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Prince Was Supposed To Be on Michael Jackson’s Song ‘Bad’ but It Never Happened
Aramide Tinubu
Prince and Michael Jackson are two of the most legendary entertainers of all time, but they didn’t always agree. In fact, the feud between the pair began in 1983 when they both attended a James Brown concert.
During the concert, the “Off the Wall” singer wowed the crowd with his dance moves and moonwalks. Prince followed suit. However, in a rare misstep, he fell into the crowd taking down a prop with him. From then on, the men never saw eye to eye.
“It was just very obvious what the hell happened — [Prince] made a d*mn fool out of himself.,” Quincy Jones told GQ in 2018. “Michael went up there, in 40 seconds, sang ‘I love you, I love you.’ Then they went up-tempo, and he did a little dance and did the moonwalk and whispered in [James Brown’s] ear, ‘Call Prince up — I dare him to follow me.’” Still, despite their feud, the men almost made an epic record together.
Prince | Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images
Michael Jackson’s ‘Bad’ was one one of the biggest songs of his career
No one knew how Jackson would top his iconic 1982 album “Thriller,” which is still one of the best-selling albums of all time. However, when he released the follow-up album “Bad,” in 1987, there were no more questions.
“Bad” was the final collaboration between Jackson and Quincy Jones, and it was highly anticipated since it was his first album in five years. “Bad” and the single of the same name were still enormously successful even without Prince, who was supposed to be featured on the song.
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Prince was supposed to be featured on Michael Jackson’s ‘Bad’
As two of the most legendary performers of all time, it would have been beyond comprehension to hear Prince sing with Jackson on “Bad.” That was the original plan for the sequel but, instead, fans will notice that actor Wesley Snipes is in the video with the King of Pop.
“You know that Wesley Snipes character [from the video]? That would have been me,” Prince explained in a 1997 interview with Chris Rock.
However, Snipes has boasted that Jackson decided to replace him with Prince on a whim. “Me and Prince were auditioning together, and I blew Prince out of the water,” he claimed in a 2017 interview with Conan O’Brien. “Michael had told Prince that he had the role, and then he met me and kicked Prince to the curb. Imagine that.”
While we mostly think the Blade actor was joking, there is a reason why Prince and the Jackson 5 legend never appeared on a song together.
Prince hated the lyrics to Michael Jackson’s ‘Bad’
Jackson had written, produced, and composed the song with Jones. However, some of the lyrics made Prince take pause. It appears that the “1999” singer was not so comfy with some of the words used.
“You run that video in your mind,” Prince told Rock. “The first line in that song is, ‘your butt is mine’ so I was saying, ‘Who gonna sing that to whom? Because you sure ain’t singing it to me, and I sure ain’t singing it to you.’ So right there we got a problem.”
Prince’s band member and former fiancée, Susannah Melvoin remembers Prince reworking the song, but Jackson ultimately rejecting it. On the podcast Love City with Toure, Melvoin said,
Prince] couldn’t believe Michael had the nerve to call it “I’m Bad.” There’s nothing badass about him. He could not let Michael get away with it. Not only was he not going to sing it with him, he went into the studio and re-recorded it to what he thought it should be and sent it back to Michael. Like ‘No. And by the way, this is what it should be.’ That was the end of that. But that’s how Prince was.


Botswana steps up anti doping measures
The Botswana National Olympic Committee (BNOC) has moved a step forward in its endeavours to protect local athletes against involuntary taking of banned substances.
In what is considered a positive development, the BNOC has now trained at least one medical doctor to deal with the Therapeutic Use Exemption (TUE) for local athletes. The move is expected to ensure athletes with chronic diseases and those with need for medicines at different times do not fall victim to anti doping tests and sanctions and are not sidelined from active competition.
Speaking in an interview, BNOC Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Tuelo Serufho said the move to train local doctors is part of Botswana’s plan to ensure deserving and honest athletes are not banned from sport for doping despite using medicines sanctioned by doctors. “It is a well known fact that some athletes have chronic illnesses and constantly need to use prescription drugs.
The international sports federations are aware of this and the plan is that athletes with such illnesses should not be marginalised from active competition. TUE is made to address this while also curbing dishonest athletes from using prohibited substances,” the BNOC CEO explained.
He said under the TUE, athletes with chronic illnesses or in need of certain medicines must apply for use of prescription drugs, something that ensures they can be exonerated should their samples return an adverse analytical finding during anti doping tests. On what measures will be taken to ensure that the TUE is not abused, Serufho said a panel of doctors have to agree to the exemption before it can be granted to the athlete, something which ensures fairness in the process. In the case of Botswana, the BNOC CEO said the panel to look at the TUE of local athletes will include a local doctor and some doctors from neighboring South Africa.
“Even the athletes using prescription drugs for chronic illnesses can be easily monitored under the system. For any athlete using prescription drugs, there is always a certain level or amount of such drugs to be found in his system at any given time. Should an athlete be found to have more than the acceptable amount in his/her sample analysis, that athlete will be liable to be taken to task for doping violations,” the BNOC CEO explained.
He however cautioned that it is still the responsibility of an individual athlete to ensure that where possible, only medicines without banned substances are used. “We encourage athletes not to buy over the counter medications for any illnesses, but rather go for prescription medicines. This will ensure that where they get caught in anti doping stings, they have detailed documents to prove their innocence,” Serufho said. To ensure that athletes do not involuntarily use banned substances, the BNOC CEO said athletes are always encouraged to ask their pharmacists whether the drugs prescribed to them are free of banned substances.
“This is the reason why a pocket sized book listing all the banned substances has been made for athletes. This is to ensure that they can always show it to their pharmacists to ascertain that the medicines they prescribe are free from banned substances and will also need documents from such Pharmacists confirming this,” Serufho said.
Meanwhile, the BNOC CEO has alluded that local sport is in need of an independent National Anti Doping Organisation (NADO). He said as such, the BNOC will continue engaging all stakeholders to help the country have its own NADO. He said while the government has been willing to help, the economic downturn that had engulfed the world and Botswana in particular had restricted the country from taking this big step. The BNOC CEO concluded by saying that when finances become available, a fully fledged NADO will be established in the country.
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Bert Seager is an internationally recognized jazz performer and composer. His seventeen compact discs have won him unanimous critical acclaim from the New York Times, Keyboard Magazine, The Chicago Tribune, The Boston Globe and many other publications.
Bert’s compositions, improvisations and teaching reflect both an inward and outward-looking view of life and music. He plays a varied program of originals, jazz classics and spontaneous music: always striving for transparency – framing each song’s improvised narrative in a playful conversation.
Bert has performed and recorded with jazz numerous luminaries. He has toured with his band extensively both in the United States and internationally in China, Hungary, Bulgaria, Ecuador, Peru, Canada, Israel, Jordan, and Japan.
Bert is on the faculty of the New England Conservatory of Music, and has been a recipient of a National Endowment of the Arts grant for jazz.
He is also a three-time winner of an extended residency in music composition at MacDowell, the artists’ colony in Peterborough, New Hampshire.
He is a graduate of Haverford College and earned a masters degree from the New England Conservatory of Music in 1984.
Bert is an official Steinway artist


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Entendo a indústria da música: quanto vale a música?
Universidade Vanderbilt
4.5 (139 classificações)
This course will examine the music industry in the United States, with the unique perspective gained by Vanderbilt University’s location in Nashville, TN. Nashville is a major center of music in the United States, and the music created here has a global reach, particularly in the country, rock, pop, singer-songwriter, and Americana genres. However, students will learn that the basic principles of recording, marketing, copyright, licensing, and live performance are the same, regardless of musical style or genre. The music business is one of the most rapidly changing industries in the US today. It is also an industry filled with contradiction, and media headlines and anecdotal stories often add to the confusion. Here are just a few statements paraphrased from recent news stories: * The music business has collapsed * Demand for music is expanding at the greatest rate in history * Historic recording studios are closing at an alarming rate * More people are making recordings than ever before * Musicians usually lose money touring * Musicians usually make money touring * Major artist pulls songs off streaming services because they don’t pay fairly * Major artist makes a fortune from streaming services * People won’t buy records anymore * Vinyl record sales are soaring This course will attempt to make sense of these seemingly contradictory trends and data, outline the basic structure and mechanisms of today’s music industry, and encourage students to think critically and entrepreneurially about the future of music. Leaders from various areas of the music business will lend their perspectives through in-depth interviews, and footage from a recording session will give learners a behind the scenes look at how a song goes from the spark of an idea hummed into a cell phone to a finished recording. Participants will grapple with questions about art and commerce which are both timeless and crucially important today, and will emerge from this course with tools allowing them to make more informed decisions as creators, promoters, and consumers of music. Course launches February 19, 2016.
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Recording & Record Labels, Part 1
Part 1 of this module will cover the basics of audio recording. You’ll learn about the pros and cons of home vs. studio recording, hear perspectives from both home and professional studio owners, and learn about different jobs and roles in recording environments. Finally, you will watch the evolution of the theme song for our course, starting with a rough demo sung into a phone recording app, and following through to the end of the recording session with professional musicians in Nashville.
