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__label__cc	0.659116	0.340884	Harry Potter - A History of Magic: The eBook of the Exhibition (English Edition) por British Library Titulo del libro : Harry Potter - A History of Magic: The eBook of the Exhibition (English Edition) Autor : British Library Editor : Pottermore Publishing Obtenga el libro de Harry Potter - A History of Magic: The eBook of the Exhibition (English Edition) de British Library en formato PDF o EPUB. Puedes leer cualquier libro en línea o guardarlo en tus dispositivos. Cualquier libro está disponible para descargar sin necesidad de gastar dinero. British Library con Harry Potter - A History of Magic: The eBook of the Exhibition (English Edition) Harry Potter: A History of Magic is the official eBook of the once-in-a-lifetime exhibition from the brilliant curators of the British Library. It promises to take readers on a fascinating journey through the subjects studied at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry – from Alchemy and Potions classes, right through to Herbology and Care of Magical Creatures. Each chapter showcases a treasure trove of artefacts from the British Library and other collections around the world, beside exclusive manuscripts, sketches and illustrations from the Harry Potter archive. There's also a specially commissioned essay for each subject area by an expert, writer or cultural commentator, inspired by the contents of the exhibition – absorbing, insightful and unexpected contributions from Steve Backshall, the Reverend Richard Coles, Owen Davies, Julia Eccleshare, Roger Highfield, Steve Kloves, Lucy Mangan, Anna Pavord and Tim Peake, who offer a personal perspective on their magical theme. Readers will be able to pore over ancient spell books, explore amazing illuminated scrolls that reveal the secret of the Elixir of Life, and through its unique design and functionality examine vials of dragon’s blood, mandrake roots, painted centaurs and a genuine witch’s broomstick, in an interactive digital book that shows J.K. Rowling’s magical inventions alongside their cultural and historical forebears. This is the ultimate gift for Harry Potter fans, curious minds, big imaginations, bibliophiles and readers around the world who missed out on the chance to see the exhibition in person. Due to the number of high quality images within this ebook, this file may take longer than usual to download and it is therefore best viewed on a tablet or smartphone. Harry Potter - A Journey Through A History of Magic (English Edition) Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone: Illustrated [Kindle in Motion] (Illustrated Harry Potter Book 1) (English Edition) Historias breves de Hogwarts: Agallas, Adversidad y Aficiones Arriesgadas (Pottermore Presents (Español) nº 1) Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: Illustrated edition (English Edition) Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald: Het complete filmscenario (Dutch Edition) The Hogwarts Library Collection (Hogwarts Library book) (English Edition) La Segunda Revolución. Ellos y nosotros. (La Segunda Revolución 2) La Segunda Revolución. Heredero (La Segunda Revolución 1) Animales fantásticos y dónde encontrarlos: guión original de la película Inside the Magic: The Making of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (English Edition) Copyright © Descargar Libro 2020	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0050.json.gz/line2
__label__cc	0.519389	0.480611	About Men Radio Mele's Musings Son of Sam Began His Murderous Spree 40 Years Ago Today dating someone with major depressive disorder headline quotes for dating sites It was 40 years ago today that serial killer David Berkowitz murdered his first victim in the Bronx, the start of a yearlong reign of terror that left New Yorkers both on edge and fixated with what became known as the Son of Sam murders. At the time I was 12 years old. A few months later I started to deliver The Daily News to apartment buildings in the Bronx. The killings, which also came to be known as the work of the .44-Caliber Killer, because of the weapon he used, were ready-made fodder for the city tabloids and TV stations. The serial murders came at a time that I was coming of age. I was asserting my independence – I was working and starting to ride the subways by myself. So for me, the city was both exciting and dangerous. (Remember, New York was just coming out of its dismal fiscal crisis and crime, poverty and drugs were tearing at the fabric of its communities.) It was against this backdrop that the Son of Sam killings gripped the city’s attention. Over the course of more than a year, he shot 13 people in cold blood, killing six. Berkowitz, who later claimed he was acting on instructions given to him by a neighbor’s dog, played cat and mouse with the cops, taunting them with handwritten letters to Daily News columnist Jimmy Breslin. The murders were intermittent. This was not a one-time spree killer like the mass shootings now all too familiar to us today. Instead, Berkowitz targeted young couples, often in parked cars, and frequently young attractive women with long brown hair. (This reportedly prompted many young women in the city to run to salons to get their hair dyed a different color.) As a newspaper delivery boy, I would get stacks of The Daily News delivered outside our apartment door for me to then distribute to my customers. That, in turn, meant I got a jump on all the latest developments in the case. I would voraciously read the stories before I headed out on my route. Among the headlines: “Breslin to .44 Killer: Give Up! It’s the Only Way Out!’ “Cops: .44-Caliber Killer ‘Is Taunting Us.’” “New Note: Can’t Stop Killing.” “Killer to Cops: I’ll Do It Again.” The day after cops arrested Berkowitz – Aug. 11, 1977 – The Daily News featured this headline: “Nab Mailman as .44 Killer.” I rushed into my parents’ bedroom and breathlessly woke my mother. “They got him! They got the .44-Caliber Killer!” I told her. Indeed they had. And a 13-month reign of terror had finally come to an end. https://www.ultimatelifestylist.com/the allegory of the cave essaysniffing ativanorder essay uk Daily NewsDavid BerkowitzSon of Sam Previous PostWhen I Drive, the Dead Are Always With MeNext PostNo More Excuses, It’s Time to Get Healthy Adirondack Daily Enterprise Poconos Celebrating local journalism with two anniversaries WOODSTOCK 50 YEARS LATER Father’s Day: The Afterthought Hallmark Holiday Finding Connections Through Language Finding Healing by Editing a Book About Men AMR Fitness Challenge Dispatches From Australia Guest Blogger: John Roche Guest blogger: Linda Fite Guest Blogger: Meg McGuire Guest blogger: Michelle Davies Kaiser's Korner Padre John's Sermons Postcards From Australia Super Dad TBone's Pickins Not All Men. Just Us Men. About Men Radio is a show about men. Not all men, mind you, but specifically about a group of lifelong friends coping with rapidly changing gender roles and how they interact with their partners, their kids, their co-workers and each other. It's funny, feisty, smart-assed and very, very real.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0050.json.gz/line3
__label__cc	0.748742	0.251258	Approximately Correct Technical and Social Perspectives on Machine Learning The AI Misinformation Epidemic Interest in machine learning may be at an all-time high. Per Google Trends, people are searching for machine learning nearly five times as often as five years ago. And at the University of California San Diego (UCSD), where I’m presently a PhD candidate, we had over 300 students enrolled in both our graduate-level recommender systems and neural networks courses. Much of this attention is warranted. Breakthroughs in computer vision, speech recognition, and, more generally, pattern recognition in large data sets, have given machine learning substantial power to impact industry, society, and other academic disciplines. Like the internet before it, machine learning now stands poised to impact diverse areas of the economy. Whether you work in government, medical imaging, car services, the law, or recycling, there’s good reason to believe that machine learning will impact your life and finances. For a researcher, there are many upsides to the current wave of enthusiasm. At this moment, machine learning presents fertile ground for scholarship. Across both the theory ⇔ hardware and methodology ⇔ application axes, there’s ample impactful work to be done. Even technically incremental work can have immediate effects in the real world. Accordingly, funding agencies, universities and industry have an enormous appetite for both empirically and theoretically motivated inquiry into machine learning. [Of course, the rapid advance of machine learning presents many new challenges. One purpose for founding this blog is to address the social impacts of machine learning on the world, e.g. via technical unemployment or algorithmic decision-making. However, in this post we address specifically the spread of information/misinformation about AI and not the effects of the AI itself] Complicating matters, the wave of enthusiasm for / interest in machine learning has spread far beyond the small group of people possessing a concrete sense of the state of machine learning. Both in industry and the broader public, many people know that important things are happening in machine learning but lack any concrete sense of what precisely is happening. A Perfect Storm This pairing of interest with ignorance has created a perfect storm for a misinformation epidemic. The outsize demand for stories about AI has created a tremendous opportunity for impostors to capture some piece of this market. When founding Approximately Correct, I lamented that too few academics possessed either the interest or the talent for both expository writing and for addressing social issues. And on the other hand, too few journalists possess the technical strength to relate developments in machine learning to the public faithfully. As a result, there are not enough voices engaging the public in the non-sensational way that seems necessary now. Unfortunately, the paucity of clear and informed voices has not resulted in a silent media. Instead, the void has been filled by charlatans, bombarding the public with incessant misinformation, much of it spread by opportunists, eager to seize upon the public’s interest. As I quickly learned as a young PhD student blogging for KDnuggets, articles about deep learning get lots of clicks. Everything else being equal, in my experience, articles about deep learning attracted on the order of ten times as many eyeballs as other data science stories. This has made deep learning especially ripe for exploitation by click-baiters, including journalists in the traditional media who might possess the writing chops but are out of their depth – see the recent Maureen Dowd piece on Elon Musk, Demis Hassabis, and AI Armaggedon in Vanity Fair for a masterclass in low-quality, opportunistic journalism. As public interest and media mania have grown in tandem, so has my anxiety that the spread of misinformation poses a danger. Here are some of the clues that tip me off that something is seriously wrong: Widely circulated lists of the AI Influencers, even as published by companies like IBM that should know better, are populated mostly by people with no discernible contribution (or even expertise) in AI. With startling regularity, if I tell an educated person what I do, a question quickly follows in reference to the Singularity, a quasi-religious event with no reliable definition or connection to science that has been prophesied for the coming century and popularized by Ray Kurzweil. Despite the increasing familiarity of machine learning in the media, the quality of journalism hasn’t improved appreciably. With notable exceptions, newspapers and magazines of record haven’t risen to the challenge of providing terrestrial coverage on the topic despite the serious potential consequences for readers. If machine learning had no societal impact, the present situation might not be so alarming. After all, the cartoonish descriptions of string theory and particle physics seem relatively harmless, since developments in particle physics show no sign of impacting free speech or the employment markets in the near future. For several weeks, I’ve wanted to write a post dissecting the misinformation epidemic but I’ve been stifled by the sheer scale of the problem. To make the topic digestible, I’ve decided to write a multi-part series of posts, addressing the following narrower topics: THE INFLUENCER INDUSTRY This post will address the world of AI influencers, some legitimate researchers with outsize influence, others self-designated experts whose influence owes to the Paris Hilton effect, deriving greater celebrity from existing celebrity through a social media feedback loops and TED-style puff talks. THE PROPHETS (Profits?) OF FUTURISM Here, I’ll address the outsize coverage garnered by futurists. The most widely covered ideas, many inconcrete and unfalsifiable, have the flavor of mysticism. And yet, wrongly, they are frequently given a seat at the table alongside more sober reason, absent qualification. I plan to take a critical look at these ideas, e.g., the Singuarity, Ancestor Simulations, and their coverage in social and mainstream media. THE FAILURE OF THE PRESS In this piece, I’ll analyze the mainstream press’s attempts to write about machine learning. I will try to distill the common failure modes (e.g. failing to distinguish between real technology and fictional technology, overstating the brain-like nature of neural networks, and injecting expert opinions despite lacking expertise). THE PERILS OF MISINFORMATION Finally, I plan to analyze the various dangers presented by this misinformation. Namely, if people are unable to understand the complex phenomena impacting their lives, then we cannot reasonably expect politicians to argue about the topic clearly, or for voters to make informed decisions. Absent broad (and clear) understanding of the state of machine learning research, we cannot expect a democratic society to regulate the use of machine learning or to manage the economic consequences reasonably and appropriately. 03/31/2017 – Notes, Clarifications, and Analysis on the Response to the AI Misinformation Epidemic 04/17/2017 – Critique of the Guardian’s robotics puff piece “Meet Erica” 06/04/2018 – From AI to ML to AI: On Swirling Nomenclature & Slurried Thought Author: Zachary C. Lipton Zachary Chase Lipton is an assistant professor at Carnegie Mellon University. He is interested in both core machine learning methodology and applications to healthcare and dialogue systems. He is also a visiting scientist at Amazon AI, and has worked with Amazon Core Machine Learning, Microsoft Research Redmond, & Microsoft Research Bangalore. View all posts by Zachary C. Lipton Author Zachary C. LiptonPosted on March 28, 2017 June 5, 2018 Categories JournalismTags Politics, Social Media 84 thoughts on “The AI Misinformation Epidemic” Razvan Ciuca says: When talking about the “singularity”, please distinguish between the three things people mean when they say that word (see here: http://yudkowsky.net/singularity/schools/). All three deserve to be criticized as strongly as possible, but some are much harder to criticize than others T. M. McGuire says: Nice of him to present the motte and bailey forms on the arguments. Second. I’m not exactly allergic to the Yudkowsky flavor of “””singularity””” like I am the Kurzweil one (which is what the author seems to be addressing? can’t tell); I love reading thoughtful and informed criticisms of the Yudkowsky flavor, but nobody seems to be even capable of doing this, they just smear them all together into the same sludge from a position of confident ignorance and point and laugh at the dumbest nearby stereotype. I don’t have much hope that our author will manage to produce well-informed criticism of Friendly AI/etc. thinking, but I do have a little. > I find it very annoying, therefore, when these three schools of thought are mashed up into Singularity paste. Clear thinking requires making distinctions. > But what is still more annoying is when someone reads a blog post about a newspaper article about the Singularity, comes away with none of the three interesting theses, and spontaneously reinvents the dreaded fourth meaning of the Singularity: > “Apocalyptism: Hey, man, have you heard? There’s this bunch of, like, crazy nerds out there, who think that some kind of unspecified huge nerd thing is going to happen. What a bunch of wackos! It’s geek religion, man.” Networkdata says: These extrapolations of past trends to predict future events don’t make any sense in the context of complex (and presently unknowable) questions like what consciousness is and whether machines will become conscious. Its like people in London claiming the city would be 10m deep in horse shit if the rate of expansion of number of horse drawn carriages kept up its then growth rate. It annoys me because of the implicit intellectual arrogance based on incredibly weak assumptions. I get the sense that at the heart of it all does lie a kind of god complex on the part of people like Kurzweil. Javier Mares says: Thanks for this post, and hurrah for any efforts exposing bullshit. I disagree with your stance on the Singularity here: “the Singularity, a quasi-religious event with no reliable definition or connection to science that has been prophesied for the coming century” Technological capability is accelerating at an accelerating pace. It’s a double exponential, readily observable in the price performance of many scientific fields based in information technologies. http://www.singularity.com/charts/page17.html Newer, more comprehensive data can be found in Kurzweil’s recent presentations. Try to describe, in the least esoteric terms possible, what this means for humanity in the short to medium term. It will still be a meaningful and important idea. Zachary C. Lipton says: Statements like this are part of the problem: “Technological capability is accelerating at an accelerating pace. It’s a double exponential, readily observable in the price performance of many scientific fields based in information technologies”. This does not mean anything. What precisely is doubly exponential? Technology is not a quantity. Not surprisingly, you support this nebulous claim with a reference to the singularity.com homepage. I hope the religious flavor of this argumentation is not lost on you. It’s exactly what I said. The acceleration is accelerating, eg. W = W_0 * exp(C_1 * exp (C_2 * t) where W is directly proportional to a technological capability such as computation, (calculations per second per fixed dollar). The raw data and primary sources are in my cult’s, I mean my religion’s holy books, I mean, well they’re here: http://www.singularity.com/charts/page67.html Simon Hibbs says: How come that data stops in 1998? Are there no statistics on computer performance in the last 18 years? Well single threaded performance, which the table you post shows, has already hit a brick wall. It’s going nowhere. Moore’ Law is still serving us well, but every other technology we have ever had has eventually reached a plateau. Jet engines, internal combustion, rockets, nuclear power. We exploit the physics up close to its physical limits then there’s nowhere left to go. In fact most of the technologies in use today are only gradually improving. Has technology in the last 10 years really improved more than in the previous 20? 10 years ago I was using a dual core 24″ intel Mac that wouldn’t look out of place today. 30 years ago I was using a machine running CP/M and I’d never even seen a GUI. https://www.karlrupp.net/2015/06/40-years-of-microprocessor-trend-data/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/jurvetson/31409423572/ It seems sensible to think about what opportunities and risks might come if these trends continue as far as the laws of physics will allow. Now that you mention it, I’d be interested in learning about the current state of the art in turbomachinery. There’s a lot that must be possible today that wasn’t possible 20 years ago. Chase Ries says: Technology will dramatically reshape the future in ways that cannot be anticipated. That’s true. But arguments that refer exponential “technology capability” (especially those that invoke Moore’s law) always elide the fact that, by and large, we still have no idea what we’re doing in AI. An infinitely fast CPU would scarcely help, and our current heuristics for the kind of computation we would like to achieve—our own brains—are barely intelligible to those at the forefront of research. I don’t want hand-waved promises. I want facts. I want a roadmap of advances. I want to know what problems are on the cusp of being solved, and how they affect the ultimate of GAI. And if you believe the Singularity is surely impending but can’t offer me anything beyond graphs carefully plotted along entirely arbitrary axes, then yes, it is a quasi-religious faith. Kiuhnm says: An infinitely fast CPU would be incredibly helpful! We could use a simple Bayesian/probabilistic approach to brute force our way through many obstacles. I think you got carried away 🙂 I share your distaste for hand waving. I can’t speak for Singularitarianism but this is the extent of my beliefs: It seems more likely than not that these trends will continue as far as the laws of physics will allow, and that a growing percentage of human endeavor is becoming based on information technologies. I see these capabilities (calculations per second per constant dollar, base pairs sequenced per dollar, etc.) as enabling, ie. they help us create and understand things that were previously impossible. Therefore, I’d be embarrassed if we don’t make significant advances in the improvement of human condition relatively soon. I’d be aggravated if we overlook the risks. I think many people who have thought about the implications of accelerating change are just interested in building useful stuff. Of course everybody wants facts about the future. That would amount to clairvoyance. If this is indeed your requirement for talk about the future to not be “quasi-religious faith”, then maybe you should consider to stop talking about the future at all. And let rest of us have fun with our faith please 😀 Edward Ned Harvey says: There is a logical fallacy here. The idea that “technology advances rapidly,” leading to “the singularity” or anything similar. This argument requires that technology becomes self-aware, and knows how to self-improve at an exponential, or otherwise very rapid rate, to infinity, or a very powerful limit. To demonstrate this fallacy, let’s assume you actually are an android, or a simulation (who knows, you might be). Let’s assume god, or the simulator, or a brain surgeon gives you the control to self-improve. Could you do it? No, we don’t even understand how we work, and can’t recreate what we are in machines we build, so even if you had those controls, you wouldn’t be able to do the infinite self-improvement thing that results in you becoming the singularity. Fear of the singularity is superstitious fear of the unknown, and I’ve never seen any rational argument supporting it. Koo Zhengqun says: The past does not dictate the future. The “double-exponential” trend might not and does not continue. I think it’s fair to say that an increase in raw computational power does not necessarily mean we are any closer to AGI. There are probably a lot of problems in the development of AGI which need direct application of the human mind to solve. This progress does not happen on its own — it’s researchers like Zachary who actually cause this progress on the ground. I think it’s similar to how building a reusable rocket is extremely hard despite the fact that we already have the necessary resources available to do it. But only now are we making a modicum of progress on that front. You do know that Moore’s law (the thing you’re basing all your claims on) is drying up, right? Those advancements that you see plotted on those graphs are mostly because over that time, we got better and better at manufacturing semiconductors on higher-res nodes – have a read through this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semiconductor_device_fabrication Those data points you reference are nice and all, but they don’t reflect the reality that the driving force of Moore’s Law – the jumps in the node size of the manufacturing process – is almost over – we’re now on 14nm, and 5nm is pretty much the limit, which means that around 2020, this whole thing will dry up. Then, there’s still architectural improvements that can help make progress, optimizations, maybe someone will figure out a way to go lower than 5nm – but nothing near the explosive growth in computational power we’ve seen these past few decades. Is this written in your holy books? The current paradigm in computational systems, Moore’s Law, will run out of steam. This will be the fifth time that this happens, after electromechanical relays, vacuum tubes, and discrete transistors. “When Moore’s Law reaches the end of its S-curve, now expected before 2020, the exponential growth will continue with three-dimensional molecular computing, which will constitute the sixth paradigm.” Kurzweil, Ray (2005-09-22). The Singularity Is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology (Kindle Locations 1370-1371). Penguin Group. Kindle Edition. … and there was much rejoicing. My kingdom for an edit button. I missed a comma: “electromechanical, relays, vacuum tubes, and discrete transistors” duality says: I completely agree with Zac here. I would be very very careful to extrapolate growth. There are physical limits than you cannot overcome, and, more importantly, things that are so complex to both describe and calculate that for example the number of bits to process the problem would be only writable on a storage medium as large as the universe. good luck. There’s no edit button, so here is what I meant to say in this sentence: “[…] readily observable in historical data of performance measures of technologies in different scientific fields based on information technology” Also: More recent data https://www.flickr.com/photos/jurvetson/31409423572/ Hhiram says: I think we can all appreciate that you’re an academic scientist with a focus on machine learning. But – no offense – it’s obvious you’re making a mountain out of a molehill here. Are there some misunderstandings among the broad public and among journalists about machine intelligence? Sure. But is there an “epidemic of misinformation”? Hardly. If you read mainstream media coverage of Ai, you might be pleased to see how consistently journalists make the distinction between narrow AI and general AI. And that really is the only distinction necessary. Does narrow AI pose a technological unemployment threat? Of course it bloody does – just look at the millions of drivers who are staged to be out of work thanks to self-driving cars. Is general AI an existential threat? Of course it bloody is, and you don’t need to read Nick Bostrom’s book to understand why. So your concerns about “misinformation” are misplaced, because 1) the media generally does distinguish narrow and general AI; 2) narrow AI is every bit as big of a threat to employment as people fear; and 3) general AI is an existential threat and neither you nor anyone else has the slightest clue how far away we are from cracking it. I think we agree on many points but I flatly disagree with you about the extent of the problem. It’s not a “molehill” – it truly is out of control. I’d say it’s at the point where the amount of misinformation is far larger than the amount of good coverage. There are many notable exceptions. Jack Clark (formerly Bloomberg, now OpenAI) and Katyanna Quach (Register) are notable examples of writers who lucidly describe developments in AI. Cade Metz (Wired) has gotten better. But the majority of the coverage is rubbish. In my eyes, the situation is reminiscent of the news’ failure to adequately cover the derivatives market prior to the financial collapse. Even after it happened, they struggled to explain what had happened. Of course, it’s not easy. Most people with a decent grasp of the machine learning techniques receive enormous salaries. So both a) cultivating and b) retaining competent journalists with the tools to provide engaging but terrestrial coverage is difficult. Nevertheless I believe it’s essential. Kunal Bhatia says: I enjoyed reading the article as well as the comments. Thanks Zachary. If you compare this situation to derivatives and the financial market collapse, what are the negatives of spreading misinformation about AI? I’m not seeing your perspective or how the analogy works yet. Fabian Romero says: The stakes a really high. After “experts” as Elon Musk and Stephen Hawking which for their opinion is easy to see they don’t fully understand the subject, but they are “recognized genius” and they even ask for a ban on this kind of research and to add government oversight…. As pointed out by the OP, this idea of the singularity is nothing but fiction, and very accurately said is just a religious idea, nothing really scientific about that. But very pervasively present on the pop culture, and the voters. They can actually ban or influence so dramatically this field. SilverSlash says: And this folks, is precisely why we need to address this issue. I don’t think Stephen Hawking ever asked for a ban on AI research, but rather issued a warning about autonomous weapons powered by AI. But of course, the media then fully capitalised on the statement by Hawking and blew it out of proportion with click-bait titles (beyond which most people don’t read anything). This is why we now have people like the guy above, ironically, talking about it on this article. The negatives are numerous. One is that people focus on the wrong problems, e.g. sentient AI, and are oblivious to the concrete problems including (i) discrimination in algorithmic decision making (ii) technical unemployment (iii) ceding control to mindless recommender systems that optimize only clicks (think Facebook’s fake news problem). R.Möller says: I can support that. As a consultant I increasingly face inflated expectations by customers regarding real-world AI application. The inflated expectations are a direct consequence of pop-science media coverage. Lord Astral says: Why don’t we just build an AI reporter to cover AI? I’m sure Skynet would tell us the truth 😀 Well, you told us what you are going to tell us but you haven’t said anything yet. I look forward to the time when you say what you are going to say. Thank you in advance for “weighing in”. Adeel Zaman says: Valid comment until the very end. Being a ML Phd candidate and having perused the state of the art papers in the field, he probably has a ‘rough sense’ regarding how far we may be from AGI. Usually that rough prediction by actual ML/DL scientists tends to be a lot longer than what is actively being portrayed in the media, for the sake of clickbait articles. Carlos Perez says: I agree with you here. I also do want to see what Zachary has to write about this. You are right in that there is an appreciation of the difference between narrow AI and general AI and that may be all that we need to know for now. There’s a long way to go from narrow AI to general AI, however narrow AI is improving at a rapid clip. It is narrow AI and its employment destroying capability that we have to worry about now. The most imminent threat is obvious, self-driving vehicles. Gbell says: Self-driving vehicles is a threat to the status quo and particularly to all those employed in this industry. I am so looking forward to the benefits of this technology, particularly in electrical vehicles… fewer unnecessary deaths, horrific injuries and stress from human-caused accidents, quieter cities and suburbs, more real-state for parks and people and a more efficient economy. At the risk of promoting a futurist… this is an interesting read, regardless of how many of these predictions are realized. http://www.futuristspeaker.com/job-opportunities/25-shocking-predictions-about-the-coming-driverless-car-era-in-the-u-s/#/ I agree with Hhiram. Probably the biggest threat comes from humans building and becoming dependent on more advanced machines while continuing to struggle with the implicit limitations and contradictions of human behavior, thinking and reasoning. I believe Stephen Hawking stated he is more concerned about people accidentally creating a situation which negatively impacts the human race rather than the prospect of machines taking over through AGI. The biggest casualty in this next phase of technological evolution is likely to be trust. Who do you trust, what do you trust? That’s always been a perennial question, although with advancing narrow AI/ML ‘black box’ processes upon which we are starting to rely, and may ‘soon’ be completely dependent, who will know enough about these systems to assess risk, real or perceived? If we’re having such a problem with these conversations now, the blog threads in the future may look even more intriguing… WALID S SABA says: I very much enjoyed reading your article warning about the perils of unprecedented and mostly misguided hype about AI in general and machine learning/deep learning in particular. I have tried in a couple of posts to do the same, but apparently the storm is too big and the commercialism (democracy?) in a capitalist society trumps (no pun intended!) reason and rationality. Although I work in AI but in a completely different paradigm (I work in NLU, and I am one of those who believes that data-driven/ML approaches to NLU are futile (see this https://www.slideshare.net/walidsaba/w-saba-fsll-parts-1234)… I might be wrong, but what I know about the subject tells me so). Regardless of where our niche is in AI, all those working in AI and doing fundamental work should continue to speak out against this craze, otherwise I fear another and more severe AI Winter Zaplatynski says: Thank you for your article. I think you are absolutely right. I see a lot iof marketing around AI which diplomatically spoken questionable. It leads to false tracks and people believe the end of the world as they know it is near. This is plain bullshit und it is good that someone is brave enough to dig into it. Correct me if I am wrong but latest research around neuro biological findings reveal that our brain might be best compared with a quantum computer which we are effectively not able to build yet (a quantum computer which have a life span measured in seconds isn’t a real one for me). So we simply lack the hardware to have singularity. Notbto speak of relevant software. Neural networks of today must be designed for specific purpose or problem space and trained with relevant data. This is the biggest problem. With big data we might get the chance to manage huge amounts of data to train complex neutral networks. But this is no guarantee for success. Hello. I confess this is not an area in which I have any experience. My own background is in a more well-trodden (and I daresay dull) profession, but that gives me another perspective on the problem. A lot of your concern seems, justifiably, focused on wildly inaccurate, misleading, or misfocused journalistic coverage of AI. This is a problem that impacts every area of expertise. Journalists are, for the most part, generalists rather than specialized correspondents on a particular area. Of course, there are some exceptions: sometimes you see journalists with medical backgrounds or finance backgrounds, for example. But for the most part this is not the case (and even where there is a degree of specialism, that is no guarantee of quality). I guess journalists don’t have the time or resources to become experts, or even particularly conversant, on all the different topics that they cover. As you note, interest in AI is increasing. I suspect the defining feature of the issue you are experiencing is, in fact, as follows: 1. AI is not a special victim here, but is receiving more or less the same level of journalistic rigor as, say, natural sciences, economics, law, or medicine. 2. Press coverage of AI is only recently reaching the ‘critical mass’ where experts in the field can see (and despair at) the poor standard of journalistic reporting. The reality is that, in many specialisms (and indeed entire industrial sectors), the poor standard of journalism is a fact of life to which people are already resigned. As one person I known frequently observes, it’s only when you see an article on something you know about, that you realize how inaccurate everything else probably is. Haha, amen to the last sentence! Jiro says: I have held for years the same idea you express in your comment. It is a statistical impossibility that every time I consume some reporting on a subject that I am familiar with are the only instances that the reporters have no idea what they are talking about. Thus goes journalism. Having a full appreciation of the subject is the exception. That puts this entire post in the proper context in my opinion. This is a very good point and certainly needs to be taken into account by Zachary. If you take a step back you can see how much generalism occurs in media reporting on every industry. It is always unfortunate when it damages promising and emerging technologies however. Vasco says: The author might be right there, but no quantitative analysis is provided. Would also be nice to see it in comparison to other “Missionformation” with potential social and political impact. I am hoping his later blog posts will delve into the detail he has alluded to. As a machine learning amateur myself it would certainly be good to have a critical analysis of popular reporting! Ahmad Tajuddin says: I think it’s fair to wait for the entire posts by Zachary on his analyses in which including those FOUR main themes as described in the article above, before we questioning, agree/disagree, or rebutting the author’s authority for analysing and writing all this up. However, I couldn’t agree more with Zachary for what his intention is to shape a discourse of AI in the real sense of AI (by which it means deep understanding, not superficial) so that the world would have an informed society, as we know how imperative this task in the upcoming future. Steve Swing says: Thank you for the post and the upcoming editions. You used the word outsize in three places. Did you mean outside in each? Thanks for the note. No, I do not mean outside. I mean disproportionately large. Christopher Shawn Courtney says: I personally believe you wrote a great article and pointed out a large flaw in media and most information sources in general.As well as the publics often irrational interpretation of information.Flawed by design. Mentifex (Arthur T. Murray) says: “AI Misinformation Epidemic”? https://www.reddit.com/r/artificial/comments/61xkgv/the_ai_misinformation_epidemic — sent me here to read all about it. Please let me tell y’all that yesterday at http://ai.neocities.org/perlmind.txt I uploaded a potentially immortal artificial intelligence that could put a stop to the epidemic. interesting immortal AI you have there … rdp says: Oh my god, these comments. “Technological capability is accelerating at an accelerating pace. It’s a double exponential” “that a growing percentage of human endeavor is becoming based on information technologies.” “neuro biological findings reveal that our brain might be best compared with a quantum computer” Hey rdp, Sorry for my post full of typos but there several sciences sources about it which popped up in November 2016: https://www.quantamagazine.org/20161102-quantum-neuroscience/ If this proves to be right it explains why humans could be capable of so much more. But not everyone is a genius. What happens to those workforces who can be replaced by automation or digital transformation (to use marketing buzz words)… Amazon failed this week with its full automated supermarket (https://www.wsj.com/articles/amazon-delays-convenience-store-opening-to-work-out-kinks-1490616133) …. There is a danger that the uninformed held AI responsible for that kind of development… Thank you for taking the time to reply Zaplatynski. I included the quote from your post because like AI, quantum is another term that is abused to misinform people. People like Deepak Chopra have created entire careers obscuring nonsense with the word quantum. My intention is not to pick on you specifically, but do you know the difference between a quantum computer and binary one? Are you familiar with the von Neumann computer architecture and it’s implications? Have you looked into the refutations of Penrose trying to apply Godel’s theorem to describe cognition? My point is that Lipton’s critique of AI misinformation is applicable to many fields. His arguments can’t be countered by misinformation from other fields. Thanks again for taking the time to respond. Carl Youngblood says: I think it’s perfectly fine for futurists and transhumanists to extrapolate from present trends and speculate about the future. I like what Carl Sagan said in his magnum opus: “We wish to find the truth, no matter where it lies. But to find the truth we need imagination and skepticism both. We will not be afraid to speculate, but we will be careful to distinguish speculation from fact.” I also think that it’s OK for people to be religious about things. In fact, I think the bigger problem is not recognizing the boundaries of science and religiosity. Right now you are making a religious argument. You are trying to passionately persuade people about why imprecise thinking about technological trends may cause people to jump to unwarranted conclusions. But to persuade others of this claim, you must reach beyond science. You must appeal to some sense of morality. You must include words like “should,” while science can only provide facts and findings. Scoping and framing the discussion about technological trends is important, but it’s also important to recognize the difference between long- and short-term thinking. Kurzweil’s law of accelerating returns is a useful observation about long-term increases in complexity and capability. It would be unwise to attribute too much precision to the principle, but it is still useful. Making predictions and decisions about the future is not the same as well-organized painstaking scientific research, but both endeavors have their uses. Great comment. Sanju says: Agree. We need to approach each side of the debate with with a balanced cost-benefit analysis. Use each approach to extent its benefits outweigh the costs. As computer sciencist I know von Neumann of cause but the other I am no expert. The difference between a normal computer and a quantum one is like (e.g. Bad comparison but close enough for me) the difference between finit state and non-finit-state machines. The later we can not build because we lack of massive parallel computations as expected from quantum computers. Any way my interest is enough to conclude that we have not the hardware (yet). So Jonny Depp’s movie Transcend is pure fiction. Yes I agree with Lipton, he has good points. But I would go further since AI is hyped, regarding marketing misused (I see people calling stuff AI supported where I can not see AI but it seems to sell) and not understood by a broad mass it may end up like the witches at end of the middle age (witch hunt is not happened in Europe in the middle ages but after the period we call middle age). So I see a chance where politicians ban AI not only because it could make people unemployed but also like it is “evil technology” (a tool is always neutral). By the way not AI makes unemployment at the end but greedy people who try to live of the rest ofvthr population. After working with computers for over 4 decades I too am very concerned with the fear mongering surrounding AI and see a real danger in the fear mongering itself. It can lead to public outcry at what could be very beneficial uses for AI out of fear, and will provide cover for AI engineers who can cause a catastrophe. If interested I have written a short essay expressing similar thoughts about this subject. https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/pulling-killer-cyborg-rabbits-out-hat-john-smith Richard Abramson says: I applaud Zachary’s attempt to call attention to the problem. Misinformation, exaggeration and fear-mongering around AI — much of it based on thematic elements borrowed from Terminator movies, for goodness sake! — is anything but harmless. Just look at the impact alarmist websites and conspiracy theories have had on consumer acceptance of GMO crops, the claimed dangers of which are rarely supported by sound scientific studies. Same point with respect to the anti-vaccine crowd, who confuse anecdotal evidence — almost all of which fails to establish anything other than statistically irrelevant correlation — with fact. Frankly, in a world in which “fact” seems to be just another word for opinion and ignorance is no barrier to pronouncement, I can take comfort only in the knowledge that validated facts are true whether you believe them or not! The singularity is a quasi-religious event with no basis in reality? Are you talking about the singularity of the Big Bang? And if so, what on Earth does it have to do with religion, and how on Earth has it no basis in reality? No, I am not talking about the big bang. (Retired) Prof. Prakash says: We are learning more and more about human brain structure, firing of neurons, dendrites, synapses, and so forth, but we do not have the vaguest idea of how all this physical activity transforms into thought: into a Shakespeare writing, “To be or not to be…” or “Put out the light and then put out the light …” and a Wordsworth writing, “Then my heart with pleasure fills…” We train neural nets with zillions of examples and empirical data. Show Wright brothers zillions of birds, or dragon flies, or houseflies, and expect them to learn to “fly” using aerodynamics. It was Reverend Wright, their father, who said, if God intended man to fly, He would have given him Wings! The reverend was thinking like legendary Icarus. If Human intelligence lies in memory recall or seeing patterns in massive amount of data, it will by definition be augmented by AI, Silicon implants, “Carbon copies.” But if human intelligence is exemplified as (1) Faraday’s noticing induced magnetism and dreaming up the concept of “field,” or as (2) Herz noticing simultaneous sparking across the room in gaps of not-connected wires when connected wires sparked this side, and postulating “electro magnetic waves,” or (3) Fitzgerald and Lorentz imagining a kid bouncing a ball in a railway coach against the front panel versus side panel and concluding space contraction and time dilation in relative motion, then Singularity, however defined seems farfetched. Will we get there some day is at best “religion” or faith. We have to first find how neural activity creates thought–not just any thought, creative thought. I have to still see a book by a Nobel Laureate that would teach me how to think Nobel-winning thoughts! As a doctoral student at MIT in 1967-1970, I had long discussions on these ideas with Prof. Mc Culloch (who with Pitt started it all). Unfortunately his passing away in Sept 1969 changed my history. The philosophising halted. I drifted into Economics with Profs. Samuelson and Solow (both Nobel Laureates) after working with Prof. Marvin Minsky for a little while. Again? Really? says: God you guys are whiny. If you’ve come into the world recently and are less than 45 years old, part of the reason you’re astonished at the treatment of the field is because you weren’t here for the earlier part of it- I was in graduate school doing AI research many years ago, and I saw it first hand- AI originally presented grand ideas; “We’ll be able to beat chess grandmasters in 5 years! We’ll have universal translators in the next 10 years! We’ll have a machine that can pass the turing test by the end of the decade!”… and people were throwing grant money at PhDs in the 1970s left and right with lofty promises for like these. That was before people caught on. You see, for better or worse, after failing to deliver decade after decade, AI became known as snake oil; a foolhardy Computer Science money pit that only belonged in academia. (For the kids, snake oil is defined by google as “a product, policy, […] of little real worth or value that is promoted as the solution to a problem”). At the time, besides enduring the usual mockery that came from other CS disciplines for AI being pie-in-the-sky and generally useless, (such as from high performance computing people, information theory people, OS people, etc), you had the same nonsense about being asked about Westworld robots (kids – there was a movie in the 70s, before HBO or cable tv existed, it’s not bad, check it out) and later Terminators. By the time I finished my degree I was so disgusted with the level of… well, not straight up quackery but at least academic dishonesty with known capabilities, that I left that area of computer science and never went back. So don’t be surprised when the press abuses you, because congratulations – you took up the same field the last generation screwed up for you -“We can dO TEH ANYTHING!”. So the assumption is why not crazy killer robots too? No one’s going to give you the benefit of the doubt this time, it’s up for you to push the boundary to produce something meaningful – better than our old learning chess programs and pathfinding, (A* oh boy!). Now you can do such fantastical things as… search the web! (WOW!!) balance a robot on two feet! recognize a cat meme! and… drive a car. sorta… And as for the Turing test? Well, someday. Don’t promise it, and people will respect you more, (and you won’t look like a damned fool later). As long as people are talking about your field, it’s a win. Vanity Fair did an article? Excellent, more exposure means more questions (and money) will come. But quit whining; it’s pathetic. You’re partially defining the future of humanity. Try to act like it. I think this is a misguided reply. The misrepresentation is not problematic because it harms AI researchers. To be frank, in the short run, in many ways it helps researchers: high salaries from eager startups, professors poached from academia creating opportunities for young talent, etc. I don’t feel bad for them (us). The misrepresentation is problematic because it misleads the public. The difference between now and last time (pre-winter) is that then machine learning was just an idea. We didn’t have machine learning driving cars on the road (in a serious way), we didn’t have algorithms curating the news. So the misinformation wasn’t wasn’t so problematic with respect to social welfare. petrux says: Hi Zach, good post, we really needed it! I’ll try to translate large part of it, or, at least, writing a large summary of the post in Italian. Would you mind if I do? Please, let me know! petrux Yes, of course. Please link to the source and let us know when it’s up. Thanks! 🙂 Brian Piccioni says: I look forward to your article. I am sure you know you poked the bear by not showing due reverence to his holiness Kurzweil! I bought one of his books and couldn’t get past the first chapter: it is such unscientific garbage I find it amazing anybody takes him seriously. I was force to sit through a presentation using his slides which showed something like “paradigm shifts” and which started with the Big Bang, included asteroid strikes, etc.. It’s like the guy doesn’t know that if you plot things on two axis and draw a line though it you imply causality! As for AI, there is so much claptrap out there the mind absolutely boggles. Remember: if you poke Elon Musk (peace be upon him) you’ll catch holy hell! Anastassia Lauterbach says: Each religion has its own Messiha, and the techno-religion is no exception. Kurzweil is taken seriously as such a “Messiha” as he came up with several inventions, e.g. first flatbed scanner, the first scanner that converted text to speech, the music synthesizer, and the first commercialized marketed large-vocabulary speech recognition. He predicted that something like Deep Blue would beat a chess grandmaster by 1998. In the early eithies he thought that by the early 200o internet would emerge as a global phenomenon. Each religion has some kind of an institution, and Google cofinanced the Singularity University. Each religion has followers. I don’t know exact numbers, but I assume AI as a business generate stable cash flow. Of course, AI is not just a business. It is in business with practical use cases, (human generated) pitfalls due to bias in models, and people managing expectations according either to their pro bono enthusiasm, or their commercial agenda. In this context every effort to help those “lost in translation” is helpful. This however should happen without fingerpointing. Good communication is an art, if not a science. I wish there would be more great comms from true experts. Some of this makes sense. I’d advise caution with boogeyman phrases like “fingerpointing”: This however should happen without fingerpointing Any critical response could be described as “fingerpointing”, as rhetorical device to escape accountability. Also – perhaps there is a different standard to which we can hold authors and commenters. I wouldn’t express my thoughts on the topic so viscerally as Brian, but I wouldn’t say it goes beyond what’s fair game for a comment thread. Mthandeni kaDumisani Langa says: Hi Zachary, Refreshing views you hold. Our research group, Computational Intelligence, had a discussion regarding curbing the misinformation you are addressing. Cheers to taking such a bold stance. We need this in our society, otherwise the Internet through the prophets of misinformation will continue to bombard the society with meaningless and unscientific views. There is far reaching value in engaging in principled research. I can’t wait to read your subsequent articles. Mthandeni kaDumisani Langa PhD student, University of Johannesburg, South Africa Thanks! Interested to hear the takeaways from your research group’s conversation. Edit of my first comment: The rate of technological change is accelerating exponentially. This is readily observable in historical data of performance measures of a wide variety of technologies. Here is one of the most important trends https://www.flickr.com/photos/jurvetson/31409423572/ in which you can observe a double exponential* growth of calculations per second per constant dollar for the last 120 years. * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_exponential_function Here are some other trends: http://www.singularity.com/charts/page17.html (more recent data are available in Kurzweil’s recent presentations.) Let’s assume that there’s a 50% probability that these trends will continue insofar as the laws of physics will allow. Try to describe, in the least esoteric terms possible, the implications of these trends for humanity in the short to medium term. I don’t see how religious thinking is necessary for accelerating change to still be a meaningful and important observation. I’ve said this in the past: Technological innovation is about transcending our current capabilities. That is a powerful notion. It will attract good thinkers and bad thinkers, good artists and bad artists, good engineers and bad engineers. True, there is no edit button. I suggest reading the comment before you submit. This is a polite spam warning. I will have to go back and delete your comments if you post too many near-identical comments. Thanks, I will keep that in mind. yoshua bengio says: On the point of “Failure of the Press”, when you say “overstating the brain-like nature of neural networks, and injecting expert opinions despite lacking expertise”, you need to consider that this is also a failure of the academia. To see a prime example of this, take our colleague Geoffrey Hinton, who refers to the computations done in a Artificial Neural Network as “thoughts”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAu3jQWaN6E . That is surely a very controversial statement for computer scientists, psychologists, philosophers, and others. But that is the kind of statements that catch people’ attention. Even if they may be taken out of context or used dishonestly (hey, that guy Hinton built a machine that categorizes images by thinking about the properties that define each category!) . These kind of over statements are all over the place in academia. Just look at abstracts of papers posted on arxiv every day. Or the blog posts from big research groups, from universities and industry. There is a large group of people who seem to be in a competition of who screams the loudest. Perhaps they do it out of conviction. Or perhaps they do it to convince the lay people that what hey do is interesting. Or perhaps it is just to convince the funding agencies and angel investors. In my opinion, the “failure of the press” that you describe is a product of vanity, and possibly greed, in academia. I agree, academics own a share of the responsibility for this misinformation. One pattern that I’ve witnessed several times: an academic, who would never be so ostentatious in their formal work, will found a startup with a name like BrainMind, perhaps commissioning graphics that evoke brains/neurons, etc. However, this shouldn’t annul the duty of the press to get to the truth. Similarly, while financiers bear responsibility for the financial crisis, so do cheerleaders like Jim Cramer (CNBC). Here’s the actual bit: https://youtu.be/XG-dwZMc7Ng?t=4m11s David Krueger says: I skimmed this article and the Vanity Fair article yesterday. What did you find objectionable about it? It seemed pretty good to me. I imagine you may be joking, David. In case you’re not… the problems with the Vanity Fair article are many. The piece portrays developments in AI as stemming principally from the personalities of Elon Musk and Demis Hassabis. It fails to qualitatively distinguish scientific developments from the religious prophesies. At a time when AI may have real effects on people’s lives, this article did nothing to clarify what they might be or to paint a realistic picture of what ML actually does. I wasn’t joking. I strongly disagree with your characterizations of the piece, except: “At a time when AI may have real effects on people’s lives, this article did nothing to clarify what they might be”. But that wasn’t the point of the article, so I don’t know why you’d complain about it. Steven Meyer says: What do you people think of Peter Naur’s argument that all non computational forms of thought are being surpressed (See his 2005 Turing Award lecture plus http://www.naur.com web site). AI is just using computers for finding patterns in data and taking credit for technological improvements in sensors and actuators. This argument appears vacuous. I’m not sure there’s enough content here to actually require a response. In short, start by substituting “machine learning” for “AI” since that’s what we’re actually talking about. Then “ML is just using computers for finding patterns in data” isn’t an argument worth discussing, it’s simply regurgitating the very definition of the field. The problem here is the word “just”, which trivializes a tremendously difficult undertaking. Leave a Reply to Koo Zhengqun Cancel reply Previous Previous post: Fake News Challenge – Revised and Revisited Next Next post: Notes on Response to “The AI Misinformation Epidemic” OpenAI Trains Language Model, Mass Hysteria Ensues When are predictions policies? The Greatest Trade Show North of Vegas (Pressing Lessons from NeurIPS 2018) Is This a Paper Review? 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__label__wiki	0.566679	0.566679	Home > Announcements > The Nordic Association of Architectural Research Symposium in Stockholm, 19-20 May 2016 The Nordic Association of Architectural Research Symposium in Stockholm, 19-20 May 2016 The Nordic Association of Architectural Research Symposium, 19-20 May 2016 in Stockholm The Production of Knowledge in Architecture by PhD Research in the Nordic Countries This symposium provides an essential context for an understanding of the function and practice of architectural knowledge production. A must for PhD students, PhD supervisors, senior researchers and Heads of Research and PhD-schools. Conference Languages: English and Nordic languages (Danish, Norwegian, Swedish) • Professor Halina Dunin-Woyseth, Oslo School of Architecture and Design • Dr. Ann Legeby, PhD 2013, KTH/ School of Architecture • Dr. Johan Linton, PhD 2013, Chalmers Architecture • Dr. Marie Markman, PhD 2014, Aarhus School of Architecture • Dr. Sari Tähtinen, PhD 2013, Aalto University Link to homepage for the conference https://www.arch.kth.se/en/forskning/konferenser-och-symposier/the-production-of-kn/the-production-of-knowledge-in-architecture-by-phd-research-in-the-nordic-countries-1.610217 What does a PhD in architecture lead to? What kind of PhD research is carried out in the Nordic countries, why, and how? What does performing research in architecture mean? What is the relevance and value of PhD research in architecture for the architectural education, the profession and society? What are the traditions and cultures of research at Nordic PhD schools, universities, institutes, art academies, architectural offices, municipalities and the industry? What is the significance of research settings in the Nordic countries for the emergence of research practices, formats, methods and discourses that determine the way we understand architecture as a field of research? Researcher training in and about architecture has gained visibility over the past 25 years. Since the 1990s institutional and individual based frameworks for PhD training have been developed at both schools of architecture and universities. This has not just created an extra level of qualification but has also contributed to a reflective interest in the architectural field in the broadest sense: interior design, architectural design, city and landscape planning, urbanism, architectural history and architectural heritage, conservation and preservation - in short, all forms of spatial culture. For 25 years The Nordic Association of Architectural Research has been a unifying key player for architectural research in the Nordic countries, and thus also an important representative for the different research cultures at PhD schools. With the symposium The Production of Knowledge in Architecture by PhD Research in the Nordic Countries the association wants to shed light on and map architectural research by starting a critical discussion on PhD research. At the symposium this will be done by asking questions about the benefit, relevance, formats, explorations, and interfaces of research - and about its current state and the perspectives for its future. The mapping will take into consideration differences and similarities between the Nordic nations and between their different discursive traditions. Fundamentally, researcher training in and about architecture supports an institutionalised process of knowledge production that, among other things, includes grants, PhD positions, supervision, courses, project work, etc. From the perspective of The Nordic Association of Architectural Research it is also essential to make visible and discuss these elements in order to support trans-disciplinary and cross-institutional research development in the wide-ranging field of architecture. Aims and purposes The symposium aims at illustrating the Nordic research community and its positioning in a self-reflexive manner by putting into perspective the above. It is primarily aimed at PhD students and PhD supervisors, but will be relevant to anyone who works with research and knowledge production within interior design, architectural design, urban design and development, landscape architecture and physical planning, architectural history and theory or architectural heritage, conservation and preservation and who has an interest in the epistemological questions raised by the way the concept of architecture and the concept of research are interpreted in various research-related contexts. The symposium seeks to connect subjective experience with the discipline-specific issues that researcher training programmes have made possible as PhD training has gained ground. Which notions on architecture have been promoted? What methodologies have been developed? In what way have the forms of presentation and dissemination changed since the 1990s? The symposium aims at providing a broad platform for researchers, educators and professionals to share views, results and experiences on the production of knowledge in architecture, and it welcomes representatives from both academia and practice. The symposium invites PhD students in the Nordic countries who engage in architectural research to submit papers in the following areas of research: • Interior design • Architectural design • Urban design and development • Landscape architecture and physical planning • Architectural theory and history • Architectural heritage, conservation and preservation Proceedings Publication: A double-blind peer reviewed proceedings publication will follow the symposium. Proceedings will be in English, both printed and online. Organizer: The Nordic Association of Architectural Research, http://arkitekturforskning.net/na, in cooperation with the School of Architecture at KTH, Sweden, https://www.arch.kth.se Location: School of Architecture, Stockholm, Sweden Conference fee: 1500 SEK Nordic as well as international PhD-supervisors and senior researchers can attend the symposium at a reduced fee of 1000 SEK. Contact: naf-conference@arch.kth.se • Dr. Charlie Gullström Hughes, KTH/School of Architecture • Dr. Daniel Koch, KTH/ School of Architecture + The Nordic Association of Architectural Research • Associate Professor Magnus Rönn, KTH/School of Architecture + The Nordic Association of Architectural Research • Associate Professor Anne Elisabeth Toft, Aarhus School of Architecture + The Nordic Association of Architectural Research • Dr. Jonas E. 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__label__cc	0.581324	0.418676	Deadly Verses Submitted by jought on February 8, 2010 - 7:16am In earlier times, poetry held an important place in many cultures. For the literate 200 years ago, poems were a way to gain not only pleasure but exercise for the imagination. Maybe you couldn't watch Avatar in 3D, but you could visit Coleridge's Xanadu or Blake's fiery spirits. Centuries before the Romantics, Northern European bards and balladeers were important in their cultures, historians of great deeds and heroes, their lays and songs affording a little immortality to compensate for short human life spans. Now, despite occasional news flurries around the Griffin Prize or the appointment of a poet laureate, the art is marginalized. Mostly it is other poets, and aspiring ones, who attend readings and buy books. Few ordinary people today would have a shelf of poetry books , if they even own a bookshelf. Poetry is a small community speaking primarily to itself, inundated by the ceaseless gabbling of Twitter, RSS feeds, E-Yak TV and hip-hop downloads. Yet there is one foothold that poetry – or at least verse-- maintains in the contemporary psyche. A friend once explained to me, when I was impatient with the lurching structure of the average opera, that “they sing when the emotion is too great to be contained in speech.” The same seems to be true of everyday people when it comes to the death of those near and dear to them. Whether it's from tradition or instinct, they often sense that the plain rhythms of prose are not enough to express their grief. So, to give some depth to the death notice they struggle to write for the local paper, they choose rhyming verses. Funeral homes and newspapers have a handy stock of these to comfort the bereaved who are not confident enough to pen an original elegy. I have no desire to mock the real heartbreak that comes with losing a spouse, parent or (worst of all) a child. It's the literary form of these expressions that concerns me. I think every life deserves some strong and vivid commemorative writing. After all, with a little thought, you can have carved on your tombstone some genuine poetry like Yeats' epitaph, from “Under Ben Bulben”: Cast a cold Eye On Life, on Death. Horseman, pass by. Or, you could leave 'em laughing. I've always liked the verse a dentist had engraved on his granite marker: “Stranger! Approach this spot with gravity! John Brown is filling his last cavity.” British actor Wallace Ford chose: “At last I get top billing.” However, consumers have many less felicitous pre-fab memorial verses available on-line. They generally have a sing-song quality that perhaps suggests the soothing effects of a lullaby. Some of them even have a space left so that you can slot in the name of your dear departed. Here's a sampling of such memorial verses written by that tireless author Anon. Those who actually liked the lyrics to “Stairway to Heaven” might appreciate the far-fetched metaphor in this quatrain: If tears could build a stairway and thoughts a memory lane I'd walk right up to heaven and bring you home again The next selection carries an unconscious reminder of how much unpaid work parents – especially mothers – do. It sounds like it should be followed by a “help wanted” ad. A wonderful mother, woman and aid; One who was better, God never made, A wonderful worker, loyal and fair, Tenderly helpful, O mother you were. Does this sound to anyone else like an odd tribute? “I'm so sorry to hear about your mother,” “Yes, she was a wonderful aid.” But dads get missed for their contribution to the labour force, too: Farewell, dear father, thy work is o'er, Thy willing hands will toil no more. If Dad was a devoted union member, it'd be tempting to add “But then Management's never did...”. The next one isn't terrible as verse, but the imagery is a bit jarring, moving from a flood to furniture (perhaps a LazyBoy recliner) within two lines: The rolling stream of life rolls on, But still the vacant chair Recalls the love, the voice, the smile Of the one who once sat there. I have a modest proposal . When you get your next tax refund, pay a Canadian poet to compose for you a tribute a bit more eloquent than an empty chair or a stairway built of tears. Not only will you have supported one of the lowest-paid professions in Canada, you can go to your eternal reward with the comforting assurance that a raspberry of generic, mawkish verses will not herald your departure. jought's blog Join to Comment jought on February 8, 2010 - 10:18am said: Yes, I like Nathan's poem as well -- there's a fine stillness about it. It reminds me of Carl Sandburg's poem "Grass" which starts by recalling the bodies of dead combatants piled high in war and then concludes: I am the grass. Let me work. Poems like these about death give me, at least, some comfort. John Oughton Dimitra on February 8, 2010 - 9:14am said: This is isn't really a tribute, but it's a lovely poem about loss by Leonard Nathan: I hadn't noticed till a death took me outside and left me there that grass lifts so quietly to catch everything we drop and we drop www.dimitra.ca The views expressed in the Writer-in-Residence blogs are those held by the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of Open Book: Toronto. John Oughton is the author of several books, including Time Slip: New and Selected Poems, published by Guernica Editions. Go to John Oughton’s Author Page	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0050.json.gz/line18
__label__wiki	0.71069	0.71069	Changing the News: The Forces Shaping Journalism in by Wilson Lowrey, Peter J. Gade February 27, 2017 admin Journalism By Wilson Lowrey, Peter J. Gade Changing the inside track examines the problems in altering information tactics and practices according to the evolving conditions and struggles of the journalism undefined. The editors have prepare this quantity to illustrate why the prescriptions hired to salvage the journalism thus far haven’t labored, and to provide an explanation for how constraints and pressures have motivated the field’s responses to demanding situations in an doubtful, altering atmosphere. If journalism is to regulate and thrive, the subsequent questions want solutions: Why do reporters and information enterprises reply to uncertainties within the methods they do? What forces and buildings constrain those responses? What social and cultural contexts may still we consider after we pass judgement on even if journalism effectively responds and adapts? The e-book tackles those questions from various views and degrees of study, via chapters via students of reports sociology and media administration. Changing the News info the forces that form and problem journalism and journalistic tradition, and explains why reporters and their enterprises reply to problems, demanding situations and uncertainties within the approach they do. Read Online or Download Changing the News: The Forces Shaping Journalism in Uncertain Times PDF Similar journalism books The Gutenberg Galaxy The Gutenberg Galaxy catapulted Marshall McLuhan to reputation as a media theorist and, in time, a new media prognosticator. Fifty years after its preliminary e-book, this landmark textual content is extra major than ever ahead of. 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__label__wiki	0.931982	0.931982	Home » Sports Murray beats Roberto Bautista Agut Andy Murray won two matches within a matter of hours to reach his first clay-court final at the Munich Open. After rain on Friday, the top seed saw off Lukas Rosol 4-6 6-3 6-2 and returned less than three hours later to beat Roberto Bautista Agut 6-4 6-4. Murray exchanged angry words with Rosol after the pair bumped into each other at a changeover, with Murray later describing it as “just silly”. The Briton will play German fifth seed Philipp Kohlschreiber in the final. Murray’s day began at 10:00 local time with a testing encounter against Czech Rosol, who reeled off five games in a row to take the first set. Tempers frayed after the players made contact at the net between games, with Murray going on to tell Rosol across the court: “No-one likes you on the tour, everyone hates you.” Murray, who is travelling with Coach Jonas Bjorkman this week for the first time, responded positively to take control of the match, breaking five times on his way to victory. “He walked straight into me for no reason,” Murray explained later. “If I walked into someone for no reason I would say sorry. But he did it and then ran to the other end. “His fitness trainer later apologised. I should not have said what I did but if someone does that and you don’t respond, you let them dictate how the match goes. “I was told by my father that if you get pushed around then you stick up for yourself.” He added: “I have had no problems with him before, but a lot of players say he does those sort of things. It’s just silly. It gives more motivation and I told him that in the locker room.” Third seed Bautista Agut beat Victor Estrella Burgos of the Dominican Republic 4-6 6-0 6-0, but the Spaniard could not build on a solid start against Murray in their semi-final. The Briton turned around a 3-0 deficit with back-to-back breaks and made the decisive move with a third break at the start of the second set. Murray later played his third match of the day when he and Dutchman Jean-Julien Rojer lost 6-3 6-2 to top seeds Alexander Peya and Bruno Soares in the doubles semi-finals. Kohlschreiber had earlier needed one hour and 37 minutes to see off Austrian qualifier Gerald Melzer 2-6 6-1 6-4 in the second singles semi-final. Alexander Peya Andy Murray won Rosol	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0050.json.gz/line29
__label__cc	0.642623	0.357377	People do not like to live in a spiceless city – Gil Penalosa 15 May 2014, Posted by Dayle Laing in Brampton Cycling, Cycling Benefits - Economics, Cycling Benefits - Health, Past Event Cycling “People do not like to live in a spiceless city.” These were the words of renowned urban expert and visionary Gil Penalosa, Executive Director of 8-80 Cities, when he spoke at the Rose Theatre in Brampton on April 23, 2014. Rose Theatre ‘bike-bedecked’ The most important ingredient in this city ‘dish’ is pedestrians, added Mr. Penalosa. People walking, cycling and using public transit should have dignity and not be forced to dodge cars and use poorly designed and maintained facilities. “Walking, biking and transit must be best friends.” People should be able to move easily and conveniently amongst these three modes for a liveable city. We create vibrant cities with happy people. Cities should be fantastic whether you are 8 or 80 years old! Mr. Penalosa entertained the large Rose Theatre crowd with hundreds of images to support his well-documented and inspirational 2-hour presentation. This event was sponsored by the Brampton Downtown Development Corporation , which has hired 8-80 Cities from an Ontario funded Doable Neighbourhood Project grant. Three “doable” pilot projects will be selected for Brampton’s downtown. Gil Penalosa delivering keynote Born in Columbia, and consulting for cities around the world, Gil Penalosa decided to settle and run his not-for-profit foundation from Toronto. As former Commissioner of Parks, Sport and Recreation for Bogota Columbia, he initiated a 360 hectare park, which has evolved into Ciclovia, where 121 km of roads are shut every Sunday for over 1 million cyclists, walkers, runners and skaters. His philosophy is that cities should be healthy and vibrant for everyone, despite social, economic, or ethnic background. He cited the example of Copenhagen, with a similar climate and snowy winters, where the priority is to clear sidewalks first, then bike lanes and finally roads for cars. They changed their culture through a conscious decision. “Walking and cycling are symbols of respect for people.” “There is no such thing as bad weather, only bad clothing.” Gil Penalosa on TED Talks, 2011 The Brampton Bicycle Advisory Committee was honoured to assist this presentation by helping local retailer Cyclepath supply several bicycles for stages props. Members cycled onto the Rose stage while BDDC President Peter VanSickle introduced Mr. Penalosa. David Laing & Councillor Hutton backstage Since the trend is for fewer young people to drive, we risk losing our bright and capable to urban areas that do accommodate their use of active transportation and public transit. “We have learned how to survive, but not how to live.” Living depends on the built environment and selecting quality over quantity. “We build more roads like we are putting out a fire by pouring gasoline on it.” The big success stories have resulted from the political will to act. Mr. Penalosa peppered the audience with examples that resonate. Melbourne Australia transformed their city with public art that can only be enjoyed by travelling slowly. New York provides cheap rent to flower sellers in return for 24 hour opening which improves street safety and cuts need for more policing. Ann Fenton, an Orangeville physical education teacher shut down her school parking lot, put up pylons to force parents to drop off children ¼ km away from school to encourage active transportation. On 9th Avenue in New York, two Commissioners transformed the street in only 30 days! “We need to reward politicians to take risks, not do more of the same.” In fact, this is more important than having dollars to throw at these changes. “Think outside the box. This is not a financial issue; not a technical issue; it is a political issue.” Gil Penalosa & David Laing	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0050.json.gz/line37
__label__cc	0.515221	0.484779	um.com Recently Posted Reviews Review by mscalzo54, posted 27 September 2019 4:45 pm EDT, attached to 2019-08-10 I'm pretty new to UM. Got into them after seeing the Soundstage video on AXS TV. So I started watching and listening to them on Music-You Tube and bought a couple of albums on iTunes. So I'm a mature fan of 65 and I really wanted to see them in concert, so I bought my brother-in-law a ticket so he'd go to the show with me. Got there early and was almost in the front row. The music was awesome, although I only recognized 7 of the 17 songs. The thing that made the concert was when they played Ocean Billy, my favorite UM song in the second set. I later found out that I could actually buy the concert. I've been listening to it constantly and am more impressed with it every day. They are an amazing group. I was so lucky to hear Hajimemashite, Draconian, Miss Tinkle's Overture to expand my familiarity with UM's songs. While I originally thought their cover of Layla was OK, listening over and over again...it was a great song to set up Gulf Stream for the finale. I loved this concert... it was the highlight of my summer. I will definitely be looking for the opportunity to see UM again. Review by ahuth, posted 11 September 2019 11:49 am EDT, attached to 2019-08-22 This show was as hot as it was in the venue. First set was absolutely insane to watch. When i relisten to it I am still blown away from how solid and seamless the playing is. Top show of mine. Review by UnCommon5, posted 06 September 2019 1:26 am EDT, attached to 2009-09-04 B section of Proverbial pre Pop-Tart aka (-what is now known as No Comment -) LS. Another one to hang your hat on. Happy 10 year anniversary to this one! Review by chrisb, posted 16 August 2019 9:57 am EDT, attached to 2018-08-18 4th show in 3 years at a great venue. The band really seemed pumped that the house was full and brought the heat! The 'Draconian' opener meandered about for nearly 20 minutes, 'Where is my mind?' surprised and thrilled the crowd, 'Attachments' was amazing and after 10 years I finally caught a 'Nemo'. Review by ScroopyNoopers, posted 18 February 2019 1:11 pm EST, attached to 2016-09-10 Resolution featuring Vinnie and Al from MOE. Apparently there is a minimum character limit so I'm writing a little extra now Review by pjdwyer, posted 28 January 2019 12:40 pm EST, attached to 2019-01-25 I hear a 46 & 2 (Tool) tease around 9:10 in Hindsight. Great show, especially the second set. I hope for more 5 songs sets this year. Review by ScroopyNoopers, posted 23 January 2019 4:03 pm EST, attached to 2018-08-17 Dear Mr Admin, They played Maybe Someday and not Remind Me in the encore. A Concerned Fan Review by amguido, posted 10 October 2018 2:06 am EDT, attached to 2018-10-06 Fun show! I enjoyed the new rendition of Bright Lights. Also during the encore they jammed the end of "It's about that time" from Miles Davis Review by Jeezus, posted 01 October 2018 12:16 pm EDT, attached to 2008-10-04 Absolute gem of a first set, one of the more underrated of 2008. This Eat/GYM(RH) is one hell of a ride, 36 minutes between two 3 minute songs is no joke. Review by okeefemail, posted 27 September 2018 11:25 am EDT, attached to 2007-11-15 This was my first show. A non smoking rock show in 2007 was unheard of so I assumed they were squares, my how times have changed. Had no idea who I was seeing. Went to catch a buzz and try to get laid. There was about 400dudes and 9 women. PW into Nemo it was the beginning of a new addiction. Got thrown out about set break for firing up a jib in the joint but ive got it on cd. It was cold as hell that night for Charlotte. Review by Jeezus, posted 20 September 2018 4:22 pm EDT, attached to 2008-05-23 GOAT Phil's, top 3 Fir. Show started a run of about two weeks that saw some of the most lengthy/exploratory UM improv ever seen culminating in 6/5 and 6/6. Review by smallz, posted 04 September 2018 8:31 am EDT, attached to 2009-09-04 Excellent OTD review of this show on Umphreak Parents Podcast: https://simplecast.com/s/cf22823a Nice (and rare these days) Snake Juice opener. Purportedly one of the best-ever Wappys. Why haven't they been back to play this venue?! Review by pjdwyer, posted 29 May 2018 11:03 pm EDT, attached to 2018-05-25 Nigel Hall from Lettuce guested on Synth (and Keys?) during Den as well. and he totally killed it. make sure he gets credit. Review by drubage, posted 14 March 2018 11:09 pm EDT, attached to 2018-03-07 This show was on fire from the beginning with lots of really fun jams. It seemed like the band was really loose and that they were just really excited to be back on the road together. Opening the show with a Jimmy Stewart is a nice bonus and it really set the tone! Review by funklewally1, posted 01 February 2018 12:41 pm EST, attached to 2016-08-06 This was my first UM show. A buddy told me I had to come with him and his crew. He had introduced me to UM previously and I had seen a few couch tour shows, but to be honest I wasn't totally sold...that was soon to change. At the time I was a 90s hip-hop fan so when they busted out a Regulate during the encore I instantly know that this was the band for me! I'll never forget my first Phil's Farm, Wappy, and Kitchen. Review by DBONES, posted 25 January 2018 11:50 am EST, attached to 2018-01-20 This show had some of the most dark and fire jams I've ever heard from UM. They brought out the Snarky Puppy horn players for Attachments and Call to Arms and ripped em. Would definitely recommend this show as the best of the three night run. However, all three were great. Review by Andys_Last_Plunger, posted 22 January 2018 2:10 pm EST, attached to 2018-01-21 Fuckin' legendary. I've only been listening to/going to UM shows for about 6 years, so, obviously, I'm fairly new to the band in the grand scheme of things. Also my first time being able to see the band 3 nights in a row, and in my hometown. Friday night was sick, Saturday (my 10th UM show) was somehow even crazier than that, and then we got hit with this. When they announced the theme at the beginning of the night it opened up a new world of possibilities. Since they limited themselves to playing one debut from each year, the band must have had to go through a lengthy process choosing which songs to play. The setlist that came out of that process reads like a 'Greatest Hits' album (no pun intended). Heavy hitters the entire show, but still with unique moments where you could tell the band was, as they always are, pushing themselves into new territory within their well established material. I've always loved Umphrey's ability to 'rage, rest, repeat' during their shows, they give their audience time to re-energize before hitting their next shot out of the park, but this show was a very, VERY cool change of pace from the band's 'typical' spiel. No rest, no repeats. Only raging. If you're an Umphrey's McGee fan you absolutely MUST listen to this show. Absolutely fucking incredible. Review by alexholmes, posted 22 December 2017 1:23 pm EST, attached to 2008-06-05 Not really sure how a top 2/3 show of all time has zero reviews. Intentions Clear>Syncopated Strangers is still the best piece of improv UM has played, bar none. Robot World is up there with the best versions as well. MAKE 4 SONG SETS GREAT AGAIN! Review by graceofbordan, posted 05 October 2017 8:55 pm EDT Such an amazing set but it doesnt show above how Eat is :Eat>Draconian>Eat: i just love these hidden mashup/transitions soo sick That's because it's not. This Eat contained one of the building blocks that became Draconian. It's just a "Jimmy Stewart", much like 4/11/08 DBK isn't DBK>Cut The Cables>DBK or 9/4/05 3x isn't 3x>Spires>3x. The songs didn't exist yet. Review by username, posted 02 November 2017 10:28 am EDT, attached to 2017-10-28 Great Show! Too bad you can't stream on a Roku with the Cleeng service. It took my whole Sunday to get a refund. I'm still getting e-mails from them. They keep telling me that they only take money and "protect" the stream. Not once do they take any responsibility. They say they are not the organizer, nor responsible. What BS!!! When the Roku channel has their name on it, and their name on the bill. The band needs to break away from this shady Cleeng. Whats funny is the band did their job, the streaming crew did their job( It works on a laptop), but yet the Cleeng channel doesn't work. A device built for streaming doesn't work. I guess they think my laptop is the best way to view and listen to music, not my T.V. and high end audio equipment. I can't wait until the band drops this client and moves to a platform like Nugs that actually works. Review by graceofbordan, posted 05 October 2017 8:55 pm EDT, attached to 2014-10-30 Review by doublej25, posted 25 September 2017 1:05 pm EDT, attached to 2017-09-23 One hell of a show. Posted setlist is missing "Hold Me Now (cover by Thompson Twins) " between Triple Wide and Mantis. Review by thardin, posted 18 September 2017 7:02 am EDT, attached to 2017-02-02 Great show! The set list doesn't do this show justice. The rendition of Night Nurse is the best version I've personally heard. An incredible Visions > Ain't proud to beg(1,241 show gap) > Red Tape to close the first. Soul Food I, II and just the second Soul Food III ever played and what a great and fun way to open the 2nd set red hot. I always love a decent Conduit followed by Comfortably Numb which is covered in solid UM fashion. 15+ min JaJunk to close the second! Kimble is one of my all time favorites and is always welcomed especially for an encore. Gulf Stream ends the show perfectly! One of the better shows of Winter Tour 2017. Review by pjdwyer, posted 05 September 2017 12:42 pm EDT, attached to 2017-09-01 Drove down from Chicago just for this bad boy and then drove back up the next morning for North Coast Festival. Love this venue immediately. Great sound, great crowd, excellent beer section, clean bathrooms, plenty of room to move around. What a burner. A Bridgeless for the ages. The Utopian > Night Nurse > Utopian > Kashmir is peak Umphrey's for me. Cap it off with a spirited Gulf Stream and the end of Bridgeless was a perfect encore. Overall just a really fantastic show. Really glad I decided to go for it. Brought 2 virgins to the show and they both loved it and said they'd absolutely go back next time they come around. Review by PhilsFarmHand, posted 16 August 2017 5:00 pm EDT, attached to 2017-07-22 Amazing show. Rain held up and pretty cool venue as well. Ocean Billy was highlight of the night. There is also a "Cant You Hear me Knockin'" Rolling Stones tease in Blue Echo. Review by Nemo_986, posted 13 August 2017 12:35 pm EDT, attached to 2017-07-22 Theres a Safety Dance (Men Without Hats) tease in Ocean Billy that isnt note. Excellent show through and through though. Review by StonedJackBalla, posted 11 August 2017 9:45 pm EDT, attached to 2017-08-10 Great show. First set was real magic. Second set was a heater. Ringo was on point, jam started off slow and teased so hard....then they just let it rip. Highlight of the show for me for sure. . Partyin peeps was a nice surprise. And the 40s encore was pure sex. Also on another note....city of tiny lites is part of the life during exodus mashup. So it's on there bubba Review by Nicky_Mescalini, posted 11 August 2017 7:01 pm EDT, attached to 2017-08-10 OK, 1st off, this show was fantastic. One highlight for me was playing a song by one of my all time favorites - FRANK ZAPPA -yeah im an old man :). UM played a great version of City of Tiny Lites. However, when I look at the setlist here, it is not listed at all. Also, in the Song archives, it is stated that it was only played by UM one time -- 12 years ago! Now, no one believes me when I tell them that they played it (that was not at the show) - please get these facts updated on the site - Thank You!!!! Review by pjdwyer, posted 26 July 2017 3:22 pm EDT, attached to 2017-07-23 I know as of this review that Eat doesn't show that they teased Footsteps by Pearl Jam, but they did from about 1:30-3:30. I know that guitar riff anywhere. Fantastic show. The guys were locked in and ready to play. Absolutely worth the drive back and forth from Chicago and the lack of sleep that resulted. Cant believe I got to see them cover COCHISE! One of my favorite songs ever by any band. Onward & Upward, All Things Ninja, Kula, and the fantastic Out of Order closer were my highlights. Review by pragmatist38, posted 24 July 2017 5:30 pm EDT, attached to 2017-07-08 I was hoping for Attachments, and they opened with it. Who picked this set list? It was as if the guys were anticipating a lot of people who hadn't seen them before and decided to give them a potpourri- Puppet String, Nemo, Ringo, Higgins, AIT (of course!), Glory, 1348 and Baba O'Reilly? Quite something. And some of the most creative phrasing I've heard from Brendan. Is he getting better? Scary thought... Threatening skies, but not a drop of rain until they left the stage- as if Heaven were on their side... This was my second of 11 shows so far, and I urge all to listen to it, for musically it is the best show I've seen. A ?Mild Sedative> The Crooked One with what is a truly moving jam; Loose Ends with the best solo technique and phrasing-wide I have ever heard from Jake. Really! Then Tribute to the Spinal Shaft> Resolution> Cemetery Walk> Ocean Billy with an old version Cut the Cable stuck in the middle. At the end of the 2nd set, Much Obliged with another special jam into an inspired Glory. Truly amazing- I listen to it over and over again. Review by wappykushberry, posted 20 July 2017 8:15 pm EDT, attached to 2003-04-01 one of my favorites. the band seems as relaxed as ever based on song choice. also its an april fools day show, this shit is fire, divisions with jake on vocals needs to be relived again one of these days. the jimmys in this are off the chainwax Review by Urkness, posted 05 June 2017 5:09 pm EDT, attached to 2017-05-18 Gloria Estefan's "Conga" teased during All In Time (05:58 - 07:00) Hilarious. Great show. Perfect setlist. Review by bornxeyed, posted 01 June 2017 4:44 pm EDT, attached to 2017-05-19 They won me over. Long time Dead/Phish head here and this was my first UM show...hard to believe after all these years of hearing about them, and even listening to a few shows here and there. But here we are...at Pier Six on a chill night that saw a break in the weather. My wife and I rolled in and had an awesome time. First set had me hooked. The searing guitar work got me. That Higgins was awesome with the Thunderstruck jam. Then they sink into the Beatles' tune. Grand stuff. The 2nd set was a dance party through and through. We moved seats at set break and by mid-set found ourselves surrounded by a bunch of younger UM fans, clearly in step with each other. They were having a blast. Not knowing the songs and the music was a blessing. We had no expectations and left awestruck. Sick show for my money; not sure how it stacks up to seasoned fans' opinions. Met some awesome folks though and look forward to more UM every chance I get. Review by TheWappiestBerry, posted 31 May 2017 7:08 pm EDT, attached to 2017-05-27 For the church show, water was not played. It was Morning Song > Blue Echo. The reggae Jessica jam in cut off is absolutely beautiful. Review by Twisthem488, posted 20 April 2017 6:53 pm EDT, attached to 2017-04-19 Standing in front of me is a girl in a tank top and an Umphrey's McGee hat. She keeps flirting with her boyfriend and and egging on her two sisters with a very attractive level of spunk that perfectly represents the ballrooms atmosphere. Every breath I inhale smells of weed and every visage of the crowd full is smiles. As I watch I see rock bulls made of hands shoot bolts of energy straight into the band. They are 15 feet away. Close enough to catch their eye and close for them to catch mine. Another moment of eyes locked and I'm not just an observer; my level of the enjoyment feeds right back into the music and powers the ballroom. Everyone here is a a part of a larger organism that seeps into the soul. Lights blaze and colorful angel-rays pour through the mist. Who knew heaven was full of rainbows. The music gets louder and the bassist looks as if he's been reborn. I feel his music in my chest and wonder what it would be like to have two hearts beating, pounding at my ribs, and telling me it's time to move, but I think I already know. Review by Samgoldfarb12, posted 05 April 2017 11:43 am EDT, attached to 2007-04-19 The Peter Gunn has a long Myxamotsis (Radiohead) tease and the ending of Slipknot! (Grateful Dead). definitely check it out. Review by latetotheparty, posted 03 April 2017 4:07 pm EDT, attached to 2017-04-01 This was my first UM show. I am still blown away by the night we had. Such positive energy from the crowd and the band. If you're looking for technical info about the songs, sorry. As it was my first show I can't compare it to anything. It felt like full throttle all night to me. I guess the rumors are true. UM are good. I enjoyed #5 a lot and pretty much the second set in it's entirety was madness. It felt like eating a bowl of asparagus tips. No stalks to chew through. Review by spaceoutintime, posted 27 March 2017 11:59 pm EDT, attached to 2017-03-02 The Sandpoint shows were special, but this one in particular fulfilled all expectations, and then some. An 18-minute opening Conduit with not one but two extended yams? Check. A five-song first set? Check. A songlist show? Check. An incredibly small, intimate venue with superb sound in a breathtakingly beautiful corner of this troubled planet? Check. By set break, I was already satiated up to my eyeballs. And yet as such things go, I was still jonesing for more (never enough Umph!). And as amazing as the first set was, the best was somehow still to come. The second set is an amazing creation of perfect symmetry. The first three songs flow seamlessly (with Jake playing none other than Jerry Garcia's infamous Travis Bean 500 guitar!) into a long sought after Search 4 hinging into another continuous three-song tryptic of sonic wonder, and possibly my favorite combined moment of this show -- which already runneth over with riches. Which is to say that ITK- > No Comment > Rock the Casbah is the Real Deal. One heck of a party that. And for good measure, the Plunger/ITK/Plunger sandwich encore sent us spinning out into the snowy night still dancing a perma-grin jig. All in all, this show has it all. Perfect on-the-fly song selection, execution, and exploration. Could not have asked for more. Review by StellaBlueEcho, posted 09 February 2017 5:38 pm EST, attached to 2002-06-21 1st show as well and have enjoyed every moment since then. So many people at this tent dancing their asses off in the unforgiving heat that day. Best band around. They were great at what they did back then and just keep getting better. Thank you for all the memories past, present, and future. Review by pmahon, posted 11 January 2017 8:46 pm EST, attached to 2015-07-16 First off, great show, just wish it was longer. Lettuce was a cool opening act, however, not many were there to enjoy it unfortunately. Because of the co-headline, they got a shorter set but they got right to work. Junk was solid right out of the gate, and the bottom>anchor>linear>non-compliance was great. They have not played non-compliance alot, which is a shame cause it has a sweet riff and a top 5 stew song for me. Plunger was a weird kinda funky different jam, and clearly pretty good as it landed on the HOF 2015. The rest of the set was great too, nothing crazy, but great songs with solid jams throughout. The encore for me, made the show. Booth Love with the Eminence jam into DBK was so cool. Haji is always great and the back half of DBK finished off a truly solid night for the guys. Cheers. Review by LinearOlyn, posted 11 September 2016 10:23 pm EDT, attached to 2016-09-10 First set was fire. Check out Slacker and the Linear. Higgins jam and Haunt jam worth a listen as well. Review by RobLA16, posted 27 August 2016 7:30 pm EDT, attached to 2016-08-12 First time UM concert goer impressions. First impressions. I don’t know HOW they remember how all their songs go. It’s like Homer telling the Odyssey. Super impressive. Brendan and Jake. You are the dynamic fulcrum of the band. Jake is the unapproachable guitar wizard and Brendan is the friendly, compassionate frontman. They are the heart and soul of the band. and enhance each other. Big tumbs up to Ryan (nice Celtics jersey), Kris (nice vocal on I Got Love), Joel (beautiful keyboard break, esp during Gents) and Andy (or was it you on I Got Love). It’s one thing for one performer to be able to do it, but to have all 6 locked in, plus the Shady Horns (nice breakdown on Bad Friday), is unique. 1 Best song of the night for me was Gents, the opener. As a newbie this was sort of the pu pu platter of the UM experience. Everyone gets a little light under the sun. 2 I Got Love - which i didn’t know at the time (Nate Dogg) was a good inclusion. And it makes me think, their covers are pretty much gonna be confined to songs by acts that are no longer really doing it. I like that. So who else did west coast rap in Boston in 2016? I like that. 3 Bad Friday - Yes we all watch Around the horn, so you couldn’t go wrong. And it was a hot nasty Friday in Boston in front of a wilted, lackluster audience. The Shady Horns got to stretch out during this one too. 4 The guy who yelled “Free Tom Brady” right before Wizard Burial Ground. 1 Sorry but I was REALLY hoping for Glory. It had been 6 shows, and I thought it was due. But that’s just me. High hopes low expectations. Having said that…Glory is nothing short of a 21st century classic rock CLASSIC. The whole world should get to hear this song. Truly remarkable and truly one of a KIND. 2 The weather was horrible and sticky and like I said, and it was the end of a long Augist week. The audience seemed pretty wilted. And the band seemed a bit frustrated with that. Or maybe I’m projecting. And they took it out on the music. Hard and heavy all night. Very few light moments. Not a lot of smiling. Fun to be Happy - Love Tractor. Listen to it, learn it, play it live. It’s perfect for UM. PS Brown Sabbath was GREAT for the 18 or 19 of us who were there in time to see them. Review by bmrobin, posted 17 August 2016 4:49 pm EDT, attached to 2015-06-28 The opening Front Porch sandwich is absolutely must-hear Umphrey's. Just when you think you've heard the last of it, it just keeps comin'. Review by spaceoutintime, posted 08 April 2016 10:17 pm EDT, attached to 2016-04-06 I just finished listening to this show, two days after the fact, in three different sittings. But wow, even remotely, audio only, with interruptions, this show shines. Liquid velvety smoothness throughout. They were locked in from note one and feeling good. The first five songs (of a six song first set) flow effortlessly into one other, with Mad Love tacked on for good measure. I'm always a sucker for Miami Virtue, as it so often lends itself as a pliable launching pad, and this excursion is top notch. Set 2 keeps the flow going with many high water marks. Everything in it's right place. Their playing this night is inspired and relaxed. Great start to this year's Southern run. Review by UWPointers, posted 02 April 2016 1:58 pm EDT, attached to 2003-10-15 Its been near 12 and a half years later . . . and I still listen to this show for the great lead off into a classic, gritty Phil's Farm and the intimacy of the venue. The Witz End was a small bar/supper club in the middle of nowhere that couldn't fit more than 75 people, tops. The show was the day AFTER the famed "Steve Bartman" game, and prior to the show a group of us UW-Pointers went early for pre-show beers, and were fortunate enough to imbibe and visit with the band and watch the Cubs playoff game. They were not happy about the previous day's Bartman game, and went into the show even more downtrodden due to a Cubs Game 7 loss immediately before the show began. Yet, a fantastic and intimate show in a great, classic Wisconsin atmosphere. Sadly, the Witz End later burned to the ground. Great show on the campus of the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point (my alma mater). A great time, and notably Set 2 was incredible. Kinda a strange venue, but this show will always hold a place in my heart, if only because (at the time) it was home. Amazing show in a small venue in Northern Wisconsin. Hard to believe it happened over 11 years ago. Lots of firsts in this show for me personally - a great Africa, and an absolutely ripping NTF and Jimmy Stewart. A personal favorite. This show remains in my listening rotation 11 years later! Review by spaceoutintime, posted 29 March 2016 2:36 am EDT, attached to 2016-03-25 Among this particular west coast run, from Sandpoint, IDaHO, to The City of Angels: purring galore went down, catnip was fresh and organic, and -- (this night!) -- to my furry ears, was the cat's meow. First set, contender for favorite of the 10; set two is strong throughout but somewhat front loaded. Minor quibble for such high caliber executions unfolding as a single point of boundary dissolving music. Review by fractalmoe, posted 28 March 2016 4:02 pm EDT, attached to 2016-03-24 This show is incredible. Both first and second sets have character. I was stoked to hear In The Black live for the first time, I think this song is one of their best yet and can't wait to hear it recorded in the studio. 2nd Self and Utopian Fir are both Hall of Fame worthy. I've never seen an UM crowd so fired up than during the Utopian Fir jam -- the entire place was bouncing like it was a god damned rave... it was a beautiful thing to be a part of. The second set Cemetery Walk sandwich is delicious. It really pulls the whole thing together and the CW II ending is one of the most incredible musicial moments I've ever seen live -- Waful deserves some credit here too because the synchronicity between the band and the lighting at the end of that song was surreal. Farag singing Dirty Love was fun and perhaps a foreshadowing of the Arthur Barrow sit-in that took place two days later at the Wiltern in LA. Encore was meaty and satisfying, Andy's Last Beer being the spinner. Nothing short of an amazing show here. Tahoe represent! Review by mista_huva, posted 28 March 2016 2:06 pm EDT, attached to 2016-03-24 Playing in a casion's hotel is always going to be a bit of a trip, but despite what was going on outside, inside the South Shore Room was a RAWK SHOW! The cemetery walk sandwhich was a personal favorite of mine, and the Reso and first set Utopian are HoF worthy http://www.gratefulweb.com/articles/umphreys-mcgee-harrahs-review The fifth Fox appearance in 5 years, the band has loved coming back to the Bay Area and throwing down. The OG Cable sandwich in Ocean Billy hit the spot and the Banana Bron-Yr-Aur was classic! Check out the Grateful Web review a full gallery of photos here http://www.gratefulweb.com/articles/umphreys-mcgee-oakland-ca-review This was the 2016 Winter tour closer and 3rd night in a row of UM's California run this year. Bayliss took over on plenty of solid jams and the Arthur Barrow sit-in was incredible - Treacherous Cretins wasn't written on the set list. Read more and check out pictures here! http://www.glidemagazine.com/158502/um/ First set is great, Arthur Barrow sit-in is amazing. Second set is a bit lackluster. Wizard Burial Ground is a throw down. Review by DBONES, posted 04 March 2016 1:42 pm EST, attached to 2015-12-31 This is the best Speak Up you're going to hear. Example 1, Push the Pig, Space Funk Booty are great with horns. Solid show, but the first night of Beacon was far superior in every way. Auf>HBB was perfect. Speak Up is a funky new tune. Ocean Billy>Gents>1348 is a great way to end a set. Bad Friday is ok, but the jam it leads to is excellent. Same with ITK, not my favorite tune, but great jam. This seems to be the case with these songs live. Haj - speaker blows, don't download by itself. Tom Sawyer fucking rocks. BB is a god. This was a pretty kick ass show. Phil's Farm has a great jam and then Great American has a sweet jam that kind of sounds like an alternate version of the jam on Phil's. 2x2 is always a treat. They slayed both parts of N2F, as usual, and the Stewart with vocals on Plunger will make a cool song someday. It doesn't rage but Jake shows off some of his finesse on the strings taking some beautiful solos. HBB is a beast to end it with a Joel heavy atmospheric jam. Review by MitchMitchell99, posted 09 February 2016 2:03 pm EST, attached to 2014-08-08 Of the top 5 list of my favorite UM shows are both times I've seen these guys at Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom. Something about the small stretch of coastline we got in NH seems to bring out the best in people there, for the crowd and band. The Ratdog and Jim Gaffigan shows I saw had performers and crowd alike having a ball. Keeping coming to the beach fellas and bring back Proverbial! Thanks for that, John Scofield and some of the most fun I ever had in my home state that night Review by AllinTom, posted 09 February 2016 11:08 am EST, attached to 2016-01-22 This is as good as an Umphrey's show gets. Every song was incredible. Song placement kept everyone excited, and the improvisation was well done and heavily inspired. Everything got pretty heavy, and nothing was aimless. Perfect score. Review by DBONES, posted 28 January 2016 4:30 pm EST, attached to 2015-02-12 All in Time pt. 1 lets Jake show off his chops. The chops are tight. They really rip the first part of AIT. Pony rides on Mulche's, and Kimble is always a beaut. #5, ridiculously good. Wormbog stole the show "I think they just made a baby" is what Brendan says after Joel praises Redman and Jake just crushing the Prof. Ringo is great, and the N2F encore will melt your face. It rips. Best DBK you'll hear. Josh Redman adds a lot to the tunes he performs on. Miss Tinkle's Mind Left Body jam is straight fire. This is a very nice Blue Echo, as well. Review by MusicIsLife, posted 27 January 2016 4:01 pm EST, attached to 2016-01-22 Auf Wiedersehen great opener especially for the transition into Hurt Bird Bath; which was high intensity and a great start. The 2nd self was solid. My favourite version so far. Speak Up- new song great song! Won't be surprised if they bust that out more often. 1348>Ocean Billy was absolutely nuts! I was amazed. The Billy was only enhanced when Andy and Kris took it into Drums then back into Billy!!! AAAAAH! 2nd time live best version I've heard. The boys knocked this show out of the park. They broke out Gents and BOOSH back into 1348 End set. Set 2- What the hell are they gonna blow my mind with now? Usually comes to mind Bad Friday- great song, nice groove, a good call. The Floor always solid. Gotta love Ryan for what came next: Wappy Sprayberry... Yes! then into a JaJunk!!! 1st time I remember seeing this one live so great to be a part of. The crowd was fully into the show by this point. It was attention grabbing. The Similar Skin was a great follow up! The In The Kitchen was amazeballs! The Rhiannon jam back into In The Kitchen!!! So epic! Great call guys! The Hajii was my 1st Blown Speaker Hajii so that was unforgettable. Encore Tom Sawyer only RUSH does it better but I mean Come On! It was so fuckin' SICK!! My favourite Facebook Message after the show: Fuck you! U fucking fuck! 10th show 18th B-Day Show for Umph. Goonville was cool. I never know where the created openers lead but to have it drop into Plunger was awesome. I will give nothing away but, the Banter in this show between the band and the crowd is priceless. 40's was good as usual. "Pick up a couple a New York City 40s" In the Black was solid. Better than Athens I thought. Roulette was totally a highlight. Unexpected and always welcome; but to have that go into Kimble!! SO SICK. My buddy wants to dick punch me for that one. Attachments newer song, great song. 1st time I've heard it live. The Rocker Part 2 filled out the monster and as always a great way to end set. Irreplaceable. All in Time- Having heard it broken up in Athens; to hear it start to finish was just what the doctor ordered. Crowd. Hyped. Knew something got teased wasn't sure what but to find out Kris pulled out the end... Very cool. Booth Love I heard this home in Toronto in 2011 when they played the MOD Club. This one was waaay better! Plus the you belong to the city tease and priceless banter from Jake. Wicked. I'm thinking push the tempo up and the next song they pull out is Bridgeless! Yes! Unfinished jammed into Remind Me. Nicely done boys! The tribute to spinal shaft was just rockin' best one yet. It had the Xxplosive tease and Jake played around a bit with the strumming but it wasn't Still Dre like a few dudes in front of me thought. Rather than educate I felt they would figure it out later. BOOSH back into Bridgeless, Ryan was killing it. End set. Encore Space Oddity >Fame. I thought wicked Bowie tribute and the mashup was unexpected and awesome! So happy to have been apart of UM history. Review by DBONES, posted 27 January 2016 9:31 am EST, attached to 2016-01-21 Roulette highlighted the first set. Attachments is a pretty cool new one and Rocker 2 brought it's typical crushing beauty. The second set caught fire with the Bridgeless sandwich of all sandwiches. This thing could feed Africa, it was so tasty. Review by McGrupp10799, posted 23 January 2016 1:56 am EST, attached to 2016-01-22 Solid show all around; Myers's Drums & Waful's Lights (particularly his transition of colors) were the standout performances of the night. And that was all capped off with a great rendition of "Tom Sawyer" – I'm assuming in response to the fan who kept posting requests for a RUSH cover. Review by rileystevend, posted 06 January 2016 11:51 am EST, attached to 2016-01-02 this closer show of the run absolutely blew the lid off the place. a couple of added footnotes for Front Porch: Last played in Colorado in 2004 Resolution tease 2.5 minutes in what a rawwwk show mm/ Review by 3x40oz, posted 03 December 2015 12:03 pm EST, attached to 2004-12-03 I can't remember exactly when I first heard this show, but I believe it was my freshman year of college, so let's say early 2005. I had just heard about this Humphrey's band and was looking to check them out. Somehow, I came into possession of this gem of a live concert, and soon enough, I would have a new favorite band. The first set is gold. A standard Mulche's opener led to an OG version Haunt, followed by one of my favorite Jazz Odyssey's. Patient jazzy 2004 UM at their best. Sociable and 40's are both standard versions, followed by the Pequod/Ahab sandwich, a simple composition but one that is among my favorites. A blazing Senor Mouse cover sets the tone for FF and the peaking jam out of it. The improv starts out a bit reminiscent of Fire on the Mountain, before evolving into a blistering peak much like the 2/21/2004 FF. Robot World and a tasty Black Water cover round out set 1. The second set picks up where the first leaves off; luckily for the listener, we don't have to sit through the 1 hour fire marshall-induced set break like the show's attendees! The band came out with a vengeance, as Much Obliged gets some nice treatment before making way for Haji and a 20 minute version of HBB. Fairly ordinary versions of Bottom Half and Crooked One sandwich a briefly extended Triple Wide. The unique dichotomy of Kat's Tune and the Metallica cover round out the set; the 20 minute FP encore with a verse of Kashmir melded in is a great close to a classic setlist. There have been shows with more improv, and higher quality improv, but the smattering of jams throughout, the excellent flow and song selection, and some tight-ass playing of the compositions make this show an all-timer for me. It definitely does not hurt that this was also my first introduction to the band, along with 2/7/2004. Review by MusicIsLife, posted 29 October 2015 8:44 pm EDT, attached to 2015-10-27 You'll have to forgive the spelling mistakes in my review of night one. Seems I can't edit it. Night 2. Any consecutive show we should all remember 3 simple rules. Rage. Rest. Repeat. I mean REPEAT night 2 was just more enjoyable. Found company with people I met night one and when you make new friends its always a better show. Didn't know what to expect given what was done to my brain night 1. Shout out to Brendan Joel Chris Andy Ryan and Jake who didn't get enough love. One weird thing I realized no Joel Chant night 1... The slack was picked up night 2 but lets start with the Preamble. Nice! 1st time seeing it but you always know that Mantis is going to follow. But we got the Mantis Ghets, Mantis 2/3rds. But it was the greatest 2/3rds I've heard and experienced. I saw them playing it all singing and I was singing along, although not as well. All I can say is when you remember what a Song is like after seeing it live you develop a deeper connection with that song. I have a new appreciation for mantis. Moving on. Alexs House... everyone was groovin'out to the light show I'm pretty sure that its rare. So I felt lucky. But it went into 40's! JAKE THREW IT DOWN that was hype. ABSOULUTELY NO ONE IN THIS BAND IS A SLOUCH Brendan was solid, Joel was steady. Chris is always mystifying to me. He's the hardest working guy and the quietest, well him and Andy. Andy is the essential percussive support that really helps fill the gaps. Ryan's usally good for 1 thing to the crowd. Night 1 was I think you guys are the loudest crowd ever. Wicked version. Moving on Example 1 with Demolition Man tease(so cool) was not only good transition musically in my opinion kept the vibe going. I remember that Brendan and Jake brought out the 2 custom really block looking guitars for this they seemed to have fun playing them and the sound was good but, not as good as their regular guitars. I had no clue what to expect next. Then, Room To Breathe AAAHH so good. Only to be followed up by a No Diablo that really hit home with the crowd and took the vibe to 11. The In the Black was super impressive because it went straight into Mantis end set 1. I had to pee since Mantis so I booked it to the bathroom and then bought more beer. Set 2 You see what happens when you chant Joel. Divisions opener. Divisions is a great song. One of my favourites. But I was honestly glad it was played right away. The Roundabout tease was unexpected and 100% awesome. Dump City was SO GOOD but people kept asking me what song it was and that sucked. Little Gift never heard before it was a beautifully written song. INTO SLACKER What! Boosh! Totally into it. I think this was when the Joel Chant happened then Conduit. It might have been after Conduit but I remember the chant and partaking in its glory. JOEL, JOEL JOEL JOEL JOEL JOEL JOEL I also remember Brendan saying Do you see what happens when you chant Joel. LIFE DURING EXODUS IS WHAT HAPPENS with a wicked Fleetwood Mac tease(Riannon )and a 1348 encore is what happens! So epic. I hope I never lose my memories of these 2 nights at the Georgia Theatre. Review by MusicIsLife, posted 29 October 2015 12:31 pm EDT, attached to 2015-10-26 Let me start by saying that I flew from Toronto, Ontario Canada to see both nights at the Georgia Theatre. The extra money I spent to fly in was so worth it! The Gurgle opener was a perfect call in my opinion. The anticipation you could feel in the crowd reached its peak. House Lights came off and BAM! They came out like yeah WHAT'S UP! The Push the Pig had all the fatness of Waa and bass you may have come to expect. They get better every time. The lights added to the enjoyment of the song and then with very little pause Jake starts a solo (masterfully precise as per usual) that lead into a wicked Soul Food I could not believe what was going to come up. The Similar Skin to follow got everybody in the place jumping. It was packed! Everybody was having a good time, rocking out sharing smokeables in various forms. The energy you feel when you see them perform the songs that just connect with you is whats unforgettable about the live show. When you hear the studio tracks and think How? TO SEE IT ALL HAPPEN mind blowing. These guys are just super tight. Have set up hand signals for changes and always listen to each other. The crowd was cheering so much I have to download the live shows to hear what Joel Brendan Jake and Ryan were saying because I cant be sure. The ALL THINGS NINJA fucking loved it. I did hear Brendan say it was someones 250th show and you that you dont always give them what they want you gotta give em what they need. Man did I need to hear that track. After that show I realized there was a hole in my All Things Ninja T-Shirt but I wore it. So that was awesome. The All in Time>Mad Love was unexpected, amazing , beautiful, awesome.... Again shout out to the light show because it really added to the amazingness of the composition of their songs. Set break must beer and more smokeables exchanged. The Floor best version I've heard but that was like the 4th time for me so although very good I was hoping for an epic tease that never came. 2x2-What YES! That's all I had to say. Took me minute to recognize the part of No More Tears that was teased. RESPECT. Cannot say enough about the talent that is possessed in every member of this band. Just when you think there might be one that overshadows another in the band they show you how well they play as a hole. Every member is essential to their consistently mind blowing shows. The Bad Friday was sick! Loved it. Nuff said. The Haji was amazing> All in time again. A bit of Georgia Love I guess reaching back to the Tabernackle run... but I liked it better because I was there for this one. Again seeing it live 100x better than blasting it in your headphones. If memory serves the Hangover had a little Break Out The Booty Wags (ITS MONDAY NIGHT!) Epic. Tickles-5th time best time. Come Closer not seen since encore night 2 summercamp '08. That gave me flashbacks. Masterful Show. Review by ghettosafari, posted 13 October 2015 3:03 pm EDT, attached to 2009-11-15 The set list for this on umlive.net doesn't include "Tomorrow Never Knows" in the track listing, but this set is a fire classic 2009 set :) Review by spaceoutintime, posted 03 October 2015 3:45 am EDT, attached to 2015-08-22 It kind of blows my mind how only a trickle of people gush digital hyperboles after UM shows, considering how they bring It to every single one of their multitudinous appearances. Picking this particular outing to reveal a highly acute (or obvious, depending on which side you fall on) insight could almost be arbitrary. But this show is anything but hyperbole or arbitrary, at least in the ways it bounces around between my ears. And I wasn't even there! Something about the song selection all by its partial and lonely self, tickles my pleasure-gizzard, not to say mum about all the other scratched surfaces and pushed buttons. Where's the love? Review by JAJ_JAJ, posted 02 September 2015 9:14 am EDT, attached to 1999-09-02 This was the last time "August" was played in full (with composed ending, a la GHV3). Certainly a strange place for a UM show but those were the early days for you...photos of this gig survive... Review by DBONES, posted 22 August 2015 1:27 pm EDT, attached to 2015-08-20 Kick ass rock show. The jam on Bad Friday, The Higgins and Wizard Brothers, Night Nurse, and the jam on Bridgeless are the highlights for me. #5, WMM, Puppet, Bright Lights always a pleasure. Review by prdesign, posted 21 August 2015 11:15 am EDT, attached to 2015-08-20 Chris Mitchel's 500th show and he was the set list writer this night. The show starts strong and just gets stronger to the end. The show is along Umphrey's harder, heavier, darker side, with a little bit of dance party added in for good measure. Songs ranging from the early umph catalog to the most current. five stars or how ever you want to rate it. It melts your face. Review by ontheclockdumps, posted 14 August 2015 8:46 pm EDT, attached to 2015-08-13 Man, where to start... First set while rather a "slow start" was still an amazing group of tunes. The power outage sucked, but i think the band made up for it with the stew that made a rather boring Educated Guesses a monumental rawk piece. The second set started off with a bang and failed to slow down. If that tinkles doesn't get at least an honorable mention for HOF, then I don't know what does. This show is worth a listen or two, check it out, overall would give it a 7.5-8/10 Review by DBONES, posted 14 August 2015 11:32 am EDT, attached to 2004-06-11 My first UM show, also. Incredible show. They played for what seemed like the whole night and it didn't stop because moe. takes over one by one during "Jam" and filled the intermission with a few moe. originals before turning it back over to the boys. Pretty amazing show here. Don't miss this Gents and bass heavy Wappy. The Ringo is 20+ minutes of brilliance. Huge energy from Educated Guess all the way though the second set. Review by Paytheslacker, posted 20 July 2015 5:23 am EDT, attached to 2015-07-17 I'll attempt a full review later, after some sleep from this epic weekend (just got back to NYC from Baltimore). But I will say that there was a Bulls On Parade jam during Conduit, about 6:30 they begin to tease it for a minute until Kris comes in with the vocals and the full out jam, until 9:12 when they come back into Conduit. Review by tunafist, posted 29 April 2015 1:09 pm EDT, attached to 2015-04-25 Great show, saw them Friday too, and this was my first time seeing them this year. Great rapport with crowd and very high energy, they also played a fantastic mix for veteran fans as well as newbies. Saw my first Moccasin!!! Another great set of shows that solidified my belief that this band gives you a show truly unlike any other! m/ Review by spaceoutintime, posted 18 April 2015 5:11 am EDT, attached to 2015-03-20 Maybe not at quiet the same level of energy and magic as the night before, but this was still one heck of a dance party and good time. A juicy Mantis sandwich in the second set containing the most unforgettable, accurate, and powerful cover of the Pixies' "Where Is My Mind?" I have ever encountered (Patrick rocked the Casbah!). Then to top it off, the Radiohead/Beck/Phil Collins mash-up for an encore had to be seen/heard to believe. I can no longer resist the momentum of this music. Right up front, this was my first Umphrey's McGee show. Holy guacamole. Most likely you know the rest of the story. First set was offdahook. Miami Virtue, Ja Junk>...>...