What Is This Black Slime Spreading All Over Washington D.C.?
Can you seen the black gunk on the dome of the Jefferson Memorial? National Park Service
By Robin Andrews
There's a weird black slime coating some of the most famous monuments in Washington D.C., and it's spreading all over the capital. Is it some sort of extremely slow alien invasion? No, of course not – this dark-hued material, which adorns the statute of Abraham Lincoln, the Jefferson Memorial, and gravestones at Arlington Cemetery, is actually collections of microbial life.
As reported by the National Park Service, this black slime – which is actually more of a grimy powder – is something called a "biofilm", a group of microorganisms which are encased in a gunk that has particularly adhesive properties. Biofilms form due to a number of reasons, including for sharing nutrition, for boosting their collective defensive abilities, or just because they have all found a good spot to rest on.
Biofilms are ubiquitous in the most literal sense. They are found in almost every type of natural of non-natural environment, from forests and glaciers to the hulls of boats and inside your fish tanks. Some of the oldest evidence for life on Earth was found in the form of 3.5-billion-year-old biofilm layers intermixed with marine sediments. These curious structures, which are named stromatolites, still exist today.
So why on Earth are biofilms appearing on some of the most famous Washington D.C. monuments? Well, as it so happens, these biofilms can be found on monuments all across the world, from Angkor Wat in Cambodia to ancient Egyptian superstructures.
As with the Jefferson Memorial, these pieces of architecture have become eroded over time through acidic rain, which has created little pits all across their outer surfaces. These pits provide microorganisms with the perfect opportunity to settle in and replicate, enjoying the nutrients trapped in these pits for long periods of time.
Although biofilm became visible to the naked eye in 2006, it's become increasingly pronounced in the last few years, and a group of interdisciplinary researchers are currently trying to work out how to deal with it.
"Treatment of biofilm is difficult, as there is no known permanent method for removing it, and we have to ensure that any treatment must not do further damage to the soft marble of the memorial nor encourage further growth," Catherine Dewey, chief of resource management for National Mall and Memorial Parks, said in a statement.
A few methods are currently being trialed on small patches at the base of the Jefferson Memorial, and the researchers will keep an eye on their progress in the next week or so.
Far from being a "mysterious slime", then, these biofilms are related to the most primitive organisms on Earth. Clearly, it doesn't matter if humans get in the way – they will always find places to colonize.
Life, as always, finds a way.
You're looking a little grimy there, Abe. Tanarch/Shutterstock


Sydney Jones Library
Quintessence : basic readings from the philosophy of W.V. Quine, edited by Roger F. Gibson, Jr
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"Quintessence for the first time collects Quine's classic essays (such as "Two Dogmas" and "On What There Is") in one volume - and thus offers readers a much-needed introduction to his general philosophy. Divided into five parts, the twenty-five selections take up analyticity and reductionism; the indeterminacy of translation of theoretical sentences and the inscrutability of reference; ontology; naturalized epistemology; philosophy of mind; and extensionalism. Representative of Quine at his best, these readings are fundamental not only to an appreciation of the philosopher and his work, but also to an understanding of the philosophical tradition that he so materially advanced."--BOOK JACKET
Cambridge, Mass. | London, Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2004
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Analyticity and reductionism
Truth by convention.
Two dogmas of empiricism.
Two dogmas in retrospect.
Carnap and logical truth.
Indeterminacy and inscrutability
Speaking of objects.
Reference.
Translation and meaning.
Progress on two fronts.
On what there is.
scope and language of science.
On simple theories of a complex world.
Ontic decision.
Things and their place in theories.
On Carnap's views on ontology.
Epistemology and philosophy of mind
Epistemology naturalized.
Naturalism, or, living within one's means.
nature of natural knowledge.
Five milestones of empiricism.
One mental entities.
Mind and verbal dispositions.
Extensionalism
Confessions of a confirmed extensionalist.
Quantifiers and propositional attitudes.
Intensions revisited.
Reference and modality.
Three grades of modal involvement.
Index.
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12 Hotels in Pondicherry Near the Beach for All Budgets
India Puducherry
Where to Stay in Pondicherry
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Groovy Pondicherry, a union territory on the coast of Tamil Nadu in south India, is an enticing place to splurge on a hotel. If you have some cash to splash, you can stay at a beautiful beachfront resort just outside of town. Alternatively, there are plenty of atmospheric small hotels and guesthouses along the Pondicherry Promenade (bordering Rock Beach), and in the historic French Quarter next to the Promenade. These popular hotels in Pondicherry are near the beach and cater to all budgets.
Note: If you're traveling with family or friends, check out Serenity Beach and Auroville Beach north of town for seaside cottages and villas with multiple bedrooms (many are listed on Airbnb).
Rejuvenating: The Windflower Resort and Spa
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Survey No.198/1,198/2, Manavely Revenue Village, Maraimalai Adigal Street, Chinnaveeram Pattinam, Ariyankuppam Post, Puducherry, 605007, India
If you're don't mind staying out of town, the luxury Windflower is located around 20 minutes drive south of Pondicherry, between the tranquil backwaters and ocean at Little Veerampattinam village. It's perfect for those who are looking for a peaceful beach getaway. The resort has 51 rooms and villas. There's a swimming pool, and spa that offers fabulous rejuvenating massages and body treatments.
Rates: From around 7,500 rupees per night.
Family-Friendly: Le Pondy
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No.3, Lake View Road, Nallvadu, Post, Pudukuppam, Puducherry 605007, India
A little farther south of The Windflower, Le Pondy is a modern resort with the backwaters on one side and private beach access. The property is spread over 14 acres and has 70 rooms including eight presidential pool villas, eight luxury pool villas, 12 sea view rooms and 42 lake view rooms. Facilities include restaurant and bar, wellness center and spa, swimming pool, health club, library, games rooms, and kids' play area. This makes it an appealing resort for families.
Rates: About 6,500 rupees per night upwards.
Eco-Friendly: The Dune Eco Village and Spa
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70, East Coast Road,, Pudhukuppam,Keelputhupet,, Via Puduchery university,, Puduchery, Tamil Nadu 605014, India
The rustic Dune Eco Beach Hotel is one of India's top eco-friendly hotels and an inspiring hotel for artists. Set on a sprawling 35 acres of land fronting the beach about 30 minutes north of Pondicherry, it offers lots of privacy. The concept is unique: 55 cottages, all with a different designs from various artists and architects around the world. Many have been decorated by the artists in residence. Free bicycles are provided to ride around the property. There's a swimming pool and organic garden. It's pet friendly as well.
Luxury Ocean Views: The Promenade
The Promenade
23, Goubert Ave, White Town, Puducherry, 605001, India
The Promenade is a luxury boutique hotel that's situated, as you'd expect from its name, right on Pondicherry Promenade opposite the statue of Gandhi. It's decorated in modern French style and has a fabulous rooftop restaurant with sea views over the Bay of Bengal. Plus, a happening new architecturally designed lounge bar called The Storyteller's Bar that holds live music performances. Excellent service, courteous staff, delicious food, and a swimming pool also make this place a winner.
Rates: Expect to pay around 6,000 rupees per night upwards.
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Budget Ocean Views: Lotus Bay View
Lotus Bay View
No. 01-B, Bazaar Saint Laurent St, White Town, Puducherry, 605001, India
Lotus Bay View is a popular budget option directly across from the beach. It has 15 reasonably priced rooms spread across four floors, some with private balconies and sea views, but no restaurant (room service is available though). An appealing thing about this hotel is that it has large suite rooms for families.
Rates: It's often possible to get a sea-facing room with balcony for under 3,000 rupees per night. The standard rooms are priced at around 1,200 rupees per night upwards.
Heritage Ocean Views: Villa Bayoud
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5, St Martin St, White Town, Rue, Puducherry 605001, India
It's all about location at this characterful heritage villa. It has an enviable position on Rue Saint Martin adjoining Pondicherry Promenade, not far from Sri Aurobindo Ashram, with some airy sea-facing rooms and a lovely garden courtyard. Unfortunately, it's not in the best condition though. The furniture is quite old and amenities are lacking. There's no restaurant on the premises but there are many excellent ones near the hotel, including 24-hour Le Cafe on the beach.
