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Dwelling in the Urban Alleys of DC (Part II)
Part One of this post ended with the restoration movement's success in fending off an outright ban on existing alley dwellings in Washington DC.
In this follow-up, I'd like to touch upon what has happened with ADUs in DC since then, by looking more closely at one block that was mentioned earlier – Brown's Court.
One of the general provisions of DC's current zoning is that any nonconforming structure lawfully existing on May 12, 1958, that remains nonconforming, and any use or structure lawfully existing that became nonconforming on May 12, 1958, may be continued, operated, occupied, or maintained.
Brown's Court has many Alley Dwellings could not be built today, but because their "nonconforming uses" pre-date 1958, they are still legal.
1925 Baist Atlas for Brown's Court, which shows many of the pre-existing dwellings that faced the Alley.
The property I own is the one you can see with the truck parked in the driveway where I had hoped to build my ADU.
I was confident that I'd be able to build an ADU there in part because of what other owners had been permitted to do with their properties in Browns Court.
In 1983 one resident was granted a variance to transform a single story non-residential building originally built as a warehouse – into the two story residence shown here.
In 1991, other residents were granted the variances they needed to build on two 14' wide lots that had been subdivided when the original alley dwellings were built further down the court. Though the applicants faced some challenges in the local oversight committee, the Office of Planning and the Historic Preservation Review Board eventually recommended approval of the application, and the Board Granted it. This is what those Alley Dwellings look like today.
This is what those Alley Dwellings look like today.
Fast forward to the 2000s — the property I owned had approved plans that had gone through DC's Board of Zoning Adjudication and received a special exception that would have permitted the former owner to more than double the size of the existing home with a rear addition. These plans involved demolishing most of the historic structure, preserving only the front façade of the historic home.
After living in the house for a year, I began working with the same architect who had drawn up those home expansion plans, to instead draw up new plans that would keep the existing historic home just as it was, and build a detached dwelling with living quarters where there had been one historically.
The design was smaller than the previously approved rear addition, and it kept the existing 1860 home totally intact. It had support of the adjacent neighbors and our local Advisory Neighborhood Commission and I even received a nice letter of support from the Historic Preservation Review Board.
But the Office of Policy indicated in a draft letter that they would oppose our application, and the Capital Hill Restoration Society said the same thing. They would not support a variance.
The opposition from the City's Office of Planning surprised me, since their director is a great champion of the Smart Growth and New Urbanism movement. These movements have advocated limiting automobile dependency and improving the quality of life by creating inclusive communities that provide a wide range of housing choices. I thought this would translate to an interpretation of the flexibility inherent in the zoning, consistent with the history of Brown's Court.
But in Washington, DC, it appears as if smart growth advocates tend to prefer a high density, transit-oriented, mixed use (if not mixed income) housing approach, with most of their work going into large planned development and infill projects, like these pictured below. I am all for these projects, but I am concerned about what the lack of options for ADUs means for places like Brown's Court.
High density, transit-oriented, mixed use housing project in Washington DC.
In the face of the opposition from the Office of Policy, my architect persuaded me to hire a land use attorney. She worked helped us develop the following plan, which could be permitted because – with the connection walkway to the existing house — the ADU is now technically a "rear addition". If there was a predictable path to a permit for an ADU, I would have saved $30,000 in architecture and legal fees.
With a connection walkway to the existing house — the
Ultimately, these costs ate up so much of my budget and I was not able to build the permitted plans. Another contribution to scuttling the plans was the cost of the connector, which – while useful as a legal loophole, also would have cost tens of thousands to build in accordance to what the Office of Planning would count as a house. The connector also counts against the allowable 'lot occupancy', which effectively reduces the size of the ADU from 14' by 30′ to 14' by 23'.
Over time, with no changes in zoning to accommodate ADU's, and rear additions being permitted by right, it is safe to anticipate that existing homes adjacent to the alley will get larger and more expensive. That trend can already be seen in Browns Court, where large rear additions are increasingly common.
The owner of this property had hoped to build a guest room over his garage, but was opposed, so he built the rear addition with a new third floor, which was approved.
The only accessory buildings that are allowed in this residential district are private garages and artists studios, so we are starting to see fancier garages that are built up to the maximum height of 15', which effectively prohibits a second story
No one is allowed to live in this place because it's not zoned for residential.
Nor may the owners of these alley structures renovate these into apartments
Thousands of people in DC rent out their basements illegally, without getting a Certificate of Occupancy, because they can do the renovations on the sly. But building an ADU is not something that can fly under the radar.
So without changes in zoning, we are unlikely to see a lot of ADUs in the Nations Capitol. What we will have, in all of the alleys that once housed the Districts working class, are garages that will provide fancier habitat for cars behind larger homes with less historic fabric.
On the other hand, if DC invested a fraction of the level of effort that goes into approving new planned unit developments, and identified alleys where ADUs could be built in place of – or on top of – garages, many people would choose to build in the same occupied Alleys that James Borchert wrote about.
If anyone wants to take advantage of the investment I have already made in that nice little piece of property and build a little Accessory Dwelling six blocks from the capitol – right across from DC's Eastern Market – email me a proposal. I'd love to support a project that can help promote a growing awareness and acceptance of re-building a residential pattern that once existed in DC – before the automobile, as an inexpensive way to increase the affordable housing supply.
A recent photograph of Browns Court
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4 comments on "Dwelling in the Urban Alleys of DC (Part II)"
Jamal Kadri
Imagine what DC's Alleys could look like in a decade or two if the city had a program like the Accessory Dwelling Development Program in Santa Cruz:
http://www.cityofsantacruz.com/index.aspx?page=1150
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Katie McCaskey (@KatieMcCaskey)
Thank you, I was so curious about this. It was helpful to hear your story. I hope DC will consider updating the rules to accommodate projects like your proposal.
This entry was posted on December 11, 2011 by Jamal Kadri in Alley, News, Policy & Trends and tagged alley, laneway, permitting, washington dc.
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Startup India
Snapdeal may not acquire ShopClues, say sources
Published: June 19, 2019 11:43:05 AM
The two players were in talks for the acquisition in an all-stock deal. The companies have engaged in such discussions in the past as well, but this is the first time that it has made it to the due diligence phase.
ShopClues (which is registered as Clues Network) posted losses of Rs 2.08 billion (Rs 208 crore) for the year ended March 2018. (Image: Reuters)
The acquisition of ShopClues by larger rival Snapdeal is unlikely to materialise, sources said. The two players were in talks for the acquisition in an all-stock deal. The companies have engaged in such discussions in the past as well, but this is the first time that it has made it to the due diligence phase.
According to sources close to the development, there are concerns regarding some of the findings emerging from the due diligence conducted by advisory firm, Ernst & Young.
When contacted, a Snapdeal spokesperson declined to comment on the status of the discussions with ShopClues or the findings of the due diligence report, citing confidentiality protocols.
ShopClues too declined to comment on the matter.
One of the persons said fall in the number of orders to about 25,000 a day, a high proportion of orders returned by the buyers and concerns around accumulated liabilities, potential litigation and unquantifiable tax risks seem to have made ShopClues an unattractive option for Snapdeal.
With nearly 500 employees, ShopClues could be forced to downsize rapidly in the coming weeks, the person added. Another source said ShopClues is also exploring options with other platforms, even though these are in early stages.
ShopClues, in an emailed response, said its focus is on innovation and efficiency that has led to "spectacular improvements in revenues and economics".
"Our recently launched social selling platform EzoNow has 5 lakh resellers. We have expanded our rural offline stores to 20 in West Bengal and Odisha with two new ones recently opened in Eastern UP. Our smartship business has crossed 10,000 orders per day mark. Marketplace daily orders range between 65,000-70,000 a day," it said.
The email added that ShopClues has added 60 people in the last two months.
ShopClues (which is registered as Clues Network) posted losses of Rs 2.08 billion (Rs 208 crore) for the year ended March 2018. The company – which has raised about USD 250 million so far – focusses on tier II and III cities.

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The exact same error is reported on the HAP home page's discussion, but it looks like no meaningful fixes have been made to the project in a few years. Not encouraging.
It seems that there is some reason not to parse the Option tag as a "generic" tag, for XHTML compliance, however this can be a real pain in the neck.
Don't have to modify the source of the library (and can upgrade it later).
Can parse as you usually would.


