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I am already on record opposing North Carolina's HB2, also known as the "bathroom bill." I find it reactionary, overreaching and short-sighted.
Since the lawsuits and countersuits between the state of North Carolina and federal government, an interesting question arose in a New York Times article: "Can a law written in the heat of the civil rights movement generations ago, apply to people its drafters never intended to cover?"
I suspect many individuals on both sides of the political spectrum already have a prepared response to that question. But too often what appears simple on the surface is quite complex underneath.
Does it matter what the original drafters intended? And is that law open to interpretation or must it remain frozen in perpetuity?
This was certainly the tension created when those advocating for marriage equality cited the 14th Amendment as the basis for the LGBT community to legally wed.
Opponents of marriage equality countered that the Reconstruction Amendments (13th, 14th and 15th) to the Constitution addressed slavery and should not be construed to apply beyond that.
That is certainly true for the 13th Amendment, which abolished slavery, but the 14th Amendment is not so clear. As a result, the 14th Amendment was used to justify and later strike down Jim Crow laws.
Section 1 of the amendment, which begins, "All persons born or naturalized in the United States," grants everyone due process and equal protection under law. Unfortunately, the drafters did not add any qualifiers suggesting a different definition of the word "all."
But does the Civil Rights Act of 1964 offer a clear answer regarding HB2? Is there language in the act that allows for inclusion of transgenders?
Attorney General Loretta Lynch believes HB2 is a clear violation of it. As she stated recently:
"They (North Carolina Legislature and governor) created state-sponsored discrimination against transgendered individuals, who simply seek to engage in the most private of functions in a place of safety and security — a right taken for granted by most of us."
If we leave it there, both sides can freely participate in the debate without any consideration of the law.
Back in 2004, the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals found that such language does exist. However, in 2007, the U.S. 10th Circuit Court of Appeals reached a different conclusion.
Though the U.S. 11th Circuit Court of Appeals, in 2011, found that discrimination toward transgenders qualified as sexual discrimination, the court's findings were not under the civil rights legislation, but as a violation of the 14th Amendment.
And in March, the U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals, under Title IX of the Education Amendments Act of 1972, which prohibits sex discrimination, found for a transgender high school student born female who can use the boys restroom.
Meanwhile, the Supreme Court has said nothing. So where do we go from here?
There is a tendency to cling to the outcome as the determining factor.
The humiliating and sometimes frustrating reality for most who participate in the public discourse equate their desires as synonymous with justice.
I certainly felt this way about the Supreme Court's ruling in Shelby County v. Holder. Instead of citing the Constitution, Justice John Roberts, in my view, offered a sociological analysis to strike down key provisions in Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act.
It is too simplistic to offer what the original drafters of any legislation intended as justification to exclude any group of Americans. All legislation carries the potential of unintended consequences.
Nor can the matter simply be put to a vote. In 1963, would the white citizens of Birmingham have approved an ordinance that would have abolished segregation?
So we need the courts to serve as the umpires for our democracy. Their jurisprudence cannot be held hostage by our desired outcomes.
Regardless of the outcome, HB2 once again demonstrates the difficulty inherent when a nation commits itself to pursue the illusive more perfect union.
Byron Williams is a contributing columnist. Contact him at 510-208-6417 or byron@byronspeaks.com.
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John Tudor (baseball)
John Thomas Tudor (born February 2, 1954) is a former left-handed starting pitcher in Major League Baseball.
John Tudor
Born: February 2, 1954 (age 65)
Schenectady, New York
Batted: Left Threw: Left
MLB debut
August 16, 1979, for the Boston Red Sox
Last MLB appearance
September 13, 1990, for the St. Louis Cardinals
Win–loss record
Boston Red Sox (1979–1983)
Pittsburgh Pirates (1984)
St. Louis Cardinals (1985–1988)
Los Angeles Dodgers (1988–1989)
St. Louis Cardinals (1990)
World Series champion (1988)
Tudor was the oldest of three children born to Jean and Melton Tudor, an engineer.[1] Although born in the Capital District of New York, Tudor was raised in Peabody, Massachusetts and attended the city's Peabody High School where he played hockey and was once cut from the school's baseball team.[2][1]
Tudor began his college baseball career at North Shore Community College in Danvers, Massachusetts where he was the team's best pitcher and hitter.[3] After two years at North Shore, Tudor wrote a letter to Georgia Southern University asking for the opportunity to walk on to their baseball program.[4] Tudor successfully made the Eagles roster as the team's fifth starting pitcher.[2] He graduated from the school with a bachelor's degree in criminal justice.[5] Tudor was drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the third round of the 1976 MLB draft (secondary phase) from Georgia Southern.
Tudor debuted with the Red Sox on August 16, 1979. He spent some time in the minors in 1980 and was used as both a starter and reliever in 1981. He finally established himself as a member of the rotation in 1982, going 13-10 with a 3.63 ERA. After finishing 13-12 the following season, Tudor was traded to the Pittsburgh Pirates for designated hitter Mike Easler. After one year in Pittsburgh, in which he was 12-11 with a 3.27 ERA, he was sent to St. Louis as part of a deal for veteran outfielder George Hendrick. The Pirates received a career minor leaguer in the deal and sent catcher Brian Harper to the Cardinals.
Tudor's highlight was a spectacular 1985 season for the St. Louis Cardinals. Oddly enough, Tudor started that year with a 1-7 record and a 3.74 earned run average through May. He then went on a tear that has rarely been seen since by going 20-1 with a 1.37 ERA the rest of the season and lowering his overall ERA to 1.93. Tudor concluded the season by winning his last eleven decisions. Only the best season of Dwight Gooden's career stopped Tudor from winning the National League Cy Young Award and leading the league in ERA, wins and complete games. He was sixth in strikeouts for the year.
Moreover, Tudor's ten complete game shutouts in 1985 made him the only pitcher since Jim Palmer in 1975 to reach double-digits in that category. (Bob Gibson holds the Cardinal record with 13 in 1968). To make the achievement more impressive, his ten shutouts were all in the last four months of 1985. To date, Tudor is the last Major League player to record ten or more shutouts in a season. The most since then is eight, by Los Angeles Dodger pitcher Orel Hershiser and Boston pitcher Roger Clemens in 1988.