Rates: From around 3,000 rupees per night. It's worth paying extra for a sea facing room.
Small and Intimate: Cours CHABROL
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An intimate and relatively new hotel with 11 rooms, Cours CHABROL is enviably located right on Pondicherry Promenade with the French Quarter just behind it. The property is small but clean and comfortable, with helpful and efficient staff. The main drawback is that it doesn't have a restaurant, although room service is available. However, the views make up for it!
Rate: Expect to pay 5,000 rupees per night for a deluxe sea facing room, including breakfast. Other rooms are cheaper.
Heritage Luxury: Palais de Mahe
Palais de Mah
4, Bussy St, White Town, Puducherry, 605001, India
Palais de Mahe is a gorgeous CGH Earth property on Rue de Bussy in the French Quarter. It's undoubtedly the best hotel in the area and guests say it's impossible to find fault with it. The hospitality is superb, as is the renovation, which reflects the heritage grandeur of the property. There are high ceilings, deep verandahs, colonial-style furniture, and brightly painted pillars. The courtyard features a plunge pool and there's an Ayurvedic massage center as well. The restaurant is very popular.
Rates: From about 12,000 rupees per night.
Contemporary and Chic: Villa Shanti
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14 rue, Suffren St, White Town, Puducherry, 605001, India
The tastefully renovated Villa Shanti has a deceptively demure facade. Located on Rue Suffren in the French Quarter, three streets from Pondicherry Promenade, inside it is contemporary and chic. This boutique hotel has 11 rooms and four suites (one with its own private garden), all built around an inner courtyard with plenty of natural light, and arguably the best restaurant in Pondicherry.
Rates: Around 5,000 rupees per night upwards.
Best Value Budget Stay: L'Escale
31, Dumas St, White Town, Puducherry, 605001, India
L'Escale has to be the best value budget stay in the French Quarter. Located on Rue Dumas, just around the corner from Pondicherry Promenade, this boutique guesthouse is newly renovated and attractively decorated in French provincial style. The terrace has a view of the ocean and breakfast is served there in the mornings. All rooms are air conditioned and have very comfortable beds. They don't have TVs though, and there's no restaurant or room service. However, there are plenty of places to eat in the vicinity.
Rates: Starting from 1,800 rupees a night. It's worth paying a bit extra for an upper floor room though, to avoid people walking past your window. You'll get a balcony too.
Peaceful Boutique Bed and Breakfast: La Closerie
La Closerie
32, Rue Dumas St, White Town, Puducherry, 605001, India
If you'd like to go a step up from budget guesthouses, you can stay a street away from the Promenade at La Closerie on Rue Dumas. The owner has gone to a great extent with the stunning renovation and redesign of this old colonial mansion, hidden behind a bougainvillea tree. It's been turned into a boutique bed and breakfast with eight modern rooms (some have a mezzanine level with an extra bed), quality furnishings, interesting ornaments and art, and plunge pool with Jacuzzi. value for money. Do note that this place isn't suitable for large families or young children.
Rates: From 3,000-4,500 rupees per night, which is excellent
Popular Guesthouse: Les Hibiscus
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49, Suffren St, White Town, Puducherry, 605001, India
Les Hibiscus is perhaps the most popular guesthouse in the French Quarter. It's conveniently located on Rue Suffren, close to the Promenade. The owner is very kind and attentive, rooms are spacious and clean (and yes, they have TVs), and the decor is a blend of old world colonial charm and Indian. A tasty European breakfast is served, but you'll need to eat lunch and dinner elsewhere as there's no restaurant or room service.
Rates: The guesthouse has four double rooms, each priced at 2,800 rupees per night plus tax, and a cheaper small single room on the rooftop.
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Bionic hand which lets amputees 'feel' again to be transplanted
A BIONIC hand which allows the recipient to feel lifelike sensations is to be transplanted on to a patient's arm for the first time.
Nick McDermott
Daily MailFebruary 19, 201312:59pm
A Swedish company has announced it will transplant a bionic hand "wired into the nervous system" to restore a sense of touch. Picture: cole Polytechnique Fdrale de Lausanne (EPFL)Source:Supplied
Until now, artificial limbs have been able to pick up brain signals destined for the absent hand and translate them into movements, but they could not give sensory feedback.
The new hand, which is attached directly to the nervous system via electrodes clipped on to two of the arms main nerves, aims to restore a sense of touch in amputees.
The electrodes will allow the recipient to control the hand using just their thoughts and will also send signals back to the brain.
Scientists hope the breakthrough will pave the way for a new generation of artificial limbs that more closely imitate real body parts by providing feeling and increased dexterity.
Studies have shown that up to half of hand amputees do not use their artificial limb because they are not comfortable with how it appears or functions.
Dr Silvestro Micera, of the Swiss-based Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, who helped develop the limbs interface, said: This is real hope for amputees. It will be the first prosthetic that will provide real-time sensory feedback for grasping.
It is clear that the more sensory feeling an amputee has, the more likely they will get full acceptance of that limb. We hope that one day it will be embedded in the arm and the user will just forget it is there.
In 2009 an earlier, fixed model of the hand was temporarily attached to a patients nervous system via electrodes. He was able to wiggle the fingers of the robotic hand, make a fist and hold objects, and said he could feel needles being jabbed into the palm.
The new model, which will be fully attached to the arm, can deliver sensory feedback from all the fingertips, as well as the thumb, palm and wrist. The team plans to transplant it into an anonymous patient later this year.
Dr Micera, who was attending the American Association for the Advancement of Sciences conference in Boston, said: The idea would be that it could deliver two or more sensations at one time.
You could have a pinch and receive information from three fingers, or feel movement in the hand and wrist.
We have refined the interface, so we hope to see much more detailed movement and control of the hand. It is intended to be as lifelike as possible.


Using Dupuys 'Numbers and predictions in war'
Posted by Robert Mårtensson on March 13, 2008 at 8:35am in Going Pro - Operations Analysis and Consim Gaming
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Many years ago a friend of me, Niklas Zetterling, developed a general division scale ww2 battle system inspired by Dupuys 'Numbers and predictions in war'. Up to this day this battle system is the most realistic that I have encountered (though I regrettably don't play that much serious consim games).
In short each unit has a number of steps (usually six for a standard inf div) two attack and two defense strengths, maneuver and prepared, an operation point value, an AT-rating and a type. The turn was I go/You go with combat as part of movement (both movement and combat cost op, and displaced enemy units leaves an op marker behind that will have zoc up to that point.
Turns were 1/2 weeks and hexes 16 km.
It was a very clean system with quite few special effects and such, while combat resolution was rather complex - we usually used computer support!.
Anyway, the bottom line was that it worked surprisingly well on any tested situation, without a lot of tweaking. I was especially impressed over how it worked on the eastern front, where the scale of operations, rate of advance and even type of mistakes made, corresponded well with the historical data. It also scaled nice as long as we didn't venture to far into the tactical realm.
It was however slightly cumbersome to play Barbarossa on division/brig level with half week turns and 16km hexes....
What was used from Dupuy was mainly the method of getting a base strength of a unit by adding a calculated kill-value (well, two - mobile and static) for each single weapon in the unit, and adjusting with his national efficiency factors, adjusted for different branches (like SS and Luftwaffe field div....)
Permalink Reply by Robert Mårtensson on March 13, 2008 at 10:36am
Well, mainly two ways. When a unit was upgraded it reflected in the combat factors - sometimes not so much though, as bigger tanks and guns usually also meant fewer of them. But then there was an armor-class or AT-level or whatever (I don't remember what we called it), that was an abstraction of the gun vs. armor race. We only considered three cases - you are superior, same level or inferior - and the combat strength of participating armor units (and to a lesser degree semi armor units) were modified by a percentage accordingly (one reason why we needed a computer).
