of Blue Mink. Cook already had a melody, a ditty called True Love And Apple Pie which he had written with his regular collaborator, Roger Greenway. The Cook/Greenway partnership was prolific over the years, including hits such as Something"s Gotten Hold Of My Heart, Melting Pot and Long Cool Woman In A Black Dress. The three wrote the words for the jingle overnight in a London hotel room, with the New Seekers in mind as its performers. As it turned out, the New Seekers thought the song was trite and not just a little silly (and that"s the New Seekers pronouncing on sentimentality).
True Love And Apple Pie and was released in March 1971, produced by Greenway and with Davis credited as a co-writer. It seems that the Coke jingle had already been flighted a month earlier on US radio, albeit to negative response. There seem to have been legal wrangling as a result of a version of the jingle Coca Cola had commissioned being in circulation. Shirley"s song certainly received little promotion.
Meanwhile, the McCann-Erickson agency devised a new way to promote the jingle, deciding it needed visuals. The resulting TV commercial (video), filmed by the great Haskell Wexler, became an instant classic. The song, I"d Like To Buy The World A Coke, became so popular that radio DJs persuaded Davis to record it with adapted lyrics. Recorded by session singers without the branding, it was released under the name Hillside Singers, and started to climb the US charts when the New Seekers eventually consented to record it, minus the "it"s the real thing" tag. It became a massive hit, topping the UK charts in January 1972 and reaching #7 in the US.
Unbelievable though it may sound, those creators of entirely original music, Oasis, were sued for plagiarising from I"d Like To Teach The World To Sing, lyrics and music, for their song Shakermaker. The original opening line went: "I"d like to teach the world to sing, in perfect harmony." How did the monobrowed twits expect to get away with that?
Also recorded by: Ray Conniff (1971), The Edwin Hawkins Singers (1972), The Congregation (1972),Jim Nabors (1972), Chet Atkins (1972), St. Tropez Singers (as Endnu er jorden grøn, 1972), Klaus Wunderlich (1972), Peter Dennler (1982), Jevetta Steele (1990), No Way Sis (1996), Lea Salonga (1997), Demi Holborn (2002), Bobby Bare Jr's Young Criminals' Starvation League (2003), Eve Graham (2005) a.o.
Categories: The Originals Tags: Bill Haley, Bobby Charles, Coca Cola, Dionne Warwick, Dusty Springfield, Isaac Hayes, Joss Stone, New Seekers, Sugar Billy
October 22nd, 2008 1 comment
Shuggie Otis – Strawberry Letter 23.mp3
Brothers Johnson – Strawberrry Letter 23.mp3
Quentin Tarantino had a good line in compiling soundtracks. Among the nearly forgotten numbers he resurrected was the Brothers Johnson"s catchy Strawberry Letter 23. I loathe the use of it in Jackie Brown though "" scoring a vicious scene with a cute song is so Clockwork Orange. The soundtrack for Jackie Brown surely sold very well. All the more the pity that the author and original performer of the song is now reportedly eking out a decaying existence in Oakland. Shuggie Otis, a gifted guitarist, indeed multi-instrumentalist, and son of R&B legend John Otis (Shuggie"s real name is John Otis Jr), released his ode of appreciation for the 22th love letter on strawberry-scented paper in 1971. The song was intended to represent a response to letter 22, hence the numbering. Six years after Otis recorded the track, Brothers Johnson recorded it in a more upbeat mood, produced by Quincy Jones (who, happily, amplified the opening hook) with Lee Ritenour taking over the guitar solo duties so integral to the song.
Also recorded by: Tevin Campbell (1991)
Best version: Much as I like the brothers" take.and without wishing to come over all purist, I prefer Otis" original. The clarity of his less lushly produced instrumental part can do your head in.
Smiley Lewis – I Hear You Knocking.mp3
Dave Edmunds – I Hear You Knocking.mp3
Smiley Lewis will feature again with another song when we visit the Elvis originals. Here he provided the original for an early "70s hit. Lewis, a New Orleans musician nicknamed for his missing front teeth, recorded I Hear You Knocking in 1955. The song was written by Dave Bartholomew and Pearl King, and the former was Fats Domino"s writing partner. Fats naturally later recorded the song. At a time when US radio and charts were subject to much racial segregation, Lewis" record made little impact outside the black charts, where it peaked at #2, and Lewis" career never really took off. Instead the song enjoyed commercial success in its version by Gale Storm in 1956. Lewis died of stomach cancer in 1966.
