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Chicago, IL, United States
Progressive Metal Thrash Metal
www.diamondplateband.com
Konrad Kupiec - Lead Guitar
Jon Macak -Vocals -Bass
Jim Nicademus - Drums
Mario Cianci - Rhythm Guitar
J.R. Johnson - Guitar (2004-2007)
Diamond Plate is an American thrash metal band from Worth, Illinois.
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Originally founded by Jim Nicademus and J.R. Johnson in March 2004, Diamond Plate was soon joined by Jon Macak on bass. It took the band about a year or so to get the chemistry working and the songs tight enough to start gigging. In the summer of 2005, armed with Metallica and Megadeth covers and a few originals they played their first shows. For about a year and a half the band continued playing shows, attempting to write and going through multiple guitarists and vocalists.
In 2006 Diamond Plate auditioned Konrad Kupiec to be their second lead guitarist in an attempt to thicken up the overall sound of the band, but he would eventually end up being the only guitarist for the direction that the band was taking. Jim saw Konrad at a Megadeth show and about a year before he watched a video of him on YouTube. Jim recognized him and immediately got in contact with Konrad to see if he wanted to play in Diamond Plate.[1] In March of 2007 J.R. Johnson left the band due to musical differences and later formed Atomize. With the new inclusion of Konrad handling guitar duties, Diamond Plate solidified their line-up and signature sound.
In January of 2008, the group delivered its debut EP, Mountains of Madness, five tracks of high-octane, no-nonsense thrash. A few months later, California based Stormspell Records reissued the EP with custom artwork by renowned artist Dimitar Nikolov as part of its ongoing "Thrash Clash" split release series, pairing Diamond Plate with Swedish thrash band Oppression. DIAMOND PLATE is a "three-piece high-energy act" which "encapsulates the spirit of the 'Big Four' and has already earned high honors from respected outlets such as Terrorizer magazine, who named DIAMOND PLATE as one of the best unsigned bands in the very year that the band first got together," according to a press release.
Currently in their late teens, guitarist Konrad Kupiec, drummer Jim Nicademus and vocalist/bassist Jon Macak have played with some of the world's biggest metal acts. They have also have earned a reputation as an absolutely raucous live act. Despite all of the great praise in high places, DIAMOND PLATE feels its fans are the most important key to its early success. As Kupiec puts it, "The BEST praise we can get is having a kid seeing us at one of our shows for the first time and then coming over to our merch table and buying a shirt or CD. It's the most humbling and coolest feeling in the world. I'll always be grateful for the support our fans give us."
Terrorizer Magazine named them the 5th best unsigned band for 2008.[2]
Diamond Plate was a part of Thrasho De Mayo IV at the Knitting Factory in Los Angeles, CA with Exumer, Merciless Death, Fueled by Fire, Bonded by Blood, Vindicator, Mortrum, Armored Assassin, Witchaven, Hexen and Dismantle [3]
On October 5, 2010, Diamond Plate inked a worldwide deal with Earache Records. The band's full-length debut will be released in 2011.
Mountains of Madness (EP) (self released EP 2008)
Thrash Clash 2 - Diamond Plate vs Oppression (Stormspell Records, 2008)
Relativity (EP) (self released EP 2009)
Generation Why? (Earache Records, August 2011)
Metal Storm Magazine 2008
Pure Metal Magazine 2008
Daily Herald 2009
South Town Star 2010
Konrad Kupiec played a guitar solo on "Office Politics" from the Lich King album Toxic Zombie Onslaught.[4]
^ "Interview with Diamond Plate". Pure Metal Magazine. http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.ListAll&friendID=29715025. Retrieved 2008-06-28.
^ "2008 Reader's Poll". Terrorizer Magazine. http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=viewImage&friendID=6790074&albumID=0&imageID=55844103. Retrieved 2009-01-14.
^ "Diamond Plate to play at Thrasho De Mayo IV". blabbermouth. http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.Net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=112112. Retrieved 2009-01-08.
^ "Interview with Lich King 2008". nocturnalcult. http://www.nocturnalcult.com/Lichkingint.htm. Retrieved 2008.
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Discrimination lawsuit against Whitley Co. Sheriff's Department will be presented to jury
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A black former Whitley County deputy, who raised a racial discrimination lawsuit against the Whitley County Sheriff's Department, will be allowed to continue his lawsuit.
This after the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago, overturned a decision by the District Court of Northern Indiana and did find evidence of possible racial discrimination by the Whitley County Sheriff's Department.
A panel of three judges said the Sheriff's Department was dishonest in its reasoning for firing Terrance McKinney.
He was hired in August 2013 and fired in May of 2014.
The Sheriff initially named three reasons for McKinney's firing including falsification of work hours, violation of monthly reports and mistreatment of county vehicles. However, just four days later, the Whitley County Board of Commissioners sent McKinney a termination letter that added two more reasons for his discharge: damaging a county vehicle and failure to complete a transport.
Soon after his termination, McKinney sued the Whitley County Sheriff's Department.
McKinney's claim against the department cited being treated differently than his white colleagues. He claimed some employees wouldn't train him and that one deputy used the "n-word" in front of him. He also submitted evidence of gas receipts, scheduling records, prisoner transport records, and more—to show that the supposed reasons for firing him were baseless, according to court documents.
The Sheriff's Department moved for summary judgment and the District Court of Indiana agreed and granted summary judgment to the Whitley County Sheriff's Department. However, the 7th Circuit Court reversed that ruling stating, "…the district court disregarded most of McKinney's evidence." Tuesday's decision allows McKinney's lawsuit to return to the lower court for a jury trial.
Read full court document – 7th Circuit McKinney v Whitley Co. Sheriff's Department – here.
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EXPRESS INFORMER > Science & Technology > Do you know how much your car is costing you? Going car-free saved one Manitoban more than she expected
Do you know how much your car is costing you? Going car-free saved one Manitoban more than she expected
Most Canadians have no idea how much their car truly costs them every year. When one Manitoban did the math, she decided to get rid of hers — and she says she has no plans of going back.
"When you really add up the costs and divide them over the year I think most people spend … a lot more than they think they do," said Erin Riediger, an intern architect.
She sold her car three and a half years ago when the cost of repairs became too high.
The costs of depreciation, fuel, maintenance, and insurance all add up for most Canadians, Statistics Canada says.
According to the agency's Household Spending Survey, the average cost of private transport in Canada is $11,433 a year.
Using resources like CAA's car calculator and some simple budgeting, Riediger estimated owning a basic compact car would cost her approximately $8,600 a year.
But she calculates that by walking, biking, busing, carpooling, and using Winnipeg's car share co-op, she kept her total 2019 transportation expenses to just over $2,200.
But that included about $950 to buy two new bikes and getting some work done to another. Without those one-time expenses, she says she would've spent an average of about $100 on transportation per month last year.
Commuting without a car
Riediger's commute varies on the weather. In the summer she uses her bike, while in early December she starts riding the bus.
On weekends or evenings she walks or uses a vehicle from Peg City Car Co-op, a buy-in car share program that charges members an hourly and kilometre rate, in exchange for covering insurance, gas, parking and maintenance.
She's far from alone in relying on the car share. Peg City says in the last eight years, it's grown from a fleet of two vehicles to 42, and from 40 members to 1,700.
Peg City Car Co-op is a Winnipeg car share program that charges members an hourly and kilometre rate, in exchange for covering insurance, gas, parking and maintenance. (Submitted by Peg City Car Co-Op)
Growing up in in Charleswood, near the western edge of the city, Riediger says she grew accustomed to having a car.
Now, she says not owning a car is a lifestyle she doesn't want to give up.
"[I've] debated the pros and cons, and the big things for me are lifestyle and also finances I can save."
It's a decision that she says has benefits not just for her wallet, but also for her health and the environment.
Walking or biking to the grocery store now feels less like a chore, she said, and more of an opportunity for exercise and fresh air.
'You kinda need a car'
Not all of the commuters CBC News spoke to were sold on the idea of going car-free, though. For some, the financial costs of owning a car are worth the benefits in a city like Winnipeg.
