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10 Things Your Zodiac Sign Hates
People that shuffle when they walk
Unreturned phone calls
Cell phones that don't work
Animals in cages
People who twitter on online chats
People who don't get right to the point
People who are lousy dancers
Late trains, planes or airplanes
People who dress too casually
Country music
People who brag too much
Mess and disorganization
Clothing that is torn or missing buttons
Bad cooks
Being ignored in public
Public speaking
People who don't wear deodorant
Being the butt of humor or practical jokes
Not being smart or as an intellectual
Fast food
People without a sense of humor
Not constantly being the center of attention
Broken clocks and watches
Bad wine
Shoes that you can't dance in
People who talk slowly
People that walk too slow
Pessimistic individuals
Addicted people
Broken technology
Too much heat
Itchy wool
Having to sleep on the couch
People who show up early
People who are bad or sloppy dressers
Being criticized in any way
Violent movies
Ungrateful children
Losing their sunglasses
People who steal the spotlight
People who dress better than them
People with better cars than them
Being ignored
Being provoked to jealousy
Being too cold
Being too wet
Being forced to go to church
Being trapped inside on a sunny day
Being told to slow down
Being told they can't flirt
People who are messy or disorganized
People who do not return calls
People who don't wear watches
People who don't do their taxes
People who don't return memos
Wasting time on Facebook
People who use bad grammar
People who swear too much
Emotional confrontations or scenes
Stand up comedians
People who tell them to turn down the music
People who look down at junk food
Litter in parks
People who steal flowers
People who are cruel to animals
People who do not return calls
One night stands
Bad haircuts
People who abuse drugs
Parents who discipline children
People who borrow their pen and never return it
Lovers that don't orgasm
Being made jealous by a lover
Being outshone at any task
Dining without dignity
Being the victim of gossip
Being accused of being unfaithful (even if they are)
People who are too trendy
People who claim to be psychic
Not being able to park in the handicapped space
Late trains, planes, or automobiles
Not flying first class
Companions who get seasick
People who complain too much
People who are afraid to take risks
Being accused of being bad with money
People who expect them to be on time
Lost luggage
Animal abuse
Reading about human rights violations
People who waste money
People who ask for loans
People who do not pay back loans
People who do not discipline their children
Contractors that do not keep promises
People who leave the cap off the toothpaste
Poetry readings
Being asked to be a chauffeur
Being asked to leave the kids at home
Bad haircuts
People who dress in a boring way
Junk food
Talking about the past
Those that aren't practical
People who don't pick up after their pets
A lack of loyalty
Being the third wheel to a couple
Getting their hands dirty
Places that are too hot
Losing their sunglasses
Polluted water
People who laugh too loud
People who walk away from arguments
Being denied access to grandchildren
Having to wear prescription glasses
Cars that waste energy
Slow drivers
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As part of my teaching duties at Uppsala University I am preparing a lab on the Intel Realsense D415 depth cameras.
In this post I want to show how I've set up the SDK in an anaconda 3 virtual environment on my Ubuntu 16.04. The instructions on how to compile from source provided by Intel are pretty good. On Ubuntu that is the required way to go, because the libraries are not provided by Ubuntu's package manager.
There is an existing CMake project which I could pretty much use as is, however I had to slightly reconfigure it to work with anaconda 3 (matching the python version).
As a first step I needed an anaconda environment. I used python 3.6 and the name IIS_lab (because that happens to be the name of the lab I will teach)
conda create IIS_lab -python=3.6
This creates the Python executable and library that I had to include in CMake to build against the correct python version. I prefer to use the cmake-gui to configure CMake projects. In the section PYTHON there are two variables to be replaced. Here is the location and new value:
Also I had to check the BUILD > BUILD_PYTHON_BINDINGS box. [If unchecked, the PYTHON category might be missing. In this case simply configure the project again after you've checked it.]
Once those two values were set, I could generate and then build the project following the Intel instructions (including the kernel patch). Once done there were two files of interest:
The name of latter may differ depending on python version, c-compiler and 64-bit vs 32-bit OS. I had to copy those into anaconda's virtual environment and rename the latter. For brevity I will call the location <env-path> and it expands to ~/<username>/anaconda3/env/<env-name>.
As you can see, I removed the ".cpython-36m-x86_64-linux-gnu" ending. This is because the name of the file defines how the library is imported and the dot character " . " has a special meaning in python =) .
That's it. Now I was be able to use the realsense SDK in my conda environment via
source activate IIS_lab
>>> import pyrealsense2 as rs
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MILWAUKEE — Corey Hart no longer comes into the clubhouse anxiously looking at the lineup card to see if he's playing. On a team with sluggers such as Prince Fielder and Ryan Braun, Hart is currently the Brewers' best bopper.
Hart hit a grand slam and a two-run homer in his first two times up to lift the Milwaukee Brewers to an 8-6 victory over the New York Mets on Saturday night.
"Hopefully I can stay comfortable and keep producing," Hart said. "For us, we've been up and down and we've tried to solidify the consistency in the lineup. I think that just helps to take pressure of those guys if I can stay on good pace."
Hart's homers in the first and third gave him 12 for the season, tying his total from last year, and three in three consecutive plate appearances. He belted the first game-winning homer of his career Friday night to snap New York's five-game winning streak and 35-inning shutout streak.
Ike Davis hit a three-run shot for New York, but the Mets dropped to 6-16 away from Citi Field with a 3-12 mark in this month.
"I still see some fight in the team. I see us coming back in games, scoring in different frames and having opportunities. I still see a lot of positives happening on the road," Mets manager Jerry Manuel said. "We just can't seem to get over the hump. I think we will."
All 14 runs were scored in the first four innings, but Todd Coffey (2-1) came in for Milwaukee with the bases loaded in the fifth. He went on to retire seven straight batters after being forced to use a different glove from his light tan version for the first time in his six-year career.
Manuel said he told the umpires about his concerns with the glove.
"I'll get a clarification on the rules," said Coffey, who wore a backup black glove. "Let's be honest, all I do is catch it back from the catcher."
Carlos Villanueva pitched a perfect eighth and John Axford — not all-time saves leader Trevor Hoffman — pitched a 1-2-3 ninth for his second save. The three relievers combined to retire the last 13 batters.
"It's a tough situation to be in," Axford said. "I don't hold a flame to Trevor Hoffman. I'm not thinking about that, really. I'm just trying to get my job done."
Brewers manager Ken Macha said Axford's performances have made it hard not to keep him in the ninth-inning role.
"I'm not eliminating Trevor," Macha said. "I want to give him a few more innings, but it'll be nice if we have coverage like that."
George Kottaras also went deep for the Brewers, who have won four of their last five at home after a 4-14 start at Miller Park.
Hart temporarily lost his starting job to begin the season. He heard plenty of boos early, but that's long forgotten now after nine homers and 19 RBIs in his last 14 games.
"I've had some critics out there, but it's nice from not playing every day to being in there and producing," Hart said. "It was a rough start because I was trying to win them back."
Hart's 12 homers are just three less than the combined total of 15 by All-Stars Fielder (seven) and Braun (eight).
Mets starter Fernando Nieve (1-3) got two outs to start the first before loading the bases on Braun's double and two walks. Hart hit a breaking ball that didn't move much over the Brewers bullpen on nearly the same path of his Friday night homer for his first grand slam.
"I had some concerns but I felt that he deserved an opportunity to start," Manuel said of Nieve's first start this season while the Mets deal with injuries to their starting rotation.
Kottaras added his solo shot in the second and Hart came out for a curtain call after his two-run homer off Oliver Perez in the third made it 7-3. Davis answered the next inning against reliever Marco Estrada to make it 7-6, but Rickie Weeks tripled to start the fourth and scored on a double-play grounder by Braun.
A night after Johan Santana and Yovani Gallardo shut down hitters until the bottom of the ninth, the hitters got their revenge against spot starters.
Nieve lasted two innings in his first start of the season, giving up five runs and Perez allowed three. Brewers starter Manny Parra gave up three runs in three innings and Estrada was tagged for three more.
"I wasn't sharp enough," Nieve said. "I was behind too many people."