Introduction1:48
Home Recording3:57
Interview: Dave Coleman43:18
Professional Studio Recording2:49
Interview: John McBride55:37
A Walk Through Blackbird Studio12:03
Studio Jobs & Roles3:47
Home vs Studio4:24
Evolution of a Song Recording19:01
Jen Gunderman
Assistant Professor of Musicology
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[MUSIC] Home audio recording has been steadily increasing in popularity. It's actually possible to make an entire recording in your bedroom these days on a laptop computer. There's been a decrease in the cost of professional grade audio equipment that makes it possible. There has been an increase in access to technology that allows for recordings to be made at home. A lot of the work that gets done in a home recording studios are just done out of necessity. The recording budgets from record labels and other sources are not what they used to be and so people make do with what they have. The setup that people have in their homes range wildly in complexity and professionalism. Anyone can take a little mini recorder on a smartphone or an iPad or a laptop. Make a quickie video or recording and upload it to YouTube in no time. But our focus here's going to be on home recording studios that are little bit more elaborate and that strive to make professional sounding recordings that can be distributed and sold. The components of a home studio vary from person to person and it really depends on the style of music that the person wants to make. That will determine what kind of components are a part of these home studios. Every home studio however's, going to need a recording device of some sort. Digital audio workstations are very common. And this is computer software that's used on a computer, [LAUGH] plus a hardware audio interface, something that works in between the instrument or the voice and the computer in the recording process. Some people still prefer to work on analog tape. There's a lot of love for the analog format still, but the tape machines tend to be very large, and so most home studios use digital setups. Because of the size of these tape machines, those big analog machines are normally found just in professional studios. You're also going to need a motorized system in your home studio. This can include speakers, so that you can here playback of what the musicians have done. And usually also includes a headphone system as well. Both for the producer and engineer, and for the musicians in your room who need to be able to hear what they're doing when they're playing. You're going to need some microphones, probably. You're going to need some musical instruments. Although it is true that if you are programming electronic music or you're working in EDM or you're a DJ, you may not need all that much in the way of either microphones or instruments. A keyboard or even some software that generates beats could be all you need to make the music that you like. As a home studio owners budget allows, they can add other pieces of gear which help to make the recording sound more professional. You may add a mixing board that helps get the sound that you want. There are also outboard gear pieces like compressors, pre-amps, and effects units, reverb units and so forth, and additional playback monitors. A lot of home studios that I've worked in will have, for example, big speakers and a set of small speakers too, so you can hear the difference in different kinds of audio playback systems. Many sound effects are available as software plugins. And so sometimes the choice a person has is whether you want the actual physical piece of gear or a piece of software that sort of emulates the piece of hardware that you can also get. The interesting thing about all of this is that it's possible to build up a home studio in a modular kind of way. You can learn as you go. You can figure out what is most important to you in terms of the sounds that you're trying to create. And you can save up money [LAUGH] along the way to buy that microphone that you're really wanting or buy the compressor that you're really wanting. And along the way, as your gear gets better, you can increase the professional sounds of your recordings. [MUSIC] [SOUND] >> [APPLAUSE]


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06/13/2018 Liebherr sponsors charitable trust's two-day engineering event at Vertikal Days
The “Crane Off” competition was a great success.
Liebherr-Great Britain Ltd was delighted to sponsor the two-day “My Future My Choice” event for the fourth consecutive year at this year’s Vertikal Days at Donington Park, United Kingdom. “My Future My Choice”, part of the Bristol Initiative Charitable Trust, is a charity that provides opportunities for young people to engage with the world outside school. One of its aims is the promotion of engineering careers to young people.
A total of 60 Year 10 and Year 11 students from Lees Brook Community School in Chaddesden, Derby, and Chellaston Academy, also in Derby, took part and were given an insight into what a career in engineering could involve by participating in a practical project. As well as working with Liebherr apprentices to build a crane from a cardboard template and taking part in a “Crane Off” competition, the students had the opportunity to operate a Liebherr LTM 1040-2.1, generously supplied by Bryn Thomas Cranes.
“Business support is invaluable to the work we do and the team from Liebherr have striven each year to build on the exceptional experience they provide for the students at Vertikal Days”, Polly Barnes from “My Future My Choice” said. “Feedback from the students shows that they have a far greater understanding of the range of opportunities available to them in the lifting and access industry as a result of attending the Lifting Aspirations workshops at Vertikal Days. Particularly pleasing was the number of girls keen to discuss possible career pathways in an industry that offers great variety of opportunity”.
Ed Hudson, General Manager of Customer and Product Support for mobile and crawler cranes at Liebherr-Great Britain Ltd, concluded: “All the students who took part were very engaged in the activities and I hope that many of them will be talking to Liebherr about careers in a few years’ time”.


Pavol Krajcer
I put there just a blank paper because there was nobody who represented me
Pavol Krajcer, Student
A lot of my views about communism are from my parents. Both of my parents had negative attitudes towards communism. My mom’s family in Nitra had a piece of land and a factory so they lost it when private ownership was banned. It was like it was stolen from them. The communists harassed her father, my grandfather, until he died. My dad could not get into the university that he wanted to, despite being a good student, because his father was not a member of the party. So they did not have a good experience with communism.
Normally I don’t think about how much freedom I have because I don’t know what it looks like to live without freedom, but sometimes it hits me. When my dad talks about what it was like when he was growing up I realize how different it is for me. I have never been chased by somebody or watched by somebody so I don’t know how that feels. But to have the freedom to travel and the right to vote freely in an election I know how that feels and these freedoms are important.
In the most recent election I went to vote because I think that it’s my duty, but I put there just a blank, white paper because there was really nobody who I agreed with or who represented me. It is stupid for me to not vote, so I went, but I don’t feel that it is right to vote for people who I don’t feel good about.
Sometimes I think that I might want to get into politics because I have the feeling that I want to change something, but you see a lot of young people who went into politics full of ideals and after a couple of years they change. I don’t want that to happen to me - to lose my faith. But I am also an idealist and I want to make change, maybe by being a teacher. Everybody can make change at some level.


https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-steel-projects-worse-than-expected-shipments-in-2015-1446589798
U.S. Sets New Duties on Chinese Steel
Ruling places preliminary duties of up to 236% on some imports; U.S. Steel posts another loss
U.S. Steel posted another quarterly loss and cut its outlook for shipments and prices amid what it called excessive imports.
Photo: U.S. Steel via Bloomberg News
John W. Miller
@wsjmiller
John.Miller@wsj.com
Updated Nov. 3, 2015 8:51 pm ET
The U.S. Department of Commerce slapped preliminary duties on some steel from China on Tuesday, as U.S. Steel Corp. X -0.12% posted another quarterly loss and cut its outlook for shipments and prices amid what it called excessive imports.
Six American steelmakers including U.S. Steel filed three trade complaints earlier this year. On Tuesday, they received a preliminary ruling on the first as the Commerce Department established preliminary duties of up to 236% on imports of corrosion-resistant steel from China. The tariff goes into effect immediately and will be set for five years if a final ruling in favor of the duty is made in January.
Pittsburgh-based U.S. Steel on Tuesday reported a net loss of $173 million, or $1.18 a share, as total shipments fell 25% from a year earlier, to 3.9 million tons.
The effect of the sharp drop in volumes was magnified by lower prices. The benchmark hot-rolled coil price in the U.S. stands at $393 a ton, down by more than a third from the start of the year, reflecting pressure on global prices from a flood of Chinese steel exports. In the first nine months of 2015, China exported 71.4 million tons of steel, up 31% from the same period in 2014, though U.S. imports from China declined slightly in that time.
U.S. Steel Chief Executive Mario Longhi pointed to the role of Chinese imports in a company statement Tuesday, saying that “excessively high levels of imports, much of which we believe are unfairly traded” hit steel prices.
The company said in July that it expected improved market conditions in the second half as supply chain inventories rebalanced, primarily in flat-rolled markets.
The imports, Mr. Longhi said Tuesday, “had a negative impact on the rebalancing of supply chain inventories, decreasing customer order rates in the second half of the year.” As a result, the company said it expected significantly lower shipments and average realized prices than previously projected.
A U.S. Steel spokeswoman said the tariffs were “a good first step” and that the company is looking forward to the next decision, “encouraged that our federal agencies tasked with this critical oversight and enforcement of our trade laws will halt these harmful, illegal and unfair practices.”
China’s Commerce Ministry declined immediate comment, saying it was looking into the decision. Phone calls to the China Iron and Steel Association weren’t answered.
Steelmakers in China and other countries have denied taking advantage of domestic subsidies or other favors to dump low-cost steel on U.S. markets.
Overall, imports of steel into the U.S. are slightly down in 2015, but they have increased dramatically for certain key steel categories, including the corrosion-resistant steel hit by the preliminary tariff.
Many categories of steel are offered at such low rates that they’re “toxic for pricing,” said Phil Gibbs, an analyst for Cleveland-based Keybanc Capital Markets.
The tariffs will provide some support for prices in the U.S., but some analysts say companies are going to have make longer-term structural changes.
“We could see steel prices stay this low for the next 10 years,” Mr. Gibbs said.
U.S. Steel has now lost money in eight of the past 10 quarters, and the company has reported losses totaling $509 million so far this year. Even the flat-rolled segment, which sells to the booming automotive industry and is supposed to be one of the company’s most lucrative units, lost money. Its earnings declined to a $18 million loss from a $347 million profit in the third quarter of 2014.
The Commerce Department also set smaller duties on imports from India, South Korea and Italy. A separate ruling on the case will be issued in December.
