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"Black Woman Gets Standing Ovation at RNC — Media Silence; Two Bozos Throw Peanuts — Media Frenzy."
2 incidents:
1. Mia Love, an African-American Republican woman, gave a speech and received loud cheers and a standing ovation from almost every single one of the thousands of white Republicans in attendance.
2. Two bozos, of unknown identity, “threw peanuts” at an African-American woman camera operator for CNN, while purportedly saying “This is how we feed animals,” and were ejected from the convention.
Furthermore, there is video proof that the first incident (the standing ovation) happened; while the only evidence we have for the damning details of the second purported incident (at least as of the time of this writing) is the word of a partisan left-wing blog.
Tags: journalism, Mia Love, racial politics
MisterBuddwing said...
Of course, the "bozos" were never identified.
Some have suggested the bozos were planted by the Democrats.
In which case - why NOT identify them????
Sullivan was pushing #2 pretty hard for a while. Did it come out all right for him?
Pettifogger said...
It's easy to tell which incident is more important. Ask yourself which incident best serves the interests of THE party. THE party is not the Republican Party.
Well, one makes Republicans look bad, the other is neutral, at worst. Which do you think will somehow get picked up?
Remember the whole "spitting on Congresspeople" thing during the healthcare law? Someone should offer money for proof this actually happened.
"[T]he only evidence we have for the damning details of the second purported incident (at least as of the time of this writing) is the word of a partisan left-wing blog."
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/black-cnn-camerawoman-racially-taunted-republican-national-convention-speaks-incident-article-1.1147983
PeterK said...
what is interesting about the Bozos is that the RNC issued an official statement. but i've been intrigued by the cricket silence of the media (left and right)concerning this incident. usually the media would have published names, photos and more of the bozos, but the nothing. you're the first blogger that I know of who has pointed this out. and many on the left refer to the bozos as "delegates" when even the RNC statement refers to them as "attendees"
“This is Florida, and I’m from the Deep South,” she said. “You come to places like this, you can count the black people on your hand. They see us doing things they don’t think I should do.”
-- Yeah. I bet it really must've pissed everyone off to see Mia Love, Rice and Artur Davis there. Oh, wait.
The people who threw the peanuts are assholes. But, it seems everyone tried really, really hard to make sure that everyone associated two jerks with the entire Republican convention.
One was for show before the general public, and the other might have shown the dark side most often kept private. Two security officials removed the "participants' but did not reveal their identity;it all seems officially recorded.
that NYDailyNews article is interesting since it is the first time I've seen them miscreants identified as alternate delegates. why didn't the paper try to identify the miscreants, who no description of them? old? young? male? female?
You left out the part where the camerawoman said this could just as easily have happened at the Democratic Convention.
The Crack Emcee said...
Everyone's so intent on playing the race card, pro and con, it's shameful.
I met Mia Love and her husband (mostly her husband) on New Years. No big whoop. She was condescending and he blamed America for practically everything - and even wanted to debate it.
There's a video out of her teaching her kids from The Book Of Mormon - not someone I'd want in charge of the Dept. of Education, that's for sure.
Don't forget Clint's words:
"We own this place."
Quit taking sides,...
"One was for show before the general public, and the other might have shown the dark side most often kept private. Two security officials removed the "participants' but did not reveal their identity;it all seems officially recorded."
-- That's kind of racist of you to imply. Why are you saying that Mia Love, Rice and Artur Davis are acting like a minstrel show, put up for the amusement of whites and to assuage their fears? Why are you such a blatant racist? You really should check your racism at the door. It is unbecoming.
hdhouse said...
Mia Love and Condi Rice. Well that's nearly 100% of the republican black women now isn't it?
And quite possibly the only black female votes Romney will get.
More Hate Whitey crap from that pasty white SOB, R/V.
Does this get you laid, R/V?
When some pasty white SOB keeps carrying on with the Hate Whitey crap, I know that I've discovered a racist.
The fact that Roesch/Voltaire doesn't believe blacks can have honest opinions and could be treated as equals for having those opinions is more telling than an incomplete story about people insulting a black CNN camera woman for reasons we only assume are racist.
The pro-democrat media/leftists are pushing a false narrative.
Nothing new. And who needs proof?
Certainly the peanut thing was staged anyway.
Clearly, a testament to the great Diversity of black voters. You certainly could not stereotype blacks, right?
If whites voted in a 100% block for a white candidate, that would be proof positive of white racism.
In which case - why NOT identify them???
AF said...
I'm surprised that Althouse is questioning whether the peanut incident happened at all. According to AP, the Romney campaign apologized for the incident and called it "reprehensible."
Because nobody really cares what the mayor of a town of 18,000 people has to say, even if she is a Republican? (In fact the story should be--they couldn't find a black female mayor of a bigger town?)
While if true, the latter shows that there were some serious racists allowed into the Republican convention (of course you will dismiss it by saying they, without any evidence, were Democratic plants.)
I think Obama could very well lose some black votes. Not many, but some. This freaks out the race-bate industry on the left.
AF: The question is whether it happened as reported. If I was told a racist did a racist thing, I'd say that was a bad thing to do. I'd feel bad if I later learned we didn't have all the information. For example, the fact that the woman works for CNN, which, let's face it, is not exactly well-liked, seemed to me more relevant than her skin color until people told me it was racist. Then it clicked, ah, that's a possibility. Do we even know the racial identity of the peanut throwers?
"Because nobody really cares what the mayor of a town of 18,000 people has to say, even if she is a Republican? (In fact the story should be--they couldn't find a black female mayor of a bigger town?)"
-- Ah. So you think she just isn't black enough. Why whenever we start talking about minority Republicans does every person further left than center left suddenly turn into a flaming racist.
This needs to be said:
Absorbing the deadly blow of a couple of peanuts and an insult is not a very big deal.
I've taken much bigger hits than that at gigs from assholes in the audience.
Taking that kind of shit is par for the course in any public gathering.
harrogate said...
I agree the peanut throwing got overplayed. Although, the chants of "USA! USA!" to drown out the Puerta Rican speaker got way *underplayed*, which is to say, almost nobody knows it happened. Why DID it happen?
The fact in itself of her getting a standing O, btw, doesn't mean anything. The question is, what was she saying? Booker T got standing Os in the Deep South too. While Booker T was a complex figure (as Love may be, as well), neither in its own moment nor through the lens of history, did it speak well of Booker's audience, that they lauded him on the grounds that they did.
When that line got such a great cheer, I doubt that the audience was thinking of people like you as part of the "We".
In other words, a black person who cannot handle that level of insult probably should live on another planet or never leave his/her home.
Let me paraphrase Chris Rock.
http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Chris_Rock#Bring_the_Pain_.28HBO.2C_1996.29
People always want credit for stuff they are supposed to do. A person will brag about some stuff a normal man just does. Some people will say stuff like, "I clapped when the black people spoke at the convention." You're supposed to, you dumbass! What kind of ignorant shit is that? "I didn't throw peanuts at the black journalists!" What do you want, a cookie?! You're not supposed to do that, you low-expectation-having loser!
Ah. So you think she just isn't black enough.
No, I think that it is laughable (or perhaps pathetic) that the most high-profile black republican female elected official they could find is a small town Utah mayor.
"I agree the peanut throwing got overplayed. Although, the chants of "USA! USA!" to drown out the Puerta Rican speaker got way *underplayed*, which is to say, almost nobody knows it happened. Why DID it happen?"
Chants of USA drowned out Romney and Bohener at times too. Were those racist?
Shuster publishes under the name "Take Action News"?
Kind of damning in itself.
No, I think that it is laughable (or perhaps pathetic) that the most high-profile black republican female elected official they could find is a small town Utah mayor..
The laughable part is the 95% black bloc vote for Obama.
The "small town Utah mayor" is a slight indication that blacks are just beginning to rethink their own racism.
Sure you do Freder. It's a shame you can't even see the value of Mia Love as a person because she happens to be black and think differently than you think blacks ought.
Lyle said...
Nonfiction versus fiction?
It was Shafer from MSNBC that first tweeted the peanut story. CNN camera woman's polemics about incident are fishy.
Just remember: The people who think Mia Love, being an elected mayor and conservative rising star, was not a big deal and should not have been a speaker, will, next week, fall over themselves to tell us why a student activist with no real government experience at all, is a perfectly valid and wonderful convention speaker.
FF wrote: most high-profile black republican female elected
That's what the Germans call a compound adjective. Peel off "elected" for example and it reveals....Condi Rice!
Really, Freder, your description was pretty contrived.
Now, the real reason they'll say this is their politics. But, if I wanted to be a jerk? If I wanted to poke some eyes? I'd say the biggest difference between the two women is that Mia Love is black and Sandra Fluke is not.
Also: How come everyone is forgetting the story from the black college student that came on stage with Jeb Bush to talk about how vouchers helped him get the education he needed?
Surely, it isn't that they only paid superficial attention and missed a story of a black youth using education to better his life thanks to Republican policies.
Because she wants free contraception!
If you're against free contraception, you hate women!
"Chants of USA drowned out Romney and Bohener at times too. Were those racist?"
I did not see Bohener's speech, so I can't speak to it. But in Romney's case it did not come across as anything other than enthusiasm for the man.
In the case I am referring to, the speaker was arguing against something and the audience was hostile to her. It was a way to shout her down. Big difference, don't you think? I wonder if they would shout down Ron Paul, had he made arguments for handling the delegate count differently, with chants of "USA!" "USA!" Actually, I don't wonder about that. It's patently obvious, what the answer is.
My first thought was that CNN actually hired more than just one or two token Blacks to put on screen?
Petunia said...
The peanut-throwing incident is about as real as the racist taunts during the Pelosi-Reid-Lewis gavel-gloat walk after Obamacare was passed.
Dare we assume this is a repeat of the Tea Partiers and Jim Clyburn?
And, if it wasn't for welfare, how many black votes would the Demos get?
"AF: The question is whether it happened as reported. If I was told a racist did a racist thing, I'd say that was a bad thing to do."
Bullshit. This didn't happen in a dark alley, it happened at the Republican convention. If there was any suggestion that the facts were more favorable to the Republican Party than was reported, that would have come out, and the Romney campaign would not have apologized.
@Shouting Thomas, you, sir, are dead wrong.
Wrong, wrong, wrong.
Ms. Fluke does not want free contraception. She could have that for under $120 per year.
You may recall that she was demanding $1000 per year to spend on contraception.
For people like her I'd be glad to pay for free contraception, heck I'd be glad to pay to have her tubes tied. Anything to stop the "give me everything I want and make it gold-plated" gene from spreading.
"In the case I am referring to, the speaker was arguing against something and the audience was hostile to her. It was a way to shout her down. Big difference, don't you think?"
-- So... you admit that the issue had nothing to do with her race after a modicum of interrogation, yet earlier said: "to drown out the Puerta Rican speaker got way *underplayed*, which is to say, almost nobody knows it happened." It's almost like you know the fact she was Puerta Rican had no actual impact on the chant, yet wanted to seed that thought out there anyway. Kind of sloppy rhetoric; you should be more careful. Someone might have thought you were implying racial ill will in a case where you clearly know there was none.
Carnifex said...
Leftist thought process' re racism.
We have a lot of minority Democratic mayors, voted in by a mostly minority constituency so we are not racist.
The Gop has minority Governors, and Congress people, voted in by GOP racists, so they are the racists.
With thinking like that I can see where you think Zero deserves 4 more years. You are Bizarro Voter!(ala Bizarro Superman for the dems in the audience)
Irrelevant. The incident, even if it happened, is so trivial and slight that it shouldn't have been reported.
A person who works in a public job, who cannot handle a mild insult and tossed peanuts, should find another job that doesn't involve leaving his or her house.
"Bullshit. This didn't happen in a dark alley, it happened at the Republican convention."
-- And yet, we've pain stakingly little information to go on. You do know that many conservatives are hostile to the media, and that they've referred to people, even whites like Olbermann and Matthews, as dogs and worse, right?
At any public event, there are going to be some assholes.
Develop a thick skin, or don't accept a job that requires you to be at a public event.
This is true for blacks, as well as for any other racial group.
"It's almost like you know the fact she was Puerta Rican had no actual impact on the chant, yet wanted to seed that thought out there anyway."
No, it's actualy NOT like that at all, and you know it. There was only one truly contentious moment at the RNC that I saw anyway, and it was that one, and I thought it was odd that they would choose "USA" as their drowning-out chant directed at a Puerta Rican. I do not think "well, they canted 'USA!' a lot at the convention cuts it. Forwarding that explanation is not just sloppy rhetoric; it edges towards straight up disingenuous rhetoric.
Oh. I didn't realize you were going to cling to the racism aspect even though you understood that the chant was over a rules dispute.
Well, cling to your delusion then.
So, somebody tell me... What is this story supposed to mean?
Blacks can't function in a job that requires them to be in a public setting unless they are promised that nobody will ever say an unkind word to them?
mariner said...
chickelit,
Sullivan's been pushing #2 at us for a long time. He seems to have an inexhaustible supply of it.
The bozos get in on media passes.
You get to guess which media gave them the passes.
wyo sis said...
People at a convention acted like idiots.
This is news?
The convention hosts apologized for what may or may not have happened.
Bastards. Clearly this rises to the level of criminal cover-up.
I guess "Seat them now" is also racist, right?
I agree there was no definitive proof of the "gloat walk" (your term) incident.
But do you really want to call Patricia Carroll a liar?
P.S., as a note: When I give you an out to accept something, you should. I am usually trying to spare you having to accept that you are incredibly, incredibly wrong. I provided an opportunity for you to acknowledge that maybe you had been a little unclear. Instead, you decided to go all in. Maybe you didn't realize you were lied to by your media of choice, in which case, man up, accept your mistake, move on. Or, maybe, you are willingly trying to deceive others about what happened. In which case, whatever.
"And yet, we've pain stakingly little information to go on."
That's because all the witnesses are Republican operatives and they're not talking -- except to issue formal apologies.
Althouse is whining again. Go figure!
Btw, it's shocking Reps would be cheering another Rep! Alert the media!
AF, you're really going to keep gassing about this event, real or imagined, that is absolutely trivial even if it did happen?
You haven't got anything better to do?
Did the bozos throw peanuts and taunt because the camera woman was black, or because she was a media person, and from CNN at that?
Are the peanuts supposed to have some association with black people? I thought the "Peanut Capital of the World" was Portales, Nm, and there's nary a black person in sight?
"That's because all the witnesses are Republican operatives and they're not talking -- except to issue formal apologies."
-- Ah. Like Security. Dave Shuster. The CNN camera woman. Like -every other reporter at the convention who could make their career and break news by interviewing the peanut throwers-. Republican operatives, all!
First of all, my main point here was not and is not, o look, this is an earth-shattering smoking gun of racial hostility. I understand further that not everyone in the arena was chanting the chant in question.
I was, and am, noting that it got almost no coverage or notice whatsoever. But it clearly was notable. The lady herself, an ardent GOP supporter, was pretty stunned by it, and said so. Let me ask you something: did you even know about this, have you seen it? Or are you just in "none of it is credible" mode?
Are you just copying your posts from a Random Posting Generator somewhere out there in the universe?
Althouse is neither a doctrinaire conservative nor Republican.
Do you even bother to read what she writes?
Andrew Sullivan is a liar. Anything for his lord and savior.
I would agree, it's entirely possible there was nothing racial about it at all.
BTW, it's being reported that President Bill Clinton once said of Barack Obama, "A few years ago this guy would have been carrying our bags."
It's entirely possible that wasn't racial, either.
... a student activist with no real government experience at all, is a perfectly valid and wonderful convention speaker.
Convention speaker?
We have a student activist with no real government experience at all as our President.
Is America a great country or what?
Any time somebody tells the truth, the little animal calls it whining.
Shouting I do not hate racist of any color, but I do acknowledge their views and actions which I do not agree with. Further, I was not implying that Love couldn't think for herself and become a Republican and Mormon, but that the audience, knowing they were on camera realized they were part of the show that goes on at any convention, and that show may not be reflected in private moments off camera.
Harrogate: It appeared on PBS, I heard about it via a variety of blogs, Fox and ABC. Alan Colmes blogged about it. Univision, Daily Kos have articles. NBC tweeted a story about it. Harpers had a piece on it.
You should consume more media if you think this was under-reported.
"... a student activist with no real government experience at all, is a perfectly valid and wonderful convention speaker."
Yeah. Such people's voices are worthless.
R/V: First rule of holes: Stop digging.
Harrogate: Oddly enough, I think their voices are important. Which is why I was glad Jeb Bush brought up the student who benefited from the voucher program. But, oddly enough, it was Freder who thought being an elected mayor wasn't important enough. Take it up Fluke's worthlessness with him.
Althouse general narrative is Reps whining about one thing or another.
Shouting Thomas, are you payin' attention? Rhetorical.
Other places that covered the not-racist chant: Slate & Washington Examiner. Clearly, no one reported this.
Yeah, I think the places you cite show that there were some who noticed it, but hardly end the question of whether it was underreported. These things amounted to a blip by my lights. I certainly didn't see any actual discussion of it in the papers or on the network or cable coverages of the convention.
But regardless. Whether something is underreported or not is always fun fodder for debate and seems like these things are never resolvable.
Now that I know you knew about it, though, I'm even more surprised you want to liken the moment to Romney having to wait for the "USA!" chants to die down before he could finish speaking. It seems like a desire not to look at something, to be honest.
No, it isn't.
You have reading comprehension problems.
As I said, your postings seem to be copied from a Random Posting Generator you've discovered on the internet.
Harrogate: The chants of USA had nothing to do with the speaker at the podium. I think it is entirely more interesting you want to inject racism into a story that doesn't involve racism. You're smarter than that.
Maybe this reporter just looked hungry? That shows thoughtfulness, not racism.
dreams said...
OK. It was the same exact thing, when they shouted her down with "USA!" as when they chanted it for Romney. They were just being enthusiastic, baing happy about America. I hagve no idea why she and her fellow delegates reacted the way they did, at all.
Does that about sum it up then?
Actually. if you read the news that's been reported, even the person shouted down acknowledges that this was over the rules fight going on at the convention (which also got loads of press) about not seating the Ron Paul delegates. So, yes. Even she doesn't see it as having to do with racism.
"Although, the chants of "USA! USA!" to drown out the Puerta Rican speaker got way *underplayed*, which is to say, almost nobody knows it happened. Why DID it happen?"
That was the end of the platform, committee meeting and she was giving the report. The Ron Paul delegates were raising a fuss about something they didn't get in then platform. Unilateral disarmament or something. The "USU" shouts were to drown them out. It had nothing to do with the speaker on the podium.
The liberal media has become totally corrupt. They saw how they were able to destroy George Bush and Sarah Palin's reputations so they've become even more embolden and even more corrupt. The Dems, Liberals and the liberal media no longer have a true liberal principle.
They're all about big government control of people's lives because they see themselves as "the best and brightest" and they've got the elite school credentials to prove it, at least to themselves. They think government knows best but remember this isn't an unbiased opinion, for most of them feed at the big government trough via their government jobs. Because of living and working in a liberal bubble, they have a very low regard for the average people, believing we're racist because it is what is still being taught to them in schools and by having little interaction with the average person so that perception hasn't changed.
Bottom line, the more big government, the less freedom for individuals, financial and otherwise.
"The liberal media has become totally corrupt. They saw how they were able to destroy George Bush and Sarah Palin's reputations so they've become even more embolden and even more corrupt"
TZhat is a funny sequence or words, right there.
Poor George Bush, he's been ruined. I honestly feel very badly for him. Palin, too. Neither have garnered any material or cultural capital from their political engagements.
One was for show before the general public, and the other might have shown the dark side most often kept private.
I agree completely but we most likely differ as to which was which. MSNBC's programming decisions backs up my version.
Also, the point of asking if the other USA chants are racist are deliberately to force people to step back and then say: "Well no, they weren't BECAUSE of this," in hopes that they will then turn to this incident and step back and try and find out what was so racist about it, analyze it, and realize that the fight was over something else entirely.
It's an attempt to force you to examine it from all angles instead of the one that has been fed to you since Harpers screwed the pooch by deliberately race baiting in his article with phrases like "speaking in her accented English."
I wonder whether harrogate is just ignorant or disingenuous.
Those who were actually at the RNC say (last story on 8/29 here) that delegates were not trying to drown out the Puerto Rican delegate with shouts of "USA USA", they were trying to shout down a knot of Ron Paul supporters who were making asses of themselves with their own shouts, and that were too busy doing that to notice that the Puerto Rican delegate was trying to speak.
So which is more likely? That large numbers of Republican delegates would openly act like racists on camera when an election is at stake, thus handing the left a major talking point? Or that actual Republican delegates sick and tired of pseudo-Republican Ron Paul supporters acting like clowns would try to shout them down and keep shouting them down without noticing that the next speaker was trying to start her speech? I'm going to have to go with (b) here.
I was, and am, noting that it got almost no coverage or notice whatsoever. But it clearly was notable.
BLACK PERSON HIT BY PEANUT - GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER ROLLS OVER IN HIS GRAVE!
NEWS AT 11,...
This can all be explained. [and all other incidents]
And Democrats are the real racists.
Looks like Matthew Sablan and Michael K beat me to it in their 10:42 messages.
The liberal media has become totally corrupt. They saw how they were able to destroy George Bush and Sarah Palin's reputations so they've become even more embolden and even more corrupt
Notice he doesn't deny it, just thinks it's funny.
In any case, "Miss Me Yet?" and "Death panels" constitute a fitting revenge.
DrSquid said...
The accurate account of events regarding the USA, USA vs Puerto Rican womand speaker can be found here, of all places
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/2012/08/rnc-moment.htmlre
This event, just like the peanuts tossing allegations, went viral quickly. I suspect that "fitting the narrative" of certain media types had much to do with that.
BLACK WOMAN GIVES SPEECH THAT HAS ABSOLUTELY NO RELEVANCE FOR ANY OTHER BLACK PERSON ON THE PLANET!!!
WHITE PEOPLE CHEER HER ON - TO PROVE THEY'RE NOT RACIST - WHICH IS RACIST!!!!
NEWS AT ELEVEN,...
Joe Schmoe said...
Camera people should not be seen nor heard from.
Dear Media: quit injecting yourself into stories. You are not the story.
I don't know if I'd say this, but the pathological relationship between blacks and Democrats needs to end.
Blacks are voting themselves quotas and handouts, and the Democrats are buying their votes with quotas and handouts.
Results... Fatherlessness of epic proportions. Half of black males in prison. Massive unemployment. Epidemic drug abuse. Incredible rate of abortions.
Maybe we ought to be talking about something else besides racism. The bitching focus on racism doesn't seem to be doing blacks much good.
Mia Love is, thus, among the avante garde of blacks who recognize this pathology and are moving to change things.
Crack, great line. I'll be laughing at the one all day.
I daresay if some FOX News camera person were roundly abused at the DNC for the "sin" of working for FOX, there'd be a lot to talk about.
Thanks DrSquid - that's a much better link than mine. The sad thing is that if you Google "'Puerto Rican' booed 'USA USA'" you get pages of links to lefties whining about what supposedly happened as if it were a fact, before you get to any story with any hint that what they're whining about didn't actually happen.
Mister Buddwing, a cameraman was shoved by one of Lizzie Warren's handlers recently, and I really don't give two figs about it. Impossible to tell what led up to it. Maybe the camera person was being too nosy; maybe the handler overreacted. Either way, I don't care. Nobody got hurt.
Camera people aren't news; even the ones that work for Fox.
Steve M. Galbraith said...
We have three parties in America: the Democratic Party, the Republican Party and the Media Party.
Now often - but not always - the interests of the Media Party align with those of the Democratic Party. But, again, not always.
When it comes to the issue of race, however, it almost always lines up.
As the saying goes, the bias in the press is not that they tell you want to think; the bias is that they tell you want to think about.
In this case, they (broad strokes) want you to think about the second incident but not the first.
Shouting Thomas,
Damn it, ST, I was with you 100% until you went there.
Mia Love is part of the black immigrant experience that comes here and looks down on every other black without a lick of understanding. I may criticize blacks, but I don't see myself as different or better, I've just gotten farther at hacking through the weeds of this nonsense. Mia Love finds solace in running from blacks - in being embraced by whites - not in bringing us together and solving our issues. She says nothing that speaks to American blacks, and she isn't capable of doing so. That may be impressive to some, but it's a major failing to me. Why?
I'm an American,...
Mister Buddwing, a cameraman was shoved by one of Lizzie Warren's handlers recently, and I really don't give two figs about it.
I'm sure *you* don't, but the right side of the blogosphere isn't likely to show that much restraint. (So I guess your disagreement is with them, not me.)
Mia Love is part of the black immigrant experience that comes here and looks down on every other black without a lick of understanding.
My black friends and business associates are almost entirely recent immigrants from East Africa and the Caribbean.
Yes, they will make it clear to you that they don't share the viewpoint of American blacks.
Seems to me that they have a viewpoint that is well worth considering.
God, An Original A-hole said...
Good grief, Althouse!
Complaining about the media... again?
And CNN? Have you seen their numbers? Nobody watches them but the captive audience of air travelers, and lazy people on prescription opioids. CNN barely qualifies as "media".
And you are the #1 law blogger aren't you... measured by audience?
YOU ARE THE MEDIA, ALTHOUSE!
You want a better CNN? Then find a rich friend and tell him or her to buy it and have Dan Carlin run it. Dan will fix it!
In the meantime, I suggest you not degrade your blog and your readers by worrying about what some old crappy cable station is, or isn't, covering.
somefeller said...
Althouse - the article you are linking to is several days old. While it was true that at the time of the posting of the article, there hadn't been confirmation of the incident, the Romney campaign subsequently stated it was a reprehensible incident. Why would the Romney campaign condemn something that didn't happen? And why didn't you mention that there is more evidence of the incident than the word of a left-wing blog?
Shouting Thomas says: Absorbing the deadly blow of a couple of peanuts and an insult is not a very big deal. I've taken much bigger hits than that at gigs from assholes in the audience. Taking that kind of shit is par for the course in any public gathering.
While I'd agree this isn't an earth-shaking event, I've been at more political events than I can count (including one Republican National Convention - Houston 1992, damn that was fun), but I've never seen people throw peanuts or act that way to members of the media or anyone else. And if they did, their behavior wouldn't be tolerated and no one would expect the recipient of the abuse to just shrug it off without complaint. Standards of behavior are different at different venues and the standards of what goes on at 1am in a rock and roll bar aren't the general standards for public behavior. That's a good thing, even though what goes on at 1am at such places can be fun.
YoungHegelian said...
@Crack,
My anecdotal evidence here in DC, is that dislike between American blacks and immigrant blacks is quite mutual. I think that "without a lick of understanding" goes both ways.
It's not like nativism is an impulse unknown in the black community.
I've also found that black Africans, who have histories of black tribes gleefully murdering other black tribes going back since forever, find the idea that one can build any sort of political organization around skin color to be simply risible. I know that's not the American black experience, but it doesn't take too much imagination to understand and appreciate where the Africans are coming from.
That's kind of racist of you to imply. Why are you saying that Mia Love, Rice and Artur Davis are acting like a minstrel show, put up for the amusement of whites and to assuage their fears?
This is exactly what the left believes, with ALL THEIR HEART.
I just fail to see why all Republicans deserve to be tarred and feathered because of a couple of ASSHOLES(who might be DNC plants)? Did anyone ever consider a false-flag operation here?
Standards of behavior are different at different venues and the standards of what goes on at 1am in a rock and roll bar aren't the general standards for public behavior.
I recently played an afternoon gig at a rod and gun club for a crowd of about 500. The audience loved the Old Dawgz, and we've been invited back repeatedly.
At our last gig, a couple of idiots decided to stand a few feet away from me to scream insults for about 5 minutes. I don't even know what pissed them off.
There are always a couple of assholes who want to insult anybody working in a public capacity at any public event. I didn't assume that those assholes at the rod and gun club were representative of some generally bad character trait among rod and gun club members.
Freder:
Will the DNC vet every single attendee for their racist beliefs?
Inane generalizations are flying "fast and furious' in this thread ... as per usual.
Charles said...
Harrogate:
You're promoting a story that has already thoroughly been debunked. While the woman was speaking, the Ron Paul people were pushing for a procedural point of order from the floor. The chants of "USA USA" were an attempt by the non-Paul delegates to drown them out.
It was a floor fight happening at the same time as a speaker.
Thoroughly debunked, and the original report has been changed to reflect that.
I consider EVERYTHING, and you know that, but such condescension is ugly - and nothing to be admired. What do those "recent immigrants from East Africa and the Caribbean" know of America, but what the blacks here fought and died to provide? How dare they decide their anger or frustration is misguided ON THEIR TERMS? They have it easy by comparison, because American whites aren't mad at THEM for the historical push-back. No, they're paraded as the "good blacks" when they just got here and stepped over the dead bodies to be greeted by whites who want to show the rest of us a thing or two.
It's bullshit.
We are a country. We have a history. We should deal with our issues realistically. This idea that shitting on (or ignoring) American born blacks for others, as a way to "enlighten" them, helps no one. It's racism (or something) in another form.
If you want to bring blacks away from the Democrats, you've chosen a pretty shitty way to do it - and it won't work,...
shiloh - you're the ones who make instant generalizations about the actions of an 2 DNC plants. Oh and the spitting incident - never proven.
What instrument do you play in the band?
Crack has cracked, next he'll be full on left winger and voting for Obama. He's fully back in the plantation.
Failure to play "Freebird"?
For harrogate,
http://www.buzzfeed.com/zekejmiller/chaos-on-the-gop-convention-floor
TAMPA — A shouting match erupted on the floor of the Republican National Convention on Tuesday afternoon as Chairman Reince Priebus called for a vote to unseat several Ron Paul delegates.
Loud cries of “Boo” and” Seat them now” filled the convention floor as repeated calls to contest a credentials committee report fell on deaf ears after it passed by a voice vote. A majority of the delegates from six states were required to call for a roll call vote on the credentials report, submitting their intent to do so in writing in advance. Despite Maine the delegates’ claims, no such support came from their colleagues from other states.
The boos disrupted the speech of Puerto Rico National Committeewoman Zori Fonalledas, who was set to announce the nomination of Speaker of the House John Boehner as permanent convention chairman.
Priebus repeatedly called on the crowd to silence themselves, as dozens of men wearing earpieces converged on the shouting Paul supporters — some delegates, and even more expressing their displeasure from the arena’s upper decks.
As Boehner moved to the report from the Committee on Rules and Order of Business, Paul supporters began shouting “Point of Order,” calling on the chair to recognize them for a motion. Boehner shouted over them, as other delegates tried to drown them out with chants of “U-S-A.”
lead and backup vocals, rythym and slide guitar, keys and mouth harp.
Did anyone ever consider a false-flag operation here?
this made me laugh
coketown said...
The media will not be content until peanuts are thrown at Mia Love and black camera operators are given standing ovations--just for operating cameras while black.
Or throw black camera operators at Mia Love while giving standing ovations to peanuts.
Oh. And yeah. That one thing: the media's influence has severely diminished over the last decade or so, so conservatives should stop treating media bias as if it's significant. It's not. The media has gone all-out pro-Obama/War on Women/anti-Romney/anti-Ryan/granny-killer-nazi-dirtbags these last couple months, and it hasn't influenced a thing. Nobody is listening or watching or reading. Nobody cares. We should go back to gloating about the NYT's fiscal collapse. That's funny stuff.
Paul - why do you not consider that? If Republicans are such uber-racists, how come only 2 threw peanuts?
So I guess your disagreement is with them, not me.
Only insofar as you think this CNN incident is much ado about nothing.
YoungHegelian,
I know. I can still remember the first time I met an African:
She got all huffy because we didn't know anything about Africa except what we learned from Tarzan movies. We schooled that bitch - quick - on what it meant to be from a slave culture.
No, but it's not a thing with blacks. Not knowing shit isn't the same as deliberately being mean.
I agree with that, of course, but I still insist we have to get there through the filter of our own history. We're Americans - at the forefront of history - and I'll be damned if tribalism is where I go to, or run from, for answers.
For the umpteenth time, if the "bozos" were Democratic operatives, and you were in charge of the RNC, wouldn't you have their names and driver's licenses out there in a heartbeat?
Mister - I think the RNC was in such a hurry to evict them it didn't consider the possibility of them being DNC plants.
Seems to me if I wanted to generate some negative press for any organization at their biggest gathering, whether it was the RNC or the College of Cardinals, I couldn't think of a better way than hurling racist remarks and insulting behavior at a black person operating a video camera for a major cable news outlet.
a.) the two morons were Demo plants trying to stir up some trouble
b.) the episode never happened.
Either way explains why the guilty parties were not identified in the media. The fact that there is no video of the event (I mean, she was carrying the camera, right?) makes me lean towards item b.
I think you mean "something."
Yes I want video/audio proof or it never happened.
With all the smartphones around and no video? I might buy it in 2007, but not 2012.
Yeah Crack thinks he's so fucking special.
And nobody (plant or otherwise) was ejected, and the Romney campaign didn't feel constrained to apologize. Got it.
Indeed, Althouse cons can't get enough about race and the media as they fall over themselves to post lol.
The stereotypical view of American Blacks is not one recent immigrants want tied to themselves?
Hmmm. Go figure.
It's not something anyone would want to be associated with.
I'd think all black people would want to distance themselves from it, but the media wants to emphasize it. Why?
shiloh - you are so full of crap. It's your side bringing up race 24/7. What about Sam Jackson's tweet about Isaac and the GOP? Seems to me it's your side that's obsessing, asshole.
Many of the immigrants who get here stepped over the body of dead blacks in their homeland to do so. If they're not concerned about "their" own dead, why should they bother about yours?
The problem I have with American black notions of their own history is that while American black history sucks, lots of historical experiences suck much, much worse.
How do you think a post-war Ukranian or a modern Congolese immigrant feels when he hears the "Nobody knows the trouble we've seen" litany? Is there any wonder why their response would be "You have no idea how lucky you are! Fuck off & get a life!"
East African and Caribbean blacks do their best to keep their distance from American blacks. They don't want that poison attitude infecting them.
Alex, I'm laughing mostly at the "Alex said" part.
Yeah, I know the Republican line in an election year - do it our way or else we claim you're out.
Well, the CONSERVATIVE line is still "Fuck you!"
Just because you have no values, Alex - or they're willing to bend with the wind - doesn't mean I'll ever be like that:
I'm a MAN.
Crack,
We schooled that bitch - quick - on what it meant to be from a slave culture.
A slave to your mind maybe, but otherwise, I'm sure you were blowing smoke. Or did you forget that BLACKS enslaved the blacks that came to the Americas? Did you forget that slavery still exists in Africa?
The culture the black Americans have is a wannabe slave culture, as slavery ended 147 years ago in the US. The undeserved feelings of victimhood makes blacks, and you, feel better about sucking at life, when in reality the reason the black community in America sucks is because black American culture sucks. Blacks up until the 40's had stable families, a strong work ethic, and low unemployment rate. But once the new slave culture of government handouts and dependence came up, the feelings of entitlement went through the roof, rotting the moral character of the black culture.
That you think you "schooled that bitch" only shows what a dumb bitch you are.
Samuel L. Jackson: 'Unfair' Hurricane Isaac Avoid GOP Convention And Aimed For NOLA
So who's obsessing about race now?
You're goddamned right - and you, especially, should be kissing my ass for breakfast.
You need the nourishment,...
Always love the prevailing thought among conservatives that food stamps make you lazy. But a tax cut to wealthy person makes them more motivated!
@Buddwing:
The Romney campaign apology means nothing. Did you expect them to mount an investigation in this? Vehement denials that such a thing could happen? Create a giant news story?
They run a campaign, this was a bullshit incident. The best and only option, put it behind you.
Here's an idea: try thinking like a grown-up.
garage - what do you know about wealthy businessmen? DO you know they work on average 80 hours a week? How many hours a week do food stamp recipients work?
If only there were extensive press coverage every time a speaker got a standing O at a convention.
That would get kinda tedious to read.
Alex is violating his own code again. :D
btw, that was truly fuckin' amusing as you said you were totally done w/Ritmo and (5) minutes later you mention his name in a post lol.
I yield back the balance of my time to Alex, a totally confused pup ...
Just to be clear, I already stated that the peanut throwing incidents--if incidents they even were--are overblown. I rolled me eyes the second the reports about them came out, and when Ann referred to them here, I rolled my eyes again.
Matthew, Dr. Dweevil, et al:
I find the explanations you are providing persuasive. I was watching the event take place in real time, however, and the timing of it all was pretty damned stunning to me. And the lady's *initial* response was very different than the things she said later.
Also, I understood at the time, and continue to understand, that there was a floor fight going on over Paul's (earned, fwiw) delegate count. But the idea that they were totally uncognizant of the speaker at the time (and I trust everyone countering me has bothered to look at what she was trying to say, as well?) is hardly what one would call an air tight case.
The truth of the matter is that no matter what the explanation, it was a hostile moment and therefore nothing AT ALL like when the delegates chanted "USA!" while Bohener and Romney were at the podium.
Still, like I said, I do find the explanations recently rendered persuasive. I am not totally aligned with those explanations because what I saw was hostile rhetoric in that moment. And it sure as hell was a bigger moment, a moment more worth exploring, than the protocols of the peanuts of Zion incident.
Remember when Ann reminded you not to say stupid stuff.
You should take that advice to heart every time you feel the need to post. Save yourself a lot of emabarassment.
Known Unknown said...
Maybe she had big ears and a really really long nose!
wyo sis,
Yeah, that anti-feminist, 2nd Amendment-loving, Proud To Be American message I get from Rap Music is so disgusting!
Somebody grab me a steel drum!
"Anyone" meaning those so filled with their own bullshit they can't recognize the fruits of their own hateful labors. Boy, under that criteria, I should see all white people as "The Devil".
That's the kind of "thinking" thatll get us far, huh?
It sells papers. And I no more "want to distance" myself from the American experience than you do - oh wait - you DO want to do that. Pretend it never happened and think you're right based on your delusion.
Niiiiice,...
Considering the sources of the 'peanut' incident it probably didn't happen. But assuming it did, what is the implication that Obama is a monkey which then begs the question of who is the organ grinder? Joe Biden the intellect of the democratic party?
30 million people out of work, millions more going on SSI disability after unemployment runs out, the poverty level the highest since 1965, the median family income down, the average person's net worth down to below the Bush average, a financial apocalypse coming soon if nothing is done and what do the resident lefties here troll about? A few peanuts tossed and the in-authenticness of a few Negros who dare not not toe the Party line. Unbelievable.
Further, I was not implying that Love couldn't think for herself and become a Republican and Mormon, but that the audience, knowing they were on camera realized they were part of the show that goes on at any convention, and that show may not be reflected in private moments off camera.
Now, you're just implying that most people at that convention (and those who are like-minded) seethe with racism.
Fuck you R/V, sincerely.
Guys, it's all a minstrel show by the Rethugs. Don't pay any attention to the Klansmen behind the curtain.
I agree - so they should shut up and let we Americans deal with our shit without their input. Trying to turn a historical slave/master relationship to their advantage doesn't help America.
I agree - but as I always say about cultism, just because it's not happening to YOU doesn't mean it's not worth addressing. I'm not Russian, don't live in Russia, ain't going to Russia. You got a problem in Russia? Deal with it. Black issues are here - and, as I said, they push this country to the forefront of history - whether whites want to go there or not (smile).
I know how lucky I am - I also know my country (not theirs) does everything it can to solve these problems, all over the world. If they don't like it, they know where they can go,...
Michael Haz said...
Not nearly, but we lucked out. Your side got Gwen Moore and Maxine Waters.
Congratulations. I really don't recall the last time I saw someone on the web change his mind on a major issue of contention when shown new evidence. Seriously, it's a lot rarer than it ought to be.
garage mahal (11:35am):
Can you really not see why giving people free money (or equivalent in food stamps) taken from other people would tend to make them lazier, while allowing people to keep a higher percentage of the money they earned by their own labors would tend to make them work harder? You use a form of words to make the two situations sound comparabale, but they are in fact in essential ways quite different.
I think the headline to this post is a bit misleading. I heard little about Mia Love's speech (I already knew about her, although about as much as I should given she's a small town mayor from a distant state.)
I read about the CNN/peanut incident the night it happened. Since then, there's really been no news about it. (at least in my experience.)
Yeah because raising taxes on marginal income really motivates people to work more the net less. Hey since according to you tax hikes don't affect behavior lets cut civil service salaries by 30% and call it a targeted tax hike. I'm sure they will just fine with that. And since food stamps don't make one lazy, lets get rid of them since industrious people don't need them. After all if undocumented workers can find work so can those on 'entitlements'.
Additionally, as Thomas Sowell has detailed, the black culture of today was inherited from the Scottish highlands. In other words, what you claim to be a "slave culture" is in fact a culture inherited from one of the whitest countries on earth that had pretty much nothing to do with slavery.
"I agree - so they should shut up and let we Americans deal with our shit without their input."
-- If more politicians shut up, we wouldn't have to keep trying to vote the bums out.
Why would you or anyone want to be associated with the stereotypical view of anything?
I thought you were all about individualism.
Ken ,
Did you forget that BLACKS enslaved the blacks that came to the Americas?
Since that information didn't become widespread until fairly recently, how were we supposed to know that? I said we were getting information from Tarzan. Considering the number of you intent on putting a guy in office who thinks American Indians are the lost tribes of Israel, I seriously don't think your capacity for complex thought - or commitment to education - is very good or well thought out.
Did you forget that slavery still exists in Africa?
In Africa? The Moonie leader just died. I did a post on one of his slaves here in America - aided by Orrin Hatch - have YOU been protesting about it? I have - and have been catching HELL for it.
Man, some days you guys are too much,...
Please. I said I understand where blacks are coming from - this is my country, culture and history - not that I share it. But that's enough for you - after years of dealing with me - to slander me. And you don't think blacks have a reason to be angry? Right there, you've proven you don't play fair, when I'm attempting to.
So maybe it's you who are "rotting the moral character of the black culture"? Hmmm?
Nice. Learned my lesson with that one, you incoherent, ahistorical, back-stabbing, unpatriotic moron.
Like I said, I understand why blacks are angry, but it's got to be dealt with as an American issue on American terms.
And assholes like you are part of that.
Next week's headline:
Women Get Standing Ovulation at DNC — Media Silence; Clinton Adds Nuts — Media Frenzy
bagoh20 said...
"garage mahal said...
Always love the prevailing thought among conservatives that food stamps make you lazy. But a tax cut to wealthy person makes them more motivated!"
Do you go on the internet in the morning to see which direction the sun will cross the sky?
How bad does your partisan sickness have to be to get you to admit such stupidity in public. You are a bona fide martyr for the cause.
The protocols of the peanuts of Zion
Love it,...
You write: "But the idea that they were totally uncognizant of the speaker at the time (and I trust everyone countering me has bothered to look at what she was trying to say, as well?) is hardly what one would call an air tight case."
No one was paying attention to the speaker at the time. Such is the nature of the afternoon program at both conventions. The vast majority of people are milling around, networking, catching up with old friends. There is an audible din in the arena and perhaps 20% of delegates/alternates/guests are actually in their seats and paying attention to the speakers during the afternoon.
In this case, the din was louder, there was even less attention to the podium, and the "networking" was replaced by a mad scramble on this and other floor fights.
(I was there.)
Chip Ahoy said...
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I think the Democrats are far more guilty of the crime of waistism than the Republicans. It is impossible for a Democrat to mention Chris Christie without alluding to his girth. Republicans, on the other hand, frequently criticize Barney Frank and rarely make mention of his fat ass. Can't we all agree: the Democrats hate fat people. Waistists, one and all.
Yeah, and Africa Bammbaataa launched Rap Music with "Planet Rock" - a re-working of Kraftwerk's "Trans Europe Express".
Small world, huh?
I am, but what the hell can I do? I live here, I was raised here, these are my friends and family you guys are railing against. While I'm trying to school them on conservatives, I've got to listen to you spew garbage - do you understand what a bind that puts me in?
I'm trying to be bigger than all this, but none of you want to go there - as I said in my first comment, you LIKE playing the race card.
I'm trying to EMBODY MLK's dream.
Y'all - blacks and whites - want to keep it a nightmare, apparently for as long as possible.
I read somewhere that until Brown v. Board of Education, the all black schools were better schools than most of today's intercity schools because the black teachers took pride in their teaching, those teachers were also proud of their race, and so they demanded the best from their students.
I'd say those schools were probably better than most of our public schools today.
Those who know a little bit of the history know that black families were making great strides in moving up to middle class status until LBJ's "Great Society" and "War on Poverty."
I think it was Thomas Sowell who said that slavery and the great depression couldn't destroy the black family. It took LBJ's "Great Society" to destroy the black family.
I said we were getting information from Tarzan.
God forbid you CRACK a fucking book.
EMD,
Whites forbade blacks from reading for centuries. Where was this great love for reading supposed to come from? Some had it (myself included) but most not.
God forbid you CRACK a fucking book - and learn a thing or two about American history and it's fallout.
The Africans sold into slavery by their fellow Africans were not big readers.
How bad does your partisan sickness have to be to get you to admit such stupidity in public
The stupidity is that belief which I pointed out. As usual, you're smack dab in the middle of stupidity.
And then there's Frederick Douglass — the epitome of a self-made man.
Valid argument and on the mark. But what is the solution?
That boat for the ride over wasn't supplied with a library either.
Yeah, last I recall, he spent his life arguing in favor of blacks too.
Funny, but - for a guy you seem to admire - some of you folks didn't seem to get his message,...
I'm not sure I understand the issue here.
What is the "correct" position? Are you fighting against or for the stereotypical racial view? Why do people like Mia Love have to embrace a system or a point of view they don't agree with?
"Like I said, I understand why blacks are angry, but it's got to be dealt with as an American issue on American terms."
But blacks are going backwards and have been for decades. There really is no excuse.
ricpic said...
...there were some serious racists allowed into the Republican convention...
As serious racists as your party's presidential candidate and his attorney general?
"I think Obama could very well lose some black votes."
I think some blacks won't vote this election. They know they've been hurt the most by the high unemployment. They're also more religious than most non blacks and they for sure don't like Obama's stance on gay marriage. Obviously because of their long time loyalty to the Dems and pride for their race, I think Obama will still get a high percentage of their votes but that percentage won't be as high as in 2008 and it won't be high enough to get him reelected.
Crack. I think they had no written language. The library wouldnt have helped.
Crack, I agree we should address the issue, but how much should we do so through our politics?
One of the moral cores to big State progressivism is slavery. Over at the Nation they're still gathered around John Brown's body. It's all the Democrat party has right now, so they're locked and loaded.
If you're held in bondage by the laws of civil society, and decisions like Brown v Board of Ed come along, and affirmative action...why not take them...damn the arguments for individual liberty?
Obama got where he is in large part because he didn't confront whites directly like most of the Old Civil Rights crowd, but simply smiled and charmed his way along and took advantage of the moment (and got helped along by other radical lefties along the way...).
It STILL might work on Althouse and various other young people and rich white NPR liberals.
"If whites voted in a 100% block for a white candidate, that would be proof positive of white racism".
In this particular election it would be more a sign of stupidity more than anything but if you are promoting racism as a factor, then I agree.
Didn't, like, almost the exact same thing "happen" at a Palin or McCain/ Palin rally in 2008?
I mean, uncannily the same: a black MSM cameraman (except I think in 2008 it was a man, not a woman) was racially taunted by supposed Republicans. At a rally for the Republican candidate(s) against Obama, at a time when the racism theme is being pushed by the Dems/MSM.
How odd that in these two separate and unrelated incidents during two separate election campaigns (both against Obama), racist "Republicans" decide to taunt an (obvious, conspicuous) member of the MSM. They made a beeline for the person with the big camera. (Yet there's no footage.)
And how convenient.
cubanbob,
I'm currently standing with Clint Eastwood - who even went so far as to extoll the virtues of a heroin addict, like "Bird," to speak of the American experience - we have to remember "We own this place."
We don't have to keep leaping for the race card, or responding to the dog whistle. We do this because we LIKE getting played.
We should be laughing at the people attempting to do this to us - not just the Jacksons and Sharptons, but ANYONE who attempts to divide us.
I said I reject Obama and Romney because they're two sides of the same coin. Is it any wonder Romney wasn't happy with Clint's speech?
No, because - while criticizing Obama - Clint warned us against "politicians":
I would just like to say something, ladies and gentlemen. Something that I think is very important. It is that, you, we -- we own this country.
(APPLAUSE)
We -- we own it. It is not you owning it, and not
politicians owning it. Politicians are employees of ours.
And -- so -- they are just going to come around and beg for votes every few years. It is the same old deal. But I just think it is important that you realize , that you're the best in the world. Whether you are a Democrat or Republican or whether you're libertarian or whatever, you are the best. And we should not ever forget that. And when somebody does not do the job, we got to let them go.
Okay, just remember that. And I'm speaking out for everybody out there. It doesn't hurt,...
"I'm speaking out for everybody out there."
And so am I. We need to stop this garbage and get serious about being owners of this place. Blacks aren't the problem any more than whites are - WE are the problem. The fact that we refuse to live up to that. We have to own it.
We prefer, instead, to band together into our little cults and point at the "other side" when there is no "other side."
There's just us. Americans. I argue for THAT every day - and I'm called a crank for it.
But until we realize it, and fight for it, we won't be able to win for losing.
They might as well drop race cards and dog whistles - instead of balloons and confetti - at both conventions.
That, at least, would be honest.
Physical slavery is over. But mental slavery is alive and well.
Everyone says I'm now A Cult Of One.
In other words, a free man.
I suggest you all form your own as well,...
I read somewhere that until Brown v. Board of Education, the all black schools were better schools than most of today's intercity schools because the black teachers took pride in their teaching, those teachers were also proud of their race, and so they demanded the best from their students."
Somewhere? You read somewhere? Where was that, that Klan handbook of wishful thinking?
Are you implying that black teachers are involved and dedicated and are not proud of their race and they just let their students slack off and muddle through cause they are black?
There he is ladies and gentlemen: The Core of the GOP. You can agree with him or tell him to go dig a hole, but you can't be silent.
That's fine, as long as you can admit that. No harm there. Like I said, we started off watching Tarzan. Nothing to be proud of, but it was a start.
What is the "correct" position?
Us against the media, politicians - including Mia Love - and the preachers, gurus, etc.
Are you fighting against or for the stereotypical racial view?
I'm against everything, apparently. We're simply doing it all wrong.
Why do people like Mia Love have to embrace a system or a point of view they don't agree with?
Because, unlike you, Mia Love can't admit she doesn't understand it. She's playing us. I met her and her husband. Heard her stump speech long before she "made it" and didn't hear anything that spoke to our native American experience. Her husband's criticisms of America cemented the view for me.
It's like when I lived in France and they tried to tell me about America and I realized they don't know shit about the place.
A person like Mia Love would do well to go on a "listening tour" rather than trying to tell me anything.
I didn't come here for a better life - I was born here - and I'll respect anyone who can claim that more than anyone else:
"I'm surprised that Althouse is questioning whether the peanut incident happened at all. According to AP, the Romney campaign apologized for the incident and called it "reprehensible." "
Why did they assume it happened? Obviously, if you're told this happened, the automatic response is to say it's terrible, but that's no reason for me to believe it happened. It is like that famous spitting incident? It got condemned, but that doesn't mean it happened. I don't think it did.
Also, who were the peanut-throwers?
Blacks are going backwards and have been for decades. There really is no excuse.
Sure there is - lots of them.
Nobody, black or white, speaking against the "Black Power" movement when it started. That was a biggie.
Decades of welfare nonsense.
White Flight.
An unwillingness to support those who are unconventional thinkers, merely because they're unconventional. Understanding ideas doesn't seem to be as important to those here, as controlling how they're displayed, if you ask me.
A love for religion, etc., over education - ensuring we see more of one and not the other in the black and white communities.
Insulting declarations like "Rap Isn't Music" when it was the greatest cultural contribution to American and world culture in 50 years. That even turned your kids against you.
I could go on for years,...
Fuck, man, pictures - braille - anything,...
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by Linda Chavez at Townhall.com
Clueless. It’s the word that best describes the Obama administration’s first year in office. They’ve proven themselves clueless about creating jobs; clueless about handling growing nuclear threats from Iran and North Korea; and now, most devastatingly, clueless about protecting Americans from terrorist attacks on our own soil. And with nearly one year under the belts, they can’t keep blaming the Bush administration for everything that goes awry.
It is hard to imagine a more incompetent handling of the thwarted Christmas Day bombing of a U.S. jetliner. First, the commander in chief was too busy enjoying his vacation in Hawaii to do much more than issue platitudinous assurances that he was “actively monitoring” the incident, while dispersing White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs and Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano to the weekend talk shows to downplay the significance of the event.
When the news media began uncovering evidence that Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab was exactly who he claimed to be when taken into custody — a terrorist tied to an al-Qaida network in Yemen — the administration began backtracking on its earlier statements that the incident was not part of a larger terrorist plot and that “the system worked.” But it took the president three days to appear before the American public to insist on a thorough investigation. By that time, everyone knew that the would-be suicide bomber’s own father had alerted U.S. intelligence officials of his son’s threat to American security. But the warnings didn’t keep Abdulmutallab off a jetliner headed to the United States.
Even the words the president used in his press conference Dec. 28 suggest how clueless he is. He described Abdulmutallab as a “passenger (who) allegedly tried to ignite an explosive device,” repeatedly referring to Abdulmutallab in his comments as a “suspect.” These are the weasel words we use when talking about ordinary criminals, which is no accident. The Obama administration’s anti-terrorism philosophy is to treat terrorist attacks like criminal actions, not acts of war.
January 2, 2010 Posted by John Allison, III | Obama | Abdulmutallab, Al-Qaida, Domestic Policy, Economy, Foreign Policy, Gitmo, Guantanamo, Linda Chavez, Napolitano, Obama, terror, Terror Trials, Terrorism, Townhall.com, War on Terror | 5 Comments
How Will Importing Dangerous Terrorists Make America Safer?
by Rep. John Boehner (R-OH)
Today the Obama Administration is announcing it plans to import the terrorists held at the Guantanamo Bay prison – some of the most dangerous terrorists in the world – to the Thomson Correctional Center located outside Chicago, Illinois. This decision puts the interests of liberal special interest groups before the safety and security of the American people. Here’s how I addressed this issue at a press conference on Capitol Hill this morning:
The American people don’t want dangerous terrorists imported on to U.S. soil, and time after time the House and Senate have reaffirmed this position with bipartisan votes rejecting the Administration’s plan. Yet this Administration is defying the will of the American people and importing them anyway. What’s worse, this decision is completely unnecessary considering that these terrorists were already being tried by military commissions, which were specifically designed under the law to prosecute such heinous acts.
Republicans have offered a better solution. In May, we introduced the Keep Terrorists Out of America Act (H.R. 2294) to (1) affirm Congress’ opposition to transferring or releasing terrorists held at the Guantanamo Bay prison into the United States; (2) prohibit the Administration from transferring or releasing any terrorist detainees at Guantanamo Bay to any state without express approval from the state’s governor and legislature; and (3) prohibit the President from transferring or releasing a terrorist detainee into the United States unless he provides notification and certification to Congress. Our proposal reflects the will of the American people, and it puts a premium on their safety and security first and foremost.
In their rush to bring Guantanamo Bay terrorists on to U.S. soil, Washington Democrats have repeatedly failed to articulate an overarching strategy to confront and defeat the terrorist threat. At the very least, the American people deserve to know how importing these dangerous terrorists and giving them the same rights as U.S. citizens will make us any safer. I have yet to see a good explanation, but Republicans will stand with Illinois families and seek every remedy at our disposal to stop this dangerous plan.
December 16, 2009 Posted by John Allison, III | War on Terror | 9-11, 9/11, Enemy Combatants, Eric Holder, Gitmo, Guantanamo Bay, John Boehner, Khalid Sheik Mohammed, New York, Terror Trials, Terrorists, War on Terror | 1 Comment
President Has “More Effective” Method to Get Intel from Terrorists – What Is It?
by Dennis Prager on Townhall.com
In his latest address – on Guantanamo detainees – President Obama said something of extraordinary importance that seems to have been missed by the media:
“I know some have argued that brutal methods like water-boarding were necessary to keep us safe. I could not disagree more…I reject the assertion that these are the most effective means of interrogation.”
As this President chooses his words carefully, these claims need to be understood.
Note that Mr. Obama did not say what nearly all opponents of water-boarding say – that water-boarding is not an effective method of extracting reliable, life-saving, information. He took no issue with former Vice-President Dick Cheney’s claims that water-boarding or “enhanced interrogation” saved American and other lives. Indeed, he clearly leaves open the possibility, even the likelihood, that this claim is accurate. Rather, what he says is that “methods like water-boarding were not necessary to keep us safe” – not necessary, not ineffective. And why does he believe this? Because they are not “the most effective means of
interrogation.”
In other words, the President’s view seems to be that water-boarding the three terrorists did elicit vital, life-saving, information. However, he contends that we could have obtained all that information using means of interrogation that were both non-brutal and more effective.
May 26, 2009 Posted by John Allison, III | War on Terror | Dennis Prager, Gitmo, Guantanamo, Guantanamo Bay, Obama, Terrorists, Torture, Townhall.com | Leave a comment
Bumbling Biden does it again
The Vice President must be competing with Nancy Pelosi for the top spot of thorns in the President’s side.
Obama may have thought he was safe for a few days when he sent “Loose-lips” Joe out of the country, but he managed to give the press another gaffe in Kosovo.
It’s no secret the President has suffered some setbacks on his plan to shut down the military prison at Gitmo, but he still claims to be in control of the situation and that America will be better off once the 240 hardened terrorists housed there are dispersed around the globe, or around the US, or anywhere but penned up on a secure island where they can do no harm.
After stating he “thinks” the administration will close the prison by its self-imposed deadline, he continued with “But, look, what the president said is that this is going to be hard. It’s like opening Pandora’s Box. We don’t know what’s inside the box.“
So Obama says it needs to happen. We must close down the terrorist home for the good of the country. But his second in command admits they really have no clue what the consequences of following through will be.
I seem to recall these fools harshly criticizing Bush for acting with haste, without a well thought out plan.
Joe-the-ever-ebullient-orator didn’t stop there though. In response to Americans’ concerns over these trained terrorists being incarcerated on our soil, Biden suggests we “go to some maximum security cells if you want to know some dangerous people. Matter of fact, it might be an awakening to them.“
So we should enlighten ourselves by dropping in on the Unabomber, or the infamous shoe bomber, get to know them a little and we’ll see just how nice these guys are down there at Guantanamo. We might even invite one or two over for supper, maybe let them date our daughters once we see what gentle creatures we’ve really been keeping down there.
Biden may well turn out to be the best asset the Right has at the moment.
May 22, 2009 Posted by John Allison, III | Obama | Biden, Democrats, Gitmo, Guantanamo, Obama | 1 Comment
1st Gitmo Terrorist to Be Tried in US
Obama’s administration is thumbing its nose at lawmakers, Republicans and Democrats, who this week voted to block funding for the President’s plan to shut down the military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba by charging ahead to try a notorious terrorist in New York.
Democrats largely supported Obama’s decision to close the prison until it became clear the President’s plan involved bringing the murderous villains to the lawmakers’ own backyard. Suddenly, the idea didn’t seem so sound. The liberal lawmakers who previously praised the president’s plan voted not to fund the transfer earlier this week.
But the Constitution hasn’t stopped the President from enacting his radical agenda of societal reconstruction and he won’t let lawmakers concerned with housing international terrorists among their constituents stop his plan to bring the criminals home.
I have to go to work now, but update later to continue this rant.
Obama to Try Terror Suspect in NYC, First Gitmo Detainee Brought to U.S.
WASHINGTON – The Obama administration is pressing ahead with its plan to close the Guantanamo Bay detention center, deciding to put a “high value” detainee on trial in New York City despite resistance from some in Congress.
Attorney General Eric Holder announced early Thursday that Ahmed Ghailani will be sent to New York City for trial, which would make him the first Guantanamo detainee brought to the U.S. and the first to face trial in a civilian criminal court.
May 21, 2009 Posted by John Allison, III | War on Terror | Gitmo, Guantanamo, Obama, Terrorism, Terrorists, War on Terror | Leave a comment
From the Conservative Net
This is the first of what I intend to be a weekly series.
It’s just impossible to write an original post on everything that needs covering, so each weekend I’ll post an excerpt from other blogs I follow of articles on issues that I simply couldn’t find the time to cover that week.
From All American Blogger
Haste Makes Waste: Feds Send Millions in Stimulus Checks to Dead People
The government is saying the error happened because they had to get things done in a hurry. Because of the perceived time pressure, the have sent millions of dollars in stimulus money to people like “Romolo Romonini, who died in Italy 34 years ago.”
From ARRA News Service
Obama Warns America’s Debt Load is Unustainable
Can you believe it? After creating the largest spending program and largest deficit in American history, President Obama warns us about something every Tea Party American knows: that the American Debt Load is unsustainable. Thanks for putting us in this position Mr. Obama!…
From The Conservative Pup
The Right Stuff….
I’m so proud of Carrie Prejean. When asked her opinion about a current divisive political issue during the Miss USA pageant, she took the more difficult path of honesty. Some might have chosen the easier, more traveled path of evasiveness or outright dishonesty, but she chose the “road less traveled.” She gave her opinion in an almost apologetic way, stating clearly that she didn’t wish to offend anyone.
From The Foundry
New York Times Reports Half The Story in Afghanistan
On today’s front page, the New York Times goes to every effort to recreate the narrative of Mai-Lai in Vietnam, only this time in Afghanistan. Unfortunately, they do so with only half the story. This much we think we know: One night last week, American forces in the middle of a drawn out battle with insurgent Taliban forces, launched an aerial attack on enemy targets. It appears many civilians were killed during the battle.
From Michelle Malkin
Pelosi, the CIA, and the Dems’ dangerous blame game
We had dueling press conferences this morning with Nancy Pelosi accusing the Bush CIA of lying to her about waterboarding and House GOP leader John Boehner defending the integrity of the briefers.
Pelosi had a particularly frozen look on her face throughout her presser as she repeated the “Bush lied about Iraq” mantra to justify her own inaction:
May 17, 2009 Posted by John Allison, III | Obama | Afghanistan, Christianity, CIA, Deficit, Gay Rights, Gitmo, Guantanamo, Liberal Media, Miss USA, NY Times, Obama, Pelosi, Spending, Stimulus, Torture, Values, War on Terror, Waste | 2 Comments
Maybe Bush was Right on Detainees?
At least that appears to be what the Obama administration is thinking now.
When this morning I read the President is now weighing the option of indefinitely detaining terror suspects I was taken aback. Wasn’t this man the same who, as a presidential candidate, steadfastly opposed every part of Bush’s strategy of dealing with detainees at Guantanamo? Who decried every action Bush took?
Responding to the McCain campaign’s criticism of his desire to extend constitutional protections to the residents of Gitmo in June 2008, Obama stated “…and I think, in fact, it’s the failed policies of the Bush administration and the unwillingness to look towards the future that is causing us so many problems around the world.” He was implying, of course, that Bush’s policies on the treatment of terror suspects jeopardized national security by creating anti-American sentiment around the world.
Now he’s going to continue a policy he so long denounced.
But this isn’t the only issue where Obama’s flipped to support a previously abhorred Bush policy now that he’s occupying the White House.
Late last month Obama was aboard a fast train Hell-bent to release more photos of detainee “abuse,” but switched yesterday when he announced the release of the photos would “…further inflame anti-American opinion, and to put our troops in greater danger.”
Too bad his mind wasn’t changed before the release of the so-called “torture” memos. Just four days prior to his reversal on releasing the aforementioned photos, he justified the release of the previously classified memos by claiming it would make the world like us more and we would therefore be more safe.
Photos bad, memos good according to Obama. A little contradictory, no?
Don’t forget his reversal on military tribunals either.
From the February 13, 2008 SFGate.com article on the pros and cons of tribunals in the cases of 6 terror suspects who faced the death penalty: “Obama said the men should be tried either in a U.S. criminal court or by military court-martial, either of which would ‘demonstrate our commitment to the rule of law.’ Both those systems are more protective of defendants’ rights than military tribunals, which allow evidence obtained through coercion and hearsay.”
Well, he didn’t really mean all that. Earlier this month, news broke that Obama’s going to fire the tribunal machine back up again. According to the NY Times, “The Obama administration is moving toward reviving the military commission system…” and “the first public moves could come as soon as next week.”
You remember, the tribunals that denied due process to those poor guys at Gitmo who chop off people’s heads and fly planes into buildings.
So, Obama’s general frame of mind when the Bush administration ran the tribunals was that they were bad, really bad. Not only did they fail to protect the rights of folks who…oh…cut of American’s heads on camera and kill thousands by flying planes into buildings, but they made other terrorists mad at us.
Now that he’s getting his mail at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., military tribunals are just what we need.
Something changed his mind. Maybe he thinks his middle name will make the tribunals more palatable to radical Islamic terrorists?
This adoption of Bush policies opposed by Obama on the campaign trail appears to be a developing habit. Keep your fingers crossed and maybe he’ll adopt one more and keep Gitmo open since no other country seems to want the abused terror suspects and we certainly don’t want them here.
Okay, that may be too much wishful thinking.
But, with so much of Obama’s change so closely resembling Bush policy in this arena, Obama supporters might just have to admit that maybe Bush was right on Gitmo and the detainees all along.
May 14, 2009 Posted by John Allison, III | War on Terror | Bush, Change, Detainees, Gitmo, Guantanamo, Obama, War on Terror | 2 Comments
Cantor (R-VA) Joins House GOP Members to Introduce Keep Terrorists Out of America Act
Press Release from Representative Eric Cantor (R-VA)
Contact:Brad Dayspring
WASHINGTON, DC – House Republican Whip Eric Cantor (R-VA) today joined several Republican colleagues to introduce the Keep Terrorists Out of America Act — legislation intended to prevent prisoners being held at Guantanamo Bay from being relocated to the United States.
The Keep Terrorists Out of America Act requires pre-approval from governors and state legislatures to transfer or release any terrorist detainee into their respective state. The legislation establishes strict criteria and certification standards that must be met before any detainee is released into the United States.
Cantor is also an original co-sponsor of H.R. 1186, which seeks to prohibit prisoners at the Guantanamo Bay detention facility from being transferred to federal prisons or military bases in Virginia.
At a press conference earlier today on Capitol Hill, Mr. Cantor made the following statement:
“This is the one area where I’m going to take a protectionist stance—protection from terrorists. If there’s ever a time for protectionism, this is it.
“Coming from Virginia, where there are two facilities on the list of potential sites for relocating these terrorists, I am particularly passionate about making sure that the President’s desire, and some in this congress, to bring these enemy combatants to the soil of the United States does not happen. With the communities surrounding Naval Base Norfolk and those around Quantico, in their interest—this must not happen.”
Facts on the Keep Terrorists Out of America Act (Courtesy of the Office of the Republican Leader):
Affirming Congress’ Opposition to the Release and Transfer of Terrorists. The bill affirms Congress’ opposition to transferring or releasing terrorists held at the Guantanamo Bay prison into the United States. Most Americans do not support releasing these terrorists from Guantanamo Bay prison and transferring them into the United States. The bill gives Congress an opportunity to show that it stands with the American people on this critical matter, and opposes the release and transfer of these terrorists.
Governor & State Legislature Pre-Approval. The measure prohibits the Administration from transferring or releasing any terrorist detainees at Guantanamo Bay to any state without express approval from the state’s governor and legislature, and certifies to Congress that strict requirements have been met. For example, the Administration must certify to the respective governor and state legislature that the detainee does not pose a security risk to the United States. The certifications must be made 60 days before any transfer or release.
Presidential Certification Requirements. The measure prohibits the President from transferring or releasing a terrorist detainee into the United States unless he provides the following notification and certification to Congress regarding:
• The name of the detainee and transfer/release location in the United States.
• The release/transfer would not negatively impact continued prosecution of the detainee.
• The release/transfer would not negatively impact continued detention of the detainee.
• The ability of federal judges to release detainees into the United States.
May 7, 2009 Posted by John Allison, III | War on Terror | Cantor, Gitmo, GOP, Guantanamo Bay, Obama, Terrorists, War on Terror | 2 Comments
Dems block funding to close Gitmo
from Move America Forward
Democrats today killed a request by President Obama for $81 million to close Gitmo. It’s a good start, but the Democrats could still fund the closure in other ways.
We at Move America Forward have been on the forefront of the fight to keep Gitmo open. Obama has no plans for the dangerous terrorists locked up on cuba in America’s prison.
Closing the prison “just never stood up to logic. There is no place on the planet to take the worst of the worst that would treat them as well as they are treated at [Guantanamo],” said Rep. Steve King, Iowa Republican, who visited the facility a month ago.
“The bottom line really is that [if the prisoners are released], innocent people will die and some of them likely will be Americans,” he said.
A contingent from MAF visited the camps on Gitmo and found the same thing Obama’s administration found: The prison is well run and abides by all Geneva conventions. In fact, the prisoners are treated with kid gloves with meal plans given to them every week, doctors and nurses at their behest, English and Art lessons, and plenty of time outside to play soccer with other prisoners.
The Democrats did the right thing today. Now let’s see if they continue to protect Americans by keeping gitmo open.
Here’s the story from the Washington Times:
House Democratic leaders Monday dropped President Obama’s request for $81 million to close the Guantanamo Bay prison camp, bowing to strong Republican criticism that the administration lacks a plan to relocate terror suspects detained there.
Mr. Obama requested the money as part a spending bill for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, but Democratic appropriators left it out of the bill circulated Monday among House Appropriations Committee staffers.
Republicans have been criticizing Mr. Obama for rushing to keep his campaign promise to close the prison camp at the U.S. Navy base on Cuba without a plan for what to do with the roughly 240 terrorism suspects currently held on the island.
Democratic leaders were not immediately available to comment.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Nevada Democrat, previously dismissed the Republicans’ objections as another example of partisan obstructionism by the minority.
“It would be highly irresponsible for Republicans to attempt to hold up funding as part of their just-say-no strategy,” Reid spokesman Jim Manley said.
Senate Democrats have not come out in support of using the war-spending bill to close the prison camp, a strong signal that the move by House appropriators could kill the funding in the bill.
The administration could still move forward with Mr. Obama’s promise to close the detention center by January 2010 and seek funding through another supplemental spending bill.
Lawmakers in both parties oppose bringing the prisoners to their states. Speculation about shipping the terror suspects to prisons in states including Florida, Montana and Virginia has met stiff resistance. A number of foreign countries also do not want to take the prisoners, either.
The White House has not announced where it intends to move the detainees.
The supplemental spending bill circulated Monday carried a price tag of about $94 billion, about $10 billion more than Mr. Obama requested.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, Kentucky Republican, made a series of speeches in recent weeks blasting the president’s push to close the Guantanamo Bay camp.
Last week, House Majority Leader John Boehner, Ohio Republican, put out a Web video that asked: “What are Democrats doing to keep America safe?” It charged that Mr. Obama’s decision to close Guantanamo and end harsh interrogation techniques that some criticize as torture would put the United States at risk of another terror 9/11-type attack.
On the video, Michigan Rep. Peter Hoekstra of Michigan, ranking Republican on the House Intelligence Committee, says, “The real question we now face is, What is President Obama’s strategy to confront this threat from radical jihadists?”
About 100,000 viewers had visited the video Web site as of Monday, according to Mr. Boehner’s office.
On the Senate floor Monday, Mr. McConnell said the appropriate time for Congress to debate closing the prison camp is after “the administration has a plan to safely detain, prosecute, or transfer these detainees.”
“With no safe alternative, this is the only sensible approach,” he said.
The Defense Department has confirmed that 18 former detainees had returned to the battlefield and at least 40 more are suspected of having rejoined terrorist networks after being released from Guantanamo.
May 5, 2009 Posted by John Allison, III | Obama | Democrats, Gitmo, Guantanamo Bay, Obama, War on Terror | Leave a comment
More results of Obama’s foreign policy blunders…
Iraqi soldier kills 2 US soldiers, wounds 3
So maybe arbitrary deadlines for troop withdrawals do encourage the enemy.
Chavez Slams Terror Report, Claims ‘New Aggression’ by U.S.
I guess the hugs, handshakes, and gifts didn’t soften the two-bit dictator’s stone heart after all.
Suicide bomb kills 6 in Mosul
The deadliest month of the year for US troops in Iraq. Imagine that, the enemy is stepping up its attacks now that it knows we’re pulling out. But don’t worry, Hillary told Iraq we’re not abandoning them, and the Obamessiah promises increased violence won’t alter his plan to withdraw troops. Talk about mixed messages to our Iraqi allies!
U.S. to hold new talks with Syria
This should be interesting since Syria backs Hezbollah and Hamas. Former President Carter has used his trips to Syria to bash Israel and defend terrorists. I’m sure the terrorist sponsoring nation is looking forward to manipulating a sitting President for its propaganda.
Officials: Gitmo court system likely to stay open
This should play well overseas with all the countries that criticized Bush for not treating the terrorists like jaywalkers. Of course they thought things would “change” with Obama in the White House since this was one of his major criticisms of the previous administration.
I’m sure this list will continue to grow as long as our President thinks the best foreign policy is to stroke the egos of our enemies by condemning our own country. Stay tuned for more next week.
May 2, 2009 Posted by John Allison, III | Foreign Policy | Chavez, Foreign Policy, Gitmo, Hamas, Hezbollah, Iraq, Iraq War, Israel, Military Tribunals, Syria, War on Terror | Leave a comment
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It was August of 1971. I was forty-one years old. I’d had just returned to Anchorage from the Wrangell Mountains where I had been guiding for the Dall Sheep. It was between hunts and I had a few days off. I’d dropped into the fur traders taxidermy shop, which I was a 50/50 partner with Dick Idol. I kept my hunting business office in the same office as the taxidermy shop.
Dick and I were discussing all the latest events, which included a buying and selling trip to Norway and Sweden by way of several states and cities to promote my hunting business. I had planned to spend about eighty days, thirty in the states promoting hunting, then travel on to Holland, Norway and Sweden to mostly buy furs for our taxidermy business. After that, I planned an African Safari in Kenya and a Tiger and Leopard hunt in India, returning home through the Orient via Bangkok, Hong Kong and Tokyo. While Dick and I were talking I spotted this beautiful girl working at one of the fur tables. I asked Dick, “Who’s that beauty and what was she doing here”? Dick said “She just blew in here from Hawaii and asked for a job. I put her to work making fur flowers out of all the leftover fur scraps we have”. She’s pretty creative and she can make about twenty to twenty-five a day. They sell for $5.00 each and the material is scrap and her salary is $2.00 a flower. We’re selling all she can make”. I said man, she’s a beauty. I’d sure like to meet her. Dick introduced me. Her name was Kandice Green, recently from Hawaii, grew up in Portland, Oregon. She was of the free wandering crowd, roaming the country, looking for adventure. One thing for sure – she was a raving beauty. Unfortunately, I had to leave the next day and return to my hunting lodge in the Wrangell Mountains. I never saw Kandice again for over a month, when I next returned to Anchorage. I asked her out for dinner and night clubbing. She turned me down. I suspected she was an anti-hunting type of girl although I didn’t ask point blank. I often wondered why she applied to work in a taxidermy shop where animals are mounted on forms for hunters.
It wasn’t until October I saw Kandice again. I asked Dick where she went since she was no longer making flowers for us. He said she went to work in the donut shop. So naturally I stopped by the donut shop to get donuts for the crew at the taxidermy shop. Kandice was there, as beautiful as ever. I tried to make small talk but I wasn’t getting anywhere. Of course, the ultimate goal was to convince her she might have a good time if we went out. No such luck. She wasn’t having any of that. I just took my sack of donuts and left, but before I did I said, “How would you like to go around the world with me?”. She answered, “What’s the matter with you – are you crazy?” I said, “no, I’m going to Africa and India in December and I’d really like you to come along”. She looked at me like I was crazy and turned and walked away.
I had been planning this trip for several months. I would first go to several places in the states to book hunts for my hunting lodge, then to the Weatherby Awards dinner at the Stardust in Las Vegas, on to North Carolina for Christmas with Dick’s parents, on to New York for a week of business booking clients, then to Amsterdam, Holland, Copenhagen and Norway to buy furs, drive down through Germany, fly to Nairobi, Kenya, Africa on Safari for twenty-eight days, on to India for a Tiger and Leopard hunt for thirty days, on to Thailand, do the floating market at Hong Kong, then back to Anchorage. We’d be gone from Alaska for eighty to ninety days.
I didn’t go back to the donut shop and see Kandice for a week or so, but I thought what the hell, I might as well see if I’d planted a seed since I couldn’t get her off my mind. I stopped by one morning, got my donuts and as I was leaving, Kandice said, “were you really serious when you asked me to travel around the world with you”? I said yes, I was serious. “you’ve got thirty-one days to get your passport and your things in order. We leave on November 15th”. I then told her my travel plans. She made a comment that it would be good for college credits if she took me up on my offer. Hell, I didn’t know anything about college credits, but I did know what I wanted. Here was the possibility of having a gorgeous companion that was above average intelligence and beautiful to travel the world with. This could make a great trip – an outstanding trip.
We started making plans and getting all our necessary paperwork taken care of. We went out to dinner and dancing a few times, to kinda work the stiffness out of our relationship. Kandice was easy to be with, she felt good, looked good and had a quiet, easy going manner. She sang and played the guitar and lived her life to the fullest. I enjoyed her company a lot and looked forward to some enjoyable days ahead.
It was on one of those evenings the four of us were out, dining and dancing, sitting in the club on Gambell street in Anchorage, when Jeff Graham walked up to our table. Jeff Graham – is a true mountain man who worked as a guide for me all during the sixties. He was one of the toughest men I’ve ever known. I once saw Jeff literally pull a horse over fifteen miles. He was one of the few men I’ve known who could walk a horse to exhaustion.
Jeff now had his own guiding hunting business. He based his guiding operation out of Port Heiden, Alaska on the Alaskan Peninsula. Jeff had heard I was going outside to the states. He asked if I’d take a couple of mistake bear hides to a Seattle taxidermy shop for him. The bear hides in question were not tagged by the Fish & Game and for whatever reason – I don’t know – but I suspected they were killed by mistake and the client hunters wouldn’t claim them since they were too small – Jeff said one was killed this past season and the other the year before. He was going to get them mounted instead of simply throwing them away.
It was risky business shipping a hide out of the State of Alaska if it wasn’t officially tagged by the Fish & Game Department. Jeff knew he was asking me to do an illegal action but we both considered it pretty safe to pack them in duffle bags and take them along as baggage. This was in the days before baggage was searched or even looked at a second glance. I told him to pack each one in a duffle bag and leave them at the taxidermy shop. I’d take them to the world famous Seattle taxidermy.
Finally the big day came. We were leaving for Seattle on the midnight flight of Northwest Airlines. It was a 747, my first ride on that magnificent airplane.
Kandice and I went to the airport. We had lots of bags. Again, that was the good old days when the agents just smile if one had a couple of extra bags. I had arranged for Kandice to check in the two duffle bags with the bear hides plus her other two bags for a total of four for her and four for me. I’d told Kandice, who I was pretty well acquainted with now, that I would like her to check in the duffles with the bear hides since if she by chance got caught with them, it would only be a slap on the wrist for her plus a fine, which I would pay. But if I got caught with an illegal bear hide (one that was not officially tagged) then I may lose my guides license and further serious consequences. I also told her I’d protect her if she just happened to get caught with an unsealed bear hide. I’d furnish an attorney and pay the fine.
I was finally getting second thoughts about taking Jeff’s bear hides out for him but in my loose moment of drinking and acting like there was nothing to it, in front of Kandice, I’d let my mouth over run my better judgement. But I wasn’t going to back out now. We were at the airport and we were checking in.
After checking in all the bags, we started boarding the big bird. Everything was all go – we were on our way! Taxing out for take off to runway six in Anchorage, we’d no more than gotten to the active runway when the captain came over the speaker and said, “Ladies and gentlemen, we’ve been told there is a bomb on the aircraft. We’re returning to the terminal where everyone will be asked to deplane. There will be several police and customs agents who will interview each of you. The FBI will be assisting. All baggage will be unloaded and each passenger must claim his or her own baggage.” You can imagine what was going through my head about this time.
I didn’t seriously think there was a bomb on board. I was trying to think of who knew we had those bear hides. I just knew it was someone who knew I had those bear hides and wanted to see me get caught with them. I would bet anything there was no bomb on that plane, but someone wanted me to get caught with those bear hides. I even wondered if Jeff had set me up. We’d soon see.
We all got off at the customs terminal and went inside and waited on our bags to be brought in so each of us could claim our bags. I told Kandice they would find the bear hides and that they might confiscate them and detain her. I further tried to assure her that I’d back her up and get my lawyer if need be. She said, “You better – if you don’t I’ll see that you go down with me!” I said, “I’ll do everything in my power to keep you out of trouble.”
About that time I looked across the room and stared straight at Jim, the agent in charge of the Anchorage FBI. I knew Jim and said hello. He asked what I was doing there so I told him I was just getting started on a world tour but it appeared like it’s getting a slow start. Jim and I visited for awhile. He moved on to supervise all the passengers and baggage search. In the meantime I’d separated from Kandice. I left her standing all by herself with her two duffle bags and two suitcases. She looked forlorn standing there alone, not knowing what was going to happen to her when her turn came for the interview.
She finally got to the interview. It was a local, fat airport cop. He asked if that was her baggage. She said yes. They proceeded to search her bags. They opened the duffle and saw it was some kind of fur. They turned it up and dumped the small bear hide out on the floor of the customs terminal. You could of heard a pin drop. No one said a word. Kandice looked even more forlorn. I’m sure she wished she could have crawled into that bag.
The big, fat airport cop said, “Hey you guys, I’ve got a bear hide. What am I suppose to do with this?” Another one shouted, “Has it got an export tag on it?” The big cop looked and said, “NO!” Someone said you’re suppose to call Joe Brantley. I knew then that we may be in for real trouble. Joe Brantley was the Fish & Game agent who had been chasing me around for years. He would stoop to anything to pin a violation on me. On one occasion I stopped at Port Moller airport to get gas from a cannery. I noticed there were several Fish & Game airplanes parked all in a row. Lots of game wardens were milling around in a group. One of them was Joe Brantley. Joe walked over to my plane and proceeded to tell me how they were going to “get me” that spring and that if I didn’t hunt legal they would nail me. Joe also told me that all those planes and the people flying and riding in them were assigned to me. Well, we still guided eight bear hunters who all got bear but the Alaska Fish & Game air force did not catch us in a single violation but boy did they try. See photo of Fish & Game planes.
Just the year before, Joe Brantley asked my former wife Beverly if she would work for him under cover to convict me of a hunting violation. I’m not saying I didn’t have it coming, but how low can one stoop to get the job done. Even though Beverly and I were separated, we were friends. I’d always thought I’d given Beverly a bum deal in our marriage. She had always been fair with me. It’s just the marriage didn’t work. But Joe Brantley made a mistake when he thought Beverly would set me up. She came straight to me with Brantley’s offer.
To get back to the present, Kandice, looking lost and lonely, stood by her bear hide and duffle until Brantley showed up. I was standing on the other side of the room when Joe came in. He walked straight up to Kandice, took one look at the bear hide and proceeded to read her her rights. He took her and her baggage and left the terminal. My worst fears were realized. I correctly figured he was taking her to jail. In the meantime, I sure didn’t want to jump off the plane since that would look highly suspicious to Jim and the FBI man. So I got back on the plane bound for Seattle. The plane landed in Seattle around 5:00am. Of course, they never did find any bomb on that plane.
The minute I got off the plane I immediately called two prominent attorneys in Anchorage who I’d worked with many times. The first one I called was my good friend and attorney Burton Biss. I also called Bob Hartig, who was fairly new to me. I didn’t know how he’d take me calling him at 5:00am, but he was not too disturbed and agreed to go down to the jail and see if Kandice was there. Burton Biss was out of town until noon, but he was very supportive on the phone and had some good advice for me. In the meantime, Bob had found out that Joe Brantley had taken Kandice straight to jail. He told her she could go if she’d sign a statement on who the bear hide really belonged to and who had her take it as luggage. Ole Joe knew that hide didn’t belong to her. Kandice held her guns and remained silent and said she had bought the hide from a man on the street. She said she was going to give it to her Daddy in Portland. She was the picture of innocense but she was lying through her teeth, bless her heart. She kept her word and didn’t give me up but she told me later that if that lawyer hadn’t showed up when he did she was starting to weaken.
Joe Brantley knew Kandice was connected to some guide or hunter. Joe was a seasoned game warden. He’d had years of experience and he rightly figured he was on to something. The attorney told Kandice that he’d get her out of jail as soon as the judge held court, about 9:00am, and she could plead not guilty and leave since I’d told the attorney to vouch for her and I also had Burt Biss inform the judge that she would plead not guilty and appear for trial sometime after we returned to Alaska in about ninety days.
Joe Brantley knew something was going on. There was more to this story than a girl who bought a bear skin for her Daddy. Especially when two of Anchorage’s best criminal attorneys showed up at her hearing. Joe tried to have the D.A. throw a monkey wrench in the proceeding by protesting Kandice being released on her own recognizance, but Hartig and Biss convinced the judge to release her.
On the way out of the jail and courthouse, Kandice was walking down the hallway with an attorney on each side of her, one carrying a duffle bag and the other her two suitcases. When Hartig asked Kandice, “Boy this duffle bag is heavy. What have you got in there?” Kandice replied, “Oh, that’s the other bear hide. They never did look in my other duffle bag when they got all excited about finding the first bear at the airport. Joe Brantley carried it in to the jail and now you nice gentlemen are carrying it out for me.” Bob Hartig about dropped his teeth and the duffle bag. Here was one of Anchorage’s outstanding attorneys carrying an illegal bear hide out of the jail house!
I caught up with Kandice at Las Vegas at the Sands Hotel. We stayed there a couple of days while I booked some bear hunters for the next year. I had some of the most enjoyable days I can remember. Kandice and I traveled from Las Vegas to Arizona, where we spent a couple of days camping in the desert. Kandice sang and played her guitar. She played and sang that great old song, “Me & Bobby McGee” and did it the best I’d ever heard it outside of Charlie Pride.
We spent Christmas in North Carolina with Dick Idol’s parents, then on to New York and on to Europe. We drove through Germany, then on to Rome. We flew to Greece and to Nairobi, Kenya, Africa where we went on a Northern Frontier Camel Safari for big Elephant. The Africa and India Orient part of our trip is another story, which I’ll get to in the future.
We got back to Alaska on February 5, 1972. Kandice had to go see the D.A. I told her she was the best at what she was born with and that she should date the young D.A. Maybe that would solve everything. I went to the Arctic Polar Bear hunting. Kandice was living in my house. I heard later through the grapevine that Kandice went out with the Assistant D.A. on several dates and that the bear hide case just went away. The case kept getting put on the back burner and finally just disappeared. The case was dismissed by a judge. Kandice left my home sometime that spring in March of 1972. I’ve never seen her since.
I’ve often wondered whatever happened to that beautiful little wayward girl who I took around the world. I hope she enjoyed it half as much as I did. It was twenty years later, about 1992 or so, that I got a letter in the mail. The letter was from a Catholic Convent in South Carolina and it was addressed to me at my Texas office. The letter was a request for a character reference for a Kandice Green. The letter simply stated that a Miss Kandice Green had given my name for a character reference. She was applying for a teaching job at that Catholic school. I did give Kandice a good reference. I hope she was successful getting the position. I’ll never know how that letter reached me since I lived in Anchorage at the time I met Kandice. Sharon and I didn’t move to Texas until 1982. Of course, Sharon didn’t know anything about the entire episode, which was just another one of my wild experiences in years past. There will be many more adventurous experiences related in the process of telling these stories. Some I’m not proud of but one thing for sure I can count on is my wonderful wife Sharon and her support as I try and relate my past life’s experiences in writing the book I plan in which some of these stories will be a part of.
Once in awhile, a guide makes a mistake and kills a bear too small or kills a bear by accident due to a charge or other reasons. It’s a real hassle to turn such a bear in to the officials but it’s a shame to just leave it to waste. Jeff had two such bears, a sow and cub. He had to shoot one that charged him while he and a client were out hunting. Even though it’s not legal, most people did not turn these incidents in to the Fish & Game. I believe the guides of today have a different attitude towards regulation violations. Most of them act and perform like real professionals who practice good game management.
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What lesson did God want to teach Jonah in the story of the gourd and the worm?
Sep 5, 2014 | Bible | 3 comments
Kia Ora Gramps.
Could you please help to understand what lesson the Lord wanted to teach Jonah about the Gourd and the Worm? I’m having trouble understanding the story. I’ve read that the Lord wanted to show Jonah that He loves all His people. How does that show through the story? What did the Lord mean in Jonah 4:10-11? Many thanks.
Tetoki
Tetoki,
Jonah is an interesting story. Jonah was a prophet who supported Israel at a time when Israel was threatened by Nineveh. So when the Lord told Jonah that Nineveh was wicked and ripe for destruction, it would be easy to see why Jonah would be pleased by this; and why he would be less pleased to be called by the Lord to call the city of Nineveh to repentance.
Jonah would know that if Nineveh repented, the Lord would not destroy it, and it would remain a threat to Israel. Whereas if they did not repent, then the Lord would destroy them, and they would no longer be a danger to Israel. He would also know that if he disobeyed the commands of the Lord, he would bring down the wrath of God on himself.
With this understanding, Jonah’s choice to flee makes sense (in a very short-sighted kind of way) . He gets on the boat and flees Jerusalem. When the ship is threatened, he tells them to throw him over, willing to give his life to do what he thinks is best for Israel.
The Bible states that the Lord had Jonah caught by a ‘giant fish’ for three days and then vomit him up (presumably near Nineveh). During this time Jonah humbled himself to do what the Lord wanted. So he goes to Nineveh and calls them to repent or be destroyed.
Now there is potential for a bit of Irony here. Had Jonah gone to Nineveh just as an enemy Israelite, he would have most likely been ignored, maybe even killed. His failure would have resulted in the destruction of Nineveh by the Lord due to their wickedness. Yet he rebelled, and Nineveh accepted him as a messenger and quickly repented when he got there. Why would they do that? It seems that at this time Nineveh had a sea-oriented religious system and sea-themed Gods. Image what some of the Nineveh locals would think and say if they saw Jonah get vomited up out of a fish onto the beach. Image what they would be thinking when he started telling them that God had a message for them, and they needed to repent or be destroyed. Clearly the Lord knew what Jonah would do, and it seems the Lord was prepared to use that to further His own ends.
But the Lord is also working with Jonah trying to get him to see the value of every soul, not just the Israelites. That is where the Gourd and the Worm come in. Jonah is depressed and miserable due the the fact that the city would not be destroyed. He had prophesied doom and destruction in the name of the Lord, but due to repentance it wasn’t going to happen.
Jonah is mad at the Lord, so the Lord tried to teach him. The Lord provided a gourd or plant that protected Jonah. The next day he sent in a worm which destroyed the gourd leaving Jonah open to the elements. When Jonah adds that to his list of complaints the Lord uses it as a teaching moment.
The Lords states that Jonah mourns the loss of the Gourd which came up in a day and was lost in a day–a nothing and trivial thing. Yet the city of Nineveh had sixscore thousand people (Jonah 4:11) who didn’t know any better and Jonah thinks their preservation is a bad thing? By so doing, the Lord is showing Jonah that his priorities are more then a bit messed up.
The record of Jonah ends there, so we don’t know what happened to Jonah after that, but we can hope that he learned what the Lord wanted him to learn and that he repented of his attitude and actions. This is something we all need to be careful of, not to let our own wants and desires blind us to what is truly important.
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Hockey India name 33 probables for women’s national coaching camp in Bengaluru, team to train under chief coach Sjoerd Marijne for four weeks
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New Delhi: Hockey India on Saturday named 33 core probables for the Indian women’s national coaching camp, commencing on Monday at the Sports Authority of India (SAI), Bengaluru.
The players have been asked to report to chief coach Sjoerd Marijne for the four-week camp, which will conclude on 11 August.
After the conclusion of the camp, the team will travel to Japan for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics Test event, which will be played among India, hosts Japan, Australia and China, starting 17 August.
“We will use this upcoming national coaching camp to evaluate our performances at the FIH Women’s Series Finals Hiroshima 2019, and identify the areas for improvement,” said coach Marijne.
“If you win, everything looks good, but it is important to keep a critical eye on your own performance to take the next step in the right direction. We have a few focus points where we want to improve, and the next four weeks will be utilised in making the improvements,” he added.
Marijne said that the upcoming event in Japan will be a good test for his team. “Our aim is to use the matches against Australia, China and hosts Japan to improve our own play and prepare well for the FIH Olympic Qualifiers 2019.
“I am very curious to see how we will play against Australia, but before that, we will be focusing on stepping up our training in the next four weeks,” he said.
“To play these matches, we will need good fitness, and that is something which will be important for us in the camp as well. These matches give us the chance to test a few things which we can use in the FIH Olympic Qualifiers later this year,” the coach explained.
Core probables list:
Goalkeepeers: Savita, Rajani Etimarpu, Bichu Devi Kharibam
Defenders: Deep Grace Ekka, Reena Khokhar, Suman Devi Thoudam, Sunita Lakra, Salima Tete, Manpreet Kaur, Gurjit Kaur, Rashmita Minz, Mahima Choudhary and Nisha
Midefielders: Nikki Pradhan, Monika, Neha Goyal, Lilima Minz, Sushila Chanu Pukhrambam, Chetna, Reet, Anuja Singh, Karishma Yadav and Sonika
Forwards: Rani, Lalremsiami, Vandana Katariya, Navjot Kaur, Navneet Kaur, Rajwinder Kaur, Jyoti, Sharmila Devi, Amandeep Kaur and Priyanka Wankhede.
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Tacoma passes a new firearm tax
Tacoma City Council met on November 12 to finalize their decision on the new tax bill.
Julia Henning, Online Editor
The Tacoma City Council met for over the past four weeks to hear about and eventually pass a bill that would impose a tax on firearms and ammunition.
The bill introduced a tax of $25.00 per firearm sold at retail, $0.02 per round of ammunition .22 caliber or less, and $0.05 per round of other ammunition sold at retail. This change would provide $30,000 to programs that increase public safety and prevent gun violence in the Tacoma.
Upon entering the Tacoma Municipal Building, I was directed downstairs to the hall where the City Council meets. Even though I had arrived 30 minutes early, the room had reached capacity and I was guided to an overflow room where they had a TV for the meeting to play on. The room was a mixture of both people for and against the bill. It smelled overwhelmingly of cigarettes permeating from tall men in neon shirts that were against the bill. Because I was there with Students Demand Action, a gun prevention group, I found some of the members of the same organization as mine.
It took awhile for the program to begin, but once it did, the council moved quickly through the other bills to get through to the civilian comments. Each person had a minute and thirty seconds to state their side and why the bill should be passed that way. My friend, Grace Ritchie, a junior in the School of Math and Sciences, spoke for the bill in front of the mayor
Because the bill was already sponsored by Mayor Woodards and two other council members, it was likely to pass. This frustrated the people against the bill that I was in the room with. Many of the people against the bill were talking beforehand about their disappointment if the bill were to pass. Many of them believed it was wrong to make the responsible gun owners pay more for their guns, and that the bill was targeting them even if this money was going back to help prevent gun violence.
In the end, the City Council voted 8-0 to approve the bill. The founder of Everytown for Gun Safety, Shannon Watts, recognized our work on Twitter and congratulated us. The bill will go into effect on July 1, 2020.
Shannon Watts founded Moms Demand Action in 2012 for advocates of gun violence prevention. Students Demand Action was founded shortly after for high school and college age activists.
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More value creation through integral automation solutions
Editorials Events Automation
15/04/2019|CIMT 2019 - Automation
With flexible workpiece handling and palette automation systems, DMG MORI supports its customers on their path towards autonomous manufacturing.
An intelligent combination of machine tool and automation solution
Automation solution for all DMG MORI machines
Production plants supply the machine and the automation system from a single source
Hardware and software – perfectly coordinated
The range of services extends from standard automation and customer-specific automation solutions to turnkey solutions
Robo2Go 2nd Generation: Flexible automation, simple to program
GX07: space-saving gantry loader
MATRIS: Versatile modular workpiece handling
RPS: High-capacity compact rotary pallet storage system
Automated machines are crucial components of a digital factory and therefore an integral part of intelligent and networked production. DMG MORI sees automation in this way as a strategic future-oriented field. Like all plants in the group, the production plant in Tianjin also assumes an important role in the development and implementation of automation solutions. Its portfolio ranges from technical consultations and budgeting to possible modifications to machines in use and on to include installation and commissioning. The experts in Tianjin also assume other optimizations, the tooling and teaching of robots, so customers receive a complete automation solution from a single source. DMG MORI will demonstrate its automation expertise at the CIMT using the examples of a CTX beta 800 TC with Robo2Go, an ALX 2500 with a GX 07 gantry loader, a CMX 1100 Vc with the MATRIS workpiece handling system and an NHC 4000 equipped with a rotary pallet storage solution.
Designing user-specific automation solutions requires a high degree of flexibility and experience. Expertise in this field is to be found directly in the plants at DMG MORI, as is also the case in Tianjin. The required flexibility is based on modular building blocks consisting of production cells and systems, which can be configured and adapted individually. DMG MORI also has a holistic approach to the design of automation solutions that considers the entire value creation chain and so ensures the system can be integrated ideally into the process.
The Robo2Go 2nd Generation can be operated intuitively without any knowledge of robot programming.
Robo2Go 2nd Generation: flexible automation, simply programmed
DMG MORI developed the Robo2Go 2nd Generation as a flexible robotic automation for the turning centers of the CLX and CLX series as well as the turn & mill complete machining centers of the CTX TC series. DMG MORI will be showcasing the robot at the CIMT on a CTX beta 800 TC. Thanks to its new software, the second generation can be operated intuitively. The processes can be created quickly and simply with the Robo2Go 2nd Generation based on predefined program modules and even without any knowledge of robot programming. This means that teaching a new workpiece takes less than five minutes, making the Robo2Go 2nd Generation an ideal and flexible solution for small and medium-sized batches.
The workpiece magazine of the GX 7 is available with 14, 20 or 26 pallet tables, maximum workpiece weight per pallet is 35 kg and a diameter of up to 150 mm depending on the version
GX 7: Space-saving gantry loader
DMG MORI will be demonstrating the benefits of the GX 7 gantry loader at the CIMT on an ALX 2500. On the one hand this workpiece handling solution is extremely compact and space saving, on the other thanks to its integration in the machine control it is easy to program and setup. Its flexibility is also reflected in the different peripheral equipment, such as washing, measuring or marking, that can be connected. The workpiece magazine of the GX 7 is available with 14, 20 or 26 pallet tables, maximum workpiece weight per pallet is 35 kg and a diameter of up to 150 mm depending on the version. Travel speeds of 180 m/min in the X-axis and 200 m/min in the Z-axis make the GX 7 a fast and therefore also productive automation solution.
With a load capacity of up to 800 kg, the PH 400 in the DMG MORI portfolio is an ideal complement to the rotary magazine.
DMG MORI will be presenting its MATRIS workpiece handling system at the CIMT on a CMX 1100 Vc. Depending on the application it can be equipped with different grippers and can be combined with standardized peripheral modules for washing, measuring or marking. The structured design of the robot programs and teach functions enable a fast start in serial production. In addition, the use of MAPPS connected makes maintenance and operation easier. Maximum workpiece weight is 20 kg with workpiece sizes up to ø 150 x 120 mm. There is also space available for 14 pallets. MATRIS has an additional impressive function when combined with the CMX 1100 Vc: it can load vertical machining centers with oversize tools. DMG MORI also has the smaller MATRIS mini in its range, a very cost-efficient miniaturized form of the MATRIS for an even more compact layout and shorter commissioning times.
The RPS offers space for up to 21 pallets.
With its rotary pallet, storage system DMG MORI offers an automation solution that is with up to 21 pallet stations on two or rather three levels for space-saving purposes and a setup station. The NHC 4000 that the machine tool manufacturer produces in Tianjin will be shown at the CIMT with the RPS standard version for five pallets. Maximum workpiece weight in the case of the NHC 4000 is 400 kg and the maximum workpiece size ø 630 x 900 mm. Control of the RPS is effected directly via the machine control with the aid of the integrated Pallet Manager software.
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Hina Khan's first look from her debut Indo Hollywood film Country Of Blind! Wed September 11th, 2019
The gorgeous TV star Hina Khan is all set to be seen in her first-ever Indo-Hollywood movie, Country Of Blind which is based on a book by HG Wells, The Country Of The Blind. Hina’s first look from her debut American film was released and it is bound to leave you intrigued.
In the first look, Hina appears to be lost in thoughts. But if u look thoroughly, Hina’s look will leave you mesmerised. In the movie, Hina is essaying a visually impaired girl and to prepare for the role, Hina went to a blind school workshop. The actress is really overjoyed to be associated with the project and mentioned that rather than waiting for commercial films, she is looking for roles which will give her a chance to showcase her performance and talent.
Country of Blind is shot both in Hindi and English and Hina will be seen as a blind girl in the movie.
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by yeti9000 | July 8, 2009 · 9:16 am
“It’s on with Alexa Chung”
Other stay-at-home parents might dig “Regis & Kelly”, “Oprah”, “The View” or even the train wreck that is the fourth hour of the “Today Show”, but in this household, we are all about Alexa-freaking-Chung!
Haven’t heard of her? Well, neither had we until her new talk show “It’s on with Alexa Chung” debuted a couple of weeks back on MTV. Apparently Chung is a fairly well-known former model/chat show host in the UK. All I know is that she’s funny, entertaining, and best of all, totally sexy in a goofy, self-deprecating way — which makes her even sexier in my book! — and that Greta and I have become HUGE fans of this show in the past couple of weeks.
Of course I think Greta mostly likes the cool colors on the set and stuff at this point, but, I do know that she downs her bottle much more calmly with Alexa Chung cheekily interviewing celebrities in the background. Maybe it’s the cool UK accent, who knows?
All I know for sure is that if you find yourself home at 11:30AM on a weekday, you gotta check this show out. Chung’s interviews are fresh, lively and often genuinely hilarious, and she goes out of her way to involve the audience in any number of bizarre games and contests throughout the show.
One recent episode had Chung and her cohorts trying to break a few world’s records on the air. She had one dude trying to break the record for making the most peanut butter and jelly — she called it jam, of course, which made me love her even more — sandwiches in a minute while another event had Chung seeing how many purses she could hang on former “Destiny’s Child” star Kelly Rowland. Crazy, huh?
But crazy has never been this fun, so, check out this awesomeness before MTV cancels it. I’m sure my old ass is not even remotely the demographic they are aiming for with this show, which was supposedly designed to be a replacement for the late, great “TRL”, but I think most of you out there will love it.
What worries me the most are the bored, vacant looks of the tweens in the audience. Their lifeless stares when Chung cracks a first-rate joke tell me that unless she seriously rocks the ratings, her show might be in trouble. So, get out there and spread the good word, amigos…Alexa Chung rules!
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by yeti9000 | April 17, 2009 · 12:23 pm
“Harper’s Island”
Sure the writing is kinda obvious and the only real “name” in the cast — wait, is Harry Hamlin still considered a “name”? — was literally sliced in half on the pilot, but for some reason, Christine and I are already seriously hooked on the new TV show “Harper’s Island”.
If you’ve somehow managed to escape the ubiquitous commercials and billboards, “Harper’s Island” is a limited-run murder mystery series (meaning it will resolve itself completely, telenovela-style after 13 episodes) airing Thursdays at 10PM on CBS. Yes, that CBS…
Set on a spooky, fog-shrouded island just north of Seattle, “Harper’s” isn’t exactly award-worthy fare, but, so far there has been plenty of gratuitous sex and some shockingly-gory murders — one dude was beheaded by the engine blades on a boat! Awesome! — so, like I said above, we’re kinda hooked.
The other big selling point for us is that the show will end in 13 weeks. I mean, hell, we’ve watched way lesser shows for a lot longer — yeah, you heard me final two seasons of “Angel” — so, 13 weeks of Lifetime TV-movie actors getting the axe (literally!) sounds cool to us.
So far, the premise is pretty much a “Scream” rehash with the troubled daughter of a murdered mother returning home to the Island for a friend’s wedding. Haunted by her mother’s death, the girl is kind of a cutesy basket case and the fact that every other character acts all “murderous” all the time doesn’t help put her frail mind to ease.
So far, people have violently chopped the heads off fishes, burned snails with a magnifying glass and revealed Satanic-looking tattoos just before getting in a crazy bar fight. Can you say, suspects? Wow!
Seriously, this show is like a crash course in cheesy soap opera acting: say or do something creepy, smile darkly to yourself…and hold that pose while the music builds. It’s kind of hilarious. And with almost every character already having had one of those moments, guessing who the killer is, and why they are killing everyone could be kinda fun.
Or not…but hey, it’s only for 13 episodes, right? So, if you’re looking for some cheesy so-bad-it’s-good fun, check out “Harper’s Island”. And, seriously, take a drink every time someone does something creepy and, trust me, you’ll be wasted by the fifteen minute mark. A-W-E-S-O-M-E!
Tagged as "Harper's Island", Abby Mills, Ari Schlossberg, awesomely bad TV, CBS, cheesy TV shows, Christopher Gorham, Elaine Cassidy, gory TV, Harry Hamlin, Henry Dunn, Katie Cassidy, limited run series, muder mysteries, murder mystery, new shows, See, TV shows, whodunnit
by yeti9000 | January 9, 2009 · 12:00 am
“Rita Rocks” on Lifetime
OK, I know it isn’t the coolest thing I’ve ever admitted to, but, try as I might, I cannot keep quiet about my latest TV obsession. And that’s because Lifetime’s new original sitcom “Rita Rocks”, well…rocks! Yes, I said Lifetime, as in, “Television for Women”, but if loving this sweet, classically-funny sitcom makes me a lady, then, braid my hair and call me Sally, because I love it!