>JA Junk sandwich. Followed by a scorching second set without nary a throwaway either. These guys are the real shiznit. Review by thardin, posted 17 March 2015 2:54 pm EDT, attached to 2015-01-03 The first set was stellar. When they played Wappy so early, I knew we were in for a great night of straight UMPHunk! The Bottom Half and Syncopated Strangers were the highlights of the first set even though Led Boots > Mulche's was a great way to end the set. The second set was priceless! Hands down one of the best sets of music ive ever seen. It wasn't even fair. Every song was perfectly placed. The Dump city and crooked one were of premium quality. Perfect night for a flawless show. The encore took me back to my childhood and i couldnt help but boot scoot boogie. Best UMPH show yet for me! Review by FrontRowFocus, posted 05 March 2015 1:34 pm EST, attached to 2015-02-07 Enjoyed the show (both TAUK and UM), and was blown away by Jefferson Waful's lighting. To find the Front Row Focus review and photos of this show, please click this link: http://www.frontrowfocus.com/blog/2015/2/concert-review-umphreys-mcgee-february-7-2015 Review by hammerofthegods, posted 24 February 2015 9:16 pm EST, attached to 2015-02-20 Second set was one of the heaviest sets ive ever witnessed! That WBG is amazing, (Joel solo of the winter tour in it i think) Review by ohmykai, posted 20 February 2015 3:32 pm EST, attached to 2015-02-19 After weeks of being snowed in, we made the ride to Portland. Word was the Couch Tour stream unable to happen, there was a full blown snow squall at doors open with near white-out conditions that made it an adventure right up to the gate.. and the room energy was certainly high as the audience trickled in from the cold wind and snow. Tauk opened. My first time hearing those guys live and it was a great experience that drew in those cold feet for the first round of dancing. I'll focus on UM here though. Set I. While the room sound is not the greatest at the State, a little boomy at best, the music was excellent. Most of first set was spent in the balcony. All of second set was spent grooving on the Goldside. Listening back to the umlive version now, it starts out very energetic. A nice Drink My Drank into The Floor. Divisions takes off, drops a mad drum jam in the midst and finds it way off to a smooth Stanton (2nd time played). After dancing around that theme they return back to Divisions for a good wrap-up with some nice belts from Brendan. My personal feeling at this point is the band feels like the eyes of the world are off them a bit. Stream is cut off, no one but us is watching. They aren't rushing and its very electrified. The band is beaming. I like it. Mulche's Odyssey kicks off with some tight energy and is another example of some of the wild execution they nail tonight. Yet again, frenetic pace but patiently done. The mid-song groove is heavy and dirty, gives way to the main theme, and drops into a pleasant funk zone that is peppered with some nice spacey, padded out jams. Doesn't take long for the night's abundant energy to come back either! Back on the Mulche's theme proper, and I'd just say listen. This speaks for itself. Umphrey's is doing exactly what they do best and it is certainly a stand out moment of the first set for me. Short breather, and we get to the nights first Similar Skin offerings. The Linear starts out strong, solid version. Vocals are on point, Jake peppers the lines with some fun guitar work throughout. The bottom drops out, we fall into a very ambient zone. Getting that sensation again that we're a cut off from the world. Guitar gently teases the chords to Cut The Cable and there it is. Tight playing, great vocals. Really dug this! Short and to the point. Another pretty decent pause. Again not feeling any sense of being rushed in this! They pull out October Rain and it is thoughtful and precise from the get go. I haven't heard this song live, and was impressed with its styling. Quick breath and we drop into Live and Let Live. Solid version, strong playing throughout. Nice way to end a strong set with some familiar tunes and some I'd never seen played live before. Notable songs for me were Mulche's, October Rain, Live and Let live. Set II begins with Bridgeless and is a solid rocking opener for the later night. Vocals are good, playing tight as well. There is no sense they lost that pace from first set. A punctuated jam space gives way to Hang Up Your Hang Ups another second time played offering. Nothing lacking in this song either, and the band plays on through a few iterations with an intense Joel driven segment near the end. Feel like getting in the van? Yes Brendan, we do. Get in the Van is solid, executed flawlessly. After a ride around Portland in the van, we park ourselves back under the Bridgeless. The intense high-speed chase that is the end of Bridgeless runs wonderfully and well. "This one's for you, Joel." Counterpoint to the set start in pocket, FF rises from the mid-set fire - a gift from Brendan to Joel - which is wrapped to suit in execution that's defined the show overall. Tight, energetic, and very fun to dance to. Darker themes begin to play the end of FF with a return to some deep ambiance. We drop into Made to Measure. This song follows the trend of an night full of great offerings. Some really cool guitar work accompany the stomping piano lines, with vocals from the band on par with the music. We're never ever slowing down, and when we hit groove time it's unique and rhythmically piano driven. I'm beginning to really dig the prominent Joel tonight. Lose yourself teases and a smooth hip hop element round out the end of Made to Measure before rocketing off into 40's Theme back to an absolutely electric pace. 40's Theme never fails to deliver for me, and this is no different. Well done, and totally jammin'. The texture turns smooth and funky as the song progresses. Bit of a breather again, compared to the rest of set II! The band introductions go 'round and a little Game of Thrones theme comes out before we hit the End of the Road. Sweetly played, with some arrangement much unlike the studio version. Definitely a cool space presented here that rolls nicely into Roulette. Roulette carries on with the nice execution of the night. Good vocal harmonies over the verses. "Question is, are you guys read to rock?" Slacker jumps and jams its way to the close of set II. Great version, and very lively! It builds to an excellent crescendo that doesn't want to quit. Now they've played a few great gigs in Portland in past years though this may well be an example of the best they've given us so far in my opinion. A combination of a very choice set list and top notch execution throughout. Notable songs for set II were Made To Measure, 40's Theme, and Slacker. Encore: The Triple Wide. A favorite of mine, and what can be said that hasn't already been said about this one. Just as good as the rest of the show, and a fitting close to a great night. Review by Umph1348, posted 19 February 2015 10:50 am EST, attached to 2015-02-18 Outstanding show last night. I guess that is to be expected as UM is batting 1.000 at The Calvin. Some of my friends were sort of "meh" on the first set, but I disagree. Set one was bookended by two great pieces of improv in Fir and The Haunt. I was ecstatic to get both of those tunes in the same set. Admittedly the middle of the set (while well played) didn't pack the punch that the rest of the show did. The Nemo/AD sandwich was well executed but most of us diehard fans would have preferred a jam in Nemo in place of Anchor Drops, c'est la vie. I don't love Deeper, but the ethereal jam that came out of it was nice. A standard Billy was cut short by Bayliss on the talkback mics. This was a great move IMO as it allowed for The Haunt to really have room to stretch its legs. Jake was all over the Haunt jam conducting the band and being the mad stork that he can be up on stage. Truly a frenetic and awesome Haunt jam, I hope that it holds up on tape. While set one was "good solid Umphrey's," set two was the stuff that makes me keep seeing these guys and makes it easy to provide an answer when asked: "who is your favorite band?" The Preamble fakeout into JaJunk was a nice twist and the JaJunk jam absolutely crushed. We were in for a real throwdown in set two as something clicked onstage and we were to treated incredibly compelling improv over the rest of the set. JaJunk, MO, LMS, BLBC and Sociable Jimmy ALL had great jams in them. I need a relisten to opine on Brendan's lyrical stew out of Much Obliged but every jam in set two delivered. There was a"middle eastern metal" (a section played during a past UMBowl S2 quarter) jam coming out of Last Man Swerving that was one of several highights in the set. I have been fortunate over the past few years to catch some 99th percentile UM shows (10/29/14, 8/8/14, 10/18/12 and 4/28/12 are good examples) and honestly I am not sure I have seen a better and more interesting set than set two last night. I should probably wait for the afterglow to wear off or to at least have a relisten via the UMlive app, but frankly I don't need it. What an awesome set of music. The Soul Food II>Soul Food I>end of Mantis encore was just icing on the proverbial cake (I also thought I head some Bad Poker teases from Jake in SFI but will need to confirm). There aren't enough superlatives to describe just how great last night's show (with emphasis on the second set) was. The song selection was also incredible. To get two highly sought after rarities like The Haunt and Last Man Swerving in the same show is enough of a treat in and of itself. One thing that is notable is that there weren't any tunes from Similar Skin played (this also happened on 10/29/14) and that was somewhat refreshing. While I love the SS material, gettting a "rest" from some of the songs that have been in heavy rotation since the album dropped helped to enhance the flow of the setlist/show. This is not a critique of SS or the frequency with which some of those tunes are played, just an observation. Folks who are looking for a sterling example of what UM is capable of would do well to check this show out. It was special. Review by WappyStrings28, posted 09 February 2015 4:22 pm EST, attached to 2015-02-06 If only there were words to describe this night. Easily the best setlist I have ever seen or heard live, Puppet String and Rocker 2 are some of the best jams I've heard possibly ever. Not to mention the 6 first set rarities. I Want You (She's So Heavy) nearly caused the Ryman to crumble to do the energy in the room. The crowd was into it from note one. Not to mention the first ever and absolutely incredible Rocker, Rocker 2 combo. Second set is near perfection, whether it's improv or standard songs the placement and execution of everything is seriously A+ stuff. All In Time encore featured the latest "Cigarette Cables" lyrical stew. This was seriously one of the best shows I have ever seen, the room was insane and the energy was indescribable. Very thankful to have been in attendance. Review by TheLinearLawyer, posted 31 January 2015 3:34 pm EST, attached to 2015-01-30 This show was a high-energy jam fest right from the start. Fir, Divisions, August, and Dump City were particularly inspired. The Puppet String freak out > the end of Bridgeless brought the house down, and Bayliss absolutely nailed "Sledgehammer." I give it a 9.2 out of 10. Review by railroadearther, posted 24 January 2015 11:42 pm EST, attached to 2009-11-15 check out the The Crooked One[1] > Utopian Fir > Big Heart > Utopian Fir segment for some top-notch UM. Phil's Farm and FF > Tomorrow Never Knows are worth listening to as well. Intimate Sunday night throwdown in Portland, Maine! Review by pmahon, posted 11 December 2014 11:04 pm EST, attached to 2014-11-01 Stellar show from first note to the very end of Gulf Stream. After the night before with the incredible mashups of Halloween, I was not sure what to expect after hearing stuff like All in Time, Ocean Billy, N2F, and the insane opener of 1348/Kitchen. Cut the Cable got things going fast and then they laid into some of the best jams I have ever heard with The Floor, Higgins and Slacker both awesome highlights of the first set. The Second set started with an unbelievable bridgeless, den, and bridgeless, which was the first 30mins of the set and left the audience stunned. Kashmir and Pay the Snucka were really strong to end the set and Kashmir in particular were very impressive. The band was super tight throughout the whole night and after a night of great mashups it was awesome to see them lay into a really strong show full of improv. This night I also stood a bit further back to appreciate the lights (night before I was rail) and the lights as always are an amazing part of the band. Waful always does an incredible job and this night was no different. The encore was incredible and choosing Gulf Stream to close out the weekend was awesome. After two incredible nights of music and hanging out with the band as part of UmVip, capping off the weekend with Gulf was the best choice they could have made. It was my first time experiencing Halloween with UM and I look forward to many more shows with them in the near future!! mm/. Review by 3x40oz, posted 18 November 2014 10:23 am EST, attached to 2011-01-29 I was sort of skeptical of this show's prospects when the band neglected to jam out of the opening JaJunk, dropping right into Booth Love from JaJunk part I. Luckily, the gift of hindsight allows me to feel foolish for doubting a winter ter 2011 show. Turn & Dub is a contender for best version ever; excellent second jam in this one. Improv was also neglected in the PtP > Deeper > PtP sammich, with a drop right into the second half of JaJunk to close a pretty pedestrian first set. The second set is where shit took off: huge standalone Mulche's, standalone B1/2 with a nice lyrical, Bombtrack with Ilya for the br0z (should've been Sludge & Death!), and a CWII that eschewed the usual 4 on the floor thump for a more atypical, jazzy jam built over two Jake progressions. Sociable, Andy's, and National Anthem is a run of songs I'd be happy to catch at any show. The encore Bird Bath was short, but the Imperial March jam was super choice. Setlist orgasm. At the time, I remember leaving the show wondering what the hell they would play the next few nights. It seemed like they were unloading all of their heavy hitter songs in one go. Standalone Kitchen and Bridgeless are the highlights of the first set. Kitchen started with some uplifting JC/BB riffs and kept that progression going for a bit, allowing Joel a nice little Rhodes solo. BB cleaned the slate, and the band (particularly Joel and his synth) turned the vibe towards an extremely dance-friendly feel after a pretty heavily teased return to the composition. The eventual return to Kitchen from the second theme of 'prov was very patient and nicely done. Bridgeless's jam really took off over an ominous, plodding bassline from Stasik, doubled by Joel on synth, and the playing stayed loose, covering a fair amount of ground. Catching a Haunt was a treat and the jam leading out of it was enjoyable but a step below the Kitchen and Bridgeless jams, for my taste. Divisions was a fairly concise version. Conduit had a nice jam to start the second set strong, but I can't recall anything else being particularly noteworthy. When they fired up N2F for the encore, I got excited, with visions of a standalone encore monster a la 10/17/2007 dancing in my head, so it was a bit disappointing to have the lyricless covers take the place of any improv. Really enjoyed this show live...classic 2011 UM shit. The opening AIT had a nice jam. Never can catch the Red Tape teases but the Life During Wartime tease was very apparent live and on tape. Butter smooth segue into PS. The Water > Day Nurse > August section felt a little disjointed with the juxtaposition of Water's tight composition, the electro-dance of Nurse, followed by a soaring August. The August jam would eventually become the opening riff of Similar Skin. Deeper jam was decent but not particularly noteworthy. The AIT drop out of Prowler kind of caught me off guard. I thought for sure that would be saved until the end of the second set. 1348 seemed like it was about to take off when they segued to 2x2. I wish they had milked that jam a bit more. 2x2 is always a pleasure to catch. The band really liked the Tink's/Masoka Tanga pairing in 2011. I recall it happening a couple times. If they really did play Billie Jean off the cuff for the encore, that's fucking sweet. The crowd ate it up and it provided a nice transition into the second half of 1348. TL; DR - All In Time, August, and 1348 are the highlights. Solid show all around. Review by Umph1348, posted 19 August 2014 3:53 pm EDT, attached to 2014-08-08 One of the best shows I have seen in 120+. The energy in that room was off the charts and the band was really feeding off of it. Such a great setlist of rarities and "non-standard" stuff for a Friday night show. The improv (particularly the sandwiches that opened each set) is outstanding. This one holds up well on tape but also has a strong "you had to be there" vibe because of the raucous energy. One of the most fun live experiences I have had at a show and a soundboard with plenty of replay value. This is the leader in my clubhouse for show of the year, 2014... Review by N8ing_2_Phancy, posted 23 July 2014 9:49 pm EDT, attached to 2011-07-01 With the Heat and the fireworks this show was one for the books. Great versions of Rocker pt duex and Water (seems legit playing right next to a river.) Then somewhere around the merge into Syncopated Strangers from Tribute things got explosive. Fireworks from the Cubs farm club stadium went off...it was quite the treat but not the only one...As Walking on the moon started getting deep...the Des Moines pops go the fourth fireworks went off...if you DL the show you can hear the fireworks going off and how the band especially Jake played into them making for one memorable first set. 2nd Set was fire from the start into a miami vice vibe twords the end. Best All in Time sandwich ever! Africa also seemed fitting once again due to the heat. Which was brought by mother nature and our friends our pals....Umphrey's McGee. Review by tedemeo, posted 21 July 2014 12:03 pm EDT, attached to 2014-06-21 This was a very intimate show, probably 60 of us in the audience, and most all from the US. The guys were on rented amps, and drums and limited effects so the sould was different. Cool venue. Another interesting fact, the Eagles were in the o2 arena next door. Review by umphalex, posted 19 July 2014 11:29 am EDT, attached to 2014-07-05 Umphrey's first sell out show at Red Rocks never disappointed throughout the entire evening. A debut opener was to be expected from such a magical venue and the first sell out which will hopefully bring two nights at the rocks next year. Melded perfectly into conduit which has a great rock/psychedelic jam to it that reaches a good level and dumps off into a standard version of cut the cable. Jajunk gets the treatment and ends up being one of my favorite jams of the night. Joel takes it to another level with the dance infused funk keys, but the entire band is on point and brings jajunk to a place like I've never heard before... Seamless transition into an always welcomed Ocean Billy which set the tone for the first set and let you know that it was going to be a rager of an evening. Awesome placement and choice on putting Gents in the jam portion of ocean billy. Originally an in the kitchen jam which has gotten the Umbowl treatment but I believe was first at the Belly Up in aspen last year. It has an in and out jam which keeps dumping back and forth and has a great tone. This is one cranked up All in Time next that has instant classic rocker written all over it. Midway through the jam in All in Time I can remember thinking that the first set was already nuts and they would be wrapping up the first set after that. But then we got the always gorgeous notes from Jake playing Jerry's 74 guitar to end of the road. Educated Guess was an awesome treat to get debuted and was playing in my head throughout the next morning. Set 2 opens with Jake calling out Kris Myers on the kit and getting right down to it with the second Little Gift which has some good rock qualities that get you in the UM frame of mind. Bridgeless is where the band starts to jump off and take us into a jam filled evening with fresh takes on everything being played. Very rock/funk oriented bridgeless that no one wanted to ever end which moves into the funky dance groove of Bad Friday. Dominic Lalli blows up on Bad Friday and there wasn't a person not dancing in that place. My second favorite jam of the night came with Dump City... I went absolutely nuts when I heard the first notes of dump city, and I feel this song should get the treatment way more often! Very dark oriented space groove that allows the listener to dance but also blast off into a little weirder space. Slacker has a good jam on it that has Joel offering some really fresh licks on the piano and a good old nostalgic rock and roll feel to it. Wappy sprayberry offers its typically awesome dance party and it never ceases to amaze me how many different jams they keep putting into this song. A fitting back side of Jajunk to close out the night and let everyone know how far UM has come as a band and being one of the tightest, if not the tightest, band today. I couldn't have asked for a more perfect encore being a gigantic Band fan...Ophelia invites some horns out to take a classic look at this classic cover. Haji has always been a fan favorite and gave me gigantic chills and goosebumps with Brendan's lyrics echoing throughout the rocks. If that wasn't enough then they made sure to seal a perfect night with the raucous back side of bridgeless that left no one in doubt of how powerful a show this really is. Review by YourPalJay, posted 17 July 2014 9:18 am EDT, attached to 2010-07-17 There's a lot of love for Set 1. I like Words. Bird Bath was strong. Girlfriend was a monster closer. But Set 2 had a crazy intensity to it, especially the first half. There were thunderstorms all around the venue and everyone would agree it wasn't a matter of if the show would be cut short for weather, it was when. So the band took a minimal (10 min?) setbreak and came out with the intention of playing as long as they could. What resulted was a Set 2 where each of the first 4 songs was played as if it was the show closer. Great peaks, huge solos, major intensity. All with Waful's lights playing hand-in-hand with the lightning backdrop. Review by UncleDutchman, posted 25 April 2014 12:45 pm EDT, attached to 2012-09-02 I think the atmosphere is whats helping us push this a little higher in our minds. It was a late night, and one in Chicago at that, and at a venue of this size it had all the makings of a great night. the question was, would they deliver? They did. It was a blast inside of there, and the band played with a lot of energy. The crowd fed off of it, and they gave the energy right back. I was all over the venue last night and there was no drop off in intensity in that whole venue. The balcony peeps were getting down just as hard as the soundboard peeps who were getting down just as hard as everyone riding the rail. The opening threesome of the Floor, Wappy > Wife Soup showed they meant business from the get go. The floor had an some jamming going on before intro, not that long, but they opened it up a little bit before they moved into the actual song. The Wappy reminded me of a bright lights jam; fat heavy synths, patient, dark, but with a rocking edge bc its wappy, it moved along nicely. Nothing super memorable, but it was a treat to listen to. I dont know how accurate my notes are, but I had that between the floor and wappy were were already ~30 minutes into the set. Wife Soup was sweet, and it was received very well, I was center balcony at that point and I felt it sway/wobble underneath me. No coincidence, people love their soup. Resolution > Booth love was another strong segment of music. Sets like this are why I love segue heavy shows/sets, the music comes in chunks and it allows the sets to progress more fluidly, seems like the improv ventures 'out there' a bit more as well. Reso had a nice spacey, funky, layered first jam that I dug it alot. Second jam was built around the zsa zsa gabor theme and some of the licks from it, but they changed it up a bit. Nice to see them bust that out, as I was bummed it got cut from the UMBowl. Per my tastes, anything built around that riff is money, so I was really happy with how this Reso played out. They did one of those stop on a dime transitions into Booth. Booth had a timing jam come out of it that took a little while to find its groove. But they locked into something at the end and it peaked HEAVY. Most interesting BL Ive heard in awhile. Comma Later and Hangover were a fun way to end the set, nothing to write home. I enjoy the funk/jazz of these tunes so I was digging it, seemed liek Comma took the energy down a little. kind of a nice breather after the heat the opened the set with, and the energy in the room picked up with Hangover. Snucka is a fun way to open a set, I actually enjoy parts I and II more than part III, so I'm always happy to hear the intro pop up. I dont think they did anything out of Pt I besides take it into Triple Wide. Most people on here complain about songs following them around; I think Ive seen triple wide more than any other song, and I couldnt be happier about it. This version was great, it was atypical and it got dark and to the point quickly. Waful claims that OB is his favorite song to light up, but he always impresses me most when he's doing the lights during 3x. He uses similar techniques every time and it blows me away every time. He also started to paint the walls with the Mac III's and once he uses those big patterns on the wall EVERYONE goes crazy. Waful owned the room for the whole triple wide jam. Once I heard the intro to deeper I headed towards the lobby because I hadnt eaten since breakfast and figured early in the second set the lobby would be empty. Whilst the crowd got Palmer Square'd, I got a hot dog and took a piss. I consider that a win. I walked back into the room right as we learned about the things that matter most, or what could make us old . . LIKE JOEL. ITK had a fun jam. Really high energy, no real theme, but it didnt suck, which is nice. I made a note about the energy it created in the room, so Im assuming there was a nice peak, but probably a forced one seeing as how I dont really remember anything too specific about it. Conduit > Haji > Conduit, Rosanna -> Hurt Bird Bath was a whole lot of fun. The first conduit jam before the went into haji had a really nice proggy bounceback jam. Some people bitched about conduits placement, I think its justified bc the jam they played there needed to come out of a prog song, and it worked perfectly coming out of conduit. Haji was sweet, and the jam out of it and back into conduit was just CRUSHED by baylor. Rosanna -> Hurt Bird Bath was so so so so cool!! They jammed the outro out of Rosanna and then noodled around a little bit. Eventually they work their way to a riff that sounds similar to one of the HBB riffs. They then do a lap and come back and straight up play the riff but at a bit of a slower tempo than they do during HBB played regularly. So were getting what I believe is the bridge of HBB played to us in what I called a tease at the time. They double back and then pick up the pace and the volume a little bit, this is no longer a tease, theyre working their way into A HBB but doing so by playing the middle section of the song first! I think they repeated it a few more time, until they pause and you hear Kris' intro and then they launch into the beginning of the song. When they got to the portion of HBB that they had teased previous to actually playing the song, I felt like they played it at a quicker tempo than normal it was pure adrenaline. This HBB is one Ill never forget. Encore was decent. Id give the show an A. Review by dubzz, posted 23 April 2014 4:24 pm EDT, attached to 2014-04-19 Great close to the spring 2014 tour and what proved to be a heavy handed pimp slap follower to a strong Dallas appetizer. Not surprisingly, given it was Austin, Joel Cummins and the Frequent Fliers were ready to build a house with the bricks that would be shit this night. Set I: The party started with one of the more ominous, bass heavy openers (Le Blitz) in rotation transitioning into the ever dependable 40's. Improve was sexy and smooth, but, like my penis, short. After we all rock n' reveled in the quantities of beer we were consuming and anticipated the painful anal outpourings of tomorrow, Xanadu Farag windchimed us off into an OoO. As drums pounded and strings reverberated, I tried to tell my lame Cheese fan friends for the treat they were in for. Too fucking late, that riff split them accompanied Baylor's lyrical introspections, tearing across the expanses of their synapses with reckless abandon. The neural carnage was far from over but, alas, respite: The ever reliable Much Obliged. Dependable for both improvisational consistency and to put a little pep in your step, dare I say funk in your trunk. If you don't catch a groove on this, you seriously should be evaluated by a doctor to determine whether you are an emotionless replicant android. Started strong building around a nice Pony Bass line, the funky improv was strong with this one. Couple beat drops later, the crowd was rabid. It didn't stop there, so begin the strongest three song series of the show. Recently introduced Final Word has people reaching for the nearest kleenex box under the Waful whites. Great song I've really enjoyed since I first saw it at this past year's scamp and fit perfectly between the MO and, oh look, fucking 2x2. And you thought it was over, sike motherfucker, time to deep some even deeper personal relationship reflection. Metallesque jam section with some great guitar collaboration. Standard dance party for BLBC to close a notably impressive trifectum down. I missed most of this as I was still collecting most of my viscera and appendages off the Stubb's ground post the first set stunner series. Set II: The party refused to stop. N2F right off the bat with strong improvisation about 13+ minutes, gradually becomes bluesy before the reprise. Do recommend. Mentholated logs were being scorched to calm the souls of the unrepentant, but soon, despite their misdeeds, vindication was assured (see NOT deeper & ait). Deeper is a lame song anyway despite this particular one being particularly uninspiring. If you take issue with that, please contact my proctologist, schedule an appointment, and check your ass for a dildo. Standard AIT to follow, which was amazing regardless. Crowd was really into it and Waful was on point with his light cues. Then came the concert magnus opus. What all the hitch hiking, ticket scalping, and moon rocks were done for: August. The transcendent lyrical stew that accompanied this song cannot be described effectively with words, only half experienced through sound board quality MP3 turned up to 11 (and by 11, I mean until it feels like there is an F22 flying by your face). The beat from the opening August gradually fades, then those keys, MAN, those keys. Joel starts building this melodic casserole that just turns into a monstrosity of uplifting jamsandwich. The guitars come in and we start soaring toward the heavens, riding that improv powered bus known as Umphrey's McGreat. Suddenly a BB angel starts augmenting the ascension with choice improv lyrics. I am crying at this point. Every sane person is straight up weeping. The crescendo peaks and he simply croons out: "It's not the view that's complicated." Take that and put in your third eye, Phish fan. The lift begins to fade and boom: "And what I'm trying to say Is its nothing but the view that changes And if I could see above the trees, I wouldn't disagree But I'm not the one who made it complicated." Then the shreds of your existence are melted away by some godly rifts and pounding of the keys. I'm no man of God but, given that we were literally minutes from Easter morning, this would have been the moment Jesus would have stepped out from behind Chris playing a goddamn keytar if the fucker had any sense. Or perhaps even better, emerged from Brandon's mouth, bursting through at the highest note of the stew, climbing out like a stripper at a bachelor party. He'd just straight split out of the inhumanely outstretched mouth and be like, "Helluva stew guys, thought I'd say what's up." Of course, BB's mouth would magically restore and we'd all have a mega laugh, until Jesus got hold of our rocks, because you know he's a mooch, man. Or fuck, maybe Andy would just tear off the pubic shag and it turns out he was Jesus the whole time. Standard Floor. Great funky Miles Davis company alongside the trombonist from the Mike Dillion Band. She was fantastic, great energy, and a complete smoke show. Patrick Bateman said it best: "Their early work was a little too new wave for my tastes, but when Sports came out in '83, I think they really came into their own, commercially and artistically. The whole album has a clear, crisp sound, and a new sheen of consummate professionalism that really gives the songs a big boost. He's been compared to Elvis Costello, but I think Huey has a far more bitter, cynical sense of humor." And by cynical, I mean Heart & Soul is beyond the cat's meow: its the cat's vagina. Fuck yes. Bad Friday, sense its debute 12.31.13, has been growing on me, this being my favorite so far. Fun song with tremendous upside, would bang again. End tour. Easter. 4/20. Austin. Great show, wish you were all there. Must Listens: MO > FW > 2x2 August, August, AUGUST Review by rspotts, posted 20 March 2014 4:45 pm EDT, attached to 2014-03-13 I had no idea what this venue was like, because I travelled from Washington State in order to attend this show with friends. We got in line early enough to position ourselves right up front. This small venue was like that of a high school dance. I found this incredible. Once the band started with Conduit, it was a big thrill. The sound definition was great, and the guitars started out with clean sound. When the music got more aggressive, the sound man put the pedal to the metal. I could hear the clipping in the mix, and feel my auditor sensors wither... "I'm going to pay dearly for this!" My ears were ringing for 3 days after. I would say that 30% of the songs were ones I had never heard, which thrilled me. The familiar ones were epic. The Pink Floyd medley was a massively good surprise. I especially liked the fact that they did not play "Leave those kids alone." Joels intro vocal for the medley was super. I was told by one of the fans that Umphrey's was on fire on this tour. She was right. This was the best concert I'd ever been to, any group, any time. The audience was great as well. The band members interact very well with the audience, through eye contact and comments. The only drawback was that during the show, my rental car was broken into, and all luggage but my guitar were stolen. The classic California "welcome." Through the generosity of friends and family, the rest of my visit was great. In conclusion, where else can you be up front, close to the stage, and feel like... there are my buddies up there, playing their asses off! Review by 3x40oz, posted 27 February 2014 9:41 am EST, attached to 2010-02-27 This show was sort of strange for my tastes in UM...lots of ups and downs in the first set. The Olympic walkout and opening Wappy portended a strong Saturday night show, but following it up with standard versions of Peeps and CWI seemed to bring the energy in the room way down. Snucka was initially welcomed, but I found the sit-in jam to be a bit noodly for my tastes. #5 and Sociable are two of my favourite compositions, and closing with two brand new tunes and Snucka III was an excellent move. Booth Love definitely got the room moving, and I remember wondering if the Linear was an obscure Police cover (first time played with lyrics, so I was totally in the dark.) Set II started very strong, just like the first set, but managed to keep it's momentum rolling throughout. An unfinished Divisions with a nice funky MJ jam juxtaposed nicely with the powerful darkness of The Floor. I would have liked some improv in the Ringo, but this was the first Glory I had caught since my first show four years earlier at the E-Factory, and I thoroughly enjoyed it. The Abbey Road medley was another great rarity to catch, featuring vox from BB, Jake, and Joel on the various songs. 2x2 is a fantastic fcking song; I was ecstatic to see this one drop late in the second set. A quick Mantis Ghetts into a full-on Baylor singalong Divisions ending was a great ending to the set. MP is perhaps my favourite Jake song (right up there with Bad Poker and Synco); a quirky tune with a strong dose of Zappa-ish humour and musicality. I expected Package's dueling guitar coda to end the show, so a focused CWII was a bonus that sent me out the door dancing. Review by bmrobin, posted 18 February 2014 10:54 am EST, attached to 2014-02-16 the band walked onstage to the theme music from House of Cards, which was appropriate considering its Season Two debut the night before. energy was high throughout the first set - resolution>conduit was relentless and the liquid>den jam was just awesome. despite rocking out really hard, the band seemed very laid back during the second set which made it very enjoyable. push the pig contained a tease of "Let Me Blow Your Mind" by Eve and had a cool jam with Joel and Jake on keys. Review by theorydude, posted 16 February 2014 12:54 pm EST, attached to 2005-10-30 I remember hearing JaJunk at this show (for the first time) and I was hooked! The musicianship and talent going on was an instant attraction. Then 2x2 and Bridgeless? What the what?!?!? Review by carmelocorn, posted 11 February 2014 8:29 pm EST, attached to 2013-11-02 By the final day of the Halloween run, most of my crew was hurting. Too much bourbon and beer had our hotel room smelling like the bathroom of a Wisconsin dive bar. Saturday’s show was sold out but I ended up getting a wristband for the floor, which ended up being completely packed with people. I was forced to stand behind a guy wearing a huge mushroom head hat and next to a girl that decided to conserve space by grinding on my leg like a dog humping its favorite teddy bear. As far as Umphrey’s goes, this was definitely their most animated show of the weekend. Jake and Ryan were all over the place, both musically and physically. The first set contained an unfinished version of The Police’s “The Bed’s Too Big Without You”, which made me realize that I will probably never get a chance to hear Umphrey’s cover “Walking on the Moon” live. Also, it’s about time for Umph to tackle ”Man in a Suitcase”. The final mash-up of the weekend was “Push the Booth Deeper” and it was confusing as hell! Most of us had no clue what was going on, which song was being played or whether all three originals were being played at the same time. A friend was able to get a hold of the song’s notes and confirmed the cluster of confusion from which this mash-up was birthed. To be honest, I am still trying to wrap my head around it. Umphrey’s McGee finally ended the second set on Saturday night by busting out the Metallica rager, “…And Justice for All”, which hadn’t been performed live in over five years. But the real highlight of the evening was the relentless “Bridgeless” encore. As the tune progressed, one particular audience member could no longer contain his excitement. This very dirty looking man ran across the stage without shoes on, only to be tackled by the stage crew in front of the sold out crowd. It was then rumored that the same wook ended up outside the venue about an hour later going absolutely insane without a single piece of clothing on his body. And thus, a Halloween weekend full of mash-ups and debauchery came to an end. For Friday night, I signed up for Headphones and Snowcones. It basically cost me $40 for a pair of headphones that streamed a live audio mix directly from the soundboard to my tympanic membranes. This was the first time I tried the experience for an entire show and now I’m afraid live music will never sound the same. These headphones allowed me to tune out the rest of the world so I could get completely lost in the moment. This type of experience is the reason I am so in love with live music and now I don’t know how I will be able to fully enjoy a show without a set of headphones on. So it goes. The second set on Friday opened with a DBK club sandwich and contained the night’s only debut mash-up: “The Final Teen Spirit”. Dramatic synths from Europe’s “The Final Countdown” directly clashed with Nirvana’s grunge classic “Smells Like Teen Spirit”. The simplicity of mashing only two songs into one seamless tune made this one of the most successful, straightforward mash-up of the weekend. Brother’s Rage played a smoking after party show on Friday night that featured one of my favorite sit-ins to date. Jake Cinninger, the other worldly guitarist from Umphrey’s McGee, joined the late night act for a cover of The Grateful Dead’s “Estimated Profit” followed by some spacey improv. The jam eventually slammed into the sweaty disco tune, “You Should be Dancing” originally by the Bee Gee’s and featured Mr. Barry Brown on vocals. Needless to say, a legendary dance party erupted among all who attended and continued into the early morning hours. Originally posted: summercampfestival.com/2013/11/04/mashup/ Halloween is a BIG weekend for the infamous Umphrey’s McGee. These novelty shows usually follow a tradition of busting out a handful of debut covers in a variety of ways, including combining them together into one beastly monster called a ‘mash-up’. I knew I couldn’t miss a single night of this year’s mash-up run, so I took up residence at a hotel suite directly across from the Milwaukee’s Riverside Theater along with ten of my closest friends. The first night of the run was actually on Halloween, plus all three shows were being streamed and taped for later release. I guess it goes without saying that this weekend was destined to be mashed to another level. I spent the first half of Halloween day sewing together my Hell’s Belle costume, which was a mash-up of the devil and Belle from Beauty and the Beast. I was definitely ready to rock and roll in my AC/DC get up and, needless to say, the members of Umphrey’s were also dressed to impress for this special holiday. Brendan Bayliss was HeisenBert Reynolds, Jake Cinninger was Silent Bob Seger, Kris Myers was Dr. Phil Spector, and Andy Farag was Paul Ryan Braun, to which the Milwaukee crowd boo’d and hissed as he was introduced. But the best costume had to of been Joel Cummins dressed as Uncle Jesse Pinkman. The first mash-up song of the night came at the end of the first set. It featured “When Doves Cry” by Prince, blended with Umph original “Pay the Snucka” and Blue Oyster Cult’s “(Don’t Fear) The Reaper”. While ”Don’t Fear the Doves, Snucka” was fairly well mashed, I felt like it didn’t have quite enough cow bell to really pull it off. Halloween night’s second set contained the next mash-up; “Papa Can Change a Blurred Stone”. This was probably my least favorite debut of the weekend, mostly because Umphrey’s covered Robin Thicke’s “Blurred Lines”. This pop song has haunted me at every wedding, club, and dive bar I patronized over the past six months and the fact that I had to endure it once again while watching my favorite band was the ultimate Halloween trick. Not only that, but it completely overpowered The Temptations, Marvin Gaye, and LCD Soundsystem in the process. I am not sure whose idea it was to cover that specific song but I have a feeling bassist Ryan Stasik was involved, especially since his mash-up costume was Batman & Robin Thicke. The final mash-up of the night stayed true to the yearly Halloween Mash-up Show tradition of saving the best for last. “Highway to Electric Avenue” was probably the most well mashed song of the Halloween show and seemed deliberately put aside for the show’s encore. Umphrey’s original “The Triple Wide” helped set off the mash-up’s pace which eventually evolved into a game of double-dutch between AC/DC’s “Highway to Hell” and Eddy Grant’s “Electric Avenue”. I thoroughly enjoyed the fact that this mash-up contained a song by the same band that inspired my Hell’s Belle costume. Besides the three mash-ups, the setlist from Halloween contained heavy hitter after heavy hitter without a single song from the albums Mantis or Anchor Drops thrown in the mix. Fancy that. Denver was a busy city on New Year’s Eve. The String Cheese Incident was playing their 20th anniversary show just outside the city while Pretty Lights was headlining EDM extravaganza, Decadence in the heart of downtown. Umphrey’s McGee, on the other hand, was wrapping up a four night New Year’s run at Fillmore Auditorium. I hadn't caught an Umphrey’s NYE show in over two years and there was truly no place I’d rather be. I arrived at the venue just before the show started. My road beverage turned to liquid gold as I waited in a line that wrapped around the Fillmore and into a quaint Denver neighborhood. Luckily it wasn’t too cold outside, or maybe it was the alcohol, but everyone was feeling pretty good, until we heard the crowd roar from within the venue. Frustration and panic washed over my face. With each note that followed, the pain burrowed deeper into the pit of my stomach. I realized that this was probably my version of hell; being stuck in a line outside a venue only to hear the empty echoes of my favorite songs being played inside while energetic lights escape from a securely guarded door. The line moved slower than expected and I ended up missing the first forty minutes of the show, which included “Le Blitz > Phil’s Farm > Ocean Billy”. Therefore, the first official song on my New Year’s Eve setlist was a sassy “Mail Package” that Jake Cinninger soulfully delivered. It was followed by a thrashing “Wizard Burial Ground” that Brendan Bayliss comically dedicated “to all the lovers out there.” Umphrey’s ended the first set of NYE with a debut of a never before played original, “Bad Friday”. This song was probably the highlight of the show. With the help of Mad Dog’s Filthy Secret on horns, Jake’s familiar soul riff finally took flight. A catchy backbeat turned this new Umph tune into straight-up pop music. From the first notes, a disco dance party formed under glimmering crystal chandeliers, which seemed to float above the crowd. I love being present when an original song is played for the first time because it puts everyone on the same level. From the most avid fan to the kid experiencing their first show, no one knows what will happen next. It made me recollect the first time Umphrey’s played “Puppet Strings” at Summer Camp and my visceral reaction to hear it over and over again. I predict “Bad Friday” will be Umphrey’s bust out song of the 2014; much like “Puppet Strings” was in 2011. Second set was much stranger than the first. A horn section, appropriately labeled Mad Dog’s Filthy Secret, added a deeper level of weird to Umphrey’s musical landscapes. The sounds engulfed me since I was wearing a pair of headphones that streamed live soundboard audio. My previous experiences with Headphones and Snowcones convinced me that this was the best way completely submerge myself in the live music experience. So why not rock them at Umphrey’s biggest show of the year? The headphones demanded my focus be on the music throughout the first set so I chose to venture through the crowd alone during the second to get a better view of the stage. I felt like an island surrounded by people, something that further enhanced my response to Umphrey’s debut cover of “Twilight Zone”, which also included teases of Ozzy Osbourne’s “Crazy Train”. I zoned into the way Jake commanded his guitar while Brendan attempted to catch the rhythm. It all felt like it wasn’t adding up so I started making friends with the strangers around me and eventually found myself covered in Umphlove stickers. Songs like “40′s Theme” and “Booth Love” were done justice by the addition of horns, while ”No Diablo” finally got a chance to dig deeper into its Motown roots. Umphrey’s ended the set on a high note with the most unforgettable cover of the night, Phil Collins’ “Sussudio”. Once again, the strangeness crept in as I recalled American Psycho’s analysis of Phil’s work. At this point I began to realize that maybe this weird feeling was strictly subjective. Third set began just before midnight with an insane version of “Hurt Bird Bath”. In keeping with tradition, Umphrey’s had never played this song into the New Year. Jeff Coffin, along with the rest of Mad Dog’s Secrets, amped up the energy of “Hurt Bird Bath” like I had never seen it before. The insane build up of the song made me appreciate the true meaning of “rage” in how it relates to the actions of a raving maniac. By now I had found most of my friends standing right in front of the sound board in the center of the ballroom. This spot provided the best view I experienced all night. Light designer Jefferson Waful was perched on a tall platform just behind us and his devotion to symmetry made the room’s visual landscape just as stimulating as the audio coming from the headphones. But when the countdown started, I removed my headphones. This was not a time when I wished to block out the rest of the room. Umphrey’s provided all the elements necessary to engrave this moment in my head for the rest of my life. Balloons and confetti fell from the ceiling. My focus switched from the stage to the people around me. Smiling from ear to ear, I hugged my friends and wished them the best in 2014. Whimsical swirls of energy surrounded us as the band ventured into the New Year’s classic “Auld Lang Syne”. After spending a handful of past New Year’s Eves with Umphrey’s, I knew this was coming. I even looked up a few verses of the song before the show in preparation, so when I heard those first few notes I belted out the lyrics as loud as I could, greeting 2014 with a song. It was all so intoxicating; the music, energy of the room, glow of the lights, and smell of weed becoming legal. At midnight Colorado became the first state to legalize marijuana, something I never thought I’d experience in my lifetime. It made me feel like I was part of something BIG just by being there. New Year’s always offers a fresh start with limitless possibilities, and this was no exception. The rest of the third set was pure perfection. “Hit It and Quit It”, a debut Funkadelic cover, provided just enough raunchiness to everyone’s juices flowing. I turned my headphones over to some friends so I could share the experience. The look on their faces was of pure ecstasy. The night ended with an appropriate “Resolution” encore that jammed out the New Year’s classic, “Auld Lang Syne” and eventually segued into Kool & the Gang’s “Funky Stuff”. Umphrey’s was once again joined by Mad Dog’s Filthy Secrets to conclude the long night of music on a high note. While strange, the night felt perfect in every way. Original post: http://summercampfestival.com/2014/01/15/show-review-umphreys-mcgee-nye-denver/ Review by 3x40oz, posted 30 January 2014 1:48 pm EST, attached to 2011-01-30 2011 was a year that featured one or two really good pieces of improv in almost every show, and this one did not disappoint. The standard Eat followed by Words was really the only slow part of the show. FF and 1348 were easily the highlights of set 1, as both contained quality improv and approached the 15 minute mark. FF had a very patient jam, beginning as spacey dub before shifting into more driving territory and closing with a Stranglehold jam before Anchor Drops started on a dime. 1348's jam started out with a heavy BB riff complimented by nice Rhodes work by Joel. The B section was uplifting, with a nice soaring Jake riff. The return to 1348 was very patient; they really eased into it, almost like they do with the intro. Slacker had a brief jam and brought a satisfying first set to a close. Set 2 started very strong, with a Bloodline of Merlin sampled quote leading into WBG. The Hey 19 through Phil's Farm segment is undoubtedly the show highlight, with about 40 minutes of uninterrupted playing including several strong improv sections. Hey 19 featured a Midnight Hour jam with vox by Jake. My girlfriend presciently observed that it sounded a lot like Funkytown, which I scoffed at, only to be shocked and served when the band snuck in a brief Funkytown jam next! The Linear featured a spacey jam that followed FF's template and picked up in pace, highlighted by Jake's fingertapping that recalled PF's On the Run. For my money, Linear was the jam of the night. Linear dissolved into Phil's, which quickly took a turn into the space-dance sort of improv featured in this show. The ALS theme begins early on in the improv out of Phil's and led smoothly into Blue Echo. A hauntingly beautiful jam after the Echo section featured a Joel piano progression and very restrained but powerful playing from all band members. This stew was very similar to a 2006 version of Blue Echo (4/19/2006 possibly? The date escapes me at the moment.) Echo did not return to the "Techo" section, but rather dropped back into the second half of Phil's before a BLBC set closer. BLBC featured some funk jamming around the main theme, a solid version but rather ordinary when compared to the best versions of the song from 2011 (year of the massive Bright Lights?) 40's encore was welcomed but not particularly notable. Review by jnumber1, posted 20 January 2014 4:41 pm EST, attached to 2011-03-11 This could very easily be my favorite second set ever. Maybe because I'm a local, or maybe it was 80's night happening downstairs and spilling up to the show, I don't know. Was it just me or was that a Things Can Only Get Better (Howard Jones) tease by Myers at the end of the first Snucka? Can't wait to do it all again in a couple months. Review by habsfan802, posted 10 January 2014 11:10 am EST, attached to 2013-10-19 Another amazing show. What can I say they tore it up. The place went bonkers when they referenced the Red Sox being in the playoffs, when the sox won the game and Jefferson wrote sox on the wall in lights it was off the chain. The band was having as much fun as we were and that was evident. The encore of Wizard Burial ground still has my nipples hard. This was an amazing show. I was right up front and the band was amazing. The interaction with the crowd was awesome. Ryan an I even had a moment together. The crowd erupted when they went from cinnamon girl back into pay the snucka and they teased with bulls on parade. The second set was amazing and I had to go back the next day to scrape my face off the floor. When they did Dr Feelgood the place was hopping great show. Review by teleskiguy, posted 10 January 2014 12:49 am EST, attached to 2013-12-29 The Joshua Redman set is a fine example of people describing him as the "7th member of the band." (We all know that Waful is the 7th member, just like Kuroda is the 5th member, but I'm talking music). Just ridiculous musicianship. Joshua Redman on DBK alone is worth the money paid to buy this show. Speaking of DBK 2nd set opener, Jaden Carlson's sit-in on DBK is a standout, very incredible 12-year-old gal from Boulder holding her own with UM, awe-inspiring to say the least! Listen to Jake yell out "OH YEAH!" at the end of her sit-in! I effing loved the Plunger Jimmy Stewart, just real raw UM! River People is one of the sexiest and funkiest things I've heard this band do onstage. I've listened to the first 4 minutes of this song about 30 times now, and I play it for my gal friends to great effect! River People can and should somehow make it into rotation. Most of my favorite moments of the this NYE run are on this show. Review by bmrobin, posted 01 December 2013 12:29 pm EST, attached to 2012-09-14 the All In Time and its Jimmy Stewart is superb. while the 2nd set is very, very good i just love the 1st set's flow and consistently find myself listening to it alone Review by boarder1720, posted 26 November 2013 2:50 pm EST, attached to 2013-11-02 Cold November nights in Wisconsin and Umphrey’s McGee have always had the ingredients for a magical show. Dating back to 2006 and even further back if you include October the band is always on point this time of year. Add a great theater that Waful crushed and this night was another one of those nights. I was beyond excited driving up last minute since my last two set Umphrey’s show had been the Bill Graham private show way back in April. The show opened up with silky smooth Plunger > Much Obliged > Plunger Sammy giving us a nice treat of some older tunes. The drop into M.O. was spot on where the transition in Plunger normally is which lead to funky jam with a raging peak before bouncing back into the end of M.O. and then fading beautifully into the end of Plunger with a Joel lead piano solo. Everything about this sandwiched screamed Umphrey’s McGee, the precisions and execution was flawless. Next came Higgins with an exceptional jam, Stasik stepped up and leads the way with an infectious groove that everyone built around. Once again the flow in and out of Higgins was superb. This dance party Higgins got followed up by a rare treat in another old tune Sweetness. This leads some very uplifting, graceful improv landing on a rock riff that Jake ends up teasing Rebubula briefly before he shreds his way into funky riffs everyone picks up on and then BOOM! It drops into Comma Later. No Diablo came next, a song debut at UMBowl earlier this year and only played 5 times prior. I really dig the Supertramp vibe and I’m glad it’s getting played. Finally, the highlight of the show for me closed out the first set with an extended 40’s Theme that included a verse of The Police’s “The Bed’s Too Big Without You”. Once again the MVP of the night, Ryan Stasik stepped up with some Sublime bass effects that had the place going ape shit until it fizzled into The Police which lead to equal excitement from the crowd. The band then slowly grooved back into the end of 40’s and walk off stage leaving us eager with anticipation for set two. The second started off with another monster rock sandwich in Mantis > Mulche’s Odyssey > Mantis. Mantis is a tune I really wish would get improv all the time but not tonight, however the powerful first verse had the energy flowing from the start and that spilled over into an insanely powerful Mulche’s. Jake was toying with the Who Knows? riff in the rock breakdown but never went into it. Once again they kept a sold out crowd going full force before finishing the tune and ever so carefully segueing back into Mantis. Following up this huge sandwich was Miami Virtue, the highlight of set two without a doubt. This version clocks in just under 15 minutes, 10 of which is improv and it is really something special. It has a slow intro where Jake walks over and joins Joel on keys and then they proceed to lay down some very tasty layers together. This dark jam is a great example of where everyone comes together and is doing just enough to mesh together something great. As the tempo picks up everything seems to take form and a masterful team effort unfolds. Bayliss really lays down some licks as this builds up before cutting out into some keys and synthesizer where this dark jam sees the light and transpires into a glorious uplifting jam. This jam then quietly fades into the night with a slow segue into a standard JaJunk where yet again Stasik stepped up and laid down some bubbly bass. The band closed out the second with a crowd favorite cover of Metallica’s “…And Justice For All” which hadn’t seen the light of night in 577 shows. They encored with a standard Bridgeless which I consider a treat since it seems rare to catch a standalone Bridgeless these days, even if it normally creates great improv. A great choice by the band to close out a show that rocked from start to finish. Review by jmgriffin, posted 09 October 2013 9:30 pm EDT, attached to 2013-10-04 I only captured one video of this show (Hajimemashite) but here it is if anyone wants to check it out: http://www.weekendblitz.com/widespread-panic-umphreys-mcgee-october-4-5-2013-charleston-sc-review/ Review by cMags, posted 22 September 2013 1:28 pm EDT, attached to 2006-10-04 After the two night Burlington run, I had three days to go back to school and relax. This was my second Toad's Place show in 2006 and I did the exact same thing as before. Took the Bonanza bus down to my buddy's dorm in New London, and drank pre-show. This show starts off with a 20 min unfinished N2F, which is basically unheard of nowadays. After the composed part, the jam morphs into a percussion laced jam. Lot of Kris and Andy going on. It ends up going into kind of a spacey-untz jam, but nothing special. Even though this version is long, it's not mind blowing. There is a nice -> into a standard Walletsworth. Get in the Van is next with some nice banter after the intro. This Van actually features about 2 minutes of improv in the middle. Didn't even realize this until listening to it again. Resolution featured two decent jams with a great drop into the Rock Fuzz. The Visions > N2F reprise is 25 minutes of spacy sonic bliss. If you want to listen to this show, listen to that segment. Review by jmgriffin, posted 10 September 2013 9:17 pm EDT, attached to 2013-08-28 Great show, posted a bunch of HD videos, check them out here: http://www.weekendblitz.com/sts9-umphreys-mcgee-august-28-2013-charlotte-nc-review/ Review by MomentsOfDivisions, posted 07 September 2013 2:14 pm EDT, attached to 2013-08-21 This was my birthday show for 2013. I made the trip out from Colorado for this show and St. Louis the next night. The venue was alright, smaller then what I was expecting from the photos. I was able to link up with some fellow Umphfreaks via Facebook groups and managed to secure a few spots on the SkyDeck. The SkyDeck is this venue's VIP viewing balcony w/ private bathrooms & bar. One of my friends had also secured the Headphones & Snowcones for the night so we got to the venue right as the opener started. After getting the headphones & a few pins from the merch table we settled into a nice spot about 10 ft. in front of the sound board in middle of the stage. Umphrey's took the stage as the sun was setting and kicked off the set with a delicious ITK > Wellwishers sandwich. The jams from ITK where a sold way to start the show. Next came Mail Package, which seems to be popping up more frequently in 2013 set lists. A much enjoyed tune, and Jake seemed to get loose with some fun vocals. Dump City also has some great moments of improve and gets pretty spacey at parts. At thus point in the show I had only been able to listen to snippets of the opening tracks with the headphones on, since my friend was the one that reserved and paid for them. Once Example 1 dropped she let me put them on for most of the song and oh boy was that something special. If you every have a chance to do this [u]I HIGHLY recommend it[u]!! You are able to feel the bass and low ends while also being able to isolate each band members instruments with extreme ease. There was a part during this song Joel was laying down a peaceful piano section over Jake's soloing; this was a very powerful experience at a live show for me. I loved being able to look at each member and be able to hear exactly what they were contributing to each of the jams. The band transitioned out of the example 1 jam into only my second OOO in 32 shows. Out of Order was a much welcomed older tune, which Bayliss nailed the vocals on. The nights highlights for me start with the next song, Phil's Farm, and run to the end of the show with Pay the Snucka. Phil's Farm has one of the best jams that I have experienced at an Umphrey's show in my 32 show career. A very long an enjoyable jam with a soaring peak! Syncopated also has some very strong moments and got very dark before they finished the song with the blissful doo doo doo dooooo part. The Come Closer mash-up was something no one saw coming and really sent the crowd into a frenzy! The inexperienced girls next to us had a look of sheer confusion at what was happening in front of their eyes and ears. This took me back to the first time I heard this song at my [b]2nd EVER UM show[b] during Wakarusa of 2010. It reminded me of that night and the night before when I had my first live experiences with this band and community and made me very happy. Pay the Snucka was the perfect way to end the set and one of the songs that I had requested from Joel on twitter. I don't know for sure if this is why they played Snucka at this show, but it sure made the night for me. I had such a blast RAGING this set in a unfamiliar town at a new venue with some of the best friends and family a guy could ask for. Thanks to Umphrey's amazing performance this night I will have some amazing pictures & memories from an outstanding 27th Birthday!! mm/ Rage.Rest.Repeat MomentsofDivisions Review by JAJ_JAJ, posted 27 August 2013 2:24 pm EDT, attached to 1998-12-18 Though we don't have a setlist for this show (it was accidentally deleted from the original UM setlist file years ago), I remember specifically seeing the boys at MOB on the Friday night after finals at ND, fall semester 1998. A nice pre-party with some friends off campus made for a very fun night at good ol' MOB. Review by SmellThePig, posted 25 August 2013 5:20 pm EDT, attached to 2013-08-23 Phenomenal show with fantastic jamming. I could be wrong but wasn't that a Jimmy Stewart in the middle of August? Sounded nothing like the song proper. Even if it was just a jam it was definitely my favorite moment of the night. Glad I decided to catch this show and not just Alpharetta. Review by umphalex, posted 19 August 2013 2:09 pm EDT, attached to 2013-08-17 UM brought the ruckus at this show for sure...Lot of tight improv and jamming going on throughout. Le Blitz set the tone right off the bat, but the bridgless with jimmy took off to amazing places. Dear Lord being stuck in between the plunger was a nice twist, and I've never seen this before....(Dear Lord is an amazing song) Really into the feel and lyrics on No Diablo, and the interplay between Jake and Brendan has a good supertramp-esque feel.. Tribute to the spinal shaft got busted open big time with lots of psychedelic jam, and it's followed with serious versions of conduit and the linear. Let's Dance had so much sound with both bands being on stage and the horn players too...I think it was about 15 people on stage jammin out some Bowie...Pretty cool stuff! Any show with 4 Jimmy Stewart's in it is worth listening to in my opinion, and this show packs a punch... Review by umphalex, posted 04 July 2013 1:33 pm EDT, attached to 2013-07-02 One set never sounds all that great anymore before you go, but they always treat summerfest really well and this was no exception. Big fan of "Le Blitz" as an opener, really gets the UM vibe and crunchy guitar jams rolling.... It's been a long time since we've gotten turn and dub, and this ones jam goes all over the place...its really sick. Robot world's jimmy takes a darker turn and ends up being some pretty heavy jam. Out of order is such a great tune and I personally think it should get more play because it is one of those classic UM sounding tunes...Let's dance of course brought the funk vibe and Sinclair on the sax was a nice treat! Rest of show is awesome as well, but the dear lord in the encore with sprinkling rain really had an impact on the crowd and was one of those beautiful moments. P.S. Joel announced before the encore that Milwaukee would be treated to year 2 of Halloween at the Riverside, and this year is 3 nights: 10-31 thru 11-2!!! Thank you UM! Wisco loves you! This show is seriously under rated and never talked about. But when it's a general admission $10 summerfest ticket and UM plays like this, WOW! Opener of resolution with two seperate jams wrapped around the tune, first jam is a rocker, and second jam is funky... Pretty standard versions of PW, S4, and then an always wonderful zeppelin cover to get the party goin. Nothin too fancy can be heard on UM-Hall of Fame and is one of the greatest ambient UM grooves I've heard to date..its tasty. Push the pig has a good healthy jam, and Milwaukee was diggin the harder groove that "in bloom" brought... One of the coolest Fuzz jams I've ever heard, its like bar room rockin jamboree shit..really is quite killer... Encore embodied some hendrix teases and ended the night in serious fashion! UM always rocks out at summerfest Review by SnuckaGetsPaid, posted 23 June 2013 6:06 am EDT, attached to 2009-07-11 First Show. Gateway drug. Need to buy this again. The Resolution with Snoop/Warren G jam destroyed my brain. I didn't know that a band could be this awesome before this set. Review by bubba40, posted 21 June 2013 4:50 pm EDT, attached to 2013-06-18 Quick note- during the Bottom Half, the band jams on Jeff Coffin's tune "Lucky 13", which is the third track on Coffin's most recent studio album "Into the Air" Review by teleskiguy, posted 02 June 2013 12:54 am EDT, attached to 2013-04-26 Here's a link to a write up I did about this show: http://teleskiguy.tumblr.com/post/49063263186/reflections-on-umbowl4 I rolled VIP, bought the hotel package 4 days before the show. I drove out from western Colorado by myself. Worth all the time and treasure! If you enjoy Umphrey's McGee in any capacity UMBowl is a beautiful thing if you can get in. Here's my "Choose Your Own Adventure" votes. 1348 > Lenny > 40s Theme > Miss Gradenko > Smell the Mitten > Bad Poker > Puppet String And I was a little baffled by "Lenny" losing to "Higgins." Hey UMPhreaks, the band has played "Higgins" a bunch, they hardly ever play "Lenny," one of the most beautiful rock songs ever composed. That's my one gripe about the show. Which is trivial because the whole damn evening was one of the best rock 'n' roll experiences I've been a part of. Review by DREDLOX, posted 27 May 2013 10:31 am EDT, attached to 2008-08-09 Not really posting a review but I wish the Up North Festival stayed alive longer than the ONE YEAR it did. This show featured 4 of the BIG GUN songs in UM's repertoire including Utopian, HBB, DBK, and N2F with Floyd in the encore slot. They were headlining this night so played a 2 hour set. The encore was roughly 30 minutes long. A little known fact amongst Umphreaks is that THIS SHOW WAS JEFFERSON WAFUL'S FIRST TIME RUNNING THE LIGHT RIG IN A LIVE SETTING FOR UMPHREY'S!!! Review by occdoc2000, posted 26 May 2013 9:47 am EDT, attached to 2013-04-20 It was a great show- think the song teased in ITK was 'Wanna Be Startin' Something' by Michael Jackson Review by wanderingsun, posted 10 May 2013 4:21 pm EDT, attached to 2013-01-18 i was in ny working on hurricane sandy. my last day of work was the same day as this show. dropped some cash on a front row ticket to reward myself for 3 months of lonely, crappy work... wound up meeting my now-boyfriend, who was in the second row. in two weeks, i'm moving to new york to be with him. but first! he's coming to my hometown for the hangout, where we're going to get a prefest um show.. then we're driving to new york together, but stopping into summercamp on the way. tl;dr this show changed my life. Review by mattsidran, posted 07 May 2013 3:56 pm EDT, attached to 2009-09-04 The Jimmy Stewart during Much Obliged is now known as No Comment. This show was quite amazing. The band really was tight. Review by umphursmcgur, posted 30 April 2013 12:55 am EDT, attached to 2013-04-26 Alright, this was a blast, definitely on my agenda for next year. Hoping for this to be the very of many umbowls. Quarter 1 might have been my favorite. Really enjoyed the stews, gonna have to give it a listen again, can't remember which was my favorite. Really fun way to start out the show and brought out a lot of good dancing on my part, would keep this in this placement next year. Also, second time getting the cables cut after last new years, really enjoyed the down tempo version, probably more than the other. Was surprised at choices, would have preferred more older stews, felt like a lot were really recent, oh well, still a good time. Quarter 2 was fun too, loved the Orion opener, but I admit a deep love for metal umphs. Cantina band was straight dance party, really glad this got picked too. Would love to see both of those enter rotation for their covers. No Diablo and Porch were fun if nothing else. I love Bullhead City, but it felt like it would have been much better if naturally placed in an acoustic set, still glad to have seen one, beautiful song if you ask me. I don't know who voted on 2x2 acoustic, but that just seemed awful to me, like a giant condom wrapped around an otherwise great song. Will have to give it another listen, it all looked so awkward with the big light show that usually accompanies the electric piece. Not as good as Quarter 1, but still fun. Next year I might suggest putting up some choices we've had in past Umbowls, I realize IVOY has already been voted in, but who wouldn't want another one after three years? As Quarter 1, great placement, fun to see all the bust outs and debuts right before halftime and right after the raw stewage. Quarter 3 had some serious jamming go on, but it felt a little underwhelming for most of the time. 70s disco, hillbilly hoedown, jazz metal fusion and sinister evil untz were the highlights for me. Didn't much care at all for gin and juice, beach boogie or tribal drum jam. And the simply ambient music seemed like anything but, too much going on, too much energy on stage for that to take proper form it seemed. Again, relistens will provide some insight. I know this is one of the premier quarters, but I would consider dropping this next year if it's going to have as many stale moments as this year. Obviously if nothing else better can be thought up then don't, but I feel like if they kicked around enough ideas they could think of something better, or at the very least mix it up somehow to make it more fresh. Quarter 4 was really fun, definitely best as the final quarter in my opinion. Decent song selection, but I have to wander why Miss Gradenko wasn't picked. And Higgins over Lenny OR Eat? Really? Also glad Miss Tinkles was picked over Hangover, still don't understand all the hate that song gets. Really enjoyed how they let every song have a good 5 to 10 minutes to breath and get fleshed out. Were you allowed to vote over and over? For some reason I thought everyone got one vote and everyone kept switching their votes. If not then I feel bad for the people that sat there texting over and over again, because after I voted once I was getting down to all those tastey jams they tacked onto every song. Really like the way this was handled, and the placement at the end seemed the most natural and was the best way to end the show if you ask me. It's either this or the first quarter that was my favorite, gonna have to get my hands on the soundboard to properly compare. Overall great show, definitely worth the price. I think the quarter placement was spot on, particularly putting the raw stewage first to get the room moving and the choose your own adventure last to get everyone involved at the end, particularly with every song getting decent treatment. I cannot stress enough how awesome it was that they let everyone have time to vote and opened everything up that quarter. Next year put up some better options for the mail in ballots. I realize a lot of the best songs have been picked before or used on the ballots before, but they're going to have to put them up again eventually if they keep doing this year after year, might as well do it for the fifth time since that's generally considered a big number to hit. Would consider either dropping stewart event or modifying it in someway, was the low point of the show for me easily sans a few dancey moments. Review by Mantisphantis, posted 25 April 2013 11:15 am EDT, attached to 2013-04-19 Let me tell you why this is the best UM show of 2013, in my opinion. I consider nipple trix my favorite intro. Ive seen it thrice, Chicago, Stl new years, and the first one at summer camp. Love the energy of it and loved the transition into Resolution. Resolution contained a solid amount of improv for a 2013 reso, thoroughly enjoyed it. Pretty much the one lull came during hourglass (it usually does). A nice full 1348 was a treat mid set, as you usually see it ending a set. Morning song was emotional and perfect. Got goosebumps. Rosanna>Conduit was great! Bayliss was feelin himself during Rosanna. A nice mulche's with a jazzy mid jam was a perfect way to end an emotional roller coaster of a set. Set 2 kinda speaks for itself. 5 songs, 6 including the second part of AIT. All in time contained a great jam that sorta sounded like Phish's first tube to me. Day Nurse in between was nice. I like day nurse because it brings a weird funky energy into the room every time. I expected them to continue the set into a new song, but out of nowhere Bayliss began to sing All in Time part 2. Another treat because every other time i've seen all in time it's ended a set. The highlight of the night, the Higgins, clocking in at 22 minutes, contained a "Talking in your sleep" jam (By the Romantics) which was weird and fun. There was also a vocal jimmy stewart about 15:00 through. Didn't recognize the lyrics. This was the best higgins i've ever heard. Slacker was solid and contained some stasik gold. Can't you hear me knockin closed out a STELLAR second set with it's usually fun energy. Everyone always appreciates the Stones covers. The encore was freaking perfect. Partyin Peeps>Haji. Ahh. Speaks for itself, i think. Review by the_johnvoss, posted 23 April 2013 5:41 pm EDT, attached to 2013-04-19 Fun, funky show. Rosanna > Conduit was alot of fun. Stasik got a little too loose during CYHMK, but thats ok considering the amount of jamming throughout the second set. Judging from the written setlist, it looks like that 30+ minute second set opener took a little extra time. I think they cut out Miami Virtue and one other song. PP > Haji is a classic encore. Doesn't get much better. Of the two Texas shows this was by far the best, and that is not to discount how good Dallas was. But, I have a feeling that the boys selling out their first Texas gig gave them a warm happy feeling they just couldn't help but show with the music. The setlist speaks for itself. LE>Deeper>UF>Jessica was a great combo to round out the middle of the 1st set. The entire second set was on point. Encore, just as good. Not alot of real off the cuff jammming, but solid structured jamming throughout. AND A MOTHER EFFING Daft Punk Cover... Review by N2FBoston, posted 23 April 2013 11:24 am EDT, attached to 2013-04-20 I wasn't at this show but the song selection is epic! All the jams are very tight and exploratory. Covering the new Daft Punk song is pretty awesome too. Anyone know what stew/jam/song they are teasing about 7:30 into In The Kitchen? I've definitely heard it before... Review by snackUMmack, posted 22 April 2013 2:29 pm EDT, attached to 2013-04-12 First off, this was one hell of an umph experience. My friends and i traveled south from PA to see two shows back to back. This being the first out of the two. Starting off a concert to "Drink My Drank" is a great way to grab the crowd's attention. Then transitioning into "Tribute to the Spinal Shaft" which was up beat and funky as fuck. Joel had his time for a keys solo. Good for him! "Conduit" was next and ill always enjoy that badass tune. "Cemetery Walk" was dropped on the Olando crowd, which dropped my jaw. Never thought i would see it live and not only that but to have it swing right into "Slacker" which is a personal favorite. So at this point...Im flipping out. "Miss Tinkles Overture" was played next and thats just up lifting shredding and a solid jam that gets the crowd involved towards the end. A cover slides right into the setlist and it just happens to be Pink Floyd's "Comfortably Numb". Damn. The room's energy was magical. Everybody was in the spirit now. Then ending the set with "Cemetery Walk II", as expected. GREAT first set. Starting off the second set with "Der Bluten Kat" > "Miami Virtue" > "Der Bluten Kat" was big. During the Inprov of DBK, Waful flips the lights back on the curtains and really bring out the art in his occupation. The dance moves were just pouring out. "In the Kitchen" was next in line. It was not long in duration, but thats fine. Just hearing the tune is good enough for me. Stasik took a nice bass solo after kitchen which was quite impressive. Then they slammed a solid 18 minute "2x2" which was fucking awesome. Great tune :). "1348" was the perfect way to end the set and it was spot on. Drunk singing and hard raging, just the way i like it. Encore left me speechless. No one can ever deny and well played "Ringo" and well played it was. For the final stretch of the night, the band was getting real funky. Towards the middle of the song they bring back ringo and leave a Kris Myer's signature drum beat playing on where the crowd begins an up roaring WE WANT THE UMPHS chant. the band then reacts and slaps a "Soul Food II" jam and that was so much more than i could ever ask for. My favorite show so far. Give it a listen when you can. Thank you Umphrey's. Review by Hugger, posted 01 April 2013 10:03 pm EDT, attached to 2010-07-17 ^Yep! Gotta agree with the above reviewer about the Talking Heads cover. In fact, that whole first set was so spot on, I was caught off guard when they walked off for set break. Seemed like they had just started. Great show from front to back. Watched the first set from the rail, but got caught by the short set break, and watched the 2nd set from the top of the hill. Review by umphalex, posted 29 March 2013 5:42 pm EDT, attached to 2013-03-23 The House of Blues on sunset strip is actually really cool on the inside and has pretty amazing sound too! This night was a serious rager and is my favorite show of 2013 thus far. This was my 49th show and my first time to ever do the UMVIP, which was really sick... Got a signed poster included, laminates, soundcheck on Saturday, and a meet and greet with the BAND!!! Got pic's with all the different band members and everyone was soooooo cool.... As for the second night of Hollywood nights, well their was no shortage of pure unadultered jammin going on! My first live "there's no crying in mexico" which always gets you in the mood for some dancy fun...And a super jammy bridgeless that goes to a nice place. Wappy sprayberry was it's usual dance party with a great MJ tease that was funky as hell with a beautiful backside to brigeless. Wife soup doesn't get played alot anymore and was really nice to see on the west coast, since we are from Madison WI. The Der bluten kat takes the cake for the first set though... Both Jake and Brendan taking turns on keys in DBK and also a first time ever great hip hop tune! Mulche's got taken to a much higher level than normal and had Jake and Brendan facing in on each other battling out sick guitar riffs Anytime you get DBK and then Divisions in a show you know it'll be a special night. Divisions has a serious Jimmy Stewart that gives goosebumps, and then followed by a plunger (which usually I dont care for too much) but the plunger contains one of the funkiest grooves I've heard to date.... Hangover gets seriously elevated to an insane jam level and then the triple wide into divisions to end!?!?! Wow, this is one of those shows.... Good encore with some California lyrics in "the song remains the same" to really let people know why UM is the best out there! Review by cMags, posted 27 February 2013 4:42 pm EST, attached to 2006-09-30 Coming off an incredible show from the night before, everyone in our hotel room slept in pretty late. We all walked around Burlington during the late morning/early afternoon, then made our way back to the hotel for the pre-game. The show started off with an extended Plunger jam into MITA, which I had heard at the Hampton show 2 months earlier. 2x2 was standard, then during the Utopian jam, Brendan and Jake switched to their acoustic guitars. This was my first experience with acoustic UM and it was definitely a fitting time to do it as well. Nothing else worth notating, but the last 3 songs of the first set were really fun and different than the UM that I was used to. Pay the Snucka 2nd set opener was nice, but No More Tears was definitely out of nowhere and I still listen to that version to this day. In the silent breakdown part, they sing a verse of Total Eclipse of the Heart in homage to Old School which was released about 3 years prior. The big jam of the set was The Triple Wide. During the jam, they busted into a lyrical stew and I remember Grover standing next to me screaming out something like "Skyline Stew, Skyline Stew!" I just laughed as he was like a kid in a candy store. I guess this was the jam that turned into Spires? IIRC. Anyways the rest of the set (Words, ITK) were standard. However, Rosanna was a really cool cover choice to finish it off, and after the finishing chorus they went into a jam. No other than Mrs Robinson's Strut. This is one of my favorite repeated stews and it was great to get it after my real first big run with Umph. Overall it was a great weekend and I will never forget it. Review by mdevries1, posted 25 February 2013 2:02 pm EST, attached to 2013-02-01 It's hard to believe no one has posted a review of this show. The setlist says it all. This was a barn burner. If you want to make a fan out of anyone - download and play this show. It's full of superhuman music. You guys fucking rock and Grand Rapids loves you. Review by Knucklehead, posted 20 February 2013 7:03 pm EST, attached to 2013-02-02 Yes, I'll have two sandwiches. I need an "All in Time" with a "There's No Crying in Mexico" on top, and an extra large "Jajunk". Thanks Review by umphalex, posted 20 February 2013 1:35 pm EST, attached to 2009-12-31 For some reason this NYE show always stick out in my mind as one of the most memorable nights of mine...This was my second NYE show and it delivered on all fronts. The first set is a real treat with Cemetery Walk 1 getting ppl in the mood early for a rager, which was followed by a short but great triple wide. This was my first headphones and snowcones which is always welcomed and should be played more! The whole second set is gold, and the tower of power cover takes the cake! Kris Myers is truly amazing, vocals and drums. Set 3 contains alot of good jamming, starting with the much obliged that gets super funky to bring in the new year. Phils farm still may be my favorite version, good bass wapping fun... Of course turn and dub is always welcomed, but I'll never forget stasik in his shiny pink shirt singing cant take my eyes off of you! Hilarious!!! Reelin in the years was jsut ppl having fun and enjoying being at somehting as special as an UM NYE! Review by umphalex, posted 20 February 2013 12:47 pm EST, attached to 2004-06-11 Ahhhhh, my first UM show! Young and at Bonnaroo to see all my favorite jam bands! This set of UM opened my eyes to appreciate UM as one of the top bands coming up... When moe came on and then Michael Travis too I didnt even know what was going on, it blew my mind! Highlights were definitely the jam in resolution which is long and tasty, along with a nothin too fancy and bright lights that has made me do 48 shows to date! This whole set though is just pure UM energy and if you've never heard the download I would strongly suggest it! One of the greatest first sets I've ever heard! The floor is pretty traditional but then 2X2 has this sick asian sounding jam in it... Turn and Dub is like 18 minutes of good phsychedelic jam followed by a great american with 2 big dance jams in it...Sweet sunglasses is a great cover and a good set closer. Still one of my favorite Tribute's to start out set 2 which had a Law and order intro with stasik slappin the bass. Highlights in set 2 for me was Raymond and Fool in the rain. Madison is a great setting for UM. This could be one of the funnest nights of summercamp that I've ever experienced...and the fact that they released it on DVD is just sick! The jam in 1348 is pure energy and really gets you moving...Once I heard Red Tape bust out I knew it was gonna be twenty minutes of heaven. It seems like every year UM takes a tune and just rages it 20 mins every time they play it but in different ways..(ocean billy, 1348, red tape, etc...) Their is two distinct sides to the red tape, one being super trancie electronica and one being an uplifter...The pay the snucka with bulls on parade got everyone ragin. My first senor mouse and I love this cover!!!! Second set is classic....I absolutely love the miss tinkles higgins twister! In and out and in and out of both tunes...EPIC! Rocker Pt 2 is of course a legendary builder and this was my first Day Nurse. I kept thinking by this point that this was one of the greatest nights ever! Hourglass is a great mellow tune with solid lyrics and national anthem brought the heat big time. Encore of triple wide in where joel's part is absolute fire...such great musicianship.... Summercamp is the shit... UM had a lot to prove to make this show better than the last time they were at the Orpheum and they did not dissapoint. Nippletrix into 2nd Self was a nice touch to get the show started with a good vibe. The puppet string has some really good improv and good length. Not quite as funky as some versions I've heard but original and good in its own way. My fiance called the Mantis on this show and is always a nice treat these days to get that, especially the backside of it. Triple wide is a great version, taking you through peaks and valleys of electronic grooves...All night long had more thump than normal with 3 ppl playing percussion including Jake. It was my second time getting headphones and snowcones (once before on NYE with Mirro) and its a great jazzy riff. I love when they put two jams into Resolution and both of them had a reggae - ish theme which was great!!! Set two was a rager, dancy jajunk, rocker of a slacker, and the set never let go.... Hollywood nights I went absolutely nuts because me and my fiance will be going to do VIP HOLLYWOOD NIGHTS on 3-22 and 3-23 in Hollywood....Its as if they knew we were going by playing it in our hometown of madtown! Great show...UM in madison never dissapoints! Review by harleybo, posted 19 February 2013 5:42 am EST, attached to 2013-02-16 This show is easily in my top 5. Seeing headphones and snocones was a huge surprise. The guys were on fire all nite long! Love madtown! Review by danoc, posted 16 February 2013 5:43 pm EST, attached to 2013-02-14 Morgantown, WV...what an environment for an UMPH's show in mid Feb. Valentine's Day gave all Umphrey's McGee fans a reason for their minds to race of what possibly they could play. Further more Set I: Catshot was a good way to start off the night, into an always welcomed Miss Tinkle's Overture that jammed hard. Walletsworth was a good fit for an emotional crowd. Domino Theory was pretty sick, really went at it. Intentions Clear really set a good mood for the 1st set. Push the Pig wasn't expected at all, but you'll never turn it down. Wasn't the best version but was very fun. The Floor jammed hard as shit once again..not a surprise. A lot of improve and grooviness/rave feel the show was as an overall. Set II: The Fussy Dutchman, wow...not a single person was not dancing. Joel was pumped up. Not a Red Tape guy but if i had to see one live I suppose it'd be this one. In The Kitchen was a good up lifting mood after a long Red Tape. Good jams, Thin Air was fucking sick. Haven't seen that one yet until now. I Want You was a great cover.. good sing along for a Valentines Day show. Kabump was tiiiiiiiight. 20 minutes or so. Great Home jam. Encore: Girlfriend is Better was a pretty cool start to an encore, really went hard and was one of the spacier versions of that they play. Booth Love was expected but not as an encore, heard it up at The Beacon a month prior as an encore so that kind of threw me off. But in the end who is going to turn down a Booth Love on such a great Valentines day down in Morgantown? Great show all in all, very awesome crowd. Pissed they didnt let me down to the main floor but the 2nd level was hectic and went so hard. Worth leaving my girlfriend at home on valentines day for some umph love, FUCK YEA! Thank you everyone for such an amazing show. Review by driver, posted 15 February 2013 12:13 pm EST, attached to 2013-02-14 Wow. This was a great show at a great little venue. There was mass confusion about what time the band was actually going on. Initially it was listed as 8:30, then someone said their was an opener, and then someone said they'd go on at 8:00. To be safe, we made sure we were in the venue by 8:00, which was great since the band went on pretty promptly at 8:15. The Theatre was TINY. Not a bad seat in the whole place, and the balcony looked like it raged hard. It was also a dry venue, which was a first for me, but no one seemed to mind since security was really chill. Miss Tinkle's opened really, really strong and kicked off the night in pretty rockin' fashion. Walletsworth was well done, but I thought the Domino Theory jam stalled a bit and they ended up pulling out of it, thankfully. Intentions Clear was a jaw dropper with the band taking things down to a trickle while Waful killed all of the lights. This led into an okay Push the Pig and, as always, a rager of The Floor to close Set I. Set II opened with a nice Fussy Dutchman and led to an okay Red Tape. In the Kitchen really got the crowd moving, but I thought the jam was uninspired. Thin Air was fantastic--maybe the best I've ever heard Joel play. The Beatles cover was a nice breather and raged the venue pretty good. Kabump was a TREAT. The rode the jam for a long time until Stasik finally unplugged and the band ended gently to close a nice Set II. The Talking Heads cover for an encore was nice, and the Booth Love jam was nasty. Highlights: Miss Tinkle's, Intentions Clear, Thin Air, Kabump. If you get a chance, see the band at this venue. They did not disappoint. Review by umphalex, posted 14 February 2013 11:02 am EST, attached to 2009-02-14 This was my first Valentine's Day show and it was one that never dissapoints. First and second sets both deliver big time. The August opener is huge and goes into really good dance grooves. Syncopated Strangers is 18 mins long and the jimmy stewart inside of it had the whole place dancing!!! Sociable Jimmy is huge too, with the Xxplosive jam just started this show out with pure energy..... Probably my favorite All in time I've still ever heard (its now 2013) and the mullet over is always a treat. Great four night run! Thanks UM, Madison loves you! Review by FurnDiggity, posted 09 February 2013 11:52 am EST, attached to 2013-02-07 This was my 6th year in a row at First Ave and UM. I was a bit bummed they werent playing more than one night, but I knew that the show would not disappoint... And that was for sure the case! I have been an Umphrey's fan for about 7 years now, and I am only in the 30ish range for shows. So I am no veteran by any means, but they are my favorite band. So I was really hoping for a Wizard Burial Ground, I have yet to see it live. I didnt get WBG, but I got 2 of my other favorite songs that I hadnt heard yet... Division! and Miss Tinkle's Overture. I was in awe after both of those were played. Not to mention Nemo was crazy good, as was All In Time and the Triple Wide to close the night out. I hadnt heard UM cover Bowie before, so that was also a highlight for me. I think I say this every time I see Umphrey's, but this was seriously the best show I have seen of them. If not best, easily in my top 3. Great work of you Gents! Review by cutsman, posted 07 February 2013 1:55 pm EST, attached to 2013-02-06 This was my first UM experience. It was my introduction into "jam" culture. Those lights were the most amazing thing I have ever seen. I can not believe I have not been going to festivals my entire life. I have a feeling that this was the perfect venue. It wasn't over crowded and I had the time of my life. I just wish UM was playing the Electric Forest but I am just as excited to see all these other amazing jam bands I have been missing out on. Thank you for such a life changing experience, for reals. Review by turnerup15, posted 06 February 2013 2:32 pm EST, attached to 2006-02-09 This was UM first time playing at First Ave. Before this they had only played The Cabooze on the west. Set 1- Tons of great energy in the room that night. Energy peaked in the first set during the Glory jam. 1st set ended with a massive Ja Junk. Deep groove from Stasik. wow. 2nd Set Notes Bayliss guitar was not turned up loud enough in the mix so the 2x2 suffers a bit. I personally enjoy this song more when it is in the first set. Robot World was the stand out of the whole show. Great dance untz stew with great Moog work from Joel. Let me start out by saying that this is a pretty underated show. It's definitely pretty proggy and out there at times but a great show. The Miss Tinkle's Overture is still by far the best version I've ever heard to date and I've been to 50 plus UM shows and have downloaded tons tons more. It is pure energy and pumps you up with a sort of metal dance party. The visions with the blues for los angeles jam is down right nasty....deep trancy, jazzy, jam that is super tasty and not a usual sound for the band. Set 2 Highlights were of course the nice beatles cover, but the Crooked one into Utopian is big and bad. The crooked one gets a little dark but very jammy and the Utopian fir gets dark as well but has a really nice tail end of reggae that's a bit longer and extended than normal. Hot for teacher was real appropriate since the teachers were all striking up at the capitol and made for a great end. Night 2 of this run was the bee's knee's though.... I would have to completely disagree with the final comment on the first review of this show about the other covers slowing down the show. I can say that this was my 5th NYE show with UM and my 35th show of UM all together and thought ALL of the cover choices were spot on. The Demolition Man cover was excellent, UM has covered a ton of Police over the years and this one was a real treat off of "ghost in the machine" album. And then the Beck cover of Mixed Bizness to bring in the new year was some great funk with fun lyrics! Definitely highlights of this show are the whole first set being a free flowing complete piece of music that was quite beatiful. Also Kris Myers putting on his soul shoes and doing James Brown right in set 2 was a real treat! The All in time of this show will be forever in my mind of how far UM can take it, in all different facets and forms of music. And dont forget about how badass it gets wheen cody dickinson does washboard on the slacker. Jake and Cody get dark and heavy and wonderful. Great show! Review by dubzz, posted 01 February 2013 10:35 am EST, attached to 2013-01-19 Easily the most intimate setting I've seen UM to date. The venue was small, packed, and had excellent energy. Unfortunately, I feel this night was a recovery and intermission between Beacon and Brooklyn Bowl for the band. The set wasn't nearly as fast paced or rocking as I'd have liked. However, this isn't to dissuade you from checking it, easily some of the BEST banter of the year no doubt. Not a Domino Theory fan or Strangers, but both were typical good stuff. BB opened the Girlfriend's Better as a tribute to Manti T'eo and substituted the lyrics for "I have a girlfriend who doesn't exist." Absolutely hilarious and had the crowd really digging it. This made the night. Loved the Dump City then a nice jazz/rock Mulche's to close her out. The Floyd cover really killed it and the Jimmy had some great improv. Although Visions of Parin isn't one of my favorites, I really thought they were about to cover Hall & Oates, really cool key teases by Joella. Unfortunately, big mishap during an otherwise great Higgins: Stasik's bass amp was thrown into stand by because of power issues. They managed to recover. JaJunk made for a great encore: real happy to see they played it for us instead of saving it for Brooklyn! Highlight: Girlfriend is Better (tribute to Manti T'eo) I can commiserate with danoc, missed the intro and most of 40's due to tough travels from Boston. N2F > Ocean Billy was monstrous and well overdue in the past few shows. There is a great Jake solo to close it out. Although I'm not a tremendous Radiohead fan, those who like them will really enjoy the rare Weird Fishes cover. Plunger was a great heavy hitter to close the first set. 22 minutes of domination to start the second set with Strings. The entire follow up was a continual rager. Wormborg, Wappy, Ex1 w/ sax were wonderful. Wappy jam was more smooth than too metal. Finally, the Life During Exodus had the crowd going absolute NUTS! Loved the Heads tribute in NY and first replay since it's intro at Milwaukee. Not a huge Booth Love fan myself, but I enjoyed it. The reprise of Strings was expected and welcomed, great close to their first performance at the Beacon. Personal Highlights: Wappy > Ex1, LDE Review by OceanBillyWaves, posted 31 January 2013 9:44 pm EST, attached to 2006-11-17 This was also my second show, after seeing them at Bonnaroo on 6/16. I loved them the first time because I had been listening to Anchor Drops on loop in my car for about a year before I got a chance to see them. But I would have to say that this was the first show where I 'got it,' in the sense that the music moved me in a way I'd never had a band do before. Might sound trite, but it's the truth. I also have a fond place in my heart for this show, because it was the first show I ever saw at the Tabernacle. Wow. A bunch of Tabby memories later, I can honestly say that there is no place I would rather see an Umphrey's McGee concert than that venue. The energy was off the hook that night, as it always is in Atlanta, regardless of venue. The musical moments that stood out to me were the Walletsworth>N2F. I could see those songs at every show from here on out and be happy as hell. In the Kitchen was great as well. In the second set, it's hard for me to think about anything other than the Hendrix Jam on Power of Soul to kick it off. Talk about fire to start off a ridiculous second set, both in terms of the band being on top of their game and a kick ass set list. And the 2nd Self, Dirty Love > God Gave Rock encore was amazing. Review by danoc, posted 29 January 2013 4:45 pm EST, attached to 2013-01-18 Wasn't able to catch Leave Me Las Vegas due to the fact that NYC cab drivers are idiots, further more...40's Theme immediately grabbed everyones attention to make it clear there was no messing around in the Beacon. Conduit jammed hard got the energy flowing through what was a slow crowd for the most part. Roulette was a good in between song for conduit and NTF. Ocean Billy was fucking killer. 20 minutes or so, Weird Fishes was pretty cool considering they've only played it 4 other times. Good cover, plunger was good way to end the set i prefer the one from the Fillmore on Halloween more. 2nd Set: Puppet String which rocked the house down(unfinished, saw it coming form a while away), the linear put it back together and professor wormbog was really cool, big fan of that. wappy sprayberry was killer, 1st time seeing that and the light show was unreal. Example 1 with the sax was awesome, huge fan of that song. easily the best of the night. Exodus had a ton of energy and really had the beacon freaking out. Booth Love was expected but was very well played, finished by Puppet String. Great show overall...the crowd was sleeping in NYC. not a philly crowd thats for sure UM. Umphrey's McGee @ Penn's Peak is by far the most beautiful thing these two eyes have ever witnessed. Coming out to Nipple Trix is always a treat to start off a show. Grabbed everyone attention from the start...right into an original but yet wonderful Wife Soup. RtB was good for the venue right into a Floyd cover(Breathe) with a dub theme which was pretty bad ass. Much Obliged was awesome, very funky..very very funky. big fan of that. Uncommon and eat were accepted by me. 2x2 is a great way to end the 1st set and get us real pumped up for the 2nd. 2nd Set: Robot World was kick ass, jammed hard for a long ass time, into an attention grabbing higgins to bring people back to real life. DBK was perfect, give that a listen if u can. Into a No Comment that made people get down, back into DBK. Exodus was a dance party and really had people enjoying the moment. Didn't see that one coming, a perfect ALT left people nearly crying as the set came to a finish. Encore: came out to a WBG into Joel's favorite Orfeo back into WBG to end the show. Great show everyone who was there was given a kick ass show and after that halloween run left people begging UM to come back to the east coast. UM Review by The_Captn, posted 29 January 2013 2:44 pm EST, attached to 2013-01-26 Maybe it was just me but I thought the crowd was amazing at this show, everyone was vibing and really getting into it. I had no idea who DJ Williams was before this show...he can really kill it! Review by N2FBoston, posted 27 January 2013 2:11 pm EST, attached to 2013-01-19 This venue is new and extremely intimate. Holds only 750 people and even that is split between the main floor and a small balcony. The created a very cool vibe that ended up exploding with energy throughout the show. From the second Umphrey's stepped on the stage you knew it was going to be a special night. They skipped the intro, which seems to be how every show has been starting the past few tours. First set was filled with special moments but the highlights were definitely the jams during Girlfriend is Better and Dump City (Finally got this song! only took 48 shows to hear it). Syncopated, morning song, and ending the set with mulches was a nice touch too. The 2nd set was monstrous. Straight out the gates, In the flesh through 2nd self is action packed and extremely tight. You could look around the room and just see minds being blown left and right. The jams were incredible! Another brick int he wall, sociable jimmy, and visions, bahhh it was just insane. You will just have to hear to show to understand. Not sure if i've seen them close a show with higgins, but worked out beautifully with a nice dubby jam in the middle. Jajunk is always great as an encore. It really encompasses everything that is umphreys. On top of that the jam in this version is epic. Stasik goes wild, as does the crowd. Shenanigans, thats all I can say about this show. Review by Umph1348, posted 27 January 2013 2:16 am EST, attached to 2011-01-27 Hands down the best show of 2011 and one of the best shows UM has ever played. This show is packed to the gills with quality improv. From the GA, to the Reso, to the August there is something for everybody here. If you haven't heard this show or don't have it in your UM collection, stop reading and download it now. Guaranteed to please! Review by GreatestAmerican, posted 25 January 2013 7:01 am EST, attached to 2013-01-24 Do also wanna add Got Your Milk amazing and kinda surprisingly so in my eyes. What a treat tough love this fucking band. Another amazing night in Charlotte. I almost missed this gem but was convinced to go last minute and do not regret it a bit. This show was top notch from the opener, Crooked One, a personal favorite, onwards I knew this was a night to remember. Best 2x2 I've heard in a minute. Oh and a bit of 2 Tickets to Paradise just for fun. Hbb raged hardcore to open second set. Skeptical initially of 40's to close set but was very pleasantly surprised by both that and 3x wide encore. Regulate was a first for me and another just for fun tune that was a blast for both band and fans. Incredible night. The energy was through the roof. Was happy to see my friends in UM Nation get down to my boys moon taxi first off. Then Umph blew the tabernacle apart. Rocker was a very special moment in which I was glad to be a part. Whole acoustic "set" very good with great song selections. Second set was hot from the start with bright lights> cocaine> bright lights being a highlight of the weekend. Domino> sine on> domino was a surprising sandwich although it thoroughly delighted this fan. Review by drumking, posted 19 January 2013 12:14 pm EST, attached to 2012-02-16 Ive seen my fare share of UM shows and this one could possibly be the best show Ive seen them play. As far as consistency, patient playing, segues and song selection this is a barn burner for sure. Not being bias at all since it was my best friend Robs b-day Gradenko! We kind of helped make this happen. As long as you request ahead of time and it makes since they will deliver. And this show def delivers, the most listened UM show in my collection after seeing them since 03 says a lot. Review by WhiskeyTom, posted 08 January 2013 3:48 pm EST, attached to 2012-12-30 For an earlier version of Cut the Cable, check out the Ringo from 2011/11/05 in Milwaukee. Has a little more of a spacey/psychedelic feel to it. Review by Toastponcho, posted 07 January 2013 1:49 pm EST, attached to 2012-12-31 This show was Toastastic from the opening bell right thru the finish line! "Hi Fives Save Lives Save Live...I Have Proof!" Review by NickPJ, posted 05 January 2013 12:58 pm EST, attached to 2012-12-31 Amazing cap to a 4 night run. The 30th and 31st were my favorite shows but all were amazing. There was also a blackbird tease at the beginning of glory that you can hear the crowd to react to. Review by HarrisonRose, posted 04 January 2013 3:40 am EST, attached to 2012-09-01 I was so happy to hear thats Umphrey's was playing at North Coast again since I wasn't old enough to go the first year. Me and my buddy were at Atmosphere so we missed the first little bit of gurgle, but then we came in for Ocean Billy and the boys brought the thunder it was amazing Brendan sounded beautiful on this and Miami Virtue. Then hearing Mantis Ghetts was awesome since they play it so rarely. Crucial Taunt pumps everyone up just so they can smooth it all out into a sexy Daft Punk cover with Voyager. After they tore it up with Push The Pig they segued into JaJunk which was so delightfully jamtastic. Finally for the much wanted encore Brendan starts in with Puppet String which is followed by Jake so wonderfully going in on Eminence Front and then a strong finish with Puppet String again. This is the fourth Umphrey's McGee show i've been to and they have yet to dissapoint. Review by Darb0114, posted 02 January 2013 12:59 pm EST, attached to 2012-12-31 This show was nothing short of amazing. This was my first chance at seeing a New Years show (Thanks Couch Tour!) and this just hit home for me. There were parts of this show that I connected with emotionally in my life, and I have a whole new perspective on things, including my past, current, and future experiences. What a way to start a much needed New Year for me. Thanks Umphs and keep up the great work!!! See you in GR and Detroit! Review by TalonMcgee, posted 28 December 2012 2:36 am EST, attached to 2011-07-15 Shortened set due to Furthur playing passed their allotted time, apparently Phil got lost during set break. x_x Despite that, the boys skipped all filler and pumped out the jams This is still my favorite Puppet and I was super surprised at how well they did Tom Sawyer Encore kinda disappointed me with a cover and the horns in jajunk were quite lackluster but nevertheless it was a great show I was still not familiar with the whole catalog at this time and thought #5 was just a SICK jam in AIT, turned into one of my favorite songs after that. 13 days is always a treat and everyone was boogieing down to reelin in the years As was stated, the ringo jam is prob the highlight of the show I felt the AIT reprise should have closed the second set and it was a weird flow to end with thin air after a rocker There were technical difficulties for the first 20 seconds or so of booth love until the full sound system kicked in. Highlights were the miles Davis cover and the divisions> I'm on fire > divisions Pretty sure this was the second time I'm on fire was played and I was lucky enough to catch the first one in Cleveland. No one seems to mention the ZZ Top jam in Made To Measure, Waitin on the Bus! It fits so perfectly and I wish they'd do it again sometime Review by TalonMcgee, posted 19 December 2012 5:01 pm EST, attached to 2009-07-11 Also my first show, the 42 minute All in Time > Wappy changed the way i looked at music forever. CW>CWII is quality dance party material. As was stated, the Shine On was magical, and the best one i've heard them do. A classic epic encore (that reso has everything in it!) My (bias) personal favorite show. Review by driver, posted 12 December 2012 10:31 am EST, attached to 2010-10-21 Much of this show is a little bit hazy for me, but it was probably the trippiest UM show I've ever seen. Check out the Push the Pig (the guitar sound drips out of the amps in a most psychedelic way. Reelin' in the Years was a crowd favorite, and the Ringo jam is worth a listen, as well. All in all a very fun show in a very awesome little venue. This might have been some of the best UM I've seen to date. The place was packed. While I'm not a huge fan of this venue overall, the energy was good. Eat and Got Your Milk made for a nice beginning to the show, and the Turn & Dub was excellent. Second set was really what made this show, though. August was nice and the JJ>WW>JJ was top notch. The WW jam is a must listen. This encore was perhaps the best UM encore I've seen. Nemo was a treat that I hope I see again soon, and the King Crimson sandwich was nice. Red was SUPER dark, and Waful absolutely crushed it with the lights. If you can find video, do it. I wish that the band had finished with the vocal harmony left hanging, though, rather than coming back in for the final chord. All in all a very solid show. My first UM show. I walked/stumbled in completely unaware of the band or what I was about to see. Though I certainly don't think this is the best UM I've ever seen, the set list placement for this show is spectacular and offered an extremely cohesive, fluid experience from beginning to end. Highlights: Shine On You Crazy Diamond (I will never forget that spacey intro. My god.) and the entire encore, which just brought down the house. Definitely worth your time to listen. One of my favorite versions of Visions (of Parin) ever. The break down with Stasik on the pedals is such an awesome moment. Very glad that this was posted on the youtube channel for visual reference of this great musical moment. Review by Pookells, posted 04 December 2012 5:44 am EST, attached to 2011-11-02 First off, I have to say that I think this is the best show from 2011, and those who attended this show were truly blessed to have seen this. Set 1 kicks off with Example 1. The Example 1 is pretty standard until they get to the jam section of the song. The jam in this is a mid tempo rocking jam with tons of solos going all over the place, and it is this jam that pretty much sets the mood for the remainder of the show. They get into a high-energy version of Got Your Milk that, again, has a hard rocking stew with plenty of guitar fireworks from Jake and Brendan. It's probably the best Milk I've heard these guys do. Milk segues quite nicely into #5. #5 rocks pretty hard as well and has a sweet heavy stew in it as well. Milk -> #5 clocks in at over 25 minutes in length. They do a nice cover of Fool In The Rain, and although Brendan is no Robert Plant vocally, his vocals are adequate in this version. While this version isn't bad at all, it is probably the weakest link in this show (I use the term "weakest" in the loosest sense of the word). Search 4 comes out just as hard rocking as the Death By Stereo studio version and fits in perfectly with the rest of the hard rock in this set. The set finishes off with Last Man Swerving > Believe The Lie. Last Man Swerving is an 18+ minute treat, and has a nice long jam that can only be best described as 70's prog-disco. Not funky and not hard rock either. Imagine Animals-era Pink Floyd with some disco elements and you get the picture. Believe The Lie rocks harder than what you normally hear in this song live and has some nice 70's prog that seems to be somewhat inspired by Kansas, but is done in UM's unique way. Check out the guitar solos that kick in at the 7:12 point of the song - Jake and Brendan do some serious (but short) shredding! Set 2 kicks off with a nearly 31 minute long DBK. Again, keeping in the hard rock/prog theme of the show, this is one of the hardest rocking DBKs they've done. If you don't catch yourself playing air guitar during the first 8 minutes of DBK, then you need to check your pulse. At around the 8:05 mark, the band throws down some of the same style of 70's prog-disco that was done on Last Man Swerving without repeating what was done during Last Man Swerving (I hope that sentence made sense). Between 8:05 and the 21 minute mark, there's a lot going on with this jam as this jam conjures up Animals-era Pink Floyd, jazzy interludes and even some Metallica-like shredding at around the 20:30 mark. The jam changes into a jazzy section at the 21 minute mark that lasts until the 26:40 mark. At 26:40, the jam gets heavy with seriously fast rhythm guitar that puts Metallica to shame and then goes back to the jazzy section. The last minute is the outro riff of DBK. Next comes a hard rocking I Am The Walrus that is quite stellar with some kick-ass Jake solos throughout. Even The Bottom Half rocks harder than usual and UM takes the song into a slightly different direction than usual with the Simple Gifts jam, and contains a hard rock ending. Slacker, like every other song here, is a harder version with a bluesy section at about 2:40 that sounds like ZZ Top experimenting with jazz styles. And then if you hadn't had enough, they bring down the house with an insane Wizard Burial Ground that will just leave your jaw on the ground. Even Bright Lights as the encore is a hard rocking version as well. Overall, this show is completely worth the purchase! As I stated in the beginning, this is the best show of 2011. Unfortunately, it's also overlooked as this show was sandwiched in between the 10/29 Hauntlanta and 11/5 Milwaukee shows. This is a 13 song show, which is very reminiscient of the 2006-2008 era, plus the 5 song 2nd set is a throwback to that era as well. It displays the harder side of UM and is a consistent theme throughout the show. You can check out this show on youtube. Just type in umphrey's mcgee clifton park and watch the videos of this show that were put up by axanodus. Enjoy this show! Well worth the $$. Review by alexankh, posted 02 December 2012 6:13 pm EST, attached to 2007-06-01 My first umphreys show. This is a first set that features almost no improv outside of the opening JO. This opening JO is a dark, bass driven theme that offers some nice keyboard support from Jake early on with dueling guitar riffs toward the end. I always hoped for this JO to pop up again, but it hasn't yet so far. Alex's house replaces both segments of improv usually associated with DBK. I think this works nicely, the outro of alex's house drops nicely into the end of DBK. I frequently revisit this opening 40 min segment. The second set picks up some steam with N2F. During the lengthy jam (track length is about 23 mins for the first half), Allen from the biscuits replaces Kris on the drums (for his birthday jam!). The first half of the jam is kind of lackluster, not much going on, then Allen kicks up the tempo and the jam starts to take off. FF was a treat at my first show, it was and always has been a favorite of mine. The improv out of FF is downtempo and showcases some soaring guitar riffs from jake and a nice jam that leads back into the ending of N2F. Brendan breaks out the booty wax for the hangover reprise and gets the crowd involved with the set 2 closer. Standard snucka encore. During jakes solo section, I remember he was playing with this massive novelty size pick. This thing was the size of a dinner plate. It was kinda cool to watch and hear him rip it up as bras and panties were thrown on stage. Snucka ends as the boys wish us safely on our way home and warn us in the distorted voice not to let strange people touch us in any weird way. A fun show, nothing too mindblowing, but we all have to start somewhere Review by cMags, posted 29 November 2012 1:01 pm EST, attached to 2006-09-29 This was the first time I "really" traveled for an UM show. All of my previous shows were less than a 90 drive away. For this one, me and 3 kids from Providence (who were Noodles' roommates) drove from PC to Burlington. My plan was to catch 9/29 and 9/30, then go back to school. Then hit up the bus to New Haven and stay with my buddy at Conn College and do 10/4. Go back to school, then catch the bus again and stay with my buddy at WPI and do 10/6. Luckily everything fell into place and worked. What can I say about this show that hasn't already been said. This is definitely one of my top 5 seen shows out of 69, and maybe even number 1. (It's so hard to pick a favorite.) It was something about the monster jams, and it was really one of the first shows, where there were a ton of members from the OG bort all chilling together. I remember we had a hotel room at the Holiday Inn and there were probably 15 or 20 of us from the bort. This show is all about the Dump City, Tribute, TINKLES, PIG, Porch, and Senor Mouse. All of these songs are top 10 versions of all time, and I would know considering I've listened to countless shows. After the show I remember we all went back to one hotel room, and we looked at each other being like "Holy Fuck was that show good." I was in the room with people like Noodles, DanRad, Grover, and pick, guys who had seen tons of shows up to that point. And we all agreed that it was one of the greatest shows we had seen from UM. Review by SourPatch, posted 21 November 2012 5:04 pm EST, attached to 2006-10-21 My first time spent in LA just with friends, this venue was right on the edge of Hollywood... with like, strange vibes, really superficial people. And they came out starting with Syncopated Strangers, which was like a perfect complement... and the sound of this show fits really well, acoustics and what not. At the end of Sync, when you're expecting that finishing major resolution, it comes straight in with a punch from an abstract intro to Hurt Bird Bath, that turns you inside out. Great 1st improv, and after the heavy hits, goes into this eerie slow composition, turning really heavy, it's giving me pins and needles writing about it. To me, it seemed like a perfect reaction to the environment. Check it out, at least those two songs! Review by mrtokesmoke, posted 18 November 2012 10:58 am EST, attached to 2011-09-10 this show was sick the DBK had a golden years (david bowie) jam in it with lyrics soo so much fun. the chill was a perfect place to see the boys great atmosphere and crowd plenty of space and an awesome set! Review by bmrobin, posted 17 November 2012 12:12 pm EST, attached to 2006-11-03 i stumbled across the video that 40sThemeWI mentioned on youtube in 2006 and was blown away. i had heard umphrey's on college radio before but never anything live. listening to this show got me hooked on them and i've been a huge fan ever since. the stewart before walletsworth is a stand-out version, but the 2nd set / encore is FANTASTIC. Review by Mikem0487, posted 12 November 2012 7:19 pm EST, attached to 2012-11-02 The energy was through the roof for this show! Started off right away with nipples>Wife Soup which was a treat and got the flow of the night going. This was a great show for rarities(for me anyways). Got my first Robots world which I think was the jam of the night, my second no comment, wife soup, WBG, Orfeo and uncommon all of them btw were welcomed by me. RtB had a nice jam solid jam in it and went into a reggae/funky PF cover. MO had the best jam for the first set that took a little bit to develop but took off than dropped right into Uncommon which was great! Eat was its standard self but 2x2 was a great way to finish the set and got everyone extremely pumped for the second set. Robot world opener was insane. Have not listened back to it yet but was around 15 minutes long and contained a heavy dance party/industrial jam in it that was real legit. Highlight right there for me. Higgins is a good song that always contains excellent jams/guitar dueling and did not disappoint! DBK>NC>DBK is beautiful. Love DBK and the jams that it produces! No comment did let the energy subside some what but the last part of DBK always picks up the energy no matter what precedes it. Life During Exodus was an excellent mash up and loved how they were able to combine Marley/Talking Heads/Zappa into one fluid sick ass song. Some of my favorite bands/musicians mashed into one song, no complaints from me here! Ended the set with a standard AIT. Seemed rushed but I do love this song though it needs room to breathe and defiantly is not a good choice with only 10 minutes left in the set. Encore was awesome. Took me seeing WBG live to really appreciate the song and I really enjoyed this version with Orfeo breaking up the heaviness that ensues during WBG. Excellent show all around. They always throw down at JT so if you are within driving distance dont miss the next time they are in the area! Review by Rjr2277, posted 11 November 2012 3:26 pm EST, attached to 2012-08-10 awesome show,great comedy from the band. brendan mentioned after padgetts that stasik triple dog dared him to talk like a cowboy all night,and there were times when i thought he would slip but he was blazin saddles for the whole show. there were some jokes about there being a lack of "senoritas" at this show. best part for me was running into 3 of my best friends from junior high back in mass, only at an umphreys show Review by oneinfinity, posted 10 November 2012 1:16 am EST, attached to 2012-03-09 I am not sure why the site won't post the next part of my review..I am going to try one more time: Set 2! Way to bring the heat back with Puppet String. Guys, this song is incredible. The harmonics sparkle and then we are entranced with Ryan's BEST base line, hands down. Then Brendan lays it down, WHAT DO WE REALLY KNOW? Oh tiny humans made of star dust, what is truth? Here is my 2nd set review, my long wind got cut off Review by oneinfinity, posted 10 November 2012 12:59 am EST, attached to 2012-03-09 Last night my love was playing mandolin for our 8 week old son. For the first time I could see his bright eyes following his Dad's hands across the frets. He was entirely captivated and it was amazing to witness his mind being blown open. That's how I am feeling as I listen to the 3-9-12 show in Denver, CO. What an incredible show!!! Cheers to the kind fan who pieced together videos along with the soundboard, then posted it on youtube so that I can rock out in my living room with my little guy. He was listening intently but our dancing rocked him asleep in the first set. :) Now.. where to begin.. ah yes, the primal beginning... Gurgle* is such a delicious and juicy way to begin an Umphrey's McGee show. I got to catch one @ the Filmore in Charlotte a month or so earlier than this show.. This song is very earthy and primal.. Like an orange harvest moon rising over the horizon.. there's no way to hide from its magnetizing pull.. to the front row. :) ...And we are tossed into a 40's theme.. A lighthearted song that sparks comaraderie among the new & old fans alike..Once we enter the jam, it's obvious that the boys are on fire... i n c r e d i b l e .. Naturally things get steamy as we are dipped into the Ocean Billy..mmm yes.. This song has been and will forever be a treasure in the hearts of UM fans across the planet, right? So smooth, majestic, and powerful..Reminded me of Halloween last year in Atlanta. I had driven down from the Mountains.. just in time.. well 5 minutes late..I was driving to the Tabby and felt like I was floating down the highway escorted by angels. I was supposed to be there. I had my I-pod on Shuffle and Ocean Billy came on probably at the same exact time as you guys were playing it. I made it upstairs and found my friend, the LOVELY Kevin Cassels during the second song! Lucky for me you went back into Billy later in the show. My very close friend who I would often sing and perform with had just taken his life days before. Very unexpectedly. Coming to this show was a spiritual journey for me. VERY healing, I sang my heart out, in honor of him. (The Let it Be/No Woman No Cry mash up was medicine to my spirit) THANK YOU... I will never forget how I felt the first time I heard Miami Virtue..It was the album version. It grabbed me right away; my mind devoured the punchy verses. It's such a fun song to sing. The harmonies during the chorus are outstanding but when I first saw it performed live in Charlotte 2012, I was disappointed! I couldn't believe how weak the chorus felt/sounded live. This was good for me though, it reminded me that you guys are human...The 'perfection' I heard you create in the studio will come in time to your performance. Only a month after the Charlotte show and this Miami Virtue already sounds more unified..the jam you've been jumping right into is fresh and fast, carrying the energy into a new realm. I like how this particular realm is emotional and spiritual.. Morning Song. Perfect. There's an uneasy feeling that is ultimately resolved. Love and heartache go hand and hand with the human condition.. Everybody can relate to this song with such powerful emotions and memories, adding to the collective energy. Let's mourn together! How about, In the Kitchen? Old School Kitchen but where are they going to take it? GLORY! Glory is so0000 delightful.. everything DOES happen for a reason. We learn and grow from our sorrows. Glory, Glory, Hallelujah. The boys bring us back into the Kitchen with a new confidence.. sweet dance party 'jam' at the end! "Ryan Stasik & The Rat Tails!" haha.. You guys are hilarious. Set break! (I love how the person who posted the video of this show gives viewers a set break.. I had a chance to take my little Odin out of the sling and swaddle him up in his crib for the night.. sweet dreams, Mama will be melting her face in the living room if you need her!) Set 2! Way to bring the heat back with Puppet String. Guys, this song is incredible. The harmonics sparkle and then we are entranced with Ryan's BEST base line, hands down. Then Brendan lays it down, WHAT DO WE REALLY KNOW? Oh tiny humans made of star dust, what is truth? Review by Toastponcho, posted 06 November 2012 4:09 pm EST, attached to 2012-11-01 Pure Fire & Toast.... Comfortably Numb blew the house down & Bridgeless scrambled all the remains..... Review by bmrobin, posted 05 November 2012 4:53 pm EST, attached to 2005-02-18 this Tribute to the Spinal Spinal Shaft>Hajimemashite>WMM is a fantastic progression of music and jams. the Jimmy stewart in Spinal Shaft is so awesome and i love the segue into Haji Review by djbigz66, posted 05 November 2012 2:10 pm EST, attached to 2008-07-19 another one set mystery. damn tribe. but it was lovely chillin out by the beach jamming umph wish theyd play this venue again. north coast keeps taking chicago late summer/ begin fall dates one set. it was weird. but still a good show. i remember this skinny white dude sprinting around the park like he was devin hester for a good 30 minutes Review by cMags, posted 04 November 2012 10:05 pm EST, attached to 2006-07-19 After the almost broken toe incident of the prior night, I almost didn't make it to this show. I went back home and got my foot wrapped up, and then made the drive out with my friend Scott. The venue was absolute beautiful and I hope the band makes it out here again. The place was empty, as in it holds probably 2,000 people and there were probably 200 people here. Out of Order has a 3 minute jam coming out of it and Soul Food has one of the hardest peaking jams I have ever heard. Set break was really cool as the entire band hung out with the crowd, including Joel and Andy tossing the frisbee around in the park. I met Myers for the first time and he said that the place had a "Stephen King vibe" which I thought was pretty funny. This show featured the debut of the Rock Fuzz which was awesome, and had a sick transition into Tinkles. Walking on the Moon was a great cover for the venue and Mail Package stew was cool to see as an encore. I really hope they come back to this place this summer, as they would definitely fill it up a lot more than they did that beautiful night in July. This would be 2nd of many shows at Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom. I've seen moe here a bunch of times too, and although a lot of people hate it, I just have a thing for this place. I always chill on the beach all afternoon and then hang out at the parking lot next to the police station and party with all of the other concert goers. I, like an idiot, was wearing birkenstock sandels to this show and nailed my big toe against the curb walking in. I was convinced I broke my toe and was pissed off, but it turned out it was just severely bruised. The Utopian through the rest of the set it some of the best UM I have ever heard. The Liquid jam is one of my most listened to segments ever and if you haven't heard it, you need to now. This was also the first times I actually kept a notebook setlist for a show, and was pretty fun doing it at the time. The second set is nothing to really write home about, except for the WWS, and my first AIT. But the first set is one of the best first set's you will here. Definitely check out the Liquid because you will love it forever. This was one of the weirder shows that I have been to. So the old Avalon (which is now the House of Blues) used to have a club night, like a lot of venues do. This show started at exactly 7PM, and at that time, there were probably 200 people still outside in line. It was one of only two shows, that I wasn't inside for the beginning of the show (the other being 9/8/11.) I was outside until the end of GYMRH, and I tried to get in with my fake ID. No luck and I got it swiped, so I wasn't in a good mood when I got in because that was my baby haha. The Blue Echo will go down in history as one of the best jams the band has ever done, and I still stick by that to this day. It also had the debut of Words which I didn't realize hadn't been played to this point. The Jajunk opener was fire and I got one of my many Rocker's of 06. Good Ol Boys and the piano piece were good rarities to cross off. The show was over at 10 PM but it feature the 2 new songs that I had not heard, so it was nice to hear them. Overall it was a weird show but they packed a punch in what was probably my shortest UM show ever. This was the first show where I really got IT. It was a random rainy night in Providence and I remember taking the RIPTA down to Lupo's while everybody else was taking it to the Dunkin Donuts Center to watch our shitty basketball team get crushed by another Big East opponent. I went to this show by myself and did not know anyone else there, it was just me and the band. The Visions > Phil's Farm was what sealed it for me. I hadn't felt that type of intensity from a band before. I wasn't around in the mid-90's to get all the incredible Phish shows. This was our generation's jam band. The second set was all a blur for me at this point, but that end of the first set was the reason I am still seeing them today. This show was probably the drunkest I have ever been, and the loosest I have ever seen the band (rivaled by only the acoustic 4/5/09 show at Toad's 3 years later.) I took the Peter Pan bus down from Providence for this, and me and my buddies at Conn College got absolutely blasted for this show. The jam in the Last Man Swerving is definitely worth checking out as the rest of the set isn't very noteworthy. At set break, my friend got kicked out of the venue 3 separate times, but got let in again each time. He ran into Jen Hartswick at some point and went up to her and said "Will you sign my ticket stub saying 'I played with Trey?'" She looked at him and just gave him a flat out "No." The 2nd set an encore are noteworthy for the amount of between song banter that was going on. The show was on Valentine's Day, and considering that UM show's are about 85% men, the band was kind of poking fun that almost everyone there didn't have dates. The jam before Tinkle's had Myer's on Guitar and Brendan on Drums and was in the feel of Brendan is gay and what not. You could tell the band was just going all out cause they knew the crowd was rowdy and loose. On tape it's not one of my favorite shows, but the experience as a hammered 20 year old single college student was one to be remembered for a lifetime. This was my first "real show" after my first being the Big Summer Classic at Mansfield. I was a Sophomore at Providence College and was very excited to see Umphrey's play at our college town Lupo's venue. The first 2 songs that they played, ended up being on my "boring list" for about 3 years, and now they have turned into UM's biggest jam vehicles. From what I remember, this Ocean Billy was pretty solid, and the Water was standard at best. WMM and Nemo were two songs that I had heard and like before, so those were good to hear. The ending segment of this first set is what you want to listen to if you pick up this show. At the time I didn't realize how rare SFB and Sweetness were, but there is an awesome jam out of these songs, that you should definitely hear. The Jessica closer was awesome, as it was another cover that everybody knew and got the crowd rocking going into setbreak. Roulette was a weird 2nd set opener, but The Triple Wide followed and this was a turning point for me in my UM career, because up to this point, I had never heard them do a "Dance Party" jam. And this was a great one that included the disco ball at the top of the venue. Divisions followed which I had seen in Mansfield, so that was great to hear again. The 2nd half of this set and the encore are all standard straight forward tunes, but it was a great show to have as a first "real show." This was my first of (as of now) 69 shows. I first found out about UM after they did the "Molester Medley" for Halloween 2004. Phish had just broken up and I needed a new band to fill the void. I listened to the song Anchor Drops, and absolutely loved it, so I got the album for Christmas that year. This show was the first one in the NE region for that year, and it's kind of crazy to think that now, as they have played here in the winter ever since. As soon as this show was announced, me and my buddy Rob grabbed tickets. Umphrey's, String Cheese, and Keller Williams was definitely a nice draw for us. We also wanted to see this band New Monsoon, but their set time was like 1 PM, so we said screw it. Mulche's Odyssey featured a pause during the peaking jam to let the crowd know that KB was getting married. And they had an impromptu acapella "Kevin's Getting Married" tune. Divisions was an amazing song to see as my first "big" UM song. There wasn't any improv, just a straight stand-alone Divisions. Push The Pig had Franti come out and do some raps and stuff. Kinda cool for the 19 year old that I was at the time, but whatever. Wife Soup was a song I knew and was pumped to hear. Next was the only time I got a "I've Got A Feeling." 69 shows and still not another one haha. But I just remember being pumped to hear Bayliss nail the vocals for one of my favorite bands of all time. Finally came JaJunk which was another song I knew and was happy to hear. All in all, it was a great introduction to a band that I would be following around for the next 7 years of my life. Review by All_In_Thyme, posted 04 November 2012 12:53 pm EST, attached to 2012-08-30 Kickass Show. Kickass setlist. Bayliss dedicated Mulche's to some kid for his birthday which was sweet. Kris came out after and talk with some of us as well as Brendan. Best band out there. I had to scoop up my face with a cup. mm/ Review by UtopianSludge, posted 04 November 2012 9:53 am EST, attached to 2011-02-17 Ever since me and a few of my buddies made the trip from Auburn, AL up to Asheville, NC for this one it has been known amongst us as "The Show". It was a fantastic atmosphere as well as a kick ass setlist. The first set was killer with a dance party in red tape. sweet home alabama teases in bad poker. and epic tinkle. the burning down the house cover was awesome. the moog theremin plus jake makes for a trippy and mesmerizing jam. The plunger after the set break was classic with an intricate and deep jam that jake and BB rocked. Last man swerving had a badass progressive jam.ROUNDABOUT!!!!! enough said. all of that goes back into plunger all perfectly executed. Then the encore was completely opposite sides of the spectrum. A great show! i recommend it to a new found UM fan or a seasoned vet. Review by the_snucka, posted 03 November 2012 4:25 pm EDT, attached to 2012-11-02 This show was bloody fantastic start to finish. With a Wife Soup opener you know you are in for a treat. The Much Obliged jam was dirty, had a couple different sections worth listening to. If you're looking for a metal, in your face, rock show look no further. Wizard into a full band Orfeo was beautiful, and the return to wizard flawlessly segued into Joel's piano solo. Personal highlights: Wife soup, MO> Uncommon, 2x2, Robot World> Higgins, Wizard> Orfeo> Wizard Just have more fun than everyone around you Review by BagelGlory, posted 03 November 2012 4:11 pm EDT, attached to 2012-11-02 I saw UM for my first time at Penn's Peak last time they played there. I was really excited to go back, and expected a heater. The band delivered! Set 1 started of strong with Wife Soup, but then I got a little down because of RtB and breathe goin down. The MO started to pick things up and then BAM! Uncommon! Was this the bustout Joel tweeted about earlier? BAM Eat! 2x2 had a little bit of nice improv and Bayliss was tearing it up. Set 2 started off with a bang with Robot World. It got real heavy real fast. Like dark industrial style. The Segue into Higgins was executed well and this quickly became the jam of the night IMO. I was really hoping for a big DBK and we got it! the first part at least. It was real strong and then they threw in No Comment which wasn't a disappointment because its such a fun song. It seemed like a strange song to throw into an otherwise heavy portion of the set but it wasn't awkward in the least. That's why I love this band so much. I wasn't a huge fan of the mashup, and the AIT was standard. When the encore was WBG I was starting to get ready to leave and then what? FULL BAND ORFEO?!?! It was a real treat to see so many gems at one show. After the show on Wednesday at the Fillmore it was REALLY nice to have a lot more room in this venue. I love Penn's Peak and I love UM! Please come back next year! Review by kiefwahoo216, posted 03 November 2012 3:35 pm EDT, attached to 2012-10-20 Loved the Phil's sandwich, Example 1 was funky, sick jam in Domino Theory. Thin Air with In the Hall of the Mountain King ending! Sunglasses at Night in the Triple Wide was epic! 22min DBK?! Awesome show overall, my third, second time at House of Blues. I have to say though, I really dislike this venue. Security guards are very rude, the bar offers no craft beers at all, and its like $8 for a tall yuengling. Review by timmywolf15, posted 03 November 2012 2:07 pm EDT, attached to 2012-11-02 went to halloween and this show and I don't know really which was better. bayliss and stasik killed it last night that one thing is for sure Review by Misstinkle420, posted 03 November 2012 1:13 pm EDT, attached to 2012-11-02 UMazing! My first Floyd cover, which I have been chasing, and I needed that All In Time, thank you Umphrey's! This setlist and this venue result in an umphreaking dream come true. Can't wait til they come back. Review by bkahn67, posted 03 November 2012 12:14 pm EDT, attached to 2012-11-02 WOW!!! Great Venue, Great Show. If you have never been to Penns Peak you are missing out, what a nice place to see UM !!! The show was bursting with energy from start to finish. The Wife Soup was out of control with jamming peaks that will make your hair stand up. A+++++ Review by fussydutchman, posted 02 November 2012 10:46 pm EDT, attached to 2012-02-10 First off, if you're seeing Umph at HOB Boston in the future, get there plenty early. A February line next to Fenway isn't all that pleasant. We managed to get in during JaJunk, after waiting at least 30-40 minutes in line, and there was still a looooong line behind us. I loved the Stew. I loved the Walking on the Moon, for the flashback to my younger days. I loved Puppet String. I really loved the Divisions (as the political nonsense was just starting to get fun, Waful did an excellent red v. blue lighting concept during the soulful last part of the song; "All my...divided" had the stage split with blue and red, up to the "until it fades," where the lights went all white--thanks, Waful!). I loved the Domino. I always love me some Wappy, and to keep the dance vibe alive through Booth Love, followed by the always beautiful Haj. Delicious show. Review by Jimmymac03, posted 02 November 2012 7:50 pm EDT, attached to 2012-11-01 Amazing show. More amazing than the music though was the set break entertainment. In the second row of (or maybe third) of seats there was a dude peaking hard. He was out of his mind and everyone was enjoying the show. The moment security came by he decided it was good time to drop his pants. Not wanting to touch naked man junk the security and cops actually just let him be for a good while. However, once the second set started I am pretty sure they took him out. Review by Pookells, posted 02 November 2012 5:24 am EDT, attached to 2012-03-21 When you look at the amount of songs on the setlists, you can tell that this is not an improv-heavy show by any means. That is not to say that this is a bad show. In fact, this show is just pure fire, in my opinion. Set 1 kicks off with Catshot that segues nicely into Mantis. Taking no break in-between, UM adds a little funk into the mix and goes directly into Space Funk Booty. Slacker pops up next and has some nice dance-rock improv in it. Then, UM gets laid back a bit with Anchor Drops before turning up the heaviness on Go to Hell. UM then goes into chill mode with Great American > Susanah > Great American. UM then rocks again with Turn & Run with Mantis as the set closer. Set 2 opens with a nice DBK sandwich with Floyd filling. Great improv in DBK, by the way. FF, as always, is solid, seguing into Wappy, which again, has a great slab of improv. Plunger > Synco > Plunger, while looking weird on paper, is actually really cool. They close out set 2 with Dutchman. Come Closer is my favorite UM mashup song, so it was really cool to hear this as an encore. In a nutshell, outside of Slacker, DBK and Wappy, you will not find much in the way of improv, but what UM lacks in improv, they more than make up with a high energy performance. While I did not attend this show, I was told by those who attended that it was a pretty wild crowd and that UM fed off of that energy. If you're not hung up on the amount of improv, this is a great show to pick up! Review by kmdeadhead, posted 01 November 2012 11:20 pm EDT, attached to 2008-10-17 One of my favorite shows: one of the best Robot Worlds I have ever heard and a very large Pony led Phil's that goes from Dance > One slow verse of Peeps > Dance > RAWK Also some great improv in Tribute, Water, Bottom 1/2, and a haunting lyrical stew in Sweetness Review by bobbyluv, posted 01 November 2012 3:33 pm EDT, attached to 2008-05-23 When it comes to UM at Summercamp, I think this is THE show that Umphreaks would agree is the top dog. Up to 2008, UM had slowly been usurping their dominance over Summercamp leading up to this show. 2006 saw the 1st time that UM got a headlining set/show on the 'main stage' and that began the ascension up the SC throne. 