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Recently, Interview Features Editor Ryan Mihaly spoke via e-mail with Alfred MacAdam, translator of the likes of Fernando Pessoa and Surrealist filmmaker and novelist Alejandro Jodorowsky. For an excerpt from Jodorowsky's Albina and the Dog-Men, check out this recent installment of Translation Tuesday. This interview is also available in the Asymptote Fortnightly Airmail. Subscribe here.
RM: What was it like translating Alejandro Jodorowsky's Where the Bird Sings Best and Albina and the Dog-Men? Did Jodorowsky's prose get under your skin? You are an experienced translator and are perhaps more immune to the novel's effects, but I found Albina's dark mythology to be intoxicating. What was it like to translate that?
AM: First, let me say that when Ilan Stavans asked me if I might be interested in translating Jodorowsky, I was dumbfounded. To me he was the crazy filmmaker of the 1970s whose El topo or Fando and Lis knocked me and my friends silly. I had no idea he had metamorphosed into a novelist.
So when Ilan sent me Where the Bird Sings Best I was simply not prepared for what it was. First of all, the Jewish essence of the book, its tracing the circuitous route of Jews who end up in Spanish America, whose religion suffers innumerable modifications along the way, was, I thought, a subject whose time in Spanish American literature had long since come. By which I mean that in the U.S. we take our Jewish writers for granted, that the Bellows, the Malamuds, the Roths (both of them) are simply part of our culture. But where was the "great Jewish novel of the Spanish American world"?
The second shock was Jodorowsky's Spanish. He's not a literary man like his fellow Chilean José Donoso, who was a consummate stylist, attuned to linguistic nuances, and influenced by French and English models. Jodorowsky's Spanish is the one he speaks, inflected with myriad Chilean expressions, but also showing the influence of his long stays in France and other European cities. So it's a kind of international Spanish.
Finding an appropriate English, which really meant finding an English with something like the rhythms of Jodorowsky's Spanish, was a maddening experience. And I'm not sure I ever managed it. Where the Bird Sings Best is hilarious, and the essence of comedy is timing, so learning how to pace scenes, how to build toward punch lines or scenes was yet another task.
And then there are the abrupt shifts in diction, tone, intonation. How to make the women sound like women. These things, coupled with the overt deployment of magic, were major problems. Remember, García Márquez's great innovation in One Hundred Years of Solitude was to infuse the family saga novel with fantasy. Well, Jodorowsky uses the magic of religion, of belief, which is a totally different kind of magic to construct a family history that is also a spiritual history.
The second book I translated by Jodorowsky, Albina and the Dog-Men, is a different kettle of fish. Here we move from Jewish culture into a profound exploration of identity, but studied at the archetypal level. The magic here is right out of the shaman's manual, rather than the Bible or the Torah. True enough, there are parallels: Albina deals with outcasts who can only survive through their wits, but the curses, the journeys of self-discovery, and the metamorphoses are matters only Jodorowsky's alchemical imagination could blend into a coherent totality. In this case, it wasn't the Spanish that challenged the translator but the shifts and swerves of the story itself.
RM: True: in Albina some characters transform into their archetypal opposite. The lustful, violent antagonist Drumfoot becomes Lohan, Albina's loyal protector. The ugly Crabby, whose birth name is Isaac, turns into beautiful Isabella. What liberties did you have to take as a translator in bringing these names and identities into English? How did you stay afloat amongst the twists and turns? Were you able to consult Jodorowsky with translation problems; and if so, what advice did he give?
AM: I didn't consult the author. I rarely do, unless we have the chance to be in the same place at the same time. Besides, they're usually busy writing other books. I don't think I took any liberties. With Jodorowsky I felt the best plan was to stick as closely to the text as English would allow. In effect, I think one could use both translations as trots to read the original. Jodorowsky's genius works that way.
RM: Several times throughout the novel, Albina or her masters mutter words in an "incomprehensible language". For example, "Om badzra puspe ah hum svaha" or "Dehi phy bgegs kyi bar chod las… bgegs la glud pham gto ru bya". Were these copied directly from the original text? Do you have any thoughts on where these words may come from?
AM: They were copied from the original. I assumed it was made up. Sure doesn't sound like Hebrew.
RM: Albina is filled with descriptions of sex that seemingly only Jodorowsky could muster, like when Crabby compares a winding mountain path to a "labyrinth that resembled in every detail the wrinkles on [Amado's] scrotum." Every character in the novel is sexualized, in beautiful and grotesque ways. What is your take on all of the sexual imagery? How will readers and critics of today take it?
AM: I think Jodorowsky's sexualization of practically everything derives from his Surrealist roots. The affinities between him and Dali are, I think, clear. The hard-edged depiction, the improbable associations, and of course the polymorphously perverse sex.
As to reception: when you deal with Jodorowsky you expect this stuff.
RM: How long did it take you to translate Albina? Do you work on more than one translation at a time?
AM: Albina took me—I think—about four or five months. Mind you, I started on Albina shortly after finishing Where the Bird Sings Best, so I was up and running. Meaning to say I didn't have to crank up my translation skills after a long respite. Usually I work on one project at a time.
RM: You said that the best plan was to stick as closely to the text as English would allow. The book is filled with idioms and very inventive metaphors. For example: "Your past is of no importance! The cat is not its tail!" or, "A few clouds in a strict straight row slowly passed through his field of vision like seagulls with rickets." In cases like these, were you always going for the close, literal translation?
AM: Absolutely. In cases like the ones you've listed it seemed important to try to be literal. They are like magic formulas, and it's not a good idea to tamper with magic.
RM: I want to wrap up with a couple questions about Pessoa.
You published a translation of The Book of Disquiet in 1991, and an essay on Pessoa appeared in The Cambridge Companion to Autobiography in 2014. Yet you mostly have translated fiction from the Spanish. How does Pessoa fit into your concerns and interests as a translator, scholar, and reader?
AM: I began reading Fernando Pessoa as an undergraduate, probably because of Jack Tomlins, a professor of mine at Rutgers who told me all about Pessoa. Much later, during the 90s, I wrote a short monograph about Pessoa for a long-forgotten encyclopedia of European authors published by Scribners. Then I translated a selection from The Book of Disquiet. The essay in The Cambridge Companion to Autobiography I wrote at the insistence of my dear friend Maria DiBattista at Princeton University. It was a kind of settling of accounts with Pessoa, a demystification. So Pessoa was a kind of digression from my usual work both as translator and as critic, though I have translated a couple of texts by the Brazilian author Machado de Assis. I try to include Brazilian authors in any survey courses on Latin American literature simply because they get forgotten.
RM: In the Cambridge article, you argue that the typewriter's ability to project thoughts immediately, like conversation, allowed Pessoa to "find a personification," especially when he typed letters, but that he mostly avoided personal contact with those he wrote to. What do we know about Pessoa as a speaker? Do we know if his everyday speech was as rhetorical as his writing?
AM: Not a subject I know much about. He had to deal with people, had to make statements from time to time, but I think he was only comfortable with pen and paper or the typewriter. For him, the typewriter would have had the same liberating effect word processing on a computer had for so many people suffering writer's block.
RM: Do you prefer translating prose to poetry? Have you tried translating Pessoa's poetry? And lastly: what's the next project you're working on?
AM: Translating poetry is a thankless task. Poets are rarely satisfied with the results. I much prefer prose. Needless to say, I have translated poetry, and in fact have played around with two of Pessoa's poems over the past few months. Perhaps, I'm hoping, a novel will fall into my lap.
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text: Kristin D. Russell is a dynamic executive with more than fifteen years experience in leading large operations, services, and information technology (IT) organizations. She is the President of Global Services at Arrow Electronics which helps to provide a platform of IT and OT services to help customers solve problems, reduce complexity and grow. Previously, Kristin was a Director with Deloitte Digital and focused on bringing innovative, cloud solutions to the public sector market. Prior to her work at Deloitte, Kristin was appointed by Governor Hickenlooper in February 2011 to serve as the state's Secretary of Technology and Chief Information Officer. As the Chief Information Officer, she was responsible for the overall information systems statewide and increasing the effectiveness of government through the use of shared information and technology. As Secretary of Technology, Kristin led the state's IT economic development strategy focused on attracting new technology companies and tech workers to the state. She also served as the first Chairwoman for the Colorado Innovation Network Board of Advisors. Due to her accomplishments, Kristin has received several awards including Government Technology's Top 25 Doers, Dreamers & Drivers, the Denver Business Journal CIO of the Year Award, and in 2015, she was recognized as one of the Top 25 Most Powerful Women by the Colorado Women's Chamber of Commerce. In 2017, Kristin was named as a Top Innovator for Embedded Computing Design. She was the first female to be honored with this award.


