![]() New York-area earworm “Dominick the Donkey,” recorded by Lou Monte in 1960, is sprinkled with Italian vocabulary and tells the story of a donkey that delivers Brooklyn-made presents to kids in Italian hills too steep for reindeer. “It gives you that charming feeling of what a nice idea,” said Bennett, “but it’s not a universal sentiment.” The genre is not new - it developed right alongside the canon during the creative exploration of songwriters in the 1950s, Simos said.įor example, “I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas,” recorded in a startlingly Ethel-Merman-like voice by 10-year-old Gayla Peevey in 1953, has a clever conceit: a child making an unreasonable demand. Rather than aiming for universality, novelty songs address a specific theme or appeal to a certain slice of people. Just like there is a canon for traditional holiday songs, there’s a canon of sorts for novelty songs, which are too goofball-niche to enter the Serious Traditional Canon but are also too much fun to not play every year. “You can have your prediction violated but find it wonderful.” It works the same with music, Rabinovitz said. It’s why many of us like surprise parties and roller coasters even though they’re initially terrifying. But if the surprise is not too drastic, he said, our brains might decide they like the change - and then they are often happier than if there had been no surprise in the first place. ![]() Our brains feel rewarded when they correctly predict what happens next, and if a prediction is wrong, we feel momentarily discombobulated. Rabinovitz provided a neurological explanation for why we like covers: They meet our expectations. That way, people can “have all of the sound quality they expect in a modern recording from a contemporary artist while getting all the nostalgic feelings that we want from the songwriter.” “He’s choosing very old songs played with classic old school, big-band arrangements, but he’s recording them with contemporary technology that makes them radio air-play friendly,” Bennet said. Jingle Bells Children (Children Group Vocal) - Jeff Iantornoįunny We Wish You a Merry Christmas (60 Sec Ver.Source: Data based on Joe Bennett’s analysis of top 200 Spotify UK song streams from the week of Dec. It's Christmas Time Again - Francesco Biondi The First Noel (Harp & Glockenspiel) - Christmas Music Boutique We Wish You a Punky Christmas No Guitar Solo - Scott Ross The Twelve Days of Christmas - Don CarrollĬhristmas Holiday (Santa Song) - Plastic3 The Little One's First Holiday - TJ KrossĬhristmas Magic (30 Sec) - Matthew RaetzelĬhristmas Jingle Tinkle (30 Seconds) - Martin Fackovec Noche de Paz (Silent Night) - Franco Pellegrini We Wish You a Merry Christmas - Eaglestone MusicĬarol of the Bells - Bells - Fortuna BonamĪll Through the Night - William M LovelessĪngels We Have Heard On High - Erik Haddadīlood Red Jingle Bells - 1:18 Edit - Paint Chips ![]() Junglebell Urbain 2 - Jean Pascal Vielfaureīeautiful Christmas Day - Antoinette Tredanary ![]() North Polar (Bed - No Melody) - Michael LevaniosĪ Ring Ding Christmas Swing - Michael Warner We Wish You a Merry Christmas - Laura Sanzĭance of the Sugar Plum Fairy - Jonathan Swanson Longing for Christmas (Vocal: Jonas Langeby) - RayLan Need Christmas music? You've come to the right place!!Ĭhristmas & Holiday Music (categorization pending) Instrumentals include everything from large orchestras down to individual soloists on piano, guitar, bells and more. Vocal music includes choral, a capella, carols, soloists, large church choirs and more. Home > Royalty Free Music > Christmas Music >Ĭhristmas holiday music including both instrumental and vocal and various differing instrumentations and treatments. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Supported by revenue from energy development, the fund provides up to $1.3 billion per year for five years to the NPS to make significant enhancements in national parks to ensure their preservation and provide opportunities for recreation, education, and enjoyment for current and future visitors. GAOA is part of a concerted effort to address the extensive maintenance backlog in national parks. Two of the structures lie within the Herring River floodplain and their demolition will advance the multi-agency collaborative effort to restore the Herring River estuary.