Local long-time listener and occasional contributor Mark (Motl) Murstein recited his own translation of a poem written in Polish about the Holocaust, which to our knowledge had never been translated, much less broadcast, before! Also, Mark gave sang us a "popular" song, of which we have to date not found any recordings.
Gitl Schaechter-Viswanath and Paul (Hershl) Glasser, the editors of the just-published Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary. Airing part 1 tonight (7/13/16) and part 2 next week (7/20/16). Interviewers: Iosif Lakhman and Dovid Braun.


Larry Halla of Worthington, Massachusetts was hunting on November 9, 2011 with his TenPoint crossbow when he spotted this great 12-point buck. A perfect shot dropped the deer 35 yards from where he was shot. The big boy dressed out at 268 pounds.
Congrats on a great buck Larry!


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Q: How to Filter Unique data in Azure Application Insights I have data in azure Insights saved in custom events formats. These custom events has data like  Name , Email, Title
There can be multiple rows with the same email.
Now I want data to be grouped by email so that I can get Name, Email, Title. means need to fetch data of unique emails.
I tries to use like
customEvents
| summarize by tostring(customDimensions["email"])

But its returning me only email . Now how I can get another columns?
even
| project customDimensions["email"], customDimensions["name"]
,customDimensions["title"]

not working
I have three columns in azure insights. Customdata has a string value column and and a json string of data stored in it.
ID TimeStamp          Customdata
1   21-12-2018       "{email:"xyz@xyz.com", name:"james",title: "Dev"}"

1   21-12-2018       "{email:"abc@abc.com", name:"Will",title: "Tester"}"

1   21-12-2018       "{email:"xyz@xyz.com", name:"james",title: "Dev"}"
1   21-12-2018       "{email:"xyz@xyz.com", name:"Happy",title:"Developer"}"
1   21-12-2018       "{email:"xyz@xyz.com", name:"JOhn",title: "Developer"}"

Now I need a query that can return
Email          Name   Title  CountOfRecords

xyz@xyz.com    James   Dev      2
abc@abc.com    Will   Tester    1

help me here to write the query.

A: Try the query below(please point me out if I misunderstand you):
data source like below:

The query(please adjust the where sentence as per your need):
customEvents
| where timestamp >ago(1d)
| where name == "w1"
| summarize CountOfRecords = count() by Email = tostring(customDimensions["email"]), Name=tostring(customDimensions["name"]),Title=tostring(customDimensions["title"])

The test result:

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There has been a mad rush to buy the Vatican's last series of euro-denominated coins bearing the image of Pope John Paul, ordered before his death and already soaring in value.
Some brought sleeping bags and camped on the streets near the 4th century Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls to snap up the eight-coin set before supplies ran out.
But not everyone was a collector or buying for sentimental reasons. Many were just looking for a good return on their outlay, with the 23 euros cost expected to yield returns of more than 300 euros because of the rarity.
"We think it will sell for 350 euros," (that's around $450USD) one buyer told Italian television, moments after making his purchase.
From what I can tell, they're not selling for all that much. On eBay the average price I saw for Pope John Paul coins was around $15-$30, but it may go up as supplies dry up.
Here's a news article that has a picture of the coin in case you want to make sure you get the right one.


Our spring semester is ending at Occidental College. I organized the end of semester piano studio recital on Thursday 4/28 this spring semester. I had 18 students this semester, and all of them performed whatever they wanted to play. Many of them played their solo pieces, some did ensemble music, some did sing/play pieces, and one student invited her singer friend to play together. It is always so fun for me to listen through the recital. Occidental College is a liberal arts school, and performance situation is not competitive. I like to encourage everyone to express their own music in their levels and their favorite musical styles. We are heading to a long summer! Each student has their own goals to achieve. See you everyone in fall!


Kaiser Health News provides a fresh take on health policy developments with "Political Cartoon: 'Pat Answer'" by John Deering from "Strange Brew".
To stay abreast of disease!
A federal appeals court upholds Labor Department regulations granting home-health workers the right to minimum-wage and overtime pay.
The president of Americans for Prosperity, a group founded by billionaire brothers Charles and David Koch, says support for his group is growing. In other health law news, a look at efforts to improve coverage for people on Medicare and Medicaid, an appeals court temporarily stays its ruling about contraceptive coverage, California's marketplace pledges to improve service and Speaker John Boehner hires a health care expert.
Reuters: How Long Will Opponents Fight Obamacare? How Long Have You Got?
Meanwhile, Boehner is girding for some tough negotiations on other issues when Congress returns.
In other news from the Republican primary field: Scott Walker has a plan for winning Senate support for his health proposal, Rick Perry and John Kasich trade barbs on Medicaid expansion, Donald Trump tells big crowds that he will "repeal and replace" Obamacare and Bobby Jindal brags about his move against Planned Parenthood supporters.


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Jesus as Whistleblower
Christian churches typically present the religious mythology about Jesus, as the supernatural Son of God who was sacrificed on the cross as atonement for man's sins. But there is a more historical Jesus who instructed the poor about the injustices they faced and died for it, writes Rev. Howard Bess.
By Rev. Howard Bess
In the John account of the beginning of the ministry of Jesus, Jesus starts by calling his disciples. Philip, who had already become a follower, brought along Nathaniel and declared with great excitement: "We have found the messiah, the one of whom Moses speaks. He is Jesus, the son of Joseph, from Nazareth."
Nathaniel's response was quick: "Can anything good come from Nazareth?"
I grew up in Fairbury, a small farm town in central Illinois that survived and thrives as a shopping and banking center with an excellent high school, the result of consolidations with surrounding school districts. But around Fairbury are a handful of dead towns.
At one time, each of these small towns had a general store, a bank, a grain elevator, a church and a one-building school that housed kids first grade through high school. These towns now consist of a few homes, but nothing more.
Nazareth of Jesus's time can be compared to these small dead communities but much worse. At one time, Nazareth was a thriving town populated by farm families. Farmers owned and farmed their own land but did not live on the land they farmed. They lived in villages like Nazareth.
However, by the Jesus era, the area had gone through a dramatic change, much because of the heavy hand of Roman occupation. Nazareth was a dead town that was a part of an "advanced agrarian society." Farmers had lost ownership of their land. Ownership had passed to wealthy people who lived in the big Roman-dominated cities of Sepphoris and Tiberius.
The population of villages like Nazareth was made up of former farmers, who stayed in Nazareth, having lost land ownership and were reduced to peasants trying to exist as farm laborers, expendables who had become starving beggars, and women who had been abandoned. The poverty was beyond description.
The words ascribed to Nathaniel are understandable: "Can anything good come from Nazareth?"
A thinking person cannot help but ask "how did things get so bad?" The answer is very involved but is vital to the search for the historical Jesus. For now, we can say that the plight of the rural Jews in Galilee was terrible and that fact can be verified by historical research.
We also can emphatically say that these were the roots of Jesus, and Jewish peasants were his audience. The added tragedy is that the poor both then and now seldom realize what had happened to them and who it was that had put them in their lowly position.
In our own day a poor person working for minimum wage applies for food stamps, goes to a local food bank, buys clothes at a second-hand store, and lives in subsidized housing without asking why she/he cannot be paid a livable wage. She/he also shops at Walmart because the prices are so good.
I do not know how Jesus figured out what was being done to his fellow peasants. But we know that Jesus realized that the rich land owners in Sepphoris and Tiberius were crooks, their retainers were thieves, and the priests, who kept peasants in line, were spiritual thugs.
History has preserved for us very important information about Jesus. The number one source is the parables he told. Many people still think that the parables of Jesus are nice earthly stories about heavenly subjects. However, placed in the context of the dynamics of an advanced agrarian society, the stories become pointed protests against the rich, the politically powerful and the haughty religious.
This collection of stories becomes political and social commentary that the poor began to understand. They decided to rise up in protest. Jesus was the whistleblower exposing and explaining the injustices. He was put to death for his unholy activity.
I have a dear minister friend, whom I greatly admire. My friend spent many years as a hospital chaplain and loved her job. The nurses had grievances with the hospital and went on strike. My chaplain friend joined their picket line. Because she joined the picket line and would not cross the line to go to work, she lost her chaplain job. The union hired her, and she finished her ministerial career as a union executive. I have nothing but admiration for the decisions she made. She was a first-rate Jesus follower.
Jesus is my Lord. I believe he died for the sins of the world, which is the side of Jesus that we hear presented every Sunday in worship services. My protest is about the side of Jesus that ministers and churches keep side-stepping.
Jesus constantly spoke about the Kingdom of God on earth and instructed us to pray for that reality. If our religious gestalt does not include Jesus as a whistleblower on earth in life's real situations, the picture is not complete.
Can anything good come out of Nazareth? You be the judge.
The Rev. Howard Bess is a retired American Baptist minister, who lives in Palmer, Alaska. His email address is hdbss@mtaonline.net.


