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Quiz: Smarter Than the Average American? Take This USA Quiz!: Zoo
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The USA is among the largest and most well-known countries on the planet. There is a lot to know about the country, from geography, politics, the states themselves and a boatload of different statistics. However, how much do you actually know about the USA? Well, if you're like many Americans, the answer is likely not very much. While some might have some passing knowledge, many haven't learned anything new since their time in high school.
Are you like the rest, or do you feel you're smarter than the average American? If you feel you're smarter, get ready to prove it. This quiz is going to ask you a range of questions to see just how much you know about one of the greatest countries on the planet. For example, do you know what the longest river in the country is? How about which university has had the most presidents attend it?
If you can answer these types of questions, or want to learn more about the good old US of A, this quiz is for you. Without any further ado, put on your red, white and blue and get ready to challenge yourself with our quiz to test your knowledge of the USA.
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Who was the very first President of the USA?
William Taft
The very first President of the United States was George Washington. Before becoming a president and getting involved in politics, Washington was a military general in the War of Independence.
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Who was the first American to set foot and walk on the moon?
Buzz Aldrin
Only one person will ever have the distinction of being the first person to walk on the moon, and that is Neil Armstrong. He did this back in 1969 when Apollo 11 became the first spaceflight that brought humans to the moon.
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What is the national mammal in the USA?
While the USA didn't have a national mammal for a very long time, that all changed in 2016 when the bison became the national mammal. President Obama signed the National Bison Legacy Act on May 9, 2016, making it official.
When was the USA founded?
The USA was officially founded on July 4th of 1776. It became official when the people from each of the original Thirteen Colonies got together and signed the Declaration of Independence.
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The USA is home to many rivers, but which is the longest?
Snake River
While it is close, the longest river in the USA is the Mississippi River. It goes for 3,778 km, which is just over 10 km longer than the next closest river. It goes from north to south and nearly spans the entire country.
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What was Abraham Lincoln arguably most famous for?
Running marathons
Being the second President ever
Freeing the slaves
How short he was
While Abraham Lincoln did many things as President, arguably his most notable was freeing the slaves. He did this when he signed the Emancipation Proclamation, which freed over 3.5 million slaves.
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What city is the capital of California?
While Los Angeles is the largest and most well-known city in the state of California, it is not the capital. That distinction goes to Sacramento, which has been the capital of the state for a long time.
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What is the name of the national anthem of the USA?
"Born in the USA"
"Proud to Be an American"
"The Greatest Country Ever"
"The Star-Spangled Banner"
The national anthem for the USA is the "Star-Spangled Banner." The song officially became adopted as the official anthem in 1931, though its lyrics and music date back to well over 100 years before that.
Which city was the Declaration of Independence signed in?
The Declaration of Independence, which helped to found the USA as we know it, was signed in Philadelphia back in 1776. In particular, it was signed in the State House, in Independence Hall.
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How many years is a presidential term in the USA?
Six years
In the USA, the term for a president is four years. After four years, an election will be held. A president is eligible for two terms, or eight years total. Of course, the term can be shorter if the president is impeached or passes away.
Which American city is known as "The Big Easy"?
"The Big Easy" is a nickname for none other than New Orleans. It got this nickname because a writer in the newspaper began to call it by the name back in the 1970s to describe the easy-going living in the city.
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Which city in the USA has the highest population?
There are many American cities with millions and millions of residents, but no city has more people than New York City. It has over 8 million people and is the most densely populated city in the country.
How many states are in the USA?
The USA is home to 50 different states, in addition to many other islands and territories. These states range in size, laws and many other ways. Fun fact, the 50 states are represented by the 50 stars on the American flag.
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If you were taking a trip to Sin City, where would you be going?
Sin City is the nickname for the city of Las Vegas, which is a hub for gambling and entertainment. It got this nickname as there are often a lot of unsavory things that take place there. The designation dates back to the early 1900s.
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Where is the Grand Canyon located?
The Grand Canyon, which is located in the state of Arizona, is one of the most popular places to visit in the country. It is truly magnificent and has millions of years of history inside of it.
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Of the Great Lakes, which is the largest?
The Great Lakes are some of the largest lakes on the planet, but the largest of them all is Lake Superior. It has an area of 31,700 square miles and is the largest freshwater lake on the planet, according to the surface area.
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When did the USA enter into World War II?
While the Second World War began in 1939, the USA didn't join into the battle until a few years later on December 7th, 1941. They did so after the terrible Pearl Harbor attacks by Japan.
Of the following states, which was not a member of the original Thirteen Colonies?
The Thirteen Colonies existed before the USA officially became a country, and since Alaska didn't become a state until much later, it could not have been a member. Without these colonies, the USA would likely look very different than it does today.
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Which state is the oldest?
While it is a fairly low-profile state today, Delaware is the oldest state in the USA. It was the first state ratified into the Union. It became the first state on December 7th, 1787, only a few days before Pennsylvania and New Jersey.
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In what city did the horrific events of 9/11 occur?
The day of September 11th, 2001, is a day that will never be forgotten in the USA. On that day, thousands of people in New York City lost their lives to terrorist attacks. It is one of the darkest days in American history.
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Where does the president of the USA live?
While presidents have been born around the country, they all end up living in Washington, D.C. In particular, they live in the White House. Every president since 1800 has lived in the White House. Shown here are the north (top) and south (bottom) facades of the White House.
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Before being called New York, what was it called?
Old York
Before it ever became the state of New York, the state went by a different name — New Amsterdam. After New Amsterdam was captured, the name was changed to New York to honor the Duke of York.
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There are many mountains in the USA, but which is the tallest peak?
Mount Bona
Mount Hubbard
Mount Sanford
The tallest mountain that has currently been discovered in the USA is Denali. Located in Alaska, this mountain (which used to be known as Mount McKinley) stands at 6,190 meters tall.
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How many U.S. branches of government are there?
When it comes to the USA, there are three separate branches of the government. They are the Executive branch (President and other workers), the Legislative branch (Senate and House of Representatives) and the Judicial branch (Supreme Court).
Which American sports league holds the World Series every year?
The World Series is the annual championship series that takes place to name the best Major League Baseball team of the previous season. It takes place in the fall and has been contested for more than 100 years. Shown here, the Chicago Cubs celebrate their 2016 World Series victory.
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Which American university has produced the most presidents?
While all of the mentioned schools are very prestigious and have several high-level graduates, Harvard has the distinction of graduating the most presidents. Barack Obama, John Adams, John F. Kennedy and many others attended Harvard at some point.
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Which state is Disney World in?
Disney World is without a doubt one of the most popular attractions and vacation spots in the country. It is located in Florida, near Orlando, and gets millions upon millions of visitors every year.
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What is the tallest building in the USA?
Aon Center
One World Trade Center
Willis Tower
Between all the downtown areas in the USA, there are many different tall buildings. However, none are taller than the One World Trade Center in New York City, which stands at over 541 meters tall.
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Which state is the largest in terms of area?
Many of these states are quite large, but one takes the cake as the largest, and that would be Alaska. It is over 665,000 square miles, which is well over twice as large as the next closest state.
Of all the states, which is the newest?
The newest state to enter the United States of America is Hawaii. It officially joined the Union on August 21st, 1959, which was only about eight months after Alaska joined the USA.
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Which state is home to Mount Rushmore?
Mount Rushmore is a tourist attraction and sculpture located in South Dakota. It depicts four Presidents: George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln.
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Approximately how many people live in the USA?
2.5 billion
The United States of America is home to around 325 million people. This makes it one of the most populous countries on the planet, trailing only China and India, who both have over 1 billion residents.
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How many armed branches does the U.S. military have?
The American military is among the largest on the planet and has six armed service branches. These are the Army, the Navy, the Air Force, the Marine Corps, the Coast Guard, and the Space Force.
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How many different people have served as the president of the USA?
While there have been 45 presidencies, only 44 different men have served as president of the country. Grover Cleveland, shown here, is the only one to serve more than one presidency, as he was the 22nd and 24th president.
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Which city is home to "The Bean"?
The Bean, which is officially called Cloud Gate, is located in Chicago. It is a large public structure that looks like a large stainless steel bean, and is visited by people all over the world.
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Sibuco è una municipalità di seconda classe delle Filippine, situata nella Provincia di Zamboanga del Norte, nella regione della Penisola di Zamboanga.

Sibuco è formata da 28 baranggay:

 Anongan
 Basak
 Bongalao
 Cabbunan
 Cawit-cawit
 Culaguan
 Cusipan
 Dinulan
 Jatian
 Kamarangan
 Lakiki
 Lambagoan
 Limpapa
 Lingayon

 Lintangan
 Litawan
 Lunday
 Malayal
 Mantivo
 Nala (Pob.)
 Panganuran
 Pangian
 Paniran
 Pasilnahut
 Poblacion
 Puliran
 Santo Niño (Culabog)
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There were only two series of Secret Wars action figures released in the U.S. But, there was a 3rd series or, if you prefer, a 2nd series foreign release. Constrictor was part of this series and was only released in Europe, was not actually part of the Secret Wars comic series and has a bilingual cardboard back. Constrictor appeared in the Captain America comic line.
As you can see his accessories included his renowned whip and of course the secret shield. Given the fact that he was only issued in Europe this figure is more difficult to find then most of the regular issue figures and is possibly the most difficult of the entire line to find unopened. The design is underwhelming and they used the Daredevil figure with a different head sculpt and a repaint. Still, Constrictor is one of the most collectible figures in the Secret Wars series.


Our kayak deck bag is made from tough PVC material and features a zip closure for easy access to your equipment when it is lashed to the front of your kayak.
The deck bag is a vibrant yellow and has reflective strips along the constrasting black mesh netting and straps. This gives the deck bag a cool look and will be noticable in dull conditions.
We have designed the top of the deck bag with a cross section of bungee cord and there are slim side mesh pockets on the bag too. This gives the user additional storage options for attaching equipment to the outside of the bag for easy access.