Four years later, he would be remembered by the Welsh singer Dave Edmunds, whose cover of I Hear You Knocking reached #1 in Britain and #4 in the US with slightly altered lyrics which name checked Lewis, among others (including Huey Smith, who played on Lewis" version). Edmunds himself hadn"t known the song until he produced a version of it for the young Shakin" Stevens "" a decade away from fame as a revivalist rock "˜n roller and Christmas #1 hunter. In fact, Edmunds almost didn"t record what would become his biggest hit. He had planned to find stardom with a cover of Wilbert Harrison"s Let"s Work Together, but was scooped in that endeavour by Canned Heat (as we"ll see below). So he adapted the arrangement he had in mind for Let"s Work Together to create a truly original cover.
Also recorded by: Fats Domino (1955 & 1961), Jill Day (1956), Gale Storm (1956), Connie Francis (1959), Shakin' Stevens (1970), Andy Fairweather-Low (1976), Kingfish (1976), Orion (1979), The Fabulous Thunderbirds (1981), Rocking Dopsie & the Cajun Twisters (1988), Screamin' Jay Hawkins (1991), Quicksilver Messenger Service (1991), Bart Herman (1993), Alvin Lee (1994), Yockamo All-Stars (1998), Tom Principato (2003) a.o.
Best version: I do like the original better than Edmunds", but I suspect that Fats Domino would trump either.
Wilbert Harrison – Let's Work Together.mp3
Canned Heat – Let's Work Together.mp3
Bryan Ferry – Let's Stick Together.mp3
When Wilbert Harrison released Let"s Work Together in 1969, it was a slightly customised take on his 1961 song Let"s Stick Together. For all intents and purposes, it is the same song. Where "Stick Together" failed to make an impression, its reworked version was a minor US hit. Canned Heat, who were canny in their selection of obscure songs to cover, recorded their version soon after and scored a hit with it in 1970 (the same year their hitherto unreleased album produced by John Otis "" Shuggie"s dad "" was released). To their credit, Canned Heat delayed the US release of the single to let Harrison"s single run its course first. In 1976 Bryan Ferry took the song to #4 on the UK charts, having reverted to the original title, introduced some thumping saxophone and applied the suave working-class-boy-gone-posh vocals. Outside Roxy Music, everybody"s favourite fox-hunting Tory never did anything better. Thanks to Wilbert Harrison"s retitling, it is now evident which version "" Canned Heat"s or Ferry"s "" has inspired subsequent covers.
Also recorded by: Climax Blues Band (Work, 1973), Raful Neal (Work, 1987), Bob Dylan (Stick, 1988), Dwight Yoakam (Work, 1990), Status Quo (Work, 1991), George Thorogood & The Destroyers (Work, 1995), Francine Reed (Work, 1996), Paper Parrot (Stick, 1999), Kt Tunstall (Stick, 2007)
Best version: Thanks to the sax, Ferry"s. Marginally.
Sonny Dae & His Knights – Rock Around The Clock.mp3
Hank Williams – Move It On Over.mp3
Bill Haley & his Comets – Rock Around The Clock.mp3
It is indisputable that Bill Haley was a key figure in converting rock "n roll into the mainstream "" or, if we prefer to stray from euphemistic rationalisation, make a black genre infused with some country sensibility palatable to white audiences (so that"s a doctoral thesis delivered in 13 glib words). The notion of Haley as the father of rock "n roll is about as plausible as describing the Bee Gees as the "Kings of Disco". Rock Around The Clock most certainly wasn"t the first rock "n roll single either (on the original label it is categorised as a foxtrot), or even Haley"s first rock "n roll song. It was the first rock "n roll #1 hit, though, and the song"s pivotal influence is undeniable, even if it ripped off a 1947 hit, Hank Williams" Move It On Over (which Chuck Berry also seems to have borrowed from for Roll Over Beethoven).