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The term church discipline most often brings to mind a dramatic Matthew 18 moment, when a church member's unrepentant sin is brought before the full congregation. But when a pastor falls, there is no simple, three-step Bible passage at hand, and we're not great at figuring it out ourselves. The many possibilities for handling such failings are reflected in the structures of our hundreds of denominations.
Fallout from the Ted Haggard scandal continues. New Life Church's outside board of overseers acted decisively after the revelations, but many wondered, Could Haggard have been helped earlier? The overseers wondered, too. Now at least one overseer (each a full-time pastor) must be present at New Life each Sunday. In addition, the board may require Haggard's replacement to regularly attend a counseling retreat. On top of that, the general public was asked for "factual, first-hand information regarding the spiritual health of this church, its ministers, or ministries."
When that process resulted in the December resignation of another senior leader, several commentators labeled it a "witch hunt." But contrary to these complaints, such discipline isn't merely aimed at saving a church's reputation. As Paul writes in 1 Timothy, good repute can spur leaders to avoid temptation. A bishop or overseer, Paul wrote, "must be well thought of by outsiders, so that he may not fall into disgrace, into a snare of the devil."
Down the road from New Life, Pastor Benjamin Reynolds was holding monthly accountability sessions with his deacons at Emmanuel Missionary Baptist Church. But the usual response to inquiries about spiritual health was, "I'm blessed," he told the Los Angeles Times. He added, "I wanted to say, 'Please! I feel like crap!'"
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Collecting Contemporary Art and creating new airlines that offers the service of a cheap seat and an exciting time of hanging out in an airport, is good business. Many airports inspire to feeling welcome, comfortable and relaxed. Some airports and airlines have collected art work and exhibits it in their terminals, other open a museum to show and stimulate the travellers on their way out in the world.
The above ".125", Made by Alexander Calder 1957 hangs at the International Terminal 4, John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City. An over sized mobile made for the New York Port Authority that was hung in Idlewild (now J. F.K) Airport. I can also remember a bar names Idlewild on Houston street (NYC) in the 90´s. It had an airport theme and waitresses in 50's styled uniforms.
The above sculpture of "The Young Rembrandt" made by Dutch Wim van Hoorn was donated to Terminal 4, as can be read on below bronze plack.
It is nice to see that The Netherlands promotes art, not only in their own airport Schiphol with a museum of Dutch Masters for travellers waiting for their connections, but also in America.
There are many examples of good and bad art in airports around the world, but there are also many examples of airports without any art at all. Is there a connection between an airports location, the pride of culture, art & design history and airport interior & exterior design? Maybe so.
In the same way as there was a delightful mobile from Calder in one part of New York's JFK airport, there was a whole area in the airport that was full of what seemed like strange larger than life size carnival costumes. They looked like they were parked and the people inside of them went for lunch. But when I went upstairs to ask about what the exhibition was about, three security guards reading comic books told me it was a special area with no entrance for regular people.
The above film flicker concept is cute, but a bit cheesy. It is made so when you stand on the rolling walkway you move by it as looking through a flip book. Only the walkway is too slow for the flip effect to really work. It can be found in the very nice Geneva airport, where the airplanes taking off is a wonderful sight out of the windows with a mountain back drop.
The above installations was made inside of JFK's Terminal 5. The whole space was turned over to curator Rachel K. Ward who invited contemporary artists to come up with concepts, sculptures and interactive installations.
The building is to begin with buildt by Finnish Eero Saarinen. His design is made to give the travellers an experience when taking off in an airplane. This was the state of mind in the 50's when space age was near and the future was not what it used to be. The wonderful building has lately been renovated by JetBlue for their booming business selling cheap flights with minimal service. Then again, the service comes in the experience of landing and taking off from the legendary Terminal 5.
the above neon sculptures was done on commission by Yan Shu
British Airways has commissioned emerging artists and designers to create eight contemporary art works for its new home at Terminal 5, Heathrow. This art will hopefully help calm the people in dispair who have been stuck in the rather messy situation Terminal 5 have been dealing with lately.
Copenhagen International Airport Kastrup has gone from the number one airport in the world two times and four times won the award as being "The best airport in Europe", to not be among the 10 best in the world 2007. The above Smoke Cabin Installation by Unknown Artist in Kastrup airport, is however a great example of contemporary art at its best. Better than a gold fish in a blender or a cow in formaldehyde, if you ask me.
The above installation project by Sayed Alavi is an aerial view of the Sacramento River that is woven into a carpet for the floor of a pedestrian bridge connecting the terminal to the parking garage. This image represents approximately 50 miles of the Sacramento River starting just outside of Colusa, California and ending about 6 miles south of Chico. It is a Site Specific Public Art Project for the Sacramento International Airport. It seems to give an experience of flight and flying, along with a feeling of a "welcome mat" for visitors arriving in Sacramento.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Britain's vote to leave the European Union has made it more likely that the euro zone will not be around in 10 years, JPMorgan Chase & Co (JPM.N) CEO Jamie Dimon told bankers on Friday.
"Brexit makes the chance of the euro zone not surviving 10 years from now five times higher," Dimon said at the Institute of International Finance's 2016 annual membership meeting in Washington.
Speaking at the same event, James Gorman, the chief executive of Morgan Stanley (MS.N), said that the big winner from Brexit would be New York because business currently carried out in London would shift there.
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Milestones - 2014
Ahead of schedule: Euro Car Parts opens third national distribution centre.
We have enhanced our industry leading distribution network with the addition of a new 258,000 sq. ft. warehouse facility on Bonehill Road in Tamworth, Staffordshire. Located close to the 600,000 sq. ft. National Distribution Centre (NDC), which opened in 2010, and 15 miles from the collision repair parts facility at Swadlincote, which opened in 2012, 'Bonehill' will future-proof the business as we drive towards our 165 plus UK branch target by end 2014.
This facility will significantly boost the warehouse capacity for the company, as we continue our ambitious branch opening programme during 2014 and beyond. Independent garages are the bedrock of our business and this site means unprecedented levels of logistical support which translates to even higher levels of customer service. It's not just the expansion of the branch network but the increase in new ranges along with higher levels of availability of OE brands across all product groups.
In addition the facility has more than 15,000 sq ft of space which is currently being refurbished into a Training Academy. Martin Gray, CEO, commented "by working with our key suppliers, some of the biggest names in the automotive world, we will be launching a first class training programme for our customers during 2014, that's the kind of real added value you get from Euro Car Parts.
Acocks Green in Birmingham is the 150th Branch in the ECP network.
We have successfully opened 11 branches in 2014 bringing our network total to 155 locations nationwide.
Martin Gray CEO of Euro Car Parts commented: "We have seen a magnificent growth over the past two years in terms of branch openings, increased OE range and additional suppliers along with additional team members at our new and existing sites, so we are delighted to continue this expansion into 2014. In England we opened new stores in Weymouth, Chichester, Launceston, Fareham, Kingston Upon Thames, Harlow, Acock's Green (Birmingham) Maidenhead and Camberley creating more than 500 jobs for the local area." During March the fast-growing company also added two stores in Scotland with the addition of 10,000 + sq ft sites in Kirkcaldy and Inverness. The company now operates from two locations in each of Glasgow and Edinburgh, in addition to Aberdeen, Paisley, Perth, Kirkcaldy and Kilmarnock .
The expanded network allows Euro Car Parts to bring high quality, competitively priced, products to the Scottish motor trade.
A further 10 locations have been scheduled to open in Q2.
We are very pleased to announce we now stock all Textar brake pads and discs.
David Baines, Head of Global Aftermarket , at TMD Friction said: "Textar brings OE pedigree to the aftermarket. It stands for quality, safety and superior braking comfort. Supplying the full Textar brake pad and disc ranges will strengthen our relationship with Euro Car Parts and complement the success of other TMD brands."
Martin Gray, chief executive officer at Euro Car Parts, said: "We are very excited to be launching these Textar brake pads and discs in partnership with TMD Friction. Stocking both Textar and TMD's Pagid brand is an offering unique to Euro Car Parts in the UK. They are both OE, but each with their own formulation and characteristics.
April network expansion continued with the opening of stores in Cheltenham and Barnstaple, Rochdale and Weston Super Mare.
Darlington, Mansfield and Gravesend all open in May taking the network to 162 locations,
The ABP Club meeting at the Thatcham Repair Focus event (June 12) was chosen as the venue to unveil ECP's new Platinum Plus automotive lighting range, which is independently certified by Thatcham/TŰV. All 40 products are now fully in stock in their contemporary styled boxes.
Steve Horne, director, commented, "Our aim is to change perceptions in the marketplace that approved aftermarket parts are a genuine quality alternative to OE and to raise awareness of our Thatcham certified Platinum Plus lighting range in responding to customers' demands for solutions that help them increase their profitability."
Branch number 163 opened doors down in Bridgewater in Somerset on June 11th.
On June 5th Euro Car Parts parent company, LKQ Corporation has been named in the Fortune 500 list for the first time (No. 490). The Fortune 500 list identifies the largest companies in America by revenue. LKQ had 2013 total revenue of $5.06 billion. "It is an honour to be named to the Fortune 500 list," stated Robert L. Wagman, President and Chief Executive Officer of LKQ Corporation. "Credit for this milestone belongs to LKQ's employees who come to work every day seeking to help people get back on the road by offering professional repairers and insurance carriers a unique value proposition with our products, world class customer service and superior distribution capabilities in all of our operating segments."
One of the UK's leading used car retailers, CarShop, is consolidating the procurement of all its paint, consumables, parts and equipment into LKQ Coatings and ECP to help control its costs and deliver faster service and repair deadlines that will enhance its customer experience to motorists.
Branches in Boston and Falkirk are now open.
Following negotiations with Unipart's administrators, Mark Orton, Will Wright and Jonny Marston from KPMG, Euro Car Parts has been able to secure the future of sites across England, Scotland and Wales, taking the ECP network to 194 branches.
Martin Gray, CEO of Euro Car Parts, commented: "We are delighted to have acquired these 27 branches and may yet acquire more. Over the last few days we have been working hard to identify which locations fit into our growth strategy. This deal clearly demonstrates our determination to deliver industry-leading levels of service and availability. "Most importantly, we are optimistic that many ex-Unipart employees from these locations will now join Euro Car Parts. We look forward to helping them to continue their aftermarket careers and bring an end to the uncertainty and stress these past weeks have brought them and their families. "In addition to the site acquisitions, we are also thrilled to announce that last week alone we made offers to over 100 ex-Unipart employees.
During the next 12-18 months we will create 1,500 new positions, so I meant it when I said last week that we would go the extra mile to assist them. This proves we are serious about attracting, developing and growing the very best talent within our sector. As Euro Car Parts controls 100% of its own operations, logistics, warehousing and infrastructure and with a network approaching 200 branches, we are uniquely well placed to help and support all repairers across the UK. Continuity of service is paramount to the garage and for their customers.
Those garages looking for a fast, seamless transition from existing MAM software packages to ECP Autoworks Online, our own GMS system, should contact their nearest branch for immediate help and advice.
The 27 locations are as follows: Acton, Avonmouth, Ayr, Bangor, Bath, Bury St Edmunds, Cambridge, Dundee, Dunfermline, Elgin, Enfield, Folkestone, Grantham, Guildford, Keighley, Kendal, Llandudno, Loughborough, Newark, Norwich, Perth, Sittingbourne, Sunderland, Swansea, Wigan, Worthing and Wrexham.
ECP and BEN announce partnership
Our partnership with BEN (the automotive charity) has officially been announced following an event on 20 August at our West Thurrock branch. VIP guests at the event included the Member of Parliament for Thurrock, Jackie Doyle-Price, the Mayor of Thurrock, Councillor Steve Liddiard, and BEN's Chief Operating Officer, Nigel Rothband. Nigel Rothband, Chief Operating Officer of BEN, commented at the event: "For us this is a perfect opportunity because Euro Car Parts is a growing business and they recognise that BEN exists to support our automotive community. We have information packs going out to every Euro Car Parts employee. They and the indepedent motor trader need to know that whatever the problem – stress, money worries, illness, relationship problems or bereavement – BEN is there for them and their families, forever."
Martin Gray, CEO of ECP commented "BEN is a phenomenal charity and are genuinely "unsung heroes", particularly in the independent sector. We are committed to help raise their profile and champion their crucial role, through leveraging the Euro Car Parts branch network both locally and nationally."
14 additional branches in new towns noe open for business.
The former Unipart sites now operating as Euro Car Parts branches are: Avonmouth, Ayr, Bangor, Bath, Dundee, Enfield, Folkestone, Grantham, Kendal, Loughborough, Sittingbourne, Swansea, Worthing and Wrexham.
We are very proud to have created a further 200 jobs in the towns listed above. we have also added an additional new branch to open in October in Braintree.
Euro Car Parts to build one of UK's biggest distribution facilities
We are extremely proud to announce today we have secured one of the largest distribution facilities in the Midlands. This investment from parent LKQ Corporation will secure over 1,350 jobs for the local area and an additional 2,000 jobs in branches and head office.
The 1 million sq.ft. bespoke facility is to be built on the Birch Coppice Estate in Dordon, Staffordshire. PHASE 1 is due for completion January 2016. It will include 47,500 sq ft offices and customer and colleague training suites, alongside 4 level access doors and 64 dock doors.
The facility will stock over 150,000 different product lines and despatch over 200,000 items each night to the branch network. Euro Car Parts currently occupy over 600,000 sq ft (inc mezz floors) of warehousing on the same estate which will be retained and transformed into a specialist facility for collision, coatings and green parts.
Martin Gray, CEO of Euro Car Parts, commented: "Actions speak louder than words and this unprecedented investment demonstrates our long-term commitment not just to the UK aftermarket but to our customers and our people. We are determined to continue maximising our logistics capability and launch pioneering, unique and truly added-value solutions for our customers. I would like to sincerely thank our customers, our supplier partners and all of our people for their continued loyalty and support. Together we continue to prove that we are indeed greater than the sum of our parts.