Your content marketing strategy functions as a foundation when creating content. By setting up editorial guidelines and a calendar, you will also gain a strategy overview and instructions on how to proceed.
We've previously discussed ways to start planning your editorial calendar. In this post, we are going to offer you some advice on how to create editorial guidelines to drive your content.
What do your target audiences expect from you?
Target groups expectations are based on the frequency and quality of what you publish. If you frequently update your website, blog, LinkedIn or Instagram with high quality content, people will expect you to maintain that standard. This is great! If your content is consistent and relevant, people will feel the urge to read because they will begin associating your brand with quality. However, if your updates are irregular and of varying quality (or even plain bad), your audience will also learn to expect this from you. People will just scroll down or click somewhere else when noticing your posts because they have not learned to associate your brand with something valuable. And no one wants that, do they?To ensure that you are always able to provide your audience with quality articles, blog posts, social media updates or similar, you have to create editorial guidelines to define your brand voice and tone.
What works? Look back on what you've published so far and check for items that did well in terms of your KPIs. Break these down to their base elements if you have to. Were they long or short pieces? Did you use infographics or pictures to convey information? What tone did you employ? And so on. Analyse your best content and set your guidelines while keeping these elements in mind. You can also refer to your best performing post in your guidelines.
What does your company want to accomplish and how can your content help achieve this? What business goal is the driving force behind different types of content, as well as specific blog posts, articles, newsletters, etc.
Look at what your competitors do. Take inspiration from what they do best, but also try to do something that they're not doing! Keep track of trends, but be true to your brand and core values and make an effort to do something unique.
Setting a standard for how you write will make things easier for everyone. This is your opportunity to let your writers and editors know everything important before they even start writing.
No matter what the purpose of your content is, the purpose of editorial guidelines is to set the identity and personality of your brand.
So, what are the pros of editorial guidelines?
Tone of voice: what does your company sound like when it speaks? Does it speak differently depending on the audience or is consistent throughout?
Tips regarding formatting and style: how should you creators write? Do they use short sentences or long sentences? D you want to use long, complicated words and jargon or do you want to be more accessible and easy to read?
The process: provide an outline of the workflow. Include information on proofreading, fact checking, etc - who will do what and what does the process look like? Do you work with any special tools or software?
This will not only make work easier for your writers and editors, but will also contribute to the quality of your brand. Start with evaluating your content and thinking about the way it can or should connect to your business goals. Once you have a clear answer to this question, it will be easy to write your editorial guidelines.


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A course, first trialled in 2014 aimed to providing training in Bat Handling and Advanced Bat Survey Techniques for professional consultants.
Bat Handling, all capture techniques, use of acoustic lures, radio tags, radio tracking, advanced identification skills, endoscoping and demonstrations in remote and Infra-red observation techniques and tree climbing assessments. This course is a must for all bat ecologists looking to 'upskill' in response to increased survey demands.
Natural England have recently revised their requirements for applicants for the various Bat Class Licence levels – you can read more here.
Although no sign-off for a 'NE Level 1' or 'NRW without handling' bat licence will be possible, with an appropriate amount of additional logged and observed competent bat handling, log book signatures, we will provide a course certificate that will count towards a 'NE Level 2' or 'NRW with handling' application. However it is important you are aware that a course on its own is unlikely to sufficient to achieve a licence or licence upgrade and further logged experience and/or a separate referee are likely to be required. It is important you have prepared your log book prior to attending any course – as in both England and Wales the ability to demonstrate wider experience over time has become much more important.
The flexible nature of the course also gives us scope to offer logged experience and a course certificate towards a 'NE Level 4 bat licence' for harp trapping with an acoustic lure (or equivalent NRW endorsement), or 'Level 3 bat licence' for mist netting with an acoustic lure for those looking to expand these skills - and all participants will receive training and practice in the use of the equipment. But please note that as course trainers we are no longer permitted to provide licence references for participants that have only attended this course.
Mist netting, harp trapping, triple high, canopy net to catch bats in and around St Fagans including mist net and harp trap extraction and handling. Radio tracking of bat if target species is caught.
*This session may be moved to Day 2 if a bat is radio tagged on the night of Day 1.
Bat handling gloves (e.g. nitrile gloves, light cotton manicure gloves, Gripz lite gloves, leather riding/pilots'/golfers' gloves*), head torch, appropriate field clothes and footwear (including wellies) for all anticipated weather conditions, field note book/clipboard, bat detector, bat log book for signing.
You may like to bring a recording bat detector in order to collect calls from bats in the hand and on release.
Please bring a record of bats previously handled if appropriate. It is MUCH easier to sign bat log books at the event. Please try to prepare and bring your bat log with you.
*A selection of gloves is preferable to suit all species of bats that may be handled.
As this is a bat handling course all participants must provide suitable bat handling gloves and proof of up-to-date rabies inoculation. All voluntary bat handlers, licensed or not, are entitled to free immunisation from the NHS, although your GP may sometimes charge an admin fee, those handling for professional purposes usually have to pay for their injections.
You will automatically receive a booking confirmation on receipt of payment. If you require a VAT receipt, please email Richard quoting the name, date and booking reference.
Old Church Rooms (Radyr Old Church Rooms, Park Road, Radyr, Cardiff, CF15 8DF, next door to Radyr Primary School and opposite the library.
Approximate finish: midnight ( /- 1 hr) after catching on the night of Thursday 9th August.
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Wallace impeachment proposed
Postedby Sara Gundell
The ASPSU senate discussed the possibility of impeaching student body President Kristin Wallace at yesterday's senate meeting.
Some members of the senate expressed concerns about Wallace's accountability to her position, to the senate and to the rest of the ASPSU executive staff.
The discussion of Wallace's possible impeachment came after Sen. Dimitris Desyllas asked former ASPSU Vice President Dune Zhu and former cultural affairs director Jason Lowery to discuss their recent resignations with the senate.
Both of their reasons were similar, and dealt with honesty in the ASPSU office and respect from particular members of the executive staff. They also mentioned conflicts that had arisen between themselves and Wallace.
Desyllas was also upset at Wallace's recent request for veto power over the senate that she made to the Evaluation and Constitutional Review Committee (E&CR).
During discussions, Sen. Caine Lowery said he wanted at least a "no confidence" vote from the senate towards Wallace, and that he has thought seriously about making a motion for her impeachment.
Desyllas agreed, and added that he would also like to ask Zhu and Jason Lowery to reconsider their resignations, particularly in the event of Wallace's impeachment.
Zhu's commented, "I resigned for myself, not to play politics."
The senate was unable to suspend it's bylaws in order to make a "no confidence" vote, however they plan to address the issue in their next meeting.
Some senators did not feel impeachment is the right course of action at this time, regardless of their personal feelings towards Wallace's credibility.
Sen. Rebecca Pierce pointed out that Wallace's term is almost over, and her vacancy would leave ASPSU without a president or vice president.
Sen. Nathan Pawlicki, also a member of the E&CR, recommended senators concerned about how well Wallace has fulfilled her presidential duties present a list of her violations to the E&CR for review. The E&CR would then be able to take appropriate action based on that information.
"Impeachment will only create more layers of problems," Pawlicki said.
Wallace did not try to defend herself at any point, but stated that she wanted to remain professional. She also emphasized the need for ASPSU to remain productive throughout the rest of their terms.
"We only have a month and a half left," she said. "Let's get some work done."
Wallace did say that she felt it was important for senators to voice their concerns, and that they can always come talk to her. She also recommended that any senator can bring any of their concerns before the E&CR for further scrutiny.
In other business, Caine Lowery asked the senate to pass a resolution against Daniel "Preacher Dan" Lee preaching on campus, and that they find him offensive.
"Preacher Dan is an asshole," Lowery said.
Other senators seemed to agree with Lowery's description, and added their own concerns with his presence on campus.
"He's creating an unsafe space on our campus," Sen. Pollyanne Birge said, also voicing her concerns about harassment.
"He's pretty universally offensive," added Sen. Justin Meyers.
Many senators also brought up the point the Park Blocks where Lee speaks is public property that belongs to the city of Portland, not the university.
Sen. Kara MacKillop emphasized the need for reports to be made to the police when Lee harasses anyone, disturbs the peace or is generally out of line.
Also during the meeting, Sen. Cassidy Blackburn tried to reopen and revote on the referendum issue for the recycling program.
Not enough support was given, however, for the issue to be readdressed. Before storming out of the meeting, Blackburn started shouting out of turn, exclaiming, "This is bullshit!"
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"A parent does not have a right to be respected, but it is a responsibility for a child to respect the parent," explains Rabbi Naftali Silberberg, editor-in-chief of the new course curriculum. The course will look at the differences that raising children with a sense of entitlement vs. a sense of responsibility makes to the children, the family and society.
Beginning this week at some 357 locations worldwide in seven languages, the six-session course explores Jewish teachings and parenting values as practiced by Jewish parents for thousands of years, and their relevance to today's parenting.
"Jews have a very successful parenting record of tens of generations who successfully transmitted their ideas and values, even though it was under very difficult circumstances," says Silberberg.
Developed by the JLI team in consultation with educational experts, talmudic scholars, psychologists and parents, The Art of Parenting will examine issues of self-esteem, reward and discipline, and questions such as: "How do we keep our children safe, while encouraging their independence? When should we motivate them by incentive, and when by establishing firm consequences? And how do we build their self-esteem to prepare them mentally and emotionally for the long road ahead?" from a distinctly Jewish perspective.
Participants may receive credits for the course from the American Psychological Association, the American Council for Continuing Medical Education, the California Board of Behavioral Sciences, and the he National Board for Certified Counselors.