2007 also gave UM a headlining show, but 2008 set the stage for SC to be UM's festie to dominate, if ya ask me. 1st set began with ideal weather. Cool and sunny. Strong Floor out of the gates that segued nicely into Mitten rife with Jetson's teases. Nothing super noteworthy here, but solid nonetheless. The real fireworks came with what quite possibly may be the best Utopian ever. Super lengthy jam that gets super dancey with Kris nailing on the e-drums. There are 3 distinct sections to the improv, each one topping the other culminating to an amazing peak. Killer soundbites from Big Lebowski and GoodFellas sprinkled throughout. Top Shelf UM at its finest!!! In between sets the temperature dropped a good 10 degrees, and the start of the set saw the boys in hoodies and long sleeves. Strong intro>Mulche's was fast and furious but the real fireworks began with the Divisions>Phil's>Divisions. GREAT segue into Phil's (super slinky) and this Phil's is not to be missed. They deviate so far from the theme that it goes unfinished>>>Divisions. DBK>Wappy>DBK is a super strong combo as well. Once the DBK finishes, there was no doubt that UM had played their best set to date at Summercamp. Shine On encore just seemed to fit perfectly. After this show is where we met Nickmo! Great night indeed!! Review by FrontPorchesR4Sittin, posted 30 October 2012 5:18 pm EDT, attached to 2008-09-13 Hurricane Ike epicness. Main stage rained out, practice gear set up in the coverd Harvest Tent. Rain like I've never seen before; mud above my ankles, tent and many other things destroyed/blown away. Next morning, all roads leaving the Mountain were closed (downed trees). Most insane show I have seen to date. Review by FRGnugs, posted 30 October 2012 1:44 am EDT, attached to 2002-06-21 This was my first UM show. Came right before they started AIT. The entire performance of AIT made me an instant fan. ten years later, they are still my favorite band. Thanks UM, its been better than I ever could have imagined. Review by RobotWorldOrGTFO, posted 29 October 2012 5:37 pm EDT, attached to 2012-10-26 Finally got an Intentions Clear, Morning Song, a Padgett's, the list goes on and on. This was the pop up set of all pop up sets. White Pickle and Den are fourth quarter UM Bowl jams so its neat to see those out on tour after witnessing them once before. Throw a second Mail Package and a Slacker on top of that as well? Shit. Bridgeless>Cherub Rock was insane, and Kris tearing it up with Mother? Dopest of dope. At first we thought this night was going to be the warm up for Saturday but holy god were we wrong. Excellent Halloween run. Review by umphalex, posted 29 October 2012 10:07 am EDT, attached to 2012-10-26 This night rivals night 2 at the Riverside in my opinion....both were phenomenal but this night is silly good. Intentions clear gets really funky and jammy and then I went absolutely bolistic when I got white pickle into den...anyone who went to UMbowl 3 should have a deep appreciation for how insanely great these two tunes really are! I called the Padgett's profile before the show and was going nuts when they ended set 1 with it. UM was really going for it in the new venue and the sound was AWESOME downstairs! Set 2 continues with a bunch of stuff we havent gotten in a while....Mail Package, resolution wiht great jam from previous halloween, and morning song was beautiful! Kris Myers was in rock star mode for Mother where he sang and ran all over the stage....awesome start to the weekend! This mash-up weekend was a blast! Anyone from Wisco has been wishing and hoping for UM to start rocking the Riverside instead of the horrible sounding Rave across town. I was super excited to hear smell the mitten which has a nice dance party jam on it....I havent gotten that one in many years now. All the mashups are spot on but my favorite was Life During Exodus. Rocker Pt. 2 is an epic uplifter and the Kabump was a gem to get as well...5 out of 5....great rager! Review by All_Things_Foxy, posted 29 October 2012 2:34 am EDT, attached to 2012-10-25 I saw them in Cleveland two or three days before this at the House of Blues and I must say I agree with the last post that the energy in Kalamazoo was ridiculous in comparison. Review by Labattman, posted 28 October 2012 9:06 pm EDT, attached to 2012-10-20 2nd time at Cleveland HOB. Gotta agree, heavy on the security. (Those poor hot body surfers being groped by the crowd, then escorted out by the heavies.) Solid show, BB tore it up, killer cover of Temple of the Dog tune. Jake played back a bit. I like that he can do that comfortably & still rock us. Great show. Review by Jimmymac03, posted 27 October 2012 10:58 pm EDT, attached to 2012-03-16 Actually I think the fight was at the end of the Booth Love Jam. Which sounds a lot like No Crying In Mexico btw. Review by knowerofmanythings, posted 27 October 2012 2:05 pm EDT, attached to 2005-04-15 "Welcome" This was my 4th show. It was a wild show filled with samples, awesome banter, and really unique jams and fun covers. Well basically what every UM show is. Plus, it was quite an adventure to get there to say the least. Let's begin. After my flight got delayed multiple times a 45 minutes flight from Cleveland to Chicago ended up to be super duper stressful and if you know my concert anxiety I was a nervous wreck.I am pretty sure I could have driven to Chicago for as long as I was at the airport. Finally I arrived Chicago. My buddy picked me up and then it was off to Urbana. I think it was snowed and it took forever to drive there. I was ready to rage. As we walked in the venue Joel& Pony started "August." We had made itI It was a mad house in there. It was like new years in April. People were hammered and wanted to rage. I was not too familiar with the band at this point so we watched Budney's light show for a while. Then moved to Bayliss' side, then Jake's. The August jam was awesome. Each section cooler than the next. The whole first set was one seamless transition. There was a really cool wah-wah Jake led solo to made it's way into "Utopian Fir." There were really raunchy funky jams in this version. Each section was drastically different than the next. This "Fir" I compare every "Fir" I've ever heard to. The "Passing" was great. It had a graceful transition from Fir. Great segue led from the Wizard led to "Andy's Last Beer." "Have you guy's been boozin?" BB "This sounds really Fucked up" Jaco "Sounds like a wash" BB The "13 days" mixed up the rager. This calmed down the audience. Not really. "All right Champaign!" Kris yelled as he channeled Diamond Dave prior to "Running with the Devil." I though what can't these guys do? and that drummer can fucking sing. Next up was "All In Time." People hooted and hollered. It was a great version. Jaco went crazy. The percussion was off the wall. I was more than hooked. What a first set! Set 2. The "Miss Tinkles Overture" started things off. Kris pounded the snare. The dual guitar attack took off. A great jam led by Jaco. The first jam got weird. Then branched out and incorperated Rockwell's "Somebody's watching Me" teases. Who does that? It went multiple mind bending places prior to resurfacing and ending the overture. This "Resolution" scarred me for life with the "Welcome" sample in the beginning portion of the song. Thanks Farag! The jams were fun. Over all over the place. The Wizard had a great organ solo. They were jams that made me think about the potential of the band. "Sociable Jimmy" had perfect placement. Bayliss altered the lyrics. Joel had a killer Rhodes solo. "Joel Cummins on the keys" Bayliss mentioned it was Steve & Bebop's birthday as well Budney's. I think every night UM played in '05 it was Budney's birthday or at to the shows I attended or bought. He must be as old as Joel now. Amsterdam & Ozzy jokes galore. "Ozzy" led to a cool beatbox intro for "Atmosfarag." Some how they pulled off a transition that was very 'Jim-Morrison-in-the-desert' sounding jam into "Blackwater." Jake & Bayliss added Badunkadunk at the end. Kris had some great commentary after this song. "America! Fuck yea" Kris "You tend to bitch and moan" Jaco I loved what they teased in "Prowler" and that led to "Glory." Jaco went ballistic. "This next song is about getting drunk" was the intro to "Last Man Swerving" a lot of Umspeak in this one. Then Bam! They didn't hold back at all went right into the "Dump City." The banter is funny before "Mulche's." The "Welcome" re appeared and then there was paradigm & chicken banter. Stasik was "Wastic" and started the song. The jam was intense for all intents and purposes. The encore was "A 5th of Beethoven." Bayliss smoked a square on stage and he made fun of Joel. It was a great way to end the show. The 5th rocked. And I was thought about where my 5 UM show was going to be. Review by aregan3343, posted 27 October 2012 11:26 am EDT, attached to 2009-11-14 I cannot rave about this weekend enough! Maybe the best weekend of college I had. Three great shows in three nights. This show was a straight up rocking dance party. I love a good horn section and they brought it this night. Umphreys usually brings the party the when they come to higher ground, but something about this three night set was magically. The crowd was having fun and the band was particularly funny. get all three nights if you can! Review by skysoxfan, posted 27 October 2012 12:55 am EDT, attached to 2012-09-15 What an incredible show this was! To follow up Red Rocks with this night was beyond amazing. It was a life changing show for me. I liked Umphrey's before this show, but now I can't get enough of them. I couldn't stop moving or feeling the music. From Joel's incredibly succinct keyboard work, Brendan's focus and yet relaxed performance, Jake's insane picking, Chris's and Andy's rhythm setting the pace, and Ryan's vibing on the bass --- I was definitely beyond in love, wet, and creamed when I left this show... I got Umph Love! Review by mrtokesmoke, posted 26 October 2012 8:36 pm EDT, attached to 2012-10-18 one of the best crowds and a great show! crazy echo and deeper>eat bridgeless>#5>bridgeless?? insane.. soul food had the crowd going crazy and the band loved it Review by RobotDutchman, posted 26 October 2012 12:32 pm EDT, attached to 2012-10-25 Last night's show had an incredible amount of energy, twice that of when I last saw them at The Interlochen Center for the Arts. It had a nice heavy metal feel to last night's show which is always awesome. The Booth Love with a little Eminem jam was sweet, but the "Young Lust" filling in the "Hangover" was an unexpected treat after they already killed "Kashmir" in the first set. It was also a nice time for "White Man's Moccasins", haven't heard that live in a couple of years since the Orbit Room in '09. Also, I love the way they are starting to mess around with "Mantis" a little more this time adding the Rage jam in there. I second that request for a second night next year here in the Zoo and if not that then at least a Grand Rapids show and a K-Zoo show on back to back nights. Umphrey's, WE LOVE YOU! Review by JaPunk, posted 26 October 2012 11:46 am EDT, attached to 2012-10-25 Perhaps the greatest Umphrey's show I've been to since 2008. SOO much energy, due in part from the band having played Toronto last night and a Kalamazoo crowd that always come out to support the local band. The light show accompanying Booth Love was the craziest display of lights that I've ever seen, from any band. That wasn't just a concert; it was a full-fledged performance, showmanship, an entire experience. Thanks for the classics mixed in with a few new songs. WMM and Ringo set the tone in set I, making way for Mullet and Hangover in II. Plus some of the new songs, which have already become staples, like Mantis, Booth Love (not exactly new). AND THE COVERS. Kashmir, Young Lust, BULLS ON PARADE. All around, an incredible show. next october give the peoples a few nights in the zoo, we'll come out I can promise you that. Review by Mitrotyler, posted 24 October 2012 6:17 pm EDT, attached to 2011-02-19 Umphreys should play with Zach more often Let's get it on with him is so sick he has a good voice for that song to Review by jessek, posted 24 October 2012 1:41 pm EDT, attached to 2004-03-12 204-03-12 Park West, Chicago, IL This show holds a special place in my heart as it was the first show I saw as a fan. I had seen the band once before in 2002 but it didn't quite take. Two years later, the same lovely couple (veteran fans) hadn't given up on me and took me to this show… and it clicked. I was already semi-familiar at this point, but seeing them live again felt completely different and ingrained an opinion that this was the best thing happening in live music. Set I: First set is notable because of all the mood changes. A truly impressive ADD set that touches on nearly every style that Umphrey's plays. I think the set lacks a bit of fluidity in return, but as a fan just learning the scope what these guys could do, it was eye opening. We start off with a nice warm-up intro jam. Bright Lights is standard (new), but an upbeat start. Quick-drop into original OB beginning and things start to heat up. [Side Note: early OB renditions show just how far Bayliss' vocal abilities have come in the last decade] OB ventures into improv for the first time of the night with a funk jam (I Ran teases). Trench Town Rock turns the whole mood upside down… happiness is unavoidable during this song and so was the case on this night. Full stop before N2F spins the mood of the room yet again (I Ran teases). There's a quick drop into Bad Poker and just as rapidly as the song appears, we drop back into a jam that could have easily spawned from the preceding N2F - a jam which knocks that country taste right out your mouth. The dual guitars harmonize triplet riffs while Pony provides a nice theme as foundation. The jam fills out nicely as guitars/keys adapt Pony's idea and then expand on it getting a bit more aggressive with each run through. A small bounce-back develops about halfway through before Joel moves front and center for a C section with a mellow watery effect that winds it down. Next, we get well played but fairly standard run of Wife Soup (small metal jam pulling riffs from Metallica's One), Mail Package and Prowler (more I Ran teases). The later segues into the ending of OB, in which Bayliss stretches his final note to a place I've yet to hear in another version of the song; A truly wonderful end to the set. Set II: Begins fairly standard, but the final run of songs is crafted incredibly and left me with a very positive impression walking out. Stand-alone versions of Mulches and a new song Nemo start things off. Next up is the quirky multi-sectioned In Violation of Yes featuring Jake on bass and Pony on Rhodes. As a fledgling fan, I was blown away by Jake's ability to pick up another instrument and not only play well, but absolutely destroy it. From here on out the set gains momentum, taking us on a fantastic musical journey through the end of the show. Starting with the powerful Divisions sandwiched around the bands first unleashing of the double time Blue Echo (originally referred to as Techno Echo). The Blue Echo contains a nice little improvisational bit that just sort of floats along eventually leading back to the final portion of Divisions. The most memorable moment for me was All Things Ninja. It was the first time I'd ever heard the song -- 15 minutes of wonderful dark ugliness that had me by the throat for its entirety. A pause for band introductions before launching into the debut cover of Flock of Seagulls' I Ran which we all should have seen coming from the many teases in the first set (I missed them somehow). The cover is performed very well, and segues perfectly into the Fancy Reprise -- yet another wonderful way to end a set. Bridgeless Encore seemed like the bands attempt to wring every last bit of rage out of the crowd. It worked. A great high-energy encore. I was obviously excited by my new-found incredible band. I can remember the walk out to a friend's house on Orchard like it were yesterday -- and the excited conversation that ensued peppered with many "We told you so's" from the couple who brought me and had championed the band for so long. I joined the Bort the next week and posted about how great this show was... and was immediately smacked down as a newbie over-fluffing a standard show. Re-addressing this show years later, I can see how it lacks the improvisational jaunts that I've grown to love and also require out of any "great" UM show. The obvious highlight being the N2F jam out of Bad Poker. …but then again, for a first show, it was everything I needed to get me started on the obsession. Something the jaded vets of today should keep in mind. The stylistic variety, technical ability and musicianship displayed, and most importantly the capability to take me to the place that the run from Divisions on did… is something that has stuck with me all these years. sbd mtx here: 2004-03-12 Park West Review by mikenpfafftown, posted 24 October 2012 1:04 pm EDT, attached to 2006-11-17 My second show and first two-setter is still a favorite of mine. I just dug out the UMlive last week to give it a relisten. First set highlights are the Push the Pig, N2F>Thin Air with Sam Holt and the acoustic ITK. It's the second set and encore though that put this show in the must hear category. Opening with Jimi, then good ole Ringo set the room on fire. I had one of those It experiences during Words. Tears were spilled and I was left with nothing but love for this band who could craft such a beautiful song. I was pretty much butter by the time they finished the N2F so it didn't really matter what they played thereafter. Encore is really fun. Zappa > Kiss!!! WTF indeed. Review by mikenpfafftown, posted 24 October 2012 12:50 pm EDT, attached to 2008-07-31 After a rather pedestrian set at Koka Booth Amphitheathre opening for STS9 earlier in the day, I kind of expected to get our asses handed to us at the late night Lincoln show. After waiting and waiting and waiting, the show finally began I believe a little after midnight. This set was a complete about face from the daytime set. The band seemed about as amped as I'd ever seen them. Could've been the tiny stage they were playing on or the rowdiness of the crowd, but I don't think I've ever seen them this loose before. Check out the skullfuckery in the first Voices Inside My Head/Snake Juice jam. I also think this is the best encore I've ever seen by any band. Great night of Umphrey's McGee. Review by umphalex, posted 23 October 2012 11:14 pm EDT, attached to 2012-04-27 UMbowl 3 may be the greatest umphreys performance to date...its simply amazing how they completely get better and better year after year...I can recall after umbowl 2 thinking you couldnt play a concert that compares with it, but sure enough umbowl 3 crushed it. It was nice to see my people vote in a little GD and we all enjoyed that a ton. Too many high points to recap but set 2 and 4 are statements in how much better this band is than anyone! Highlights in this night was the 1348 and especially Haji with Allie Kral crushing on fiddle. Also all the choir parts are just amazing with a perfect closer of you cant always get what you want...epic two night stand. These two Thanksgiving shows will always have a special place in my heart! Epic sets both nights and UM truly was destroying all there jams on these nights. Red tape is unusually "steely dan" jam esque and I really dig where it ends up. Wappy sprayberry is hands down the best version I've ever heard in 45 plus live shows and listening to hundreds... Review by bobbyluv, posted 23 October 2012 10:44 pm EDT, attached to 2007-02-21 This show is for improv whores like myself. The 1st set is something else, with only 4 songs! Fantastic jams in every song sans Water, which is THE perfect 'breather' song. The OB has so many amazing themes and the ->into Syncopated is flawless. DBK has a beautiful melodic jam that is a go to for me. 2nd set starts off something fierce with a killer N2F (they just don't play it like this anymore) into an improv laden Nemo. A killer jam in Ringo 2 excellent song selections in WMM and MFF. The segue from MFF->N2F is the bee's knees too. The now super rare King Crimson cover Red is a nifty finish to this kick ass show. Review by TheFearlessFool, posted 23 October 2012 4:58 pm EDT, attached to 2012-10-20 I had a blast at this show in my hometown on Saturday night! Took a bunch of Umphreys virgins who were blown away... I absolutely loved the 2nd set, but could have used another encore... Then again, I could always use another umphreys encore!! First time hearing the Triple Wide in person, it was the sheeeet! PS: Hate this venue, too many rules (HOUSE OF RULES!) Review by daue114, posted 23 October 2012 4:42 pm EDT, attached to 2012-09-02 This is fantastic show that really shows off what Umphrey's is all about. It opens up with a hard hitting The Floor and moves into a nice version of Wappy Sprayberry. My jaw then dropped as I got two of my favorites in a row with Wife Soup and Resolution. At this point I need to take a minute to talk about this version of Resolution. IT IS ABSOLUTELY AWESOME. Period. Possibly one of the best Umphrey's jams I've ever heard. Booth Love is always a dance party and the set ending Hangover is great with the crowd really getting in to the "All Night Long!" section. The second is equally as impressive with a dark version of The Triple Wide and a version of Haji that makes you want to throw your arms around your best friends at the show and sing at the top of your lungs. Hurt Bird Bath is switched up a bit from its normal progression but moves really quickly. The encore was great with the Bulls on Parade jam to end the show with lots of energy Review by knowerofmanythings, posted 23 October 2012 12:22 pm EDT, attached to 2004-07-09 After I heard the news of my then favorite band was going to play one last festival(August 14 & 15 2004) and then break up or go hiatus or whatever disturbing term they wanted to use. I was heart broken. I needed live music therapy. In July 2004 I was working in retail music store and in the cd reel this band's album 'Round Room.' I am pretty sure the song "Waves" was playing when a cute little blonde girl charged up to the counter and said "who choose to play this..." It was obvious it was me...I was wearing a '99 tour shirt. I said it was me...and how may I help you. I was direct and charming. She demanded that I was to go to the Odeon that Friday to check out this Midwestern Irish band called Umphreys Mcgee, and that I won't regret it. As a young knower I had high expectations. I went to the show... and loved it. My highlights were probably the whole show. Ocean Billy- Duel face Melting Finger tapping Tribute- Jaco going nuts the entire time. Dump City>DBK- I didn't know what going on...and my face was started to melt off in certain areas. Second set I was even more blown away...though I was pretty clueless. Plunger- Loved all the different sections. Triplewide>Mail Package -visions of Zappa were floating in my head. I remember loving "In the Kitchen," and was confused on "Last Man Swerving" but went along with it and head bobbed throughout the song. Miss Gradenko- I was fascinated by it. The Encore: MO>M(O) spoke for itself. I ended up working the next day ordering The Police's 'Synchronicity.' A few days later I bought the show off disclogic.com,and saw in the paper that they were coming back in November ordered the ticket & Anchor Drops. Review by mrtokesmoke, posted 23 October 2012 7:13 am EDT, attached to 2012-10-20 first set was all jams got heavier in the second set but ended with a weak encore cutting a cover before the floor Review by Pookells, posted 22 October 2012 8:04 pm EDT, attached to 2008-10-23 Wow, where do I start with this show? I wasn't actually at this one, but I bought this one a couple of months ago, and I'm here to tell you that this EASILY an all-time top 3 UM show! The show kicks off with some hip-hop on the PA (I'm not hip to hip-hop so I couldn't even begin to tell what was being played over the PA) that gets warped sounding, almost as if Pink Floyd's Ummagumma got mixed into the PA, and then segues into Eat. The minute or so long intro of Eat segues into a 15 minute Bottom Half and seguing back into Eat. Next comes an excellent version of Example 1. Tribute is hands down the funkiest Tribute I've ever heard, but then again the theme of set 1 is pretty much spaced-out heavy funk. Really tripped out stuff in this first set. The 2nd set kicks off with a 32 minute Crooked, and holy smokes, is it fantastic! The setlist only notes a Paint It Black tease, which occurs towards the end, but the epic jam in here is pretty much metal. In this jam is War Pigs and riffs that sound like what was the origins of "The Devil's In The Details" from the OHMphrey CD, Posthaste. This is the best Crooked that these ears have heard! Next comes Intentions, which again has a nice long jam to it as well. They close Set 2 with Kitchen and Mullet, which are also outstanding. Plus, it's a 4 song 2nd set, and you can't complain about that. The encore is nice, too - a Synco sandwich with a Hey 19 filling. Hey 19 is one of my fave covers that UM performs and I love Synco anyways, so the encore was pure WIN. If you haven't heard this show, then drop what you're doing and get this show ASAP! Trust me, you won't regret it at all. Can't say enough good about this show. Seriously. Review by Kerbstomper, posted 22 October 2012 5:04 pm EDT, attached to 2007-08-31 I turned 17 on the day of this show and subsequently got a surprise "Happy Birthday" shout out from Brendan at the commencement of the behemoth N2F>divisions>N2F>divisions sandwich. Forever, this will be the moment I remember in terms of magical concert experiences. Thank you Umphrey's from the deepest fathoms of my soul! Sincerely, your life long rawker. Review by Scopeless, posted 22 October 2012 12:12 pm EDT, attached to 2010-12-31 My second show after a huge gap from not going since '06. I got deeper into UM after my friend gave me a huge stash of free '09 UM tracks. I then bought Mantis, I then bought Anchor Drops, I then was hooked for life and went to my second show...THIS show. The most memorable part of this show involves a story. Since me and my wife were UM newbs. We didn't understand there was a VIP section. We got to the show early and sat in the balcony. As the rows filled-up, a security person stood in the aisle next to where you come into our row. The show starts and a waitress comes and asks if we want a drink. I'm thinking, "Wow, this is some service at a concert." We order drinks and get them. Midway through the first set, a guy in a Homer Simpson shirt comes to sit next to us. He asks if he can, and we say yes. He says cool and smokes us up. He then gives me something else...a nugget of something green. I say, "Oh, sorry man. I have anything on me to smoke that with." He says, "No that's for your ride home for letting me sit here." We are stunned and he leaves the seat after the song is over. At the beginning of set two, someone in front of us gets kicked out. I notice it's because they don't have a ticket or something. I ask the people near us what happened and they say that the people didn't have VIP passes. I turn white and realize that me and my wife ALSO don't have these passes. We did it on accident since we got there before security showed-up. We laid-low for the rest of the show and had a blast. But now it all made sense, the waitress, meeting Joel's parents, people with bottles of champagne, the guy giving us a free nug to just stand there. WE WERE ACCIDENTALLY IN THE VIP SECTION THE WHOLE SHOW! 3.5-4 of five. The opener was great. I love when the opening of a show kills. It really sets-up the show to be a great one throughout. The debut of Deeper -> N2F started that track off in a memorable way. The Bright Lights sax jam was very underrated. The National Anthem debut was out of the park. As well as the James Brown tracks. Nice job, Kris! The other cover choices really slowed the pace of the show. If you take them away, you're left with a great UM show. Which just shows that sometimes UM doesn't need their covers to make a complete show. Review by Scopeless, posted 22 October 2012 11:52 am EDT, attached to 2011-03-03 My second favorite show of the year behind 11.5.11. The first set was perfectly executed. The opener into a Jimmy Stewart with Lyrics Intentions Clear was the right way to open a show. It was like a book with an engaging chapter one. The Haunt and Divisions jams don't get talked-up as much as Intentions Clear (which, by the way, is now the UM tune, Teresa), but they should be lauded as highly. The Haunt peaks well and has a great structure that can be used in a future song. The Divisions is MONSTROUS. Over 24 minutes of epic UM performance. The DBK was great, but then the set starts to drift a little bit, imo. I'm just not a fan of Mullet, standard Deeper (newer versions have been terrific though), and It's So Easy. It was almost as if Dutchman -> DBK was SOOOOOO rocking that UM lost their mojo right at the end. It's what I feel holds this show back from being in discussion as the best of the year, but it comes ever so close. Many people said UM was "killing it" in 2011. This show is the finest example of UM's ability to commit musical homicide on our brains and melted faces. Arguably the best non-festival/special show of 2011, it contains two of the most highly rated jams of the year, The Haunt (OG version) and Ringo (Jimmy Stewart with Lyrics). The peak in that Haunt jam had the entire ballroom going nuts. It was as if we all knew we were witnessing a top-notch jam. For UM newbies, this is the show for you. It contains a little of everything the band has to offer as far as what modern-UM sounds like. An intro song (best one IMO), several jammed-out versions of songs, a Jimmy Stewart (w/ lyrics...much more rare), a couple covers, and even a mash-up in the encore. This show is a must own and will stand the test of time. Review by dteddymcgee9, posted 21 October 2012 8:51 pm EDT, attached to 2011-10-29 This show is INCREDIBLE! I met Thor!! Cant go wrong with a 40's Theme, than Miami Virtue got the crowd dancing! Kris tells some silly jokes after Push the Pig in his Pamela Anderson Cooper costume. More energy with Mulches witch goes into an OG Haunt. First mash ,Addicted to Kiss, was hilarious with the dancing women on stage to end the first set! Second set opens with what was Kids at first but than Come as You Are mashes in to get the crowd raging! Mulche's comes back from the first set which made me thrash! One of my favorite All In Time jams, than a Day Nurse to chill the crowd out. Some very classic songs mashed to end the set. The first encore really left me with enough when In the Puppet Kitchen came out, but than an N2F for a second encore is absurd!! This whole concert is absurd!!! Really exemplifies Umph's creativity and characteristics. Nothing better than Umphrey's McGee!! A silly free show to enlighten the ignorant Knoxvillians of the Umphrey's power!! The people didnt know what hit them when Plunger opened, and Conduit with improv really showed what Umph is about. Im sure Umphrey's thought they were appealing to the South with WWS even making jokes about fried bacon or something like that. The sun went down and Booth Love gave a nice groove accompanied by the lights of Jeff. The encore gave a lot of energy to end the show! Fantastic show! Going from Words to Got Your Milk set the feel for the concert. The experimental 20 minute Robot World is a highlight which cuts into Uncommon (a personal favorite). Keller Williams gets the crowd groovin with and appearance on Partyin Peeps and 1348 was a perfect end. The second set N2F than Cant You See than Sociable Jimmy was epic! My first Umph show!! A great mix of songs and lots of energy! The WWS build into All in Time gives me shivers to this day. Jeff Coffin blew my mind, and the Mantis/Haj sandwhich was great! Definitely a solid Umphrey's show! Review by taperchef, posted 21 October 2012 6:29 pm EDT, attached to 2004-02-09 My first um show and it was certainly memorable. Hot hot improve in SF1, a beatles cover, phils, and hendrix. Set 2 bridgeless and the Zappa encore stand out for me. I partied and talked with Jake in the basement of Peoples "Lumpys" that served as a back stage for the band.It was a fun night and turned me on to Umphreys proper. Review by thesixgun, posted 21 October 2012 2:50 pm EDT, attached to 2012-10-17 at 1 minute into N2F reprise, there is a stairway to heaven tease if you listen close. This was one of the coolest venues ive been to in a long time. Really interesting setup, and perfect for the umph. Brought 2 UM virgins who werent sure they would like it. 25 seconds into the Rocker part 2 they both looked at me and apologized for everything they previously said. Flawless performance, unbelievable and super interesting jams, and an amazing setlist. They just returned from a short break from playing shows, and it showed. They seemed relaxed, and totally set on destroying everything in their path. The umlive recording is going to be the only thing in my car cd player for weeks. Review by Pookells, posted 20 October 2012 11:01 pm EDT, attached to 2012-03-22 This was first (and only, so far) UM show. While this isn't the best show of 2012, it is a pretty damned solid show! The show kicks off with Cummins that segues nicely into Crooked (which possesses a nice, but standard jam). Intentions is great and has a great jam (vocals are a bit weak compared to other live versions). Glory is pretty standard. RtB is probably the best live RtB I've heard out of the other live versions I've heard. Deeper sandwiched by Nemo is pretty sweet. Now to the jam of the night - Smell The Mitten! Clocking in at 15 minutes, Mitten has some sweet improv that includes a snippet of Steve Miller Band's "Abracadabra", and the last 5 minutes is just a dance party! Set 2 kicks off with Tinkles, which was a nice set opener. Virtue is the 2nd best jam of the night with a nice stew thrown in there. Walletsworth is standard, but very good. Let's Dance is quite faithful to the Bowie original. Day Nurse is just a nice dance party, Conduit was OK. The drum duel between Kris and Andy is way cool, haven't seen that on a lot of setlists. 1348 and The Floor end the 2nd set with a strong finish. The Prowler > 1348 encore is OK, but way too short (probably due to the 12:30am curfew UM had to deal with). All in all, pretty solid show. Not 2012's best, but definitely not 2012's worst either. It is better than the 3/23 show in Portland, IMO. Review by McLSucks, posted 20 October 2012 11:09 am EDT, attached to 2000-10-20 On this, the 12th anniversary of my first show, I thought I'd share what little I remember about it. They had been hyped up to me by a few friends, including one who'd been seeing them at Notre Dame since the start. they were really talented...I couldn't tell when one song ended and the next one began. The Hair Band Medley was AWFUL. There was some random girl on-stage singing a song or two, and the band clearly regretted that decision. but really, my strongest memories about this show don't stem from the music, but my impressions of the band and organization, and how seriously they take the music. leaving the show, I wasn't sure to think. I taped the show (no idea where the tape actually wound up), and when I went to retrieve my deck, KB told me to throw the tape away or tape over it...that the show was terrible. Vince, an acquaintance of my friend who encouraged me to attend the show, also said something similar, he apologized for a poor show. Weird, right? I didn't think it was that bad...I was entertained and impressed enough to give them another shot at some point (and living in Illinois, those were rather frequent) The following week, I met Brendan at a Disco Biscuits show in Chicago. He was informed that this had been my first show. He profusely apologized, declaring that I shouldn't judge the band based upon that performance, and hoped I would give them another shot. Fast-forward 3 years later, a show at the Canopy, I bring up how this was my first show to Pony, sure enough, he had a vivid memory of the show was and expressed shock that I ever returned. 12 years later...they're going strong as ever, playing as consistently as they ever have at any point in their career. So glad I was able to overcome a poor first impression of the music (but a great first impression of everyone involved) strangely, the All Things Ninja from this show made it onto One Fat Sucka. Review by mittens, posted 20 October 2012 4:53 am EDT, attached to 2002-12-14 Mirro's last night of tour brought the goods. I'm not sure if this show is on people's radar but it is straight fire. My favorite Example One of all time. This has to be one of the best encores of all time in a note perfect Fifth of Beethoven and then Last Call. Review by elBerto, posted 19 October 2012 4:19 pm EDT, attached to 2010-08-07 This was a very unique show in my opinion. Highlights galore... ITK> tribute to Stone Pony legends Bruce and Joel> ITK, Kula (with Kula tease?), Blue> Keefer> Echo... great night on the boardwalk! Peaking at The Peak! One more my favorite local venues. It was cool catching Water and LMS. Intentions Clear had a great jam that came outta nowhere. Great day setter. My brother and I caught Jake and Pony standing next to us grooving to Femi Kuti earlier in the day. I told 'em to "play that funky Booth Lovin'" knowing it was one they had been polishing. The Miles Davis cover took me by surprise, very cool to hear. Divisions> I'm on Fire> Divisions was so nice. The sweet little old lady mayor of Masontown introduced the band as a light rain broke the Mountaintop heat. I believe she flubbed on the name. Drove up from WVU on a "school night". I'm glad we did... Show Biz Kids, Andy's Last Beer and Kimble were highlights. Definitely a Top 5 show in my book. All Gooders were talking about the Shine On You Crazy Diamond for the rest of of fest. The encore... oh the encore! This show was so different from the night before. Very uneven. Just as the night before, second set was killer. *personal note- I had my first legal alcoholic beverage at this show, as my 21st struck at midnight. Birthday show? I like to say so... This might be a Top 5 show for me. This show brought the Soul! Dear Lord/Amazing Grace mashup? Tease makes more sense to me, but hey, I'm not the pro here. Second set did not let up. Night time is the right time! Farag came around to the front to rap Regulate. Push the Pig with Murphy stick out in my mind. Kabump> Gulf Stream... when will that ever happen again!? My first UM and tBD (and only) show. Utopian> All in Time hooked me. The Biscuits put up a stronger show as the closer, but UM ultimately won me over. Review by GreatSloo, posted 19 October 2012 2:21 pm EDT, attached to 2012-02-16 To say the least THIS SHOW WAS FIRE! This was my first real full 2 set over a year after my first exposure at Warren Haynes Xmas Jam and Ive heard maybe 2 or 3 other 2012 shows so far that can compare. The yams are incredible. The covers are SICK. And the segues are groovy. This room is awesome by the way. Stasik's grooves could be felt bumping through the floor and walls throughout the venue. The debut of Gurgle sent the energy through the roof and Reso let it swim around the crowd like phantom ecstacy, melting every face in its path. This Reso jam was on the ballot for Raw Stewage and with good reason. The rest of the 1st set speaks for itself. The seque into WMM was sharp and unexpected, Gradenko was an amazing surprise, the Stew in MV was sweet as can be, and I dont think I've ever heard the Floor played with such emotion as it was that night. Set 2 didnt disappoint. Tribute>Mulche's was every bit as crazy as it sounds. Prudence was heaven. 3X>1348 featured very energetic jams lead by Stasik. Then the Soul Food Medley> Puppet string put the nails in the coffin. Last but not least, Syncopated>Waiting Room left everyone wanting more. I dont think Ive ever been so dumbfouned by a night of music. Listen to this show! First off, there is nothing like Warren Haynes' Xmas Jam. I've been the past 3 years and have seen talents from William Bell, Ani Difranco, and Counting Crows to Moe., Umph, and Mule and it never disappoints. GO! SCI is coming this year and tix just went on sell. Now on to the review. This being my first UM show I had no idea what was going on. It was a venue full of Warren Haynes fans and Spread Heads (me being both) and Umphreys was first up to play. Deh energy was LOW in the room, but the band was definitely excited to melt some new faces. The short set fired up pretty quick with a grooving Conduit, but when John Bell walked out for Aint No Sunshine I knew I was seeing something special. Then Tinkles and All in Time to wrap it up. Its also worth mentioning that Steve Miller was hanging with Jeff throughout the show and had him light up his performance later that evening. Looking back it was an okay show in front of an unusual crowd. Short and sweet. Check it out for the John Bell sit-in. Review by 3x40oz, posted 19 October 2012 12:08 pm EDT, attached to 2009-04-02 Only UM show ever in Delaware! I would love for them to return; the venue was great and the elderly ushers seemed very confused by UM. This is an underrated show. The jam out of Ocean Billy was pretty unique. It was a 2-part jam that evolved out of what sounded like some prerecorded beats and samples and featured a nice BB riff. Spires included the outro, which was a treat, and Jake slayed the WMM solo per usual. Nice jam in LMS which may have been the best improv of the night. Toto cover and the Crazy Fingers excerpt were much appreciated. PtP also had an interesting jam with some samples of a baby's laugh and Jake mimicking it with some guitaromatopoeia. Bob tease before the encore. In my opinion, the early show at Festival Pier was the better show in terms of playing, but the energy in the TLA for the latenight was ridiculous. The jam between Snucka parts I and II got the party started. The rap medley following Regulate was also a highlight. Review by 3x40oz, posted 19 October 2012 11:56 am EDT, attached to 2009-04-03 Probably the best UM show I've seen in person, and the closest thing I get to a hometown show taboot. Roulette was extended, with a nice linear jam based on a BB riff. Mulche's had a nice jam as well, including a dub section, and the transition back into N2F before ending the set was very well done. Phil's was easily the jam of the night, but both halves of Ringo had some good jamming, with a Voodoo Child jam in the first section and Slacker and Muscle Shoals Nitty Gritty jams in the second segment. Nice rarities too with Roulette, Uncommon, BtL, 13 Days, and Prophecy Now. Review by N2FBoston, posted 19 October 2012 10:36 am EDT, attached to 2012-08-09 It goes without saying that this show is a must listen - Stanley Jordan cannot be human... just can't be. I over heard one of the guys from the band say after the show that Stanley chose Liquid himself. They played a great version of the song with a great solo by Stanley then as the song ended UM stepped aside and let Stanley do his thing on his own. It was amazing, to watch the band members look at Stanley the way we look at them, in complete and utter AW... Making Flippy Floppy is epic, the jam is straight fire. I don't know if I've ever seen the guys having that much fun on stage. Another note on Stanley Jordan - He is the most spiritual musician I've ever had the honor to meet. Most of the people at sUMmer school got to talk to him and all the conversations were truly inspiring. After the show we all broke out into open jams and Stanley showed up and jammed with us for many hours into the night. sUMmer school was by far the most amazing, beneficial, and inspirational musical event I've ever attended. This may have been "The show" from sUMmer school. Each night was special in its own way, but this show was especially memorable. The Phils Farm and DBK sandwiches were definitely the highlights, but pretty much all the jams were extremely tight and the more elaborate rehearsed parts in songs like Go to Hell and Mantis were played perfectly. A little background on the debut of Weird Fishes... At summer school we had the amazing opportunity to have one on one sessions with members of the band. My good friend Kyle Michaud had a lesson with Jake the afternoon of this show. During the session Jake started messing around with some chords and Kyle noticed he was dancing around the chords of Weird Fishes, but was missing a few. Kyle pointed this out, played the song with the missing chords... and that night Jake busted it out during the show. This is a great way to exemplify the amazing experience that was sUMmer school. By the end of the weekend it was hard to look at UM on stage as the epic Godlike musicians that I normally see them as, because we all felt more like a bunch of friends hanging out and appreciating good music. Also... it was that much more epic when I saw them play weird fishes at red rocks... Review by McLSucks, posted 19 October 2012 3:45 am EDT, attached to 2004-02-21 Some nights will live forever, the fourth and final night of the run with Joshua Redman will remain with me in perpetuity. Archive.org link. Well worth the effort of converting from FLAC. First set was fairly standard, a nice subtle Kat's Tune seemed an innocuous intro after a rowdy Saturday night in NYC the night before. A reasonable Much Obliged > Crooked couldn't really prepare for what happened next, though. FF and the ensuing jam would contain one of those monumental pieces of improv that you chase all over the country for. It started with one of those ascending chord progressions that lends itself to a slow-building crescendo, and that's what the band delivered. A fun little Bayliss pull-off riff sets the melody and off they go. I've listened to this probably over 100 times, and it's really funny to hear that the band doesn't quite know how to play it. Jake is struggling to play the "right" notes, Brendan seems to keep slightly modifying his riff because it doesn't sound "100% right"...but they keep plowing through, and they keep taking it higher and higher. Of course, none of that actually matters. The build itself, basking in the sound, is life-affirming. This would be attempted a couple more times (most notably on 12/3/04), but I contest that none would ever equal this one. Rest of the set is standard fare. After that FF, everyone was looking at each other..."did you just see that?"...a shared moment that everyone was still buzzing about through setbreak. This Joshua Redman cat, he's got a future. He had really managed to gel by this fourth night. On this evening, the band had no fear of stretching songs far beyond their boundaries and Redman was gladly along for the ride. It was difficult to contain my giddiness when World's Running Down started...it seemed clear this set was going to be different, they took off as a 7-piece unit with no looking back...then the drop into Blue Echo was unexpected and I knew it would be another opportunity for them to stretch things out...again...they did not disappoint. All Things Ninja...it's impressive that of the songs in the UM repertoire, UM would choose this as a song option for him to learn, and he would choose to learn it. I suppose it shouldn't have been that much of a surprise after seeing how well they played Der Bluten Kat together...but still...Ninja? Yes, please. And finally, we come to Wife Soup... This is the ultimate Wife Soup for me, featuring a Redman contribution that become referred to as The Note. If you're not familiar...I implore you to check out this show if only for The Note. Of course, I'd think you'd be ludicrous to not enjoy the rest of it...but this, again, was one of those moments...to be lucky enough to be there...The Note was like a shot of endorphins, adrenaline, dopamine...all of those chemicals your body produces that make you feel good from natural stimuli? This was that stimulus. Unfortunately, as the second set ran long (due to the lengthy improv), the DBK encore had to be cut, but hey...Waiting Room is always a great encore/set closer. Review by BBQsauceNchickenwings, posted 18 October 2012 11:57 pm EDT, attached to 2012-02-04 I was pumped when I saw Umphrey's was playing a free show at the Super Bowl Village. My buddy and I left from Columbus and picked up one more friend in Dayton. When we got near the stadium in Indianapolis, the whole area of wild but somehow we managed to find a miracle open parking spot a block from the action. The village is basically a giant party formed by many independent parties:bars, stages, private tents, etc. I had this fantasy that Umphrey's was going to fall under people's radar at an event like this and I would get up close....I was pleasantly surprised to find a massive crowd backed up the street to see UM. The kids we ended up next to were from Indiana, but they had been in Columbus seeing the Werks at the same new years show as us just a month before. Kris kicked it off wit the drum into Conduit, and they smoked this one as usual. In the Kitchen went into a great dance groove before giving birth to Glory, truly a glorious choice this night or any night. i remember looking around and seeing peoples faces with a look like "WHAT?! Is it legal to rock this hard?! and in public?" when jake was doing his thing. Out of push the pig also a miss tinkles that reached serious intensity during the peak...Baba O-Riley was well-recieved by the crowd. For one set, Umphrey's still satisfied me until the 17th and surely made a slew of new fans. Review by 40sThemeWI, posted 18 October 2012 11:16 pm EDT, attached to 2006-11-03 All you need to know is that this second set/encore has to be some of the best UM I've ever witnessed! Hammer after hammer was laid until the lights went out and they dropped the sickest Pink Floyd cover! It was played about as well as any band that is not Pink Floyd could ever play it! The sax was also a nice touch. Double encores are always bitchin' as well. This show is easily in my top 3! 5/5 umvideo of Glory: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ed_0MwtAsU Well....for starters the HBB sandwich in the first set is disgusting and there's umvideo on YouTube to prove it. Got my first Spinal Shaft (4th UM concert at the time) and let me say it's a doozy. The Jimmy Stewart turned into what is known as Red Tape I believe. But it's the Stew out of Groove Holmes that told me this was going to be a good 2 nights in Madison!!! A must hear for any fan! 5/5 Review by mja271, posted 18 October 2012 10:24 pm EDT, attached to 2010-02-26 Solid show. This was probably the first time I saw UM and left without really feeling the high that they normally give me, but it was not without its moments. The first set started off great with nice jams in Bottom Half and Higgins, but never really picked back up. Always nice to see Uncle Wally pop up, but the In The Kitchen and Push the Pig sit ins were very disappointing and never really took off. The second set was definitely a different story. I love Mantis, so that was a great start and Ocean Billy was strong with a nice -> into 2nd Self. The DBK/Zep segment was great with the exception of a bit of an awkward segue into the cover. The Triple Wide was above average and a nice set ender. The encore was also a bit standard, but a solid way to leave a show. Overall, the show was just a bit lacking. The band never really fully hit their stride I feel, but still a good time. Can't say enough about how much I love this show. One of my favorite concert going experiences. Higher Ground is such a cool, tiny little venue, and the band was just on fire after two nights of throwing down. There was a loose, party-like atmosphere to the show, but the playing was very precise and focused. Great lyrical stew in Bottom Half, and an awesome Fuzz into N2F reprise were the highlights of Set 1. Where this show really took off for me was with Set 2 though. Cemetery Walk with horns and an ending coda was a revelation. It's still my favorite version. The MJ cover had the place getting down and they even jammed out the theme for a good while after the song proper. A peaking CW2 kept the energy up before a run through the classics Slacker and DBK. Then Baby Honey Sugar Darling just comes out of nowhere! Great bustout! Having the horns out for the last two songs added a lot and kept a great vibe up. Finally, when they began playing Baracuda I couldn't help but wonder how they'd pull off the vocals. Then right as they'd normally kick in, Jen Hartswick just flies out on the stage and belted it out. It was magical. Absolutely top notch show all around. This was a really great show. Getting to see a full on acoustic show is something that was a big treat for me. As much as the band shreds electrically, I've always been impressed with the beauty and subtlety of their acoustic style. This can be seen here in the great first set run of Water > Sweetness > Fearless. The cover selections were on point; Floyd, Blind Faith, Wings, Seger...can't beat that. Really enjoyed the Nemo jam, hearing a rare Never Cease, an energetic Peeps, and the debut of Ride On Pony. Great vibe and energy from the band (they were especially tipsy for much of the show for Kris' birthday) and excellent playing. A great view of a different side of UM. This was my first UM show. Looking back it may not have been the best I've seen but I can't help but remember how blown away I was by their playing. A 20+ minute HBB to start off was a great way to break me in. Not a ton of jams in the show, but everything was played very well and the GnR cover was a nice unexpected twist. The encore was certainly "uncommon", but had me leaving with a big smile on my face. Overall, it was a great way to be introduced to this band in the live setting for me. Review by McLSucks, posted 18 October 2012 9:16 pm EDT, attached to 2003-12-06 Another one of those crazy Canopy nights...like the previous December, something must have been in the air and they busted out a unique one this evening. The show opens with a 14 minute Mulche's, the first time it was ever given the treatment. There's not one but two worthwhile improvisational sections. I still wish that the song's improvisational future would have tailored more to this version. Fussy > Tomorrow Never Knows is still the best segue in the UM repertoire...when that first crash of TNK hits...straight butter. Gotta love the XRT Xmas Medley...debuted the night before and played once more this evening. punk jingle bells > country deck the halls > reggae grandma got run over by a reindeer > carol of the bells. another example of the humor, creativity and chops pervasive in UM. some pretty funny 'fuck yeah'-ing at the end, too. A rather solid version of Water that sees jake and brendan slowly drifting away from the middle section into some great dissonant territory with Kris leading the charge behind them. Phil's > Glory > Phil's > 14 min stew > middle section of N2F > Phil's...just listen to this one. The rare Pork Chop Pie, 9 years later, is still a song I request over and over. Such a great carryover from the Ali Baba's Tahini oeuvre. some silliness with Hysteria > In Violation of Yes. then the 26 minute Nothing Too Fancy > Ocean Billy > Nothing Too Fancy encore is about as strong a finish as you can get. Listen to it on the Archive A Minnesota Vikings bar in Louisville, KY on a Tuesday night. Even back in 2003, one of those instances where you knew the band could kick back and be loose. The opening "DCI jam" (which was meant to poke fun at the DCI instructional videos that involve the musicians soloing in rounds) turned into a 14 minute monster with a glorious peak...yet further proof in the first two weeks of the Myers era that these guys weren't going to be slowing down. The riff that Jake starts 11:08...and then him and bb trade back and forth and build off of for the next 3 minutes is what St. Peter should have playing at the pearly gates... Soul Food I was playful with a bunch of teases The last appearance of the Thelonius Monk tune, Well You Needn't is noteworthy...another of those early jazz tunes that slowly faded into oblivion. The Pure Imagination tease during Padgett's is pretty damn cool, but the Anchor Drops is my highlight of the second set. A lengthy, across the board, multi-sectional stewart that found its way into The Breeders' Cannonball, but then settled into a reggae groove that I still can't get out of my head, commonly referred to as "Ragamuffin." I don't know of any earlier appearances of Ragamuffin, it did pop up again on 4/1/03 (which was included in the Raw Stewage) and 4/22/03, and then again at UMBowl III during the S2 set. If you know of any other version, please let me know! sometimes you got to be a ragamuffin and a mine mine mine mine mine stand tall/firm with two feet on the ground with two feet on the ground Glory > Snucka III encore is classic UMnanigans other than that, fairly solid playing...but it's the intro jam, Soul Food I and Anchor Drops for which you should check out this show over at Archive.org Review by radiogolden, posted 18 October 2012 5:11 pm EDT, attached to 2012-10-17 First of all, it's wonderful to see the venue listed as Capitol Theatre, Port Chester, NY. The refurbished theater is amazing. Did everybody notice the faces in the wallpaper? The first set was solid, but not spectacular, although the closing Bright Lights really took off. The second set was intense from start to end. The notes say it was a tease, but Dump City contained a fully-articulated "It's About That Time." The 2x2 jam quickly gave way to Glory, and when it came back around to 2x2 we were treated to a soaring Bayliss solo. The segue from Walrus to N2F was fire, and at that point the light projections on the walls and ceiling took over. Somewhere in there was a second Bayliss solo and the surprise Willie the Pimp. I wasn't sure what to expect for an encore, but Divisions with the sweet Pequod tease fit the bill. Waful was in his glory with with the house rig and his new MAC Viper instruments. Sunglasses are advised. The only thing that could make this experience better would be if AbovetheDave from PT would write a review. Review by OrneTTe, posted 18 October 2012 4:50 pm EDT, attached to 2009-10-10 This show was originally scheduled to be on the Peoria Riverfront but it was super cold all that week so the show was moved indoors. I was a little bummed about the move but was happy about a hometown UM show. The venue at Expo Gardens looked like an old high school gym or cafeteria; the bathrooms like high school locker rooms. The first set was solid but nothing really outstanding. The Fuzz had the slower funky feel and I believe was a nod to the Peoria Police Dept. who lined the walls, Blues Brothers style. The set closed with the short-lived Cold Smoke, which is just Go To Hell with lyrics. I was on a Beatles kick during the time so I Want You was a nice addition. The second set was a little more interesting. If you have not done so, LISTEN TO THIS MUCH OBLIGED! It may be the best MO of all time. N2F>Bottom Half was pretty good. Red Tape was nothing special, like most Red Tapes during this time. A Rush cover is always ok in my book. Encore was a lot of fun. Who doesn't like Wife Soup? And the transition back into N2F is pretty darn good. Overall it was a pretty solid show but a total shit show when it came to the crowd and venue. I saw girls dropping like flies from being too drunk and the men's bathroom became a swamp of urine and overflowed toilet water. With the cops there, it just made it feel like an old school rock show. Fun times. Review by N2FBoston, posted 18 October 2012 4:46 pm EDT, attached to 2008-10-13 This show was short, but very much to the point. Every song featured pretty extensive jams, most of which were pretty spacy and electronic in nature since this event was celebrating Bob Moog. I WISH There was a recording of the Prison Shank set that took place before Umphrey's played. Prison Shank consisted of, if I get this right, Jake and Stasik on guitar and bass, both Jamie Shieleds (The New Deal) and Aaron Magner (The Disco Biscuits) on keys, and Joe Russo (Furthur, many other projects) on drums.... The set was pretty much all improve and was amazing start to finish. A historic show for so many reasons. I implore all serious Umphreaks to check this one out over at Archive.org the show opened with a funny Get in the Van gag...they played the false start of the song...and then walked back off stage. The 40's Theme with Jamie Janover on toy guitar has to be heard to be believed. It remains one of the most mindblowing "how the hell did they do that so well" moments. They way the band traded licks with the toy guitar is hilarious and musically impressive at the same time. This then turned into the oft repeated Zsa Zsa Gabore jam, and then a fantastic full-fledged stwart after it before returning to 40's. The Zsa Zsa jam would make it's glorious return on 4/28/12 after many years in hibernation...but the coolest part is that they also brought back the 2nd part of the 40's stew and made it a vocal stewart. Second set opens with a 24 minute triple wide that features a lot of patient, ambient jamming. a must hear. The other historic aspect is the stewart out of Mulche's that features the first appearance of instrumental sections from both Ocean Billy and Wife Soup. Push the Pig with November Rain ending was also hilarious. Review by Dafunzio, posted 18 October 2012 3:44 pm EDT, attached to 2006-03-10 My First Umphrey's show. What a special night. The August from this show still gives me goosebumps every time I listen to it. Unfortunately wasn't at this show, but its still one of my go-to shows. The show is pretty much fire start to finish (which I find is usually the case with Boston shows...). - Ringo jam (1st part). One of my favorite jams to ever come out of a Ringo. - Turn & Run - EPIC All in time jam... the teases are great but the jam itself is so funky and tight! Review by Cooneys_Last_Beer, posted 18 October 2012 3:17 pm EDT, attached to 2012-10-17 Show was awesome, best small venue I've ever been to, and the lights were awesome, as always. Staff and security were cool as well. First set highlights were definitely Visions and Bright Lights, two killer versions right here. Second set was awesome the whole way through. I'll definitely be buying the SBD when it's released, this was one of the best shows I've seen all summer. Also, the upstairs seating at the Cap gives you an awesome view with the 360 degree projections that go all around you enhancing Waful's always sick lighting wizardry. Also it was awesome news to hear that UM will be playing the Beacon Theater for the first time in January. Review by dubzz, posted 18 October 2012 3:03 pm EDT, attached to 2012-06-30 It was a sultry night on the Boston wharf made even more infernal by the UM face meltage beneath the Pavilion lights. Marked the 2nd performance of Crucial Taunt (Wayne's World tribute) and the 5th of Comma Later. My first for both of these tunes made it a memorable night. Unfortunately, it was only a one set performance. Still made for an awesome time. The Resolution > 2x2 was by and far the best part of the show. Check it out. This for me also marked my deflowering at the hand's of UM. The Jaws theme was played as the band took the stage and set up. Added an erie effect coupled by Waful's reds on stage. The jump into JaJunk was set up perfectly with this. MO > 1348 was a major highlight for me. The Wife Soup transition back to JaJunk was seamless and definitely deserves some attention. A lot of heavy hitters (Bridgeless, Wappy, Cem2) and the crowd made it a really high octane show. Morning Song was probably the slowest moment of the show and was still masterfully performed. Little did I know until a handful of shows later and the DVD release, how special of an experience it truly was. Remains one of my favorite shows to date! 9/10 I've been to 45 UM shows, and these three higher ground shows are hands down my favorites, with this night being the highlight. It was Pony's birthday and everyone in the crowd and the band were going ape shit. -The mulches jam is an epic dance party -Stasiks's bass line during sociable jimmy jam! -Mike's Kitchen... one of the best jams I've ever heard. The communication is amazing, and they really take you on a musical adventure with multiple different sections, each segued perfectly. Review by smackaframalama, posted 18 October 2012 1:26 pm EDT, attached to 2005-07-16 first time seeing UM!!!.. also first festival! so i had a lot of learning to do in pacing myself. to much to fast and didn't quite get what was going on with the music. I listened to the show later and couldn't believe how amazing it was and that i was there! since then i have figured things out a little more and can balance myself to enjoy the music fully. Fortunately there would be many more shows and festivals in the future to redeem myself. Still an amazing time with my best friends, we all learned together. Love you marvins mtn. top! and Umphreys Mcgee! Review by mittens, posted 18 October 2012 1:24 pm EDT, attached to 2002-08-31 Another all time UM show and a Mirro classic. I couldn't make it to this show but I was there the next night and even on tape this performance blew the next night away. Listen to how Mirro takes such an ego-less approach to drumming and just lets Jake and Brendan sit on his beats. UM and the new deal! amazing.. missed most of the new deal but its just nice seeing they both played together. a rare occasion. well this show was just incredible from start to finish, they played my favorite songs and surprised us with awesome first time mash-ups. we had a crazy trip getting there.. that almost didnt happen a few times but it did and the show changed lives!!!!!! Go umph.. keep it goin fellas! This was my favorite UM show! danced with my favorite pillar in the E-factory.. never let go. from start to finish brought so much joy! just reading over it brings back those great memories Review by mittens, posted 18 October 2012 12:48 pm EDT, attached to 2002-12-30 This show is phenomenal. It's as good as anything they have ever played. There was a special vibe during the Mirro era and I think a lot of people like myself left the VIC that night wondering if we could talk Mirro out of leaving. Review by wappysprayberry13, posted 18 October 2012 12:44 pm EDT, attached to 2012-10-17 i left (essentially) the same review on the bort (and can't be bothered to write a different one). this show was SOLID. first set didn't do anything TOO noteworthy until visions and bright lights...but those were BOTH pretty over the top. this band always impresses me but now having listened to them SOOO much and seen them a good handful of times (i think i'm up around 30 shows...need to get an accurate count) over the past 5 years i don't usually get as floored as i did at the end of this first set. i was pretty speechless. i'm curious to give it a listen again and see if it does the same for me as it did last night or if i wasn't somewhat blurred/biased a little by the "being there" factor. waful was totally on point last night. dear lord he is good at what he does. such a pro. i actually feel the opposite of the reviewer below (although i respect his opinion)...in that i LOVED being totally immersed in the lights. yes...the smoke effects were very dense, obviously so as to enhance the lights and give them more depth and richness, but it definitely didn't impede my vision of the band (then again, i was on the floor, mid-center and wasn't looking through them as much as being in them/under them). sorry your experience wasn't enhanced by the lights. the second set was pretty damn tasty start to finish. mulches, dump, the 2x2/glory sandwich, a well placed (and good choice) walrus cover, a better than average N2F w/willie the pimp and then a divisions enc taboot??...i can not see a DAMN thing to bitch about with ANYTHING in this set. i will let the endorphins diffuse for a few days and then give this a close listen to see if what i'm about to say is actually accurate...but this show (for me) fell into the top 20%, and probably even 10% of all the shows i've seem by them. very impressed...and once again baffled by how this band is not selling out venues like MSG etc. ANYONE who digs TRUE rawk and phenomenal musicianship will go to great lengths to see these guys whenever possible. i haven't seen a thread about this, but can anyone propose even one credible theory as to why these guys are not selling out every fucking show they play and subsequently being FORCED to play larger venues? i don't get it. and lastly may i just add...kris myers is a fucking BEAST. holy christ. total animal. A+ for effort 100% of the time. soo soo soo good. My First show...... I had seen some Umphrey's tapes on some tape trees and decided to check them out while I was living in St. Louis. Anyone who's been to Cicero's knows how small the venue is, 250 max. There were probably less than 50 people there. I remember seeing the band hanging out among the crowd and hoped they were making ends meet so they could keep playing live because they put on one of the most inspired performances I've ever seen from a band. Looking back, it's a fantasy setlist. If Nachos for Two isn't enough to prove it, how about My favorite Things. Sick show from an unbelievable Oct. 2001 tour. Great show IMO. I had an absolute blast raging in the balcony. During 1348 I remember a fight breaking out down on the floor. The band kinda mellowed out a bit till security straightened things out then the jammed into Baba O'Riley. "I don't need to fight, to prove I'm right!" It was pretty much slathered in awesome sauce. There are a lot of highlights in this show, hell the whole thing shouldn't be missed. I thin March '12 may be the best single month of UM ever? Certainly in the running. Review by mommacass, posted 18 October 2012 11:50 am EDT, attached to 2009-12-31 one of my most memorable um moments is this show! It was my first new years with the band! Haven't missed one since....this is where I found my family Review by corkyzett, posted 18 October 2012 11:01 am EDT, attached to 2012-10-17 Show was great! Loved the setlist and the re-worked theater! Sorry this was your first UM show and you hated the lights, but they are an integral part of the experience dude. Waful is a master behind that board and the lights help feed the energy the band is putting out there! Plus, the new additions to the walls on the sides of the stage were pretty tight as well. They did mention on twitter that the new venue had the biggest light rigging they had ever seen, so that also may have added to the feeling of being overwhelmed. I, for one, loved it! Review by nikeskatefasho, posted 18 October 2012 10:52 am EDT, attached to 2012-10-17 I can understand how you feel about the intense light show. You need to get yourself a pair of official UM sunnies to protect your eyes from the madness. The lights are very intense and the music is equally intense. The whole UM experience pushes your brain to the limit of what it can handle. I begun describing it as assault music to first timers. I compare it to seeing Ween play live. Ween and Umphrey's play a super hard, &quot;in your face&quot; style of show and it makes SOME people want to leave and never come back. Those who stay are the true fans and will continue to get blasted by some of the best music you'll get a chance to hear. Don't give up on UM after seeing just one show. Every show is different and your experiences will change! WILLIE THE PIMP! Wish I was able to hear that, one of my favorite Zappa tunes. P.S I love allthingsumphreys! Review by Wilburjo, posted 18 October 2012 10:52 am EDT, attached to 2010-02-06 1st ever UM show. Hooked from the first note of Jaws Theme... Then the finisher Eminence Front > The Floor. The parts in between I don't even want to talk about... Too much face melting action for a newbie Review by rondackmtns1, posted 18 October 2012 10:47 am EDT, attached to 2008-04-10 This was my first Umphrey's show — and a real sizzler. The boys came on after my first few Pork Slaps at the bar and proceeded to melt face with a tight and intimate club show. World>Nemo>Prolwer is my pick with some great Chinese intervals. Billy Jean is an obvious fit to sandwich with Regulate. Miss Tinkles brought the house down before a rock-solid Floor encore. Being it was my first show, and having only heard a few Umphrey's songs on Jam On and YouTube, I didn't quite get what was going on in front of me. We picked up the soundboard on the way out and cranked it the whole way home. It was then that “I got it," and I've been a Umphrey's fan ever since. I’d keep this recording within arms reach. A special show for me and an awesome venue where I've had some good memories. Too bad Rev Hall stopped hosting shows ... Review by oldedrums, posted 18 October 2012 9:32 am EDT, attached to 2012-10-17 Great show. Great band. My first UM show. Loved the music and sound. HATED the lighting. I was in the balcony and flat out could not see the band through the intense beams of light focused on the audience that pulsed to the music. I beliive I might have seen the band 10% of the show, only when the light show wasn't going. Moved to the floor and then the light beams were going directly into my eyes. I had to close them or hold my hand across my forehead. I love seeing the band play, but I could not see. If every show is going to be lit that way, it doesn't make sense to see them live. I don't know if this is a new show enhancement or all shows feature the same light show. I truly believe this needs to be re-thought. I understand that artists look to enhance the experience visually. Bands like Rush and Pink Floyd are masters of this. I feel this choice of lighting immensely detracted from the experience. I hope the band loses this light show and tries something else. Review by capt_cron, posted 17 October 2012 11:05 pm EDT, attached to 2010-07-17 First White river shows..kept me coming back the past 3 years. This place is amazing. And that --Girlfriend is better is dope as shit mm/mm/ Review by djbigz66, posted 17 October 2012 11:00 pm EDT, attached to 2002-12-30 this was one of my first umphreys concerts ever cherub rock was pretty fantastic. YYZ was too... memories lol Review by owenbroch, posted 17 October 2012 10:38 pm EDT, attached to 2012-01-21 Both of these shows were great, but the second set of night 2 was rawking. The newer Miami Virtue into an ever-emotional Glory was a great start, and then it was hammer to the floor right up til the end of the set. Bridgeless is a personal fav and Hollywood Nights was a nice treat that had everyone jumping and singing along. They came out for encore and Jen performed an amazing rendition of At Last. Which was so good, my friend (whom also was at this show)just used this version of the song as his first dance at his wedding. Anyways, I digress... JaJunk, classic Umph's, i need say no more! UM Rawks!! mm/ Review by jcforst, posted 17 October 2012 10:22 pm EDT, attached to 2000-10-06 This was the first of over a hundred shows attended personally, it's easy to say i was sold right away. I can still picture Bayliss in his hoodie and Jake with his stash. Now looking back, i must say it was hearing Divisions and Front Porch in the first set that really must have grabbed me. Their cover of Fool in the Rain was the icing on the cake, especially when it was reprised for the final song. The Park West was a perfect place to catch these guys for the first time seeing that it still holds a special place in the hearts of the band and the phreaks. I look to this day quite often while listening to Umphrey's for it led me on a journey that eventually took me to Europe, my first cruise and my first show at Red Rocks. Even though Jake was reasonably new as a full time member, you could see the magic on stage. Thanks Fellas! Review by jpwrye41, posted 17 October 2012 6:26 pm EDT, attached to 2011-10-29 What really can you say about this show that you can't say about other Halloween MashUp shows?! It was amazing. From the first note of Tango Mike (my favorite band intro) to the last note of the 2ND ENCORE, it was flawless. My ears were left happily ringing that night. I'd say the only downer of the show was when some douche nozzle launched a beer from the audience and it hit Ryan right in the chest. Besides the MashUps, I'd say my faves of the night were Push the Pig, The Haunt & All In Time. Overall though you can't beat this show as evident with all the tracks from it included in the Hall of Fame album from this year.... Awesome awesome awesome. mm/ Review by carmelocorn, posted 17 October 2012 5:05 pm EDT, attached to 2012-09-22 There was a very relaxed, fluid feel to this show. The band was at the end of tour and happy to have a long summer of fests and shows behind them. It almost seemed like this was the show they were waiting for to leave it all on the table. Conduit>Glory>Conduit was very perfectly inspired and Kimble was a treat. Jake was his usually sassy self in Synco and the jam with Magner was straight fire. Lots of teases throughout mixed with a little ghetts and lil old skewl flavor made for a very encompassing show. Review by noodlesmcintosh, posted 17 October 2012 4:55 pm EDT, attached to 2010-10-29 Somebody throws something at Bayliss during Utopian Fir and he stops everything and yells at whoever it was. Once they start up the jam again they start playing with some attitude and it shows. Solid show. Review by bingsgirl66, posted 17 October 2012 4:53 pm EDT, attached to 2012-09-21 Amazing show! Divisions was the PERFECT encore. Of course from the beginning to the end - it was the best yet! We didn't want the night to end. THANK YOU! Come back to Nashvegas soon! Review by jwelsh, posted 17 October 2012 12:48 pm EDT, attached to 2008-10-16 Set One: Walletsworth is pretty straightforward. Alex's House; song gets a bad rap. This one is really patient at the end, and Joel's spiraling keyboards move seamlessly into Meeting In the Aisle. Simply perfect segue . . . Up next, Wappy Sprayberry. So far, there wasn't much improv. But the last three songs have a really good feel to them. The jam in Wappy starts with this great mix of airiness and funkiness, at the same time. Hard to describe, but it works really well. Great bit of improv before it returns to Wappy around the 14-minute mark; then enters into more improv . . . Really great tone on Jake's guitar here; very Santana-like. Or, on the other hand, Rolling Stones, as he busts into "Can't You Hear Me Knocking." Which is jammed right into Der Bluten Kat. So, up until this point, the set was around 42 minutes in length -- the DBK is about 25 minutes. The first jam shows some patience, but not too much territory is covered. The second starts off promising with some riffing from Jake. And over a few minutes, it builds into a fast-paced jam. Impressive . . . and back into DBK. And then Kris drum solo, before speeding into the ending of DBK. Nice and driving. Great way to end the set. Set Two: Prowler starts things off after some playful rumblings on the Moog. Pretty standard Prowler that segues wonderfully into the end of All In Time, finishing off the version from the other night. It takes on a fun little dub vibe before the "Well endowed" section. Really great build to this reprise -- makes you wonder if it should be separated more often. Lots of energy. Low rumblings before beginning The Crooked One. The main theme of the song slowly dissipates and leaves just Joel on piano with the guitarists making some noise. You can hear Ryan carrying a bassline. This continues for a bit as they feel each other out. As I have said on a number of occasions in these reviews, lots of patience here. Open and spacey. Kris starts to drumm with more emphasis, and the crowd begins to clap along. Building . . . Joel switches to Rhodes, some Moog, little riffing from Jake. Great to hear each band member playing something different, and how well it works together. And out pops the "Let Me Blow Your Mind" teases. Great transition into Got Your Milk. And the song is pushed a bit, right after the "Shirt stain" line. Driving, linear, as if the normal riff just wouldn't stop. Then it opens up, as they did all run; piano work from Joel, great little riffs from Jake. Man, this is good. A must hear Got Your Milk, imo. With a perfect segue into Nothing Too Fancy. Such a great section of music right there. (Got Your Milk without the "Atkins!" yell.) Fancy is pretty tame, actually, heading into the I Am the Walrus segue. Coming out of Walrus is much more interesting, with the "Rhiannon" teases and the keyboard work for Joel pre-N2F reprise. They are really drawing this out, with one "Rhiannon" section and then another. About six-and-a-half minutes before the Fancy really starts to appear. Lots of Pony thumping away. Intentions Clear is a bit of an odd encore choice, actually. Pretty straightforward. Just, well, a good stand alone song. Now, the last song of the run, though, was a treat. Especially with Mr. Al Di Meola in attendance. A Senor Mouse to send people home smile. Highlights for me are the Alex's > Meeting In the Aisle > Wappy. And the All In Time ending. And most definitely the Got Your Milk jam into N2F. Gotta love the slinky, slow introduction to All In Time. Bluesy, patient, playful. Great start to the night. Nice rocking jam in the middle of AIT. Lot's of pace, without being too heavy. And then slowly, the jam grows into this soaring jam. Perfectly. Kris driving it, Jake soloing beautifully, Joel laying on the organ . . . Wow. Took me by surprise. And then it drops into a metal-like riff. Covering all sorts of ground in this opening (unfinished) AIT. Say what you will, but I don't mind Gulf Stream. I do enjoy the melody and Brendan's vocals. This version changes key during the closing jam, it seems, and takes on a different feeling. And then the song dissolves into a Atmosfarag-sounding section with Jake beat boxing in the background. Oh, wait, it is Atmosfarag. Atmosfarag dissolves out (with a tease of "Love Hurts," maybe, or some other hard rock ballad?) as Andy's Last Beer kicks in. The Andy's is pretty standard and essentially stops before the "Jimmy Stewart" kicks in -- the improv starts with Andy on bongos, alone. Until you slowly start to hear Jake jump in, following the rhythm/meter; then Kris on kick drum; then Ryan, and Brendan. Great way to start the jam -- much like with the rest of the run, everyone is patient. Has a bit of a "Se A Cabo" feel, not only because of the percussion. The jam turns a bit of a corner into something much more dance oriented. (Can't help but bob my head listening back.) The dance vibe continues until it turns into something bluesy, reminiscent of the Rolling Stones in a way -- only Umphrey's . . . Lots of runs by Joel on piano. The "Stewart" fades away for the opening notes of Hajimemashite. The beauty of Haji is quickly disrupted by the appearance of the "Zsa Zsa Gabor" riff. And that ends the set . . . The Triple Wide gets the set on the road . . . Since the run started off with a Moog Fest, one shouldn't be surprised with how many times Joel went to the Moog this run in the middle of jams. Some great spiraling guitar from Jake to match Joel's keys work. Nice example of a Triple Wide that doesn't rely on being overly dancey. Really smooth transition into "(Don't Fear) The Reaper," as they go back and forth between the song and Triple Wide. Again, patience. This happens a few times before they start singing. Then seamlessly back into The Triple Wide, with another "Reaper" tease for good measure. Before moving to The Floor -- just a perfect choice of song. It seems like so many fans talk about "flow" these days, and most of it I don't get to be honest. But to my ears, the beginning of this set has great "flow." Pause. Breather. Jake handles some introductions as they kick into Miss Tinkle's Overture. As with a number of other songs from this run, the middle section opens up a bit. Joel on organ, and the guitarists playing off of each other. Really enjoyable, and not as heavy or standard as other Tinkle's you might hear. Let me just say that Kula does not get played enough. Such a great drive to this song from every band member. Needs to pop up in setlists more often than it does now, that's for sure. This one slows down, to a little bit of drums, into something with a Push the Pig sort of vibe. Which actually becomes Waist Down -- interesting pairing. I haven't listened to this in some time; I kind of like the soaring nature of the chorus. Waist Down ends with Kris f'n around with some e-drums. Until they successfully start The Fuzz. Gets a little funky. And then fades out . . . into Black Sabbath > War Pigs. Rock. (Voice crack, BB.) Bit of an anticlimactic way to send the set. I have always been a sucker for The Fussy Dutchman. (I miss the days when it would segue into Tomorrow Never Knows, though.) Ryan is really clear on the recording. Not really a segue, Dutchman ends and Peeps begins. With "Reaper" teases in the intro. Unique show. The Triple Reaper is worth listening to, and the Andy's "Stewart." Starts off with White Man's Moccasins -- a bit unique on its own -- but then stops on a dime for the beautiful The Pequod -- only to go back into Moccasins. At the end of Moccasins, rather than pausing, Joel held a chord for a minute while the rest of the band noodled around him . . . before dropping into Plunger. The Plunger featured a "Jimmy Stewart" and was over fifteen minutes in length; the jam begins starting out with Jake playing a riff similar to Billy Squier's "Everybody Wants You" before building into a full-band improv with Joel all over piano. As the jam peters out, Jake starts to tease Yes's "Roundabout." And how better to follow up a 15-minute Plunger than with a 28-minute Utopian Fir. The first jam in Fir starts with Pony repeating this riff, with Brendan soloing over top with a really compressed tone (right?). Then it grows to this great build over the course of four or so minutes, adding some organ to the mix, back to Brendan on that same solo. The music slows down after about seven minutes of the jam . . . and a drum solo appears. It is as short one what quickly evolves into some bleeps and a bit of chaos before Utopian Fir appears around 13 minutes after the start of the song. The "reggae portion" is drawn out patiently . . . until it starts to morph and stetch. The "Fir Reunion" section picks up, becomes more dubby, shifts keys and time signatures. Really great stuff, almost sounding like another song . . . until losing all resemblance of the standard reggae ending . . . then dropping back into the "re-worked" Reunion section. Only to reemerge as the standard Utopian Fir with lyrics to end the song. The opening notes of In the Kitchen started almost immediately as Utopian ended, with a patient little intro. Kitchen quickly finds itself in this funky jam. Pony's bassline sounds like it could have been taken from Michael Jackson's "Thriller" (confirmation?). Keeping with the rare openers, Padgett's Profile kicks off the second set in a dark and dirty fashion. Veers only slightly off course. The Bridgeless is pretty standard as well until it just slows down after about six minutes. Becoming quite airy, with Jake adding some playful riffs here and there, mixed with these little hints of metal songs . . . like "Masters of Puppets" and "One." And then Jake just starts playing Glory -- well, the intro, dropping out to silence, and then the whole band kicks in. Nice transition. And just as Bridgeless faded into Glory, the reverse was true as Glory slowly returns to Bridegeless. Neat little ending to Bridgeless, during that build -- Joel is really laying on the Moog as the guitarists trade licks back and forth. After a breather, a "breather" of a song is started. I have always enjoyed the laid back, slinky start to Anchor Drops. A rather standard version is made humorous with the Matt Sorum (Guns N' Roses) Drum Fill to end. I am not sure if the GNR reference led them into Snake Juice, to be honest, but it worked -- I need to go back and look, but this might be the first appearance of Snake Juice as a stand-alone song. It flows into a nice breezy section with lots of Joel on piano with a slight Anchor Drops vibe in the background. A "Ring around the rosy" piece dissolves, still Joel on piano, but with the addition of e-drums. And then it fades into Rocker Part 2. Good little jam in the middle. I so love Supertramp and Bloody Well Right. Joel nails the keys, imo, in that identifiable intro. His vocals? Not necessarily nailed, but close enough. The set-closing 40's Theme gets drawn out a bit when Rob Marscher joins Joel on keys -- as with a lot of the improv in this show, it is patient and breezy. Perfect, for me . . . Especially as Joel and Rob begin to play off each other (even Kris's e-drums here don't take away from the vibe). Although, I love Brendan's solo in 40's and this is often skipped when guests are brought out. Oh, well. The Slacker encore works. More Moog from Joel during the slower middle section. First set is worth a listen, for sure. And might as well skim through the second, with maybe some focus on Snake Juice. Review by sethadam1, posted 15 June 2012 6:04 pm EDT, attached to 2011-12-31 Great show. There are lots of high points, notably the 25 or 6 to 4 cover. 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__label__cc	0.509044	0.490956	100 students explore the world of science on National STEAM Day Friday, November 8, 2019 7:38 PM EST Friday is National STEAM Day and 100 students got a chance to explore the world of science, technology, engineering, arts and math with an immersive video game experience in Dumbo. Students got a hands-on approach to STEAM education at Beat the Bomb in Dumbo. The staff said, "What we wanted to do is showcase that technology can be really fun and can be applied in a way that creates an experience that's really memorable, and it's not just boring." Beat the Bomb is a 60-minute, interactive team game where players work to defuse a paint bomb. The kids go through a five-room course and then talk about the STEAM elements in the game afterward. This is the first year that Beat the Bomb is hosting the STEAM Day workshop, but staffers say they're hoping to turn the event into an ongoing program. Brooklyn Top StoriesTop StoriesMore>> Staff rallies to save The Black Lady Theatre Updated: Tuesday, January 21 2020 11:29 PM EST2020-01-22 04:29:12 GMT Since 1984, The Black Lady Theatre has been home to activism and the arts, and now its future is up in the air. Ellen DeGeneres gives $50K to New Jersey family who have 3 children with same birthday A New Jersey family received the surprise of a lifetime – twice – thanks to Ellen DeGeneres. Residents at Marine Park senior center push for additional parking Updated: Tuesday, January 21 2020 7:50 PM EST2020-01-22 00:50:56 GMT Seniors at the Carmine Carro Community Center in Marine Park are leading an effort to install parking spots Cooperstown-bound Captain: Yankees great Derek Jeter selected to Hall of Fame New York Yankees great Derek Jeter headlines this year's Baseball Hall of Fame class, slated for induction July 26. New speed limit instituted in wake of several deadly accidents on 3rd, Hamilton avenues Following several deadly accidents along Brooklyn's busiest corridors, 3rd and Hamilton avenues are seeing some changes to their speed limits. Brooklyn SlideshowsGalleriesMore>> Sights and scenes from the 2020 SAG Awards Highly anticipated movies for 2020 Here's a list of some highly anticipated movies coming out in 2020. News 12 Brooklyn wants to announce your wedding. PHOTOS: Earthquake damage in Puerto Rico Debris from a collapsed wall of a building litters the ground after an earthquake struck Puerto Rico before dawn, in Ponce, Puerto Rico, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2020. A 6.4-magnitude earthquake struck Puerto Rico, killing one man, injuring at least eight other people and collapsing buildings in the southern part of the island. It's a celebration! Is your or a loved one's birthday coming up? Let us know! Send us your photos and you could end up on air and News12.com! Breaking news and headlines in your inbox. Sign up for News 12 email alerts!	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0050.json.gz/line46
__label__cc	0.589847	0.410153	standard Fancy Hipsters Can ‘Valet’ Their Bikes at the Arcade Fire Barclays Concert (Via Wikimedia Commons) The Barclays Center is partnering with Transportation Alterantives to make sure you can arrive and depart at an upcoming concert in eco-friendly style. Following the successful bike valet service offered at The National concert last summer, Barclays Center willl again partner with Transportation Alternatives to provide free ‘bike valet’ for three nights of Arcade Fire at the arena on August 22, 23 and 24. “Arcade Fire concertgoers planning on biking to the show can leave their bike locks at home,” said Steve Rosebrook, General Manager of Barclays Center. “We are thrilled to welcome back this complimentary parking service that celebrates the Brooklyn lifestyle.” “Barclays Center is the most accessible and environmentally friendly entertainment venue in the city,” said Ashley Cotton, Senior Vice President for External Affairs at Forest City Ratner Companies, the developer of Barclays Center. “It only makes sense to provide free bike parking for a band that sings about the impacts of suburban sprawl.” “Arcade Fire fans on bikes will be singing ‘No cars go’ as they pedal past the traffic jams in Downtown Brooklyn, ride up to Barclays Center, leave their bikes with the valet and enjoy the show,” said Paul Steely White, Executive Director of Transportation Alternatives. “Let’s go.” Starting at 6 p.m. the day of each show, riders can drop off their bikes in one of the 400 parking spots located on Dean Street between Flatbush and 6th Avenues. Bikers will then be met by Transportation Alternative valets, who will provide a branded claim check for their bike and helmet. Locks are not necessary, as it is a secure and safe transportation choice. Arcade Fire will perform at Barclays Center on Friday, August 22, Saturday August 23, and Sunday August, 24 at 8pm. Arena staff will work closely with the MTA to coordinate mass transit to and from the arena and with the NYPD and other City agencies to ensure safety and security procedures are strictly followed and enforced. Share this Entry! Facebook Google+ Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn StumbleUpon Reddit Email Crown Heights, Prospect Heights, & Lefferts Gardens, Local & State, Neighborhoods Health Department Launches New Ad Campaign Encouraging Snacks of Fruits and Vegetables Ambulatory Health Facility 'Unhealthy' for Local Parking: Cymbrowitz Breaking: Lyft Allowed in NYC Free Showing of ‘Despicable Me 2’ at Kaiser Park Riverside Houses Parking Garage Permit Granted, But May Be Revoked (UPDATED)	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0050.json.gz/line47
__label__wiki	0.542443	0.542443	View as webpage, click here. Monday AM Daily \| August 21, 2017 The week ahead: August 21-27 Aug. 18-27: Restaurant Week Host: dsm Magazine and the Greater Des Moines Convention and Visitors Bureau About: Now, this calls for a nice meal: Des Moines' 10th annual Restaurant Week. Once again, each participating restaurant will offer specialties created for this event with Restaurant Week pricing: two lunches or one three-course dinner for just $28. When: Lunch and dinner Where: Various restaurants Aug. 22: Is Franchising a Good Fit for You? Host: Iowa Center for Economic Success About: This event will see if franchising is the right fit for you. Franchise expert Blake Martin will speak on franchising and small-business ownership experience. When: 7:30-8:30 a.m. Where: Iowa Center for Economic Success Aug. 23: 2017 Hashie Awards Host: Social Media Club Des Moines About: Join Social Media Club Des Moines in recognizing Iowa businesses, organizations and agencies that have demonstrated excellence in social media marketing at the fourth annual Hashie Awards. When: 6-9 p.m. Where: Jasper Winery Aug. 26: Ingersoll LIVE 2017 Host: The Avenues About: This family-friendly, free street festival offers live music, rides and activities for kids, art for browsing and buying, food and beverage vendors, street performances, and much more. When: 4-11 p.m. Where: Ingersoll & Grand District MORE INSIDER CONTENT: See all Business Record Insider content and become an Insider. Cloudy or not, eclipse will cost us $700M It's solar eclipse day, and you and your 87 million closest friends are likely to take 20 minutes off around the peak of the darkness at 1:08 p.m. Central time. The rare celestial event will end up costing U.S. businesses $700 million in lost productivity. We're figuring part of that will be made up by the high prices at hotels in the path of the total eclipse. Because it's cloudy in Des Moines, here's a list of websites where you can watch. Department of Revenue warns of phishing scam As tax professionals are working to meet the Oct. 15 filing deadline, the Iowa Department of Revenue is warning about the latest scam targeting tax software login credentials. The scam email comes with "Software Support Update" as its subject line and claims that due to a recent software upgrade, the preparer must re-validate their login credentials. The email links to a fake website that mirrors the software provider's actual login page. Recipients of these emails should not open any links or attachments, and should alert their real software provider so that the company can spread the word about the scam. Luxury theater planned for North Grand Mall in Ames A million-dollar luxury movie theater will be the first major addition to the North Grand Mall in Ames following its purchase by three Central Iowa developers last year, the Ames Tribune reported. North Grand Cinema will move into the site formerly occupied by North Grand 5 in the rear of the mall. Theater co-owners Lee and Diane Akin said they plan to invest just over $1 million in the project before reopening in November. The new theater will include reclining seats and top-of-the-line laser projectors. Theatergoers will also be able to reserve their chair in advance. The mall's owners, Brian Martin, Brent Haverkamp and Todd Millang, also plan an extensive face-lift to the front of the mall, as well as parking lot and lighting changes, and a large digital monument sign. The 300,000-square-foot shopping center has more than 50 stores. THE INSIDER NOTEBOOK Just to get off the ground, farming is a multimillion-dollar effort BY KENT DARR: This summer ought to be proof enough that farming is a risky, take-it-when-you-can type of business. Your timing can seem to be perfect — and then it all goes up in dust when the weather isn't your perfect partner, as in this parched-earth summer. Successful Farming points out in a recent article that the risks are even greater when you consider the startup costs of a farming operation, more than $5 million by its estimation. The article compares the costs of launching a corn-and-soybean operation in Iowa with a dairy farm in Nebraska and a wheat farm in Kansas. It's a real eye-opener. Read more MORE NOTEBOOK ITEMS: Read more Insider bits and bites of the finer side of Iowa business online. MEMBERSHIP EXCLUSIVE CONTENT Understanding Generation Z As the next emerging generation of workers — known as Generation Z — begins entering the workforce, what can we expect from them? And what are the expectations and aspirations of a generation that has grown up with Google, Facebook and Twitter, and how will that generation interact with those of us who can remember black-and-white TV and the first Apollo moon landing? For a Business Record micro-event, "Inside the Mind of Generation Z," We invited a panel that was a mix of professionals representing Gen Z as well as millennials and Gen X, and the result was an insightful conversation about how we view Generation Z, and — maybe more interesting — how Generation Z views the rest of us. Read more Historic Okoboji resort up for auction, eBay-style Des Moines Register: A historic shorefront resort and convention center in the northwest Iowa resort town of Okoboji is going on the auction block next month, with a twist. The agency auctioning off the Inn at Okoboji will list the current high bid (but not the bidder) online, for all to see. After a two-week period, the online auction will close, and the bidders will be called by phone, round-robin-style, until only one remains. Waterloo traffic camera revenue proposed for tax relief Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier: Waterloo officials will consider a proposal to earmark any revenue generated by automated traffic enforcement cameras for property tax relief. Waterloo City Council members are scheduled today to consider a resolution designating profits from red light and speed camera citations to be held in an account to be used in future years to reduce the police department's tax asking. China's Great Wall Motors says it's interested in buying Fiat Chrysler CNN Money: A Chinese automaker says it's interested in buying Fiat Chrysler. Great Wall Motors said today that it was exploring a bid for the parent company of Jeep, Maserati, Dodge, Ram and Alfa Romeo. ONE GOOD READ What if helping actually hurts? BY CHRIS CONETZKEY: Ten hours of driving — to ultimately watch the Chicago Cubs lose -- meant I had plenty of time to catch up on my favorite podcast: "Freakonomics." I learned about the torture we do to our feet and why you should free your toes at work (that's for another time), and the stupidest thing people do with their money (also for another time). But the most intriguing podcast for me was based on the following premise: What if the social programs we've designed with good intentions are actually causing more harm than good? The podcast follows a long, robust study on groups of at-risk youths who were either part of a mentoring program or not (the control group). What researchers found was that despite participants' positive feedback and their claiming that the mentoring helped them dramatically improve their lives in comparison with the control group, the mentored group actually recorded lower scores on every measure of quality of life in the study. Seems counterintuitive, right? Unnerving as well. There is plenty of nuance here, and the podcast requires a thoughtful listen as it journeys through some of the hypotheses for the counterintuitive outcome. So before you come to the conclusion that all social programs actually cause more bad than good, know that that wasn't the point of the podcast. In fact, one of the main conclusions was that the study proved we can have an effect on people's behavior, but that despite excessive confidence in our ability to help people, much more needs to be done to explore what makes the difference between a good or bad social intervention. If you're in the business of helping people, this podcast's for you. Click here to listen BUSINESS RECORD CALENDAR NEWLY ANNOUNCED EVENTS Sept. 14: Conversations with Mo Host: NAWBO Iowa About: Join Mo Collins, our 2017 NAWBO Iowa Advocate of the Year, on Sept. 21 for a short presentation, coffee and dialogue about the need for women in the new economy and the opportunities technology innovation offers to women-owned business startups and growth in Iowa. When: 9-10:30 a.m. Where: BrownWinick Law Firm View our full calendar to see the latest curated business and community events, or suggest an event. KCCI TOP STORIES 515 Alive music festival draws 27,000 people to Des Moines More than 27,000 people came to 515 Alive at Water Works Park this past weekend, up nearly 12,000 from last year. The music festival is in its 15th year, and it's the first time it was held at Water Works Park. The festival grounds were open until 11 p.m. Saturday, and a silent disco continued into early Sunday. 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__label__wiki	0.535079	0.535079	THE CABARET: RED CARPET MELBOURNE 2017 Check out our red carpet coverage for Cabaret! Multimedia Journalist: Bryanna Reynolds We caught up with Marina Prior, Rhonda Burchmore, Sally - Anne Upton & Sigrid Thornton. They shared their thoughts with us on the star studded cast of Cabaret. Cast includes Paul Capsis, Chelsea Gibb, Michael Cormick, Kate Fitzpatrick, John O'May, Debora Krizak & Jason Kos to name a few. REVIEW: Cabaret the musical If you are looking for a night of naughty fun whilst watching a musical spectacular then get yourself down to the Athenaeum Theatre in Melbourne. For a limited season Cabaret the musical will be playing and this is one show you do not want to miss. The theatre is set up wonderfully with tables in front of the stage really making you feel like you are a part of the show. No matter where you are sitting there is a spectacular view of the stage. Paul Capsis as Emcee absolutely steals the show! His performance is one of the best we have seen in a title male role in Melbourne recently. Even when there were technical difficulties Paul let the show go on like a true trooper. Paul has our un divided attention and we can't wait to see more of his on stage performances, we cannot get enough. The cast as a whole work swimmingly together and you could pick up the true spirit of a working group of actors creating on stage magic together. On the red carpet we had the pleasure of interviewing some of the star studded guests of the evening including Rhonda Burchmore, Sally - Anne Upton, Ingrid Thornton & Marina Prior. They could not be more excited to see Chelsea Gibb and Paul Capsis on stage together after working with them in the industry for many years and knowing how hard they had trained for their roles. We can see why they were so excited to see the show. The musical featured an on stage band which you got glimpses of throughout the show which was quite wonderful. It always adds to the character of the show when you can see the music being played along with the show. The show is recommended for a mature audience 18+ and we recommend it for anyone looking for a mischievous night out on the town with friends and loved ones. You are sure to leave with the tunes of Cabaret stuck in your head for hours. Get your tickets here: http://www.cometothecabaret.com.au Video produced by Reynolds Sister Productions exclusively for Bohemian Rhapsody Club. CAVANAGH PR and personally to Julie Cavanagh and Larissa Anderson for this marvelous opportunity and to Bryanna Reynolds and her production crew for this gorgeous footage and observation.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0050.json.gz/line51
__label__cc	0.700811	0.299189	Doo Doo Economics are the policies of overspending, printing money, neglecting the key economics issues, bad science and promoting entitlement programs which all add up to higher taxes during a recession and economic unsustainablility. Islamic Supremacists Not Mentioned in Obama's Comments on Terrorists President Obama ignored the greatest threat to the civilized world while talking about "whatever warped, twisted ideas" from self-radicalized individuals. Frankly, his oratory seemed poised to point at the tea party as he stated that he had indicated to (@30 sec): "entire counter-terrorism team,what more can we do on THAT threat that is LOOMING on the horizon." I was under the knife today, and have been taking some pain medication, so maybe I am hearing this wrong. So, decide for yourself. Fully in-context clip of statement from C-SPAN CLICK HERE (1 min 34 seconds) One passing mention of Al Qaeda which is dismissed as he pivots to "self-radicalized individuals." The president makes no mention of radical theology, only generic "ideas." No mention of the numerous jihadist attacks preceding and during his presidency, only attacks "looming on the horizon." Many people today have commented upon President Obama's encore performance. A statement on a gay basketball player who "can bang with Shaq," where Shaq is a retired NBA player who, to my knowledge is heterosexual.(In basketball terms, "bang" refers to a physical style of post play. Not that post, post refers to under the basket. No not... I give up.) My offense at this statement is not about sexuality, it revolves around the lack of mention of patriotic Americans who died under President Obama in Benghazi and never received an encore. This entire affair induced my OXYCODONE filled brain to embark upon a Twitter rant of epic proportions. A rant to which, I apologize. To view the rant go look up #TwistedRadicalIdeas. The moral of this story is that even while on pain killers, some of us take responsibility for our own actions... even reactions, while America's president fails the character test at every turn. Mr. President, for one day please be reasonable. Just one, that is all we ask. For one day, no #AttackWatch, no accusing the peaceful tea party movement of racism or terrorism, no undermining Israel, no submission or appeasement to Islamic supremacists, no selling weapons to our enemies, no trying to setup the confiscation of our second amendment, no undermining jobs with false promises of free health care, no hindering Americas massive reserve of fuel to further Climate Change policy, no Tides foundation nudging.... just one day without their Doo Doo Economics. A day without a fundamental transformation administration would be preferable. Maybe go golfing. In return, this blogger will, for a day, sleep, perchance to dream. Update: fixed about 1000 typos. Posted by Doo Doo Econ at 11:26 PM 2 comments Links to this post Labels: Benghazi, Doo Doo Economics, economics, Islamic Supremacy, Islamic terrorism, Tea Party, terrorism Location: San Diego, CA, USA Twitter Ends Censorship of Conservative Trends Twitter Begins Censoring Conservatives Back in September 2011 the Obama White House began #AttackWatch. It was a Twitter hashtag where people could report anything negative said against President Obama. Conservatives immediately took control and mocked the Stalinist tactic. #AttackWatch Brown Shirt tshirts began selling online. The trend grew against the Obama Administration to the point that they realized the danger of their error. Instead of apologizing to the American people, the Obama administration found a way to work with Twitter to shut down conservative trends. This blog and Gulagbound found that despite the fact that #AttackWatch was by far the most popular trend on Twitter it stopped being listed as a top trend. You can read all about it in our post "Twitter Hides #AttackWatch Trending - Proof." The Administration did this by misusing the power of the presidency. "UPDATE: Why would twitter make such an obviously corrupt move? Twitter CEO Dick Costolo is on a presidential advisory committee. (5/26/2011) President Obama announced his intent to appoint Costolo to the National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee (NSTAC)" The proof of the censorship was obvious because the Twitter programming interface (API) took time to update. Until it was patched, several Twitter Trend web services clearly showed the tampering. Once that API was updated, Twitter could now censor for the Obama administration. Conservative topics never again trended for more than a day. Twitter Smeared As Where People "Jump to Conclusions" After the Boston Marathon attack, news outlets and other left wing organization began a smear campaign against Twitter. AP was hacked. President Obama warned the public about "jumping to conclusions." It was all out warfare because facts were being put out on Twitter before the news media could find them. Law Enforcement began releasing information on Twitter before old fahioned "news conferences." Twitter had more and better information and the viewers of CNN could clearly contrast the coverage. Reports of dogs barking filled dead airspace on CNN while Twitter uncovered photos and videos of the Boston Marathon Bombing. While news reporters ran from bomb scares and stood on street corners, Twitter users were seeing pictures of people being arrested, a Saudi 2123b terrorist being tackled and connected the dots between the Motives, The Means and The Money behind the attack. The establishment media, which has been loyal to president Obama, was threatened and retaliated. My guess is that the president's statement or the actions of his handlers made matters worse. Twitter began to realize they needed to fight back. Someone at Twitter then flipped a switch and emancipated the army of conservatives into trending freedom. A conservative hashtag, #YouJustPulledAnObama, began to soar. Despite the millions of Obama Twitter bots (fake accounts) and paid social media company attack dogs calling people racists and attempting intimidation against the conservatives on Twitter, #YouJustPulledAnObama has trended for days on end. One of the worst, unfunny, unwitty, liberal tweets of all time has more than 2000 retweets to rank as the top tweet in the trend. The Soviet style salute is a clear sign that social media bots cannot stand up to conservatives. President Obama is a good president, he cares about the citizens of America.RT if you agree. #YouJustPulledAnObama — Eche Madubuike (@EcheMadubuike) April 27, 2013 While Obama followers are urged to declare their loyalty, patriotic conservatives are storming the gates. Fellow SLOBS blog Beers with Demo provides insight into some of what is being unleashed on Twitter with "What We've Been Tweeting." The cultural winds have changed. Andrew Breitbart is smiling. Labels: Andrew Breitbart, AttackWatch, Boston Marathon, President Obama, Social Media, terrorism, Twitter, YouJustPulledAn Obama Defeating Terrorism Is Free There is a force in America that will defeat terrorism when called. Americans. In the war on terror, law enforcement professionals have a role. The media has a role. The government and military have roles, but the American people are the force that is everywhere, always. As the target of terror attacks, Americans will always be present to defend themselves. To overcome the terror tactic, we require only our second amendment rights. There is a reason why no enemy force has invaded and conquered America. Armed Americans. America's greatest enemy until World War I was Great Britain. We fought wars, they burned Washington D.C. to the ground. The "bombs bursting in air" were British. British law gave us slavery to supply the empire. They occupied American cities, but in the end "that star spangled banner" yet waved. They lost, not to the Department of Homeland Security or to a policy, but to a people. The land of the free and home of the brave prevailed, then Americans forgave our enemy. The British have since become our closest allies. Britain did not ally with us because of our kindness or willingness to "coexist." Great Britain allied with us due to our strength. The strength of Americans. Countless kings and dictators have been frustrated by America's strength. A strength boiled down to a single timeless phrase, "Don't Tread On Me!" When did "the public" and "law enforcement" stop simply being referred to as "Americans"? Why do politicians make the patronizing assumption that only government can defend Americans? Will the reduction of rights or expensive security measures ever make us safe? These are questions of faith, wisdom and character. Three hundred million empowered Americans is the best security solution. The Boston attackers were identified by a victim of the crime. The Saudi national linked to Al Qaeda was captured by a bystander. The younger suspect was found by a homeowner. It is clear that the solution to terror is transparency and trust in the American people. Posted by Doo Doo Econ at 10:00 AM 1 comments Links to this post Labels: America, Boston Marathon, Dont Tread on Me, gun rights, President Obama, terrorism Sunil Tripathi, Mike Mulugeta Trained in Hanover Massachusetts Police reportedly released the names of the Boston Marathon attackers. Sunil Tripathi (left) and Mike Mulugeta (right) above are being connected with the attacks. State Police announced a connection between a killing at MIT and the Boston Marathon attack. Some reports are saying that Mike Mulugeta was killed in Watertown, Massachusetts. Mike Mulugeta may have attempted to use an improvised explosive device as a suicide bomb. Police have identified the second Watertown suspect as "a terrorist who came here to kill people." They may have been in process of attacking MIT with additional suspects. This information is new, so here is some evidence for you to review. You should make up your own mind about Sunil Tripathi: 22-year-old Brown University philosophy major Sunil Tripathi, of Radnor, Pa., left his apartment at 1:33 a.m. on March 16, 20 minutes after using his computer. He did not take his personal items and left a note. ABC News: (italics ours) "Typically, two reasons people don't take the normal things they take with them is because they're stepping outside to talk to somebody, they're going half a block away, or they're not coming back," ABC News consultant and former FBI agent Brad Garrett told "Good Morning America." "Everyone's racking their brains to see if they can come up with places that he might be or where he might have gone," Ravi Tripathi said. (His sister) His family further reported that he may have been battling depression while on leave from school. "He's been trying to figure out what he wants to do in life, where he wants to go," Ravi Tripathi, Sunil Tripathi's brother, said. TERRORISM TRAINING On March 12 and March 15 explosions occurred in Hanover, MA. Apparently Hanover was the location of some test runs with the explosives used during the Boston Marathon. [..]two recent incidents where, over the past week, witnesses have reported explosions. Officials are concerned the explosive devices could lead to injury or property damage. The recovered explosives appear to be homemade. “We’re hoping neighbors may have seen something that may help us identify those responsible for detonating the devices,” said Hanover Fire Chief Jeff Blanchard. A private intelligence group reports that jihadists have been recruiting for attacks: a jihadist announced his desire to plan bombings in the United States, but was chastised by others for revealing such a plot publicly. He is referring to a posting on the Ansar al-Mujahideen forum on April 1 in which a jihadist tried to recruit members for an attack similar in impact to al-Qaeda's 9/11 strikes, but seemed focused on the attack being a suicide bombing. Tripathi and Mulugeta, if responsible for bombings, may have been recruited, trained or inspired by Islamic terrorists. This leads to the possibility of additional suspects. NOT "RIGHT WING" Che is a popular t-shirt design for those unfamiliar with his history. Guevara is not an idol of "right wing" philosophy students. The mythical "right wing nut" remains the left's bigfoot. Gulagbound reminds us that recent domestic mass attacks have all been by progressives and drugs. http://news.siteintelgroup.com/component/content/article/6-jihadist-news/2979-jihadists-hope-boston-bombings-are-acts-of-jihadi-terrorism http://abcnews.go.com/US/sunil-tripathi-surveillance-footage-shows-missing-ivy-league/story?id=18845517#.UXDw0aJwrzj http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/03/26/missing-brown-university-student-has-been-suffering-from-depression-brother/ http://www.wickedlocal.com/hanover/news/x1037527396/Explosives-cause-concern-in-Hanover#axzz2QreVuvnH Posted by Doo Doo Econ at 3:00 AM 4 comments Links to this post Labels: boston, Boston Marathon, BostonGhazi, Brown University, Hanover, Mike Mulugeta, Sunil Tripathi, terrorism, Watertown Is Explosion Near Waco Related to Boston? Update 5/10/2013: Texas Fertilizer Explosion EMS Worker Charged With Owning Explosive Device A first responder who helped treat victims of the fertilizer plant explosion in West, Texas, last month was arrested and charged today with possessing an explosive device. The arrest came on the same day that Texas authorities opened a criminal investigation into the April 17 explosion. Paramedic Bryce Reed, who works with the West, Texas, EMS and served as incident commander during the response to the explosion, appeared in federal court in Waco, Texas, this morning for alleged possession of a destructive device. Original Post: 4/17/1013 9:43 PM: A large explosion has occurred near Waco, Texas. Here is video of the massive blast: A seismograph in Amarillo (~400m away) registered the fertilizer plant explosion in West, Texas. Sixty or seventy people are reported dead and up to one hundred injured. The information is frrom EMS Director Dr. George Smith. This morning we reviewed the possibility that the Boston Marathon attack might be the first in a series of terrorist attacks. This explosion in Waco might fall into such a strategy and explain why the attackers have not yet claimed responsibility. Al Qaeda may be waiting to claim responsibility until operatives and support members have retreated to safety. We may see a claim of responsibility in a few hours. We will not see a claim of responsibility if further attacks are in progress. An organization with hundreds of members can run a sophisticated support network. However, such networks are difficult to create and they would not want to dissemble it after a single attack. Successful operatives might be planning or executing additional attacks. A rash of attacks, like the ricin senatorial attack, would maximize the terror effect. Posted by Doo Doo Econ at 9:43 PM 4 comments Links to this post Labels: boston, explosion, terrorism, Texas, Video, waco, West Boston Terrorism Link to Benghazi The Saudi suspect in the Boston bombing is being deported: According to ICE the reason is under section 212 3B -- "Security and related grounds" -- "Terrorist activities" "looks like they were trying to make this a 'lone wolf' crime so, the Saudi government would be spared embarrassment and the U.S. would avoid explaining how a terror cell was active when we had AQ on the run." There is some question as to how the deportation occurs in order to keep it as quiet as possible. Abdul Rahman Ali Alharbi is connected to an important Saudi family with ties to Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) per this terrorist list (h/t Atlas Shrugged). Reuters reported President Obama had an unscheduled meetings with the Saudi Foreign Minister to discuss developments in the region: - U.S. President Barack Obama met with Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal at the White House on Wednesday and discussed the conflict in Syria, a spokeswoman said. The meeting was not on Obama’s public schedule. The spokeswoman, Caitlin Hayden, said the president joined a meeting between the Saudi official and Obama’s national security adviser, Tom Donilon. President Obama must believe that the Saudi government is better able to quietly pursue Al Qaeda connections in the Boston Marathon attack. AQAP became powerful in Yemen because the Saudi Arabia branch of AQ was nearly eliminated by the Saudi government. The AQ members in Saudi Arabia were forced to retreat and join with Yemeni AQ. This also keeps DHS, FBI and other domestic law enforcement resources concentrating on the domestic tasks at hand. Please help us keep an eye out on how the secretive Saudi government handles the return of Abdul Al Harbi. You may recall that reports in Boston considered him "cooperative" with law enforcement. The Motives Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) is an Algerian based jihadist cell which sometimes took orders from Osama Bin Laden. AQIM claimed responsibility for killing U.S. Ambassador Stevens and three other Americans in Benghazi, Libya. They took credit on facebook through their affiliate Ansar al-Sharia (AAS). Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) is the Yemeni-Saudi organization founded by Osama Bin Laden. On the AQAP website, they invite jihadists to "attack sporting events" of "the West". AQAP faces U.S. military forces assisting Yemen’s military efforts to maintain control since Arab Spring protests erupted in 2012. AQAP is believed to have several hundred members and are Al Qaeda's most active and biggest threat to the U.S. homeland (per CIA). AQAP announced the Benghazi attack was in retaliation for the killing of the network’s number two Sheikh Abu Yahya al-Libi. The Boston Marathon attack may be in retaliation for the killing of AQIM leader Abdelhamid Abou Zeid. Zeid was killed in fighting in northern Mali. Djamel Okacha, also known as Yahia Abu El Hamam has taken control of AQIM. Okacha is believed to have participated in the 2009 killing of American aid worker Christopher Leggett. Since changing leadership, AQIM has taken credit for the assault on Timbuktu. A spokesman for al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb issued a statement on the al-Sharq website in Mauritania, saying that the attack on Timbuktu was led by an Algerian suicide bomber, belonging to the Yusuf bin Tashfin brigade, a platoon under the command of the late al-Qaida emir Abou Zeid, who was killed last month by French forces. Additionally, trumpeting of "I killed Bin Laden" occurred in election year political ads from April 2012 through September 2012. President Barack Obama personally declared “al Qaeda is on the path to defeat and Osama bin Laden is dead.” A few weeks later Ambassador Stevens was dead, the first US Ambassador killed since 1979. Another possible al Qaeda motivation for the Boston Marathon attack is the fact that April 15th is the day of decision to attack Abbottabad and kill Osama Bin Ladin. Per a jihadist website: This day coincides with the anniversary of Lincoln's assassination. Two weeks from now is the anniversary of Usama bin Laden's assassination. The attack decision on Abbottabad was taken on April 15, according to the American version of the story. The Means The Al Qaeda terrorists claiming responsibility for the death of Ambassador Stevens and three other Americans in Benghazi have not been reported killed or captured. A private intelligence group is reporting that Jihadist Says al-Qaeda's Strategy in Line with Boston Bombings the attack is in line with al-Qaeda's strategy to exploit security vulnerabilities and weaken the enemy with small attacks that spread fear. Al Qaeda's English language magazine Inspire taught pressure cooker bomb-making techniques. The technique was used in Islamic terrorism in Afghanistan, India and Pakistan. The pressure cookers are easy to transport across borders. The Washington Times reports on Inspire: [..]proposing a long list of possible targets for attacks, among them “crowded sports arenas” and “annual social events.” [..] The chapters, including the one on pressure cooker bombs, were compiled into a booklet titled “The Lone Mujahed Pocketbook,” released on Islamic militant web sites in March, according to SITE. Logistically, Islamic terrorist have the ability to move trained operatives and support personnel into the U.S. Mexican drug cartels work with Islamic militants to traffic drugs, weapons, para-military training and sex slaves. The cartels have the available infrastructure to move men and material across our border and into major cities. Recent assassinations of law enforcement might be a tactical diversion for drug cartel logistical activity. Theories linking the assassinations to the Aryan Brotherhood prison gang have been investigated since December 2012 without results. On March 21st, Brietbart News interviewed a district attorney on the subject: (italics ours) Breitbart News: Earlier you said you didn’t want to comment on the investigation, and I understand. But I have to ask. Some have said you guys were going after the Aryan Brotherhood. Some have said low-level Mexican cartels have had involvement with the Aryan Brotherhood in Texas regarding methamphetamine trafficking? (Kaufman County District Attorney Mike) McLelland: Interesting. I can’t comment on any of that. Kaufman County District Attorney Mike McLelland and his wife Cynthia were found assassinated on March 30th. As mentioned above Islamic terrorist use drugs, weapons, slavery, and other crime to generate money. AQIM received a $17 million ransom paid by France for four French citizens who were kidnapped from their guarded villas in Arlit. Former US Ambassador to Mali Vicki Huddleston spilled the story to iTele. Huddleston explained that like all ransoms, France paid the Malian government, “which forwarded at least some of the funds to the Salafists [Islamists].” The statement was denied by France. However, when U.S. Navy SEALs raided Osama bin Laden’s compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, in 2011, they found a cache of documents called “the Abbottabad papers.” The papers included communications between Osama Bin Laden and AQIM: (italics ours) In April 2011, as the Western military intervention in Libya accelerated, bin Laden offered AQIM a point-by-point plan for how the group should handle some French hostages it had taken. He was worried that killing them would inflame Arab public opinion, at that moment grateful for France’s intervention, against al-Qaeda (in Libya). The AQIM leadership largely followed his advice. The money is being used to kill Americans by any means necessary. Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) offered a 3 kilogram of gold bounty ($150,000) for the killing of the US ambassador to Yemen, Gerald Feierstein. AQAP also put a bounty of about $500 on any American soldier in Yemen. Why No Claim of Responsibility Yet My research has arrived at three theories why Al Qaeda might wait to claim responsibility. More Likely Armed and trained citizens are more effective than law enforcement at stopping attacks. We are everywhere, always. Examiner evaluated citizen vs police statistics in mass shooting attacks: The average number of people killed in mass shootings when stopped by police is 14.29 The average number of people killed in a mass shooting when stopped by a civilian is 2.33 With this in mind, the next attack might be in a "gun free" zone state: Hawaii, California, Illinois, New York, Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey, Connecticut, Rhode Island, or Massachusetts. Gun Deaths: Gun Suicides + Gun Murder + Gun Personal Defense (This theory is supported by the fact that the FBI released video and photos of two suspects.) The Internet Conspiracy Google, Facebook, Twitter and the like may be filtering claims of responsibility. We searched French and British sources, but have not yet contacted Arabic speakers who monitor satellite channels. If the internet is locked down enough for this to be the case, we have bigger problems than terrorism. With that said, Barracuda networks could effectively shut down some selected internet traffic. America gives billions of dollars in foreign aid to countries who hate us. This aid allows us some leverage over those countries because we can take the aid away. America can always threaten to take away foreign aid, whether the aid is money, weapons or training. Al Qaeda in Iraq admits it is fighting in Syria. The fighting in Syria is being propelled by western heavy weapons from Benghazi, Libya and American run training camps in Jordan. Al Qaeda fighters are being trained in these camps as revealed by the Washington Post: (italics ours) [This article disappeared or is blocked .. you can see the Washington Post facebook link to the article to confirm its authenticity webcache version, PDF version] The Obama administration, which sent a force of about 150 U.S. military personnel to Jordan last year, has repeatedly refused to comment on reports that the force is training Syrian fighters.[..] Despite growing enthusiasm, it may be too late to separate moderates from radicals among those fighting in southern Syria. “Whether we fight under the banner of Jabhat al-Nusra or the Free Syrian Army, we are all defending our families in the name of God,” said Abu Momen, who crossed the border (from Syria to Jordan) last week along with the nightly influx of about 2,000 people. The 22-year-old said he was a fighter with the Jabhat al-Nusra group, which the Obama administration has said is a wholly owned subsidiary of al-Qaeda in Iraq. The future of Syria is a political bargaining chip. Al Qaeda and other Islamic forces are vying for control of the future of the country. This might allow the administration some leverage in this situation. The Syrian bargaining chip might be cashed in because the current administration would be badly damaged by linkage between the Boston Marathon attack and Benghazi attackers. Attackers who have not been brought to justice and remain at large. http://www.americanthinker.com/2012/10/benghazi_osamas_revenge_on_obama.html http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/03/24/us-algeria-qaeda-okacha-idUSBRE92N0C020130324 http://bostonherald.com/news_opinion/international/africa/2013/04/al_qaida_takes_responsibility_for_timbuktu_attack http://www.mediaite.com/tv/emails-reveal-al-qaeda-linked-militants-took-credit-for-benghazi-attack-hours-after/ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/al-qaeda/9998886/Boston-Marathon-bombs-al-Qaedas-Inspire-magazine-taught-pressure-cooker-bomb-making-techniques.html http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/apr/16/al-qaeda-magazine-pressure-cookers-make-bomb-kitch/ http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/mar/25/al-qaeda-north-africa-appoints-new-chief-france-co/ http://www.ndtv.com/article http://www.thenational.ae/news/world/middle-east/al-qaeda-in-iraq-admits-it-is-fighting-in-syria http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2013/01/22/what-the-osama-bin-laden-raid-discovered-on-al-qaedas-links-in-algeria/ http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/opedcolumnists/wheels_coming_off_uOnuODm7bwRX33t0JilbkN http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2013/03/31/Last-Words-Breitbart-s-Darby-Interviewed-Slain-Texas-DA-Before-Death http://www.examiner.com/article/analyzing-shooting-rampage-statistics-after-newport-school-shooting Labels: al-Libi, AQAP, AQIM, Benghazi, Boston Marathon, Boston Marathon Bombing, BostonGhazi, El Hamam, Islam, Islamic terrorism, Syria, terrorism Patriot's Day Attacked - Saudi Suspected The Saudi national being held reportedly has family in Al Qaeda. He was not cleared. Abdul Rahman Ali Alharbi is to be deported to Saudi Arabia. According to ICE the reason is under section 212 3B -- "Security and related grounds" -- "Terrorist activities." The Saudi person of interest is now cleared. CBS reporting bombs were placed in trash cans, and surveillance video exists of male carrying suspicious bags. Phones in Boston were shut down to avoid remote detonations. Injury total increased to 134, death total has increased to 3 with up to 21 in critical condition. Boston PD and FBI sources have conflicting statements on the Saudi man described as a Suspect by the New York Post. CBS reports that the man is "in custody," cooperating and denying involvement. Third explosion was reportedly just a fire, but between 4 to 5 bombs were placed in total. Initial report Saudi National suspected Police also confirmed that there was a third explosion, at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum. Patriot's Days commemorates battles of Lexington & Concord set off by British raid on Colonial Militia ammo stores. It is a state holiday in Massachusetts. Celebrations include the Boston Marathon and an annual Boston Red Sox day game. Shortly after the Red Sox game ended, about four hours into the Boston Marathon at least two explosion occurred. One explosion happened at the finish line. At the moment, two people are reported dead and twenty-three injured. It appears there were four devices, of which two detonated. My instinct is that this is not an organized right/left domestic terrorist attack. Right wing groups would not target Patriot's Day or civilians. Waco and Oklahoma City occurred on 4/19, not 4/15. Left wing anarchist groups linked to Occupy have been making bombs, but target infrastructure like bridges and banks. The few groups with obvious motivations for such an attack. Islamic Jihadists who are offended at the president's SOTU statement that Al Qaeda is a "shadow" of its former self. Environmental Extremists who are looking for attention as their movement has been discredited. There may be a new group related to drug gangs. They have been targeting law enforcement for assassination. There was a large police presence on Boylston Street. The "Don't let a crisis go to waste crowd." This group will be the focus of people following the strange movement of gold, stocks and other inexplicable occurrences on the international stage of late. A straight out sovereign state enemy of the United States. North Korea, Iran, Syria, etc. Waco, Texas occurred on Patriot's Day 1993. We can be sure that the undetonated bombs will be tracked back to the source quickly. Excuse the mainstream media's ads: First bomb explosion video here. Second bomb detonation here. Labels: Boston Athletic Association, Boston Marathon, Explosiion, Patriots Day, PrayforBoston, Saudi Suspect, terrorism AT&T U-verse Campaign to get The Blaze Channel Glenn Beck's The Blaze is coming to cable around the country. It is an entire television channel with news, entertainment and opinion programs. Now is our chance to reach out to AT&T and get the channel added to the line up. You might recall that comments by Roger Ailes had some groups boycotting FOX News for "turning left." Extensive coverage of this boycott is available at Benghazi-Truth. This is not my position, but at the moment FOX News is the lone voice in the wilderness on many important issues. It is not wise for us free people to rely upon a single media outlet. Studies have shown that people believe what they hear from three sources. FOX News as the sole dissenting voice can help people question what they are being told, but it alone cannot convince people of the truth. Glenn Beck has been a relentless truth teller. Having an additional trusted source of information is important in today's biased media landscape. Moreover, Glenn Beck and his producers have been good to new media. At times, topics which have been covered by this blog and The San Diego Local Order of Bloggers have also been covered by Glenn Beck and his staff. I have personally met Glenn Beck and he has my full support in this endeavor. Between FOX News, The Blaze and new media; we just might be able to change hearts and minds. Please complete this form at the AT&T website and choose BLAZE under General Interests. Additionally, show support for The Blaze on AT&T's Facebook page. More information available at http://www.GetTheBlaze.com. This is my unsolicited, unpaid and honest opinion. Labels: ATT, ATT U-verse, Conservative, Glenn Beck, The Blaze, U-verse Disarming American Citizens while Arming Al Qaeda Al Qaeda in Syria is now armed with the same weapon as the U.S. Navy SEAL teams. Introducing the AS-50, a weapon meant to defend western civilization from our enemies. We suspect that the breadcrumbs from arming Al Qaeda with this 50 caliber sniper rifle will lead to training in American camps in Jordan and acquisition from Benghazi, Libya (see Killing Stevens: The Obama Scandal). See more about the AS-50 from The Military Channels' Ultimate Weapons. American citizens' second amendment rights are being assaulted by U.N. Small Arms treaties, $10,000 fines for those who do not have "gun liability" insurance (which does not exist), thousands of confiscations of registered guns from American homes and the vile politicization of dead children. All of this is despite the data that gun bans increase violent crime, including murder, robbery, aggravated assault and rape. Anti-American terrorists, in the mean time, are being armed by the Obama administration with anti-aircraft (MANPADS) weapons, anti-tank weapons and our best high powered military rifles. 