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In an age where global connectivity, scientific achievement, and technological advances could potentially eclipse the importance of religious studies and theology programs, it would seem that the great religions of the world are becoming even more and more relevant each and every day. Christian studies, Muslim texts, Jewish scripture, and Buddhist teachings seem to constantly provide numerous examples of how to live our lives more responsibly, more peacefully, and more compassionately. These areas are especially important since cloning technology, senseless wars, and terrorism constantly challenge our understanding of what makes us unique; what makes us human.
In a typical theology program, one might take various comparative religion courses in order to establish a firm foundation upon which to build. Thereafter, a student might study scripture purely from an academic perspective, or a student could choose to follow a more devoted religious path with the hopes of becoming ordained in whatever religion he or she chooses. And even within these two different paths, there exist numerous branches worth following. Some enjoy historical religion, while others prefer to approach religion from a more philosophical or existential viewpoint.
Most of the world believes in some type of higher calling or being. Within Christian studies alone, one could find ample opportunities for work and career advancement after graduating from a theology program. But by adding other major religions to the mix, the opportunities are truly overwhelming. And as time goes by, the role and importance of religion will only become more pronounced.
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Nam Tran
Nam Tran is a contemporary ceramist/potter in London. Nam has studied at Central saint martins and the Royal college of arts in the field of ceramics.
Nam has exhibited in various shows and worked with designers on commissioned projects. His works mainly consist of sculptural forms coinciding with highly technical processes.
For more information about Nam and his work visit www.cernamic.com.
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Today, ZTE has announced its new Blade Series flagship device named ZTE Blade D6 at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) Shanghai 2015.
The ZTE Blade D6 Smartphone comes with 5-inch IPS HD touch screen display with 1280*720 pixels of resolutions. The phone is powered by a 64-bit + Quad-Core CPU and MediaTek MT6735 processor with 2GB of RAM. The Blade D6 runs on the android v5.0 (lollipop) OS with MiFavor 3.2 UI. It also has auto focus 13-megapixel back camera with LED flashlight and a 5-megapixel FF shooter for videos and selfies.
On the other side, it has 16GB inbuilt storage and expandable up to storage via micreoSD card. It has hybrid dual SIM slot, it means second nano SIM card slot also can supports as a microSD card slot (we have also got this feature Xolo black Smartphone you can check full specifications here).
Connectivity features wise, it has 4G LTE (FDD-LTE bands B1/3/7/8/20 + TDD-LTE band 40 ) connectivity and Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and GPS. The ZTE Blade D6 supports 2200mAh battery power with 142mm*69.5mm*6.95mm body dimensions and 120grm weight.
The ZTE Blade D6 Smartphone will offer you four different color options gold, pink, sliver and gray. According to the reports phone will be hit in others countries in coming months.
Quick View Specs of ZTE Blade D6 Smartphone
– Display: 5-inch IPS HD (1280*720p) screen
– OS: Android v5.0
– Camera: 13MP back, 5MP front
– CPU: 64-bit+ Quad-Core CPU and MediaTek MT6735
– Storage: 16GB ROM
– Battery: 2200mAh
– Connectivity: hybrid dual SIM, 4G LTE, 3G, Wi-Fi, GPS, Bluetooth
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Optex iVision+ Wireless Video Door Intercom System
The Optex iVision+ Wireless Video Door Intercom System represents the latest leap forward in home security and convenience. With this sleek handheld device, you can instantly see and communicate with whoever is at your front door, whether from the comfort of your favorite chair, your bedroom, or your office. Ideal for both homes and businesses, this affordable innovation is easy to install and even easier to use.
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Social Security
Glory Halleluiah! I just got my Social Security notice of my raise for next year.
By Ginger Lumpkin
So, I have my first job interview this week. Well, the first one in 20 years anyway.
I'm excited to announce that I am the new reporter for the Oldham Era. Some of you may recognize my name; I interned at the Era last year and I am a graduate of Oldham County High School.
Long ago there was a wise king whose large household included a young servant named Amann. The lad was intelligent, hard-working and showed promise of rising in the king's service except for one serious fault – he worried constantly about what other people thought of him.
Most of us have heard of the most famous clock in the world, Big Ben in London, England. Big Ben is a 13.5-ton bell attached to a five-ton clock in the tower of the Houses of Parliament. Built in 1859, it is famous for its accuracy.
By Greg Schultz
By Barbara Rosenman
Oldham County has recently had some reports of hogs running loose. A deer hunter shot a large hog that was chasing horses on Fendley Mill Road. And another hog has been loose around Highway 22 and Fible Lane.
I love baseball. It's my favorite sport. My favorite time of the year extends from March through November, the full length of the baseball season. A couple of years ago I visited Cooperstown, the Baseball Hall of Fame. I was in heaven.
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Happy October! Today I'm excited to announce the launch of a brand new mini e-course called 30 Days of Thankful 2018. This bite-sized online class is designed to help you plan and prepare to create a mini album (or printed digital book!) of gratitude during the month of November (or really, any month!). Watch the trailer here: 30 Days of … Read More
And so this little gratitude album project is in the homestretch. Only four more days left in this month to complete the project and I'm happy to say that I am perfectly caught up with it. I make this a priority in November, even when I think I've made it through the day and I don't have anything to be … Read More
Today I'm sharing my third installment of 30 days of Thankful album pages. This little project is chugging along. My approach has been to make sure I do one and treat each day, regardless of what's going on in my life. I even had one night last week that I was already settled in for the night and thought, you … Read More
Here's another installment of my 30 Days of Thankful album entries. I made a decision last week that I am going to create a 5 x 5 softcover printed book from Artifact Uprising with these files. I am going to do this for the sake of time. This just makes more sense for saving time because is soon as my … Read More
30 days of thankful page shares, part 1
Today I am going to begin sharing some of my album entries for my 30 Days of Thankful project for 2017. This year's project has taken on a decidedly different tone as one week ago today, I fell in my garage and fractured my hand which resulted in a lovely black cast. After a few days of feeling sorry for … Read More
Want to join me for 30 Days of Thankful in November? It's easy. I promise!
November is almost here, friends, and with it comes a little project I've been doing since 2012 called 30 Days of Thankful. The idea behind it is simple: document something you're grateful for every day for a month. Or every other day. Or every week. Take a photo for each item. Or don't. This project is really what you make … Read More
30 Days of Thankful 2016, a video walkthrough
And so my album is done. The only reason I finished it right on time? I kept the format simple and didn't overthink this process. I like simple. You guys know this. And making one little entry a day for me, and using my iPhone to take the photos… well, that's my kind of simple. Today I'm sharing the last … Read More
30 Days of Thankful Page Shares, Part 4
This album project is winding down with just a few more days left in the month! Today I'll share a few more entries and I'll wrap it up this Friday. (And no, I didn't take the above photo; my talented daughter did, but I had to use it because… let's be honest: it's pretty awesome. Am I right ladies? Love having … Read More
30 Days of Thankful 2016, Page Shares, Part 3
This project is moving nicely along. I cannot stress how having a predefined framework helps me to just focus on the content entries and not on making design decisions. Here are more pages from the album. I cannot believe how much Cole is photographically showing up in this album. The other day he said to me, "I like running errands, … Read More
30 Days of Thankful 2016, Page Shares, Part 2
My 30 Days of Thankful continues. I've found a daily rhythm for creating entries. One thing that helps? I just don't reinvent the wheel. It's a consistent spread from day to day. It brings a real sense of order to this project and lets me focus on what I want to include. Here are the last seven days. Nothing like … Read More