"Winnipeg has a perception that you kinda need a car to live in this city, [with] everything being so spaced out," said commuter Denis Cicak. "When it's –30, you're not going to wait half an hour for a bus."
Cicak says where he lives would be a big factor in determining what other forms of transportation he might consider.
Riediger understands that changing commuting method can seem daunting. She admits that many are discouraged by bus schedules and unprotected bike routes.
"It's a little bit of a chicken and egg scenario, because you need better transit to get more people to take transit but also you need people taking transit to be able to pay for it."
Orly Linovski, an assistant professor in the University of Manitoba's department of city planning, understands that other modes of transportation need to be made easy — but that's not the only factor to consider when it comes to driving less.
"The environmental benefits are huge. When we're in the midst of a climate crisis we probably cannot overstate that," Linovski said.
"There's impacts for your health. Even if you use public transportation, the vast majority of public transit trips have some amount of walking with it."
Linovksi also said she sees more people who aren't necessarily giving up their cars entirely, but are reducing car use by choosing different transportation methods for different trips.
Riediger agrees everyone needs to find the approach that works best for them.
"I'm not going to tell anybody how they should live … it's not about taking people's cars away," she said, though she encourages others to try living without owning a car.
"If you just try it you're going to feel lifestyle improvements beyond just the cost savings."
Most Canadians have no idea how much their car truly costs them every year. When Erin Riediger did the math, she decided to get rid of hers — and she says she has no plans of going back. 2:29
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We uncover the tactics and strategies for finding good investments, managing risk, dealing with bad luck, and maximizing success.
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Eric Cinnamond, CFA is a partner at Palm Valley Capital Management and a portfolio manager at the Palm Valley Capital Fund (PVCMX). Eric focuses on absolute return small cap value (less than $10 billion) investing.
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Tobias Carlisle is the founder of The Acquirer's Multiple®, and Acquirers Funds®.
He is best known as the author of the #1 new release in Amazon's Business and Finance The Acquirer's Multiple: How the Billionaire Contrarians of Deep Value Beat the Market, the Amazon best-sellers Deep Value: Why Activists Investors and Other Contrarians Battle for Control of Losing Corporations (2014) (https://amzn.to/2VwvAGF), Quantitative Value: A Practitioner's Guide to Automating Intelligent Investment and Eliminating Behavioral Errors (2012) (https://amzn.to/2SDDxrN), and Concentrated Investing: Strategies of the World's Greatest Concentrated Value Investors (2016) (https://amzn.to/2SEEjVn). He has extensive experience in investment management, business valuation, public comp
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Prior to founding the forerunner to Acquirers Funds in 2010, Tobias was an analyst at an activist hedge fund, general counsel of a company listed on the Australian Stock Exchange, and a corporate advisory lawyer. As a lawyer specializing in mergers and acquisitions he has advised on transactions across a variety of industries in the United States, the United Kingdom, China, Australia, Singapore, Bermuda, Papua New Guinea, New Zealand, and Guam.
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Kelly Rowland has played leading lady to Ludacris and Big Boi recently, and now Future shares some sexy scenes with the R&B diva in his new video for "Neva End (Remix)."
Kelly was beaming in blue as she cozied up to her co-star high above the hills of Los Angeles over the weekend.
"Had a GREAT time this weekend shooting @1Future's video for 'Neva End (Remix)' in Los Angeles," wrote Kelly.
The remix serves as the first single off Future's album Pluto 3D. Due November 27, the repackaging of his debut includes three new songs and two remixes.
Kelly is also gearing up for the release of her "ICE" video with Lil Wayne and her fourth solo album Year of the Woman.
Peep the first pics from the sizzling set below.
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The Heart of Wales Line | A Guest Post By Robert Gale
Heart of Wales Line
The Heart of Wales line is a 121 mile scenic route from Craven Arms, Shropshire to Llanelli in south Wales. Apart from a small portion near Swansea, the rural branch line is predominantly single track with five passing loops at Llandeilo, Llandovery, Llanwrtyd, Llandrindod and Knighton.
There are four daily services in each direction and two on a Sunday. All services run between Swansea and Shrewsbury with one service (the 0809 Monday-Saturday) starting from Cardiff.
A Heart of Wales ranger ticket is available for a very reasonable £30 which allows travel in a circular route between Newport in the south east of Wales, Llanelli in the south west of Wales and Shrewsbury in Shropshire. A standard off peak return between Newport and Shrewsbury is £33 so the ranger provides good value for money.
The journey time from Cardiff to Swansea is 4h59m. If you catch the service from Swansea it takes 3h52m and the actual Heart of Wales line proper will take slightly less.
The line passes through some 31 stations and halts many of which are request stops only. One stop is Sugar Loaf which is the least used station in Wales with only around 100 passengers using it each year.
The route also travels across a viaduct at Cynghordy and Knucklas and through a 1,000 yard tunnel at Sugar Loaf.
My Journey (Saturday 23rd April, 2011)
Rather than starting at Swansea, I caught the service from Cardiff to ensure that I had the best choice of seats. The train for the journey was a rather stale smelling but nonetheless clean single carriage Class 153 diesel unit operated by Arriva Trains Wales.
It takes around 1h30m to reach Llanelli and along the way stops at every station between Bridgend and Llanelli. This portion of the journey is used by people traveling to the main stations such as Bridgend, Neath and Swansea. A trolley service (with table service!) was available on the train from Swansea onwards.
Soon after leaving the estuary in Llanelli, and the start of the Hert of Wales line, the train enters some stunning countryside such as the meandering stream that follows the line between Llandybie and Ffairfach.
About a third of the way into the journey the train reaches Llandovery. Beyond this station is a a long climb up to Cynghordy station and then onto the 18-arch Cynghordy viaduct. Unfortunately you can't get a good view of the viaduct itself but you do get excellent views of the valley on either side.
Two stations after Llandrindod is a beautifully kept little station called Dolau. The villagers spend a lot of time maintaining the plants and flowers on the platform and keeping the tiny waiting room in immaculate condition. There is a plaque on the station commemorating a visit by the Queen in 2002 during her Golden Jubilee tour.
Llanbister Road, like Builth Road that was passed earlier in the journey, maintains a the word Road in its title despite many other stations adopting the term Parkway instead.
The short ride between Llanbister Road and Llangynllo offers a great view on the right side of the train of a large open valley. Llangynllo is around five miles west of Knighton and the English border.
Before reaching Knighton you need to pass across the viaduct at Knucklas. A steep descent leads down to the viaduct and similarly to the Cynghordy viaduct you can't get a good view from the train. Knucklas station is just after the viaduct. The spectacular 13-arch span viaduct was completed in 1865.
After Knucklas is Knighton station which is positioned just 100 yards over the English border in Shropshire. The market town itself is actually located in Powys, Wales. The jounrney onto Bucknell is particularly picturesque.
Once a two platform station, only one platform is now operational at Bucknell station. The large station building is now a private house and it's residents are probably grateful that there are only four services a day as the train must sound its horn before departing.
Beyond Bucknell you pass through large open countryside and onto Hopton Heath and Broome, both small single platform stations.
The final station on the Heart of Wales line, but not the entire journey to Shrewsbury is Craven Arms. This much larger station is located on the junction of the Welsh Marches and Heart of Wales lines. Platform 1 serves Shrewsbury and beyond and Platform 2 serves the southbound trains to Hereford and Cardiff.
Despite the journey time, boredom is unlikely to set in as there is so much to look at from gorgeous countryside, wildlife and quant little stations many of which are nestled amongst small clusters of houses and farms buildings.
I travelled on a sunny April day which is probably best conditions for the trip although I imagine it would be equally stunning on a snowy winter day or when the valleys are covered in fog.
You can quite comfortably complete the entire journey in a day and that could include a few hours exploring Shrewsbury.