—Rose Yu in Shanghai contributed to this article.
Write to John W. Miller at john.miller@wsj.com


Winter Storm Jonas: New Jersey Hit Hard With Snow, Flooding, Street Closures And High Tides Reported Along Coast
By Adam Lidgett @AdamLidgett
Floodwater covers Third Avenue in Stone Harbor, New Jersey, because of the major winter storm that struck the U.S. Northeast Jan. 23, 2016. Photo: Andrew Renneisen/Getty Images
UPDATE: 7:55 p.m. EST — The blizzard sweeping across the East Coast of the country has left 18 people dead, the Associated Press reported Saturday. Three people died in New York while shoveling snow, and medical examiners were working to determine the exact causes of their deaths. The storm is expected to be among the worst to ever hit the city.
In the nation’s capital, both Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport and Washington Dulles International Airport were expected to remain closed through Sunday. Conditions there forced both Vice President Joe Biden and Defense Secretary Ash Carter to have their flights diverted to Florida, the Hill reported.
UPDATE: 3:45 p.m. EST — The Associated Press has put the current death toll resulting from the winter storm at 12, including a fatal heart attack caused by shoveling snow and crashes on icy highways and streets.
New Jersey's coastal areas took a heavy pounding from the severe winter storm that pounded the Northeast United States with snow Saturday, with flooding and huge tides recorded in some areas of the state still recovering from the 2012 Hurricane Sandy. New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie declared a state of emergency Friday night, and New Jersey Transit suspended service a couple of hours later, WCBS-TV of New York reported.
The storm was part of a massive system that blanketed a large area stretching from Tennessee and Kentucky to New England. About 2 feet of snow swamped the Washington area, and hundreds of accidents and thousands of power outages were reported in the storm's path. New York City officials said a travel ban would go into effect at 2:30 p.m., and anyone out on the street after that would be subject to arrest.
Parts of Sea Isle City and Ocean City, New Jersey, reported flooded streets, and North Wildwood Mayor Patrick Rosenello said the flooding was so rampant it reminded him of what the area experienced with Sandy, WCAU-TV of Philadelphia reported. Hotels have reported wind damage, cars have been abandoned on the street, and thousands of New Jersey residents have been left without power.
Current view of JFK in Sea Isle #6abcAction #stormjonas pic.twitter.com/tLwlMqZnqF
— Sea Isle Chamber (@SeaIsleChamber) January 23, 2016
In the flooded streets of Wildwood, ice could be seen in the water, which appeared to move like a small river, according to a tweet. Huge waves could also be seen pounding the coast of Atlantic City.
Ice barges and cold water Rapids in Wildwood, NJ. @ACPressSkeldon pic.twitter.com/5A14tmeX58
— Jonathan Long (@Jonathan_Long91) January 23, 2016
First tide took lower half of Arizona ave water came up thur floor just like Sandy @ACPress_Hughes @ACPressSkeldon pic.twitter.com/ZwjfNSNNis
— City Of Atlantic (@CityOfAtlantic) January 23, 2016
Great Channel and Stone Harbor in New Jersey have seen so much flooding, the record set during Sandy was broken, Weather.com reported. Some areas of Ocean County have been under a voluntary evacuation order, while a mandatory evacuation order was issued for Barnegat.
Tidal flooding forced the closure of Route 30, which runs through Atlantic City, Saturday morning. Across the entire length of the New Jersey Turnpike, the speed limit was reduced by officials to 35 mph, but Christie warned people to stay off the roads until the storm passes.
Adding to the storm was the weekend’s full moon, which increased the size of the tides pounding the coast, NBC News reported. The high winds already reported may have pushed these high tides even farther up the coastline.
About 50 people around Atlantic City were displaced from their homes as a result of flooding. Some 90,000 New Jersey residents were without power by noon Saturday, USA Today reported.
At least 10 people have died as a result of the storm. A man in Fort Washington, Maryland, shoveling snow Saturday morning suffered a apparent fatal heart attack, local media reported.
Snow totals were steadily increasing in many areas across the United States, and in some areas were heading to historic levels. About 20-25 inches of snow was expected in the Washington area, and if the level reaches 28 inches, it will be the largest snowfall on record in the district.
In the New York City area, snow totals have measured 6-12 inches, while in Philadelphia the unofficial count was at 17 inches as of 11 a.m., ABC News reported. New Jersey has seen 9-14 inches, while some areas of Virginia have seen as much as 30 inches of snow.
At noon, all Metropolitan Transportation Authority bus service in New York was suspended due to the weather, while subway service was to run with delays, DNAinfo.com reported. Commuter rail and above-ground subway service was to be suspended at 4 p.m. Service out of New York City’s airports, John F. Kennedy International and LaGuardia, was canceled as well.
Drivers have been experiencing significant road trouble, with parts of the Pennsylvania Turnpike turned into parking lots. The Duquesne men’s basketball team, traveling back to Pittsburgh from a game at George Mason, got stranded Friday night in the snow, and as of noon Saturday, the team still was stranded, the team’s Twitter account revealed.
We're not in this alone! Dukes hanging out with middle schoolers from Iowa on the bus stuck next to us pic.twitter.com/8vBWa1x68c
— Duquesne Basketball (@DuqMBB) January 23, 2016
Students from as far as Nebraska were stuck on the Pennsylvania Turnpike. About 330 students and chaperones from Omaha who were traveling home after attending the March for Life in Washington when they got stuck on the road, local media reported.
Just before noon, the National Guard arrived to help the stranded drivers, the Pennsylvania Turnpike’s Twitter account said. Water and rations were being given to those stranded by fire and rescue crews Saturday.
Fire & rescue crew has been providing water & rations to stranded motorists @PA_Turnpike. Need assistance? Dial *11
— PennsylvaniaTurnpike (@PA_Turnpike) January 23, 2016
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Saturday he was issuing a travel ban for later Saturday, closing roads in New York City, downstate New York and on Long Island by 2:30 p.m., local media said on Twitter. Two of the MTA’s train lines, Metro North and the Long Island Railroad, will be shut down starting at 4 p.m.
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Tune of the Day: Presto by Bellinzani
from Recorder Sonata in B-flat major
This Presto is the second movement of the first sonata from Sonate a flauto solo con cembalo, o violoncello (“Sonatas for solo flute with harpsichord or cello”) by Italian Baroque composer Paolo Benedetto Bellinzani, originally published in Venice in 1720.
Categories: Baroque Sonatas Difficulty: intermediate
Tuesday 2 June 2020
Tune of the Day: Duet in E major by Berbiguier
from “36 Petits Duos Mélodiques Faciles et Chantants”
This is the eleventh duet from Trente-six Petits Duos Mélodiques Faciles et Chantants pour deux Flûtes (36 Easy Flute Duets) by French Romantic composer Benoit Tranquille Berbiguier.
Categories: Romantic Written for Flute Difficulty: intermediate
Tune of the Day: Study in D major by Hugues
from “30 Studies”
This study in double tonguing is the sixteenth piece from 30 Studi, Op. 32, by Italian flutist, composer and arranger Luigi Hugues.
This study has also been published as the eleventh piece in a selection of 24 Studies for Flute from Hugues's Opp. 32 and 75.
Categories: Double tonguing Etudes Romantic Written for Flute Difficulty: intermediate
Thursday 4 June 2020
Tune of the Day: Ciuri, ciuri
Traditional Italian song
“Ciuri ciuri” (“Flowers, flowers”) is one of the most popular folk songs from the Italian island of Sicily. Its melody was written in 1883 by composer and conductor Francesco Paolo Frontini to lyrics by an unknown author.
Flowers, flowers of all the year,
The love you gave me I give you back.
Friday 5 June 2020
from Flute Sonata in G major
This Vivace is the second movement of the last of 12 sonatas for flute and continuo by Italian composer Pietro Antonio Locatelli, originally published in Amsterdam in 1732.
Tune of the Day: Will You Come to the Bower
Traditional Irish song, arranged for two flutes
This song was composed by the famous Irish poet, singer and songwriter Thomas Moore, based on an earlier song and tune by the same title.
Will you come to the bower I have shaded for you?
Our bed shall be roses all spangled with dew.
Will you, will you, will you, will you
Come to the bower?
According to tradition, this tune was played by a fifer and drummer from the rag-tag army of Sam Houston at the battle of San Jacinto in 1836. However, according to Davis family lore, there were no fifers or drummers in Houston's forces at the time, only two fiddlers. Houston's plan was to draw near the Mexican forces under Santa Anna by parading his men, as if on drill, before sounding a final charge. He hoped such a non-aggressive appearing maneuver would allay the Mexican alertness and allow him an element of surprise. To that end, he had the fiddlers play something the Texans would know, but not particularly martial in nature. Not knowing any marches, the fiddlers over and over played “Will You Come to the Bower?”, a love song popular on the frontier, and it was to the strains of the song on stringed instruments that the Texans marched in their crude fashion. Houston's trick worked, and he was victorious.
During the second half of the 19th century, the song was adopted by the Fenian movement (a movement dedicated to the establishment of an independent Irish Republic), and a new lyric gained wide currency:
Will you come to the bower o’er the free boundless ocean,
Where the stupendous waves roll in thundering motion;
Where the mermaids are seen and the fierce tempest gathers,
To loved Erin the green, the dear land of our fathers.
Will you come, will you, will you, will you come to the bower?
