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DuPage River, Naperville, Illinois
Photo by Joe Carducci
From Steve Beeho at the London desk…
Peter Ivers was a restlessly creative figure with a flair for self-sabotage. Until the recent spate of CD reissues he was probably best remembered for anti-hosting New Wave Theatre, the early 80s cable show which provided rare national exposure for punk and new wave bands (via USA cable network's "Nightflight" program). Josh Frank's and Charles Buckholz's biog, In Heaven Everything Is Fine: The Unsolved Life of Peter Ivers and the Lost History of New Wave Theatre, charts the diverse cultural strata Ivers straddled (e.g., Jello Biafra was a fan of Ivers' early LPs well before their paths crossed on New Wave Theatre) and in particular how LA punk intersected awkwardly with Hollywood.
Before New Wave Theatre, Ivers recorded three off-beat LPs for Epic and Warner Bros, and the likes of Van Dyke Parks, David Lynch, Harold Ramis, Francis Ford Coppola and National Lampoon founder Douglas Kenney all figured in his life at various times. The account of Ivers torpedoing his opening slot for "Rumors"-era Fleetwood Mac shows how his self-destructive streak was ripe for the looming punk upheavals.
At times though it feels as if the authors are too keen to validate Ivers in terms of the Hollywood company he kept and other potentially fertile angles are left unexplored. There's a passing reference to him "often sitting in on harmonica with John Cale" – but that's all we get. And the capsule Ivers biog in the afterword casually mentions that he produced Circus Mort but the actual text has nothing to say about his involvement with Michael Gira's first record, even though it sounds as if it wasn't the smoothest recording session in the world. On the "plus" side, there's plenty about the making of Caddyshack.
Josh Frank's pseudo-novelistic style, where he presumes to know what thoughts are going through his subjects' heads (on a given day, yet!) also gets a bit grating after a while. I'm not sure when this approach to biographies started (possibly round about the same time that documentaries stopped bothering to slap on "RECONSTRUCTION" whenever they dramatised something) but it really is irritating.
Although the mystery of Ivers' death isn't solved as such his NWT partner David Jove is fingered as far and away the most likely suspect for his murder. The most startling aspect of this is the revelation that the "megalomaniac bully" David Jove was also apparently David Schneiderman aka "The Acid King", a character who features prominently in British 60s counter-culture chronicles as the shadowy figure who infamously supplied the drugs at the Redlands bust and then conveniently disappeared when Jagger and Richards were arrested, amid dark suggestions later on that the whole thing was a set-up engineered by Schneiderman/Jove.
It's not made terribly clear by Frank the extent to which Jove's previous life was common knowledge to his LA circle. Some idle googling revealed though that a novel was also written about Jove by Maggie Abbott who was familiar with his murky past. In The Acid King: A Rock'n'Roll Novella the David Jove character claims that after being busted himself he was forced into acting as a pawn of the FBI/CIA to infiltrate the rock establishment to ensure it was undermined before it got (political) ideas above its station. Abbott's plot also suggests that Peter Ivers may have been mistakenly murdered by people who were actually after David Jove.
Jove died in 2004 and the full truth of his life and any alleged involvement in Ivers's murder will probably never be known. Michael Dare's sympathetic tribute to him dismisses the idea of Jove murdering Ivers but even Dare describes him as "the closest thing to Charles Manson I've ever met loose in the street" (!)
I wouldn't hold your breath for a New Wave Theatre DVD box set but pirate copies can be found on the internet easily enough. Meanwhile Ivers' back catalogue is finally getting the reissue treatment - Jim O'Rourke picked "Take It Out On Me" as his pick of the year in the Christmas edition of The Wire so a tribute album is probably only a matter of time.
Excerpt in the L.A. Weekly on Ivers, Eraserhead, NuArt, Devo…
More on NWT/Jove from Michael Dare.
Drawing by James Fotopoulos
From the Kroehler Midwest desk of Joe Carducci…
Minutemen were Reactionaries
(liner notes for new archival release by The Reactionaries)
by Joe Carducci
For most of the music world – or rather the much smaller rock world – of the early 1980s, the Minutemen seemed to arrive fully formed, as if from some other planet. Questions must have immediately crossed minds: Where are these guys from? What drugs are they on? Are they carbon-based life forms? Those reactions were understandable, as it was the 45-song, double 33 rpm "Double Nickels On The Dime" (SST 028) that introduced the band to most folks outside of Los Angeles.
If I remember right, the initial sales jumped from the five thousand range for "Buzz Or Howl Under The Influence Of Heat" (SST 016), to fifteen thousand for "Double Nickels". (Of course all those releases sold far more after the day.) D. Boon, Mike Watt and George Hurley were always deflecting the effusiveness of fans in clubs, or in interviews – it was part of their charm. But think about it, the Minutemen were telling kids that they could pick up instruments and do the same! Nobody who saw them live believed that for a second.
I was at Systematic Record Distribution and got their first record, "Paranoid Time" (SST 002), from the label and ordered it for distribution to shops around the country. It was hard enough for me to discern how great they were from that and their early follow-up records and compilation tracks. To my ear, I don't think I really heard what they were capable of until they were playing the Anti-Club regularly in 1983-84. There was just so much music packed into their short, fast tunes. And at each gig a few older, simpler tunes were replaced by new, even more masterful tunes.
At their first San Francisco gig at the Mabuhay, Dirk Dirksen (who ran and MC'ed the club), strolled out on stage to introduce them and the first thing he saw was a four-foot long set-list taped to D.'s mic-stand and Dirk said, "What is this, the history of music?!" It was! When we recorded the long tail of the song "More Spiel" for "Project: Mersh" (SST 034) I joked to D. that he had just laid down a six-minute history of the guitar solo. At SST, hearing guitarists Greg Ginn, Joe Baiza and Curt Kirkwood all the time, it was easy to underestimate how great a guitar player D. was. That radical reformation the Reactionaries performed on themselves to become the Minutemen encouraged that, because it elevated Mike and George to co-lead players.
But their world-historical, musical summation had a history as well. And that was their late-seventies band, the Reactionaries. Mike and D. had known each other since junior high. They met Martin Tamburovich and George Hurley at San Pedro high, although they wouldn't claim they knew George because in Watt's words, "he was a happening cat," whereas D., Mike, and Martin were on the not-so-happening end of the high school social spectrum. As George tells it: "For a long time Mike would ask me to play music with him. He wanted to jam out, but I really wasn't into it 'cause I was a Surfer then and he was sort of a geek. I don't know, we were kids. Finally, I agreed to it." This kind of transgression of school social hierarchy is common when music brings young kids together in their first band. It's an under-appreciated aspect of the power of music.
Thankfully the Reactionaries recorded a practice in their attempt to get gigs so we have these 10 songs to contemplate. What you can hear are the rudiments of the Minutemen's sound, only unlike most bands, they only got rid of stuff as they improved. D. is already a good guitar player with his trebly sound in place. Mike and George play more standard-rock bass and drums parts, and Martin sounds like he belongs on the mic, though the quality of the lyrics varies widely.
Chuck Dukowski saw them and reports, "Martin was a cool singer and I liked his style." They were just out of high school and though they already had their obsessive interests, the lyrics (by Mike, Martin, and friends outside the band) show an awkward adaptation to the punk style as they understood it. Like a lot of lyrics by seventies punk bands, television is of particular concern – punks who were determined to create a music scene thought watching TV was a fate co-equal to Death.
In February of 1979, Chuck and Greg Ginn were flyering a Clash, Bo Diddley, Dils show at the Santa Monica Civic when they met D. and Mike. The flyer was for what would be the second Black Flag gig and it was going to be in San Pedro. D. and Mike were amazed to learn of a gig in Pedro and Chuck hadn't known there was a punk band there, so he put the Reactionaries on the bill. It was their first gig; they played with Black Flag, the Descendents (their debut too), the Alley Cats, the Plugz and an impromptu mini-set by the Last. A world-historical night, however many paid at the door.