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The Roaring Twenties saw astonishing changes to American life, including a dramatic break from the technologies and habits of the past. Icemen gave way to electric refrigerators, broadcast radio brought entertainment and news into living rooms, and Lindbergh made flying something everyone wanted to try.
May 21, 1927 cover by Ilona Karasz.
Despite the mechanized horrors of World War I, most people were enchanted by the idea of man and machine coming together to make a better world. In the U.S. the machine-age exuberance was expressed largely in capitalist terms, while many European and Soviet intellectuals saw the machine as integral to the progress of socialism. The Machine-Age Exposition in New York City (May 16-28 at 119 West 57th Street) celebrated all facets through a unique event that brought together architecture, engineering, industrial arts and modern art from a number of nations.
Cover of the Exposition Catalogue. (monoskop.org)
Scanned illustration of an airplane from the Exposition catalogue.
The exhibition, initiated by Jane Heap of the literary magazine The Little Review, included exhibits from the U.S., Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Poland and the Soviet Union. Artists in the exhibition represented a Who's Who of modernists and futurists — Alexander Archipenko, Marcel Duchamp, Hugh Ferriss, Man Ray and others who celebrated the aural and visual cacophony of the age as well as the gleaming precision of machines and machine-like buildings.
Model of a futuristic parking garage on display at the Exposition. (Scanned image from the Exposition catalogue)
New Yorker writer E.B. White shared in the enthusiasm with this bit for "The Talk of the Town…"
The Futurist Hugh Ferriss contributed this design of a glass skyscraper to the Machine Age Exposition. A thing of dreams in the 1920s, such buildings are now commonplace in cities around the world. (Scanned from the Exposition catalogue)
The sleek and glass-walled buildings featured at the Exhibition were fantastic images in 1927, when most large-scale buildings were still being rendered in brick and stone in various neoclassical, federal or gothic styles.
Image from Exposition featured student studio apartments at the Bauhaus in Dessau, Germany. (Scan from the Exposition catalogue)
Little did visitors to the Exposition realize that the radical Bauhaus style on display would become ubiquitous in the U.S. in the second half of their century, thanks not to some new machine age of peace and harmony but rather because of the annihilation of the Second World War and the mass migration from Europe of architects, artists, scientists and other professionals fleeing Nazi oppression.
This image of giant steam boilers from Russia was displayed at the Exposition. (Scan from the Exposition catalogue)
It was also a time when it was believed technology was on the verge of conquering nature, and that the invention of air-conditioning and "Vita-Glass" would create indoor environments with all of the health benefits but none of the discomforts of the outdoors:
Children at rest in a "Vita-Glass" pavilion, built in 1927 at Stannington Sanatorium, Northumberland. Used primarily in the treatment of those with pulmonary TB, the glass was designed to allow ultraviolet rays to penetrate easily while protecting patients from the elements. (northumberlandarchives.com)
The invention of sulfa drugs and antibiotics were still a few years away, so health providers were excited about the possibilities of these artificial environments.
In the "A Reporter at Large" column, Russell Owen wrote about the intrepid flyers who were vying to become the first to fly nonstop across the Atlantic. He began the piece with a tribute to French ace pilot Charles Nungesser and his one-eyed wartime buddy François Coli, who disappeared during their May 8 attempt to fly from Paris to New York.
A 1927 postcard commemorating Nungesser, Coli and their airplane, The White Bird (L'Oiseau Blanc).
Owen also wrote about those who would soon be taking the same daring leap into "the illimitable terror of space"…
Although Lindbergh had yet to accomplish his feat, he had already been singled out as a loner and a bit of an odd duck:
Lindbergh preparing for his transatlantic flight. (Long Island Press)
Editors of "Talk of the Town" also checked in on famed dancer Isadora Duncan, her eldest daughter Anna, and Isadora's "amazing dancing family…"
Anna Duncan dances La Berceuse, choreographed by Isadora Duncan with music by Frédéric Chopin, in 1920. Photo by Arnold Genthe. (Tanzarchiv, Cologne, Germany)
Isadora's Dancers, by photographer Frances Benjamin Johnston. (Wikimedia Commons)
And finally, an excerpt of a poem contributed by Marion Clinch Calkins–who often wrote humorous rhymes for the New Yorker under the pen name Majollica Wattles. Here she riffs on Horace's "poetry of pleasure…"
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Mt. Kenya National Park Accommodation
Mt. Kenya Safari Club
With magnificent views of majestic Mount Kenya, the Fairmont Mount Kenya Safari Club Resort's 120 luxuriously appointed hotel rooms, set in over 100 acres of landscaped gardens, offer a unique blend of comfort, relaxation and adventure. Its no wonder this Nanyuki resort emerged a winner in the 2013 Travellers Choice Awards and that Travel & Leisure Magazine often positions it in the 'World's Top 50' List. Originally the retreat of movie star and Club founder, William Holden, the Club's illustrious former members have included Winston Churchill and Bing Crosby.
For those who wish to spend time relaxing at the Mount Kenya resort hotel, there are many Nanyuki recreational activities available: horseback riding, golf, croquet, a bowling green, table tennis, swimming, an animal orphanage and much more. To be able to relax and appreciate the superb setting, the personal attention lavished on all our visitors, the numerous activities and superb cuisine, one night is just not enough.
Fairmont Mount Kenya Safari Club is the ideal base for a truly superb holiday in Nanyuki, Kenya. With some of the country's finest attractions on the doorstep, visitors to the resort can enjoy an enormous range of excursions and activities without spending hours and even days traveling between each. Making it one of the most truly best hotels in Kenya.
Serena Mountain Lodge
Serena Mountain Lodge is within Mount Kenya National Park about 193 kilometres from Nairobi. From Nairobi, travel north-east on the A2 to Thika, Karatina and Nyeri. 13 km before Nyeri town; turn right with the A2 towards Kiganjo and Naro Moru. After 10 km, at Chaka shopping center the lodge sign posted to your right, turn here and follow the clearly marked signs for a further 27 km.
Each timber-built, cabin-styled room has its own luxury ensuite bathroom and a private balcony overlooking the water hole. The décor, which echoes the Kikuyu culture, features hand-woven wall hangings, soft lighting and cosily-warm soft furnishings. Hot-water bottles are provided at night. Smoking is not permitted within the lodge, due to the fact that it is of timber construction but a smoker's area is provided on the roof-top terrace.
All rooms offer:
WiFi connectivity
Complimentary mineral water and toiletries
Bathrobe and slippers
Valet, laundry, shoe-shine
Safe (at reception)
Forex, travel and 24-hour on-call medical services…
Ol Pejeta House
Once the exclusive ranch house of multi-millionaire Adnan Kashoggi, this magnificently presented house stands at the centre of the private Ol Pejeta Conservancy. Set in extensive grounds, with glorious views of Mount Kenya, this opulent mansion features a series of reception rooms, including an elegant drawing room with baronial fireplace and a series of scenic verandas, which extend right around the house. The imposing dining room is served by its own dedicated chef and kitchens, and menus can be tailored exactly to suit our guests' wishes. Accommodation includes a private guest cottage, two master suites and two guest bedrooms while the grounds include two private swimming pools and a barbeque and external dining area. The Ol Pejeta Conservancy, which is host to all the members of the 'Big Five' (elephant, rhino, lion, buffalo and leopard), has a higher wildlife-to-area ratio than any Kenyan national park and is one of only four private game conservancies to have been founded in Kenya. At the forefront of the Kenyan conservancy programme, the conservancy boasts the largest black rhino sanctuary in East Africa, hosts the only chimpanzee sanctuary in Kenya, and shelters large numbers of rare and endangered species.
Serena Sweetwaters
Located on the plains of Mount Kenya, the camp features thirty-nine luxury tents, each with its own private veranda overlooking the water hole. The central Rhino Restaurant is housed in the former manager's house of this once colonial farm, and offers both regional and international cuisine. Also within the house is the Kashoggi Bar and lounge, which centres on a blazing log fire. The Waterhole Bar, built in the style of a game-viewing hide, overlooks the waterhole and offers unrivalled wildlife-watching.
Luxury tented accommodation
Swimming pool and extensive grounds
Central Rhino Restaurant
Colonial-styled lounge and bar
Extensive grounds
Private waterhole and night viewing bar
Wedding planning and honeymoon venue
Gift shop, business centre, WiFi
Satellite TV room