NOTES: Mets LHP Jonathon Niese (right hamstring) threw 35 pitches in a Saturday bullpen session and will start in Triple-A Buffalo on Monday. … Both teams wore Negro League throwback uniforms representing the Milwaukee Bears (1923) and the New York Cubans (1935-36, 1939-50). … The Brewers purchased the contract of LHP Chris Capuano and designated RHP Claudio Vargas for assignment.


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About Amateur Radio
About NZART
05/1 Roll Call
Chairman: Phil Holiday ZL3PAH
Phil King ZL1PK, Neill Ellis ZL1TAJ, Howard Buxton ZL1BXA
Max Wheatley ZL2MAX, Malcolm Wheeler ZL2UDF, Phil Dodds ZL4XYZ,
Don MacDonald ZL3DMC, Stuart Watchman ZL2TW
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Topsy Scott ZL2LS
05/2 Apologies
ZL2TW Stuart Watchman for lateness
ZL4ARG Alex Gordon
05/3 Minutes of Council meeting September 2016 - Confirmed
05/4 Additional Agenda Items
05/5 Action Points
Action Points Council July meeting 2015
1) ZL2TW - DATV WN VHF Group Ch 25 DATV test progress. - Ongoing
Action Points Council March meeting 2016
1) ZL3PAH New NZART Web Site update - Ongoing
Action Points Council Friday face to face meeting June 2016
07) ZL2TW to apply to the Charities Commission, for charitable status.
Waiting for AGM in Rotoura where council will submit a Remit - Ongoing
08) ZL2TW/ZL2DL/ZL3DMC questions and regulations to be updated and forwarded to RSM for approval. This has been updated and forwarded to DebbyZL2DL to forward onto RSM and waiting for reply back. Stage two is underway. Ongoing
09) ZL2TW Bank account signatories to be updated on AREC Trust account
This is on hold until ZL2TW becomes a trustee, see AP below - Ongoing
10) Reestablish charitable status of AREC SAR Trust and replace ZL1VH with ZL2TW as a trustee as soon as possible. - Ongoing
11) ZL3VP/Evan/ZL3DMC to ensure register of all assets of AREC completed before next audit review. - Ongoing
Action Points Council Monday face to face meeting June 2016
03) ZL2TW/Evan to further investigate computer upgrade and associated costs
ZL2TW spoke with Evan, computer has now been purchased and awaiting software. Once received work can commence on the database and accounting package interface. - Ongoing
5) ZL2TW/ZL2DL to write to branches encouraging membership at a reduced rate to all those who did not take up the special promo offer. To coincide with renewal reminders in October.
Debby ZL2DL is working on this - Ongoing
05/6 Confirmation of New Members September 2016 - Confirmed
05/7 Monthly Financials September 2016
a) Payments
b) Actuals v Budget Accepted moved ZL1BXA 2nd ZL1PK - Carried
05/8 Monthly Reports
a) AREC Financial report -emailed
b) QSL Bureau Report August/September
c) Auckland Unitary Plan update - Accepted
05/9 HQ Lease renewal
After some discussion is was agreed further investigation was required even though the new lease appears to be cheaper at the current premises.
Consideration of moving was discussed - Landlord to do fit out; tenant NZART to do curtains etc. Council to have phone conversation with other tenants
Will have additional one off costs associated with moving.
To discuss via email and get it sorted ASAP our current lease runs out end of October 2016
Council to make the final decision to ensure there is no additional financial risk to NZART
ZL2TW and ZL3PAH to sort this and get back to council.
05/10 Branch 18 Lower Hutt, change to Constitution
Council to go back to them and suggest that they consider a review rather than no checks at all, as good practice.
05/14 Leave of Absence
ZL2DL 21 October 2016
ZL1BXA Howard Buxton for next on air meeting November
05/15 General Business
Any Break in enquires re PDF format Debby to forward onto Mark ZL2UFI Break In Editor to deal with these enquires.
Phil ZL3PAH to talk to Debby re this and also to let Mark know that Council has suggested this to happen.
05/16 Information Papers
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Meeting closed at 20.40 pm
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Biogeography of Protea in the Cape
The South African Cape region is a hotspot of angiosperm biodiversity, but the reasons for the high levels of diversity and endemism are still obscure.
Protea (Proteaceae) is a genus that has its centre of species richness and endemism in the Cape, but its also has smaller numbers of species in tropical Africa, some occurring as far as Eritrea and Angola.
In a recent phylogenetic study of Protea published in Evolution, a team of scientists from Imperial College London, the South African National Biodiversity Institute, Real Jardín Botánico de Madrid, Tel Aviv University and the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, identified the Cape as the ancestral area for the radiation of the extant lineages of the genus. Contrary to previous views, most species in subtropical and tropical Africa are derived from a single invasion, and diversification rates have been similar both inside and outside the Cape region. Migration northwards opened up vast areas, but the resulting lineages have not diversified as extensively at fine spatial scales as those in the Cape.
In Protea, higher net rates of diversification do not explain the high levels of diversity and endemism in the Cape. Instead, understanding the patterns of diversity in the Cape will require an explanation of how Cape species are able to diverge and persist at such small spatial scales.
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Part road movie, part spectacle, part human drama, Monsoon is a documentary exploration of chaos, creation and faith in the land of believers. The subject is monsoon, the incomparably vast seasonal weather system that permeates and unifies the immense and varied culture of India, shaping the conditions of existence for its billion-plus inhabitants.
Filmed across the Indian sub-continent and charting the huge system's path as it surges toward and gradually engulfs every region of the country, Monsoon introduces us to a remarkable array of individuals whose lives are in different ways entwined with the phenomenon. There are the meteorologists, who seek to contain the monsoon within an explanatory net of scientific analysis and rational forecast; there is the neighborhood bookie who takes bets on the arrival of the rains; there are the farmers and fishermen, who depend on and contend with the system's godlike, life-and-death caprices; there are the citizens of Mumbai, where the monsoon's arrival is felt from the slums to the stock market to the dreamscapes of the Bollywood film; there are the nature conservationists who are concerned with the monsoon's impact on the country's endangered species; and there is the ordinary Indian family, for whom the annual deluge is part of a rhythmic cycle, at moments unfathomably cruel and joyously affirming.
A cinematic journey into the terrain where nature, science, belief and wonder converge in one of the most astonishing and breathtaking landscapes on earth, Monsoon is a film that captures the timelessness and rich human drama of our engagement with the natural world.
Production Notes
Monsoon was filmed over the course of the 2013 monsoon season using ultra high definition 4K Red Epic cameras, modified for extreme weather documentary shooting by Director of Photography Van Royko. Production began in south India, in the state of Kerala, where the monsoon first makes landfall. The production team, including Gunnarsson, Royko, location sound recordist Brice Picard, 'fixer' Amit Vachharanji and camera assistant Ari Gunnarsson, 'surfed' the monsoon from India's southernmost point to its northeast corner in Assam, following the trajectory of the monsoon. Points in between included the Western Ghats, Goa, Mumbai, Pune, the Maharashtra drought region, Kolkata, Assam and Cherrapunji, the rainiest place on earth, in the state of Meghalaya -- 'Place of the Clouds'. Production began in mid-May, two weeks before 'onset', and shot for 90 days, concluding in September, with the receding monsoon. Over 240 hours of 4K footage was captured. The film was edited in Toronto, from October, 2013 to May 2014, by legendary doc editor Nick Hector, whose credits include Alan King's 'Dying At Grace" and "Memory", as well as Gunnarsson's TIFF 'People's Choice Award' winner, 'Force of Nature'. 4K post was handled by Montreal's Poste Moderne. The score was composed by Bombay Dub Orchestra's Andrew T. MacKay, based on the Malhar ragas, and featuring some of the top Indian players and vocalists in Bombay and London. Sound-design and mix were executed by Montreal's top sound team, Sylvain Bellemare and Bernard Gariépy Strobl in June/July, 2014.
An interview with MONSOON director Sturla Gunnarsson
What initially drew you to this story? What was it about India's monsoon that made you want to make a film about it?