The present arrangement for two flutes appeared in Blake's Young Flutist's Magazine, published in 1833.
Categories: Love songs Patriotic Traditional/Folk Difficulty: intermediate
Sunday 7 June 2020
Tune of the Day: Study in E minor by Prill
from “24 Studies for the Development of Technique”
This is the fourth piece from 24 Etüden zur Förderung der Technik (24 Studies for the Development of Technique), Op. 12, by German flutist Emil Prill. It was first published in Bremen in 1913.
Tune of the Day: Sarsfield's Lamentation
The oldest appearance of this tune is in The Hibernian Muse, printed in London in 1787. Tune collector Francis O'Neill writes:
This lamentation derives its importance from the historical prominence of General Sarsfield as the Irish Commander at the Siege of Limerick. That circumstance obviously accounts for its being confounded in later times with “Limerick's Lamentation”.
Tune of the Day: Largo by Bellinzani
This Largo in G minor is the third movement of the first sonata from Sonate a flauto solo con cembalo, o violoncello (“Sonatas for solo flute with harpsichord or cello”) by Italian Baroque composer Paolo Benedetto Bellinzani, originally published in Venice in 1720.
Categories: Baroque Sonatas Difficulty: easy
Tune of the Day: Duet in D major by Berbiguier
This is the twelfth duet from Trente-six Petits Duos Mélodiques Faciles et Chantants pour deux Flûtes (36 Easy Flute Duets) by French Romantic composer Benoit Tranquille Berbiguier.
Tune of the Day: Study in F-sharp major by Hugues
Today's piece is the fourteenth study from 30 Studi, Op. 32, by Italian flutist, composer and arranger Luigi Hugues.
This study has also been published as the twelfth piece in a selection of 24 Studies for Flute from Hugues's Opp. 32 and 75.
Tune of the Day: Eriskay Love Lilt
Traditional Scottish air
This lovely little love song is named after Eriskay, a small island in the southern section of the Westen Isles of Scotland. It is famous as the place where Bonnie Prince Charlie first landed at the start of his ill-fated Jacobite Rebellion in 1745.
When I’m lonely, dear white heart,
Black the night and wild the sea,
By love’s light, my foot finds
The old pathway to me.
Thanks to Peter for suggesting this tune!
Categories: Love songs Slow airs Traditional/Folk Difficulty: easy
Tune of the Day: Allegro by Locatelli
This Allegro is the third movement of the last of 12 sonatas for flute and continuo by Italian composer Pietro Antonio Locatelli, originally published in Amsterdam in 1732.
Tune of the Day: The Carnival of Venice
The “Carnival of Venice” folk tune traces its roots back to at least the early 19th century, when it was popularized by violinist Niccolò Paganini, who wrote twenty variations on the original tune. Since then, the tune has been used for a number of popular songs such as “If You Should Go to Venice” and “My Hat, It Has Three Corners”. As you probably know, there is also a famous arrangement for the flute by Briccialdi.
The present arrangement for two flutes appeared in Blake's Young Flutist's Magazine, published in Philadelphia in 1833.
Categories: Nursery rhymes Traditional/Folk Difficulty: easy
Tune of the Day: Study in D major by Prill
This is the fifth piece from 24 Etüden zur Förderung der Technik (24 Studies for the Development of Technique), Op. 12, by German flutist Emil Prill. It was first published in Bremen in 1913.
Tune of the Day: Now is the Hour
Popular 20th-century song
The origins of this popular song are unclear. It has been credited to several people, and is often erroneously described as a traditional Māori (the indigenous Polynesian people of New Zealand) song.
The tune first became known in 1913, when it was published by W.H. Paling and Co. as a piano-variations piece in Australia, called “Swiss Cradle Song” and credited to “Clement Scott”. Some sources say that, after a tour of New Zealand, the British music critic and travel writer Clement Scott wrote the tune. However, the family of an Australian, Albert Saunders, has long claimed that the “Clement Scott” who wrote the tune is a pseudonym for Saunders. Australian composer Clarence Elkin also claimed to be the author.
Māori words were added around 1915 and the tune was slightly changed. It became known as “Pō Atarau” and was used as a farewell to Māori soldiers going to the First World War. After this, some New Zealanders mistakenly thought the song was an old Māori folksong.
The song achieved world-wide popularity in 1948, when no less than seven recordings of the song reached the Billboard charts in the USA. The most notable of these recordings was Bing Crosby's, which was No. 1 for three weeks, and (quite appropriately, considering the lyrics) the final No. 1 hit of his career.
Now is the hour, when we must say goodbye.
Soon you'll be sailing far across the sea.
While you're away, oh, then, remember me.
When you return, you'll find me waiting here.
Tune of the Day: Allegro by Bellinzani
This is the fourth and final movement of the first sonata from Sonate a flauto solo con cembalo, o violoncello (“Sonatas for solo flute with harpsichord or cello”) by Italian Baroque composer Paolo Benedetto Bellinzani, originally published in Venice in 1720.
This movement has actually no tempo indication in the original manuscript, but it usually appears as an “Allegro” in modern editions.
This is the thirteenth duet from Trente-six Petits Duos Mélodiques Faciles et Chantants pour deux Flûtes (36 Easy Flute Duets) by French Romantic composer Benoit Tranquille Berbiguier.
Categories: Romantic Written for Flute Difficulty: easy
Tune of the Day: Study in A major by Hugues
from “40 New Studies”
Today's piece is the seventeenth study from 40 Nuovi Studi, Op. 75, by Italian flutist, composer and arranger Luigi Hugues.
This study has also been published as the thirteenth piece in a selection of 24 Studies for Flute from Hugues's Opp. 32 and 75.
Tune of the Day: Hornpipe form Ruddigore
transcribed for solo flute
This fine hornpipe is taken from Act I of Gilbert and Sullivan's 1887 comic opera Ruddigore; or, The Witch's Curse.
Categories: Opera excerpts Piccolo tunes Show-off pieces Difficulty: intermediate
Tune of the Day: Presto by Locatelli
This Presto is the fourth and final movement of the last of 12 sonatas for flute and continuo by Italian composer Pietro Antonio Locatelli, originally published in Amsterdam in 1732.
Tune of the Day: Dieu d'amour
from “Les mariages samnites”, arranged for two flutes
This piece was originally a chorus from André Grétry's 1776 opera Les mariages samnites (The Samnite Marriages), sung in Act I by a group of young girls. The theme is well known to pianists because of a set of variations composed by Mozart in 1781.
The present arrangement for two flutes is taken from Blake's Young Flutist's Magazine (Philadelphia, 1833), in which it appears with the title “March des samnites” and is erroneously attributed to Mozart.
Categories: Classical Marches Opera excerpts Difficulty: intermediate
Tune of the Day: Study in B minor by Prill
This is the sixth piece from 24 Etüden zur Förderung der Technik (24 Studies for the Development of Technique), Op. 12, by German flutist Emil Prill. It was first published in Bremen in 1913.
Tune of the Day: The Dark-eyed Gypsy
This air appears in Francis O'Neill's collection Waifs and Strays of Gaelic Melody, published in Chicago in 1922. The cited source is a P.J. Healey of San Francisco. O'Neill writes:
Although suggestive of an English origin, “The Dark-eyed Gypsy” was the name of a popular song in Tipperary, Mr. Healey's native county.
Tune of the Day: Adagio by Bellinzani
from Recorder Sonata in D minor
This is the first movement of the second sonata from Sonate a flauto solo con cembalo, o violoncello (“Sonatas for solo flute with harpsichord or cello”) by Italian Baroque composer Paolo Benedetto Bellinzani, originally published in Venice in 1720.
Tune of the Day: Duet in B-flat major by Berbiguier
This is the fourteenth duet from Trente-six Petits Duos Mélodiques Faciles et Chantants pour deux Flûtes (36 Easy Flute Duets) by French Romantic composer Benoit Tranquille Berbiguier.
Categories: Romantic Waltzes Written for Flute Difficulty: easy
Tune of the Day: Study in E major by Hugues
Today's piece is the seventh study from 40 Nuovi Studi, Op. 75, by Italian flutist, composer and arranger Luigi Hugues.
This study has also been published as the fourteenth piece in a selection of 24 Studies for Flute from Hugues's Opp. 32 and 75.
Tune of the Day: Cnoic Uisnach
This air appears in Francis O'Neill's collection Waifs and Strays of Gaelic Melody, published in Chicago in 1922. The cited source is a P.J. O'Donohue of San Francisco. O'Neill writes:
I am informed by our liberal contributor, Mr. Francis E. Walsh of San Francisco, that variants of the above air are known to several of his musical acquaintances but by different names such as “Knuck Usnach Gathering”; “Knuck Costhnach”; “The Coming of Lugh”; and “The Poor Man's Friend”. Mr. O'Donohue, whose setting is presented, insists that it is the true air of “Willy Reilly”, the old time favorite of an earlier generation. The melody is the real thing however.
The Hill of Uisneach (Irish: Uisneach or Cnoc Uisnigh) is a hill and ancient ceremonial site in County Westmeath, Ireland. It is a protected national monument, consisting of numerous monuments and earthworks including a probable megalithic tomb, burial mounds, enclosures, standing stones, holy wells and a medieval road.