8 March 2013 is International Women's Day and I'll be taking part in an evening showcasing women working in design, creativity and tech. There's a great line-up, featuring women based in Tech City and beyond. I'll be there with The Ealing Feeder, my robotic bell rig.
The hosts at Tech City invite everyone (men,women and young people) to this evening of demos, food, craft beers and wine hosted by Poke.
Admission is free but we'll be raising funds for Solace Women's Aid.


This volume is a supplementary companion book of Hossain's (2009) work, Central Banking and Monetary Policy in the Asia-Pacific, which surveyed major theories, models and approaches to inflation and monetary policy. In this volume, the author examines 12 case studies from developed and developing countries of the Asia-Pacific region. The book focuses on the evolution of central banking by reviewing country-specific experiences regarding the history of inflation and monetary policy.
The book's strength lies in its summaries and applications of modern literature of monetary economics in empirical case studies. While this format has its advantages, the book is also held back by its overly ambitious aim: it examines many case studies and covers additional topics of central banking, monetary policy, central bank independence, central bank transparency, institutional designs of the central banks, decision-making process, political economy, geography, history and even ventures on the difficult task of policy recommendations. The author claims that the 12 "judiciously" elected countries are all at different stages of development and operate under varying monetary policy frameworks (viii). As a consequence, comparisons or general conclusions prove to be rather difficult to reach. Instead of listing the case studies in alphabetic order (perhaps this was the intention of the publisher), a method of classification that perhaps considers case studies by monetary policy regime or level of development would have better illustrated a comparative analysis of the countries. This book covers various well-known central banks including the Federal Reserve System, Bank of Japan, Reserve Bank of Australia, Reserve Bank of New Zealand and some less known central banks such as the Central Bank of Sri Lanka, Central Bank of the Philippines, Bank of Thailand.
This volume follows a rather simple structure after an introduction, the book directly jumps to the analyses of the case studies which are, with the exception of Australia, 30 to 45 pages long. Most case studies follow the structure of (1) recent economic and political history (2) organization and activities of the central bank (3) evolution of monetary policy (4) macroeconomic developments and inflation performance. At the beginning of each case study, some general, economic, geographical, political, and sometimes ethnical information are given. In some cases, the chapter starts with a historic "overview" until most recent events, followed by an analysis of monetary policy in which the author frequently refers to the past. The numerous redundancies of historic events prevent a smooth reading for the reader. A historical reading of monetary policy can be delicate in that it requires multiple additional explanations. Another viable structure would have been to write a short introduction of the central banks that provides data on both its economic and political developments. In addition, a more systematic way would have been to provide a table of all countries with general data concerning monetary policy regime, the central bank (founding year), the Policy Board, including data on the number of members, frequency of monetary policy meetings, and form of decision-making.
Wachtel (2010) writes in his book review on Hossain's Central Banking and Monetary Policy of the Asia-Pacific (2009) that it "is simply hard to cover so much ground and provide both textbook explanations and the history of monetary thought at the same time. I would have liked the author to go out on a limb at times in order to tell the reader what is more important, where monetary thinking has evolved, and which theories matter for policy and which do not." This evaluation holds true for this volume as well, because too many topics are covered. The author mentions important issues way too briefly, possibly due to space limits. However, in that case, the mention of issues might not only rendered meaningless but also cumbersome to the overall progression of the book.
Experts on certain central banks might find mistakes and inaccuracies in every chapter. This review in particular takes the Bank of Japan as an example. In this case study, the author employed stereotypes when, for example, he referred to the structure of keiretsu and lifetime employment as "considered pillows of strength" and now as a "major constraint" for the recovery of the economy (p. 233). However, the existence and role of these institutions are controversial and thus demand a more nuanced approach. Hossain's book certainly moves into a dangerous terrain when the author refers to Japan's "ethnic homogeneity" and "cultural customs" such as "social conformity." A book on monetary policy should avoid such stereotypes and it is questionable whether these topics are truly helpful for an analysis on central bank and monetary policy.
Bold statements such as "with the acquisition of policy independence, the BoJ has become more conservative" (p. 245) need to go in more depth about the institutional design of central banks and a more detailed analysis. Fiscal issues such as Japan's debt-GDP ratio are important, but a totally different topic. In addition, it feels that the author should be more reluctant during his discussion of policy recommendations (e.g., p. 259). In the introduction of the case studies, the author does not hide his preference towards rule-based monetary policy (p. 23-24; 527). As a result, he suggests the introduction of an inflation target for Japan in order to overcome deflation. However, even the introduction of an inflation target in 2013 has not raised inflation expectations in Japan to a high extent, and the BoJ postpones permanently its achievement of the price stability target of 2%, most recently to end-2018 or beginning-2019 clearly at the risk of losing credibility. Not surprisingly, the author presents a solution: greater exchange rate flexibility. However, the assumption that other countries would accept such a policy (beggar thy neighbor) without conflict is very doubtful.
Regarding the political economy of the Bank of Japan, the author neglects to mention the relationship amongst the main actors (government, Ministry of Finance and the Bank of Japan) in his summary of the Bank of Japan Law revision. In an attempt to weaken the Ministry, the Japanese government had initiated central bank reform by cutting the influence of the Ministry over the central bank while simultaneously trying to broaden the government's power over the Bank of Japan. The author also claims that the two government representatives had voting rights in the Policy Board, which, according to the reviewer, is not true.
While monetary economists may already be aware of most of the literature and the history of the major central banks, non-specialists may want to skip the parts on economic and econometric analyses. However, this book is recommended for those who desire a brief overview of the central banks.
Overall, this comprehensive volume is an ambiguous contribution to the monetary economics literature with a summary of the monetary policies of 12 selected countries in the Asia-Pacific region. Admittedly, conducting case studies in 12 different countries is a challenging task and leaves less room for details. To avoid mistakes and inaccuracies, it would have been recommendable to stick to the author's area of expertise—analyses of monetary policy and inflation. The "excursions" to geography (quite frequently, the author uses Wikipedia as a source), cultural studies, history, and the political economy of central banks are doubtful in that they might lack nuanced knowledge on the institutional design of the various central banks.
Hossain, A. (2009) Central Banking and Monetary Policy in the Asia-Pacific, Cheltenham, UK and Northampton, MA, USA Edward Elgar.
Wachtel, P. (2010): Book Review on "Central Banking and Monetary Policy in the Asia-Pacific" by Akhand Akhtar Hossain. Asia-Pacific Economic Literature. Volume 24, Issue 2, 181-182.