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- We see Seth Rollins leaving the arena with security on each side of him. Rollins makes it to the parking lot and tells them to go away, he doesn't need them. He stops in the parking lot and looks around paranoid. Ambrose appears in the background and comes from the trunk of a car. Ambrose swings something but Rollins ducks. They start brawling and Ambrose works him over. Rollins gets in a car and speeds off. Ambrose fumes as we go to promos.
Battle Royal for the Vacant WWE Intercontinental Title: Big E, Alberto Del Rio, Cesaro, R-Truth, Ryback, Curtis Axel, Zack Ryder, Titus O'Neil, Damien Sandow, Heath Slater, Diego, Sin Cara, Xavier Woods, The Great Khali, Kofi Kingston, Bo Dallas, Dolph Ziggler, The Miz, Sheamus
We go to the ring and out first comes Big E. Out next is Alberto Del Rio, Cesaro by himself, R-Truth, Ryback, Curtis Axel to almost no reaction, Zack Ryder, Titus O'Neil, Damien Sandow who was added back to the match and is dressed as a beach bum, Heath Slater, Diego by himself, Sin Cara, Xavier Woods with what sounds like a new theme, The Great Khali, Kofi Kingston, Bo Dallas, Dolph Ziggler to a big pop, The Miz and WWE United States Champion Sheamus. The music hits and out comes Bad News Barrett to the entrance. He says whoever wins the battle royal receives the huge honor of becoming the new Intercontinental Champion but he's afraid he's got some bad news. Barrett says becoming the new champion will be like an old couple living in Florida. Initially they will love every second of it but it's just delaying the inevitable. Barrett says the champion's demise will come in the form of a Bullhammer. The bell rings and here we go.
Everyone goes after Khali but he fights them off. Khali starts throwing chops and eliminates Xavier Woods. Zack Ryder is eliminated next by Khali. Titus attacks Khali. Sheamus nails a Brogue Kick on Khali and everyone eliminates him. Cesaro works on Ziggler while Kofi works on Ryback. Bo works on Cara and eliminates him. Cesaro goes after Bo while he celebrates.
R-Truth and Axel get eliminated next. Sheamus and Del Rio go at it while Sandow works on Diego. Sandow is eliminated. Ryback eliminates Diego. Cesaro decks Kofi. Ryback decks Cesaro. Big E and Sheamus go at it. Bo and Ryback stomp on Kofi. Ryback slams Del Rio. Sheamus and Ryback are the only ones standing. They come face to face in the middle of the ring. Sheamus fires away and nails a kick to the face. Ryback catches him but Sheamus slides out. Sheamus eliminates Ryback with a Brogue Kick. Miz comes from behind and tries to dump Sheamus but he hangs on.
Miz goes to the floor but goes under the bottom rope so he's not eliminated. Titus catches Sheamus with a pair of backbreakers and a big toss. Bo comes from behind and eliminates Titus while he's barking. Cesaro runs over Bo and stomps. Cesaro with a big uppercut on Kofi. Kofi dumps Cesaro the apron but he hangs on. Kofi misses Trouble In Paradise. Kofi does some crazy hanging on to Cesaro's body and makes it back in the ring. Cesaro holds Kofi's hair and fights back in the ring but Kofi dropkicks him. Del Rio with a tilt-a-whirl backbreaker on Ziggler. Ziggler dropkicks Del Rio. Del Rio gets eliminated. Miz gets sent back out but goes through the second rope so he's still in it. Big E presses Cesaro high but Cesaro slides out. Cesaro does a belly to belly, sending Big E over. Big E is eliminated. Kofi charges but Cesaro sends him to the apron. Kofi dodges a big right hand by jumping on Big E's shoulders. Big E brings Kofi back to the apron and he fights with Cesaro from Big E's shoulders. Cesaro lifts him off Big E's shoulders but Kofi lands in the ring. Awesome spot. Cesaro drops Kofi but they trade shots now. Cesaro sits Kofi on the top rope. Kofi barely hangs on. Cesaro suplexes him over the top rope and he's finally eliminated.
Slater runs right over and eliminates Cesaro. Sheamus eliminates Slater. Bo tries to get Sheamus from behind but can't. Sheamus with the forearms to the chest on the apron to Bo. Dolph runs over and eliminates Bo. Lots of brawling back and forth between Sheamus and Ziggler now. Ziggler fights out of a powerbomb and botches a roll-up, hurting both men it looks like. Ziggler ducks a Brogue Kick. Sheamus comes back and almost eliminates Ziggler but he holds on. Ziggler finally eliminates Sheamus. The Miz had been hiding outside of the ring and runs in from behind to eliminate Ziggler and get the win.
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The acrobats described as 'hairialists' fell after the scaffolding structure holding them collapsed.
Eleven people have been injured, one critically, after a group of female acrobats fell from an aerial platform at a circus in the US state of Rhode Island.
The eight acrobats plummeted about 10m (32ft) after the scaffolding structure holding them collapsed.
A circus spokesman said the performers were in the middle of a hair-hanging and motorbike high-wire act.
The performers fell during an aerial hair-hanging stunt, as captured in Friday's performance
Officials say they have launched an investigation into the accident.
The accident occurred on Sunday morning during the Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus show in Providence. A dancer on the ground was among those hurt.
Eleven people were taken to Rhode Island Trauma Center, where a spokesperson told the BBC that one person was in a critical condition.
Human chandelier
The acrobats were hanging from their hair, suspended in a "human chandelier" formation when the apparatus supporting them suddenly collapsed, sending them crashing to the floor below, says the BBC's Beth McLeod in Washington.
"All performers in the act received immediate medical attention and were transported to a local hospital for further care," the circus company said in a statement.
The collapse was reported to police about 45 minutes into the show. One eyewitness, 14-year-old Sydney Bragg, told the Associated Press that she thought at first it was part of the act.
"It just went crashing down. Everyone was freaking out. We heard this huge clatter and then we just heard the girls scream," she said.
According to the circus website, the eight performers, known as "hairialists", feature in a "larger-than-life act... spinning, hanging from hoops, and rolling down wrapped silks all while being suspended 35ft in the air by their hair alone".
BBC News - US acrobats injured in fall at Rhode Island circus act


