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The Epilogue in Julie Taymor's Tempest
Music is central to Shakespeare's romances. In Pericles, Gower calls the story a "song," and Marina "sings like one immortal." Cymbeline has the beautiful songs "Hark, hark! the lark " and " Fear no more the heat o'th' sun," and The Winter's Tale has Autolycus's songs and a pastoral dance.
The Tempest was turned into an opera less than a hundred years after it was first performed; composers who have written for it include Purcell, Berlioz, Tchaikovsky, and Vaughan Williams.
Beth Gibbons of Portishead
Eliot Goldenthal's music is one of the highlights of Julie Taymor's 2010 film of the play, which ends with the epilogue being sung rather than spoken. During a question-and-answer period at the New York Film Festival, Taymor explained that she thought a spoken epilogue wouldn't work in film as it does in the theater, where the actor sheds his character as he bids the audience farewell.
Bryce Dallas Howard does just this in Kenneth Branagh's As You Like It (2006), and it's an effective strategy. But Taymor didn't want to break the illusion of the world of her film and so didn't film Helen Mirren speaking the epilogue. Instead she had Goldenthal write music to be sung by Beth Gibbons of the trip-hop band Portishead. The music plays as we watch Prospero's sinking books and the credits roll.
Here it is, though not—alas—Taymor's imagery. Below the video, I've printed the epilogue with the words missing from Goldenthal and Taymor's version in italics.
Now my charms are all o'erthrown,
Which is most faint. Now 'tis true
I must be here confined by you
Or sent to Naples. Let me not,
Since I have my dukedom got
And pardoned the deceiver, dwell
In this bare island by your spell;
But release me from my bands
With the help of your good hands.
Gentle breath of yours my sails
Must fill, or else my project fails,
Which was to please. Now I want
Spirits to enforce, art to enchant;
And my ending is despair
Unless I be relieved by prayer,
Which pierces so that it assaults
Mercy itself and frees all faults.
As you from crimes would pardoned be,
Let your indulgence set me free.
Observations Taymor Tempest
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Lauren N'guetta said…
I really enjoyed this. I think that Taymor made the right decision of having the epilogue be done in a song form. It was very powerful and captured my attention.
Jess said…
I agree with Lauren...the song kept me interested in the epilogue and grabbed my attention right away. Very wise decision by Taymor!
Katie said…
I think the epilogue being done in song was very unique and different to what I have normally been seeing in Shakepeare's plays/movies. I thought it was very cativating and beautiful!
Mary Larson said…
I thought it was really interesting that the epilogue was sung instead of being spoken in the film. I think this was a much better idea because it brought about a different feel to the film. I think that it would have gotten a little boring to listen to her speak her epilogue, but with the addition of music it made it more interesting. I think it was a good decision by Taymor to incorporate the epilogue in this way.
Walter said…
I can agree with what Katie said, It distinguishes itself from other epilogues which keeps the viewers interested rather then dragging out a spoken epilogue.
I think that putting this after the movie ended was a smart decision because it definitely gives a different vibe compared to the film. The song is somewhat dark and scary which I liked and because of that it really grabs your attention and makes you listen to each line individually. Overall, a well done film down to the ending credits.
Jon Schifferle said…
I feel that more emotion can be shown through song,so this was definitely a good choice. It may not always fit, but it is a nice change every now and then
Ryan Bass said…
I think the song form of the epilogue definitely adds a lot more feeling and interest to the text so that the reader can enjoy it more. I really liked the mix up and the music in the background.
Mason Pugh said…
I feel that this song communicates more emotion and meaning than any other form of an epilogue could, Its a cool change and I enjoyed it more than just reading or watching the epilogue, well played Taymor!
Jamie Mensching said…
I found that because the epilogue was in a sung I was more interested and had to pay better attention to link what was sung to the play. Not only did I find it intriguing, but the song also went well with the play!
Whitman Burke said…
I think that Taymor made the right choice by having the epilogue be a song. I think that it makes the ending much better and it brings much more feeling and emotion to the piece.
Francesco Grillo said…
I definitely think the right decision was made in regards to the song selection of the epilogue. The unique sound attracts much more attention and will most likely keep the audience involved from the start. It could have been boring if they decided to stick to talking instead
Greg Lopez said…
I really enjoyed this epilogue and was glad that it was sung in the film. Her beautiful voice was able to grab my attention and kept it, which spoken epilogues tend to not be able to do.
MIckenzie Layson said…
It's interesting how important music was to the film. I thought it was cool, and the music was actually pretty good. What Taymor did was so cool and interesting. The Epilogue being sung just tied everything together.
Sonia said…
I agree with Lauren and Jess that Taylor's decision was crucial in making the epilogue strong and dramatic
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Roseanne Tweets Praising President Trump - Receives Social Media Backlash
After Roseanne Barr tweeted in support of president Trump, praising him for freeing many children who were held by pimps, she has received flak on Twitter for not getting her facts right.
By Anita Reddy
After Roseanne Barr tweeted in support of president Trump, praising him for freeing many children who were held by pimps, she has received flak on Twitter for not getting her facts right. The social media is full of negative tweets questioning the source of her information.
Barr tweeted, “President Trump has freed so many children held in bondage to pimps all over this world.” She also added, “Hundreds each month. He has broken up trafficking rings in high places everywhere. notice that. I disagree on some things, but give him benefit of doubt-4 now.”
Reacting to Barr’s tweet, one person tweeted, “I heard that Trump landed on the moon!”
“Trump went back in time and invented the wheel!”
“Ever heard of the letter Q? Thanq Trump!”
Another user tweeted, “He has done no such thing- this is a dangerous lie to spread.”
Barr may not have expected such a backlash. The people on social media found it difficult to accept this bit of news about Trump.
Barr tweeted her comments after the White house had issued a proclamation on Friday declaring April as “National Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month.” This proclamation was made in order to stop sexual crimes, to raise awareness about the different forms of sexual violence, prosecute those who are responsible for such crimes and provide care and support for the victims.
Roseanne reboot
A reboot of Roseanne was aired on March 27, 2018. Back to back episodes were shown which had around 18 million people viewing the show and it received a score of 5.1. The show will be getting a second season too.
With the success of Roseanne many viewers are wondering if other past shows having political overtones will be brought back. Tim Allen's ‘Last Man Standing’ being one of them.
‘Last Man Standing’ stopped being aired by ABC even though it was doing well and many felt it was stopped because of the views that were being shown on the show.
The revival of the show is a result of the brainstorming of the executives of the ABC company. They had a meeting to discuss what they could do to better the company’s name. They wracked their heads to find out which kind of audience they were neglecting and not catering to. By the end of the brainstorming session, they devised a plan to reboot a past show, depicting a Midwestern family. They wanted a show that would target those who voted for President Trump. The Company wanted to air a show that would appeal to those viewers who were overlooked earlier. The reboot of Roseanne was a result of the aim of the company to cater to the needs of the neglected viewers.
The co-creator, Roseanne Barr stars in the show who has taken the role of a Trump supporter who is at loggerheads with her liberal sister, played by Laurie Metcalf. The reboot was a hit with the audience and President Trump personally called Roseanne to congratulate her. Trump was elated with response Roseanne received because it had a conservative leaning. In one of his meets he said, “Look at Roseanne! Look at her ratings!” He went on saying, “They were unbelievable! Over 18 million people! And it was about us!”
There is no love lost between Hollywood and Trump and this could be seen in the award shows like the Golden Globes and the Oscars where Trump was mocked. However Roseanne Barr has not shied away from showing her support for Trump.
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Walton Family Foundation Awards Two-Year Grant to Seafood Nutrition Partnership
July 9, 2019July 9, 20190 1 9
by SNP Teamin News, Press Releases
Grant to Link Foundation’s Sustainability Initiatives with Health and Wellness
Seafood Nutrition Partnership (SNP) is pleased to announce a two-year funding commitment from the Walton Family Foundation. The grant will support initiatives that ultimately educate consumers about sustainable seafood, ensuring delicious meals that are healthy for them and the health of the oceans. Through work with retailers and health influencers, customers will be better equipped to ask the right questions and know how to purchase sustainable seafood. The grant also supports the expansion of SNP’s Little Seafoodies digital communications campaign, which encourages parents to serve more sustainable seafood to their children for lifelong health benefits.
These activities support Walton Family Foundation’s approach to grantmaking, which focuses on making an impact to improve lives today that lasts to benefit future generations.
“We appreciate the Walton Family Foundation’s support in helping Seafood Nutrition Partnership’s longer-term goal to increase demand for sustainable seafood by the general American public and building lifelong seafood consumers,” said Seafood Nutrition Partnership President Linda Cornish.
“Linda and Seafood Nutrition Partnership have built the critical message around the value of sustainable seafood for human health with the health and nutrition community,” said Teresa Ish, Oceans Initiative Program Officer at Walton Family Foundation. SNP’s work links the foundation’s environmental commitment to educating consumers and benefiting families.
The Walton Family Foundation believes fishing can be the sustainability success story of the 21st century. SNP’s new grant will help reach that vision through collaboration with organizations including: Aquaculture Stewardship Council, Environmental Defense Fund, FishWise, FishChoice, Marine Stewardship Council, Monterey Bay Aquarium Foundation and National Marine Sanctuary Foundation.
About the Walton Family Foundation
The Walton Family Foundation is, at its core, a family-led foundation. The children and grandchildren of our founders, Sam and Helen Walton, lead the foundation and create access to opportunity for people and communities. We work in three areas: improving K-12 education, protecting rivers and oceans and the communities they support, and investing in our home region of Northwest Arkansas and the Arkansas-Mississippi Delta. To learn more, visit waltonfamilyfoundation.org.
About Seafood Nutrition Partnership
Seafood Nutrition Partnership (SNP) is a national non-profit with a mission to inspire a healthier America by empowering seafood consumption as part of a balanced diet. SNP is addressing the country’s public health crisis through education programs that inspire Americans to incorporate more seafood and omega-3s into their diets for improved health as per USDA/HHS Dietary Guidelines for Americans, the American Heart Association, and many other leading health organizations. For more information, visit www.seafoodnutrition.org or follow @Seafood4Health and #Seafood2xWk on social media.
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Vicki Gunvalson Once Again Winds Up in Emergency Room During RHOC Vacation: 'Everything Hurts'
Another Real Housewives of Orange County vacation, another trip to the emergency room for Vicki Gunvalson.
On Tuesday's episode, the O.G. of the O.C. was sent to the hospital in the back of an ambulance after slipping and falling while running back to her Palm Beach hotel room following a drunken swim in the pool.
"Ouch! Ouch!" said Gunvalson, 57, after her fall, grabbing her left ankle. "Everything hurts."
"I don't understand this. F—, I need to go to the hospital," she added, as paramedics came to assess the damage. "I need a wheelchair. I need it to get around, I need some way to sell insurance. This is scary. Oh my god, this is so bad."
Pals Shannon Beador and Tamra Judge were by Gunvalson's side, helping her — if also laughing about the amount of times Gunvalson has injured herself on the job.
"Vicki is the clumsiest person I've ever met in my life," Judge joked, as footage of Gunvalson's falls in 2009, 2013, and 2018 played.
In fact, this is the third time Gunvalson has had a medical emergency during a RHOC getaway. Back in 2016, she was involved in an ATV accident in Glamis, California that had her airlifted via helicopter to an ER in Palm Springs.
That next year, while visiting Iceland, medical professionals were once again called when Gunvalson experiencedfeelings of nausea, lightheadedness, weakness and headaches. She was famously rolled out in a wheelchair with her head covered, before being placed in a stretcher and driven off.
Vicki GunvalsonCharles Sykes/Bravo/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty
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RHOC viewers will have to wait until next week's episode to see how Gunvalson fares.
While her health hangs in the air, one thing is clear: Her friendship with Orange County Housewife Kelly Dodd is likely done for good.
Though they had appeared to call a truce a few weeks earlier, they got into it in Florida when it surfaced that Gunvalson had been communicating with a woman suing Dodd.
Dodd called Gunvalson a "con woman," a "liar," and a "f—ing pig," and Gunvalson calling Dodd a "f—ing bully," a "terrible person," and a "slut."
RELATED: RHOC's Vicki Gunvalson Tells Kelly Dodd 'I Surrender' as They Fix Friendship After Nasty Feud
Vicki Gunvalson and Kelly DoddDaniel Boczarski/Getty; Charles Sykes/Bravo/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty
Later, when the two were apart, Dodd opened up about her ongoing feud with Gunvalson, saying that she had hoped to not engage.
She then explained to costars Emily Simpson and Braunwyn Windham-Burke why she often goes "low" when she's verbally attacking others.
"I had a lot of cousins, and we always fought to win," said Dodd, 44. "I guess I have an anger problem. But it's also, I have to win. You're going to hurt me, I'm going to hurt you back."
"I've learned to be vindictive because I've seen it happen with my family. I always thought that lashing back and saying things going low was winning. And I want to win," Dodd added. "My mom is quick to anger like that. … My mom's got a temper, that's where I learn it. You are a product of your own environment."
Dodd admitted "it's not right to lash out."
"I need to be stronger because a stronger person leaves and doesn't engage," she said. "I just feel stupid taking the bait again."
"At least I can recognize my shortcomings, those other woman can't," Dodd added. "We're a work in progress, and we're growing."
The Real Housewives of Orange County airs Tuesdays (9 p.m. ET) on Bravo.
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MPOV: Solo: A Star Wars Story
Casts: Alden Ehrenreich, Donald Glover, Emilia Clarke, Woodie Harrelson, Thandie Newton
Rated: PG-13
Category: A 2018 American space, western, fantasy, science fiction film
The galaxy is in a state of disorder, with criminal syndicates competing for valuable resources like the hyper fuel coaxium. On the shipbuilding world of Corellia, orphaned children are made to steal in order to survive as a young Han and his lover Qi'ra long to escape the clutches of a local criminal gang. They successfully bribe an Imperial officer with stolen coaxium in exchange for passage on an outgoing transport, but Qi'ra is apprehended by their pursuers before she can board. Han vows to return for her and joins the Imperial Navy as a flight cadet.
Three years later, Han has been expelled from the Imperial Flight Academy for insubordination. While serving as an infantryman during a battle on the planet Mimban, he encounters a gang of criminals posing as Imperial soldiers led by Tobias Beckett. He tries to blackmail them into taking him with them, but Beckett has him arrested for desertion and thrown into a pit to be fed to a beast – a Wookiee named Chewbacca. Han and Chewbacca work together to escape their confinement. In need of extra hands, Beckett rescues them and enlists them in the gang's plot to steal a shipment of coaxium on the planet Vandor. The plan goes awry when the marauder Enfys Nest and her Cloud-Riders show up, resulting in the deaths of two crew members and the destruction of the coaxium.
Beckett reveals he was ordered to steal the shipment for Dryden Vos, a high-ranking crime boss in the Crimson Dawn syndicate. Han and Chewbacca volunteer to help him steal another shipment. They travel to Vos' yacht where Han finds Qi'ra, who has joined Crimson Dawn. Han offers a risky plan to steal unrefined coaxium from the mines on Kessel; Vos insists that Qi'ra, his top lieutenant, accompanies them. Qi'ra leads the team to Lando Calrissian, an accomplished smuggler and pilot who she hopes will lend them his ship. Han challenges Lando to a game of sabacc, with the wager being Lando's ship. Lando cheats to win, but is convinced to join the mission in exchange for a share of the profits. The team boards his ship, the Millennium Falcon, and heads for Kessel. After reaching the planet and infiltrating the mine, Lando's droid co-pilot L3-37 instigates a riot. They use the confusion to steal a consignment of coaxium, but L3 is severely damaged and Lando is injured during the escape. Han pilots the ship through the Kessel Run, taking a dangerous route through an uncharted maelstrom in order to avoid an Imperial blockade. Although the Falcon receives severe damage during the journey, Han successfully navigates the run and the ship heads to Savareen to process the fuel.
Overall, this movie seemed to be slow paced with a few actions here and there. The story went way back with a young Han with his then girlfriend, Qi'ra, trying to escape Corellia, how he found Chewbacca and finally got his hands on the Millennium Falcon. Basically, it's a summary of his life before Princess Leia.
Alden does has a very big shoe to fill in as Han Solo. Harrison Ford was born to be Han but Alden seemed short of Harrison's charismatic cavalier in bringing out the Han Solo in him. It was more of a wannabe and not quite believable for me. Donald, on the other hand, was truly magnetic as Lando... definitely as good as Billy Dee Williams!
With a much better CGI, the movie fared much better and realistically more believable. However it does lacked some 'oomph' here and there. Just can't pinpoint it but I guessed this movie is more for the Star Wars fanatics, unlike me lah. Just an average sci-fi movie in my books.
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Janez Potocnik in Brussels on 11th October 2017 in the seminar "Beyond WCEF2017 - The European Union advancing a global circular economy." Photo: Juha Roininen / EUP-IMAGES
Are European policymakers ready for a global circular economy?
Can the circular economy act as a counterforce to economic imbalance and nationalistic interests? Could a global circular economy bring wealth to all regions of the world without sacrificing our planet’s resources and nature along the way? Five discussion highlights from Brussels beyond WCEF 2017 aim to shed light on these issues.
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Ernesto Hartikainen is a specialist in the Circular economy focus area. This multilingual and good-natured “circular economy diplomat” is responsible for the World Circular Economy Forum 2017 programme and bringing circular economy concepts to Finnish forests.
Text updated on 8 November regarding highlight 2.
Continuing the topics covered at the World Circular Economy Forum 2017 (WCEF) in Helsinki, the first global forum on the circular economy with over 1600 participants from over 90 countries, Finnish Innovation Fund Sitra organised the Beyond WCEF 2017 seminar in Brussels on 11 October 2017. Speakers included European Commission Vice-President Jyrki Katainen, Finland’s Minister of Housing, Energy and Environment Kimmo Tiilikainen and UN Environment International Resource Panel Co-Chair Janez Potocnik, among others.
The discussions reaffirmed Sitra’s view that Finland and the European Union should be global pioneers of the circular economy and support a worldwide transition to a more sustainable and equitable economy.
Here are five highlights of issues discussed in Brussels:
1. From crisis management to long-term planning
The European Union has witnessed one crisis after another in the past few years – from the financial crisis to Greece’s debt crisis to a refugee influx to Brexit, among others – but is now becoming increasingly open to topics with a more long-term view. This receptiveness has partly been made possible by the pro-European success of Macron in the French presidential elections as well as general positive news in the European economy.
Regarding the circular economy, the European Commission sees circularity as a cross-cutting element of the New Industrial Policy Strategy published in September. At the Beyond WCEF 2017 seminar Vice-President Jyrki Katainen reiterated the importance of the circular economy as a global megatrend comparable to digitalisation. Next on the Commission’s circular future agenda are the Plastics strategy coming this December, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) framework for the EU by October next year, and the future renewal of the EU Bioeconomy strategy of 2012 that is challenged by disruptive technological development.
2. Retraction of the old EU proposal resulted in wider political debate on the circular economy
The Barroso Commission proposed a circular economy package that was later retracted by the Juncker Commission. At the time, this move was largely criticized by many as it could be interpreted as lacking commitment to creating an environmentally friendly European economy.
While the retraction of the old EU proposal caused a delay of 1.5 years, it offered the opportunity to develop it further into a more comprehensive proposal and resulted in a more thorough and wider political debate on the circular economy. The scope of discussion was broadened from waste management and recycling to a more holistic economic discussion on the circular economy in Europe. The eventual proposal of the Circular Economy Action Plan was published in December 2015. With it, circular economy topics such as eco-design, green public procurement and activation of investments have led to more impactful activities.
3. Countries furthest behind have the most to gain
One of the major challenges with the circular economy in the European Union is the big differences between member states in their level of circularity. Although waste and recycling is only one element of the circular economy it demonstrates the big differences between member states. Romania generated 247 tonnes of municipal solid waste per capita with a recycling rate of 12 per cent whereas Denmark’s equivalent was 789 tonnes per capita with a recycling rate of approximately 47 per cent.
However, what is lost in a lot of political discussion is that countries furthest behind have the most to gain. Romania has a lot of economic opportunities from better utilising waste streams ending up in landfill or incineration and Denmark can gain from new consumption patterns and business models that reduce the amount of waste being generated in the first place.
4. A socially fair circular economy is the key to global buy-in
The circular economy must not become “another Western project”, emphasised UN Environment International Resource Panel Co-chair Janez Potočnik. For the circular economy to gain acceptance in the emerging and less affluent regions of the world, it needs to be relevant in reducing poverty and benefiting societies in a just and fair manner. The circular economy also needs to be socially fair not only on a macro scale. Within countries benefits of the circular economy must reach groups in more challenging circumstances. The increased efficiencies and new forms of unlocking value must not only create wealth to owners of businesses, but create opportunities for employment and fair earnings for all types of skillsets.
Education plays a key role in the implementation of the circular economy. Not only to spread the understanding of the concepts related to the circular economy, but also for people to learn the new skills required in a circular economy. An inclusive circular economy will not leave behind people currently involved in linear business such as coal workers, but will find ways to retrain these people into new better forms of employment.
A socially fair circular economy also needs to take into account that a lot of circular activities, such as repair and recycling of products, are currently done by people in the informal sector in many regions. The impact to the well-being of these people resulting from the formalisation of circular solutions cannot be disregarded.
5. SDGs and circularity should be integrated into trade agreements
The circular economy is not synonymous to a closed economy. It is unrealistic to think that Europe would become 100 per cent self-sufficient and would consider completely closing its borders to the rest of the world. The availability of resources differs in various parts of the world, leading to international trade which has existed for centuries and which can be expected to continue for the foreseeable future. However, the rules upon which international trade is carried out are negotiated and written down by people in the form of trade agreements.
Heidi Hautala, member and vice-president of the European Parliament and member of the International Trade Committee, proposed further integrating Sustainable Development Goals in trade agreements. Trade agreements that would better consider the sustainability of products and services would also accelerate the circular economy internationally. There needs to be global assurances that traded goods and services comply with the highest possible environmental and social standards, or else harmful impacts are simply exported to foreign markets, eventually leading back to global problems.
The time for implementation of the circular economy in the European Union through real action is at hand. European policymakers are once again receptive for future-oriented agendas. Hard decisions in relation to how products are made and consumed must be made, but understanding who are the “losers” in the transition to the circular economy and coming up with ways to bring them aboard is crucial to smooth this transformation. Cheering for the circular economy will not automatically lead to seizing opportunities and unlocking new value. Meaningful investments and policy actions that support new circular business models are still required.
Finland has taken its first steps in the right direction and is paving the way for a circular economy. Finland and the European Union are global pioneers. The European Union has its Circular Economy Action Plan and has long been a promoter of green growth and environmentally responsible business. Finland, an EU member state, was the first country to draw up a national road map to the circular economy last year. It was built together by a thousand people representing various public, private and third sector organisations.
The road map includes a national Steering Group that provides expertise to assist the societal transformation of Finland towards a circular economy. As part of this work, Steering Group members visited Brussels and attended the Beyond WCEF 2017 seminar to meet and exchange thoughts with European experts and decision-makers on the future of the circular economy in the European Union and beyond.
There is still a lot to be done in local, national and international levels to walk the talk. What remains is the challenge of finding ways to build the future together in a world that seems focused on self-interests.
See presentations of the Beyond WCEF 2017 seminar here.
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‘Shazam’ Trailer: The DC Universe Goes ‘Big’
Posted on Monday, March 4th, 2019 by Ben Pearson
Wonder Woman has a few moments of humor, Justice League has a handful of jokes, and Aquaman‘s drumming octopus showed a sense of self-awareness, but Shazam! looks to be the DC movie that relies on comedy the most. The good news? That approach seems to be the correct one for the story of a young boy who’s given the power to turn into a superhero when he utters a special word. Check out the latest Shazam trailer below.
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The DCEU hasn’t exactly been a barrel of laughs thus far (remember when Superman snapped Zod’s neck?), but Shazam! isn’t too interested in brooding – it’s here to lighten the mood, and Zachary Levi looks like he’s having the time of his life living a teenaged dream.
Asher Angel stars as Billy Batson, a young orphan who unwittingly proves himself as a pure soul to a mystical wizard (Djimon Hounsou), who transports Billy to a place called the Rock of Eternity and grants him superpowers. All Billy has to do is say the word “Shazam!”, and he turns into a full-fledged superhero – which is good news, since the villainous Doctor Sivana (Mark Strong) seems to be have some evil plan up his sleeve.
Along for the ride is Billy’s foster brother and pal Freddy Freeman (It: Chapter One actor Jack Dylan Grazer), a kid who’s obsessed with superheroes and helps Shazam unlock his powers. Think Big, but with more capes.
David F. Sandberg (Lights Out, Annabelle: Creation) directed from a screenplay by Henry Gayden, and Peter Safran (Aquaman, The Conjuring) is the movie’s producer. When we spoke with Safran last month, he explained that this movie ends with Billy Batson still having a few super powers left to learn: “When the Wizard endows on him this ability to say ‘Shazam’ and become a superhero, there’s no manual that comes with it. So it really is a process for him to learn what is real potential is. He comes to learn somewhat his areas of potential, but not the whole thing by any means.”
We all have a superhero inside us, it just takes a bit of magic to bring it out. In Billy Batson’s (Angel) case, by shouting out one word—SHAZAM!—this streetwise 14-year-old foster kid can turn into the adult Super Hero Shazam (Levi), courtesy of an ancient wizard. Still a kid at heart—inside a ripped, godlike body—Shazam revels in this adult version of himself by doing what any teen would do with superpowers: have fun with them! Can he fly? Does he have X-ray vision? Can he shoot lightning out of his hands? Can he skip his social studies test? Shazam sets out to test the limits of his abilities with the joyful recklessness of a child. But he’ll need to master these powers quickly in order to fight the deadly forces of evil controlled by Dr. Thaddeus Sivana (Strong).
Shazam! hits theaters on April 5, 2019.
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As of 31st December 2014, Great Canadian Casinos INC. claimed that BCLC till date have jeopardized 18 million USD.
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Great Canadian casinos Inc. has also refused to comment on this issue. Till date none of the allegations or claims has been proved in the court.
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888 Holdings bring fixed Poker returns and high growth
Although 888 Holdings have not gained great success in the field of poker, they have maintained a steady position in the industry and have come up to the second largest position in the poker world (although its name comes after Amaya with a huge margin difference).
From the annual financial results of the company that released on Tuesday, it was revealed that the revenues of 888 are generally flat, because the revenues of 2014 that was $93.7 million and revenues of 2013 that was $93.6 million are compared then we do not find much of a difference in them.
It is very difficult to stand in the same position while passing through tough times of online poker. It is good for the company’s reputation. This is the reason why it became the most important player in Europe and also in the rising online poker markets of the United States.
Brian Mattingley, the CEO of 888 Holdings said that, the main product of their casino has given excellent performance in this field which reflects the position and tradition of the company in this sector. At the same time in the Poker Scout global rankings, 888 Poker has permanently fixed its position at number two at the year end. The terrific revenue growth of 115 percent from 888 Sport was the best part of 2014 and in the future, the company will experience more electrifying growth opportunities from this field.
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Poker Star is the one and only undoubted leader of online poker traffic. In accordance with the recent figures of Poker Star, Poker Scout has earned 18,000 real money cash on an average from the game players within a particular time over the past week and they have the highest number of players that measure up to around 30,000.
888 Poker has held back its position in the second place, rising ahead of the existing second place holders such as Full Tilt, iPoker Network, Bodog and the PartyPoker.
PokerScout shows the recent seven day cash game traffic of 888 pokers at an average of 2,500 players. This average is far ahead from both the iPoker and Bodog, whose average is somewhere around 1,800.
It does not consider some of the distinguished market of 888, such as the site that is operated from Spain or the combined business with Caesars of the United States. The USA operated business will be improved within a short span of time, as the 888 has powered new sites in Delaware and Nevada which will soon begin to share traffic.
Tremendous growth in revenues exhibited in the record breaking year
The revenues of 888 have grown in 2014 up to 14 percent that is $454.7 million. Revenue for sports betting and bingo has also increased but the revenues for casino has increased to its highest limit by 16 percent. Their Business to Business operations have also grown substantially, and the revenue earned in the year was 32 percent.
Mattingley told that 2014 has been yet another record breaking year for 888 as they have again exhibited tremendous trends of profitability and increase in the revenues.
On Tuesday, the stock prices increased due to the tremendous performance of 2014. Dividend of seven cents per share was also announced for all the investors. Mattingley also claimed that 888 might go for acquisitions in order to consolidate their steady growth in the coming days. This claim was quite surprising for the public because last month 888 was almost on the verge of being taken over by William Hill.
Mattingley confirmed on Reuters that they are in continuous hunt for new opportunities
Mattingley also admitted about the challenges that they may face in 2015 but he has shown confidence to tackle them with ease.
Mattingley sounded optimistic about their opportunities in the context of present regulatory changes. He was confident while he expressed his hopes about 888’s chances of recovering against the adverse situations like Point of consumption Tax in UK and value added tax in some specific jurisdictions. He was also confident about 888’s possibilities of overcoming the challenges in the foreign exchange movement due to the power of dollar.
Gamesys Diversified their Online Gaming packages in the Deal they have entered with renowned NetEnt
Incorporation of technological specialization makes it obvious that the model of iGaming has gained sustainability to expand its gaming arena quite substantially. NetEnt, one of the top online gaming solution providers has entered into a contract of licensing along with the leading online gaming company of UK called Gamesys.
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The strengths of the various iGaming players are integrated to provide a tough competition and the new deal has surely accelerated it. The combination has become a preferred business method over internal development of areas since the iGaming industry has already entered into an environment of specialization. The deal between the two is worth £425.8m with a ten-year service agreement by both Gamesys and Intertain which includes not only platform services but also gaming content.
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Revenue of River Rock Casino floated as stop-gap for social services
Chak Au, Richmond City Councillor says that the revenue of the casino pays for social services which are facing government cuts.
When the Richmond City Council proposed a new spending plan for the money generated from the River Rock Casino, Chak Au, another councilor suggested using the money in a fund which will be designed specifically to help the different social service agencies in the city.
The year before, River Rock Casino had generated $21 million for the city which was accelerated by 19 percent when compared to the preceding year and the profits show no signs of slump.
According to Chak Au, a part of the revenue from the River Rock Casino should be used for the funding of social services facing cuts. (Elaine Chau/CBC)
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A major part of the surplus revenue goes towards capital reserve accounts to pay debts and to fund RCMP officers, staff recommend establishing a Council Community Initiatives Account. This would offer a onetime initiative to boost social, environmental, recreation and sports, heritage, arts and culture, safety and security and infrastructure projects.
Au told The Early Edition’s Rick Cluff, “This fund actually duplicates what we have already set up. We have a grant program for recreation, arts and culture, social services and many other things,” He also added that they are putting more money for the same thing as things can be more creative.
Au’s main proposal aims at the establishment of a social services stabilization fund which will be available to social service agencies and one which can be used in case they are facing funding cuts from various levels of the government.
“This is a reality that we are facing. I know that people may argue this is not the jurisdiction of city government; however I think the reality is we have social service agencies facing funding cuts from time to time.”
Au added that he wants to see more consultation from the public as to how gaming revenues are to be spent for future projects.
Is time up for Bwin?
One of the bigwigs in online gambling Bwin has announced that it might be selling off a part or all of its online gambling business.
Not a pointer to things to come
The surprising announcement is not as surprising as it appears initially. Even though Bwin is a successful company and one of the best in business it cannot continue in its same form. This is because for a company it is very difficult to adapt to all the opposition legislation which is present as a part of its primary markets. And this is exactly what Bwin is experiencing with the slow moving online poker markets in Europe.
At its infancy a few years ago it seemed the best company in a position to capitalize on a new design of opportunity that online gambling had represented a few years before. Bwin was made from a merger between sports betting company Bwin and the online poker enterprise PartyGaming in 2011. And as of November Bwin has said it’s looking out for options which would help it to divest.
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Amaya the Canadian firm which has been seen on an aggressive buying spree is rumored to be one potential suitor. Last year itself it acquired the online gambling giants PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker.
The official information from Bwin by its chairman Phillip Yea is even though it would not disclose the names of Bwin, the company is in a number of secondary talks with potential suitors.
Market failure in the pipeline?
The success of any business model depends a lot on the integrated model system it caters to. Sovereign governments in EU remain unstable and unpredictable and stability for online gambling depends a lot on the regulations and other processes in each country.
The reality thus is that online gambling providers need to wait on the sidelines while governments across the world work out their regulations and remove unfavorable business conditions to facilitate online gambling businesses.
A model which is not reliant on only projected expansion but also majorly focuses on the tangible markets in these countries which online gambling is properly regulated can temper unrealistic or projections that seem to be utterly ambitious and thus help in guarding against bad investments towards lowering of operational costs.
Rabcat signs exclusive deal with Microgaming for game supply
Rabcat and Microgaming, who are also considered as the gaming giants, have entered into an exclusive deal in November, 2014. The company became the development partner on the Quickfire platform in 2012, which is also when their relationship started. Now Rabcat will supply games to Microgaming’s network of operators with the arrangement of this new long term supplier contract.
In this new arrangement, Microgaming possesses the rights of exclusive distribution of Rabcat games, and this means that now it is not just Quickfire who will make Rabcat content available to the world; some selected content will now be delivered to Microgaming operators as well. Dragon’s Myth, Legend of Olympus and Castle Builder, are some of the most popular Rabcat content which will also be made available to Microgaming operators by using the download, Flash and HTML5 platforms. Castle Builder by Rabcat was launched in 2013 and is a five-reel slot that introduced the new level-based slot feature in online gaming. This is the first Rabcat game scheduled to go live with Microgaming in January 2015.
Thomas Schleischitz, CEO of Rabcat has stated that this step of a new contract with Microgaming is taken to reveal the full potential of Rabcat. Microgaming has the best operator base and first-hand technical prowess and expertise which were seen by the Quickfire platform. Due to this deal, the premium game titles can reach larger number of audiences.
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Roger Raatgever, the CEO of Microgaming also believes that the arrangement is a proof of their committed and successful partnership which has resulted from their strong bond started through Quickfire. Rabcat games have global demand and now the download operators dealing with casino can access Rabcats’ avant-garde 3D slots easily due to their deal with Microgaming.
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On the other hand, Rabcat was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Vienna. As the leading manufacturer of first class casino game applications in the International iGaming industry, Rabcat has a wide range of products like video slots, video poker, casino table games and innovative 3D games based on their own trademarks. The game features a superior range of language support and is available through open B2B distribution platforms. Rabcat is also part of highly popular multichannel gaming platform, Win2day which is a joint effort by Austrian Lotteries and Casinos Austria AG. Rabcat is also considered as the ultimate answer to the expectations of world-class gambling applications with unique game designs, great visuals and strong IPs.
The Lotteries and Gaming Authority (LGA) refreshed to Malta Gaming Authority (MGA)
The renowned licensing body of Malta known as Lotteries and Gaming authority (LGA) has now undergone a major update for its brand name and image. Now it will be known as the Malta Gaming Authority (MGA) with a new logo and website that will communicate their objectives and goals.
When we talk about the casinos in Europe, the LGA which will now be known as MGA is one of the most prestigious licensing bodies. The sole purpose of rebranding is to impact the minds of the people involved in this industry and highlight the newness of their work.
A Lotteries and Other Games Act were introduced in the year 2001, in order to regulate all the iGaming activities and maintain a safe environment. At that time the LGA had the power to establish a regulatory framework that was meant to move with time and sustain its relevance and strength. As per the statement given by the Malta Gaming Authority, the new mission will be:
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“All actions that we take for regulating different sectors of gaming and lottery industry that come under the authority will be taken in adherence with the fair gaming methods. We will make use of the transparent methods in order to prevent all the malicious practices, money laundering, effective steps to avoid corruption and theft, and also provide apt security to minor and vulnerable entities.”
These goals and objectives of the MGA are established in order to ensure fair treatment of casinos and also monitor the important issue of protecting the players. Lots of things like the human temperaments of the vulnerable young and old, technological systems for data safety and many other things are covered under this protection system. Below mentioned are some brief points that explains the aim of MGA
MALTA GAMING AUTHORITY AIMS
Protect the young and at risk players.
Protect the rights of the players.
Support regulated and safe gaming in regulated surrounding.
Maintain the equipments and the reliability of the games.
Make sure that no criminal incidences take place.
MALTA GAMING AUTHORITY OBJECTIVES
Combine all the regulatory operations that are related to the gaming authorities.
Establish an Authority that handles all the functions successfully.
Provide regular support to the casino industry and update the technology section
Offer true and easily accessible information.
Provide one stop solution for obtaining license.
MGA is very serious in its responsibility of ensuring that the players are protected and can go to any lengths to accomplish this. It is their dedicated efforts that have resulted for them being one of the favored licenses in Europe. There are a lot of activities that they cover and they also conduct continuous research on the features such as iGaming activities, approving online casino licenses, keeping a close eye on the license holders and ensure that they are meeting the regulations, collecting the tax and things like these. Apart from having a streamlined approach towards providing support to the social cause, their endeavors are focused to ensure that high standards are followed in Malta casinos.
Although the name of the authority has undergone a change but their dedicated efforts and the communication system is the same as before. Their only focus is you who want to be safe and protected while playing.
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We’re leading the way with progressive policies
Posted on 16 May, 2017 15 August, 2018
Over the last ten years we’ve worked hard to make Scotland the best country it can be. It’s no wonder other parties are now taking their lead from the SNP.
Labour and the Tories opposed progressive SNP policies tooth and nail for a decade – now they’re promising what the SNP has delivered.
Here are just some of the ways the SNP has been leading the way.
♥ We scrapped all charges for medicine in 2011, helping keep people healthy and our NHS true to its founding principles. The Tories have opposed the policy for a decade, including in their 2016 manifesto. Now they’ve cynically backed free prescriptions.
♥ We scrapped car parking charges for NHS-run hospital car parks in Scotland in 2008, making it easier for people to visit loved ones in hospital. Labour have now proposed scrapping NHS car parking charges in England.
♥ We have already protected free personal care, free childcare and free school meals against callous Tory cuts. Now the Tories are hitting pensioners and are squeezing family budgets with their continued assault on welfare and their cuts to free school meals in England.
When the Tories scrapped the Education Maintenance Allowance in 2010, the SNP maintained it in Scotland. And we’ve expanded it to help keep more young people in education. Labour’s manifesto commits to bringing the policy back in England.
The SNP has opposed tuition fees since they were first introduced by Labour in 1997, and in 2008 we scrapped them in Scotland. Now Labour have said they will follow our lead in England.
Fair work and fair pay
In government, the SNP pay all staff, including NHS staff, the real Living Wage and we’ve championed it in the private sector too. We’re committed to delivering 50/50 in public sector boardrooms and are taking new action to deliver equal pay. The Tories, who have worked to diminish workers’ rights for decades, are now saying they’ll do the opposite.
In Scotland, we’ve honoured decisions of the independent NHS pay review body. That’s why a Band 5 nurse in Scotland is up to £309 better off in Scotland compared to England. Now Labour have said they’ll honour independent pay reviews in England too.
⚖ The SNP has fully mitigated the Bedroom Tax in Scotland and we’ll scrap it once and for all as soon as possible. Labour have now pledged to do the same across the UK.
In government the SNP has delivered over 60,000 affordable homes and kickstarted a new generation of council house building. And we’ve ended Thatcher’s council home right to buy, which saw almost 500,000 council homes sold off. Remarkably, the Tories are promising to build new council homes.
Read more here about our strong record in government.
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‘Pochettino has it great at Spurs and won’t leave’ – Redknapp sees no substance to exit speculation
September 11, 2019 by SOMINSFASHIONBLOG
The former Tottenham boss would be “very surprised” if the highly-rated Argentine opted to walk away from a role in north London this summer
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Mauricio Pochettino has “a great situation” at Tottenham, says Harry Redknapp, with the former Spurs boss saying he would be “very surprised” to see the Argentine move on.
Speculation has suggested that the man currently at the helm in north London could be lured to pastures new this summer.
Pochettino has done little to quash those rumours, with the 47-year-old stating that he plans to make a decision on his future after the Champions League final.
That contest is due to take place in Madrid on Saturday, with Tottenham taking on Premier League rivals Liverpool.
It could prove to be Pochettino’s final game in a position he has filled for five years, but Redknapp is not expecting that to be the case.
He told the Daily Mail: “I’d be surprised if he did [go].
“I think he knows he’s got a great situation at Tottenham. Everything is in place, the team is great, training ground, stadium.
“I think he has got a great job there and I’d be very surprised if he looked elsewhere. He surely knows when he is well off and he is well off at Tottenham.”
European glory would likely sway Pochettino towards staying put and Redknapp believes Spurs are destined to claim a first European Cup triumph.
He added on a side that staged a stunning semi-final second-leg comeback against Ajax to book a date with Liverpool: “You just get the feeling that Tottenham have got their name on the trophy.
“They’ve gone through when they looked like going out in the knockout stages, last-minute goals in other games got them through.
“It’s been drama after drama after drama – the Manchester City game away with VAR.
“I’ve just got the feeling that Tottenham have got their name on the trophy this year – I really do.
“I’m a big fan of both clubs, I’m a big Liverpool fan, but I’ve just got a feeling that Tottenham, it could well be their year.”
Liverpool have plenty of attacking talent at their disposal in the form of Mohamed Salah, Roberto Firmino and Sadio Mane, but Redknapp sees Spurs boasting an impressive cutting edge of their own.
He said: “Tottenham are dangerous. Tottenham are an excellent team.
“If Harry Kane is fit and you’ve got a forward line of Kane, Lucas Moura, Son, Dele Alli in behind – it’s a bit of a scary proposition.
“Both teams are great going forward, attacking full-backs. I’ll be very surprised if we see a boring game. I think there will be goals.”
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Overseas Union Enterprise shares rise to 1-month high on hospitality Reit plan
The Overseas Union Enterprise (OUE) logo on its office building in Singapore on Oct 23, 2012. Shares of Overseas Union Enterprise (OUE) rose to a one-month high after the property company said it will raise about US$480 million (S$614 million) by listing a hospitality real estate investment in Singapore, according to a prospectus for the deal. -- FILE PHOTO: REUTERS
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REUTERS - Shares of Overseas Union Enterprise (OUE) rose to a one-month high after the property company said it will raise about US$480 million (S$614 million) by listing a hospitality real estate investment in Singapore, according to a prospectus for the deal.
OUE shares rose as much as 2.8 per cent to S$2.93 in early trade on Thursday, the highest since June 12.
OUE Hospitality Trust will sell about 682 million units at an offer price of between S$0.88 and S$0.90 a unit to investors.
The company's parent OUE will buy the remaining 626.8 million units, or about half the listed entity.
UOB Kay Hian expects OUE's gearing to improve to 22 per cent after the listing of the hospitality REIT, from 62.1 per cent currently.
"The lower gearing will provide opportunities for OUE to leverage on its balance sheet to pursue development projects across geographies and property segments," the broker said. It maintained a 'buy' rating and S$3.63 target price.
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These are commonly referred to as company cars and are taxed by reference to the list price of the car but graduated according to the level of its carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. We outline the main areas to consider and the tax and national insurance implications. If your business is in the Harrogate area or you are employed in the area we, at Stringer Mallard, can advise you on the employer provided car benefit rules.
The current regime for taxing employer provided cars (commonly referred to as company cars) is intended:
to encourage manufacturers to produce cars which are more environmentally friendly and
to give employee drivers and their employers a tax incentive to choose more fuel-efficient and environmentally friendly vehicles.
We set out below the main areas of importance. Please do not hesitate to contact us if you require further information.
Employer provided cars are taxed by reference to the list price of the car but graduated according to the level of its carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions.
Percentage charges
Emissions (g/km)
% of car's price taxed
0 - 50 13 16
For every additional 5g thereafter add 1% - -
Until the maximum percentage is reached 37 37
Jane was provided with a new company car, a Mercedes CLK 430, on 6 April 2018. The list price is £50,000. The CO2 emissions are 240g/km.
For 2018/19 and 2019/20 Jane’s benefit will be £50,000 × 37% = £18,500.
Phil has a company car, a BMW 318i, which had a list price of £21,000 when it was provided new on 6 April 2018. The CO2 emissions are 118g/km. Note: The CO2 emissions are rounded down to the nearest 5 grams per kilometre - in this case 115g/km.
Phil's benefit for 2018/19 is: £21,000 × 24% = £5,040. Phil’s benefit increases for 2019/20 to £5,670 being £21,000 × 27%.
Diesel cars emit less CO2 than petrol cars and so would be taxed on a lower percentage of the list price than an equivalent petrol car. However, diesel cars emit greater quantities of air pollutants than petrol cars and therefore a supplement of 4% of the list price generally applies to diesel cars (unless the car is registered on or after 1 September 2017 and meets the Euro 6d emissions standard). For 2017/18 and previous years the diesel supplement was 3%.
The diesel supplement does not apply to hybrid cars.
A diesel car that would give rise to a 22% charge on the basis of its CO2 emissions will instead be charged at 26% for 2018/19. The maximum charge for diesel is capped at 37%.
Obtaining emissions data
The Vehicle Certification Agency produces a free guide to the fuel consumption and emissions figures of all new cars. It is available on the internet at http://carfueldata.direct.gov.uk. These figures are not however necessarily the definitive figures for a particular car. The definitive CO2 emissions figure for a particular vehicle is recorded on the Vehicle Registration Document (V5).
The list price
The list price of a car is the price when it was first registered including delivery, VAT and any accessories provided with the car. Accessories subsequently made available are included (unless they have a list price of less than £100).
Employee capital contributions up to £5,000 reduce the list price.
Employer's Class 1A national insurance contributions
The benefit chargeable to tax on the employee is also used to compute the employer's liability to Class 1A (the rate is currently 13.8%).
Some cars registered after 1 January 1998 may have no approved CO2 emissions figure, perhaps if they were imported from outside the EC. They are taxed according to engine size.
% of list price charged to tax
0 - 1400 23%
1401 - 2000 34%
over 2000 37%
Private fuel
There is a further tax charge where a company car user is supplied with or allowed to claim reimbursement for fuel for private journeys.
The fuel scale charge is based on the same percentage used to calculate the car benefit. This is applied to a set figure which is £24,100 for 2019/20 (£23,400 for 2018/19). As with the car benefit, the fuel benefit chargeable to tax on the employee is used to compute the employer's liability to Class 1A. The combined effect of the charges makes the provision of free fuel a tax inefficient means of remuneration unless there is high private mileage.
The benefit is proportionately reduced if private fuel is not provided for part of the year. So taking action now to stop providing free fuel will have an immediate impact on the fuel benefit chargeable to tax and NICs.
Please note that if free fuel is provided later in the same tax year there will be a full year’s charge.
Business fuel
No charge applies where the employee is solely reimbursed for fuel for business travel.
HMRC issue advisory fuel-only mileage rates for employer provided cars. Employers can adopt the rates in the following table but may pay lower rates if they choose.
From 1 December 2019:
Pence per mile
1400 or less 12
1401 to 2000 14
1600 or less 9
HMRC update these rates on a quarterly basis in March, June, September and December. The latest rates can be found here.
Employees' use of own car
There is also a statutory system of tax and NIC free mileage rates for business journeys in employees' own vehicles.
The statutory rates are:
Rate per mile
Up to 10,000 miles 45p
Over 10,000 miles 25p
Employers can pay up to the statutory amount without generating a tax or NIC charge. Payments made by employers are referred to as 'mileage allowance payments'. Where employers pay less than the statutory rate (or make no payment at all) employees can claim tax relief on the difference between any payment received and the statutory rate.
We can provide advice on such matters as:
whether a car should be provided to an employee or a private car used for business mileage
whether employee contributions are tax efficient
whether private fuel should be supplied with the car.
Please contact us at Stringer Mallard for more detailed advice on cars for employees in your business in the Harrogate area.
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Gordon Parks High School 10th Anniversary Gala
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Gordon Parks High School 10th Anniversary
Gordon Parks High School is proud to promote the legacy of Gordon Parks. Celebrating our 10th anniversary is both a chance to proudly share what we’ve accomplished, and to build momentum for what’s ahead. Together with our partners from Soultouch Productions and numerous community stakeholders, we will celebrate our anniversary and imagine the possibilities for where we’ll be in 2028!
The Gordon Parks High School 10th Anniversary Gala is happening Friday, March 9 at the St. Paul Hotel.
Gordon Parks High School 10th Anniversary Events
Here is a list of events celebrating the 10th Anniversary of Gordon Parks High School.
History of Gordon Parks High School
Gordon Parks High School was dedicated on March 6, 2008, as the new site of the re-named Unidale High School (formerly at University and Dale).
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FG seeks deeper investment in health sector
Uche Usim, Abuja
The Director-General of the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE), Mr. Alex A. Okoh, has assured the nation that the proposed the reforms in the health sector being canvassed by the agency would not involve divestiture of the government from any health facility. He explained that the reforms would entail a repositioning of the health sector to increase private sector participation and funding thereby improving access to quality healthcare for all and reverse poor health indices in the country.
He made the remark at the inauguration of the Project Delivery Team (PDT) for the Nigeria Health Sector Reform at the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) recently.
The Director-General who was represented by the Director, Post Transaction Management Department of the BPE, Mallam Yusuf Adamu, further explained that the health sector reform is a joint initiative of the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) and the Federal Ministry of Health (FMoH) which is designed to undertake a comprehensive, holistic, partnership-based reform of the health sector towards addressing the challenges facing the health sector in the country.
The Project Delivery Team which is expected to effectively drive the reform process and make necessary recommendations to the Health Reform Steering Committee (HSRSC) is charged with:
Interfacing with and reviewing the reports of the consultancies and make recommendation to the Steering Committee;
Developing a detailed project plan for the reform of the health sector; design and drive stakeholder’s sensitization and engagement strategies for a successful reform;
Develop a process for identification and selection of the most suitable investors for the health sector and carry out any other activities that may be necessary to ensure successful reform of the Nigerian health sector.
The Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Health, Alhaji Abdulaziz Mashi Abdullahi who inaugurated the committee charged the PDT to work assiduously to meet the desired goals. He said though the task ahead for the members of the PDT as highlighted in the Terms of Reference (TOR) may be daunting, it is achievable as this is done in many other developing countries.
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1 in 5 Will Be in a Connected Car by 2020
According to Gartner 1 in 5 cars will have some form of wireless network connection in 2020.
15:58 30 April 2019
Categories : motoring
Connected cars are revolutionising the automotive industry and transportation landscapes. So, what exactly is a connected car?
What is a connected car?
Of course, the concept of a connected car, is highly complicated and involves a great number of implications for the automotive and tech industries. To put it simply a “connected car” is a car that connects wirelessly to the Internet of Things. What does this mean? It means sophisticated infotainment systems, application processors and vehicle to vehicle communications for a start. It’s a step towards fully autonomous cars. This means better safety for you and other consumers on our roads. It has been estimated that once cars start driving themselves, traffic fatalities could be reduced by 90% by 2050.
Today’s connected car market
The first Internet car
Back in 2016 Chinese e-commerce giant, Alibaba, introduced its first automobile, the RX5 sport utility vehicle. Made with Chinese carmaker SAIC, Alibaba called it the first “Internet car” in a news release. It runs software developed by Alibaba’s YunOS division to connect with other smart devices. The car retails for just $22,300. In the announcement, Alibaba stated the car will use the company’s ecommerce platform to deliver services including finding parking spaces, locating petrol stations and making restaurant reservations. Drivers will also be able to pay for services from the car using Alipay. As the auto market transitions to self-driving cars, Alibaba wants a piece of the action.
“I think what Google saw and what others see is that the vehicle is the next mobile platform,” said Grant Courville, senior director of product management at QNX. “It’s going to have software and connectivity. I think automakers just a few years ago didn’t realise what they had.”
The connected car is the first step
Car experts agree that the connected car is the first step towards self-driving cars. In 2015 Toyota invested $1 billion in artificial intelligence research.
“It’s moving from the mobile smart phone connectivity to full-car connectivity to the internet,” said Steven Crumb, executive director of Genivi, an open-source infotainment cooperative. “Even though you’ve got Google and others working on the autonomous vehicle, the way to get the autonomous vehicle is through the connected car. That’s the stepping stone to get where we are today to fully autonomous.”
MG Motor to launch Internet car in June
MG Motor teases the launch of MG Hector Internet car and unveils its iSMART infotainment system in India. MG Hector’s infotainment system is a result of collaboration between MG Motor and technology companies including Microsoft, Adobe, Cisco, TomTom and Airtel among others. While the iSmart system is rich with features, perhaps the most interesting aspect of the new car is its first of a kind connectivity solution. The MG Hector comes equipped with an e-SIM based on IPV6 and supports the 5G network. The technology is set to impact everything from insurance premiums to sub-leasing of cars.
While it’s the first of its kind, industry watchers predict that almost all original equipment manufacturers plan to develop or launch new models with the same technology, which looks to become as common as air bags in the near future.
While we wait, we might just have to make do with our smartphones for now in older cars and used vehicles until the majority of these vehicles hit the market. For now internet-enabled cars are expected only in the top-end of the market but analysts predict that even a higher price tag may not hinder sales.
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Flooding closes Stamford’s Dolan middle
By Sophie Vaughan
Updated 11:17 am EST, Monday, December 9, 2019
The secured front doors of Dolan Middle School on Toms Road in Stamford, Conn. on Thursday, Feb. 15, 2018.
Photo: Michael Cummo / Hearst Connecticut Media
STAMFORD — Dolan Middle School is closed due to flooding in the building, school officials announced Monday.
Administrators provided no further explanation regarding the source of the water intrusion.
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Leading music and audio apps in Google Play in the Netherlands 2019, by downloads
Published by Raynor de Best, Nov 28, 2019
The graph presents the leading music and audio mobile apps in the Google Play Store in the Netherlands in October 2019, by number of downloads (in thousands). In the measured period, the music app YouTube Music was downloaded roughly 76,000 times to Dutch mobile devices.
Leading music and audio mobile apps in the Google Play Store in the Netherlands in October 2019, by number of downloads (in 1,000s)
Number of downloads in thousands
based on downloads to devices in the Netherlands
The figures provided have been rounded.
Spotify and music streaming in the Netherlands
YouTube penetration rate in the Netherlands 2017-2018, by age group
Number of Spotify, Apple Music and Deezer users in the Netherlands 2018
Digital music industry revenue in the Netherlands 2012-2023
Reach & Traffic
Reach of Spotify and Netflix in the Netherlands 2014-2018
Statistics on "Spotify and music streaming in the Netherlands"
Estimate of most popular music streaming services in the Netherlands 2018
Revenue of music streaming in the Netherlands 2012-2018
Revenue share of music streaming in the Netherlands 2013-2018
Distribution of music industry revenue in the Netherlands 2018, by category
Digital and physical recorded music sales in the Netherlands per capita 2017
Online media subscription services usage in the Netherlands 2016
Share of people with an online music subscription in the Netherlands 2018, by age
Free and paid online music services usage in the Netherlands in 2017
Leading music sources of Millennials in the Netherlands 2017
Frequency of music streaming among youth in the Netherlands 2018
Monthly reach of Apple Music and Spotify in the Netherlands 2017, by age group
Radio and music consumption in the Netherlands in 2017, by audio type and age
Radio and music consumption in the Netherlands in 2017, by audio type and gender
Daily reach music services Millennials and average consumers in the Netherlands 2017
Annual Spotify app revenue in the Netherlands 2014-2018
Spotify subscription share in the Netherlands 2015-2017
Monthly reach of Spotify in the Netherlands 2017-2019, by device
Absolute monthly reach of Spotify in the Netherlands 2017-2019, by device
Media perception of Spotify in the Netherlands 2018, by characteristic
Usage of online music services in the Netherlands in 2017
Monthly users of the most popular audio streaming sites in the Netherlands 2018
Most popular media apps on tablets in the Netherlands 2017-2018
Monthly YouTube Music app downloads in the Netherlands 2018-2019
Daily reach YouTube for music Millennials and average consumers in Netherlands 2017
Penetration rate of selected music streaming services Netherlands 2017-2018, by time
Most used podcast platforms in the Netherlands 2019
Weekly time spent on podcasts in the Netherlands 2019
Podcast session lengths in the Netherlands 2019
Most popular podcast categories in the Netherlands 2019
Preferred language when listening to a podcast in the Netherlands 2019
Distribution of moments to listen to podcasts in the Netherlands 2019
Illegal channels used to consume music in the Netherlands 2017
Leading reasons for illegal music downloads in the Netherlands 2017
Leading reasons for illegal music streams in the Netherlands 2017
Forecast of Digital Music revenue by segment in the Netherlands 2017-2024
Forecast of Digital Music users by segment in the Netherlands 2017-2024
Forecast of Digital Music ARPU by segment in the Netherlands 2017-2024
Leading lifestyle apps in Google Play in Belgium 2019, by downloads
Leading lifestyle apps in Google Play in Finland 2019, by downloads
Leading lifestyle apps in Google Play in Norway 2019, by downloads
Leading lifestyle apps in Google Play in Sweden 2019, by downloads
Leading music and audio apps in Google Play in Germany 2019, by downloads
Leading lifestyle apps in Google Play in Denmark 2019, by downloads
Leading gaming apps in Google Play in Switzerland 2019, by downloads
Leading news and magazine apps in Google Play in Great Britain 2019, by downloads
Instagram downloads from Google Play in Germany 2019, by downloads
Monthly downloads of the Amazon music app to android devices in Germany 2019
Monthly downloads of the Amazon Alexa app on Google Play in Germany 2019
Monthly downloads of the Pinterest app on Google Play in Germany 2019
Leading news and magazines apps in Google Play in Great Britain 2019, by downloads
Monthly downloads of the Alexa app on Google Play in Great Britain 2019
Monthly downloads of the Google Home app on Google Play in Great Britain 2019
Leading Google Play news & magazine app Daily active users (DAU) in Austria 2019
U.S. Gen Z: most popular music apps 2015
Leading gaming apps in Google Play in Denmark 2019, by DAU
Leading Google Play social network app Daily active users (DAU) in Switzerland 2019
United Kingdom (UK): textile yarn and thread imports Q2 2014- Q2 2019
Spotify and music streaming in the Netherlands YouTube in the Netherlands
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Priori Data. "Leading music and audio mobile apps in the Google Play Store in the Netherlands in October 2019, by number of downloads (in 1,000s)." Chart. November 3, 2019. Statista. Accessed January 20, 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/690950/leading-music-and-audio-apps-in-google-play-in-the-netherlands-by-downloads/
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Courts Crime Latest News State of Maryland
Nursing Technician Sentenced in Felony Theft Scheme
March 4, 2018 March 2, 2018 Staff baltimore md, somd crime, somd news, southern maryland crime, southern maryland news
BALTIMORE, MD (March 2, 2018) – Maryland Attorney General Brian E. Frosh announced today that Durante Denard Branch, 30, of Baltimore City, was sentenced on one count of felony theft scheme having a value of at least $10,000 but less than $100,000. Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Edward Hargadon sentenced Branch to seven years of incarceration, suspending all but 18 months, placed Branch on supervised probation for five years, and ordered $31,975 in restitution.