'Monsoon' is my love letter to India. I've been romanced by the idea of monsoon since I can remember. I've travelled often and extensively throughout India, am married into a big Indian family and have long dreamed of experiencing the monsoon, so when (producer) Ina Fichman offered me the opportunity to make a film about it I jumped. I guess it's kind of personal on many levels. For one thing, I love weather, and I especially love big weather. Something about it brings me a feeling of mystery and awe that's as close to god as this non-believer will likely ever get. I've lived in India and made a film there (Such A Long Journey) and experienced how challenging and, on the face of it, impossible, everything can be there. Even a trip across town can be a whole-day affair. And despite this, in every photograph I've seen of myself in India, I have a big smile on my face. It's just something about the place, and especially the people, that makes me feel that, in spite of all the obstacles, things are possible. That sense of the possibility, of faith, is what drew me to this project. I saw in the monsoon an awful, beautiful, unfathomable phenomenon and wanted to both experience and meditate on it.
This is a visually stunning film, with sequences that immerse the viewer in the monsoon experience... how did you work with Van Royko to tell this story in such an engrossing way?
We wanted to make a highly cinematic film that captures the epic scale of the monsoon on the breathtaking Indian landscape, while maintaining an intimate sense of the humanity affected by it. All decisions were governed by those two criteria - the epic and the human.
In order to achieve maximum cinematic effect, we used Red Epic cameras which captured the images in ultra high definition 4K, which, in film terms, is roughly equivalent to 70mm. We utilized a full complement of lenses, from 14mm to 800mm, as opposed to the usual short zoom/long zoom doc combination. The combination of ultra high definition and 'full metal jacket' compliment of lenses led to a more cinematic approach to composition. Knowing that we were capturing such a detailed image allowed us to use wider shots, more tableaus and more formal compositions than we would usually use in a documentary. We felt that the spirit of the monsoon danced in the clouds and made extensive use of computer-controlled time-lapse photography, using the new Canon 1DC camera, which is one of the first DSLR cameras that captures 4K images.
That said, we were as interested in the intimate humanity on the landscape as we were in the landscape itself. To achieve the kind of documentary flexibility and nimbleness we were after, Van stripped the Red Epic (which is customarily used in more controlled studio settings) down to the bare bones - basically just the computer and the lenses - which allowed him to move freely and shoot the kind of hand-held style required in cinema-verite filmmaking. While shooting the verite, we tried to be very patient, situating ourselves in the fulcrum positions and allowing the action to come to us, rather than chasing it. This requires a fine balance of patience and intuition while being prepared to abandon pre-conceived plans as the situation dictated. And it requires the building of trust and intimacy with the subjects of the film.
We meet some unforgettable characters in Monsoon: Bishnu Shastri, the red-haired bookie who never seems to lose a weather bet, the desperate farmers whose land has been passed over by monsoon for years, 12-year-old Akhila Prasad, who's family is flooded right out of their home... what moments moved and surprised you most during the filming of these peoples' lives?
For me, the unifying characteristic of all the characters is their warmth and humanity, regardless of their circumstances. That said, Akhila is the one I love the most. Not only does her story form the emotional core of the film, but she's the one who first showed me the way into it.
I did a research trip 18 months before we began filming. I was deep in the Kerala backwaters in a small boat and got out to have a look around on the levee in front of her house. As I was getting my bearings, this sweet, assured, 12-year old girl walked up to me, looked me straight in the eye and asked, in perfect English, "where are you from?"
I answered, "Canada", and she said it was exciting to meet someone from Canada. I asked where she learned to speak English. "School", she replied.
"Do you like monsoon?" "Yes, very much." "Why?" "Because monsoon is the beginning of school", she said. We talked a little more and I told her I'd be back in a year.
When we returned, eighteen months later, she remembered the exact date that we had met. I asked if she expected me to return. She smiled and shook her head. We were with her family at the beginning of the shoot, and at the end, when we witnessed their terrible losses and their faith in the face of them.
We have become friends and now communicate by email. They have rebuilt their house and she asks me to pray for her to have good results on her exams.
As we learn, India's economy revolves around the monsoon, for better and for worse... Can you tell me about this unique dependence that a billion people have with a weather pattern?
Nehru once said that 'monsoon is the true finance minister of India'. It provides India with all of its annual fresh water supply. Everything they need to drink, for agriculture, for life comes from the monsoon. Historically, India was an agrarian economy so the importance of monsoon was elemental. Today, agriculture represents only about fifteen percent of India's GDP, so the impact of monsoon is not felt as directly as it was in the past, but it remains deeply rooted. Long-term IMD predictions of a good monsoon rally the stock market, as do the first rains in Bombay. Some of it is rational, some irrational, but it's deeply rooted in the Indian psyche. Public confidence and retail sales soar in a good monsoon, and decline in a poor one. The government plans its budget around it. Predictions of a poor monsoon result in money being set aside for grain purchase and famine relief. Predictions of rain surplus result in disaster and flood relief planning. The year we were filming, there was pressure on the government from the business community to increase interest rates and the government responded that they would make that determination - after the monsoon.
The film also explores the religious and spiritual history of monsoon... what did you learn about Indians' spiritual relationship with monsoon today?
India is a vast nation with over a billion inhabitants, speaking over thirty languages and hundreds of dialects, worshipping pretty much every religion on earth and hundreds of thousands (some say millions) of gods. What they have in common is that they are all believers. Their beliefs may differ fundamentally, but they all believe, and this feeling of the presence of god is for me the defining characteristic of India. It's a complicated theme for me to understand, as a non-believer, but the feeling is palpable and deeply moving. Monsoon season is a time when those feelings are in high relief. Monsoon is a powerful force, which governs the conditions of existence for all Indians and in that sense, has the characteristics of a god. That was the lens through which I looked at it. Our characters' relationship to the numinous quality of the monsoon gave me an understanding and appreciation of their faith.
There's an incredible scene where monsoon finally arrives in Mumbai, and we watch the whole city erupt with emotion... What was it like to witness this?
We were in the Western Ghats when we got word that the monsoon trough was on the move and would hit Bombay sooner than expected. We got in the van and drove eighteen hours straight, on some of the gnarliest roads I've ever experienced. We got to Bombay and headed down to Marine Drive, where there were thousands of people and a kind of carnival atmosphere. Old people, young people, lovers, vendors, musicians and beggars, Muslims, Hindus, Christians, Jains all strolling along the seawall watching as the monsoon clouds rolled in off the sea. The anticipation was palpable and the feeling was communal. The sense of one people, living in the same moment, experiencing the same elemental event. Lightening cut the sky and the monsoon rains arrived. Some people huddled under umbrellas, others got soaked in the warm baptism of rain and I felt this incredible sense of oneness with the thousands of people on the seawall.
On most shoots, you work around bad weather, but on Monsoon, you're in the middle of one of the largest and most disruptive weather events on earth... what were some of the challenges for you as a filmmaker?
Much of the filming took place in extreme weather, which we used a combination of high-tech/low-tech strategies to cope with. The cameras were protected by waterproof fabric rain-casings and we used a high-speed rain deflector in front of the lenses when possible. As glass is always a little cooler than the atmosphere, we kept the lenses wrapped in battery-powered electric blankets to minimize fogging. Probably our most important piece of technology was a large umbrella, strategically operated by my son, Ari, who was Van's assistant. They moved around as one unit and were remarkably in sync. With the waterproof casing, the rain deflector and the inclement weather, the single most important asset we had at our disposal was Van's eye and his highly evolved muscle-memory with the Red Epic. Somehow, in the midst of all this, he was able to focus, pull aperture, ramp the capture speed and compose stunning images. Another key member of the team was our sound-recordist, Brice Picard, who used a full battery of radio mikes, directional mikes and stereo mikes that allowed him to capture intimate dialogue in extreme conditions, while also capturing the rich, aural landscape.
The film transports the viewer to India's different regions: mountains, plains, desert, forests and coastline, as we watch them get transformed by the rains... What has stayed with you since filming Monsoon?
India is one of the most astonishing and breathtaking landscapes on earth. My strongest memory is not of one particular geographical location but rather that of a psychic place where nature, science, belief and wonder converge.
What would you like viewers to take away from the experience of Monsoon?
I'd like the audience to experience the beautiful/terrible spectacle of the monsoon, and to reflect on the sense of mystery and awe that it inspires.


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A ranking of school districts using a particular safe-search index service shows that the largest school district performed about 7 million searches during the 2007-2008 school year, and the smallest performed around 460,000 searches. The indexing was done by Thinkronize, which sells netTrekker d.i., a "safe search" tool for K-12 environments.