Rock Around The Clock was written for Haley, but due to various complications involving a feud between record company and authors, it was recorded first by Sonny Dae and His Knights, an Italian-American band, released on a label co-owned by Haley. The original version "" quite distinct from the more famous version "" made no impression, and there is no evidence that Haley referred to it in his interpretation "" indeed Haley and his Comets played it frequently on stage before recording it. Haley"s Rock Around The Clock (recorded on 12 April 1954 as Sammy Davis Jr sat outside the studio awaiting his turn to record) features one of the great guitar solos of the era, by session musician Benny Cedrone. Alas, Cedrone didn"t live to see his work become a seminal moment in music history "" he died on 17 June 1954 in a fall, three days short of his 34rd birthday. Perhaps Cedrone might be regarded as the first rock "n roll death. Which would give the Rock "n Roll Hall of Fame two reasons to admit him.
Also recorded by: Sam 'The Man' Taylor and Alan Freed's Rock 'n Roll Band and The Modernaires (1956), Eddie Cochran and Gary Lambert (1956), Royale Orchestra (1956), Noe Fajardo (1956), Macky Kasper (1956), Renato Carosone (1956), Max Greger Orchestra (1956), Pat Boone (1957), Marimba Chiapas (1957), Winifred Atwell (1957), Isley Brothers (1959), Ray Martin Marching Band (1961), Meyer Davis Orchestra (1961), Sandy Nelson (1962), The Platters (1962), Frank Zappa (1964), Peter Kraus (1964), Jumpin' Gene Simmons (1964), Mike Rios (1965), Bill Haley (1968), The Troublemakers (1968), Wild Angels (1970), Mae West (1972), Tritons (1973), Sha Na Na (1973), Harry Nilsson (1974), Peter Horton (1976), Jack Scott (1979), Telex (1979), Sex Pistols (1979), Les Humphries Singers (1982), The Housemartins (1986), Ty Tender (1987), Smurfarna (1993), Starlite Orchestra (1995), Ernie from Sesame Street (1999) and a few thousand others.
Best version: Haley"s. The guitar, the drums!
Johnny Darrell – Green Green Grass Of Home.mp3
Porter Wagoner – Green, Green Grass Of Home.mp3
Tom Jones – Green, Green Grass Of Home.mp3
I make no secret of it: I think Tom Jones is a hack. I"ll cheerfully concede that his delivery on Bacharach"s What"s New Pussycat is amusingly over the top, and It"s Not Unusual is a fine song sung well. But look at what Jones did to Green Green Grass Of Home. He robbed it of its pathos and lent it as much depth as his contemporary panty recipient Engelbert Humperdinck invested in his material. The spoken bit is droll, but inappropriately delivered to the point of creating a template for generations of hammy karaoke singers. And the cheesy backing vocals. Much better then to return to the song"s roots in country music.
Written by Claude "Curly" Putman Jr, it was first recorded by Johnny Darrell, the ill-fated associate of the Outlaw Country movement which also included the likes of Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings and Kris Kristofferson. In other words, country music that was cool. Darrell"s 1965 version failed to make much of a splash, but Porter Wagoner "" who was cool but dressed like an overdone Nashville cliché "" did gain some attention with his recording made in June 1965. Both versions communicate empathy with the protagonist, a dead man walking awakening from a dream of being reunited in freedom with the scenes of his childhood but in fact is awaiting his execution in the presence of the "sad old padre" (not "peartree" or "partridge").
Jones was introduced to the song through Jerry Lee Lewis" version, also a country affair recorded a few months after Wagoner, and proceeded to turn it into hackneyed easy listening, selling more than a million records of it in 1966. Who said pop was fair?
Also recorded by: Bobby Bare (1965), Jerry Lee Lewis (1965), Leonardo (L'erba verde di casa mia, 1966), Conway Twitty (1966), The Statler Brothers (1967), Dean Martin (1967), Hootenanny Singers (as En sÃ¥ng en gÃ¥ng för längese'n, 1967), Jan Malmsjö (as En sÃ¥ng en gÃ¥ng för längese'n, 1967), Agnaldo Timóteo (as Os Verdes Campos da Minha Terra, 1967), Dallas Frazier (1967), Trini Lopez (1968), Skitch Henderson (1968), Merle Haggard and The Strangers (1968), Belmonte and Amaraí (as Os Verdes Campos da Minha Terra, 1968), Joan Baez (1969), Stompin' Tom Connors (1971), The Fatback Band (1972), The Flying Burrito Brothers (1973), Elvis Presley (1975), Kenny Rogers (1977), John Otway (1980), Jetsurfers (2000)
Best version: I am most partial to Porter Wagoner"s interpretation, which Jones might have consulted concerning the spoken bit.
Categories: The Originals Tags: Bill Haley, Brothers Johnson, Bryan Ferry, Canned Heat, Dave Edmunds, Hank Williams, Johnny Darrell, Porter Wagoner, Shuggie Otis, Smiley Lewis, The Originals, Tom Jones, Wilbert Harrison