Cornerback P.J. Williams was expected to be a first-round pick in the upcoming NFL Draft, but those dreams may be shattered since he has been arrested on DUI charges.
Williams had declared for the draft and skipped his senior season at Florida State. His DUI arrest is sure to hurt his draft stock since the draft is only four weeks away.
The talent is there though, since Williams won the defensive MVP award in the 2014 BCS Championship game as the Seminoles defeated Auburn in a thrilling title matchup.
Williams was already behind other cornerback prospects in the draft rankings to begin with, such as Michigan State's Trae Waynes, Washington's Marcus Peters, Wake Forest's Kevin Johnson.
Even fellow Florida State cornerback Ronald Darby may be ranked ahead of him now.
The cornerback has already been in trouble with the law for fleeing the scene of an accident, but he got off with traffic tickets.
Being drafted in the second round appears to be Williams' best hope at this point due to his latest arrest.


American Memory -- Library of Congress: the best source for national, regional, and some local maps, especially for the second half of the nineteenth century.
Early Washington Maps -- the best source for Washington State and northwest region historic maps.
Pathways to History -- Eastern Washington University, Teaching American History Project: will feature mapping projects built by teacher-participants in the grant project.


Kuffsoothe™ is formulated to be a complete immune support and cough reliever for the whole family. This natural honey mixture blended with RUVED Flucomune™ will ease sore throats associated with hoarseness, dry throat, and irritants while strengthening the immune system. Kuffsoothe™ will get you back to feeling great.
Provides respiratory health support using Adhatod vasica and Glycyrrhiza glabra.


WWPR-AM 1490 Bradenton – As far back as 1946, Bradenton's AM-1490 studios, one-kilowatt transmitter, and tower were located on Bradenton's Memorial Pier at the north end of 12th Street West. Then, the station was WDHL. Those calls switched to WTRL in 1952, then became WOFN (1982-84), WTRL again (1984-88), Classic Hits WKLV (1988-90), and WJRB (1990-92) before going silent in December 1992.
In December 1994, Skywave Broadcasting (Osvado Onoz, president) returned AM 1490 to the air as WYMZ. The calls became WWPR (PieR 1490) in January 1995. Pennsylvania-based Greenrose Broadcasting (Raymond Green, president) acquired WWPR from Skywave in 1997 and programmed 40's, 50's and 60's adult standards. Since then, formats have included Westwood One's satellite oldies and news/talk. In 2007, the station was acquired by Vidify Media (Daniel Silver, president).
Today (2010) WWPR is no longer on Bradenton's Memorial Pier. Offices and studios are now at 5910 Cortez Road West in Bradenton, and programming is mostly brokered talk (West Coast People's Radio). The station operates with a two-pattern non-directional single antenna system from the former WBRD transmitter site east of U.S. 301 on 26th Avenue East. After moving from the downtown waterfront, station power output was dropped from 1 kilowatt to 800 watts to protect New Port Richey's WPSO-AM on 1500 kHz.
Other names from WWPR history include Allan Hollar (GM/sales manager/chief engineer-1995), Jack Caron (operations-1997), Jerry Cox (mornings-1998), Big Ed Edwards (operations-2006), Valerie Silver (GM-2008), and Vivian Anderson (PD).


About the author(s): Jan Ulrich Hasecke is the founder of Wikitution. He is a writer and runs some cultural and political internetprojects, for example www.sudelbuch.de, a satirical and essayist magazine, or www.generationenprojekt.de, a project collecting personal memories of historical events.
Abstract: In a multilingual wiki-project volunteers from several European countries try to save the idea of a European constitution, which seems to be dead after its rejection in referendum in France and the Netherlands. On Wikitution everybody can collaborate on a European constitution in their own language. The project was started in June 2005.
For pragmatic reasons the project leaders take the rejected, official draft of the constitution to improve upon, rather than writing a new constitution from scratch. They hope to cover all possible issues in this way.
According to its guidelines the aim of the project is to write a constitution, which can be accepted in all European countries. It shall be democratic and understandable. And the volunteers shall work with a European point of view, not with a national one.
A road map draft was written. First step is to provide the official draft in all native languages. After a first editing period a translation committee shall be elected, which will make a first common draft from all language versions. This draft will mark all major differences in the different language versions and is the basis for the second period of editing, where controversial questions will be decided by a voting process. After this the translation committee will work on a final common draft, which should then be handed over to the European parliament to be subject of a general European referendum.


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Zukiswa Wanner received the Goethe Medal at a ceremony in Nairobi on October 15, 2020. The Goethe Medal was first […]
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In this catelgory are 7 different sizes of chandeliers, from 18 inches in diameter to the 48 inch. The Crestline Chandelier Series are our most popular and oldest chandeliers, with many custom opportunities.
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David M. Rubenstein, JD'73, has renewed his commitment to the University of Chicago Law School's Rubenstein Scholars Program with a $13 million gift that will provide full-tuition scholarships for up to 60 students in the classes of 2023, 2024 and 2025.
For Aimee Brown, JD'14, the Rubenstein Scholarship enabled her to focus on clerkships and government work after graduation. She clerked on the D.C. Circuit and worked as trial attorney at the U.S. Department of Justice for the Federal Programs Branch and, later, as an attorney-adviser for the Office of Legal Counsel at the DOJ before starting a Supreme Court clerkship.
Two years after graduating, he was able to leave his law firm job to serve in government. He worked as chief counsel to the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on Constitutional Amendments before joining Jimmy Carter's presidential campaign, and, between 1977 and 1981, served as Carter's deputy assistant for domestic policy. Later, Rubenstein practiced law in Washington, D.C., before co-founding The Carlyle Group in 1987. Since then, Carlyle has grown to managing $220 billion in assets. It has more than 1,650 employees and 31 offices across six continents.
During a visit in 2017, Rubenstein recalled his time at the Law School. His fellow classmates were intimidatingly smart, he told students: both Sr. Lect. Frank Easterbrook, judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, and Douglas Ginsburg, senior judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, were in his class. He also remembered Richard Posner, then in his second year of teaching at the Law School, lecturing on the economic theory of torts.
Rubenstein joined the University's Board of Trustees in 2007. He also serves as chair of the Council on Foreign Relations, chairman emeritus of The Brookings Institution and of Duke University, chair of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, chairman of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, and president of the Economic Club of Washington, D.C. Rubenstein was an original signer of the Giving Pledge, an effort to help address society's most pressing problems by inviting the world's wealthiest individuals and families to commit more than half of their wealth to philanthropy or charitable causes either during their lifetime or in their will.
He has fostered the development of "patriotic philanthropy" with gifts to the National Park Service, the National Archives (to which he permanently loaned a copy of the Magna Carta), the Kennedy Center, the Library of Congress, Thomas Jefferson's Monticello, George Washington's Mount Vernon and the Smithsonian. He also is the host of The David Rubenstein Show: Peer-to-Peer Conversations on Bloomberg TV and PBS.
—This story first appeared on the Law School website.


Improving kidney function is the most difficult stop during the treatment cause of kidney disease. Since dialysis and kidney transplant can not treat kidney disease fundamentally, more and more people are choosing Traditional Chinese Medicine to deal with their kidney disease. While, can 25% kidney function on FSGS be improved by Traditional Chinese Medicine?
What does 25% kidney function on FSGS mean? Focal and Segmental Glomerulosclerosis is a disease characterized segments of sclerosis in some glomeruli, that is to say, a part of glomeruli running into sclerosis, which leads some symptoms occur, such as generealized edema, massive proteinuria, hypoalbuminemia, and hyperlipidemia. These symptoms appear, which is a sign that kidney function are losing. if these symptoms are not controlled well by proper and effective treatment, the kidney function will lose gradually. 25% kidney function refers to that you are already at stage 4 Chronic Kidney Disease. If it can not be controlled well, kidney failure occurs.
What can be done to improve 25% kidney function on FSGS? Traditional Chinese Medicine is gaining wide varity of popularity in the world. It is safe and comfortable. The main materials are countless Chinese herbs, which makes the treatment naturally and safely. In addition, herbs cost much less than prescription medications. Herbs tend to be inexpensive compared to drugs. The renal experts who have abundant working experiences in Beijing Tongshantang Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine work together to make many innovations on the basis of Traditional Chinese Medicine. Micro-Chinese Medicine Osmotherapy is the most typical one. It is used externally, compared with the oral Chinese medicines, this external application has the advantage of achieving the function quickly. The Chinese herbs are refined into powder and packaged into two medicated bags, the active substances can enter into kidney lesions directly through skin.
Firstly, this therapy can dilate blood vessels and activate blood circulation, so as to regulate blood pressure and relive ischemia and anoxia as as some poisoning symptoms.
Secondly, it also can improve microcirculation of whole body, alleviating nausea and vomiting, some other symptoms can disappear gradually.
Fourthly, if patients are undergoing dialysis, this therapy can help them have less dialysis or even get rid of dialysis by recovering kidney function.
Traditional Chinese Medicine can achieve the function of improving kidney function, so you should receive the treatment as soon as possible.


Overview: In the second installment (of four), Turtledove returns to the same characters, picking up the stories mere days after he left them in the first book (the first two books comprise just over a year's time). Without giving away too much, even after finishing this book it is difficult to say which way the balance is tilting. The Race is beginning to learn to cope with warfare on Earth (Tosev 3), and is waging victorious war against the Germans, Soviets, and Americans. However, the humans are beginning to understand bits of captured alien technology while the Soviets, Germans, Japanese and Americans are all making reasonably steady progress towards their goal of creating an atomic bomb.