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UX Camp Brighton
An 'unconference' for anyone involved or interested in user experience design, product design, user research, interaction design, information architecture, usability, accessibility and other associated fields.
Attendees either run or participate in 20-minute sessions, such as talks, demos or discussions. No headliners, no product pitches, just a friendly (if intense) event focused on sharing, socialising and learning new stuff.
Venue & Directions
UX Camp Brighton 2019 will take place on Saturday 9 March 10am-10pm at The Skiff.
The ground floor (where everyone congregates, eats and drinks, attends the quiz and which hosts the largest session room) is all fully wheelchair accessible. Unfortunately, the first floor, where four out of the five session rooms are located, is sadly not.
Like all barcamps, session slots aren't arranged in advance. We put up a grid in the morning and session hosts rush to grab a slot of their choosing.
We will be sharing the schedule for the 2019 event soon, but the general schedule for the 2018 event is a good guide for what to expect on the day:
10:00 Registration and free breakfast
10:30 Intro and Session grid
11:00 Morning sessions (4 x 20min each)
13:00 Lunch (free)
14:00 Afternoon sessions (5 x 20min each)
16:30 UX Quiz (including prize giveaway and free snacks and drinks)
17:30-22:00pm After party (free food and drink)
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Henry : 09 Months
Dear Henry,
You, my friend, are special. You make our lives better. You make each day exciting. You make us constantly learn and learn and learn - about being parents, and about ourselves. I cannot believe that you've now spent as much time on the outside as you did on the inside. Let me just say, THESE nine months were way better than the previous nine (though I did like the idea that when you were inside and you were kicking me, it was like our own little secret- that I got to literally be your lifeline). But having you out here with us? There is nothing better in this life than that.
You are growing every single day- physically, mentally, emotionally. You are finally fitting into size six months clothes, and even outgrowing some of them! Perhaps your clothes will catch up with your age. You are THISCLOSE to pulling yourself up. You aren't crawling, but I have a feeling you're just going to take after me and never crawl. Why crawl when you can just get up and walk, right buddy? You clap, you wave, you laugh constantly. And it still amazes me how often I am stopped when I'm out with you for someone to marvel at how handsome you are, or to tell me what a good baby you are, or to ask if you're always this happy.
You're going to be starting your ninth month in a brand new house. You're going to wake up on your nine month "birthday" and be in the home that you're going to grow up in. That you'll take your first steps in (careful with the wood floors!), that you'll run and play in the backyard, that you'll climb trees and have friends over and become the amazing little boy that we know you will be. You are special. In every way that is indescribable. You make me feel more than I ever knew there was to feel. You've made me a better person, and you've made your Daddy a better person.
Speaking of Daddy- can you switch it up and start saying Mama now? Hearing Dada over and over is getting old. But at the same time, it makes my heart swell. Thank you for allowing us to be your parents, Henry. You've made us who we were meant to be.
+ "Scream Parties" after bath time
+ Mama and Dada + Cereal!
+ The cat
+ Bouncing - you definitely don't like to sit still
+ The iPad (we're bad parents)
+ Laughing
+ "Little Piggies"
+ Being tickled
+ Sleeping alone while sick
+ Not being center of attention
+ The sound of packing tape (we just learned)
Weight: 19 lbs. 6 oz = 50% Height: 27 1/4 inches = 10%


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Christine Nigro
Vice chairwoman, AXA Advisors
Christine Nigro has negotiated her way through a male-dominated industry with humor and compassion. "There was a long period of my career where I was trying to fit in," she said.
Very early on, at a previous company, Ms. Nigro found herself in a locker-room atmosphere. The humor and the culture were challenging.
"I wanted to say, �Stop!' but my co-workers might say, �Look at her, she's humorless,'" she said. "Finally one day I said, �No, I don't want to give you $20 for a stripper for a birthday party!'"
Ms. Nigro received a lot of negative push-back and was teased for a year, but came away with an insight: It's not just women who feel trapped in this culture; it's men too.
She offered some tips for women in mostly male environments:
� Maintain a sense of humor. If you push back aggressively, you'll get the same response.
� Don't assume ill will. Be aware that some men are brought up in male-dominated homes, and they don't realize they're being offensive.
� Give men the opportunity to learn what's important to you. Just because they talk about football doesn't mean they don't want to hear about your interests.
"We need to get better than �us versus them,'" Ms. Nigro said.
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Last week Gabriella, one of the PhD candidates in our group, presented at her first conference: the 22nd International Conference on DNA Computing and Molecular Programming, held at the LMU in Munich.
This was a fantastic opportunity which allowed her to hear talks from the founding fathers of DNA technology: Nadrain C. Seeman and Paul W.K. Rothemund. Further to this, she was given the opportunity to present some of her own work during one of the poster presentation sessions, take part in the organised city tour and sample the fine local beverages.


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Beautiful Brooklyn/
Last Thursday I took a day trip up to Brooklyn for business and pleasure. What an amazing day I had. I wish I had more pictures to show you, but I was too busy walking around with my mouth agape to raise the camera up and push the button. House after lovely house line the streets of Brooklyn Heights, each one more beautiful than the last, all under the green canopy of huge Sycamore & Ginko trees.
At least I have a few images to share....
I thought firehouses this charming only existed in children's books. Boy was I wrong.
And then you add the carriage houses next to it--it is amazing that I was able to remain conscious.
I was so glad we got to walk past the Brooklyn Heights Episcopal Church. So lovely.
Can't wait to go back!! Just remind me to take more pictures next time.....


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GQ Style: Buying for Value in Japan
We are honored to announce that GQ Style has given us a great review!
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We are honored to announce that GQ Style has given us a great review!
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We are chosen as one of the America's Best Men's Stores on GQ.com!
We are honored and happy to share this news with you after 3 years of our presence in New York.
Thank you very much for your sincere and continuous support.
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Kamakura Shirts received great reviews in GQ and Smithsonian. Read the online articles here.
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June, 4, 2013
by Kota Adachi from New York Store
Behind the scenes…
My hand trembled when I get a phone call about shirts order from David Bouley, the owner chef of Bouley Restaurant. Kamakura Shirts got order from Bouley restaurant for their trade mark "velvet shirts". We have never dreamt about one of the best French restaurants in New York City would order the shirts from us. Although we have been in New York City for just six months, Mr. Bouley ordered the shirts from us as soon as he confirmed our swatches.
We visited the Bouley Restaurant to measure each server's size few days later. I was astonished by the thick ness of their arms. Their arms were toned up, and their shirts' cuffs were worn out from repeated actions, which are routing works of serving and craving the French bread. I felt like I discovered the great efforts and achievements of Bouley restaurant besides the graceful atmosphere and elegance of servers' behavior.
We are proudly providing the uniform shirts for the Bouley Restaurant and looking forward to seeing all servers at Bouley Restaurant are wearing our Kamakura Shirts.