From July 2014 through July 2015, Branch filed eight fraudulent insurance claims under both his disability and accident policies with American Family Life Assurance Company of Columbus (Aflac).
Branch purchased these policies while employed as a nursing assistant with the University of Maryland Medical Systems (UMMS). Branch had access to patient medical records; he took these records, along with some of his own hospital records, altered the dates and names to correspond to dates he alleged he was unable to work and filed fraudulent claims with the records. Aflac paid out a total of $31,975 on his fraudulent claims.
“Stealing from insurance companies is illegal,” said Attorney General Frosh. “Branch abused his access to private medical records to steal those funds, defrauding his insurance company and violating the trust of his employer.”
“Investigating and prosecuting individuals that commit insurance fraud is a top priority for the Insurance Administration and we appreciate the support and collaboration we receive from the Attorney General’s office,” said Maryland Insurance Commissioner Al Redmer, Jr. “Consumers end up bearing the brunt of fraud through higher premiums and we actively encourage citizens and carriers to report questionable activity.”
The case was prosecuted by Assistant Attorney General Roberta G. Siskind of the Insurance Fraud Unit of the Maryland Attorney General’s Office, with assistance from Maryland Insurance Administration Investigator Bill Johns.
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Lead book review
Cervantes was a genius, yes – but the inventor of fiction?
William Egginton's smart, thoughtful and intriguing book about the author of Don Quixote is prone to going too far
The Ingenious Hidalgo Don Quixote of La Mancha: engraving of a drawing by Gustave Dore (1833–1883)
The Man Who Invented Fiction: How Cervantes Ushered in the Modern World William Egginton
Bloomsbury, pp.239, £25
William Egginton opens his book with a novelistic reimagining: here’s Miguel de Cervantes, a toothless old geezer of nearly 60, on his way to the printers with his new manuscript.
On a hot August day in 1604, a man walked through the dusty streets of Valladolid, Spain, clutching in his right hand a heavy package. In the absence of any authentic portraits, we must trust his own words to know that he was brown-haired and silver-bearded, with an aquiline (but well-proportioned, he adds) nose and cheerful eyes partly hidden behind a pair of smeared spectacles resembling, in the words of one of his literary rivals, badly fried eggs.
By the time Cervantes published Don Quixote, he’d done a lot of living. A raddled figure on the down-at-heel fringes of the gentry, he had lost the use of his left hand when it was hit by a harquebus at the Battle of Lepanto. He’d spent a decade on the run after wounding someone in a duel. He’d spent five years as a prisoner in the court of the Ottoman ruler of Algiers. He’d done hard time in a stinking jail in Seville. He’d been excommunicated twice in a row for doing the honourable thing and — as a commissary agent tasked with raising grain for the Armada — taking from the church rather than the peasantry. He now presided over a household of precarious finances and disappointed women (‘his wife, two sisters, a niece and his illegitimate daughter by another woman’). He was, in Egginton’s words, ‘soldier, adventurer, gambler, captive and all-round failure’.
At the end of his poem ‘This Last Pain’, William Empson asked the poem’s addressee to ‘Imagine… What could not possibly be there,/ And learn a style from a despair.’ It could stand, in William Egginton’s account of it, as an apt description of Cervantes’s process. This is a book about how Cervantes learned a style from a despair, and what that style meant to the people who came after. Here is a literary-theoretical argument clothed in historical and biographical detail.
Egginton’s claim for Don Quixote is twofold. Here is a book in which the organising principle is delusion — which is as much as to say, a book that burlesques the way in which each of us sees reality differently. And here is a book in which that delusion is sustained by books themselves. Its hero has been driven mad by his own obsession with chivalric romances; and it’s presented as a true history — ascribed to a fictitious author. It’s a hall of mirrors.
So it’s a book about books — and it’s a book about subjectivity. We all ‘read’ the world, and perform ideas of ourselves in it: ‘This creation of depth by delving into the space between tale-tellers and the tales they are telling is the technique that animates all of Don Quixote.’
Egginton locates this literary technique persuasively in its historical moment. Across Europe, a holistic medieval world view was giving way — in everything from natural philosophy to the plastic arts — to a recognition of perspective: the idea that our relationship with an external reality might be mediated and subjective. (The word ‘reality’ itself, Egginton tells us, first appeared in Spanish only two years after Don Quixote was published.)
But the Spain in which Cervantes lived was paddling hard in the opposite direction. The ideas of the Dutch Enlightenment were available — but they were in retreat. Charles V and, later, his heir Philip II presided over ‘the regrouping of a regime around orthodoxy and fear’. In 1547 the first ‘blood purity’ statute was passed. In 1599 the first Index Librorum Prohibitorum — list of banned books — was published. The Inquisition investigated ‘converso’ and ‘morisco’ families (those with Jewish or Moorish Muslim ancestry) ruthlessly. A fetish was made of ‘honour’, which, as Egginton writes, ‘was available to all men as long as they were free of even the slightest stain of suspicion concerning the religious purity of their ancestry or the sexual purity of their women’.
So in sending up ideas of honour in Don Quixote, Cervantes wasn’t just mocking a literary convention. He was creating a space in which power could be questioned. And he was also dramatising his own history of disappointment — the pratfalls to which his idealism had led. ‘Life is absurd, so laugh —’, writes Egginton, ‘but also feel, because life’s travails hurt others as much as they hurt you.’
Some readers will be put off by the title, and I don’t much blame them. It carries a whiff of Harold Bloom’s batty notion that people didn’t have inner lives until Shakespeare invented them for us. Genres don’t arrive ex nihilo, and it would surely be more modest, and more intellectually productive, to see Don Quixote as a giant leap forward rather than a completely different category of thing. And, in fact, Egginton is acute when it comes to it on the way that Don Quixote compasses and repurposes not only the conventions of chivalric romance, but of the drama, picaresque and pastoral.
Here is a smart, thoughtful book that lucidly expounds a big idea. Yet it’s marred by those overclaims, and by its habits of sloppy speculation. Considering how delicately Egginton teases out the nested ironies of Cervantes’s authorial positions, and how constantly he insists on the unknowability of others, for instance, he’s oddly blasé about telling us what Cervantes himself thought and felt at any given time. He has a free hand, too, with empty intensifiers: defeats are ‘devastating’, rebukes ‘stinging’, labour ‘ceaseless’. Cervantes benefits ‘enormously’ from one thing and is ‘deeply’ discouraged by another.
And there are some seriously overripe sentences: ‘The beauty of those aqua waters bely the treacherous currents beneath, which have struck fear into the hearts of generations of sailors, giving birth to the legend of the cliff-dwelling monster Scylla and the permanent whirlpool Charybdis that conspired with so many other travails to keep the valiant Odysseus from returning home for ten long years after the epic and tragic losses Homer sang of in The Iliad.’
But these are forgivable defects — and many of them would have been put right by a more punctilious editor. The greatest virtue of Egginton’s book is not the grandeur of its claims, nor the precision or otherwise of its scholarship, but its imaginative sympathy.
That is in keeping with its subject. Cervantes anticipated and, Egginton argues, underpinned every major development in philosophy and literature since — from Descartes (Egginton suggests that the ‘demon’ of Descartes’s thought experiment may have been inspired by the ‘enchanters’ that Don Quixote blames for muddling his perceptions) through Hegel and on to Marx.
But his was not an arid technical insight into epistemological uncertainty. It was the basis for human sympathy — the ironic counterpoint between the crocked idealism of Don Quixote and the amiable realism of Sancho Panza, giving rise to the loving friendship between them. Don Quixote isn’t a philosophical treatise: it is a wonderful, warm, humane, rollicking joke.
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Guiao says it'll take '40 minutes of sacrifice, commitment' to topple Italy
by Dodo Catacutan
Anything less than '40 minutes of sacrifice, commitment' won't do against Italy, Guiao warns
FOSHAN, China - On the eve of Gilas Pilipinas' debut in the 2019 Fiba World Cup, Yeng Guiao knows exactly what it will take for the Philippines to topple a giant like Italy.
"My battle cry is 40 minutes of sacrifice and commitment for every player," the national coach told Manila-based reporters at the end of Gilas' final practice on Friday night at the GBA International and Cultural Center.
"Commitment to our game plan, and sacrifice because we're the little guys trying to play the big guys," he added.
In less than 24 hours, the Philippines will face Danilo Gallinari and the fancied Italians on this same floor, in a game which Guiao said will largely dictate whether Gilas will make it past the group stage or not.
To beat Italy, Guiao demanded several things from his team of PBA players, none of it easy. We can only succeed "by working hard, by being eable to execute our game plan on both ends, by playing smart, by trying to disrupt the execution of Italy," he said.
Anything less than that won't do, Guiao warned.
"It's going to be very tiring, sometimes painful, and there will be a lot of pressure. I'm telling the guys to just embrace the pressure and enjoy it."
And even if Gilas manages to do all these, the veteran PBA coach said the Filipinos can only hope to keep the game close until the final minutes, hopefully for a chance to steal it from the Azzurri.
"We know they're world-class, NBA-caliber players, Euro League players. But we we feel we have a chance. We feel that with hard work, focus and a little bit of luck, may be we can stay with Italy.
"We're hoping we'll be able to stay with Italy for 40 minutes and be able to give ourselves a chance to win the game," he said.
If they succeed, the reward would be worthwhile.
"If we win against Italy, then our best chance is to beat Angola then we make the next round," he said. "If we make the next round, that's already a feat in itself. That's how important the Italy game is for us."
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East Sussex soap company secures contract in Japan
East Sussex soap company Christina May has secured a contract in Japan
Jennifer Logan
Published: 15:38 Tuesday 10 September 2019
An East Sussex soap company is celebrating after securing a contract in Japan estimated to be worth up to £100,000 a year.
Christina May, a family-run business based on a farm im based in Waldron, just outside of Heathfield, currently exports to more than 34 countries including the United States, the United Arab Emirates, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.
The contract in Japan is estimated to increase Christina May's annual turnover
Its new deal with Japan was secured as a result of the company attending trade shows in Hong Kong and Bologna with support from the Department for International Trade (DIT) and through continuous contact with its Asia-Pacific export manager.
The contract is estimated to increase Christina May’s annual turnover by up to three per cent.
Oliver Butts, managing director at Christina May, said: “The prospect of exporting is exciting and perhaps a little daunting, but always fun and a great experience.
“The paperwork can be an issue in difficult markets which is why we focussed on the easier markets first to build up experience before exporting to the more challenging countries.
“Exporting has also helped us to secure our business against the uncertainty of Brexit as we have diversified our market portfolio across the world so that the impact and any consequences are reduced.
“I would recommend any business that is considering exporting to see how DIT can help.
“The department has supported us with grants to attend trade shows and just general advice which has allowed us to develop an expansive export strategy and find international success.”
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Ben Raby, head of region for South East at DIT, said: “DIT started supporting Christina May back in 2014 when the company approached us for advice, and it is really exciting to see just how much its exports have grown since that initial interaction.
“The company is one of a growing number of British manufacturers – many of whichm are SMEs – that are driving British success in the multi-billion-pound soap market.
“Their global success is proof that there is strong overseas demand for quality made English products and that there has never been a better time to explore international markets than right now.
“DIT has a network of expert International Trade Advisers on hand to help more businesses respond to this demand and navigate the entire exporting journey.”
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PRIME 2018: Building diversity in law
Binda Patel
Binda Patel, Head of Programmes at the Sutton Trust and Trustee at PRIME, reflects on diversity champions PRIME’s annual Conference.
“Businesses need to get diverse or die.” This powerful statement was delivered by Lord Holmes’ keynote speech at the 2018 PRIME Conference. His story is inspiring. Chris came from a state comprehensive in a town outside Birmingham. He lost his sight as a teenager but went on to win nine gold medals for GB in the Paralympics. He secured a training contract at a leading law firm and was the first blind person they employed. He is now an advocate for social mobility and is leading the campaign to ban unpaid internships.
Lord Holmes’ experiences represent the stories of the young people I meet in my role at the Sutton Trust. Students who are bright and ambitious, but face adversity, come from challenging schools, live in remote areas or don’t have the family network to access opportunities and advice. It is initiatives like PRIME, that are committed to improving access to the legal profession through work experience, that are giving these students the chance to connect with the legal profession. The individuals I spoke to at the Conference weren’t in this business because the firms they work for are looking to tick boxes and fulfil diversity quotas. They genuinely believe supporting PRIME is the right thing to do if we are to see diversity in the legal profession.
Collaboration and data collection were two key themes that cut across many of the discussions at the Conference. As a collaboration advocate with a passion for data and evidence, I left with my appetite satisfied. PRIME has come a long way since Nicholas Cheffings’ took over as Chair of PRIME and the charity has a lot of fantastic achievements of which it should be proud. It’s so easy for PRIME to rest on its laurels but I am pleased that it’s doing the opposite. PRIME is looking at how it can move forward, better support its signatories and reach more young people who most need their support.
It was fantastic to hear from Megan Stewart, a final-year undergrad at the University of Nottingham. She spoke about the impact PRIME and programmes like Pathways to Law had on her life. Megan’s teacher spotted her potential and encouraged her to apply to the Sutton Trust Pathways to Law programme. If it had not been for her teacher, the programme and her family, Megan would not be where she is today: an incoming trainee at Hogan Lovells. As she spoke about her experiences, I felt so proud to be working with PRIME, both as a trustee and a PRIME partner.
The Sutton Trust supports over 400 sixth form students to access work experience in the legal sector. We connect incredible young people with several PRIME signatories, barristers’ chambers and legal organisations to provide work experience opportunities. In a recent report by the Bridge Group, our alumni felt work experience was the most valuable aspect of our programme. This is why we work with PRIME and its signatories. We want to connect more young people to the legal profession so students can make informed choices about their futures, be that a career in law or not.
The Sutton Trust is supporting Lord Holmes’ bill to ban unpaid internships lasting over four weeks.
This blog was originally posted by PRIME.
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Trail running in Ammarnäs
Trail running is becoming more and more popular, and it turns out that the mountains around Ammarnäs are ideally suited for the purpose.
“A summary of the Lapland mountains”, that’s a description of the Vindelfjällen Nature Reserve I’ve come across. You can find most things in those mountains: high mountain massifs, low-lying mountain birch forest, u-shaped valleys and herb meadows. The southernmost part of the King’s Trail runs through the Vindelfjällen mountains like a hiking motorway between Hemavan and Ammarnäs, and there are numerous other hiking trails to discover. Also, according to rumours, the area around Ammarnäs is particularly suitable for trail running or mountain running: running up and down in varying mountain terrain.
– It feels like anything to do with the mountains has become more trendy, whether it’s running, hiking or MTB, you know, mountain biking, says multi-sportsman André Vollan Johansson.
André is based in Ammarnäs: this is where he lived when he was a boy, this is where he came after high school, and this is where he works as a guide. When André goes running, the trail will go uphill, and downhill. The Ammarnäs mountains are his backyard – he’s been running and skiing in these mountains as long as he can remember. He was good at it, thought the training was fun, as well as spending time on mountains and peaks. And, he continues:
– Here in Ammarnäs, you’ll go up, no matter in which direction you go!
André Vollan Johansson.
The view is the reward
We’re sat at Ammarnäs Guide Centre with a cup of coffee each. The sun looks down, carefully, the air is morning-cool, and André notes that it’s going to be a beautiful day for outdoor action – he’s actually taking me along with him. From Tjulträsk up towards Gajsatj, he decides, after he’s asked about my non-existent running habits and taking into account that I’ll be wanting to take photos.
– Then you’ll get up onto the bare mountain quickly, and it’s a good trail for running, he explains.
André trains and competes quite a lot. Long distances. Skiing, cross-country running, biking. Big competitions as well as small. He’s been running in a lot of places: Norway, the Pyrenees, Sicily, Portugal. The running shoes are in the bag wherever he goes; they don’t weigh much.
– The feet, that’s the main difference between mountain running and asphalt running. Mountain running is more technical. You have to look where you put your feet, all of a sudden you step in the wrong place. You have to be alert. And of course, it’s hilly all the time.
– The view is the reward, once you get up on top of the mountain. It’s nice being there on your own too. Running in the mountains is both freedom and therapy. I get a bit blind to it all since all I do is train around here, but when the weather is nice I sometimes just stop and remember how beautiful it all is. It’s something I could never get tired of, he says.
Trail Running the King’s Trail
The mountains in Ammarnäs are easily accessible from wherever you’re staying in Ammarnäs. Around the village, there is a trail system of about 200 kilometres in varying difficulty. There are also about 500 kilometres of trails in the nature reserve of Vindelfjällen. The season for trail running in Ammarnäs stretches from mid-June to September.
If you would like a guided trip, either trail running or on Mountain bike, get in touch with André at Ammarnäs Guidecenter.
Running-rriendly mountains
It’s stunningly beautiful. Already at the beginning of the path, my senses are overwhelmed by the scent of dew-moist birch forest and new herbs. The path rises sharply, and soon we’re looking out across the peaks and valleys around us: different nuances of green, quite a lot of green actually, from moss cushions and sprawling shrubs to small trees surrounding the path. The air here is clear and light, but around the lake below us and surrounding the peaks Stuor-Ajgart and Suvlåjvve there’s a milky-white mist with sunlight filtering through. It’s surprisingly warm, but the wind blows further up.
– It usually’s windy up here, André tells me.
Along the way we cross small streams and a snow pile that André runs straight over – the surface is harder than you might think, even in summer.
Again the question why the Ammarnäs mountains are so good for running.
– Well, André explains, it’s because the mountains are running friendly. It’s not particularly wet, or rocky. There are also really good trails to run on, especially the larger trails that are well trafficked, he notes.
– There’s such a large selection here as well. You can run in all different directions. And the surroundings are amazing! I also like it that the road for cars actually ends here, and other kinds of roads continue – the nature reserve is enormous.
André’s favourite trails for running in and around Ammarnäs
The King’s Trail south towards Äjvesåjvvie, starting from Ammarnäs. Steep at the beginning and proper hill training.
The King’s Trail north towards Rävfallet, starting from Ammarnäs. Nice running and the easiest way of ascending from the village. The King’s Road passes the slalom slope.
The King’s Road north towards Adolfström starting from the car park at Biergenis. A little flatter running, but with a view of Ammarfjället and Guvertfjäll mountains.
The trail towards Gajsatj is starting from the car park at Tjulträsk. Quick top tour.
André’s advice to those wanting to start mountain running
There are no short cuts, but the advantage of running uphill is that you get fit quickly. You can start with shorter distances, walking uphill and running downhill. If you can’t access the mountains, you could start in a slalom slope, for example.
Suitable Equipment
Trail shoes that dry quickly.
Good clothes that do not rub. You need sturdier clothes than when you’re on the tarmac.
For longer runs, a small rucksack with extra clothes and energy snacks is a good idea.
Map and compass if you’re running in a new location. Mobile phone, in case you take a tumble.
Text: Maria Broberg
Photo: Maria Broberg
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Macclesfield hospitality
MACCLESFIELD Town are offering hospitality packages to Town fans for Saturday's FA Cup with Budweiser First Round tie.
Matchday hospitality packages are available at £40 per head including a three-course lunch, half-time refreshments, complementary programme and seat in the Moss Lane Stand.
Keith’s Bar will also be open to away fans, serving local real ale and traditional bar food.
For more information, please visit www.mtfc.co.uk
Ticket details for the match can be found here.
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Swindon Town can confirm first-team coach, Tommy Wright will remain in employment at the football club following his sentencing at Southwark Crown Court today.
RARMANI EDMONDS-GREEN SIGNS FROM HUDDERSFIELD
Swindon Town are delighted to announce the signing of Rarmani Edmonds-Green on-loan from Huddersfield Town until the end of the season.
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DOYLE RECALLED BY BRADFORD
Swindon Town can confirm that Eoin Doyle has been recalled by his parent club Bradford City.
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1 June 1533 – Anne Boleyn is crowned queen
Posted By Claire on June 1, 2017
On 1st June 1533, Whitsun, Henry VIII’s second wife, Anne Boleyn, was crowned queen at Westminster Abbey by her good friend Archbishop Thomas Cranmer.
Anne Boleyn was about six months pregnant and had been married to the king since their official, but secret, ceremony on 25th January 1533. Their marriage had been proclaimed valid just four days before the coronation and this coronation ceremony was the couple’s moment of triumph after the years of waiting and legal wranglings.
Anne must have been so tired after the procession the previous day, but she still managed to make it through the long coronation service and banquet of around 80 dishes.
Click here to read more about Anne’s special day.
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12 thoughts on “1 June 1533 – Anne Boleyn is crowned queen”
Ellen Habbershaw says:
Great article Claire. Superb as always.
A singular honour indeed for Anne to have the crown of St. Edward on her head, as noted it was reserved for the reigning monarch, how proud her and her family must have been as they made their way into the grand ancient hall of Westminster and she sat on King Edwards chair, she was late in pregnancy and had already endured the coronation celebrations the previous day, I bet London looked absolutely beautiful, we no it was a dirty city with no sanitation and the stinking Thames with ragged beggars, but I bet on that day it looked lovely with the brightly coloured pennants flying and the gorgeously apparelled men and women in all their finery, and Anne herself looking as stylish as ever dripping in jewels and purple velvet and ermine, her lustrous hair flowing behind her, there was wine in the fountains and fresh fruits and cream and music and fanfare, us British have always been good at pomp and ceremony and I bet Anne Boleyns coronation was as good as Elizabeth 11’s or any other queens or Kings, how tired she must have been but she endured it remarkably well, she had women with her to see to her every comfort yet the day must have seemed endless, how grateful she must have been when it was all over and she could lie on her bed, kick her shoes off and just close her eyes, she had done it, she was queen at last but the battle was not yet over now she had to bear a healthy son.
Globerose says:
Umm- Henry VIII wore The Tudor Crown at his Coronation and Katharine wore “the smaller crown of the Queen Consorts of England.” But then, here we find Anne Boleyn, Henry’s second queen, crowned by Cranmer in “an unprecedented way for a queen consort” with no less than the crown of a king, that of Edward the Confessor. What are we thinking Henry meant by this?
Henry was thinking of a golden beginning, a new age, a glorious future in which Anne gave birth to a son and proved that he was entirely justified in putting aside Katherine and breaking with Rome. He viewed this marriage as a true marriage, a divinely sanctioned marriage, a marriage blessed by the Almighty, whereas the Aragon marriage was doomed and fruitless. Henry was making a grandiose statement, he was declaring that the Reformation and his second marriage went hand in hand. Anne would provide the heir and England would enjoy a golden future.
Who knows Globerose, we have to remember he loved her truly and maybe he just wanted to afford her this singular honour.
There are two main theories:
1) That he was making sure that everyone knew that Anne was his rightful queen – good old propaganda!
2) That he thought that Anne was carrying a boy and so was crowning the prince she was carrying as the heir to the throne.
Great propaganda whichever is true.
Anne must have been hot and tired, but very excited and upbeat. She would need the small breaks and it must have been a sense of triumph. After all she was carrying what was hoped to be the expectant heir to the throne. I think Henry chose to honour Anne with the Sovereign ‘s crown of Saint Edward to make the point that she was a true Queen. It was a singular honour and a real political statement. Remember the majority of the ordinary people and even some of his own nobles still begrudged Anne her title as Queen and supported Queen Katherine. By having Anne crowned with the sacred crown of Kings Henry was symbolically raising her status above any other women, including his first wife. For those who had any doubts her position would now be unassailable.
Yes I think that must have been the case.
I agree- he was making a statement to the country and the rest of Europe about the validity of the marriage and the legitimacy of the son about to be born. He didn’t truly love Anne-three years from now he was ordering her death and had her replacement waiting in the wings. I doubt Henry truly loved anyone except himself
I believe he did love Anne initially, evidenced by how much he sacrificed to keep her, but the love wore thin over time and but for her pregnancy and expected deliverance of a son she would have been discarded. The deliverance of a daughter sounded her death knell.
I believe Henry began by desiring Anne, as men do, taking a fancy to her if you wish, but as she wasn’t taken by his fancy and rejected him, Henry became more interested. As time went on he became more enamoured and interested in spending time with Anne for himself. His letters testify to ardent love and although we don’t have her replies we know she replied, because Henry said she did. Anne went away from him to Hever, but his heart followed and he found common ground with her. By 1527 the couple were spending more time together and were a proper couple. In fact, a tease of evidence, in a letter to ask for the divorce to marry Anne, sent to Rome, allows us to argue that they had agreed to marry sometime by the end of that Summer. There was a growing partnership which developed as Henry appreciated her charm and brains, intellect, interests in reform and her talents as a dancer and music as well as a sexy, foxy lady. They had a lot in common. Henry was still in love with Anne for the first two years of their marriage, even with all the difficulties. I don’t agree that having a daughter was the start of her downfall and she wasn’t executed because she didn’t have a son. Henry was still attracted to Anne during her second pregnancy in 1534 and he only began to show some disappointment later that year after she lost her child. There is evidence of some difficulty getting pregnant again and political movements were blamed on Anne, causing a brief break between them. Anne showed definate signs of strain and it is in this period that she is credited as making obscure but noteworthy threats against Mary and Katherine. However, it is most definitely the case that Anne and Henry had reconciled by the Summer and Autumn 1535 and they went on a triumphant progress, at the end of which, Anne was again pregnant. What we do know now with history and hindsight is that this was Anne’s last pregnancy and when Henry learned that she had miscarried a son, his reaction was recorded in detail and more terrible than any other times. We don’t know for certain how many pregnancies Anne had, but three is about right. It is possible that Anne was on notice or at least believed this was her last chance, but Henry changed after this and Anne was left more vulnerable.
Anne also had a moment of great triumph, merely three weeks before she lost her baby boy. Katherine of Aragon died on 7th January, leaving Anne as undisputed Queen. Henry and Anne are both reported as being happy and had a party. Elizabeth was paraded around the Court and jousting followed. Anne suffered a miscarriage between 24th and 29th January, after Henry’s fall from his jousting horse and may have been unconscious for two hours (evidence is contradictory)and Anne is believed to have found Henry with Jane Seymour soon afterwards. The joint shock caused a miscarriage of a male foetus aged about four months old and Henry is recorded as being very upset and doubting he would now have sons. Anne was also upset and retorted that her heart broke to see Henry loved others. Things were not the same afterwards.
Nobody can be certain, but most historians agree that this left Anne more vulnerable and open to attack. Henry, if he did think about his marriage now, didn’t do anything until April about it. Henry and Cromwell both consulted an expert on canon law, so we have evidence that Henry was thinking of an annulment before his fatal decision to try and execute his wife for adultery and treason. There are signs that it is in this five months prior to her final fall that Henry was looking elsewhere, that he did fall out of love with Anne. He acted, however, to show he was committed to Anne, causing confusion or perhaps misdirection. The rumours about Anne, the incident with Herny Norris, innocent though it was, the invention of evidence of guilt with five men, turned any last bits of love into hate. Ironically, that Henry hated Anne with such a passion to want her dead and out of his life can be further seen as evidence that he had for a long time loved her. I really don’t think it’s a fair thing to say that Henry Viii didn’t ever love anyone but himself. For one thing, the younger Henry showed himself very capable of real love. For another, we can’t see into the heart or soul of another human being, so we don’t know how he loved or didn’t love. I would say that as time passed into the last 10 years of his life that he became more selfish and more paranoid, plus with this an ability to strike out at those he professed to love with increasing violence. His capacity to love may have diminished. His heart could have turned colder. Whatever Henry’s feelings by the end of their relationship, I do believe that on these days in June 1533 Henry and Anne were very much in love and had no reason to believe it would all go wrong.
Anyone else drifting along the long and winding road towards the conclusion suggesting Henry VIII was all about this evidentiary obsession with a male heir, and only an heir male, and that everything he did at that time was pursuant to that one goal, and that nothing else mattered: his one ruling idee fixe? Oh he was undoubtedly infatuated with Anne, and many other exceptional men were too, in the beginning, but Katharine, dear Katharine, made war upon his obsession and I can’t help but feel this, as much as any emotional desires that Henry had for Anne, fuelled his passion for ‘the kill’ (in hunting parlance). He seems to have needed to win, and when Katharine died, and Anne lost her baby, everything changed: and all that remained was this primary raging obsession.
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Let down by Revenue
By This Is Money
Updated: 19:00 EST, 24 May 2003
EVERY week, Tony Hetherington replies to readers' letters, adding comments, advice and the results of his enquiries.
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C.M. writes: Is it true that a recent change in Treasury policy means those who pay voluntary Class 3 National Insurance contributions are now responsible for monitoring their own level of payments? It seems that if someone inadvertently overpays, they are denied a refund.
CLASS 3 contributions are a weekly payment, at present just under £7. They are paid mainly by those who retired early or earn less than the amount that makes contributions compulsory and who aim to pay enough to qualify for a state pension.
You started paying Class 3 contributions in 1997 after the Contributions Agency (now part of the Inland Revenue) advised that this was necessary to safeguard your pension.
What nobody bothered to tell you was that contributions would be collected by direct debit even if they were pointless because you could qualify for a pension without them. And this is where the system gets complicated.
In round figures, you need 44 years of contributions for a full pension. By April 2001, you had reached 40 years, which is why officials believe they are justified in continuing to charge you.
But in 2005, when you are 60, you will receive free 'autocredits' for five years. So what is the point in paying voluntary contributions now, when autocredits will take you up to 44 qualifying years?
You say there is no point at all. You will rely on the free autocredits and you want the Revenue to refund recent voluntary contributions, amounting to hundreds of pounds.
The Inland Revenue expects you to know the rules, without it telling you about autocredits, and to make a judgment before paying anything. Second, officials tell me that free autocredits have strings attached. The main one is that you lose them if you spend more than 182 days a year abroad.
So in collecting Class 3 contributions all these years, officials were protecting you from yourself, just in case you decided at 60 to retire abroad or spend six months a year in the Bahamas.
As I see it, it's your choice to gamble that you won't emigrate in 2005, not theirs. Given that the Revenue chose not to warn millions of workers that their NI contributions fell short of the amount needed for a state pension, I would not want these people making decisions on my behalf.
The Government knows the Revenue is a shambles. Its boss, Sir Nicholas Montagu, sold 600 tax offices to an offshore tax haven company, then told everyone the sale was to a British company subject to British taxes.
However, officials say Ministers have 'full confidence' in him. And the Minister responsible for the Revenue, Dawn Primarolo, would not comment about your situation or the principle of collecting unnecessary contributions and then refusing to refund them.
The rule change last year, by the way, allowed officials to decide whether someone had overpaid in error, and whether a refund was due. It also allows appeals to be filed.
You appealed to the Tax Commissioners and I hope they approve a refund. If they do not, National Insurance will be exposed for what many believe it really is: income tax by another name, but with rules harsher than the tax system itself. Or would Ms Primarolo care to deny it?
Tenant's benefits shortfall hit my buy-to-let income
MRS J. M. writes: Last July I bought a property from Blackwood Estates Limited of Stockport. I was given to understand I could expect £350 a month rent, having paid £23,000 for the property. I have only received up to £125 a month and the company seems to have little regard for my concerns. After fees and insurance, I have made £360. I am worried that future rental income may not reach the expected 16% yield. I am a widow with three children and I need this income.
LOW interest rates on savings accounts and high risks on the stock market have produced a boom in companies offering packaged buy-to-let deals involving terraced homes in the north of England.
By southern standards, prices are very low and double-figure rental yields are attractive.
Blackwood boss Tony Warm tells me you have been a victim of circumstances. The rent quoted for the house was up to £325, not £350 a month, he says. One-off legal fees took a disproportionately high percentage of the income for several months, dragging down the average yield. But the real problem has been with the tenant who, he says, 'was not all she seemed'.
She was entitled to benefits equal to half the agreed rent, but you seem to have been left nursing some of the shortfall. An increased rent has now started to come through, but you are clearly fed up with the situation.
I asked Blackwood what the property would fetch if you sold it. And the answer is that another Blackwood client is happy to offer £24,000 cash, giving you a modest profit. The deal can be done within ten days if you say yes, so I leave it to you to give Blackwood your decision.
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Brian Parchmann
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As those classic Powerade commercials perfectly put it, “We’re all just a kid from somewhere.”
Take a trip in this NBA time machine, as we get a ridiculous, hilarious and all around awesome look back at the most famous stars in the game long before they were on the nation’s radar.
Can the biggest and baddest man on the planet be any more of a little cutie?!
LeBron James may be strike fear in the eyes of the best basketball players in the entire world these days, but this Bron Bron needs a bear hug ASAP.
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There’s so much going on here, it’s impossible to pick a favorite part. The fact that this little king is already rocking a basketball watch is fantastic, but that stylish accessory is only the start. Between the cardigan and teal turtleneck, LeBron’s ‘90s swag is off the charts.
This pic screams “Future MVP.”
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Long before there was Hoodie Melo, the scoring machine was still showing us how to “Stay Me7o” by unapologetically getting on his high horse with an ear to ear grin that makes you want to pinch his cheeks until he gets back on defense.
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Butler has sworn that Romo could’ve played pro ball if he chose that path. Now that’s quite a thought.
This image right here is everything that was right about athletic apparel and fashion in the late ‘80s and early ‘90s. Is that giant baggy shirt actually part of a whole outfit with those form fitting pants?
Canary yellow, bold block prints, a collar just for the sake of it, and some mullet action to top it all off. Dirk slayed this look.
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Dirk has always been an avid tennis fan and was even a nationally ranked talent before deciding that he was too tall to play the sport. Tennis’ loss proved to be basketball’s gain, as the Germinator went on to change the sport, helping to put European and world talent on the map.
Goodness gracious. It’s incredible how easily recognizable Gordon Hayward is even at a passing glance. Even with the fresh cut he’s gone with in the NBA, his mop top and hat can’t hide that unmistakable face. Then there’s the rest of him that’s missing about 100 pounds of muscle.
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These two shots of Gordon give an awsome look at the baller we know and athlete that could’ve been.
The Indiana-born forward was already repping his future college team Butler with the ridiculous ‘00s nylon Bulldogs jersey. He was also an incredibly talented tennis player and nearly gave up basketball to pursue tennis since he was still only 5-foot-11 as high school freshman!
Kevin Love, Isaiah Thomas
This throwback of a baby-faced Kevin Love and Isaiah Thomas at the famous ABCD basketball camp is too good.
At 5-foot-9, IT already looks like a child compared to other NBA players on the court, but this ’05 snapshot takes it to another level.
With Love in a jersey and IT wearing that lanyard, it legitimately looks like a young fan asking if he can sneak a quick picture. Realizing they’re almost the exact same age is mind-blowing.
Jarring as this photo is, a heftier Love looks so different today from his UCLA days, it’d take some convincing to believe the two are brothers let alone the same person.
Kobe Bryant spent much of his youth in Italy where his father played professional basketball.
The left shot of Kobe not only shows off a fantastic flattop, it offers a glimpse at how much he takes after his father in the looks department. Trim those perfect right angles off Kobe’s dome and we’d have a mirror image father-son duo.
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The picture on the right is, well, it’s just plain ridiculous. It’s no wonder Kobe was such a stone-cold killer his entire NBA career. He adopted his “Mamba Mentality” from an early age – this is a 12-year-old Kobe guarding a straight up grown man in Italy.
Imagine holding this picture up to someone and, with a totally straight face, saying, “This is Larry. People are going to call him ‘Larry Legend’ because he’ll be one of the greatest basketball players ever.”
Yeah, that sounds like a real convincing argument.
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Replace that with, “This is Larry. They’re going to call him ‘The Hick from French Lick,” and that feels more believable.
Bird never exactly had the build of a superstar athlete, but it’s still remarkable to think this scrawny, baby-faced mop top would go on to be one of the most influential basketball players of all time.
Modern medicine and exercise science continue to advance at a staggering pace, and this picture is an incredible example of just that.
In this picture, Jayson Tatum is just a crazy excited middle schooler getting to meet one of the biggest stars in the game in LeBron James.
Fast forward to the 2018 playoffs when Tatum, the No. 3 overall pick of the 2017 draft, is guarding James in the Eastern Conference Finals.
While Tatum has transformed into a whole new person, the only difference with LeBron is a little less hair and a little more muscle (and a few more rings).
Sweet mother of magnificent monsters, Marc Gasol is a full blown giant!
This ridiculous throwback of the younger Gasol brother is from his high school playing days at Lausanne in Memphis after the Spaniard’s big bro began his NBA career with the Grizzlies. If basketball didn’t work out for the big fella, he’d have been a lock for a role as some Lord of the Rings sized beast.
While his Spanish teammates dubbed Marc “La Tanqueta,” or “The Tank,” while his western Tennessean class and teammates knew him as “Big Burrito.” That sounds like a pretty ridiculous nickname for an athlete, but it probably doesn’t take too many guesses to figure out how he earned that.
So much cringe.
What was it about the late ‘90s and early ‘00s that made so many misguided souls decide that dying the dome blond would be a really good look? After a second look, is this even hair dye or is literally just everything about Pau paler?
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On the right we have our slightly more digestible Pau Gasol, who at least only has a serious lack of beard to get over before accepting that’s the same seven-footer.
From blond to brown to bulky to bearded, the two-time NBA champ has certainly had a weird way of growing into himself.
Has Rajon Rondo looked older or younger than he really is for his entire life? Either way, the talented point guard has likely never needed to use a razor even once in his life and that will likely remain the case forever. He may have the face of a baby, but he’s got the attitude of a grumpy old man.
At 5-foot-9, Robinson obviously had to be insanely athletic to make it in the NBA, but the fact that a prepubescent Nate had a more ripped EIGHT-pack than most of us could even dream is just absurd.
As for that flex and facial expression? He delivered that look more times on the court than we can count.
Always an incredibly gifted athlete, Rondo’s first love growing up in Kentucky was actually football before his mother turned him away from the sport to focus on basketball, fearing that his wiry frame would lead to injury. The 2008 NBA champ would agree, mom knows best.
Before we knew this bad man as The Brodie, Russell Westbrook was a little rebel with a pair of cheeks that are just begging to be pinched.
Russ seriously looks so innocent here that seeing him without the fire of 1,000 suns in his eyes is almost a little off-putting.
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Something about wearing that Rebels shirt feels like he was born to embrace the bad boy role in Oklahoma City, and it’s a beautiful thing. It’s also a telling sign that the man had some killer style, making fashion statements long before he started working it at the NBA level.
Now this pic is an insane throwback.
Steph Curry may have looked like an undersized wiry guard coming out of college, but realizing the talent he was surrounded by throughout his childhood proves he was on a path to greatness since day one.
Steph’s dad, Dell, was a longtime NBA sharpshooting talent. Here, he’s sitting on dad’s lap next to NBA Hall of Famer Mitch Richmond and former three-point shooting great Drazen Petrovic.
Who could’ve ever imagined that the greatest shooter of all time sitting on that bench at the 1992 All-Star Weekend was the cute kid on pop’s lap?
Stephon Marbury, Sebastian Telfair
Ooo-wee there is a lot of flashback New York City fun packed into one fire photo here.
For starters, we have a young Stephon Marbury who, with this being the summer of ’96, is only months away from kicking off his NBA career.
Marbury’s style is a trip too. Remembering that And1 was one of the biggest brands in basketball, the fact that Starbury actually had hair and has his name inked on his arm are all worth a smile.
Oh, and then there’s the other Coney Island kid. That’s future lottery pick Sebastian Telfair. It’s a small small world.
This is too much to handle. Every single average-looking Canadian white guy joke that can be made about Hall of Fame point guard Steve Nash has been many times over.
When pictures of his childhood like this surface, it’s hard to defend the guy.
That being said, soccer has always played an important role in Nash’s life. He grew up playing the game his entire life and sears he could have played it professionally if he hadn’t chosen to pursue basketball.
Nash sure has come a long way, as he became co-owner of the MLS expansion team Vancouver Whitecaps FC in 2011.
Strap in for this one. We have photographic evidence that Kawhi Leonard is legitimately capable of executing the happiness indicator normal humans refer to as a “smile.”
All it apparently takes to get The Klaw to smile is a room full of balloons. Even then, he wasn’t willing to bare the chompers.
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On the right, we have a Kawhi who’s much truer to form. That’s the, “this is the best smile you’re gonna get, fella” look.
Even though the San Diego State alum was rocking the UNC tee, at least he knew already knew great basketball when he saw it. That, plus he was probably already balling so hard that UNC was getting a little early recruiting in with some free swag.
Talk about a tale of two generations. Chris Paul, now a seasoned veteran in the NBA who has built up a resume that puts his name in the conversation of greatest point guards the league has ever seen… and he could not look any giddier to be in the general vicinity as his hoop hero, Tim Duncan.
Now let’s drink in this retro Timmy Dunks action. Vintage Duncan. Even when the man is front and center for a photograph he shyly looks the other way. Rocking grey on grey? He probably looked in the mirror and still thought he looked too flamboyant.
Vince Carter is a man of many nicknames from the “Flying Man” to “Air Canada.” Vinsanity blew the roof off with his legendary dunk contest performance that flipped the art of the jam on its head.
But Half-Man, Half-Amazing needs to tack on a Half-Wait-What? with this flashback.
As if Carter isn’t already enough of a marvel with his revolutionary jam sessions, he also has some skills in the soul department to go with those ridiculous hops.
VC played saxophone, then took up a drum major while playing in the high school marching band. Sounds like Carter accomplished more in high school than most of us will in a lifetime.
Get the cameras out, we got a fashion icon striking up some serious poses!
This adorable photo of a young Yao Ming legitimately looks like it came out of some sort of style magazine or vacation pamphlet for China, showing how the Great Wall is “Fun for the whole family!”
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There is A LOT going on with this outfit, but it’s so over the top that it actually works. The bellbottom pants with cat face(?) patches stitched on are just, oh man, they are simply fantastic.
We would all be better humans if we knew young Yao. Dude had it going on.
Ben Simmons is still crazy young, but it’s no wonder he’s already one of the top talents in the NBA, considering the little dude already had a rock in hand while still wearing diapers. This was probably one of the last photos of Simmons taken before he could palm a ball.
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As young as Simmons looks in this secondary school photo, for all we know, he could just as easily shave off that chinstrap beard hybrid thingy and still look like he’s 15. Okay, okay, maybe he could pull off 14. Fast-forward 10 years and he’ll still be up for Rookie of the Year consideration with that babyface.
With Kristaps Porzingis’ 7-foot-3 stature towering over his competition, it’s easy to forget just how young the incredible talent still is. The right gives us a glimpse of what the little Latvian looked like before growing into his hulkish hoops frame.
NYMag, si.com
The left shot, however, is a whole different story.
Give it up for the Porzingod, the Unicorn, the legend who knew he was a baller before any of us. Just look at those cornrows and say he didn’t know he’s better than everyone else in the room. BOLD look. Couple that with the Air Jordan headband and we got certified gold.
By far the most jarring part of these throwback shots of Anthony Davis in high school is that one very important, very iconic piece is missing. Where’s the brow?!
Looking at The Brow without the actual unibrow feels so scandalous. It’s like he’s revealing so much more than we should see. So brash. So bold.
Kentucky Sports Radio
The other crazy part of these pictures is that AD looks so small, which is because he totally is. As a freshman, Davis was still six feet. By the end of his sophomore year he’d grown another four inches, and it didn’t stop until he hit 6-foot-10.
Kevin Durant looks like he was already about that life before he was even old enough to know what “that life” is about. KD is gripping the rock and shooting a look that screams, “I got next.”
Most impressive of all is that he hasn’t gained a pound since these pictures.
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This shot on the left doesn’t even make sense. The longer you stare at Durant’s face, the more it looks like he hasn’t aged a day, and it honestly looks like he might have been able to grow a fuller mustache than he can today.
Must be weird to have arms and legs that grew longer without actually adding any body mass.
Goodness gracious, there is not enough hair product in the world that could craft as flawless an afro as that bad boy on top of Magic Johnson’s dome.
Between the incredible hair care and the crisp all-white everything, Magic and coach are straight up crushing the high school style game.
It was during this time playing high school ball at Everett (Lansing, MI) that Earvin first earned his nickname “Magic” after he stuffed the stat sheet with a monster triple-double.
As time would show, even though the fro would eventually go, the triple-doubles kept on coming for a long time.
There is something that just doesn’t sit right looking at young Kyrie Irving.
Have you ever known someone for a long time, then one day, instead of that friend with the full head of hair, you’re greeted by a cue ball? This is that.
ESPN, SNY
Kyrie has had a beard or some form of facial hair for such a long time now we all just kind of assumed he was born with the scruff. Instead, we’re met with this dapper looking child on the left whose stare can burn right through us and a high schooler who …
No. This is too much. We can only accept one beardless Kyrie right now.
There is something about our lovable goateed Splash Bro that makes every single picture and video taken of him off the basketball court instantly turn to gold.
We’ve had all sorts of ridiculousness on Twitter alone that inevitably leads to some hilarious, stupid hashtag:
There was #ChinaKlay after his hilarious string of mishaps while touring Chin, #ScaffoldingKlay when he was randomly interviewed on the streets of New York to talk about scaffolding and even #FakeKlay when a jarring lookalike dressed up in Warriors gear to attend games.
Now we have #BabyKlay, the cute origin story of this photogenic hashtag saga.
The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree with this baby Blake Griffin baller.
Little Blake is working with his mom’s curls and what a fantastic sight it is. By far the best part of this snapshot is that mom didn’t do Blake any favors with this perfect camera angle.
The way Blake is being held makes it look like he’s rocking the cutest baby bubble gut ever. He may be a little round mound of rebound, but we’ll following his pudgy pointer finger and checkout the replay and agree that pops just needs some more work behind the camera.
Man, oh man. He got it from his momma.
Long before three-time NBA champion Andre Iguodala was smiling about his winning it all a few times over, he was cheesing it up just the same with his family.
Between moms and his older brother, Frank, these three smiles could not look any more similar.
His big bro is all out of whack pointing nowhere near the camera and wearing an Ohio State sweatshirt when the fam’s from Illinois, but at least Andre’s ahead of the game with the blue for the 76ers, Nuggets and Warriors… way ahead of the game.
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Tim Loughton MP
Conservative Member of Parliament for East Worthing & Shoreham
GE 2019
Another Brexit update!
Thursday, 4 April, 2019
We were supposed to be coming out on the 29th of March last week. I just wish we’d been able to achieve that, because this has gone on for far too long.
My Brexit update from another historic week in Westminster.
The events immediately following the result of the EU referendum were momentous and will shape the future of our country for years to come.
Support for local pubs in East Worthing and Shoreham
I have pledged my support for the Long Live the Local Campaign to help pubs in East Worthing and Shoreham keep their doors open. I joined the more than 240,000 people who have signed the petition so far, including 448 in East Worthing and Shoreham alone.
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Unraveled: Elaborate malware scheme scams users into parting with cash
by Paul Mah in IT News Digest , in Security on March 3, 2008, 8:21 PM PST
If you see a computer being infected with a "MonaRonaDona virus," you might be interested to know that this "virus" has been making its rounds the past week. Its purpose? To get you to part with your money.
If you see a computer being infected with a "MonaRonaDona virus," you might be interested to know that this "virus" has been making its rounds the past week.
According to the security researchers over at Kaspersky, the MonaRonaDona virus is actually a custom software and is part of an elaborate scam to sell fake antivirus software. Ironically, its role in the scheme of things is to panic the users into taking action to eradicate it.
Excerpt from ComputerWorld:
Unlike most viruses and Trojans which try to go about their evil task as invisibly as possible, the MonaDonaRona Trojan displays a broadly visibly message in front of the victim. It says, "Welcome to MonaRonaDona. I am a Virus & I am here to wreck your PC. If you observe strange behavior with your PC, like program Windows disappearing, etc., it's me who's doing this." The message claims it's all part of a human rights protest.
According to Kaspersky Lab researcher Roel Schouwenberg, this is the part where it gets interesting. Apparently, if you search the Web to find out more about this "virus," you will find a whole bunch of Web pages with bogus stories and commentary recommending certain antivirus tools to get rid of it.
One such site I visited listed the usual antivirus products, but it inserted an antivirus product at the top of the list that I have never heard of before -- a product called Unigray that's available from the Unigray.com Web site for about US$39.00.
Below is the screenshot of one of the sites that I Googled. I'm not going to increase the ranking of this (and other such) site further by linking to them - so feel free to Google them on your own.
This is certainly not the first time that such schemes have been uncovered. In August of 2007, I covered news of a government-headed crackdown in South Korean on antispyware products being sold that are, in some cases, even harder to remove than real spyware.
However, MonaRonaDona might be unprecedented in terms of its reliance on social engineering and perhaps sheer scale in the number of Web pages designed to shepherd victims towards parting with their cash. In fact, I even saw a YouTube video promoting it! (Links deliberately omitted)
The bottom line: Clean computers with software from valid antivirus vendors.
Do you think MonaRonaDona is the first of a new wave of "for-profit" malware?
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‘Jihadi Jack’ parents John Letts and Sally Lane guilty of funding terrorism | UK News
By Katerina Vittozzi, news correspondent
The parents of “Jihadi Jack” – a suspected Islamic State member from the UK – have been spared jail after being found guilty of funding terrorism.
Sally Lane, 57, and John Letts, 58, sent their son £223 in September 2015 when he was in Syria despite concerns he had joined IS.
They were found not guilty of a second terror charge of sending him a further £1,000 in December 2015, and the jury was undecided on a third relating to an attempt to send money in January the following year.
The couple have been sentenced to 15 months in prison suspended for 12 months.
Outside court, a statement from them, read by their lawyer, said: “We are committed to helping Jack return home and will continue our campaign to help those that the government has turned its back on.”
They stood trial accused of sending or trying to send £1,723 to their son Jack Letts – dubbed “Jihadi Jack”, who left his family home in Oxford in 2014 aged 18 to travel to Syria, where he is currently in prison.
John Letts and Sally Lane faced trial at the Old Bailey
There were gasps in the public gallery as the verdicts were read out but the defendants showed no reaction in the dock.
The pair told the Old Bailey that the money was to help get their son, a Muslim convert, out of danger in the war-ravaged country.
But prosecutors said the couple had “turned a blind eye” to warnings by police and charity workers that the money could inadvertently fund terrorism, a crime under the Terrorism Act.
Jurors had to decide whether a person would reasonably have suspected the money would go to terrorism and whether the couple acted “under duress” believing their son was in immediate danger at the time.
Letts, who suffers from obsessive compulsive disorder, told his parents in 2014 that he was going to Jordan to study Arabic.
Speaking exclusively to Sky News, Letts’ best friend from school, Mazen Mustafa, said he was a popular teenager.
Mazen Mustafa said Letts was ‘very thoughtful’
“Jack was funny, he was a very nice guy,” Mr Mustafa said.
“He was always very thoughtful of others and he gave everyone a chance and he was just generally a nice guy, all you could ask for from a best friend.”
After a few months away, Letts revealed to his parents in a phone call that he was not in Jordan but in Syria, enmeshed with Islamic State, the trial heard.
Police became involved after a series of posts on Letts’ social media accounts.
One was a photograph of Letts, giving what appeared to be the IS one-fingered salute, on a hilltop in Raqqa, the terror group’s former stronghold in Syria.
Jack Letts travelled to Syria in 2014
Another was a Facebook comment below a photograph of a former classmate in British Army uniform, which read: “I would love to perform a martyrdom operation in this scene.”
Following reports about his alleged involvement with IS, Letts earned the moniker “Jihadi Jack” in the British tabloid media.
Mr Mustafa told Sky News: “To be honest, when the Jihadi Jack came about I thought it was quite funny because I thought ‘where did that come from?’
Letts was branded ‘Jihadi Jack’ due to his alleged involvement with IS
“I think Jack was impressionable, he was very young, and I think he was very easily targeted by someone.”
The Old Bailey was shown months of messages between Letts and his parents, with the couple trying to persuade their son to come home.
Over the course of 2015, the pair attempted several wire-transfers to intermediaries in Lebanon and Turkey, the trial heard.
Lane and her husband denied three counts of funding terrorism
They said the money was to pay a people smuggler to get Letts into Turkey.
Prosecutors said the couple were “naive” to ignore the likelihood that the money could end with a terrorist organisation.
But defence lawyers argued it was “inhumane” for the couple to be tried for helping their son.
John Letts, an organic wheat farmer, and his wife Sally Lane – a former Oxfam fundraiser – were arrested in 2016 and denied three counts of funding terrorism.
The government has not confirmed if Letts will be allowed to return to the UK
Prosecutor Alison Morgan QC said the Crown would not seek a retrial on the undecided third charge and asked for it to lie on file.
The Old Bailey trial comes to a conclusion after years of high court appeals against the charges.
Meanwhile, Jack Letts is currently in prison in northern Syria, where he has been detained by Kurdish forces because of his alleged IS links.
He has dual UK-Canadian nationality through his Canadian father but neither the Canadian nor British governments have confirmed if Letts would be allowed home.
The Home Office told Sky News that it does not comment on individual cases but that people who travelled to Syria could pose a national security risk.
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Steel township
Steel township Arkansas Population Charts
According to the most recent demographics data available from the Census Bureau released in December of 2019, Figure 1 Steel township shows it has 1,508 population which is the 2nd most of all the places in the area. The city with the highest population in the area is Stamps with a population of 1,562 measures only about 3.6% larger. Figure 3 compares the population change from 2010 to 2018 and we can see Steel township shows an increase of 33 (2%).
The population percent change for all areas for 2010 to 2018 is shown in Figure 4 and for Steel township shows it has 2.2% Population Change which isthe 4th ranked in Population Change out of 10 total in the area. Comparing Population Change to the United States average of 6.2%, Steel township is approximately a third the size. Also, compared with the state of Arkansas, Population Change of 2.6%, Steel township is about 14.6% smaller.
Looking at population density in Figure 5 Steel township shows it has 21 population density which is in the middle of other places in the area. The next higher population density is Garland measures substantially bigger with population density of 447. The city with the highest population density in the area is Stamps with a population density of 514 is considerably bigger. Figure 6 shows the median age of the people and Steel township shows it has 44.6 overall median age of all people which is the 2nd most of all the places in the area. The city with the highest overall median age of all people in the area is Stamps with an age of 46.0 is only about 3.1% larger. Comparing the median age of men versus women in Figure 7 we find that Steel township reveals median age of men is about 21.9% smaller than median age of women.
Looking at the breakdown of age groups in the generation analysis in Figure 8 Steel township has the largest proportion of people 60 to 69 year olds at 12.1% of the total and is ranked #1. Figure 10 shows the Hispanic or Latino population of the area with Steel township shows it has 4.4% people who are Hispanic or Latino which is the 2nd most of all the places in the area. Figure 11 is the ratio of the population of men to women and shows total male population is about 10.3% smaller than total female population.
Steel township Arkansas Marriage and Families Charts
Figure 14 is the average size of a typical family. Steel township illustrates it has 3.2 average family size which isthe 6th ranked in average family size out of 10 total in the area. The city with the highest average family size in the area is Mars Hill township with a size of 3.5 is 10.0% larger.
Figure 15 shows the ratio of families to total households and that Steel township illustrates it has 56% percent of people who are in a family which isthe 6th ranked in percent of people who are in a family out of 10 total in the area. The city with the highest percent of people who are in a family in the area is Red River township, Miller County, Arkansas with a percent of 76% measures 35.2% larger.
Looking at husband and wife headed families as a percent of all families in Figure 16, Steel township shows it has 55% percent of people in a husband and wife family which is the 3d most of all other places in the area. The city with the highest percent of people in a husband and wife family in the area is Mars Hill township with a percent of 100% is about twice as large. Figure 17 shows the head of household using the ratio of male to female headed households. Steel township has percent of families with female head of household in the mid range of other places in the area at 38.8% of the total and is ranked in the middle of the group.
Steel township Arkansas Mothers and Babies Charts
The next section of charts look at mothers and baby births over the last 12 months. Figure 18 shows the rate of women aged 15 to 50 years old who have given birth. Steel township shows it has 7.1% percent of women who gave birth which is the 2nd most of all the places in the area. The city with the highest percent of women who gave birth in the area is Lewisville with a birth rate of 9.1% is 29.5% larger. Figure 19 shows the breakdown of the mothers age for all births and it has the largest proportion of percent of births to mothers aged 25 to 29 at 50% of the total and is ranked #1. In Figure 21 the percentage is shown of all births in the last 12 months were the mothers were unmarried. Steel township shows it has 50% percent of unwed women who have given birth which isthe 4th ranked in percent of unwed women who have given birth out of 10 total in the area. The city with the highest percent of unwed women who have given birth in the area is Garland with an unwed mother birth rate of 100% compares as about twice as large.
Unwed mothers who have given birth in the last 12 months are broken down by age group in Figure 24. Steel township has the largest proportion of percent of unwed births to mothers aged 20 to 34 years old at 100.0% of the total and is ranked #1. Figure 25 shows the comparative rate of unwed mothers who have given birth in the last 12 months are broken down by racial group. Steel township has the largest proportion of Black unwed birth rate at 100.0% of the total and is ranked #1.
For all citizens, Figure 27 breaks down the original place of birth it has the largest proportion of percent of unwed mothers with some college or an associates degree at 100% of the total and is ranked #1.
Steel township Arkansas Singles Charts
Figure 28 compares the total single people in each area. Steel township indicates it has 65% percent of people who are single for any reason which isthe 5th ranked in percent of people who are single for any reason out of 10 total in the area. The city with the highest percent of people who are single for any reason in the area is Russell township, Lafayette County, Arkansas with a percent single of 100% measures 52.9% larger. Comparing percent of people who are single for any reason to the United States average of 50%, Steel township is 31.1% larger. Also, in contrast to the state of Arkansas, percent of people who are single for any reason of 48%, Steel township is 36.8% larger.
Figure 30 compares the single people in each area broken down by never married, divorced, and widowed. Steel township shows it has 30% percent of people never married which is the 4th smallest percent of people never married of all the other places in the area. The city with the highest percent of people never married in the area is Garland with a percent never married of 58% is about twice as large. Comparing percent of people never married|percent of people divorced|percent of people widowed to the United States average of 33%, Steel township is about 10.1% smaller. Also, in contrast to the state of Arkansas, percent of people never married|percent of people divorced|percent of people widowed of 28%, Steel township measures 8.3% larger. Figure 31 shows the single men in each area. Steel township indicates it has 38% percent of men who have never been married which isthe 5th ranked in percent of men who have never been married out of 10 total in the area. The city with the highest percent of men who have never been married in the area is Garland with a men who have never been married of 74% is about twice as large. Comparing percent of men who have never been married|percent of men who are divorced|percent of men who are widowed to the United States average of 36%, Steel township is only about 5.6% larger. Also, in comparison with the state of Arkansas, percent of men who have never been married|percent of men who are divorced|percent of men who are widowed of 31%, Steel township is 23.7% larger. Figure 32 shows the single women in each area. Steel township has the largest proportion of percent of women who are divorced at 26% of the total and is ranked #1. Second, it has the largest proportion of percent of women who are widowed at 19% of the total and is ranked #1.
Figure 33 shows the single men between the age of 18 and 65, in each area, broken down by age group. Steel township has the largest proportion of percent of Single Men 40 to 44 at 24% of the total and is ranked #1. Second, it has the largest proportion of percent of Single Men 50 to 60 at 24% of the total and is ranked #1.