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Union County Says "Thanks"
October 27, 2017 | Affiliate News
On Sunday, October 22, more than 100 Family Promise Union County volunteers and graduate guests of the Family Promise-Union County shelter program came together to celebrate their successes. Over lunch at the Grand Summit Hotel, former guests thanked their volunteer hosts for providing them home-cooked meals, safe places to sleep, …
Our Community Blog: Lindsay Moore, Executive Director, FP of Genesee County, "We ARE Family"
October 18, 2017 | Voices of Family Promise
The 15th Annual Family Promise National Conference, in D.C., empowered, encouraged and engaged. Since our Affiliate opened in 2014, I have attended 3 conferences and I always come away with renewed excitement. This year's theme, United We Serve, spoke directly to what we do every day, whether you're in …
Our Community Blog: Karen Olson, Founder and President Emeritus, "Meet Me in DC"
September 26, 2017 | Voices of Family Promise
I can't believe it's been 23 years since our first conference. I remember it like it was yesterday. It was held in Cincinnati, Ohio and we called it "A Time To Share". Little did I know how profound that would be, because that sense of community has only grown over …
Family Promise Adds to Leadership Team
September 25, 2017 | National News
Family Promise continues to add new leadership voices to help build our brand and strengthen our connections with the communities we serve. David Fleck and Leah Griffith have joined our Board of Trustees and Hope Johnson is the newest member of our Guest Advisory Council. Fleck is Chief Strategy …
Karen Olson Tours Harvey Damage
The devastating power of Hurricane Harvey affected the entire Family Promise community in the Affiliates touched by the storm. Guest families, staff, board members, volunteers—all had their lives changed to some degree, some profoundly. Congregations were flooded, possessions destroyed, homes lost, many families relocated. We continue to offer our thoughts …
Kiwanis Cal-Nev-Ha Foundation Provides Funds to Western Affiliates
September 18, 2017 | Affiliate News
Family Promise is pleased to announce that the Kiwanis Cal-Nev-Ha Foundation has chosen seven Family Promise Affiliates to receive nearly $12,500 each to assist them in prevention and rapid re-housing efforts for the families they serve. The Foundation is the charitable entity of the Cal-Nev-Ha District of Kiwanis International, which …
Harvey and Irma Deliver One-Two Punch to Affiliates
While the gulf coast of Texas was still early in their recovery efforts from the effects of Hurricane Harvey, the entire state of Florida was slammed by Hurricane Irma, which made landfall in the Florida Keys Sunday as a Category 4 storm and rumbled inexorably up the state's gulf coast …
Our Community Blog: Terry Lindemann, Director, Family Promise of Las Vegas, "Compassion — More than a Platitude"
My journey with "compassion" began at the age of five when my family crumbled and my sisters and I became wards of the State of California. A snapshot stored in the corner of my mind: a woman clad in stockings with a line up the back, blue shoes, too tall …
Our Community Blog: Jadyn Fauconier-Herry, Intern, "Growing Up with Family Promise"
August 24, 2017 | Voices of Family Promise
When I first volunteered with Family Promise I was about nine years old, barely older than the children of the guests staying with my family's congregation. At such a young age "volunteering" meant tagging along with my mom to stay over when our church hosted families, eating dinner with them, …
Family Promise Joins NJ Housing Advocates on the Hill
August 16, 2017 | National News
Leaders from several Family Promise New Jersey Affiliates joined more than 450 affordable housing advocates in Washington, DC on July 26 for NJ Hill Day, imploring congress to take a stand against looming housing cuts. Directors Geleen Donovan (Union County), Kate Duggan (Bergen County), and Colleen Duerr (Hunterdon County) represented …
Our Community Blog: Claas Ehlers, President, "Lion of Faith"
Thirty-two years ago, a Lutheran pastor in a suburban New Jersey town opened his church to a meeting for nearly 200 of his neighbors, people of all different faiths and backgrounds. Led by Karen Olson, they were united in their desire to address a new and troubling development: families becoming …
Family Promise Semi-finalist for $50,000 Prize
August 8, 2017 | National News
Encore.org today announced that Family Promise is one of 15 semifinalists for The Encore Prize: Generation to Generation Challenge, a national competition that will award $50,000 each to two winners with innovative ideas for engaging people over the age of 50 in improving the lives of vulnerable children and youth. …