“Rita Rocks” isn’t exactly revolutionary by TV standards, but it is a great, laugh-out-loud, working-class sitcom, and seeing as there hasn’t been a decent one of those on the airwaves since “Rosanne”, this show is like a breath of fresh air.
The concept here is simple. Rita, (played by former “Mad TV” regular, Nicole Sullivan) fronted a Bangles cover band in her youth and gave it all up to be a wife and mom. And then one day, while folding towels at the Bed, Bath and Beyond-ish superstore she works at, Rita realizes something is missing from her life and decides to get back into her music.
So, with the grudging support of her two daughters (a pitch-perfect Natalie Dreyfuss and Kelly Gould) and goofy, sitcom-perfect husband (Richard Ruccolo), Rita forms a garage band. And with Rita on guitar, her postal carrier best friend, Patty (played by former “Martin” hottie, Tisha Campbell-Martin), on keys, unemployed next door neighbor, Owen (Ian Gomez), on cello, and her daughter’s boyfriend, Kip (Ricky Ullman) on drums, the band takes flight.
I know, it sounds like a cutsey premise, and, well, maybe it is. But the characters are real, warm and very funny and the show is kinda awesome because of it. And on top of all that, the band actually sounds really good together when they play. I mean, I always thought Sullivan and Campbell were hilarious, but who knew they could sing too? Whoa…
Like I said, this isn’t exactly “Twin Peaks” or anything, but “Rita Rocks” is the kind of good, old-fashioned sitcom the major networks used to excel at. The fact that “Rita” airs on cable just shows you how far the mighty networks have fallen in my book. But, hey, if I have to watch Lifetime to get my sitcom fix, so be it.
So, if you find yourself hankering for a fun, well-written show with a rocking-good cast, check out “Rita Rocks” Monday nights at 8:30PM on Lifetime. And if you wanna really channel your inner girlie man, stick around for the Lifetime movies afterwards…they’re fabulous!
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Home Tech 7 Best GBA Emulators for PC
7 Best GBA Emulators for PC
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Last Updated: November 25, 2015 5:34 pm
If you have been looking for some decent GBA emulators for your PC to try out some old school GBA games then you are in luck because we bring you an extensive list of GBA emulators that work flawlessly on your PC. If you have already fallen in love with our comprehensive list of best GBA games then you definitely need one of the below mentioned GBA emulators to enjoy most of these games directly on your PC.
Below are the 7 best GBA emulators available for PC right now.
Visual Boy Advance (VBA-M)
Visual Boy Advance commonly known as VBA became one of the first and fully functional Game Boy advance emulators out in the market and it has always been available for free as a download. It had a long successful streak but in 2004 the developer behind this iconic emulator gave up on it which led to many other versions of the VBA emulator developed by different developers. VBA-M is the all new version that has continued the legacy of VBA and even brought some cool new features to this emulator to make it even more amazing for the gamers.
VBA-M is compatible with all GB (GameBoy), GBC (GameBoy Color), and GBA (GameBoy Advance) roms. Supports full save state feature and you can also speed up your gameplay with just a press of a single button. You can export all your saved files and play them in other emulators as well. Joystick support lets you enjoy all the amazing games with a joystick. Fullscreen mode lets you stretch all your games to a full screen mode but that will pixelate the graphics due to smaller screen size of the GBA and other Gameboy games.
No$GBA
No$GBA also known as No Cash GBA emulator is another one of the top-notch emulators for GBA systems. The best thing No$GBA is the fact that it also includes connectivity with other No$GBA emulators so you can enjoy multiplayer games. This is achieved by mimicking the GBA link connectivity so you can connect with other gamers via internet or local network and enjoy your games together. You can use this connectivity to trade pokemon and fight other trainers in all the Pokemon games for GBA but you can also utilize the connectivity for other games as well.
The best thing about No$GBA apart from the amazing GBA emulation and online connectivity is the feature that it also doubles as a Nintendo DS emulator. Nintendo DS emulators are a very rare software nowadays and one that is available for free almost seems too good to be true. You can play almost all of the commercial Nintendo DS games with the No$GBA emulator on your PC, so this kills two birds with one stone. If you are looking for a multi-functional emulator then No$GBA is the perfect emulator for you with its dual emulation features.
BoycottAdvance
BoycottAdvance is one of the most easy to use and simple GBA emulators out there in the market. It has been hailed as one of the best GBA emulators along with VisualBoy Advance in different lists published around the world wide web. Boycott Advance is very simple and requires BIOS support to play all the commercial and personal GBA roms on your PC. If you want to just play your favorite GBA titles directly on your PC without having to buy a GBA system then this is definitely one of the best GBA emulators you can use.
BoycottAdvance supports full sound emulation to give you an amazing experience while playing your favorite GBA titles. Save/load state support lets you save and load your games at any state anywhere you like so you never ever lose your progress in any game. It supports Joystick as well so you can play your favorite games with a joypad or joystick attached to your PC. Boycott Advance Online is a java applet that works online in your browser so you can play your GBA titles without having to download this emulator at all.
BatGBA
BatGBA a lightweight GBA emulator that simply does what it’s supposed to do without much hassle at all. You can play all the commercial and noncommercial GBA roms with this amazing emulator on your PC. BatGBA has been out for quite a long time now, more than a decade but it still performs as greatly as it should. All emulated games work perfectly with no hiccups or frame drops at all so you can enjoy these games on your PC without any problems. You will need an original BIOS file to play most of the games perfectly in this emulator. BIOS files are available on the Internet and you can easily get them from anywhere with just a quick Google search.
Higan
The name may sound a bit weird at first but believe us, this is one of the most amazing emulators out there for GBA and many other Nintendo systems. Higan is not just your average GBA emulator for the PC but in addition to that, you can play NES, SNES, and GBC games as well on this single emulator. Multiple Nintendo systems are supported in Higan so you can play all the games from all these different consoles directly on your PC with the Higan emulator for free. Higan Supports Famicom/NES (Nintendo Entertainment System), Super Famicom/SNES (Super Nintendo Entertainment System), GB (GameBoy), GBC (GameBoy Color), and GBA (GameBoy Advance) which makes it one of the most amazing emulators out there supporting all these different systems with just one software.
DreamGBA
DreamGBA is another lightweight GBA emulator that plays all your favorite GBA titles without much hassle but when compared to other emulators out there for GBA, DreamGBA doesn’t strike out as something distinguished at all. It’s a simple emulator that gets the job done but doesn’t provide any extra features at all. So if you are only looking for a lightweight GBA emulator on your PC then this is definitely a good choice but you will be better off using one of the above mentioned GBA emulators if you are looking for something extra from your GBA emulators.
RascalBoy Advance
RascalBoy Advance used to be another simple GBA emulator out there with simple functionality but the latest multiplayer plugin has made it much better than many other GBA emulators. Now you can connect up to 4 different RascalBoy Emulators together online for a great multiplayer experience in many different GBA games. This online connectivity makes it one of the best GBA emulators coupled with the fact that it plays almost all of the commercial GBA titles without any problems at all. If you want to play some games with your friends online with a GBA emulator on your PC then definitely RascalBoy Advance is one of the best choices for you.
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If you have been itching to play some of the classic Nintendo GBA games on your PC then these above mentioned emulators will help you do exactly that on your computer. These are some of the best GBA emulators ever created for PC. If you have some other suggestions that you think deserve to be on the list then feel free to mention them in the comments below and we’ll make sure to try them out and maybe even include them in the list.
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Add parallel Share Print Page Options Listen to Acts 19
Paul in Ephesus
19 While Apollos(A) was at Corinth,(B) Paul took the road through the interior and arrived at Ephesus.(C) There he found some disciples 2 and asked them, “Did you receive the Holy Spirit(D) when[a] you believed?”
They answered, “No, we have not even heard that there is a Holy Spirit.”
3 So Paul asked, “Then what baptism did you receive?”
“John’s baptism,” they replied.
4 Paul said, “John’s baptism(E) was a baptism of repentance. He told the people to believe in the one coming after him, that is, in Jesus.”(F) 5 On hearing this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.(G) 6 When Paul placed his hands on them,(H) the Holy Spirit came on them,(I) and they spoke in tongues[b](J) and prophesied. 7 There were about twelve men in all.
8 Paul entered the synagogue(K) and spoke boldly there for three months, arguing persuasively about the kingdom of God.(L) 9 But some of them(M) became obstinate; they refused to believe and publicly maligned the Way.(N) So Paul left them. He took the disciples(O) with him and had discussions daily in the lecture hall of Tyrannus. 10 This went on for two years,(P) so that all the Jews and Greeks who lived in the province of Asia(Q) heard the word of the Lord.(R)
11 God did extraordinary miracles(S) through Paul, 12 so that even handkerchiefs and aprons that had touched him were taken to the sick, and their illnesses were cured(T) and the evil spirits left them.
13 Some Jews who went around driving out evil spirits(U) tried to invoke the name of the Lord Jesus over those who were demon-possessed. They would say, “In the name of the Jesus(V) whom Paul preaches, I command you to come out.” 14 Seven sons of Sceva, a Jewish chief priest, were doing this. 15 One day the evil spirit answered them, “Jesus I know, and Paul I know about, but who are you?” 16 Then the man who had the evil spirit jumped on them and overpowered them all. He gave them such a beating that they ran out of the house naked and bleeding.
17 When this became known to the Jews and Greeks living in Ephesus,(W) they were all seized with fear,(X) and the name of the Lord Jesus was held in high honor. 18 Many of those who believed now came and openly confessed what they had done. 19 A number who had practiced sorcery brought their scrolls together and burned them publicly. When they calculated the value of the scrolls, the total came to fifty thousand drachmas.[c] 20 In this way the word of the Lord(Y) spread widely and grew in power.(Z)
21 After all this had happened, Paul decided[d] to go to Jerusalem,(AA) passing through Macedonia(AB) and Achaia.(AC) “After I have been there,” he said, “I must visit Rome also.”(AD) 22 He sent two of his helpers,(AE) Timothy(AF) and Erastus,(AG) to Macedonia, while he stayed in the province of Asia(AH) a little longer.
The Riot in Ephesus
23 About that time there arose a great disturbance about the Way.(AI) 24 A silversmith named Demetrius, who made silver shrines of Artemis, brought in a lot of business for the craftsmen there. 25 He called them together, along with the workers in related trades, and said: “You know, my friends, that we receive a good income from this business.(AJ) 26 And you see and hear how this fellow Paul has convinced and led astray large numbers of people here in Ephesus(AK) and in practically the whole province of Asia.(AL) He says that gods made by human hands are no gods at all.(AM) 27 There is danger not only that our trade will lose its good name, but also that the temple of the great goddess Artemis will be discredited; and the goddess herself, who is worshiped throughout the province of Asia and the world, will be robbed of her divine majesty.”
28 When they heard this, they were furious and began shouting: “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!”(AN) 29 Soon the whole city was in an uproar. The people seized Gaius(AO) and Aristarchus,(AP) Paul’s traveling companions from Macedonia,(AQ) and all of them rushed into the theater together. 30 Paul wanted to appear before the crowd, but the disciples(AR) would not let him. 31 Even some of the officials of the province, friends of Paul, sent him a message begging him not to venture into the theater.
32 The assembly was in confusion: Some were shouting one thing, some another.(AS) Most of the people did not even know why they were there. 33 The Jews in the crowd pushed Alexander to the front, and they shouted instructions to him. He motioned(AT) for silence in order to make a defense before the people. 34 But when they realized he was a Jew, they all shouted in unison for about two hours: “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!”(AU)
35 The city clerk quieted the crowd and said: “Fellow Ephesians,(AV) doesn’t all the world know that the city of Ephesus is the guardian of the temple of the great Artemis and of her image, which fell from heaven? 36 Therefore, since these facts are undeniable, you ought to calm down and not do anything rash. 37 You have brought these men here, though they have neither robbed temples(AW) nor blasphemed our goddess. 38 If, then, Demetrius and his fellow craftsmen(AX) have a grievance against anybody, the courts are open and there are proconsuls.(AY) They can press charges. 39 If there is anything further you want to bring up, it must be settled in a legal assembly. 40 As it is, we are in danger of being charged with rioting because of what happened today. In that case we would not be able to account for this commotion, since there is no reason for it.” 41 After he had said this, he dismissed the assembly.
Acts 19:2 Or after
Acts 19:6 Or other languages
Acts 19:19 A drachma was a silver coin worth about a day’s wages.
Acts 19:21 Or decided in the Spirit
Acts 19:1 : S Ac 18:24
Acts 19:1 : S Ac 18:1
Acts 19:2 : S Jn 20:22
Acts 19:4 : S Mk 1:4
Acts 19:4 : Jn 1:7
Acts 19:5 : S Ac 2:38
Acts 19:6 : S Ac 6:6
Acts 19:6 : S Mk 16:17
Acts 19:8 : S Mt 3:2; Ac 28:23
Acts 19:9 : Ac 14:4
Acts 19:9 : ver 23; S Ac 9:2
Acts 19:9 : ver 30; S Ac 11:26
Acts 19:10 : Ac 20:31
Acts 19:10 : ver 22, 26, 27; S Ac 2:9
Acts 19:10 : S Ac 13:48
Acts 19:11 : Ac 8:13
Acts 19:13 : Mt 12:27
Acts 19:13 : Mk 9:38
Acts 19:17 : Ac 5:5, 11
Acts 19:20 : Ac 6:7; 12:24
Acts 19:21 : Ac 20:16, 22; 21:4, 12, 15; Ro 15:25
Acts 19:21 : S Ac 16:9
Acts 19:21 : Ro 15:24, 28
Acts 19:22 : Ac 13:5
Acts 19:22 : Ro 16:23; 2Ti 4:20
Acts 19:23 : S Ac 9:2
Acts 19:25 : Ac 16:16, 19, 20
Acts 19:26 : Dt 4:28; Ps 115:4; Isa 44:10-20; Jer 10:3-5; Ac 17:29; 1Co 8:4; Rev 9:20
Acts 19:29 : Ac 20:4; Ro 16:23; 1Co 1:14
Acts 19:29 : Ac 20:4; 27:2; Col 4:10; Phm 24
Acts 19:34 : ver 28
Acts 19:37 : Ro 2:22
Acts 19:38 : Ac 13:7, 8, 12; 18:12
Listen to Acts 19
19 And it came to pass, that, while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul having passed through the upper coasts came to Ephesus: and finding certain disciples,
2 He said unto them, Have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye believed? And they said unto him, We have not so much as heard whether there be any Holy Ghost.
3 And he said unto them, Unto what then were ye baptized? And they said, Unto John's baptism.
4 Then said Paul, John verily baptized with the baptism of repentance, saying unto the people, that they should believe on him which should come after him, that is, on Christ Jesus.
5 When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.
6 And when Paul had laid his hands upon them, the Holy Ghost came on them; and they spake with tongues, and prophesied.
7 And all the men were about twelve.
8 And he went into the synagogue, and spake boldly for the space of three months, disputing and persuading the things concerning the kingdom of God.
9 But when divers were hardened, and believed not, but spake evil of that way before the multitude, he departed from them, and separated the disciples, disputing daily in the school of one Tyrannus.
10 And this continued by the space of two years; so that all they which dwelt in Asia heard the word of the Lord Jesus, both Jews and Greeks.
11 And God wrought special miracles by the hands of Paul:
12 So that from his body were brought unto the sick handkerchiefs or aprons, and the diseases departed from them, and the evil spirits went out of them.
13 Then certain of the vagabond Jews, exorcists, took upon them to call over them which had evil spirits the name of the Lord Jesus, saying, We adjure you by Jesus whom Paul preacheth.
14 And there were seven sons of one Sceva, a Jew, and chief of the priests, which did so.
15 And the evil spirit answered and said, Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are ye?
16 And the man in whom the evil spirit was leaped on them, and overcame them, and prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded.
17 And this was known to all the Jews and Greeks also dwelling at Ephesus; and fear fell on them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified.
18 And many that believed came, and confessed, and shewed their deeds.
19 Many of them also which used curious arts brought their books together, and burned them before all men: and they counted the price of them, and found it fifty thousand pieces of silver.
20 So mightily grew the word of God and prevailed.
21 After these things were ended, Paul purposed in the spirit, when he had passed through Macedonia and Achaia, to go to Jerusalem, saying, After I have been there, I must also see Rome.
22 So he sent into Macedonia two of them that ministered unto him, Timotheus and Erastus; but he himself stayed in Asia for a season.
23 And the same time there arose no small stir about that way.
24 For a certain man named Demetrius, a silversmith, which made silver shrines for Diana, brought no small gain unto the craftsmen;
25 Whom he called together with the workmen of like occupation, and said, Sirs, ye know that by this craft we have our wealth.
26 Moreover ye see and hear, that not alone at Ephesus, but almost throughout all Asia, this Paul hath persuaded and turned away much people, saying that they be no gods, which are made with hands:
27 So that not only this our craft is in danger to be set at nought; but also that the temple of the great goddess Diana should be despised, and her magnificence should be destroyed, whom all Asia and the world worshippeth.
28 And when they heard these sayings, they were full of wrath, and cried out, saying, Great is Diana of the Ephesians.
29 And the whole city was filled with confusion: and having caught Gaius and Aristarchus, men of Macedonia, Paul's companions in travel, they rushed with one accord into the theatre.
30 And when Paul would have entered in unto the people, the disciples suffered him not.
31 And certain of the chief of Asia, which were his friends, sent unto him, desiring him that he would not adventure himself into the theatre.
32 Some therefore cried one thing, and some another: for the assembly was confused: and the more part knew not wherefore they were come together.
33 And they drew Alexander out of the multitude, the Jews putting him forward. And Alexander beckoned with the hand, and would have made his defence unto the people.
34 But when they knew that he was a Jew, all with one voice about the space of two hours cried out, Great is Diana of the Ephesians.
35 And when the townclerk had appeased the people, he said, Ye men of Ephesus, what man is there that knoweth not how that the city of the Ephesians is a worshipper of the great goddess Diana, and of the image which fell down from Jupiter?
36 Seeing then that these things cannot be spoken against, ye ought to be quiet, and to do nothing rashly.
37 For ye have brought hither these men, which are neither robbers of churches, nor yet blasphemers of your goddess.
38 Wherefore if Demetrius, and the craftsmen which are with him, have a matter against any man, the law is open, and there are deputies: let them implead one another.
39 But if ye enquire any thing concerning other matters, it shall be determined in a lawful assembly.
40 For we are in danger to be called in question for this day's uproar, there being no cause whereby we may give an account of this concourse.
41 And when he had thus spoken, he dismissed the assembly.
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May 15 (Reuters) - Canada’s main stock index reversed course to edge higher on Tuesday, as gains in industrial stocks led by Air Canada more than offset a drop in miners due to declining gold prices.
* At 12:13 p.m. ET (1613 GMT), the Toronto Stock Exchange’s S&P/TSX composite index was up 9.44 points, or 0.06 percent, at 16,095.05.
* Six of the index’s 11 major sectors were higher, led by the industrials sector, which rose 0.6 percent.
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* The biggest drags on the sector were Barrick Gold and Agnico Eagle, which fell 1.9 percent and 1 percent, respectively.
* The Canadian dollar hit a near one-week low against its U.S. counterpart as the greenback broadly rose and investors weighed prospects of a deadline being met for a new North American Free Trade Agreement between Canada, the United States and Mexico.
* Mexico’s economy minister said he saw diminishing chances for a new NAFTA ahead of a May 17 deadline to present a deal that could be signed by the current U.S. Congress.
* On the TSX, 119 issues were higher, while 119 issues declined, with 100.34 million shares traded.
* The largest percentage gainers on the TSX were Element Fleet Management, which jumped 18.6 percent, and Boyd Group Income Fund, which rose 4.7 percent. Both the companies reported first-quarter results.
* Keyera Corp fell 3.9 percent, the most on the TSX, on plans to develop a crude oil storage and blending terminal in Cushing, Oklahoma. The second biggest decliner was Semafo Inc, which was down 3.5 percent.
* The most heavily traded shares by volume were Element Fleet Management, Neovasc Inc and Aurora Cannabis , which was down 1.0 percent.
* The TSX posted 15 new 52-week highs and seven new lows.
* Across all Canadian issues there were 35 new 52-week highs and 64 new lows, with total volume of 160.01 million shares. (Reporting by Shreyashi Sanyal in Bengaluru; Editing by Arun Koyyur)
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Black Books episodes
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Episode No.
Original airdate
Cast and crew information
Dylan Moran
Martin Dennis
Karen Beever
William Burdett-Coutts
Nira Park
Tamsin Greig
David McKail as Josef Slavanski
Nina Konti as Kate
Edward Burnham as Petor Slavanski
George Miller as Anton Slavanski
He's Leaving Home
The Entertainer is the first episode of the second series of the British sitcom, Black Books. The episode was originally aired on March the 1st, 2002. The script was originally written by Dylan Moran and was directed by Martin Dennis.
Plot synopsis Edit
Fran Katzenjammer (Tamsin Greig) buys a piano in the hope of being able to play, and places it in Black Books, the shop run by Bernard Black (Dylan Moran), much to Bernard's annoyance as he has a hangover. Manny Bianco (Bill Bailey) enters and warns Bernard not to sell the last copy of Blue Sands, as it has been reserved for Mr. Williams, a very aggresive and violent customer. Kate (Nina Conti) enters the shop in order to buy Blue Sands. Bernard, who is immediately attracted to her, immediately gives the book away without asking for her to pay. A surprised Kate leaves the shop, only for Mr. Williams to enter. Bernard rushes up to him and lies that Manny had sold the last copy, much to Williams' annoyance.
Later that day, Fran is failing to impress Josef Slavanski (David McKall), a blind, Russian piano teacher who has a habit of whipping people with his cane when they miss a note. An unhappy Fran continues to play a disasterous rendition of 'Three Blind Mice', much to Josef's annoyance. Meanwhile, Bernard and Manny meet at a cafe. An annoyed Manny shows Bernard his black eye, given to him by Mr. Williams, and insists on him having the weekend off. Bernard interupts him when he spots Kate on the other side of the restraunt. Manny bets him that if Kate goes out with him, then Manny can have the weekend off. Bernard agrees to the bet, and to his surprise, Kate agrees to go out with him.
Meanwhile back at the shop, Fran is struggling to perform to Josef's high standards, and at the end of the lesson, Josef insists on her practicing all evening. Bernard and Manny return to find Fran sulking. However, once Bernard goes out to the pub, Fran quickly follows. Manny turns on the radio and hears classical music playing. He sits down and after playing a few notes, begins to play what is playing on the radio with incredible accuracy. An amazed Manny tunes the radio to a jazz song, which he copies perfectly, improvising by playing some of the notes with his foot.
The next day, Manny finds Fran and Bernard, moaning and wearing sunglasses, as they are hungover. Manny shows them his piano skills, however, Josef enters while he is playing, thinking it is Fran. Fran sits beside Manny and tells Josef that she had been practicing yesterday, like he had said. An amazed Josef asks for her to play Bach, however, she lies that she is not ready for Bach yet, but he insists on coming around the next day to hear her play.
Throughout the day, Bernard coaches Manny and hits him with a fly swat whenever he disobeys. When Bernard orders Manny to make tea, Kate enters the shop. Seeing Bernard beside the piano makes her think that he can play and asks for him to play a song. Bernard runs into Manny and persuades him to get inside the piano and play the notes from there while he pretends to play from the exterior. After witnessing Bernard's apparant talents, Kate insists on taking him out for a drink. An exhausted Manny clampers out from inside the piano and decides to go to the pub and get drunk.
The next day, Manny is suffering from a severe hangover, and refuses to oblige when Fran asks him to play in front of Josef again. Fran decides to tell Josef the truth, however, when he arrives with his whole family, she cannot muster the courage to confess and is forced to persuade Manny to climb back into the piano and hoodwink Josef again. Only to make things worse, Kate enters the shop, and insists on Bernard and Fran dueting together. Despite a seemingly impossible task, Manny is able to play in such a way that it sounds like a duet. However, he is extremely tired, and secretly climbs out of the piano and leaves the shop. Fran and Bernard, still thinking that Manny is inside the piano, get cocky and claim to be able to play a song called 'Flight of the Seven Million Bumble Bees', only to discover that Manny has left and they have been discovered. The episode ends with an upset Fran signing a contract to have the piano taken away.
Cultural references Edit
Grieg's 'Piano Concerto in A Minor', Beethoven's 'Rage Over a Lost Penny', Bach's 'Prelude & Fugue No. 21 : Prelude', and 'Three Blind Mice' are all heard in the episode.
All music in the episode, including the songs on the radio, was played by Bill Bailey.
The Entertainer is a popular ragtime piece of piano music composed by Scott Joplin, made famous as the theme to the film The Sting.
[1] The Entertainer on IMDb
[2] 'List of Black Books Episodes' on Wikipedia
[2] The Entertainer on TV.com
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What does “removed from the game” mean?
I've seen some cards that say "remove from the game". For example, an old version of Swords to Plowshares says:
remove target creature from the game.
What does that mean? Is it different from "exile?
Ivar de Bruin
Cascabel♦Cascabel
"Remove from the game" means "exile", and all cards that say it have been given errata to say exile.
For example, Swords to Plowshares in newer printings reads "Exile target creature." And no matter what, the Oracle text for cards (the card text shown on Gatherer) will always have the correct wording with "exile", even if the card has never been physically reprinted to fix it.
There's a historical reference in the comp rules:
406.7. Previously, the exile zone was called the "removed-from-the-game zone." Cards that were printed with text that "removes [an object] from the game" exiles that object. The same is true for cards printed with text that "sets [an object] aside." Cards that were printed with that text have received errata in the Oracle card reference.
Specifically, this change was made in the Magic 2010 rules update. One of the big reasons for the change (besides "exile" just being shorter) was to try to clarify that they're not 100% for sure forever removed from the game, since that's not really true in general:
The Reality: "Removed from the game" is increasingly a misnomer as we design more cards that use the removed-from-the-game zone as a temporary holding cell for cards that are very much still in the game. Like the "in-play zone," the name "removed-from-the-game zone" does a poor job of maintaining the game's fantasy metaphor.
The Fix: The phrase "remove from the game" is being changed to "exile," which is shorter, more flavorful, and not at all misleading about actually being in the game. The zone is now called the "exile zone" and cards in it will be referred to as "exiled cards."
Note that some cards do still refer to "outside the game" (e.g. Burning Wish). This has absolutely nothing to do with exile, which is a zone that is part of the game. "Outside the game" in tournaments means sideboards, i.e. actually totally outside the game, wasn't in your deck in the first place. In casual play it could mean your collection or something more restricted, depending on who you play with. Either way, they don't work with exiled cards. They used to back when it was called "remove from the game", but it was changed in the same rules update.
Unless I'm mistaken, the Wish cards used to be able to bring back cards that had been "removed from the game", but now they can't because exile is now an in-game zone. You might want to add that when talking about Burning Wish. – GendoIkari Dec 11 '15 at 6:54
Okay. Really trying to leave that as a side note, since the question is about "removed from the game", so I only mentioned that to be extra clear that "outside the game" doesn't interact. – Cascabel♦ Dec 11 '15 at 7:28
The link to burning wish has a rule clarifications near the bottom. There is one that states "You can't acquire exiled cards because those cards are still in one of the game's zones." – Nelson Dec 11 '15 at 7:35
As a fun side note. Because "removed from the game" was actually still in the game in some way they made this card in the fun set Unhinged to really remove a card: AWOL – Ivo Beckers Dec 11 '15 at 10:17
@GendoIkari Done (while back, just forgot to @ you). – Cascabel♦ Dec 11 '15 at 18:11
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Straight Dope Message Board > Main > Great Debates > Holocaust Denial?
Northern Piper
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Oops - forgot to post the link to The Hill article: Omar comes under scrutiny for 'present' vote on Armenian genocide 101
"I don't like to make plans for the day. If I do, that's when words like 'premeditated' start getting thrown around in the courtroom."
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Kobal2
Originally Posted by DrDeth
Sure, no doubt, I even mentioned that. But like the Black Plague, that was neither planned nor systemic.
Again, it was absolutely systemic. Maybe the word you're looking for is systematic ? 102
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Webfoot75
Sideways glance
Perhaps this is to much off topic, if so sorry. A couple of years ago I asked a Frenchman what he thought of Napoleon. He said that he reformed the education system. It seems to me the difference between Hitler and Napoleon is the Holocaust, but that otherwise they were no different to any other charismatic megalomaniac from Genghis Khan onwards, and backwards, who wanted to rule the world, and brought ruin and death to half the world. My question is, in 200 or so years what will the hoi polloi think of Hitler? 103
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I don't think you can meaningfully compare Hitler & Napoleon, and eeeerr no, "the difference" between them is not the Holocaust. There's a thousand differences between the two, their respective contexts, and their legacies. 104
Originally Posted by Urbanredneck
If someone writes a book claiming they are a Holocaust survivor, how would we know they are telling the truth?
There are books from Holocaust survivors and there are also books featuring interviews with Holocaust survivors (One is "We Wept Without Tears").
There are also accounts written by Holocaust non survivors- such as "Matters of Testimony: Interpreting the Scrolls of Auschwitz".
It is difficult to argue with their authenticity although experts do argue about the actual interpretation.
The evidence is ample of the death of a million of Jews at Auschwitz- Birkenau - the many Polish political prisoners, the thousands of gypsies and Soviet prisoners of war, the hundreds of Jehovahs Witnesses and the tens of homosexuals. (see Aushwitz by Laurence Rees).
Then of course there were the extermination camps of Treblinka, Sobibor and Belzec.
I have no idea why White Supremacists deny it. 105
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pakputeh
Originally Posted by Webfoot75
... no different to any other charismatic megalomaniac from Genghis Khan onwards, and backwards, who wanted to rule the world, and brought ruin and death to half the world. My question is, in 200 or so years what will the hoi polloi think of Hitler?
Genghis Khan was vilified for centuries in the West, even in academia. Starting in the 60s and into the 90s, there was a backlash against what Edward Said called Orientalism. This term refers to the academic tendency to simplify or misinterpret "Eastern" culture and history.
This led to numerous popular works which praised GK's legacy, or at least painted a more complete picture of Mongol expansion and rule. Some have called this period a 'whitewash' of the atrocities committed by the Mongols during this time.
Hitler will not being mentioned in the same context as leaders such as Genghis Khan, Napoleon, Bolivar, or Caesar Augustus, however, revisionism or no.
Even though the territorial gains of Napoleon and the state established by Bolivar largely disintegrated during and after their rule, their impact can still be seen and felt today. The Napoleonic code alone has been enormously influential. We still have a month named after Augustus.
Hitler left nothing behind. The nation he lead was shattered and broken. Nearly nothing he planned lasted beyond his death. Should we balance the construction of an interstate highway system against the deaths of millions?
One cannot rehabilitate a legacy when millions dead is the only legacy. 106
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Jackmannii
Location: the extreme center
Originally Posted by Northern Piper
Oops - forgot to post the link to The Hill article: Omar comes under scrutiny for 'present' vote on Armenian genocide
Worse than Omar's flip-flopping is this:
Rep. Tom Cole (R-Okla.) criticized the resolution for using “tragedies of the past” to hurt present-day U.S.-Turkish relations.
“There’s no denying that horrific atrocities were committed against the Armenian people by the Ottoman Empire in the midst of the confusion and carnage of the First World War,” he said in a statement to The Hill.
Yeah, things kinda got confused and muddled up there for awhile, so the Turks didn't realize they were wiping out the Armenians.
Just don't use the "g" word, it upsets folks. 107
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Chisquirrel
Originally Posted by Jackmannii
Omar's flip-flopping
This only makes sense if you take her first statement as an outright denial that the Armenian Genocide/Holocaust occurred. She never denied it, but argued that determinations of genocide should not be politically motivated actions determined by elected officials because they're angry with the perpetrators for something happening in the present.
"I think we should demand accountability for human rights abuses consistently, not simply when it suits our political goals."
100 years of ignoring the Armenian Genocide/Holocaust, and NOW we're all concerned about it? Color me cynical - especially as the vote was brought up the same time as sanctions on Turkey - but something smells like bullshit. 108
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Dispatches from the War On Christmas:
Under pressure from Jews, Amazon has taken down a seller listing featuring Nazi concentration camp-themed Xmas ornaments.
And not content with that, the holiday-spoilers are taking aim at another fine product, the Massacre Auschwitcz (sic) Birkenau Jewish death mousepad.
The glad tidings of the season are dimmed by this outrageous censorship.
By the way, this was what prompted the comment on Omar's flip-flopping:
In a written explanation for her ("present") vote, Omar said that the recognition of genocide and mass atrocities should be done outside politics and “based on academic consensus,” a phrase that Armenian rights groups say Turkish deniers use to sow doubt.
“Rep. Omar's suggestion that there is no ‘academic consensus’ effectively denies the Armenian Genocide,” said Aram Hamparian, executive director of the Armenian National Committee of America. “It basically takes a page from the Turkish Embassy's denial playbook.”
Omar’s office, on Thursday, sought to clarify that the congresswoman was stating she believes there is academic consensus on the fact that the genocide happened, emphasizing that her vote was a protest of the House using the genocide as a “political cudgel.”
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But she never claimed that there was no "academic consensus", just that it should be the guideline used to determine a genocide in contrast to using short-term political gain as a reason. I still don't see a flip-flop. 110
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Like was said earlier, a tortured reading of her actual words and implications. 111
RioRico
Location: beyond cell service
Originally Posted by Chisquirrel
Like was said earlier, a tortured reading of her actual words and implications.
"Tortured readings" are vital to constructing conspiracy theories. Torture some words; invent linkages to other tortured words; these misconstructions and phony connections to other misconstructions are now "facts" upon which more layers of bullshit evidence can be built. Omar has it easy so far; Lisa Page seems a more tortured victim of the process. AFAIK Tramp hasn't yet called out any names of The Squad when faking orgasms at rallies. (See the cite.) Or maybe he has, but no media thought it worth mentioning. Whose names did he scream-out on the Pee Tape?
I'll be impressed astounded when/if GOPs get teary-eyed over the genocides of Roma (gypsies). 112
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Originally Posted by RioRico
"Tortured readings" are vital to constructing conspiracy theories.
Apparently Armenians, Jews, and a number of Omar's fellow Democrats are part of the grand conspiracy against her.
An even better example of Omar's tap-dancing is her suggestion that we shouldn't recognize the Armenian genocide since insufficient attention has been given to black slavery and brutal treatment of Native Americans (a previously cited tactic usually targeting Jews for commemorating the Holocaust)
http://m.startribune.com/abstention-...ers/564138312/
Pro tip: if someone on your "side" does stupid offensive shit they should be called out for it, even if the opposition is gleefully taking advantage of the situation. 113
You've really got a bee in your bonnet about Omar, don't you?
You keep giving us what everyone else said about what Omar said while ignoring what she actually said.
As stated before - it's been over a century since the Armenian Genocide, and just now is it SO IMPORTANT to recognize. It takes a truly naive person to believe it's completely unconnected to the sanction vote against Turkey, the perpetrator of said genocide. Omar called it as such, yet you consistently ignore her rationale to, essentially, call her anti-Semitic.
Pro tip: if you have to twist, cut, and ignore someone's words to fit your narrative of offensive, you might want to look at how the narrative is being crafted. 114
Urbanredneck
Originally Posted by Cicero
I have no idea why White Supremacists deny it.
I wasnt talking Holocaust deniers. I was talking about persons just looking to make money writing books with the "I was there" theme. 115
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Lance Turbo
Pro tip: if someone on your "side" does stupid offensive shit they should be called out for it, even if the opposition is gleefully taking advantage of the situation.
Call her out for it.
But call her out for what she actually did. She voted a way you didn't like. Call her out for that. She gave reasons for that vote you don't agree with. Call her out for that.
She did not, however, deny that the genocide occurred. It requires something beyond tortured reading to get from, "Of course we should acknowledge the Genocide,” to denial.
Call her out all you like. But call her out for the things she did. 116
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Ambivalid
I wasnt talking Holocaust deniers. I was talking about persons just looking to make money writing books with the "I was there" theme.
Only people that dont care to do the bare minimum of due diligence would ever fall victim to this kind of fraud. I can think of a couple people like that. 117
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Is this another Thing That Doesn't Happen But We Should Be Concerned, or can you provide examples ? 118
Originally Posted by Kobal2
Is this another Thing That Doesn't Happen But We Should Be Concerned, or can you provide examples ?
But dont you see!!!! Examples cant be provided, because HOW CAN WE EVER KNOW?!!?!!11?
Best just to round up the whole lot and characterize them as no-good liars. 119
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Excessive Heat Warning issued for Northeast Ohio
by Jerome Frank
The high in Omaha on Thursday was 92 degrees with a heat index of 103.
The Weather Service projects 123 record warm low temperatures to be tied or broken. "The combination of hot temperatures and high humidity will combine to create a unsafe situation in which heat illnesses are likely".
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Maggie Koerth / 11:54 am Wed, Feb 29, 2012
Join a live Q&A about the first few days of the Fukushima nuclear crisis
Inside Japan's Nuclear Meltdown
Last night, PBS FRONTLINE aired a new documentary about what happened at the Fukushima nuclear power plant during the crucial first days of that crisis. Using amateur video shot during the earthquake and tsunami, interviews with power plant workers who were on the scene, and some astounding footage taken inside the power plant itself, the documentary is extremely powerful. It feels weird to say this, given the effect the meltdowns have had on Japan's energy situation and the lives of the people who lived and worked near the plant ... but it seems as though Fukushima could have been a lot worse. The documentary shows us the valiant risks taken by firemen and plant workers. It also shows us the moments where, in the midst of the Japanese government and utility company TEPCO doing a lot of things very wrong, individuals stepped up to make decisions that saved lives. Without those things, this would have been a very different (and much darker) story.
In about ten minutes, I'm going to be moderating a live Q&A with Dan Edge, the producer of Inside Japan's Nuclear Meltdown. I'll be asking him some questions about the story, and the process of filming a documentary like this. There will also be opportunities for you to ask Edge some questions, as well. (And I already know y'all are good at coming up with interview questions.)
You can follow along, or join in on the discussion, using the chat box embedded in this post. Read the rest
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Maggie Koerth / 6:13 pm Tue, Jan 24, 2012
A view inside a nuclear reactor
This is not a metaphorical view inside a nuclear reactor. This is for real-real.
This month, the good folks at TEPCO sent a remote-controlled endoscope and thermometer into the containment vessel of Fukishima's crippled reactor #2, hoping to learn something about the level of cooling water, the state of the fuel rods, and the temperature in the reactor. The view is obscured by steam, the effects of radiation, and (are you sitting down) actual goddam gamma rays just whizzing by. According to the PBS Frontline blog, those are the little streaks and flashes that you see in this video.
The probe revealed corroded piping and dripping humidity, but did not reveal the water’s surface level, which TEPCO had expected to be as high as four meters. The containment vessel was flooded with seawater during the reactor meltdown when other attempts to cool it failed. Current water levels inside the reactor remain unknown.
The probe’s thermometer function proved more revealing; it recorded the interior temperature at 44.7 degrees centigrade (112 degrees Farenheit), demonstrating that the unit’s own thermometer, thought to be off by as many as 20 degrees, is still functioning accurately.
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Tag: Kaily Andriot
New Shen Wei work highlights 2012 Spring Dance Concert
Posted on March 28, 2012 Updated: March 29, 2012
SMU dancer Kaily Andriot rehearses Adam Hougland's "Five Preludes" for the 2012 Meadows Spring Dance Concert. Photo credit: Sharen Bradford.
A new work by groundbreaking choreographer and 2010 Meadows Prize winner Shen Wei will be a marquee feature of SMU’s 2012 Spring Dance Concert. The show, presented by The Meadows Dance Ensemble of SMU’s Meadows School of the Arts, includes works by three award-winning choreographers and runs March 28-April 1 in the Bob Hope Theatre, Owen Arts Center.
This year’s works include the premiere of Five Preludes, a ballet by visiting artist-in-residence Adam Hougland; Song Awakened by SMU faculty member and noted jazz dance artist Danny Buraczeski; and The New You, a world premiere by Shen Wei.
The concert opens with Five Preludes, a neo-classical ballet on pointe set to five Rachmaninoff preludes. Choreographer Adam Hougland, a Dallas native, is principal choreographer for the Louisville Ballet and resident choreographer for the Cincinnati Ballet. He has won both the Princess Grace Award and the Choo-San Goh Award for choreography and was named one of Dance Magazine’s “25 to watch” for 2011.
Next on the program is Buraczeski’s Song Awakened, a work set to the songs of Cesária Évora, a noted singer of Creole-Portuguese soul music. The work debuted to critical acclaim at New York’s Joyce Theater in 2001; The New York Times wrote that Buraczeski “makes his dancers voiceless musicians who use their bodies, alone and together, to add rhythms to (Evora’s).” The piece is presented in tribute to Ms. Évora, who passed away in December at age 70. Buraczeski, a nationally known jazz choreographer, has received commissions from such organizations as the Walker Art Center, the Library of Congress, and the American Dance Festival. He also has received multiple fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, for whom he is now a regular panelist and consultant.
> A slideshow of 2012 Spring Dance Concert images from Gary Shultz of SMU News
SMU dancers rehearse a Shen Wei world premiere, "The New You." The renowned choreographer created the work during his Meadows Prize residency at the University in 2012. Photo credit: Sharen Bradford.
Following intermission, the Meadows dancers will perform the world premiere of The New You by Shen Wei – an internationally renowned choreographer, director, dancer and designer and the artistic director of New York-based Shen Wei Dance Arts. Perhaps best know as the lead choreographer for the opening ceremonies of the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Shen Wei created this new work from the ground up during his three-week Meadows Prize residency in January and February 2012.
“This work is about audiences experiencing new possibilities by building and revising systems that are sensed, but not necessarily known,” said Shen Wei. “Art opens doors we never thought had existed and enables us to access previously unknown dimensions. By sensing different art forms, audiences can discover novel structural foundations and embark on a new journey. I hope this experience can offer the students and the viewers an alternative possibility of space.”
Spring Dance Concert performance times are 8 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday. Tickets are $7 each for SMU faculty, staff and students. Free parking is available at Hillcrest and Binkley or in the garage under the Meadows Museum. For more information or to purchase tickets, call 214-768-2787 (214-SMU-ARTS).
Written by Victoria Winkelman
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The Election’s Over: Let’s All Work Together?
November 7, 2012 · Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick
I was never going to be happy with the results of yesterday’s election.
The leadership of both major American political parties is deeply compromised by corporatist interests who are served by an inflationary monetary policy managed by people who largely used to work for those interests and/or will do so again. Both major candidates are representatives of this entrenched political class. So there was no way I was going to be happy with who won. There are many problems with this political class and what it pursues (many of which are enabled by the aforesaid monetary policy), no matter which party banner it happens to wave, and I have a lot of criticisms for it, so no one who is a champion of this class is likely to garner support from me.
As such, I was prepared this morning to see elation by the people whose candidate won the election and not really to feel good about it, even if one candidate was slightly closer to me in terms of his rhetoric. But I didn’t really think too much about what else I might see, which turned out to be some folks’ attempt to be gracious and conciliatory following a bitterly fought campaign. (And I do hope that at least some folks out there will note the irony of a corporatist-backed candidate fighting bitterly against a corporatist-backed candidate. Will Pepsi win? Coke? O! the excitement!)
This graciousness has essentially boiled down to one major sentiment: Let’s put all this behind us now and work together.
I’ve seen a lot of rather nicely warm posts online about America “coming together” to stand “shoulder to shoulder,” etc., to “work on our problems.” The sentiment behind such comments is of course laudable. We should indeed be united. We should indeed work together. But such sentiments imply that there are common goals.
Some goals at least seem to be common, to be sure—jobs, peace, etc., but they are so nebulous in their terms and the means to achieve them required by different political philosophies so divergent that one has to wonder whether such goals really can be worked on together. If, for instance, you believe that it is wrong to increase employment by making more people into employees of the state or your neighbor thinks it’s wrong to increase employment by giving rich employers their tax money back, neither of you are “against job-creation.” You’re both for job-creation, but your principles require different means to achieve that goal. One or both of you may of course be wrong about whether those means actually work.
But there are goals that some of our politicians have that I absolutely refuse to work with anyone toward putting into effect.
I will not work with anyone to pay for, encourage, or permit abortion on demand. Likewise, I abhor faceless drone warfare and extra-judicial assassinations, undeclared wars, interventionist foreign policy, the surveillance state, the notion that all property belongs to the state and may be confiscated at any time for any reason, the increasing centralization of political and economic power, the sanctioning and subsidy of every base human impulse (and I don’t just mean sexual ones), the drive to shove religious liberty and even discussion out of every facet of public life, and several other things besides. Most of these convictions are based directly on moral principle determined by my core beliefs, while others are derived from those principles.
To “work with” anyone to accomplish these goals is a violation of my beliefs. I am also saddened by the reality that most of these things, either by explicit commitment, by omission or by the weakness of political will, are indeed the goals of both of the major American political parties.
Thus, when I read these calls for us to “set aside our differences” and “work together,” while I fully understand and appreciate the sentiment behind them, it’s hard to read them as saying anything much different than “Stop believing in your principles and work with me on mine instead.”
No, I don’t think so.
I’m not a “culture warrior,” at least not in the sense that I think that the force of law should be used to make people behave as I would prefer them to. If they become a public menace, yes, of course the law should restrain them. But I cannot make them moral by passing laws against immorality. That said, I do think that there is a war going on, and it’s a war that requires that people stick to their principles, even (and especially) in the face of calls to “work together.”
There is a very deep problem with our modern political culture, and it’s one that I think that not only Christians—who believe in the inherent and infinite worth of the human person as created according to God’s image—but also non-Christians who also believe in that same worth on other bases need to take note of. For every problem, there seems to be a system that needs to be invented, a new machine that will solve everything. Why can’t everyone just shut up and submit to the machine? Don’t they realize that this machine will finally be the machine we have all hoped for? Don’t they realize that we should all work together to make the new machine a reality?
The temptation is not only to utopianism, which is the eschatology of secularism, but it is something even more insidious—a direct attack on the integrity and sanctity of the human person. That is what stands behind the drive by our whole political class always to begin some new programme, some new initiative, some new regulation, some new standard, some new thing to which we must all submit so that we will have happiness, peace and prosperity, whether we like it or not.
This affliction, you see, is much deeper than DECISION 2012™, etc. It goes down to the root of our desire to dominate all life, all matter—whether animal, mineral, vegetable or especially human. Once we decided that all the world must finally be malleable to our will, then we decided something very dangerous.
This has become something of a rambling rant, I know, and you can probably tell that thinking overmuch about our political state is not something that brings out much hope in me. But I will try to leave you, gentle reader, with some hope, nevertheless. You have, after all, deigned to read this far.
I know a number of Orthodox Christian clergy who are quite vocal about their politics, even in terms of parties and candidates, though I don’t know any who use their position as clergy to make any official endorsements. I can’t be one of those, at least not in that way, if only because I see little that is redeemable in our current political culture.
But I am indeed interested in politics, and I have strong political opinions. I propose a politics, however, that is far more subversive than any SuperPAC ever can be, one that will not please any party and probably very few candidates. And what is that more subversive politics? It requires taking some of our central political ideas and reinterpreting them.
It is part of the American political mythos that any single person can change the world. There is a sense in which I believe that, though I don’t believe it in terms of the “any kid can grow up to be president” piece of it. (Statistically, almost no one will grow up to be president.) Rather, I believe that the infection which afflicts our political culture requires not merely some policy nor even a philosophy. Neither is what is needed merely a new marketing strategy to reach the electorate. What is needed is a new electorate. As long as the electorate continues to prefer the Machine, they will continue to get the inhuman and dehumanizing effects of the Machine.
The only way to a new electorate is the change of the human person, a genuine spiritual reorientation and movement toward a different set of goals than comfort, predictability and domination over the whole earth.
How do I intend to change the world? Primarily, I must change myself. But I also hope to influence you to change, too. What can we work together toward? We can pursue humility. That is a goal I think we all really can embrace together.
But this call to set things aside and work together comes with a price and therefore a warning: If we really seek humility, learn it and practice it, then we will find that our desires for comfort, predictability and domination will be stripped away. But we should also take joy in that, because in casting those things aside, we will find freedom and become people who don’t just “care about” particular classes or categories of people, but actually self-sacrificially love the person next to us. Such people need few (if any) programmes or policies.
Never give in on principle, not even to “work together.” But here is something we should all be able to agree on—humility, the most neglected virtue of the modern age. Let’s all try it and see what happens, shall we? Hardly anyone can grow up to be president. But everyone—without exception—can grow up to be a saint.
But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. (Matthew 6:33)
About Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick
The Very Rev. Archpriest Andrew Stephen Damick is pastor of St. Paul Orthodox Church of Emmaus, Pennsylvania, author of Orthodoxy and Heterodoxy, Bearing God and An Introduction to God. He is also host of the Amon Sûl, Orthodoxy and Heterodoxy and Roads from Emmaus podcasts on Ancient Faith Radio, co-host of The Areopagus podcast, and he is a frequent speaker at lectures and retreats both in parishes and in other settings. You can follow him on Facebook and Twitter.
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Vincent Martini says:
Subdeacon Ian Lazarus says:
Mega Dittos!
Fr. Andrew S. Damick says:
While I appreciate the words of this affirmation, I am distressed by their association. 🙂
Well said FrAndrew…w/a couple of real zingers…(“Statistically, almost no one will grow up to be president.” and “…note the irony of a corporatist-backed candidate fighting bitterly against a corporatist-backed candidate. Will Pepsi win? Coke? O! the excitement!”)
But then, as some friends have of a sort said to me “you have completely missed the fundamental and radical differences between Pepsi and Coke!” 🙂
If you don’t drink Pepsi, you’re letting secularism destroy our great nation.
Hear-hear!
In the words of the great Admiral Adama: So say we all! Thanks for this wonderful perspective this morning, Fr.
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Such a great lesson for all of us in the human race. Humility, honor, and respect. These three attributes need to be re-added to our society.
Roxanne Goertzen Isaac says:
Well said Father!
P.S. I love Ron Paul, though that doesn’t matter because I’m Canadian.
nomasir says:
Well said sir.
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Theresa Brown, Obl. OSB says:
Shelly Stamps says:
Amen. This has been such a painful election in many ways, and your perspective and thoughtful insights are very refreshing. Thanks, I needed that!
aged parent says:
Dear Rev. Father:
This Catholic is deeply grateful to you for this fine article. Many thanks.
Travis T. says:
true dat! Right on point. Well try to create Eden in any way we can, we’re so wounded from the fall. Here’s a line from a poem I wrote recently called Paradox,
“…Give me the words to tell the world that no legislation nor occupation can appease the insatiable hunger that Eden’s exodus has left in our souls”
Just wrote about this same topic too on my website totheroot.org
Great write up, you hit it on the head.
marcusjosephus says:
Bang On Father!!! A timely and prescient message. We need to stop pursuing a “salvation” through politicians and live as CHRISTIANS. The circumstances now at work may force us too.
Father Andrew: Thanks so much for a balanced and sensible outlook on the 2012 election. It seems we’ve come to the point that whatever party wins the election, the new boss is the same as the old boss.
I read articles written by Christians basically saying that the results of this election are the beginning of the end for America. That it’s God’s judgment upon our nation, etc., etc. As if the Republican Party is Jesus’ Party and the Democrat Party is Satan’s Party. Rightly have you expressed that when boiled down, both parties are pretty much the same. It’s as if the political parties have become homogenised although they would like to convince the general populace otherwise. I think the results of the election are telling. The lack of voter turnout and those who voted for a third party candidate indicate that some folks weren’t willing to be fooled again.
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jamesthethickheaded says:
As someone whose votes in the last two elections amount to protests against incumbents and the political class, good to hear I am not alone in my frustrations and share the thought that there may be an opening for something completely different – a renewal of the definition of what it is to be human, a citizen of this world as well as the next. The descent of politics and this world into the mire makes an alternative more attractive, but not for politics. Fact is that the only thing worse than today’s circumstances would be to crown them with some sort of self-proclaimed “renewal” or “spiritual purity”. That would simply add quadruple insult to double injury. Renewal has to transcend politics entirely.. by which I suppose this means stand outside politics – else it gets trapped in the vortex. This is where the political Evangelicals and even (especially?) the Catholic bishops – as well meaning as they are – often seem smarmy in their unwillingness to surrender power and prestige to spark real renewal. No, I think you have to get your hands dirty following the inverted pyramid… and surrender all the trappings and pretense.
Sadly, the drone policy… simply attests that perhaps the Imams are more right than we care to admit and we really are a culture of death that sees enemies everywhere and in everyone – even our neighbor. I’d contend most Imams understood us better when we at least professed to being more overtly christian and paid some attention to – or at least squirmed before violation of the commandments. Today we have neither shame nor virtue.
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The School of Education offers programs leading to a Postbaccalaureate Certificate (PBC), Master of Arts (MA), Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT), Master of Education (MEd), Post-Master's Certificate (PMC), and the Certificate of Advanced Study (CAS). These programs are designed to advance the study of education as an academic discipline and to further the professional development of teachers, administrators, and other educational personnel in public and independent schools.
Graduate programs in the School of Education are committed to the following university-wide graduate learning goals that embrace the core values and principles inherent in Loyola's mission:
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Applicants for the Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) are required to submit evidence of a passing score (based on the Maryland cutoff level) on the Praxis Core Academic Skills for Educators (Core) Tests (Reading, Math, and Writing) or Praxis I: Pre-Professional Skills Tests. Consistent with new regulations for teacher certification set forth by the state of Maryland, qualifying scores on the SAT, ACT, or GRE may be substituted for Praxis Core or Praxis I performance (please refer to http://www.marylandpublicschools.org/ for details on Basic Skills). In addition, applicants to the MAT program must have an undergraduate degree with a major or significant coursework in the desired certification area.
Applicant's transcripts will be reviewed to determine if content area qualifications are met for the type of certification sought. In particular, candidates for elementary certification must meet course requirements in English, math, science, and social studies. For certification in secondary teaching in grades 7-12, a major and/or 27-30 credits in the area of certification are required. Secondary education certification programs focusing on grades 7-12 are offered in biology, chemistry, earth/space science, English, mathematics, physics, and social studies. For certification in grades PK-12, a major and/or 27-30 credits in the area of certification are required. Grades PK-12 certification programs are offered in art, French, music (both instrumental and vocal), and Spanish.
A transcript analysis determines the content area prerequisites you may be required to complete in addition to the MAT program coursework. A full list of required prerequisites courses can be found on the elementary or secondary education program pages. Students missing no more than three prerequisite courses may be admitted conditionally to the part-time program. These courses are taken outside of Loyola and must be completed by the end of your second semester in the program. Students are encouraged to take the courses at your local community college.
Master of Arts in Teaching candidates may submit acceptable College-Level Examination Program (CLEP) scores to satisfy up to 6 prerequisite credits. Exams may not duplicate courses on candidates' transcripts.
Education candidates must meet the knowledge, skills, and disposition standards as set forth by The School of Education's national accrediting body. Candidates will be assessed by faculty at two transition points before Internship I or Practicum I to identify strengths, areas for improvement, and to recommend continuation in the program. Candidates who fail to meet these standards will have a Professional Assessment Form filed with the department chair by a Loyola faculty member. The resulting Professional Assessment Review may result in removal from the program and/or internship for the protection of both the Loyola student and the K-12 students. Complete details of this procedure are available in the student handbook.
Detailed admission information (application procedures, required documents, deadlines, etc.) can be found under Admission.
All candidates are required to purchase and use LiveText. LiveText is a web-based software application used by the School of Education for key assignment submission, artifact collection, accreditation standard integration, and student assessment in initial licensure and advanced programs. LiveText accounts can be purchased at the Loyola bookstore or online (www.livetext.com). In addition, all current candidates taking a course that requires a LiveText assignment must purchase a membership. Using LiveText software throughout the standards-based programs allows candidates to align work with the latest state and federal standards for teacher education programs. Candidates can easily document completion of certification requirements. LiveText allows candidates to showcase their work (worksheets, lesson plans, and other artifacts) at their own discretion to future employers and others. In addition, this software provides powerful tools for creating lesson and unit plans, including built-in standards, resources, and templates.
Fingerprinting and Criminal Background Checks
Many of the field, practicum, and internship sites now require candidates placed in their facilities to submit fingerprints and criminal background checks before they are allowed to begin their placement. The School of Education will assist candidates in meeting this requirement before they begin their field placements. Any candidate not cleared by this process will not be eligible to complete a certification program.
Requirements for each degree and program are specified within the description for that program.
Waivers by Substitution
Any specific course requirement may be waived by a student's advisor based upon prior completion of graduate coursework in the same content area. The student must request a waiver in writing. The advisor's written approval will be sent to the student and the Records Office. In the event a course requirement is waived, an elective course must be substituted in its place. No more than three courses may be waived in any graduate program.
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Nondegree students admitted to the School of Education are limited to enrollment in eleven graduate credits before deciding to pursue a master's degree, postbaccalaureate certification, or certificate of advanced study. Nondegree students who wish to take courses in the school counseling program must email the director of graduate programs for permission prior to registration. Priority will be given to master's degree students. Nondegree students who wish to pursue a master's degree, certification, or certificate of advanced study must reapply to the specific program of interest. Courses taken as a nondegree student may be advanced into a degree or certificate program with the approval of the academic advisor if the courses conform to the requirements of the degree or certificate. Nondegree students may not participate in Internships and Practicums.
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Characters, Male characters, Season 1 characters,
Ty Morstan Attorney
Actor: Bill Heck
First Appearance: "While You Were Sleeping"
Last Appearance: "While You Were Sleeping"
They're confused, Joan. You used to be a surgeon. Now you babysit drug addicts.
— Ty to Watson, "While You Were Sleeping".
Ty Morstan is an ex-boyfriend of Joan Watson and works in the district attorney's office.
Ty has dinner with Watson during her first weeks as Holmes' sober companion. He tries to find out about Watson's latest companion and indicates that he and her parents are worried about her. Watson doesn't appreciate their concern. Later, as Holmes and Watson pull up to The Brownstone in a taxi, Ty is waiting on the steps with a bottle of wine. Holmes admits he hacked Watson's phone and invited Ty to a fake dinner party, obviously to learn more about her. Watson is mortified and explains the situation to Ty who is not impressed as he turned down drinks with the district attorney. Watson leads him away and Ty says Holmes is lucky he didn't slug him for the prank. ("While You Were Sleeping")
So he's your boyfriend?
Liam Danow asks Watson for help from her "friend in the D.A.'s office" referring to Ty Morstan. ("You Do It to Yourself")
Ty's last name refers to Mary Morstan, Dr. John Watson's wife introduced in Conan Doyle's The Sign of the Four.
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Save the date for CBP’s 2013 East Coast Trade Symposium
US Customs has announced that its annual East Coast Trade Symposium will be held in the Washington, DC area on October 24 and 25, 2013. More details will be forthcoming.
Author Rob BlackwellPosted on August 30, 2013 Categories Customs & Border Protection, EventsLeave a comment on Save the date for CBP’s 2013 East Coast Trade Symposium
ACE: CBP hard at work integrating 47 PGAs
As importers know, US Customs does not operate in a vacuum in regulating the flow of goods into US ports. Rather, there are 47 other Participating Government Agencies (PGAs) that have some degree of oversight of shipments for entry. As CBP gears up for full deployment of ACE in 2016, all PGAs must be integrated with ACE, creating a “single window” for trade processing.
The International Trade Data System (ITDS) is a federal inter-agency program that assists PGAs in identifying, documenting, and executing their plan to leverage ACE to improve business operations and further agency missions.
In a recent presentation for the Trade Support Network (TSN), CBP highlighted its work with the ITDS Task Force and provided a current status of ACE integration for PGAs:
CBP meeting with FDA every two weeks to work onboarding plan
Near term PGAs:
Data: Census, Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Export licensing: Bureau of Industry and Security, Directorate of Defense Trade Controls
Hazardous waste monitoring: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
PGAs currently onboard:
DIS: National Marine Fisheries Service, Food Safety Inspection Service (FSIS), Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Center for Disease Control and Prevention, EPA, Defense Contract Management Agency
Interoperability: FSIS, Agriculture Marketing Service, U.S. Coast Guard, Consumer Product Safety Commission
PGA Message Set (October): EPA, FSIS
(TSN briefing presentation > Stakeholder Webinar 080813-ALL)
Author Rob BlackwellPosted on August 26, 2013 Categories ACE (Automated Commercial Environment), Customs & Border Protection, FDA, Partner Government Agencies (PGAs), Trade Support Network (TSN), Trade TransformationLeave a comment on ACE: CBP hard at work integrating 47 PGAs
Port of NY and NJ suffers crushing delays
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Importers shipping to the New York – New Jersey port complex have been subject to extensive delays this summer, an immediate result of technical glitches with the terminal operator’s new operating platform. However, according to the Journal of Commerce, the software issues “set off a chain reaction that exposed the port’s vulnerabilities in labor, facilities and operating practices.”
As a result, ships were diverted to other ports, truckers encountered hours-long waits, and drayage companies accumulated significant losses. Meanwhile, retailers are worried about the upcoming peak season for holiday imports.
Plans are in place to reduce delays, including hiring more longshore workers and extending hours for truckers to access terminal gates (nearly 90% of the port’s traffic moves via truck).
The full article is available here.
Author Rob BlackwellPosted on August 20, 2013 Categories News, PortsLeave a comment on Port of NY and NJ suffers crushing delays
ACE will be mandatory sooner than expected
US Customs has accelerated the move to ACE, which will replace the current ACS for trade processing. The agency has just published the following mandatory dates, which are earlier than previously proposed:
May 1, 2015: Mandated use of Manifest — All electronic export and import manifest data must be transmitted via ACE
November 1, 2015: Mandated use of Cargo Release — All data associated with the release of cargo, including PGA interactions, must be transmitted via ACE.
October 1, 2016: Mandated use of ACE for all trade processing
(The previous deadline for Manifest and Cargo Release was December 31, 2015; for all ACE processing, December 31, 2016)
Author Rob BlackwellPosted on August 13, 2013 Categories ACE (Automated Commercial Environment), e-ManifestLeave a comment on ACE will be mandatory sooner than expected
Kerlikowske to be nominated to top CBP post
President Obama recently announced his intention to nominate R. Gil Kerlikowske for Commissioner of Customs, Department of Homeland Security. From the official White House news release:
R. Gil Kerlikowske is Director of National Drug Control in the Office of National Drug Control Policy at the White House, a position he has held since 2009. From 2000 to 2009, he served as Chief of Police in Seattle, Washington. From 1998 to 2000, he was Deputy Director of the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services at the U.S. Department of Justice. From 1994 to 1999, he was Police Commissioner of Buffalo, New York. He began his law enforcement career serving in the St. Petersburg, Florida Police Department from 1972 to 1987. Mr. Kerlikowske served on active duty in the U.S. Army from 1970 to 1972, and in the Army Reserve from 1972 to 1976. He received a B.A. and an M.A. as well as an D.H.L. from the University of South Florida.
Author Rob BlackwellPosted on August 8, 2013 Categories Customs & Border Protection, NewsLeave a comment on Kerlikowske to be nominated to top CBP post
Corporate Officer Not Personally Liable for Company’s Gross Negligence in Import Case
After the Mod Act was passed in 1993, staff at US importers were instructed that executives within the importing company could be held personally liable for gross negligence for violation of US Customs law. Last week, however, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit held that a corporate officer of an “importer of record” is not directly liable for gross negligence penalties under 19 USC 1592(c)(2), even though the company would be.
In the case, US v. Trek Leather Inc., Trek’s president, Harish Shadadpuri, admitted that he did not declare the cost of assists on 72 entries of men’s suits, and failed to pay the correct amount of duties owed. The court ruled that, despite Shadadpuri’s pattern of failing to include assists in this case and in the past, it could not “pierce the corporate veil” because Shadadpuri acted in his scope as a corporate officer, not personally, and would therefore not be personally liable as the “importer of record.”
See an analysis of the court’s decision by Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg, PA.
Author Rob BlackwellPosted on August 5, 2013 Categories News, Post-EntryLeave a comment on Corporate Officer Not Personally Liable for Company’s Gross Negligence in Import Case
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MG Motor reveals Internet Car capabilities in MG Hector; Launch soon.
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Marquee British Automaker MG Motor (Morris Garages) showcased never seen before car technology in India with the launch of the iSMART Next Gen, developed in partnership with global technology players. To be available for sales by June this year, MG Hector with iSMART Next Gen will be the first internet car in India that will redefine connected mobility.
Along with its strong consortium of global tech partners that includes Microsoft, Adobe, Unlimit, SAP, Cisco, Gaana, TomTom and Nuance, the carmaker unveiled several industry-first features of Internet-enabled cars that will be available in the MG Hector.
The brain of the iSMART Next Gen will be housed in a 10.4” Head Unit. The screen is designed with a vertical interface that allows the driver to control the entire car system with just a touch or voice command. The Head Unit is built to withstand extreme climatic conditions of India. It comes pre-loaded with entertainment content.
MG Hector iSMART Next Gen comes with an industry first embedded M2M sim that ensures that the car remains connected. The customized solution has been developed by Unlimit in partnership with Cisco and Airtel who have collaborated with their Jasper platform and telecommunication network respectively. The connected mobility solution on the MG Hector is Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPV6) ready for 5G.
This seamless connectivity enables the users to receive real-time software, entertainment content and application updates. Customers will be able to download the software updates immediately or schedule them for later, as in smartphones. This makes MG the first few among the global leaders and the first in India to bring the revolutionary Over The Air (OTA) technology to cars. The OTA feature would be standard in all MG cars enabled with iSMART Next Gen for connected mobility, starting with MG Hector SUV.
“The integration of internet with cars opens up a gamut of features that can ensure a seamless and updated ownership experience for MG customers in India. With an embedded SIM card and OTA, the MG Hector promises to do a lot more over time with constantly-expanding capabilities, to create a seamless driving experience, throughout the life of the car,” said Rajeev Chaba, President & Managing Director, MG Motor India. “Furthermore, with the advent of 5G connectivity in India, MG cars will have the potential to add new, breakthrough features to further enrich the car driving experience,” Chaba added.
The most stunning feature of the MG Hector is Voice Assist. It is a powerful voice application that works on the cloud and head unit. Developed by Nuance for MG India, it has been specifically designed for India for Indian accent learning. As a result of built-in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) algorithms, the system will learn and get better every day with usage. Activated with ‘Hello MG’, the voice assist allows over 100 commands, including opening and closing of windows and sunroof, ac control, navigation etc. and works even under poor connectivity.
To add to customer experience, iSMART comes with pre-embedded and very relevant web applications. It will house the world leader TomTom’s real-time navigation application. A leading player in automobile navigation around the world, TomTom has over 600 million vehicles under their platform. This navigation system would regularly update maps, routes and locations through their IQ Maps feature. Pre-loaded Gaana app with Premium Account and Accuweather will further help the customers to access music and weather forecasts. All apps have been specially customized for MG Hector’s large Head Unit.
The iSMART Next Gen is supported by the iSMART mobile App. MG iSMART App is feature-rich like none other in the Indian market. The car gets scanned each time the App is opened, and information includes location of car, tyre pressure, or if the doors are locked or not. Owner can use the remote app to directly lock or unlock doors, turn on ignition and switch on the air-conditioner. This is very useful in extreme weather conditions of India. It would also allow owners to schedule a service and keep track of service history.
MG with iSMART ensures that its customers remain protected against advanced threats while enjoying the benefits of technology. MG car owners can locate their cars remotely and geo fence it, so the car cannot be taken out of a predefined zone, thus enhancing the safety of the passengers. The App uses driver analytics data to help people drive smarter. The iSMART is hosted on Microsoft Azure Cloud providing impregnable cyber security for all data.
MG has set up a first of its kind customer management service centre called the Pulse Hub. This will enable eCall emergency response in all MG cars. If a car’s airbags are deployed under an emergency condition, automatic messages are sent to the Pulse Hub and the registered phones along with a series of emergency response actions that get activated instantly. MG hector also offers an industry first iCall. With just a touch on the Screen, driver is connected to Pulse Hub for a host of information services.
Keeping in line with brand value of MG – Enabling exciting experiences every time, MG India has integrated technology in the entire customer journey and customer experience. Adobe and Cognizant have partnered MG to develop the first ever Adobe Experience Cloud to make the customer journey a delight for MG customers. Likewise, SAP with iTelligence has built one of its kind Dealer Management System – ‘Magnet’, and connected apps. This system would host all information from company, dealers, service centres and customers at one place. This would make sure the customer can seamlessly be recognised and offered services at pre-sales, sales and post sales phases.
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Category: "Grantmaking" (154 posts)
Claire Peeps
Claire Peeps is the executive director of the Durfee Foundation, a family foundation that focuses on investing in extraordinary people who are making a better Los Angeles.
This blog also appears in Candid’s GrantCraft blog.
After more than 20 years of grantmaking in Los Angeles County, you’d think our staff at the Durfee Foundation would know all of the eligible nonprofits in our region. But we don’t.
Not long ago, for example, we got a grant request from a car mechanic who had opened his garage to foster youth in the high desert, a couple of hours north of us. Aaron Valencia, founder of Lost Angels Children’s Project, is now among the most innovative and talented leaders in our grant portfolio. But we would never have met him, had we employed an invitation-only application process. The lesson to those of us in philanthropy: you just don’t know what you don’t know.
Every time Durfee opens an application cycle, we meet eligible nonprofits that we’ve never heard of before. It hardly seems possible, but it happens, every time. Even with our lean staffing, we think it’s increasingly important to keep the door open, so let me share with you why and how we do it.
As a generalist funder, our grantmaking lens is as wide and diverse as Los Angeles. These circumstances might explain why it would be hard for us to craft a list of ideal grantee partners. But even if we could, we would still prefer the open application process.
No matter how much time we spend on the ground, in the community, we can’t possibly keep up with the goings-on of all worthy, high-performing nonprofits. Plus, we’ve heard from so many of them how much they appreciate the opportunity to put themselves forward, and to state their case directly to us. Nonprofit leaders are active change-makers, and they seek agency over their future.
We also hear rueful complaints by leaders who are frustrated by their inability to get in the line of vision of funders whose mission seems to align with their own. We field a lot of “do you know anyone there?” calls.
Which makes us wonder—what if we looked at the grantmaking process through an equity lens?
At a time when our field is focused on equity and inclusion, an invitation-only application process seems counter-intuitive. Or worse, it can project autocracy, instead of partnership—a sort of opaque “don’t call us, we’ll call you.” Imagine what it would feel like to stand at the door of a windowless, locked building to which you seek entry, with no bell to ring. And yet, that’s very often how foundations present to would-be grantseekers. Why?
"At a time when our field is focused on equity and inclusion, an invitation-only application process seems counter-intuitive."
I recognize that sometimes, invitation-only makes sense. A place or issue-based initiative, with a specific goal and time horizon, might best succeed in a sustained, collaborative model with a set of close, expert partners. Or, grantmakers in spend-down mode might choose to bring their work to a close in a deliberate fashion with a select few longstanding colleagues. It can streamline limited resources, reduce the demand on nonprofit leaders’ time while increasing their odds of being funded, and reduce the time foundation staff invest in application review.
While all of this seems great for the nonprofits who find themselves in a funder’s favor, what about those who fall outside their line of vision?
What Do Nonprofit Leaders Say?
The opinions above are my own, and I’m a grantmaker. Knowing that we alone shouldn’t be the ones to decide about our process, the Durfee Foundation sent a survey to approximately 100 nonprofit leaders in Los Angeles to ask their opinion on the matter. The leaders surveyed are recipients of the Durfee Sabbatical Award and are arguably among the strongest nonprofit sector leaders in our region.
We asked two questions:
Do you prefer foundation application processes that are open, or invitation only?; and
Do you think “invitation only” processes help or hinder the work of your organization?—and, in both cases, why?
The results were mixed and thoughtful. Overall, 78% prefer open processes, an overwhelming majority. Not surprisingly, those who tilt in favor of invitation-only represent larger organizations, but even they recognized the challenge of achieving a spot in the inner circle. Almost all acknowledge the dilemma of a Hobson’s choice – invitation-only is always preferable if you are offered an invitation.
“If I’m in,” said one leader, “of course I prefer the invitation-only application because it increases my odds of getting the grants. But if/when I find myself in need of finding new foundations to fund our work, it seems the likely ones are invitation-only, so I’m stuck.”
Other leaders expressed appreciation for the satisfaction they feel when they work in partnership with funders. “When we are on the ‘inside,’ it’s of course great! The collaboration with a funder is very rewarding.”
Those circling closed shops while looking for entry were incisive and blunt.
“Invitation-only applications further the funder as an all-powerful source,” said one leader. “They exclude small community-based organizations who are doing great work, but don’t have access to the privileged circles big funders run in. My organizations have been in the select group for some of the biggest foundations. It takes years of relationship-building, and the skill and ability to spend time doing that. Often those most impacted by the issues being funded do not have the time or ability to spend in that way. It’s an equity issue.”
“The open process speaks to me about the receptivity of the foundation," said another. “It tells me the foundation doesn’t think they know about everything that’s going on that might be mission-aligned.”
“Invite-only foundations can perpetuate income/gender/racial inequity in the same way as invite-only clubs,” said a third.
In addition to posing a challenge regarding equal access, some see invitation-only as limiting to experimentation: “Invitation-only, it seems, reduces the ability of the nonprofit organization to innovate and move in a new direction. If, say, our board has decided through strategic planning that we need to engage in green infrastructure when we are known for habitat restoration, how can we telegraph that to a funder that funds in this new area?”
So What’s a Funder to Do? Advice on a Hybrid Approach
The survey results yielded lots of practical suggestions, with nuanced perspective.
“More hybrid approaches are needed,” said one leader. “Open processes should still be focused and targeted. Before applying, I want to know if my organization’s work is a fit for the foundation. For those that are invitation-only, I would like to see more mechanisms for opening their processes, like polling current grantees for younger, smaller, newer organizations that deserve a ‘look.’ Another idea might be for grantseekers to have an exploratory interaction with the foundation, like an ‘office hour,’ a ‘meet and greet’ or a systematic process by which foundation officers actively seek out new groups to add to their portfolio.”
“I believe that an open process is perceived by the field as being more equitable," said another, “however, I don’t think this is necessarily true. The ways in which the open applications are vetted is where real equity happens or doesn’t. Who’s making the decision? What are the guidelines? These are the real questions when it comes to equity.”
So, my fellow funders, let’s start there—with these simple and complex suggestions that emerged.
Write Clear Guidelines. This may be the most challenging, but essential practice of them all. Clear guidelines may enable a foundation to shift from invitation-only to open application, without opening the floodgates to impossible numbers of applications. Vague or imprecise guidelines generate vast numbers of unsuccessful applications, and waste valuable time for both grantseekers and reviewers. Clear guidelines help nonprofits take agency in determining whether they are a fit for a grant opportunity or not.
Invite a Letter of Interest. Even if your foundation prefers to work with nonprofit partners by invitation only, offer a letter of interest option or an online platform for nonprofits to introduce themselves, and to get in your line of vision. Acknowledge that you have received the communication, and let them know what you will do with the information.
Explain Your Selection Process. If you are invitation-only, take the time to explain why. Whether you are open or by-invitation, let grantseekers know how decisions are made, by whom, by what timeline. If there are set opportunities to invite newcomers and expand your portfolio, share when and how.
Durfee uses a peer review process for most of its programs. We’ve found this an excellent way to expand the expertise of our small, generalist staff, and to offer some transparency to our process. Our peer panelists, usually alums of our award programs, bring deep community knowledge to our decision making, and subsequently serve as ambassadors in the field, clarifying and demystifying the foundation’s process to their peers.
Be Available by Phone. In our digital age, this practice might seem old-fashioned, but we’ve found it’s incredibly valuable at Durfee for building relationships. One compassionate, articulate staff person on the phone can right-size an applicant pool by helping applicants determine if they’re a fit. When they’re not, we find we can often point them in helpful directions, offer feedback, and provide a heartfelt thanks for the organization’s work. This really can go a long distance. Regardless of the outcome, the cost of this simple strategy yields dividends in goodwill.
List Board and Staff. All grantseekers deserve to know who has decision-making authority at foundations, which are, after all, tax-exempt public entities. It’s reasonable for nonprofit leaders to consider who’s in the room before investing time in an application, so board and staff should always be listed on a foundation’s website or in print materials.
Acknowledge Funder Fragility. Let’s face it, it’s a real thing. Whatever prompts funder fragility—uneasy power dynamics, concern about being overwhelmed by requests, disinclination to express rejection, deference to our boards, fear of criticism—we often work behind a buffer that separates us from the sector we serve. Most of our decision-making takes place behind closed doors, out of public view.
For those who truly seek anonymity in their grantmaking, a donor-advised fund might be a more appropriate giving vehicle than a foundation. Indeed, a more honorable one. If you choose to hang out a shingle—if you seek and are awarded IRS status as a private foundation—you owe it to the public to make your grantmaking process reasonably accessible and transparent. That’s also one of the reasons that Durfee was an early adopter to participate in Candid’s GlassPockets transparency initiative to encourage greater openness in philanthropy. We hope our profile there signals our ongoing commitment to working in a trusted and transparent manner.
"If you choose to hang out a shingle—if you seek and are awarded IRS status as a private foundation—you owe it to the public to make your grantmaking process reasonably accessible and transparent."
Build Trust. According to Southern California Grantmakers, only about 30% of its members currently offer an open, accessible application process. Let’s collectively inch that number higher!
I’m hopeful that we are trending in that direction. The recently-launched Trust-Based Philanthropy Project, a national initiative spearheaded by the Whitman Institute, the Robert Sterling Clark Foundation and the Headwaters Foundation, seeks to rebalance power in philanthropy by promoting trust-based relationships between nonprofits and foundations. Being responsive, streamlining paperwork and seeking and acting on feedback from nonprofits are among the pillars of best practice that they recommend. Other important endeavors, like California’s Full Cost Project and LA’s Nonprofit Sustainability Initiative, prize clarity and candor in nonprofit and funder exchange, and strive to put more strategic decision making in the hands of nonprofit leaders.
It takes two to tango, as they say. But a trusting relationship between nonprofits and funders shouldn’t begin on the dance floor, after funders have chosen their dance partners. It needs to begin much earlier, as they explore shared interests and skills.
And access to the dance floor? The building that houses it needs windows, and a front door with a bell that rings. Or better yet, an open door to a standing invitation.
--Claire Peeps
Posted on November 15, 2019 in Effectiveness, Feedback, Grantee/Stakeholder Relationships, Grantmaking, Inclusion, Open Applications, Openness, Promising Practices, Racial Equity, Survey | Permalink | Comments (0)
Earlier this year, we announced a new Transparency Level framework on GlassPockets that would recognize grantmakers for having Core, Advanced, or Champion-level transparency practices based on how detailed the websites are for each profiled foundation. This announcement coincided with GlassPockets reaching its 100th publicly shared profile when the Walton Family Foundation joined and doubled down on their commitment to transparency by supporting GlassPockets in developing the new tiered-approach to transparency. Now, for the first time in the history of the platform, these levels are publicly visible when viewing the funders profiled on the site.
Each GlassPockets profile now comes complete with a transparency badge denoting the level that funder has attained. We encourage foundations to proudly display this badge on their websites as a way to demonstrate their commitment to transparency. You can get your badge here. Visitors to “Who Has Glass Pockets?” can also sort by transparency level to see which foundations comprise each. This sort feature also lists foundations by the number of transparency indicators they currently have, making it possible to quickly determine which foundations lead the pack when it comes to their online transparency practices.
Currently, the distinction of which foundation has the most transparent website goes to Rockefeller Brothers Fund (RBF), so a big congratulations to RBF for living its values when it says that it “is committed to sharing information to promote understanding of its mission and to advance the work of its grantees. The RBF values transparency, openness, and accountability, and has long provided detailed information about its history, program strategies, grants, impact, governance, operations, and finances.” The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, The Wallace Foundation, the Brazil Foundation, currently round out the top four foundations on GlassPockets based on the variety of types of data that is shared on their websites.
The transparency levels are designed to motivate foundations to continue to improve their transparency practices over time, as well as to use the data GlassPockets has collected to create suggested pathways for how transparency can evolve over time. The Core-level transparency practices are a natural entry point for new participants and reveal the data that is most commonly shared by foundations, which tends to be information about what the foundation does. Advanced transparency practices reveal not just what a foundation does, but also reveals how they do it by sharing information about a foundation’s operations. And Champion-level transparency practices push the current boundaries of what most foundations share online.
If it’s been a while since you’ve updated your GlassPockets profile, or reviewed your website’s transparency practices, now is an excellent time to do so, and you might just level up!
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Posted on July 25, 2019 in Accountability, Credibility, Grantmaking, Janet Camarena, Openness, Philanthropy, Promising Practices, Transparency Levels, Who Has Glass Pockets? | Permalink | Comments (0)
Opening Up Emerging Knowledge: New Shared Learning from IssueLab
Janet Camarena is the director of transparency initiatives at Candid.
This post is part of the Glasspockets’ #OpenForGood series in partnership with the Fund for Shared Insight. The series explores new tools, promising practices, and inspiring examples showing how some foundations are opening up the knowledge that they are learning for the benefit of the larger philanthropic sector. Contribute your comments on each post and share the series using #OpenForGood.
Though it’s hard to believe, we are already almost halfway through 2019! Given that midpoints are often a time to reflect and take stock, it seemed good timing to mine the knowledge that the field has shared in IssueLab to see some examples of a few of the reports and lessons learned that our GlassPockets foundations have shared over the last six months. Scanning the recent titles, some themes immediately jumped out at me that seemed to be a focus of research across the field, such as racial and gender equity, global trends, and impact measurement.
This is also a good reminder that IssueLab helps make your knowledge discoverable. Though I’m highlighting seven recent publications here, I only had to visit one website to find and freely download them. Acting as a “collective brain” for the field, IssueLab organizes the social sector’s knowledge so we can all have a virtual filing cabinet that makes this knowledge readily available. If it’s been a while since you uploaded your knowledge to IssueLab, you can add any of your publications to our growing library here. It’s a great way to make your knowledge discoverable, mitigate the knowledge fragmentation in the field, and make your foundation live up to being #OpenForGood.
And, speaking of #OpenForGood, our inaugural awards designed to encourage more knowledge sharing across the field will be announced at the upcoming GEO Learning Conference during lunch on May 29th. If you will be at GEO, join us to learn who the #OpenForGood knowledge sharing champions will be! And remember, if you’ve learned something, share something!
Opening Up Evaluations & Grantee Reports
“It’s a refreshing reinvention of the traditional grantee report, placing priority on collecting and sharing the kinds of information that will be helpful to other practitioners, rather than just the data that the funder might need.”
Foundations pilot initiatives all the time, but do they share what they learned from them once the evaluation is all said and done? And what about all the potentially helpful data filed away in grantee reports? This first cluster of new reports opens up this kind of knowledge:
Creative City (published by Animating Democracy, Funded by the Barr and Boston Foundations, April 2019) The Creative City pilot program, created by the New England Foundation for the Arts in partnership with the Barr Foundation, supported artists of all disciplines for art in Boston that would serve to drive public imagination and community engagement. Artists, funders, and administrators alike will find much to learn from this report about how to rethink arts in the context of people and place. One compelling example is the Lemonade Stand installation, created by artists Elisa H. Hamilton and Silvia Lopez Chavez, which made the rounds of many Boston neighborhoods, and attracted many people with its bright yellow kiosk glow. Though it looked on the surface like a lemonade stand, it was actually an art installation inviting the community to connect by exchanging stories about how they turned lemons into lemonade.
Giving Refugees A Voice: Independent Evaluation (MacroScope London, Funded by the C&A Foundation, March 2018-February 2019) The C&A Foundation supported the Giving Refugees a Voice initiative, designed to improve working conditions for Syrian and other refugees in the Turkish apparel sector using social media monitoring technology. The pilot initiative used social media monitoring technology to analyze the public Facebook posts of millions of refugees associated with the apparel sector in Turkey. The purpose of this analysis was to galvanize brands, employers, and others to take actions and make changes that would directly improve the working conditions for Syrian people in Turkey. This impact report forthrightly reveals that though the social media efforts were an innovative way to document the scale of the Syrians working informally in the Turkish apparel industry, the pilot fell short of its goals as there was no evidence that the social media analysis led to improved working conditions. Rather than keep such a negative outcome quiet, the C&A Foundation publicly released its findings and also created a blog summary about them earlier this year outlining the results, what they learned from them, and what would be helpful for stakeholders and partners to know in an easy-to-read outline.
Grantee Learnings: Disability (Published by Ian Potter Foundation, December 2018) The information documented in this publication has been taken from the final reports of disability-serving grantees, which were submitted to The Ian Potter Foundation following the completion of their projects. The Ian Potter Foundation routinely shares out grantee learnings for each of its portfolios as a way to support shared learning among its existing and future grantees, and this is the most recent of these. The report is easily arranged so that other disability services providers can benefit from the hard-won lessons learned of their peers when it comes to likely areas of shared challenges such as staffing, program planning, working with parents and partners, scaling, evaluation measurement, and technology use. It’s a refreshing reinvention of the traditional grantee report, placing priority on collecting and sharing the kinds of information that will be helpful to other practitioners, rather than just the data that the funder might need.
Lessons Learned from Scholarship & Fellowship Funding
Donors looking to make a difference using scholarships and student aid to improve diversity, equity, and inclusion have two new excellent sources of knowledge available to them:
Delivering on the Promise: An Impact Evaluation of the Gates Millennium Scholars Program (Published by American Institutes for Research, Funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, May 2019) This report shares findings from an impact evaluation of the Gates Millennium Scholars (GMS) program and reflects on findings from implementation evaluations conducted on the program since its inaugural year. The GMS program is an effort designed to improve higher education access and opportunity for high achieving low-income students of color by reducing the cost of entry. The program also seeks to develop a new and diverse generation of leaders to serve America by encouraging leadership participation, civic engagement, and the pursuit of graduate education and careers in seven fields in which minorities are underrepresented—computer science, engineering, mathematics, science, education, library science, and public health. It discusses the extent to which the program has made an impact, and offers concluding thoughts on how the Foundation can maximize its investment in the higher education arena. A central argument of this report is that philanthropic activities like the GMS program can indeed play a crucial role in improving academic outcomes for high-achieving, disadvantaged students.
Promoting Gender Equity: Lessons From Ford’s International Fellows Program (Published by IIE Center for Academic Mobility Research & Impact, Funded by Ford Foundation, January 2019) As part of its mission to provide higher education access to marginalized communities, the Ford Foundation International Fellowships Program (IFP) sought to address gender inequality by providing graduate fellowships to nearly 2,150 women—50% of the IFP fellow population—from 22 countries in the developing world. This brief explores how international fellowship programs like IFP can advance educational, social, and economic equity for women. In addition to discussing the approach, the program took in providing educational access and opportunity to women. The brief looks at two stories of alumnae who have not only benefitted from the fellowship themselves, but who are working to advance gender equity in their home communities and countries. Activists, advocates, and practitioners can draw upon the strategies and stories that follow to better understand the meaning of gender equity and advance their own efforts to achieve social justice for women and girls worldwide.
Sharing Knowledge about the Social Sector
Foundations invest in knowledge creation to better understand the ecosystem of the social sector, as well as to address critical knowledge gaps they see in the fields in which they work. Thanks to these titles being added to IssueLab, we can all learn from them too! Here’s a couple of recent titles added to IssueLab that shed new and needed light on the fields of philanthropy and nonprofits:
Philanthropy in China (Published by Asian Venture Philanthropy Network, Funded by The Rockefeller Foundation, April 2019) Philanthropy is now a global growth industry, but philanthropic transparency norms in other parts of the world are often lacking, so knowledge can be scarce. Philanthropy in China today is expanding and evolving rapidly, so filling in these knowledge gaps is even more pressing. This report presents an overview of the philanthropy ecosystem in China by reviewing existing knowledge and drawing insights from influential practitioners. It also provides an analysis of the key trends, opportunities as well as a set of recommendations for funders and resource providers who are inspired to catalyze a more vibrant and impactful philanthropy ecosystem in China.
Race to Lead: Women of Color in the Nonprofit Sector (Published by the Building Movement Project, Funded by New York Community Trust, Robert Sterling Clark Foundation, Community Resource Exchange, New York Foundation, Meyer Memorial Trust, Center for Nonprofit Excellence at the United Way of Central New Mexico, North Carolina Center for Nonprofits, Russ Finkelstein, February 2019) This report is part of the Race to Lead series by the Building Movement Project, seeking to understand why there are still relatively so few leaders of color in the nonprofit sector. Using data taken from a national survey of more than 4,000 people, and supplemented by numerous focus groups around the country, this latest report reveals that women of color encounter systemic obstacles to their advancement over and above the barriers faced by white women and men of color. Another key finding in the report is that education and training are not enough to correct systemic inequities—women of color with high levels of education are more likely to be in administrative roles and are more likely to report frustrations about inadequate and inequitable salaries. Building Movement Project’s call to action focuses on systems change, organizational change, and individual support for women of color in the sector.
Is this reminding you that you have new knowledge to share? Great—I can’t wait to see what you will #OpenForGood!
Posted on May 23, 2019 in #OpenForGood, Arts, Candid, Community Foundations, Corporate Social Responsibility, Disabilities, Diversity, Feedback, Fellowships, Gender, GEO Learning Conference, Grantmaking, International Philanthropy, IssueLab, Janet Camarena, Knowledge Services, Knowledge Sharing, Open Data, Openness, Outcomes, Philanthropy, Racial Equity, Reports, Research, Social Media, Social Sector, Staff Pick | Permalink | Comments (0)
Transparency: One Small Step for Funders, One Giant Leap for Equity
Genevieve Boutilier is a Program Associate at the Peace and Security Funders Group.
This post also appears in the Alliance blog.
Genevieve Boutilier
In order to solve a problem, one must first identify its parameters. This applies, too, to the philanthropic sector; to that end, many of us are pushing for greater transparency in our field. For example, Candid teamed up with a hundred foundations to make public their grants data, assets, policies, and procedures through the GlassPockets initiative, while our funder affinity group colleagues at PEAK Grantmaking and the Transparency and Accountability Initiative advocate for greater transparency with their members. At the Peace and Security Funders Group, we push for transparency through our Peace and Security Funding Index.
For the past five years, the Index has chronicled thousands of grants awarded by hundreds of peace and security funders to get a better sense of who and what gets funded in this sector. This data is useful for understanding the landscape of peace and security funding, including by identifying funding gaps and new funders; however, it has its limits. In the hot-off-the-press 2019 Index, we make the case for how improving this data benefits funders. But beyond benefitting funders, improving the data greatly benefits grantees and the communities they serve, which – in a virtuous cycle – increases funder effectiveness.
On the most basic level, better data gives grantseekers insight into a foundation’s priorities. This allows grantees to more easily identify foundations with similar missions, making space for grantees to spend less time fundraising and more time focusing on their missions – be it fighting for indigenous rights, preventing nuclear war, or helping child soldiers reintegrate into their communities. This opens the door for more open, honest, and equitable relationships between foundations and the grantees they support, which is essential for impactful grantmaking.
But simply understanding who and what gets funded is only the start of the conversation. It’s time to take the conversation to the next level.
By definition, peace and security funders decide who gets a chance at peace by how they award grants. They are the guardians of crucial resources and enormous wealth, and they get to decide how much, how, and when it’s allocated. This is an incredible amount of power. With this power comes the responsibility to engage in the work in ways that center the needs of communities on the frontlines of some of the globe’s greatest challenges.
With timely, more detailed data, this sector can start to answer the tough questions that experts like Edgar Villanueva and Vu Le have been asking: Why are certain regions, issues, and strategies underfunded? Why are certain populations prioritized over others? Why isn't awarding general operating support increasing, especially given the ample evidence that suggests that it’s a best practice? Why are certain kinds of grantees passed over for funding?
”We aren’t collecting data for data’s sake—we’re hoping to transform this sector for the better.”
For our part, we aren’t collecting data for data’s sake—we’re hoping to transform this sector for the better.
To this end, we encourage all funders to start asking the tough questions about their grantmaking, and to increase their knowledge and understanding of equity in the philanthropic sector. Funders can begin to do this in three straightforward ways. First, submit detailed data about your grantmaking to Candid. We at the Peace and Security Funders Group (PSFG) are encouraging our 59 members – who represent a vast majority of the funding in the peace and security field – to submit their detailed 2018 grants data by June 30, 2019, so that we can improve the utility of the Peace and Security Funding Index. Second, funders can join their peers – including a handful of PSFG members – in becoming members of the Justice Funders network; here, they can listen and learn from each other and experts. Finally, funders should assess their own grantmaking practices. Ask yourself, ‘How could I change grantmaking practices to become more transparent and more equitable?’
There are countless other resources to help funders engage, so if you’re stuck and not sure where to go, we at PSFG can try and point you in the right direction.
--Genevieve Boutilier
Posted on May 9, 2019 in Candid, Data, Foundations, Grantmaking, Human Rights, International Focus, Peace and Security Funding Index, PEAK Grantmaking, Philanthropy, Sharing, Social Justice, Transparency Tips, Why Transparency | Permalink | Comments (0)
Don’t “Ghost” Declined Applicants: The Ins and Outs of Giving Applicant Feedback
Mandy Ellerton joined the [Archibald] Bush Foundation in 2011, where she created and now directs the Foundation's Community Innovation programs. The programs allow communities to develop and test new solutions to community problems, using approaches that are collaborative and inclusive of people who are most directly affected by the problem.
This post is part of our “Road to 100 & Beyond” series, in which we are featuring the foundations that have helped GlassPockets reach the milestone of 100 published profiles by publicly participating in the “Who Has GlassPockets?” self-assessment. This blog series highlights reflections on why transparency is important, how openness evolves inside foundations over time, promising practices in transparency, helpful examples, and lessons learned.
I’ve often thought that fundraising can be as bad as dating. (Kudos to you lucky few who have had great experiences dating!) Lots of dates, lots of dead ends, lots of frustrating encounters before you (maybe) find a match. All along the way you look for even the smallest sign to indicate that someone likes you. “They laughed at my joke!” or, in the case of fundraising, “they seemed really excited about page five of last year’s impact report!” Not to mention the endless time spent doing online searches for shreds of information that might be useful. This reality is part of the reason why Bush Foundation was proud to be among the first 100 foundations to participate in GlassPockets. We believe that transparency and opening lines of communication is critical to good grantmaking, because both in dating and in fundraising, it can be heartbreaking and crazymaking to try and sort out whether you have a connection or if someone’s “just not that into you.” If only there was a way to just “swipe left” or “swipe right” and make everything a little simpler.
“We believe that transparency and opening lines of communication is critical to good grantmaking.”
I’m not proposing a Tinder for grantmaking (nor should anyone, probably, although hat tip to Vu Le for messing with all of us and floating the idea on April Fool’s Day). But over the past several years, Bush Foundation’s Community Innovation program staff has used a system to provide feedback calls for declined applicants, in the hopes of making foundation fundraising a little less opaque and crazymaking. We use the calls to be transparent and explain why we made our funding decisions. The calls also help us live out our “Spread Optimism” value because they allow us to help and encourage applicants and potentially point them to other resources. This is all part of our larger engagement strategy, described in “No Moat Philanthropy.”
Mandy Ellerton
How Feedback Calls Work
We use a systematic approach for feedback calls:
We proactively offer the opportunity to sign up for feedback calls in the email we send to declined applicants.
We use a scheduling tool (after trying a couple different options we’ve landed on Slotted, which is relatively cheap and easy to use) and offer a variety of times for feedback calls every week. Collectively five Community Innovation Team members hold about an hour a week for feedback calls. The calls typically last about 20 minutes. We’ve found this is about the right amount of time so that we can offer feedback calls to most of the declined applicants who want them.
We prepare for our feedback calls. We re-read the application and develop an outline for the call ahead of time.
During the call we offer a couple of reasons why we declined the application. We often discuss what an applicant could work on to strengthen their project and whether they ought to apply again.
We also spend a lot of time listening; sometimes these calls can understandably be emotional. Grant applications are a representation of someone’s hopes and dreams and sometimes your decline might feel like the end of the road for the applicant. But hang with them. Don’t get defensive. However hard it might feel for you, it’s a lot harder for the declined applicant. And ultimately, hard conversations can be transformative for everyone involved. I will say, however, that most of our feedback calls are really positive exchanges.
We use anonymous surveys to evaluate what people think of the feedback calls and during the feedback call we ask whether the applicant has any feedback for us to improve our programs/grantmaking process.
We train new staff on how to do feedback calls. We have a staff instruction manual on how to do feedback calls, but we also have new team members shadow more seasoned team members for a while before they do a feedback call alone.
What’s Going Well
The feedback calls appear to be useful for both declined applicants and for us:
In our 2018 surveys, respondents (n=38) rated the feedback calls highly. They gave the calls an average rating of 6.1 (out of 7) for overall helpfulness, 95% said the calls added some value or a lot of value, and 81.2% said they had a somewhat better or much better understanding of the programs after the feedback call.
We’ve seen the number of applications for our Community Innovation Grant and Bush Prize for Community Innovation programs go down over time and we’ve seen the overall quality go up. We think that’s due, in part, to feedback calls that help applicants decide whether to apply again and that help applicants improve their projects to become a better fit for funding in the future.
I’d also like to think that doing feedback calls has made us better grantmakers. First, it shows up in our selection meetings. When you might have to talk to someone about why you made the funding decision you did, you’re going to be even more thoughtful in making the decision in the first place. You’re going to hew even closer to your stated criteria and treat the decision with care. We regularly discuss what feedback we plan to give to declined applicants in the actual selection meeting. Second, in a system that has inherently huge power differentials (foundations have all of it and applicants have virtually none of it), doing feedback calls forces you to come face to face with that reality. Never confronting the fact that your funding decisions impact real people with hopes and dreams is a part of what corrupts philanthropy. Feedback calls keep you a little more humble.
What We’re Working On
We still have room to improve our feedback calls:
We’ve heard from declined applicants that they sometimes get conflicting feedback from different team members when they apply (and get declined) multiple times; 15% of survey respondents said their feedback was inconsistent with prior feedback from us. Cringe. That definitely makes fundraising more crazymaking. We’re working on how to have more staff continuity with applicants who have applied multiple times.
We sometimes struggle to determine how long to keep encouraging a declined applicant to improve their project for future applications versus saying more definitively that the project is not a fit. Yes, we want to “Spread Optimism,” but although it never feels good for anyone involved, sometimes the best course of action is to encourage an applicant to seek funding elsewhere.
I’m under no illusions that feedback calls are going to fix the structural issues with philanthropy and fundraising. I welcome that larger conversation, driven in large part by brave critiques of philanthropy emerging lately like Decolonizing Wealth, Just Giving and Winners Take All. In the meantime, fundraising, as with dating, is still going to have moments of heartache and uncertainty. When you apply for a grant, you have to be brave and vulnerable; you’re putting your hopes and dreams out into a really confusing and opaque system that’s going to judge them, perhaps support them, or perhaps dash them, and maybe even “ghost” them by never responding. Feedback calls are one way to treat those hopes and dreams with a bit more care.
--Mandy Ellerton
Posted on April 4, 2019 in #OpenForGood, #RoadTo100, 5 Questions, Data, Evaluation, Feedback, Foundations, Grantmaking, Knowledge Sharing, Lessons Learned, No Moat Philanthropy, Open Data, Openness, Outcomes, Philanthropy, Promising Practices, Reporting, Sharing, Who Has Glass Pockets?, Why Transparency | Permalink | Comments (1)
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Wild Bird Trust presents this week’s Top 25 photographs. Each of these images captures a single moment of these birds’ lives, foraging, drinking, flying, swimming and hunting. We thank every photographer who spent time in nature capturing these moments so that we can marvel and wonder at a day in the life of one of...
Wild Bird Trust presents this week’s Top 25 photographs. Each of these images captures a single moment of these birds’ lives, foraging, drinking, flying, swimming and hunting. We thank every photographer who spent time in nature capturing these moments so that we can marvel and wonder at a day in the life of one of these birds.
To be in the running for next week’s Top 25 you can submit photographs on the Facebook page with species, location and photographer as the caption. Also follow us on Twitter for regular updates and on Instagram for our feature on a different group of birds every day!
An Eastern Imperial Eagle in flight. This eagle is vulnerable to extinction due to intensive forestry in the breeding grounds of Asia and Europe. Photo by Suketu Purohit
A Purple Sunbird captured probing for nectar. Photo by Suvadip Mondal
Grey Crowned Cranes are reliant on wetlands for breeding. They will mainly breed during the raining season, laying between one and four eggs. Photo by Wasif Yaqeen
This White-winged Dove was photographed in Yucatan, Mexico by Owen Deutsch. This species is well adapted to urbanisation and as a result its range has increased in the southern parts of America.
This striking bird is a White-fronted Chat, they can only be found in the south of Australia. Photograph by Radhakrishnan Sadasivam
A close up of a European Roller. European Rollers breed in Europe and then migrate to sub-Saharan Africa for the northern winter. Photo by Sushil Khekare
Verditer Flycatchers have a striking blue plumage. Blue feathers are different to red and yellow feathers as the colour is not produced by pigments, but rather by the way the light refracts off the feather. Photograph by Vishal Monakar
The Asian Koel is closely related to the cuckoos and like the cuckoos will lay their eggs in another species nest. In India, House Crows and Jungle Crows are the main hosts of Asian Koel chicks. Photo by Shivayogi Kanthi
The Bluethroat was first described in 1758 by the famous zoologist and botanist Carl Linnaeus. Photo by Souvik Pal
Here we have a Eurasian Siskin, a seed-eating bird which can be found across much of Europe and the eastern parts of Asia. This one was photographed in Finland by Samuel Bloch
Mongolian Finches fly to waterbodies at dawn and at dusk to drink. Photo by Awais Ali Sheikh
A Common Kingfisher on the look-out for prey. Photo by Souvik Basu
Blue Rock Thrushes breed on steep cliffs. Photo by Kamlesh Mirkale
Brahminy Starlings are omnivores, they eat both insects and plant matter. Photo by Gaurav Budhiraja
This European Bee-eater has just caught a dragonfly, bees and dragonflies make up the majority of this species diet. Photo by Christian Bagnol
This Indian Black-lored Tit was photographed in Uttarakhand by Vishal Monakar
The Mallard duck is native to the northern hemisphere but has been introduced into multiple countries. In some countries, like South Africa, it is a threat to local ducks as mallards hybridize with local species. Photo by Paneendra BA.
This colourful Oriental Dwarf Kingfisher was photographed in Guhager, India by Gurukrushna Ghate
Ruddy Shelducks prefer brackish waterbodies to freshwater. Photo by Kushal Sharma
Rufous-tailed Larks are found only in India, usually in dry open habitats. Photo by Amit Kumar Srivastav
During the breeding season, Sanderlings inhabit tundra habitats. Photo by Sujoy Sarkar
A Siberian Stonechat with prey. Photo by Nishant Chauhan
The Gray Jay is distributed across much of Canada and the northern parts of the United States. This one was photographed in Washington by Tim Nicol
Two Common Kingfishers having a territorial disagreement. Territories are generally in the range of one kilometre in size. Photo by Sanjay Dutt Sharma
The Black-capped Chickadee is the provincial bird of New Brunswick, Canada. Photo by Jola Charlton
Thank you to everyone who shared their stunning photographs with us and congratulations to everyone who made it to the Top 25 this week. To be in the running for next week’s Top 25 you can submit photographs on the Facebook page with species, location and photographer as the caption. Also follow us on Twitter for regular updates and on Instagram for our feature on a different group of birds every day!
Our mission is to build a global community around the freedom and beauty of birds in the wild as ambassadors for the natural ecosystems that they depend upon. They are the music, decoration and character of every terrestrial habitat on the planet and have been around since the dinosaurs. They are the witnesses and ambassadors of the awesome power of nature. The wide availability of good, cheap optics has opened their world to us for the last few decades. Amazing, affordable DSLR cameras with long lenses are delivery brilliant digital bird imagery to online communities.
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It's a result of global warming:
Huge crabs more than a metre across have invaded the Antarctic abyss, wiped out the local wildlife and now threaten to ruin ecosystems that have evolved over 14 million years.
Three years ago, researchers predicted that as the deep waters of the Southern Ocean warmed, king crabs would invade Antarctica within 100 years.
But video taken by a remotely operated submersible shows that more than a million Neolithodes yaldwyni have already colonised Palmer Deep, a basin that forms a hollow in the Antarctic Peninsula continental shelf.
They are laying waste to the landscape. Video footage taken by the submersible shows how the crabs prod, probe, gash and puncture delicate sediments with the tips of their long legs. "This is likely to alter sediment processes, such as the rate at which organic matter is buried, which will affect the diversity of animal communities living in the sediments," says Craig Smith of the University of Hawaii at Manoa, whose team discovered the scarlet invaders.
Good news for seafood lovers is that king crab will be remaining on the list of politically correct seafood.
Miles said...
From what I can tell from the media, the warming of the planet only means bad things, NOTHING good EVER.
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A Smooth Take Off for the Zimbabwe Achievers Awards USA Edition - Full List of Nominees
by Arts Correspondent - Dallas, Texas
The Zimbabwe Achievers Awards USA Edition 2016, got off to a seamless start at the Nominee Announcement launch held in Dallas, Texas USA on Friday 23rd September. With the 2016 Edition of the ZAA South Africa Awards also on the horizon, nominations for both the US and SA versions of the awards opened in July across 15 categories, individually. The categories include business, arts, sports and community based initiatives.