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Munditia manawatawhia is a minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Liotiidae.

Description
The height of the smooth shell attains 0.8 mm, its diameter 1.5 mm. This very small, white shell has a discoidal shape and wide umbilicus. It contains 2½ rapidly increasing whorls. The aperture is circular.

Distribution
This marine species is endemic to New Zealand. It is known from the Three Kings Islands, New Zealand.

References

manawatawhia
Gastropods of New Zealand
Gastropods described in 1937


In achieving this award, Goodson Lodge attained an assessment score of 98% for its dementia friendly design, setting a new benchmark as the highest scoring residential aged care setting on record world-wide.
The Dementia Design Gold Accreditation Award, which is only offered to environments that achieve the highest standards of design, is administered by the University of Stirling's Dementia Services Development Centre (DSDC), an international centre of knowledge and expertise dedicated to improving the lives of people with dementia.
The accreditation scheme independently assesses both hospital and residential care settings through a detailed and extensive audit process that rates the design of the building against research-evidenced dementia design principles.
Goodson Lodge Care Centre was completed in spring 2017 and accommodates 64 residents. Split over two floors, the state-of-the-art home offers compassionate care in an environment that has been sensitively designed with residents' well-being in mind.
Every resident has access to a homely household living area, including a lounge, sitting room, open plan kitchen and dining room. The centre also includes a 'high street' featuring cinema, hairdressing salon, café and shop where residents can buy supplies, toiletries and greetings cards.


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Prince of Wales: better served by better public transit?
A couple of days ago, the Ottawa Citizen reported on the potential expansion of Prince of Wales Drive. Council is predictably split: near-suburban and suburban councillors are on board, while central councillors are opposed.
It would be an expensive project, according to estimates:
The city has already earmarked $15 million just for the property acquisition and design for the project. A smaller project, to widen Limebank Road, cost $44 million.
The two-year, $700,000 environmental assessment for the Prince of Wales project is under way and the road, if approved by council, could be built by 2013.
A few paragraphs into the story, one critic of the widening suggested that public transit might be a better solution to congested roads.
David Jeanes, of Transport 2000, said he is disappointed that the city seems so intent on building more roads for cars when there may be rail and other public transit solutions to get more people around. He said there's no point in getting more cars up to intersections such as Prince of Wales and Hog's Back, where there is "no capacity" for more vehicles.
"Widening Prince of Wales doesn't seem to make sense," said Mr. Jeanes. "Unfortunately, the city's policies are: Build what we can, rather than build what we need. They're all short-term decisions. I'm very frustrated."
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Sixteen year-old Bantay Bata 163 started its one-year celebration with a children's party! Dubbed as "Pista ng mga Bata 2013," the anniversary kick-off party started in San Andres Sports Complex in San Andres, Manila where over 500 kids were treated to a fun-filled celebration.
The attendees, who were pre-registered and identified by the Department of Social Welfare and Developments's office in Manila, enjoyed the games, shows and raffle prizes prepared by the Bantay Bata 163 staff with contributions from Zagu, Aquasoft, Master Siomai, Bantay Bata 163 friends from Norway, Chummy Chum Foundation, Inner Magic Club, Energen, Century Pacific, Philippine Soong Ching Ling Foundation and Triple S Marketing Corporation.
Bantay Bata 163 also conducted a parenting seminar which was attended by the parents/ guardians of the children who attended the event. Pista ng mga Bata 2013 will be held this year in six (16) different sites nationwide.
The activities are in line with Bantay Bata 163's Community Outreach Project which is focused in strengthening family relationship through purposive activities for children and parents.