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Rewind & Review: #84
Created by Shae Has Left the Room.
~Easter weekend happened. I stayed on campus and worked at the desk a lot and got a ton of homework done. I also watched half a dozen movies.
~I've started writing an essay about why Severus Snape is the actual worst.
~I had a Shakespeare group project - we had to perform a scene from one of the plays we read. My group chose a tavern scene from Henry IV, Part I and we performed it in our school's bistro.
~My university's annual film festival was last Saturday. It was freezing cold that day, but we managed the hour-long wait in line to get good seats. Some of the films were really good; others, frankly, stunk.
~Last week of classes has passed. I'm gearing up for finals week and move-out. But I managed to film a book haul video yesterday! Check it out at the bottom of the post.
Books I Received for Review
The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue by Mackenzi Lee (from HarperCollins)
Dramatically Ever After by Isabel Bandeira (from Spencer Hill Press via NetGalley)
Books I Won/Traded for/was Gifted
Taylor Swift: This Is Our Song by Tyler Conroy (Easter gift from my parents)
Literary Starbucks by Nora Katz, Wilson Josephson, and Jill Poskanzer (April Secret Sister gift)
The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss (gifted by one of my professors)
Books I Bought
Triple Threat by Gwenda Bond
Rebels Rising by Shanna Swendson
First Class Murder by Robin Stevens
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas (4 stars)
Two Summers by Aimee Friedman (reread)
The Distance from A to Z by Natalie Blitt (3 stars)
The Flame in the Mist by Renee Ahdieh
Saturdays at Sea by Jessica Day George (4 stars)
The Names They Gave Us by Emery Lord (reread)
Tash Hearts Tolstoy by Kathryn Ormsbee
Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie (4 stars)
The Beautiful Pretender by Melanie Dickerson (3 stars)
A Natural History of Dragons by Marie Brennan (4 stars)
American Street by Ibi Zoboi (3 stars)
The Upside of Unrequited by Becky Albertalli (4 stars)
Daughter of the Pirate King by Tricia Levenseller (3 stars)
Two Naomis by Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich and Audrey Vernick (3 stars)
Blog Posts You Might've Missed in the Last Few Weeks
(from 4/10-4/15)
Top Ten Tuesday: Most Unique Books I've Read
Eighteen More 2018 Reads
DNF Review: Maud by Melanie J. Fishbane
Top Ten Tuesday: Things That'll Make Me Want to Read a Book
Review: Girl Out of Water by Laura Silverman (3 stars)
Random Friday: Creative Nonfiction
Sunday Street Team: Interview with Laura Silverman
Review: Noteworthy by Riley Redgate (4 stars)
Review: You're Welcome, Universe by Whitney Gardner (3.5 stars)
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Review: You're Welcome, Universe
You're Welcome, Universe by Whitney Gardner
Summary: When Julia finds a slur about her best friend scrawled across the back of the Kingston School for the Deaf, she covers it up with a beautiful (albeit illegal) graffiti mural.
Her supposed best friend snitches, the principal expels her, and her parents set Julia up with a one-way ticket to a "mainstream" school in the suburbs, where she's treated like an outcast as the only deaf student. The last thing she has left is her art, and not even Banksy himself could convince her to give that up.
Out in the 'burbs, Julia paints anywhere she can, eager to claim some turf of her own. But Julia soon learns that she might not be the only vandal in town. Someone is adding to her tags, making them better, showing off—and showing Julia up in the process. She expected her art might get painted over by cops. But she never imagined getting dragged into a full-blown graffiti war.
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: What drew me to You're Welcome, Universe was the mention of deaf characters in that cover copy. Deaf culture fascinates me, and I've been watching Switched at Birth for years. Every bit of the Deaf/deaf culture in YWU felt authentic to me. Sometimes, I was confused as to if the characters were signing or speaking aloud, but I think that was pretty realistic. Julia, the protagonist, wouldn't constantly say, "I signed this" or "I signed that." She would say, "I said..." because ASL is her language. What also worked nicely was how Whitney Gardner wrote the moments when Julia was trying to lip-read and couldn't catch everything the hearing person said. Readers are very much inside Julia's head for this book, so I could feel her frustration, annoyance, and confusion.
Julia is definitely a teenager. She has her bratty moments and her stubbornness and her ridiculousness, but I felt like she made some good choices at the end of the day. She learned how to be more open to friendship, and she got rid of the fairly toxic friendship in her life. I could see how she loved and wanted to please her parents but was also balancing being herself.
I don't get street art, to be honest, so I didn't always love that plot line. There's a plot twist related that I really didn't expect. There were a few tiny hints, looking back, but it kind of came out of the blue for me. Still not certain if I liked that or didn't.
Side characters...Julia's parents shine. I grew to like Casey, even if she did try too hard, and Mr. Katz was cool. Jordyn pissed me off (I really wanted to shake her for her stupid choices), as did Donovan. YP (whose real name I wish we'd learned) had just as much of a character arc as Julia, which was great. Yay for friendship!
I appreciated that there was no romance. I felt like there two potentials for one to happen, and I honestly didn't see how either ship would've been good, so YWU gets major points for the lack of a romance. There is a moment between Julia and Donovan that kind of came out of nowhere and definitely annoyed me.
There's a fair bit of foul language, so I think that was the main thing keeping this from being a 4-star book.
The Verdict: I never experienced that deep love I feel while reading a new favorite, but this is such an important story.
Will I be adding this book to my library?: Already have.
Time for another Disney Princess-themed So You Like... post!
So you like...
ARIEL.
(Note: I tried to find a credit for this drawing, but couldn't, so if anyone knows who to credit it to, let me know.)
OTHER CULTURES/OTHER WORLDS (since Ariel is fascinated with the human world)
The Star-Touched Queen by Roshani Chokshi
Rebel of the Sands by Alwyn Hamilton
The Wrath & the Dawn by Renee Ahdieh
The Young Elites by Marie Lu
Written in the Stars by Aisha Saeed
Is Ariel your favorite Disney Princess? Which one would you like me to recommend books for next?
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Review: Noteworthy
Noteworthy by Riley Redgate
An e-galley was provided by the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for review consideration.
Summary: It's the start of Jordan Sun's junior year at the Kensington-Blaine Boarding School for the Performing Arts. Unfortunately, she's an Alto 2, which—in the musical theatre world—is sort of like being a vulture in the wild: She has a spot in the ecosystem, but nobody's falling over themselves to express their appreciation. So it's no surprise when she gets shut out of the fall musical for the third year straight.
Then the school gets a mass email: A spot has opened up in the Sharpshooters, Kensington's elite a cappella octet. Worshiped ... revered ... all male. Desperate to prove herself, Jordan auditions in her most convincing drag, and it turns out that Jordan Sun, Tenor 1, is exactly what the Sharps are looking for.
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Noteworthy is definitely a book for music lovers. Other than that, it's a book for the dreamers, go-getters, and social justice warriors. Jordan Sun is not about to sit idly by and let her dreams slip through her fingertips. I admired her determination and hardworking attitude. I wasn't surprised when she made it into the Sharpshooters. I was surprised by a couple of things: 1) the lack of supervision for the Sharpshooters (even music groups at my university have more supervision than the Sharps), and 2) how much I enjoyed a story filled with boys. I'm usually all about the female-driven books, but I didn't mind that Jordan was pretty much the only girl on most of the pages. And I really enjoyed the group of friends that developed for Jordan, but I especially loved the romance with Isaac. I liked all of the dynamics with him, and he was super swoony. I enjoyed being able to contrast him with Jordan's ex, and he was so much better for her, partly because Isaac and Jordan got to form a friendship first.
The ending felt a little off to me; I think it was mainly the parts post-competition. It just felt maybe a little too perfectly wrapped up, if that makes sense.
There's a lot of swearing. Sometimes I felt like there was an s-word or f-bomb dropped on every page, but I tried to look past that because the quality of the rest of the book is pretty good.
The Verdict: Great rep and an enjoyable read.
Will I be adding this book to my library?: Probably.
Sunday Street Team: Interview with Laura Silverman + Giveaway
Girl Out of Water by Laura Silverman
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Anise Sawyer plans to spend every minute of summer with her friends: surfing, chowing down on fish tacos drizzled with wasabi balsamic vinegar, and throwing bonfires that blaze until dawn. But when a serious car wreck leaves her aunt, a single mother of three, with two broken legs, it forces Anise to say goodbye for the first time to Santa Cruz, the waves, her friends, and even a kindling romance, and fly with her dad to Nebraska for the entire summer. Living in Nebraska isn't easy. Anise spends her days caring for her three younger cousins in the childhood home of her runaway mom, a wild figure who's been flickering in and out of her life since birth, appearing for weeks at a time and then disappearing again for months, or even years, without a word.
Complicating matters is Lincoln, a one-armed, charismatic skater who pushes Anise to trade her surfboard for a skateboard. As Anise draws closer to Lincoln and takes on the full burden and joy of her cousins, she loses touch with her friends back home – leading her to one terrifying question: will she turn out just like her mom and spend her life leaving behind the ones she loves?
The Author-Laura Silverman
Laura received her MFA in writing for children from the New School. She loves books and dogs—okay, and quite a few people too. She currently lives in Atlanta, Georgia. You can say hello on Twitter at @LJSilverman1.
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Emma: Anise is an athletic character, as is Lincoln. Why was it important for them to both have a sport to participate in?
Laura: It was their connection! Anise was a surfer from the start, and it made sense she'd gravitate towards a new sport stuck in landlocked Nebraska. Thankfully Lincoln is there to guide her ☺
E: Are you in any way similar to Anise, Lincoln, or another character from Girl Out of Water?
L: I'm probably most similar to Tess – Anise's best friend. I'm really loyal and honest with my friends (hopefully! I think!). Like Lincoln, I can definitely nerd out about things other people might find boring. And Anise and I are actually pretty different but we both share/shared that fear of losing friendships to distance.
E: One of the best parts of Girl Out of Water is the focus on family - not just parents and children but also cousins and aunts. What are some of your favorite other YA books that have strong focuses on family?
L: *screams Jenny Han's books from the rooftops* I'm so flattered some early reviews have compared our books because I absolutely love her focus on family.
E: What's been the best part of your debut author experience?
L: EVERYTHING. It's honestly hard to pick one thing. Signing that contract. Holding my ARC for the first time. Signing ARC copies. Holding the real book for the first time. All of the relationships! Meeting amazing writers and readers and people who work in publishing! And of course – the biggest perk – all the books!
E: What would be the best kind of book swag for Girl Out of Water? (Like, if you had no budget restraints, what would you love to give as a preorder promotion prize?)
L: Ooh! Probably like a two-week trip to California and Nebraska. With tours guided by Anise and Lincoln because they're real people in this fantasy, right?
E: What's the weirdest writing advice you've ever received?
L: The "only write what you know" advice has always struck me as odd. Am I only supposed to write about girls growing up in Georgia who go to the University of Georgia for college and study English and Advertising and have never gotten on a surfboard?
E: Cake or pie, and what kind?
L: Oreo cheesecake ☺ Also apple pie with vanilla ice cream, though. Also why is dessert so good?
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I talked a bit about CNF and memoirs last fall. Reading more food and travel memoirs is definitely still on my agenda, but I haven't been checking a lot of physical books out of the library, and they don't have many titles as e-books. I did read a few over Christmas break, especially while I was traveling to Chicago, and hopefully I can read more this summer.
I read The Man Who Ate Everything, which taught me way more than I needed to know about the nutritional facts of certain foods.
I also read Maman's Homesick Pie, which was good but not great. I definitely loved learning about a different culture's food, but I don't think the timeline of the book was well-organized.
I finished 2016 by reading A Pig in Provence, which frankly bored and annoyed me. I liked some of the bits about provincial French life, but most of the characters grated on my nerves.
This year, I've read Lauren Graham's memoir and one of Ina Garten's books (which is more cookbook than CNF), so I definitely need to get cracking.
Even if I haven't liked every example of CNF I've read, I'm optimistic, mostly because I liked the first two I read (Delancey and The Wilder Life, in case you're wondering).
Is there a specific type of CNF you feel drawn to? Anthologies, food memoirs, travel memoirs, autobiographies...
Review: Girl Out of Water
An e-galley was provided by Sourcebooks Fire via NetGalley in exchange for review consideration.
Summary: Anise Sawyer plans to spend every minute of summer with her friends: surfing, chowing down on fish tacos drizzled with wasabi balsamic vinegar, and throwing bonfires that blaze until dawn. But when a serious car wreck leaves her aunt, a single mother of three, with two broken legs, it forces Anise to say goodbye for the first time to Santa Cruz, the waves, her friends, and even a kindling romance, and fly with her dad to Nebraska for the entire summer. Living in Nebraska isn't easy. Anise spends her days caring for her three younger cousins in the childhood home of her runaway mom, a wild figure who's been flickering in and out of her life since birth, appearing for weeks at a time and then disappearing again for months, or even years, without a word.
Complicating matters is Lincoln, a one-armed, charismatic skater who pushes Anise to trade her surfboard for a skateboard. As Anise draws closer to Lincoln and takes on the full burden and joy of her cousins, she loses touch with her friends back home – leading her to one terrifying question: will she turn out just like her mom and spend her life leaving behind the ones she loves
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: The premise of Girl Out of Water is wonderful - I love the focus on family, and it's great to see athletic heroines (even though I can't relate to them at all). Anise has a good bond with her father, she's got a solid group of friends, and she acts like a typical teenager - a bit self-focused, but also willing to help and step up to the plate if needed. Lincoln felt a little unnatural at first, but I grew to like him, and his and Anise's romance was sweet. I also really enjoyed watching Anise and her cousin, Emery, bond. At times Emery and Austin (Lincoln's brother) seemed a bit unrealistic in how they acted - after all they're only supposed to be thirteen - but they weren't unrealistic all the time, and Emery has gone through a lot of things that might make her mature more quickly than the average middle schooler. I loved how her friend group sub-plot resolved.
The sub-plot with Anise's mom felt very unresolved. I kept thinking it was going to lead somewhere at the end, but it never did, and I felt unsatisfied.
The main thing keeping me from loving this book was the amount of swearing. It's really not my thing, and I'm okay with half a dozen to a dozen uses of the words, but this felt excessive. There was also underage drinking and talk of drugs, which are not things I appreciate in books either.
The Verdict: Definitely great for fans of Sarah Dessen. It just wasn't completely my cup of tea.
Will I be adding this book to my library?: Probably not.
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I am extremely picky about the books I read, but there are at least ten things that'll make me more likely to read a book. Ready?
1. You've Got Mail comparisons
I love rom-coms, and YGM is one of my top faves. Books like Alex, Approximately and P.S. I Like You were made for me.
2. Homeschoolers
As a former homeschooler, I always want to read about more protagonists that had a similar high school experience to me. Unfortunately, most homeschooled protagonists are either a) famous (so they can't go to public/private school), or b) unrealistic. Here's hoping more books like Lucky Few show up on the YA scene soon.
3. YA historical fiction
I'm a sucker for history in general, but specifically YA historical fiction.
4. Time travel
On a related note, I love time travel stories, whether they're more like Time Between Us or in the same vein as The Girl from Everywhere.
5. Virginia or Kentucky settings
I'm pretty loyal to the two states I currently call home, so I will always take more books set in them.
6. Settings outside the U.S.
But also, I'm up for books set outside America! Of course, there are a lot set in Europe, but I'll always take more of that, as well as books set in East Asia, South Asia, the Middle East, South America, Africa...basically, the whole world.
7. FOOD
Whether it be a character who loves to bake, a teen cooking competition, or a food memoir, I'm generally down for books that revolve around food in some way.
8. Shakespeare retellings
I love me some Shakespeare, but modernized (or historical fiction) YA retellings of his plays are my jam. There's a reason The Only Thing Worse Than Me Is You is one of my all-time favorite books.
9. Superheroes/super powers
I just really like superheroes for some reason. So give me books like Fallout and Wonder Woman: Warbringer, but also books like Illusive and Pivot Point, where there are "super powers" but there aren't necessarily superheroes.
10. A Twitter recommendation from a favorite author
Ok, so this isn't necessarily something in a book that'll make me want to read it, but let's be real, if I see someone like Emery Lord, Heidi Heilig, or Morgan Matson tweet favorably about a book, you'd better believe I'm going to check it out on Goodreads.
What makes you want to read a book?
DNF Review: Maud
Maud by Melanie J. Fishbane
Grade: DNF
An e-galley was provided by Razorbill Canada via NetGalley in exchange for review consideration.
Summary: Fourteen-year-old Lucy Maud Montgomery — Maud to her friends — has a dream: to go to college and become a writer, just like her idol, Louisa May Alcott. But living with her grandparents on Prince Edward Island, she worries that this dream will never come true. Her grandfather has strong opinions about a woman's place in the world, and they do not include spending good money on college. Luckily, she has a teacher to believe in her, and good friends to support her, including Nate, the Baptist minister's stepson and the smartest boy in the class. If only he weren't a Baptist; her Presbyterian grandparents would never approve. Then again, Maud isn't sure she wants to settle down with a boy — her dreams of being a writer are much more important.
But life changes for Maud when she goes out West to live with her father and his new wife and daughter. Her new home offers her another chance at love, as well as attending school, but tensions increase as Maud discovers her stepmother's plans for her, which threaten Maud's future — and her happiness forever.
When did I stop reading?: 24% into my e-galley.
Why did I stop reading?: I wanted to love this; after all, I quite enjoyed Anne of Green Gables, and I love stories about authors aimed at middle grade and young adult audiences. But Maud passed at a ridiculously slow pace, and I felt like the same situations kept happening again and again. Additionally, I had trouble keeping the various secondary characters straight since they had names like Mollie, Nellie, Clemmie, and Annie. I did not mind at all that Maud was only 14; so many YA leads are 16 or 17, that it's refreshing to have a younger one.
The Verdict: Not necessarily bad, but it was just so slow.
On today's So You Like... I'm going to feature book recommendations based on...
THE CLASSICS.
(as always, book covers link to the Goodreads pages)
If you like...
try...
(for the Southern setting and the commentary on sexism)
(for certain spoilery reasons)
(for the detective extraordinaire)
(for the horse love)
(for the characters who leave a world like ours for something more magical)
(for all the stories and characters coming together by the end)
What other classics do you want book pairings for? (Here's the other So You Like... post I did on the classics.)
It's time for more shout-outs to 2018 releases I'm anticipating! *once again prays that none of these will get pushed back to 2019*
1. Your Destination Is On The Left by Lauren Spieller
It sounds a little hippie-ish, but it's recommended for fans of Morgan Matson and Emery Lord, and I'm most definitely their fan.
2. A Court of Miracles by Kester Grant
IT'S A LES MIS RETELLING.
3. Ashborn by Claire Legrand
I'm always here for good fantasy.
4. Blanca & Roja by Anna-Marie McLemore
I'm always down for retellings that aren't the usual fairytales, but this one also has Swan Lake thrown in the mix. :D
5. The Way the Light Bends by Cordelia Jensen
I was really drawn in by the focus on sisters and adoption, but everything else in the blurb sounds just as enticing.
6. The Sky in the Deep by Adrienne Young
"...a Viking Age-inspired world..." YAS.
7. Semper Augustus by Mackenzi Lee
I am so here for all the historical fiction Mackenzi writes. Also, Dutch tulip mania!
8. The Year of Everything by Mia Garcia
Ah, New Year's resolutions, and the fun that comes with those.
9. Love, Life, and the List by Kasie West
Y'all should know by now how much I love Kasie West's books, and this one is sparking a trilogy of standalones with crossover characters.
10. The Midnights by Sarah Nicole Smetana
Last time, I featured Night Music by Jenn Marie Thorne, and now here's another music-focused book to look forward to!
11. The History of Jane Doe by Michael Belanger
"...history buff..."
(I don't have a great track record with male-narrated novels, so hopefully this one won't let me down.)
12. Gunslinger Girl by Lyndsey Ely
It's a Western set in the future. Color me intrigued!
13. Dare to Tell a Lie by Amber Lynn Natusch
*sees Veronica Mars referenced in the blurb* *immediately hits the Want to Read button*
14. Summer Constellations by Alisha Sevigny
There's something about summer romances that I quite like (although more winter romances would be great, too).
15. The Harper Effect by Taryn Bashford
Girls who play sports or are athletic don't pop up too much in YA, so I'm excited about the tennis angle!
16. Layover by Amy Andelson and Emily Meyer
More siblings! Plus all the stress and drama that comes with layovers.
17. Nothing Happened by Molly Booth
Y'all know I'm 100% here for Shakespeare retellings. Which brings me to...
18. Upstaged by Austin Siegemund-Broka and Emily Wibberley
I don't usually love Romeo and Juliet retellings, but this one is about Rosaline, which I think could definitely be good.
So that's my latest Eighteen 2018 Reads! I hope to have one more of these posts later this year, so stay tuned!
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I'm so bad at telling if a book is unique or not, so I almost didn't do Top Ten Tuesday this week. But I really needed another post, so here's hoping I chose some good books...
1 and 2. The Star-Touched Queen and A Crown of Wishes by Roshani Chokshi
3. I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You by Ally Carter
4. One Past Midnight by Jessica Shirvington
5. Across a Star-Swept Sea by Diana Peterfreund
6. The Weight of Feathers by Anna-Marie McLemore
7. Einstein's Dreams by Alan Lightman
8. A Tyranny of Petticoats by various authors
9. The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater
What are some unique books you've read or want to read?
Sunday Street Team: Interview with Laura Silverman...
Top Ten Tuesday: Things That'll Make Me Want to Re...
Rewind & Review #83
Random Friday: Handwriting
Review: A Crown of Wishes
Top Ten Tuesday: My Fandoms
Review: Letters to the Lost
A Crown of Wishes Blog Tour