"The shortlist of the USA nominees boasts some stellar names and has uncovered some hidden gems", said Ontrance Mureverwi, ZAA USA Planning Director. [Full nominee list below] The inaugural awards gala in the US will be held on Saturday 19th November at the Westin Stonebriar Hotel & Golf Club. Tickets are on sale at https://www.ticketriver.com/event/21304?clear at $60 a pop with some early bird tickets at a discounted price.
North of Dallas, the club boasts views of the iconic championship 18–hole Frisco golf course designed by America's top golf course designer Tom Fazio.
Nominations for the SA edition have closed and the shortlist will be announced on the 6th of October in Sandton, Johannesburg. South Africa's reception will follow a few weeks later on the 10th of December at the Maslow Hotel, Johannesburg.
During the ZAA USA launch, Zimbabwe's leading financial institute, Steward Bank was unveiled as one of the main sponsors for the upcoming editions of the Zimbabwe Achievers Awards taking place in the United States and South Africa, in November and December respectively.
Louis Charema, ZAA International Executive said that the committee were delighted to welcome Steward Bank on board as an official partner and were looking forward to working with them.
Charema added that the Commercial Bank's support with the respective franchises would only strengthen an already growing relationship with the Zimbabwean community on an International spectrum.
The awards organisation, which was established in 2010, and is the brainchild of ZAA Chairman Conrad Mwanza, recognises and honours Zimbabweans excelling in various countries, including the United Kingdom.
"Steward Banks' involvement with both ZAA-SA and ZAA-US only proves our ongoing commitment to building, engaging and supporting Zimbabwean communities around the world," said Mwanza.
Steward Bank who launched a new diaspora product range in the UK last April specifically tailored for Zimbabweans living, working and studying abroad said they were delighted to be partnering with the Zim Achievers Awards.
Chief Executive Officer, Lance Mambondiyani said they were proud to be associated with the awards and that he was looking forward to the journey ahead.
"The Zimbabwe Achievers Awards have been a major highlight in the UK, as well as in South Africa, and soon to be in the United States and, it is wonderful to see what the organisation has done over the years in recognising Zimbabweans who are excelling in their various disciplines, business or other.
"We are honoured to be a partner of an establishment that on a yearly basis celebrates these accomplishments across the world and we are looking forward to the announcement of the nominees for both editions," added Mambondiyani.
Tickets are available for both editions and can be purchased directly from zimachievers.com/us and zimachievers.com/sa The high profile awards have become the highlight of celebration for professional and artistic achievements by Zimbabweans in the UK and South Africa, and with the US edition in full swing, there are plans to expand to other countries in the next year.
Source - Agencies
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Old Mutual's bitter feud with Peter Moyo splits shareholders
06 Oct 2019 at 20:19hrs | Views
Old Mutual shareholders are split on whether the South African insurer should pony up and settle with Chief Executive Officer Peter Moyo or run the risk of a R250m damages claim.
All Weather Capital is up for a settlement if it will end the feud. Allan Gray, Old Mutual's second-biggest investor, is against the idea. Sanlam Investment Management wants to wait and see how the court process unfolds, while Prudential Investment Managers reckons a payout of that magnitude would be "egregious."
Moyo fired the salvo when he issued Old Mutual with a summons seeking damages if he can't get his job back. The 174-year-old firm shot back, saying it will vigorously defend any claim, and that it was correct to dismiss the CEO. The battle spilled into the open when Moyo was suspended toward the end of May and then fired three weeks later, which he successfully challenged in court as being unfair.
"We are not opposed to a R250m settlement if it achieves an expedited closure to this unfortunate and costly dispute," All Weather Capital Chief Investment Officer Shane Watkins said in response to emailed questions. The board should then independently re-evaluate whether Trevor Manuel should continue as chairman, he said.
"The board has handled this matter appallingly and changes are necessary and desirable," Watkins said. All Weather Capital holds about R300m of shares in Old Mutual.
While Prudential Investment Managers, which owns 4% of Old Mutual, would prefer an out-of-court settlement to a long legal process with "uncertain outcomes," the price is too high, said the Cape Town-based company's head of equity Johny Lambridis.
'Particularly excessive'
"It appears particularly excessive in a society like ours that is plagued with inequality," he said. It "unfortunately speaks to the fact that executive pay in South Africa and globally has grown to levels dangerously out of kilter with what society seems willing to tolerate and what shareholders are willing to pay."
The amount Moyo is seeking is in addition to the 36 million rand he earned in salary and incentives in 2018, and 4 million rand for his six months notice period, the insurer said. Moyo, 56, has denied wrongdoing and said he should've been through a disciplinary process before being dismissed. His contract was due to expire when he turns 61. At present Moyo and Old Mutual are not negotiating a settlement or payout, the fired CEO said.
Allan Gray, which holds 10% of Old Mutual and has consulted with the company, is fully behind the board.
"We believe company boards, as shareholder representatives, should be able to dismiss executive officers and there should be no need for cash settlements," said portfolio manager Jacques Plaut. "The board is following the correct course of action."
Patrice Rassou, head of equities at Sanlam Investment Management, said Old Mutual's reasons for dismissing Moyo have not yet been tested in court, making for a difficult call on whether the parties should settle.
While the matter has been handled very poorly, "I don't think we have a full picture," he said.
'Massive headache'
Old Mutual's board fired Moyo for an alleged conflict of interest over NMT Capital, in which he and Old Mutual both own 20%. Old Mutual said it should've been paid preference-share dividends before NMT declared ordinary dividends to its shareholders. Those payouts also caused a fallout with the Industrial Development Corp., which wrote off a portion of a loan to a unit owned by NMT without knowing of a windfall NMT had made from another investment.
The spat - which has seen Moyo been turned away from reporting for work three times - has pitted the fired CEO against his chairman amid allegations and counter-accusations of conflicts of interests, claims they both deny.
Manuel, a former South African finance minister who oversaw the country's longest stretch of economic growth, has said court rulings against the company has created a "massive headache for corporate governance." Moyo, who has accused Manuel of spearheading his dismissal, wants to defend his reputation.
The Public Investment Corp. continues "to engage both parties to register its concerns and urging them to find a solution to this dispute," the insurer's biggest investor and the continent's largest money manager said in an email.
"A delay in resolving this dispute will escalate the destruction of shareholder value," the PIC said. "Most importantly, the PIC urges the Old Mutual Board to act in the best interest of the company and its stakeholders; and to preserve the remaining shareholder value."
Source - fin24
More on: #Old_Mutual, #Peter_Moyo, #Feud
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BREAKING: Burning Man In Latest WikiLeaks Data Dump [Update]
[Update 11/26/16]
If you only follow the mainstream media, you might not be aware that over the last few months hundreds of thousands of emails have been released via Wikileaks, exposing all sorts of corruption and impropriety. After leaks about Clinton campaign chief John Podesta, the food-obsessed Podesta tweeted about Julian Assange’s diet.
3. I bet the lobster risotto is better than the food at the Ecuadorian Embassy. pic.twitter.com/zyViu1R4UL
— John Podesta (@johnpodesta) October 14, 2016
Then Canadian bombshell Pamela Anderson showed up at the Ecuadorian Embassy in London with vegan food and a strange book.
https://twitter.com/pamfoundation/status/787351204288430082/photo/1
I'm not saying "Julian Assange was just murdered by Pamela Anderson with a poison vegan sandwich". I'm just saying other ppl are saying it.
— Our Hidden History (@OurHiddenHistry) October 17, 2016
The leak victims, who do not want things like what they said to Goldman Sachs for $675,000 exposed to the public, have accused the Wikileaks founder of being a pedophile and a Russian spy, as well as threatening him with murder.
https://twitter.com/wikileaks/status/782906224937410562/photo/1
[Update: Redditors have traced the origins of the pedophile plot to SF]
WikiLeaks sent out some cryptic file hashtags, suggesting a big dump was imminent.
pre-commitment 1: John Kerry 4bb96075acadc3d80b5ac872874c3037a386f4f595fe99e687439aabd0219809
— WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) October 16, 2016
Now nobody knows what happened to Julian; he is missing and feared dead. Ecuador cut off his Internet access temporarily, probably because now that the Internet’s addressing system is controlled by a tax-exempt Silicon Valley company, they can remove entire countries from the Net anytime they choose.
Julian Assange's internet link has been intentionally severed by a state party. We have activated the appropriate contingency plans.
It appears those contingency plans include Burning Man.
WikiLeaks is now wide open to the world.
One of the files is called burning-man-paul-addis-message-2008.txt. It relates to Burning Man character the late Paul Addis, who burned The Man early on the night of a lunar eclipse and was charged with felony arson. There have long been Internet rumors, dismissed by some as conspiracy theories, that BMorg pressed hard for this to be prosecuted as a felony rather than a misdemeanor. You can read more about the case in our stories Monday is the New Saturday and Getting the Last Word: A Year After His Death, A Burner Speaks His Mind.
Here is the leak in full:
https://file.wikileaks.org/file/burning-man-paul-addis-message-2008.txt
>Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2008 15:30:21 -0700
>Subject: [staff-announce] 2007 Arson Outcome
>By now most of you have probably heard the news that the perpetrator
>of the arson at the 2007 Burning Man event has plead guilty to the
>crime of second degree arson and has been sentenced to 12-48 months in
>jail, and ordered to pay restitution of $25,000 in damages to the
>Burning Man Organization. Often times the news media doesn't always
>give the full backstory, so we're sending additional information to
>our staff because we believe that all of you who were affected by the
>arson have a right to know the full story. Plus, every one of us is a
>representative of the Project, and we sometimes find ourselves being
>asked questions within the community about the organization's position
>on issues like this one. In fact, some members of the staff have
>already asked a few questions about Burning Man's role in the arson,
>so we're going to address them here. Please note that this email is
>being sent to staff only, and staff policies prevent cutting and
>pasting work emails to other online forums. But, feel free to
>communicate the information contained in this email should others in
>the community inquire about the Organization's take on the outcome.
>Q: What was the Burning Man Organization's role in the prosecution of
>the defendant?
>A: The defendant was arrested by the Pershing County Sheriff's Office
>and faced charges in Nevada for First Degree Arson, Destruction of
>Property and Illegal Fireworks. The prosecutor had a choice to bring a
>full-blown trial and seek the maximum penalties for all of these
>charges, or to accept a plea-bargain for a reduced crime with a lesser
>sentence. The prosecutor advised the Burning Man Organization that he
>believed a plea-bargain would be the best choice for all parties
>involved--the state, the defendant and the victim. In the interests
>of justice and fairness, the Burning Man Organization agreed with the
>prosecutor that a lesser charge and a lighter sentence would be better
>for everyone, including the defendant.
>Q: What would have happened if the defendant had demanded a trial
>instead of plea-bargaining?
>A: The defendant could have been sentenced to nine years in jail for
>first-degree arson.
>Q: Could Burning Man have refused to press charges or refused to turn
>over receipts to the prosecution?
>A: Part of putting on the Burning Man event means maintaining good
>relations with Pershing County so that we can continue to have the
>Burning Man event on BLM land within that county. Good relations
>means cooperating with criminal prosecutions. Refusing to press
>charges for a felony arson that threatened human life would not bode
>well with the government and law enforcement agencies in Nevada that
>support our event. Nor would it bode well with the participants and
>staff who could have been seriously injured or killed by this crime.
>Plus, if the Organization had not submitted receipts the prosecution
>would have subpoenaed them anyway. Finally, there was enough evidence
>against the defendant for the County to prosecute without Burning Man
>pressing charges.
>Q: How did the Organization compute the restitution costs?
>A: Once the prosecutor requested the information, the Accounting
>Department compiled documentation of the following costs: lumber,
>hardware, burlap, wax, fabric, neon, labor, fuel, meals, delivery
>charges and heavy equipment use. Because some receipts were not
>available, the Organization relied on the costs for the first build as
>evidence of what the costs of the second build were. Of all the
>receipts that were available the total came to a little over $30,000.
>Based on the evidence submitted by the prosecution, as well as the
>good points raised by the defendant's counsel, the Court felt that
>$25,000 was a fair and reasonable amount.
>Q: What about the cost of the artwork under the Pavilion that was
>never exhibited due to the crime?
>A: The total cost of the art grants and the wages of the staff who
>worked so hard to get the projects on playa came to an additional
>$42,000 in documented costs. However, criminal restitution only
>covers materials that were actually lost. To recover these additional
>costs would require bringing a civil suit for destruction of property.
>Q: Is the Burning Man Organization going to pursue a civil suit
>against the defendant for the additional costs that were not recovered
>in the criminal sentencing?
>A: No. The Organization feels that the defendant's plea bargain is a
>fair and just outcome for all parties involved.
>Q: So, how does the Organization feel about the sentence?
>A: An organization does not have feelings, of course - only the
>individual people within it do. Like all of you, and the rest of the
>community, the staff and the board were diversely affected by the
>premature burn, and each of us has our own human response to the
>outcome. Not one of us can speak for what everyone around here feels
>now that this chapter of our history ends, but we can say that we're
>uniformly glad to have this crime behind us, and we're looking forward
>to burning the Man together in 2008.
>Ray Allen
>Executive Project Manager
>Black Rock City, LLC
>1900 Third Street
>San Francisco, CA 94158-2502
>(415) 865-3800 x137
>ray@burningman.com
>"Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life's coming
>attractions."--Albert Einstein
>staff-announce mailing list
>staff-announce@burningman.com
in an earlier prank, Addis hung some balls on the Man
Addis did a Hunter S Thompson inspired one-man stage show
Burning Man’s original propaganda minister Stuart Mangrum, Paul Addis, Josh Babcock and Scott Beale in 1998
[Update 10/19/16 3:33pm]
ZeroHedge was confused about this leak.
Ed Opperman, former private investigator and host of The Opperman Report, cleared it up. He was interviewing a WikiLeaks contributor for his Friday show. He asked him about this leak:
Tune in to Ed’s show Friday 5pm PST to hear more about the WikiLeaks.
The Burning Man information in WikiLeaks may have been available for years, but AFAIK it has never been covered by alt- or official- or social- media before. This leak is brand new to our community. Is Assange a Burner?
The email is from anthropologist-attorney Ray Allen, who first attended Burning Man for Hellco and became the organization’s in-house legal counsel in 2004. He is giving secret “talking points” to their mailing list of employees and volunteer insiders. They specifically ask anyone reading it to not cut and paste anything from it online, but to use the information (conveniently presented in Q & A format) to answer any questions from Burners. Sorry BMorg, Wikileaks over-rode that.
There are some interesting comments in the leak, for those who have followed the details of this case.
“an organization does not have feelings” – a rare glimpse behind the curtain, revelaing the true feelings of this organization. It is heartless and Satanic, a corporation of many faces and few masters. It will live forever without paying tax, and can never go to jail. You voluntarily assume the risk of serious injury or death with your money . And it always wants more of your money. It doesn’t care about your feelings, it doesn’t care about the Ten Principles, it just doesn’t care. About anything or anyone.
“heavy equipment use” is ironic when they are the ones with the heavy equipment. So this is an internal charge.
“meals”? “fuel”? This should be about the cost of the things that were damaged. This item shows that they were trying to pile on everything they could think of to make the costs higher.
they say that the prosecution would have subpoena’d the receipts from them anyway. This is speculation, there is no guarantee that this was true. Even if it were, the prosecution may well have asked for receipts revelant to the crime like “timber” and “labor”, and not the “cost of the first build” expenses like “meals” and “fuel”. The choice to pile everything on seems quite clearly to be on the side of the Org, not Pershing County.
there was another $42,000 of potential damages that they couldn’t sue for because there was no actual damage. Umm, what?
the email to staff gives wording to make it sound like BMorg were being gracious by not pursuing an additional civil suit. In fact, for them to be plaintiffs in a civil suit would be a different beast entirely. They would have to commit to the legal costs, in the hope that they would win, and that the defendant would then be able to pay. It is quite likely that a trial would have cost a lot more than the damages, particularly given what BMorg likes to spend on lawyers. In the criminal case, the prosecution would have to convince the jury that he did it (everybody knew he did it), and a judge whether the appropriate punishment was a felony or a misdemeanor. In the civil case, BMorg as plaintiff would have to justify every one of these costs. And the defendant would have had the right to subpoena information from them, too.
They mention a few times the participants and staff that could have been killed or seriously injured by this crime. The perpetrator deliberately did it at a time of the event when few people were around, and the fire would be immediately seen and extinguished. Tuesday nights in 2007 were not like Tuesday nights in 2016. I was there, and in bed, because there was not very much even open in Black Rock City. Playing to fears of “the tragedy that could have been” is “war on terror”-style propaganda. In fact, nobody was harmed in any way by this Cacophonist prank, that got Burning Man media coverage all around the world – it would be easy to emphasize this, too. Meanwhile many participants are killed or seriously injured at Burning Man, every year. And, tragically, the consequence of this discordian action, hailed by many in the Burning Man community as heroic, was the ruining of this man’s life which ended with a messy suicide.
[Update 11/26/16] PIZZAGATE
6 weeks after this post first appeared, Julian Assange is still missing, presumed dead: silenced over PizzaGate. Whoever is in charge of WikiLeaks communications now is Tweeting “please stop asking for proof of life” – not a good sign.
The weekend before the 2016 Presidential Election, WikiLeaks said (via 4Chan) “unless Hillary Clinton steps down immediately we are going to release the big one”. The Clinton team then came out and said “if anything big comes from WikiLeaks in the next few days, it’s probably fake”.
Friends, please remember that if you see a whopper of a Wikileaks in next two days – it's probably a fake.
— Jennifer Palmieri (@jmpalmieri) November 6, 2016
And then PizzaGate broke, not released by the formal WikiLeaks or Anonymous twitter channels…instead appearing practically overnight as a combination of meticulously compiled evidence on 4Chan and Reddit, archived in anticipation of content changes – which did immediately happen, as mysterious Beltway pizza parlors scrambled to remove FBI-classified pedophile symbols from their logos and privatize Instagram and Twitter accounts showing children in highly suspicious situations.
“White Hat” elements of the US Intelligence Community have claimed responsibility for the leaks:
Here is an excellent and comprehensive overview of the evidence:
Titus Frost is doing an excellent job of researching this story, please support him and follow his site for the latest updates.
More information on PizzaGate is available here.
How could this be related to Burning Man?
The Burning Man-related comment refers to PizzaPAC and PizzaPacket:
https://www.wikileaks.org/podesta-emails/emailid/37543https://www.wikileaks.org/podesta-emails/emailid/19761
Podesta e-mail with HRC pizza logo (Design provided by James Alefantis) says to donate to “PizzaPAC.com” registered to one JZ Drizin;
There’s more on JZ Drizin here:https://www.reddit.com/r/The_Donald/comments/5bl3ny/more_research_on_comet_ping_pong_and_potential/
Itchie gross is friends with the Drizin family, but I don’t believe Joel Zev Drizin has a facebook account. The person Podesta said to donate the money in the comet ping pong pizza email was @JZDRIZIN. His latest Retweet was from @PIZZAPACKET.
If you type JZDRIZIN into google you will find this linkhttp://vin.place/vin/jz-drizin.18395059.html
When searching his number you will gethttp://www.tzachlist.com/search/?t=2&location=Florida&page=12He goes by Zev Drizin, Zalmi Drizin, but mostly Joel Zev Drizin which explains his twitter handle.
http://www.breakout.today/the-stories/2016/2/2/sheida This article mentions Joel Zev Drizin and this lady who worked for him. Sheida Jafari worked for pizza packet and in this article it mentions work they did at the burning man occult festival if that’s what you want to call it.
https://burners.me/2016/10/19/breaking-burning-man-in-latest-wikileaks-data-dump/
Burning man was brought up in Wikileaks as well.
The linked story connects one of the peripheral pizza ping pong players to the theme camp IDEATE, which is heavily populated with people with ties to Washington DC and the Progressive power structure [full disclosure: I camped with them once about 5 years ago and didn’t notice any suspicious behavior, there were no children in the camp].
We have been sounding the alarm on children at Burning Man for some time – and we’re not the only ones with concerns about how this community where sex, drugs, and nudity are all abundant and free seems custom-made for pedophiles.
Pedophiles have been intercepted planning hunting expeditions to Burning Man. In 2013 Colorado police arrested a pedophile who had been plotting to take a child from Burning Man. In 2015 there was an arrest for kidnapping at Burning Man.
This year a false alarm Amber Alert prevented people from leaving the event for more than 8 hours, as a missing teenage girl was located with an older man. There was a previous Amber Alert in 2012.
There was also another incident this year when a man was caught trying to kidnap a small boy.
In 2015 this “ironic prank” pedophile van on its way to Burning Man caused alarm in Sacramento:
Burning Man is the largest ritualized occult festival in the Western World. It is very philosophically aligned with Aleister Crowley, his disciple Timothy Leary, and “spirit cooking” witch Marina Abramovic.
The annual Burning Man event is based on the concept of the Temporary Autonomous Zone, created by Hakim Bey – aka Peter Lamborn Wilson. These are “Pirate Utopias” where people can do whatever they want and the regular rules of the outside world don’t apply. Google’s CEO thinks there need to be more of these special legal zones, like Burning Man:
Hakim Bey’s Wikipedia page says that he is a contributor to NAMBLA, the National American Man-Boy Love Association. Another public endorser of NAMBLA was Beat poet Allen Ginsberg. Fellow Beat William S Burroughs was also a pedophile, and Beat members such as Neal Cassady and Gregory Corso were recruited into this network when they were handsome-but-naughty young teenagers. The Beats had a huge influence on Burning Man and on San Francisco. They spawned the Merry Pranksters, which Burning Man’s Cacophony Society openly modeled themselves on. Prankster Stewart Brand has called Burning Man the complete fulfillment of everything they ever tried to do with the Acid Tests. Burning Man’s city design was created by Rod Garrett, who was part of the SF Beat scene since the Sixties. Son-of-a-beat Daniel Pinchbeck is one of the more publicly prominent and vocal members of the Burner scene.
Burning Man started next to SF’s Presidio military base, as did the Church of Satan. Later it moved to another military zone, the Lovelock Gunnery Range in the Black Rock Desert, Nevada. Temple of Set founder Michael Aquino was running psychological operations at the Presidio at the time that Burning Man kicked off. The early founders of Burning Man used to spend a lot of time exploring the underground tunnels and bunkers there, which are riddled with Satanic, Nazi, and LSD-related images and paraphernalia.
I get into Burning Man’s ties to Satanism, the Presidio and the occult in much more detail in my series Silicon Valley’s Secret Weapon – the Shadow History of Burners. Part 5 is ready to record and will be released soon.
By burnersxxx • Posted in News • Tagged 2016, arson, breaking, burnileaks, burning man, data dump, news, Paul Addis, wikileaks
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Prior to any introduction of electronic systems, Area Managers car boots were filled with paperwork and once a fortnight an agent would liaise with their area manager and collect paper walking sheets for the following month. All paper documents needed for a days work had to be carried in
a presenter weighing up to 5Kg and any customer information passed onto the Customer Services team, called 'Quest', would have to be manually entered into the system. "Obviously because of different handwriting styles there were errors in the data and even though the Quest team
would conduct a follow up call to double check information, regional accents or bad connections still meant occasionally mistakes were inevitable" explained Lisa.
Something had to improve and so the initial wave of trials began in July 2007. At first, a basic level laptop and two tablet PCs were shortlisted. The trials highlighted the need for a more robust machine, as well as electronic signature capture capability, easily visible screen for presentations,
low weight and long battery life because agents can be on the road from 10am to 8pm every day.
The second stage trial launched an A4 size tablet to 100 field operatives but only two weeks into the trial the project team had received concerned calls regarding the weight of the device; "nearly half of our field operatives complained about the weight causing shoulder and back problems" said Lisa. By January 2008, a review of the device needed to be conducted before a full roll out, and the team only had until September to ensure everything was in place for a smooth transition to the new system.
"It was in May 2008 that Panasonic Toughbook approached us promoting the benefits of the new CF-U1 and by this stage we had a limited amount of time left to trial the device" commented Lisa.
Panasonic quickly provided two devices to the Lisa and the team at EDF Energy so that a trial could be conducted and feedback reported. A combination of the rugged design, versatility and 1.06Kg weight made the CF-U1 instantly popular; "The response was immediately positive. The
weight was perfect, the battery life was exceptional and the guys particularly liked the fact it wasn't a pure tablet and included a keyboard. As the user had the option of touch screen, stylus or QWERTY keyboard it has a solution for everyone." said Lisa.
It was evident that the Toughbook solution offered the best all round solution to address Lewis's project objectives and by December 2008, the company had rolled out 620 Toughbook CF-U1's to the rest of the field service agents, "Just looking at the CF-U1 you can see it is built for purpose, where as with a lot of our other trials it was difficult trying to make the device fit, so it lent itself better to our needs." commented Lauren Swietlik, Test Analyst at EDF Energy. Since the launch of the CF-U1 at EDF Energy efficiency and service delivery has reached new heights; errors have decreased, information availability and accuracy has been enhanced, paper wastage, unnecessary travel and C02 emissions reduced and data security improved. The unique way EDF Energy takes advantage of the built in Intel®.
Wireless WiFi Link enables real time uploading of information, meaning once a customer has signed up for a service, the information is sent instantly to Quest and within two minutes the customer receives a welcome call. "In terms of our customer experience it's fantastic. The customer has more confidence that their data isn't being held by someone that isn't part of EDF Energy and with reduced paperwork, the agents can now travel in comfort!" explained Swietlik.
The CF-U1 continues to impress with the ability to survive drops from heights of 120cm and its IP54 dust and water compliance has proven invaluable given the rigours of the Area Managers daily use of the device. This durability has resulted in equipment downtime being significantly reduced. Even when dropped in puddles in the street, Peter Seagle, a Team Coach at EDF Energy, noted how the device "bounced" and "continued to work without pause or problems". Just as important as EDF Energy's service, Toughbooks come
with Panasonic's excellent after-sales support and because Toughbook are concerned about the future as well as the present, representatives from EDF Energy visited the Cardiff factory and met with Panasonics highly skilled engineers to discuss the device and how it can be improved; "They listen to ideas and get you involved with the design process for upcoming models" said Lewis.
Most of all, the Toughbook CF-U1 has proved a supremely versatile tool, helping to reduce the total cost of ownership, improve efficiency and encourage a positive move into the 21st Century to help meet environmental targets.
"From my perspective the support, service and after sales service that we've had has been brilliant. I've worked with a lot of parties directly or indirectly and with Panasonic there is just a willingness to try and assist and get to the root of the problem. They are definitely a company I would hold up as an example of how to do business." commented Swietlik. With the Panasonic Toughbooks making such an impact at EDF Energy and the successful union of two commercially driven companies both dedicated to coexistence with the global environment shows that efficiency and environment are two concepts that can work in tandem.
1 Estimated paper used for billing 30% reduction from 2006 to 2020. Source: http://ourvision.edfenergy.com/statistics-02.html
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Big Ideas Wales: Featured
Beth Howes
Beth Howes Pilates
A 22-year-old for Pembrokeshire has launched a new Pilates business after her own medical struggles.
A Young Entrepreneur is ‘Bending over Backwards’ for New Business
Beth Howes, from Narbeth, founded her Pilates business, Beth Howes Pilates in Haverfordwest, after years of ballet had left her with a bad back, knees and hips.
Pilates is a form of exercise which concentrates on strengthening the body with an emphasis on core strength. The health benefits include improving flexibility as well as increasing muscle strength and tone.
When Beth left school, there wasn’t anything in University that she wanted to study and that’s when she discovered Pilates at a local class. She enjoyed the lesson so much she realised it was what she wanted to do for a career.
In May 2016 she started training to become a Pilates instructor in Scotland were she travelled up frequently as part of the course. To qualify Beth needed to complete 600 hours of teaching and to complete this Beth moved up to Scotland for three months. Beth is now a qualified as a comprehensive Pilates teacher after finishing the hours of teaching in December 2017.
She said: “I was so excited when I discovered Pilates as I’ve always loved ballet and was saddened when I had to stop so finding something else that I loved just as much was amazing.
“Completing my Pilates training was difficult especially with all the travelling to Scotland, but now I have completed it all it has been so worth it.
“Working in my local community, and providing a service that I can see helping people with their fitness and other issues makes the job very rewarding.”
Beth developed her business with the help of Big Ideas Wales, the youth entrepreneurship service in Wales. Big Ideas Wales is part of Business Wales and is funded by the Welsh Government and the European Regional Development Fund. The service is aimed at anyone between the age of 5 and 25 who wants to develop a business idea.
Beth said: “At first I was very nervous about starting and running my own business and didn’t know how to even start. That’s where Big Ideas Wales played a big part. David Bannister, a Big Ideas Wales business advisor, was always there to assist with any questions I had through email or was able to meet in person. It was great to know I had that support.”
Last March, Beth joined 50 other young businesspeople at the Bootcamp to Business residential event in the Urdd Centre in Bala, a fully funded three-day workshop hosted by Big Ideas Wales. The Bootcamp gives young entrepreneurs the chance to learn and hone their business skills with advice and mentoring from successful Welsh businesspeople.
Speaking of the experience, Beth said: “I learnt a lot in the Bootcamp, especially through the role models, knowing they had been in the same position as me and how they had done so well gave me the confidence to understand that if I worked hard enough, I could do it too. I would highly recommend attending, although my business journey had already begun, it gave me the confidence to continue and allowed me to get to where I am now.
“If I had to give one piece of advice to someone starting a business I will tell then to create social media accounts straight away. They have been a great way to increase clients and awareness of my business at no cost.
“Since the studio opened my clientele has grown massively already, and I have seen so much more interest in people wanting to take classes. It’s all down to the grant that I was able to open my studio. My goal for the future is to increase my clientele further and to make more people aware of the health benefits of Pilates.”
David Bannister, a Big Ideas Wales business advisor, has been working closely with Beth offering advice to help her develop her business further. He said: “It’s great to see how well Beth is doing with her business already. She’s worked really hard in order to get her business off the ground, and I can’t wait to see where her business goes.”
The next Bootcamp is taking place on 15th-17th March. Applications are now open!
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Hong Kong museum dedicated to 1989 Tiananmen Square Crackdown vandalized
April 8, 2019 / Aris Teon / Leave a comment
Hong Kong's June 4 Memorial Museum, which commemorates the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown, was vandalized days before its scheduled re-opening. On April 7 at around 10 a.m. workers entered the museum, which is located in Hong Kong's busy district of Mong Kok, and found that the lock was missing, chairs, cardboards, power sockets, main switches … Continue reading Hong Kong museum dedicated to 1989 Tiananmen Square Crackdown vandalized
Chinese court sentences activists who sold liquor commemorating 1989 Tiananmen crackdown to three years in prison
Two Chinese activists who in 2016 sold liquor commemorating the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown have been given suspended jail sentences. Chengdu Intermediate People’s Court found Fu Hailu (符海陆) and Zhang Juanyong (张隽勇) guilty of "picking quarrels and stirring up trouble" (寻衅滋事), a catch-all phrase used by the Chinese Communist regime to crack down on activists … Continue reading Chinese court sentences activists who sold liquor commemorating 1989 Tiananmen crackdown to three years in prison
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Ultimate Avengers 2 (2006)
Filed under: Movies, Reviews | Tags: Alien Invasions, Andre Ware, Boyd Kirkland, Captain America, Craig Kyle, Dave Fennoy, Dick Sebast, Greg Johnson, Grey DeLise, Iron Man, Jeffrey D. Sams, Mark Hamill, Marvel Universe, Nolan North, Olivia d'Abo, Superheroes, The Avengers, Thor, Will Meugniot
"Alright, I'll give. Just don't review that Albert Pyun film. That's all I ask."
Even the simplest of superhero sequels can be its own kind of hell. Sagas about superhero teams are even easier to screw up. At worst, they end up looking like an amateur plate-spinning performance at some lame high school talent show. Ultimate Avengers 2 isn’t quite that bad…but it’s verging on territory the Fantastic Four films would explore at length to their (and our) eternal detriment. For thirty minutes Ultimate Avengers 2 held me. Then it all fell apart in the act of wrapping itself up. There’s some irony in there somewhere.
Animated direct-to-DVD superhero movies have this bad habit of taking on more water than they can reasonably carry through their truncated running time. It’s an old story but I’ll tell it again: when you have seven characters with seven back stories, seven arcs with seven conclusions, and only a hundred and nine minutes to run them all…you get a disappointing sequel. Continue reading →
Ultimate Avengers (2006)
Filed under: Movies | Tags: Alien Invasions, Andre Ware, Boyd Kirkland, Captain America, Craig Kyle, Curt Geda, Greg Johnson, Grey DeLise, Iron Man, Marvel Universe, Nolan North, Olivia d'Abo, Steven E. Gordon, Superheroes, The Avengers, The Incredible Hulk, Thor
Yeah, guy wearing a flag into battle. That's not an easy target.
Best to begin this with what Ultimate Avengers is not. It’s not the movie I’d hoped it would be. What is these days, right? It’s not a shot-by-shot recreation of the similarly named, and much more thematically complicated Mark Millar/Bryan Hitch comic book miniseries upon which it is based. It’s not necessarily a major milestone in American animation. (No Fritz the Cat’s here, folks, keep walking.) It is not Marvel’s answer to Paul Dini’s spectacular Justice League series, which did more with more characters, smaller budgets, and the Ever Present Eye of Cartoon Network’s Standards and Practices.
Ultimate Avengers is not a great movie at all…and it shakes and shutters on the cusp of being good. By any objective or technical measure it’s not really that, either. The reasons why become quickly apparent. But first: plot synopsis.
Ultimate Avengers opens (like so much else in the Marvel Universe) during the winningest days of World War II. Hitler is dead, his armies in retreat, Germany safely carpet-bombed back to the Middle Ages. “But what,” asks the radio announcer, “are these rumors of a secret Nazi super weapon aimed at Washington? Categorically false, says the War [nee, Defense] Department. And we believe them!” {More}
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Duluth head shop owner sues feds over store raid
The owner of The Last Place on Earth in Duluth sued the federal government this week stemming from a raid by the Drug Enforcement Agency in July, Agents reportedly seized a large amount of the store's inventory, including two vehicles and $3 million in cash.
Jim Carlson, the owner of the head shop The Last Place on Earth in Duluth, sued the federal government this week stemming from a raid by the Drug Enforcement Agency in July, reported the Duluth News Tribune.
The Last Shop on Earth -- one of the largest synthetic marijuana businesses in the state -- was raided by feds in July. Agents reportedly seized a large amount of owner Jim Carlson's inventory, including two vehicles and $3 million in cash.
Carlson filed suit Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Minneapolis. In it he claims the DEA seized his property without giving him a legal reason to do so.
DuluthNews
Police raided head shop owner's bank accounts, too
Duluth police say their raid at The Last Place on Earth netted 20,000 packs of what they suspect is synthetic marijuana. Meanwhile, authorities were also seizing $2.8 million from the bank accounts of the shop's owner, Jim Carlson. The raid was part of a national crackdown on suspected sellers of synthetic drugs.
Feds raid Duluth head shop in national drug sweep
Officers charged in guns drawn and rounded up customers at The Last Place on Earth shop. It was part of a nationwide federal crackdown Wednesday on dealers who peddle what health experts consider the latest illegal drug epidemic: man-made chemicals designed to mimic marijuana, ecstasy and other illegal drugs.
Duluth head shop owner, employees indicted on 54 federal charges
Convicted Duluth head shop owner asks for release from jail
Crowd gathers for court hearing on fate of Duluth head shop
Supporters and detractors of The Last Place on Earth head shop in Duluth gathered in a Duluth courtroom Friday as a judge heard arguments on whether the business should be shut down.
Duluth head shop back in business after owner, son post bail
Duluth head shop will likely face charges over selling synthetic pot
An attorney for St. Louis County tells the Duluth News Tribune he expects to file charges against the Last Place on Earth. Police raided the shop in September and reportedly took synthetic marijuana, cash and 31 guns. The shop claims that was illegal search and seizure.
Duluth head shop owner proposes deal to end long-burning controversy
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Spoons hopes to add nine flats and a pub terrace to Brockley Barge
Wetherspoons has submitted plans to redevelop The Brockley Barge as a mixed use development, which would incorporate nine new apartments.
The plans would dramatically transform the structure of the pub (built in 1868) with the proposed residential apartments being positioned above the ground floor of the public house and extending to the south of the three-storey front façade of the building.
The internal layout retains the public house use at ground floor level with the enclosed beer garden to the rear and creates a new customer area on the first floor with access to the terrace. The first-floor terrace would be opened up to use by customers of the public house and will have a 1550mm high glass balustrade mounted behind the existing parapet.
The second floor of the public house would be for staff and will include toilets with changing facilities, store rooms, office space and a staff room.
This is an important one to get right. The Barge is central Brockley's only remaining pub and a focal point for the community. A terrace could be fun, but anything that compromises this community asset or spoils its clean lines is to be treated with caution.
BCer Cynthia writes: "I would love to know what readers think of these plans."
Labels: homes, pub
TfL proposes to trim 171 and 172 routes
TfL is proposing to shorten two Brockley bus routes as part of a rejigging designed to reduce central London congestion. 853 reports:
Route 171 from Catford Bus Garage and Brockley to Holborn would be cut back from Holborn to Elephant and Castle under the scheme.
And the 172 from Brockley Rise faces being trimmed back from Clerkenwell to Aldwych.
The scheme affects routes from across London, and also brings a permanent end for Routemaster services a step closer, proposing reducing the “heritage” services on route 15 along Fleet Street using the vintage vehicles to summer weekends and bank holidays only.
The consultation will start next month.
For the full article, click here. Thank you to Joe.
Labels: buses, TfL
The Telegraph Hill Community Choir
The Telegraph Community Choir write:
We are a group of enthusiastic singers. We meet once a week on Tuesday evenings from 7.30 to 9pm at the Telegraph Pub on Dennett's Road.
We sing lots of rounds, and harmonies, on folk songs, sea shanties, pop, African and world folk, in fact, any songs with heart and soul.
We are very mixed bunch, some of us have not sung since childhood, others are more seasoned singers.
Our leader, Lizzie, has worked in music all her life, and sings professionally. She is also a music teacher, workshop leader, and songwriter. One of her songs was recently short listed in a big song competition in Scotland, and she has also composed for BBC TV.
We are a fun, lively group, who welcome new people, we are expanding all the time. Please come along. Each session costs £6.
Labels: groups, music, Telegraph Hill
Time is a flat circle
I've been sent two mysterious local circumferences that need explanation. The former is presumably the temporal shadow of the Hilly Fields bandstand, but what's the latter?
David asks: "I recently discovered that some of the shapes on Hilly Fields are the outlines of huts from WW2 but what is the rather large circle?"
Any ideas what this could be? Unearthed behind bramble and ivy on the Buckthorne Railway Cutting. @harbro @Eco_CP_Library @BrockleyCentral pic.twitter.com/KjgfYbyNmX
— Fourth Reserve (@FourthReserve) July 28, 2018
Purple Rain on Coulgate Street
Labels: Coulgate Street, events, Film
Breakspears Mews Summer
Labels: events, mews
BrocSoc calls community meeting to discuss Ashby Mews developments
Brockley Society Public Meeting - Ashby Mews – Gates and Resurfacing
Thursday 19 July 7.30pm
Myatt Garden School, Rokeby Road, SE4 1DF
Feelings have been running high about developments in Ashby Mews. BrocSoc has called a public meeting to discuss the issue. They say:
Locked gates recently installed at the Ashby Road end of Ashby Mews, SE4, followed by
resurfacing a stretch of the mews in tarmac have caused a significant number of residents
to contact Brockley Society to complain. We are holding a meeting to gauge local opinion,
explain the legal and planning ramifications and consider the next steps.
Everyone is welcome, whether you oppose or support the changes, simply walk through
the mews, or are just interested in the Brockley Conservation Area. Those responsible for
the gates and tarmac and those whose properties are affected are also welcome.
Brockley Society’s position is as follows:
1. Resurfacing the Mews in tarmac
Brockley’s mews are an integral part of the character of the Conservation Area. We view
black tarmac as inappropriate and believe it damages the character of the mews and may
also cause flooding or water seepage as no drainage is provided. Lewisham Planning
department is currently looking at enforcement. Planning and ownership in the mews is
very complex but we believe several solutions are worth exploring, including for this
section to remain resurfaced with a more sympathetic and sustainable topping material.
2. The Gates
The gates are inappropriate for the location: they are far too tall for gates on a public road
and contravene other guidelines in the Brockley Conservation Area. We believe they
should be reduced in height or removed entirely and replaced by a better “gallows” gate,
like those which exist in all Brockley’s other mews. The one currently in Ashby Mews,
behind the new gates, could have been modified.
3. The Right of Way
Ashby Mews is a private road. However, it is also a public right of way – and has been for
at least 120 years. This means the public have an established legal right to use the mews
as a footpath. Locked gates block the right of way. We believe that unimpeded pedestrian
and emergency vehicle access must be restored to the mews as soon as possible.
Brockley’s vibrant and open community has developed over many decades through the
work of Brockley Society, Brockley Open Studios, Brockley Cross Action Group and many
other community activities, campaigns and projects. Closing off a right of way and creating
a gated community is totally at odds with this.
Labels: Brockley Society, mews
The Mantle Road Summer Street Party, July 8
The waterintobeer party organisers say:
Brockley's West Side will be hosting a summer party this Sunday, with beer/homebrew shop waterintobeer and newly revamped restaurant Norbert joining forces for the first time.
The Mantle Road bash will include a barbecue, live music… and of course, beer! Owners Tim and Helen (wib) and Luca (Norbert) look forwarding to welcoming everyone to enjoy the sun with their neighbours from 12-7pm.
Labels: events
45 Lewisham parks in 12 seconds
We walked all 45 Lewisham Parks in one day. Featuring @cornish_jack, @oliverhp, @robynbobyn_x & @katiemaem.@LewishamCouncil @damienegan @Ian_C_Thomas @BrockleyCentral @NewsShopper @DanRavenEllison @SouthLondonClub @Ramblers_London @SthLondonPress @Transpontine @lewishamledger pic.twitter.com/FUoFabSU3z
— Jack Cornish (@cornish_jack) July 2, 2018
Labels: Lewisham, parks
Brockley street trees battling drought conditions
The ongoing hot, dry weather is killing Brockley's young street trees. Volunteers are needed to keep them alive. If you want to be responsible for watering a local tree, please email local group Street Trees for Living here.
To find out more about what's involved, click here.
Labels: groups, Trees
The FlixBus fightback begins
@LewishamCouncil Can you get this company sorted out? This is on the corner of Ashby road and Wickham Road. They are always parked here, it’s dangerous as well as illegal.@BrockleyCentral @MPSLewisham @FlixBus pic.twitter.com/X46vRzQE8R
— Philos (@philos90) June 25, 2018
#Flexibus it is against law to leave engine running while parked. Your driver refused to turn engine off Wickham Rd SE4. They park here every day, this will stop. #brockley #paris #paristransport #lewisham
— Lawrence B Collins (@mentalmapping) June 25, 2018
The FlixBus fightback has begun. Years after the van hire companies using our pavements as a storage facility were driven away, Brockley residents are kicking off about the FlixBus coaches that are regularly and illegally parked on our streets, blocking pedestrian ramps and poking round junctions.
German coach company FlixBus keeps its operating costs low by loading some of those costs on to our streets.
The problem also highlights the hollowness of the argument that CPZs will deal with dodgy parking in the area. There are already enough laws to punish bad parking, they are simply not enforced.
FlixBus' social media team have promised to look into the problem of rogue parking, but Lewisham Council, which has promised action on clean air, needs to do the same.
Labels: business, roads
Ladywell Baths: The Movie
The Lewisham Buildings Preservation Trust write:
Ladywell Baths comes back to life in this short film by local filmmaker, David Stock, in collaboration with Lewisham Buildings Preservation Trust.
Historic, grade II listed building, Ladywell Baths, and the recollections of people who have passed through its doors over the past century, will be commemorated in a new, short film, “Memories of Ladywell Baths”, to be shown at Curzon Goldsmiths on 8th July 2018.
Local film-maker, David Stock, in collaboration with charity, Lewisham Building Preservation Trust, has produced a short film which uncovers and documents the stories of people who have lived, worked and played in this iconic building, now known as Ladywell Playtower.
Built in 1884, Ladywell Baths became one of the first public swimming pools in the country. It attracted thousands of local people, including athlete Eric Liddell, whose gold medal win in the 400m at the 1924 Olympic Games inspired the film Chariots of Fire. In 2004 Ladywell Playtower was closed, and following a serious fire in 2006, the Victorian building fell into disrepair.
In 2017, after many years of campaigning by local residents and Lewisham Building Preservation Trust to bring the derelict building back into use, Lewisham Council put proposals for its restoration out to tender. In November 2017, the Council made the decision to award the redevelopment of the building to Curzon Cinema in conjunction with developers Guildmore.
From dance parties to boxing rings, midnight swims and floods, not to mention a few ghostly tales. Hear stories of this iconic building from those who were there.
The film will be followed by a Q&A with the director, David Stock, and some of the film participants.
Sun 8 Jul 2018, 2:00PM
Tickets £5.00 + booking fee of 8.5%
https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/event/FIEIJG
Curzon Goldsmiths
Richard Hoggart Building,
Lewisham Way
SE14 6NW
Labels: history, Ladywell
Lewisham-led schools: Primary good, Secondary bad
Lewisham Council-run primaries have squeaked into the top 20 best-performing schools in England at Key Stage Two, in a new research produced by the Education Policy Institute.
The independent research group found that Lewisham's schools were among the country's best once factors including prior attainment of pupils and levels of disadvantage were taken into account. The top 20 is dominated by London schools. Lewisham is ranked 20th.
That's the good news, but Lewisham's biggest challenge is of course its secondary school provision, and at that level, the performance is poor, with our Council-run schools ranked 177th out of 218 providers. The Harris Federation, which runs a number of local schools was ranked second in the country at Key Stage Two and fifth at Key Stage Four.
For the full report click here. Thanks to Ian Duffy for the tip off.
Labels: Lewisham, schools
The Hilly Fields Summer Fayre 2018
Brockley Streets
Let's Push Things Forward: The Streets exists to fight this kind of abuse
Brockley Streets is a new community campaign group dedicated to improving local roads for pedestrians and cyclists.
By encouraging better road design and re-routing traffic, The Streets want to stop cars prangin' out or squeezing down roads that don't fit but they know it. They say:
We want to create positive change for the benefit of all residents and visitors to Brockley by
increasing road safety for everybody inside and around the Brockley Conservation Area.
We want to give priority to cyclists, pedestrians and public transport, reduce pollution from traffic going through the area and prevent the use of our streets as rat-runs by non-local traffic.
We are not about the CPZ and we do not represent any particular view for or against (people have asked us this question in the past).
There is a London-wide initiative by TFL and the Mayor of London called 'Healthy Streets' designed to help communities improve local traffic issues and we would like to help shape these developments in Brockley.
To find out more, visit their website and to get actively involved, email them here.
Labels: Cars, groups, roads
Coulgate Pop
Browns of Brockley has a spiffy new Peter Max-style pop-art makeover, painted over tts black canvas.
Labels: Art, Coulgate Street
BrocSoc slams Ashby Mews changes
The tarmac-covered north end
Following the installation of a gate across the north end of Ashby Mews, some residents have now decided to tarmac the surface, changing its historic character to something which more closely resembles a business park.
The southern end of Ashby Mews is untouched
The gates, which we were initially promised would be left open for pedestrians, are now permanently locked to anyone but residents. As a result of this action, the Brockley Society, which exists to protect the heritage of the Brockley Conservation Area, has issued the following statement:
Brockley Society is aware of the installation of gates at the northern end of Ashby Mews and has advised initiating mews residents (frontagers) that:
a retrospective planning application is needed
otherwise LB Lewisham will start enforcement action as the gate is too high
even though the Mews is privately owned, all mews frontagers along the whole length should have been consulted and a management strategy should have been agreed to ensure free access is maintained for pedestrians as well as delivery and emergency vehicles
Despite this advice being given to the organising mews residents it seems to have fallen on deaf ears as they have now had the mews access lane resurfaced early this week with black tarmacadam at the northern end.
As this destroys the rural character that is such a unique characteristic of the Conservation Area (CA), the Society has escalated its concern via Ward Councillors so as to extend the request to LB Lewisham:
for enforcement to be investigated or
to require that planning consent be obtained to stop this 'suburbanisation' threat
On this Brockley Society considers that:
the resurfacing work fundamentally affects the status of this part of the CA such that it could be withdrawn
other more suitable traditional solutions should have been considered via the Society to avoid this possibility
as the work is defined as 'a hard surface' within the curtilage frontage of each property bordering the affected area then the Article 4 Direction protecting the CA should fully apply and the planning applications already granted/in consideration for bordering properties should be reappraised in view of this ill-considered change
In contrast to original reassurances, the pedestrian gate is now locked
Lewishanimals
Lewisham is London's second-most pet-friendly borough.
An analysis of home-rental data on Zoopla by Fasthomes.org found that Lewisham had a higher proportion of pet-friendly ads than any borough except Kensington & Chelsea.
As rental rates increase across London, pet-friendliness becomes a more important issue.
With thanks to BCer Chris Wheal, who is friendly to pets.
The Brockley Street Art Festival 2018
Artist Orbit works on a cosmic piece in Honor Oak
The Brockley Street Art Festival is taking place in parallel to the Brockley Max, creating new works of art across the Greater Brockley area. Now in its fourth year, the Festival is spreading its wings. Organiser Ian explains:
We’re moving the 2018 centrepiece works north of the station this year and and our theme is community spaces.
Aspire is doing a huge work at Luxmore Gardens near Lewisham Way. At nearby Friendly Gardens, Enos is doing an extended mural working with the designs of students at Prendergast Vale.
Lionel Stanhope is refreshing his iconic SE4 work near the station and two artists, Orbit and Owain will be repainting the Honor Oak ‘love them, tell them’ corner fence.
We may also have a new piece by Artmongers, though that may be created next year - it’s big.
Festiball, July 15
Crofton Park Ryan writes:
"I’m hosting a family fun day and a dads football tournament down at St Dunstan’s in Catford called Festiball. It’s an urban fete with stalls of kids clothes, toys, books and local crafts.
"Then there’ll be a bakeoff competition judged by a local VIP. We’ll have big family picnic while the dads play football with a BBQ and a local craft beer tent.
"We’re putting on entertainment for the kids, face painters, magicians, balloon blowers and a penalty shoot-out competition.
"The Football Tournament is World Cup competition, with up to 20 teams involved, all getting a national team from the real World Cup to play for.
The reason we’re doing this is to raise money and awareness for mens cancer. We’re supporting Prostate UK and a smaller local charity called Ballboys that educates younger boys about the perils of Tesicular cancer.
We want teams to sign up for the football tournament and families to come to the event to enjoy. It’s on the 15th July and we’d love it if you could help us out in any way possible.
www.festiball.net
Labels: Catford, events, sport
Crofton Park Trains All Messed Up. Bibbidi bobbidi boo.
"Well, serves you right, spoiling people’s best dreams."
Until now, the Cinderella Line group, which campaigns for a better Crofton Park service, has operated in a parallel universe, where people just ask for things and public transport organisations deliver them promptly and efficiently.
Now, thanks to massive disruption on the Thameslink line, they have rejoined the rest of us in the real world. They write regarding the ongoing problems passengers are experiencing:
The message we have been feeding back to Thameslink, based on our experience is that this is simply unacceptable and cannot continue.
As always, it's the pressure from all our supporters that allow us to keep holding Thameslink to task so please continue to stand with us so we can do this. Our MP Vicky Foxcroft has already been in touch with Thameslink.
Why do services keep getting cancelled?
The national timetable planning process across the entire national rail network has been significantly delayed. Railway timetables are normally published 12 weeks in advance, however, rewriting the timetable from scratch across such a huge network is a massive undertaking and was not completed until a few weeks ago.
In addition to running passenger services, the timetable changes define the scope of engineering work to the track. This, in turn, affects the deployment of trains and train crew and the access they have to train maintenance depots. Less time than usual has been available to re-plan the driver allocations as well as the train stabling and maintenance requirements.
On top of all of this, there simply arent enough drivers trained to drive all of the new routes. Train drivers can’t simply turn up and drive any train – they need to understand and be cleared for, the routes that they drive.
We anticipate that it will get better as time goes on, however right now, Thameslink have been unwilling or unable to confirm how long this disruption might last so check before travelling and have a plan B.
Why are some of our services back to 4 carriages after being told they would always be 8 carriages?
Due to the implementation of the new timetables, SouthEastern have been drafted in by Thameslink to run some of our services on a temporary basis.
SouthEastern use older trains that can be split in two, and as they have a shortage of trains on their own network it means that some of our services may run short.
Why aren't there any more fast services from Catford? Our journey times have now increased for some services?
On the Cinderella Line, there is limited capacity for our Thameslink passenger services to run. The only way for us to have more services overall is for all our trains to stop at all stations, so they move in unison – exactly like they do on the tube.
Since Thameslink either can't or won't be clear about how long we might have to endure the current issues, thinking up alternative routes and checking before you travel are about the only things we can do.
For the full horror, click here.
Labels: Crofton Park, trains
Hilly Fields CPZ proposed
Lewisham's neverendum on CPZ's continues. This time, the Council has proposed a zone that covers the back streets of Ladywell and a patch of the Brockley Conservation Area that runs from Hilly Fields to Lewisham Way down Tressillian Road.
Mike writes:
"Lewisham Council are consulting yet again for a Ladywell CPZ extension, calling it the 'Ladywell Study Area'. It seems extensive too. We are one road outside one of the 2 areas and knew nothing of it until we saw a sign on a lamp post today."
Another BCer Jane adds:
"I'd be interested to hear what other people think. I think it’s crazy. Once we have that one it will spread across the whole area."
The arguments for and against CPZs are well rehearsed. They promise to make it easier for locals to park, but cost money and faff for local residents. They risk harming local small businesses, but also could reduce local traffic as fewer chancers from outside the area look for inner London parking spots.
Brockley Central proposes five tests for parking zone membership:
1. Does it solve a significant problem?
No one has the divine right to park outside their house. Even people with young kids or heavy bags (I have had both in my life). Most of the time, most people can park within a stone's throw of their front door. For those with disabilities, disabled bays are an option. Do we really need to inconvenience an entire area just because a few people have to walk a few yards sometimes? Are the Brockley roads covered by this scheme really that bad?
2. Could it have negative consequences for those outside the zone?
Time and again, CPZ's create problems on their borders for people just outside the zone. The Council's attitude seems to be that this is an appropriate punishment for those who have the impudence to vote against one in their area and the solution offered is more CPZ, and so the inexorable expansion continues. If we're going to have these things, why not go the whole hog and make the whole of SE4 a CPZ? That is the unspoken question in the consultation.
3. Would it be properly enforced?
The galling thing is that we already have plenty of parking restrictions that are ignored by rogue traders and the anti-social because the Council doesn't enforce existing rules. We have a French coach company regularly parking across public rights of way, with impunity. Without proper enforcement, this is just a tax on the law abiding.
4. Is the cost and hassle worth it?
Taking all this into account, does the cost-benefit analysis work for residents? It's not just the money, it's also one more bit of admin to deal with, compounded when friends come to visit.
5. Are there bigger priorities?
EV charge points and car club bays are in short supply. What is being done to encourage greener forms of car-use? Do we need more short-stay bays to support local businesses? Will residential bays diminish the opportunity to address these challenges.
Click here for the online consultation.
Wild swimming comes to Lewisham
Our new Lewisham Mayor has pulled a rabbit out of the hat in first weeks in post.
Beckenham Place Park will receive £440,000 of funding from the Mayor of London to create a wild swimming pool, as part of a major development project, which will be overseen by Brockley Councillor Sophie McGeevor. Lewisham Council explains:
The award is part of the mayor of London’s push to make London the world’s first National Park City. Beckenham Place Park was one of six winning projects to get a share of the £2m funding pot from the mayor’s Greener City Fund.
We will use the funding to:
plant thousands of new trees
support the restoration of the park’s Georgian lake, which will create a new wildlife habitat and be used for open water swimming
It's great to see such an ambitious and imaginative project in the borough. More please.
Labels: Lewisham, parks, sport
Budgie, regard!
MISSING: My neighbour’s little boy’s much-loved budgie, Nelson. Last seen on Manwood Road. If you see or even hear him, please let us know. Thank you #SE4 #croftonpark #ladywell @BrockleyCentral pic.twitter.com/NAvgYKbpOV
— Jenny Wood (@WoodyJen) May 20, 2018
Labour chooses Daby to fight Lewisham East election
Congratulations to @JanetDaby, Labour’s candidate for Lewisham East! pic.twitter.com/OdJ2mT3Lua
— London Labour (@LondonLabour) May 19, 2018
Lewisham East has dodged a Momentum bullet. Janet Daby - the sensible, moderate, serious candidate on the Labour shortlist for the upcoming by-election - has been selected as their prospective MP.
Daby likes talking about housing, health and education rather than lurking in chatrooms muttering about Zionists. Her analysis of political problems extends beyond personal anecdote and posture. She cares about Lewisham more than she does about re-writing Venezuelan history. Needless to say, she was a local choice rather than a national plant.
Given Labour is a shoo-in in this election, this is an important outcome and a signal that Labour's Lewisham grassroots are resilient.
Full list of candidates coming up.
New timetable and more trains for Crofton Park
New trains come into service soon
A completely new timetable will apply to Crofton Park trains from Sunday, May 20th.
And since there is nothing harder and more confusing than trying to write about train timetables for a service you don't use, the Cinderella Line campaign for better rail services through Crofton Park has summarised it instead. They say:
Thanks to everyone, from 21st May we will be enjoying our well-deserved 4 trains an hour on the Cinderella Line, doubling current capacity and giving us vital new services across London.
Here are the key changes:
Our core service
4 trains an hour all day every day Monday – Saturday. Sunday will initially have 2 trains an hour increasing to 4 once Network Rail have completed some engineering works that will allow Thameslink to run the full service on Sundays too.
You can read more about the engineering works here.
Two of our services will terminate at Blackfriars and two will go beyond to Kentish Town, linking us up to Farringdon for Crossrail and Kings Cross St Pancras.
Weekday mornings into London
On weekday mornings we will have 4 trains an hour and Crofton Park and Bellingham will also have some direct services to London Victoria:
The 4 Thameslink services will be spaced at 10 and 20 minute gaps. This is to pave the way for eventually increasing our service to 6 trains an hour and we're going to be pushing for this to happen.
Just imagine: a train every 10 minutes!
But there is a catch if you want to go to Victoria
From Crofton Park there are currently three direct services to London Victoria on weekday mornings departing at 7:36, 8:23 and 8:43. In the new timetable from May, these times have been amended to depart at 7:46, 8:15 and 9:21, so our third service will be more than 30 minutes after it currently is.
We have raised this with Southeastern Railway and the reason for this is that under the new timetable with all of our core services through Blackfriars, it is not currently possible to have a train that stops at Crofton Park at around 8:45 to Victoria as this could cause a knock-on delay to other services.
And the new services won't be fully operational straight away
From 11th June the initial phasing will be complete and our services will run as planned. During the phasing in period, some of our services will either start from Blackfriars or Terminate there, but after 11th June they will run the full length of the route.
For the full rundown of changes, click here.
Labels: Crofton Park, Crofton Park Station, trains
History Walk of the Three Peaks Trail, May 26
Labels: events, history
Waiting in the wings for the show to begin
Labour, as expected, has chosen an all-female, all-BAME shortlist for the Lewisham East by-election. They are: Janet Daby, Brenda Dacres, Sakina Sheikh and Claudia Webbe.
Daby and Dacres have years of local service with the Council under their belts. The Labour leadership and Lewisham Momentum prefer Webbe and Sheikh.
Islington Councillor, friend of Jez and NEC member Claudia Webbe has attracted criticism for her previous defence of Ken Livingstone's antisemitism and her appearances on Iranian and Russian state TV. On the other hand, she is related to Simon Webbe, singer of No Worries, one of the most perfect pop songs of all time.
Worth noting that there are nominally other contenders from other parties involved in this election. More on them soon.
Brockley Max 2018 - June 1-9
Not long now until the Brockey Max festival. The full programme is now available to download. Organiser Moira writes:
Brockley Max 2018 features an amazing mix of art, music, comedy, film and photography events alongside the hugely popular Opening Night, Brockleywood Nights and Art In The Park.
We also have our very own radio station. Brockley Max FM will be broadcasting live from The Fox & Firkin during festival week. And once again we’re delighted that the Brockley Street Art Festival is happening alongside us.
Highlights this year include:
- Eyeball Pleasers - an eccentric collection of work at the Lewisham ArtHouse
- Jerk n Jam - Jerk cooking and good music at Jam Circus
- Roald Dahl's Revolting Rhymes - performed by local theatre group Join the Dots
- Whisky & Wax Featuring Beatnik - hip hop and electronica at Brickfields
- Kumo and Sweet Machine - like Jean Michelle Jarre playing a theramin inside The Honor Oak pub
The traditional opening night party is on June 1, on Foxberry Road.
Labels: Art, Brockley Max, events
"Bookies' favourite" won't run for Lewisham East seat
Phyll Opuku-Gyimah, the candidate widely touted to win the Labour nomination for the Lewisham East by-election, has issued a statement on Twitter saying that she will not stand. She will thus become the only person in London not running in this race.
Tomorrow we would have revealed that Lady Phyll also hired and supported the disgraced anti-Semite Josh Rivers, who said “Jews are gross”. Labour having real problems with this selection.
— Alex Wickham (@WikiGuido) May 13, 2018
The UK Black Pride organiser had been flirting heavily with the idea on Twitter and in interviews, and was tipped as the one that Corbynistas would anoint, but she has pulled out at the last minute, citing personal reasons. The list of candidates currently in the running can be found here.
- Lewisham Momentum is hosting a meeting with candidates tonight at the Rivoli tonight, but has no-platformed Joe Dromey on account of his genitalia.
- Labour's National Executive Committee is reported to have delayed the selection meeting until next Saturday, in response to complaints from local party members that the process was being railroaded by the national leadership.
Patchwork Royal Wedding
Windsor’s local homeless charity, SHOC, has partnered with Brockley-based Patchworkit to create an alternative wedding gift list for people who want to mark the Royal Wedding by supporting those in need.
You can donate a toaster, towels or a range of other gifts by clicking here.
Lewisham East - Labour's runners and riders in a very short race
Who are the many and who are the few? That question is set to be put to the test in the forthcoming Lewisham East byelection, which has been triggered by Heidi Alexander's resignation. The Guardian reports:
"Labour party members in... Lewisham East are protesting furiously that the byelection caused by the resignation of the MP Heidi Alexander is likely to be held in just five weeks’ time.
"They accuse the party’s national executive of rushing through the process to prevent the local party having a voice, with the candidate to be shortlisted and selected in just six days.
"The Lewisham East CLP chair, Ian McKenzie, emailed members calling on them to protest against the speed of the process.
"The national executive committee (NEC) always selects byelection candidates, but Lewisham East is a plum seat with a solid 21,000 majority.
"Several people have already let it be known they are interested, but there are indications that Labour HQ would like to see an all-female shortlist and is likely to favour at least a majority of BAME candidates in a constituency where nearly half the voters are minority ethnic."
So are the many the local party members who represent the grassroots of the party, or does the Labour leadership, with a huge national mandate represent the interests of the many against a few local refuseniks who can't get with the glorious programme? Reducing complicated issues down to trite oppositional catchphrases is harder than it looks.
Anyway, let's have a look at the candidates who somebody somewhere will choose from to install in power in a borough where 70% of the residents voted Remain:
Kevin Bonavia - Blackheath Councillor and Spurs fan? Uh oh. Running on a strongly pro-immigration platform following his work with refugees in Lewisham. Pledges to work to mitigate the worst effects of Brexit, which is to say he supports the Labour Party's pro-Brexit stance.
Brenda Dacres - the New Cross Councillor is a familiar face in local politics. Her candidacy declaration included a personal connection to every wicked Tory injustice meted out since 2010. Follows the Corbynista line on Brexit, which is to say she is pro.
Joe Dromey - A job with the Moral Maze's favourite think-tank the IPPR, a solid track record as a Councillor and a tendency to say sensible things in a moderate tone on Twitter give him impeccable centrist dad credentials. Good luck with that... 'Passionately pro-European' (hint hint), but nominally supports Labour's pro-Brexit stance.
Sakina Sheikh - Inspired by Corbyn to join the party two years ago and only elected as a Lewisham Councillor a few days ago. Together with our new Lewisham Mayor and Telegraph Hill Councillor Paul Bell, she recently shared a platform with a local Islamist imam Shakeel Begg, who in 2016 was found by a high court judge to “clearly promote and encourage violence in support of Islam and espouse a series of extremist Islamic positions.” Her statement does not mention the EU at all and she has ducked repeated questions put to her about Brexit on Twitter. Reportedly the Corbynista candidate of choice.
Claudia Webbe - Former Chair of the Met Police's anti-gang crime initiative Operation Trident, her statement is admirably detailed and definitively socialist. Says she is proud to call Corbyn a personal friend. Pro-Brexit.
So there you have it. Five candidates so-far, all toeing the pro-Brexit party line. A reminder of two things: Firstly, if you want to be the next MP for Lewisham East you'd better tailor your manifesto for the ears of the national leadership rather than the local electorate. And secondly, the Labour Party is a pro-Brexit party.
The Huffington Post reports that Labour is contemplating selecting candidates based on an all-women, all-BAME shortlist, which would have the fortuitous consequence of weeding out the centrist candidates.
Phyll Opuku-Gyimah, the co-founder of UK Black Pride, is also expected formally to enter the race shortly.
Whitefoot Councillor and Lewisham Deputy Mayor Janet Daby has declared her candidacy.
The former social worker's platform is the most locally-relevant, including references to the Bakerloo Line and problems with gang violence. A good and considered local politician. She makes no reference to Brexit or related issues at all.
Another one to add to the list. Rachel Onikosi is a former Lewisham Councillor who ducks any reference to Brexit in her declaration. Instead, her florid note majors on things like mental health, mean tweets and 'the stigma' of maternity leave.
From this plethora of options, will any pro-Remain candidate emerge?
Down goes Lady Phyll, who's dropped out amid media reports of anti-semitic social media posts.
Tom Willetts has entered the race. He is a governor of Trinity Lewisham school and a Catford resident. His declaration majors on issues affecting young black people in the borough. Describes himself as a socialist who wants radical change. Opposes 'hard Brexit', which is to say will support the party line in favour of Brexit.
Climb St Peter's on June 2nd
On Saturday, June 2nd, you will have a rare chance to climb St Peter's Church tower. The Wickham Road temple is hosting an open day as part of the Brockley Max Festival. They write:
Have you ever wondered what’s behind the big red doors of St Peter’s? Come join our Open Day to explore this beautiful church and learn more about its place in local history.
St Peter’s Open Day is on Saturday 2nd June from 12-5pm as part of the Brockley Max Festival.
We welcome everyone to come and enjoy its stained glass windows and mosaics and take a tour, including climbing to the top of the clock tower for spectacular views of Brockley and the city.
Guided tours of church will be taking place at 12:15, 13:30, 14:45 and 16:00. Each tour is limited to fifteen people. If you’d like to book your place on a tour, you can register your interest here.
Labels: churches, events
Fortress Ashby Mews
The gates go in
Recently, a metal gate appeared without warning across the northern entrance to Ashby Mews.
This entrance to the mews has been cursed by constant fly-tipping over the years and the gates are a defense measure installed by residents.
I bow to no-one in my hatred for rubbish and fly-tipping and I can imagine how infuriating it must be to live with it year-after-year. Just walking past it regularly made me angry. I have also been on the receiving end of residents' exasperation - despite living nearby, I was once challenged while on a walk to state my business by one neighbour who suspected me of being a fly-tipper (though where about my person he thought I was stashing my load was unclear).
But Brockley's mews are a community asset and this was done without public consultation, nor reference to the Brockley Society, who are guardians of the conservation area. Some residents with rear-garden access to the mews say they were unaware of the plans. Rumours abound about when and how often pedestrian access will be available.
Restricting pedestrian access is a draconian measure to combat rubbish usually dumped by the van-load. It runs contrary to the communitarian spirit of Brockley or the stated intentions of the developers who have built homes in the mews. The gates are divisive in more ways than one: From the moment they were thrown up, I received emails from concerned locals who wished not to be named for fear of being dragged into a spat.
The Council and the police should have acted long ago to deal seriously with fly-tipping at this spot. There should have been a plan of action that dealt with the problem and stopped residents feeling the need to take matters into their own hands. But the plan should have been developed with the community. It’s a shame to have shut them out.
Labels: litter, mews
Heidi Alexander quits MP role to be London Deputy Mayor
Some big news from me: I have today agreed to become the Deputy Mayor (Transport) for @sadiqkhan. This is a huge job with a massive impact on the life, health and economy of London. I will be leaving Parliament after 8 incredible years. pic.twitter.com/Gz4vxJAkzx
— Heidi Alexander (@heidi_mp) May 8, 2018
Heidi Alexander is standing down as a Lewisham MP in order to replace Val Shawcross as Mayor Khan's Deputy Mayor, responsible for transport across the capital.
I have lost enough Twitter followers by dwelling on the internal Labour party politics that contributed to this decision and there will be plenty of time to revisit that topic as the race to replace her begins in earnest, so let us focus on the positives.
Heidi Alexander is a capable politician who cares about our borough. Her appointment ought to ensure that the Bakerloo line extension to New Cross and Lewisham goes ahead without any hiccups. She might also encourage TfL to give greater consideration to cyclists in Lewisham, extending the bike hire docks to our borough.
Anyone in City Hall with an affinity for South East London's challenges and potential is good news.
Labels: elections, Mayor, TfL
The Dengest Lunch
One needn't be a clean-eating obsessive to worry about local fast-food outlets targeting our kids so flagrantly.
Shocked by the *school uniform deals* at this high street takeaway. We have to do more to tackle #ChildhoodObesity @UKSustain @Kath_Dalmeny @Children's food @BenTrelawney pic.twitter.com/RGrNOUrrK5
— Katherine Button (@Kat_Button) May 4, 2018
Labels: takeaway
One minute to midnight
The results of the Lewisham Council elections are in. The only non-Labour candidate, Brockley's Green Councillor Coughlin, is gone.
Voters of Lewisham: What is the point of this?
Labels: elections, Lewisham
Bye Bullock, Enter Egan
The people of Lewisham have chosen Damien Egan as their new Mayor.
Our first ever directly elected Mayor, Steve Bullock, stood down after 16 years of sterling service to make way for a new candidate. Voters duly installed the next Labour candidate. The full results are as follows:
Councillor Damien Egan - Labour Party - 39951 votes (54%)
Ross Kenneth Archer - The Conservative Party - 9790 votes (13%)
Councillor John Leo Coughlin - Green Party - 7649 votes (10%)
Chris Maines - Liberal Democrats - 6065 (8%)
Duwayne Brooks - Independent - 5480 (7%)
John Nicholas Hamilton - People Before Profit - 4193 (6%)
Will Donnelly - Democrats and Veterans - 445 (1%)
The election produced a surprisingly high turnout (37%), given that the result was a certainty, with the Council chamber a sea of red.
The enduring appeal of People Before Profit is interesting, given that many of their supporters were thought to have been hoovered up by Corbyn-era Labour. Perhaps it shows the power of leafleting at local train stations. And the LibDems still cannot catch a break, despite having once been the main source of local opposition.
Brockley's Green Councillor Leo Coughlin gained a creditable third place finish.
Congratulations to Egan. And good luck.
Murder at the Movies, May 16
Harriet writes:
Calling all armchair detectives – an immersive murder mystery cinema event is coming to New Cross in May! Learn from literature’s master of mystery at this film screening with a twist where the audience will have their own murder mystery to solve.
On 16th May, the Amersham Arms in New Cross will be transformed into a 1930s cinema. The audience will step back in time to the closing night of the ‘Amersham Picture House’ which is soon to be bulldozed to make way for luxury flats. The owner of the cinema has invited a host of colourful characters for one last ‘hurrah!’ before the cinema shuts its doors for good, but there’s more to this party than meets the eye…
The audience will watch the Christie Classic, Murder on the Orient Express (1974), play games and solve puzzles to uncover the clues to a murder mystery that unfolds as the night goes on. 1930’s outfits are highly encouraged and there will be a prop-box on the night to help you get into character!
Organiser Harriet from Child.org said “This will be a great chance for people who saw the recent Murder on the Orient Express film to experience the original in a wholly different setting. I hope the audience will really step into the story – I can’t wait to see everyone’s fancy dress!”
Popcorn and drinks from the bar will also be available. This is an over-18s only event and tickets are only available in advance online at: http://bit.ly/murderatthemovies
There’s a limited number of early bird tickets, so get them before they’re gone! All proceeds from the event will go to Child.org
Model Market 2018 - Returns Friday
O happy day: Summer is here, Model Market has returned.
The Lewisham food and booze experience re-opens tomorrow night, and this year's line-up includes What the Fattoush (vegan), Pocho (sliders and tacos) and Mama's Jerk (barbecue).
Opens 5pm Friday and runs every weekend throughout the summer. Go.
Labels: Lewisham, Market
Reports: Heidi Alexander City Hall move could trigger Lewisham by-election
Lewisham East MP Heidi Alexander is reported to be considering a move to City Hall, which would trigger a local by-election. Guido Fawkes summarises:
"Last night the Guardian reported that Labour MP Heidi Alexander is “seriously considering” quitting the Commons for a job at City Hall. This morning the Corbynista site Skwawkbox (health warnings apply) say she is to step down. Labour’s press office say they aren’t commenting and that Guido should speak to Heidi. Calls to her mobile, Westminster and constituency office phones are going unanswered. By-election?"
The Guardian's original report noted:
Since quitting the shadow cabinet in protest at Corbyn’s leadership in July 2016, Alexander has come under pressure from pro-Corbyn campaign group Momentum, including some local activists who are also members of the far left Alliance for Workers’ Liberty.
The influx of new members has sometimes represented a direct challenge, with local members vocally objecting to her decision to quit the shadow cabinet.
Momentum’s position is stronger in the neighbouring constituency of Lewisham Deptford; however, the campaign group last week launched a Lewisham East left caucus, to “help comrades build a strong left in the remaining stronghold of the Labour right in Lewisham”.
Strong and stable: A cartoon review of the year with Martin Rowson
On April 30th at the Fox & Firkin pub, the Brockley Max arts festival (taking place June 1-9) will be throwing a fundraiser with support from Guardian cartoonist Martin Rowson. Organiser Moira writes:
Martin Rowson, longstanding Ladywell resident & multiple award-winning cartoonist for The Guardian, will be looking back over the last turbulent twelve months in politics and much else in another fully illustrated, ranty & sweary fundraiser for the Brockley Max festival.
In a year where it feels the world has turned upside down, Martin will give his take on the continuing saga of Brexit and the incompetence of our political parties through his cartoons. Be prepared to be shocked, enlightened and thoroughly entertained!
Join us for this rare opportunity for an informal and intimate discussion, followed by a Q&A, with one of the UK’s most distinct political commentators.
There will be opportunity to purchase copies Martin’s new books, including his graphic novel adaption of The Communist Manifesto, and his collection of “silent” [wordless] comics, “The Pen Is Mightier Than The Word”.
Tickets are £10 + booking fee from here: All ticket sales to go towards funding this year’s festival. Over 18 years only.
Lewisham still seeking home for £6m housing budget
The local elections are coming soon and despite Labour's looming clean-sweep of Lewisham, candidates are dutifully going through the motions, with housing top of the agenda. Mayoral favourite, Damien Egan, made social housing central to his bid to win the party nomination.
So the first order of business for the new administration to consider ought to be the borough's £6m cash pile from developers, which is meant to be spent on providing affordable housing, but which has not yet been committed. The Huffington Post reports:
Councils across the UK are hoarding hundreds of millions of pounds set aside for affordable homes, HuffPost UK can reveal.
Data obtained by this website shows more than £375 million is sitting in councils’ bank accounts instead of being used to tackle the housing crisis. Two-thirds of that cash - £235 million - is being held by just 14 councils.
One housing campaigning group labeled the findings as “staggering”, while the National Housing Federation called it “deeply concerning”.
The money comes from a piece of planning law called Section 106 Agreements, which allows councils to get money from developers in exchange for granting planning permission for projects.
The cash has to be used for specific tasks, such as affordable housing, highways repairs and even public art.
Reacting to the discovery, Housing Secretary Sajid Javid MP said: “Section 106 payments help deliver the vital infrastructure required for councils to build the homes that this country needs.
“We expect councils to use funding from developers in line with the priorities agreed in their local plans.”
HuffPost UK asked every council in England and Wales to reveal how much they had received in Section 106 monies since 2013/14, how much they had spent and how much was unallocated.
Lewisham is among the top 14 councils hoarding money for affordable housing, with £16.3 million unspent, of which £6 million is uncommitted.
For the full article, click here. Thank you to Jenny for the spot.
Labels: homes, Lewisham Council
Ladywell Fields river clean-up this weekend
Rob writes:
As it’s going to be a wonderful weekend you might want to publicise the Ladywell Fields river clean-up on Sunday, 22 April.
I have been to probably 20 of these over the years and I can honestly say they are great fun - an opportunity to do some useful volunteer work whilst enjoying a different view of the world wading along the River Ravensbourne and enjoying Ladywell Fields in all its Springtime beauty.
Labels: groups, Ladywell, ladywell fields
Lewisham house prices defy London downturn
For more than a decade, Lewisham house prices have been rising faster than the London average as inner city living has become more fashionable and improved transport links have attracted people priced-out elsewhere. The result is that, from a low base, Lewisham has moved up the league table of London boroughs in terms of average prices.
So one might of assumed that Lewisham would be among the fastest-fallers as London prices have started to fall in the last year. But new data from the ONS shows that in 2017, Lewisham house prices continued to rise at one of the fastest rates in the capital as the most expensive boroughs dipped.
The ONS found that between February 2017 and February 2018 the price of the average Lewisham home rose 2.7% to £414,516.
Speculative hotspots like Westminster (-2.4%), Hammersmith & Fulham (-5%) and Tower Hamlets (-7.9%) have taken a hammering, while more affordable outer boroughs such as Barking & Dagenham (4.4%) and Redbridge (8.9%) have shot up. Lewisham remains in the top ten fastest risers.
Thanks to Monkeyboy for sharing the data.
Labels: homes, Lewisham
Brockley Open Studios, June 30th - July 2nd
Printmaker Maria Munroe is one of this year's participating artists
The organisers of the Brockley Open Studios festival have announced the 2018 line-up of participating artists - 36 in total. They say:
A great variety of artists has signed up and you can expect to see artworks including paintings, prints wood work, textiles, ceramics, fire etching and many more.
This year, we are also offering workshops and activities provided by Caravan Arts and Aurora Options for you and your family to get involved.
For the full roster, click here.
Labels: Art, events, Open Studios
Lewisham Place: Like Lewisham Shopping Centre, only slightly more lime green
The future of Lewisham Shopping Centre has been the subject of feverish speculation over the years: Would it be completely rebuilt? Submerged below ground? Turned into a gastrodome? Appended with a cinema?
The answer is none of these things. Instead, they're adding some green signs. Fromthemurkydepths reports:
Lewisham Shopping Centre owners Landsec have just gained approval from Lewisham Council for a series of upgrades.
The focus is mainly on improving the six entrances to the site, which itself appears to be renamed as “Lewisham Place”. The centre first opened in 1977 and has undergone internal refurbishment in recent years.
The planning application states:
"The design for the six entrances is in line with the principles intended for the rest of the Shopping Centre which include the use if timber, natural stone and stainless steel as materials and shades of green and grey for the colour palette and graphics with the intention to brighten up and refresh the space."
The entrance closest to Lewisham station and new builds at Lewisham Gateway is to be upgraded. A new green wall is apparent above the canopy.
For the full, uninspiring story, click here. Thanks to Miles for the heads-up.
Labels: business, Lewisham, shops
Knock-back for block plot on Lewisham High Street
BCer Ed writes:
A few weeks ago I was shocked and appalled to find my favourite go-to spot for giant pots of honey, enormous tubs of humus and unlimited plates of baklava was no more. The Turkish Supermarket on Lewisham High Street simply closed overnight.
This site has actually been targeted for major redevelopment, with the latest proposal recently knocked-back by Lewisham Council.
A couple of years ago planning permission was originally granted for a 4/5 storey block of 22 flats and 195 sq m of street-level commercial space at 223-225 Lewisham High Street – that’s where the hole in the street is now. But planning permission for a much bigger development, stretching from 223-229 Lewisham High Street has now been knocked back.
A planning application was submitted in July last year for 691 sq m of commercial space and 51 flats over 5-8 floors – but it was refused at the end of October 2017. These pictures show what they were hoping to build.
In her refusal letter, Emma Talbot, head of planning, gave three reasons why Lewisham Council had refused planning permission:
1. The size of the development would fail to provide a high quality design.
2. The proposed flats would provide “A poor standard of accommodation that would fail to provide long term sustainable housing”.
3. The development as a whole was over-development, with an unsatisfactory “compromised internal layout”.
In short – loads of poky flats.
Since that decision was made the site at 223-225 Lewisham High Street has been cleared, although no building work is taking place there yet. The TFC supermarket at 226-229 Lewisham High Street is still standing, for now.
I have not been able to find another re-submitted planning application for the whole site, so - big leap - I presume it is going through the usual scaling-down hoops before being resubmitted. (I am an amateur when it comes to planning applications - perhaps someone else can tell us more?)
It is worth noting that barely 30m away, on the other side of the street, there is a development of 40-odd flats with a now-empty ground floor. It used to be a Tesco, but it’s been sitting empty for at least a year, if not more.
A block further south is the highly regarded and award-winning Place Ladywell – a well thought-out scheme of social-housing flats, as anyone who lives there, or has walked around them on Open House Weekend, will know. The cafe is nice too and has become something of a community hub – as was the planning intention.
It is clear that getting the planning mix right is crucial for Lewisham, especially in the town centre. What’s more, the success of Place Ladywell proves that planning actually works. When done well it can and does revitalise areas that need it.
Well done to Lewisham Planning for knocking this development back – lets hope, and lobby for, something better and more appropriate for this corner of Lewisham High Street.
Comedy Into Brockley
Comedy Into Brockley is a new local comedy night produced by home brewing kings Water Into Beer and hosted by Kiwi comic Jez Brown.
The performances kick-off on April 21st and each is recorded as a podcast.
Homes proposed between Algernon and Embleton Roads
The proposed new homes and walkway
BCer Joe is unhappy with Lewisham Homes' plans for new homes across the back gardens between Algernon and Embleton roads in Ladywell. He writes:
"The plans build over the social housing garden contrary to the local plan [there is a strip of garden between the garages which will now be built on], they also provide less social housing than would be provided by building larger houses along the roads.
"The plans will block out the view of the sky in the back gardens they are building across and create a narrow alleyway between the roads in an area Regenter (who manage the existing flats) say is already bad for antisocial behaviour.
"The connection is no benefit to the community given that Ellerdale street already joins the roads a few meters away. Currently, the plans are set to be decided by officials rather than the planning committee despite having such an impact on neighbouring flats and houses.
You can view the application here.
Labels: homes, Ladywell
Buro, Brockley Cross
Buro is a new co-working desk and studio space has opened in SE4.
The workspace is managed by the owners of the property, who themselves are self-employed South London professionals. Phil Fisk is an award-winning photographer who studied at Goldsmiths and never left the area, and his partner Sarah Greene an Events Director who made the move south of the river 15 years ago. They say:
“Our businesses needed a flexible office space for desks, a studio & meeting room with excellent local amenities and first-rate transport links: Dragonfly Place in Brockley fitted the bill perfectly. We are overwhelmed by the enthusiastic reception our new business has received locally”.
"Buro’s interior has been completely refitted and designed bespoke as a desk-sharing space for the contemporary working environment. Re-cycled materials have been used as much as possible: made to measure desks have been re-purposed from school chemistry lab desks, upcycled lamps come from Bambino in Crystal Palace. Buro caters to individuals, as well as small groups and the facilities will develop with the requirements of the users due to the adaptability of the working space."
Buro desks cost £250 inclusive of VAT, per month (£208.33 + VAT) which includes all utilities and Fibre Optic BT Infinity. Buro users benefit from discounts from other businesses operating in Dragonfly Place and Brockley.
For more details, click here.
Classic motorbikes in Greenwich, May 3
St Johns resident Will is organising this motorbike event. He says:
"I am running this event at Greenwich Market with my company, Urban Rider. My business is a specialist retailer of the world's finest motorcycle gear and we have partnered with Italian helmet manufacturer AGV in taking over Greenwich Market for an evening to celebrate motorcycle racing icons of the 1960s and 70s.
"It should be quite a spectacle and we would love local residents to attend, it is a unique opportunity to see some original race bikes and modern custom motorcycles. Even the Norton from the latest James Bond film, machine guns and all!"
Labels: events, greenwich
The New Cross + Deptford Free Film Festival 2018
The New Cross + Deptford Free Film Festival (NXDfff) returns for its seventh year this spring with 33 free film events, 3 bike powered screenings, 9 new venues, Q&A sessions, DJs and docs. Something for every member of the community.
Launch night is at Peckham's Brick Brewery with Get Out, a late license bar, street food and music.
This year the festival features three outdoor bike powered screenings, including Sing at Pepys Park, Nacho Libre at Telegraph Hill Upper Park and Pirates of the Carribean at Folkestone Gardens.
NXDFF also has a pre-release screening of locally shot film, SINK, followed by a Q&A with writer/director Mark Gillis. Shot in New Cross, Deptford and Brockley, the film has attracted Mark Rylance as an Associate Producer.
The festival closes at Buster Mantis with a music themed documentary called Beats of the Antanov. The film depicts the Sudanese conflict in the Blue Nile and Nuba Mountain regions, focusing in particular on the role of music in helping the affected communities to sustain themselves culturally and spiritually. Buster Mantis will host our last event and local DJ collective Bombotropics will provide global beats and melodies.
NXDfff is completely run by volunteers made up of local residents, students and community groups. NXDfff has a DIY ethos that encourages creative freedom: this year more than 30 people are curating film events with help and guidance from a core festival team.
For full details click here.
Labels: Deptford, events, Film, New Cross
Brockley resident and NHS psychologist Chris Merritt has just published a crime novel called The Murder List, set partly in SE4. He explains:
"The main detective lives on Tressillian Road and there are a couple of scenes in Hilly Fields too. Other elements of the story are set around Crofton Park, Honor Oak and Deptford.
"It’s also been optioned for TV so we could be seeing some filming nearby in the future... Here is the book."
Labels: Art, media
Parts and Labour Cycles
Rad Bikes has renamed itself Parts and Labour Cycles due to a trademark dispute.
You can now find the Lewisham Way bike maintenance shop online here.
Labels: Cycling, Lewisham Way, shops
The Crystal Palace Festival 2018, June 11-17
The Crystal Palace Festival returns in 2018 with headliners Stereo MCs and Polarbear.
One of the biggest free cultural events in south London, the arts and culture festival will take place across the Crystal Palace area from 11–17 June 2018 with the Crystal Palace park event taking place on 16 June 2018.
There were nearly 30,000 visitors to the 2017 event and organisers are expecting even bigger crowds on 16 June 2018 thanks to a line-up of music, spoken word, theatre, visual arts, family and community activities.
The week long festival includes mainly free events organised by local traders, pubs, community groups, schools and churches across 11–17 June 2018.
The festival’s outreach and participatory arts work has been made possible by funding from Arts Council England, Croydon Council and Bromley Council. Projects include an intergenerational dance piece that will culminate in a promenade performance in the park, and concerts by the London Mozart Players in local care homes, the park children’s farm and Crystal Palace railway station.
Full programme here.
Labels: Crystal Palace, events, music
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We go out on the first Tuesday of each month and feature music and interviews from the world of folk plus a dash of country and Americana. We highlight local gigs in Surrey, London and the South East and welcome news and requests. Check our Facebook page!
To get in touch with the show please email Bev Harris. And you can follow us on Twitter - @MainlyFolk
Mainly Folk Special: Interview With Judy Collins
Very few artists merit the term "legendary". Judy Collins is definitely one of them.
Her career has maintained a consistently high standard across a whole range of Folk, Americana as well as more mainstream music.
There is a rare opportunity to see her on tour in the UK this spring, including G Live in Guildford on Wednesday 22nd January.
We caught up with her just before she set off on tour and you can hear our conversation this Friday January 10th at 7.30-8pm on www.brooklandsradio.co.uk as well as DAB in local areas, including tracks from her best selling latest album "Winter Stories".
Mainly Folk Highlights of 2019
Bev Harris presents music and interviews from the world of folk plus a dash of country and Americana and the Gig Guide. This month featuring some of the highlights from the 2019 shows with interviews and music. Produced by Hugh Evans.
Next edition Tuesday 4 February at 8.0 pm.
The show will be available 24/7 on www.brooklandsradio.co.uk/mainlyfolk.html
December's Mainly Folk Christmas Eve Special
Mixcloud December 2019
December 's Mainly Folk goes out on Christmas Eve and picks the best of an exceptional crop of seasonal releases plus two great interview features.
The first of our interview features is with Yvonne Lyon who continues our seasonal theme with her new album "Songs For Christmas".
You'll be able to hear why we think it's an all time great when we catch up with this very talented Scots singer. In the second hour we have our Americana section which includes new releases by Vince Gill and Lady Antebellum.
This is followed by an interview with Peter Knight's Gigspanner we recorded before their recent appearance at Walton Riverhouse Barn.
Peter, Sacha and Roger gave us an insight into the workings of this hard working trio. We look forward to seeing Peter playing with Steeleye Span again on next year's 50th celebrations.
As usual we finish off the show with the ever informative Hector Gilchrist 'The Song and the Story.'
Don't forget if you miss any of the shows they are available on our Mixcloud page which you can access from our homepage www.brooklandsradio.co.uk/mainlyfolk
Presenter: Bev Harris
Producer: Hugh Evans
November's Mainly Folk 2019
Mixcloud November 2019
This month see a bumper crop of new releases, just in time for your winter wishlist!
As the evenings draw in you can cheer yourselves up with one of our highlights from this Summer's Sidmouth Festival. The Brothers Gillespie played there for the first time, they are a fine duo from Wall in Northumberland.
Their harmonies have that special quality which is unique to siblings. You can hear their story illustrated by tracks from their album “ The Fell” in the first hour of the show.
Two family members also feature in our interview feature in the extended Americana section in the second hour.
Husband and wife Annie and Rod Capps have been playing professionally for over thirty years. Their latest album ' When They Fall' is the perfect culmination of their well honed skills both in terms of composition and musicianship.
We love it and think you will when Annie takes us through a selection of their latest songs.
In our regular feature 'The Song and the Story ' Hector Gilchrist is as informative as ever with his version of the 'Menzies Tree'. All this plus the gig guide make for a great November 5th Mainly Folk!
First broadcast on Tuesday 5th November 8-10pm with a repeat on Saturday November 9th 8-10 pm.
Next edition is Tuesday December 3rd
October's Mainly Folk 2019
Mixcloud October 2019
As the evenings draw in we can still bring you summer goodies in tonight's show.
Matthew Byrne delighted audiences at this year's Sidmouth Festival with performances drawing heavily from his native Newfoundland. In a Mainly Folk first we did a triple interview with Matthew and fellow broadcasters Peter Grogan from Dublin City FM and Sam Hindley from Sheffield Live.
He also played live for us, a rare treat you can hear in the second hour.
Sidmouth patrons 'Show of Hands' have a new album and a new member, we talk to percussionist Cormac Byrne about the making of 'Battlefield Dance Floor' and we play tracks from the album that showcase the talents of all four members.
We have our regular features, new folk and Americana releases, the gig guide and Hector Gilchrist's 'The Song and the Story' which tells the story of 'The Lavrock' song.
Sadly, last but not least, we have the ultimate episode of the current series of 'Roots Canal'.
Jim Guynan goes out with a bang with his guest Wes Finch of whom I'm sure you will be hearing a lot more of in the not too distant future.
Presented by Bev Harris
Produced by Hugh Evans
Roots Canal section by Jim Guynan
First broadcast on Tuesday 1st October 8-10pm with a repeat on Saturday September 5th 8-10 pm.
Next edition is Tuesday November 5th (Expect fireworks !)
September's Mainly Folk 2019
Mixcloud September 2019
We have a great clutch of Sidmouth souvenirs to share with you in September's show.
First off we have a double feature with rising star Nick Hart and the maker of his guitar Duncan Lannin. Duncan had a stall at the Sidmouth Festival and at least one or two people took home one of his fine handmade instruments. You can hear one of them in action when Nick talks about his latest album 'Nine English Folk Songs'.
Another musician who gave some great performances at Sidmouth was Jack Rutter.
He is about to embark on an autumn tour to promote his new album, 'Gold of Scar & Shale'.
It was great chatting to him, illustrated by some fine guitar playing with seagulls in the background.
By way of contrast Jim Guynan's Roots Canal features an interview with very talented Americana singer Mo Kenney.
Hear new tracks by Mo, including her latest single 'Ahead Of Myself' and informative chat between her and Jim.
We also have our regular features. Hector Gilchrist's 'The Song and the Story' and the gig guide, plus some excellent latest Folk and Americana releases.
All in all we are sure you will enjoy September's Mainly Folk !
Presented by Bev Harris. Produced by Hugh Evans
Roots Canal section presented and produced by Jim Guynan
First broadcast on Tuesday 3rd September 8-10pm with a repeat on Saturday September 8th 8-10 pm.
Next edition is Tuesday October 1st
August's Mainly Folk 2019
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As August's show goes out during Sidmouth Folk Week we reflect some flavour of this great festival.
Matthew Byrne is currently playing at the Sidmouth Festival.
We caught up with him before he made the trip from his native Newfoundland.
You can hear why we think his home grown music will take the U.K. by storm.
During last year's Sidmouth we recorded an interview with Jez Lowe focussing on the release of his first book 'The Dillen Doll'.
Check it out in the second part of the first hour and hear some great supporting tracks by Jez.
Five years ago we were knocked out when an Americana star Eve Selis came into our studios to do a live session.
Well lightening strikes twice as on her recent U.K. tour Eve returned to deliver another brilliant set.
Such a nice person and such a great singer !
Hector Gilchrist returns with the 'Song and the Story' and we finish the two hours with some great tracks chosen by Jim Guynan in his Roots Canal section.
Presented by Bev Harris. Produced by Jim Guynan
First broadcast on Tuesday 6th August 8-10pm with a repeat on Saturday August 10th 8-10 pm.
Next edition is Tuesday September 3rd
July's Mainly Folk 2019
Mixcloud July 2019
This month's show is a Sidmouth Folk Week, Special, the longstanding Festival that takes place the first week of August each year.
In the first hour of the show it's Press Officer, Steve Hunt tells us what to expect this year. This beautiful seaside town hosts an amazing range of events. Steve gives us a flavour of these and we play tracks from Richard Thompson, Julie Fowlis and Merry Hell who are just three of the acts you can see there. We also look at the programme for children.
This is followed by an interview with the excellent Jacob and Drinkwater, one of the up and coming acts who will be playing at Sidmouth this year.
We caught up with them at our local Guildford Trinity Festival.
The second hour of the show kicks off with our Americana section and is followed by a recording made last year with the legendary song writer Alan Bell recorded at 2018's Sidmouth. Alan sadly passed away recently and you will be able to hear the fire and passion which informed his songs right into his 83rd year.
Hector Gilchrist plays one of Alan Bell's songs and we finish off the show with his regular 'Story and Song' feature the 'Stone of Scone'.
There is no “Roots Canal” this month as Jim Guynan takes a break after successfully running a stage at the recent Eel Pie Records High Tide Festival but returns next month.
All this plus some recent releases and the local gig guide assures you 2 hour's of summer listening pleasure
Presented and produced by Bev Harris.
First broadcast on Tuesday 9th July 8-10pm with a repeat on Saturday July 13th 8-10 pm.
Next edition is Tuesday August 6th 2019.
June's Mainly Folk 2019
Mixcloud June 2019
This month's show adopts a slightly different format.
Bev is taking a well earned rest so producer Jim Guynan will be at the helm for a pocket sized one hour version of the programme.
Taking centre stage will be Kevin Jones and Phil Penman of Eel Pie Records in Twickenham who will be previewing the line up for their forthcoming High Tide Festival taking place on Saturday June 22nd.
Also, there will be another chance to hear the excellent Ivor Game and Simon O Grady Roots Canal sessions in anticipation of their appearances at the festival. There will still be time to squeeze in a handful of independent releases from the likes of Craig Joiner and Hoamat Beat from Germany.
Bev Harris returns, as usual, next month.
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The show will be available to listen to again on Mixcloud.
May's Mainly Folk 2019
Mixcloud May 2019
Good things come in twos in this month's show as we visit two upcoming festivals and two visiting American artists.
Guildford's Trinity Folk Festival is on the 17th and 18th May.
Paul Graham, one of its organizers with his wife Caroline, tells us who is playing and how they run this very successful event which is already in its seventh year!
Next up is an interview with Rose Cousins who was recently in the UK promoting one of the best albums to come out in recent times. It's called "Natural Conclusion".
We chat to Rose about its creation and play some of our favourite tracks.
You can watch Rose by clciking this link.
In the second hour we kick off with some upcoming Americana releases and then it's over to Josh Harty.
He played Twickfolk last month and you can hear what life is like on the road with Josh plus a live preview of a song before it goes on his next album.
We finish off the show with Jim Guynan's Roots Canal which this month is about July's Maverick Festival with accompanying music.
All of this plus local gig guide makes for a diverse Mainly Folk reflecting today's thriving scene.
We know you'll enjoy it !
Presented by Bev Harris. Produced by Jim Guynan.
First broadcast on Tuesday May 7th 8-10pm with a repeat on Saturday May 11th. 8-10 pm.
Next edition is Tuesday June 4th 2019.
April's Mainly Folk 2019
Mixcloud April 2019
This month's programme reflects the growing appeal of Folk and Americana to wider and younger audiences.
Since its inception last year Walton Folk Festival has attracted fans of all ages. Ed Butcher who with Caroline Smith, organises this great local event tells us what to expect on May 4th and their plans to make it even bigger next year.
The Luck tick so many boxes for modern must see music. We were so pleased that they were be able to play a live session for us and the harmonies of siblings Esmay and Max Luck excelled our expectations. There was also a first for Mainly Folk when part of it was live streamed on Twitch TV !
Two of our regular features reflect the diversity of today’s music. Hector Gilchrist's "The Song and the Story" recalls one of Robbie Burns’ amorous adventures and you can hear his excellent recording of ‘The Gowden Locks O’ Anna’.
Jim Guynan's guests are the jug band Doctor Slideshow in his Roots Canal section.
The duo’s session breathes fresh air into this enduring form of music.
We think you will agree that with the local gig guide and the pick of the latest Folk and Americana releases there’s a lot to like in this month’s Mainly Folk.
First broadcast on Tuesday April 2nd, 8-10pm with a repeat on Saturday April 6th. 8-10 pm.
Next edition is Tuesday May 6th 2019.
March's Mainly Folk 2019
Mixcloud March 2019
This month's show features two great new releases, a Roots Canal live session and the return of Hector Gilchrist's "The Song and the Story."
In the first hour we talk to Kris Drever about Lau's great new album "Midnight and Closedown". Lau make remarkable, innovative music and there are plenty of examples here. We play three tracks and Kris gives an insight into the workings of Lau.
We close side one with Hector Gilchrist's "The song and The Story",
Hector tells us all about The Trysting Fair At Falkirk which he has recorded on "Days o' Grace".
Side two kicks off with our Americana section and is followed by Sean Cooney of the Young'uns on their new album "The Ballad of Johny Longstaff".
They have taken this project on the road and it will also be featured at this year's Sidmouth Folk Festival. Anyone interested in twentieth century social history will be fascinated by this great new work.
Our producer Jim Guynan finishes off the show with a live session from local hero singer songwriter Joe Card.
All in all a vintage Mainly Folk for March plus not forgetting a very busy gig guide.
First broadcast on Tuesday March 5th, 8-10pm with a repeat on Saturday March 9th. 8-10 pm.
Next edition is Tuesday April 2nd 2019.
February's Mainly Folk 2019
Mixcloud February 2019
This month sees some great new releases and we highlight two of them in our interview features.
It's great to see Merry Hell go from strength to strength. They are always seem to be touring and this summer they finally make it to Sidmouth Folk Week.
We caught up with John Kettle who gives the background to their excellent new album "Anthems To The Wind". We don't think you will be disappointed when you hear some of the tracks very much in tune with the times we live in.
Last year we recorded one of our favourite live sessions with Eric Brace and Thom Jutz when they were touring here. They return with Peter Cooper to Europe in March to promote their new CD "Riverland". In the second hour of the show, from a very cold Washington, Eric tells us about it's making and we get a chance to appreciate just how good these guys are at producing timeless acoustic music.
Lastly Jim Guynan brings to our attention some great Roots Canal tracks. With this and the local gig guide we hope you find plenty to whet your appetite in another tasty Mainly Folk !
First broadcast on Tuesday February 5th, 8-10pm with a repeat on Saturday February 9th 8-10 pm.
Next edition is Tuesday March 5th 2019.
January's Mainly Folk 2019
Mixcloud January 2019
New Year is a time for looking back over the last year as well as forward and we thought this was a good opportunity to select some tracks from recent live sessions plus one of our earlier sessions.
We've chosen some great folk and Americana live tracks that were performed for Mainly Folk including conversation and music with John Doyle in the first hour.
In the second hour there is another chance to hear a special session that Brooks Williams recorded at Brooklands a couple of years ago.
On top of this Jim's Roots Canal guest is Simon O'Grady who preview his new EP.
All this plus a busy gig guide will hopefully get your New Year off to a good start !
First broadcast on Tuesday January 1st, 8-10pm with a repeat on Saturday January 5th, 8-10 pm.
Next edition is Tuesday February 4th 2019.
December's Mainly Folk 2018
Expect some seasonal treats when in December's Mainly Folk. Many of you have enjoyed Hector Gilchrist's 'The Song and the Story' part of the show in the last few months.
We thought it's about time we did him full justice so in the first hour we feature a live session with Hector accompanied by another fine singer who Hector has worked with in the past, Sue Graves.
In the second hour after our Americana section we broadcast a very special interview with legendary performer Peggy Seeger.
We recorded it at this year's Sidmouth Folk Week when she released the paperback version of her award nominated autobiography 'First Time Ever'.
We round off the show with another excellent Jim Guynan's "Roots Canal".
Jim's guest is Michael Moravek, an original singer songwriter from Germany whose music has an Americana flavour.
As usual we have our local gig guide plus some great seasonal tracks. Yule be glad you tuned in !
Presented by Bev Harris. Produced by Jim Guynan. First broadcast on Tuesday December 4th, 8-10pm with a repeat on Saturday December 8th, 8-10 pm. Next edition is Tuesday 1st January 2019.
We have two great sessions of live music this month but first of all we find out more about a very important project which has received the support of many stars of the current folk scene.
Forced child migration is a little known unpleasant part of Britain's history More than 100,000 children from Britain were sent overseas to Commonwealth countries including Australia and Canada with the promise of finding a better life. Many found this was very much not to be the case. Like the Windward generation there are still survivors alive today but unlike Windward there has been little media coverage.
This November leading folk musicians take to the road to perform live the album "The Ballads Of Child Migration". They include John McCusker, Michael McGoldrick, Boo Hewerdine, O'Hooley & Tidow, Chris While, Julie Matthews, John Doyle, Jez Lowe, Andy Seward and Andy Cutting with narration by Barbara Dickson. You can find out a lot more when we talk to John Leonard the man behind this major project.
We finish the first hour with Hector Gilchrist's "The Song And The Story". This month Hector tells the real story behind the traditional ballad " The Massacre of Glencoe" .
Ben Kunder is our guest in the Americana section in our second hour.
He recorded a great live session for us, including tracks from his latest album "Better Human" ,when he was recently on tour over here.
Ben was assisted by Carleigh Aikins and together they make some beautiful harmonies and the stripped down versions of his new songs sound fantastic.
We round off the show with our producer Jim Guynan's regular Roots Canal feature.
This month's is rather special as he has local player Ivor Game playing live some great original compositions.
PS ! I should also mention we have as usual the local Gig Guide.
Presented by Bev Harris. Produced by Jim Guynan. First broadcast on Tuesday November 6, 8-10pm with a repeat on Saturday September 10 th, 8-10 pm. Next edition is Tuesday 4th December.
We have a record number of 5 features in this month's Mainly Folk.
John Smith has a fantastic new CD coming out this month called "Hummingbird".
It really has all the ingredients of a classic album.
In the first hour John tells us about it's making and his upcoming gig at Thames Ditton's The Ram Club, which is part of an extensive tour to support it's release.
We have curtailed our second hour Americana section this month in order to broadcast two of our goodies from this year's Sidmouth Folk Week.
Faustus' Paul Sartin and Saul Rose in collaboration with Matthew Crampton put on some great choral performances of the historical narrative "Living By The Sea". Paul's next plans include a project on the Lancashire cotton mills with his bandmates from Faustus. You can hear an exclusive preview track from this as part of our conversation with Paul.
One of the most exciting harmony groups of recent years made their Sidmouth debut this year. Narthen are what used to be called in pop parlance a supergroup. With Barry Coope and Lester Simpson from Coope, Boyes and Simpson and Jo Freya of Blowzabella and Moirai plus sister Fi Fraser of The Old Fashioned and PolkaWorks they make a wonderful sound. You can judge for yourself when we play three tracks from eponymous album and Jo fills in the details of all things Narthen.
Last but not least we have our two regular features, Hector Gilchrist's "The Song And The Story" has a topical Halloween theme and producer Jim Guynan's " Roots Canal" has three great tracks from performers who deserve much wider recognition. All this plus the Gig Guide make for a jam packed October's Mainly Folk.