To simplify things, the usual modifications were already considered in the combat strength, so a German panzer division had their printed strength from the assumption that they were superior, and thus got quite a lot weaker when there were a T34 battalion among the defender. A standard soviet AT-unit would on the other hand not make any difference other than by its combat strength.
Efficiency was calculated into the armor class, so German armor units did have a class higher than the gun/armor strength would indicate, while esp. early soviet armor, and Italian of course, had a very low armor class.
Another factor was that modifications wasn't that dramatic. More around +/-25% than halving or doubling factors.
But as I hinted, the system didn't have all those special rules for different types of units (which was a bit boring from a gamers perspective). It was mainly the effect from combat strength variation in mobile or planned combat, movement cost (leg/mot/mech) and the OP (operation points) of the unit, that gave the profile of a unit. Thus, with its high combat strength in mobile combat (which was less costly in OP and losses), quick movement with mechanized movement rate, and more OP than an ordinary unit, a full strength panzer division had not only the punch to defeat an enemy unit, but the swiftness to do it more than once during a turn, which was very valuable!
The units in War in the East is very irritating indeed. The german panzers (and other countries to perhaps) is far to powerless. If I could make a quick fix to that game I would try making the German panzer div 15-8, PG 10-8 and SS 20-8, and then I would make soviet inf 2-4 and corps 6-4
There were of course quite a lot of simplifications in the armor class system. Highest class counts and it did not look at numbers, so one high class tank or AT battalion in a multi division battle was enough to get superiority.
Permalink Reply by Robert Mårtensson on March 14, 2008 at 6:00am
I would also do away with those pesky AT-brigades. I can't really see any justifications for them, other than to balance the game. The point would be to establish the panzers as the one offensive arm in the German army. So I would like them stronger and the German infantry relatively weaker on the eastern front. In France 1940 I just need the Panzers stronger, so you don't need such a lot of special rules to allow for a German break through. Might be that I would need to add a few more strength points...
Permalink Reply by Eric Walters on March 13, 2008 at 7:12pm
QJM is fine when looking over one's shoulder at past battles--it's easy enough to tweak the variables and algorithm to get the results you need. Problem is that QJM is far less useful as a forecasting device...oh dear....so for you designers looking to use it to help you with future combat, don't bother.
Anybody tried to replicate Stephen Biddle's analysis as outlined in his book, MILITARY POWER, for resolving tactical actions. That would interest me.....
QJM = Quarterly Journal of Medicine? No, must be Quantitative Judgment Method...
What I usually am looking for is a way to handle what ifs in a historical context, in a way that could give some indication about what really would have happened. My guess is that QJM must be the way to go, but the parameters you could tweak must be general enough to be valid in both the situations from where you get your data and to the situation where you will apply it. And that can be frustrating! There are always unknowns that are hard to quantify. Like for instance how to quantify Swedish troop quality in ww2, when they never were tested in combat.
Permalink Reply by Don Chappell on March 14, 2008 at 11:16pm
This has been a good discussion, and I hope it continues. I was sorely tempted to drop what I was doing at work in order to answer.
Dupuy's book is literally within arm's reach when I'm sitting at my computer at work. But to tell the truth, it's mostly in such an "honored" position because it makes great eye wash. My copy has a white book cover with bold red letters, so it jumps out.
As most of you know, "selling" the analysis is the final critical step to performing an analysis. So when somebody comes in to consult with me, there are a bunch of books RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE of their line of sight. I intended for them to say: "I know a lot about this shit and you don't." That's not necessarily very collaborative, nor PC of me. But then, at work, the analysis isn't for entertainment purposes. I literally deal with rocket scientists and like all very smart people, they are prone to erroneously think if they're smart in one topic, then they're smart in all.
Gee, this sounds like a rant that might better go on my personal blog. (blush)
I'll come back later to comment on Dupuy, QJM, and WEI/WUV. I very much loath the method for real analysis. I'm a lot less judgmental about using it in wargames! In fact, it makes sense in certain designs, IMO.
I think I can see a bit of what you are aiming at, partly at least (hmm, a part of a bit - that's not very much :-).
Dupuys work draws quite far reaching conclusions on rather thin data, so I guess it's kind of worthless in an academical context.
I can also see that you have to have a good knowledge on all the aspects of the involved forces, which should make it less valuable in forecasting the future.
And it would only work on a large scale, as it is a purely statistical method. All individual variation in competence etc, all freak events and other upredictables would have to be drowned in sheer numbers.
I guess there are situations better suited for this kind of analysis and situations where it is less applicable. As I said it worked like a dream on the eastern front battles we tried it on, and worked well on France as well (both 1940 and 1944), while we couldn't make it work on the Norwegian campaig without a lot of special rules (well, we didn't even try).
So, in a situation where the ultimate intentions of both sides were known at the time, and there are no important hidden cards on one side (like ULTRA), and where the scale is big enough to make individual events less important, my experience is that those statistical methods works quite well. On the other hand there were a lot of if's there...
Permalink Reply by Mircea Pauca on March 26, 2008 at 4:25pm
I got Dupuy's book and somewhat-like the results. The "sausage machine" for his QJM numbers seems a bit suspect - too much emphasis on "firepower" and too little on survivability and weapon range. (If one can always stay out of range of the enemy and keep firing with some effectiveness, the relative value should be infinite ;-)).
But the philosophically worst part of his QJM is "Surprise" ! I ran Dupuy's numbers at the back of the book through my multiple regression, and found his factors not bad, but only explanining ~20% of actual variance of outcomes. This jumps to ~60% only when including Surprise, which is purely tautologic in definition. (If one won, one successfully "surprised" the enemy !).
Then, the almost only useful question is shifted to "How do we achieve Dupuy's Surprise", that is "How we win" ? so the analysis gained exactly nothing.
Permalink Reply by Mircea Pauca on July 28, 2010 at 11:36am
Mr. Wittman: Do you mean to debate my statement above, or the previous string of debate ?
I really would like to know if you consider Dupuy's fudge factor of Surprise as methodologically valid - that is, explaining something new before a battle comes, not only for historical 'retrodiction'.
Or else, you remain with the other known hard factors with relatively weak influence (results from Dupuy), and the degree of Surprise achievable gets a probability distribution, obviously depending on preparation and leadership skill etc.
Then one gets overall... just a CRT ? ;-)
The aggregating formula for each weapon's OLI seems too firepower-oriented and too little rewarding the other facets, especially the context-dependent ones.
From history, stronger/almost-invulnerable armor *against one epoch's adversaries* like the Matilda II, KV, Tiger and Abrams when they appeared give a disproportionate jump up in relative value, which also degrades relatively fast once countermeasures are found. And it seems offense can escalate faster/cheaper than defense as technology. So, the "proper" numbers may not even be properly multiplicative and transitive !
e.g. "numbers from my belly"
1 PzIV ~ 2 T34
1 Tiger ~ 8 T34
but it does NOT follow that 1 Tiger ~ 4 PzIV against any other kind of enemy...
Also I think the terrain and defensive postures too small in Dupuy - only 1.55x (if remembering well; don't have the book here) for prepared defense in rough terrain ?
Permalink Reply by David J. Conklin on November 20, 2011 at 11:28am
>Niklas Zetterling, developed a general division scale ww2 battle system
How can I find out more about this?


Is Chillspot Records milking Enzo?
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Enzo Ishall
Kundai Marunya Art Correspondent
Zimdancehall man-of-the-moment Enzo Ishall is reportedly still struggling financially as his music label Chillspot Records is taking most of his earnings. According to an inside source who works closely with the label, Enzo Ishall's earnings are split four ways.
"When he is booked for a show or gets any endorsements, Enzo Ishall's money is split between himself and Chillspot executives Fantan, Levels and DJ Ribbe.
"He (Enzo Ishall) feels like he owes the stable for his rise since they nurtured his career and invested in his music. The artiste can't leave because as you know Chillspot is vibrant in dancehall and he is afraid to lose that," said the source.