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Intelligent power grids, so-called "smart grids", ensure important supply services in many areas - for example as part of the energy revolution. But in other high-tech systems, too, more and more devices are communicating with each other on the basis of digital infrastructures. The more virtual they become, the more threatened they are by possible hacker attacks and cyber-attacks. The protection of critical infrastructures is therefore a top priority for industry and government.
Against this background, the Darmstadt-based security specialist MTG received an award for its encryption software MTG CryptoController as part of the nationwide innovation competition "Germany - Land of Ideas".
This security module can be integrated into computer-based systems by companies and institutions in order to effectively protect them against criminal attacks.
The MTG CryptoController is based on a highly complex encryption of data (cryptography) and the allocation and management of certificates and keys. The methods used comply with the high requirements of the German Federal Office for Information Security (BSI). Since February 2005, MTG's own Evaluation Facility for IT security has been one of only eight facilities recognised by the BSI.
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Russia's Central Bank Backs Move to Block Bitcoin Websites
Rachel Rose O'Leary
Oct 10, 2017 at 12:30 UTC
Updated Oct 10, 2017 at 15:21 UTC
The first deputy governor of Russia's central bank, Sergei Shvetsov, has said that his institution will support efforts to block access to external websites selling cryptocurrencies in the country.
Speaking at a conference on Tuesday, Reuters reports that Shvetsov cited the "unreasonably high risks" involved in cryptocurrency investment as a reason for the proposed measure, adding: "We cannot give direct and easy access to such dubious instruments for retail (investors)."
As such, the Bank of Russia will be working alongside the judiciary to ensure the closure of websites offering these services – a crackdown that he indicated will extend to "all cryptocurrency derivatives."
Russian news agency TASS quotes Shvetsov as stating:
"We consider all cryptocurrency derivatives to be a negative development on the Russian market and do not consider it possible to support it, and will even assume measures to restrict potential operations with such instruments made by the regulated part of the Russian market. Meanwhile, we assume efforts aimed at closing external websites that allow Russian citizens to acquire such assets together with the General Prosecutor's Office."
Shvetsov further added that, with bitcoin being an asset that can generate high returns very quickly, it shows signs of being a pyramid scheme.
The move to block access to cryptocurrency trading websites follows a number of warnings from Russian authorities in the past few months.
Alexey Moiseev, the country's deputy finance minister, said in September that he expects upcoming legislation to feature a flat-out ban on payments made in cryptocurrency. Earlier the same month, deputy governor of the Bank of Russia Dmitry Skobelkin told Bloomberg: "China doesn't recognize cryptocurrency as payment and forbids ICOs. Our views are absolutely similar."
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I love the dentist! I love it up and down, side to side, front to back and rinsed with Listerine.
You may ask me why, after all, most people hate the dentist. Well, I can't say exactly why. It's a combination of things, I suppose, not the least of which has to be that my dentist is Beverly, the most beautiful dentist in all the world. Yes, I love going to see Beverly, and hear quirky little updates on how she's been, and likewise have her ask me how I've been. Yes, Beverly - my dentist - is a great time. More you ask? What else could I love about the dentist? Oh, I don't know. I get to go in and lie down in that comfortable reclining chair, forget about all my worries and know that a trained professional is fooling around in my mouth, fixing all my mistakes. The dentist is productivity without having to do anything but open your mouth as wide as you can.
Yesterday was a great day at the dentist. I showed up about five minutes ahead of schedule, so after I told the receptionist my name I sat down in the waiting room and picked up one of their many magazines. The most appealing one I could find was a magazine called MORE – judging from the names of the articles I perceived it's target audience is middle-aged women. I myself am a 21-year-old man. Nonetheless, I found the article I quickly read about what the grown sons of the babyboomer generation had to say about the way they were raised fascinating beyond belief. It was then that I was interrupted by the all too familiar voice of Beverly, my dentist, who had come out to procure me.
Beverly and I are quite an act. We've got a real routine going on, you know – She fixes my teeth, I keep my mouth open. I think it's our mutual understanding of those two guidelines being necessary that keeps me coming back every three months (like I said, I love the dentist). Today Beverly tells me she needs to try out some new gloves, because the kind she loves to use have been discontinued. I tell Beverly to try away. After a few minutes, I can tell she's disappointed in me. Don't be misled, no cavities today, but she can certainly tell I'm not flossing. My cross to bear, I'm afraid. Dental hygiene was never my strong suit. I'd say, in fact, it's why Beverly and I could never be together. It's kind of like The Sun Also Rises – except instead of being impotent I just have a dirty mouth. She's so kind to me, my dentist, always trying to put it so delicately when she suggests I floss more. I tell her I will, of course, and I really do intend to make the effort, but I often find I just don't have the degree of control it takes to perfectly take care of my chompers.
During my cleaning, Beverly is constantly asking me to rinse.
"Sorry I keep asking you to rinse," she says.
Over the course of my visit she tries out three new pairs of gloves, and settles on the first as being her favorite. I tell her I think she made a good choice, as I felt well at ease with them in my mouth. She asks me what color toothbrush I'd like to take today, and I give it some serious thought before committing to "red". Beverly approves. I tell her I don't think I've ever had a red toothbrush before. She tells me she has one last thing she'd like to give me before I leave. What oh what could it be, I wonder?
They are called Plackers – The world's favorite dental flossers. They are little sticks with floss tied like a bowstring across a little plastic bow. Easier than floss, Beverly says. I tell her I will definitely give it a try.
We make my next appointment and say our goodbyes. My teeth are picked as clean as they get, and I've personally had a very enjoyable forty-five minutes. I walk out of the dentist's office and look to the beautiful blue sky, flashing the God that invented dentists a nice hearty (and healthy) grin.