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Janakkala [] ist eine Gemeinde im Süden Finnlands mit  Einwohnern (Stand ). Sie liegt in der Landschaft Kanta-Häme rund 15 km südlich der Stadt Hämeenlinna und 90 km nördlich der Hauptstadt Helsinki.

Geographie
Janakkala liegt am Oberlauf des Vanajavesi-Seengebiets, das vom Gewässersystem des Kokemäenjoki-Flusses durchflossen wird. Die Gewässer der näheren Umgebung fließen in den See Kernaalanjärvi, der wiederum über den Fluss Hiidenjoki in den Vanajavesi-See entwässert wird. Außerdem sind zahlreiche Oser für die Landschaft charakteristisch. Die ebenen Gebiete zwischen den Osern sind fruchtbar und werden landwirtschaftlich genutzt.

Siedlung
Janakkala hat zwei Siedlungszentren: Turenki mit (7079 Einwohner am 31. Dezember 2004), und Tervakoski (4881 Einwohner). Das Kirchdorf Tarinmaa folgt mit nur 396 Einwohnern erst an vierter Stelle hinter Leppäkoski (435 Einwohner). Weitere Dörfer im Gemeindegebiet sind Heinäjoki, Hiisi, Hyvikkälä, Kerkkola, Kernaala, Kiipula, Kiri, Koljala, Löyttymäki, Mallinkainen, Melkkola, Napiala, Saloinen, Sauvala, Tanttala, Uhkoila, Virala und Vähikkälä. Insgesamt leben drei Viertel der Einwohner der Gemeinde in geschlossenen Ortschaften. Die Einwohnerzahl der Gemeinde ist dank der Nähe zu Hämeenlinna und der Grundstückspolitik der Gemeinde ansteigend.

Wappen
Beschreibung: In Rot ein hersehender blaugezungter goldener Luchskopf unter einem zinnengeschnittenen goldenem Schildhaupt mit einem schwarzen Prankenkreuz, auf dem zu seinen Seiten je eine schwarze  Speerspitze zeigt.

Geschichte
Die erste urkundliche Erwähnung von Janakkala stammt aus dem Jahr 1341. Während der Zeit der schwedischen Herrschaft entstanden in Janakkala zahlreiche Gutshöfe. Janakkala gehört zu den Gemeinden Finnlands mit den meisten Herrensitzen. Teilweise sind die Gutshöfe immer noch im Besitz der alten Adelsgeschlechter. Die politische Gemeinde Janakkala besteht seit 1866.

Persönlichkeiten
 Tauno Marttinen (1912–2008), Komponist, starb in Janakkala
 Veikko Lahti (1926–2014), in Janakkala geborener Ringer
 Reko Lundán (1969–2006), Schriftsteller, Dramatiker und Theaterregisseur, in Janakkala geboren

Sehenswürdigkeiten
Die dem heiligen Laurentius geweihte Feldsteinkirche wurde 1520 geweiht
Zu den wichtigsten Attraktionen von Janakkala gehört der Erlebnispark Puuhamaa und das Skisportzentrum Kalpalinna, das 12 Pisten mit einer Länge von bis zu 450 Metern vorzuweisen hat.

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and was the recipient of a 2017 Peggy Hallisey Lifetime Achievement Award.
A few years ago, 2008 to be exact, the Chicopee school district completed building a new high school. We moved into the new Chicopee Comprehensive High School with state of the art features. My vision of a successful library was unfolding day by day. The usual specifics, a decent budget, adjustable bookcases, classroom space, and new technologies, were all in place, but I wanted the Chicopee Comp library to be a special place for the whole school community. Certainly the readers were bound to find the library. However, I wanted everyone to find some reason to visit the library, and so ideas for a library cafe began. I envisioned a common social space that would meet the needs of students and teachers. First, I met with the principal to review plans, operations, rules, and how a library cafe would benefit students. Thankfully, everything was approved. I gave my promise that if it did not work out the cafe could be shut down.
I started by engaging our students and teachers in a contest. I posted the information on the library website and sent it to their all-school email accounts. After distributing some background about my idea, I asked them, " What do you want your library cafe to be named?" There was an overwhelming response, and the name StarBooks Library Cafe won the vote. Students created posters and compiled rules for StarBooks.
After purchasing four high top tables and chairs, a small refrigerator, and a Keurig coffee machine we were in business. Book shelves were moved, magazine racks were added and a section of the library was designated as the cafe. It was close to my office to allow my overseeing, and the table setup gave a beautiful, calming view of the adjacent wooded area. I donated the first containers of coffee, adding teas, and hot cocoa to the list of beverages for purchase. At the beginning of every school year, the library welcome letter contains a StarBooks Cafe coupon for a free beverage. The cafe is open every day including before school, lunchtime and after school. The charge is $1 per cup and must be consumed in the cafe. There is a suggestion box next to the payment cup, and everyone is told that the money spent goes toward either more items for the cafe or requested library materials. There is no monetary profit. All income goes to benefit the students.
for research in the library, and a student has completed the daily objective, the teacher will often let them "hang out" in the cafe as a reward for completing the assignment.
StarBooks Cafe also serves as a place to learn social manners, how to interact in a diverse group, and shows what it means to have respect for a place so that everyone can enjoy time spent there. The students participated in creating the rules, and they realize having a cafe in the library is a privilege. Students are allowed to listen to music on their headphones at a low volume. Texting is not allowed. Socializing is encouraged. The cafe is a safe place for face-to-face interactions and conversation. The addition of board games and jigsaw puzzles has been a positive experience. Students engage in healthy competition and problem solving. Some students bring their bag lunch to the cafe during their lunchtime. Again, the library cafe serves as a safe place for students preferring a less intimidating experience than the cafeteria crowd.
On Fridays StarBooks celebrates International Food Day. Various clubs take turns selling ethnic foods to raise funds for activities. There have been a few episodes when people have been asked to leave, but overall the cafe is a safe learning environment that remains respected by everyone and stays clean. It is the student's' responsibility to maintain the cafe, making sure containers are filled, water is in the coffee maker, the games are neatly put away, and the tables are clean. They take pride in the cafe and the library. Students respect the cafe space and take care of it. They are fully aware the Chicopee Comprehensive High School LIbrary and StarBooks Cafe is a "hidden gem" in what can sometimes be a long, hard school day.
Naturally, the library caters to more than just the cafe students and teachers. Last year almost 500 classes used the library for research assignments and various projects. Over 35,000 individual students, not counting classes, visited the library to read, borrow materials, study, use computers, print 3D objects and benefit from StarBooks Library Cafe! Of course, not all of them were readers, but realistically a library is so much more than just books.
In the future, I hope to establish a StarBooks Library Cafe scholarship fund. The idea is still in the planning stages. However, the goal is to award money to the student that best exemplifies the the spirit, the mission and the diversity represented in our school library. The scholarship, much like the cafe itself, will serve as an example for students to come together, and work towards a better school community.