The Reactionaries played only two more gigs, opening for the Suburban Lawns at their practice pad in Long Beach. They made a pass at getting a gig at the Other Masque up in Hollywood, but the band was falling apart. Mike's description of D.'s loss of interest in the Reactionaries is interesting. Apparently D. didn't offer his songs to the Reactionaries and then found them another guitarist (Todd Apperson) so he could quit. They broke up around mid-1979. George found a band in Hollywood called Hey Taxi! and is on their 45. Though soon enough, D. and Mike regroup and eventually pull George back into their new, improved mess after their new drummer (Frank Tonche) walked offstage and quit during their second gig.
At the Minutemen's first gig (May 1980), Greg asked them to do a record for SST.
[cover art by Joe Baiza]
LP release party in San Pedro, Calif., February 20, 2010
more info: Water Under the Bridge Records
Here's something I wrote about the Minutemen themselves for Mike's Spiels of a Minuteman book in which I made my debut in French translation -- I'm told I make even less sense in French but that's probably true of Thoreau too.
Chicago was late to the table but Walter Klein built the early venue alternatives to the Jam Productions monopoly (currently passing as an indie in their fight with LiveNation). Klein's obit ran today and it's interesting, though the detail that catches my eye is that the Minutemen reference is not linked to the great Tribune info mainframe whereas their pea-brain imitators the RHCPs are. Like anyone needs to know more than we're forced to know about them.
Keith Morris tells Don Waller (Imperial Dogs, Back Door Man) a lot of cool things about seventies Hermosa Beach in this week's Easy Reader. There's also a mistake or two: It's news to me if Raymond and Erica are twins but I suppose it's conceivable that I don't know. Spot had a few clarifications. He writes, "Greg never wrote for Easy Reader. so that would be me he was referring to in that regard…. I'm pretty sure that the photo Keith is referring to is the one I took that ran with the original article in ER. That was sometime in 1979... I have photos of all the bands that played that day. Perhaps the answer to these questions (re. Big Wow, Eddie & the Subtitles) lies in the film negatives. Interestingly, the guy who organized/mc'd the whole Polliwog Park show (who soon after became an ER staffer) said he was never upset about the events of the day. Instead, he was totally amused at the pandemonium it caused."
Don Waller is this week's guest on The Watt from Pedro Show.
Hey Mike: the half-time Who show by-the-numbers in the WSJ.
SST Records Hop in Cologne, Germany
Following up on their Dec./Jan. 2009 SST Records special issue #133 noting the 30th anniversary of the label's founding, TRUST fanzine is throwing at least three DJs and two turntables at a complete (!?) pile of SST releases, ("even gonna spin Zoogz Rift!"). Videos and movies are promised too.
Saturday, March 13, 2010
Bar "Qlosterstüffje"
Venloer Str. 221, tube station Piusstr, Köln (Cologne)
WGRB AM Gospel 1390am, Chicago is a Clear Channel station and according to Lewis Lazare in the CS-T (second item), they are dropping from a 50-50 mix of Church choir songs and "new, hotter gospel artists" to one that leans to this hip-hop-style studio gospel by 80 or 90%. That isn't all bad news judging by a track I heard in the car the other day. I would guess it was called "Back to God" but can't track it down under that name so I'm hoping to catch it again. They stream.
Werner Herzog says interesting things in the DGA Quarterly that the Directors Guild members in good standing with terrible filmographies, more than most, would need to read:
"I always felt estranged from my peers. Having been self-reliant from age 15 on, my life had been very different from theirs. With the student revolt in 1968, everyone was talking about liberating the working class. I asked, "Have you ever worked in a factory one day? One night? One hour?" No, none of them had. [They talked of liberating prisoners and] I asked, "Who of you has been incarcerated?" None. But I had seen prisons in Africa from the inside. They were just talking about a figment of their collective fantasy and had no idea. It's not that I would postulate that to be a filmmaker you have to first be a proletariat or go to jail, but you have to experience life. You need very naked, stark, fundamental experiences."
The Chicago papers are where the action is on a weekend like this one past, when both parties have competitive primaries for Governor, Senate, and in Chicago the one-party also has its sitting potentates challenged by this or that buppie, bourgie or street radical trying to stand up for voters who may care more about the Lotto numbers. We also got stories about Cicero's ex-mayor Betty Loren-Maltese getting out of her half-way house after prison for her part in a municipal insurance scam, and stories about ex-alderman Ed Vrdolyak perhaps wending his way toward the slammer. Also both the Blackhawks and the Bulls returned from their long "Ice-Show" road trips successfully. However, the rockcrit pages have been ridiculous as DeRogatis and Kot use the Grammies as an excuse to plum the shallows of the world their pop crit elders cheered the creation of -- seems it's enough for 'em. And the Tribune just announced it will get a full inch narrower, qualifying it for pamphlet mailing rates I think.
"Fast Eddie" Vrdolyak to Sneed: "Hey, not even fishing is on the square."
Rich Samuels WTTW "Chicago Tonight" blog
(please visit his blog so he doesn't force us to take this photo down!)
Caption: "Sunday, March 1st, 2009: The sentence Judge Milton Shadur handed down for Edward Vrdolyak last Thursday will certainly be remembered as one of the most controversial (and surprising) in many years. Let me share with you a photo "Fast Eddie" sent me not long after his unsuccessful attempt to unseat Mayor Harold Washington in 1987. The inscription reads: 'Rich, why is your wallet in your front pocket?' Vrdolyak from time to time cultivated his image."
Laura Washington in her Sun-Times column, "Youth vs. experience in two hot races", reviews two contests including Alderman William Beavers vs Elgie Sims: "fervent defender of patronage politics and tax increases… Beavers, 74, proudly touts that he's 'the hog with the big nuts.' Over coffee last week, Sims told me it's time African-American voters retired the pork. Sims, 39, speaks for a 'new breed' of black professionals who reject the 'old guard, old mentality, not willing to change, not willing to come to the 21st century.'" The other one profiled is for alderman of a Southwest side ward that features Rudy Lozano, an activist son of an organizer murdered by assailants unknown against Dan Burke, the brother of long-time alderman Ed Burke. Washington writes: "Lozano, 34, is the first serious challenger to Burke, an Irish American who has held office for 19 years. When he was elected, the district was mostly white. Today, 75 percent of its registered voters are Latino. Burke argues he brings cash, influence and electoral know-how. As a non-Latino member of the Illinois Legislative Latino Caucus, he helped win a $98million state grant for local charter schools…. Burke, 58, admits he distributed thousands of pumpkin pies, hams and turkeys in the district over the holidays… [and] Burke is already grooming a Latino to succeed him, he assures. Some day." Washington also notes that the use of the late Harold Washington's torching of Governor Pat Quinn was legit and on target, without her vouching for Hynes the younger at all. Sidenote: The Harold once told Joel Weissman that he did not think Vrdolyak was racist, but that he did think Ed Burke was. Let's hear it for Fast Edward R. Vrdolyak.
John Kass on the lay of Tuesday, while his ankle-biting commenters hope to instead shame him into focusing instead on you-guessed-it Eddie Vrdolyak.
Bring Me the Head of Walter Kozubowski.
The Sun-Times had the better election-day front page but the Tribune has this excellent rogues gallery. If you do not click through this Illinois Perp-walk Hall of Fame these public servants will have been incarcerated in vain.