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Заха́рий Васи́льевич Степа́нов (1919 д. Горки, Пустошкинский район, Псковская область, РСФСР — 1984 СССР) — советский , доктор исторических наук, лауреат Государственной премии СССР (1975).

Биография
Родился в 1919 году в деревне Горки Пустошкинского района Псковской области. В 1939 году окончил Ленинградский институт точной механики и оптики (ныне Университет ИТМО). В 1943—1945 гг. работал в сельской школе учителем. В 1948—1951 гг. поступил в аспирантуру кафедры марксизма-ленинизма ЛГУ. В 1951 году защитил кандидатскую диссертацию «Партия большевиков в борьбе за осуществление программы культурного строительства». С 1951—1961 гг. доцент кафедры марксизма-ленинизма в Ленинградском электротехническом институте связи (ныне Санкт-Петербургский государственный университет телекоммуникаций имени профессора М. А. Бонч-Бруевича). С 1952—1953 гг. младший, с 1961 старший научный сотрудник Ленинградского отделения Института истории АН СССР. В 1965 году защитил докторскую диссертацию «Рабочие Петрограда в период подготовки и проведения Октябрьского вооружёного восстания». В 1967—1984 гг. профессор кафедры истории КПСС ЛГУ. Умер в 1984 году.

Научная деятельность

Автор работ по истории КПСС, Октябрьской революции, Истории культурного строительства в СССР и Рабочего движения в Петрограде во Октябрьской революции.

Основные труды

Примечания

Выпускники Санкт-Петербургского университета информационных технологий, механики и оптики
Преподаватели исторического факультета Санкт-Петербургского государственного университета
Преподаватели Санкт-Петербургского университета телекоммуникаций
Сотрудники Санкт-Петербургского института истории РАН