virtualbox.org • View topic - Complete Full Screen Mode??
Hey people, is there a way I can get it so that it is completely full screen when I use Mac through Virtualbox? When I click the full screen option now, I get it so that its not completely full screen because the sides are not all the way at the edges.
And I cant turn off the guess screen resolution option either. Any help?
Re: Complete Full Screen Mode??
You can increase the resolution using an EFI setting (should be in the manual, but definitely mentioned here on the forums before) so that it's 1024x768. You can't get higher I think. Other resolutions are only available when the Guest Additions are done. These don't exist at the moment.
Actually, you can arbitrarily adjust the screen resolution of your virtual machine.
Where the resolution given matches the resolution of your screen.
This will allow VirtualBox to support extra video modes (widescreen video modes in particular).
NotAnAddict wrote: Actually, you can arbitrarily adjust the screen resolution of your virtual machine.
I tried that yesterday with VB 3.2.8 and OSX 10.6.4. It doesn't work. At least on my hardware, which is Intel Core 2 Duo E6400/Intel DP965LT. Also, every time I added the "CustomVideoMode1" tag, VirtualBox kept deleting it from the XML configuration file.
saul wrote: Also, every time I added the "CustomVideoMode1" tag, VirtualBox kept deleting it from the XML configuration file.
I don't know about the rest of it, but to avoid having VirtualBox delete stuff you add to the configuration file, you must shut VirtualBox down entirely (not just the guest - the whole program). Then make the change, save it, and then start Virtual Box back up again.
paulscode wrote: I don't know about the rest of it, but to avoid having VirtualBox delete stuff you add to the configuration file, you must shut VirtualBox down entirely (not just the guest - the whole program). Then make the change, save it, and then start Virtual Box back up again.
Thanks. Now the data stays in the configuration file but it didn't change the screen resolution. Still the same, 1024x768.
Sounds like you are editing the wrong file on OS X. If you are using any of the booters out there, they make a copy of the com.apple.Boot.plist file in the /Extra folder off the root of your boot volume.
I suggest you add the resolution settings to that file.
jstevenson72 wrote: Sounds like you are editing the wrong file on OS X. If you are using any of the booters out there, they make a copy of the com.apple.Boot.plist file in the /Extra folder off the root of your boot volume.
I've tried doing the above and it seems I have two copies one in username/Extras and one in Libary/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/ and editing either one doesn't work.
I'm trying to get the resolution of 1920x1200x32 to work. Any tips or suggestions?
I successfully got a resolution of 1680x1050x32 with VirtualBox 3.2.8 and Leopard 10.6.2.
4. Opened com.apple.Boot.plist with TextEdit.
-> Turn off... use ".txt"
B. NOW DO THE SAME IN THE FOLDER "/Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/"
OSX.xml is the file if your virtual machine is named "OSX", so it could differ from your installation.
I'm having the same problem with full screen.
on a aspire 5740g (core i5, 4gb ram ati hd5650).
Installed and all works smoothly, except sound, but this isn't much of a problem.
I'll try another iso with diferent settings to see how this goes.. If anyone can't give me hints here or in pm's i'd apreciate.
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Any help would be most appreciated. Thank you.
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apos wrote: I successfully got a resolution of 1680x1050x32 with VirtualBox 3.2.8 and Leopard 10.6.2.
Great guide, but I cannot rename these files....I don't have privilege!! How can I get them?
GENZANO wrote: Great guide, but I cannot rename these files....I don't have privilege!! How can I get them?
Or use sudo with admin password.


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Home Health Science Hungarian Bioengineering Giant Developing Cannabinoid Production Process
Hungarian Bioengineering Giant Developing Cannabinoid Production Process
Hungarian biotech giant is using an engineered yeast strain to "brew" cannabinoids via fermentation.
byAdam Drury
The extraction of cannabinoids from cannabis plants is a huge and growing industry. From edibles to portable vape cartridges, cannabinoid extraction makes all kinds of products possible. There are several different methods of extracting cannabinoids from the plant. But all of them are resource-intensive processes requiring large quantities of raw cannabis.
But what if it were possible to extract cannabinoids without growing cannabis plants at all? That's exactly the idea behind a breakthrough innovation from the bioengineering firm Intrexon Corporation. Today, the company announced it had made major strides in its project to produce cannabinoids with yeast.
Biotech Firm Wants to "Brew" Weed with Yeast
Intrexon Corporation is a Hungarian bioengineering giant based in Budapest. Through a synthetic biology approach they call "Better DNA," Intrexon creates biologically-based products for industries. They work with companies to design and develop complex biological systems that improve the quality and performance of living cells. And the company wants to develop technologies to produce cannabinoids for the medical cannabis industry.
But Intrexon isn't developing a new strain of cannabis or a new way of extracting cannabinoids from marijuana plants. Instead, they're using the single-cell microorganisms of the genus saccharomyces, or yeast.
Intrexon says it has bioengineered a strain of yeast that produces cannabinoids for medical uses, like CBD, THCV, and others. In other words, the company is using the tiny microbes to actually make cannabinoids, rather than extract them from cannabis plants.
The process involves fermentation. So, in essence, Intrexon is "brewing" cannabinoids with a proprietary strain of microbes it developed. Furthermore, Intrexon says their DNA-engineered yeast strain is versatile enough to produce different cannabinoids. These include cannabinoids with high therapeutic indexes but that only exist in trace amounts in the plant, making their commercial extraction too costly. The process could also synthesize new, "designer" cannabinoids.
Will Biotech Make Growing Cannabis Irrelevant
Of course, Intrexon says their cannabinoid-producing yeast has several advantages over plant-based extraction. In addition to cost savings and reducing resource consumption, the company says their microbial platform can be tailored to the production of specific target cannabinoids. "Through our capabilities and experience, we expect to optimize [yeast] strains to produce specific cannabinoids that may be commercialized in the coming years," said Chris Savile, PhD, Executive Director of Commercial Operations at Intrexon.
And today, the company marked an important milestone on the road toward that vision. According to a press release, Intrexon is closer than ever to reaching its goal of producing pure cannabinoids at under $1,000 per kilogram. The announcement has sent Intrexon shares (NYSE:XON) skyrocketing nearly 30 percent today.
While bioengineering cannabinoids may sound like something out of speculative fiction, more biotech firms are working on ways to produce what's valuable about cannabis without growing the plants themselves. The Boston-based biotech firm Gingko Bioworks, Inc. recently announced its plans to produce rare cannabinoids directly from plant DNA.
As many cannabis cultivators have experienced, extreme weather events, fires, regulatory changes and many other factors can impact cannabis farmers' bottom line. Plus, the medical cannabis industry continues demanding more exacting standards from cannabis products. Hence, eliminating the need to actually grow cannabis plants is fast-becoming an attractive prospect for some in the industry.
Adam Drury
Adam is a staff writer for Green Rush Daily and High Times who hails from Corvallis, Oregon. He's an artist, musician, and higher educator with deep roots in the cannabis community. His degrees in literature and psychology drive his interest in the therapeutic use of cannabis for mind and body wellness.
First U.S. Surgery, Cannabis Guidance Released
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Weed's Tissue Culture Moment Has Arrived
Resilient cultivars are emerging as clones grown via stem cell technology.
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Remembering the late Dr. Tod Mikuriya: From government mole to cannabis champion.
Cannabis Researchers Published 4,300 Scientific Papers in 2022
Cannabis researchers pulled out all the stops this year and published over 4,000 studies in 2022.
Cops May Soon Be Able To Scan Your Eyeballs To See if You're Driving Stoned
"We're more accurate than a human police officer right now."
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A clinical-grade vaccine could be available in the coming months with clinical trials on humans soon.
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Congress has passed a bill to ease federal restrictions on cannabis research, sending the bill to the desk of President Biden for his expected signature.
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A new study to be completed by researchers in the United Kingdom will explore how cannabis affects the human brain.