Forsyth County Schools in Georgia, which has about 32,000 students and 3,500 full-time employees, performed more searches through netTrekker than any other school using the service. The district, which also had the top spot in the index during the previous school year, will receive $5,000 in training.
"We attribute our increased [Web] usage--as well as the new levels of teacher creativity--in part to the exceptional Integration Workshop which Thinkronize provided as a part of our prize package [last year]," said Jill Hobson, the district's director of instructional technology. "netTrekker d.i. is an integral part of our strategy for providing digital content aligned to standards as well as a student-friendly, safe search engine that is available to our teachers and students 24/7/365."
For the mid-sized districts, Blue Springs School District in Missouri led with 2,615,184 searches, and Dupage County School District 45 in Illinois came in first with 629,401 searches for the small-sized districts. These districts will receive $2,500 in training.
"Most search engines can be overwhelming with students spending too much time surfing. We are so happy with netTrekker d.i. and how it enables our students to use their limited time to research topics more efficiently," said Kelly Knudsen, library media specialist at Delta Woods Middle School in the Blue Springs district. "Our teachers love the ability to make folders and share them with students to access specific Web sites and information. The numerous tools available in netTrekker d.i. help students and teachers alike with their daily work. And the best part is students can access it all from home and school."
netTrekker, which is in use by 21,000 schools in the United States, according to the company, consists of a database of online sites that have been reviewed by company personnel for academic integrity, age appropriateness, and safety.
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The pink and blue cows will help to explain some of the detail of the draft Approved Document M at tomorrow's talk, along with some cats.
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Steampunk 35mm Miniatures from Topexx Dominions
Greetings fellow adventurer! My name is Aj and along with my wife, Jenna, we created some amazing steampunk characters for our upcoming game, Topexx Dominions. I present Amzi Goodenough, leader of the Bloodfire Warriors and Captain Bryant Templeton, leader of the Ironhide Warriors. Each miniature comes with its own unique base that is scaled to fit a 35mm miniature.
Our miniatures are 35mm and made of a high-tin pewter. Our friends at The Phalanx Consortium did the sculpting work. They do fantastic work and recently successfully funded their own line of multi-scale sci-fi buildings and accessories called Neo Tyrannis Cityscapes.
We have a monthly newsletter, the Topexx Dominions Adventurer's Journal. Sign up and you can follow along on our journey.
Topexx Dominions in the News
Topexx Dominions shows up at fine tabletop gaming news sites around the net. Check us out at the following places.
- Beasts of War
- Beasts of War - Gamer Daily, 6 Dec 2016
- Beasts of War - Gamer Daily, 9 Dec 2016
- Tabletop Gaming News
- Wargame News and Terrain
- Geeks of the North - News of the North - 2016-12-20, starting at 10:10 into the podcast
Topexx Dominions is a proud sponsor of the Steampunk Fashion Contest at the International Steampunk Symposium 2017. A big thanks to Sir Aloysius Fox for working with us on making the sponsorship a reality. Unfortunately, we are already scheduled for a different con the weekend of the Symposium in 2017, but rest assured we will be there in 2018.
You can also join the discussion on the Reaper Mini Kickstarter forum.
Meet Bryant Templeton
Captain Bryant Templeton leads the Ironhide Warriors, an elite group of commandos, as part of the Protectorate Division. Currently, he protects the accomplished High Sorceress Minuet.
His career began as the sole protector of the youngest daughter, Minuet, of the affluent Wyndam family. When Cesile, Minuet's older sister, deserted the family, this forced Minuet to assume the position of being the next Kelrand Border Commander. Captain Templeton formed the Ironhide Warriors to protect her in this dangerous position. As her protector, Bryant operates as her second in command utilizing his brilliant tactics to execute her battle strategies.
In fact, Captain Templeton uses an experimental, topexx crystal-powered Sizzler Ray Gun as his main weapon. The gun allows him to injure or stun his targets – well when it works it is an experimental design, after all. (He won't share examples of when the gun doesn't work because no man likes to talk about his gun not working.)
Meet Amzi Goodenough
At a young age, Amzi survived the Massacre of Blackthein, a brutal Hos'lathi raid on her home village that killed her parents. As a child, she was small and sickly, and often picked on by the other orphans, she learned to fight to survive. Over time, she became aggressive and violent, and soon she became the bully. One of the other Massacre survivors, Grimtok, helped her channel her rage into productive endeavors, and before long, they became Champions of the Orphanage, helping all those who came seeking its shelter.
Today she carries on that tradition by seeking out strong women and recruiting them to join her band of Bloodfire Warriors. She works to further her interests and that of Grimtok the Destroyer.
Amzi loves fire, so she constructed her own arm-mounted flamethrower, Pyrogore. Pyrogore attaches to her arm, and rather than relying solely on science, she uses topexx crystals to call forth magical fire to power the gouts of flame she uses to assault her victims. Did I mention Amzi is not a nice person?
The Doctor is In, Meet Mortimer Zachariah (Stretch Goal #1)
Colonel Mortimer Zachariah is the Chief Surgeon of the famous Gun Metal Medicine Men, an elite trio of skilled healers. He does not stay safely tucked away in some hospital, oh no, he gets into the thick of battle and goes directly to where the wounded are in the field. He and his men make it their job to treat the injured and dying while the battle rages around them, using a combination of elixirs and technomagic, to ensure everyone is healed enough to make it to a hospital for further treatment or immediately rejoin the fight.
Mortimer has a natural talent for Healing and became a skilled physician at an early age. However, he knew if he stayed at home, he would become a bored aristocrat tending the runny noses of the pampered elite of the Ebreogalla Kingdom. Instead, he wanted to make a difference in the world, to make his life mean something, so he joined the Kelrand army. Giving up a life of luxury for an Army life was not easy, but he excelled at the challenges. In time, he created the Kelrand Roving Medical Army, or KRMA, to take to the field to heal and protect the wounded by any means necessary. The Gun Metal Medicine Men were the first such team, but in time, other elite teams have formed, such as the Crystalline Valkyries and the Shield Bearers.
The Gun Metal Medicine Men are comprised of Colonel Zachariah, the Chief Surgeon who heals any internal organ damage; Major Hiram Oldfiend an orthopedic surgeon who fixes all bone-related injuries; and Lieutenant Lucien Perch a young physician who prevents infections and heals the skin with minimal scarring.
Dread Pirate Ina Sails Into Port (Stretch Goal #2)
Less than two years ago, she lived on the fringe of society as a no-name deckhand on an insignificant pirate ship. Today she commands the Merry Chase, the most feared airship in the sky. She is Dread Pirate Ina.
Traditionally, pirates lived a life free from Kelrand's rigid social structure, but at a cost. They scavenged for every scrap of food, and often they stole just enough to live. Ina saw a different path, one where she thrived, where she rose to power by her wit and might. One day, she approached a wealthy company director with a plan to raid his competitor's shipment of topexx crystals. She knew he needed those topexxes to launch a new product and turn his business around; all she wanted was a quarter of the haul, oh and a stake in his company. She leveraged this stake and her pirating skills to turn the company into an overnight success, making sure her products always got to the market square first.
From there, she infiltrated every level of Kelrand society. Not only does she drink the local swill at the seedy dockworker's bar, she also dances the waltz with Prince Brandon of Tresian Kingdom. She uses every bit of her power and influence to get her way. Few people have crossed her and those that lived to tell their tale envy the dead.
Blackjack Zacch Picked His Lock (Stretch Goal #3)
At an early age, his family apprenticed him to a locksmith, while learning his trade he realized he saw patterns where no one else did. Whether it was the tumblers of a lock, the gears in a machine, or the layout of a client's house, he intuitively knew the inner workings and design. Soon his employer took him on every job, especially for his well-off clients. Blackjack Zacch was the first to make the connection that weeks later someone had robbed those same clients. He suggested to his employer that he should get a cut from those extracurricular jobs, else certain information would fall into the wrong hands. In fact, perhaps the locksmith's bookie would love to hear about his good fortune. In that moment, with his heart racing and his hand slick with sweat, Blackjack Zacch felt exhilarated and alive like never before; he found his true calling.