įunding for the project is from GAOA’s National Parks and Public Lands Legacy Restoration Fund. ![]() The remaining structures were acquired by the NPS as Cape Cod National Seashore was established in the 1960s and 1970s. Many of the structures were transferred to the National Park Service (NPS) when the former North Truro Air Force Station was decommissioned in the 1990s. The structures are exposed, their structural deterioration is accelerating, and some are heavily vandalized, while others are collapsing. Cape Cod, located 3. The National Parks offer an America the Beautiful pass which is an annual pass good for 12 months and allows free access to hundreds of National Parks, historic and other sites. The structures to undergo demolition include 44 non-historic structures that are derelict and dilapidated, posing serious threats to public safety as they contain hazardous building materials or are substantially deteriorated. American the Beautiful National Park Annual Pass & 4th Graders FREE. By Geology and Ecology of National Parks. “The funding we have received from the Great American Outdoors Act will allow us to proactively manage excess structures that would otherwise be costly to maintain and present persistent challenges,” said Reynolds. Cape Cod National Seashore covers almost 45000 acres along the peninsula that extends from off the coast of. Site preparation work for the project will begin in early 2023, and the majority of the hazardous building material remediation, construction waste recycling, and demolition will be completed between spring 2023 and spring 2024. The work to demolish derelict structures is scheduled to begin in 2023 and includes multiple structures in various locations throughout the park. For more information please visit their website at NPS.gov/caco.WELLFLEET, Mass– Cape Cod National Seashore Acting Superintendent Leslie Reynolds announced that the park has received $8.338 million in project funding through the Great American Outdoors Act (GAOA) to remove excess structures and restore natural landscapes throughout the park. Maps and information for all of this are available at the National Seashore Visitors Center on Race Road. And Beech Forest, further along Race Road back into town, has free parking and rest rooms, and self-guided walks to kettle ponds and bike/walking trails deep into the woods. to midnight with daily parking stickers costing about 25 a day 20 for motorcycles and pedestrian. Official parking lots are open from 6 a.m. Herring Cove Beach between Wood End and Race Point Lighthouses has ample parking and a beach facility which includes toilets, showers and take away food for the complete ‘day at the beach.’ Herring Cove parking on the Race Point end also offers access to a bike/walking trail that goes through the most rugged dunes and offers vistas of the salt marshes surrounding Hatches Harbor.Īnother jump-off point for walking or biking the dunes is the Park’s Visitor Center on Race Road, again with ample free parking and rest rooms. The Cape Cod National Seashore is open year-round. The National Seashore offers several gateways to some of the most valuable real estate in America which can be accessed for no cost or only a nominal parking fee. The entire Atlantic Ocean coastline of Cape Cod was preserved as a National Park (CCNS) by President John F. ![]() Cape Cod National Seashore, Race Point Beach Cape Cod National Seashore ![]() ![]() ![]() If you need help selecting your 1 Carat Flawless Diamonds, reach out to us at 1-888-9RITANI or chat now. The diamond is then cleaned, cut into it's desired shape, and finally polished into the beautiful diamond you are now holding!Īll Ritani earth grown diamonds are certified by either the AGS or GIA – the two most respected independent grading labs in the world. ![]() It has an irregular shape, is very dirty and looks dull. The rough diamond looks nothing like the sparkly diamond you are holding. ![]() Not to mention the differing markups charged by retailers. 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A flawless diamond that is perfectly colorless is phenomenally rare. Only 1 available at this special price Metal: 10k Gold Color: White and Rose Weight: 294 grams Thickness: 15mm Length: 22 Inches Diamond Clarity: SI1 Carat. Earth Grown DiamondsĮarth grown diamonds are mined from deep under the earth's surface where they have lain dormant for millions of years. A flawless diamond is exceptionally rare. They have no imperfections visible even under 10x magnification. They provide a good balance between size and price Clarityįlawless diamonds are as their name implies flawless. The stone will be on public display on May 1 and 2 in Taipei, Taiwan, and from May 8 to 12 in Geneva.1 carat diamonds are very popular for engagement rings. 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The current assessed value of a one-carat diamond (US) ranges from 1,910-15,650, with a suggested average value of 4,280. “It requires the initial diamond to be perfect.” How rare does that make diamonds that are perfect in color, clarity and also in cut D. “Emerald cut is incompatible with any imperfections, as it allows the observer to gaze endlessly into the clear, unobstructed depths of the gem,” said a statement from Christie’s. A flawless diamond that is perfectly colorless is phenomenally rare. Between the preparation and actual cutting, the entire process took 20 months.