In international best practices record labels take between 10 and 20 percent from the profits after all expenses are paid. This usually happens because the label invests hundreds of thousands of dollars in one's career.
The invested money is used as advance payments to make sure artistes live comfortably not worried about how they pay rentals or any other expenses, only to worry about creating their work.
When Herald Arts tried to reach Enzo Ishall, calls were diverted to Levels' phone.
Levels said he works with artistes who are old enough to know what is beneficial to them.
"The artistes we work with are old enough to know when they are being fleeced. I don't think artistes can stick around where they are being used. They are old and mature enough to choose what's good for their careers," he said.
The famed Chillspot Records co-founder and producer said they invest a lot of money in their artistes.
"We have been working with Enzo Ishall since 2013, most people started to know him only since last year. All this time we have worked with him we invested money and time in building his career. We never calculate how much but we invested," said Levels.
Though the stable has been working with the "Kanjiva" hit maker for a long time, sources close to the artiste allege they only gave him free recording, while he walked from home to studio, sometimes getting food from friends.
"Sometimes Enzo Ishall would beg for a bit of money for food from friends and colleagues in the industry. After he moved to Mabvuku some time ago he could walk to Chillspot Records to record his music, then walk back to Waterfalls to another studio.
"He would then walk to Sunningdale where he spent nights on the streets. He is so passionate about his career that he kept on working till it finally paid off but still he is not getting rewarded for his sweat," said the source.
When asked how much they get per dollar Enzo Ishall makes, Levels said their contract was confidential.
"Our contract is confidential but all I can say is we are fair. We also don't tie an artiste to our stable, they are free to leave at any point, we don't own them," he said.
Enzo Ishall is a fast-rising dancehall artiste who has consistently dropped hits including "Kanjiva", "Smart Inotangira Kutsoka", "Magate" and "Muchiround" earning him a Star FM Music Award and a nomination for NAMA Best Male Artiste.
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Solar Impulse 2 nears Hawaii on historic flight
The Local - [email protected] • 3 Jul, 2015 Updated Fri 3 Jul 2015 12:23 CEST
After more than four and a half days of flying across the Pacific and setting a record for solo flight, Switzerland's Solar Impulse 2 airplane was set to arrive in Hawaii on Friday on its epic journey around the world.
By noon Swiss time the solar-powered plane was just 185 kilometres from Kalaeloa on the island of Oahu, where pilot André Borschberg appeared to be circling the aircraft to time a landing for maximum media exposure.
A flight radar website clearly showed the plane heading toward Honolulu before doubling back and forth.
The Solar Impulse website at noon Swiss time showed the plane had accomplished 97 percent of its trip after travelling almost 8,000 kilometres from Nagoya, Japan.
In Hawaii it was still the middle of the night.
Borscherg, a former Swiss Air Force pilot, is alone in the spindly aircraft, with four propellors powered by 17,000 solar cells in the wings with rechargeable lithium batteries.
The Solar Impulse team said he was battling fatigue in the 3.8-cubic metre unpressurized cockpit after napping only 20 minutes at a time.
The team tweeted earlier that Borschberg was dealing with a "difficult situation" with turbulence at 8'000 feet and "a cold front close".
But he appeared to have gained a second wind as he neared Hawaii, nearing completion of one of the most challenging legs on the round-the-world journey.
The pilot said he had relied on yoga to help hime get through the long flight in a confined space.
"Yoga is a huge support for this flight above the Pacific; it positively affects my mood and my mindset," he tweeted.
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An impossible kind of love
On the whole, a marriage is what we make of it, the sum of the love we give to it.
An impossible kind of love On the whole, a marriage is what we make of it, the sum of the love we give to it. Check out this story on timesrecordnews.com: http://wtrne.ws/2rVm2GH
Wichita Published 2:52 p.m. CT May 24, 2017
Sharon Randall is a Lifestyle columnist. (MCT)(Photo: Handout, MCT)
On the eve of our 12th anniversary, my husband and I attended a wedding for a couple, who like us, were people of a certain age getting a second chance at "happily ever after."
Their ceremony included a reading of I Corinthians 13, "The Love Chapter," a Bible passage my husband and I also chose for our wedding 12 years ago:
"Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things....So now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love."
Those words speak clearly of an impossible kind of love made possible by the grace of God.
I was married for 30 years before losing my first husband to cancer. When I remarried 12 years ago, I thought I knew a lot about marriage. But every marriage is like those who enter it: Unique. One of a kind.
On the whole, a marriage is what we make of it, the sum of the love we give to it, day by day, year by year, over time.
But how do we do that? What does that kind of love look like?
Years ago, I asked readers to send me marriage tips. And boy, did they. I put all of their tips I could fit, with some of my own, in a column. Readers often request copies of it to give to newlyweds. Advice is fun to give and it's cheaper than a toaster.
To celebrate our anniversary, I asked my husband to help me pick the best of those tips (plus some of our own) for: "How to Be and Stay Happily Married":
1. Put each other first. You're the best thing that's happened to each other. Act like it.
2. Keep no secrets. Let nothing and no one come between you.
3. Pick your fights with care. Harsh words can be forgiven, but they're hard to forget. Never raise your voice, unless you are lost or on fire.
4. Fall in love every day. Kiss in elevators. Hold hands in movies. Flirt with each other at parties. Dance more than you sit. Smile at each other across the room.
5. Never miss a chance to make a beautiful memory. Memories may not seem important now, but one day they'll be gold.
6. Count your blessings. Pray every day for each other's best.
7. Treat each other's families like your own, only better. On your beloved's birthday, tell your mother-in-law, "Thanks for giving me the love of my life."
8. Talk about important things, and not just about yourself. Ask questions. Pay close attention to what is said and not said.
9. If you're wrong, apologize; if you're right, shut up. Being right can be a very lonely place.
10. Never go to sleep mad. Talk until you get over it, or until you forget why you got mad.
11. Laugh a lot together. If you can laugh at yourself, it's easy.
12. Never criticize, interrupt or correct each other in public. Try not to do it in private, either.
13. Remember, we need love most when we're least lovable.
14. Never expect perfection or total control. Both are illusions.
15. When you don't like each other, remember you love each other, and act accordingly.
16. Tell the truth, but always and only with great kindness.
17. Kiss at least 10 seconds a day, all at once or spread out.
18. Be content with what you have materially, honest about where you are emotionally and always keep growing spiritually.
19. Share chores. Forget 50/50. Do all you can and then some, but don't keep track of who does what. If you keep score, you'll lose far more than you gain.
20. Be both friends and lovers; in a blackout, share a flashlight, then make your own sparks.
Finally, stay interested. It will make you more interesting. Lead your own life, but save your best for each other. In the end, you will know you were better together than you ever could have been apart.
Here's to "happily ever after."
Sharon Randall can be reached at P.O. Box 777394, Henderson NV 89077, or on her website: www.sharonrandall.com.
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Principals buckle up for second wave
by Brett Henebery 20 Jul 2020
When the first COVID-19 outbreak began disrupting education across Australia, there were calls for a lockdown of all schools across the nation.
Resisting this drastic measure, Prime Minister Scott Morrison handed down a decision stating that schools would remain open, but only for students deemed vulnerable or those whose parents worked in essential jobs.
As the new normal began taking shape, the Victorian Government reported that approximately 3% of students were attending school because they fell into one or more of the categories.
At Meadowglen Primary School, 15% of the student population was attending class daily, while about 25% had been provided with devices so that they could continue their learning from home.
The school's principal, Loretta Piazza, said all of this put a huge strain on her school's human and IT resources.
"The government had announced that any child needing a laptop would be provided with one. Unfortunately it didn't tell our parents that the school had to find the laptop," Piazza told The Educator.
"The government had also told parents that if they needed Internet access, they would be provided with dongles. Unfortunately it didn't tell our parents that there were none to be had in Australia".
Piazza said that while the children of essential workers could come to school, teachers could not be mandated to work onsite.
"This meant the majority opted to work from home, leaving the onsite supervision to a small rotating skeleton staff…but we got through it".