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Think about this possibility…That which is seemingly the opposite is actually closest in likeness to it. We tend to see opposites (light/dark, hot/cold, shy/arrogant, love/hate, enlightened/egoic, etc) as residing at extreme ends of a spectrum, having nothing to do with the other, when in fact there is truly no divided line between them. Light becomes dark gradually, like with the turn of a dimmer switch, the melting away of one characteristic for incremental degrees of another. I used to think shyness and introversion was a lack of ego, and partially it is. But really it is the ego preventing the soul from freely being expressed; it is a fear and defense mechanism of the ego itself to prevent the potential for further damage or attack. Fearing embarrassment or ridicule builds a wall of glass around the ego, just as much as arrogance builds around the humble soul. Thus opposites are mirrors into ourselves, identical in nature, only differing in degree.
Going further, instead of perceiving polarity on a linear scale with extremes separated by distance, can we see that perhaps the scale runs on a circular dial, with the opposite ends actually meeting together? It almost feels like a glitch in the matrix, sometimes pain is perceived as pleasure, love is perceived as hate, extreme cold is perceived as burning, etc. Have you ever known someone so 'spiritually enlightened' yet they exude an arrogance built from ego itself, unable to humbly receive guidance, criticism, or a differing view? They have studied and seemingly been evolving up the scale of enlightenment, yet almost to a point where they missed the 'enlightened' memo and their ego is now surrounded by a crown of thorns. This is seen on a larger scale regarding religious or spiritual faith when we often feel our belief is 'right' and that which differs from it is lesser-than; is this not ego robed in righteousness, especially when we can not be all-knowing? It seems that perhaps there is a very thin line between opposing energies, a stealthy thread covertly connecting them. We are only human, and as such, none of us are perfect. Therefore to continue to grow and evolve and be free, humility is a necessary quality to maintain; as with the principle of polarity, even a 'master' is still a student in degree.
So my thought is that perhaps when faced with opposition, instead of reacting (judging, controlling, hurting, etc.) maybe we can all see its relatable nature, and come from a more humble, connected, and loving space.


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In high spirits
Favoring a cocktail, finding his rhythm, bar to bar
In the famed French Quarter of New Orleans, visitors can sample a tart Vieux Carre at the rotating Carousel Bar in the Hotel Monteleone. (David Grunfeld for the Boston Globe)
With his dangling mop of white hair atop his lanky frame and dark glasses resting on the cradle of his nose, Wayne Curtis might easily be mistaken for a professor. When he opens his mouth to speak, the perception is prolonged by juicy tidbits of knowledge dispensed as if on a fast assembly line. You have to be quick to grab them, as Curtis segues rapidly from such disparate subjects as turn-of-the-20th-century Chicago architecture to West Coast wax museums to George Washington's trip to Barbados.
But tonight, the author of "And a Bottle of Rum: A History of the New World in Ten Cocktails" (Crown, 2006) holds court on arguably his favorite subject, alcohol.
"This is the epitome of what a classic cocktail should be," says Curtis as bartender Chris Hannah combines rye, ruby port, Amaro Cana, and dashes of Regan's Orange Bitters #6 into a pre-Prohibition era favorite called the Curari. "Before the palette was sweetened with the advent of soda," Curtis adds.
We're sitting across from the long wooden bar of French 75 in the heart of the French Quarter. It was January 2005 when Curtis, a native New Jerseyan then living in Maine, strolled into this bar, in town for the opening of the Museum of the American Cocktail, and realized that New Orleans was where he wanted to live. It wasn't solely the legacy of the city as a great drink town, home to the Sazerac, Ramos Gin Fizz, and the annual Tales of the Cocktail festival. No, it was the merger of many of Curtis's interests, from the various styles of distinctive New Orleans architecture like the shotgun and two-story double-gallery houses he bikes past, to the sounds of jazz heard everywhere in this city, from midday jams in the Quarter to the popular Frenchmen Street hangouts to neighborhood bars only a local could find.
So at a time post Katrina when people were fleeing the city in droves, Curtis, a freelance journalist, and his wife, Louise, a public defender, moved here, leaving town only during the sweltering summer to return to Grand Lake Stream in the upper reaches of Maine.
"I eat boiled pine needles when I return to Maine," says Curtis, 50, with a laugh, his antidote to the rich foods of New Orleans he dines on the rest of the year. After downing a fruity drink, The Monkey Gland, famous with the F. Scott Fitzgerald crowd at Harry's New York Bar in Paris (the same place that created the Sidecar, White Lady, and, yes, the French 75 cocktail, which the bar we're in was named after), we're off to sample some Louisiana specialties at the crowded Acme Oyster House. This being winter, the oysters are fresh, whether on the half-shell or char-grilled and topped with butter and grated Romano cheese. They are immediately devoured and followed by the New Orleans medley, a sampler of gumbo, jambalaya, red beans and rice, and grilled smoked sausage. Knowing we would need a full stomach to endure a night of drinking with Curtis, we topped off the meal with dishes of dense pecan pie and bread pudding.
"And a Bottle of Rum" delves into the saga of the spirit and how it continually reinvents itself during the course of US history, with increasingly popular results. From rum's first appearance in the 1640s to the cocktails of the Revolutionary War to the daiquiris, mai tais, and mojitos of the 20th century, the lengthy story of demon rum is told deftly with wit and anecdote through 10 cocktails.
As we make our way to the third stop of the night, the Carousel Bar at the Hotel Monteleone, I am hoping Curtis isn't going to give us a tour of his new city through a similar theme of 10 drinks. As the name implies, the Carousel Bar rotates, a feature that delighted patrons such as Tennessee Williams and Truman Capote. Curtis notes that "after a few rounds, it's fun to go to the bathroom and try to find your seat when you return." We try their signature drink, the slightly tart Vieux Carre, but Curtis grows impatient, and we're off again.
As much as he admires a cocktail from yesteryear, Curtis becomes even more animated talking about the local jazz scene, whether it's gypsy, brass bands, or traditional New Orleans jazz a la Louis Armstrong. We're headed to the Spotted Cat on Frenchmen Street to listen to the Django Reinhardt-like sounds of a band called Vavavoom. When we pass a group of tattooed teens asking for money, Curtis mentions that those are just regular punks. "Last year, we had the circus punks who went around on unicycles asking for change."
We settle into the club, homey like the back porch of someone's house, and listen to two guitarists sing French ditties, backed by a cello and an accordion-playing pianist. A hat is passed, and the night comes to an end.
The next morning Curtis rides his bike from his house in Uptown, about 30 minutes up the Mississippi River, to meet us at Brennan's, the celebrated brunch spot. As he locks up his clunker, he speaks to a woman setting up her makeshift band on the street.
"Aren't you the clarinetist in Loose Marbles?"
"Sax," she responds.
"I have to get my musicians straight," says Curtis as we make our way inside and order our first drink of the day, Mr. Funk of New Orleans, a combination of champagne, cranberry juice, and peach schnapps. Soon afterward, the plates of poached eggs arrive, nestled atop Cajun andouille sausage in Eggs Bayou Lafourche or on artichoke hearts with creamed spinach and hollandaise sauce in Eggs Sardou. We save room for their specialty dessert, bananas foster, doused in, you guessed it, rum.
Food is such an essential part of the New Orleans experience that restaurants did their best to get up and running after Katrina hit in August 2005 to help alleviate if only for a brief lunch or dinner the pain felt all over the city. "It's therapy in these parts," says Curtis, adding that folks are serious about their favorites. "You run into someone on the street and ask them where they're going to dinner. The next thing you know, you're in an hourlong conversation debating which dish is better."
Yet everyone seems to agree that the quintessential New Orleans dining experience can still be found at Commander's Palace. Curtis is friends with owner Lally Brennan, who co-wrote a book on the local drinking scene, "In the Land of the Cocktails" (Morrow, 2007). She starts us off with shots of the Turquoise Monster, a mix of lime juice, pineapple juice, and coconut rum. Then it's on to turtle soup, spiked with sherry and rich with tomatoes, and an entree of large Creole spiced white shrimp sitting atop tender locally caught redfish. Brennan spent $6.5 million to renovate the restaurant after Katrina and the place looks better than ever, flanked by a courtyard of large oak trees. The service is impeccable as the waitstaff works as a team to deliver our dessert of Creole bread pudding soufflé, a big ball of sweet bread that would have satisfied Satchmo.
Curtis is excited about the night's entertainment, a club called Vaughan's in the blue collar Bywater section of town that on Thursday nights features the sounds of Kermit Ruffins and the Barbecue Swingers. Curtis knows that Kermit has the night off and will be replaced by a young trumpeter he likes, Shamarr Allen. We pay our $10 cover and amble in the doorway a little after 11. The narrow space is packed with locals and a group of Habitat for Humanity workers bused in to have a good time after their long day of hammering. It's easy to see why Curtis likes Allen when the place starts thumping to the sounds of "Nawlins" traditional jazz and the young man hits the high notes on old Armstrong standbys. The slide trombonist lunges into the audience with his instrument as the young women from the Habitat crowd cut loose on the dance floor like Josephine Baker at some 1920s Parisian speakeasy.
Curtis is no idealist. He knows this city is in for a long, tough overhaul if it's ever going to thrive. He had hoped that some neighborhoods like middle-class Lakeview, which was hit hard by the flooding, would have been leveled instead of letting a handful of homeowners back into a largely deserted community of overgrown yards and boarded-up windows. Yet the core of New Orleans, the French Quarter, Garden District, Uptown, Bywater, Bayou St. John, even the reemerging Ninth Ward (thanks to the generosity of Habitat for Humanity, celebrities like Brad Pitt and Harry Connick Jr., and hundreds of other anonymous volunteers), still feels vital.
When the sweat is pouring off a trumpet player as he plays a long note on some bold brassy song like the city's theme, "When the Saints Come Marching In," you know New Orleans is alive and kicking.
Stephen Jermanok, a freelance writer in Newton, can be reached at email@example.com.