Figure 34 shows the single women between the age of 18 and 65, in each area, broken down by age group. Steel township has percent of Single women 50 to 60 in the mid range of other places in the area at 31% of the total and is ranked in the middle of the group.
Steel township Arkansas Citizenship Charts
In Figure 37, the percentage of the population who was not born in the United States is shown (i.e. Percent Foreign Born.) Steel township shows it has 0.2% percent of population who was born in another country which is the 3d most of all other places in the area. The city with the highest percent of population who was born in another country in the area is Stamps with a percent born outside United States of 1.5% compares as considerably bigger. Comparing percent of population who was born in another country to the United States average of 13.5%, Steel township is only about 1.5% the size. Also, benchmarked against the state of Arkansas, percent of population who was born in another country of 4.8%, Steel township is only about 4.2% the size.
Figure 39 shows the age break down of non citizens. Steel township has the largest proportion of percent of non citizens over 18 years old at 100% of the total and is ranked #1. For non citizens, Figure 41 shows the year that they entered the United States and it has the largest proportion of percent of non citizens who entered the US between 1990 to 1999 at 100% of the total and is ranked #1.
Steel township Arkansas Birthplace Charts
A map of the globe is shown in Figure 43 which depicts the major regions of the world that people from this place are from. Steel township has the largest proportion of percent of people born in Asia at 100% of the total and is ranked #1.
Figure 44 shows a breakdown of where all foreign born people come from using large geographic areas. Steel township has the largest proportion of percent of people born in Asia at 100% of the total and is ranked #1.
Figure 45 is a table that breaks out all the foreign born people by where they were born. Steel township has the largest proportion of percent foreign born in Asia-East at 100.0% of the total and is ranked #1.
Steel township, Arkansas Demographics Data
Marriage and Families
Mothers and Babies
Figure 1: Steel township, AR and Area 2018 Population Data
Figure 2: Map of Steel township, AR and Area
Figure 3: Steel township, AR Population Change 2010 to 2018
Figure 4: Steel township, AR 2010 to 2018 Population Percent Change
Figure 5: Steel township, AR People per Sq. Mile
Figure 6: Median Age in Steel township, AR
Figure 7: Median Age by Gender in Steel township, AR
Figure 8: Steel township, AR and Area Age by Generation
Figure 9: Steel township, AR and Area Racial Makeup
Figure 10: Steel township, AR Hispanic Population
Figure 11: Male vs. Female Population
Figure 12: Steel township, AR Marriage Status
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Figure 14: Steel township, AR Average Family Size
Figure 15: Families as % of All Households
Figure 16: Husband and Wife Families as Percent of All Families
Figure 17: Steel township, AR Head of Household
Figure 18: Steel township, AR Birth Rate (Last 12 months)
Figure 19: All Births Age of Mother
Figure 20: Steel township, AR Teenager Birth Rate
Figure 21: Steel township, AR Unwed Mothers as % of All Births
Figure 22: Steel township, AR Unwed and On Public Assitance
Figure 24: Steel township, AR Unwed Mother Births By Age Group
Figure 25: Steel township, AR Unwed Mother Birth Rate By Race
Figure 26: Steel township, AR Unwed Mother Births By Poverty Level
Figure 27: Unwed Births and Education Level
Figure 28: Total Single People
Figure 30: Steel township, AR Single People Broken Down By Reason
Figure 31: Steel township, AR Single Men in Area
Figure 32: Steel township, AR Single Women in Area
Figure 33: Single Men by Age Group
Figure 34: Single Women by Age Group
Figure 35: Steel township, AR Citizenship Status
Figure 36: Citizen Place of Birth for Steel township, AR
Figure 37: Steel township, AR Percent of Population Foreign Born
Figure 39: Steel township, AR Non Citizen Age Breakout
Figure 40: Non Citizen Median Age
Figure 41: % Non Citizen Year of Entry into USA
Figure 42: Year of Naturalization
Figure 43: Steel township, AR Foreign Born People are From What Region
Figure 44: Steel township, AR Foreign-Born World Region of Birth
Figure 45: Steel township, AR Foreign-Born Sub-Region of Birth
Figure 46: Foreign-Born Country of People Living in Steel township, AR
Figure 47: Foreign-Born Country for all people in the United States
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All American Brawn: The Tale of the American Muscle Car
Writer / Janelle Morrison
Photographer / JJ Kaplan & Anthony Ross Tyler
Introduced in 1949, American muscle cars were produced as a response to the rising demand for faster cars. Originally, the need for fast cars began during Prohibition in the 1920s. The bootleggers modified their cars to be able to outrun the authorities. This led to the ingenuity and passion to create cars built specifically for their speed, handling and brawn.
Dominating the industry in the 1950s, car manufactures played into the muscle car phenomenon, and the Chrysler Corporation introduced the hemispherical combustion chamber (Hemi) series of V8 engines. In 1964, Pontiac released the Tempest GTO (Gran Turismo Omologato) that was actually approved for races. Ford built 127 of their Thunderbolt that was deemed dangerous to drive but remembered as an excellent specimen of the muscle car collection.
The 1970s brought significant changes to the auto industry: as the government passed strict emission limits; the oil crisis in 1973 led to major fuel shortages throughout the U.S. and spikes in gas prices; and then the automotive insurance companies cracked down on high-speed performance cars as the industry deemed these cars to be high-risk due their incredible speed capabilities.
The end result being a redesign of American performance cars and the end of production for the traditional American muscle cars those enthusiasts had come to appreciate. In today’s collector market, the muscle car class continues to be a popular and sought after collection for car aficionados. The muscle car class has held its auction value in spite of the most recent recession and continues to be a crowd favorite at the national car shows and auctions.
This year, local Carmel resident and business owner Hal Darring will be showing two of his prized muscle cars at Artomobilia, a show at which he has shown previously and serves as an advisor to the organizer of Artomobilia.
Darring’s collection includes a 1969 Pontiac GTO 4-speed convertible and a 1970 Plymouth Hemi Cuda convertible. He will display at Artomobilia his 1970 Plymouth Superbird and 1970 Dodge Challenger convertible.
“I grew up in the early 1970s, and my parents, who were also business owners, were always buying new cars during these years,” Darring recalled. “I gravitated to the overall concepts, the high impact color combinations and power of the motors of the cars produced during those years. Most collectors have an appreciation for the cars that their parents brought home and drove them around in during their youth. My favorite years were the cars that my parents owned from 1968 to 1971.”
In Darring’s opinion as a collector and enthusiast, the best years for the overall performance and nostalgia of the American muscle car era were cars produced from 1968-1979. Again, as a result of the insurance industry’s restrictions, 1971 was the last year that the consumer could drive off the lot with a brand new muscle car that could push 400 horsepower.
“My favorites are the 1969 Dodge Hemi Daytona, which was the first Daytona car to reach 200 mph on a track, and the 1970 Dodge Hemi Challenger,” Darring stated. “One of most highest appraised muscle cars is the 1971 Plymouth Hemi Cuda convertible.” As proof of this claim, a 1971 Plymouth Hemi Cuda convertible sold at an auction for $3.5 million in June 2014, setting a record for Chrysler vehicles.
During and following the recession, muscle car collectors may have become more sophisticated in their purchases, showing more interest in models like the Shelby Mustangs, original Cobras and big-block Corvettes, but the market for the American muscle cars remains vibrant and produces excellent returns for those in the buying and selling of these magnificent examples of American ingenuity.
Darring is looking forward to showing two of his cars again at this year’s Artomobila and spoke as to what makes this show unique when compared to the myriad of shows that he has traveled throughout the nation.
“Artomobila is local, and I truly think that the organizers of this event do a really great job at hosting it,” Darring expressed. “It is a high-end car show with a wide variety of vehicles from the American and foreign muscle cars, the exotic and luxury class cars, the thoroughbred restoration and non-restored original cars that are in their original factory condition.
“People who come this event are likely to see cars that they have never seen before, cars that they have only seen in foreign countries upon their travels and cars they would only ever see in Malibu, California, at one of the concourse car shows out there. You don’t have to travel far to see these unique cars, and that is what primarily makes Artomobilia one of the best high-end car shows – it is right here in our city for anyone who is a car enthusiast to enjoy.”
Darring is the current president of the Indy Muscle Car Club that meets for a cruise-in every Thursday evening at the Stacked Pickle located at 106th and Michigan Road in Carmel. They typically meet between 7-7:30 p.m. and invite anyone who has a passion for discussion on muscle cars to join them and become part of their club.
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Tom's Definitive Linux Software Roundup: Communications Apps
By Adam Overa 2009-10-19T08:00:00Z
Page 10 of 10:
Page 1: Introduction
Page 2: Standards, Methodology, And The Legend
Page 3: Personal Information Managers
Page 4: Email Clients
Page 5: Multi-Protocol Instant Messengers
Page 6: Single-Protocol Instant Messengers
Page 7: VoIP
Page 8: Large IRC Clients
Page 9: Lightweight IRC Clients
Page 10: Conclusion
This concludes part two of Tom's Definitive Linux Software Roundup. You should have a good-sized list of personal information managers, email clients, instant messengers, VoIP apps, and IRC clients that run natively in Linux. If you considered such uber-popular titles like Outlook, Outlook Express, Trillian, or mIRC as barriers to Linux migration, consider that barrier broken.
Remember also that you can take Skype, Mozilla Thunderbird, and even Lotus Notes with you, too. Hopefully, you're just a little bit closer to breaking that Windows dependency if you so wish.
Part one was all about Internet software. With this segment, we added applications that also depend on Internet access, but also facilitate communicating with other people, and not just retrieving information from the Web.
In the next installment, we'll be breaking from our net-centric streak and focusing on office applications. As I stated in the Introduction, "Office Apps" is a whopper. A simple listing of office suites is not what you'll find. We will of course have them, but there will also be a separate page for each component. That means word processors, spreadsheet apps, presentation apps, simple databases, finacial software, desktop publishing, project management, and more. Hopefully, we'll help you find replacements for such mission-critical and industry-leadering software packages like Word, Excel, and Quicken.
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mitch074 19 October 2009 14:55
I'd like to add something to the article...
- Skype for Linux is currently in version 2.1 (beta) which differs from 2.0 (final) only in the fact that it is now able to deal with ALSA, OSS and PulseAudio transparently - and it doesn't wreck webcam outputs as much.
- Skype for Linux has supported video ever since version 2.0 (beta); it does work quite well if your webcam sends uncompressed video to the system (if your webcam streams MJPEG and you have a 2.6.28+ kernel, you will need some hacker-fu; details on demand)
- a quite well known single protocol IM is aMSN, which is also multiplatform; its other main advantage is that it supports voice and video chats. However, it's not always very stable and requires manual setting up of a TCP port for video and voice to work properly.
How about benchmarking the applications. Which ones use more ram vs. functionality? How about responsiveness and stability? Those are questions I would like to see laid out because much of the Linux user base have older hardware and don't like things eating away their CPUs and ram.
oralward 19 October 2009 17:41
You should really cover something with kde desktop as only because of protest by gnome users is it still the default desktop in any of the three versions you are covering. Its also easier for someone coming from windows. There is a version of ubuntu called Kubuntu that uses kde. This is the other main desktop.
amdfangirl 19 October 2009 18:55
I'll agree, kde rules but GMOME s what begineers use often.
As far as KDE vs. Gnome, I see no problem with the current format, maybe just do a Ubuntu(Gnome) vs. Kubuntu(KDE) vs. Xubuntu(Xfce) vs. MoonOS/OpenGEU/JAD(Enlightenment) roundup, to show off the different desktops(and the few apps that only work on a particular desktop). Any look good with the right theme and some Compiz/Beryl, but KDE and Enlightenment have an edge right out of the box.
rrockman 19 October 2009 20:08
It's... "Surprising" that you didn't analyze Mercury, one of the most advanced multi-account IM apps.
haplo602 19 October 2009 20:56
ah gui only options ... well have a look at CenterIM when you have time. It's a great little IM tool that runs in the terminal. This way I can get to my client everywhere with just a simple ssh client :-)
"The one major protocol that Empathy supports and Pidgin doesn't is the increaasingly-popular Jabber."
This is just plain wrong. Pidgin has supported Jabber for a long time. It's called XMPP in the later versions which is the name of the protocol used by jabber clients
rdawise 19 October 2009 21:37
Again, I praise Mr. Overa's coverage of Linux. I am looking forward to the Games section of Linux since I don't have much experience with native games.
jppayne2 19 October 2009 21:55
"My major problem with Thunderbird is that it will continually ask for confirmation to ignore a security certificate every time it checks for new mail, by default, every ten minutes. Most of the other clients in this roundup give you the option to always accept or ignore."
Actually, Thunderbird allows you to permanently accept the certificate, which will do what you want. Just pay attention when the confirmation dialog comes up, and select "Accept this certificate permanently". It's the first option (the default is the second option, which is to accept the certificate for the current session).
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DME Live App
An iOS game available at the AppStore where you can play “Air Traffic Controller” at Moscow’s Domodedovo International airport
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ATC needs your help at one of the busiest airports in the world
Land your planes. Get them off the runway and to their gate. Queue them up for takeoff. In DME Live you are in control. But don’t hesitate – wait too long to take action and you may be furloughed from the control tower!
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Medicine Park Aquarium & Natural Sciences Center
1 Aquarium Dr
Medicine Park, OK 73557
Winter Hours: 10am-4pm
The last ticket is sold one hour before close.
Bring the whole family to Medicine Park for a fun and educational experience. The mission of the Medicine Park Aquarium & Nature Sciences Center is conservation through education – bringing people, nature and science together in a fun and interactive experience. This unique eco-tourism attraction has over 90 native and non-native fish, reptile and amphibian species on exhibit.
Visitors can feed the turtles in Turtle Town, interact with marine creatures in the new tide pool and touch tank and take a selfie with Moby, the largest blue catfish in captivity. Electric eel demonstrations are every day at 11am, 1pm and 3pm. And, biologists conduct interactive Critter Chats three times per day at noon, 2pm and 4pm.
The center also includes a seven-acre botanical garden featuring hiking trails and many plants native to the area. The location also features a spectacular view of Mount Scott and sits less than a mile from the entrance of the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge.
Adults (13-61): $10
Seniors (62+): $8
Youth (6-12): $8
Military: $8
Children (3-5): $5
Group rates (10 or more) and annual memberships are also available.
While every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of the pricing listed above, prices are subject to change without notice.
Accommodates Tour Groups
Group Rates Available
Suitable for Ages
Children (up to 12)
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Germany Bans Schools From Using Microsoft Office 365
When it comes to productivity software, there aren’t that many around, with most people turning to Microsoft Office as their software of choice. However, it seems that over in Germany, schools will no longer be allowed to use Microsoft Office 365, the cloud version of Microsoft’s Office software.
According to the authorities, they say that this is because of the cloud nature of Office 365, which is actually one of the features that Microsoft is touting. Software that relies on cloud is useful as it allows users to sync data across multiple devices at once, but it seems that there are some concerns that the use of cloud could potentially expose user data.
This includes information like software diagnostics to even email subject lines or sentences typed out in Word, thanks to the use of Microsoft’s translation or spellchecker tools. It was also concerning that this information would be sent back to the US where Microsoft’s servers are kept. Previously, the company had produced a version of Office that had its servers based in Germany, but it has been noted that this has since shut down back in August of 2018.
According to the Hesse Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information, Michael Ronellenfitsch, “Public institutions in Germany have a special responsibility regarding the admissibility and traceability of the processing of personal data.”
Update – Microsoft has since issued a statement which reads:
We routinely work to address customer concerns by clarifying our policies and data protection practices, and we look forward to working with the Hessian Commissioner to better understand their concerns. When Office 365 is connected to a work or school account, administrators have a range of options to limit features that are enabled by sending data to Microsoft. We recently announced (here and here), based on customer feedback, new steps towards even greater transparency and control for these organizations when it comes to sharing this data. In our service terms we document the steps we take to protect customer data, and we’ve even successfully sued the U.S. government over access to customer data in Europe. In short, we’re thankful the Commissioner raised these concerns and we look forward to engaging further with the Commissioner on its questions and concerns related to Microsoft’s offerings.
Tyler Lee
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At just 30 years old, Johnson is still in the thick of his prime fighting years. His combination of speed, elusiveness and world class MMA wrestling makes him one of the toughest matchups in all of combat sports.
Johnson lands 55.9 percent of the significant strikes he throws and has landed a total of 778 significant strikes in his career. Both of those marks are UFC flyweight records.
When it comes to the wrestling aspect of MMA, Johnson’s record 43 takedowns landed (59 overall in the UFC, good for fifth all-time) demonstrate the champion’s dominance when grappling.
Some detractors complain that the flyweights aren’t as entertaining because they don’t hit as hard. On the contrary -- the speed and accuracy on display from Johnson make him one of the most entertaining fighters to watch in the game today. He has even silenced critics by ratcheting up his finish rate of late, finishing five of his last seven fights.
Demetrious Johnson will face The Ultimate Fighter Season 24 winner for the UFC flyweight title Saturday night on FS1. The champ is the No. 1 reason to watch The Ultimate Fighter Finale.
2 – New blood at 125 pounds
On Wednesday night, Tim Elliott takes on Hiromasa Ogikubo for the right to face Demetrious Johnson on the finale of The Ultimate Fighter.
This interesting season of The Ultimate Fighter has grouped the best from around the world and champions from other organizations at 125 pounds to face off in a tournament, to earn the right to face Johnson.
Elliott is on the brink of returning to the UFC after putting together a 3-0 unbeaten streak outside the Octagon since being released a few years back. He’ll face Ogikubo, who like Johnson has never lost a fight at flyweight.
Don’t miss the final episode of The Ultimate Fighter Season 24 on Wednesday to find out who gets to face Johnson for the flyweight title.
3 – Flyweight contenders, rivals finally clash
If not for Demetrious Johnson, the consensus top two flyweights on the planet would be Joseph Benavidez and Henry Cejudo.
The two have developed quite the dislike for each other after coaching opposite teams on The Ultimate Fighter this season. Benavidez thinks Cejudo is a fake person and “The Messenger” has finally tired of hearing the trash talk from Benavidez.
Both men are ready to fight. Benavidez’s lone loss at flyweight came against Johnson, and Cejudo is coming off a one-sided loss to Johnson in his last outing. The winner positions himself for the next crack at the flyweight strap.
4 – Don’t blink for Ellenberger vs Masvidal
A certain Fight of the Night contender has to be when 170-pound striking experts Jake Ellenberger and Jorge Masvidal hook up. Both won their last fight and Ellenberger did so in devastating fashion, knocking out division tough guy Matt Brown.
Masvidal has a three-inch reach advantage but Ellenberger likely won’t be shy about getting into his range, hoping to land some of his trademark power punches.
5 – Alexis Davis makes her return
After more than a year out of action following the birth of her child, Alexis Davis is back and she is tasked with wrestler Sara McMann in her first fight back.
Davis has won four of her last five fights overall and McMann broke a two-fight losing skid with a win over Jessica Eye in May.
Matt Parrino is a digital producer and writer for UFC.com. Follow him on Twitter at @MattParrinoUFC
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Analysis on issues that transcend borders and transform how people, business, and governments engage the world.
December 16, 2015 | By Ivo H. Daalder
This Week's Reads
If there were ever a year for complex and intractable global challenges, 2015 was it. The Syrian Civil War, the dangerous rise of ISIS, and the human refugee crisis. The Greek debt drama and the potential unraveling of the European Union. Economic turmoil in China and tensions in the South Seas beyond it. An aggressive and encroaching Russia. More violence and no progress in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. These and other challenges made it critical for global leaders to step up, make hard choices, and craft wise policy. Fortunately, some were up to the task. German chancellor Angela Merkel, for example, played a crucial role in mitigating the Eurozone crisis and in responding to the influx of refugees from Syria—rightfully earning her title as “Person of the Year” by both the Financial Times and TIME magazine. Ms. Merkel indeed stood tall in 2015, though she was not alone. There was historic leadership shown by the many of the heads of state who reached a landmark agreement on climate change at the recent Paris summit. There was (and continues to be) some remarkable thought leadership at urban centers around the world that are designing sustainable cities—one of several global challenges that cities are addressing head-on. All of this is a cause for cautious optimism—in the new year and in the years ahead—that even in the darkest of times there can be light found through extraordinary leadership. With that, here are some of my top reads for this week:
Person of the Year: Angela Merkel
The Financial Times and TIME both named Angela Merkel “Person of the Year,” taking particular note of Merkel’s leadership in response to the Syrian refugee crisis. However, as The Wall Street Journal reports, her refugee-friendly stance has met significant backlash in some quarters. Still, her famously prudent leadership style, strong approach to global challenges, pragmatic solutions, and well-informed use of power will ensure her outsized role in determining the future of the European Union and global politics writ large.
2050 Demographic Destiny: Urban Planet
Robert Lee Hotz/The Wall Street Journal
Researchers, civic entrepreneurs, and city managers are expanding the emerging science of cities, hoping to create a sustainable design template for urban centers worldwide. With the United Nations predicting almost all of the world’s population growth in the next 30 years will take place in these urban centers, this interactive explores the explosive growth of cities and the complications—and innovations—found therein.
A Climate Deal, 6 Fateful Years in the Making
Coral Davenport/The New York Times
After the Copenhagen climate summit failed, many doubted whether the UN process could tackle climate change. But three things changed: a fundamental shift in the geopolitics of climate change—including unprecedented leadership and commitment from the United States and China; an evolution in the perception of global warming from a distant warning to a clear and present danger; and the crucial art of diplomacy practiced by French President François Hollande and Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius. These global forces have come together in driving a momentous deal to stem climate change.
US Seeks to Avoid Ground War Welcomed by Islamic State
Rukmini Callimachi/The New York Times
ISIS bases its ideology and recruitment on a prophecy that Islam will triumph after a battle in which Western armies invade Dabiq and al-Amaq in northern Syria. This could be partly contributing to President Obama’s hesitancy to send ground troops to Syria, even as some Republican candidates push for such an invasion, despite the prophecy, to thwart the potential of an Islamic state. Jean-Pierre Filiu, who wrote one of the primary scholarly texts exploring the scripture on which ISIS bases its ideology, says, “To break the dynamic, you have to debunk the prophecy. You need to do so via a military defeat...But it needs to be by local forces—by Sunni Arabs.” To date, the United States and its partners have not found a reliable Sunni Arab partner force.
Islamic State Aims to Provoke Backlash Against Muslims in West
Yaroslav Trofimov/The New York Times
In its formative stage, ISIS fueled an environment of sectarian strife and then claimed to be the only protector of Sunni Muslims. The strategy hasn’t changed: ISIS tries to bait Western societies into an indiscriminate backlash against Muslims, hoping this backlash will convince more Muslims that ISIS is the great Islamic hope. George W. Bush sought to stamp down polarization and instead embrace Muslims after 9/11, but it is now possible that renewed anti-immigrant and anti-Muslimism rhetoric across the United States and European Union could play into the hands of ISIS.
Arab-Israel Tension: Obstacles to Peace
John Reed/Financial Times
The steady stream of independent violent attacks between Palestinians and Israelis provide a bleak snapshot of Israeli-Palestinian relations. Many interpret it as a sign that both parties have lost faith in a peaceful two-state solution. Palestinian leadership voices support for such a solution, but has lost patience with US-led diplomacy. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu voiced support as well, but ruled out agreeing to a Palestinian state during this year’s election in Israel. It seems clear that a one-state solution won’t work, but a two-state solution may only come about after “exhausting all mistakes and paying the price.”
The March of Europe’s Little Trumps
Across Europe, right-wing populists and nationalists are gathering steam. Once marginalized parties such as the Sweden Democrats or the French National Front are at or near the tops of polls. (And despite coming in third in the French regional elections, Sylvie Kaufmann writes that the National Front is very real in her latest New York Times’ op-ed.) Anti-immigrant populism is newly powerful, but not new. Many groups date back to the 1990s, but have grown recently thanks to the Eurozone and refugee crises, which hit particular segments of voters especially hard. As these voters’ populist representation grows in parliaments, mainstream right- and left-wing parties increasingly must form coalitions just to govern.
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Neo-romanticism - definition of Neo-romanticism by The Free Dictionary
https://www.thefreedictionary.com/Neo-romanticism
neoromanticism
(redirected from Neo-romanticism)
ne•o•ro•man•ti•cism
(ˌni oʊ roʊˈmæn təˌsɪz əm)
any of various movements or styles in literature, film, architecture, etc., considered as a return to a romantic style.
ne`o•ro•man′tic, adj., n.
Noun 1. neoromanticism - an art movement based on a revival of Romanticism in art and literature
art movement, artistic movement - a group of artists who agree on general principles
artistic movement
But it is George MacDonald's novel, Phantastes: A Faerie Romance for Men and Women (1858), which takes center stage here as the quintessential example of Victorian Neo-Romanticism. MacDonald (1824-1905), the Scottish Congregational minister and pioneering author of fantasy literature, was a major influence on the young J.R.R.
J.R.R. TOLKIEN, ROMANTICIST AND POET
To begin to answer these questions, in the first part of this article I make the case for the significance of post-romanticism and its differentiation from both Romanticism and aesthetic and ideological formations such as neo-romanticism; (1) doing so amounts to recovering and articulating a previously under-reflected cultural phenomenon that could best be captured as a syndrome of both returning to, but also fleeing from, Romanticism, of acknowledging its ineluctable and continuous presence, but also, in the same breath, critiquing it through numerous creative gestures of realignment and (dis)continuation.
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And also compositions by representatives of a variety of modern movements and trends--dodecaphonic music, art rock, neo-Romanticism, everyday music ...
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A sort of Romantic revival including a critical (and--what else?--self-critical) neo-Romanticism appears to be taking place, as is evident, for instance, in the special issue of Seminar entitled The New German Romanticism (50.3 [2014]), edited by Laurie Johnson.
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Mary Butts and British Neo-Romanticism: The Enchantment of Place.
"He introduces a neo-romanticism and a lyrical feel, bringing a poetry that appealed to the mind's eye.
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He provides a close reading of the authorAEs experimental forays into memoir, poetry, polemic, and fiction through the lens of mid-twentieth century neo-Romanticism, and the literary traditions on which her work relied.
Mary Butts and British Neo-Romanticism: The Enchantment of Place
Virtually every subsequent generation produced its own neo-Romanticism, all the way to the twentieth century.
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English Neo-Romanticism was many things: a reaction against modernist abstraction; an attempt to uncover an authentically English tradition in art and literature; a return to an appreciation of landscape and Nature; and a loose search for something like native spirituality, often in place of waning orthodox Christianity; but above all, Neo-Romanticism was a search to revive what painter Paul Nash called the genius loci, "the spirit of place." In this sense, Neo-Romanticism was also an ethical sensibility and practice, for while visual art and architecture can certainly have profound differences between them, Neo-Romanticism was pushing back against the move toward the universal and abstract in both fields.
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If someone wants to be called 'they' and not 'he' or 'she', why say no?
We shouldn’t use gender-specific pronouns for genderqueer people – if we don’t respect someone’s preferences, we’re denying their identity
Robin Dembroff and Daniel Wodak
Mon 4 Jun 2018 06.00 EDT Last modified on Wed 12 Dec 2018 11.50 EST
‘If you’re talking about Kelsey, you should use whatever pronouns Kelsey prefers.’ Photograph: Lucy Nicholson/Reuters
Most people prefer to be called “he” or “she”. But others, like Kelsey, do not: they want to be referred to by gender-neutral pronouns like “they”. Should you defer to Kelsey’s preferences? Many people think no. Some, like University of Toronto professor Jordan Peterson, have recently garnered celebrity status by taking a stance against gender-neutral pronouns: “I don’t recognize another person’s right to determine what pronouns I use to address them,” Peterson has said. His view is common among social conservatives.
We think people should not use gender-specific pronouns for genderqueer people – people that do not identify as men or as women. We can start here: why should we use some words, rather than others, to refer to people?
A common answer among the left is because we should respect people’s preferences. If you’re talking about Kelsey, you should use whatever pronouns Kelsey prefers, and Kelsey prefers “they”.
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Many on the right believe this is dogmatic. After all, many people prefer not to use “they” for Kelsey. Whose preferences matter more? From conservatives’ perspective, liberals just assume that Kelsey’s preferences matter more than theirs, and do so in the service of a political agenda.
Is that assumption misguided? Consider an analogy. As a Muslim civil rights leader, Muhammad Ali rejected the name he was given at birth (Cassius Clay) because it represented a Christian identity that he rejected. He instead chose the name Ali. But others preferred to use Clay. Whose preferences matter more? We think the answer is clear. Ali’s identity is what’s at issue, so his preferences matter more.
Why should we use some words, rather than others, to refer to people?
But maybe you think there is more to say about why conservatives’ preferences matter. Many on the far right rally around the mantra “There are only two genders!”. They apparently believe that calling Kelsey “they” would affirm that Kelsey is not a man or a woman – an idea they flatly reject. Peterson makes this point in exaggerated fashion, refusing to be an “ideological puppet”, or a “mouthpiece of some murderous ideology”.
Here the debate typically turns to whether it is right that there are only two genders. But even if we granted this point, the argument fails. Perhaps people should not be “bullied” into affirming identities that they reject. But this does not give anyone the right to deny those identities.
This point is important because of something the usual rhetoric around pronouns obscures: gender-neutral pronouns are gender-neutral. “They” does not communicate that Kelsey is genderqueer in the way that “he” would communicate that Kelsey is a man or “she” would communicate that Kelsey is a woman. “They” refrains from ascribing a particular gender to Kelsey. This is why “they” is often used in colloquial English as a singular gender-neutral pronoun for people who probably aren’t genderqueer. (“Who is at the door?” “Dunno – go see what they want.”) “They” is often used this way, and has been used this way since the Shakespearean era. It’s nothing new. (Note that even Peterson uses singular “they” in an earlier quote.)
Conservatives think they should not be forced to affirm that Kelsey is non-binary. But “they” does not affirm that Kelsey is any particular gender; it just avoids saying anything about Kelsey’s gender. As long as Kelsey should not be ascribed a gender they reject, we should not use “he” or “she” for Kelsey. We can all respect Kelsey without anyone being “bullied” into being a mouthpiece for any ideology.
To our mind, everything else in this debate is a distraction. The far right defends their devotion to “he” and “she” by appealing to freedom of speech. But freedom of speech at most gives us “a right to do wrong”. Arguably, freedom of speech may give you a legal right to use racial slurs. But it doesn’t make it right to use racial slurs. Exercising a right to do wrong is still a way of doing something wrong. The same goes for using “he” or “she” for those who prefer otherwise: even if freedom of speech gives you a legal right to do so, it is still wrong.
Appeals to grammaticality are similar. Many opposed to gender-neutral pronouns claim that singular use of “they” is “non-standard” English; the National Review decries “stupid people” engaged in an “asinine effort” to “de-pluralize ‘they’”. The sentence “They are my good friend” may strike you as ungrammatical. But notice that we say things like “You are my good friend” with ease. Using “they” as a singular or plural third-person pronoun is no different from how we already use “you” as a singular or plural second-person pronoun.
More importantly, just as we recognize the distinction between morality and law, we should recognize a distinction between morality and grammar. Doing what is morally right sometimes requires challenging legal rules. Why should grammatical rules be different?
We should focus on what matters: whether and why we should (not) use particular pronouns. It is wrong to use pronouns that deny someone’s identity. This is enough to see why we should use gender-neutral pronouns for non-binary people. In fact, once we see the virtues of using a gender-neutral pronoun like “they” for some people, maybe we should just use “they” for everyone.
Robin Dembroff is an assistant professor of philosophy at Yale University and a public voices fellow with the OpEd Project. Daniel Wodak is an assistant professor of philosophy at Virginia Tech
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12 Things Sex Therapists Wish You Knew
Lisa MilbrandUpdated: Apr. 08, 2019
Sex therapists set the rumors straight about what you can expect, when you might want to see them—and what you can do to improve your sex life.
You won’t need to do the deed in front of your therapist—or with your therapist
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You may have heard rumors that you’ll have to show, rather than tell, your problem in sex therapy. And if you’ve watched the series Masters of Sex, that’s definitely what happened there—along with sex surrogate therapy, in which the researchers or their staff engaged in sexual contact to help patients.
But sex therapists say that they won’t be watching—or participating—in your sexual activities: They’ll just be helping you recover that loving feeling. “Professional therapy never includes sex, touching, or removal of clothing,” says Shannon Chavez, PsyD, CST, a licensed clinical psychologist and AASECT certified sex therapist in Beverly Hills, California. “It is similar to traditional therapy, other than dealing primarily with sexual health, solution-focused and short-term. I describe my therapy approach as talk therapy with an eclectic use of coaching, adult sex education, and behavioral approaches and exercises. We are learning tools for mindfulness, stress management, and self-care.” Here are the 9 things that happen to your body when you stop having sex.
There may be a medical reason for sexual issues
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Sex therapy will help with many sexual problems, but there could also be a health issue that requires medical intervention—such as erectile dysfunction or female sexual dysfunction. “Many couples do not know that the cause of some problems with sexual desire or arousal may be caused by a medical condition,” says therapist Pepper Schwartz, PhD, professor of sociology at the University of Washington and the author of 22 books, including American Couples: Money, Work and Sex. “If a woman’s relationship is strong, but she has been experiencing persistent sexual problems lasting six months or longer, it may be a medical issue, rather than a relationship issue. The most common female sexual dysfunction is low desire that causes distress, or hypoactive sexual desire disorder (HSDD). A therapist or health-care provider can go over a long checklist of possible reasons for the loss of sexual desire and help determine what the cause might be. The solution might not be solved in a few sessions, but the first step towards changing a sexual issue that is interfering with one’s happiness or relationship is to admit it is a problem and find out what appropriate options for treatment are available.”
Communication is the key to a healthy sex life
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Talking about sex can feel awkward for a lot of couples—whether they’re having a perfectly healthy sex relationship or not. But experts say that communicating can help stave off problems. “Talking about sex is just as important as having sex,” Chavez says. “It helps you assess what you want and builds the language in which you can describe it. If you feel uncomfortable talking about sex openly and honestly with a partner then it will be difficult to share your desires or disclose when there are concerns.”
Chavez advises that sex talk doesn’t just have to happen in the bedroom. “I recommend talking about sex over a morning cup of coffee or tea, while taking a nice walk, or snuggling in each other’s arms.”Don’t miss these 48 simple tricks to improve your sex life.
It’s OK to be sexually attracted to other people
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Attraction happens–even if you’re happily married—and you don’t have to feel guilty about feeling it. “Making a commitment does not suddenly rewire our physiology to no longer experience desire or notice attractiveness outside of your partner!” says Shadeen Francis, MFT, a marriage and family therapist specializing in sex therapy. “If you were attracted to people before getting into the relationship, you will very likely be attracted to people during. It doesn’t mean you want to pursue anything sexual—or physical, or emotional—with that person. The belief that all sexual stimuli must be acted on is a fear-based myth that underlies problematic sexual behaviors like assault and infidelity.” So feeling it is one thing–but acting on it is another.
You should feel like your therapist is a good fit
Just as general therapists often have different types of training and approaches, sex therapy practitioners may have different types of education and approaches. You’ll want to ensure that you feel comfortable with the treatment methods and with your therapist. “Take time in the first session to ask any questions that you might have about the therapist’s training, background, approach, or anything else that you feel would be helpful for you to know,” says Kelli Young, MEd, BScOT, a sex therapist and psychotherapist practicing in Toronto. “Think of the first session as an assessment interview for both you and the therapist. At the end of the first session you should have a good sense whether the therapist is right for you, and the plan for working on the issues that brought you to therapy.” Make sure you know these 12 things about your sex therapist before you seek counseling.
You shouldn’t judge your mate’s preferences
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You may not always see eye to eye with your mate on what’s a turn-on—but judging your partner for feeling that way isn’t constructive to your relationship. “If your partner is into something you’re not, don’t bring shame into the discussion,” says sex therapist Carla Rosinski, MA, LMHC. “We have enough baggage about sex as it is. Just as with any communication in a relationship, you want both you and your partner to feel safe to talk about feelings and desires without judgment. If your partner brings up something you’re not into and really not willing to try out, be kind and honest about it. Or just take the risk and experiment!”
Never let problems fester
Many people let sexual problems go on for months or years unaddressed—experts advise that the sooner you get help, the better. “My best advice is not to let the problem go on too long,” Schwartz says. “Sometimes years go by and the longer couples deny the problem or do nothing about it except skip sex or engage in ‘mercy sex,’ the harder it is to solve the problem.” Besides problems in the bedroom, here are 8 medical reasons why you could have a low sex drive.
You should mix it up to get out of a rut
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Therapists say that you shouldn’t take sex so seriously. “Good sex is fun and playful, so when you reach a bump in the road, try to have a sense of humor and think creatively,” Young says. “Trying something new can add fun and excitement to your sexual relationship: a new position, sexy music, romantic lighting, colognes, lotions, lubricants…the possibilities are endless.”
You won’t have to do anything that makes you uncomfortable
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Sex therapy is about helping you have a more fulfilling sex life—not forcing you to engage in behavior that makes you squeamish. “Sex therapy is about meeting your client where they are at,” says Chavez. “It is about creating a safe and comfortable environment where you can explore sex. Discomfort and shame are the first things we want to reduce. The benefit of sex therapy is that you will have access to many resources, tools, and options for sexual healing.” Need a boost in your sex life? Here are some natural remedies to rev up your sex drive.
Scheduling sex isn’t a bad idea
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Penciling in sex on your calendar may seem a little ridiculous, but the experts say that it’s often the key to maintaining the spark in a long-term relationship—especially one where life demands are getting in the way of their relationship. “Scheduled sex can be just as erotic, passionate, and pleasurable as spontaneous encounters,” Francis says. “Plus, as your responsibilities increase, scheduling sex makes it more likely to happen.”
You don’t need to be in a relationship
While sex therapy practices mostly deal with couples, people who aren’t currently in a sexual relationship will benefit as well—especially if they have problems that prevent them from being intimate with other people, such as a history of abuse or negative thoughts about sex. “Sexuality is a vital part of all our lives and we can greatly benefit from individual work around it and how it intersects with other areas in life,” Rosinski says. Make sure you avoid these 10 aphrodisiacs that are a total waste of money.
Therapy doesn’t mean your relationship is doomed
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Many people imagine that therapy means that they’re failing at their relationship—and that it’s the last stop before breakup. “Actually, the opposite is usually true,” Young says. “Most of the couples who come to see me care deeply about each other, and they have decided to take steps to move their relationship forward to the next level. Recognizing that your sexual relationship is not where you want it to be, and seeking support to overcome obstacles is a sign of strength. The right therapist can help couples to make significant improvements and lasting changes in their relationship.” Don’t forget these 14 things you should never do in bed with your partner.
Originally Published: April 08, 2019
Lisa Milbrand
Lisa Milbrand is a writer and editor from New Jersey, who specializes in health, parenting, and travel topics. She is the author of the upcoming book, Baby Names With Character.
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The BJP-run states work “seamlessly” to implement central schemes while the opposition-ruled states are busier in renaming them, he added.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday thanked the people of Maharashtra and Haryana for what he termed an “early Deepavali gift” for re-electing the BJP in Maharashtra and making it the single largest party in Haryana.
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While in Haryana, the party was busy cobbling together a majority with the help of Independent MLAs, in Maharashtra, the BJP-Shiv Sena combine has a clear majority but faces a much stronger Opposition than before.
All this, however, was not what Mr. Modi stressed as he addressed party workers at the BJP’s national headquarters in New Delhi.
He spoke, instead, of the journey of the BJP from being a minor player in both these States to coming back to power.
“In Maharashtra, we were the smaller party to the Shiv Sena. We had never had a Chief Minister there before 2014, but what happened there was unique. Devendra Fadanvis was the first Chief Minister in 50 years in the State to complete a full five-year term. In electing us back, the people of the State have shown great faith in us, and we are mindful of that,” he said.
Recalling his own days of handling party affairs in Haryana, Mr. Modi said the BJP’s situation in the State in the past was such that it could not even choose the seats it would fight on in seat-sharing arrangements with other parties.
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“From there to emerge as the single largest party in an environment where governments are rarely elected back, is an achievement and is unprecedented. In 2014, we got 33% of the votes, this time we have 36%, a 3% increase, which is a sign of people’s confidence,” the Prime Minister said. It was a pep talk to party workers who had been feeling a bit disheartened after the party put up a less than anticipated performance.
He assured the people of both States that the party was mindful of people’s confidence and trust. “I have found, after coming to the Centre, that BJP-ruled states show more alacrity in implementing good governance. Governments run by other parties spend the first two years of their tenure changing names of programmes, lest I get the credit and not them,” he said.
Mr. Modi’s speech came just before the party parliamentary board met to appoint observers for both states for legislative party polls.
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Jazz Saxophone Performance, Clarinet Performance, Improvisation
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OA2 recording artist, Todd DelGiudice is a woodwind performer, composer and educator who is uniquely talented across genres. Todd grew up in south Florida where he studied clarinet with Richard Hancock of the Florida Philharmonic and saxophone with Professor Gary Keller of the University of Miami. Todd is a graduate of the University of Miami, where he received a Bachelors of Music as well as a Masters of Music under instruction of Gary Keller, Gary Campbell (saxophone), William Klinger and Margaret Donahue (clarinet).
During this time he performed professionally with The Florida Philharmonic, The New World Symphony, Ray Charles, The Woody Herman Big Band and Natalie Cole among many others. While still an undergrad at UM, Todd became a featured member of one of Red Rodney's last working quintets. He also recorded albums with Phil Flanigan, Duffy Jackson, Dennis Marks and the University of Miami Concert Jazz Band. Before completing his masters degree, Todd moved to New York City, where in the space of two years he performed with Maria Schneider, John Fedchock, Rich Perry, Ingrid Jensen, Donny McCaslin and Rick Margitza as well as leading his own group playing in The Knitting Factory and other venues.
After completing his Masters degree from Miami, Todd moved to Eugene, Oregon to further his classical clarinet studies under the tutelage of Dr. Wayne Bennett. During his stay in Oregon, Todd was the principal clarinetist of the Oregon Mozart Players and bass clarinetist for the Eugene Opera as well as performing with the Eugene Symphony, the American Symphonia under James Paul and the Eugene Ballet.
In addition to his performing career, Todd has been a dedicated educator, holding adjunct positions at The University of Miami and Northern Illinois University as well as conducting clinics and seminars in the South Florida, New York, Eugene and Northern Illinois areas. Before moving to Jacksonville to join the esteemed jazz faculty at University of North Florida, Todd was Associate Professor of Clarinet and Saxophone at Eastern Washington University. During this time he simultaneously held the lead alto chair in the Bob Curnow Big Band and the 3rd and bass clarinet chair in the Spokane Symphony.
Todd is currently Associate Professor of Jazz Saxophone at University of North Florida. He has been featured nationally and internationally as a guest artist and clinician and is an OA2 recording artist and can be heard regularly performing with the Jacksonville Symphony on both clarinet and saxophone.
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Kunst und Religion
Art and Religion*
translated by Lawrence Stepelevich
Now, as soon as man suspects that he has another side of himself [Jenseits] within himself, and that he is not enough in his mere natural state, then he is driven on to divide himself into that which he actually is, and that which he should become. Just as the youth is the future of the boy, and the mature man the future of the innocent child, so that othersider [Jenseitiger] is the future man who must be expected on the other side of this present reality. Upon the awakening of that suspicion, man strives after and longs for the second other man of the future, and will not rest until he sees himself before the shape of this man from the other side. This shape fluctuates back and forth within him for a long time; he only feels it as a light in the innermost darkness of himself that would elevate itself, but as yet has no certain contour or fixed form. For a long time, along with other groping and dumb others in that darkness, the artistic genius seeks to express this presentiment. What no other succeeds in doing, he does, he presents the longing, the sought after form, and in finding its shape so creates the – Ideal. For what is then the perfect man, man’s proper character, from which all that is seen is but mere appearance if it be not the Ideal Man, the Human Ideal? The artist alone has finally discovered the right word, the right picture, the right expression of that being which all seek. He presents that presentiment – it is the Ideal. ‘Yes! that is it! that is the perfect shape, the appearance that we have longed for, the Good News – the Gospel. The one we sent forth so long ago with the question whose answer would satisfy the thirst of our spirit has returned!’ So hail the people that creation of genius, and then fall down – in adoration.
Yes, adoring! The hot press of men would rather be doubled than alone, being dissatisfied with themselves when in their natural isolation. They seek out a spiritual man for their second self. This crowd is satisfied with the work of the genius, and their disunion is complete. For the first time man breathes easy, for his inward confusions are resolved, and the disturbing suspicion is now cast forth as a perceptible form. This Other [GegenŸber] is he himself and yet it is not he: it is his otherside to which all thoughts and feelings flow but without actually reaching it, for it is his otherside, encapsulated and inseparably conjoined with his present actuality. It is the inward God, but it is set without; and that is something he cannot grasp cannot comprehend. His arms reach outward, but the Other is never reached; for would he reach it how could the ‘Other’ remain? Where would this disunion with all of its pains and pleasures be? Where would be – and we can speak it outright, for this disunion is called by another name – religion?
Art creates disunion, in that it sets the Ideal over and against man. But this view, which has so long endured, is called religion, and it will only endure until a single demanding eye again draws that Ideal within and devours it. Accordingly, because it is a viewpoint, it requires another, an Object. Hence, man relates himself religiously to the Ideal cast forth by artistic creation, to his second, outwardly expressed Ego as to an Object. Here lie all the sufferings and struggles of the centuries, for it is fearful to be outside of oneself, having yourself as an Object, without being able to unite with it, and as an Object set over and against oneself able to annihilate itself and so oneself.[2] The religious world lives in the joys and sorrows which it experiences from the Object, and it lives in the separation of itself. Its spiritual being is not of reason, but rather of understanding. Religion is a thing of understanding [Verstandes-Sache]![3]The Object is so firm that no pious soul can fully win it over to itself, but must rather be cast down by it, so fragile is its spirit when set against the Object of the understanding. ‘Cold understanding!’ – know ye not that ‘cold’ understanding? – Know ye not that nothing is so ardently hot, so heroically determined as understanding? ‘Censeo, Carthaginem esse delendam’ spoke the understanding of Cato, and he remained sane thereby.[4] The earth moves about the sun spoke the understanding to Galileo even while the weak old man knelt adjuring the truth – and as he rose up again he said ‘and yet it moves about the sun’. No force is great enough to make us overthrow thought, that two times two is four, and so the eternal word of understanding remains this’ Here I stand, I can do naught else!’[5] The basis for such understanding is unshakable, for its object (two times two is four, etc.) does not allow itself to be shaken. Does religion have such understanding? Certainly, for it also has an unshakable Object to which it is fortified: the artist has created it for you and only the artist can regain it for you.
Religion itself is without genius. There is no religious genius, and no one would be permitted to distinguish between the talented and the untalented in religion. For religion, everyone has the same capacity, good enough for the understanding of the triangle and the Pythagorean theory as well. Of course, one does not confuse religion and theology, for not everyone has the same capacity here, just as with higher mathematics and astronomy, for these things require a particular level of – calculation.
Only the founder of a religion is inspired, but he is also the creator of Ideals, through whose creation any further genius will be impossible. Where the spirit is bound to an Object, its movement will henceforth be fully determined in respect to that Object. Were a definite doubt over the existence of God, over this transcendent object to emerge for the religious person, that person would stop being religious, somewhat as a believer in ghosts would no longer said to be a believer once he definitely doubted their existence. The religious person concerns himself only about the ‘Proofs for God’s Existence’ because he, as bound fast within the circle of belief, inwardly reserves the free movement of the understanding and calculation. Here, I say, the spirit is dependent upon an object, seeks to explain it, to explore it, to feel it, to love it, and so forth . . . because it is not free, and since freedom is the condition of genius, therefore the religious spirit is not inspired. Inspired piety is as great an inanity as inspired linen-weaving. Religion is always accessible to the impotent, and every uncreative dolt can and will always have religion, for uncreativeness does not impede his life of dependency.
‘ But is not love the proper essence of religion, and is not that totally a matter of feeling and not of understanding?’[6] But if it is a matter of the heart, must it be less a matter of the understanding? If it takes up my whole heart, then it is a concern of my heart – but that does not preclude it engaging my whole understanding as well, and that in itself is nothing particularly good, since hate and envy can also be concerns of the heart. Love is, in fact, only a thing of the understanding [Verstandes-Sache], but otherwise, it can retain unblemished its title as a thing of the heart. Love, in any case, is not a concern of reason [Sache der Vernunft], for in the Kingdom of Reason there is even less love than that which will be celebrated, according to Christ, in the Kingdom of Heaven. Of course it is permitted to speak of a love that ‘passes understanding’, but it is either so far beyond understanding as to be worthless – as that often called love by those enamoured by an attractive face – or it can appear in the future, a love that is presently beyond the expression of understanding, but yet to have expression. Childish love, without consciousness, is only understandable in itself, and taken alone is nothing without the given concerns of consciousness, going only so far as the maturation and growth of the child’s understanding. As long as the child gives no sign of understanding, it shows – as anyone can learn from experience – no love. Its love begins in fear – or, if one wishes to say, in respect – of that Object which first separates itself from the general chaos that contains all, including men, and which then focuses itself upon it more than another. The child loves because it is drawn by a presence, or thing, and so a person, into its boundary of power or its magical circle. It clearly understands how the being of its mother is distinguished from another being even if it yet knows not how to speak of this understanding. No child loves before any understanding; and its most devoted love is nothing but that innermost understanding. Whoever has sensibly observed the love of a child will find this principle confirmed. But not only does the love of a child rise and sink with the understanding of its ‘Object [Gegenstandes]’ (as so often the loved one is significantly, but crudely, named) but rather every love. If a misunderstanding enters, so love more or less exists while it lasts, and one even uses the word ‘misunderstanding’ to exactly signify the discord which disturbs love. Love is gone and irretrievably lost whenever one has been totally mistaken about another: the misunderstanding is then complete, and the love extinguished.
The beloved thing is an indispensable Object, an ‘Other [Gegenstand]’. It is this way with the understanding, that one and only proper spiritual act of religion, because understanding is only thought over and about an object, only meditation and devotion, and not free, undirected [objectlose] ‘reasonable’ thinking, which religion would rather consider and so condemn as ‘philosophical chimeras’. Since to the understanding an object is necessary, it will always cease its activity whenever it finds more to know. Its concern with a case expires with its activity upon the case, and for it to willingly dedicate itself and its powers to anything, that thing must be a mystery for it. This holds equally for the beloved as the lover. A marriage is only assured of a steady love when the couple discover themselves anew each day, and when each recognizes in the other an inexhaustible spring of life, that is, a mystery, unfathomed and incomprehensible. If they find nothing new in one another, so love dissolves inexorably into boredom and indifference. The activity of understanding, when unable to be exercised upon a mystery because its darkness has been dispelled, turns away from the completely understood and now insipid other. Who wishes to be loved must take care, like the clever woman, not to offer all charms at once. With something new every morning the love might endure centuries! The understanding is concerned with real mysteries which it develops into affairs of the heart: the real person is involved with matters of understanding, and so these are transformed into concerns of the heart.
Now as art has created the Ideal for man, and with this gives man’s understanding an object to wrestle with, a wrestling match which will, in the course of time, give worth to those empty objects of the understanding, so is art the creator of religion, and in a philosophical system – such as Hegel’s – it should not be placed after religion. Not only have the poets Homer and Hesiod ‘made the gods of the Greeks’, but others, as artists, have established religions, although one hesitates to apply the superficial name ‘Artist’ to them. Art is the beginning, the Alpha of religion, but it is also its end, its Omega. Even more – it is its companion. Without art and the idealistically creative artist religion would not exist, but when the artist takes back his art unto himself, so religion vanishes. However, in this return it is also preserved, for it is regenerated. Whenever art strides forth in its full energy, it creates a religion and stands at its source. On the other hand, philosophy is never the creator of a religion, for it never produces a shape that might serve as an Object of the understanding, and its insensible ideas do not lend themselves to being the revered objects of cultic worship. Art, other than philosophy, is compelled to draw forth from its seclusion within the concealing darkness of the subject the proper and best form of the spirit, the most completely idealized expression of the spirit itself, and to develop it and to release it as an Object. At that,’man stands opposite to this Object, this creation of his spirit, to the God, and even the artist falls before it on his knees. In this engagement and involvement with the Object, religion pursues a course opposite of art. In art, the world of the artist is set before one’s eyes as an Object, a world which the artist has brought forth and concentrated from the full power and richness of his own inwardness, a world which will satisfy every real need and longing. For its part, religion strives to recover this world once again for man’s inwardness, to draw it back to its source, to make it again subjective. Religion endeavors to reconcile the Ideal, or God, with man, the subject, and to strip God of his hard Objectivity. God is to become inward – ‘Not I, but Christ lives in me.’ Man, sundered from the Ideal, strives to win God and God’s Grace, and to finally transform God into his own being [Gott ganz zu seinem Ich zu machen], and God, separated from man, would only win him for the Kingdom of Heaven. Both sides seek and so complement each other. However, they will never find one another, and will never become united, for if they ever would then religion itself would vanish, for religion only exists in this separation. Accordingly, the believer hopes for nothing more than that he will someday have a ‘face-to-face view’.
But still, art also accompanies religion, for the inwardness of man is expanded by its struggle with the Object, and in the genius of the artist it breaks forth again into a new expression, and the Object becomes yet further enhanced and illuminated. Thankfully, hardly a generation has been passed without such enlightenment by art. But, at the last, art will stand at the close of religion. Serene and confident, art will claim its own once again, and by so doing will rob the Object of its objectivity, its ‘other-sidedness’, and free it from its long religious imprisonment. Here, art no longer will enrich its Object, but totally destroy it. In reclaiming its creature, art rediscovers itself and renews its creative powers as well. It appears, at the decline of religion, as a trifling with the full seriousness of the old belief, a seriousness of content which religion has now lost, and which must be returned to the joyful poet. Hence, religion is presented as a ridiculous comedy. [7] Now, however, terrible this comedic destruction might be, it will nevertheless restore to actuality that which it thinks but to destroy. And so, we do not elect to condemn its horror!
Art creates a new Ideal, a new Object and a new religion. It never goes beyond the making of religion. Raphael’s portrayal of Christ casts him in such a light that he could be the basis of a new religion – a religion of the biblical Christ set apart from all human affairs. From that first moment when the tireless understanding begins to pursue its long course of reflection upon a new Object, it steadily deepens in its thoughts until it finally turns upon itself in total inwardness. With devoted love, it sinks into itself and attends to its own revelations and inspirations. But yet this religious understanding is so ardently in love with its own Object that it must have a burning hatred for all else – religious hatred is inseparable from religious love. Who does not believe in the Object, he is a heretic, and who is not truly godly, he tolerates heresy. Who will deny that Philip II of Spain is infinitely more godly than Joseph II of Germany, and that Hengstenberg[8] is truly godly, whereas Hegel[9] is quite not? In our times, the amount of hate has diminished to the extent that the love of God has weakened. A human love has infiltrated, which is not of godly piety but rather of social morality. It is more ‘zealous’ for the good of man than for the good of God. Truly, the tolerant Friedrich the Great cannot serve as a paragon of godliness, but can indeed well serve as a pattern for manliness, for humanity. Whosoever serves a God must serve him completely. It is, for example, a perverted and unreasonable demand of the Christian to have him lay no fetters upon the Jew – for even Christ, with the mildest heart, could do naught else, for otherwise he would have been indifferent to his religion, or would have been proceeding thoughtlessly. If the Christian were to reflect understandingly upon the ordinances of his religion, he would exclude the Jew from Christian rights, or, what is the same, from the rights of a Christian – and, above all, from the things of the State. This is so, for religion is for anyone other than a mere tepid hanger – on a relationship of disunion.
And so, this is the standing of art to religion. Art creates the Ideal and belongs at the beginning of religion; religion has in the Ideal a mystery, and would, by holding fast to the Object and making it dependent upon itself unite with it in inward godliness. But when the mystery is cleared up, and the otherness and strangeness removed, and established religion is destroyed, then comedy has its task to fulfill. Comedy, in openly displaying the emptiness, or better, the deflation of the Object, frees men from the old belief, and so their dependency upon this exhausted being. Comedy, as befitting its essence, probes into every holy area, even into Holy Matrimony, for this itself is no longer – in the actual marriage – Holy. It is rather an emptied form, to which man should no longer hold.[10] But even comedy, as all the arts, precedes religion, for it only makes room for the new religion, to that which are will form again.
Art makes the Object, and religion lives only in its many ties to that Object, but philosophy very clearly sets itself apart from both. It neither stands enmeshed with an Object, as religion, nor makes one, as art, but rather places its pulverizing hand upon all the business of making Objects as well as the whole of objectivity itself, and so breathes the air of freedom. Reason, the spirit of philosophy, concerns itself only with itself, and troubles itself over no Object. God, to the philosopher, is as neutral as a stone – the philosopher is a dedicated atheist. If he busies himself with God, there is no reverence here, only rejection, for he seeks only that reason which has concealed itself in every form, and that only in the light of reason. Reason only seeks itself, only troubles itself about itself, loves only itself – or rather, since it is not even an Object to itself – does not love itself but simply is with itself. And so, with a correct instinct, Neander[11] has proclaimed the destruction of the ‘God of the philosophers.’
But as it lies outside of our theme, we have not undertaken to speak any further of philosophy as such.
*[“Kunst und Religion” appeared in June of 1842 in the radical Rheinische Zeitung,before Marx became its editor. In this translation, all italics and other important grammatical features are those of the original text. (Ed./Tr.)]
[2] A clearly similar conception is found in Bruno Bauer’s The Trumpet of the Last Judgement over Hegel the Atheist and Anti-Christ. Stirner had reviewed this text for Gutzkow’s Telegraph fŸr Deutschland in January of 1842. (Ed./Tr.)]
[3] [Stirner’s treatment of both understanding [Verstand] and reason [Vernunft] follows that as given by Hegel (Ed./Tr.)]
[4] [In full, ‘Ideoque, Censeo ego Carthaginem esse delendam [Therefore, I vote Carthage to be destroyed].’ Cato usually concluded any of his addresses to the Roman senate with this harsh statement. The repetition of this uncompromising sentence was highly irritating to the majority of Senators. (Ed./Tr.)]
[5] [Luther’s statement to the Diet at Worms in 1521. Stirner repeats it in The Ego and His Own (p. 61), and characterizes it as ‘the fundamental maxim of all the possessed’. (Ed./Tr.)]
[6] [An obvious reference to the sentimental religiosity of dependency held by Hegel’s rival Friedrich Schleiermacher (1768-1834). Stirner had attended his lecture series at the University of Berlin in the Spring of 1827. (Ed./’l r.)]
[7] [Cf. Hegel’s similar treatment of Comedy which unmasks ‘the pretentious claims of the universal abstract nature’, in Phenomenology of Mind, trans. J. B. Baille (London, 1964), pp. 745ff (Ed /Tr.)]
[8] [Ernst W. Hengstenberg (1802-72), a determined and influential Lutheran pietist critic of Hegel and the Young Hegelians. (Ed./Tr.)]
[9] [Bauer’s Posaune des jŸngsten Gerichts had satisfied both the Berlin pietists and the Young Hegelians that Hegel was a covert atheist. (Ed./Tr.)]