'We thought we had learned so much'
When stage 3 Lockdown 2.0 was announced during the school holidays, Piazza and her staff thought they knew exactly what to expect, based on their previous experience.
"We had learned so much, but as it turned out, nothing could be further from the truth," she said.
"The Minister announced that the school holidays would be extended by one week for students and schools would provide a 'holiday' program for students attending".
Piazza said the Minister's definition of a 'holiday' program was very different to that of her school.
"We later came to learn that it meant teachers at school would supervise students," she said.
"The attendance eligibility criteria also changed to include funded and non-funded students with a disability".
Piazza said Meadowglen Primary School has gone from having 80 students on site to 140 students eligible to attend daily.
"The only saving grace is that staff are required to work onsite, unless they personally fit specific age criteria and/or are immuno-compromised," she said.
"For Meadowglen, this means I can roster a larger team of teachers to supervise students onsite and they can work from home three or four days every week. This is a win-win for everyone at my school".
Teachers battling a 'silent pandemic'
What's not addressed, says Piazza, is the "silent pandemic" of teachers' mental health.
"This involves the anxiety around being in a classroom of up to 25 students and having to teach students who shouldn't be at school because they are displaying cold and flu symptoms," she said.
"They are asking questions such as: should I wear a mask? How can I be sure I won't get the virus? And when working remotely with students, wondering if their students are doing OK, why aren't they engaging and submitting work?"
Piazza said teachers want to know that their efforts are valued and that they are "not just babysitters", given so many people are able to work from home, protected and safely ensconced from potential ill health.
"Teachers want parents to support them in their work and to be less critical of their efforts," she said.
"Despite the unpredictability of the weeks ahead, schools and principals are very committed to doing the very best for their students".
'Remote learning is a very poor cousin to real life teaching'
Berwick Lodge Primary School principal, Henry Grossek, says that with the current bringing so much uncertainty, it is extraordinarily challenging for Victorian school leaders.
"On the one hand, lessons learnt from the four-week remote learning exercise we experienced in Term 2, have proven to be invaluable in planning for this term," Grossek told The Educator.
"For example, video conferences between teachers and children has as important a role to play as has the delivery of engaging and relevant educational activities. The importance of 'connectivity' cannot be underestimated".
On the other hand, says Grossek, remote learning as an approach is "a very poor cousin to real life teaching".
"The prospect of a prolonged period of remote learning is hardly inspiring. Similarly, the fact that the numbers of COVID-19 victims are at a critically high level, ensures that everyone's levels of anxiety and stress is heightened," he said.
"Here in Victorian government schools, conditions can vary enormously from school to school".
Grossek pointed to his own school as an example.
"We have over 100 students from a total of 640 undertaking remote learning on site," he said. Others may have as few as 10 on campus," he said.
"Similarly, under the DET guidelines, irrespective of how many students are learning at school, some schools will have all their staff on site, others will have a skeleton staff present".
Grossek said these differences are hard to ignore and have the potential for causing angst.
"Principals will need to draw on all areas of their leadership skills in these testing times to deliver a worthy curriculum, maximise everyone's safety and keep morale high".
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The most frequently used letters on my
keyboard have vanished, worn away from
consistent use over the past five and a
half years. Despite thorough cleaning,
some keys don't move at all. A new
replacement is tucked away on one of my
wish lists online, as if the anticipation of the order would spur me to hit order.
It hasn't yet.
So convinced my bestselling novels and the countless poems would all come together with nothing more than a pen and paper, I sidestepped typing classes in school. Somewhere in the dark recesses of my young teenage mind, the idea of typing class equaled secretarial jobs, and the very thought sent me spiraling.
Verbalizing that pigeonholed concept didn't set well with my late mother, who spent thirty years as a campus secretary for the local school district. She was still reeling over the fact I used up all the paint she purchased for a project, although that softened when my first painting sold at thirteen. I was pushing buttons all right, well ahead of typing and computers.
Gradually, I learned the classic art of hunt and peck, in efforts to add to my work resume. The real test came in late nineties when my son asked me to type his handwritten material to the computer for a major project. Thankfully, only the typed words appeared on the screen, without the constant embellishment of curse words as I struggled to create a cohesive document. Panic attacks ensued each time it appeared his computer was un-alive, due to my naïve approach at that time to the tech world.
Practice changed that, along with a split keyboard that allows my hands to sit naturally, and although I couldn't pass if someone gave me keyboard layout and asked me to fill in the letters, my hands know instinctively where words are. Ok, I can identify where the letter 'A' would be, because it's been gone the longest. Even the hand lettered marker faded away. Nonetheless, I am still not quite ready to buy a new one yet.
Raised by parents and grandparents who experienced the Great Depression, as well as WWII, the concept of mass consumerism eluded them, and in turn, affected my sibling and me. It's not to say we didn't have new things, it was more about being selective with the choices and reusing, and re-fabricating old into new. We're both passionate about that. My office space, formerly my son's room, boasts beautiful faux leather walls that fool the eye. Installed in the mid-nineties, it was a simple, and cost-effective way to give his room an update. A few rolls of brown kraft mailing paper, a lot of old paper bags and plenty of plain
Elmer's glue and water, along with a night or two of tearing and crumpling paper, produced walls that are beautiful and easy to maintain.
My mom and grandmother were expert seamstresses, and my sibling followed in their footsteps easily, producing garments rivaling name brands. They wasted no fabric, and scraps were used to make beautiful potholders, patches for worn clothes, and the rest for cleaning rags. Many of those potholders are still in use in my kitchen, as well as my sons. My dad and one grandfather were mechanics and welders, so there was a plethora of scrap metal and tools in the sheds, ready for them to craft everything from our backyard swings, slide and see-saw, to barbeque pits, clothes-line poles, and countless other creations we used, or sold.
One of my favorite gifts growing up was seeing my new bicycle sitting outside during the holidays. It wasn't new, simply reborn with a fresh coat of paint, new tires, a new seat, and often fancy handlebars. It took me through grade school and into high school with just a little tweaking by a talented mechanic. I can still hear my grandmother's laughter years later, when she asked what I wanted for a gift. It was always the same, her famous tea cake cookies and a bag of rags. And I received both every year. Occasionally, friends gift me with old sheets or other cloth items, that I cut and use in the studio, instead of tons of paper towels.
Basic soaps and vinegar were used instead of expensive name brands. My mom did buy toothpaste, but most of the time, we used baking soda. I have a small bar of homemade lye soap one grandmother made in the forties, one I will never use, but it is a testament of her way of making over buying. I have a jar of tallow from Papaw that he used on our boots to soften the leather, as well as on his rifles; and he told me of mixing different herbs and plant material with it, to use as a skin balm.
Recently I watched a short video highlighting the pantry, and the dressing room of a well-known celebrity. Honestly, it was shocking. The pantry was stocked like a small grocery store, with multiples of each item. It easily contained several thousands of dollars of canned goods and snacks of all types. The dressing room rivaled department stores with hundreds of garments, bags, and shoes. All for one person. I can't perceive how one individual could reasonably use that many things in a single year, or three. There are influencers on social media who do indeed, focus on helping others, but there are so many others who are lost in a maelstrom of glitz, glamour, and money.
Yes, perhaps my opinion borders on the bitchy side, but I can't help but think about the countless people who need food, warm clothing, and a safe place to be. During a recent binge watch of Longmire, the character, Henry Standing Bear, took it upon himself to quietly take on the requests left for the late Hector, who in his own way, did his best to protect those who were left without hope. While I do not advocate for vigilante action or violence, the idea of placing a message for hope in a mason jar, knowing there is someone out there who cares, is appealing.
Living in a simpler way is good for the soul, and it does connect us with our Ancestors. If you are blessed with extra, find a way to share it with others. Donate locally, or donate to Whisper n Thunder's WINDS Scholarship fund, or the EREZ fund to provide heat in impoverished rez homes. Think of it as a message of hope in Hector's mason jar. I think the Ancestors would like that.
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Who is the most Hall of Fame worthy Minnesota Viking?