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__label__cc	0.704227	0.295773	Portfolio and Interview: Rachel Phillips Divinations photo-eye Gallery Portfolio and Interview: Rachel Phillips – Divinations photo-eye Gallery is excited to publish Divinations a series by California based photographer Rachel Phillips on the Photographer's Showcase. Divinations layers new black-and-white imagery on top of antique ephemera lending old objects new context, meaning, and aesthetic. Phillips combines imagery based on divinations, styles of fortune-telling, with 19th Century cabinet card portraits in, as the artists describes, a "playful and poignant attempt at using the proverbial crystal ball to see into the lost past, rather than the unknown future." Divination by Cards, 2015, and Divination by Double Take, 2015 © Rachel Phillips Displayed in Stands Made by the Artist photo-eye Gallery is excited to publish Divinations a series by California based photographer Rachel Phillips on the Photographer's Showcase. While Divinations is Rachel's first portfolio on the Photographer's Showcase, a selection of prints from her Field Notes series were on view in our 2014 Photo Objects and Small Prints exhibition. Like Field Notes, Divinations layers new black-and-white imagery on top of antique ephemera lending old objects new context, meaning, and aesthetic. Phillips combines imagery based on divinations, styles of fortune-telling, with 19th Century cabinet card portraits in, as the artists describes, a "playful and poignant attempt at using the proverbial crystal ball to see into the lost past, rather than the unknown future." The result is a unique and sumptuous object filled with whimsy, intrigue, and a touch of mystery. Selections from Divinations are currently on view at photo-eye Gallery alongside Michael Kenna: A Retrospective, and Lucas Shaffer spoke with Rachel Phillips to learn more about how the series came to be. Divination by Raindrop, 2015 © Rachel Phillips – $700, Unique Object – Front & Back Lucas Shaffer: How did Divinations get started; where did your interest come from? Rachel Phillips: It got started as I began collecting Cabinet Cards while looking for old envelopes for Field Notes. LS: Why did you choose Cabinet Cards as a subject and working material? RP: There are almost infinite wonderful old materials to work with, I chose Cabinet Cards for mostly practical reasons: they are widely available, they are visually simple yet compelling, the format is uniform. LS: Are you looking for anything in particular when selecting a Cabinet Card? RP: I look for Cabinet Cards where the portrait is larger and fills more of the frame and a simple light or dark background that leaves some clear space to add imagery. Also, for expressiveness in the portrait. LS: Does Divinations relate to Field Notes? RP: Field Notes really got me hooked on using antique materials, and I knew I wanted to continue to do that in a new series, but with a different set of objects to work from. I came across cabinet cards and started collecting them while looking for old envelopes for Field Notes. LS: Why do you like working with antique articles? RP: Working with antique objects, you instantly have character, story and history in your piece. I feel that the original objects do the “heavy lifting” in making the piece successful; that all I need to do is a sensitive, often slight addition of imagery. LS: How do you view your contemporary additions? RP: I see my contemporary additions as hopefully re-energizing the original objects so they may have a second life while striving to honor the integrity and presence of the original objects. Divination by Cloud, 2015 © Rachel Phillips – $700, Unique Object – Front & Back LS: How does the type of divination, of fortune telling, relate to the people in the Cabinet Cards? RP: I came to divination by first looking at Spiritualism (think of séances and the like) when I started researching the cultural context of the original photographs. The idea of a spirit realm was extremely popular during the Victorian time, so it seemed appropriate to use somewhat related imagery and ideas to Spiritualism and fortune telling in trying to conjure the people in these old photographs. A crystal ball is a great metaphor for a camera, really, both profess to help us see through time and space. LS: Are all of the types of divinations listed in your titles practiced, or are you inventing some as the work evolves? RP: I have not invented any, yet I don’t know how actively many of them are practiced. Many, if not all, seem quite far-fetched! LS: Where do you find out about the types of Divination? RP: My main resource was the Wikipedia page for Divination. It has an alphabetical list which must include hundreds of different methods. Phillips's Studio – Prepping Cabinet Cards for Print Transfer LS: Is there a type of divination most interesting or surprising to you? RP: My all time favorite is “Rumpology” which is divinations by, well, interpreting the shape of someone’s behind. Alas, I have not been successful in incorporating Rumpology into the series yet, though I have tried. It just isn’t easy to add a posterior to a beautiful 19th century cabinet card portrait in a visually pleasing way! LS: How do you choose which type of Divination to apply to each portrait? RP: I try to match the mood of the divination and the portrait—or sometimes to contrast the face with the imagery to create a tension. Mostly, it’s practical considerations for how the layers of imagery will merge together with the composition of the original portrait and my addition. LS: Are you re-using any Divinations on other different Cabinet Cards? RP: Yes, I do re-use imagery on multiple cabinet cards to create a loose edition or “iteration” of the same type of divination. LS: Why did you decide to make your own Display stand for divinations, and are you thinking of this work as sculpture? RP: I don’t think of the work as sculpture—I chose to make stands for a couple reasons. First, to emphasize and respect the original object and second, because the backs of the cards often include beautiful graphics which I wanted to keep accessible. Divination by Mirror, 2015 © Rachel Phillips – $700, Unique Object LS: Is there one image that stands out for you or was particularly difficult to make? RP: Designing the pieces is often a struggle, it’s a very small palette to work with, about four by six inches, and you have this large head in the middle so it really limits how much imagery you can add, and where. So many times I’ll walk away from a piece for months and then when I look at it again, I’ll have a totally different idea of how I want to depict that kind of divination. My favorites are the cards where it isn’t obvious what imagery I’ve added and what was originally there. For example, the Cabinet Card of the man’s face in the mirror I like because the old and new blend pretty seamlessly. And, it’s my hand holding the mirror while I photographed with the other hand, so that’s fun to remember when I look at it. BookTease™ of Divinations by Rachel Phillips, published by Treadwell Press LS: Divinations was recently published as a monograph by Treadwell Press, what was the process of making the book like? RP: The book is totally handmade by me: cutting down the pages, rounding the corners, printing and folding the covers and operating the spiral binding machine. So, the process is hands-on and a labor of love. It’s been inspiring to see people excited about the book and to have another way to share the work beyond the original pieces. Phillips's Studio – Making Divinations LS: What is next for the project? RP: Periodically I go back and look through “failed” pieces to see if new inspiration will strike and I’ll see a visual solution that had eluded me before. It’s time to do that again and see what new pieces emerge. LS: What are you working on right now? RP: I’m working on designing paper sculptures akin to little theaters that will house photographs…spending time in the studio, cutting and folding and following my intuition… Cover of the Divinations Monograph Rachel Phillips's Divinations is currently on view at photo-eye through September 10th. For more information and to purchase prints, please contact Gallery Director Anne Kelly at 505-988-5152 x121 or anne@photoeye.com. View the Divinations Online Portfolio Purchase a copy of the Divinations Book Read More about Field Notes Video: Rachel Phillips describes Divinations Labels: Interviews, photo-eye Gallery, Photographer's Showcase, Rachel Phillips	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0050.json.gz/line63
__label__cc	0.678013	0.321987	Smart Meters being recalled, can we help? This is an example letter which I sent to the Brentwood, CA 94513 city council. Please take a look at the bookmarks, and see if this is something you can support too. Hello, and thanks for taking my e-mail. The pg&e “smart meter” program is nothing but smart, when talking about our health. I am all for great innovations in technology, including small distance radio transmitters for things like our water meters for instance. All it takes is someone to drive around the block and get all the meter readings. The pg&e smart meter program was an attempt at putting together an information grid under our noses, but right out in the open. Eventually they wanted to hook up smart thermostats, control our air conditioning and eventually even other large appliances like the fridge. This is an unheard of feat, not to mention it was using severely untested high frequency radio/microwaves emanating through the power grid. There are many people sensitive to such EM radiation, and pg&e put a bunch of it in our air. There isn’t any way to get around it, because in Brentwood pg&e did a full roll-out of these “smart meters”. Multiple Smart Meters on Townhouses in Stratford, Ontario RF radiation pulses on PG&E 'smart' meters Smart Meters 100x Radiation Exposure of a Cell Phonehealth impact study brief discussion 100x cell phone radiation "Smart" meters: Higher pulses of RF than a cell antennaexposure compared to cell towers in SF RF radiation from five 'smart' meters in a parking lot (San Francisco CA) clusters of smart meters, we have these in Brentwood too. Besides the verified over-utilization of microwave radiation the smart meters are also linked to aggressive rate changes in power and gas service, including “tiered” usage at random intervals during the day based on what pg&e thinks is best. I encourage the council to look at this system, and recommend PG&E remove all smart meters in Brentwood, with traditional analog meters. I will be happy to present a short discussion on this topic at a council hearing or appropriate committee meeting. Please contact me as appropriate. I will be contacting PG&E to replace my “smart” meters, I encourage you to do the same. Sean Ackley sean@ackind.net Contact: Joshua Hart, http://StopSmartMeters.Org info@stopsmartmeters.org Tuesday, November 1st 2011 PG&E BEGINS REMOVING 'SMART' METERS DUE TO HEALTH EFFECTS Widening Call for Immediate Return of Analogs; Disconnection of "Mesh" Wireless Network SANTA CRUZ, CA.-Just as PG&E enters the final phase of its deployment of wireless "smart" meters in California, the largest of the state's Investor Owned Utilities (IOU's) has reversed course, quietly beginning to replace the 'smart' meters of those reporting health impacts with the old trusty analog version. Consumer rights and health groups immediately seized on the news, demanding that millions of Californians unhappy with their new wireless meters get their analogs returned immediately at no cost. 'Smart' meters are new wireless utility meters being installed as part of the "smart" grid initiative, spearheaded by technology firms and backed by the Obama administration and the Department of Energy. Promises ranging from lower utility bills to enhanced renewable generation capacity have failed to materialize, with widespread reports of higher bills, privacy violations, fires and explosions, and commonly reported health impacts such as headaches, nausea, tinnitus, and heart problems associated with powerful wireless transmissions. Widely disparate political groups- from members of the Green Party to the Tea Party and Occupy protesters have attacked the program, and dozens of grassroots organizations have sprouted up over the past several months to fight what they call an undemocratic, unconstitutional and dangerous assault on people in their own homes and neighborhoods. Dozens of people have been detained or arrested for peaceful civil disobedience and even simply speaking out against deployments.[1] In California, more than 47 cities and counties have demanded a halt to halt installation, and a dozen local governments have passed laws prohibiting the controversial technology. [2] The 'smart' meter issue has further angered a public already seething at the utilities over repeated gas explosions, safety breaches at nuclear reactors, and an increasingly extortionate rate structure. Word of California's 'smart' meter nightmare has spread across the country and around the world, prompting some utilities to place smart meter plans on hold, and recently Nevada's PUC to call for investigations into the health effects and other smart meter problems.[3] Now in a dramatic turnaround that could signal the beginning of a widespread recall of wireless 'smart' meters, on October 28th PG&E re-installed a classic spinning disc analog meter on the home of Santa Cruz, CA resident Caitlin Phillips, who had been suffering headaches and other symptoms from her 'smart' meter. The move comes in response to verbal directives from the California Public Utilities Commission President Michael Peevey, who recently told members of the public that the utility "will provide for you to go back to the analog meter if that's your choice." The CPUC has been slow to respond to thousands of ordinary citizens reporting health effects from the new meters. When a Wellington Energy installer (contracted with PG&E) came to install a smart meter at her home, Caitlin asked the installer to get off her property and not install, because of what a neighbor had told her about possible health damage and privacy violations. "When I returned home later, I discovered a smart meter on my house. That night I awoke to severe anxiety, headache, and buzzing in my teeth, and realized the new smart meter was on the other side of the wall from my bed." Caitlin reported her experience to PG&E and the CPUC, who both declined to rectify the situation. When the symptoms persisted, Caitlin sought the assistance of the Scotts Valley based group Stop Smart Meters! who provided an analog meter and referred her to a professional who could help her remove her 'smart' meter. As soon as the analog was installed, Caitlin's symptoms disappeared. Frustrated and outraged about her treatment by the utility and the PUC, Caitlin travelled to San Francisco to speak at a commission meeting on Oct. 20th. About a week later, PG&E crews were at her house replacing her temporary analog meter with a brand new official PG&E analog meter. This is believed to be the first time PG&E have willingly replaced an analog meter on the home of someone suffering from health effects.[4] An "opt-out" proceeding overseen by an Administrative Law Judge is underway at the CA Public Utilities Commission, yet those suffering (in some cases severe) health impacts have been stuck in limbo as utilities refuse to remove the harmful meters upon request- until now. "There are hundreds of thousands- if not millions- of people suffering in their homes from forced 'smart' meter radiation," said Joshua Hart, Director of the grassroots organization Stop Smart Meters! "The utilities and PUC's must respond promptly to all requests that analogs be returned. The alternative is that people will increasingly turn to independent professionals to remove unwanted 'smart' meters from their homes, a reasonable action we assert is within our legal rights. Protecting your family's health is not tampering." PG&E and other utilities have also been responding to health complaints by replacing wireless 'smart' meters with digital meters that are "wireless-ready." These digital meters have been associated with health problems from "dirty electricity" frequencies that pass into a home via the electrical wiring. These "trojan horse" meters have been roundly rejected by those who report continuing health impacts after installation. Susan Brinchman, Director of San Diego based Center for Electrosmog Prevention. said "At this point, the burden of responsibility is on the utilities to demonstrate that any new meter they want to install on our homes is safe. Communities have the right to retain analog meters at no extra charge. Period." http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2010/12/29/2-arrests-at-pge-smartmeter-protest-in-marin-county/ Full list of opposed local governments: http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2011/oct/25/nv-energys-smart-meters-be-investigated/ Posted by rhawk301.blogger at 6:51 AM END THE FED SF 11/22/2011	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0050.json.gz/line64
__label__cc	0.661701	0.338299	O Captain! My Captain Kirk! The William Shatner interview comic con, Into Darkness, khan, Kirk, Space, Stan Lee, Star Trek, USS Enterprise Star Trek cast: Leonard Nemoy as Commander Spock, William Shatner as Captain Kirk, DeForest Kelley as Doctor McCoy and James Doohan as Commander Scott. (AP file photo) “Don’t call him Captain Kirk. Don’t call him Captain Kirk,” I thought to myself right before the start of my interview with William Shatner on Thursday. See, there are times when interviewing a celebrity that a nerd at heart — and in every other sense — has to stop and think, “WOW.” Interviewing William Shatner was one of those moments for this nerd. Truth be told, my love of “Star Wars” outweighs that of “Star Trek,” but not by much. So getting a few minutes of Captain James T. Kirk’s time to talk about his upcoming appearance at this year’s Denver Comic Con and other things nerdy was an experience unlike any other. So, set phasers to full-on-nerd. Energize. The questions you’d expect were asked — his thoughts on the rebooted films and why he enjoys attending comic cons, but one question had the best response with the biggest laugh. What is the most bizarre thing or piece of memorabilia a fan asked you to sign? “A girl’s left breast, that was memorable. (laughs) I was tempted to sign the right one, but that may have been overdoing it (laughs).” Honestly, do you get tired of talking about Star Trek after all these years? “You know, I’m between two worlds. It’s old hat, and yet it’s new. I am talking to you, for example. I am going to a comic con in Denver, so that’s new, and I am enthused about it.” And I don’t do them very often, so here I am coming to Denver, and I’m delighted.” Are you interested in doing a cameo in the rebooted films, like Leonard Nimoy has done? “I don’t know how’d they’d resuscitate the aging captain, (laughs) but if they beckon their finger, I might play hard to get (laughs).” Thoughts on Chris Pine? (who plays Kirk in the reboots) “He’s beautiful. I think he is a real leading man, and he should be around for a long time to come. He’s got the face, the figure and the talent.” Have you seen Into Darkness yet? “No. I’ve wanted to, but I’d like to see it with my wife. I hear it’s excellent.” How many takes did you and Mr. Nimoy have to do in Wrath of Khan for the death scene in the radiation chamber? “Oh, (laughs) it was so long ago. Let’s say three. Not many.” What are your thoughts as the Denver Comic Con approaches? “These comic cons are really special events for those interested in science fiction and horror and fantasy. It’s mythology. (Fans) indulge in the mythology of the times, which is the science fiction thing. And it’s part of the ritual of the mythology with getting into costume, wardrobe and getting signatures and things like that. They come, they have a great time and they participate in the ritual that gives them the fun. They’re just after a good time.” So, there you have it. I am pumped for Denver Comic Con, as I hope you all are, too. Nerd, out. Categories: Animation, Comics, Event, Knowledge!, Movies, Online shows, Sci-Fi, Star Trek, Superheroes, Toys, TV Shows A life-size X-wing made of Legos Stan Lee cancels for Denver Comic Con, but here’s our full interview with the Marvel icon anyway “Lock and load!” Denny Crane Comment by Robert Paul — May 23, 2013 @ 8:33 pm I think Denny Crane was his best character Comment by Lew Schiller — May 25, 2013 @ 9:36 pm WWE wrestler Adam Rose arrested on domestic violence charges Wade Barrett, Damien Sandow, Santino Marella among pro wrestlers released by WWE WATCH: “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” as told by emoji “Marvel’s The Punisher” gets season order on Netflix WATCH: “Batman: The Killing Joke” animated trailer revealed Shiny Objects Archive Posts by Topic Select Category Animation (32) Comics (121) Costumes (22) Denver Comic Con (15) Denver Comic Con 2014 (13) Denver Comic Con 2015 (2) Event (95) Everything Else (48) Food (3) Horror (5) Knowledge! (34) Literature (6) Movies (128) Music (12) News (50) Online shows (10) Sci-Fi (53) Space (35) Star Trek (27) Star Wars (44) Superheroes (53) Tabletop (10) Toys (14) Trivia (1) TV Shows (82) Uncategorized (13) Video Games (2) Wrestling (58) About Shiny Objects Shiny objects : noun : \ˈshī-nē ˈäb-jekts\ : Things that catch the fancy of self-proclaimed nerds (like us). We'll bring you all the shiny we can each week. What's shiny to you? Shiny Objects RSS feed	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0050.json.gz/line69
__label__cc	0.565342	0.434658	Most Rev. Nazarene Soosai Bishop of Kottar Bishop’s House, P. B. No. 17 Nagercoil, Kanyakumari Dt. – 629 001 Phone: +91-4652-278343, 279152, 279933 Email: nazarene13@gmail.com Rev. Fr. Chetan Machado CCBI Centre, PB No.8490 Hutchins Road 2nd Cross Bangalore-560 084, Karnataka, India Mobile : 0 9891792505 Email (P) : chetan0812@gmail.com Email (O) : secretary@ccbiyouth.com Most Rev. Ignatius D’Souza Bishop of Bareilly Bishop’s House, 63, Cantt. Bareilly – 243 001; Uttar Pradesh Phone: +91-581-2510598, 2423115 Email: iggysouza@gmail.com Most Rev. Henry D’Souza Bishop of Bellary Bishop’s House, Cantonment Bellary – 583 104, Karnataka Phone: 08392-240315 , 240308 E-mail: bhousebly@gmail.com CCBI Youth Commission is the chief organ of the Conference of Catholic Bishops of India that inspires and animates the youth apostolate of the Latin Church towards a deeper Christian awareness and commitment through faith formation. It aims to achieve its objective by working in close collaboration with the Regional Youth Commissions, Indian Catholic Youth Movement (ICYM) and other various Catholic Youth Movements in India. The Scope and the key areas of the work of the Commission for Youth (CCBI) will be the promotion and encouragement of Catholic youth in their understanding of Christian Faith and Vocation, and their personal commitment to Catholic values. In particular, The Commission focuses on the holistic growth of the Catholic youth and on their ensuing commitment towards the Church and the larger society in India. The Youth Commission was officially set up by the Executive Committee of CCBI on April 22, 2008. However for number of reasons, the commission was unable to set itself in motion. With the appointment of a full time executive secretary, Fr. Elias ofm, effective from the 3 July 2012, and with the guidance of its chairman in Bishop Henry D’Souza, the member bishops Vincent Samuel and Cyprian Monis, the commission has been able to achieve most of its objectives stipulated for the Year 2013-2014. The CCBI Youth Commission has persuasively guided the youth of India with the principles of Christian charity, with the significant support of the Regional Youth Commissions and the various Youth Movements in India, in a spirit of collaboration, cooperation and complementarily. We hereby bring before you the work of the commission; the tasks accomplished FY 2013-14 and the work of the commission in pipe line FY 2015. 2. Vision and Mission Three fold point of importance for the Commission: (1) That the Commission helps the youth to discover that Jesus is their Way, their Truth and their Life. (2) That the Commission enables the young people to discover their faith and thus secularize the world (transform the world by being the agents of Change). (3) That the Commission enables the youth to discover their true Catholic identity, thus become best humans like Jesus. 3. Vision CCBI Youth Commission strives to animate the young people of India to be transforming leaders firmly founded on Catholic faith. 4. Mission CCBI Youth Commission achieves its vision through an effective mission ‘PLAN’ P – Providing resources in faith related issues L – leading and accompanying the youth to be agents of change for a new society A – animating and coordinating the Word of the Catholic Youth Commissions/Organizations/Movements N – nurturing and encouraging the development of comprehensive youth ministry at all levels – from grassroots to the national 5. Objectives To make young people true Disciples of Christ – declaring and living one’s catholic identity To participate in the Life of the Church – enriched by the Word of GOD and Sacraments To transform young people into Christian Leaders building a new society To empower ‘youth to youth’ out-reach initiatives To foster a culture of Excellence that leads to Holistic Success – Individual and Collective 6. Former Chairmen 1. Most Rev. Cyprian Monis, Asansol: 2008 to 2010 2. Most Rev. Henry D’Souza, Bellary: 2010 to 2015 3. Most Rev. Franco Mulakkal, Jalandhar: 2015-2018 4. Most Rev. Nazarene Soosai, Kottar: 2019- 7. Former Executive Secretaries 1. Fr. Sukumar Sarkar: 2010-2012 2. Fr. Elias Moses: 2012-2017 3. Fr. Chetan Machado: 2017-	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0050.json.gz/line77
__label__wiki	0.540655	0.540655	MSF Retrospect Lessons report - Rakhine Emergency This document describes the Lessons identified during the emergency phase of the OCA Rakhine intervention. It summarises the successes and challenges encountered during the project, lists the important learning themes arising from these successes and challenges, and includes a set of lessons derived from an analysis of these learning points. Stockholm Evaluation Unit hum_actions_revealed.png Through an analysis of the events that have marked MSF’s history since 2003, this series of case studies and historical accounts describes the evolution of MSF's humanitarian ambitions, the resistance to these ambitions and the political arrangements that overcame this resistance (or that failed to do so). edited by Claire Magone, Michaël Neuman, Fabrice Weissman A compilation and mapping related to the unrest in Northern Africa and the Middle East 2011. Updated version September 2011 Since civil unrest and violence erupted in countries across Northern Africa and the Middle East (referred as NAME in the document) teams from the five MSF OCs (Operational Centres) have been assisting the populations. OCB has mainly been active in Egypt, Bahrain, Libya and Italy (Lampedusa with the influx of migrants from the Northern African regions). Activities and challenges have varied from one context to another. The overall aim of the mapping/compilation is to describe all of OCB’s activities from January to August 2011, in relation to the unrests. David Crémoux Internal report: Response to Nargis cyclone, Irrawaddy delta, Myanmar - 13 Lessons learned from the OCG intervention. Cyclone Nargis was a strong tropical cyclone that caused the worst natural disaster in the recorded history of Myanmar. An MSF intervention started 72 hours after the disaster with two teams, one in Bogalay and one in Pyapon. Due to political restrictions the real operational activities only started 10 days after. MSF-CH wanted to capture the lessons learned out of this major response that was considered a successful intervention. MSF in Myanmar: Doubts and Certainties - Critical Review After 15 years of presence in Myanmar, an evaluation was conducted to highlight some of the challenges relating to the context and the lessons learned Dan Sermand and Dr Jean-Clément Cabrol darfur.png A critique of MSF France Operation in Darfur (Sudan) In September 2004, the Board of MSF-France decided to undertake a critique of the section’s operations in Darfur in 2003 and 2004. According to the terms of reference, the aim was less to ‘evaluate’ our intervention than to subject it to a critical examination which would enable us to “identify our weaknesses and the ways in which they can be corrected”. It addresses the following issues: Dr. Corinne Danet, Sophie Delaunay, Dr. Evelyne Depoortere, Fabrice Weissman	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0050.json.gz/line78
__label__wiki	0.747112	0.747112	Younger and more female demographic driving boom in premium ale A new report has revealed a 60% market value increase in bottled ale since 2011, thanks in part to more women opting for premium drinks in the ale category. Oz Clarke - wine ready for a shake-up Wine critic, writer and broadcaster Oz Clarke had his eyes firmly fixed on the audience at the inaugural evening of Regent's Park Taste of London last night. Label launched for Londoners who "can't tell their chardonnay from their sangiovese" A forward-thinking wine label has been launched to dispel the "myth" that those who don't know about wine can't have good taste. Chinese wine in recovery from "anti-extravagance" measures China is seeing recovery from government anti-extravagance measures which left deep fissures in the purses of the country's wine market. Alcohol continues to cast shadow over Euro 2016 French police are restricting the sale of alcohol in Lille ahead of England and Wales' Euro 2016 match in hopes to derail the violence over-shadowing the tournament. UK winner of the Wines of South Africa Sommelier Cup announced Wines of South Africa have praised the role sommeliers have played in driving 9% in the UK on-trade as the winner of the UK leg of their triennial Sommelier Cup is announced. Wine consumption up in Oz but overall alcohol down as young Australians opt for "abstinence" New figures suggest that "abstinence" in young Australians is behind the recent nose-dive in alcohol consumption across the country - although wine consumption is on the up. González Byass launches sherry vermouth for 'conscious' cocktail consumers Sherry-makers González Byass are hoping to snare new customers in the on-trade with the launch of a new sherry vermouth based on a recipe from the 19th century. Glenfiddich announces new Global Brand Ambassador Cava aims to climb to the "top of quality wine pyramid" with premium classification The CRDO del Cava (Cava Regulatory Board) has announced the launch of a new premium category for Spanish sparkling wines that is designed to create distance between low and high quality Cavas. The Scottish Alcohol Industry Partnership launches a 125ml consumer choice campaign Bartenders just outside Glasgow have become the first in Scotland to sign up to a campaign which encourages the on-trade to offer smaller wine measures in a bid to ease the strain on the NHS and other public services. Glen Grant packaging and line-up overhaul to "re-awaken" the brand Glen Grant has unveiled a complete re-brand of its range and added three new expressions in an attempt to "reaffirm" its position as a leading player in the premium whisky market. Wales to host English and Welsh Wine of the Year Competition for the first time The Welsh Vineyards Association has been announced as the host of the upcoming English and Welsh Wine of the Year Competition 2016 - cementing Wales's status as an emerging wine destination. Gin now one in every three bottles of spirit sold at Waitrose Waitrose has revealed that its top selling three spirits are now all gin - knocking out Pimm's from the top three - as the gin boom continues to gain ground. Tour de France partnership continues to drive growth for Concha y Toro Chilean wine brand Cono Sur is continuing to make huge gains in the UK market thanks to its official partnership with the Tour de France. Training scheme aims to fill education gap costing companies "time and resources" It might seem like an obvious point that sommeliers and those working in the on-trade need to be able to help customers get the most out a wine list. Customers "lapping up" fresh Spanish whites with New World influences Members club the Wine Society is seeing strong demand for Spanish wines thanks to a revolution in winemaking pushed by a new generation of vine aficionados. Champagne de Castelnau undergoes image revamp Champagne de Castelnau is heading in a new ultra modern direction for its centenary with the launch of its first prestige cuvée. The Week That Was: Top news, Q&As and analysis on Harpers.co.uk In case you missed some of the headlines this week on Harpers.co.uk, we have put together a review of the top online news and analysis stories for the drinks trade. Tesco confirms it is selling Giraffe and Turkish operations Tesco has confirmed it will be offloading Giraffe and the Turkish arm of its operations for an undisclosed sum.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0050.json.gz/line81
__label__wiki	0.598325	0.598325	Join Built For Zero Donate Join Built For Zero Stories \| Employment Designing the Swift Factory with the community How this redevelopment in North Hartford will bring jobs back to the neighborhood Kristin Kellogg \| May 15, 2018 Where some might see a vacant, blighted building, the residents of North Hartford saw 65,000 square feet of potential in the abandoned Swift Factory. In its heyday, the historic building housed the neighborhood’s largest employer, which manufactured delicate gold leaf that covered capitol domes around the country. But in 2004 the factory closed its doors, taking with it the jobs that had supported neighborhood families since the 1880s. The decline of the factory coincided with hard times for the neighborhood. Today nearly half of North Hartford’s residents live in poverty. More than 20 percent of homelessness in the Hartford area could be traced to the neighborhood, and unemployment hovers at 27 percent, more than five times the national rate. Although Connecticut boasts the highest per capita income of any state in the country, residents of North Hartford earn an average of only $12,099 a year. Despite these grim realities, residents weren’t giving up on their neighborhood or the factory. They believed that the Swift Factory could once again be an important economic engine in the community and help local families remain securely housed. Leaders sought Community Solutions’ help in finding a way for the historic factory to bring back jobs. “The Factory is not the end product— it’s a step toward achieving our higher goals. We’re creating jobs where there are none and we’ll be speaking to the real needs of the community.” —John Thomas, Community Engagement Coordinator We approach all our projects through the lens of human-centered design. This means putting the people we’re designing for first, observing and listening to their needs, and iterating potential solutions with them. In the case of transforming the Swift Factory, neighborhood residents knew they needed jobs to combat homelessness, and we listened. Consider for a moment what often happens with old industrial buildings: those in appealing locations become loft apartments with industrial features and exposed brick walls. Funding for affordable housing was available and much more straightforward and easier to secure than what would be required to revive employment at the site. But we trusted the residents’ belief that the key thing needed to stabilize the neighborhood and curb homelessness was new jobs. To develop a viable business plan that would match the skills and interests of residents with market needs and potential business tenants, John Thomas, our Community Engagement Coordinator, met with hundreds of residents and organizations to learn about talents and aspirations ready to be tapped. Simultaneously, our team conducted regional market research to find unmet needs that could be successfully addressed through the redevelopment of the Swift Factory. These two lines of research converged in the concept of a food business hub to house food growing, manufacturing, and distribution businesses and support local food entrepreneurs. We discovered that a number of community residents were already operating small-scale food businesses out of their homes and that the demand for locally sourced food was significant and increasing throughout the Hartford region. The compelling business plan for the food hub was recognized by the U.S. Department of Commerce. Last year Community Solutions was awarded a $2.8 million federal grant for the Swift Factory to implement the plan. The redeveloped factory will feature a 36,000-square foot indoor farm operated by Fresh Box Farms; the commissary kitchen for the popular Bear’s Smokehouse BBQ, a Hartford restaurant group, that will also produce sauces and other products for sale; and a kitchen incubator with 10 spaces for local food entrepreneurs to expand their operations. Combined, these businesses will create more than 150 long-term jobs with a hiring priority for local residents. Construction begins on the Swift Factory in June 2018 and will open in late 2019. “The Factory is not the end product— it’s a step toward achieving our higher goals,” says John. “We’re creating jobs where there are none and we’ll be speaking to the real needs of the community.” North Hartford \| Swift Factory This article was originally published in Community Solutions' 2017 Annual Report. Welcome Mary Tobin, Director of the Brownsville Partnership Q&A with Patrick McKenna Follow the data All news and events Stay informed and engaged with us: Email Subscribe Community Solutions is a non-profit organization that works to achieve a lasting end to homelessness that leaves no one behind. Our initiative Built for Zero is a movement of 70+ communities working to measurably end homelessness. Community Solutions Central Office \| 60 Broad Street, Suite 2510A \| New York, NY 10004 © Copyright 2020 Community Solutions — All Rights Reserved. Privacy Policy \| Non-profit design by openbox9	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0050.json.gz/line85
__label__cc	0.515321	0.484679	#Boom Media A&E/Geek Drag/Pageantry Leather/Fetish Tech/Science #Boom Info About #Boom Content Contributor #Boom Staff #Boom in the News World OutGames Miami Gains Support from the International Institute on Race, Equality and Human Rights Written by WORLD OUTGAMES MIAMI Partnership helps bring human rights conference to 10-day event in 2017. MIAMI, Fl. – World OutGames Miami 2017, a ten-day multi-sport, human rights and cultural event from May 27 until June 4, 2017, has joined forces with the International Institute on Race, Equality and Human Rights (IIREHR) in support of the World OutGames Global LGBTQI Human Rights Conference. Their vital support will aid in developing the 3-day exchange of ideas with distinguished panelists from around the world. St. Louis Crusaders Announce Sponsorship With Just John Nightclub Written by ST. LOUIS CRUSADERS ST. LOUIS, Mo. - The St. Louis Crusaders, Missouri’s only all-inclusive and gay men’s rugby team, are delighted to announce a one-year sponsorship with Just John Nightclub. The sponsorship is a welcome step as the rugby team continues to become more involved with the local LGBT community. St. Louis Blues "Pride Night" Set for Jan. 19th. Written by STAFF REPORTS ST. LOUIS, Mo. - St. Louis Blues Hockey will host Pride Night at Scottrade Center on Thursday, Jan. 19, 2017 as LGBT friends, family and allies watch the Blues take on the Washington Capitals. 2014-2018 COPYRIGHT #BOOM	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0050.json.gz/line91
__label__cc	0.640429	0.359571	In praise of friction 19 April, 2015 Uncategorizedadvertising, Do Not Track, EFF, privacy, Privacy Badger, trackingSteve Bowbrick Install Privacy Badger. It’s a plug-in from the EFF that blocks the nasty stuff that web site owners silently insert into your browser – tracking code, cookies and code from third-parties. It works in Firefox and Chrome (but only on a computer, not on your mobile). Now enjoy the genuinely freaky experience of wandering the web unrecognised. Not anonymous, just not known. Like a character in a William Gibson novel who’s had the implant ripped out. This is what it’s like not to be tracked (disclaimer: this only works for web sites. Your government is still tracking you). The immediate effect is more friction. Gone: the convenience of breezing around the web like you’re a VIP. Barriers pop up everywhere. But, you’ll realise, the experience of showing up at one of your regular web sites and seeing that bloody cookies warning again and being asked to log in from scratch again is, seriously, charming. You’re logging in again because the web site you’re visiting, which is your absolute favourite, has no idea who you are. Friction is good. Likewise, seeing the little Privacy Badger icon light up, telling you that 10, 20, 30 (sometimes 40 or 50) tracking elements on the page have been blocked, is the simplest possible reminder of the sheer density of the thicket of tracking code you’re entangled in now. And the fact that some pages won’t display at all, or are just broken, because Privacy Badger won’t allow them to load code from another domain, is also – seriously – sort of bracing. As you go through the list of blocked elements looking for the one that’s stopping the page from displaying, you’ll learn more about how third-party code makes the modern web work. Consciousness raised. Incidentally, it’s going to take you a while to notice, but you’re not seeing the usual chaff of Facebook, Twitter and Google gadgets either. They’re blocked. Is this a bit paranoid? A bit weird? Yes. But it’s also profoundly sane. Blocking all this stuff, this invasive cruft, this miserable, intrusive web junk is a good thing not because it makes it harder for big media to make a living. It’s a good thing because it switches things around and puts you back in charge. It’s now your decision whether you activate all those trackers again. If you’re feeling big about it – magnanimous – you can switch Privacy Badger off all together for sites you trust. But that’s a decision you made, not a default behaviour (I’m a grown-up and I want great sites to survive. I’ve done this for lots of sites). Canny web site owners are responding to users who block their tracking code by popping messages saying things like: “we notice you’re running an ad blocker. Would you be a nice person and switch it off?” Some won’t allow you in at all if you’re running an ad blocker. And this is cool. It’s the right way round. It makes your contract with the publisher explicit. Everything’s in the open (and Privacy Badger will still show you a list of tracking code, even for sites you’re not blocking, so you’re in the know). There are also legit ways for publishers to stop Privacy Badger blocking their sites. Publishers will tell you that friction = death for sites on slim margins and with sharp-elbowed competition. They’ll tell you they couldn’t possibly make the tracking trade-off explicit. And they’ll tell you it’s all already in their terms of use. And my answer to that, of course, is going to be something like: “there’s your problem.” Here’s the list of tracking elements blocked by Privacy Badger at the The Economist. 29 items. ← The electro-mechanical sublime Seven things I learnt from the British Library’s Magna Carta show →	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0050.json.gz/line92
__label__wiki	0.809659	0.809659	About School Partnership ProgramInstrument Inventory Management SystemInstrument Wish ListSchool Partnership Benefits PortalInstrument Purchase Planning Conn-Selmer InstituteMusic Administration CollaborativeVIP Program & BenefitsGrant Writing & Funding Strategies for Music ProgramsMarching Arts Workshops About Our CliniciansClinician Profiles About the Division of EducationContact UsDivision of Education Partners Educational ArticlesTouchpoint NewsletterConn-Selmer Videos Andrew Gekoskie Request Clinician Director of Instrumental Music/Music Director Creative Arts Academy/ Orchestra X Project professional orchestra (two positions) In demand as a conductor, clinician, adjudicator and guest lecturer, Andrew Gekoskie is the Music Director of The Gardens Pops Orchestra and Artistic Director/Conductor of The Orchestra X Project - a professional chamber orchestra located in South Florida. He is the former Music Supervisor of the Angleton Independent School District in Angleton, Texas and Director of Bands at Langley HS in Fairfax County Virginia. With nationally-recognized excellence as a band director, conductor and music educator, Mr. Gekoskie has been recognized by colleagues, students and leading professionals alike. He has been a guest on National Public Radio's "Desert Island Disks", featured in School Band and Orchestra Magazine, received the National Band Association “Citation of Excellence”, and has produced many successful educational concerts, clinics and events. His bands have been selected as the featured high school concert band at the Music Educators National Conference Biennial National Convention, in Minneapolis, MN, The Western International Band Clinic in Seattle and twice featured and invited to perform at the Bands of America National Concert Band Festival in Indianapolis, IN. In addition, Mr. Gekoskie’s ensembles have performed at Carnegie Hall in NYC, State Music Conventions, Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center, NYC, the Music Educators National Conference (NAFME) All-Eastern Division Conference in New York City, and throughout Europe as part of the “Mozart 250 Celebration”. Mr. Gekoskie’s marching bands have also been recognized for outstanding and innovative, national-level quality. He directed the ﬁrst ever Class A Marching Band to be named an overall champion of a Bands of America Regional, as well as securing the Bands of America 1996 Class A Grand National Championship. His marching bands have also won numerous other awards, honors and grand/state championships including FMBC State Champion; CMBC National Champion; The US Coast Guard Class A East Coast Champion three consecutive times; The Gator Bowl National Marching Band Champion; and as a finalist at the Fiesta Bowl National Marching Band Championship. An active adjudicator, Mr. Gekoskie’s affiliations have included DCI, BOA, DCA as well as many independent and state contests throughout the United States. A proponent of new music, Mr. Gekoskie was responsible for commissioning new wind ensemble literature totaling over 12 titles from composers and consortiums including Steven Bryant, John Mackey, Arturo Rodriguez, Richard Danielpour, Daniel Montoya. His most recognizable commission project is the piece entitled “Dusk” by Steven Bryant. A Music Educator for over 32 years, Mr. Gekoskie seeks to share his love of music to all. Many of his students have successfully attended major music institutions throughout the US including The Juilliard School, The Eastman School of Music, Indiana University, The University of Michigan, to name a few. A graduate of Susquehanna University, Mr. Gekoskie has continued his studies in conducting at the Juilliard School of Music, the Hartt School of Music, Butler University, Duquesne University, Boston University and Shenandoah Conservatory. Session Titles Guest Conductor Invite a Conn-Selmer Educational Clinician to conduct a rehearsal, honor band, or All-State Festival to engage your students and help your community reach new musical heights. Strategies for Enhanced Communication from the Podium This clinic will provide strategies and techniques to enhance non-verbal communication within your rehearsals while also focusing upon rehearsal techniques and pacing of a rehearsal. The Music Behind the Notes From score study, interpretation, and research to gesture development on the podium, this clinic will touch upon strategies and proven techniques to enhance each ensemble's performance while teaching the whole student which stimulates within, each student, an appreciation for beauty and the highest level of musical achievement. 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__label__cc	0.674142	0.325858	Last week I moved back to Chicago from L.A. and was treated to the BEST MASS EVER! Where do I begin? I pulled into Daley Plaza at 6:05 and simply could not believe how crowded it was. About a mile or two into the ride, not long after it was hijacked, I got a head count of over 625. 625!!!!! Given that there were some people in front of me, and that there were some clumps that I undercounted, we probably had close to 700 riders. And three dogs. It was a festive ride with almost no confrontation - at least I didn't see any. And just when I thought it couldn't get better, we descended down to the Congress [Eisenhower] Expressway to join the traffic jam for a mile or so. The euphoria of the ride led some to strip naked in the glee of the moment. Bob Maher on the June 2002 ride There aren't 5,000 lunatic fringe bikers in our city. These are just ordinary people having a car-free experience. Quote from a rider as reported in The San Francisco Chronicle Even if every car on the road was powered by corn oil, cars (and SUVs) would still be cutting us off, dooring us, running us over, recklessly accelerating, clogging up city streets (in motion and while parked), consuming tons of nonrenewable resources in their construction, fostering the continued growth of suburban sprawl, shutting people off from each other and from fresh air, leaking nasty fluids into parking lots, and in general making life miserable. That's why the only 'clean' car is... a bike. Payton Chung - a listserv discussion about vegetable-oil powered cars Cars will eliminate a greater part of the nervousness, distraction, and strain of modern metropolitan life. prediction - Scientific American magazine, 1899 Human society is like a stew. If you don't keep it stirred up, you get a lot of scum on top. The bicycle is the vehicle of a new mentality. It quietly challenges a system of values which condones dependency, wastage, inequality of mobility, and daily carnage Jim McGurn - "On Your Bicycle" Autocentrism is a profit-driven worldview, an outgrowth of the same industrialism which brought us the prison-industrial-military complex,factory farms, and the understanding of human beings most fundamentally as cells with two functions: to produce, and to consume. This is why so many activist 'factions' have coalesced around the World Trade Organization protests; this is why Critical Mass can team up with Buy Nothing Day, or the homelessness rally on Lower Wacker Drive;...Forget objectivity. The velorution is at hand! Adam Kessel	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0050.json.gz/line98
__label__wiki	0.624104	0.624104	DargonZine The Internet's Best Fantasy Fiction Write for DZ DZ Archive DargonZine 12, Issue 3 When Things Get Woolly By: Mike Schustereit Firil 7, 1016 - Firil 13, 1016 It was a bright night with both the moon Nochturon and Regehr the sailor’s star shining their light down upon Makdiar. This unimpeded light gave the two men on the hillock a good view of the animals grazing around them. From somewhere down below a predator howled, as if telling the two men that he knew they were there. Even as the last of the rain clouds emptied its contents, the sheep continued to graze peacefully. One of the sheep drifted close by. “Come here you pale skinned beast,” called out one of the shepherds. The ewe bleated in return but held her ground. “Mefin,” the other man spoke, “leave them alone. I doubt if even the sheep want to listen to you ramble.” “But I miss my women,” Mefin replied. “I have no one to keep me warm.” He crossed his arms and faked a pout. “Don’t you think it is time you settled down?” Doth asked. “And rob all the women of Dargon of a chance to sample my charms?” Mefin said with a grin. “Baaah,” said the ewe. Mefin grimaced and asked,”Why did I agree to watch over these creatures?” “So that our shepherd could be there at the birth of his child,” the other man replied. “I was kidding, Doth,” Mefin interrupted. “I was there when he asked.” The ewe wandered closer to the two men, intrigued by their banter. Doth patted her head, causing her to lean into the touch of the larger man and receiving a good scratch in return. Satisfied, she bleated quietly and went on her way. Doth rubbed his hands together, working the lanolin into his skin. He closed his eyes and leaned against the tree and waited for sleep to come. “Ever wonder what sheep think?” Mefin asked, his words piercing the veil of sleep that was lowering over Doth. “Probably that you talk too much,” Doth replied. “Now go to sleep.” Mefin whined, “I’m trying.” “Then try harder,” Doth sleepily said. “We have to be up with the dawn.” “Don’t shepherds usually stay up and guard the sheep?” Doth glanced over at Mefin. It was useless to remind him of the dogs sleeping amongst the sheep. They were the best protection from the creatures of the night. “You do it then. And when you get tired, wake me and I’ll watch them.” “Fine,” Mefin said. “You sleep while I protect our charges from the evil wolves of Beinison. Let them charge and I shall rally my woolly soldiers and rout them from this pristine pasture.” Doth gave a sleepy smile. “Don’t forget about the shivarees.” “Let them come,” Mefin boasted. “I am strong of arm and full of spirit. My companions …” Doth was starting to get irritated. “Would you shut up?” “Oops, sorry Doth.” For a while it was quiet. Then, somewhere off in the night an insect chirped a curious song, causing Mefin to join it. He was well into the climax of a great composition when Doth reached out and slapped his leg. The whistle died on his lips. Sheep passed by, looking for better grass or merely following the lead of some other member of the herd. Occasionally a yip could be heard, but it was far off in the distance. Doth squinted, watching Mefin trying to relax but not go to sleep. It was in those passing moments between consciousness and sleep when the rains finally stopped and sky cleared. Mefin blinked. He rubbed his eyes and look again. A bright light was shimmering in the sky where none had been before. “Well lop off my head and call me a prophet,” Mefin quipped. “Doth, wake up. Wake up man, something is happening in the sky.” Doth jumped to his feet. He grabbed for his sturdy wooden club but Mefin grabbed his arm and raised himself up by it. “Not someone,” Mefin said, pointing to the sky, “some thing!” Doth followed the path made by Mefin’s arm until he could see the object of excitement. Mefin shrugged his shoulders, for once unable to talk. Doth looked from the sky to his friend and back again. Whatever it was, it was bringing more light to the already bright night. Doth looked out across his herd and watched as the sheep calmly carried on with their late night grazing. “I’m sure this bodes ill,” Mefin said. “It is too far away to cause any problems,” Doth said. “Probably walk half of ‘diar and still not touch that thing.” “Let’s gather the flock and move them closer to home.” Doth looked over at his friend, asking, “For what reason?” Mefin replied, “I don’t know; just a feeling I have.” “You’re just upset over nothing,” Doth said. “And why is that?” Mefin asked. Doth held his arms out over the flock. “They aren’t afraid. Can’t be too important if they didn’t get scared.” “Simple creatures like that have nothing to fear,” Mefin said. “We humans on the other hand, should watch what we make of this. A little too much of the natural can become supernatural.” Doth slowly digested the meaning of those words while he watched Mefin. The smaller man clearly wanted to find something to be humorous about, but the strange light in the sky had him unusually subdued. The wagon crossed the causeway, creaking and groaning all the way across. All around them people hustled to and fro, making their way. “Busy for this time of the week,” Mefin said. “Too busy if you ask me,” Doth replied. “It’s times like this when I wish they had built some rails on this thing. One day somebody is going to get run off into the Coldwell.” “Probably wash up in Bichu,” Mefin agreed. They both got quiet, looking over the edge of the causeway at the river passing beneath them. As if in response the horse moved a little further toward the center of the stony bridge. Doth glanced at the reins in the hands of his partner and snickered. Mefin shrugged in response. “Doesn’t hurt to be safe,” Mefin said. Doth nodded in agreement. As they got closer to the end of the causeway Mefin said, “Hey Doth, look at the crowd.” The gate into Dargon was usually crowded with people coming and going, but today was worse than normal. While there were places for guards to stand watch over the people coming into the town, they remained empty. Today would have been a good day to have someone keeping the gate free of loiterers. Over the noise of the people waiting for their chance to enter, Doth could make out someone speaking, no, preaching. He listened in order to understand the tone of the voice correctly. “Listen,” he said to Mefin. “… listen all of you,” the speaker said. “This event was foretold to us by our great prophet. Each of you needs to repent to keep the angry god of the sky from coming down and punishing us.” “Great,” Mefin said. “Last thing I wanted was to hear someone speculate about the light in the sky.” “Repent,” the man said, “for there is not much time left. Offer something so that the god might overlook the things you have done.” Doth started to say something but Mefin spoke up first. “I’m probably going to regret this.” He jumped off of the wagon and waded through the people. By the time Doth had recovered the reins and got the pony to come to a halt, Mefin was at the foot of the hastily erected pulpit. A man passed by the cart. “Better get home, tomorrow the god is coming to destroy us all.” “You are fools,” Mefin yelled at the preacher. A few people turned their heads at the intrusion. Most still milled about, still engaged in individual conversations. Doth watched as Mefin drew himself up for a tirade. The preacher ignored Mefin and continued his to preach by saying, “We have survived the onslaught of the marauders from Beinison but the gods are not happy with the way we have behaved. Rather than being thankful and giving them the sacrifices due to them, we have coveted our goods and earned their disfavor.” A murmur went up from the crowd. Then Mefin shouted out, “And why is it that the gods cannot fend for themselves? We have struggled to recover from the war. Isn’t that enough?” The preacher lowered his eyes to rest on Mefin. He paused, as if in thought. Then he said, “Brother, you are wrong. We would not have suffered if we had given willingly.” “I’m not your brother,” Mefin shouted. He turned to face the crowd around him. “Go home people. Feed your children and take care of your loved ones. This fool knows nothing.” There was silence. It took a moment for the preacher to recover. He started to get red. His hands gripped the pulpit as he said, “I knew of the coming of the god. These people have heard the truth of my words and know that my story is the one true explanation. Turn your back on the truth and you shall be one of the first to feel the rage of the god in the sky.” “Rage,” Mefin said. “You want rage? What about the mother who feels rage when she reaches for her husband and then remembers that a Beinison sword cut him down? What can your god in the sky do to her?” “You must believe,” the preacher said, at first speaking to Mefin and then raising his gaze to the rest of the crowd. “You must believe or the god in the sky will come down and destroy you.” Mefin asked, “Why were you chosen to deliver this word?” “I have been faithful,” the preacher said. “I did not take from the gods and instead I gave to them willingly.” He lifted his arms to emphasize this. “I have nothing but myself to give and this is what the god in the sky asks of me.” The crowd cheered him. Mefin clenched his fists, his face getting redder with every word that the man said. “There is nothing to fear,” the preacher said, “for I have the key to turning away the god in the sky.” Doth watched as Mefin tried to climb upon the pulpit to push the man out of the way. A few members of the crowd grabbed Mefin and pulled him down. He fought as much as he could but they overwhelmed him. Soon he was pushed back and he found himself a short distance from the wagon. He walked up to the wagon and looked up at Doth. “Somebody needs to beat some sense into that man.” “Oh fark,” Doth said. “Don’t let him get to you.” “You are right my friend,” Mefin replied. He clicked the reins and the horse picked up his pace. “I have been away from Dargon far too long. There are tavern wenches whose lust has gone unfulfilled. Let the false prophecies increase their need for my company in these last days. While the prophets of doom fill the streets, I’ll take my rolls between the sheets.” Doth started to say something and then stopped. He shook his head at the grandiose talk that Mefin spewed. “Perhaps I overdid it a bit,” Mefin said. They passed through the gate and Doth turned to watch the speaker, so impassioned in his pleas, imploring the people to help turn away the angry spirit. He shook his head again. Doth said, “They should be in the temples asking for understanding instead of waiting for doomsday to occur.” Mefin was still pondering his last soliloquy. “Did you think it was a bit much?” Doth asked, “What was too much?” “My statement,” Mefin grinned. Doth sighed. “I don’t think that the tavern girls are as lusty as you say. Besides, describing a night with you as fulfilling is stretching the truth further than I can stand.” Mefin winked at Doth causing him to laugh. Mefin feigned being slighted. “I beg to differ. My name is spoken in hushed whispers amongst the girls who tote ale to patrons of taverns around the town.” Doth laughed, saying, “They are afraid to say it any louder in case you are within earshot.” “Do I really talk all that much?” Mefin asked. “I always try and keep things to a minimum.” “But you never listen when someone tells you to shut up,” Doth replied. “Not true,” Mefin said, “I remember the time we were in Magnus during the war and you were listening to a story of mine. Some big lout from Beinison jumped a bulwark and came crashing down …” “Shut up,” Doth said. “… but, you pushed me out of the way and …” Again Doth said, “I was forced to serve my time in the levy with you. But now I can tell you to shut up. So do it.” They rode in silence for a few moments and then Mefin asked, “What do you think it is?” “The thing burning in the sky,” Mefin said. “Oh,” Doth replied, “I don’t know. I’ve thought about it much since it appeared and I still have no better understanding.” “Perhaps it is a god,” Mefin said, “and we are doomed.” “Then you should join him on his pulpit,” Doth said, pointing behind them with his thumb. “I don’t believe that,” Mefin said, “but it might be what people will choose to believe.” “So the sailor who watches stars to navigate is going to see a moving light in the sky and think that it is a god?” asked Doth. “I can’t answer that,” replied Mefin. “I have never been a sailor and the only time I use the stars is to woo some woman with feelings of sincerity.” Doth laughed. “You always come back to a common theme.” “Well,” asked Mefin, “what else do I have to think about?” “You could worry about the flock.” “Now why would I need to do that when you do it so well?” asked Mefin. Doth laughed again. As he finished he pointed to the warehouse that they were fast approaching. A boy lounging in a chair jumped up at the sight of them and ran inside the building. “I guess it is time to get down to business,” Doth said. “Just be careful,” Mefin said, “I trust this man about as far as I can spit a mouse.” They slowed the horse to a halt. Mefin took the reins and tied them through a ring built into the wall. The boy returned with the man whom they had started dealing with. “Good day, sirs,” he said, slightly bowing his head. “What wondrous fleeces do you have for me today?” “It was a good winter,” Doth said. “Ah,” the man said, “I can see as much. What, two bags more than the previous harvest?” “You have a good memory.” Mefin snorted. Doth let it go, preferring to lead the merchant to the wagon for a sampling of the goods they had brought. Though the merchant appeared to be in a good mood, Doth knew this would change as soon as coin was discussed. Whether it was tactic or genuine distress Doth did not know. He did not intend to go away without a profit, so the theatrics had better dissolve early in the bargaining process. Mefin must have read his mind. “I’m going for a drink,” he said. The merchant watched Mefin leave and then asked, “Not much of a head for business, eh?” “Mefin prefers to lead a simple life,” was Doth’s reply. “No wife?” “Not to my knowledge,” Doth said. “Ah, those were the days,” the merchant said, letting out a small sigh. “And you?” Doth said, “Happily.” “Well,” said the merchant, “let us go get a drink and talk about what I’m able to spare for your goods.” The selling had gone well and Doth counted himself wiser in the ways of bargaining after dealing with the man. Wool was harder to trade after winter than before it, but he felt comfortable with the jingle in his pouch. Trying three different taverns had produced no sign of his companion and Doth was faced with the prospect of spending a night away from Ilsande. However, Mefin was entitled to spending his part of the profit, even if he chose to spend it on women and drink. He listened as he walked up to the door to the sounds of the people in Belisandra’s tavern. Somebody was angry. Doth pushed against the door and walked into the smoky tavern. He immediately found Mefin. He was shouting some warcry learned in Westbrook. The two men opposite him looked amused. Doth walked up behind his friend and held up his hand to the two men. They straightened at the sight of a hand as big as Mefin’s head. Doth held a finger to his lips indicating they should keep quiet. One man started to nod but a frown from Doth ended it. “You ignorant savages,” Mefin said, once he regained the air expended on the warcry. “I’ll say what I want in this tavern, and if you don’t like it you can move.” One of the men moved forward and Doth stepped back, crossing his arms. As long as the fight was fair he would not interfere. “Ah,” said Mefin. “a foe emerges. At least one of you isn’t a coward as well as ugly.” The second man started forward, appraised the size of Doth and decided to keep his place. Mefin kept talking and the first man decided to end it with a punch. Quick as a shivaree, Mefin shot forward and hit the man squarely in the stomach. As the man bowed from the pain, Mefin smashed him in the face with a mug. Doth winced and reached up to feel his own mug scar. Sometimes getting introduced to Mefin was hard going. “Now,” Mefin said, “do you want a little of what your friend got?” The second man took the look on Doth’s face as disinterest and grinned, moving forward to try and do better than his companion. Mefin looked over his shoulder at Doth. “Howdy Doth,” Mefin said, grinning, “I’ll be with you in a moment.” Doth shrugged and watched as Mefin turned back and raised his fists. The second man, a little better prepared, came in swinging and scored on a shoulder. Mefin bounced around the inn, feigning pain and managing to pick up a drink intended for another patron. “That hurt,” he said. The man smiled and stepped forward. Mefin’s leg shot out and smacked the man against the outside of his knee joint. The man went down howling. Mefin brushed his hands together and said, “And that does it, I think. Doth, I’m sure I’m liable to owe a few coins for this ruckus, so would you be so kind?” Doth shook his head and made his way to the bar. Everyone expected him to be the violent one and Mefin proved them wrong every time. Mefin joined him as he was paying and patted him on the shoulder. “I’m glad you got here,” Mefin jovially said, “I was thinking that the whole place was going to jump on me at once.” “Fark. I should have stopped and gotten something for Ilsande,” Doth chuckled. “Very funny,” Mefin replied. “What do you think you would do if I got killed?” “Well,” said Doth, jingling his purse, “I would probably see an increase in profit.” “Fighting makes me thirsty,” Mefin said. “Would you like something cool?” Doth held up a hand, saying, “Perhaps you should tell me what happened before we get too comfortable.” “A difference of opinion.” “And you resorted to beating someone to resolve the difference?” “Look,” Mefin said hotly. “I merely mentioned the fact that money tossed at the preacher at the gate was coin ill-spent. Is it my fault that they felt embarrassed by the truth I told?” “Perhaps you could use some tact,” Doth said. “I tried it once,” said Mefin. “I recall that the noble was less than flattered by my attention on his wife.” “I take it back,” Doth replied. “You need a leash.” Mefin ignored the remark and grabbed for the frothy mug that the barkeep placed in front of them. Doth savored his own drink. He was about to tilt the mug back to finish it when a man burst in the door. “The burning god will not go away,” said the man. He stumbled into a table and drinks flew. One of the people at the table picked the man up roughly and said, “What is wrong?” The man said, “We tried to pray and end it, but the god still glares down at us. You must abandon your drinking and carousing and join us so that the god will turn away.” Mefin thumped his mug against the bar. “Fark.” The man pushed away from the people who held him up and wandered back out the door. A few people followed him outside but most returned to their drinks. Doth was curious and started for the door with Mefin close on his heels. As he stepped across the threshold, Doth was amazed by the amount of people standing in the streets and staring skyward. He looked to the sky and for a moment held his breath. It was still there. “I’m puzzled,” said Mefin. “Perhaps it is time to seek guidance from the gods,” Doth replied. “Maybe,” Mefin said, “but I wouldn’t hold my breath for any answers. At this point though I am ready for some kind of explanation.” Doth nodded in agreement. He was not the most devout follower, but there were times when it was best to seek advice from a higher being. Even if the interpretation had to come through another man. “Are you afraid?” he asked Mefin. “Of what I don’t understand,” Mefin replied. “But I do know that the light in the sky didn’t hurt me the last time I saw it, so I feel safe walking the streets.” “No,” Doth said, “I meant what if it is a sign of the gods?” “What do we need a sign for?” “I don’t know,” Doth answered. Mefin placed his hand on Doth’s arm. “You live a good life and have nothing to fear. I, on the other hand, have to hope for a less sinister outcome.” “Could it be another moon?” Doth asked. Mefin said, “I don’t know.” “I don’t want to die,” Doth said in a whining tone. “If we go to your church,” Mefin asked, “and he tells you that you only have a limited time to live, what shall you do?” “Go home to my wife and child,” Doth replied. “Then go home,” Mefin said, “and save yourself some more time. Do you think that the gods have given the priests of Dargon some special wisdom that will help you?” Doth kept quiet, not yet sure of what his friend was saying. He had faith in his god and it allowed him to believe that the priest always had the answers. He did not need a miracle to confirm what he already felt. Unlike the Stevenes, he did not believe in a god walking through Dargon, but he did believe that the gods did give information. Doth fished out a coin from his pouch. He turned it before Mefin and said, “Except for this Round, the rest of the money is already accounted for. Take it and spend tonight in luxury.” “I thought we were going to visit the temple of your god?” Mefin asked. “You would only cause trouble,” Doth said, sighing, “and I do not want you to do that in the presence of my god.” “Well,” Mefin said, “it is a Round more than fills my purse at the moment. Are you sure that you do not want me along?” Doth nodded. “Then I shall be on my way,” Mefin said. “I may even pay a visit to my long lost relatives.” Doth was happy to see a smile on Mefin’s face. It meant the man was not in as bad of humor after all. “Good luck to you,” he said. “I have all the luck I will ever need,” Mefin said. “Be good,” Doth said, “or I will worry about you.” “Worrying about me is like worrying that the sheep won’t grow wool,” Mefin replied. He turned and started walking back into the tavern. “Oh, Doth,” Mefin said. “Say a prayer for me just in case.” Doth nodded and said, “I already had something in mind.” It was a few days later when Doth again thought of his prayer for Mefin. The light in the sky still showed up at night causing confusion amongst the people of Dargon. Still, it disturbed Doth even more that his friend had never shown up at the farm. “Doth,” a quiet voice called out. “Over here, Ilsande,” he said. “One of the hounds showed up with a hare,” she said as she walked up to him. “Would you mind cleaning it?” “Of course not,” he replied. He dropped the pickaxe and nudged the stone he was trying to repair in the fence. “Nothing my dear,” he said, “nothing at all.” She touched his face. It made him realize that he had not taken the time to shave in the last day or so. Her soft hand against the roughness of his face had a calming effect on him. “I’m worried about Mefin,” he finally sighed. “Is he sneaking around with that girl again?” she said with a tease. Doth shook his head. “Not even Mefin would ignore a man who said he would have him pulled apart by horses if he ever saw him again.” They both had a good laugh. Before long the smile disappeared from his face. “He promised to meet me at the tavern after I went to the temple and when I returned there was no sign of him.” “And what is unusual about that?” Ilsande laughed. “The light in the sky was making him act strange,” Doth replied. “He kept getting upset with people.” She grabbed at a strand of her hair and twisted. They stood together in silence until the sound of the baby wakening pulled them from their thoughts. “Doth, Paeya is crying,” Ilsande said. “Come to the house when you are done.” He smiled at her. She knew him so well. He rubbed his hand through her hair and watched her as she went to get their little girl. He returned his attention to the stone. After mending the fence he went to the house. There were other chores to do and of course, the hare to be cleaned. Cleaning it took his mind off of his friend for a while and then entertaining Paeya occupied some more. It was only by glancing out the window that he realized that the day was slowly coming to an end. He set his daughter on the floor and stood. Ilsande came to stand by him. “Going out to work again?” she asked. “Just for a little while,” he replied, lifting her chin and looking into her beautiful eyes. “I’ve got to finish repairing some bags and then I’ll come back in and sit with you.” “Take your time, my love,” she said softly. He walked down to the barn, Farrell in tow. The dog was feeling playful, clamping his jaws around Doth’s hand and dragging him around. Doth stopped and picked up a stick, throwing it out as far as he could. The dog took off. Farrell reminded Doth of Mefin. The dog was quick to play, but there was no more reliable an animal to be found. Mefin was the same way. That was why it bothered Doth so much that Mefin had not shown up to meet him. He looked to the sky. There, off in the distance, was the cause of all of the trouble. Doth stopped and sat on the stone wall, trying to examine the peculiar light in the sky. “Kurin,” he prayed. “If this is a sign, could you let me know what kind of sign it is?” But there was no answer, which was typical of the way gods behaved. He waited a moment longer only to be brought back from his thoughts by the dog bringing back the stick. He looked down at the hound. “Wrong stick,” he told the dog. As usual, Farrell accepted the criticism with glee. Doth chuckled at the dog and threw the stick out into the night. In one swift turn, the dog was gone again. They were so much alike, Mefin and that dog. Like Farrell, Mefin would disappear for days on end, but he always managed to come back. He shook his head and headed for the barn. There were bags to mend and that was something that he did not have to speculate upon. Night passed into morning and Doth awoke without troubling thoughts. Paeya woke them. She was ready to be fed and Ilsande crawled over Doth to give the child what she wanted. “Better go and check that ewe,” Ilsande said. Doth nodded and put down the brush. He patted Paeya and pulled on his britches. He pulled on his boots and stood. “I’ll be back in a little bit.” It was brisk outside, but not cold enough to require a jacket. He walked down to the pen and stood there watching a ewe as she waddled around the pen, heavy with lamb. He thought of Mefin and looked to the sky. To his surprise, the bright light in the sky was gone. For a moment he stared in shock and then he turned to scan the sky. It wasn’t there. Not anywhere. “Ilsande,” he yelled, “come look.” He turned and ran for the house. “Ilsande.” She appeared in the door still nursing Paeya. “Look,” he panted, “in the sky. The light is gone.” She looked and a visible expression of relief crossed her face. When Doth reached her, she was crying. He held her close for a moment and then held her at arm’s length. “I know,” she said. “No,” Doth said. “I prayed to Kurin last night and this morning the light is gone.” “We should thank Kurin for this then,” Ilsande said. “I only hope that it is a good sign that the light has gone.” She shivered from the chill of the morning. “Doth,” she said, “It’s cold. I’m going inside.” He followed her and sat on the bed as she finished feeding their daughter. He wondered if it was really true. Did Kurin truly listen? As Ilsande fed her, Doth brushed her hair and thought about the townspeople. He wondered what kind of tale the prophet was telling now. After so many days of forecasting doom, surely he was running out of excuses for why it had not happened yet. He smiled at the thought of the man being discredited. There was little to do on the farm so he said, “Ilsande, would you like to go with me to Dargon?” She looked up and said, “Of course.” He smiled and got up from the bed. He got dressed and walked out to the barn, preparing the wagon for the journey. He looked forward to these trips because every trip with Paeya opened his eyes to the world around him. She looked at everything with fresh eyes, not knowing that the things she took delight in were overlooked by the grownups around her. Watching her as they passed over the causeway and listening with delight to her squeals of joy helped to relieve some of the tension Doth felt. He left them near the market and took a walk about the town, trying to find some sign of his friend. Time passed by and Doth kept looking up and finding it strange that the light was no longer in the sky. He stopped in Kurin’s temple. The old priest assured him that while Kurin was aware of the distress the light had caused, the disappearance of the light was not of his doing. Doth left some coins with the priest and left the temple. “I thought I would find you here,” Mefin said. He was leaning against the wall of the temple. Doth joined him against the wall. “How did you know that?” “I saw Paeya terrorizing some vendors in the bazaar,” Mefin said with a laugh. “Let’s go find them,” Doth said. They started down the street. Doth waited as long as he could and then spoke. “Where have you been?” “Spiritual reconciliation,” Mefin said. “Recon …” Doth tried to say. Mefin said, “I tried to decide what it was that was making me so against the light in the sky having a religious meaning.” “I prayed to Kurin last night,” Doth said. “And you want to believe that it is because of you that the light has gone away?” Mefin asked. “That is what I wanted,” Doth said, “but the priest told me otherwise. It must have been caused by some other god.” “Perhaps,” Mefin said slyly. “What,” Doth asked, “do you know something?” Mefin laughed. “Only that it has happened before.” “A scribe told me,” Mefin said. “Told me that there are scrolls describing similar events.” “Then why don’t the people know?” “I don’t know,” Mefin said. “The scribes know and they have more important things to do than to worry about educating every fool who cries out doomsday.” “I didn’t know you could read,” Doth said. Mefin said, “You never asked. Did you miss me?” Doth smiled, “How could I? It was quite peaceful without you lying about everything that ever happened to you. Although it was kind of hard to get Paeya to sleep.” “At least somebody noticed I wasn’t there,” Mefin said. Doth held out his hand. Mefin grabbed it and shook it vigorously. “I thought so,” Mefin said. Doth said, “If you knew that it was merely nothing, then where have you been?” “Praying,” Mefin smiled. “Just in case they were wrong.” When Things Get Woolly, 4.0 out of 5 based on 1 rating Story Navigation Previous story: Dargonzine 12-2 Editorial Next story: Once Upon a Winter’s Night Category: Archive, Stories \| RSS 2.0 \| Give a Comment \| trackback (Leave A Comment!) Dargon Things Things are Dargon-specific characters, places, or items unique to the world of Dargon. The Things below appear in this story. 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__label__cc	0.582603	0.417397	Inside Big Bluto’s Sweatshop by DDA 1 Comment DONALD O’DONOVAN Los Angeles(excerpt from O’Donovan’s novel Night Train) This morning Big Bluto announced that we have to recall 4,000 bottles of Clove Capsules infested with E. coli. Or maybe he said salmonella. As if we gave a rat’s ass. But I had to laugh. Big Bluto was squirming. He’ll push us harder now, pay us less. The dish soap in the lunchroom is half water. I noticed that today when I went to wash my hands. That’s how cheap he is, Big Bluto. He fills the dish soap bottle with water when it gets half empty. We get fifteen minutes for lunch. When the buzzer sounds—bzzzt—it’s back to work. This afternoon I figured out how to jam the labeling machine. You feed them in a little bit crooked, it chews them up. This gambit paid off in a five-minute break for me. I pretended I didn’t know how to fix the machine so Ponlok helped me out. Ponlok worked in a sweatshop in Cambodia that was a hundred times worse than this one. He’s chopping in tall cotton now. Always cheerful, Ponlok. No English. The Cambodians stick together, Ponlok, Samay, Chaya, Chan and Kiri, but they’re friendly. There are about twenty-five of us here, the Cambodians, the Mexicans, Khamtai from Laos and Ana from Guatemala. I’m the only native English speaker—except Big Bluto, of course. Ana from Guatemala is a perfect little angel. Always saying her beads. She prays to Maria del Rosario. Maria del Rosario is very big in Guatemala. Ana has taken religion as a shield and a comforter. Her prayers are protection from the ugliness of the world. She lives in a sort of chrysalis, a haven, a sanctuary manufactured from her dreams, where nothing can touch her. She probably learned that at the Starbuck’s plantation in Guatemala where her wages were $1.25 a day. Monday. Big Bluto is launching a big promotional campaign for Dr. Sharpe’s New Improved Parasite Cleanse. He called us together in the lunchroom, waving Dr. Sharpe’s book, Human Parasites. That’s Bluto’s Bible, his Mein Kamph. Roundworms, pinworms, Demodex Folliculorum. He’s got their photos up on the wall in the lunchroom, much enlarged, mug shots of the culprits, mailed in by satisfied customers who dredged the creatures up from their intestines. A tapeworm thirty-four feet long, a hookworm with savage Dracula teeth, a giant liver fluke, a canine heartworm—easily as menacing, these public enemies, as John Dillinger or Pretty Boy Floyd. They sift their stools through a strainer, the customers. I’m not exaggerating. It’s all outlined in Dr. Sharpe’s book, how to go about it, with the strainer and all. These people are Dr. Sharpe’s protégés. He encourages them to play in their shit. It’s a funny world. Last week I was sleeping under a bridge, and here I am today with a job and a paycheck. I’m not the biggest rat in the shithouse, but I’m one of them now. I’m a real person, putting in my hours, scratching for a living, just like every other motherfucker in Christendom. It’s funny too about the nostalgia. Already it’s hitting me. The bridge, I mean. I’d spend the day sitting on the cool pickleweed under the bridge reading Krishnamurti and getting jacked up on Night Train or Wild Irish Rose. It was a peaceful place. There were coyotes in the stubble fields and junkyards on the other side of the chain link fence but they kept their distance. Just the same, you could hear them howling at night and you knew they were out there, camped on the edge of civilization, ready to sink their teeth into an unwary Siamese cat, a freshly bathed poodle or a plump white child. Then Mungy Nuncie showed up. She looked like a big lumpy beach ball with legs. No arms, just little seal flippers. Little sea turtle fins. She looked like a sea turtle, in fact. She smelled like one too. We’d have birria tacos for breakfast, and off she’d go, turning tricks. There were some illegals working in a bean field on the other side of the freeway. I don’t know how much they were able to cough up. It couldn’t have been much but at least there were a lot of them. She had some white johns too, rich guys. They’d pick her up in their Lincolns and Cadillacs. It turns out that there are a lot of men in the world who are just dying to get it on with a deformed woman. “They love my little flippers,” she told me. There was something wrong with her tits, too. They were flat as pancakes. But I guess everything worked fine down below because she usually came back with a bundle. Before long she got hooked up with a doctor, a neurosurgeon. He’d pick her up in his BMW. He’d taken her back to his crib and let her take a bath. I was glad of that because that girl had a wicked stink to her. This doctor was a flipper fetishist. He’d get naked, she told me, and she had to caress him all over with her little flippers. He’d usually squirt in a matter of minutes and then they’d go out to Baskin Robbins for banana splits. He was a decent guy, the doctor. The gig paid a hundred bucks plus eats. Nostalgia! It’ll eat you alive. Nostalgia lodges in your belly like a tapeworm, the bittersweet memory of a summer picnic at a lake somewhere with farting beery trombones and sunkissed children wading in the water. Most Americans, I think, and I imagine most people everywhere, regard the era in which they were children as a sort of Golden Age, a time when life was simple and good. Myself, I don’t look back to my childhood with this kind of nostalgia, to a vanished Golden Age, because by the time I was born everything was already royally fucked up. I’m living now with Ponlok. We have a trailer in the woods that we share with four other guys, Cambodians, plus Khamtai from Laos and Dionisio from Mexico City. Ponlok’s overjoyed because he only has eight roommates. In Cambodia he had twenty‑six. California is a paradise for Ponlok, for three reasons: he has a place to sleep, he gets something to eat, and nobody’s shooting at him. It was Dionisio who introduced us to the Birrieria, me and Mungy Nuncie. The Birrieria was a homey little place next to the bean field with goat horns mounted outside above the door. We’d get the birria tacos with onions and cilantro, and then we’d take a few tacos with us for breakfast. We were never short of money. Mungy Nuncie had her neurosurgeon and then there were the stoop laborers in the bean field. They were running trains on her. She’d give them a wholesale price. But when Dionisio learned that I was living under a bridge he got me the job at Dr. Sharpe’s Source of Health, Big Bluto’s sweatshop. He did me a favor, and I’m grateful, but sometimes I can’t help wondering if I wasn’t better off under the bridge. And I miss Mungy Nuncie. There’s that nostalgia again. It’ll eat you up, nostalgia, if the hookworms don’t. Dionisio informs me that Big Bluto’s looking at setting up sweatshops in Taiwan, Honduras and the Dominican Republic. He’s thinking of joining Wal-Mart and Mattel in China, where sweatshop workers make eighty cents a day. “Those 50,000 people that was killed in that earthquake in China, they were the lucky ones,” Dionisio told me. I had to agree with him. Eighty fucking cents a day? Jesus fucking Christ, man. A mercy killing, if there ever was one. They’re better off dead, the lot of them. Damned fine gesture, too. It proves that we live in a human-hearted universe. Big Bluto is king of the bushy eyebrows. Carmen insists they’re toupees, eyebrow toupees. I didn’t know there was such a thing. You run a couple of squirrel tails through a shit-shredder and paste them on his forehead, and there you have Big Bluto’s eyebrows. Always there’s a regular snowstorm of dandruff flakes falling down on his glasses, too. Big Bluto’s eyebrows are infested with Demodex Folliculorum, eyebrow mites. They’re eating his skin cells. He told me this himself the other day when he was watching me bottle the Coenzyme Q-10 caps. I guess he was looking for sympathy. Carmen’s in charge of the Clean Room. She’s a very nice lady. “No te preocupes,” she told me the other day when I jammed the labeling machine. I don’t think she suspects that I did it on purpose. We had a meeting today in the lunchroom, all the drudges who work in the Clean Room. Lucky for me I understand Spanish. Kiri—cute as a button—interpreted for the Cambodians. Carmen told us that tomorrow we’re going to be bottling the Dr. Sharpe’s Shakti Tonic, Big Bluto’s biggest seller. Dr. Sharpe’s Shakti Tonic—“Calms the spirit, refreshes the senses, nourishes the heart!”—sells for a whopping forty-nine dollars a bottle. The label says it contains Ginko Biloba Leaf, Gotu Kola, Chinese Peony, Siberian Ginseng and Fleece Flower Root, but it’s mostly grain alcohol. Dionisio and I are expecting to catch a pretty good buzz when we start bottling the stuff up tomorrow. It was Dionisio who gave Big Bluto his name. “El Bluto Grande,” he calls him. Then there’s Dr. Sharpe. He’s our satguru, Dr. Sharpe, the Grand Tamale. Dr. Sharpe passed away in 1925. His picture hangs on the wall in the lunchroom, next to mug shots of the hookworms and the liver flukes, a man from the nineteenth century, a captain of industry, silvery hair, walrus mustache, kindly smile. Dr. Sharpe’s Shakti Tonic was one of the biggies of the Patent Medicine Era, along with Lydia Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound for Women, Dr. Kilmer’s Swamp Root and Stanley’s Snake Oil. And when Prohibition came along, Dr. Sharpe’s Shakti Tonic took off like a rocket, mostly due to its hefty eighteen percent alcohol content. Today Big Bluto calls his Shakti Tonic “Instant Yoga.” Why do all those asanas when you can just hook down a good slug of Dr. Sharpe’s? A week has passed. Nostalgia got the better of me, so I went back to the bridge to see Mungy Nuncie. Things have escalated with the doctor. They’ve got the thing streamlined now. He sends a taxi for her, she goes to the office, they get together between patients in one of the examination rooms. He takes his pecker out, she gives it a few silken strokes with her flippers, with those super-soft little turtle paws of hers, and he starts pumping sperm right away. When he’s done squirting a nurse comes in, wipes his dick off with a Kleenex, tucks it back into his fly, and he scrubs for his next operation. Mungy Nuncie gets her hundred bucks, then the taxi driver takes her to Baskin Robbins and he has to wait while she gobbles up her banana split. But, a bit of sad news, the Birrieria is closed. The owner, the waitress and two cooks were killed in a driveby. Today I was running the NC 400 encapsulating machine. You have to wear a mask. It looks like a WWI gasmask, with a canister and all. Inside the canister are paper filters and charcoal filters. But still the dust gets through. The worst is the wormwood, the dust you get when we encapsulate the wormwood powder. The turmeric is bad too. But the wormwood is poisonous. It’s worse than mustard gas. And if you get sick? We don’t have medical, no sick days and no vacation days. That’s Big Bluto. Complain? Not unless you want to hit the bricks. There are hundreds of desperadoes camped out there in the tall weeds who’ll snap up your job in a minute. Don’t fuck with Hoppy! But we did have a good laugh today, Dionisio and I. We learned through the grapevine that some of the monkeys in shipping boosted a whole shitload of Dr. Sharpe’s Shakti Tonic and sold it on the street at five bucks a pop. The time is coming, however, when I may have to put some distance between myself and Dionisio. I’m going to have to cut this joker loose, that’s what I’m thinking. The other day we were over in the barrio on Sixth Street near Lafayette Park and Dionisio goes up to this ice cream vendor. I thought he was going to buy me an ice cream sandwich, but the guy opens up the top of his jingle cart and—guns. My man gave the ice cream guy some bills and pocketed a snub-nosed .38. Later on, when we were sitting in the park with a jug of Mona Lisa Tokay, he told me, “First you get the money, then you get the power, and then you get the woman.” He was serious, too. When Dionisio talks English he talks like Al Pacino. Bottom line is, he’s bought into the dream, hook, line and sinker. But it’s not for me. I’m not cut out for that sort of thing. If it’s that hard to get the woman, I’d rather live under a bridge and jack off. But he’s challenging me now, all the time. Do I want to be a callejero all my life? Where’s your cojones, man? You do what you gotta do to survive. If you want something, you take it. I don’t like being around Dionisio when he talks English. He’s becoming a dangerous man. “Something’s rotten in Denmark,” Big Bluto announced at the company meeting today. At first I thought he was talking about the ten cases of Dr. Sharpe’s Shakti Tonic that the Colombian guys boosted, but it turned out he was talking about a rat—the four-legged kind. Big Bluto put out rat traps in all the corners and under the counters in the lunchroom, and now it appears that a rat got caught in one of the traps and dragged the trap through a hole in the wall, and he’s rotting inside the wall. The stink is fierce, but I have to laugh, because Big Bluto has to put up with it, same as the rest of us. I mean, we all breathe the same air. The difference is, we’re used to foul odors and he isn’t. This rotten in Denmark bit was Big Bluto’s way of kissing up to us. He thought he was being cute. But most of the workers have never heard of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark. They don’t have Shakespeare Festivals in the shantytowns of Phnom Penh. Things were different in Shakespeare’s time. War, slavery, child labor: sure. That’s the world. But you could drink the water. You could breathe the air. Bluto’s world is dying. The signs are everywhere. The super bugs are with us now: Golden staph, VRE, enterococcus, lean, furious mosquitoes that eat DDT for breakfast, amoebas that eat your eyes. The big diseases are coming back: cholera, tuberculosis, diphtheria. They’ve been sharpening their incisors in the dark, rehearsing their lines just offstage. And now they’re ready to pounce. It’s not only Denmark that’s rotting away like a diseased rat. The stink is everywhere. The Bluto World is dunged under, played out. Only an influx of barbarian sperm can save it now. That’s the only hope. The wombs of the Bluto women are crying for it. Big Bluto, with his Swiss bank accounts, connected all the way up to the Texas oil families and the Saudi princes, is nervous as hell. The richer he gets, the more he worries. Because what he’s doing, with all his money and his connections, is reserving himself a stateroom on the Titanic. The ship is going down. And he knows it. He won’t admit it, even to himself, but he knows it. The Bluto World is jacked. The whole stinking edifice is crumbling, shaking off its foundations, rotting away like a termite hill. Rats are gnawing the taproots, carpet beetles are tunneling under the wallpaper. But a new world is already in the making. The barbarians appear at the gates of the city, their eyes sizzling with vitamins, their loins freighted with erotic dynamite. A silvery trumpet sounds somewhere, and conquered and conquerors gaze at each other like moist flowers opening in the light of a new and dazzling sun. The shit has hit the fan at the sweatshop. Big Bluto found out about the ten cases of Dr. Sharpe’s Shakti Tonic. He fired the Colombians and ratted them out to La Migra. He installed security gates, cameras – the works. It’s him versus us now. The lines are drawn. The new guys in Shipping are illegals from Mogadishu, obviously dangerous men. The big one with the ring through his nose is called Tariq. What is Big Bluto thinking? Obviously, he intends to use these desperadoes as muscle, to keep the rest of us in line. Don’t fuck with Hoppy! He’s going to get his revenge, too. This time it’s poor little Kiri who’ll have to pay the price. She’s going to have to suck Bluto’s dick. If she refuses he’ll report her to immigration and she’ll be back in the sweatshop in Phnom Penh with the one hundred-degree heat and the razor wire, and she’ll have to suck that guy’s dick. She’s reconciled to her fate. I can see it in her face. He’ll call her into his office sometime today. The girls in the Clean Room are furious. But there’s nothing they can do. They’ve all been down the same road. It comes with the territory. Carmen has had Bluto’s cock in her mouth God knows how many times. And poor little Ana from Guatemala: so innocent, so devout! She can’t be more than seventeen. Bluto likes them young. Old enough to bleed, old enough to butcher. He plucked her out of the lunchroom just the other day. One minute she was unwrapping her quesadilla and saying grace, and the next minute she was on her knees behind some boxes in the warehouse with Big Bluto’s cock halfway down her throat. Later. Big Bluto’s feeling jolly after a good sperm-sucking. Who wouldn’t? He scoots across the room in his office chair, clicking his calculator, crunching the numbers. Carmen’s been talking about putting rat poison in his coffee. Here’s hoping she gets a chance to sprinkle the magic dust! We’d all like to see Big Bluto croak. But it’s not going to be so easy. He’s got Tariq with him now, always at his side. Tariq stands there with his arms folded, glaring at us like a big evil genie. Tariq’s out of the bottle, and he’s as nasty a piece of work as you’ll ever come across. Monday. The Grand Dragon came out of his oval office this morning with the Dr. Sharpe parasite book under his arm and gave us another lecture. Those of us who understand English were laughing up our sleeves. We’re the parasites, aren’t we? We’re the hookworms, the tapeworms, the liver flukes and the pinworms. We’re everywhere now, there’s no escaping us. March us off to war, starve us out, banish us to the streets, a million more spring up. We’re the microbes that live deep in the bedrock, in the heart of a diamond, below the polar ice, in the center of a volcano, on Jupiter’s moons. We’re the weevils in the flour, the rats in the cheese; we’re the lice that burrow under Big Bluto’s skin. We’re the horror that’s festering in his soul. We’re renegade cells in the Body of Bluto. Big Bluto has an ulcer in his stomach the size of a golf ball. It’s true. Our CEO can’t even eat a decent meal. He can’t order lobster or steak at a restaurant, either. Baby food: that’s what he eats. Junior Foods. I know because he eats with us, nearly every day. This is to show us his compassion, his willingness to walk the sod with the unwanted. It’s democracy in action. Carmen places Big Bluto’s specially prepared plate in front of him, colorful dollops of baby food garnished with parsley and lemon wedges. Usually it’s Junior Vegetables: carrots and green beans. Or Junior Chicken and Vegetables. Then she brings his mango lassi. For dessert he usually has the strained peaches. It’s excruciating being a nothing, but there are advantages to it. You’re free, in a way. Take me for example. Nobody expects anything of me. They know better. But all that changed when I met Pablito. He was a crazy Catholic kid, the archetypal immigrant, passionate, hopeful, single minded, intent on making a new life in America for himself and his family. On his first try he crossed the Sonoran desert with his wife and child. He got a job shoveling guts in a slaughterhouse in Fresno, but after a month he was nabbed and deported. His wife and baby remained behind. On the second try he came through the Nogales Wash, a sewer pipe that connects Nogales Sonora with Nogales Arizona. Now he was on a mission to find his wife and child. He’d gotten word that they were living in a migrant labor camp in McGonigle Canyon, near San Diego. His one objective was to join them, but first he had to get some money. He didn’t want to show up empty handed. I bought into Pablito’s story. I liked the guy, I admired him. I got involved. I felt a sense of civic responsibility. Me! I couldn’t believe it. But my people came here from Ireland and Germany, didn’t they? I mean when you go way back? I guess you could even say I felt patriotic. What ever happened to give me your tired, your poor? If Lady Liberty had dropped the torch, wasn’t it my job to pick it up? Pablito was a brave kid, and I had to help him. So I ended up borrowing a van and driving Pablito to McGonigle Canyon. But that came later. Pablito was bright and enterprising, a willing worker. He and I were assigned to mixing the Coenzyme Q-10 powder, “the Q,” under Big Bluto’s watchful eye. Bluto steps on the Q with Vitamin B-2 powder. You can’t use baby laxative with the Q because it’s the wrong color. The B-2 is the right color, bright yellow, and it’s dirt-cheap. The Q goes for ten g’s a kilo, wholesale. Bluto buys ten keys at a time, and then we add the B-2 powder. You mix in the B-2 at a ratio of 1:4, and you’d never tell the difference just looking at it, but when you get done Bluto has picked up two and a half keys or twenty-five g’s. The batch mixer, made in Germany, must have cost a fortune. It sounded like an F‑86 winding up. We’d feed both kinds of powder into the hopper, or sometimes we’d use a suction wand. It was fascinating to imagine what was going on inside. There was a big worm gear that fed the powder into an array of paddles and multiple air jets that tumbled and mixed everything up. We’d run it twice, just to make sure. This job was high tech, and it bumped up our status with the cuties in the Clean Room when they saw us sporting our bug-like respirator masks. The end came suddenly, I mean at the sweatshop. A raid. La Migra. They came in with guns and megaphones, just like the movies. Manos arriba, motherfuckers! They got the Somalians, Tariq, everybody, thirty-five illegals all told. It was a debacle. Big Bluto and I were the only American citizens, except for a sweet fat lady named La Tanya who’d worked in billing for years. There was also an old Mexican guy with a blue Dodge pickup truck who collected pallets and sold them. He just happened to be driving by and they nailed him too. It was devastating, losing my friends and my job, but I was happy to see Bluto go down. I also knew of course that he’d buy his way out of it, pay off the cops, pay off the judge, and the rest of it. The Big Blutos of the world always come out smelling sweet. Donald O’Donovan wrote the first draft of Night Train (Open Books, 2010) on 23 yellow legal pads while homeless in the streets of LA. His other novels include Tarantula Woman, The Sugarhouse and Highway. An optioned screenwriter and voice actor with film and audio book credits, Donald O’Donovan lives mostly in Los Angeles. 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__label__cc	0.662909	0.337091	corporate occupation What we research Arms Companies & Weapons Arms Fairs Charities & Foundations Demolitions & Evictions Health & pharmaceuticals Services to Settlements Settlement Industry & Industrial Zones Settlement construction Siege of Gaza Surveillance & ‘Security’ Wall construction Women Activists Companies & Organisations Adir Plastic Packaging Affiliated Managers Group Aperio Amir Marketing & Investments Arrowstreet Capital Ashtrom Ateret Cohanim Avgol Bank of New York Mellon Bartek Aviation Bezeq Bickel Flowers BG Ilanit Gates Cargoflora Carmel Agrexco Check Point Software Technologies Chemring Cherriessa Chosen Agricultural Products Christian Friends of Israeli Communities Clarus Corporation CNH (Case) Combined Systems Conran CTS Thompson Danny Maimon Defense Technologies Dor Alon Eaton Vance Ecotricity EDO MBM Elad/Ir David Foundation Elbit Ellis Brigham Eltam Electronics Exor NV Federmann Enterprises Ferranti Glinwell Gilder Gagnon Howe Hadiklaim Hapoalim Hashmira Hatehof Hishtil Hydromek ICx Technologies Israel Chemicals J&E Page Kalrom Magnolia UK Holdings Mayer Cars & Trucks Meitav Dash Mekorot Merkavim MIRS MW Group LP NetThreat Ltd Orad Orcal Industries & Mechinization PDT Agro Point Lookout Capital Partners Psagot Winery Rapiscan RB Tactical and Rescue Solutions Regavim Royal Wine Corp Schafer Cullen Capital Management Shachar Tzach Shamrad Electronics Smiths Group Smyths top shop Snow & Rock SofaWare Southern Water STM Export Universities Superannuation Scheme Valley Grown Salads Yad Hanadiv Stop The Demolitions Banking & Finance Clal Delek Gazit Given Imaging Grayling Hapoalim ICL Itamar Leumi Teva 23rd August 2010 21st November 2018 Israel Opportunity 2010: A chance to invest in Apartheid Posted By: shoalcollective 1 Comment Banks, Chemicals, Companies Promoting Israel, Companies Working on settlements, International Investment in Israel, Israeli Companies, Oil and Gas, Pharmaceuticals By Therezia Cooper The first of July 2010 saw the tenth annual ‘Israel Opportunity Investment Conference’ take place in London. Represented by the PR company Grayling (www.grayling.com), the aim of the day was to sell Israel as a secure investment opportunity and a promising emerging market worthy of attention. Only four weeks before the conference, Israel had been accepted into the OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) despite the efforts of campaigners to prevent this by protesting that a country which include their illegal settlement activities and businesses in their economic data can hardly be seen as complying with the OECD motto “For a stronger, cleaner, fairer world economy”. However, since Israel had also been promoted from ’emerging’ to ‘developed’ market status by the MSCI a few days before the event, there was always bound to be a lot of interest from investors willing to find ways to benefit from Israel’s occupation economy. Focusing on banking, energy and the biotech sector, the conference highlighted the already cosy relationships between Israel and global international companies. For instance, the sessions encouraging investment in the Israeli businesses Bank Leumi, Bank Hapoalim and the Strauss Group were facilitated by two representatives from Deutsche Bank and Barclays Capital respectively. Both financial institutions have established offices in Israel already. The literature handed out to attendees at the conference gave, as one of the top ten reasons for investing in the country, that ‘The state of Israel is committed to encouraging local and foreign direct investment by offering a wide range of incentives and benefits, such as investment grants, tax benefits and exemptions to investors’, hence making it very clear to potential investors that should they choose to get involved with any of the companies exhibiting, they would be beneficiaries of Israel’s apartheid system. Israeli companies seeking foreign investors at Israel Opportunity 2010: Bank Hapoalim http://www.bankhapoalim.com/ Bank Hapoalim Branch in Bnei Yehuda settlement, Occupied Golan Bank Hapoalim is one of Israel’s biggest banks and is listed on both the Israeli and London Stock Exchange. They have either branches or cashpoints in most bigger illegal Israeli settlements in the West Bank and occupied Golan, but refuse to provide any banking services to Gaza. They have an office in the UK: Bank Hapoalim International, 25 Savile Row, Mayfair, London W1S 2ES. Phone: 02079735400 (General Manager Avi Levi). Poalim Asset Management (UK) Limited is owned by Bank Hapoalim and has offices in London and Manchester: Clarendon House, 11-12 Clifford Street, W12 2LL, London and 7 Charlotte Street, Manchester, M1 4HL Hapoalim Fiduciary Services Limited, PO Box 224, St Helier, Jersey, JE4 9SN Seefeldstrasse 15, CH-8008, Zurich , Switzerland Azriely Towers, 132 Menachem Begin Road, The Round Tower 24th Floor, Tel Aviv 67021, Israel Bank Leumi http://www.bankleumi.co.uk/ Bank Leumi is Israel’s largest bank. The Bank is openly Zionist and originated from the Anglo Palestine Bank -a subsidiary to the Jewish Colonial Trust- which was created by Theodore Herzl as a financial institution to aid the Zionist movement. Bank Leumi has branches in the settlements of Ma’ale Adumim, Oranit, Pisgat Ze’ev, Gilo and Kiryat Arba, and in Katzerin in the Golan Heights. A subsidiary of the bank (89.75%), Leumi Mortgage Bank, has a branch in a settlement neighborhood of Jerusalem. It offers special deals on mortgages in the settlement of Zufin and The bank has partial control over several companies who are involved in the occupation: Paz Oil Company, (18%) Super Pharm, and (15%) Hot Communication Systems (cable TV). Bank Leumi specialise in services for large corporations and mid-sized companies. They have offices in eighteen countries and subsidiaries in the US, UK, Switzerland, Luxembourg and Romania. Bank Leumi (UK) Plc, 20 Stratford Place, London W1C 1BG. Phone: 02079078000 (CEO and Managing Director Lawrence M Weiss) Clal Biotechnology http://www.cbi.co.il/ Clal Biotechnology is a subsidiary of Clal Industries and Investments Ltd (64% of company shares) and Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (15%). They were established in 1993 and describe themselves as Israel’s leading biotechnology investment company. Teva Pharmaceutical has a subsidiary in the UK, Teva UK Ltd, which has premises in Eastbourne, Essex, Castleford and London – click here for a list of locations Teva UK markets medicines to hospitals and pharmacies in the UK under the Zaponex, Zonex, Cytistat, Tevadaptor and Tevagrastim brandnames (see http://www.tevahospitals.co.uk/products.pdf). Clal Biotechnology Industries Ltd, 3 Azrelis Center, 45 floor, Tel Aviv 67023, Israel. Phone: 0097236124545. Delek Energy http://www.delek-group.com/ A Delek petrol station in Tel Aviv Delek energy is an oil and gas company and a subsidiary of the Delek Group, one of the largest companies in Israel. They operate mainly offshore in Israel but also have oil and gas producing assets in the Western US -where they work through their subsidiary Elk Resources. Delek operate fuel stations and ‘Menta’ branded shops on illegally occupied territory in the West Bank. Their HQ is in Netanya industrial zone in 1948 Israel. Delek Benelux (Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg) operates a network of petrol stations under the Texaco brand. Delek Group Headquarters, 7 Giborei Israel Street, POB 8464, Netanya, 42504, Israel. Phone 0097298638444. Email: contact@delek.co.il Elk Resources, 1401 17th Street, Suite 700, Denver CO 80202, USA. Gazit Globe http://www.gazit-globe.com/ A real estate investment company, Gazit Globe specialises in ‘the acquisition, development and management of supermarket anchored shopping centers’. They are a subsidiary of Gazit Inc and operate in more than 20 countries. Given Imaging http://www.givenimaging.com/ Given Imaging make ‘Pill cams’ for gastrointestinal visualisation and have subsidiaries in the US, Germany, France, Japan, Australia, Singapore and Vietnam. They also have a production facility in Ireland. Given Imaging, 2 Hacarmel Street, New Industrial Park, Yoqneam 20692, POB 258, Israel. ICL (Israel Chemicals Ltd) http://www.icl-group.com/ Dead Sea Works on the Southern Dead Sea coast, run by ICL ICL is a fertiliser and chemicals company which consists of ICL Fertilizers, ICL Industrial Products and ICL performance Products. They are prominent producers of potash and bromine, and have are the only company with rights to extract minerals from the Dead Sea (which they massively exploit through their huge factory Dead Sea Works) and phosphates from the Negev. ICL have production facilities in Israel, Europe, North and South America and China. According to their literature they also mine potash and salt in Spain and the UK. All Israeli Dead Sea Minerals, found in cosmetic products, come from Dead Sea Works. ICL, Millenium Tower, 23 Aranha Street, Tel Aviv, 61070, Israel. Phone: 0097236844444. Itamar Medical http://www.itamar-medical.com/ Itamar Medical is a medical technology company. They have offices in Israel and the US. Itamar Medical Ltd Headquarters, 9 Halamish Street, PO Box 3579, Caesarea, 38900 Israel. Phone 0097246177000 Email: info@itamar-medical.com Itamar Medical Inc, 842 Upper Union Street, Ste 2, Franklin, MA 02038 USA. Email: infousa@itamar-medical.com Oil Refineries Ltd (Bazan) http://www.orl.co.il/ Located in Haifa, Oil Refineries Ltd is Israel’s largest energy group and refinery. Bazan Oil Refineries, PO Box 4, Haifa 31000, Israel Ormat Industries http://www.ormat.com/ Ormat Industries is a company operating in the geothermal and recovered energy power business. They have an American subsidiary called Ormat Technologies, based in Nevada. They also operate power plants in Nicaragua, Kenya and Guatemala. Strauss Group http://www.strauss-group.com/ The Strauss Group is the second largest food and drink company in Israel, with a large trade in green coffee. The company has a Strauss North America division and operates in eleven countries, with 19 manufacturing sites. For a list of their brands and partnership brands see http://www.strauss-group.com/en/Top-Menu-Folder/OurBrands/ . Non-Israeli companies present at Israel Opportunity 2010 PR Companies: Grayling http://www.grayling.com/ Grayling were the PR organiser for this event and claim to be the world’s second largest independent public relations, public affairs, investor relations and events consultancy. Their motto is ‘A different kind of thinking for a different kind of world’. Representing Israel for an event designed to increase the profitability of their occupation economy, its very questionable what kind of world they are trying to build. Grayling has two London locations: Portland House, Bressenden Place, London SW1E 5BH. Phone: 02079321850, or 29-35 Lexington Street, London W1F 9AH. Phone: 02070257500. Hudson Sandler http://www.hudsonsandler.com/ 29 Cloth Fair, London EC1A 7NN. Phone: 02077964133 Email: contact@hudsonsandler.com Banks and financial services (all with various locations) HSBC http://www.hsbc.co.uk/1/2/ Bank of America https://www.bankofamerica.com/ Deutsche Bank http://www.db.com/index_e.htm Barclays Wealth http://www.barclayswealth.com/ Rathbone Associates http://www.jcra.co.uk/ JP Morgan http://www.jpmorgan.com/pages/jpmorgan KPMG http://rd.kpmg.co.uk/ Various locations. For their switchboard, call 02073111000 BDO Hayward http://www.bdo.uk.com/?Open BDO Head Office, 55 Barker Street, London W1U 7EU. Phone: 02074865888 Email info@bdo.co.uk Ernst and Young http://www.ey.com/UK/en/home For a list of Ernst and Young locations and contact details see http://www.ey.com/OurLocations Norton Rose http://www.nortonrose.com/ For offices and locations see http://www.nortonrose.com/locations/locations5423.aspx?lang=en-gb McGuire Woods http://www.mcguirewoods.com/ Has a London office: Imperial House, 15-19 Kingsway, London WC2B 6UN. Phone 02076321600 Email: london@mcguirewoods.com CBI http://www.cbi.org.uk/ Business lobbying organisation. CBI, Centre Point, 103 New Oxford Street, London WC1A 1DU. Phone: 02073797400. Tourism in apartheid Israel – a 'unique' experience Partnership between South African and Israeli Agribusiness fuels Apartheid Check Point Software: Ex-Israeli military spooks profiting from the cyber-security industry 25th November 2019 shoalcollective 0 Corporations in Tomer Settlement 13th April 2010 shoalcollective 1 Psagot Winery: Winning awards while supporting the occupation One thought on “Israel Opportunity 2010: A chance to invest in Apartheid” I am always astounded that a country with so much wealth and so many prospects for the future cannot be more magnanimous to their neighbours the Palestinians. They would have so much more credibility in the world if they could find the generosity in their hearts to come to a Peace Treaty that would suit both sides. Once the Jews were desperate fleeing Nazi Germany and someone held out a hand to them and found them a home in Palestine. It now seems that they have only one way of dealing with this situation and that is to treat the Palestinians how they were once treated by the Nazis. Be compassionate, be human beings of the 21st century and make a difference. I shall be removing my money from my Barclays account until I see a change in circumstances. Copyright © 2020 corporate occupation. Theme: ColorNews by ThemeGrill. Powered by WordPress.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0050.json.gz/line112
__label__wiki	0.714583	0.714583	Promoted articles are produced by CultureMap sponsors and not by the editorial staff. New York Times declares Texas city among world's best places to go Swirl, Sniff, Sip, Repeat 7 essential wineries to hit on your next Texas Hill Country road trip Get your fill of food and culture with 2 major Galveston events By CultureMap Create Get your Gaido's oyster fix during Galveston Restaurant Week. Photo courtesy of Galveston CVB The Gumbo Diner is also participating. Photo courtesy of Galveston CVB Peek inside the Moody Mansion during the first-ever Galveston Museum Day. Photo courtesy of Galveston CVB You'll have two weeks to enjoy a deal at Olympia Grill. Photo courtesy of Galveston CVB The Tall Ship Elissa is part of Museum Day. Photo courtesy of Galveston CVB Dig in at Number 13. Photo courtesy of Galveston CVB Marvel at the Bishop's Palace during Museum Day. Photo courtesy of Illumine Photographic Services The Bryan Museum has one of the world's largest collections of artifacts from the American Southwest. Photo courtesy of Galveston CVB Shearn's overlooks Moody Gardens. Photo courtesy of Galveston CVB If you're already thinking, "I could use a vacation," here's some good news: Galveston is less than four hours from Austin, and now is a great time to visit. Why? Because you can get your fill of cool culture and fabulous food during the island's Restaurant Week and Museum Day. Both kick off on January 26, with Restaurant Week stretching into February (so get your stretchy pants ready). Celebrating the island's rich history and one-of-a-kind museums, Galveston Museum Day features free and discounted admission to 12 Galveston-area museums. Learn about Galveston's place as one of the wealthiest cities in the United States during the late 1800s, the powerful families who helped build the city, Galveston's significance to immigration in the region, and the importance of the industries that keep Galveston thriving. Participating museums span The Bryan Museum — known for holding one of the world's largest collections of artifacts from the American Southwest — to the 1892-built Bishop's Palace, filled with ornate fireplaces and stain-glassed windows designed by Nicholas Clayton. Other participating museums include the Galveston Naval Museum, Galveston Arts Center, Galveston Railroad Museum, Moody Gardens, Moody Mansion, Ocean Star Offshore Drilling Rig and Museum, Rosenberg Library, Texas City Museum, Texas Seaport Museum, and The Grand 1894 Opera House. Visitors who pick up a Museum Day passport will also have the chance to win VIP attraction passes and a one-night stay at Hotel Galvez, home to a hall of history and known for its ghost tours. Galveston Restaurant Week brings the island's vibrant food scene to life January 26-February 10, pairing delicious dining experiences with affordable price. For two weeks, hungry patrons can enjoy prix-fixe two- and three-course meals priced between $10 and $35, spanning breakfast, brunch, lunch, and dinner. Galveston Restaurant Week is sponsored by WAITR, the app that makes it easier to enjoy delivery and carry-out from local restaurants. Known for its excellent Gulf Coast seafood, Galveston Restaurant Week boasts the participation of such restaurants as Gaido's, Number 13, Olympia Grill, Shearn's, and the Gumbo Diner. See a complete list of restaurants here. And while your taste buds are celebrating, you can feel good knowing that your participation in Restaurant Week is helping others. This year, Access Care of Coastal Texas — which provides weekly lunches to persons with HIV or AIDS — is the Restaurant Week recipient.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0050.json.gz/line121
__label__cc	0.601398	0.398602	Items Valentine & Orson. Valentine & Orson. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection Brock, H. M. (Henry Matthew) (1875-1960) Book illustrations -- Fairy tales Brock, H. M. (Henry Matthew) (1875-1960) (Artist) Date Issued: 1914 Shelf locator: PC-CHI BOOK-Fai Wild men Line photoengravings Extent: 1 print : b ; 13 x 16 cm. Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 7b9a3af0-c5ba-012f-7ce8-58d385a7bc34 1914: Issued The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Valentine & Orson." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1914. http://digital.gallery.nypl.org/items/6afcb870-1f03-a1c6-e040-e00a18066576 The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Valentine & Orson." New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed January 22, 2020. http://digital.gallery.nypl.org/items/6afcb870-1f03-a1c6-e040-e00a18066576 The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1914). Valentine & Orson. Retrieved from http://digital.gallery.nypl.org/items/6afcb870-1f03-a1c6-e040-e00a18066576 <ref name=NYPL>{{cite web \| url=http://digital.gallery.nypl.org/items/6afcb870-1f03-a1c6-e040-e00a18066576 \| title= (still image) Valentine & Orson., (1914) \|author=Digital Collections, The New York Public Library \|accessdate=January 22, 2020 \|publisher=The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations}}</ref>	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0050.json.gz/line124
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Includes a description of the College of Law with a list of administration and faculty, photos of campus buildings, a list and description of programs and classes, fraternal and academic... "Wash-ride" Robby and Co., 7 a.m., March 23, 1885. Horse-drawn vehicles -- Photographs.; Black-and-white photography -- Photographs.; Outdoor photography -- Photographs. Black and white photograph entitled "Wash-ride" Robby and Co., 7 a.m.and March 23, 1885. Photograph contains: Miss Alice Harpole, Miss Alice Ellen Guild, the Reverend A.H. Proffitt (of Maitland, Fla.), George W. Morse, L.F. Iversry and John C.... A college yearbook printed in color and in black and white, which commemorated the previous school year's events at Bethune-Cookman College. The yearbook includes lists of faculty and staff, officers of administration, and members of the Board of... Orange County primary election results, 1914-1948, and inspector certificates, 1914-1920. Elections -- Records -- Florida -- Orange County.; Orange County (Fla.) -- Records.; Orange County (Fla.) -- History. Register containg primary election results and inspectors' certificates. The certificats run from 1914-1920, and the election results run from 1914-1948. In addition are letters, certificates, and records pertaining to the Orange County Board of...	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0050.json.gz/line127