The Cardinals were in the heat of a division race against Gooden and the New York Mets in September 1985. Tudor improved even more by starting the month with two consecutive shutouts and then pitched against Gooden himself in a legendary matchup on September 11. Gooden and Tudor locked horns pitch-for-pitch and the score was 0-0 after nine innings. Jesse Orosco took over for Gooden in the tenth inning and gave up a home run to César Cedeño. Tudor came back out in the bottom of the inning and finished the three-hit, ten-inning masterpiece for his third consecutive shutout of the month. After two sub-par performances, he pitched his fourth shutout of the month and then pitched another ten innings of shutout ball against the Mets' Ron Darling but the Mets turned the table and beat the Cardinals' bullpen in the eleventh inning.
Tudor's pitching propelled the Cardinals into the playoffs. He lost Game 1 of the National League Championship Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers but won Game 4 to even the series and St. Louis won 4 games to 2. Tudor was masterful in Game 1 of the 1985 World Series against the long-shot Kansas City Royals, and even better with a shutout in Game 4. However, he completely fell apart in Game 7, allowing five runs and four walks before being pulled in the third inning. The Royals rolled to an 11-0 victory for their first World Championship, and Tudor was saddled with the loss. Tudor was so upset by his performance in Game 7 that in a post-game tantrum he cut his pitching hand after punching an electrical fan.
Tudor never matched his dominance of 1985. While still posting low ERAs, he never won more than 13 games. In 1987, he was again in the World Series but again lost with a chance to win the World Series. Injuries limited Tudor's playing time after 1985 and eventually ended his career. He was the victim of a freak accident in 1987 when the Mets' catcher Barry Lyons went into the Cardinals' dugout trying to catch a foul ball and crashed into Tudor (who wasn't even pitching in the game) breaking Tudor's leg. In 1988, Tudor was traded to the Dodgers despite having the league's best ERA. He pitched well again and won his only World Series ring for the 1988 World Series, but severely injured his elbow during the postseason. That injury caused him to miss almost all of 1989 and then retire despite a good comeback season (12-4, 2.40 ERA) in 1990.
W L PCT ERA G GS CG SHO BF IP H R ER HR K BB BB/9 WP HBP Fld% AVG SH
117 72 .619 3.12 281 263 50 16 7368 1797 1677 700 623 156 988 475 2.4 18 29 .974 .154 41
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^ a b Swift, E.M. (November 25, 1985). "Out To Show He's A Good Skate". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 15 February 2017.
^ a b Gammons, Peter (May 21, 1990). "How Long Can It Last?". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 15 February 2017.
^ Ryan, Bob (July 28, 1991). "Former major-league pitcher enjoys life with Intercity League team". Boston Globe. Retrieved 15 February 2017.
^ Schmitz, Brian (October 25, 1985). "Smith's Flips Are A-okay With Whitey Tudor Walked His Way At Georgia Southern". Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved 15 February 2017.
^ "John Tudor Bio". Retrieved 15 February 2017.
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John Tudor may refer to:
John Tudor (minister) (1930–2009), English Methodist minister
John Tudor (footballer) (born 1946), English former player for several teams, most notably Newcastle United
John Tudor (baseball) (born 1954), American former pitcher in Major League Baseball
Peabody Veterans Memorial High School
Peabody Veterans Memorial High School (PVMHS), also known as Peabody High School, is a comprehensive public high school in Peabody, Massachusetts. It is the only comprehensive public high school in the Peabody School District, spanning grades 9–12 in the U.S. education system. It is particularly known for its performing arts program including its instrumental and choral ensembles and drama club.
Tudor (name)
The surname Tudor, within the United Kingdom, originates from the Welsh forename Tudur, Old Welsh Tutir, the Welsh equivalent of Gaulish Toutorix and Germanic Theodoric, which was conflated with Tewdwr, Tewdr, the Welsh equivalent of Theodore. Tudor is also a common given name in Romanian, not equivalent to Theodore. Tudor can also be a surname in Romanian.
The English royal dynasty, the House of Tudor (descended from the Welsh Tudors of Penmynydd), including prominent members:
Owen Tudor (Welsh: Owain ap Maredudd ap Tewdwr), lover or possibly second husband of Catherine of Valois, and grandfather of King Henry VII
Edmund Tudor, 1st Earl of Richmond, son of Owen Tudor and Catherine of Valois, father of King Henry VII
Jasper Tudor, 1st Duke of Bedford, second son of Owen and Catherine and brother of Edmund, uncle of King Henry VII
Arthur Tudor, eldest son of King Henry VII (predeceased his father)
Margaret Tudor, Queen Consort of Scotland, eldest daughter of King Henry VII
Mary Tudor, Queen of France, latterly Mary Brandon, Duchess of Suffolk, second daughter of King Henry VII
Edmund Tudor, Duke of Somerset, third son of King Henry VIITudor, as a surname, may also refer to:
Adrian Tudor, a Romanian basketball player
Alex Tudor, an English cricketer
Alexandru Tudor, a Romanian football referee
Antony Tudor, a British choreographer
Corneliu Vadim Tudor, a Romanian politician
Cristian Tudor, a Romanian footballer
David Tudor, an American pianist
Edward Tudor-Pole, a British singer
Fran Tudor, a Croatian football (soccer) player
Frank Tudor, an Australian politician
Frederic Tudor (1783–1864), an American entrepreneur known as Boston's "Ice King"
Henri Tudor, a Luxembourgian industrialist and inventor
Henry Hugh Tudor, a British soldier, later police chief in Ireland and then Palestine
Igor Tudor, a Croatian football (soccer) player
Joel Tudor, an American longboard surfer
John Tudor (footballer), an English football (soccer) player
John Tudor (baseball), an American baseball player
Larissa Tudor (d. 1926), a British woman who appeared strikingly similar to Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna of Russia but never actually claimed to be the former grand duchess. Many people who knew Larissa strongly suspected that she was the former grand duchess of Russia.
Luka Tudor (b. 1969), a Chilean football (soccer) player
Richard Tudor (born 1948), English cricketer
Sandu Tudor, a Romanian poet and monk
Shane Tudor (b. 1982), an English football (soccer) player
Tasha Tudor (1915–2008), an American illustrator and author of children's books
William Tudor (1750–1819), an Attorney-at-Law who served as Representative of Boston in the Massachusetts General Court, State Senator, Secretary of the Commonwealth, and was a founder of the Massachusetts Historical Society
William Tudor (1779–1830), a leading literary figure in Boston and cofounder of the North American Review and the Boston Athenaeum
Will Tudor (b. 1987), an English actorAs a given name:
Tudor Arghezi (1880–1967), Romanian poet and writer, major Romanian literary figure
Tudor Evans, British politician
Tudor Ganea (1922–1971), Romanian mathematician
Tudor Gates (1930–2007), English screenwriter and trade unionist
Tudor Gunasekara (born 1935), Sri Lankan politician and diplomat
Paul Tudor Jones (born 1954), founder of the Tudor Investment Corporation hedge fund
Tudor Măinescu (1892–1977), Romanian poet and writer
Tudor Ratiu (born 1950), Romanian-American mathematician
Tudor Tănăsescu (1901–1961), Romanian engineer
Tudor Vladimirescu (c.1780–1821), Romanian revolutionary hero
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Q: Convolution and Smoothness Conditions Suppose $f(x),g(x)\in L_1(\mathbb{R})$, with both $|f(x)| \leq 1$, $|g(x)| \leq 1$ and $|f(x)| \rightarrow 0$, $|g(x)| \rightarrow 0$ for $|x| \rightarrow \infty$. Given that we have two other functions $f_1,g_1$ such that for large enough $|x|$, $|f(x)|\geq |f_1(x)|$, and $|g(x)| \geq |g_1(x)|$, what can I then say about the convolution
$$ f*g(x) = \int f(y)g(x-y)dy ?$$
I suspect that I am about to bound from below $|f*g|$ by something like $|f_1(x)g_1(x)|$ or $|f_1(x)| + |g_1(x)|$ but I cannot seem prove it.