Today, he is the best Intelligencer in all the Kelrand Kingdoms. Everyone fears what he knows but no one will touch him; even the High King of Kelrand keeps Blackjack Zacch on friendly terms lest skeletons come out of the wrong closet. He doesn't believe in getting blood on his hands, instead, he chooses to slip a detail so damning that the person becomes a pariah, untouchable by all.
Huntress Haziel Knows Your Secrets
Haziel sauntered down the alley, approaching her client who waited in the shadows ahead. She easily spotted her mark hidden in the recesses. She looked directly into his eyes as if she could pierce the shadows with her gaze, "I hear you have a quandary."
He wrung his hands at her, "Uh, yes, yes I do. You see, someone is blackmailing me, and I have ... uh ... certain aspirations endangered of collapsing. I heard you could find, and, umm, eliminate my problem."
Haziel grinned at the man, he thought he was unknown to her. "Oh course, Commissioner Yorke, I know of your upcoming campaign for a Seat on the Protectorate Council."
"How did ... I'm not ... I simply don't know what you mean."
"I mean you should have come to me three months ago when the blackmail began. But no matter, I know who supplies the information to your blackmailer, so consider it handled. One last thing, I don't eliminate problems... too messy, and too many questions, and you don't need that bothering you. Good night, Councilman Yorke." She strolled away from him thinking, "No one likes to admit they need me, but they always need me."
Haziel has a knack for solving problems; you can call her a fixer, or a troubleshooter, but she prefers huntress. She hunts down other people's problems and takes them out. She won't kill anybody, that's not her way, but she always gets the job done.
A Bag of Bases
We're releasing the custom designed bases as an add-on. That's right you can buy additional custom bases for your other minis, or maybe you want to see Bryant on Zacch's base, either way, now you can make it happen. A bag of six (6) bases (1 of each type) costs $10. If you want them, make sure you have increased your pledge to make sure you can get them. As always, you can select them when you select the miniatures you want, which will happen during the BackerKit process.
What is the goal of the campaign?
As you can see from the pictures above we have the 3D sculpts complete and even have a test miniature made for each character. We need to get the production mold made and then produce the miniatures. This means that you won't have to wait a long time before you get your miniatures, once we get the money from Kickstarter we will immediately start making the production molds and produce the miniatures.
We created these figures so everyone can enjoy them. We plan to use them in our own D&D campaign and hope that you will use them in RPG campaigns. We will reinvest from this campaign to create and release additional figures. Check out our Topexx Dominions Facebook page or our site for more details as we continue to develop the setting and mechanics.
What is Topexx Dominions?
Topexx Dominions is a steampunk fantasy setting that we created. We created the setting about two years ago as part of another project, but it's been only in the last six months that we've worked on the setting in earnest, and only in the last month that we've worked on RPG mechanics. We fleshed out some of the characters with some personalities, backgrounds, and illustrations. So we asked ourselves...what if we took some of these Topexx Dominions characters, talked to our friends at The Phalanx Consortium, and had them sculpt some fantastically detailed metal miniatures? And this Kickstarter came to be!
So far, we have two factions in our world, but we're working on adding more. Our first faction is the steampunk-inspired faction called the Kelrands. The Kelrands are a mixture of humans, dwarves, and other similar races that combine the latent power in topexx crystals with technology to create technomagic, which defines and drives their society. The second faction is a nature-inspired faction called the Hos'lathi. The Hos'lathi are a mixture of elves and other fae races that harness the power of Nature stored in the topexx crystals to create enviromagic. Enviromagic allows them to shape their environment to the benefit of all living things.
What about shipping?
We will be using BackerKit after the campaign completes and will handle the shipping charges through them. This allows us to capture the true cost of shipping as opposed to trying to predict what it will be in the months ahead.
Who are we?
We are gamers, we play roleplaying games, board games, video games, card games, simply put we love to play games. When it comes to roleplaying games I have been playing since Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 1st edition (way back in the day :) ), Jenn has been playing since AD&D 2nd edition. More recently, we have both gotten into Fate. Some of our most memorable play sessions saw our characters in the grips of a devilish plot and we had to work together to overcome the villain and save the day. We want to create a setting that allows you to enjoy the same thing. Join us as we develop Topexx Dominions and be the hero you were born to be!
Stretch Goals
Risks and challenges
My wife and I are new project creators on Kickstarter so we have purposefully kept this first project small and simple. The fewer options, the less that can go wrong - at least that's our plan!
We already created a master mold for Bryant & Amzi, and printed out a test print of each so we could see how well it paints and to assess the quality. The funds raised are to create the production mold and then produce the miniatures as well as any stretch goals we reach.
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If you are a recruitment agency and you supply temporary staff to larger companies - how are they assessing you? Here are a few key points that we think you should keep in mind when organizing your business.
Initial agency questions
There are a few classic questions that temporary agencies face quite often and that you should be used to or prepared for, including:
- What experience and expertise do you have recruiting in the industry we are in?
- Are there any specific industry recruiting or legislative trends or issues I should be aware of?
- Do you measure your client satisfaction and if so, how, and what was your latest score?
- How do you compare with other agencies in terms of price?
- What is your internal rate of staff turnover?
- If we go forward to a business relationship, how easy will it be to deal with you?
- How can you add value to my business over and above the temporary staff member that you are providing me?
Now, let's go through all of these a bit more thoroughly, shall we?
Experience and expertise
With permanent staff, a temporary candidate's technical skills and culture fit are the most important factors. However, the fit will be greatly enhanced or improved if the agency has knowledge of the industry and people the client is working in. As an agency, you should be asked if you have filled similar positions within the industry and whether you have worked for your potential client's competitors.
Industry trends or new legislation
This is an important question, as the agency should have alerts regarding new legislation not only regarding temporary staff, pay rates and working hours in general, but also those new laws and trends specific to the clients industry such as in the case of railway workers and the rail staff fatigue or the lone worker provisions covered by BS8484. Remember, as an agency, your client wants to consider you a trusted and strategic work advisor to his company. The more he feels this is the case, the more likely they will be to keep coming to you for staff, permanent or temporary.
Client satisfaction
You need a better measure of client satisfaction than three testimonials. Almost any company, unless they are dreadful, will be able to provide three good testimonials - and they will almost always be the three best you can find, instead of the average or the three most recent. Equally a website blog testimonial from a customer isn't going to be representative, otherwise the agency wouldn't have put it up there. Check out this article about how to effectively use client testimonials.
So, as an agency, you need to work out of have handy a satisfaction score or measure - check your current response and service levels - do you have a standard service level agreement? Are there any particular response times that are industry or job specific or standard? Some industries will be relaxed about a temp not turning up due to sickness whereas in some industries or if the temp is doing a time critical task they will be an expectation of an immediate response or replacement. Do you offer guarantees in terms of replacement staff or money back upon service delivery failure? And so on.
How do you compare on price?
Your potential client won't just make a decision based on the cheapest price or lowest margin. From a client's point of view, a bad recruitment decision can cost a lot more than just the margin you make for a month for that temp. If you are expensive, you should be able to explain why and justify the extra with added value, points of difference, extra candidate training or client support. Even if you aren't asked the question, make sure you explain the costs and charges involved if your client becomes so delighted with his temporary worker that they wish to hire him permanently. At least it'll be clear and it may just put the seed in your clients mind that you are suitably confident of your client that this is a real possibility.
What is your internal staff turnover rate?
If you are portraying that you want a good, long term relationship with your client it helps that as an agency you value, support and can retain your staff. This will be reflected in your own internal staff turnover. Your client doesn't want to ring up and have to explain the company history and needs because he is speaking to someone different each time he rings in.
If we enter a business relationship - how easy will it be to deal with you?
You need to be upfront with your client in terms of response time, time to replace a disappearing temp if this occurred in the worst case scenario. Make sure if you do background checks they are thorough with back up evidence. At a company I used to work for, we once hired a temp driver who wrote off a van and it turned out his driving licence was invalid. It was a very costly mistake.
The ease with which your client deals with you starts with his needs, so go ahead and ask questions like:
- How do you want to approve the work or hours of the staff I provide?
- How do you want to check that the hours billed equal those worked?
- How quick is the whole approval, authorisation, invoice paying process?