__label__wiki	0.833876	0.833876	stetson university - football team (7) stetson university - student group (3) stetson university football team (3) elizabeth hall, stetson university (2) lhs-ola football "then and now" 1979-2009 (2) maria dudas mikler cleans chickens, while her family watches. c. mid-1930s (2) spelling bee champs, 1953-54, st. luke's christian day school. (2) stetson university - basketball team (2) stetson university - faculty (2) stetson university - glee club (2) stetson university -- students (18) stetson university -- football (16) stetson university -- buildings -- florida (state) -- deland (8) &lt (7) stetson university -- faculty (7) black and white photography -- florida -- daytona beach -- photographs (5) stetson university -- baseball (5) stetson university -- basketball (5) Description: Named Winter Park scrapbook, 1881-1906: Loring Chase scrapbooks Vol. 03, 1905. Winter Park (Fla.) -- History.; Scrapbooks -- Florida -- Winter Park.; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.).; Black-and-white photography -- Florida -- Photographs. Winter Park scrapbook created by Loring Augustus Chase. Contains newspaper clippings, ephemera, letters, and photographs of materials pertaining to Winter Park and Florida. The Winter Park scrapbook has been divided into 26 yearly sections for... Sanford Chronicle Industrial Edition, Winter, 1910 Advertising -- Florida -- Sanford -- Newspapers Newspaper published by the Sanford Herald which provides pertinent information for the residents of Sanford. Includes information on residents, businesses, agriculture, and recreation. See page level descriptions for more detailed information. First Street, Sanford, Florida Automobiles -- Florida -- Sanford -- Photographs.; Florida -- Sanford -- Photographs.; Buildings -- Florida -- Sanford -- Photographs; First Street (Sanford, Fla.) -- Photographs Postcard image which depicts First Street in Sanford, Florida. A business in the left foreground is named the Victory Bar. In the left background of the image is the Sanford Atlantic National Bank building. A drugstore business on the right side... Sanford High School baseball team, the CeleryFeds Baseball -- Florida -- Sanford -- Photographs; Baseball uniforms -- Florida -- Sanford -- Photographs; Black-and-white photography -- Florida -- Sanford -- Photographs.; Men -- Florida -- Sanford -- Photographs Black and white photograph of the Sanford High School baseball team, named the CeleryFeds. The photograph shows ten baseball players standing in a line, wearing their baseball uniforms, and cleats. One player in the center is wearing a... Sandspur, Vol. 19 No. 12, December 16, 1916. Vera Friend and Mary McLeod Bethune Black and white photography -- Florida -- Daytona Beach -- Photographs; African Americans; Women -- Florida -- Daytona Beach -- Photographs; College presidents -- Florida -- Daytona Beach -- Photographs; Dresses -- Florida -- Daytona Beach --... A black and white photograph of Vera Friend, a Caucasian woman and a member of the Board of Trustees, and Mary McLeod Bethune posing on the lawn in front of Faith Hall on Bethune-Cookman University's campus. The "Vera Friend Maintenance Building"... Albert McLeod Bethune Black and white photography -- Florida -- Daytona Beach -- Photographs; Postcards; Bethune, Albert McLeod -- Portraits -- Florida -- Daytona Beach -- Photographs; Portrait photography -- Florida -- Daytona Beach -- Photographs; Horses -- Florida --... A black and white image printed on the back of a postcard of Albert McLeod Bethune, son of Mary McLeod Bethune and Albertus Bethune. He was born in 1899 and died in 1989. In this image, he is sitting on the back of a dark-colored horse named... Mary McLeod Bethune speaks Black and white photography -- Florida -- Daytona Beach -- Photographs; Women -- Florida -- Daytona Beach -- Photographs; Men -- Florida -- Daytona Beach -- Photographs; African Americans; Dresses -- Florida -- Daytona Beach -- Photographs;... A black and white image of Mary McLeod Bethune addressing an audience at her birthday celebration. Mary McLeod Bethune can be seen standing in the center of the photographer, wearing a dark-colored dress, a broach, a pearl necklace, and a... Evelyn Bonner and James Keys Black and white photography -- Florida -- Daytona Beach -- Photographs; Women -- Florida -- Daytona Beach -- Photographs; Men -- Florida -- Daytona Beach -- Photographs; African Americans; Dresses -- Florida -- Daytona Beach -- Photographs; Suits... A black and white image of Mary Evelyn Bonner, left, and James Keys, right. Evelyn Bonner was principal of Bonner Elementary, the school which was named for her. The school is now called Cypress Street Elementary School, and is on the National... Mary McLeod Bethune, Marjorie Stewart Joyner, Alpha Phi Chi Black and white photography -- Florida -- Daytona Beach -- Photographs; Women -- Florida -- Daytona Beach; African Americans; Desks -- Photographs; Windows -- Florida -- Daytona Beach -- Photographs; Dresses -- Florida -- Daytona Beach --... A black and white photograph of Mary McLeod Bethune and Marjorie Stewart Joyner posing with the Alpha Phi Chi beautician sorority in Mary McLeod Bethune's home. They are posed behind Mrs. Bethune's desk. Mary McLeod Bethune and Marjorie Stewart... Sandspur, Vol. 07 No. 02, 1901 Sanford: Now and Then Sanford (Fla.) -- History. Book published by the Sanford Chamber of Commerce detailing the history of Sanford from its founding to the present day (1970s). Published for the city's centennial. Shows images and writings of Sanford's residence, and accounts for how the city... Early settlers of Orange County, Florida. Orange County (Fla.) -- History.; Orange County (Fla.) -- Biography.; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.). Early Settlers of Orange County, Florida gives a history of Orange County, includes biographies of earlier settlers, contains additionally added newspaper clippings. Stetson University - Glee Club Choral societies -- Florida -- DeLand -- Stetson University Stetson University Glee Club. Named are W Y Mickle; Doyle Carlton; Daniel Blocker; Edward Mickle Book 155 : Carey Hand Funeral Home records, December 12, 1942 to January 31, 1943 Carey Hand Funeral Home (Orlando, Fla.).; Greenwood Cemetery (Orlando, Fla.).; Palm Cemetery (Orlando, Fla.).; Funeral homes -- Florida -- Orlando.; Undertakers and undertaking -- Florida -- Orlando.; Registers of birth, etc. -- Florida --... Contains records and ledgers on services provided at the Carey Hand Funeral Home. Materials include memoranda regarding the death and burial of deceased individuals, registers of the death, burial and payment information, plots in the Greenwood and... Road map of Florida, c. 1955 Roadmap of Florida, c. 1955. Offers a look back at Central FL before Interstates 4 or 95 were constructed. It also precedes the construction of UCF and SR434 which has become an arterial road serving the Oviedo area. The Greeneway (#417) would not... Spelling Bee Champs, 1953-54, St. Luke's Christian Day School. St. Luke's Christian Day School students fared well in the state Spelling Bee competition in March, 1954. The school was represented by Andy L. Duda, Mary Ann Tesinsky and Katharine G. Mikler in the Seminole Co. competition. Andy was named Seminole... Maria Dudas Mikler cleans chickens, while her family watches. c. mid-1930s Mrs. Maria Mikler (left) seems to be cleaning chickens, perhaps in preparation for the meal for a large family gathering. Watching her work are husband, Michael Mikler, St., Anna Jakubcin (who would later marry Maria's son, Joe B. Mikler) and... The Intersection of Slavia Road and SR426 (Aloma): Then and Now Images of the intersection of Slavia Road (once named Redbug Road) and SR426 (Aloma Ave.) taken in 2015 show a thriving business (Lukas Nursery) on the southwest corner. A traffic light is needed to monitor the flow of hundreds of vehicles at that... LHS-OLA Football "Then and Now" 1979-2009 The history of the school's football program was the focus of one publication of Orlando Lutheran Academy ("Vision' Oct.2007, Vol.1-Issue 3). It featured interviews with the first football coach of the school (then named Luther High School) in the...	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0050.json.gz/line128
__label__wiki	0.731032	0.731032	Department of Health Promotion and Development Health promotion at local level in Norway: The use of public health coordinators and health overviews to promote fair distribution among social groups publishedVersion PDF (573.8Kb) Hagen, Susanne Øvergård, Kjell Ivar Helgesen, Marit Kristine Fosse, Elisabeth Torp, Steffen Abstract Background: Norway is internationally known today for its political and socio-economic prioritization of equity. The 2012 Public Health Act (PHA) aimed to further equity in the domain of health by addressing the social gradient in health. The PHA’s main policy measures were (1) delegation to the municipal level of responsibility for identifying and targeting underserved groups and (2) the imposition on municipalities of a “Health in All Policies” (HiAP) approach where local policy-making generally is considered in light of public health impact. In addition, the act recommended municipalities employ a public health coordinator (PHC) and required a development of an overview of their citizens’ health to reveal underserved social segments. This study investigates the relationship between changes in municipal use of HiAP tools (PHC and health overviews) with regard to the PHA implementation and municipal prioritization of fair distribution of social and economic resources among social groups. Methods: Data from two surveys, conducted in 2011 and 2014, were merged with official register data. All Norwegian municipalities were included (N = 428). Descriptive statistics as well as bi- and multivariate logistic regression analyses were performed. Results: Thirty-eight percent of the municipalities reported they generally considered fair distribution among social groups in local policy-making, while 70% considered fair distribution in their local health promotion initiatives. Developing health overviews after the PHA’s implementation was positively associated with prioritizing fair distribution in political decision-making (odds ratio [OR] = 2.54; CI: 1.12-5.76), compared to municipalities that had not developed such overviews. However, the employment of PHCs after the implementation was negatively associated with prioritizing fair distribution in local health promotion initiatives (OR = 0.22; CI: 0.05-0.90), compared to municipalities without that position. Conclusion: Development of health overviews — as requested by the PHA — may contribute to prioritization of fair distribution among social groups with regard to the social determinants of health at the local level. Keywords: Equity, HiAP, Public Health Coordinator, Norway, Health Promotion 10.15171/ijhpm.2018.22 Hagen S, Øvergård KI, Helgesen MK, Fosse E, Torp S. Health promotion at local level in Norway: The use of public health coordinators and health overviews to promote fair distribution among social groups. International Journal of Health Policy and Management. 2018;7(9):807-817 EquityHiAPPublic Health CoordinatorNorwayHealth Promotion Copyright 2018 The Author(s) Except where otherwise noted, this item's license is described as Attribution CC BY Search BORA	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0050.json.gz/line134
__label__wiki	0.712062	0.712062	EA Games Blog Go behind the story of Star Wars Battlefront 2 When EA revealed that Star Wars Battlefront 2 would have a campaign, we were a bit taken aback when they revealed it would put you in the shoes of an Imperial soldier. During today’s games panel at D23 Expo, EA showed off a brand new behind-the-story trailer in which the developers explain some of the decisions behind the campaign. “I’ve always been a fan of the Dark Side. The idea of the Imperial perspective is you never really understand who they are as people or how the organization works,” says game director Mark Thompson. “How can we distill that and how can we make a story around that?” Star Wars Battlefront 2’s campaign answers pivotal questions like what happened after Return of the Jedi. What happened to the galaxy? What happened to the Empire without an Emperor? These questions are answered through an Imperial point of view, as you take on the role of Iden, a member of the Imperial Squad who happens to be on Endor when the second Death Star is destroyed by Rebels. The video provides some brief background on the character Iden, who is on track to become commander of Inferno Squad, as well as a few new characters. The video also touches a bit on the family roots of the story, which could provide an interesting twist; but we’ll have to wait and see. Most importantly, the trailer provides us with more gameplay and cinematics for Star Wars Battlefront 2’s campaign so check it out! On a related note, Disney and Lucasfilm yesterday announced a new novel, Battlefront II: Inferno Squad, which serves as a prequel to Star Wars Battlefront 2’s campaign. Battlefront II: Inferno Squad arrives on July 25th, and is now available for pre-order. Meanwhile, Star Wars Battlefront 2 is due out on November 17, 2017 for PS4, Xbox One, and PC. 27.08.2019 Category: Shooters Author: Jim Dan Marino tests his acting chops i... Dan Marino was a hell of an NFL quarterback. And who, of course, could forget his memorable cameo in Ace Ventura? Well, the legendary quarterback will once again test his acting skills, as he’s been tapped for a part in Madden 18’s brand new story mode, Longshot. In the new mode, Marino will play, well,...... FIFA 17: FUT 17 TOTW 45 Revealed EA Has revealed FIFA 17 Ultimate Team's Team of the Week for this week. While it's still the "off-season", FUT 17's 45th TOTW has a few winners.... Madden 18 Ratings: Top 5 Rookies re... With Madden NFL 18’s release approaching, EA has finally started to reveal player ratings. Yesterday we were presented with a fun little video of the 2017 NFL Draft class reacting to their ratings. Today, we get a look at the top 5 rookies in Madden 18. 1. Myles Garrett, DE, Cleveland Browns As the first...... Madden NFL 18 ‘Simulation&rsq... Madden NFL 18 Simulation is the default game style for connected franchise mode, and is true to player and team ratings and NFL rules. ... The Sims 4 officially announced for Xbox One, PS4 Madden NFL 18: How to earn XP in Madden Ultimate Team Madden Mobile 18 Kicks Off on iOS and Android Helpful Tips to Prepare for The Sims FreePlay ‘Country Homestead Event’ Star Wars Battlefront II’s Space Combat to Debut at Gamescom EA Announces New Mobile Game ‘Star Wars: Rise to Power’ Michael Vick Now Available As A ‘Legend’ In Madden 18 Ultimate Team Madden NFL 18 Title Update #2 Coming ‘Early October,’ Possibly This Week Madden NFL 18 Early Access Now Live On Xbox One Madden NFL 18: Overall Team Ratings Star Wars Battlefront II’s Story Trailer Looks Like It Could Be Its Own Movie What To Do If The Sims FreePlay Crashes After Halloween Update Star Wars Battlefront II: The Last Jedi Season Content Coming In December, Full Details Star Wars Battlefront 2: Starfighter Assault Gameplay Trailer Released EA Closing Visceral Studio, Revamping Upcoming Star Wars Game FIFA Mobile: FC Köln vs Hamburger SV Live Program Begins FIFA 18 Ultimate Team: FUT 18 TOTW 50 Star Wars Battlefront II Now Playable Via EA And Origin Access The Sims 4 Cats & Dogs Expansion announced with November release Madden NFL 17: MUT 17 Player Spotlight Cards (7/19/17) Revealed All rights reserved. © 2019 EA Games Blog - The fan site for EA Games	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0050.json.gz/line136
__label__cc	0.590111	0.409889	Simple Tricks Not A Committee Aggressive Negotiations A Certain Point of View The Armchair Admiral DilDev’s Diner Imperial Court Circular Obiwomble’s Outlook Scotch Tape and Popsicle Sticks Sidelong Glance Six on the Wild Die Go Figure: Casualties of the Canon Posted on April 14, 2014by Michael Lind Feature Articles It has been announced that Episode VII will occur approximately 30 years following Return of the Jedi, or around the 34 ABY date. This has several possible consequences. The most blatant is a complete reboot of all Expanded Universe material. This seems extreme, especially as certain EU properties are ongoing (The Old Republic) or are tie-ins to material that will explicitly be preserved (The Clone Wars tie-in novels and comics mostly). There are three other scenarios, of varying likelihood, all are based on the idea of ‘break points’ in the timeline, wherein everything after a certain date loses canonical validity. Such breaks could be hard, absolute directives based on date in-universe, or soft, with an assumption that material will stand until some explicit contradiction arises in the future EU. Regardless, it makes sense to look at these potential break points and what they would mean for the EU overall. Lucasfilm has long organized the EU into discrete ‘publishing eras’ of which there are seven plus the non-canon Infinities “era”. These eras are: Before the Republic, Old Republic, Rise of the Empire, Rebellion, New Republic, New Jedi Order, and Legacy. The dividing lines of these eras are, not coincidentally, where we find our break points. The three break points are, from least damaging to most: Scenario I: The End of the New Jedi Order (37 ABY): This break point would preserve everything but the Legacy Era and possibly the Dark Nest Trilogy. Scenario II: The End of the New Republic Era (25 ABY): This break point would preserve everything prior to the initial Yuuzhan Vong invasion, though a small number of works in the 19-25 ABY range would be called into question. Scenario III: The End of the Rebellion Era (5 ABY): This break point would preserve everything prior to Return of the Jedi. A small number of Rebellion Era works that occur post-Endor (Truce at Bakura, etc.) would be called into question. The question, to me, is not which break will be chosen, but what it would mean for the EU to choose each one. How much would be lost? While breaking continuity to any degree has a significant artistic cost in and of itself, in terms of the collective mass of accumulated material the answer is…different. The reason being EU materials are not distributed across the Eras with anything resembling equality. There is a curious question as to just how much of the EU is placed within any given era. To investigate this I decided to classify all EU works by Era, across all of the principle media: Adult Novels, Young Reader Novels, Short Stories, Comics, and Video Games. Note: this analysis considers only primary fictional works, not secondary analysis pieces like RPG supplements or Essential Guides. Though a significant portion of the EU’s cast of characters, technologies, and worlds originates in such material, they are not generally major sources of narrative and usually reach across vast regions of in-universe time. Additionally, most of this sort of secondary data is likely to be preserved regardless. Changes to the narrative are not going to write types of Blasters or one-shot smuggler encounters in the Outer Rim out of existence. Data for this analysis was taken, as usual, from Wookieepedia summaries (I dislike doing this but there is no other source that keeps up with the growth of the EU in real time). Obviously this sort of analysis presumes a certain degree of similarity between works. This is reasonable to some degree: most novels are roughly the same size, and the same is true for Young Reader works, Short Stories, and even Trade Paperbacks (the means used to classify comics). Similarity does break down in the realm of video games – comparing a fighting game like Masters of Teräs Käsi to a monumental MMO such as The Old Republic is rather ridiculous. Still, as the component of the EU with the broadest exposure by far, it would be foolish to ignore video games completely. When everything is summed up together it looks like this. This figure clearly displays the unequal distribution of the works across the eras. Out of six fully functional publishing eras – the Before the Republic Era consists entirely of Dawn of the Jedi products – the Rise of the Empire and Rebellion Eras are overwhelmingly dominant, consisting of 40.5 and 30.7 percent of canon respectively. Not coincidentally these are also the eras containing the entirety of the higher level Movie and TV canon. We can utilize this figure to take a look at the damage in the three scenarios presented above. Scenario I preserves 95.1% of canon. Scenario II preserves 91.9% of canon. Scenario III preserves 78.5% of canon. Somewhat to my surprise, over three-quarters of all EU material occurs prior to Return of the Jedi. This seems counter-intuitive. It is probably not consistent with the average EU fan’s impression that the New Jedi Order composes only 3.1% of all works, or the New Republic Era a mere 13.4%. This discontinuity can be illuminated by breaking the works down by their representative media types. This revealing figure shows that the distribution of works changes dramatically based on the type of production – which to some degree proxies the intended audience. The Rise of the Empire Era dominates all categories except Short Stories. The reason for this dominance can easily to be traced to the mammoth focus in Star Wars EU production on the Clone Wars following the release of the Prequel Trilogy. Short Stories display a Rebellion Era focus due to a generally earlier publication date – many were published in now defunct products such as Hyperspace.com or Star Wars Gamer well before the release of the Prequel Trilogy. There are other interesting pieces of data revealed by this graph. One is the pattern of certain types of publication completely ignoring certain eras. Young Readers stories are the most obvious – they have been published in only three eras, but Video Games also lack the New Jedi Order and Legacy Eras. The most illuminating aspect of this comparison is how different the Adult Novels category compares to that of all the others. The New Jedi Order comprises a mere 3.1% of all works but 14.2% of novels. Legacy likewise is 4.9% of all works but 14.8% of novels. This can be stated even more starkly in absolute terms: there are 45 Adult Novels published in the NJO and Legacy Eras. There are 45 works in all other media published in the same. Adult Novels comprise a mere 13.9% of all EU works (155 out of 1116), but 50% of the NJO and Legacy Eras. Additionally novels have an outsize presence in the New Republic Era, and a reduced presence in the Rebellion Era. While Young Reader works and Short Stories have mined the Original Trilogy extensively to produce numerous tales of the Rebellion, the novel line has been much more hesitant to do so. To put this at its starkest: if the entirety of the EU consisted of the novels, then losses to canon in the conditions presented above would be: I. Preserves 85.1% II. Preserves 71% III. Preserves 47.7%. So, if you eliminate all novels after Return of the Jedi you’ve destroyed over half of them. If you do the same thing across all works you’ve destroyed only slightly above one-fifth (and further, because the largest individual sources of EU material are all video games set prior to ROTJ, this actually somewhat overstates the damage). The numbers, I suspect, conflict heavily with what most fans feel. This is unsurprising; very few, if any, Star Wars fans are total completists who have experienced everything in the EU. Exposure to Young Reader works is likely minimal among the average adult EU fan; many of the Short Stories are almost impossible to even find at present; while the Comics category includes many flagship titles it also includes a vast catalogue of shockingly obscure titles; and no one plays every type of video game. The novels have, for much of the EU’s existence, served to drive the plot. This is especially true of the New Republic, New Jedi Order, and Legacy Eras – the three eras currently in jeopardy. It is not unreasonable to view the current issues of canon as a battle between the storyline presented by the novels, and everything else. Despite this, my personal view is rather positive. In the scenario I consider most likely: a soft break point at Condition 2 – over 90% of the EU’s works will survive, at least initially, contact with the upcoming sequels. It could be a lot worse. 9 thoughts to “Go Figure: Casualties of the Canon” I like this analysis. I feel a bit more upbeat about existing EU material now. Thanks! Well thought out, thanks for putting this into perspective! I know the ‘feelings’ are going to be the toughest part. Ben Crofts says: As I doubt anyone else will say it: Excellent data presentation! Mike Cooper says: Oh, I bet you say that to all the ladies. Don’t need to, not in the market. DH says: GREAT presentation of data. I personally hope for scenario 1, but would accept scenario 2 without too much disappointment. Scenario 3 is the only one that would utterly destroy my interest in the ST. themetresgained says: Once I would have agreed with you on wanting scenario 1, but as much as I loved the NJO arc I think it would be better if the break point was just before it. It’s not the kind of thing that can happen off-screen. To me, scenario 2 is the best option. And scenario 3 would just leave me very, very cranky (though I’d probably watch it anyway because I’m a tragic like that). ceiranharmony says: I am sorry but your Statistics are very off. What about RPG material? it is missing. Also novels and media need to be weighed by the mass of content they contain, which would given the thickness of novels, rpg books etc. would certainly change your numbers dramatically. A short story of 2 pages can hardly be weighed the same as a novel of 300-400 pages contentwise. Thus a loss of one novel would be a higher loss than the loss of a short story if you see it weighed by content. Therefore your statistics point to nice directions but hardly scratch the core yet. As you said novels were the main course of story post ROTJ often and paired with accompanying RPG in the NR era especially, have a much higher percentage of lore lost, if you view it not by number/percentage of books/media but rather by the lore they contain (using averages for pagecount of a book vs. that of short stories and other media like games etc.). Also your statistics totally ignore guidebooks and the lore they added/expanded in the endangered eras. Please adapt your statistics accordingly so we can enjoy the full extent of their meaningful addition to the discussion at hand. Thank you! Michael Lind says: So, following the 4/25/2014 announcement, I must admit that my conclusions in this article were severely in error. Disney has chosen a soft break at scenario 3, immediately destroying over 20% of all canon. Further, they have chosen to prioritize the upcoming Rebels TV series over everything else, placing all material from both the Rise of the Empire and Rebellion Eras into jeopardy. At this point the only era that retains any sort of united single continuity status is the Old Republic era, and that only because TOR (apparently to be placed into the new continuity by virtue of its ongoing status) directs references almost all Old Repulic Era events that preceded it. Seven percent of the EU project remains. I should note here that because of this decision there is no longer any effective ‘Star Wars Universe’ to analyze collectively, so I will not be producing any additional Go Figure articles. Thanks to all who read them, hopefully they were useful while it lasted. 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__label__wiki	0.65339	0.65339	Home FAU Baseball Ace High No. 1 starter Jake Miednik will return to the FAU rotation for the final series of the regular season this week, as will No. 3 starter Mark Nowatnick. written by Chuck King May 16, 2018 FAU pitcher Jake Miednik delivers a pitch earlier this season. (OwlAccess.com photo) BOCA RATON – FAU’s beleaguered pitching staff will receive a boost this weekend with the return of weekend starters Jake Miednik and Mark Nowatnick. Miednik, FAU’s ace, draws the start in Thursday’s series opener against Western Kentucky. Nowatnick will get the ball in Saturday’s regular season finale. Vince Coletti, who started the previous two Friday night games in Miednik’s absence, will pitch on Friday with normal rest. FAU coach John McCormack intends to treat this week’s final series of the regular season as though it is ace Jake Miednik’s rehab assignment. Battling shoulder tendinitis, Miednik missed his last two starts and three of his last four. McCormack hopes to use him in a limited basis against Western Kentucky. “If I had my wishes and of course it’s up to his health, my wishes would be that he would start on Thursday and whatever we would get out of him, great,” McCormack said. “If we get five [innings], then we have 22 innings to worry about for the rest of the weekend.” Miednik threw a bullpen on Monday and tossed again on Tuesday. He will be on a limited pitch count. Pitching Miednik, who enters the weekend with a 6-1 record and an 3.24 ERA, on Thursday offers several benefits to FAU. McCormack would like to use the lefty early in the series to ensure he gets work and to gain some certainty about the remainder of the weekend’s pitching plans. A weekend appearance would also provide Miednik with some meaningful innings heading into next week’s Conference USA tournament. Injured at the start of the season, Nowatnick began the year in the Owls’ bullpen. He moved into the weekend rotation following Kyle Marman’s season-ending elbow injury and pitched well until straining his oblique on April 22 against Rice. He hasn’t pitched since. Having Miednik and Nowatnick healthy and back in the rotation should bolster an FAU team that’s battling to secure an NCAA tournament at-large bid. After a couple of tumultuous weeks, FAU steadied itself by taking two of three at Middle Tennessee this past weekend, improving its RPI to 29 in the process. “It’s important that we continue to play well,” McCormack said. “Just for us in general to be heading to the conference tournament on a good note.” Of course, the Owls could claim the bid guaranteed to C-USA by winning next week’s tournament. FAU enters the final weekend conference play with an outside chance of surpassing C-USA leader Southern Miss. The Owls currently sit in second place, two-and-a-half games behind the Golden Eagles and a half game ahead of Louisiana Tech. Depending on the weekend results, FAU could finish anywhere from first to fifth in the standings. A forecast filled with rain could also complicate this week’s play. was last modified: May 16th, 2018 by Chuck King Road for Regionals	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0050.json.gz/line144
__label__cc	0.74913	0.25087	Monuments in Albaicín It is hardly surprising that UNESCO declared the Albaicín World Cultural Heritage in 1994, because the charm of the neighbourhood's lovely narrow streets and traditional houses is unrivalled. They have also preserved a popular, hospitable atmosphere for hundreds of years. The best way to explore the Albaicín is to start your tour in the House of Zafra Visitor's Centre and then just wander through the neighbourhood. In the Albaicín (also spelled Albayzin or Albaycín) you can breathe in the essence of a neighbourhood that evokes the architecture of the Arabs and also of other ancient Mediterranean cities. Much of its charm resides in the cármenes (traditional houses with interior orchards and gardens) and the steep hills that lead to stunning miradores (viewpoints), such as the < strong>Mirador of San Nicolás. You will find further information on the Albaicín on the Agencia Albaicín website. 0 results for Albaicín Almohad \| Nasrid Religious building	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0050.json.gz/line146
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NULL NULL array(1) { [0]=> string(17) "04theend/1019.jpg" } NULL NOTE: only -1664 days left to purchase the current limited edition print you are now viewing pages-in-progress Failing Sky updates on Fridays this page is already complete, and can be seen by Patrons SKETCHMODE is ON (viewing novel as preliminary sketches / pre-ink pencils) deactivate sketchmode you have entered PATRON PREVIEW MODE (this page is not yet public) art happens because you make it happen: become a Failing Sky patron for just $1 pages available: Story Nodes the Rambling Boots the Perfect Iron the Fragile Mug the Greedy Nail the Pruning Shears the Loudest Typewriter the Dedicated Watch Existing Chapters (alphabetically by Volume) (opening chapter) Tennessee Burnham strip.villainette full table of contents (including unwritten chapters) sketchmode [patrons only] List Chapters Chronologically [patrons only] shop originals & unlimited editions [in case you prefer to just throw money at me with a one-time paypal donation] Sponsor Failing Sky for as little as $1, right here: Making art is my living and Failing Sky is self-published. 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__label__wiki	0.770823	0.770823	Farm Bill; Immigration; Biofuels; Trade; and, MF Global Posted By Keith Good On June 25, 2013 @ 3:59 am In Ethanol,Farm Bill,Immigration,Trade \| Comments Disabled Farm Bill Issues Reuters writer Charles Abbott reported yesterday that, “The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives needs to solve its farm bill impasse by enacting the Senate’s bipartisan bill, Majority Leader Harry Reid said on Monday, warning that the Democrat-run Senate will not extend current law again. “The House defeated its own farm bill last week – the first time such a bill has failed in a House vote – and analysts have said a short-term extension of the 2008 farm law would be the easiest solution. “On the Senate floor, Reid said ‘the Senate will not pass another temporary farm bill extension.’” (Note that a video replay of Sen. Reid’s presentation on the Senate floor, and transcript of his remarks, are available here, at FarmPolicy.com Online. See also this news release yesterday from Purdue University, “Second farm bill extension seems likely, Purdue ag economists say.”) Mr. Abbott noted that, “A spokesman for House Majority Leader Eric Cantor said ‘no decisions have been made on next steps.’” The Reuters article pointed out that, “House Republican leaders canceled plans for a vote this week on an Agriculture Department funding bill. One farm lobbyist said it would have been ‘round two’ on the farm bill since it covers the same contentious subjects.” On the floor Thursday, before his dust up with Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (D., Md.) over the Farm Bill vote, Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R., Va.) indicated that, “Finally, Mr. Speaker, I anticipate bringing to the floor H.R. 2410, the Agriculture appropriations bill authored by Representative Robert Aderholt of Alabama.” More specifically on the Appropriations issue, David Rogers reported yesterday at Politico that, “Even after the loss [on the Farm Bill vote], Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) had spoken confidently of turning next to the $19.45 billion measure which also funds the Food and Drug Administration and Commodity Futures Trading Commission. But House legislative notices no longer list the spending measure for this week’s floor schedule, and the GOP’s message machine has shifted to energy bills. “The House Rules Committee is still slated to consider the Agriculture budget bill Tuesday evening — leaving open a slim chance of action before the July 4th recess. And when Rules meets, House Agriculture Committee Chairman Frank Lucas (R-Okla.) is expected to have objections to some of the legislated spending provisions in the appropriations bill. “If Lucas were to insist on his points of order, it could force more cuts in a bill already about $1.3 billion below what Congress approved in March for the same accounts. But Republicans are candid to say the changed floor schedule is less about managing dollars than perceptions after the embarrassing defeat last week.” Mr. Rogers added that, “On one hand, action would give the leadership a chance to show it hasn’t forgotten farmers entirely. On the other, there is a strong desire to change the subject, especially given Cantor’s role in the turmoil that led to the bill’s defeat.” Meanwhile, House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R., Wis.) appeared yesterday on the MSNBC “Morning Joe” program and discussed the Farm Bill. A recap and video replay of this discussion has been posted at FarmPolicy.com Online. Rep. Ryan reiterated accusations made by Majority Leader Cantor that Democrats failed to deliver the number of promised votes to pass the Farm Bill, while simultaneously omitting the variable that the Committee bill was being altered just prior to the final vote on the measure. In addition, the former GOP vice-presidential candidate also made the argument that the commodity title and nutrition title should be separated and considered individually. Emma Dumain and Matt Fuller reported yesterday at Roll Call Online that, “Speaker John A. Boehner plans to continue to allow freewheeling amendment debates on high-profile bills, despite last week’s farm bill meltdown.” The article noted that, “Even at the outset of the farm bill debate, while Agriculture Chairman Frank D. Lucas of Oklahoma said the House would ‘work its will,’ Collin C. Peterson, the panel’s top Democrat, pleaded with his colleagues to keep the legislation bipartisan and ‘not stray too far from what was approved in committee.’ “Ultimately, at least two amendments on the House floor with little chance of becoming law — one stripping the bill of the dairy supply management program, the other adding more stringent work requirements for the food stamp program – rankled Democrats. Only 24 backed final passage.” Yesterday’s article noted that, “‘They really poisoned the whole well for this bill,’ one Democratic leadership aide said Monday of the Republicans. ‘They decided it was a good idea to do these stupid amendments.’ “Republicans continued to blame Democrats Monday for failing to deliver promised votes, and they said Democrats knew in advance that the controversial amendments were coming. ‘There were no surprises’ for Democrats, a Republican leadership aide said.” Also, Ellyn Ferguson reported yesterday at Roll Call Online that, “House leaders must determine how they can pick up the pieces after a bipartisan rejection of a five-year farm bill backed by Speaker John A. Boehner. “But some people who follow the farm bill, in the past an easily bipartisan piece of legislation, say there may be no easy fix.” A news release yesterday from Sen. Heidi Heitkamp (D., N.D.) indicated that, “[Heitkamp] today called on the U.S. House of Representatives to try again to pass a long-term Farm Bill, or consider the Senate-passed version.” Also, in a Bloomberg interview yesterday, Societe Generale Head of Agricultural Research Chris Narayan discussed the impact of the failure to pass the Farm Bill on Bloomberg Television’ ‘Market Makers’. The brief interview was titled, “How Will Farm Bill Defeat Affect Food Prices?,” and can be viewed at FarmPolicy.com Online. In other Farm Bill related news, a recent Bloomberg Government Study by Dr. Craig Jagger (craig.jagger@legis-consulting.com) provided an insightful discussion regarding various aspects of the Farm Bill. Dr. Jagger consults on agricultural policy and budget issues after a 27-year government career. The Bloomberg Government Study (BGov study), titled, “The Most Contentious and Difficult Farm Bill Ever?” was published earlier this month (June 14) and stated that: “This Bloomberg Government Study provides an overview of major issues in the farm bill and discusses the three main reasons that debate over the legislation — now in its fourth year — has been the most contentious and difficult in the long history of farm bills: “- Republican House leaders wouldn’t let the 2012 House bill come to the floor, because of differing views among their members. Without House action, the two chambers couldn’t conference the bill and reconcile differences. “- Budget rules and gimmicks used to increase funding in prior farm bills are no longer available. Instead, to add new programs or increase funding of existing ones, funding for other existing programs will need to be cut. The next farm bill also must reduce spending to contribute to deficit reduction. “- Major policy differences need to be resolved, including approaches to the farm safety net, the size and nature of cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly food stamps) and how to craft a program for dairy farmers.” After setting the table with a summary of the status of the Farm Bill debate, the BGov Study indicated that, “The CBO May 2013 baseline is the agriculture committees’ budget for the next 10 months. This baseline reflects the CBO’s best estimates of the total costs of current programs if they were to continue unchanged for the next 10 years…[C]hart 1 shows the CBO’s May 2013 10-year mandatory spending budget baseline for agriculture as well as the baseline after 2013 House and Senate farm bill reductions. Discretionary funding isn’t included but sequestration reductions are. Sequestration requirements of the Budget Control Act of 2011 (BCA) reduce total 10-year outlays for the baseline and both proposals by $6.4 billion (outlays would be $6.4 billion higher without sequestration).” Dr. Jagger pointed out that, “Chart 2 shows the latest available CBO cost estimates for the 2013 farm bills: S. 954, as ordered reported by the Senate Agriculture Committee on May 15, and H.R. 1947, as ordered reported by the House Agriculture Committee on May 15. The total 10-year savings in the chart of $17.8 billion (Senate) and $33.3 billion (House) are only the outlay reductions resulting from farm bill changes; they do not include the $6.4 billion in outlay reductions resulting from BCA sequestration.” The study explained that, “Budget rule changes and lost budget gimmicks constitute a second major reason that this has been the most contentious and difficult farm bill ever. “After the 1996 farm bill and until this farm bill, the agriculture committees have been able to add funding above the CBO baseline when they wrote major farm legislation. Before budget rules changed in 2007, the House and Senate Budget committees could simply add extra funding to the budget resolution. They added $6.5 billion above the CBO baseline over five years for the 2000 crop insurance reform bill and $73.5 billion above the CBO baseline over 10 years for the 2002 farm bill. “With that budget resolution avenue closed for the 2008 farm bill, the agriculture committees, with leadership support, persuaded the Senate Finance and House Ways and Means committees to provide $10 billion in revenue offsets to be included in the farm bill, in return for getting some of their pet projects in the measure.” Furthermore, the BGov Study stated that, “In addition, explicit timing shifts were used to capture ‘savings’ of $2.6 billion over 10 years for the 2002 farm bill and $4.5 billion over 10 years for the 2008 farm bill. Timing shifts move costs outside the 10-year budget window. The CBO scores savings for the shifts even though only the timing, not the amount, of program costs change. Those explicit timing shifts are not available for the 2013 farm bill, because all that could be identified have been used and each timing shift can be used only once…When major program changes are being made, having extra money to make them more palatable to those losing benefits makes writing legislation easier. This farm bill process undoubtedly has been more contentious and difficult from not having extra money above its baseline that recent farm bills had. Now to add funding for a new program or to increase funding for an existing program, funding for a different Agriculture Committee program that has a baseline needs to be cut, robbing Peter to pay Paul.” The BGov Study also noted that, “There are other reasons this farm bill is particularly challenging: “- From a member’s perspective, reform and deficit reduction are not really compatible. “- Increased partisanship makes compromise more difficult, especially outside the agriculture committees. “- There are 37 programs/provisions with supporters that do not have budget baselines after 2012. “- The farm economy, with some exceptions such as dairy, has generally been doing well. Not everyone understands that agricultural markets are cyclical and good can turn to bad very quickly.” Ashley Parker reported in today’s New York Times that, “The bipartisan push to overhaul the nation’s immigration laws took a major step forward Monday evening when the Senate endorsed a proposal to substantially bolster security along the nation’s southern borders as part of a measure that would provide a path to citizenship for 11 million undocumented immigrants already in the country. “The 67-to-27 vote prevented any filibuster of the plan to devote roughly $40 billion over the next decade to border enforcement measures, including nearly doubling the number of border agents to 40,000 and completing 700 miles of fencing. Opponents of the measure questioned whether the security steps would ever be taken and said that the legislation should require that the border be secure before undocumented immigrants could seek legal status. “But the solid bipartisan support for the border security proposal by two Republican senators, Bob Corker of Tennessee and John Hoeven of North Dakota, suggested that advocates of the overhaul had the votes needed to clear remaining hurdles and pass the legislation, which was drafted by a bipartisan ‘Gang of Eight’ senators, perhaps before lawmakers leave town for the July Fourth recess.” The Times article explained that, “The Corker-Hoeven plan helped bring on board more than a dozen Republicans, many of whom said they were reluctant to support any immigration overhaul that did not secure the southern border and guard against a future wave of illegal immigrants. Their amendment will also require a $3.2 billion high-tech border surveillance plan — including drone aircraft and long-range thermal imaging cameras — as well as an electronic employment verification system and a visa entry/exit system at all air and sea ports. “All those security measures must be in place before any undocumented immigrant can become a legal permanent resident and receive a green card. “Any final bill passed by the Senate will head to the Republican-controlled House, where it already faces vocal opposition. Speaker John A. Boehner has publicly said that he will not bring any immigration bill up for a vote that does not have the support of a majority of House Republicans. That decision pleased the conservative wing of his caucus but also raises hurdles for any broad immigration bill in the House, where many Republicans oppose any pathway to citizenship.” Kristina Peterson reported in today’s Wall Street Journal that, “The Senate voted 67-27 to advance the border-security plan, with 15 Republicans backing the measure and no Democrats opposing it. Monday’s vote showed growing momentum for the comprehensive immigration bill, if not a precise gauge of support. Travel delays prevented six senators from voting, including two Democrats expected to support the bill. While lawmakers credited the border-security amendment for picking up more GOP support for an immigration overhaul, several Republicans’ votes were expected to hinge on the fate of other amendments that could be addressed this week.” The Journal article added that, “The vote on the broader immigration bill is set for Friday but could come a day earlier, depending on whether Democratic leaders and Republican opponents of the legislation can reach an agreement to wrap up debate ahead of schedule. “The immigration bill needs 60 votes to clear the Senate, but supporters are hoping for a more resounding victory, with as many as 70 votes, in order to pressure the more-conservative House to act. To build support, authors of the border-security measure included provisions aimed at resolving specific concerns of wavering lawmakers.” Today’s article noted that, “Meanwhile, discussions continued over the bill’s provisions on agricultural workers, with the hope of securing support from Republicans from Southeastern states, among them Sens. Saxby Chambliss and Johnny Isakson of Georgia and Richard Burr of North Carolina.” A statement yesterday on Senate Border Security Cloture Vote from the Agriculture Workforce Coalition indicated that: “The Senate’s cloture motion vote this afternoon represents an important step forward in the process of passing comprehensive immigration reform in that chamber. The Agriculture Workforce Coalition welcomes the strong bipartisan support shown today for S. 744, the Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act, and strongly encourages a similar vote for final passage later this week. “The legislation includes agricultural provisions that reflect the agreement that the AWC and the United Farm Workers union reached earlier this spring. These provisions are vital to ensuring that America’s farmers and ranchers can find the workers they need to pick crops, prune trees or care for animals. “Agriculture stands united in support of the agriculture provisions contained in the Senate bill and we are committed to working throughout the legislative process to ensure that agricultural producers have access to a legal, stable and productive workforce.” Vicki Needham reported yesterday at The Hill’s On the Money Blog that, “The Senate is focused on completing a comprehensive immigration bill by the end of the week and July 4 recess, but probably not without a few bumps in the road. “After meeting with business leaders to rally support, President Obama called on the upper chamber to pass a measure with the ‘strongest possible vote.’” Zack Colman reported yesterday at The Hill’s Energy Blog that, “The Supreme Court on Monday declined to review a case that charged federal regulators allowed a mid-level ethanol fuel blend onto the market without proper testing. “The move preserves a space at the gas pump for E15 fuel, a mix comprised of 15 percent ethanol — compared with the standard 10 percent — and 85 percent petroleum by leaving intact a 2009 Environmental Protection Agency ruling that E15 is safe to use in cars made in 2001 or later.” Vicki Needham reported yesterday at The Hill’s On the Money Blog that, “President Obama is ready to work with Congress to win fast-track trade negotiating authority, U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman told The Hill on Monday in an exclusive interview. “Froman said the negotiating authority ‘is a critical tool’ but doesn’t need to be in place when the U.S. begins talks with the European Union on a $5 trillion trade deal in two weeks.” MF Global Ben Protess reported yesterday at The New York Times Online that, “Federal regulators are poised to sue Jon S. Corzine over the collapse of MF Global and the brokerage firm’s misuse of customer money during its final days, a blowup that rattled Wall Street and cast a spotlight on Mr. Corzine, the former New Jersey governor who ran the firm until its bankruptcy in 2011. “The Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the federal agency that regulated MF Global, plans to approve the lawsuit as soon as this week, according to law enforcement officials with knowledge of the case. In a rare move against a Wall Street executive, the agency has informed Mr. Corzine’s lawyers that it aims to file the civil case without offering him the opportunity to settle, setting up a legal battle that could drag on for years. “Without directly linking Mr. Corzine to the disappearance of more than $1 billion in customer money, the trading commission will probably blame the chief executive for failing to prevent the breach at a lower rung of the firm, the law enforcement officials said. If found liable, he could face millions of dollars in fines and possibly a ban from trading commodities, jeopardizing his future on Wall Street.” Keith Good URL to article: http://farmpolicy.com/2013/06/25/farm-bill-immigration-biofuels-trade-and-mf-global-tuesday/	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0050.json.gz/line158
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__label__wiki	0.667945	0.667945	How you can Help Fire Victims in Greece Over 80 people have died and 187 have been hospitalised, including at least 16 children, in the deadliest fires Greece has seen in years and with the nation now in mourning, there are ways people all around the world are able to help. Breast Cancer Prevention and Early Detection Staying at a healthy weight, being physically active, and limiting how much alcohol you drink can help reduce your risk of breast cancer. Regular screening can often find breast cancer early when treatments are more likely to be successful. Loula Loi Alafoyiannis Congratulatory Letter 21st Annual Global Goddess Artemis Program Athens Greece Global Connections Made in the Name of the Goddess Artemis EAWC - Videos EAWC Euro American Women Council - 21ο Ετήσιο Παγκόσμιο Συμπόσιο & Βραβεία Θεάς Αρτέμιδος ΕΚΔΗΛΩΣΗ ΤΟΥ ΠΑΝΕΛΛΗΝΙΟΥ ΑΘΛΗΤΙΚΟΥ ΣΩΜΑΤΕΙΟΥ ΓΥΝΑΙΚΩΝ «ΚΑΛΛΙΠΑΤΕΙΡΑ» ΑΡΧΑΙΩΝ ΓΥΝΑΙΚΩΝ ΠΡΟΣΩΠΑ & ΠΡΟΣΩΠΕΙΑ 2016 ANCIENT WOMEN FACES & FIGURES 2016 EAWC - GLOBAL GODDESS ARTEMIS AWARD CEREMONIES & FORUM Ambassador-at-Large Verveer Delivers Remarks on the Global Goddess Artemis Award Ada Iliopoulou, The woman who makes Greeks famous in Paris! WHO IS WHO INTERNATIONAL AWARDS THE BATTLE WITH CANCER A Cure For Michael Η «Ημέρα της Οικογένειας» γιορτάστηκε στη γειτονιά του Hallett’s Point (βίντεο) Πρωτοποριακό το Διεθνές Θερινό Πανεπιστήμιο Loula Loi Alafoyiannis Presents Hand Crafted One-of-a-Kind Collectibles Dedicated to Isabella Alafoyiannis – Save Grandmothers from Breast Cancer Designer Loula Loi Alafoyiannis will return to Couture Fashion Week with a presentation of her latest distinctive outerwear designs at 4:00 pm on Saturday September 7, 2013. The runway show will be held in the Grand Ballroom of the New Yorker Hotel, 481 Eighth Avenue, in the heart of the city's Fashion District. Each design by Loula is a one-of-a-kind collectible, where fashion is wearable fine art. The creations are sophisticated yet whimsical, and impeccably crafted in silhouettes that have wide appeal. Loula is the Founder and President of the Euro-American Women's Council (EAWC). Loula is also the Founder of "Saving grandmothers from breast cancer" which she is supporting through her participation in this season's Couture Fashion Week. EAWC ACTIVITIES ΕΜΥ ΛΙΒΑΝΙΟΥ - ΔΗΜΟΣΙΟΓΡΑΦΟΣ, ΕΛΕΝΑ ΚΟΥΝΤΟΥΡΑ - ΥΠΟΥΡΓΟΣ ΤΟΥΡΙΣΜΟΥ, ΚΑΤΕΡΙΝΑ ΠΑΝΑΓΟΠΟΥΛΟΣ - EXECUTIVE GLOBAL NATIONAL AMBASSADOR OF GREECE TO THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE FOR SPORTSal Ambassador of Greece to The Council of Europe for Sports EAWC 1996 - TODAY EAWC's mission is to strengthen the status of women in the global marketplace by building strategic alliances between women in business and prominent leaders across the United States, Europe, Mexico, Latin America and other places of the world. Through EAWC, women of diverse backgrounds and accomplishments work together to advance women's access to positions of leadership and to pave the way for the next generations of women business leaders. Core to EAWC's mission are: Βραβείο της Θεάς Αρτέμιδος πρώτα στον Μίκη Θεοδωράκη HONOREES LIST "English language" 21st Global Goddess Artemis Awards Ceremonies 7 OCTOBER 2017, Acropolis Museum Auditorium The greatest song writer, composer, politician and activist The Greek of the World Honorable Carolyn B. Maloney US Congresswoman (D-NY) The “Bouboulina” of the Greek Americans & Cypriot Americans Honorable Elena Kountoura Minister of Tourism of the Hellenic Republic Good will ambassador of social volunteering and president of the organization EUROPA DONNA GREECE Father ANTONIOS PAPANIKOLAOU The pioneer of The Ark of the World (Kivotos tou Kosmou) Provider of care and protection for mothers and children Katerina Panagopoulos Executive Global National Ambassador of Greece to The Council of Europe for Sports, Citizen of Europe for Year 2017 The fearless and daring woman with a can-do attitude & extraordinary achievements mauro serra Executive President of A.S. STAR TEAM FOR THE CHILDREN MC The person with exceptional love and passion for children in need Dr. Fotini A. Pomoni Professor, University of Athens and Doctor Honoris Causa of the University Liceo Cervantino of Irapuato, Mexico Visionary promoter of bilateral educational and scientific relationships SUN XIAN Awarded Film Director His passion and love promoting Greece worldwide Daisy Gallagher President and CEO of Gallagher worldwide Global Business Person and Entrepreneur of the Century Dr. Terry Neese Founder of the Institute for Economic Empowerment of Women Her thirst to help Rwandan and Afghani women to receive a degree in Business Administration Maria Loizidou Professor, National Technical University of Athens Honored by the European Union For her contribution to environmental issues related to desalination Della Rounick The famous Greek American sculptor A distinguish Greek American philanthropist and artist Victoria Barry-Woods Founder, CEO and Chief Investment Advisor for ChappelWood Financial Services Champion for Women and Wealth Management Leader Nikoletta Tsitsanoudis-Mallidis Associate Professor, University of Ioannina & Harvard University The academician who connected media with Greek language and culture Natassa N. Spagadorou Editor-in-Chief of the medical and scientific website “onMed” Outstanding contributions to the world of print and online media ANNA BILILIS Entrepreneur of the year USA ACROPOLIS MUSEUM, ATHENS GREECE OCTOBER 07-2017 Créateur de la mode Athens - Paris - New York For bringing the Hellenic Spirit and his creativity to celebrities around the world Valavanis Laskaris High Fashion designer The distinguished Greek fashion ambassador ANTHOULA ANAKEFALOU Public Relations Advisor at Greek Public Relations Company, Journalist in Greece and Abroad For her contribution to the humanity Ms. WANG FEN-QIN Innovative Artist The woman who empowers people to create their own unique life path XIE JING Chairman of HUAJING Group Corporation Successful young woman entrepreneur in Asia, Europe and USA SUN QI President TAIE Homelike Life Hall in Chengdu, China The woman who created a life experience Museum by merging tradition and technology Scott Liu Executive Associate Dean of Global Programs, Director of the Centre International Business Studies in New York Institute of Technology Creator of an acclaimed MBA Executive Program that emphasizes experiential learning "Greek language" Go To Greek language Στον ΟΗΕ μίλησε η Ελληνίδα πρέσβης για τον αθλητισμό. «Δεν είναι δυνατόν το 2018 να υπάρχουν αναλφάβητα παιδιά» Expressing gratitude to Mr. Elias Foutsis founder and president of New York College of Athens We would like to thank sincerely Mr. Elias Foutsis, founder and president of New York College of Athens. ANCIENT WOMEN – FACES AND FIGURES MASKS Ο καθ. Θ. Ζάνος που «διάβασε» τα σήματα του ανοσοποιητικού προς τον εγκέφαλο μιλά στο Onmed (vid) INTERVIEW WITH A SIGNIFICANT GREEK SCIENTIST IN USA TO MY WEBSITE ONMED!! Ο Έλληνας ερευνητής, Θεόδωρος Ζάνος, και η ομάδα του στις ΗΠΑ είναι οι πρώτοι στον κόσμο που αποκωδικοποίησαν τα ειδικά σήματα τα οποία χρησιμοποιεί το νευρικό σύστημα για να «επικοινωνήσει» στον εγκέφαλο την κατάσταση του ανοσοποιητικού συστήματος και τις ενδείξεις φλεγμονής. Κατερίνα Παναγοπούλου: Ορίστηκε Ειδική πρωθυπουργική Σύμβουλος για τον Απόδημο Ελληνισμό (ΦΕΚ) 24 Μαΐου 2018 - 16:09 Ειδική Σύμβουλος στη Γενική Γραμματεία του πρωθυπουργού «για θέματα που αφορούν τον ελληνισμό της διασποράς», αναλαμβάνει με απόφαση του Αλέξη Τσίπρα που δημοσιεύθηκε σήμερα σε ΦΕΚ, η Εθνική Πρέσβυς της Ελλάδος στο Συμβούλιο της Ευρώπης για τον Αθλητισμό, την Ανοχή και το Ευ Αγωνίζεσθαι και Πρόεδρος του Πανελληνίου Αθλητικού Σωματείου Γυναικών «ΚΑΛΛΙΠΑΤΕΙΡΑ», κα Κατερίνα Παναγοπούλου.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0050.json.gz/line165
__label__cc	0.502562	0.497438	'From a Body I Spent' by Felix Kalmenson at Kim? Contemporary Art Centre Published in Photo / Video from Latvia ‘Sometimes, waking, I forget where I am’, I imagine Felix telling me over the phone. ‘I am glad to know what I am worth, as everyday raptures. My collected customs like words begin to form a certain vocabulary, cliffs for another life. I bring them together as if to measure the value of everything. The tide rises, the tide falls. I hear the globe spinning, you landlocked in the hoof of the earth, me loosed from it, expelled, often arriving at heaviness. Sometimes, waking, I forget where I am, but out of the airy treasure, a sound opens sound, a place opens another place, and I can see again–miles of arteries, cavernous cities, words through sea salt–and my pseudonym begins again. Every day, I depend on a small seizure from the body I spent, to document the world by documenting myself–the dissonance traveller.’ From a Body I Spent is the first solo show by Russian-born, Toronto-based artist Felix Kalmenson in the Baltics. It is a survey of video works from 2012 to today, and sculptures created on-site with collected materials from the city. Kalmenson’s work variably narrates the liminal space of a researcher’s and artist’s encounter with landscape and archive. By bearing witness to everyday life, and hardening the more fragile vestiges of private and collective histories through their work, Kalmenson gives themself away to the cadence of a poem, always in flux. From Birobidzhan, Cornwall, Kuala Lipis, Toronto, Vilnius, Riga, Moscow, St Petersburg, Singapore, and elsewhere, Kalmenson looks onto the world, and traces the inconspicuous histories that follow his gaze. Felix Kalmenson is a ‘rootless cosmopolitan’ whose practice navigates installation, video and performance. Kalmenson’s work variably narrates the liminal space of a researcher’s and artist’s encounter with landscape and archive. By bearing witness to everyday life, and hardening the more fragile vestiges of private and collective histories through their work, Kalmenson gives themselves away to the cadence of a poem, always in flux. Kalmenson has exhibited internationally with an upcoming exhibition with longtime collaborator Rouzbeh Akhbari at Hay Art Cultural Center, Yerevan in May 2018. https://www.felixkalmenson.com Maya Tounta is a writer, curator and occasional video-maker based in Athens and Vilnius. Her work deals with the psychology of play, various kinds of psychotherapy, and ritual practices. In the past year, she has worked very closely with the artist Otobong Nkanga towards the realisation of the work Carved to Flow (documenta 14, Athens, Greece/ Kassel, Germany), and written exhibition texts for solo presentations including The End Of The Story by Maria Toumazou (Neoterismoi Toumazou, Nicosia, Cyprus) and Big Naturals by Jude Crilly (Fillet Gallery, London, UK). In the past year, she also hosted events with CAConrad, Jennifer Teets, Lorenzo Cirrincione, Iris Touliatou, Fernando Garcia-Dory, Marina Vishmidt, Nina Power, Travis Jeppesen and Florian Cramer, among others. Previously (2014-2016) she was a curator at Rupert (Vilnius) where she worked with the residency, alternative education, and public programmes. She holds a Joint Masters in History of Art and Philosophy from the University of St Andrews, Scotland, and is the editor of A Solid Injury to the Knees (2016, Rupert), a collection of essays exploring political depression. http://www.mayatounta.com From a Body I Spent Felix Kalmenson Curated by Maya Tounta Kim? Contemporary Art Centre Sporta iela 2 k-1, LV-1013, Rīga Photography: Ansis Starks Felix Kalmenson Print friendly version	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0050.json.gz/line167
__label__cc	0.627003	0.372997	Of course it should really be "Golden Cans" this year as 2015 has definitely been the year of the can (schooners are so 2014). My own can consumption must be well into single figures which I think shows my commitment to the can revolution. So on to the prizes: Best UK Cask Beer: I have to admit this one surprises me but the beer that most blew me away was Black Sheep Bitter. Only 3.8% ABV too. Must be because I'm a lightweight nowadays. Honourable mention to another 3.8er: Thurstons Horsell Gold. Best UK Keg Beer: Yes, definitely had some this year. Though I'm not sure if the pint of San Miguel I had when I saw New Model Army counts as UK. Actually being one myself I had a half of Southpaw from Gipsy Hill when I saw it and that's definitely British so that one. Best UK Bottled Beer: I've mostly been drinking homebrew at home. It's so much cheaper that way. Number 93 was particularly pleasing, but I can't really have that as a winner. So far as bought stuff goes the Fuller's Vintage 2010 that rounded off the Christmas drinking was also particularly pleasing. Best UK Canned Beer: I did buy a can this year, though it was shortly before I bought a pint of keg San Miguel as it wasn't very good, so I'll have to go with one of the freebies I got: Vocation Heart and Soul. Best Overseas Draught: I've been abroad a few times this year but for draught beer I'll go with the only one I can remember the name of from my trip to Portland: Freshly Squeezed IPA. Best Overseas Bottled Beer: Since I found out there's bleedin' nitrogen added to Orval it's not been the same so Rochefort 10 gets the gong this year. Best Overseas Canned Beer: I bought some cans in Greece but they were rubbish so again it will have to be a freebie: Liberty Ale. Best collaboration brew: The beer didn't taste great, but I've had fun with a culture I made from the dregs so All Bretts Are Off. Best Overall Beer: Black Sheep Bitter. Best Branding: The Brewers' Company. Best Pump Clip: I did see one the other week that had both a red LED and a bell so that one if only I could remember what the beer was. Best Bottle Label: Best UK Brewery: For overall brewery I'm going with the one I've drunk the most of over the course of this year, and some cracking beers they've made too. It's my local brewery: Thurstons. Best Overseas Brewery: Rochefort without a shadow of a doubt, all that gleaming copper. The beer's good too. Best New Brewery Opening 2015: Can't think of one. Pub/Bar of the Year: As if a bar could hope to compete with a pub! The Crown in Horsell. Best New Pub/Bar Opening 2015: Can't think of one. Beer Festival of the Year: The Great British Beer Festival. I had a cracking day. Supermarket of the Year: Booths, again. Independent Retailer of the Year: Cobbetts Real Ale. Online Retailer of the Year: the ones that sent me free beer. Best Beer Book or Magazine: Brewing Microbiology edited by Annie Hill and with a chapter by me. Best Beer Blog or Website: one blog this year has taken the world of beer nerdery by storm with superb posts filled with fascinating facts: Larsblog. Simon Johnson Award for Best Beer Twitterer: Pierre van Klomp @brouwervanklomp Best Brewery Website/Social media: can't think of one. A thread about Brewdog's marketing over on Urban75 caught my eye recently. The original poster is not keen, as you can tell by the thread title: "BrewDog: yet another hip company using 'rebel' language to sell its stuff". It can't be denied that Brewdog's marketing has been very successful though. A link posted on the thread offers some insight into this. It's a long article, so I've copied and pasted some choice quotes that someone culled from it. Despite being written back in the 90s it still seems relevant when it makes the case that the image of the rebel is the mainstream way in which businesses present themselves. "No social group is more audibly or visibly “radical” than artists, musicians, and writers, and ... capitalism seems to have elevated these malcontents to positions of power and responsibility. And just think of the results: now we are sold cars by an army of earringed, dreadlocked, goateed, tattooed, and guitar-bearing rebels rather than the lab-coated authority figures of the past. But even while we live in times in which ostentatious displays of rebellion are celebrated and admired as much as the building of grandiose imitations of Versailles and the burning of hundred-dollar-bills were once, we are constantly reminded of their meaninglessness, their irrelevance to questions of actual power. For all our radical soda pops, our alternative lifestyles, and the uninhibited howls of our hamburger stands, we seem to have no problem with the fact of business control over every aspect of public expression." "For consumerism is no longer about “conformity” but about “difference.” Advertising teaches us not in the ways of puritanical self-denial (a bizarre notion on the face of it), but in orgiastic, never-ending self-fulfillment. It counsels not rigid adherence to the tastes of the herd but vigilant and constantly-updated individualism. We consume not to fit in, but to prove, on the surface at least, that we are rock ‘n’ roll rebels, each one of us as rule-breaking and hierarchy-defying as our heroes of the sixties, who now pitch cars, shoes, and beer. This imperative of endless difference, not that dread “conformity,” is the genius at the heart of American capitalism, the eternal fleeing from “sameness” that gives us a thirst for the New and satiates it with such achievements of civilization as the infinite brands of identical cola, the myriad colors and irrepressible variety of the cigarette rack at 7-11." "As countercultural rebellion becomes corporate ideology, even the beloved Buddhism of the Beats has a place on the executive bookshelf. In The Leader as Martial Artist (1993) Arnold Mindell, “Ph.D.,” advises men of commerce in the wise ways of the Tao, which he compares to “surfing the edge of a turbulent wave.” For the Zen businessman the world is the same wildly chaotic place of opportunity that it is for the followers of Tom Peters, although an enlightened “leader” knows how to discern the “timespirits” at work behind the scenes" "The problem with cultural dissent in America isn’t that it’s been co-opted, absorbed, or ripped-off. Of course it’s been all of these things. But the reason it has proven so hopelessly susceptible to such assaults is the same as the reason it has become so harmless in the first place, so toothless ... it is no longer any different from the official culture it’s supposed to be subverting. The basic impulses of the countercultural idea, as descended from the holy Beats, are about as threatening to the new breed of antinomian businessmen as Anthony Robbins, selling success and how to achieve it on a late-night infomercial." "Alongside the hyper-rational, hyper-efficient Organization envisioned by America’s premier managers there also developed an emotional and religious conception of business practice, a cult of Positive Thinking that was even more hostile to cultural memory than was the dominant cult of Efficiency. In the writing of the Positive Thinkers anti-historicism reached a new plateau of sophistication: the annoyances of history and cultural particularity were not just to be over-paved, but levelled, reduced to a convenient flatness where every epoch was exactly like the present as far back as the eye could see. The economic struggle of daily life was and had always been a matter of individual men and God, a question of just how positively each up-and-coming entrepreneur could think, just how blindly he could pursue success." Oh look, once again the term "craft beer" has been shown to be a load of hot air that goes straight out the window when cold hard cash is waved around. Camden Town Brewery, founder members of the stillborn United Craft Brewers, have decided that trousering a large cheque from the world's biggest brewer is more appealing that promoting craft brewing. As I've said before "craft beer" is a term of no practical use. Well, unless you work in marketing. So stop worrying about a breweries size or share ownership, and ignore any guff about "passion". Reject the deceptions of false prophets. Go for beer without the bullshit. Or extraneous CO2. The church's teaching are clear: drink the one true living beer. Brewers' Hall, home of The Worshipful Company of Brewers, is unsurprisingly riddled with heraldic devices. The origins of Brewers' Company go back to medieval times and it's fascinating to see that something with such a long history still exists. Though when you hear the beadle shout "PRAY SILENCE FOR THE MASTER" you're reminded that shit though capitalism may be feudalism wasn't much cop either. The JIB archive once again came up trumps when searching for information on the heraldry on display, as there's an article from 1937 on it. The hall in existence at that time (the second one) was flattened by the Luftwaffe but the current incarnation seems to have restored most of the medieval whatnots. Heraldry has its own rules and way of saying things (coming from French). Two metallic colours are used: or (gold) and argent (silver). Non-metallic colours used are gules (vermillion red), azure (blue), sable (black), vert (green), purpure (royal purple), murray (dark red) and tawny (dull orange). Then there are the furs such as ermine (black tails with a white field), ermines (white tails on a black field) and erminites (black and red tails on a white field). Things can also be shown in their natural colours in which case they're called "proper". Each part of a shield is named and sinister and dexter are used for left and right. Though this seems to be from the perspective of someone who was holding the shield as facing it the dexter is on the left and sinister on the right. Chief is used for top, and base for bottom. There are also a number of terms used how the various things (called charges) found on heraldic devices are placed such as: Bend: runs from dexter chief to sinister base the width of a pale. Two bends in combination (i.e. a bend and a sinister bend) for a saltaire. The lower half of a saltaire forms a chevron. Cross patee: a cross spreading outwards towards its extremities. Ensigned: distinguished by any mark on or over a charge. Escutcheon: the shield Fesswise: charges lying horizontally. Flaunch: a segment of a circle of a different colour projecting into the field from either side of the escutcheon. Flory-counterflory: a succession of fleur-de-lis alternately reversed and counterchanged. Fret: a hollow lozenge interlaced by a saltaire. A combination of frets is called fretty. Impalement: where two coats of arms are place side by side on a shield separated by a vertical line. Lozenge: widows and spinsters don't get shields so their armorial bearings are displayed on a lozenge. Lozengy: when the field is cut into diamonds by many lines running saltairewise. Orle: a narrow border following the outline of the shield. Pale: when the shield is bisected by two vertical lines the space between them is known as a pale. If the lines are close together it's a pallet. Pall: a device of archbishops formed from two bends and a pale. It'll be easier when you see this one. Tressure: an orle divided into two narrow ones set closely together. Vairy: a furry field of various colours. Are you still with me? The second Brewers' Hall replaced one destroyed in the Great Fire of London and had the arms of Charles II, reigning monarch at the time it was built (1673), in one of its windows, and they've got it on the wall in the current hall. The first and forth quarters represent France (English kings didn't give up their claim to France until 1801) and England (that is: azure three fleur-de-lis or gules three lions passant guardant in pale or), the second quarter Scotland (or a lion rampant within a double tressure flory and counterflory gules) with the third quarter Ireland (azure a harp or stringed argent). The writing on the belt is old French saying: "spurned be the one who evil thinks" and the writing at the bottom is French for "God and my right". Brewers' Company was first known as The Guild of Our Lady and St. Thomas à Becket, and they claim the latter as their founder, so here's his armorial bearings: and here's a drawing: Thomas à Becket (c1118-1170) having been the Archbishop of Canterbury here we have: "The armorial bearings of the see of Canterbury, viz., Azure and archiepiscopal staff ensigned with a cross patee in pale or surmounted by a pall argent edged and fringed gold charged with four crosses pastees-fitchee sable; impaled with those of "The Founder", viz.:- Argent three choughs two and one sable beaked and legged gules - the shield ensigned with a Mitre or." Prior to the reformation "The Founder's" bearings were impaled with those of Brewers' Company (barrels and barley, no hops here): The Brewers' Company, having control of unhopped ale production in London at first actively campaigned against the foreign hop using beer brewers. Thomas à Becket, a priest famous for standing up to a king, fell out of favour when Henry VIII was busy nationalising the church and dissolving the monasteries so his arms were dropped and the Brewers' Company arms were since used on their own. The Armorial Bearings of The Brewers' Company (second grant) in full are here: and here's the drawing: This is gules on a chevron engrailed argent between three pairs of barley garbs in saltire or three tuns sable hooped of the third. Bonus points for those that noticed the chevron on the drawing is incorrect as it isn't engrailed. The crest is a demi Moorish woman couped at the knees proper her hair dishevelled or habited azure frettee argent holding in each hand three ears of barley of the second. The motto is in English so I guess they didn't do Latin at school either. The Moorish woman is a cryptic reference to Thomas à Becket retained by the sneaky brewers, as his stepmother was reputed to be a moor. The City of London armorial bearing are on the wall, as Brewers' Company was very much a London thing: drawn here: This is "argent a cross gules in the first quarter a sword point upwards to the last" with a crest of "a dragon's sinsiter wing argent charged with a cross gules". The motto translates as "lord, guide us". Next is the arms of Richard Platt (1528-1600): Here was have "or fretty sable on each joint a plate" with a crest of a demi lion rampant proper holding in the paws a plate. Richard Platt was twice master of the Brewers' Company and founded Aldenham School, which is still supported by the Brewers' Company today. Next up is the armorial bearings of Dame Alice Owen (1547-1613): What we have here, as I'm sure you'll have worked out, is "dexter gules a chevron or between three lions rampant of the second; impaling the arms of her father, viz.:- Azure a pomegranate tree eradicated vert fructed or". Dame Alice Owen was a wealthy widow (which is why her arms are on a lozenge) who outlived three husbands. One of these was a brewer and on her death she left the governing of a school she had established to the Brewers' Company. The school is also still supported by the company, including giving the pupils beer money! Next we have the arms of James Hickson (1607-1689): I'm sure it's obvious to all that what we have here is "or two eagles' legs erased a la quise in saltire sable a trefoil vert for difference with a crest issuant out of a ducal coronet or a griffin's head sable beaked of the first charged with a trefoil gold". The motto means "faith and fortitude". A knight's arms follow, those of Sir Samuel Stirling (decd. 1674). The shield has the straightforward "argent on a bend azure three square buckles or" with a crest of "hand dexter chucking a shuriken". Ha! Had you there, it's really "from a mount vert a cubit arm erect proper the hand holding an estoile or". Sir Samuel was a former master of the Brewer's Company who left a property (since sold) to it in his will. I didn't spot the next one but in case you happen to find it in Brewers' Hall it's the arms of Baron Willoughby of Parham (1696-1775) with a simple "or fretty azure". The crest is a bit more involved though, being "a Saracen's head affrontee couped at the shoulders proper ducally crowned or". Henry Willoughby was another master of the Brewer's Company. The motto is "truth without fear", which reminds me of someone from my Thai boxing club who had a proper mid-life crisis when he hit 40. He got "truth" tattooed on one arm, "courage" on the other, told his boss to stick his job up his arse, and left his wife. The last I heard he'd met someone new and had a kid so I guess it worked out OK for him. I didn't spot the next one either. Whether it's not in the current Brewers' Hall or I just missed it I couldn't say but just in case here's the arms of Baron Hawley of Donamore (1719-1790): Those of you that have been paying attention will I'm sure be thinking "ah, engrailed lines again" with the shield showing "vert a saltire engrailed argent" and the crest is "an Indian goat's head couped holding a three-leaved sprig of holly all proper". How they can tell that the goat is Indian I don't know. The motto is in French this time and says "follow me". Samuel Hawley was elected master of the Brewers' Company four times. I'm old enought to know which family the next coat of arms belongs to... ... because I can remember when Whitbread was a brewery, not a coffee and hotel company. I recognised the arms of Samuel Whitbread: "argent a chevron between three hinds' heads erased gules" with a crest of a hind's head erase gules. The motto says "virtue is not simple". Samuel Whitbread also left property to the Brewers' Company. Lastly there's arms connected to another brewery I can remember: These belong to Harry Charrington and are "gules a gryphon's head erased between two crosses patee in pale or two flaunches vaire azure and of the second" with the crest "on a wreath of the colours a demi-gryphon gules gorged with a collar gemelle charged on the shoulder with two annulets interlaced and resting the sinister claw on a cross patee all or and holding in the dexter claw a branch of thorn-tree proper". Sadly the motto isn't about black currents, which surely would have put Charrington's well ahead of their time in terms of beer flavour, instead it reads: "virtue is the safest helmet". Harry Charrington left money to the Brewers' Company. Charrington's IPA was the first IPA I ever drank. It was brown, sweet and 3.9% ABV, part of the authentic century old tradition of weak, lightly hopped IPAs quite unlike the strong and hoppy modern interpretations seen nowadays. As well as the arms on the walls there were also some embroidered seats, and this time they handily put the name by the arms: We've already had Richard Platt. Sydney O Neville ended up as a big cheese at Whitbread, and I've written about him here. At one point he was the master of the Brewers' Company. His portrait can also be seen in Brewers' Hall: Next was this: John Mann I assume of the Mann's brewery fame. I don't know anything about John Martineau, but it appears he was found dead in a yeast trough. Alice Owne we've already had. The Institute of Brewing basically adapted the Brewers' Company arms for their own. The relatively young age of the Institute doesn't stop it getting a coat of arms as this sort of thing still goes on today. As indeed does making new livery companies, the Worshipful Companies of Management Consultants, International Bankers and Tax Advisers being recent additions. And finally here's in full the rug with the arms of the Brewers' Company and the schools it supports: Heraldry and Brewers' Hall, W.H. Bird. Journal of the Institute of Brewing, December 1937. Labels: Beerylongreads Well a bit of the science anyway. I've managed a quick perusal of the archives on drinkability and was impressed to see that there was a symposium on it in 2006. And even better The Brewers' Guardian did a write up of the proceedings. First I was very surprised to see that the term ‘drinkability’ seems to have been coined by a Brazilian PhD student, Rubens Mattos, as recently as 2004. Apparently it caused a lot of excitement in the brewing industry and lead to the symposium. In the introduction to Mattos's paper on drinkability he said: “a beer that has good drinkability is one that invites the drinker to another glass.” He was at the symposium in 2006 where he defined drinkability as: “a measure of how enjoyable and attractive a beer is in order to be consumed in large quantities”. The large quantities part is important, and many a beer nerds seems to confuse ‘drinkability’ with enjoyability, and consider any beer they like to be drinkable. Mattos considers drinkability to be: “ a characteristic that prevents consumers from being satiated even when large volumes have been consumed.” In more detail (he was doing a PhD after all) Mattos considers drinkability to be composed of four factors: sensory and cognitive effects, and post-ingestive and post-absorptive responses. The next up at the symposium was, David Thompson, who spoke on the psychology of drinking. He equated drinkability with sessionability (it would seem the term ‘sessionability’ was in use already). Sessionability was defined as: “asking the barman, ‘same again, please’” Again, the consumption of volume is clearly important so those of you that say Imperial Russian Stouts have great drinkability, or that you can session Double IPAs, you're wrong. Keith Greenhoff from a market research company also equated drinkability with sessionability when he spoke and his definition was: “an absence of characteristics limiting consumption in volume, making it easy to drink.” These characteristics included high carbonation, increasing bitterness and excessive sweetness. A definite point there for those that say cask beer has the greatest drinkability, with high carbonation being a negative factor. A more positive drinkability definition was given by another student Katrin Mathmann as: “drinkability means the drink agrees with the consumer and encourages the consumer to keep on drinking.” There's perhaps not a dictionary definition from the symposium. But I think the key points are covered, and it's clear that serving beer as god intented, without extraneous carbon dioxide, gives the best drinkability. Some twaddle tweeted on twitter has led to a discussion on drinkability over at Boak and Bailey's. It's a term that I've always thought had a bleedin' obvious meaning, but it would seem it's not obvious to all. I was also surprised to see it stated that: "Whether cask ale is the most ‘drinkable’ type of beer is debatable" I thought that this was a well established fact, but I must admit I don't have a reference for it. So I've had a quick look at beerknowledge.info to see what it's got on "drinkability" and there's quite a bit there: So if I get time this week I'll look into it and see if I can bring some science to discussions on drinkability. Bass brewery to close Molson Coors have confirmed that their Burton (South) plant is to close in September 2017. The brewery is perhaps better known as the old Bass brewery. Production will be transferred to the Burton (North) plant, the old Allied brewery. I did hear rumours that the Burton (South) plant was under threat a while back, as apparently it’s basically a large Carling factory and Carling sales are in decline. The news it will close was confirmed in a local paper three weeks ago. A visit to Crisp Maltings "Insist on Crisp" isn't quite up there with "Put some pork on your fork" as far as marketing slogans go but it almost rhymes and that's got to be worth something. I visited Crisp Maltings in Ryburgh the other week for an excellent tour of the site. They have a few different types of maltings there. First we saw the eight tonne pilot maltings which has a combined steeping, germination and kilning vessel. At the pilot maltings at work we have kilns separate from the steeping and germination vessels, but at 50kg capacity each are on a rather different scale. Then we were off to our next port of call, the floor maltings. As you would expect at a floor maltings it was quite historic, dating from 1870. There are three floors, each of which can take seven tonnes of malt, the grain being laid on the floor 10cm deep. There has been some modernisation so there is air conditioning rather than just windows. Up at the top were barley storage areas, though these aren't used anymore. All three floors of malt are kilned together, the kilning taking three days. Though the floor maltings was closed for servicing whilst we visited it's normally in pretty much constant use. Crisp store 40,000 tonnes of barley on site. It's analysed on arrival and if not up to scratch is rejected, though the rejection rate is less than 1%. The central laboratory facilities are on site too. For microbrewers they mill grain, and the mill is working at close to capacity. Barley is dried gently (max temp 40-44°C) to less than 12% moisture for storage. If the farmers bring grain with greater than 15% moisture they'll be charged for the drying! To keep costs down they have their own effluent treatment plant and use borehole water. Most of the malting is carried out on two mid 90s plants, each with a 220 tonne batch size. Sadly none of my photos from inside the big plant turned out well due to the humid atmosphere. They have flat bottomed steeping vessels. This gives a shallower and more uniform bed depth than a conical bottomed steep tank, but does use more water and is harder to clean.They steep to 44-46% moisture, the moisture and temperature varying slightly depending on which type of malt is being made. The circular germination vessels have a bed depth of 1.8m over a wedge wire floor, with a giracleur to level and turn the grains. Two steeps are used, with a total germination time of 48 hours. Air can be vented or recirculated to control temperature. Approximately 0.5% moisture is lost each day. In the kiln heat is first applied to the grains with high air flow and low temperature. When the air off humidity is less than 100% the temperature can be increased, the final kiln temp ranging from 85-110°C depending on the type of malt being made. Kilning takes 24 hours. The two kilns run in staggered tandem so heat can be moved back and forth between the kilns e.g. after the break point (less than 100% humidity) air one kiln can be used to heat the other kiln. The bed depth is 1m. After kilning the malt is analysed and goes to storage. Batches are blended to meet customer specifications. Big brewers can ask for their own specifications, microbrewers get what the regionals asked for!	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0050.json.gz/line171
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__label__wiki	0.961293	0.961293	The purpose of this site is for information and a record of Gerry McCann's Blog Archives. As most people will appreciate GM deleted all past blogs from the official website. Hopefully this Archive will be helpful to anyone who is interested in Justice for Madeleine Beth McCann. Many Thanks, Pamalam Note: This site does not belong to the McCanns. It belongs to Pamalam. If you wish to contact the McCanns directly, please use the contact/email details campaign@findmadeleine.com The McCanns and the Conman - Channel 5* MCCANN FILES HOME BACK TO GERRY MCCANNS BLOGS HOME PAGE PHOTOGRAPHS NEWS REPORTS INDEX MCCANN PJ FILES NEWS MAY 2007 This documentary explores the story of Kevin Halligen. A transcript is currently being tidied up and will be published shortly The McCanns and the Conman [to be broadcast on Channel 5, Wednesday 04 June 2014], 22 May 2014 The McCanns and the Conman TVRage [Text version of above] Classification: Documentary Genre: Crime \| Current Events Status: New Series Network: Channel 5 ( United Kingdom) Airs: Wednesdays at 09:00 pm Premiere: June 03, 2014 This documentary explores the story of 'Operation Omega' in which a man named Kevin Halligen convinced the parents of missing Madeleine McCann, he was a secret agent. It soon transpired he had actually been conning the family the whole time, however, evidence he had gathered has since been used in the Scotland Yard case. In this film, ex-FBI agents, ex-military officers and ex-MI5 personnel discuss the con and the subsequent use of evidence. [Text as previously. Note: If the programme is broadcast on Wednesday, the date should be 04 June not 03 June] Further promotion of the show: The McCanns and the Conman TVCatchup 9:00pm Wed, 4 Jun Former operatives for MI5 and the FBI and ex-military personnel talk about security consultant Kevin Halligen, who touted himself as a spy and set up an investigation into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann in 2008. It transpired that Halligen was not a secret agent, but significant information and leads uncovered during his Operation Omega have gone on to form a part of the current Scotland Yard inquiry to find out what happened to the girl EXCLUSIVE: Madeleine McCann bogus super-spy 'will crack case', 27 May 2014 EXCLUSIVE: Madeleine McCann bogus super-spy 'will crack case' Daily Star A BOGUS super-spy hired by Madeleine McCann’s parents could solve the case. By Jerry Lawton / Published 27th May 2014 A new TV shock documentary tells how he identified the prime suspect in the mystery. A year after the then three-year-old's 2007 disappearance, Irishman Kevin Halligen, 52, signed a £500,000 deal to locate her. Boasting of connections with MI5, MI6, the CIA, FBI, and the White House he planned to use hi-tech surveillance techniques. But his contract was terminated after organisers of the public fund set up to find the youngster decided he had failed to honour their agreement. Halligen was then arrested and extradited to the US where he was jailed last year for 44 months after admitting defrauding a different client out of $2.1m. Madeleine's doctor parents Kate, 46, and Gerry, 45, were understood to be considering suing Halligen over his Operation Omega probe into their daughter's disappearance. But according to a new Channel 5 documentary Halligen's operatives may end up solving the mystery. They identified as the prime suspect a man seen heading towards the beach in Praia da Luz, Portugal, clutching a sleeping blonde girl around 10pm the night Madeleine vanished. Halligen's investigators convinced the Irish family who saw her to help produce an e-fit. That man is now the Metropolitan Police's No1 suspect. Detectives believe he may be a serial sex attacker who targeted a string of other Brit girls on the Algarve. In the documentary, The McCanns And The Conman – due to be screened on June 4 – recently freed Halligen will speak for the first time about his theory. A spokesman for Channel 5 said: "The McCanns trusted Kevin Halligen to bring her home." Halligen was allegedly spending significant amounts of the cash meant to help find Madeleine on his luxury lifestyle. Channel 5's Emma Westcott said: "This is the extraordinary story of one man's claims, and how he exploited the nightmare of a missing child." Maddie fake spy 'will crack case', 27 May 2014 Maddie fake spy 'will crack case' Daily Star (paper edition, page 11) TV documentary shock [Text of article as per online version: 'Madeleine McCann bogus super-spy 'will crack case'', published 27 May 2014 (above)] Madeleine McCann private eye breaks his silence on the hunt in a new Channel 5 documentary, 27 May 2014 Madeleine McCann private eye breaks his silence on the hunt in a new Channel 5 documentary Daily Express THE private investigator behind the 2008 operation to find Madeleine McCann will speak for the first time about his search for the youngster. By: John Chapman Published: Tue, May 27, 2014 Kevin Halligen will break his silence in an exclusive Channel 5 interview for a documentary, The McCanns And The Conman. The 53-year-old set up Operation Omega after being commissioned by parents Kate and Gerry McCann to find Maddy, who vanished at the age of three while on holiday in Praia da Luz, Portugal, in May 2007. Halligan, a Surrey-based Irishman, promised to use his MI5, MI6 and CIA "contacts" to try to track down the girl. The security consultant signed a six-figure contract – but questions were later raised over exactly how the money was spent. Now Halligen, who also claimed to have FBI and White House connections, has agreed to tell his side of the story. The documentary, due to be screened next week, reads like the plot of a spy movie. It is an extraordinary tale of covert surveillance, sting operations and the bugging of a key witness through the twists and turns of the hunt for a man who was then a prime suspect, code-named "George". Halligen's final report is said to contain significant leads that now form part of the current Scotland Yard investigation, including the crucial e-fits based on the so-called "Smith sighting", which was aired on Crimewatch last October. But it transpired that Halligen was an audacious conman, who led people into believing he was a spy. He was arrested in 2009 and jailed in the US for defrauding an unrelated client on a previous kidnap and ransom case. He has recently been released from prison. Channel 5's Emma Westcott said: "This is the extraordinary story of one man’s audacious claims, and how he fooled the intelligence community." • The McCanns And The Conman, Channel 5, June 4, 9pm. Conman in Madeleine cash claims, 27 May 2014 Conman in Madeleine cash claims The Scotsman (paper edition) A CONMAN hired to find Madeleine McCann - only to allegedly use public donations to fund an extravagant lifestyle - has spoken about the search for the first time. Kevin Halligen led a £500,000 investigation after the girl vanished, claiming to have contacts within MI5 and the CIA. But it is claimed he led a 'high-roller lifestyle' on public donations. FULL STORY, PAGE 11 Conman in Madeleine McCann cash claims The Scotsman by CHRIS MARSHALL Published on 27 May 2014 00:17 A CONMAN who allegedly used public donations designed to find Madeleine McCann to fund his extravagant lifestyle has spoken about his role in the search for the first time. Kevin Halligen led a £500,000 investigation into Madeleine's disappearance after claiming to have contacts within MI5, the CIA and even the White House. But it is claimed he spent large amounts of the cash on his "high-roller lifestyle", while neglecting to pay his "Operation Omega" team in the Algarve resort of Praia da Luz. Halligen, recently released from a four-year jail term for an unrelated crime, tells his story for the first time as part of a TV documentary to be screened next week, it emerged yesterday. A year after Madeleine's disappearance in 2007, Kate and Gerry McCann hired Halligen as a private investigator. He reportedly spent much of the money on luxury hotels, restaurants and a chauffeur. But despite neglecting his Operation Omega team, the new film claims the investigators made significant breakthroughs in the hunt for the missing child. The team's final report in 2008 is said to have contained leads which are now forming part of the current Scotland Yard investigation, including a sighting by retired businessman Martin Smith which led to an e-fit shown on Crimewatch last year. Halligen's firm, Oakley International, had its contract terminated by the McCanns after questions were raised about the quality of its work. The Irishman was found guilty last year by an American court of defrauding Dutch firm Trafigura of £1.2 million, with his sentence backdated to his arrest in 2009. Another of Halligen's firms, Red Defence International, was hired as a consultant after two of Trafigura's executives were taken hostage in the Ivory Coast. Halligen claimed to have racked up £1.2m in expenses during the rescue operation, but had actually spent the money on a home in Virginia. Emma Westcott, commissioning editor of factual programmes for Channel 5, said: "It's seven years since Madeleine McCann disappeared and it remains one of the most troubling mysteries of our time. This documentary is the extraordinary story of one man's audacious claims, and how he not only fooled the intelligence community at the highest level, but cynically exploited the nightmare of a missing child and her family." In 2010, a Sunday newspaper investigation claimed Halligen went on a spending spree while in the pay of the Find Madeleine Fund. According to the report, in his first two months as lead investigator in the search for Madeleine, Halligen spent £7,000 on a chauffeur. A few months later, on a short trip to New York with a girlfriend, he spent £1,600 on Salvatore Ferragamo leather goods, £5,500 on handbags, £500 on a meal, £150 on a pair of designer glasses and £900 on a three-night stay at the five-star Renaissance Hotel. The McCanns and the Conman will be screened on Wednesday 4 June on Channel 5. Conman's clues 'are key to Maddie hunt', 27 May 2014 Conman's clues 'are key to Maddie hunt' The Sun (paper edition, page 8) By MATT WILKINSON FINDINGS by a conman exposed by The Sun form part of the Met's fresh £6million probe into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann. Kevin Halligen, 54, was employed by parents Kate and Gerry to trace their tot when he lied that he was a spy who worked for MI5 and the CIA. He later went on the run after allegedly swindling £300,000 out of the fund to find Madeleine. Yet his dossier of evidence is said to be key to Scotland Yard's new probe, which will include searching plots of land near to where Madeleine, left, then three, went missing in 2007. Halligen's findings include the sighting of a man carrying a child in pyjamas. Another lead is a new e-fit of a man nicknamed George - because he looked like Beatle George Harrison - seen near the family's holiday flat in Portugal. After going on the run, Halligen was found by The Sun at an Oxford hotel and he was extradited to the US where he was given 41 months' jail for fraud. Now free, he speaks for the first time in a Channel Five documentary, The McCanns and The Conman, to be shown on June 4. Asked about the Halligen link, the Met said: "We will not give a running commentary on an ongoing investigation." The Man Who Conned The McCanns, 29 May 2014 The Man Who Conned The McCanns Channel 5 CHANNEL 5: Wed 21:00 4 Jun With unprecedented access, this film looks at Operation Omega, the secret private investigation to find missing child Madeleine McCann in 2008. Following the investigation set up by security consultant Kevin Halligen, this one-off documentary features exclusive interviews with ex-MI5 undercover operatives, the FBI and ex-military personnel. As the investigation went on, it transpired that Kevin Halligen was not a spy but one of the world's most audacious conmen. Despite this, significant information and leads uncovered from Operation Omega have gone on to forma part of the current Scotland Yard inquiry to find out what happened to Madeleine McCann. Featuring interviews and evidence never before seen or heard, including an interview with Halligen himself, this film tells an untold story about the search for Madeleine McCann. Later reversion (29 May 2014) to original title: The McCanns and the Conman Channel 5 The McCanns and the Conman - Trailer Channel 5 We look at Operation Omega, the private investigation to find Madeleine McCann in 2008. By Nigel Moore Voice Over: In the hunt for Madeleine McCann... Man 1: They had been promised satellite imagery of their daughter being abducted. Voice Over: How did one man's deception... Man 2: He's a very good conman. Kevin Halligen: The money is fully accountable. Voice Over: Uncover the most significant breakthrough in the case. The McCanns and the Conman. Nine o'clock on Wednesday, exclusive to Channel 5. With thanks to Nigel at McCann Files TO HELP KEEP THIS SITE ON LINE PLEASE CONSIDER Site Policy Sitemap Contact details Website created by © Pamalam	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0050.json.gz/line184
__label__wiki	0.521469	0.521469	38 Hammond Castle - Gloucester HarborWalk © Leslie R. Nitkiewicz John Hays Hammond Jr. began construction on his castle across from Norman’s Woe in 1926. Hammond was a storied inventor and engineer, mentored by Edison and Bell. He acquired hundreds of patents, largely based on radio-controlled weaponry and as diverse as neon lighting and a version of today’s electric razor. Hammond’s infamous radio controlled “ghost boats” piloted about the harbor alarming boaters for the amusement of his guests. The towers you see in the inner harbor were built by Hammond on his parent’s estate to cleverly conceal radio antennae. Hammond Castle is further away, located on the western shore of Gloucester’s outer harbor. About John Hays Hammond, Jr. John Hays Hammond, Jr. Hammond, who was a protege of Alexander Graham Bell and Thomas Edison, is known as the “Father of Radio Control” because of his groundbreaking work with radio waves. Born in 1888 in San Francisco, Hammond was also the son of the wealthy mining engineer, John Hays Hammond Sr. Hammond built the castle, which resides on the edge of a cliff overlooking Gloucester harbor, to house his large collection of Roman, Medieval and Renaissance artifacts as well as his laboratory. Read more about Hammond and his living museum here. Castle Organ Piping Up 1995 PBS I Fantasie in F# Major (1:10min) Castle Organ Piping Up 1995 PBS Excerpt from 1995 PBS one hour show featuring Mark Andersen playing the organ on location Hammond Castle Gloucester MA Hammond Reinvents the Organ (4:41) Excerpts from 1995 PBS one hour show featuring Mark Andersen playing the organ on location Hammond Castle Gloucester MA and his personal stories about John Hays Hammond Jr. and his inventions for the organ. FETCH! with Ruff Ruffman (3:09) An excerpt from PBS show: FETCH! The Mystery of the Missing Thing, 2006, season 1, episode 9. In this episode the kid contestants must solve challenges on site at Hammond Castle, Gloucester, MA	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0050.json.gz/line185
__label__wiki	0.615709	0.615709	Governing the Occupy Movement through Crime In many cities, including most prominently Oakland and New York, tent encampments on public spaces by the Occupy Wall Street movement have been cleared in early morning raids by police (read about the Oakland situation here). This time, at least, police violence seems to have been minimal. But what is regrettable is the use by city leaders of the lame excuse that "crime" problems necessitated the end of the encampments. It may be that the Occupy Wall street movement must generate new meaningful actions to build its momentum, but the claims that the encampments were generating unacceptable levels of crime is both false and reflexive. To the latter point first. The gist of the argument behind this blog, and the book, Governing through Crime: How the War on Crime Transformed American Democracy and Created a Culture of Fear,is that political leaders facing a chronic legitimacy deficit since the late 1960s have frequently used protecting citizens from crime as the least problematic way of justifying the exercise of power. In Oakland this played out in almost comic precision. Hemmoraging legitimacy after first clearing the plaza in a violent police sweep and then letting the Occupy encampment be reestablished Mayor Jean Quan seemed paralyzed with indecision about what to do about the camp until a murder on the periphery of the encampment last week gave her a crime cover. Having supported the goals of the occupation and accepted encampment as a protest tactic the Mayor now found an imperative requiring the preventive clearing of the site (read the full story in the SFChron here): "The encampment became a place where we had repeated violence and, this week, a murder. We had to bring the camp to an end before more people were hurt." [Based on radio reports this morning, Mayor Bloomberg is also citing public safety as a prime reason for clearing Zuccatti Square.] While the details of the murder investigation are unknown to me, there is little reason to believe from what we know thus far that the encampment created a context that made such a killing more likely. Far from it. As media attention to the encampment has disclosed to many casual observers, Oakland has loads of homeless men, many of them battling symptoms of mental illness, life long drug abuse, and the soul destroying impact of mass incarceration. The city also has lots of young men punished and pushed out of schools and toward jail (read Victor Rios' superb book Punished for more on that) whose search for dignity takes them into deadly games of gang competition and related honor violence. These troubled populations, frequently churned by law enforcement, prison, and parole, has been a source of crime and insecurity in Oakland for decades; Occupy Oakland didn't bring it there, and based on published reports did not make it worst. Indeed, as a criminologist I would suspect the encampment may have provided a temporary context and social network that was very positive for individuals marginalized by the empty rungs on Oakland's post-industrial economic ladder and generally punished by government interventions. For a short period, many of these individuals found themselves gathered in a common political and social enterprise with highly educated and employed people who generally don't share the same social network. A more confident mayor of Oakland might have invited the Occupy Oakland movement to set up satellite Occupy encampments in some of the hard pressed Oakland neighborhoods where young people desperately need a positive pro-social movement to be involved in which gives them hope and dignity while teaching them tools of political involvement and non-violence. What ever the Occupy movement does next it should be judged on cogency of its message and the dignity of its tactics, and not stigmatized by a crime problem that belongs to Oakland, its Mayor and its police department. Adding Injury to Insult: Campus Police and Univers... The Police Are Not There to Create Disorder.... David Onek for SF DA	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0050.json.gz/line189
__label__cc	0.637648	0.362352	Weather Report: Strange weather or climate change? The most important political storm in recent history (was it the storm or the meme?) "Super-Storm Sandy" helped not only President Obama but re-raise the question of whether unusual weather is a sign of profound climate change, in this case global average temperature rises caused by human carbon effects. When it comes to our massive penal state, recent events have raised a similar question. Are recent change in prison growth patterns, judicial decisions, and electoral results variation within the norm or evidence of a more profound change that could mark the end of our forty year experiment with mass incarceration? I'm struck by an analogy that Philip Smith makes in his great contribution to the Sage Handbook of Punishment and Society (edited by Richard Sparks and myself, as a handbook its a wee pricey, but put it on your holiday wish list or appeal to your local library to order it). In his chapter on cultural analysis of punishment, "Punishment and Meaning: The Cultural Sociological Approach", Smith suggests that many of the classical sociological theories of punishment: "do a great job of explaining the longterm penal climate" but are poor at making sense of local and short-term variation. Foucault's account of disciplinary society, for example, makes great sense of the emergence of the cellular prison as a dominant mode of punishment, but can it help us understand California's Three-Strikes law, or declining public support for capital punishment in California. Smith argues persuasively that we need the tools of cultural sociology to make sense of the short-term and local and to connect them to the broader more structural features of penality, but the question that we face at the moment is whether the local and possibly short-term penal events we are seeing represent a spurt of unusual weather within a stable penal climate, or are we witnessing climate change, Our friends Ian Loader and Richard Sparks lend us a more specific climate metaphor in their 2010 book, Public Criminology? suggesting that the penal climate (globally? or at least in the North?) has gotten decidedly hotter due to the politicization of crime policy. Are these recent events in California signals of cooling in one of the hottest penal states in the world, or just a spate of moderation in a longterm trend toward extreme penal heat? So what events do we have in mind? The drop in California's (and the US) prison population in both absolute and relative to population terms since 2010 The Supreme Court's stunningly strong (although nail bitingly close) decision in Brown v. Plata, requiring California to impose structural restraints on its prison population and implying that the human dignity retained by prisoners may present a broad protection against penal excess. The results of the November 2012 election in California which saw voters overwhelmingly adopt a moderation of California's notoriously excessive 3-Strikes law, narrowly defeat a death penalty repeal (which would have been a global first if it had passed), and perhaps most importantly, comfortably adopt a tax increase (albeit temporary and regressive in many respects). As a student of punishment and society I've contributed to the view that California and the US generally has experienced a penal climate change beginning in the 1970s that have produced mass incarceration and the culture of fear that locks down others in gated communities and sterile office parks. Like others (Loic Wacquant, David Garland, Nicola Lacey, Bernard Harcourt), I have thought about this penal climate shift as broadly related to what may or may not be well labelled "neo-liberalism", the very clear shift in political-economy from state centered and protectionist toward market-centered and unregulated (each account provides a very different analysis of how these political-economic changes mediate penal policies). Was the financial crisis of 2008 the beginning of the end of "neo-liberalism"? Is Obamacare really the beginning of a new phase of strong regulatory and welfare state development? I'd love to think so personally, but I'm skeptical. Instead the relationship between "neo-liberalism" and the hot penal climate may be far looser than implied by some of the sociological accounts. Building "neo-liberalism" in the California and the US in the 1980s and 1990s may have gone facilitated and been facilitated by building and filling prisons but that does not mean the two must remain aligned. It is a sad fact of penal history (see my own chapter in the Handbook) that penal practices fail regularly and at times spectacularly. Rising political alignments often find it extremely helpful to be able criticize the penal status quo, but after forty years the penal status quo is now associated with that alignment, in such instances, the alignment stays and penal policies change, sometimes in profound ways (as in the transformations in penalty that marked the rise of working class voters at the beginning of the 20th century, see David Garland's Punishment and Welfare). Mass incarceration has failed, spectacularly in the form of overcrowding, humanitarian medical failure, and a mounting chronic illness crisis. All of these, were in central display in the Supreme Court's Brown v. Plata decision. In my forthcoming book Mass Incarceration on Trial (sorry if you pre-ordered, its delayed due to my editing but coming out next Fall) I try to unpack what that decision teaches us about changes in the social meaning of incarceration, and about how we can further those changes to make sure short-term and local weather variation moves toward penal climate change, and cooling in particular. If you are in the Bay Area I'll be trying to answer some of these questions tonight at Revolution Books, 2425 Channing Avenue, Berkeley, at 7 pm tonight. Dress for heavy weather and come on by and join the discussion. Weather Report: Strange weather or climate change?... 2012: Hope and Change Election Too	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0050.json.gz/line190
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__label__wiki	0.744687	0.744687	JGA 189N - Leyland Atlantean AN68/1R Registration Number: JGA 189N Chassis Type: Leyland Atlantean AN68/1R Chassis Number: 7500623 Body Type And Seating: Alexander AL H45/31F Body Number: AL38/1134/7 Date New: May 1975 Original Operator (Fleet Number): GGPTE (LA907) LA907 was new to GGPTE in 1975 and was allocated to Larkfield Garage where it is believed to have spent all of its Glasgow working life. It would have entered service around the time of withdrawal of the last Daimler CVG6s. It was originally fitted with a new type of CAV gearbox (together with LA906-915). LA907 was one of many LAs understood to be have sold by Tiger Coaches to new buyers in 1983/84 as the GGPTE fleet was reduced and some Atlanteans with panoramic windows began to show structural problems. In 1984, LA907 was purchased by Don's of Dunmow, a small town near Stansted Airport in Essex, for use on school contracts. It had company from Scotland in the shape of ex-GGPTE LA927 and LA974 together with ex-Grahams of Paisley YDS 650S, which had been exhibited at the Scottish Motor Show at Kelvin Hall in 1977. The Don's school bus fleet also featured other Atlanteans including a former Tyne & Wear PTE Alexander bodied 33ft example and two with East Lancs bodies from English fleets, with a fourth ex-Glasgow LA operated at one time. Don's need for their Atlanteans came to an end in Summer 2005. LA907 was collected on the day of "Showbus 2005" in September 2005 at Duxford and driven to Barnsley for professional attention in the Central works of Yorkshire Traction where body and mechanical work was undertaken to restore the vehicle which has been painted in its original livery. Completion of this work was achieved in late January 2006 and LA907 returned to Scotland at the beginning of February.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0050.json.gz/line195
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__label__cc	0.668611	0.331389	Hohummer On Neflix One-line Reviews (35) “ However, Eugene Claire (Gene Hackman) his coach is concerned Chapplet is a 'Hot Dog' racer, fast, but prone to accidents and unpredictable. “The script feels nonexistent, the acting feels ad-libbed, the plot is thin, and there's more boredom evoked than suspense. “ The film is about as bland a Redford movie as can be found anywhere. “ Rousing snowy outdoors and Robert Redford as a capricious and cocky skier . “ Slow film that will be boring for viewers that are not big fans of Skiing,Redford or Hackman. “ I thought it was going nowhere beyond what one can already see on t,v. “ Against Redford's wishes, the studio ultimately marketed the film as a sports movie ("See hottie Robbie in exciting skiing scenes! “how this movie was plain and boring and who wants to watch skiing anyway... “ Redford's performance is reason enough to watch the film, but the skiing scenes are also quite entertaining, as they fully capture the excitement and exhilaration of Olympic competition. “ I wont reveal the story to avoid spoilers, although there is not much to get spoiled because the story is going nowhere. “ As has been noted in the coverage of the Olympics, the parallels to the 2006 US downhill team are stunning. “All this experimental soundtrack stuff, the truly mind blowing camerawork and the great acting still cant hide the obvious fact that the story is dead boring. “ If you think that is a thrilling story, then this is the movie for you. “ And with stunning locations and clean rich production design, the film endorses the quality to its peak. “ one of the most suspenseful climaxes in sports film history... “ Redford is strangely bland to me in this part. “ That is just the main and only true fault of this movie: an utterly boring story. “" The answer may be bleak - more competition, more loneliness - but the film helps us discover the answer in a fascinating way, because it puts us on those skis, rushing at impossible speed down the mountain, in a cocoon of our own heartbeats, our own laboured breathing. “At least there are the lovely vistas that show up at times but often they are so short you see them for a few seconds and then pow your back to looking at bland stuff. “ Atmospheric and enjoyable musical score by Kenyon Hopkins . “Downhill Racer features a variety of exciting ski races filmed and edited with great skill, and they reveal very powerfully that, in the midst of all the thousands of spectators, each skier is alone on the mountain, and that winning comes from a combination of relentless focus and arbitrary fortune. “ I agree that pacing was a bit slow at times and the storyline somewhat minimalistic. “ I found those dreary at best. “ By the 60's thanks to Jim McKay and Wide World of Sports, most people had heard of Killy and were now commonly confusing Billy Kidd with Jean-Claude. “ Only interesting for ski fans, because the story is dead boring. “ I expected much, but sadly this is a boring movie. “it does have a bleak,dreary feeling through out for some reason. “ Further, there are dozens of downhill racing scenes, all similar, and largely interchangeable, which, among other things, renders an unnecessarily repetitive plot. “ Lots of dazzling skiing action leading to an thrilling highlight . “8/10 Definitely worth watching “ Seeing these two early in their careers, that alone makes this a film worth watching. “ Olympic team, is so bland and unsympathetic that you wonder why to care about him at all. “ Decent, fairly enjoyable film. “For a ski movie, the race scenes were riveting, the acting of people like Gene Hackman and Dabney Coleman was quite adequate, the beauty of Camilla Sparv was eye pleasing. “ Perhaps the biggest problem is the flat plot, centred on the arrogant but enigmatic hero; unfortunately, it's a dreary performance from Redford, offering us little insight into his cares or motivations.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0050.json.gz/line201
__label__wiki	0.603087	0.603087	Inside Texas Top 100 for 2015 - Inside Texas Inside Texas Top 100 for 2015 Malik Jefferson at NFTC Dallas in May. (Justin Wells/IT) I’ll have a recap breaking down the 100 by position, by high school and by college. I’ll also rank the out-of-state commits to offer an idea how I view them against some familiar names. But for now here’s the final edition of the Inside Texas Top 100 for 2015 recruiting rankings. 1. LB Malik Jefferson, Mesquite Poteet (Mesquite, TX) – Texas: Jefferson received stiff competition from Murray, Stidham, and Mack, but in the end I went with him because, though he’s a sensational athlete, he’s still nowhere near maxed out. He has tons of physical growth ahead of him as well as on-field growth. He has the mind component to maximize and is a natural leader. Those guys hit their ceiling, especially when paired with a development-minded coach like Charlie Strong. 2. QB Kyler Murray, Allen (Allen, TX) – Texas A&M: He’s the best high school player in the nation and if he was 6-foot-2 he’d be the best prospect as well. Though his height isn’t ideal (5-foot-10), he has so many traits that help compensate; anticipation, vision, arm/release, and uncommon quickness and acceleration. He’s a pocket passer who can run, more Russell Wilson than Johnny Manziel. He does have that Manziel reverse-out when receiving pressure from the blindside, at which point he either keeps his eyes downfield and finds his man or takes off running. Either way your goose is cooked. Cerebral, composed, fundamentally sound and athletic, Murray is everything but tall, including a draftable baseball prospect. 3. QB Jarrett Stidham, Stephenville (Stephenville, TX) – Baylor: Stidham is more RG3 than Bryce Petty because he’s a quick, fluid athlete, who would play wide receiver in college if he wasn’t such a good quarterback. His frame projects nicely but he’ll need to add some weight. He has good touch on the deep ball and the arm to target all areas of the field. We know he’ll be developed and surrounded by tons of talent. That’s half the battle. 4. DT Daylon Mack, Gladewater (Gladewater, TX) – Texas A&M: Insanely explosive off the ball, as well as powerful, Mack will play early at his school of choice. He’ll need to focus on keeping his weight down and remaining light on his feet. Worst case scenario he’s a quality space-eater. Best case, he’s an absolute factor defending the run and getting after the quarterback. 5. CB Kendall Sheffield, Fort Bend Marshall (Missouri City, TX) – Alabama: The cornerback Vitruvian Man, Sheffield is how you draw up the modern defensive back. He has good length, solid ball skills, and elite make-up speed. He’s also as fluid as you’ll find in a 6-foot-0 corner. He’ll have some footwork issues to commit to memory but that will come. Nick Saban comes into Texas for the 2nd year in a row and pulls the top corner. 6. CB Kris Boyd, Gilmer (Gilmer, TX) – Texas: Boyd’s even bigger than Sheffield but more raw. He’s a good enough athlete that he could play running back or wide receiver in college, but his best value is in the secondary where he projects to everything from nickel, corner or safety. He’s a quick-twitch athlete who is also physical. He’s raw, but has so much size and athleticism he’ll be useful early in his career. 7. RB Ronald Jones, McKinney North (McKinney, TX) – USC: Jones is a homerun hitter who breaks ankles and angles alike. He’s a tightly wound athlete who explodes through the hole. His tackle breaking ability stems from velocity rather than size. As he physically develops, he’ll become more powerful between the tackles and a more well-rounded running back but he’s a big play threat the second he steps on campus. 8. WR Damarkus Lodge, Cedar Hill (Cedar Hill, TX) – Ole Miss: The most polished wide receiver to come out in years, Lodge will challenge for early playing time regardless of where he ends up. He runs the whole route tree, makes plays in the air, splits seams on the ground, make big plays in the screen game, and is used on end arounds. There’s a reason I refer to him as ‘high school Jerry Rice’. He’s not the most explosive player you’ll ever see, but he doesn’t get caught from behind. He’s not the most physically imposing receiver you’ll ever see, but he makes 50/50 balls 90/10. He won’t have the same physical advantages he enjoyed in high school, but that’s where his skill as a route runner will bail him out. 9. S Deionte Thompson, West Orange-Stark (Orange, TX) – Alabama: With SEC offenses experimenting with the forward pass over the last few years, do-it-all safeties are a must. Thompson has great range and ball-winning skill (he could also play wide receiver) and though he’s slight of build, he’ll hit you with everything he has. He has the type of length that closes passing windows quickly, something that will frustrate opposing quarterbacks. 10. OL Maea Teuhema, Keller (Keller, TX) – LSU: Teuhema projects as an athletic and mauling offensive guard. He could stay at right tackle – he has the length – but his greatest utility is at guard. He’s athletic on the move and finishes blocks like no other. LSU loves to run right at you and guys like Teuhema will make that hard to stop. His size and power alone are tough to deal with, factor in that he bends well and plays with good pad-level and you have yourself a force in the interior. 11. RB Chris Warren, Rockwall (Rockwall, TX) – Texas: You’d be hard pressed to find a smoother, more nuanced tailback at 235 pounds. Warren has the subtle skill of the best running backs; good feet, balance, vision and feel for the cut-back, he also finishes runs like you’d expect from someone that size. He has the mentality of a professional already (thanks, Dad!). Just when you think he’s a power-back, he takes one in from 60. Get him in an offense that wants to assert the run and watch him wear defenses down. 12. CB Holton Hill, Lamar (Houston, TX) – Texas: Perhaps the most technically skilled corner in the state, Hill is also long (6-foot-2) and surprisingly athletic and fluid. He made tons of special teams plays this year that displayed athleticism I wasn’t quite sure he had. He can be a physical, press-man corner or play off. His length helps tremendously in man and zone. He’s a bit narrow in his shoulders so I don’t foresee him at safety, but that’s fine because I think he’s a can’t miss corner. 13. S Deshon Elliott, Rockwall-Heath (Rockwall, TX) – Texas: Elliott runs the alley just like you want to see out of your box safety, and has the size to make his ill-intentions come to life. A sure tackler, Elliott shows plus closing ability in the open field, a must in the Big 12. Some initially thought Elliott would become a linebacker – a tribute to his size and physicality – but I believe he covers well enough to stay at safety. Pair him with Jason Hall and Texas should have an imposing duo at safety with coverage ability. 14. S Larry Pryor, Sulphur Springs (Sulphur Springs, TX) – Texas A&M: Pryor/Elliott was a tough call. I went with Elliott because I think he’s a tad bit more explosive and fluid, though Pryor is just as physical and has better ball skills. 15. RB Soso Jamabo, Plano West (Plano, TX) – UCLA: A gifted athlete, Jamabo is in a bit of positional purgatory. Is he a running back or a wide receiver? He’s too athletic to not find a home, but I like him at receiver where his physicality – or lack there of – translates better. 16. RB JaMycal Hasty, Longview (Longview, TX) – Baylor: A daylight runner, Hasty bursts into the open field like few. ZR with Stidham and Hasty is going to be an athletic duo for conference foes to defend. Hasty’s still not much of a contact runner so he doesn’t project to get hard yards between the tackles, but get him in space or feature him in the screen game and he’ll blow open some games. 17. PJ Mbanasor, Hendrickson (Pflugerville, TX) – Oklahoma: Physical corner who could play safety if that’s how OU gets its five best defensive backs on the field. Mbanasor shows good field awareness, and plays the run well, often fighting off blockers to do so. He’s not the most explosive athlete so I think you prefer him on bigger receivers over quick, shifty ones. 18. OT Ronnie (Buck) Major, Huntsville (Huntsville, TX) – Texas: Kennedy Estelle starter kit. 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Coming off the edge he’ll project to running the arc well, and dipping and ripping. Nobody has any clue how good he’ll actually be because he’s so raw but he has huge physical and athletic upside. He’ll get to 260 pounds with ease. Athletic enough that he could play tight end depending on where he lands. 24. S Justin Dunning, Whitehouse (Whitehouse, TX) – Texas A&M: The most logical projection for Dunning at this point is safety, but he could end up at wide receiver like Edward Pope did. Dunning has rare length and uncommon COD, but will he be physical enough to run the alley versus Alabama, Arkansas, LSU, and Auburn? I like him better in pass coverage than I do versus the run which is kind of odd for such a big safety. 25. DE Charles Omenihu, Rowlett (Rowlett, TX) – Texas: Watch Omenihu’s junior year film compared to his senior year and it’s apparent he’s much more comfortable being 6-foot-5 now than he was then. He’s got good bending which helps him play strong at the POA. He’s going to become a player once Moorer is finished with him. He has to get much stronger to hold up versus the run in college, but once he does and keeps his leverage, he’ll be tough to move. 26. QB Quinten Dormady, Boerne (Boerne, TX) – Tennessee: Has the physical/mental tools to play in a wide array of offenses. Great size/frame and deceptive athlete. Sees the field from the pocket or on the roll out. Throws a catchable ball; doesn’t over-cook throws. Good enough arm that will become stronger as he fills out and transfers his weight better. Has a slight hitch in his motion that slows it down slightly. He’ll start some games for Rocky Top. 27. OL Trevor Elbert, Rockwall-Heath (Rockwall, TX) – Texas A&M: If the Aggies ever decide to run the ball, Elbert may stick at right tackle. He has great size for the position and avalanches smaller d-lineman. His problem will be with speed rushers. If A&M continues to run its current offense, he’ll be a great guard for them; defensive tackles will have trouble bull-rushing and his quickness should be good enough on the interior. If he gets a little lighter on his feet, he may be a right tackle regardless of the offense. 28. C Patrick Vahe, Trinity (Euless, TX) – Texas: Left tackle bounce, center’s build, and pitbull mentality; Vahe looks to be a multi-year starter at center. He’ll excel on combo blocks and picking off bigger defensive tackles when he has the angle advantage. He’s also very athletic – moves like a jumbo fullback – so pulling duties, if applied, will come easily. All evidence points towards the cerebral aspects of the position (line calls) being in his skill-set. 29. RB Corey Dauphine, Memorial (Port Arthur, TX) – Texas Tech: One of the fastest kids in the nation period (20.76 200 meters!), Dauphine also has an ideal football build. He’s as tightly wound of an athlete as you’ll find. He lacks some of the natural traits you look for in a running back, but in a slashing/draw run-game he should do damage. I must say he ran less impatient and frenetic this year than last, so I think RB is his future but if all else fails, he can play safety. He already runs with aggression and will look like an NFL safety by the time he’s a sophomore. 30. DL Du’Vonta Lampkin, Cypress Falls (Houston, TX) – Texas: If all you look for in a defensive lineman is ball get-off, you’re missing something potentially special with Lampkin. He comes with a collegiate upperclassman’s body and is surprisingly fluid for his size. Despite not being all-out sudden in his movements, he’s still a good athlete who could play nose tackle, 3-tech, 4-tech, or 5-tech. That’s tons of roster value. I liken him to a poor man’s A’Shawn Robinson and that’s still a good tax bracket to be in. 31. OL Toby Weathersby, Westfield (Houston, TX) – LSU: Weathersby’s a good athlete for the position; good enough that discussions of whether or not he can play the edge in college have some validity. I project him to guard long-term, where he should be able to stay in front of all but the most athletic d-tackles. He’s college ready in his upper body but will need to add lower body mass and strength to anchor. 32. OT Connor Williams, Coppell (Coppell, TX) – Texas: Some of his early offers came as a tight end so you know athleticism won’t be a concern. He also received offers at center, so intelligence is there as well. He’s still raw as a left tackle, but he as a lot of the traits you can’t teach; athleticism, feet, and length. His motor should make him a Strong/Wickline favorite. 33. WR Ryan Newsome, Aledo (Aledo, TX) – Texas: What sets Newsome apart from many ‘speedsters’ is he has loose hips/wiggle. He just needs the slightest bit of daylight before he slows down to not outrun it. He’ll be featured best on screens and in the return game. Some jet motion wouldn’t hurt either. He’s not that big, but he’s muscular and will only get stronger. In time he’ll break perimeter arm tackles which is often the difference between a 2-yard loss and an end-zone celebration. 34. OT Madison Akamnonu, Bowie (Arlington, TX) – Texas Tech: Extremely light on his feet, Akamnonu is easily the most athletic offensive lineman in the state. He’s a left tackle athlete if there ever was one. Two questions remain however, and they’re not the tandem you want. Can he add weight, and does he want to put in the work required to do so? If he embraces the grind, he should be cashing paychecks one day. 35. RB Rodney Anderson, Katy (Katy, TX) – Oklahoma: OU’s backfield is as talented as any team in the country so Anderson may need the depth chart to thin out a bit, but with his quality hands, the Sooners may look to get him involved out of the backfield or even in the slot. He has solid economy of motion; very little wasted movement. You don’t want to be on the wrong end of his stiff arm, either. He’s not a power back but he has good size and runs hard so he’ll break his share of tackles. He also has just enough wiggle in space to evade tacklers too. Isn’t the most explosive guy you’ll see, but he has a lot of tools. Now, how will he react to meeting contact at the LOS rather than eight yards down field? 36. RB Jordan Stevenson, South Oak Cliff (Dallas, TX) – Navarro JC: He may be small but he doesn’t know it. Don’t get me wrong, he is a speed back, but if he can’t run around you he’ll try and run through you. Love his determination that way. When the quarterback is under center, Stevenson is about as quick to the mesh-point as you’ll ever see. He slashes slivers of lane inside but has all the speed he could ever need to the outside. He’ll be hard for defenders to locate behind Wisconsin’s perennially gigantic line, but even when they do see him, can they catch him? He won’t be a high volume back like Melvin Gordon, but he’ll take it 10-15 times a game if you let him. 37. WR Deandre McNeal, Poteet (Mesquite, TX) – Texas: Lacks explosion and top-end speed, but other than that, he has it all. He’s tremendously fluid for his build (looks like a future ‘big’ linebacker) with innate coordination and ball skills. He’ll body defensive backs out of the way and go up and high point balls. He’s surprisingly elusive in the open field and if they use him out of the slot in the quick game, he’s going to get tough yards post-contact. I think he sticks at wide receiver but if he doesn’t for whatever reason, he can be many things. 38. WR Devontre Stricklin, Midway (Waco, TX) – Baylor: Originally Stricklin arrived on the scene as an outside deep threat but he’s evolved into a pretty nuanced receiver. He can run by defensive backs fine, but other times he gets them off balance with seamless planting and cutting. Often times WRs give up their routes at the top of their stem by chopping their feet, Stricklin doesn’t do that, or at least he doesn’t from what I’ve seen. He received great quarterback play from Ben Hicks. He’ll go on to Baylor and receive the same. Frankly I’m happy he’s not going to Texas because 83% of IT commenters would call him Devonte Strickland for all four years. 39. DB Roney Elam, Newton (Newton, TX) – Texas A&M: Probably the guy I struggled with the most to rank. He’s an athlete – a great athlete – but he doesn’t do much on film that tells me he’ll play corner anytime soon. He’ll require some time if that’s his future but if they can’t get him synced for that position, he still has a bright future at safety, but then he’ll require time to bulk up. In the end, he has nearly as much physical upside as Kris Boyd and Kendall Sheffield. The difference between him and a guy like Holton Hill is skill and about 5,000 reps at corner. As of now, he’s just a guy running around making plays, which, admittedly, is highly entertaining to watch. If for some reason defense doesn’t work out, he’s athletic enough to play receiver (defense will work out). 40. LB Semaj Thomas, Southwest (Fort Worth, TX) – TCU: A true ILB in every sense, James-spelled-backwards also has an extra bounce in his step. His combination of size, physicality, and explosive tackling should ensure a productive career at TCU. He also seems to have quick diagnostic skills. If he didn’t commit to TCU so early, he’d have much more hype. Don’t rule out the possibility he ends up with his hand in the ground. Remember, The Patterson loves to spin players down. 41. DE James Lockhart, Ennis (Ennis, TX) – Texas A&M: Lockhart was a big part of Ennis’ magical 2015. Where as I wasn’t a fan of Landis Durham as a fit for A&M, I think Lockhart fits perfectly as a 4-3 end. My main quibbles are lack of length (6-foot-2), I think he’s nearly maxed out (how much bigger, stronger, faster will he get), and he’s not particularly quick or violent at the point of attack. You know the phenomena of being overly critical the longer you’ve seen a player? Maybe I’m guilty of that to a degree because he’s been a known commodity for a long time, but I don’t think so. I do think he’ll play quite a bit after Myles Garrett declares in two years and may break the rotation before then, but I can’t predict superstardom. 42. CB Jordan Tolbert, Fort Bend Ridge Point (Missouri City, TX) – Baylor: He missed his senior season but I love his junior film so much I’m going to keep him ranked high. Had he stayed healthy and played a little better as a senior than as a junior, it would have been hard for me to keep him out of the Top 20. I view him as a cover corner with physicality, something you don’t see all that often. He has a build that projects to add nothing but quality weight and he has that hint of twitch in his step you want to see. I predict big things for Mr. Tolbert, and I can definitely see why he was a surprise offer at Texas Junior Day. 43. WR Kemah Siverand, Cypress Ridge (Houston, TX) – Texas A&M: The cheetah of the class, watching Siverand run is a beautiful thing. He’s the guy you throw open, or hit him in the seam and watch him split defenders. He has a lot of work to do to becoming a more well-rounded route runner but he has the coordination and athleticism to become great in that regard if he puts in the work. It’s a crowded depth chart but he’ll emerge as a player. 44. LB Cameron Townsend, Fort Bend Ridge Point (Missouri City, TX) – Texas: Townsend’s not your typical linebacker in that he’s 6-foot-1 and 205 pounds, but he’s well put together and strong, so even if he tops out at 220, he’ll be fine. He has a skill-set Charlie Strong can put to creative use. He may never become a gap-filling Will, but he could very likely be a LOS defending Sam in the mold of Eric Striker. Certainly not saying he’s Striker, but he can be deployed similarly. I love him chasing quarterbacks and ball carriers from the back side, and he is surprisingly strong at the point of attack, so running at him isn’t as easy as you’d think based on his size. He should be fine defending the flats and quick in his drops, but that will require reps. 45. WR JF Thomas, South Oak Cliff (Dallas, TX) – Texas Tech: He can make the dramatic catch in traffic or get YAC in the screen game. Big, physical receiver who runs well, but isn’t a blazer. Reminds me of Texas senior WR John Harris, but no other iteration of Harris. Thomas has obvious fits in the TCU offense as the guy who spreads the defensive vertically. He has the ability to punish in the open field and turn a lazy tackle into a big play. 46. QB Ben Hicks, Midway (Waco, TX) – SMU: I’m quite familiar with Hicks and was a fan long before his Elite 11 success. He’s not a great athlete but he has the maddening ability to escape, keep his eyes downfield, and deflate a defense that played the down perfectly until that critical point. He seems to always find the open receiver and hit him in stride. When the receiver is covered well, he puts it where only his guy can make a play. He holds the ball high, has a plus arm and effortless release. He goes through progressions. He does a lot of the textbook things you want to see without looking mechanical. I don’t imagine SMU has anyone on campus who will prevent him from playing early. 47. OL Connor Lanfear, Hays (Buda, TX) – Texas A&M: Somewhat similar to his future teammate Trevor Elbert, I knew Lanfear was flipping from Texas to A&M when he breathlessly told me he could see horses from Kyle Field. I quipped at the time that Sumlin was such a salesman that those horses were animatronic. Since those days, he’s definitely gotten close to be college sized. He plays through the whistle and is a good drive-blocker. I don’t think he’s a tackle athlete – his feet have gotten heavier as he’s added weight – but I’d bet he fits into the guard rotation at some point. 48. CB Josh Butler, West Mesquite (Mesquite, TX) – Michigan State: I had a lot of questions about Butler coming into the season and he answered them before he was injured and lost for the season. My thoughts on him before the season; fluid, cover corner with good ball skills. My thoughts now; better, more explosive athlete than I previous thought (as evidenced by numerous punt returns) and increased physicality while still camped out on the receiver’s hip. The next Trae Waynes? That’s a lot of pressure to live up to, but the future 1st round NFL corner was a 2-star coming out of high school. His NFL scouting report reads similar to Butler’s high school version. It’s uncanny. 49. ATH Jay Bradford, Splendora (Splendora, TX) – Texas A&M: I’m under no illusions Kevin Sumlin will get value out of Jay Bradford at running back after being unable to maximize superior talents Trey Williams and Brandon Williams the last couple years. 50. OT Bobby Evans, Allen (Allen, TX) – Oklahoma: Size is the only thing keeping Evans from being ranked more highly. While much of the OL focus at Allen goes to 2016’s Greg Little, Evans is just as nimble and dexterous. He shows good quickness and balance whether going forwards or backwards. He’ll be a guy who can get out in space and locate defenders in Stoops’ favored screen game. His brother, Tay, is a linebacker from Allen who signed with OU last year and their father once played basketball in Norman. 51. S Khalil Haughton, Midway (Waco, TX) – Oklahoma: I never understood why Texas backed off of Haughton after showing early interest. What if Mykkele Thompson was physical? Okay, Haughton’s not that fluid of an athlete, but he certainly isn’t stiff and is also has a predisposed defender’s mindset. He could sharpen his back-pedal some, but he’s quick and decisive out of it and shows quality acceleration and determination when coming downhill or breaking on the ball. He also has excellent length. Once they get him to his fighting weight, he could be special. We know he’ll receive quality coaching. 52. ATH Darrell Stewart, Aldine Nimitz (Houston, TX) – Michigan State: Once committed to Boise State, he’s now heading to Michigan State. I love both school’s evaluation and development. Stewart has been underrated to me throughout the process so I figured I’d give him his due. I project him to safety, but you know there will be no change-of-direction problems when I can also credibly project him to wide receiver. If he ends up on offense, his defensive traits will translate and vice versa. 53. DT Darrion Daniels, Bishop Dunne (Dallas, TX) – Oklahoma State: Daniels’ redeeming qualities are his baseline traits, namely size and movement skills. He still fires out too high and relies on overmatching power rather than skill, but he’ll get that ironed out. He’ll provide gap versatility as he can project from nose-tackle on out to 5-tech. 54. TE Jordan Davis, Clear Lake (Houston, TX) – Texas A&M: He’s more physically talented than this ranking indicates but he’ll be the invisible man in that offense unless they tweak it like Tech did with Jace Amaro. Even then, I’m not in love with his build for a flexed tight end. While ‘flexed tight end’ reminds you of striated glutes, I’ll continue. Davis has shown good 1v1 athleticism to the outside and the ability to high point. In the end, my main question is with all those talented receivers in College Station, do they remove one to add Davis? I don’t fancy him long-term as an in-line blocker, so that’s another knock. Talented receiver prospect, though. 55. ATH John Humphrey, Clear Falls (Houston, TX) – Oklahoma: I talk about fits all the time. Humphrey to Oklahoma is a great fit. There’s been some talk in the past regarding Humphrey to corner. Indeed he has the hips, make-up speed and length you want for the position, but he’s too valuable with the ball in his hands, especially in a slot-centric tunnel screen offense like OU’s. His start/stop acceleration is a must for the screen game and he is on the higher end when it comes to that. If the football gods allowed me to line-up the eight fastest football prospects in the state, Humphrey is one of them. 56. ATH Tre’Vontae Hights, Yoakum (Yoakum, TX) – TCU: Speaking of speed merchants, Hights can go. A quarterback in high school, I’m utterly perplexed if I want him at safety or wide receiver in college. Meachum/Cumbie will be fighting Patterson for his services. He’s a tremendously gifted athlete with good size and speed. They’ll likely let his disposition decide his future. I don’t know if he can mature physically to bring what Sam Carter does, but I do know he’s a superior athlete to future NFL safety. 57. OT Conner Dyer, Horn (Mesquite, TX) – Texas Tech: He’s not the athlete Bobby Evans is, but I have the same question; size. Dyer doesn’t a whole lot of things well. He plays with a flat back, brings his feet with him and guides defenders out of the way. He finishes blocks, a nice indicator of nastiness. Nice pick-up for Tech in a great OL class for them. 58. S Prentice McKinney, South Oak Cliff (Dallas, TX) – North Carolina: Notre Dame’s yearly schedule features a little bit of everything. There are no singular stylistic conference norms for them. McKinney, as a safety, should help them scheme everything from concentrated spread passing to running attacks to balanced WCO. McKinney also has great length, good range, and is also an explosive tackler. Give him a kill shot and he’ll take it. That works defending any kind of offense. If Notre Dame fans thought they were getting an Irish ginger based off his last name, they’ll be gladly mistaken. 59. RB Patrick Carr, The Woodlands (The Woodlands, TX) – Colorado: The easiest way to describe Carr is as a better BJ Catalon. I could easily see him excel in a spread attack because once he’s in space, it’s over. However, what’s always impressed me about Carr is his ability between the tackles. He’s incredibly quick to and through the hole and his smaller size helps him navigate the trees. Don’t let his size fool you; he’s powerfully built at 5-foot-9, 180 pounds and projects to carry even more muscle. 60. S Kenneth McGruder, Alief Taylor (Houston, TX) – Oklahoma State: Great size and build which we’re seeing more and more of these days. What separates McGruder from many is his size coupled with his footwork. He’s received good coaching at Taylor. I was partially sold at a camp where he uncharacteristically missed his jam, did an immediate speed-turn and caught up with the receiver to knock down the ball. Most 6-foot-2, 200 pound safeties don’t do that in 1v1. 61. ATH JW Ketchum, Lamar (Houston, TX) – Baylor: One of the better, more explosive athletes in the state, Ketchum also has tons of physical growth potential ahead of him. Because of that he’s been projected to everything from running back, wide receiver, and safety. If he has the hands, he’ll be a fantastic and fearless slot receiver, but if not, I think safety is a good bet. For Baylor, the need would likely be safety and I think that’s where Ketchum most easily projects. 62. CB Antoine Stephens, Kimball (Dallas, TX) Oklahoma: The late-to-the-party corner from Kimball caught recruiting fire this fall once his tape started making the rounds. Texas showed interest but then cooled once out-of-state candidates appeared more tangible. Now they’re getting back into contact. The kid can play. I love his size (6-foot-2, 180), physicality, and instincts. He noticeably baits quarterbacks and leaves his man to jump other routes. That’s awareness. I also think he’s a bit more explosive than he’s given credit for. Damn, I under-ranked him, but like I said, it’s a talented class, particularly at defensive back. 63. DE Michael Scott, Nimitz (Irving, TX) – SMU: Great length, basketball athlete. What are traits you want to have as a defensive end, for $500, Alex? Scott’s going to SMU to play with his twin brother but he had much more prestigious offers. He shows a good first step, for being 6-foot-5, and could also play tight end in college. That’s an indication of his athleticism, not a projection of where he should play. He’ll have a lot to learn about playing the run, but this is a 5-star player as far as SMU is concerned. 64. WR Darrion Flowers, Sam Houston (Arlington, TX) – TCU: Flowers makes it into the 100-meter race with Humphrey. He’s an undersized wisp of smoke with homerun capability from the slot or as a return man. TCU is recruiting to put up points in every way possible as well as to stop points in every way possible. 65. RB Rawleigh Williams, Bishop Lynch (Dallas, TX) – Arkansas: Fantastic fit for Arkansas. He’s a between-the-tackles-run-behind-your-pads type of back with enough burst to get outside. I don’t see him breaking off 80 yard runs but he’ll be a very effective back in that offense. It’s sort of in the mold of the 90’s Cowboys offensive line and Emmitt Smith, just to give an idea. 66. OT Dave Bolisomi, Ryan (Denton, TX) – TCU: The intrigue with Bolisomi is his newness to the sport coupled with his length and baseline athleticism. Once his film started to circulate, interest picked up in a hurry. He’s a tackle specific player – always a premium on that – who will need significant physical development in his upper and lower body, but the potential is certainly there. 