[10] [This was written a year and a half before Stirner’s own purposely irreverent and somewhat comical second marriage. See John Henry Mackay’s Max Stirner: sein Leben und sein Werk (Berlin, 1910), p. 124ff. (Ed./Tr.)]
[11] [Daniel A. Neander (1786-1850), Professor of Theology at the University of Berlin. He was a celebrated Church Historian. Stirner had attended his lectures.(Ed /Tr )]
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New Sanctions on Iran
(UnitedVoice.com) — On Friday, January 10th, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced new sanctions on Iran.
The new sanctions affect Iran’s metal exports and eight of Iran’s senior officials who were involved in the recent attack on a military base in Iraq that houses US soldiers.
During the press conference, Mnuchin said:
“The economic sanctions are working. If we didn’t have these sanctions in place, literally Iran would have tens of billions of dollars. They would be using that for terrorist activities throughout the region,” adding “There is no question that by cutting off the economics to the regime we are having an impact.”
President Trump also issued a statement after the press conference, stating that “The United States will continue to counter the Iranian regime’s destructive and destabilizing behavior. These punishing economic sanctions will remain until the Iranian regime changes its behavior. The United States is ready to embrace peace with all who seek it.”
So far, Iran has not responded to the new sanctions.
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Note Scrapping: Indian Economy Running on Cash Hinders Evolution
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Mayank Jain, BloombergQuint Updated: 10.11.16
Business 3 min read
India runs on cash and that comes with its own set of problems. The most pronounced among them is the black money that the cash economy generates, which fuels the country’s shadow economy used to evade taxes and scrutiny.
It is that shadow economy that the government is targeting through its decision to withdraw high denomination currency notes of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000.
According to a 2015 report from PwC, 98 percent of all transactions by volume happen in cash. 68 percent of the total value of transactions are conducted in cash.
The most recent estimate of the shadow economy, that is a byproduct of this cash economy, came from consulting firm McKinsey & Company in 2013. Based on that analysis, India’s shadow economy is as large as 26 percent of the country’s gross domestic product.
This implies that almost one-fourth of the Indian economy goes untaxed and unaccounted. Noting that India also has a very high proportion of cash-based transactions, McKinsey in its report said that “high cash usage perpetuates a shadow economy and hinders the evolution of a digital economy.”
‘High-End Product Sales To Fall’
“A prevalence of cash often allows an ‘informal’ or ‘shadow’ economy — one that is not taxed, monitored by government, or included in the GDP — to grow or dominate. International comparisons show a clear correlation between cash usage in the economy and the size of the shadow economy,” said the report.
While the government’s move to discontinue high denomination notes is expected to make it difficult for hoarders to amass large sums of wealth, the suddenness of the move is likely to impact businesses of all sizes in the short term, experts said.
“Though clarity is unfolding on this, commodity transactions and general cash market transactions are likely to feel an immediate impact. Unorganised sector proceedings including small trade market activities will remain volatile in the short term,” Anis Chakravarty, Lead Economist, Deloitte told BloombergQuint.
People are likely to only shop for necessities and hold back on other cash purchases till the situation improves or eases so there will be a big impact on the erstwhile informal economy which was running on cash.
Chakravarty added that luxury commodities like gems and jewellery, automobiles and high-end branded products will see a drop in sales. Some of these products and sectors are places where black money was used.
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HomePoliticsWhat next Sam Sumana?
What next Sam Sumana?
June 22, 2019 Abdul Rashid Thomas Politics 20
Puawui – Dr. Sama Banya: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 22 June 2019:
I first met the then quiet looking young man – Sam Sumana at an American Embassy reception. My “nephew” the APC Presidential candidate Ernest Bai Koroma, introduced Sam Sumana to me as his running mate in the 2007 Presidential election.
Our next encounter was at State House, when we were invited to present our complaint to him – by now the Vice President, about the attack by APC hooligans on our SLPP party headquarters and especially on our Unity radio station. I thought his handling of the proceedings was clumsy.
I however gave him the benefit of the doubt because I thought he was suffering from the effect of being catapulted into the high position by crooked means (thanks to Christiana Thorpe).
The other occasion was when he addressed members of the APC and other people in the famous Kailahun Court Barry, after the 2008 local government elections in which the SLPP candidates won all the seats.
Sam Sumana the Vice President, unwittingly declared that the APC government would deal with any opponents with fire.
Poor fellow, he must have been unaware that even in their hey days, the APC thugs never crossed the Moa ferry at Manowa during the 1968 bye election campaign.
The invading group withdrew ignominiously and the leadership was finally forced to declare the country’s first state of Public Emergency.
In any case, two weeks after Sam Sumana’s declaration of war, the Kailahun district SLPP leadership under John Benjamin, met in Kailahun (in the presence of today’s APC Sylvia Blyden), and declared publicly that we would return fire for fire, if ever the APC attacked our district.
Like many others, I sympathised with Sam Sumana for APC’s uncouth method of getting rid of its membership, by publicly humiliating and disgracing them as happened to him – their former deputy leader and Vice President.
This was the same man who allegedly ran to the American Embassy for protection (the APC alleged that he had abandoned his position and sought asylum in a Foreign Embassy), after his official security was abruptly withdrawn and he genuinely feared for his life.
Readers must be familiar with other humiliations meted out to Sam Sumana by the APC leadership, after his disgraceful removal from office, such as seizing his diplomatic passport at the Lungi International Airport.
Because of all the cruelty and humiliation he suffered, his Kono people out of sympathy, rallied around him and with their C4C party, physically demolished APC’s presence and influence in the Kono district.
His popularity was on the ascendancy, but then like most such politicians, he betrayed his people and humiliated himself by sneaking quietly into Makeni early this year to do a deal with Ernest Bai Koroma and the APC leadership.
With all of the above and more, one would have thought that he would be living a quiet life or be active among his C4C supporters, that is, if he still enjoys their total support.
On the contrary, he is in the news for having public confrontation with the police, and later putting out a story about his having been invited to take the kick-off at a football match in Port Loko. The statement was immediately refuted by the spokesperson of the football club concerned.
The question now is what next Sam Sumana?
With no intention to bore my readers with repetition, I would like to remind our various do-gooders and their like-minded political commentators on the current Sierra Leone scene, that 70% of our population is illiterate.
It is this group that is often influenced by the recalcitrance of the APC leadership as well as the likes of Sam Sumana. The APC doggedly refuses to accept that they have lost political power for the next 10 years, and that it is in their best interest to reconcile with themselves to the reality of the situation.
But because they believed that they were entrenched in power like the Rock of Gibraltar, they ignored every warning and every advice, and even forget what they and the security forces did to the unarmed victims of the SLPP in opposition, who were often marginalised and brutalised merely for being SLPP.
Now, when the shoes are on the other foot, APC expect us to play God, even in the presence of their persistent non-cooperation with the SLPP government.
Do they really believe that after all this, our illiterate people will understand if we tell them to sit by and turn the other cheek?
I am not by nature a hardliner; but on the other hand I believe in facing reality. I believe firmly that if we just sit by and accept hook, line and sinker – APC’s intransigence, we would not have any support from our people by 2023.
They will see us as weaklings who have succumbed to the threat of the APC. We would never commit that suicide. No.
What they have meted out to us in the past will be meted out to them in full force. It is the only language that our friends in the APC understands.
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Bilal Coleman says:
Samuel Samsumana!!! This guy is an interesting character. As vice president, he became the first VP in the world to be caught on tape (Al Jazeeira’s) soliciting a bribe. Later, he was expelled from his party and dismissed as VP for lying about his educational qualifications and his religion. He was also suspected of engaging in activities that would undermine his boss.
Samsumana had to escape for his life when his violent boss sent the military to teach him how the APC silences their opponents. He fled to Ghana and later sued the Government of Sierra Leone in ECOWAS courts. He won a substantial amount of money that the APC government refused to pay.
Samsumana returned to Sierra Leone and formed the C4C political party, a party that only has teeth in Kono district. The fact is, Samsumana has never been a national leader. In fact, nobody cares for him outside of his Kono district.
Sometime last year, Sierra Leoneans saw Samsumana hugging Ernest Koroma, the man that had humiliated him in the past. Rumors have it that EBK promised Samsumana the APC flagbearship in 2023. And Samsumana believes that his path to the presidency of Sierra Leone passes through EBK’s endorsement.
Also, last week, we saw Samsumana on tape engaging in a shoving match with the Sierra Leone Police in Port Loko and in the process breaking the laws of Sierra Leone. He had also lied to the police that he was invited by the Bai-Bureh Warriors football club of Port Loko to take the kickoff of a soccer match that was to played in Port Loko. The team’s executives have since denied any invitation extended to the lying Samsumana.
It is interesting that despite all his transgressions, the recalcitrant and disgraced Samuel Samsumana still believes that he is qualified to be president of Sierra Leone.
Sahr Matturi says:
I reckon that, some of our forumite colleagues should be employed by the authorities of their beloved CLOUD CUCKOO LAND to write and tell CLOUD CUCKOO stories. We need FACTS and not FAKE in the REAL world/land.
My forumite colleague there somewhere given some bias information on someone that is the most popular, respected, diligent, calm, cool headed politician and potentially the next tenant of STATE HOUSE. GOD BLESS YOU my dear.
Saidu Conteh says:
A new day has come and for some, it is a dawn in which new inspirations must be born and a time that it is fine for old ones to be reborn. But for others the light of day means walking away in haste to waste, the day and play; while the truth no one can refute is being led deceitfully astray.
What is it that makes some men blind, causes them fall behind? Why would someone, anyone, think without taking a blink – proudly and loudly declare, that a man like Dr Banya that wont retire, who remains a delusional denier – is wise and precise, even though we all know, and can see against the APC, he is stoking the fires of fear and evil desires.
Instead of enhancing ambitions, aspirations, ideals and lofty perceptions that lifts our nation higher, he is stoking fires that create more fires.
What’s wrong with Sahr Matturi? Why can’t he see that wisdom is special, not superficial? That it is born, reared and cared for in the bosoms of refined discernment – It’s clear and fair to say all day, everyday, that Sahr Matturi doesn’t know what wisdom is.
Wisdom is virtuous, and not promiscuous – a queen to be adored for sure! Wisdom is Grandiose, I insist as I come to a close. It is glorious – So quit using the word “Wisdom” when referring to some who believe in scanty, petty and little things. Rising Sun Will Rise Again.
Sia Kellie says:
These two parties have brought disaster to Sierra Leone. Sam Sumana is a man with clean heart. Because of bad heart Sierra Leone will not get any where in terms of development. So let us stop. May God change us Sierra Leoneans.
Abdul Sesay says:
I have been reading the wricings of one of our most respected elder Dr Sama Banya. I must say that I am shocked to learn from these writings that all he is doing is inciting hatred. As a young boy growing up in spur road, I remember him very well as one of Siaka Stevens’ proteges. I think it is unwise to carry on as he is currently doing. Our nation is at critical juncture.
Brima Sesay says:
I can’t believe what I am seeing between these two old men. Definitely I have realized that Sam Sumana has no shame. I will never vote for you in my life time. I can’t imagine if you would ever come closer to EBK. Who said that SLPP are worried?
Koroma and the others should be bothered. If Sam Sumana thinks that he is going to be president under APC, that is just a dream. One example: Today’s by election in Kono result has sent a clear message to you and the APC, we are no longer sleeping. It is a shame to ever elect APC again in this country.
Sam Sumana even go beyond and disappointed the Ghanian gov’t that welcomed him when he was dismissed from office illegally by EBK. Ghana gave a warm welcome to Sam Sumana, recognizing him as he’s the man they recognized as the Vice President at the time. You will never find a stupid KONO MAN on earth, but sam sumana is different from them.
Koroma (EBK) is not your brother. Both Goodluck Jonathan and his wife came to plea for you, but Koroma never listen to them. EBK and APC even characterized you as faking your religion, meaning you are not a real Muslim, after performing hajj and so on.
EBC and the APC again charged you with false allegation of fraud that you didn’t earn a masters degree from USA; and they went after you all out. Sam Sumana, you are a shame to the whole kono family. If EBK thinks that nominating you will bring him back to power, definitely he’s dreaming
APC has destroyed this country, hope that the people of Sierra Leone will now wake up. We are tired of you guys.
Sulaiman S Jalloh says:
HYPOCRISY AT ITS BEST!…. but look here Ladies and gentlemen, the coming out of the dungeon by Sama Banya is not and will never be a surprise because some of us know that he is surely going to be influenced by the SLPP…because a green is always a green!
The only time some of you see him as a honorable man is when he indulges in the habit of castigating the left by bringing out archaic memories. And now that he had finally come out clean as a man from the right, you all are popping your eyes out and mouth wide open. Relax guys,relax!..This is Sierra Leone where green would always be green and red always red. Fair enough, it is never a crime to belong and uphold the tenet of your group as Mr Banya has demonstrated here. For those of you who see him as lightning rod, well think again…..
As for Sam sumana,his party is surely going to be like that of Mr Yumkella. No Matter their sizes and influences, it will never be enough to win them a general election. But at least it would help in slowing down the speed of both red and green” in taking the Sierra Leonean people for granted during elections.
Thank you very much Mr. Sulaiman S Jalloh for your insight. Where I disagree with you, is where you said that, Chief Sam Sumana and his party are surely going to be like that of Dr. Yumkella. The C4C under the leadership of Chief Sam Suma are just doing fine. Please be informed that Chief Sam Sumana is the most popular politician right now in the country.
Do you know why he was not allowed to walk the streets of Port Loko? I will tell you now. Chief Sam Suman does not need to announce that he his visiting anywhere in the country to let people come out in thousands and follow him. He is a celebrity. It just takes one person to say in Krio and I quote -“NA Sam Sumana Da WAN DAY” . OH BOY. You just make that whole area full of people. That was what happened in Port Loko. The police are a bit scared when he goes out this days. He makes the police just worried in terms of crowd control preparations.
Another development most of us are not paying attention to is, how people are now concentrated on campaigning for the parties they love. That is not good for any sitting government. Such arguments we are now engaged in should be done in 2022. So, this is bad for the SLPP. The SLPP has a lot of work to do I reckon.
Finally, I would like to inform you that the C4C under the leadership of Chief Sam Sumana is, STRATEGICALLY POSITIONED, LOADED, LOCKED and CHECKED for the 2023 elections. The C4C has become a force to reckon with come 2023. You will agree with me sometime down the road Mr. Sulaiman S. Jalloh.
Thanks Mr. Sulaiman S. Jalloh and may GOD BLESS YOU.
David Makevelli says:
Sahr, sorry to say that your daydream is becoming your nightmare. I do not foresee C4C near “STATE HOUSE” during the rest of you and Sam’s remaining lives. For Dr Banya’s quote, I support it 100%, but your interpretation of his quote is misunderstood.
He is not on the page of vengeance but it is like not keeping the whip from a stubborn child. And besides, what’s wrong with using the same medicine to wash their sores?
Mr. David Makevelli you just read a single sentence out of my comment and took it completely out of context. He should just continue reading before drawing his conclusion. Please read my comment carefully and you will see where you went wrong. If you don’t still get it and have problems, I will explain to you later. Just ask.
Saying that you do not foresee C4C near STATE HOUSE is like someone thinking about politics in CLOUD CUCKOO LAND. I hope not.
Mr. David Makevelli there confused about foreseeing C4C near STATE HOUSE. Thanks David and GOD BLESS YOU.
Truly, although reaching a ripe old age is considered a blessing by many, it is clear, it does not always come with prudence and a good sense of judgement. Old eagles, that no longer have the strength to soar, ascend and build their nests on the peaks of mountains, where we survive and thrive, are now here again threatening revenge and violence; an art the APC has studied, practiced and mastered to its innermost core. Truly laughable!
It seems to me the writer heard me loud and clear last time and has now made up his mind to dig himself deeper into the mosquito infested trenches of the SLPP. Great news! Good to finally know, he is no longer on our side. The enemy we already know is an opponent we will be able to prepare for. Folks, in case you were not aware, there are some people called “Wedding Crashers” that would go to weddings well dressed and although uninvited, they would dance, drink and feast like hungry rhinocerose and at the end of it all, exploit the Groom,and Bride, by carrying truckloads of food, drinks and other items away. Is the writer such a person? I leave it up to you to decide.
During the days of Old Stevens, even as a boy, I knew who the writer was – a groupie, obsessed with power, that followed party elites, like S.I. Koroma, E.T Kamara,and others around. Ever seen, an errand boy that ended up becoming a Prince? Well the writer was just like that! Old Stevens took him from the gutters of misery, in rags and tears and generously opened the doors of riches unto him. And so, he became stuck to the APC like glue on paper; like tar on a road – everywhere they went he followed them until they accepted him as one of their own.
I know because I was born,and bred in the lion’ss den of the APC. Listen, if these old eagles now complaining felt the APC committed atrocities as he is saying now, why didn’t he express his grievances to Stevens back then, but instead, he travelled, wined,and dined with him? Something is wrong with this man!
Too late to complain now, Stevens is gone and is on the everlasting shores, awaiting mercy for he knows fully, that he was not a perfect man. Wait just a minute, if Stevens ran them over like a caterpillar demolishing a house for their own criminal tendencies,and stupidities, then they have no one to blame but themselves. Many times, they gathered together like hyenas, about to make a kill – Yep,they plotted, schemed and planned to destroy Stevens and his government, but never succeeded.
There were enemies, countless as bedbugs on an infested mattress, coming from everywhere – but the harder they came the harder they fell,and ran. I remember clearly, it was a sad sight, for a little boy to witness watching them return to their homes humiliated, dejected and defeated.
The legendary Stevens broke them to pieces, like shattered glass. He had them on their knees, exhausted and in submission like a bull at the feet of an incomparable Matador, begging for mercy. And now here they come again, asking for more. The new APC is much more smarter, than that of Steven’s; compared to us, Stevens,and his men were religious monks.
Please always bear that in mind,because it will enable you to think and reason properly. If Sam Sumana decides to return to the APC, and forgive the injustices done against him, how does that concern or affect you? Sam Sumana knows we are brothers and understands that blood is thicker than water. There is no shame whatsoever in returning to the den of lions where you belong and feel safe, secure and protected.
I think,the writer is proving himself to be what I have always known he was – a self conceited, unpatriotic Sierra Leonean. Well alright then – instead of giving Bio good advice you want to lead him towards the paths of strife and discord? Bring it on old man. We are waiting, tell your archers to ignite their arrows whenever they want to – we will be ready whenever they are…Rising Sun Will Rise Again.
Olu Shanu says:
I am sorry to say this is why Sierra Leone will never develop. Dr Banya is supposed to be an elder statesman yet he makes statements such as ‘What they have meted out to us in the past will be meted out to them in full force.’ This is not what someone who really loves Sierra Leone should say. My conclusion is this – there is no politician in the country (and probably in the diaspora) right now who has what it takes to move the country forward. NO ONE. NOT A ONE.
I always listen and try to understand whatever Dr. Banya says. Whether you like Dr. Banya or not, he is just a wise man. He always has something for everyone to talk about in his articles. It all depends they way one see things.
The humiliation of former VP Chief Sam Sumana by the APC was a very bad undertaking which led as Dr. Banya rightly said, to the KONOS rallying behind him and the C4C party. That is a fact. No one can dispute that. He also said that, he is not a hardliner which I know and believe.
The only thing that now worries me is the last statement on Dr. Banya’s article and I quote – ‘What they have meted out to us in the past will be meted out to them in full force. It is the only language that our friends in the APC understands’. It seems to me that he is talking about revenge here. He has never been heard saying such things.
Am I right to ask if Dr. Banya is deviating from his tolerance qualities or just been influenced by the present SLPP political ideology and hardliners?
My only advice to our wise Dr. Banya is to continue to be tolerant and diverse. I understand his position very well, but I kindly ask him not to be influenced by the hardliners of the SLPP. You can absolutely make the difference Dr. Banya.
Finally and to be honest with you Dr. Banya, the C4C under the leadership of the former VP Cheif Sam Sumana is very popular. In fact, he is the most popular POLITICIAN in the country presently.
Finally, I want to bring to your attention Dr. Banya, that the C4C under the leadership of Chief Sam Sumana is totally, LOADED, LOCKED and CHECKED for 2023. Also, the C4C is the most stable in terms of party officials. This is a fact. That is why, both these big parties, the APC and the SLPP are worried right now. What a NIGHTMARE.
The C4C can coalesce with either political parties to make the difference in 2023. This is the DILEMMA for both these big political parties.
I pray that GOD guide and protect Dr. Banya to continue to be tolerant and diverse as he has always been. AMEN AND AMEN.
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Howe Sound
Mount Gardner
Trail Details
Driving & Additional Info
Difficulty Intermediate
Round-Trip 17km
Elevation Gain 719 meters
Season year-round
Camping No
From Vancouver 45 minutes to Ferry
Public Transit Yes
Dog Friendly Yes
Mount Gardner combines an opportunity to visit the laid-back island community of Bowen Island with a hike that provides views of Howe Sound, the Sunshine Coast, West Vancouver, and Burrard Inlet.
From the ferry terminal on Bowen, head up the main road and turn right on Cardena Road. A few hundred meters along the road on the left is a parks sign for Crippen Regional Park. Follow this trail and turn right at the first 4-way intersection and continue until you reach Miller Road. Cross the road and continue along the trail for another 15 minutes until you reach the end. Turn right to go to Killarney Lake.
The trail becomes a wide-open meadow. Continue through the meadow and back into the forest. At the end of this section, turn left at the sign to Killarney Lake. A few minutes later you reach a fork and take the left trail. Shortly after this, you should see the lake.
Turn left at the lake and then right immediately after to follow the path along the shore of the lake. After walking for 10 minutes, watch for a trail on your left that is steep (if you reach a bridge across marshy swamp, you have gone too far). Follow this short trail up to the road and turn right walking along the side of the road for 5 minutes. The first street on your left is called Hikers Trail Road. Follow this road uphill to the metal gate marking the start of the trail to Mount Gardner.
Continue uphill past the metal gate until you reach the Skid Trail on your left a short distance later. Follow this trail as it winds through a forested area, making its way uphill. After 20-30 minutes of climbing, the trail forks. Go right towards the gravel road and walk a short distance up the road. On your right, after the steep corner, the trail branches off. Leave the road and follow the trail.
The trail winds around the north side of Mount Gardner. After 30 minutes, turn left and take the trail with the orange markers uphill to the gravel road. Turn right on the gravel road and follow it as it slowly heads downhill to a fork in the road. Turn right at the fork and head up a steep section of road. Near the top, the orange markers signal the start of the trail again. Follow the markers a short distance up a steep section to the first viewpoint of Gambier Island on the right, Keets Island on the left, and the ferry terminal in Gibsons along the Sunshine Coast.
After taking in the view, walk past this point as the trail continues along the edge of Mount Gardner before starting to climb more. Watch for a fork in the trail and a sign pointing the way to the north peak. Follow the trail as it climbs steadily before reaching a steep, rocky section. Use the ropes to pull yourself up towards the peak.
The north peak of Mount Gardner has a radio site facility, which is surprising after spending several hours climbing through a wilderness area. However, a spectacular view can be seen from all sides including out towards the Sunshine Coast on the west side and of West Vancouver and Burrard Inlet on the east slope.
From the south end of the peak the trail begins again. Follow this downward and go left at the junction to continue your hike around Mount Gardner. A short distance later a sign points the way to the south peak. There is no view from this peak so continue along the trail as it begins to descend.
The trail around the mountain drops rapidly through a series of switchbacks before descending at a slower rate. After walking for about 45 minutes you reach a junction. Go right and continue downhill. Another 15 minutes later, another sign points the way to the gravel road or a shortcut. Take the steep shortcut route that will bring you back to the junction at Skid Trail where you were earlier in the day. Continue down along Skid Trail until it connects with the gravel road. A short walk down the gravel road and you are back at the metal gate marking the trailhead.
If you walked or rode a bike from the Snug Cove ferry terminal, head back down the paved road to the main Mt. Gardner Road. Turn right and after a short 5 minute walk the trail on the left side of the road takes you back to the lake. At the lake, turn right and follow the lake passing the picnic area before turning left and a quick right at the sign pointing the way to Snug Cove. Follow the signs or retrace your steps from earlier in the day.
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How to get to Mount Gardner
Estimated Driving Time from Vancouver
45 minutes to Ferry
Mount Gardner is located on Bowen Island, a 20-minute ferry ride from Horseshoe Bay. From the ferry terminal on Bowen Island, it's approximately 3km to the trailhead. It is recommended to park your car at Horseshoe Bay and either walk or bring a bike to ride the first 3km to the trailhead.
Check the ferry schedule with BC Ferries before leaving.
To reach Horseshoe Bay, drive west on Highway #1 (Trans Canada Highway) and watch for a turnoff to the village. Park in the pay parking lot near the ferry terminal and take the scenic 20-minute ferry ride to Snug Cove on Bowen Island.
View a map of Driving directions to Mount Gardner.
Transit Access to Mount Gardner
From downtown Vancouver, take either bus #257 (express) or #250 to the Horseshoe Bay Ferry Terminal. From here, you will take the Bowen Island Ferry to Snug Cove.
Note: There is a bus on Bowen Island but it does not go to Mount Gardner, so you will have to walk from Snug Cove.
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Camping at Mount Gardner
Camping is not permitted at Mount Gardner.
Dogs at Mount Gardner
Dogs are allowed on Mount Gardner but should be on a leash at all times. Access to the north peak from the trail on the north side requires the use of the rope that is in place there to pull yourself up through this steep section. Dogs are unable to pass through this part of the trail however, they can access the north peak from the trail on the south side which is much easier. Please pick up after your dog. Remember to pack out and properly dispose of all waste so it does not attract wildlife.
Toilets at Mount Gardner
There are no toilets along the Mount Gardner trails. There are washroom facilities at several points along Killarney Lake which is close-by.
Dogs, Toilets and Camping
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ACT English : Revising Content
ACT English Help » Writing and Revising Effectively » Revising Content
Example Question #1 : Writing And Revising Effectively
Jimmy is annoyed at the video game that he was playing. For one thing, there was not nearly enough interesting characters suspenseful moments or exciting escapes in the game to satisfy him. For another, it was incredibly hard while playing the game to control the cars. It always wanted to veer to the left when he tried to steer to the right. But the ending of the game was worst. By the time he got to the end, the hero had decided to stop chasing rogue spies and therefore marry his girlfriend, a surprise attack resulted in her being kidnapped, and the hero must go on a final mission to save her before the game can be completed. That would of been fine, except it involved tracking the enemy using a helicopter, and Jimmy much to his chagrin never mastered flying the helicopter.
Which of the following is a redundant phrase that could be removed from the underlined sentence?
while playing the game
to control the cars
For another
The phrase "while playing the game" is not needed since there would be no other circumstances under which Jimmy would have trouble controlling a car in the context of this passage.
Adapted from The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin (1784)
At the time I established myself in Pennsylvania there was not a good booksellers shop in any of the colonies to the southward of Boston. In New York and Philadelphia the printers were indeed stationers; they sold only paper, etc., almanacs, ballads, and a few common school-books. Those who loved reading were obliged to send for their books from England; the members of the Junto had each a few. We had left the ale-house, where we first met, and hired a room to hold our club in. I proposed that we should all of us bring our books to that room, where they would not only be ready to consult in our conferences but become a common benefit, each of us being at liberty to borrow such as he wished to read at home. This was accordingly done, and for some time contented us.
Finding the advantage of this little collection, I proposed to render the benefit from books more common by commencing a public subscription library. I drew a sketch of the plan and rules that would be necessary, and got a skillful conveyancer, Mr. Charles Brockden, to put the whole in form of articles of agreement, to be subscribed, by which each subscriber engaged to pay a certain sum down for the first purchase of books, and an annual contribution for increasing them. So few were the readers at that time in Philadelphia, and the majority of us so poor, that I was not able, with great industry to find more than fifty persons, mostly young tradesmen, willing to pay down for this purpose forty shillings each, and ten shillings per annum. On this little fund we began. The books were imported; the library was opened one day in the week for lending to the subscribers, on their promissory notes to pay double the value if not duly returned. The institution soon manifested its utility, was imitated by other towns and in other provinces. The libraries were augmented by donations; reading became fashionable; and our people, having no public amusements to divert their attention from study, became better acquainted with books, and in a few years were observed by strangers to be better instructed and more intelligent than people of the same rank generally are in other countries.
Which of the following would be an acceptable replacement for the underlined phrase?
sellers of stationary
sellers of tickets
station-keepers
The word "stationers" has fallen out of use since Franklin's time, but it referred to people who sold stationary such as paper, cards, and not much else.
Concluding
The word "discovering" here is the best choice since it implies that Franklin was not aware of the advantage of having a shared library before establishing one.
Adapted from The Autobiography of John Adams (ed. 1856)
Here I will interrupt the narration for a moment to observe that, from all I have read of the history of Greece and Rome, England and France, and all I have observed at home and abroad, articulate eloquence in public assemblies is not the surest road to fame or preferment, at least, unless it be used with caution, very rarely, and with great reserve. The examples of Washington, Franklin, and Jefferson are enough to show that silence and reserve in public, are more efficacious than argumentation or oratory. A public speaker who inserts himself, or is urged by others, into the conduct of affairs, by daily exertions to justify his measures, and answer the objections of opponents, makes himself too familiar with the public and unavoidably makes himself enemies. Few persons can bear to be outdone in reasoning or declamation or wit or sarcasm or repartee or satire, and all these things that are very apt to grow out of public debate. In this way, in a course of years, a nation becomes full of a man’s enemies, or at least, of such as have been galled in some controversy and take a secret pleasure in assisting to humble and mortify him. So much for this digression. We will now return to our memoirs.
Where does the independent clause begin in the underlined sentence?
From all I have read . . .
Unless it be used with . . .
Articulate eloquence in public assemblies . . .
All I have observed . . .
Here I will interrupt . . .
The easiest way to find the independent clause is by eliminating any subordinate clauses. This will give you:
"Here I will interrupt the narration for a moment to observe that . . . eloquence in public assemblies is not the surest road to fame or preferment."
Thus, the beginning of the sentence is indeed the beginning of the main clause, though it does seem rather hidden among all the other verbiage!
Identify the prepositional phrase(s) in the sentence below.
A cold wind from the north cut through the woods, making the air outside the tent unbearably cold.
None of these answers
All of these answers
outside the tent
Prepositional phrases typically follow the structure "Preposition + Optional Modifiers (adjectives/adverbs) + Noun/Pronoun/Gerund." This means that they are introduced by prepositions. "From," "through," and "outside" are all prepositions. Within the sentence, each introduces a prepositional phrase following the pattern ("from" + "the north," "through" + "the woods," "outside" + "the tent"). Thus, all of the answers are correct.
Which sentence uses substantive adjectives?
The gap between the rich and the poor is growing.
None of these answers.
The oranges grew on the tree.
All of these answers.
The quick fox made it over the hill before the hound could catch him.
Substantive adjectives are adjectives that are used as nouns in their own right, rather than as modifiers. Here, "rich" and "poor" are not used to modify "people," but are used to represent groups of people, so this is the correct answer. "Oranges" is a noun, so this choice is incorrect. "Quick" modifies fox, so this choice is incorrect.
The ship was having trouble again. Engineer James Ferguson couldn't figure out why the super-duper drive engine kept breaching. Every time he had fixed it, something seemed to go wrong again. He had a capable crew and he was friendly with all of them: but the aliens who had evolved from deer rather than from apes as humans had, had some problems when it came to fixing things. Their strong arms ended in tiny predicative hooves that sometimes makes it difficult for them to hold large objects. They were good at problem-solving though and he did like them a lot. The nearest one gave him a dough-eyed look of sympathy—appropriate, given her gender. He looked back at the breaching drive engine and sighed. "Once more into the breach, deer friends" he announced.
Choose the answer that best corrects the bolded portion of the passage. If the bolded portion is correct as written, choose "NO CHANGE."
The word "prehensile" means able to grasp things and refers to parts of an animal's body like a tail or claws. So, it is the best answer choice because it best fits the context of the sentence. None of the other answer choices make sense in the sentence: "predicative" means being a part of the predicate; "predatory" means in the manner of a predator; and "preternatural" means extraordinary or singular.
Adapted from “Puritanism as a Literary Force” in A Book of Prefaces by H.L. Mencken (1917)
Naturally enough, this moral obsession has given a strong color to American literature. It is true that American literature is set off sharply from all other literatures. In none other will you find so wholesale and ecstatic a sacrifice of ideas, of all the fine gusto of passion and beauty, to notions of what is proper and nice. From the books of grisly sermons that were the first American contribution to letters down to that amazing literature of "inspiration" which now exists, one observes no relaxation of the moral pressure.
In the history of every other literature there have been periods of what might be called moral innocence. In such periods a naive “joie de vivre” (joy of living) has broken through all concepts of duty and responsibility, and the wonder and glory of the universe has been hymned with unashamed zest. The age of Shakespeare comes to mind at once. The violence of the Puritan reactions offers a measure of the pendulums’ wild swing. But in America no such general rising of the blood has ever been seen.
The literature of the nation, even the literature of the minority, has been under harsh and uneducated Puritan restraints from the beginning, and despite a few stealthy efforts at revolt, it shows not the slightest sign of emancipating itself today. The American, try as he will, can never imagine any work of the imagination as wholly without moral content. It must either tend toward the promotion of virtue or, otherwise, be questionable.
Which of the following adjectives best describes the “minority” bolded in the final paragraph?
persecuted
The key to this question is to note the implied contrast. The minority of people who might provide acceptable literature is contrasted to the "uneducated Puritan restraints" that have been placed upon them. Thus, it is implied that the minority in question is "enlightened," or intelligent.
That the life of man is but a dream, many a man has surmised heretofore. I, too, am everywhere pursued by this feeling. When I consider the narrow limits within which our active and inquiring faculties are confined, I am silent. Likewise, when I see how all our energies are wasted in providing for mere necessities, which again has no further end than to prolong a wretched existence, I find myself to be silenced. Indeed, discovering that all our satisfaction concerning certain subjects of investigation ends in nothing better than a passive resignation, while we amuse ourselves painting our prison-walls with bright figures and brilliant landscapes—when I consider all this Wilhelm—I am silent. I examine my own being, and find there a world, but a world rather of imagination and dim desires, than of distinctness and living power. Then, everything swims before my senses, and I smile and dream while pursuing my way through the world.
All learned professors and doctors are agreed that children do not comprehend the cause of their desires; however, nobody is willing to acknowledge that the grown-ups should wander about this earth like children, without knowing whence they come or whither they go, influenced as little by fixed motives but, instead, guided like them by biscuits, sugar-plums, and the rod.
I know what you will say in reply. Indeed, I am ready to admit that they are happiest, who, like children, amuse themselves with their playthings, dress and undress their dolls. They are happiest, who attentively watch the cupboard, where mamma has locked up her sweet things, and, when at last they get a delicious morsel, eat it greedily, and exclaim, "More!" These are certainly happy beings; but others also are objects of envy, who dignify their paltry employments (and sometimes even their passions) with pompous titles, representing them to mankind as gigantic achievements performed for their welfare and glory. However, the man who humbly acknowledges the vanity of all this, who observes with what pleasure the thriving citizen converts his little garden into a paradise, and how patiently even the poor man pursues his weary way under his burden, and how all wish equally to behold the light of the sun a little longer—yes, such a man is at peace, and creates his own world within himself. Indeed, he is also happy precisely because he is a man. And then, however limited his sphere, he still preserves in his bosom the sweet feeling of liberty and knows that he can quit his prison whenever he likes.
What is the form of the bolded verb “to be silenced”?
Present active infinitive
Present passive imperative
Past active infinitive
Present passive infinitive
In general, the infinitive form of a verb is "to" + the base form. For instance, for "run," the infinitive is "to run." Likewise, "to silence" is the present active infinitive form. However, when the action of the infinitive is "received," the form is passive. This is akin to the passive in finite verbs, like, "I am hit by the ball." In our selection, the character is silenced ("finds himself to be silenced") by the sight of all the wasted energies.
Example Question #4 : Revising Content
Choose the answer that best corrects the bolded and underlined portion of the passage. If the bolded and underlined portion is correct as written, choose "NO CHANGE."
had to go
will have to go
is forced to go
The phrase "had to go" both signals the hero's lack of choice about his final mission and the past tense of the action.
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Flashcards: Comparing and Contrasting in Literary Fiction Passages
Adapted from A Room with a View by E. M. Forster (1908)
Mr. Beebe was right. Lucy never knew her desires so clearly as after music. She had not really appreciated the clergyman's wit, nor the suggestive twitterings of Miss Alan. Conversation was tedious; she wanted something big, and she believed that it would have come to her on the wind-swept platform of an electric tram. This she might not attempt. It was unladylike. Why? Why were most big things unladylike? Charlotte had once explained to her why. It was not that ladies were inferior to men; it was that they were different. Their mission was to inspire others to achievement rather than to achieve themselves. Indirectly, by means of tact and a spotless name, a lady could accomplish much. But if she rushed into the fray herself she would be first censured, then despised, and finally ignored. Poems had been written to illustrate this point.
There is much that is immortal in this medieval lady. The dragons have gone, and so have the knights, but still she lingers in our midst. She reigned in many an early Victorian castle, and was Queen of much early Victorian song. It is sweet to protect her in the intervals of business, sweet to pay her honor when she has cooked our dinner well. But alas! the creature grows degenerate. In her heart also there are springing up strange desires. She too is enamored of heavy winds, and vast panoramas, and green expanses of the sea. She has marked the kingdom of this world, how full it is of wealth, and beauty, and war—a radiant crust, built around the central fires, spinning towards the receding heavens. Men, declaring that she inspires them to it, move joyfully over the surface, having the most delightful meetings with other men, happy, not because they are masculine, but because they are alive. Before the show breaks up she would like to drop the august title of the Eternal Woman, and go there as her transitory self.
Lucy does not stand for the medieval lady, who was rather an ideal to which she was bidden to lift her eyes when feeling serious. Nor has she any system of revolt. Here and there a restriction annoyed her particularly, and she would transgress it, and perhaps be sorry that she had done so. This afternoon she was peculiarly restive. She would really like to do something of which her well-wishers disapproved. As she might not go on the electric tram, she went to Alinari's shop.
The narrator most likely would describe Charlotte’s explanation of the differences between men and women as __________.
temperate and cosmopolitan
quixotic and ingenuous
frivolous and puerile
conventional and restrictive
pious and benign
The second paragraph explains that Charlotte's ideal of women as passive muses has been popular for a long time—thus, it is conventional; however, since it conflicts with Lucy's desire for "big things," it is also restrictive.
Adapted from The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde (1890)
The studio was filled with the rich odour of roses, and when the light summer wind stirred amidst the trees of the garden, there came through the open door the heavy scent of the lilac, or the more delicate perfume of the pink-flowering thorn.
From the corner of the divan of Persian saddle-bags on which he was lying, smoking, as usual, innumerable cigarettes, Lord Henry Wotton could just catch the gleam of the honey-sweet and honey-colored blossoms of the laburnum, whose tremulous branches seemed hardly able to bear the burden of a beauty so flame-like as theirs.
In the center of the room, clamped to an upright easel, stood the full-length portrait of a young man of extraordinary personal beauty, and in front of it, some little distance away, was sitting the artist himself, Basil Hallward, whose sudden disappearance some years ago caused, at the time, such public excitement, and gave rise to so many strange conjectures.
As he looked at the gracious and comely form he had so skilfully mirrored in his art, a smile of pleasure passed across his face, and seemed about to linger there. But he suddenly started up, and, closing his eyes, placed his fingers upon the lids, as though he sought to imprison within his brain some curious dream from which he feared he might awake.
"It is your best work, Basil, the best thing you have ever done," said Lord Henry, languidly. "You must certainly send it next year to the Grosvenor. The Academy is too large and too vulgar. The Grosvenor is the only place."
"I don't think I will send it anywhere," he answered, tossing his head back in that odd way that used to make his friends laugh at him at Oxford. "No: I won't send it anywhere."
Lord Henry elevated his eyebrows, and looked at him in amazement through the thin blue wreaths of smoke that curled up in such fanciful whorls from his heavy cigarette. "Not send it anywhere? My dear fellow, why? Have you any reason? What odd chaps you painters are! You do anything in the world to gain a reputation. As soon as you have one, you seem to want to throw it away. It is silly of you, for there is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about. A portrait like this would set you far above all the young men in England, and make the old men quite jealous, if old men are ever capable of any emotion."
"I know you will laugh at me," he replied, "but I really can't exhibit it. I have put too much of myself into it."
Lord Henry stretched his long legs out on the divan and shook with laughter.
"Yes, I knew you would laugh; but it is quite true, all the same."
"Too much of yourself in it! Upon my word, Basil, I didn't know you were so vain; and I really can't see any resemblance between you, with your rugged strong face and your coal-black hair, and this young Adonis, who looks as if he was made of ivory and rose-leaves. Why, my dear Basil, he is a Narcissus, and you—well, of course you have an intellectual expression, and all that. But beauty, real beauty, ends where an intellectual expression begins. Intellect is in itself an exaggeration, and destroys the harmony of any face. The moment one sits down to think, one becomes all nose, or all forehead, or something horrid. Look at the successful men in any of the learned professions. How perfectly hideous they are! Except, of course, in the church. But then in the church they don't think. A bishop keeps on saying at the age of eighty what he was told to say when he was a boy of eighteen, and consequently he always looks absolutely delightful. Your mysterious young friend, whose name you have never told me, but whose picture really fascinates me, never thinks. I feel quite sure of that. He is a brainless, beautiful thing, who should be always here in winter when we have no flowers to look at, and always here in summer when we want something to chill our intelligence. Don't flatter yourself, Basil: you are not in the least like him.”
As it is inferred from the passage, what do Lord Henry and Basil think of Dorian Gray?
Lord Henry thinks that Dorian Gray is an Adonis, and Basil thinks that Dorian Gray is a Narcissus.
The answers "Both Lord Henry and Basil think that Dorian Gray is a beautiful and gracious man" and "Lord Henry thinks that Dorian Gray is unintelligent, while Basil thinks that Dorian Gray was a fantastic pleasure to paint" are both correct.
Both Lord Henry and Basil think that Dorian Gray is a beautiful and gracious man.
Lord Henry thinks that Dorian Gray is intelligent, but Basil thinks that Dorian Gray is unintelligent.
Lord Henry thinks that Dorian Gray is unintelligent, while Basil thinks that Dorian Gray was a fantastic pleasure to paint.
The answer "Lord Henry thinks that Dorian Gray is an Adonis, and Basil thinks that Dorian Gray is a Narcissus" is incorrect because Lord Henry was the one to say that Dorian Gray was an Adonis and a Narcissus. The answer "Lord Henry thinks that Dorian Gray is intelligent, but Basil thinks that Dorian Gray is unintelligent" is incorrect because Lord Henry believes that Dorian Gray is unintelligent while Basil never states his beliefs in Dorian Gray's intelligence. Both of the answers "Both Lord Henry and Basil think that Dorian Gray is a beautiful and gracious man" and "Lord Henry thinks that Dorian Gray is unintelligent, while Basil thinks that Dorian Gray was a fantastic pleasure to paint" are correct making the answer "The answers 'Both Lord Henry and Basil think that Dorian Gray is a beautiful and gracious man' and 'Lord Henry thinks that Dorian Gray is unintelligent, while Basil thinks that Dorian Gray was a fantastic pleasure to paint' are both correct" the right answer.
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Veolia and Anglian Water target over £1 million savings through process optimisation
Veolia and Anglian Water target over £1 million savings
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Veolia and Anglian Water target £1.07million savings through process optimisation
As part of a new framework contract with Anglian Water, Veolia is targeting savings of £1.07million through process optimisation and energy management, and reducing the water company’s carbon footprint.
Since starting in late 2017, the three year contract has provided a range of optimisation services designed to support the company in its efficiency goals across its water and water recycling systems. The contract highlights the success of working collaboratively with Anglian Water’s experts and six other companies in the EE&O framework.
Anglian Water supplies 1.2 billion litres of water each day to its customers. As the largest water and water recycling company in England and Wales by geographic area, Anglian Water manages a network of 114,185 km of water and sewer pipes which is supported by their treatment facilities. Under the contract Veolia deliver an optimised process control service covering water supply, water recycling, aeration and pumping systems. By working collaboratively with Anglian Water’s Energy and Operational Optimisation teams, and implementing the latest optimisation techniques gained from worldwide best practice the water company gains from efficient use of energy and chemicals, and improved resilience in line with today’s water industry standards.
For water optimisation, the services include treatment processes and pumping systems, energy demand management, maximising plant availability, asset utilisation, HVAC and lighting. For Water Recycling optimisation (wastewater treatment works), Veolia provide services for sludge treatment, aeration processes, pump and compressor efficiency, steam generation and tariff management.
Water & Wastewater Plant Optimisation
A robust plan in place to reduce operational costs and plan for future upgrades
Through technical innovation and secure service delivery, our work with Anglian Water is delivering real benefits, and is driving greater efficiency for the future. By working collaboratively with Anglian Water’s Energy & Optimisation initiatives and other framework partners we are helping them to achieve efficiency and regulatory targets, reduce their carbon footprint and improve resilience.
Chief Operating Officer - UK & Ireland Water & Industrial Customers at Veolia
Optimising water and water recycling assets is at the heart of Anglian Water achieving its strategic goals. Delivering an excellent value service to its customers, becoming Carbon Neutral by 2050 and meeting increased demand due to growth in the region, adapting to climate change, and improving the environment relies on optimal asset operation.
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Violin Systems Adds to Executive Ranks with new VP Product Management Gary Lyng
SAN JOSE, Calif., February 6, 2018 – Violin® Systems LLC, the enterprise storage industry leader for extreme performance with consistent low latency and data services, announced today it has appointed Gary Lyng vice president, product management, to oversee the company’s product strategy and execution. He joins Violin as the company begins to implement its most aggressive and innovative product roadmap ever, leading the product management teams and ensuring that the customer voice is represented in the cycle from first concepts. He reports directly to Violin CEO Ebrahim Abbasi.
Lyng has spent more than 15 years driving innovative, award-winning products, teams and programs. Lyng joins the company from AI-based analytics platform WiZR, but is better known in the industry as a veteran of flash memory pioneer SanDisk (acquired by Western Digital), EMC, NetApp, Hewlett Packard, and Veritas Software. His extensive storage experience includes enterprise software and systems, channel and OEM relationships, and satisfying hyper-scale accounts.
“Gary has helped bring some of our market’s most disruptive and most visionary new technologies to life – from big data to hybrid cloud to flash disk,” said Ebrahim Abbasi, Violin Systerms’ CEO and president. “His track record in successful product introductions and bringing new products to revenue is a perfect fit for the next phase of Violin’s Flash Storage Platform™.”
“I believe products as innovative as Violin’s all-flash arrays need to be supported by a credible strategy and competitive value, and so far the company is delivering on these goals,” said Lyng. “Enterprise customers in industries such as healthcare, insurance, retail, government and financial services can be assured that this generation of storage technology offers the high capacity, extreme performance and density for extremely demanding, mission critical and latency-sensitive applications.”
Violin, the disruptive innovator in All Flash Arrays, is revolutionizing how businesses operate by enabling storage technology to be Instrumental to their company by changing the SLAs and capabilities of private, hybrid and public cloud environments. The Flash Storage Platform™, powered by Concerto OS™, a fully integrated storage operating system, is the industry leader in the combination of every significant category measured in all flash arrays: low latency, affordability, density, scalability and performance. With tightly integrated data services, the Violin Flash Storage Platform provides a unique combination of data protection, business continuity, and data reduction services onto a flexible, uniquely scalable solution called Scale Smart™, delivering significant CAPEX and OPEX savings. Founded in 2005, Violin is headquartered in San Jose, California.
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Capital region tech sector expands reach for employees
VIATEC has entered into a partnership with BCJobs.ca and BCtechjobs.ca see more
Source: Times Colonist
Author: Andrew Duffy
Victoria technology companies will now be fishing in a much bigger pond for technical talent thanks to a deal the Victoria Innovation, Advanced Technology and Entrepreneurship Council signed with Western Canada’s largest job marketplace.
VIATEC has entered into a partnership with BCJobs.ca and BCtechjobs.ca to have its popular job board included among the listings on the 15-year-old Vancouver-based employment board.
“This is a great chance for us to take the 100 or so job postings we have at any time to make sure a broader audience nearby that is able to work in Canada, understands the Pacific Northwest and knows where the Island is and what Victoria has to offer might consider it,” said VIATEC executive director Dan Gunn.
Victoria tech companies have paid to list their jobs on the VIATEC job board, which has 96 postings for positions ranging from engineers to information officers.
But they won’t be paying anything extra to advertise openings to an audience across the Lower Mainland and beyond.
“They don’t pay more, but that posting goes a lot further,” said Gunn. He added there could be fertile ground in places such as Vancouver, where the cost of living is constantly increasing and it’s becoming difficult to retain talent.
“The reality is Victoria is growing fast as a tech community and, like any city, recruiting talent is our No. 1 challenge. But we have a lot of advantages over places like San Francisco, Seattle and Vancouver — livability, lifestyle and affordability,” he said.
Gunn said they would be keeping an eye on the process, which starts this month, because the success of the VIATEC job board depends on the quality of applicants.
Gunn may have done some work attracting new talent and companies to the city during a recent speaking tour courtesy of Startup Canada.
The three-year-old organization, a network of entrepreneurs pushing the start-up culture, has been meeting with groups of entrepreneurs across the country. They’re looking for guidance and advice on how to grow their businesses.
During his sessions, Gunn has been talking about the tech-community model Victoria has established. “We think it’s quite effective in showing how you build community and support entrepreneurs,” he said.
“Not only do we get to show them what works here. We get to show how it’s worked in Victoria, they get to see how big and vibrant the tech sector has become in Victoria.”
An economic impact study commissioned by VIATEC and released last year showed the sector has 900 companies, directly employs 15,000, plus another 3,000 consultants and advisers. Another 5,000 people work in technology for companies outside the high-tech sphere.
Gunn said the aftermath of his talks have him fielding questions and talking with people who are either considering relocating to Victoria or wanting to enact the growth template in their own communities.
He suggested the secret to Victoria’s success is having learned to overlap the innovation and entrepreneurial culture with the arts and creative culture.
“The blending is the character of Victoria and it’s allowing us to excel beyond what you see in other cities,” he said. “Victoria works because of its combination of restaurants and beer and coffee and music and culture mixing with innovators, disruptors and creators. It is the magic formula.”
Greater Victoria leads Canada with lowest unemployment rate
Greater Victoria has the lowest unemployment rate in Canada at 3.8%, a level last seen in 2008 see more
Author: Carla Wilson
Greater Victoria has the lowest unemployment rate in Canada at 3.8 per cent, a level last seen here in 2008.
The number of people working full-time in the capital region moved to 143,400 in March, up from 137,900 in the same month in 2016, Statistics Canada said on Friday. Part-time employment climbed to 46,200 from 41,500 over the same period.
Employers are turning out in force at job fairs in the hopes of hiring workers in sectors ranging from hospitality and technology to construction. The Canadian Coast Guard recently announced a hiring blitz and is using social media to attract staff while a tourism job fair attracted a healthy crowd last weekend at Ogden Point ahead of what is expected to be a record season for visitors.
Greater Victoria’s unemployment rate tightened up from 4.4 per cent in February, Statistics Canada said in its monthly labour report.
Quebec City is in second place nationally at 4.1 per cent, with a third-place tie between Vancouver and Brantford, Ont., at 4.7 per cent.
With an election approaching on May 9, B.C. is holding onto its status as the province with the lowest unemployment rate in Canada. That’s despite the fact it moved to 5.4 per cent in March from 5.1 per cent in February.
“B.C.’s labour market maintained a positive trend through March, but showed mild signs of deceleration with slower employment growth and a slight uplift in the unemployment rate,” said Brian Yu, deputy chief economist at Central 1 Credit Union.
Total provincial employment rose by 0.2 per cent from February. The medium trend forecast “still points to a strong pace of hiring in B.C.,” Yu said.
Greater Victoria’s unemployment rate was last at 3.8 per cent at the end of 2008 when the global financial crisis exploded. The region’s rate had been even lower, at 2.8 per cent, in May of that year, but it began climbing as the recession set in.
Another bright spot in Greater Victoria was the increase in youth (15 to 24 years) employment as numbers rose to 31,100 last month, from 26,200 the year before.
Employment in the age 25-to-54 group climbed to 119,000 from 112,900 year-over-year.
There was a slight drop in the 55-year-old plus category with 38,700 working last month, down from 40,300 a year ago.
Phil Venoit, president of the Vancouver Island and District office of B.C. Building Trades, said the construction sector is becoming stronger all the time. “Things are starting to ramp up around the city, so it is positive,” he said, pointing to major office and multi-family projects that are going up. He is looking forward to the jobs created by the upcoming $765-million sewage treatment plant.
Employment in the capital region’s construction sector rose to 15,600 in March, from 12,100 the same month a year ago — an increase of 28 per cent, a Statistics Canada official said.
Building permits in Greater Victoria in February fell by 37.2 per cent to $77.8 million from 124.7 million in Feb. 2016. However, those figures reflect only what happens in one month, not the overall construction activity underway in a particular region.
Finance, insurance, real estate and leasing experienced a 33 per cent leap in jobs year-over-year to 10,400 from 7,800. Public administration jobs climbed by 26 per cent to 20,800 from 16,500. Business, building and other support services also saw a 26 per cent boost, to 9,600 last month from 7,400.
There were few job categories with major losses. Education dropped by 17 per cent to 12,800 in March, down from 15,400 the same month in 2016.
Greater Victoria’s technology sector has been performing well, although job numbers slipped somewhat year-over-year to 18,100 from 19,600.
The nation’s labour market stayed hot last month, pumping out another 19,400 net jobs — and the vast majority of the new work was full-time, Statistics Canada said.
A quick look at March employment (previous month in parentheses):
Unemployment rate 6.7% (6.6)
Employment rate 61.5% (61.4)
Labour force participation rate 65.9% (65.8)
Number unemployed 1,313,700 (1,286,100)
Number working 18,308,000 (18,288,600)
Youth (15-24) unemployment 12.8% (12.4)
Men (25 plus) unemployment 6.0% (5.9)
Women (25 plus) unemployment 5.4% (5.2)
PROVINCIAL UNEMPLOYMENT
Newfoundland 14.9% (14.2)
Prince Edward Island 10.1 (10.0)
Nova Scotia 8.6 (8.1)
New Brunswick 8.4 (8.9)
Quebec 6.4 (6.4)
Ontario 6.4 (6.2)
Manitoba 5.5 (5.8)
Saskatchewan 6.0 (6.0)
Alberta 8.4 (8.3)
British Columbia 5.4 (5.1)
CITY UNEMPLOYMENT
St. John’s, N.L. 8.9% (9.1)
Halifax 6.5 (6.1)
Moncton, N.B. 8.0 (8.2)
Saint John, N.B. 6.7 (7.9)
Trois-Rivieres, Que. 6.6 (6.6)
Montreal 6.6 (6.7)
Ottawa 5.0 (5.1)
Kingston, Ont. 6.1 (6.1)
Oshawa, Ont. 6.0 (5.7)
Toronto 7.1 (7.1)
Hamilton, Ont. 5.9 (5.9)
Kitchener-Waterloo, Ont. 5.6 (5.5)
Brantford, Ont. 4.7 (4.2)
London, Ont. 6.0 (6.2)
Windsor, Ont. 5.2 (5.1)
Barrie, Ont. 6.8 (7.2)
Sudbury, Ont. 7.4 (7.9)
Thunder Bay, Ont. 5.8 (6.0)
Winnipeg 6.5 (6.7)
Regina 4.8 (5.2)
Saskatoon 7.5 (7.0)
Calgary 9.3 (9.4)
Edmonton 8.4 (8.3)
Kelowna 6.4 (7.4)
Abbotsford 6.3 (6.1)
Vancouver 4.7 (4.7)
Victoria 3.8 (4.4)
Ministry of Technology and Infrastructure seeking IoT Developers
The Ministry of Technology and Infrastructure (MOTI) is looking to create an enhanced camera and... see more
The Ministry of Technology and Infrastructure (MOTI) is looking to create an enhanced camera & sensor information system. Within the ministry, a trial program has been created to evaluate the use of open source technology for Internet of thing (IoT) software stacks to provide a connectivity layer for sensors and communication interfaces for applications. Focus is on building and evaluating an open IOT platform approach for collecting, managing and distribution sensor data. The end goal is to replace a set of existing camera and sensor systems with a flexible IoT platform that is more responsive to changing business needs and technology advancements.
The immediate need is to build an IoT demonstration. This will be done by leveraging the open source Kapua/Kura IoT platforms from the Eclipse foundation, the project team will be demoing the flow of the data from a source sensors (simple simulated sensor data, open 511, weather sensor data, camera images) using websockets and MQTT communication protocols into the Kapua platform. The project team will also be demonstrating the consumption of the data from the Kapua platform and into a database for a dashboard to illustrate the data movement.
Developer will assist in the development and configuration of virtualized devices that communicate with an IoT broker to simulate the creation of data into the IoT Platform. Sources of the virtualized devices may range from random data to existing data sources (web services, CSV files, text files, JSON, etc).
Developer may also assist in the development and configuration of APIs that utilize the data in the broker and expose the data through a user interface, such as a dashboard.
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Programming Languages: Java, C# (.NET Core)
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B.C.’s technology sector leads in growth: report
High-tech sector has more than 101,000 people now working in software development, advanced tech... see more
The province’s high-tech sector has broken an employment record with more than 101,000 people now working in software development, advanced technology and research around the province.
According to figures released Wednesday by the provincial government, the tech sector, which employs about 20,000 directly in Greater Victoria, employs more people around B.C. than the mining, oil and gas, and forestry sectors combined.
According to B.C. Stats’ Profile of the British Columbia Technology Sector: 2016 Edition, technology now employs 101,700 people earning a weekly average salary of $1,590 – 75 per cent higher than the average wage in B.C. and higher than the Canadian technology sector average of $1,480 per week.
“For the fifth year in a row, B.C. has seen significant growth in its diverse technology industry. We have more technology companies than ever, with more technology workers, earning higher wages than the Canadian technology sector average,” said Amrik Virk, Minister of Technology, Innovation and Citizens’ Services. “Our #BCTECH strategy is further creating the conditions that are helping the sector continue to grow and thrive.”
B.C.’s tech sector also leads the country in terms of job growth. Employment in the tech sector rose 2.9 per cent, surpassing B.C.’s overall employment growth of 2.5 per cent and national tech sector employment growth of 1.1 per cent.
Technology now employs approximately 4.9 per cent of B.C.’s workforce and is the third-largest tech workforce in Canada.
The gross domestic product of the province’s tech sector grew by 2.4 per cent in 2015, contributing $14.1 billion to B.C.’s overall economic output.
At the same time, tech revenue increased five per cent to a record $26.3 billion.
Victoria employers looking for new ways to attract and keep workers
In the high-tech sector, employers are always on the hunt for experienced senior talent. see more
Competition to snap up employees in the capital region and elsewhere on Vancouver Island is so stiff that employers are developing new strategies to attract workers.