The Sun-Times' John Jackson's Bulls-are-back piece. They finished 5-2 during their Ice-Show exile and he writes, "According to ESPN, it's the first time in NBA history a team has won five road games in a row against teams with winning records." Sports pages are the most Orwellian corner of the world of the written word and in Chicago-now the future of Bulls coach Vinny del Negro was never in question now that ESPN has proclaimed thusly. Still the sports pages are full of columnists trying to make any coach's job impossible as they demand Derrick Rose take over the game, the team, the city council…. They should stick to writing about the Bears where such keen insight harms no-one's chances for anything. It's actually been easy to see that the Bulls are coming together albeit in slow motion dictated by injury and illness, these primarily of Kirk Hinrich but also of Tyrus Thomas, John Salmons and others. This would have occurred even if Scott Skiles was still the coach. As second-year man Derrick Rose, and third-year man Joakim Noah mature the Bulls are getting heavy minutes from a 23-year old rookie, Taj Gibson, and back-up center Brad Miller regularly cracks up the Bulls broadcast team (Stacey King, Neil Funk) as he pounds his heavy pale carcass down the paint past sleek doberman forwards waving him by for a lay-up or free throws. James Johnson is another rookie that can do a thing or two. They may not make the finals as is but they have not reached their potential yet. I hated to see Chris Duhon go to the Knicks, but if they trade Kirk Hinrich to the Lakers, Bulls v.p. John Paxson should fire himself again and completely. Hinrich plays defense like Jerry Sloan did (and he's got the face to prove it) but he shoots like Paxson. Give the Lakers Hinrich and Derek Fisher will retire while Kobe goes on to trump Jordan's trophy shelf. In Tuesday's paper it's the Celtics who want Hinrich -- that's pretty rich seeing as how Rondo, the Celtics and David Stern still owe Hinrich and the Bulls a game seven, either that or Kirk might try to add some character to Rajon's smooth but twitchy face. I like watching Luol Deng and John Salmons play; they have that cool economical style that's in short supply in these days of tattooed hot-heads playing the refs, but size-wise in the playoffs? The trade deadline is three weeks away.
[Blackhawks, photo by Joe Carducci]
The Tribune's Chris Kuc's Blackhawks road trip breakdown. The Blackhawks have already convinced the city they will bring the Stanley Cup one or many times over the next decade, and their "One Goal" pr campaign is just pouring on that pressure. So their 5-3 road trip was slightly disappointing. They seem to operate inefficiently as they often dominate puck-possession and the shots-on-goal count while allowing their opponent to stay in the game. This leaves questions about their goaltenders but the beat writers haven't convinced me they need to trade for a readymade cup-winner. Here the sports columnists are busy making excuses for missing the construction of this team, not knowing who Joel Quenneville is, and claiming none of it matters because hockey is simple. Again, they should stick to their Bears because they will continue to miss the sport even now that they are forced to watch. That's no shame in hockey because when coaches change lines and defensemen on the fly for the match-ups they want, there are probably only a couple dozen fans who really are able to keep up with any coach's strategy, home or away. Plus they'd have to sit a few rows center immediately behind the benches just to see it all. I'm not one of the experts so I know what I'm talking about. I've said it once and I'll say it again: "Hockey = Jazz". I keep measuring the Hawks by the old gold-standard Edmonton Oilers of Gretzky, Kurri, Messier and Fuhr. The Blackhawks can be as fast but they do not yet know each other well enough to be that efficient a wrecking machine of other teams' defenses. They are for flashes here and there though, and by May…?
Scotty Bowman named his son Stanley and he's the Blackhawks GM, by the Trib's David Haugh.
Steve James new doc, No Crossover - The Trial of Allen Iverson. It's about Iverson's hometown Hampton, Virginia which is still hot about some race rumble or other. Just in time for Iverson's retirement from the NBA and his return as an all-star starter.
Loretta Chao on Stephon Marbury now starting for the Shanxi Zhongyu Professional Basketball Club, from the WSJ.
[Extra: Report of and video from Marbury's first game in China here]
The Washington Post's vaunted editorial/beat firewall can shelter the cleverest of the home-ful and the cake-eaters as the CityPaper reconstructs a WP blog since removed.
New Russia's New Kronstadt by Andrew Rettman.
Fr. Boris Moreno, economist, in Palabra Nueva, the Havana Diocese magazine warns that the Cuban economy is "close to free-fall."
Qaddafi content to be King of Kings.
Michel Gurfinkiel reviews Frederick Brown's For the Soul of France.
Peggy Hollinger in the FT on France's plan to consolidate/urbanize the French countryside: "France accounts for 40 per cent of all municipalities in the European Union. More than half -- some 19,428 -- have fewer than 500 inhabitants and 33,000 have fewer than 3,000."
Remembrance of Candy Bars Past, by Steve Almond in the WSJ:
"All of these companies are acutely aware of how tenuous their businesses are. The consolidation of retail outlets has destroyed the network of mom-and-pop grocery stoes that sold their products. And the giant chains, that dominated the retail landscape, such as Wal-Mart, charge so-called 'slotting fees' -- a fee paid by the supplier for desirable shelf space -- that are often prohibitive."
Christopher Caldwell in the FT on Louis Menand's new book, The Marketplace of Ideas:
"Menand draws his idea of what an American university education can be from the history of what it has been. This approach illuminates, as polemics cannot, two grave present-day problems: the loss of consensus on what to teach undergraduates and the lack of intellectual diversity among the US professoriate."
David Barboza from Changsha, China in the NYT on the hacker subculture:
"Majia and his fellow hackers keep secret their knowledge of certain so-called zero-day vulnerabilities -- software flaws -- for future use, he says. 'Microsoft and Adobe have a lot of zero days,' he said, while scanning Web sites at home. 'But we don't publish them. We want to save them so that some day we can use them.' When asked whether hackers work for the government, or the military, he says 'yes.' Does he? No comment, he says."
China set for global lead in scientific research, by Clive Cookson in the FT looks over Thomson Reuters' index of scientific papers from 10,500 journals, re. Brazil, Russia, India, and China over the last thirty years.
The Rise of the capitalist kibbutz, by Tobias Buck in the FT reviews the privatization of most aspects of kibbutzim since the 80s as they began to de-emphasize farming for industry and required standard business practices to operate profitably. "And though their number is dropping fast, of the 262 kibbutzim in Israel today, some 65 still operate in the traditional way, while 188 have been completely, and nine partially, privatised." What shadows this development I think is the end of European intellectual investment in the health of the state of Israel; now that it isn't a socialist project they'd as soon it loses the next war…
Except for the prankster P.M. Silvio Berlusconi wants Israel to join the EU so as to make that next war the efficient trigger for several simultaneous final solutions, I suppose.
The Swedes earnest social engineering in Malmo, according to David Harris.
There's an interesting article called "The Illusion of Regulatory Competence", by Slavisa Tasic in Critical Review; it's not posted but this abstract is:
"The illusion of explanatory depth, which has been identified by cognitive psychologists, may play a prominent role in encouraging regulatory action. This special type of overconfidence would logically lead regulators to believe that they are aware of the relevant causes and consequences of the activities they might regulate, and of the unintended side effects of the regulatory actions they are contemplating. So, as with other cognitive biases, the illusion of explanatory depth is likely to lead to mistakes. And unlike the biases that have been the focus of so much behavioral economics, the illusion of explanatory depth is uniquely resistant to correction by those who are aware of it as a general problem and rigorously attempt to keep it under control."