First broadcast on Tuesday October 2nd 8-10pm with a repeat on Saturday October 6th, 8-10 pm. Next edition is Tuesday 6th November.
Being officially the beginning of Autumn, September's Mainly Folk brings you the first fruits of this year's Sidmouth Folk Week.
John Doyle is one of our favourite modern folk performers and he played some great music at the festival.
We caught up with him after a terrific set on the Ham stage and he treated us to a couple of songs before they are recorded.
You can hear these and our conversation in the first hour of the show.
Our friend traditional Scots singer Hector Gilchrist was busy at Sidmouth covering the festival for his excellent comprehensive E Festival report. We both enjoyed Fairport Convention's first time at the festival which included their version of 'Sir Patrick Spens.
We agreed that the ill fated Sir Patrick would be a very suitable subject for a proposed new Mainly Folk feature by Hector, 'The Song and the Story'. Tune in and find out more about the fact and fiction behind this much covered traditional song.
As promised we kick off part two with a slightly longer Americana section to make up for its omission last time.
I always find some great new artists at Sidmouth and Canada's Kaia Kater was an outstanding example this year. This very talented singer and banjo player gained a lot of new fans at Sidmouth. Kaia Kater has already been singled out by Rolling Stone magazine as a star in the making and we definitely agree. I think you will too when you hear our special on her in the second hour.
Finally our producer Jim Guynan puts the spotlight on roots based performers who deserve a lot more attention.
All this and the gig guide make a very varied and we believe a very enjoyable September 'Mainly Folk.'
First broadcast on Tuesday September 4th, 8-10pm with a repeat on Saturday September 8th, 8-10 pm. Next edition is Tuesday 2nd October.
We now have a new home on the first Tuesday of each month. The music, however, is still just as great, and August's show includes two interview features with artists performing at this week's Sidmouth festival.
Peter Knight is an exceptionally gifted violinist whose playing has graced a wealth of music over the years, including Steeleye Span and his own band, Gigspanner.
His talents will be showcased at Sidmouth this year and we caught up with him prior to the festival in his home in France. Get a taste of what to expect and hear how his music has developed in the first hour of the show.
Next on the bill is young folk artist Chris Cleverly. Chris isn't at Sidmouth but recently appeared at a local folk club, The Anchor in Byfleet.
He managed to find some time to chat to us about his route into folk music, his plans for a trio and even got to play us an instrumental !
John Doyle has been a "go to" guitarist for many years.
The last time I saw him was as a member of the Transatlantic Sessions and this year he is one of the standout performers at Sidmouth Folk Week.
We managed to talk to him while he was on a sell out Swedish tour. Tune in to hear more of his adventures in the second hour when we will be playing some great tracks from his last album.
As the clubs are largely closed in August we have held over our gig guide to next month but we still manage to get in a smattering of Americana plus our Producer Jim Guynans' Four Folk Finds showing off the talents of four independent artists.
First broadcast on Tuesday August 7th, 8-10pm with a repeat on Saturday August 12th, 10-12 pm.
Next edition on Monday July 2nd 2018 at 8.0 pm.
Next edition is Tuesday 4th September.
We have three special features in this month's Mainly Folk.
As the festival season gets into full swing we preview next month's Sidmouth Folk Week.
Sidmouth is this country's oldest running festival and always has a large and varied bill. Keeping up the standard from year to year must be hard but this year they have surpassed themselves.
In the first hour we highlight some of the artists performing there from
2018's extensive lineup.
Dan Walsh is one of the rising starts of the new generation of folk performers. We caught up with him at the new Walton Folk Festival where he was playing as part of the Urban Folk Quartet.
Dan talks about that band, working as a solo artist and his newly formed trio and you can hear why the energetic Mr Walsh is a much sought after singer and banjo player.
In our second hour we have our regular American section followed by a real scoop.
We loved Canada's The Small Glories' album "Wondrous Traveller" and were excited to see they were coming over here on tour. Even better we managed to get them into the studio to play a live session.
The duo are Cara Luft (ex Wailin' Jennys) and J D Edwards who comes from a rock background and together they make a great, dynamic sound.
Don't just take our word for it, tune in and hear for yourself !
As usual we have the local gig guide plus a selection of the latest folk releases.
First broadcast on Monday July 2nd , 8-10pm with a repeat on Saturday July 7th 10-12 pm plus Tuesday 3rd July 3-5am for our transatlantic listeners. Next edition on Monday August 6th 2018 at 8.0 pm.
Last month saw two excellent festivals local to Brooklands Radio The Walton Folk Festival is in a new venture and in the first hour of the show you can hear our conversation with Ed Butcher, one of the organisers, who told us how it came about and their plans for the future.
The festival was based at the Riverhouse Arts Centre and one of the stand out acts was Kim Lowings and the Greenwood. We caught up with Kim straight after her performance and found out more about her and the band and we also play some great tracks from their recent albums.
The Trinity Folk Festival has been going for a number of years now and takes place in a local church and pub in Guildford. As usual, Paul and Carolyn Graham recruited an excellent selection of artists. It gave us our first chance at last to see the West country duo Ninebarrow.
You can hear how good they are when we play tracks from their latest album, "The Waters And The Wild" Jon and Jay tell us what goes into making a successful folk duo that is definitely on the way up.
Besides all of the above we have our Americana section and the gig guide plus a special new feature by our producer Jim Guynan.
First broadcast on Monday June 4th , 8-10pm with a repeat on Saturday June 9th 10-12 pm plus Tuesday 5th June 3-5am for our transatlantic listeners. Next edition on Monday July 2nd 2018 at 8.0 pm.
In the first hour we play tracks from a great new CD Light The Evening Fire, the debut album from Glymjack.
Glymjack is the brain child of singer-songwriter Greg McDonald. He tells us how he and Sam Kelly percussionist Evan Carson and fiddle virtuoso Gemma Gayner put the album together.
There is a definite Show of Hands feel to the album, which is not surprising as it was was produced with Show of Hands' Phil Beer, and features Steve Knightley and Miranda Sykes. We are sure you will like it
in the second hour we shine the spotlight on one of the best British bluegrass bands in the land, Cardboard Fox.
Charlotte Carrivick (guitar/vocals) and Laura Carrivick (fiddle/vocals) are well known in UK folk and bluegrass circles from their band The Carrivick Sisters. The sisters are extremely talented multi-instrumentalists and as you will hear have even made their own instruments. The line up is completed by John Breese on bass and banjo and Joe Tozer , who I must say is one best mandolin players I have heard since Nickel Creek's Chris Thile. The new album is called Topspin and as they say "it's a cracker !'
As usual we have the gig guide, Americana section and the latest folk releases. Plus Jim Guynan provides us with his guide to this year's Maverick Festival !
First broadcast on Monday May 7th , 8-10pm with a repeat on Saturday May 12th 10-12 pm plus Tuesday 8th May 3-5am for our transatlantic listeners.
Next edition on Monday June 4th 2018 at 8.0 pm.
It's almost 50 years since Steeleye Span set off on it's path to to international fame and fortune.
Steeleye's lead singer Maddy Prior has continued to innovate and develop as an artist throughout all that time both within and outside the band.
She is currently on tour and we get a chance to see her in a trio setting with Hannah James and Giles Lewin at the Landmark Arts Centre in Teddington on April 20th.
They have just released a lovely new album called "Shortwinger" and in the first part of the show we talk to Maddy and play tracks from the new CD.
Fairport Convention's 1969 "Liege And Lief" set the benchmark for the seminal folk rock record and not many albums since have come up to this high. Well, in my humble opinion, Sam Carter and Jim Moray's band False Lights have managed it with their new release, "Harmonograph". They have taken a selection of traditional songs and made them totally fresh and compelling. We catch up with Sam who shares insights into the new album and even gives a brief exposition of Shape Note singing which has influenced several of the songs.
In the second hour we have a live session from Nashville's Rod Picott.
In the last show we played a track from his new double CD "Out Past The Wires" and I said "Wouldn't it be great if we could get Rod to play live in the studio ". Well, we managed it and you will be able to hear some brilliant stripped down, acoustic versions of some of his new tunes.
Rod is currently on tour and if you get chance to see him, grab it !
As usual we have the gig guide and of course, the Americana section.
Presented by Bev Harris. Produced by Jim (Golden Ears) Guynan.
First broadcast on Monday April 2nd, 8-10pm with a repeat on Saturday April 7th 10-12 pm plus Tuesday 3rd April 3-5am for our transatlantic listeners. Next edition on Monday May 7th 2018 at 8.0 pm.
Sanjay is one of the most interesting artists on the scene today. He works within the original folk Blue's style of the early sixties folk revival developed in the USA.
We caught up with him just before a gig at Twickfolk and we were treated to some great foot tapping playing which we are sure you will enjoy.
Josie Duncan's musical progress is quite remarkable from last minute addition to Celtic Conections to winner of the BBC Young Folk Awards with her musical partner Pablo Lafuentes.
They have just produced the one of the best debut albums we have heard for a long time. We play some great tracks as we chat to Josie.
As usual we have our Americana section plus a very full gig guide.
And as a special treat our engineer Jim Guynan plays some tracks from his recent Australian sojourn.
This month we play some great new tracks, including a special album feature and an excellent live session.
Kathryn Roberts and Sean Lakeman are great favourites of the show and we always get excited when there is a new release
The latest is called "Personae" and is a great step forward in this talented duo's progress.
We caught up with Kathryn prior to going on tour to support the album. She gives a great insight into how the new material was written and then produced. The duo have chosen some very unusual topics on which to base these new songs and each track is of a consistently high standard.
Definitely a contender for the best album of 2018 already!
We have been trying to get Atlantic Sons into the studio for over a year and finally we have managed to get Scott and Darren to do a live session for us.
Scott writes great songs in a folk Americana style and we managed a personal first, a pedal steel guitar in Brooklands.
Darren is one of the best players around of this tricky instrument and the two of them together make a fantastic sound. I think you will agree when you tune into the second hour.
As usual we have the gig guide and as promised the Americana section returns.
First broadcast on Monday February 5th, 8-10pm with a repeat on Saturday February 10th, 10-12 pm plus Tuesday 6th February 3-5am for our transatlantic listeners.
Next edition on Monday March 5th 2018 at 8.0 pm.
We kick off the new year with three great interview features plus a competition!
Some of the finest of today's performers have got together to create a new production of the legendary 'The Transports'.
This was first developed at the Sidmouth Folk Week festival and is now going on tour.
It will be performed at Guildford's G-Live on Thursday January 18th and you can win a pair of tickets to see them there.
All you have to do is listen to our interview with the musical arranger Paul Sartin and you will find the answer to a very simple question.
Answers and address please to bev@brooklandsradio.co.uk
Another great night out will be when Martin Simpson plays at the Landmark Arts Centre in Teddington on 26th January.
He has just produced an exceptional new album 'Trails and Tribulations'. We play tracks from it and Martin tells stories behind its making.
Join us for a great chance to hear from an artist who goes from strength to strength with each new album.
It's taken over a year to get the legendary Archie Fisher into the studio but with some help from the Ram Club's Bob Wood we finally made it.
To do Archie and the story of his lifelong involvement in Folk justice, we have dedicated the whole of the second hour of the show. (We promise to make it up to the Americana fans next month!)
Archie's account of his career is fascinating and his time with us just flew by. Tune in and you will hear why.
Presented by Bev Harris. Produced by Jim Guynan and Graham Laycock.
First broadcast on Monday January 1st, 8-10pm with a repeat on Saturday January 6th, 10-12pm plus Tuesday 2nd January 3-5am for our transatlantic listeners.
Next edition on Monday February 5th 2018 at 8.0 pm.
This month we have two great features plus some rather fine seasonal tracks in the latest releases.
Sidmouth Folk Week is renowned for showcasing new, emerging talent and this year was no exception. I'm always impressed by the high standard of musicianship and Alden, Patterson and Dashwood are one of the most talented and versatile of the current crop. Their music has elements of Folk and Americana, the later being aided by some fine dobra playing from Noel Dashwood.I caught up with them at the bustling Bedford Hotel. Join us in the first hour of the show when we talk about their careers so far and play tracks from their debut album, "Call Me Home", which amply illustrate how good they are.
The second hour of the show has a special seasonal treat. The legendary folk rock band Hunter Muskett released an excellent new album this year ("Unafraid And Sober" ). Roger Trevitt from the band talked us through some of the tracks in our April programme. We thought it would be great if they could play some of them live in the studio. This proved a little hard to achieve as one of their number lives abroad but we have finally managed to get two of them into the studio. Roger and Terry Hiscock perform as duo when they are not on Muskett duties (sorry couldn't resist the pun) and as you will hear it was well worth the wait with great songs and fine playing.
This month's gig guide is slightly shorter than usual as the clubs take their Christmas breaks but there is still some great live music to be seen.
Seasons greetings from all of us at Mainly Folk.
First broadcast on Monday December 4th, 8-10pm with a repeat on Saturday December 9th, 10-12pm plus Tuesday 5th December 3-5am for our transatlantic listeners.
Next edition on Monday January 1st 2018 at 8.0 pm.
We have two great full length features in this month
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The Young 'Uns have come a long way from three lads singing unaccompanied in their local folk club.
The standard of their singing and use of dynamics has been a constantly improving and award winning trajectory. Coupled with this though is the outstanding quality of Sean Cooney's song writing. Their latest album is a prime example of this and contains many enriching and insightful tracks with a sharp focus on the "Outsider". We talk to David Eagle about the making of "Strangers" and learn about the real stories behind some of these great songs.
Our main focus in the second hour is slightly different for Mainly Folk – a poetry band.
Little Machine are currently on tour with Roger McGough but managed to find time to visit and play a live session in our studios. Putting poems to music has been done before but Little Machine show they are today's leading exponents of the craft. We certainly enjoyed listening to them in the studio and look forward to seeing them again when they play at Landmark Arts, Teddington on December 2nd.
As usual we have our local gig guide, plus of course a great selection of the latest releases in Folk and Americana.
First broadcast on Monday November 6th, 8-10pm with a repeat on Saturday November 11th, 10-12pm plus Tuesday 7th November 3-5am for our transatlantic listeners.
Next edition on Monday December 4th 2017 at 8.0 pm.
John Kirkpatrick has been a fixture of the British folk scene for so long that we are in danger of forgetting how multi talented he is.
We caught up with John at this year's Sidmouth Folk Week. He arrived in full Morris attire which reflected just one of the passions that John has.
He was also leading a workshop which at the end of the week had produced a large scratch band that performed on stage; and all this having just released a new solo album which he had multi tracked all of the constituent parts !
It was truly a pleasure to hear John talk about some of the highlights of his his long career. We are sure you'll enjoy it too, plus of course the music, including tracks from his new CD "Coat Tails Flying".
If you have ever wondered wondered how some of your favourite recordings have such beautiful sounding acoustic guitars the chances are the artist was using a vintage instrument.
In the second hour of the show you will get to hear a real expert talk about this side of today's Folk and Americana scene.
Let Tony Werneke be your guide into this exciting world of aural delight.
Josienne Clarke and Ben Walker gave a stellar performance at Sidmouth this year. If you haven't seen them live we urge you to get tickets for the current Richard Thompson tour on which they are doing the support.
At a very noise backstage of the Sidmouth Ham marquee Josienne and Ben chatted about their story so far and the making of their latest album "Overnight".
Join us in the last part of the show for informative conversation and great music.
Last, but not least, we have the Gig Guide which is very busy this month.
Presented by Bev Harris Produced by Jim Guynan.
First broadcast on Monday October 2nd, 8-10pm with a repeat on Saturday October 7th 10-12pm plus Tuesday October 3rd 3-5am for our transatlantic listeners.
Next edition on MondayNovember 6th 2017 at 8.0 pm.
I always come away from Sidmouth Folk Week amazed at the musical virtuosity of the performers playing there and especially of the ever improving standard of the younger, emerging artists.The duo Jenn Butterworth and Laura-Beth Salter are, judging by the performances I saw and their new CD, at the forefront of the latter group. Their mastery of their instruments, mandolin and guitar are very apparent but what was so exciting was the interplay that they made look so effortless coupled with outstanding harmonies. In the first hour of the show you will be able to hear what I mean and let Jenn and Laura-Beth tell us more about their lives as part of the thriving Glasgow music scene.
This month we dedicate the whole of the second hour to a very special Americana section with two complementary features.
A new record shop setting up is a rare event. One like the new Eel Pie Records is even rarer. Find out what is so special about this new shop in Twickenham when we talk to one of the founders Phil Penman. What he and fellow founder Kevin Jones have achieved in a few short weeks is remarkable. Tune in and catch the excitement of this great new venture.
Eric Brace and Thomm Jutz recently concluded their U.K. tour in Twickenham. They are both very talented musicians from Nashville.
The other week they played a 'taster' gig at Eel Pie Records and headlined at TwickFolk in the evening. They also very kindly agreed to play a live session for Mainly Folk in between.
We hope you enjoy this opportunity to hear their fine songs, singing and great acoustic guitar playing.
In addition to all of the above the Gig Guide makes a triumphant return after it's summer break !
First broadcast on Monday September 4th, 8-10pm with a repeat on Saturday September 9th, 10-12pm plus Tuesday September 5th 3-5am for our transatlantic listeners.
Next edition on Monday October 2nd 2017 at 8.0 pm.
The first hour of this month's programme is again given over to artists playing at this year's Sidmouth Folk Week which will be under way when you hear this. As usual our Americana section is in the second hour, which includes a great live session from Steve Mayone straight from the recent Maverick Festival.
Coope, Boyes and Simpson has revolutionised three part unaccompanied singing and now, sadly, are on their farewell tour.
Fortunately this includes the Sidmouth Folk Week. We caught up with Lester Simpson just before the festival who is a veteran of the festival both as a performer, MC and presenter of artist interviews.
Lester gave us an insight into the last phase of the trio and some of his exciting plans for what happens next.
In the second hour we have a great live session from Steve Mayone, who is based in Brooklyn, New York. We played a track from his latest album Sideways Rain in our last programme and wondered how the excellent songs on that album would stand up to being played stripped down.
This is always a good test of how good a song is. We needn't have worried as you will be able to hear for yourself. Steve is supported by a local player, Chris Robins, on bass, who we drafted into the studio at the last moment. The end result made for some great music !
As most of the clubs are closed for the summer there is no gig guide this month. It will return, however, next show.
First broadcast on Monday August 7th, 8-10pm with a repeat on Saturday 12th August 10-12pm plus Tuesday 8th August 3-5am for our transatlantic listeners. Next edition on Monday September 4th 2017 at 8.0 pm
The whole of the first hour of this month's programme is given over to the forthcoming Sidmouth Folk Week
We play tracks from some of the great artists playing there this year and have a special feature on The Changing Room
whose Tanya Brittain who will be playing with Sam Kelly and their extended lineup on the Tuesday.
Tanya has been hugely influential in promoting live music and festivals in the South West.. Originally from Sheffield, she has lived in Looe, Cornwall for ten years, providing an excellent backdrop and source of inspiration for her songwriting. You can hear just how good these songs are and how well she and Sam perform them when we play tracks from their recent album "Picking Up The Pieces". Tanya gives us the background to this album and tells us about her latest plans, including Sidmouth.
In the second hour we have our Americana section as usual and to finish off the show we have a real treat ! We were really fortunate to get Zak Hobbs to pop into Brooklands Radio to play a live set prior to his recent performance at the Ram Club in Thames Ditton.
Zak is a very talented songwriter, singer and guitarist. He also teaches guitar with his grandfather, Richard Thompson, at the latter's annual guitar camp in the States. You will be able to hear why when you listen to tonight's great session.
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First broadcast on Monday July 3rd, 8-10pm with a repeat on Saturday July 8th, 10-12pm plus Tuesday 4h June 3-5am for our transatlantic listeners.
Next edition on Monday August 7th 2017 at 8.0 pm.
This month we feature artists who have experienced considerable success but in totally different fields.
To win one folk award is a rare reward, to win two in the same evening is even rarer. Rachel Newton, however, achieved just that in this year's BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards; one for solo performer and the other as a member of The Furrow Collective who won best group.
As a curtain raiser to this year's Sidmouth Folk Week we talk to Rachel who will be playing this year with the Collective. Rachel is one of our best harpists but is also a multitalented performer. You can judge for yourself when we play tracks from her solo and Furrow Collective releases.
Sometimes dreams come true. When we first heard the album "Bonfire To Ash" by Porter Nickerson we thought wouldn't it be wonderful to get the Milwaukee duo to play live at Brooklands but thought the chances were zero.Then we found out they were over here on tour and even better were happy to pay us a visit. Best of all they played a fantastic acoustic set that put a smile on everybody's face in the studio.
Willy Porter has played as a soloist with a host of top names including Paul Simon, Sting and even Jethro Tull. When he teamed with Carmine Nickerson they struck Americana gold. I think you will agree when you tune in to hear them live in session in the second hour of the programme..
As usual we have our local gig guide plus of course a great selection of the latest releases in Folk and Americana.
First broadcast on Monday June 5th, 8-10pm with a repeat on Saturday June 10th, 10-12pm plus Tuesday 6th June 3-5am for our transatlantic listeners.
Next edition on Monday July 3rd 2017 at 8.0 pm.
This month we turn the spotlight on two different but very gifted musicians.
The term multi-talented is so often used as a description that it has lost a lot of its power. Jon Boden, however, truly merits its application. You may recall him leading that vibrant multitude known as 'Bellowhead' or earlier in the award winning duo Spiers and Boden. His innovativeness in music and theatre goes way beyond that and is now put to good use in his new solo tour.
I got a taste of the edgy and adventurous solo music of Jon Boden at Sidmouth Festival last summer. I am sure you will enjoy hearing tracks from his updated album "Painted Lady" and sharing in our recent conversation with the adventurous Mr Boden.
If I was asked to pick the five best guitarists in country music, Kenny Vaughan would be at the top of my list.
His virtuoso picking in the aptly named Marty Stuart And His Fabulous Superlatives as well as solo and countless session work is truly awesome.
Anybody lucky enough to see him recently with Marty and the band at this year's Country 2 Country festival will certainly attest to this.
We are therefore very fortunate to bring you in the second hour Kenny talking about his long career in music and playing tracks from the band's superlative new album "Way out West."
As usual in addition to our Folk and Americana new releases we have the local gig guide, which this month is exceptionally busy . If you miss any of the show it will be available 24/7 on www.mixcloud.com/Mainly_Folk after transmission.
First broadcast on Bank Holiday Monday May 1st, 8-10pm with a repeat on Saturday May 6th, 9-11pm plus Tuesday May 2nd 3-5am for our transatlantic listeners.
Next edition on Monday June 5th at 8.0 pm.
has the latest releases plus two interview features from different sides of the folk spectrum.
Dave Burland has an instantly recognisable voice and this coupled with his guitar playing and dry sense of humour has made him a favourite on the folk scene over the year.
He has just released a new CD with the Awkward Squad which are two of his former band colleagues. The album is called Okkard and includes many well known songs which benefit from the Burland treatment.
Dave guides us through a number of tracks from the CD and as ever he and his music is a pleasure to listen to.
Hunter Muskett were a legendary Folk Rock band in the late sixties and early seventies.
After a one off reunion gig in 2010 the response was so good that they decided to reform. Their latest release is called Unafraid And Sober and is a very good reason for their continuation.
Bass player Roger Trevitt brings us up to date with the Hunter Muskett story and helps us to choose music from the CD. It includes fine songs, great playing and even a guest vocal by Jacqui McShee. Definitely recommended.
In addition we have a very packed local gig guide plus the Americana section which includes tracks from the new Brothers Osborne and Gillian Welch albums
First broadcast on Monday April 3rd, 8-10pm with a repeat on Saturday April 8th, 10-12pm plus Tuesday 4th April 3-5am for our transatlantic listeners.
Next edition on Monday May 1st 2017 at 8.0 pm.
keeps our promise to have an extended Americana section in the second hour as we had to curtail it last month but we still have space for two great features plus of course the local gig guide.
The name Lakeman is well known on today's folk scene. Sean, Sam and Seth Lakeman are at last now joined on record by their Dad Geoff. He has just released a brilliant debut album aptly titled "After All these Years" produced by his son Sean. We caught up with Geoff to find out a bit more about this "overnight success". Geoff is in fact already an established performer in the West Country folk scene and patron of the Cornwall Folk Festival. But his singing and playing have had to be in second place to his long career as a Fleet Street journalist.
He is now able to concentrate full time on his music and as you will hear from the tracks we play he is a fine concertina player, with a strong voice and ability to write a catchy song. Geoff tells us what it is like to be produced by your own son and working with the famous folk musician friends who helped him create this fine album.
Ned Roberts is an acoustic singer-songwriter based in London. This does not make him unique but what does is that his music was good enough to be picked up by american producer Luther Russell of Noah and The Whale fame who brought him to Los Angeles to record.
They have just released a second album "Outside My Mind" which has a great folk Americana crossover sound, helped by being mastered by John Fischbach, who has worked with Carole King and Stevie Wonder.
In the second hour of the show Ned tells us about the distance he has travelled both physically and musically to make this CD. We think you will agree he has a great future ahead when you hear Ned's new music.
First broadcast on Monday March 6th, 8-10pm with a repeat on Saturday March 11th, 10-12pm plus Tuesday 7th March 3-5am for our transatlantic listeners.
Next edition on Monday April 3rd 2017 at 8.0 pm.
is crammed full of news and interviews and great music.
We caught up with Bob Fox and Jez Lowe at last summer's Sidmouth Festival.
They had showcased some new material that was going to be part of 2017's tour of the Pitmen Poets. Next week on February 15th Kings Place in London will be hosting the latest performance of the show that Kings Place initiated.
It is therefore timely to transmit what was a great conversation with Jez and Bob, including some of the songs from the show. Bev is joined by Hamish Burgess from Hawaii's Maui Celtic Radio whose listeners are just as keen to hear from Bob and Jez.
Kathryn Roberts and Sean Lakeman are great favourites of Mainly Folk and they are about to go on a major tour, We have two chances to catch them in our area, They are on at the Ram Club in Thames Ditton on February 10th and Landmark Arts, Teddington on March 30th.
In the second part of the first hour you can hear Kathryn and Sean telling us about what to expect, illustrated with tracks from their last album. it will certainly whet your appetite to go and see them live !
Siobhan Miller has won Scots Singer Of The Year award twice, When you hear songs from her great new album "Strata" you will appreciate why.
In the last part of the second hour of the show you will get a chance to do this and learn about Siobhan's journey from singing to her grandparents as a young girl to performing at Celtic Connections and on to the international stage.
Because we have so much to cram in tonight's show we have had to cut down on the Americana section but that will be back to its full glory next month. We manage to get the February Gig Guide into the programme but this month its straight after the Americana tracks.
If you miss any of the show it will be available 24/7 on www.mixcloud.com/Mainly_Folk after transmission.
First broadcast on Monday February 6th, 8-10pm with a repeat on Saturday February 11th 10-12 midnight plus Tuesday 7th November 3-5am for our transatlantic listeners.
Next edition on Monday March 6th at 8.0 pm.
gives another chance to hear two great features which certainly deserve another airing.
John Renbourn was one of the most innovative and technically accomplished acoustic guitarist emerging from the 1960's folk revival. Alongside Bert Jansch he developed a "folk baroque" finger style which inspired a whole generation of players. As John's wife Judy Horton was in a unique position to witness the development of this remarkable performer.
Judy fills in the details of the journey that John took from being a fellow student at Kingston Art School, to a regular performer at Soho's Les Cousins; then forming Pentangle with Bert, Jacqui McShee, Danny Thompson and Terry Cox.
This in turn took them from a residency in Tottenham Court Road to America and beyond.
In the second hour we have a fantastic live session from
Cathryn Craig and Brian Willoughby. Cathryn has sung with many of Nashville's greats, including Nanci Griffith and The Righteous Brothers. Brian is best known for being a member of the Strawbs but has played with performers ranging from Mary Hopkin to Monty Python (!). Together they make a lovely sound with classy vocals and dazzling guitar work.
They were also the organisers of the Folk for Peace single Rumours of Rain which features many of the famous performers they have worked with over the years, Videos of tracks from this session are available on the Mainly Folk YouTube channel.
First broadcast on Monday January 2nd, 8-10pm with a repeat on Saturday January 7th, 10-12pm plus Tuesday 3rd January 3-5am for our transatlantic listeners.
It's customary at this time of year to look back over the highlights of the last 12 months and we at Mainly Folk are no different. There is a slight twist, however, in that tonight's compilation has been selected by Will, our engineer.
Like you we are interested to see what he chooses.
If the pre Christmas rush means you miss any of the show it will be available 24/7 on www.mixcloud.com/Mainly_Folk after transmission.
First broadcast on Monday December 5th, 8-10pm with a repeat on Saturday December 10th 10-12pm plus Tuesday 6th December 3-5am for our transatlantic listeners.
Next edition on Monday January 2nd, 2017 at 8.0 pm.
We welcome back two great acts in this month's double feature.
Merry Hell have just released their fourth album, Bloodlines and it is even better than their last release. Catchy tunes and perceptive lyrics are Merry Hell's stock in trade but as we find out when we talk to the band's John Kettle they are not afraid to deal with contemporary difficult issues.
See what you think when we preview the album in the first hour of the show. And if you get a chance to see them live, grab it. You will be assured of a great evening out.
Brooks Williams has just come back from a long tour of the States and is straight away starting on a UK tour to support the release of his new album, My Turn Now.
He will be playing a local date, the Ram Club in Thames Ditton on Friday December the 9th. We caught up with a not too jet lagged Brooks to find out more about the new material which he will be spotlighting in his tour set.
Needless to say they feature great songs supported by smooth vocals and of course his trademark dexterous playing which also now includes the use of a cigar box guitar.
It's always a pleasure to chat to Brooks and I think you will agree when you tune in to the second hour of tonight's show.
Besides all this we have the latest Folk and Americana releases plus our local gig guide. If you miss any of the show it will be available 24/7 on www.mixcloud.com/Mainly_Folk after transmission.
First broadcast on Monday November 7th,8-10pm with a repeat on Saturday November 12th 9-11pm plus Tuesday 8th November 3-5am for our transatlantic listeners.
Next edition on Monday December 5th at 8.0 pm.
This autumn is a season of bounty and not just in things to eat, for there are a fine crop of new releases. Two of which are from the guests on tonight's show.
Nancy Kerr and James Fagan are one of the busiest duos working in today's folk scene.
Last time I saw them Nancy had added extra musicians to deliver a storming set at Sidmouth Folk Week. Now she has just released a new CD, "Instar", with her Sweet Visitor band. Needless to say it features fine singing from Nancy and excellent musicianship. What it also shows is how her writing of topical songs has evolved into her being a writer of considerable skill. We catch up with Nancy in the first hour of the programme and share her enthusiasm for what is a great new album.
Chris Wood is a songwriter whose work always repays close attention. His lyrics tackle the smaller, often overlooked details of everyday life and he places them in unique musical contexts. His latest album "So Much To Defend" is due for release and is a strong statement of where he is now musically. His current weapon of choice is a semi acoustic guitar. Usually the preserve of jazz musicians, in Chris's hands it becomes a rich tonal palette in service to these new folk based compositions. Chris launches a new nationwide tour to support the album's release which commences on November 5th at the Landmark Arts Centre, Teddington.
Tune in to hear Chris talk about how he got to make this groundbreaking new album in the second hour of the show.
As usual we have our Americana section, Fish Record's CD of the month plus our local gig guide. If you miss any of the show it will be available 24/7 on www.mixcloud.com/Mainly_Folk after transmission.
First broadcast on Monday October 3rd,8-10pm with a repeat on Saturday October 8th, 9-11pm plus Tuesday 4th October 3-5am for our transatlantic listeners.
Next edition on Monday November 7th at 8.0 pm.
September's Mainly Folk is slightly different. We have our main Americana feature in the first hour in order to dedicate the second hour of the show to a very special interview with a major folk performer !
Eve Selis' name on an album is always a sign of of something good to look forward to. Her latest, "See Me With Your Heart" is no exception. We took advantage of Eve touring over here recently and she told us the story behind the very now sound of this CD which combines the best elements of Americana, Rock and Country.
"See Me With Your Heart" marks a big step forward in terms of lyrical depth and variety from slow burn ballads to foot tapping country pop. See if you don't agree with us when we talk to Eve in the first half of the show.
One of the joys of making Mainly Folk is that we get to meet some great people and in this case someone who really is that overused term "living legend". Tom Paley was a founder player of the original folk revival of the 1950's and is still working today. We caught up with him at this year's Sidmouth Folk Week where he played quite a few sets with his son Ben (Long Hill Ramblers). No mean feat for an 88 year old !
Tom tells us about artists he knew, including those with whom he worked. Players such as Leadbelly, Woody Guthrie, Pete and Peggy Seeger and of course Mike Seeger and John Cohen in the ground breaking New Lost City Ramblers. Tom has been cited as an influence by so many people, most notably by a certain young folksinger called Bob Dylan. Tune in to hear our special extended feature which is illustrated by some great music, Tom has a lovely dry sense of humour and Ben is happy to join in with his Dad in this unique interview.
As usual we have our our local gig guide plus Fish Record's CD of the month. If you miss any of the show it will be available 24/7 on www.mixcloud.com/Mainly_Folk after transmission.
First broadcast on Monday September 5th, 8-10pm with a repeat on Saturday February 10th, 8-10pm plus Tuesday 6th September 3-5am for our transatlantic listeners.
Next edition on Monday October 3rd at 8.0 pm
Tonight's programme is our second curtain raiser for Sidmouth Folk Week which is this very week !
Phil Henry and Hannah Martin
We have seen Phil and Hannah several times at Sidmouth and each time they have gone down even better than the time before. Theirs is a true Sidmouth story as they were "discovered" when busking by Folk Week patron Steve Knightley of Show of Hands.
This year they will be appearing with their new Watershed band from their new album of the same name. We caught up with Phil just before the festival to find out more and play tracks from this excellent CD.
Blair Dunlop
Today's folk scene has strong links to the original 60's folk boom, not least through the children of the first wave of artists following in their parents' footsteps. Names such as Thomson, Wainwright and of course Carthy come to mind.
Blair Dunlop is making his own unique contribution in the same way his parents, Judy Dunlop and Ashley Hutchings did before him. He has just released a new album, "Gilded" and it is one of the best CDs we are likely to hear this year.
He is a talented songwriter and guitarist and this album really does him justice with sympathetic accompanying musicians. In the second hour of the show Blair guides us through his latest work and plans to take it on the road.
Lucy Farrell
As many of the clubs are closed in August we have dropped the gig guide for this edition. This gives us a chance to repeat last month's interview with Lucy as she talks about what to expect from her performance this year at Sidmouth Folk Week.
It also includes some great music from some of the bands she has worked with.
Besides all the above we have managed to squeeze in our Americana slot plus of course our Fish Record's CD of the month. If you miss any of the show it will be available 24/7 on www.mixcloud.com/Mainly_Folk after transmission.
First broadcast on Monday August 1st, 8-10pm with a repeat on Saturday August 6th, 8-10pm plus Tuesday 2nd August 3-5am for our transatlantic listeners.
Next edition on Monday September 5th at 8.0 pm
Tonight's programme is a curtain raiser for Sidmouth Folk Week which starts at the end of this month. We feature two of the artists who will be at Sidmouth, plus an extended gig guide in which we will play a selection from some of the many great acts that are playing this year.
We last caught up with Lucy Farrell at Sidmouth in 2012 when she was in a duo with Jonny Kearney. Since then she has been involved in a number of projects and bands, including the Furrow Collective.
Its time for Lucy to take centre stage and she will be previewing her latest solo material this year at Sidmouth.
In the first hour of the show Lucy updates us on what she has been up to and what we can expect to hear from her at the festival.
Plus of course we play a good selection of tracks from Lucy's varied discography.
Alice Jones last played at Sidmouth with the legendary Pete Coe on music collected by Frank Kidson project. They are both back at Sidmouth this year but in very different roles.
Alice has just released her first solo album "Poor Strange Girl". We think its one of the best new releases this or any other year. See what you think when we play tracks from it and talk to Alice about its making.
Alice has always been involved in the wider aspects of the folk scene and this year is no different as she will also be working backstage at the Ham concert area during Folk Week.
Join us for an insight into Alice's adventures in all things folk !
Besides our extended gig guide we haven't forgotten our Americana slot plus of course our Fish Record's CD of the month. If you miss any of the show it will be available 24/7 on www.mixcloud.com/Mainly_Folk after transmission.
First broadcast on Monday July 4th, 8-10pm with a repeat on Saturday July 9th, 8-10pm plus Tuesday 5th July 3-5am for our transatlantic listeners.
Next edition on Monday 1st August at 8.0 pm
This month's Mainly Folk features the creators of two great album releases.
In the first hour we speak to Jim Causley about his great new CD "Forgotten Kingdom". Jim always has a number of projects on tt to find out what is next in the busy Causley music schedule.
Three times nominated in the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards and double winners of the Spiral Earth Awards Megson draw heavily on their Teesside heritage to create a truly unique brand of As fRoots Magazine puts it "if you don't like the music here then you have a problem".
They have just brought out a grs year.
As usual we have a fine selection of the latest releases, including Fish Record's CD of the month, the local gig guide and our Americana slot. If you miss any of the show it will be available 24/7 on www.mixcloud.com/Mainly_Folk after transmission.
First broadcast on Monday June 6th, 8-10pm with a repeat on SaturdayJune 11th, 8-10pm plus Tuesday 7th June 3-5am for our transatlantic listeners.
Next edition on Monday 4th July at 8.0 pm
Kris Drever celebrates his first decade as an acclaimed solo artist and songwriter with a brand new studio album If Wishes Were Horses. The album is his first for six years (during which time his band Lau have established themselves as the most widely acclaimed and musically progressive trio in British folk music). If Wishes Were Horses is a collection of semi-biographical songs covering the diverse themes of education, politics, sex, love, ennui, self-employment, social migration and Shetland. Drever's recent outpouring of songs stems from a move back to the Northern Isles. Shetland this time rather than his native Orkney. We talk to Kris about the making of this great new album and play tracks which we are sure you will enjoy.
West My Friend Since West My Friend was conceived in a Victoria café in 2009, they've emerged as a unique voice in the city's music scene. Described as everything from indie-roots to chamber-folk, their acoustic blend of instruments and four-part harmonies challenges the conventions of popular music to create a performance that is both engaging and innovative. We caught up with this fine Canadian group at the start of their European tour to promote their new album Quiet Hum and they managed to squeeze in an excellent live session for us. You can hear the result in the second hour of the show. You won't be disappointed !
Besides all this we have our Americana section, Fish Record's CD of the month plus our local gig guide. If you miss any of the show it will be available 24/7 on www.mixcloud.com/Mainly_Folk after transmission.
First broadcast on Monday May 2nd, 8-10pm with a repeat on Saturday May 7th, 8-10pm
plus Tuesday 3rd May 3-5am for our transatlantic listeners.
Next edition on Monday 6th June at 8.0 pm
April is the time we look forward to the Summer and one early Summer event is
the Trinity Folk Festival in Guildford on the 6th and 7th of May. The Trinity Festival is now in its fourth year and in the first hour of this month's show we talk to its founders Carolyn and Paul Graham. This year the festival is in more venues and has even more top notch players, including Greg Russell and Ciaran Algar, the Luke Jackson Trio, Ninebarrow and Kelly Oliver. Carolyn and Paul give us an insight into what is involved in running this popular event and to whet your appetite we play music from some of the featured artists.
Sam Carter is one of the most talented and original writers on today's folk scene and an exceptional guitarist, both acoustic and electric. Having worked in London for ten years, including artist in residence at the South Bank, he has now produced a great new album which is heavily influenced by the city itself. "How The City Sings" has great acoustic tracks plus others which build on the electric songs that featured in last year's False Lights collaboration with Jim Moray. You can get a chance to hear these in the second hour of the show when we talk to Sam.
Plus we have a special competition where you can win a pair of tickets to see Sam in concert at The Landmark in Teddington on Friday April 22nd, which is part of their special weekend Guitar Festival.
This month our Americana section is back, plus of course Fish Record's CD of the month and also our local gig guide. If you miss any of the show it will be available 24/7 on www.mixcloud.com/Mainly_Folk after transmission.
First broadcast on Monday April 4th, 8-10pm with a repeat on Saturday April 9th, 8-10pm plus Tuesday 5th April 3-5am for our transatlantic listeners.
Next edition on Monday May 2nd at 8.0 pm
We have a lot to squeeze in this month. Besides the latest releases and gig guide we have a very special hour long feature in part two of the programme
Scottish-based Irish traditional singer and flute player Nuala Kennedy celebrates ten years as a solo recording artist in 2016 with the launch of her fourth solo album and her first album release on her own label Under the Arch Records. "Behave the Bravest" was recorded over six months on three continents while on tour as "Nuala Kennedy Band" in Sydney Australia, Los Angeles California and in her longtime home of Edinburgh, Scotland. We caught up with her in California as she is currently on an extensive tour to support this fine album. You can hear Nuala talk about her career so far and hear tracks from the album in the first hour of the show.
John Renbourn was one of the most innovative and technically accomplished acoustic guitarist emerging from the 1960's folk revival. Alongside Bert Jansch he developed a "folk baroque" finger style which inspired a whole generation of players. As John's wife Judy Horton was in a unique position to witness the development of this remarkable performer. Judy fills in the details of the journey that John took from being a fellow student at Kingston Art School, to a regular performer at Soho's Les Cousins; then forming Pentangle with Bert, Jacqui McShee, Danny Thompson and Terry Cox which in turn took them from a residency in Tottenham Court Road to America and beyond.
She also lets us know about the proposed memorial concert for John at Cecil Sharp House in September and the sale of his vast collection of instruments that is on at Chandlers Guitars in Kew.
First broadcast on Monday 7th 8-10 pm, Tuesday 8th 3am and Saturday 8-10 pm.
Next edition on Monday April 4th at 8.0 pm
We have two very special features in this month's programme.
Fellside Records is celebrating 40 years in the business and was formed by Paul Adams and Linda Adams in 1976 in Workington, Cumbria, and still run by them. Fellside have over 130 titles still in print, including albums by Spiers and Boden, Nancy Kerr & James Fagan, Dr Faustus, A. L. Lloyd, Peter Bellamy, James Keelaghan, Clive Gregson, The Queensberry Rules, Jez Lowe, Last Orders, Bram Taylor, and Grace Notes. Their anthologies have included songs by Maddy Prior, Richard Thompson, Frankie Armstrong, John Kirkpatrick and Martin Carthy.
Most of the Fellside catalogue was recorded and produced by Paul Adams which is an amazing achievement. The label has won many awards including 12 For Excellence from the Music Retailers Association. Paul is widely regarded as one of the best recording engineers for acoustic music of his generation and you can hear him telling us about how Fellside got to forty in the first hour of tonight's programme.
Fay Hield's first two solo albums, Looking Glass (2010) and Orfeo(2012), won many accolades as well as a nomination for the Horizon Award at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards. Her latest album Old Adam is one of the best folk music CDs we have heard in a long time.
We caught up with Fay just before she goes out on tour to support its release and she gives us the story behind how it was made. Besides being an outstanding performer Fay also lectures at the University of Sheffield and we find out more about what this involves.
As usual we have our Americana section, Fish Record's CD of the month plus our local gig guide.
First broadcast on Monday February 1st ,8-10pm with a repeat on Saturday February 6th, 8-10pm plus Tuesday 2nd February 3-5am for our transatlantic listeners.
Next edition on Monday March 7th at 8.0 pm
A new year brings great crop of new releases to this month's programme plus two excellent special features.
Barluath are a young energetic group fronted by Ainsley Hamill, who handles songs from the Gaelic tradition as well as from traditional Scots, contemporary folk and Americana sources.
The six band members all come from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and their music makes good use of fiddle, pipes, whistle, bouzouki, guitar and harmonium. We caught up with them after a storming set at the Sidmouth festival and play tracks from their debut and latest album.
This programme has been a long term supporter of Merry Hell, a brilliant English folk rock band from Wigan, Lancashire, Their music combines wit and dexterity and is downright catchy. They have released 3 great albums so far but to see them live is even better. To get a flavour of what this is like they have just released a live DVD, "A Grand Night Out" recorded at a sell out gig at The Grand, Clitheroe. In the second hour of the show we play tracks from this and talk to their hard working manager, Damian Liptrot. Join us for what is a good way to shake off any mid winter blues !
Besides all this we have the latest releases in our Americana section, Fish Records CD of the month plus our local gig guide.
First broadcast on Monday January 4th, 8-10pm with a repeat on Saturday January 9th, 8-10pm plus Tuesday 5th January 3-5am for our transatlantic listeners.
Next edition on Monday February 1st at 8.0 pm.
This month's programme has a definite seasonal feel to it.
Maddy Prior and Steeleye Span has recently released a "catch up " album of highlights from their long career supported by a UK tour of their latest line up.
We caught up with founder member Maddy Prior at the start of the tour who brings us up to date with all things Steeleye and other folk related events in her life.
Plus we give an advanced play of a new version of "Somewhere Along The Road" taken from the new CD.
In the second hour of show we talk to Simon Care of
The Albion Christmas Band and play tracks from their albums.
The Albion Christmas Show is a seasonal mixture of carols, spoken word, humorous readings and dance and is the perfect way to start festivities.
They are currently on tour and you can get a flavour of what to expect in our conversation.
As usual we have our Americana section, Fish Records CD of the month plus our local gig guide.
First broadcast on Monday December 7th ,8-10pm with a repeat on Saturday December 12th, 8-10pm plus Tuesday 8th December 3-5am for our transatlantic listeners.
Next edition on Monday January 4th at 8.0 pm.
It might be a bit early but you can expect antipodean and Canadian based musical fireworks in our two featured bands this month.
The James Brothers are in fact not brothers and only one of them is called James. James Fagan is Australian and is also one half of Nancy Kerr & James Fagan (musically and maritally).
The other outlaw is New Zealander Jamie McClennan who is also in a duo with Emily Smith to whom he is also married.
Together the "Brothers" make great acoustic music drawing on both of their traditions plus creating music which is uniquely their own. We caught up with James at Sidmouth Folk Week and think you will find our conversation and music captures the enthusiasm of this exciting new venture.
When we first played a track from Canada's Bill Wood and The Woodies we knew they would be the ideal group to play a live session at Brooklands Radio. We could not believe our luck when we heard they were coming over here this autumn and even more incredibly could squeeze in some time with us on their busy touring schedule. You can hear the result in the second hour of the show. Live they are even better than we hoped for. Great self penned songs and the kind of playing you only get from years of solid live performances. All in all this is one not to miss !
Besides these two great features we have the best of the latest folk and Americana releases, local gig guide and of course Fish Records CD of the month.
First broadcast on Monday November 2nd at 8pm and repeated on Tuesday November 3rd at 3pm for our Transatlantic listeners and on Saturday 7th November at 8pm.
Next edition on Monday December 7th at 8 pm.
has a special album feature in the first hour and a great live session in the second.
Having already made a name for themselves on the UK acoustic circuit,
Katriona Gilmore and Jamie Roberts are known as much for their exceptionally dynamic live shows as they are for their prize-winning songs. With international tours and a formidable new album "Conflict Tourism" the duo are racing from strength to strength. You can catch up with them in the first hour of the show and enjoy some great music.
The Galleons are a 6 piece Indie-Folk band from Brighton. Equally at home playing in a darkened, candle-lit cellar as they are in a sunny (or more often rainy) festival field, their music takes the audience from catchy, foot stomping folk-rock to mellow, mysterious lullabies and back. They've been on numerous live radio sessions including the BBC, sold out venues such as the world famous Stables and even recorded in a dungeon! Three of the band played a brilliant live acoustic session for us recently, with music from their last album "Cloud Physics" plus some songs in preparation for their next. Don't miss out on hearing them in the second hour of the programme.
As usual we have the latest releases in Folk and Americana, our local gig guide and Fish Records CD of the month.
First broadcast on Monday October 5th at 8 pm and repeated on Tuesday October 6th at 3pm for our Transatlantic listeners and on Saturday 10th October at 8pm.
Next edition on Monday November 2nd at 8 pm.
The first hour of this month's show features music and conversation from this year's Sidmouth Folk Week.
Kirsty Bromley launched her debut album, "Time Ashore" at Sidmouth and shares with us some highlights from it and how she got involved in the folk scene. She is currently on tour with the Spooky Men's Chorale and has made a good start on what we think will be a long career.
Jo Freya continues to develop her innovative approach to music. She is not only a singer but more unusually she is also a folk saxophonist and put these skills to full use in the new trio Moirai who played some great music at Sidmouth. They have a new album called"Sideways" and tracks from it illustrate an enjoyable discussion we had with Jo.
In the second hour we have our usual Americana section which has some excellent new September releases. This is followed by a special feature with Ross Ainslie, stalwart of the Glasgow session scene and member of Treacherous Orchestra. Ross has produced his second solo album, "Remembering". Its his first foray into songwriting and you won't be disappointed by the result.
As usual we have our local gig guide and Fish Records CD of the month, which also happens to be Will, our engineer's pick of the month.
First broadcast on Monday September 7th at 8 pm and repeated on Tuesday September 8th at 3pm for our Transatlantic listeners and on Saturday 12th September at 8pm.
Next edition on Monday October 5th at 8 pm.
features some of the headliners from this year's Sidmouth Folk Week.
In the first hour we talk to Paul Sartin of Bellowhead, Faustus and Belshazzar's Feast who plans to be at Sidmouth for the whole week culminating in playing a rousing set with Faustus in the Ham on Friday night. At the end of the month he will be in one of Bellowhead's farewell performances at Towersey Festival, so there is a lot to talk about !
The legendary Vin Garbutt tops the bill Monday night at Sidmouth. Vin gives us insights into what has made him such a firm favourite over the years and we feature songs from his latest album "Synthetic Hues".
In the second hour we are in conversation with
Chris and Kellie While who are doing a short tour to promote their new CD "Indigo".We caught up with them at their recent gig at
The Ram Club, Thames Ditton.
As most of the clubs are closed for August there is no Gig Guide this month, which gives us a chance to squeeze in some more music and conversation including a track from Kirsty Bromley's debut album "Time Ashore" which she is launching at Sidmouth. We also have as usual Fish Records CD of the month and our engineer Will's pick of the bunch.
First broadcast on Monday August 3rd at 8 pm and repeated on Tuesday August 4th at 3pm for our Transatlantic listeners and on Saturday 8th August at 8pm.
Next edition on Monday September 7th at 8 pm.
July's Mainly Folk is a curtain raiser for this year's Sidmouth Folk Week which starts on July 31st.
Sidmouth is Britain's longest running festival and is famed for its vast range of activities. This year is no exception and in the first hour of the show John Braithwaite, the festival's director, gives us the lowdown on some of the artists appearing and a flavour of some of the 700 events that will be taking place.
One of the artists appearing at Sidmouth is Emily Portman and in the second hour she talks to us about the festival and making her new album Coracle. Emily won the BBC best original folk song award in 2013 and Coracle is further evidence of why she won.
As usual we have the latest releases, Fish Records CD of the month, local gig guide and of course our engineer Will's pick of the month.
First broadcast on Monday July 6th 8 pm and repeated on Tuesday July 7th at 3pm for our Transatlantic listeners and on Saturday 11th July at 8pm.
Next edition on Monday August 3rd at 8 pm.
Sally Barker last year came to national attention as Tom Jones' finalist in BBC TV's "The Voice". She is better known on the folk scene as a long standing solo performer and founding member of The Poozies. In June's Mainly Folk she tells us about her latest work, including The Poozies new album, " Into The Well" their appearance at this year's Sidmouth Folk Week plus news about singing with the reformed Fotheringay.
One of the breakthrough band's at last year's Sidmouth was the Manx trio, Barrule. They have just released a brand new CD and are going on tour to support its release. We catch up with Tom Callister to hear what they have been up to and play tracks from "Manannan's Cloak", which builds on the dynamism of their debut with some terrific arrangements.
We have been fans of Wigan's Merry Hell since their first recordings and at last managed to catch up with the band on one of their rare forays to London. In fact they are now touring all over the place and are showcasing their great new album, The Ghost In Our House And Other Stories". Members of the band generously took time off just before going on stage to talk to us about all things Merry Hell
In addition to all this we have the local gig guide and the latest releases, including a preview track from Richard Thompson's "Still" which comes out at the end of this month.
Plus, of course, our Fish Records CD of the month and last, but not least, our engineer Will's special selection.
First broadcast on Monday June 1st 8 pm and repeated on Tuesday June 2nd at 3pm for our Transatlantic listeners and on Saturday 6th June at 8pm.
Next edition on Monday July 6th at 8 pm.
has a bumper crop of new releases and two special artist features.
In the first hour we talk to Emily Smith, who is about to go on a nationwide tour as well as starring at this summer's Sidmouth Folk Week. We play tracks from her recent album "Echoes" which includes collaborations with fellow players from the Transatlantic Sessions, Jerry Douglas and Aoife O'Donovan.
In the second hour Fabian Holland returns after his live session for us in December 2013 last year He has a brand new album which is getting great reviews for its memorable songs and great arrangements. Fabian gives us the story behind its making and lets us know what he is up to next.
As usual we have Fish Records CD of the month plus our local gig guide. Plus a new feature where our engineer Will Goodwin gives us his new musical discovery of the month. If you miss any of the show it will be available 24/7 on www.mixcloud.com/Mainly_Folk after transmission.
First broadcast on Monday May 4th 8 pm and repeated on Tuesday May 5th at 3pm for our Transatlantic listeners.
Next edition on Monday June 1st at 8 pm.
As Bev is recuperating from an eye operation, this show is a fine compilation from some of our past programmes selected by Will Goodwin, the show's engineer. If you missed them the first time round you have another chance to hear the following interviews and sessions:
West My Friend - Originally broadcast February 2015
Sean Lakeman and Kathryn Roberts - Originally broadcast July 2014
Brooks Williams - Originally broadcast May 2012
Nancy Kerr and James Fagan - Originally broadcast July 2013
First broadcast on Monday April 6th, 9-11pm and repeated on Saturday April 11th, 8-10pm
In the first hour of the show we catch up with one of our all time heroes, Stefan Grossman, before he sets off for his UK tour.
Stefan is a foremost authority on the blues guitar and got to meet and learn from many of the greats who are now sadly no longer with us.
He was introduced to the English folk scene of the mid sixties by Eric Clapton and Stefan gives us a fascinating insight into that world and his continued championship of all things connected to playing folk blues guitar.
In the second hour we talk to an American duo who are also about to tour over here.
The Kennedys are the finest exponents of American Folk Rock currently playing today. Their new album "West" is about to be released and it is their best yet. We play tracks from it and Pete and Maura gives us the stories behind the music.
Finally Dan Walsh is also bringing out a new CD, "Incidents and Accidents" and is embarking on a major tour to support its release. Dan first came to prominence as one half of the award winning Walsh and Pound. He tells us what it is like to be a solo banjo player on tour and his simultaneous musical adventures as a new member of the Urban Folk Quartet.
If that isn't enough we also have a selection of the latest releases,our gig guide and of course Fish Records CD of the month.
Join us this Monday 2nd March 9-11pm, with a repeat on Saturday 7th March 8-10pm,
plus Tuesday 3rd March 3-5am for our transatlantic listeners.
has special features on musicians from Scotland, America and Canada
Besides the latest releases we talk to the award winning Skerryvore who are one of Scotland's leading folk rock bands. We talk to Alec Dalglish about their latest release, "Chasing The Sun" which is a fine, stirring addition to their catalogue and paves the way for their 10th anniversary in May.
Drew Holcomb. and his band The Neighbours are no strangers to these shores. Drew is based in Nashville and writes songs that not only get good airplay in the States but are also used in popular American TV series such as House and How I Met Your Mother. Drew's new album, "Medicine", is released this month and he and the band are over here to support it. Drew gives us a preview and provides insights into its making
Folk based Canadian band West My Friend are on their first tour of Europe. They are getting great reviews and we are very pleased to announce that they have taken time out to visit our studios to play a live session in the second hour of the show.
Finally we have Fish Records CD of the month plus our local gig guide. If you miss any of the show it will be available 24/7 on www.mixcloud.com/Mainly_Folk after transmission.
First broadcast on Monday February 2nd , 9-11pm and repeated on Saturday February 7th, 8-10pm
Next edition on Monday March 2nd at 9.0 pm.
It's a new year and January's show has plenty of new music.
Besides the latest releases we talk to the award winning duo,
Kathryn Roberts and Sean Lakeman about their new album. which is in our opinion their best yet. Kathryn and Sean are just about to embark on an extensive tour to promote this fine collection of new material.
In the second hour we have our Americana section followed by a career retrospective with Kevin Dempsey. Originally in the legendary Dando Shaft, Kevin went on to work with a host of talented musicians including members of Fairport Convention and most notably Dave Swarbrick. Today he is best known for his duo with Rosie Carson with whom he will be touring with Fairport this spring. Kevin tells what life is like working with so many people across the years.
As usual we have Fish Records CD of the month plus our local gig guide. If you miss any of the show it will be available 24/7 on www.mixcloud.com/Mainly_Folk after transmission.
First broadcast on Monday January 5th , 9-11pm and repeated on Saturday January 10th, 8-10pm
Next edition on Monday February 2nd at 9.0 pm.
is brimful with goodies
Damian Liptrot from one of our favourite folk rock group's Merry Hell, plays tracks from their new EP and gives us all the band's latest news.
Last seen in the company of the top Nashville stars on Bob Harris' recent TV show, Chris While has just released a new album with Julie Matthews. We think it's their best yet. See what you think and listen to their account of how it came together in the second hour of the show. You won't be disappointed.
As usual we have Fish Records CD of the month plus all the latest seasonal releases and our local gig guide. If you miss any of the show it will be available 24/7 on www.mixcloud.com/Mainly_Folk after transmission.
First broadcast on Wednesday,December 3rd, 8-10pm and repeated on Saturday December 6th, 8-10pm
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This month's Mainly Folk will brighten up your November with some treats recorded at this Summer's Sidmouth Festival.
We meet exciting new performers from Australia, The Mae Trio
Talk to leading authority on the folk scene, Derek Schofield
And have an in depth interview with music from virtuoso guitarist Tony McManus
All this plus the latest releases, including Fish Records album of the month and a very full local gig guide. If you miss any of the show it will be available 24/7 on www.mixcloud.com/Mainly_Folk after transmission.
First broadcast on Monday November 3rd , 9-11pm and repeated on Saturday November 8th, 8-10pm.
Next edition on Monday December 1st at 9.0 pm
Brooks Williams is one of the finest and hard working performers on today's folk scene. In this month's programme he tells us about his new album recorded on his recent American tour, which captures all the immediacy of him playing live.
We also talk to Ben Savage of rising new band The Willows and play tracks from their latest release, a great example of their high standards of playing and harmony.
As usual we have the Fish Records CD of the month, plus the latest releases and our local Gig Guide.
Finally listen out for this month's competition to win tickets to see Cara Dillon at G-Live on November 9th.
First broadcast on Monday October 6th , 9-11pm and repeated on Saturday October 11th 8-10pm.
Next edition on Monday November 3rd at 9.0 pm
We're back from our summer holiday at Sidmouth Folk Week with a clutch of interviews that we will be broadcasting in the next couple of programmes.
First up is Kris Drever who gave a great performance with Eamonn Coyne at Sidmouth and you can win a chance to hear him play in London this month if you tune in to our competition.
In the second hour we talk to Thomas McCarthy about Traveller traditional music and the launch of his new album, Herself and Myself.
Plus exciting Welsh band Calan and their manager Huw Williams, who was previously with Tony Williams and now tours with Fairport's Martin Allcock.
All this plus the latest new releases and the local gig guide in September's Mainly Folk.
If you miss any of it the show will be available 24/7 on www.mixcloud.com/Mainly_Folk after transmission.
First broadcast on Monday September 1st, 9-11pm and repeated on Saturday September 6th 8-10pm.
Next edition on Monday October 6th at 9.0 pm
The first hour of August's programme is dedicated to Sidmouth's Folk Week's 60th.
Besides tracks from some of this year's performers we talk to Sidmouth favourite Sandra Kerr about her varied career and involvement with the Festival. Our conversation is illustrated by some outstanding music reflecting Sandra's enthusiastic contribution and support for the folk tradition.
Please Note: You can also find features and music from many of Sidmouth Folk Week's performers past and present on our Mixcloud and YouTube channels. Just click on the link above.
In the second hour we have a live session from Berkley,Hart,Selis and Twang. This is a special project in which Americana star Eve Selis and long time member of her band, Marc Twang have joined up with Berkley Hart, the melodic folk rock duo. Together they write not only great songs but also produce harmonies which easily compare to The Eagles and Crosby, Stills and Nash.
To finish up with, in collaboration with Fish Records, we play a track from our album of the month. Hope you enjoy this month's varied programme. If you miss any of it the show will be available 24/7 on www.mixcloud.com/Mainly_Folk after transmission.
First broadcast on Monday August 4th, 9-11pm and repeated on Saturday August 9th 8-10pm.
Next edition on Monday September 1st at 9.0 pm
July's Mainly Folk features in the first hour an interview with Kathryn Roberts and Sean Lakeman who we caught up with just before a recent outstanding performance at the Half Moon in Putney. We play tracks from their albums and find out what they are up to next.
In the second hour we have conversation and live music from singer songwriter Sarah McQuaid. Sarah holds dual US and Irish citizenship and lives in rural England when she is not extensively touring. Her session will also be available on our YouTube channel after transmission.
As usual we squeeze in some of the latest releases plus our local gig guide.
We also launch a new feature, in association with Fish Records, our album of the month. Plus a chance to win a signed copy of Maz O'Connors new CD. After transmission the programme will be available 24/7 on www.mixcloud.com/Mainly_Folk.
First broadcast on Monday July 7th, 9-11pm and repeated on Saturday June 12th 8-10pm.
Next edition on Monday August 4th at 9.0 pm
On June's Mainly Folk we talk to Stu and Debbie Hanna of Megson and play tracks
from their new album "In A Box", which is attracting rave reviews.
In the second hour we have an excellent live session from American singer songwriter
Krista Detor. As a bonus this will also be available on our YouTube channel after transmission.
All this plus the latest releases and our local gig guide will make you feel summer has finally arrived ! After transmission the programme will be available 24/7 on www.mixcloud.com/Mainly_Folk.
First broadcast on Monday June 2nd 9-11pm and repeated on Saturday June 7th 8-10pm.
Next edition on Monday July 7th at 9.0 pm
Ben Paley grew up surrounded by folk music. (His father is the legendary Tom Paley).
Ben and his band The Long Hill Ramblers are playing at this year's Sidmouth Folk Week
and we catch up with him in the first hour.
You can also hear from two performers who are playing locally this month.
They are both classically trained and this lends a special difference to their music.
In the second hour we have a fantastic live session from Cathryn Craig and Brian Willoughby.
Cathryn has sung with many of Nashville's greats, including Nanci Griffith and The Righteous Brothers. Brian is best known for being a member of the Strawbs but has played with performers ranging from Mary Hopkin to Monty Python (!). Together they make a lovely sound with classy vocals and dazzling guitar work.
Folk for Peace single Rumours of Rain
Hear and see for yourself as after transmission this session will be available on the Mainly Folk YouTube channel.
In addition we have the regular local gig guide and new releases. Last, but not least, this month we have a competition to win a pair of tickets to see Kathryn Roberts and Sean Lakeman at the Half Moon in Putney on June 4th.
Entries must be with bev@brooklandsradio.co.uk by 28th May. Best of luck.
After transmission the programme will be available 24/7 on www.mixcloud.com/Mainly_Folk.
First broadcast on Monday May 5th 9-11pm and repeated on Saturday May 10th 8-10pm.
Next edition on Monday June 2nd at 9.0 pm
is a curtain raiser for Sidmouth Folk Week's 60th anniversary festival.
We talk to 2 of the headlining acts.
In the first hour it's Roy Bailey, including touching on the work he did with the late Tony Benn.
roybailey.net
In part two we feature the award winning Chris Wood. chriswoodmusic.co.uk
We also have a competition to win tickets to see Hannah James and Sam Sweeney play a final date at the Riverhouse Arts Centre on April 23rd, plus all the latest CDs and gig guide.
First broadcast on Monday 7th April at 9.0 pm and repeated on Saturday 12th April at 8.0 pm.
Next edition on Monday May 5th at 9.0 pm
Bev Harris presents music and interviews from the world of folk plus a dash of country and Americana with the latest CDs, gig guide and a whole lot more including announcing the winner of our competition to win 2 free tickets to see The Oysterband performing at G-Live on Sunday 9th March.
In the first hour luthier David Oddy talks about his wide ranging work for artists
such as Show of Hands and Chris Wood
And in part two we have a live session from an exciting new duo who have already played
The Bluebird Cafe in Nashville,
The Black Feathers. Produced by Will Goodwin.
After broadcast you can see videos of the Black Feathers' live session on www.youtube.com/MainlyFolk
To get in touch please contact bev@brooklandsradio.co.uk.
R – First broadcast on Monday at 9.0 pm and repeated on Saturday at 9.0 pm. Next edition on Monday 7th April at 9.0 pm.
we talk to long term folk club favourite Dave Burland,
providing the perfect excuse to remind us what a great singer he is.
In the second hour Lucy Portman introduces her latest project – The Furrow Collective.
This brings together the Emily Portman Trio and Alasdair Roberts
to play traditional gems from both sides of the English/Scottish border.
As usual we have the latest releases and gig guide but in addition we have a new competition.
You can win 2 free tickets to see The Oysterband performing at G-Live on Sunday 9th March.
Join us on Monday 3rd February from 9 - 11pm, with a repeat on Saturday 8th at 9pm.
And an extra repeat for our Transatlantic listeners on Tuesday 4th from 3 - 5am UK time.
has not one but three interview features.
In the first hour we talk to a founding father of the folk revival, admired by many rock guitarists such as Keith Richards, the legendary Wizz Jones.
In the second hour we catch up with ex Wailin' Jenny's Canadian singer Annabelle Chvostek prior to her UK tour and then .....
.... to Nashville's Drew Holcomb who is also coming over here with his band, The Neighbors.
All this plus the latest releases and gig guide, Monday 6th January from 9 - 11pm,
with a repeat on Saturday 11th at 9pm.
Mainly Folk Special Feature: Martin Harley and Sam Lewis Live Session
Saturday 14th December at 9.00pm
In this Mainly Folk Live Session we welcome two fantastic singer songwriters to our studios - local boy Martin Harley and from Nashville, Sam Lewis. The pair are currently on tour together and Bev talks to them about how they met and their collaborations, and they play some fantastic live tracks in our studios.
For information about tour dates and their latest albums, be sure to check out their websites - links above.
You can also check out the live performance videos on our new Mainly Folk Live Sessions YouTube channel.
On the show we talked to leading
exponent of the Folk Scene, Martin Carthy .....
...... and had a live session from rising star, Fabian Holland.
This session is also available on our
new YouTube Mainly Folk channel
All interviews can be listened to via Feedburner - see above.
And if you miss any of the broadcasts it will also be available after transmission on Mixcloud.
featured interviews and music from two of today's leading performers.
In the first hour we talked to Lester Simpson including,
with Remembrance Sunday fast approaching, his
commemorative work of those who fought in the First World War.
The award winning Jim Moray is performing a sell-out special concert on 9th November at Union Chapel to mark the 10 anniversary re-release of his seminal album "Sweet England". In the second hour he talked about how his career has developed since its release.
Mainly Folk Special 2013
Sunday 20th October, 10.00pm (repeated Tuesday 22nd, 8.00pm)
A best-selling member of the Blue Note roster of recording artists,
Stacey has had eight best-selling albums, a string of awards, and a
fan base that enables her to sell out concert halls around the world.
Stacey's album, 'Breakfast On the Morning Train', went platinum in
France, gold in Germany, and was also nominated for a 2009
Grammy Award. Bev Harris caught up her with prior to a rare UK performance
at the Landmark Arts Centre, Teddington on November 9th.
This Brooklands Radio Special includes tracks from her new album The Changing Lights
which is being released in over 30 countries and which she is currently promoting on a
world wide tour.
features an interview and live music from –
Nancy Kerr and James Fagan recorded at the Sidmouth festival.
In the second hour Brooks Williams plays tracks from
his great new album, live in the studio.
You can also see the songs he plays on our new YouTube Mainly Folk channel
All this plus a packed gig guide and the latest folk and Americana releases -
next Monday, 7th October from 9 – 11pm,
with a repeat on Saturday at 9pm.
And one for our Transatlantic listeners on Tuesday from 3 - 5am UK time.
Friday 20th September, 11.00pm
What have Joan Baez, Janis Ian, Peter, Paul & Mary, Nanci Griffith,
Garth Brooks and Art Garfunkel all have in common?
They have all covered songs by, or worked with, today's guest Buddy Mondlock.
In this Brooklands Radio Mainly Folk Special, Buddy talks to Bev Harris about
his long career in music and plays live in session with bass player Mike Lindauer.
You can also check out the live performance videos on our new
Mainly Folk Live Sessions YouTube channel.
is an aural postcard from Sidmouth Folk Week.
We have conversation and music from Irish super group Flook .....
Paul Sartin from Faustus previews their new album and .....
Sarah McQuaid plays live before embarking on
her 3-month UK and American tour.
All this plus a packed gig guide and the latest releases Monday 2nd September 9-11pm
and Saturday 7th at the same time.
Plus a repeat on Tuesday 3rd at 3 am for our Transatlantic listeners.
features artists connected with this month's Sidmouth FolkWeek.
We kick off with fine West Country singer, James Findlay.
Then we talk to Jim Causley about the
Poetry of Charles Causley production
that is being performed at the festival.
Finally, in the second hour Jon Cleave of
Fisherman's Friends previews their new album.
All this plus the latest releases and local gig guide - next Monday, 5th August from 9 - 11pm,
with a repeat on Saturday from 9 - 11pm.
In the first hour of We speak to
New York singer songwriter Woody Mann.
Woody was taught by Rev Gary Davis and in turn
given lessons to a range of players, including Paul Simon.
In part 2 - Chris While and Julie Matthews talk about the 20 years
they have been performing, including with the Albion Band,
their recent duo album and life on the road.
All this plus the latest releases and local gig guide - next Monday, 1st July from 9 - 11pm,
the spotlight is on those who make the folk scene possible.
First up we talk to John Braithwaite, Director of The UK's oldest Festival, Sidmouth,
about what to expect in this year's week-long extravaganza.
Then it's the turn of Bob and Maggie Wood going behind
the scenes of our local BBC Folk Awards winning Ram Club,
plus of course some live songs from Bob.
Finally Dana and Susan Robinson are coming over here
on a tour that includes TwickFolk. They discuss and play
tracks from their latest album for your enjoyment.
plays host to two unique artists who are playing in our area this month.
In the first hour Bev talks to Sam Carter
whose last album attracted rave reviews.
In part two Clive Gregson shares highlights from
his career and we play tracks from his new CD.
we have three very different songwriters.
First up we speak to Karine Polwart about her latest album.
Then Nashville folk pop singer Josh Rouse tells us about his new CD prior to
his UK tour in May.
And finally, we have a live session from Brooklyn's Rebecca Pronsky.
included a half hour special with Lori Lieberman.
Lori was the first person to record Killing Me Softly With His Song and she talks about this, her career and her latest album and tour.
As usual we featured a bunch of new releases, which this month
included Richard Thompson and Karine Polwart.
Copy of the March programme Playlist on pdf here.
had a strong transatlantic flavour. In the first half we talked to Geraldine Hollett of Canada's The Once, who are currently on tour.
In the second hour we featured American singer songwriter Caroline Herring (http://www.carolineherring.com/), and talk to her about her latest album.
Copy of the February programme Playlist on pdf here.
In the first part of the show we talked to a very talented duo whose latest tour takes in some local dates.
Miranda Sykes is well known as the third member of Show of Hands. Rex Preston has a reputation as a fine, imaginative mandolin player on the British Bluegrass scene Together they form a rare fusion of double bass & mandolin making for one of the most exciting new pairings on the acoustic roots scene.
In the second hour of the show, there was an interview with some live and recorded music from local folksinger, Sue Graves, including tracks with Soiree and Voiceover. (drawing by Alban Low)
Copy of the January programme Playlist on pdf here.
we talked to Steve Knightley,
lead singer and songwriter for the award-winning Show of Hands.
The second half of the show was a one-hour special with Benny Gallagher. Benny talked about
his career spanning his time with Apple (The Beatles not Steve Jobs!), McGuinness Flint,
Ronnie Lane, Art Garfunkel and of course, Gallagher and Lyle.
Copy of the December programme Playlist on pdf here.
had not just the latest CDs in Folk and Americana and our gig guide but also a whole lot more!
We had music and interviews with
American folksinger Gregory Alan Isakov...
... and Alt Country performer Mary Gauthier.
We also talked to Show of Hand's Phil Beer.
Show of Hands have sold out the Albert Hall four times.
Our October Show 2012
had an unreleased track by Gerry Rafferty
and Rab Noakes, an interview and new music with Rab himself,
at Folk at G-Live, Guildford special.
Plus a competition for 2 tickets for Kate Rusby's
October concert at G-Live.
Copy of the October programme Playlist on pdf here.
Our September show 2012
had 3 great interviews with music.
Andy Roberts on Plainsong's farewell tour, the band that features the familiar voice of Ian Matthews.
Steve Ashley is at Thames Ditton's Ram Club in a few weeks time. His songs have been covered by many performers - you will be able to hear why.
Finally, we talked to a real living legend, Peggy Seeger, on her groundbreaking new album.
All interviews can be listened to via Feedburner - see below.
Copy of the September programme Playlist on pdf here.
Our August show 2012
featured an interview with legendary Canadian singer songwriter, Bruce Cockburn who is touring the UK the end of August and September in support of his latest release, "Small Source of Comfort".
Bruce has produced over 20 best selling albums and has travelled the world as a humanitarian activist. His honours include being one of the few living artists who have been represented on a Canada Post stamp. www.brucecockburn.com
We also spoke to Darrell Scott, who has played in the Transatlantic Sessions, Celtic Connections and more recently Robert Plant's Band of Joy. He is also an accomplished solo performer and talks about his latest album, "Long Ride Home". www.darrellscott.com
Copy of the August programme Playlist on pdf here.
Our July show 2012
featured interviews and music from two of the leading families in folk. We talked to Kathryn Roberts and Sean Lakeman and played tracks from their new album, "Hidden People".
In the second half of the programme James Fagan told us about the Fagan Family and their involvement in the Australian folk revival and his very successful partnership with Nancy Kerr.
Copy of the July programme Playlist on pdf here.
Our June show 2012
featured a live session with the premier American guitarist and songwriter, Brooks Williams (www.brookswilliams.com).
We also had an interview with Nate Borofsky from Girlyman (www.girlyman.com) and played tracks from their latest album, "Supernova".
Last, but not least, we were talking to Lucy Wainwright Roche, (www.lucywainwrightroche.com) whose recent album "Lucy" does her family proud!
You may want to check out the following gigs/venues –
Anchor Folk Club, Byfleet Anvil Arts, Basingstoke Bracknell Folk Club, Windlesham King's Place, London N1 9AG
Cecil Sharp House The Cellar Upstairs, Euston NW1 Dorking Folk Club Grayshott Folk Club, Hindhead
Farnham Maltings G-Live, Guildford Green Note, Camden NW1
Half Moon, Putney SW15 The Music Institute, Guildford The Ram Club at Thames Ditton Reading Folk Club
River house Barn Slaughtered Lamb, Clerkenwell EC1 Twickenham Folk Club
Listen Live on the first Monday of each month at 8.00pm
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Holy $#!†: Catholic bodies & queer performance
by Zach Pearl on January 14th, 2014 in Manon Sandra and the Virgin Mary
A crash course in the two-way street of fascination between queer and catholic and the tense relationship between the sacred and the profane.
Beneath every image of the sacred is an armature for the profane. No matter the religious iconography every quality painted in a virtuous light—when taken to extremes—can easily become audacious and obscene. In particular, the representational history of Catholicism is replete with motifs of shame, self-sacrifice, punishment and denial. As early as the 15th century, Flemish painters were representing holy figures as largely shapeless, sexless and grief-stricken bodies posed in contorted manners or in uncomfortably tight pictorial space.
These qualities are perhaps the most obvious in Rogier van der Weyden’s Deposition—a massive altarpiece showing the lowering of Christ’s body from the cross. On top of the wincingly shallow sense of space, none of the figures appear to acknowledge one another or even address the viewer by looking out from the picture plane. The incredible suffering of this moment in the story of Christ would assume a frenzy of emotion and visceral grief. However, Weyden’s popular interpretation of the scene is in fact lifeless, and even vulgar, in its distanced and clinical depiction.
Rogier van der Weyden Deposition c. 1435-1438, oil on panel, 7’2” x 8’7” (2.2 x 2.62 m)
These paradoxes were of great interest to the members of Grupo Chaclacayo (1983-1994)—undoubtedly the most radical art collective to emerge in Peru during the 1980s. The group formed during the midst of a violent conflict involving the Peruvian government and communist revolutionaries—one that would leave 70,000 dead in its aftermath.
Consisting of Helmut Psotta, an immigrant German, and his two Peruvian students Sergio Zevallos and Raul Avellaneda, Grupo Chaclacayo created an immense oeuvre of queering Catholic iconography through performance, photography and installation. Their work has often been described as “deeply transgressive” and Miguel A. López writing in e-flux pronounced their oeuvre as “an experiment in the production of abnormal and deviant subjectivities that undid gender and social identities.”
Sergio Zevallos (Grupo Chaclacayo), in collaboration with Frido Martin, Rosa Cordis, 1986. Retrieved from eflux.com
Grupo Chaclacayo had such an emphatically othering quality to their work because they challenged the ‘natural’ (i.e. dominant) vocabulary of Latin Catholicism with explicit visual narratives of sex, sadomasochism, murder and madness. Central to this psychotic juxtaposition was always their own queerness and the recurrence of the transvestite as an allegorical figure. Often combining nuns robes with women’s lingerie, and occasionally prosthetics, their work fought to sexualize and reclaim the symbolically castrated bodies of Catholicism.It was a direct critique of the sterilizing ideology that their own State continued to employ throughout the civil conflict.
The core imagery of the Catholic transvestite in Grupo Chaclacayo’s work is also echoed in the confessional androgyny of Michel Tremblay’s Manon, Sandra and the Virgin Mary. The audience bears ‘holy’ witness to the montage of sacred Manon and profane Sandra. Their mirror-image relationship is played out through the symbolic (and necessary) conflict of drag. The pious Manon’s exaggerated innocence finds its equal in the decadent sexuality of Sandra, and together they allow the sacred cycle of the profanity known as “life” to carry on.
It was the weight of this cycle that eventually brought an end to Grupo Chaclacayo. Their work was motivated by a dominant and oppressive ideology—to which they valiantly protested and subverted. However, this also meant that their entire body of work was dependent upon a combative relationship with the Catholic aesthetic. Art of that nature is hard to sustain, and as times changed in Peru the relevancy of their inverted iconographies faded.
Oddly enough [insert sarcasm], despite its cultural value, Grupo Chaclacayo’s work is rarely seen and largely unknown on an international scale. Perhaps the blatant nature of the imagery is a little ‘too much’ for most galleries and museums to mount? Or, it could be the fact many of Grupo’s works now exist outside Peru and the generation that lived through their work? Either way and akin to Manon…, which is also rarely performed, works that bridge the gap between sacred and profane often endure a kind of quarantine specific to essential paradoxes. Just like humanity doesn’t especially like to recognize the evil in the good (only the other way around) we as a society have a hard time recognizing that the sacred has no meaning without profanity as its mirror. And, without works of art and theatre of this nature we may fail to recognize it at all.
Zach Pearl is a freelance designer and independent curator. He teaches in both art and design at OCAD University and co-produces KAPSULA—an online art criticism publication founded in Spring 2013. Zach holds a BFA in Illustration & Graphic Design from the Minneapolis College of Art & Design, and an MFA in Curatorial Practice from OCAD U. Before moving to Canada in 2010, Zach spent five years teaching for the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, and three years as Assistant Coordinator for the Susan Hensel Gallery. Since relocating, he’s helped to produce exhibitions for the Art Gallery of Ontario, the Textile Museum of Canada & the Gladstone Hotel.
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Trump once again brags about taking Syria’s oil: video
Russian Air Force intensifies bombing campaign over Aleppo
Home Iraq Iraq allegedly refuses to reopen crossing with Syrian Kurds over refusal to...
Iraq allegedly refuses to reopen crossing with Syrian Kurds over refusal to hoist Syrian flag
BEIRUT, LEBANON (3:30 P.M.) – The Lebanon-based newspaper, Al-Akhbar, quoted an Iraqi official this week as saying that the reopening of the border crossing connecting Iraq’s Sinjar to Syrian territories was delayed by the Iraqi government.
The Iraqi official noted that the border crossing was supposed to be used for facilitating passage of refugees from the Kurdish-controlled refugee camps in Syria to the Iraqi territories, and said that the delay in reopening the crossing by the Iraqi government took place after the Kurds refrained from hoisting the Syrian government’s flag.
At the same time Iran’s Fars News Agency cited sources as saying some parties are trying to help open the crossing under the auspices of the United Nations and the anti-ISIL coalition.
In a relevant development on Friday, the ISIL terrorist group’s notorious oil minister Sobat Turki, nom du guerre Abu Hassan, was killed along with a number of militants in clashes with Iraq’s intelligence forces in Deir Ezzur province in Eastern Syria, a security expert said on Friday.
Iraqi Security Expert Fazel Abu Raghif wrote on his Twitter page that Iraq’s intelligence forces have managed to kill Abu Hassan in their military operation in Deir Ezzur.
He said that ISIL has now lost all channels and ways to supply financial aid and finance ISIL commanders, including founder of ISIL’s financial system Mohammad Jubeir al-Rawi and the terrorist group’s finance minister.
Abu Hassan was in charge of the largest financial supply system of the terrorists, financing the group through trading oil and oil products.
ALSO READ Jihadists allegedly kill 4 Russian officers in eastern Idlib
Long Live Syria
So these guys parked all that stolen oil money in the Swiss Banks? With this Daesh guy kicking the bucket he would have taken the banking user name & password with him and all that ill gotten remains with the Swiss Banks!!
al-Nakba v2.0
There are MANY tax havens less regarding than Switzerland. If I had to hide REALLY dirty money, I’d opt for some island where the governor is a mobster. I wouldn’t also put all my money in the same bag. Any way, in the place of this roach, I’d have left the country for long, under the excuse there was some papers to do at the bank… Hey, you must really be a moron not having felt the wind turning and not having take the money and ran…
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Kristallnacht V2.0
Spoken like a true dirty ziomafia conniving criminal k-i-k-e.
Weldon Cheek
The flag of Syria must be flown, no matter what te u.s. and e.u. want to imagine this is still Syria, the Iraqis and Iranians etc will always see it as Syria because if they were to allow this theft to happen who knows when the west will use the Kurds in their own countries in the same underhand way??? , They should flat out refuse to deal with the entity that presides over the area until it is back in the rightful hands of Syrian government, that way all supplies would have to be flown in by u.s. which… Read more »
Karel Vd Geest
Kurds and SDF have a tighter control of their lands than both Iraq and Syria where IS is still capable of open warfare, while SDF is mopping up a large number of sleeper cells, which neither Iraqi government nor Assad are capable of. The latter only sending death squads after reconciled rebels, causing them to revolt again, and allowing IS to regroup.
Abu Hassan was a DISGRACE to his own name of HASSAN. Long Live the AXIS OF RESISTANCE. Kill all ziomafia-sympathisers.
NKusa
Right move
Them kurds think they own
East Euphrates
How long can.USA stay
They must leave
See them cudkurds run north
Safe keeping HOL
Savage beast
They do. In fact, they even fill ALL the criteria to reclaim independence and have a seat at the UN!
If the fake Palestinians can have a seat for their tiny stretch of land, I see no reason why NES, ten time as large and better developed, cannot have a seat too.
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Klinefelter.pdf | Diseases And Disorders | Clinical Medicine. Syndrome (45 X) and Klinefelter syndrome (47 XXY) Since then it has been well established that chromosome abnormalities contribute significantly to genetic. Klinefelter Syndrome (KS) is a relatively common (1 500 to 1 1 000) genetic syndrome caused by an extra X Here we focus on Klinefelter Syndrome (KS) which has attracted our interest treatment of LD in subjects with KS However. Klinefelter apos s Syndrome Doctor Patient. How many people are affected by or at risk for Klinefelter syndrome (KS)? Klinefelter syndrome in clinical practice. The prevalence and diagnosis rates of Klinefelter syndrome an Australian 1 Possible phenotypic features of Klinefelter syndrome (KS) according to life stage and their estimated frequencies Features Treatment may alleviate the symp. Early diagnosis and androgen replacement treatment of the disorder can improve quality of life. Klinefelter Syndrome Encyclopedia com. 22 Mar 2019 Klinefelter syndrome (KS) is the result of 2 or more X chromosomes in a Supplemental testosterone treatment under the supervision of a? Klinefelter variant karyotype 48 XXYY found in two of our cohorts is infrequently observed and is associated with more pronounced phenotype abnormalities and greater cognitive impairment.
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18 Jan 2009 ABSTRACT Klinefelter's syndrome is a sex chromosomal aneuploidy caused by an addition of X chromosome in males (47 XXY) Variants?
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PDF Klinefelter syndrome is the most common sex chromosome disorder in males Variation in clinical presentation and insufficient awareness of this syndrome among clinicians lead to fifty percent of patients remain undetected. Klinefelter syndrome NHS. ABSTRACT The Klinefelter syndrome is most common chromosomal cause of male infertility. The first clinical features may appear in early childhood, or more frequently, during puberty, such as lack of secondary sexual characteristics and aspermatogenesis. Klinefelter's syndrome. Benefits of this approach may decrease with age, suggesting that progressive deterioration in testicular function is a feature of Klinefelter syndrome. American Journal of Human Genetics. Klinefelter syndrome - Genetics Home Reference - NIH. Klinefelter syndrome is a chromosomal disorder that affects only males People with this condition are born with at least one extra X chromosome The syndrome was first identified and described in 1942 by Harry Fitch Klinefelter Jr an American physician. However, studies in which testicular histology has been obtained report germ cell depletion, progressive hyalinization of seminiferous tubules, and Leydig cell hyperplasia after chronic LH stimulation. Klinefelter syndrome (KS) is the most common chromosomal deficiency associated with hypogonadism and thus Sign in to download full size image.
One patient was diagnosed while evaluating for thrombocytopenia and chronic liver disease and was the oldest of the study cohort. Developmental delay, cardiac anomalies, behavioral abnormalities, and intellectual disabilities were the common clinical presentations in children. Phenotypic male with XXY. Leukemia in Patients with Klinefelter Syndrome: A Report of Two Cases | SpringerLink. Klinefelter Syndrome and Its Variants! However, the many cases of this syndrome remain undiagnosed due to substantial variations in clinical presentation and insufficient professional awareness of the syndrome. Management of Klinefelter syndrome in adolescence and adulthood is discussed in Chapters 23 and 25. Another quarter receive their diagnosis in late adulthood. Archived from the original on 17 March 2015. Klinefelter syndrome more than hypogonadism Genetic Org!
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However, it is likely that the clinical detection of Klinefelter syndrome based on postnatal karyotyping is biased toward detection of those individuals with a more severe phenotype.
Most patients are infertile, but some are mosaics and may have a normal karyotype in some of their germ cells.
24 Oct 2006 The term Klinefelter syndrome (KS) describes a group of chromosomal disorder in which there is at Caldwell PD Smith DW The XXY (Klinefelter's) syndrome in childhood detection and treatment Download references.
Thus far, only about 10 cases have been described in literature.
The most common karyotype observed in our series was 47 XXY. Klinefelter syndrome - NHS. Klinefelter Syndrome XXY. Archived from the original on 18 March 2015. Online ePub converter Online ebook converter. These findings were suggestive of androgen deficiency syndrome and the patient was referred for karyotype and biochemical tests to confirm the diagnosis. Of particular interest at that time was the association of primary hypogonadism with high levels of gonadotrophins. Mortality in patients with Klinefelter syndrome in Britain: A cohort study. Archived from the original on 30 July 2014.
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Klinefelter syndrome cardiovascular system and? The most common karyotype observed in the study population was 47 XXY. The syndrome is also the main cause of male hypogonadism. Klinefelter Syndrome StatPearls NCBI Bookshelf! (klinefelter syndrome): a case report.(PDF) - Nepal Medical College? XXY males are also more likely than other men to have certain health problems that typically affect females, such as autoimmune disorders, breast cancer, venous thromboembolic disease, and osteoporosis. Enlarged breasts may be removed by surgery. Prevalence of the syndrome is l: 500 among males. Plunkett and Barr found the sex chromatin body in cell nuclei of the body. OPD with complaints of loss of secondary sexual characteristics and infertility. Klinefelter Syndrome American Family Physician. The primary features are infertility and small testicles. Bank One in Longview TX Locations Hours. Annual Review of Genomics and Human Genetics. KS cases are found by prenatal diagnosis. Nondisjunction occurs when sister chromatids on the sex chromosome, in this case an X and an X, fail to separate. Apart from the prominent mental retardation and severe phenotype abnormalities, these variants are not tall rather have short stature. Klinefelter Syndrome - an overview | ScienceDirect Topics. The use of behavioral therapy can mitigate any language disorders, difficulties at school, and socialization. Additional chromosomal material can contribute to cardiac, neurological, orthopedic, and other anomalies. Testes typically appear inappropriately small for the degree of androgenization. Although tall stature and eunuchoid proportions in post pubertal males is considered to be mainly due to hypogonadism, the extra copy of the SHOX gene mapping to X and Y chromosome also contributes to linear growth in these children. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Testicular biopsy of patient in (B). Acne in Klinefelter syndrome 46XY 47XXY mosaicism. Intelligence is usually normal; however, reading difficulties and problems with speech are more common.
Children with XXY differ little from other children. 19 Sep 2016 Klinefelter syndrome (KS) genetics clinical phenotype and hypogonadism do not require medicalization and or treatment However. In patients with Klinefelter syndrome, IQ typically falls in the normal range, however it tends to be below that of other siblings. At present there appear to be very few predictors of success other than age. Klinefelter Syndrome XXY JMU! Klinefelter Syndrome Disease for Android APK Download? KFS elsewhere were on testosterone therapy. Mental retardation and global developmental delay were observed in three patients each and all were under 18 years. However, the diagnostic accuracy of this screening test has never been evaluated and cannot stand alone as a diagnostic tool. Prognosis for Klinefelter Syndrome. Morbidity and mortality in Klinefelter syndrome (47 XXY). Not all cats with Klinefelter syndrome have tortoiseshell or calico patterns. In conclusion the diagnosis of Klinefelter syndrome seems to be made earlier nowadays obtaining sperm seems to decrease once treatment is initiated 24! Nowadays Karyotype is the definite test for the syndrome in which sex chromosome aneuploidy or structurally abnormal X chromosome is present. Klinefelter Syndrome - StatPearls - NCBI Bookshelf. Klinefelter variants are also associated with severe degrees of mental disability and dysmorphism. Note the long lower extremities as compared with the upper extremities. Sexual intercourse is normal, although some men receive testosterone supplementation. Affected males are often infertile, or may have reduced fertility. Some individuals recommend that the eponym Klinefelter syndrome be reserved only for males who exhibit the characteristic phenotype. It is named after the endocrinologist Harry Klinefelter, who identified the condition in the 1940s. Advanced reproductive assistance is sometimes possible. Klinefelter Syndrome Causes! National Library for Health. Chromosomal complement confirmed the case of Klinefelter syndrome (47, XXY) causing androgen deficiency.
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United States with a diagnosis of KS were terminated. Genetics Klinefelter syndrome should be considered in boys with gynecomastia or hypogonadism The diagnosis of Klinefelter syndrome will lead to the initiation of testosterone replacement therapy and may help facilitate access to appropriate.
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There seems to be an increased propensity for these disabilities over and above the emotional problems brought about by the general physical characteristics and gonadal issues.
Adults predominantly presented with hypogonadism.
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Diagnosis before puberty is the exception.
Birth of a cell with karyotype XXY due to a nondisjunction event of one X chromosome from a Y chromosome during meiosis I in the male.
The mean age of the study population was 20. Often, symptoms may be subtle and many people do not realize they are affected.
9 Apr 2018 Klinefelter syndrome (KS) is the most frequent chromosome disorder in males the mainstay of treatment in hypogonadal KS patients however Downloaded for Anonymous User (n a) at Childrens Hospital of Denver. The culture tubes are centrifuged for 7 minutes and the supernatant is discarded. Estradiol was estimated to be 15. Some mosaic cases are detected only by karyotype of skin fibroblasts and occasionally of testicular biopsy specimens. An XX egg is produced, which when fertilized with a Y sperm, yields an XXY offspring. You have already flagged this document. Peripheral blood lymphocyte culture was done and karyotype was prepared by using standard protocol (ISCN, 1995). Klinefelter syndrome is a condition that occurs as a result of an extra X Download PDF Copy Yolanda A deeper understanding of Klinefelter syndrome and the causes of the condition could potentially help in its prevention and treatment! Skip to Main content. XXY patient with gynecomastia.
KS is diagnosed by the genetic test known as a karyotype. This review discusses Klinefelter syndrome Klinefelter syndrome is caused by an additional X chromosome in males (47 XXY) Clinical findings are nonspecific during childhood thus the diagnosis commonly is made during adolescence or adulthood in?
The standard diagnostic method is the analysis of the chromosomes' karyotype on lymphocytes.
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Physical therapy, speech and language therapy, counselling, and adjustments of teaching methods may be useful.
Usually the presence of multiple X chromosomes in such persons is associated with more severe cognitive impairment.
There were 44 patients with karyotype diagnosis of KFS (presence of at least one extra X chromosome in addition to XY) during the study period.
CharacteristicsA total of 44 patients were diagnosed to have KFS during the study period.
Klinefelter syndrome 46 47 XXY or XXY syndrome is a disorder where the human males bear an extra X chromosome XXY condition generally affects Klinefelter Syndrome Page 1 three major areas of development namely physical social and. Klinefelter apos s syndrome often goes undiagnosed in affected males Many with known Klinefelter apos s syndrome are not diagnosed until they are adults 1 Presentation This can be variable and often delayed children may present with delayed speech or learning.
These variations are extremely rare. 1 Dec 2005 This review discusses Klinefelter syndrome a therapeutic window during adolescence for treatment of hypogonadism cognitive impairments.
Klinefelter's syndrome with unelevated serum gonadotropin levels (a case report). Advani SK, Chadha MD, Khan NM J Postgrad Med.
The presence of only long lower extremities distinguishes Klinefelter syndrome from the other forms of eunuchoidism that results in equally long upper and lower extremities.
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In later life, many men present at infertility centers with azoospermia.
Le Syndrome de Klinefelter 229 Downloads Resume Key words Klinefelter apos syndrome Testosteron treatment Hypogonadism Gyn comastia Download to read the full article text.
8 Jan 2014 Individuals with an extra X chromosome (Klinefelter syndrome) are at risk for problems factors for psychopathology and targets for treatment. Testosterone levels need careful surveillance during puberty.
Are you sure you want to delete your template? Most patients present in adolescence with small firm testes and hypogonadism with varying degrees of androgen deficiency. Klinefelter syndrome (KS) is the most frequently occurring sex chromosomal aberration in in the regulation of the QTc interval and that testosterone treatment significantly modulates this mechanism Download figure as PowerPoint slide.
Klinefelter syndrome is a chromosomal disorder that affects only males People with this condition are born with at least one extra X chromosome Klinefelter syndrome is a condition in which one or more extra X chromosomes are present in a male.
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Other features, such as learning difficulties, language delay, and altered motor development, may occur.
KFS variants are those with karyotypes showing more than one extra X chromosome.
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ASD, VSD, and PDA were the common single defects detected in our patients like previous observations. Recent Progress in Hormone Research: Proceedings of the 1967 Laurentian Hormone Conference.
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. Tall stature was defined as height above 97th percentile for age and sex or more than 2 SD above the mean in the Indian Academy of Pediatrics (IAP) growth chart. Klinefelter Syndrome: Clinical Spectrum Based on 44 Consecutive Cases from a South Indian Tertiary Care Center. A New Variant of Klinefelter's Syndrome with a Presumptive. This happens in XXY males, as well as normal XX females. This incidence may be increasing. An approach by occupational therapy is useful in children, especially those who have dyspraxia. In the past, the observation of the Barr body was common practice, as well. Klinefelter syndrome in clinical practice Nature. Fertilizing a normal (X) egg with this sperm produces an XXY offspring (Klinefelter). Klinefelter Syndrome: Clinical Spectrum Based on 44 Consecutive Cases from a South Indian Tertiary Care Center Asirvatham AR, Pavithran PV, Pankaj A, Bhavani N, Menon U, Menon A, Abraham N, Nair V, Kumar H, Thampi M V - Indian J Endocr Metab. 28 Oct 2000 on Klinefelter's syndrome This doctor is a friend she was one of the first people I spoke to after I was diagnosed as having Klinefelter's? XY constitutional karyotype and varying degrees of spermatogenic failure. The extra chromosome is retained because of a nondisjunction event during paternal meiosis I, maternal meiosis I, or maternal meiosis II (gametogenesis). Reifenstein at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts, and first described it in the same year. Best ebook Living with Klinefelter Syndrome Trisomy X and 47 XYY A Playing PDF Download Living with Trisomy 18 Edwards Syndrome Read Online 0 13. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society.
This paper presents a seven year old patient with Klinefelter Syndrome with dental treatment needs The patient had mild mental retardation learning and. One patient with aplastic anemia and one with chronic liver disease were also noted. The editors will have a look at it as soon as possible. Causes of Klinefelter syndrome? Diagnosis of Klinefelter syndrome is performed by karyotype of lymphocytes. Williams Textbook of Endocrinology. Klinefelter Syndrome an overview ScienceDirect Topics? An Analysis of Cytogenetic and Clinical Phenotype of. Chromatin Positive Klinefelter's Syndrome Fertility and Sterility. Klinefelter syndrome is the most common sex chromosome disorder it affects KEYWORDS Klinefelter syndrome morbidity mortality testosterone treatment. The serum estradiol concentration is often elevated, which contributes to the gynecomastia observed during the adolescent period. XXY (Klinefelter syndrome) and 47, XYY: Estimated rates of and indication for postnatal diagnosis with implications for prenatal counselling. The presence of long lower extremities with normal upper extremities distinguishes Klinefelter syndrome from the other forms of eunuchoidism that result in equally long upper and lower extremities. Developmental delay, cardiac anomalies, behavioral abnormalities, and intellectual disabilities were the common presentations in pediatric subjects. The diagnosis of Klinefelter syndrome usually is not suspected at birth. Classical description of this syndrome is a tall eunuchoid individual with small testes, variable levels of hypogonadism, and infertility. Klinefelter syndrome provides important evidence for the key role of the Y chromosome in testis determination and subsequent prenatal androgen production.
The condition is not typically inherited from one's parents. Chromosomal variants in Klinefelter syndrome. Presentation and Diagnosis of Klinefelter Syndrome. The cause of hypogonadism can be attributed to many other different medical conditions. Klinefelter's Syndrome Home. Symptoms of Klinefelter Syndrome. ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE An extra X chromosome in males (XXY) known as Klinefelter syndrome Downloaded from early identification and treatment.
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47 XXY ORCA Cardiff University? Klinefelter syndrome Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation. How do health care providers diagnose Klinefelter syndrome (KS)? Klinefelter syndrome KS 47 XXY is the most common sex chromosome disorder in man and is diabetes by testosterone treatment avoidance of smoking. (klinefelter syndrome): a case report.(PDF) - Nepal Medical College. What is Klinefelter syndrome but most boys with Klinefelter syndrome have two X and one If testosterone levels are abnormally low treatment with!
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This XXY chromosome arrangement is one of the most common genetic variations from the XY karyotype, occurring in about one in 500 live male births. The prevalence and diagnosis rates of Klinefelter syndrome. Background: Klinefelter syndrome (KFS) is the commonest chromosomal abnormality, yet remains largely underdiagnosed due to its varied clinical presentation. Increased number of sex chromosomes affects height in a nonlinear fashion: A study of 305 patients with sex chromosome aneuploidy. A case of the rare variant of Klinefelter syndrome 47 XY i(X)(q10)? Depression and ADHD were documented in four and three patients, respectively. In the most severe situations, a young man may be diagnosed because of small testes, gynecomastia, poor androgenization at puberty, eunuchoid proportions, or infertility. Management of Klinefelter syndrome in adolescence and adulthood is discussed in Chapters 19 and 25. DISCUSSION Small firm testes and symptoms of androgen deficiency are the characteristic features of the Klinefelter syndrome and it is the most frequent form of hypogonadism in the male population first described in 1942. In adults, possible characteristics vary widely and include little to no sign of affectedness, a lanky, youthful build and facial appearance, or a rounded body type with some degree of gynecomastia (increased breast tissue).
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Download PDF 106KB Sizes 3 Downloads 9 Views Report A characteristic of Klinefelter apos s syndrome is the presence of small atrophic testes with progressive degeneration of testicular tubular elements. The potential risk of transmission of the sex chromosome aneuploidy must be considered, although it seems to be low. 3 Apr 2012 PDF Downloaded 133 We present here a case of Klinefelter's syndrome having a Diagnostic and statistical manual of Mental disorders! What are common symptoms of Klinefelter syndrome (KS)? Klinefelter Syndrome Symptoms Causes Diagnosis and. Klinefelter Syndrome A Guide for Families. A study of brothers with Klinefelter syndrome Journal of! Klinefelter's and Turner's Syndromes! Other features, such as learning difficulties, speech and language delay, behavioral issues, and altered motor development, may occur, and early educational support focusing on any specific areas of difficulty is important. Disorders of Sex Differentiation.
Klinefelter Syndrome (XXY Syndrome). This content is PDF only Please click on the PDF icon to access Triple chromosomal mosaicism XY XXY XXxY in Klinefelter's syndrome J Clin Endocr 26. Klinefelter syndrome is a chromosomal disorder that affects only males Klinefelter syndrome is a condition in which one or more extra X There is no treatment available as of the early 2000s to change a person's chromosomal makeup. Some research suggests KS substantially decreases life expectancy among affected individuals, though the evidence is not definitive. Occasionally, sperm can obtained from ejaculate and this should always be assessed. Analysis of buccal smears stained to assess the number of Barr bodies (inactivated X chromosomes, one present in somatic cells from normal females) is diagnostic. Klinefelter syndrome receive testosterone supplementation to fully induce puberty and to support sexual characteristics, libido, and bone mineralization into adult life. In cats it can result in a male tortoiseshell and calico cat (patches of different colored fur), a pattern that is usually only seen in female cats. 4 Sep 2015 Klinefelter syndrome (KFS) is the most common non heritable sex chromosome He subsequently stopped all treatment on his own as he. Thank you, for helping us keep this platform clean. Data on the indications and detailed reports of karyotyping were also obtained.
Sometimes, symptoms are more prominent and may include weaker muscles, greater height, poor coordination, less body hair, breast growth, and less interest in sex.
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Colcemid is added 2 hours before harvesting. 14 May 2019 Two slbships are reported upon in which Klinefelter's syndrome the individual with Klinefelter's syndrome Treatment has consisted of! Case reports Sri Lanka Journal of Surgery. At least one study indicates that planned and timed support should be provided for young men with KS to ameliorate current poor psychosocial outcomes. The lower success with age supports the concept that progressive deterioration in testicular function is a feature of Klinefelter syndrome. Start using Yumpu now! Learn more about Klinefelter Syndrome. Read about Klinefelter syndrome a condition in which male babies are born with an extra X chromosome Klinefelter syndrome (sometimes called Klinefelter apos s KS or XXY) is where boys and men are born with an extra X chromosome? Timely detection of Klinefelter syndrome is important to formulate further treatment modalities for the benefit of the patient. Some mosaic cases will only be detected by karyotype of skin fibroblasts and occasionally of testicular biopsy specimens. Klinefelter syndrome RACGP.
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Klinefelter syndrome is a congenital condition in which males are born with one or more extra X chromosomes Klinefelter syndrome is common affecting one in every 500 Australian men But most people with Klinefelter syndrome don't know they have it and. 46XY but for men with Klinefelter syndrome it is 47XXY Klinefelter syndrome are never diagnosed The type of treatment prescribed can depend on patient. Klinefelter Syndrome AAP org? By 2010, over 100 successful pregnancies have been reported using IVF technology with surgically removed sperm material from males with KS.
Hormone therapy is also useful in preventing the onset of osteoporosis.
The syndrome is usually detected during the development of secondary sexual characteristics.
These features were suggestive of hypogonadism.
Klinefelter syndrome is a chromosomal condition in boys and men that can affect physical and intellectual development Boys and men with Klinefelter syndrome typically have small testes that produce a reduced amount of testosterone primary testicular.
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Klinefelter syndrome may be diagnosed throughout their life span.
An Older Klinefelter's Syndrome Case with Bipolar Mood. Methods This qualitative study was conducted on five azoospermic men diagnosed with Klinefelter syndrome referring to two special infertility treatment clinics. Is the prevalence of Klinefelter syndrome increasing?
Australian adults with the syndrome show that those who have had a diagnosis and appropriate treatment from a very young age had a significant benefit compared to those who had been diagnosed in adulthood. 17 Aug 2015 Klinefelter syndrome is a disorder of variation of sex chromosome the most common karyotype being 47XXY Multiple case Here is a case of a 45 year old gentleman with Klinefelter syndrome with PDF Downloaded 54. However, studies in which testicular histologic examination has been obtained report germ cell depletion, progressive hyalinization of seminiferous tubules, and Leydig cell hyperplasia after chronic LH stimulation. Although they can face problems during adolescence, often emotional and behavioral, and difficulties at school, most of them can achieve full independence from their families in adulthood. They display hypogonadism, and virilization may be incomplete at puberty; gynecomastia develops in some patients.