- Do you want a staff portal to go in and check and authorise the timesheets whenever you want?
The easier you make it to deal with you the better experience your client will have of dealing with your company. If through the process you save him time, money and resource (paper) you are on to a winner!
How can you add value to my business over and above the temporary staff member that you are providing me?
With your company's ability to answer all of the questions and issues above couple with a forward thinking approach to technology, visibility and customer services your clients should recognise you as a strategic adviser adding value and saving costs for them. If they don't see this or you feel they don't, then be sure and tell them.
Find out how you can save yours and your client's money and win more business »


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The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Monday confirmed that Iran had started enriching uranium to the 20-percent level at its Fordo plant near Qom city.
"This step once again demonstrates the Iranian regime's blatant disregard for its responsibilities and that the country's growing isolation is self-inflicted," US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said in a statement Tuesday.
Clinton lamented that the construction of the new plant in Qom had been carried out secretly for three years.
"Iran only declared the Qom facility to the IAEA after it was discovered by the international community following three years of covert construction. Iran has announced it intends to consolidate and increase its production of uranium enriched to a near 20 percent level at this facility," she said.
"There is no plausible justification for this production. Such enrichment brings Iran a significant step closer to having the capability to produce weapons-grade highly enriched uranium," Clinton said.
She said Tehran's statement that the decision was necessary to produce fuel for the Tehran Research Reactor (TRR) was "false".
"We call upon Iran to immediately cease uranium enrichment and to comply with its international nuclear obligations. We also call on Iran to return to negotiations with the P5+1 (five permanent members of the UN Security Council plus Germany)," Clinton said.
Western nations suspect Iran, already under international sanctions, of pursuing a secret nuclear weapons programme but Tehran insists it needs nuclear power solely for civilian purposes.
US condemns Iran's decision to start uranium enrichment
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Monday confirmed that Iran had started enriching uranium to the 20-percent level at its Fordo plant near Qom city.


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VERILY is a NYC based Magazine for the modern day woman. Today women more are educated, influential, and affluent than ever before. Verily Magazine is a fresh take on life and an honest message that relates to real women's experiences.
Photography: TREVOR HOEHNE
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Apple updates iBooks app and iBooks Author/
Apple has updated iBooks on iOS and Mac OS X and iBooks Author for Mac OS X. iBooks is an ebook app that allows you to read publications purchased at the iBookstore. iBooks Author lets you create iBooks textbooks (as well as other types of books) for the iPad and Mac.
With iBooks on iOS and Mac OSX, readers can now choose a new reading mode in iBooks called "Gray." The new mode offers white text on a gray background and is designed to make reading on an iOS device or Mac easier on the eyes. Additionally, with the latest version of iBooks, readers can multitask. For example, you can read a book and browse the web with Safari, side-by-side.
With iBooks for iOS, you can use Spotlight to search for books by title, author name, or series name. This will show you books you already have in your library and books available on the iBooks Store. If you've started reading the book, we will also show you how much of the book you've already read.
To get the new version of iBooks for iOS, update your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch to iOS 9. To get the new iBooks for Mac, install OS X El Capitan 10.11.
With the latest version of iBooks Author, Apple has improved the import function for Pages and Microsoft Word documents. For best results, you should use section breaks between chapters when you write your book in Pages or Microsoft Word.
If you're using one of the EPUB templates, you can now also add Pop-Over widgets with text or images to your book. The new version of iBooks Author is available on the Mac App Store.


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Celebrate and remember the upcoming patriotic holiday forever with our super easy Footprint Firework 4th of July Keepsake idea!
So what are you waiting for? Grab the craft supplies listed below and carve some "exploding" craft time out of your afternoon to make a pretty awesome decor piece or gift for family with your child today!
Whatever you do – have fun! Happy crafting and celebrating this 4th of July holiday, my friends!!! #gluedtomycrafts
Footprint Firework Craft Supplies:
* Red/Blue Craft Paint
* White/Blue Cardstock
* Scissors
* Glue Stick
* Paint Brushes
* Paper Plate
* Baby Wipes
optional – Scrapbook Stickers
* First squirt some red paint on a paper plate.
* Paint one of your child's feet and press it in the center of a piece of white cardstock. This will be the body of the "firework."
* To finish off the Footprint Firework Keepsake – have children cut out a triangular top for their firework and glue it down on the paper. Then paint/draw on other festive embellishments to give it that patriotic look. Top it off by adding scrapbook stickers to say "Happy 4th of July" or any other sentiment you have in mind. Then gift/display proudly!!!
If you are looking for even MORE easy patriotic themed kid craft ideas, be sure to check out these fun posts. And "if" you decide to make our Firework Footprint Keepsake kid craft, please share a picture on our Facebook page or tag us on Instagram with #gluedtomycrafts for us to see. We love seeing our inspiration come to life!
DIY Handprint Flag Patriotic Shirt
You Are My Superhero Canvas
Paper Plate Uncle Sam {Kid Craft}
Paper Bag Superhero {Kid Craft}


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Project in progress
What is your wish for this project?
To help our school community continue to grow as a safe learning environment, that enables all to feel welcome.
How are you going to do it?
We are considering a beautification project that will be a reminder of what we can achieve together. We may also create an assembly to further this goal.


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Every year hundreds of bicyclists are killed and thousands are injured across the U.S. In many cases, the accidents are caused by the wrongful actions of automobile drivers. Bicyclists that are injured in Keller are allowed to recover compensation for medical expenses, time off work, and pain and suffering. Many bicyclists are injured because of the negligence of other drivers on the road. Many drivers drive recklessly or fail to pay attention. They may be distracted by their phones or driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol.
Urban areas have the highest risk for bicycle accidents, in part because there are more bicyclists and motorists sharing the roads. However, regardless of where a bicycle accident happens, it's often a result of negligence or recklessness on the part of the driver. In most urban areas, bicyclists have the same right of way rights and yield rights as other vehicles on the roads, yet motorists either do not yield, or do not see the bicyclists. Some of the most serious accidents happen when motorists are turning either left or right, and turn directly into the bicyclist.


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As the citizens of FilmNation begin to wind things down, wrap things up and wave goodbye to 2014, we just wanted to take moment and thank all our friends and partners for such a special year.
Thank you (you know who you are) very very much!
We're closing our offices until January 5th, 2015 when we'll all return to work rested, refreshed and a number of pounds heavier.
Here's to a peaceful, prosperous and healthy 2015.
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Peter Apfelbaum
Multi-instrumentalist and composer
September 12 New York, NY Nublu 151 Trio with Hideo Yamaki & Bill Laswell
September 14 Brooklyn, NY IBeam Mike McGinnis Quartet
September 15 Lake George, NY Lake George Jazz Festival Dafnis Prieto Sextet
September 28 Brooklyn, NY Brooklyn Botanic Garden Chile Pepper Festival with Papa John Gros, Walter "Wolfman" Washington, Chief Monk Boudreaux, Irma Thomas
September 30-October 4 Big Indian, NY Full Moon Resort Creative Music Studio Fall Intensive
October 5 Jarasum, South Korea Jarasum International Jazz Festival Omar Sosa Quartet
October 18 New York, NY The Stone at The New School REVELATOR with Will Bernard, Bill Laswell, Aaron Johnston
November 26 Oakland, CA Yoshi's Alma Matters featuring Eddie Minninfield, Tony Lindsay, Natalie Cressman, Sandy Cressman, Josh Jones
December 11 New York, NY Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola Steven Bernstein's MTO featuring Catherine Russell
February 3 Paris, France Festival Sons D'Hiver Bill Laswell & Method Of Defiance
March 5-8, 2020 New York, NY Jazz Standard Dafnis Prieto Sextet
March 21 Houston, TX Da Camera - Cullen Theater at Wortham Theater Center Dafnis Prieto Big Band
A product of the Berkeley Schools' pioneering Jazz Project, Apfelbaum began performing professionally while in his early teens and was a member of the award-winning Berkeley High Jazz Ensemble under the direction of Phil Hardymon. In 1977 - his senior year at Berkeley High - he formed the 17-piece Hieroglyphics Ensemble as a vehicle for composing and exploring non-traditional musical forms. The Ensemble was initially largely comprised of fellow BHS classmates, some of whom would later move to New York and achieve recognition in their own right. The band originally included pianist Benny Green, saxophonist Craig Handy and trumpeter Steven Bernstein and would later feature saxophonist Joshua Redman prior to his move to NY. The band released their self-produced debut album, Pillars, in 1979 and began to attract international attention for their unique mix of elements of world music with the aesthetic of the jazz avant-garde. Around this time Apfelbaum made his first sojourn to New York, where he worked with Carla Bley, David Amram and the late Eddie Jefferson. He toured Europe for the first time in the Fall of 1979 with Karl Berger's Woodstock Workshop Orchestra, an all-star band which included Lee Konitz, Oliver Lake, Don Cherry, Leroy Jenkins and Trilok Gurtu.