Īlrosa settled on an emerald shape because it allowed the company to present what it calls “the perfect geometry of the diamond.” The diamond was cut by the Diamonds of Alrosa cutting factory in Moscow. Sakha is the home of the first diamond deposit discovered in Russia. rough unearthed by miner Alrosa in 2016, at the Zarnitsa kimberlite pipe in the Sakha Republic in the northeast of Russia. 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Viggo contemplating knowing his son will be killed by John Wick.Īs he discovered his cache of money and paraphernalia materials destroyed by an arson set by John at a church within a safe house which serves as his front upon a confession of an Orthodox priest which he quickly responds by executing him, Viggo then kidnaps John and holds him captive which led to a conversation between the two men in which the gangster mocked his former hitman for leaving his old life behind, Viggo then tries to have his henchmen torture and murder John but he was able to escape (through Marcus' assistance by use of a sniper by killing the other henchmen) then engaging Kirill in a brawl before strangling the bodyguard to death, he then chases after the SUV and shoots the driver (Viggo) in it. Upon learning that John had sought refuge in the Continental Hotel which had its rules forbidding killing in its premises, Viggo immediately doubles the bounty for those who are willing to break it and had Iosef secured at his nightclub, the Red Circle, but not long before John storms the nightclub and attempts to kill Iosef but to no avail after Iosef's head of security, Kirill, and his henchmen waylaid him while Iosef flees. An unsurprised Viggo then placed a $2 million contract for John's murder and personally offers the contract to Marcus, John's mentor and old friend, who accepts before decided not to kill the former assassin. Later, Viggo tried to reason with John by a phone call to talk him out of seeking vengeance, but John silently refused, prompting Viggo to tell Avi to round up a 12-man hit squad to Wick's house to kill him before he can start hunting down Iosef, but John brutally kills them all and has the bodies professionally removed by Charlie and his crew. Viggo angrily berated Iosef for stealing John's car and killing his dog, but Iosef refused to care and instead tried to persuade his father to undo the things he committed by finishing off John, only to be swiftly dismissed and warned by Viggo, that John will eventually come for him and kill him. Much to Viggo's surprise, John managed to accomplish the task, which led to the rise of the Tarasov Mob and John's retirement as promised. He agreed to let John go on the condition that he complete an "impossible task": kill all of his rivals in one night. Viggo explained that he saw John kill three men with a pencil and gave him a job to assassinate many of his rivals with ease, but this changed when the legendary assassin met Helen and told Viggo that he wanted to retire to spend a new life with Helen. The leader of the Tarasov Mob explained to his son that John was once his best hitman, whom he referred to as Baba Yaga or the Boogeyman. Viggo was shocked by this revelation and ended the call, realizing that John is intending to kill his son in revenge for his dog's death.Īs a result, Viggo summoned Iosef in his flat and punched the young man twice in the stomach after giving him a drink, much to the surprise of his lawyer Avi, who was present as well. ![]() Aurelio explained that he did it because Iosef stole John Wick's car and killed his pet puppy Daisy (which was a posthumous present from Helen) for fun. ![]() Viggo is first seen when he was talking to a car mechanic named Aurelio about striking Iosef. Viggo being informed by Aurelio about what his son did. The assassin's "impossible task" enabled the Tarasov Mob to rise to power in New York. However, with the help of Italian crime lord Santino D'Antonio, John succeeded and Viggo had no choice but to let him retire. Unwilling to let his best and most capable henchman leave his service, Viggo gave him an 'impossible task', implied to eliminate notable members of rival mobs. Later, John asked to leave so he could marry Helen. This sparked the light in Viggo's eyes he saw John's potential and hired him to be part of the mob. It is mentioned that he always had a rivalry with another 'gang.' While Viggo was in a bar, he saw John Wick kill three people with a pencil. Viggo Tarasov inherited the leadership of the Tarasov Mob after his father died. ![]() Biography "Let us not resort to our basic instincts and handle this like civilized men" -Viggo Tarasov to John Wick ![]() ![]() ![]() Physical: We could contract STDs, or liver disease, and increase our chances of a heart attack. If you’ve not been affected to this extent, bully for you.) (This is an accurate portrayal of my own life pre-diagnosis, not me being misleadingly melodramatic. We continuously disappoint and frustrate our families, relationships fracture, then crumble, to be swept away by the wind. By then, we’re prisoners inside our own homes, until we lose our homes altogether. We can’t pay our bills, have our electricity and gas unceremoniously cut off. We may purposefully mislead our colleagues, choosing to explain we were very, very, drunk at the time, to protect our ‘bipolar secret’.