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Mail-in voting has no partisan advantage, Stanford researchers say
Studies find increased turnout, particularly for blue-collar workers, young people
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Studies by Stanford University researchers have found increased voter turnout in young people, blue-collar workers and people of color in mail-only elections. Photo by Adam Pardee.
Mail-in and absentee ballots improve voter turnout and make elections more democratic, but the argument that one political party would have an advantage over another in a mail-in ballot election doesn't appear credible, studies by multiple Stanford University researchers have found.
Implementing a broad mail-in ballot program could have some potential pitfalls in the November election, however, for states and counties when putting together the necessary infrastructure for distributing and sorting the ballots and ensuring that all of the votes are counted, they said.
In one study, Stanford political scientists Adam Bonica, an associate professor, and Hakeem Jefferson, an assistant professor, both of the Department of Political Science, analyzed election results in Colorado, one of the few states that conducts its elections completely by mail. Voter turnout increased about 9.4% after the program was rolled out in 2013, according to a working paper they co-authored, which studied data from five elections between 2010 and 2018. That percentage was even higher among people ages 30 and younger, where they found voter turnout increased by 15%.
Turnout was also high for blue-collar workers, voters without a high school diploma, those with less wealth and people of color, the researchers found.
"These findings suggest that making it easier to vote increases electoral participation among those who may otherwise remain unengaged," they wrote.
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Bonica and Jefferson did not find that Colorado's all-mail voting disproportionately benefited either the Republican or Democratic parties, but turnout among Independents was nearly 12% higher than in previous elections, the researchers said.
"Colorado's experience demonstrates that all-mail voting is not only safer than in-person voting but also better for democratic representation, with all age, income, race, occupational and education groups benefiting from its introduction," according to the working paper.
To address rapid changes for this November's election, the researchers suggested states and counties should offer in-person voting options with safety measures to avoid duplicative voting and allow people who miss the deadline to receive a mail-in or absentee ballot a chance to head to the polls.
Another Stanford study by Andrew Hall, a political science professor, examined data from California, Utah and Washington, three states that have gradually expanded their vote-by-mail programs. Mail-in and absentee voting did not affect overall turnout for either Republicans or Democrats, and mail-in voting didn't affect the share of votes that went to Democratic candidates. Mail-in voting did increase turnout by about 2% on average, Hall and his team found.
"Our paper has a clear takeaway: claims that vote-by-mail fundamentally advantages one party over the other appear overblown," the researchers wrote.
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Hall is also continuing a study of absentee voting, which includes analysis of a primary election held during the COVID-19 pandemic. Overall, his findings so far are consistent with the earlier study. But holding an election during the pandemic poses unprecedented challenges, and it's difficult to predict exactly what will happen in November, he said in an interview with Stanford News Service.
"Vote-by-mail is an extremely helpful part of the overall, nonpartisan election toolkit, but it is not a panacea. Voters should consider their local context, including prospects for logistical issues with vote-by-mail and the safety precautions their local officials are implementing to support in-person voting before deciding how they want to vote," he said.
Nathaniel Persily, a Stanford researcher and law professor, said he has concerns about ensuring that all mail-in ballots are counted.
"In such a short period of time it is very difficult for states to adapt to this new environment and it requires changes at every step in the administration of the election, from the beginning of registering votes to the end of counting their votes," Persily, former senior research director of the Presidential Commission on Election Administration, told Stanford News Service. He is co-leading research with Charles Stewart III of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology through the Healthy Elections Project.
In Florida's primary election earlier this year, Persily and Stewart found that mail-in ballots cast by African Americans, Latinos, first-time voters and young people were significantly less likely to be counted because the ballot was received late, signatures were missing or they did not match the signature on file.
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"That's a real concern as we approach the (general) election," Persily said.
States would also need to develop infrastructure such as mail-in ballots, sorters and scanners to meet the increased demand, he said during an interview with Stanford Legal.
Americans must prepare to vote in a different way this year, he said.
"We need to start treating this election like we would a natural disaster, like a hurricane or earthquake. We need to mobilize around all levels of government and civil society and that includes Congress appropriating more money and it includes massive efforts about educating people about how to vote safely and we need people to volunteer," he said.
To help voters and election officials, the Healthy Elections Project has prepared a vote-by-mail resource guide, which includes tips on signature verification and vote tallying.
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I have an issue with mail-in voting but it's not concerns about fraud or the ability of the Post Office to handle the volume.
I believe we, the people, should all vote on the same day. That way we are all voting based on the same information.
With the craziness going on in the last few years a lot can happen between the time you mail in a ballot and election day.
I'm not saying there should be no mail in voting. I understand it's necessary for some people unable to vote in person. I understand this year it's really needed with COVID.
However I've been a mail-in only voter for 10 years now. It was not my choice. There weren't enough people voting in my area to justify the cost of a precinct. I do have the option to vote in person but they give you a "provisional" ballot and the two times I tried it the poll workers didn't seem to really know the process for handling a provisional ballot. Not knocking them. They're helping out and that is good but it didn't instill a lot of confidence.
Yes, you can hold onto your ballot and vote on election day. As long as it's post marked you're good. I usually drop mine off at the local polling place on the day of the election. This year I'll probably mail it in due to COVID. Probably a week early just to be safe.
Stay healthy and VOTE in November.
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In the old days, special interests would advance or attack candidates just before election day. The information could be bogus - with no time for voters to learn the truth. So one advantage of voting over time is that lies can be revealed. If voting this fall were limited to November 3, Donald Trump would have fellow liars roll out - on November 2 - a fake vaccine and a fake cure and other false stories about anyone and anything that he thinks might trick voters into voting for him or not voting at all. Indeed, Trump is trying to get only his base to vote. I predoct the Postal Service will slow to a standstill where that helps Trump. Only swing states matter in the Presidential race. But voting down-ballot matters in other races - including for some contested congressional seats in California. What folks here should do is VOTE EARLY by delivering their completed ballot BEST to an official drop box. The location of such boxes will appear in your county ballot materials. But voting in California is not enough. People need to give money and their time to remove Donald Trump and his cohorts from public offices.
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Unfortunately the politics game is not to provide the best policies or practices to make government or business function well.
Instead, it is how much you can destroy your opponent using any means you can use.
Especially when you have a record of being dishonest, or you have not performed up to the needs of the people.
I am a registered independent, and I have to say that at least the Obama campaigns minimized personal or other attacks. But all other campaigns currently have had "hit" jobs, using false claims to manipulate voters. The last election was the worst one in American History.
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Media Moments, an end-to-end marketing consultation agency has won the marketing mandate for Voto Mobiles, a leading mobile phone manufacturer. Voto Mobiles is a new entrant in the Indian mobile market and announced their launch in India last month in August.
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You are able to decide methods to deal with the info you've already collected, or will collect later on. Remove Personal Information Only supply the information that's absolutely vital. After that value has been given somehow, ensure you're collecting their email, or have already collected it as a way to access that value.
Many internet services and app developers are currently making modifications to their data collection practices as a way to stop bad PR and the type of backlash that AccuWeather has endured. Enable the person whose data it's access to that data. The user would likewise be able to understand what alternative choices are available. Users have the capability to allow organizations to make changes and make certain their data is protected whatsoever times.
When set up in the correct way, however, your promotion automation system may be an excellent tool to help manage and record consent.
In many instances, it is not even about what your company must do, it's what you need to do to help your customers. If your organization has even a single customer found in the EU, you must handle that customer's data based on the GDPR. More than ever companies are worried about the expense of poor and, with the help of social networking, bad PR spreads faster than ever. Many businesses believe that they can merely avoid the entire thing by only taking on customers or clients from outside the EU. They should also take offensive measures and use technology to get in front of data privacy issues before they occur. Any company that handles private information from individuals that are living in the European Union during creation will want to follow the EU GDPR.
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I like this a lot. Basically John Mellencamp had a father and son team film his tour on super 8 film. These two guys had never made a film before and the result is amazing. It's so much more than a documentary or a concert film, but it's also got elements of both. This really reminds me of the old features they used to do on bands in the 1970s – those big features films. Mellencamp is a very genuine man and musician and this seems to be the best way to present that. It's artsy, but also down to Earth. It's a very entertaining film to watch. I highly recommend this one.