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Census Authority: The census will be carried out electronically next year, and we will use two sides
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{Local: Al Furat News} The High Authority for the General Population and Housing Census revealed the use of security services to prevent intrusions when carrying out the population census.
The Executive Director of the Census, Samir Khudhair Hadi, said in a press statement, "The importance of the census lies in creating a basic database that countries usually use in building their national plans and strategies in education, health and other areas approved by the state, and the country without a solid approved database, it is as if it is walking on a path Dark and blindfolded."
He added that "the Central Bureau of Statistics has been working for a long time to implement the census, but every time it faces some difficulties that prevent it from implementing it in its final form, as it was the closest in the years 2009 and 2010, as it implemented the first phase of it, numbering and enumeration, which included all residents and buildings in Iraq, and the training of 235,000 field researchers, and the forms were printed, and the period of implementation of the general population census was reached, but the political problems at that time prevented its implementation and taking it to another path.
He continued, "Between 2017 and 2019, great efforts began to implement the census by looking at the experiences of several countries with this event," noting that "the census that will be implemented in Iraq is electronic, and there are many countries that preceded us in this technology, such as Jordan, Egypt, Palestine and the Gulf, and we will start from Their starting point is except for their use of companies to implement it, while Iraq will depend on national cadres from the Information Technology Department in the Central Statistics Organization for its implementation.
Hadi stressed that "the commission will seek the assistance of some universities in order to evaluate the work, in addition to the security services to prevent any data penetration that may occur, in addition to working on many things silently."
He explained that "six tribal experiments were carried out, the last of which was in Dohuk governorate, and the last two experiments were completely electronic, and we are working on implementing other experiments to evaluate work and study the current situation in the country," noting that "there are many problems such as abuses, random construction, rural areas, crowded gatherings, and other issues." They are taken into consideration, so that we are fully prepared to implement the census during the next year, after the final decision is issued."
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Veterans news update for April 7
Veterans GOOD NEWS for April 7
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Vietnam vet files class-action lawsuit over delayed disability benefits appeals (The New York Times)
A Vietnam veteran who has waited years for disability benefits from the Department of Veterans Affairs for claims of post-traumatic stress disorder and exposure to toxic chemicals filed a class-action lawsuit on Monday, seeking to force the department to expedite a growing backlog of benefits claims appeals, including his own. The case is the first class action filed in the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims. The lead plaintiff is Conley Monk Jr., a Marine Corps veteran in Connecticut who said he came under fire in Vietnam in 1969 and 1970 and was exposed to Agent Orange, an herbicide used in the war. After receiving diagnoses in 2011 of PTSD and diabetes, which is sometimes associated with exposure to Agent Orange, Mr. Monk applied for disability compensation from the V.A. and was denied. He appealed in 2013. Now, 20 months later, the department has yet to respond to the appeal, said the veteran, who recently had a stroke and is living in subsidized housing. "It's frustrating to be stuck in limbo," Mr. Monk, 66, said in a phone interview on Monday. "It's been hard to make ends meet. And we Vietnam veterans are getting older. We can't wait forever." The backlog of benefits claims at the V.A. started rising sharply in 2009, driven by a growing number of claims by Iraq and Afghanistan veterans and expanded eligibility for Vietnam veterans with diabetes and PTSD. The backlog peaked in 2013 with more than 600,000 claims. Critics say that the V.A., in its haste to clear the backlog, made sloppy decisions that have clogged the appeals process. The department, in response to the lawsuit, said it was continuing its efforts to reduce the backlog of claims. "We see wait times of four years or more," said Joe Moore, a lawyer specializing in V.A. benefits appeals.
Experts say most PTSD patients are not violent (Charleston, S.C., Post and Courier)
Experts believe nearly 10 percent of adults in the United States — many of them rape victims and combat veterans — cope with post-traumatic stress disorder at some point in their lives. Millions suffer silently and never receive professional help for their mental disorder, but very few ever resort to violence. "The vast majority of people with PTSD, whether it's combat-related or not, are not violent," said Dean Kilpatrick, director of the National Crime Victims Research and Treatment Center at the Medical University of South Carolina. "Just like the vast majority of people with mental illness are not violent. Now, there are a subset of people who are." It is not clear if PTSD played any part in the tragedy that claimed Lynn Michelle Harrison's life last week. Witnesses say the 57-year-old was shot and killed at a Summerville intersection on Thursday by Jimi Redman Jr. He was dressed in military camouflage at the time of the attack. In a letter he wrote inside a Texas jail six years ago, Redman claimed that he suffers from symptoms commonly associated with PTSD and that he has been traumatized by wartime memories. He wrote that he watched friends lose their limbs and that he used alcohol to cope with his problems. "I've been to war and it's the scariest, craziest place that a person can experience and go through. It will change a person real quick," he wrote. "Some nights I have nightmares of what I've seen (and) been through. Just one of these things will change a person forever." Redman, who drove from Fort Worth, Texas, before he allegedly shot Harrison to death last week, said during a Friday bond hearing that he suffered a head injury during his military service. While PTSD may have triggered some sort of nightmare or flashback, "that's probably not all that was going on," said Dr. Anisha Gulati, a Trident Health psychiatrist. Depression and alcoholism tend to further inhibit patients who suffer from PTSD, she said. Untreated symptoms can be debilitating, but "overall, the risk of violence is not very high," she said.
Could veterans have concussion-related CTE? (CNN.com)