And here's John Judis in TNR to illustrate the acidtrip-like wonders said illusion swallowed whole provides. After 9-11 it seemed to me there might be a chance at reorienting the state away from jobs it does not do well so that it might do one or two important jobs better. But immediately Bush caved on Homeland Security, making it just another immoveable vote-rich civil service bureaucracy protected by union contracts and the Democrats in Congress and legislatures. It hasn't failed yet but that delayed flinch from the White House over the Christmas attempt on the airliner signals what all might have to be disgorged upon any such dramatic failure. Still, now we see the state trying to open its distensible jaw so as to swallow another massive chunk of the private sector. I suspect it's enough to cross the line past which the beast chokes, but the appetite gets rolled back to something more sustainable.
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How to Conquer the Diversity of Devices
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A plane figure formed by three or more non-collinear points joined by line segments is called a polygon Polygons have special names, depending on the number of sides they have.
|Number of Sides
|Name of the Polygon
Types Of Polygons
1. Convex Polygon
A polygon in which none of the interior angles is more than 1800 is called a convex polygon
2. Concave polygon
A polygon which has at least one interior angle > 1800 is called a concave polygon
3. Regular polygon
A regular polygon is a polygon with equal sides and equal angles. It is a type of convex polygon
Other definitions:
- 1) Perimeter➜ The perimeter of a figure is the sum of the lengths of all its sides
- 2) Area➜The region enclosed within a figure is called its area
- 3) Diagonal➜The segment joining any two non-consecutive vertices is called a diagonal.
Here AD, BE, EC etc are all diagonals (Note:- Number of diagonals in a polygon can be found as ( nC2-n ) where n➜ number of sides in the polygon).
Properties Of Polygons
- Sum of all interior angles of a regular polygon of side n is given by (2n-4)900. hence each angle of a regular polygon= ((2n-4) 900)/n
- Sum of an interior angle and adjacent exterior angle = 1800
- Sum of all exterior angles of a polygon= 3600
Hence, each exterior angle = 360/n (n➜ number of sides)
- Area of a regular polygon = ½ * (perimeter)*(perpendicular from center to any side)
- Number of diagonals in a polygon= nC2-n
If there are n sides in a polygon, there are "n" vertices as well.
To form a line we need 2 points which can be selected in nC2 ways
This includes all the diagonals as well as the sides of the polygon.
We thus need to remove the sides (n) Hence, the number of diagonals in a polygon= nC2-n
1. A regular polygon with n sides has interior angles measuring 1740. what is the value of 180/n?
Exterior angle= 180-174=60 . Here each exterior angle = 360/n. Hence, 180/n= 30
2. How many sides are there in a regular polygon which has the measure of one of its interior angles as 1770?
Each Exterior angle = 180-177=30. Each exterior angle = 360/n= 3 => n=120.
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In telecommunications, transmission (abbreviations: TX, Xmit) is the process of sending and propagating an analogue or digital information signal over a physical point-to-point or point-to-multipoint transmission medium, either wired, optical fiber or wireless.[1][2]
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ORLAND — Sculpture and quilting are uniquely paired in the current Orland Arts Commission show and sale at the City of Orland Art Gallery through April 17.
The artists featured in this latest exhibit are quilter Beverly Woodward and potter and knife maker John Schulps.
"Both Beverly and John are local artists. We felt that paired, their work offered a variety and they seem to go together with Beverly's work hanging on the walls and John's work displayed on sculpture stands. Each has enough work to do a one person show, but we thought it would be more interesting to show them together," said Jane King, an Orland arts commissioner.
Woodward, a lifelong quilter, has created about 300 quilts and is a charter member of the Orland Quilters. In 1990, she and her daughter, Bobby McNary, began B&B Machine Quilting with a studio in the Capay district. They quilt six days a week and ship their products all over the country and internationally.
One of Woodward's quilts, "The States of the Union," won Best of Show at Glenn and Tehama county fairs and Honorable Mention at the Chico Silver Dollar Fair.
In 2002, KIXE TV had a showing of north state patriotic quilts in honor of 9/11 and Woodward's "The States of the Union" was included in the show.
Schulps, a professional potter, began his career in 1985 after earning his Bachelor of Arts in art and psychology from Cal State Northridge and his Master of Fine Arts in the same subjects from University of California, Los Angeles.
Schulps has been a pottery teacher at UCLA and Pepperdine University and has owned several ceramic businesses, including his current business, Schulps Pottery and Knives in Orland.
The City of Orland Art Gallery is open at 3-7 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. It's located in the Stony Creek Mall at 1016 South St.


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SUZUKI MALAYSIA LAUNCHED NEW SUZUKI SMASH V115 -JIMAT MINYAKBy rmr_view • Oct 23rd, 2010 • Category: Vehicles
2010 Suzuki Smash v115 bike has been launched by Suzuki Assemblers Malaysia Sdn Bhd focus to save fuel consumption, smoother power delivery and low exhaust emission. The all-new Suzuki Smash V115 designed to be a fuel-efficient , user-friendly underbone motorcycle, very economical and environmentally-friendly motorcycle.
The new 112.8 cc four-stroke engine bike could accelerate a 200-metre distance in 13.29 seconds with top speed of 97.8 km per hour. Rider could gain 10 more kilometers per litre with low fuel consumption of 50.2 km per litre as against 40.5 km per litre achieved by other motorcycles. For Suzuki Smash v115 price, there will be 3 price range tagging for 3 variants suzuki model respectedly.
Those three variants of the model launched are being offered with suzuki smash v115 basic model, suzuki smash v115 SD model and suzuki smash v115 SCD model. The basic model comes with spoke rims and kick starter would be priced around RM4,368 per unit, while the SD which priced at RM4,597 having a front disk brake and electric starter. In other hand, the premium SCD has sport rims, an electric starter and front disk brake will be sell at RM4,847.
SHAH ALAM, Oct 21 : Suzuki Assemblers Malaysia Sdn Bhd expects to sell 1,200 units monthly of its newly launched motorcycle, the Suzuki Smash V115, said its Managing Director Toru Kobayashi. Three variants of the model launched today, are being offered. The basic model comes with spoke rims and kick starter, with the SD having a front disk brake and electric starter, while the premium SCD has sport rims, an electric starter and front disk brake.
The price has not yet been finalised but Kobayashi indicated the basic model would be priced around RM4,368 per unit, RM4,597 for the SD variant with the SCD estimated at RM4,847.
At the press conference after the launch, Kobayashi said the bike came with a new engine design focusing on fuel consumption, better and smoother power delivery as well as low exhaust emission.
Suzuki claim the bike has a top speed of 97.8 km per hour and can sprint a 200-metre distance in 13.29 seconds.It also has a fuel consumption of 50.2 km per litre as against 40.5 km per litre achieved by other rivals. According to Kobayashi, the launch of the new 112.8 cc four-stroke engine bike, is part of the company's strategy to improve its market share locally. At the moment, Suzuki only commands three percent of the market and aims to raise the bar to 10 percent in three years time.
He said, the performance of the local motorcycle industry from January to August this year, had been encouraging, with total sales of all makes reaching 346,512 units. This he added, is a 12.4 percent increase, from the same corresponding period last year. He said for the whole of this year, Suzuki estimates it can only sell 16,500 units, whereas in 2009 it sold 18,500 units.
When asked about the declining sales, he said it could be due to the launch of new models by competitors Honda motorcycles and Yamaha motor, earlier this year. Kobayashi said the company plans to bring in another new model for the local market next year but declined to elaborate further.
The Suzuki Smash V115's newly designed 4-stroke engine combines high power with lower fuel consumption, delivering more engine performance throughout the powerband, from low to high rpm, compared to previous models. Suzuki Smash V115's compact chassis design features an underbone-type frame built for superb overall rigidity,
The newly-designed seat is shaped to match the chassis, and the lower seat height contributes to an easier leg reach for the rider.It also features a new, edgy design inspired by large Suzuki sports bikes, like the GSX-R series. The headlight and rear combination lamps are both multi-reflecting.