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Live recordings taken from three iterations of the "Manifestation of the Unstable Media" festival, held in 1988, 1989, and 1990, compiled by Jac van Bussel (aka DMDN and a member of THU20 and Lewd) and Peter Duimelinks (of THU20 and Kapotte Muziek). The CD, published by V2_Archief in 1992, is one long track so that all the pieces run together and the listener is unable to skip around to just the artists they already know. But go with it and listen the way it seems to have been intended and you'll find excellent music from Merzbow, Runzelstirn & Gurgelstock, THU20 with Gregory Whitehead (one of the highlights of the album, in my opinion), Chris Mann & Warren Burt, Ad van Buuren, Voice Crack, Strafe Fur Rebellion, Dick Raaijmakers, and a few others. More information and a track list can be found here.
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Hisashi Yasuda (formerly of Toho Sara and Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso UFO) on bass. Nobuko Emi (of Tsurubami and South Saturn Delta) on drums. Makoto Kawabata on guitar. Asahito Nanjo on guitar and vocals.
Wonderful LP released on Sparkling Spare Wheel in 2004.
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Asahito Nanjo on guitar and vocals alongside Takashi Matsuoka on keyboards. A quite gentle and contemplative C40 released on La Musica Records in 1996.
Asahito Nanjo Group Musica - Contemporary Kagura-Metaphysics
No idea which other artists are involved here. My bet is that it is Satan's orchestra tuning up whilst waiting for the end of times. Or something. CD released on Fractal Records in 2004.
Contemporary Kagura-Metaphysics
Asahito Nanjo, Makoto Kawabata, Shinya Nana and Shimura Koji recorded live at Charnnel One, San Jose.10 July 1999.
Psychedelic Atmosphre Beatnik
One track from Mystic Sensorium plus a collaboration with Ohkami no Jikan.
Released on La Musica Records in 1999.
Various - Psychedelic Atmosphre Beatnik Volatile Fixvm Music
Psychedelic Background, Toho Sara, Acid Mothers Temple and Splendor Mystic Solis.
Psychedelic Atmosphre Beatnik Volatile Fixvm Music
Makoto Kawabata and Asahito Nanjo delivering transcendental and ephemeral temple music.
C40 released on La Musica Records in 1997.
Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal, Water
Purple Trap - Decided ... Already The Motionless Heart Of Tranquility, Tangling The Prayer Called "I"
Keiji Haino. Bill Laswell. Rashied Ali.
Double CD released on John Zorn's Tzadik label, as part of the highly influential New Japan series, in 1999.
Fushitsusha - Purple Trap - The Wound That Was Given Birth To Must Be Bigger Than The Wound That Gave Birth
No introductions necessary.
Double CD released on Blast First in 1995 that captures the mighty Fushitsusha live in London.
Allurement
You Within Me
Blown-out psych monsters mixed with lilting balladeer tactics on this P.S.F. Records release that saw a vinyl version in 1991 and a CD in 1994.
60's garage-psych with a soupçon of L.A. Woman era Doors vibrations.
LP released on P.S.F. Records in 1993.
Strange Bedfellow
White Heaven - Threshold Of The Pain / 4 Hours (In The Afternoon)
In the hands of somebody else Side A would be a pop song. The reverse is a gorgeous desert song all wrapped up in sustain until it feeds back.
7" released on HG Fact in 1994.
4 Hour Threshold
This comes straight out of a very unexpected place where the Heaven audition as Van Morrison's backing band circa 1972 and You Ishihara comes across as a swooning, crooning Nick Cave ably supported by Go Hirano's lounge bar keyboards. The full intentions for this release are revealed by the cover of Bacharach And David's "The Look Of Love". There is a sly genius behind this music that never stops making me smile ...
CD released on Noon Disk in 1994.
Next To Nothing
Souichirou Nakamura on bass, Ken Ishihara on drums, Michio Kurihara on guitar and You Ishihara on guitar and vocals.
Psyched out rock expansion recorded in 1988 and released on vinyl by The Now Sound in 1997.
"Unfilmed 'avant-garde' soundtrack to movie yet to be made."
Stunning CD released on Xerxes in 1996.
Point De Caption
Kayako Hosoi, Setsuko Martin, Yasutoshi Yoshida (aka Government Alpha) and Yoshiaki Funayama. This features sound sources from the people named on the front that are then given the Government Alpha treatment to offer haunting glimpses of the real lives lived behind the junk noise.
CD released on Xerxes in 1998.
Pleroma
Ground Zero were an astonishing collective with Otomo Yoshihide at the helm. This is simply his good self sampling Kim Suk Chul playing the Hojok (a Korean double reed wind instrument) and then giving it the Otomo Yoshihide treatment.
That is until around 25 minutes when everybody else arrives and it transforms into another half hour of the greatest bass and drum foundation ... and the sample returns and returns ... and it destroys itself ... and the sample returns and returns.
The only downside is that this eventually ends. Just play this on a perpetual loop. Your life will be fulfilled. You don't need anything else.
For me, this is truly a work of beauty. Words are overrated, just listen.
The preceding two posts are other artists re-imagining this wonderful thing. All three are exquisite in their own way ... but nothing / no thing is better than this!
This one was released on Creativeman Disc. in 1997.
Consume Red
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Ground Zero - Conflagration (Project: Consume / Consuming Ground-Zero Vol. 2)
The first remix take on Ground Zero's "Consume Red" released on Creativeman Disc. in 1997.
Ground Zero - Consummation (Project: Consume / Consuming Ground-Zero Vol. 3)
The second remix take on Ground Zero's "Consume Red" released on Creativeman Disc. in 1998.
The Fifth Column - The Early Fifth Column: Indiscreet Music 1976-1980
So here's the Early Fifth Column.
You've already met the Middle Fifth Column.
The most late Fifth Column tape that I have is the 48th release (the "Ants Walk On The Door" compilation tape and that was released in 1990). The late fifth Column? Post 1990? I always assumed that there was no such thing. I could never really find any information about the Columnists and haven't been able to find anything on the Alchemy list to confirm the existence of a late period.
It turns out that there were plans to release it but that never happened. I only know that because some gorgeous human has uploaded the translated liner notes for a three disc box-set (with a DVD as well for christ's sake) that was released on Youth Inc. in 2013. Apparently, it's called "The Fifth Column 1976 〜 2010 Sound and Images". Youth Inc. is a truly truly great label but it only has a Japanese option as far as I can tell which means that I can't really navigate it and the treasures pass me by. Maybe you will have better luck.
Anyway. This was originally released on Alchemy Records in 2001 and you can find the artists involved here on the aforementioned liner notes.
The hidden world of The Fifth Column is a profoundly beautiful place to live ... and Donkey Stomp on rotation provides my internal monologue.
Welcome to The Fifth Column. Long live The Fifth Column.
The Early Fifth Column: Indiscreet Music 1976-1980
The Fifth Column - The Middle Fifth Column: Suspect Music 1981-1990
Let's leave the explanation to Geso: "My friends and I wanted to do something and just started it in about 1977. We were all interested in music, poetry, and art. There was no set purpose. We wanted to make it something that refuses definition and can only be explained as a situation or place that resolves or dissolves by itself while searching for something unknowable, unnameable. We just named it [The Fifth Column] because it would be inconvenient if it didn't have a name. The Fifth Column is a non-organisation; it's such a vague entity, it has no stipulations or fixed members. We wouldn't mind anyone calling themselves a Fifth Columnist (though we'd be annoyed if someone abused the name to do terrible things) ... It could be said that the Fifth Column exists only when the name is being used. Therefore, most of the time, the Fifth Column does not exist."
Here you have offerings by Akanarum, Akira Ichiguchi, Anode/Cathode, Geso, Ice⁹, Jun Mizukami, Koichiro Watanabe, Kumio Kurachi, Onnyk, Seiichi Nakatsubo, Tadashi Otsuka, Takashi Kazamaki, Tsutomu Terakawa and Wolfgang Wiggers that had appeared on previous releases by the Fifth Column label and on Pinakotheca.
Released on Alchemy Records in 2005.
The Middle Fifth Column: Suspect Music 1981-1990
Fujiawara Hidenori, Jojo Hiroshige, Koichiro Watanabe and Tomiie Taiki. All legends! Imagine the blueprint for Hijokaidan played out by an early line up of the Fall.
Featuring recordings made between 1978 and 1979, this was originally released as an LP on Alchemy Records in 1984 and given CD re-releases in 2002 and 2009.
The Original Ultra Bide
This LP was the only thing released on 必要レコード (which apparently translates as "Necessary Record") in 1980. Across two sides of vinyl, you get Ultra Bide (who included a young Jojo Hiroshige), Alcohol 42%, Henshinkirin, Inu and Chinese Club (Jun Shinoda and Tsuyoshi Takeno who were also in Kansai punk outfit SS with the former also appearing in The Continental Kids). It's a fascinating joyride through the weird Japanese punk undergrowth. It might hit the occasional tree along the way but what doesn't kill you makes you stranger!
Dokkiri Record
This is also known as Watashi Dake? (or Only Me?). Originally, this was an LP released on Pinakotheca in 1981 but it wasn't re-released until P.S.F Records dropped a CD version in 1993 that includes a bonus track. Discogs says that there are three bonus tracks but I don't believe that for a second. The first 12 tracks are from an entirely different time and place. The final 29 minute live track is truly mind-blowing but doesn't chime with what goes before. Don't get me wrong, everything here is classy and classic ... I'm just saying ...
わたしだけ?
It would be so much easier for you to go here to find out who is present and then listen to it and create your own pigeonholes to fit the tracks into and then let me know what I think. Every time I listen to this I change my mind so what is the point in imprinting my opinion on this? There is no point. So shut the fuck up you say. Point taken I say.