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Klinefelter syndrome also known as XXY syndrome is a condition in boys and men that's caused by an extra X chromosome Klinefelter syndrome is a genetic condition in which a boy is born with an extra X chromosome Instead of the typical XY chromosomes. Klinefelter syndrome and other sex chromosomal aneuploidies! Klinefelter's syndrome The Lancet. In patients with Klinefelter syndrome, IQ typically falls within the normal range; however, it tends to be below that of other siblings.
Klinefelter's syndrome Do vn's (Mongolism) The Journal of! See also Triple X syndrome. Lee Grimsley and Jonathan Waters, MD, North East London Regional Cytogenetics Laboratory, Great Ormond Street Hospital NHS Trust, London, UK. Klinefelter syndrome is a chromosomal condition that affects male physical and cognitive development View PDF Download PDF Tables Figures. An academic term for this is psychosocial morbidity. Note the long lower extremities as compared with upper extremities B, Well virilized patient with gynecomastia. Associated comorbidities like behavioral abnormalities, subnormal intelligence, and cardiac defects (type and number) were noted. Some individuals have been reported with KS who also have other chromosome abnormalities, such as Down syndrome. Klinefelter pdf Diseases And Disorders (27 views)! The diagnosis can be made in those individuals with a karyotype showing at least one extra X chromosome along with XY. While hypertelorism and low set ears were observed in all four dysmorphic children, frontal bossing and bilateral flared posteriorly placed pinna were noted in half of them. Klinefelter's Syndrome What is Klinefelter's Syndrome Klinefelter's Syndrome named after Dr Harry Klinefelter who rst described this condition in Klinefelters Syndrome 1 Please download to get full document View again! In mammals with more than one X chromosome, the genes on all but one X chromosome are not expressed; this is known as X inactivation.
2 Sep 2015 Klinefelter syndrome (KS) is a chromosome abnormality Treatment with imatinib failed and the patient presented with myeloid blast crisis. The patient with testicular tumor underwent surgery in his late childhood with no available records. Klinefelter Syndrome Causes News Medical. Klinefelter syndrome: A basket of multiple systemic disorders in a tertiary care hospital.
Klinefelter Syndrome Causes Download PDF Copy By Yolanda Smith B Pharm Reviewed by Dr Damien Klinefelter syndrome is a condition that occurs as a result of an extra X chromosome during the formation of either a sperm or an egg cell.
Testicular biopsy is not warranted clinically, because the diagnosis can usually be made on karyotyping from peripheral blood cells.
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Pituitary microadenoma with asymmetric enlargement and poor enhancement to contrast was an incidental finding in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) brain while evaluating for seizures. Most can lead a normal, healthy life. Klinefelter syndrome (KS) also known as 47 XXY or XXY is the set of symptoms that result from Successful fertility treatment for Klinefelter's syndrome Journal of Urology 182 (3) 1108 13 doi 10 1016 j juro 2009 05 019 PMID 19616796 Herlihy AS? This study was approved by the Institutional Review Board.
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XXY males may sit up, crawl, and walk later than other infants; they may also struggle in school, both academically and with sports. Complications of Klinefelter Syndrome. Magazine: (klinefelter syndrome): a case report.
While no cure is known, a number of treatments may help.
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Klinefelter Syndrome Definition Klinefelter syndrome 1 is a chromosomal disorder that affects only males Klinefelter syndrome is a condition in which one or more extra X chromosomes are present in a male.
People with the condition have a nearly normal life expectancy.
Klinefelter syndrome in childhood: Variability in clinical and molecular findings.
Hence, we sought to review the hospital data of patients diagnosed to have KFS with a view to ascertain the clinical characteristics and various forms of presentation across different age groups. XXY males can possibly be characterised based on physical characteristics, substantial variation in physical and developmental traits mean the only reliable method of positive or negative identification is karyotype testing.
Affected males tend to be tall, with long limbs. Comparative study of psychiatric patients with Klinefelter's syndrome and hypogonadism1! IQ may be somewhat lower than siblings, though typically still in the normal range.
XXY karyotype was by Patricia Jacobs and John Strong at Western General Hospital in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1959.
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KFS is the commonest chromosomal abnormality in humans but still remains largely underdiagnosed. FSH and LH were elevated in all adults and three adolescents clearly showing that the biochemical evidence of hypogonadism occurs later. The surgical removal of the breasts may be considered for both the psychological reasons and to reduce the risk of breast cancer.
Breast cancer is 20 times more common in Klinefelter syndrome than in the normal male population. As in Turner syndrome, ID is not a typical feature of Klinefelter syndrome. The genetic variation is irreversible, but individuals who want to look more masculine can take testosterone. Often, the diagnosis is made incidentally as a result of examinations and medical visits for reasons not linked to the condition. A case report of Klinefelter syndrome with Schizophrenia like. Gynecomastia is present to some extent in about a third of affected individuals, a slightly higher percentage than in the XY population. Genetics of Klinefelter Syndrome Experimental Exploration! More magazines by this user. National Library of Medicine. Wikström AM, Dunkel L (2011).
Klinefelter Syndrome Clinical Spectrum Based on 44! The current study compared TESE ICSI treatment in patients with non mosaic Klinefelter syndrome with controls having non obstructive azoospermia and! Mobile (Download PDF) Sahel Med J. Made with love in Switzerland. Testosterone replacement may be used in those who have significantly lower levels. Klinefelter syndrome - Wikipedia! (klinefelter syndrome) a case report (PDF) Nepal Medical. And klinefelter s syndrome previous studies of diabetes mellitus in patients with klinefelter s (1960) studied a 51 year old patient with Klinefelter s syndrome who developed diabetes mellitus at the age of 40 and died at the age of 54. Klinefelter's syndrome with unelevated serum gonadotropin. In this case, small testes, infertility, decreased libido, loss of moustache, beard, and public hairs were the main symptoms.
Most patients present in adolescence with small, firm testes and hypogonadism, with varying degrees of androgen deficiency. 47 XXY Klinefelter syndrome Syndrome 48xxxy? Karyotype and biochemical tests were performed to detect chromosomal abnormality as well hormonal level to confirm the diagnosis of androgen deficiency syndrome. 5 Jan 2018 contribution to the diagnosis of Klinefelter's Syndrome in the patient Keywords Klinefelter's His treatment has still been continued with 1000. National Library for Health, Specialist Libraries, Clinical Genetics. PDF Downloaded 115 Two cases of Klinefelter's syndrome with 47 XXY karyotype associated with unelevated Advani S K Chadha M D Khan N M Klinefelter's syndrome with unelevated serum gonadotropin levels (a case report). Aim: We intended to study the clinical characteristics of children and adults with KFS in our population. Klinefelter Syndrome Causes. Klinefelter syndrome is performed by lymphocyte karyotype. Some mosaic cases will only be detected by karyotype of skin fibroblasts and occasionally of testicular biopsy.
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The same method and techniques were used for karyotyping during the study period. Klinefelter syndrome. 17 Jul 2004 Klinefelter's syndrome is the most common genetic cause of human male Early recognition and hormonal treatment of the disorder can. Related Klinefelter Syndrome Information Klinefelter Syndrome Causes Klinefelter Syndrome Treatments Klinefelter Syndrome Pictures Klinefelter Syndrome Facts. The National Institutes of Health, however, state that older mothers might have a slightly increased risk. Testing for Klinefelter syndrome. Karyotype analysis for constitutional, numerical, and structural chromosome rearrangements using GTG banding was done in our Institute by Department of Cytogenetics. Klinefelter syndrome is performed by lymphocyte karyotype or chromosomal microarray. Virginia Isaacs Cover (2012). Note the long lower extremities compared with the upper extremities.
Klinefelters Syndrome 1 Documents. Health issues in Klinefelter syndrome! Comparative study of psychiatric patients with Klinefelter's syndrome and Behavioural changes following treatment with testosterone case report. Moreover, lack of classic features of hypogonadism in this age group may contribute to the delay in diagnosis. Behavioral disorders, abnormally small testes and legs disproportionately long compared to upper extremities, may be seen in Klinefelter boys. Note marked hyalinization of seminiferous tubules and Leydig cell hyperplasia. Adults most commonly presented with hypogonadism. Klinefelter syndrome pdf download. TESE ICSI in patients with non mosaic Klinefelter syndrome. Klinefelter syndrome (KS) is the most prevalent sex chromo some disorder in one could speculate that testosterone treatment could lead to an increased.
21 May 2019 Background Klinefelter syndrome (KFS) is the commonest 5 mL drop by drop ( hypotonic treatment) and incubated at 37 C for 20 minutes! XXY, males have a normal number of primordial germ cells in utero, which degenerate through childhood probably due to a fault of communication between Sertoli and germ cells. Klinefelter's syndrome (mosaic) with chromosome 9 inv and. 31 Dec 2013 Abstract Klinefelter syndrome is the most common genetic form of male hypogonadism but the phenotype becomes evident only after puberty Early recognition and treatment of Klinefelter syndrome can Download Figure! Archives of Internal Medicine. The blood cultures are set up within 18 hours after collection. Klinefelter syndrome the most common cause of male infertility is first described in 1942 Klinefelter syndrome should be confirmed by karyotyping which is being the main cause of male infertility For this magazine there is no download available. Smith, in Encyclopedia of Genetics, 2001Klinefelter syndrome gets its name from a publication in 1942 by Klinefelter, Reifenstein, and Albright describing a series of patients with gynecomastia, small testes, aspermatogenesis, androgen deficiency, and increased levels of follicle stimulating hormone. Despite the presence of small testes, only a quarter of the affected males are recognized as having KS at puberty. Physical examination revealed tall stature, thin built, small testes size, and absence of beard and pubic hairs.
How is Klinefelter syndrome treated If testosterone levels are abnormally low treatment with testosterone during and after adolescence may help many of the psychological symptoms and may increase secondary sex characteristics. Casopis Lekaru Ceskych (in Czech). Fertilizing a double X egg with a normal sperm also produces an XXY offspring (Klinefelter).
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This case of Klinefelter syndrome is being reported considering its importance in the diagnosis and management of male infertility.
In adulthood, small firm testes and symptoms of androgen deficiency associated with azoospermia, tall stature, and bilateral gynaecomastia characterize it.
A study of brothers with Klinefelter syndrome. | Journal of Medical Genetics.
The condition was soon found to be a common cause of male hypogonadism. In patients with Klinefelter syndrome, IQ typically falls in the normal range; however, it tends to be below that of other siblings. Klinefelter syndrome Siams.
All karyotyping was carried out using a GTG banding technique and cells are analyzed using Zeiss microscope and Ikaros software. The underlying mechanisms involves at least one extra X chromosome in addition to a Y chromosome such that the total chromosome number is 47 or more rather than the usual 46. Jacobs described her discovery of this first reported human or mammalian chromosome aneuploidy in her 1981 William Allan Memorial Award address. European Journal of Medical Genetics. Note the marked hyalinization of the seminiferous tubules and Leydig cell hyperplasia. Klinefelter syndrome men be labelled as infertile in 2009? 23 Jul 2004 Download high res image (633KB) Download full size image Early recognition and treatment of Klinefelter's syndrome can significantly. What are the treatments for symptoms in Klinefelter syndrome (KS)? 1 Dec 2009 Klinefelter syndrome is a group of conditions affecting the health of males who Treatment can help males overcome many of the physical social and For more information on how to find an endocrinologist download free! Kallmann syndrome, and Marfan syndrome.
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Comparative study of psychiatric patients with Klinefelter's. Barr bodies examination, a simple diagnostic method, was used for rapid screening in past in suspected Klinefelter syndrome. Slides are dehydrated, treated with the enzyme trypsin, and then stained with giemsa stain. Klinefelter syndrome (KS) is a common genetic condition affecting one in 450 men but is only of treatment and management options that can have a positive? Klinefelter.pdf. Klinefelter syndrome (also called Klinefelter apos s syndrome) is a genetic condition that affects 1 in 600 males Boys with this condition are born with an extra chromosome which affects some of their male characteristics These include their fertility. Treatment of Klinefelter Syndrome. But clinical features and biochemical parameters suggestive of hypogonadism were the main reasons for ordering karyotype in adults. Klinefelter syndrome Most individuals with Klinefelter syndrome bear an extra X chromosome resulting in a karyotype of 47 XXY Cytogenetic surveys of neonates estimate the prevalence of 47 XXY to be 1 in 600 live born male infants 41! European Journal of Human Genetics. Klinefelter Syndrome Andrology Australia. By adulthood, XXY males look similar to males without the condition, although they are often taller. Klinefelter syndrome: An unusual diagnosis in pediatric patients. However, in XXY males, a few genes located in the pseudoautosomal regions of their X chromosomes have corresponding genes on their Y chromosome and are capable of being expressed. (PDF) Klinefelter Syndrome! Klinefelter syndrome gets its name from a publication in 1942 by Klinefelter Reifenstein and Albright describing a series of patients with gynecomastia small testes aspermatogenesis androgen deficiency and increased levels of follicle stimulating. Klinefelter syndrome usually occurs randomly.
Read the full text or download the PDF:! Leukemia in Patients with Klinefelter Syndrome: A Report of Two Cases. Le syndrome de Klinefelter 20 ans SpringerLink. Male Infertility and Klinefelter Syndrome (47 XXY) OMICS! The development of testes and a male phenotype in individuals with Klinefelter syndrome provides important evidence for the key role of the Y chromosome in testis determination and subsequent prenatal androgen production. In 1956, identification of the extra X chromosome was first noticed. Report of three cases. Variants of Klinefelter Syndrome? They typically appear inappropriately small for the degree of androgenization. Klinefelter's syndrome ScienceDirect. Learn more about the chromosome associated with Klinefelter syndrome. Diabetes mellitus and klinefelter s syndrome PDF? Is there a cure for Klinefelter syndrome (KS)? 47 XXY (Klinefelter syndrome) is the most frequent sex chromosomal disorder Early detection of this syndrome is recommended in order to offer treatment and! Klinefelter syndrome (XXY) This leaflet explains what Klinefelter Syndrome is the symptoms and treatment options If you have any further questions or. Comparative study of psychiatric patients with Klinefelter's syndrome and hypogonadism1 | Psychological Medicine | Cambridge Core! In later life, many males present at infertility centers with azoospermia.
Klinefelter syndrome KS is a frequent male sex chromo somal trisomy 47 Downloaded by Google special education and psychological treatment 24! Klinefelter Syndrome pdf Klinefelter syndrome I General? Upper Segment: Lower Segment ratio and arm span data were available only for few subjects and hence is not being considered in this publication. Increased Mortality in Klinefelter Syndrome Oxford Academic. Klinefelter syndrome at Curlie. Download PDF PDF Research Article A study of brothers with Klinefelter syndrome Free Loading The first page of the PDF of this article appears above? As babies and children, XXY males may have weaker muscles and reduced strength. With Klinefelter's syndrome who had a 47 XXY sex chromosome pattern and did not receive treatment in our clinic and there is no follow up avail able on. Mice can also have the XXY syndrome, making them a useful research model. In 1956 it was discovered that Klinefelter syndrome resulted from an extra chromosome. Klinefelter syndrome cardiovascular abnormalities and metabolic disorders esis of leg ulceration in KS subjects the treatment should include a strategy! This has been attributed to the nonlinear effect of the number of sex chromosomes on height. Klinefelter's Syndrome and Extragenital Seminoma PDF. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Klinefelter syndrome I General Characteristics A What is it definition Klinefelter syndrome is a genetic condition that results when a boy is born with an extra copy of the X chromosome B Most common in who Race Any race Gender men Age! Klinefelter syndrome Wikipedia!
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(PDF) Klinefelter Syndrome or XXY Academia edu. In adolescence, most Klinefelter patients present with small, firm testes and hypogonadism with some degree of androgen deficiency. 28 Feb 2018 Background Clinical phenotype in Klinefelter syndrome (KS) shows utmost the quality of life by providing appropriate and timely treatment? Another mechanism for retaining the extra chromosome is through a nondisjunction event during meiosis II in the egg. Symptoms of Klinefelter syndrome. PDF Living with Klinefelter Syndrome 47 XXY Trisomy X 47! Klinefelter Syndrome (47 XXY) is a chromosomal variation in males in which one extra X Treatment involves the targeted administration of male hormones may not be reproduced copied downloaded or disseminated in any way for any! XXY males appear to have a higher risk of breast cancer than typical, but still lower than that of females. Archived from the original on 2 July 2012. Neurobehavioral and Psychosocial Issues in Klinefelter. PDF download for Klinefelter Syndrome The Need for Early Identification and The early identification of Klinefelter Syndrome is vital to the XXY male in that. Klinefelter Syndrome Healthy Male! TAURODONTISM AND KLINEFELTER SYNDROME CASE. The account given by Klinefelter came to be known as Klinefelter syndrome as his name appeared first on the published paper, and seminiferous tubule dysgenesis was no longer used. XXY (Klinefelter Syndrome) Pediatrics. Key words Klinefelter's syndrome androgen insensitivity Introduction Human sex genetic assessment revealed 47 XXY Klinefelter syndrome and androgen. The potential risk of transmission of the sex chromosome aneuploidy must be considered, and preimplantation genetic diagnosis is often offered; the risk seems to be low, although an increase in some other chromosomal changes is seen.
Archived from the original on November 27, 2012. Klinefelter syndrome, the most common cause of male infertility is first described in 1942. Bojesen A, Gravholt CH. Archived from the original on 15 March 2015. During puberty, the physical traits of the syndrome become more evident; because these boys do not produce as much testosterone as other boys, they have a less muscular body, less facial and body hair, and broader hips. PDF Klinefelter syndrome is the most common sex chromosome disorder in males Variation in clinical may be subject to copyright Download full text PDF. It's estimated 1 in 500 men have Klinefelter syndrome but most are unaware Doctor with teenager discussing treatment for Klinefelter syndrome Klinefelter syndrome information guide Download PDF Fact sheet Klinefelter syndrome fact. Polski Merkuriusz Lekarski (in Polish). Klinefelter syndrome is a group of conditions that affects the health of males who are born with at least one extra X chromosome Chromosomes found in all body cells contain genes Genes provide specific instructions for body characteristics and functions. Klinefelter Syndrome. Treatment consists of testosterone therapy for improved libido bone density and quality of life Gynaecomastia is Klinefelter's syndrome John K Amory Bradley. Often it is only at puberty that these symptoms are noticed. LSTICULAR DYSGENESIS in the chromatin positive syndrome of Klinefelter has been The present pregnancy occurred shortly after a treatment involving? Klinefelter Syndrome The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology. However, the many cases of the syndrome remain undiagnosed due to variations in clinical presentation. XXY males have gynecomastia noticeable enough that they may choose to have cosmetic surgery. The youngest patient was 30 days old and the oldest was 50 years.
About half of affected males have a chance of fathering children with the help of assisted reproductive technology, but this is expensive and not risk free. Klinefelter's syndrome (mosaic) with chromosome 9 inv and schizophrenia Ponnudurai R, Srinivasan B, Sumitha R, Koshy T, Paul SS, Thiruvikraman, Rani A - Indian J Psychiatry. FSH, LH, and Total Testosterone were done by Chemiluminescence Immunoassay (CLIA) using the ARCHITECT i2000 SR system, Abbott laboratories, throughout the study period. XXY karyotype, not Klinefelter syndrome. Clinical and Behavioural Profile of a Rare Variant of Klinefelter. This syndrome, evenly distributed in all ethnic groups, has a prevalence of one to two subjects per every 1000 males in the general population. Theoretical and practical considerations of klinefelter's. This was further clarified as XXY in 1959 by Patricia Jacobs and John Anderson Strong. Diabetes was observed in three and obesity in four adults. XXY or XXY, is the set of symptoms that result from two or more X chromosomes in males. Android Category Medical This app provides complete information about klinefelter syndrome diseases Best comprehensive overview covers the symptoms and treatment of klinefelter syndrome! Thus, in KFS variants with more number of extra X chromosomes, overall IQ and height decrease. However, it is less commonly recognized as an etiology for developmental delay, language difficulties, attention deficit disorder, and impaired executive function. Johns Hopkins Klinefelter Syndrome Center. Disorders of sex differentiation. Azoospermia and infertility are characteristic.
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Michael Byron, The Celebration
Post-modern minimalism can go a number of ways these days. It seems to me that at times works can be guilty of form-formulaics at the expense of content. When that is the case, I generally find myself to be an unsatisfied participant in the listening sojourn. The building-blocks of content must be of musical interest or the whole edifice founders. Some out there either cannot or will not fashion suitable foundations. Pardon the mixed metaphors, but they leave us with a sometimes elaborate meal concocted out of unflavorful, mundane, collectively unpalatable ingredients. We leave the table in haste, even in some distress, searching for a bromide.
This sometimes becomes all the more problematic when the work incorporates texts. The way of Einstein on the Beach worked well because of the abstraction of the textual matter and the flow of lines, but it may not necessarily serve as an ideal paradigm. Sometimes the paradigm can be applied in ways that are disastrous. Different Trains by Reich is a very successful alternate paradigm involving speech inflections but again this probably should not be indiscriminately applied to other textual and tonal material unthinkingly.
The problems I speak of are decidedly inapplicable with Michael Byron and his The Celebration (New World 8077872). It is a long and involved work for baritone and piano quintet. Thomas Buckner handles the sung-spoken part with the highly musical ways he is known for. The FLUX Quartet and Joseph Kubera on piano realize the instrumental parts with a steadiness and motility that brings out the beautifully hypnotic qualities of the score. I've reviewed a number of Byron's works here before (see search box) and in every case I am left with a smile and a dream-like state. He is a force for a sort of pastoral presentness that seems always to reach me and do good things to my mood.
Primary to the current project is the setting of Anne Tardos' poetry, introspective, probing, existential in a sort of down-to-earth practicity, if you will pardon the term, a poetic description of life as she images the experience. There are two zones of musicality that maintain themselves throughout. The quintet explores a radical tonality of shifting pentatonic and diatonic flow centers, with repetition and variations of the primal tones overlapping at contrasting velocities, the piano cascading with variable attack points like the contrastingly different speeds of multiple drips from the eaves of an old barn during a rain shower. The strings create a slower unfolding in a more legato manner. The patterns and pitch center are sectionalized, so that periodically they abruptly or somewhat more smoothly change the frame every so often. Byron does this so well we quickly surrender to the moment and flow along with him.
The vocal part floats atop the wash of natural-like processual sounds, alternately reciting and singing the poetic texts, a largo-esque melodic flow changing key according to the modulations of the quintet. The text unwinds in real time, perhaps wisely avoiding repetitions that could potentially end in the gibberish of the "cow cow cow jumped jumped over the moon moon moon" sort.
We readily are carried along with the musical current in a naturalistic way, somehow experiencing the experience as a microcosm of poetic life itself. The work immediately establishes itself and after a few listens stays with you as something rather profound and distinct.
It is cosmically lyrical music, one-of-a-kind, with a beauty that lingers on in its impression even after there is silence.
The Celebration makes its way into your deep memory-experience recesses and attaches itself to your own flow of being. That is a remarkable thing.
Labels: michael byron the celebration thomas buckner FLUX quartet joseph kubera, postmodern minimal advances today, radical tonality modernism
Dutilleux, Symphony No. 2 "Le Double," Orchestre National de Lille, Darrell Ang
If I could come up with only one word for Henri Dutilleux (1916-2013) and his music, it might be lasting. Here in the present we experience the orchestral works as entirely modern, on the edge of such a world, speaking to us as a voice that is original, unexpectedly familiar yet strongly independant, by a consummate master of the orchestra with as much fertility of idea as brilliance of execution.
A good place to start, or to continue, depending who you are, is the recent Orchestra National de Lille/Darrell Ang recording of Symphony No. 2 "Le Double" (Naxos 8.573596).
The Second, written 1955-59, is a prescient blend of thick yet relatively translucent impasto--multi-rhythmic voicings and jazz-like punctuations.
On the disk are two additional works. The "Timbres, espace, mouvement" from 1976-78 as revised in 1991 is a remarkably mysterious evocation of Van Gogh's Starry Night, a bracing panorama of sound showing us the Dutilleux command and poetic disposition of parts. It does for sound what van Gogh did for paint, only perhaps feeling in its unfolding more like today than van Gogh's yesterday, timeless yet fixed in Dutilleux's own later-day idiom. The composer describes it as "a longing for an infinity of nature." It sounds like that.
The final work in the program consists of the ever unfolding series of ten episodic moments in time, the "Mystere de l'instant" of 1989. A "play of mirrors and contrasting colors" runs past our hearing beings in ways somehow both personal and modernistically universal.
The coupling of the three works with the readily rewarding interpretations of Darrell Ang and the Orchestre National de Lille decidedly makes this a most attractive offering. There may be other versions of the Second that might have a slight edge on this one, but the three-work package and the Naxos price bring this to us as a valuable and energizing choice. If you have the Second, there are the other two works as well and more the better for it. If you don't know any of these works and want to explore Dutilleux's brilliance with an optimum seating in the hall of your music system, here you go!
Labels: french late modern gems for orchestra, henri dutilleux symphony no 2 le double darrell ang orchestre national de lille gapplegate classical-modern review
Josquin du pres, Josquin Masses, Di dadi, Une mousse de Biscaye, the Tallis Scholars, Peter Phillips
The irreplaceable sublimity of Josquin du pres (c. 1440-1521) in the polyphonic Mass setting is something one must live with to truly appreciate. It cannot be easily or adequately described by words. In the end it is the sensuous experience of the sequence of parts and their movement together that fills the heart and mind of the hearer and leaves an unforgettable mark on her/him, provided one listens sympathetically. There is a sense of inevitability when one hears the best of them. Josquin had an extraordinary ability to make his polyphony seem like an ideal of possibilities.
So in the hands of The Tallis Scholars, a talented and angelic vocal ensemble who exemplify the best practices in early music performance today, we hear two Josquin Masses: Di dadi, Une mousse de Biscaye (Gimell CDGIM 048).
"Di dadi" is remarkable in that Josquin's creative intent was inspired by the throwing of dice. Beyond that point of extreme interest these two masses are at the highest levels of craft and art.
The performances are very moving. The music sublime. Nothing more need be said.
Labels: early music in modern period performance, josquiin du pres josquin masses di dadi une mousse de biscaye the tallis scholars peter phillips gapplegate classical-modern review
The Crossing, International Contemporary Ensemble, Donald Nally, Seven Responses
Donald Nally, the choral ensemble the Crossing and the International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE) present seven contemporary modern works responding to Buxtehude's seven cantatas from the oratorio Membra Jesu nostri patientis santissima. Seven Responses (Innova 912 2-CDs) is the result. It comprises a collection of seven beautifully wrought works that combine the-old-and-the-new, the impressions of the baroque labyrinth of Buxtehudian polyphony combined with an adventurist new music world.
The composers are Caroline Shaw, Hans Thomalla, Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen, Anna Thorvaldsdottir, David T. Little, Santa Ratniece and Lewis Spratlan. Each expolores a sonic universe that combines the vocal nuances of the Crossing and the instrumental evocations of ICE in fascinating ways.
There is no question as you listen as to where the stylistic contemporaneousness resides: it is decidedly not a serialist or atonal realm of the last century, though there are at times bold modernisms to be heard. It is a tonal, sound-color oriented development that embraces the ancient and the modern in a newfound synthesis that appeals while it dishes out a wealth of musical nutrients.
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Labels: modern contemporary choral, the crossing international contemporary ensemble seven responses donald nally gapplegate classical-modern review, the old in the new
Egidio Romualdo Duni, Les Deux Chasseurs et la Laitiere, Accademia dell'Arcadia, Roberto Balconi
Today's recording serves to remind us once again that the annals of baroque and classical composers are filled with now unfamiliar names that history has partially erased from our collective memories, yet who may prove substantially worthwhile when we hear one or more of their works. Take today's example, that of Egidio Romualdo Duni (1708-1775). Les Deux Chasseurs et la Laitiere (Brilliant 95422) is something very attractive, a one-act comedy from 1763 that managed to garner a lasting and enthusiastic audience response in the opera world at the time, but now is almost completely unknown.
The late baroque, nearly classical jauntiness of the work lives again thanks to the very game performances here by some distinguished soloists and the Accademia dell'Arcadia under Roberto Balconi.
The arias are bright and hard-lined in their immediacy. The orchestral interludes sparkle happily.
I am beguiled by the music and performances. Duni knows exactly what he is going here, and he is near-perfect in his execution. By definition, this is lighter than air. That makes for a delightful diversion. You understand how audiences found this music enchanting. With a little effort we can recapture that experience here in 2017, just by listening. There is a ravishing airiness that is as likable as a meringue made well. And no possibility of emotional indigestion!
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Paul Reale, CME Presents Piano Celebration Volume 2, Music for 2 Pianos and Piano 4-Hands
The realm of solo piano music has been especially fruitful in the modern era. The movement from Debussy, Ravel and Satie to the present is marked by many brilliant signposts. An unexpected find is in the music of Paul Reale (b. 1943), as heard in the recording I was fortunate to receive, CME Presents Piano Celebration Volume 2: Paul Reale Music for 2 Pianos and Piano 4-Hands (MSR Classics 1612). This is more-or-less neo-classic modernism, with perhaps the presence of Stravinsky and Hindemith as precursors, but reshaped and reinvented with a pronounced musical imagination.
What we have entails a continuation of Volume 1, the solo piano music of Reale that came out some time ago (and I have not heard). There are eight works in all on Volume 2, world premiere recordings of some choice and articulate pianism for four hands-one piano, two pianos and one short number for two pianos eight hands.
A blow-by-blow description of the music would differentiate what for me comes across as a unified stylistic whole. It is something best experienced not a la carte but as a full, exemplary, consecutively construed feast of neo-classic cuisine, so to speak.
I cannot find any fault in the performances and in the end Paul Reale brings us a convincing group of compositions that provide substantial fare and impress in their ultimate musicality. Hear this one if you treasure the modern pianoforte and want something new.
Labels: modern neo-classical works for piano today, paul reale music for 2 pianos and piano four hands gapplegate classical-modern review
Versus, Prokofiev, Piano Concerto No. 2, Tchaikovsky, Piano Concerto No. 1, Irena Portenko, Volodymyr Sirenko, Ukrainian National Symphony Orchestra
My old composition professor reacted to my expression of admiration for Prokofiev with the thought that he was compromisingly derivative of Stravinsky. We agreed to disagree. To this day I hear of course the influence, but the differences are like Beethoven to Schubert. Sure, there is a debt but there is growth and distance that marks each as a creative light as much tabula rasa as akin in a line of succession. And the music "in the air" of early 20th century Russia, or more precisely the zeitgeist of the turbulent unfolding of history of the times helps explain the expressionist affinities between the two composers as much or more than some putative sort of one-way transmission of inspiration. If you do not agree maybe you have not spent enough time with the Prokofiev opus. No matter.
Today's CD reminds us of that and of another debt Prokofiev held in the early Russian modernist flowering. It is a recording of the remarkable pianist Irena Portenko and the Ukrainian National Symphony Orchestra under Volodymyr Sirenko in Versus, Prokofiev Piano Concerto No. 2, Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1 (BGR 417). This underscores another debt and another tabula rasa response--here, between the clangorous paradigm of the Russian romantic piano concerto as created by Tchaikovsky versus a wholly modernist clangorous brilliance from Prokofiev. Each work is a masterpiece of its kind. 50 years separate the two. They could not be more different in their use of a melodic-harmonic idiom that defines their trajectory, and yet there is something very Russian about both in their pronounced lyrical effusion.
But for a moment we should think about the Stravinsky-Prokofiev nexus and differentiation. The year 1913 marks the debut of Stravinsky's game changing "Rite of Spring." It also is the very same year that Prokofiev completed the "Piano Concerto No. 2." A 1920 fire in Prokofiev's apartment destroyed the orchestra parts, but happily his mother had retained a copy of the piano score. Prokofiev set about reconstructing the piece in 1923, and that version is the one we still hear. It makes no difference in the end but the final version most definitely has the affinity of the dissonance and some of the savagery of "The Rite of Spring." Only of course it is a masterfully moving example of Prokofiev at his original best. Do we care in the end how the version we hear is in a parallel realm to the "Rites?" Sure, but we cannot find anything here that shows any kind of copying or mimicry. The work is pure Prokofiev, one of his early triumphs, a work that stands on its own as tragic, passionate, bittersweet, prototypically brilliant in the relation of the piano part to the orchestral response.
And I am happy to say that this version is graced by the absolute fire and tenderness of Irena Portenko's performance, something that makes the music breathe and live for us as well as it ever has. That too is the case with conductor Sirenko's ability to get all the expressive saudade out of the Ukrainian National Orchestra that we could wish for. It is a remarkable performance, probably the best I have heard!
The Tchaikovsky is extraordinarily well done, too. It is instructive to hear both concertos back-to-back in this program. I will leave it to you as to the insights one may glean from the comparison.
Suffice to say that Portenko is an interpretive giant, the orchestra tuned to each work with articulate, heightened enthusiasm, and in the end you (if you are like me) are very, very glad of it.
No self-respecting modernist should omit a close interaction with the Prokofiev. Of course the Tchaikovsky is essential fare for the Russophile. And the performances are marvelous!
Labels: prokofiev piano concerto no 2 tchaikovsky piano concerto no 1 irena portenko volodymyr sirenko ukrainian symphony gapplegate classical-modern review, romantic and modern landmarks
Hanns Eisler, Hangmen Also Die, the 400 Million, The Grapes of Wrath, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Kalitzke
If we here in the States do not know the music of Hanns Eisler (1896-1962) well, it has mostly to do with his political leanings to the left and the trouble that got him into during the McCarthy era. He had embarked on a promising film score career here in the US when he ran afoul of the apparatus that sought to expose leftist artists in the media. He was deported and his music here was blacklisted more or less completely. That was a loss to us.
It is tragic, for his music bears the stamp of a modern original. Thankfully, recordings of his works are far more plentiful than they once were. A fine example is this recent release, of a number of soundtracks from his American period: Hangmen Also Die, The 400 Million and The Grapes of Wrath (Capriccio 5289). These soundtracks cover the years 1938-43 and complement the box set of earlier works I have reviewed on these pages (see index search box above). Also included on this CD are the "Kleine Symphonie" of 1932 and the very brief "Horfleissubung" from 1931.
The Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin under Johannes Kalitzer do the honors for these works and their dedication gives us what sound to be very fitting performances, spirited and detailed.
The pronounced modernist edge to the music recorded here reminds us that, after all, Eisler was a pupil of Schoenberg and even when composing film scores there can be heard an unwavering contemporary slant. He presents a wealth of thematic elements that attract and are situated within masterful developmental and orchestrational poetics.
The pronounced trainwreck of my life right now means that I have had a little trouble devoting the absolute attention that this music demands and deserves. Nevertheless I can vouch for its excellence. I need to come back to it all again in the near future. Still, I do not hesitate to recommend this album to you as a very worthy presentation of substantial music from a sadly neglected period of his career. Do hear this!
Labels: hanns eisler hangmen also die and other film music rundfunk-sinfonieorchester berlin kalitzke gapplegate classical-modern review, little-known hanns eisler, neglected modernist film scores 1938-43
Spohr, Symphony No. 4, Budapest Symphony Orchestra, Alfred Walter
The complete Spohr (1784-1859) symphonies as recorded by the Budapest Symphony with Alfred Walter conducting turns out to be a fine thing, a revelation, the symphonic life's work of a composer that has seen neglect and in the very least is worth reviving. He reflects a world where Beethoven's star shines brightly and he does it his own way.
The volume at hand covers Symphony No. 4 (Naxos 8.555398) . Spohr completed the symphony in 1832, a time of political upheaval at the court in Kassel, Germany. A new prince had assumed rule, and the money available for music was in jeopardy. Spohr set out to write a work based on Carl Pfeiffer's poem The Consecration of Sound. He ultimately decided to make it a programmatic symphony that followed closely the text. So one passage represented, for example, a gentle breeze and bird song before a storm erupts.
One need not pay strict attention to the program to appreciate the music. It is ambitious Spohr and it sounds out with a satisfying trajectory, reaffirming that Spohr was one of the great symphonists of his era. Audiences in Germany and England reacted enthusiastically. Critics distrusted the programmatic idea and had their reservations. Hearing it now we find a good deal to like, or I do at least. After all, Beethoven's Pastoral Symphony stuck to a programmatic approach, too. And neither work suffers as a result!
Accompanying the symphony are two short Overtures, to Faust and Jessonda, respectively. They are welcome additions.
Now I must admit I did not have any idea what the complete Spohr symphonies would be like before I played the first volume I reviewed. A beautiful surprise was in store. Is he as good as, say, Mendelssohn? It is probably a meaningless question for he does not sound like Mendelssohn. He rings out with a personal take on the music in the air, then. What more can one expect? It is well enough. No. 4 is a gem. I am glad to have it. I suggest you spend some time with this CD.
Labels: forgotten late classical-early romantic symphonies, louis spohr symphony no 4 budapest symphony alfred waller gapplegate classical-music review
Wagner, Symphony in C major, in E Major (Fragment), MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra, Jun Markl
Wagner (1813-83) changed everything. His major operas brought a new way of thinking about motives and Tristan helped usher in the modern period via the pushing of harmonic language to the borders of tonality. His orchestration was bold, daring and insightful. But his concentration on opera left the purely symphonic realm to others. Composers like Bruckner came along and in part applied Wagner's innovations to the non-vocal worlds. Of course Bruckner and Mahler (and Richard Strauss) did a great deal more than that, but they were nevertheless indebted to Wagner for where they went. And so, for that matter, was Schoenberg, but that brings up more than we can handle for this post.
Interestingly enough, Wagner in his early years did write a bit of symphonic music. The two works that have come down to us, The Symphony in C major and the Symphony in E major (fragment) are available in a new Naxos release by the MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra under Jun Markl (Naxos 8.573413).
The back of the jewel case tells us that these two symphonies "stand as a tribute to Wagner's passion for his great idol Beethoven," And indeed, one hears such elements clearly throughout. They were student works, written when Wagner was in his teens and early twenties. They are remarkable for that.
But even at that early date there is something rather Wagnerian happening with these works--which may only be to say that Wagner sprung from the Beethoven ethos. But no, one gets glimpses of something further along, even if in infancy. The E Major is a fragment. Felix Mottl completed the orchestration much later. Wagner was nowhere near where he would ultimately be. Yet neither of these works seem immature fluff; they are if nothing else supremely serious undertakings. The C major is the more involved of the two, as one might imagine even before hearing.
There is thematic originality to be heard within the Beethovenian mode. Some parts seem pretty closely derivative but then there can be developmental sections that go their own way. In the end this music is of extraordinary interest to those who know the mature Wagner intimately.
Yes, you can hear the kernels of the later composer here. But you also hear a thematic naivete that was the Wagner of those years, a not unattractively expressive and talented youth saying what he could.
The music brings a goodly amount of delight. These are no masterpieces but they weather surprisingly well. Anyone who wants to trace Wagner's development will find this CD enlightening, but also a good listen in itself.
Labels: early developments in later romanticism and proto-modernism, richard wagner symphony in c major and in e major mdr leipzig radio symphony gapplegate classical-modern review, wagner in his student years
Ted Hearne, Sound from the Bench, The Crossing
The Supreme Court "Citizens United" decision was, to say the very least, decidedly nothing to do with the upholding of the Constitution as the Founders thought of it. It was a perversion of logic, a fiction that has lead us to anti-democratic infusions of great wealth to undermine the election process. I am not the only one to think this. It is one of the more dangerous farces to confront us in our lifetime. Only one of more than a few, but an especially insidious one.
Composer Ted Hearne clearly is one of "us," not a man with or speaking for the influence of the grand cartel of the rich. His Sound from the Bench (Cantaloupe Music 21126) is all about Citizens United, a nightmare in a sort of poetic haze that may sublimate the horror of the judgment, but no, does not seek to diminish it. This is a choral work of a postmodern, sometimes minimalist sort. It features (as did yesterday's) the landmark choral group the Crossing with Donald McNally at the helm, plus some avant rock textures from two electric guitars and drums.
Where to begin? The corporation is a person, a ventriloquist dummy in the end. Not at all human but masquerading as one, manipulated by a wealth-manufacturing entity and acting in its interests. Hearne uses various texts to set off the decision and lament the demise of our own personhood, the degradation of the human being unit that is the core idea behind representative government.
The music has a great deal going for it. There are sophisticated multi-part passages, the deliberately banal cutting in to dramatize things, and a great deal in between. It is a work where I must admit on the strictly musical level I greatly appreciate much of it, and some elements less so. But the good outweighs the less good with a balance decidedly tipped onto the positive side. And the subject matter could not be more important to us.
So I thank Maestro Hearne for this and recommend for sure that you hear it!
Labels: fusion new music, new choral works, new works in the modern post-minimal post-modern zone, ted hearne sound from the bench gapplegate classical-modern review
Gavin Bryars, The Fifth Century
Like any style of music, there are Post-modern composers who write beautiful, breathtaking works and others who either are inconsistent or just do not have the talent, sad to say. Of the whole bunch Gavin Bryars to me is decidedly in the first category. His music, basically anything I've heard of his, has that special something that comes through whatever the premise. A new CD, The Fifth Century (ECM New Series 2495) brings us two choral works that are stunning in their sonic brilliance and reaffirm my appreciation of Bryars as an important voice of today.
The album features the extraordinary vibrato-less purity of the choral ensemble The Crossing, conducted by David Nally. It is hard to imagine a better performance of these works and the ECM sound brings out the music with a heightened brightness.
The opening title work combines the Crossing with the equally appropriate sounds of the saxophone ensemble the PRISM Quartet. Bryars brings the two groups into close intersection in harmonically uncliched, always stimulating and ravishing ways. He has perfect control over the ambient and linear dimensions as he hears them. Indeed no matter how many times I listen to this work it sounds ever fresh.
The same is true but in a somewhat more intimate way on "Two Love Songs" for female choir a capella.
I come away from this music reluctantly. I want to come back to it as soon as possible. Does the awakening of nature on these fine days have something to do with it? It seems like the open hopeful choral sounds here help "improve" nature or provide it a most evocative soundtrack. I am sure whatever the season this music will give us pause, help us revel in the sensuous mysteries of existence.
Does this sound like a strong recommendation? I hope so. Because it is. Wonderful.
Labels: gavin bryars the fifth century the crossing prism quartet donald nally gapplegate classical-modern review, new music, post-modern modern advances in new tonal choral music
Oracle Hysterical, New Vintage Baroque, Passionate Pilgrim
I was awakened yesterday from my private world of dreams and expectations when I helped my nephew negotiate the ins and outs of a used car purchase from a dealer. As I was waiting for his credit to go through, I struck up a conversation with young ladies in the office. The talk chanced on music. "He makes CDs! Yes, he gave us one of them!" my nephew chimed in. Well just the format elicited reactions of astonishment and disbelief. I was an impossible anachronism. When one of them asked me if my music sounded like [name I didn't recognize], I tried in desperation to backtrack to common ground. I mentioned George Harrison. No. "Who is that?" I gave up. There is a specific audience for the music I cover on these pages, and the music I myself make, and they were not it. Or so it seemed.
If it weren't for yesterday I would say that today's CD might appeal to a general audience as well as the classically oriented. Now I am more inclined to say "A specific wider audience," but perhaps not those who have grown up on the pop music that fills their earbuds.
Nonetheless Oracle Hysterical, New Vintage Baroque and their joint collaborative album Passionate Pilgrim (VISIONINTO ART VIA -12) gives us a very appealing program of contemporary songs that one can profitably think of in terms of the principal ensemble's name New Vintage Baroque. As the liner notes assert, this is a music "dedicated to the creation of a 21st century repertoire for early instruments."
Absolutely, that is what we have. What does that mean? This is an adventure in song form, of the modern day yet bardically story-telling. It is a contemporary tonal music that gives us some striking songs that have both a currency and a rustic feel. It does not have much in the way of Baroque counterpoint or that period's pronounced periodicity. But then it is readily distinguishable from the ordinarily modern nonetheless.
The New Vintage ensemble was formed in 2011 by Baroque oboist Lindsay McIntosh. This latest set is comprised of contemporary songs composed by members of Oracle Hysterical. To clarify the album is very much a joint effort by New Vintage Baroque and Oracle Hysterical (the latter a quartet of bassoon, double bass-viola da gamba, and the voices of Elliot Cole and Majel Connery; the former an eight-person chamber ensemble of baroque instruments). The four members of Oracle Hysterical give us a set of songs that bear close listening.
One revels in the lyric sensibilities and pronounced baroque sonics of the music. It sounds spring-like, the sound of poetic springs celebrated by the bards of an age long gone. It is not so much a nostalgia for an age we never knew, though that is part of the charm. It is mostly perhaps born of an urgently aesthetic need to reach back to earlier music to craft a music anew. You don't have to hear this in the spring, but it has the sound of a renewal we might feel the need of as I write this.
It is music that will come alive with repeated hearings. The songs and arrangements are distinctly unique. I am glad to have this album and I recommend it warmly to anyone seeking something new that is born like Phoenix from the ashes of its past!
Labels: new modern songs with baroque instrumentation, old-in-the-new, oracle hysterical new vintage baroque passionate pilgrim gapplegate classical-modern review
Villa-Lobos, Complete Guitar Manuscripts, Andrea Bissoli, 3 Volume Set
Throughout composer Heitor Villa-Lobos' career (1887-1959), the guitar was a central voice in his music, and he among many other things is considered a father figure in the development of modern, folk-laced music for the instrument.
Guitarist Andrea Bissoli is the central component in a three-volume set now available as an integral boxed edition. The Guitar Manuscripts: Masterpieces and Lost Works (Naxos 8.573117) is as the title suggests, a collection of his most illustrious works involving the guitar and also a worthwhile collection of works until recently lost to us or unheard, plus transcriptions of music not originally published in guitar versions, or guitar works transcribed for ensemble.
I have previously reviewed all three volumes separately on these pages. Type "Villa-Lobos" in the search box above to access those three volumes.
Suffice to say that this is a very rewarding anthology of works for those new to Villa-Lobos as well as the seasoned listener. Andrea Bissoli and his collaborators give us a stirring view of the considered yet spirited music of the master. These is enough here that is new or re-arranged to supply anyone interested and following the composer's output with a fresh take.
Labels: 20th century modern guitar and ensemble music from brazil, brazilian classic modernism, villa-lobos complete guitar manuscripts 3-cd set gapplegate classical-modern review
Olivier Messiaen, Livre du Saint Sacrement, Colin Andrews
Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992), without question, was the most important and innovative composer for the organ in our times. He left us a body of work of incomparable modern power, mystery and depth. The gargantuan 1984 work Livre du Saint Sacrement (Loft Recordings LRCD-1152-53 2-CDs) is doubtless one of his most advanced, complex and spiritually probing works--and as I understand it, his last for the instrument. Colin Andrews plummets its depth and carefully renders its many moods and interworkings.
The full score is divided into 28 movements, carefully sequenced to give us the musical equivalents of the Catholic ritual of communion and theological-mystical-devotional-biblical dimensions of the experience.
The compositional elements, as the liners aptly inform us, were a synthesis of Messiaen's mature techniques and procedures: Greek and Hindu rhythmic forms, Messiaen's transliteration of sacred words into musical utterances, a very personal serialism, limited transposition as defining the harmonies, plainsong and birdsong (the latter of birds Jesus might have heard locally during his lifetime).
This is a huge undertaking that gives us a largely abstract, ultra-modern and extraordinarily meditative sequence that requires concentrated focus in the listening process. Here is a man whose religious convictions led to an extraordinarily singular universe of sounds, a musical language like no other, a lifetime's understanding of the full spectrum of the cathedral organ and its capabilities.
In the hands of Colin Andrews the work speaks with a cosmic flourish and deeply interior dialog that is movingly spectacular, experientially radical yet tied to a deep spiritual understanding. It is literally words or feelings put into music but not easily converted back into words. By 1984 Messiaen had become a transcendent being of musical sound.
This is Messiaen's message to us all, and some of the most difficult and involved, ecstatically rewarding organ works I have ever heard. Give this music your absorption and it will return the effort with a glimpse of the composer's intimations of eternity.
Highly recommended, but not to be taken lightly!
Labels: high modern masterpieces for solo organ, late messiaen organ works, messiaen livre du saint sacrement colin andrews gapplegate classical-modern review
Granados, Goyescas, Yoonie Han
I have a bit of a soft spot for Granados (1867-1916)--and the recent Naxos series recording many of his orchestral works (that I covered here a while ago) has given me much to appreciate. But whether or not one is a Granados convert one will likely take readily to his most famous work, the Goyescas for solo piano, a six-part suite that has been recently newly recorded by pianist Yoonie Han (Steinway & Sons 30067).
The music is all about Francisco Goya, the famous Spanish painter, and his work. Each movement depicts a scene from an imagined love story of a Spanish Majo (bohemian, mostly lower-class Spaniards of Goyas' time) and his would-be Maja.
The music was introduced in its original piano setting in 1911. He later crafted an opera out of its motives, which debuted at the Met in 1916. Granados and his wife attended. Their ship on the return voyage was torpedoed (it was WWI), and Granados died as he attempted to rescue his drowning wife. (Thank you to the liners for that. I did not know.)
The piano version of the work has enjoyed the love of music listeners since its premiere. It is an extremely lyrical and magnetic work that shows Granados' folk-Spanish, quasi-impressionist, melodic-harmonic gift as well or better than anything else he wrote.
The South Korean native Yoonie Han gives us a glowing reading of the music on the recording at hand. She embodies the flowing melodic presence, the grace and stunning phrasings of each movement with all the poetic nuance the work demands.
I've heard some ravishing versions of the Goyescas, but I must say that Ms. Han rivals the very best.
The recording quality is superb. The music sings on. Yoonie Han triumphs. This version makes me very happy. Need I say more? There is no better introduction to Granados than this.
Labels: early modern spanish folk tinged masterpieces, granados goyescas yoonie han gapplegate classical-modern review, spanish nationalist gems
Franzoni, Vespro per la Festa di Santa Barbara
It means virtually nothing that I do not believe I have heard the music of Amante Franzoni (flourished 1605-1630). The Renaissance (but also the Baroque) period produced many scores of composers who are not regularly performed these days, though many are extraordinarily capable. Judging by the recent release of Franzoni's Vespro per la Festa di Santa Barbara (Brilliant 95344), he was one of those we should hear more often, certainly.
The blend of chants, sacred choral and instrumental parts to the Vespro is very appealing, especially in this performance by Francesco Moi conducting the amassed forces of Accademia Degli Invaghiti (a nine member choral group with accompanying theorbo and two organs), the Concerto Palatino with their two cornettos and six trombones, and the Cappella Santa Barbara handling the Gregorian Chant passages. It is beautifully a part of the period, inspired, resounding gloriously in the Mantua Cathedral setting.
The chant interludes refresh and set off the moving choral-instrumental movements. As you first listen you hear a brief Resposorium that many will recognize as I did. It is borrowed from Monteverdi's "Vespers for the Virgin Mary."
The music that follows is in keeping with the period and place. Franzoni flourished in the Italian city of Mantua, working for the Gonzaga duchy as early as 1607 and serving as maestro di cappella for the Basilica of Santa Barbara from 1612 through 1630. The Feast of Santa Barbara was the most important religious celebration in Mantua during Franzoni's tenure. She was the city's patron saint and so the vespers in her name allowed Manzoni to create an elaborate musical commemoration in her honor.
The CD captures the music in considerably spirited and in haunting ways. Any early music appreciator will no doubt welcome this music into their world, a fabulous recording at a good price, too!
Labels: early music today, franzoni vespro per la festa di santa barbara francesco roi gapplegate classical-modern review, neglected sacred music choral gems of the italian renaissance
Thierry Pecou, Orquoy, Chango, Marcha de la Humanidad, Orchestra National de France
The complex of components that channel into a contemporary new music composer can be enormous, and ultimately the outcome can be original but on the other hand is all-the-more frequently not.
So in the end we listen and open ourselves up to whatever we encounter. In the case of Thierry Pecou, and the album of orchestral works Orquoy, Chango, Marcha de la Humanidad (Wergo 7318-2) I immediately was intrigued by what I heard. But what was it?
As I listened for the first time, I turned to the CD booklet for guidance. Like anybody who listens seriously to previously unknown composers-music, I find that the liner notes often can situate the music so you can go on with some understanding. Wergo has long been a label crucial in the new music scene, so I tend to trust what they might say. The notes told me, hey, Latin America is a key. Think of Villa-Lobos, Revueltas, Chavez, how they synthesized European modernism with local folk traditions and influences. Then think of a new generation of composers and how they extended modernity into further abstract territory. That in part explains Pecou. My initial recognition of color and strong rhythmical elements might have reminded me indirectly of Varese, Messiaen, Boulez, yes, but there was the (OK I'll use the word though it ain't gonna sound down-to-earth) autochthonous (indigenous) aspect to consider in Pecou's music. And ultimately what he does with all of this is very original. The liner notes helped point me in the right direction. My ears did the rest.
The opening "Orquoy" for large orchestra is very much a good place to start. The music jumps forward with an almost whimsical but unerringly new kind of sonance and presentation.
Each of the three works has something very rewarding going on--at a height of high modernism but still anchored to the earth like a folk rooted tree whose height into the sky is equalled by the long and mostly unseen labyrinthian root appendages.
Jonathan Stockhammer conducts the Orchestra National de France on this program and to my ears he devotes all the care and insight that one might hope for in such unusually original fare.
The album gives me an excellent view onto Thierry Pecou's musical universe. Anyone who appreciates the high modernist paths and/or South American modernism-nationalism will I hope find this music very much to his or her liking. I did.
Very recommended.
Labels: high modernist south american folk rooted orchestral works, modern composers deserving wider recognition, thierry pecou orquoy chango marcha de la humanidad gapplegate classical-modern review
J.S. Bach, Six Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin, Movses Pogossian
When it comes to Johann Sebastian Bach's works for solo violin and solo cello, it seems to me that their popularity and influence are at a peak. Or is it just that my appetite for hearing them has become more insatiable as I seem to continually hear them anew? But it is not just me. I have come across and mentioned on these pages a number of interesting compositions in the contemporary new music scene that make use of solo Bach in creating new confluences. And the number of new releases of recorded performances of the solo works seems higher than ever before...and more diverse in terms of the baroque to modern spectrum of possibilities.
I won't try to explain why this may be so. I cannot easily say, except to note the possibility that we are in a new baroque era ourselves, aesthetically speaking. A discussion on that would tip the balance of this review away from the music itself, so I must cut it short. Regardless, the solo works speak to us today as some of the most direct expressions of Bach's genius, surely. And string players have for a long time had the tackling of these works as a key part of their training, no? What counts in the end is their beauty, their facing of the musical cosmos with just four strings and a wealth of inventive brilliance.
Armenian violinist Movses Pogossian brings us a new version of Bach's Six Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin on 3-CDs (New Focus Recordings FCR 178) and I for one am glad he did. I've been immersed in the recording for a couple of weeks, sounding a constant as the parade of life passes by, anchoring me in the unassuming but vastly rich music that counters all that life might hold in store, or amplifies it, depending on how life is at the time. For me it is more a countering these days.
At any rate Pogossian does not bring us an ultra-baroque reading, with catgut strings, baroque bows and a litany of ornamentational end points. He choses the conventional modern violin and a straightforward but feelingful production of the six works. Nonetheless it sounds very true to Bach, so I guess one could say it is a middle-of-the-road version. Pogossian gets inside the music and gives us strong performances of the very sturdy sections, then slows down to savor the movingly preludian portions.
In the end Pogossian sings from his depths and thereby channels Bach in ways that bring us joy. I most certainly recommend this version if you don't have one yet. It is a benchmark for how we hear the music today. It also extends and compliments other versions, you who like me cannot seem to get enough.
Pogossian is a true artist. His Bach rings with its own creative truth. That is a great thing.
Labels: changing tastes and lasting masterpieces, js bach six sonatas and partitas for solo violin movses pogossian gapplegate classical-modern review, solo bach string music and the modern scene
Johann Simon Mayr, Amore non soffre opposizioni, Franz Hauk
The classical period of opera, partially because of the expense of a production, partially because of conservative, certain masterworks-only repertoire tendencies, has not been given as extensive a coverage of what was produced as one might wish. There are multiple versions of, say, Mozart's The Magic Flute or Rossini's The Barber of Seville available, but if you wanted to find a full opera by Johann Simon Mayr (1763-1845), you would probably be out of luck. Until now. It is true that we do not miss what we do not know--but with Mayr we are missing something good, someone we should know.
Naxos with their most welcome, adventurist releases of neglected composers and/or works, has been coming out with some Mayr overtures and operas (I've covered a few here recently), and so we now have a 2-CD set of Amore non soffre opposizioni (Naxos 8.660361-62), conducted by Franz Hauk, the man instrumental in the current Mayr revival.
The reasons this opera and Mayr himself enjoyed popularity in the Italy of the classic age are the same reasons this opera appeals to us today if we give it a chance. There are no recitatives, there is a vibrant tunefulness, a sprightly demeanor, and sophisticated harmonies and instrumentation. We are treated to a very good performance--here by engaging, idiomatic soloists and the East-West European Festival Orchestra.
As you listen for a while, you notice a kind of synthesis between the Italian influence of Rossini and the German one of Mozart, which in Mayr's hands seems unforced and natural.
That this is in every way a carefully conceived and enthusiastic performance goes a long way towards bringing Mayr alive for us.
Anyone who loves classical-era opera will find this release delightful.
Labels: johann simon mayr amore non soffre opposizioni franz hauk gapplegate classical-modern review, modern day revivals of neglected classic period composers, unknown operas of the classical age
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The Theme Park at the Cu Chi Tunnels – Kelly Lynn Thomas
July 10, 2017 July 10, 2017 by Claudius Speaks In Essay, Issue 3 Leave a comment
The First Attraction: Video Entertainment
Unfamiliar birds call out between bursts of gunfire from a distant shooting range. Vines twist around trees, anchoring them to the soil; they appear taller than any trees I have seen before. Large black butterflies with blue-green markings twist around branches high in the jungle canopy. The trees filter sounds and light, turning the jungle into a place without time, without space, just endless green and brown, with birdsong and the sounds of contained explosions coming from every direction at once.
My tour group has been in Vietnam for less than twenty-four hours. Our flight arrived in Ho Chi Minh City, formerly Saigon, late last night, and we barely had a chance to sleep before our bus to the Cu Chi Tunnels left at 8 a.m. this morning. We have been told the Vietnamese have mostly forgotten about the American War, what we call the Vietnamese War. A majority of the population was born after it ended. They’ve moved on. So the first place we visit after landing is a place where our soldiers killed each other in the war we’re all supposed to have forgotten. But the Vietnamese didn’t plan our itinerary. We did.
Our tour guide and translator, Chau, ushers us into a pavilion with a palm-leaf roof and starts a DVD. My body dwarfs the wooden chair on which I sit, but I try to settle in so I can absorb whatever information the movie will impart. The film is poor quality black and white from the war. A woman speaks about American soldiers destroying the beautiful, peaceful village of Cu Chi. The guerillas had a way to fight back, though. A system of tunnels had been built during the French War in the 1940s, and they expanded the system. Viet Cong soldiers lived in the tunnels for days at a time, hiding from American troops, moving supplies, and treating their wounded.
Abruptly, the narrator starts speaking about particular Viet Cong who were American-killer heroes, who were adept at blowing up tanks using unexploded American ordinance. The film no longer seems to be about Cu Chi or the tunnels at all. What is this?
From the jungle, an orchestra of cicadas picks up its wings and plays, nearly drowning out the narrator. I’ve never heard cicadas so loud before. The narrator’s voice marches on over the thankfully blotchy black and white images. I think of my father-in-law, who served as a helicopter crew chief and flew missions here in Cu Chi during his tour of duty from 1970 to 71. I look away from the screen. Above the television hangs a portrait of Ho Chi Minh, his long, white goatee hanging almost out of the frame. His lips hint at a smile, and his eyes twinkle. The portrait hangs at an angle, so it appears he is looking down on us, watching us as we watch Viet Cong blow up our countrymen on the television.
When the video ends, I shift my weight in the chair. Chau returns to the front of the pavilion, turns off the television and picks up a pointer, the kind elementary school teachers use. He points to features on a diorama of the Cu Chi Tunnels to the right of the television. This is more like what I am used to from trips to National and State Parks and old battlegrounds like Gettysburg and Valley Forge near my Philadelphia-area childhood home. Chau explains that the villagers living in the tunnels cooked only once in the morning so that smoke from their cooking fires, which escaped through a series of chambers constructed to disperse it before it reached the surface, would blend in with the morning mists.
“Here they built the tunnel smaller so only Vietnamese could get through, and Americans would get stuck.” He points to a low section of the diorama, where a tiny doll lies pinched between the walls of the tunnel.
The ground above the tunnels in the diorama is burnt and barren. A painted backdrop depicts American helicopters and a raging fire. I try not to think about it too hard. Chau doesn’t give me much time to dwell, anyway. He runs his eyes over the diorama one final time, and satisfied, replaces the pointer below it.
“Okay, boys and girls, follow me! We go to the tunnels now!”
The Second Attraction: The Secret Entrance
Chau leads us out of the pavilion and along a path. The cicadas drown out any attempts at conversation. We stop in front of a small copse of trees, behind which a uniformed man is half submerged in the earth. Over his head, he holds a thick metal rectangle covered in dead leaves and dirt. I wonder if we are expected to squeeze into the tunnels through this small hole—no more than eighteen inches across and six inches wide. I doubt my thighs would fit.
“This is the secret entrance,” Chau shouts above the cicadas.
The uniformed man disappears into the ground and shakes the metal cover to disperse the leaves and dirt and disguise the entrance. After a few seconds, he reappears and poses for photographs. He doesn’t smile. A group of blonde women in shorts and expensive-looking flip-flops seem especially transfixed with the display, but we all snap away. For a few moments the sound of camera shutters and digital approximations of shutters compete with the cicadas.
The man hops out of the hole, and Chau asks if anyone would like to take a picture inside, holding the cover. One of the blonde women volunteers. I turn away from the secret entrance, feeling the weight of my DSLR camera on my shoulder. Something about this makes me uneasy. I turn to the unfamiliar jungle foliage and search vainly for one of the cicadas that still roar from the some hiding place in the treetops. I don’t see any. I don’t see any birds either, just a few butterflies well out of range of my camera lens. One of my tour group members replaces the blonde woman in the hole. I turn my gaze to the ground and find a six inch long, red centipede woven around a rock. I also find a tree sprout, only a few inches high. It feels like I’ve discovered a secret.
The Third Attraction: Booby Trap
In a few feet, Chau stops us. “Come here, boys and girls, let me show you this.”
He holds a long, thin bamboo pole against what looks like a door-sized woven mat on the ground. A sly grin crosses his face. I can see, though, that the mat isn’t sitting on top of anything, but is flush with ground level. In this moment, Chau reminds me of the men at carnivals shown in movies, the ones always shouting things like “Step right up, see the world’s most horrifying woman. Right behind this curtain, step right up!”
When everyone has caught up and circled around, Chau pushes down on the pole and the mat, a trap door, flips open. A dozen punji sticks stare up at us from the bottom of the pit the trap door had been hiding. On cue, the group winces. Someone says “ouch.” I unconsciously take a step back, then force myself to take two steps forward, to get a better look. The sticks aren’t perfectly rounded stakes. They are rough-hewn, sharp, and nasty-looking. Their uneven edges make them look even more menacing.
“Yes, very bad to walk across this,” Chau says.
The Fourth Attraction: The Viet Cong Camp
We walk for a longer distance this time. The dirt on the path is tan, the color of sand. Water runoff has carved deep trenches along the path, and the flattened carcasses of several red centipedes, yellow guts pooling around them, mark the passage of previous groups. The cicadas die down. At first I don’t notice, but a burst of gunshots startles me. How strange, to hear assault rifles in a place where men killed each other with those same models of guns and bombed the landscape into an unrecognizable wasteland.
I wonder how long it took the jungle to recover. I wonder if any species were endangered in the process. The jungle smells like decaying plant matter, but richer, more organic. There are more undertones, more layers. Dirt from the path finds its way into my sandals. I wiggle my toes and feel its graininess beneath the soles of my feet. I want to keep walking, discover more of the jungle’s secrets.
But we reach our next goal, a Viet Cong “camp” set up with three mannequins. They wear green fatigues and black and white checkered scarves. Their helmets bear the circular Viet Cong emblem: half red for North Vietnam and half blue for South Vietnam, joined in the middle with a gold star. The mannequins relax beneath a piece of camouflage fabric that’s been strung up between tree trunks. Chau explains how the Viet Cong would march through the jungle for months on end. One of the mannequins holds a pen and paper to write a letter home.
A young girl, not in our group, poses next to the female Viet Cong mannequin. She throws her fingers up in the peace sign and smiles ear to ear as her boyfriend takes the photo. The girl could be Japanese, as I hear some Japanese being spoken by another group behind us, and it’s common for Japanese tourists to pose with their fingers in the peace sign. I wonder if she realizes the irony of the photo. Or, perhaps there is no irony. The Viet Cong women who fought in the war did so because they wanted their country to be whole. They wanted their country to be at peace. Now, it is, after a fashion.
Maybe I am the one who doesn’t understand.
The Fifth Attraction: The Gallery of Traps
Past the well-hidden air vent that allowed oxygen into the tunnels and the “weapons factory” where animatronic mannequins saw endlessly at reproductions of unexploded American bombs to extract the explosives and repurpose them, Chau leads us to a covered, open-air pavilion. Inside, lined up in a row like a museum display, are examples of many of the types of traps the Viet Cong used during the war. Each has a name that describes its function or its inspiration. Names like see-saw trap, window trap, and door trap. Chau takes us down the line and explains each one while a bored-looking official in a green uniform plunges a bamboo pole into each trap with the same emotionless force to demonstrate its function.
Though the names and functionality of each trap differ slightly, they all share the same purpose: to cause as much damage to the unsuspecting U.S. soldier as possible. Most of them look something like a bear trap, but nastier. Crude, rough-hewn black metal spikes are attached to as much of the trap mechanism as possible. Most of the traps would be buried in a pit, and when the soldier stepped on the trap, he would fall and become caught. The spikes would dig into his leg, or if he were very unlucky, his torso.
I picture my father-in-law in the jungle, taking a false step, feeling the ground beneath him give way, those teeth biting through skin and muscle and bone while he grabs for solid ground, his efforts only making the trap bite down harder. But thankfully, he never fell into one of those traps. His helicopter flew safely over them.
At the end of the line hangs the door trap, a large metal frame covered in spikes. Chau grabs it. “This one is for the boys, who wants to try?”
No one volunteers.
Chau pushes the frame, and we can see that the bottom half swings independently of the top. “So yes, this is for the boys who want to be eunuchs. Do you know eunuchs?” He pronounces the word u-nucks. At first I don’t understand, but the second time he says it I realize what he’s saying.
We nod. In another context, his joke might be funny. But one of our group members, the same who had his photo taken in the secret entrance, responds anyway.
“Why don’t you try it?” he asks Chau.
Chau pushes his glasses up his nose with a finger and laughs, then immediately launches into an explanation of the trap. I didn’t catch how the trap was triggered, but because the bottom half swung freely from the top half, even if U.S. soldiers detected the trap once they opened a door, they were likely to stop only the top part, leaving the bottom to impale them in the stomach and groin area.
As I listen to Chau’s explanation, I notice a mural on the wall behind the uniformed man triggering the traps. It depicts the traps in action, all of them having caught U.S. soldiers. Red splotches of blood pour from the soldiers’ wounds, and looks of pain and surprise are painted on their faces. But the one closest to me is the worst. The soldier is bent over, holding his butt, which is stained red where the door trap has just stabbed him. His face is a cartoon image of pain and surprise: big, round eyes, mouth open wide. Chau sees me looking and points.
“Look, that one hurt his butt,” he says. He giggles a little. “Okay, we keep going.”
And we move along the path to the next station, with hardly a chance to process the mural or what it could mean that a government would sanction a painting like that. Considering the damage the United States did to Vietnam, and even to our own troops with chemical defoliants like Agent Orange, and the fact that our government has done little to nothing to make amends despite ample resources with which to do so, the Vietnamese government’s levity is almost understandable. Almost.
It isn’t uncommon to hear “’Nam” jokes on American comedy television shows, but even these often only make fun of the veterans’ constant retelling of their war stories—not of the actual physical suffering or death, though there are always the racist, crass exceptions. And even the jokes that “only” make fun of the constant storytelling are borderline, I argue, because of the many mental illnesses like post-traumatic stress disorder that plague Vietnam veterans and could contribute to the constant storytelling.
Chau is younger than the war, like I am. But surely his parents suffered, if not in the war then during the post-war period when a majority of the Vietnamese population went hungry. Perhaps Chau’s jokes are his way of dealing with something that’s beyond comprehension. I still cannot understand how anyone could conceive of a single trap, let alone a dozen, that would tear a person up and leave him bleeding in a pit, but I have never been faced with enemy gunfire, or had to hide underground for days and days.
The Sixth Attraction: The Firing Range
The sounds of gunfire grow louder as we approach the firing range. I question whether we will ever actually go into a real tunnel. Some of our group members are more excited about the opportunity to shoot Vietnam War-era firearms than to go crawling through a dark hole in the ground.
Having been raised by a competitive shooter and hunter, guns have always been a part of my life. I don’t usually call myself pro-gun because I don’t want to automatically get thrown in with right wing gun nuts, but I’m not anti-gun, either. I think people should handle firearms if given the chance, if only so they come to understand and respect the power and responsibility that comes with owning or operating them. As we mill about the souvenir shop outside the firing range waiting for the members in our group to select and shoot their weapons, gunshots ringing in our ears, I think that this is the wrong time, the wrong place.
I hear my dad’s voice in my head: “Got your eyes and ears? Good to go?” When he would take me and my brother out shooting, if others were already at the range, we were not allowed out of the car until we put on our ear muffs and protective glasses. Once, another shooter failed to keep his pistol pointed down range. Dad marched over to him and asked him to please be aware of where he was pointing his gun. After that, Dad kept his eyes on the man, and as soon as he saw the gun pointed our way a second time, we packed up our gear and left. My father believes so strongly in gun safety that every year he volunteers at a local sportsman’s club to teach hunter’s safety classes to kids.
Here, men in uniforms and ear muffs stand about stiffly, directing tourists. A locked case displays assault rifles and machine guns, some of which can be shot, like the M60, the M16, and the AK-47. For a few thousand Vietnamese dong—less than one American dollar—, you can fire three rounds. The uniformed men in front of the gun case, like the man in the trap gallery, give off the sense of boredom and maybe a little disdain. None of them smile.
Even if I hadn’t shot high powered rifles before, and if my dad the gun collector didn’t also have an AK-47, I would find another way to shoot a gun like that, a way that wasn’t rushed or hurried. This place has seen real bloodshed, real horrors. It seems cruel to inflict the constant sound of assault rifle fire on it.
While we wait for the others, I plug my ears with my fingers and wander around the souvenir case, placed here, presumably, to catch people like me who choose not to shoot one of the weapons. Ho Chi Minh’s eyes stare down at me from a framed portrait above the case. I circle it and take stock of its offerings: Viet Cong checkered bandanas, sandals made from tires designed to trick Americans into thinking the Viet Cong were walking the opposite direction, key chains made from bullets, statues of Viet Cong soldiers, and even a miniature representation of one of the traps. At that, I turn away.
I am glad when we move on.
The Seventh Attraction: The Tunnel
With the sound of rifle fire still booming behind us, we stop in a small hut to watch a woman make rice paper. She dips a ladle in a pot of creamy liquid and pours it onto a hot stone over an open flame, then spreads it thin like a crepe. It cooks in seconds. She peels it off the stone with what looks like a rolling pin covered in fabric, and places it on a bamboo mat to dry. The juxtaposition of implied violence and death with domesticity—would the Viet Cong living in the tunnels really have the time, ability, space, or inclination to make something as delicate as rice paper?—is absurd to me. As soon as we turn to leave, the woman flips open her cell phone.
Back in the jungle, we walk past a mound of dirt emitting little puffs of smoke—the kitchen vent. I suppose it runs all day now for the tourists to see how it works. We round a corner and I find myself staring into a little valley. It isn’t until we’ve passed it that I realize it’s not a valley. It’s a bomb crater. I dash back to take a picture. A sign informs me a B-52 did the damage. Trees and vines grow from its center and its sides, almost hiding the sharp edges where the earth falls away, reclaiming the open space. After I snap another picture, I sprint to catch up to the group.
By the time I’ve caught my breath, we stop. We’ve finally arrived at the section of the Cu Chi Tunnels we’re allowed to enter. We leave our bags and cameras with those in our group who choose not to walk through the twenty or so meters of tunnel, widened and made taller for larger Western bodies. I imagine the concrete lining was also a government addition for us tourists, as I can’t imagine the Viet Cong having the resources to mix, pour, and set concrete while also evading American troops.
A short staircase with a railing—certainly another addition for our benefit—beneath a thatched roof leads us into the tunnel. We walk in a single-file line, like school children. The first staircase leads to a small, box-shaped alcove. We turn left and head down another staircase into the actual tunnel. Low-powered light bulbs encased in wire cages like the kind used at construction sites are strung up by an extension cord along the ceiling, illuminating the tunnel in a dull yellow glow. The utility lights give me the impression that the tunnel is unfinished, a work in progress, rather than a historic landmark preserved to resemble a certain period in time.
We crouch, knees folded up to our chests, arms and hands hugged close to our bodies. Even though it was widened and made taller, the tunnel is still only half as tall as we are, and just barely wider. I am in the middle of the single file line of my tour group mates, and I have no choice but to crab walk forward. There is no room to turn around or back up.
My calves and thighs have already begun to burn when I see one of the red centipedes crawling across the floor, directly toward me. I move as far to the right as I can, which is not very far, hoping the centipede will pass. I watch sections of its legs move together, propelling it forward in a graceful swimming motion. It looks poisonous. The centipede passes me before I have to find out or attempt to squash it beneath my sandaled foot, and I warn those behind me of its presence. I continue crab walking forward.
I know the tunnel is only twenty or so meters long, but as we move forward, it seems like forever. Dim echoes of panic rise within me. I feel not like a clever soldier outsmarting those who would kill me, but like a part on an assembly line. I can do nothing but move forward. I cannot stop, or rest, I cannot even pause to touch my hand to the wall to test its strength and texture. With people in front of me and people behind me, and the walls so close, and nowhere to go but forward, I am trapped.
As the sense of being trapped, the sense of panic, swells, I catch a whiff of that rich smell of organic decay, the jungle smell. The quality of light shifts, brightens. The person in front of me turns left, revealing a uniformed man crouching in the tunnel, blocking our way forward. We climb another set of stairs and emerge not so very far from where we entered the tunnel. I shake out my legs and inhale the jungle smell, enjoying the heat.
We pick up our bags and cameras, and Chau ushers us away from the tunnel. The cicadas have taken up their buzzing song again. As we rush toward the bus and lunch in Ho Chi Minh City, I look up at the greenish light filtering through the trees. I am out of the dark of the tunnel, but I am still in the dark. I wanted to have a profound experience in this place, a revelation about the Viet Cong, some form of communion with the spirits of those who lived and died underground here.
Instead, I have become part of an assembly line of tourists marching dutifully through this battlefield-turned-historic-site like the soldiers who came before them, being fed some new piece of information at each station.
Places like this, like the concentration camps in Europe, like Hiroshima and Nagasaki, like countless others, where large numbers of people have died, where men have done terrible things to one another, are never easy to visit. But Cu Chi is worse.
Cu Chi was destroyed by war and is now used to glorify it. This place is haunted not by ghosts of dead soldiers, not by the past, but by the present, by the shadow of propaganda that hangs over it. There can be no profound revelations in a place like this, no tidy, neat answers, no closure, no healing.
Is it enough to have come, to have seen, and to remember? Is it enough to bear witness, to acknowledge that these murky waters exist?
As I climb onto the air-conditioned bus and my sweat begins to dry on my skin, I feel complicit, as if the act of going through the tunnels has somehow made me a part of the deaths of all these men and women, American and Vietnamese.
Kelly Lynn Thomas reads, writes, and sometimes sews in Pittsburgh, PA. Her creative work has appeared in Permafrost, Sou’wester, The Journal of Compressed Creative Arts, and others, and was a finalist in the December 2015 Glimmer Train Fiction Open. She received her MFA in Creative Writing from Chatham University, is hopelessly obsessed with Star Wars, and can always be found with a large mug of tea. She also writes “This Week in Books” for The Rumpus. Follow her on Twitter @kellylynnthomas and read more at http://kellylynnthomas.com.
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Arkansas State head coach Blake Anderson takes leave of absence as wife fights cancer
By Kevin McGuireAug 19, 2019, 6:58 PM EDT
With his wife fighting cancer, Arkansas State head coach Blake Anderson is stepping away from the football part of his life temporarily to be with his family. Arkansas State announced the news Monday evening. Defensive coordinator David Duggan will take over as the interim head coach until Anderson is ready to return to the team.
“Coach Anderson has decided to take a leave of absence during this difficult time to be with his wife, Wendy, and his family,” a statement from Arkansas State Vice Chancellor for Intercollegiate Athletics Terry Mohajir said in a released statement. “We will continue to pray for peace for his family and provide assistance any way we can.”
Our thoughts are with @AStateFB’s Blake Anderson, his wife, Wendy, and their family during this time. https://t.co/TVs7rfS22H
— Sun Belt (@SunBelt) August 19, 2019
Anderson has been dividing his time between football and being with his wife, but there comes a time when you have to realize there is much more to focus on than football. This is certainly one of those times, and good for Arkansas State to allow their head coach to do what he needs to do during this troubling time for his family.
Cancer sucks, plain and simple.
Tags: Blake Anderson
Chad Morris, Derek Dooley among betting favorites to be next Ole Miss head coach
AP Photo/Wade Payne, File
By Kevin McGuireJul 23, 2017, 12:46 PM EDT
It did not take long for people to start talking about who the next head coach at Ole Miss will be following the Thursday night resignation of Hugh Freeze. And somehow, one of the betting favorites has quickly become former Tennessee head coach Derek Dooley.
As noted by Rocky Top Talk, the Tennessee blog on SB Nation, the former Vols coach and current assistant with the Dallas Cowboys is listed as the second most-favored coach to take over at Ole Miss, listed at +500 according to BetOnline. SMU head coach Chad Morris is the current betting favorite on the betting website, with Morris listed at +300 to be the next coach of the Rebels.
Other names on the board include former LSU head coach Les Miles (+800), and former Oregon head coach Chip Kelly (+1400). FAU head coach Lane Kiffin has been having fun trolling about the Ole Miss fallout on Twitter, yet he is also on the board at +1600.
For what it is worth, interim head coach Matt Luke has also been given odds to keep the job, and he is listed at +1200.
Here are the latest odds as listed by BetOnline;
Chad Morris +300
Derek Dooley +500
Blake Anderson +700
Les Miles +800
Mike Norvell +1000
Brent Venables +1200
Scott Frost +1400
Chip Kelly +1400
Neal Brown +1600
Lane Kiffin +1600
Mike MacIntyre +1600
Charlie Strong +1600
Willie Fritz +2000
Bryan Harsin +2000
Bobby Petrino +2500
So place your bets wisely. But if you choose to place your money on Dooley, you might as well just send me your money instead.
Tags: Blake Anderson, Bobby Petrino, Brent Venables, Bryan Harsin, Chad Morris, Charlie Strong, Chip Kelly, Derek Dooley, Lane Kiffin, Les Miles, Matt Luke, Mike MacIntyre, Mike Norvell, Neal Brown, Scott Frost, Willie Fritz
Arkansas State sells spring game coaching job for $11,700
Georgia spiced things up by giving fans a chance to design a play for the spring game. Arkansas State stepped things up a notch and gave a fan a chance to coach a game. this rare opportunity came at a price, but all for a good cause. The Red Wolves Foundation raised $11,700 in an ebay auction, giving Nick Bhardwaj a chance to pad his coaching resume.
Bhardwaj is the founder and CEO of Beyond Games, a developer of mobile games based out of San Francisco. According to the terms of the ebay auction, he will get the chance to coach Arkansas State for the entire spring game, provide the pregame and halftime speech to the team and a whole lot more. Bhardwaj will get to call the shots on big plays.
He will also get a traditional postgame Powerade bath from the team.
It’s official. I will be the head coach for the @ArkansasState football team this Friday. Amazing opportunity to learn from @CHbanderson.
— Nick Bhardwaj (@NickLukan) April 14, 2014
Even head coach Blake Anderson, who is in no way in danger of losing his head coaching gig of course, is excited to step back and let someone else take control in the spring game.
$11,700 WINNER WINNER CHICKEN DINNER… Can’t wait to meet the NEW Boss for Monster Mash. Gonna have a BLAST !!! Fast-Physical-FUN AStateFB — Blake Anderson (@CHbanderson) April 14, 2014
This is a fantastic way for Arkansas State to get a chance to jump out and make some headlines with the spring game,r regardless of how it works out. Best of all, this could become something that continues to be a tradition at Arkansas State for years to come.
And if the mobile game plans do not pan out, Bhardwaj may have a chance to get into the coaching game.
Arkansas State’s spring game is scheduled for Friday night, April 18.
Helmet sticker to Dr. Saturday.
Tags: Blake Anderson, Nick Bhardwaj
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Nintendo Switch Getting Classic NES Controllers
By Robert Workman - September 14, 2018 07:45 am EDT
As if the Nintendo Switch wasn’t getting enough awesome accessories already (like that GameCube controller and adapter), it’s set to become home to classic gaming NES fun!
During today’s Nintendo Direct, the publisher confirmed that it would be bringing specially designed NES wireless controllers to the system, set to work with the 8-bit classics that will be offered via the Nintendo Switch Online network, which launches next Tuesday. You can get a glimpse of them in action in the trailer above.
The controllers will sell for $59.99 for a set of two, and will be available to pre-order on Nintendo’s website starting on September 18. No word yet if they’ll be given any sort of retail release.
The controllers work specifically with the NES games offered through the Online service, so don’t expect to use them with, say, the Hamster Vs. Super Mario Bros. and forthcoming Excitebike and Ice Climber games.
While that’s a slight bummer, the fact you can use classic controllers with these games is a nice touch. What’s more, you can sync them up with your Switch and actually plug them into the sides, so you can charge them in-between sessions, then use them for play again.
Nintendo did provide a glimpse of some of the classics you’ll be able to play starting next week, and it appears that some third-party titles will be included in the Nintendo Switch Online lineup. These include Tradewest’s classic take on Double Dragon; Konami titles like Gradius; Capcom games like Ghosts ‘n Goblins; Technos’ River City Ransom; and more. Obviously, it’s mostly made up of Nintendo games like Pro Wrestling (“A winner is you!”), Excitebike, Mario Bros., Ice Climber, Dr. Mario and more. Nintendo also stated that it will update the NES library with more titles in the months ahead, so fingers crossed that we’ll see classics like Castlevania and Contra make the rounds, along with a few obscure favorites.
At $60, the controllers might be a hard sell for some; but for nostalgic fans that want to play games the old-fashioned way, they look like a must-have. And, hey, you don’t have to worry about super-short cables like you did with the NES Classic Edition, so there’s that.
We’ll provide a link to Nintendo’s page once pre-orders for the controllers go live!
Red Dead Redemption 2 on Xbox One Adds New Story Content and Big Missing Feature
Dungeons & Dragons' Critical Role Book is Trending Towards Some Huge Sales Numbers
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Mortal Kombat Kollection Online Reportedly Coming to PS4, Switch, Xbox One, and PC
Two New Silent Hill Games Reportedly in Development
Microsoft's Project xCloud Gets 3 Major New Additions
Two More League of Legends Champions Are Getting Updated Visual Effects
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Nat Gas / LNG
Canada Wants To Be Clean LNG Producer
Marina Schwarz June 29, 2018 in Nat Gas / LNG
A commendable ambition:
"Natural Resources Minister Jim Carr says Canada’s pathway to a clean energy future includes not only transitioning to renewable sources of energy but also technology that makes traditional fossil fuels cleaner to produce and burn."
However, doesn't this mean he has admitted Canada actually needs fossil fuels? The horror.
Jan van Eck + 5,197
This is political dancing between the socialist/greenie faction living in Ontario and the resolutely gasoline/diesel crowd of Alberta. Remember that at one point the governing Liberal Party promised the greenies that there would be this hefty carbon tax. That led to bleats of outrage in Alberta. So, now that the Conservatives have utterly demolished the Liberal Party in the Ontario provincial elections this month, to the point that the majority Liberals are not even a recognized Party in their parliamentary system, how do you hold it all together? Do the dance.
And who doesn't like cowgirl line dancing in cow country? Our boy Jim is going to get lots of practice!
ronwagn + 2,217
How are shale oil and natural gas doing in Canada? Are pipelines to the coasts ever going to be adequate for export demand? LNG facilities?
I have not kept up on Canada lately. Gave up due to Trudeau. Hoping Doug Ford will change the trends.
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-countries/articles/2018-06-28/prime-minister-justin-trudeau-faces-new-troubles-with-doug-ford?src=usn_li
Edited June 29, 2018 by ronwagn
2 hours ago, ronwagn said:
I would doubt that pipeline capacity is adequate, or will be any time soon. There is a discussion of taking the current Trans-Canada Pipe Line from Alberta up over the top of Lake Superior and down into Ontario and MOntreal, and converting it to run with reformulated Sands oils. I remain unconvinced. The gas pipe is on the surface for a long stretch, and you would have to blast a thousand miles of trench trough the precambrian rock to get it below the frost line. In theory you can heat the oil and the pipe; how practical that is, I dunno. But if you take the gas line and change it over to oil, then there goes your gas.
There are some lines that run from Alberta to Sarnia, Ontario, through the soils of the Dakotas, Minnesota, and Michigan. I know nothing about those lines.
To load in Montreal, you need more icebreakers. You might keep the shipping lines open to the Port of Sorel in winter. Or you can lay the lines all the way to Quebec City, hey who knows.
the idea that Doug Ford will create some instant improvement is dubious. Canada has a huge debt overhang, and the big manufacturing powerhouse, Ontario, has fallen apart due to decades of pathetic mismanagement. Just disgraceful. It is headed for a station in life like Greece.
Jan, thanks for the information. I would love to see Canadian oil and natural gas piped to both coasts. If the Alaskan PIpeline could be made to work it would seem possible and I have never heard that Canada faced a difficult topographic or climate problem greater than Alaska. I really do not know, however.
On 6/30/2018 at 8:41 PM, ronwagn said:
The Alaska Pipeline starts up at Prudhoe Bay in the North Slope and runs down to the Port of Valdez. It is only 800 miles of 4-ft pipe (and a pumping station every 65 miles). To run for the segment from Winnipeg to Ottawa across the top of Lake Superior would be perhaps 1,300 miles, and that is all on the solid rock of the pre-Cambrian shield. OK, so you don't try to blast a trench to down below the frost line, and build it as some elevated structure; how do you intend to keep the oil flowing? You would have to add a lot of diluent, and you would have to keep that oil heated. And those are formidable tasks, in difficult terrain. Can it be done? Probably. Is it expensive? Definitely. But your first problem is that the pipe is longer than in Alaska, 50% longer over the rocky part, and then add another thousand miles for buried pipe. So it ties up a lot of capital, to move oil that may not have a future. In terms of shipping costs, I doubt that you come in for less than rail, and the rails are already in place, no pipe to go build. There is this prejudice in the oilpatch against using rail, the thinking being that it is inherently more expensive. That is not the case. It gets more expensive due to monopoly pricing and management sloth. Both those aspects are directly addressable in the context of a dynamic competitive economy.
The real problem remains: is there an economic basis for Alberta tar sands heavy oil? Maybe not. And if not, then why build pipelines - unless you are duplicating the Channel Tunnel?
Jan, that is an excellent answer. You have an encyclopedic knowledge of the oil business.
If rail transportation is the answer what is the hold up? I know of the disasters. Is it capital? Are the railroads anemic? Tough Terrain again? Maybe you already answered this above. I just reread your comments of June 26. I am surprised the Chinese aren't offering the capital. Venezuela may be a better bet for all their interests including geopolitically.
Edited July 5, 2018 by ronwagn
11 hours ago, ronwagn said:
Sorry to disappoint, Ron, but my knowledge of the oil business is pretty much zero. I do have a large knowledge base in Canadian politics, having lived there for two decades and gotten sucked up in those politics. I also have a large knowledge base on rail. OK, so here goes. The Canadians are not keen on letting the Chinese get involved, and there is a "Foreign Investment Review Act" ["FIRA"] that acts as a barrier to those sorts of investments. That part is politics, of course. The rail business in Canada is a duopoly, with only two railroads that are "national," the Canadian National ["CN"] and the Canadian Pacific ["CP"]. Basically there are these two tracks, typically on the opposite sides of some river, that run across the country and in theory compete with each other, in practice simply engage in rate-setting until the government gets tired of it and intervenes in the tariffs.
Now Canada has this historical wheat-growing industry and practices "supply management," to prevent foreign buyers from using market muscle to impoverish the wheat farmers. So they set up the Wheat Marketing Board, to control export pricing and deliveries. To satisfy that, the Wheat Board then invested in this vast fleet of special wheat-carrying cars, all painted brown with gold lettering and "Canada Wheat Board" on the sides. The cars are hauled by the two RRs (and a number of small RR companies that operate on little branch lines, typically sold off by the two majors so they don't have to bother with light-use track) from the grain elevators to the ports. And that is where the problems begin.
The RR guys know that the wheat is only going to be moved by rail. So when there is demand for oil by rail, they let the grain traffic sit and go hault the oil cars. Those cars are typically owned by car-leasing companies, such as GATX, and the shippers pay a fee to use them per trip. Since the oil business just might go away, and it pays a premium, the RR guys CN and CP have been letting the grain "sit" and go haul the oil in oil-by-rail. The grain farmers have been screaming and the farmers vote!
Meanwhile back in about 1923 "somebody" built a rail line that runs from basically Winnipeg, Manitoba (OK, technically Thompson, with CN the connecting track, but not to quibble) some 500 miles to the port of Churchill, up on the left bank of Hudson Bay. It is only open for 4 months of the year due to Arctic ice, but the track is only 500 miles so it is a short run for grain. The RRs wanted to use that port for oil shipments, but the natives cringed, so it never happened. Meanwhile Canadian wheat customers started the long shift to Asia, so the grain was being headed over to West Coast ports. And there is not enough rail capacity to handle both oil and grain for that West Coast. And there is where the pressures started for Kinder Morgan to build that twinning pipeline to Vancouver (technically, Burnaby, but that is an inlet upstream from Vancouver).
So now the rail line to Churchill gets sold by the Feds to a short-line operator in Denver, called "OmniTrax," and the guy that owns that thinks he is a version of Donald Trump. He want s to play monopoly with his railroads, so when he bought the rail line he also bought the entire Port of Churchill installation, including the docks and the grain elevators, for the lump sum of about $16 million US. I recall his name as Pat Broe, something like that, I have never met him, don't really know much about him other than he made a ton in real estate like The Donald. So he buys the rail line and re-names it "Hudson Bay Railway" and his OmniTraxx company then owns the shares of Hudson Bay RR, which insulates his wallet from claims against the Hudson Bay. The story then goes that about 2015 he shuts down the entire Port operation and cuts back the RR to one train a week, claiming he is losing money, and he wants subsidies (probably, more subsidies) from the Province and the Feds to operate his RR. At one point that is given him. He leaves the Port closed, so now there is no Arctic deep-water port for grain shipments, or for anything else. And the supplies that used to come in by boat for the Inuit now come in on his creaky rail line which has had no serious maintenance since - OK, nobody knows, - figure WWII.
Then in Spring 2017 there is this big Spring melt of the snow and since the land up there is all flat and muskeg, the water cannot drain, so it builds up and floods, and the rail line washes out for some 130 miles in perhaps 30 places at least,, together with a bunch of bridges, so now the line needs some $50-60 million in repairs to even operate, and our man Broe simply leaves it shut, saying he does not have the money to fix. That part is not true, rather his subsidiary rail "Hudson Bay Railroad" has no money to fix, OmniTraxx has lots of coin, and Mr Broe is probably a billionaire anyway. So what is happening is the old Canadian sport of shaking down the Feds. And they refuse to bite.
So since about March or May 2017 there has been No rail line, and NO port, and the people all up and down the line can get their plywood by air or do without. And their broccoli, which now costs $7.80 a bunch in Churchill (that 4x8 plywood is $79.00). So you are getting into Gaza or Caracas pricing all because there is no rail line.
And meanwhile there is no outlet for Western oil, in or out, and that shifts permanent pressure on rail lines headed over the Rockies.
So Justin Trudeau, the son of the legendary Pierre Elliott Trudeau who was prime minister back around 1970, and is now the Prime Minister, goes and pays $3.4 Billion to Kinder Morgan to buy their worn-out first trans-mountain pipeline, and plans to complete the second twinning line, both to move oil and to free up rail capacity to move the grain. And here is the final wrinkle: there are at least 16 Native groups that have veto power over the pipeline, as Indigenous Peoples, who have "independent nation" status in Canada, and by the new Canadian Constitution have to be "properly consulted" on any project that affects their lands, and the Natives are against moving oil, so now that pipeline is all tied up in legal wrangling, probably for the next five years.
So there you have it: no line for the oil, little rail for the oil and the grain, sometimes no rail for the grain, one entire port shut in, nothing on the horizon to fix that rail line, and the shipping to the East Coast a dim prospect due to the thousand miles of hard granite rock to go blast through. Problems? Nah. Contract it out to the Americans, they get that fixed in a flash.
Edited July 6, 2018 by Jan van Eck
Tom Kirkman + 6,086
Well that ^ was certainly entertaining...
Jan, excellent answer but I guess I should let Canadians worry about it. Their greenies are benefitting the USA. as long as their influence doesn't change our current politics.
34 minutes ago, ronwagn said:
Unfortunately, their Greenies do not benefit the USA at all. Remember that Canada is the US's largest trading partner, although now neck and neck with China. The US and Canada have these highly integrated supply lines for all manner of products and services, and large numbers of businessmen and tourists historically have flowed over the common Border (less now, given that the USA requires Passports and those Border Crossing ID cards and has this aggressive border stance, which has seriously discouraged casual tourism). When the Greenies wreck things in Canada, the ripple effects come right back to the USA, and hit up here. If Canadian Wheat cannot get to market and just sits because the EPA requires ultra-high fumes standards on diesel locomotives and the Canadian locomotives routinely cross the Border, in what is in effect a common fleet, and thus new locomotives are not purchased and the industry ends up short of equipment, then the farmers cannot get paid and then do not buy new John Deere tractors and Ford pick-up trucks, and that hits US manufacturers. And you can duplicate that experience across millions of transactions that do not happen, so it hits US producers and thus US workers.
Meanwhile The Donald whacks Canada with those steel and aluminum tariffs, disrupting supply chains that have developed over decades. Donald thinks that some plant in the US can just go buy their steel from some US mill. It is not that simple. Steel today is rolled into sheet with large numbers of variables as to the specifications, and getting the same type of steel with equal tensile strength, finish, anti-corrosion treatment, ductility, formability, and lots of other aspects is not easy. In some cases it cannot be done, so the Canadian stuff gets bought anyway and now the US plant faces higher costs. Who benefits from that deal? And he has seriously ticked off the Canadians and once again they get all nationalistic, including restaurants pulling California wines off the wine list and refusing to serve Heinz ketchup. Note that the big Heinz plant in SW Ontario closed in 2104 and put 700 workers out of a job, so the Canadians now whacked a retaliatory duty specifically on US ketchup - the Heinz tariff. And that means the container manufacturer now loses that business volume also, because if the Canadians are refusing to buy US ketchup, then there is no need for US ketchup bottles either. Nor the caps to those bottles. Nor the trucks to haul it to Toronto.
We expect the Greenies to be whack-a-doodle screw-ups, and make a big mess of what they touch. Now we also have the American Administration making a big mess. Guess what: this is going to get expensive fast.
Jan, thanks for your feedback. Sounds like you have a lot more information than I do. I want the best for Canada and the USA. Seems like Canada is waking up to the damage that environmental extremism is doing to the economy. I hope the trade situation is worked out fairly and amicably.
Probably not. It will continue to deteriorate, because both sides are getting dug in and once it gets emotional, it takes decades to cool. As I write this, the US Border Patrol, never known for subtlety and nuance, is out there in those RIB boats, set up with twin high-hp outboards (probably built in Japan), roaring around the SW end of Grand Manan Island, in the Gulf of Maine where the Maine-New Brunswick Border extends out into the water. There is this one little island sitting out there which has been part of the boundary dispute for the past two centuries, never been resolved, but the locals of both countries both lobster in the waters around the island and are content and at peace with each other. Along come the Border Patrol boats and they start challenging the Canadian fisherman, demanding ID and searching the boats. The claim is they are looking for "illegal immigrants." Now the prospect that Canadian lobstermen are smuggling people from say Romania into the USA via some little boat all stuffed with lobster traps is ludicrous. It is classic boorish, indeed clownish, overreach by the Border Patrol louts, and guess what, in the current incendiary atmosphere that gets all the way back to Ottawa and the launching of Official Protests, especially because there is no clear status as to just who is in charge of those waters. And so you have Americans packing big cannons on their thighs deeply insulting some very ordinary fishermen and intimidating them from historical lobstering grounds, and that really does not go over big. Why do they do that? In short: Donald Trump. He sets the tone.
Sounds like a bad move if the lobstermen are all on the up and up. Hopefully, it will be resolved amicably and soon.
Dan Warnick + 1,860
20 minutes ago, Jan van Eck said:
Probably not. It will continue to deteriorate, because both sides are getting dug in and once it gets emotional, it takes decades to cool. As I write this, the US Border Patrol, never known for subtlety and nuance, is out there in those RIB boats, set up with twin high-hp outboards (probably built in Japan), roaring around the SW end of Grand Manan Island, in the Gulf of Maine where the Maine-New Brunswick Border extends out into the water. There is this one little island sitting out there which has been part of the boundary dispute for the past two centuries, never been resolved, but the locals of both countries both lobster in the waters around the island and are content and at peace with each other. Along come the Border Patrol boats and they start challenging the Canadian fisherman, demanding ID and searching the boats. The claim is they are looking for "illegal immigrants." Now the prospect that Canadian lobstermen are smuggling people from say Romania into the USA via some little boat all stuffed with lobster traps is ludicrous. It is classic boorish, indeed clownish, overreach by the Border Patrol louts, and guess what, in the current incendiary atmosphere that gets all the way back to Ottawa and the launching of Official Protests, especially because there is no clear status as to just who is in charge of those waters. And so you have Americans packing big cannons on their thighs deeply insulting some very ordinary fishermen and intimidating them from historical lobstering grounds, and that really does not go over big. Why do they do that? In short: Donald Trump. He sets the tone.
THAT is one of the very important and bad side effects of all this, Trump sets the tone. Here in the country that is my host the military took over by coup and then installed itself as the civilian "caretaker" interim government, until elections can be allowed in such a way that does not disrupt civil society. Translation: they like the power and don't want to cede control back to a bunch of civilians that don't understand, order is everything, don't question me! (Cartman: You must respect my authoritay!) Meanwhile, corruption is the game of the day and it filters all the way down through society (hey, it's good enough for the leaders and they aren't watching, so let's get in on the game!), all the way to and through the education system. It is disgusting and damaging, to say the least, especially since we've got a preteen in school. Normally, the school system is graded by the central government and it worked pretty well. Now, it is an envelope to the national testers and you're good to go. Leadership absolutely sets the tone, until a true leader stands up and does the old "we're mad as hell, and we're not going to take it anymore". Yeah, I know, that can't happen in the current polarized environment because it's likely to start the 2nd civil war (but where will the lines be drawn?).
2 minutes ago, Dan Warnick said:
Yeah, I know, that can't happen in the current polarized environment because it's likely to start the 2nd civil war (but where will the lines be drawn?).
I predict that it will take another four or five election cycles before the confrontations between the two modes of thinking resolve themselves. And that will be a very long time. And incidentally, I fault BOTH political parties for the mess, for their abusive behavior and mentality and flat refusal to open their primaries, and to seek to limit voting, and by their rapacious gerrymandering (of which Illinois and Maryland are apparently the worst offenders).
7 minutes ago, Jan van Eck said:
Yep! Ain't it grand! And I come from Illinois, Land of Lincoln, Honest Abe, Barrack Obama, Al Capone (and his current relatives in both parties). Illinois stands in ruins and the only thing people want to hear is that they have a budget. Help us Abe. Oh, that's right, they shot him. Next!
Yet, America has this long tradition of presidents doing overreach. Your. Mr. Lincoln had zero authority to go start a war against the seceding States. It is axiomatic that anyone who joins a confederation has the inherent right to peaceably leave. For an example of this in action (in more civilized realms), I point you to Canada, and the Vote inside Quebec on whether or not to leave official Canada, become independent, and then have an "association" with Canada (a concept known there as " sovereignty-association"). Or take a look at Scotland and its recent vote on leaving the United Kingdom. Now, that is how civilized people approach these matters. Your Mr. Lincoln bypassed COngress and started up his own little war, and my guess is that he figured it would be short and swift and decisive. 650,000 dead later, we note it did not quite work out that way. And that is the inherent problem with Presidents: they get wrapped up in their own ideas, and fail to look out from inside their Bubble. Oh, well.
Yes, ole Abe committed some fantastic crimes but, as president, he knew better than everybody else, didn't he? Not if you ask anyone in the south, he didn't (anyone white, that is), and I suppose quite a few in the north for that matter. I wonder if race relations would be different if the question had been addressed and worked out differently... Certainly possible. Some might say it would have taken longer, but I would counter that it still hasn't been worked out.
And now you know why I am a committed Monarchist. Save us all from the looming First Galactic Empire. (Why is it that with The Donald I think I am living through some surreal movie?)
Donald, I am your father, Donald (heavy breathing, heavy breathing, oh, it's Hannity. Ha-ha!).
Edited July 9, 2018 by Dan Warnick
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dafuge's FM20 challenge
By dafuge, November 2, 2019 in Challenges, Sign-Ups & Experiments
Zilla Blitz
Team: Minnesota United
Managing: Nuneaton, Vanarama National
30 minutes ago, yellowforever said:
Nuneaton Town - start of save update
I thought I'd just update the thread as to my progress so far. It's been a slow start, due to real life commitments and me taking ages to get to the first game every by excessively micro-managing as much as possible. Now I've got started I should be able to whizz through the games. Here's me in game.
Honestly I was suprised by the quality of player I was able to attract, and I'll attatch my transfers list to this post as I'm sure many of them will be available to anyone starting this challenge. It basically boiled down to looking at players at Premier League clubs who were set for release and under the age of 21, and then offering them 4 week trials until I could get a decent idea of what attributes they had. The one real exception to this was Giles Phillips who was transfer listed and played 26 games in League 1 the season before, so I just bit the bullet, offered him as much as I could afford and hoped he was good.
Some decent staff editions to look out for - Mark Preece who is my assistant with good stats, and Mark Robinson who is a HOYD with a Model Professional personality.
The team and tactics for the first game of the season were this, as we won 2-0. The media actually has us down as favourites to go up, which is bizarre but a testament to the quality of some of the players we've recruited. The question is whether they all gel in time. The one weird one was Idowu, who got annoyed from me signing Galbraith, asked to leave and so I just decided to get rid. Made a tidy profit actually, but would have preferred to keep him had he been happy.
I'll post back here at the end of my first season.
@Zilla Blitz. Here is Osbourne. Unfortunately he didn't want to renew his massive (1,400 pw!!!) contract with us. Would have needed him to half his wage.
Nice work! That sounds like a better strategy than I took. I took my Nuneaton from a predicted 22nd place to a predicted 23rd place in the three weeks I had with the team before the season started.
I'll have to find that Osbourne. He definitely wasn't with the team when I took over.
themonk9223
Managing: Margate
didnt do well last year, but decided again this year...
my manager;
did amazing first season managed a 7th place finish and cup final appearance!
had to add seats as a requirement as well as a rumoured take over.
media predictions for this year, hopefully a few additions should help us improve.
Superowl90
Team: Sheffield Wednesday
Managing: Sheffield Wednesday
So i have a big problem, Just finished my latest season and finished 2nd in league two which means 3 promotions in 4 years which is great, however i keep getting sacked for not managing wage budget even though i'm 4K under my budget...
The bonus of selling youngsters with huge sell on clauses comes to fruition.
Rashidi
KINGSTONIAN DIARIES - Journey's in a multiverse
Yes two seasons ago, I was managing Kingstonian, took them to the Champions league final and retired. Now we return once again to Kingstonian, take over a club and actually let the chairman make all the recommendations. In other words my scouts are basically....redundant, at least for the first season. Wasn't sure how it would go, because the first time I managed the club it was quite a challenge.
This time around I was hoping to try something different, with the Chairman's Picks, as I like to call them. Surprisingly he came in with a few recommendations that totally blew me away. We started preseason with an idea of playing two systems, but now with almost half of the first season done, we are basically just playing one system and on commentary mode for quite a few matches. I plan to feature 5 shows per season on Kingstonian on Youtube, I just feel that FM20 is a lot more easier than previous editions.
Preseason took me almost 6 hours, broken intermittently by watching the telly, a meal or simply a break, the regular season is going along quite well. Unbeaten heading into November, and I am already expecting a re-rating of expectations by clubs. Still wondering if our tactical system will be able to handle it.
This looks to be a very interesting season.