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Another do-this-instead-of-work meme for your pleasure. This time you ask Google what you need by doing a quoted search for "yourname needs". Then list the top ten hits, possibly removing the pornographic ones.
- Jack needs a girlfriend (don't tell my wife)
- Jack needs his Jill
- Jack needs a home
- Jack needs a helping hand
- Jack needs $3200 (a site about gambling)
- Jack needs a stud (breeding Jack Russell terriers)
- Jack needs two forks
- Jack needs to get over Kate (and a reply that "Jack needs to kick her to the curb")
- Jack needs your help
- Jack needs no drilling for pegs
There was a whole entry on "things jack needs to learn" that could have replaced this entire list.
You can also ask other search engines, as Liz did. I've also seen entries from Zes and Christina.
UPDATE: Jack also needs to figure out how to pre-publish content. This was supposed to go out on the 4th, but it just got published with a future date instead. Changed to today.


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There aren't many places in the country that would tolerate the closure of an entire city centre for a whole weekend to play host to the whims of a few petrolheads, let alone encourage it. Coventry has always been a city that defies conventions, and the annual MotoFest is something that has grown inexorably since its inception in 2014.
As a local company, whose vision is very firmly aligned with that of MotoFest, it was only natural that Power Maxed would play a pivotal role in the development of the event. With TV's very own Paul Hollywood, the man behind Great British Bake off taking to the helm of the Power Maxed Racing (PMR) British Touring Cars (BTCC) in 2016 and 2017, the Warwickshire-based company has ensured their high-performance engineering masterpieces have been at the forefront of the attractions, and this year was no exception.
The noise made by a BTCC car at race pace is, for want of a better word, spectacular. To hear it on the city streets, which normally play host to bored commuters awaiting their opportunity to exit the ring road, is a unique opportunity that spectators simply wouldn't get anywhere else.
Both Saturday and Sunday, the crowds were treated to BTCC Race Winner and Fastest Lap holder Senna Proctor at the wheel of his Power Maxed TAG Racing Vauxhall Astra, being driven at full race speed around the closed public roads. With an unsilenced Milltek exhaust fitted, the noise from the PMR-prepared Astra's 2.0 Turbo Swindon powerplant echoing off the underpass walls and concrete tunnels could be heard across the entire city, giving more than 100,000 people the one-off opportunity to experience the leaders of the BTCC doing what they do best.
The Power Maxed MotoFest is a completely free event, attracting not only motorsport fans, but die-hard petrolheads of all ages from every corner of the British Isles. Having worked alongside the MotorSport Association (MSA) during preparations, this year the organisers were granted the rare permission to run a competitive event on the streets; something that hasn't happened in the Midlands since the death of the Birmingham Super Prix in 1990.
"I absolutely love MotoFest, so putting our name to it was a no brainer," says Power Maxed head honcho Adam Weaver. "It's genuinely one of my favourite events of the year. As a kid I visited the Super Prix, and absolutely love the idea of drivers and racers flat out in what would normally be such an everyday environment. Plus, if seeing Senna driving the Astra creates even more BTCC fans, then I'll be even happier. The team behind the Power Maxed MotoFest do an amazing job, and somehow seem to make it better every year."
Power Maxed TAG Racing driver Senna Proctor said "It's every little boy's dream isn't it, driving a racing car on the road? I'm not shamed to admit that I was grinning like a Cheshire cat when I had the Astra flat through the underpasses - we're usually concentrating so hard when driving that we don't really register the exhaust note. Plus, doing a full race start in front of a police officer on the public road is surely something that we can all appreciate."
Power Maxed TAG Racing are currently leading the Manufacturers' and Teams' Championships in the Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship. The season continues this weekend (9-10th June) at Oulton Park, Cheshire.
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A collective "wyd, sis" sounded out across the Twittersphere when Apple released the trailer for Mary J Blige's The 411, The Queen of HipHop Soul and R&B's upcoming sit down with the democratic presidential candidate Secrertary Hillary Clinton.
Twitter immediately decided the video was cringe-worthy and embarrassing but the discomfort for me didn't come from the fact Mary J Blige was singing about Police brutality- she's a singer, that's her tool of activism. I was confounded by the lyrics of the song- American Skin by Bruce Springsteen.
"If an officer stops you, promise me you'll always be polite
And that you'll never ever run away
Promise Mama you'll keep your hands in sight"
Bruce Springsteen, American Skin
Springsteen released the song in 2001 in protest of the police shooting of Amadou Diallo in 1999. Diallo was fired upon 41 times by four New York Police and hit 19 times when they claimed he pulled a gun from his pocket. Investigators did not find any weapon on or near Diallo, but instead did find a square, leather wallet. The officers were granted a trial in Albany, New York instead of New York City as it was felt, they'd receive a more fair trial there. They were then acquitted of the second degree murder conviction they all faced. The New York Police Department led by their commissioner were so angered by Springsteen's song they boycotted him. My whole question is why?
At it's core, American Skin teaches the onus is on the victim of police brutality to obey and comply to avoid slaughter; "promise you'll always be polite" because if you're not polite, the police will shoot at you 41 times. I know that's quite an arbitrary reading of the lyrics, but the song does not say "Hey police man, when you see a black man don't immediately think he's a criminal who has a gun." Springsteen sings about a mother instructing her son or daughter the right way to behave in order to not die. This is a problem.
Bruce Springsteen, Mary J Blige and Steve Harvey all unconsciously feed into the narrative that in all instances police are never wrong, that those who die at the hands of over zealous police must work harder to not antagonise officers. Rather than ask police officers to do a better job of not killing people, they ask people, especially black men and women to do a better job of not being shot. This rhetoric bolsters the Comply or Die policing that disproportionately targets people of colour in the United States.
On Boxing Day 2014, Julia Shields dressed in body armour, drove around shooting people and was arrested without incident. That same year, Jesse Deflorio, shot at police with a BB gun and was taken into custody alive. LOL. I'm not going to list them all, but click here to read more about white people who have kept their lives while not adhering to any of the ludicrous tenets in the Springsteen Harvey Blige Manual For Surviving Police Interaction.
The benefit of the doubt offered to white people who commit violent crimes must be afforded to black people who are unarmed and until it is Police must be trained how not to kill black people in routine traffic stops. Some of the police who kill black people are black people themselves speaking to the fact that you do not have to be white to perpetuate white supremacy. *huff* I'm just tired if I'm honest with you. My lethargy is exacerbated by celebrities who mean well but inadvertently uphold ideology that ultimately ties into the common All Lives Matter philosophy that black people die at the hands of police because of their inability to follow instructions instead of the glaringly obvious truth; black people die at the hands of police simply because they are black. It is the minds of those who have sworn to protect and serve that have to change- black people have no choice but to be black and last time I checked, that was not a crime.
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Canister X Book Review #13: Gross Movie Reviews Volume 1 by Tim Gross
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Gross Movie Reviews Volume 1 by Tim Gross 5 out of 5 This book is hardcore. It's 99.9% horror movies start to finish, with a few of those "other" movies (read: non-horror) peppered throughout. Tim Gross is a guy who […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…


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Understanding the Intersections of Scholarly Communication and Information Literacy: Part 1 (North Carolina Library Association)
The presenters are offering a two part webinar which will provide an introduction to the key concepts of scholarly communication and their relationship to information literacy and integration with library instruction. The webinars will build on the ideas presented in the ACRL whitepaper on the intersections of scholarly communication and information literacy (Intersections of Scholarly Communication and Information Literacy: Creating Strategic Collaborations for a Changing Academic Environment) as well as the ACRL Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education. Topics covered in part one include definitions and the socioeconomic aspects of scholarly communication, in addition to the principles and expectations of the open access movement. For more information and to register, visit:
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German Hunting Association Dagger
The Deutsche Jägerschaft or German Hunting Association was headed by Herman Göring as Reich Hunting Master. The form of these hirschfanger or hunting daggers was a traditional one and you see them dating from the late 19th Century to 1945. They vary widely in their decoration as it was up to the recipient what was placed on the hilt and blade. This one came to me a bit beaten up, missing its sheath and possibly retipped at some point. But it's a nicely upgraded version with acorns on the handle and a crossguard in the form of deer feet.
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Do you want to know some of the favorite books of our librarians?
Here is what librarian Craig likes best.
Kon-Tiki: Across the Pacific by Raft is written by Thor Heyerdahl, a Norwegian adventurer and ethnographer with a background in zoology, botany, and geography. He became notable for his Kon-Tiki expedition in 1947, in which he sailed 8,000 km (5,000 mi) across the Pacific Ocean in a hand-built raft from South America to the Tuamotu Islands. The expedition was designed to demonstrate that ancient people could have made long sea voyages, creating contacts between separate cultures.
The Code Book: The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography is written by Simon Singh. This is a look at the world of codes, tracing its history back from Mary, Queen of Scots to the world wars, and also hypothesizes what the future of cryptography will be. Simon Singh received his Ph.D. in physics from Cambridge University and is a former BBC producer.
Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time is written by Dava Sobel. This book describes the forty-year effort of John Harrison to invent the chronometer, the first instrument to keep accurate time for navigational purposes.
The Andromeda Strain is written by the late novelist and medical doctor Michael Crichton. Originally published in 1984, it tells the story of a team of scientists who struggle to save humanity when a deadly bacteria is brought back from outer space by a satellite. A movie based on the book also was produced.
Enola Gay, written by Gordon Thomas and Max Morgan-Witts, tells the story of the
nuclear bombing of Hiroshima, Japan at the end of World War II, as carried out with the Enola Gay bomber.