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Saccharopine dehydrogenase
File:PDB 1e5l EBI.jpg
Saccharopine dehydrogenase from Magnaporthe grisea
Saccharop_dh
Pfam clan
IPR005097
1ff9
Available protein structures:
RCSB PDB; PDBe; PDBj
PDBsum
saccharopine dehydrogenase (putative)
SCCPDH
Q8NBX0
Chr. 1 q44
In molecular biology, the protein domain Saccharopine dehydrogenase (SDH), also named Saccharopine reductase, is an enzyme involved in the metabolism of the amino acid lysine, via an intermediate substance called saccharopine. The Saccharopine dehydrogenase enzyme can be classified under EC 1.5.1.7, EC 1.5.1.8, EC 1.5.1.9, and EC 1.5.1.10. It has an important function in lysine metabolism and catalyses a reaction in the alpha-Aminoadipic acid pathway. This pathway is unique to fungal organisms therefore, this molecule could be useful in the search for new antibiotics. This protein family also includes saccharopine dehydrogenase and homospermidine synthase. It is found in prokaryotes, eukaryotes and archaea.
3 Clinical significance
Simplistically, SDH uses NAD+ as an oxidant to catalyse the reversible pyridine nucleotide dependent oxidative deamination of the substrate, Saccharopine, in order to form the products, lysine and alpha-ketoglutarate. This can be described by the following equation:[1]
Saccharopine ⇌ lysine + alpha-ketoglutarate
Saccharopine dehydrogenase EC catalyses the condensation to of l-alpha-aminoadipate-delta-semialdehyde (AASA) with l-glutamate to give an imine, which is reduced by NADPH to give saccharopine.[2] In some organisms this enzyme is found as a bifunctional polypeptide with lysine ketoglutarate reductase (PF).
Homospermidine synthase proteins (EC). Homospermidine synthase (HSS) catalyses the synthesis of the polyamine homospermidine from 2 mol putrescine in an NAD+-dependent reaction.[3]
There appears to be two protein domains of similar size. One domain is a Rossmann fold that binds NAD+/NADH, and the other is relatively similar. Both domains contain a six-stranded parallel beta-sheet surrounded by alpha-helices and loops (alpha/beta fold).[4]
Deficiencies are associated with hyperlysinemia.
↑ Kumar VP, West AH, Cook PF (June 2012). "Supporting role of lysine 13 and glutamate 16 in the acid-base mechanism of saccharopine dehydrogenase from Saccharomyces cerevisiae". Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics. 522 (1): 57–61. doi:10.1016/j.abb.2012.03.027. PMID 22521736.
↑ Vashishtha AK, West AH, Cook PF (June 2009). "Chemical mechanism of saccharopine reductase from Saccharomyces cerevisiae". Biochemistry. 48 (25): 5899–907. doi:10.1021/bi900599s. PMID 19449898.
↑ Tholl D, Ober D, Martin W, Kellermann J, Hartmann T (September 1996). "Purification, molecular cloning and expression in Escherichia coli of homospermidine synthase from Rhodopseudomonas viridis". European Journal of Biochemistry. 240 (2): 373–9. doi:10.1111/j.1432-1033.1996.0373h.x. PMID 8841401.
↑ Andi B, Xu H, Cook PF, West AH (November 2007). "Crystal structures of ligand-bound saccharopine dehydrogenase from Saccharomyces cerevisiae". Biochemistry. 46 (44): 12512–21. doi:10.1021/bi701428m. PMID 17939687.
Saccharopine+Dehydrogenases at the US National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)
Oxidoreductases: CH-NH (EC 1.5)
1.5.1: NAD or NADP acceptor
Dihydrofolate reductase
Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase
1.5.3: oxygen acceptor
Dihydrobenzophenanthridine oxidase
Sarcosine oxidase
Proline oxidase
1.5.5: quinone acceptor
Electron-transferring-flavoprotein dehydrogenase
Sarcosine dehydrogenase
Cytokinin dehydrogenase
Metabolism: Protein metabolism, synthesis and catabolism enzymes
Essential amino acids are in Capitals
Glutaryl-CoA dehydrogenase
3-Hydroxybutyryl-CoA dehydrogenase