Team: Leyton Orient
Managing: Hornchurch
Hornchurch- 2nd Season 2021-22
We started the season with six consecutive draws, which didn't seem to bode well, but we found our more winning ways after that. Going into the final four matches of the season it was a 3-way race between Dover, our bitter rival Billericay and us.
https://imgur.com/ozz7JIt
With two matches remaining, we got a huge boost when 17th place Concord defeated Dover to allow us to move into 1st place.
https://imgur.com/CcuX3gh
We promptly defeated the still celebrating Concord in our penultimate match to remain atop the table.
https://imgur.com/zZ91xVr
A disconsolate Dover (who had been top of the table most of the season) struggled to a home draw against Wealdstone, leaving only Billericay with a chance- though we held a good goal differential on them.
https://imgur.com/zWnMbfH
In the ultimate uneventful final day of the season, a waterlogged home pitch postponed our last match against already relegated Welling, and Billericay lost to guarantee us the VNS crown.
https://imgur.com/zTTWz9U
We celebrated (along with anyone who wagered on us at 45-1 odds) our going up.
https://imgur.com/LHx1Ehq
https://imgur.com/UIqV4B5
We finished out with a win to celebrate with our fans.
https://imgur.com/IsHn0ZE
Our squad for the season:
https://imgur.com/7FqOo3E
and our Club Vision:
https://imgur.com/ucZQQEr
and our woeful financial situation:
https://imgur.com/vxN3tY8
(on a related note- we didn't receive any prize money for finishing 1st- a definite bug- which will not help our situation as we move into National play).
Been reloading a lot... Still not turned up either of the 'Casuals'
Having completed this with Folkstone last year, really want to try a casuals team.
Anyone found one?
oohlala111
Team: Buxton F.C.
Managing: Manchester United F.C.
Buxton FC 2021-22
Transfers IN | Transfers OUT | Finances | Fixtures 1 | Fixtures 2 | Cups | Table | Playoffs
If I was happy with my first season, I'm absolutely delighted with my second!
- My second summer transfer window began with the first monetary offer for one of my players, young talented LB Alex Brown. I wasn't sure if I really wanted to sell but we needed money anyway and I knew I could re-invest it into the squad. Many transfers later, our season finally got underway with a shaky, on-and-off start stretching to the end of September. We then played very well throughout the rest of 2021, with the exception of a disappointing December. Our best result during that period was undoubtedly the 6-1 destruction of a Curzon Ashton side eventually relegated to the BetVictor Northern Premier League after an extremely disappointing season. A New Year's Day loss appeared to continue the Auld Lang Syne curse that we fell under in season 1 but we then went unbeaten right until the end of the season with 2 defeats in our final 3 games. This was enough to secure 6th place in the league, giving us a shot at the playoffs.
- The playoffs were always going to be extremely difficult. At least 2 of the maximum 3 games that we could play would be away from home - the only exception being a potential home match vs 7th placed Alfreton if they too reached the final. However, we had to get there first; our first matchup was a trip to Aggborough to face Kidderminster. Both our league games there so far have had to be postponed due to a waterlogged pitch but this one very much went ahead as we edged a very tight contest to come out 1-2 winners. Our semi-final opponents were Boreham Wood, another tricky side that we would play away from home. This one was much closer as we played the full 120 minutes before we triumphed after a dreaded shootout.
The final saw us come up against South Shields, a side that we were yet to beat in 4 attempts. I didn't give us any chance at all at Mariners Park against a side that had accumulated 97 points during the regular season and only missed out on the title by 3 points to Boston United. As I expected, they came out and dominated from the offset and should've taken the lead a couple of times in the early moments of the game. However, we went into the break with a 0-1 lead and two late goals from Chippendale and De Girolamo sealed an unbelievable promotion winning victory for my side.
- Once again, we reached the FA Cup 4QR before a difficult tie - this time at home against AFC Fylde - saw us come unstuck. We did in fact take them to a replay but they stormed to victory 4-1 in that game. The FA Trophy was much more promising, however. My first game against bitter rivals Matlock was a 2-4 success and then we stunned everyone to defeat Macclesfield 0-2 away from home and put three past Boreham Wood at the Silverlands to set up a home tie with Vanarama South side Dartford. We played very well but they were simply more potent than us and took a 0-2 win to progress to the next round. Overall not bad in the cups given our opponents; hoping our automatic bye to the 4QR next season will give us a boost to reach the FA Cup Proper.
- Finances are even more of a mess now as we sit £600,000 in the red. This time I'm hoping we can get more money from the Vanarama National and perhaps get a money-spinning tie in the FA Cup if we can finally avoid the difficult draws and get a bit further. Good news is the board have increased our wage budget so we do sit below it for now, giving us some room for movement and indeed transfers/loans.
- Youth intake was dreadful, only found 3 players worth signing. The best of these is probably Mitchell Ashton 22A, but I don't see a future for any of them unless I can be pleasantly surprised. I still have high hopes for my best player from 2021's intake but we will just have to wait and see with that one.
Don't really know what to expect from my first season in the Vanarama National. Going to aim low and simply try to survive while gaining some much needed prize money through cups. Hopefully we'll do a bit better than that but it could really go either way!
Season League Position FA Cup FA Trophy Europe Notes
2020-21 National League North 10th 4QR Round 2 N/A None
2021-22 National League North 6th 4QR Round 3 N/A Promoted to Vanarama National
Here I go... Hitchin Town
Manager Profile - Day1
https://imgur.com/a/FtTbmnN
Edited November 26, 2019 by ATW
gedro2
Team: celtic and clydebank
Stalybridge Celtic end of 1st season report
board expectation was avoid relegation , final season placing 5th
won the play-off final on penalties and secured promotion at the 1st time of asking
poor performance in both FA Trophy and FA cup
won manager of the year
Roll on season 2
Edited November 27, 2019 by gedro2
Britrock
This season has been a bit of a struggle, but this has helped to make things feel a little better. A win over League Two Tranmere in the FA Cup 1st round
End of Season Review
League Table - The top three were all neck and neck with ten or so games to go.
League Fixtures 1, 2 & 3 - Other than Bristol Rovers beating us home and away, we were rarely troubled.
F. A. Cup - A fabulous win on penalties away to Premier League Norwich City, after a four all draw, in a replay was the obvious highlight. We then went out with a damp squib to Brentford in round four.
Carabao Cup - Very disappointing to lose in the second round, at home on penalties to fellow fourth tier side Mansfield Town.
Leasing.com Trophy - After winning our group, I played strong teams throughout the competition as I targeted it as a possible cup win. Unfortunately, we lost the Southern final at home to Fleetwood Town.
Pre Season Friendlies - Not as many upset wins this year, though we did beat Rangers again.
Squad - Very strong though we may be reliant on loans.
Squad Dynamics - Everyone still loves everyone else. Maybe lots of promotions is a good thing.
Transfers In 1 & 2 - I paid my first fees for players, though sales outstrip purchases by a big margin.
Transfers Out 1 & 2 - Some big sales and I also cashed in sell on clauses.
Finances - Very healthy indeed. This is purely down to player sales.
Thibault Dewaele - Teenage Belgian striker who became the first choice selection up front, after scoring 28 goals in his 41 appearances.
Mauro Berckmans - Another teenager from Belgium, this central midfielder broke into the side this season and became a regular starter after three years at the club.
Phil Starkey - Right winger signed on loan from Liverpool for the season on transfer deadline day. He was arguably our player of the season.
Vontae Daley-Campbell - Right back signed on loan from parent club Leicester City for the season. Far too good for League Two.
Alec Prior - Teenage goalkeeper signed on loan from West Bromwich Albion for the season. He had a fine season and has a big future, unfortunately elsewhere.
Can we achieve another promotion?
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2021/22 Poor = Basic = Poor = Basic = Average ↑ Fairly Basic = Local = (1.00*) =
2022/23 Poor = Basic = Below Average ↑↑↑ Basic = Adequate ↑ Average ↑ Regional ↑ (1.50*) ↑
2023/24 Poor = Basic = Average ↑↑↑ Basic = Exceptional ↑↑ Adequate ↑ Regional = (1.50*) =
Season Played Won Drawn Lost Goals For Goals Against Goal Difference Win Percentage Drawn Percentage Loss Percentage Goals For Per Game Goals Against Per Game
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2020/21 56 32 14 10 114 62 +52 57.14% 25.00% 17.86% 2.04 1.11
2021/22 60 ↑ 48 ↑ 9 ↓ 3 ↓ 132 ↑ 35 ↓ +97 ↑ 80.00% ↑ 15.00% ↓ 5.00% ↓ 2.20 ↑ 0.58 ↓
2022/23 53 ↓ 36 ↓ 12 ↑ 5 ↑ 114 ↓ 44 ↑ +70 ↓ 67.92% ↓ 22.64% ↑ 9.43% ↑ 2.15 ↓ 0.83 ↑
2023/24 60 ↑ 42 ↑ 9 ↓ 9 ↑ 148 ↑ 51 ↑ +97 ↑ 70.00% ↑ 15.00% ↓ 15.00% ↑ 2.47 ↑ 0.85 ↑
Overall Career Record
After Season Played Won Drawn Lost Goals For Goals Against Goal Difference Win Percentage Drawn Percentage Loss Percentage Goals For Per Game Goals Against Per Game Time At Club
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2020/21 56 32 14 10 114 62 +52 57.14% 25.00% 17.86% 2.04 1.11 325 days
2021/22 116 80 23 13 246 97 +149 68.97% ↑ 19.83% ↓ 11.21% ↓ 2.12 ↑ 0.84 ↓ 690 days
2022/23 169 116 35 18 360 141 +219 68.64% ↓ 20.71% ↑ 10.65% ↓ 2.13 ↑ 0.83 ↓ 1,055 days
2023/24 229 158 44 27 508 192 +306 69.00% ↑ 19.21% ↓ 11.79% ↑ 2.22 ↑ 0.84 ↑ 1,433 days
Trophy Haul
Season Competition Won
2021/22 Vanarama National League North.
2021/22 F. A. Trophy.
2022/23 Vanarama National League.
2023/24 Sky Bet League Two.
League Titles
1 x Sky Bet League Two (2023/24).
1 x Vanarama National League (2022/23).
1 x Vanarama National League North (2021/22).
Cup Competition Victories
1 x F. A. Trophy (2021/22).
Season Champions League Europa League League Position F.A. Cup League Cup Achievements
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2020/21 N/a N/a Vanarama National League North 2nd Fourth Qualifying Round N/a Reached third round of the F. A. Trophy. Lost in promotion playoff final.
2021/22 N/a N/a Vanarama National League North 1st Third Round N/a F. A. Trophy winners. Promoted as champions.
2022/23 N/a N/a Vanarama National League 1st First Round N/a Reached the fourth round of the F. A. Trophy. Promoted as champions.
2023/24 N/a N/a Sky Bet League Two 1st Fourth Round Second Round Reached the Southern final of the Leasing.com Trophy. Promoted as champions.
Edited November 29, 2019 by DazRTaylor
Danny_H22
Managing: FC United
FC United 2023/24 Season Review
Profile|Table|Transfers|Finances|Squad 1 2 3
Sky Bet League Two: Regular readers might remember that after last season I mentioned that things would surely slow going forward; well I was wrong. Another season, another promotion - after an impressive 3rd place finish. I will be honest, I was actually disappointed that we only finished 3rd after topping the league for a large chunk of the season.
Things started very slowly, five league losses in the first nine league games and I was sure that we would be lucky to finish in any position that isn't in the bottom 2. How wrong I was! The following 21 league games involved 18 wins and three draws, before Doncaster finally put a stop to that run. This sent us into a comparative rough patch with 8 wins, 3 draws and 4 loses in the remaining 15 games which sent us falling from top to 3rd. If you had offered me a third place finish at the start of the season, I'd have bitten your hand off, but after a 21 game unbeaten run, I really feel a bit hard done by.
The Emirates FA Cup: We have had some run cup runs over the past few years, but this wasn't one of them. Tamworth were no match for us in the first round, as we knocked two past them for the 2-0 win. The next round saw us facing off with AFC Wimbledon, a match that we had every chance of winning. Unfortunately win it we didn't. Possession and shots were on our side, but it is goals that count and the scored one more than we did as they ran out 2-1 winners
Carabao Cup: Drawing Hull in the first round was a little tougher than I had hoped and my fears were proven correct when they took the early lead. A lead they held until the 83rd minute when Malley stepped up and put away a penalty to draw us level. Turns out penalties were the theme of the game and five of our best faced off against five of their best from the spot. Turned out we wouldn't need five as they missed 4 on their way to a 2-1 penalty shootout loss.
Round two saw us face off against an impressively inform Leed Utd at Elland Road. Turns out we aren't quite on par with the Championship elite yet and they put five passed us as they marched on to a 5-0 win
Checkatrade Trophy: This was an annoying cup run. We shared a group with Hull, Norwich Under 23s and Wrexham and with form on our side, I was sure we could go far. We didn't. Hull beat us, Norwich beat us and a win over Wrexham wouldn't be enough to see us progress any further than the group stages.
Top Goalscorer: Michael Lee was always going to win this! The young local lad scored 37 goals in 50 games to make it 89 in 103 at his boyhood club
Most Assist: Jonathan Forbes has done something no other man has done during my time in charge of FC United - beat Joe West to the crown of most assists! He might not have lived up to the heights of the previous holder, but 13 assists in 31 games isn't a bad return
Honourable Mentions: Kieran Hughes came to me on a free last season after being released from our fellow red Manchester team, Man Utd. He didn't get too many chances last year, but a space opened up for him this time around and he did everything he could to secure that spot going forward. 36 games, 4 goals and 8 assists don't tell the whole tale of the impact he had.
The following two players weren't especially stand out performers, but they definitely deserve a shout out for being my first truly huge signings as FC United boss! The first was Leicester legend Jamie Vardy who joined us after being let go from Feyenoord. He went on to feature in 16 games - scoring 3 goals - in a frustrating stint at the club where he clearly was still capable but was let down by a complete lack of pace.
He was joined in the squad by a young scarlet by the name of James Milner, who at 39 years young still had fantastic mental attributes that would sure to be a benefit to my young squad. He appeared 15 times for us before a torn abdominal muscle put an end to his season and career.
Next Season Plans: Okay, this time I am certain that our form won't continue into League One. I won't make any predications on my league finish, but anything in the top half would be lovely. I feel like the Checkatrade is a winnable trophy for us so I will be trying hard to lift this come season end.
After some impressive years with our finances, we spent a lot of this season in the red. Turning professional, improving our training and youth facilities and increasing our stadium capacity was too much for us to handle and our figures showed. We stayed massively under our wage budget all year (50k a week spare!!), but that didn't help much, so increasing our finances need to be a priority next season
Season League Position Notes and Achievements
2020/21 National League North 3rd Lost in the Playoff Semi Final
2021/22 National League North 2nd Playoff winner
2022/23 National League 1st FA Trophy winner
2023/24 League Two 3rd
Edited November 27, 2019 by Danny_H22
Seeing Met Police in the list of saves makes me keen to give this a go. Every FM version I’ve played I’ve tried to get them promoted by holidaying...
Tivvy18
After missing FM19, I'm jumping back this year with Truro City. Slightly concerned that I won't be able to meet the expectation of a top half finish but I am comforted that at least one fan doesn't consider my reign as something to dread.
kingjericho
On 24/11/2019 at 22:40, kingjericho said:
I'm extremely sceptical about this preview. With the state of our facilities I doubt the intake will be as rosy as the preview is making it to be...
Huh, not that bad indeed I may use the most promising as a backup, which at least saves me one senior player's wage
Warrington - Vanarama National League North - 2020/21
League - After an inconsistent start we started to climb up the table, ending the regular season with our best run of form, which nearly saw us overtake Kidderminster.
Playoffs - no issues in the semi final but... in the final we were outplayed the entire match and in the penalty shootout we missed the 5th penalty which would have given us promotion.
FA Cup - I'm very pleased with this run as we beat bigger teams and as we went on some important money entered our pockets.
FA Trophy - Barrow play in the above tier and we gave them a good run, but it was not enough.
Squad - as usual at this level the fringe players are really poor, but I have to manage the wage budget and the non-contract players can be a big help.
Transfers - ten important arrivals which catapulted our team into another level of quality.
Finances - the FA Cup prize was crucial to keep us in the black.
Season Division Position Achievements
2020/21 Vanarama National League North 2nd
Hopefully we are not a one-season wonder team and can challenge for the title again, since I really don't want to subject my heart to the playoffs again.
Edited November 28, 2019 by kingjericho
Managing: St. Ives
@kingjericho Unlucky. I know that pain. 86pts is a great haul; doubt you won't be back up there next season for another try~.
League Table - We blew it. We were around ten points clear of third place at one stage, but a dreadful second half of the season cost us dearly.
League Fixtures 1, 2 & 3 - We won just seven games in the last twenty two league matches, which cost the club automatic promotion.
Promotion Playoffs - We played Oxford United , who beat us on the last day of the regular season to drop us from first to third, in the semi final and it was heartbreak again. 3-1 up on aggregate with three minutes to go, we somehow lost after extra time.
F. A. Cup - A big opportunity missed. A home defeat to MK Dons in a second round replay dumped us out. We were drawn to play a League Two team at home in round three had we won.
Carabao Cup - A disappointing performance at home to Blackburn Rovers in round three, put paid to any hope of a cup run.
Leasing.com Trophy - Once again, we won our group, progressing to the knockout stages. Once again, I fielded strong sides hoping to win the competition. Once again we lost in the Southern final, this time away to Hull City.
Pre Season Friendlies - An excellent pre season with some big wins, the highlight being a comfortable two nil victory over Arsenal.
Squad - After more player sales, we are severely lacking in depth.
Squad Dynamics - The poor run of form has meant the squad are not as close as they have been in previous seasons.
Transfers In 1 & 2 - I struggled to replace those who were sold.
Transfers Out 1 & 2 - Some big fees were received for my best players. We raised over £10 million in player sales.
Finances - Very healthy indeed, purely down to the player sales above. We are investing in the training & youth facilities.
Taylor Perry - Signed last season from Wolves for a bargain £60,000. He has come on in leaps and bounds this year. Also very versatile and can play in a number of positions.
Tim Breach - Championship quality central midfielder signed on loan from Manchester United. He had a fine season.
Sam Bell - Costing just £26,000 from Crystal Palace, this central midfielder has proved to be one of the best players at the club.
Nathan De Groote - Teenage Belgian left back who is too good for this league. He has a big future, unfortunately that future will be away from Bamber Bridge. I have already turned down numerous seven figure offers.
Darnell Fisher - Right back who arrived on a free transfer during pre season. Was a virtual ever present.
Promotion. Anything less would be a disaster.
2024/25 Fairly Good =(2.75*) = Continental Pro = 14 = 14 = 6 = 6 = 7 = 5 = 13 = 13 = 13 = 4 = 1 = 11 = 12 = 12 = 1 = 14 ↑ 14 ↑
2024/25 Basic ↑ Below Average ↑ Excellent ↑↑↑ Basic = Exceptional = Good ↑ Regional = (1.50*) =
2024/25 61 ↑ 32 ↓ 18 ↑ 11 ↑ 118 ↓ 64 ↑ +54 ↓ 52.46% ↓ 29.51% ↑ 18.03% ↑ 1.93 ↓ 1.05 ↑
2024/25 290 190 62 38 626 256 +370 65.52% ↓ 21.38% ↑ 13.10% ↑ 2.16 ↓ 0.88 ↑ 1,796 days
2024/25 N/a N/a Sky Bet League One 3rd Second Round Third Round Lost in the playoff semi finals. Reached the Southern final of the Leasing.com Trophy.
Edited December 1, 2019 by DazRTaylor
St. Ives 2029/30 Season Review
League Table Season Review Squad Transfers Finances
Well, we were overdue a step backwards. At least still comfortably away from relegation? 😅
Truth is we're not doing too badly — these 61pts would've still gotten us 10th last season — but the problems are obvious when watching the matches, perhaps underscored best by us sitting dead last in the Chances Created list. It's probably time to take the bull by the horns and make that 4-5-1 system I was planning work. At 75 goals conceded, only the bottom 3 teams have worse defensive records than us. By that metric alone, we should be relegated. That, coupled with a waning attack, doesn't make for pretty math.
Clifton broke his foot in his own testimonial 🤦♂️ and missed the first 3 months of the season. More concerningly than the time out itself, it has accelerated his decline and he only mustered 6 goals from over 30 appearances. I'd say that's now decidedly past his peak. As for other starting-squad players, Jackson isn't quite cutting it anymore either while Parker and Wood have retired. I'd say the transition to using only our own youth products is officially in full force.
Aim for next season: New system. Without getting relegated, please?
Season League Finish Notes
2029/30 Vanarama National 15th -
2028/29 Vanarama National 10th FA Trophy runners-up
2027/28 Vanarama North 1st League winners
2026/27 Vanarama North 2nd Lost in Playoff 2nd Rnd
2023/24 Vanarama North 5th Lost in Playoff 2nd Rnd
2022/23 Vanarama North 4th Lost in Playoff 1st Rnd
2021/22 Vanarama North 9th -
2020/21 Vanarama North 15th -
Question RE: Facility Upgrades
Hi guys, I have been playing a similar youth only challenge - so starting as a previously unplayable side, as you would on the Dafuge challenge - and encountered a problem where my youth training facilities were meant to have been completed by 22/9/21 in game and it has reached 25/22/19 and still no update, it just says 'planning'. However when you press the toggle between 'ongoing' and 'completed' requests it appears under 'completed'.
Has anyone else had such an issue, or know why this may have happened? I can see from this thread that others have completed upgrades so now I'm doubly as confused
G_D_K
Team: Cambridge United
Managing: South Shields Mariners
@schnauzer --- not sure if it's the same thing, but back a couple saves ago (FM15) I had an issue where my new stadium kept getting "delayed" --- I was in a rental share agreement for --- 3 years I think it was --- while stadium delays kept occurring. Might check your news articles and see if you've gotten similar reports.
Those of you motoring through the leagues, what is your best advice? I feel like I'm stuck going nowhere in the VNN with Scarborough and have taken a big step back this season. Where do you get the best free transfers or loans from?
yellowforever
Managing: River Plate & Nuneaton Town
35 minutes ago, Britrock said:
I'm not particularly far ahead but at the start the best place to look (imo) is youth players released by top Premier League clubs. Get them on 4 week trials instead of the time consuming scouting process.
If and when I give this a crack, it’ll be with Carshalton.
Great job having those saves there.
Scarborough Athletic 2023/24
Just an all round waste of a season. We were 13th in the league, after a terrible start I was worried it would be worse than that but we muddled through. The squad was changed a little, we had a few free transfers and loans come in, but no one really stood out. The cups were the only glimmer of hope, reaching the 2nd round in both and even beating Tranmere in the 1st round of the FA Cup. The rest of the fixtures were up and down at best. I'm looking for a total overhaul of the squad next year, these guys have mostly run their course now.
Season review | Best XI
HITCHIN TOWN 2020/2021
So season one has finally come to an end, took a bit longer than I thought it would. And what a eventful season it has been, leaving it to the last day of the season to survive the drop.
News Item showing Last Day Survival
https://imgur.com/aNR6mP5
Too many draws was the real problem, but the team battled away till the end, and the signing of central defender Scott Wara on a free in late January to shore up the defence was the catalyst the team needed, although I have to admit none of my transfers were a real disappointment, when available.
https://imgur.com/Vvl9ClQ
As for the rest of the competitions, the Board seemed very happy with my performance in the FA Cup, reaching the 4th Qualifying Round, losing to Torquay United. Unfortunately the FA Vase was nothing to write home about.
https://imgur.com/L50IrrS
Now to work on the new contracts and find a whole new squad as I remove pretty much all players in the first team squad...
CMU Chips
Season Four, 2022/2023 Vanarama National League - 2nd
Terrible end to the season as we fall from the top spot and lose in extra time in the playoff final thanks to a dodgy penalty. We also lost on penalties in the final of the FA trophy. The only good news is our finances:
Part of the new club vision when we got promoted was to sign 2-year contracts, so everyone will be back next year. Will be looking to improve defense if possible and probably another CM. Here are the transfers and squad stats. The board wouldn't agree to become professional, but I think we should compete for promotion again next year and hopefully they'll change their mind.
deadfncat
Team: Brisbane Roar & Norwi
First season in the PL. barely survived.
The money is insane now though. will be spending big in the offseason
League Table - There was no real loss of form, so we didn't blow it this year. We dominated from start to finish.
League Fixtures 1, 2 & 3 - We won a lot of games as we were just too strong for everyone else. For the first time since I arrived at Bamber Bridge, no one did the double over us.
F. A. Cup - A disaster. We were given a very tough draw in the first round, away to Coventry City and despite playing a full strength side, we were hammered four nil.
Carabao Cup - A decent enough run, as we made it to the third round before losing a tight game at St. James' Park, by four goals to three.
Leasing.com Trophy - For the third year running we won our group and unlike the previous two seasons, we made it to the final, where we thrashed Tottenham Hotspur's Under 23's by four goals to nil.
Pre Season Friendlies - An excellent pre season campaign, with the six five defeat to Bournemouth being the most entertaining. We beat Tottenham Hotspur and Chelsea, the latter by five goals to one.
Squad - We have some quality young players, though they keep getting poached.
Squad Dynamics - Everyone still gets on with everyone else.
Transfers In 1 & 2 - I did spend some money, though not a great deal as players wanted too much in wages and we are restricted by Financial Fair Play.
Transfers Out 1 & 2 - Some big sales as we raised over £30million in transfer fees.
Finances - With the Financial Fair Play restrictions, we have a lot of cash but I cannot spend it! This should change in the Championship.
Andrea Faedda - Signed on loan from Liverpool for the season, the Italian striker had a fine season, notching 27 goals in his 51 games. He has already agreed to remain on loan next season.
Tim Breach - This was the second season on loan from Manchester United and the central midfielder was sensational, scoring 15 goals, with 8 assists in his 42 appearances.
Ian Sedgwick - Versatile defender originally signed on loan from Manchester United for the season. His form was so good, the move was made permanent in January for only £400,000.
Kiko Julve - Teenage Finnish winger who signed on a free transfer after being on trial for two season. A Premier League player in waiting.
Miguel Azeez - Released by Arsenal, the free transfer acquisition dominated games from midfield.
A top half finish would be terrific.
2025/26 Good ↑ (3.25*) ↑ Continental Pro = 14 = 14 = 6 = 6 = 7 = 5 = 13 = 14 ↑ 13 = 4 = 1 = 11 = 12 = 12 = 1 = 15 ↑ 14 =
2025/26 Below Average ↑ Adequate ↑ State Of The Art ↑ Basic = Exceptional = Exceptional ↑ Regional = (2.00*) ↑
2025/26 58 ↓ 43 ↑ 9 ↓ 6 ↓ 139 ↑ 46 ↓ +93 ↑ 74.14% ↑ 15.52% ↓ 10.34% ↓ 2.40 ↑ 0.79 ↓
2025/26 348 233 71 44 765 302 +463 66.95% ↑ 20.40% ↓ 12.62% ↓ 2.20 ↑ 0.87 ↓ 2,166 days
2025/26 Leasing.com Trophy.
2025/26 Sky Bet League One.
1 x Sky Bet League One )2025/26).
1 x Leasing.com Trophy (2025/26).
2025/26 N/a N/a Sky Bet League One 1st First Round Third Round Won the Leasing.com Trophy. Promoted as champions.
League Table Playoffs Season Review Squad Transfers Finances
Switched to a 4-2-3-1 and would ya' look at that, I have half a mind to say it worked out! The playoffs didn't, of course, but I'm optimistic. I expected this to be a tough transitional year, but instead we're doing better than ever. Can't complain about that.
From a long term perspective, bagging more pts than our previous best without relying as heavily on the old guard gives me hope. I need a system that the younger players can slot into easily without us asking too much of them and this appears to fit pretty well. There's still work to do for the defenders in this regard — their ratings suffer quite a bit without two DMs sweeping the space in front of them — but that's a team balance problem that I think I can address, as opposed to the worry I used to have that the quality of our players just wouldn't be enough.
£185K in debt again, so new takeover rumors are going around. Then again if I know this chairman right, he's about to push two big cash injections mid June to shut everyone up. Riiight?
Aim for next season: Playoffs.
2030/31 Vanarama National 7th Lost in Playoff 1st Rnd
Basschaapje.2
On 27/11/2019 at 13:18, DazRTaylor said:
Can u show us your tactic cause dammm
League - we struggled with consistency and our defense was very permeable, we barely scraped a playoff place.
Playoffs - our stay here didn't last long, with Gateshead completely dominating us.
FA Cup - disappointing as we never had the chance of a big pay day.
FA Trophy - an embarassing loss to a non-league team.
Squad - I'm unsure as to if the quality of this group is enough to achieve more than we did, but we are tight financially.
Transfers - only free agents once again, there's plenty of good players on a free at this level.
Finances - what was good last season now is far from good.
2021/22 Vanarama National League North 7th
As the board's demands are higher each season, they and myself too are expecting to reach the playoffs again.
Well this is nerve-racking. This is the state of the league with 2 games left, with my next game against ... Chelmsford!
I will complete my season tomorrow. Five games to go and I am second. Very very tight.
Scarborough Athletic 2024/25 season
We did it! Champions! We beat Chelmsford 3-1 in that title decider, then beat Chorley 2-1 on the last day of the season to wrap up the title and avoid the playoffs. It was a fairly consistent season, but there were a few bumps along the way. We started well and got 7 points clear at one point, only to fall apart for a few weeks in January and end up 7 points behind, before pulling it back together for the run in to end up top. It was probably the busiest transfer season I've had, I offered trials to every Premier League and Championship player who's contract ran out in the summer and signed every one that had League Two or better potential. At one point I didn't have a starting GK in the squad as I'd accidentally let my previous one's contract expire!
Stand out players were Ryan Davis up top, who banged in 21 league goals, Matthew Fletcher on the wings, Remi Savage (one of the few holdovers who realised his potential finally) at the back and Archie Jones on loan from Peterborough in the middle of the park.
The cups were a disappointment, out in the 3rd qualifying round for both.
The finances started really dropping this year, the board allowed me to spend a bit more on wages and the ex-Premier league guys aren't cheap so I maxed it out and we're in the red for the first time as a result.
Next season I just want to survive!
Best XI | End of season awards | Season Review | Injury Report
Edited December 4, 2019 by Britrock
greenWhale
Team: Celtic
Managing: Barwell (Dafuge challenge)
Currently holidaying. Will be picking some of the first teams I come across this year. Itching to get a good FM run after Loren then 3 years.
Almost got in the premiership with Redditch on FM 2018. Fingers crossed. 😁
Barwell FC has found a new manager in Steve Djohnson, an unkown Belgian manager.
17 hours ago, Basschaapje.2 said:
Can you show us your tactic?
Vipertitan
Team: Newcastle United
Managing: South Sgields
Decided to try this with my home town team, as i live ten fifteen away from the club and go to few games when i can get time off work,
Manager Style
First inbox
Current first Team
Club Vision
League Table - An excellent campaign that saw the club promoted as runners up.
League Fixtures 1, 2 & 3 - We had a shocking start, losing our first three games before recovering. Our form deserted us in the new year and we nearly blew promotion, despite having a ten point lead over third placed Huddersfield at one point.
F. A. Cup - A cracking cup run all the way to the semi final before losing to West Ham after extra time. The win at Anfield over a weakened Liverpool was particularly pleasing.
Carabao Cup - A good run to the fourth round, before losing narrowly at Chelsea.
Pre Season Friendlies - For the first time, we had an unbeaten pre season, with wins over both Manchester clubs, City & United, being the highlights.
Squad - We do need more depth, though we have a solid fifteen or so players.
Squad Dynamics - Everyone still gets on with everyone.
Transfers In 1 & 2 - For the first time, I spent a sizable amount of money as I launched a promotion bid.
Transfers Out 1, 2 & 3 - Close to £60 million was raised in player sales with over half of that on one sale.
Finances - Very healthy, largely due to player sales. We have even managed to pay for our new stadium in cash, with no loan required.
Lluis Bezares - Spanish central midfielder signed on loan from Real Madrid. He had a phenomenal year and I am doing everything I can to secure him for another season.
Tim Breach - Another solid season from the Manchester loanee in central midfield. I would love to sign him permanently.
Sam Wootten - The left winger we have craved for a while. Costing only £6 million from Manchester United, the twenty year old terrorised defences all season.
Miguel Azeez - Also a midfielder, he had a fine season.
Ryan Howell - Left back on loan from Everton, he was tremendous for the season and is someone else I would like to bring in permanently.
Seventeenth place would be fantastic!
2026/27 Good = (3.25*) = Continental Pro = 14 = 14 = 6 = 6 = 7 = 5 = 13 = 14 ↑ 13 = 4 = 1 = 11 = 13 ↑ 12 = 1 = 15 ↑ 15 ↑
2026/27 Adequate ↑ Average ↑ State of the Art = Top ↑ Exceptional = Exceptional = National ↑ (2.50*) ↑
2026/27 55 ↓ 34 ↓ 11 ↑ 10 ↑ 119 ↓ 57 ↑ +62 ↓ 61.82% ↓ 20.00% ↑ 18.18% ↑ 2.16 ↓ 1.04 ↑
2026/27 403 267 82 54 884 359 +525 66.25% ↓ 20.35% ↓ 13.40% ↑ 2.19 ↓ 0.89 ↑ 2,525 days
2026/27 N/a N/a Sky Bet Championship 2nd Semi Final Fourth Round Promoted as runners up.
End of season update 21/22 Leiston.
A far better season than expected. Finished the season as winners (review) with just a single loss and quite a few draws. As the previous seasons I probably signed too many players having a large squad, but that also helped keeping the injuries down. A lot of the players are good for this level but the center defense is what really made the difference. Saul Milavanovic (previously Norwich) and Levi Laing (previously Arsenal) just played amazingly. It does seem a lot easier this year to sign ex PRM youth players. Like striker Harry Pitcher (also previously Norwich)
The cup runs were good. With some lucky draws it went to the 4th round in the FA, where Leeds got the upper hand in a 5-2 whooping of our meager team. The FAT was a sad exit in the Semi Finals.
Finances are good, mostly due to the Leeds game, but also since the owner is a cheap bastard. Every attempt to get anything upgraded has been turned down. Even went with a dispension, instead of upgrading the venue to league standards. For next season he decided to rent a stadium, instead of investing.
Only thing he agreed to upgrade is my training badge, which is currently studying to Continental C.
With the current central defense on contract (for now) the areas most needing improvement are DR/DL and wingers.
OrToDaRy282
Team: KSC Lokeren
Managing: Minyor Pernik (Youth Only)
15 hours ago, DazRTaylor said:
This goes beyond anything I believe in what should be realistic and working...
I don't get my head around it.
And your results... i'm sorry sir, but you just seem like some save-scammer who likes to brag.
If not, kudos. But could you explain me the logic behind the tactic then?
7 hours ago, OrToDaRy282 said:
If you have nothing to add, it is probably best you don’t add anything at all.
A save scammer? What total and utter nonsense and very insulting to boot. If this was true, why have I failed to gain promotion twice? Oh, that doesn’t fit your narrative.
I know other players, including a moderator of this very forum, who has won promotion every season from the start for the last two FMs and yet you don’t criticise them. You total and utter hypocrite.
It is comments like yours which is precisely why I walked away from the Career Forum. I am sick and tired of being accused of stuff I just don’t do.
As for the formation, 4-1-4-1 is actually quite a common formation. Maybe you should try it.
Nuneaton Town Season 2020/21
Season Review - Table - Transfers - Finances - Profile - Squad
Been a long time coming! Had to pause this while I worked on my Gallardo replication tactic, but we did eventually make it up in the playoffs, beating a sturdy South Shields team 1-0 in the final with 10 men. Honestly, very happy with the results but disappointed with the process. We got promoted which was the aim, but for the life of me, I just could not get my team firing goals. Best defence in the league, 7th best attack, with only one player in the squad getting double figures in goals in all competitions. We had a poor start as it took me a while to sort everything out. It's been a while since I've played at this level, and finding out what exactly works and all that took time. Once everyone gelled, we flew up the table into the playoffs. Next season the aim is to score some goals and finish in the top half. The playoffs at this level are such a lottery so if we could just squeeze in, who knows?
Not bad. Slowly inching our way up the table. I like it!
Clifton retired and Turner left. I was sad to see them go, especially Clifton after so many good years, but in truth neither would've gotten many minutes. I guess time comes for everyone...
Atkins had a bit of an off season. I mean he did score in the FA Trophy final — heck, he's one of few who actually likes big matches — but 12 league goals is not enough and too many came from a handful of matches we dominated. What I need is regularity. Luckily Harrison had the time of his life from AM, essentially doing the work of another striker and a playmaker, and Seeby has been contributing healthily as well. Now if only I could get all these guys to perform in the same season...
Another FA Trophy final, another loss. At least the pay is good? Shored up our finances, and it's a good thing because the board never came in with those cash injections I was anticipating. I should probably prioritize this competition to raise money for facility upgrades. Definitely feels winnable.
Aim for next season: Another go at the playoffs?
2031/32 Vanarama National 4th Lost in Playoff 1st Rnd, FA Trophy runners-up
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So after a couple failed attempts at the youth challenge i have decided to give up and start over with this challenge! Sticking with Carshalton. Hopefully i can get out of the National South!!
Managers Profile
Best XI
League - I wanted to see more consistency but with an unstoppable Kettering, second place was the best we could aim for.
Playoffs - the semi final was one sided, but we fell once again in the final thanks to a 119th minute penalty.
FA Cup - we did the minimum to please the board and gather around €40k.
FA Trophy - I don't care much about this competition but we should have beat Alfreton.
Squad - definitely a better squad than last season, but some positions especially in midfield could use one or two better players.
Transfers - the usual ins-and-outs of the free agent market.
Finances - several cash injections from our board are keeping the numbers manageable.
There always seems to be a team that's way better than the rest. Until that team is us, all I can do is try not to die in the playoffs again.
Interesting season review...
- Another great season for us! We only lost two games throughout August and September and that set up a very successful base for our league campaign. A few losses followed during a shaky October and our closing 2022 run wasn't brilliant but we were arguably even better in the second half of the season going into 2023, drawing game after game but very few losses. A disappointing March and April put our playoff hopes very much in doubt but a double header vs Barnet and Southport confirmed the inevitable relegation to the 6th tier for both sides and a backs-to-the-wall victory over York City at The Silverlands, coupled with Aldershot suffering a surprise defeat at the hands of Halifax Town, saw us into 7th place and an unlikely playoff spot after our first season in the Vanarama National.
- A difficult draw away to Notts County in the first round of the playoffs, but we stunned them with a 1-2 victory. We were guaranteed another away draw in the semi-finals and our opponents were Northampton Town; we took them to extra time but ultimately they were the better team and deserved to win. Another year in the Vanarama National but we superseded my expectations so overall I'm happy.
- We did pretty much as expected in the FA Cup as we beat Blyth 0-1 to reach the 1st Round. I really wanted to go far this year but we were sent to the Pirelli Stadium and so a 3-2 defeat sent us packing - not embarrassing but certainly disappointing to go out fairly early. However, we definitely made up for that disappointment in the FA Trophy. We edged out lower league opponents Biggleswade Town before consecutive 1-1 away draws and 0-0 home penalty victories over Harrogate and York saw us only two rounds away from the final. We took on Dulwich Hamlet, top of the Vanarama South at the time, and defeated them 1-0. Unfortunately for us, a 90th min penalty away at Billericay was the deciding factor in our two-legged semi final tie as we could only manage a 1-1 draw at home and got knocked out at the final hurdle.
- Made yet another loss and we're over £700k in the red. Really need promotion to League 2 ASAP as there are no signs of a takeover just yet. Gonna try and arrange some friendlies vs Prem clubs to get money in the summer, however.
- Youth intake ain't even worth talking about, my best is a 2/3* PA. Awful.
Aims for next season are to build on this season's league finish and hopefully go further in the FA Cup, draw permitting.
Season League Position FA Cup FA Trophy Europe Notes
2020-21 National League North 10th 4QR Round 2 N/A None
2021-22 National League North 6th 4QR Round 3 N/A Promoted to Vanarama National
2023-23 National League 7th Round 1 Semis N/A Playoff Semis
Edited December 7, 2019 by oohlala111
Season Review (Season Three, 2022-23)
Table / Position Graph / Squad / Finances / Transfers / Manager Attributes / Manager Character / Facilities / Annual Injuries / Competitions / Reputation / Club Vision
Season Three was perhaps one of the most....miraculous....seasons I've ever had in FM. My goal was to improve my defense this season, as that was my primary weakness, and sign a striker or two that might generate a little more scoring. I succeeded in both areas -- completely replacing my back 4 (my center backs in particular - Jamie Bradley Green and Ed Cook -- made a huge difference, especially in aerial defense). DL Yfeko and Dutch DR Pata did their part as well, and the four together ensured a top-4 defense for the league.
On the other side of the pitch, I already had signed Bradbury late in the previous year, and as a target man he was tremendous. 13 League goals (and 6 assists) in 39 (2) appearances, 8 Cup goals and an assist would have put him top of our team.....last season. However, I also signed one Tom Fielding, who was released by L2 Mansfield, to be Bradbury's partner. Fielding put all team records to shame, netting 22 times in 35(5) appearances (good for 3rd in the league). He added another 6 cup goals and 2 assists. The two would pace the team to the #1 spot in league goals with a total of 79. Sadly, it looks like we won't be able to retain the services of Fielding in the coming season, as his aspirations are a bit higher than he thinks we can achieve.
Of course, every defense and offense needs a link up, and our midfield trio of Dunk, Sakyi, and Morphew, returning from last season, teamed up for 12 goals and 24 assists of their own. Together with a few youngsters from the first two seasons (mainly the first season), and a few rotation players added, we managed a very solid squad.
So...just how did the squad perform? Poorly, at first. We managed only 3 wins and a draw in our first 8 matches in August, and it was looking a bit dicey early. But then, team cohesion started to kick in, and our tactical familiarity improved as well. We lost two in September winning 5, and improved again in October -- this time to 6 wins and a loss. That loss (0-2 vs Darlington), would be the last league loss we would suffer all season. For the record, we would finish the season with 27 straight league matches without a defeat, and break a team record with 18 straight matches (all competitions) w/o a defeat.
We had a total point haul of - ONE HUNDRED AND THREE POINTS!!!!!
As I said, one of the most incredible seasons I've ever had in FM.
There are some concerns, however. We are still deep in debt --- more than £500K and diving. Our FAC run gave us a little reprieve, but our lush draw vs EPL Leeds did little to alleviate the situation (our packed 3K stadium for the home match netted....£50k in gate receipts). The chairman, rather than inject any money into the club, has decided (not once, but twice), that the way to make up a £500K deficit is to reduce wage allowances (first from my starting wage budget of £4.7K/wk to £3.9K/wk, then to £3.5K/wk). By my calculations, a savings of £1.2K/wk will make up that £500k deficit in only....415+ weeks or so! Way to budget, chairman! (I still wanna pretend I'm playing CKII and.....never mind....)
So....onward to the Vanarama National League we go. At a wage budget that is bottom 4 in the VNLN. (Update -- okay, we've gotten approved for a wage budget of £6.2k/wk for next season -- which is still likely bottom of the VNL). Oh....and did I mention Tom Fielding? I won't be having him again it looks like
Promotion / Playoffs
Playoffs? We don't need no stinkin' playoffs! We made top spot with...13, 14 left to play, and though Halesowen and Hereford both tried to keep close, we had secured the title with several matches left to play.
Cup Competitions
We achieved our goals in the FAT, reaching the 2nd round. Along the way we managed a 5-1 3QR victory over Blyth, a 2-2 draw vs Hartlepoole which lead to a 3-1 victory in the replay, before succombing to Chelmsford 3-1 (their revenge match after our FAC match earlier).
We certainly overachieved in the FAC -- 4QR was the expectaion, and we easily made it to that level with a 1-0 win over Grantham and a 2-0 win over Nuneaton Boro. That led to perhaps the most exciting match of the season -- our first of many meetings vs Chelmsford. This match went to penalties, after the scores were level 3-3 after regulation, and 5-5 after extra time was played. The ref was in the mood to play as well, and his scorecard read 7-6 in the yellow card department! The shootout was interesting, with both first takers having their shots saved. IN the end, Chelmsford had 4 misses and we went thru to the 1st round.
This round saw us draw a very-out-of-form Newport County (L2), who were on a terrible run of form. We, on the other hand, were just breaking into our form (our final league loss of this season would have been 3 weeks before this match), and we took advantage of Newport's frailties -- and it was Hero of the Season Fielding with a pair of goals (8, 52) giving us the winning margin despite Newport going up early in the 5th minute.
A 1st round win set us up for another matchup vs Curzon Ashton (VNLN), a team we faced several times earlier in this and previous seasons -- and despite it being away at The Thameside, we prevailed, with both strikers (Bradbury/Fielding) leading us to a 2-1 victory, and a potentially huge FAC3R draw.
And, our third round draw was big --- pitting us against EPL Leeds. Unfortunately (for us), it was a home match, and our packed stadium of 3000 brought in a total of £50K in gate receipts --- barely a drop in the bucket compared with our debt. And...yes...Leeds was too much for us, and we went out 3-0 without putting up much of a fight.
Oh well...onwards, and upwards! Or, something.
Best XI Inductees Five new players were deemed good enough to enter the Historical Best XI -- Tom Fielding being an instant choice (and one that I expect to see on this list for quite a bit longer). Additionally, Harvey Bradbury, Tommy Best, Jamie Bradley-Green, and Ed Cook also were inducted.
Historical Best XI
Fans Player of the Season It wasn't quite unanimous, but Tom Fielding (22 League/6 Cup goals, along with another 6 assists, and a 7.38AvR), was the only choice in the voting, garnering 78% of the votes. Fellow Striker Harvey Bradbury (21 goals/6 assists) got 15% of the vote, while newcomer DR Ilounga Pata got 5%.
Signing of the Season Did I mention Tom Fielding at all?? Absolutely instrumental in our season-long run. Okay, he ended 3rd on the league leaderboard for goals scored too!
Young Player of the Season Let's just round it out by introducing Tom Fielding as the young Player of the Season as well.
End of Season Stats -- Fielding dominated with Top Goalscorer, Highest AvR, and most PoM awards, while Morphew got most assists and Sakyi best pass completion. On a negative side, Cook (11) got most yellow cards, while Sakyi and Yfeko tied for most red cards (1).
Youth Intake Top Graduate
Season 1 Karl Ward, Midfield could slot into the wide spots of my 4-4-2 and 4-1DM-3-2 Wide formations. Rates to be better (if he reaches his potential) than my current wingers.
Season 2 GK Tommy Black was deemed the best of a very lackluster crop. This class was so bad I took the rare (early-challenge) step of only signing 5 of the class to a youth contract.
Season 3 AM(C)/AM(R), ST(C) Marc Baxendale could potentially develop into something useful, at least for the lower levels, but I can't see a long-term future for him.
TEAM, INDIVIDUAL, AND LEAGUE RECORDS
A host of records were set or broken this year: (* denotes ongoing record -- bold indicates record broken this year)
Needham Market -- Team Records
Highest League Position -- 1st in Vanarama North (2022/3) / Previous record -- 8th in Vanarama North (2021/22)
Lowest League Position -- 15th in Vanarama North (2020/21)
Most Points in a Season -- 103 (2022/23) / Previous Record -- 73 (2021/22)
Fewest Points in a Season -- 57 (2020/21)
Most League Wins in a Season -- 32 (2022/23) / Previous Record -- 20 (2021/22)
Fewest League Wins in a Season -- 15 (2020/21)
Most League Defeats in a Season -- 19 (2020/21)
Fewest League Defeats in a Season -- 7 (2022/23) / Previous Record -- 13 (2021/22)
Most League Draws in a Season -- 13 (2021/22) / Previous Record -- 12 (2020/21)
Fewest League Draws in a Season -- 7 (2023/23) / Previous Record -- 12 (2020/21)
Most League Goals in a Season -- 79 (2022/23) / Previous Record -- 73 (2021/22)
Fewest League Goals in a Season -- 48 (2020/21)
Highest Attendance -- 3000 (vs Leeds, FAC3R, 31 Dec 2022) / Previous Record -- 884 (vs Bost Utd, VNLN, 6 Mar 2021)
Highest Gate Receipts -- £47.67K (vs Leeds, FAC3R, 31 Dec 2022) / Previous Record -- £10.23K (vs Maidon & Tiptree, FAC2QR, 19 Sept 2020)
Average Attendance -- 416 (2020/21)
Lowest Attendance -- 286 (vs Halesowen (H), VNLN, 31 Aug 2021) / Previous Record -- 301 (vs Matlock, VNLN, 17 Apr 2021)
Biggest Win -- 5-1 (vs Blyth (H), FAT3QR, 19 Nov 2022) / Previous Record -- 4-0 (vs Scarborough Athletic (H), VNLN, 12 Feb 2022)
Biggest Defeat -- 1-5 (vs Harrogate (A), VNLN, 26 Dec 2021) / Previous Record -- 2-4 (vs Merthyr (A), VNLN, 20 Oct 2020)
Highest Scoring Match -- 5-5 (vs Chelmsford (H), FAC4QR, 15 Oct 2022) / Previous Record -- 4-5 (vs Brackley (A), VNLN, 27 Nov 2021)
Highest Scoring League match -- 4-5 (vs Brackley (A), VNLN, 27 Nov 2021) / Previous Record -- 4-2 (Vs Tamworth (H), VNLN, 29 Aug 2020)
Most Matches Won in a Row -- 7 (4 Jan - 19 Feb 2022) / Previous Record -- 3 (19 - 26 Sept 2020)
Most Matches w/o Losing -- 18 (10 Jan - 22 Apr 2023) / Previous Record -- 15 (4 Jan - 16 Apr 2022)
Most Matches Lost in a Row -- 4 (15-25 Aug 2020)
Most Matches w/o Winning -- 5 (20 Sept - 4 Oct 2021) / Previous Record -- 4 (15-25 Aug 2020)
Most Matches w/o Scoring -- 3 ( 13-27 Feb 2021)
Most Matches w/o conceding -- 5 (7 Feb - 4 Mar 2023) / Previous Record -- 3 (19-26 Sept 2020)
Needham Market - Individual Records
Most League Goals by a Player -- 38 -- Luke ingram
Most Overall Goals by a player -- 28 -- Tom Fielding (2022/23) / Previous Record -- 18 -- Harrison Nee (Coventry) (2021/22)
Most League Appearances by a player -- 335* (Kieran Morphew) / Previous Record -- 303* (Kieran Morphew)
Most League Goals by a Player -- 22 -- Tom Fielding (2022/23) / Previous Record -- 16 (Harrison Nee (Coventry) (2021/22)
Highest Average Rating -- 7.23 (Harrison Nee (Coventry) (2021/22) / Previous Record-- 7.11 -- Connor Barret (2020/21)
Youngest Player -- Thomas Quinn -- 16y209d (vs Altrincham (A), VNLN, 24 Apr 2021)
Oldest Player -- Harrison Dunk -- 32y 4d (vs Chelmsford (H), VNLN, 22 Apr 2023) / Previous Record -- Marcus Garnham -- 31y 11d (vs Blyth (H), VNLN, 26 Dec 2020)
Fastest Goal -- Harrison Nee -- 13 s (vs Darlington (A), VNLN, 16 Apr 2022) / Previous Record -- Luke Ingram -- 1m45s (vs Southport (H), VNLN, 16 Jan 2021)
Most goals in a Match -- 3 -- Harrison Nee (3-2 vs Kettering (H), VNLN, 29 Jan 2022) / Previous Record -- 2 -- Jack Stevens (4-2 vs Tamworth (h), VNLN, 28 Aug 2020)
Most goals in a League Match -- 3 -- Harrison Nee (3-2 vs Kettering (H), VNLN, 29 Jan 2022) / Previous Record -- 2 -- Jack Stevens (4-2 vs Tamworth (H), VNLN, 28 Aug 2020)
Most Assists in a Season -- 13 -- Kieran Morphew (2021/22) / Previous Record -- 6 -- Jack Stevens (2020/21)
Must Shutouts in a season -- 23 -- Ryan Hall (2022/23) / Previous Record -- 19 -- Ryan Hall (2021/22)
Most PoM Awards -- 9 -- Tom Fielding (2022/23) / Previous Record -- 6 -- Jesurun Rak Sakyi (2021/22)
Youngest Goalscorer -- Warren Saberton -- 17y 236d (vs Chorley (A), VNLN, 19 Feb 2022) / Previous Record -- Jack Stevens -- 18y44d (vs Farsley (A), VNLN, 8 Aug 2020)
Oldest Goalscorer -- Harrison Dunk -- 31y 341d (vs Soutport (A), VNLN, 25 Mar 2023) / Previous Record -- Harrison Dunk -- 30y 307d (vs Chorley (A), VNLN, 19 Feb 2022)
The Rest of England
Promoted from the Regional Premier Divisions
Hayes & Yeading, Salisbury, Chippenham, Boreham Wood, Hendon, King's Lynn, Guiseley, Nuneaton Boro
LEAGUE WINNERS (Promoted / Relegated)
EPL: Liverpool (Crystal Palace, West Ham, Huddersfield)
Championship: Leicester (Leicester, Burnley, Brighton / Milwall, Brentford, Charlton)
League One: Hull (Hull, Rotherham, Wigan / Burton, Scunthorpe, Shrewsbury, Colchester)
League Two: Crewe (Crewe, Chesterfield, Oldham, Exeter/ Carlisle, Stevenage)
Vanarama National League: Bolton (Bolton, Dag & Red / AFC Telford, Bromley, Eastleigh, Tamworth)
Vanarama national North : Needham Market (Needham Market, Darlington / Scarborough Athletic, Lowestoft, Southport, Gloucester)
Vanarama national South: Dover (Dover, Ebbsfleet / Folkestone, Hampton & Richmond, Truro, Margate)
English FA Cup: Liverpool (vs Man City --- they're back!!!) **Needham Market overachievers**
Carabao Cup: Liverpool (Vs Man City ---sheesh--- will someone stop this????)
Community Shield: Liverpool (vs Man Utd)
Leasing.com Trophy: Arsenal U23s (vs Hull)
English FA Trophy: Aldershot (vs Barnet)
Champions Cup Group Stage: Arsenal (Euro Cup winners), Liverpool (EPL Winner), Man Utd (EPL 2nd Place), Man City (EPL 3rd Place)
Euro Cup Group Stage: Chelsea (EPL 5th Place), Tottenham (EPL 6th Place)
Euro Cup II Playoff: AFC Bournemouth (EPL 7th Place)
CONTINENTAL ACHIEVEMENTS
Man Utd -- Won European Super Cup (vs OL)
Everton -- Eliminated from Euro Cup First Knockout Round (by Club Brugge)
Chelsea -- Eliminated from Euro Cup Second Knockout Round (by Arsenal)
Man City -- Eliminated from Champions League Quarter Final (by Paris SG)
Liverpool -- Eliminated from Champions League Quarter Final (by Tottenham)
Man Utd -- Eliminated from Champions League Semi-Final (By Paris SG)
Tottenham -- Eliminated from Chapions League Semi-Final (by A. Madrid)
Arsenal -- Won Euro Cup (vs Sevilla)
Season Four -- Vanarama National League, and yet another need to escape the trap that is the playoffs. I don't expect much from this first season. I'm hoping we can keep free of relegation, but it will be a tough ask. Finances are still terrible, and I feel I'm going to have problems attracting talent in key areas. IN particular, I need to find a replacement for Striker, PoY, FPoY, Leading GoalScorer, YPoY, (etc. etc.) Tom Fielding. Hopefully I can attract some attention with the exploits of last season. I really could use another cup run, but that will be secondary to survival. I'm satisfied my defense can handle the VNL (at least to the degree of keeping us out of serious trouble), but I think I'll need some more firepower in the middle and up front.
If I"m lucky, my chairman will sell out and clear our debt, maybe give at least a little transfer budget to play with...a little extra salary will help too. (Debt is now close to £1M, as we just took a £350K loan to upgrade the stands (assumed to VNL standard) -- which isn't really adding anything. So far the board has refused linking to a parent club (don't want us to rely on loan players), nor even an extra coach.
On a positive note --- VNLN Signing of the Season Tom Fielding has just resigned! We have a chance for the coming season!
Season Team League League Position(Predicted) FAT FAC JPT LC UEFA CL
2020/21 Needham Market Vanarama North 15(23) 1rd 3QR
2021/22 Needham Market Vanarama North 8(23) 3QR 4QR
2022/23 Needham Market Vanarama North 1(20) 2R 3R
Edited December 8, 2019 by G_D_K
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Character Study: Scott Lang (Ant-Man)
Posted on July 22, 2015 by mbarkersimpson | 21 Comments
Real Name: Scott Lang
Powers: Thanks to Pym Particles, Scott (Ant-Man) can shrink to the size of an ant. He can also communicate telepathically with insects. When he shrinks, he retains his human strength.
Abilities: Scott has expertise in electronics.
Scott Lang is the current Ant-Man, though he achieved the title by unorthodox means. He stole the Ant-Man suit from Dr. Henry (Hank) Pym, in order to save his daughter’s life. Not the first time Scott stole in order to support his family. He turned to crime when he was no longer able to support his wife and daughter, and became a skilled thief as a way to make ends meet. Of course this path didn’t end well, and Scott spent a time in prison.
After his release, he worked in the design department at Stark International; trying to turn over a new leaf. When he discovered his daughter had a fatal heart condition, he decided to call on the help of Dr. Erica Sondheim. It turned out she had been kidnapped by Darren Cross of Cross Technological Enterprises, who had a heart condition of his own. Scott stole Hank’s suit to rescue Dr. Sondheim and save his little girl. The mission was a success, and Hank allowed him to keep the suit – as long as he continued to use it for good.
Scott is unconventional, and, according to some (mainly himself), not a particularly good superhero. Yes, he’s been to prison, and made his fair share of mistakes; not to mention the fact he can’t seem to make things stick. But he loves his daughter, values the role of father above all others, and it’s that quality which makes him stand out. He also names his ants; a man who takes the time to do that, when there are just so many of them – well, that’s commitment for you!
One of his most appealing qualities, at least in my opinion, is his humour. Scott is self-deprecating, and is quick to see the irony in a situation. He always seems to dig himself into a hole, which might be aided by the fact Scott often lets his mouth run away with him. He has a gift for stating the obvious and has a unique view on the world.
Scott is relatable. Put simply, he’s a nice guy. He has an almost boyish charm, keen intelligence, uncanny wit and his enthusiasm is contagious.
Scott worked with the Avengers on a number of occasions; more than once to battle the Taskmaster. He also aided the team in bringing down the Masters of Evil.
He was hired by the Fantastic Four, due to his expertise in electronics.
Scott later joined Heroes for Hire.
In a bid to help Bruce Banner, who was desperate for a cure, Scott teamed up with Tony Stark and Eric Sondheim to implant a device in Bruce’s chest. Naturally, things went wrong, and Scott had to go ‘in’ to remove the device. He also shrank into Tony Stark’s Iron Man suit to save Tony’s life when it turned out he was in danger too.
Scott has helped Yellowjacket to rescue the Wasp, teamed up with Spider-man against Taskmaster, and once with Hawkeye on a mission with the Avengers.
He eventually took a full-time role with the Avengers (for a time), and regularly butted heads with fellow Avenger, Jack of Hearts, until Jack saved Scott’s daughters life by sacrificing himself. Jack of Hearts was resurrected, but he was unstable. In a strange twist of fate Scott was killed when Jack’s body exploded.
The Young Avengers travelled back in time and brought Scott home with them, affording him a second chance.
Speaking of second chances, I will be reviewing Ant-Man: Second-Chance Man later in the month. This comic coincided with the release of Ant-Man at cinemas, so it’s worth mentioning that Scott Lang is currently being played by Paul Rudd.
What do you think to the character? Have you seen the movie? I’d love to hear your thoughts.
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21 responses to “Character Study: Scott Lang (Ant-Man)”
mbarkersimpson | July 22, 2015 at 8:00 am | Reply
I enjoy discussing characters, and so I wanted to point out my recent post at Comparative Geeks today. I went to see the Ant-Man movie on Friday and I loved it. So much it seems, that I can’t stop talking about it! I wrote a review on Sourcerer, and I plan on reviewing the latest comic featuring the delightful Scott Lang. But I’d love to know your thoughts – on Scott, or on superheroes in general. Stop by and join the conversation!
CompGeekDavid | July 22, 2015 at 11:02 am | Reply
Thanks for writing this – I still have not made my way to reading any Ant Man comics yet! I’ve actually skipped ahead and started reading Fantastic Four… though I did make it to see Ant-Man in theaters after all!
mbarkersimpson | July 22, 2015 at 11:55 am | Reply
Yay! Don’t keep me in suspense…what did you think? (and writing the post was a pleasure)
CompGeekDavid | July 22, 2015 at 12:34 pm | Reply
It was good! I kind of agree with some of the criticisms I’ve read places… But they didn’t make it a bad movie. There’s a number of reviews I need to read… Like yours and Luther’s!
mbarkersimpson | July 22, 2015 at 12:43 pm |
I haven’t read that many reviews, though Luther’s is great (and he’s almost as enthusiastic as I am, which is weird!). I’m glad you enjoyed it. It’s up there in my top five Marvel movies – I liked it that much!
CompGeekDavid | July 22, 2015 at 5:04 pm |
Oh man making me try to rank it… Too soon. And I’m interested in Holly’s opinion, she’s seeing it this weekend. Oh and the reviews I’ve read were critic blurbs beforehand, trying to decide whether to go. Glad I did 🙂
mbarkersimpson | July 23, 2015 at 2:29 pm |
Yeah, I do sometimes get ahead of myself! Especially considering all the movies that are headed our way 😀
I’m pretty excited for Inhumans – which is literally the last of them all as of right now. A lot to see between now and then 🙂 Doctor Strange, Captain Marvel, Infinity War! More Guardians! Civil War! Yeah.
So I have three of a top five, easy as you please: Avengers, Winter Soldier, and Guardians. It’s the question of what the other two spots would be. The first Iron Man was just so strong, given it got all the rest of this going. I also really liked Iron Man 3. Ant Man was a lot of fun… Add in Age of Ultron… I’m not sure how I’d round out a top-five.
This may have to be a post. The real challenge would be ranking ALL OF THEM.
Yes, that would indeed be a challenge, and would make an excellent post – there’s bound to be debate about that! I’m in agreement with the top three – all great movies. But you’re absolutely right – so much to look forward to. Will Civil War overtake Winter Soldier, for example. I can say as of right now, I enjoyed Ant-Man as much as Guardians of the Galaxy, which is saying a lot for me!
Hmmmm I don’t know. Although I may have watched Guardians so many times by now that there are moments that bug me. Which is sad.
Mostly: scenes where there are a ton of extras who just stand around stupidly listening to the main characters. Which actually, that sounds like a post as well…
Indeed it does. But is that a post on watching a movie so much you begin to see the flaws, or a reflection on Guardians when the dust has settled?! I will readily admit that, with the movies I love, I am almost blind to those flaws. I see them (in some part of my brain), but they don’t register because the next favourite scene is already playing and I’m quoting along 😀
Agreed! But like when they’re shouting about four billion units with all these extras standing there… like someone should have been like “I want that kind of money” and attacked them or caused them some kind of grief. Or at the end with the city supposedly evacuated, and all the people walk up to watch the dance off!
I’m still pretty sure the rest of the movie is perfect, though.
Both excellent points, and now my mind is running through all the possibilities – especially the thought of people giving them grief…so much I could do with that. I keep saying I’ll try fan-fiction 😀
Patricia Lynne (@plynne_writes) | July 22, 2015 at 10:04 am | Reply
I saw the movie this past weekend and really enjoyed it. It had a nice blend of humor and action. I don’t know too much about Antman in the comics, but I’ve been reading some and it’s nice to see his personality in the comics in the movie too.
I agree with you, Patricia. I think he definitely stands out, and people can relate to the humour. It’s different to Tony Stark – who uses his intelligence almost like a weapon – his wit is so sharp! I mention Tony because of the banter these two have in the comics. Thanks for stopping by 😀
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Sue Archer | July 23, 2015 at 4:39 pm | Reply
Thanks for the great rundown – I wasn’t aware of all the backstory, and it was nice to learn more about him!
My pleasure 🙂 I’m really looking forward to seeing how his character develops in the movies.
annette.c.boehm | July 25, 2015 at 3:53 am | Reply
I was wondering if you could do a character study of Bumblebee (Karen Beecher-Duncan) sometime? I’d love to know more about her.
I’d be totally up for that at some point. I’ll discuss with @hlbcnalu (Holly) and @dbcox (David) 😀
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Amazing Fossils: What Do They Mean?
Almost every week, on continents around the world, remains of once-living creatures come to light. Here are just a few of the fascinating fossils that have been reported this month. What do they suggest about life in their day?
Sea monsters: According to New Scientist, nine giant ichthyosaurs have been found in Nevada – now a desert. And that’s not all. Something even scarier killed them: giant squids the size of blue whales, the largest current animals on Earth. If Mark McMenamin of Holyoke College is right, the giant kraken of myth was real. Other paleontologists don’t buy his explanation, but the ichthyosaur part is undeniable; although the nine giants died in different ways, “Ancient currents seem to have aligned the skeletons,” the article said.
Nice T. rex: The feared giant of Jurassic Park, Tyrannosaurus Rex, was bigger and faster than thought, reported PhysOrg. A team from the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago and the Royal Veterinary College “applied cutting edge technology and computer modeling to ‘weigh’ five Tyrannosaurus rex specimens.” Old Sue could claim “I was a teenage monster.” One researcher claimed, “We estimate they grew as fast as 3,950 pounds per year (1790 kg) during the teenage period of growth, which is more than twice the previous estimate,” making it one of the largest bipeds that ever lived. Someone get word to the animators for Terra Nova.
Pterosaur tooth tales: Based on a piece of snout and a bit of a tooth from a pterosaur, according to Live Science, a researcher from the University of Leicester has decided that “a group of the extinct, flying reptiles could reach sizes larger than previously thought.” So ugly it could be called cute (see artist’s conception in the article), Coloborhynchus capito, a rare ornithocheirid found in England, used its teeth and beak to capture fish while gliding over the water, somewhat like a pelican. Extrapolating from the exceptional tooth size, the researchers estimated a wingspan of 27 feet for the creature. By comparison, today’s largest bird, the California condor, spreads its wings up to 10 feet.
Dinosaur Arkansas raceway: A “Huge New Dinosaur Trackway” as long as two football fields, located in Arkansas, was reported by National Geographic News. The article dates the two prints at 120 million years and identifies two species, “the eight-ton Acrocanthosaurus atokensis—one of the largest predators ever to walk Earth—and sauropods, or long-necked plant-eaters.” The prints show that the former did not have webbed feet and walked pigeon-toed with toes turned a bit inward. For 120 million years, these prints never saw the light of day, but then, the article said, “A private citizen recently found the tracks, which were possibly exposed after a rainstorm scoured away a thin layer of shale.”
Perfect dinosaur: One of the most complete dinosaur fossils ever found was reported by New Scientist, along with a picture of the creature said to by 135 million years old. The fossil, captured in Bavarian shale, preserves 98 percent of the animal’s skeleton. “Although Chinese bird and dinosaur fossils are famed for delicate details such as their feathers, they don’t match this 72-centimetre-long theropod in terms of clarity and completeness of preservation,” the article said. No feathers are evident in this fossil of an unclassified “predatory theropod” which may be the most complete dinosaur fossil ever found. As with many dinosaur fossils, this one shows the upturned head in death throes as if suffocating when it died.
Rafting rodents: Tiny teeth said to be from rodents at least 41 million years old have been found in Peru. According to the researchers from Case Western Reserve University, reported in PhysOrg, this means that rodents rafted like Reepicheep across the Atlantic. Why? They evolved in Africa, the team believes. But then that creates a 9-million-year gap to the next oldest new-world rodent, said to be 32 million years old. “Taken all together, the pattern contradicts the theory of a northward expansion deduced from the fossil record 20 years ago,” and pushes back the evolution of rodents in South America. The fossil ash layer was dated by the argon-argon radiometric method. “This study shows that where we’re looking for fossils has a major effect on what we think we know about mammal evolution,” one team member (Darin Croft) said, affirming that “There are still a lot of great fossils to be discovered.” He offered a prediction: “Odds are pretty low that we would push back the date for these rodents by more than a million years or two.” According to Science Daily’s coverage, the tiny tooth held in the palm of a researcher’s hand proves that the “Find Is 10 Million Years Older and Confirms Animals from Africa.”
Rafting birds: One of the most unusual birds today is the hoatzin – a denizen of South America whose young have claws on their wings. Where did it come from? According to a new theory by a German team reported on PhysOrg, this bird’s alleged ancestors arose in Africa. Unable to fly across the ocean, they must have rafted from Africa on rafts of flotsam and jetsam. This interpretation was made necessary by evolutionary estimates of the older date of the Namibian fossil.
More early bird feather color: Additional evidence for melanosomes in fossil bird feathers has been reported in PLoS ONE by Barden, Wogelius et al. (6[10]: e25494. doi:10.1371/ journal.pone.0025494). It’s original material they estimated at 115 to 105 million years old. “In combination, these techniques strongly suggest that not only do the feathers contain endogenous organic material, but that both geochemical and morphological evidence supports the preservation of original eumelanic pigment residue.”
Fossil moths in color: Coloration of a different kind has been found: the coloration of moths said to be 47 million years old, reported PhysOrg. Pigments were not preserved in the fine-grained German rock, but microscopic structural patterns allowed Maria McNamara (Yale) to reconstruct the moth’s colorful flitting in its day. It was a vivid yellow-green color, tinged in blue, similar to that of modern forester moths. The fossil was notable for having structural color over its entire body. Dr. McNamara explained more about her color-sleuthing work in a related article on the BBC News about the color on fossil beetles.
Living fossil beetle: An aquatic beetle “still alive today and widely distributed in Eurasia” had a fossil counterpart in sediments said to be 20 million years old, reported Science Daily. What does it mean for evolutionary theory? “The Siberian fossil provides new data for the long-lasting debate among scientists about the average duration of an insect species,” the article said. Contrary to long thought estimates of species duration at 2-3 million years, this fossil shows exceptional stasis for ten times longer in the evolutionary timeline. “The long-living species had to survive the massive changes of the Earth’s climate during the last millions of years — how they managed to do so is another question for scientists to address.”
What is a fossil? The definition gets a little fuzzy at the edges. Is fuzz from a hypothetical living creature evidence of its existence? Live Science entertained claims from some Russians that “indisputable proof” that the abominable snowman has been found. What is the evidence? “a few strands of hair and some tracks in the snow.” Readers can evaluate for themselves whether this supports the believers’ boast that they are “95 percent sure that the yeti exists.” Previous claims of indisputable proof have been withdrawn. It’s hard to prove a universal negative that creatures like Yeti and Bigfoot don’t exist, but like reporter Benjamin Radford said, “If populations of yetis — like Bigfoot — really exist, they have somehow managed to avoid leaving any physical traces of their presence: no bodies, bones, teeth, hair, scat, or anything else.” The irony of this statement was apparently lost on Radford (deputy editor of Skeptical Inquirer) who did not make a similar claim for SETI, which, despite the rhyme with Yeti, gets a pass among scientists in spite of similar lack of evidence.
Fossils are fascinating for everyone – creationists and evolutionists alike. Creationists have to do some extra work to scour off the hard evolutionary crust on the story that sticks, like hardened barbecue drippings, on the underlying empirical evidence. Is said fossil 135 million years old? No. It is a few days old, or weeks, or months, or years. It’s as old as when it was pulled up out of the ground. Whatever else is being claimed about it is inference. Inference requires an interpretive context. For most secular scientists, that context is Darwinian evolution and the geologic column with its millions and billions of years. That’s how they can look at a fossil beetle that is identical to those alive today, and say that it hasn’t evolved at all for 20 million years – three times the amount of time their theory alleges that a cow turned into a whale. That’s how they can pass the buck, believing that a species of insect should only last 2-3 million years, but finding stasis extending 20 million (in their scheme), they can call it “another question for scientists to address.” It’s how they can find original melanocyte material in rock and say it survived 115 million years. It’s how they can see bigger, better creatures no longer with us, and call it evolution.
With such extraordinary flexibility in their interpretive context, anything goes: rodents crossed the ocean with hoatzins, today’s hummingbirds evolved from gigantic reptiles, and beetles survived massive swings in climate without any evolutionary change at all. Drastic evolutionary changes exist side by side with extreme stasis (e.g., living fossils) among creatures that inhabited the same Earth, even the same habitat, through all its swings of climate and geology. They can see evidence of mass burials in flood waters (ichthyosaurs aligned by current, eye-blink rapid preservation of a dinosaur in sediment as it chokes), and say it just represents local happenstance. In terms of credulity, this makes the Yeti believers look like logicians by comparison. Remember that fossils exist in the present. Yes, fossils can shed light on past conditions, but only in terms of one’s chosen interpretive context. When reading scientific reports about fossils, always, always, look for the interpretive context; then gauge the credibility of the evidence against that context.
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Categories: Biology, Birds, Dinosaurs, Fossils, Issues, Mammals, Marine Biology, Philosophy of Science, Terrestrial Zoology
Rkyway says:
Pterosaur tooth tales:
‘Extrapolating from the exceptional tooth size, the researchers estimated a wingspan of 27 feet for the creature. By comparison, today’s largest bird, the California condor, spreads its wings up to 10 feet.’
– According to my understanding of E. theory, organisms will move to ‘take over’ every possible niche in an eco-system. Why is it then that there are no birds of this size now? Does their lack mean the planet has radically changed, or that E. theory (at least in this regard) is wrong?
Rafting birds:
‘Unable to fly across the ocean, they [Hoatzin] must have rafted from Africa on rafts of flotsam and jetsam.’
– I can’t believe that story; I don’t believe there’s any way a bird would do that (at least voluntarily). Birds don’t to my knowledge get on ‘rafts’ and drift across the ocean. How would they survive? Is such an idea even physically possible? Has anyone ever witnessed this, or ever seen this bird out in the middle of the ocean? I see no evidence it leaves the coastline.
Nay, the Narrative, not the evidence. We cannot examine the evidence online. I note the context is delusional at best. What a great site! @Rkyway – I have flocks, geese and chickens, they could do the raft thing, get on, and at a certain juncture, they would imagine food appearing… done.
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5 Comments Posted in Disability in Society, Media Representation of Disability Tagged #ActuallyAtypical, #ActuallyAutistic, #OwnVoices, Atypical, Netflix, Own Voices
Image Description: Promotional poster for Netflix series Atypical. The Main cast is lined up on the bottom of the screen Casey (Brigette Lundy-Paine), then only the top of Sam’s (Keir Gilchrist), Doug (Michael Rapaport), and Elsa (Jennifer Jason Leigh) a cartoon thought bubble surrounded by penguins is coming out of Sam’s head featuring the show title and release date (Aug. 11)
I wrote the previous paragraph on Twitter yesterday in response to someone who suggested that despite Atypical’s extremely problematic portrayal of autism that it was still a tool for learning.
Image Description: A screenshot of a tweet with the tweeter redacted. It reads “Us NTs could use a little awareness. No show will ever completely encompass such huge important topics. But they plant curiosity to learn +”
The problem with Atypical isn’t that it’s merely imperfect. It’s loaded with stereotypes and misinformation. This tweet positions autistic people’s concerns about Atypical as merely whining and an unreasonable demand for perfection rather than the actual protest that it is against the genuinely harmful messages of the show.
I am however going to focus on the last assertion of her tweet, that the show and shows like it create genuine curiosity to discover the truth about the marginalized peoples being misrepresented.
This is patently false. The actions of this person actually exemplify that. This tweet only came about because autistic people had pushed back against their uncritical demand for a second season. It also came after their original rebuttal of “If you don’t like it you don’t have to watch it”.
This latter argument entirely ignores the harm that can occur if people watch harmful portrayals of disability and believe and internalize those messages. Disabled people don’t have the luxury of just ignoring harmful representation. We need to know what happened so we can challenge it.
The fact that they originally wanted me to just check out is entirely indicative of someone who didn’t want to engage with the show in a critical way. The later suggestion that people might use it as a jumping off point to learn about autism was just a last ditch effort to try and deflect uncomfortable criticisms about something they enjoy. They didn’t want to have to potentially feel uncomfortable about the implications of the media they consume.
I have yet to see op-eds about individuals who have watched Atypical or any other awful portrayals of disability that talk about how the show inspired them to take a deep dive into the autistic community and then truly learned something.
The critical pieces I see come from disabled people themselves or from writers who have seen the backlash and are reporting on it and this is by design.
In the last five years or so, disabled people pushing back against awful portrayals has been getting more mainstream attention. (see the pushback against the film Me Before You as the perfect example). This hasn’t resulted in better disability portrayals but it has changed how disability portrayals are marketed.
Now it is almost inevitable that presenting a disability portrayal as accurate and authentic will make up in some part of the marketing of that film or television show. This is certainly true of Atypical where show creator and writer Robia Rashid gave an interview which hinted at a personal connection to someone with autism and where she talked about all of the consultants and parents of children with autism that will present on the sets. She talked about how neurotypical actor Keir Gilchrist had previously worked with autistic children.
We saw the same phenomenon with the film The Accountant. A film, I will remind you whose entire plot revolves around an autistic accountant who was also a skilled and dispassionate killer (he is often described as a hitman, however, at no point in the show or in his back story is he actually ever explicitly paid to kill somebody). Even this ridiculous character whose description is so unbelievable was treated to the veneer of authenticity by their marketing department.
The people making the shows and films are already controlling for the off chance someone will become curious about the genuine authenticity of the portrayal. They are building in safeguards to actually mitigate curiosity. The goal of these portrayals is that they be accepted at face value and they are.
Image Description: A screenshot of a tweet that reads “@Atypical is such a true representation of autism, I really hope it raises awareness and gives people a better understanding” it closes with a clapping emoji
The person who wrote this tweet later told me in a tweet which they quickly deleted that they had an artistic brother and that’s how they knew how “authentic” it was. considering that the tweet was deleted so quickly that I couldn’t get a screenshot of it I remain sceptical of this claim, though it is far from impossible. The family members of disabled people can, unfortunately, be a major source of misinformation and misunderstanding of disability.
Image Description: A screenshot of two tweets with the original author’s information redacted by images of a tennis ball and of floppy disks (I got the screen shot off of Twitter). The first tweet reads “the “people first” language in this show!!! @Atypical this is so awesome! person then diagnosis! “Child with autism”, not “autistic child”. Second week which is a response from the same author to the first rates “such a huge step forward in the normalization of the importance of mental health! and representation!!”
it is not hard to find autistic people who prefer identity first language. It is widely held to be the predominant preference of the autistic community. So the fact that this individual was celebrating people first language which is contrary to that fact that only shows that they don’t know better but that they will use the show to validate their preconceived notions around language and identity in ways that invalidate autistic people and their preferences.
These are pretty representative of the sorts of comments that portrayals of disability will receive from nondisabled people. They are their internalization’s of that media’s messaging or they will use that media to validate their preconceived ideas. As Twitter user @sorrysorryetc pointed out, the show was so poorly written that it was often unclear what the intended message was particularly as it pertains to language usage so people are just going to end up taking what they want from the show and not actually interrogating whether or not they have interpreted it correctly or whether the show was wrong entirely.
The mere existence of bad portrayals of disability are not learning opportunities. Watching these shows can be educational if it is done with a critical eye and if it is being fact checked with the people being presented.
For the shows to be truly educational they would need to be accompanied by a comprehensive syllabus and lessons learned would likely not be about disability itself but rather how media helps to construct oppressive systems around disability by misrepresenting them to an audience that is assumed to be nondisabled.
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I have now completed watching all eight episodes of the first season (it ended on a cliff hanger so they’re clearly angling for a second) of the Netflix series Atypical.
It goes without saying that this post will include spoilers and quite frankly you’re welcome. Now you don’t have to watch it.
The show is in a word terrible. The autistic character Sam has no perceivable personality and is largely just a collection of autism diagnostic criteria and stereotypes. His only driving factor is to get a girlfriend.
Pretty much all of the characters are irredeemably awful.
Elsa, the mother is the archetypal overbearing autism mom. She is controlling to the point of actually damaging Sam’s ability to function in the world. The show doesn’t actually really concretely address the extent of the harm. She is attention seeking and presents herself as a martyr on the altar of autism. Every horrible thing she does is blamed on Sam, from ignoring her other child to having an affair.
Doug, the father starts out promising but turns out to be awful. initially, he just seems to be cluelessly but genuinely trying to connect with his son. It is later revealed that after Sam was diagnosed he left the family for eight months because he couldn’t deal. He spends the series which takes place well over a decade later enabling Sam’s creepy misogynistic behaviour under the excuse of trying to make up for leaving. He does have some good lines challenging some autism moms person first rhetoric but in the context of everything else he’s still awful.
Casey, Sam’s younger sister is the only genuinely likeable person in the show. She treats him like a human being, though she uses him as a prop to further her own goals by referencing him in her interview to get into prep school. This is actually pretty realistic and in a better show might have been a genuine commentary on how even loving accepting family members can be ableist. Unfortunately, Atypical is not that show. Claire is the most well rounded and complex character in the show.
Evan, Casey’s boyfriend is a nice generic good looking boyfriend. Pretty much sums him up. They hint at a difficult home life but it’s basically a failed attempt at making him not a generic boyfriend character and as an excuse for why he’s a convenient human lie detector.
Julia Sasaki, Sam’s therapist, doesn’t know how to be a therapist. She’s ostensibly supposed to be helping him with life skills but can’t even set up clear boundaries. The first indication that Sam is creepy and doesn’t know how to talk to women is when he points out her bra strap is showing. She’s embarrassed but doesn’t use the opportunity to tell him that this might be an inappropriate behaviour. This foreshadows the rest of the show. Where Sam invariably gives someone a lot of warning that he might do something shitty and that person does nothing to stop it. No one explains anything to him in accessible terms.
Zahid, is Sam’s only friend and coworker. On the one hand, Zahid is truly accepting of Sam which is great. If only that wasn’t entirely undercut by his cartoonish level of misogyny and the fact that he eggs on an facilitates Sam’s being a creepy piece of shit.
Paige, Sam’s (ex)girlfriend, while Sam does treat her abysmally which is inexcusable, Paige also takes advantage of him and creates a controlling relationship where she defines all aspects of the relationship. She won’t let him talk about the things that interest him and in fact, implements a punitive system to limit his ability to steer the conversation.
The show would need more autistic characters to act as counterpoints to Sam. This could be achieved by having autistic activists who engage with Elsa at one of her autism walks. They would challenge her and of course, she would inevitably utter the all to common phrase “you can’t speak for my child”. Elsa would double down on her awful behaviour which would be reinforced by the uncritical support of her autism mom’s support group.
The inclusion of other autistic characters would help clear up the issue around the group’s use of language. Showing autistic people unapologetically identifying as autistic and owning their identities would throw Sam’s harsh reality into sharp relief.
Sam would spend more time second guessing everything he says because his mother’s constant control would have destroyed his self-esteem. The show would make it clear that he has no escape at home from the bullying he experiences at school because home is just a different kind of abuse.
It’s hard to figure out what to do with Zahid because in Netflix’s version he is the only person who genuinely accepts Sam. Realistically though his blatant sexism is likely what would trigger Sam to conclude that a girlfriend would fix all his problems. I hate getting rid of the accepting force but realistically the contradictions of the character don’t work well.
More realistically, after finding no acceptance at school or home Sam would be ripe for coercion and abuse from someone who presents a veneer of acceptance. Someone who thinks it’s funny to put Sam into uncomfortable situations with women. Not someone who genuinely thinks they’re helping.
Sam’s first attempt at a sexual encounter (which ends in him hitting the woman he’s with) might at least flirt with actual consequences. Maybe She calls the cops and they send an ambulance which is conveniently staffed by Sam’s EMT dad who talks her out of pressing charges.
This would at least more concretely deal with explaining why Sam has built up this idea that his words and actions have no meaningful consequences beyond how they make him feel.
Clear parallels would be drawn between Elsa and Paige and show that Sam is essentially exchanging one controlling relationship for another.
Julia Sasaki would be as ineffective and there would likely be more direct controntations between her and Elsa. the show might actually show how therapists and medical professionals buy into stereotypes of disability and how this invariably hurts their patients.
Paige would still plan the silent dance but she’d likely call the media and be publically celebrated for her altruism.
Casey wouldn’t change much but a better show would offer more context about her. Show how she learned that it was okay to use her brother as a prop. Interrogate why the prep school interviewer not only let her get away with it but bought into it completely.
That is what would make Atypical more real. Really, however, a better show would humanize autistic ppl and not turn us into victims. A better show would move away from the autistic white boy norm. An actually affirming autistic love story might include finding a partner who is able to communicate more clearly. This might allow for a more realistic portrayal of romantic and sexual exploration.
What about instead of a first failed sexual experience that ends in violence. Sam still gets overwhelmed but that’s okay. What if instead of ending the season with a hand job in an igloo. Sam has a partner who is willing to try different sexual activities so that they have a mutually enjoyable experience. What if a handjob is shown as a more comfortable introduction to sexual activity? What if that’s where he stays comfortable and that’s okay? What if he was in a relationship where he understood that women are people and so they used creativity to make sure that he is able to reciprocate for his partner?
What if his mother wasn’t sexually repressive?
What if he had autistic friends? If not in person then online.
What is an autistic love story was written by autistic people and a major company actually produced it?
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John recently completed his PhD at the Division of Biological Anthropology (supervised by Prof. Cross). This cross-disciplinary project sought to describe music's evolutionary "design features"- qualities and/or capabilities that are at once universally present and operational in music across cultures whilst also being specific to our species and to the domain of music. Principally, he posits that configurations of musical pulse; musical tone; and musical motivation provide a particular and sustained attentional structure for managing personal experience and interpersonal/group interaction. Music’s “design features” are therefore considered most fundamentally as a potentiating, quasi-architectural framework in which our most central affective and socio-intentional drives are afforded extended time, stability, and a degree of abstraction, intensity, focus and meaning. In response to some critical gaps in our understanding of pitch and harmony in musical interaction and in related comparative analyses, he is currently proposing a new experimental paradigm for investigating pitch matching and correction mechanisms in social interaction. More details and full publications are available at www.johnbispham.com/research
Bispham, J.C. (2018). Music's Evolutionary "Design Features". PhD Thesis, Department of Biological Anthropology, University of Cambridge [under examination].
Bispham, J.C. (in preparation). Music, Evolution and the Experience of Time. Invited Chapter Submission for Oxford Handbook of Time in Music (Oxford University Press).
Bispham, J.C. (in preparation). Music’s Evolutionary “Design Features”. To be submitted to Behavioural Brain Sciences (Cambridge University Press).
Bispham, J.C. (2012). How musical is Man? – An evolutionary perspective. Chapter in Sound Musicianship: Understanding the Crafts of Music. - 1/7 Meaningful Music Making for Life. Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
Bispham, J. C. (2010). Modelisation de la musique - motivation, pulsation et tonalites musicales. In Musique et Evolution Eds. Deliege, I., Vitouch, O. PSY Mardaga.
Bispham. J.C. (2009) – Music’s “design features”: Musical motivation, musical pulse, and musical pitch. Musicae Scientiae, special issue: music and evolution.
Cross, I., Bispham, J., Himberg, T. & Swaine, J. (unpublished) – Evolution and Musical Rhythm. (Available at www.johnbispham.com/research).
Bispham, J.C. (2007) – Music as socio-affective confluential communication? Response to 'a commentary on Bispham’ (2006). Music Perception, 25;2
Bispham. J.C. (2006) - Rhythm in Music: What is it? Who has it? And Why? Journal of Music Perception, special issue on rhythm perception and performance, 24;2, 125-134.
Bispham, J.C. (2006) - Music means nothing if we don’t know what it means - lead review of ‘The Singing Neanderthals’ by S. Mithen. Journal of Human Evolution, 50, 587-593.
Bispham, J.C. (2004) – Bridging the Gaps – Music as a Biocultural Phenonmenon. Commentary on ‘In time with the music: The concept of entrainment and its significance for ethnomusicology’ by Clayton, M., Sager, R., & Will, U. ESEM Counterpoint 1.
Bispham, J.C. (2003) - An Evolutionary Perspective on the Human Skill of Interpersonal Musical Entrainment. Submitted in partial recognition of MPhil in Music Psychology. Centre for Music and Science, University of Cambridge.
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Issue 2 February 7th 2018
Not All Change is Good, but Sometimes Change is the Only Way
Change seems to be the common theme this week. Whether it's change that needs to happen within company cultures or in the understanding of what "community" entails, one thing's for sure: Developer Relations is never boring!
Why do I do this every week? So that you don't have to. Instead, you get to skim, click, read, and then go back to your to-do list with a renewed sense of purpose and drive to continue building your community.
Hint: If the whole team isn't invested, it's not going to work.
@cloud_opinion has a strong opinion... but they're not wrong. You can have the best DevRel team in the business, but if the other teams who interact with devs aren't pulling their weight, it's not going to help.
You can invest as much as you want on DevRel or DevEvangelism, but if your product team doesn't respond to bugs reported on public forums for days, devs think you still suck :)
Welcome to Flight OSS. Please take your seats.
Kelsey Hightower (Chief Developer Advocate at Google) gave a fantastic analogy for open source maintainers last week on Twitter:
Maintaining an open-source project is like being a Flight Attendant for an airline where all tickets are free and the majority of customer surveys offer suggestions on how to fly the airplane.
Warning: don't be drinking your morning coffee while you read this... ☕️😂
Even Specialists Need a Team
"[Community Managers] are specialists in the human engagement side of things... They need partners who listen to them and then marry the engagement value with analytics."
Rachel Happe, Co-Founder of the Community Roundtable
Some Things Have Yet to Change 😏
DevRel and community management has come so far in so many ways --
I am seeing a lot of first-time DevRel-ers. and new books, conferences and DevRel as a Service businesses are popping up
and yet --
We still have to explain what we do to the rest of the people in the industry because everybody thinks our job is partying around the world 😬
Tomomi Imura, DevRel at Slack API
Nintendo Switch Joy-Con Controller... aka Presentation Remote 🎤
I'm not that much of a video game nerd, but with this hack I might be convinced. Jen Tong, security advocate at Google, has a quick write-up about how to turn the Nintendo Switch Joy-Con Controller into your new go-to presentation remote.
What is community, anyway?
Videos from DevRelCon London 2017 are starting to be released, and let me tell you... they're worth waiting for! This talk from Leslie Hawthorn, Developer Relations Strategist for Red Hat, in particular, does a great job at distilling what community is, and why it's a valuable business endeavor:
We have lost sight of the idea that in a business context, cultivating community means empowering people and enabling their success... Of course, our community endeavors need to support our employers’ business functions, but if we consider community as solely a part of our sales process, we are losing out on the opportunity to cultivate a much more important and sustainable trajectory for all of technology, and for our own companies as well.
I suggest that the most important thing that we can do as developer relations professionals is consider that our power is in user education and helping people to be more successful, whether or not they end up becoming part of our customer base, because they will become passionate advocates for our technology.
There are too many videos and interviews for me to highlight each of them, but here's a quick rundown:
- Jenny Wanger, Product Mgr at SpotHero - The UX of DX: user testing in the invisible world of APIs
- Joe Nash, GitHub Student Program Manager - Engaging the Developers of the Future
- Ade Oshineye, Senior Staff Developer Advocate at Google - The Developer Advocate as ‘Customer Zero’
Welcome to Meetup Land, Place of (Perceived) Miracles
Who here has spent hours of their life searching Meetup, trying to configure the API, struggling to pull down the data that will show them definitively which meetups are the right ones to sponsor? ✋PJ Hagerty, founder of DevRelate, has created a tool which curates the top 20 meetups for a particular topic. It pulls from the Meetup API, so it may not be a complete list, but it's a lot of useful data with only a few clicks! 👏
Wondering what to do once you find the best meetups in your area? In this post from the archives, Matthew Revell, Founder of DevRelCon, does a great job of explaining what the role of DevRel is at a meetup, and how to bring value to the community.
meetup.land
Tech T-Shirts: Can't escape 'em, but we can make them better
Conference t-shirts are either the bane of your existence or the siren call of the expo hall, depending on which side of the table you're on. But for those of us who have been traveling to conferences for years, our t-shirt standards have changed. Michael Coté, Director of Technical Marketing at Pivotal, shares some opinions.
Someone Tell Me How to Build a Community Program!
This has apparently been a popular refrain lately, given the flood of answers coming our way this week. Here are the highlights:
Leo Chanea, Global Head of Community at Moovit:
The vision is the real glue that connects the community members, drives them forward, and keeps them together during tough times... Vision drives passion. Mission drives action. And action is what really gets things going. Read more.
Bryan Lynch:
Large communities start with a small core of dedicated users (SCODUs)... Once a community is off the ground, engaging the SCODUs gets harder, but it’s no less important. You now have to balance the needs of a community at large with a healthy respect for the SCODUs that give it continued life. Read more.
LibDem Expand:
Meet people where they’re at. Identify who you have on board already, and who [needs to be won] over... Once [you find them], they are whole heartedly on board! Read more.
7 Ways to Actively Manage Expectations in a Community
We often get so wrapped up in the process of launching a community that we forget to manage the community's expectations once they actually arrive (oops 😳). Fabian Pfortmüller, Co-founder of COMMUNITY, published a great article about how to set your community up for success by actively managing their expectations.
The Marketing Mix for You
Traditional marketing tactics are usually the opposite of what works for DevRel, but in some cases, taking a lesson from our marketing counterparts can pay off. In this case, Kenneth C. Bator, Marketing Consultant & Trainer, has some solid advice:
* Determine your budget -- and keep it consistent.
* Understand your USP (unique selling proposition).
* Track and tweak -- stay flexible.
Content: Bane of your Existence? Or the way to your Community's Heart?
Editorial calendars: just the thing that every DevRel team wants to focus on, right? 😣 Maybe not so much. But whether you're directly in charge of your developer content or not, it's important to make sure that you -- the community expert -- have a voice in making sure the community's needs are being met. This great post from The Community Roundtable archives gives some good tips for how a technical community manager can give input and create the content that their community is actually looking for.
Speaking of how to manage developer-related content, CMSWire has two great posts about content strategy this week:
* The Case for Sharing Ownership of Your Organization's Content Strategy - Author Erika Murphy makes a good point: it's far less about who "owns" the strategy and far more about agreeing on how you will drive and manage the content strategy overall.
* Content Policies: Your First Step Toward Comprehensive Digital Policies - Once you've decided who's in charge of the content, it's time to tackle what the content will be. Keep everything straight with a clear content policy and there won't be any confusion about what you're posting, or why.
And don't forget: content isn't limited to technical blogs or Twitter. While Instagram might be a tough nut to crack, here are 17 tech companies that have figured it out and are doing (mostly) right by their developer audience.
Open CFPs
The Community Leadership Summit 2018 (CLS) brings together community leaders, organizers and managers and the projects and organizations that are interested in growing and empowering a strong community. It's back in Portland this year 🙌and the CFP is open for keynotes. Each session is 15m long.
DevRelCon is the world’s leading developer relations, developer experience, and developer marketing conference. It's headed back to London in November 2018, and the CFP just launched! 🎤
Get your best ideas together and submit today.
In the market for a job? Take a look at this Toby collection. I'll continue to add to it each week (there are 18 new roles just this week!) and try to weed them out as the roles are filled. Know of ones that I'm missing or notice some that are no longer available? Drop me a note [email protected].
Avocado Popularity on the Rise
As we all know, Community- and Developer Relations-related jobs have been on the rise for the past few years (take a look at the job board to see proof of that!).
In case you haven't heard (tho I'm guessing you have), avocado popularity is on the rise as well. In fact, reports say that avocado consumption has increased by 241% since 2015. Want to know more about avocado production statistics? There's a graph for that.
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Elizabeth Taylor Centenary Celebrations
I had barely landed from a visit to Planet London Book Fair than it was time to go back into orbit and head for the Elizabeth Taylor Centenary Celebration at Battle Library in Reading, and thence to Bath to speak at the West Country Writer's Association annual congress on my way home.
I always do this... arrange to meet someone somewhere without the first clue about what they look like, yet somehow we never fail to find each other. I did wonder whether I might have over-estimated the skill as I walked through the station at Reading though, it's large and bustling and more places to meet than I had ever imagined. I mean over by Costa, or outside, or under the announcements board, Roisin McAuley and I hadn't been very specific...
'Oh don't worry,' I had said over the phone the week before, 'it always works, we are both looking to make eye contact with each other.'
And it is surprising how it does work, and conversely how little you make eye contact with those around you otherwise, and blow me down, we walked right into each other in the concourse of the station.
Of course what I could have done was head for Roisin's website had I known that she had one, or that she is a writer and broadcaster, or that she conducted a legendary interview with footballer George Best which you can watch here.
Roisin (pronounced Rosheen in case you are trying to Roysin as I did) had organised the most brilliant day in celebration of Elizabeth Taylor and held at the library of which Elizabeth had been a member..
I was deeply honoured to have been asked to take part and thrilled to lead a book group on Mrs Palfrey at the Claremont and also to sit on a panel discussing Elizabeth Taylor's writing.
But what a day because the rest of the guest list was stellar. Professor Neil Reeve from Swansea University opened proceedings with a detailed and informative introduction to the writing of Elizabeth Taylor and making my purchase of his new book essential. Neil then read us a very funny short story written in 1949 and unpublished elsewhere 'After Hours of Suffering.
I am relatively new to the short stories of Elizabeth Taylor but, having read The Devastating Boys through my train journeys over the weekend, could only wonder why on earth I hadn't read these sooner. Perhaps I somehow thought I already knew and loved the novels so well that these might be lesser. I couldn't have been more mistaken, each story is memorable, intricate yet simple if that makes any sense....and we spent a great deal of the day pondering quite how Elizabeth Taylor does what she does quite so well, it is real sleight of pen writing. Rarely can I recall a story from the title if you were to ask me after I have read a collection, yet each one of these is distinct and etched in my mind. Neil Reeve suggested that this is writing that remains fresh and alive, that intermittently jolts the reader, pushing them first one way then the other with constant attacks on complacency and self-delusion, and my mind immediately turned to that same skill Team Middlemarch are coming to know in the writing of George Eliot.
There followed an engaging and wonderfully insightful session with Roisin talking to Elizabeth Taylor's children, Rennie (seated second right below) and Joanna (seated second left below) who both shared personal reminisces with us. What emerged was a picture in my mind of a writing mother, almost in the tradition of Mrs Gaskell and Mrs Oliphant, seated at the table with life going on around them, writing set aside when family life dictated so, but with life providing so much of the fodder for the books. Rennie and Joanna both agreed the writing was 'something she did' but that it was never intrusive, and how much they now loved to read the books and spot the moments that they knew had happened for real and been noted. Rennie recounted a delightful moment in a restaurant with his mother, when he too had been writing, and on overhearing a delicious conversation, Liz (as both children called their mother) asked 'Are you going to use that or am I?'
What also became clear was that Elizabeth Taylor had a tremendous sense of humour, there would be laughter and teasing coupled with a sense of fairness and an intolerance of injustice. Rennie had us in fits over the donkey jacket he bought for his mother to wear as she walked along a dangerous road to the pub each evening for her drink and to people-watch, and probably a game of darts, because despite being blind in one eye Elizabeth Taylor was ace on the oche. Rennie had painted on the back in luminous paint 'I Am On My Way To The Crown' and his mother wore it with pride.
Personal anecdotes abounded and cherished memories were shared, books were explained in context and what a treat it was to have Joanna sitting in our discussions later in the day about Mrs Palfrey at the Claremont along with Elizabeth Jane Howard (seated right) sadly Paul Bailey was unwell and unable to attend the day at the last minute. I also had a lovely chat with Elizabeth's granddaughter ...about baby massage, the evidence base for raised cortisol levels causing anxiety in newborns and the impact on our professions of Sure Start children's centres... Harriet is a midwife.
Elizabeth Jane Howard had been a close friend of Elizabeth's in later life, and having discovered that friendship how they both wished they had been 'old friends.' More insights were shared including the fact that they never discussed their writing, and the picture of a woman of no arrogance and a self-effacing modesty continued to emerge.
Philip Hensher (seated left above) unpacked a bag full of well-thumbed Elizabeth Taylor novels onto the table and proceeded to expound the virtues as he shared his love for the work of a writer he returns to constantly. A writer capable of creating a world in two or three pages, peopled by individual and knowable human beings... if Elizabeth Taylor describes a person passing in the street somwhow we know exactly what their life will be despite often having been given so very little to go on, quite how she does it remains an indefinable mystery.
I came away delighted to have been part of the day and feeling enthused and inspired anew about a writer I have loved since first discovery, and who it has been a real pleasure to re-visit in my reading in preparation for the day... expect my thoughts eventually on Mrs Palfrey at the Claremont, At Mrs Lippincote's, A Game of Hide and Seek, A Wreath of Roses and The Devastating Boys...brilliant books all.
That evening heading for Bath and on a train peopled by keen Reading football supporters who were busy celebrating promotion, I was oblivious to the chaos around me, snapping away from the train window as is my wont, new landscapes and things to see and all speeding by in a blink, but also a perfect literary day to reflect on, and with the next day and another talk to think about.
Thinking how Ravilious-like this landscape seemed I just kept clicking as the train sped on, not realising that I had actually captured a brief glimpse of the Uffington White Horse until I looked at the pictures about a week later.
Eric is popping his head up everywhere at the moment.
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Diamonds and the Art World: Access, Reputation and Power
Diamonds have long been used to suggest social standing, and in the art world the indelible Medici and incomparable Damien Hirst prove just how significant their allure can be. The Medici were a wealthy family of Florentine bankers who rose to power during the 15th century as they became known for international trade and funding the city’s architectural innovations and intellectual advancement. Still synonymous with art patronage today, the Medici’s supported artists such as Filippo Brunelleschi and his ingenious construction of the dome of Florence Cathedral, Leonardo di Vinci, and Michelangelo during his execution of The Last Judgment in the Sistine Chapel.
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Playing with Cards: Bringing It All Together
When I write about issues of discrimination and identity, I try when feasible to use a mix of racism, sexism, and anti-Semitism examples to illustrate my point. So, for example, in Playing with Cards I discuss the bad faith "card" retort to discrimination claims by looking at how Gamergaters responded to Anita Sarkeesian's contentions of sexism in the video game community (to talk of sexism is an "I-win button") and how Caryl Churchill dismissed objections that her play Seven Jewish Children was anti-Semitic ("It's the usual tactic."). It's the same move, just applied to different people.
And sometimes, the world reciprocates. Breitbart News has been engulfed in scandal (well, a new scandal anyway) recently after it published David Horowitz calling Bill Kristol a "renegade Jew" (stemming from the latter's rejection of Donald Trump). The fallout has led to alarms being raised about the rise of anti-Jewish sentiment in the conservative movement (not that this should really surprise us given the basis of Trump's appeal-- anti-Muslim sentiments and anti-Semitic sentiments are in fact excellent predictors of one another), including by one-time conservative wunderkind Ben Shapiro. And to Sharpiro's concerns, well, Breitbart published this yesterday:
He has started playing the victim on Twitter and throwing around allegations of anti-semitism and racism, just like the people he used to mock.
Ben, no one hates Jewish people....You’re no better than notorious feminist agitator Anita Sarkeesian presenting the tweets of Twitter trolls to the UN as proof of an overwhelming rise in sexism!
They even made the same comparison to Sarkeesian that I did!
Perhaps we shouldn't feel any pity for Shapiro who, after all, made his career on mocking and deriding others who raising discrimination claims on behalf of outgroups. But there is something worth observing here. One recurrent argument people make in dismissing discrimination claims is some variant on the "crying wolf" case -- that if we are too quick to "cry discrimination", people won't take "the real discrimination" seriously. This was always an iffy claim, and if anything Shapiro's case seems to demonstrate that the reverse is true. If you spend your life telling people that most discrimination claims are ginned-up, bad faith political ploys that should be mocked and dismissed, they won't make an exception when it's your turn to be the claimant (Jewish Voice for Peace has run into the same problem on the rare occasions where it has tried to call something anti-Semitic -- it finds that the norm it has promoted whereby most anti-Semitism claims are simply Zionist scare tactics doesn't evaporate just because they're the "good Jews").
Decades ago Derrick Bell already recognized this when elaborating on his concept of "enhanced standing": You can make a fine career out of telling the majority why your group is untrustworthy, unreliable, or outright condemnable -- but don't expect to be able to cash that credit in if you're perceived as even temporarily switching sides. And so the idea that we can get people to take racism, or sexism, or anti-Semitism seriously if we vigorously police out the "bad" claims and keep our powder dry to tackle the "real" ones turns out to be a dead end. If we don't start with the basic assumption that members of historically marginalized groups have claims worth listening to, there really isn't a lot of room for meaningful political conversation to move forward.
Labels: anti-semitism, conservatives, discourse, racism, Sexism
Things People Blame the Jews For, Volume XXV: The Price of Power in Guatemala
I do a lot of work on contemporary anti-discrimination, especially anti-Semitism. I also research in energy law (right now much of my time is spent preparing for the Energy Law class I'll be teaching this summer). So imagine how excited I was when I saw those two great tastes combine together in Guatemala:
Demonstrators in Guatemala used anti-Semitic language to protest the Central American country’s major power company, which is owned by an Israeli group.
Energuate, a private power supplier owned by Israeli company IC Power, was targeted by protests last week that included congressmen, businessmen and members of the military, the Estado de Israel news portal reported.
“Jews have killed me on the cross. Now Jews from Energuate are killing my people in Guatemala with the light,” read the Spanish-language banners and posters at the protests. “Out with Jewish Energuate from Guatemala. Let’s unite for the nationalization of power electricity.”
The anti-Semitic material also included an image of a crucified Jesus and a New Testament passage about hypocritical “teachers of the law and Pharisees” neglecting justice, mercy and faithfulness.