The new speedometer has a distinctive design reminiscent of sports watches, with larger-sized numbers for easier reading. Other features include the odometer, gear position indicator, pointer-type fuel gauge, turn signal indicator and high-beam indicator.
Other key feature includes a large 8.0 liters storage space under the seat. The turn signal, horn, engine start buttons and choke lever have also been improved for smoother operation. Last but not least, the ignition switch now comes with a theft-prevention magnetic shutter which closes/opens using a magnet attached to the end of the ignition key.
The new Suzuki Smash V115 comes in four vivid colours: Candy Summer Red, Pearl Vigor Blue, New Titan Black and Pearl Mirage White.
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Well, dreams come true… I'd looked forward to get to Rovinj SSD & CSSF, and finally I did! And I don't know what to say… I have really mixed feelings right now, because SSD is absolutely NOT what I have imagined it would be. But before I explain, let's make an allowance for my personal state of mind & soul at the moment I got there. I had quite a difficult time just before the festival, and I needed to be "out of service". I wasn't actually ready for a big crowd of crazy kizz-acquaintances, endless kizomba parties, etc., because Rovinj is all about SOCIALIZING, more than anything else (so seemed to me at least). And, don't get me wrong, I was very happy to meet my friends and make new ones, but it's just that I was a bit more reserved and tired than usual.
First impression
The first 24-hours – my impression – why is it so small???? I had imagined 5000 people all around the island, dancing in every corner, huge party locations, madness in the air.. But it was modest enough. At day time everyone was on the Paradise Beach till 7 pm, afterwards moving to Mulini Beach till 22 pm. At night everybody was at the Old Factory. The beaches are smaller than any kizomba dance floor. If there's a Pool party –everyone is there. Which is not bad either, but not the scale of the dance event I had imagined. Actually that was a good thing, creating a cosier atmosphere. Maybe because it was just the 1st weekend, with mostly the urban kiz audience, which I was looking for. Maybe all the madness and scale was at salsa scene.. I don't know. But as far as it concerns the urban kiz scene, to me, it seemed not bigger than other kizomba festivals.
My thoughts on the Rovinj SSD & CSSF
- Croatia is a beautiful country, BUT I don't like its beaches!(( I will never trade them for my Spanish ones with the soft sand and smooth entrance in the water. The nature in the North of Croatia (all the Pula region) is somehow similar to Russia, let's say "to other eastern countries", which makes it less attractive to me personally.
There are so many stones and rocks inside the water that you cannot bathe without special shoes. Nobody warns you about it! When I just arrived, I was sweating like hell. The first thing I did was jump in the water and as a result hurt 3 toes on each of my foot! The cuts were at least 1 cm deep. Obviously it there was blood everywhere but nothing to disinfect & close the wounds. The next morning I couldn't even walk from pain, not to mention dancing! So, my first advice – put on special shoes to bathe in the sea.
- Too many girls for not too many high level male dancers. And too many Eastern girls among them. So:
- If you are a guy (any level) –GO THERE!
- A girl (beginner) – YOU CAN ALSO GO
- An intermediate/advance level girl, "spoiled" by Parisian kizomba dancers & an often guest at "Park Futbol") – DON'T GO THERE! You might be waiting for hours to get a good dance (on the urban dance floor). There are not many high level dancers, and they are sooo busy, sooo tired, sweating and actually don't care about you with all those eastern "fresh meat" ladies.
I was wondering if it's as bad as dancing in Russia. I was told that in Moscow there are 10 girls per guy. In Rovinj SSD & CSSF I've heard slightly better statistic, only 4 girls per guy. Jajaja
- The SSD guys are very straightforward. Never in my life I got so many invitations to pre-parties and after-parties at the same time, also for Tet-a-Tet ones. So, if you are looking for sex, Rovinj SSD & CSSF is an easy place to get it. If not – no problem, you just say "no". They probably won't even be sad or feel offended about your refusal, as there are many other women who would say "yes".
Maybe they become so straightforward particularly with me, when they ask me about my nationality. There's a lot of talking among men about Russian girls. You know what I mean: they love sex & alcohol, and they are easy to get, sometimes even offering themselves. –
I don't know so many Russian girls in the kizomba dance world. But those few that I DO know, are not like that! They are sensitive, they have feelings, and if they agree for sex, they truly believe to develop some relationship out of it, they expect that to be continued.. not just a one-night stand. These are the girls I know. So, I've decided not to tell anyone any more where I come from. I don't like to be taken for a slut or whatever – "easy-girl" you call this. I'm not offended, but I hate generalising…
- This is also a perfect place to lose weight. There are many up- and down- streets, which gives a bigger load on the legs. Many rent bikes to move around, which is also a good exercise, additionally to swimming, dancing and maybe , for some, sex. All those mentioned above, mixed together would make you lose at least 2-3 kilos or more in a few days, depending on how much you walk, dance or f* J))))
- A good idea would be to take this trip to Rovijn as a holiday, not just for festival. Book time off work and take it easy, find time to just lay on the beach, read a book, visit around and get together with your friends. And…. Dancing will compliment the picture! Anyway it's difficult to dance a lot, because you can't stop sweating!!! )
- If you are a Latin dancer (salsa&bachata), Rovinj SSD & CSSF will be your paradise, I guess. If I seriously come back to salsa dancing one day I will definitely plan my trip to Rovinj again. But at the moment I'm not very convinced about next year. I have to set my priorities well, but I don't exclude SSD, although I didn't absolutely fall in love with it.
Sorry if this review sounds a bit critical, again, must have something to do with everything else going on in my life at the moment. But I keep some nice memories of the Roving SSD & CSSF, and I met some good people, I made new friends, I got a little tan, an amazing dance on the beach (one), in the water (two), and on the dance floor (3 more))))
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Economic Analysis for Business will help you to understand the structure of the economy, how an economy operates, why economic problems occur and the reasons why policy makers make the decisions they do. It will explore and examine economic concepts and their application in "real world" situations.
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Various learning resources are available online through MyRMIT Studies\Canvas. In addition to topic notes; assessment details and a study schedule you may also be provided with links to relevant online information; readings; audio and video clips and communication tools to facilitate collaboration with your peers and to share information.
Resources are also available online through RMIT Library databases and other facilities. If you require assistance with the RMIT library facilities contact the Business Liaison Librarian for your school. Contact details for Business Liaison Librarians are located online on the RMIT library website.
Additional resources and/or sources to assist your learning will be identified by your course coordinator will be made available to you as required during the teaching period.
Overview of Assessment
The assessment alignment table shows the assessment tasks against the learning outcomes they develop:
Assessment Task 1: 20%
Linked CLOs: 1,2, 3, 4
Assessment Task 2: 40%
Linked CLOs: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Final Exam: 40%
Linked CLOs: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Feedback will be provided throughout the semester in class and/or in online forums through individual and group feedback on practical exercises and by individual consultation.


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The Official Website and the Exceptional Website have been updated with this great official trailer of the Märchen DVD&BD. The background sound is Yoiyami no Uta live, but images from all songs are shown (and very cool ones!)
You can preorder the DVD or BluRay now from CDJapan and you'll get a notebook, The Notebook of Grudge, as a first press bonus 🙂 although I'm sure that you'll never use it (just kidding)
7th Story Concert "Märchen"
7th Story Concert "Märchen"
If you want to support the site and help us paying our domains, you can place your preorder using the ★ links provided avobe! A tiny percentage of your order price will go to us, so we can keep this site and the forum going for a long time 🙂
Next July 16th is the Singapore Sound Horizon Gathering!
Yay! the first overseas SH Gathering will take place this month in Singapore! Kanaunara has been promoting the event in the forum and other places, and it will finally be held on July 16th at the Yio Chu Kang Community Centre Theatrette.
all the information in the Gathering special page!