Branched-chain amino acid aminotransferase
Branched-chain alpha-keto acid dehydrogenase complex
Enoyl-CoA hydratase
HMG-CoA lyase
Isovaleryl coenzyme A dehydrogenase
α-Ketoisocaproate dioxygenase
Leucine 2,3-aminomutase
Methylcrotonyl-CoA carboxylase
Methylglutaconyl-CoA hydratase
(See Template:Leucine metabolism in humans – this diagram does not include the pathway for β-leucine synthesis via leucine 2,3-aminomutase)
TRYPTOPHAN→
Indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase/Tryptophan 2,3-dioxygenase
Arylformamidase
Kynureninase
3-hydroxyanthranilate oxidase
Aminocarboxymuconate-semialdehyde decarboxylase
Aminomuconate-semialdehyde dehydrogenase
G→pyruvate
→citrate
Serine hydroxymethyltransferase
Serine dehydratase
glycine→creatine: Guanidinoacetate N-methyltransferase
Creatine kinase
alanine→
Alanine transaminase
cysteine→
D-cysteine desulfhydrase
L-threonine dehydrogenase
Histidine ammonia-lyase
Urocanate hydratase
Formiminotransferase cyclodeaminase
Pyrroline-5-carboxylate reductase
1-Pyrroline-5-carboxylate dehydrogenase/ALDH4A1
PYCR1
Ornithine aminotransferase
Ornithine decarboxylase
Agmatinase
→alpha-ketoglutarate→TCA
Glutamate dehydrogenase
cysteine+glutamate→glutathione: Gamma-glutamylcysteine synthetase
Glutathione synthetase
Gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase
glutamate→glutamine: Glutamine synthetase
3-hydroxyisobutyryl-CoA hydrolase
3-hydroxyisobutyrate dehydrogenase
Methylmalonate semialdehyde dehydrogenase
3-hydroxy-2-methylbutyryl-CoA dehydrogenase
generation of homocysteine: Methionine adenosyltransferase
Adenosylhomocysteinase
regeneration of methionine: Methionine synthase/Homocysteine methyltransferase
Betaine-homocysteine methyltransferase
conversion to cysteine: Cystathionine beta synthase
Cystathionine gamma-lyase
Threonine aldolase
→succinyl-CoA→TCA
Propionyl-CoA carboxylase
Methylmalonyl CoA epimerase
Methylmalonyl-CoA mutase
Phenylalanine hydroxylase
Tyrosine aminotransferase
4-Hydroxyphenylpyruvate dioxygenase
Homogentisate 1,2-dioxygenase
Fumarylacetoacetate hydrolase
tyrosine→melanin: Tyrosinase
asparagine→aspartate→
Asparaginase/Asparagine synthetase
Aspartate transaminase
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Ever catch yourself singing the words wrong to a song? Trick question. We all have, whether we admit it or not.
I don't know the scientific reason why we do, but I did discover a possibility while relaxing over a glass of my favorite bubbly - of course.
First, we'll have to back up a few years ago to when my brother and I found our favorite song "No Woman No Cry" by Bob Marley.
Why? It had a special meaning to us. How cool... fear could actually be your best friend?
Hold up. We've been quoting Bob wrong for years? Why would we think he said that?
After much thought - over another yummy champagne drink - it hit me. I was graduating from High School, terrified of the real world, and my brother was going into his last year of High School, terrified of getting to my stage. We were scared of big changes, but we knew going forward was our only option. "My fear is my only courage" bonded us during our challenges at the time.
Luckily, this remixed verse came into my life again at age 25. I've grasped my fear of failure and am finally embracing my true passion, writing.
Of course I couldn't just stop at embracing, I decided to go even further and open my own freelance content writing business on top of writing screenplays. As if that's easy enough.
This is the most terrifying change I've done yet, but I have no doubt my fear will suffice as my courage every step of the way.
Making up your own words to a song could be a beautiful thing. Here I am, singing "Fear is my only courage," and doing what I truly love. How can it get any better than that?