Tune of the Day: Passepied by Telemann
from Suite in A minor for Recorder and Strings
Telemann's Ouverture-Suite in A minor, TWV 55:a2 contains two consecutive passepieds. While the first is played by the strings alone, in the second one only the flute and the bass appear.
Categories: Baroque Passepieds Difficulty: intermediate
Tune of the Day: My Lodgings Is On the Cold Ground
Traditional folk song, arranged for two flutes
This old air, better known today as the tune of Thomas Moore's 19th-century song “Believe Me, if All Those Endearing Young Charms”, has been claimed alike by England, Scotland and Ireland, but according to Scottish musicologist George Farquhar Graham the probability seems to be that it is an old English dance tune. English composer Matthew Locke's 17th-century folk song “My Lodging is in the Cold, Cold Ground” was set to this tune some time after its original setting to a different, also traditional, air.
Categories: Celtic Music Love songs Traditional/Folk Difficulty: intermediate


Home » TV & Movies » Black List Scribe Elyse Hollander Signs With APA (EXCLUSIVE)
Black List Scribe Elyse Hollander Signs With APA (EXCLUSIVE)
Screenwriter Elyse Hollander has signed with APA for representation, Variety has learned exclusively. She continues to repped by Bellevue Productions and Hansen Jacobson.
Hollander started her career as an assistant to Alejandro González Iñárritu on the set of “Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)” before breaking out with her Black List topping screenplay “Blonde Ambition” in 2016. The script is about Madonna overcoming sexism to become a superstar in the early 1980s. It went on to sell to Universal with Michael De Luca producing.
She again made the Black List in 2018 with “Queens of the Stoned Age,” based on the GQ article of the same name. Sony and Escape Artists are producing with Dakota Johnson attached to star. Her other work includes “Murder on the Dance Floor” for Sony and Marc Platt Productions as well as an untitled K-Pop feature for 20th Century Studios, Epic Magazine, and SB Projects. The latter project landed at 20th after an extensive bidding war.
Most recently, sources say that Hollander worked on the screenplay for a new Amy Winehouse biopic. She is now working on the script for the “Guys and Dolls” film from director and co-writer Bill Condon at TriStar.
News of the Hollander signing comes after APA had an impressive day thanks the release of the 2021 Black List. The agency landed six spots on the annual list of the best unproduced screenplays, including “In the End” by Brian T. Arnold and “The College Dropout” by the team of Thomas Aguilar and Michael Ballin. Likewise, Bellevue also had a good day, with nine total entries on this year’s list.
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Home News Briefs Toronto-based OneClass nabs $1.6 mln in Series A funding
Toronto-based OneClass nabs $1.6 mln in Series A funding
OneClass has raised $1.6 million in Series A funding. Asian private equity firm SAIF Partners led the round with participation from existing investors, such as Canadian early-stage venture capital firm Real Ventures. Based in Toronto, OneClass is an educational platform that crowdsources university course content. Update: The company is a 2012 graduate of FounderFuel, a Montréal-based accelerator that helps early stage web, mobile and SaaS startups raise seed capital.
Toronto, Canada, Oct 21, 2013 – OneClass announces a $1.6M Series A led by SAIF partners and follow-on investments from existing investors such as Real Ventures. OneClass is an educational platform crowdsourcing university course content. The startup is currently on its way to becoming the largest global interactive library for educational content across all levels of education.
Since its inception in September 2010, the site has evolved from a simple course note repository to a richer and more comprehensive platform. The site now covers over 10,000 courses with notes, exam prep videos and common university subject videos from introductory level calculus to 1st-year chemistry.
“Making that transition from high school to university is difficult, especially from a 20 person classroom to a 500 person class. Students have limited and costly options to find extra help after a lecture ends – the choices are Google, Youtube and private tutors charging $40-80/hr. OneClass is tackling an issue that affects millions of students worldwide.” says Jack Tai – CEO and Co-Founder of OneClass.
OneClass leverages its community of students to help produce top-notch content and allows subject experts to create videos and other supplementary material tackling common questions on midterms and exams for popular university courses. Every day, OneClass saves thousands of students hours from filtering through unrelated and outdated content from the web.
Students contribute to OneClass’s rapidly expanding archive of hundreds of thousands of course notes, adding up to 10,000 different courses to date. The team is extremely focused on maintaining and improving the quality of all site content. One successful method they utilize is their use of badges and rewards for top contributors. Never losing sight of their vision, the OneClass team is focused on providing every student with the content they need. Simply reading class slides is just not enough for the average student to excel in their courses.
To date, this Canadian start-up has established its presence in over 50 schools across Canada and the US with 200,000 users and is on its way to taking the company to the next level.
The team is looking beyond just post-secondary students. They are also considering a vertical expansion to both high school and graduate school course resources. The company’s ultimate goal is to instantly deliver invaluable educational content that is immediately useful and relevant to any knowledge seeker on one platform.


Home Bollywood Rustom: ‘Honourable Murderer’ Inspired by a real Life Incident
Rustom: ‘Honourable Murderer’ Inspired by a real Life Incident
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The Khiladi Kumar is ridding high on success after his latest blockbuster movie Airlift. The movie was a huge box office hit, earning 100 cores in 10 days. This time Akshay Kumar will be seen in a new avatar in his forthcoming film “Rustom.” The Bollywood star is a versatile actor and has played various different roles. Audience has always loved the actor in his patriotic action roles. Akshay Kumar played an Indian Intelligence Officer in “Baby” and an Army man in “Holiday” and also a patriotic do-good common man in “Airlift” and “Gabbar.” Now with “Rustom” Akshay is back as a naval officer.
The movie Rustom is based on a real life story that has shades of the late 1950’s. The movie is directed by Tinu Suresh Desai and the scripts are written by Vipul K. Rawal. Akshay Kumar plays the lead role as a naval officer named Rustom Pavri and Ileana D’Cruz in the lead role alongside. The movie is based on the real life sensational incidences of Nanavati murder case in 1959. The movie focuses on the theme of love and dignity for our country India.
The Nanavati Murder Case 1959
Kawas Maneckshaw Nanavati was second in command of the Indian Navy’s flagship INS Mysore and a devoted family man. He had an English wife named Sylvia and two children. On the afternoon of April 27, 1959, Nanavati’s wife confessed to him that she has fallen in love with a family friend named Prem Ahuja. The officer without betraying any emotion, dropped his wife Sylvia and his children at a theater. The officer carrying a revolver and six bullets with him asked his senior officer permission to leave for Ahmednagar. Nanavati went to Prem Ahuja’s house and shot him with three bullets. He then surrenders himself up to the police and confessed that he has done the murder. The case went on for many years. Eventually, Nanavati got a reputation as the “honorable killer.” Nanavati was finally pardoned in 1962. Later, Nanavati migrated to Canada with his family.
The First Look
The first look of” Rustom” was revealed on Feb 25, 2016, where Akshay is seen with his intense look. The poster unfolds much of the mystery in the movie. The action hero this time is playing the role of a naval officer. Akshay Kumar in the poster is wearing a naval officer’s uniform with a thin moustache. The foreground of the poster is a zoomed newspaper with a small image of Ileana D’Cruz facing her back towards a man. The poster has a rose sepia tint with three bullet shot on the title, adding drama to the poster. The poster silently speaks of the real life incidence of 1956 saying “3 Shots that Shocked the Nation”.
Movie Rustom and Love Affair Sharing the Similar Plot
The movie “Love Affair” of Pooja Bhatt is based on the similar subject. Hence, both the movies are sharing a similar story. Speculations were made that the film-makers will drop the movie. Pooja Bhatt says the movie is not just about Nanavati, but the movie “Love Affair” is very human and has a woman’s perspective.
Finally, Rustom the much-awaited project release date has been announced by Akshay Kumar as Aug 12, 2016. Looking to the previous movies of Akshay Kumar, there is a confidence that Rustom will also be an excellent movie to be watched. The movie will surely do good business, as it will be released around the Independence Day weekend.
Rustom earning day wise
DAY 1 Rs. 14.11 croce
DAY 2 Rs. 16 crore (approx)
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How ‘Pretty Little Liars’ Alum Lucy Hale Really Feels About Reboot
What’s old is new again. Pretty Little Liars will be rebooted with HBO Max’s Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin, and OG star Lucy Hale revealed that she’ll support the new show — even if the mere existence of a remake has her feeling ancient.
“Oh my God, it’s so depressing that I already have to give advice to a new generation,” Hale, 32, told TVLine with a laugh in an interview released on Saturday, November 26. “But I think it’s great. It’s an honor that they want to continue the legacy of Pretty Little Liars. Like, how cool is that?”
The Hating Game star played Aria Montgomery on Freeform’s Pretty Little Liars from the show’s pilot 2010 until the series finale in 2017. The show’s spinoff starring Janel Parrish and Sasha Pieterse, Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists, was canceled after a 10-episode first season in 2019.
Hale hopes the new cast can learn from her mistakes during the original show’s run.
“When I was doing Pretty Little Liars, I was always thinking about the next year,” the Tennessee native explained. “I was never in the moment, so I missed a lot of the little moments. We were worrying about things we shouldn’t be worrying about. It’s very vague, but my advice is just to enjoy it. It’s a once-in-a-lifetime experience. People are going to love you guys, and I’m definitely going to be watching. All the love to everyone involved.”