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Graffiti Art Magazine Issue 15 [1005112]
This is a Fine Art periodical with a graffiti/fashion twist. Turning past the first few pages of ads and gallery openings, you realize you are in a brave new world. Before any art is shown, there is a full spread on "must have collectibles" like Shepard Fairey MTN cans and Fafi Swatch Watches. Turn one more page and you get fashion advice that looks to be ripped from the last issue of Seventeen Magazine. Turn one more page and you get the same old vinyl toys by famous "artisans" like Ron English. Finally, you get to the actual art and of course its OsGemeos, Retna, ECB and Cope throwing a peace sign. It's well laid out with lots of clean curated spreads but has absolutely no fillins, tags or any of that grimy illegal work that you expect.
If I were a middle aged Lawyer that just moved to Brooklyn because "My skank ex wife took the house" then this would be for me. Maybe I'm frantically trying to get laid and now have to try to impress potato nose, Lena Dunham and her daft friends. If I were, then this would be the first thing I would keep under my Vice mags, coke stash and conspicuously placed KRINK mop I left out.
If I was a 15yo tagger that couldn't afford KRINK products or hang with Lena Dunham, then I would look at something else like Graffbombz or UP Magazine. That's where all the real deal action is.
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GREEN BAY — Aaron Rodgers rolled his eyes at the thought.
Had he and head coach Mike McCarthy had their issues during their 13 joined-at-the-hip seasons together? Of course, they had. Some of them significant, especially later in McCarthy's tenure. Rodgers wasn't about to dispute any of that.
But the suggestion in a national report this spring that the Green Bay Packers two-time NFL MVP quarterback was still carrying a grudge over the 2005 NFL draft — McCarthy had been the San Francisco 49ers offensive coordinator when the Niners passed on Rodgers and took Utah quarterback Alex Smith instead with the No. 1 overall pick that year — and it was at the root of them not seeing eye to eye?
"Yeah, it irritated me — until we won a Super Bowl and I won a couple MVPs," Rodgers said during an offseason ESPN Wisconsin interview. "Those chips are gone. You have to find new ways to motivate yourself.
"I've talked about it many times. As you get older, you have to find different ways to motivate yourself and different things that inspire you. The whole, 'Who are we playing this week? Oh, they passed on me in '05.' I don't think like that.
"I'm fortunate I'm here. This is my 15th year. It's the butterfly effect we talk about. If they picked me, who knows? Would I still be here at age 35, living out my dream and still getting to play? Probably not. So, why should I have animosity toward a decision that happened that actually built character at a time when I needed a little bit of humility?"
OK, so Rodgers isn't harboring any ill will toward McCarthy, who was fired on Dec. 2 with four games left in his 13th season as head coach, or toward the 49ers, whom the Packers face on Nov. 24 at Levi's Stadium. Glad that's cleared up.
But if Rodgers, who is entering his 12th season as the team's starter and is set to turn 36 in December, is in need of extrinsic motivation, he has plenty of chips available to him as the 2019 season approaches.
With a new head coach (Matt LaFleur), a new offensive scheme (the popular Kyle Shanahan/Sean McVay offense that's become so chic league-wide), and plenty of doubters who wonder if recent injuries (a 2018 tibial plateau fracture in his left knee that he played through, a 2017 broken right collarbone that he couldn't) have brought his otherworldly game crashing back to earth.
How much of last season's below-standard numbers were related to his injury, his largely inexperienced receiver group or the quarterback-playcaller relationship going stale is hard to say. It's also fair to ask if Father Time is closing the gap on Rodgers.
Nonetheless, his 2018 numbers were what they were: He finished with a 97.6 passer rating, the third-lowest of his time as a starter, and while he threw for 4,442 yards and 25 touchdowns with only two interceptions, he only completed 62.3 percent of his passes, his second-worst season completion percentage as a starter. He also absorbed a whopping 49 sacks — the third-most of his tenure — and often seemed to hold on to the ball longer than he should have.
Whether Rodgers held the ball because he wasn't sure whether his wideouts not named Davante Adams would be open, or he was freelancing out of a play-call he didn't like, he should benefit from LaFleur's scheme, which is largely predicated on the quarterback getting the ball out quickly and in rhythm. Throughout offseason practices, that emphasis was crystal clear.
"Aaron is Aaron. Aaron has done some pretty good things up to this point in his career," offensive coordinator Nathaniel Hackett deadpanned. "I think we're still trying to understand this whole offense as a group, and where we can try to take him even farther. I think that's what we're always trying to find out, what we're trying to accomplish. We just want to make it even easier for him.
"He's already at a very high level and we've all seen that. We all know that. And I think that our job as coaches with this offense is to just try to fit it with him and give him more ammo."
Depth chart
12 Aaron Rodgers: 6-foot-2, 225, age 35, 15th year from California.
9 DeShone Kizer: 6-4, 235, 23, third year from Notre Dame.
8 Tim Boyle: 6-4, 232, 24, second year from Eastern Kentucky.
18 Manny Wilkins: 6-2, 193, 23, rookie from Arizona State.
Burning question
Is Kizer ready if disaster strikes?
When pressed into duty twice last season, when Rodgers departed the season-opener with what was feared to be a season-ending leg injury, and when Rodgers departed the regular-season finale with a concussion, Kizer was not good enough. He completed just 20 of 42 passes (47.6 percent) for 187 yards with no touchdowns, two interceptions and four sacks (40.5 rating).
The thought had to have crossed many Packers fans' minds — not to mention general manager Brian Gutekunst's and then-head coach Mike McCarthy's — that if Rodgers' injury was catastrophic, the Packers were in deep trouble with Kizer playing in his stead. Whether the new coaching staff and new scheme will fit Kizer better remains to be seen, but the fact is that departed backup Brett Hundley didn't play well enough in 2017 when Rodgers missed nearly 10 games with a broken right collarbone, and Kizer did little in preseason (53.3 completion percentage, 88.2 rating) and limited regular-season action to inspire much more confidence.
Kizer was up-and-down during the offseason practices open to the media, but no one on the offensive side of the ball was stellar as they learned LaFleur's scheme — Kizer's third in three years after starting his NFL career with Cleveland in 2017.
"There's some guys that pick stuff up quick, there's some guys that take a little bit longer time. It's always hard once you're on that third, fourth system in a short career at this level, with so many high expectations for everybody," offensive coordinator Nathaniel Hackett said. "There's so many things that we ask those guys to do. So we just need to slow it down for them."
On the rise
Tim Boyle
One of the pleasant surprises of camp a year ago when he won a spot on the 53-man roster with his rocket arm and potential, Boyle doesn't seem worried about playing for a new coach in a new offense. He did that a lot in college — he played for three coaches in three years at UConn, then started over when he transferred to Eastern Kentucky for his final year of eligibility — and believes what he learned as a rookie gave him the foundation he needs to handle the transition.
"It's hard to tell (how much improvement there has been) because I haven't played in an actual, competitive game," admitted Boyle, who saw no regular-season action after playing 107 snaps in preseason, when he completed 26 of 53 passes for 294 yards with three touchdowns and two interceptions for a 69.2 rating. "But I'd like to think I've gotten better. Just being around Aaron, your game increases so rapidly. You feel like your accuracy increases, your arm strength increases, just because you want to keep up with Aaron."
Player to watch
Aaron Rodgers
Among the offseason storylines was how Rodgers, a virtuoso at changing plays at the line of scrimmage, and LaFleur, whose offensive scheme is predicated on the quarterback running either the play that's called or another so-called "can" play built into the call, would find common ground on the issue. Both acknowledged that the feeling-out and getting-on-the-same-page processes will continue during training camp, but the drama that seemed to follow the narrative might have been overblown considering that LaFleur was already talking during the annual NFL scouting combine in February about modifying the scheme to take advantage of Rodgers' skill set.