There has to be more coming eventually, right?
By Christopher Gates Aug 2, 2018, 8:55pm CDT
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With the induction ceremony for the Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 2018 approximately 48 hours away. . .and with former Minnesota Vikings great Randy Moss being one of this year's leading attractions. . .it's time to ask who the next member of the purple to find themselves in Canton might be.
Now, the general consensus among Vikings fans (and yes, I get that there's some disagreement, but that's what "general consensus" allows for) is that defensive end Jim Marshall should have been in the Hall of Fame quite a while ago. While that's a good name to choose, Elliot Harrison of NFL.com has a slightly different take on it.
While putting together his list of the most Hall of Fame worthy player from each franchise that isn't already enshrined in Canton, Harrison went a slightly different direction for the Vikings, and he took a guy that many. . .not even a lot of Vikings fans. . .might immediately think of in linebacker Matt Blair.
I could go in many directions here, but I feel Blair is the right choice. He played 12 seasons in Minnesota, competing in two Super Bowls and six Pro Bowls along the way. Blair developed into one of the game's most versatile linebackers in the 1970s. Where No. 59 in purple and white really shined, however, was on special teams. Stat of the day: Blair has been credited with an unofficial 20 blocked kicks, third-most in NFL history. Goodnight. And to think, people got all lathered up about Kam Chancellor leaping over the line to block one kick.
Other Vikings worth mentioning: Ahmad Rashad, Jim Marshall, Ed White.
Now, in the interest of full disclosure, Blair's time with the Vikings doesn't overlap much with my time of being a Vikings fan. My first season of real fandom (or at least being able to understand and/or care about what was going on) was 1984, which was Blair's penultimate season with the Vikings. But from the stuff I've seen of him on videos and things of that nature, he was outstanding. And twenty blocked kicks? I'm not sure who the active leader in the NFL today is, but I'd be quite willing to bet you that whoever it is isn't anywhere near twenty.
As you can see from the quoted text above, Harrison also mentions Ahmad Rashad and Ed White. Again, I didn't see much of either of them when they were members of the Vikings, although I've seen the video of the "Miracle at the Met" more times than I think I can count. From what I've read about White, he was also an incredibly solid player in his time, but he spent almost as long with the San Diego Chargers as he did with the Vikings, and could probably almost be listed under their spot for most Hall of Fame worthy as well.
Any of the players that Harrison mentions from the Vikings in his article would have to get in through the Seniors Committee, much like Mick Tingelhoff (belatedly) did a couple of seasons ago.
Who do you think is the most worthy past member of the Vikings that isn't already in the Pro Football Hall of Fame?


Michael Owen predicts Liverpool vs Tottenham
Jurgen Klopp, Manager of Liverpool and Jose Mourinho, Manager of Tottenham
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Michael Owen expects Liverpool to snatch a narrow win in their Premier League fixture against Tottenham
Liverpool's home record is fantastic and the Reds are unbeaten in 65 games at Anfield
Michael Owen believes his former side Liverpool with pick up a win at home to high-flying Tottenham. The defending champions Liverpool are level on points with Spurs, who are ahead on goal difference. The winner of Sunday's game will go into the Christmas period at the top of the Premier League table.
"This should be a cracker! As much as I have been impressed with Spurs this season, they come up against a Liverpool side that are undefeated in their last 65 home matches in the Premier League, a quite incredible stat. This is Spurs' acid test. Undefeated in their last 11 games, Jose Mourinho's side will come into this game hopeful they can get a result," said Michael Owen.
"I'm expecting them to sit in and go through a bit of pain with the intention to hit on the counter-attack. Although I think that could work to a certain extent, I reckon Liverpool simply have too much quality going forward. Sadio Mane is playing wonderfully at the moment. He could be the main man in a narrow home win for Liverpool," he concluded.
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Michael Owen expects Liverpool to win against Totteham
Jose Mourinho's Tottenham have been the revelation of the Premier League season so far. Spurs have started the season strongly and have already beaten the likes of Manchester United, Manchester City, and Arsenal.
Harry Kane of Tottenham Hotspur
Mourinho has managed to find the perfect balance of defence and attack in the big games, using the double pivot of Pierre-Emile Højbjerg and Moussa Sissoko. Captain Harry Kane has changed his game to a false No.10, with Son Heung-min and Steven Bergwijn offering a goalscoring threat from attacking areas.
Jurgen Klopp dismisses criticism of Tottenham's brand of football: "I see a lot a similarities with us in the way they set it up. They play football. Kane drops deep, quick players in wide positions. A very good team." #LFC #THFC
— Kevin Palmer (@RealKevinPalmer) December 15, 2020
Liverpool are finally some stability in their current Premier League campaign. However, they have won just two of their last five fixtures. Nonetheless, the Reds have won 31 out of their last 32 games at Anfield, where they are unbeaten in 65 fixtures.
Liverpool have a long list of players on the treatment table, with the likes of Virgil van Dijk, Joe Gomez, Xherdan Shaqiri, James Milner, Thiago Alcantara, and Diogo Jota all unavailable with injuries. Centre-back Joel Matip is also a doubt for the game.
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Radiolocalisation of an anti-CEA monoclonal antibody (FO23C5) and its fragments in a colon carcinoma xenograft model.
G. Rowlinson, G. Paganelli, D. Snook, A. A. Epenetos
A new monoclonal antibody designated FO23C5 against a protein component of carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) has been developed. A xenograft system of human colon cancer was used to compare the intact monoclonal IgG with its fragments (Fab')2 and Fab) and with an established anti-CEA antibody (MAb35) and the antibody AUA1 raised against the colon carcinoma cell line. We demonstrate that FO23C5 compares well with the existing anti-CEA antibody and with AUA1, and that F(ab')2 fragments perform best in achieving optimal tumour to normal tissue ratios compared with intact IgG and Fab fragment.
International Journal of Biological Markers
Immunoglobulin Fab Fragments
Colonic Neoplasms
FO23C5 monoclonal antibody
Rowlinson, G., Paganelli, G., Snook, D., & Epenetos, A. A. (1988). Radiolocalisation of an anti-CEA monoclonal antibody (FO23C5) and its fragments in a colon carcinoma xenograft model. International Journal of Biological Markers, 3(4), 259-264.
Radiolocalisation of an anti-CEA monoclonal antibody (FO23C5) and its fragments in a colon carcinoma xenograft model. / Rowlinson, G.; Paganelli, G.; Snook, D.; Epenetos, A. A.
In: International Journal of Biological Markers, Vol. 3, No. 4, 10.1988, p. 259-264.
Rowlinson, G, Paganelli, G, Snook, D & Epenetos, AA 1988, 'Radiolocalisation of an anti-CEA monoclonal antibody (FO23C5) and its fragments in a colon carcinoma xenograft model.', International Journal of Biological Markers, vol. 3, no. 4, pp. 259-264.
Rowlinson G, Paganelli G, Snook D, Epenetos AA. Radiolocalisation of an anti-CEA monoclonal antibody (FO23C5) and its fragments in a colon carcinoma xenograft model. International Journal of Biological Markers. 1988 Oct;3(4):259-264.
Rowlinson, G. ; Paganelli, G. ; Snook, D. ; Epenetos, A. A. / Radiolocalisation of an anti-CEA monoclonal antibody (FO23C5) and its fragments in a colon carcinoma xenograft model. In: International Journal of Biological Markers. 1988 ; Vol. 3, No. 4. pp. 259-264.
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Prince Edward Island > Sports
Milestone week for Ross Johnston
Suffolk native gets first NHL assist, fight, goal in five days with New York Islanders
Jason Malloy · Lead editor, Annapolis Valley Register | Posted: Feb. 7, 2018, 9:16 a.m. | Updated: Feb. 7, 2018, 9:20 a.m. | 4 Min Read
SUFFOLK, P.E.I. – Ross Johnston took care of three firsts in his NHL career in a matter of a week.
The New York Islanders recalled the Suffolk, P.E.I., native on Jan. 19 from the AHL's Bridgeport Sound Tigers.