įinancial: We require funding to fuel our impulsive addictions, so we fund our extravagant lifestyle on credit cards, take out huge loans, or giant mortgages we don’t have a hope of repaying. Vocational: We cause upheaval in the workplace, and can risk losing our jobs (especially if our employers have no inkling of what our disorder is, or does). Social: We are forced to deal with the excruciating and devastating ramifications of other people’s reactions to what we said or did. Relational: We lose friends and alienate people, sabotage family dynamics. We’re hopeless, useless, every negative word that ends in ‘ess’. Our impulsive actions cause us private humiliation, public humiliation (especially if we are arrested), as well as humiliation to our families and close friends.Įmotional: Our self-esteem takes a giant hit. Personal: We experience intense, debilitating shame, guilt, fear and embarrassment once our tsunami of mania has passed and we’re left flailing and drowning in a sea of destruction. Impulsivity wreaks havoc in (at least) eight areas of our well-being: ![]() Whether we’re spending, gambling (our money, or our lives), drinking, taking (unprescribed) drugs, engaged in risky sexual encounters, investing in crazy schemes, shop-lifting, driving an insane speeds, living in the fast lane in every possible way, if we’re bipolar, and we’ve not yet accepted treatment, there are countless, calamitous times when we’ve failed to control our illogical compulsions, manage our mouths, or abort self-sabbotaging actions. There is no limit to our impulsivity during manic episodes. We act without any regard to the consequences, or fall-out of our actions. We crave excitement and have intense needs for the highs (and subsequent mania-combating mellowness) associated with taking risky actions. We get bored fast and the rational side (chink?) of our bipolar brains is overpowered easily by our impulses. We don’t think about the future carefully, or at all. “If I have, or do this, my impulse will be quietened and my life will improve.” ![]() So, we act rashly, giving in (without knowing we’re giving in) to our urgent desire to avoid the negative feelings associated with resisting what we want. Impulsivity has been identified as having 4 tributary dimensions: Our bipolarity creates a vicious cycle of extreme behaviors. For us, our irrational impulses when we’re manic are often the reason we hate ourselves when we’re depressed. Impulsivity is generally interpreted to represent acting and speaking without thinking, or caring, about the consequences. (And if I sound a little bit sarcastic about my experiences at the hands of the No Hope Saloon (NHS), I’m not being sarcastic enough.) ![]() Before that, the good old NHS in England had accounted all of my psychotic, rapid cycler bipolar 1 mood swings to a problem with my thyroid. My kamikaze impulsivity to spend, spend, spent (yes, ‘spent’ is not a typo) eventually led me to a diagnosis. In order to fan, or douse, the flames of mania, we are prone to the most vicious and costly forms of impulsivity. Y’see, non-bipolar readers? We’re just like you. While others may spontaneously pick up a chocolate bar in a supermarket queue and chastise themselves later for impulsively buying and eating it (big deal!), our careless conduct can lead us to cataclysmic credit card sprees, alcohol and cocaine addiction, reckless sexual encounters, speeding, stealing, divorce, homelessness, sectioning, arrest and a prison sentence. For those of us living with bipolar disorder, impulsivity adds a whole new chaotic dimension to our lives. ![]() ![]() collected 13.9 million English tweets posted by individuals between January 1 and May 9, 2020. Furthermore, Boon-Itt and Skunkan found topics changed over time, but negative sentiments persisted when analyzing almost 11 million English tweets from December 13, 2019, to Ma. ![]() For example, Abd-Alrazaq et al identified 10 themes with positive sentiments and two topics with negative sentiments from 2.8 million English tweets between February 2 and Ma. Scholars have conducted various topic modelling and sentiment analysis to understand public concerns or attitudes toward the pandemic and public health measures, such as mask wearing, handwashing, travel restrictions, and lockdowns since the early pandemic. Understanding public discourses and sentiments from social media data has been