Greater Victoria has one of the lowest unemployment rates in Canada; it was just five per cent in October, Statistics Canada said, behind only Guelph, Ont., and Vancouver.
Look around the region and you’ll see help wanted signs posted in many business windows. Opportunities are available in a range of sectors, such as public administration where 3,700 new jobs were created in the past year.
Construction, high-tech, and the restaurant sector are all mapping out plans to attract and retain more workers.
The Vancouver Island Construction Association is offering a free six-week program for young people to deliver basic training and certifications that will get them started on a work site.
Open to 15- to 19-year-olds, it has slots for a new government-funded Youth Constructing a Future program, starting Monday. Two more six-week programs will be offered after this one. It includes meeting with employers and visits to work sites.
This is the latest step in a years-long campaign to attract people to trades at a time when B.C.’s economy is growing. Jobs are driven by hundreds of millions of dollars worth of projects such as high-rise condominiums, B.C. Hydro projects, new up-Island hospitals and military construction.
The program is hoping to tap into unemployed young people between 15 and 24 years old in B.C. “We are still at a 14 per cent unemployment rate [in B.C. for young people], which is troubling,” said Greg Baynton, president of the Island Construction Association.
B.C. needs 17,000 new entrants to the trades over the next nine years, he said. Of those, 15 to 20 per cent will be required on the Island.
While the B.C. Construction Association said the average yearly wage of construction workers is $57,700, Baynton thinks that is a conservative figure.
Workers who have completed apprenticeships can earn $25 to $35 per hour, plus benefits. Baynton said some trades, such as mechanical and carpentry, earn in the $70,000 to $80,000 per year range as employers respond to the tight labour market.
Some workers have moved to B.C. from Alberta but while that helps the shortfall in employees, not all skills can be directly transferred, Baynton said. “It’s just a completely different environment.”
In the high-tech sector, with its estimated 23,000 workers in Greater Victoria, employers are always on the hunt for experienced senior talent. “It’s not a new story,” said Dan Gunn, executive director of the Victoria Innovation, Advanced Technology and Entrepreneurship Council.
Local post-secondary institutions funnel students and graduates to the tech sector. The capital region’s livability is among attractions that will pull experienced people here. And while locals complain about high housing prices, Victoria falls below other major cities, Gunn said. A lower cost of living, less commuting and lower health costs compared with the U.S. are among other advantages.
The council is working on additional human resources training for its members to help them attract workers, including ways to lure people from the Lower Mainland, he said. These programs will be rolled out in the new year.
At Victoria’s Latitude Geographics on Wharf Street, founder and CEO Steven Myhill-Jones said its latest job postings reflect company’s growth. The 17-year-old firm, supplying web-based maps for clients in Canada and internationally, has 130 employees.
It attracts staff and retains staff with competitive compensation. Latitude is dedicated to making a difference in the world, meaning employees can be proud of what they do, he said.
The other factor in retaining workers is a strong company culture. This includes company-supplied healthy snacks, a patio, yoga twice a week, continuing education, opportunities for advancement, and the chance to travel for work. As well, “we have a bottomless budget for books,” Myhill-Jones said.
The B.C. Restaurant and Food Services Association is talking with provincial officials about how to attract and keep workers, with pilot programs also expected in the new year, said Ian Tostenson, the organization’s president and CEO.
A shortage of workers is “serious all throughout the province,” he said. The sector has 180,000 employees in B.C.
He anticipates projects will be launched early in 2017. This may mean the sector may have to rethink its business model by offering more stability in hours for workers and better benefits. It is smaller business that are affected the most, he said.
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B.C.’s tech job force bigger than mining, oil and gas, forestry
BC's tech sector has broken an employment record with more than 101,000 ppl now working in its ranks see more
British Columbia’s technology sector has broken an employment record with more than 101,000 people now working in its ranks.
Data Wednesday from the province show the tech sector — which employs about 20,000 in Greater Victoria — employs more people around B.C. than the mining, oil and gas, and forestry sectors combined.
According to B.C. Stats’ Profile of the British Columbia Technology Sector: 2016 Edition, technology employs 101,700 who earn a weekly average salary of $1,590 — 75 per cent higher than the average wage in B.C. and higher than the Canadian technology sector average of $1,480 per week.
“For the fifth year in a row, B.C. has seen significant growth in its diverse technology industry. We have more technology companies than ever, with more technology workers earning higher wages than the Canadian average,” said Amrik Virk, minister of Technology, Innovation and Citizens’ Services.
“Our strategy is further creating the conditions that are helping the sector continue to grow and thrive.”
B.C.’s tech sector, which has more than 9,900 companies, also leads the country in terms of job growth. Employment in the sector rose 2.9 per cent over the previous year, surpassing B.C.’s overall employment growth of 2.5 per cent and national tech-sector employment growth of 1.1 per cent.
Technology now employs about 4.9 per cent of B.C.’s workforce and is the third-largest tech workforce in Canada.
The gross domestic product of the province’s tech sector grew by 2.4 per cent in 2015, contributing $14.1 billion to B.C.’s overall economic output. At the same time tech revenue increased five per cent to a record $26.3 billion.
“I think it is wonderful news and a long time in the making,” said Victoria tech veteran Eric Jordan, CEO of Codename Entertainment. “This didn’t happen overnight, but is the result of decades of effort from many people and organizations in our community.”
Jordan said Victoria’s tech community has a lot going for it. “Victoria continues to be a great place to build technology companies, including video-game companies. We are large enough to have a variety of critical supports, such as educational institutions like UVic and Camosun, as well as easy access to key hubs such as Vancouver, Seattle, Toronto and San Francisco,” he said.
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5 predictions for the automotive sector in 2019 and beyond
As carmakers seek new growth opportunities, electrified and hybridised vehicles are entering the market in greater volumes than ever before. We ask industry expert Mark Fulthorpe what the future holds for the sector.
By Ben Hargreaves
1. China’s car market expected to pick up as the fundamentals are strong.
Towards the end of 2018, weakness in the Chinese economy led to a contraction in car sales and manufacturing output in China. In response, the Chinese government introduced measures to boost the economy, including lower income tax and VAT.
Globally, the automotive market is driven by Chinese demand, so any slowdown is a concern. “The hope is that the government measures will see the economy pick up in the second half of the year,” explains Mark Fulthorpe, automotive analyst at IHS Markit. “Having said that, we think the underlying market fundamentals remain strong.”
Mark Fulthorpe is an automotive analyst at IHS Markit.
2. Electrification of vehicles means challenges and opportunities for OEMs.
The electrification and hybridisation of vehicles is a big opportunity for growth, with some markets particularly supportive of the trend. Norway is one such example – electric vehicles there outsold petrol and diesel cars for the first time in March 2019.
But while more electric vehicles will help to combat climate change, the manufacturing process puts pressure on carmakers. “Greater electrification, whether through hybridisation or developing battery electric vehicles, is a critical path the industry is on,” says Fulthorpe. “And this means new technologies, increased cost, and in some cases restructuring manufacturing operations. Just look at what Volkswagen is doing with the MEB modular electric vehicle platform.”
The MEB platform, a common electric car architecture which consolidates parts and microprocessors, is part of Volkswagen’s strategy to produce new battery electric vehicles between 2019 and 2025. The strategy has seen Volkswagen earmark $48 billion for car battery supplies. The company has said that all 300 models across its 12 brands will feature an electric version by 2030.
3. Carmakers are better positioned to cope with market conditions than they were in 2008-2009.
Globally, one upside to the 2008-2009 downturn was that it encouraged car manufacturers to produce cars more efficiently, says Fulthorpe. “Carmakers reduced their inventory levels and focused on building vehicles to demand, rather than building to keep a factory ticking over. There was also less speculative construction of new plants and capacity – plants added extra shifts, instead. It means the sector is prepared to build to natural demand levels.”
That’s not to make light of the impact of the global financial crisis on the automotive sector. But carmakers recovered in subsequent years, explains Fulthorpe. Historically, China has been the engine of global automotive recovery, while the US and Europe bounced back from the crisis thanks to the introduction of government initiatives like scrappage schemes, which incentivised consumers to trade in their older vehicles for new models.
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4. Emerging economies are likely to drive growth in 2020 and beyond.
Brazil, Russia, India and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations will drive global automotive growth in the coming years, but it’s China that holds the key to an turnaround in fortunes. As Fulthorpe says: “The Chinese market is dominant because of its sheer size, whether in terms of domestic manufacturers or joint ventures by OEMs like BMW, Daimler, GM and Ford working with local manufacturers. They’re highly reliant on their business in China.”
The developing South American market will play an important role in ongoing global growth, Fulthorpe adds, and carmakers are also interested in the potential of North Africa, and South Africa too. In more mature markets like the US and Europe, it’s the replacement of older vehicles with new models that will boost manufacturing.
5. IHS believes fully autonomous vehicles that can navigate regular traffic are some way off.
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'Humbling' amount raised in memory of Viola Beach and Craig Tarry for permanent memorial
By Lauren Hirst
DONATIONS continue to roll in for the Viola Beach Memorial Fund with more than £23,000 raised so far.
The council has confirmed that as of Monday, £23,064.59 has been collected on the online fundraising page in response to the tragic deaths of the four-piece band and band manager Craig Tarry on February 13.
While the deadline was set for October 31, the account will stay open while last-minute donations continue to flood in.
Plans to create a permanent memorial in the town were backed by the group’s loved ones but exact details have yet to be confirmed.
The stepmum and dad of River Reeves Sharon and Ben Dunne have issued a heartfelt thank you to everyone who has supported the campaign to keep the legacy of Viola Beach alive.
Ben added: "We just want to thank the hundreds of people who have either organised or taken part in a charity event to raise money for the Viola Beach and Craigy Tarry Memorial Fund.
"The total raised is humbling.
"That determination to not let the boys be forgotten has provided us with amazing support as we all struggle to come to terms with this tragedy.
"We will never forget what the people of Warrington have done and we are determined as a family to ensure that through continued fundraising, hope, support and inspiration for future talented artists like Viola Beach and their manager Craig will continue.
"It is overwhelming and moves us very deeply to know that River alongside Jack, Craig, Kris and Tom, the friends he died next to back in February, will forever have a permanent place in the heart of this great town."
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Trevor philips GTA 5
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Trevor Philips is a character in the Grand Theft Auto series, appearing as one of the three main protagonists along with Michael De Santa and Franklin Clinton in Grand Theft Auto V http://gta.wikia.com/Trevor_Philips
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While once again having sex with Ashley, Trevor learns about the robbery of a jewelry store in Los Santos after a witness quotes a movie line that was a favourite of Michael's during their time as partners. While Trevor is shocked after hearing about Michael's sudden re-appearance, he grabs a beer and leaves his trailer where he is confronted by Johnny for again having sex with Ashley. While trying to avoid a confrontation between himself and Johnny by simply walking away, Trevor is pushed to a breaking point as Johnny continues to express his rage at Trevor. Trevor is unable ignore to Johnny's rage anymore and then starts telling him offensive jokes about his meth addiction and mockingly invites him to have sex with Trevor, joking that this is the reason for the friction between the two men. Johnny lays his guard down and tells Trevor that he still loves Ashley. Trevor then hugs Johnny and starts "consoling" him. Finally, Wade, Ron, and Ashley watch in horror as Trevor finally snaps to the point that he suddenly grabs Johnny by the neck and throws him onto the ground, then smashes a beer bottle against Johnny's face and begins stomping on his head, instantly killing him.
Knowing that Johnny's gang will be outraged over its leader's brutal murder, Trevor decides to wipe out The Lost and their meth business from Blaine County before they have a chance to exact revenge for Johnny. He drives with Wade and Ron to a Lost hangout in Grapeseed where Terry Thorpe and Clay Simons and other members of the Lost are. After announcing and mocking Johnny's death, the members of The Lost retreat to their Lost MC hideout, known as The Range which is just outside Sandy Shores to notify the rest of the gang. Trevor follows them there.
Immediately afterwards, Trevor, alongside Ron and Wade, attacks the hideout. Trevor wipes out most of the crew there (including Terry and Clay), and orders Wade to find out where Michael lives. In the mean time, Trevor and Ron do more work, including attacking the trailer of Aztecas leader Ortega (he has the option of killing Ortega or sparing him in order to take over his position as Blaine County's drug and gun king) and taking over The Lost MC's airbase in Sandy Shores Airfield along with its cargo after they trash his trailer as revenge for Johnny. He would later return after a new chapter of The Lost is recommissioned there to continue business, blowing up the camp entirely and removing The Lost's presence from Sandy Shores once and for all.
Trevor continues to attempt to do business with other organizations including the Chinese Triads, led by a dealer known as Wei Cheng, who wants a reliable business partner so that he could expand his business in Blaine County. Cheng sends his son to Blaine County along with a translator. Trevor attempts to show them his meth lab, but is forced to hide the translator and Tao in a freezer and face gang members, who want to kill Trevor for attacking Ortega (or killing him). Trevor manages to kill all of the attackers, however this results in the Chinese backing off from Trevor and doing business with the O'Neil brothers instead. Enraged after learning the Chinese decided to work with the O'Neils whom Trevor highly dislikes, Trevor decides to kill the O'Neils. On the way, Trevor receives a phone call from Elwood O'Neil who invites Trevor to talk at the O'Neil ranch, but Trevor dismisses the offer and lets Elwood know what he will do. A panicked Elwood tells his brothers to protect the farm before leaving with two of his brothers, Walton and Wynn, to meet with the Cheng family. Despite the O'Neil family's efforts, Trevor attacks the O'Neil's household, slaughtering many of the brothers single-handed (except for Elwood, Walton and Wynn) and destroying their farm.
A short time later, Trevor receives news from Wade that two "Michael Townleys" live in Los Santos and neither matches Trevor's description. However, a man of Michael Townley's age named "Michael De Santa" lives in Los Santos, has two children and is married to a woman named Amanda. Trevor recognizes his old partner's alias, and (after stopping briefly to wipe out a recently-established Lost camp on the outskirts of town) he and Wade make the trip to Los Santos, where they take refuge in Wade's cousin Floyd's girlfriend's apartment.
Trevor then tracks down Michael at his home, surprising and shocking everyone in the house. When Trevor asks where Tracey is, Jimmy then reveals that she is auditioning for Fame or Shame. Trevor and Michael then rush to the Maze Bank Arena, knowing full well that Tracey will humiliate herself with her terrible dancing in front of the country. The two break into the audition, where Tracey happily greets Trevor. When the host of the show, Lazlow Jones, began to make sexual advances towards Tracey during her dance, Trevor and Michael become angry and give chase to Lazlow.
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Tight Race for Republican Candidates in South Carolina
Voters cast ballots at Amick's Ferry Fire Station during the South Carolina presidential Primary in Chapin, South Carolina, January 21, 2012.
Voting will be over in a few hours in the Republican presidential primary in South Carolina.
The race turned tense in the past two days, as new opinion polls suggest former congressman Newt Gingrich could defeat former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney. Just a week ago it appeared Romney, who won last week's key primary election in New Hampshire, would easily triumph in South Carolina.
But Romney, a multimillionaire investor, has struggled in recent days following questions about his personal wealth, and his acknowledgement that he pays taxes at a much lower rate than most Americans.
Gingrich has surged in the polls after two well-received debate performances. He could also benefit from Texas Governor Rick Perry's decision to drop out of the race Thursday and endorse him.
The candidates spent Saturday campaigning hard for votes, with Gingrich appealing to conservatives to support him. ?Please make sure that everybody you know goes to vote, and if they have any doubts, just remind them, I am the only conservative who has a chance to stop a Massachusetts moderate, and I need the vote of every conservative in South Carolina today.," he said.
The stakes are high in Saturday's primary, as a clear choice for a presidential nominee typically surfaces within the first several contests. The two other Republican contenders, former Pennsylvania senator Rick Santorum and Texas Congressman Ron Paul, are expected to battle for third-place.
For many American voters, the U.S. economy and high unemployment are the big issues in the presidential election in early November. President Obama has no competition for the Democratic Party's nomination, but many political analysts say the sluggish economy means he faces a tough race against the eventual Republican nominee.
Some information for this report was provided by AP, AFP and Reuters.
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Highlights from the JONAH Trial: Day 2
Trial to Punish Counseling for Gays Underway in Jersey City
JONAH co-director Arthur Goldberg listens to testimony in Jersey City, NJ. Goldberg took the stand on Day 2 of the Trial.
When 19-year-old Benji Ungar first showed up at the Jewish counseling service called JONAH in 2007 he wrote on his intake form that he had experienced oral and anal sex with many other males. But – on the witness stand in Hudson County Superior Court – he claimed he was a virgin when he filled out those forms.
He also said on his JONAH intake forms that his religion was the most important driver in his life and that he sought treatment with help for behavior in violation of his Orthodox Jewish faith. On the stand he said religion had not been a very important part of his life.
He said on the stand that he had a wonderful relationship with his mother and father but on his intake form he told horrific stories about his mother, that he was terrified of her and that she ran around the house naked and even bathed in front of him.
Despite these contradictions, Ungar and his attorneys from the Southern Poverty Law Center want jurors to think Ungar was an innocent whose life was ruined by Arthur Goldberg and Alan Downing and their misguided and even fraudulent attempts to help him overcome same-sex desire.
In his opening remarks last week, Goldberg’s lawyer Charles Limandri of the Freedom of Conscience Defense Fund, said much of Ungar’s testimony, and that of his fellow plaintiff’s, are lies.
Ungar is one of four men who went to JONAH for help; who, by their own admission at the time, left satisfied, and subsequently sued Goldberg and psychologist Alan Downing for violating New Jersey’s Consumer Fraud Act for telling the young men that change was possible with the proper treatment.
Limandri says the young men, none of whom identified as gay at the time, approached JONAH because they found their personal actions and desires did not comport with their deeply held Jewish faith. Limandri said each of them received treatment, though none of them for the proscribed time recommended by JONAH, and each left satisfied with the treatment received. Only later, when Wayne Besen of the LGBT activist group Truth Wins Out recruited them, did they change their stories and claim harm at the hands of Goldberg and his colleagues.
Besen and the Southern Poverty Law Center, a leftist political group with $340 million in the bank, are allied in their attempts to close down all counseling for those who want to shed their same-sex attractions or behavior.
During a break in the trial, Limandri told Breitbart News the suit “is not really about little JONAH. It is about closing down all counseling” for those with unwanted same-sex attraction. On the stand Ungar admitted to making a YouTube video for Besen’s group.
Defendant’s are hamstrung by a pretrial ruling by Judge Peter Bariso, who will not allow testimony about same-sex attraction being a “mental disorder” since the psychologist’s guild decided some years ago to take homosexuality out of the diagnostic manual. All that is left to defendants is claiming their counseling is based on the Torah and not on modern means of psychological counseling. This opened Goldberg to an attack by plaintiff attorney Lina Bensman who read off a raft of comments in JONAH literature and emails where Goldberg discussed homosexuality as a psychological disorder.
The heart of the plaintiff’s case is that Goldberg and his colleagues defrauded the young men under the New Jersey Consumer Fraud Act for making phony claims about their treatment and its success. Limandri points out the Consumer Fraud Act has never been used against a non-profit, like JONAH, and was created to punish unscrupulous fraudsters who fleece the public of their money. Goldberg will testify that none of the young men paid for their treatment.
If the jurors go against Goldberg and Downing, besides whatever fines the court might levy, they would be liable for plaintiff attorney’s fees, estimated now at more than $4 million.
The trial started last week and is expected to last a month. This article was originally published at Breitbart.com
By Austin Ruse Follow him on Twitter @austinruse
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Pittsburgh Teen Dies After Being Shot While Playing With Gun
By Associated Press • Sep 9, 2019
Katie Blackley / 90.5 WESA
A teenager has died after he was shot apparently by accident inside a home in Pittsburgh.
The Allegheny County Medical Examiner's Officer says 16-year-old Alexander Alman died Monday at a hospital.
Family members tell WPXI-TV Alman and another boy were playing with a gun when he was shot in the face on Sunday afternoon.
Alman was a junior at Pittsburgh Brashear High School.
"Described as a kind student with a good heart, Alexander will be missed by all who knew him. Our thoughts are with Alexander’s family and friends during this difficult time," read a statement from Pittsburgh Publich Schools.
The district will also provide support for students and employees coping with Alman's death.
Police are questioning the other teen.
*This story was updated at 1:28 p.m. to include more information.
Mine Safety Grants Totaling $400K Awarded To 5 Recipients
Dake Kang / AP
Five grants totaling $400,000 have been awarded to help prevent unsafe working conditions in and around U.S. mines.
The U.S. Labor Department's Mine Safety and Health Administration announced the funding through its Brookwood-Sago grant program. The program was established in 2006 in honor of 25 miners who died in 2001 in Brookwood, Ala., at the Jim Walter Resources No. 5 mine and in 2006 in Buckhannon, W. Va., at the Sago Mine.
Federal Report Says Train Derailment Could Have Been Avoided
By Sarah Boden • Sep 6, 2019
KATHLEEN J. DAVIS / 90.5 WESA
The Federal Railroad Administration says “serious oversights” led to last year’s train derailment near Station Square.
A report released on Thursday by the agency finds that a broken rail track led to the derailment, on Aug. 5, 2018.
Southwestern Pennsylvania Farms Receive Protection From Non-Agricultural Development
By Katie Blackley • Sep 9, 2019
Two southwestern Pennsylvania farms have been secured for permanent agriculture protection as part of a larger 40-farm conservation program.
Pitt Provost Says Pell Grant Match Program Helps School Cast Wider Net
By Megan Harris, Kiley Koscinski & Kevin Gavin • Sep 6, 2019
Courtesy of The University of Pittsburgh
90.5 WESA's "The Confluence" for Friday, Sept. 6, 2019
On today's program: Provost Ann Cudd says Pitt’s Pell match will make the school more competitive; Pittsburgh remembers Mac Miller one year after his death; local police want to diversify their ranks; an anthology of art that uniquely reflects Pittsburgh; and the Steelers start their regular season against New England.
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SP Times Larry Anderson wants his $ back (with luscious audio)
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Re: SP Times Larry Anderson wants his $ back (with luscious audio)
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Anonymous, Jan 25, 2010
TinyDancer;1136893 said:
Better. Stronger. Faster.
Until I watched that excerpt with Larry in it, I'd completely forgotten how wooden Lee Majors was.
WOODEN ??? I am sure you mean BIONIC !
If anyone knows where I can get the optional replacement arm with the compartment that has a gas mask that pops out, pm me.
getbeckyout Member
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uXfupFt-zo"]YouTube- LARRY ANDERSON DEMANDS $120,000 REFUND FROM CULT LEADER TOMMY DAVIS. PART 3[/ame]
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hUl7Eox37k"]YouTube- LARRY ANDERSON DEMANDS $120,000 REFUND FROM CULT LEADER TOMMY DAVIS. PART 4[/ame]
getbeckyout, Jan 25, 2010
Robocat Member
Awesome ... tubeage.
Robocat, Jan 25, 2010
CaptainAdderall Member
I just listened to the tapes... and jesus christ... that footage was orgasmic...
CaptainAdderall, Jan 25, 2010
CantPickaName Member
CaptainAdderall;1137405 said:
what was that like....sloppy 256th?
CantPickaName, Jan 25, 2010
JohnB2008 Member
I know, it's really quite something. I'm amazed at how well Larry spoke in that interview - he is one intelligent son of a bitch. Tommy, you are so fucking naive and retarded for trying to pull that shit.
The St Petersburg Times - well done.
JohnB2008, Jan 25, 2010
There are some fascinating comments to this article.
Piobair wrote:
"The City of Clearwater should be dissolved; instead, we'll have North Largo, South Dunedin, and waaay over there; Hubbardville. Then if they want fire/police/EMS they can bloody well pay for it themselves rather than relying on me to subsidize a "church" I don't believe in through my taxes!"
An ex-$ci might be able to address this one
Oscillatory Frequency wrote:
"Could an ex-Scilon elaborate on the purpose -- besides the obvious (a trap) -- of payment on account (in advance)? We know about the tax incentive but are course prices held at rates at the time the money is put on account? Is this system open to reciprocal abuse, e.g., certain wealthy people paying into it, claiming it as a tax deduction, then getting part of the money back? (Seems unlikely getting anything back from this cult but...) Tommy seems to want to accuse Larry of intending to do this, as if it is standard practice. For current members of the cult, stories of this type should be a flashing sign: DO NOT PAY ON ACCOUNT. If you absolutely need to take a course that'll teach you to remove a sticky cluster of BTs or exteriorize to Jupiter for a departed relative's implant ceremony, save up for it yourself. Don't make your Sciloontology your bank and financial planner, as much as they'd like to be EVERYTHING in your life."
sci and tell Member
Anonymous;1137424 said:
The regges/registrars (salesmen) of scientology are quick to point out several Hubbardisms to improve their own stats. The main one being that Hubbard reputedly said something like "when you start a flow, it will get bigger". Some sort of idea that if you put a little money on account, then you'll make LOTS more money and be able to put more on account, and eventually you'll have the service paid for before you know it.
And yes, sometimes they raise prices so people want to lock in the lower price by paying for that in advance.
Also, sometimes people pay for a "package". So you pay for like 5 services (discounted) and maybe you only do 1 so you still have the value of the other 4 "on account".
sci and tell, Jan 25, 2010
I was telling someone today about the Larry Anderson thing and thought about this point...
The Church of Scientology is proud that they are NOT like other religions. For example, they don't require a blindly-given 10% tithe of your income. Instead they believe in "good exchange" and you only give money when you get something in exchange. So people pay for just the services they get, rather than paying a percentage of their income, or putting money in the collection plate at church on Sunday.
So then Tommy Davis is chatting with Larry Anderson and pulls this "we don't have to give you back any donations" crap, like no one would ask for their money back out of the collection plate.
But where is Scientology's pride in being a "fair exchange" organization?
That, of course, flies out the window whenever it suits them.
YouTube- Two Dollars (Part 1)
PodPeople Member
Couldn't find previous answer to this: Aside from IAS, Idle Orgs nonspecific "donations", when a sci makes payments "on his/her account" for specific courses/services, like Larry, that takes time to get to do, are there any financially legal ramifications if those funds are used by sci management for something else, like building funds or private investigators?
I'm wondering 2 specific points: 1) IRS "super secret special agreement", if this would violate said agreement and the IRS would be interested
and 2) if maybe sci funds are getting more depleted than we know.
PodPeople, Jan 25, 2010
PodPeople;1137464 said:
Comingling of funds?
Illegal financial practices?
Fraudulent tax reporting?
Outright Theft?
Extortion?
Probably all of the above, but...
It's kinda like an unreported murder where no one has yet found the body.
If noone is investigating...it's like the crime never happened.
One thing the CULT has accomplished - so far - is that they have been successful in making sure that no government entities have made a full and complete audit and investigation of their practices.
Once several District Attorneys from across the nation get involved, the IRS will come in.
At that point, the CULT will likely be finished.
Until then..."No body. No crime.".
My understanding is that they donate the money and hold it on account for the tax deduction involved. It is basically a legal way for them to pay for services with out paying tax on the money that is used for services. That way interest (if any) is not taxable to the person that donates unless they are donating over a certain amount.
Because the "church" gets the money in advance they can use that money to buy real things, because basically what they offer does not cost them anything because they don't pay staff. So their expenses are basically buildings and keeping the lights on. The looser (other than the scientologist who is giving money) is legitimate charities that could actually use the money for... charity because people of a certain income bracket are going to make charitable deductions anyway for their own personal tax advantages.
Herro Member
Sup Oswald.
Herro, Jan 25, 2010
HowStuffWorks "Claiming Tax Deductions"
tikk Member
sci and tell;1136411 said:
Any idiot lawyer wet behind the ears and fresh out of law school can see the scientology "donations" racket as a "fee for service". No one gets it wrong, except the culties. They insist it is a donation, but regardless of "labels" scientology insists upon, the reality is that it is a contract / fee for service.
You give the fee. You get a service. Each fee paid is targetted directly to a specific service. An invoice/receipt is drafted by C of S and printed and signed and given back to the payer which indicates the amount paid and for what service the two parties are contracting. The payor is contracting to take a course (for example) and the payee (C of S) is contracting to give the course.
The rub happens when C of S refuses to let the person take the service for which he has already paid. Example (and this one happens a lot) Joe Blow pays tens of thousands for auditing at Flag in Clearwater Florida. The Flag MAA (the sea org ethics officer) decides that the person is not eligible (at this time) to go to Flag and must _____________________ (fill in blank with loooooong list of steps the person must do and comply with before he "becomes eligible" to "be on Flag"). The person can never seen to get through the steps for whatever reason, or (more usually) the Flag MAA continues to pile on steps that now must be done in a never-ending series of ethics actions (hoops to jump through).
The poor scio-member eventually gets pissed off and decides to quit scientology and ask for the tens of thousands of money back.
Scientology can cry and whine and call it a donation all they want, but despite the misapplied label (donation) it is a fee for service and the server (C of S) is refusing to provide the service.
Same goes for someone who pre-pays for an OT level and by the time they ask for their money back they either haven't reached the level, or (more usually) C of S has "made the runway longer" (to quote an L. Ron Hubbard phrase which scios love to quote).
What I'm saying here is that though the Church of Scientology may well have come to some agreement with the IRS that these thingies are called "donations" and that "parishioners" can deduct the fees from their income when doing their tax returns, if push comes to shove and some "parishioner" takes the Church of Scientology to court for return of fees to services not taken... especially considering that Hubbard wrote plenty of polices about return of prepayments not used... it wouldn't take two minutes for the judge or jury to figure out that these are not "donations" and that they are "fees for service" and must be paid back if the payee refuses to (or cannot or does not) service the payer.
Supporting evidence would include the annual statements the Church of Scientology sends to its members showing them what they still have on account. Each amount is tagged specifically to some "future" service. The accounts don't just say "you have $20,000 on account". No, they say "you have $12,000 on account for Grades auditing, and $3,000 for the PTS/SP Course, and $5,000 for the Class I course." That's what the statements say.
Can any idiot read that and think that the money on account is a donation?
You're right insofar as labeling a quid pro quo transaction a "donation" is a legal fiction, but wrong as to the certainty should the matter be relitigated. After Hernandez v. Commissioner, in which the Supreme Court held that Scientology auditing payments were quid pro quo donations, Scientology went back to the drawing board and initiated more litigation with a new argument in the 11th Circuit (Powell v. United States). Here, Scientology conceded the quid pro quo finding in Hernandez, and instead argued that the IRS was administratively inconsistent when it denied Scientologists’ auditing payments while allowing similar deductions by other religious adherents. Scientology offered examples of quid pro quo transactions commonly present in other religions that the IRS viewed as gifts. These included payments made by members of the Jewish religion for High Holy Day tickets, which allow them to participate in religious services; mandatory tithes paid by members of the Mormon religion, which are required for participation in religious services; stipends paid by members of the Catholic religion in exchange for special masses; and rental fees paid by members of certain Protestant religions for the privilege of sitting in a specific pew at religious services.
The district court dismissed Scientology’s argument outright, relying on the Supreme Court’s rejection of Scientology’s administrative inconsistency argument in Hernandez. The 11th Circuit reversed, noting that the Supreme Court had rejected Scientology’s administrative inconsistency argument not because the argument was not viable but because of a scant factual record, which could now be established on remand. The district court never got an opportunity to consider this question, however, because shortly after, the Scientology / IRS agreement was announced and all litigation ended. But should Scientology ever lose its auditing payment deduction privilege, a new round of litigation would ensue, picking up where Powell left off.
tikk, Jan 25, 2010
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getbeckyout;1137295 said:
YouTube- LARRY ANDERSON DEMANDS $120,000 REFUND FROM CULT LEADER TOMMY DAVIS. PART 1
Thank you. Posted to ESMB: YouTube- Larry Anderson Demands $120,000 Refund From Tommy Davis
Kha Khan, Jan 25, 2010
Ok I know you're being facetious, but even if Hubbard really stepped down in 66, all non-fiction writings by L. Ron are "Scripture," that's the basis of Scientology tax-exemption in 1993.
They're just Hubbard's writings, nothing special. That's the basis of the contracts that they make people sign.
He told all those dumb wogs that he stepped down in 1966, while continuing to run every detail. He pulled the same again a few years later, hoping that no one remembered the first time. That claim and 11 stooges willing to be thrown under the bus did save him when Snow White went sour.
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Jessica Feshbach's blatant threat is more evidence of a brutal disconnection policy.
We just need to go through the ramifications of this. You do realize that you'll never ever, if you have a change of heart in 15 years or 20 years, or you're on your deathbed or you get in an accident and you will never ever be able to get an assist or services from the church of Scientology again? ... And you do understand that the people that you're associated with, may very well choose, and most likely will choose to never be associated with you again? —Jessica Feshbach
And these two fuckers know there is a tape recorder on the table! WTF? What do they do when they know they have privacy? Get the brass knuckles out?
KlaatuBaradaNichto, Jan 25, 2010
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Did anyone else just get angry while listening to those tapes?
blandgum, Jan 27, 2010
blandgum;1139542 said:
I got bored.
Herro;1139576 said:
Good boy. Now go find your MU's.
What's an "MU?"
Misunderstood words.
You know, if you yawn or get bored reading stuff, it's a tell-tale that you have 1 or more words that you don't know the definition of. Go back, listen to the tapes again from the point where you got bored, and look up every word you don't fully understand. Fully! It might even be the word "the" or "and" etc.
Standard Hubbard tech, it works and it helps people.
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Not me. I've been visited by Tommy & his slut twice.
Tommy is DM's babysitter and does what he's told. If DM told Tommy to get on his knees and lick his sweaty balls, Tommy would do it without question. He wants DM's approval and wants to outshine whatever legacy Mike Rinder left behind.
The tapes are yet another example of the cruel, mindless manipulation & tricks of the trade that OSA has used, and perfected, over the years.
Smurf, Jan 27, 2010
If you get bored reading the above, I can't help further. Maybe teh tech doesn't work then?
Maybe teh tech doesn't work then?
playing dumb
or herro answers his own posts, trying to sound woggish, and get stats for the post for points program
And the sad part is, many mods here follow him slavishly.
The whole thing makes the Stockholm Syndrome look like child's play.
tikk;1137523 said:
Tikk, what's the citation for this litigation?
945 F.2d 374 (11th Cir. 1991)
945 F2d 374 Powell v. United States | Open Jurist
Hernandez v. Commissioner - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Court Decision on Religious Tax Deductions: Hernandez v. IRS
HERNANDEZ V. COMMISSIONER, 490 U. S. 680 (1989) -- US Supreme Court Cases from Justia & Oyez
Hi Oswald. I'm a mod. I can see when you post.
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Box Turtle Bulletin mentions Larry Anderson, star of $cientology recruitment video.
Box Turtle Bulletin Star Of Scientology’s Recruitment Video Leaves Church
Comments open.
his_GF_left_him, Jan 27, 2010
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No, I'm glad they offered direct proof of what you have to go through to try to leave that cult. It's quite instructive for anyone who might be thinking of joining.
the_cloak, Jan 27, 2010
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Here are my two cents...
???? ???????? (Larry Anderson), ???????? ?? ?????????????? ???? ?????????????, ?? ?? ???? ?????? ????? ????????? ?? ????????????? ? ????????
ElenaP, Jan 28, 2010
Smurf;1139659 said:
He...wants to outshine whatever legacy Mike Rinder left behind.
the next time he drops by for a visit tell him he's doing well with this goal and to please carry on
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I just finished listening to all the tapes and the radio interview and Larry Anderson KICKS ASS. In the most leveled headed possible way, Larry dismantles Jessica and Tommy. He actually had them speechless when he explained why "management" was corrupt. His example was that he has 4 copies of the Basics that he paid for, and each time he was told, "This is it." In fact, they were still selling the "incorrect" version WHILE they were working on the "correct" version. "That's corrupt," said Larry Andreson.
And Tommy and Jessica said nothing. Because it IS corrupt. There's really no other way to describe it.
Way to go Larry. You have another fan (among many, I am sure).
i'mglib, Jan 28, 2010
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Games at MCM Expo
It's May, and it's MCM. That can mean only one thing. Bring on the games.
So, the main game we got our hands on over the weekend was Lego Jurassic World. Obviously, since the film is yet to be released, the levels on offer here are those from the original Jurassic Park movie. First up is the scene where Dr Sattler is inspecting a poorly dinosaur. Right from the outset, the humour that permeates most other Lego games is on show with Dr Sattler's ability to dive into a festering pile of Dinopoo and unearth an object vital for the quest. This level has you running around finding various items to make the sickly dinosaur better, including Ice Lollies and Apples. The fun really kicks off when you have collected all the items and suddenly you have the dinosaur as a playable character. My cries of "I'M A DINOSAUR" rang out around the Excel convention centre and it wasn't long before all the other kids around me discovered the same thing and joined in. So, shouting "I'M A DINOSAUR" at the top of your voice while playing this is now a thing okay? The second level on offer is the iconic T-Rex attack and sees you playing Dr Malcolm, Dr Grant and the kids all trying to evade the hungry T-Rex. For long time fans of Lego games there doesn't seem to be a whole lot new in terms of gameplay, but once again they have delivered way above expectations in terms of the humour of the cut scenes and diversity of playable characters. Lego Jurassic World is out on 12th June.
Next up, we saw some footage from the forthcoming Arkham Knight game. Continuing on from the success of Arkham Asylum and Arkham City, this franchise just keeps getting better and better. This time round Bats is up against the team of Scarecrow and new baddie, the Arkham Knight, voiced by the legend that is John Noble (Keep an eye on the site for our interview with him coming soon). As well as the usual array of gadgets and gizmos there have been many new additions to the combat system including environmental takedowns, batmobile assisted takedowns and cinematic room entrances such as crashing through skylights into the midst of the bad guys. The Batmobile itself forms a big part of the game and can be operated in either pursuit or combat mode. When in combat mode, the Batmobile can manuever in tight spaces with a tight turning circle allowing you spin on the spot through 360 degrees and features a whole host of new attacks such as the riot cannon and the awesome Missile Volley. This is shaping up to be an excellent addition to the franchise and is out on the 23rd June. Check out the trailer below.
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Lego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham images released
This autumn, the next installment of Lego Batman will be hitting the shelves for Xbox One, Xbox 360 games, PlayStation®4 and PlayStation®3, PlayStation®Vita, Wii U™, Nintendo 3DS™ and Windows PC....
First Look at Buck - The Game
I have been taking a first look at the pre alpha version of Buck by Wave Interactive on steam. Buck is currently on kickstarter with 22 days to go, so feel free to take a look at the link below...
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NYC Ferry hiring for new routes
By Kirk Moore on March 20, 2018
The first NYC Ferry, dubbed Lunch Box, underway on April 17, 2017. NYC Mayor's Office photo by Michael Appleton.
With two new routes and the summer 2018 season approaching, NYC Ferry is hiring for more than 75 new jobs, including captains, deckhands, customer service agents, ticketing, operations and other positions, according to the New York City Economic Development Corporation and ferry operator Hornblower.
The almost year-old public ferry system has exceeded ridership projections by 34% or 800,000 patrons, a driving factor for increasing the fleet’s workforce to 325 by this summer, according to Hornblower.
Another driver is the impending start of the Lower East Side and Soundview routes, anticipated to add another 1.4 million riders to the interborough service. Construction is underway on new landings.
The Lower East Side route will carry a projected one million riders annually between Manhattan’s Wall Street/Pier 11, Corlears Hook, Stuyvesant Cove, East 34th Street; and Long Island City in Queens. The Soundview route will carry 400,000 a year between the Soundview area of the Bronx, and Manhattan at East 90th Street, East 34th Street and Wall Street/Pier 11.
Initial projections had NYC Ferry carrying more than 4.6 million trips per year on 23 vessels across six routes. Mayor Bill de Blasio touted the system — with tickets at $2.75, the same as a subway fare — as providing a new and faster transit option to Manhattan from underserved borough neighborhoods.
The popular response proved to be far more than planners anticipated, and the system’s first months in spring and summer 2017 had some rocky timers, with riders complaining of long lines and delays.
Hornblower upped its order for more Incat Crowther-designed aluminum catamarans from Metal Shark in Franklin, La., increasing capacity from the original 149 passengers to 349 riders. Those vessels are entering service for 2018.
City officials and Hornblower promote the ferry as a job creator, not only for riders but for the maritime workforce. More than 10% of crewmembers have been promoted to career level positions within their first year of work, including more than 10 deckhands who built experience, training and Coast Guard certification for captain’s licenses, according to Hornblower.
“NYC Ferry is not only connecting the over three million riders to growing job centers, technology hubs, public institutions and housing developments across the waterfront, but we’re striving to create a culture of opportunity and advancement for all of our crew on our team that we bring on board,” said Cameron Clark, senior vice president with Hornblower, in announcing the new hiring plan. “We’re excited to welcome a new wave of talent into the NYC Ferry family.”
Along with its internal programming tom facilitate career advancement, Hornblower has developed advanced real-time simulator training through its existing partnership with the State University of New York Maritime College to include a stronger focus on weather and route conditions. Simulator training at SUNY’s Bouchard simulator center in Throggs Neck, N.Y., is mandatory for current and future ferry captains, including annual refresher courses.
The training program has also added additional exercises and procedures to enhance crew performance, including future route familiarization and testing of key navigational aids and charts to reinforce route awareness, according to Hornblower.
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Associate Editor Kirk Moore was a reporter for the Asbury Park Press for over 30 years before joining WorkBoat in 2015. He wrote several award-winning stories on marine, environmental, coastal and military issues that helped drive federal and state government policy changes. He has also been a field editor for WorkBoat’s sister publication, National Fisherman, for almost 25 years. Moore was awarded the Online News Association 2011 Knight Award for Public Service for the “Barnegat Bay Under Stress,” 2010 series that led to the New Jersey state government’s restoration plan. He lives in West Creek, N.J.
Joe Stezner on March 20, 2018 6:28 pm
Who can live on $25/hr in NYC? Even if it goes to $30 it’s not even a good 100gt job unless you work a ton of OT.
Ferry Employee on March 28, 2018 2:00 am
Very soft reporting. Being promoted to a Captain at $25/Hr is not a “Career level position,” certainly not in NYC.
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Rep. Ron DeSantis is officially running for Florida governor
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WEBVTT HERE IS TED WHITE.TED: THE FLORIDA GOVERNOR'S RACEWILL SOON BE HEATING UP, ANDREPRESENTATIVE RON DESANTIS ISOFFICIALLY IN.>> IT IS MY HONOR IN MY DEEPPRIVILEGED TO INJURED THE NEXTGOVERNOR OF THE GREAT STATE OFFLORIDA, RON DESANTIS.TED: THIS WAS AT HIS CAMPAIGNKICKOFF IN BOCA RATON.IT WAS HELD AT THE EMBASSYSUITES.REPRESENTATIVE DESANTIS SPOKE INFRONT OF HUNDREDS OF PEOPLEARLIER THIS MONTH,REPRESENTATIVE DESANTISANNOUNCED THAT HE WAS RUNNINGTHE THREE-TERM REPUBLICANCONGRESSMAN IS ENDORSED BYPRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP.DESANTIS TALKED ABOUT FAMILY,HIS MILITARY SERVICE, ANDGETTING THINGS DONE.>> MANY OF YOU HAVE BEEN BUGGINGME ABOUT RUNNING FOR GOVERNOR SOI'M PROUD TO BE HERE AND SAYWE'RE RUNNING AND WE'RE GOING TOWIN THIS RACE.TED: GOVERNOR RICK SCOTT ISPREVENTED FROM RUNNING BECAUSEOF TERM LIMITS.
The Florida Governor's race will soon be heating up and Rep. Ron DeSantis is officially in.DeSantis held his campaign kickoff Monday at the Embassy Suites in Boca Raton. +Download WPBF 25 News App: Apple IOS | AndroidHe spoke in front of hundreds of people who cheered and heled signs in support. "Many of you have been bugging me about running for governor so I'm proud to be here and say we're running and we're going to win this race," DeSantis said. The 3-term Republican Congressman, disrict 6, announced that he was running for governor earlier this month. DeSantis is endorsed by President Donald Trump. DeSantis talked about family, his military service, his characted and getting things done. Governor Rick Scott is prevented from running because of term limits.+Like Ted on Facebook | Follow Ted on Twitter
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The Florida Governor's race will soon be heating up and Rep. Ron DeSantis is officially in.
DeSantis held his campaign kickoff Monday at the Embassy Suites in Boca Raton.
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He spoke in front of hundreds of people who cheered and heled signs in support.
"Many of you have been bugging me about running for governor so I'm proud to be here and say we're running and we're going to win this race," DeSantis said.
The 3-term Republican Congressman, disrict 6, announced that he was running for governor earlier this month.
DeSantis is endorsed by President Donald Trump.
DeSantis talked about family, his military service, his characted and getting things done.
Governor Rick Scott is prevented from running because of term limits.
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BookLife Launches Paid Review Service for Self-Pubbed Books
Thu, 21/11/2019 - 11:20am — Chris Holifield
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BookLife, Publishers WeeklyInternational news website of book publishing and bookselling including business news, reviews, bestseller lists, commentaries http://www.publishersweekly.com/'s website and monthly supplement dedicated to self-publishing, has launched BookLife Reviews, a paid reviews service open exclusively to self-published authors.
Number of Self-Published Titles Jumped 40% in 2018
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The number of books self-published in the U.S. saw more rapid growth in 2018, jumping 40% over 2017, according to Bowker's annual survey of the self-publishing market. In its report, "Self-Publishing in the United States, 2013-2018: Print and E-books," the total number of print and e-books that were self-published in 2018 was 1.68 million, up from 1.19 million in 2017.
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The booming growth of self-publishing has been great news for authors as well as providers of all variety of self-publishing services, including editing, designing, and consulting. But as services have proliferated, promising all variety of benefits and recipes for boosting sales, it's more important than ever for indie authors to have a discerning eye when seeking out assistance. Read more
Just Because Walt Whitman Self-Published, Doesn't Mean You Should, Too | Literary Hub
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"I decided to have a book of poems published at my own expense." It was 1909, a year before William Carlos Williams would open his pediatric practice in his hometown of Rutherford, New Jersey. A friend of his father owned a local print shop, so Williams paid for Poems, his 22-page chapbook, to be produced. Epigraphs from Shakespeare and Keats led the earnest little book. Read more
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Since 2012, the year I began working exclusively with self-publishers, I've helped more than 100 authors create self-publishing imprints. Some of these were formed as corporations and LLCs, but most were in name only. Read more
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Book designer and author Joel Friedlander takes a look at pitfalls self-publishers face when doing their own book formatting, and explains how to avoid these mistakes in the first place.
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For many indie authors, book marketing has become synonymous with social media activity. The effectiveness of marketing a book depends on likes, comments, retweets, and pins-all methods of interacting with content in the online social world. Read more
Self-Publish Like a Pro: Setting Goals for Your Book and Career
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It's a courageous thing, indeed, to complete a manuscript and make the decision to publish it independently.
Finishing a book is a monumental accomplishment, and for some authors, deciding to self-publish is not simple. But before an author submits files to her chosen publishing platform, she should first get comfortable in her new role as Director of The Book's Digital Strategy. Read more
What to Expect from Independent Publicists
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Authors have heard the same advice from their agents, fellow author friends, and even publishers time and again: if they want readers to know about their books, they should hire independent publicists to supplement publishers' publicity campaigns. The new normal is this: independent presses and major publishers alike expect many authors to do the lion's share of their own publicity.
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Smashwords' Mark Coker is sounding the alarm about indie publishers (those who write and publish their own works-let's get the terminology right-it's INDIE publishers, not the deprecating "self-published") relying too much on Amazon.
I agree with Coker.
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August 2008 - Writers Magazine
‹ My Say - Timothy Hallinan up Poetry Writers' Yearbook 2008 competition winner ›
'The book trade is beginning to wonder if books will weather the economic storm. The received wisdom is that they do well in a recession because they are small-ticket items, but is this really true?' News Review asks: are books recession-proof?
'A new star has burst upon the publishing firmament. Stephenie Meyer, whose new book Breaking Dawn already has 1.3 million copies in print in the US, recorded the largest-ever first-day sale when it was published there on August 4th.' News Review on the latest superselling author.
The Sony Reader launches soon in the UK, with the international launch of Amazon's Kindle expected to follow. So is this the autumn when e-books finally arrive in most of the world? And what effect will they have? News Review has the story.
The closure of Publishing News on 25 July marked the end of an era in book trade journalism. News Review looks back over the years.
'Books are the most important thing in life to me... It's a need to process life, instead of just taking what life throws at you and being passive, a need to take life and make something of it.' Sophie Hannah in the Independent on Sunday
‘What I have described are the birth pangs of a golden age. The market for the printed book is now global; the opportunities for the digital book are almost unimaginable. To be a writer in the English language today is to be one of the luckiest people alive.' Robert McCrum in the Observer
'There are more books sold than ever before, the market is growing and more people are reading... I think the trade should be confident and optimistic.' Luke Johnson, Chairman of Borders UK in Publishing News.
Writers' Quote
''Publishing is a very mysterious business. It is hard to predict what kind of sale or reception a book will have, and advertising seems to do very little good.'
Review of Writers and Artists' Yearbook 2009
Our reviewer concluded that what makes this book an outstandingly good buy is the many articles about every aspect of getting published and called it: 'an essential companion for all writers'.
We've added Manuscript Polishing to the fictionalised stories which show how our Services can help writers get their work into shape. Makito Sato has successfully completed the research for his PhD on an obscure new area in molecular biology, but is finding it difficult to get the work into good English to submit to his tutor at MIT...
Also available, stories on the Reader's Report, the Editor's Report, Editing, Contract vetting and Self-publishing.
Review of The Self-Publishing Magazine
Our reviewer concluded: 'You wouldn’t really compare it to the other magazines reviewed here, but for anyone who is thinking about self-publishing it provides advice and reassurance.’
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Changes in the book trade
This new series by Chris Holifield looks at the book trade and investigates how fundamental changes in how it works are affecting writers.
The seventh deals with Creative Commons, an innovative new way of licensing material which makes it widely available and also protects and controls the license given.
The first article is on: Bookselling, the second on Publishing and the third on Print on demand and the fourth on Self-publishing - 'really great' or career suicide? and the fifth on Writers' routes to their audiences and the sixth at copyright under pressure.
Timothy Hallinan's 'The Writing Session' offers 6 tips on how to approach your writing: 'The universe has a vast amount of material to offer you, free of charge, for your book. If you write regularly, you’ll recognize that material when it comes along. It could, ultimately, be the thing that either saves your book or takes it to a higher level.'
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Greenpeace is one of the world’s largest environmental organizations. The headquarters of Greenpeace International are in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Gerd Leipold, Executive Director, Greenpeace International
1 Directors
1.1 Former directors
3 Current campaigns
5 Funding and expenditures
8 Articles and resources
8.3 External resources
8.4 External articles
The directors of Greenpeace International, as of October 2009, are:[1]
Lalita Ramdas
Ayesha Imam
Dimitrios Vassilakis
Fabio Feldmann
Koon-Chung Chan
Steve Francis
Irmi Mussack
Adam Webach
Greenpeace was founded in 1971 following a group of activists sailing an old fishing boat, the Phyllis Cormack, from Vancouver towards the island of Amchitka, Alaska in protest against proposed US underground nuclear testing. [1]
Greenpeace focuses its activities on:
the oceans – fisheries issues, whaling and pollution
trade rules
Greenpeace operates a fleet of several ocean-going ships used in protest and awareness raising
Funding and expenditures
“… Greenpeace does not seek or accept funding from governments, corporations or political parties or any other source that could compromise its aims and objectives, its independence or its integrity. Greenpeace relies wholly upon the voluntary donations of individual supporters and on grant support from foundations.” [3]
They also provide a breakdown of their expenditure and income (about $350m in 2003 for Greenpeace international and all regional subsidiaries) [4]
Though there does not seem to be any information about the foundations that give them money on their website, the financial breakdown from 2001 for Greenpeace international alone indicates that 118m of 143m came from individuals with 3.9m from foundations, 4.2m from major donors and 4.4m other income. 12.5m was left in legacies and bequests, so foundations constitute a relatively small proportion of income, assuming that the same is roughly true of the subsidiaries.
Greenpeace has referred to “independent foundations” [5], but it’s unclear what makes them independent.
Bob Hunter, Warriors of the Rainbow: A Chronicle of the Greenpeace Movement, Henry Holt & Company, October, 1979, ISBN 0030437415
David McTaggart, Greenpeace III: Journey into the bomb, Collins, 1978. ISBN 0002118858
John May and Michael Brown, The Greenpeace Story, Dk Publishing*inc ISBN 086318328X
Mark Warford (ed), Greenpeace Witness: Twenty-Five Years on the Environmental Front Line, Andre Deutsch, August 1, 1997. ISBN 0233990240
Ottho Heldringstraat 5
1066 AZ Amsterdam
Email: supporter.services AT int.greenpeace.org
Web: http://www.greenpeace.org/international
Web: http://www.greenpeace.org/international/about/worldwide Websites of national/regional offices
Articles and resources
Thilo Bode – Executive Director, Greenpeace Germany (1989 -1995)
Rex Weyler, cofounder
Burson-Marsteller Hires a Green ‘Cash Cow’
Clean and Safe Energy Coalition
Conservatives target Greenpeace
Criminalising civil disobedience
Envirotruth
Greenpeace Canada
Greenpeace and Carbon Capture and Storage
Mongoven, Biscoe & Duchin/Behind Enemy Lines
Public Interest Watch
Precautionary principle
Sandefer Capital Partners
‘Smart’ environmentalism
Blair Palese
José Carlos Libânio
? Greenpeace International, “Greenpeace International Board of Directors”, Greenpeace International website, accessed October 20, 2009.
Sharon Beder, Offering Solutions or Compromises?, Chain Reaction 87, Friends of the Earth Australia, 2002, pp. 14-15,26-7.
Chris Bunting, “No grey areas in a green’s world“, Times Higher Educational Supplement (UK), September 19, 2003. (Subscription only though a copy is archived here)
Tobias Webb, “Does it pay to get into bed with business?“, Guardian (UK), February 25, 2005.
Mark Sherman, “FBI Says It Has Files on Rights Groups“, Washington Post, July 17, 2005. (This is an Associated Press story).
Captain Paul Watson, “The Other Whaling Industry: How Greenpeace Cashes In on the Suffering and Death of the Great Whales“, Counterpunch, February 8 / 10, 2008.
Dru Oja Jay, “Greenpeace’s Corporate Overreach: Controversial Hire is an Opportunity to Start Building a Democratic Environmental Movement‘, Counterpunch, March 11, 2010.
http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Greenpeace
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The Right to be forgotten
Image: Accused pedophile Peter Daglish and friend Justin Trudeau
The Right to be Forgotten ...
Google's no fan of it, but some people might wish to keep it.
CBC: "The right to be forgotten impinges on our ability to deliver on our mission, which is to provide relevant search results to our users," said Peter Fleischer, Google's global privacy counsel...
Yet, if you search for YayaCanada you will find irrelevant information -- links to my old dot com that will only take you to a dead end and a hefty price if you want to buy it - which no one has in quite a few years, including me, because I refuse to pay an exorbitant price for something my hard work made valuable in the first place. Hence, the advice on my About page.
CBC: Duplex, Google's phone-calling 'concierge' bot, isn't trying to trick you
"Some people prefer not to talk to people".
I worry about those people.
I like this comment below the CBC article:
Phil K'Mee
"Google" and "privacy" are two words that should never appear in the same sentence, unless "privacy" is predicated by "lack of"
Another commenter said:
"I haven't answered my home phone in years".
Me too. I let the answer machine kick in and if it's somebody I know, I pick up. I refuse to pay extra for caller ID, and I have no interest in toting around a "smart" phone. (The very word "smart" should have clued people in about just how "smart" it is.)
Bell Canada is itself a big nuisance caller, and it even pops up online when you're trying to read an article, wanting you to participate in a survey. Bell should know by now that nobody likes Bell and is only a customer because Bell has the monopoly in one's neighbourhood.
CBC: RCMP's ability to police digital realm 'rapidly declining,' commissioner warned
Privacy watchdogs have warned against any new encryption legislation
Declining from near-zero, it would seem.
People need to think of the Internet as a poorly lit, downtown street. Walk only in a well-lighted area, stay out of back alleys, don't window shop, just walk quickly, calmly to your destination, and keep your valuables well-hidden.
Having a police force has never stopped crime; it has only been the means of prosecuting it after the fact -- if the culprit is actually caught. Most crime goes unpunished, especially among the power classes (which might explain why the disappearances of over 1,000 native women are so difficult for the RCMP to solve).
The good thing about the Internet is that we are no longer so inclined to revere our "betters" - especially government - the way we used to. Sooner or later their seamy sides are revealed, despite the best efforts of the corporate media to play them down.
I'm sickened to see how close the issue of paedophilia has come to PM Justin Trudeau:
WRH: Justin Trudeau’s Best Friend [Christopher Charles Ingvaldson] Jailed After International Pedophile Ring Bust
Globe&Mail: Order of Canada recipient Peter Dalglish accused of abusing children he pledged to help
“He was influencing [children] to do sexual acts,” said Pushkar Karki, one of Nepal’s top police officers and director of the country’s Central Investigation Bureau. “They were lured.”
He briefly worked in the Prime Minister’s Office under Pierre Trudeau before taking work as a lawyer.
It appears the Globe wanted to downplay the full extent of Dalglish's association with the Trudeaus, but see image at top of page.
SOTN: PEDOGATE Comes To Ottawa Canada, John Podesta and Justin Trudeau Relationship Under Scrutiny
Even if Justin were to be put under house arrest ... would it make the front page of the Globe and Mail or qualify as breaking news on the CBC this week? Come on.
NatPost: [Bernard] Levin — who was a member of Ontario premier Kathleen Wynne’s transition team — has pleaded guilty to the making of written child pornography, possession of child pornography and counseling to commit sexual assault on a child.
Little wonder governments want more control of the Net.
I'm glad I'm old and don't have a job to protect. I once told Stats Canada, when they threatened me with a fine or jail if I didn't answer their nosey questions, that I wouldn't pay any fine and would actually like to see the inside of the city jail because I've heard conditions are not great and I'd like to be able to confirm that. But their bark was worse than their bite, it seems.
I can't imagine what it must be like to have children and a career and having to weigh the possible implications of doing the right and safest thing.
One of the weirdest videos I've ever seen, in light of all of the buzz about Pierre Trudeau's connection to a paedophile ring, is Justin Trudeau's grinning, overly dramatic and stagey eulogy for his dead father, especially in view of the fact that MKUltra really did happen here in Canada, and that Margaret Trudeau was rumoured to have been sent for the same kind of treatment.
I can still clearly recall, when she made her first speech as Mrs. Prime Minister, that she said, "Pierre taught me about love." It was slightly embarrassing for those assembled, and now I'm wondering what it really meant in view of her subsequent mental difficulties -- and now this:
CBC: Trudeau government gag order in CIA brainwashing case silences victims, lawyer says
It's also interesting that a McLean's interview of Margaret Trudeau describes her book "Beyond Reason" as a "tell-a-lot", not a "tell all".