After his last tour in Iraq, it took master gunner Shane Garcie about six weeks to notice he'd changed. "Your brain is throwing parties because you're home, you're alive," says Garcie. "So, it doesn't settle in right away." Now he's not sure what bothers him most: the fogginess of his brain, the anger that can erupt from nowhere or the deep, dark depressions he can't shake off." One minute I'm in a good happy mood, everything is cool; the next minute I'm depressed," Garcie told CNN chief medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta. "I don't want to be around anybody, I want to isolate. Some days, I don't want to get out of bed." Since 1984, Green Beret Tommy Shoemaker has served in many war theaters — Kuwait, Iraq, Afghanistan, Somalia, Bosnia — and is still an Army reservist. He came home from Iraq to Monroe, Louisiana, in late 2006 with a bum leg and a disabled brain. "I carry note cards and a pen with me everywhere I go, and when I'm talking to somebody, I write it down," Shoemaker told Gupta. "Because if I don't, I won't remember." But it's the mood swings he can't control that do the most harm. "I've always been really easygoing. Everything rolled off my back, no problems," says Shoemaker in his Southern drawl. "But now that's not so. I mean, I'll get mad over something as simple as a banana peel in the front yard or my wife saying the wrong thing to me, and is it really anything? No, but at that moment, it hits me and I just do things that I would've never done before." Dr. Julian Bailes, co-director of the NorthShore Neurological Institute in Evanston, Illinois, is pointing at the angry red and vivid yellow blooms on the PET scan of a living brain. "Compared to normal controls, you see abnormal binding in the areas under the surface of the brain and deeper in the brain, showing abnormal accumulations of tau protein," he explains. All are signs of CTE, or chronic traumatic encephalopathy, a crippling neurological disorder caused by repeated blows to the head. Characterized by deep depression, failing memory and anger that lurks just under the surface, CTE is a form of dementia that first came to light in the boxing world. "Punch drunk" was the term most often used for former pugilists, such as Muhammad Ali, who developed brain damage after a lifetime of hard knocks. Today it's called dementia pugilistica and is considered a variant of CTE.
VA official's $288,000 relocation payment tied to house buyout program (The Daily Caller)
A high-ranking Veterans Affairs official who was paid nearly $300,000 to relocate from Washington, D.C. to Philadelphia last year was issued that hefty payout as part of a little-known program used to incentivize "highly qualified candidates," TheDC has learned. Diana Rubens, the former undersecretary for field operations, was paid $288,000 last year under what's called the Appraised Value Offer program to take a job as the director of the Philadelphia VA regional benefits office. Formerly known as the Guaranteed Home Buy Out, AVO serves as a back-up for VA and Veterans Benefits Administration employees who agree to relocate to take jobs at other stations. Rubens' massive payout — which is $270,000 more than the agency's average relocation payment – was brought to light last month by Florida Rep. Jeff Miller, the chairman of the House Veterans' Affairs Committee. "The government shouldn't be in the business of doling out hundreds of thousands in cash to extremely well-compensated executives just to move less than three hours down the road," Miller said last month.
Lawmaker seeks funding to keep Fort Snelling Officers' Club open (Minneapolis Star Tribune)
World War II veteran Earle Maynard is a regular at the Fort Snelling Officers' Club. Whether stopping in for a quick bite or socializing with military buddies, the facility has been his getaway spot since he became a club member in 1950. He even married his wife in the chapel next door. Maynard now is part of a drive to preserve the club that is being considered at the State Capitol. "Preserving the club is an important way to honor our military and our unique Minnesota military history and culture," Rep. Cindy Pugh, R-Chanhassen, argued during a recent hearing of the House Veterans Affairs Division. Pugh is sponsoring a resolution that calls on Congress and President Obama to provide funding to restore the Officers' Club and give additional support to the military services provided by the 934th Airlift Wing — the club's curator. She said she decided to take action after she overheard a conversation that the building might be shutting down. "I couldn't imagine the possibility of it closing," she said. Ron Sorensen, who serves on the board of advisers, said the club has risked closure for some time. With the federal government's sequestration of military funds and the added costs that often come with maintaining an older building, Sorensen said there's hardly enough support to keep the building running. "Right now, it just covers its costs," the retired Army veteran said. Losing the club would mean "there would be no place for officers to call their own in the Twin Cities," Maynard said. The existing building opened in 1934. The club serves lunch and dinner, and often hosts larger social events after a wedding or funeral at the chapel next door.
Pittsburgh VA clears up backlog, shortens wait times (CBS-Pittsburgh)
Congress was shocked to learn that at a VA facility in Phoenix, Ariz. 1,700 veterans had languished on waiting lists – and some had died awaiting care. Here in Pittsburgh, the local congressional delegation decried a backlog of some 700 vets waiting months for an appointment. "We're looking for an accounting," said US Rep. Keith Rothfus. "We're looking for an accounting of how this happened. How was management responsible for this, what was the missing piece?" "I think we lost a little focus on the primary wait times in the spring," added David Macpherson. In August, congress gave the VA an additional $16.3 billion nationally to attack the problem. Dr. David Macpherson, the Acting Director of the Pittsburgh VA Health System, says it's paid off locally. "We've used those resources, dollars, to hire additional providers, additional support staff, including people to schedule to make sure that we're more on top of it than we have been in the past months," said Macpherson. According to a study by the Associate Press, the Pittsburgh VA has cleared up the backlog. From September to January, at the HJ Heinz facility in O'Hara, only a 2.8 percent backlog and the VA Hospital on University Drive had a backlog of only 2.1 percent. Those wait times are below the national average in the study.
Man found dead in front of Denver VA center after suspected suicide (FOX-Denver)
A man died Monday evening in front of the Denver Veterans Affairs Medical Center off Colorado Boulevard, police said. The incident appeared to be a suicide by gunshot, sources said. The VA confirmed that the Denver Police Department was investigating a death near Building 1 on the campus at 1055 Clermont St. about 5:45 p.m. The area was being treated as a crime scene. "We have no indication of a threat made to any staff or other patients," the VA said in a statement.
Tags:Afghanistan, chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), claims backlog, Iraq veterans, Lawsuits against the VA, Philadelphia VA Regional Office, post-traumatic stress disorder, PTSD, VA appeals backlog, VA hospitals and clinics, VA scheduling scandal, VA wait times scandal, veterans and suicide, World War II veterans, WWII veterans