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David Bowie facts for kids
David Bowie in 2002
David Robert Jones
"The Thin White Duke",
"Ziggy Stardust"
(1947-01-08)8 January 1947
Brixton, London, England, UK
10 January 2016(2016-01-10) (aged 69)
Manhattan, New York City, U.S.
Rock, glam rock, art rock, pop rock
vocals, guitar, piano, keyboard, saxophone, synthesizer, drums, percussion, harmonica, mandolin, koto, marimba, violin, cello, organ, vibraphone, stylophone
David Robert Jones (8 January 1947 – 10 January 2016), better known by his stage name David Bowie, was an English rock musician and actor.
Los Angeles and Berlin
Filmography (selection)
Bowie was born in Brixton, London. He grew up in Bromley, Kent. He played the saxophone. He was a singer in London blues bands. He used the alias David Bowie because David Jones sounded too much like Davy Jones (of The Monkees). He took the name Bowie from Jim Bowie, who invented the Bowie knife.
Bowie became known to the public with the 1969 song Space Oddity. This was released when men first landed on the moon. The song is based on the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey by Stanley Kubrick.
Bowie's album The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars was released in 1972. It is one of his best-known albums. As a result of his performance, Bowie became a leader of glam rock.
Ziggy Stardust became Bowie's second personality (alter ego). For a press-conference, he would show up as Ziggy. Bowie let Ziggy Stardust come to an end during a live concert in the Hammersmith Odeon theatre on 3 July 1973. In 1983, this show was released as movie and soundtrack (Ziggy Stardust – The Motion Picture).
Bowie settled in Los Angeles. He experimented with drugs, especially cocaine. A new second personality was The Thin White Duke. This was introduced on the Station to Station album in 1976. The song single Golden Years scored high in the pop charts. In 2003, the album was ranked No. 323 on Rolling Stone magazine's "list of the 500 greatest albums of all time".
After releasing Station to Station, Bowie moved to Berlin. He was interested in the German music scene. He wanted to end his drug abuse. In Berlin, he started to work with producer Brian Eno. Bowie, in his turn, was producer for Iggy Pop. The Berlin Albums are Low (1977), Heroes (1977) and Lodger (1979).
Bowie left Berlin in 1980. The last album at that time was Scary Monsters... And Super Creeps. In 1981, he had a big hit with Under Pressure, together with Queen.
In 1989, Bowie formed a new band. This was his first real band since the 1970s. The band was called Tin Machine. With this band, Bowie recorded three albums: Tin Machine (1989), Tin Machine II (1991) and Oy Vey, Baby (1992).
By the 1990s, Bowie had become more interested in soul, jazz and hip hop. This was first noticed on the album Black Tie, White Noise.
Bowie was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on 17 January 1996.
In 2013, Bowie released his twenty-fourth album, The Next Day. It was nominated for Best Rock Album at the 2014 Grammy Awards.
His last album, Blackstar, was released on 8 January 2016, his 69th birthday and two days before his death.
Bowie married Mary Angela Barnett in 1970. Their son, Duncan Jones was born in 1971. The couple divorced in 1980. Bowie married Iman in 1992. The couple's daughter, Alexandria Jones, was born in 2000.
On 10 January 2016, Bowie died after an 18-month battle with liver cancer in Manhattan, New York City. He was 69 years old. His remains were later cremated on 14 January in a private ceremony in New York.
Bowie covered many genres including art rock, hard rock, glam rock, alternative rock, krautrock, protopunk, post-punk, electronica, Blue-eyed soul, New Wave, Industrial, Techno, Jazz, Dance music, Funk, Disco, Experimental rock, Folk, Instrumental, Ambient and house.
David Bowie (1967)
David Bowie (also released as Space Oddity) (1969)
The Man Who Sold the World (1970)
Hunky Dory (1971)
The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (1972)
Aladdin Sane (1973)
Pin Ups (1973)
Diamond Dogs (1974)
Young Americans (1975)
Station to Station (1976)
Low (1977)
"Heroes" (1977)
Lodger (1979)
Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps) (1980)
Let's Dance (1983)
Tonight (1984)
Never Let Me Down (1987)
Tin Machine (1989)
Tin Machine II (1991)
Black Tie White Noise (1993)
The Buddha of Suburbia (1993)
Outside (1995)
Earthling (1997)
'Hours...' (1999)
Heathen (2002)
The Next Day (2013)
Blackstar (2016)
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Just a Gigolo (1979) - Paul
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The Last Temptation of Christ (1988) - Pontius Pilate
Mr. Rice's Secret (2000) - Mr. Rice
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Bowie during the Ziggy Stardust Tour from 1972–73
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Apartment building on Hauptstraße 155 in Berlin Schöneberg where Bowie lived from 1976 to 1978
Bowie performing in Oslo, Norway, 1978
Serious Moonlight Tour, 1983
Bowie performing during the Glass Spider Tour, 1987
Bowie in Chile during the Sound+Vision Tour, 1990
Bowie performing in Turku, Finland, 1997
Bowie on stage with Sterling Campbell during the Heathen Tour, 2002
Bowie with his son Duncan Jones at the premiere of Jones' directorial debut Moon, 2009
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Bowie and wife Iman, 2009
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The Woman With The Bullet In Her Leg by Cal Smyth
In the aftermath of the Balkan wars Belgrade is dangerous place.
In a city numbed by the horrors of war, soldiers turned gangsters rule the criminal underworld through fear and unrelenting violence. For those living between the cracks, navigating everyday life is a complex business where just surviving for another day is sometimes the most they can hope for.
Neda Panić is a survivor.
Set against the backdrop of the bars and nightclubs of Serbia's capital city, Neda finds herself caught in a maelstrom of sex, drugs and violence that seems to have its own chaotic momentum
As her life spirals impossibly out of control Neda determines to do whatever it takes to ensure that when the dust settles she'll be the last woman standing.
Praise for Cal Smyth
"Smyth blends Nesbo and Mankell to create a perfect slice of Balkan Noir"
"This book draws you in. Without realising it you become sympathetic to to situations and actions that should be shocking. The characters are complicated; not just 'good' or 'bad'. It is a complex world that they live in. Violent history and survival has altered how people behave, and their understanding of loyalties, family, Justice and Injustice."
"Smyth 'leaves you suspended between sympathy and despair"
"The world-wide popularity of Nordic Noir in recent years has revealed an appetite among readers for gritty realistic European crime fiction. Balkan Noir has been touted as the 'next big thing' for some time and with The Balkan Route the genre has finally made good on its potential."
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I use SpringTransactionManager -> iBatis -> JDBC -> MySQL.
1) Can't I configure JDBC or MySQL ir IBatis to act that way?
2) What is the best place to add "wrapper" that will do that?

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"Essential" step towards independence vote cleared as Catalan Parliament approves 2017 budget
April 14, 2017 | Filed under: News M | Posted by: JSJ
Source: Nationalia
Adopted law allocates funds to hold self-determination referendum · Opposition parties warn they will challenge decision in court
The pro-independence majority in the 135-seat Catalan Parliament today passed a 2017 budget that allocates money to hold a vote on secession from Spain. Main Catalan pro-independence alliance JxSí (62 seats) deemed the approval of the budget as an "essential" step towards the referendum. Pro-independence, left-wing party CUP (10 seats) urged the Catalan government to set "the date and wording" of the referendum. Opposition parties, on the other hand, argue the 2017 budget is "illegal", and warned they would be challenging them in court.
According to the pro-independence narrative, the budget approval takes Catalonia one step closer to a referendum that does not have the approval of the Spanish government. Catalan president Carles Puigdemont and deputy president Oriol Junqueras (JxSí) say the vote will take place in September, or even earlier if circumstances so advise.
CUP lawmaker Eulàlia Reguant yesterday said her party's support for the budget was meant to allow the holding of the referendum "without seeking permission from no one," in a reference to the rejection by Spanish authorities to allow the vote.
Despite Reguant's words, Puigdemont and Junqueras have again demanded a meeting with the Spanish government to negotiate an agreed referendum on independence, Scotland-style. The two pro-independence politicians did so by writing an open letter which was published on March 19 on Spain's leading newspaper El País. "We will make every effort so that the citizens of Catalonia can vote in 2017 in a self-determination referendum," the text reads. "All type of surveys point out that some 80% of Catalans want to have a say on Catalonia's political future in relation to Spain", Puigdemont and Junqueras argue.
The Spanish government continues to counter that such a vote would be illegal, since the Spanish Constitution does not allow to break up "the indissoluble unity of the Spanish nation". Still, Rajoy's government says it is open to negotiate new tax deals with Catalonia.
The Catalan government insists that the referendum will be held even if a deal cannot be reached with Spanish authorities. Catalan authorities plan to pass a Law on legal transience that declares Catalonia a republic, thus amounting to a de facto declaration of independence. The law was agreed by JxSí and CUP in December 2016. This, according to the Catalan authorities, will legalize the referendum vote and the subsequent road to independence, if "yes" wins the most votes.
The Catalan Parliament's legal counsels today warned that allocating funds for the referendum in the 2017 budget would be contrary to Spanish Constitutional Court's rulings.
Independence support and rejection
Independence demands, as shown by subsequent opinion polls, stem most notably from three different ideas: one, that Spanish authorities do not enough respect Catalonia's national identity —including its own language and culture; two, that Catalonia sends too much tax money to state coffers; and three, that Spain continues to suffer important democratic deficits 40 years after dictatorship came to an end.
Surveys show that support and rejection to independence in an outright "yes-no" referendum could be 50-50. In a 2015 Catalan legislative election that pro-independence parties considered a de facto plebiscite on independence, those parties (big-tent JxSí and left-wing CUP) obtained some 48% of the votes and secured an absolute majority of seats. Parties opposing independence (social democrat PSC, centre-right C's and conservative PP) obtained some 39% of the votes. The remaining 13% of the votes went to parties with less clear stances —that was mostly the case for left-wing CSQP, whose election manifesto vowed a referendum even if many of their leaders want Catalonia to remain in Spain with enlarged autonomy.
Massive pro-independence demonstrations held annually on 11 September have had at least hundreds of thousands, even more than one million people, demanding secession from Spain for 5 years in a row. Pro-union demonstrations have been much less crowded —on 19 March, some 6,000 people marched in Barcelonafor Spanish unity.
In a January article, Nationalia asked some experts about the referendum issue and its unanswered questions, such as the campaign's timetable or the real effects that the vote might have if finally held. Professor of Law Jorge Cagiao said the referendum will not be the definitive one that "resolves the [Catalonia-Spain] dispute" if "[popular] participation lacks, if not enough guarantees of implementation exist, and if no active campaign is held".
Professor of Political Science Ivan Serrano said that a "yes" win in the referendum would "at least" show that "a clear democratic mandate" for independence exists, but he conceded that the result "might no be implemented from day 1".
Researcher on stateless nationalism and political parties Núria Franco-Guillén argued it would be advisable to hold a public consultation on citizen's preferences on the features of any future Catalan state, which "should have already been done by the Catalan administration".
Professor of International and Constitutional Law Daniel Turp argued the campaign "should start as soon as possible, in an unofficial manner," and considered the Catalan government should "challenge" the unionist camp to form a "no" campaign that could engage in public debate with pro-independence groups.