Anyway, watch the eulogy video below and maybe give some thought to whether the sight of Santa Claus at a North Pole military base could be a mind-planted cover for what really happened there. I personally don't know what to think about it, but it gives me the creeps.
In one of the articles I read, and discarded, was a statement that organized paedophile groups met at military bases! (Google this: paedophile military base). I have no way of knowing if that is true, but it spooked me a little to hear Justin say that his fondest memory took place at a military base - and that's where he realized how truly "powerful" his father was!
Penny link
I'm of the mind that the MKUltra program never ended and it's actually carried on right out in the open (though some of it is still in the covert stage, likely done with the aid of big medicine/pharma)- through social media in particular- but also simply via advertising and generally the news cycle- all carefully crafted to manipulate your thoughts- which is why bloggers and blogs like yours and mine are so well hidden through internet algorithms.. were the squares that just won't fit into that nice circle- what with our obstinate corners impeding the fit........
YayaCanada
"Democracy" is the worst nightmare of people who need control over whole populations. Yes, we obstinate-cornered folks are a threat. It must really tick them off that they have to operate in secret and use silly code words and symbols to avoid detection.
In the Trudeau eulogy film there's a closeup starting at 1:56 of a guy who looks worried that Justin is going to spill the beans in talking about his trip to the north pole.
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Jacob, , October 4, 2017 October 6, 2017 , American Creed, Argument, Fall 2017, Showcase, 5
We hear words like Freedom, being Free, Liberty, Courage, Family, etc. When bringing up America. Repeated over and over again, in every definition, in every philosophy on what it means to be an American. But sometimes I feel that these stock words that everyone uses hinders at the core details of what an American is. “To be an American to me means that I am free… it means most of all to be free and to be proud that I live in the United States of America…” (Scholastic).
But other then some broad words as such, there is a surprising lack of more complex, detailed dialogue about what it means to be an American. And I generally believe people overall aren’t much into the details cause they believe that you can just FEEL what it means to be an American, and such a feeling about such a topic just can’t be put into words. I find myself generally agreeing with that opinion. I, by all means, fall into almost every typical category you can think of when it comes to being an American. Yet I’d be lying to you and myself if I were to say there weren’t times where I didn’t feel all that patriotic, or part of, “the team”. So I do think that, if not a definition that is clear and works in every scenario, that there is at the very least a good messy definition of what it means to be an American, think less like law, and more rule of thumbs. I propose that being an American means you have to be on board and loyal to America.
“To me, what it means to be an American goes beyond your place of birth or the documents you have… What it means to be an American is less about who you are than what you are about— how you live your life, how you contribute to this country, how you pledge allegiance to a flag hoping and praying it will make room for you. What it means to be an American is in the hearts of the people who, in their struggles and heartaches, in their joys and triumphs, fight for America and fight to be American every day.” (Huffington Post).
Should illegal immigrants count? Even if they are just trying to find a better life? Maybe, maybe not. I’d say the argument can go both ways, on the one hand, they are coming here to better their life, and possibly America’s in the process. But on the other hand, they probably do know that, even if just a little, they’re probably harming America and draining the resources for the betterment of themselves.
But regardless on how to feel on the subject of immigration, I think it’s safe to say that a lot of the questions of what it means to be an American, or at least each American’s values, can be found there. I’m not here to say whether immigration is good or bad or not. That’s up to you as a reader, however, I ask you, however, as a rational and thinking person, to ask yourself if the values you think America should strive for are matching up with how you think such topics in the world should be handled.
So what are the American Values? It’s a question some of you skipped to the bottom of my essay to find out without reading any thing else. Nice. Well I believe the American Values are really only 1 value. Democracy. Sure, we’re not the only country with it, we’re not the first to do it. But I believe that, while certainly not the only value we as a country have, it is the bass of which all of our other values branch off of. And this idea of the people with the power is both the biggest strength and biggest weakness we will face as a country. That if the country flourishes, it will be because of the people. But if the country goes down the drain, it’s because we failed the country. As I believe Former President Bill Clinton was alluding to, “There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured by what is right with America.” (Daily Signal). We as a country’s biggest American belief, has to be the belief that the very people in this country, will work together to create a better country. And whether or not we can do that, is what will determine if we can make it as a country.
Scism, Chelsea. “22 Inspiring Quotes About What It Means to Be an American.” The Daily Signal, The Daily Signal, 2 July 2015, dailysignal.com/2015/07/02/22-inspiring-quotes-about-what-it-means-to-be-an-american/. Accessed 18 Sept. 2017.
Vargas, Jose Antonio. “What Does It Mean To Be An American?” The Huffington Post, TheHuffingtonPost.com, 4 July 2012, www.huffingtonpost.com/jose-antonio-vargas/jose-antonio-vargas-meaning-of-american_b_1647894.html. Accessed 18 Sept. 2017.
“What does it mean to be an American?” What does it mean to be an American? | Scholastic.Com, www.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=5235. Accessed 18 Sept. 2017.
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Elizabeth 2 years ago
After reading your post, I agree with you on American Creed. You made a great point when you said “I, by all means, fall into almost every typical category you can think of what it means to be an American. Yet I’d be lying to you and myself if I were to say there weren’t times where I didn’t feel all that patriotic, or part of, “the team”. I would like to add on to that by saying that “Some argue that, as truth claims, all beliefs are of equal value (except, perhaps, the belief that all beliefs are not of equal value). By this reading, there are no overarching stories or visions of the good life through which our lives acquire meaning. Yet our nation enshrines a radically different truth–an American vision, if you will–from that espoused by fundamentalist-sponsored terrorism. From a religious perspective, this struggle, one that will continue into the indefinite future, is not between God and godlessness but between competing theological worldviews, with diametrically opposed conceptions of the role religion should play in society to advance the greater good.” This evidence supports the positive side of American Creed, by saying that all beliefs and religions are equal. The English author G.K Chesterton writes “America is the only nation in the world that is founded on a creed” This shows that we were founded on Creed, so therefore Creed should be a thing in our country. In 1918, William Tyler Page wrote “I believe in the United States of America as a government of the people, by the people, for the people; whose just powers are derived from the consent of the governed, a democracy in a republic, a sovereign Nation of many sovereign States; a perfect union, one and inseparable; established upon those principles of freedom, equality, justice, and humanity for which American patriots sacrificed their lives and fortunes.I therefore believe it is my duty to my country to love it, to support its Constitution, to obey its laws, to respect its flag, and to defend it against all enemies.” This piece of evidence showed that American Creed has been around for a long time. Even though some might argue that we are not all equal, but we all are the same, so that makes us equal. It is in the pledge of allegiance that we are all equal. “for All – These principles afforded to every loyal American regardless of race, religion, creed, or any other criteria.” So, in conclusion, I agree with you on American Creed, that we are all equal under the Pledge of Allegiance, and we should be treated like that.
Church, Forrest. “The American Creed.” The Nation, Clinton County, 29 June 2015, http://www.thenation.com/article/american-creed/.
Church, Forrest. “The American Creed.” The Nation, Forrest Church, 29 June 2015, http://www.thenation.com/article/american-creed/.
County, linton. “The Pledge of Allegiance and The American Creed.” The American’s Creed, http://www.usflag.org/american.creed.html.
After reading your post, my partner and I agree that there is not really a perfect solution to these problems. The American Creed is different for each person and all opinions can be argued for and against. You made a great point when you included the definition from Scholastic stating that “To be an American to me means that I’m free… it means most of all to be free and to be proud that I live in the United States of America…” It was important to note “To me, what it means to be American goes beyond your place of birth or the documents you have….” as stated from a Huffington Post, it also shows what an American is. This makes the argument even more difficult because what does that mean for people outside of the US or immigrants, legal or illegal. Should illegal immigrants be granted the same rights as legalized ones, or should they be deported when they are just trying to make a better life? We believe that there is no solution to this issue that would help everyone. Both sides of the argument can be argued for and against because being and American means something else to every person. Your statement that, “being an American means you have to be on board and loyal to America.” makes us think about what loyalty really means. It can be argued that illegal immigrants are not loyal to this country because they weren’t willing to go through the immigration process, but it can also be argued that they are loyal and are just trying to make a better life. When it comes to this topic there is no clear solution. Everything is not black and white or right and wrong. There is no perfect solution to the issues you discussed and we agree that being American is different for each person and it is a very important topic to try and find a solution to.
Samantha and Faye 2 years ago
After reading your post, we think that your claim is unclear in the paper. You made several different points throughout your paper, but none of them really related to each other. You mentioned immigration, but even then your paper didn’t have a valid argument that showed if you were for or against immigration. Throughout the article you gave no specific statement for or against immigration or about anything else. Even though you had a broad topic about being American, none of your points related to that. We also think that your argument against immigration is weak because there is no solid evidence behind it. But, we do agree that immigration should be allowed. It allows the immigrants to make a better life for themselves and their families. Immigrants do not drain our resources, rather end up getting a job and providing for themselves and their families. Studies show that immigrants can actually help the working environment and can help companies grow. Immigration can also help add to the overall population of the country as well. Studies show that immigrants can actually help the working environment grow and prosper. You could argue that immigration is hurting the country, but there is no solid evidence to back it up. Overall, your argument is unclear and weak but your paper is well written.
Izzie 2 years ago
After reading your post, I have come to the conclusion that if the values of an American are shown in immigrants, legal or illegal, that they are on their way to becoming an American and should be considered one of us. As you said in your post, “ We as a country’s biggest American belief, has to be the belief that the very people in this country, will work together to create a better country.” I believe that their only motive to come to America is to make a better life for themselves. And isn’t allowing them to have the option of coming here an example of us as a country coming together to make our country better? Most immigrants will be sure to be law abiding citizens, as to not arouse suspicion about themselves, but isn’t that just making our country have more citizens that do what they are told, not hurting our country.
As it says in the Federation for American Immigration Reform, “If the population of illegal aliens and other long-term foreign residents were inconsequential, this would not be an important issue. However, with 18.5 million more persons counted in the 2000 Census than the number of U.S. citizens, this is a valid major concern.” One reason this evidence is weak is because there is no number that anyone knows how many immigrants are actually illegal. One immigrant from Germany had an interview with New York Times about the possibility that he could be kicked out of our country, and he said, “Obviously I am afraid. I have a son.” This statement shows how people from anywhere are at risk of losing everything.
I know that my claim is on the less popular side of the argument, but if you really think hard about your morals and ethics, you could see that we are all human, and kicking out people just because of where they came from is wrong. We should not follow the same path as our elders and the men and women who came before us, as they had put us in many terrible situations they many people would like to deny ever happened.
“Illegal Immigrants Distort Congressional Representation and Federal Programs.” Federation for American Immigration Reform, http://www.fairus.org/issue/societal-impact/illegal-immigrants-distort-congressional-representation-and-federal-programs.
Jacob. “American Creed?” Youth Voices, 6 Oct. 2017, http://www.youthvoices.live/2017/10/04/american-creed-3/.
Jordan, Miriam. “If Census Asks About Citizenship, Some Already Have an Answer: No Comment.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 27 Mar. 2018, http://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/27/us/census-undocumented-immigrants.html.
Lindsay 2 years ago
This is a great article, well done! I think you are totally right that we need to look deeper into what we mean when we say we are American by looking at specific important issues. I liked how you brought up specific issues yourself such as immigration. I look forward to reading the other article you wrote to follow up with this one.
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Nina Hagen - 1985 Ekstasy Drive - Rock in Rio 1985
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Nina Hagen having her minutes of fame in Brazil. Nowadays, nobody in Brazil would even remember what Nina Hagen is.
A European tour with a new band in 1980 was cancelled, and Nina turned to the New World. A limited-edition U.S. album was released on vinyl that summer: one side contained two English-language songs, and the B side was two tracks from Unbehagen.
In the fall of 1980, Hagen discovered she was pregnant, broke up with the father-to-be, and moved to Los Angeles. Her daughter, Cosma Shiva Hagen, was born in Santa Monica on May 17, 1981. In 1982, Hagen released her first solo album NunSexMonkRock, a dissonant mix of punk, funk, reggae, and opera, and went on a world tour with the No Problem Orchestra.
In 1983 came the album Angstlos and a minor European tour. By this time, Hagen's public appearances were becoming stranger and frequently included discussions of God, UFOs, her social and political beliefs, animal rights and vivisection and claims of alien sightings. The English version of Angstlos, Fearless, generated two major club hits in America , Zarah (a cover of the Zarah Leander song Ich weiss, es wird einmal ein Wunder geschehen) and the disco/punk/opera classic, New York New York.
1985's Nina Hagen In Ekstasy fared less well, but did generate club hits with "Universal Radio" and a cover of "Spirit In The Sky" and also featured a 1979 recording of her hardcore punk take on Frank Sinatra's My Way, which had been one of her signature live tunes in previous years. Her contract with CBS over, she released the Punk Wedding EP independently in 1987, a celebration of her marriage to an 18-year old punk nicknamed 'Iroquois'. It followed an independent 1986 one-off single with Lene Lovich, the anthemic Don't Kill The Animals. In 1989 Hagen released the album Nina Hagen which was backed up by another German tour.
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High Court orders removal of three statues on Beach Road in Vizag
A few months back, three new statues of notable personalities were erected on the Beach Road in Vizag. Unveiled by HRD Minister Ganta Srinivasa Rao, these statues, of Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Dasari Narayana Rao, and Nandamuri Harikrishna, gave rise to a controversy as it was cited that they were installed without permission.
The installation of the statues was cited as a violation of the Supreme Court’s orders. In 2013, SC released an order banning fresh encroachment of roads, pavements and sideways by the construction of religious structures or installation of statues of public figures. The Supreme Court had also ordered all state governments and union territories to deny permission for erecting statues.
In a recent development, a Division of the High Court, on Tuesday passed orders for the removal of these statues set up on the Beach Road in Vizag.
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How to Be a Meaning-Giver: Why “Meaningful Work” is Everyone’s Job
Meaningful work is everyone’s job.
Lisa had been a janitor for a decade when I asked her to describe a time when she experienced her work as especially meaningful.
She needed just a few seconds to recall a moment, “This one has given me motivation ever since.”
It wasn’t what I was expecting.
She started, “I once worked at a sports stadium, and one time there was a woman who just vomited all over the outside of the bathroom door, and it was right where a long line of people would go in to go use the bathroom…”
As Lisa continued to detail an especially messy moment from an already messy occupation, I wondered, “Where’s the meaningfulness in cleaning up vomit in a crowd of people?”
Then, there it was: “And it was on that day,” Lisa emotionally shared, “I was thanked by more people than I ever have been since; almost 20 people walked past me saying, ‘Thank you for that. Thank you for doing that.’”
“For the first time, it made me feel like I actually did something good. People are impacted by what I am doing. I can keep doing this, and knowing I mattered then has motivated me ever since.”
Lisa described that the actual job of cleaning up that mess, on its own, was a lower point in her career. Yet the contrast between the unpleasant nature of the task and the profound and lasting positive meaning it had amplifies what happens when people clearly see that they and what they do matter.
The “work” didn’t give Lisa meaning, the evidence of the work’s impact on others did.
The anonymous people waiting in line that day were meaning-givers, they gave Lisa evidence of her mattering through their direct gratitude.
Lisa’s story highlights an important lesson we’re learning about meaningful work: We can know our work is meaningful and craft our work as meaningful, but that feeling tends to be short-lived without the ongoing evidence of our work’s meaning to others.
We hold that evidence for each other.
How to Be a Meaning-Giver
Studies from the past decade find clear links between the experience of meaningful work and increased motivation, engagement, satisfaction, and overall well-being. Yet, we still don’t fully understand how people come to experience work as meaningful.
Lisa was part of a forthcoming study in which I interviewed janitors to better understand what the lived experience of meaningful work is like in front-line, repetitive work. The prompt was simple: Describe a time from your everyday work when you most experienced meaningfulness.
Like Lisa, every janitor described a moment when they experienced direct affirmation of their work’s impact on others. The effects of these “moments of mattering” tended to be long-lasting, sometimes producing motivation for many years, even decades.
The problem is that every janitor also described these moments as rare.
The infrequency of regular, meaningful gratitude – showing others how their efforts contribute positively to other people – seems to be common in most organizations. Ryan Fehr, an Assistant Professor of Management at the Foster School of Business, wrote that prevailing norms of workplaces as “transactional,” and dated notions of what is “professional” still contribute to a lack of interpersonal affirmation in work.
But when it comes to maintaining meaningfulness in work, experiencing regular meaningful gratitude that reaffirms one’s impact seems essential.
In 2003, Amy Wrzesniewski, Professor of Organizational Behavior at Yale, and her colleagues interviewed 29 hospital cleaners to learn how they made meaning in their work. The researchers found that meaning was primarily derived from what they called “interpersonal cues” or the verbal or nonverbal messages they received and interpreted from others. Affirming cues from others significantly contributed to lasting feelings of positive meaning.
The sustained experience of meaningful work is everyone’s job.
Here are some ideas on how to be a meaning-giver:
1. Acknowledge People in Regular, Small Ways
In addition to asking the janitors what made work meaningful, I also asked them to describe when they experienced work as meaningless.
Feeling unacknowledged by others – supervisors, peers, and the public – was a common part of all the janitors’ moments of meaninglessness. Interestingly, it wasn’t the absence of formal acknowledgment such as scheduled feedback, performance evaluations, appreciation banquets, or awards that made work meaningless.
Rather, the moments that produced meaninglessness were smaller, like being brushed past in the hallway by a co-worker or completing a project withoutany verbal or nonverbal feedback.
It seems that even small gestures of acknowledgment can go a long way when it comes to meaning and motivation.
For example, in one study, Dan Ariely, Professor of Psychology and Behavioral Economics at Duke University, offered participants money to circle identical letters on a piece of paper with random letters.
In each successive round, they were offered less compensation than the previous round. The participants were split into three groups. The experimenter in the first group collected the papers with the participants’ names, looked them over, made eye contact and said “uh, huh” before putting in a pile.
The experimenter in the second group simply put the papers in a pile with no nonverbal or verbal feedback, and the experimenter in the third group shredded their papers right away.
The people whose work was shredded needed twice as much money to keep doing the task than the first group who received eye contact and a simple “uh, huh.” The second group, whose work was ignored, needed about the same amount of money as the group whose work was shredded.
Ariely said,
“Ignoring the performance of people is almost as bad as shredding their effort before their eyes.”
Making the effort to consistently acknowledge people’s work in small ways within everyday routines can be meaning and motivation-giving.
This could be as simple as saying “thank you” as in Lisa’s case, or making eye contact and smiling to let someone know you appreciate what they do.
2. Show People the Difference They Make
If informal acknowledgments are so effective in giving meaning to others’ work, it’s not surprising that ongoing, meaningful feedback is found to be a key predictor of motivation and engagement in work.
But when I ask people to share with me how they tell people they did a good job, the typical response is, “I tell them, ‘good job.’”
The problem is vague positive affirmation is psychologically unmotivating because it’s divorced from the actual impact the “good job” had on others.
Studies since the 1970s show that task significance, or the ability to see how our work affects someone else, is a critical predictor of both meaningfulness and work motivation.
Instead of telling people they did a good job, show them the difference they made.
One of the janitors I interviewed told me that a supervisor over 25 years ago defined the word “custodian” for her as someone who “takes ownership and custody over a space.” She told me that those few minutes of glimpsing the possible bigger impact of her work shaped how she approached her entire career.
In a landmark experiment, Wharton School Management Professor Adam Grant and his colleagues found that callers at a university fundraising center who spent just five minutes hearing the impact of their work through a scholarship recipient’s story spent more than double the amount of time on the phone and generated triple the donations compared to the callers who never heard a story of their potential impact.
By being “story-collectors” and storytellers of others’ impact, we can show people the difference they make.
To do this, try the simple model below whenever you give affirmation or show gratitude:
First, describe the situation. When did it occur? Starting with an acknowledgment that you personally observed the behavior is important and can maintain authenticity.
Second, describe the behavior. What did the person do or say? Be specific. If people don’t know what they did to make an impact, they’re less likely to do it again.
Finally, show them the impact. How did their behavior contribute to your work, life, or that of another person?
This is where the skills of story-collecting and storytelling are important.
For example, if someone taking on an extra task helped to free up your time to work on another important project, show them the outcome of that important project.
3. Look Beyond Your Workplace
Meaning-giving isn’t just a practice for your workplace, it’s a life practice.
Other human beings’ hard work impacts our lives daily, so we have endless opportunities to give meaning.
Whether they’re the people paving the road you drive to work on, the person making sure your doctor’s office is clean, someone who helps you with your taxes, or the person collecting your trash so you don’t have to, acknowledge people and show them the difference they make for you.
As Lisa reminded me, a small moment of gratitude could be what gives them meaning; what sustains and energizes them in the place they’re likely to spend upwards of 40% of their waking lives.
Zach Mercurio
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Vicksburg breaks ground on sports complex, new company opens its doors on same day
By Patrice Clark | June 19, 2018 at 11:44 PM CDT - Updated August 23 at 4:59 PM
Vicksburg broke ground on a sports complex and a new company opens its doors on same day. Source: WLBT
VICKSBURG, MS (Mississippi News Now) - The River City is celebrating a boost in economic growth.
A new company officially opened its doors in Vicksburg and city officials broke ground on a multi-million-dollar, state-of-the-art sports complex.
"A step in the right economic direction." That's how Governor Phil Bryant describes the official opening of Vicksburg Forest Products.
He says it's important to have businesses that support the community and offers good paying jobs.
"That will be 125 good paying jobs," said Governor Bryant.
The Vicksburg Forest Products is a Mississippi company. It is reopening at the old Anderson Tully facility, which recently sold the mill after more than 100 years in Vicksburg.
"So we saved those jobs, save the company and expanded and it just doesn't get much better than that," said Bryant.
On the other side of town, the city also celebrated the start of construction for a new 20 million dollar sports complex.
Vicksburg native Malcolm Butler, who now plays for the Tennessee Titans, was at the event.
He says this new park will promote sports, family and fun.
"It is only going to make the city better," said Butler. "Business wise, youth wise. Kids like that needs things like this in Vicksburg, Mississippi."
To pay for the park, voters passed a 2% tax on restaurant, food and beverage sales and hotel room rentals.
City and park officials say the money will go to good use.
"It will have three championship fields on it," said Vicksburg Mayor George Flaggs. "It will have a total of 13 fields. You will have soccer, baseball, and it will be phenomenal."
Park officials say once the facility is up and running, it will generate tax dollars and jobs.
"Way over 100 jobs alone and once you amplify that across the other area," said Sportsfields, Inc. CEO Brian Storm. "I think it is going to be great."
The sports complex is expected to open early 2019.
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Tag Archives: Phil Berger Jr.
June 11, 2014 by Jeff Sykes - 0 comments
Republicans trade immigration barbs in wake of Cantor’s defeat
Following Eric Cantor’s loss in a Republican Primary last night in which pundits say his position on immigration reform played a major role, Phil Berger Jr. today launched a radio ad aimed at his opponent in the runoff for the Sixth District Nomination.
Cantor, a Virginia Republican, had served as House Majority Leader under Speaker John Boehner. He was defeated by a grassroots candidate in a Republican primary held yesterday. Cantor had presented a mixed message to voters, claiming in campaign materials to oppose immigration reform, while advancing legislation in Congress toward that end.
Berger Jr.’s campaign wasted no time in the wake of Cantor’s defeat to seize on the obvious passion that conservative Republican voters have for a zero-tolerance approach to giving a pathway to citizenship to those in the country illegally.
The campaign released a radio ad today in which Berger Jr. highlights opponent Mark Walker’s supposed support for immigration reform.
“As a prosecutor, I’ve seen first hand the effect of illegal immigration: the overcrowding of our jails, illegals feeding off our tax dollars, and jeopardizing public safety,” Berger Jr. said in the ad. “My opponent Mark Walker promises to give amnesty to illegal aliens. Walker supports creating a pathway to citizenship for the millions who broke the law and came to this country illegally. His legislation would only encourage more illegal immigration and would make our problem worse, not better.”
A campaign spokesperson said the ad was “a major media buy” and would debut on conservative talk networks across the district.
At issue are comments on a Walker website from early in the campaign when he suggested incremental immigration reform that could provide a pathway to citizenship. Walker said at a recent candidate forum that he did not support amnesty for illegal immigrants or a pathway to citizenship, as reported by the Rhino Times.
Walker said in a telephone interview that the Berger Jr. campaign had quoted him inaccurately, accusing the campaign of pulling a partial quote from a blog post Walker made early in the campaign as he began to put his platform together. Walker said that his background as a pastor and working in immigrant and refugee communities had played a part in those comments.
“My heart is for people from all walks of life,” Walker said. “My oath to the Constitution is to protect the border and the ports.”
Walker said that he does not favor any form of amnesty.
“We need to make sure our border and ports are very secure before we can get into legislation, otherwise you have an open ended situation to deal with,” Walker said.
Walker also pointed to the fact that he had been endorsed by Alamance County Sheriff Terry Johnson, whom Walker called “the strongest anti-amnesty sheriff in the district.” Walker said that no sheriff in the district had endorsed Berger Jr.
“I think it’s interesting that as a DA he doesn’t have his own sheriff’s support or the support of any sheriff in the district,” Walker said. “I think if you are going to talk about obeying the law, you need to ask why is that?”
The Walker campaign also seized on Cantor’s loss by highlighting the Berger Jr. campaign’s tenuous connection to political strategists used by the former House Majority Leader.
“It is clear that Phil Berger, Jr., is the D.C. establishment candidate in this race,” Walker said in a press release. “Political insiders on Capitol Hill have handpicked Berger to come to D.C. and serve as a rubber stamp for their agenda. Berger’s wealthy friends have paid Cantor’s team tens of thousands of dollars to come to North Carolina and attack me, while promoting him. It says a lot when his Super PAC is being run by Eric Cantor’s political henchmen. The political class is investing all this money to support Berger for a reason.”
The connection comes in the form of Ray Allen, a political consultant from the Richmond firm Creative Direct, which Cantor used. A Super PAC from Raleigh, Keep Conservatives United, also used Creative Direct in its advocacy for candidates leading up to the May primary. Keep Conservatives United expressed support for Berger Jr. and launched several negative ads and direct mail pieces at other candidates in the race. Candidate campaigns are prohibited by law from coordinating with Super PACs.
May 15, 2014 by Jeff Sykes - 0 comments
Coble endorses Berger Jr. in Sixth District
In what is sure to be a major step in his quest to secure the GOP nomination in the Sixth Congressional district, Rockingham County District Attorney Phil Berger Jr. today received the endorsement of incumbent Rep. Howard Coble.
Coble kept his preferences under wraps prior to the May 6 primary, opting instead to appear with several candidates to promote general voter turnout. Berger Jr. took the top spot on election day, but failed to clear the 40 percent threshold needed to avoid a runoff with second place finisher, Mark Walker.
Coble made his endorsement known this morning at Berger Jr.’s campaign headquarters on Battleground Avenue in Greensboro.
“It’s clear to me that Phil Berger is the right conservative for the job. He has the experience, knowledge and determination to hit the ground running in Washington,” said Coble, in a release prior to the public endorsement. “He’s a solid, proven conservative with the kind of values and energy we need to keep North Carolina on the right track. I’m pleased and proud to offer my endorsement to Phil Berger.”
Coble’s endorsement should provide solid momentum to the well organized and monied Berger Jr. campaign. Coble’s brother and other family members have endorsed Walker, causing confusion among some and pushback from long-time observers who felt Walker was attempting to associate himself with the congressman.
Several of Berger Jr.’s vanquished primary opponents are considering a Walker endorsement, but Coble’s stamp of approval likely carries more weight.
“It’s an enormous honor to receive the endorsement of Congressman Coble,” said Berger. “His legacy of service to this district is outstanding. The state of North Carolina and the Republican party have benefitted greatly from his leadership, honor and integrity. Howard Coble is a true public servant who has dedicated his life to this state and his constituents. I will strive to continue Howard’s legacy of service as we work for a prosperous North Carolina.”
The runoff is set for July 15.
Walker released a statement via social media that addressed the Coble endorsement. He said the campaign was made aware of Coble’s preference two weeks ago but felt he “might refrain from being a factor in the race.”
Beyond that, Walker alluded to some opposition research Berger Jr.’s campaign is conducting.
“There is no doubt that we are in the crosshairs of a very powerful, well-funded and influential political machine,” Walker said. “Over the last few weeks, the opposition has been pressuring many elected officials and other Washington representatives for endorsements. Private investigators continue to call people and places we’ve served in looking through every aspect of our lives.”
Walker said that he remains committed to a different style of politics, one beyond the traditional Republican method of shredding your opponent with smear tactics.
“Though it has been tempting at times, we have maintained our goal of running a clean campaign that would make North Carolinians proud.”
May 2, 2014 by Jeff Sykes - 1 Comment
Matheny continues to play the “reasonable” card
Greensboro City Councilman Zack Matheny continues to position himself as a “reasonable” alternative to the right-wing front-runners in the race for the Republican nomination in the Sixth Congressional district.
While front-runner Phil Berger Jr. continues to lead the pack in the eyes of most observers, Matheny is locked in a three-way battle with viable candidates hoping to get enough votes to force Berger Jr. into a runoff.
Matheny has scheduled a press conference for 3 p.m. today at which he plans to speak out about the mudslinging Berger Jr. and Bruce VonCannon have stooped to in recent days.
“Phil Berger Jr. is a negative campaigner and the tactics he is employing are exactly the type of tactics current Congressman Howard Coble asked all Republican candidates vying for his seat not to participate in,” Matheny said in a press release today. “Voters want to hear how we intend to create jobs, revitalize the economy, and rebuild North Carolina. They don’t want to hear ugly politics as usual. Negative campaigning will only lower voter turnout and hurt the Party.”
Matheny’s press conference will take place at his campaign headquarters in Greensboro.
A political action committee backing Berger Jr. launched the mud-fest with attack pieces financed by known Berger Jr. donors. The direct mail pieces and television ads targeted Mark Walker, felt to be a solid second place contender, and the upstart VonCannon campaign.
VonCannon punched back with ominous television spots that criticized Berger Jr. for a plea-deal he offered a child molester and for the office-wiring incident Berger Jr. was involved with at the Rockingham County Courthouse.
April 24, 2014 by Jeff Sykes - 0 comments
Zack strikes back at Berger Jr.
Greensboro City Councilman Zack Matheny hit back at Sixth District GOP front-runner Phil Berger Jr. today by issuing a press release criticizing the “smear campaign” conducted by an out-of-district PAC funded in part by Berger Jr. donors.
In a press release, the Matheny campaign says that Berger Jr. has “failed to gain voter support in North Carolina’s 6th Congressional District.”
“In response, Berger Jr.’s special interest backers are dumping even more money into the race, buying ads attacking fellow Republican candidates,” the release states. “These are exactly the type of tactics that current Congressman Howard Coble asked all Republican candidates vying for his seat not to participate in.”
Keep Conservatives United, a political action committee based in Wake Forest, has spent more than $150,000 on advertisements attacking Berger Jr.’s opponents in the race. The PAC, via its founder Bob Harris, has repeatedly endorsed Berger Jr.
“It is unclear why this group and their contributors are so interested in this race,” the Matheny campaign said. “Whenever special interest groups are involved in campaigns there is always the fear that they are buying a candidate rather than supporting one.”
More here and here.
Political hit piece called “laughable” by Greensboro residents
An independent PAC operated by a former Jesse Helms foot soldier made
big news in Greensboro this week with a political attack piece
targeting Sixth District Congressional candidate Mark Walker.
The card, mailed on April 16, hit Walker for his service on the
Greensboro War Memorial Commission, which oversees the Coliseum
Complex. The debate over funding of the coliseum is an annual show in
Greensboro, with budget hawks pointing to the perpetual shortfall in
operating revenues specific to the venue opposed by boosters who point
to the throngs of people who come into the city and spend money around
town. This, they argue, increases overall tax revenue and offsets the
debt specific to the building itself.
The coliseum director, Matt Brown, is also one of the highest paid
city employees, and is often a target of conservative ire given his
robust salary.
Keep Conservatives United, an independent political action committee
based in Wake Forest, mailed the card. According to their campaign
finance report filed April 18, the group spent $18,373 on the piece.
The card shows a picture of Walker, obscured by parted venetian
blinds, with the bold headline “Hiding from his record of running up
deficits and wasting taxpayer dollars.”
In his campaign bio, Walker touts his service on the commission, which
is a volunteer oversight board without legislative control of its
Walker did not appear to respond publicly to the card, but several
prominent supporters in Greensboro called it “laughable.”
Former Rhino Times publisher, William Hammer, wrote an extended
Facebook statement along with a picture he posted of the card.
“It’s very unusual that I get a piece of mail that makes me burst out
laughing,” Hammer wrote. “But that is exactly what I did when I pulled
an oversized postcard from my mailbox that said Congressional
candidate Mark Walker was “Hiding from his Record.””
The post was heavily shared and commented upon, with agreements coming
from a prominent Republican couple and the wife of a state legislator,
Keep Conservatives United, the group that mailed the card, is the
brainchild of former Jesse Helms researcher Bob Harris. Harris started
the group in 2009 to support Michelle Bachman against Rick Perry in
early right-wing jockeying for position in advance of the 2012
presidential election. Harris has kept the group active, working for
several congressional candidates, including Renee Ellmers, George
Holding and Robert Pittenger.
Harris has repeatedly endorsed Walker’s opponent in the Sixth District
race, Rockingham County District Attorney Phil Berger Jr., a fact not
lost on many who commented via social media about the direct mail
piece.
Records show that Harris paid Richmond, Va.-based Creative Direct LLC
to produce the card. The finance report also shows a second piece
aimed at Walker set to be mailed on April 21.
The group received one contribution recently, a $25,000 influx from
Pita Raleigh LLC, a nebulous company created by former Republican
candidate for governor, Bill Graham, an attorney from Salisbury. The
contribution was received on April 9.
Keep Conservatives United also made a $5,000 contribution to the NC
Values Coalition. The group made several joint appearances with Berger
Jr. during the run up to the anti-gay marriage vote on Amendment One
March 22, 2014 by Jeff Sykes - 0 comments
Movement in the Sixth District race
After months of posturing and grassroots efforts, it looks like the media campaign in the race for the Republican nomination in the Sixth Congressional District is kicking off.
First today in the inbox was an email from Greensboro City Councilman Zack Matheny announcing a rally at the NewBridge Bank Park in downtown Greensboro. The campaign event is set for March 29 and features family friendly kids events and free hotdogs. But the political kicker is the news that incumbent Rep. Howard Coble will be in attendance.
“Congressman Coble and I will share a few words with the crowd …,” the message states in part.
Coble is normally coy with his alliances and especially endorsements.
When reached by phone Saturday, Matheny said he did not expect an endorsement.
“What (Coble) is wanting people to know is that this is an important race and he cares about it and he hopes that others will,” Matheny said. “He is raising awareness for Republican candidates and the race as a whole.”
Coble has stated that he is not endorsing anyone in the race, Matheny said, but the councilman expressed his gratitude for the appearance of the veteran congressman who announced his retirement earlier this year.
“I respect Howard tremendously and he’s been a mentor to me for as long as I’ve been around,” Matheny said. “Howard is a friend and a mentor and somebody that I want and strive to be like as a representative. So it means a lot.”
Phil Berger Jr. highlights his conservative credentials in a glossy direct mail piece.
In the physical mailbox was a glossy mailer from Rockingham County District Attorney Phil Berger Jr. Considered to be a front runner with Matheny and grassroots favorite Mark Walker, Berger touts his Christian faith and values that guide him every day. In addition to his faith, Berger highlights his support for Second Amendment rights and “our right to own and carry firearms”, his lifetime membership of the NRA, his 100-percent pro-life stance and opposition to “all federal funding or support for abortions.”
Berger also highlights his leadership in the passage of North Carolina’s Marriage Amendment.
Also of note is Berger’s mention of being a “lifetime North Carolinian”, perhaps a dig at Walker and others who are not natives to the state, which may be a deciding factor for some grassroots voters in such a crowded Republican field.
Interesting as well is a final dig at the Affordable Care Act, with an offer to ship a free “Stop Obamacare Sign” that is a Berger for Congress sign with a “Stop Obamacare” header.
March 5, 2014 by Jeff Sykes - 0 comments
Race for the Sixth
Moving deeper into primary season we will begin to increase the attention we give the Republican primary race to replace Rep. Howard Coble, who has represented the Sixth District as long as anyone can remember.
Democrats believe the district is competitive, but that remains to be seen. What is most likely is that the winner of the Republican primary in May will have a solid chance of becoming the next congressman from the central Piedmont region.
Zack Matheny launches jobs-oriented campaign website.
Greensboro Councilman Zack Matheny announced his jobs plan this week with a website devoted specifically to the issue. The plan is standard Republican fare, with calls for lower taxes and less regulation. Matheny touts his experience as a business owner and growth-oriented member of the city council.
“After speaking with Howard Coble, I realized that I could be more effective as a member of Congress and that was a large factor in my decision to run for his seat,” Matheny stated. “When elected, I will bring my regional approach to job creation to life for everyone in North Carolina’s 6th Congressional District. I will not rest until everyone who wants a job can find one — so that everyone who still believes in the American Dream can have the opportunity to see that dream fulfilled.”
That seems like a tall order given the region’s struggling labor market and the constant threat that big companies in the area could be bought and moved or otherwise lured away.
Phil Berger Jr. continues to form his campaign team. The Rockingham County District Attorney announced this week that Paul J. Norcross will serve as Chief Political Advisor for the campaign.
Norcross founded Global Supply Solutions Group and co-founded Phoenix Academy, a charter school in High Point. Berger said that Norcross has resigned posts as the Chairman of the High Point Republican Party, the Executive Director of the Guilford County GOP, and the Regional Chairman of the North Carolina Alliance for Public Charter Schools to join the campaign.
“There are serious challenges facing our world, our country, and our state,” Norcross said. “We desperately need a serious person in Washington that we can trust. Phil Berger will keep his promises and protect our interests. He is the only candidate in this race with the qualifications, resources, and background necessary to win in November.”
Campaigns that want our attention here at Yes! Weekly should add editor at yesweekly dot com to their media distribution lists. We will be scheduling one on one candidate interviews soon.
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A molecular receptor that selectively binds dihydrogen phosphate
Tae Hoon Kwon, Kyu Sung Jeong
A dihydrogen phosphate-binding receptor (4) containing both hydrogen bond donors and acceptors has been prepared by incorporating two pyridyl units to a preorganized biindole scaffold. Receptor 4 strongly and selectively binds dihydrogen phosphate via multiple hydrogen bonds with an association constant (Ka) of 1.1 × 105 M-1 in CH3CN at 22 ± 1 °C. The high selectivity toward the target anion over other anions is proven to be due to two additional hydrogen bonds between the phosphate hydroxyl groups and the pyridyl nitrogens, each of which increases the complex stability by the free energy of 1.6 kcal/mol. This result clearly demonstrates that a selective receptor for a polyprotic anion can be developed by combining both hydrogen bond donors and acceptors.
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Hydroxyl Radical
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Kwon, T. H., & Jeong, K. S. (2006). A molecular receptor that selectively binds dihydrogen phosphate. Tetrahedron Letters, 47(48), 8539-8541. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tetlet.2006.09.105
Kwon, Tae Hoon ; Jeong, Kyu Sung. / A molecular receptor that selectively binds dihydrogen phosphate. In: Tetrahedron Letters. 2006 ; Vol. 47, No. 48. pp. 8539-8541.
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Tempting Faith shows Bush exploitation of Christians
TimNOctober 13, 2006Church, Journalism, Politics, Theology
I’m not usually one to post videos on blogs, but this two part series on the Keith Olbermann show covers the new book by David Kuo, a longtime conservative Christian political operative and deputy director of White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives.
Tempting Faith: An Inside Story of Political Seduction appears to be just what its title claims: a thorough expose of the way the Bush administration has strung along Christian leaders over the last 6 years. The general themes of broken promises to conservatives won’t come as a surprise, but the specifics coming from an insider are still very disturbing. One minor, but telling quote from the book:
[Christian leaders] were given passes to be in the crowd greeting the president or tickets for a speech he was giving. Little trinkets like cufflinks or pens or pads of paper. Christian leaders could give them to their congregations or donors or friends to show just how influential they were. Making politically active Christian personally happy meant having to worry far less about the political Christian agenda.
But you can watch it all in gory glory for yourself in Part 1:
and Part 2:
Let’s see how long it takes the Rove machine to come up with a way to discredit Kuo. Or perhaps they’ll line up the Christian leaders to make statements of support. According to this post on The Carpetbagger Report Focus on the Family has already sent a damage control email to their supporters playing the victim card:
Big media will no doubt play this story to the hilt in the next several weeks, because it allows them to take aim at two of their favorite targets: President Bush and socially conservative Christians. Sadly, Kuo’s characterization of his former colleagues, bosses and mission — mischaracterizations, really — will be fed to the public as truth.
For once, I agree with Dr. Dobson. Christians are a target. But of whom?
P.S. It will be interesting to watch the reaction in the conservative blogosphere. Follow the explosion of blog posts on this via Technorati.
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jdaniel October 19, 2006 at 4:50 pm
As the automatically generated comment above suggests, the folks at Christianity Is More have a link to this post and a comment regarding YAR. I must say I was a bit confused by the reference to the New Monasticism. Can anyone clear that up for me?
Brian Hamilton October 19, 2006 at 5:24 pm
JDaniel: the New Monasticism is a (inter?)national movement, among and beyond evangelicals, trying to reclaim the monastic vision of a Christian life together. The Simple Way (Philly, PA) and the Rutba House (Durham, NC) have been at the forefront of the movement. Nate is (generously) identifying the re-awakening of the Anabaptist communal impulse among young adults as part of this overall movement. He’s referring in particular, I’m assuming, to things like Bike Movement and a group of folks re-connecting with Fellowship of Hope in Elkhart, who themselves spent close to two decades under a common rule. Does that get at your confusion?
Yes; Thanks Brian. I had forgotten about The Simple Way. ~Dan
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December 18, 2017 Journal article Open Access
Family, individual, community and school profile analysis of learners at risk of dropping out in Cebu
Trivino, Jessica T.; Tiongzon, Benjamin D.; Barazon, Leviticus Jr. M.; Inocian, Edsel P.
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WE THINK THIS USED TO BE THE DOTMUSIC AWARDS: We'venot heard of the DMA awards before, or maybe we have, and they seem to be convinced they've happened before, so we're guessing - since they're sponsored by BT Rich Media - that in the past they might have been the DotMusic awards and BT never bothered to flog them to Yahoo with the rest of the set up.
These are the nominees:
Best Pop Artist
* Brian McFadden
* Girls Aloud
* Kylie Minogue
* Natasha Bedingfield
* Peter Andre
Best Rock/Indie Artist (sponsored by NME)
* Paul Weller
* Supergrass
* The Concretes
* The Futureheads
* The Zutons
Best Dance Artist
* Faithless
* Fatboy Slim
* Goldfrapp
* John Digweed
* Prodigy
Best Urban Artist
* Estelle
* Goldie Lookin' Chain
* Jamelia
* Lemar
* The Streets
Best Artist Download
* Anastacia – 'Left Outside Alone'
* Coldplay – '2000 Miles'
* George Michael - 'Amazing'
* Keane – 'Everybody’s Changing'
* Mario Winans – 'I Don’t Want To Know'
* Maroon 5 – 'This Love'
* OutKast – 'Hey Ya!'
* Scissor Sisters - 'Laura'
* The Rasmus – 'In the Shadows'
* The Streets – 'Dry Your Eyes'
Best Music Download Service
* KarmaDownload.com
* Mycokemusic.com
* Napster
* Sony Connect
Best Radio Station Online
* BBC 6 Music
* LAUNCHcast Radio
* Radio Magnetic
* Virgin Radio
* XFM
Best Interactive Music TV Programme
*No word yet
Best Web-Based Music Game
* Muse Space Fighter game
* McFly game
* Razorlight Olympics game
* Rooster - Randy Rooster game
* Shapeshifters Hall of Mirrors game
We're a little puzzled as to how Belle and Sebastian can be overlooked for the best web-based music game category; we're also more than a little curious as to in what way LaunchCast Radio has been nominated for best Radio Station Online - nothing to do with Yahoo Launch being one of the sponsors, is it?
And there's a people's choice music website of the year thingy. We obviously know you have better sites to vote for, but if you did want to vote for us it might at least be a bit amusing.
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COUNTRY AND ROCK SICK LIST: The country singer Ray Price has had emergency heart surgery in Houston; the 78 year old suffered chest pains on Thursday night; meanwhile, Joe Jackson has had surgery for ulcers - that's Michael's dad, not the singer. Jackson reported to an LA hospital thinking he had food poisoning.
WHATS WITH THESE PUNK ROCK DUDES/THEY CAN'T EVEN SING/I WISH WE'D NEVER HEARD OF THE OFFSPRING: But we did, of course, and now they're plotting the release of a Greatest Hits compilation - missing the Christmas market, though, which is probably a bum decision; and including a Police cover as well, which is almost certainly an even worse one.
NEW BOOTS AND PANTING: Another setback in the onward march of the copyright thugs, as a Federal Judge rules that a statute banning bootlegging is unconstitutional. Judge Harold Baer rejected charges against Midnight Record's Jean Martignon, saying that the unlimited copyright protection the statute claimed conflicted with the "limited time requirements of copyright law." Another example of bad laws made at the label's request.
SIX! SIX! SIX!: There's all kinds of goings-on in the Electric Six camp (older readers will recall the Six; they were kind of like the Scissor Sisters with trousers on). First up, they've signed a new deal with a Warner Music spin-off, Rushmore. Warner are bucking the major trend for culling sub-labels by giving Steve Allen and Paul Brown this new thing to play with.
Then, there's a load of tour dates:
Sep 25 Moscow, Russia - Megapolis Pulse Festival
Oct 08 Roncade, Italy - New Age Club
Oct 09 Cesena, Italy - Vidia
Oct 10 Milan, Italy - Rainbow Club
Oct 12 London, UK - Metro
Nov 4 Santiago, Chile
Nov 6 Beunos Aires, Argentina
Nov 24 Detroit, MI - Majestic Theater
Nov 27 Sheffield, UK - Leadmill
Nov 28 Hull UK - Hull University
Nov 29 Nottingham, UK - Rock City
Dec 01 Manchester, UK - MDH Hall
Dec 02 Glasgow, UK - Barrowlands
Dec 03 Norwich, UK - UEA
Dec 04 Bristol, UK - Anson Rooms
Dec 06 London, UK - ULU
Then, there's going to be a new single, available as a free download from their website on October 11th. It's called - ooh, saucy - Vibrator. If you can't wait for that, there's already a load of stuff to download, including Peaches doing Gay Bar.
Finally, we didn't realise Reuben Wu from Ladytron had been guesting with the band over the summer. But, erm, he has.
BUJU ROUND-UP: Fearing a breach of public order, Greater Manchester Police "cancelled" a gig by homophobialist Buju Banton. He'd been supposed to play the Bierkeller last night, but the police stepped in and axed the gig. Right result, totally wrong reason: it shouldn't be the police banning the event for fear of violence, it should be the venue withdrawing the invitation so as not to be making money from someone with such repugnant views.
Wednesday night, though, Buju had no problems playing Milton Keynes Empire. There was a turn-out of protestors, twenty or so; Thames Valley Police erected pens to keep them neatly out of the way of people going into the venue, but did allow some leaflet handing after they realised the protest was going to be good-natured.
BUSINESS LINK: Yesterday, we heard of a business book suggesting we should all try and be like Madonna. Today, it's the Manic Street Prechers inspiring a woman to start a catering business. Tomorrow: The Hives talk about making sense of the central business rate.
WHAT'S SO FUNNY 'BOUT PEACE, LOVE AND A LITTLE DELOUSING?: Of course, if you want people to stop talking about you like you're a bit bonkers, paying for a full-page ad to carry a two thousand word plea for your own sanity might be considered to be right up there with running naked through the shopping centre shouting "I'm not barmy." But since when has Sinead O'Connor done the obvious thing?
Stung by the response to her suggestion that Ireland put one day aside to delouse everybody, and rid the country of hairlice forever (or until someone came from outside the country with headlice), she took a page in the Irish Examiner to, well, whine, actually:
"I don't think there can be any person male or female from this country who has been as consistently lashed as I have been and always am no matter what I set out to do... If ye all think I am such a crazy person why do ye use me to sell your papers? Please, I just want to be a little old lady now, and not be all controversial and not be bashed and called crazy and laughed at when I open my mouth to sing or speak... If ye wrote about Bono like you wrote about me, he'd kick your asses."
Actually, Sinead, we tend to be a bit more gentle on you, because you seem to be a bit less interested in self-glorification than Bono. And your standards seem a bit higher. But... the whole pope-rip-becoming-vicar-i'm-a-lesbian-i'm-getting-married-delousing-
retiring-not-retiring thing does sort of make you look a bit... well, eccentric.
BLADDERBRAINS: The now-largely forgotten Sisqo has been attempting to use his "fame" to push to the front of the toilet queue. Actually, first he tried to use his famous face; then the tried to use his gym toned body to persuade a chap to step aside; then, finally, he offered cash. According the Mirror.
FREE CHARLIE: It's very easy to pick on the NME - like by saying how they seem to think that Charlotte Hatherley is playing her first ever solo gigs this weekend, although she played Glasgow earlier this week, but why would you want to argue?
They're giving away fifty tickets to see her at ULU this Sunday. Be quick, be gentle, but be polite.
More from No Rock on charlotte hatherley
WELL, THAT'LL TEACH US TO SAY NICE THINGS ABOUT ELTON JOHN: John was pissed off when he arrived in Taiwan to discover that he was treated as an ordinary person and didn't have police protection:
The Taiwanese news channel ETTV showed the star, dressed in a royal blue tracksuit and matching sunglasses, clenching his teeth and muttering expletives as he stood with his arms crossed tightly across his chest.
"Rude, vile pigs!" he shouted. "Do you know what that means? Rude, vile pigs. That’s what all of you are."
One of the photographers shouted back: "Why don’t you get out of Taiwan?"
Sir Elton replied: "We’d love to get out of Taiwan if it’s full of people like you. Pig! Pig!"
The musician, who recently performed in Shanghai and Hong Kong, said: "We had a great tour of the Far East and then we come to Taiwan."
His spokespeople have attempted to explain away his hissy fit as being down to him being asked to go through the public immigration area.
SHOULD NEVER HAVE LEFT THE GOLDSTONE: Way back in the past, once a year we'd troop out of our school at lunchtime and dawdle over to Withdean Stadium in Brighton where we'd sit and watch the sportier boys doing their thing in the name of sports day. Withdean was built in a fit of optimism by Brighton Council, who believed that they could create a tennis venue which would steal the crown from Wimbledon. When that failed, they tried to turn it into an athletics hotbed - Steve Ovett trained there - and it enjoyed a brief spell of fame as the home of the Brighton B52s, back when people pretended to like American Football. More recently, though, it has been home to Brighton and Hove Albion, whose own ground was more-or-less stolen from them by an unpleasant regime. The Seagulls have been there for something like five years now, after an unhappy spell sharing Gillingham's ground, and they're really keen to move to a new site. Planning arguments, though, rumble on and on, so they're left with a venue which feels a little like a refugee camp, and is about as well regarded by the rich knobs of Withdean as they would an actual refugee camp on their doorstep.
Still, to cheer everyone up, and to promote his new album of the same name, Fatboy Slim is rechristening Withdean Stadium 'Palookaville' for the game against Sheffield United on October 2nd. They'll also be playing the album to the small knot of supporters - as if being caught in the cold and the rain and having to watch the Albion isn't trial enough.
GET THE GEESE OFF THE MENU: Obviously, we agree with Paul McCartney that Foie Gras is a horrible thing indeed, and we would like to see it disappear from shelves right away. However, we're not sure exactly what the point of writing to Arnold Schwarzeneger about a ban would be. Arnie is governor of a state which currently has a eighteen pages of closely typed prisoners awaiting lethal injection - he's hardly likely to have a spark of humanity when it comes to some geese's livers, is he?
MAKE YOU AN OFFER YOU CAN REALLY REFUSE: Would you like to go clothes shopping with DeLaSoul? Now your dream can come true - they're auctioning a trip to the shops with band. If that sounds kinda dull, it gets worse, as the small print makes clear:
In support of their new album The Grind Date and their new single “Shopping Bags”, legendary hip hop group De La Soul is auctioning off the opportunity for a fan to accompany them on a clothes shopping trip at some of their favorite stores around New York City.
Winner of the auction must be based in New York City and be available for the trip on the afternoon of Monday, September 27th. Winner must be willing to provide their own money for transportation, shopping or any other personal expenses that may occur during the trip. Also, winner must be willing to have the entire experience photographed and documented for an article in VIBE Magazine. All money from the winning bid will be donated to a charity of De La Soul's choice.
So, from the top then: it's a promo for their new single that they expect you to pay them to be part of (okay, they're going to give the money the auction raises to charity, but even so: you're paying to help them promote their single). It's like they're asking you to pay for a billboard.
And not only are they not buying you anything on the trip, they're expecting you to pay for all your expenses - doubtless they'll be out the cab down Fifth Avenue quick as you like, leaving you to fumble in your purse to pay for the cab. So... what exactly are you getting for you cash? A bunch of old blokes hanging about as you go round the shops is what it seems to us - you know what? You can go on a shopping trip with my Dad if you like. It'd be just as much fun.
MONEY VERY MUCH FOR NOTHING: Just picking up a little further on John Kennedy's ranting at In The City, and his moan that he'd care a little more about how little songwriters get paid if record companies had a fifty percent margin - according to figures in Monday's Independent, they're getting damn near it:
[F]igures from the US show that Apple Computer, the dominant legal download business in Europe and the US, retains just 4 cents from each 99-cent (55p) track sale while "mechanical copyright" holders - generally the record labels, who own copyright in the song's recording - take 62 cents or more. Music publishers take the rest - about 8 cents.
Of course, the labels do have some costs - but if we assume that they see downloads as an extra, rather than CD sales, which most seem desperate to keep as a core business, that's 62 cents of pure profit from every sale. We'd love to be in a business like that.
SCREAMING INJURIES: Rock stars and cars. It always ends in tears, doesn't it? Mark Lanegan's the latest to come to grief, being in a car smash in LA on Tuesday night. Not his fault, not seriously hurt, but he's being told to get a lot of rest by his doctor. East Coast dates have been axed as a result.
I wonder if people who had bought tickets and made other out-of-pocket expenses for those gigs could bring an action against the other driver's insurance?
SMITH DOWNLOADS: Just because it's Friday it's no excuse to goof off and use your computer for non-work purposes. Sure, you could go over to DoneWaiting and sample their link to Elliott Smith mp3s, but that's going to be on a par with oggling pictures of topless women when you should be working, isn't it?
DOWN TO WORTHING, AND LIVE THERE: There's been a kerfuffle over the Ordinary Boys feature in this week's NME, in which the Boys show the paper round their home town of Brighton. Because they actually come from Worthing. The NME reading residents of Worthing are up are in arms (although we're not sure how many people in Worthing actually fit the NME demographic) and to make ammends, the Boys have been insisting they love Worthing really, and it's all the beastly NME's fault:
"NME asked us to do the story - we would have been silly not to. It's sad it makes us look rubbish for doing that.
Growing up in Worthing made me who I am. I would not want to be part of a Brighton scene but everyone in Worthing accepts you go to Brighton for your big night out. It is part of what makes Worthing what it is. But we could not have written the album if we were from Brighton."
This probably has to be the most upsetting issue of NME in history, then, what with making Robert Music cry and now the Boys are all upset. To make ammends, Preston went round with the Evening Argus pointing out his favourite places in Worthing - a trip which must have taken all of two minutes, unless they included the small Woolworths in Broadwater as well as the pier. We just hope there won't be trouble that he gave the interview to the Brighton local paper instead of the Worthing Herald.
FWIW: Worthing played a major role in our musical life. We bought our first album - Parallel Lines - with a Christmas Gift Voucher in the Boots in Worthing.
WHIGFIELD!: Disappointingly, despite what a Des Moines DJ and internet rumour has claimed, Corey Taylor of Slipknot is not dead. Except in a creative sense.
THIRTY FURTHER ODD FEET OF GRUNTS: The latest actor pitching up at the recording studio is...
...Robert Downey Jr. There is a slight difference, though, as he's setting his heights slightly higher than most of the pack, signing a deal with Sony Classical. Although he's not doing classics, but apparently there's no Sony Pop Ballads sublabel. Apart from his own stuff, he's also doing a cover of Yes. Yes, Yes. Your Move, to be precise.
I just hope he knows that the music industry won't stand for any of those drug-addled adventures he got up to while he was in the movies.
THE RIAA: GENEROUS TO A FAULT: Time to check in again on how the RIAA - the most moral organisation in the world - is getting on making ammends for having ripped off American consumers for years. You'll recall that the organisation had been so busy lecturing people about stealing music off the internet they'd forgotten not to rape consumers at the checkout. As part of the settlement, they agreed to distribute free CDs to libraries. As we've heard before, they're not being exactly straight about it, though, and it's not getting any better: Cape May County library has been lumbered with eighteen copies of Christina Aguilera's Christmas Album and a bunch of "third-rate classical recordings." They're not alone:
According to a newsletter Library Hotline, some libraries have refused to accept the donations and other libraries were facing the same situation that Martin reported: “57 copies of ‘Three Mo’ Tenors,’” “39 copies of ‘Yolanda Adams Christmas’” and “34 copies of the Bee Gees’ ‘This Is Where I Came In.’”
THAT'S GOING TO LOOK GOOD ON THE ALBUM SLEEVE: Following a recent jaunt to a Zen temple, Leonard Cohen has been ordained. Now, he's not just Lenny, he also answers to Jikan the Silent One.
KENNEDY SHOOTINGS: The man who currently runs the UK branch of Universal Music Group, John Kennedy, is about to take over the reins at the IFPI (or, rather, those reins which aren't held by the RIAA, anyway). He used his In The City keynote to give an insight into the way his mind works, (reported by the Register), and the thought of him being at the top of the world record company pyramid is one of those dystopian visions of the future you usually only get on the Sci-Fi Channel. In fact, we did wonder if it was all some sort of joke at first.
First of all, he made clear his love of the lawsuit as a way of communicating with you customers. He has no sympathy for the twelve year old girl whose council-projects family are having to find thousands and thousands of dollars to keep the RIAA from their door - everyone else in the world can see that this was a rubbish move; only a real Scrooge would think that sort of move was a positive PR victory. Kennedy could be that Scrooge: she was a "serious file sharer." Except, of course, she had a few TV themes and a couple of nursery rhymes. Does Kennedy really believe that this twelve year old was a threat to the music industry? Really?
But he was only warming up. Many people have queried the RIAA's claims to be doing it for the artists, suggesting that any cash the organisation claws back is going to disappear into the labels' bottom line rather than to the people who make the songs. Kennedy's answer to that is "Yes - and?":
But he had even less sympathy for songwriters, who receive only a small fraction of royalties that recordings owners receive. that was fair, he insisted, as hits were down to investment in marketing, he said.