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Part of: In Camera
Interview: Vivienne Westwood
Interview: Travis Scott
Interview: Wolfgang Tillmans
Interview: Kanye West
Interview: Lady Gaga
Interview: Nick Knight
Interview: Björk
Interview: Kate Moss
Interview: David Bailey
Interview: Peter Saville
Interview: Tracey Emin
Interview: Alexander McQueen
Interview: Juergen Teller
Nick Knight Introduces In Camera
published on 29 May 2003
Following the opening of his exhibition Peter Saville Show at the Design Museum, London and the publication of his book Designed by Peter Saville, in May 2003 legendary art director and graphic design icon Peter Saville responded to questions in a live In Camera interview, the third in the series.
This interview was showcased online with a series of live stills updated throughout the course of the interview, and a real-time transcript typed and edited live.
41 Q&A Posts
Q. Peter, out of all of the bands whose sleeves you have designed, who has been your least favourite musically? Brett Anderson, London
Hot Gossip.
Q. Does Brett Anderson have good taste? Malin, Sweden
I don't know, I haven't tried. Do you?
Q. What was your first collaboration with Roxy Music? Hollister Lowe, New York City
Flesh & Blood, 24 hours before the deadline.
Q. Are you still or were you ever a music fan? David Jones, London
Yes. I'm a fan of some music. I was a Roxy Music fan, I'm still a Kraftwerk fan and more recently, I've been a Belle and Sebastian fan.
Q. What are your 5 favourite album sleeves? Kylie McKenzie, New Zealand
All time: Autobahn, Andy Warhol's Velvet Underground, Talking Heads' Fear of Music, The Beatles' The White Album Bryan Ferry's Another Time Another Place.
Q. What is your favourite Factory artefact? David Sultan, Miami
Tony Wilson.
Q. Do you lament the deficiencies in size and tactility of CDs as a medium for graphic design? David Costelloe, Manchester
Yes and no. Yes because I developed a sensibility for the structure of the 12 inch and its inner sleeve and no because they look so old fashioned now.
Q. Did the advent of CDs radically change your approach to designing record sleeves and/or posters? John McGuire, London
Yes. It was interesting to learn that imagery envisioned for a 12 inch cover did not reduce successfully to CD size. Similarly, imagery envisioned for a CD did not enlarge successfully to 12 inch. From a design point of view, the design approach has to be quite different because the user's relationship with the object is quite different. Posters are a really particular design problem. It is difficult to create successful posters. There was a great poster culture through probably until the 70s, when the poster itself was the prime form. Posters as an adjunct to cover design are a hit and miss affair. Poster design on screen is almost impossible...
Q. Hello, Peter...congratulations on the expo and book...you can relax now! I was wondering how you cope mentally when shops perform a type of aesthetic sabotage and plaster promotional and price stickers haphazardly over your record sleeves? Does this upset or bother you? How do you react? Julie Verhoeven, London
It really upsets me. I'm very happy about removability in stickers. More upsetting are the overseas licensees or distributors' interpretations of artworks. The changes are unremovable. I see my name credited to things I barely recognise. I hope I can relax one day.
Q. When you designed sleeves for Suede, what was the input from the band? Who chose the final version? Do you feel honoured to appear in the one from 'Filmstar'? Jose, Croydon
I approached The Suede project as Art Director. I asked Brett to be executive creative director. I felt that he knew his generation better than I did. My brief was to realise the cover HE had always wanted for Suede. Final decisions were made collectively. Hence, the credits 'cover by: Brett Anderson, Nick Knight, Peter Saville...' I was press-ganged into Filmstar by both Brett and Nick, who thought it would be amusing. I disagreed. I felt it would look egotistical. Also, the character description was 'washed up, failed filmstar'. The lack of budget for a suitable model sealed my fate.
Q. Which recording artist/s have you been most impressed by in terms of their input into your work? Richard Berry, London
Bryan Ferry & Jarvis Cocker.
Q. How did you end up working with Autechre on 'Lilac'? Was the story you were telling an idea you were trying to generate for a client? Landon, Vancouver
I don't know how we ended up with Autechre. Someone suggested it; it might have been Nick... It was just an observation one day in Los Angeles. I told Nick the story and he felt that my description could be the piece itself. I wish I could do all my work that way.
Q. Do you really believe in fashion? Alpay Gumrukcu, London
I did, but then that raises the question 'what do we understand by fashion?'. I am interested in those moments when the visual aspects of life express how we feel about our times. Clothing is perhaps our most instant personal expression of individuality and sense of place. It can be an indicator of zeitgeist. I object to the commodification of spirit in the business of fashion.
Q. Being a designer, where do you find your inspiration and on what level does society affect you and your designs? Stephen Chin Pang Li, Brighton
I did find it in history. In the late 1970s, I felt there was so much that we'd left behind. I've always crossed boundaries in my references. For example, in front of me are clothes on a runway. I see a gothic cathedral or a beach, perhaps. I listen to music and see fields. Now, everyday life influences me the most. I find the Uxbridge Road in Shepherd's Bush inspiring, as i travel along it day and night.
Q. Do you currently have a muse? If so is it a man or a woman? Gemma O'Brien, Communication and Promotion, Saint Martins, London
People working closely with me help enormously. Particularly, Anna Blessman, Chris Wilson and Paul Hetherington.
Q. Which industry do you prefer working for, the music industry or the fashion industry and why? Jackie Norbury, Pricewaterhousecoopers, London
Neither really anymore, but the music industry look after me quite kindly, fashion is quite stressful these days.
Q. Who is your favourite designer? Who is your favourite Artist (Painter)? Who is your favourite Photographer? Samuele Or, Hong Kong
If it's clothes, I'd have to say Martin Margiela. Recently, I visited the Mies pavilion in Barcelona and what can we say? I'd be happy living in his sensibility. As a teenager, my first favourite was Peter Phillips. Subsequently, Allen Jones... Universally, Andy Warhol. Intellectually, Richard Hamilton. I find photography too broad to have a favourite.
Q. There's always pieces of work which you will hold a lot of affection towards. Name one of your sleeves that still makes your eyes smile and why? Tom Hingston, London
The ptych of Blue Monday and Power Corruption and Lies. Blue Monday is the most important single work I've ever done and Power Corruption and Lies is Classicism and Romanticism. I am always somewhere, on a sliding scale, between those two points.
Q. Do you think your clients would take offence to your quote 'I'm more interesting than any of my clients.' If so, is that why you said it? Brian Pemberton, Bexhill
I thought that might come back to haunt me. It was a little bit of an outburst one day, brought upon by the frustration of a service industry. I used to have opportunity for my own feelings in my work. Obviously, these days, such opportunities are non-existent. It would seem at present that I do have an audience for what I would like to do, rather than for what someone feels I ought to do.
Q. You were recently quoted as saying: 'I haven't burdened myself with a successful design company.' Should we conclude from this that you don't believe it possible to combine commercial and creative success? Alice Rawsthorn, Design Museum, London
I think this applies quite particularly to the graphic sector. Commercial success within the communications industry is contingent upon corporate commissions. Corporations are not in the business of truth. Creativity needs to be true. Design needs to be true, as the new advertising it is losing its integrity. Integrity is sacrificed to profitability in contemporary business. I don't like it anymore.
Q. Your work seems driven by approach rather than style. I was wondering, with each project, do you essentially 'start from zero' - do you go through a process of creating criteria based on the objectives of the project that you design to - or, is it a more intuitive methodology? Greg Lindy, Los Angeles
Design is a custom process. One should start from zero. The routes you outline are part of a symbiotic process, there are the formal objectives which one must identify and there is one's intuitive understanding. The two should not be separated. It is good to keep saying to oneself throughout the design process 'do I like it?' and wherever possible, to appreciate the mindset of the audience you are addressing. If we part company with our own standards, what criteria can we use to judge our work? Certainly, within the communications industry, a broad awareness of life, culture and business is necessary. In every new client situation, we have to fast-track to know how best to speak with and for our client.
Q. I have the utmost respect for you, but when you say you don't care about graphic design why then, do you do talks for AIGA? I find it puzzling. Thanh X. Tran, Unknown
I will give a talk for the AIGA or any similar organisation because I care about graphic designers. I care about design generally. I'm just not so fascinated by 'graphic design' as an end in itself.
Q. You have a distinctive style, is 'style as signature' important to you? David Bennewith, Auckland
I can see that there is an identifiable style in how I put things together. But that's something I can't help. Signature as self is unavoidable. As a graphic designer, it is nearly always 'my work for X'. It's important to remember that.
Q. How tricky was it to preserve the 'True Faith' leaves for over 15 years? Any tips on leaf preservation? Mark Hopper, i-D, London
Actually, Trevor (Key) looked after them. Trevor never threw anything away, telling me, it would always come in useful another day. The True Faith leaf passed its sell-by date into legend. I think we have to thank Trevor for its place in a museum now.
Q. Define what a modern day art director versus a creative director does and how do these roles differ from magazine to record company? Alex, Unknown
When you've done a lot of art directing, you can become a Creative Director. In truth, these are quite arbitrary titles that have no particular professional distinctions. These titles have a lot to do with social and organisational politics. Directors tend to make decisions rather than do things. The decisions made in the creation of a magazine obviously differ to the decisions at a record company. Experience/wisdom are required in both scenarios. The art director/creative director role can vary enormously from merely commissioning a particular team to realise a project, to carrying out almost every stage of the process personally. I see such variation in different organisations that there doesn't seem to be any standard.
Q. Compared to the North of England, what effects did living and working in LA have on you, and how were these manifest in your approach to your work, and the results? Gary Ellis, Art Director from the North of England, Working in Southern California
Similar amounts of driving. I never came to terms with working in Los Angeles. Too much air conditioning. Los Angeles is a lovely place for meetings and I'd quite like to have a studio there, by a beach, but I'd have to be doing my own work. I found the business of LA quite unattractive. From a point of view of living there, it's nice to know you have a ticket out, rather like the North of England.
Q. To a large extent, Peter Saville is defined by the women he surrounds himself with, yet you seldom chose to employ any. Why is this? Penny Martin, Editor in Chief, SHOWstudio, London
First of all, any that surround me are friends rather than placements. Traditionally, there were not so many girls in graphic design. These days there are. If I was in a position to employ people at present, I would be delighted to have some of the new generation of female designers. I think it's easier for the boys to put up with the unsociable demands of working with me. Whenever my assistants have been single, they found time for me. That's how we work. My work and relationships have never gone together. For me or for the people I work with. If you have nobody to go home to, staying with me until midnight is tolerable.
Q. What would you rather be, a fashion photographer or a pop star? Nick Knight, Director, SHOWstudio, London
Twenty to thirty, pop star. Thirty onwards, fashion photographer.
Q. What is the importance of being a designer apart from discovering aesthetic possibilities and being so-called 'creative'? Ada Fung, London
First of all, you be a designer because you want to be. There is no importance other than self-fulfilment unless we endeavour to contribute something to our world.
Q. Do you think of yourself as having some sort of ethos? Kate Sennert, New York
I didn't know it, but I have an instinctive one. My conscious motivations have shifted over twenty years. Actually, I am surprised by what I feel strongly about these days. I wonder: am I a different person or did I just not know who I was? As professional, commissioned work has increasingly lost its appeal for me, I've had to think a lot about what matters most to me in order to find somewhere to go and something to do. I haven't quite got the answer to that.
Q. How many women have you slept with? Richard Harrington, Amsterdam
Actually, I don't know. I thought I was looking for someone particular, but then I stopped when I realised that I was just looking. Unexpectedly, then, I think I found her.
Q. How much of your time is devoted to pornography? Do you spend more time obtaining it, organising it or enjoying it? A.J. Wells, San Francisco
It's only like video rental. It's always better in the imagination. Generally, it gets me away from issues of aesthetics, but recently, I've found myself seeing ideas and art in it and it takes me back to work. Football is safer.
Q. Who is the sexiest women alive? Nick Knight, Director, SHOWstudio London
Someone I mustn't embarrass online. She knows who she is.
Q. What makes you laugh? Nick Knight, Director, SHOWstudio, London
Whenever I stop worrying about things. I am instinctively happy but life makes me quite sad.
Q. Nick Knight's got a super swanky house in the country. What's your place like? Mark Wagner, New York City
I don't have a place. A nice studio space where I should live, but don't because it's the studio and a handsome storeroom on the City Road in London.
Q. What colour underpants are you wearing? Production Department, Unknown
No colour.
Q. What are you having for dinner tonight - prawn cocktail at 1135? Steve Mackey, London
I think I'd like to go to Carluccios in Smithfield tonight. Would you like to book a table, Steve for around 10.30? You can order for me if you'd like to invite me.
Q. Worth it? http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3202166657&category=2328 Michael C. Place, London
Definitely. I can't imagine what value that piece will ultimately realise. It's a moment in history.
Q. When were you happiest? Paul, London
Actually, when I was at school. Before I really discovered girls.
Q. Do you ever consider giving in to COMFORT? If so, why don't you? Scott King, London
At present, I don't have any to give in to and haven't had for some time. I don't know where it's going to come from as it would have to be mental as well as physical.
Q. If you were to strip away the appearance and stylish trappings of Peter Saville. What kind of human being would remain? Penny Martin, Editor in Chief, SHOWstudio, London
There has been rather a lot of emphasis on this of late. It was interesting to overhear at the Design Museum opening (of The Peter Saville Show), comments such as 'what a lot of work', as if I didn't really do anything other than be me. In a service industry, you've got to do a hell of a lot for anybody to ever notice YOU. I am not a public figure. My work has come before me. Personally, I am very self-conscious and in some ways insecure. Attempts at personal image have been to compensate for this. Obviously, I've overdone it. Now, I feel happy within myself. I know that I have done something useful that can't be taken away and luckily, I've found that stylish trappings are recyclable. As a person, I'm both selfish and generous at the same time. I think a lot about myself but try to remember that there are other people around me.
Peter Saville
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Supermodel, fashion pin-up and Pop culture icon British model Kate Moss answered questions from SHOWstudio viewers with Penny Martin. Broadcast 5 March 2002
SHOWstudio director and leading image-maker Nick Knight sat down with Penny Martin to answer questions from the public. Broadcast 23 March 2006.
Graphic Designer and Artist Peter Saville interviewed by Lou Stoppard on 13 May 2015 as part of SHOWstudio's 'In Fashion' series.


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"Kiss" is a song by English indie pop band Pale Waves from their debut studio album, My Mind Makes Noises (2018). It was released as the album's third single on 15 May 2018 by Dirty Hit.

Composition
"Kiss" is one of the older compositions on My Mind Makes Noises (2018), having been written when Pale Waves members Heather Baron-Gracie and Ciara Doran were students at BIMM Manchester. In one class, Baron-Gracie had been tasked with "writ[ing] a soundtrack to a film", and so she spliced scenes from John Hughes's The Breakfast Club (1985) down into a trailer-length video and scored it; Doran and Baron-Gracie later took this score and fleshed it out into what would become "Kiss". In a conversation with Clash magazine, Baron-Gracie described "Kiss" as "a naive song" because its lyrics were written when she was "try[ing to] get into the mindset of being a songwriter for a band".