He recorded his first NHL assists and fight the next night in Chicago and five days later scored his first goal in Las Vegas, Nev., against the expansion Golden Knights.
It was his first games since making his debut with the Islanders on April 10, 2016.
"All the (same) nerves were there, probably even a little more amplified this time," Johnston said during a recent off-day.
"It's pretty special to go up to this level again and to be able to play (in) the NHL . . . and contribute at the same time."
After receiving the news about the call-up, he spoke with his parents, Shirley and Frank, and then boarded his flight for Chicago.
"Anytime you get on the scoreboard, whether it's an assist or a fight, you're helping your team out," he said. "Those are kind of my few firsts, so they're pretty special for me, and it's a game I will remember. My parents were able to make it out for it, so it was very special for them and myself."
After playing in Arizona on Jan. 22, Johnston and his Islanders teammates made the trek to Vegas to play one of the surprise stories of this season.
"The atmosphere in that rink is out of this world," Johnston said. "Being able to score (my) first goal in front of that crowd, in that atmosphere, is very special. It's something, obviously, I will cherish forever."
Johnston said he was grateful for "the overwhelming support" from P.E.I. in the days after his first goal.
"My phone, as you'd expect, was blowing up a little bit, but it was only positive things," he said. "It meant a lot to me and it meant a lot to my family. They were getting calls from the neighbours and friends. . . It's been a busy time, but an exciting time."
And it started almost immediately when the goal was scored as former teammates and buddies like Craig MacLauchlan were retweeting the comments and video online.
"I was kind of wondering to myself, what the heck are you all doing up? It's absurd. After the game, they had all (sent) congratulation texts. It means a lot. These guys have been texting me every day or every second day," Johnston acknowledged.
"It means a lot to me that they take that time."
He also had a chance to catch up with Golden Knights coaches and Island natives Mike Kelly and Gerard (Turk) Gallant.
After the morning skate, Kelly had reached out to the Islanders equipment manager and said he would like to speak to Johnston after the game. Johnston had played for Kelly with the P.E.I. Riptide during spring hockey and his older brother, Will, had played for Turk with the Saint John Sea Dogs.
"It was very nice of them to come over and reach out to me," Johnston said. "It was very nice to see some familiar faces down in Las Vegas and it's obviously very nice to see them doing so well with that team."
Johnston, who is in the final year of his contract, said he is going to do whatever he can to stay up with the big club. But if he does get sent back to the AHL he will continue to work hard to improve his game and get back to the world's top league.
The Charlottetown Islanders and Summerside Western Capitals graduate said his parents, brother and sister have been very supportive as he pursued his dream of playing in the NHL.
"They've done so much for me and, obviously, I'm very grateful for that."
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By Sue Fishkoff | October 24, 2014
How much would you pay to learn how to be happy? I had to pause when I got the email yesterday from Chabad Rabbi Yisrael Rice in Marin, with this subject line: Are you a happy person?
First reaction: Who wantsta know? Second: What's it to ya?
Once I calmed down and read further, I saw he'd sent a press release for a Rohr Jewish Learning Institute course launching next week, devoted to Jewish perspectives on happiness. Called "How Happiness Thinks," it's a six-week class on positive thinking, combining traditional Jewish approaches with modern psychology, according to the write-up. And for the first time in its 16-year history, JLI — Chabad's adult education branch — has teamed up with the American Psychological Association, which is offering 15 continuing-education credits for the course.
Happiness and college credit — nice.
I picked up the phone right away and called Rabbi Rice. As soon as he answered, I started harassing him. What about parents who insist they "only" want us to be happy? Isn't that a terrible burden to place on a child? If we're not happy, are we failing them, not to mention ourselves? And despite the insistence in the Declaration of Independence that the pursuit of happiness is our inalienable right, is that really a worthy goal? Or a goal at all?
Once he'd caught his breath, Rice gamely took up my gauntlet. "First thing we have to establish is, are we supposed to be happy?" The answer, he insisted, is yes. "We are supposed to be happy. God wants us to be happy."
Well, that's lovely, really. But you wouldn't think human happiness is a Divine priority, given all the misery in the world.
Clearly, Rice rejoined, there are times when we are supposed to be sad. "This isn't a Panglossian approach," he said. (Rabbi's been reading his Voltaire!) But, he continued, our natural state is to be happy.
"Look at a child — they're happy," he said. "It's the default setting in the human system. As life goes on, it gets complicated. There's this little program in our head that always finds the negative twist, telling us we're not quite good enough, not skinny enough, not healthy enough, not rich enough.
"Bottom line, we need to dedicate time to positive programming." (Rabbi's also been reading Psychology Today!)
Stop dwelling on the negative, he continued. Look at all the blessings you have. Feel gratitude for those blessings. "A heart filled with gratitude can contain no resentment. One of the lessons focuses on that. Unhappiness is when we lose sight of our blessings."
OK, he said, so it isn't rocket science. (He didn't say that — I'm paraphrasing.) "A lot of this is intuitive, but it helps to hear it again." (That's what he really said.)
Fine, but how do you "teach" happiness? And isn't it weird, unreasonable even, that Torah "commands" us to be happy at certain times, like on Shabbat (when we're not even allowed to mourn) and on Purim? How can you be happy on demand?
To this, Rice had another tip, also to be covered in the course: If you don't feel happy, act happy. The rest will follow.
"Remind yourself that you're allowed to be happy," he counseled. "Give yourself permission. Take a breath, walk a little, extend it to your face, smile. Even if you're not in a happy mood, acting in a happy way will elicit a happy result in your mind and heart."
JLI has been putting together these multiweek courses for Chabad since 1998, on a variety of themes. Some are more esoteric — courses on mysticism and messianism, for example. But most are on practical topics — business ethics, good parenting, building a great marriage — the kinds of things anyone, Jew or not, could benefit from. That's the point, said Rice. And he should know, because he's been on the course advisory committee since the beginning, working with JLI headquarters in Brooklyn.
I've often toyed with the idea of taking one of these courses. Maybe this will be the one. It will be offered at hundreds of locations, including several in the Bay Area. And, Rice reminded me, in most places the first class is free.
"Come check it out," he urged. "Or take the freebie and go — be happy with it!"
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I'm picking up here where I left off last week with the second half of the Winners at War premiere.
When Natalie is voted off first, she gifts her fire token to Jeremy and heads off to the Edge of Extinction. It's a windy night as she reads the welcome note. She learns she'll be able to earn extra fire tokens, but if loneliness overtakes her, she can raise the flag and go home.
The next day (Day 3), The red tribe talks around the well. Sandra is personally offended because on Island of the Idols last season, Boston Rob said he'd never come out here... that he would not play. Now, I don't know why Sandra would believe that. Everyone knows would play again. He may have said it seeing if she would believe the lie, but I don't think he was serious.
Because Sandra is so hurt over this, she is determined to get Amber out at the first chance she has.
Yul tries to collect the one-time players together for an alliance -- Adam, Sophie, Wendell and Yul. They plan to control the game.
On the other tribe, Michele feels on the outs because she didn't know that Natalie was going to be voted out. Ben fills her in that Rob and Parvati have something going on. Rob is trying to act like he isn't in control, but he is.
Jeremy finds the fire token in his bag, making him the possessor of the most for the moment.
Natalie, on Extinction, finds the menu of items purchasable with fire tokens. She digs and finds a bottle with a clue to find a fire token. It tells her to journey to the last place she can see the sunset. She hikes up to the top of the island, and it is quite a trek. She finally finds an immunity idol. It's not going to do her a lot of good on EoE, so she can pick one person on the losing team that she can sell the idol to for a token.
When it comes time for the next immunity challenge, Sandra sits out since her team has one extra person. She ought to compete since she's such a big shot.
For the challenge, each team paddles out to a platform to retrieve number tiles. They have to do an obstacle course to use the tiles to figure out a combination lock to get rings to throw at paddles and whoever raises that flag first wins.