Yet you might be surprised to know that I was initially hesitant about whether to add this as an entry to my series. Was it because it wasn't high-profile enough? No -- it was a big enough deal to elicit comment from Guatemala's vice president. Was it because it wasn't really "blaming the Jews"? Seems like it obviously was -- though no doubt someone is ready to explain how "Jews have killed me on the cross" is really just an indictment of Israeli state policies.
No, the reason for my hesitance is that I already did an energy speculation entry in this series, and I do try to vary my pitches. Ultimately, I decided that this was different enough from my early contribution (which was mostly about energy extraction, rather than electricity prices), so that it could sustain itself. But it is so nice to see that the former was not a one-off.
Labels: anti-semitism, electricity, Guatemala, things Jews are blamed for
Early Summer Roundup
May is a quiet month for me. June and July and August? Less quiet. So I'm trying to get work done now before all the travel and teaching and testing comes up down the road.
In the meantime, here are some things to clear off my browser.
A fun interview with Justice Clarence Thomas, dishing on his interests, his relationship with Justice Scalia, and his confirmation process.
The ADL will recognize the Ottoman Empire's genocide of Armenians at the turn of the 20th century. While recognizing that Turkey has an alarming inability to tell Jews apart when we advocate on this issue, I've long argued that this was a question of moral principle upon which the Jewish community cannot compromise.
An investigation into anti-Semitism at the Oxford University Labour Club has concluded that there were cultural problems and barriers to full Jewish inclusion, but not "institutional anti-Semitism." What does that mean? Nobody knows, since Labour refuses to actually publish the report. The author, Baronness Jen Royall, is not thrilled about her work being suppressed.
Melania Trump: Jewish reporter who received a torrent of anti-Semitic threats from Trump supporters "provoked them."
Labels: ADL, anti-semitism, Armenia, clarence thomas, Donald Trump, Genocide, Turkey, United Kingdom
Donald Trump and the Resurgence of Far-Right Anti-Semitism
The Donald Trump phenomenon is the closest thing America has had in my lifetime to an old-school, populist-right movement. And one of the things that usually comes with that territory -- along with racism, xenophobia, and know-nothing nationalism -- is anti-Semitism.
It's no secret that there is a loud and vocal portion of Donald Trump's base that is openly anti-Semitic. And it continues to migrate closer to the "mainstream" of conservative thought, even as it targets other strands of the conservative movement thought of as Jewish. Breitbart was the latest on the bandwagon, commissioning a piece by David Horowitz targeting prominent anti-Trump Republican Bill Kristol as a "renegade Jew".
A friend of mine on Facebook suggested that when Trump loses -- and I have no doubt he will -- the movement that propped him will be primed to blame the Jews for his defeat. There is a recurrent story -- mostly told by GOP elites -- about how conservatives are the real friends of the Jews today. I never thought that was true, but I think within the GOP there had been an internal narrative where traditional populist GOP voters were held in check by party elites in their ability to express anti-Semitism. Donald Trump has upended that barrier as he has so many others, and I have very little faith that the GOP electorate that emerges will have anything but contempt for Jews generally and Jewish conservatives in particular.
Trump voters have got it in their heads that, in GOP politics as in life generally, Jew = 1%, RINO or outright liberal, elitist, PC, probably connected to the financial industry, and almost certainly in charge of the biased media. They signify everything in the GOP establishment that Trump voters despise (and, to be fair, Trump voters represent the nightmare version of the party that many Jewish Republicans had initially signed up for. It's not coincidence that I've openly wondered if we'll see neo-cons defect back to the Democratic Party).
Labels: anti-semitism, Donald Trump, Jews, neoconservatism
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Swappie: Every phone we sell is an environmental action
Wanting to make the world a better place, Sami Marttinen decided to start Swappie. Last spring the company raised EUR 5 million for financing its growth. Marttinen and Investment Manager Lauri Kokkila from venture capital company Inventure explain how this was done.
Sami Marttinen, you and Jiri Heinonen had other business ideas also. Why did you settle on used phones?
“The idea for Swappie came from my own experience: I tried to buy a used phone from friend of a friend on the Tori.fi platform, and I was ripped off. I sent the money but never received the handset. When I reported it at Pasila police station, I was told it’s a common occurrence. The used phone market was unregulated and there was a high risk of being cheated.
I did some research with Jiri, and we noticed that there was a hidden opportunity for doing good business in refurbishing and selling used phones. Reliable and responsible players were few and far between. We also discovered what a huge problem electronic waste was for the environment.”
What attracted you to entrepreneurship?
“I started as an entrepreneur at 15 years old, when I co-founded a construction company with my father. We developed a number of small innovations that allowed us to work faster and more smartly. It made me feel good to have satisfied customers, to create added value in the market, and to see the company grow.
I looked at society through new eyes. I thought about what things needed changing and what I should do about it. I noticed how important the meaning of work was to me. What I liked most was doing something that produced an improvement in society or the environment.
When, through friends at Aalto University, I bumped into Jiri, who has the same passion and drive for solving social problems, it was immediately obvious that we’d set up a company together. We didn’t wonder whether we’d get a salary from it, we just did it to see if it worked. I haven’t regretted a single day.”
What was the most challenging aspect of founding Swappie?
“The founder of a growth company has to build everything from scratch. When nothing’s ready, the biggest challenge is prioritising: what should be done first and what can be left for later. Also, spheres of responsibility give pause for thought. Jiri had built mobile applications and suchlike before, and done small start-up projects on a fast-track schedule, so I’ve also learned a lot from him.
What has positively surprised you?
“So much, and all the time. But I’ll pick out a few things, mainly from the early days of the company. I’ve heard that problems often arise between the founders of a company, but the cooperation between Jiri and I has worked extremely well for four years now. I trust him absolutely.
What also surprises me is how talented the people who joined us are. When people continue to grow while they’re with us, they continue to surprise. There are plenty of examples of this, such as rapid advances in refurbishing technology and other techniques.
A third positive surprise was finding our current board chairman, Ville Vesterinen. During our first summer, almost by chance we attended an event recommended to us at which Ville was speaking. We’d never even thought of looking for financing before we met him. He helped us start finding investors.”
What is your mission with Swappie?
“We believe that refurbishing and selling used phones is a particularly important activity because we make a positive environmental impact with every phone we sell. We want to bring about a shift away from buying new electronics towards buying used devices or refurbished as-new devices.
The lifetime of a new phone is currently one-and-a-half to two years. If we lengthen the lifetime of a device to three or three-and-a-half years by refurbishing it, its carbon footprint is halved. That’s a big step forward in terms of responsibility and the environment.”
According to Sami Marttinen, Swappie often makes phones better than new when refurbishing them. Servicing manager Jimi Seiterä uses a microscope as an aid in strengthening soldered joints on a phone’s motherboard. Ordinary servicing businesses do not perform such high-grade repairs.
What does Swappie do to phones?
“Besides refurbishing and repairing phones, we also enhance them so that in many cases they are functionally better than they were when new.
For instance, if the soldering on the phone’s motherboard was poorly executed, it easily becomes broken. The camera may stop working or the screen will fail to respond properly to touch. In that case, replacing the camera or the screen is not enough. We repair the motherboard by strengthening its soldered joints and by making the joints more flexible. The phone then better withstands being dropped, for example, and the type defect in those cases doesn’t then re-occur.”
In what ways do you promote responsibility and positive social impact?
“Ecofriendliness is an important value in all our activities. We try to re-use components whenever possible, and everything we can’t utilise we recycle in the nearest possible location.
We employ 70 people already. Most important for us is that we’ve assembled an awesome team that also makes a positive social impact.”
You are also internationalising. What can you tell us about that?
“In mid-2018 we were still operating only in Finland, but after receiving financing from Inventure, Lifeline Ventures, Reaktor Ventures and Business Finland we gained a foothold also in Sweden and Italy. Both markets are growing strongly.
At the start we wanted to choose different types of markets in order to identify the correct internationalisation models for different environments. Purchasing behaviour differs very much indeed between the Nordic countries and, for instance, Italy. Ecofriendliness and responsibility are more pronounced in the Nordic countries, so we can build on those aspects here more firmly than in southern Europe.
We have a rock-solid team, both in the company and on the board of directors. It would be difficult to find a more experienced support network in terms of internationalisation.”
What will Swappie focus on next?
“The funding will enable us to boost everything we do to the next level. We’ll further develop our servicing technology and continue our growth trajectory. We plan to further strengthen our team and to craft internal processes to match the company’s increasing size.”
Inventure’s Lauri Kokkila (left) sees potential for an international success story in Swappie.
Lauri Kokkila, why did Inventure select Swappie to invest in?
“Swappie has got a lot of things right. The team is decisive and bases its operations on hard data. The company’s operating model has proven to be effective, and the figures show the potential for an international success story. Also, the timing is right for Swappie because the market is at an early stage and not too fragmented compared to, say, the used car trade.
We address responsibility and try to make a positive impact in all our investments because we believe we make better choices that way. Corporate responsibility and impact will grow in importance in the future as the values cherished by millennials become mainstream. Millennials already represent 35% of the global workforce, and they place far more importance on corporate impact than older generations.
One driver of growth in the future will be how companies try to empower consumers to make more sustainable choices. Swappie uses materials effectively and recycles them, on top of which it extends the useful lifetime of phones by refurbishing them. We believe these arguments speak for the company and will accelerate its success.
Social impact perspectives have been a priority for venture capital investors for some time now. We want to support start-ups and growth entrepreneurs in improving society and solving the world’s problems. I’m convinced that in future we’ll be aiming to make a beneficial impact in all our investment activities.”
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Sami’s three tips for buying a phone
When buying a new phone, compare prices, guarantees and the right to return it.
When selecting a used phone, ask whether the battery has been replaced and the phone serviced.
Buy a phone from a reliable supplier. If buying a phone directly from the previous owner, it is difficult to know whether it has been damaged – for instance, by water – or stolen.
Swappie
What it is: A growth company established in 2016 that uses an online platform to refurbish and sell used phones. At present, this means in practice iPhones. Founders Sami Marttinen and Jiri Heinonen.
Who and where: Located in the Ruoholahti district of Helsinki, and also in Sweden and Italy. Team of some 70 people.
Growth rate: From zero net sales to EUR 8 million in two years.
Financing: Raised EUR 5 million for financing growth and internationalisation in a second funding round completed in May. Investors include Finnish venture capital and private equity funds Inventure, Lifeline Ventures and Reaktor Ventures, as well as Business Finland. Tesi has invested in Inventure’s and Lifeline’s funds.
Website: www.swappie.com/en
Sami Marttinen
Who he is: Founder and CEO of growth company Swappie.
Education: Aalto University School of Business, marketing.
Earlier work experience: Founder of Viking Shave Club 2016 and Purtava 2014. Worked during his student years in Rakennusapu Marttinen, co-founded in 2006 with his father. Has also worked in a bank and in factories as well as distributing advertisements and picking strawberries.
Special: Started a sports society in Aalto University, actively involved in voluntary work.
Lauri Kokkila
Who he is: Investment Manager at Inventure, where he has worked since 2015. Specialised in AI, machine learning and 3D technologies.
Education: MSc (Technology), Aalto University’s Information Networks Master’s Programme.
Earlier work experience: Project manager, at SRV, a large construction group, where he developed the company’s digital services.
Business concept: To invest in innovative and rapidly-growing hi-tech start-ups in the Nordic and Baltic countries, and turn them into global success stories.
Portfolio: 38 companies.
As an investor in funds: In addition to Tesi: Elo Mutual Pension Insurance Company, European Investment Fund EIF, FoF Growth fund, Ilmarinen Mutual Pension Insurance Company, Nordea Life Assurance, Sandvik Eläkesäätiö, and The Finnish Innovation Fund Sitra.
Team: Sami Lampinen, Managing Partner; Timo Tirkkonen, partner; and Tuomas Kosonen, partner. 10 people, plus three more being recruited.
Website: inventure.fi
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The University of St.Gallen can be reached by train (SBB), plane (Zurich Airport and St.Gallen Altenrhein Airport) as well as via the A1 motorway.
St.Gallen is only one hour away from Zurich by car and is also easy to reach by public transport. Austria and Germany are also nearby. Distances: Zurich 1 hour, Munich 2.5 hours, Stuttgart 2.5 hours, Milan 3.5 hours.
Take the motorway exit St.Gallen/Kreuzbleiche and head towards the centre. Once you have gone through the tunnel, move into the left lane and follow the sign to Universität/WBZ Holzweid.
Trains run from Zurich’s main train station and Zurich airport to St.Gallen every 20 minutes. The journey takes about 1 hour. There are also direct express trains from Berne (2 hours), Geneva (4 hours) and Munich (3 hours) to St.Gallen. At St.Gallen’s main train station, take bus no. 5 towards Rotmonten. The buses run every 10 minutes. Get off at the "Universität/Dufourstrasse" bus stop and cross the main road. Or take bus no. 9 to "Universität/Gatterstrasse".
Zurich airport is only one hour away from St.Gallen by car or train. A direct train runs from Zurich airport to St.Gallen twice an hour.
The St.Gallen-Altenrhein airport is virtually at our doorstep, 10 minutes away from Rorschach and 30 minutes from St.Gallen.
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Don's Home Health Body Mass Index (BMI) Contact
Although body fat is a better indicator of potential health problems it is hard to measure so Body Mass Index (BMI) = Weight (kg) / Height squared (m2) or lbs. * 703 /in.2] is used instead.
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Disease Risk* Relative to Normal Weight and Waist Circumference
(kg/m2) Weight
for 5'-7" Obesity
Class Men ≤ 40 in
Women ≤ 35 Men > 40 in
Women > 35 in
Underweight < 18.5 ≤ 118
Normal 18.5 - 24.9 119-159
Overweight 25.0 - 29.9 160-191
Increased High
Obesity 30.0 - 34.9 192-222 I High Very High
35.0 - 39.9 223-254 II Very High Very High
Extreme Obesity 40.0 + 255+ III Extremely High Extremely High
* Disease risk for type 2 diabetes, hypertension, and Cardiovascular Disease (CVD).
There is evidence that risk for type 2 diabetes starts to increased at BMI > 22.
+ Increased waist circumference can also be a marker for increased risk even in persons of normal weight.
Source: Classification and Risks of Overweight and Obesity at the NIH's National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
Note: BMI Does not work for persons younger than 18, Frail or sedentary elderly people, Competitive athletes, Bodybuilders, Pregnant or nursing women. e.g. "Michael Jordan and Mark McGwire have had BMIs of 30." Body Fat is a better measurement.
BMI Calculator and percentile for age/sex at halls.md
children < 18 yrs. should have a lower BMI.
In the past it was thought that concern started when a man's BMI hits 28 and a woman's 27, but the 25 cutoff was chosen because of evidence that high blood pressure and cholesterol increase around that point.
In 1997 the World Health Organization (WHO) designated 25-29.9 as "preobese". The next year the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) adopted the same standard and called the new category "overweight".
There are studies which indicate health risks for diabetes goes up 25% for each unit of BMI over 22.
Some consider BMI < 21 to be underweight. (vegetarian-diet.info/)
In his book "The Obesity Myth" Paul Campos argues that the real health problem is too little excercise not too much weight.
Recent studies have shown that people who were undernourished in early life and then become obese in adulthood
In analysis carried out for World Health Report 2002, approximately 58% of diabetes and 21% of ischaemic heart disease and 8-42% of certain cancers globally were attributable to a BMI above 21 kg/m2.
According to the NIH (www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nhanes/databriefs/adultweight.pdf) The percent of persons who are overweight or obese increased from 56 percent in 1988-94 to 64 percent in 1999-2000.
According to a 2003 report, the National Center for Health Statistics indicate 15 percent of children ages 6 to 18 were overweight in 2000, up from 6 percent in 1980. (www.betterhealthusa.com/public/227.cfm)
Mean BMI's for Africa and Asia are 22-23 while mean BMI's for North America and Europe are 25-27. (WHO)
Other Weight/Height tables are based on frame size (small, medium, large) Although results vary by height an average for ideal BMI by frame size is: Small: 20-22, Medium: 21-24, Large: 22-26
See tables and how to determine frame size at: Am I Fat and U. Michigan
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) - Obesity Guidelines and Assess Your Risk
U.S. Obesity Trends 1985 to 2000 at the Centers for Disease Control (CDC)
World Health Organization (WHO) - Obesity and Overweight
The inventors of the Mediterranean diet have become the most overweight people in Europe 35% or Greeks are overweight compared to 17% of Dutch.
International Obesity TaskForce Press Statement
To use the table, find the appropriate height in the left-hand column labeled Height. Move across to a given weight. The number at the top of the column is the BMI at that height and weight.
Normal 18.5-24.9
Height Body Weight (pounds)
91 96 100 105 110 115 119 124 129 134 138 143 148 153 158
97 102 107 112 118 123 128 133 138 143 148 153 158 163 168
See expanded table at NIH - National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute
BMI Calculator and percentile for age/sex at halls.md and Calculator at NIH.
Obesity Data by State
Return to Health/Weight.
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English and History University of Sheffield Degree level: Undergraduate
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The combination of English and History uniquely positions you to be able to interrogate a variety of literary texts (including film, theatre, poetry and prose) and place them within their historical, social and political contexts. Both departments offer modules that explore literary and historical cultures from the Early Modern period up until the contemporary moment.
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Items The Reform advocate
The Reform advocate, Vol. 5, no. 12
Hirsch, Emil Gustav, 1851-1923
The Reform advocate
The Reform advocate, Vol. 5
Hirsch, Emil Gustav, 1851-1923 (Editor)
Place: Chicago
Shelf locator: *ZAN-*P287 [Microfilm] v. 5-6 (Feb. 22-Oct. 28, 1893)
Jewish periodicals
Content: Reel 3
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 96192190-0dde-0137-fea6-0811ba77a1a8
Dorot Jewish Division, The New York Public Library. "The Reform advocate" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1893-05-06. http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/c2af0820-0dde-0137-7609-63f6241d8aa8
Dorot Jewish Division, The New York Public Library. "The Reform advocate" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed January 22, 2020. http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/c2af0820-0dde-0137-7609-63f6241d8aa8
Dorot Jewish Division, The New York Public Library. (1893-05-06). The Reform advocate Retrieved from http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/c2af0820-0dde-0137-7609-63f6241d8aa8
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Super 8 Stories Extra Footage: Mourne Country Farm in Maghera
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Doubleband Films
Christopher Napier, Doubleband Films
Christopher Napier
Agricultural footage shot on farms in the County Down village of Maghera, including shots of hay cutting and machinery, mixed with scenes of family life in the 1960s. This is the original unedited footage which was used in the making of the Super 8 Story, 'Mourne Farm Life'.
Sarah Napier was a Belfast housewife who had a keen interest in photography. As her son, Christopher, remembers, 'She always had a camera - a box brownie - and when cine cameras became available she asked for one'. Sarah would use the family’s summer holidays at Maghera, County Down as the perfect excuse for practising her skills. However, after the format change from Standard 8mm to Super 8 she eventually gave up film making. 'When Standard 8 film became hard to get she gave up the hobby. My mother encouraged others to make films out of the movie reels. Edmund Finnan, her uncle-in-law, made several and she made several others before showing them to the family'.
Creel Making in Boho
Land of Ulster
The Art of The Creel
Ulster Rich and Rare
Ulster Richer and Rarer
Winnowing Corn in Mournes Near Kilkeel
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1. What are Dinosaurs
2. When and Where did dinosaurs live?
2.1 The first Triassic period (252 to 201 million years ago)
2.2 Jurassic Period (201 to 145 million years ago)
2.3 Cretaceous Period (145 to 66 million years ago)
2.3.1 Velociraptor
2.3.2 Triceratops
2.3.3 Stegosaurus
2.3.4 Tyrannosaurus rex (T-rex)
3. Physical Features, classification of Dinosaurs
3.1 Physical Features
3.2 Classification of Dinosaurs
3.2.1 Ornithischian Dinosaurs
3.2.2 Saurischian Dinosaurs
3.2.2.1 Theropods
3.2.2.2 Sauropods
4. Why dinosaurs extinction?
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What are dinosaurs?
Dinosaurs are living creatures on our planet more than 150 million years ago. The name Dinosaurs means "terrible lizard" and has many meanings because they were big creature and scariest. They have a variety different of sizes from a chicken to others over weighing nearly 100 tons. Their diets are also very different, one of them being herbivores while others carnivorous and others an omnivore eats both plants and meat.
Scientists have not yet discovered how dinosaurs are extinct. Their fossils were first discovered in 1800. By studying these fossils, researchers know that dinosaurs are ancient cousins of some species like crocodiles, snakes, bird, and lizards today.
When and Where did dinosaurs live?
Scientists have studied that dinosaurs lived from about 245 to 65.5 million years ago during the Mesozoic Era. And they divide the Mesozoic into three periods: the Triassic, Jurassic, and Cretaceous.
The first Triassic period (252 to 201 million years ago)
This is a time when the climate is relatively dry and hot and especially without polar ice as it is today. This is also the environment where dinosaurs first evolved. With this dry climate, some reptiles have heat-resistant skin, such as the skin of some mammals "Therapsids", some flying lizards like Pterodactyl, Pteranodon...others Coelophysis that have "hollow form", Plateosaurus.
Jurassic Period (201 to 145 million years ago)
The Triassic period is a mass extinction of terrestrial animals. However, some dinosaurs still survive. The more they grow and increase in quantity. During this period, the temperature was cooler due to more rainfall. These changes lead to a number of large grow plant species such as ferns, and ponytail. This vegetation is the main food for some herbivorous dinosaurs such as Apatosaurus, Diplodocus, and Brachiosaurus.
Cretaceous Period (145 to 66 million years ago)
The dinosaurs at this stage grow very diverse and are present almost everywhere in the world. Besides, a number of other groups of organisms also develop diverse. However all dinosaurs do not have to live at the same time, they can live together and not extinct together. They live in all different environments, from tropical forests to arid deserts.
In this period dinosaur development was very diverse. For examples some dinosaurs that live during this period include
Velociraptor (aka Raptor): This dinosaur is about 3.3 meters tall, weighs 60kg and it has a smart brain to plan and attack prey. Its bite force reaches 8000 newtons equivalent to today's spotted hyenas. It is a formidable predator in the wild world.
Velociraptor is not only the obsession of small dinosaurs like Zephyrosaurus but also brings fear to even larger dinosaurs like Tenontosaurus. Therefore, the Raptor is also known by the scientific world as speed bird of prey, to describe their ability to destroy prey quickly. And it is considered one of the key factors contributing to the brand's success of Jurassic Dinosaur Games. Especially is the Jurassic Park Games game.
Triceratops is a herbivorous dinosaur. It is 3 meters tall, 9 meters long and weighs about 10 tons. Triceratops is one of the familiar dinosaurs in a series of Dinosaur Coloring Games. Despite its scary shape, it's a dinosaur gentle and herbivorous species. It only uses horns to fight predators like T-Rex. And it's also one of the most commonly found fossils.
Stegosaurus belongs to the family of dinosaurs eating benign plants. Like the bison, it prefers to be fed with ferns or sesame trees rather than fighting. Stegosaurus's name means a roof lizard. Stegosaurus children who love dinosaurs can easily recognize Stegosaurus thanks to the thorny horns growing on its back in Dinosaur Coloring Pages. Besides, It appeared in some famous games like Dino Run 2, Dino Run 3 ...
This herbivorous dinosaur possesses a height of up to 10.1m and weighs 3,500kg, equivalent to the size of a large bus. They appeared at the end of the Jurassic period, about 150 - 148 million years ago.
Despite its size, Stegosaurus is the lowest IQ dinosaur. According to scientists' research, the Stegosaurus dinosaur's brain is very small, just as big as a walnut, equivalent to a dog's brain. So Stegosaurus dinosaurs are classified as the species with the proportion of brain correlated with the lowest body rate.
Tyrannosaurus rex (T-rex)
Tyrannosaurus rex appeared from about 68 to 66 million years ago. It weighs 7 tons, has small characteristic hands and is a violent predator and predator with their powerful bite. T.Rex's biting force is equivalent to a pressure of 8,000 pounds, 10 times the bite of an adult crocodile.
Based on the bone structure, scientists estimate they can run at 25 miles per hour, but some other scientists think this number is up to 32 miles per hour. Fossil samples show that the average life expectancy of Rex is 30 years
Tyrannosaurus rex is probably the most popular dinosaur in all species. It appears in most dinosaur-related games, including "Jurassic Park Games", "Dinosaur Robots Games", iconic games that cause destruction and death like "Miami Rex", "NY Rex" ...
Physical Features, classification of Dinosaurs
Scientists have classified dinosaurs based on many different factors, but mostly their fossils. Everything involves dinosaurs like fossil dinosaur bones, dinosaur eggs, and other trace fossils like footprints and muzzle rocks.
Dinosaurs come in many different sizes and body shapes. Some are giant creatures, weighing more than 100 tons. Others are as small as the bird.
Most skin of dinosaurs has scales. We still don't know what color the skin of dinosaurs is. However, some scientists believe that dinosaurs are usually gray and green. Others think dinosaurs have vivid colors. With these colors, they can hide predators, and maybe males want to catch the attention of females.
Some large dinosaurs, they move slowly on four legs to support their huge weight. Others can move with their hind legs and stand upright. Because they have lightweight, hollow skeletons and allow them to move quickly.
Some types of carnivorous dinosaurs have sharp teeth. They use this set of teeth to tear flesh and prey. Others have long necks and eat vegetation and leaves.
You may know that dinosaurs are egg-laying creatures. Currently, scientists have not yet studied how long dinosaurs live, but based on their fossils, scientists show that some may have survived for a hundred years. And they can live in herds. They were able to protect themselves in many ways such as using their horns to protect them, others using their sharp teeth.
Classification of Dinosaurs
Scientists have classified dinosaurs into two groups. A group is based on the structure of the hip bones of the dinosaurs - Ornithischia dinosaurs. The other group is lizard - Saurischia dinosaur.
Ornithischian Dinosaurs
This is a dinosaur that looks like the birds today. Ornithischians are people who eat plants. They can move on their two or four feet. They have flat teeth to crush hard vegetation. Stegosaurus is an example. It's a plant-eating dinosaur with a small head's. It has large, triangular bones protruding from its back. Or another dinosaur is Triceratops, with horns like a modern rhino.
Saurischian Dinosaurs
This species of dinosaur is very similar to that of reptiles today. They are one of the largest creatures that have existed on our earth. Some species have some common characteristics with today's birds. The first bird discovered by scientists is Archaeopteryx - a Saurischian species. And then they divided them into two species: the carnivorous theropod and the plant-eating sauropods.
Theropods
These species of Theropods are comprised of all carnivorous dinosaurs. Theropods go on their hind legs and they use sharp claws and teeth to catch and tear prey flesh. They can hunt alone to catch and eat smaller plant-eating dinosaurs. Occasionally, they hunt in groups and attack larger dinosaurs. Theropods include some species such as Giganotosaurus, Spinosaurus, and especially Tyrannosaurus Rex dinosaur.
Sauropods
Sauropods are the largest terrestrial herbivores ever living. They move on their four legs and are considered the largest of all species. An interesting thing about this dinosaur is that they have very small heads and brains compared to their giant bodies. Sauropods all have long necks, which allows them to take food on the tallest plants. Some species can also stand up with their hind legs to rise higher into the tree. In addition, they use long and muscular tails to hold equal when standing. Examples for some Sauropods are Brachiosaurus, Wikimedia Focus, and Apatosaurus.
Why dinosaurs extinction?
There are many reasons to think that dinosaurs are extinct. Extinction dinosaur is still a mystery and controversial for many scientists. They came up with different theories.
Some scientists believe that dinosaurs died because temperatures on Earth were too hot or too cold for them.
Others believe that an asteroid has fallen to earth. The falling meteorites can create dust and block sunlight. Plants will stop growing and lead to food-eating dinosaurs that will die from lack of food. And they become prey to other dinosaur meat eaters.
Other scientists maintain that dinosaurs can turn into modern birds like ostriches today.
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Trump gives his ego a boost but it didn’t go too well
Donald Trump gave his ego a boost on the 4th of July celebrations when he decided he wanted to speak at the celebrations – something that no US leader has done before. He kept it non-political but pushed everything about the military like celebrating the various victories as well as American war heroes. He briefly thanked those who helped out in medical and technology advancements. I would guess Trump wanted to boast military exploits… like a dictator would.
Trump blamed a faulty teleprompter for his claim during remarks he made at a July 4th event that the Continental Army “took over the airports” during the Revolutionary War. “It kept going on and at the end it just went out,” Trump told reporters at the White House the day after. “It went kaput… I guess the rain knocked out the teleprompter.”
In addition, a large group of seats near the stage will be reserved seating. Trump gave his cronies and other supporters seats there – and maybe a token few Democrats [probably sitting at the back]. The Republican National Committee have received their reserved seat tickets? Democrats? Nope.
Trump wants his generals and chief of staffs to be in full uniform and on stage with him. He called them “my generals”. This is what dictators and despots do for their parades – not the best military in the world. At one point it sounded like some generals may not appear – sending in subordinates.
His original plan was to have tanks and heavy trucks rolling in Washington but that would of ripped up the infrastructure. A while back, Trump blamed Washington officials but it was the cost. He said “it will be like no other”. Uh huh. Those military equipment brought in were behind fences – so few could see them anyways.
To help pay for the extras, Trump is diverting $2.5 million that was supposed to go to parks to renovate some of them. On top of that Trump claiming bringing in the tanks and military vehicles as well as the jets, Air Force One and the future Marine One flying over will cost very little but he is forgetting fuel, transportation, people preparing, moving the equipment, extra security, etc.
If Trump had make this a campaign style event then it could be considered illegal as you can’t use public money for party events.
At the G20, six weeks after Huawei was blacklisted by the US government, Trump had what the Chinese telecom firm described as a “U-turn” saying “US companies can sell their equipment to Huawei,” allowing the transactions won’t present a “great, national emergency problem.” Of course, Trump did not mention what [if anything] changed Trump’s decision.
However, when Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau met Trump a few weeks back, Trump would speak to Chinese President Xi Jinping about Huawei, Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou and 2 Canadians that have been arrested after Meng was arrested as requested by the Americans. It took over a week for a confirmation that Trump did speak to Xi.
Trump lightheartedly told Russian President for Life Vladimir Poutine, “Don’t meddle in the election” when asked by a reporter if the topic would come up during their bilateral meeting. Trump’s general unwillingness to criticize Putin, despite his efforts that butt against American interests from the Middle East to Ukraine to election security. Trump lobbed criticism at Japan, India and Germany over trade and defense matters but not toward Russia.
Trump shook hands with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and took 20 steps into North Korea, making history as the first sitting US leader to set foot in North Korea. The encounter at the heavily fortified Korean Demilitarized Zone — their third in person — came a day after Trump raised the prospect of a border handshake in a tweet and declared he’d have “no problem” stepping into North Korea.
Trump claimed that President Barak Obama always wanted to meet Kim but was denied. He claims the Obama administration was “begging” for a meeting. Yet during his time under Obama, former Director of National Intelligence, James Clapper, said Obama never wanted to go to North Koreas. He said would go if it was for the right reason. FOX New at the time criticized Obama constantly for even thinking of seeing Kim or any other dictator. Guess what? FOX News anchors were all praising Trump for meeting Kim.
Expect Trump to use in his re-election campaign that he was able to meet Kim [and walk in North Korea] while Obama [or any Democrat president] didn’t do so. More like a big whoopee.
It didn’t take long: Trump walk over to the North Korean side has been made into a propaganda film by them including slow motion as he stepped over the border and patriotic music.
The Democrat candidates didn’t really have much of anything positive: from just a photo-op, to wasted time, to helping Kim more than the US [sort of like “See. The President of the US came to me!”], and so on. There was no agreement or anything except Trump inviting Kim to the White House.
The new White House press secretary, Stephanie Grisham, on her second day on the job, got into a scuffle with North Korean officials during a chaotic scene outside a meeting room where Trump and Kim talked privately. Grisham was bruised a bit in the scuffle.
After the second Democratic debate of the week where Kamala Harris went after front-runner Joe Biden for his record on race and segregation, Trump surprisingly defended Biden. He said Harris got “too much credit” while Biden “didn’t do well, certainly,” but he “answered the question a little bit differently, it would have been a different result.” Trump generally goes after the person most likely to be his biggest threat. Is that Harris now?
Donald Trump Jr. retweeted, and then deleted, an alt-right commentator named Ali Alexander, stating, “Kamala Harris is implying she is descended from American Black Slaves. She’s not. She comes from Jamaican Slave Owners. That’s fine. She’s not an American Black. Period.” Trump asked if it was true but later deleted it. Those who disliked the tweet claimed it was a like father like son thing to so. His father has quite often retweeted alt-right and neo-Nazis and didn’t really care if true.
At the second debate, Harris told Biden that his past stance against federally-mandating busing black students to white schools was personally hurtful because she had benefited from that educational opportunity as a little girl. Afterward, some people on social media falsely claimed that Harris couldn’t lay claim to the afflictions of African Americans. Harris is the daughter of an Indian mother and a Jamaican father. When she’s asked how she identifies herself, Harris will often say, as “an American.”
The detention centers near the southern border holding migrants got pushed to the front after very overcrowding in the centers. About a third of those detained have been detained for longer than laws allow. I am expecting Trump to lash out at the Democrats blaming them for this.
Trump said his administration is “looking at” delaying the 2020 census after the Supreme Court blocked the administration from adding a question about citizenship status on the decennial survey. “I have asked the lawyers if they can delay the Census… until the United States Supreme Court is given additional information from which it can make a final and decisive decision on this very critical matter,” he tweeted. Which means find a way to get that question included.
Just when we thought the census question about citizenship was dead, Trump, growing frustrated at his administration’s handling of the question is even exploring whether to issue an executive order on the issue. An executive order or another kind of directive with an alternative rationale would be subject to court injunctions over the next several weeks that could further complicate and an already tenuous timeline.
Trump threw the situation into disorder earlier this week when he tweeted he wouldn’t give up the battle even after his Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross announced the census forms would be printed without the question. Trump had signed off on earlier in the week. The internal dispute has led Trump to privately air frustrations at his 81-year-old commerce secretary. Could be be next to go?
Trump could include a potential executive order or adding the question as a supplement with the upcoming census forms, which are already being printed. I guess this is another example of Trump changing his mind. Won’t be the last.
The government had earlier told the courts that time was of the essence to render their rulings, because the deadline to tell the printing company which version of the census form to use — with the citizenship question or without — was July 1. Trump said the citizenship question is a natural part of counting the population, but critics have said it will deter minority groups and non-citizens from responding. The census is supposedly determined to help decide how government money is spent.
Federal law sets constraints on when the decennial count of the country’s population will be taken. April 1, 2020, is the official census day, although counting is set to begin as early as January in some areas, and the law requires the tally that is used to draw legislative districts “shall be completed within 9 months,” meaning by the end of 2020. Could the administration change the law? I wouldn’t be shocked.
During a speech to US troops at the Osan Air Base in South Korea, Trump said that he had given them their first pay increase in almost a decade saying “You know, it was close to 10 years before you had an increase.” Actually they got 2.4% in 2018. As well, every year for the last 10 years they received raises from 1.9% to 3.4$ [that one in 2010].
Not the first time he lied about military wage increases. In October, he said “President Obama starved the military. He didn’t give them raises, he didn’t give them anything. I gave them a 10% pay increase, they haven’t had it in a decade.” In December, he said “You haven’t gotten one in more than 10 years — more than 10 years. And we got you a big one. I got you a big one.” 10% increase in a year?
Oh you have to wonder about Trump. On multiple occasions, he has called his National Security Adviser John Bolton’s name but said Mike Bolton – the 80s crooner.
Woops. In Trump’s Make America Great Again re-election campaign ads, they used videos from iStock including a sign from Tokyo and a blonde woman walking on a beach was from a Mediterranean beach. If you read very carefully and fast, the voice overs are [supposedly] actual testimonies and the videos are not.
GOP Rep. Justin Amash, the only Republican in Congress who says the Mueller report contained impeachable offenses, has left the party. He’s a libertarian who said “No matter your circumstance, I’m asking you to join me in rejecting the partisan loyalties and rhetoric that divide and dehumanize us.” It didn’t take long before Trump went after him. So much for freedom and democracy.
Apple is reportedly shifting production for its new Mac Pro computer from the United States to China. The company’s latest Mac Pro computer will not undergo final assembly in Austin, Texas, as its previous version did. This won’t go well with Trump who thought Apple would build more plants in the US.
FedEx is seeking relief from being “essentially deputize[d]” by the Department of Commerce, following Trump’s effective blacklisting of smartphone and telecom equipment manufacturer Huawei in May. The placement of Huawei and its subsidiaries on the “Entities List,” which severely limits any business interactions American companies can have with the Chinese phone giant, has caused a number of logistical problems for FedEx.
A free, 8-million strong social network for knitters, crocheters and others in the fiber arts has banned any mention of support for Trump and his administration. The new policy on Ravelry.com says the site took the action because it can’t provide a space “inclusive of all and also allow support for open white supremacy.” The post went on to say that support of the Trump administration is “undeniably support for white supremacy.”
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Distilled tall oil, maleated
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Three ready biodegradation studies are available for Distilled tall oil, maleated. The ready biodegradation criteria were not met in any of these studies, however all the studies were extended beyond 28 days. In two OECD 301D studies > 60% biodegradation was observed in less than 60 days. In an OECD 301B study the maximum level of biodegradation achieved was 52%.
Distilled tall oil maleated does not meet the criteria for readily biodegradability but does show a potential to degrade in the environment.
Three reliable ready biodegradation studies have been conducted for Distilled tall oil, maleated. Sowders (2014a and b) reports two extended OECD 301D screening studies. The two studies differ only in the concentration of innoculum used for the test (0.08 or 0.16 ml per litre). In both studies the ready biodegradation criteria were not achieved within 28 days (i.e. >60% oxygen consumption). Both studies did, however, show the potential for Distilled tall oil, maleated to achieve the ready biodegradation criteria within 60 days (with 63 and 67% oxygen consumption at high and low inoculum levels respectively after 60 days). Distilled tall oil, maleated is therefore not expected to persist in the environment.
Roulstone (2014) conducted a GLP study following OECD 301B and showed approximatly 50% biodegradation after 42 days. Distilled tall oil, maleated was not considered to be 'readily biodegradable' as it did not meet the strict terms of OECD Guideline No. 301B (i.e. >60% CO2 evolution after 28 days and within a 10 day window), however, there is evidence from this study that the test substance has the potential to degrade. The three extended 'ready biodegradation' studies show that while Distilled tall oil, maleated can not be considered 'readily biodegradable' it is not expected to persist in the environment.
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1-(3-chloropyridin-2-yl)-N-[4-cyano-2-methyl-6-(methylcarbamoyl)phenyl]-3-{[5-(trifluoromethyl)-2H-tetrazol-2-yl]methyl}-1H-pyrazole-5-carboxamide
EC number: 810-161-6 | CAS number: 1229654-66-3
NOEC (20 weeks) = 42.9 mg a.s./kg/d (M-570069-02-01, Anas platyrhynchos, OECD 206; OCSPP 850.2300, most sensitive study)
Long-term EC10, LC10 or NOEC for birds:
42.9 mg/kg food
Several experimental studies on the toxicity of the test item to birds according to GLP are available. The studies used 3 different bird species investigated the acute oral toxicity, toxicity due to 5 days dietary exposure and reproduction toxicity, respectively.The most sensitive species was adult mallard (M-570069-02-01, reproduction toxicity, 20 weeks) with a NOEC of 42.9 mg a.s./kg/d (dietary).
For the key study (M-570069-02-01) eighteen pairs of adult mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) per treatment (approx. 25 weeks old) were exposed to treated feed (or control feed without the test substance) during a period of 20 weeks according to OECD 206 and US EPA OPPTS 850.2300. Nominal concentrations in feed were 0 (control), 111, 333 and 1000 mg a.s./kg feed (=ppm), respectively, which corresponded to mean measured concentrations of 0, 109 (98% of nominal), 325 (98% of nominal) and 938 (94% of nominal) ppm, respectively. The achieved daily doses were 0, 14.1, 42.9 and 129.5 mg a.s./kg body weight per day. Birds were observed for mortality, abnormal behavior and signs of toxicity; adult body weight and feed consumption were measured; gross pathology was conducted; reproductive parameters, as well as hatchling health, growth and survival, were examined. The overall NOEC (20 weeks) for mallard exposed to the test item in the diet during the study was considered to be 42.9 mg a.s./kg/day (333 ppm).
For the second study (M-522801-01-1), twentysix-week old adult Northern Bobwhite quail were orally dosed via gelatine capsules at a limit dose level of 2000 mg a.s./kg body weight, adjusted for purity, in comparison to an untreated control group, and subsequently monitored for a period of 14 d, following OECD 223 and OPPTS 850.2100. Mortality, signs of intoxication, food consumption, body weight and gross necropsy results were evaluated to determine the endpoints. There were no mortalities in the control or the 2000 mg a.s./kg b.w. treatment group. There were no observed effects in the control or 2000 mg a.s./kg b.w. treatment group during the study. Thus, the acute oral LD50 (14d) was > 2000 mg a.s./kg body weight.
For the third study (M-521692-01-1) northern Bobwhite Quail (Colinus virginianus) hatchlings (10 d old) were exposed to treated feed for a period of 5 d and observed thereafter for another 3 d while fed with untreated feed, following the guidelines OECD 205 and OPPTS 850.2200. Nominal concentrations in feed were 0 (untreated control), 313, 625, 1250, 2500 and 5000 mg a.s./kg feed. The average measured amounts of the test item were determined to be 0 (<LOQ), 394, 691, 1308, 2579, and 5391 mg a.s./kg feed, respectively. The recovery ranged from 103% to 126% of nominal. The dietary LC50 (10 d) was >5391 mg a.s./kg feed (>772 mg a.s./kg body weight). Based on all parameters measured, the NOEC (10 d) was 2579 mg a.s./kg feed (473 mg a.s./kg body weight/day) and the LOEC (10 d) was 5391 mg a.s./kg feed (772 mg a.s./kg body weight/day).
For the fourth study (M-542825-02-1) approx. 23 weeks old northern bobwhite quail (Colinus virginianus) were exposed to treated feed for a period of 23 weeks, following the guideline OECD 206 and OPPTS 850.2300. Nominal concentrations in feed were 0 (control), 111, 333 and 1000 mg a.s./kg feed (=ppm), respectively corresponding to mean measured concentrations of 0, 120 (108% of nominal), 350 (105% of nominal) and 1078 (108% of nominal) ppm. Based on this results daily doses of 0, 9, 25 and 78 mg a.s./kg body weight per day were derived. The No Observed Effect Level (NOEL) for both parental toxicity and reproduction endpoints of northern bobwhite quail exposed to the test item over a 23 -week period was 1000 ppm mg a.s./kg feed (nominal), corresponding to a measured concentration of 1078 mg a.s./kg feed and a mean achieved dose of 78 mg a.s./kg bw/day. The Lowest Observed Effect Level (LOEL) was >1000 ppm (nominal test level) equivalent to the measured concentration of 1078 ppm and the achieved dose of 78 mg a.s./kg bw/day.
The fifth study (M-508260 -01 -1) was performed according to the OECD 205 and OPPTS 850.2200. Five days old mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) hatchlings were exposed to treated feed during a period of 5 d and observed thereafter for another 3 d while fed with untreated feed. Nominal concentrations in feed were 0 (control), 313, 625, 1250, 2500 and 5000 ppm (mean measured: 329, 648, 1294, 2573 and 5121 ppm) which corresponded to daily uptake doses of 94, 176, 374, 660 and 1450 mg a.s./kg body weight/day, respectively. Mortality, signs of intoxication, food consumption, body weight and gross necropsy results were evaluated to determine the endpoints. No clinical signs of toxicity or mortalities were noted at any treatment level. Post-mortem examinations revealed no gross lesions or unusual observations. The body weight and feed consumption for the 648 mg a.s./kg feed treatment level was not considered to be biologically significant as the birds lost weight prior to the addition of treated feed (Day -3 to -1). In addition, there were no abnormal clinical observations or necropsy findings noted for the 648 mg a.s./kg feed treatment level. Furthermore, no statistically significant effects for body weight or body weight change were observed for the 1294 mg a.s./kg feed treatment level. Feed consumption was reduced in the 648, 2573, and 5121 mg a.s./kg feed during the exposure and recovery periods. The dietary LC50 was >5121 mg a.s./kg feed (>1450 mg a.s./kg body weight).
For the sixth study (M-521691 -01 -1) two experimental trials were performed according to the OECD 223 and OPPTS 850.2100 with the same methods for all aspects of the study with the exception of the number of birds dosed to Canary (Serinus canaria). Trial 1: Adult Serinus canaria (ten males; ten females; 8 months to 2 ½ years old) were orally dosed via gelatine capsules at a limit dose level of 2000 mg a.s./kg body weight, adjusted for purity and a control group and subsequently monitored for a period of 14 d. Mortality, signs of intoxication, food consumption, body weight and gross necropsy results were evaluated to determine the endpoints. Trial 2: An additional five birds (two males, three females; 9 to 12 months old) were dosed at the limit dose level of 2000 mg a.s./kg body weight and a control group in parallel (in accordance with OECD 223 guideline). This strategy, assuming no additional mortality occurs in the second trial, allows the establishment of the oral LD50 relative to the limit dose of 2000 mg a.s./kg body weight, while also limiting the number of birds needed for testing. The oral LD50 was clearly established with the testing paradigm.Only one bird mortality occurred at this limit testing dose. The acute oral LD50 was > 2000 mg a.s./kg body weight.
For the seventh study (M-529716 -01 -1) 18 d-old chicken were used for the test according to OECD 223. The limit dose group of five chickens was dosed with 2000 mg a.i. per kg body weight. Additionally, five control chickens were dosed with empty capsules (the control group was used for two studies in parallel to reduce the number of test chickens). After dosing, all chickens were continuously observed for a time period of 14 d. Mortality and signs of intoxication were observed, Body weights were recorded Feed consumption was measured. At the end of the test gross necropsies were carried out on all the sacrificed chickens. No effects were observed for mortality and behavior, feeding consumption, body weight development, and gross pathology. The acute LD50 for chicken was >2000 mg a.i./kg bw.
Bryden, M.; Temple, D.; Danos, L.; Martin, K.; 2016: [Test Item]: A reproduction study with the mallard unpublished data, Report no.: 149B-226; Study no.: M-570069 -01 -1; NOEC 42.9 mg a.s./kg/day.
Loveall, J. L.; Christ, M. T.; 2014: Toxicity of [test item] during an acute oral LD50 with the northern bobwhite quail (Colinus virginianus); unpublished data, Report no.: 7SRLS14C15; Study no.: M-522801 -01 -1; > 2000 mg a.s./kg b.w.
Christ, M. T.; Moore, S. M.; 2015; Toxicity of [test item] during a dietary LC50 with the northern bobwhite quail (Colinus virginianus); unpublished data, Report no.: 7SRLS14C3; Study no.: M-521692-01-1; LC50 > 5391 mg a.s./kg feed (= > 772 mg a.s./kg body weight/day); NOEC = 2579 mg a.i./kg feed (473 mg a.i./kg body weight/day).
Shepherd, J.; Christ, M. T.; Moore, S.; 2016: Toxicity of [test item] on the reproduction of the northern bobwhite quail (Colinus virginianus) - Amended final report; unpublished data; Report no: 07SRLS14C4; Study no: M-542825-02-1; NOEL (parental toxicity and reproduction) = 1000 ppm (nominal) and 1078 mg a.s./kg feed (measured concentration) or 78 mg a.s./kg bw/day (mean achieved dose).
Shepherd, J.; Christ, M. T.; Moore, S. M.; 2014: Toxicity of [test item] during a dietary LC50 with the mallard duck (Anas platyrhynchos); unpublished data; Report no: 07SRLS13C68; Study no.: M-508260-01-1; LC 50 >1450 mg a.s./kg body weight.
Loveall, J. L.; Christ, M. T.; 2015: Toxicity of [test item] during an acute oral LD50 with the canary (Serinus canaria); unpublished data; Report no.: 7SRLS14C16; Study no: M-521691 -01 -1; LD 50 > 2000 mg a.s./kg body weight
Hahne,J.; Breuer-Rehm, M.; 2015: Acute Oral LIMIT-Test of [test item] to Chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus); unpublished data; Report no.: EnSa-15-0435; Study no: M-529716 -01 -1; LD50 >2000 mg a.i./kg bw.; NLD ≥2000 mg a.i./kg bw.
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Thai cave survivors train with Galaxy, Ibrahimovic
Some of the twelve Thai boys, rescued from a flooded cave after being trapped, arrive to attend a press conference in Chiang Rai on July 18, 2018, following their discharge from the hospital. The young footballers and their coach appeared healthy when they appeared before the media for the first time on July 18. / AFP PHOTO / Lillian SUWANRUMPHA
The Thai junior football team who were rescued from a flooded cave after being trapped for more than two weeks trained with the Los Angeles Galaxy and their star striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic on Friday in the latest stop of an international tour.
The Wild Boars team, who earlier this month were guests at the Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires, were given a tour of the Galaxy's StubHub Center stadium before training with members of the MLS team at a nearby pitch.
The Thai youngsters, aged between 11 and 16, were retrieved from the Tham Luang cave complex in July after a dramatic rescue effort.Friday's visit to the Galaxy was set up by US television star Ellen DeGeneres, who hosted the team on her show on Monday.
Former Sweden international Ibrahimovic had also appeared as a surprise guest to meet the team on the show.
"I thought I was brave, but these kids, this team, is more braver than me... This is probably the best team in the world," Ibrahimovic said.
The team became the centre of global media sensation as the world watched and waited for news of their rescue in June.
The rescue effort claimed the life of a rescue diver, former Thai Navy SEAL Saman Kuna
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Press release from EFA MEP Ana Miranda (Galicia)
Galician MEP Ana Miranda has insisted that the opening of infringement procedures against the Spanish state for non-compliance with EU rules on rail safety, announced last Thursday by the European Commission, should have political consequences for former Spanish ministers José Blanco and Ana Pastor.
During a press conference with the Chair of the European Parliament’s Committee on Transport, Karima Delli, MEP Ana Miranda said:
"The terrible negligence committed by former PSOE and PP Ministers of Public Works by inaugurating the Alvia train line between Ourense and Santiago, by not carrying out complete risk assessments and by not complying with EU law should have political consequences".
Ana Miranda added:
"It is clear that besides technical responsibilities derived from the disconnection of the security system, there are also political consequences and consequences derived from the non-performance of integrated risk control activities. Those most responsible for the tragedy should not go unpunished."
Reopening of the case
Ana Miranda stated that the decision taken by the European Commission should be serious enough for the investigating judge in Spain to reopen the case. In this sense, she believes that the reopening of the case against the train driver, Francisco José Garzón, and against the then Head of Safety Andrés Cortabitarte at ADIF, the Spanish Administrator of Railway Infrastructures, is “clearly insufficient”.
Miranda continued:
"After the European Commission’s decision, the most logical step would be to reopen the case in Spain, and for the judge to reopen the trial against the remaining people with technical and political responsibilities."
The MEP also spoke of the "terrible consequences" of not carrying out the integrated risk control after the modification of the train line. According to the Galician MEP "getting to the bottom of this is the best homage we can pay to the victims, people who have been suffering and fighting since 2013. They deserve all our support and work".
Ana Miranda will now seek a meeting with the European Commissioner for Transport, Violeta Bulc, and table a parliamentary question to the European Commission about specific safety weaknesses upon which the Commission's infringement procedure against the Spanish state is based. In addition, this question will include a petition for the Spanish state to carry out an independent investigation on the Alvia accident of 2013.
In this sense, the Chair of the European Parliament’s Committee on Transport, Karima Delli, pointed out that she will address the Commission and the Spanish state to urge them to carry out an independent investigation of the accident.
Delli commented:
"We will be vigilant as this procedure opens and we will request an independent investigation. I hope justice will be done and that Europe will protect the victims.
"Any breaches of EU law are very serious, these are rules that we must respect because they are fundamental tools to protect the safety of passengers".
She also highlighted the fact that the Commission opens an infringement procedure "only when a breach is very serious", and that "this is a case that affected us all".
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March of the Internet Nobody, day four: Sender…
For the fourth time I’m going forth, on my quest to bring my forte to the fore, and I’ve decided to try a short story, so here goes…
Sender.
The first thing he felt, as he came round from whatever they’d stuck him with on the bridge, was a heavy weight on his legs, pinning him down. He did a slow inventory of body parts and decided that he was more or less in one piece, but couldn’t move his legs or right arm. His outstretched left arm, he could move freely enough, albeit only a short distance before his fingers encountered something that felt like cheap carpet. It was dark, although he could see a flicking orange light, coming from somewhere above or behind him, it was difficult to tell, he was still badly disoriented and was having trouble making sense of where he was.
His right arm was pinned against his side, by whatever obstruction had immobilized his legs, so he explored as far as he could with his left hand; thumping the carpeted surface with his fist produced a hollow, vaguely metallic sound and he found a strap of some sort with a square metal buckle on the end.
Aha, trapped legs, seatbelt, cheap carpet; I’ve been in a car crash.
He was becoming more aware of his surroundings by the minute, as the fog in his brain cleared and now he realised he could smell petrol. More worryingly, he could smell something burning nearby, the acrid fumes of melting plastic making him cough and bringing tears to his eyes. Again he tried to move his legs, achieving nothing more than straining muscles and making red spots dance in front of his eyes, so he forced himself to calm down. Then he had a horrible thought and twisted awkwardly, reaching his free arm across his body, the restricted movement just allowing him to feel the hard lump of the thumb drive in his jacket pocket. He relaxed, at least they hadn’t found that yet.
Which was when he noticed that sound was coming back and it was then that it occurred to him; his world had been cloaked in silence since he’d awoken here and it was only now that his hearing was returning. He heard the unmistakable crackling of a fire behind him and a muffled voice was now audible from somewhere overhead.
“Hello, is anyone in there, are you ok? Hello, hello, can you hear me?”
He pounded once more on what he guessed must be the floor of the overturned vehicle, desperate to attract the attention of whoever was outside.
“I’m in here!”
He paused to listen for a second or two and hearing nothing, was about to begin yelling again when the voice of a child was suddenly, shockingly close to his right ear.
“It’s ok, I can see you now.”
He turned his head to the side, noticing for the first time a small triangular hole where the door frame was crushed, through which, by the wavering orange light of the flames he saw the wide-eyed face of a little girl. She gazed at him with her head on one side, frowning with an intensity he found slightly unnerving, so he smiled reassuringly and tried again.
“Hello, are your mummy and daddy here?”
The little girl, no older than ten years old, remained silent, looking him straight in the eye.
“You shouldn’t be near the fire, it’s dangerous, can you call your parents for me?”
“Are you going to die? You are, aren’t you?”
He was shocked at the causal way she asked the question, her voice was cold, detached. Then he realised she was probably in shock; maybe the vehicle he had been travelling in had collided with her parents’ car and they were laying injured somewhere like him.
“I need you to find another grown-up, I need help getting free from the car.”
“There’s only me.”
He looked at her face, she didn’t seem injured at all, but there was something..off..about the emotionless voice and quizzical stare.
“Do you have a phone?”
“No, there’s only me, there isn’t anyone else.”
She looked up, her face disappearing from his line of sight for a few seconds, then she turned back to him and inspected the gap in the door. She grabbed the edge of the window frame and gave it an experimental tug. The door moved a couple of inches with a groan of twisted metal but then stuck fast against the tarmac and refused to budge when she heaved on it the second time.
Suddenly there was a roaring WHUMP! noise from the rear of the vehicle and the orange glow instantly rose to a bright glare, illuminating the girl’s face as she stared into his eyes.
“I can’t save you, I’m sorry.”
He wrenched at his trapped legs in frustration, desperately twisting this way and that in a vain attempt to escape a fiery death, then the sound of the flames rose to a roar and he stopped struggling and made his final decision. Looking at the strangely calm little girl’s face, he reached into his jacket and removed the thumb drive and held it out to her.
“You must go now, the car is going to blow up, you must run away, you understand? Take this, take it, that’s right. Can you remember a name for me, just one name?”
“Yes, I have a very good memory.”
The girl’s face breaks into a broad smile, one of her top teeth is missing, he notices, as the flames bathe her in their unforgiving light, making her grin lopsided.
“Take this, it’s for a man called Fallon, Mike Fallon, he works for the government, can you remember that?”
A loud hissing noise starts to rise in volume behind him and he knows the tank is about to go, but now he feels unnaturally calm, resigned to his fate.
“You must go, now. Remember; Mike Fallon, ask a grown-up, maybe they can get policeman to help find him. Now, RUN!”
He lies back and closes his eyes, he’d done all he could do, he’d made peace with it and now he waited for the end without fear.
Something is…what the..?..how..?
He opened his eyes and gasped in shock.
He was lying on a hard metal table, topped with cheap carpet, the sort you might find in a car, perhaps. A wide metal plate was clamped across his legs and a strap held one arm tightly against his side. A chair was placed next to the bed, but other than that, the room was empty.
He heard a noise behind him and twisted his neck round, straining painfully to see who was there.
“Who’s there, where am I?”
“It’s only me, don’t you worry.”
He craned his neck still further and saw the little girl with the gap-toothed smile, opening a door in the room’s blank white wall. She held up the thumb drive and grinned again, but this time it didn’t look so sweet.
“Mike Fallon, you said? Thank you so much, I’m sure everyone will be very pleased, they were jolly keen to know who had been naughty.”
With that she stepped out of the room and closed the door.
In a darkened observation room next door, two men watched the bewildered agent in satisfaction as he struggled against his restraints. Then, as two large men dressed in black fatigues entered the room and approached the table, he started to shout and swear furiously and one of the watchers leant over and turned off the monitor.
“Very impressive, how did she manage it?”
“The girl’s a Sender, she can put pretty much anything in your head and make you believe it, we have had some exceptional results from her.”
“And him, what will he remember of all this?”
“Oh, you shouldn’t concern yourself with such things, sir Malcolm. Now, shall we have a spot of lunch?”
Posted by dalecooper57 on March 4, 2017 in Blogging, Fiction, Literature and writing, The write stuff.
Tags: blog, creative writing, fiction, mystery, short story, thriller
Stream of consciousness Sunday: The Accumulator, part twenty four…
Today we return to this story after a week off and I’m ready to dive back into the fast flowing waters of SoCS, assisted by Linda G Hill and this prompt;
” “how.” Start your post with the word “How.” Bonus points if you end with it too. “
How am I going to manage that? We’ll have to wait and see…
The Accumulator, part twenty four.
Only a few weeks previously, in a life that was forever lost to him, the young man now known simply as Subject:Beta had been a promising recruit in army intelligence and his name had been Howard Grainger.
Howard would never know this of course; Felix Braithwaite and men like Endicott had rebooted his entire personality from scratch, providing him with an elaborate and deeply embedded backstory he believed so completely, that it would stand up to the most rigorous interrogation techniques.
As far as he was knew, he was an orphan with no immediate family and he had recently survived a nasty accident (technically true, but only because The Department had engineered the car crash which had killed both his parents, leaving him alive and in the hands of Dr Braithwaite) before which he had lived the quite and unassuming life of a city office worker. Obviously the terrible injuries he’d sustained in the accident had damaged his memory, and although the doctors had been helping him to piece together his past, Felix had warned him against dwelling too much on the past and had suggested he look to the exciting future ahead of him and build a new life.
A clean slate, that’s what he’d said, a fresh start.
Which was all very well if you had something to start with, but he had nothing and nobody, he was on the run from almost everyone and the only one who seemed to have any idea what was going on was the mysterious man who had come to see him, the one Howard was afraid he’d hurt very badly when he’d collapsed earlier this morning.
Now, nearly three hours later, Howard/Subject:Beta is crouched behind some boxes in the back of a laundry truck parked at the loading dock behind the hospital, listening to security guards shouting to each other in the parking lot and praying they have already searched the truck. Apparently they have and after five minutes or so he hears a door slam and all is quiet once more. He waits, listening for signs of further activity and then cautiously emerges from his hiding place with a mission clear in his mind.
He will have to get back inside and talk to the mystery man, to find out what he knows, he just has to work out how…
To be continued (using next week’s prompt {which can now be found HERE)…
Posted by dalecooper57 on February 26, 2017 in Blogging, Fiction, Literature and writing, Stream of Consciousness Saturday, The write stuff.
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Stream of consciousness Sunday: The Accumulator, part twenty…
Here we are again, wading into the unpredictable waters of SoCS, for another chapter in the continuing story of Patrick and his strange gift, today inspired by Linda G Hill and this prompt;
” “glass.” Use the word “glass,” or find something that’s made of it and use that in your post. “
The Accumulator, part twenty.
Scene: A private hospital room. It is 9 o’clock this morning, three hours ago.
The opening shot is of white, perforated acoustic ceiling tiles, seen from the POV of someone lying in the room’s only bed. It lingers there for a few seconds and we hear the sound of distant traffic and nearby birdsong, before our host turns their head and looks to where sunlight streams into the room through a window with a view of treetops and blue sky.
We see a hand reaching for a glass of water on the nightstand and then for the first time, the voice of Subject:Beta takes over the narration;
“Today is the first day I woke up without a headache and that weird feeling in my hands hasn’t returned, which is good because that was REALLY starting to get to me. I can’t explain what it was that disturbed me so much about it, but it almost seemed alien, or…malevolent maybe?
I know, I know, it sounds mad, but that’s what it felt like; like something was inside me, changing me somehow, something out of my control.
It must have been from the brain injury I sustained in the accident, and Dr Braithwaite did say the sensations would take a while to fade after the surgery. He seems to have been right, though, I haven’t felt as relaxed as this since…well, since I can’t remember when, really.
That’s the other strange thing; my memory was permanently damaged, so the doctors say, but I can remember everything after I woke up here, it’s my life before the accident I can’t recall.
None of it, not a thing.
It was horribly frustrating at first, not even knowing my own name, but after Dr Braithwaite started the treatment I wasn’t anywhere near as anxious about it, (even if some of it was painful at first, especially the electric shocks) and now it doesn’t bother me at all.
Dr Braithwaite, (he asked me call him Felix, but it didn’t seem right somehow) he told me I’m his special project and that I’m destined for great things when I’m better. I’m not sure what he meant by that, but it all sounded rather exciting.”
Now we hear the door opening and our view swings in that direction as Subject:Beta sits up in bed, to see Patrick and Cathy entering the room.
Patrick closes the door and he and Cathy stare silently as the voiceover continues.
“I had no idea, of course, that something was about to happen to change all that. I hadn’t realised that I wasn’t the first person Felix Braithwaite had experimented on and when these two strangers walked into my room this morning, my short, newly constructed life began to fall apart.”
“Hello, my name is Patrick and this is Cathy, we’ve come to get you out of here.”
Patrick smiled as reassuringly as he could, looking down at the young man with the vivid triangular scar on his head, thinking back to what had happened to him since his own time under the care of Dr Felix Braithwaite. The wasted years spent on the run, always looking over his shoulder, the things he’d had to do in order for them to survive, the trail of death and horror that haunted his dreams; and now this one final act, the final entry on his list of crimes.
A tide of anger rose inside him and he had to force himself to remain calm as he walked over to the bed.
“What do you mean, get me out of here?”
The young man known as Subject:Beta sounded nervous. He swung his legs off the bed and planted his feet on the cold tiled floor
“Did Dr Braithwaite send you?”
“Braithwaite? No, we’re here to save you from him, but we need your help.”
“Save me, what are you talking about? Dr Braithwaite saved my life, I don’t need saving from him, who are you?”
Without waiting for an answer, the young man lunged for the alarm next to the bed and was fumbling for the switch when Patrick caught hold of his wrist and tore his hand away.
“Listen to me! Felix Braithwaite isn’t who you think he is, he’s an evil bastard who wants to use you as a guinea pig for his twisted experiments, but with your help, we can stop him.”
“You’re mad, get away from me!”
“It’s true,” Cathy looked nervously at the door, worried their voices would attract the guards outside, “I used to work for him, he doesn’t care about you, he’s only interested in getting you to work for him.”
“Working for him, doing what?”
“Killing people, that’s what.”
“We don’t have time for this. I’m sorry, it’s the only way.”
With that, he closed his eyes and focussed all his concentration on the young man whose wrist he still held. Cathy watched as Patrick went completely still and his face took on a tense expression, then his body suddenly jerked and Subject:Beta cried out in pain, falling to his knees at Patrick’s feet. Still Patrick clung to his arm, veins beginning to stand out on his forehead as he channeled all the terrible power he’d accumulated in preparation for this moment into Dr Felix Braithwaite’s latest abomination. Then he started to change, the strain of storing all that destructive energy finally extracting its awful toll on his body.
His skin became taut and grey, his shoulders slumped and his legs buckled, even his hair took on a brittle and wispy look as he reached for the nightstand to support himself for the last few seconds, before falling to his knees beside the shocked young man, releasing him from his death like grip and finally collapsing, unconscious
“What happened? What has he done to me?”
Posted by dalecooper57 on January 22, 2017 in Blogging, Fiction, Literature and writing, Stream of Consciousness Saturday, The write stuff.
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Stream of consciousness Sunday: The Accumulator, part nineteen…
Another weekend, another trip down Stream of consciousness Saturday Sunday without a paddle, this week using Linda G Hill’s prompt to continue this story by including;
” A word that starts with “P.” Find a word that begins with the letter “p,” and make it the theme of your post. Bonus points for starting and ending your post with a “p” word. ”
The Accumulator, part nineteen.
Scene: Patrick and Cathy’s car. They are sitting in rush hour traffic, travelling to the hospital. It is this morning.
08.07 – Patrick looks at his watch for the third time in ten minutes and groans in frustration, craning his neck to see past the line of cars, as Cathy pats his arm reassuringly.
“We’ve got plenty of time, don’t worry, I don’t start until nine.”
“Yes, but I want to make sure we’re in time for the changing of the guard.”
Patrick drums his fingers on the wheel, leans back in his seat and tries to relax. Then the car in front moves a few more miserable yards and stops, so he releases the handbrake with a sigh of resignation and they roll ever so slightly closer to their destiny, as we hear Patrick’s narration for the final time;
“We were so close to the end now, I could almost taste it, so the traffic really wasn’t helping my nerves, but Cathy didn’t seem the least bit concerned. It was her plan, after all, maybe that was why she was so chilled out about it all.
It was a simple enough idea; obtain a hospital security pass; (the sort of thing we’d been doing for nearly ten years in order to stay one step ahead of The Department, anyway) get me into the building under the guise of a visiting psychologist; (Cathy had earlier intercepted a letter intended for the real “Dr Maddox” and I was keeping his appointment for him) then walk into Subject:Beta’s room in plain sight, so to speak.
What I was going to do when I got in there was still rather vague and dependent on several unknown factors, but of one thing I was certain; for either myself or Dr Felix Braithwaite, this was very much the end of the line.”
Patrick’s voiceover ends as the traffic starts moving again, but our perspective remains fixed, watching the retreating tailgate of the car in front, until Patrick pulls forward and the rear windscreen appears to pass straight through us, then the camera rises slowly and cars pass beneath us, heading into the city to begin another day and the shot fades to…
Scene: A hospital corridor. The camera shows us a straight on view of two uniformed guards, stationed on chairs either side of the door to a private room, one fiddling with his phone and the other dozing, a newspaper on his lap.
Cut to…
08.55 – Double doors at one end of the corridor open and two more of the private security operatives head towards us.
The guard with the phone kicks his sleeping partner’s foot, waking the man with a start, who looks round blearily and quickly tries to shake himself into alertness as he sees their replacements coming towards him.
Patrick and Cathy, both dressed in white hospital coats; Patrick, with the obligatory stethoscope hanging from his pocket, a clipboard in one hand, a bulky file under his arm and an official hospital laminate round his neck, looks every inch the consultant specialist he is impersonating. They are watching “the changing of the guard” as Patrick had called it, from the doors at the opposite end of the corridor.
We watch through a round window in the door as the four men chat for a few seconds; one looks briefly into his client’s room, then the new arrivals bid farewell to their colleagues, who disappear the way the others came, before they take up position outside the door.
“Right, I think that’s our cue, are you ready?”
A whole swarm of butterflies do frantic somersaults in Cathy’s stomach, but she just smiles tightly and nods.
“Yes, let’s go get ’em..”
Patrick grins back, gives her hand a quick squeeze and pushes open the door.
We see Patrick and Cathy come down the corridor and stop as the reach the guards, both of whom stand up as they approach.
“Yes, can I help you?”
“Yes, I’m Dr Maddox, I’ve come to examine the patient. I have all the paperwork here somewhere.”
Patrick produces the letter of introduction they intercepted, which the guard examines, along with his pass, while Cathy smiles sweetly at his partner until he seems satisfied they are legitimate.
“Wait here.”
The one who checked them over goes into the room, closing the door behind him. Patrick nods at the other guard amicably and receives a blank stare in return, so he turns to Cathy.
“Nurse, has the patient had any further sensory distortion, since Dr Braithwaite removed his dressing yesterday?”
“No, doctor, he seems a lot more comfortable and his headache appears to have receded completely.”
“That’s good, we’ll have to see…”
Patrick stops as the door opens and the guard returns.
“You can go in now.”
“Thank you, most grateful. We will need to take him to the CT imaging department later, could you arrange for a porter, do you think?”
“We aren’t on the hospital staff, sir, you’ll have to make your own arrangements, I’m afraid,” he looks at Patrick disdainfully, “and you won’t be going anywhere without us, that’s for sure.”
“Ok, thank you anyway, we’ll make our own arrangements, as you say.”
With that, Patrick nods his thanks to the stony-faced sentries, Cathy opens the door and they step into the room to discover the final part of the puzzle.
To be continued (using next week’s prompt {which can now be found HERE})…
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Stream of consciousness Sunday: The Accumulator, part eighteen…
Time once again to dive into the murky waters of Stream of consciousness Saturday Sunday, to see what inspiration Linda G Hill has left us, prompting the next installment of Patrick’s strange tale;
” “coat.” Use it any way you’d like. “
Ah, a nice easy one, ok…
The Accumulator, part eighteen.
Scene: A hospital. The opening shot is a long slow glide down a bustling corridor; double doors swing open ahead of us as we float past a busy nurses station and hear the sound of talking and laughter; a weary looking intern sits reading a newspaper while sipping coffee from a plastic cup; we drift through a waiting area filled with patients, orderlies and junior doctors, into a quieter section with private rooms, where the white coated staff hurry about their duties with silent dedication.
It is yesterday.
The camera slows its advance and turns to the left, gliding us smoothly to a halt as we draw level with the open doorway of a private room.
Now the view swings downward, to show us a medical chart on a clipboard, which we realise is held in the hand of the person whose perspective we are sharing. The chart belongs to someone called simply, Subject:Beta.
Having consulted the chart, we are transported into the room by our unseen host and we see the young man who survived the car crash; head still bandaged from his surgery, he is sitting up in bed reading a book, which he closes and places on the bedside table as the visitor enters. We see the hand holding the clipboard reach out, hanging it on the foot of the bed and, as the figure turns to inspect a medical monitor, we catch sight of his face, reflected in the screen of a digital display.
The man is Dr Felix Braithwaite.
The camera zooms in on the reflection of Dr Braithwaite’s face, until the edges of the display screen move out of shot and we see him in close up for a second. Then the shot widens and we see the director has done some fancy editing and we are now seeing the doctor from a new perspective and can watch the scene unfold from our own point of view.
“So, how are you feeling today?”
Felix favours his patient with a benevolent smile and moves closer to the bed.
“I have a headache, but the dizziness has gone and the strange feeling in my hands hasn’t come back.”
“Well that’s a good sign, the headache is merely a result of the surgery and will soon recede, but I’ll prescribe some painkillers to make you more comfortable. Now, let’s take a look and see how you’re healing, we should be able to have those bandages off today, I think.”
The doctor takes care to check the young man is wearing his gloves, before leaning over and gently starting to unwind the gauzy ribbon from around his shaven head, revealing a neat triangular scar, one corner two inches above each eyebrow, the third in the centre of his skull.
“Hmm, that looks like it’s healing nicely. The scar will fade considerably of course and your hair should completely cover it when it grows back.”
“Thank you, doctor, but what about these?”
Subject:Beta holds up his leather-clad hands and turns them this way and that, studying them as if for the first time.
“When can I remove my gloves, my hands feel ok now, do I really still need them?”
“I’m afraid so, yes, the gloves are a precaution, nothing more, but I’d rather you were safe than sorry. It won’t be for much longer, I assure you, so just be patient and you’ll be out of here before you know it.” Felix Braithwaite smiles, but the smile doesn’t touch his eyes, which are cold and hard. “Then our work can really begin in earnest.”
Posted by dalecooper57 on January 8, 2017 in Blogging, Fiction, Literature and writing, Stream of Consciousness Saturday, The write stuff.
Stream of consciousness Sunday: The Accumulator, part seventeen…
Welcome to the first 2017 edition of SoCS, wherein Linda G Hill provides us with the inspiration to continue this story by leaving us this prompt;
” “first/last.” Use one or both words, or find words that mean the same. Bonus points if you start your post with “first/beginning/start” etc. and end with “last/end” “
Well, if you insist…
The Accumulator, part seventeen.
Scene: Starting from high above the Earth, the camera plummets down through ragged tendrils of cloud, breaking out into bright sunshine and continuing down towards an urban sprawl that stands out like a scar against the green patchwork of the countryside. Our rapid descent slows as individual streets become visible and levels out until it feels as if we’re speeding along above a quiet housing estate. It is two weeks ago.
The camera sweeps along the street from our high vantage point, dropping below the level of the rooftops and slowing as it turns to face the neat gardens and gravel drives of a middle class neighborhood; finally coming to a halt opposite a house indistinguishable from the rest and zooming in to a window on the ground floor.
The shot carries us magically through the double glazing without so much as a scratch and we find ourselves in a modern fitted kitchen, where Patrick and Cathy are seated at the breakfast bar, drinking coffee.
The camera floats straight past our heroes, however, heading out of the kitchen and making a slow circuit of the property, showing us a comfortable house that has a lived-in look. As we take a look round, Patrick’s voiceover returns, narrating over images of mundane domesticity.
“So, here we are in our latest home; we’ve become suburbanites as you can tell, in accordance with our policy of “blending in”, but it’s taken us a while to get here.
Since we fled our sanctuary in continental Europe, quite a bit has happened, although I’m not sure you need to know all the ins and outs of how we got here. Suffice to say, I employed a similar method of commandeering the property of nefarious ne’er-do-wells and illicit entrepreneurs as I had on our arrival in France, amassing quite a decent little war chest in just a few months.
We reintegrated ourselves back into English society without any problems; the polite young career couple in search of rented accommodation is so ubiquitous a demographic these days, I doubt the letting agent even bothered to check our carefully faked references.
We both got dull, nine to five jobs as soon as we had a postal address to send applications from; opened bank accounts under our newly manufactured identities; spent unremarkable amounts of money on our credit cards at unremarkable high street retailers; made casual acquaintances amongst our unremarkable neighbours and work colleagues and generally disappeared into the background of suburban life for over a year.
All the time we were alert for signs of the enemy’s unseen tentacles, stirring just beneath the surface of everyday life, waiting to emerge from the shadows and snatch us back into the dark underworld we had worked so hard to escape. We installed a powerful computer system in the basement, (ostensibly for use in my job as a graphic designer) which we used to scan the press, tv news and internet for clues to their spreading influence, keeping track of destabilized regions of the world, noting the rise in coups and assassinations and looking for connections between suspicious, mysterious or unsolved murders and sudden new political appointments. It took us nearly nine months of patient digging, but two days ago all our hard work eventually paid off and we started to plan our revenge.
Cathy had been working at the private hospital our investigations had led us to, using her past experience (and some more “creative” references) to get herself a transfer to their psychiatric ward, where she had been working with an amnesia patient. About a month ago she heard rumours that the young man had been held in isolation since being admitted, having been the only survivor of a car crash. The circumstances of the otherwise fatal accident had drawn the attention of a private firm of “security consultants”, who’s client had requested that a sentry was posted outside his room at all times, only permitting nursing staff to enter whilst chaperoned by one of the armed guards.
Her nameless patient had been in an induced coma for three weeks, recovering from emergency surgery on a serious head injury, before Cathy was even permitted to attend to him without one of the silent watchmen looking over her shoulder; but two days ago, on the first day she was alone with him, something happened that told her our search was over.”
By now, the roaming camera has returned to the kitchen and we see Cathy and Patrick in earnest conversation, a laptop open on the counter in front of them.
“…so I was plugging in his drip, when his eyes snapped open and he looked straight at me! It scared the shit out of me, I tell you, but not as much as it did when I saw his hands.”
Cathy turns to Patrick with a tense look of excitement on her face.
“I hadn’t noticed them before, they were hidden under the sheet, but he shot his arm out, grabbed my wrist and stared right at me, and he was wearing black leather gloves.”
He stared at her, feeling the blood pounding in his temples, not daring to hope that this was what it seemed.
“Are you sure they weren’t just for protection, maybe he was burned or something?”
But he knew that wasn’t it, he knew they had finally found what they had been looking for all this time. And, if there had been any doubt, Cathy dispelled it with her next words;
“But that’s not all; I read his chart, I saw who his doctor was. Patrick, the surgeon who performed the operation, it was Felix Braithwaite!”
Patrick leant over the remains of breakfast, kissed Cathy on the forehead and smiled with satisfaction.
“At last, I think our mission might be coming to an end.”
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Stream of consciousness (not)Sunday: The Accumulator, part sixteen…
Yeah, yeah, I know.
Because; Christmas, ok?
Anyway, here we are once again, to see what Linda G Hill has left us to inspire this last week’s SoCS post, in which we continue with this peculiar tale.
And the prompt is;
” “cook.” Find a word that means “cook,” (or use “cook” itself) and use it any way you’d like. “
Let’s get going, then…
The Accumulator, part sixteen.
Scene: Interior of Patrick’s wrecked Renault hatchback. The opening shot is a close up of the shattered, opaque widescreen, slowly pulling back and turning 180° to show Patrick and Cathy, dazed but uninjured in the front seats. It is two years ago.
“Bloody hell, Patrick, you could have given me a bit of warning…”
“Never mind that, are you alright?” Without waiting for an answer, Patrick continues, “Quick, we need to move, can you open your door ok?”
Cathy gives him a look that promises further discussion at a later date, but says nothing and instead twists round to try the handle of her door. She has to shove all her weight against it a couple of times, but it finally comes free with a protesting creak and sags open on bent hinges. Patrick has more trouble forcing his door; most of the impact was absorbed by his side of the car and the driver’s side door is badly crumpled. After only a few seconds attempting to escape that way, he gives up and turns to Cathy.
“Right, quickly now, out you get, I’ve got to climb over your side.”
“I’m trying, my belt is stuck.”
Cathy is tugging ineffectively at her seatbelt, which seems to be wedged into its anchor point, jammed by the sharp force of the crash, when they hear signs of movement from the BMW, then a voice, shockingly close.
“Hey, Carl…Carl?” A pause, followed by heavy breathing, then; “Shit. Stupid, cocky little bastard, seatbelts not good enough for you? Think you’re fucking indestructible don’t you, you youngsters..?”
The voice trails off and is replaced by more sounds of creaking metal, presumably Carl’s unseen friend trying to extricate himself from the wrecked vehicle. Patrick, having by now freed her jammed seatbelt, silently motions for Cathy to get out and awkwardly clambers over the seats to follow her.
As he slithers out onto the road and straightens up beside Cathy, Patrick notices her stare is fixed on the BMW and he turns to follow her gaze. The passenger, a man in his late forties dressed in a smart suit, with a smear of blood across his forehead and the beginnings of a nasty black eye, looks straight at them from behind ruined windscreen, just visible through the web of cracks that radiate from the driver’s side, where a blood red circle and a bulge in the shattered glass suggests someone else wasn’t quite so fortunate.
Patrick moves quickly, heading for the BMW driver’s door as the passenger tries once again to free himself, yanking desperately on his door handle until Patrick draws level with the car, then he gives up and makes a break for the rear seats, presumably with the intention of escaping through the back door. But he’s too slow; Patrick leans in through the open window and, pausing only to clasp the wrist of the dead driver, (there isn’t any need to check the state of his health, the crushed skull and glassy staring eyes are sufficient evidence of his demise) he reaches past the body and grabs the fleeing man’s ankle as he contorts himself in a frantic attempt to evade an equally unpleasant fate.
“Don’t move! I mean it, I’ll send you the same way as your friend here if you keep struggling.”
The terrified man reluctantly ceases to resist, leaving him in the undignified position of being halfway across the back seat of the car with his backside in the air and one leg still stretched into the front, which Patrick is still tightly gripping by the ankle. Patrick carefully unlocks the door with his free hand, then changes his grip so that he can open it fully and push the broken and bloody corpse onto the road whilst continuing to keep hold of the one remaining man from The Department who was actually of some use to them.
“Now, I’d like to think we can be civilised about this and I’m not going to have to kill you,” he smiles as the man looks back at him and nods with a panicked expression, “although I’m perfectly happy to do so if you’re planning on being difficult, it’s already been a bit of a stressful day and I’m about at the end of my tether.”
“Hey, I’m just a foot soldier, I don’t get paid enough to do the selfless acts of sacrifice, I’m not going to give you any trouble, trust me.”
“Trust you? I don’t think so, but I’m sure we can come to a mutually beneficial arrangement,” he grins at the man’s look of relief, “one in which we are allowed to go peacefully on our way and you remain the same shape you are now, with all your bodily fluids on the inside.”
Then Patrick catches a flash of something shiny and metallic, clipped to other man’s belt under his jacket and he turns to Cathy, who has been watching events from a safe distance and points to the opposite side of the car.
“Cathy, go round and open the back door; don’t worry, our friend isn’t going to cause you any trouble.” She hesitates and he jerks his head in that direction, “Go on, I’ve got him, you’ll be fine.”
Cathy cautiously approaches the rear of the BMW, taking a wide berth around the driver’s body and opens the door. She stares in at the man, who looks extremely uncomfortable as he tries to support his upper body on his arms while Patrick holds his leg up in the air, leaving him defenceless. He stares back at her and waits to see what Patrick has in store for him.
He isn’t in suspense for long.
“Right, if you lift up his jacket I think you’ll find a pair of handcuffs on his belt.”
Patrick looks at her encouragingly until she shrugs and leans into the car, keeping her eyes on the man’s face as she feels for the cuffs. As her fingers find the smooth metal she glances at the strap holding them to his belt just long enough to remove them, then quickly steps back and lets out a breath she hasn’t been aware of holding and looks at Patrick with a shaky grin.
“Easy. Now what?”
“Cuff his hands to the headrest.”
“Right, ok…”
Cathy leans back into the car and is just reaching for the man’s wrist when she stops and turns at the noise of what sounds like someone slapping the back of the driver’s seat. She stares at the small round hole, six inches from the end of her nose for maybe three seconds, a puzzled frown beginning to form on her face, then the man from The Department breaks his silence.
“Shit, they’ve found us!” Hey, please, you’ve got to…”
The next bullet comes through the rear window, right next to the man’s head. He jerks sharply as the high velocity round removes a large chunk of his skull, spraying Cathy with a fine mist of blood, then goes limp. But, trapped between the two seats as he is, his body has nowhere to go and it hangs there like some sort of gruesome hunting trophy as Cathy screams and Patrick reels from the savage burst of energy that pours into him, from his contact with the dead man’s skin.
Apparently not content with killing their own man once, whoever is shooting at them puts two more bullets into his lifeless body, making Patrick think that these are either different armed lunatics trying to kill them, or very ruthless men who can’t get a good angle to shoot from and are hoping to shoot through him to get to them.
Reluctantly deciding that the second option is the more likely of the two, Patrick grabs Cathy’s arm and drags her down and away from the car, leaning back against the steep bank at side of the road, hopefully out of the line of fire, for now at least.
Cathy is staring blankly at nothing, her face splashed with gore and in her hair there are globs of something probably best not examined too closely. Patrick carefully picks out most of the squishiest bits and turns her unresisting head to face him, so he can wipe as much of her face as possible with his rumpled handkerchief.
“Cathy. Cathy, can you hear me?”
She doesn’t even blink.
Patrick sighs, shakes his head, then takes a step back from her.
“Sorry about this, babe.”
Then he slaps her. Hard. Him slapping her in the middle of the road seems to have become their thing.
Her reaction isn’t the one he expects; she barely moves, just sways slightly and slowly brings a hand up to touch the red mark on her face. Then her eyes gradually swim back into focus and the slack expression fades, replaced by a worn out but aware look which he is relieved to see, despite the pain he sees in her face.
“Why are they doing this, why can’t they just leave us alone?”
Her voice is small and tired, but there is a spark of anger there, too and that’s good for him to see, it means that his Cathy is still in there, just temporarily subdued by the sudden horror.
“I don’t know, but we’ll never find out if we stay here. We’re going to have to find more transport and it’s got to be soon, I doubt it’ll take long for them to get another couple of goons here.”
“The club.”
Patrick is about to ask what she means when he remembers the country club. They had passed the entrance to the exclusive private golf club and hotel as they raced down the hill and it couldn’t be more than a hundred and fifty yards back up the road. Cathy had applied for a job there as a cook when they were first trying to establish themselves in the area, but her culinary skills weren’t up to their sous chef’s standards and she didn’t even get a response to her interview, snobby bastards.
“Yeah, good idea, let’s move.”
He looks at her to check she’s really ok, or at least as ok as she could be, after getting plastered with someone else’s brains, then takes her hand in his and keeping below the hedge line for the first few yards, they hurry up the hill in search of a replacement getaway car.
The camera tracks the fugitive pair as they disappear round a bend in the road, then swings back round to focus on the site of the crash.
At this point, the director does one of those fancy multi-layered cross-fade sequences to indicate the passage of time;
Fade; a motorist appears, jumps out of his car and runs towards the BMW, but stops in horror and runs back to his vehicle, punching numbers on his mobile phone…
Fade; the first police car arrives, two officers cautiously approach the wreckage, guns drawn, until they are close enough to see the carnage inside…
Fade; the forensic teams turn up, white-suited and paper-masked and start marking out the crime scene…
Fade; the detectives finally arrive, picking through the detritus of violence and trying to piece together events…
And over the images, we hear Patrick’s measured voiceover;
“We found a nice little Alpha Romeo that some entitled dickhead had left the keys in, on the first try at the golf club, then just drove out past the valet parking guy, he even gave us a cheery wave as we left. After that we took the back roads up into the hills and headed north, stopping overnight at a campsite to rest, before continuing on to the ferry port at Roscoff the following morning; (I had made a point of obtaining ‘genuine’ passports for us both, at considerable cost, to replace the stolen Department credentials, soon after we settled in France and we had become used to carrying them at all times, in case of emergency situations such as this).
The time to hide had ended, it was time to go back into the lions den…”
On screen, the shot slowly widens, camera rising up higher and higher, the busy crime scene falling away below as Concarneau comes into view; the old walled town jutting out into the harbour where the sunshine glitters on the blue water as the scene
Fades to black.
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The setlist from Moscow last week gives an idea of the current set of dates: Highway star, Bloodsucker, Pictures of Home, Strange Kind of Woman, Sometimes I Feel Like Screaming, Uncommon Man, Lazy, Time for Bedlam, Birds of Prey, Knocking At Your Backdoor, Perfect Strangers, Space Truckin’, Smoke on The Water – Hush, Black Night
Time For Bedlam was dropped at the festival they did in Mexico, probably for time reasons, but otherwise this seems to be the show for the time being. So the new album content has dropped quite a lot, it looks like we caught them at the right time on the UK tour last year! Thanks to Mike Richards and Bo Olsson for the updates. All the upcoming dates are on our diary page.
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Deep Purple are releasing Johnny’s Band from Infinite as an audio CD EP in early August. It’s just the album version (a video has been out for some time) but to tempt collectors comes with a rehearsal jam and three live tracks (two oldies) listed as unreleased, but I’m not sure where from or when. The cover looks like an old cast-off Gillan band offering! Thanks to Marcin Zalewski for the notice.
Tracklist: Johnny’s Band (Album Version) / In & Out Jam (Rehearsal Recording) / Strange Kind of Woman / The Mule / Hell to Pay (All Previously Unreleased)
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News bits
Roger Glover has completed the tale of recording the new album on his site, you can read the last of the three extracts here.
Points of interest include the use of a couple of session guys in places, which has to be a first for the band (unless the odd backing warble by crew members counts!) to do some acoustic and lap steel guitar parts, either as Steve was on tour at the time or perhaps in the case of the latter as it’s a fairly specialised piece of gear.
Roger reckons Bob made them work hard and they responded. At least one DTB reader (name withheld to protect his sources!) has heard a low-fi version of the final album and reports “a kind of pleasing amalgam of the Morse era elements in evidence – the free-thinking of Purpendicular, the heaviness of Abandon, the progressiveness of Rapture – are all represented, plus something else…”
As he rightly says, this is the sort of information which will mean things to fans, rather than banging on about Made in Japan and Perfect Strangers…
One journalist we know had his request for a promo turned down (which seems a bit over-cautious, it’ll be out anyway in less than a fortnight) and a booked interview pulled due to ‘lack of time’. It seems to be the two Ian’s doing the rounds this album, and they’ll be on BBC Radio Tue 2 on 23 Apr 2013 if you want to check it out.
If you’re too stingy or broke to get the single, the tracks are all now up on Spotify if you’re a subscriber (and don’t mind the musicians getting paid peanuts in royalties!).
It looks like the Rock & Roll Hall Of Infamy has passed on Deep Purple again, as Rush – who are being inducted this week – have complained. “The sound of bands like ourselves would not be the same without Ritchie Blackmore’s guitar playing and the writing that Deep Purple did as a band. So I feel pretty strongly that they should be in there.”
Lastly the Whitesnake-heavy trailer for Discoverdale is online at the pro’s video site of choice, gives you an idea of the storyline. vimeo.com/m/58669836
Thanks also to Peter Judd, Bjørn Sund, Stephen Clare, Matthew Burbridge.
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With the new studio album well into post-production work, we’ve opened a page to keep up to date. Early news is of a choir singing on one of the tracks!
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DTB Newsletter May / June 2012
Where’s ex-Deputy Chief Constable John Stalker with his sun-blinds when you need him? And if it’s this hot here, what’s it going to be like Stateside when the Purple’s get stuck into recording next month?!
Graham with Rainbow – biography on the way, see below
NEW ALBUM – Ian Gillan has also confirmed Bob Ezrin as the producer of the next DP studio album in an upbeat interview with Geoff Barton for Classic Rock magazine (who ran the story about Ezrin from this site and credited us). He explains their thinking thus: “We’re looking for one of those old-pro type approaches where you have guidance and a great sound. He came up to see us and talk it through and everyone fell in love with him.” Start date for the recording which will take place in Nashville (Dolly Parton on backing vox?) is June 23. with a six week studio booking.
Steve Morse was talking to Record Collector recently and said while IG may have spent the entire Spanish writing session week talking about football, the rest of the band actually got an album’s worth of music demos laid down. These will form the basis of the recording sessions, with Gillan having had the time in between to get vocal and lyric ideas together. So writing on the plane over then!
MACHINE HEAD TRIBUTE – Some details of the upcoming Machine Head tribute are slipping out. Metallica have mentioned it while talking about the Dio tribute project (which they also hope to help with). “We were asked if we’d contribute to the anniversary of ‘Machine Head’ – we can’t turn that down. We’re circling the Dio and Purple catalogues and hopefully we’ll come up with something that is worthy of these wonderful men.”
Joe Bonamassa has confirmed that he’s laid down a version of Lazy for the album, with Jimmy Barnes on vocals.
Meanwhile Polish band Panteon will be playing the whole of Made In Japan live at a special tribute show for the 40th anniversary of that album on Aug 17. in Warsaw; thanks to Adam Panasiuk for the heads up.
As for the anniversary edition of Machine Head itself, this has now gone back to September release and we still don’t know what will be on it. However some filming for a documentary has been going on, with Claude Nobs going on camera recently.
VINTAGE PHOTO SETS – plans for two posh sets of real vintage Deep Purple photos are being finalised, from 1976 and 1970. We’ll send details out to DTB people soon but I’ve seen test versions and they look amazing.
S&M and VINYL – no, not a new Fetish corner, but a vinyl reissue of the Slaves & Masters album is upcoming (though the album did come out on vinyl originally). Let’s hope the label has improved their packaging, their work on Purpendicular was a bit skimpy. It’s on the DTBOnline store.
DEMON GIVER – Just hammering a live version of Demon’s Eye the other day and realised how similar the start of the track Ballad Of Mr. Giver by Ashton / Lord is to it.
FAULTY MONTREUX – That Live In Montreux triple album limited edition on purple glitter vinyl from Italy we flagged up some time ago? People tell me that it has a pressing fault, and repeats Maybe I’m A Leo twice at the expense of Rapture Of The Deep. Ouch. Someone didn’t check the test pressing properly, which with something as expensive and limited as this seems a bit much.
GLENN HUGHES – Black Country are planning to cut their third album we think in June, with a view to a November release. One of those rock and roll Allstars shows with Glenn Hughes guesting has gone out on FM, and finds Glenn doing a Cult track and Highway Star. A number of the proposed dates were pulled. Glenn himself had three UK show in May supported by Fish of all people. Andy Hardman says most of the Fish fans upped sticks and left at the London date once their hero had been on.
WHO CARES – Details are emerging of a compilation album (including some rarities) as a follow-up to Gillan and Tony Iommi’s charity single release of last year under the Who Cares banner. We’ve added the early track listing to the site here.
IAN PAICE – Will guest on a new CD by Jettblack out in June, titled Raining Rock. There is also promo footage about of him thrashing one of those limited edition signature kits on the web, as well as a lot of techie stuff about the specs. We’ve just been in touch with a guy who went to school with our Ian, and says he got a rollicking off his Aunt after IP practised his paradiddles on a brass vase she owned!
LORD SUTCH – There’s a new Lord Sutch & The Savages CD collection out; the usual early material with Blackmore’s contributions, and some later bits and bobs. Actually it looks like a re-release of the old EMI 18 track job to me but if you’ve not got anything from this era it’s worth a listen. It’s on the store.
GRAHAM BONNET – There is a proper authorised Graham Bonnet biography on the cards, which will cover his early career in detail, time with Rainbow and an even rockier spell with Schenker. It’s being assembled by Steve Wright who used to publish the fanzine Under The Bonnet. You can see a list of who has been interviewed on Graham’s website – www.bonnetrocks.com. The interviews cover most of his ex-band members from the local bands in Skegness, right up to Andy DeGilsomina from Lyraka and from every part of his career in-between just about, as well as a few producers too (producers eh? Martin Birch has refused point blank to talk about Machine Head for the Smoke book). Steve is trying to find anyone who went to see MSG on ‘that’ night at Sheffield Polytechnic (a warm up show to Reading) when things got out of control on stage (well got out anyway). If you were there and recall the events, or took photographs drop me a line and I’ll pass it on.
WHITESNAKE – Someone has got around to dissing the Whitesnake LE Bio at last, albeit a journalist who got his copy for free. Still, we look forward to being able to add said journalist’s description of Coverdale in the review as “Pigheaded” should we ever do an update. And hopefully the new book will be as useful as the old edition was when he needs to update the next set of Whitesnake reissue sleeve notes…
There are some more vinyl reissues scheduled for later this year and we’ll have details soon.
GILLAN – That reissue of Future Shock is being pressed at 45 rpm as a 2LP set. This is a recent development (well it’s been seen before but appears to be gaining ground again) to improve audio quality, though a bit of a blow to people like us whose deck is set at one speed. I have to take off the turntable and mess with the pulley to switch speed! There will be two editions, one is a regular gatefold, the other is done as a hardback book, which is quite pricey but limited to 1,000 copies. As I’ve done the sleeve notes for them, we’re getting a good price for the DTBOnline store where you can pre-order. Expected to ship in June.
COLIN TOWNS – has been touring the UK with an outfit called Blue Touch Paper during May. “…occasional suggestions of latter-day Weather Report and Frank Zappa in the more complex items. Overall, an expertly conceived and articulated series of compositions that hung together superbly as an evening of music full of engagement and appealing sonic surprises.” according to the Herald in Scotland.
ROGER GLOVER – A lot of the Tolo Martin / Roger Glover show in April in Italy is on the web. As for Deep Purple content, there was a sort of Mk 2 medley with Lazy, Mary Long and Highway Star, then Smoke for the encore.
RITCHIE BLACKMORE – The DVD of the bard in black’s most recent UK tour is ready for release at the end of June. It was filmed at the Blackmore’s Night show in York (Opera House 30 Sep. 2011), titled A Knight In York, and issued in multiple formats; DVD, Blueray, CD and triple vinyl limited editions. You can pre-order at the DTBOnline store. Blackmore’s Night have said they will not be touring for the rest of this year. There is a reason for this, but we’d better wait for an official announcement!
ROD EVANS – There is a documentary on the 1972 Bickershaw festival out on DVD. It was shot by Granada TV. Captain Beyond played the gig but sadly only a short clip of them appears in the film and it seems unlikely Granada saved the rest. But if you want to see what 70s festivals were like (and why I did my best to avoid them – though I do recall an all-nighter in Leeds at the Queen’s Hall if that counts! And recall it despite Lemmy offering us access to his stash) it’s said to be a good place to start. Roll on a DVD of the Buxton festival around the same time, with weather and conditions so bad Chuck Berry took one look out of the window of his limo as it climbed up into the mist via a the rutted hillside cattle track, and told his driver to turn round and drive him back home!
TOMMY BOLIN – Some confusion over the upcoming Bolin & Friends CD set Gypsy Soul, with the compilers telling people the 2CD edition was exclusive to Amazon. We checked with the label who say this may be true for America, but they’ll be issuing it properly in Europe, and with revamped and upgraded packaging as well. Again you can pre-order at the DTBOnline store. We’ll have a review of the music on the blog very soon.
RADIO 4 – Comedian / musician / etc. Tim Minchin picked a DP song as one of his Desert Island Discs on Radio 4 the other week, the first time a castaway has ever done so we think. “Well, there are so many great Deep Purple songs but this song is just ridiculously cool. It’s from the era where Richie Blackmore was playing guitar and Ian Gillan was singing and I, .. er, .. I just love it. It just rocks. It’s ridiculous. It’s called I’m Alone.” Mr. Minchin was also on The One Show recently where he said that the Gillan/Head JC Superstar was a major influence. He is touring a production of this in the UK at present. The day before, the same programme had a snippet of Black Night too… we’ll let James Bateman off for watching such quality TV as he knew someone on the show! It was almost me last year James, doing a piece on pre-war seaside photographers, but then some deprived inner-city folk rioted and all the regular strands (and myself) were dropped as too lightweight.
Radio 4 had two learned gents comparing Smoke On The Water to Mozart’s music on the show Key Matters recently. As you do.
CALIFORNIA JAM – the special photo biography book on perhaps Deep Purple’s most famous show is edging closer. We’ve opened a page on the blog here to keep people updated and there is also a special California Jam page on the publisher’s site. There you can register your interest, and will be kept up to date with progress, special offer information etc. One or two people have emailed to ask if we’re involved, and the answer is you bet. We’ve helped co-ordinate the project and done the text. I’m hoping we’ll be able to show some page layouts soon, they’re looking good. And we’re so excited about one very special person being involved – but have to keep quiet for the moment!
DTB COLLECTORS LIST – the new list is ready now. Ann has sent this out to our regulars but if you haven’t seen it then it can be downloaded as a PDF file from the DTB blog. Over 340 mostly one-off rarities from Deep Purple and family; CD, vinyl, printed material and more.
Thanks to everyone who has helped this newsletter, with special house points to Michalis Salahoris, Nigel Young, Tom Dixon, Matthew Kean and Stuart Hamilton.
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DTB Newsletter – 4/12
April newsletter – just! Put it down to general low-spirits brought on by the non-stop rain this month plus a mad burst of skirting board fitting. The broadband also goes really flakey in weather like this and that hasn’t helped. Anyhow, others have been busy:
DEEP PURPLE NOW – Steve Morse confirmed Bob Ezrin (Kiss, Alice Cooper, etc.) as the likely producer for the band’s next studio album during a French interview. It shows a certain raising of the bar in this department (I wonder if they dare play him Rapture given the awful sound?). Read more on the blog here and see what others think of the idea.
DEEP PURPLE THEN – EMI released Smoke On The Water on a 7″ 45 as one of their contributions to Record Day in the UK, with a pressing limited to just 1,000 copies. It’s on purple wax too and issued in a “retro picture sleeve”. If anyone is after it drop Ann an email as we have been able to pick up a few copies from our local indie store this week. Read more about Record Store Day 2012 on the site here.
That Deep Purple Lyon 1973 recording we mentioned last newsletter? Collectors say it’s very poor and not even complete, so probably the same cassette that’s been doing the rounds for years.
Here’s a question for you; I was doing some photo research the other day when a strange reference to Machine Head turned up, claiming that Bernie Taupin worked on the record in some capacity. The photo library had no more information. I assume it’s tosh but…
New to look at on the blog if you missed it is a short article on the discovery of the Who Do We Think We Are studio location in Frankfurt at last with photos.
MACHINE HEAD – Metallica have been talking about contributing to a Machine Head tribute album this year. I’m not supposed to talk about the project – so I won’t, except to say my suggestions for bands and musicians to contribute appears to have been too esoteric by far! I just fancied seeing something beyond the usual suspects really. A US radio station has aired a Machine Head radio special recently, but it turned out to be a rejigging of one from an earlier show.
MORSE – Steve Morse has managed to organise some gigs during Deep Purple’s summer holidays, with shows during July 2012 in Germany, Russia and elsewhere. More details on his website. Meanwhile the Flying Colors debut release is finally shipping, and anyone who ordered from DTB Online Store will get the Ltd. Ed. version. They have also added a late vinyl edition to the formats which we have in stock too; nice to see that cover art proper size.
PAICE – Ian Paice was confirmed late on for a slot at the first UK Buddy Rich memorial show on April 2. 2012 (it is normally staged in America) and was presented with a lifetime achievement award too. Paice has also authorised a signature drum kit, the first we’ve ever heard of. You can read the press release here and start saving up now! It comes with a Machine Head drum head too, even though at that time he used a rival’s equipment. The most bizarre aspect of the whole offer is that the buyers of the kits (only 12 to be made) will be offered lunch with Ian Paice at his favourite restaurant, “cost not to exceed £50″…
Ian Paice has also signed on to be a member of jury in a High School Music Competition in Istanbul.
GILLAN – the first of those deluxe vinyl reissues is going to be Future Shock, remastered off the original quarter inch production tapes (I know this is true for once as we’ve loaned them a missing reel). The plan is to package it in hard-back book form, with all the artwork and booklet, plus detailed sleeve notes (by yours truly). It will be limited to 500 copies. No price information yet, but we will take pre-orders at DTB Online store and let people know as soon as we have details. Due early summer.
IG is also working on a charity album release at present, more details anon.
WHITESNAKER Bernie Marsden has lined up some shows to celebrate his forty year career this summer. They all take place in June. Check the tour poster here for the dates. He’ll be playing his own tracks and some favourites from Peter Green, Rory Gallagher etc.
LORD – Bruce Dickinson, Ian Paice and Jon Lord have been confirmed to appear at the sixth annual Sunflower Jam Rock & Roll Music Event in London. This will be at the Royal Albert Hall on September 16. The Sunflower charity raises money and awareness for different ways of treating cancer. You can check last year’s event here.
The 2012 Concerto is almost finished, and it looks like the release will come in a special hardback book edition with lots of photos, notes etc. We’ll add this to the DTB Online store for pre-ordering.
GLOVER – becomes guitarist Tolo Martin’s latest Deep Purple guest musician, at a one-off show in Italy at the end of April. Check the flyer here.
BLACKMORE – Nigel Young mentions the death on March 31. of Arvid ‘Silas Wegg’ Andersen, who worked with Blackmore and Jim Evans in The Three Musketeers, Neil Christian And The Crusaders, The Trip and others in the years preceding the formation of Deep Purple. Blackmore has noted Arvid’s passing on his site. Also lost to rock this month is Jim Marshall, with whom Blackmore worked closely over the years.
Niji Records issued a picture disc edition of Long Live Rock’n Roll to mark Record Store Day this year, there’s a shot of it on the site here. It seems to have been mostly limited to North America but is available via their US online store.
TRIBUTE BAND CORNER – DP tribute act CTTB who have done gigs with Glenn in the past are playing three shows at the end of April with Joe Lynn Turner, which will give them chance to air some of the S&M era tracks we assume.
I see Yes have just started a tour with a singer from a Yes tribute band replacing a singer from another Yes tribute band, who replaced original singer Jon Anderson four years back. Is this the future for our classic bands?!
As many spotted, Deep Purple, the horse not the band, was running in this year’s Grand National. Over to our man in the deerstalker Keith Livingstone: “Deep Purple still running… Ian is setting the Paice, Roger is (Gl)over Beechers, Gillan looks in Trouble, Steve Morse is trying to avoid a Major Impact and Don looks a bit Airey at the Chairy.” The horse pulled up and refused a fence second time round but lives to race another day, unlike some on the day. Over on ITV Tim McSummers adds “more ‘The Mule’ than ‘Speed King’ then…at least it wasn’t ‘Time to Kill'”
And congrats to DTB man Tim Corbett who wisely avoided the temptation to place a bet on the nag and instead got first and third place winners.
Thanks to Tim Summers, Toby Cruse, Mark Jones, Stuart Hamilton, Danny Fox, David Browne, Tarik Burcoglu, Jo Henning Kåsin
NEW IN THE STORE THIS MONTH – The first reissue of the PAL Live broadcast for years is in stock. Total Abandon live reissue. Flying Colors CD and LP limited editions.