LP released on Pinakotheca in 1980 and never reissued ...
Aiyoku Jinmin Jûji Gekijô
Pinakotheca had a symbiotic relationship with the 5th Column that I will never be quite able to piece together. A lot of the 5th Columnists are here to deliver an album of wonderfully inventive and curious creations. The term "post-punk" has specific meanings in my part of the world and to be honest it covered a lot of sins. What is on show here is far better than 99.9% of the music that is typically lauded and regurgitated on a million boxsets.
Indescribably great and indescribable LP released on Pinakotheca in 1982.
Infecund Infection
This super-rare (and, if Discogs is accurate, super-expensive) compilation tape recorded live at White Columns gallery in New York City in 1981 and released by ZG Music in 1982. To be sure, not all of these bands are what we today would call "noise", but remember that in 1981 the term wasn't so codified. A lot of this is post-punk, no wave, avant-rock and noisy unclassifiable strangeness, much of which was made by visual artists and/or musicians who played in Glenn Branca's early groundbreaking noise orchestras.
The tape includes tracks by Borbetomagus (truly one of the greatest bands this planet has yet produced, here in their classic trio line-up), Y Pants (short-lived no wave band led by former Theoretical Girl Barbara Ess), Blue Humans (in this instance Rudolf Grey is joined by out-jazz legends Arthur Doyle and Beaver Harris), Don King (including members of Mars), the born-to-be-ubiquitous Sonic Youth, Jules Baptiste's Red Decade (featuring Fritz van Orden, who would later form avant-chamber-group The Ordinaires, and Kurt Hoffman who would become a member of late-period They Might Be Giants), UT (who years later would record for the seminal Blast First label), Mofungo (one of many obscure SST Records bands), Khmer Rouge (a tasteless name, yes, but one member of the band, Klaus Castenskliould, would later paint the cover image for The Fall's Perverted By Language LP) plus other more obscure folks: Off Beach, Smoking Section, EQ'd, Jeff Lohn, Avant Squares, Jeff Rehberger, Primatives (note the spelling... this is not the Chrissy Hynde band!), Ad Hoc Rock (member David Garland would later play in The Angels of Light and World of Love with Ikue Mori), Economic Animal, Glorious Strangers (led by producer Wharton Tiers), Fakir, Chinese Puzzle, Built on Guilt (featuring painter Robert Longo, who very soon would find popular fame for contributing work to a new television channel called MTV), The Problem, and Lampshades. A time capsule if there ever was one.
The cover tells you who is here. Compared to the early '70s work, there is nothing other than relative calm. Released as an LP and CD on Aketa's Disk in 1985 and 1990 respectively.
Masayuki Takayanagi on guitar, Fumio Yasuda on piano and Hiroshi Yamazaki on drums. Dislocation is a perfectly appropriate title for this CD released on Jinya Disc in 2005.
Dislocation
Masayuki Takanayagi & Kaoru Abe - 漸次投射 Gradually Projection
49 minutes of relative calm recorded at the same venue on the same date as the previous post. Released on the same label, same year.
漸次投射 Gradually Projection
Masayuki Takanayagi & Kaoru Abe - 集団投射 = Mass Projection
Two of the greatest improvisors captured live at "Station '70", Shibuya, Tokyo, on 9th of July, 1970 and released on DIW in 2001.
Mass Projection
Masayuki Takanayagi, Kaoru Abe - Kaitai Teki Kohkan
Imagine the look on the faces on the executives at Sound Creators Inc. when, in 1970, Masayuki Takanayagi and Kaoru Abe delivered this LP. This is the link (that never existed) between free jazz, Crank Sturgeon and Id M Theft Able!
Resurrected by DIW (mother label of the occasionally brilliant Diwphalanx Records) in 2000.
解体的交感
In an echo of Oppenheimer's "I am become death, the destroyer of worlds", Ornette Coleman must have shaken his head, thought "what the hell have I unleashed?", packed up his horn and left the room.
Kaoru Abe, Senda Keiichi and Nitta Kazunori recorded live at the Pit Inn New Jazz Hall, Shinjuku, Tokyo in 1970 and released on P.S.F. Records in 1997.
1970年3月, 新宿
This was posted here four years ago and has been dead for far too long ... so just in case you weren't looking at the time:
Six CDr set documenting a seven hour performance at Hosei University in Tokyo on December 13, 2003. It was "released" on aRCHIVE before the end of that year but was never for sale. There were only 20 copies made and were given to Keiji Haino and a small select group of very very lucky people.
First Secret
Second Secret
Fourth Secret
Fifth Secret
Sixth Secret
Originally this was a double LP released on P.S.F. Records in 1989. It was re-released by the same label as a double CD in 1997 and is the only time Fushitsusha has been officially reissued. The fact that they are so widely revered given the lack of readily available product (outside of the expensive second hand market) speaks volumes about their (cultural) importance and the majesty of their music.
Keiji Haino, Yasushi Ozawa, Maki Miura (of Les Rallizes Denudes, Ohkami no Jikan, Shizuka and Katsurei), Akui (of Ohkami No Jikan) and Seijiro Murayama (of Absolut Null Punkt).
One One
One Two
Keiji Haino, Yasushi Ozawa and Jun Kosugi (of the marvellous Shizuka).
"150 minutes of soul transmigration. Too long or too short? That depends on just how your heart melts. The paradox of psychedelia."
Double CD released on P.S.F. Records in 1991.
Two One
Two Two
Moon Phantoms were a one off communication between Kageo and Pirako Kurenai of Suishou no Fune with Isobel Sollenberger, Jason Kourkounis and Michael Gibbons of Bardo Pond. This resulted from a collaborative recording session whilst they toured together. It is every bit as good as you have the right to expect.
LP released on Important Records in 2009.
Moon Phantoms
As we've seen over the years, file servers tend to vanish, taking a lot of uploaded music along with them when they do. I've slowly begun re-upping music that had been stored on Filecloud and is no longer accessible. I realize that this is a futile task, and that it's only a matter of time before our current preferred server goes on permanent holiday, but that hasn't happened yet and I want you to be able to listen to this great stuff.
aal - 13
ASM - Pure Electronics
ASM - 219
Brume - Anthology Box
Brume - Erstastz #0/Tout
Brume - Hysterical
Coma Detox - Concussed and Asphyxiated
Darren Tate, Daisuke Suzuki, & Kathleen Vance - Trees Kissing Trees
Dead Body Love - Volcano God
Dead Body Love - Emetic
Golden Vomit - Bird of Doom
Golden Vomit - Eternal Madness
Haare - Skull Worship
Haare - Trauma
Haare - Omega Womb
Happy Halloween - Four Days in Monotony
Happy Halloween - The Speed of Mind
Happy Halloween - To All the Leaders
Juke/19 - 1978-1982
Logoplasm - La Musica Che Finisce Per Sempre
Massimo Toniutti - Cava XI.XI.86 - Impianti Luoghi E Impalcature
Massimo Toniutti - Le Gabbiette di Faraday (e un Programma Radiofinico vol. 1 1996-1998)
Morbid Organ - Scum
More to follow, including the "One Hour As..." series of radio programs, a complete archive of which really deserves a forever-home at Archive.org or UbuWeb. But until the grown-ups arrive to take that massive project on, we will continue with what we're doing over here. If there's an album that you particularly would like to see re-upped, please let us know in the comments.
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More calm than squall but no less beautiful for that ...
Self-released CDr of live material recorded between 2002 and 2003.
Suishou no Fune - "Akatsuki" - The Sky Grayed And The Dawn Came Behind The Fog
It slides into view and holds you in thrall. It doesn't let go. Suishou No Fune own you.
Self-released CDr from 2006.
Two sets of live recordings at Koenji UFO Club and Ogikubo Velvet Sun respectively.
CD released on the appropriately named Holy Mountain in 2006.
Suishou no Fune - I Throw A Stone Into The Endless Depths
Beautifully harnessed chaos.
C64 released on Sloow Tapes in 2007.
I Throw A Stone Into The Endless Depths
Perhaps my favorite album by John Grzinich, recorded in Texas between 2001 and 2003 and released in 2004 as a CD on Richard Francis' CMR label in New Zealand.
Released in 2010 on the magnificent Russian label Semperflorens, as a CD in a DVD-sized box. If you're enjoying this JGrzinich stuff, do yourself a favor and seek out any (or all) of this label's releases. You can't go wrong, they really are all worth hearing.
The core of Suishou no Fune is the double guitar attack and release of Kageo and Pirako Kurenai. United by their love of Les Rallizes Denudes, they have even included ex-Denudes members Yokai Takahashi and Doronco in their time. There is a fascinating interview that tells you everything you need to know about the motivations of this wonderful outfit ... so just listen and marvel!
CD released in Japan on Japanoise Records in 2005.
Suishou no Fune
And now, a brief detour from loud Japanese rock, into heavy textural drone music by American (though Estonia-based) composer/film-maker/installation-artist John Grzinich, whose name is not a typo. Grzinich's music is as difficult to describe as his name is to pronounce, which is why I like it so much. He layers acoustic sounds, field recordings (though nothing so easy to pin to an actual event), and who the hell knows what else, but it's better to not get caught up in how-is-he-doing-that and simply soak it all in. If you like Seth Nehil, Murmer., Lethe, Toy Bizarre or Giancarlo Toniutti, then you will bathe in this album many times. It came out in 2005 as a CD in a hardbound book cover on Cloud of Statics, a short-lived but stellar label run by MNortham.
Les Rallizes Dénudés - Disaster Sources Encyclopedia Volume 2
Another month, another Dénudés boxset.
In 2004, Illegal-Alien Records released two ten disc "Encyclopedia Of Rallizes" volumes which immediately disappeared from view. Then in 2012, Ignuitas repackaged them. I've not seen the first volume yet but until that happy day arrives:
01 Live 1977-1987
04 7 May 1983 Kyoto University Western Auditorium part one
05 7 May 1983 Kyoto University Western Auditorium part two
06 1983 Festival
07 11 Aug 1983 Chicken Shack Fussa part one
08 11 Aug 1983 Chicken Shack Fussa part two
09 13 Feb 1993 Baus Theater part one
10 13 Feb 1993 Baus Theater part two