"We traditionally haven't had a whole lot of audibles, per se, in our offense. That's not to say that that's going to be the way we're going forward because, again, we're going to build it our way," LaFleur said then. "We try to give the quarterback as many tools as possible.
"We call them 'cans' – and you'll see him where he'll 'can' to the other play. That's always been a part of the offenses that I've been a part of, especially more in the last four years. It's about trying to maximize your plays and try to get to premium-opportunity plays. That's going to be a big part of our offense moving forward. We'll have to see where it goes in terms of giving him freedom to, if he sees something, to totally erase what's been called and get to something else."
Key competition
Backup spot
While the Packers gave the Browns a former first-round pick — Damarious Randall, who appears on a Pro Bowl trajectory at the safety position — to get Kizer 16 months ago, the Packers will have a wide-open competition for the backup job behind Rodgers. And during the offseason, neither Kizer nor Boyle looked particularly sharp in practices open to the media.
"Moving into training camp, that's really when we're hoping to see strides from really everybody," Hackett said.
Asked if he felt any of the three backup candidates could win games for him, LaFleur replied, "Yeah, I definitely think both these guys are NFL quarterbacks. It's just, how fast is it going to come for them? There (were) some really good moments, and some where you'd like some more consistency. But they're competing every day. I know they're giving us their all.
"When you look at it, they're still young players. Especially when you're talking about the early stages of learning a new offense, there's going to be a learning curve. That's to be expected."


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Wednesday 5: 5 Books I Didn't Think I'd Like
Whether it's a book I immediately discount from its description, or a book I start, then give up on, only to devour later, I'm often pleasantly surprised by books I didn't think I'd love quite so much.
1. The Hunger Games series is uppermost in my mind for this list, this week. Dystopian apocalyptic setting? Violence, conspiracy, misery and tragedy? Not usually something I'd read on a bet! But I devoured the series in two days!
2. The Magician's Guild trilogy, by Trudi Canavan. I must have picked the first book up and put it down four or five times, before I stuck it out and then couldn't wait to read the rest.
3. The End of Fashion– Terri Agins. I read it when I was just starting to work on PinkyShears.com with fashion designer Brandon Graham. It was not only a good crash course in the current business of fashion, it turned out to be well written, interesting and gossipy.
4. Lunch Wars– Amy Kalafa. I read this for BlogHer Book Club and I was dubious at first. I don't have kids, and I know that discussions about food politics can get heavy and worrisome. But, I found this book fascinating, and full of thoughtful, informative discussion.
5. How Did You Get This Number? Sloane Crossley Even though I had a review copy, I totally stalled reading this, I'm ashamed to admit. It was a collection of personal essays, sometimes awkward, sometimes funny… I enjoyed Crossley's first collection, but then, couldn't get into the second collection, initially. Until I read her essay about her sense of direction. Or lack thereof. And I decided I really wanted to hug the book.


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The Greater Akron Baseball Hall of Fame is hosting an evening with the new University of Akron baseball coach and former Cincinnati Reds star, Chris Sabo on Saturday, February 23 at the Duck Club at Canal Park in downtown Akron.
The program begins at 6 p.m. with appetizers and a cash bar. Coach Sabo will begin speaking at 7. Tickets are free but you must register online at eventbrite.com; seats are limited. A $5 donation is requested at the door with a portion of the proceeds going to the University of Akron baseball team.


text: To Believe or Not to Believe? --- For my lovely people who are curious enough about my humbly arrogant opinion, and thoughts of nonsense. Like any good film, there should be many thoughts and opinions that come with it, I can not say what I saw was what intended, but a good movie does the job of forcing it's audiences to question, which brings to my topic. An idea only became the "truth" because enough people speak of it, then we use the "truth" to our own selfish reasons. No one genuinely like Silence -Martin Scorsese Star Li 01/21/2017


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Premier Foot and Ankle, Inc has been offering specialized bunion pain treatment. - by Jaryl G. Korpinen
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Plano, Texas (Press Release – February 20th, 2012) – Premier Foot and Ankle, Inc has been offering specialized bunion pain treatment.
The clinical facility has been offering exceptional bunion pain treatment for people who suffer from a variety of foot pain problems. One of the most common ailments the McKinney TX podiatry professionals encounter is pain due to bunions.
"It's basically a hereditary deformity where the bone behind your big toe starts to drift over and so it messes up your big toe," says the podiatrist at Premier Foot & Ankle. What leads to bunions is the hereditary mechanics of your feet not a particular style of shoe or gait. The pain is caused when one has to wear shoes which by nature are not made for feet with such a deformity. The clinic has a video at its website for more information.
Podiatrist at Premier Foot and Ankle, Inc. can address different types of foot related problems including, Achilles tendonitis, ankle sprain, bunions, flat feet, fungal nails, hammer toe, heel spurs, ingrown, toenails, and neuroma. Foot and ankle care doctors are highly-trained and can handle any severe case.
The website of the clinic is patient-friendly and offers complete information regarding foot and ankle conditions and their respective treatments. Patients can request an appointment through their online website only.
About the Company –
Premier Foot and Ankle, Inc is a Plano, TX based podiatric clinic offering comprehensive services for the treatment of all types of foot and ankle injuries. Podiatrist provides expert podiatric services (orthopedic foot and ankle treatment) in Plano and McKinney. Their priority is to deliver quality podiatric care to informed patients in a comfortable setting.
Viapost, the new La Poste brand, is proud to introduce the seamless experience in connected fulfillment and logistics services for its clients in online and offline shopping channels. The brand is going to leverage its expertise in European shipping and strong network of European contact centers to bring its fulfillment solutions to the next level.
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It's that time again – when we review the past year and predict how food and hospitality trends will appear in 2014 and beyond.
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DetailsThe first undergraduate lab manual for teaching microwave assisted organic synthesis - written by Nichaols Leadbeater, Ph.D (University of Connecticut) and Cynthia McGowan, Ph.D (Merrimack College). This manual features 11 experiments written for both the MARS and Discover microwave systems. Each experimental procedure begins with an introduction and concludes with with lab questions. With this manual, implementing microwave assisted chemistry into the teaching lab is seamless! Instructor edition includes additional experiment information.


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CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) - The University of Wyoming Board of Trustees is asking the state for about $14 million to raise faculty and staff salaries in the 2015-2016 budget. If approved by the Legislature, UW's request would equal about an average 4 percent pay raise.
At his sentencing hearing this morning, Richard Cameron Wilkerson was sentenced to no less than 20 and no more than 40 years in prison after being convicted earlier this year of second degree murder in connection with the death of Brian Newman.
A balmy summer eve lent itself to the 3rd annual "On the Foundation" fundraiser. Sheridan play-goers were treated to a night of five one-act plays, all done with local talent and all proceeds benefiting Habitat for Humanity of the Eastern Bighorns.
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Long Hair, Don't Care
Recently, my dream of having long, luscious locks came true: I got to try hair extensions.
Full disclosure: as a beauty editor, I get to play guinea pig and test endless lipsticks, serums and dry shampoos (amongst others). Recently, my dream of having long, luscious locks came true: I got to try hair extensions.
I have always lusted after red carpet looks with gorgeous retro waves, chic full up-do's, and voluminous, bouncy blowouts. Those stylish looks were unfortunately never in the cards for this fine-haired girl—until now. All of a sudden my once stringy strands could actually hold a curl—and last hours!—or, gasp, prolong a blowout for days.