HBO Max announced Original Sin in September 2020 with Riverdale showrunner Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa and Chilling Adventures of Sabrina writer Lindsay Calhoon Bring penning the new mystery. While the show is still set in the universe that Aria and her Liars are in, it’s a new town with a 20-year-old secret. A group of teenagers in the fictional town of Millwood find themselves haunted by a decision their parents made before they were born, and someone wants to make them pay for their guardians’ mistakes.
PLL: Original Sin has rounded out their cast with Chandler Kinney, Maia Reficco, Malia Pyles, Zaria, Mallory Bechtel, Sharon Leal, Elena Goode, Lea Salonga, Alex Aiono, Eric Johnson and Bailee Madison. Hale is particularly excited to see the Good Witch alum on the small screen.
“I also know Bailee Madison, who’s in the show, and I adore her,” the Ragdoll star added. “I’ll always support other artists and actors, no matter what the venture is. I think it’s important that we do that, because there’s not enough of that. And I’m as curious as anyone to see what they’re going to do with it.”
Hale echoed what she exclusively told Us Weekly in November 2020, shortly after the plans for a new PLL were announced. “I sincerely wish everyone the best and I hope it’s a huge success,” she said at the time. “Some people get angry about a reboot, but I think it’s important to be supportive of up-and-coming artists. I’m curious to see what they do with it!”
HBO Max has not yet announced a premiere date.
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Kate Middleton is not the most elegant nobleman
Most elegant woman
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Since her wedding to Prince William in 2011 at the latest, Kate Middleton has had fans around the world. Especially with her modern look, the 32-year-old has been able to convince her followers in recent years. But now the Duchess of Cambridge’s fashion throne seems to have shaken. When the magazine “Hello!” Voted the most elegant woman in the world, Kate Middleton no longer reached pole position.
In her public appearances, Kate Middleton regularly impresses with modern and, at the same time, often particularly inexpensive looks. Before long, Prince William’s wife makes sure the boxes are ringing over and over with the respective designers when choosing her clothes. But this nimbus seems to be slowly losing Kate Middleton. Readers of the magazine “Hello!” They no longer see real beauty as the most elegant woman in the world.
Kate Middleton says goodbye to fashion throne
Instead, readers only placed Kate Middleton in third place in a current poll. Only 22 percent of the participants saw British women as their current style role model. Especially bitter for Kate Middleton: even in aristocratic circles, she is no longer ahead. A royal colleague, of all people, secured her spot in the sun with 55 percent of the vote.
Kate Middleton has to give way to another noblewoman
In place of Kate Middleton, who was expected in this role, Crown Princess Mary of Denmark can now look forward to victory. This means that the 41-year-old is the new benchmark for “Hello!” When it comes to elegance. British actress Olivia Newton-John took second place and therefore also ahead of Kate Middleton. But it was worse for the duchess. In another magazine poll looking for the sexiest woman of the year, Kate Middleton didn’t even make the top 3. Swedish Princess Madeleine won ahead of newly crowned Golden Globe winners Jennifer Lawrence and Diane Kruger.
Isn’t Kate Middleton the unbeatable style model of yesteryear? The sales figures for the clothes you wear speak a different language. Perhaps the readers of “Hello!” They just wanted to give other women in the world a chance.Image Source: © Getty Images / Chris Jackson
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The Growing Interest of Australia in Philippine BPO Services
July 6, 2011 • EB Call Center • Business Process Outsourcing
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Philippine BPO services are the best in Asia solely because Filipinos are comfortable with the use of the English language. With a culture that is closest to western influence, the Philippines is a continually growing back-office sector, that has now expanded its outsourcing partnerships with countries like Canada, U.K., France, Spain, and most especially Australia. The Philippine BPO partnership provides a highly skilled workforce with individuals whose educational attainment is unmatched in the rest of Asia.
The country provides a better climate for business as well as great opportunity for growth. Outsourcing in the Philippines is a thriving business because of its proactive government, which encourages businesses to plant their roots within their country. Most of all, the Filipino himself is the greatest human capital asset.
In line with that, the Philippine IT/BPO industry has certainly caught Australian interest. Based on estimates by the Business Processing Association of the Philippines (BPAP), the share of the Australian market in the total revenue generated by the industry has grown from 1.5 percent in 2008 to 6 percent in 2010. The US remains the top market with 70 percent share, followed by the UK and Japan.
The Australian Contact Centre Outsourcing Market Report 2011, published by callcentres.net, a leading Sydney-based research company, points to increasing outsourcing to the Philippines among Australian companies surveyed, compared to results of prior surveys. In previous years, while majority of Australian companies outsourced to service providers within Australia, India was the second most popular destination to outsource.
The Philippines has really defined professionalism in Business Process Outsourcing today. With the best technical support, IT-analysts, and customer service representatives, there is no doubt that the Philippines has succeeded in doing what it does best.
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Is There a New Instagram Owner?
The rumor of a new Instagram owner has been floating around the internet for quite some time now. However, the truth is that Instagram was founded in 2010 by Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger. The two men, who are now the co-owners of the popular social networking site, are still working for the company. Earlier this year, Mr. Systrom and Mr. Krieger sold the company for $1 billion to Facebook. In September of this year, they stepped down from their role at Facebook and have not said why they are leaving.
Despite the hype, Instagram is still owned by its founders. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg bought the company in March of this year and has now acquired Instagram for $1 billion. The acquisition, which was reportedly a surprise to Systrom and Krieger, is yet another indication that Systrom and Krieger did not see the potential of the social media site and were reluctant to sell it. Although Instagram was originally a startup, the company has become one of the largest social networks in the world.
In the summer of 2016, the company was sold to Facebook for $1 billion. The two founders stayed on as CEO and heads of engineering. They quickly turned Instagram into the largest social network in the world. In fact, Instagram now boasts a user base of over 500 million people. And they’re not the only ones! The founders of Instagram have been in the industry for a long time and they know how to make a successful product.
The company’s founders, Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger, created Instagram in 2010. The company was started as a side project of Systrom and Krieger, who graduated from Stanford University and worked as programmers. They didn’t intend to build the huge business Instagram is today. The company went through many development stages in the beginning. It was later acquired by Facebook, but its founders did not plan it that way. The newest owners of Instagram did.
The Instagram founders were known to work together for years before the company was sold to Facebook. The company’s founders spent money to keep the app online. They didn’t care who owned Instagram. They were motivated to continue working together in order to build a successful product. They did not want the company to fail and therefore opted to sell it. Besides, this is what makes it such an attractive option for advertisers. There’s no need to worry about their business.
The founders of Instagram are the founders of the company. They spent many years working on the app. But it didn’t take long for them to find a buyer for the company. It was created by Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger, and they made the deal in October of 2010. The deal was a great deal for Instagram. As a result, the company now has a new owner. This is an awesome opportunity to expand your business.
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June 12, 2020 / Amanda Woodard
I’m lounging on my sectional, thumb hovering over the “Deliver” button in Uber Eats. I have Feel Good on the TV, a Netflix original about a queer girl with a drug addiction that she considers past tense. I just texted a friend asking if it was too risky to get cake delivered to me. I’ve been sheltering in place for a while at this point, and I haven’t had dessert in ages. Before quarantine, I considered cutting sugar out of my diet to see if it would ease my anxiety. Since I’ve been alone, I’ve done a lot of back-pedaling and calling it “self-care.”
Today is March 24, 2020: My one-year anniversary of being sober. It’s nine o’clock at night and I’m just now realizing I never thought I would make it this far. My sobriety feels so surreal that I’m constantly having dreams about cheating on it and disappointing myself. I used to have dreams like that when I was in serious relationships too; I’d cheat on them and have to confess. I never got to experience the “fun” parts of those dreams — the drinking, getting high, the sex. Just the consequences.
Anyway, a whole year of anything feels like it deserves recognition.
Well, that settles it, I text my friend. I’m buying the cake.
Feel Good is easy to blast through at 25 minutes an episode. It’s a dramedy, situationally funny with dark undertones. But the more I watch, the more my chest tightens. I recognize all these characters — not the actors, but the roles they’re playing.
I’m new to delivery apps so I accidentally buy two cakes, and yes, I eat both. The texture is moist with soft cranberries and crispy walnuts mixed in. There’s entirely too much icing, but it’s so creamy, just a hint of sweetness among the cream cheese, caramelized sugar dusting the top layer, that I eat it all anyway, dipping my fork in for more and letting it make my tongue raw.
A specific scene in the Feel Good finale stays with me long after the credits roll. One character relapses with a member of her NA group, a guy who represents everything she hates. She’s at his house when they run out of coke, and there’s this moment when panic widens her eyes: She knows she’ll come down soon. She turns to the guy and just says, “Do you want to have sex?”
The tightness in my chest spreads to a sickness in my gut, a sadness that washes over me like a fog. Not even the carrot cake can dull it. Earlier in the episode, she told the guy she wasn’t interested in sleeping with him. I know she never would have done this if she were sober.
I just binged the entire season and now I’m stewing in shame — like I stayed up drinking instead of watching TV and eating cake. Like I’m the one who propositioned a man I would never love into sleeping with me. To risk his rejection. To feel adrenaline pulse where his fingers touched me, to feel more in my body than in my head, for once. To have him grab my wrists and make me feel small.
That’s just what happens in the show. It’s not real. I didn’t do that. I didn’t.
But I have before.