It is easy to mistake getting things done fast with getting things done well. Growth hacks are more popular than slow builds and unicorns are being built nearly overnight. However, like a bank account, certain things will only expand over time. You can call it the compound interest of entrepreneurship.
Relationships: It takes time to build your social network--not your Twitter followers, but your real connections. Mutual trust, values and goals aren't always immediately apparent. Worse case scenario, you can be so eager to build relationships that you can come off pushing and demanding, creating exactly the opposite effect of what you want.
Slow network building is a skill you will always need as your business evolves. In my case, the social network I built as a journalist needed to be rebuilt when I became an author and, again, when I became an entrepreneur. All this takes time.
Customers: Identifying the wrong ideal customer could be disastrous to your business, as it could have you building an unnecessary product or even realizing (too late) that no one wants what you are offering.
Some of the biggest companies today started with understanding customer needs: Slack originally got funding as a video game company, but the leadership realized there were different customer interests. Compare the $2 billion Slack scenario to Clinkle or Color, two well-funded startups that struggled partially because of an unclear userbase.
Strategy: It's easy to mistake the Lean Startup model for making a quick plan, but it's not the same. If anything, it advocates more time strategizing and less time building. After all, how do you know if your business is hitting its targets, nevertheless if you are creating the business you should be building, if you don't have a well thought out strategy?
And planning doesn't require action, but it does require time. The most thoughtful entrepreneurs take time to think, whether it be walking and shutting down or getting away and contemplating bigger ideas.
What are you rushing that you shouldn't be?