critical for researchers and decision makers since it correlates with our behaviours that help or fail to eliminate the COVID-19 infections. Therefore, social media data, such as tweets, have become even more important in health research associated with the current pandemic. During this global crisis, when people have been forced to stay at home and connect virtually, social media platforms have played an increasingly significant role in communications now more than ever before. In Canada, it has led to over 1 million positive cases and caused more than 24,000 deaths. The Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has persisted for more than a year and resulted in over 141 million infections with over 3 million deaths worldwide. Our research has also demonstrated a social listening approach to identify what the public sentiments and opinions are in a timely manner. The average sentiment compound score for each topic appeared to be slightly positive, yet the daily sentiment compound scores varied greatly between positive and negative emotions for each topic.Ĭonclusion: Our study results have shown a slightly positive sentiment on average during the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in Ontario, along with six topics. ![]() Results: Vaccine, pandemic, business, lockdown, mask, and Ontario were six topics identified from the unsupervised topic modelling. VADER was used to calculate daily and average sentiment compound scores for topics identified. Latent Dirichlet Allocation was used for unsupervised topic modelling. The daily number of COVID-19 cases was retrieved from the Ontario provincial government’s public health database. ![]() ![]() Dates of vaccine-related events and policy changes were collected from public health units in Ontario. Methods: Tweets were collected from December 5, 2020, to March 6, 2021, excluding non-individual accounts. Objective: This study aimed to explore topics and sentiments using tweets from Ontario, Canada, during the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. 3Faculty of Science, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada.2Systems Design Engineering, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada.1School of Public Health SciencesUniversity of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada.Shu-Feng Tsao 1, Alexander MacLean 2, Helen Chen 1, Lianghua Li 3, Yang Yang 1 and Zahid Ahmad Butt 1* ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() If you have a problem with evolution being portrayed as the origin of man, simply fast-forward the first 25 minutes and pick up from there. Kubrick’s first concept for the film was for it to be a series of short stories set in space. 2001: A Space Odyssey, American science-fiction film, released in 1968, that set the benchmark for all subsequent movies in the genre and consistently ranks among the top 10 movies ever made, especially known for its groundbreaking special effects and unconventional narrative. To pull this off, the effects team on 2001 developed a technique called Motion Control. Images of sleek Concorde-looking space planes docking at the round orbiting space station surpass the squat Space Shuttle or the “Tinker-Toy” style International Space Station scientists are actually getting off the ground.īesides some tense moments when Dave finds himself locked outside of the ship, followed by the confusing voyage he endures (which may also frighten young children), there is little content to concern parents. 2001: A Space Odyssey is famous for its majestic and realistic-looking shots of the spaceships visuals of a level way beyond anything that came before. ![]() The Johann Strauss waltz Blue Danube,'' which accompanies the docking of the space shuttle and the space station, is deliberately slow, and so is the action. Orbiting Jupiter alone, Dave embarks on an odyssey that has left people speculating ever since.ĭespite our increased expectations of special effects and the portrayal of “realistic” space travel (as if we know what “real” is?!), 2001 is an elegant masterpiece that has aged very well. It wants to be sublime it brings a seriousness and transcendence to the visuals. Things rapidly unravel, eventually leaving the entire crew dead, except for one man. (Having experienced years of computer glitches, this hardly seems surprising today, but back in the future of this movie, HAL was a perfect specimen supposedly incapable of making an error). Dave Bowman (Keir Dullea) and Frank Poole (Gary Lockwood) are responsible for supervising the voyage with the help of HAL, a state-of-the art computer.īut as the space vehicle nears Jupiter strange events begin to unfold, starting with HAL, who erroneously suspects a component on the ship is about to fail. With all but two of its large crew in cryogenic hibernation, Dr. dispatches a huge ship, The Discovery, to Jupiter. It stands tall in all its magnificence and it intimidates you. 2001: A Space Odyssey: The greatest Space Adventure ever written. People Also Read: How Beau Got Out Of A Mess. 2001: A Space Odysseyis the Everest among those Kubrickian mountains. 