Musically, "Kiss" is a song in the key of E major that is played at a tempo of 143 beats per minute. In terms of genre, it has been described as both "jangle-rock" and "dream pop", and its overall sonic nature has been likened to the work of the Cure and Robert Smith.

Release
The song was mistakenly leaked via Spotify on 27 April 2018, but it was taken down shortly after. "Kiss" was released worldwide on 15 May 2018 as a download and through online streaming services. The song was named Hottest Record in the World on release day getting its world premier on Annie Mac's BBC Radio 1 show. Kiss was also featured on Radio 1's B-list on their official playlist throughout July 2018.

Reception
Critical reception to "Kiss" has been generally positive upon release. Robin Murray of Clash described the song as "a bright, buoyant summertime melter, blessed with a softest but more accurate of punches" and wrote that it's "perfect for those rainy British summertime days [as] it's got a heart of gold but a melancholic after-taste". Samantha Maine of NME wrote that the track is an "instant pop banger that sees the band build on their ability to craft catchy choruses". Katie Cameron of Paste magazine wrote that the song's "glittery ... hooks" and its "lively pop beats" are "offset by frontwoman Heather Baron-Gracie's melancholy".

Steven Ward of Grimy Goods described the song as being replete with "lush hooks and electric anthemics", and he argued that it was built around "Baron-Gracie's gorgeous cries", which he described as the "centerpiece of the entire affair". Dork magazine called the single a "banger" in their review of the track and stated: "It shimmers in the sparkle of Pale Waves' 80s pop glitter ball". The magazine summarised their thoughts by writing, "With a timeless quality, it's packing a chorus straight out of the Big Book Of Anthems, it's dark heart juxtaposed by a playful desire to lark about in the fast lanes". Upon the release of "Kiss", Joshua Copperman of Spin magazine wrote that the track "isn't a drop in quality, though it doesn't necessarily raise the bar either". While critiquing the song for employing the same musical and lyrical approach as past Pale Waves's tracks, Copperman wrote that "Kiss" succeeds because "the emotions at the center come off as genuine".

Music video
The music video for "Kiss", directed by Robert Hales, was released on 14 June 2018 through the band's official Vevo account on YouTube. The video was filmed in black and white and focuses on the band performing in a large warehouse while black paint leaks from the walls. In a post announcing its release, Steven Ward of Grimy Goods wrote that the video "employs all of [Heather Baron-Gracie's] charm in true 80s fashion with some pretty charming dead-pan close-ups of [her] striking facial expressions and head-swinging". , the video has been viewed over 2.63 million times on YouTube.

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Songs written by Heather Baron-Gracie
2018 singles
2018 songs
Dirty Hit singles
Pale Waves songs


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Q: Create ko.observableArray from JSON Object in knockout I just started using knockout.js and it works great with normal bidings. I have a problem with observableArray.
I want to create an observableArray and assign to it a JSON data from Google Feed API. Here is the JSON format https://developers.google.com/feed/v1/devguide#resultJson
google.load("feeds", "1");  // Loads Google Feed API
function FeedViewModel()
{
    // Data
    var self = this;
    self.allEntries = null;

    // Example property, and it works
    self.feedHead = ko.observable("BBC News");

    var feed = new google.feeds.Feed("feeds.feedburner.com/BBCNews");
    feed.setResultFormat(google.feeds.Feed.JSON_FORMAT);
    feed.includeHistoricalEntries();
    feed.setNumEntries(30);

    // Loads feed results
    feed.load(function (result) {
        if (!result.error) {
            self.allEntries = ko.observableArray(result.feed.entries);

            // accessing the title from here is OK
            alert(self.allEntries()[1].title);
        }
    });
}

In the above example, accessing the array from the ViewModel is OK but I need to display it in the view (to the browser) using foreach:allEntries

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But nothing the ko foreach loop returns nothing. The observable feedHead is OK.
Also I dont have any JS error. Any help..

A: Try declaring ( where you have the // Data )
self.allEntries = ko.observableArray([]);

then in the load...
self.allEntries(result.feed.entries);

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namespace Concrete\Controller\Dialog\Permissions\Access\Entity\Types;

use Concrete\Controller\Backend\UserInterface;
use \Concrete\Core\Permission\Access\Entity\Type;
use Concrete\Core\Permission\Checker;
use Concrete\Core\Form\Service\Widget\DateTime;
use Concrete\Core\Url\Resolver\Manager\ResolverManagerInterface;

defined('C5_EXECUTE') or die('Access Denied.');

class GroupCombination extends UserInterface
{
    /**
     * {@inheritdoc}
     *
     * @see \Concrete\Core\Controller\Controller::$viewPath
     */
    protected $viewPath = '/dialogs/permissions/access/entity/types/group_combination';

    /**
     * {@inheritdoc}
     *
     * @see \Concrete\Controller\Backend\UserInterface::canAccess()
     */
    public function canAccess()
    {
        $tp = new Checker();

        return $tp->canAccessGroupSearch();
    }

    public function view()
    {
        $type = Type::getByHandle('group_combination');
        $this->set('url', $type->getControllerUrl());
        $this->set('resolverManager', $this->app->make(ResolverManagerInterface::class));
        $this->set('dt', $this->app->make(DateTime::class));
    }
}


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Sainsbury's and Argos merge marketing teams with new CMO role
The move will see Sainsbury's Mark Given take on the role of CMO, while Argos's marketing boss Gary Kibble will leave the business.
By Ellen Hammett	 10 Jul 2019 5:07 pm
Sainsbury's and Argos are merging their marketing teams as the group looks to integrate the two brands more fully and improve the customer experience in-store and online.
Mark Given, Sainsbury's director of marketing, will take on the newly-created role of chief marketing officer. Argos's marketing boss Gary Kibble will leave the business.
No other changes or redundancies have been made and Sainsbury's will continue to work with its ad agency Wieden+Kennedy, while the&Partnership will maintain responsibility for Argos.
The restructured marketing team will also look after Sainsbury's Nectar loyalty scheme.
"Sainsbury's acquired Argos almost three years ago and had always planned to integrate the businesses more fully over time so that we can provide a seamless customer offer across Sainsbury's and Argos, in stores and online," a spokesperson says.
"Bringing together the two marketing functions is the natural next step as we bring the businesses and brands closer together."
Given, who will report to Sainsbury's director of commercial food Paul Mills-Hicks, joined Sainsbury's as head of brand communications in January 2013.
He has held a number of senior roles during his tenure and was integral to the acquisition and integration of Nectar in 2018 and helping to build Sainsbury's data and digital capability.
Sainsbury's and Argos have slowly been bringing their marketing closer together and ran their first co-branded marketing campaign last year. They also have their media planning and buying under one account run by PHD.
News Marketing Team Structure Retail Sainsbury's
Sainsbury's eyes growth in non-food as it looks to profit from challenged retail environment
The struggling supermarket believes it is in a "very strong position" to grow its general merchandise and clothing business, and sees opportunities in consolidation despite the failed Asda merger.
1 May 2019 12:33 pm
13 Dec 2018 11:52 am
Argos on its mission to be known for more than just price
The retailer wants to build an "emotional connection" with customers through its new campaign and better leverage its relationship with Sainsbury's to help grow its audience and change brand sentiment.
27 Apr 2018 12:01 am


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Szeroki Wierch (1315 m) – masyw górski w paśmie połonin w Bieszczadach Zachodnich.

Szeroki Wierch stanowi zachodni skraj grupy Tarnicy, od jej najwyższego szczytu jest oddzielony niewielką przełęczą (1286 m). Jest to wydłużony, pokryty połoniną grzbiet mający cztery kulminacje: ok. 1238(mapy podają 1243), 1268,3, 1293,6 i 1315,4 m. Najwyższa posiada osobną nazwę: Tarniczka.

Pasmo Szerokiego Wierchu ograniczają doliny: Terebowca od północy oraz Wołosatki od południa i zachodu. Od masywu Krzemienia oddziela je przełęcz (1160 m) zwana Przełęczą Goprowską (w miesiącach letnich ratownicy GOPR mają tam swój namiot). Z odkrytego grzbietu Szerokiego Wierchu rozciągają się widoki na okoliczne szczyty, m.in. Połoninę Caryńską, masyw Rawek, Bukowe Berdo, Krzemień, Tarnicę. Wzdłuż pasma biegnie czerwony szlak pieszy (fragment Głównego Szlaku Beskidzkiego).

Z rzadkich w Polsce gatunków roślin stwierdzono występowanie na południowym stoku Szerokiego Wierchu zarazy macierzankowej.

Szlaki turystyczne
  czerwony szlak pieszy z Ustrzyk Górnych na Przełęcz pod Tarnicą – jedna z możliwości wejścia na Tarnicę (3 h)

Przypisy

Szczyty Bieszczadów Zachodnich
Szczyty w Bieszczadzkim Parku Narodowym


Hi there fellow pet blogger! Because we get asked about it so often we decided to review and put all the tools for bloggers we use into one easy to find (and link to) place. The only blogging tools you'll find on this list are things we actively use (or have used) for ourselves. If a tool is something we used and liked but (for whatever reason) no longer use we will make note of that in the article.
We hope you find this ever growing list useful.


Why is 'ma' at the end of thia question? Isn't it normally associated with 'what'?
吗 is the equivalent of a question mark and is used to form questions in Chinese from declarative sentences not containing a question word like 什么、谁、怎么、哪里 etc.
Ma is used as a question particle. Example in "你好" it means "Hello" or I am good but if you use "你好吗?" It becomes a question translating to "How are you?" So basically if I'm not wrong, if it's a question you have to add "ma" at the ending of the sentence.
Only yes or no questions use 吗. When you answer "好" to the question "你好吗?" You are answering in the affirmative, or saying "Yes, good." The negative would be "不好", or "Not good", or "No".


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