About a week before social-distancing mandates shut down the country, I went to San Antonio for a writing conference. Most of the seminars I wanted to attend were canceled because the authors were proactively staying home. I had a lot of time to kill, so I stayed at my Airbnb working on the second draft of an article my editor didn’t like. I felt restless. Antsy. Before I became even “sober curious,” I’d quell this feeling by getting high, drinking, or sneaking into abandoned buildings alone at night. The trouble is: I crossed all these off my list of coping mechanisms, but I don’t know any healthier alternatives. Meditation pisses me off. Yoga doesn’t slow my heart rate. My antidepressants help, but they don’t get me high — and that’s the point.
I decided on a whim to get a tattoo, a line from an E. E. Cummings poem: “Nobody, not even the rain, has such small hands.” After paying, a boy in the waiting room stops me to ask about the writing conference I’m in town for. He was reading a book, an actual work of fiction. He told me he’s a writer too. I liked the way his sad eyes looked into mine. We both knew I’d leave in a few days and that this couldn’t turn into anything, and it’s maybe because of that that I asked if he’d go out with me that night.
Later, as he takes sips from a Lone Star and drags from a cigarette, I nurse a Dr. Pepper and explain myself: Alcoholism is in my blood. But I caught it in time before anything really bad happened. I told him I wasn’t an alcoholic and that I was sober by choice.
I tell him: “I just didn’t like how much I liked drinking.” I didn’t tell him that I’d lose track of my drinks. How alcohol, even at its sweetest, never tasted good to me; I always gulped down the drinks until I couldn’t feel my face anymore, until I had intimate conversations with strangers. I didn’t tell him that I almost always drank until I threw up, then wallowed in bed the next day feeling sick and ashamed, wondering what I did the night before to make a fool of myself. I didn’t tell him about puking in my purse, driving drunk and wondering how much it would hurt if I turned into oncoming traffic, sleeping on my side so I wouldn’t choke in my sleep.
I did tell him that I’d been reflecting a lot on my sobriety with my one-year anniversary looming. It helped me discover other places where I was hiding from myself: I celebrate by eating sugar. I numb myself with TV. I shop when I’m sad. Things like that.
I was more open with him than I normally would be on a first date, thinking about how he’d take this information, how he’d interpret me. Daring him to reject me, to show me I was just as undesirable and worthless as I felt.
I invited him back to my Airbnb, with no pretense that we would enjoy a few drinks there.
We didn’t have to sleep together. He might have pushed it, but he didn’t. I’m the one who initiated that conversation, letting myself disappear into the present for once. I just wanted him to make me feel full.
Although my encounter was unlike that scene on Feel Good, I can’t keep myself from thinking about it now: the chase, the rush, the awareness of an ending that kept me in the moment. The shame that found me in the car on the drive home. The voice in my head that said, “Where’s your sense of self-preservation, Amanda? He could have hurt you.”
He didn’t. But people had before.
I hadn’t even been drinking. I couldn’t blame my recklessness on that.
But being with Mr. San Antonio — binging him through the weekend — felt like getting drunk. I felt exactly the same feelings of worthlessness after I got home as I did after a night of drinking.
Sitting in bed after turning off the TV, the lingering ache of Feel Good rattling around in my ribcage, I’m thinking, It feels impossible that I’ve been sober for a year.
In a way, I haven’t been completely sober. I stopped drinking and I stopped doing drugs, but I’ve continued to chase highs in other places.
I’ve been fooling myself into thinking that I wasn’t an addict because I didn’t have to go to rehab. I haven’t relapsed. Drinking didn’t interfere with my daily life before I became sober — not in the way it did for people on TV.
But today is my one-year anniversary since I quit drinking and doing drugs, and I’m crying because I don’t want to be sober.
Not because I feel like I’m missing out with my friends or because, culturally, I don’t know how to celebrate or mourn something without drinking.
I don’t want to be sober because I don’t want to be here. I want to escape. I want that glorious 30 minutes where you’re getting drunk — but you’re not drunk yet — but you’re too buzzed to realize you should stop drinking, and everything is perfect. And the truth is, I’ve wanted to escape from my life at least weekly since I quit drinking. The craving is in me like an itch under the skin, deep in the muscle.
If it weren’t for the immense support of my friends — if just one person had said, “It’s no big deal, just have one drink” — I never would have lasted this long.
Now, in quarantine, I think, No one would judge me if I started drinking again. Everyone would understand. Everyone is already posting on Instagram and Twitter about having champagne for breakfast, that the days are just separated by coffee and wine.
I’d blend right in.
And it’s this thought that finally makes me admit to myself that I’m an alcoholic. I’m not the kind of person who can have a glass of wine with dinner and stop. There’s something lurking deep inside me, something that wants to put me in harm’s way. After a year of sobriety, I am only now beginning to question: Why can’t I be alone with myself?
Amanda Woodard is an MFA candidate at Antioch University and a freelance copywriter at mediamanda.com. Her work has been performed in Oral Fixation and published in Ten Spurs, Keep This Bag Away from Children and FlashFlood. When she’s not reading and writing, she enjoys playing board games, rock climbing and practicing yoga.
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US court ruling backs Ill. position on juvenile life terms
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — About 100 convicted Illinois murderers sentenced as teenagers to life without parole are assured of resentencing after a U.S. Supreme Court ruling Monday. The high court found its 2012 opinion barring automatic life terms for young offenders is retroactive. The Illinois Supreme Court decreed the same two years ago. Heidi Lambros is with the Office of the State Appellate Defender. She says two Illinois cases have already undergone resentencing. One involved Addolfo Davis, the subject of the 2014 Illinois case. He was resentenced to life in prison. Lambros says the other was released after serving 30 years. The U.S. ruling — involving a 17-year-old Louisiana man who shot a sheriff’s deputy in 1963 — solidifies the Illinois position. Lambros says the other Illinois cases will be scheduled for court hearings.


NBA Summer League 2012: Reggie Jackson Taking Advantage Of Playing Time
By Matt Conner Jul 11, 2012, 8:00am CDT
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Reggie Jackson is one of the more high profile players for the Oklahoma City Thunder this week in the NBA Summer League in Orlando. WIth only a handful of games against Eastern Conference teams, the Thunder's roster features last year's first round choice with Jackson out of Boston College as well as this years in Perry Jones III out of Baylor. They have 10 others, but those two players are the ones expected to break out if anyone can. And Jackson says he's ready for that role.
In a recent interview with Nick Gallo from the OKC Thunder's official web site, Jackson discussed his goals for this summer and many other things. More than anything, he's focused on improving all aspects of his game by participating in summer league action.
"Hopefully I just become a well-rounded player, fix some of my flaws and try to minimize some of my deficiencies," said Jackson. "This is just a way to get some playing time. It's good to get your legs moving, get going, try to get your wind up and just have fun. Playing with these guys is great for me and hopefully we become better teammates and just get better."
Jackson played in 45 games in his rookie season and averaged just over 11 minutes per game. With Eric Maynor coming back from injury, he could find less time this next season which means he needs to take advantage of every opportunity he can. In fact, he said he didn't even want to leave after the NBA Finals were over but wanted to stay and perfect his game.
"I went home to Colorado Springs. It was terrible," he said. "I hate being away from the gym. I felt like I was forced out of there. The coaches wanted me to stay away. I snuck in a few days and shot but didn't do too much. It was tough being away from these guys and then the fires didn't really help either. So it hurt, but once we drafted Perry (Jones) I wanted to get around this young talent and just have fun and try to go on this journey together and just be with these guys. I missed them, I wanted to see some of the faces that have come in for summer league and see what we can do this week."
You can watch every game of the 2012 Orlando Summer League on NBA TV or via a subscription to Summer League Broadband.
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How an ancient Egyptian artefact was discovered in Aberdeen - and what it is?
By Chelsea Rocks
Updated Wednesday, 16th December 2020, 4:09 pm
In a miraculous case of ‘the right place at the right time’ an Egyptian researcher at the University of Aberdeen has discovered an ancient artefact which has been missing for over a century.
Wooden splits found in a cigar tin in the university’s Asia collection, could have been mistaken for something insignificant.
But the relic has now been confirmed as belonging to the oldest of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.
So why is the discovery so important, and how did the artefact end up in Aberdeen of all places?
What is the missing artefact?
The wooden fragments of the relic date back to somewhere between 3341-3094BC, making it around 5000 years old.
The cedar wood pieces are part of the Dixon Relics, originally discovered in the pyramid’s Queens Chamber in 1872 by engineer Waynman Dixon.
Some have speculated that the piece of cedar was originally a measuring rule which may have been used for construction of the pyramid.
What are the other Dixon Relics?
The other two artefacts which make up the collection are a ball and hook.
They are now housed in the British Museum.
How did the artefact end up in Aberdeen?
It is thought that engineer Dixon befriended James Grant, a medical student at the university, after they met in Egypt while Grant was helping with an outbreak of cholera in the 1860s.
Grant then assisted Dixon with the exploration of the Great Pyramid, where they discovered the relics in 1872.
During this time, Dixon gave the cedar wood to Grant and it remained in his possession until his death in 1895, when the rest of his collections were then donated to the University of Aberdeen.
However, the wooden splints remained with his daughter until 1946 when she then handed them over to the university.
There was no classified record of this donation and so there was no official record of the artefact being stored there among the hundreds of thousands of other pieces of history stored in various collections.
Who discovered the missing piece in Aberdeen?