2001: A Space Odyssey is the debut book in Space Odyssey series written by bestselling British author Arthur C. Clarke and the 1968 film directed by Stnley Kubrick. A Space Odyssey is a 1968 science fiction novel written by Arthur C. A black monolith buried beneath the surface of the moon is beaming a strange signal to Jupiter. 2001 a space odyssey - We are going to start the discussion about 2001 A SPACE ODYSSEY as per our readers demands and comments. Cut to the “future.” The year is 1999, and a group of scientists have made an astonishing discovery. ![]() ![]() Properly citing your sources shows that you are an experienced and ethical scholarly writer. In order to avoid plagiarism, you need to cite all direct quotes or paraphrasing from other sources. It shows that you have done the necessary work to make credible arguments, it helps readers understand the context of your quotes, and it gives credit to the original sources.
![]() ![]() The buttons on the rim of the clock are too small to find and operate. To show just how clever this device is, it has an auto-dim feature which makes the face brighter when there’s a lot of light, and dulls it when it gets dark. With 20 brightness settings, it produces enough light to comfortably read a book or simply kick back.Īnd when it comes to bed time, it can be set to simulate a sunset, slowly lulling you to sleep. This nifty gadget is more than just an alarm clock, it doubles as a bedside lamp as well. Procrastinating has never been this easy. The coolest thing about it though, has to be the touch-activated snooze feature.īy just touching anywhere on the face, the alarm immediately goes into snooze mode for 9 minutes. It features an LED lamp, which is meant to work for up to 20 years and save tonnes of energy in the process. It has a minimalistic design, with a very solid feel. The first thing that really struck me when I first got this clock was the build-quality. It also comes with FM radio that can be substituted for the sounds. They’re all inspired by nature, set off when the light is at its full brightness, and gradually increases its volume. It’s also coupled by 5 different sounds you can choose from to really complete the whole experience. The simulation begins 20-40 minutes before your intended wake up time, and slowly turns from a dim reddish glow, growing into an amber haze and finally peaking at bright yellow. The alarm clock is designed to simulate the sunrise and naturally wake you up. However, It has a number of features that make that number worth it. Running at around $140, it’s definitely a tad pricey for an alarm clock. That’s why when I came across the Philips HF3520 wake-up light promising to offer a scientifically-proven better way of getting up, I had to bite. The annoying, screeching standard alarm clocks don’t make matters easier either. Let’s face it, waking up in the morning is an absolute chore. I had originally reviewed the Philips HF3470 around a year ago, however a newer and better Philips wake up light had come out, which is why I’ll be talking about the latest version here. ![]() ![]() This principle has applications in various fields, including physics, economics, and computer science. The maximum entropy distribution is the one that has the highest degree of randomness or uncertainty and is most spread out. In other words, when we have incomplete information about a probability distribution, the principle of maximum entropy suggests that we should choose the distribution that is the least biased or most unbiased, and has the least amount of bias.Įntropy, in this context, refers to the degree of randomness or uncertainty in a probability distribution. The principle of maximum entropy is a principle in probability theory and information theory that suggests choosing the probability distribution that has the maximum entropy subject to the constraints imposed by the available information. In simpler terms, if we know some basic information about a system (such as the average value of some quantity), but we don't know the full probability distribution of the system, then the principle of maximum entropy tells us to choose the most "random" or "uncertain" distribution that still satisfies the known constraints. ![]() ![]() The Principle of Maximum Entropy is a fundamental principle in statistical mechanics and information theory that states that, when we are uncertain about the probability distribution of a system, we should choose the distribution that has maximum entropy subject to the constraints imposed by the available information. ![]() |
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