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The 2018 Emerging Nations World Championship (ENWC) was a rugby league tournament held for Tier Two and Tier Three nations, the third edition of the Rugby League Emerging Nations Tournament.

Background
Several nations that had not qualified, or were not eligible to qualify, for the 2017 Rugby League World Cup planned to contest an Emerging Nations tournament in Sydney in 2017 alongside the World Cup. However this tournament did not get support from the Rugby League International Federation, and did not go ahead.

On 29 March 2017, the Rugby League International Federation announced that Australia will be host the tournament in 2018. The two-week-long tournament will be held in Western Sydney, New South Wales with games taking place in Windsor, St Marys and Cabramatta.

Teams
Ten teams were already confirmed for the tournament by March 2017 with a number of others later also announcing their participation. 15 teams were expected to compete, though Canada, India, Latvia, and Thailand were not included in the final draw, for unspecified reasons.

Four multi-country regional teams will compete in a parallel tournament.

Venues

 Cabramatta: New Era Stadium, home of the Cabramatta Two Blues, has previously hosted four international fixtures: Philippines vs Serbia (2016), Philippines vs Malta, Lebanon vs Malta, and Malta vs Hungary (all 2017).
 Kellyville: Kellyville Ridge Reserve, all-weather synthetic pitch previously unused at any level, hosted games on 7 October as Cabramatta was closed due to flooding.
 St Marys: St Marys Leagues Stadium, home of the St Marys Saints, has previously hosted six international fixtures: Fiji vs Tonga, Samoa vs Cook Islands, Lebanon vs Malta (all 2006), Lebanon vs Malta (2015), Malta vs Hungary, South Africa vs Malta (both 2018). It contains a 520-seat grandstand and has a total capacity of 7,000.
 Windsor: Windsor Sporting Complex, home of the Windsor Wolves, has not previously hosted an international fixture.

Pool stage

Tournament fixtures were announced on 17 July 2018.

Pool A

Pool B

Pool C

Play-offs

Plate

Trophy

Cup

Final positions

References

External links
RLENWC.com

2018 in rugby league
Rugby League Emerging Nations Tournament
Emerging Nations World Championship

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Games/boson
Boson is a real-time strategy game (RTS) similar to Command & Conquer and ?StarCraft. It features an advanced graphics core with shader-powered ground and water rendering, reflections, waves in the water, smooth fog of war transitions, night and day lighting effects, and explosive particle effects.
The game is coded with the OpenGL Library and KDE, and is packaged with ?DebHelper. It consists of three source packages, one with the code of the game, another one with the game data that is required for the game, and the last one with optional music for the game. These source packages generate 4 binary packages:
boson - an OpenGL wargame for KDE
boson-base - core package for Boson
boson-data - Datas for Boson
boson-music - Music Pack for Boson
http://boson.eu.org/
Debian bug reports
http://bugs.debian.org/boson
http://bugs.debian.org/boson-base
QA page
http://packages.qa.debian.org/boson-base
CategoryGame | CategoryGameStrategy
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Standing inside Oh! Jean Records, I waited for the pre-release show for Huntly's debut album Low Grade Buzz. There was a distinct, familial feel in the room. All of the guests were conversing as though many of them were old friends. The members of Huntly – Elspeth, Andrew, and Charlie – were walking around the room, chatting it up with everyone, greeting each other with genuine smiles and big hugs.
This event was clearly for their core fan base. Young artists, like this Melbourne based trio, are in a sweet spot within their careers in regards to that.
You often hear of bona fide superstars reminiscing upon the days when their shows were filled with close friends and family before ascending to the upper echelons of the industry. This show felt like it could be that type of memory for Huntly one day.
The band was given a heartfelt introduction and it was clear that the people they've surrounded themselves with care about this project. Throughout the show, they gave shoutouts to their various managers and video producers while evoking an earnest pride in what they had created together.
Speaking of pride, the queer energy in the room was beautiful. As a queer identifying band, Huntly makes a point to "create a safe space" for the LGBTQ+ community.
However, they also realize their privilege and recognize that they can't create an entirely safe space without acknowledging that when they perform, they do so on stolen land.
The band moved through their 4 song set with a combination of fun and vulnerability. Before each song, a small story accompanied it. Elspeth, the lead singer, prefaced Giving Circle by explaining the origin of the lyric "I pull my shirt over my face". During a time when her and her friends were essentially breaking up with each other, she literally hid her face in her shirt because the situation was so awful. I think many of us can relate to that moment of wanting to just disappear.
It's these intimate details that have shown me a new way to engage with their music. It humanizes the story behind each song and takes a layer of the unknown away.
These songs are real stories from real people, and they're willing to share them with us.
They also made sure to have fun with it. The trio were carefree, dancing on stage and doing everything from laughing to crying.
Huntly's connection with their audience is refreshingly authentic, and I'm sure they will be developing a large group of loyal fans as they promote and tour this album. I for one, can't wait to see how far they go.
STREAM THEIR NEW ALBUM LOW GRADE BUZZ HERE.


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Une salutation est une manière d'agir, destiné à adresser une marque de reconnaissance, de respect envers une ou plusieurs personnes rencontrées physiquement ou seulement virtuellement (par exemple, lors d'une correspondance). Le salut peut s'effectuer au travers d'un acte de langage, éventuellement performatif. En français, le mot « salut » peut servir d'interjection pour saluer une personne dont on est familier. En langage SMS, l'abréviation de salut est « slt ».

Plus ou moins contraint par les normes culturelles et sociales, le salut peut prendre une forme relativement codifiée dans certains contextes, qu'il s'agisse d'exprimer son respect à un individu, à un groupe d'individus ou à une institution (e.g., le drapeau national). On peut ainsi mentionner :
 Dans les contextes militaire et paramilitaire :
 le salut maritime ;
 le salut militaire ;
 le salut romain
 le salut de Bellamy est un ancien salut au drapeau en Amérique du Nord ;
 le salut fasciste.
 le salut scout.

Sport et arts
 le salut des deux compétiteurs avant la rencontre dans les sports individuels, notamment dans les arts martiaux où l'entrée sur le tatami peut aussi être accompagné d'un salut ;
 le salut des capitaines d'équipes de sports collectifs ;
 le salut de la troupe adressé au public à la fin d'une représentation au théâtre.

Religion

 Les religions intègrent souvent dans leurs pratiques une forme de salutation aux divinités. C'est ainsi le sens qu'il faut donner au Je vous salue Marie, prononcé par l'ange Gabriel lors de l'Annonciation et repris dans la prière catholique de l'Ave Maria.
 Le Salut du Saint-Sacrement est un acte de piété catholique chanté durant l'office liturgique du soir et qui se termine par la bénédiction du Saint-Sacrement.

Christianisme

 D'un point de vue théologique, le salut est une notion complexe qui désigne la promesse éternelle accordée par Dieu.
 D'un point de vue chrétien, le salut désigne la vie éternelle avec Dieu, par et dans le Christ. Positivement, il est décrit comme illumination, divinisation, adoption filiale..., négativement le salut est décrit comme libération...
 En théologie, l'étude du salut est appelée sotériologie.
 L'Armée du salut est un mouvement religieux protestant.
 Le Salut pour les morts est une doctrine mormonne.

Patronyme
Jean Salut, ancien joueur de rugby à XV.

Toponyme
 Abbaye Notre-Dame-du-Port-du-Salut, en Mayenne. C'est le lieu d'origine du Port-Salut, un fromage de la filiale du groupe Bel, fabriqué alors entre 1815 et 1957 ;
 Îles du Salut, rattachées à la Guyane ;
 Salut, une communauté rurale du marz de Shirak en Arménie ;
 Salut, un village dans l'île de Lombok en Indonésie ;
 La Montagne du Salut à Caudan dans le Morbihan ;
 La Montagne du Salut en Californie.