My hair-changing journey took place at RPZL, a new extensions bar that opened in NYC in February. To quote RPZL, their goal is to "make premium hair extension application as easy and attainable as getting a manicure." Sounds good to me! RPZL offers multiple types of extensions applications—keratin bonded, tape-ins and clip-ins, the non-permanent alternative. I researched my options and decided to take the plunge and get the cream of the crop of hair extensions, the keratin bonded ones.
My appointment started with a quick consultation with my new mane master, Azzy Parisiani. She asked what my goal was from the extensions—did I want super long strands, a la Marsha Brady? Or more thickness and fullness (think Victoria's Secret bombshell waves)? My answer: a little bit of both. I wanted longer hair, of course, but not so long that you wouldn't believe it could possibly be mine. And definitely fullness—limp strands have been my biggest hair struggle since elementary school. She nodded in agreement and off to the sink we went, for a double cleansing (to get rid of product buildup) and conditioning.
Azzy blow dried my hair straight, as extensions are always bonded to dry hair. She disappeared briefly into RPZL's "House of Hair", and came back with bundles of beautiful dark brown hair, that perfectly matched my own. RPZL uses Remy hair, which is 100% virgin human hair (never chemically-treated). Over the next two hours, Azzy patiently attached each bundle of hair to small sections of my hair close to the roots, using ultrasound technology. This compact, high-tech machine bonds the extension hair to my hair using ultrasound waves that are cool to the touch and won't damage hair or hurt in any way.
Once they were all attached, Azzy cut the extensions to my desired length, blew dry my hair again briefly and added some wave with a 1.5-inch barrel curling iron. Voila—two and a half hours later and I had the full, bouncy waves that I had always dreamed of. I left the salon confident, glowing and with a smile from ear-to-ear, armed with instructions of how to properly care for my new long locks.
That first night and weekend was exciting and nerve-wracking all the same—I had a slight headache from the weight of the new hair and had to learn how exactly to sleep with extensions (it's all about the braid, a loose one on the side). At first, I was definitely conscious of my hair through every toss and turn. But slowly, I settled into my new nightly routine and learned the ways of living with extensions. These rules became my new beauty commandments:
- Use products that are sulfate free, including shampoo, conditioner and styling products, at least on the roots and bonds. Only use conditioner on the mid-shaft to ends.
- Always sleep with hair pulled back, either in a loose ponytail or braid to prevent knots and tangling.
- Don't let hair air dry. I either get a professional blowout—it lasts 4-5 days!—or blow dry the crown and bonds gently (when my hair is almost dry) to preserve the life of the bonds. And I'm always careful to keep the blow dryer and curling iron from touching the bonds.
- Brush hair as much as possible. I use a boar bristle paddle brushes and comb through my hair every night before bed to get rid of any knots and tangles.
- Be gentle. I treat my hair with a little more sensitivity than normal, and only use fabric elastics for less breakage.
Having extensions has been an incredible experience. My one and only complaint is the amount of time it takes to style your extensions yourself. My old hair was pretty quick and easy and not something I accounted a lot of time for. With extensions, I have to factor hair styling into my schedule, allowing much more time for each step: air-drying, blow drying and curling. But on the upside, I can extend blowouts significantly longer and am able to wash my hair less often.
One thing I've learned: a bad hair day with extensions is still a pretty good hair day. The past three months have been a fun, exciting and hair-raising journey and I am definitely sad to say goodbye to my always voluminous 'do. Until next time, extensions—back to sampling mousses and root-lifters for this beauty gal!
A final (exciting!) note: as of this week, RPZL's customizable clip-in extensions are now available on their website. You can either choose your own color or upload a "selfie" to their site and their expert stylists will match your color and texture. A full set ranges from $250-$350.


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Bread Knife
L'angolo dell'impugnatura di questi coltelli permette di applicare minori sollecitazioni sul polso. Possono anche essere usati con ausili di uso generale.
This bread knife has a fantastic design with the handle set at a right-angle to the blade. This gives those with hand function weakness a better grip and eases strain on the wrist.
The thick handle has a brightly coloured, non-slip, soft-feel section that gives you a better grip.
The knife can be used with our General Purpose gripping aid to give you independence in the kitchen. Our gripping aid can give you a firm and safe grip on the knife.


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Intermediate Bushcraft Course
Intermediate Bushcraft Course
Want to expand your bushcraft knowledge and practical ability? This course will build significantly on any prior knowledge you have, and is a great way to progress from our accredited Foundation in Bushcraft and Wilderness Living Skills Level 2 Course
This course will run over 5 days in our stunning woodland on the edge of the New Forest. During this time you will live and breathe the woods. We will expand and advance traditional bushcraft knowledge, whilst learning new and more advanced skills to begin to truly experience 'Wilderness Living'.
Lessons and subjects covered will include;
Skinning and butchery of large game
Primitive food preservation techniques (smoking/curing)
Long term shelter / Winter survival
Green woodworking & Spoon carving
Advanced fire lighting
Traps/Snares & Foraging
Plus more!
Each day will focus on two subjects. In depth lessons and practical sessions followed by individual student projects will allow you to fully absorb the skills and knowledge on each topic. By the end of the 5 days you will have completed a range of projects and may well have a wind and waterproof shelter, a bed, a stool to sit on and table to work off. smoked venison or vegetables, a supply of processed tinder, a mallet and perhaps even a basket or fish trap!
Our Intermediate Bushcraft Course is all about unlocking your ability to thrive in a wilderness setting, it is not a test of endurance. We will provide you with food, water, tea and coffee so you get the best possible outcome from this course. You will cook you own meals in your personal camp or around our communal fire, where we will spend the evenings winding down with a drink and a chat.
Our experienced instuctors will be on site at all times to help and guide you should you need advise with any of the projects you are working on thouthout the week.
This course will leave you with the knowledge, ability and crucially the confidence to thrive in any woodland environment. A confidence that will say with you when you head back into the town or city!


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Magento 1.9.2: 5-cents Price Rounding
Today I am working on a Magento site for a Switzerland client which requires the implementation of Rappen Rounding, a 5-cents rounding for the total price for every transaction.
I actually found an extension on GitHub for that, but it was not compatible with my Magento install. I am not sure if it is not compatible with Magento 1.9.2 or conflicting with any other extensions, it just didn't work.
After digging into Magento core codes, I found that there is a simple workaround for this functionality, though we have to override Magento's core. Continue reading "Magento 1.9.2: 5-cents Price Rounding"


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Understanding Cosmetic Surgery Procedure
Eliminating health difficulties and deformity where surgery is the sole option. Cosmetic surgery is becoming more and more common in the united kingdom and there aren't any indications of this trend slowing down. Cosmetic surgery through the years has increased in popularity due to this.
If you bleed a whole lot after the procedure, it may get under the epidermis and you may have to get corrective surgery. There are various kinds of plastic surgery procedures available these days giving a vast array of choices to pick from depending on needing a patient. The instant you opt to go for a plastic surgery procedure, you're preparing for consequences that would not just change your physical appearance but in addition, your everyday living.
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Sometimes it's also known as plastic surgery. It may only be performed by a Plastic Surgeon. He is a medical specialty that uses a number of surgical and nonsurgical techniques to change the appearance and function of a person's body. It has a long history. He has become a way of life for many Americans. Plastic surgery, however minor, is still a medical procedure which could change your physical well-being and wellness.
Once you've decided which sort of plastic surgery you want to get, you'll need to do a little bit of research. Plastic surgery traditionally is pretty costly, however with some wonderful planning concerning the doctor, company, and procedures that you're likely to use you may have a lot of different advantages. He has become an easy route for people who want easy and quick results. He is often the safest, accurate and the best method of making changes to your looks. There is a variety of methods to have plastic surgery at no cost, based on your specific case and needs you may want to explore a number of the options below.
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