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Comic Sans: The Font We Love to Hate? Plus Fonts Similar to Comic Sans
by Grace Fussell 20 Sep 2020
FontsComicsFont DesignHistoryMicrosoft
Derided by design fans but loved by millions of Microsoft users, Comic Sans is one of the most popular—and divisive—fonts ever created. Since its release in 1994, Comic Sans has been a consistent feature of everyday life, with the typeface being used on signage, menus, logos... and even tombstones.
Given the widespread popularity of the font, why do people hate Comic Sans so much? Here, discover more about how Comic Sans was created and how it came to be reviled over time. For Comic Sans fans, or simply designers looking for a superior alternative, scroll down to the bottom of the article for a selection of great fonts that look like Comic Sans or offer a new twist on comic type styles.
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What do you mean, you hate this font?
What Is Comic Sans?
What is Comic Sans, and who created it? Comic Sans is a sans serif script typeface. Designed by Microsoft type designer Vincent Connare and released by Microsoft in 1994, the font is inspired by comic book lettering.
The History of Comic Sans
In a 2014 interview, Connare said that "people who don't like Comic Sans don't know anything about design," and that these individuals "don't understand that in design you have a brief."
The Comic Sans inventor, Vincent Connare, speaking at a conference about his 'font marmite' creation in 2009.
Whether you like, love, or loathe Comic Sans, it can be argued that it was created for a very specific purpose. It's the ways in which the font has been used for other, often unsuitable, purposes that have turned people so against Comic Sans, to the point that there are even websites and groups dedicated to banning the font from public use.
To understand and, indeed, to appreciate the font as an intrinsic feature of design history, we must turn back the clock to 1994.
In October 1994, Vincent Connare was shown a beta version of Microsoft Bob, a program that was intended to introduce computers to younger users. In the speech bubbles of cartoon characters, such as Bob's 'assistant' Rover the dog, the programmers had opted for Times New Roman. Connare felt this font choice was too formal for a program that was intended to be user-friendly, so he started working on a typeface based on the style of lettering in comic books he had on his desk, such as The Dark Knight Returns and Watchmen.
Microsoft Bob's assistant Rover required speech captions that had more informality than the tone offered by Times New Roman.
While Comic Sans inventor Connare was too late to have his font included in Microsoft Bob, the programmers of Microsoft 3D Movie Maker were quick to adopt it. The font was later included as a system font with the release of Microsoft 95. Comic Sans also became the default font for both Microsoft Publisher and Microsoft Internet Explorer, paving its path towards world domination.
Why Do People Hate Comic Sans?
Perhaps because the handwriting style of Comic Sans made it stand out in a sea of traditional typefaces on Windows computers, computer users were incredibly quick to adopt the font for a range of homemade projects.
Originally the font of choice for children's school projects, Comic Sans was soon being splashed across store signage, billboards, and even items that were a seemingly inappropriate fit for the casual, childlike font, such as job applications and tombstones.
Inappropriate? Perhaps. Clear to read? Yes! A defibrillator case in Monaco with a label in Comic Sans. Image from Wikipedia Commons.
Comic Sans gravestones might have been the nail in the coffin (sorry) for the popularity of Comic Sans (google them—it's a thing!), and circa 2000 Connare was receiving emails and letters from people who were genuinely angry about the widespread use of a font they deemed ugly, inappropriate, and ill-designed.
Connare, however, has no regrets. He went on to work for type foundry Dalton Maag in London, and says he "would love to make something again that everyone loved and others would hate" (Dezeen, 2014).
Nonetheless, Connare seems to stand relatively alone in a world of vigilant Comic Sans haters. Two graphic designers, Dave and Holly Combs, set up a website dedicated to a "Ban Comic Sans" campaign, while the creator of the original comic book lettering that had inspired the design, Dave Gibbons, has described Comic Sans as "a real mess", with a "particularly ugly letterform".
Type as Social Design: Comic Sans and Dyslexia
The enduring popularity of Comic Sans with Microsoft users seems to stand in stark opposition to the opinion of many designers, and in many ways its usage credits it a place in the history of successful designs.
However you feel about Comic Sans, you can't deny that it represents a success story in social design. Its informality and legibility have even resulted in unexpected and beneficial usages, such as its recommendation by the British Dyslexia Association and the Dyslexia Association of Ireland as an accessible font for dyslexic individuals (alongside another sans serif, Arial).
If you're not quite ready to give Comic Sans a second chance but want to channel its casual, comic-book spirit, read on to discover our selection of fonts similar to Comic Sans. From the playful mood of Swingsnug to the characterful personality of Trevor, the fonts below owe an undeniable debt to Comic Sans and Vincent Connare.
Similar Fonts to Comic Sans
Perhaps you are one of the individuals brave enough to admit that you love Comic Sans... or maybe you still need some convincing. Either way, the fonts below all pay tribute to the original Microsoft creation, from faithful imitations—fonts that look like Comic Sans—to fonts like Comic Sans in mood, genre, or personality alone. Discover 15 similar fonts to Comic Sans that will help your projects to feel that little bit lighter and brighter.
1. Comic Boys
Comic Boys is a playful display font in a marker style. The user-friendly font has been designed with young children, cartoons, and comics in mind. A faithful tribute to Comic Sans.
Comic Boys marker font.
2. Quick Run
A modern brush typeface by designer Bara_project, Quick Run is a more condensed and lively take on Comic Sans styling, with a dynamic, energetic style. Use it for signage, marketing, and logos for a fun and informal feel.
Quick Run brush type font.
3. The Comic Struve
The Comic Struve is a handwritten font created by Stringlabs Studio. With a bouncy, childlike feel, the font also contains quirky glyphs for creating unique and playful typography for books, posters, and comics.
The Comic Struve font family.
4. Sans Andreas
If you're looking for a slightly more formal take on Comic Sans, Sans Andreas, which comes complete with four weights and multilingual support for 23 languages, has a more comic-faithful style that retains the legibility of Comic Sans. Flexible enough to use as body text and headlines, this is a versatile take on a comic style.
Sans Andreas handwritten font family.
5. Trevor
The least similar font to Comic Sans on this list, Trevor nonetheless retains the same playful spirit of the Microsoft font. Designed as a display font for titling, posters, and branding, Trevor is a great choice for designers who want to introduce comic styling to their layouts in a more sophisticated way.
Trevor elegant font family.
6. Cleon
Looking for a rounded font similar to Comic Sans? An elegant and clean sans serif that has a similar readability and personality to Comic Sans, Cleon is the result of blending comic type styling with geometric sans serifs. Clean, friendly, and open, this is a sans serif that doesn't take itself too seriously.
Cleon font family.
7. Sakra Sans
Sakra Sans is a simple and casual sans serif typeface based on real handwriting. With a childlike, naive style, the font is a fitting tribute to Comic Sans, but it will find its best use on 90s-themed marketing and branding aimed at millennial and Gen-Z audiences.
Sakra Sans handwritten font family.
8. Coco Banana
Described by its designer, Gagat Anggi, as a playful, handwritten font with a fresh and fun feel, Coco Banana is delectable and approachable, making it a great choice for cafe and food branding. Try the font on menus or signage to introduce a fun element to food and beverage-themed designs.
Coco Banana script font.
9. Coffee Morning Sans
One of the features that made Comic Sans so popular with users was its imperfections and quirks. Coffee Morning Sans takes the same approach, resulting in a casual, unique typeface that features alternative ligatures for extra personality.
Coffee Morning Sans Serif.
10. Olive Sans
A condensed and playful sans serif typeface that makes a fantastic pairing with 80s-themed designs, Olive Sans is a font with strong similarities to Comic Sans. Handwritten and condensed, the font has a jaunty style that would suit a range of informal purposes.
Olive Sans handwritten sans font.
11. Qarmic Sans
Probably the most faithful tribute to Comic Sans in the list, Qarmic Sans is a clean and professional take on the font, with useful glyphs and wingdings. All of this makes it an excellent alternative choice for Comic Sans devotees.
Qarmic Sans Pro font family.
12. Bullate
Bullate is an optimistic hand-drawn sans serif font, inspired by comic books and children's branding. Described as a blobby, bold font, Bullate bridges the gap between Comic Sans and comic book noir. It looks fantastic set in bright, neon color palettes and contrasting inky black.
Bullate comic book font.
13. Leading Role
Released by font foundry EDRIC Studio, Leading Role is a sans serif cartoon font with naively drawn lettering, making it appear more hand-crafted than other fonts that look like Comic Sans. Offset its naivety with a serious monochrome palette.
Leading Role sans serif family.
14. Swingsnug
Swingsnug is a fun, jaunty display sans serif with an on-trend marker style. Team it with colorful photography on magazine covers or ads for contemporary, spirited designs for food or retail brands.
Swingsnug playful display sans font.
15. Polers
A handwritten sans serif font with a restrained personality, Polers is a stylish take on the pop-culture style used by Comic Sans. Created by Maulana Creative, this display font will be particularly effective on large-scale print work, such as posters or ads.
Polers handwritten font.
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From the bouncy optimism of Coco Banana to the more subdued styling of Polers and a range of other Comic Sans font alternatives in-between, we hope you've found a font similar to Comic Sans in the edit above that will suit your next project.
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Home News APC sweeps Kano LG polls as voting materials imported from China
APC sweeps Kano LG polls as voting materials imported from China
11th Feb. 2018 @ 04:09 pm
The All Progressive Congress (APC) candidates have cleared the 44 councils seats in Saturday's Kano State Local Government polls.
Prof. Garba Sheka, Chairman, Kano State Independent Electoral Commission (KANSIEC), announced the election results while briefing newsmen in Kano on Sunday.
All Progressives Congress, APC, party logo
Sheka said APC also won all the 484 councillorship positions with a wide gap in an election participated by 25 political parties.
He added that the election which was conducted in a peaceful manner, had recorded success due to the large turnout of the electorate and the deployment of security personnel.
"The security agencies include Police, Customs, Immigration, NDLEA, Vigilante groups, NSCDC and other secret security personnel.
"I am proud that the election which was participated by 25 political parties was conducted peacefully without any violence, disruption by any person and no report of arrest,'' he said.
The KANSIEC Chairman attributed the late commencement of the election to the late arrival of some of the voting materials which were brought from China.
"The commission had earlier received three consignments of the materials, but the last batch arrived Kano at about 12:45 a.m on the election day despite all efforts to ensure it arrived earlier.
"Immediately after we received the materials, we started the distribution about 4 a.m., and by 11 a.m., we have completed the distribution of all the voting materials.
"Therefore, we acknowledge our mistakes; we apologise for the inconveniences caused and we are going to make necessary corrections to avoid reoccurrence of such delay in the next elections,'' he said.
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