Joann V. Mis as Lottie and Debby Koszelak Swartz as Bernice.
The most popular characters in the Ghostlight Theatre's 40-year history return to the stage May 3 at 7 p.m. The world-premiere comedy and fifth in a series, "Regrets Only!" by local playwright L. Don Swartz, has two old grumpy ladies, Lottie and Bernice crashing a wedding reception and causing their usual mayhem.
The characters were introduced to local audiences in 2001 in the world-premiere of "Danse Macabre" and have been featured in three other comedies over the years: "Here We Sit," "The Lottie and Bernice Show" and "Get Off My Cabbage." The two feisty characters, played by Joann V. Mis (Lottie) and Debby Koskelak Swartz (Bernice), quickly became audience favorites, and they continue to draw more people into the theater than any other show.
"Regrets Only" continues May 4, 5, 11, 12, 18 and 19 at 8 p.m. (The May 20 show at 2 p.m. is sold out.) Tickets are $14 general, and $12 for seniors, students and veterans. Tickets can be reserved online at www.starrynighttheatre.com or by calling the Ghostlight Theatre at 716-743-1614.


Diwali Wishes for Boyfriend, We all know that this day has a lot of importance associated with our faith and belief. So, you cannot let this day pass by without wishing your Boyfriend, Boyfriend and relatives. According to mythology, ruler of Pragjyotishpur Narakasura would kidnap gopis and ill-treat them. The day is celebrated by religious rituals and festivities followed on. On the occasion of Dhanteras, here is a list of wishes and greeting to share on SMS, WhatsApp, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Linkedin, Google with your near and dear ones. The houses and markets are already lit with Dhanteras preparations taking place in full swing. The significance of Dhanteras is it restores the belief of good eventually registering the victory over evil. Dhanteras is one of the biggest festivals of Hindu's and India. Here we are going to provide everything you need on this festival of lights e.g.. Wishes, Images, Wallpapers, Quotes, Funny Pictures.
Wishing you a wonderful Diwali blessed with smiles and happiness, success and glory…. May this Diwali bring in your life eternal joy and beautiful moments with your loved ones.
Shubh Deepavali to the most adorable boyfriend…. I wish that this festive occasion is charged with high energies and infused with happiness for you…. Happy Diwali my love!!!
I pray to God to make it the happiest Diwali of your life and bless the coming year with the best of everything…. With lots of love, I wish you a very Happy Diwali my sweetheart.
To dear boyfriend, this text carries lovely Diwali wishes for you. Let this Diwali be the best of yours and bring in much success and prosperity in your life.
Through this text, I wish my dear boyfriend a happy Diwali. I am sure you are celebrating the festival with much fervor and I send gifts for you.
I wish that the festival of lights bring in your life every joy and prosperity. I wish the best of brightness and happiness for you…. success and glory for you. May you enjoy this festive time with beautiful celebrations and feasts. Warm wishes to you on DIwali my love!!!
As you indulge in celebrations of Deepavali, I send my best wishes for you wrapped in love and warmth. I wish that your life shines with brightness of millions of Diwali diyas and bring in your life good fortune, happiness and health. Wishing you Shubh Deepavali my dear.
Sweetheart, I wish that this festival of lights bless you with the best of happiness and prosperity. May the lamps of joy spread new hope and shine in your life and add to your days sparkles of peace, mirth and goodwill. Have a joyous Diwali and prosperous New Year my love.
As you are enjoying the festivities of the festival of lights, you are wished the brightest moments from the person who loves you a lot. May Diwali bring along lots of love and laughter to fill your life with joy and hope. Wishing you a very Happy and prosperous Diwali my dear.
Diwali is truly the most beautiful time of the year…. On this special day, I pray for new opportunities, new hope and new life for you as we enter another new year… I wish that Lord Ganesha always protect you and bless you. Happy Diwali to you.
Dear boyfriend, I send happy Diwali wishes for you with love. I also send beautiful gifts for the celebration of the festival together with you in the evening.
To my sweet boyfriend, happy Diwali wishes for you. I hope you are enjoying the festival well by lighting fireworks and would join you in the celebration tomorrow.
For my good boyfriend, wishing you a happy and prosperous Diwali. I send fireworks for you to lit and spread light in all our lives.


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use Symfony\Component\Validator\Exception\UnexpectedTypeException;
use Symfony\Component\Validator\Exception\ValidatorException;

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class ConstraintValidatorFactory extends ContainerConstraintValidatorFactory
{
    protected $container;
    protected $validators;

    public function __construct(ContainerInterface $container, array $validators = array())
    {
        parent::__construct($container);

        $this->validators = $validators;
        $this->container = $container;
    }

    /**
     * Returns the validator for the supplied constraint.
     *
     * @return ConstraintValidatorInterface A validator for the supplied constraint
     *
     * @throws ValidatorException      When the validator class does not exist
     * @throws UnexpectedTypeException When the validator is not an instance of ConstraintValidatorInterface
     */
    public function getInstance(Constraint $constraint)
    {
        $name = $constraint->validatedBy();

        if (!isset($this->validators[$name])) {
            return parent::getInstance($constraint);
        }

        if (is_string($this->validators[$name])) {
            $this->validators[$name] = $this->container->get($this->validators[$name]);
        }

        if (!$this->validators[$name] instanceof ConstraintValidatorInterface) {
            throw new UnexpectedTypeException($this->validators[$name], 'Symfony\Component\Validator\ConstraintValidatorInterface');
        }

        return $this->validators[$name];
    }
}