67. WR Jonathan Giles, Fort Bend Elkins (Missouri City, TX) – Texas Tech: If you look at the NFL and highly productive slot receivers, they often come from the hinterlands of college football. It’s a volume issue (more guys are ‘Y’ size than ‘X’ and ‘Z’), so evaluation is key. I think Tech is getting a great slot candidate in Giles. He’s slippery on the screen and in the open field. What I really like is he has just enough length and speed to play outside, too, in my estimation. Being a former quarterback who often improvised on the fly should make him a quarterback’s best friend when plays breakdown as well. 68. S Jamile Johnson, South Oak Cliff (Dallas, TX) – Texas Tech: Athletic enough to play corner against talented DFW receivers, Johnson should have good versatility within the safety position. Football is a numbers game and safeties have to cover man-to-man more than ever. I think he has some ability there. He’s also an intelligent player who is physical, though he won’t be the most explosive player on the field. 69. ATH Chad President, Temple (Temple, TX) – Tulsa: But we’re not talking about Idriss Deby. President’s de-commitment from Baylor upon Phillip Montgomery leaving for Tulsa tells me two things; he REALLY likes Montgomery, and he wants to be the No. 1 target. Going up against lesser defenders, the long, fluid receiver should feast and display more big play ability than he would have if he stayed in the Big 12. He’ll get a shot at QB with Montgomery which is what he wanted from the beginning. 70. DL Kingsley Keke, George Ranch (Richmond, TX) – Texas A&M: See Darrion Daniels. Keke relies on his overpowering strength too much at this point, but he does have good size and coordination. Fundamentally he has a long way to go. 71. DB Jaylon Lane, Central (San Angelo, TX) – TBD: It’s not often you’ll find a talent like Lane this low, but we won’t go into those reasons. As a player, Lane flashes tons of versatility as either a corner or safety. He can press, he can play off. He’s more physical than his lean build would indicate. I like him as a deep safety because of his range and tackling ability, but he may be needed in a more 1v1 capacity depending on where he ends up. Best offers: Alabama, Texas A&M, Florida State, LSU 72. RB Tristian Houston, North Shore (North Shore, TX) – Texas: Shows the traits for one-cut, outside zone running, namely feel for the cut back and one-cut and go decisiveness. He has solid acceleration, a good, sturdy build and will fight for yards upon contact. 73. LB Nathan Fox, Clear Lake (Houston, TX) – Northwestern: Every time I watch Fox’s tape, I can’t figure out why more schools aren’t in pursuit. No matter, I’m guessing former Northwestern linebacking great and current head coach, Pat Fitzgerald, will know what do with him. Fox makes plays all over the field and in special teams, and shows great acceleration when it’s time to make a play. I’m a fan and I think he has a great career. 74. OT Trace Ellison, Centennial (Frisco, TX) – Texas Tech: The first things that jump out are size and nastiness, but I also think he’s decently quick out of his stance. I’ve been back and forth on Ellison so I asked Halas what he thought and he thinks he may end up at guard. I think I see OT ability but guard wouldn’t surprise me either. Ellison’s No. 1 weakness is he plays too high. That’s bad any time, but especially when you’re 6-foot-6. That will be coached out of him and they’ll let the chips fall where they may, but he think he becomes a quality starter in Lubbock. 75. LB Alec Dunham, Coldspring-Oakhurst (Coldspring, TX) – TCU: When you only play two linebackers, they better be versatile. Dunham shows athleticism to cover and willingness to be physical against the run. He takes some poor, hesitant steps at times but who better to coach that out of him than Gary Patterson. 76. RB Devine Ozigbo, Sachse (Sachse, TX) – Nebraska: A natural runner with good feet, balance and vision, Ozigbo also has surprisingly deceptive speed for carrying 225 pounds on his 5-foot-11 frame. With loose hips, and solid burst, I love seeing him plant and go. 77. S Niko Small, Bowie (Arlington, TX) – TCU: An obviously smart and instinctive player, Small projects to deep safety for Gary Patterson. He’s not an electric athlete like some others in the class, but his intelligence helps him play fast. He’s not afraid to mix it up in run support; a must for a Patterson safety. 78. OG Zach Rogers, Hebron (Carrollton, TX) – Arkansas: A physical and mauling interior lineman, Rogers fits the woo pig sooie mindset to a ‘T’. He may have added value as a center if needed, because he doesn’t have ideal length at just over 6-foot-2. 79. QB Chason Virgil, West Mesquite (West Mesquite, TX) – Fresno State: A dual-threat with tons of high school experience, Virgil was originally committed to Mississippi State. Though he doesn’t have a big arm, he could improve strength with added size, much like former Bulldog, Derek Carr. If quarterback doesn’t work out, Virgil is athletic enough to play wide receiver. He’s a smooth runner in the open field with plus speed. 80. DE Breylin Mitchell, Round Rock (Round Rock, TX) – TCU: A strong-side defensive end, Mitchell has the frame to hold upwards of 270 pounds and play multiple gaps. For a bigger end, he shows solid speed to run the arc and get-off. I’ve always been a bit surprised Texas didn’t pursue. Mitchell should be ready to contribute fairly early in his career. 81. LB Richard Moore, Cedar Hill (Cedar Hill, TX) – Texas A&M: Moore’s a guy I’ve raved about a lot. But watching him this year made me think he’s more of an inside linebacker at the next level but in an outside linebacker’s body. Still, though undersized, he packs a punch and navigates traffic well. He’s also a sure tackler with short area burst. 82. LB Clay Johnston, Wylie (Abilene, TX) – Baylor: Johnston is both an athletic anomaly and your throwback traditional sort. He makes plays in pursuit, in space and in the wash. With his fluidity and short area burst, Johnston looks to excel as a hybrid-linebacker, or as they call it in Waco, the “bear”. I think he’s going to the perfect situation for him, something I always love to see. 83. LB D’Vonta Hinton, Texas City (Texas City, TX) Texas Tech: Sam Mills – an undersized inside linebacker who plays much bigger than he is. He may be the best Friday night ‘backer in the state. He just makes tackles all over the field and is relentless. He’s quick and an explosive tackler. If he was prototypical size, we’re talking Top 15 player in the state, but at 5-foot-9, I have some reservations. Like Johnston just one spot above, I feel like Hinton is going to the ideal scenario. He’ll cover tons of space in a league that creates tons of space. 84. ATH D’Anthony Hopkins, Cuero (Cuero, TX) – UTSA: Not sure why Hopkins doesn’t have more interest. Heading into the season I liked him as an athlete, mostly like him at linebacker. I now consider him very likely to stay at running back. A bigger kid with solid speed and fluidity, Hopkins also has surprising long speed. 85. CB Darrell Miller, Cedar Hill (Cedar Hill, TX) – Tennessee: Miller has the feet to stick with smaller, quicker receivers but also decent size, physicality, and ball skills to hang with the bigger guys. 86. ATH Mike Freeze, Graham (Graham, TX) – TCU: Freeze played safety in high school but he’s an obvious spin-down candidate in college where his speed and change-of-direction will serve him well. He’s a fearless striker who looks to get to 235 pounds with ease. With Patterson’s track record of switching player’s positions and developing them physically and mentally, I see some real upside in Freeze’s raw tools. 87. DE Landis Durham, Plano East (Plano, TX) – Texas A&M: My biggest question for Durham and A&M is I don’t think I see the fit. Ideally he’d play a Buck/Fox role as a player who rushes the passer and sometimes drops into coverage. I don’t see him as a full-time defensive end or a true linebacker, but there is a lot to like about his burst off the edge. He’ll need to add considerable weight to play traditional defensive end, or become more fluid in space to play linebacker. 88. OG Tyler Moore, North Shore (Houston, TX) – Minnesota: Two years ago Minnesota signed Alex Mayes from Van Alstyne. Last year they snagged Alex’s brother, Connor. In 2015, they landed Moore, a player who’s style reminds of Connor’s. Moore is a big mauler, plain and simple. He’s not a guy you’re going to put in space but he’ll move guys backwards at the point of attack. 89. WR James Proche, DeSoto (DeSoto, TX) – SMU: Great build, toughness, and hands for the slot. I never understood why Proche didn’t get bigger looks, though I’ve noticed a lot of the great NFL slots went to smaller schools. It seems like a lot of quality slot receivers get overlooked and I think Proche is in that category. New coach Chad Morris will be a godsend for Proche. They’ll be a godsend for each other actually. 90. WR Jalen Guyton, Allen (Allen, TX) – Notre Dame: Solid is the way to describe Guyton. He’s not big, but he’s certainly not small. He’s not fast but he’s not slow. He had a knack for getting deep and making big plays. Having an okay quarterback didn’t hurt, either. 91. WR Keke Coutee, Lufkin (Lufkin, TX) – Texas Tech: Here’s your Jakeem Grant fit. Coutee will be featureed in the screen game where his stop/start ability will get him out of congestion and into open space. Tech also likes to streak their fast slots and Coutee fits that need as well. Great fit for him and Tech. 92. RB Aca’Cedric Ware, Cedar Hill (Cedar Hill, TX) – USC: Ware is the running back version of Guyton. He’s not an inside guy, or an outside guy, but he can do a little of both. He has good lateral ability and top end speed and I think he sees running lanes well. I could see him become a 3rd down back, but carries will be tough to come by at USC, especially with Ronald Jones committed there. 93. DE Lonzell Gilmore, Spring (Spring, TX) – Texas Tech: Much of my fondness of GIlmore is his youth and projectable frame. He’s about 215 pounds now but he has tons of room to add bulk. If he keeps his movement skills with the added size, he’s going to see a lot of playing time. I imagine they like him as their Pete Robertson fit. 94. S PJ Locke, Central (Beaumont, TX) – Texas: Often listed as a corner, I like Locke at safety better. He plays with guile and will hit you but I don’t think he’s a corner athlete. He could be a nickel in a league where you can’t have enough secondary personnel. 95. WR D’Erren Wilson, Greenville (Greenville, TX) – SMU: If I was more familiar with Wilson, I may have him higher but I have seen only a little of him and don’t know anyone who’s intimately familiar with him. He jumps off the screen and I can’t for the life of me understand why he doesn’t have more interest. He’s quicker off the line than most other in-state receivesr and he’s just as likely to beat his coverage with his speed as he is his size and ball skills. I hope he sticks with SMU. 96. WR AD Miller, Bishop Dunne (Dallas, TX) – Oklahoma: A long, lean receiver with a huge catch radius, Miller makes some of the most ridiculous receptions you’ll find on Hudl. 97. TE Jess Trussell, Martin (Arlington, TX) – Purdue: Every year some no-name tight end from the state of Texas gets drafted. That could one day be Trussell. I love his all around game; he’s not just a blocker or just a receiving threat, he’s a nice mix of both. With added bulk and some refinement he could become a big time player. 98. DB Isaac Warren, John Tyler (Tyler, TX) – Northwestern State: Unless he’s in a heavy press-man scheme, I think Warren becomes a safety in short order, but if moved, he’ll have solid movement skills to be versatile within that position. He’s certainly physical with good size. Smart player, too. 99. S Montrel Wilson, Fossil Ridge (Keller, TX) – TCU: In a passing league and operating a defense heavily reliant on safety play, Gary Patterson is devoting numbers to the position. Wilson is a big, rangy safety who will hit. Could we be looking at the next Sam Carter? My main question on Wilson is his change of direction, but he checks a lot of physical boxes. One thing that made Carter special is his intelligence. I’m unsure of how football smart Wilson is. Nice starter kit, though. 100. OT Greg Long, Eastwood (El Paso, TX) – UTEP: If this kid lived in Houston or Dallas, he’d have 15 offers, but he doesn’t so he doesn’t. Good size at 6-foot-5 and 270 pounds, Long is good laterally and shows the willingness to finish blocks. I doubt he found many d-ends to challenge him in high school so he’ll have a steep learning curve in college but he shows a lot of raw, natural ability. View Prospect Database	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0050.json.gz/line209
__label__wiki	0.53824	0.53824	NASDAQ: CARE Striving to be your preferred financial partner by celebrating our past and delivering today’s results, while advancing strategies for future growth Carter Bank & Trust is a state-chartered community bank in the Commonwealth of Virginia, with $4.0 billion in total assets as of December 31, 2018. We operate more than 100 branches in Virginia and North Carolina and offer a full range of deposit products, including our signature product, "Home of Lifetime Free Checking," which was launched in 1974. Carter Bank & Trust’s common stock is registered under Section 12(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (Exchange Act). As a state bank without a holding company, Carter Bank & Trust makes its Exchange Act filings through the FDICconnect system , rather than through the Securities and Exchange Commission’s EDGAR system.These Exchange Act filings are publicly available under filings / documents in the menu above or at FDICconnect . Carter Bank & Trust opens its new Midtown Commercial Banking Office in Greensboro, North Carolina Carter Bank & Trust hosts a renovation celebration of its Collinsville, Virginia, branch Carter Bank & Trust’s President and Chief Banking Officer Phyllis Q. Karavatakis will assume a new position, Senior Executive Vice President for Special Projects Latest 10-K Latest 10-Q Latest Proxy Carter Bank & Trust 1300 Kings Mountain Road Martinsville, VA 24112 Wendy Bell, CFO Wendy.Bell@CarterBankandTrust.com, Telephone inquiries: Toll Free: 1-800-736-3001 or Toll Number: 1-781-575-3100 web.queries@computershare.com Written Requests: Computershare Overnight Delivery:	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0050.json.gz/line210
__label__wiki	0.700753	0.700753	MSB Fish Collection (Arctos) Latest version published by Museum of Southwestern Biology on Jan 18, 2020 Museum of Southwestern Biology The MSB Division of Fishes supports research of the ichthyofauna of a region in North America noted for a wide range of ecotypes and elevational gradients, from the Rocky Mountains to the Great Basin and the Great Plains, with the convergence of three major deserts, the Chihuahua, Sonora, and Mojave. The fishes of New Mexico (and the southwestern US) are characterized by high endemism, low diversity, and remarkable physiological tolerances. The MSB collections are particularly valuable because aquatic habitats in the region are declining as demands on water increase due to human population growth and global climate changes. The MSB collections of fishes provides a 80-year window on the natural history of New Mexico's imperiled native fishes and aquatic systems. The MSB has over 100,000 cataloged lots of fishes (ca. 4,153,582 specimens),representing 66 families, 200 genera, and 443 species. Approximately 1/3 of the collection consists of fish eggs and larvae as part of ongoing river monitoring programs and life history studies in desert fishes. The data in this occurrence resource has been published as a Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A), which is a standardized format for sharing biodiversity data as a set of one or more data tables. The core data table contains 102,601 records. 1 extension data tables also exist. An extension record supplies extra information about a core record. The number of records in each extension data table is illustrated below. download 102,601 records in English (19 MB) - Update frequency: monthly Division of Fishes, Museum of Southwestern Biology (MSB) The publisher and rights holder of this work is Museum of Southwestern Biology. To the extent possible under law, the publisher has waived all rights to these data and has dedicated them to the Public Domain (CC0 1.0). Users may copy, modify, distribute and use the work, including for commercial purposes, without restriction. This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: a2254f58-8bbf-41e6-ac4e-03d1683e0ce5. Museum of Southwestern Biology publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by U.S. Geological Survey. Curator of Fishes Museum of Southwestern Biology University of New Mexico 87131-0001 Albuquerque NM US Turnert@unm.edu (505) 277-7541 https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Thomas_Turner2 Museum of Southwestern Biology University of New Mexico 87131-0001 Albuquerque NM US amsnyder@unm.edu (505) 277-6005 http://msb.unm.edu/divisions/fishes/index.html The MSB Division of Fishes collections are from the southwestern US, primarily the Chihuahua Desert of New Mexico, with good representation from the Rio Grande,and the Gila, Pecos, Canadian, San Juan, and Zuni Rivers. The MSB Division of Fishes collections are predominately cypriniform fishes, collections of native and endemic minnows and suckers from the Rio Grande, Gila and Pecos Rivers; other well-represented groups fishes are the Cyprinodontidae, Ictaluridae, and Centrarchidae. http://www.vertnet.org/resources/norms.html a2254f58-8bbf-41e6-ac4e-03d1683e0ce5 http://ipt.vertnet.org:8080/ipt/resource?r=msb_fish	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0050.json.gz/line211
__label__wiki	0.859409	0.859409	IPTV India Shiv Sena calls for ban on ‘burqa’ though mouthpiece ‘Saamna’ Citing a ban on the burqa in Sri Lanka after the deadly Easter Sunday attacks, Shiv Sena mouthpiece ‘Saamna’ on Wednesday demanded the imposition of a similar ban in India. The Sena’s proposal, however, was rejected by another NDA ally, Union Minister Ramdas Athawale of the Republican Party of India, who said that burqa should not be banned as it forms part of the country’s tradition. The Shiv Sena editorial states “It has happened in Ravan’s Lanka. When will it happen in Ram’s Ayodhya? We ask this question to the PM as he is scheduled to visit Ayodhya on Wednesday.” Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to address a political rally near Ayodhya today. “The present government has made a law against Triple Talaq to stop the exploitation of Muslim women. After the ghastly bomb attacks, Sri Lanka has imposed a ban on the burqa and all types of face covers. President Maithripala Sirisena also announced that the decision has been taken for national security,” Saamna said in a write-up published on Wednesday. “We welcome this decision and in the national interest, we demand Prime Minister Modi to also follow the footsteps of Sri Lankan President and ban burqa and face covers in India as well,” the Shiv Sena mouthpiece said. In an editorial titled “Question to Prime Minister Modi, it happened in Ravan’s Lanka, when will it happen in Ram’s Ayodhya?”, Samna has also cited the death count of Colombo’s Easter Sunday attack to assert that the country which freed from itself of LTTE’s terrorism is now under the grip of Islamic terrorism. Sanjay Raut, Shiv Sena leader said, ” Burqa and niqab are not religious attires for India, they are being banned all over the world. If some people relate it to religion and Islam in India then they must not have read the Quran, they should read it properly.” RPI leader Ramdas Athwale, however, disagreed with the Sena’s proposal to ban the burqa in public places and said it is a tradition in India and there should be no ban on it. “Not all women who wear the burqa are terrorists if they are terrorists their burqa should be removed. It is a tradition and they have the right to wear it, there shouldn’t be a ban on the burqa in India,” Athwale said. Meanwhile, BJP’s national spokesperson GVL Narasimha Rao said there was no need for the imposition of any kind of ban in the country. “We have zero tolerance towards terrorism but I don’t think there is a need to impose any kind of ban as the country is already in safe hands of Prime Minister Modi. Everyone is free to make suggestions but the whole world knows that the Central government has effectively dealt with terrorism and I don’t think any new steps are required for this.” In its editorial, the Shiv Sena mouthpiece has pointed to countries namely France, New Zealand, Australia and Britain who have put a ban on the burqa. Shiv Sena also claimed that the practice of burqa has nothing to do with Islam and is actually, a practice that was adopted in the Arabian countries due to their climatic condition. “Basically, the burqa is not at all concerned with Islam, and Indian Muslims are following an arrangement of the Arab nation. At one time, to avoid desert heat and sunlight in the Arab nation, women used to cover their face and get out of the house. “In Maharashtra also when the temperature rises at many places, the women travelling through cycle and scooters cover their face with a cloth or handkerchief, but this usage is limited to that. But in this delusion or blind faith, that wearing a face cover or burqa is the order of Koran, Muslims continue to use it,” an excerpt of the Samna editorial reads. The Sri Lankan government on Sunday adopted measures to impose a complete ban on all types of burqas and face covers in the wake of the horrific terror bombings that rattled the entire country on Easter Sunday, claiming lives of more than 250 people and injuring hundreds. 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__label__wiki	0.647879	0.647879	City of Knoxville » Archived News Stories » 2007 » City and Sundown Partner with Keep Knoxville Beautiful City and Sundown Partner with Keep Knoxville Beautiful The City of Knoxville is pleased to be among the organizations partnering with Keep Knoxville Beautiful to make Sundown in the City a zero-waste event. The weekly concert series that begins April 12 will bring thousands of music lovers to Market Square every Thursday evening into late June.But in addition to the beautiful sounds and good times the events will also produce a few thousand pounds of trash - something Knoxville would like to reduce. With the help of Keep Knoxville Beautiful and it's other partners involved with a new waste reduction project the city hopes to do just that and keep thousands of pounds of trash out of its landfills.It approached Keep Knoxville Beautiful after it assisted in coordinating a zero waste effort to reduce waste materials at the 2006 Knoxville Earthfest from two tons to 150 pounds and asked if the organization could apply a similar strategy to Sundown in the City. "We did a study at Sundown last year and found that between one-and-a-half to two to three tons (of trash) per show is generated depending on the attendance," said John Homa, the city's solid waste specialist. "It's food and drink wastes mostly and, sometimes people bring materials into the site that really should not be there. In addition, we've still got restaurants open downtown and the vendors for the shows." "So it's quite a lot of material when you start to audit the site," he said. Tom Salter, executive director of Keep Knoxville Beautiful, indicated that the organization was excited about the effort and noted that the 1.5 to 2 tons of wastes normally produced by the Sundown in the City concerts typically end up in our landfills.Organizing Sundown as a zero waste event means that the materials generated on site will be collected for composting and recycling. City crews will take part in that effort. Recycling booths will be set up around the concert site and recycling containers will be placed in visible areas. Vendors have also agreed to distribute recyclable plastics and corn-resin based materials instead of non-recyclable materials like Styrofoam and tin foil. By limiting what is distributed and providing recycling and composting receptacles, the amount of trash sent to the landfill can be greatly reduced. Salter indicated that everyone could play a role in this effort. "To make Sundown zero-waste successful we are going to need help from concert goers," he said. "We hope that Knoxville citizens will volunteer their time with us during the concert to monitor the recycling containers and change out bags if they get full. Volunteers are also needed to assist people who come to the recycle tents to throw their items in the correct containers." Salter and Catherine Wilt of the University of Tennessee have received a grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to develop the waste reduction process created for EarthFest 2006 and Sundown into a "Zero-waste Event Guide" for use across the Southeast.Other partners in the zero-waste effort with Keep Knoxville Beautiful are AC Entertainment, the Environmental Protection Agency, Advanced Polymer Recycling, Knoxville Area Chamber Partnership, University of Tennessee, SP Recycling and Knox County.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0050.json.gz/line232
__label__cc	0.621068	0.378932	Social and economic rights The President’s requirements … Shameful deception as MPs quietly shelve restrictions on own salaries Even milked down attempt to reign in MPs’ appetites shelved Parliament refuses to reduce President’s and own perks MPs quietly reinstate generous benefits Azarov’s Cabinet of Ministers increases spending on itself Forbes.ua has investigated how 635 million UAH of public funding was spent on President Yanukovych: on hunting, fishing, cars, reception of guests and other expenses. None on open tender, and with absolutely no transparency. The authors write that the authorities don’t like to divulge how much President Yanukovych’s expenses cost the taxpayer and what exactly the money goes on. “It is known definitely that construction and repair work on the territory of state residences comes under the budgetary item “construction and repairs on priority objects of state and regional significance” but officials do not explain what those objects are. The only source of information which makes it possible to gauge how money is spent on the President’s upkeep is the Public Procurement Herald. From this one finds that in 2012 that in 2012 the State Department of Affairs [in Ukrainian DUS] and other structures purchase on tender work, goods and services to the tune of 635 million UAH. Since 2010 1.42 billion UAH has been spent on these things. For comparison, the State Intelligence Service in 2012 spent 531 million UAH. Not one tender for construction or repair work on presidential buildings was carried out through open tender. All tenders were run according to non-competitive procedure – procurement from one bidder. This made it possible to not waste time on explaining why one contractor specifically was chosen, and not to publish the technical scope of the tender. After all it is that document which makes it clear precisely what work and materials have been ordered. This enables one to judge whether the price in each specific case is fair as well as about the level of luxury at this or that location. Not, however, when it comes to the President. The expenditure which is already hefty does not take into account the potential benefit to the State budget lost through the fault of the President and his service structures. … 30 thousand hectares of hunting ground near Sukholuchya outside Kyiv and 9 thousand hectares near Medved-gory in the Crimea could have been sold or leased out. Instead, these reserve lands have been handed over free of charge for 49 years to the “presidential” society of hunters and fishermen “Kedr”. The photos and figures for individual “priority objects” and / or expenses can be viewed here	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0050.json.gz/line235
__label__wiki	0.508782	0.508782	Graff Diamonds Reveals Largest D Flawless Heart-Shaped Diamond In The World The Graff Venus Graff Diamonds just unveiled “The Graff Venus.” At 118.78 carats, the London-based jeweler said it is the world’s largest D-color, flawless heart-shaped diamond. This is a diamond that is not only large but is among the purest in color, clarity and cut. The D color grade means it is colorless, the top of the color scale for diamonds. It is flawless, the top of the clarity scale. It is a Type IIa diamond, meaning it is almost or entirely devoid of impurities. They make up between 1 and 2 percent of all natural diamonds. The diamond also possesses excellent polish, excellent symmetry and no fluorescence—again the very highest accolades a diamond can achieve. The Graff Venus was cut from a 357-carat rough diamond discovered in 2015 at the Letšeng Mine in Lesotho, the company said, addition that Laurence Graff, the founder of the London-based high jewelry brand, “knew instinctively that hidden within its depths lay the potential to create diamond history—it displayed an outstanding size, color and clarity of the highest standard.” The company added, “A heart shape diamond must be perfectly faceted and entirely symmetrical to ensure a perfect silhouette and exquisite scintillation. The exceptional size of the heart required the development of special tools and new technologies. The process was incredibly risky and tense.” From discovery to completion, the process of analysis, cutting and polishing the diamond took 18 months. More than half of the world’s top 20 largest diamonds discovered this century have been cut and polished by Graff. Please join me on the Jewelry News Network Facebook Page, on Twitter @JewelryNewsNet, the Forbes website and on Instagram @JewelryNewsNetwork Labels: diamonds, gems, graff diamonds, high jewelry, Laurence Graff, Luxury, world record The Popular Solange HOTLIPS Rings Now Available Online British high jeweler Solange Azagury Partridge has launched a new eCommerce website in the U.S., offering her famous HOTLIPS core collection of rings for an obtainable $95. They normally sell for $2,000. Known simply as Solange, the jeweler specializes in one-of-a-kind creations that are showcased in the wildly creative interiors of her boutiques. Her pieces appear in the collections of the Musee des Arts Decoratives in Paris and the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. Her most popular collection is HOTLIPS, rings in the shape of lips made of 18k gold often covered with colorful details made of everything from hand-painted lacquer to precious gems. They became her most iconic item, popular with many celebrities, including Scarlett Johansson, Lady Gaga, Penelope Cruz, Emma Watson and Cara Delevingne. Solange Azagury Partridge The rings for the U.S. website will be made of silver and hand-painted lacquer for an attainable price of $95.00 at www.hotlipsbysolange.com. Her core collection is now available and consists of: * Classic Red signifying the passion and power of love; * Black Cherry signifying a mysterious kind of love; * Bubblegum Pink signifying an innocent and sweet kiss; and * Nude signifying an elegant and sophisticated kiss. More colors and designs will be released throughout the next year, including a collaboration with Project (RED) around World Aids Day and a series of flag rings. Labels: eCommerce, jewelry, lips, retail, Solange Jewelry Fair VicenzaOro Involved In Merger Of Two Italian Companies Matteo Marzotto, vice president (left), and Lorenzo Cagnoni, president, of the newly formed Italian Exhibition Group Two Italian trade fair companies, Fiera di Vicenza Spa and Rimini Fiera Spa, have merged to form the Italian Exhibition Group. Fair representatives said Friday that this alliance makes the new entity a “top player in Italy” in terms of directly organized shows with 61 fairs in its portfolio (90% own by the trade fair organizations) and 160 other events and congresses. The company also says it is the first example of a merger between trade show enterprises in Italy. The new entity will be the promotion and internationalization platform for the entire “Made in Italy” production chain, meaning products will be designed in such a way that it will meet the needs of users in many countries, the companies said in a joint statement. Fiera di Vicenza in Italy’s Veneto region serves as the home of VicenzaOro, the Italian jewelry industry’s largest trade fair, held three times per year. It is one of the 61 trade shows the combined organization hosts at three venues in several product categories including Food & Beverage, Green Investment, Technology, Entertainment, Tourism, Transport, Wellness, and Lifestyle & Innovation. Rimini Fiera Spa, located in the coastal city of Rimini in Italy’s Emilia-Romagna region, has two facilities: Rimini Fiera and Palacongressi Rimini. There was no mention in the joint announcement of how the merger will affect individual trade fairs. However, Italian Exhibition Group said there are no changes planned with either the names of the distinct fair venues or their operations. The new Italian Exhibition Group logo Perhaps the boldest statement by Italian Exhibition Group is its goal to be a publicly listed company and to act as the unifying element for other trade show organizations. While the merger is being billed as a coming together of equals, it appears that Rimini will be the dominate player of the two. Lorenzo Cagnoni, president of Rimini Fiera will now serve as president and CEO of Italian Exhibition Group. Matteo Marzotto, president of Fiera di Vicenza, has been named vice president. In addition, the announcement was made in Rimini Friday. Labels: Italy, trade fairs, Vicenzaoro China International Gold, Jewellery & Gem Fair – Shanghai kicks off November 18 The China International Gold, Jewellery & Gem Fair – Shanghai for the Eastern China market will be held November 18-21 at the Shanghai World Expo Exhibition & Convention Center. Now on its 12th edition, the Shanghai Fair will host more than 300 exhibitors from 17 countries and regions. The latest contemporary jewelry and classic bestsellers will be displayed in over 11,000 square meters of exhibition space. Large groups of exhibitors, such as those from Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Korea and India as brand new exhibitor will showcase their products under their respective pavilions. This year’s Shanghai Fair will unveil a host of new features, including the Asia-Pacific Jewellery & Watch Expo. The new exhibition will be held concurrently with the Shanghai Fair. It will offer a range of arts and crafts, timepieces and jewelry products. The new exhibition is a result of UBM Asia’s strategic alliance with the Shanghai NIU International Exhibition Co Ltd making the concept “one site two fairs,” become a reality. The Asia-Pacific Jewellery & Watch Expo is co-organized by the China National Light Industry Council, Shanghai Municipal Commission of Economy and Informatization Division of Foreign Economy. There are seven brand new pavilions at this exhibition, they are: Beijing Arts and Crafts Association, Guangzhou Light Industry Arts and Crafts Enterprise, Hunan Embroidery Research Institute, Committee of Collection and Research of China Horologe Association, Shanghai Gem and Jade Trading Center Co Ltd, Shanghai Timepiece Trade Association, and the Shanghai Jade Carving Culture Association. The pavilions will showcase a range of jewelry and gemstone products, luxury and antique timepieces, and arts and crafts. For instance, there are the “Eight Great Crafts of Yanjing,” representing traditional China’s palace art from Beijing; exquisite and noble antique silverware from the east and west, and, timeless embroidery that reflect the unique craftsmanship of artisans. Others attractions include: Sri Lanka Pavilion – Over 40 exhibitors under the Sri Lanka Pavilion showcasing the world renowned Ceylon Sapphire and a vast array of rough and polished gemstones. Taiwan Pavilion – Around 30 Taiwan exhibitors specializing in Grade A fei cui jewelry and all kinds of high-quality coral and gemstone jewelry. Korean Pavilion – Korean exhibitors offer a wide range of the latest fashion jewelry with trendy and innovative designs popular among teens. India Pavilion – The brand new India Pavilion will debut at this edition of the Shanghai Fair. The exhibitors will showcase India’s unique jewelry craftsmanship in gold jewelry manufacturing and diamond cutting and polishing. Special events – Jewelry design award ceremony, jewelry and craft auction, and educational seminars. Labels: China, jewelry, Shanghai, trade fair Stars Glitter In Harry Winston Jewels At amfAR Benefit Charlize Theron, wearing Harry Winston accepts the amfAR Award of Inspiration onstage at amfAR’s Inspiration Gala Los Angeles sponsored by Harry Winston at Milk Studios. (Photo by Stefanie Keenan/Getty Images for Harry Winston) Charlize Theron, Lea Michele, Victoria Justice, Angela Lindvall and Erica Pelosini were among the stars adorned in Harry Winston jewels at the amfAR Inspiration Gala, held Thursday at Milk Studios in Los Angeles. amfAR’s Inspiration Gala Los Angeles sponsored by Harry Winston at Milk Studios on October 27, 2016 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Stefanie Keenan/Getty Images for Harry Winston) Luxury jewelry and watch brand, Harry Winston, is in the second year of a three-year international partnership with amfAR, The Foundation for AIDS Research, and served as the presenting sponsor of the star-studded Hollywood event, which benefits the foundation’s AIDS research programs. Model Heidi Klum, Regional Vice President at Harry Winston, Michael Moser and businesswoman Paris Hilton attend amfAR’s Inspiration Gala Los Angeles sponsored by Harry Winston at Milk Studios on October 27, 2016, in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Stefanie Keenan/Getty Images for Harry Winston) The event honored Jeffrey Katzenberg and Theron for their outstanding contributions in the fight against AIDS. Each was presented with the limited-edition Harry Winston Countdown to a Cure timepiece. Limited to 20 men and 20 women pieces, it is sold exclusively through Harry Winston boutiques. Twenty percent of sales go toward amfAR's efforts to develop the scientific basis of a cure for HIV by 2020. Jeffrey Katzenberg accepts the amfAR Award of Inspiration at amfAR’s Inspiration Gala Los Angeles sponsored by Harry Winston at Milk Studios on October 27, 2016, in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Stefanie Keenan/Getty Images for Harry Winston) Part of Harry Winston’s timeless Midnight Collection, the men’s version of the automatic watch features a 42mm white gold case with a navy blue dial accented with a multicolor gradient, representing amfAR’s Countdown to a Cure campaign colors that symbolize the fade of the disease from crisis to cure. The women’s 32mm model is set with 12 brilliant-cut diamonds and 19 vivid gemstones, from rubies and sapphires to spessartite garnets. Other stars attending the event included Heidi Klum, Dita Von Teese, Jane Lynch, Cheyenne Jackson and Jon Hamm. Theron accepted her award wearing Harry Winston chandelier earrings with 32.57 carats of diamonds set in platinum and the Secret Cluster ring with 6.6 carats set in platinum. Actress Lea Michele wearing Harry Winston at amfAR’s Inspiration Gala Los Angeles at Milk Studios on October 27, 2016 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Stefanie Keenan/Getty Images for Harry Winston) Michele was decked out in 180 carats worth of Harry Winston diamond and platinum jewels, including the Combination Diamond Necklace and Bracelet (88.34 carats and 68.57 carats, respectively), Emerald-Cut Diamond Earstuds (3.15 carats), Cushion-Cut Micropave Diamond Ring, (4.98 carats), Radiant-Cut Diamond Rock Band (8.3 carats) and Oval Diamond Rock Band (6.47 carats). Stylist Erica Pelosini wearing Harry Winston at amfAR’s Inspiration Gala Los Angeles at Milk Studios on October 27, 2016 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Stefanie Keenan/Getty Images for Harry Winston) Pelosini wore 60 carats of Harry Winston jewels, including the 44.34-carat Marquesa Diamond Cluster Necklace matched with the Tulp diamond bracelet (12.86 carats), Straight Line Diamond Bracelet, (2.54 carats), Crossover Diamond Ring (1.63 carats) and Micropave Diamond Dome Band (1.09 carats) Actress Victoria Justice wearing Harry Winston at amfAR’s Inspiration Gala Los Angeles at Milk Studios on October 27, 2016 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Stefanie Keenan/Getty Images for Harry Winston) Justice wore Harry Winston Cluster Diamond Earrings and Stacked Diamond Bands; and Lindvall was adorned in Open Belle Diamond Drop Earrings Model Angela Lindvall wearing Harry Winston attends amfAR’s Inspiration Gala Los Angeles sponsored by Harry Winston at Milk Studios. (Photo by Stefanie Keenan/Getty Images for Harry Winston) The amfAR Inspiration series was launched in 2010 to celebrate men’s fashion and style while raising funds for amfAR’s lifesaving AIDS research programs. Since its inception, Inspiration galas have been held in New York, Los Angeles, Paris, São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Toronto, and Miami. To date, Inspiration events have raised more than $26 million for amfAR. Labels: amfAR, celebrity, Charlize Theron, Harry Winston, high jewelry, Hollywood, Los Angeles, Luxury, timepieces, watches Rio Tinto, Chow Tai Fook Renew Sponsorships For JNA Awards 2017 JNA Awards "Honoured Partners" signing ceremony for 2017 Rio Tinto Diamonds and Chow Tai Fook Jewellery Group continue to lead the JNA Awards for the sixth consecutive year as “Headline Partners” of the highly anticipated event in the jewelry and gemstone industry. The partner renewal signing ceremony took place during the Awards gala dinner on September 14, attended by more than 500 industry professionals in Hong Kong. Also returning as “Honoured Partners” are Shanghai Diamond Exchange, Guangdong Gems & Jade Exchange, and Guangdong Land Holdings Limited. The JNA Awards recognizes and honors companies and individuals that have demonstrated excellence, leadership and innovation, with a special focus on Asia, and whose ideas and actions have made a positive impact on their businesses and communities. The 2016 JNA Awards held September 14 "The support shown to us by these industry leaders is nothing short of remarkable. Their resounding commitment and support drives us to continue to elevate the jewellery trade and to bring this event to where it is today," said Wolfram Diener, senior VP of UBM Asia. Letitia Chow, founder of JNA, director of Business Development -- Jewellery Group at UBM Asia, and Chair of the JNA Awards judging panel, added, "We have been very privileged to be able to work closely with our partners who share our vision and core values, and help make this a highly regarded and meaningful event for the trade. It is also extremely encouraging to see the continuous support from both our Headline and Honoured Partners, especially Rio Tinto Diamonds, Chow Tai Fook Jewellery Group, and Shanghai Diamond Exchange, who have joined us in this journey since the very beginning.” The JNA Awards 2016 Ceremony and Gala Dinner honored 15 Recipients in 11 categories. Labels: Hong Kong, jewelry awards, JNA Awards The ‘Ratnaraj’ 10-Carat Ruby Could Achieve $12.5 Million At Christie’s A rare 10.05-carat Burmese Pigeon’s Blood ruby ring will be the lead item at Christie’s Hong Kong Magnificent Jewels sale on November 29. It has a pre-sale estimate of $8.8 million to $12.5 million. Known as the “Ratnaraj” (“King of Precious Stones” in Sanskrit), the auction house says it boasts “significant size, illuminating redness and flawless crystal structure.” The gem comes from the House of Faidee, a century-old gem and jewelry firm known for its trophy collection of Burmese rubies and Kashmiri sapphires. Only a few appear on the market each year. Christie’s says it is extremely rare for a ruby over 5 carats to exhibit exceptional saturation and natural red fluorescence categorized as “pigeon’s blood.” The Magnificent Jewels auction will be held at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. Labels: Burma rubies, Christie's, Hong Kong, Jewelry auction New Jewels From Wallace Chan, Reza and Otto Jakob At TEFAF New York In recent years Wallace Chan has increased his participation at international art fairs. Nearly as big a story as the jewels he exhibits are the well-heeled collectors from Hong Kong and China who fly to various parts of the world specifically to support his efforts. TEFAF New York Fall was no different. Blue sapphire ring owned by avid collector of Wallace Chan’s works, Lynn Hsieh, a Hong Kong business woman, socialite and former Taiwanese child movie star. She came from Hong Kong to view Chan’s latest exhibition at the TEFAF New York Fall art fair. Photo by Anthony DeMarco During the press and VIP preview on Friday I met Lynn Hsieh. In addition to being an avid collector of Wallace Chan’s jewels, she is a Hong Kong business woman, socialite and former Taiwanese child movie star. She said she came to both support the artist and possibly add to her collection. She was wearing a ring and matching earrings made of large cabochon blue sapphires highlighted by yellow diamonds, miniature natural pearls and lapis lazuli. Matching blue sapphire ring owned by Lynn Hsieh, who came from Hong Kong to view Chan’s latest exhibition at the TEFAF New York Fall art fair. Photo by Anthony DeMarco Among Chan’s new pieces he brought to the fair is “A Tale of Two Dragons,” a pair of brooches being sold as a set made primarily of a white jade dragon belt hook from china’s Qianlong Period (1736-1795); with emerald, ruby, sapphire, pink sapphire and fancy colored diamonds. Tale of Two Dragons brooches by Wallace Chan The white jade was split in two and elaborately carved with titanium and covered with colorful precious gems to create mirror images of a mother and father raising a son and daughter. The reverse of the Tale of Two Dragons Brooch shown at TEFAF New York Fall. Photo by Anthony DeMarco While Chan is noted for his elaborate artistry and complicated techniques, he also lets particular gems stand largely on their own. This includes another one of his new pieces, the “Night of Violet,” a 116.2-carat amethyst faceted in a pillow-like display on a ring (video at top of the page). The presentation seems simplistic but there is complexity within the piece. Although mounted on titanium, the gem is mysteriously set on the ring without a visible metal claw. The gem is flanked by two triangle-shaped amethysts. The three gems are bordered by rows of yellow and white diamonds. A ruby is set at the back of the “Night of Violet” ring, which Chan calls the eye of a dragon, a token of love, power and wisdom. Photo by Anthony DeMarco Parisian jeweler, Reza, formerly Alexandre Reza, brought new pigeon blood ruby pieces to TEFAF, led by chandelier earrings. Another item of note was a large, elaborate emerald and yellow gold necklace created by the jewelry house in 1980. Earrings by Reza feature 34 pebble pigeon blood rubies weighing 35.92 carats, 84 princess cut diamonds weighing 2.19 carats and 148 marquise-cut diamonds weighing 8.69 carats. Set on white polished gold German jeweler Otto Jakob introduced colorful miniature jewelry creations, including “Bailaoras” earrings made of yellow, rose and white gold, diamonds and vitreous enamel, made by fusing powdered glass to gold by firing. This technique and polishing createsan intense red glow to the poppy feathers. An articulated chain of black diamonds leads to a rose gold capsule with a crown of white gold that is micro pavé-set. Emerald and yellow gold necklace created by Reza in 1980. Photo by Anthony DeMarco Otto Jakob's “Bailaoras” earrings made of yellow, rose and white gold, diamonds and vitreous enamel. Photo by Anthony DeMarco Labels: art fair, high jewelry, Reza, TEFAF New York, Wallace Chan TEFAF New York Fall Features Contemporary, Vintage and Period High Jewels “Stilled Life,” brooch by Wallace Chan depicts a cicada made primarily of imperial quality green jade. Its wings are made of wafer-thin green jade and its hands clutch a cabochon lavender jade The inaugural TEFAF New York Fall art fair opens today (Friday) with a preview starting at 5 p.m. at the Park Avenue Armory that will benefit The Society of Memorial Sloan Kettering. The fair will officially to the general public Saturday and run till October 26. TEFAF (The European Fine Art Fair) is an offshoot of the famed annual event TEFAF in Maastricht, Netherlands, and the first time the organization is holding its fair outside Europe. Participating dealers were selected by a committee comprising four members of the TEFAF New York Board members and four external US art experts. Among the 94 dealers of fine art, design and furniture will be at least 10 high jewelry artists and dealers exhibiting masterpieces in contemporary, antique and period jewels. Perhaps the most anticipated of the contemporary jewelry artists is Wallace Chan. The Hong Kong-based jeweler is known for his imaginative jewelry designs, groundbreaking gem sculpting techniques and the spectacular prices his creations reportedly earn (even though he never discusses price). Among the pieces he will be showing this year are two sculptured bejeweled brooches. The first, “Stilled Life,” depicts a cicada made primarily of imperial quality green jade. Its wings are made of wafer-thin green jade and its hands clutch a cabochon lavender jade. Jade beads throughout the piece are embedded using the tenon-and-mortise technique. The overwhelming green of the cicada is the result of Wallace Chan’s jade-thinning-and-luminosity-enhancing invention that he patented in 2002. Pigeon blood ruby eyes provide the finishing touch. The piece is billed as a brooch and sculpture. When not worn it comes with a bamboo sculpture of crystal, yellow diamond, pink sapphire, diamond and tsavorite garnet that serves as a base for the winged insect. Aspara by Wallace Chan The second piece is Apsara, Chan’s interpretation of the nymph’s ethereal and artistic qualities that include a body tattooed with cloud-and-water motifs and her gemstone-embellished ribbon resembling trails of stars. In her outstretched hands is a 4.04-carat fancy intense yellow diamond. Other gems include emerald, pink, yellow and green diamonds and crystal. Emerald and diamond long earrings by Reza Place Vendôme high jeweler, Reza, is set to unveil a number of high jewelry contemporary works. The centerpiece is a new series of jewelry with gem quality pigeon blood untreated cabochon rubies, richly chromatic and architectural in design. Earrings made of jade, diamonds, bronze and white gold by Hemmerle In addition, there will be two high jewelers from Germany: Hemmerle and Otto Jakob. The first is known for creating colorful, refined artistic jewelry creations using unusual materials such as aluminum and wood. The second specializes in highly detailed and elaborate Renaissance-inspired pieces made of rare and natural materials. There will be a number of dealers who specialize in antique, vintage and period jewelry and watches. Fighting Cock brooches by Cartier made of gold and various gems, 1945, being exhibited by Wartski Among them is Wartski, the 151-year-old London antique dealer perhaps best known for its “royal warrant of appointment,” as one of a handful of jewelers that supply goods and services to the British royal family. Geoffrey Munn, managing director, is one of Britain’s foremost authorities on antique jewelry with a particular emphasis on 19th-century precious metalwork and Fabergé. The firm is bringing jewels ranging from a 17th Century talisman object to contemporary works from Parisian jeweler, Cartier, and U.S. designer, Tony Duquette. The Cole Porter diamond and ruby necklace designed by Fulco, di Verdura, for Paul Flato. It is being exhibited by Siegelson New York-based Siegelson will be exhibiting a number of pieces including items from Jean Fouquet and Cartier. One highlight is the Cole Porter diamond necklace created by Fulco di Verdura for Paul Flato that simulates a belt with a buckle. Gold, enamel and diamond Orchid brooch by Paulding Farnham for'Tiffany & Co' New York, 1890 being exhibited by Véronique Bamps Monaco-based Véronique Bamps specializes in European and American jewelry dating from the early 19th century to the 1950s. She will bring a range of collectible pieces, including a late 19th Century gold, enamel and diamond brooch by Tiffany & Co; as well as jewels from Cartier, René Boivin and Van Cleef & Arpels. Diamond and platinum ring by Suzanne Belperron, circa 1930, being exhibited by SJ Shrubsole Among the jewelry pieces being shown by New York-based Primavera Gallery is a Victorian ring for Queen Mary of Scots. SJ Shrubsole, also in New York, will showcase a diamond and platinum ring by Suzanne Belperron. From the Netherlands is A. Aardewerk Antiquair Juwelier. In addition to jewelry, exhibitors will present works across multiple collecting areas including furniture, art and interior design. It also includes at decoration, ceramics, glass, silver, textiles, tapestries, antiquities, paintings, sculptures, books, manuscripts, autographs, arms and armor, Tribal, Oceanic and Ethnographic Art, Asian Art and Fabergé. The New York Fall fair is a joint venture between TEFAF and the art investment advisory firm, Artvest Partners. Labels: antique jewelry, designer jewelry, estate jewelry, high jewelry, jewelry artists, new york, period jewelry, Wallace Chan Hong Kong Jewelry Fair Attracts 55,000 Buyers The September Hong Kong Jewellery & Gem Fair trade fair capped its 34th edition with 55,768 unique buyers from 147 countries and regions. The attendance, which still ranks the annual event as the top fine jewelry trade fair in the world, is a 3.2 percent decline from the prior year. It is the second consecutive year that the fair saw a drop in attendance. In 2015, the fair attracted 57,616 unique visitors, which was a 2.5 percent drop from the prior year. There was also a decline in the number of exhibitors at the fair. The 3,615 exhibitors from 55 countries and regions was a 3.6 percent decline over the prior year. Celine Lau, director of Jewellery Fairs, UBM Asia, noted that the buyers remained optimistic and centered on large carat diamonds, precious stones, South Sea pearls, fine finished jewelry, tools, packaging and equipment. “We observed that the number of quality buyers remained steady at this edition; their presence is an encouraging sign that points to the jewelry industry’s continued development and significant growth,” Lau said. Certain countries showed growth in visitor numbers, among them: * India, up by 423 visitors, around 14-percent increase from last year; * Myanmar, up by 196 visitors or roughly 75 percent up from last year; * Belgium, up by 106 buyers or around 32 percent up from last year; * Australia up by 80 visitors or roughly 12 percent up from last year; Japan up by 78 visitors or 6 percent up from last year; * United Kingdom, up by 76 visitors or roughly 22 percent up from last year; and Israel up by 66 visitors or roughly 25 percent up from last year. Below is an additional breakdown of visitor numbers at the Fair, held at the AsiaWorld-Expo from September 13 to 17 and the Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre from September 15 to 19: * The number of visits recorded during the Fair was 118,799. * Hong Kong-based visitors totaled 16,328, accounting for nearly 30 percent of the total number of visitors. The rest of the visitors: 39,440, or over 70 percent of the overall total, were from overseas. * Top 10 sources of visitors: The largest group of visitors came from mainland China. At 17,412, the number of visitors from mainland China again surpassed the number of Hong Kong-based visitors. Hong Kong region follows with 16,328; India, 3,403; the United States, 1,948; Taiwan region, 1,670; Thailand, 1,605; Japan, 1,398; the Philippines, 1,144; Korea, 988 and Australia, 738. Commenting on the fact that 70 percent of the total number of visitors was from outside Hong Kong, Lau says this makes the September Fair a very good barometer of business sentiment in the jewelry industry. Lau added that the September Fair takes the lead in setting agenda that would contribute to the development of the jewelry industry. She noted the launch of a new initiative, called the “Declaration Programme on Exhibits of Natural Diamond.” Participants in the program had a poster from the initiative, demonstrating to buyers that diamonds from these exhibitors were natural. This program provided an easier and quicker way for buyers to make an informed decision when purchasing diamonds. Participants in the program were members of global diamond trade organizations, including the Diamond Federation of Hong Kong, the Antwerp World Diamond Center, Belgium, and the Israel Diamond Institute. “It is in our interest, and in the industry’s interest, that we provide a healthy and professional business environment,” said Wolfram Diener, senior vice president of UBM Asia. “The program ensures that buyers get the proper, sufficient information about the products being offered at our fairs. We know there is a market for both natural and synthetic diamonds, and we want to be a platform for both. We are happy to have both at our show, but it is important that the buyers are well informed.” Lau added: “The feedback from the participants regarding this initiative was positive. They acknowledged that we are going in the right direction.” Participants also saw improved security measures on “Identity Verification at Entrance” in place; UBM Asia initiated the enhancements last year. During the September Fair, nine seminars, one diamond auction, two pearl auctions, one conference, four jewelry fashion shows and other special events were held at the two venues. Next year, both the June Fair and the September Fair will reach new milestones: the June Fair will celebrate its 30th anniversary while the September Fair will celebrate its 35th anniversary. “We are planning some new features that will further enhance buyer experience at our shows,” Lau said. “We will launch a new theme pavilion named CORE, which will be located in Hall 1C-E at the HKCEC. It will house esteemed fine finished jewelry companies that have supported the Jewellery & Gem Fairs, and consider Hong Kong as the platform from which they grow their business. In the process, they have helped propel the city and witnessed its rise as a global jewelry industry powerhouse.” Labels: diamonds, gemstones, Hong Kong, jewelry trade fair, jewels Asia’s Fashion Jewellery & Accessories Fair Attracts 7,500 Buyers The 14th edition of Asia’s Fashion Jewellery & Accessories Fair – September attracted 7,501 international buyers over four days. The majority of buyers came from overseas—from 103 countries and regions—accounting for 56 percent over the overall total. Buyers from mainland China and Hong Kong accounted for the remaining 27 percent and 17 percent, respectively. The fair was held September 13 - 16 at AsiaWorld-Expo in Hong Kong. The top 10 sources of visitors, excluding China and Hong Kong were led by India, USA, Japan, Taiwan region, Korea, Thailand, Australia, Italy, Germany, and the Philippines. Altogether, the top 10 accounted for roughly 35 percent of the total number of visitors. “The visitor statistics reflect 9FJ’s international status and industry support for this event. This edition also benefitted from our increased investment in promotional activities across different channels as well as the exciting attractions it offers, such as the popular Editor’s Choice,” said Celine Lau, Director of Jewellery Fairs at UBM Asia Ltd. The fair occupied 11,360 sqm of exhibition space with 402 exhibitors from 14 countries and regions. There were five group pavilions at the fair, representing mainland China, India, Korea, the Philippines and Taiwan region. “With men’s jewellery trending up, the Stainless Steel Jewellery Pavilion continues to be a popular destination for buyers,” Lau said. Labels: Costume jewelry, fashion jewelry, Hong Kong, jewelry trade fair 8-Carat ‘Sky Blue Diamond’ Could Be Yours For $25 Million The latest blue diamond to come up for auction is an 8.01-carat fancy vivid blue diamond being called the “Sky Blue Diamond.” It is the top item in Sotheby’s auction of Magnificent Jewels and Noble Jewels in Geneva to be held November 16. The ring set on a Cartier mount surrounded by white diamonds, has a presale estimate of $15 - $25 million. Describing the diamond, David Bennett, worldwide chairman of Sotheby’s International Jewellery Division, said, “The Sky Blue Diamond is of a wonderfully clear celestial blue, presented in an extremely elegant square emerald cut—in my view, the most flattering of all the cuts for a colored diamond.” In recent years, colored diamonds have been highly prized at auctions with blue diamonds being the most sought after—setting numerous records. Among them: * The 14.62-carat “Oppenheimer Blue” diamond, which sold for more than $57.5 million at Christie’s Geneva in May, setting a world record for any jewel sold at auction. * The 12.03-carat “Blue Moon of Josephine,” which sold for $48.4 million at Sotheby’s Geneva, November 2015, setting a world record for the price per carat for any diamond or gem at just over $4 million. * The 9.75-carat Zoe Diamond, which sold for more than $32.5 million at Sotheby’s New York, November 2014. * The 10.10-carat Millennium Blue Fancy, which sold for more than $31.8 million at Sotheby’s Hong Kong, April 2016. * The 24.18-carat “Cullinan Dream,” which sold for $25.3 million at Christie’s New York in June. Labels: auction, blue diamonds, Cartier, diamonds, gems, Geneva, jewelry, Sotheby's Portland Jewelry Symposium: A Forum For Innovation In The Jewelry Industry Jim Tuttle of Green Lake Jewelry Works, Jennifer Dawes of Jennifer Dawes Design and Travis Isaacson of Lashbrook, spoke about their personal experiences with selling custom jewelry. Photo by Anthony DeMarco Jewelry professionals who attended the ninth annual Portland Jewelry Symposium received a great deal of information on the technology, craft and artistry of jewelry making. They discovered ways to improve their business and their digital media results; and they learned about the responsibility associated with the making and selling of jewelry. The event held Sunday and Monday in Portland, Ore., was attended by 125 jewelry professionals (primarily independent business owners) from 12 western states and Canada, including designers, manufacturers, metalsmiths and retailers. Its focus this year was responsible sourcing (as I have written about previously: link and link) but in the eight sessions on Monday presenters exchanged ideas on a number of topics ranging from the highly technical to the wildly creative. The more technical presentations included Jim Binnion, an expert on metalsmithing and goldsmithing techniques who discussed his process for developing a new method for preparing 3D acrylic photopolymer patterns for investment casting, a complicated but important topic with the recent proliferation of 3D printers in the jewelry industry. Teresa Frye, founder of the Portland Jewelry Symposium, provides an overview of what jewelers should known about precious metals metallurgy. Photo by Anthony DeMarco Teresa Frye, founder of the Portland Jewelry Symposium and owner and president of TechForm Advanced Casting Technology in Portland, presented a technical overview of what jewelers should known about precious metals metallurgy. This includes discussions on porosity, microstructure, mechanical strength, and the effects of alloying elements. Frye said she started the symposium nine years ago to fill a need in the northwest United States primarily for independent jewelry retailers, designers and manufacturers. The event has steadily grown over the years. Frye said the symposium prides itself on being a non-commercial venue for jewelry professionals. Jewelry designer Chris Ploof describes the creative process during his presentation on Mokume Gane. Photo by Anthony DeMarco It was modeled after the Santa Fe Symposium, founded more than 30 years ago by Eddie Bell, director of technology for Rio Grande, Inc., perhaps the largest jewelry industry supplier of tools, equipment and know-how in the U.S. Frye has participated in the event as a presenter and attendee for many years. The Santa Fe Symposium is international, attracts some of the largest jewelry companies and is the closest thing to a scientific process in the jewelry industry. Large manufacturing representatives present highly technical white papers on new findings in jewelry making production. The non-commercial networking aspect among these professionals is cited as one of the key reasons for its success. Frye says the Portland symposium is a bit different in that it is geared toward smaller companies and is bit broader in terms of presenting highly technical white papers with artistic and business presentations. It received the blessing of Eddie Bell and Rio Grande is one of its major sponsors, providing bench jewelry demonstrations. Frye expressed confidence that the Portland symposium will continue to grow. “There’s a national need for this type of non-commercial event in the type of setting with a more intimate environment than a tradeshow.” Several attendees said the non-commercial networking environment is one of the best parts of the annual gathering. “You don’t feel like you’re in an environment where you’re being sold. You are able to relax a little and enjoy the people who are here,” said Jennifer Shaline a bench jeweler at Beaudet Jewelry, Eugene, Ore. The self-claimed “too junkie” was also at the show headhunting for full-time employees. This is her second time at the event. Networking had a direct impact on jewelry designer Ali Peret of Troutdale, Ore. He was specifically looking to find information on 3D jewelry design. The schedule didn’t have this topic this year but during networking he met a 3D jewelry design instructor from the Gemological Institute of America. “This is exactly why I come,” said Peret, who has attended the symposium a few times in the past. Andrea Hill describes how to adapt Lean Manufacturing to small jewelry operations. Photo by Anthony DeMarco Andrea Hill of Hill Management Group, a consultancy for the jewelry industry, presented a tutorial on Lean Manufacturing, a systematic method for the elimination of waste within a manufacturing system. This system was developed in Japan and is flexible enough to use for a variety of manufacturing processes, including those in the jewelry industry. “It’s a system that trains an organization to look at itself from the outside in and to make all improvements accordingly,” Hill told the jewelers. “It provides value through the eyes of the customer by designing your business and processes around your customer.” She added, “This core concept of lean is very accessible to the small business and if you’ll embrace you’ll see benefits in your business.” Hill has been a longtime presenter and attendee of both The Portland and Santa Fe Symposiums. “Teresa (Frye) does a really good job,” Hill said after her presentation. “She packs a lot of content into a day.” She adds that’s there is no other place in the northwest United States where such a diverse group of jewelry professionals can get together in such a supportive environment. Chris Ploof explains the true worth of what someone buys from a designer. Photo by Anthony DeMarco Jewelry designer Chris Ploof of Leominster Mass., gave a presentation on the history of the Japanese art of Mokume Gane and described techniques to produce the distinctive design in a modern jewelry workshop. It was one of the more entertaining and informative presentations on such a difficult topic. It included a chart on the artist process that read: “Work begins; F#*k off; panic; All the work while crying; Deadline” Mokume Gane is a technique that produces a wood-like grain in metal. It’s done by fusing several layers of different colored precious metals together then manipulating it in a way that a pattern resembling wood grain emerges over the surface. There are several techniques are used to produce a variety of effects. Three jewelry designers (Jim Tuttle of Green Lake Jewelry Works, Jennifer Dawes of Jennifer Dawes Design and Travis Isaacson of Lashbrook), spoke about their personal experiences with selling custom jewelry. Lake Giles of Thinkspace Jeweler of Portland, which creates cloud-driven website management systems and internet marketing services for jewelers, told attendees how they can successfully manage their own website Search Engine Optimization (SEO) without hiring consultants. “There are better ways to advertising digitally,” he said. “Google ad words, Pandora radio, Facebook, email marketing lists. They all have their pros and cons. SEO is frequently less attractive than these other channels. He also encouraged jewelers to use social media (perhaps the only industry on earth that needs such encouragement). “At least create those accounts, claim those business names on social media sites shows your biz is alive,” he said. 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__label__cc	0.742478	0.257522	Support Jewrotica Jewrotica Resources and Reviews Preparing For Your Event Subscribe to Jewrotica Dear Jewrotica Submit a confession Home / Columns / A Spirit of Folly A Spirit of Folly By Sender Rozesz on June 16, 2016 Written by Sender Rozesz. Sender Rozesz is a practicing attorney with a background in Jewish pluralistic education for adults. Sender Rozesz is Jewrotica’s resident Double Mitzvah columnist. The views reflected in his writing represent his own personal views, and are not intended to reflect the views of any organizations, institutes or associations with whom he may be affiliated. As we discussed last year, this week’s Parshah – Naso – includes the famous ritual of the Sotah. As a quick refresher, the Sotah is a married woman whose husband has, for some reason, grown insecure about her relationship with another man. Jealous and possessive, her husband summons two witnesses, and before them, he warns her not to seclude herself with the particular man in question. Alas, notwithstanding his warning, the husband is subsequently informed by another two witnesses that his wife was indeed observed secluding herself with the other man – and for long enough to have been intimate with him. He confronts her; she denies that anything happened. But he doesn’t believe her. And he needs to know. Did she, or didn’t she? So he resolves to take her to the Holy Temple in Jerusalem, to undergo the Sotah ritual. When she gets there, she goes through a ordeal calculated to wear her down, and — if she is guilty — to confess to adultery. Her dress is torn, her hair is loosened and uncovered, and she brings a meal-offering of barley. She is moved from place to place, and the public is invited to witness her debasement. It is not quite Cersei’s walk of shame in Game of Thrones, but it offers its own degree of humiliation. The climax of the ritual will be when G-d’s ineffable name is written on a piece of parchment, and is then scraped off into a mixture of water and earth — which the Sotah must then drink. Before G-d’s name is erased, however, she is again encouraged to confess if she is guilty. After all, if she confessed, nothing would happen to her other than a mandatory divorce (and let’s be honest — does she have much of a future with this husband?) without the payment of her Ketubah. On the other hand, if she does not confess, but is guilty nonetheless, the water ends her life in a fairly gruesome manner. If she is innocent, however, she is blessed with increased fertility, and easy labor and childbirth. The Sotah ritual was eventually discontinued for various reasons, as we discussed here; however, it has contributed to two enduring features of Jewish life — one philosophical, and one halachic. On the philosophical side, the Torah introduces the segment on the Sotah as follows: “Should any man’s wife go astray…” The Talmud notes that the Hebrew word used to mean “go astray” is “Tisteh” (תִשְׂטֶ֣ה), which shares the same root as “Shoteh” (שׁוֹטֶה) and “Shtut” (שְׁטוּת), meaning “fool” and “folly”, respectively. From here, the Talmud draws a sweeping inference regarding the motivation for all sins: “A person does not commit a sin unless a spirit of folly (שְׁטוּת) enters him.”[1] The premise of this philosophy is that sinning does not come naturally to us, for at our core, we have a healthy respect for and understanding of our role in this world, vis a vis our Creator. We know what our responsibilities are. We know that G-d gave us a set of instructions, and tied them to the world’s light. Thus, we know that keeping the Mitzvot bring eternal life and inner peace, and that transgressing them is not in our best interests. Thus, when we do sin, it is because we have temporarily forgotten one of the above truths. A “spirit of folly” tells us that there is no G-d. Or that there’s a G-d, but that He didn’t give us His Mitzvot. Or that he gave us the Mitzvot, but He doesn’t care if we keep them. Or that He cares if we keep them, but there are no consequences if we don’t. Or that there are consequences to transgressing them, but that the Mitzvot don’t say what they seem to say; whatever it is that we want to do, somehow the Mitzvot conveniently proscribe something different. It’s temporary insanity. We all get it; it is normal and frequent — but it is a blanket, a veil, a cloud, that temporarily obscures an important truth in a way that makes sinning somehow appear to be a sensible course of conduct. How does one fight a sprit of folly? If by its very nature it is sub-rational, then how can we use rational thought to defeat it? Or, in other words, how can we fight a mirage? How can we fight something that disguises irrational thought as something rational? In Kabbalah it explains that we can’t — at least not directly, and not in the moment. In order to defeat sub-rational folly, we need to become accustomed to employing super-rational folly. For if our enemy employs folly to trip us, we need to go on the offensive with a positive, holy folly. Too often, when it comes to good things, we are more restrained and reserved, more reticent. We don’t want to get too crazy. We are much more rational and measured when we decide how much of ourselves to invest in a holy endeavor, in a Mitzvah. We can easily blow large sums of money “in the moment” on a wild night, but we rarely demonstrate quite that kind of reckless abandon when it comes to charity. That’s not wrong, or bad — it’s just…rational. Yet we live in a world in which our rational thought is up for grabs, and more often than not, it is commandeered by our baser, darker instincts. The Sotah teaches us that to the way to combat this is by exercising our super-rational muscle, and by being irrationally good. The second enduring lesson from the Sotah is a halachic one. Among the things done to a Sotah to shame and expose her, is uncovering her hair. From here, the Talmud infers (as we discussed here) that it was a universally-accepted practice for married Jewish women to cover their hair — which is why the Torah assumes that the Sotah’s hair was, of course, covered, and commands that in this specific context it be uncovered.[2] To this day, married Orthodox Jewish women cover their hair. Some cover it with hats; others with kerchiefs or snoods. It has become fairly common for women to wear wigs, or shaitels, and — commensurate with the ever-increasing desire to be sexy and fashionable — shaitels have steadily increased in quality (and price). Today, there are wigs for virtually every socioeconomic stratum, ranging from Toyota-level shaitels to Rolls Royce-level shaitels. In fact, just this week, Jewish media took note of a new shaitel-review website, characterized as “Yelp For Shaitels,” reviewing, comparing and contrasting different qualities and brands of shaitels. There is an entire burgeoning industry that has arisen as the result of married women’s need to cover their hair. And because it’s not easy stuffing one’s natural hair into a the netting of a wig, many women crop their hair short (again, calling to mind Cersei’s walk of shame), and some shave off their natural hair entirely. Thus, many women ultimately find themselves to be at their most attractive when wearing a shaitel. Moreover, wearing a shaitel is different than a hat or a kerchief: you can’t take it off in a public setting (which is one of the reasons that it is halachically preferred). While a woman might easily remove a hat or a kerchief without making a scene, it is far more difficult to remove her entire head of hair. I personally have always been impressed by shaitel-wearers. I can only imagine how difficult it is for a single girl to commit to a lifetime of covering her glorious mane; to never again feeling the breeze ruffling through her hair as she walks down the street; having to be so careful about getting her shaitel cut, knowing that the hair will never grow back, and that it may cost more than a thousand dollars to replace. And they do it — not because covering one’s hair is one of the Ten Commandments, or even one of the 613 biblical commandments, for it is not. Rather, they do it because they have learned from the Sotah that it is a Jewish practice for married women to cover their hair — and that is enough for them. [1] Babylonian Talmud, Sotah 3a. See also Midrash Tanchuma, Naso 5. [2] See Babylonian Talmud, Ketubot 72a; Sifri 11a. 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__label__cc	0.673108	0.326892	jiaxia obang Scientific works in the theories of finances and credit, according to the specification of the research object, are characterized to be many-sided and many-leveled. The definition of totality of the economical relations formed in the process of formation, distribution and usage of finances, as money sources is widely spread. For example, in “the general theory of finances” there are two definitions of finances: 1) “…Finances reflect economical relations, formation of the funds of money sources, in the process of distribution and redistribution of national receipts according to the distribution and usage”. This definition is given relatively to the conditions of Capitalism, when cash-commodity relations gain universal character; 2) “Finances represent the formation of centralized ad decentralized money sources, economical relations relatively with the distribution and usage, which serve for fulfillment of the state functions and obligations and also provision of the conditions of the widened further production”. This definition is brought without showing the environment of its action. We share partly such explanation of finances and think expedient to make some specification. First, finances overcome the bounds of distribution and redistribution service of the national income, though it is a basic foundation of finances. Also, formation and usage of the depreciation fund which is the part of financial domain, belongs not to the distribution and redistribution of the national income (of newly formed value during a year), but to the distribution of already developed value. This latest first appears to be a part of value of main industrial funds, later it is moved to the cost price of a ready product (that is to the value too) and after its realization, and it is set the depression fund. Its source is taken into account before hand as a depression kind in the consistence of the ready products cost price. Second, main goal of finances is much wider then “fulfillment of the state functions and obligations and provision of conditions for the widened further production”. Finances exist on the state level and also on the manufactures and branches’ level too, and in such conditions, when the most part of the manufactures are not state. V. M. Rodionova has a different position about this subject: “real formation of the financial resources begins on the stage of distribution, when the value is realized and concrete economical forms of the realized value are separated from the consistence of the profit”. V. M. Rodionova makes an accent of finances, as distributing relations, when D. S. Moliakov underlines industrial foundation of finances. Though both of them give quite substantiate discussion of finances, as a system of formation, distribution and usage of the funds of money sources, that comes out of the following definition of the finances: “financial cash relations, which forms in the process of distribution and redistribution of the partial value of the national wealth and total social product, is related with the subjects of the economy and formation and usage of the state cash incomes and savings in the widened further production, in the material stimulation of the workers for satisfaction of the society social and other requests”. In the manuals of the political economy we meet with the following definitions of finances: “Finances of the socialistic state represent economical (cash) relations, with the help of which, in the way of planned distribution of the incomes and savings the funds of money sources of the state and socialistic manufactures are formed for guaranteeing the growth of the production, rising the material and cultural level of the people and for satisfying other general society requests”. “The system of creation and usage of necessary funds of cash resources for guarantying socialistic widened further production represent exactly the finances of the socialistic society. And the totality of economical relations arisen between state, manufactures and organizations, branches, regions and separate citizen according to the movement of cash funds make financial relations”. As we’ve seen, definitions of finances made by financiers and political economists do not differ greatly. In every discussed position there are: 1) expression of essence and phenomenon in the definition of finances; 2) the definition of finances, as the system of the creation and usage of funds of cash sources on the level of phenomenon. 3) Distribution of finances as social product and the value of national income, definition of the distributions planned character, main goals of the economy and economical relations, for servicing of which it is used. If refuse the preposition “socialistic” in the definition of finances, we may say, that it still keeps actuality. We meet with such traditional definitions of finances, without an adjective “socialistic”, in the modern economical literature. We may give such an elucidation: “finances represent cash resources of production and usage, also cash relations appeared in the process of distributing values of formed economical product and national wealth for formation and further production of the cash incomes and savings of the economical subjects and state, rewarding of the workers and satisfaction of the social requests”. in this elucidation of finances like D. S. Moliakov and V. M. Rodionov’s definitions, following the traditional inheritance, we meet with the widening of the financial foundation. They concern “distribution and redistribution of the value of created economical product, also the partial distribution of the value of national wealth”. This latest is very actual, relatively to the process of privatization and the transition to privacy and is periodically used in practice in different countries, for example, Great Britain and France. “Finances – are cash sources, financial resources, their creation and movement, distribution and redistribution, usage, also economical relations, which are conditioned by intercalculations between the economical subjects, movement of cash sources, money circulation and usage”. “Finances are the system of economical relations, which are connected with firm creation, distribution and usage of financial resources”. We meet with absolutely innovational definitions of finances in Z. Body and R. Merton’s basis manuals. “Finance – it is the science about how the people lead spending `the deficit cash resources and incomes in the definite period of time. The financial decisions are characterized by the expenses and incomes which are 1) separated in time, and 2) as a rule, it is impossible to take them into account beforehand neither by those who get decisions nor any other person” . “Financial theory consists of numbers of the conceptions… which learns systematically the subjects of distribution of the cash resources relatively to the time factor; it also considers quantitative models, with the help of which the estimation, putting into practice and realization of the alternative variants of every financial decisions take place” . These basic conceptions and quantitative models are used at every level of getting financial decisions, but in the latest definition of finances, we meet with the following doctrine of the financial foundation: main function of the finances is in the satisfaction of the people’s requests; the subjects of economical activities of any kind (firms, also state organs of every level) are directed towards fulfilling this basic function. For the goals of our monograph, it is important to compare well-known definitions about finances, credit and investment, to decide how and how much it is possible to integrate the finances, investments and credit into the one total part. Some researcher thing that credit is the consisting part of finances, if it is discussed from the position of essence and category. The other, more numerous group proves, that an economical category of credit exists parallel to the economical category of finances, by which it underlines impossibility of the credit’s existence in the consistence of finances. N. K. Kuchukova underlined the independence of the category of credit and notes that it is only its “characteristic feature the turned movement of the value, which is not related with transmission of the loan opportunities together with the owners’ rights”. N. D. Barkovski replies that functioning of money created an economical basis for apportioning finances and credit as an independent category and gave rise to the credit and financial relations. He noticed the Gnoseological roots of science in money and credit, as the science about finances has business with the research of such economical relations, which lean upon cash flow and credit. Let’s discuss the most spread definitions of credit. in the modern publications credit appeared to be “luckier”, then finances. For example, we meet with the following definition of credit in the finance-economical dictionary: “credit is the loan in the form of cash and commodity with the conditions of returning, usually, by paying percent. Credit represents a form of movement of the loan capital and expresses economical relations between the creditor and borrower”. This is the traditional definition of credit. In the earlier dictionary of the economy we read: “credit is the system of economical relations, which is formed while the transmission of cash and material means into the temporal usage, as a rule under the conditions of returning and paying percent”. In the manual of the political economy published under reduction of V. A. Medvedev the following definition is given: “credit, as an economical category, expresses the created relations between the society, labour collective and workers during formation and usage of the loan funds, under the terms of paying present and returning, during transmission of sources for the temporal usage and accumulation”. Credit is discussed in the following way in the earlier education-methodological manuals of political economy: “credit is the system of money relations, which is created in the process of using and mobilization of temporarily free cash means of the state budget, unions, manufactures, organizations and population. Credit has an objective character. It is used for providing widened further production of the state and other needs. Credit differs from finances by the returning character, while financing of manufactures and organizations by the state is fulfilled without this condition”. We meet with the following definition if “the course of economy”: “credit is an economical category, which represents relations, while the separate industrial organizations or persons transmit money means to each-other for temporal usage under the conditions of returning. Creation of credit is conditioned by a historical process of fulfilling the economical and money relations, the form of which is the money relation”. Following scientists give slightly different definitions of credit: “Credit – is a loan in the form of money or commodity, which is given to the borrower by a creditor under the conditions of returning and paying the percentage rate by the borrower”. Credit is giving the temporally free money sources or commodity as a debt for the defined terms by the price of fixed percentage. Thus, a credit is the loan in the form of money or commodity. In the process of this loan’s movement, a definite relations are formed between a creditor (the loan is given by a juridical of physical person, who gives certain cash as a debt) and the debtor. Combining every definition named above, we come to an idea, that credit is giving money capital of commodity as a debt, for certain terms and material provision under the price of firm percentage rate. It expresses definite economical relations between the participants of the process of capital formation. Necessity of the credit relations is conditioned, from one side, by gathering solid quantity of temporarily free money sources, and from the second side, existence of requests of them. Though, at the same time we must distinguish two resembling concepts: loan and credit. Loan is characterized by: o Here, the discussion may touch upon transmission of money and also things form one side (loaner) to another (borrower): a)under the owning of the borrower and, at the same time, b) under the conditions of returning same amount or same quantity and quality of the things; o The loaning of money may bear no interest; o Any person may take part in it. With the difference with loan, credit, which is somehow a private occasion of the loan, represents: o One side (loaner) gives to the second one (borrower) only money, and _ for temporal usage; o It may not bear no interest (if the assignment doesn’t foresee something); o In it creditor is not any person, but a credit organization (at the first place, banks). So, a credit is the bank credit. To our mind, it is not correct to use “credit” and “loan” as the synonyms. Banking crediting is the union of relations between bank (as a creditor) and its borrower. These relations touch upon: a) Giving a certain amount of money to the borrower for definite purpose (though, we meet with the so-called free credits, aims and objects of crediting are not appointed in the assignment); b) Its opportune returning; c) Getting percentage rate from the borrower for using the sources under his/her disposal. The essential foundation of the credit essence and its important element is existence of trust between the two sides (in Latin “credo”, from which comes the word “credit”, means “trust”). From the position of circulation of money forms (in the abstraction, historical process of formation economical relations and social budget and banking systems expressed by them) comparing different definitions of finances and credit, the paradox conclusion appears: credit is the private occasion of finances. And truly, from the position of movement of the money forms, finances represent the process of formation and usage of the funds of cash means. Very often such movements are fulfilled without returning, but sometimes, it is possible to give loans from the budget for the investment projects of other needs. Also, when a manufacture or corporations use their cash funds and we mean the finances of industrial subject, such usage may be realized as inside the manufacture or corporation (there is no subject about returning or not returning of the usage), so gratis under conditions of returning. This latest is called commercial form because of transmitting the sources to others, but even in this occasion, it is the element of financial system of the manufacture and corporation. From the point of cash means movement, main character of credit is the process of formation and usage of the funds of cash means under the conditions of returning and, as a rule, taking the value-percentage. If gating the credit value doesn’t take place (even in the exceptional occasions), according to the movement form, credit becomes a private occasion of finances, as from the net financial funds (consequently from the state budget) the loans which bear no interests may be used. If gating credit value takes place, by the appearance form, credit is discussed to be financial modification. From the historical point of view, finances (especially in the sort of the state budget) and credit (beginning with usury, later commercial and banking) were developing differently for considering credit to be the part of finances. Though, from the genetic-historical point of view, previous loaners, before giving loan, needed gathering the permanent capital not returning, that is the net financial foundation. The banks analogously needed concentration of the important own capital for influxing the consumers’ means and for getting higher percentage rate under the conditions of returning. Herewith, exactly on the financial basis, in the sort of financial fund (which later partially becomes loan fund) part of the bank capital appears to be the reservation (insurance) part of the fund, which by nature is financial and not loan. So notwithstanding the essential distinctions between finances and credit form the genetic-historical point of view, credit appears to be formed from finances and represent their modification. From the essential position of expressing economical relations of finances and credit, we meet with cardinal distinctions between these two categories. Which mostly expressed by the distinction of the movement forms notwithstanding they are returnable or not. Finances express relations in the aspects of distribution and redistribution of social product and part of the national wealth. Credit expresses distribution of the appropriate value only in the section of percentage given for loan, while according to the loan itself, a only a temporal distribution of money sources takes place. Herewith, there is a lot of common between the finances and credit as from the essential point of view, so according to the form of movement. At the same time, there is a significant distinction between finances and credit as in the essence, so in the form too. According to this, there must be a kind of generally economical category, which will consider finances and credit as a total unity, and in the bounds of this category itself, the separation of the specific essence of the finances and credit would take place. Funding of the cash means is common to the researched economical categories. It takes place in any separate system of finances and credit, which have been touched upon during the analyses of defining finances and credit. Word combination “funding of the cash sources (fund formation)” reflects and defines exactly essence and form of economical category of more general character, those of finances and credit categories. Though in the in economical texts and practice, it is very uncomfortable to use a termini, which consists of three words. Also, “unloading” with an information hardens greatly its influxing into the circulation even in the conditions of its strict substantiation and thoroughness. In the discussing context we consider: 1) wide and narrow understanding of economical category of the finances; 2) discussing finances in narrow understanding under general traditional meaning; 3) discussing finances, as funding of the cash means, in wide understanding, which concerns finances – in narrow meaning and credit – in complete meaning. Termini “funding” and its equivalent “fund formation” are used by us as the purposeful structuring of cash means, which is based on two poles – accumulation of money sources (gathering) and its usage for definite purpose in the way of financing and crediting. We have established a new termini – “finance-investment sphere” (FIS). Analyses about interrelation of finances and credit made by us give us an opportunity of proving, that in the given termini, the word “financial” is used with the meaning of funding cash sources, its purposeful structuring. In this process we consider at the same time financial, credit and investments’ economical categories. Let’s sum up middle results of discussing new concept – “finance-investment sphere” and discuss its investment consisting parts. The concept “investments” was brought into the native economical science from the West. In the Soviet economical science they for a long time used in the place “investments” the termini “capital placement”, which expressed the usage of the industrial factors in the sphere of real industrial activities during realization of capital projects. From one glance, this termini in its concept is identical to the “investments”, consequently it is possible to use them as synonyms. Though the termini “investments” and “investing” have the advantage towards the termini “capital placement” from linguistic and philological points of view, because they are expressed with one word. This is not only economical and comfortable in the process of working with the termini “investment” itself, but also it gives an opportunity of termini formation. More concretely: “investment process”, “investment domain”, “finance-investment sphere” – all these termini are much more acceptable. Changing native economical termini with foreign ones is purposeful, if it really matters (by keeping parallel usage of the native termini for the inheritance). Though we must not change native economical termini into foreign ones all together, when by ordinal traditional language easy to explain private and narrow concrete processes and elements get their own termini. The “movement” of these termini is approved in the narrow professional bounds, but their “spitting out” into the economical science may turn economical language into the tangled slang. Let’s discuss termini – “investment” and “capital placement’s” usage in the economical literature. Investments are placement of funds into the main and circulation capital for the purpose of getting profit. “Investments in material assets – are the placements of funds into the mobile and real estate (land, buildings, furniture and so on). Investments in financial assets are the placements of funds into the securities bank accounts and other financial instruments”. We don’t meet with the termini “investments” in the earlier economical dictionary, but we meet the combined termini “investment policy” – the union of the industrial decisions, which guarantee main directions of the capital investments, the activities of their concentration in the determinant suburbs, on which the reaching of planned rates of development of the society production is depended, balancing and effectiveness, getting more and more production and profit of the national income for every lost Ruble”. For today, in the most actual definitions, the capital investments are bounded only by financial means, when not only financial, but also the investment of natural, material-technical and informational resources takes place. Labour resources take an actual place in the investment process. They themselves fulfill this or that investment process. A positive side of the discussed definitions is that they connect investment policy and capital placements (investments): – economical development according to the key directions to the concentration; – providing high rates of economical growth; – raising an economical effectiveness, which is expressed: a) by growing the throw off of the production and national income for every lost Ruble; b) by fulfilling the branch structure of the investments; c) by improving their technological structure; d) by optimization of their further production structure. Compared with such definition of the investments (capital placement) the definition of investments in the dictionary attaching the “Economics” seems to be unimproved: “investments – the expenses of gathering production and industrial means and increasing material reserve”. In this definition current expenses (production expenses) are mixed with the investment (capital) expense. Also, not the investment expenses but (though the investments are followed by the appropriate expenses) exactly advancing. It differs from the expenses by that the means (means) are put by returning the advanced values, also, under the conditions of growth, to which the concept-advanced capital is corresponding. the advancing may be realized in the money, natural-material and informational forms. Except the termini “investments”, there are two more termini related with the investment. They are shown below. “Human capital investment” – any activity provided for rising the workers labour productivity (in the way of growing their qualification and developing their abilities); at the expenses of improving the workers’ education, health and raising the mobility of the working forces”. It is very useful to use the mentioned termini, though it needs one correction: the human capital investments do not concern only workers, but also the servants, representatives of every kind of labour. “Investment commodity, capital goods – a capital.” In the official manuals of political economy of the reformation time the capital investments are discussed as “expenses for creating new main funds and widening, reconstruction and renewing the active ones”. In this definition the investments (capital placements) during separation of the forms (types) of further production of the main funds are bounded only by main funds (without increases of the circulation funds and insurance reserves): a) creating new ones; b) widening; c) reconstruction; d) renewing. Also, the concept of the industrial gathering appears, at the expenses of widening of basic, circulation funds and also insurance reserves takes place”. You’ll meet below the definitions of investments from “the course of economy”: the investments are called “placements of fund into the basic capital (basic means of production), reserves, also other economical objects and processes, which request long-termed influxing of material and cash means. “According to the division of capital into physical and money forms, the investments too must be divided into material and cash investments”. They apportion investment commodity, to which belong industrial and nonindustrial building objects, vehicles purposed for changing or widened technical park and the furniture, increasing reserves and others. “They call the total investments of production an investment product, which is directed towards keeping and increasing the basic capital (basic means) and reserve. Total investments consist of two parts. One of them is called the depreciation; it represents important investment resources for compensation of renewal till the level of before industrial usage, wearing out and repairing of the basic means. Second consisting part of the total investments is represented by net investments – capital investments for the purpose of increasing basic means”. Depreciation is not a compensation resource of wearing the basic funds out, but it is the purposeful financial source of such resources. Human capital investment is “a specific kind of investments, mostly in education and health protection”. “Real investments are the investments in the economical branches and also, they are kinds of economical activities, which provide influxing the increases of real capital, that is increasing material values of the industrial means”. We can agree with such definition with one specification that material and nonmaterial values too belong to the real capital (wealth), consequently science-researching experimental-construction results, various information, education of he workers and others. Such service as organization of the excitable games, also the service of redistribution social wealth from one private person to another (except charity). “Financial investments represent placement of funds into the shares, obligations, promissory notes, other securities and instruments. Such investments, of course, do not give increases of the real material capital, but they help getting profit, consequently at the expenses of changing the course of the securities in the time of speculation, or distinguishing the course in different places of sell and purchasing”. We share wholly such definition, hence it follows that financial investments (if it is not followed by real investments as a result) do not increase real material wealth and real nonmaterial wealth. According to this context, the expression below is very important: “we must distinguish financial investments, which represent placement of the funds in the ways of selling and purchasing the securities for the purpose of getting profit and financial investments, which become cash and real, moved to real physical capital.” In the “economical course” quoted before long and short-termed investments are separated. Recognizing the existence of the bounds between them, the authors ascribe short-termed investments to “one month or more” investments. If we get such conditioned criteria, that we can call the investments which overcome the terms of some months, long-termed ones, which is very doubtful and we don’t agree with it. A long-termed character of the fund placement is a significant feature of the investments (short-term doesn’t combine with the concept of investments). Principally, it would be better to point out quick compensative, middle termed compensative and long-termed compensative investments: – less then 6 months – quick compensative; – from 6 months up to the year and a half – middle termed compensative; – more then the year and a half – long termed compensative. We stopped at the definition of the investments in the capital work “economical course” for the special purpose, as, in it the author tried to discuss the concept of investments systemically and quite completely, herewith the book is published just now. We’ll return to the discussion the definition economical category of “investments” in different publications in the following chapter. The definitions given here are quite enough for having a notion of the level of lighting up the given category in the economical literature. What conclusions may be made according the definition of the mentioned economical category in the published works, except the made notions and specifications? There is quite deeply, concretely and thoroughly defined the concept of “investments”, different definitions in the economical literature; but mostly in every works about the investments discussed by us until now, there is not opened the essence of investments as an economical category. In every monograph , even if it has a title investment, as an economical category , there is given only the definition, concept of investments. But, as the Academician Vasil Chantladze explains, “a concept is a discussion, which proves something about the distinguishing feature of the researched object. A concept out of much essential characteristic features represents only one, and essential in it is only – definition”. But the categories are much wider; it is “a key, the most fundamental concept of every science”. Economical categories theoretically represent real, objectively existed productive relations. A category is the defining of occasions of existed characters, connections, relations of the objective world. Generally, any educational process is fulfilled by the categories, which give opportunities for dividing the processes and occasions semantically, for expressing the definitions of a subject and realize their specific peculiarities and economical relations of a material world. Our goal is exactly to substantiate investments – as an economical category and also, as a financial category in the narrow understanding. Here we apply for another manual thesis made by the academician Vasil Chantladze: “every financial relation is an economical one and every financial category is and economical one, but not every economical relation and economical category is financial relation and financial category”. In the process of defining the investments, it is important to take in mind the sides of resources, expenses and incomes, because investment, from one side, is the result of the manufacture’s activity, and, from another one, – a part of income, which, in this case, is not used for usage. Another occasion: it is advisable to discuss investments in two aspects: as a category of reserve and flow, which will reflect exactly the connection between “placement of funds” and “investments”. As we’ve mentioned above, not long ago, in the well-known Soviet literature the concepts of “the placement of funds” and “investments” were accepted to be the synonyms and concerned to be investment of sources for further production of the main funds and formation of the turnover funds. We meet with such understanding of the concept of “investment” (here, they separate three types of the investment expenses: investments in the basic capital of investments, investments in the house building and investments in the reserves) in the modern economical publications and it is mostly used on the macro level during a statistical analyze of economical processes. In this concrete occasion investment is the category of reserve. ← Investing Money in 2014 and 2015 for Retirement – An Old Pro’s Viewpoint What Is an Investment? → Investing Basics for Beginners Five Excellent Investment Characteristics The Top 5 Key Benefits of Purchasing and Owning Investment Real Estate What Is The Difference Between Investment Management and Stockbrokers? Developing a Plan: The Basis of Successful Investing Copyright 2020 jiaxia obang - All Rights Reserved	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0050.json.gz/line241
__label__wiki	0.692845	0.692845	Outdoor concert at the Pineland Trail Race Festival New Gloucester Coffeehouse New Gloucester Me Back a couple years ago Metal Resonator Guitar for slide stuff Solo at the Easy Day So Portland Another band shot A night at Tuckers Music Pub in Norway Me Another sold out Christmas concert The boys in the band Outdoor Concert Yarmouth Me With Bluegrass Hall of Famer Al Hawkes Whether performing at a coffeehouse, college concert or an outdoor festival, Jim’s music has never failed to capture the hearts and feet of his audience. His up tempo guitar style, mix of catchy originals and masterful interpretations of contemporary music leaves his audience feeling fully satisfied. Whether he’s finger picking a Celtic jig, a New Age instrumental, or singing a delta blues song, his distinctive style has won him both applause and accolades. An accomplished songwriter, his original compositions have brought him awards and high honors throughout the country. A few years ago he was commissioned along with five other Maine artist to record a Christmas album for LL Bean. Most recently his song “The Don” was the featured song in the MPBN documentary film Gone: The Mystery of the Don. His songs have also used in film and TV commercials. “River Watch” the title song from his all fingerstyle instramental guitar CD's was chosen by Ars Nova Productions for their compilation CD entitled “The Hottest New Independent Artist, Vol 3: Powerful Instamentals”. Cyrus Rhodes of the muses muse says “From start to finish Old Hat with a New Coat by Jim Gallant is one impressive catalog of music. The lyrics are catchy, & the melodies are well crafted & hooky. Last but not least the songwriting & vocal presence from front Jim Gallant is world-class.” He has shared the stage with nationally recognized artists as Doc Watson, Taj Mahal, Livingston Taylor, Jessie Colin Young, Dave Von Ronk, Mark Collie, The New Grass Revival, The Shaw Brothers and Bill Staines. His down to earth sense of humor permeates throughout his shows and along with his mastery of fingerstyle guitar and warm rich vocals, makes for an evening you won’t soon forget. Not only a performer, Jim has been teaching guitar at the Fiddlehead Center for the Arts in Gray Me to students of all ages and levels and has given workshops throughout New England. He’s the perfect musical answer for your corporate function, school event and college concert or workshop. Robert Silverstein of “20th Century Guitar” writes, “A gifted acoustic guitarist, Gallant’s fretboard work is both rhythmic and tuneful”. In the fall 2003 “ New England Trekker”, a New England sporting magazine did an indepth article of Jim and his music and called him a “world class player”. "The Odd Waltz, one of Gallant's originals shows how wonderful instrumental guitar can be.." Jim made a television appearance on WCSH 6's 207 on Friday, March 18th, 2014 with Billy Belskis on bass and Mark Burns on vocals. View video.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0050.json.gz/line242
__label__cc	0.688701	0.311299	Intracellular localization of amyloid beta peptide in SH-SY5Y neuroblastoma cells Zheng, Lin Karolinska Inst, NVS, KI Alzheimers Dis Res Ctr, S-14186 Stockholm, Sweden. Cedazo-Minguez, Angel KI-AlzheimerDisease Research Center, NVS, Novum, Karolinska Institutet, SE-141 57, Stockholm,Sweden. Hallbeck, Martin Linköping University, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Experimental Pathology. Linköping University, Faculty of Health Sciences. Östergötlands Läns Landsting, Center for Diagnostics, Department of Clinical Pathology and Clinical Genetics.ORCID iD: 0000-0001-6716-0314 Jerhammar, Fredrik Linköping University, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Oto-Rhiono-Laryngology and Head & Neck Surgery. Linköping University, Faculty of Health Sciences. Hultenby, Kjell Clinical Research Center, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, SE-141 86 Stockholm, Sweden. Marcusson, Jan Linköping University, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Geriatric. Linköping University, Faculty of Health Sciences. Östergötlands Läns Landsting, Local Health Care Services in Central Östergötland, Department of Geriatric Medicine in Linköping. Terman, Alexi Department of Clinical Pathology and Cytology, Karolinska University Hospital, Huddinge, SE-141 86 Stockholm, Sweden. 2013 (English)In: Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, ISSN 1387-2877, E-ISSN 1875-8908, Vol. 37, no 4, p. 713-733Article in journal (Refereed) Published Amyloid-beta peptide (A beta), the main component of Alzheimer's disease (AD) senile plaques, has been found to accumulate within the lysosomal compartment of AD neurons. We have previously shown that in differentiated SH-SY5Y neuroblastoma cells cultured under normal conditions, the majority of A beta is localized extralysosomally, while oxidative stress significantly increases intralysosomal A beta content through activation of macroautophagy. It is, however, not clear which cellular compartments contain extralysosomal A beta in intact SH-SY5Y cells, and how oxidative stress influences the distribution of extralysosomal A beta. Using confocal laser scanning microscopy and immunoelectron microscopy, we showed that in differentiated neuroblastoma cells cultured under normal conditions A beta (A beta(40), A beta(42), and A beta oligomers) is colocalized with both membrane-bound organelles (endoplasmic reticulum, Golgi complexes, multivesicular bodies/late endosomes, lysosomes, exocytotic vesicles and mitochondria) and non-membrane-bound cytosolic structures. Neuroblastoma cells stably transfected with A beta PP Swedish KM670/671NL double mutation showed enlarged amount of A beta colocalized with membrane compartments. Suppression of exocytosis by 5 nM tetanus toxin resulted in a significant increase of the amount of cytosolic A beta as well as A beta colocalized with exocytotic vesicles, endoplasmic reticulum, Golgi complexes, and lysosomes. Hyperoxia increased A beta localization in the endoplasmic reticulum, Golgi apparatus, mitochondria, and lysosomes, but not in the secretory vesicles. These results indicate that in SH-SY5Y neuroblastoma cells intracellular A beta is not preferentially localized to any particular organelle and, to a large extent, is secreted from the cells. Challenging cells to hyperoxia, exocytosis inhibition, or A beta overproduction increased intracellular A beta levels but did not dramatically changed its localization pattern. IOS Press, 2013. Vol. 37, no 4, p. 713-733 Alzheimer’s disease, Amyloid β-protein, Endosomes, Exocytosis, Lysosomes URN: urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-73411DOI: 10.3233/JAD-122455ISI: 000325649500007OAI: oai:DiVA.org:liu-73411DiVA, id: diva2:472000 1. Lysosomal Involvement in the Pathogenesis of Alzheimer's Disease Open this publication in new window or tab >>Lysosomal Involvement in the Pathogenesis of Alzheimer's Disease Linköping University, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Geriatric. Linköping University, Faculty of Health Sciences. Alzheimer’s disease (AD), the major cause of senile dementia, is associated with progressive formation of neurofibrillary tangles and extraneuronal plaques composed of amyloid beta peptide (Aβ). Aβ has been also found within Alzheimer neurons in association with the lysosomal system, an acidic vacuolar compartment possessing numerous hydrolytic enzymes. Lysosomes have been shown to be involved in both the formation of Aβ and its toxicity to neurons. Another line of evidence implicates oxidative stress as an important factor in the development of AD. It is reported that oxidative damage is one of the earliest changes in AD and plays an important role in the development of the disease. Although both the lysosomal system and reactive oxygen species are involved in AD, the mechanisms of this involvement are not well understood. To gain insight into the relationship between oxidative stress and the lysosomal system in AD pathogenesis, we focused our study on: 1) The effect of oxidative stress on intracellular distribution of Aβ; 2) the role of endogenous Aβ in oxidant-induced apoptosis; 3) the role of autophagy and APP processing in oxidant induced damage; and, 4) the intraneuronal localization of Aβ and its relationship to the lysosomal system. In our study, hyperoxia (40% versus 8% ambient oxygen) was used as a model of mild oxidative stress in vitro, while transfected cells producing different amounts of Aβ were used to assess toxicity due to endogenous Aβ. It was found that: 1) oxidative stress induces autophagic uptake of Aβ, resulting in its partial accumulation within lysosomes; 2) oxidative stress can induce neuronal death through macroautophagy of Aβ and consequent lysosomal membrane permeabilization; 3) increased cellular Aβ production is associated with enhanced oxidative stress and enhanced macroautophagy, resulting in increased intralysosomal Aβ accumulation and consequent apoptosis; and, 4) in normal conditions, intracellular Aβ shows primarily cytosolic distribution, not related to lysosomes and other acidic vacuoles, endoplasmic reticulum, Golgi complexes, synaptic vesicles or mitochondria. Only a minor portion of Aβ shows partial colocalization with cellular organelles. Inhibition of secretion significantly increased Aβ colocalization with endoplasmic reticulum, Golgi complexes, synaptic vesicles and lysosomes, as well as the amount of mitochondrial and cytosolic Aβ. Oxidative stress induces intralysosomal autophagy-generated Aβ accumulation, consequently causing lysosomal membrane permeabilization and apoptosis. Our findings provide a possible explanation of the interactive role of oxidative stress and lysosomal system in AD pathogenesis, and may be helpful for a future therapeutic strategy against AD. 2012-02-03, Berzeliussalen, ingång 65, Campus US, Linköpings universitet, Linköping, 13:00 (English) Institutionen för Folkhälso- och Vårdvetenskap, Molekylär geriatrik/Rudbecklaboratoriet, Uppsala Universitet. Terman, Alexei Linköping University, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Experimental Pathology. Linköping University, Faculty of Health Sciences. Östergötlands Läns Landsting, Center for Diagnostics, Department of Clinical Pathology and Clinical Genetics. Hallbeck, MartinJerhammar, FredrikMarcusson, Jan Experimental PathologyFaculty of Health SciencesDepartment of Clinical Pathology and Clinical GeneticsOto-Rhiono-Laryngology and Head & Neck SurgeryGeriatricDepartment of Geriatric Medicine in Linköping Journal of Alzheimer's Disease	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0050.json.gz/line250
__label__wiki	0.919942	0.919942	Home NEWS EUROPE NATO to join international coalition fighting Islamic State NATO to join international coalition fighting Islamic State Nato Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg has affirmed that the alliance will join the international coalition fighting Islamic State (IS) – but will not wage direct war against the extremists. In the wake of this week’s suicide bomb attack at a concert in Manchester, Nato leaders are keen to show that the alliance forged during the Cold War is responding to today’s security threats as they meet in Brussels. The announcement is timed to coincide with US president Donald Trump’s first appearance at a summit of the alliance’s leaders. Mr Trump has questioned the body’s relevance and pushed members to do more to defend themselves. Mr Stoltenberg said joining the US-led anti-Islamic State coalition “will send a strong political message of Nato’s commitment to the fight against terrorism and also improve our coordination within the coalition”. But he underlined that “it does not mean that Nato will engage in combat operations”. All 28 Nato allies are individual members of the 68-nation anti-IS coalition. But some, notably France and Germany, have feared that Nato officially joining it might upset decision-making within the coalition, or alienate Middle East countries taking part. Mr Stoltenberg said joining would send a strong political signal. As part of its efforts to respond to Mr Trump’s demand to do more to fight terrorism, Nato will also set up a counter-terrorism intelligence cell to improve information-sharing.It will notably focus on so-called foreign fighters who travel from Europe to train or fight with extremists in Iraq and Syria. After a working dinner at Thursday’s summit, the leaders are also set to announce the appointment of an anti-terror coordinator to oversee their efforts, and increase the number of flight hours of a surveillance plane watching the skies over northern Iraq and Syria. Another big item on the Nato agenda is Mr Trump’s challenge to other countries to raise their military spending. Leaders will agree to submit annual action plans laying out how they plan to meet Nato’s spending goals. The plans would also describe what kind of military equipment they intend to invest in, and what contributions they will make to operations. Mr Stoltenberg refused to be drawn into a row between the United States and Britain after leaked photos from the Manchester bomb scene appeared in The New York Times. He said the dispute over leaked intelligence is a “bilateral issue,” but noted that within Nato “sharing intelligence is based on trust”. Previous articlePolice 'stop sharing Manchester bomb intelligence' after series of leaks Next articleFormer TV weatherman Fred Talbot found guilty of sex offences on school trips Timeline: How will Jeremy Corbyn’s successor be decided?	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0050.json.gz/line254
__label__cc	0.710109	0.289891	Van Werven sponsors two Lynden Christian students in House Page Program Jenna Walters and Isabella Almlie, students at Lynden Christian High School, spent their April spring break week serving as pages in the Washington State House of Representatives. They were sponsored by their 42nd District Rep. Luanne Van Werven. The House Page Program is designed to educate students on the legislative process and expose them to the work being done at their state capital. During their week in Olympia students attended page school every day to understand the operations and actions of the Legislature. As a culminating project, Jenna and Isabella drafted legislation that would clean groundwater surrounding the Hanford nuclear site. They presented the bill to fellow pages during a mock committee hearing, stating elimination of contaminants using thermal desorption would protect the nearby Columbia River from harmful radioactivity and dangerous chemicals. “The girls enjoyed drafting a bill and following it to the end of the legislative process. They were very passionate about their issue,” said Van Werven R-Lynden. “Both felt it was fascinating to see how government works up close. Jenna and Isabella have a new appreciation of the laws we pass and how they impact their lives. The girls highly recommend paging to their friends and all young people.” Jenna is the daughter of Jeff and Susan Walters of Blaine. Isabella is the daughter of Bill and Lande Almlie of Everson. Jenna is a freshman at Lynden Christian High School where she is actively involved in the musicals and chamber choir. Isabella is part of the student council at Lynden Christian. She enjoys singing and theater and is the choir section leader at her school. She also runs track and cross country. To become a page, applicants must have a legislative sponsor, be between the ages of 14 and 16, and obtain written permission from their parents and school. Pages earn $35 per day while serving in the program. For more information about the House Page Program, visit: http://www.leg.wa.gov/House/Pages/HousePageProgram.aspx.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0050.json.gz/line256
__label__wiki	0.668822	0.668822	Leisure Group Travel Group Travel Destinations Inbound Insider Mall of America Affinity Travel Culinary & Spirits Group Itinerary Ideas Take 5 Interviews Industry Trends & News FAMs & Shows Submit Your Travel Industry News Ohio Arts Districts Activities, Magazine Features Pedestrian-friendly and populated with welcoming artists, these neighborhoods are ideal for groups passionate about the arts Galleries and art museums abound in the revitalized industrial neighborhoods and welcoming main streets of the Buckeye State. If your group aims to experience the rich cultural heritage of Ohio, these districts are filled with art and architecture to admire. Once an underserved neighborhood between downtown Columbus and its affluent surrounding suburbs, the Short North district has flourished into one of the busiest culture districts in the Midwest. Its proximity to Ohio State University, the Arena District and the historic Victorian Village and Italian Village neighborhoods has resulted in a diverse array of cafes, stores and concert venues that lines North High Street. As your group passes under the famous arches that signify the neighborhood, admire works by local artists in 18 galleries, catch a rock concert at Skully’s Music Diner or people-watch with a fresh brew at Mission Coffee. Your group’s other essential Columbus experience should be the Franklinton Arts District. Nicknamed “The Bottoms” for its low-lying location between the Scioto and Olentangy rivers, the neighborhood is both a preserved village dating back to the 18th century and home to contemporary street artists. The annual Urban Scrawl festival is Ohio’s largest urban renewal project and welcomes artists to contribute to enormous murals found throughout the neighborhood. More murals await in Ohio’s northwest corner, where downtown Bucyrus features two wall-sized paintings to admire. The local Bucyrus bureau can offer tours of both the American Crossroads and Liberty Remembers murals. The former depicts downtown’s Sandusky Avenue at the turn of the 20th century with 80 figures that represent Midwestern fortitude, while the latter features Lady Liberty holding a wounded soldier with a background of veterans representing every American military branch. Severance Hall in Cleveland’s University Circle neighborhood is a grand example of Neoclassical and Art Deco architecture. Nearby Cleveland features several neighborhoods with clusters of galleries and world-class art collections. Located east of downtown, University Circle is the densest concentration of cultural attractions and performing arts venues in the nation. Encompassing the Case Western Reserve University campus and businesses of Euclid Avenue, the district is teeming with University Gothic architecture and welcoming cafes. Highlights of the neighborhood include the Cleveland Museum of Art (which houses works by Picasso, Monet and Caravaggio), Severance Hall (a concert venue and grand example of Neoclassical and Art Deco architecture) and the Cleveland History Center. This complex integrates historic mansions, an auto-aviation wing that includes over 150 vintage cars and the “Cleveland Starts Here exhibit,” which showcases iconic items like LeBron James’ championship shoes and a DeLorean car. The city’s other exceptional arts hub is Gordon Square. Once populated by factories of Otis Elevator and Union Carbide during Cleveland’s industrial heyday, the neighborhood’s once-abandoned lofts and storefronts have been revived into a thriving home of boutiques and artist studios. As your group walks over painted crosswalks, stop into Océanne for hand-made jewelry, Fount for fine leather handbags and Hausfrau for rare vinyl. Nearby is the Gordon Square Arts Space, a monthly rotating pop-up art gallery that hosts exhibitions and classes near the historic Capitol Theater. Akron, less than an hour south of Cleveland, features a culture scene anchored by the Akron Art Museum. The striking, angular structure houses temporary exhibitions by international artists and permanent galleries that spotlight modern sculpture and the nature photography of Ansel Adams. First Saturdays of the month see downtown transformed into the Akron Artwalk, a collaboration between the Summit Artspace, Zeber-Martell Studio and Northside Market. Artists welcome guests into their studios to showcase their latest pieces, while the Artspace will feature rotating exhibits of fiber arts, collages and paintings. American Crossroads Mural Continue south on I-77 to Canton, home to the Pro Football Hall of Fame and an arts district that boasts over 30 galleries, studios and specialty shops in the downtown area. Begin at the Canton Museum of Art, which houses acclaimed collections of American watercolors, prints and ceramics. The CMA hosts group workshops for drawing, painting and textiles, and docents are available to escort groups of 60 or less through American art from pre-colonial to contemporary. The rest of Canton’s art attractions lie farther south, clustered around Cleveland Avenue and Market Street. The district blocks traffic the first Friday of every month for live music, drinks and self-guided gallery tours. Surrounded by the rolling hills of Wayne National Forest in southeast Ohio, the public square in Nelsonville is lined with cafes and galleries perfect for exploration after riding the Hocking Valley Railway. The Nelsonville Emporium features the work of over 75 local artists and includes a pottery studio on-site, while the Starbrick Cooperative Gallery sells oil paintings, jewelry and sculptures. If your group is interested in quilting, the Nelsonville Quilt Company owns over 2,400 bolts of fabric and supplies and has an open classroom available for classes or group sewing opportunities. The nearby town of Athens is home not only to Ohio University but also the Dairy Barn Arts Center. Built in 1914, the 6,500-square-foot space promotes artist who live within 30 miles of Athens with year-round exhibitions and workshops. Even the building itself is a work of art: a beautifully preserved dairy barn with three cupolas surrounded by 36 acres of rolling hills. After admiring the American Federalist architecture of the Ohio University campus, head for the Kennedy Museum of Art in Lin Hall. The collection includes Southwest Native American textiles and contemporary prints. 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__label__wiki	0.711566	0.711566	Home UNCG Campus Publications Page 001 North Carolina community progress, March 20, 1922 NORTH CAROLINA PUBLISHED TWICE A MONTH BY THE NORTH CAROLINA COLLEGE FOR WOMEN , GREENSBORO. N.C VOLUME 3. MARCH 20, 1922 NUMBER 12 STATE CONFERENCE FOR SOCIAL SERVICE PROVIDES EXCEPTIONAL PROGRAM North Carolina's Tenth Annual Conference for Social Service promises to be one of the most unusual gatherings of its kind ever held in the Southern states. The program which is printed in full on page five reveals the wide scope of topics to be discussed. No social worker or citizen interested in the promotion of public welfare can afford to stay away if he or she intends to keep ^_„ abreast of the times. {' Unlike the programs of previous years, this program does not emphasize one particular phase of public welfare or sociai service; on the contrary, it gives a picture of the entire field. In other years it has been necessary to crowd off numerous topics which were of vital interest but which were the particular theme of j the particular confer- j ence. This year the j program committee de- 1 cided to provide expres- 1 sion for a number of I these neglected topics. In addition to North Carolina's own leader- j ship in the field of social j service, the Conference j will be favored with an 1 unusual number of I speakers of national sig- I, nificance. Foremost +,.—..—..—.._,.—..—..—.._..— among these who come to us from other states is Miss Jane Addams, of Hull House, Chicago. Her name, her character, and her career are so deeply stamped upon the social idealism of America and upon the world for that matter that she is everywhere recognized as the leading woman of her time. She is to speak on Wednesday evening on the theme: "Amer- SPEAKERS AT THE TENTH ANNUAL CONFERENCE FOR SOCIAL SERVICE Name Time of Address Gov. Cameron Morrison - 8:15 p.m. Thursday Miss Jane Addams, Chicago - 8:45 p. m. Wed. Oven R. Lovejoy, Sec. National Child Labor Committee - - 2:30 p. m. Tuesday Miss Julia K. Jaffray, National Committee on Prisons - - 2:00 p. m. Wednesday Miss Virginia L. Kelly, National Traveler's Aid Association - 3:00 p. m. Tuesday Croft Williams. S. C. - 4:00 p. m. Tuesday Dr. E. C. Brooks, State Sup't. of Public Instruction - - - 8:00 p. m. Tuesday Mrs. Thomas Bickett - 3:00 p. m. Tuesday Mrs. Sydney P. Cooper, Pres. N. C. Federation of Women's Clubs - 3:00 p. m. Tuesday 3:00 p. m. Tuesday 3:00 p. m. Tuesday 3 :00 p. m. Tuesday 4:00 p. m. Tuesday Mrs. J. J. Bernard Miss Rose Ehrenfelt Mrs. B. F. Griffith Mrs. Clarence E. Hudson A. E. Howell, Goldsboro Mr. Byrd Howell' - - Dr. W. L. Poteat Mrs. T. W. Bickett Dr. Clarence Poe, Raleigh, N. C. 9 :00 a. m. Wed. Dr. W. S. Rankin, Raleigh, N. C. - 9:00 a. m. Wed. Mrs. Lindsay Patterson - 9 :30 a. m. Wednesday Dr. E. C. Branson, Chapel Hill - 10:00 a. m. Wed. Kon. Gilbert T. Stephenson 10 :30 a. m. Wednesday Mrs. Clarence Johnson - 11:30 a. m. Wednesday Roy M. Brown - - 11:30 a. m. Wednesday A. W. McAllister - - 2:00 p. m. Wednesday Dr. H. W. Crane - - 12:00 a. m. Wednesday Dr. Steiner, Chapel Hill - 2:00 p. m. Wednesday Mr. Pugh - - - - 2 :00 p. m. Wednesday Prof. J. E. Browne, Raleigh, 9:30 a. m. Thursday Mr. Wilson, State Y. M. C. A., 10:00 a. m. Thurs. J. D. Wilkins, Greensboro, 10:30 a. m. Thursday Dr. C. C. Taylor, Raleigh, 11:00 a. m. Thursday M;ss Clara Cox, High Point, 11:30 a. m. Thursday E. S. Wills, Greensboro - 11:30 a. m. Thursday Mrs. Blanche Carr Sterne, 11:30 a. m. Thursday ica's Responsibility to International Problems." Owner R. Lovejoy, Secretary of the National Child Labor Committee, is one of the leading social workers of the United States. His interests are not confined alone to the problems of child labor. He was, several years ago, the president of the National Conference of Social Work. He is now president of the National As- ssociation of Social workers and holds important positions with other national organizations. Mr. Lovejoy is a forecul speaker. His address occurs at the opening of the Confernece on Tuesday afternoon at two-thirty. Miss Julia Jaffray, of the National Prison Committee, and Miss Virginia L. Kelly, of the National Association of Traveler's Aid Societies, are specialists in their fields. Mr. Croft Williams is State Superintendent of Public Welfare of the State of South Carolina and one of the leaders in the field of social service in It is only necessary to mention some of the North Carolina leaders to appreciate the richness of the program. Such names as Dr. E. C. Brooks, Dr. Clarence Poe, Dr. E. C. Branson, Dr. C. C. Taylor, Dr. W. L. Poteat, Mrs. T. W. Bockett, Mrs. Lindsay Patterson, Mrs. Sydney Cooper, Mrs. B. F. Griffith, Dr. W. S. Rankin, Hon. Gilbert T. Stephenson, Mrs. Clarence Johnson, A. E. Howell, R. M. Brown, Prof. J. E. (Continued on next page.) .