He's right, of course - who can forget the time their eyes met across a crowded room as the DJ was playing a song released on two CDs, one with live tracks on the b-side and the other with a video? And surely thousands of babies must have been conceived to the sweet sounds of the track supported by a nationwide 32-sheet campaign and thirty second slots during Coronation Street?
He then went on to claim that record labels spend more on R&D than technology companies - an astonishing claim that would be even more astonishing if it was true. Kennedy said he'd worry more about the plight of the sonmgwriter if record companies had fifty per cent margins. In other words, in Kennedy's view, the artists don't mean shit. Record labels are little more than shops, and there's no creativity at all - it's all down to the magic of the marketing. At least this is a pleasing signal that the cant about labels being interested in protecting artists is over - now, the truth: the artists are little more than irritants, eating away at the bottom line. Their contribution to the process is incidental. Bernie Taupin? He'd be nothing without a gatefold sleeve and a full colour Point of Sale display in Asda.
Students in the US have stopped illegal downloading because of the lawsuits:
Kennedy said that the practice of sueing file sharers had government support and had begun to make a difference, especially in US colleges. Students knew that if they were caught drink-driving they'd face jail, or downloading an exam cheat from the Internet, they'd face expulsion; but students could download music with impunity. The music industry is keen to impose a per-college tax on students for sharing files, although the students lose the music when they graduate.
This is a little disingenuous - the implication that students have stopped - and let's use his language - stealing music because they've been scared into it by the suing of twelve year old girls; they've stopped because the colleges have been bounced into setting up "legal" download systems. Many colleges are now forced to charge students a fee to cover subscriptions to the likes of Napster whether they use them or not. The presence of a legal download option that won't cost them any more is what's stopped many students using file sharing, not the legal actions.
We actually agree with his observation thatin the past labels had "got greedy and decided to be retailers as well as wholesalers," he said, and had forgotten that the record company isn't a brand that means anything to the mass market., although, oddly, it was Universal (Kennedy's former employer) who pushed this the hardest - even sticking "Universal" idents at the front of their record ads, as if to try and make people care.
Someone from The Observer asked why Apple had been able to make a success of the iPod when the record companies had failed. Sniff. "A hardware company came up with a sexy piece of hardware. A record company couldn't do that." Oh, no? What about Sony, who must have been in with a shout? And Philips managed to come up with both the compact cassette and the compact disc while simultaneously running a pretty succesful record label. And the early 45 and 33 formats were created by record labels rather than electronics companies. So, Kennedy is just plain wrong - this is the first major form of music delivery that hasn't been driven by the music industry. And that's probably a sign that the era of the record company is really coming to an end - it's become dependent upon other sectors to get to its market.
Not that Kennedy thinks its about to game over - we still need record companies, you see:
"No unsigned band has been broken by the internet," he said. "Bands are screaming in space on the internet."
And, to a certain extent, that's true. So far. But it's only a matter of time now. What Kennedy fails to factor in is that, on the internet, it equally doesn't matter who your backer is. Sooner or later, someone's going to put funding into a band who make a profit and a reputation online. Had there not been the dotcom crash, it would have been happening by now, actually. Tesco or the Princes Trust or even Apple could put up the cash. When you needed a full infrastructure to press and distribute a physical record, you needed a physical record company. They put up cash, but they also had a network that was vital. As actual record sales yield to the download, all you're going to need is the money half.
Kennedy does like the download, though, provided it's all legal and DRMed:
"For 79p you've got a work of art that's like a Picasso, only one that's as close to the original as you can get."
We think the analogy with Picasso - whose work now sells for prices that are ridiculously out of whack with what they're actually worth - wasn't intended to be a signal that he thinks that 79p is too much.
Finally, just a thought: Kennedy is soon to be at the head of the global headmastership, ticking people off for breaking the rules about copyright. However, he made this observation:
At Polygram (which became Universal), Kennedy had stopped the practice of chart-fixing, he said, "because we were so bad at it. Songs that were supposed to chart at No.6 were coming in at No.34".
So, he stopped chart-rigging not because it was wrong, and against the rules, and almost certainly illegal, but because they were shit at it (despite, erm, the magic of marketing, oddly enough). Presumably, if they'd been good at it, he'd have happily carried on waving through the buying of chart positions. Something to bear in mind when he starts lecturing us about how poor twelve year old girls are immorally stealing records.
PUZZLING MOVE: Since it's already clear that Sony's ATRAC format is about as popular with consumers as having an ostrich forced up their shower drains, the company are starting to realise they may have buggered by their attempts to challenge the iPod by insisting their players will only play ATRAC tunes. So now, Sony have decided that some of their players might cope with that there MP3, too. It's a mainly pointless move - why not allow all of them to play MP3s? Isn't 'some' confusing? And it's now made the Sony Connect store even more of a lame duck: the only people who would have had any interest in buying tracks in the format were people who'd inadvertently discovered that otherwise, their expensive Sony Walkman wouldn't play anything at all. There's going to be fewer of them around soon, too. Do Sony actually have a strategy, or are they choosing their direction from a giant blue tombola in the company HQ every morning?
IT'S THE ONLY CHART THAT HAS A SMALL EGGTIMER TO COUNT: We've not looked at the download chart since it first started, so here's this week's listing:
#1 (1)'These Words' - Natasha Bedingfield BMG 3
2 (4) 'American Idiot' - Green Day Warner 4
3 (3) 'She Will Be Loved' - Maroon 5 BMG 3
4 (new) 'Real To Me' - Brian McFadden Sony 1
5 (10) 'Leaving New York' - R.E.M. Warner 2
6 (3) 'Golden Touch' - Razorlight Universal 2
7 (6) 'This Love' - Maroon 5 BMG 4
8 (5) 'Lola's Theme' - Shapeshifters EMI 4
9 (8) 'Dry Your Eyes' - Streets Warner 4
10 (new) 'My Place' - Nelly Universal 1
11 (7) 'Dumb' - 411 Sony 4
12 (new) 'Love Machine' - Girls Aloud Universal 1
13 (new) 'Whatever Happened To Corey Haim' - The Thrills EMI 1
14 (18) 'Sunshine' - Twista Warner 4
15 (new) 'Leave (Get Out)' - Jojo Universal 1
16 (17) 'You Had Me' - Joss Stone EMI 2
17 (11) 'Bedshaped' - Keane Universal 4
18 (14) 'Laura' - Scissor Sisters Universal 4
19 (new) 'Slash Dot Dash' - Fatboy Slim Skint 1
20 (9) 'The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore' - Keane Universal 2
for comparison purposes, here's the top twenty for those old-fashioned singles thingys:
1 (new) Eric Prydz - Call On Me (Data)
2 (new) Girls Aloud - Love Machine (Polydor)
3 (new) Green Day - American Idiot (Reprise)
4 (2) Nelly - My Place/Flap Your Wings (Mercury)
5 (4) Jojo - Leave (Get Out) (Mercury)
6 (1) Brian McFadden - Real To Me (Sony)
7 (5) 3 Of A Kind - Baby Cakes (Relentless)
8 (6) Twista - Sunshine (Atlantic)
9 (new) Joss Stone - You Had Me (Relentless)
10 (3) McFly - That Girl (Island)
11(7) Natasha Bedingfield - These Words (Arista)
12 (8) Maroon 5 - She Will Be Loved (Octjay)
13 (9) The Pirates feat. Enya/Ama/Boss/Ishani - You Should Really Know (Relentless)
14 (new) Status Quo - You'll Come 'Round (Universal)
15 (10) 411 - Dumb (Sony)
16 (new) The Corrs - Angel (Atlantic)
17 (11) Houston/Chingy/Nate Dogg/I-20 - I Like That (Parlophone)
18 (new) Razorlight - Vice (Vertigo)
19 (16) Mousse T feat. Emma Lanford - Is It Cos I'm Cool (Free2airrecordings)
20 (13) Goldie Lookin' Chain - Gun's Don't Kill People Rappers Do (Atlantic)
So, a couple of interesting points there - first, the download chart actually seems to allow songs to hang around a hell of a lot longer than the singles chart does; second, apart from Norman Cook's Slashdotslashslash, everything in the download chart comes from the big four and a half labels. Curiously, the singles chart seems to have become a friendlier place for the old chaps - Status Quo back in the twenty, The Corrs, Mousse T and so on doing well, perhaps because their audience are more likely to make the trip down to WH Smiths to buy a single than leap on their terminal to access music. It's actually possible that The Alarm could have got exactly the same chart position they managed earlier this year without having to pretend to be some bunch of youngsters.
NEVER MIND THE CHILDREN, WHAT ABOUT OUR BLOODY EARS?: You'd have hoped that people hoping to record a song for charity would manage a quiet dignity as they pitched for the gig, but Geri Halliwell isn't people, is she? She's so in need of a fillip for her career - presumably to give her something to drool on about in a third pointless autobiography - that she's taking her campaign to be the official Children In Need single more-or-less public. Girls Aloud are also in contention; they've recorded a cover of the Pretender's I'll Stand By You. Ballady and with a 'hey, let's stick together' theme - you can see boxes being ticked; you can even picture it running over pictures of kiddies born with no faces and teenagers trapped in pits of eternal fire. You can even see the 'To donate now...' ticker crawling onto the screen as the big crescendo starts. Halliwell, on the other hand, just seems to have rummaged in her tape cupboard and pulled out any old shit - offering her new single 'Ride It' (mmm, lame sexual innuendo to raise money to help abused children; that'll work) or, even more puzzlingly, 'Feel The Fear'. We don't often throw our wieght behind Girls Aloud, even less so behind covers of songs by classy bands, but on this occassion: C'mon, Tweedy!
IF THE BUS DOESN'T SHOW, HE'LL GET WET WET WET: Marti Pellow might be looking for a lift to the Wets reuinion gigs later this year, as the dolt was doing 100 miles an hour on the M74. He's now lost his licence for three months and got fined GBP150.
LIKE A VIRGIN; MAKE A MILLION: we've really missed our calling - clearly, the money is in knocking out half-assed management books, for which there seems to be an insatiable demand. Latest to turn up is Business Plans for Dummies by Colin Barrow. And his tip? Be like Madonna.
He doesn't mean waggling your arse and getting your picture taken with Vanilla Ice wedged up you - although that can work quite well, too. Apparently, Madonna is just full of the business skills:
"Using what can only be described as mediocre talent and competent performance skills, she has managed to move to the top of her industry and stay there by continually reinventing herself." Her business skills include "planning, personal discipline and constant attention to detail", he said.
Hmm, we're not so sure Barrow's analysis stands up - if Madonna's millions were based on using a slim talent in a really smart way, how do you explain the movies? The shrewd business advice after Shanghai Surprise would have been to not make any more films, which ate up time she could have been spending on music; and which stank so much they only harmed her brand. Likewise, a shrewd businesswoman wouldn't have pissed Pepsi off with the Like A Prayer video, which cost her a plum sponsorship worth millions. It also seems, at least from The Scotsman's precis, that Barrow doesn't know a great deal about the music industry in the 80s:
"When Madonna first bounced into the pop world singing Holiday in 1983, it only reached number six in the UK charts and 16 in the US. "
Except, in 1983, number six and number sixteen were great achievements for an unknown artist, surely? Indeed, for all the talk of how she's "stayed at the top of the industry", her recent chart performances have comparatively been much worse than her debut.
Then, there's this:
Bert Padell, her manager for 15 years described how she paid attention to the minutest detail. "We had to fax her every cheque we wrote on a daily basis and she would call us to say if it was OK before we could send it out." Mr Padell and Madonna parted company amid acrimony in 1996 and she sued his firm for more than £1.5 million in a row over her tax bill.
So, shrewd businesswoman Madonna would have cheques faxed across, but somehow her attention to detail didn't extend to checking her tax return? Isn't this confusing pedantic control freakery with a keen eye for detail?
FIRST, BUTLER AND ANDERSON REUNITE...: Now, FreakyTrigger has spotted all of Blur, out together, laughing, like they didn't all hate each other.
Next week: Axl, Slash kiss and make up.
THE SPECTRE OF SPECTOR: We know that Phil Spector is rock's greatest paranoid, but we were a bit surprised to discover his lawyers are equally convinced the world's got it in for him: Spector's been ordered back to court next Monday, and his legal team can't think of any reason other than a secret grand jury having decided he needs to face murder charges over the death of Lana Clarkson.
A DATE FOR YOUR DIARY: After much humming and hahing, Oasis have set a date for the release of the follow-up to their last album, Heathen Chemistry. May 26th, if you're wondering. You might think the reason we've not had one yet is because the stuff they'd recorded for it was rubbish and had to be thrown away, but Noel seems to think there's another reason - yes, Oasis haven't put an album out because they're brilliant:
"We've got a release date now, which is why it's been meandering for a bit because we've not had a date to work to because we're extremely successful. So they just say: "Alright, finish when you finish" - but it's kind of been rambling on and not working too hard on it but now we have to have it finished by May 26."
Yeah, Noel. Your label might be not that bothered about when you finish because you're stellar. On the other hand, if you're that successful, wouldn't the label be biting your hand off to get hold of the next money-spinner? Perhaps, following the disappointing sales of Chemistry, they're just keen to offset the day when they have to pump thousands into promoting the next set of not-quite-as-good-as-the-last recordings. "Finish when you finish" is recordcompanyese for "we're happy re-packaging the back catalogue, actually, mate."
MORE LOOSE ENDS THAN TIED KNOTS: Well, it turns out that Britney isn't married this time round, either - some sort of paperwork hold-up means shes still Miss Spears and not Mrs. Federline. Apparently some four-page document turned up by Us magazine found an agreement between Britney and Fred to hold a faux marriage. So, they're not legal - but they do feel married:
Spears herself has said: "No pieces of paper can capture what I feel. I know we're not completely legal until we file the licence, which we will do next week, but in a spiritual sense, we're married."
Federline added: "We'll file our licence next week. We were advised to wait a certain grace period. More importantly, this was such a spiritual connection for us."
So, they're spiritually married, then. We're not sure what Fred actually means by "waiting a certain grace period" - is this some nicety of marriage ritual we've missed out on? Exchange vows, do the rings, cut the cake, go on honeymoon, wait a week, file the licence?
Apparently, the evening before the spiritual wedding, Fred and Britney spent the night together, listening to Phil Collins' greatest hits. Thereby proving that it really is bad luck if the groom sees the bride the night before the ceremony.
HEADLINE OF THE DAY: There's obviously someone with a sense of humour at ABC News, which is running the headline U.S. Says Cat Stevens May Have Terror Ties right next to this photo:
The actual details of what Islam may or may not have done are getting murkier by the second - shady "government officials" are muttering that Stevens might have been giving cash to support the terrorists who blew up the World Trade Center in 1993. But, surely, if the Americans had any evidence to support that claim they'd not say "Go away, Cat" - wouldn't you be more likely to hold him and charge him?
What's even more puzzling is why Islam was able to visit the US without any trouble at all back in May. Has some "new evidence" really come to light during the last three months? It hardly seems credible. Of course, in an age where Ted Kennedy is only able to get on planes by calling Tom Ridge up to vouch for him, we shouldn't be surprised that someone called Islam is finding the welcome chillier and chillier in the US. The Bush campaign is expected to announce plans to add a rider to that thing about "poor, huddled masses" specifically excluding men with beards.
CAN ANYONE SEE THE FLAW IN THIS PLAN?: The rash of giveaway CDs coming cover-mounted (or, more accurately, wedged inside) the tabloids is causing some concern over at the Evening Standard - free music is a great promotional device, but with all the "news"papers doing it, it's become like an arms race - every week it's getting more and more extreme, and it's costing a hell of a lot of money. Apparently, every new reader tempted to pick up a copy of the Standard costs the paper five quid. And they have to stick around for quite a while before the paper makes that back. Which they don't always do, as, you know, it's the Evening Standard. If only, ponders the paper, we could make some cash out of these things.
So, the Standard is hoping to dump the totally free CDs and sell music downloads instead. They're hooking up with something called the London Music Network, which is going to offer this unattractive sounding proposition:
The CDs will contain some tracks that can be played on a normal CD player but others will only be accessible on a computer and can be played a maximum of four times.
If readers like what they hear, they can then buy the songs through the London Music Network website. New songs will also be added to the website on a weekly basis and will be accessible through a code published in the weekly Metro Life magazine on a Thursday.
Similarly, these tracks will play a limited number of times before they will become "locked" and users invited to buy the tracks if they want to download them permanently.
So, the idea is to try and treat music like heroin - a small hit for free, and then introducing charging through the nose for it. Why they think this confusing farrago is going to appeal to anyone isn't clear - It's a newspaper free gift you have to pay for! It's a CD you can't play on a CD player! Try the Evening Standard tonight!
Interestingly, the ES has picked up the language of the BPI, who were worrying that all these free CDs couldn't possibly be good for the record industry (although we notice none of their members chose not to make the tracks available; funny that):
"Newspaper covermounts as they exist do little to proclaim the value of good music to their readers. The London Music Network is an innovative way of leading listeners directly to the great new sounds we are writing about every week," said David Smyth, chief rock and pop critic at the paper.
"This is a true demonstration of how digital technology and the growth of broadband is complementing traditional methods by giving another route to market," added Andy Brown, chief executive of BT's Rich Media division.
We're not quite sure the route is as direct as Smyth would suggest - you put a CD in your car machine, it won't play the key tracks, so you put it in the computer, where it will play them, but only a couple of times; or you can dig out a secret code number from a magazine which you can then put into a computer and download some tracks before they lock themselves up and you have to try and find them again on the website... it's certainly a route to market, but it's equivalent to getting into the centre of Manchester by heading for Oldham. The Mail on Sunday, god love them, are going to confuse their readers by using the same technology this weekend.
WHAT THE POP PAPERS SAY: The good god of head fuck edition
Ha ha! The NME has got a humorous cover - they've got Phil Oakey to dress up as Kelly Osbourne for the cover... oh, hang on: Marilyn Manson. Oh.
News has got coverage of Chris Martin's impending baldness and razorlight praising the genius of the Cure.
Kasbian does the made-up CD thing: Tangerine Dream and Donna Summer and People Under The Stairs.
Peter Robinson takes on Paul Draper, out of Mansun, who confirms what all right-thinking people knew: even Mansun knew the third album was shit. Of course, he'll now come in for a kicking from Mansun fans on internet message boards. "How dare he say that what does he know anyway" type posts will be going up even as we speak.
radar band are the Go Team: they say they're "six people who will change music for the better."
Imran Ahmed goes to interview the Music and makes Robert Harvey cry. Now, that's an interview for you. Its when Ahmed challenges a slightly tipsy Harvey that he doesn't really care how people perceive him that Harvey cracks, and blubs and blubs. It's not quite Richey at the Norwich Art Centre, but it's probably the closest you'll get this year.
The Ordinary Boys take people round their home town, which is Brighton, of course. They don't drink in the Park View, shamefully.
Hmm... not sure we can endorse the suggestion that Goldie Lookin' Chain's "Argos aesthetic is merely a modern day take on the Beastie Boys' habit of wearing cheap Volkswagen badges on even cheaper chains" - it's a little bit like suggesting The Wurzels crowding round a combine harvester was on a par with the KLF's police car.
We like the Duke Spirit, especially because Leila explains they chose the name because it's "ennobling."
Marilyn Manson, sweet little goth boi, still thinks he's unsettling. Who to, marilyn? He compares his "threat" to that of Osama Bin Laden, which is like Pookey The Rodeo Clown trying to claim a kinship with Bob Hope - a distraction talking up their role a little too far. The trouble is, of course, he's just too chickenshit to actually take a line on anything. Manson is asked a straight question, say: Did you agree with the Iraq War? Now, that's a yes-or-no question; or maybe an 'up-to-a-point' question. Manson's answer is twisting prevarication: "It's like 1984. Is it real or is it fake? Who knows?" (Erm... the families of the fifteen thousand dead, probably, Maz) "Do we know that it's real when we hear the horror stories of the people who went over there not expecting what they got?" He wants to be the dark boil in America's buttcrack, but he's too shitscared of what people might think to even answer a simple question. Sideshow Bob.
The posters - which come in the middle of this - are like The Clash. Who actually had something more to offer than some gimmicks bought cheap when Hallmark was flogging off last year's halloween overstock.
kasbian - birmingham irish centre - "much less genial than the Happy Mondays" (crikey)
interpol - antics - "they allow us to look forward and backward in time", 8
brian wilson - smile - "one of the greatest albums of the 21st century", 9
six by seven - 04 - "retains the sonic power most bands couldn't muster", 7
sniff... this could be the last time; in the next few weeks, singles are being dropped by the nme in favour of reviewing tracks instead. It's all about the ipod, you see...
sotw
the dead 60s - riot radio - "ska not stuck in the decade of legwarmers and Thatcher"
the duke spirit - cuts across the land - "not unlike PJ Harvey after a decent meal"
and, finally, Tim from keane chooses a Why I Love. Nick Drake. I'm shocked by such an astonishing choice.
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THE FAMILY THAT RIPS MAMMALS TO PIECES TOGETHER, ERM, DOESN'T ACTUALLY STAY TOGETHER: So, we already knew Bryan was fond of a spot of fox hunting - dressing up like a tit and listening to an intelligent creature making blood curdling noises no challenge for someone who's worked with Brian Eno. Isaac Ferry got kicked out of Eton for sending threatening messages to someone who actually likes animals. Otis Ferry was one of the yahoos who broke into Parliament last week to try and determine British law by the use of threat and coercion. The only person missing, so far, from this Happy Families set was Mum. But now Lucy Ferry, Bryan's ex-wife, has been given a conditional discharge for taking part in last week's thuggish displays outside parliament. And, good news for a future society wedding, Jackie Coward, Otis' girlfriend, has also pleaded guilty to obstructing the highway, just like Mrs. Ferry.
HACKED THE WEDDING: We'd love to see screen grabs, should anyone have them, of the hacked Busted website. Universal have been forced to take the site down after someone altered files to reveal Matt Jay and James Bourne's homo-pop-boy-lust feelings for each other.
Of course, what with losing all those valuable hits and opportunities for ecommerce all the time, it might work out being more cash effective for the label to instruct Matt and James to come into line with their false profiles, rather than trying to keep the online profiles straight. As it were.
... AND NEXT WEEK, TED NUGENT ON GUN CONTROL: Hats off to MTV, choosingChristina Aguilera to host a programme about sex for teenagers. Christina's taking it seriously, preparing to come on like Clare Rayner in a push-up bra and edible crotchless panties:
"Every year one in four sexually active teens gets a sexually transmitted disease" warns Christina.
Presumably the other three are split between her and Paris Hilton. She's got some other figures, too:
"More than one in three young women gets pregnant before aged 20, almost always by accident."
I think rather than "almost always by accident" you mean "always through sex", don't you, Christina? We're not entirely convinced that an unplanned pregnancy and an accidental pregnancy are quite the same thing - one, surely, is an educated risk and the other is a sloppily-applied condom - but we do applaud MTV's balls in putting Christina up to front a show which is basically calling for exual absitence. Kind of like getting the Pilsbury Dough boy to front up a telethon to promote a sponsored fast.
IT'S FAR FROM OVER: The success - or otherwise - of Yahoo's late entry into the music business with its own planned player and store is, of course, tied up in a much larger package of IT stories.
The gist of which, is, of course, that we could see a three-way struggle for supremacy: Apple v Microsoft v Yahoo. It would seem that Yahoo is in the weakest position - it's coming to market late, Apple has got the iPod and Microsoft the near-monopoly on browsers.
Ah, but let's not forget that Yahoo has a secret weapon up its sleeve - although it's apparently a competitor with Google, it also owns a hefty stake in them, thanks to a recent bit of court business over targetting adverts on searches.
Taken together, Yahoogle owns internet search - of the people finding No Rock through a search engine, 95% come from the one or the other.
And there are clear rumours that Google is about to launch its own browser. At the moment, Microsoft's Internet Explorer dominates the browser landscape, but its constant security flaws are damaging it badly - again, looking at our own stats, it's already plummeted to an 82% share from the 93-ish it's commanded in the past. One of the few things that is keeping it afloat is that the next best option has a funny name and most non-techies haven't any idea who's behind it. If IE had to take on Google and Mozilla, Microsoft's stranglehold on the web would become a thing of the past. And that could be very good news indeed for Yahoo.
It's no wonder Microsoft are now desperately trying to strike a deal to build copy-protection into the next version of Windows - it might be their only chance of having any unfair advantage over their competitors in the music download market in years to come.
WEMBLEY... ARE YOU READY TO ROCK? I SAID WEMMMBERLEY, ARE YOU READY TO ROCK? LOOK, COULD YOU PLEASE TURN THAT BLOODY CEMENT MIXER OFF, I'M TRYING TO MAKE MYSELF HEARD: Ah, the new Wembley, that triumph of British can-do and planning that should have been open years ago and cost a third as much as it will - what will this bright symbol of the new Britain call upon to mark its birth? To demonstrate to the world that we are a nation that still has much to give, that we're not really a bunch of old geezers sitting on some mined-out rocks desperately retailing faded glories of old? How about a gig by the Rolling Stones. That'll do it.
The one piece of soothing balm is, for the Stones to be the first band at the new Wembley, they'll have to finish building it before they die. Not much chance of that, really.
YOU CAN'T TOUCH THIS... OH, ALRIGHT, BUT BE GENTLE: Bloody hell - MC Hammer rides again. He's joining an actually not to be sniffed at line-up for VH1's first ever Hip Hop Honors, which are being filmed before a studio audience in a couple of weeks. Hammerman's human alterego (seen below with, apparently, Donald Sutherland) is sharing the stage with the Beastie Boys, Public Enemy, Ice-T and Grandmaster Flash. Kid Rock's going to perform as well, but you'll need to take a pee break at some point, won't you?
Mind you, we were already feeling old when we saw that TV ad for "old skool" R&B albumlast night. Hearing that Hip Hop is now in VH1's domain makes us feel ancient.
JACKSON: MORE TWISTS: Could the trial of Michael Jackson get any rummer? Following reports on an LA radio station that amongst the items seized during the search of Neverland were pictures of naked boys, the Jackson camp issued a high profile denial. The odd thing is, of course, the story would have more or less stayed with KFI radio had team Jackson not rushed out a high-profile quashing of the story - so are we to assume they're incompetent, or that they had ain interest in bouncing this story out now. Attorney Thomas Mesereau's statement runs:
"The Michael Jackson defense team has learned that information is circulating throughout the media regarding alleged photographs supposedly seized from Mr. Jackson's residence. That information is false. The prosecution has confirmed that it is false. We demand an immediate retraction from any news or media organization that made such an announcement."
KFI news director apparently turned down Jackson's demand for a retraction and is standing by the story, although it's not clear if he means that in a Greg Dyke or Dan Rather fashion.
SUES NEWS: After a summer with a steady stream of stories suggesting David and Victoria Beckham might have been having a bad time of that marriage business, the Beckhams have finally instructed m'learned friends to take legal action against the News of the World for their most recent front page story about the pair. Harbottle and Lewis are bringing the action over the 'Posh and Becks on Rocks' story printed on September 12th.
BET SHE'S FEELING REALLY SILLY NOW: After two years on the run from Mexican police, Gloria Trevi (who is meaninglessly described as 'Mexico's Madonna') was found in Brazil and brought back to face trial om charges of rape, kidnap and corrupting minors. Yesterday, a Mexican court ruled there was insufficient evidence against her.
So she'd actually have been a lot better off sitting and waiting in Mexico - indeed, she might actually have got off before the end of the last century if she hadn't run away.
STICKING TO HER PRINCIPLES: Avril Lavigne, of course, is lauded here for her strict insistence that "I won't wear skanky clothes that show off my booty, my belly or boobs." Some people, though, aren't quite sure what non-skanky clothes look like. Which is why we're delighted to bring you these pictures from Maxim magazine, in which Avril demonstrates how you can wear clothes without falling foul of any desire to offer cheap titilation to try and sell records with sex:
MORNING HAS BROKEN: And if you need to be reminded of the need for a regime change in the US, surely the refusal of America to allow Cat Stevens entry on "national security grounds" is as much an indication of an administration that's gone nuts? Stevens, whose passport now carries the name Yusuf Islam, was detained by the Feds at Maine Bangor airport - apparently his name was on an "international watch list", and the threat he presented to the US was so important, they even diverted the plane from its planned route in order to get him off the flight as soon as possible.
Now, it is possible, we concede, that Cat Stevens was travelling with a suitcase full of nuclear material and the plans to the inside of Camp David, in exactly the same way that it's not totally impossible that Donny Osmond brought a thousand rabid bats into the UK on his recent visit, hidden in his hatband. But both are equally unlikely. In which case, it seems that Stevens has turned up as a threat to national security in the sense of being a prominent and vocal critic of the war in Iraq - and how insecure must a government be to see criticism as a threat to be repelled?
SHORT, SHARP, BUT NO SHOCKS: The judges have taken the Shortlist Longlist, and dropped acts they're jealous of, have never heard of, have slept with but want to forget, or have been knocked back by, and now there's a Shortlist Shortlist:
Air - "Talkie Walkie" (Astralwerks)
Dizzee Rascal - "Boy in Da Corner" (Matador/XL)
Franz Ferdinand's - Franz Ferdinand (Domino/Epic)
Ghostface Killah - The Pretty Toney Album" (Def Jam)
The Killers - "Hot Fuss" (Island)
Loretta Lynn - "Van Lear Rose" (Interscope)
Nellie McKay - "Get Away From Me" (Columbia)
The Streets - "A Grand Don't Come for Free" (Vice)
TV On The Radio - "Desparate Youth, Bloodthirsty Babes" (Touch & Go)
Wilco - "A Ghost Is Born" (Nonesuch)
Of course, the most interesting thing about this list is that, because of the vagaries of the time periods the awards cover and the UK-US release schedule, there's actually two Mecury prize winners on the same Shortlist shortlist. And you've got to love Franz Ferdinand's chances of winning the whole thing.
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NOW... IT'S MP3s AGAINST BUSH: As part of the ongoing campaign to get the vote out in the US (apparently, it turns out the election is taking place this year, although from most of the coverage we've seen on the US networks it looks like it's taking place in 1969), a new idea: get someone to register, get a free download. The likes of Bright Eyes and Radiohead and Lisa Loeb are amongst the artists, and perhaps in December we all need to sit down and have a think about a democracy which needs to bribe people with Von Bondies and Vast tracks to get them to participate; but for now: if you're American...
ROCK SICK LIST: Or, rather, getting better: Shirley Manson has been on a course of iron pills. Prior to that, she'd be diagnosed with suffering from pica, a disease related to anaemia. The upsohot of the condition was Shirley Manson was having to fight a compulsion to eat dirt. And gravel. And so on.
She's also signed up to be an organ donor:
'It felt a little strange to fill out a form dictating what doctors can or cannot pillage from my cold lifeless body when I quit this mortal coil. I felt pretty good although it was such an easy thing to do and took so little time and effort I confess it was a little spooky. I wonder if there's a similar organisation in America in case I don't drop in my homeland? I want my precious parts to be nice and fresh in someone else's body.'
Form an orderly queue, people.
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PREGNANCY MATTERS: Congratulations to Carnie Wilson, out of Wilson Philips and the gruesome online stomach operation. She's expecting her first child - something we hope she doesn't elect to do on pay per view. Oddly, considering her need for desperate surgery to handle her weight problem, she's really chipper about the prospect:
"It won't be a problem eating for two -- that's the good part."
THE MATHS OF THE WAR ON PIRACY: Take a look at the report on the "swoop" on an anti-counterfeit operation in Salford. The investigation turned up "more than 100,000 discs of pirated DVDs, CDs and computer games" - so, less than 200,000, then, otherwise we'd have been quoted the higher figure. And yet we're also told this was a "GBP3million swoop." So, if we plump for the figure of 150,000 items seizeds, that's meant to be an average of twenty quid for each fake.
Where on earth are these people finding customers if they're charging twenty quid for a knock-off Britney Spears album? Surely the only attraction of buying at boot sales is the prices are lower, not higher, than in the shops?
GOING FOR A SLASH: So, the fact she's talking about it must mean that Minnie Driver thinks saying "I looked like Slash" is going to surprise us.
In a way it does:
... but only because you don't think you do now.
This is all part of the puffery for the pointless Orange Playlist, ITV's new post-midnight programme that wouldn't exist were it not for the large cheque paid into ITV's bank account by the mobile phone company. Trying to distract our attention from how wafer slim an idea lies at its heart (erm, a rundown of the most downloaded ringtones), they've tried to add a piece of celeb glamour, and drafted Lauren Laverne in... but even so, the whole thing just reeks of a programme that only exists to stop the two sponsors credits meeting in the middle. Even the promo picture has an air of embarrassed shame about it:
DOHERTY NOT TURNING UP TO PLAY GIG SHOCKER: Surprisingly, Pete Doherty's pledge to help the monks by playing the TMBUK benefit has fallen through as he's meant to be in Manchester with Baby shambles on the night of the gig.
CAN'T WE ALL JUST TRY TO STOP RELEASING NOVELTY SINGLES?: Not what the world is waiting for: Rodney King is about to relase his debut rap single. Yes, that Rodney King. The single is called Beat Down, actually, which is probably only a step shy of calling it Yes, That Rodney King.
ASTONISHING: ContactMusic suggest that Rod tewart takes tea at four every afternoon "to keep in touch with his English roots." He's obviously been drinking rather too much tea if he's actually managed to forget he comes from Scotland, surely?
FIT AND WORKING AGAIN: Unlikely pairings number 778: Nelly and Roanld "brothers" Isley - oh, and the Surgeon General Richard Carmona, all coming together to promote Take A Loved One to the Doctor Day. We only hope Hallmark hasn't sold out of the cards by the time we get there, that's all.
(BACK) INTO YOUR ARMS: There's a new album from the Lemonheads on the way. Apparently, Evan's been inspired by helping out with the MC5 tour and it's made him want to get back into the studio. They've not done an album since Car, Button, Cloth back in 1996.
STIPE STREAMS: The new REM album is going to be thrown out for audiograbbing through a collaboration with myspace.com - there's no actually need to join the poor man's Orkurt to hear the album, apparently. MySpace CEO Chris DeWolfe - we wish we knew him, we'd love to greet his entry into the office by going "It's De-wolf!" every time - is cagey about who's paying who for this event:
"Our site is supported by advertising," he said. "But there will be times that a music company will pay for advertising, and there are times when we will do business development deals."
So, we're taking that as a hint that MySpace aren't being paid a bean for this, although they're not doing badly out of it, we guess. And, of course, it keeps the adverts from Atkins diet comapnies rolling, rolling in... - the site seems riddled with diet adverts.
SECRET ONE-OFF REUNION SHOW: We can't say that we're that bothered to have missed it, as we never really felt as a band they quite added up to the sum of their parts, but The Fugees reunited over the weekend. The first time in eight years Pras, Wyclef Jean from the telephone adverts and Lauryn Hill have played together was at Dave Chapelle's Block Party; they have hinted there may be more Fugees to come.
EVEN STELIOS ISN'T THIS CHEAP: Those nice people at Drowned In Sound - they know how to use shampoo, they seldom speak with their mouth full and now they're even offering a free Do Me Bad Things download. You can't grumble, can you?
AT HOME IN LOWESTOFT: We're raising a curious eyebrow that The Darkness have already been deemed worthy of a South Bank Show after just one album - is Melvyn running out of subjects, or is this merely ITV network centre requesting something to help boost the overall audience share before Christmas? Whatever it is, it's going to air on November 21st.
BALD MEN SET THE PACE: Poor Chris Martin is going bald, and he blames the disappearance of his hair on the "stress" of recording a new album. Yeah, Chris, it's a pity you can't get some help in to take the strain this time, isn't it?
THE NEWLYWED GAME: We're told that, following their marriage at the weekend, Britney and Kevin spent forty-eight hours locked together in their hotel room. We don't think they were shagging, it was just when they shut the door there was a 'Do Not Disturb' sign hanging on the back of their door so they were scared to open it for two days.
Meanwhile, Christina is trying her hardest not to be bitter. "It should have been me" she wails, looking at all those front pages. Actually, she seemed bemused by Britney's decision not to turn her wedding into a three-ring circus but to go for something quiet with a few guests and no helicopters full of long lenses flying overhead:
"I'd never have thought that girl would have done it this way. I know she really loves Kevin, but this is like really low rent this time. It's surprising. The whole affair seems somewhat pathetic."
Lucky that Christina found time between getting her pubic bone pierced, kissing the hatchet-faced Paris Hilton and stuffing dollar bills into lapdancer's gussets long enough to accuse someone holding a quiet wedding of being low-rent and pathetic.
Meanwhile, there's some sort of rumours circulating that the priest had no authority to marry Spears and Federline, and it's just "in name only" to protect Britney if it all goes wrong. Which is a curious way out of having to sign a pre-nup: it's virtually a de-nup.
ISN'T THIS ABOUT THE NINTH TIME THIS STORY HAS APPEARED?: Tatu are relaunching, again, and, oh, by the way, they weren't really lesbians at all, you know. The Sun reckons that this time the pair are really, really coming back, with Trevor Horn at the helm. And... erm...:
"They still want to be controversial and shocking. They want to look and act hotter than ever before - but not as lesbians. Julia and Lena are getting rid of their skimpy school uniforms in favour of a sassier, sexier look."
Yes, that's probably a good idea. Who wants dowdy old lolita lesbians dressed as schoolgirls snogging in the pouring rain? Thank god they've decided to sex their image up a bit.
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WE'RE VOTING FOR THE ONE WHERE THEY BLOW THEMSELVES UP AT THE END: If you're a Travis fan... okay, okay, that's a really unlikely opening. Let's try that again: If your work brings you into contact with people who despise music so much they might be thinking of going to a Travis gig, they might like to know they can vote for what songs the band will play as encores at their forthcoming gigs. Everyone, of course, will go for their "unexpected" cover of Hit Me Baby One More Time.
FIGHT BUSH... IN YORKSHIRE: We wonder how many of those red-jacketed types who were so worried last week about tradition and country ways will turn up at Fylingdales on Saturday to join the protests about the use of the base as part of America's Stratgeic "Defence" Initiative - basically, the Bush adminsitration's idea is to try and protect America by making Yorkshire a much more attractive target for nuclear devices. Amongst those who will be there are Kat Hudson and Thom Yorke - this is what Thom has to say:
"im planning a trip to fylingdales anybody want to come? its a nice place. they have big domes and stuff. its up north. and im down south. bring a sandwich. i think they are planning world domination there or something.
"its the 25th. thats also a saturday. what should i say. i dont want to be rude. but they are about to announce star wars.."
Punctuation Thom's own, of course.
MOVE FROM BIG FIVE TO BIG FOUR MIGHT NOT BE QUITE AS SLICK AS THOUGHT: Let's hope that Sony and BMG haven't ordered the new letterheads for their merged labels just yet - Impala, the European indie trade assocation, is planning a legal challenge to the union. The only trouble is, they need to know why the European Commission allowed the merger to go ahead - and the EC hasn't yet published the details. The EC makes a lame excuse that it's been on holiday (no, they really did) and also suggests that part of the delay is down to one of the parties not yet having sent back its copy of the judgement. Sony and BMG get a chance to mark up the document to ensure that no confidential information accidently slides into the public domain, and, according to the EC, one of the two hasn't sent theirs back yet.
Hmm... so, in order to lodge an objection to the merger, the indies have to get hold of a document. And the two merged companies can keep that document out of the indie label's hands simply by dragging its feet in sending them back to the Commission. But even before they send it back, they're able to proceed with melding their two businesses together, meaning they'll have a pretty strong argument during an appeal that they've already merged and it would be unfair, even impossible, to demerge. Is that entirely fair?
MATCHLESS: Apparently, Newcastle United are making a reality TV programme following a bunch of celebs and a bunch of football legends as they "pit their wits" against each other leading up to a charity match. You might think that having a team of sunset footballers is going to be a bit unfair - having a big pig's bladder bouncing on your skull for twenty years doesn't exactly sharpen your wits - but to balance things up, the celebs have got Antony and Simon from Blue on board.
INSIDE OUT: You don't hear much about Jesse Rae in England these days*, apart from the occasional report of him wandering in Highland Dress. You might have wondered, in an idle moment, if he ever took off his big sword. Apparently not, it turns out, which is a bit of a worry as he's fighting the Royal Bank of Scotland on a civil matter at the moment, and Rae turned up at court with his sword. The staff at Selkirk Sheriff Court weren't impressed with this show of patriotism, and he's now been charged with possession of an offensive weapon.
* - unlike, of course, the heady days when he took Over The Sea to number 65.
WILL THE HOLLYWOOD WALK OF FAME RUN OUT OF SPACE?: Probably not, as they've just given a star to Billy Joel which probably means that they'll run out of celebrities before they run out of space to put them in.
WHEN SINGERS STRIKE BACK: Of course, when music writers in Kuala Lumper start getting hate mail (and hate texts, or - presumably - h8 txts), the police are going to suspect a singer of being responsible. The detection process, we imagine, will be sifting the very long list of musicians who fit the profile to find the guilty one.
ANOTHER DAY, ANOTHER TARGET: Well, having got the attack on Pop Idol out the way, Alex Kapranos is at least moving on to more demanding targets: he's now had a pop at Sting for being divorced from reality. Kapranos has expressed disbelief that Sting has to be in a tower surrounded by candles to need to write songs. To be honest, we reckon that that's to be encouraged rather than disparaged: we like the idea of Sting being in a tower surrounded by naked flames, and would suggest that he spends more time trying to become inspired in just that way. Possibly wearing parafin shoes.
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UNUSUAL MOMENTS: That's surely got to be a first. The first play of The Verve's rediscovered single This Is My Moment went out this evening on Zane Lowe's show on Radio one; the second, though, is going to be on Ken Bruce's show tomorrow on Radio two. Now, that's stradling the demographic.
SOCCEROBIT: While the world is mourning Brian Clough, it's worth taking a moment to recall what we believe is his single foray into record making, when he teamed up with JJ Barrie to produce a single designed to stop the hooliganism that was ruining English soccer at the time. (Of course, in the end, hooliganism didn't ruin English soccer because Murdoch and the sponsors turned up to ruin it in quite a different direction. Hooliganism itself became a lot less common when people realised Paul Heaton of the Beautiful South was a hoolie, and so it lost its allure.) Clough wasn't asked to sing for the record, so instead he contributed a piece of free-form babbling which is the sort of rap even Vanilla Ice might feel brings his artform into disrepute.
We can't remember much of the song, to be honest, but the chorus was along the lines of:
You can't win them all
Football's the game
I love my football
But as everyone knows
That's how it goes...
Clough, of course, would later forget the plea for leaving violence out of sport and would take to punching people more or less at random - a couple of pitch invaders at Nottingham Forest, Nigel Jemson for playing poorly, and even slapping Roy Keane - himself currently under investigation for assaulting a teenager, as if to prove that violence is indeed an endless cycle. Lou Reed was right.
HOLIDAY! CELEBRATE!: We did wonder if there could be anything this week more depressing than reports that Bono, the international venture capitalist, supporter of George Bush (and enthusiastic endorser of his decision to promote abstinence rather than condoms as the way to avoid the deepening of the Aids crisis in some African countries) and friend of Warren Buffett to address the Labour Party Conference. We doubted it, but then we hadn't heard at that point about Madonna calling for peace while doing some tourist promotion for the Israeli government:
Israel hopes [Madonna's visit] - the biggest pop celebrity to visit in years -will revive tourism battered by four years of Mideast violence, and government officials were on hand at a Tel Aviv hotel to share the spotlight, the glory and the photographs.
Madonna, wearing a green-and-white patterned dress, said she was hesitant to come to Israel "after seeing so many news reports about terror attacks. I realize now that it is no more dangerous to be here than it is to be in New York," she told the gathering.
Well, that is really good news. Does the Israeli government - personified at this meeting by tourism minister Gideon Ezra - endorse the view that Israel is no more dangerous than New York? In which case, presumably, that giant wall can come down now, can it?
Tourism officials hope the singer's well-publicized visit to Israel will calm fears that have kept many potential tourists away from the Holy Land, despite its religious and other attractions. Israeli Tourism Minister Gideon Ezra said Madonna's visit was better than advertising for tourism. "If she comes here and goes back and was happy with her visit, it means for a lot of people who were afraid to come here that they can come without any problem," Ezra said.
Who knew that Madonna was now doing PR for the Sharon regime, eh? You might wonder if it's so safe in Israel, Madonna felt the need for quite so many bodyguards; you might question the judgement of a woman who believes a country safe, whose leader is warning of imminent civil war, a country whose troops are shooting teenage girls in the street and firing missiles at Hamas leaders; a country where suicide bombers are still a very real risk. Madonna believes that Israel is no more dangerous than New York? Either she grew up in a really risky neighbourhood, or else she's putting way too much faith in the power of her red string friendship bracelet to ward off the bogeyman.
Madonna said the people she met during her five-day Holy Land trip "have one thing in common — we want to create peace in the world."
Presumably she's betting without the two bodyguards who ended up in prison for beating the crap out of reporters.
"We want to put an end to chaos and suffering," she said, "but most of all we want to put an end to hatred with no reason."
Is anyone else getting the horrible feeling she's softening us up for her cover of Whitney Houston's Greatest Love of All?
The singer said she was not representing a religion. Rather, she said, "I'm here as a student of Kabbalah. A Kabbalist sees the world as a unified whole. A Kabbalist asks why."
But Maddy, if you asked why for even just a moment, you'd surely have realised there's nothing more stupid than saying "put an end to hatred with no reason." If you really want to help bring peace to the Middle East - and let's pretend that you do, and it's not just some sort of faddy thing like talking about dildoes or writing children books - you're going to have to work a little harder into the asking 'why.' And if then you still believe that the hatred in the region, on both sides, is for "no reason", then we'll meet up with you and hand out your magic strings and wait until the giant dove of glorious love manifests itself from heaven, when we'll all ride on the back of unicorns and cavort naked under the lemonade fountains. On the other hand, you might just realise that the hatred has born and grown over a couple of thousands of years of history, and it might take something more than a John Lennon song and a few candles to heal the rifts. Your mystic religion schtick is all a lot of fun when you're doodling round Hampstead; it's at best ill-judged to take your Lets Pretend Mysticism to a war zone and make like a silver-gilt Pope.
COUNTRYOBIT: Veteran Grand Ole Opry legend Skeeter Davis has died at the age of 73. Skeeter, whose four decade career saw her hitting with I Forgot More Than You'll Ever Know, The End of the World and Gonna Get Along Without You Now, had been battling breast cancer since 1988. Originally part of The Davis Sisters, she went solo after the death of Betty Jack Davis in a car crash. Skeeter received five grammy nominations.
MASSIVE-LI: Massive Attack have spent nearly three months producing a score for the new Luc Besson movie Danny The Dog. The film, a cartoon about a dog who gets lost after stealing a pie and has to find his way home by asking people he meets en route, opens on October 11th, and features Jet Li, Bob Hoskins and Morgan Freeman.
(Actually, IMDB says the plot of the film is this:
This is the story of Danny(Li), a slave who has lived his whole life without any sort of normal human education, with the mind and personality of a young child, with only one lesson learned: how to fight. Treated like a dog by his owner/boss, Bart(Hoskins) which includes having to wear a collar, Danny has been raised to be a lethal fighting machine who fights in illegal gladiator-style fight clubs, where he earns lots of money for Bart as the undisputed champion. After a car accident that lands Bart in a coma, however, Danny meets a kind elderly blind piano tuner(Freeman) on the run because he knows secrets some bad guys don't want known, who uses music to teach Danny some things about the world and about being human.
But we think our story sounds nicer.
HEADLINE OF THE DAY: Britney Spears releases smell. Which is about her perfume of course. The promotion of which won't be hurt by her shock and awe sudden attack wedding
MSNBC have calculated if she continues to hold weddings at the same rate, she'll have been married 39 times by her 50th birthday. Apparently, she was wearing a strapless white dress by Monique L'Huillier, although it's not recorded if she said "I do, like, really, this time. Smell my breath. See? I mean it."
The other details: pink and white roses, Kevin Federline wore a custom-made tuxedo and managed to get through the evening without asking when he gets his half, and apparently there were about thirty people there to witness the event.
ALMOST BLUE?: The new single is called Curtain Falls, Duncan admits the next tour is "a bit of a farewell tour" but apparently "it's definitely not the end of Blue", insists Dunc. Apparently it's only a farewell tour in the sense that the band are closing down for a short period. Yeah, and we're still waiting for the next series of Whistle Test.
WHAT THE POP PAPERS SAY: Another Sunday outing
I mean, what's the bloody point of calling yourself a Postal service if you can't deliver post to people with any degree of accuracy or certainty? We started last week having to deliver a letter to a house in a different street with the same number as ours; we ended this week with a wait for another NME that never came. The Royal Mail is shit, and if I were the Queen, I'd be asking for the name back.
Anyway, this has lead to a curious flopping over of the issues, so the Guardian Fashion special has turned up in the meanwhile: Amy Winehouse is their special model, looking awkward wearing clothes chosen for her by other people, but keen to show her tits and legs. So, modelling career pretty much like her singing career, then.
The new Observer Music Monthly has also arrived - now, curiously, synching with the Woburn Sands Farmer's Market. Their main boast this time round is an interview with Elton John (the OMM, not the Farmer's Market), which they've marked with a cover shot of an out-of-focus shot of Elt. Or it might be Roy Orbison. It promises "Elton John as you've never seen him before", which isn't totally true. Although there is a picture of a dog wearing an Elt access all areas pass, which is something we've not seen before, to be honest.
And, to be fair, for all his faults (which is our code for "Stop hanging out with royals, you loon") he does have a way with a tale that many of the other top drawer stars don't - Michael Jackson's lived, sure, but he can't string a sentence together; McCartney is always too self-editing; Keith Richards has been dead since 1985 but everybody's too polite to say anything. But Elton? An hour in his company is always time well spent - even if we've heard the schtick before, the mental image of Graham Taylor lecturing John about his drinking is one we'd always turn up to hear. And he knows his music - even Elton's more rubbish side, your Cold as Christmases, your Nikitas, have something about them that makes them harder to dismiss than, say, Phil Collins' solo work. They're crafted rather than just banged together. And that's because he came from an age where you could have ten brilliant albums being released at the same time - and he actually went out and bought them. Ten albums. When was there last a week when there were two nine-out-of-ten albums released?
The OMM Top Ten is the best party songs - we've never been to a party where they played Bessie Smith and Black Flag, but we think we'd like to.
The Record Doctor goes to see Mark Lawrenson, and doesn't suggest the Boystown Gang or any cheap shot like that. Instead, it's The Zutons for Lawro. He also liked I Am Kloot.
R Kelly pops in for interview, conceeding that "there are people that love to party. That's me. There are people that love sex. That's me. There are people that make mistakes. That's me also." Yeah, but as mistakes go, forgetting to wipe the tape, that's a biggie, R.
The coming band are The Knife, a brother and sister act making politico-electro. Apparently.
Michael Bracewell contributes a consideration of U2, which is the sort of thing that will please Bono - "Elevation possessed the effective device of a heart-shaped stage, painted red, within which the group could perform. The punning was simple and charming -
U2 were playing from the heart." And so it goes - apparently U2 shows touch "on a secular notion of ritual or ceremony." The other possibility - that they're big, showy, blousy pieces of nonesense tossed together to look impressive but ultimately meaning nothing - doesn't seem to occur to Bracewell, despite the obvious clues that this might be the case in Bono's political career and the music the band have made in the last fifteen or so years.
Paul Morley worries what Razorlight will be like when they're on Letterman. I believe the phrase is "cut away from quickly", Paul.
Peter Robinson offers a pop fact in his John Craven's backpages: there were thirteen members of Poi Dog Pondering.
It's remarkable he had any pop facts left over after squiring the current NME: 1,001 rock facts. 1,001 of the bleeders. It's a fine issue (but then, we would say that, wouldn't we?) and so good, we'd recommend buying it twice. We fucking well had to because of the Post Office and its shortcomings. Handily, and to prove the facts are all there, they're numbered: so 666 is the amount Virgin paid Mariah Carey to get her off their books. Lists are a great thing, and lists of facts are something that rock lends itself to, so, unless you're the sort of person who doesn't understand Scott's Miscellany, there'll be something diverting and fascinating for you here. Even if it is wrong about Mama Cass' heart attack: yes, her heart had been weakened by the weight problems, but it was the strain of the vomitting caused by the ham sandwich that brought on the heart attack that killed her. It just bloody was.
Mike Davies gets to do the CD thing, but since he's got his own radio show, that hardly seems fair (and its got Slayer on it, too)
The posters are from an exhibition of current rock photography: chris martin, the brother cester from jet; the Libertines; scissor sisters, jack and meg and the hives.
soundtrack of our lives - 93 feet east - "a good rock show"
velvet revolver - hammermsith apollo - "they look like they should look, and that's enough"
ratatat - oxford street metro - "a sight so preposterous producing music so touching"
the music - welcome to the north - "a meeting of dance music's communal vibe and rock's bluster", 9
22-20s - 22-20s - "one of the best British rock albums of the year so far", 8
sotw - chromeo - needy girl - "the beats are still very much alive and kicking"
interpol - slow hands - "no recent introduction of Prozac to the new york water supply"
And, finally, HMV are hiring Christmas staff to work "from September to January."
THAT'S WHAT YOU GET WHEN YOU HANG OUT WITH GEORGE MICHAEL: Less than a week after George Michael pulled out of a gig with a wonky throat, fellow 80s survivor Morrissey axed a gig for the same reason - although Mozzer, poor lamb, had a fever and sinusitis as well as laryngitis. He was meant to be headlining KROQ's inland invasion; oddly, it fell to Ian Brown to announce the non-appearance of the Moz.
Morrissey has been told not to speak for two days, something which he should find incredibly easy.
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GET ON YOUR BIKES: Its not often we find ourselves agreeing with Elton John, but - although "Elton tells young musicians to pay dues" smacks of the old trying to control the young - he does have a point. The long hard slog round the few smaller venues which haven't been turned into Wetherspoons or lap dancing joints does turn out acts with a better chance of longevity. What Elton neglects to mention, of course, is that it's nowadays ridiculously difficult for young bands to be able to afford to do that sort of career prepartion - even in the early 90s there was a certain elasticity in the benefits system that would let a group do teeth-cutting support tours for less than it cost to play the gigs without starving. Half-assed "initiatives" like the New Deal for Musicians don't provide the same sort of support and don't spread to as many people as the dole did. Paying dues is all well and good - but only if you can afford it.
BLIMEY... SOMEONE ACTUALLY HAS SAID NO TO FRANZ FERDINAND: Another one of those poor decisions - artist Lucy McKenzie has known Alex Kapranos for 13 years, and so she was his first choice to design the sleeve for the Franz Ferdiand album. She declined, because she didn't feel up to doing something that would "get that much attention."
Having decided not to be part of the album hasn't stopped her issuing demands that the Franzies use their newly earned money in the way she sees fit:
"Why don’t they buy the Chateau [the run-down Gorbals warehouse where they staged many early gigs]? They’re being a bit hypocritical otherwise," she said.
Well, yes, it would be a nice gesture, although it suggests that McKenzie has absolutely no idea about how much money new bands earn - we don't know, but we're guessing Kapranos would probably still struggle to put a downpayment on a static caravan right now.
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IT'S ALMOST AS IF THEY WROTE DOWN ALL THE FEMALE SINGERS THEY COULD THINK OF: We're indebted to the electronic edition of the London News Review for bringing the 200 greatest female rock vocalists list to our attention, if only because it's allowed us a happy hour or so of trying to work out exactly how they decided the order - what makes Amy Ray of the Indigo Girls the 143rd best female rock vocalist, and therefore just a little bit better than Emily Saliers, the 144th best, and therefore second best singer in the Indigo Girls? We suspect the answer is that they thought "oh, the Indigo Girls should be on there somewhere" (for whatever reasons of their own) just as they got to the 143 slot. But maybe we're being unfair, perhaps they have a scientific reason for deciding that Joan Osbourne (116) is a little bit better than Avril Lavigne (117), and that Jennifer Warnes (134) outranks Pink (172) by quite a distance, but yields to Kim Wilde (128). Tomorrow, doubtless, they'll be compiling a list of everything they've eaten.
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KT, you don't eat meat
KT Tunstall might seem to allow anyone with a quid or two to buy her music to shower over their adverts, but there are lines she draws, it turns out:
KT Tunstall stepped in to prevent one of her songs being used in a ham advert.
The 'Suddenly I See' singer decided to turn down the offer from a Norwegian company because she does not eat meat.
"I'm a vegetarian. My manager takes care of these things but he does tell me everything because he knows I'll have a good laugh with most of it."
What KT Tunstall song would possibly be appropriate to flogging pork products?
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Th' Faith Healers weekend: Quickspace interview
This interview was originally done for the second issue of a fanzine I was writing about ten years ago; an issue which never saw the light of day; it took the form of a postal q&a with Quickspace; the questions were answered by Paul
Did you feel happy with your Festive Fifty appearance? Did you vote, and who for?
Yes, we were very happy and quite surprised (Nina jumped about a lot and rang her Mum). Being slack we didn't vote, but if we did:
Sean: West Palm Beach by Palace
Tom: Friend by Quickspace or Two Kinds of Love by John Spencer Blues Explosion
Nominate a Quickspace song to be used as the national anthem
Sean nominated Superplus because (and I quote) it is an anthem. He also liked the idea of 50,000 rugby fans going "La la... la la la etc" before a match.
Worst thing about music in 1997?
Paul: Kula Fucking Shaker
Tom: Divine Comedy, Baby Bird and the rest of the pseudo sophisticated bands
Has the change of name [dropping the 'Supersport'] caused confusion?
Anything big planned for 1997?
Compilation album of early singles/rare stuff - May
New album - June/July (recorded... released??)
Do the festivals and Europe (and UK) - Summer
Doing video for new single - when we record it
Is synaesthesia a blessing or a curse?
Tom: Ask a doctor
Which smell or colour would Quickspace be?
Vaguely fishy
What would you have to achieve to be satisfied?
Tom wants to be a Timelord
What point would you think 'we've sold out'?
Sold out! We hardly sell anything let alone sell out... (sorry: vague attempt at humour)
How much stuff is still available?
Friend - 7" single
Rise - 10" single + CD single
Superplus - CD single + 12"
Quickspace - album
As mentioned, most of the old stuff is going to be re-released on a compilation
Tequilla Willies country karaoke bar
London N16
Tom Cullinan - Guitar/Vocals
Marianana Pascale - Guitar/Vocals
Paul Shilton - Keyboards
Sean Newsham - Bass
Chin - Drums
[Part of Th'Faith Healers Weekend]
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Pirate Bay counter attacks media companies
Earlier this week, MediaDefender - a company employed by entertainment industry corporations in the battle on peer-to-peer networks - had its business suddenly thrust into the open when its gmail account someone swung open. Besides not looking very good for an internet security firm to have its own affairs hacked and scattered, and the discovery that many in the entertainment industry were starting to have doubts that they were doing any good, the contents of the emails have been enough to see Pirate Bay file legal actions against companies for alleged commercial sabotage.
Still, we know how much record labels enjoy a good court case, don't we?
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Darren Hayes accept police caution
There's been some sort of resolution of that odd incident where Darren Hayes was accused of racially abusing a restaurant worker; Hayes has accepted a police caution under section five of the Public Order Act, which deals with disorderly behaviour, but still denies there was anything racist about it.