In the mid-80's he toured the U.S. with O.J. Ekemode and the Nigerian All-Stars (first on baritone saxophone, later on drums) and also worked regularly with Cuban percussionist Francisco Aguabella's band, as well as with local reggae and R&B bands. By 1988, the Hieroglyphics' performances had become more frequent, and in the fall of that year Apfelbaum was commissioned by the San Francisco Jazz Festival to write a suite for the band. The resulting "Notes From The Rosetta Stone" was premiered at the Palace Of Fine Arts and featured the legendary trumpeter Don Cherry as guest soloist. Cherry was so impressed with the band that he took up residence in San Francisco and adopted Apfelbaum and fellow Hieroglyphs Bo Freeman (bass) and Josh Jones (drums) as his Multikulti group, touring extensively in North America, Europe and Japan over the next several years. Cherry also continued to appear frequently as a guest with the Hieroglyphics, and featured the band (as well as two Apfelbaum compositions) on his album Multikulti (A&M, 1989).
The Grateful Dead championed the band, inviting them to open several of their shows during this period, and Apfelbaum received the Dead's annual Rex Foundation Award for Creative Excellence in 1991. The band secured a record deal with Antilles/Island and released Signs Of Life in 1990 (which received a Grammy nomination for the composition "Candles and Stones") and Jodoji Brightness in 1992. The band travelled to Germany, appearing at the Leverkusen and Berlin festivals, and won the 1992 Down Beat Critics Poll award for Big Band, Talent Deserving Wider Recognition.
Apfelbaum put the 17-piece group on hold during the mid-90's, forming a sextet comprising Hieroglyphics musicians and acoustic bassist John Shifflett. The group recorded Luminous Charms (Gramavision/Ryko) in 1996 and became Apfelbaum's working unit for the next few years. He also toured with Jai Uttal's Pagan Love Orchestra and Ann Dyer's No Good Time Fairies during this period.
In 1998 Apfelbaum moved to Brooklyn, NY, where he soon formed a New York version of his Sextet, featuring Josh Roseman (trombone), Charles Burnham (violin), David Phelps (guitar), Patrice Blanchard (bass) and Dafnis Prieto (drums).
He also began touring as a duo with electronics pioneer/inventor Don Buchla, appearing at festivals in Italy, France, Iceland and Mexico in 1998-99. In the Summer of 1999 Apfelbaum returned to the Bay Area to reconvene the Hieroglyphics to perform "Yihat", a piece written for the group by Muhal Richard Abrams, at Stanford University.
Apfelbaum toured Europe with several NY-based groups over the next few years: Joe Bowie's Defunkt Big Band (1999), Steven Bernstein's Millennial Territory Orchestra (2000), Kamikaze Ground Crew (2000), and the Groove Collective (2001). In the Spring of 2002 he joined Phish frontman Trey Anastasio's band, with whom he would play four sold-out U.S. tours, appearing on the David Letterman Show and the Tonight Show, among others. Apfelbaum also began appearing with Brazilian percussionist Cyro Baptista's Beat The Donkey (with whom he travelled to Morocco in 2004) and was hired by the legendary singer/activist Harry Belafonte to arrange and compose music for his 2003 European tour.
Peck Allmond (trumpet, reeds), Tony Jones (tenor sax), Jessica Jones (alto and tenor sax) and Norbert Stachel (baritone and bass sax, flute). The band played two sold-out nights at NYC's Jazz Gallery, and other local gigs followed. Apfelbaum had recommitted himself to the idea of having a large group of like-minded musicians to write for and perform with, and in the Fall of 2004 the band went into the studio to record a new CD of Apfelbaum compositions. The resulting CD, It Is Written, was released on ACT Music in August 2005. The band toured Europe in the Spring of 2006 and performed at the 2006 Monterey Jazz Festival and High Sierra Music Festival, as well as at Freight & Salvage and other prominent West Coast venues.
2012 saw the birth of SPARKLER, the fulfillment of Apfelbaum's desire to create a band that would focus on heavy dance grooves and more song-oriented material. Featuring his goddaughter, Natalie Cressman (trombone/vocals) and longtime colleague Will Bernard (guitar), the 5-piece band played shows in NYC and California - making their festival debut at High Sierra - in 2013 before heading into the studio to record tracks for an upcoming album. To read more about SPARKLER, click here.
In addition to the New York Hieroglyphics and SPARKLER, Apfelbaum continues to perform regularly with the Dafnis Prieto Si o Si Quartet and Sextet, Steven Bernstein/Henry Butler and the Hot 9, Omar Sosa Afri-lectric Quartet and Sextet. He also often performs solo or in duet with percussionist Josh Jones. His music has been performed by the Kronos Quartet, the National Swedish Radio Orchestra of Stockholm, the Bay Area Jazz Composers Orchestra, Harry Belafonte, Kamikaze Ground Crew and the Trey Anastasio Band. Apfelbaum compositions that have been recorded by other artists include "Pillars" (Dave Ellis - In The Long Run, Monarch, 1998), "When I Close My Eyes" AKA "Theater Piece" (Ann Dyer - When I Close My Eyes, Sunnyside, 2003) and "Peter's Tune" (Peck Allmond - Kalimba Collage, SoniCulture, 2004). The Berkeley High Jazz Ensemble commissioned Apfelbaum to write a new piece for the award-winning band, which was premiered in March 2006 at Yoshi's with Apfelbaum conducting. Apfelbaum has also worked with Cecil Taylor, Nana Vasconcelos, Charlie Hunter, Joseph Jarman, Bill Laswell, Steve Kimock, the Chicago Children's Choir, the Jazz Mandolin Project, Levon Helm and the late Jim Pepper.
"I feel that one thing I have in common with others in my generation, like Steven Bernstein's Sex Mob, Graham Haynes, Josh Roseman, Charlie Hunter, Will Bernard, and Medeski, Martin and Wood is that we see the dance music of our time (or "groove" music, as MMW calls it) as having potential for creative development." He also aligns himself with the "restructuralists" (Braxton's word), like Braxton himself, Henry Threadgill, Roscoe Mitchell, Steve Coleman, Dave Douglas, Karl Berger, Ed Wilkerson, Tim Berne, Doug Wieselman, Carla Bley, Warren Smith, Julius Hemphill, Leo Smith, Arvo Paart, Sam Rivers, Ron Miles, Oliver Lake, Gina Leishman, Pierre Dorge, Bob Moses, John Zorn, Anthony Davis and others who, in the aftermath of the explosion of musical structure in the sixties, are putting the pieces back together in different ways."
"At no point in the process of composing have I made a conscious decision to incorporate African elements or, for that matter, any other cultural or stylistic elements. I just write and build and adjust the shape of it all. My vocabulary reflects the fact that I started life as a drummer and was trained as a sub-teenager in jazz theory, blues, gospel music. As a teenager I was inundated with jazz, African and Latin music, was involved in group improvisation on a regular basis, listened to a lot of 20th century classical music, worked in R&B, reggae, blues, Latin, African, Jazz, Funk, Middle Eastern and Indian bands, and for as long as I can remember, have been fascinated by how sounds fit together."
At the threshold of the new millennium, Signs of Life appeared as one of the finest recordings since the jazz-rock revolution at the end of the 1960s by showing the potential of jazz to reinvent itself in a cogent, unified and original way. His [Apfelbaum's] music sounded like a peek into a multicultural world beyond our own that somehow made so much jazz of the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s sound dated. Perhaps more important, it revealed not only a compelling vision of jazz in the present, but with the onset of the millennium, what jazz might yet become.