+ Title North Carolina community progress, March 20, 1922 Editor/creator Lindeman, E.C. Subject headings North Carolina -- Periodicals Community development -- North Carolina -- Periodicals Education -- North Carolina -- Periodicals Social service -- North Carolina -- Periodicals General topics Teachers Place Greensboro (N.C.) Description The March 20, 1922, issue of North Carolina Community Progress, a publication of the North Carolina College for Women (now The University of North Carolina at Greensboro). Original format Newsletters Original publisher Greensboro, N.C. : North Carolina College for Women Contributing institution Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives, UNCG University Libraries Publication North Carolina Community Progress Rights statement http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/ Additional rights information NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES. This item has been determined to be free of copyright restrictions in the United States. The user is responsible for determining actual copyright status for any reuse of the material. Object ID 1922-03-20-nccp Date digitized 2016 Digital master format Image/tiff Digital publisher The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, University Libraries Page/Item Description Full text NORTH CAROLINA PUBLISHED TWICE A MONTH BY THE NORTH CAROLINA COLLEGE FOR WOMEN , GREENSBORO. N.C VOLUME 3. MARCH 20, 1922 NUMBER 12 STATE CONFERENCE FOR SOCIAL SERVICE PROVIDES EXCEPTIONAL PROGRAM i North Carolina's Tenth Annual Conference for Social Service promises to be one of the most unusual gatherings of its kind ever held in the Southern states. The program which is printed in full on page five reveals the wide scope of topics to be discussed. No social worker or citizen interested in the promotion of public welfare can afford to stay away if he or she intends to keep ^_„ abreast of the times. {' Unlike the programs of previous years, this program does not emphasize one particular phase of public welfare or sociai service; on the contrary, it gives a picture of the entire field. In other years it has been necessary to crowd off numerous topics which were of vital interest but which were not directly related to the particular theme of j the particular confer- j ence. This year the j program committee de- 1 cided to provide expres- 1 sion for a number of I these neglected topics. In addition to North Carolina's own leader- j ship in the field of social j service, the Conference j will be favored with an 1 unusual number of I speakers of national sig- I, nificance. Foremost +,.—..—..—.._,.—..—..—.._..— among these who come to us from other states is Miss Jane Addams, of Hull House, Chicago. Her name, her character, and her career are so deeply stamped upon the social idealism of America and upon the world for that matter that she is everywhere recognized as the leading woman of her time. She is to speak on Wednesday evening on the theme: "Amer- *i SPEAKERS AT THE TENTH ANNUAL CONFERENCE FOR SOCIAL SERVICE Name Time of Address Gov. Cameron Morrison - 8:15 p.m. Thursday Miss Jane Addams, Chicago - 8:45 p. m. Wed. Oven R. Lovejoy, Sec. National Child Labor Committee - - 2:30 p. m. Tuesday Miss Julia K. Jaffray, National Committee on Prisons - - 2:00 p. m. Wednesday Miss Virginia L. Kelly, National Traveler's Aid Association - 3:00 p. m. Tuesday Croft Williams. S. C. - 4:00 p. m. Tuesday Dr. E. C. Brooks, State Sup't. of Public Instruction - - - 8:00 p. m. Tuesday Mrs. Thomas Bickett - 3:00 p. m. Tuesday Mrs. Sydney P. Cooper, Pres. N. C. Federation of Women's Clubs - 3:00 p. m. Tuesday 3:00 p. m. Tuesday 3:00 p. m. Tuesday 3 :00 p. m. Tuesday 3 :00 p. m. Tuesday 3 :00 p. m. Tuesday 3:00 p. m. Tuesday 4:00 p. m. Tuesday 4:00 p. m. Tuesday Mrs. J. J. Bernard Miss Rose Ehrenfelt Mrs. B. F. Griffith Mrs. Clarence E. Hudson A. E. Howell, Goldsboro Mr. Byrd Howell' - - Dr. W. L. Poteat Mrs. T. W. Bickett Dr. Clarence Poe, Raleigh, N. C. 9 :00 a. m. Wed. Dr. W. S. Rankin, Raleigh, N. C. - 9:00 a. m. Wed. Mrs. Lindsay Patterson - 9 :30 a. m. Wednesday Dr. E. C. Branson, Chapel Hill - 10:00 a. m. Wed. Kon. Gilbert T. Stephenson 10 :30 a. m. Wednesday Mrs. Clarence Johnson - 11:30 a. m. Wednesday Roy M. Brown - - 11:30 a. m. Wednesday A. W. McAllister - - 2:00 p. m. Wednesday Dr. H. W. Crane - - 12:00 a. m. Wednesday Dr. Steiner, Chapel Hill - 2:00 p. m. Wednesday Mr. Pugh - - - - 2 :00 p. m. Wednesday Prof. J. E. Browne, Raleigh, 9:30 a. m. Thursday Mr. Wilson, State Y. M. C. A., 10:00 a. m. Thurs. J. D. Wilkins, Greensboro, 10:30 a. m. Thursday Dr. C. C. Taylor, Raleigh, 11:00 a. m. Thursday M;ss Clara Cox, High Point, 11:30 a. m. Thursday E. S. Wills, Greensboro - 11:30 a. m. Thursday Mrs. Blanche Carr Sterne, 11:30 a. m. Thursday ica's Responsibility to International Problems." Owner R. Lovejoy, Secretary of the National Child Labor Committee, is one of the leading social workers of the United States. His interests are not confined alone to the problems of child labor. He was, several years ago, the president of the National Conference of Social Work. He is now president of the National As- ssociation of Social workers and holds important positions with other national organizations. Mr. Lovejoy is a forecul speaker. His address occurs at the opening of the Confernece on Tuesday afternoon at two-thirty. Miss Julia Jaffray, of the National Prison Committee, and Miss Virginia L. Kelly, of the National Association of Traveler's Aid Societies, are specialists in their fields. Mr. Croft Williams is State Superintendent of Public Welfare of the State of South Carolina and one of the leaders in the field of social service in the South. It is only necessary to mention some of the North Carolina leaders to appreciate the richness of the program. Such names as Dr. E. C. Brooks, Dr. Clarence Poe, Dr. E. C. Branson, Dr. C. C. Taylor, Dr. W. L. Poteat, Mrs. T. W. Bockett, Mrs. Lindsay Patterson, Mrs. Sydney Cooper, Mrs. B. F. Griffith, Dr. W. S. Rankin, Hon. Gilbert T. Stephenson, Mrs. Clarence Johnson, A. E. Howell, R. M. Brown, Prof. J. E. (Continued on next page.) .+	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0050.json.gz/line259
__label__wiki	0.557039	0.557039	My Eyes Like Rays by bevv7 · Published February 22, 2018 · Updated March 15, 2018 National Poetry Competition Filmpoem screening & poetry reading www.filmpoem.com www.poetrysociety.org.uk Notes from the screening and poetry reading: for all the films please go to: www.vimeo.com/filmpoem Poet Sam Harvey, Sarah Tremlett and Julia Bird from The Poetry Society Really pleased to see a sell-out poetry reading and poetry film screening curated by Alastair Cook of Filmpoem at The Poetry Society, London on October 13th, where films were made to the winning poems from the National Poetry Competition of 2016. All the films were really noteworthy. Myself, poet Sam Harvey, filmmaker James Norton, poet Laura Scott, and Helmi Stil were there to present our work. Just to say, my jottings from the event are no reflection on those not mentioned. Laura Scott’s poem The Grey Mirror (3:12, 2017) is centered on the memory of a house by the sea in Ireland. The processes behind James Norton’s evocative, lyrical filming became clearer when he told us that: ‘There was a shift in the poem, which had to be a character – it took ages to find an image for – I tried so many things’. and if I went back to that house in Ireland where she took us in out of the rain, I’d find it. If I stood in front of the mirror I’d see how grey and specked with black its glass was and then I’d see lines spreading around my eyes like rays in a child’s drawing of the sun … Laura gave a memorable reading that also made me see The Wizard of Oz in a new light. Fran Lock’s Epistle from inside the Sharknado (5:12, 2017) is a dark testament to the destruction we are causing to the planet. Filmmaker Idil Sukan managed to create a paradoxical effect: using animated plastic dinosaurs (coming back to get us as the poem foretells), he reminds us of both the absence of the real thing and the pathos of the imitation; both a bittersweet visual sense of humour but also a real sense of the fragility of our world, and what we will end up with if we don’t protect it: a world of plastic memories. We will come, seismic and genderless, thick sleeves of meat, working the humid air like a grudge. You’d better run … In Never Say Never Say Never (6:10, 2017) directed, shot, conceived and edited by Adele Myers with poem by Patrick Errington and narrated by Evan DiLario, a couple struggle to let go. Myers, who trained as a dancer, as well as a filmmaker, sent me her rationale for making the film: ‘The poem itself had some strong imagery but I found it to be quite abstract also. I felt that the words flowed over each other well, but I initially struggled to latch on to a particular narrative, that I could explore in a visual way. My previous film for The Poetry Society, Birdfall based on the poem by Danica Ognjenovic, used a ballet dancer as a bird-like figure, so I decided to revisit dance again for this piece, to play with the symbolism of relationships. I gleaned a sense that the poem could be about the final moment of a relationship, where the two parties were set to end; they know they need to end it, but are also resistant to actually doing so. I wanted to explore imagery involving two people trying hold on to their very last moment together, so that it did not have to end; “the last page unread”. I also wanted the piece to have a dream-like or not so firmly fixed, timeless quality as if the couple were still sleeping, in limbo perhaps before the final split, “don’t wake, not just yet”. The film evokes memories or echoes of moments they’d shared together both tender and not so. With the dancers – Layla Al Khouri and Sandoop Dinesh – coming from different cultures it adds another dimension to ideas of relational struggle, which was hinted at, but subtly. Notions of misunderstanding are explored, mixed with tenderness that relationships can encounter anywhere. The poem circles around a sort of push and pull, back and forth for me and I really wanted capture that, to have a tension in the film, where you were not quite sure if they were in or out, even at the end as the poem’s final words relay: “when you leave, come back”’. The Desktop Metaphor (2:48, 2017) by poet Caleb Parkin is an existential dance of the prosaic and mythical – ‘like The Great Stapler which attaches the night to us’ – with photocopier light opera by Helmie Stil (organizer of Filmpoem Festival 2017) and music by Lennert Busch. The steady metrical repetition of the scanning motion of the photocopier (with both light and sound) creates its own hypnotic prosody, paralleling the anaphoric repetitions and enjambment of Parkin’s verbal images: we were exoplanets with atmospheres of ink ink full of bright mating cries Parkin’s delivery is both matter-of-fact and playful. It is as if qualifying the ordinary with mythical statements, and reiterating them, is enough; belief is only in the mind. Stil’s photocopied face (which once would have been termed abject), adds to the humour of man’s position in the desktop universe, as well as enriching the constantly changing material spectacle). In Parkin’s page poem, there is a zig-zagging rift of metaphoric blank space running down the middle of the page. Maybe we could think of this as a contemporary version of a medial caesura as in Anglo Saxon and Middle English verse, such as ‘Piers Plowman’ by William Langland (c.1330–1386). Parkin’s pause, or blank audio-visual ‘space’ takes on a new form through the iterations of Stil’s photocopier. As the repetitive rhythm of the poem and photocopier work in concert, there is also a pleasing mirroring between word and image. As a director, mindful of the verse/image relationship, Stil has paired two beams of light that converge, like a beak shape, with Caleb’s narration of the words ‘the gull’: mating cries from Gods of our Days like the Gull the Gull whose beak marks the poles the poles whose screams are tectonic Helmie kindly sent me her notes that she also sent to Caleb during the filming process. It is really interesting to see her interpretation of the poem and also the nature of the scanning process itself: ‘The main idea is to focus visual on the scanner, I’ve filmed different angles of the lights of the scanner and I’ve scanned some items that relate to your poem. And because your poem is readable in different ways I was thinking of doing something with a split screen. So, on one side of the screen you see the light of the scanner, scanning, and on the other screen you see what’s been scanned. I’ve scanned many things that you can’t name and some you can. What I felt in your poem is the emptiness of life, the feeling we should always put names on things instead of just feeling it, that we make things very important while there are many more important things in life. So, the scanner is symbolizing our life, scanning through it. The scans are representing the things we put/are “important” in our lives, like the Great Stapler. I was very surprised and pleased to see what you can do with the scanner visually. An isolation of life, scanning through it.’ The Curfew (4:26, 2017) with poem by winning poet Stephen Sexton recollects his grandfather – his work as a miner and a disaster – and is consummately filmed by the well-established team of Alastair Cook, filmmaker James Norton and sound by Luca Nasciuti. Nasciuti’s soundscape turns the simple act of opening an old suitcase and coming across objects wrapped in paper into almost an apocalyptic experience. The whole action takes place at Alastair Cook’s desk as he shares with us the emotional experience of reacquainting himself with a loved one, through the totemic qualities of personal possessions. Shot with an uncompromising lens, very different to the lyricism of Norton’s work with Laura Scott, boxing gloves or an old camera reawaken memories. These seem to build until ultimately Cook buries his face in an old blanket. The emotional delicacy of the process contrasts with the soundscape that creaks and clanks, rising and falling in volume, like a techno ship being tossed on the waves in a thunderstorm (echoing the later motif of the albatross). Cook’s voice brings a real verisimilitude to the poem: seamlessly blending with the lines in couplets, like a stream of consciousness, or a mental liturgy. The memorial fountain says nothing of the weeks before the rescue failed but mentions God which, as my grandfather used to say, is just the name of the plateau you view the consequences of your living from. Or something like that. He said a lot of things. He grew wise and weary as an albatross and left for that great kingdom of nevertheless. I was paired with American poet Sam Harvey for Claire Climbs Everest (5:08, 2017). For me it was a really enjoyable experience to work blind, and finally meet Sam, who has a unique delivery that slowly draws you into everyday situations, which are then quietly isolated through a perceptive lens– as we found out in his poetry reading (including running into a deer, left on the bonnet of the car!). I also enjoyed our discussion with the lovely Julia Bird afterwards. For my own part I can only recount my own intention for the poem: The highs and lows of being in love. A teenage girl is left by her cello-playing boyfriend and her world temporarily falls apart. Sam’s verbal imagery and the mountain metaphor provided a strong basis to work from. In some cases, I fell in step with a duvet / mountain convergence, and in other places I diverged creating parallel visual images from his verbal images. With quite complicated visuals I called on talented multimedia filmmaker and editor Howard Vause to help edit my footage and concepts into evocative images – without him the film would not have worked at all. Overall the poem conveyed to me a more traditional, three-act structure as a poetry film, rather than a dream-like or conceptual narrative. As the ex-boyfriend in the poem was a cellist (so well-played by Sam Warner) I selected different types of cello music to reflect the emotional structure. I did not want to begin with Claire as already abandoned by her boyfriend, but catch her still ‘in’ love – in a Chagall-esque scenario that I had wanted to use for some time, and was realised so effectively by Howard. This scene is made for me by several different aspects that come together: the music works in concert; the way I shot her, including the dress and the wind machine, and asking her to pretend she was being lifted in the air; my suggestion to have a kiss become a bird that carries Claire, and Howard’s suggestion to drop Claire on the mountain /duvet and layer Claire’s small figure over the concerned expression of her larger face. All the tweakings of this scene necessitated incorporating the exit of the cellist with Claire arriving in the right place after her flight. The result is a tribute to Howard’s skillful and imaginative image manipulation. In terms of metaphoric visual imagery, I also managed to use crosses as both symbolising love and error – another theme I had wanted to transfer from a print series to incorporate in poetry films. Love and error keep slipping and sliding and the cross bears a different meaning as kiss or error depending on your point of view. These interplay with Sam’s mountain motif, or sometimes run parallel: the opening pan across the mountainous duvet is peppered with delicate love-filled kisses. Yet later they form a chain-link curtain that signifies the end of their relationship. However, some verbal and visual images fuse as with the messy bedroom, seen in triplicate. I go home some weekends to find Claire’s bedroom covered in little mountains of socks and t-shirts, the range across which she has trekked, But when Claire leaves the room, in Sam’s poem she goes into her mother’s room, but in the filmic image she leaves the room wearing a pink hat and fake fur coat (as an enveloping stand-in for the mother) to go out. In discussing my use of colour, I would also argue that strong pink represents a strong feminine position, whereas the black and white scenarios signify Claire’s world bled dry of life (and even hope). Another reason for a pink hat is that it serves nicely as a little beacon to follow for a filmmaker in a crowded night-time tube station! The parallel images continue but in some cases converge again through shared dynamics. As Claire visually ascends an escalator in the tube station, Harvey narrates: … the Sherpa, cheeks flush rose with the cold, that lead her through the eyelet of clouds to the summit … Towards the end, in speaking of Claire’s dad’s shirt which she finds, Sam describes her holding the shirt and again I parallel that verbal image: She emerges with it clenched in her fist like a trophy, like a fistful of snow from the white crown of Everest. Here I wanted to return to the idea of the cross as kiss or love again (the father’s shirt standing for this love to me) and I wanted the kisses to appear from her hand, as if reigniting her sense of faith in people and wonder in life. So, Howard created the effect of kisses seeming to float upwards. Another secret from the filming process is that Claire is played by two people – both my daughters – Georgie for the main role, but Hatti for the location shots, as she happened to be living in London at the time and Georgie wasn’t available! I set out wanting animated special effects to support a sense of wonder and imagination at being in love (particularly for the first time), something very old-fashioned today but a feeling I think that hasn’t been entirely destroyed by the cynicism and pragmatism of our society. I am very grateful to Alastair for this opportunity; it was an exciting way to stretch my filmmaking capabilities. I am also indebted to Sam for such a subtle and finely crafted poem on such a raw subject, and I feel the pace of his dry, American voice really counterpoints but underpins the drama on screen. I have learnt a lot about the craft of poetry as much as filmmaking. Next story New People On Board – WELCOME! 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__label__wiki	0.922881	0.922881	Subjects: Agriculture, Business & Industry, Labor Movement, Politics & Government, Social Issues Tags: 1930s, farming, great depression, labor, politics Secondary Sources: Articles & Books Primary Sources: Archives & Records Images & Artifacts Suggested Dates While some newspapers from 1929-1941 are available to search online at the Gale Family Library (see links below), many titles from this time are not yet digitized. To dig deeper, you'll need to browse the paper in our microfilm collection. Microfilm copies of MN newspapers are browsable by date. Key dates related to Minnesota during the Great Depression include: Oct. 24, 1929: Beginning of stock market crash July 29, 1932: State convention and organization of the Minnesota Farmers' Holiday Association Nov. 10, 1933: Hormel Strike begins May 16, 1934: Trucker's Strike begins. View Research Guide for more dates and information. July 5, 1939: WPA strike begins in Minnesota July 21, 1939: WPA strike ends May 12, 1933: Federal Emergency Relief Act passage June 16, 1933: National Industrial Recovery Act of 1933 signed into law May 6, 1935: Works Progress Administration formed May 27, 1935: National Industrial Recovery Act declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court Minnesota Digital Newspaper Hub A searchable website of Minnesota newspapers. Contains geographically and culturally diverse papers from 1856 to 1924. Historical Minneapolis Tribune Search or browse in the 1867-2001 issues of the Minneapolis Tribune. This database is only available in the library. Library Catalog-Newspapers Search by city and title of newspaper (i.e. Granite Falls Tribune) or by the city and "newspapers" (i.e. Granite Falls newspapers). Newspapers at MNHS Search various historic newspapers for advertisements and articles about people, events, and activities. Chronicling America Access digital historic newspapers from MN and other states through this project by the Library of Congress. Electronic Library of MN MN residents can search online magazine, journal, newspaper, and encyclopedia articles and eBooks. The Minnesota Historical Society holds the world's largest collection of Minnesota newspapers, with dates ranging from 1849 to the present day. Past issues of most newspaper titles are available on microfilm in the MNHS library, but there is also digital access to select newspapers. Use the links to the left to search for newspapers available at MNHS and to search within digitized newspaper collections. << Previous: Primary Sources: Archives & Records Next: Images & Artifacts >> Last Updated: Dec 9, 2019 2:23 PM URL: https://libguides.mnhs.org/greatdepression	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0050.json.gz/line262
__label__cc	0.679897	0.320103	Some Essential Information About Essential Oils The increasing use of essential oils has been accompanied by an increasing number of poisonings, especially of children, and other adverse effects. Unsupported claims about their purity and medicinal properties are made. Buyers should beware of fraud, get reliable information before using these highly concentrated oils, and keep them out of the reach of children. For a long time, essential oils (EOs) were a niche market of a small number of massage therapists, aromatherapists, natural remedy enthusiasts, and crafty folks who liked making nice smelling potpourris, candles, and soap. In recent years, though, aggressive marketing by a couple of multilevel marketing companies has pushed the use of EOs into a larger market. Along with it have come an irresponsible plethora of bogus claims, the promotion of unsafe practices, and the annoying marketing to family and friends that comes along with MLMs. Let me make one thing perfectly clear: I am not anti-EO. I am against fraud, misinformation, unsafe practices, and accidental poisonings, especially of children. I've been alarmed at some of the tales I've been told of pregnant women being encouraged to ingest EOs or blends being rubbed undiluted on babies' feet to ward off colds, a practice about as useful as wearing garlic around one's neck to ward off vampires. Unsuspecting targets of sales pitches given by people who know little more than the company line are led to believe their well-meaning solicitors actually know what they are talking about. Indeed, this unpaid sales force often believes it themselves. However, when you start asking relevant questions, it quickly becomes clear that they know almost nothing about the products they are selling. What could possibly be the harm in these nice smelling oils? Well, potentially quite a bit. First let's get one thing straight: there is no such thing as "therapeutic grade" essential oils. This is a term made up by the companies themselves. There is no certification, no regulation by any governmental or otherwise disinterested party. When EOs from "reputable" companies, including the two big MLMs who claim they monitor the production of their EOs from seed to seal, as they say, are tested by independent labs, the results are that a significant portion of EOs are adulterated with synthetic fragrances. Fraud is rampant in the EO industry. Unless every single batch is tested by an independent third party, there is no way to guarantee the purity of any EO. Several years ago, a group of aromatherapists pitched in and had thirteen samples of peppermint oil from "reputable" companies tested by an indepdendent lab. Ten of the thirteen samples were "not in compliance," including those from the big MLMs. That is, they contained substances that were not natural to peppermint oil; they were adulterated with synthetics. The results of these lab reports were published online and were accessible for several years. Recently I've noticed that this and other damning evidence have disappeared without explanation. One article remains online but costs $.25 to read. The article, published on Utahstories.com, is titled Damning Evidence that Young Living and DoTerra's Oils are Adulterated, tells the story of Dr. Robert Pappas, a chemist who was hired by Young Living Oils to test some samples of their EOs. YLO and DoTerra, a company formed by former YLO employees, have been hurling lawsuits at each other, accusing each other of selling contaminated EOs. Dr. Pappas has testified in sworn testimony before the court that he found YLO's samples to be synthetic and when he reported this to founder and CEO Gary Young, Young pressured him to change his report. Dr. Pappas' sworn videotaped testimony was available for viewing on a website but, like other evidence, is no longer available. We can't help but suspect legal threats are preventing the public from viewing the court testimony. [Note: a currently working video of part of Dr. Pappas' testimony is currently available but may not remain so.] However, still available are recent reports that several YLO distributors pooled their resources to have some samples tested and, again, they were found to be adulterated. When they confronted YLO about these results, representatives failed to answer and, instead, tried to claim it was a smear campaign. One distributor who had believed in the company wrote about The day Young Living broke my heart . . . Since that time, another group of EO enthusiasts have pooled their resources and have been submitting samples of various companies' EOs for testing. You can see the results of their tests here. As of this writing, it seems that a higher percentage of EOs are being found in compliance than earlier tests indicated. Perhaps the greater scrutiny has made EO companies a bit more cautious. Two particularly dangerous practices have been promoted by the MLMs: ingesting EOs and applying them undiluted ("neat") to the skin. EOs are extremely concentrated and most should not be applied undiluted to the skin. When their EOs cause red welts and rashes to form, the companies claim this is a sign of "detoxing," which is rubbish. It is contact dermatitis. The National Association of Holistic Aromatherapists have issued a white paper warning of the dangers of "Raindrop Therapy," (RDT) practice promoted by YLO that involves applying their EOs neat to the skin. The Aromatherapy Registration Council condemns the practice of applying EOs neat to the skin and has issued a paper warning they will drop from membership any member who practices RDT or "Aromatouch," a similar practice promoted by DoTerra. Outside of a very few EOs, no responsible aromatherapists recommend applying EOs neat to the skin. Even those considered safe to apply undiluted can cause reactions, especially with repeated exposure. The practice of ingesting EOs has the potential to be even more hazardous. In this article on essential oil safety, a naturapath warns that ingesting EOs can cause seizures in children. A search of PubMed finds a number of case reports of adverse effects from ingesting EOs, including death. Again, the responsible aromatheray associations warn that aromatherapists should not recommend ingesting EOs. This report of a near fatal case of a woman admitted to a hospital in a comatose state after ingesting peppermint oil names a number of compounds in peppermint oil that can damage the liver, the kidneys, and the brain. Besides the fact that EOs are extremely concentrated, since they are often contaminated with synthetic fragrances which may not be safe for consumption. Food grade oils can be purchased to be used to flavor foods, in which case they are dispersed throughout the food so that their concentration is diluted to a safe level and the ingredients have been monitored for safety. The growing promotion of these unsafe practices has led the Atlantic Institute of Aromatherapy to collect lists of worst injuries from EOs, pleading with people to Stop The Insanity! Why would anyone want to ingest EOs or apply them undiluted to their skin? These companies make claims that their EOs will cure disease and all manner of physical ailments, from scoliosis to ebola. Both YLO and DoTerra have been issued warnings about making claims about unsupported medicinal benefits of their EOs. The list of claims they make, including that their EOs will help you lose weight and will "enhance the body's aura," is almost endless and quite imaginative. Unfortunately, it's all bogus, too. Dr. Eva Briggs writes about listening to Gary Young speak at the Total Health Expo in Toronto and calls Young a "total wacko" whose fabrications rival any tall tales ever told by Mark Twain. Even use of EOs in diffusers can trigger adverse reactions. In one case report listed in PubMed, a women developed persistent eczema from airborne exposure to various EOs after using an aromalamp in her house for a year. Due to the volatile oils having permeated all the surfaces in her dwelling, the entire house had to be remodeled. Many of the case reports and reviews caution that the incidence of allergic reactions and poisonings are on the rise as sales of EOs increase. Children, aromatherapists, massage therapists, and others whose occupations expose them to EOs are at particular risk. Besides the fraud and unsafe practices promoted by these companies who seem prepared to say anything to make a buck, there is another reason for concern about the growing use of essential oils: their environmental impact. Depending on the specific EO, it takes anywhere from hundreds to thousands of pounds of plant material to make one pound of EO. According to aromatherapist and author Mindy Green, it takes 200 to 250 pounds of lavender to make one pound of lavender oil and as much as 10,000 pounds of rose blossoms to make one pound of rose oil. Considering the environmental impact of devoting such large areas of land to monocropping and the impact it could have on the food supply, Green questions the ethics of the increasing casual use of EOs. Essential oils can be useful and fun. Massage therapists often add them to their massage oils and some people enjoy scenting a room with essential oils. Their use, however, is not without its hazards. EOs are extremely concentrated and should be used responsibly. The reknowned aromatherapist and educator Robert Tisserand, author of Essential Oil Safety, is a voice of reason in a field prone to insanity. While ill-informed EO enthusiasts were claiming that frankincense oil would cure cancer, Tisserand was writing articles that explained the science and delivered sensible information. (And no, frankincense will not cure cancer. We wish it were that easy.) Tisserand has promoted safe use of EOs and in this internview explains why ingestion of EOs is a bad idea. His books, website, blog, and classes are great resources for those who would like to use EOs responsibly. If you have an interest in using EOs, don't trust the sales pitch of a poorly trained "distributor." Get the facts from reliable, independent sources on how to use them safely. Please keep EOs out of the reach of children. The vast majority of poisonings have been children. [Edit 1/17/17: Something I had not considered is the potential for adverse reactions in household pets. Birds can be very sensitive to some EOs. Dogs love to lick and could suffer from exposure to EOs applied to the skin. I'm not a fan, but when Natural News publishes an article warning that well-meaning owners might harm their pets with essential oils, you know it's not an exaggeration from the anti-alt med crowd.] The following partial list of case reports of adverse effects from EOs listed in the database PubMed is provided to impress the importance of using EOs safely, keeping them out of the reach of children, and avoiding overexposure. Accidental methyl salicylate (wintergreen) poisoning in two adults. Pediatric tea tree oil aspiration treated with surfactant in the emergency department. 18 month old child ingested tea tree oil, developed central nervous system depression and respiratory distress. Skin condition developed on the neck and forearms of a woman who had been practicing aromatherapy for many years. Pustular eruptions following ingestion of the EO of pistacia lenticus. A newborn and a toddler experience seizures after accidental exposure to sage oil. Fennel oil can induce seizures and should probably be avoided by epileptics. Another case of breakthrough seizures after topical application of EOs. Occupational exposure to EOs can lead to contact dermatitis. An allergic reaction after massage with olive oil + laurel oil. EOs triggering contact dermatitis in a masseur. Fifteen month old boy develops liver failure after ingesting clove oil. Report mentions increasing incidents of accidental poisonings as the sales of EOs increases. Infusion of eucalyptus can exacerbate asthma. "Essential oils have the potential to initiate allergic reactions due to their volatile and skin absorbent nature. Practitioners and aromatherapy teachers need to be aware of the potential for allergies and be equipped to deal with them if they should arise. Two cases are presented of potentially serious reactions that occurred within a learning situation along with a brief literature critique about allergic reactions to essential oils." Four year old boy poisoned by ingesting tea tree oil. Rare blistering disorder triggered by topical application of tea tree oil. Immediate systemic hypersensitivity reaction to tea tree oil, including flushing, throat constriction, and pruritus (itching). Sensitivities to multiple EOs in two aromatherapists. Three aromatherapists and one chemist with an interest in aromatherapy develop contact dermatitis. Less than 1 teaspoon of wintergreen oil can be fatal to a child. Essentail oils of at least eleven common plants are known to cause convulsions; two case reports. Fatal poisoning of a child by oil of epazote administered on the advice of a curandera. Camphor and balsam applied in an ointment cause poisoning in a one month old child. Toxicity report of several EOs. There are many more reports, in particular tea tree oil poisoning, allergic reactions among aromatherapists, poisoning from pennyroyal, sensitivity to lavender and chamomile.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0050.json.gz/line265
__label__cc	0.704788	0.295212	Max Hardy Consulting Results through collaboration Working with Max is a delight. Max’s facilitation, collaboration and problem solving style is respectful and calm, along with being both accessible and professional. The most significant project we have worked on with Max was the planning and undertaking of a community symposium, focused on the drafting of our city’s 20 year strategy, MV2040. We appreciated the opportunity to ‘sound board’ with Max and utilise his extensive and varied collaboration and facilitation experience to plan an engaging day for our community. Max’s facilitation on the day kept things moving at a comfortable pace, with a great energy maintained for the entirety of the symposium. The environment Max created resulted in a wealth of insightful feedback from our community and significant positive feedback was received from a wide variety of our participants. Our teams also benefit greatly from the opportunities to work with Max; learning new skills and approaches for how to most genuinely and effectively collaborate with a diversity of stakeholders. Jessie Keating Manager Strategic Planning Moonee Valley City Council 'Max's extensive experience with deliberative engagement, as well as his uniquely calming facilitation style, has helped bring about a step-change in the type of public engagement expected in Western Australia. It has been an absolute pleasure to partner with and learn from the best in the business, and I continue to look for opportunities to work together. I would recommend Max for any project, and especially for complex topics in strategic community and urban planning.' Anna Kelderman SHAPE URBAN Max recently facilitated a two day course for us at Council about tackling the internal and external challenges of community engagement. Max is an exceptional facilitator and his ability to draw on experiences across such a broad and diverse background in CE is invaluable to those before him. I would highly recommend Max to anyone who is wanting to either dip their toe or dive right into the CE world – you won’t be disappointed. Barbara Dart Acting Chief Operating Officer, Health, Security and Regulatory Services Department Ipswich City Council I first encountered Max in Auckland when he delivered IAP2 training I was attending. Many years later, I’ve had the opportunity to work with him on two significant local government projects in Melbourne using co-design and deliberative engagement approaches. Max’s great strength was helping council decision makers understand their role in the engagement process and giving them confidence to try different techniques to get a better engagement outcome. His exceptional facilitation skills means he can wrangle even the most difficult room into having constructive conversations and he generously shares his expertise with the internal teams that work with him so they expand their skills and capability. I highly recommend Max for any engagement project. Lisa Rae Communications Manager, Laing O'Rourke 'Max worked with us to design and execute a series of workshops based on the citizen jury principles, to enable a conversation between community members about the growth and change expected to occur in a challenging inner city municipality. Max understood the key issues at hand, gave expert advice and worked with us to tailor the process to ensure we got the most out of it. Overall I learnt a lot and the workshops were a success!' Liz Mackevicius Senior Associate, Melbourne Practice Leader, Partner SGS Economics & Planning 'I have had the pleasure of both being a participant in a fantastic training session run by Max, and also as a client. Max was of tremendous assistance navigating through a challenging engagement process with great support, advice and good humour. Thank you Max.' Kellie King General Manager – Community & Corporate Services, Wannon Water 'I have had the pleasure of working with Max when he ventures up to sunny Queensland! He is a generous, insightful and highly skilled professional who absolutely practices what he believes in. Nobody understands the importance of collaboration, engagement and the challenges this brings for organisations better than Max! He is an excellent coach, facilitator and trainer and can support the people in your organisation to build capacity and meet these challenges effectively.' Lindy Fentiman Tog Consulting 'I had the wonderful opportunity to watch Max in action facilitating the Citizen's Jury for People With Disability Australia in Sydney last month which I was filming. Max's tagline "results through collaboration" is spot on. It was pure magic watching Max create collaboration and results from a randomly selected jury - 12 very unique personalities from all around Australia who had never met before. The Citizen's Jury itself is an amazing process and to watch it all come together so seamlessly under Max's guidance was even more amazing.' Lara Damiana Think Films 'I have known Max for more than ten years. I was a student of his doing the IAP2 Certificate, engaged him as a consultant for in-house work in local government, and then worked alongside him on a consumer engagement capacity building project at the Royal Brisbane Womens Hospital. He is great to be around and work with. Max is an exceptional facilitator, really knows his stuff and definitely hits the mark. Just as important, he has loads of integrity and really believes in the people he works with and for.' Fresh PR and Marketing 'I have always been impressed with Max’s ability to navigate and resolve the thorny issues through collaboration. He involves all participants right from the beginning: asking “what’s the question that needs answering here”? His efforts alongside John Dengate in the journey that was The Queensland Plan were stellar and he was a significant contributor to the outcome of nearly 80,000 Queenslanders leaving their “fingerprints” on the 30 Year Vision for our great State.' The Honourable Andrew Powell MP Minister for Environment and Heritage Protection 'If one were to ask me who was the best facilitator and facilitation trainer in the world, I would unequivocally answer “Max Hardy.” As the public involvement manager at one of the largest U.S.-based environmental engineering firms, I often took along my notes from Max’s facilitation class to meet with clients and, on their behalf, with the public. When I was asked to facilitate a state director level meeting of three federal and two state agencies regarding water supply issues, it was Max’s notes that gave me the confidence to try to create a collaborative experience for everyone in the room. Max’s ability to engage is outstanding!' Carol M Anderson 'I worked with Max for 17 years and appreciate his honesty, integrity and ability to connect with people at all levels. I learned much from him, particularly around Appreciative Inquiry, the appreciative approach and the value of deliberation. While I miss him, I have confidence that he will continue to be a wise advisor and advocate for his clients as they co-create solutions with their stakeholders.' Vivien Twyford Director, Twyfords I have worked with Max Hardy on two complex projects which took deliberative democracy and applied it to new problems. In 2007 at a ceremony in Arizona, USA Max along with the ACT Disability Advisory Council was awarded the IAP2 (International) Award for "Project of the Year" for our Citizens Jury project which provided scorecard on Challenge 2014. Now in 2014 we’ve engaged Max to help project manage a hugely important project to produce a user lead scorecard on the trials for the National Disability Insurance Scheme, the pre-eminent disability reform of our times. Max is clever, solution oriented, true to the process while bringing an assured and deft touch” Craig Wallace. President, People with Disability Australia 'Max is one of the leading superstars of community engagement and collaborative governance in Australia. Since I first met him as my trainer in Adelaide back in 2007, I've admired his approach. He's passionate, dedicated, admired in the field and I look forward to seeing the next steps of his career unfold. Watch out world!' Becky Hirst Principal, Becky Hirst Consulting 'Max Hardy has worked with my senior executive team and local stakeholders to facilitate the co-creation of social wellbeing strategies. Max’s style is both collaborative and supportive and he gets the best from people involved. I highly recommend Max to anyone who is embarking on a process of co-creation.' Eugene McGarrell District Director, Northern Sydney Department of Family and Community Services 'I have known and worked with Max for about two years, however I have been very aware of his career and engagement experience applied to major projects across industry sectors for a much longer period. Max has been at the forefront of pioneering new mechanisms and methodologies for genuine engagement and this resonates for his clients and is proven through the many results he has delivered. Max is an inquiring consultant ensuring not only value for money being delivered but he leaves a legacy of change. Challenging the status quo Max will support your project success. Just like Max's techniques his warm persona and approachable nature will ensure lasting results. I am more than happy to recommend Max and wish him every success!' Courtney Brown Director Business Development at BDR Projects Telstra Business Woman of the Year Nominee 2014 'I have worked with Max on many occasions and have great respect for his skills and knowledge around community engagement and collaboration. He is an expert trainer and a strong advocate for Appreciative Inquiry approaches.' Ian Dixon, Dixon Partnering Solutions 'Max Hardy brings to his work a delightful combination of common sense, integrity, experience, laced with a sly sense of humour.' Beatrice Briggs International Institute for Facilitation and Change (IIFAC) Tepoztlán, Morelos, Mexico 'Max is a democracy enthusiast. He finds ways to enable, empower and encourage every voice to be heard and designs processes that foster the principle: every voice is worth hearing.' Moira Deslandes Director, Moira Deslandes Consulting 'Max is a long time colleague, mentor and friend. He has a deft touch as a facilitator and collaboration strategist due his deeply developed empathetic listening skills, along with the experience and wisdom of many years of working on thorny problems with people from all walks of life'. Crispin Butteriss, PhD Co-founder and Chief Practice Officer “Max is a trusted and respected colleague and friend of Capire. He is always able to provide us with a sound, strategic and independent perspective – even on the toughest projects in very complex communities” Amy Hubbard CEO, Capire. 'Max Hardy has a unique ability to build the confidence and capacity of teams working in engagement. He brings a wealth of experience and insight. We have worked together on a number of deliberative projects and he is a delight to work with!' Amanda Newbery Articulous Max Hardy TEDx St Kilda https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7GldqwWhBME A dialogue about dialogue 17/12/2019 Community engagement – definitions applicable to systems change 21/10/2019 Citizens at the Centre: A Journey with my Tamarack Institute Colleagues 12/06/2019 Rethinking Democracy: Strategies That Put Citizens at the Centre 25/02/2019 Bringing art into engagement 17/01/2019 Are you stuck trying to address ‘wicked problems’ with your community? 09/01/2019 Channelling Fran Peavey – generating strategic questions for those who sponsor community engagement and collaboration 04/10/2018 Email: max@maxhardy.com.au Twitter: @maxchardy Skype: maxhardy Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/pub/max-hardy/11/339/a4b Working with Max is a delight. Max’s facilitation, collaboration and problem solving style is respectful and calm, along with being both accessible and professional. The most significant project we have worked on with Max was the planning and undertaking of a community symposium, focused on the drafting of our city’s 20 year strategy, MV2040. We 'I have had the pleasure of working with Max when he ventures up to sunny Queensland! He is a generous, insightful and highly skilled professional who absolutely practices what he believes in. Nobody understands the importance of collaboration, engagement and the challenges this brings for organisations better than Max! He is an excellent coach, facilitator I first encountered Max in Auckland when he delivered IAP2 training I was attending. Many years later, I’ve had the opportunity to work with him on two significant local government projects in Melbourne using co-design and deliberative engagement approaches. Max’s great strength was helping council decision makers understand their role in the engagement process and Eugene McGarrell, FACS 'Max Hardy has worked with my senior executive team and local stakeholders to facilitate the co-creation of social wellbeing strategies. Max’s style is both collaborative and supportive and he gets the best from people involved. I highly recommend Max to anyone who is embarking on a process of co-creation.' Eugene McGarrell District Director, Northern Sydney 'I worked with Max for 17 years and appreciate his honesty, integrity and ability to connect with people at all levels. I learned much from him, particularly around Appreciative Inquiry, the appreciative approach and the value of deliberation. While I miss him, I have confidence that he will continue to be a wise advisor and Lara Damiani 'I had the wonderful opportunity to watch Max in action facilitating the Citizen's Jury for People With Disability Australia in Sydney last month which I was filming. Max's tagline "results through collaboration" is spot on. It was pure magic watching Max create collaboration and results from a randomly selected jury - 12 very unique personalities 'I have had the pleasure of both being a participant in a fantastic training session run by Max, and also as a client. Max was of tremendous assistance navigating through a challenging engagement process with great support, advice and good humour. Thank you Max.' Kellie King General Manager – Community & Corporate Services, Wannon Water 'Max worked with us to design and execute a series of workshops based on the citizen jury principles, to enable a conversation between community members about the growth and change expected to occur in a challenging inner city municipality. Max understood the key issues at hand, gave expert advice and worked with us to tailor Courtney Brown, Director, BDR Projects 'I have known and worked with Max for about two years, however I have been very aware of his career and engagement experience applied to major projects across industry sectors for a much longer period. Max has been at the forefront of pioneering new mechanisms and methodologies for genuine engagement and this resonates for his Ian Dixon, Dixon Partnering Solutions 'I have worked with Max on many occasions and have great respect for his skills and knowledge around community engagement and collaboration. He is an expert trainer and a strong advocate for Appreciative Inquiry approaches.' Ian Dixon, Principal, Dixon Partnering Solutions 'Max's extensive experience with deliberative engagement, as well as his uniquely calming facilitation style, has helped bring about a step-change in the type of public engagement expected in Western Australia. It has been an absolute pleasure to partner with and learn from the best in the business, and I continue to look for opportunities to 'I have known Max for more than ten years. I was a student of his doing the IAP2 Certificate, engaged him as a consultant for in-house work in local government, and then worked alongside him on a consumer engagement capacity building project at the Royal Brisbane Womens Hospital. He is great to be around and Max recently facilitated a two day course for us at Council about tackling the internal and external challenges of community engagement. Max is an exceptional facilitator and his ability to draw on experiences across such a broad and diverse background in CE is invaluable to those before him. I would highly recommend Max to anyone Craig Wallace I have worked with Max Hardy on two complex projects which took deliberative democracy and applied it to new problems. In 2007 at a ceremony in Arizona, USA Max along with the ACT Disability Advisory Council was awarded the IAP2 (International) Award for "Project of the Year" for our Citizens Jury project which provided scorecard 'Max Hardy brings to his work a delightful combination of common sense, integrity, experience, laced with a sly sense of humour.' Beatrice Briggs Director International Institute for Facilitation and Change (IIFAC) Tepoztlán, Morelos, Mexico Amanda Newbery, Articulous 'Max Hardy has a unique ability to build the confidence and capacity of teams working in engagement. He brings a wealth of experience and insight. We have worked together on a number of deliberative projects and he is a delight to work with!' Amanda Newbery Articulous Amy Hubbard, Capire “Max is a trusted and respected colleague and friend of Capire. He is always able to provide us with a sound, strategic and independent perspective – even on the toughest projects in very complex communities” Amy Hubbard CEO, Capire. 'I have always been impressed with Max’s ability to navigate and resolve the thorny issues through collaboration. He involves all participants right from the beginning: asking “what’s the question that needs answering here”? His efforts alongside John Dengate in the journey that was The Queensland Plan were stellar and he was a significant contributor to 'Max is a democracy enthusiast. He finds ways to enable, empower and encourage every voice to be heard and designs processes that foster the principle: every voice is worth hearing.' Moira Deslandes Director, Moira Deslandes Consulting	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0050.json.gz/line267
__label__cc	0.576601	0.423399	The Top Ten Apps for Final Cut Pro X As top tens are always popular here on FCP.co, we decided to put together a 'cardinal listicle' for the best applications that work with Final Cut Pro X. The Top Ten New Features in Final Cut Pro X 10.3 So the big news is out and FCPX 10.3 has been announced. Thomas Grove Carter has put together his top ten new features in Final Cut Pro X 10.3 The top ten tips for good looking typography in Final Cut Pro X Yes, the 3D text in Final Cut Pro X is amazing, but it is not a one-click solution to getting good looking text. We take a look at ten tips that should help to make your words on screen look good and avoid some common mistakes. The top ten tips for video editing in hotel rooms If you are a professional editor, at some point you will find yourself editing away on location. Peter Wiggins gives us his top tips for hotel room editing. The Top Ten Final Cut Pro X Multicam Editing Tips One of the best features in FCPX is multi camera editing. It takes seconds to sync up footage and start cutting, but there are things that you can do to before and during editing to make the task easier. Here's ten top tips! The Top Ten Final Cut Pro X tips for editing under pressure Given two weeks, everybody can edit a piece on FCPX. That's a completely different matter when you've only got a couple of hours before you need to deliver or broadcast your edit. Ten great FCPX tips from Peter Wiggins to help everyone. What are your top ten Final Cut Pro X feature requests? We normally publish Steve Martin's FCPX in 5 Minutes videos in a roundup with MacBreak Studio, but we thought that this one would spark off a great debate. The top ten Final Cut Pro X people to follow on Twitter The fastest way to get news these days is from Twitter. But who are the best people to follow when it comes to Final Cut Pro X? The Top Ten Final Cut Pro X books of 2013 Has a year really passed since we took a look at the top selling Final Cut Pro X books? It has, we are older, greyer and have a new winner as well as some old favourites and a few surprise entries. It has been a very busy year in the life of Final Cut Pro X in 2012. Lots of updates, lots of new plugins and of course training courses and books. We thought we would take a look at the best selling FCPX books of 2012. The Top Ten Final Cut Pro X books *Updated* There's now a lot of books published on Final Cut Pro X, so using Amazon as the rank provider, we thought we would publish the top ten FCPX books out there. The Top Ten FCPX articles on FCP.co in 2011 First of all we would like to wish a very Happy New Year to all our readers. Secondly we thought it would be a good time for a brief look back at the most popular articles of 2011. The Top Ten things to do after you've bought FCPX A few months on from the release of Final Cut Pro X, we thought we would take a look at what you can do or need once you've bought FCPX. Content, tutorials, books and videos all await. The Top Ten Editors concerns about Final Cut Pro X This is a very brief first look at the some of the key features of FCPX from the viewpoint of the professional editor. Not the data wrangler, not the media manager, not the one-stop shop, production-company-in-a-bedroom. The cutter. The Top Ten things we love about Thunderbolt Thunderbolt, its clearly a win win situation with the new Intel connection at the moment, and when we found out that someone had written a top ten guide, well we had to find out more. The Top Ten FCP Technical Errors - The FCPX update Well according to FCP Towers, my article on the subject above had some good hits/tweets so I thought it might be interesting to write an update after digesting the FCP Sneek Peek. Top ten things you don't want to hear from a client when you're in an FCP edit suite If you are an editor on any system, the non-linears or even tape, there are certain comments or phrases from clients that will strike terror in you immediately. Luckily we don't have the rhetorical, "Do you mind if I smoke?" anymore, but there are plenty more to ruin what would have been a lovely calm edit... Don't get caught with egg on your interface - The top ten FCP newbie giveaways It seems that everybody now can work Final Cut Pro. To say you can't risks being overlooked for a job, not being able to join in "What Codec" chats down the pub or more embarrassing, having to ask for help when you've messed up the screen trying. Fear no more, Pro Apps expert Alex Snelling has compiled his top ten FCP GUI errors from his years of teaching fresh new editors. The Top Ten FCP Technical Errors For all you Final cut Pro newbies out there, and for some others who should probably know better, there are a clutch of technical errors which can quickly de-rail any promising project. Pro Apps Expert Alex Snelling points them out one by one. Luca Visual FX Releases Mystery and Suspense Sound Library 1 Year, 30,000 km - On the road with FCPX Part 3 - Social Media Challenge Reduce the Size of Your FCPX Libraries with the $2 App FCPX Diet iJustine Announces Her Workflow Extension Training Course for Final Cut Pro X Frame.io Updated to Version 2 With Over 100 New Features VFX Nut Offers FCPX Plugin Mega Bundle at a Discount Tiliam Research Launches MotionBend Video Stabilisation Plugin for Final Cut Pro X and Motion On Test Part 1: The QNAP TVS-682T Dual Thunderbolt 2 Desktop Shared Storage NAS	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0050.json.gz/line270
__label__wiki	0.845797	0.845797	Athens News Agency: Daily News Bulletin in English, 00-10-07 Athens News Agency: Daily News Bulletin in English Directory - Previous Article - Next Article [01] Papandreou to meet Kostunica in Belgrade on Saturday [02] Greek FM addresses European College [03] Simitis addresses PASOK Committee on foreign and domestic policy issues [04] 'Out of context' charge aired in relation to Burns interview regarding terrorism, 2004 [05] Representatives of EU Intergovernmental Committee visit Simitis, Papandreou, Kaklamanis [06] Stathopoulos defends amendment for faster justice in cases that 'disrupt society' [07] Greek stocks rebound at the end of the week [08] Money supply growth rise 9.5 pct in June-August, yr/yr [09] Greek alternate FM announces EU grants for Bulgaria [10] Spending on media ads up 22.9 pct yr/yr in September [11] Development Minister says Greek businesses must upgrade their technology [12] Development Minister stresses potential for development of renewable energy sources [13] Compaq chairman visits Greece [14] Passenger ship captains abandon their threat to "immobilize" ships [15] Trial of air-traffic controllers accused of causing Ukrainian airliner's crash begins [16] Minoan Lines offices firebombed [17] Second conference of Greek and Turkish journalists opens [18] Greece, Cyprus to sign cultural cooperation protocol [19] Greek National Theatre group stages Oedipus Rex in New York [20] US embassy organizes three-day events on US-Greek relations [21] Fulbright holds US university information fair in Athens [22] Subsidiary center of Onassion Foundation to be inaugurated in New York [23] Federation aims at minimizing environmental repercussions from Olympiad projects [24] President, Archbishop receive Greek Olympic athletes [25] Athens 2004 president remains at her post, government spokesman says [26] Cyprus regards Kostunica as legal President of Yugoslavia PARIS, 07/10/2000 (ANA/O. Tsipyra) Foreign Minister George Papandreou said he would visit Belgrade on Saturday morning in an effort to contribute to a smooth transitional period for Yugoslavia following the presidential elections there. Addressing the press after a meeting with French counterpart Hubert Vedrine, Papandreou said he would meet with the new Yugoslav President Vojislav Kostunica. He added that he had no intention of meeting Slobodan Milosevic. A new era begins for Yugoslavia and our relations as well as for the entire region, Papandreou said. He said he would convey the European Union French presidencys will to contribute towards Yugoslavias European course, to help the countrys reconstruction and include it in the stability pact. Earlier in Athens, diplomatic sources said the Greek minister's visit aims to underline Greece's full support in Yugoslavia's efforts to join the European institutions as soon as possible, a first step being the gradual lifting of the sanctions against the country. A decision on the lifting of the sanctions is expected to be taken, following a Greek proposal, at a European Union General Affairs Council meeting in Luxembourg on Monday. Papandreou will fly to Belgrade from Paris: Earlier on Friday, Papandreou congratulated Kostunica for his presidential victory, during a telephone conversation with him, an ANA dispatch from Belgrade said. According to an announcement by his office, Kostunica expressed his thanks to the Greek government and to the Greek people "for aid given so far and the understanding shown to the Serb people over the years of difficult challenges which are now behind us." Kostunica invited Papandreou to visit Yugoslavia as soon as possible. The invitation was accepted with satisfaction, Kostunica's office announced. Simitis hails change in Yugoslavia, Greece to request lifting of sanctions: Prime Minister Costas Simitis on Friday said Greece's policy in Yugoslavia has been vindicated by the recent developments. Simitis, speaking at his ruling party's central committee meeting in downtown Athens, said Athens' knowledge of the region and its "prudent policy" aimed at buttressing peace and security through the Balkans. In other comments, the Greek PM hailed the Serbian people as "voting for a democratic change", while noting that coolheadedness and responsibility by all political forces in Yugoslavia is necessary. "We will always be on their (people's) side, supporters of their rapprochement with the European community. The events in Yugoslavia are proof that peace, development and a democratic course are still the necessities for the region," Simitis said. On her part, Alternate Foreign Minister Elizabeth Papazoi said the situation was "normal, beyond all expectations. Of course, there will be a fluid situation for some time..." Papazoi noted that Greece would request the lifting of European Union sanctions - oil shipments, flights, investments and trade with Yugoslav companies -- against Belgrade during a Monday session of the General Affairs Council. Finally, she said Athens would also call for the re-activation of a credit line eyeing the reconstruction of Yugoslavia. Greece warns Milosevic, associates against seeking asylum: The Greek government on Friday warned deposed Yugoslav leader Slobodan Milosevic and his close associates not to seek asylum in the country, as increased security was ordered at border crossings and airports throughout Greece. Government spokesman Dimitris Reppas added that Athens has no information on Milosevic's whereabouts or of the rumored takeoff of three Russian-made jetliners from Belgrade with high-ranking Milosevic regime officials aboard. "Greece will not welcome individuals (from the Milosevic regime) seeking political asylum ... we will act within the framework of European Union decisions," the spokesman said, before terming the prospect of Milosevic seeking asylum in Greece as an "undesirable development". He also left open the possibility of Greek Foreign Minister George Papandreou traveling to Belgrade himself for talks with the new government of Vojislav Kostunica. "Such a visit would ostensibly take place in consultation with Mr. Papandreou's counterparts and the new Yugoslav leadership. Finally, Reppas said no Yugoslav flight had arrived or asked for permission to land at any Greek airport. In echoing earlier statements by Greek Prime Minister Costas Simitis, the spokesman spoke of a "vindication of Greece's policy" regarding Yugoslavia and praised Kostunica as enjoying "the recognition of European leaders and the president; he's a reliable interlocutor on the international level and has the people's trust." BRUGES, 07/10/2000 (ANA - G. Zitouniati): Greek Foreign Minister George Papandreou on Friday addressed an event at the European College here, a post graduate studies institution focusing on European unification issues and funded by the Union. During his address, Papandreou said that the Union's embargo against Yugoslavia was a policy that reached its limits and can not continue, adding that the sanctions could not topple Milosevic nor could they force democratic changes in that country. Papandreou insisted that the Union should not only lift sanctions, but it should also provide economic and humanitarian aid to the Serbs, adding "the people should not be punished for Milosevic's policies". He also said that Milosevic would not remain in power or in a state of coexistence with the Yugoslav President elect Vojislav Kostunica. Political leaders hail historic changes in Yugoslavia - Communists reserved: Main opposition New Democracy party leader Costas Karamanlis on Friday hailed the "historic changes taking place in Yugoslavia in the direction of democratization", while Coalition of the Left and Progress leader Nikos Constantopoulos urged the backing of democratic forces and the stabilization of the situation in Yugoslavia. The Communist Party of Greece (KKE) however voiced great reservations. "We hail the historic changes taking place on Yugoslavia's political scene in the direction of democratization. The will of the Serb people should be respected immediately by all. There is no ground for the violent overthrow of the will expressed now for a change in the course of this country of great suffering," Karamanlis said. He said the "traditional friend of Greece in the Balkans" should retake the position it deserves on the European scene, adding that now is the time for the European Union to prove in practice that it wants and can help in the difficult path Yugoslavia has before it. On its part, the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) said in an announcement that Thursday night's developments in neighboring Yugoslavia constitute another step in the western powers' "crude and overt intervention" in Yugoslavia's domestic affairs. "The new dramatic developments in Yugoslavia will not lead to the path of normalcy for the benefit of the people, as it is being claimed by various sides, and will have wider repercussions since Yugoslavia's sinking into the imperialist system will be a negative event in the entire Balkan region. Talk of triumphs on the so-called promotion of democracy is made to cover up the crime being perpetrated against the Yugoslav people," KKE said. KKE accused the Greek government of proving once again that "it is an accomplice in the crime being carried out in the Balkans". Proposing the backing of democratic forces and the stabilization of the situation in Yugoslavia, Coalition of the Left and Progress leader Nikos Constantopoulos said the embargo should be lifted immediately, movements capable of causing dissension should be avoided, as well as movements leading to a change in borders, compensation should be paid for the bombings and the stability pact should be changed to include Yugoslavia. Constantopoulos, making an assessment of the new situation, said that after the political change the problems of Yugoslavia and the region remain, "since many of them are due to the intervention by the US and the European Union which have contributed to destabilization in the region with bombings, the embargo and the promotion of nationalistic and secessionist plans". He called on the Greek government and all European countries to work towards shaping a pacifist European policy that will treat Yugoslavia as an equal European country and will include the Balkan countries in a unified Europe. Athens, 07/10/2000 (ANA) Prime Minister Costas Simitis addressed Greek-Turkish affairs, the judicial inquiry into the "Express Samina" shipwreck and other domestic issues while speaking at the ruling PASOK Central Committee on Friday. Despite the improving climate in Greek-Turkish relations, Simitis said, "Ankara hesitates to adopt self-evident steps toward its European orientation. Turkey seems to be indecisive; she wavers according to its internal problems. Its maturity is late in coming. We are stable in the directions that were adopted in Helsinki, and which is the European course of Turkey". As for Cyprus, the Greek premier said "we stand by Cyprus with the clear target of a bi-zonal, bi-communal under one sovereign Cyprus Republic, for achieving a just and viable solution, according to the United Nations' resolutions." With regard to the "Express Samina" shipwreck off the island of Paros, he reiterated that he wanted "plenty of light" to be shed on the causes of the tragedy, that claimed the lives of 79 people. "We are requesting the speeding up of the judicial investigation and we will achieve it with the special amendment we submitted (in Parliament). There are no limits in investigating for those responsible, whether in regards to persons, or shipping companies and state employees. There is no one in the party (PASOK) that does not want plenty of light to be shed," Simitis said. He denounced those in the ruling party that would choose to defend the shipping company, saying "our behavior sends a message, let's not forget that". The premier also addressed the government's success in leading Greece to the European Monetary Union (EMU), adding, "our strategic aim is to promote the real convergence in all sectors, to lift the standard of living and improve living conditions." Simitis also said that the government's goal for the next four-year term was to combat unemployment, while he accused main opposition New Democracy of undermining faith in the political system by constantly stirring up the issue of graft and vested interests in public life. The government on Friday said the US envoy to Athens maintains that statements from an interview he granted to a major US television network regarding terrorism in Greece and security for the 2004 Games were broadcast "out of context" and not aired in their entirety. According to government spokesman and press minister Dimitris Reppas, US ambassador Nicholas Burns contacted the Greek public order minister, the prime minister's office, and Reppas himself over the particularly critical media report. Reppas said the US envoy noted that his taped interview with an ABC correspondent, on the whole, painted a positive picture of Greece and was optimistic vis-a-vis preparations and security for the 2004 Athens Olympiad. "Many of the things he (Burns) said were not aired by the network in question," Reppas said, before referring to a similar statement by the US State Department. European Parliament Intergovernmental Committee representatives Elmer Brock and Dimitris Tsatsos on Friday met with Greek Prime Minister Costas Simitis, Foreign Minister George Papandreou and Parliament President Apostolos Kaklamanis. During a press conference, the representatives said that the positions of the Greek government were very close to those of the Europarliament regarding institutional changes in the Union. They added that the Intergovernmental Committee delayed in completing its work, due mainly to the differences between larger and smaller member-states of the Union. "We hope that the extraordinary Summit in Biarritz, France, next week, the 15 leaders of the EU will force forward these issues and especially their political aspect," Tsatsos said. "Only if the smaller countries secure an equal standing in the EU architecture, will substantial progress be achieved," Brock said. Justice Minister Michalis Stathopoulos on Friday rejected press reports on a proposed amendment for speeding up the judicial process for certain kinds of cases, saying that the sobriquet "express trials" was inaccurate and denigrated the quality of justice given. He said the amendment was aimed at the sort of cases that greatly disrupted the life of society as a whole, creating insecurity and shaking people's faith in justice and law and order. As examples, he mentioned the pending court cases for the collapse of the Ricomex factory and another 26 buildings in Athens during last year's earthquake, the crash of a state aircraft that killed alternate foreign minister Yiannos Kranidiotis, the collapse of a bridge in Paiania, the Ocalan affair and other highly-publicized cases. Speaking on the sidelines of a conference on "Biotechnology and Civil Law," Stathopoulos was quick to point out that the measure would not concern the process of holding preliminary hearings or the trial but the judge's leeway for setting a trial date. At the moment, he said, prosecutors and judges had very limited freedom to set the time a case would go to trial, and that it was not easy for a judge or prosecutor to make such a decision without the express provision of the law. Regarding the various reactions in Parliament, he said these were nothing out of the ordinary, while he did not rule out "certain improvements with respect to certain meanings" provided the essence of the amendment remained unchanged. Reppas says government stands firm on decision to table 'speed trial' amendment: Government spokesman Dimitris Reppas rejected criticism of a proposed amendment for speeding up trials in certain cases on Friday, saying that the government would stand by its decision. The amendment aims to speed up the rate at which cases "of particular importance to society" are brought to trial. Commenting, Reppas said that the criticism leveled against the government's proposal was completely unfair. "The speed at which justice is dispensed is an important issue for our country, we stand firm on this position," he said. Equity prices rebounded strongly at the end of the week on Athens Stock Exchange, reversing a three-day decline, which pushed the general index 5.32 percent lower. Buying interest focused on shares in the construction sector reflecting investors' optimism ahead of the presentation of a draft bill by the government over a restructuring of the sector. Traders said the market moved strongly upward in the last 45 minutes of trade after a wave of buying orders for Alpha Bank's shares. The Greek market shrugged off developments in Yugoslavia (analysts said that the market might have reacted positively to news from the Balkan state) and the publication of a report on the fair value of the Athens bourse by Morgan Stanley. The general index ended at 4,027.09 points, up 1.73 percent, with turnover an improved 201 billion drachmas, reflecting the block transfer of CosmOTE's shares, worth 123.4 billion drachmas, to the underwriters of its initial public offering. The FTSE/ASE 20 index for blue chip and heavy traded stocks ended 1.29 percent higher at 2,272.23 points and the FTSE/ASE 40 index rose 1.59 percent to 504.29 points. Sector indices ended as follows: Banks: 8,255.79 +1.62% Leasing: 650.55 +0.66% Insurance: 2,186.01 +0.28% Investment: 1,581.59 +0.51% Construction: 1,997.41 +8.67% Industrials: 2,363.87 +1.74% Miscellaneous: 3,986.97 Holding: 4,566.47 The parallel market index for smaller capitalization stocks ended at 561.08 points, up 3.02 percent. Broadly, advancers led decliners by 226 to 110 with another 19 issues unchanged. Hellenic Telecoms, Alpha Bank, Forthnet, Panafon and National Bank were the most heavily traded stocks. Leading shares' closing prices (in Drs): National Bank: 15,005 Titan Cement (c): 14,100 Alpha Bank: 14,600 Hellenic Telecoms: 7,195 Commercial Bank: 18,650 Panafon: 3,690 Hellenic Petroleum: 3,950 Eurobank: 11,000 Attica Enterprises: 3,140 Piraeus Bank: 6,570 Intracom: 12,000 Lambrakis Press: 8,700 Minoan Lines: 2,430 Heracles Cement: 6,155 Hellenic Bottling: 5,150 Equity futures rise, tracking Athens bourse: Equity futures traded on the Athens Derivatives Exchange finished higher on Friday, in line with the indices on which they are based. The FTSE/ASE 20 index closed 1.29 percent up, and the FTSE/ASE 40 ended 1.59 percent higher. Turnover was 25.9 billion drachmas. A total of 4,763 contracts were traded on the FTSE/ASE 20 with turnover at 21.7 billion drachmas. On the FTSE/ASE 40 index, 2,066 contracts changed hands on turnover of 4.1 billion drachmas. Bond prices drop in sell-off: Bond prices in the domestic secondary market on Friday finished lower in light, sell-oriented trade. The Greek benchmark 10-year bond showed a yield of 6.002 percent from 6.08 percent in the last session. The Greek paper's yield spread over German bunds was 73 basis points, the same as in the previous trading day. Turnover through the central bank's electronic system totalled 54 billion drachmas from 68 billion drachmas in the session before. Of the total, sell orders accounted for 50 billion drachmas of trade. Drachma up vs. euro, dollar: The drachma on Friday ended higher against the euro and the US dollar in the domestic foreign exchange market. At the central bank's daily fixing, the euro was set at 339.340 drachmas from 339.380 drachmas in the previous session. Also at the fix, the dollar was set at 388.350 drachmas from 388.990 drachmas a trading day earlier. Inflation noses up to 3.1 pct yr/yr in September: Consumer price inflation accelerated slightly to 3.1 percent year on year from 3.0 percent in August, the National Statistics Service (NSS) said on Friday. The increase was due mostly to a rise in world oil prices, but was lower than expected, the NSS said in a statement. The remaining impact of the rise in international fuel prices is likely to show more clearly in October, analysts said. The Greek repos market's value rose by more than one trillion drachmas in August to a total of 5.7 trillion drachmas, reflecting the inflow of capital fleeing the stock market and the mutual funds market, Bank of Greece figures showed on Friday. The central bank's report noted that several investors and companies that have completed share capital increase plans, preferred to move their capital in the domestic repos market, which yield a tax-free annual average of 5-6 percent. The report also said that credit expansion growth remained at very high levels, maintaining a higher-than-predicted growth in money supply. The average 12-month growth rate of the M4N index was 9.5 percent in the period June-August, up from a 5-7 percent target set by the Bank of Greece. Total credit expansion growth was 14.9 percent in July, down from 15.7 percent in June, reflecting slower credits to the public and the private sectors (11.8 percent and 21.6 percent respectively). The central bank said that credit expansion figures were also affected by foreign currency fluctuations, and in particularly a sharp rise in the yen and the US dollar parities. Private deposits both in drachmas and in foreign currency fell by 557 billion drachmas. Consumer and mortgage and trade credits continued rising at very high levels. Credit expansion growth in the manufacturing sector slowed to 5.4 percent in the January-July period, from 5.9 percent in the same period last year, while credit growth in the trade sector soared to 26 percent in July, sharply up from a 6.5 percent rate at the end of 1999. Mortgage credit growth fell to 24.8 percent in January-July from 26.9 percent in December 1999. Consumer credit growth slowed to 22.6 percent in July, on a year-on-year basis, from 31 percent in December last year. The European Union will grant 300 million euro to Bulgaria within 2000, including 27 million, which will be for the deactivation the nuclear reactors 1 and 2 of Kozlodui, Greek Alternate Foreign Minister Elizabeth Papazoi said on Friday. The nuclear plant has 6 operating reactors. Papazoi made the announcement in light of the meeting in Luxembourg on Tuesday of the European Union's association councils Union with Bulgaria and Poland. Spending on media advertising rose to 35.7 billion drachmas in September, up 22.9 percent on the same month of last year, Media Services said in a statement on Friday. The lion's share of spending went on television commercials to total 14 billion drachmas. Next came magazines at 10.6 billion drachmas, newspapers at 9.3 billion, and radio at 1.7 billion. The Mega TV station came top, receiving 4.3 billion drachmas of revenue, followed by Antenna with 3.4 billion drachmas. The heaviest spender on advertising was mobile phone operator Cosmote, followed by Bodyline beauty salons and Bank of Piraeus. Development Minister Nikos Christodoulakis stressed the need for Greek businesses to upgrade themselves technologically to create better conditions of competitiveness and new jobs, addressing the Technology and Research Foundation's (ITE) international conference on the issue of "Investing in human potential for research in Europe" in Irakleio, Crete, on Friday. European Union Research Commissioner Philippe Busquin was also present at the conference. Christodoulakis said specialized human potential should be activated, adding that "Greece has a rich scientific and research potential, proof of which is the conference taking place with the participation of new European Union researchers and Commissioner Busquin. This is recognition of the great progress achieved." Development Minister Nikos Christodoulakis stressed on Friday the great possibilities of development presented in the country, and Crete in particular, for renewable energy sources. Christodoulakis, who was speaking during the inauguration ceremony for three new wind parks in the Cretan town of Siteia, said this was so for reasons not only related to difficulties experienced by the country due to the oil crisis, but also to the reflection of the European Union's deeper faith in utilizing as much energy as possible without harming the environment. Christodoulakis said Crete's way of utilizing renewable energy sources was a paramount example, adding that the ministry is handling Crete's energy prospects with all the responsibility required by the issue. Michael Capellas, chairman of Compaq Computer Corporation, is visiting Greece as part of the multinational company's growing operation in the country. At a news conference given by Capellas on Thursday, Compaq Hellas presented a new online service aimed mainly at small and medium-sized Greek enterprises. Named CompaqPlus, the service will be launched on October 15. Its internet site is www.CompaqPlus.gr It will help customers choose products best tailored to their needs. In addition Compaq, working with the Fulbright Foundation in Greece, is funding postgraduate studies in information technology. The program, which begins in the 2001-2002 academic year, will allow five Greek students annually to continue their studies in recognized US universities. On Friday, the Hellenic-American Chamber of Commerce hosted a dinner in honor of Capellas, who is of Greek origin. Passenger ship captains have not carried out their threat to "immobilize" passenger ships on Friday and deliver their seamen's documents, after Merchant Marine Minister Christos Papoutsis had expressed his views on issues concerning them. However, in another development concerning the sinking of the ferry "Express Samina" off the island of Paros last week in which 79 people lost their lives, a Piraeus prosecutor indicted the vessel's captain Vassilis Yiannakis for forgery and falsifying documents. Prosecution was carried out because, after the recent strike, the captain went to the central harbor authority and registered the vessel's logbook, while afterwards, according to the prosecutor, he added that during the strike the engineer Apostolos Sorokos, who had made revelations concerning the fateful ferry, was absent from it while he should have been present. According to the prosecutor, the engineer was on board. The trial of two air-traffic controllers accused of having caused the 1997 crash of a Ukrainian commercial airliner, in which 73 people lost their lives, began on Friday in a Thessaloniki Misdemeanors Court. The Ukrainian airliner had crashed into the Pieria mountain range on the night of December 17, 1997, after going off course during its descent onto Thessaloniki's Macedonia Airport. Yiannis Yiannakopoulos and Adamantios Frangoulis, who were on duty at the airport's control tower on the night of the accident, are accused of manslaughter through negligence and disrupting flight safety through negligence. Testifying against them are some eighty witnesses, most of them relatives of the victims, while three colleagues are testifying in their defense. At the time of the accident, many press reports had blamed the disaster on the fact that a new radar system acquired by the airport had not been installed and put into operation because of the objections of local residents. Then transport minister Tassos Mantelis, in fact, had admitted that the system might have helped avert the disaster: "The assessment is that if the airport had the special LRS radar system to facilitate approach, we would have had an additional tool at our disposal. No one can say for sure but it is possible that it would have helped to avert (the accident)," he had said a few days afterward. According to a report by the Civil Aviation Authority, the Ukrainian plane was using the ILS system to land and had already made one failed attempt before the accident. At some point during its second attempt, the pilot had requested assistance from the control tower but this had no way of ascertaining the plane's position. Radio contact was lost a few minutes later. Mr. Mantelis had said that it was highly likely that the pilot became disorientated and from some point onwards was incorrectly reporting his position. The Thessaloniki airport has since installed the ILS2 radar approach system, which was due to go online by April 2000. A makeshift firebomb exploded early Friday morning outside the Piraeus offices of the parent company tied to the "Express Samina" passenger ferry, which sank off Paros last week, killing almost 80 people. The bomb, consisting of a plastic can filled with four liters of gasoline and a more intricate detonating device than the ones normally recovered from such attacks, was placed outside the ticketing offices of Minoan Lines, whose subsidiary -- Minoan Flying Dolphin -- operated the sunken ferry. Minor damages but no injuries were reported, police said. According to reports, an anonymous caller to the Athens daily "Eleftherotypia" claimed the attack on behalf of the previously unknown group "social liberation movement". ANKARA, 07/10/2000 (ANA - A. Kourkoulas) The role played by the mass media in shaping foreign policy in Greece and Turkey and improving relations between the two countries will be examined during the 2nd conference of journalists and mass media officials from Greece and Turkey, due to open in Istanbul on Saturday. The conference is being organized by the Turkish Press Council in cooperation with the permanent contact group between Greek and Turkish journalists. The conference will be addressed by the journalists Nicholas Voulelis, Pavlos Tzimas and Yiannis Tzanetakos, on the part of Greece, and by former Turkish Foreign Minister Ilter Turkmen and journalists Mithat Bereket, Semih Indiz and Ali Sirmen on behalf of Turkey. The conference, to be attended by journalists from Greece and Turkey, will be concluded on October 8. NICOSIA, 07/10/2000 (ANA-G. Leonidas) Greece's culture minister Theodoros Pangalos is due in Nicosia Monday for a two-day visit at the invitation of Cyprus education and culture minister Ouranios Ioannides. While in Cyprus, Pangalos, a former foreign minister, will be received by Cyprus president Glafcos Clerides and speaker of the House of Representatives Spyros Kyprianou. Pangalos and Ioannides are expected to sign a bilateral cultural cooperation protocol covering the years 2001-2003. On Monday afternoon, Pangalos and the mayor of Nicosia will rename local Mykali street as "Kranidiotis street" in memory of the Cyprus-born late Greek alternate foreign minister Yannos Kranidiotis. Kranidiotis, his son and five other people were killed in a freak air accident in September 1999 when a government Falcon jet taking them to Bucharest went into a nosedive before its pilot managed to regain control of the aircraft. Pangalos will also address a memorial event for Kranidiotis at a central Cyprus hotel. NEW YORK, 07/10/2000 (ANA - M. Georgiadou) The Greek National Theatre group staged Sophocles' ancient tragedy Oedipus Rex at the City Center Theater of Manhattan, following its success in Rome's Colosseum in July, getting rave reviews. Even the difficult critic Ben Brantley, of the New York Times, described the work of the group with the most positive epithets, urging US presidential candidates Al Gore and George Bush Jr. to see the play, noting that "leaders should be very careful when they promise too much to their people". His also gave rave reviews of the individual performances of actors in the ancient play. The United States will host a series of events next week highlighting the history of US-Greece relationship and to examine the future relations between the two countries, a US embassy press release noted on Friday. The three-day events include a joint press conference by US Ambassador to Athens Nicholas Burns and American Hellenic Progressive Educational Association (AHEPA) President Johnny Economy, a conference on Greek language and culture, historical items' exhibitions. The focal point of the events, however, will be the unveiling of the George C. Marshall statue in the US Embassy grounds, commemorating the efforts of the American statesman to aid Greece and heal its wound, following the World War II and the three-year Nazi occupation that left the country in shambles. A great part of the funds for the statue were donated by AHEPA, as the project was initiated by the Greek-American non-governmental organization. Representatives of 40 United States colleges and universities will participate in an information fare on Monday at the Athens Holiday Inn, to provide information for Greek students interested in studying in the US, a press release by the US embassy noted on Friday. The event will take begin at 2 p.m. and conclude at 7 p.m. and is organized by the Fulbright Foundation in Greece, which offers limited scholarships annually for Greeks who want to study in the US. The Onassion Foundation's subsidiary center here, to be inaugurated on October 24, will start its ambitious activities with an exhibition of the Parthenon sculptures' moulds and will be housed at the Olympic Tower in Manhattan. Until recently, the moulds were being used by students of the City University's sculpture department. A painting exhibition by 20th century Greek artists will also be hosted on the Foundation's premises and will be carried out in cooperation with the National Gallery and under its supervision. The promotion of Greek culture in the city, which is the crossroads of peoples from all over the globe and the entire American continent, is the main target of the Onassion Foundation in New York, whose executive director is Ambassador Loukas Tsilas. The strengthening of a "green policy" to achieve a viable development and minimize environmental repercussions for Athens due to the Athens 2004 Olympic Games constitute the target of contacts being held with officials by the Council of the European Green Parties Federation (EOPK), which is convening in Athens on Friday and Saturday. Members of the EOPK's presidium gave a press conference on Friday, saying they will brief the European Parliament and the relevant commissioner later on the repercussions of specific Olympic installations for the environment to enable certain pressure to curb ecological harm. President of the Republic Kostis Stephanopoulos received at the Presidential Mansion on Friday the entire Greek Olympic team, which took part in the Sydney Olympic Games. The president congratulated all the athletes for their efforts, regardless of whether they won medals or not. Participation is what counts, he noted. "Greece will hold the Olympic Games in the best way in 2004. Of course we will succeed in bringing the new awareness to the Games," Stephanopoulos said, adding that "we will give the real meaning of the Games." Archbishop Christodoulos also received separately on Friday the Greek medallists at the Games. "Athens 2004" Olympic Games Organizing Committee President Yianna Angelopoulou-Daskalaki will remain at her post as she did not resign, government spokesman Dimitris Reppas said on Friday. He added that Daskalaki had a very constructive conversation with Prime Minister Costas Simitis on Thursday on all issues. "The undertaking of the Olympic Games is a national case and all should help, all this should not be used as a basis for criticism," Reppas said. NICOSIA, 07/10/2000 (CNA/ANA) Cyprus regards Vojislav Kostunica as the legal President of Yugoslavia and will seek to convey this to him, government spokesman Michalis Papapetrou announced here on Friday. The Cyprus government also announced that, until legality is restored in Yugoslavia, the Central Bank of Cyprus has taken all necessary measures to protect capital belonging to the state of Yugoslavia and its people, stressing this is a purely precautionary step. Russian foreign minister to pay official visit to Cyprus next week NICOSIA, 07/10/2000 CNA/ANA) Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov, heading an eleven-member delegation, will pay a three-day official visit to Cyprus next week during which he will sign an agreement endorsing the validity of previous agreements the Republic of Cyprus had signed with the former Soviet Union. Ivanov, who arrives on Monday lunchtime, will be received by President Glafcos Clerides on Wednesday morning and will have official talks with his Cypriot counterpart Ioannis Kasoulides on Tuesday afternoon. The Russian FM will have separate meetings with House President Spyros Kyprianou and the Primate of the Church of Cyprus Archbishop Chrysostomos. He will also attend an official dinner hosted by Kasoulides on Tuesday night and be present at a reception at the Russian embassy to mark 40 years of bilateral diplomatic relations. During his visit, Ivanov is scheduled to visit Kykko Monastery, lay a wreath at the tomb of the late Archbishop Makarios, the Republic's first President, and go on an excursion on board a yacht. He leaves Wednesday morning after his working breakfast with President Clerides. ana2html v2.01 run on Monday, 9 October 2000 - 15:43:38 UTC	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0050.json.gz/line271
__label__wiki	0.636759	0.636759	2014 Colloquium on “When Dust Has Settled” Program Announced November 6, 2014 in Conference Announcement, Events, Exhibition, Reception We announce the Program for the Colloquium to take place on Friday, 14 November 2014 at Princeton University. [This post updates the Announcement for this event, published as Colloquium Announced.] When the Dust Has Settled (or, When Good Scholars Go Back . . . ) A Colloquium co-sponsored by the Research Group on Manuscript Evidence and the Index of Christian Art at Princeton University 1:15 ‒ 5:30 pm: Sessions (with Coffee Break) 106 McCormick Hall 5:30 ‒ 7:00 pm: Reception Index of Christian Art McCormick Hall Department of Art and Archaeology, Princeton University John H. Rassweiler Celia Chazelle The aim What happens when a dedicated specialist returns to a subject of long-term interest after other tasks — other projects, jobs, administrative tasks, life in general — have cleared away? While the world, methods, tools, and aims of research (let alone publication) have changed dramatically, sometimes beyond recognition, a return to the chosen subject might also draw upon experience and reflection gained through the passage of time, an accumulation of experiences, and extended “immersion” both in the subject matter and its wider contexts. Thus, although daunting, the return need not involve a start completely from square one or ground zero. When the dust has settled, and, it may be, the air has cleared, a return might allow for renewal, which could build upon an available, partly remembered, foundation for direction and refinement in this light. Our colloquium offers informal reflections, questions, and discussions about the challenges and potential of returning now to a variety of subjects, in the arts and letters, from Antiquity to Modernity. The new exhibition at the Index of Christian Art from the archives of its founder Charles Rufus Morey (1877–1955), selected by Jessica L. Savage, forms a centerpiece for reflections about the gathering of cumulative resources. We celebrate the anniversaries of the Research Group this year (25 years as an international scholarly society and 15 years as a nonprofit educational corporation based in Princeton) and the long-term co-sponsorship for the Research Group’s scholarly meetings by the Index of Christian Art and other departments and programs of Princeton University. Other events and publications celebrating this anniversary year include a Party in Princeton (in March), a series of Sessions and a Reception at the International Congress on Medieval Studies (in May), a Symposium on “Recollections of the Past” at Princeton University (in May), the launch of a Newsletter ShelfMarks (in November), and the on-going redesign of the Research Group website (You are Here). [Photographs © Mildred Budny from a document of Berengarius, reproduced by permission.] Sessions in 106 McCormick 1:15 – 1:30 pm. Introduction and Welcome Mildred Budny (Research Group on Manuscript Evidence) 1:30 – 2:30 pm. Session 1: Back to the Middle Presider: Catherine Fernandez (Index of Christian Art) Richard K. Emmerson (Manhattan College) “Approaching the Apocalypse Yet Again” Herbert Broderick (Lehman College, City University of New York) “Me and the Man of La Mancha: Pursuing the Impossible Dream (Considering Moses in the Illustrated Old English Hexateuch)” “Still Tied Up in Knotwork: Interlace Ornament and the Royal Bible Master” 3:00 – 3:30 pm. Coffee Break “A Settling of Dust” 3:30 – 5:00 pm. Session 2: Back Again Presider: Henry Schilb (Index of Christian Art) Judith Oliver (Colgate University Emerita) “Rethinking Haseloff: The ‘Schools’ of Flemish Psalter Illustration in Their Mercantile Context” Thomas Jacoby (Research Group on Manuscript and Other Evidence) “Qal‘at Sim’an and Deir Sim‘an 40 Years Later” Michael T. Davis (Princeton Theological Seminary and Rider University) “Fast Forward: Manuscripts Ancient and Modern, with Views of Ezra Pound and His Editor” Discussion and Concluding Remarks: 5:00 – 5:30 Presider: Celia Chazelle (The College of New Jersey) Reception at the Index of Christian Art 5:30 – 7:00: Reception With visit to the exhibition from the archives of Charles Rufus Morey at the Index of Christian Art, guided by Judith Golden Please let us know if you wish to attend. RSVP: Please send replies with Accept or Regret to: director@manuscriptevidence.org with the Subject Heading: RSVP 2014 Colloquium. Requests for further information to: director@manuscriptevidence.org. Please subscribe to our Newsletter and notices about our activities here: Subscribe. Information about the exhibition at the Index appears here: First exhibition of archival materials. Photography by Mildred Budny with views of the exhibition, reproduced by permission. The entrance to the Index of Christian Art, with an exhibition from the archives of its founder, Charles Rufus Morey (1877–1955) Exhibition up close and personal Tags: Apocalypse manuscripts, British Library Cotton MS Claudius B.iv, British Library Royal MS 1 E.vi, Charles Rufus Morey, Department of Art and Archaeology, Ezra Pound, Flemish Psalter Illustration, Günther Haseloff, Illustrated Old English Hexateuch, Index of Christian Art, Interlace Ornament, Knotwork, Medieval manuscripts, Moses and his attributes, Princeton University ← The Bouquet List: A Gathering of Books 2014 Colloquium on “When the Dust Has Settled” Accomplished →	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0050.json.gz/line272
__label__wiki	0.531453	0.531453	Home/Science/Around $8.3 Million Raised By Momentus For Last-Mile Spacecraft Delivery ScienceTop Stories Around $8.3 Million Raised By Momentus For Last-Mile Spacecraft Delivery Charles Ford November 20, 2018 Around $8.3 Million has been raised in seed funding by Momentus, a space transportation startup, for its business to provide satellite operators travels from one orbit to another, as declared by the company. With the raised funds, Momentus intends to display its Vigoride rocket motorized by water-plasma thrusters within orbit in the coming year, said Mikhail Kokorich, President and Founder of Momentus. In a statement, the Prime Movers Lab founder, Dakin Sloss, said, “Momentus hasn’t only developed efficient and pioneering water-driven in-space rockets but also corroborated the huge market stipulate for their services in Letters of Intent with hundreds of millions of dollars.” He continued, “We are excited to support this amazing group of seasoned entrepreneurs as well as space industry veterans in their remarkable speed of launching novel technology to space that we anticipate will carry on with the imminent in-space demonstration in 2019’s first half.” Momentus intends to start providing in-space transportation with Vigoride, a vehicle to budge payloads as huge as 50 kg from low Earth orbit to lunar orbit, geostationary orbit, geostationary transfer orbit, or other destinations in 2020. Momentus, in 2020, intends to start validating its next-generation Ardoride, a vehicle developed to ship 250 kg to Mars orbit from geostationary transfer orbit or 180 kg to lunar orbit from low Earth. Momentus is looking to considerably decrease the cost of in-space transportation. Kokorich said, “We would like to make it very low-priced. The ticket cost for a 100- to 200-kg weight to Moon orbit low Earth orbit and to low Earth orbit from Earth should be under $10 Million. I anticipate we can be way under $10 Million.” On the other end, as we know, SpaceX in the past few years has lost one probe on the launchpad and the other broke apart on the way to the ISS. Nonetheless, the firm is on a roll as it close to 3 dozen successful Falcon 9 blast-offs consecutively. With an experience of more than five years in the field of technology, Charles is well aware of the inventions and launches that take place all around the world. Being a tech freak, he holds a Degree in Computer Science, which makes him justify his position. Charles likes to collect antique coins and in his free time, you will find him brainstorming to solve a Rubik’s Cube. Chinese Continue To Invest Billions In Thai Real Estate China’s Satellite Takes Rare Pictures Of Moon’s Far Side Climatic Impact Is Rather Difficult To Counterbalance The Plant Growth Top Stories (11,719) NIH To Fund $20 Million To Search Substitutes To Fetal Tissue For Research Tim Cook Attacks Tech Firms For Data Hoarding; Defends His Own Firm Economists Hopeful Even As Wall Street Bleeds	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0050.json.gz/line273
__label__wiki	0.631954	0.631954	How many in A Chorus Line? 3pete13 Fresh Face I just watched the movie for the first time. Did anyone else notice that Michael Douglas spent the entire movie eliminating all the dancers except eight, but at the very end of the movie there were about 50 on the stage? Did I miss something? SweeneyTad Young Hoofer Location: Kanagawa Current Obsession: A John Doyle version of Floyd Collins Re: How many in A Chorus Line? The whole show leads up to the final cut of the dancers, which ultimately happened. However, the cuts are ultimately unimportant because the whole show is about the development of the characters. In fact, in the stage production, it's a fairly underwhelming moment when the results are announced. After that, though, the entire cast returns to perform "One" in all its glory which is more of a closure thing than anything else, to see the number they've all been auditioning for the entire time. It's also a clever way to do bows, because in the stage production, bows are done as they come on stage one at a time. Only Heaven Knows How Glory Goes mantarnia Off-Broadway Lead 3pete13 wrote: No you didn't miss anything the last number is the equivalent of the Finale of the show with every, so every cast member is in it. simonmharding Current Obsession: whistling Jelicle Cats while I do the gardening A Chorus Line is based around the London Auditions. Simon Cowell, played by Michael Douglas (in his dreams!!!), et al then go to Birmingham, Glasgow, Manchester, Newcastle and Cardiff to audition the rest of the cast! If all the world's a stage, make life a theatre break For the stage production if you've ever noticed, Larry wears a tank top with the number '17' on the shirt. A little trivia - Why? Because there are 17 people on the line. So adding Zach and Larry, there are 19 principle roles plus the cut dancers in the opening.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0050.json.gz/line274
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We Need to Save Ignorance From AI The Trouble with Theories of Everything The Strange Brain of the World’s Greatest Solo Climber Why You Feel the Urge to Jump Resume Reading — How Music Hijacks Our Perception of Time You've read 1 of 2 free monthly articles. Learn More. Culture Music How Music Hijacks Our Perception of Time A composer details how music works its magic on our brains. Jonathan Berger By Jonathan Berger Illustration by Sterling Hundley January 23, 2014 One evening, some 40 years ago, I got lost in time. I was at a performance of Schubert’s String Quintet in C major. During the second…By Jonathan Berger One evening, some 40 years ago, I got lost in time. I was at a performance of Schubert’s String Quintet in C major. During the second movement I had the unnerving feeling that time was literally grinding to a halt. The sensation was powerful, visceral, overwhelming. It was a life-changing moment, or, as it felt at the time, a life-changing eon. It has been my goal ever since to compose music that usurps the perceived flow of time and commandeers the sense of how time passes. Although I’ve learned to manipulate subjective time, I still stand in awe of Schubert’s unparalleled power. Nearly two centuries ago, the composer anticipated the neurological underpinnings of time perception that science has underscored in the past few decades. The human brain, we have learned, adjusts and recalibrates temporal perception. Our ability to encode and decode sequential information, to integrate and segregate simultaneous signals, is fundamental to human survival. It allows us to find our place in, and navigate, our physical world. But music also demonstrates that time perception is inherently subjective—and an integral part of our lives. “For the time element in music is single,” wrote Thomas Mann in his novel, The Magic Mountain. “Into a section of mortal time music pours itself, thereby inexpressibly enhancing and ennobling what it fills.” We conceive of time as a continuum, but we perceive it in discretized units—or, rather, as discretized units. It has long been held that, just as objective time is dictated by clocks, subjective time (barring external influences) aligns to physiological metronomes. Music creates discrete temporal units but ones that do not typically align with the discrete temporal units in which we measure time. Rather, music embodies (or, rather, is embodied within) a separate, quasi-independent concept of time, able to distort or negate “clock-time.” This other time creates a parallel temporal world in which we are prone to lose ourselves, or at least to lose all semblance of objective time. In recent years, numerous studies have shown how music hijacks our relationship with everyday time. For instance, more drinks are sold in bars when with slow-tempo music, which seems to make the bar a more enjoyable environment, one in which patrons want to linger—and order another round.1 Similarly, consumers spend 38 percent more time in the grocery store when the background music is slow.2 Familiarity is also a factor. Shoppers perceive longer shopping times when they are familiar with the background music in the store, but actually spend more time shopping when the music is novel.3 Novel music is perceived as more pleasurable, making the time seem to pass quicker, and so shoppers stay in the stores longer than they may imagine. Also in Music How Noise Makes Music By Jonathan Berger Prior to the rise of urban culture, the sounds of clucking hens must have been among the world’s most ubiquitous annoyances. For millennia, humans have been “up with the chickens,” demarcating time by the rooster’s crow. But the infernal clucking...READ MORE Perhaps the clearest evidence of musical hijacking is this: In 2004, the Royal Automobile Club Foundation for Motoring deemed Wagner’s Ride of the Valkyrie the most dangerous music to listen to while driving. It is not so much the distraction, but the substitution of the frenzied tempo of the music that challenges drivers’ normal sense of speed—and the objective cue of the speedometer—and causes them to speed. While music usurps our sensation of time, technology can play a role in altering music’s power to hijack our perception. The advent of audio recording not only changed the way music was disseminated, it changed time perception for generations. Thomas Edison’s cylinder recordings—heard below—held about four minutes of music. This technological constraint set a standard that dictated the duration of popular music long after that constraint was surpassed.4 In fact, this average duration persists in popular music as the modus operandi today. This, in turn, influenced the way music of longer duration was heard. The implicit effect on the classical music industry was disastrous. To put it bluntly, the subjective perception of the length of time withered the collective attention span for listening to music.5 The Royal Automobile Club deemed Wagner’s Ride of the Valkyrie the most dangerous music to listen to while driving. Neuroscience gives us insights into how music creates an alternate temporal universe. During periods of intense perceptual engagement, such as being enraptured by music, activity in the prefrontal cortex, which generally focuses on introspection, shuts down. The sensory cortex becomes the focal area of processing and the “self-related” cortex essentially switches off. As neuroscientist Ilan Goldberg describes, “the term ‘losing yourself’ receives here a clear neuronal correlate.” Rather than enabling perceptual awareness, the role of the self-related prefrontal cortex is reflective, evaluating the significance of the music to the self. However, during intense moments, when time seems to stop, or rather, not exist at all, a selfless, Zen-like state can occur.6 While the sublime sense of being lost in time is relatively rare, the distortion of perceived time is commonplace and routine. Broadly speaking, the brain processes timespans in two ways, one in which an explicit estimate is made regarding the duration of a particular stimulus—perhaps a sound or an ephemeral image—and the second, involving the implicit timespan between stimuli. These processes involve both memory and attention, which modulate the perception of time passing, depending upon how occupied or stimulated we are. Hence time can “fly” when we are occupied, or seem to stand still when we are waiting for the water in the kettle to boil. Unlike the literal loss of “self” that occurs during intense perceptual engagement, the subjective perception of elongated or compressed time is related to self-referential processing. An object—whether image or sound—moving toward you is perceived as longer in duration than the same object that is not moving, or that is receding from you. A looming or receding object triggers increased activation in the anterior insula and anterior cingulate cortices—areas important for subjective awareness. The directionality of musical melody and gesture evoke similar percepts of temporal dilation. The goal-oriented nature of music provides a framework in which a sense of motion is transposed to sonic structures, and the sensation of “looming” and “receding” can be simulated independently of relative spatial orientation. The subjectivity of time perception can be grounding and self-affirming—a source of great pleasure, or, conversely, able to create a state of disassociation with one’s self—a state of transcendence.7 Time can “fly” when we are occupied, or seem to stand still when we are waiting for the water in the kettle to boil. Considering the composer’s goal of distorting time perception, musical time is notated with remarkable imprecision and ambiguity. Composers, more often than not, rely upon qualitative rather than quantitative directives to inform performers of intended tempo. And if the vagaries of such terms as Adagietto (somewhat slow), or Lentissimo (slower than slow) are not ambiguous enough, terms such as Allegro ma non troppo (fast, but not too fast), or terms that connote speed through emotion such as Allegro appassionato, Bravura, or Agitato, or terms that confuse complexity with speed, such as Tempo semplice, oblige the performer to imagine temporality from the composer’s perspective through guesswork. My favorite temporal marking is the term Tempo rubato, literally “stolen time,” in which duration is added to one event at the expense of another. Long after German inventor Johann Maelzel patented the metronome in 1815, composers continued to persistently avoid strict measures of time in their scores, instead relying primarily on adjectival description. While the manipulation of perceptual time is a pervasive aspect of music, particular composers, including Anton Bruckner, famous for his hour-plus symphonies, and Olivier Messiaen, took the warping of subjective time to extremes. Anton Webern even fooled himself, grossly overestimating the duration of his own 7-minute-long Variations for Orchestra as lasting 20 minutes! But it is Schubert, more than any other composer, who succeeded in radically commandeering temporal perception. Nowhere is this powerful control of time perception more forceful than in the String Quintet. Schubert composed the four-movement work in 1828, during the feverish last two months of his life. (He died at age 31.) In the work, he turns contrasting distortions of perceptual time into musical structure. Following the opening melody in the first Allegro ma non troppo movement, the second Adagio movement seems to move slowly and be far longer than it really is, then hastens and shortens before returning to a perception of long and slow. The Scherzo that follows reverses the pattern, creating the perception of brevity and speed, followed by a section that feels longer and slower, before returning to a percept of short and fast. The conflict of objective and subjective time is so forcefully felt in the work that it ultimately becomes unified in terms of structural organization. The following is an audio tour through key moments in the work, demonstrating the extraordinary degree to which Schubert masterfully manipulates subjective time. From the outset, the opening melody stutters against a motionless drone. It is a single note repeated five times, venturing to a lone new tone and settling back from where it came in an eerie aura of aimless meandering and stasis. This long-short-long rhythmic pattern obsessively permeates the opening section. Each time the motive repeats, the pitch repetition, resistant to change, hesitatingly reaches outward. It is as if the motive is trying to liberate itself from its static state, yet uncommitted to a clear path. This struggle to move occurs against a laboriously slow and unwaveringly steady harmonic progression. The nearly static opening section of the second movement ends with an exquisite shock by another pitch repetition, but this time with the harmonic underpinning shifting abruptly, as if we are thrust through an open door into a new world. This is technically referred to as an enharmonic pivot—in which a musical pitch with a specific function is redefined—renamed and re-contextualized. Here, G sharp, the third degree of E major, becomes A flat, the third degree of the distantly related key, F minor. This change triggers a shift of mode and a new thrust of forward motion, set by activation in the accompaniment. Time hastens with a forward thrust, created by literally reversing the two characteristic attributes of the opening pattern. Instead of the opening long-short-long, the pattern is now short-long-short, and the change of pitch that was attempting, almost in vain, to break free at the end of the pattern, is now front-ended, and catapults the melody into motion while the repeated note, before a stutter, no longer resists motion but rather adds to the forward thrust. If time was gasping for life, it is now suddenly, breathlessly energetic. The new melody in the middle section aggressively probes the future. Yet while its energetic accompaniment seems faster and shorter than the opening, it is, in fact exactly equal in duration: the same number of measures, same number of beats, even the same rate of harmonic change. The section grinds to a halt, introducing the recapitulation of the opening, this time adding a more ornamented line and counterpoint that seems, with only limited success, to keep the music from returning to temporal stasis. Schubert effectively tricks us into perceiving a timespan far more expansive than registered by a stopwatch.8 Within this illusion of stretched time, he embeds another illusion, of a considerably faster and shorter section sandwiched between slow and virtually motionless music, when, in fact, by the metronome and the clock, all three sections are of equal length. The third movement, Scherzo, which follows the slow Adagio, stands in temporal and rhythmic opposition to its predecessor. Here again, there are three sections. A fast opening, followed by a middle section in stark contrast to the opening, and the recapitulation of the opening. In opposition to the subjective long-short-long sections of the Adagio, the perceived timespans here are fast-slow-fast (or short-long-short). The energetic outer sections grind to a near halt with the middle section. Here again, not only is perceptual time manipulated, but the temporal warping is the very underpinning of the overall musical structure. Just as the perceived distorted time of the Adagio was a reflection of the long-short-long surface rhythm of the Adagio, so the short-long-short surface rhythm of the Scherzo mirrors the perceived time of the movement. Even though I attended my first concert of the String Quintet 40 years ago, I am still overcome by its powers. The slow second movement persistently puts me on the verge of a sense of temporal stasis. I feel submerged in a viscous medium—not at all struggling to move forward, but rather fully absorbed in an alternate temporal universe. Although immersed in the music, I am aware of time in the external world. I tend to breathe along with phrases, and find myself coming up short of breath. Remarkably, this sensation is relived each time I listen to the String Quintet. Like all music that feels both part of time and beyond it, the String Quintet seems to connect us to something bigger than ourselves—in the words of Schubert’s friend and collaborator, the poet Franz von Schober, “time’s infinite ocean.” Jonathan Berger is the Denning Family Provostial Professor in Music at Stanford University, where he teaches composition, music theory, and cognition at the Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics. His most recent recording is Jiyeh, a violin concerto. 1. Down, S. J., The effect of tempo of background music on duration of stay and spending in a bar. Thesis, University of Jyväskylä (2009). 2. Milliman, R. E., Using Background Music to Affect the Behavior of Supermarket Shoppers. Journal of Marketing (1982). 3. Yalch, R. F. & Spangenberg, E. The Effects of Music in a Retail Setting on Real and Perceived Shopping Times. Journal of Business Research (2000). 4. The capacity of the first audio CDs (about 73 minutes) was, by all accounts, set by Sony President Norio Ohga’s desire to hold the entirety of Beethoven’s 9th Symphony on a single disc. 5. In fact, despite the ability to fit longer works on 45s and LPs, the average duration of songs continued to decline through the 1950s. 6. Goldberg II, H. M, & Malach R., When the brain loses its self: Prefrontal inactivation during sensorimotor processing. Neuron (2006). 7. Wittmann, M, van Wassenhove, V, Craig, A.D., & Paulus, Martin P., The neural substrates of subjective time dilation. Frontiers of Human Neuroscience (2010). 8. The warping of perceptual time in the String Quintet is even shared by professional musicians, who have played the work many times. This is illustrated by the charts below, created by Jonathan Berger. The first chart shows the length of each movement in nine different recordings of the work. The second chart shows the estimated time of each movement by the performers. Table 1: Comparison of clock timings of nine commercial recordings of the String Quintet. (The relative brevity of the first movement of performance eight is due to the omission of the repetition of the exposition.) Table 2: Estimates by five professional string players soon after performing the String Quintet. 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__label__wiki	0.908995	0.908995	Tag "The Witcher" The Witcher Books: The Ultimate Reading Order Guide Thanks to the popularity of Netflix’s new Witcher series, a fresh new hoard of fans are wondering just how best to get into the franchise during the torturous wait for Freya Allan and Anya Chalotra on playing Ciri and Yennefer, respectively, in Netflix’s The Witcher The Witcher is now available on Netflix, and it stars Henry Cavill as Geralt of Rivia, Anya Chalotra as Yennefer of Vengerberg, and Freya Allan as Ciri. The fantasy series Fans practiced sorcery and met Roach at The Witcher Experience in Hollywood Netflix held a fan event called The Witcher Experience yesterday in Hollywood, and it was a very immersive experience featuring plenty of magical photo booths, musical performances from bards, mysterious The Witcher Fan Experience coming to Los Angeles, plus season 2 confirmed Netflix is going big with its upcoming release of The Witcher, the live-action series based on the popular fantasy book series which spawned the highly acclaimed CD Projekt Red video New NSFW trailer for The Witcher is here, plus December 20 release date During Lucca Comics and Games convention in Lucca, Italy, Netflix dropped a new NSFW trailer for The Witcher. It features everything a Witcher fan can want including sex, monsters, Geralt’s The Witcher and The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance headed to SDCC’s Hall H Netflix has announced today that it’s bringing The Witcher and The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance to San Diego Comic-Con. The Netflix panel will be held on Friday, July 19th The Witcher fans are upset with Yennefer casting in new photos Netflix went all out today with promoting The Witcher, the upcoming live-action series based on the book and inspired by the video game of the same name. The streaming service The Witcher card game, Gwent, is coming to mobile Gwent was so popular when it appeared in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt that it branched out to become an actual online collectible card game for the PC, PlayStation 4 Netflix’s The Witcher to have Freya Allen as Ciri, Anya Chalotra as Yennefer Netflix has officially announced that Freya Allan (The War of the Worlds, Into the Badlands) will be playing Ciri and Anya Chalotra (The ABC Murders, Wanderlust) as Yennefer for its Netflix’s The Witcher showrunner says Henry Cavill IS Geralt It’s big news today with the announcement from Netflix that Henry Cavill will be playing Geralt of Rivia in The Witcher series. It’s based on the books by Polish author Andrzej Gwent: The Witcher Card Game Public Beta now available, cinematic trailer released Gwent: The Witcher Card Game Public Beta is now available for PC, Xbox One and PlayStation 4. To celebrate this occasion, CD Projekt RED has released a fun cinematic trailer. What fans can expect from Netflix’s The Witcher series Netflix is working on bringing the tale of Geralt of Rivia to life with The Witcher series. It’s based on the fantasy books by Andrzej Sapkowski about a monster hunter. Test out Gwent before Closed Beta and help CD Projekt Red ‘kill the servers’ The Gwent Closed Beta is still coming out next month, but if you want a chance to play the game earlier than that, CD Projekt Red will be conducting a The Witcher’s Gwent finally getting a standalone video game? CD Projekt RED has filed a trademark with the EU Intellectual Property Office for “Gwent” – which could be an E3 announcement from the developer, as found by NerdLeaks. For The Witcher game to become a movie The Witcher III: Wild Hunt came out this year with rave reviews and sold over 6 million copies. Now fans can expect to catch Geralt of Rivia in theaters in New Witcher 3: Wild Hunt gameplay trailer shows racism, rituals and more CD Projekt Red has released a new gameplay trailer for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. Here we get a glimpse of racism, danger, adult language, armor, weapons, horse racing, drinking, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt to have 2 huge expansions The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt isn’t out yet, but it’s never too late to announce upcoming expansions for the open world RPG fantasy action game starring Geralt of Rivia. The The Witcher 3’s sex scenes contain 16 hours of mo-cap data Sex is one of the many things associated with The Witcher video game series. With The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, you can bet the developers will incorporate sex in it. The Witcher 3 to run at 900p for Xbox One and 1080p for PS4? When it comes to the big titles for both the Xbox One and PlayStation 4, a lot of gamers like to compare graphics and specs. For example, both the Xbox One and The Witcher 3 Global hands-on event CD Projekt Red just held a private event in San Francisco where they were showing off their latest build of The Witcher 3 : The Wild Hunt. I got about 3	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0050.json.gz/line293