In 2001, a record indicating that the wood fragment may have been donated to the University of Aberdeen's museum collection was discovered.
However, the record had never been classified and the artefacts never materialised, until they showed up in 2019.
While Egyptian researcher and curatorial assistant Abeer Eladany, was sorting through the Asia collection at the university, she recognised a cigar tin with the former Egyptian flag on it.
After cross-referencing the fragments inside with other records, she recognised them as the missing artefact.
The archaeologist, originally from Egypt, said of her discovery: ”I'm an archaeologist and have worked on digs in Egypt but I never imagined it would be here in north-east Scotland that I'd find something so important to the heritage of my own country.
"It may be just a small fragment of wood, which is now in several pieces, but it is hugely significant given that it is one of only three items ever to be recovered from inside the Great Pyramid.
“The university’s collections are vast – running to hundreds of thousands of items – so looking for it has been like finding a needle in a haystack. I couldn’t believe it when I realised what was inside this innocuous-looking cigar tin.”
Despite the artefacts being discovered in 2019, coronavirus held up the dating of the wood, but results now show it can be dated to somewhere in the period 3341-3094BC.
What is the Pyramid of Giza?
The Great Pyramid of Giza is the oldest and largest of the three pyramids in a complex bordering Giza in Greater Cairo, Egypt.
Dating back to around 3000 B.C., it is the oldest of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, as well as the only one still remaining as it appeared thousands of years ago.
It originally stood 146.5 metres high, making it the tallest man-made structure in the world for more than 3,800 years - until the Lincoln Cathedral was built in 1311.
The pyramid is made up of three chambers - the Lower Chamber, the Queen’s Chamber and the King’s Chamber.
It was initially thought that the pyramid was built for Pharaoh Khufu - however, the dating of the cedar wood artefact could call this into question as they are thought to date back to 500 years before Khufu was born.
Why is the discovery so important?
The new dating of the cedar wood raises questions about the history of the pyramid, as they date back to some 500 years earlier than it was believed the Egyptian pyramid was built.
The pyramid is the last Wonder of the Ancient World which is largely intact and the relics are one of only three remaining original objects from the time the pyramid was built.
Neil Curtis, head of museums and special collections at the University of Aberdeen, said: "Finding the missing Dixon relic was a surprise but the carbon dating has also been quite a revelation.
"It is even older than we had imagined. This may be because the date relates to the age of the wood, maybe from the centre of a long-lived tree.
"Alternatively, it could be because of the rarity of trees in ancient Egypt, which meant that wood was scarce, treasured and recycled or cared for over many years.
"This discovery will certainly reignite interest in the Dixon relics and how they can shed light on the Great Pyramid."


DACHSER continues to provide highly efficient transport solutions to its valued customers in India.
The dedicated rake of containers carrying aluminum silos to be used in the petrochemical industry were imported from the Netherlands and are a part of a three month long project, expected to be completed by September 2019. Around 350 FEUs are estimated to be shipped over this period of time. The containers were shipped from the Netherlands to Mundra Port where it gets loaded onto the train to Ludhiana ICD and covered their last leg to the destination by truck.
Dachser India handled a port-to-door shipment with multi-model transportation.
Commenting on the momentous occasion, Huned Gandhi, Managing Director, Air & Sea Logistics for the Indian Subcontinent, said “Our highly experienced teams at Dachser have once again designed an efficient multi-modal transport solution for a time bound project cargo”
“The credit also goes to all the stakeholders associated with the project at different stages and the ocean freight colleagues in Delhi and Netherlands for their intense involvement and close coordination for completing such a humongous assignment successfully”, he added.
Optimizing the balance sheet
At DACHSER, focusing on the importance of competitive criteria such as providing efficient, cost-effective, reliable and convenient trade routes to our valued customers and business partners are always a priority, and this achievement serves as a testimony to the same.
“The Port-to-Door service will surely help in optimizing the balance sheet of our customer which is at the heart of the DACHSER mission”, said Narayan Shankar, Head of Ocean Freight Indian Subcontinent.
The team is highly motivated by the achievement, and we are looking forward to the successful accomplishment of the entire project and to provide this service to more customers in the future, Shankar explained.
"Preserving the good, increasing agility"
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Operational disruptions at the port of Hamburg cause backlogs
With this update, DACHSER would like to inform you that port operations in Hamburg are currently affected in their flow due to various factors.
The current situation of congestion in the northern and western ports has become even more acute in Hamburg. The deployment of the explosive ordnance disposal service twice to defuse World War II bombs in construction areas, together with a demonstration by climate activists which led to the temporary closure of an important access road last week, are causing disruptions in handling operations.
Please note that this is causing significant delays at all operational interfaces in the port of Hamburg area and has created a backlog that will continue for some time.
For detailed information on possible impacts on your current shipments, please contact your local DACHSER representative.
COVID-19 pandemic: Impact on operational processing in the USA
As can already be seen from various press releases, the US authorities have enforced a ban with effect from 13 March 2020, 23:59 h, which prevents all entries from Europe into the United States, in addition to the already existing entry ban for visitors from several Asian countries.
This leads to a large number of flight cancellations on routes between Europe and the United States. However, the affected passenger routes also represent a significant portion of the available cargo capacity and therefore there is a massive impact on available cargo space and freight rates.
Our team of experts continues to work hard on alternative options and routes that will allow us to carry urgent cargo and we are committed to providing our customers with priority access to available capacity. As with the successful implementation of our charter program between China and Germany, we are now exploring similar solutions for transportation between Germany and the USA.
Our teams around the world will stay in touch with you, but please do not hesitate to get in touch with your contact at the respective DACHSER branch to discuss your particular situation and make further arrangements for your freight shipments.
Sea freight: update on the global situation
Due to the ongoing disruption of the sea freight market, the after-effects (container shortages and frequent port congestion) continue to impact global supply chains. Below, we provide an update on all developments to minimize potential disruptions to your business.


Home Culture Scott Miller A Performer Who Performs
Scott Miller A Performer Who Performs
Usually the opening act's primary purpose is to warm up the audience, and that task is assigned to the lesser performer.But the Friday night (May 6) performance of Scott Miller and Steve Forbet at Rams Head OnStage proved, sometimes it's the name in smaller print who proves to be the showstopper. Yes, I know Forbet has the bigger name literally and figuratively and the big following of fans who were gratified to see him perform such old favorites as “Romeo's Tune “ (Billboard #11 of the top 100 in 1980) and “Blinked Once”, but if they were really listening to what they were hearing Friday night, they'd realize Forbets' voice has unfortunately deteriorated.
Meanwhile Miller, who by his own humble mannerisms presents himself as a “supporting player” has continued to cultivate a voice which serves as a finely tuned instrument hitting the high and low notes with grace and clarity. True enough, Miller at age 43 is 14 years younger than Forbet, but many singer continue to flourish well past middle age, depending on their lifestyle and their vocal training and approach Both performers Friday evening are master songwriters who have many albums under their belt, and both performers play the harmonica and an acoustic guitar as their musical accompaniments, but it is Scott Miller who delivers a fine musical stage performance in a day and age when there is so much of music can be technologically enhanced in the recording studio.
Having listened to Miller's Latest album recorded with the Commonwealth Band, entitled “For Crying Out Loud,” I was not prepared for the power and beauty of his solo performance. Songs like “I Made a Mess of This Town” and “Amtrak Crescent “from his 2003 “Upside Down album, had me tapping my toes, while “Los Sientos Spanishburg West Virginia” was witty and lovely to listen to. Other selections included . “Good Night You Loser,” from the days when Johnson sang with the VRoys Band,, reprised as a solo, and the spiritual lament “Is there Room on the Cross for Me?”
Miller is planning on releasing a new album, and perhaps some of those songs I enjoyed, but couldn't trace as being currently available, will be included on this new CD slated for fall.
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Nestled in the Flint Hills alongside the Neosho River, Council Grove received its name August 10, 1825, when the US Commissioners met with Chiefs of the Great and Little Osage Indian tribes beneath a tree later named the “Council Oak”, to sign the first treaty establishing the right-of-way for the famed Santa Fe Trail. In the years following, Council Grove became the pre-eminent rendezvous point for wagon trains heading west.
It was at Council Grove that small wagon trains and individual travelers gathered to form large wagon trains, since Council Grove was the furthest west point to which they could safely travel alone or in small groups. Also, at Council Grove was the last stand of hardwood timber from which wagon repairs could be made. However, the first permanent settlement in Council Grove did not occur until Seth Hays, great-grandson of the famed Kentucky frontiersman Daniel Boone, established a trading post here in 1847. With the arrival of the railroad, the last Santa Fe wagon train passed through Council Grove in 1866, and the town became a trade center for the local agricultural economy. Today small industries, an active retail community and tourism form a large part of the local economy.
A town of a little over 2,200 residents, Council Grove proudly boasts its many historic sites, more than 24 of which have attained national recognition. The nearby Council Grove City Lake and Council Grove Federal Reservoir attract fishermen, boaters, and campers from everywhere. The Kaw Mission State Historic Site in Council Grove and the Kaw Nation’s Allegawaho Memorial Heritage Park (about 3.5 miles southeast of Council Grove), are dedicated to telling the story of the Kaw (or Kansa) Indian Tribe, whose reservation was located here from 1847 to 1873.
Learn More about Council Grove.