—end of the final paragraph of the final page of The Essential Jazz Records, Vol. 2: Modernism to Postmodernism (p. 796). Mansell Publishing, London & New York, 2000.
Chamber Music America New Works and Presentation Award - "Aural Histories"
Jazz Composers Alliance Julius Hemphill Composition Award - "Shotgun Bouquet"
Donaueschingen Music Festival, Germany - "Shotgun Bouquet"
Winner - Down Beat magazine Critics' Poll - Big Band Deserving Wider Recognition (Peter Apfelbaum & the Hieroglyphics Ensemble)
Grammy nomination - "Candles and Stones"
Rex Foundation Ralph J. Gleason Award for Creative Excellence
Kronos Quartet - "Lanterns and Cathedrals"
Bay Area Jazz Composers Orchestra - "Jodoji Brightness"
2013, 2014
Creative Music Studio, Woodstock, NY
Vusi Mahlasela Foundation, Pretoria, South Africa
Brandon University, Manitoba, Canada
University of Iowa
University of Northern Iowa
Ecole de Musique, Fort-de-France, Martinique
2010, 2011
Steinmuhle, Marburg, Germany
2003, 2010
School for Improvised Music, NYC
1992, 1996, 2004, 2009
Dartmouth College
Nijmegen Jazz Meeting, Netherlands
2006, 2007
New York University
Long Island University (Adjunct Professor)
Stanford University
Rhythm Foundation, University of Miami


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Unity Books Wellington and Atuanui Press warmly welcome you to a lunchtime event with Roger Horrocks author of Re-Inventing New Zealand: Essays on the arts and the media.
Come and hear author Roger Horrocks discuss the invention and re-invention of New Zealand culture, and the role played by literature, painting, music, film, and television. Book signings available.
With its unusual breadth and depth, this book is the harvest of a lifetime of thinking about the arts and media in New Zealand by someone with 'a knowledge' (says Murray Edmond) 'that combines industry practice with academic insight in a way that is unrivaled in New Zealand.'
The book reflects on the huge changes to our culture produced by the hippie upheaval of the 1960s, new forms of feminism, the Māori renaissance, radical styles of philosophy, economic extremism, and the digital age. Such changes have transformed our literature, visual arts, music, film, and television, and re-invented our sense of place. The book offers insights into each of those arts and each of those themes.
A personal memoir by the author sets the scene for this richly varied selection of 21 essays, from 1983 to 2016.
"These essays are seminal contributions, central to the major intellectual and cultural changes that define the New Zealand we live in today." – Wystan Curnow.
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Pregnancy can bring a lot of joy, but also many discomforts. Talking about it with others who are pregnant can often be a big relief. On I-am-pregnant, we strive to make this as easy and as much fun as possible.
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I'm married and got pregnant, but it's not my husbands. We split up over a year ago and I started seeing someone else after discovering that he had a girlfriend. Well I found out that I'm pregnant and right when I found out I could let myself be happy, I couldn't accept it because the guy I was dating was separated from him the wife. Too many people would be hurt by this and I'm not the type of person who takes someone's feelings lightly. So I scheduled an abortion for the following week and when I pulled up to plan parenthood there were protestors outside with signs yelling. I sat in the parking lot thinking about going in and I couldn't do it. I have a 4-year-old son, so what makes this baby any less mine? What makes it not as special? Or makes it undeserving of love? It didn't ask for this. It didn't ask for us as parent's, all it needs is love. I pulled out of the parking lot confident that I had made the right choice. I told the father that I was keeping it and he was so happy, he supported me in whatever I decided no matter what. I told my husband and he was upset but understood that the same thing could have happened to him. Now that a few weeks have gone by he is a complete jerk about it. He said I should get an abortion and he could get me pregnant and that girls who get pregnant by more than one man are ridiculous and they should be embarrassed. When I first found out I was pregnant I tried not to have any emotions about it because I wasn't planning on keeping it. Now that I am, I'm trying so hard to fight through all of this negativity and be happy but when you have people tearing you down at every turn it gets overwhelming fast. I'm not ashamed of getting pregnant, I love my son and I'm happy to be giving him a sibling. I feel brave for fighting for this little person and making this decision to have it. I don't have any regrets about that.
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Our mission is to create, perform, teach and promote dance as an essential and inspiring element of our community.
Nashville Ballet's history of consistent growth and steady expansion is a credit to the dedicated artists and philanthropists who worked have tirelessly to bring the art of ballet to Nashville. Those visionaries worked diligently to bring this classical art form to a city that was already well on its way to becoming a cultural hub.
Nashville Ballet officially became a professional company in 1986, but its beginnings started a decade prior:
1974: A small group of committed dancers opens Dancers Studio in the Green Hills area. Dancers Studio offers ballet and other dance classes to the public, including many Opryland USA theme park performers.
1981-1985: Six teenagers from the Dancers Studio create The Young Dancers' Concert Group, a performance group lead by Jane Fabian, a native Nashvillian who taught at Dancers Studio. The group rehearses in donated space downtown and first performs in 1981 at TPAC's Polk Theater. After several successful productions, the Young Dancers' Concert Group evolves into Nashville City Ballet, a regional performance group.
1986: Nashville City Ballet transitions to a professional performance company and hires its first artistic director, Dane LaFontsee.
1987: Nashville City Ballet officially changes its name to Nashville Ballet.
1989: Nashville Ballet hosts its first Ballet Ball fundraiser, originally known as Masked Ball, co-chaired by Clare Armistead and Elizabeth Nichols. Paul Vasterling is hired as a company member.
1991: Clay Jackson, Welling LaGrone and Donnie Nichols co-chair Ballet Ball and it becomes an annual fundraiser. Nashville Ballet grows out of its space downtown and moves to a building on Sidco Drive to provide larger rehearsal studios and expand the offerings of School of Nashville Ballet. Nashville Ballet has 17 company members and begins an Outreach & Community Engagement program to bring the art of ballet into the community.
1992: Friends of Nashville Ballet is founded as the volunteer auxiliary of Nashville Ballet, planning dancer dinners, hosting special guests and planning fundraising events for Nashville Ballet.
1998: Nashville Ballet names Paul Vasterling artistic director, after serving as Ballet Master and various other positions within the company.
1999: Nashville Ballet makes its international debut, performing in Basel, Switzerland.
2000: Nashville Ballet purchases the building at 3630 Redmon Street, in the Sylvan Heights neighborhood, where it remains. The building, a former indoor tennis facility, is renovated to meet the needs of the company and School. Thanks to generous donors, Nashville Ballet becomes the first performing arts group in the city to own its own building.
2005: Nashville Ballet embarks on its second international tour, performing in Argentina after Paul Vasterling is granted a prestigious Fulbright Scholarship.
2008: The Nutcracker is reinvented as Nashville's Nutcracker. Set at Tennessee's Centennial Exposition in 1898, it features new sets, costumes, Vasterling's original choreography and on-stage magic tricks.
Today: Nashville Ballet is the largest professional ballet company in Tennessee.
Nashville Ballet presents a varied repertoire of classical ballet and contemporary works by noted choreographers, including original works by Artistic Director Paul Vasterling. Nashville Ballet, along with Nashville Ballet's second company (NB2), serves nearly 60,000 adults and children annually through performances and outreach and community engagement programming. Curriculum-based outreach programs bring dance education to community centers, colleges, public libraries and public elementary, middle and high schools across the state. School of Nashville Ballet provides world-class instruction in ballet and other forms of dance for dancers of all ages.


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On a #DayWithoutAWoman, March 8th, we will gather in New York City for a show of solidarity and revolutionary love. Meet us at 12pm at the intersection of 5th Ave & 59th St.
On International Women's Day, women and their allies will act together for equity, justice and the human rights of women, through a one-day strike demonstration of economic solidarity. In the same spirit of love and liberation that inspired the Women's March, we join together in making March 8th A DAY WITHOUT A WOMAN.
Anyone, anywhere, can participate on March 8th in one or all of the following ways:
1. Wear RED in solidarity with women
2. Women, do not engage in paid and unpaid labor
3. Avoid spending money (with exceptions for small, women- and minority-owned businesses that support gender, racial, and economic equity/Day Without A Woman)
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United States
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