Culture
Beaucoup de titres de revues, de chansons, d'émissions télévisées intègrent le mot salut, manière familière et affectueuse de dire bonjour ou au revoir :
 Salut, album de Michel Sardou sorti en 1997 ;
 Salut, chanson à succès extraite de cet album ;
 Salut, chanson de Joe Dassin sortie en 1975 extraite de l'album Joe Dassin (Le Costume blanc) ;
 Le Salut (Levity), film franco-américain réalisé en 2003 par Ed Solomon ;
 Salut à toi, pays de nos aïeux, hymne national du Togo ;
 Fair Antigua, We Salute Thee, hymne national d'Antigua-et-Barbuda ;
 L'Auberge du Salut, feuilleton télévisé gabonais ;
 Salut, Bonjour! et Salut Bonjour Week-end, émissions de télévision matinales québécoises ;
 Salut d'amour, série télévisée sud-coréenne ;
 Salut l'artiste, film français ;
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 Salut les Musclés, sitcom française ;
 Salut les Terriens !, émission de télévision française ;
 Salut Ô productions, maison de production musicale ;

 Salut à toi, chanson de l'album Concerto pour détraqués du groupe Bérurier noir ;

 Peinture
 Salut, tableau peint par Thomas Eakins en 1898.

Titre d'organisation
 Salut public (homonymie)
 Comité de salut public, organe du gouvernement lors de la Révolution française.
 Armée islamique du salut, groupe terroriste.
 Front islamique du salut, formation politique algérienne.
 Mouvement patriotique du Salut, parti politique tchadien.

Notes et références

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Once video game companies have our youth's attention they then try to sell them "virtual goods." Loot boxes are one of the ways video companies are making their money — $50 billion is the estimated value at this point. Youth feel the intense pull to purchase the virtual things being flashed before them. Currently countries including Singapore, Australia, and Belgium have restricted, or are considering limits, on video game loot boxes — and the U.S. is starting to talk about this topic as well.
CNBC Article regarding Prince Harry's comments.


Planned Parenthood: All or Nothing?
One of the most striking things about Planned Parenthood's defenders is the general unwillingness, or perhaps inability, to consider Planned Parenthood's abortion "services" apart from the rest of their services. The videos released by the Center for Medical Progress at a minimum should warrant some kind of an investigation. Especially in light of today's fifth video, which shows Planned Parenthood employees in Houston claiming to be able to provide "intact specimens", one would think that even the most ardent defender of Planned Parenthood would want to know more about what's actually going on there.
Other examples abound. But this is, at best, a distraction. Presumably Planned Parenthood could continue to offer this kind of care should it stop performing abortions. Investigating its conduct concerning abortions has little effect on the rest of its services.
It makes me wonder if Planned Parenthood supporters see PP as an all or nothing deal? They seem to be touting all the services that PP provides other than abortion, and yet they are unwilling to allow its abortion services to be investigated. I am sure that Planned Parenthood does provide important services to women who have few places else to turn to. But this isn't about that. This is about the willful destruction of defenseless humans.
Here is the crux of the issue: abortion is the willful murder of a child.
No amount of good deeds can absolve Planned Parenthood of their murder! That Planned Parenthood's supporters choose to overlook this is instructive. It speaks to a massive and systemic moral failure. Whether they are the type of person who irrationally believes that a viable baby is not a human being deserving of the same rights and protections of other humans, or whether they are the type of person who doesn't believe a viable baby is human, they have failed in their duty to develop a rational morality.
So how do those of us who are still capable of calling a spade a spade deal with this? Honestly, I think we're moving in a pretty good direction. There is, however, lots of confusion present. We should do our best to clarify issues (for example, this isn't about Planned Parenthood, this is about abortion).
The other thing we should be doing is to call the pro-choice movement out on their extremism whenever the opportunity presents itself. And make no mistake, extremists they are. We now have five videos showing, at an absolute minimum, evidence of possible illegal sales of human body parts. This is the sort of thing that warrants some kind of investigation, and yet we have the White House admitting to taking Planned Parenthood at its word.
The American pro-choice movement is an extreme outlier. The American left's cry for "Free abortion on demand and without apology" literally has no equal. In Germany, a woman seeking a first trimester abortion must attend a counselling session. In Belgium there's a six day waiting period. In Europe in general it's incredibly difficult to get an abortion after 20 weeks.
The American pro-choice movement are the extremists here. Remember that the next time someone calls the pro-life movement extremist. Which brings me back to this posts title, does Planned Parenthood have to be all or nothing? Or course not. The questionable abortion practices can be investigated without affecting their other services. Planned Parenthood could even protect their funding by simply agreeing to stop providing fetal tissue. If they are telling the truth about not profiting off of those tissue donations, then this should not be a big deal.
But somehow I doubt that people who see no problem dismembering babies are entirely on the up and up.


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Kii-Ming Lo oder Lo Kii-Ming (; * 4. November 1954 in Keelung) ist eine taiwanesische Musikwissenschaftlerin.

Lebenslauf
Kii-Ming Lo wurde am 4. November 1954 in Keelung (Taiwan, R.O.C.) geboren. Nach einem Studium der Textiltechnologie an der Katholischen Fu-Jen-Universität in Taipeh, das sie mit dem Bachelor abschloss, ging sie zum Studium der Musikwissenschaften nach Deutschland. Von 1980 bis 1988 studierte sie Musikwissenschaften (Ludwig Finscher, Herbert Schneider), Sinologie (Günther Debon) und Ethnologie (Georg Pfeffer) an der Universität Heidelberg. Ihre Promotion erfolgte 1989 unter der Betreuung durch Ludwig Finscher mit der Dissertation Turandot auf der Opernbühne [Frankfurt/Bern (Peter Lang) 1996]. Von 1989 bis 2002 wirkte sie als Professorin für Musikwissenschaft an der Katholischen Fu-Jen-Universität, seit 1999 als ordentliche Professorin für Musikwissenschaft. Von 2002 bis zu ihrer Emeritierung 2020 lehrte sie als Professorin für Musikwissenschaft an der Musikfakultät  der National Taiwan Normal University (NTNU) in Taipeh.