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Mother of Leslie tells of her spiritual progress and her Great Love of the Father; and confirms his visit to Eleanor Meads.
I am here, the mother of Leslie, and very much desire to write a few lines, as I feel that he would like to hear from me and receive an expression of my love. Well, in the first place, I desire to tell him that I am progressing and am in a sphere that is so beautiful and full of the Father's love, that for me to attempt to describe it, would result only in failure. But when I tell him that my happiness is so very great that even I, at a very recent time, when in what I thought was the acme (The highest point, as of achievement or development) of happiness, had no conception of what happiness meant as compared to what I now possess.
All this is so wonderful to me, that it is difficult even for a soul that is filled with this Love to conceive what the Love of the Father in its fullness can be. And the great thing of wonderment is that as we progress we realize that it is impossible to comprehend the heights and depths of this great Love. When on earth and I read that "God is Love" I had not a faint idea even of what the expression meant, for, as you must know, my conception of love was based largely on what I knew or thought the human love was, such as my love for my children, which was to me the greatest expression of love. But, as I say, this love is not even a faint shadow of what the Love of the Father is: and the great beauty of it all is that, while this Divine Love is always the same, yet in seeking and obtaining it I find that more and more is waiting for me. We know of no cessation of progress and are never satisfied, yet never unhappy, because we realize that we are not the possessor of it in all its fullness. No, our happiness is in proportion to the amount of love that we possess, and for the time that love is sufficient for our complete happiness. I do not know that mortals can fully understand this, because, as you may know, when mortals are seeking the natural love of another and desire more and more of it, and they are happy in its possession, yet at the same time they have some pain or unhappiness, because they do not have all the love that their desires ask for.
Well, this is not the condition of us who have and seek this divine love, for it, of itself, seems to have the quality of causing complete, perfect happiness, without taking from us the desire and longings for more. I doubt that any of your philosophers can explain this apparent inconsistency, because they have nothing on earth to which they can make a comparison. A mortal who is satisfied with the love that he may have on earth has not the longings for more, and when he has the longings, he is not wholly happy in the enjoyment of that which he possesses.
And the same principle applies to the possession and longings of mortals for everything else of the natural or material. Ambitions for fame and power and position and the accumulation of wealth, and the love of a woman or man, are all subject to this law of the accompaniment of pain and unhappiness. So you may in a short way understand what great qualities the divine love has in its operations, and how it differs from the mere natural love.
Well, my boy will think I am somewhat of a philosopher and have changed from my course of thought while on earth. And so I have, but he must not be surprised to know that as I receive the great love in my soul in increased abundance there comes with it a knowledge of law and principles and the relationship of things that I have never studied or attempted to acquire by study. And this is one of the surprising results of the obtaining of this divine love. It seems to have in it, as a part of its qualities, knowledge and wisdom and understanding that is not dependent upon the mind or intellect of the natural man, but which is a part of the mind of the soul that is developed as the soul is developed in love.
I thought I would write in this way tonight, that Leslie may, in a faint way, comprehend what the progress of his mother means and comprehends. With love there can be no ignorance, for love is, of itself, wisdom and knowledge and understanding. And from all this you will see that the mortals whose ambition is that when they get into the spirit world they will have the opportunity to pursue the studies which they loved on earth, and that during all the long eternity there will be no cessation of opportunity to gratify their ambition. I say, you will see that these mortals will find themselves very poor indeed as compared with those whose ambition is to obtain the divine love, which brings with it all these things, and others greater and beyond conception of knowledge that these mortals can possibly have.
Well, I will not write further on this subject tonight, but some time, if it pleases you, I will come and write my boy a regular thesis upon some spiritual truth that may interest him very much.
(Mrs. Stone confirms Leslie's astral flight to help in the spirit world in the same way that he tried to do when the spirit was a mortal.) I heard him tell of his experience of a few nights ago, in going out of his body, and wondering if it were really true. Well, it was true. He left his body, and he may be a little surprised to know that the great desire of that young spirit to have him come to her and tell her again of some of the things that he had told her on earth was the cause of his leaving his body. Her desires were so great that they actually drew his spirit to her. What he saw, he saw with his spirit eyes, and the persons who appeared to him were actually present; and the young spirit heard his conversation, and in it found some relief.
She brought with her to the spirit world some of the thoughts that he had conveyed to her during his earth life; and having the experience of not finding what she had been taught, when on earth, that she would find in the spirit world, she became disappointed and doubtful, and then recalled what Leslie had told her, and with these memories came the desire that he should come and repeat to her these explanations that he had made to her of the truths and condition of the spirit world.
She is now very much better, and is seeking for the truth, or rather a corroboration of the truth that she learned from him. I was present, as he thought, and when he left her I went with her and took her in my care, and have been trying to help her into the light and to a longing for this love. She is so young and her soul so susceptible to the influence of love, without being bound very much by erroneous beliefs that were taught her, she will, I know, soon become convinced of the true way to happiness and redemption. And her grandmother, who loves this young spirit so much, was with her and heard what Leslie said, and, of course, was shocked and grieved that he should try to teach the child such blasphemous things; and she shed tears and was very unhappy and wanted her child to go with her and not listen to what he said or was saying. But just here we interfered to a certain extent, and caused them to separate, and induced the grandmother to leave the child for awhile, though she did not want to do so.
And when Leslie said that he assisted her to a lower plane, he actually did so, for while she is a woman of a kindly nature, and a somewhat Christian character, as she understands, yet she is not fitted for the plane on which the scene related took place. And here let me say that the young spirit and her grandmother, because of the great law of attraction, are not suited to the same plane, and this grieves the grandmother very much, and also the child. But the regeneration of the child will, no doubt, have a great effect upon the grandmother, and when the time comes, that is after the child has learned the truth and received some of the love and goes to her grandmother to show her beauty and tell of her experience, we will go to the grandmother, also, and attempt to explain to her these truths and the error of her belief.