__label__wiki	0.853753	0.853753	Mining for Gold Amid Volcanic Wilds By Olesya Dmitracova Jul. 17 2007 00:00 ReutersRock towers off the coast of Kamchatka, where miners contend with volcanos, floods and derelict infrastructure. PETROPAVLOVSK-KAMCHATSKY -- Gold miners on the Kamchatka Peninsula contend with volcanic eruptions, floods and poor infrastructure, but high metal prices mean the hard work pays off. Unearthing the precious metal could also ease economic hardship in a remote region no longer propped up by Moscow, generating jobs and millions of tax dollars for the area. "No doubt, the rise in gold and nickel prices is one of the reasons we can attract investment," says Viktor Lopatin, deputy head of the Kamchatka division of the state mining licensing agency. But the region's remote location brings specific challenges. "The infrastructure in Kamchatka makes it very difficult to mine. The main kind of transport is air transport -- planes and helicopters -- and the costs are very high," Lopatin said. There are very few roads on the peninsula, which is home to fewer than 400,000 people. Up to 2,500 people work in the exploration and mining of Kamchatka's mineral wealth. Platinum, copper, gold and nickel are extracted from its fiery earth. The region's only active gold mine, Oginskaya, employs 554 people. Numbers would swell if more mines were started, Lopatin says, adding that employing one new miner creates six or seven jobs for builders, drivers and service staff. Gold has risen more than 50 percent in value in the last two years, hitting a 26-year peak last year and enticing miners to develop deposits across the world that would previously have been deemed uneconomic. Kamchatka has about 200 tons of gold in proved and probable reserves, and Lopatin says there could potentially be three times as much in the ground. Only a tiny fraction is being extracted. Kamchatka produced 1.2 tons of gold last year, 0.7 percent of the country's total. This year, output is expected to rise to 2.5 tons as the operator, Kamgold -- run by Koryakgeoldobycha, part of UralPlatinum Group -- improves efficiency. Lopatin estimates mining firms would potentially pay 120 million rubles ($4.64 million) in taxes per ton of gold, with 60 percent of that sum going into the regional budget. Kamchatka's unique environment can be a curse when it comes to the nascent gold sector. The peninsula has as many as 29 active volcanoes -- their eruptions and frequent earthquakes can destroy roads and airport runways. In warm months, it is forbidden to cross most rivers, which are important spawning areas for the region's most profitable resource, fish. Miners must wait for winter and stop working again when the ice melts in spring. In the winter, miners often have to pave trails through 2 to 3 meters of snow. When this melts in spring, it floods the few existing roads. Kamgold deputy director Valery Grigorenko agrees that gold mining in Kamchatka is difficult: "But where can you have it easier? Nowhere." He adds that if all the correct procedures and techniques are observed, the difficulties can be overcome and harm to the environment avoided. Environmentalists are less convinced. "Gold mining is a way of making quick money," said the World Wildlife Fund's Kamchatka director, Laura Williams. "It would jeopardize salmon-spawning areas and areas where eco-tourism could be promoted."	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0050.json.gz/line294
__label__wiki	0.569648	0.569648	Kristen Stewart’s new film is nothing like Alien – except for all the bits like Alien \| Film August 20, 2019 - by brown Underwater is a forthcoming film where a lot of scared military-industrial workers led by a jaded short-haired female rush around a dingy-looking base, chased by a terrifying creature of unknown origin. But don’t for a moment think that it’s like Alien, because it is completely different in almost every way. Look, here’s the trailer. Let me show you. Think about it for a moment. Alien was about an alien and they live in outer space. This is a film called Underwater that takes place at the bottom of the sea. Do aliens live underwater? Of course they don’t, you idiot. They’d drown. And ask yourself this. Did Alien make the mistake of hiring TJ Miller – a figure who has become a pariah in Hollywood for the allegations made against him as part of the #MeToo movement – as the character who provides almost every line of exposition in the entire film, which means that its trailer was forced to include large swathes of his performance to help it make sense? It did not, because Alien was released two years before TJ Miller was born. Did we ever see Sigourney Weaver brush her teeth in Alien? I can’t remember. But, if she did, was her toothbrush yellow? Actually, I can’t remember that either. But did she wear glasses while brushing her teeth with a yellow toothbrush in Alien? I mean, probably not, right? That would be too much of a coincidence. The trailer includes a shot where Kristen Stewart is placed in imminent danger when some of the water that she is under happens to drip on to her hand. Is there a scene in Alien where some aliens drip on to Weaver’s hand? I don’t think so. Quite a lot of Alien showed the characters wearing heavy spacesuits that exacerbated their already pronounced sense of claustrophobia. But Underwater is different, because here the characters wear heavy diving suits that heighten their already noticeable feeling of claustrophobia. They’re different films. I can’t make this any clearer. This is the closest we come to seeing what the monster in Underwater looks like. You will note, it has webbed fingers and a fishy face. Can you imagine how silly Alien would be if the xenomorph waddled around the Nostromo with a big dumb fish face strapped to the front of its head? It would be a laughing stock. Meanwhile, Underwater seems to be doing everything in its power to look as stupid as possible, so there’s another difference. Did the Alien trailer spell out the word Alien letter by letter in such an interminable way that you ended up losing the will to live? Actually, yes it did. However, the word Underwater has twice as many letters so it’s twice as boring and you end up losing the will to live twice as much. They are as different as can be. The Underwater trailer ends with TJ Miller shouting: “It’s pulling me underwater!” Did the Alien trailer end with anyone shouting: “It’s pulling me alien?” Of course not. That doesn’t even make sense. These are completely different films and I will fight anyone who tries to tell me otherwise. TaggedAlienbitsFilmKristenStewarts Previous Article A love letter to Notting Hill carnival: ‘It keeps our culture alive’ – video \| Culture Next Article Sculptures of Everyday Meals and Household Goods Crafted From Brightly Colored Paper by Lee Ji-Hee	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0050.json.gz/line301
__label__wiki	0.674332	0.674332	OCCULT DETECTIVE CLUB pavement tv Lonesome Shack - No Way Back [official] Taken from the album "Desert Dreams" on http://www... Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio - Warm-up Set (Live on KEXP) http://KEXP.ORG presents Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio ... The Prefab Messiahs - "The Man Who Killed Reality" [Original Version] Available now on LOLIPOP CD + BURGER CASSETTE!! 01/21/20 GA-20 in Oxford, MS at Proud Larry’s 01/22/20 CRACKER & CAMPER VAN BEETHOVEN in Athens, GA at 40-Watt Club 01/22/20 GA-20 in Birmingham, AL at The Nick 01/23/20 GA-20 in New Orleans, LA at House of Blues DOWNLOAD OCCULT DETECTIVE CLUB’S NEW SONG “C’MON LEVI” FROM THEIR LATEST ALBUM CRIMES Occult Detective Club is formed by Alx Anguiano on vocals/guitars, Andrew Messer on guitars, Chris Reeves on drums and Tyler Shults on bass. With echoes of The Jam, Boys, Clash, Sham 69 and the passion and forward thinking of Billy Bragg, on their new album Crimes, Occult Detective Club is the sound of today with a nod to the past. Taking a cue from an increasingly active underground Texas music scene, they play a mix of first wave punk and new wave music with a focus on catchy choruses, thoughtful lyrics and a DIY mentality. The Denton, TX-based band previously released their ten-song debut LP Tortures last spring on Red Lounge Records, and fellow Texas gore-hounds Hex Dispensers covered their song “I’m A Ghost” on the B-side of one of their latest singles. Crimes will be released on February 15th through Alive Records on CD, Digital and LTD. Edition Vinyl formats (The first vinyl pressing of 500 copies comes with free MP3 download). CRIMES TRACK LISTING: 1. In Another Life 2. C’mon Levi 3. Up From the Underground 4. Crimes 5. Their Walls Around You 6. Our Bitter End 7. Calling the Detectives 8. Running from the Red Squad 9. One to Ten 10. Oh Bureaucracy 11. Wear the Woodwork 12. Young Lovers HERE’S WHAT PEOPLE HAVE BEEN SAYING ABOUT OCCULT DETECTIVE CLUB’S LATEST ALBUM CRIMES: “Crimes captures Anguiano’s passion for sneering pop hooks and succinct, spitfire songwriting.” – QUICK DFW “Digging a little below the musical tension and down into the lyrics, it quickly becomes clear that Occult Detective Club are classic punks at heart — unsatisfied with the status quo, unlucky in love, and just upset enough to pick up some guitars and bang out some tunes to tell you all about it. With such a simple, direct, and earnest approach, it’s hard not to side with these guys, taking up the cause of the disaffected and dejected in the name of good old-fashioned punk rock.” – Gregory Heaney / ALL MUSIC “Bands like Occult Detective Club make me smile, simply for the fact that kids are still churning around in garages somewhere, spitting into microphones and playing shitty guitars. ODC’s sophomore album, Crimes, is every bit of the three-chord wonder that we loved all those years ago. Bottom line: Crimes is awesome but not complex. That’s how punk rock should be. If you like Suicide Commandos (and you should), you’ll love Occult Detective Club.” – TREND ROBOT “Glorious retro punk “ – Bill Lynch / WEST VIRGINIA GAZETTE “It’s tough coming up with anything new in punk rock that isn’t going to sound as if you were trying too hard to reinvent something that’s as basic as it gets. Occult Detective Club know this, and that’s why their sophomore effort, Crimes, works so well.” – BOSTON PHOENIX “I was prepared to write this one off as generic Sham 69 pump-your-fist punk, but then the words demanded to be heard and I was hooked. The main man here is Alex Anguiano, who sings like the bastard child of Win Butler and Joey Ramone (not as horrible as it sounds) and resembles Lance Hahn’s Chicano cousin and writes with a conciseness and economy of phrase that is always human. His empathy for people shines throughout. The first two tracks (including current single “C’mon Levi”) concern the tragedy that is New Orleans and dig this big crux: ‘This town’s worst can still beat where I’m from.’ Amen, brother.” – FLAGSTAFF NOISE “Apparently Joey Ramone rose from the dead, got in touch with Denton’s best export Marked Men and asked if he could re-record their b-sides with Teenage Bottlerocket.” – MAXIMUM ROCKNROLL “…a brash blast of frenetic punk rock. Crimes bears serious echoes of the first wave of US punk bands, with hefty shades of The Ramones in particular. It’s more than an homage to the golden age of punk, they have refined this sound to a fine art adding their own quirks and styles.” – BARRYGRUFF “Their new album Crimes may only clock in at under 30 minutes but there’s a lot of great stuff on here.” – Andy Turner “Zero Hour” / WMSE RADIO “I’m reminded of high energy bands like The Ramones and Suicide Machines when I listen to them, yet there’s something even more to them that makes them original.” – RICHMOND PLAYLIST “The playing is tight, the production values stellar and Alx Anguiano’s vocals providing the perfect punk snarl. Crimes showcases a band understanding who they are and where they’re going and can only mean this is the beginning of greater things for this young band.” – Carl Cortez / ASSIGNMENT X “The 14 short, sharp shocks seething from young Lone Star state quartet OCCULT DETECTIVE CLUB’S new album Crimes make like a very welcome knife in the gut of complacency. They may be earnestly serious young men, but on Crimes they hitch up their fears and frustrations to a roaring Punk Rock juggernaut, let out the throttle and simply ram the nay-sayers off the freeway. If you were wondering whether anger can still be an energy, just cop an earful of this amphetamine blast.” – Tim Peacock / WHISPERIN & HOLLERIN “Crunching, no-nonsense hardcore Power Pop set from a youthful Texan quartet with distinct Anglophile leanings.” – Michael Toland / THE BIG TAKEOVER “C’mon Levi is a busted-lip of perfect manic mod energy. I’m not sure what they got in the water down there in Denton, but Occult Detective Club look like they just smashed your mailbox and sound like they just quantum leaped (or lept?) from Queens in ‘75 or London in ‘78. Mind you, nothing fancy here, just three glorious chords, a bad attitude and probably some industrial epoxy in a brown paper bag. Weekend starts in 1! 2! 3! 4!” – MY OLD KENTUCKY BLOG “It’s nice to know that there are some youngsters who know good music.” – BOING BOING “On their new album Crimes, the marvelously named Occult Detective Club play a mix of straight-up, raw, no nonsense first wave punk and new wave music… Think the Ramones, with echoes of The Jam, even Sham 69 thrown in the blender. Check out the wonderfully frenetic C’mon Levi and start bouncing round that living room like it was 1976…” – THE MAD MACKEREL “I can’t describe how good the music is on this… Just listen to it.” – MONKEYBEAT FOR MORE INFO ON OCCULT DETECTIVE CLUB: http://www.alive-totalenergy.com/x/?page_id=1180 http://occultdetectiveclub.wordpress.com/ FOR MORE INFO ON ALIVE RECORDS: http://www.alive-totalenergy.com http://www.pavementpr.com	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0050.json.gz/line303
__label__wiki	0.544497	0.544497	Ephedra Sinica Growing Guide Elle peut entraîner des troubles cardiaques et psychiatriques si les doses sont trop élevées ou si elle est consommée sur une période prolongée. Ephedra sinica Chinese ephedra Ephedra torreyana Torrey's jointfir American wildlife and plants: A guide to wildlife food habits. It is in leaf all year, in flower from May to June, and the seeds ripen from August to September. Herbs that can reduce breast milk are called antilactagogues. God knows what it does to Mormons but it's where ephedrine comes from and ephedrine seems to be used for anything from controlling blood pressure to synthesising illegal pharmaceuticals in Russia. , manufacturer of antennas and RF antenna modules for M2M and the Internet of Things, has announced a new embedded GNSS antenna named Sinica, which operates on the 1559-1609 MHz satellite bands. An evergreen shrub growing 2 to 3 feet high with no leaves. General Features Various Ephedra species of plants are found throughout the world and grow in desert or arid regions. Ephedra Sinica Ephedra sinica Early Plants Monkey Puzzle Araucaria araucana Horsetail Ferns Equisetum hymale robusta Gingko Gingko biloba Katsura Cercidiphyllum japonicum ‘Pendula’ Taxodium Taxodium distichum ‘Peve Minaret’ This Garden at This Hour, 2014 Matthew Ritchie. Has anyone ever did an a/b extraction? what where the yeilds? how pure was the end product? IF after and a/b extraction was to be done, would it be possible to smoke the freebase?. But especially a regular usage brings higher risks. Pure Ephedrine HCL is probably the most powerful weight loss supplement ever discovered. It is also known as Ma Huang, and "Mormon tea". China Doll Plant (Radermachera Sinica) Growing Guide The china doll plant is a compact, popular houseplant for its dark green, oily foliage. For Europe it is best to grow the plant indoors. any of a large genus (Ephedra) of low, leafless, green gymnospermous shrubs (family Ephedraceae): the dried rhizomes and roots are used as a natural source of ephedrine 2. Ephedra may be found further east in dry areas where it has escaped cultivation. Ephedra viridis Mormon Tea Ephedra viridis (Mormon Tea) Ephedra Viridis is a close relative of E. Using reference management software. This is an important early pollinator. This ephedra is extremely hardy, surviving deep freezes and very high temperatures. These are weight loss supplement banned by FDA that contain ephedrine alkaloids. Like other ephedra species, ephedra sinica plants grow well in sandy soils or along the faces of mountainous slopes. “Rainwater Harvest Garden” Rebate Program Approved plants All plants need regular watering when they are first planted in order to establish a root system that will support growth. It is the best known and most popular legal stimulant. Methyldrene EPH is a Fruit Punch Powder packing 45 servings with 25mg ephedra in each serving. Companion Plants are the sellers of Ohio medicinal plants, herb seeds, goldenseal herbs, medicinal herb plants and much more. Ephedra Education Council listed as EEC. It is an erect, broom-like shrub growing 60 cm high. A growing number of Americans are using herbal products for preventive and therapeutic purposes. How does the skin develop follicles and eventually sprout hair? A USC-led study, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), addresses this question using insights gleaned from organoids, 3D assemblies of cells possessing rudimentary skin structure and function — including the ability to grow hair. Learn more about Ephedra uses, effectiveness, possible side effects, interactions, dosage, user ratings and products that contain Ephedra. Cap bald head 7. Botanical Name(s): Ephedra sinica Popular Name(s): Mahuang, Ma Huang, Desert Tea, Mormon Tea, American Ephedra, Chinese Ephedra, European Ephedra, Pakistani Ephedra, Ephedra. , Canada, and elsewhere, bitter orange has been substituted into "ephedra-free" herbal weight-loss products by dietary supplement manufacturers. The collection of the Hortus botanicus Leiden is mainly concentrated on plants from Asia, including a number of plants from China. Learn exactly how to grow and care for Radermachera Sinica here. Call us at 1 315 4971058. equisetina, and E. Les espèces européennes et nord-américaines renferment une moins forte concentration d’éphédrine que celles originaires de Chine ou d’Inde. The adverse events experienced after ingesting ephedra and other dietary supplements have demonstrated the need for FDA intervention. Buxus sinica var. Ephedra sinica (mormon's tea), has been used in Chinese traditional medicine for over 5000 years. Ma-huang (Ephedra sinica) seeds Family: Ephedraceae Grow your own Ephedra! The Chinese herb Ephedra sinica, better known as Ma Huang, is a perennial, primitive shrub. insularis 'Franklin's Gem' Franklin's Gem Boxwood ‘Franklin’s Gem’ is a low spreading cultivar with lime green new growth in the spring. IB 117 UCB Summer 2010 midterm study plants: chemical derivatives and orgins Learn with flashcards, games, and more — for free. Ephedra sinica plant seeds, aka 'Ma Huang. Realtively new on the scene is Radermachera 'Kunming'. James Meschino DC, MS, ROHP. equisetina. It is legal to grow your own ephedra or ma huang for personal use. funerea (see illustration). Many plant specialized metabolites cause pharmacological consequences for animals that consume them. For five thousand years, Chinese medicine relied on derivatives from plants of the genus Ephedra to treat asthma and hay fever. intermedia var. Growing from seeds: best is to use cactii soil. These plants are located in America, Central Asia, China, India, Egypt and Europe. Horehound plants tend to naturally grow in clumps. Many of us have heard that Ephedra helps us lose weight, but few understand how Ephedra works. Aren't seeds amazing? Ephedra sinica is somewhat notorious, because ephedrine was purified from it and used in excess by people wanting to lose weight. That's because of the April 12, 2004 ban on ephedra and ephedrine-based supplements by the Food and Drug Administration. , Canada, and elsewhere, bitter orange has been substituted into "ephedra-free" herbal weight-loss products by dietary supplement manufacturers. Besides, ephedra (depending on size and growing conditions) should be harvested after the second year of growth. An asian relative of E. Similar in growth habit to E. The seven-transmembrane core of these receptors, in combination with variable N-terminal extensions, allows for recognition of chemically diverse ligands ranging from ions, small amines and organic acids (including volatile odorants), nucleosides and nucleotides to lipids, peptides, and large proteins. Mushroom hunting is a time-honored tradition in many rural areas, and a means to enjoy exotic food not found in supermarket shelves. You probably know this plant, but you've probably never seen it in person, or considered its potential in the garden! In fact, this interesting medicinal shrub is a worthy addition to the dry garden, with its unique foliage & overall texture. Side Effects: Continuous use can lead to addiction. (2) By comparing nucleotide sequences of nuclear 18S rRNA gene and plastid trnK gene of 8 Ephedra species from China, which were divided into 5 genotypes, Mongolian Ephedra species with twisted stem were speculated to be E. These plants are located in America, Central Asia, China, India, Egypt and Europe. Nature photos & pictures. Ephedra seeds, always wanted to grow your own herbs at home? With these ephedra seeds it is possible to do so. Mormon tea is related to ma huang, or Ephedra sinica, an herb that has been used in Chinese medicine for several thousand years. The species is dioecious (individual flowers are either male or female, but only one sex is to be found on any one plant so both male and female plants must be grown if seed is required). For now we're content to admire it in the garden. Botanical Studies is an open access journal that encompasses all aspects of botany, including but not limited to taxonomy, morphology, development, genetics, evolution, reproduction, systematics, and biodiversity of all plant groups, algae, and fungi. This dark, long-grained rice was first cultivated in ancient China. lepidosperma contain so little alkaloids (less than 0. A prehistoric and rare conifer relative, Miniature Joint Fir is not a flowering plant, but a gymnosperm, it produces cones at the nodes of its branches. equisetina) are used medicinally. lepidosperma are species with a very low content of E alkaloids. It may be listed as ephedra, Chinese ephedra, or ma huang in the ingredients of various types of supplements that offer an energy boost. intermedia, E. The evergreen shrub has been used in traditional. Dover Publications. Clinical trials have proven that ephedrine supplementation can dramatically increase weight loss results. Green Stinger Ephedra comes in a 120 caplet bottle, and contains 27mg of Ephedra per serving, which is considered by some to be an effective weight loss compound. Ephedra (Ephedra sinica), also called ma huang, is an herb that has been used in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) for more than 5,000 years, primarily to treat asthma, bronchitis, and hay fever. Antonyms for Mormon tea. Amélie / The sinica experience part 1 9. Ephedra is a genus of gymnosperm shrubs, the only genus in its family, Ephedraceae, and order, Ephedra Ephedra growing on the mountain path. For that reason, our all-natural Brigham Tea Extract is manufactured in the USA, in an FDA. due to safety concerns. Horehound Propagation. Ancient Chinese physicians prescribed ephedra tea and pills for the common cold, coughs, asthma, headaches, and hay fever. Dnorpseudoephedrine is therefore also contained in appetite suppressants. Ephedra is a medicinal preparation from the plant Ephedra sinica. Mormon tea (Ephedra funerea) growing in the wild in the Fiery Furnace area of Arches National Park near Moab, Utah Dietary supplements containing ephedra alkaloids have been found to be unsafe, with reports of serious side effects and ephedra-related deaths. There is difference of opinion amongst scholars about the botanical name of this plant. Some still use Ephedra with the belief that is a performance enhancer. It has been marketed both as a weigh-loss pill and as a natural remedy. Dangerous to use Ephedra. 2% which is a little less than the "King" of Ephedra Sinica that contains 3. Ephedra, or Ma Huang, differs in potency depending on where and how it is grown. Propagation. Ephedra sinica (Chinese ephedra, Ma Huang) is known for millennia due to its medicinal properties. Dietary supplements that contain ephedra alkaloids (sometimes called ma huang) are widely promoted and used in the United States as a means of losing weight and increasing energy. I have also encountered claims that infusions made from Ephedra stems that grow in the mojave contain alkaloids that can "get you high" when in fact I have found no evidence supporting this. From BBC Gardeners' World Magazine. Growing cacti from seed is easy, and it's fun to see what grows from mixed seed. Plants that grow here for more than a single growing season grow slowly, a few inches or less in a good year. Ephedra are almost all shrubs or shrublike plants, and they're found in deserts or in the high mountains. Plenty of seeds for several ephedra plants. intermedia, the stems employed for treating fever, nasal congestion. Select from the Ephedra Diet Pills that are available; Green Stinger, Lipodrene Ephedra, EPH 100, Hellfire EPH 150 & many more!. Like other ephedra species, ephedra sinica plants grow well in sandy soils or along the faces of mountainous slopes. Can't identify your mystery houseplant? Visit our Ask Judy page. I believe they can make an artificial ephedrine too. Cloma Pharma may have hit the jackpot on this one. Although the plant appears leafless, scale-like leaves can be seen at jointed sections of branches. torreyana, and E. do a normal freebase extraction to get almost pure ephedrine. Uncontrolled dosages quickly led to many cases of severe side effects. So any info on growing them like what temp they like, pot size, ect. Ephedra needs light to germinate. China Doll Plant (Radermachera Sinica) Growing Guide The china doll plant is a compact, popular houseplant for its dark green, oily foliage. Yes I tried ephedra and I also tried an analogue synephrine with a similar profile. Ephedra sinica is not specifically a controlled species in the United States. Nearly leafless, the plant has slender, cylindrical, yellow-green branches and underground runners. Ma Huang (Ephedra sinica) 20 seeds. Learn exactly how to grow and care for Radermachera Sinica here. The naked seeds are the features, which places Ephedra with the classical group, the gymnosperms. Ephedra sinica is supposed to act a bit more moderate than Ephedra nevadensis. But it may grow up to 4 feet. L'éphédra, de part son action hypertensive et stimulante du système nerveux ne doit pas être prise à la légère. Ephedra comforts asthma patients by acting as a bronchial dilator. Ephedra viridis is the most common Ephedra in our area, but any one of the three species may be the dominant, or even the exclusive species in a given location. Elle peut entraîner des troubles cardiaques et psychiatriques si les doses sont trop élevées ou si elle est consommée sur une période prolongée. New method welcomed by medical sector ZHANG FENG,China Business Weekly staff 2004-06-01 08:27. Cloma Pharma may have hit the jackpot on this one. Alfalfa is a well-known herb to health-conscious consumers. It has about 40 growing tips on it at the moment, some over four feet tall, some only inches. monosperma. Ephedra, incidentally is the natural source of the alkaloid ephedrin, used to treat hay fever, sinus headaches, and asthma. Shih, Member, IEEE, and J. 4,11 The North American species, Ephedra nevadensis (Mormon tea, Mexican tea, squaw tea, or desert tea), is apparently devoid of alkaloids. EPHEDRA SINICA EXTRACT can be found in 1 product. Note: Seeds and plants are unaffected by the ban. Grow indoors or in a warm and dry climate, free of frost. I guess there was not enough political insightfullness and lobbying to give both sides of the story to the FDA and Congress. desert regions. You probably know this plant, but you've probably never seen it in person, or considered its potential in the garden! In fact, this interesting medicinal shrub is a worthy addition to the dry garden, with its unique foliage & overall texture. abbreviation for 1. due to safety concerns. We do have many years of experience in growing, producing and sourcing seeds of impressive plants. MaHuang -ephedra sinica herb - posted in Brain Health: Hey, i often use ephedrine hcl for studying. There are also some of the plant species which grow in the United States the Southwest desert. Ephedra is the sole genus in Ephedraceae Dumortier 1829, which many authors designate as the sole family in Order Ephedrales Dumortier 1829. Growth of true Ma-huang is quite slow, requiring at least 5 years to maturity, and even then not full-sized. Ma huang is commonly identified as Ephedra sinica, but several other Asian Ephedra species are sold and used as ma huang also. By as it still wouldn't be too hot and would give them a longer growing season, but now works too. Ephedra contains a racemic mixture of ephedrine (pseudoephedrine and ephedrine). nevadensis and E. Ephedra sinica Ephedra sinica. Ephedra prefers sunny, dry areas and sandy soils. The dried leaves of the ephedra plant act as a natural stimulant and energizer and have an appetite-suppressing effect. sinica , which contains chemicals that are similar to those of human neurotransmitters, like ephedrine, a drug used for the relief of allergic symptoms because of its ability to constrict. The root of E. Early research should focus on industry and infantry, as China starts with a surplus of manpower but underdeveloped industry. Buy Ephedra Diet Pills to promote weight-loss & burn unwanted fat online at i-Supplements. China owns and operates ephedra farms, where ephedra grass (Ephedra Sinica) is cultivated under strict government control. It makes a pretty accent in a garden or an easy to care for alternative to grass lawns. But it may grow up to 4 feet. Ephedra sinica 15 9 bags of 20x seed available. Ephedra medicinal herb is a perennial evergreen plant that is native to inner Mongolia and northern China. Ephedrine is the main stimulant alkaloid found in the traditional Chinese herb, ma huang. This item is sold through the Groupon Store World Class Nutrition, operated by SCD Enterprises LLC. Learn pruning methods to grow a miniature version of a full-sized fruit tree with tips from Ann Ralph's book Grow a Little Fruit Tree and HGTV. Ephedra (Ephedra) Erysimum crepidifolium. Hundreds of titles pertaining to the traditional Chinese classics have been included in the database and have been categorized with meticulous care. It is the principal active ingredient in "ma-huang," a traditional Chinese medicine. Pest and Lawn Ginja 1,015,316 views. An organized A-Z directory of herbs and herbal related articles for quick access. Do you want to line a pathway with a hedge you can step ove. Clinical trials have proven that ephedrine supplementation can dramatically increase weight loss results. Unlike the potent old world Ephedra sinica which is the biological precursor for the alkaloidal drugs ephedrine and pseudoephedrine, new world species. Ephedrine is one of the most commonly used noncatecholamine sympathomimetic drugs in the perioperative period. Buy High Quality Pure MaHuang For The Lowest Price! Pure MaHuang By Premium Nutrition is considered the most effective singular ingredient herbal ephedrine energizer of its kind in the world. Ephedra is used in many over-the-counter weight loss products. Ephedra sinica goes by the common names Chinese Ephedra and Ma Huang. It is the best known and most popular legal stimulant. Les espèces européennes et nord-américaines renferment une moins forte concentration d’éphédrine que celles originaires de Chine ou d’Inde. The bush of Ephedra growing on the mountain path Ephedra Shrub with Segmented Stems Growing in the Desert. Mormon's Tea. Plant members of the Ephedra genus grow in dry, alkaline soils around the world. What is Ephedra? Most “Ephedra” supplements contain a preparation of the Ephedra plant, like Ephedra Sinica, or “Ma Huang” in Traditional. Ephedra sinica is an evergreen Shrub growing to 0. MORMON TEA Ephedra viridis These stick or broom-like shrubs grow between one and four feet tall. Ephedra distachya GONE (you can try offering me one a trade) Ephedra equisetina 10 6 bags of 5x seed available. According to legend the bodyguards of. It produces leafless, segmented round canes. Sinica, which is commonly referred to as Mormon Tea. It can increase your blood pressure and heart rate and may cause insomnia and anxiety. The overall action however is one of balance and benefit. We are a Christian based family business. The Ephedra (Ephedra Sinica or Ma Huang) Plant originated in China, and has been around for 1000's of years. The herbal remedy has been used in traditional Chinese medicine for thousands of years. It is a member of the gnetum family (gnetaceae). hordenine, octopamine) in higher plants was published in 1970, showing that. Major species of ephedra include Ephedra sinica Stapf. [citation needed] The sale of dietary supplements containing ephedra has been banned in the United States due to the risk of serious adverse events or death. Alfalfa is a well-known herb to health-conscious consumers. 2% which is a little less than the "King" of Ephedra Sinica that contains 3. Ephedrine, present in Ephedra sinica, a plant traditionally used in Chinese medicine, binds to the androgenic receptors. electronic programme guide 2. Various native cultures. Of course if I owe you a favour and you are interested in any of the above let me know. Germinating Ephedra seeds. Ephedra herb is defined in the Japanese Pharmacopoeia as stem material containing ˃0. They like high-humidity and it is a good idea to mist them a couple times a day for the first couple weeks you get them. A False Positive Drug Test Should Worry Anyone Undergoing A Drug Test. Sow in pots or trays in a moist, peat-based seed compost mixed 50:50 with vermiculite or perlite and just cover the seeds with sieved compost. Here is your expert guide to magnesium backed products with there benefits, deficiency, dosage and more. My crabgrass is not dying. Dangerous to use Ephedra. Ephedra sinica can grow to heights of approximately two feet. viridis known as Ephedra sinica contains an ephedrine compound used worldwide to treat cold and hay fever. Cap bald head 7. The Sinica antenna uses a novel design approach and new materials to achieve high. The Ephedra is robust and doesn't need much attention. This is a rather attractive yet fascinating and curious, dwarf evergreen shrub rarely seen in gardens. Dangerous to use Ephedra. Common Name(s) Ma Huang also is known as ephedra, yellow horse, yellow astringent. Ephedra sinica is an ancient Chinese medicine (used for at least 5000 years), which is the original source of ephedrine, the decongestant and bronchodilator. The active compounds in the plant's stem (about 1. The seeds comes with a clear instruction. Ephedra is derived from a herb commonly used in Chinese medicine. nevadensis and E. The dried leaves of the ephedra plant act as a natural stimulant and energizer and have an appetite-suppressing effect. sinica , which contains chemicals that are similar to those of human neurotransmitters, like ephedrine, a drug used for the relief of allergic symptoms because of its ability to constrict. There are hundreds of varieties of Chrysanthemums, giving you a multitude of options for height, color, flower size and time of bloom. monosperma and E. Ephedra sinica) photo: Danielle Ackley. The Ephedra Plant offers many medicinal benefits besides weight loss, by raising your metabolism and heart rate. The dried green stems of the three Asian species (Ephedra sinica, E. The Plant List compiled by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and Missouri Botanical Garden accepts 126 species names of pines as current, together with 35 unresolved species and many more synonyms. Buxus sinica var. com : 250g (0. "The ancient Greeks also found use for Ephedra sinica. Water only occasionally. , Ma Huang (ephedra), continues to grow. General: Ephedra Family (Ephedraceae). That elegant, blue-green Ephedra equisetina in the garden and the robust, wiry Ephedra torreyana growing naturally in a dry, grassy field share a long, distinguished heritage. Ephedra viridis and over 1000 other quality seeds for sale. It could be found in Rocky Mountains and deserts but thrives well in arid and semi-arid climates. True Ephedra sinica is fairly short, flowering to about 18 inches. The North American species of ephedra, sometimes called desert tea or Mormon tea does not appear to contain the same active ingredients as the Asian species. Antonyms for Mormon tea. Ephedra sinica Chinese ephedra Ephedra torreyana Torrey's jointfir American wildlife and plants: A guide to wildlife food habits. Until fairly recently, the best known plant in tyhis genus was the one sold as "China doll" in Australia. Ephedra needs light to germinate. Scientific assessment of Ephedra species (Ephedra spp. The Chinese have been using it for more than 5,000 years. For that reason, our all-natural Brigham Tea Extract is manufactured in the USA, in an FDA. Always consult with your doctor or health care provider before taking this herb. It is also known as Ma Huang, and "Mormon tea". Oral decongestants, such as pseudoephedrine (Sudafed, Drixoral), relieve nasal swelling pressure and congestion, but they don't treat the cause of the inflammation. Ephedra are almost all shrubs or shrublike plants, and they're found in deserts or in the high mountains. It is the principal active ingredient in "ma-huang," a traditional Chinese medicine. The alternative approach of a train-the-trainer model was conceived, using a pyramid system to reach as many teachers as possible throughout Minnesota. One species, Ephedra sinica or Chinese ephedra, has a long history of use in complementary and alternative medicine (CAM). By as it still wouldn't be too hot and would give them a longer growing season, but now works too. A False Positive Drug Test Should Worry Anyone Undergoing A Drug Test. Ephedra seeds grow into shrubs that seems to evolutionary relatives of pine trees that are suited to dry conditions. It produces leafless, segmented round canes. Ephedra viridis is the most common Ephedra in our area, but any one of the three species may be the dominant, or even the exclusive species in a given location. However, many manufacturers have recently reformulated products to remove ephedra because of legal liability questions. And no studies were found that evaluated ephedra use for enhancing athletic performance. Burdock is adaptable to various light levels, from partial shade to full sun. Ephedra belongs to the group of gymnosperms (plants that produce "naked" seed). Asklepios-seeds is a family run business specialized in seeds of medicinal, ornamental, rare and ethnobotanical Plants from around the world. Many plant specialized metabolites cause pharmacological consequences for animals that consume them. quite pure ephedrine can be extracted easely from ephedra plant with a norma distillation. Several herbal supplements, sold with the claim of providing weight loss and energy, contain guarana (Paullinia cupana), a natural source of caffeine, and ma huang (Ephedra sinica), a natural source of ephedrine. In Asia, it is commonly known as mahuang. In China, Ephedra is known as ma-huang. viridis, E. I believe they can make an artificial ephedrine too. Ephedra sinica Chinese ephedra Ephedra torreyana Torrey's jointfir American wildlife and plants: A guide to wildlife food habits. The spread of a single plant can eventually be 2 or more feet, as the plant does send out runners. It is legal to grow your own ephedra or ma huang for personal use. its used a lot to extract pure mariuana oil. The dried leaves of the ephedra plant act as a natural stimulant and energizer and have an appetite-suppressing effect. List of equipment : • A glass eyedropper • Three small glass bottles with lids (approx. This was written in 2800 BC, and lists 366 plant drugs, including Ephedra sinica (Griggs, 1982). Ephedra is able to grow in dry habitats to which few angiosperms have adapted; Ephedra habitats range from dry to very dry. New method welcomed by medical sector ZHANG FENG,China Business Weekly staff 2004-06-01 08:27. sinica or E. The leafless stems are pale green when young and olive brown with age. Native to the steppes of north and northwestern China. Ephedra (Ephedra californica) Over 50 species of ephedra, or joint fir, can be found growing all around the world. Strew the seed on surface of very sandy potting soil (50% sand) and barely cover with more of the same potting soil. General: Ephedra Family (Ephedraceae). Ephedra (Má Huáng), an Ingredient Banned from Dietary Supplements. Mormon tea (Ephedra funerea) growing in the wild in the Fiery Furnace area of Arches National Park near Moab, Utah Dietary supplements containing ephedra alkaloids have been found to be unsafe, with reports of serious side effects and ephedra-related deaths. The microsporophylls are similar to the stamens of the flowering plant; they also correspond with the spore-bearing scales in the. The only species where PE is predominant compared to E is E. Water only occasionally. Columbines are perennial bloomers that can be easily grown from columbine seeds. In 2004, the U. road could reach only a small number of teachers. The first written account of Ephedra sinica's use is recorded in the Pen Ts'ao of Shen Nung, a Chinese herbalist. Green ephedra is a dioecious, scraggly shrub rarely more than 60 cm to 150 cm high. intermedia var. How to Grow Ephedra from Seed We thought we'd put this handy growing guide together, outlining a quick and simple way to grow species such as Ephedra fragilis ('Joint Pine') and Ephedra sinica ('Ma Huang') from seed. The use of herbal medicinal products and supplements has increased tremendously over the past three decades with not less than 80% of people worldwide relying on them for some part of primary healthcare. Latin name: Ephedra sinica Family: Ephedraceae Medicinal use of Ma Huang: Ma Huang is a strongly stimulant acrid-tasting herb that is commonly used in Chinese herbalism, where it is considered to be one of the 50 fundamental herbs. Plant the seeds around 20 ºC (68 ºF). Les espèces européennes et nord-américaines renferment une moins forte concentration d’éphédrine que celles originaires de Chine ou d’Inde. The evergreen shrub has been used in traditional. Some people who think ephedra helped them lose weight are looking to new herbs and natural extracts to replace the banned dietary supplement. do a normal freebase extraction to get almost pure ephedrine. abbreviation for 1. Amélie / The sinica experience part 1 9. The chinese species Ephedra sinica was the original source of the alkaloid ephedrine, a common decongestant in popular allergy and hay fever remedies. Ma Huang (Ephedra sinica) 20 seeds. Stonehead 3. The results also showed that the samples derived from E. Enjoy our comprehensive directory of herbal knowledge and application. Ephedra contains a racemic mixture of ephedrine (pseudoephedrine and ephedrine). 00 metres tall. The merchant is solely responsible to purchasers for the fulfillment, delivery, care, quality, and pricing information of the advertised goods and services. Ephedra has been a major component of herbal supplements for weight loss and athletic performance, often with caffeine also added. Horehound does best in dry, poor soil with a southern exposure. Healthy Learning for Healthy Living. pure ephedra oil has a 90% percentage of ephedrine. Ephedra sinica (Ephedraceae) is a broom-like shrub cultivated in arid regions of China, Korea and Japan. The real smell and taste. Keep seeds in constant moisture with temperatures of about 68 degrees F also on erowid Ephedra should be planted in dry locations. , yellow river, mormon tea, and whorehouse tea. ), including E. IB 117 UCB Summer 2010 midterm study plants: chemical derivatives and orgins Learn with flashcards, games, and more — for free. Ephedra sinica is not abortifacient in rats (32). Yes I tried ephedra and I also tried an analogue synephrine with a similar profile. The active alkaloids, pseudoephedrine, and ephedrine are chemically extracted from the plant material and processed for pharmaceutical purposes. Shih, Member, IEEE, and J. Germination has a natural tendency to be a bit irregular but can begin in as early as two weeks if conditions are right. How to format your references using the Acta Mechanica Sinica citation style. General Features Various Ephedra species of plants are found throughout the world and grow in desert or arid regions. One of the great medicines of all time, ephedra (Ephedra sinica) has been in use for as long as 5,000 years. Buying Ephedrine Legally Ephedrine (and ephedra) can still be legally purchased in the United States, though you're not going to likely find it as a part of any dietary supplement. Ephedra Sinica Extract (stems & aerial parts) (standardized for 8% Ephedrine alkaloids 32mg) Your ultimate guide to anabolic steroids and bodybuilding. Tea and Breastfeeding Safe Tea for Breastfeeding Mothers. There are 69 species of ephedra that can be found in Asia, North and South America, Europe and Africa. Ephedra isknown to increase metabolism, relax the air passages, promoteperspiration and promote urination. It is in leaf 12-Jan It is in flower from May to June, and the seeds ripen from Aug to September.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0050.json.gz/line306
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__label__wiki	0.750473	0.750473	Snooki a Novelist? You'se Must Be Kidding! Two "novelists?" Confession time: I have never seen a single episode of the MTV show Jersey Shore and have no intentions of ever viewing one. I have no idea if its star, Nicole Polizzi, is a good actress or a putrid one, though a nickname like “Snooki” leads me to suspect that she doesn’t take on many Meryl Streep-like roles. I’ve never read or heard an interview with Polizzi either, so she might possess the intellect of Albert Einstein for all I know. (Did anyone ever call old Albert “Snooki?”) Polizzi would have ever remained one of the many pop tarts I routinely ignore save for one thing: newspapers confirm the rumor from last fall that Snooki has written a novel, which will be released in 2011. First of all, I doubt she has “written” anything at all; a ghostwriter (or two or three) is likely responsible for whatever golden nuggets will appear. I’m even okay with that. What I’m decidedly not happy about, however, is Polizzi’s statement that she’s only read two books in her entire life. She did not say whether those two books were from her pre- or post-Beatrix Potter years, but I infer from this that we should not anticipate that her literary talents will be viewed as the next coming of George Eliot. I could continue jumping up and down on the lampoon bandwagon, but my main feeling about all of this is one of sadness. Literature, it would appear, is indeed dead. There has long been the axiom that a good writer begins as a good reader, so you must excuse me if I offer the prejudgment that Ms. Polizzi lacks the qualifications and gravitas to call herself a novelist, even if she employs an army of ghostwriters. To call her such cheapens the craft of novel writing, one in which many highly skilled writers have toiled for years with little commercial success. The latter is distressing because the one thing we know for certain is that Polizzi’s “novel” will sell quite a few copies before it is remaindered and pulped and the next pop idol releases his or her “novel.” The buzz guarantees it. At this juncture I should admit that my own last book took about five years to write and has yet to earn a nickel in royalties, but there’s more than sour grapes at stake here. The saddest thing about the Snooki novel is that it’s the latest confirmation of the anti-intellectual dumbing down of American society. It’s bad enough that more people vote for American Idol than in Congressional elections, but now we’ve entered the age in which anyone who has ever Tweeted thinks he or she is an “author.” No aspirations cast on Ms. Polizzi--they’re all aimed at her handlers--but she should be ashamed to attach the accomplishment “novelist” to her résumé. Sorry, but you need to read before you can write. Might I suggest starting with Middlemarch? --LV Movie Madness, Celtic Corner, Cranky Notions Cranky Notions, Really Bad Ideas The Help Takes Us Inside Maids' Minds The Help. By Kathryn Stockett. New York: Putnam, 2009. ISBN: 978-0-399-15534-4. Were you ever in a store when a customer took a temper tantrum and a hapless clerk had to endure it silently, a smile forced upon her face? Ever wonder what that clerk was thinking? Now imagine being a black maid in Mississippi during the Jim Crow era, a time in which the slightest bit of sass resulted in instant dismissal and a serious tongue-lashing of an abusive white employer might result in a midnight visit from the Ku Klux Klan. Imagine it is exactly what Kathryn Stockett has done; The Help takes us deep into Dixie’s dirty heart: Jackson, Mississippi, in the early 1960s. It’s a world of male privilege, where single women are supposed to be daddy’s girls as they primp before tiresome, vacuous and some times vicious good ‘ole boys in hopes of ensnaring one as a husband. Their world is one of Bible study, Junior League, debutante balls, imposed modesty, and deference. Which is exactly why up-from-white-trash Celia Rae Foote can’t fit in, and why Skeeter Phelan doesn’t want to any more. Both will commit the ultimate act of betrayal: they will challenge white privilege, an ideal even more potent than male supremacy. Celia does so through simple means--she’s grateful for her black maid Minny and treats her a person. Skeeter embarks on a very dangerous course: she interviews black maids to find out what “the help” really thinks and plans to write a book about it. If anyone finds out, her reputation and that of her family will be ruined. More significantly, the lives of her informants are in serious jeopardy. One of the book’s subplots involves Skeeter’s attempt to find out the fate of a beloved childhood maid who left when she was in college. Stockett admits that this is a bit of autobiography that inspired her to write her novel. She’s also a Jackson native and, one suspects, a bit like Skeeter Phelan. She certainly writes about Southern life with insight and flair that would be difficult for an outsider to capture. Stockett probes the complex emotions that developed in a nexus of race, power, and social change. Call it a love-hate relationship in which mutual loathing and mutual affection stood check by jowl. Especially touching are scenes between black caregivers and preteen white girls, the latter (alas) who have a distressing tendency to grow up to be just like their mothers. The clash between change and custom is the strength of Stockett’s narrative. It was an inspired choice to set the action between 1960 and 1963. It’s always a mistake to view history as steady linear progression and that’s especially the case when it comes to civil rights. Brown v. the Board of Education was handed down in 1954, and the Rosa Parks-inspired Montgomery bus boycott desegregated city buses in 1956. Not that these things meant much in Jackson. It’s a city yet to desegregate its schools and one in which prevailing health advice suggested installing separate toilets for black domestics lest diseases for which whites had no immunities be contracted through bottomly contact. It’s also the city in which activist Medgar Evers got gunned down on his front porch. So, yes, Skeeter’s book is a seriously dangerous idea. I’ll say no more about the central drama of the book. Besides, it’s a better character study than a narrative. Stockett protagonists are memorable, even when they feel a bit overdrawn. The book’s central villain, Hilly, is deliciously vain, pompous, airheaded, and bigoted and it’s wicked fun waiting to see if she gets her come-uppance. Both Skeeter and Celia are fully realized but even better, so are the two central black maids, Minny and Aibileen. Stockett also effectively mixes drama with comic relief. The Help is far from a perfect book. It’s Stockett’s first novel and has the virtues one often sees in debuts--a fresh approach, unpretentious language, and personal familiarity with the topic. It also suffers from weaknesses of first books. Parts of the book feel very contrived, characters some times change too dramatically and quickly, and Stockett occasionally writes herself into corners from which graceful (or believable) escape is difficult. But, if you want insight into what was running through the minds behind the paint-on smile, The Help will assist ably.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0050.json.gz/line316
__label__wiki	0.687646	0.687646	Big Foot Wins! Big Foot knows the Constitution better than New Hampshire park officials. Score one for the little guy. Or should I say, for the big furry guy. Those outside of New England may not have heard of Jonathan Doyle. He’s a free spirit who gets his jollies by dressing up as Big Foot and scrambling around the rocks of New Hampshire’s Monadnock Mountains. It was big goof that evolved into a concept. Doyle took to interviewing hikers about their alarm at confronting Big Foot and posting small videos on YouTube. Everything was done in the snarky, ironic, and self-reflexive style that dominates the Internet. Sometimes Doyle made himself as Big Foot the subject of the interview, with “Big Foot” commenting on his brush with homo sapiens sapiens. Doyle even planned to do a “mockumentary” film titled The Capture of Big Foot. Everyone was having a good laugh until the State of New Hampshire stepped in. Wonder why Ron Paul is popular in the Granite State and why folks up that way distrust government? It might have something to do with the fact that its regulators have the commonsense of the average mollusk. As word got out about Doyle’s theatrics, the “Live Free or Die” state decided that Doyle had become an “event.” As an “event,” Doyle was required to secure a $100 special events permit and post a $2 million bond--a pretty hefty hunk of change for a guy in a glorified gorilla suit. So Doyle exchanged the monkey suit for a lawsuit, got in touch with the ACLU, sued, and won. The Supreme Court of New Hampshire–showing more mental acuity than the regulatory mollusks–decided that the law was too vague. (No kidding!) Now Doyle is free to let his wild spirit gambol amidst Monadnock’s gnarly gneiss. While I’m on the subject of New Hampshire, isn’t it time also to call out the hypocrisy of the Granite State? It prides itself on having no state income tax. Big frickin’ deal! Everything else costs an arm and a leg up there. How does it fund mollusk regulators and the rest of the state? By having very high property taxes, by gouging drivers a $1.40 toll to drive the 13 miles from the Massachusetts line to Kittery, Maine, by having user taxes on everything, and by trying to fleece jokesters like Doyle. And, oh yeah, by not spending much; New Hampshire has some of the worst public services north of the Mason-Dixon. Maybe it would be better off with Big Foot running the show. Movie Madness, Celtic Corner, Cranky Notions Cranky Notions, How Cool Is This? John Martyn Tribute Album Wildly Uneven John Martyn: Johnny Boy Would Love This Liason Music 4012 John Martyn (1948-2009) was certainly one of the more important songwriters of the past 60 years. He was also one of the most versatile; he wrote songs that thrilled fans of various genres: pop, rock, folk, jazz, blues…. It seemed as if every other review of his songs included the phrase “defies categorization.” Like Joni Mitchell, Martyn’s favorite project was reinventing himself. As a result, he never lingered long in the limelight, but among other songwriters he commanded a reverence bordering on legend. The intent behind Johnny Boy Would Love This is to honor Martyn’s eclecticism. Thirty different artists headed to the studio to record his songs and, appropriately, they are from various musical genres. The result? Well… Johnny boy might have indeed loved it, but most listeners will, at best, find it a stronger concept than album. My own take is that it would have made one terrific disc, but at two it’s exceedingly uneven. The odd choices begin immediately in that the second disc is much stronger than the first, a curious marketing decision given that most DJs and reviewers are likely to spin whatever comes first in the rotation. In like fashion, the opening track of David Gray singing “Let the Good Things Come” is so moody that we expect ominous rather than joyful things. It’s an interesting track, though, which cannot be said for the histrionic soul of Clarence Fountain and Sam Butler on “Glorious Fool.” This, I fear, is a metaphor for the entire project: good tracks amidst mediocre ones. Among the latter, Beck’s competent but forgettable “Stormbringer,” Syd Kitchen’s calpso-meets-pop “Fine Lines,” the faux soul of Nicholas Barron on “Angeline,” the noisy train wreck a band called On My God makes of “John Wayne,” and the unforgiveable sonic mush to which Vashti Bunyan reduces Martyn’s classic “Head and Heart.” I’m not overly fond of Beth Orton’s “Go Down Easy,” either, but I confess I find her so overrated than I’m biased on that one. Among the good stuff, Snow Patrol’s shimmery “May You Never,” which features Gary Lightbody’s expressive vocals; the psychedelic/bluegrass tinged “Run Honey Run” by Morchebba; Bombay Bicycle club’s evocation of Donovan on “Fairytale Lullaby;” and Julie Tzuke’s well-done pop/soul rendition of “Hurt in Your Heart.” The album closes with Phil Collins covering “Tearing and Breaking,” another highlight. The Collins track ought to serve notice to pop-wannabes not to shop at thrift stores. Until you can fill the stage with an army of harmony singers and musicians, don’t try to construct thick arrangements. Overall, this collection works better when it keeps things simple, and founders when complexity overwhelms the songs. Half good/half lamentable--hence 2.5 stars of five.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0050.json.gz/line317
__label__wiki	0.69256	0.69256	The Big Short: Watch How You Vote! A few weeks ago I had my annual you-should-have-never-let-down-your-guard colds I often get after filing my final grades with the registrar. With stuffed head and medicated body, I took a brisk walk to try to clear the cobwebs. (Full disclosure: Okay, it was actually a languorous wobble.) On my MP3 player was a download of a new singer/songwriter, Ralston Hartness, and his debut EP, Atlas (Underground Records). It made me feel better than any meds sold at my local CVS. Hartness—still a student at Washington & Lee University in Virginia–has made the perfect debut–one where you go with what you know, are true to yourself, and lay your soul bare. The result is six gorgeous tracks about yearning, searching to belong, thinking about home, and feeling a bit lost. (By God, if a college student isn't allowed to feel these things, who can?) Hartness has a fine, clear, and emotive tenor, one that reminded me a lot of Greg Greenway when he was young, or Noah Gunderson in his more tender moments. My favorite track was "81-S," and not just because that's the road I take from New England to my own Pennsylvania hometown. I admired both the beautiful simplicity of the melody and Hartness' confessional: 81 South's a long straight shot/So think about the man that I know I'm not/Trying to see through the lies I know have names/Now I wrestle with my soul just to stay awake. I remember those days, Ralston, so thanks for that. And thanks also for five other outstanding tracks and for bringing balm to a befuddled brain. Now, dear readers, log on to Noisetrade and throw some bread this young man's way. Empire (Cornelius Chapel records) is a damn fine solo debut from rock veteran Brad Armstrong. It's gritty and pulls no punches, but it's honest. Some of it is rated R. Like "School Bus" and its line "Every morning was like a wet dream." Okay, so you won't be hearing Brad Armstrong on a radio station near you, but that's no reason not to go online and take a hard listen. Besides, this dude can be smooth when he wants to be. "Them Old Crows" is a nice acoustic country song rendered in mostly sweet tones, though that hint of a spit alerts you he can get down in the gravel whenever the mood strikes. That's rather often, as it turns out. On "No Vain Apology" he practically spews lyrics like "I don't care about my wife/She left me here in Babylon/I watched her walk out the door/With a rifle in her hand." Or the sex and violence allusions in "Cherokee Nose Job." That one is dark and dirty and explodes into heavy rock that skirts the edge of cacophony before pulling back. Its feel, though not the tune, reminded me The Doors' "The End." Yep—we're talking that level of danger. Again, though, there's a lot of diversity on the album. There are nice ringing harmonies on "Brothers," and some sonic resonance in the background of a robust sound wall. Armstrong goes futuristic on "2045" with atmospheric electric guitar, reverberant vocals, and a trippy sci-fi/acid folk-rock groove. Cool stuff. I mentioned Brandi Carlile in a recent column. If you really want to hear Carlile in all her glory, check out a sampler from a 2016 tour she's doing with Old Crow Medicine Show Okay, so maybe both performers are a bit Nashville slick, but if they ever decide they want to go the Natalie Merchant route and just make music they want, they'll find legions who will stay loyal. Carlile takes the lead on two tracks, and the shouter/kick-butt "Mainstream Kid" proves she can front any band, while the vulnerable, sweet "The Eye" demonstrates her ability to blend in. She can also step away from the spotlight, as shown in two Old Crow songs where she simply adds her voice to the spirited chorus: "O Cumberland River" and "Bootlegger's Boy." If you've yet to discover Old Crow Medicine Show, you're in for a treat. Fiddler/lead vocalist Keith Secor sizzles with a heat even Old Nick can't touch without sustaining burns. These guys do breakdown bluegrass at speeds that coast faster than an Indy driver. The Last One: When TV Meets Reality THE LAST ONE (2016) We all know that “reality” TV shows bear as much resemblance to truth as does the Tooth Fairy to scientific dentistry. They are the ultimate junk TV--Dumb and Dumber brought to the small screen. But what would happen if actual reality collided with reality TV? That’s the setup for Alexandra Oliva’s debut novel The Last One, which releases this summer in time for deck chair reading. Oliva is the latest to enter the post-apocalypse genre, hence her book invites comparisons to recent offerings such as The Road, Station Eleven, The Dog Stars, and The Hunger Games. The hook is that twelve people have been recruited for “In the Dark,” the Mother of All Reality Shows, one with a big budget and a million dollar prize for the titular last one standing. Call it “Survivor” on steroids. Contestants are warned that they will be put through grueling challenges that will be physically and emotionally demanding and, at times, dangerous. They can quit at any time by uttering the phrase ad tenebras dedi, Latin for “I surrender to the dark,” but will not know until the end who wins. They are also told there will be clues and opportunities along the way, which they’ll recognize by assigned colors. (Shades of The Hunger Games.) Oliva only gives us hints about the contestants, which are based upon short descriptors of their defining personality traits: Air Force, Banker, Biology, Black Doctor, Carpenter, Cheerleader Boy, Engineer, Exorcist, Rancher, Tracker, Waitress, and Zoo. The story is narrated by the last of these, a young married woman seeking a final big thrill before settling into respectable motherhood. Zoo is also the source of all that we know about the others, including their actual names. After a series of gross group and solo “challenges” which thin the herd, the survivors set out alone. It gives away nothing to say that they no sooner strike out on their own than a mysterious pneumonic plague-like disease wipes out most the population. Given all that Zoo has already been through, she assumes putrefying bodies are brilliant f/x props and that each horror or obstacle she encounters is an elaborate illusion to test her resolve—right down to a mewling “doll” lying beside a lifelike corpse. Hence, when Zoo meets up with Brennan, a traumatized 13-year-old who becomes her traveling partner, she assumes he’s also a producer’s plant, refuses to believe his tales, and continues to play by the rules. She does, however, accept that she could be seriously harmed on her journey and becomes a warrior/thief/survivor. Zoo’s journey is a bit of a mash between Cormac McCarthy’s The Road and Emily St. John Mandel’s Station Eleven. It’s a harrowing tale, though I could have certainly done without all Zoo’s schmaltzy mommy urges. These annoyed me, as did periodic suggestions that Zoo’s toughness and resourcefulness are mere reflections of her resolve to be safe in her husband’s arms. What, are we afraid to just let Zoo be a feminist instead of begrimed poster gal for family values? Though Oliva pushed some of my ‘ick’ buttons, this book engaged me. That surprised me, as I loathe “Survivor” and all other reality shows. As apocalyptic novels go, this one is (if I may!) middle of the road and simply doesn’t measure up to any of the books to which it has been compared. It doesn’t have to. It will fit the bill nicely for what it is: breezy escapist fare for summertime reading. 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__label__cc	0.577322	0.422678	Wilkins, Roy 85 Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David) 43 United States. White House 31 Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters and Maids 26 Granger, Lester B. (Lester Blackwell) 26 Rustin, Bayard 26 Young, Whitney M. 26 Farmer, James 25 American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) 21 National Urban League 19 Siciliano, Rocco C. 16 Youth March for Integrated Schools United States. Congress. House of Representatives 14 Arden House (Harriman, N.Y.) 13 Height, Dorothy I. (Dorothy Irene) 13 Levison, Stanley D. 13 Morrow, E. Frederic (Everett Frederic) 13 Reuther, Walter 13 Harriman, N.Y. 6 Labor Movement 45 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, 1963 42 Martin Luther King, Jr.--membership in organizations 31 Afro-Americans - Civil rights 20 Afro-Americans--Relations with Africans Martin Luther King, Jr. - Political and Social views 20 Civil rights demonstrations 19 political participation 19 APRP-DLC, A. Philip Randolph Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 15 SNCCP-GAMK, Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee Papers, 1959-1972, Martin Luther King, Jr., Center for Nonviolent Social Change, Inc., Atlanta, Ga. 7 NAACPP-DLC, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Collection, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 6 WSAPP-KAbE, White House Office, Office of Special Assistant to President for Personal Matters, Dwight D. Eisenhower Library, Abilene, Kan. 6 RCSP-INP, Rocco C. Siciliano Papers, In Private Hands 5 Letter to A. Philip (Asa Philip) Randolph APRP-DLC A. Philip Randolph Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Letter A. Philip (Asa Philip) Randolph Levison, Stanley D. Group III-A, folder 334 Internal Conflicts Granger, Lester B. (Lester Blackwell) WSAPP-KAbE White House Office, Office of Special Assistant to President for Personal Matters, Dwight D. Eisenhower Library, Abilene, Kan. Draft, Letter to A. Philip (Asa Philip) Randolph Photo of Martin Luther King, Jr., A. Philip (Asa Philip) Randolph and Roy Wilkins APWW AP-Wide World Photos, New York, N.Y. Telegram to Roy Wilkins, Martin Luther King, Jr., and A. Philip (Asa Philip) Randolph Thompson, J. A. St. Albans, N.Y. Arden House (Harriman, N.Y.) Harriman, N.Y. Suffern, N.Y. Nyack, N.Y. Group 111-A198 Memo to A. Philip (Asa Philip) Randolph, Roy Wilkins, and Martin Luther King, Jr. RWP-DLC Roy Wilkins Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Letter to Martin Luther King, Jr, A. Philip (Asa Philip) Randolph, and Ralph J. (Ralph Johnson) Bunche Douglas, Paul H. (Paul Howard) Bunche, Ralph J. Javits, Jacob K. (Jacob Koppel) [United States. Congress. Senate] United States - Constitutional law ox IIIA, folder 334	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0050.json.gz/line321
__label__wiki	0.78085	0.78085	Pakistan 360 degrees All About Pakistan-Nargis Sarfraz’s Blog About Pakistan360Degrees Pride of Pakistan – Ahmed Rushdi: The Prince of Melody by MairaS on July 20, 2010 in Music & Culture in Pakistan Ahmed Rushdi is one of the greatest singers of South Asia. The titles “Prince of Melody” and “The Wizard of Vocals” (awaz ka jadugar) are a testament of his versatile singing abilities and immense talent. Ahmed Rushdi was born in a religious family in Hyderabad; Deccan in pre partition India.Rushdi lost his father in infancy. Rushdi was blessed with an exceptional voice, natural talent and a strong liking for music. No one in his family was even remotely associated with music. His father’s friend noticing his fondness for music and his good voice, enrolled him in a local music academy where he was taught by M.A Rauf and Iqbal Quraishi; two renowned composers of that time. Rushdi sang his first song for an Indian movie Ibrat in 1952. In 1954, Rushdi migrated to Karachi Pakistan with his family and started participating in musical shows, variety programs and Radio Pakistan the most powerful medium of that time. Rushdi’s song “Bunder Road sey Kemari” for a children’s program was a hit and soon he became a household name. Offers started pouring from the film industry and Rushdi was now a busy playback singer as well. Rushdi literally ruled over the music industry in the 60s and 70s. At that time there were other great singers as well but Rushdi had carved a special place for himself. Rushdi also was the first singer to introduce pop music to South Asia. His song “ko ko korena” composed by Sohail Rana and filmed on Waheed Murad set a new trend in the music industry of South Asia. Rushdi lent his voice to all the leading heroes of Pakistan film industry. His voice even suited the supporting actors and the comedians. He sang duets with all the leading female singers of Pakistan. Rushdi never received any formal training in classical music but he had full command over notes especially high notes. He could capture all moods effectively; was comfortable with every genre of music; film songs, ghazals, qawwali. On 11th April 1983, the great singer suffered from a massive heart attack and passed away. The government of Pakistan posthumously awarded him the Pride of Performance award in 2003. Tags: Ahmed Rushdi, Armaan, Awaz, busy playback singer, Cinema of Pakistan, Dil Mera Dharkan Teri, first singer, great singer, Pakistan, playback singer, Prince of Melody, Qawwali, Radio Pakistan, Sohail Rana, Waheed Murad Pop Singers of Pakistan by MairaS on October 7, 2009 Pakistan got its first taste of pop music in the late 60’s when Waheed Murad was seen swaying to the tunes of Ko Ko Korina sung by Ahmed Rushdi for the film Armaan. This song revolutionized the music scene in Pakistan as well as across the border. Singers Alamgir and Mohammed Ali Shehki took pop music one step further in the late 70’s. Their songs were an instant hit and very popular among the younger generation. In 1980, Nazia Hassan a teenage Pakistan born British became a house hold name with her very first song sung for an Indian movie. Her first album Disco Dewane sung along with her brother Zohaib Hassan enjoyed phenomenal success. Inspired by the Hassan siblings, a number of singers followed their footsteps some of them are Tehseen Javed, Saleem Javed and Hasan Jahangir. Hasan Jahangir’s “Hawa Hawa” was a super duper hit. In the early 90’s, the band Vital Signs took the music scene by storm with their song “Dil dil Pakistan”. They were largely helped by their looks and video. Soon many bands such as Junoon, Awaz, and Strings etc joined the band wagon. Of all the bands, Stings still exist. Junoon introduced and popularized a new genre of music the “Sufi Rock”. Shehzad Roy, Ali Haider and Najam Shiraz are some individual singers of the 90’s worth mentioning. The girls of Pakistan have also contributed to pop music. Besides Nazia Hasan other leading female singers are Hadiqa Kiyani and Fareha Pervaiz. Recently two girls from Peshawar have formed a band Zeb and Haniya. Their music is much appreciated in Pakistan as well as abroad. TOP TEN POP SINGERS 1. Atif Aslam 2. Ali Zafar 3. Ali Azmat 4. Hadiqa Kiyani 5. Ali Haider 6. Princess Annie 7. Nazia Hasan 8. Junaid Jamshed 9. Shafqat Ammanat Ali 10. 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__label__wiki	0.504646	0.504646	A fly tying and fishing site by Bryant Freeman, originally from Nova Scotia 23 Wentworth Dr., Riverview, NB Canada, E1B 2T4 lbfreeman@rogers.com http://www.salmonflies.com Born in Greenfield Queens County, on the South Shore of Nova Scotia, on the banks of the Medway River, June 23rd 1941 The doctor who delivered him came from Liverpool, a distance of 20 miles, and was Salmon fishing with his father Lewis, when Bryant arrived, beginning his lifelong adventure in the fly fishing world. He helped his father tie salmon flies at the age of five, his dad had lost his right arm in a sawmill accident and Bryant would hold the hair for the wings, on the Macintosh flies (Rags) which were popular on the river. his dad would wrap the thread around the butts of the hair, while Bryant held the hair, after this was done, the job could be finished by his Dad. At the age of 10, Bryant caught his first Atlantic salmon while fishing alone, a 12 pounder, on a Silver Grey traditional (Feather wing). In those days a Silver Grey purchased at the Hardy Bros shop in England was the order of the day for wet flies, most fishermen on the river in those days preferred the traditional feather wings over the hair wing flies which are in present day fly boxes. Dry flies were the main attraction for Atlantic salmon on the Medway after May 24th, pine squirrel wings and peacock herl bodies, with a yellow, brown or white hackle would do the trick with most salmon. At the age of 14 in 1955 he became a Fishing guide on the Medway, working out of the Freeman House Hotel, catering to the sports from the eastern seaboard of the USA. After several years guiding with a regular clientele which booked him every year, he made enough money to help put him through telecommunications school in Saint John New Brunswick. In 1956 Ted Janes, a writer for Field and Stream from the USA came to the Medway and wrote a story on Atlantic salmon fishing, this was carried in the True Fishing Yearbook 1957, the story was also published in the Atlantic Salmon Journal, and the following year, it was Published in the limited edition (1000 copies) by Colonel Joe Bates, The Atlantic Salmon Treasury. Graduating from Vocational on Feb 1st 1960, he began working for C N Railway Telecommunications, on the road covering the hamlets of Northern New Brunswick. In the back of his car was a fishing rod, hip boots and flies he tied. He gained much experience fishing Atlantic salmon on the Miramichi during these years, hooking many salmon each year. One fly in particular caught so many fish that the hook wore thin, this fly is one of his own makes, but without a name. until Paul Marriner wrote a book of fly patterns called Modern Atlantic Salmon Flies, In this Book the fly took on the name, “Rabbi”. He started tying the Traditionals (Classics) in 1967, obtaining the book he calls his fly tying bible, “The Fly Dressers Guide” by John Veniard. His materials came from Veniard’s in England, or Herter’s in Waseca Minn. or Globe Import in Quebec, in later years from local shops like Frank Rickard’s Fly Shop in Riverview, WW Doak in Doaktown, John Hopey and P A Furlotte in Moncton. He still has some of the materials he obtained in those years, and checks them every once in awhile to see if the quality is remaining the same. One thing he notices is the move to genetic feathers, which in his estimation is striving for certain qualities in a feather, most times the originals and those untouched by genetics, prove to be more effective while fishing, while genetics look good to the human eye, they do not prove to be as good in fishing flies, but are getting there. He left the fishing world for a period of ten years while pursuing the sport of golf, in 1975, realizing he could not do both, came back to fishing and remains there today. He comments, the fraternity is slowly dying with the advent of computers, organized sports, and competition, the art of fly fishing and tying is slowly making its way into history. Today most people who call themselves fly tyers, want to spin deer hair and make bugs which are effective for catching fish, they are not very appealing to the eye but are effective. Traditional Fly Tying is making a comeback in later years. He tied flies for Frank Rickard and WW Doak and Sons, making feather wings for several years, then in 1985 he decided to try a little shop of his own, obtaining the materials and dyeing them, preparing them for his clients, till present time. The name of this shop is Eskape Anglers, he sells his flies and feathers to many walk in customers from around the Maritimes. He has not gone to Online sales yet but is considering doing so to keep up with progress. Changes have taken place in the fly tying industry, the beginning of the great classic rush, when Poul Jorgensen wrote, his first book in the 1972, many fly tying enthusiasts began tying these dressed flies, making a demand on materials, which still today keep supplies at an all time low. The Demand for the larger feathers has created pressure on species that provide the feathers, as most people wish to tie flies larger than 2/0. Leaving the smaller feathers on the market, which will tie the smaller flies. He ties all his fully dressed flies on a size 2 up to size 10, and if a special order comes in for larger flies, he limits production to 200 per year in the 4/0 to 1/0 range.. He retired from his day job February 1st 1991, has been tying flies, and preparing feathers ever since. Gaining international recognition in traditional feather production. He has sold many flies at auctions, some frames are donated to the Miramichi Salmon Association and the Atlantic Salmon Federation or The Maine Public Television Network for their auctions for conservation purposes. There is a waiting list for his traditional classics. He is a past Director of the New Brunswick Council of the Atlantic Salmon Federation Inc. A past president of the Nelson Hollow Salmon Association, Past Executive Secretary of the NB Council of the Atlantic Salmon Federation Inc., and past Secretary Treasurer of the Petitcodiac Riverkeeper, he was the chief Editor of the NBSC, Barbless Butterfly. In September 2007, he was inducted into the Miramichi Salmon Museum Atlantic Salmon Hall of Fame. He also received the New Brunswick Lieutenant Governor's award for Wild Atlantic Salmon Conservation in 2011.. He is Self-taught in fly tying, (other than assisting his dad), he has picked up some valuable tips from Jerome Molloy and Scott Doncaster, and still today with social media he still gets tips which are valuable to his fly tying. His motto is; do not tie the fly with too much hair or feathers, keep the size small, a good fly is one which has character and semblance, low wing and fishy looking. A fly which looks good in a fly box usually is just that, (looks good in a Fly Box). His favorite Traditional fly is the Silver Grey and his favorite fall fly is the General Practitioner, his all time favorite swings between the Carters Bug, Rabbi, and Brown Rags. He has fished the Restigouche, Margaree, Bonaventure, Grand Cascapedia, Upsalquitch,and all the Miramichi Rivers, the Saint John, which he loved before they dammed it at Mactaquac. The Salmon River and the Petitcodiac river in his home town, The Kedgwick is also one of his favorite rivers. His home river, the Medway in Nova Scotia has been closed to salmon fishing for years, due to stocks being low, the result of Acid Rain which falls on the area produced from industries in the eastern United States and central Canada. He returns there every year when the Atlantic Salmon run occurs just to be there and rejuvenate his desire to be close to nature and the salmon. His plans for the future, is to keep going with some feather preparation, as there is still a demand for specialized service and as long as he is able, Bryant will provide. He loves dogs, hunted for many years, ducks being his favorite, but has laid down his guns due to government regulations. Has lived with the same woman for 56 years this June, enjoying each others company, she has no interest in fishing He calls her "Sugar" a name which stuck from the TV series the Real McCoys of the 60's era. He is a Father of a son, who works for the City of Toronto, his Daughter is a Chef for the home for the aged in Boiestown, NB. He is passing on his knowledge and passion for fly fishing to his walk in clients, and helps others with some on-line information. « Life is beautiful, like a knot in wood Life is good, tasted from the palm of your hand Life is fragile, even if you are king Life is hard, you know what I mean. Love is beautiful, you imprinted it on me Love is good, when bestowed by your hands Love is heavy, weighing on your backs Love is brief and knows nothing. Death is mad, meaner then the wind Death is deaf, like a corpse on a bench Death is dark, and laughs as it passes Death is huge, Death is full of life. » Félix Leclerc His card reads Bryant Freeman “Therapy and Consulting for Fly Fishermen.” Please Click your Back button on your Browser to go from whence you came. 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__label__cc	0.736447	0.263553	Search for: [Authors = Kołodziejczyk, D] Archives of Foundry Engineering (15) Bulletin of the Polish Academy of Sciences: Technical Sciences (2) Atraszkiewicz, R. (1) Dybowski, K. (1) Jeziorna, A. (1) Kowalczyk, P. (1) Kołodziejczyk, Ł. (1) Kucińska, M. (1) Kula, P. (1) Nowak, D. (1) Romaniak, G. (1) Zawadzki, P. (1) chemical etching (1) electrochemical delamination (1) graphene transfer (1) polycrystalline graphene (1) Load carrying capacity numerical study of I-beam pillar structure with blast protective panel J. Malachowski L. Mazurkiewicz D. Kołodziejczyk K. Damaziak M. Klasztorny P. Baranowski Bulletin of the Polish Academy of Sciences: Technical Sciences \| 2013 \| 61 \| No 2 \| 451-457 \| DOI: 10.2478/bpasts-2013-0044 Abstract The paper presents numerical analyses aimed at preliminary assessment of the protective panel effectiveness, which task is to protect the elements of building structures against explosion. For the criterion of assessing the effectiveness of the panel the load capacity of the column made of steel I-beam was chosen. Ultimate force was determined by using advanced computational procedure, which consisted of four stages: preload, blast simulation, dynamic response and static analysis of deformed structure. Blast load was simulated using Lagrangian- Eulerian domain coupling. Results indicated that the application of the protective panel significantly reduces the plastic deformation of the structure. Numerical study for determination of pulse shaping design variables in SHPB apparatus J. Malachowski P. Baranowski R. Gieleta K. Damaziak L. Mazurkiewicz D. Kołodziejczyk Supporting the Manufacturing Process of Metal Products with the Methods of Artificial Intelligence D. Wilk-Kołodziejczyk Optimization of the Heat Treatment and Tribological Properties of 2024 and 7075 Aluminium Alloys Ł. Kaczmarek M. Stegliński J. Sawicki J. Świniarski D. Batory K. Kyzioł Ł. Kołodziejczyk W. Szymański P. Zawadzki D. Kottfer Graphene-Based Composite Membrane for Water Desalination K. Dybowski P. Kowalczyk P. Kula A. Jeziorna R. Atraszkiewicz Ł. Kołodziejczyk P. Zawadzki D. Nowak T. Kazimierczak M. Kucińska Archives of Metallurgy and Materials \| 2018 \| vol. 63 \| No 3 \| 1379-1383 \| DOI: 10.24425/123815 Keywords graphene desalination water filtration polycrystalline graphene graphene composite The article presents the results of studies on the efficacy of water desalination (i.e. Elimination of NaCl ions from the solution) using graphene-polyamide composite membranes. The membrane used for filtration consists of a monolayer of polycrystalline graphene on a porous polyamide carrier support (nylon 66). The degree of desalination for an aqueous NaCl solution percolated through the membrane was 18%. In the future this type of membrane may replace the currently used reverse osmosis membranes. The Decision Support System in the Domain of Casting Defects Diagnosis K. Regulski G. Rojek D. Wilk-Kołodziejczyk Keywords Application of information technology to the foundry industry Castings Defects diagnosis Case-Based Reasoning This article presents a computer system for the identification of casting defects using the methodology of Case-Based Reasoning. The system is a decision support tool in the diagnosis of defects in castings and is designed for small and medium-sized plants, where it is not possible to take advantage of multi-criteria data. Without access to complete process data, the diagnosis of casting defects requires the use of methods which process the information based on the experience and observations of a technologist responsible for the inspection of ready castings. The problem, known and studied for a long time, was decided to be solved with a computer system using a CBR (CaseBased Reasoning) methodology. The CBR methodology not only allows using expert knowledge accumulated in the implementation phase, but also provides the system with an opportunity to "learn" by collecting new cases solved earlier by this system. The authors present a solution to the system of inference based on the accumulated cases, in which the main principle of operation is searching for similarities between the cases observed and cases stored in the knowledge base. Impact of the Method of Separating Graphene from the Growth Substrate on the Quality of the 2D Material Obtained K. Dybowski G. Romaniak P. Kula A. Jeziorna P. Kowalczyk R. Atraszkiewicz Ł. Kołodziejczyk D. Nowak P. Zawadzki M. Kucińska Keywords graphene polycrystalline graphene electrochemical delamination chemical etching graphene transfer This article presents the research results on impact of the method of polycrystalline graphene layers separation from the growth substrate on the obtained carbon material quality. The studies were carried out on graphene sheets obtained by metallurgical method on a liquid metal substrate (HSMG® graphene). The graphene was separated using chemical etching method or the electrochemical delamination method, by separating by means of electrolysis. During electrolysis, hydrogen is emitted on a graphene-covered of cathode (metal growth substrate) as a result of the voltage applied. The graphene layer breaks away from metallic substrate by gas accumulation between them. The results from these separation processes were evaluated by means of different tools, such as SEM, TEM and AFM microscopy as well as Raman Spectroscopy. In summary, the majority of analyses indicate that the graphene obtained as a result of hydrogen delamination possesses higher purity, smaller size and number of defects, its surface is smooth and less developed after the transfer process to the target substrate. Methodology for the Construction of a Rule-Based Knowledge Base Enabling the Selection of Appropriate Bronze Heat Treatment Parameters Using Rough Sets S. Kluska-Nawarecka K. Regulski Z. Górny D. Wilk-Kołodziejczyk Heuristic Models of the Toughening Process to Improve the Properties of Non-Ferrous Metal Alloys S. Kluska-Nawarecka Z. Górny D. Wilk-Kołodziejczyk Archives of Metallurgy and Materials \| 2013 \| No 3 September \| DOI: 10.2478/amm-2013-0085 Development of an Approximation Model of Selected Properties of Model Materials Used for Simulations of Bulk Metal Plastic Forming Processes Using Induction of Decision Trees M. Hawryluk D. Wilk-Kołodziejczyk K. Regulski M. Głowacki Keywords regression trees induction properties approximation physical modelling soft model materials The article discusses the development of an approximation model of selected plastic and mechanical properties obtained from compression tests of model materials used in physical modeling. The use of physical modeling with the use of soft model materials such as a synthetic wax branch with various modifiers is a popular tool used as an alternative or verification of numerical modeling of bulk metal forming processes. In order to develop an algorithm to facilitate the choice of material model to simulate the behavior of real-metallic materials used in industrial production processes the induction of decision trees was used. First of all, the Statistica program was used for data mining, which made it possible to determine / find the relationship between the percentage of particular constituents of the model material (base material and modifiers) and yield strength, critical and maximum strain, and provide the opportunity to indicate the most important variables determining the shape of the stress – strain curve. Next, using the induction of decision trees, an approximation model was developed, which allowed to create an algorithm facilitating the selection of individual modifying components. The last stage of the research was verification of the correctness of the developed algorithm. The obtained research results indicate the possibility of using decision tree induction to approximate selected properties of modeling materials simulating the behavior of real materials, thus eliminating the need for costly and time-consuming experiments carried out on metallic material. The Implementation of Computer Platform for Foundries Cooperating in a Supply Chain S. Kluska-Nawarecka K. Regulski D. Wilk-Kołodziejczyk G. Rojek Keywords Application of information technology to the foundry industry Innovative foundry technologies and materials Multi-agenttechnology Production support Order management This article presents a practical solution in the form of implementation of agent-based platform for the management of contracts in a network of foundries. The described implementation is a continuation of earlier scientific work in the field of design and theoretical system specification for cooperating companies [1]. The implementation addresses key design assumptions - the system is implemented using multi-agent technology, which offers the possibility of decentralisation and distributed processing of specified contracts and tenders. The implemented system enables the joint management of orders for a network of small and medium-sized metallurgical plants, while providing them with greater competitiveness and the ability to carry out large procurements. The article presents the functional aspects of the system - the user interface and the principle of operation of individual agents that represent businesses seeking potential suppliers or recipients of services and products. Additionally, the system is equipped with a bi-directional agent translating standards based on ontologies, which aims to automate the decision-making process during tender specifications as a response to the request. Supporting the Bronze CastingThrough Information Structuring Based on Ontology application Z. Górny D. Wilk-Kołodziejczyk A. Smolarek-Grzyb Keywords Bronze casting Casting defects Decision support systems Ontology A significant part of the knowledge used in the production processes is represented with natural language. Yet, the use of that knowledge in computer-assisted decision-making requires the application of appropriate formal and development tools. An interesting possibility is created by the use of an ontology that is understandable both for humans and for the computer. This paper presents a proposal for structuring the information about the foundry processes, based on the definition of ontology adapted to the physical structure of the ongoing technological operations that make up the process of producing castings. Case-Based Reasoning System for the Selection of Silumin Alloying Elements G. Rojek K. Regulski S. Kluska-Nawarecka D. Wilk-Kołodziejczyk Archives of Foundry Engineering \| 2018 \| vol.18 \| No 3 \| 126-131 \| DOI: 10.24425/123614 Keywords Application of Information Technology to the Foundry Industry mechanical properties Silumin Alloying Elements Casebased Reasoning This work presents the project of the application of Case-based reasoning (CBR) methodology to an advisory system. This system should give an assistance by selection of proper alloying additives in order to obtain a material with predetermined mechanical properties. The considered material is silumin EN AC-46000 (hypoeutectic Al-Si alloy) that is modified by the addition of Cr, Mo, V and W elements in the range from 0% to 0.5% in the modified alloy. The projected system should indicate to the user the content of particular additives so that the obtained material is in the chosen range of parameters: tensile strength Rm, yield strength Rp0.2, elongation A and hardness HB. The CBR methodology solves new problems basing on the solutions of similar problems resolved in the past. The advantage of the CBR application is that the advisory system increases knowledge base as the subsequent use of the system. The presented design of the advisory system also considers issues related to the ergonomics of its operation. Computer Advisory System in the Domain of Copper Alloys Manufacturing Keywords Cooper alloy Bronze Modification of cooper alloy Quenching and tempering of cooper alloy Cased-based Reasoning The main scope of the article is the development of a computer system, which should give advices at problem of cooper alloys manufacturing. This problem relates with choosing of an appropriate type of bronze (e.g. the BA 1044 bronze) with possible modification (e.g. calcium carbide modifications: Ca + C or CaC2) and possible heat treatment operations (quenching, tempering) in order to obtain desired mechanical properties of manufactured material described by tensile strength - Rm, yield strength - Rp0.2 and elongation - A5. By construction of the computer system being the goal of presented here work Case-based Reasoning is proposed to be used. Case-based Reasoning is the methodology within Artificial Intelligence techniques, which enables solving new problems basing on experiences that are solutions obtained in the past. Case-based Reasoning also enables incremental learning, because every new experience is retained each time in order to be available for future processes of problem solving. Proposed by the developed system solution can be used by a technologist as a rough solution for cooper alloys manufacturing problem, which requires further tests in order to confirm it correctness. Study of the BA1044 Alloy Properties and Their Interpretation with the Use of Fuzzy Logic S. Kluska-Nawarecka D. Wilk-Kołodziejczyk Z. Górny K. Saja Keywords modification Heat treatment Ccopper alloy Artificial intelligence Fuzzy logic Simulation studies The study presents the results of research aimed at the construction of a model of the relationship between the physical properties of metal and the types of toughening treatment and modifiers used in the modification of BA1044 alloy. Samples of melts were subjected to four variants of the heat treatment and to five types of modification. Studies of the samples consisted in measurements of five physical parameters. Consequently, it was necessary to seek a relationship between the nine input parameters and five output parameters. With this number of the variables and a limited number of samples, searching for the relationships by way of statistical methods was obviously impossible, so it was decided to create an approximate model through the use of fuzzy logic. This study describes the process of creating a model and presents the results of some simulation experiments that confirm the validity of the correct approach. Heuristic Model of the Mechanical Properties of a Hypoeutectic EN AC-42100 (EN AC-AlSi7Mg0.3) Silumin Alloy Subjected to Heat Treatment E. Czekaj S. Kluska-Nawarecka Z. Górny D. Wilk-Kołodziejczyk Keywords Application of information technology to the foundry industry Mechanical properties silumin alloy heat treatment Fuzzylogic Artificial intelligence The object of the experimental studies was to determine the mechanical properties of a hypoeutectic EN AC - 42100 (EN ACAlSi7Mg0,3) silumin alloy, where the said properties are changing as a result of subjecting the samples of different types to solution treatment. An important aspect of the studies was the use type of device for the heat treatment. As a basic parameter representing the mechanical properties, the tensile strength of the metal (Rm) was adopted. Investigation of the Process of Data Acquisition Regarding the Process of Casting from the Internet S. Kluska-Nawarecka Z. Stefański D. Wilk-Kołodziejczyk A. Smolarek Archives of Foundry Engineering \| 2018 \| vol.18 \| No 1 \| DOI: 10.24425/118839 Keywords Up-to-date information technology Crawler Foundry industry Casting process Access to up-to-date information on technology, innovation, source publications, and the materials and services offered in a particular industry is very important for both industrial plants and departmental research centres. It should be noted that obtaining such information using publicly available search engines such as Google, Yahoo!, Bing, Bindu (mainly used in China) is only apparently easy because, due to their versatility, they deliver results with great redundancy. This leads to the need to analyze large data sets by linguistic methods or "manually", which is very tedious and time consuming. In this situation, it was considered reasonable to undertake studies aimed at acquiring relatively simple IT tools, i.e. crawlers, which allow their users to selectively search for information in a particular problem area, which in this particular case is casting. The intention of this work was to collect and analyze the experimental material that would allow describing the characteristics of the above solutions from the point of view of the range of their application, the quality of the results achieved, and possible limitations and preferences taking into account user needs [1, 2]. Austempered Ductile Iron Manufacturing Data Acquisition Process with the Use of Semantic Techniques K. Regulski D. Wilk-Kołodziejczyk A.S. Kluska-Nawarecka W. Adrian K. Jaśkowiec Computer-Assisted Integration of Knowledge in the Context of Identification of the Causes of Defects in Castings S. Kluska-Nawarecka K. Regulski D. Wilk-Kołodziejczyk J. Dajda M. Macura A Method to Make Classification of the Heat Treatment Processes Performed on Bronze Using Incomplete Knowledge S. Kluska-Nawarecka K. Regulski D. Wilk-Kołodziejczyk Z. Górny Z. Jančíková J. David Keywords Application of information technology to the foundry industry Heat treatment Classification algorithms Rough sets Datamining The article describes the problem of selection of heat treatment parameters to obtain the required mechanical properties in heat- treated bronzes. A methodology for the construction of a classification model based on rough set theory is presented. A model of this type allows the construction of inference rules also in the case when our knowledge of the existing phenomena is incomplete, and this is situation commonly encountered when new materials enter the market. In the case of new test materials, such as the grade of bronze described in this article, we still lack full knowledge and the choice of heat treatment parameters is based on a fragmentary knowledge resulting from experimental studies. The measurement results can be useful in building of a model, this model, however, cannot be deterministic, but can only approximate the stochastic nature of phenomena. The use of rough set theory allows for efficient inference also in areas that are not yet fully explored. Approximation of Ausferrite Content in the Compacted Graphite Iron with the Use of Combined Techniques of Data Mining K. Regulski G. Rojek D. Wilk-Kołodziejczyk G. Gumienny B. Kacprzyk B. Mrzygłód Archives of Foundry Engineering \| 2017 \| vol. 17 \| No 3 \| DOI: 10.1515/afe-2017-0102 Keywords Application of information technologies in the field of foundry Compacted graphite iron Ausferrite Data Mining Regression This article presents the methodology for exploratory analysis of data from microstructural studies of compacted graphite iron to gain knowledge about the factors favouring the formation of ausferrite. The studies led to the development of rules to evaluate the content of ausferrite based on the chemical composition. Data mining methods have been used to generate regression models such as boosted trees, random forest, and piecewise regression models. The development of a stepwise regression modelling process on the iteratively limited sets enabled, on the one hand, the improvement of forecasting precision and, on the other, acquisition of deeper knowledge about the ausferrite formation. Repeated examination of the significance of the effect of various factors in different regression models has allowed identification of the most important variables influencing the ausferrite content in different ranges of the parameters variability. The Use of Formal Knowledge Representation in Operating on Resources Concerning Cast Iron Processing S. Kluska-Nawarecka K. Regulski G. Rojek D. Wilk-Kołodziejczyk G. Polek Keywords Application of information technology to the foundry industry Automation and robotics in foundry Semantic analysis Semantic search The problem of materials selection in terms of their mechanical properties during the design of new products is a key issue of design. The complexity of this process is mainly due to a multitude of variants in the previously produced materials and the possibility of their further processing improving the properties. In everyday practice, the problem is solved basing on expert or designer knowledge. The paper is the proposition of a solution using computer-aided analysis of material experimental data, which may be acquired from external data sources. In both cases, taking into account the rapid growth of data, additional tools become increasingly important, mainly those which offer support for adding, viewing, and simple comparison of different experiments. In this paper, the use of formal knowledge representation in the form of an ontology is proposed as a bridge between physical repositories of data in the form of files and user queries, which are usually formulated in natural language. The number and the sophisticated internal structure of attributes or parameters that could be the criteria of the search for the user are an important issue in the traditional data search tools. Ontology, as a formal representation of knowledge, enables taking into account the known relationships between concepts in the field of cast iron, materials used and processing techniques. This allows the user to receive support by searching the results of experiments that relate to a specific material or processing treatment. Automatic presentation of the results which relate to similar materials or similar processing treatments is also possible, which should make the conducted analysis of the selection of materials or processing treatments more comprehensive by including a wider range of possible solutions. Computer Catalog and Semantic Search of Data in the Domain of Cast Iron Processing G. Rojek S. Kluska-Nawarecka K. Regulski D. Wilk-Kołodziejczyk T. Wawrzaszek Keywords Application of information technologies in the field of foundry Semantic search Ontology Cast iron processing The aim of this study is to design and implement a computer system, which will allow the semantic cataloging and data retrieval in the field of cast iron processing. The intention is to let the system architecture allow for consideration of data on various processing techniques based on the information available or searched by a potential user. This is achieved by separating the system code from the knowledge of the processing operations or from the chemical composition of the material being processed. This is made possible by the creation and subsequent use of formal knowledge representation in the form of ontology. So, any use of the system is associated with the use of ontologies, either as an aid for the cataloging of new data, or as an indication of restrictions imposed on the data which draw user attention. The use of formal knowledge representation also allows consideration of semantic meaning, a consequence of which may be, for example, returning all elements in subclasses of the searched process class or material grade. Overview of Activities on the Internet Devoted to Casting Technology D. Wilk-Kołodziejczyk S. Kluska-Nawarecka K. Regulski J. Dziaduś-Rudnicka Archives of Foundry Engineering \| 2012 \| No 2 \| DOI: 10.2478/v10266-012-0068-z Keywords Knowledge Components Platform Dedicated to Support The Needs of Production Processes in Foundry and Metallurgy Social Media Searching on The Internet for Information about Metalcasting The Knowledge nn The Area of Casting Technology Article present various forms of transfer of information available on the Internet. An attempt was made to show the possibility of such a selection of the knowledge sources that, taking into account user preferences, would arouse his interest, showing in parallel the intended substantive content. This commitment is shown in the context of the current assumptions of building a platform dedicated to support the needs of production processes in foundry and metallurgy. Methods of Computational Intelligence in the Context of Quality Assurance in Foundry Products S. Kluska-Nawarecka K. Regulski G. Rojek D. Wilk-Kołodziejczyk K. Jaśkowiec A. Smolarek-Grzyb Keywords Application of information technology to the foundry industry Quality management Casting defects computational intelligence Artificial Intelligence One way to ensure the required technical characteristics of castings is the strict control of production parameters affecting the quality of the finished products. If the production process is improperly configured, the resulting defects in castings lead to huge losses. Therefore, from the point of view of economics, it is advisable to use the methods of computational intelligence in the field of quality assurance and adjustment of parameters of future production. At the same time, the development of knowledge in the field of metallurgy, aimed to raise the technical level and efficiency of the manufacture of foundry products, should be followed by the development of information systems to support production processes in order to improve their effectiveness and compliance with the increasingly more stringent requirements of ergonomics, occupational safety, environmental protection and quality. This article is a presentation of artificial intelligence methods used in practical applications related to quality assurance. The problem of control of the production process involves the use of tools such as the induction of decision trees, fuzzy logic, rough set theory, artificial neural networks or case-based reasoning.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0050.json.gz/line357
__label__wiki	0.50524	0.50524	Greetings. The Cardinals have lost consecutive home series to Pennsylvania clubs, the Blues are down to the Sharks, and judging from Twitter there seems to be a serious, piercing, maybe even angry boiling disappointment in how things are trending on Game of Thrones. Oh, and the Cardinals, too. Less than two weeks after boasting the best record in the NL, they are a fourth-place team with the fourth-most losses in the division. They’ve had issues. You have concerns. I’ll do my best to address all I can . (Hold on. Give me two minutes. Have to log back in and get the questions back. My bad.) I don't have a problem with the manager giving extended looks to players,but how long do we go with Carp,Ozuna and Wong struggling at the dish? This seems to be the prevailing question facing Shildt at the moment. Ozuna has hit for power, sure, and that's his job, so I'm not sure if he belongs in this group. Kolten Wong got off to a rip-roaring start with a good OBP, and then has scuffled since -- his downturn definitely related to the quality of pitching the Cardinals saw for a stretch. His defense has been strong, and that keeps him in the lineup, and his speed doesn't slump, when it gets on base. He's not vaulting to leadoff, so he remains a good fit in that seventh, eighth spot, for sure. Carpenter at leadoff is the question facing Shildt. I asked the manager about this yesterday at the ballpark, and he underscored a commitment to Carpenter in that spot. He's moved him once already this season. Once. And it's not uncommon for a manager to get a hitter going by giving him a different vantage point in the lineup. Hey, maybe batting behind Goldschmidt changing things, maybe in front of Fowler changes things. Who knows. But that's the handy way to give a different look for the player and a different look to a team that is scuffling, and no one is saying it has to be permanent. The Cardinals have had internal discussions about this move, and it would seem like this road trip -- if the offense continues to wheeze -- would offer a chance to try a different look. Heck, they'll have a DH at week's end. Any talk of trading for a left handed starter? by Rookie 5/13/2019 6:18:35 PM None that has momentum. But there will always be talk about it -- in here, around the Cardinals, and eventually as the trade market starts to get moving talk with other teams. But not just a lefthanded starter. A starter. A starter who could improve the rotation. Publicly, Schildt is keeping an even keel, and perhaps we will look back and say it was the right thing to do. But at some point some things need to change. How close are we to real changes in the rotation? Hudson is not only ineffective, but excruciating to watch. His pace of play is backwards. Carlos is coming for the bullpen. Offensively, some reordering seems called for. Do you sense changes coming? by Derek 5/13/2019 6:19:32 PM What can the Cardinals do to clear the log-jam of outfielders in the upper minors/major league team? by Joshua 5/13/2019 6:19:40 PM Trade them in July. Or, realize that they've had the same thing with pitching -- and how has that worked out? Prospects are just that -- prospects. Not guarantees. There is no such thing as having too much talent. The Cardinals have three or four really strong third base prospects. By the time they're ready for the majors they either all won't be at third base or the Cardinals will eagerly toast their luck and find a way to make it work. Having talent and depth are good things. Last year when Shildt took over and the Cardinals went on their run, it seemed like an infusion of youth was a big part of that success (and Carp of course). Young, hungry, talented players such as Bader, O'Neill, Poncedeleon, and Gomber provided a spark and energy that was palpable throughout the clubhouse. Now, 3 of them are in Memphis and the other has been relegated to the MLB bench. I know Martinez and Fowler are producing offensively, but shouldn't the young guys be getting more of an opportunity? Not ahead of those who are producing. I get where you're coming from, I do. But this is a lot like saying a winning team has good chemistry. No kidding. Winning does that. The Cardinals went on a good run last year because the young players were producing -- not because they were young. Austin Gomber and Jack Flaherty brought an energy to the ballpark because of their results, not because of their age. And, yes, maybe because they were new -- and in baseball new is always exciting because new hasn't failed yet. It inevitably will. The game is hard. Just a few weeks ago, there were questions in here about Jose Martinez playing more because he brings a lot of joy and excitement and enthusiasm and fun to the ballpark. He also brings hits. He thumps. Production is the baseline, and then we -- fans, writers, etc, -- hang little ornaments on that tree of production to dress it up: youthful vigor, veteran savvy, lifelong minor-leaguer on Christmas morning, etc., etc. -- and there's nothing wrong with that, but we cannot ignore the fact that those shiny narratives (hate using the word that way) all hang on the limbs of production. And production has those players where they are right now. Thanks for the chat Derrick. Is Shildt getting any closer to quitting the slow footed OF experience? At the mid May point, no longer small sample. Almost to the embarrassing point. Is it not possible have OF's do both? Hit and field? Isn't that the job description? by Ryan 5/13/2019 6:25:18 PM Doesn't appear to be. But we're going to see more of Bader in the coming week, for sure. He'll have a chance to win back some at-bats, and the Cardinals will have the extra hitter in Texas so that Jose Martinez can be the everyday DH. Bader can roam center. And the Cardinals could probably put out their best of blend of glove/bat available. That said, there's a sliding scale to the "hit and field" equation you have. That's always the case. Would you replace Wong with Munoz? Munoz can clearly hit. But Wong is an elite fielder and that slides the scale his way as a starter because his bat isn't as far behind Munoz's as Munoz's glove is behind Wong's. You can go around the diamond and make calls like that. You can go around the division and see positions where the better glove is playing while a better bat sits because the team has done the calculus on where the biggest gap is and sided on who should start. How long will they stick with Gregerson I believe he topped out at 87 M.P.H. yesterday? As long as he gets outs. That was the answer I got yesterday. Twice. Is the DH coming anytime soon? First, this weekend for the Cardinals when they visit Texas. Second, for the NL in the near future, yes. As baseball and the union negotiate the next CBA. Both sides are open to it and momentum is clearly there for the NL to accept the DH and we'll see some changes as a result. Will the Cardinals add a position player and remove a reliever from the MLB roster soon? They have 3 off days the rest of the month, making me think they could be a bit more aggressive with their bench. by Jimbo Smith 5/13/2019 6:28:50 PM That has been discussed and could happen soon with the return of Tyler O'Neill. He is eligible to come back in the middle of the week, and the Cardinals are thinking about reducing the bullpen by one, adding to the bench, and then looking at what can be done to the bullpen as Carlos Martinez readies for his return. Follow up to my adding a position player question - what relievers are likely to be sent down? Gallegos/Webb? We have officially entered the area of the chat where we start discussing people losing their jobs. Candidly, it took longer than I expected. Any pitcher who has options and does not have a role or is not producing could be sent down in the next wave of moves. Yes, that includes Gallegos (who has done well), Webb (who had a curious day Sunday, for sure), and even Leone, who has options remaining and can be sent down to find his feel again. Brebbia has options too, but he has a clear role, as we've seen a lot this past week, including Sunday. Doesn't having so few relievers with options left signal that someone is going to be a DFA candidate pretty soon? Especially with Martinez coming back. Just outlined moments ago. More than half of the current bullpen has options. It's also frustrating knowing the top 25 players aren't on the Cardinals. Gregerson, Webb, Leone. Helsley isn't better than any of those 3? Gomber, Poncedeleon? That is true for 29 other teams, too. I get it. It's maddening. The fact that the structure of rosters and contracts make that an outcome for 30 teams is frustrating for the game, but it does have a benefit. Players have guaranteed contracts. That's a union win. And given how little players make in their early years, when maybe they're at their best, then I do see the benefit of protection later. It's not ideal. And we're coming up on a CBA discussion where at least some of this should be addressed and corrected so that teams do get closer to their best 26-man roster -- and young players are compensated closer to their production than they are currently. I'd like to clarify that I'm not rooting for anyone to lose their job - just wanted to know who could be on the move, as that is the unfortunate nature of the business.. Understood.Thank you very much for clarifying that. Just as much as the Cardinals went into a hot spell and now a downturn isn’t this just the normal ebb and flow? The major concern may be the starting pitching as usual. by Thetank 5/13/2019 6:36:00 PM Well said. All true. The rotation is the concern here. (And lack of run support recently.) Goldschmdit Can we try that lineup for a bit and see if that sparks some things? Entirely reasonable suggestion. Sometimes you just have to tip your hat to the other team. The Pirates are often underestimated and are a good team. The 2-1 losses had as much to do with their pitching as it did with the Cardinal's failures. One of them did, for sure. I'll go that far. Pirates looked like a young team still figuring things out. The Cardinals looked like a team that couldn't figure things out. That's not who they are. Is there any chance that the next CBA also builds minor leaguers into it and rectifies what is a really bad situation? As a fan, I can't swallow big leaguers noise on compensation until the minors get addressed. That would take the union accepting players off the 40-man roster into their fold, and there has not been any movement in the direction. The talk of unionizing the minors has come and gone, peaks and valleys, but I haven't heard anything recently about it. I asked last week about Carpenter's futility. You answered in a collective response, suggesting we should all back off Carp, he was coming around. But your errant condescension aside, Carpenter has still been terrible, and is a killer at the top of our line-up. Many times he comes up in clutch situations and never takes a swing. Then acts furious with the umpire. What a great player. Oh boy. Perhaps read the following comment in the tone of a birthday clown, because you can read my answers here in any tone you'd like -- that's the power of the reader in a written medium. There were many indications a week ago that Carpenter was coming around. He had five hits in the final two games against the Cubs. He had the walks that were showing up. The strikeouts had subsided for a bit. And, he was driving the ball to left field, starting to foil the shift a bit. The past week was a struggle for him. He had some clear winces at the plate and he got the break for a two days consecutive without a start (Sunday, Monday) to get some rest. That was a response to his week. And there have been some fly balls to left, not stung. The strikeout rate is up. These are not the indicators that were in place a week ago, and the Cardinals are discussing what that means for where he hits in the lineup. They can change where he hits. They're not going to change his approach to hitting. Do you play Gyrko or Munoz more? Probably not. They've had a solid upturn of playing time here recently.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0050.json.gz/line366
__label__cc	0.625004	0.374996	Mizzou chat with Dave Matter Bring your Tigers football, basketball and recruiting questions, and talk to Mizzou beat writer Dave Matter in a live chat starting at noon Thursday. He's been treated by the medical staff since the injury first occurred but getting a checkup tomorrow. Missouri has a zillion trainers that work with the players every day for every bump, scratch and cut. They've monitored his elbow every day for the last three weeks. by dmatter 8/22/2019 7:09:19 PM Responding to Otis ... the Kindle is the one platform that requires a separate subscription (still working on that) ... however, all subscribers can flip through the print product at e-edition.stltoday.com by Bob Rose 8/22/2019 7:10:32 PM We were very lucky to get GP by Steve V 8/22/2019 7:10:37 PM About when do you predict the day of paychecks will be the norm for collegiate athletes? Good question. I think we're getting closer to athletes being able to profit on their name/image/likeness. There seems to be some momentum toward that. As far as college athletes receiving paychecks outside of room/board/cost of attendance, I'm afraid we're a long way from the NCAA being able to untangle that puzzle. Please explain the different attributes of PR and KR. Why doesn't the same person do both? You need to have nerves of steel to catch a punt because the guys trying to tackle you are in your face almost immediately as opposed to a kickoff. Punts are generally harder to catch, too. So you better have someone with hands you can trust above all else. Kickoff guys are generally pure speed guys. Great hands aren't as vital because kickoffs are easier to catch and the returnman gets a running start before he gets near a tackler. Dave - We are heading up from Texas for the South Carolina game. We have not been to Columbia in awhile. What are your top three go to places for food that are in walking distance to the campus? Thank You (P.S. I'm a sucker for Shakespeare's) by Mizzou Fan 8/22/2019 7:15:03 PM It's hard to cut the list to three: Booches and CJ's never disappoint. For a less casual meal, Addison's, Broadway Brewery and 44 Canteen are all excellent. What, if anything, can the staff do on an official visit that they cannot do on an unofficial visit? by oldkewpie 8/22/2019 7:17:01 PM Number one, the school pays for the recruit's visit on an official visit. The school can't pay for an unofficial visit. Here's how the NCAA explains the difference on its web site: During an official visit the college can pay for transportation to and from the college for the prospect, lodging and three meals per day for both the prospect and the parent or guardian, as well as reasonable entertainment expenses including three tickets to a home sports event. The only expenses a college-bound student-athlete may receive from a college during an unofficial visit are three tickets to a home sports event. Do you typically attend/cover for the Dispatch each road game for the football team? Is covering away basketball games generally done any different? I cover every football game home and away. I cover every home basketball game - unless there's a road football game on the same day/weekend - and most road basketball games. Last year I skipped a few road basketball games. Basketball travel becomes a cost-benefit analysis. Is it worth paying for a costly, looooong trip to Gainesville, Fla., (drive to St. Louis, fly to Orlando, drive to Gainesville) for an evening tipoff that's barely going to get into the first edition of the newspaper? That's one of the drawbacks of Mizzou going to the SEC. Travel takes longer and costs more for the media in Missouri. Which wide receiver or tight end will score the most touchdowns this season? And will he score more than Larry Rountree III? by Brandie 8/22/2019 7:22:32 PM I'll go with Okwuegbunam ... but he won't be in the end zone as many times as Rountree. I have heard you mention in the past that the gameday experience for Mizzou fans is not as good as some of the other SEC schools. Do you know of anything new (in addition to selling alcohol) that Mizzou plans to do to improve fans' enjoyment of gameday? by Mizzou78 8/22/2019 7:23:04 PM I'm not sure I've ever said the gameday experience isn't as good at Missouri - especially because I don't experience the games as a fan. I hear from fans all the time who complain about ... Poor stadium wifi Poor sound system Bad music selection Small videoboard Long bathroom lines The last one should be addressed with the south end zone facility. There's also a new scoreboard in the south end zone. Do you feel like there's a good camaraderie between the coaching staff that Barry Odom has assembled? Obviously they could get offered a lot of money and may go somewhere else, but do you think BO is happier with this group than he's ever been before? Who do you think the most likely candidate would be to get a head coaching position offer? by PlayinPossum 8/22/2019 7:25:32 PM Yes, he's said on the record many times that this is the best group of assistants he's ever worked with. I've heard similar comments from guys on the staff. There's a good mix of established veteran coaches on this staff along with younger, hungry coaches trying to establish themselves. Here's what Garrick McGee (receivers coach) told me about this staff last week: We like being around each other. We like supporting each other. Our families are all around each other. We all have a lot of respect for each other in the profession. And we have a lot of fun. You know, we all know who we work for and we all respect the position of the head coach. At the same time I think the head coach can see that we got a lot of guys around the table that have been around and know what we’re doing. It’s fun to sit in a room and we’re competing in a 1-on-1 session. David Gibbs is coaching the DBs on one side and you’ve got to bring it every day. Brick Haley and Brad Davis, these guys can coach. So you’ve got to bring it every day because you know he’s going to show up on his game. It's pretty fun in this staff room. These are really good people with good experience and Barry is a good leader. As for who's a head-coaching candidate, Derek Dooley is the obvious choice because he's been a head coach at two different places and stands to benefit the most if his offense is a success this year. McGee has been a head coach. Would he get another shot? Maybe some day but it's not common to jump from WRs coach to a head coaching job. He'd probably have to be a coordinator somewhere first. Is it common practice for alumni to ever comeback and make a cameo to inspire team spirit during summer training camps? It can be. Coaches have guest speakers at camp every year. Why would those SEC schools decide not to sell beer? Is it just more hassle to deal with than what they believe it's worth? by Marky Mark 8/22/2019 7:31:28 PM Not every school needs a new incentive to boost attendance. Some schools, I imagine have more conservative decision-makers (chancellors, presidents, curators/trustees, etc.) who don't agree with the concept of selling alcohol to the general public on a college campus. Also, keep in mind, the projected revenue gains amount to a drop in the bucket of a school's annual budget. West Virginia makes around $600K on alcohol sales - and they're running a $100 million athletics department budget. Missouri is estimating similar revenue gains. So, it's not like schools are missing out on revenue streams worth tens of millions of dollars every year. Do you think Albert O will play week 1? Seems like he's still been extremely limited in practices and the longer he goes without playing... by Jimbo Fish 8/22/2019 7:35:30 PM He wasn't limited today. I expect he'll play and start at Wyoming. Hi Dave- I know you aren't a college coach but maybe you can understand how it is that Mizzou, and SEC, has a hard time finding a scholarship worthy punter. It seems like the staff could show some brochures with gameday photos and pictures of coeds to some second rate soccer player in Europe or South America, or perhaps an Aussie Rules football kicker and ask them if they want a free American college education. Or is it more complicated than I'm making it? by MO 8/22/2019 7:37:21 PM Some teams to go extra lengths to find punters. LSU and Texas come to mind. They've gone overseas and found some elite guys in Australia. Mizzou monitors all the kicking camps and tries to identify punters/kickers/snappers. Part of the challenge is once you find a guy you really like - like Corey Fatony in 2015 - you don't have to spend a lot of time the next couple of years recruiting another punter until it's time to replace your guy. With players with a different set of skills (thinking Bryant v Lock; no Emmanuel Hall) do you see a different passing game developing in practices? by Out of Towner 8/22/2019 7:41:05 PM The offense hasn't fundamentally changed. It's still a one-back shotgun offense with three or four receivers split wide on every snap. They might rely on more short to intermediate routes with Bryant at QB, but he still throws the deep ball and receivers still try to stretch the field vertically. The obvious difference this year will be having a QB who can run the ball effectively on designed calls and scrambles. That's going to be a more dramatic change, in my opinion, than anything we see in the passing game. OK, folks. This has been fun. Thanks for taking part in this exclusive subscriber chat. Lots more Mizzou coverage coming soon.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0050.json.gz/line367
__label__wiki	0.962259	0.962259	All in the family EDITORIAL 07/21/2010 It’s all in the Abad family, and President Aquino staunchly defends his pick of the Abad family members stationed within his administration. As for Budget Secretary Butch Abad’s spouse, Rep. Henedina Abad, who is slated to head the House of Representatives’ appropriations committee — and will likely get this House post since it has already been bared by the incoming Speaker, Sonny Belmonte, that major House committee chairmanships would be Aquino’s decision — she says candidly that there is no such thing as delicadeza, claiming that her daughter and son, Julia, who is Presidential Management Staff (PMS) head, with Cabinet status who will be handling Aquino’s huge pork barrel; and Luis Abad, who is chief of staff of Finance Secretary Cesar Purisima, as well as her husband, the Budget secretary, are all qualified to take their positions in the Aquino administration. “What is delicadeza?” Henedina Abad asked House reporters doing the story on the presence of too many Abads in the Aquino government, adding that there is no such thing as delicadeza.... MORE Trapos all Glimmer of hope in China’s ‘brain drain’ battle Bob Sobrepeña’s ‘luck’ ‘Good people’ Bad vibes? Trapos all FRONTLINE Ninez Cacho-Olivares 07/21/2010 President Aquin President Aquino and his aides either don’t get it, or they refuse to get it, mostly to cover up Aquino’s embarrassing blooper that moreover showed him up as an out and out trapo. The issue is not whether Aquino gave a personal opinion on the coup d’etat charges against detained Sen. Antonio “Sonny” Trillanes as being “unjust” or that the review of the case he has directed his Department of Justice to do is an “internal matter.” The issue is that with his public pronouncement of there having been no coup d’etat crime committed owing to this rebel soldiers’ mutiny having been mounted in a hotel, which is not one of the sites enumerated in the revised penal code, carries with it the weight of the presidential influence and can be taken as policy, a pronouncement which then could be translated by the courts, that moreover have been known to toe the Malacañang line, which is now Aquino’s line. That definitely goes by the name of judicial interference. The fact is, after Noynoy came up with that claim of Trillanes being a victim of injustice, his appointed Armed Forces of the Philippines chief of staff, quickly talked about the early release of Trillanes, who is detained under the AFP custody..... MORE Glimmer of hope in China’s ‘brain drain’ battle FEATURE 07/21/2010 BEIJING — Two years ago, molecular biologist Shi Yigong was a prize-winning Princeton University professor with annual research funding of more than $2 million and a seemingly limitless US academic career. But Shi did exactly what China’s leadership hopes to see more of — he turned his back on all that to return to his homeland after two decades abroad. The recent return of people like Shi, who now heads the life sciences department at Tsinghua University in Beijing, has provided a ray of hope for China in its uphill battle to reverse a long-term “brain drain” of top experts. “China has contributed disproportionately to the advancement of science and technology in the United States, for example,” Shi said of the steady stream of China’s best and brightest who left for greener pastures in decades past. “Behind China’s shiny glass skyscrapers, it has an extreme shortage of top talents and that is really regrettable.” With aspirations of becoming a science and technology power, China has tried for years to halt an exodus of top minds, a lingering legacy of the 1966-76 Cultural Revolution when campus upheavals closed universities for years. The chaos severely set back Chinese science and academia. Afterwards, many of China’s best and brightest — with official encouragement — opted for study abroad, where most have stayed. Many took foreign citizenship.... MORE Bob Sobrepeña’s ‘luck’ C.R.O.S.S.R.O.A.D.S Jonathan De la Cruz 07/21/2010 Jonathan De la Cruz Robert John “Bob” Sobrepeña, ertswhile wonder boy of business during the Ramos years, must really be a very lucky guy. Back then, with a little help from his friends within the Ramos circle, he managed to snap such highly profitable businesses as the SouthWoods and Camp John Hay Development Projects and, of course, the highly coveted Edsa MRT3 Project, among others. All three were allegedly worked out under highly questionable terms and conditions using every bit of influence (to include concessional loans and sovereign guarantees) which Sobrepena and his associates were said to have managed to wangle from FVR all the way to GMA. Of course, all the original workouts were consummated under the watchful eyes of the Ramos people. In the case of SouthWoods, for example, Sobrepeña and company were given hundreds of hectares of lands (mostly sequestered properties) to develop at giveaway terms, using trust funds from the then number one pre-need company in town, College Assurance Plan (CAP), matched a number of times over by concessional loans from government banks. That was a deadly, by any business model, combination of money and influence, courtesy of a sitting administration which translated into one of the fastest growing conglomerates in town. The same formula was used to acquire and hold on to the Camp John Hay complex. To this day, despite repeated demands for payment of long overdue accounts to government in the billions of pesos (P3 billion and counting by the latest reckoning) the Sobrepeña led group has managed to escape largely unscathed. But the biggest enchilada of all is the Edsa MRT3 Project which to this day remains essentially under Sobrepeña’s control. Imagine, after government decided to “buy out” the highly onerous contract just over a year ago to avoid subsidizing Sobrepeña’s folly he is said to continue holding sway in the operating company, MRT DevCo, leveraging his remaining 20 percent or so holdings to the hilt. .... MORE ‘Good people’ HE SAYS Aldrin Cardon 07/21/2010 Aldrin Cardon It would have been an unnoticeable television crawler had it not been news from the Palace. The crawler, or those words that crawl below your TV screens which are similar to newspaper headlines, claimed President Noynoy is finding it hard to scout good people to fill the many appointive positions still vacant in government. I guess the emphasis of that news was on the “good people” whom Noynoy, or his so-called search committee, has to find if he is intent on fulfilling his campaign promise to lead us all toward his “matuwid na landas,” or the righteous path. It also put Noynoy in contrast with the past administration whose much-maligned leader, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, whose propensity to appoint her and husband’s cronies was beyond question. But just how big was the difference between them was put under the spotlight at almost the same time when the Palace spun that angle about finding “good people” to be named in Noynoy’s government. Juana Change, the sosyalerang overweight character of Mae Paner who was a hit in so many anti-Gloria rallies then, and later a big attraction in Noynoy’s campaign sorties, was first to expose the new Kamag-anak Inc. that has taken over government very soon after the exit of the Arroyos. The Cojuangcos and the Aquinos, however, have to give way to the Abads, this time. And Mae (or Juana), just could not accept that government positions, very important and powerful ones at that, seemed to have been reserved for members of just one family.... MORE Bad vibes? SHE SAYS Dinah S. Ventura 07/21/2010 Less than a month after his inauguration, President Noynoy Aquino, whose platform stood for upright leadership, remains hard put to fill positions in government with people who are not only qualified, but are also credible and trustworthy. These are the unspoken qualifications Filipinos are looking for in these appointed officials. The search, however, is not that easy. Perhaps President Aquino’s search committee imagines itself looking for that needle in a haystack — or just a handful out of 90 million people. A president would look, naturally, toward individuals whom he knows or knows about for important responsibilities. But now that people are wary about kamag-anaks (relatives) in power (and perhaps kapamilyas, kapusos and kapatids, too!), the search is made doubly difficult. And, of course, there is that call for transparency in government that the Aquino administration promised to heed. Just look at how much reaction the Abads in government are getting. With Butch Abad (Aquino’s campaign manager) now the Budget secretary, his wife the vice chairman of the House Appropriations Committee (which scrutinizes the budget), their daughter Julia the head of the president’s management staff (which handles the spending of the President’s Social Fund, otherwise known as the president’s pork barrel), and their son Luis the chief of staff to the Finance Secretary, critics are in a bit of an uproar over what some deem as a question of delicadeza..... MORE LP bloc far from gaining top Senate post—Drilon By Angie M. Rosales 07/21/2010 LP bloc far from gaining top Senate post—Drilon By Angie M. Rosales Using the difficulty being experienced by the Liberal Party camp led by Sen. Francis Pangilinan to gather 13 votes from the senators and clinch the Senate presidency, Sen. Franklin Drilon, an LP official and ally of President Aquino, used this situation as proof that Malacañang has no control over the Senate. President Aquino and his allies do not have any control over the Senate, Drilon said yesterday, virtually admitting the difficulties that the LP bloc is going through as the Pangilinan led group is far from mustering the needed 13 votes in installing the LP bet as the Senate leader. “Nobody controls the Senate. If Malacañang controls the Senate, then the endorsement (of Aquino) should do everything (in securing the required number of votes). Yet, until now, there is still a deadlock,” he said in a phone-patched interview with reporters. He failed to comment, however, on the many moves of the Malacañang tenant to raid the ranks of the other blocs, including Sen. Lito Lapid, who was claimed by Pangilinan to have committed to vote for him. In exchange for Lapid’s vote, it was reported that his son, Mark Lapid, would be retained as head of the Philippine Tourism Authority (PTA). This was however, denied by the staff of Senator Lapid, saying that he has not committed his vote to the LP bet. Lapid is said to belong to Sen. Edgardo Angara bloc, which supposedly counts for seven members.... MORE Concerns raised vs big business links in gov’t regulatory bodies 2010 budget depleted to 38%; deficit soars 2 Comelec execs reject Mikey as party-list rep Retired colonel in bribe try surfaces SC orders oral arguments on Hacienda Luisita case Concerns raised vs big business links in gov’t regulatory bodies By Gerry Baldo 07/21/2010 By Gerry Baldo Following the issue of too many Abads in the Aquino government’s budgetary and appropriations posts, serious concerns are being raised on President Aquino’s appointee in the water sector and the impending round of water rate increases. Rep. Neri Colmenares of Bayan Muna stressed that the presence of big businessmen in government regulatory bodies, such as the Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System, should be a cause of concern for the consuming public. “I am extremely worried that this time the Lopezes, Ayalas, Pangilinans and other oligarchs will use their closeness with the Aquino camp to push even bigger price hikes and other concessions,” Colmenares said yesterday as he underscored the need to strengthen Congress’ oversight functions. “In this light, it is doubly important to have independent regulators for such utilities. In the absence of such regulators, Congress will have to be more aggressive in exercising its oversight powers and will have to pass measures stopping or reversing the ongoing deregulation and privatization of the utilities sector. Colmenares added that it is important to have someone in the MWSS, the Department of Public Works and Manila Electric Company who are independent and not linked to big business interests.... MORE 2010 budget depleted to 38%; deficit soars By Aytch de la Cruz 07/21/2010 By Aytch de la Cruz The economic team of President Aquino appears intimidated by the sorry fiscal numbers the new administration inherited from President Arroyo with the fiscal deficit breaching all known previous levels while only 38.6 percent is left of the P1.5-trillion budget earmarked for the whole year. Budget Secretary Florencio Abad told reporters after a meeting among economic officials in the Cabinet that “surprises” in expenses up to the end of June when former President Arroyo stepped down, including what he called “congressional initiatives,” resulted in the fiscal shortfall to reach nearly P200 billion in the first half. Abad did not quote an exact figure on the first half deficit but when asked if it was near the P178 billion original limit set, Abad said it would be higher. “There were still surprises in the expenses, expenditures made up to the last month, up to the end of June 30 like for example in congressional initiatives which was in the billions,” Abad said. Abad said the Cabinet meeting held yesterday touched mostly on the tight fiscal situation that the government is in. He said that additional borrowings to plug the budget shortfall were also discussed. If the collection targets are not achieved, that (borrowings) is the most likely step that we have to take and I think (Finance) Secretary (Cesar) Purisima is looking at that, Abad added..... MORE 2 Comelec execs reject Mikey as party-list rep By Marie Surbano 07/21/2010 By Marie Surbano The son of former President Arroyo has officially gained a seat in Congress as a party-list nominee but for two commissioners of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) Ang Galing Pilipino (AGP) nominee Juan Miguel “Mikey” Arroyo is not qualified to represent the marginalized. In their respective dissenting opinions in the consolidated resolution of Arroyo’s case, Commissioners Rene Sarmiento and Gregorio Larrazabal said Arroyo does not belong to the group which he wanted to represent at the House of Representatives. AGP supposedly seeks to represent the sectors of security guards, unorganized groups of taxi, FX taxi, jeepney and bus drivers, vendors, small-scale businessmen and jobless individuals. Sarmiento cited the Supreme Court decision on the case of Ang Bagong Bayani which stated that “ it is not enough for the candidate to claim representation of the marginalized and underrepresented because representation is easy to claim and to feign. The party-list organi-zation or party must factually and truly represent the margin-alized and under-represented constituencies mentioned in Section 5. Concur-rently, the persons nominated by the party-list candidate-organization must be “Filipino citizens belonging to marginalized and underrepresented sectors, organizations and parties.” Likewise, he pointed out the SC’s decision on the Barangay Association for National Advancement and Transparency (Banat) case..... MORE Retired colonel in bribe try surfaces By Pat C. Santos 07/21/2010 By Pat C. Santos With a lawyer in tow, retired Philippine Air Force Lt. Col. Antonio Mariano, who has been accused by a National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) officer of having tried to bribe him into getting a government witness in the Maguindanao massacre case, yesterday surfaced and faced the media to deny allegations of a P10-million bribe try. Mariano met newsmen to deny reports he was the bagman in the multimillion-peso bribery attempt on witnesses in the murder case filed against Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) Gov. Zaldy Ampatuan. In 2003, Mariano said he held three positions in the ARMM during Zaldy’s term: as executive director for housing; as DoTC undersecretary and as deputy regional governor of DoLE – positions that he held until his courtesy resignation last January. Mariano also did not deny that he is a friend of former NBI Director Nestor Mantaring whom he visits once in a while. He said that he could not think of any reason or motivation on the part of NBI counter-terrorism unit chief Ricardo Diaz in implicating him in the bribery scandal when he has always been a frequent visitor at the NBI even though he has long retired from the bureau. Oscar Embido, chief of the NBI-Internal Affairs Division, earlier said they had contacted Mariano over the phone and that he vehemently denied all the allegations against him. Officials of the NBI have also already sent a subpoena for Mariano to formally appear before the NBI to answer allegations that he attempted to bribe witness Kenny Dalagdag, through Diaz, with P10 million, for his recantation. Both Mantaring and former Justice chief Alberto Agra denied that they were ever informed by Diaz of the alleged bribe try.... MORE SC orders oral arguments on Hacienda Luisita case By Benjamin B. Pulta 07/21/2010 By Benjamin B. Pulta Oral arguments have been ordered by the Supreme Court (SC) on the land reform case of Hacienda Luisita, which is owned and managed by the Cojuangco-Aquino families, and where President Aquino is also a co-owner. Court Administrator and SC Spokesman Jose Midas Marquez informed newsmen yesterday that the Hacienda Luisita case has been transferred from the court’s First Division to the en banc and is scheduled for oral arguments on Aug. 3. “Considering the importance of the case and the parties involved, the justices thought it best that the entire court be involved to thresh out all the issues in that particular case,” Marquez told a press conference. Marquez added that the oral arguments will give the magistrates the chance to ask the parties “clarificatory questions which answers are not found in the pleadings.” He said the transfer of the case to the en banc as well as setting it for oral arguments was a “majority decision” among incumbent SC justices, based on an “informal survey” conducted by Chief Justice Renato Corona. Marquez said it was the Chief Justice who had scheduled the oral arguments for Aug. 3 “so that we can hear all the parties and all issues will be threshed out.” The court spokesman, however, clarified that this new development in the Hacienda Luisita case was not out of the ordinary. “This is not the first time it happens. We’ve had a few cases transferred to the en banc,” he pointed out. Marquez also denied pressure being applied from either of the parties in the case. “No pressure at all. It is one of those usual cases filed before the court.”.... MORE Trapos all FRONTLINE Ninez Cacho-Olivares 07/21/... Glimmer of hope in China’s ‘brain drain’ battle F... Bob Sobrepeña’s ‘luck’ C.R.O.S.S.R.O.A.D.S Jonath... LP bloc far from gaining top Senate post—Drilon B... Concerns raised vs big business links in gov’t reg... 2010 budget depleted to 38%; deficit soars By Ayt... 2 Comelec execs reject Mikey as party-list rep By... Retired colonel in bribe try surfaces By Pat C. S... SC orders oral arguments on Hacienda Luisita case ...	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0050.json.gz/line377

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