Musikwissenschaft
Die Lehrtätigkeit Kii-Ming Los an der NTNU bewirkte eine allmähliche Professionalisierung des Faches Musikwissenschaft in der Republik China (Taiwan) unter dem Einfluss der deutschen musikwissenschaftlichen Tradition. Seit 1999 organisierte Kii-Ming Lo mehrere internationale Kongresse für Musikwissenschaft, u. a. in Zusammenarbeit mit dem Taipei Symphony Orchestra (TSO) und dem National Symphony Orchestra (NSO) in Taipei. Besondere Beachtung erlangten die internationalen Kongresse zu Giacomo Puccini (2008) und Richard Wagner (2013). Ihre zahlreichen Publikationen umfassen mehrere Monographien auf Chinesisch, darunter eine Biographie des taiwanesischen Komponisten Pan Hwang-Long (), sowie mehrere Aufsätze in taiwanesischen Fachzeitschriften. Zahlreiche Aufsätze auf Deutsch, Englisch und Italienisch publizierte sie in Kongressberichten und Fachzeitschriften. Zusammen mit ihrem Mann, dem Musikwissenschaftler Jürgen Maehder, verfasste sie eine Reihe von chinesischen Monographien zur Operngeschichte. Ihre Forschungsgebiete umfassen die Operngeschichte des 19. und 20. Jahrhunderts in Europa, vor allem die "Turandot"-Opern von Giacomo Puccini und Ferruccio Busoni, die Wechselbeziehungen zwischen Musik und Literatur, insbesondere die Geschichte des  Opernlibrettos in Deutschland mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der deutschen Literaturoper des 20. Jahrhunderts, die Geschichte der Opernverfilmung mit einem Schwerpunkt auf Jean-Pierre Ponnelle, die Wechselbeziehungen zwischen Asien und Europa im europäischen Musiktheater sowie die zeitgenössische Musik in der Republik China (Taiwan).

Veröffentlichungen

Bücher
1996 »Turandot« auf der Opernbühne, Frankfurt/Bern/New York (Peter Lang), ISBN 3-631-42578-3.
1998 Puccini's »Turandot« – Tong hua, xi ju, ge ju, Taipei (Gao Tan Publishing Co.) 1998 (in Zusammenarbeit mit Jürgen Maehder), ISBN 957-98196-1-0.
1998 Feminine Spirituality in Theatre, Opera and Dance, Taipei (Fu-Jen University, College of Foreign Languages) 1998 (in collaboration with Lin-Shui Fu, Chi-Hui Liu and Lynda Scott), ISBN 957-9000-53-0.
1999 Wen hua yin yue: Yin yue yu wen xue zhi wen hua chang yu [= Kulturmusik: Kulturelle Dimensionen der Musik und Literatur], Taipei (Gao Tan Publishing Co.) 1999, ISBN 957-98066-4-0.
2000 Tan yin lun yue. Yin yue yan chu yu yin yue yan jiu [= Musik aufführen – Musik verstehen. Musikalische Praxis und Musikforschung], Taipei (Gao Tan Publishing Co.) 2000, ISBN 957-04430-1-4.

2003 Puccini's »Turandot«,  Guilin (Guanxi Normal University Press) 2003 (in Zusammenarbeit mit Jürgen Maehder), ISBN 7-5633-3807-1.
2003 Ai zhi si – Wagner's »Tristan und Isolde« [Liebestod ─ »Tristan und Isolde« von Richard Wagner], Taipei (Gao Tan Publishing Co.) 2003 (in Zusammenarbeit mit Jürgen Maehder), ISBN 957-0443-79-0.
2003 Wen hua yin yue: Yin yue yu wen xue zhi wen hua chang yu [= Kulturmusik: Kulturelle Dimensionen der Musik und Literatur], Guilin (Guanxi Normal University Press) 2003, ISBN 7-5633-3808-X.
2003 Tan yin lun yue. Yin yue yan chu yu yin yue yan jiu [= Musik aufführen – Musik verstehen. Musikalische Praxis und Musikforschung], Guilin (Guanxi Normal University Press) 2003, ISBN 7-5633-3809-8.
2004 Turandot de tui bian [The Transformations of »Turandot«], Taipei (Gao Tan Publishing Co.) 2004 (in Zusammenarbeit mit Jürgen Maehder), ISBN 986-7542-50-9.
2005 Gu jin xiang sheng yin yue meng: Shu xie Pan Hwang-Long (= Musikalischer Traum aus Tradition und Gegenwart: Der Komponist Pan Hwang-Long), Taipei (China Times) 2005, ISBN 957-13-4281-5.
2006 »Duo mei a! Jin wan de gong zhu!« – Li cha shi te lao si de »Sha le mei« [»Wie schön ist die Prinzessin heute nacht!« – »Salome« von Richard Strauss], Taipei (Gao Tan Publishing Co.) 2006 (in Zusammenarbeit mit Jürgen Maehder), ISBN 986-7101-16-2.
2006 Hua ge na – Zhi huan – Bai lu te, [Wagner – »Der Ring des Nibelungen« – Bayreuth], Taipei (Gao Tan Publishing Co.) 2006 (in Zusammenarbeit mit Jürgen Maehder), ISBN 978-986-7101-33-4.
2010 Shao nian mo hao ─ Ma le de shi yi chuan yuan [= »Des Knaben Wunderhorn« ─ Gustav Mahler's poetic source], Taipei (Gao Tan Publishing Co.) 2010 (in Zusammenarbeit mit Jürgen Maehder), ISBN 978-986-6271-17-5.
2011 »Da di zhi ge« ─ Ma le de ren shi xin shen [= »Das Lied von der Erde« ─ Synthese von Gustav Mahlers Weltanschauung], Taipei (Gao Tan Publishing Co.) 2011 (in Zusammenarbeit mit Jürgen Maehder), ISBN 978-986-6620-44-7.
2014 Ai zhi si ─ Wagner's »Tristan und Isolde« [Liebestod ─ »Tristan und Isolde« von Richard Wagner], Taipei (Gao Tan Publishing Co.) 2014 (in Zusammenarbeit mit Jürgen Maehder), ISBN 978-986-6620-50-8.
2014 Zou yi ge shi ji de ying yue lu: Liao Nian-Fu zhuan [= Der musikalische Weg eines Jahrhunderts: Eine Biographie von Liao Nian-Fu], Taipei (Gao Tan Publishing Co.) 2014, ISBN 978-986-5767-44-0.
2017 Hua ge na yen jiou: Shen hua, Shi wen, Yue pu, Wu tai [Richard Wagner: Myth, Poem, Score, Stage], Taipei (Gao Tan Publishing Co.) 2017 (in Zusammenarbeit mit Jürgen Maehder), ISBN 978-986-94383-4-6.