Rob's team hits an obstacle and falls behind. The other team gets their bag un-knotted before Rob's team can get to the platform. He takes control, gets the boat up to the platform and gets the pieces. They almost catch back up, until they get to the barrel roll. The red team seems to have better luck. While the red team does help each other, Rob pretty much has to throw his team over the barrel. He launches one after another while a couple of the other men hold it. The trouble comes when it's just Rob and Jeremy are left. Rob has to get Jeremy on his shoulders to get him over. Then, Rob gets someone to pull him over over.
Dad bod with a beer gut or not, Rob is a beast.
Rob's team is way behind, but Wendell isn't having a whole lot of luck with the rings after getting the first one.
Jeremy is able to pull it off for the blue team.
Since Rob's team wins, it doesn't take much to guess that the Red team led by that witch Sandra is going to target Amber. Amber knows it.
Rob knows it too. And he knows there's nothing he can do to stop it.
The red team gathers back at camp. Everyone wants to know what everyone else wants to do.
Kim, Wendell, Amber and Tyson want Sandra or Nick to go. Maybe Tony?
Wendell goes to the other group. He says he wants to work with them. Wendell tells Sandra he wants it to be Tyson or Amber.
Sophie talks to Wendell and Kim, then Amber.
Then everyone scrambles with everyone else.
Sandra decides to spread "truth, lies and rumors."
I don't know what Natalie was smoking, but we learn at this point that she has sent the immunity idol to Sandra. Nothing says for sure, but she guesses it was Natalie who sent it to her. Sandra has no problem paying her token for it.
Tony gathers a group to yammer on, and he says Tyson goes home. He wants to break up the poker alliance of Kim, Tyson and Amber (by connection of Rob).
When all gets silent, Kim knows something is going on, but she doesn't know what. She has to dig in to find out. She's pretty sure that it will be her, Tyson or Amber going home.
It's time for Tribal Council... Jeff leads them in a conversation, starting with Amber and how different she feels since it's been 16 years since she's played. She's not used to this pace.
Sandra pipes up about how Amber is going to have to pick up the pace.
Kim talks about how she knows her name was on the block because of the poker player allaince that was never a thing to begin with.
After more and more round and round talk, it's finally time vote.
Jeff reads the votes:
(and one vote that remains unread since that was enough)
Amber drops her token in Robs's box, of course.
With that, Amber joins Natalie on the Edge of Extinction.
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Why Doesn't Apple Music Let Users Search for Composers?
I know, classical music is a small share of the overall music market. But it's still an important part of the overall music landscape, and if there are currently 36 million Apple Music subscribers, that means there are at least a couple of million people who listen to classical music.
Yet you cannot search for composers.
You see some composers listed as "artists," you see their names in the titles of albums (for a number of years, many if not most classical albums that feature music from a single composer have that composer's name at the beginning of the title), you may see playlists with a composer's music, you even see "songs," but you cannot see all the music by a composer.
Granted, this could return a lot of results. Maybe not for Olivier Messiaen, as in the example above, but for a composer like Beethoven, Bach, or Brahms, there would be thousands of albums.
Yet if I search for Beethoven, and look at the album results – which only features albums that contain his name in the title – only 21 albums are shown; including With the Beatles, because it contains their cover of Roll Over Beethoven.
This lack of searchability borders on contempt. Apple Music wants you to be able to "discover" music, but they don't give you the tools to search for anything. You can only really discover music in the For You section, or in playlists. And it's not just for classical music; I'd like to have better search for jazz as well, looking for specific musicians.
Apple has the metadata; they just don't let customers access it. Because they don't care very much about music that isn't pop and hip-hop. People at Apple have told me that there are employees who listen to classical music who work in and around iTunes and Apple Music, and this has lead to some improvements in the way classical music can be organized in an iTunes library, and to the way some composer names are displayed in the iTunes Store and in Apple Music. It wouldn't be hard to introduce this type of search; in fact, they used to have a "Power Search," that had fields like Composer, Director (for movies), Author (for books), and more. But they just don't care.
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18 thoughts on "Why Doesn't Apple Music Let Users Search for Composers?"
Mar 29, 2018 at 10:57 am | Reply
One of several reasons I'm sticking with Spotify
Mar 29, 2018 at 12:06 pm | Reply
Go to Google advanced search, and search for Composer in the phrase field, and put itunes.apple.com in the 'at site' field.
https://www.google.com/advanced_search?hl=en
I alwasy do the same with apps. Apple has never been too swift at building search functions. Even in the support forums.
A search for "Eric Clapton" in itunes.apple.com has given me 74,000 results. Put a keyword "Journeyman" into the 'word' field and you get all the Journeyman album tunes.
John Oldham
Mar 29, 2018 at 4:12 pm | Reply
Fred: Thank you! Thank You! Thank You!
I got so tired of searching for "Mozart" in AM and getting "Mozart To Make your Baby Smarter", "Mozart For Elevator Rides" etc, and nothing of substance. Now I just bookmark the page for all of Mozart (and other composers) and I'm a couple of clicks away from AM's entire catalog of composers I like.
My nomination for tip of the year.
Matthew B. Tepper
One of several reasons I'm still sticking with BUYING PHYSICAL CDS. (And digitizing some of my LPs, of performances that have not been, and are unlikely to be, issued in any other format.)
Joberele
Totally agree that Apple, apparently, does not understand even the basic conventions pertaining to classical music collection cataloguing.
Sadly, Apple, has always, seemingly, treated classical music, composers and classical music aficionados in the manner of a complete philistine.
This is the reason that serious classical music aficionados would never consider using such a lowbrow product as Apple Music. And, poor downmarket attitude and practice, such as this, must be costing Apple millions in potential sales.
I guess I'm not a serious classical music aficionado then…
IIRC correctly Apple uses Gracenote, a Nielsen Company, as the source of information for such things. One sec… indeed they do as does Amazon and a host of media companies. So the Classical music weakness you see, and one local such music buff told me about it several years ago, reflects that Apple hasn't developed an in-house resource for this knowledge base.
Like Siri (and I bought a Google Home this week), there are areas like this that Apple simply hadn't paid sufficient attention to.
Yes they use Gracenote, but they don't need to develop anything in house – if the metadata is there, it is searchable. As I say in the article, the Power Search feature used to let you search for composers.
Richard Emerson
Apr 3, 2018 at 11:06 am | Reply
There is a very similar problem in the area of dance/club music. In dance music, people often want to search or organise their music by the record label it was released on. Artist names are often throw-away one-offs, whereas some labels have almost become sub-genres in their own right (this aspect of labels actually goes back many decades, it's just even more pronounced in modern dance music). And there's also the question of remixers, producers, key mixing (not just bpm), and so on. Apple Music has no clue about this stuff.


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TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT- A request by client for return of files constitutes a notice of discharge such that new counsel can begin representation.
The Ethics Committee of The Mississippi Bar has been requested to render an opinion on the following hypothetical:
Firm had a contract to perform collection work for a definite term. Near the end of the term, client requested return of its files. The files were picked up by client. Subsequently, client asked for a final accounting and a return of proprietary materials provided for the collection project. The contract has no provision for fees or services after its termination.
The specific issues regarding ethical conduct asked to be addressed by the Committee are:
1. Does the request for return of files constitute a notice of discharge such that new counsel can begin representation under E.O. No. 144?
2. Can the former counsel continue to deposit payments from debtors after the term of the contract and claim a contingency fee under the terms of the contract?
The response to the first inquiry is yes. It is clear that the new counsel should be free to begin representation since the request for return of a file cannot be considered anything but a discharge. A client has a right to discharge a lawyer at any time, with or without cause, subject to liability for payment of the lawyer's services. Ethically, the new lawyer should not accept a client until the client has notified the substituted lawyer of his discharge. See MRPC 1.16(d) and comments thereto; EO No. 144, MSB adopted March 11, 1988.
With regard to the second inquiry, the Committee is of the opinion that this question involves a legal, not an ethical problem, and, therefore, cannot be addressed by the Committee.