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The Leveson inquiry was set up by Prime Minister David Cameron in July after revelations that a private detective working for the News of the World hacked the phone of murdered schoolgirl Milly Dowler.
Robert Jay QC, in his opening speech said it was clear that phone hacking was not limited to a single "rogue reporter," but there was "a suggestion of wide-ranging criminal activity inside the organisation at the time".
He added: "I suggest that it would not be unfair to comment that it was at the very least a thriving cottage industry."
The first part of the inquiry is expected to run for three months, during which Lord Justice Leveson will hear evidence from up to 50 "core participants" including newspaper groups and those thought to have been affected by unethical journalism.
Expected witnesses to the inquiry include the parents of Milly Dowler, the actor Hugh Grant and the author JK Rowling.
The first witness is expected to appear on November 21.
The second part of the inquiry will focus on phone hacking but will take place at a later date to avoid prejudicing the ongoing police investigation into the phone hacking scandal and any future trials.


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From 18th to 20th of September 2017, EFDN will hold the European Legends Walking Football Festival, which will be hosted by Vitesse Arnhem at the iconic Dutch national sporting centre Papendal.
The European Legends Walking Football Festival is the flagship event of the EFDN powered Pan European 'European Legends Project.'
Overall, 21 Walking Football teams from all across Europe will take part in the Festival. The participating partner Clubs of the European Legends Programme will place 13 teams. For that reason, it can already be confirmed that teams from Portugal, Belgium, England the Netherlands, Germany, Cyprus and Norway will be in attendance.
Additionally, we are expecting 7 team entries from a number of other countries, turning this festival into a truly European event.
The Walking Football Festival offers an exciting and not to be missed event programme on and off the pitch. This includes cultural visits, after dinner entertainment and fan zone during the festival.
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ABOUT THE Band
If you could look into the first moments of The Giant Peach, you would find two friends camped out on a floor at Middlebury College. Amidst the dog-eared paperbacks, emptied whiskey glasses, and the too-many late nights they'd drawn around themselves, songwriter Harrison Hsiang and guitarist Max Shashoua wrestled a stubborn love and fragile idealism into eight songs – eight songs that would eventually form the skeleton of The Giant Peach's first record, Pulling Teeth (2018). Through this process, The Peach grew to include violinist Gloria Breck, bassist Liam Lundal, guitarist Mike Nunziante, and drummer Jacob Shashoua – a sprawling family united from disparate backgrounds in blues, jazz, folk, and rock. Now, almost a year later, The Giant Peach is in the midst of recording their second record, Sleepless, due 2019. The band and the stages have grown. But if you could look in on it now, you would find a similar scene: camped out on a floor in a mess of pens and papers, laughing and joking late into the night.
Harrison Hsiang // vocals, guitar, piano
Max Shashoua // vocals, guitar, bass
Mike Nunziante // vocals, guitar
Liam Lundal // bass
Gloria Breck // violin, piano
Jacob Shashoua // drums
Thomas Wentworth // keys, vocals


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PCI Express® Gen 2.0 RX jitter testing with J-BERT N4903B
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- All jitter sources built in (dual tone DJ, spectral RJ, SSC and residual SSC) compliant to PCI Express® Revision 2
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PCI Express® made it to one of the major interfaces inside a computer. In December 2006 the PCI-SIG® association released the Base Specification Revision 2 [1]. The Revision 2 doubles the operating speed from 2.5 Gb/s in Revision 1 to 5 Gb/s.
Beside the Base Specification there was a release of the Card Electromechanical (CEM) Specification, Revision 2.0 in April 2007 [2] as a companion to the Base Specification.
PCI Express® Revision 2 RX Jitter tolerance testing deals with new kind of jitter creation for stressing the RX:
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The CEM Standard introduces the concept of Dual Tone DJ. Normally DJ jitter would be used as sinusoidal jitter at one frequency while the frequency may be varied over time (Jitter Tolerance Measurement). The dual tone method uses two sinusoidal signals at the same time, one at the lower and one at higher frequency. Optionally the signal at lower frequency may sweep continuously between the min. and max. value of the frequency band.
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As you know, deer flies seem to land on silken feet and give you no warning before they rip out a piece of your carcass. But their motto is: "Those whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad". So, they fly round your head a dozen or more times before landing on the back of it.
If you have one of our deer fly patches on the back of your cap, they will immediately be trapped when they land. The patch will not stick to your fingers, but will still trap the deer flies. It's all small-scale jungle warfare.
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Thanks to "The Third Rail" for conducting this interview and filming this presentation!
In the following clips, Beatrice Brailsford, Nuclear Program Director of the Snake River Alliance, provides background on how the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) accumulated all of the nuclear waste it now has and what the lab is currently doing to cleanup that waste and protect our environment, particularly the Snake River Aquifer, from further radioactive contamination.
Idaho Reports takes an early look at the upcoming 2016 election season with political analyst Dr. Jim Weatherby, Dean Ferguson of the Idaho Democratic Party and political advisor Ken Burgess. Aaron Kunz visits Idaho National Laboratory for a clean-up update.


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What: Shares of Merrimack Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:MACK), a company developing cancer therapies and companion diagnostics, dipped by nearly 16% last month, according to S&P Capital IQ. On the bright side, this double-digit drop doesn't appear to be linked a specific negative event. Rather, the drugmaker's shares seemed to simply followed the entire healthcare sector lower for the month.
So what: Merrimack's experimental pancreatic cancer treatment, MM-398, is closing in on its target review date of Oct. 24 with the FDA. Given that a late-stage trial showed that MM-398 improved median overall survival, when used in conjunction with with 5-fluorouracil and leucovorin, compared to a control arm for a form a cancer with few available treatment options, I think MM-398 stands a pretty good chance of approval later this month. So, it's somewhat surprising that the market soured on this emerging cancer specialist last month, but it was probably related to the stock's heavy short interest of late.
Now what: Assuming approval, the company plans on launching the drug as soon as possible. And that's perhaps where the biggest downside risk for investors lay at this point. While some peak sales estimates for MM-398 stand at around $700 million, there is a lot of debate surrounding this figure.
Because no standard of care currently exists for second-line metastatic pancreatic cancer, there simply isn't an approved drug that can act as a reliable guide for MM-398's commercial opportunity for this indication. So I'm content to let MM-398's regulatory process proceed to its conclusion, and its potential commercial launch take shape, before buying shares in this mid-cap biopharma.


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HP plans to sell a total of five LCD and plasma models at Best Buy, said Jan-Luc Blakborn, director of digital entertainment at HP. One of the TVs in the mix is a 37-inch LCD TV with built-in wireless networking that HP announced at CES in January.
HP has been selling flat-panel televisions for two years, as part of the PC industry's attempt to push into consumer electronics. Until now, HP's televisions have been available only through its Web site or regional retail stores, Blakborn said.
Best Buy sells dozens of high-definition televisions from traditional consumer electronics companies such as Sony, Panasonic and Philips. HP will continue to use its Web site and regional retailers to distribute its TVs but is excited about working with the largest consumer electronics vendor in the country, Blakborn said.
The models available at Best Buy will include a 32-inch LCD TV, a 37-inch LCD TV, the 37-inch LCD TV with wireless, a 42-inch plasma TV and a 50-inch plasma TV. Pricing will be announced in April.


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She is happy and playful, friendly with people of all ages and gets along well with other dogs and cats. Our best guess is that she will be around 50 lbs when she reaches maturity. She is ready to join you on exciting adventures and keep you warm on these long, cold winter nights. Perfect companion dog with lots of love to share.
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