Deutschsprachige Aufsätze
1991 Chinesische Dichtung als Text-Grundlage für Mahlers »Lied von der Erde«, in: Matthias Theodor Vogt (Hrsg.), Kongreßbericht »Gustav-Mahler-Kongreß Hamburg« 1989,  Kassel/ Basel/ London/ New York (Bärenreiter), 1991, S. 509–528.
1994 Ping, Pong, Pang – die Rolle der Commedia dell'arte in Busonis und Puccinis »Turandot«, in: Peter Csobádi/Jürgen Kühnel/Ulrich Müller et al. (Hrsgg.), Die lustige Person auf der Bühne. Gesammelte Vorträge des Salzburger Symposions 1993, Anif/Salzburg (Müller-Speiser) 1994, S. 311–323.
1995 Giacomo Meyerbeers »Struensee« – Zur Schauspielmusik eines Opernkomponisten, in: Annegrit Laubenthal (Hrsg.), Studien zur Musikgeschichte. Eine Festschrift für Ludwig Finscher, Kassel/Basel/London/New York (Bärenreiter) 1995, S. 504–510.
1995 Unsichtbarer Herrscher über ein gehorsames Volk: Aribert Reimanns Oper »Das Schloß« nach Franz Kafka, in: Peter Csobádi/Jürgen Kühnel/Ulrich Müller et al. (Hrsgg.), »Weine, weine, Du armes Volk«, Das verführte und betrogene Volk auf der Bühne. Gesammelte Vorträge des Salzburger Symposions 1994, Anif/Salzburg (Müller-Speiser) 1995, S. 663–674.
1998 Schauspielmusik als musikalische Interpretation des Dramas – Giacomo Meyerbeers Musik zu Michael Beers »Struensee«, in: Sieghart Döhring/Arnold Jacobshagen (Hrsgg.), Meyerbeer und das europäische Musiktheater, Laaber (Laaber) 1998, S. 87–120.
1999 Untersuchungen zur Problematik der Sprachvertonung in der zeitgenössischen taiwanesischen Vokalkomposition, in: Hermann Danuser/Tobias Plebuch (Hrsgg.), Musik als Text, Bericht über den Internationalen Kongreß der Gesellschaft für Musikforschung Freiburg im Breisgau 1993, 2 Bd., Kassel/Basel/London/New York (Bärenreiter) 1999, Bd. 2, S. 78–84.
2001 Der Opernfilm als Erweiterung der Bühne – Versuch einer Theorie an Hand von Jean-Pierre Ponnelles »Rigoletto«, in: Peter Csobádi/Jürgen Kühnel/Ulrich Müller et al. (Hrsgg.), Das Musiktheater in den audiovisuellen Medien, »ersichtlich gewordene Taten der Musik«. Vorträge und Gespräche des Salzburger Symposions 1999, Anif/Salzburg (Müller-Speiser) 2001, S. 264–275.
2003 China-Mythen im italienischen Opernlibretto des Settecento, in: Peter Csobádi/Jürgen Kühnel/Ulrich Müller et al. (Hrsgg.), Politische Mythen und nationale Identitäten im (Musik-)Theater. Vorträge und Gespräche des Salzburger Symposions 2001, Anif/Salzburg (Müller-Speiser) 2003, S. 185–202.
2004 Die ostasiatischen Quellen von Isang Yuns Opernlibretti, in: Walter-Wolfgang Sparrer (Hrsg.), Ssi-ol. Almanach 2002/03, Berlin (Internationale Isang Yun Gesellschaft e.V.) 2004, S. 89–112.
2004 Zur Entstehungsgeschichte von Ferruccio Busonis »Turandot«-Werkgruppe und ihrer musiktheatralischen Ästhetik, in: Albrecht Riethmüller/Hyesu Shin (Hrsgg.), Busoni in Berlin. Facetten eines kosmopolitischen Komponisten, Stuttgart (Franz Steiner Verlag) 2004, S. 143–175.
2006 Traum und »Träume« – Zum Schicksal von Isang Yuns Opernschaffen, in: Peter Csobádi/Jürgen Kühnel/Ulrich Müller et al. (Hrsgg.), Traum und Wirklichkeit in Theater und Musiktheater. Vorträge und Gespräche des Salzburger Symposions 2004, Anif/Salzburg (Müller-Speiser) 2006, S. 518–533.
2007 Die filmische Umsetzung der Ouvertüren von Mozarts Opern durch Jean-Pierre Ponnelle, in: Peter Csobádi/Jürgen Kühnel/Ulrich Müller et al. (Hrsgg.), »Regietheater«: Konzeption und Praxis am Beispiel der Bühnenwerke Mozarts. Mit einem Anhang zu Franz Schreker »Die Gezeichneten«. Salzburger Symposion 2005, Anif/Salzburg (Müller-Speiser) 2007, S. 364–375.
2009 »Die Frist ist um« – Strukturelle Gemeinsamkeiten zwischen Webers »Freischütz« und Wagners »Fliegendem Holländer«, in: Peter Csobádi/Jürgen Kühnel/Ulrich Müller et al. (Hrsgg.), Die »Schaubühne« in der Epoche des »Freischütz«: Theater und Musiktheater der Romantik. Salzburger Symposion 2007, Anif/Salzburg (Müller-Speiser) 2009, S. 274–285. (ISBN 978-3-902537-14-0)
2010 Schauspielmusik als musikalische Interpretation des Dramas – Giacomo Meyerbeers Musik zu Michael Beers »Struensee«, in: Siegfried Mauser/Elisabeth Schmierer (Hrsgg.), Kantate, ältere geistliche Musik, Schauspielmusik, »Handbuch der musikalischen Gattungen«, Bd. 17–2, Laaber (Laaber) 2010, S. 297–322.
2011 Jean-Joseph Marie Amiot als Schlüsselfigur des musikalischen Kulturaustausches zwischen China und Europa, in: Ivana Rentsch/Walter Kläy/ Arne Stollberg (Hrsgg.), Dialoge und Resonanzen, München (text + kritik) 2011, S. 259–270. (ISBN 978-3-86916-105-1)
2014 Ein desillusionierter Traum von Amerika: Jean-Pierre Ponnelles Opernfilm »Madama Butterfly«, in: Sieghart Döhring/Stefanie Rauch (Hrsgg.), Musiktheater im Fokus, Sinzig (Studio-Punkt-Verlag) 2014, S. 219–236. (ISBN 978-3-89564-161-9)
2015 Sehen, Hören und Begreifen: Jean-Pierre Ponnelles Verfilmung der »Carmina Burana« von Carl Orff, in: Thomas Rösch (Hrsg.), Text, Musik, Szene – Das Musiktheater von Carl Orff (Symposium Orff-Zentrum München 2007), Mainz etc. (Schott) 2015, S. 147–173. (ISBN 978-3-7957-0672-2)
2015 »Im Dunkel du, im Lichte ich!« – Jean-Pierre Ponnelles Bayreuther Inszenierung von »Tristan und Isolde«, in: Naomi Matsumoto (Hrsg.), Staging Verdi and Wagner, Turnhout (Brepols) 2015, S. 307–321. (ISBN 978-2-503-56482-1)

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