Why, he says, how can I be racist, when I'm gay?
"I could never think, let alone utter a racist remark," he said.
"As a gay man, I find the notion of discriminating against a human being because of race, gender or sexuality to be abhorrent. It goes against everything I have stood for."
Apart from being absolutely absurd - being gay doesn't suddenly prove you're not racist, any more than being black stops you being homophobic - we love Hayes' suggestion that he's well-known for his crusading zeal for equality. Hayes remained in the closet until 2006, happily letting everyone else do the work for to push for gay rights during 80s, 90s and first half of this decade. Now, of course, coming out or not is a personal choice, but if you do choose to keep your head down when others are fighting on your behalf, it might harm your chances of trying to suggest that you're some sort of well-known civil rights hero later on.
The Metropolitan Police are refusing to either confirm or deny that there was a racist element to the disorderly behaviour.
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Filthy lucre? Or just grubby?
Having managed to separate enough fools from their money by selling out the latest comeback in ten minutes, the Sex Pistols have added two extra dates, and doubled the price of tickets to £85.
They used to literally spit on their fans. Metaphoric spitting pays much better.
[UPDATE: Although Reuters was reporting a ticket price of £85, Ticketmaster was showing £37.50.]
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Rockobit: Pepsi Tate
Pepsi Tate, bassist with Welsh hair metallers Tigertailz, died from pancreatic cancer on Tuesday. The band issued a statement:
Goodnight and God bless our dear old 'Boy'.
We are absolutely devastated to bring you the news that our beloved friend and Tigertailz Bass player Pepsi Tate lost his battle with pancreatic cancer today. Pepsi passed away peacefully at 10:30 this morning, Tuesday 18 September 2007, in Holme Towers cancer hospice in Penarth Cardiff. Pepsi's wife Shan and close family were with him.
Words cannot describe how we feel right now. We're in bits and will miss him so much.
Goodnight Boy - we'll see you again soon fella. You mean the world to us.
Born Hugh Justin Smith, Tate was one of the founder members of TigerTailz, placing an advert in a Cardiff record shop in 1983 which would bring the band together. Over the subsequent quarter century, the band would manage to clock up some sixteen different members, a UK top 40 album and a suprisingly large fan base in Japan.
Tate will be buried in a private ceremony this coming Thursday; his family have requested only those who are invited should attend.
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Th' Faith Healers weekend: Live in New York
Not the greatest quality, perhaps - which is a bit of a shame, as mostly this gig is all of the band available online - Th' Faith Healers doing Curly Lips at the New York Mercury Lounge in March 1996:
[Part of Th' Faith Healers weekend]
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Ramone versus Ramone
Richie Ramone - or Richard Reinhardt as he's known to the authorities - is pulling an Eminem, and testing the theory that record companies and download agencies have to get the permission of credited songwriters as well as recording owners before making downloads available. He's suing WalMart, Apple and Johnny Ramone for a slightly ridiculous sounding million bucks, claiming he never gave permission for six songs he co-wrote to be made available for download.
Of course, if these claims are successful in court, it's going to make legal downloads hideously complicated to organise, which ultimately would be brilliant news for Bittorrent advertisers.
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Ros unfreezes goods
Amongst the delights Sigur Ros have in store for you between now and Christmas is a DVD collection, Heima. There's a bandwidth-sucking trailer online right now; release comes November 5th.
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Hammer Time again
There's much to be enjoyed in the news of MC Hammer's comeback tour from the Daily Record, not least the botched way they've cut and pasted chunks from one of those "you're a child of the eighties" emails into the end of the article to "get you in the mood", and the strident attempt of the management of Glasgow's Classic Grand to try and talk-up the prospect of a Hammer gig as being anything other than a nostalgic attraction:
"We are thrilled to have him and have gone all out to get him. He has a hefty entourage of around 20 people and such a massive list of demands that we won't see much change out of £20,000 after all his needs have been met. But we think he will be worth it.
"The night is not targeted at mums and dads who want a bit of nostalgia and it's not just a student night either. It's on a Friday night so will have an edgier vibe for fans of people like Calvin Harris."
Hmm. A forty-five year old evangelical preacher who had his own cartoon series for kids and was mainly known for comedy trousers. Yes, that's going to be edgy.
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Borrell blames bungling bosses
Why aren't Razorlight big in America?
Funnily enough, "perhaps recording a song effectively calling a country a bit rubbish and saying that, culturally, it offers nothing that means anything to you isn't the best way to build a wide audience within that country" was our first answer, too.
And, yes, "maybe they're just not good enough to compete in a nation which has its own supply of second-rate renovation yard Rolling Stones projects" was also our second answer.
Johnny Borrell, though, is blaming his record label instead:
"We pretty much had no effort whatsoever. It's been very frustrating."
Perhaps it's your own fault for missing the sign saying "no shirt, no shoes, no sales" taped up above the entrance to the country, Johnny?
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Th' Faith Healers weekend
Inspired by Marc Riley's airing of Quickspace's second Peel session last week, this weekend we're punctuating affairs with some live footage of the band they emerged from, Th' Faith Healers, a spot of Quickspace and a previously unpublished 1997 Quickspace interview.
But, to get things off to a bemusing start, here's Tom Cullinan of the Healers conducting a lunchtime poll of indie royalty:
a mini-menu of delights will grow here over the weekend
Curly Lips live
Get The Fuck Out Of My Face live
1997 fanzine interview with Quickspace
Th Faith Healers Peel Sessions
Th Faith Healers - Imaginary Friends
Th Faith Healers - Lido
Quickspace - The Death of Quickspace - includes the tracks they re-recorded for the Peel session 6Music rebroadcast last week
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Radio One More Time: 1FM
Every week, tucked in the corner of the radio listings in Radio Times was a tantalising mystery item. We say "every week", although to be honest we only ever bought the Radio Times at Christmas, so we take it on faith that it was always there:
Radio 1/2 VHF.
This strange hybrid network appeared to consist entirely on "as Radio 1" and "as Radio 2", but every so often would actually feature entirely separate programmes, all of its own.
As I got older, the truth became clearer - Radio One and Radio Two shared a VHF network, with the signal switching between the two networks at pre-arranged points; this listing merely told fancy Dans with stereo radios which service would be broadcasting in what Bruno Brookes would always insist was "fantastic stereo" at any point in the day. Sometimes, when Radio 2 was entertaining evening sports broadcasts, the VHF channel would adopt a third persona, carrying the displaced music programming of Radio 2.
Even as I got older, though, I still couldn't quite work out why this state of affairs existed - if Radio One was the nation's favourite, why didn't it get an FM network of its own? And even if it had to share, why did the more popular network only get a couple of hours every day? At the end of the day, too. Now, I love the irony that Radio One would wait all day for the magic stereophonic transmitter, only wresting control just as John Peel's show came on at 10pm. Perfect aural reproduction, just in time for the Bogshed session.
Eventually, of course, Radio One slowly got its own network. Way too slowly, in fact, as the staggered switch-on seemed to run on for about two years - there is nothing more nonplussing than listening in a place firmly stuck on 1053/1089 as Philip Schofield excitedly turned on FM transmitter after FM transmitter.
In the end, though, the FM coverage was complete - The Stereo Sequence changing its name to the Saturday Sequence to indicate that, now, at last, even the Early Breakfast show was coming out of both speakers and stereo was no longer such a big deal. Although, having said that, every jingle was re-recorded to stress this was now Stereo Radio One. And, come to think of it, they changed the name of the network to 1FM ("formidable One FM", as John Peel would always have it) until, after a couple of years, they quietly changed it back.
But that wasn't the end of switchover madness. Oh, no: Thatcher had decided that simulcasting was a waste of the scarce national resource of radio frequencies. While local radio panicked and launched a slew of Gold Stations to make good use of their AM channels - a ruinously expensive exercise which doubled their costs without increasing audiences, leading to the mess of mergers and networking which effectively killed off the commercial radio sector - the BBC handed back their duplicate AM wavelengths. After a series of warnings, and a weaning process which saw the transmitters first closing down over night before going altogether, Radio One left its spiritual 275-285 home to make way for Talk Radio UK.
Worse, Radio One's original 247 frequency, which had been home to Radio 3 and Test Match Special, would become Virgin 1215.
[Part of Radio One More Time]
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That sound is the rapid evaporation of goodwill towards the BB twins
Just because something is inevitable doesn't make it any better when it happens. So it is, with little surprise, we discover that Samanda, the Big Brother borg-goes-to-Tammy-Girl twins unit aren't very good at singing. Not that it's stopped them covering Barbie Girl.
Who's Ken, you might be wondering?
Samantha said: “We didn’t need a Ken, we just got a voiceover and left men out of it.”
Amanda added: “We could have had Brian as our Ken but how tacky would that have been?”
Yes, you wouldn't want an all-pink cover version of a novelty single by people off a reality show to get tacky, would you?
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Congratulations to Charlotte Church and Gavin Henson this morning, what has just had a little girl. A baby, like.
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Brit Race 2000
The eyecatching headline might oversell the story somewhat:
Spears charged with hit-and-run
She has been, but rather than the sprawled pensioner in the road, shopping bags scattered all over the place, that you might be picturing, it's more that she pranged another car and didn't stop.
Still, she doesn't appear to have been properly licenced and, under LA law, Spears could be looking at a six-month jail stretch. Which might hamper the comeback plans a bit.
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Ian McCulloch undersells
Ian Mac is busily writing his autobiography. Well, we say "writing"; he's signing a deal and talking it up, anyway:
"When I had all my initial interviews with publishers Faber + Faber, Transworld and Penguin, I told them this is going to be the best book ever, better than the Bible and not as high-falootin' and with less apostrophes. "(But) by the last meeting, they were still asking me what it was all about. I said I didn't know yet."
We know rock stars are somewhat prone to excess, but how far gone would you have to be to not know what the story of your life is going to be about?
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Time for accountants
Now, we have as much respect for The Libertines and their great pop moments as anyone, but did their back catalogue really stretch so far as to make a compilation album either possible or necessary? Or is this merely a Christmastime cash-in, shaking down the loyal for a few more quid for the songs they'll already own?
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50 Cent hasn't got the hang of retirement
He's gone and announced a slew of UK tour dates. Why, it's like all that talk about going away if he didn't outsell Kanye was a lot of hotheaded nonsense that he never meant at all.
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The marvellous, mechanical mouth organ
We always thought that harmonicas were pretty much standard kit, coming in two sorts: one that came free with The Dandy or in crackers, and didn't work; the other, shop bought, which did.
Apparently, though, there's much more to it than that. Why, now you can even buy a mouth organ that has been made to the exacting standards required by Steven Tyler:
"It was a great pleasure to work with an artist of Steven Tyler's caliber on this project. His enthusiasm and creativity helped us bring this unique instrument to market," said Scott Emmerman, Hohner's Director of Marketing and Sales. "We expect strong demand for this product from serious players as well as from Steven's loyal fans."
I suppose if it can take Tyler's mouth, at least you know it's going to be resilient.
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Rachel Stevens begs "save the popstar"
For some reason, Rachel Stevens is worried by the rock resurgence:
"It's changed, um, just a bit more rock 'n' roll now.
"Yeah, we need more pop acts in the mix, bring pop back.
"I feel excited about it, and I'm looking forward to getting back to doing music.
"And I will at some point, but right now I wanted to kind of do different things and challenge myself and try and then I'll be back, definitely."
Doing those contact lens ads must be taking more time than you'd expect, then.
Ever the consummate pro, Stevens even pretends that the prospect of an S Club reunion could be a positive thing, rather than a chance to hang out with Jo "it's not racist if it's a limerick" O'Meara and the others while contemplating how so much promise ended back at square one.
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Jennifer Lopez: Spanish and English are different
The Daily Mail has got itself in something of a lather over Jennifer Lopez' hotel room demands, but to be honest - apart from a touching faith that American products are easy to come by in the UK (CoffeeMate Hazelnut liquid creamer? Try Marvel and a spoonful of Nutella, it's pretty much the same deal, Jennifer) it's not so very outrageous. She's hired a room to store her stage clothes, and asked for something to hang them on.
What is interesting, though, is her explanation of her Spanish language album:
"I'm really excited about it. The first single will be out this summer. And, you know, it's very different from my Spanish album.
"My Spanish album was kind of an opportunity to get away from what I do on my English albums, to kind of express a different side of myself."
So it's "very different" and, um, something. Still, at least she managed to not blurt out "it's pretty much the same stuff, but have you seen the size of the freakin' Latin market?"
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Timberlake praises Spears' enormous organ
Asked by Oprah Winfrey to comment on Britney Spears' current orbiting-Venus-life, Justin Timberlake fudged for all he was worth:
I don't know, to be honest with you. I haven't spoken to her in years. I mean, there is no ill will, I have nothing but love for her. It's funny because we dated each other at a time. . . wow, I haven't talked about this in a long time. . . we were teenagers, you know?
"What I do know is that she has a huge heart and she is a great person."
The lack of ill will and absence of anything but love for Britney being best demonstrated, of course, by Justin's Cry Me A River, publicly accusing her of being a bit of a sleeparound and generally dragging their affairs through the streets. We'd hate to see what Timberlake would do if he was pissed.
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Radio One More Time: Sound City
What a surprise when, emerging from Pilgrim Street in Liverpool, my path was crossed by John Peel, his son and a couple of their friends. That, in itself, wasn't so very strange, but four paces behind them was a bunch of starstruck Scousers, trailing along in mute admiration. Peel was in town as part of Sound City, one of those events where Radio One would just pitch up and take command of a town's music scene for a week. (There was also One Live, and the shorter lived Radio Comes To Town, where the other networks would also join in.)
When Sound City was in Liverpool, everyone wanted a piece of it. The faltering annual local music festival tried to cast itself as senior partner to the Radio One festivities; a Radio One sponsored seminar about music on the radio was effectively hijacked and turned into an attack on Crash FM's betrayal of its original supporters (the BBC had the bad luck to turn up just after Bernie Connor had been dumped from Crash for caring more about music than building a radio brand) and, for a few nights, the Liverpool Lomax's two-story L2 was at the height of its powers, as audiences crashed from the downstairs stage to the larger upstairs room for a continuous live broadcast.
(Arguably, of course, the L2's bigger claim to fame would have been the time it played a key role in the poorly-conceived denouement of the Brookside Musgrave rape storyline, but by that time watching Brookside had become such a parochial affair, it's unlikely anyone noticed.)
Even for a city that swaggers like Liverpool, the appearance of one of the national networks in your midst, broadcasting pretty much all of its evening output from the place, does make you feel special. We'll bet even during One Live In Nottingham, the city felt like it was at the very heart of the world of music.
There is, simply, is no better way to watch Marine Research than over the shoulder of John Peel.
And - unlike the time Any Questions was at Riverside College - nobody cut the cables connecting the event to the transmitters.
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Making enemies
Alex Zane and The Enemy have fallen out, apparently after the band took offence at his interview approach. Zane, for some reason, failed to treat them like they were the most astonishing band ever; the countered with a letter that claimed he'd slept his way to the top. (We know, the 'top' being Xfm and the declining Popworld strand in this case.) Oh, and they appear to have scattered some cheap homophobia over the top, too.
The two sides then met at the Vodafone awards:
"He came up to me saying thanks for the letter and I said that was alright mate because I genuinely do think you're a shitt presenter. I then said I'd find it humorous if, upon leaving the building, he'd get hit by a bus."
Clearly, The Enemy are as funny as they are musically talented.
Zane has had enough:
"I think if someone can be that rude, offensive and nasty, no matter how good his music is and how nice his bandmates are, I'm done with them."
Words which would send a chill through the marrow of all right-thinking people, were Zane in a position to damage their careers in some way.
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Is 'not been in OK for a fortnight' contagious?
Kerry Katona has been popping in to hospital for tests following the development of a mystery illness. They're pretty certain it isn't down to not defrosting a cheap leg of lamb from Iceland before eating it. Perhaps she caught that nasty thing which brought Peter Andre out in a rash of headlines earlier this year.
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Rotten to the core
I'm so bored with everything I've heard in the last two years. It's just been so repetitive, so borrowing from the past.
- Yes, that's John Lydon, bemoaning how in thrall to the past the music scene is... as he does press to promote the fourth reunion of the Pistols and the 30th anniversary re-release of God Save The Queen.
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John Lydon: can anyone else smell the corpses?
Of course, he could just be trying to be ironic, but we suspect that John Lydon really doesn't see that The Police reunion and the latest in a long line of anniversary get-togethers by the Sex Pistols are the same thing. Lydon rails against The Police:
"That's really a reformation, isn't it but, honestly, that's like soggy old dead carcasses. You know listening to Stink try to squeak through 'Roxanne' one more time, that's not fun. It's like letting air out of a balloon."
Whereas hearing a tubby estate agent trying to pogo his way through Anarchy In The UK would be... what, exactly, Lydon? At least Sting never pretended to be anything other than a dull old conformist.
Meanwhile, NME.com is embarking on a pointless bid to get God Save The Queen to number one:
The song was reportedly denied the top spot when it was originally released way back in 1977 because authorities didn't want the band's punk sentiment to jar with the Queen's Jubilee that year.
As the single is reissued on seven-inch vinyl to celebrate its 30th anniversary, we are calling on all fans to buy or download it during the week beginning October 8 and hopefully we can send it back up the charts, where it rightfully belongs.
Perhaps it rightfully belonged at number one in 1977, but in what way does it have a claim to be number one in 2007? Besides, the record missed out on the number one slot not because of some Authoritarian sleight of hand, but because a number of chart return shops refused to stock the record, costing it sales.
Indeed, had the Sex Pistols really been as outrageous and shocking as they wished to be, it's arguable being in enough shops to get to number two was the failure they should worry about, not the missing out on number one.
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Biechelle to be paroled, says AP
Daniel Bichelle, manager of Great White, is being lined up for early release, reports the Associated Press. Bichelle has served less than half of his sentence for his part in the Rhode Island nightclub blaze.
[Full coverage of the legal aftermath of the fire]
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Michael pulls HIV interview
We wonder what George Michael had to tell Stephen Fry about his attitude towards HIV and AIDs? We can have a hint, as the producer of Fry's programme on the subject, tells us:
"George says he does not believe in tests," said producer Ross Wilson.
"He says he finds the wait for results too harrowing and that he hasn't had a test since at least 2004 due to his fears it might be positive."
However, we can't know for sure, as he's now decided that he doesn't want the programme to be shown. Presumably he fears that taking his HIV status on - arf - Faith might make him look a little wreckless, or selfish. Or weak.
Still, there's good news from the BBC News report:
Michael is still set to appear in this year's festive edition of Catherine Tate's BBC comedy programme.
Well, that's alright, then.
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Kelly Jones flung out of Live Awards
Just how dull were the Vodafone Live Music Awards? So dull, apparently, the doorstaff had to amuse themselves by throwing Kelly Jones out.
Kelly had been stopped trying to go into the women's toilets; he didn't take kindly to being asked to leave and he wound up out on the streets, with a bloody gash on his arm. He then managed to get into a scrap with a passer-by, as well.
This has prompted the following observation on the Daily Mail comment board:
Well we all know that most pop stars are just 'closet' yobs, this proves it.
We love this for just being so Daily Maily as to almost be parodic. "We all know" followed by a half-arsed non-sequiter masquerading as a fact, ending on a claim that a single instance is, by its very nature, proof of a rule.
For younger readers, by the way, Kelly Jones was in a band called The Stereophonics a few years back.
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Remember to add 01 if calling from outside Rockville
Of course, it's not - as they're claiming - Dave Mustaine's mobile phone, but nevertheless, you can ring him up and leave a 'personal' message by dialing +1 619 717-2000. It's taking faux-interactivity to new, pointless heights.
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Robbie Williams is not dead
As if the Vodafones and the MOBOs wasn't enough, we're now getting the first burblings about the 2008 Brit Awards. Newton is reporting that Kylie and Robbie Williams are being lined up for the festivities next year.
Now, Kylie - who, by then, will have done the rousing comeback album - makes sense. But in a celebration of this year's music, what place does Robbie Williams have?
It gets worse:
Brits bosses have also come up with a brilliant idea to bring back Robbie “from the dead” by having him rise from a coffin on stage.
Oh, yes, he's going to go along with that dig at his reduced celebrity circumstances, isn't he? Presumably during rehearsals they'd sidle up to him and say "actually, Rob, how do you feel about emerging from a toilet, instead?"
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Radio One More Time: Blue Jam
I can't see too well because I pawned my corneas
There was little truth in the claim that comedy was the new rock and roll - after all, it's not like comedians ever wake up, like rock stars, to discover bloated corpses floating in their swimming pools, is it? But, for a brief while, comedy did challenge pop as Radio One's stock-in-trade. Like one of Amos Brearley's short-lived obsessions, Radio One decided it was a comedy station, too.
Experience before the And it did have quite a claim to be doing it seriously, with a 9pm comedy slot which challenged Radio 4's 6.30 prominence in radio humour. And, with the likes of Radio Tip Top, also had as many duff shows as Radio 4 manages. But when it was hitting, it was a thing of beauty - The Mary Whitehouse Experience; Lee and Herrings Fist of Fun; Armando Iannucci's slightly awkward attempt to combine being a satirist with playing enough records to convince people tuning idly in that they were on the right station. This he did by means of aping the Chart Show's information boxes over the top of the songs.
Then, of course, the work of Chris Morris. The late-night (really, early morning) Blue Jam was one thing: a stumbling-out-the-club soundtrack coupled with Andrew Morton being asked to comment on spurious stories about Diana-themed video games. But better yet was the Christmas Day when - for reasons we've never quite understood - Morris ended up hosting the afternoon show.
It must, surely, have been an administrative error, mustn't it? Presumably Adrian Juste took delivery of an envelope the same day asking him to produce a late-night comedy show.
Suddenly, though, Radio One abandoned comedy altogether - presumably it was while playing the Mary Whitehouse Live At Wembley show that someone realised this was the future held: punchlines ripped from their contexts and bleated back by baying crowds; wit abandoned for slight characterisations; the frightening thought of teenage girls throwing knickers at Punt and Dennis. Something had to give.
Radio One returned to what it used to do before it employed comedians and scriptwriters, and instead got teams of researchers to stand in the studios guffawing at the daytime DJs every bon mot.
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Live Music Awards also hung up on Winehouse
As if to prove that the Vodafone Live Music Awards are a buttock short of being half-arsed, not only did they throw it out on the same night as the MOBOs, but it got thrown completely into the shade by its urban rival.
The prize winners:
Best female live act: Amy Winehouse
Best male: Mika
Best production: Kylie Minogue Showgirl tour
Best live band: Arctic Monkeys
Breakthrough: Klaxons
Same winners as everyone else, then.
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Amy Winehouse celebrates being urban
Amy Winehouse has won in the MOBOs, the annual awards ceremony for music, in some way, connected with being black - we think she qualified on account of having the word "Black" in her album title.
Seriously, though, one of the MOBO spokespeople was dfeending the increasingly white shortlist for the prizes by stressing that it's a way of celebrating how far black music influences all our lives. Which is true, but since even Towers of London could claim to be playing music that has a heritage that can be traced back to black ancestry, and since we thought the original aim was to act as a corrective to the usually overwhelmingly white-faced winners of the Brits, that seems a little weak. The suspicion that acts like Winehouse are thrown in to ensure that there's press coverage of an event that would otherwise be mostly overlooked isn't entirely dissolved by all the reports on the awards having 'Winehouse' in the headline this morning.
Depending on if you believe The Sun or the BBC will depend on how you think Amy was last night.
The BBC:
Winehouse, who sang Tears Dry On Their Own plus Me And Mr Jones, looked surprised when her name was announced as winner of top female artist.
Chewing gum, she said "thank you" twice before handing back the microphone and leaving the stage.
The Sun, meanwhile, suggests she was slightly less together:
AMY WINEHOUSE was back to her shambling worst last night as she won Best Female at the MOBOs.
She staggered up the stage steps looking the worse for wear as she went to collect her gong at the O2 arena.
Then she took the microphone and appeared to spit before saying a brief thank-you.
She followed that with a shoddy rendition of Tears Dry On Their Own – forgetting half the words.
During the performance Amy twitched, pulled at her black-and-white dress and gripped the mic stand as she swayed precariously.
Her version of Me And Mr Jones was slightly better – at least she remembered the words.
Those Mobo winners in full, then:
Ne-Yo - Because of You
Kanye West - Stronger
Best hip-hop act
Best reggae act
Best R&B act
Best gospel act
Best jazz act
2face Idibia (Nigeria)
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More trouble for Towers
Two of the quieter Towers of London, Dirk Tourette and Tommy Brunette, have been arrested after some sort of pointless fighting in London. They are, of course, only relatively more quiet.
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Why Justin Timberlake is perpetually McDonalds
Justin Timberlake, advertiser of fast foods, seems to think all dining halls work in the same way as McDonalds. Guy Rubino of New York posh-nosh-shop Rain complains:
"Timberlake comes into Rain, doesn't even look at the menu and shouts for random food that we don't make...If he knew what he wanted, why come to an Asian restaurant in the first place?"
Nelly Furtado's no better, either:
"For parties that size, we do a prix-fixe type of menu. Nelly objected and was really rude about it. She expected individual dishes to be prepared. Her manager even came into the kitchen and had the gall to say, 'Just fucking do it!' I told her that she and her client could 'just fucking LEAVE.'"
We'd probably enjoy this example of the over-confident being told that their poop has no special scent a little more if it wasn't an equally self-important chef, but it's still nice to know there are some areas in which fame can't get you special treatment.
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Kershaw producer canned
The fallout from the "abuse of trust" panic at the BBC has claimed its first scalp: Liz Kerhsaw producer Leona McCambridge has been sacked, following the revelation that many of Kershaw's competition phone-ins were pre-recorded with friends masquerading as listeners.
According to the Mail's report, Lesley Douglas, controller of Radios 2 and 6, went round to McCambridge's house to sack her with three personnel staff in tow; the Mail further speculates that Ric Blaxill could also be in trouble, after he did similar things while sitting in as producer on Russell Brand's show. (Yes, former Top of the Pops' Blaxill).
The confusing thing here is that the Kershaw breach of "trust" came to light while thye BBC was conducting an amnesty over competition fudging following the Blue Peter and Saturday Kitchen mistakes; it's an odd amnesty which ends in punishment.
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Presumably Weller was comparing Winehouse to Bratz dolls
There are many things you could call Amy Winehouse - but a great role model? That stretches it a bit, surely - but not for Paul Weller:
"I've been lucky enough to work with her - she is an amazing, great talent and, despite what all the papers say, she is a great role model for people and I don't think the drugs and the drink and all that make a scrap of difference really.
“I think you should judge people on their talent and on that level she's up there, a major talent."
Well, up to a point, Paul. You should judge people's talent's on their talent and - arguably - Winehouse is pretty good, although she's never done more than hint at her potential and, judging by that Mercury Awards appearance, she's content to just coast a bit at the moment.
But simply being good at something isn't grounds enough to weighing their fitness as role models, surely? Does Weller really think that Winehouse, pissing away chances and talent that others would give their frontal lobe to have a crack at, is a good role model because she can sing a bit?
And does Weller really believe that you should judge people solely on their talents rather than their values and behaviour? Because on that basis, shouldn't Thatcher have been his hero rather than his nemesis?
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Stoking! Fiery Furnaces tour
The Fiery Furnaces are just about to get into a hell of an argument with rental van people as they prepare for a UK & Ireland tour:
Tues 6th November - Nottingham, Stealth
Wed 7th - Glasgow, Nice N Sleazy
Fri 9th - Birmingham, Barfly
Sat 10th - Manchester, Night & Day
Sun 11th - London, Koko THRILL JOCKEY 15TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION ALL DAYER
Mon 12th - Dublin Whelans
Wed 14th - Brighton, Audio
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A bit of a trouncing
It's not so much that Kanye West beat 50 Cent in the album sales challenge; even after Fiddy had thrown down the gauntlet promising to retire if he didn't come out on top (of course, he won't). It's more the way Kanye West posted sales just shy of a million copies, the biggest US first week sale in a couple of years.
Clearly, having 50 Cent promise to retire if you buy a product is a powerful marketing tool - one other advertising agencies could investigate. "Hi, I'm Fifty Cent. If you go on holiday to Spain, I swear I'll never set foot in your country again..."
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Morrissey: Our man in the stands
Drowned In Sound seems outraged that Morrissey would turn up to support a team playing against David Beckham's career-wind-down project LA Galaxy:
However, the smug ex-Smiths man wasn't howling and wailing his support for Beckham's side - instead he was sat, clad in replica shirt, in the Chivas end.
The smug singer eventually ran out the vicarious victor, as LA were given a sound 3-0 beating.
Surely what's shocking here is not that Mozzer isn't getting behind Beckham; rather than he's going to football matches wearing replica shirts. He'll be guzzling the half-time Brats next.
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Chameleon circuit
Over on AttentionDeficitDisorderly, a collection of sketches of David Bowie by a bunch of artists. We like Michael Kupperman's effort the best.
[Via Boing Boing]
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Real Media disGraces itself
The once ubiquitous Gracenote CD look-up service is getting less ubiquitous all the time, with news that in future, Real will be using All Music Guide's rival - and cheaper - Lasso service to autopopulate the fields when you slip in a CD.
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Melua a Womble no longer
In a cautious step, Katie Melua is about to abandon Mike Batt, the man who - effectively - created her:
"Me and Mike have decided this is the last album we are going to make as a creative team. It feels like the end of a chapter, our final little blast." Always careful in her choice of words, Melua insists no criticism of her mentor is intended.
"I wouldn't say I was getting restless but three was enough. I am becoming my own person and there isn't space any more for two creative people to go on an album."
Being as how Batt wrote most of the stuff that got her noticed, created a label for her, and steered her surprisingly successfully, this seems a bit of a slap in the face.
Let's hope she remembers what happened to Orinocho when he went solo.
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Radio One More Time: Twenty-Five Years Of Rock
As we've seen, when Radio One's documentaries were good, they were very, very good.
When they were poor, though... well, they stank so bad you could hear your speakers hum. The bad ones were usually due to the
application of an well-meaning, but too expansive, idea, or one that the production team were too close to too notice they were producing something overlong, obsessive and trussed in an anorak.
We know, we know, the irony of writing that last sentence in the middle of a forty-part series on fragments of Radio One.
The Story of Music Radio was one of these, a lovingly-crafted hymn to the joys of Luxembourg, pirate radio and the first days of Radio One, crafted, mostly, by people who were there. What could have been a interesting hour-long romp stretched out for weeks and weeks, and it was like being played old tapes by your aunt, while your uncle explained them all to you. For weeks.
But Music Radio was whistle-stop compared to Twenty-Five Years Of Rock, a "celebration" of the first quarter century of the music of Elvis. Like a school tour of a poorly curated museum, an uninterested audience was marched past dusty artefact after dusty artefact, as a pantheon was knocked-together before your ears. Any sense of joy, excitement, of the original spontaneity which drove rock to rule the music world was carefully removed; a music which jumped your bones and stuck its hand up your skirts was made to wear its best suit and sit quietly in the parlour as its parents enthused over what a good boy it was.
I suspect there may only have been twenty-five episodes, but it seemed to run non-stop from 1977 until 1981 and - just when it was all over - it appeared in a revised format. Thirty Years Of Rock. There was much to be admired about rock's pioneers - the Richards, the Hollys, even the Presleys - but it couldn't be taught like multiplication tables or the development of steam power. They'd have been better off just playing the records.
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The Frit-ellis
Apparently, the Fratellis are afraid to leave their houses.
No, no; not because of angry crowds burning them in effigy. It's because they're so very, very popular, says Jon:
"We get recognised more in public. There's a school 50 metres down the road and I have to make sure it's not breaktime because I can't go out during that time. I have to stay in if I need eggs or bacon, or milk or juice at those times."
It's not clear if it's safe for him to head out to buy baked beans, washing up liquid or bread.
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We never thought we'd be jealous of Johnny Borrell
But we are. He got to hit himself in the face with a guitar.
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Taking the Mika
There's trouble brewing for Mika, as a Belgian reggae artist also called Mika has emerged, understandably miffed that her name has been pinched.
Victoria Newton, showing a surprisingly poor grip on trademark law, misses the point somewhat:
Reggae Mika has hardly set the charts alight.
She released debut single MLK in 1989 but it attracted little attention. If you want to buy it you can get it from her website for £2.
Her subsequent releases haven’t done much better.
In contrast our Mika burst on to the pop scene in January with No1 single Grace Kelly.
Just eight months later his debut album, Life In Cartoon Motion, has sold more than three million copies worldwide, including more than 900,000 in the UK, making it triple platinum.
It will come as something of a surprise at the Patent Office to discover that the rights to a trademark is now dependent on the price of singles sold by the trademark owners.
Having said that - is £2 for a twenty year old single really such a duff price? After all, if you pop over to Amazon, Mika singles turn out to be available from, erm, £1.10.
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Britney: Of course it's drugs this morning
We've had the sex, we've had the allegations of attempted murder: today, of course, it's drugs. Commissioner Gordon - who has taken time off running Gotham City Police to act as judge in the Spears-Federline custody battle - has ordered Britney to have random twice-weekly drug tests, claiming:
“there is a habitual, frequent, and continuous use of controlled substances and alcohol”.
We're not sure twice weekly tests can be all that random, can they? Isn't that more like a perpetual testing regime?
Meanwhile, according to OK! - and we say that like that's a phrase that has any real meaning - Britney is "battling an eating disorder."
Or, rather:
A source told the magazine that Spears will do anything to lose weight, including starving herself as well as binging and purging.
The alleged pal reportedly revealed that Britney said, “I’ll starve myself because I’m fat.”
We love the way The Sun suddenly get sniffy about the idea of unnamed friends being used as sources when it's in another publication.
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Spector jury hung
The jury in the Phil Spector trial has told the judge they're in deadlock; however, defence requests for a mistrial verdict were rejected. Instead, three jurors were given more guidance on the difference between 'doubt' and 'reasonable doubt', with the jury being called back to court on Wednesday morning.
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Sony BMG invent CD with mini-bar mark-up
Sony BMG have signed a big deal with Sheraton Hotels that will see them somehow deliver music to the hotel chain. We're not quite sure what either side think they'll get out of this - are customers really going to think "I'll go and stay at at a Sheraton because there might just be Imogen Heap preloaded onto the telly"? Are guests going to choose to watch a limited range of music videos just because they happen to be there?
Odder still is this:
The two companies will also create a compilation CD unique to every hotel that will be sold for 20 dollars. W's has already been developed and includes artists such as Goldfrapp, Nina Simone, DJ Krush and Dirty Vegas.
They're going to charge ten quid for a compilation CD advertising the place? Now, we know the crazy economics of hotel rooms makes mini Toblerones suddenly worth three quid... but this is the sort of thing they might just get away with as a freebie for every guest, rather than trying to charge way over the odds for.
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Your suspicions about My Chemical Romance? They were spot-on
My Chemical Romance are going to open for Bon Jovi.
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Courtney and Pete: together at last
If you're keeping a venn diagram of some sort, you're now going to have to somehow manage to make the bit where Courtney Love - Steve Coogan - Owen Wilson bit can intersect with the Pete Doherty - Amy Winehouse bit, as Love has gone visiting Pete in rehab.
Lets hope Doherty was straight when she turned up, because can you imagine going through drug withdrawal only to have Courtney Love's face appear in the middle of your room?
A visitor who saw Doherty and Love enjoying their chat with each other also said that they share a tender kiss after the visit.
“It’s too early to say if it could be romance as the smacker was of the friendly sort,” explained the onlooker.
So, doesn't that mean it's not "too early to say" but "there was nothing romantic about it"?
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Bell Canada makes punk slip
It seemed so simple: Show your brand is a bit edgy by featuring a punk - yes, a punk - in your advertising.
For Bell Canada, it was someone noticing the woman in their ads was wearing a Belsen Was A Gas badge.
"It was inadvertent," Bell Canada spokesman Mark Langton said on Friday, noting that the dozen ads were taken down as soon as the company realized its mistake. "Obviously, we would never depict such an offensive slogan in our advertising."
He said Bell officials approved the ads after examining sample images that were smaller than the final billboards. The button inscription could only be read when the ads were blown up to their full size, he said.
"In the proofing and approval materials, it was impossible to see the button, so our folks missed it."
Still, they wanted edgy. They got edgy. Who knew clapped-out punk rock still had the power to agitate?
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Jennifer Grow-pez
Interesting: Is the Jennifer Lopez who's pregnant and going to give birth early in 2008 the same Jennifer Lopez supposedly supporting the Spice Girls late in 2007?
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Rage, but slowly, against the machine
Zack De La Rocha, out of Rage Against The Machine, has finally finished the solo album he started back in 2000. It would have been finished sooner, but he wasted lots of time railing ceaselessly at the recording equipment.
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Thom Yorke makes back catalogue free...ish
Radiohead have come to the digital download world, offering up DRM free stuff through 7digital. The only catch? You have to buy an album at a time, as Thom and the boys don't want you picking and choosing.
Apparently, if you don't play the tracks sequentially, Jonny Greenwood appears outside your house and starts shouting at you.
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Gorgeous Burgess
The Charlatans have announced a mini-UK tour for the start of November:
Glasgow ABC - November 3
Manchester Ritz 4
London Shepherds Bush Empire 5
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Norman Cook's skate friends make a movie
The skaters who use the Hove Lagoon park which giving, and then withdrawing, money to and from got Norman Cook all flustered back at the start of summer have decided to reach out to the local community.
By, erm, making a film about themselves and putting it on the internet.
That'll work. If there are elderly people alarmed by the noise and - quite unintentionally unsettling - presence of young people on their doorstep, we're sure they'll Google 'hove lagoon skaters AND video' to reassure themselves, rather than just pulling the sofa in front of the door.
The skaters might find that helping with shopping and gardening might be a bit more effective than vanity videos.
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The View's views means no view of Manilow for viewers
Barry Manilow has pulled out of a planned appearance on The View (American television's version of what Loose Women would be like if all the hosts owned their own island) because he didn't want to be interviewed by Elisabeth Hasselbeck. Manilow isn't worried about her credentials as an interviewer - because, of course, softball player turned gameshow-contestant turned presenter is exactly the career path Tom Brokaw took, but more her surprising views.
Hasselbeck believes in the literal, Creationist truth of the Bible, and that God created every single living thing, except for abortionists and liberals. They, apparently escaped from a New York Times editorial. She's one of those conservatives who don't like to admit they're conservative, claiming instead to be "independent" - independently campaigning for George Bush's return to the White House by appearing at the 2004 Republican National Convention. That sort of independence.
Of course, it's a bit wet of Manilow to back out of the interview simply because he doesn't agree with the political views of the interviewer - especially since he's plugging a collection of 70s covers, not campaigning for governor. It's unlikely she's going to say "you say you're going to build a bridge over troubled water, but isn't it your fault that the waters are clogged with the bodies of aborted foetuses?"
Still, Barry insists there's good news:
"It's really too bad, because I've always been a big supporter of the show, but I cannot compromise my beliefs.
"The good news is I will be on a whole slew of other shows promoting the new album, so I hope you can catch me on those."
That is good news. I was afraid this political spat would mean absolutely no chance to see Barry giving us insight into why he feels Close To You is just such a great, great song.
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Kershaw: I've lost everything
Andy Kershaw has pleaded guilty to breaching a restraining order and drink-driving; the court has adjourned sentencing until October 19th for reports.
Speaking outside the court, Mr Kershaw said: "I've lost my kids, I've lost the woman I love, I've lost everything. I just want peace and quiet."
Still, it's fair to say that his recent spell in custody has changed Andy - last January, he was calling for You and Yours to be axed, now, though, Gillian Reynolds reports:
Andy Kershaw even telephoned last week to say that listening to You and Yours while recently detained at Her Majesty's pleasure had been a revelation.
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Pennie drops
We told you last month, but now it's official: Alex Pennie has quit The Automatic.
The statement says he's off after:
"...left due to finding the last year increasingly unenjoyable and growing apart from the rest of the band."
We all find The Automatic increasingly unenjoyable, Alex, but we don't all give up, do we?
Britney round-up
Britney Spears wanted Kevin Federline dead. Possibly. TMZ is hedging its bets, saying simultaneously that Kevin Federline had no reason to fear for his life, but also that LAPD had investigated "a threat to his life" but closed the case for, oh, lack of evidence, or not really being that bothered, or something along those lines.
Meanwhile, Britney Spears has lost her management company, who decided to not go with a "not touching her with a six foot barge pole" statement and instead made it sound like they were reluctantly walking away:
"It saddens us to confirm media reports that we have terminated our professional relationship with Britney Spears.
"We believe Britney is enormously talented, and has made a terrific record. But current circumstances have prevented us from properly doing our job. We wish Britney the best."
'Current circumstances' meaning 'she's a little bit of a handful', of course.
[Thanks for the Mob-tip to Michael Moran]
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Radio One More Time: Simultaneous Broadcasts
Now, with NICAM digital stereo and all that, stereo music coming out the TV is as normal as small worm-like larvae coming out of Scottish taps. But it's not always been like that. In the 1980s, stereo was for radios, and TVs were restricted to a single speaker, usually lop-sided on one edge.
So, what to do when transmitting a musical event? There was always the option of pumping the sound through the one wheezy
speaker, but the BBC came up with a more elegant solution: the simultaneous broadcast. As the name implies, the pictures would be on one of the TV networks, the radio carrying the stereo sound, all indicated by a giant "SB" in a circle in Radio Times listings, with instructions that, for best effect, you should position your hi-fi speakers either side of the television.
Normally, the SB blob would pop up in the BBC2 and Radio 3 listings - proms, opera, that sort of thing. But sometimes, Radio One would get to join in. Whistle Test and Radio One In Concert would come together for Sight And Sound In Concert specials, and we suspect it was this experience which led to the same combination being called up for what, surely, is the high-water mark for the SB: Live Aid. So simultaneous was the experience, so cross-media was the event fertilized, that the news summary during the afternoon was done by Newsbeat's Frank Partridge rather than someone from the television news squad. It also explains why there was the slightly clunky "Live Aid... From London... around the world" jingle, which was way too wordy for television, but attempted to deliver the same message to radio listeners as TV's glitzy silver world map.
Radio One also hosted the audio leg of the longest-running SB, when Top of the Pops turned up on the radio at the same time as on the television. It's likely the association would have been longer still, but it couldn't happen until Radio One had a proper FM network, and only lasted until BBC One was broadcasting nationwide in stereo. We're still not sure agreeing to take the audio feed was the best idea that Radio One ever had, but we'll charitably assume they thought all their natural constituency would have been watching the Pops anyway, so saw this as a graceful concession.
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Kasisers try to shore up Idaho
The somewhat reckless dismissal of America as "no big deal" by Ricky Wilson when the Kaiser Chiefs pulled their US tour has led to some worries backstage. Now, though, a "spokesperson" has "clarified" what Wilson meant:
"What he meant was that we care about all our fans in every part of the world the same.
"We go to the US for the fans - not the money or because we love long-haul. But sometimes you have to let people down."
Ah, yes - "no big deal" in the "we care about you" sense of the phrase. Thanks for clearing that one up.
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Even the subs don't read Bizarre
Poor Victoria Newton - she had a big lovely scoop, revealing yet another "one-off" Sex Pistols reunion comeback at the Brixton Academy.
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Dave Grohl loses some perspective
The attack on Courtney Love is understandable, but Dave Grohl's atack on Paris Hilton is something else. Now, we think Hilton is an over-funded waste of space as much as anyone, but:
“Paris is fucking lame.”
“She’s more offensive to me than anything.
“She’s a total, raging, disgusting, rich, lazy party slut. I pray that my daughter will not turn out like her.”
More offensive than anything? Than poverty, or inequality, or racism? And "slut"? A little overstated, surely, Mr Grohl?
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Who said there'd be no celebrity Big Brother this year?
According to "friends" filtered through "tabloid reports" and then inspected by the NME, there are plans for Pete Doherty and Shane McGowan to, erm, become flatmates running a North London pub together.
We say "plans", although we suspect this might simply be an idea floated for a new sitcom on ITV.
[Thanks to James McCabe for the tip]
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Westlife seek a little Xtra help
James P alerts us to the surprising news of Westlife's new album, and the way they seem desperate to build their release schedule around the X Factor:
Westlife want to showcase their new album on a TV programme scheduled just before X Factor to help boost record sales.
The 'Flying Without Wings' boyband reportedly believe that by previewing new tracks around the popular ITV reality show they will be helped in achieving a hit with new single 'Home'.
A source told The Sun: "It will be a Saturday night type of show so it’d be great to run it before the semi-final or final of X Factor as the ratings have been so good."
Isn't it a bit rich for a supposedly successful band to be seeking a leg-up from the unknowns? Surely the last thing Cowell wants is for his shaky new act to be sharing the limelight with Walsh's creaky old barbershop outfit? Or was pushing Westlife part of the deal cut when Walsh agreed to take the faux-fall?
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Brown calls for Asbos on Bono and Bob
It's nice in these disconnected times to hear young people taking an interest in politics, so we note with some joy Ian Brown's thoughts on international development:
"I get angry about how African kids have to live. I thought the G8 Summit at Gleneagles in 2005 was a real missed opportunity,”
“I applaud how Brown and Blair tried to put it at the top of the agenda. I didn't like the way Bono and Geldof hijacked the G8 Summit demo with their pop concert. The only result was Pink Floyd sold a few more million albums.”
“People have to realise you don't help African children singing along to 60-year-old men playing their tunes from 40 years ago. It was like 1750 all over again: we are the great white do-gooders.
“If there is another G8 meeting then there should be a court order banning Pink Floyd or Geldof or Bono from leaving their houses until it's over."
It's only take a year and a half for him to work up the response, but better late than never, eh?
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Flogging sales off a dead woman
We're sure that The Climb really did write a song about Lana Clarkson with the best of intentions, and not to try and get a bit of cheap publicity. We do wonder, though, if ContactMusic thought through the likely implications of publishing Climb singer Andrea Barber's long mediation on the guilt or otherwise of Phil Spector at a time when the case is still being considered by a jury.
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Alex James: The Boris Johnson of bass
While Dave Rowntree is off trying to interest Labour constituency parties in giving him a go on their hustings, Alex James has just signed a deal to become an associate editor at The Spectator.
Yes, The Spectator.
The Spectator's editor, Matthew d'Ancona, hired James in part because of his autobiography, which he said was "outstandingly good".
"What is really exciting about him is that he's someone who in his life has covered the waterfront - the metropolitan and rural life. There's something hugely appealing for the magazine in someone who was a denizen of Soho who is now having cups of tea in the country," Mr d'Ancona said.
We love the idea that, as far as The Spectator is concerned living in a nice house in London and living in a nice house in the country is "covering the waterfront". Oh, the sides of life he's seen.
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Grohl makes enigmatic Courtney-centred remarks
Oh, good lord, Dave Grohl, if you want to have a public go at Courtney, have a go at her, don't be wrapping it up in coy subjunctive hints and winks:
"I've seen people lose it all to drugs and heartbreak and death. It's happened more than once in my life, but the one that's most noted is Kurt."
"There are a lot of people that I've been angry with in my life, but the one that's most noted is Courtney. So it's pretty obvious to me that those correlations are gonna pop up every now and again."
Do you think Courtney would mimsy around like that? No, she'd come right out with it and start to rip you to shreds, albeit poorly typed and on MySpace, but she'd do it directly nevertheless.
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The Middle East can now sleep safely
We wonder, what on earth would Madonna and Guy Ritchie have to say to Shimon Peres about peace in the Middle East? And, as the three of them stand together, Guy's shaky hand clasped on Peres' shoulder, whose endorsement will prove to be the most damaging to whom?
Madonna is currently in Israel attempting to give some credibility to the her cult, which attempts to combine Jewish mysticism with overpriced water and the collection of direct debits.
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Virgin for sale?
Following on from the collapse of MVC, MusicZone, Fopp and Tower and the struggling of HMV as it tries to adjust to being a juice bar rather than a record shop, the Telegraph is reporting Richard Branson is thinking of offloading the UK Virgin Megastore chain.
Apparently, the chain's management are hoping to organise a buyout of the "roughly breaking even" chain. Presumably you can enjoy the downward spiral more if you've paid for your ticket.
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Radio One More Time: Christmas Lunch at Grey Gables
Every year, the nation's families gather and try to pretend they like each other for long enough to enjoy a Christmas Lunch together. So, too, did the Radio One djs, forced to get together to pre-record a show full of bonhomie and good humour to be played out on the big day. We're not entirely sure this idea had ever been fully thought through - no Dad was ever going to let his kids have the bloody tranny on during Christmas dinner, so the only people who would ever listen to the show would have been the ones who had elected to avoid turkey, rows and the Queen, or else who had no-one with whom to celebrate. It's unlikely either would have actively requested the chance to hear Mike Read and Steve Wright going through a grim parody of the self-same event they were excluded from.
And, for all the professionally-faked enthusiasm as Annie Nightingale unwrapped a "gift" from Ready, the truth about this event - that it wasn't a jolly get-together for friends, but a works Christmas do on a three-line whip - always came through. So it's little surprise that one year, in a fit of crossover madness, Radio One bosses decided to hold the let's-pretend party in a fictional locale.
Grey Gables. Yes, that Grey Gables. The one in Ambridge. The plot of the Archers buckled in order to explain why the entire on-air staff of Radio One was driving two hundred miles on Christmas Day - hinging, apparently, on the hitherto unmentioned fact that Robert Snell had been at school with John Peel. This seemed slightly unlikely - a social climber like Linda would surely have been keen to drop that gem into conversation at any opportunity - but did earn Peel an appearance or two in Archers scenes. Trouble was, he turned out to be rubbish at doing his own voice, and sounded more like they'd got someone from WeekEnding to do his bits.
Regardless, it was to Grey Gables that the DJs went, with the usual Christmas festivities being punctuated by cameos from Archers characters. We've no idea what the crossover audience between daytime Radio One and Radio Four would have been at this point, but the crashing of an event at the hotel by Eddie Grundy would surely only make sense if you knew who Eddie was, and, for most of the listeners, we're assuming that they wouldn't have. They might as well have decided to hold the party in historical Nazareth, and peppered the show with cameos from Biblical patriarchs for all the sense it made.
And Gary Davies never even tried it on with Susan Tucker.
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Kanye: C-Vit worried by undue prominence
We're increasingly fond of Estelle, who has tricked Kanye West into promoting a child's drink on his new album:
"He asked me what drink in the UK is hot, and I said Ribena, so he's put it down in his rhyme!
"I'm gonna send him a bottle when the album gets released."
To be fair, hot Ribena used to be the treat we'd have on winter mornings when we were very, very small. We were decades ahead of the loop, we were.
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Isn't Lily Allen so down to earth?
She's just an ordinary girl, just like you and me. Why, we've all had our credit cards rejected, haven't we?
Maybe not in Chanel, mind:
“It should have been a classy moment, me walking into Chanel — but in typical Lily Allen style, I managed to make a pig’s ear out of it.
“My credit card was rejected, and then when I tried to call the bank the battery on my phone ran out.
“I was so mortified that I left the shop and returned the next day with a cheque.”
And, let's face it, we've all had designers refuse to loan us expensive clothes for television appearances:
“I’ve been banned from some fashion places because I’m so crap with things.
“CHRISTIAN LOUBOUTIN won’t lend me clothes because my dog chewed the shoes he lent me.
“And I got mud on a JULIEN MACDONALD dress so he wasn’t very happy with me either!”
Yes, she's just an everyday girl, with her twenty thousand pound clothes she hasn't even paid for.
Actually, maybe that's why she had problems with her card in Chanel - perhaps she didn't realise you were meant to pay for things.
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Apparently, they scare easily in LA
The Hotel Chateau Marmont, currently modishly popular amongst those who don't have proper jobs, has banned Britney Spears after she "scared" other guests.
Britney stunn[ed] fellow diners in the posh hotel restaurant by smearing a plate of top-notch food over her FACE.
Interesting, perhaps. Irritating, maybe. But scary?
A source said: “The diners were disgusted. You wouldn’t expect that from a teenager in a fast-food joint.
“Royalty have dined in this restaurant. Her behaviour was totally unacceptable.
How dare you besmirch a restaurant where non-specific royalty have once eaten, young lady?
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Gallows and a cracked head
Ow, ow, ow: Gallows' gig in Stoke last night ended in blood, mother, blood when Frank Carter cracked his head open. He'd been mucking about with a fan who'd run on stage when the sort of dire warning your Mum used to shout came true. The band limped on while Carter went to hospital, but eventually the gig was abandoned.
Carter - after a spot of vinegar and brown paper - is expected to recover for the rest of the tour.
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Britney Spears: Rallying time
Britney Spears, you might have spotted, is in a bit of trouble. Lucvkily, people are rallying round. Joey Fantone, for one:
He says, "It looked like she was really lost. A lot of people really want her to seek help. There's something not right there, something needs to obviously be done before anything tragic happens.
"She's a great girl. I've known her for many years."
Er... thanks for your insight, Joey.
50 Cent has also weighed in - presumably hoping he'll distract attention from his hostage-to-fortune promise to retire. Noticing that his nemesis Kanye West said that MTV shouldn't have pushed Brit into opening the show, Cent, naturally just adopts the opposite stance:
Kanye expressed that he felt that Britney shouldn't be actually opening the show - almost like he forgot that Britney Spears sold 50 million records. She did.
"He is not thinking about her full body of work. She deserved to headline the show better than anybody else that was on it - even in the state that she is in."
Because, of course, selling fifty million records means going on national TV with serious mental health problems can't possibly hurt you.
More from No Rock on 50 cent, britney spears, joey fantone, kanye west, mtv video music awards
Cox makes another baby
Another spell of maternity leave is on the cards for Sara Cox, who is telling anybody and everybody that she's "incredibly blessed" to be pregnant again.
We're sure there's no noise in the background of a jostling for position for the weekend lunchtime show. None at all.
More from No Rock on pregnancy, radio 1, sara cox
Jamelia's troubles
Why is Jamelia sharing with the Sunday People the news that she might be getting back together with that fading football bloke? It couldn't be a bid to try and boost interest in next week's 'best-of' album, could it?
Radio One More Time: The pseudonyms
If, as we saw yesterday, Radio One's listings played host to a surprising number of unexpected names, the airwaves also played host to a depressing number of fake and adopted personas. It seems that nobody can work on a radio programme without being given a matey name.
Comedy Dave on Chris Moyles' show is but the latest in a very, very long line of producers, researchers and sidekicks who've travelled under false documents - either to disguise their real names, or to create a hilarious comedy character. The Steve Wright show buckled under the weight of them: Sid The Manager; Jervaise the hairdresser (complete with 'hilarious' homophobic overtones); Mr. Angry From Purley. Even Marc Riley spent his entire time at the station under the "Boy Lard" banner - although, oddly, Mark Radcliffe dropped the "Scrawn" nickname when the pair moved over from Radio 5. Gary Davies found space every day for Willie On The Plonker - two knob gags for the price of one - and Kevin Greening's travel was handled by Major Holdups. Jimmy Savile's Record Club owed the debt of organisation to Dignified Don, while Tony Blackburn's Junior Choice carried a credit for Uncle Ted.
And, one Christmas, Mike Smith got through the thankless task of presenting breakfast with the assistance of a Christmas Fairy. The fairy bore a surprising vocal resemblance to Sarah Greene.
More from No Rock on gary davies, jimmy savile, marc riley, mark radcliffe, mike smith, radio 1, radio one more time, steve wright
Amy: Not so great when you're straight
Amy Winehouse hasn't, apparently, got the idea of rehab, telling Zoe Griffin:
"I didn't enjoy rehab. I don't want to go back."
We'd have thought that the idea of rehab was that it wasn't, you know, as enjoyable as filling your face with drugcakes and out-of-control juice. If it was, you might not have sung a song about not wanting to go to rehab, Amy.
Winehouse maintains that she doesn't need rehab, anyway:
I missed my friends and my mum and dad. They are the ones that are there for me. I have been doing better now and that's because of my friends."
So, asks Zoe, are you on the wagon now?
When I asked her about drugs, she said shyly: "I'm drinking tonight, I'm enjoying myself. It is my birthday. But drugs is private. Let's just say, I feel better than I felt ever before."
Zoe also pointed out that Amy appeared to have some sort of problem:
I saw her going back and forth to the toilet a lot.
And spotted some enabling activity:
Amy only wanted to be with Blake, who made sure she always had a glass in her hand.
So, does Ms Griffin build to a conclusion on this?
Not quite:
She added: "Blake is the best husband in the world. He organised this party. It's the best present in the world." Personally, I prefer diamonds.
Leaving aside the "and who cares what you prefer" question, scoring an invite to the Winehouse party and ending on a lame note like that suggests something of a lack of nerve.
More from No Rock on amy winehouse, blake fielder-civil, zoe [sunday mirror]
Miss Miffed's Madonna musings
We're not sure if the News of the World's Miss Miffed column is really an attempt to out-parody Private Eye's Glenda Slagg, but judging by the Madonna entry it could well be:
Bruise that girl...
SO Madonna’s had a face lift? Fair play to her I say.
She’s nearly fifty-years-old and manages to bend her body into shapes few 18-year-olds could manage.
She’s super fit, super healthy and if she needs a little boost to retain her superstar looks, in areas that yoga can’t help, then why the hell not?
Let me know what you reckon...
I reckon you're typing with your eyes closed and are just throwing out half-arsed posts in a desperate attempt to get some, any, reaction. And Miss Miffed? How long did you take coming up with that "online persona?"
More from No Rock on madonna, news of the world
Katona discovers misery is taxable
We know that Kerry Katona has, thus far, managed to take the lemons life throws at her and sell "My lemon hell" stories to OK, but we're not sure there's such a market for "My Unpaid Tax Torment".
The News of the World reckons that Kerry owes three quarters of a million in unpaid taxes. Rav Singh and Lewis Panther are in control of the story:
The fallen former Atomic Kitten has been ordered by the Inland Revenue to pay at least £200,000 immediately or face BANKRUPTCY proceedings in court, the News of the World can reveal.
God, things must be really bad for Kerry if she's facing demands for cash from a defunct government department. Still, the Inland Revenue only disappeared two and a half years ago, you can't expect them to be bang up to date, can you?
More from No Rock on kerry katona, news of the world, tax
Seven days on No Rock and Roll Fun
The ten most-read stories:
1. Jury must watch R Kelly sex video
2. Beth Ditto's NME tit show
3. Web users flock in the hope of seeing Lily Allen's breasts
4. Britney Spears MTV Video Music Awards disaster
5. Is KT Tunstall fond of ladies?
6. Meg White's anxiety forces White Stripes tour cancellation
7. Sting visits brothel, perhaps
8. Britney Spears fans blame venue for bad show
9. US gets "indie top 20" style album
10. Kate Moss Kills boyfriend
Also this week:
Beth Ditto had more to say; Fred Durst plea-bargained to stay out of prison on a hit and run charge; HMV revealed its new look and Liverpool looked to Phil Redmond to salvage the Capital of Culture year.
You can read the week on one page or
skim the previous week in a single post.
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Go on, you know you want to at least peek... Amazon take orders for the iPod Touch
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