And finally… if you’re staying in the Clarks Shiraz Hotel, Agra (nr. Taj Mahal) in India, check out this purpley named cafe, it would appear that the manager must be a fan. Thanks to David Black for the snap, he went for the “puff + coffee” at 125/-.
Record rack photo copyright fensterbme
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Album producer chosen?
“Well I think it’s now confirmed, it’s Bob Ezrin who will produce the new Deep Purple album”... According to Steve Morse, they have asked Bob Ezrin to produce the new studio album. This as you might imagine is Quite A Big Deal and indicates the level of seriousness with which they seem to be approaching the project. Ezrin has worked with some of the biggest names around, Pink Floyd, Kiss, Alice Cooper, Peter Gabriel, etc. There are also links with Morse going back to the last Kansas album (which Ezrin co-produced and also helped write) and this may have influenced their decision.
Morse was giving the news to French magazine Rock Hard. Thanks to Mathieu Pinard for the story.
And anyone else spot the Kansas sleeve imitating the old Bent Out Of Shape one as I did when checking this story!?
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DTB Newsletter – 03/12
Deep Purple Now • IG at Vancouver Feb 26 mid-set: “This is the last night of a tour that has lasted over 6 years and over 50 countries. After this show it’s over. We will be making a new record this year.” Steve Morse has also confirmed recording plans in a recent interview: “There is more writing sessions scheduled in May, and then we will start recording in June and July.”
Apparently Steve Morse kicked off some heated online debate following the piece after the interviewer asked : Do you see your career, at some point in the future, going away from Deep Purple and more into the area of Flying Colors?
Steve: “Yes, I definitely do. I don’t think Deep Purple can keep up the level of touring that we do, forever. I have always pushed them, sometimes too hard, for some control in the scheduling so that I can book stuff when there is a touring gap. The problem I keep running into is that when a gap becomes available, then it is too late to book the dates for my solo stuff. That is my only complaint with Deep Purple; I wish I had more control over the schedule. I think it is naturally going to slow down, somewhat.”
Seems fairly innocuous to me as well as being realistic. They can’t go on hurtling at this rate for ever! It’s actually quite nice to hear they are taking time off to relax and get a bit of writing done. It can only make shows that bit more special if they decide to ease off a bit (Morse has some touring planned for the summer – see next newsletter or check his website).
In a sign of the times, the meet and greet at Vancouver was done before the show at 6.30pm so they could get an early night. The set contained exactly one track from the ‘current’ album. It seems a long way from the start of the Rapture tour back at The Astoria in January 2006 (time enough indeed for the planners to have pulled the flipping place down!). It appears that IG tore his Achilles tendon and this explains the on-stage brace he was sporting on the Canadian tour. Sounds very painful.
Deep Purple Then • There are rumours of a soundboard of the long lost Lyon show (March 16. 1973) turning up at last. Poor off-air tapes have been about for years and the radio station closed a long time ago, with their archives disappearing (the station has sort of reappeared since but under a new set-up). I can remember trying to listen to the show from Luxembourg on AM transistor in the early hours… the station even had a tie-in music / fashion mag for a time called Fab 208.
Total Abandon, the live set recorded in Australia back in 1999, is coming back out again. They’ve taken a tape splicer to the end of the performance to get it onto a single CD for some strange reason, so it’s not complete. It’s also got a new sleeve, the third by my reckoning. Expect it in April. We’ve got it on pre-order at DTB Online Store.
There’s a glittery purple vinyl edition of Montreux 2011 due from Night Of The Vinyl Dead in Italy, a triple set in fact. They’re only issuing 500 copies and we can’t get wholesale stock. It’s the same mob who did the Concerto set last year and they sell out very quickly so if you want one move fast.
March’s Total Guitar magazine leads with Smoke on the Water and the MK 2 story (sort of). Mainly previously published photos (some Mk3 and Rainbow) but a nice Jorgen Angel shot not published before.
Ian Gillan • There is a likelihood of some exclusive high quality Gillan vinyl reissues later this year, and we’ll update you when we know more. They came to us asking if we had any of the original artwork… if only; that Chris Foss cover would look fab on our office wall.
There’s a detailed review of Ian Gillan’s slot at the Paris Rock Meets Classic show up on a web site devoted just to rock shows which take place in Paris. “Ian looks a bit tired and his right foot is in a cast but he’s gonna deliver a great performance, can’t go wrong with songs like this. Great to hear “Knocking…” at last, Deep Purple should play it.” David has put up a gallery with some pictures on www.deep-purple.net and the Paris site has some video of Ian up to watch too. http://rockerparis.blogspot.com/2012/01/rock-meets-classic-with-ian-gillan.html
I also notice that Ian’s former drummer is doing a few gigs. Under the name of Mick Underwood’s Glory Road, his band cover not just Gillan era tracks but also Quatermass, Peace and others he’s been involved with over the years.
Glenn Hughes • has joined the grandly named Rock-N-Roll Allstars “comprised of members from the biggest bands in recent rock history” (not sure what their definition of recent is really, it’s now over thirty years since Glenn was in Deep Purple!). They’ll be touring South and Central America in April/May 2012.
Ian Paice • was advertised as taking the hot seat on Planet Rock at the end of February, picking out his favourite songs, talking about the band’s longevity, their plans for the future and the music that has inspired him over the years. Nigel Young had a listen and says it was actually an old interview from December 2008! Cheeky gits. There is however a new interview done in Edmonton which can be heard online.
Nick Simper • as trailed last newsletter, Nick joins Nasty Habits on a new set Live at Szene in Vienna, May 8. 2011. This is coming out as a combined DVD plus CD package. The track list covers nearly a dozen Deep Purple classics along with one new track and a blues standard. Release date is imminent, so we’re now taking pre-orders at DTB Online store. Peter from the band says the new track is a trailer for a projected album of new material later this year.
Whitesnake • have no touring plans for 2012 according to DC. Perhaps he’s saved up enough for a copy of the Definitive Biography at last so doesn’t need the money?! Talking of which, the competition to win a signed copy on the DTB blog site is running only to the end of the month.
Jon Lord • I’ve not wanted to delve to much into Jon’s illness, but Ian Paice has now gone on the record (in that Edmonton interview) to explain that Jon’s cancer was spotted at a very early stage and he has been undergoing some special treatment over in Israel. This is reported to have gone well and there is talk of Jon doing some work in April. In the meantime finishing touches to the Concerto Studio version are taking place. The audio was due on EMI but looks now to be on another label.
Ritchie Blackmore • Both the next two reissues in Universal’s ongoing doubling up of the Rainbow catalogue are nearing completion at last. On-Stage is a double, with a disc from Tokyo 1976 as the bonus, most of which is officially unissued before. Long Live has a bonus disc with some early monitor mixes and other material from Cozy’s old archive. Both can be pre-ordered at DTB Online store.
On the subject of archives, a CDR boot of Mountain live in Wichita Kansas March 1971 has turned up which includes a (not very interesting according to one fan who has heard it) jam with Richie Blackmore done in a New York studio sometime that year.
There’s a group active in trying to get Blackmore inducted into the rock and roll hall of fame by the way, and they’ve just organised the 2nd Annual Ritchie Blackmore Protégé Shred Off competition. Find it on Facebook! But shred off? Surely that’s the last thing Blackmore was into.
Tommy Bolin • The Bolin & Friends set has now got a new release date of April in Europe (it was first announced for December last year but held over). It can be pre-ordered at DTB Online store. Perhaps to cash in, one label is repromoting that old Tommy Bolin Snapshot collection again, as the “first ever” European release. Same content as the last time they released it here! We’ve also posted details of a new Japanese Bolin special magazine on the site here.
Slightly more tangential but the Airto Moreira ‘fingers’ album (1973) is now out on CD. Why would you be interested? It has the original of San Francisco River on it, the track Tommy played on the TB & Friends gigs in 1974. So if you were curious about the origins, here’s the answer.
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DTB Newsletter • Vol 2 / 02
Newsletter time again from a fast thawing Sheffield hilltop (not fast enough to stop me going rear over something down our steps on black ice the other day but still).
Deep Purple • There was a short news item on German TV RNF (Rhein-Neckar-Fernsehen, covering the area around Heidelberg and Mannheim) recently about Deep Purple, to say that their gig at the Musik im Park festival in Schwetzingen (10.08.12) had now been cancelled, as they’re scheduled to record a new studio album. This kind of adds support to the story last newsletter about them recording this year with a release right at the end of the year or early 2013, with a tour to promote. Thanks to Michael Huck. Conrad Steeves says a music journalist friend of his, Tony Conley, interviewed Morse the other week and he also confirmed that DP will be recording towards the end of this year for an early 2013 release and will be writing over the summer.
Very strange to be getting mobile phone snaps of the pre-show audience build up image from a Canadian show emailed through almost in real time. I sat watching it for a little while waiting for the amp lights to start blinking… “Kingston was absolutely brilliant, a slow burn – Hard Lovin’ Man really set the tone. My fave Mk 8 gig , ranks with Toronto 2001 and London 2007… says Vince Chong (who sent said pic). Read more here.
As mentioned before, it looks like there will be a Deep Purple single for Record Shop Day in April 2011. Current plans are for a live version of Smoke On The Water from the 1972 In Concert show, newly remixed at Abbey Road from 8 track masters we found last year. I know there was concern from collectors over last year’s Record Shop Day single, but I try and take the view that record shops need all the help they can get at present (sadly perhaps the best vinyl store in the North – Wall Of Sound – gave up the ghost recently after 25 years in business) (add link) and our local store tells me it is a massive boost to their turn-over right now. And they were good enough to save me a copy of Hush BBC single at cost price!
The single is a taster from the Machine Head Special Edition but I’m not involved in that.
A few people have emailed about extra material being turned up from the In Concert show. We can confirm that there were a couple of rehearsal tracks but these were just that and while fascinating to listen to we’re not sure if they can be rescued or not.
Seems to be another flurry of interest about a 1972 TV show in Japan. It does seem as if the band did a special for TV while they were over there in 1972 on the Made In Japan tour in Tokyo. The problem is that TV companies there have been as cavalier about their archives as our lot, and so far nothing has been found.
Nothing on DP on the first part of the BBC4 show about Brit Rock In USA either, but I did spot that The Beatles had their name added to the side of the PanAm jet for their flight back home. Which predates DP by several years! Jon Lord turned up on the second show, interviewed last year, with clips from the usual stuff. It can be found on iPalyer.
Blackmore • J.R.Blackmore has a new CD out called J.R.Blackmore & Friends / Voices. You can find out more at Jürgens website http://www.jrblackmore.com/ Thanks to Irene Hesterberg for the info.
Coverdale • Firstly to everyone who had been saving up to buy the big Whitesnake Box – The Sunburst Years. Astonishingly EMI have already deleted it! Normally something like this would be round for longer than 12 flipping weeks. It looks as if they pressed 4,000 worldwide by the way for people who have been asking. I’ve seen it going for over £200 on some sites already. Still if the cash is now burning a hole in your pocket The Whitesnake Definitive Biography is finally shipping. There is a first review on the DTB blog now along with some page spreads. The publisher is offering a 5% discount for DTB folk, and we have sent out leaflets to this effect, but anyone who needs the details do email Ann. Also look out for an exclusive competition through DTBOnline shortly to win a copy signed by Neil and Bernie.
Talking of Whitesnake, David himself has just done a comeo in a small budget indie comedy film about a musician who is convinced DC is his real father! The producers say he was great to work with.
On the record side, DTBOnline store have managed to get a few copies of the rare US only CD edition of Snakebite recently if anyone needs this for their collection.
Ian Paice • Rick Wakeman does a nice monthly news round up on his site (amazed to hear him turn up on our favourite Radio 4 quiz the other day), and February’s hints at a possible album project with Ian Paice: “I will be trying to bring to fruition this month a possible trio album with Tony Levin and Ian Paice. Early stages of discussions with all concerned, but looking very promising.” Levin I can recall from his days as Peter Gabriel’s bassist, so this could be a very interesting prospect. Thanks to Simon Brown for letting me know.
Rod Evans • Amazing, just been in touch with a guy in America who reckons as a teenager he worked at a petrol station in Hollywood alongside Rod Evans. Trying to find out exactly when this would be.
Glenn Hughes • Black Country Communion are belatedly rushing out a 2CD audio version of their Live Over Europe DVD. Due at the end of February (so will probably ship first week of March 2012), track listing is the same (in fact we’ve been told the release is now embargoed until March). So if like us you prefer your rock without visuals now is your chance! Even better if you like the black stuff, they are also doing a very limited run on vinyl at the same time.
There is also a Tribute To Alice Cooper coming, with Glenn Hughes on Only Women Bleed, and Ronnie Dio on there too. John Tucker confirms it to be a UK press of an earlier issue form 1999 but if you missed it it’s due late March and you can pre-order at DTBOnline store.
Silverhead • One time Purple Records act Silverhead, featuring Michael DesBarres, Robbie Blunt, Rod Davies, Nigel Harrison and Pete Thompson, will be playing 2 nights in Tokyo – April 20 & 21, 2012. The band are also going to be doing a new album this year for a UK label.
Ian Gillan • still being seen with his foot splinted up at shows, with any number of stories doing the rounds as to how or why. If he hears about a reissue of the Rockfield mix of Clear Air Turbulence album which was redone for the Island edition he’ll probably kick his manager and break the other one. The CD has two live tracks from one of Ray Fenwick’s cassettes and an interview with the guitarist. I think it is the same audio as the old Angel Air pressing so approach on that basis, but we’ve listed it at DTBOnline Store.
Jon Lord • Singer Steve Balsamo has spoken of meeting up with Jon Lord in early February to go through material for a projected album project they’re working on, and says Jon is “looking great”, which is good to hear. Ian Paice also commented at a drum clinic the other day that “Jon is doing much better and heading into the studio.”
Five orchestral pieces of Jon’s, alongside works by other composers, are be staged between Feb and July 2012 at the Theatre Hagen, Hagen, in Germany, including Sarabande. Jon is not scheduled to appear. Thanks to Peter Judd.
Nick Simper • Nick Simper’s European band Nasty Habits filmed a show in Vienna last year and are preparing to release as a DVD soon. Covers of eleven Mk 1 tracks plus a blues standard and one new composition. More details anon. Thanks to Peter Brkusic.
Cozy Powell • Apparently wheels are moving now on a proposed Cozy Powell documentary project. Robert Plant, Tony Iommi and others have agreed to take part and this has enabled the producer to begin work. It’s a film based affair rather than for TV – UK TV having largely surrendered this sort of interesting programming to the big screen in recent years. More news if we get it.
The DTB blog has generated loads of fascinating comments (and info) about Deep Purple’s support bands over the years recently, and it’s hard not to get a little nostalgic over some of the recollections from the early days.
Right I’m off to wrestle with the dentist again today; I can start to see why IG opted to have the lot replaced the other year!
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New Year Musings
Yes it is real!
DTB 2011/2012 Review • It’s been a busy year as ever for Deep Purple fans, culminating in a handful of live shows with the Orchestra in Britain. Well received by many who went but a worrying number of people who opted not to bother, ourselves included. Yet in terms of new material it has been a little sparse. Nothing new studio wise from the group of course, despite a short writing break and plans for this to happen (next year possibly maybe?). The word from the tour is that the group are likely to be in the road at least for another three years or so, but you feel it will be hard to sustain the core support without something new to get people interested. The gaps between albums these days are almost as long as the entire career of the original four line-ups!
On the retro scene it has also been pretty quiet. Phoenix Rising promised much but was a lot of hot air when you actually came to analyse the content, with the audio remixes sounding worse than on the last stereo edition. I suspect this is the way future reissues will be treated, there seemingly being no enthusiasm to carry on the in-depth archive projects. The trouble is of course that the longer they dither, the less people will be interested.
Which really left the BBC Sessions project to deliver anything in terms of unreleased audio. This I think it did, although plans to include more DJ stuff and jingles were thwarted over copyright worries. The box edition looked very handsome (I would say that wouldn’t I?), though in marketing terms I’m not sure EMI quite got the launch of the title quite right (and I’m still getting emails from reviewers who say they would have judged it very differently if EMI had sent this out instead of two CDRs and a text file!). In terms of my own airplay, it was the BBC material which topped everything else here in DP terms. I confess to not having got around to even watching Montreux 2011 on DVD yet (still got series 2 of Spiral to get through).
Next year will see more special editions, with Machine Head and Made In Japan likely to fall under the spotlight. There are also plans for other releases keyed in to the anniversary of Machine Head and another special release for Record Store Day in April. Indeed the continued interest in Vinyl shows little sign of going away, with a reported 40% increase in sales of the format last year.
Away from DP, once again it was Glenn who kept us all on our toes. I’m not sure the second BCC album had quite the musical clout of the first for me, despite improvements in production. Likewise the live shows were fine but I think I have enjoyed Glenn’s own shows rather more in the past. It’ll be interesting to see if the band can progress, or whether Bonamassa’s own workload will keep the breaks on it to some degree.
In fact it has been the book front which has perhaps thrown up more of interest lately, with Glenn’s autobiography much anticipated (especially by those of us who didn’t fancy the £500 first edition). On a more quirky level books from Tony Ashton and especially Colin Hart have been interesting, the latter throwing light on the often disfunctional goings on within the band’s organisation! The New Year promises more titles, with the massive Whitesnake biography leading the way in January (my Christmas was spent checking page proofs), the publication of the Deep Purple Diary, and the Story of Smoke On The Water amongst others.
Darker Than Blue is also set for a return in 2012 albeit also in book form, with titles devoted to specific areas of the band’s history. Details of the first two will be released early in the New Year and it is planned to continue the magazine issue numbering sequence with these. DTB people with subscriptions will be offered appropriate discounts.
Whitesnake have perhaps had the lions share of releases lately, what with the new CD and seemingly endless number of compilations, culminating in the box set to end all box sets. Still, got to pay the gardening bills somehow haven’t we? Impressive physically certainly, but a lot of people have found it difficult to justify buying just to get the DVD and Reading broadcasts. Let’s hope EMI issue these individually before much longer. Blackmore? Well some tentative steps with the Universal remasters may produce interesting editions of On-Stage in 2012 possibly including unissued Japanese recordings. Beyond that he seems content to remain on the edges of the rock scene with Blackmore’s Night. The God Of Guitar website have asked any fans to vote in their 2012 poll by the way, it’s online here: http://godofguitar.com/7.html
We’ll be back with our regular DTB news round ups next week. In the meantime let’s hope in wider terms 2012 will see things pick up for everyone. This especially applies of course to Mr. Jon Lord, and we’re all looking forward to the studio recording of The Concerto to hear those dulcet Hammond tones once again!
All the CDs and books mentioned here can be grabbed from the DTB Online store. Except the Spiral box set.
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how to properly distinguish between two indirect sentences?
He mentioned that he had been in court the previous day.
meaning, I am saying this to someone else, that he (someone), sometime after the event took place, mentioned it, that: "I was in court the previous day". (he went to/was in court yesterday)
now, how would I convey the meaning that he mentioned it Yesterday? how to specify its time? would it be like:
He mentioned that he was in court the previous day. (by avoiding the backshift step)
or: He mentioned that he had been in court, the previous day. (by using punctuation)
I don't know if I'm right about it, but I suppose I am complicating the time sequences.
meaning grammar punctuation reported-speech
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Given how discriminate may be taken to mean a matter of prejudice and personal animus, you might wish to consider using distinguish instead. I’m going to send this question to our sister site for learners because no one actually says “I am perplexing” in English. – tchrist Apr 28 '18 at 13:18
This is our 50 thousandth question. – James K Apr 28 '18 at 13:24
But do people actually say I was in court the previous day? – userr2684291 Apr 28 '18 at 13:36
@tchrist thank you for your help. I edited my question. But I believe I have seen the usage of perplexing like this in some book and just checked it in google. It is mentioned, however, that it's old-fashioned. – Pouya Apr 28 '18 at 13:48
Move the time adverbial up to the front to make it modify "mentioned", and don't use "the previous day", use "yesterday" since that is the word that means "the day before today".
Yesterday he mentioned that he had been in court.
He mentioned yesterday that he had been in court.
You can place time adverbials before the subject, after the verb, or after the predicate. But if the predicate is a clause, that last option is usually at least ambiguous, so you should place the time word nearer the verb that it modifies.
Yesterday, he mentioned that he had been in court.
As simple as that.
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Murderous Attack On Mosques in New Zealand
by Oui Fri Mar 15th, 2019 at 05:55:32 AM EST
[Update-1] Death toll now at 49 with many still in critical condition in hospitals. One person arrested and will be charged with murder. Two IEDs found on a single vehicle. There was no warning bij our security agencies. One person arrested was born in Australia.
< END OF UPDATE >
A sophisticated multiple terror attack was send out live-streaming via an Australian Facebook account ... up to 27 fatalities ... due to late arrival for Friday prayers, just saved the Bangladesh cricket team ... not a safe world we live in ...
Our heartfelt condolences go out to the families and friends of those affected by the shocking situation in Christchurch. A joint decision between NZC and the @BCBtigers has been made to cancel the Hagley Oval Test. Again both teams and support staff groups are safe.
— BLACKCAPS (@BLACKCAPS) March 15, 2019
Entire team got saved from active shooters!!! Frightening experience and please keep us in your prayers #christchurchMosqueAttack
— Tamim Iqbal Khan (@TamimOfficial28) March 15, 2019
Mushfiqur Rahim also tweeted about the attack and said the team was "extremely lucky" to be safe.
"Alhamdulillah Allah [saved] us today [during] shooting in Christchurch in the mosque... we are extremely lucky... never want to see this things happen again (sic)... pray for us," he said.
More below the fold ...
Multiple deaths in shootings at 2 New Zealand mosques | Dawn - Pakistan |
Multiple people were killed on Friday in mass shootings at two mosques in the New Zealand city of Christchurch, with Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern describing it as "one of New Zealand's darkest days".
The mosques -- Masjid al Noor in central Christchurch and the other one in suburban Linwood -- were packed with worshippers gathering for Friday afternoon prayers, and members of the Bangladesh cricket team were arriving when the shooter opened fire.
Police urged people to stay indoors and not to visit mosques "anywhere in New Zealand" as they tried to determine if more than one gunman was involved.
New Zealand police said four people, including one woman, were taken into custody in connection to shootings at the two mosques.
Multiple improvised explosive devices, that were found on vehicles after the shootings, were defused, police said.
Christchurch shooting: Several dead as gunman targets New Zealand mosques | The National - UAE |
At least one gunman who targeted crowded mosques in the New Zealand city of Christchurch killed a number of people on Friday.
New Zealand media reported that between nine and 27 people were killed, but the death toll could not be confirmed. Police said multiple fatalities had occurred at two mosques, but it was unclear how many attackers were involved.
Three men and a woman are in custody, police said, adding that they had found and neutralised a number of IEDS (improvised explosive devices).
Police said they are not aware of other suspects beyond the four arrested, said they can't be certain.
Witnesses spoke of seeing bloodied bodies, with children also believed to be among the dead, and police warned of "extremely distressing footage" of the incident circulating on the internet.
The mosques were packed with worshippers gathering for Friday afternoon prayers, and members of the Bangladesh cricket team were arriving when the shooter opened fire.
1/4 Due to the ongoing serious firearms incident in Central Christchurch Police would like to remind all parents and caregivers that schools across the city remain in lock down.There is no timeframe at this stage for when the lock down will be lifted. The children are being...
— New Zealand Police (@nzpolice) March 15, 2019
○ New Zealand mosques: Several dead after shootings in Christchurch | BBC News |
○ Christchurch shooting: multiple fatalities after mass shooting at two mosques - live updates | The Guardian |
○ Live updates: Terror attack on New Zealand mosques, multiple fatalities reported | Gulf News |
[Update-2] Not an human being, a white beast claims responsibility for terror attack in Christchurch in a published manifesto. Thinking of Stockholm and white supremacy …
Gunman who opened fire on Christchurch mosque addresses attack in manifesto | News.com.au |
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison confirmed an individual taken into custody is an Australian-born citizen. He called him “an extremist, right-wing, violent terrorist”.
The header photo on Tarrant’s Twitter account shows a victim of the 2016 Bastille Day terror attack in Nice.
The famous photo by Reuters photographer Eric Gaillard came to symbolise the Bastille Day massacre when 84 people were killed by a truck plowing into holidaying crowds, Reuters says.
○ Early history of “invaders” and native homeland …
He described his reasons for the disgusting attack as to “show the invaders that our lands will never be their lands, our homelands are our own and that, as long as a white man still lives, they will NEVER conquer our lands and they will never replace our people”.
Tarrant revealed he had been planning an attack for up to two years, noting he decided on Christchurch three months ago.
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My deepest condolences to all my Muslim readers: if there are any words of comfort possible I offer them to you.
Another day, another terror attack. This time in New Zealand, one of the most peaceful, serene nations in the world. The last major gun violence there was a massacre committed by a mentally disturbed man...in 1992. The country's prime minister is a woman the world adores. Unlike Australia it welcomes migrants and refugees and does so unashamedly.
What has happened in Christchurch is an extraordinary act of unprecedented violence. It has no place in New Zealand. Many of those affected will be members of our migrant communities - New Zealand is their home - they are us.
— Jacinda Ardern (@jacindaardern) 15 March 2019
○ Pompeo: If Bibi Wants a Fascist Government, Fine by Us | Tikun Olam |
○ Netanyahu tells the truth: `Israel is not a state of all its citizens' | Mondoweiss |
○ Xenophobia, Israel, Alt-right and the Jewish Question
by Oui on Fri Mar 15th, 2019 at 11:15:55 AM EST
"Unlike Australia ..." (none / 1)
This line of inquiry arrives at a destination of political and psychological significance to the murderer that is greater than the number of immigrants admitted to either Australia or New Zealand; that is greater than either Trump's iconic figure his political adversaries or diplomatic "ties" to US gov.
An "extraordinary act of unprecedented violence," asserts the PM, although this is not a true representation of the material and ideological culture in any of these nations of "settler", immigrants.
Rather than ignominy, assurance and aggrandizement fed the root of homicidal mania (motive, plain and simple). Before delving remote past, one may return to 2017 to evaluate normative response to perfectly reasonable requests for so-called humanitarian assistance to give Rhohinga.
"detention camps"
Australia currently takes in about 13,750 refugees under its humanitarian programme each year.
Mr Dutton said that with millions of people displaced around the world, Australia could not help everyone.
"We cannot be in a situation, having the most generous [?] humanitarian programme in the world, to then ... pretend cruelly to people that somehow we can take millions of people from regions around the world that would be displaced, we just can't do that," he said.
Australia rejects New Zealand's offer on refugees
Australia had come under fire from the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, with a spokesman in Geneva Friday calling on Canberra to move the refugees from Manus to Australia and criticising the offshore asylum processing policy as "unsustainable, inhumane and contrary to its human rights obligations".
"self-defense"
To means and opportunity, which the man most certainly exploited, let us resurrect mutually bogus firearms controversy which fulfills immediate gratification that freedom loving people are born to expect from politics, from government.
Firearms-Control Legislation and Policy: Australia
Firearms-Control Legislation and Policy: New Zealand
Australia's Ambassador Says His Country's Gun Laws Can't Save America
Since taking his post, however, Hockey has navigated the fallout of a tense phone call between Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and President Donald Trump over refugee resettlement, reportedly met with the Federal Bureau of Investigation regarding the Russia investigation, and raised quite a few eyebrows when he broke with diplomatic protocol and endorsed Trump. Speaking to an audience at an Australian think tank in December, Hockey said, "If the presidential election was held again today, Donald Trump would win."
OK, Joe. Following the Vegas massacre, you tweeted that, essentially, guns are more cultural and pervasive in the U.S. than in Australia. What do you mean by that?
Australia and the United States are completely different situations, and it goes back to each of our foundings. America was born from a culture of self-defense. Australia was born from a culture of "the government will protect me." Australia wasn't born as a result of a brutal war. We weren't invaded. We weren't attacked. We weren't occupied. That makes an incredible difference, even today.
Being center-right, we had to stand against our base. But there was such collective grief after Tasmania that we were able to put aside our differences.
Was the bulk of the opposition from your own party?
The right wing had previously lobbied fairly hard against changes to the gun laws. The National Rifle Association sent people and money to campaign in Australia.
by Cat on Fri Mar 15th, 2019 at 08:38:59 PM EST
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o. look.
New Zealand PM vows tighter gun laws after death toll in Christchurch terror attack rises to 50
former first pregnant PM speaks out plus
Chelsea Clinton berated by students blaming her 'rhetoric' for causing New Zealand shootings
"who is pregnant with her third child" because "hate"
Australians are racist and unfriendly, say migrants, March 2014
oh, no. blah blah rhohinga something blah aborigine blah CHINA!!
Australian premier sides with teen who cracked egg on senator who blamed Muslims for New Zealand attack
Australia bans tour by alt-right star Milo Yiannopoulos over New Zealand massacre remarks
"only a week after he had approved a visa for the controversial British commentator and alt-right star against the advice of the Home Affairs department, which warned that Yiannopoulos may fail the character test to enter the country."
unprecedented. inconceivable, egregious.
Who is "the shooter"?
by Cat on Sun Mar 17th, 2019 at 04:52:21 PM EST
Facebook removed 1.5 million videos of New Zealand attack within 24 hours
"Out of respect for the people affected by this tragedy and the concerns of local authorities, we're also removing all edited versions of the video that do not show graphic content," Garlick said in a tweet.
Garlick said that Facebook was using technology and people "around the clock" to remove content that violates its violence policy.
By next weekend the event will have never occurred but in the imaginations of "people affected by the tragedy."
The video is legally an objectionable publication in NZ, in the same category as child pornography. So yes, Facebook is removing it. Alternatively, we're happy to jail their CEO for 14 years for knowing possession.
by IdiotSavant on Sun Mar 17th, 2019 at 11:20:44 PM EST
fascinating*
New Zealand's censorship regime is governed by the Films, Videos, and Publications Classification Act 1993, which was amended by the Films, Videos and Publications Classification Amendment Act 2015.
and classes, of which protected persons and sanctioned ahh filth determined "objectionable" or "restricted," for example; by comparison to, say, that model "regime" to historical NAZI iconography and speech ahh tropes that has not been entirely successful despite vigilance and 75 years practice.
A dilettante's inquiry of history of the censorship code produces more fascinating insight to perception of injury to "the public good" as well as its complement, that which must be hidden from the.
Self-examination is difficult indeed, treatment more so painful.
* CEO hiding in the "we" would be punishable under 124. 2(b)
by Cat on Mon Mar 18th, 2019 at 02:09:35 AM EST
Like Israel? Or like USA? (none / 1)
re: censorship, public good, corruption of
Al Jazeera did a hard-hitting investigation into US and Israeli lobbying - so why won't they air it?
GDPR? Cloud Act? (none / 0)
VOA/AFP | [French Council of the Muslim Faith] Sues Facebook, YouTube Over NZ Attack Video
The council said it was suing the French branches of the two tech giants for "broadcasting a message with violent content abetting terrorism, or of a nature likely to seriously violate human dignity and liable to be seen by a minor," according to the complaint, a copy of which was seen by AFP.
In France, such acts can be punished by three years' imprisonment and a 75,000 euro ($85,000) fine.
The CFCM, which represents several million Muslims in France, said it took Facebook 29 minutes after the beginning of the broadcast to take it down.
The panel, the House Committee on Homeland Security, said it was "critically important" to filter the kind of violent images seen in the video.
by Cat on Mon Mar 25th, 2019 at 10:04:45 PM EST
o. look. There are no SUNK COSTS in NATO world.
The buyback would cost up to NZ$200 million ($138 million), she said.
by Cat on Thu Mar 21st, 2019 at 07:31:55 PM EST
I understand that some US congressional representatives immediately credited Trump for causing theses murders.
Who needs a US Congress Rep when the perp has given the credits himself?
New Zealand mosques' attack suspect praised Trump in manifesto - AJ
The Australian-born suspect who shot dead dozens of Muslim worshippers in Christchurch, New Zealand, has published a manifesto praising US President Donald Trump and Anders Breivik, the Norwegian white supremacist who murdered 77 people in Norway in 2011.
The 74-page dossier, which has been described by Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison as a "work of hate", hailed Trump as "a symbol of renewed white identity and common purpose".
by Bernard on Fri Mar 15th, 2019 at 08:59:02 PM EST
Hiding in the "We" (none / 1)
Also in the manifesto --one of the CA Cohort of Petty Landlords was quick to point out-- is African American blogger named Candace Owens who epitomizes his idea of deviants.
Over here is a rambling indictment of New Zealand's intelligence agencies looking in all the wrong places which epitomize her idea of "the innocent."
Over there I'm still reading how so-called experts struggle to exculpate common frauds in US higher education as if this behavior were "unethical", that is, thoughtless or accidental, and not a patented demonstration of ethos binding this society.
But anyone of us could run a list of the violence, the "terrorism," publicized this very day in our own towns and cities that defies the enemy countenanced by "moral leadership" (Can you imagine that there is such a profession?) of the day. Paradox abounds. The people of planet "progress" are disoriented without coin to point the way.
Let us note: Every time these crimes occur, the reporter will find someone to say how surprised they are; he or she seemed like a nice guy, so quiet, friendly, or diligent at work.
Re: Hiding in the "We" (none / 1)
o, look. Isn't everyone keeping up with worldwide box office sales of the MOST IMPORTANT monument of diversity in our time (since Wakanda in the Hurt Locker)?
anarcho-syndicalism FTW!
by Cat on Sat Mar 16th, 2019 at 01:31:41 PM EST
Trump downplays white nationalism threat after massacre; doesn't see it as a threat - AP
Trump, whose own previous responses to the movement have drawn scrutiny, expressed sympathy for the victims who died at "places of worship turned into scenes of evil killing." But he declined to join expressions of mounting concern about white nationalism, When asked whether he thought it was a rising threat around the world, he responded, "I don't really."
"I think it's a small group of people that have very, very serious problems, I guess," Trump said. "If you look at what happened in New Zealand, perhaps that's the case. I don't know enough about it yet. But it's certainly a terrible thing."
by Bernard on Sun Mar 17th, 2019 at 12:59:17 PM EST
March appears to the month to read the wikiwtf synopsis of 18th Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte, without Cliff's or Spaek's Notes compendia for any Greek comedy or tragedy (I strongly recommend Clytemnestra), from which to glean clues to "white" supremacist adoration of Trump, fame (not the movie), possibly material historicism, but not likely.
The 18th Brumaire of Just About Everybody: the Rise of Authoritarian Strongmen and How to Prevent and Reverse It
abstruse and obscure
Well it isn't a threat...to him.
by rifek on Sat Apr 13th, 2019 at 03:09:54 PM EST
oops. There's two more true inspirations!
Tears For Christchurch: Australia First Imported Hate In 1788. Now We're In The Export Business
When Anders Behring Breivik massacred 76 people in Norway in 2011 - a person whom Brenton Tarrant listed in his rambling, unhinged 73-page manifesto as his "true inspiration" - Breivik praised Australian conservatives like Keith Windschuttle, an historian who flatly denied that significant massacres occurred in Tasmania in the 1800s.
by Cat on Thu Mar 21st, 2019 at 01:10:32 AM EST
New Zealand to Probe Role[s] of Spies, Guns in Mosque Attacks
Her Cabinet had previously agreed on holding an inquiry, but had not decided what level of investigation. She said royal [?] commissions are usually reserved for matters of the gravest public importance and that was clearly appropriate in this case. She said the exact terms of the inquiry, including its duration, would be finalized over the next two weeks.
She said those agencies will include the country's domestic spy agency, the Security Intelligence Service, and its international counterpart, the Government Communications Security Bureau.
If New Zealand has secrets worth stealing, then they're worth protecting.
Other agencies to be looked at include police, customs and immigration.
A royal commission is run independently from the government and is chaired by a high-court judge. It has the power to compel witnesses to testify and organizations to hand over documents. But it remains up to the courts or government to follow through on any recommendations or findings.
Erratum :
read "had", and "they'd be".
The main secrets traditionally protected by NZ's Security Intelligence Service are
that there are no secrets worth protecting
that they waste their budget bothering leftists.
by eurogreen on Wed Mar 27th, 2019 at 03:52:22 PM EST
'Lone wolf' myth covers up possible Mossad role in New Zealand terrorist attack
Incredibly, a stone structure of a building collapsed onto a van during the earthquake which killed a man inside who turned out to be an Israeli national. His death accidentally unearthed a ring of Mossad agents [2011]
The newspaper said it had asked Prime Minister John Key repeatedly to confirm details of an SIS investigation into whether the Israeli secret service had infiltrated the police national computer.
Mr Key responded that he was satisfied there had been no misuse of the police computer - but he refused to say whether an investigation had been carried out by the security service because it was not in the national interest.
after the man was discovered with multiple fake passports and USB flash drives which contained confidential data believed to have been illegally downloaded from the New Zealand police's national computer system.
NZ PM refuses to address report; Israeli envoy calls story "science fiction."
Kiwi Jewish leaders dismiss Israeli spy accusations
Israeli spy story 'disgusting'
Key red-faced after Israeli spy scandal: ""Security agencies conducted the investigation and found no evidence that the people were anything other than backpackers"
by Cat on Wed Mar 27th, 2019 at 07:59:28 PM EST
Before mosque attacks, New Zealand failed to record hate crimes for years
Joris De Bres, New Zealand's Race Relations Commissioner between 2002 and 2013, said he was alarmed at signs of an uptick in threats against Muslims when he took up the role soon after the 9/11 attacks in the United States.
De Bres said he repeatedly asked the government and police to create a central system for recording details about crimes motivated by hatred and racism.
He raised the issue with the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, which in its 2007 review of New Zealand said the lack of records was a concern, and asked the government to collect data on complaints of racially motivated crimes.
"I listed it every year...I wrote at various points to government about it and it was simply said that it wasn't necessary and it wasn't a priority," De Bres said.
When current Justice and Intelligence Services Minister Andrew Little took office in late 2017, the Human Rights Commission said in their incoming briefing the country needed a central system for recording details about crimes motivated by hatred and racism and steps currently taken by police were insufficient.
by Cat on Sun Mar 31st, 2019 at 09:28:46 PM EST
Re: Murderous Attack On Mosques in New Zealand (4.00 / 3)
It's Never Ever White People's Fault
I used to be afew. I'm still not many.
by john_evans (john(dot)evans(dot)et(at)gmail(dot)com) on Mon Mar 18th, 2019 at 07:00:30 AM EST
Home grown Australian white supremacists 😠
How long was Australia a racist continent?
by Oui on Fri Mar 15th, 2019 at 07:20:49 PM EST
About seven decades, give or take.
What was the White Australia Policy, and how does it still affect us now? - National Indigenous Television
Immediately following Federation in 1901, policies were designed to keep Australia white and British. Non-racial language was used to minimise international condemnation, but the xenophobic concern was plainly evident. Australia's first prime minister, Edmund Barton, explicitly stated his belief in white superiority:
There is no racial equality. There is that basic inequality. These races are, in comparison with white races - I think no-one wants convincing of this fact - unequal and inferior.
The White Australia policy was in place for seven decades after 1901 and had a profound impact on the newly federated Commonwealth.
The White Australia policy was not a single government directive but a series of acts with a common goal: to achieve and maintain a white, British national character. The Immigration Restriction Act, Pacific Island Labourers Act and the Post and Telegraph Act (all passed in 1901) formed the initial legislative foundation.
The Immigration Restriction Act in particular epitomises the spirit of the White Australia policy, and its hypocrisy. It never mentioned the words "white" or "race", but the parliamentary debates - and its application - make clear it was a tool of racial exclusion.
That's what they all say, don't they, even when stretching to fill vacated signs of "race" identity with "color," language, sectarian, tribal, "intersectional" and --what was it? oh, yes--"intercommunal" integration within the borders of civilization.
Re: Murderous Attack On Mosques (none / 1)
New Zealand can't claim to be too clean. It's tolerated casual, middle class racism forever. A Kiwi friend of mine once told me she was estranged from her parents because of their racism. Her mother once fired a Maori cook saying, "I can't stand seeing the black hands in the white flour." Casual, background racism makes it comfortable for the dangerous nutters. Witness the current US train wreck full of dumpster fires, with Der Drumpfenfuehrer at the throttle.
by rifek on Sat Mar 16th, 2019 at 03:23:42 AM EST
ADL comments (4.00 / 2)
GREENBLATT: Well, I think, you know, this act of violence really doesn't have a precedent, as far as we know, murdering people in a mosque like this.
Their knowledge obviously doesn't extend to Hebron.
by gk (gk (gk quattro due due sette @gmail.com)) on Sat Mar 16th, 2019 at 09:14:54 AM EST
Theresa May could take a leaf from Jacinda Ardern's book
Jacinda Ardern, prime minister of New Zealand, and Theresa May, prime minister of the United Kingdom, are of different generations and different politics. They are leaders on alternative sides of the globe each facing a national crisis but, in terms of leadership style, these two women are on different planets.
When she first heard word of the appalling massacre at mosques in Christchurch, Ardern clearly took a deep breath and immediately adopted a tone and stance designed to confront the atrocity and its implications for her country straight on. She was determined it would not have the effect desired by the perpetrator of dividing the people of New Zealand. She made and communicated a series of important decisions which set the tone for the national and indeed international response.
Ardern immediately characterised it as a terrorist attack in contrast with some leaders who have shown reluctance to do so when white shooters are involved. She stood with the victims and their families as being of New Zealand irrespective of their immigration or citizenship status. She focused on a national message of empathy and support for those affected. She visited the relatives of those killed and injured the next morning.
When doing so she wore a black scarf in a clear statement of visual empathy with their culture. She literally and figuratively embraced them. She promised immediate state funding to those bereaved and injured and ordered the expediting of visa applications for family members from abroad wishing to travel to help bury their dead.
Ardern did not equivocate on the implications of the atrocity for New Zealand's guns laws. She announced that significant changes to those laws would be announced within a week. They were published yesterday and the amending legislation will be enacted before the middle of April.
by Frank Schnittger (mail Frankschnittger at hot male dotty communists) on Fri Mar 22nd, 2019 at 01:21:25 AM EST
Which "leaf" in the school of funereal dramaturgy applies to UK government, presently?
by Cat on Fri Mar 22nd, 2019 at 02:05:32 PM EST
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Bees in the Medieval Economy
January 22, 2019 January 22, 2019 ~ ehs1926
by Alex Sapoznik (King’s College, London)
This article is published by The Economic History Review, and it is available on the EHS website
In his seventh-century Etymology Isidore of Seville wrote ‘bees originate from oxen, just as hornets come from horses, drone bees from mules, and wasps from asses’, reflecting the belief that bees were the tiniest of birds, which sprang spontaneously from the putrefying flesh of cows. Such ideas were not new to the Middle Ages, and had been common from Antiquity, when Pliny the Elder commented that dead bees could be brought back to life if covered with mud and bovine carcass.
Yet despite this peculiar (to modern eyes) belief, medieval people were in fact keen observers of the natural world. They knew that there was a larger bee which was especially important—although they thought this was a king, rather than a queen—which the other bees protected, even to the death. They knew that bees lived in well-ordered communities, where every bee had a particular task which it dutifully carried out. They especially emphasized worker bees, which went out tirelessly collecting dew, from which they thought honey came, and flowers, which they thought turned to wax. But they observed no mating in bee colonies, and the implications of this were profound. Medieval theologians associated the virginity and chastity of bees with the two figures whose virginity and chastity were central to the Christian faith: Christ and Mary. This religious symbolism had a singularly important practical consequence, for it meant that beeswax candles were required for observance of the ritual of the Mass.
Over the high and late middle ages Christian religious practice became increasingly elaborate, with a greater number of services celebrated at an expanding number of cathedrals, churches, chapels, chantries and shrines. All of these required wax candles. Candles also burned on the rood screens and before each image, shrine, and many tombs in every church in Europe. Every stage of a medieval Christian’s life, from the baptismal font to the grave, was accompanied by candles.
The imagery of light and dark, fundamental to Christian devotion, was reliant on the supply of vast quantities of beeswax for candles and torches. The cost of provisioning religious institutions with lights was significant. In England wax accounted for on average half of the total running cost of the main chapel of major religious institutions and, apart from the fabric and bells, was the most expensive single item in parish churches. The need for wax across medieval Europe was continuous and persistent, yet the extent and significance of the production, trade, and consumption of wax has yet to be fully considered.
Figure 1. Bees (apes) are so-called because they are born without feet. A medieval bestiary
By permission of the British Library: Bestiary: BL Royal MA 12 C XIX f45r
Where did this beeswax come from? Although demand for wax was high across Europe, production itself was unevenly spread. In northern and central Europe high medieval urbanization and settlement expansion came at the expense of favourable bee habitats. This meant that the areas with the greatest need for wax were under intense pressure to meet demand through local production. These regions were therefore especially attractive to merchants bringing wax from the Baltic hinterland, where large-scale sylvan wax production took place in forests which had not been felled to make room for arable fields. This high-quality wax became an important feature of Hanseatic trade, and a brisk westward trade brought this wax ‘de Polane’ to England and Bruges where eager buyers were readily found.
Yet even this thriving international trade was not enough to meet the demand for wax from the c.9,000 parish churches which existed in England by the early fourteenth century. Comparing the total amount of wax needed for basic religious observance with wax imports suggests that foreign wax accounted for only a fifth of the amount of wax needed in England before 1475. The remaining wax must have been the product of hundreds of thousands of skeps kept by small domestic producers. This local beekeeping is almost invisible in manorial documents, and it is only by considering the total demand for wax that the importance of beekeeping within the peasant economy becomes apparent.
What emerges, then, is a dual economy for wax. Wealthy religious institutions attracted merchants bringing high-quality Baltic wax in great quantities, demonstrating that geographically peripheral areas were not only vital to European trade, but that the cultural practices of high and late medieval society were dependent on these regions. At the same time, small producers found ready markets for the product of their hives in their local parish churches, supplying much-needed injections of income within the household economy.
Figure 2 Bees in the Luttrell Psalter
By permission of the British Library: Luttrell Psalter: BL Add MS 42130 f240r
Bees and bee products held a uniquely important place in medieval culture, and consequently in the medieval economy. In these tiny golden creatures medieval people saw something flung from Paradise, imbued with mystical qualities and powerfully symbolic. Today, as we face climate change, habitat destruction and the decline of bee colonies, we might do well to look at the natural world with something of the same wonder.
This research is being expanded in the Leverhulme project ‘Bees in the medieval world: Economic, environmental and cultural perspectives’, which will also explore the Mediterranean trade in beeswax and consider encounters between the Christian and Muslim worlds.
To contact Alex Sapoznik: Alexandra.sapoznik@kcl.ac.uk
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Prime Minister backs Hanoi railways project with France
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc (R) and French Ambassador to Vietnam Jean Noel Poirier (Source: baochinhphu.vn)
NDO/ VNA - Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc showed his support for co-operation in satellite technology, aviation, railways development in Hanoi, education and culture with France at his meeting French Ambassador to Vietnam Jean Noel Poirier in Hanoi on August 25.
He laid special emphasis on the urban railways project in Hanoi, saying it will be a symbol of the two countries’ co-operative ties. He wanted both sides to soon agree on related finances for its speedy implementation.
The PM noted that the two countries have launched practical and efficient projects and programmes across economics, trade and culture.
He expected that President Francois Hollande’s upcoming visit to Vietnam will cement bilateral relations, especially when the two countries are working towards a comprehensive strategic partnership.
The current strategic partnership prioritizes economic co-operation so the two sides need to continuously work out orientations for their major co-operative fields to meet the respective countries’ development needs, the leader said.
Ambassador Jean Noel Poirier stressed that the visit by President Francois Hollande will mark a strong development in the two countries’ relations and usher in new co-operative prospects for the two countries.
The visit will demonstrate an affirmation that France continues to accompany Vietnam in its development process as it did over the past 20 years, the diplomat said.
He expressed his hope that the two countries will push for stronger connection in aviation, especially that between Airbus and Vietnamese carriers, as well as urban railways, education, and culture.
President arrives in Brunei, begins State-level visit (Aug 26, 2016 23:27:53)
Vietnam is willing to co-operate and contribute to promoting and protecting the common interests of the international community: President (Aug 26, 2016 13:04:54)
President pays State visit to Brunei and Singapore (Aug 26, 2016 10:22:42)
President meets Vietnamese ambassadors abroad (Aug 25, 2016 22:17:47)
Leader calls for US-ASEAN Business Council’s assistance to VN firms (Aug 25, 2016 22:15:37)
Condolences sent to Italy over powerful earthquake (Aug 25, 2016 21:51:34)
HCM City leader meets AIA Corporation president (Aug 25, 2016 11:53:41)
Party commission delegation visits Russia (Aug 24, 2016 22:22:13)
Indonesian Independence Day marked in Ho Chi Minh City (Aug 24, 2016 22:07:11)
Vietnam to take solutions to sustainable insurance market (Aug 24, 2016 17:25:20)
Vietnam-Thailand working group on politics, security convenes (Aug 24, 2016 17:18:21)
PCC’s Economic Commission boosts co-operation with the UK (Aug 24, 2016 16:54:42)
Condolences over death of former Singaporean President (Aug 24, 2016 12:00:37)
President to pay State visit to Brunei, Singapore (Aug 24, 2016 11:59:52)
Top legislator hosts Ambassadors of New Zealand, Philippines (Aug 23, 2016 23:01:23)
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Template:Saints01
1 New Testament Era (1-30)
2 Apostolic Era (30-100)
2.1 90-96 (2nd) Persection of Christians under Emperor Domitian
3 First Century unknown dates
New Testament Era (1-30)
Since the deaths of many of the biblical personalities can not be traced, for the purposes of the New Testament era, we will list the chronological appearance of these same personalities, as they are documented in the Scripture.
12 Tiberius I, stepson of Augustus, became emperor of Rome
25-26 c, Death of Joseph the Betrothed [1]
27 c, John the Baptist [2] begins his ministry including the Baptism of Christ
27 September 1: According to Holy Tradition, Christ entered the synagogue on September 1 to announce His mission to mankind (Luke 4:16-22).[3]
27-30 c, Three year ministry of Christ [4]
28 c, John the Baptist is executed by Herod Antipas [5]
30 c, Other events: First death of Lazarus; Dismas the thief crucified on Golgotha Hill outside Jerusalem alongside Christ, the first to enter heaven (Luke 23:43); Judas Iscariot hangs himself.
30 Death and Resurrection of Lord Jesus Christ the Son of God. [6]
Apostolic Era (30-100)
The Apostolic period can begin with the death of Christ, or from the Day of Pentecost, and ends with the Apostle John and covers about seventy years.
31 Protomartyr of christianity Apostle Stephen delivers a speech before the Sanhedrin (Acts 6:8-8:1) and is stoned to death December 27.
After the Ascension of the Saviour to Heaven, the Apostles preach the Good News to various parts of the world:
Apostle Thaddeus preaches to Syria and Mesopotamia. He preaches the Gospel to Edessa and converts King Abgar.
34 Death of Philip, tetrach of Iturea; Apostle Nikanor the deacon (Acts 6:1-6), d. July 28
35 c, Ignatius of Antioch born.
35-44 c, The Dormition [7] of the Theotokos, the Mother of Christ, August 15.
36 Tiberius orders the death of Annas and Pontius Pilate for their involvement in the Death of Christ, adter being informed so by Mary Magdalene. Caiaphas died on his way to the trial.[8]
37 End of Tiberius' reign.
44 Agrippa I beheads Apostle James (son of Zebedee and brother of John), July 25; c, Apostle Thaddeus of the Seventy (not Judas), Bp. of Edessa, August 21.
Agrippa I is eaten by worms and dies.
Gamaliel [9], teacher of the Apostle Paul dies.
Rite of baptism develops independently of synagogue.
Eucharistic rite develops independently of syngague.
52 First Apostolic Council takes place in Jerusalem.
c. Hierotheus of Athens[10] baptised by the Apostle Paul
Apostle Evodus of the Seventy appointed by the holy Apostle Peter as 2nd Bp. of Antioch.
54 Claudius dies, probably poisoned. Apostle Stachys, of the Seventy, 2nd Bishop of Byzantium (Constantinople), October 31.
59 c, Probus, bishop of Verona in Italy, January 12 citation needed
60-62 c, Apostle Andrew, [11] 1st bishop of Byzantium (Constantinople), November 30
60-63 c, Second death of Lazarus, Bishop of Kittium.
60 Saints Aristarchos, Pudens (2 Tim. 4:21), and Trophimos, the Apostles of the Seventy, April 14.
61 c, Apostle Barnabas, founder of the Church of Cyprus, traditionally thought to have been martyred in Salamis.
62 Porcius Festus dies.; Apostle James, the brother of the Lord and first bishop of Jerusalem, is stoned to death at the instigation of the Sanhedrin, during the short interval between Porcius Festus and Albinus [12].
63 Apostle Matthias August 9, stoned to death at the instigation of the Sanhedrin, Jerusalem.
Clateus, Bp. of Brescia in Italy murdered under Nero, June 4;
c, 64-67 Peter, son of Jonah and founder of the Church of Antioch, martyred head downwards, June 29;
First Martyrs of Rome, falsely charged by Nero, June 30 [13].
65 Torpes, martyr in Pisa, Italy under Nero April 29.
Evellius, advisor of Nero, converted to Christ on witnessing the patience of the martyrs and then himself martyred in Pisa, Italy, May 11;
Hermagoras and Fortunatus, according to tradition, Hermagoras was a disciple of Apostle Mark and was consecrated Bishop of Auileia in Italy. He and his deacon Fortunatus were beheaded under Nero, July 12;
Priscus, 1st bishop of Capua, Italy sent by Apostle Peter, martyred under Nero, September 1;
Photine of Samaria, Anatole, Photo, Photis, Paraskeve, Kyriake, Photinos and Joses and the Duke Sebastianos, martyred under Emperor Nero.
Christians arrive in Antioch from Jerusalem
67 c, Paul, founder of the Church of Rome, beheaded in Rome;
Apostle Onesimus of the Seventy, 3rd bishop of Byzantium (Constantinople), February 15;
Anastasia and Basilissa, martyrs in Rome [14] April 15.
Domnina and companions, [15] April 14.
Ignatius appointed 3rd Bp. of Antioch.
70 the Roman emperor Titus captures and destroys Jerusalem. The Romans demolish the Jewish temple and under difficult conditions the Christians emigrate in Pella in the east bank of Jordan river.
76 Linus, [16] 1st bishop of Rome and disciple of Apostle Paul January 4.
78 Apollinaris, 1st Bp. of Ravenna, suffered persecution under Emperor Vespasian July 23; Candida the Elder, [17] September 4.
80 Perpetua, [18] August 4.
c, Apostle Luke near Boeotia, Greece [[ ]] [19];
after the death of Apostle Luke, Ananias transfers the Panagia Soumela icon painted by Luke to Athens where it is venerated as the "Panagia Athiniotissa".
88 Anacletus, 2nd Bp. of Rome.
89 Polucarpus I, Bp. of Byzantium (Constantinople).
90-96 (2nd) Persection of Christians under Emperor Domitian
Onesimus, [20] February 16; Birillus, bishop of Catania (Sicily), [21] March 21;
Romulus and companions, [22] July 6;
Nicomedes, [23] September 15;
Rufus of Rome, [24] November 21.
"The Apocalypse" (Revelation) written by John the Theologian in Patmos.
92 Mark of Galilee, [25] 1st bishop of Abruzzi (Italy), April 28.
96 Martyrdom of Dionysius the Areopagite of the Seventy; Flavius Clemens, [26] beheaded by his nephew Domitian, June 22.
98 Melyos, 3rd bishop of Alexandria, September 12; Clement, [27] 3rd bishop of Rome, November 25.
99 Maro, Eutyches and Victorinus, [28], martyred under Trajan, April 15.
Nereus and Achilleus, [29] beheaded in Terracina (Italy), May 12;
Geruntius of Italica, Bp. of Talco (Italica, near Seville) and martyr [30] August 25;
Prosdocimus, 1st Bp. of Padua in Italy, November 7;
100 Death [31] of St. John the Theologian in Ephesus.
First Century unknown dates
Apostle Titus, Bp. of Crete (ordained by Paul), died peacefully 97 y.o., August 25.
Apostle Zenas, Bp. of Diospolis (or Lydda) in Palestine, September 27. [32]
Hierotheus of Athens, martyrs death late in the first century, October 4.
The second Holy-unmercenaries and relatives of the Holy Apostle Paul, Zenaida and Philonilla of Tarsus in Cilicia, October 11.
Close of the Apostolic Age
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↑ The apocryphal account, "The History of Joseph", a 4th century document the last years of Joseph's life. According to St. Epiphanios of Cyprus (c315-403), the Elder Joseph lived to a profound old age, having entered into rest at the age of one hundred and ten years old. He reposed just before Christ entered His public ministry to preach the Gospel
↑ The Ministry of St. John the Baptist begins in the "15th year of Tiberius" (Luke 3:1-2). He preaches, "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near" (Matt 3:1-2) and baptising Christ in the Jordan (Mark 1:4-11)
↑ Quoting Isaiah 61:1-2), the Savior proclaimed, "The spirit of the Lord is upon me; because He has anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; He has sent me to proclaim release to captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed, to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord…" This scene is depicted in a Vatican manuscript (Vatican, Biblioteca. Cod. Gr. 1613, p.1).
↑ The three year ministry of Christ includes the appointment of the Twelve Apostles, Sermon on the Mount, miracles, transfiguration, etc
↑ The execution of Saint John the Baptist has been recorded in "Antiquitates Judaicae" in Latin published by the Jewish historian Flavius Josephus about 93 or 94 AD, 18.5.2
↑ 30AD is thought to be the most accurate dating of the death, resurrection and Pentecost amongst academics and has been used for this article in lieu of 33AD.
↑ At the time of her death tradition states she was in her early fifties.
↑ The Great Synaxaristes
↑ Gamaliel is celebrated as a Pharisee doctor of Jewish Law, who was the teacher of Apostle Paul; the author of the Book of Acts portrays Gamaliel with great respect (Acts 5:34, 22:3)
↑ According to tradition, Hierotheus was present with St. Dionysius the Areopagite at the Dormition of the Theotokos. Tradition is not clear whether he is the first Bishop of Athens since other traditions place Dionysius in this role.
↑ Apostle Andrew is traditionally thought to have been martyred in Achaia at Patras by cruxifixion.
↑ The death of James the Just is also recorded in "Antiquitates Judaicae" published by the Jewish historian Flavius Josephus, 20.9.1
↑ Source: w:First Martyrs of the Church of Rome
↑ Noble Roman ladies, disciples of the Apostles Paul and Peter, whose bodies they buried. They were martyred under Nero.
↑ A virgin martyred in Terni in Italy at the same time as Bishop Valentine.
↑ The first bishop of Rome. A disciple of the Apostle Paul, he was one of the Seventy and is mentioned in 2 Timothy 4:21. He was bishop for twelve years and is venerated as a martyr.
↑ An aged woman who welcomed the Apostle Peter in Naples and was miraculously healed by him. In her turn she convered St. Aspren who became the first Bishop of Naples.
↑ A matron from Rome baptised by the Apostle Peter who converted her husband and her son, St. Nazarius. Her relics are enshrined in Milan and Cremona in Italy.
↑ Dating by Anti-Marcionite Prologue to the Gospel of Luke.
↑ The slave who ran away from his master Philemon and was converted by St. Paul in Rome and was the occasion of the Apostle's letter to Philemon.
↑ By tradition he was consecrated first Bishop of Catania in Sicily by the Apostle Peter, with whom he had travelled from Antioch. He reposed in extreme old age.
↑ By tradition ordained by the Apostle Peter as first pastor of Fiesole, he was martyred with several companions under Domitian
↑ By tradition he was a priest martyred in Rome, perhaps under Domitian.
↑ The disciple that St. Paul greets in Romans 16:13.
↑ By tradition, a Galilean and the first bishop, and also martyr, of the Abruzzi in Italy.
↑ Brother of the Emperor Vespasian and uncle of Titus and Domitian, whose niece, Flavia Domitilla, he married. In 95AD he held a consular office together with Domitian. The following year Domitian beheaded him for the Christian faith.
↑ The date is uncertain. Early sources noted that he died a natural death, perhaps in Greece. A tradition dated from the ninth century tells of his martyrdom in Crimea in 102 by drowning when thrown overboard from a boat with a ship’s anchor tied to him.
↑ They belonged to the circle of Flavia Domitilla, whome they accompanied in exile to the island of Ponza. Eventually they retured to Rome and were martyred under Trajan.
↑ Pretorian soldiers, by tradition baptised by the Apostle Peter, and exiled with Flavia Domitilla to Pontia and later to Terracina in Italy
↑ A missionary in Spain in the Apostolic Age
↑ Account of the miracle that occured at his grave: When over 100 years old, St. John took seven disciples outside of Ephesus and had them dig a grave in the shape of a cross. St. John then went into the grave, and the disciples buried him there, alive. Later on, when his grave was opened, St. John’s body was not there. ‘On May 8 of each year, dust rises up from his grave, by which the sick are healed of various diseases.’
↑ The Holy Apostle Zenas of the Seventy, a disciple and co-worker with the first-ranked Apostle Paul, was called a lawyer, since he was a learned man and led juridical matters in church courts. He is mentioned in the Epistle of the holy Apostle Paul to Titus (Titus 3:13): "Help Zenas the lawyer and Apollos on their way; see that they lack nothing." Afterwards, St Zenas became bishop of the city of Diospolis (or Lydda) in Palestine.
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IS and its media
Calling all suicide bombers
The media is playing its part in today's horror as "Islamic State" showcases its terrorists in magazines, videos and on the Internet to recruit new members. Joseph Croitoru examines how IS strategy has developed and evolved
The radio station operated by the terrorist militia "Islamic State", which has been broadcasting regularly for the past few months in English, French, Russian, Turkish and Kurdish, is called "Al-Bayan". The Arabic term succinctly reveals the group's agenda, conjoining modernity and tradition to connote both an "announcement" and also spreading the word of the Koran.
The daily Arabic news programme, around seven minutes long and consisting mostly of war reporting, has followed the same pattern for months. A brief rendition of a jihadist song (nasheed), which praises the Islamic Umma (world community) and continues in the background as the news is read, is followed by reports of "successful" suicide attacks by IS members.
The radical Sunni station refers to them by the term "amaliya istishhadiya" (martyrdom operations), originally popularised by the Shia arch-enemies who are today at war with the IS: the pro-Iranian Hezbollah introduced the term in the 1980s.
The IS terrorist militia lets it be known that its suicide martyrs – "Istishhadiyin" – are deployed both offensively and defensively. Sometimes their bombs clear the way for combat troops to follow, or the bombers detonate armoured vehicles laden with explosives to slow down the advancing enemy.
To make sure daily messages from "Al-Bayan" like these do not get lost in the constant stream of information, the IS website periodically features a special report on its suicide bombings – a diagram for example shows 65 such attacks during October in Iraq and Syria.
Twenty-minute "martyr" farewells
Checking the veracity of such information is not easy, not least because the Arab media use various names for the suicide operations of the IS, which are in fact very numerous. What is striking is that the term "suicide" is always included, in pointed emphasis of the fact that this form of terrorism violates Islam′s prohibition of suicide, something Islamists like to gloss over.
For the media staging of its suicide bombers, the IS likes to make use of a genre already established three decades ago, perpetuating their deeds individually on video or at least in an extended photo sequence. But the competition is watching: rival terrorist militias, in particular the Syrian "Nusra Front", which is linked to al-Qaida, is also very productive in this respect.
The macabre and the mundane: "suicide attackers should raise their right hand with a pointing index finger at some point during the farewell video – signalling the number one, a symbol for the unity of Islamic faith and the unity of the jihadists. The Palestinian Hamas popularised this gesture years ago, but not wanting to be linked with the IS under any circumstances, they have now reverted to the traditional victory sign," writes Croitoru
Such rivalry has occasionally prompted farewell videos to swell to lengths of up to twenty minutes. Usually, the reading of the "will", which often segues into a hate sermon, is followed by a farewell scene as the perpetrator climbs into the vehicle and drives off to launch the attack. The final chord is then struck with the explosion scene, which is often shown repeatedly.
The pointing index finger is mandatory
Lately, however, the videos bidding farewell to IS suicide bombers have become noticeably shorter, probably due to their great proliferation. The bombers are still permitted to appear before the camera as individuals wearing their own, very diverse, clothing. But they are clearly asked to play it up a bit.
An underage Arab, for example, holding a small Koran in his hand on his way to blowing himself up with belt full of explosives, acts the role of the devout and contemplative believer before uttering a torrent of jihadist slogans and threats. For a Tajik car bomber, by contrast, two sentences in broken Arabic must suffice, muttered out of the window of his prepared tank car, before he proceeds to his death.
Recently it has apparently been decided that suicide attackers should raise their right hand with a pointing index finger at some point during the farewell video – signalling the number one, a symbol for the unity of Islamic faith and the unity of the jihadists. The Palestinian Hamas popularised this gesture years ago, but not wanting to be linked with the IS under any circumstances, they have now reverted to the traditional victory sign.
Welcome to the "caliphate"
The IS also glorifies its death terrorists in four non-Arabic magazines. Probably the best known among them is the English "Dabiq", named for a town in northern Syria where the doomsday battle will ostensibly take place against the "infidels". The magazine evokes apocalyptic themes and a supposed global war of civilisations, which the IS claims to be spearheading on the Muslim side.
Again and again, the suicide attack is highlighted as the preferred weapon, as it also is in the French counterpart "Dar Al-Islam" (House or Dominion of Islam), a magazine designed to teach Francophone Muslims where they supposedly truly belong. They are especially welcome to take part in the IS "caliphate" as suicide soldiers: by the third of six issues of "Dar al-Islam" currently published, a death driver from France was already being extolled, sitting at the wheel of his vehicle and smiling.
Similar to "Dar Al-Islam", the latest, third issue of the Turkish IS magazine, "Konstantinyye", features on its cover a massive explosion, under the heading "Martyrdom operations are allowed and legitimate".
Dead end: IS also glorifies the role played by its suicide bombers in four non-Arabic publications. "Konstantiniyyee", published for the Turkish market, emphasises that "martyrdom operations are allowed and legitimate"
Ataturk denigrated as an idol
The magazine's title was chosen cleverly, because "Konstantiniyye" is the Ottoman name for Istanbul, thus recalling the Islamic conquest of Byzantine Constantinople and its conversion into the capital of the Ottoman Caliphate. The publishers thus echo the way Erdogan's AKP has glorified this victory over the East Roman Christian Byzantine Empire in its neo-Ottoman discourse for the past several years. Ataturk is however consistently vilified in "Konstantiniyye" as a "kafir" (infidel) and "tagut" (idol).
This division between good and evil also colours the rhetoric of the Russian IS periodical, "Istok" (source, origin), in which suicide attacks are likewise a featured theme. The decision by Russian, Caucasian and Central Asian sympathisers to carry out an "Istishhad Operacja" is not only exalted here as the culmination of an almost mystical enlightenment – to dispel any last doubts, it is interwoven with the narrative of an intimate camaraderie, which these non-Arab mujahedeen then believe to be typical of IS.
Joseph Croitoru
Translated from the German by Jennifer Taylor
Recruitment strategies used by Islamic State: A mutation of religionThe image policy of IS: Terror in the spotlight The IS manifesto for women: Baiting the jihadi brides
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Target, Walmart, importer sued over lead in toy jewelry
By: The Associated Press December 13, 2018 4:22 pm
ALBANY, N.Y. — Two of the nation’s largest retailers and a third company are named in a New York lawsuit claiming the companies imported and sold children’s toys with lead levels up to 10 times higher than federal limits.
New York Attorney General Barbara Underwood said in the lawsuit filed in an Albany court Thursday that Walmart, Target and Randolph, New Jersey-based LaRose Industries, importer of the “Cra-Z-Jewelz” jewelry-making kits, “committed thousands of violations” of state laws regulating the safety of children’s toys sold in New York.
Underwood, a Democrat, said tests the attorney general’s office conducted on kits purchased across the state in 2015 and 2016 found that wristbands sold with the items contained lead at levels of 120 to 980 parts per million. The federal Consumer Product Safety Act for children’s products set the limit at 100 parts per million.
LaRose recalled the toys in 2016 after additional testing corroborated the New York tests.
Underwood said the state’s lawsuit stems from the test findings and the agency’s follow-up investigation.
“Our lawsuit seeks to hold these companies accountable for the failures that allowed lead-contaminated toys on store shelves, while forcing them to take responsibility for the safety of the products they sell,” she said.
The lawsuit seeks civil penalties from the companies and a court order requiring them to ensure they don’t ever again sell toys containing high lead levels in New York.
Spokespeople for Bentonville, Arkansas-based Walmart and Minneapolis-based Target both said the companies stopped selling the toys after the recall.
Walmart spokesman Randy Hargrove said the company has discussed the matter with Underwood’s office and will address the allegations in court. Target spokeswoman Danielle Schumann referred additional questions to LaRose.
A message was left with LaRose seeking comment.
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How indoor environments affect five significant facets of people’s lives—health, performance, stress and resiliency, sleep, and comfort—will be the focus of an extensive three-year scientific research plan conducted by the Well Living Lab. Studies will examine the five factors for homes, workplaces, and independent living communities. A critical component of the research is the interplay of elements such as sound, lighting, temperature, and air quality, all of which can be altered in various combinations to uncover positive, neutral, and negative effects on people.
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“Our responsibility is to advance the science by conducting human-centered research that can be used in practical ways,” said Brent Bauer, M.D., medical director of the Well Living Lab and director of medicine for Mayo Clinic’s Complementary and Integrative Medicine Program. “It’s our belief that favorable outcomes can be realized, which will have long term benefits for people’s lives.”
A variety of experiments will be reviewed, approved, and monitored by the Institutional Review Board of Mayo Clinic. Questions to be explored include:
How office workers respond to artificial lighting that simulates natural light, not just at work, but also how it may change their ability to get sufficient sleep at home.
How changes in environmental conditions affect sleep and stress.
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The research will further build on the results of the Well Living Lab’s latest study findings, published in Building and Environment. The study found that temperature, noise, and lighting in open office environments affect employees’ ability to get work done. This was a proof-of concept study that demonstrated the strength of living lab methodology in measuring realistic occupant responses to select environmental changes in an open office. Specifically, it indicated that employees are most sensitive to thermal conditions, followed by work-related noise such as conversations and lack of natural light from windows when working in open office environments. These factors affected work environment satisfaction, productivity, and even carried over into the mood of employees and their sleep.
The study consisted of eight working age participants who spent 18 weeks in a simulated work environment in which acoustics, lighting, and temperature were manipulated in numerous combinations, and the findings were based on occupant responses to surveys and in-depth interviews.
“We want to understand the effect of environmental conditions and combinations of conditions to improve health and well-being, including performance, comfort, stress and resilience, and sleep,” said Dr. Bauer. “This study is just the beginning. We will continue to explore the relationship of environmental factors in the workplace and at home.”
The direction for this scientific exploration was solidified by Mayo Clinic and Delos, as well as the lab’s scientific advisory board with members from academia and governmental institutions including Brigham and Women’s Hospital; Carnegie Mellon University; National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive & Kidney Diseases; Stanford University; University of California; UC Berkley; US General Services Administration and University Medical Center Groningen in the Netherlands.
“We know that passive design elements in our homes, offices, and buildings can contribute to our health and well-being,” said Peter Scialla, COO of Delos and co-chair of the Well Living Lab’s Joint Steering Committee. “This research will further advance change for the building industry and result in innovative design, products, materials, and technologies.”
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Amber Elaine Lundgren (Feb 7, 1977 – June 7, 1997)
February 7, 2019 By Alice
Amber Elaine Lundgren
Amber Elaine Lundgren (20) was last seen on June 7, 1997, leaving a nightclub called Bar Code on 81 Broadway Street, Asheville, North Carolina. Her remains were found later that day off Azalea Road. Her case remains unsolved.
To this day, her friends and family wonder what happened to Amber. So it is only fitting to remember her on her birthday.
Authorities believe that Amber disappeared between 230 and 330am. Her body was found on Azalea Road in East Asheville. I have not seen in the papers who found her remains and at exactly what time.
What is the official cause of death? I read that Amber had a single stab wound to her upper right chest area. If it is to the right for the killer it is the heart area. If it is to her right, it isn’t. Did she die of internal bleedings, blood loss, drowning?
“She also had defensive wounds on her arms, hands, and legs,” Det. Welborn said. “It appears to us her clothing was removed after her death.” From this we know she fought for her life and possibly did some damage to her killer. According to the papers, no DNA evidence was found at the crime scene or on the victim’s body. Where were Amber’s clothes and shoes? Did Amber carry a purse?
According to her friends, she had so many defensive wounds and bruises that she had to be dressed in a turtle neck for her open casket funeral. Some said they could still see dirt underneath her fingernails. If this is true I have to wonder whether Amber had an autopsy because I cannot imagine a forensic pathologist or a medical examiner leaving behind materials underneath fingernails in a murder case.
Amber was an only child to Debi Lundgren, a single mom of 21. Amber had blond hair and blue eyes. She grew up in Tampa, Florida, where her mom Debi lived at the time. According to the papers, Amber had a normal childhood, was not difficult to raise, played softball, and did well in school.
As Debi was a young mother, they “grew up together.” They depended on each other for everything so theirs was more one of close friends than a traditional mother-daughter relationship.
There isn’t anything online about Amber’s father. Debi’s male family members served as role-models. When one of them moved to North Carolina, Debi and Amber moved too. Amber briefly attended T.C. Roberson High but graduated from Asheville High School.
After her graduation, Amber did not continue her education. She may have had plans for that but after high school she apparently started working for Pier 1 and became their assistant manager.
Many of her friends who spoke about Amber in this article describe her as mature but innocent, creative but practical, and naïve but cautious.
One friend Nadia is quoted saying: “You can’t be more cautious than she was,” Nadia says. “After living on her own for more than two years, Amber was careful to keep her doors locked. She left her TV on when she was planning on returning late. When she was out, she was aware of the people around her.”
From what I read online Amber was in that precious transitional phase growing from a young adult into a woman. She had a childlike energy to dress up and decorate everything around holidays, a very vivid imagination as is reflected in her writing, and a deep affection for her family and friends.
Amber loved dancing so when the night club “Bar Code” opened it became a special place for her. From what I read, Bar Code took their security serious. The same article from above has this quote from Shawn, who worked at Bar Code until Amber’s murder: “We considered it the safest club in town,” says Shawn. “The club kept a battalion of bouncers stationed at the door and inside to make sure no one got unwanted attention, he says. “We had more bouncers than all the other clubs.”
On June 15, Nadia and Amber were to move into a better apartment, sharing the costs, and in the fall, Amber planned to continue her education with a course in photography or art at the University of North Carolina in Asheville (UNCA).
Her friends experience to this day nightmares and terrors. In the articles, many complain about frightening dreams. They haven’t fully processed her murder yet. Not knowing who and why leaves room for speculation, suspicion, over-thinking, and possibly, anxiety.
The Investigation
Detective Welborn said that there was no evidence to support that Amber was sexually assaulted. I assume there is a rape kit. If we have a rape kit from 1997 there is good reason to re-examine it with all the advances made in forensic sciences. However, if there was an autopsy how could they have missed materials underneath her fingernails (see above)? There isn’t a lot online that gives me precise answers.
The detective further said that Amber’s killer carried her towards a small drainage ditch as he knew that running water would covered up her body. How do we know he walked carrying her? Did we find deeper than normal foot prints? Do we have an eye-witness? Did we find the first crime scene or do we only have the secondary crime scene e.g. the spot where her remains were found? Do we know whether Amber was dead when she was thrown into the water or, did she drown? Was the cause of death the single stab wound mentioned earlier or was it drowning? Was the knife found that made the stabbing wound?
According to the same article linked to above Amber went to Bar Code with friends. Amy is quoted saying: “that if they got separated, they would meet back at Amber’s apartment and spend the night there.” Amber’s apartment was nearby on Linden Avenue. They said that Amber was the designated driver that night. If she change her mind about not drinking, they would take a taxi.
There are rumors that Amber was leading a wild party life with men and alcohol. But according to Nadia “she didn’t really drink.” Detective Kevin Taylor of the Asheville Police Department is quoted as: “I don’t think she really had a steady boyfriend at the time. I mean, she dated a few guys here and there in the recent past. (She) came from a good home.”
Amber was well-known downtown. She spent a lot of time there. Maybe that contributed to the rumor of her being a party girl. The night before she was murdered she visited the bar Be Here Now. She wanted “to hear Gran Torino and its jazzy horns. We lived downtown, basically,” Nadia said.
Authorities think that Amber left the night club Bar Code between 230-3am. She was seen walking on Lexington Avenue, then turned left on Walnut Street. Her friends think that she may have wanted to go to the bar Gatsby’s. A friend’s brother was a bartender there.
But the weird part is that Amber didn’t warn her friends that she, as designated driver, was leaving Bar Code to go elsewhere. Was she planning to return soon to Bar Code and is that why she didn’t bother to mention it? Or, did she in fact let people know that she was leaving and that they were supposed to take a taxi? And then what? Still meet up at her apartment to spend the night? There are many gaps in the timeline of this case.
I have not read anywhere that she arrived at Gatsby’s and spoke to anyone. If I missed that, let me know. But another curious detail is that if Amber was taken against her will e.g. kidnapped, nobody reported a woman screaming or a struggle at 3am. So did Amber get into someone’s car on her own, was she incapacitated, deceived, what happened? Authorities said that “whether she went willingly or not is still undetermined.” Maybe she knew the driver or another person in that car.
Her friends started looking for her that night. They went back to Amber’s apartment to find the door locked. How did they get there if Amber was the designated driver? Did they take a taxi? The articles said they arrived at Amber’s apartment around 430am.
Amber’s friends who also worked at Pier 1 called her family when Amber didn’t show up for work. Only at 5pm one friend, Nadia, calls police to report Amber missing. I do not understand that. You didn’t see her at 430am, you didn’t see her at work a few hours later, why wait till 5pm to report her missing?
A delay in reporting someone missing results in a loss of information. If anyone goes missing it should be reported immediately. Amber should have been reported missing after she didn’t show up for work. After officially reporting someone missing, everyone could still search on their own but at least now the authorities were informed.
Maybe the dynamics in Asheville at that time were such that her friends believed they had a better chance of finding her if they asked family and friends first. However, you miss out on an enormous network if you do not immediately alert the authorities.
By the time the reporting was finally done, the body of a young woman had been found. Police just didn’t know that it was Amber. “To see if it was Amber, police showed Nadia photos of a couple unique tattoos—a band circling an arm and a sun around a belly button.” That must have been the most horrifying experience in Nadia’s life to have to identify a friend from pictures of her tattoos.
Detective Kevin Taylor of the Asheville Police Department is one of the investigators on the Lundgren case. He confirmed that Amber was appropriately dressed for the season: a top, jeans, and flip-flop type shoes but not like sandals. As he said “dressed in normal attire to go out for the night club.” Were any of her clothes ever found? What exactly was found at the secondary crime scene?
Amber drove a 1968 blue Mercedes with matching hub caps. I wonder if that car was searched for any traces.
Suspect?
According to the information in the public domain, a witness saw a man besides a truck on the morning that Amber’s remains were found. The witness described that man as between 25-45 years old, stocky build, and of medium height. Note that the page I link to is very slow loading.
Interesting detail: the man is described with dark-red hair and a beard. I wonder how well-lit the area was for this witness to be able to say that his hair was dark-red as opposed to brown. At what time exactly did this witness see this man?
The witness also saw that the truck was dark navy blue. Again, how well-lit was the area? It could have been black. The truck appeared to be an older model pick-up truck. It had tool boxes in the flat-bed that were lighter in color. Those tool boxes ran along both lengths of the flat-bed. There is a discussion on WebSleuths about the color of this truck (links below) and it varies to red and green.
Note: the above information comes from CrimeNet.org, see below for a remark about that website.
Possible suspect?
If you do an online search for “Amber Lundgren murder North Carolina” information pops up such as the decision of the Supreme Court of North Carolina in State v. Terry Alvin Hyatt. It was decided June 28, 2002. If you search in that decision for Amber’s name you will find this:
“Agent Shook and Detective Benjamin identified themselves as law enforcement officers and informed defendant they wanted to ask him about the death of Amber Lundgren, a homicide victim whose death occurred in early 1998. Defendant was willing to cooperate and volunteered to have blood drawn for DNA analysis at the Buncombe County Health Department. Defendant also reluctantly agreed to have his truck photographed for a vehicle lineup.”
Terry Alvin Hyatt was sentenced to death for the 1979 robberies, rapes, and murders of Betty Sue McConnell (21) and Harriet Delaney Simmons (40) in Buncombe County, NC. Both women were stabbed to death.
On Aug 13, 1998, Jerry Harmon went to see Captain Pat Hefner at the Buncombe County Sheriff’s Department. Harmon told Hefner he had information he wanted to get off his mind. Harmon described the rape-murder of McConnell by Terry Alvin Hyatt. Read more about these cases on FindLaw (links in resources).
Amber is only mentioned once in that decision. There doesn’t seem to be anything else to connect Hyatt to Lundgren. If there was DNA found on Amber’s body or around the crime scene it should be compared to Hyatt’s. In fact, if any DNA was found it should be entered into CODIS or used for phenotyping and for genetic analysis as they did with the cases of Jennifer Bastian and Michelle Martinko.
On Websleuths, there’s speculation DNA was found. If DNA was found, we need to be patient and that is hard. After so many years we want answers however, test results must be of such quality that it holds in court. If not, we are back at square one. That is not an option.
Amber’s case is listed on the Asheville North Carolina Cold Cases page, you can find that here. If you have any information please call the Asheville Police Department at (828) 252-1110.
The last words in this unsolved murder case should be Amber’s. On her grave we can read her poetry:
Photography Kim Halford Justice
A butterfly lights beside us like a sunbeam
and for a brief moment its glory and beauty
belong to our world
but then it flies on again.
And though we wish it could have stayed
we feel lucky to have seen it
for a little while.
Rest in peace, Amber Elaine Lundgren.
Ashville Police, NC
State of North Carolina v. Terry Alvin Hyatt
CrimeNet (According to GoDaddy the domain expired 1/25/2019 and is pending renewal or will expire)
WebSleuths
Tom McLean
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Updated Official Statistics on Dementia Prevalence and Improvements to Dementia Diagnosis, Care and Research (House of Commons Library)
Posted on August 3, 2015 by Dementia and Elderly Care News
Summary This recently updated House of Commons Library briefing paper summarises the government’s, the NHS’s and other statutory bodies’ work to improve dementia diagnosis, care and support and research. This document presents statistics and maps on rates (and the expected … Continue reading →
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Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Kingston upon Hull North Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Kingswood Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Knowsley Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Lancaster and Fleetwood Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Leeds Central Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Leeds East Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Leeds North East Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Leeds North West Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Leeds West Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Leicester East Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Leicester South Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Leicester West Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Leigh Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Lewes Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Lewisham - Deptford Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Lewisham East Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Lewisham West and Penge Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Leyton and Wanstead Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Lichfield Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Lincoln Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Liverpool - Riverside Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Liverpool - Walton Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Liverpool - Wavertree Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Liverpool - West Derby Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Llanelli Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Loughborough Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Louth and Horncastle Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Ludlow Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Luton North Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Luton South Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Macclesfield Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Maidenhead Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Maidstone and The Weald Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Makerfield Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Maldon Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Manchester - Gorton Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Manchester - Withington Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Manchester Central Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Mansfield Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Meon Valley Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Meriden Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Mid Bedfordshire Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Mid Derbyshire Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Mid Dorset and North Poole Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Mid Norfolk Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Mid Sussex Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Mid Worcestershire Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Middlesbrough Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Milton Keynes North Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Milton Keynes South Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Mitcham and Morden Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Mole Valley Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Monmouth Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Montgomeryshire Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Morecambe and Lunesdale Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Morley and Outwood Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Na h-Eileanan an Iar Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Neath Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the New Forest East Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the New Forest West Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Newark Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Newbury Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Newcastle upon Tyne Central Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Newcastle upon Tyne East Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Newcastle upon Tyne North Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Newcastle-under-Lyme Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Newport East Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Newport West Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Newton Abbot Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Normanton - Pontefract and Castleford Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the North Cornwall Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the North Devon Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the North Dorset Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the North Durham Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the North East Bedfordshire Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the North East Cambridgeshire Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the North East Derbyshire Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the North East Hampshire Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the North East Hertfordshire Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the North East Somerset Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the North Herefordshire Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the North Norfolk Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the North Shropshire Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the North Somerset Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the North Swindon Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the North Thanet Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the North Tyneside Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the North Warwickshire Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the North West Cambridgeshire Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the North West Durham Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the North West Hampshire Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the North West Leicestershire Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the North West Norfolk Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the North Wiltshire Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Northampton North Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Northampton South Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Norwich North Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Norwich South Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Nottingham East Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Nottingham North Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Nottingham South Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Nuneaton Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Ogmore Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Old Bexley and Sidcup Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Oldham East and Saddleworth Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Oldham West and Royton Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Orpington Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Oxford East Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Oxford West and Abingdon Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Pendle Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Penistone and Stocksbridge Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Penrith and The Border Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Peterborough Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Plymouth - Moor View Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Plymouth - Sutton and Devonport Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Pontypridd Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Poole Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Poplar and Limehouse Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Portsmouth North Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Portsmouth South Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Preseli Pembrokeshire Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Preston Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Pudsey Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Putney Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Rayleigh and Wickford Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Reading East Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Reading West Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Redcar Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Redditch Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Reigate Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Rhondda Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Ribble Valley Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Richmond (Yorks) Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Richmond Park Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Rochdale Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Rochester and Strood Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Rochford and Southend East Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Romford Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Romsey and Southampton North Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Rossendale and Darwen Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Rother Valley Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Rotherham Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Rugby Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Ruislip Northwood and Pinner Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Runnymede and Weybridge Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Rushcliffe Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Rutland and Melton Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Saffron Walden Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Salford and Eccles Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Salisbury Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Scarborough and Whitby Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Scunthorpe Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Sedgefield Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Sefton Central Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Selby and Ainsty Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Sevenoaks Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Sheffield - Brightside and Hillsborough Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Sheffield - Hallam Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Sheffield - Heeley Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Sheffield Central Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Sheffield South East Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Sherwood Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Shipley Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Shrewsbury and Atcham Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Sittingbourne and Sheppey Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Skipton and Ripon Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Sleaford and North Hykeham Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Slough Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Solihull Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Somerton and Frome Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the South Basildon and East Thurrock Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the South Cambridgeshire Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the South Derbyshire Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the South Dorset Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the South East Cambridgeshire Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the South East Cornwall Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the South Holland and The Deepings Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the South Leicestershire Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the South Norfolk Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the South Northamptonshire Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the South Ribble Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the South Shields Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the South Staffordshire Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the South Suffolk Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the South Swindon Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the South Thanet Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the South West Bedfordshire Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the South West Devon Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the South West Hertfordshire Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the South West Norfolk Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the South West Surrey Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the South West Wiltshire Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Southampton - Itchen Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Southampton - Test Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Southend West Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Southport Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Spelthorne Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the St Albans Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the St Austell and Newquay Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the St Helens North Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the St Helens South and Whiston Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the St Ives Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Stafford Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Staffordshire Moorlands Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Stalybridge and Hyde Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Stevenage Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Stockport Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Stockton North Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Stockton South Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Stoke-on-Trent Central Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Stoke-on-Trent North Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Stoke-on-Trent South Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Stone Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Stourbridge Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Stratford-on-Avon Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Streatham Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Stretford and Urmston Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Stroud Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Suffolk Coastal Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Sunderland Central Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Surrey Heath Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Sutton and Cheam Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Sutton Coldfield Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Swansea East Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Swansea West Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Tamworth Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Tatton Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Taunton Deane Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Telford Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Tewkesbury Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the The Cotswolds Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the The Wrekin Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Thirsk and Malton Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Thornbury and Yate Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Thurrock Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Tiverton and Honiton Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Tonbridge and Malling Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Tooting Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Torbay Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Torfaen Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Torridge and West Devon Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Totnes Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Tottenham Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Truro and Falmouth Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Tunbridge Wells Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Twickenham Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Tynemouth Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Uxbridge and South Ruislip Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Vale of Clwyd Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Vale of Glamorgan Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Vauxhall Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Wakefield Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Wallasey Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Walsall North Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Walsall South Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Walthamstow Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Wansbeck Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Wantage Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Warley Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Warrington North Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Warrington South Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Warwick and Leamington Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Washington and Sunderland West Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Watford Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Waveney Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Wealden Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Weaver Vale Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Wellingborough Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Wells Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Welwyn Hatfield Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Wentworth and Dearne Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the West Bromwich East Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the West Bromwich West Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the West Dorset Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the West Ham Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the West Lancashire Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the West Suffolk Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the West Worcestershire Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Westminster North Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Westmorland and Lonsdale Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Weston-Super-Mare Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Wigan Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Wimbledon Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Winchester Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Windsor Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Wirral South Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Wirral West Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Witham Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Witney Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Woking Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Wokingham Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Wolverhampton North East Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Wolverhampton South East Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Wolverhampton South West Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Worcester Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Workington Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Worsley and Eccles South Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Worthing West Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Wrexham Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Wycombe Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Wyre and Preston North Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Wyre Forest Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Wythenshawe and Sale East Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Yeovil Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Ynys Môn Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the York Central Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the York Outer Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Airedale Wharfedale and Craven CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Ashford CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Aylesbury Vale CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Barking & Dagenham CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Barnet CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Barnsley CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Basildon and Brentwood CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Bassetlaw CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Bath and North East Somerset CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Bedfordshire CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Bexley CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Birmingham CrossCity CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Birmingham South and Central CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Blackburn with Darwen CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Blackpool CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Bolton CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Bracknell and Ascot CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Bradford City CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Bradford Districts CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Brent CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Brighton & Hove CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Bristol CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Bromley CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Bury CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Calderdale CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Cambridgeshire and Peterborough CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Camden CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Cannock Chase CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Canterbury and Coastal CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Castle Point and Rochford CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Central London (Westminster) CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Central Manchester CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Chiltern CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Chorley and South Ribble CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS City and Hackney CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Coastal West Sussex CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Commissioning Board, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Commissioning Board Authority, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Commissioning Board Authority (NHSCBA), Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS 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Outline of Government’s Work to Improve Dementia Diagnosis, Care and Research 2015 (House of Commons Library)
Posted on February 28, 2015 by Dementia and Elderly Care News
Summary Coinciding with publication of the Prime Minister’s Challenge on Dementia 2020, this House of Commons Library Standard Note discusses the Government’s objectives for the next five years, in relation to Government’s, NHS’s and other statutory bodies’ efforts to improve … Continue reading →
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Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the East Ham Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the East Hampshire Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the East Kilbride Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the East Lothian Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the East Surrey Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the East Worthing and Shoreham Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the East Yorkshire Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Eastbourne Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Eastleigh Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Eastwood Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Eddisbury Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Edinburgh Central Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Edinburgh Eastern Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Edinburgh Northern and Leith Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Edinburgh Pentlands Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Edinburgh Southern Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Edinburgh Western Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Edmonton Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Ellesmere Port and Neston Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Elmet and Rothwell Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Eltham Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Enfield - Southgate Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Enfield North Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Epping Forest Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Epsom and Ewell Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Erewash Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Erith and Thamesmead Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Esher and Walton Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Ettrick Roxburgh and Berwickshire Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Exeter Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Falkirk East Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Falkirk West Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Fareham Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Faversham and Mid Kent Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Feltham and Heston Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Filton and Bradley Stoke Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Finchley and Golders Green Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Folkestone and Hythe Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Forest of Dean Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Fylde Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Gainsborough Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Galloway and West Dumfries Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Garston and Halewood Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Gateshead Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Gedling Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Gillingham and Rainham Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Gloucester Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Gosport Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Gower Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Grantham and Stamford Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Gravesham Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Great Grimsby Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Great Yarmouth Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Greenwich and Woolwich Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Guildford Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Hackney North and Stoke Newington Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Hackney South and Shoreditch Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Halesowen and Rowley Regis Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Halifax Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Haltemprice and Howden Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Halton Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Hammersmith Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Hampstead and Kilburn Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Harborough Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Harlow Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Harrogate and Knaresborough Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Harrow East Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Harrow West Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Hartlepool Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Harwich and North Essex Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Hastings and Rye Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Havant Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Hayes and Harlington Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Hazel Grove Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Hemel Hempstead Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Hemsworth Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Hendon Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Henley Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Hereford and South Herefordshire Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Hertford and Stortford Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Hertsmere Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Hexham Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Heywood and Middleton Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the High Peak Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Hitchin and Harpenden Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Holborn and St Pancras Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Hornchurch and Upminster Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Hornsey and Wood Green Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Horsham Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Houghton and Sunderland South Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Hove Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Huddersfield Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Huntingdon Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Hyndburn Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Ilford North Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Ilford South Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Ipswich Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Isle of Wight Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Islington North Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Islington South and Finsbury Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Islwyn Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Jarrow Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Keighley Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Kenilworth and Southam Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Kensington Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Kettering Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Kingston and Surbiton Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Kingston upon Hull East Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Kingston upon Hull North Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Kingswood Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Knowsley Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Lancaster and Fleetwood Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Leeds Central Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Leeds East Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Leeds North East Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Leeds North West Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Leeds West Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Leicester East Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Leicester South Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Leicester West Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Leigh Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Lewes Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Lewisham - Deptford Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Lewisham East Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Lewisham West and Penge Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Leyton and Wanstead Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Lichfield Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Lincoln Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Liverpool - Riverside Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Liverpool - Walton Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Liverpool - Wavertree Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Liverpool - West Derby Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Llanelli Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Loughborough Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Louth and Horncastle Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Ludlow Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Luton North Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Luton South Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Macclesfield Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Maidenhead Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Maidstone and The Weald Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Makerfield Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Maldon Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Manchester - Gorton Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Manchester - Withington Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Manchester Central Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Mansfield Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Meon Valley Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Meriden Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Mid Bedfordshire Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Mid Derbyshire Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Mid Dorset and North Poole Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Mid Norfolk Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Mid Sussex Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Mid Worcestershire Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Middlesbrough Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Milton Keynes North Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Milton Keynes South Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Mitcham and Morden Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Mole Valley Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Monmouth Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Montgomeryshire Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Morecambe and Lunesdale Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Morley and Outwood Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Na h-Eileanan an Iar Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Neath Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the New Forest East Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the New Forest West Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Newark Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Newbury Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Newcastle upon Tyne Central Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Newcastle upon Tyne East Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Newcastle upon Tyne North Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Newcastle-under-Lyme Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Newport East Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Newport West Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Newton Abbot Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Normanton - Pontefract and Castleford Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the North Cornwall Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the North Devon Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the North Dorset Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the North Durham Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the North East Bedfordshire Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the North East Cambridgeshire Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the North East Derbyshire Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the North East Hampshire Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the North East Hertfordshire Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the North East Somerset Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the North Herefordshire Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the North Norfolk Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the North Shropshire Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the North Somerset Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the North Swindon Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the North Thanet Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the North Tyneside Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the North Warwickshire Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the North West Cambridgeshire Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the North West Durham Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the North West Hampshire Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the North West Leicestershire Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the North West Norfolk Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the North Wiltshire Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Northampton North Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Northampton South Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Norwich North Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Norwich South Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Nottingham East Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Nottingham North Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Nottingham South Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Nuneaton Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Ogmore Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Old Bexley and Sidcup Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Oldham East and Saddleworth Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Oldham West and Royton Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Orpington Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Oxford East Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Oxford West and Abingdon Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Pendle Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Penistone and Stocksbridge Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Penrith and The Border Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Peterborough Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Plymouth - Moor View Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Plymouth - Sutton and Devonport Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Pontypridd Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Poole Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Poplar and Limehouse Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Portsmouth North Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Portsmouth South Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Preseli Pembrokeshire Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Preston Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Pudsey Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Putney Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Rayleigh and Wickford Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Reading East Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Reading West Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Redcar Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Redditch Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Reigate Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Rhondda Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Ribble Valley Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Richmond (Yorks) Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Richmond Park Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Rochdale Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Rochester and Strood Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Rochford and Southend East Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Romford Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Romsey and Southampton North Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Rossendale and Darwen Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Rother Valley Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Rotherham Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Rugby Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Ruislip Northwood and Pinner Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Runnymede and Weybridge Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Rushcliffe Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Rutland and Melton Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Saffron Walden Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Salford and Eccles Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Salisbury Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Scarborough and Whitby Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Scunthorpe Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Sedgefield Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Sefton Central Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Selby and Ainsty Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Sevenoaks Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Sheffield - Brightside and Hillsborough Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Sheffield - Hallam Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Sheffield - Heeley Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Sheffield Central Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Sheffield South East Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Sherwood Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Shipley Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Shrewsbury and Atcham Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Sittingbourne and Sheppey Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Skipton and Ripon Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Sleaford and North Hykeham Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Slough Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Solihull Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Somerton and Frome Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the South Basildon and East Thurrock Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the South Cambridgeshire Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the South Derbyshire Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the South Dorset Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the South East Cambridgeshire Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the South East Cornwall Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the South Holland and The Deepings Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the South Leicestershire Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the South Norfolk Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the South Northamptonshire Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the South Ribble Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the South Shields Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the South Staffordshire Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the South Suffolk Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the South Swindon Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the South Thanet Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the South West Bedfordshire Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the South West Devon Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the South West Hertfordshire Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the South West Norfolk Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the South West Surrey Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the South West Wiltshire Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Southampton - Itchen Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Southampton - Test Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Southend West Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Southport Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Spelthorne Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the St Albans Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the St Austell and Newquay Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the St Helens North Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the St Helens South and Whiston Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the St Ives Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Stafford Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Staffordshire Moorlands Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Stalybridge and Hyde Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Stevenage Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Stockport Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Stockton North Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Stockton South Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Stoke-on-Trent Central Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Stoke-on-Trent North Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Stoke-on-Trent South Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Stone Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Stourbridge Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Stratford-on-Avon Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Streatham Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Stretford and Urmston Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Stroud Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Suffolk Coastal Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Sunderland Central Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Surrey Heath Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Sutton and Cheam Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Sutton Coldfield Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Swansea East Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Swansea West Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Tamworth Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) 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UK Regional Dementia Prevalence: Local Age Breakdowns (Alzheimer’s Society)
Posted on September 13, 2014 by Dementia and Elderly Care News
Summary Statistics on local dementia prevalence by local authority, clinical commissioning group and parliamentary constituency (based on 2013 data) are available, courtesy of the Alzheimer’s Society and researchers at the London School of Economics and Kings College London. The purpose … Continue reading →
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of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Beverley and Holderness Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Bexhill and Battle Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Bexleyheath and Crayford Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Birkenhead Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Birmingham - Edgbaston Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Birmingham - Erdington Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Birmingham - Hall Green Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Birmingham - Hodge Hill Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Birmingham - Ladywood Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Birmingham - Northfield Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Birmingham - Perry Barr Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Birmingham - Selly Oak Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Birmingham - Yardley Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Bishop Auckland Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Blackburn Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Blackley and Broughton Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Blackpool North and Cleveleys Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Blackpool South Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Blaenau Gwent Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Blaydon Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Blyth Valley Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Bognor Regis and Littlehampton Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Bolsover Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Bolton North East Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Bolton South East Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Bolton West Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Bootle Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Boston and Skegness Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Bosworth Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Bournemouth East Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Bournemouth West Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Bracknell Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Bradford East Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Bradford South Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Bradford West Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Braintree Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Brecon and Radnorshire Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Brent Central Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Brent North Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Brentford and Isleworth Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Brentwood and Ongar Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Bridgend Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Bridgwater and West Somerset Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Brigg and Goole Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Brighton - Kemptown Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Brighton - Pavilion Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Bristol East Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Bristol North West Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Bristol South Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Bristol West Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Broadland Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Bromley and Chislehurst Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Bromsgrove Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Broxbourne Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Broxtowe Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Buckingham Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Burnley Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Burton Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Bury North Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Bury South Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Bury St Edmunds Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Caerphilly Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Caithness Sutherland and Ross Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Calder Valley Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Camberwell and Peckham Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Camborne and Redruth Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Cambridge Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Cannock Chase Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Canterbury Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Cardiff Central Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Cardiff North Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Cardiff South and Penarth Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Cardiff West Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Carlisle Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Carmarthen East and Dinefwr Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Carrick Cumnock and Doon Valley Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Carshalton and Wallington Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Castle Point Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Central Devon Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Central Suffolk and North Ipswich Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Ceredigion Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Charnwood Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Chatham and Aylesford Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Cheadle Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Chelmsford Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Chelsea and Fulham Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Cheltenham Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Chesham and Amersham Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Chesterfield Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Chichester Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Chingford and Woodford Green Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Chippenham Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Chipping Barnet Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Chorley Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Christchurch Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Cities of London and Westminster Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the City of Chester Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the City of Durham Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Clackmannanshire and Dunblane Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Clacton Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Cleethorpes Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Clwyd South Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Clwyd West Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Clydebank and Milngavie Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Clydesdale Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Coatbridge and Chryston Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Colchester Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Colne Valley Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Congleton Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Copeland Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Corby Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Coventry North East Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Coventry North West Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Coventry South Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Cowdenbeath Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Crawley Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Crewe and Nantwich Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Croydon Central Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Croydon North Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Croydon South Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Cumbernauld and Kilsyth Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Cunninghame North Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Cunninghame South Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Cynon Valley Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Dagenham and Rainham Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Darlington Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Dartford Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Daventry Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Delyn Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Denton and Reddish Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Derby North Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Derby South Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Derbyshire Dales Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Devizes Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Dewsbury Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Don Valley Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Doncaster Central Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Doncaster North Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Dover Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Dudley North Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Dudley South Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Dulwich and West Norwood Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Dumbarton Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Dumfriesshire Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Dundee City East Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Dundee City West Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Dunfermline Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Dwyfor Meirionnydd Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Ealing - Southall Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Ealing Central and Acton Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Ealing North Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Easington Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the East Devon Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the East Ham Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the East Hampshire Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the East Kilbride Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the East Lothian Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the East Surrey Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the East Worthing and Shoreham Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the East Yorkshire Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Eastbourne Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Eastleigh Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Eastwood Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Eddisbury Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Edinburgh Central Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Edinburgh Eastern Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Edinburgh Northern and Leith Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Edinburgh Pentlands Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Edinburgh Southern Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Edinburgh Western Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Edmonton Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Ellesmere Port and Neston Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Elmet and Rothwell Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Eltham Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Enfield - Southgate Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Enfield North Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Epping Forest Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Epsom and Ewell Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Erewash Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Erith and Thamesmead Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Esher and Walton Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Ettrick Roxburgh and Berwickshire Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Exeter Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Falkirk East Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Falkirk West Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Fareham Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Faversham and Mid Kent Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Feltham and Heston Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Filton and Bradley Stoke Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Finchley and Golders Green Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Folkestone and Hythe Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Forest of Dean Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Fylde Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Gainsborough Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Galloway and West Dumfries Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Garston and Halewood Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Gateshead Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Gedling Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Gillingham and Rainham Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Gloucester Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Gosport Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Gower Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Grantham and Stamford Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Gravesham Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Great Grimsby Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Great Yarmouth Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Greenwich and Woolwich Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Guildford Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Hackney North and Stoke Newington Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Hackney South and Shoreditch Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Halesowen and Rowley Regis Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Halifax Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Haltemprice and Howden Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Halton Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Hammersmith Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Hampstead and Kilburn Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Harborough Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Harlow Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Harrogate and Knaresborough Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Harrow East Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Harrow West Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Hartlepool Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Harwich and North Essex Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Hastings and Rye Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Havant Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Hayes and Harlington Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Hazel Grove Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Hemel Hempstead Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Hemsworth Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Hendon Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Henley Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Hereford and South Herefordshire Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Hertford and Stortford Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Hertsmere Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Hexham Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Heywood and Middleton Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the High Peak Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Hitchin and Harpenden Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Holborn and St Pancras Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Hornchurch and Upminster Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Hornsey and Wood Green Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Horsham Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Houghton and Sunderland South Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Hove Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Huddersfield Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Huntingdon Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Hyndburn Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Ilford North Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Ilford South Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Ipswich Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Isle of Wight Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Islington North Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Islington South and Finsbury Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Islwyn Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Jarrow Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Keighley Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Kenilworth and Southam Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Kensington Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Kettering Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Kingston and Surbiton Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Kingston upon Hull East Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Kingston upon Hull North Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Kingswood Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Knowsley Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Lancaster and Fleetwood Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Leeds Central Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Leeds East Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Leeds North East Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Leeds North West Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Leeds West Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Leicester East Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Leicester South Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Leicester West Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Leigh Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Lewes Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Lewisham - Deptford Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Lewisham East Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Lewisham West and Penge Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Leyton and Wanstead Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Lichfield Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Lincoln Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Liverpool - Riverside Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Liverpool - Walton Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Liverpool - Wavertree Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Liverpool - West Derby Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Llanelli Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Loughborough Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Louth and Horncastle Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Ludlow Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Luton North Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Luton South Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Macclesfield Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Maidenhead Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Maidstone and The Weald Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Makerfield Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Maldon Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Manchester - Gorton Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Manchester - Withington Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Manchester Central Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Mansfield Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Meon Valley Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Meriden Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Mid Bedfordshire Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Mid Derbyshire Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Mid Dorset and North Poole Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Mid Norfolk Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Mid Sussex Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Mid Worcestershire Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Middlesbrough Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Milton Keynes North Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Milton Keynes South Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Mitcham and Morden Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Mole Valley Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Monmouth Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Montgomeryshire Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Morecambe and Lunesdale Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Morley and Outwood Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Na h-Eileanan an Iar Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Neath Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the New Forest East Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the New Forest West Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Newark Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Newbury Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Newcastle upon Tyne Central Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Newcastle upon Tyne East Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Newcastle upon Tyne North Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Newcastle-under-Lyme Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Newport East Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Newport West Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Newton Abbot Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Normanton - Pontefract and Castleford Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the North Cornwall Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the North Devon Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the North Dorset Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the North Durham Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the North East Bedfordshire Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the North East Cambridgeshire Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the North East Derbyshire Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the North East Hampshire Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the North East Hertfordshire Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the North East Somerset Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the North Herefordshire Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the North Norfolk Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the North Shropshire Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the North Somerset Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the North Swindon Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the North Thanet Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the North Tyneside Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the North Warwickshire Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the North West Cambridgeshire Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the North West Durham Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the North West Hampshire Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the North West Leicestershire Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the North West Norfolk Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the North Wiltshire Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Northampton North Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Northampton South Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Norwich North Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Norwich South Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Nottingham East Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Nottingham North Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Nottingham South Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Nuneaton Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Ogmore Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Old Bexley and Sidcup Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Oldham East and Saddleworth Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Oldham West and Royton Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Orpington Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Oxford East Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Oxford West and Abingdon Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Pendle Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Penistone and Stocksbridge Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Penrith and The Border Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Peterborough Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Plymouth - Moor View Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Plymouth - Sutton and Devonport Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Pontypridd Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Poole Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Poplar and Limehouse Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Portsmouth North Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Portsmouth South Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Preseli Pembrokeshire Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Preston Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Pudsey Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Putney Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Rayleigh and Wickford Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Reading East Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Reading West Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Redcar Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Redditch Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Reigate Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Rhondda Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Ribble Valley Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Richmond (Yorks) Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Richmond Park Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Rochdale Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Rochester and Strood Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Rochford and Southend East Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Romford Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Romsey and Southampton North Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Rossendale and Darwen Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Rother Valley Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Rotherham Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Rugby Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Ruislip Northwood and Pinner Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Runnymede and Weybridge Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Rushcliffe Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Rutland and Melton Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Saffron Walden Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Salford and Eccles Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Salisbury Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Scarborough and Whitby Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Scunthorpe Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Sedgefield Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Sefton Central Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Selby and Ainsty Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Sevenoaks Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Sheffield - Brightside and Hillsborough Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Sheffield - Hallam Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Sheffield - Heeley Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Sheffield Central Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Sheffield South East Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Sherwood Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Shipley Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Shrewsbury and Atcham Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Sittingbourne and Sheppey Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Skipton and Ripon Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Sleaford and North Hykeham Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Slough Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Solihull Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Somerton and Frome Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the South Basildon and East Thurrock Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the South Cambridgeshire Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the South Derbyshire Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the South Dorset Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the South East Cambridgeshire Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the South East Cornwall Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the South Holland and The Deepings Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the South Leicestershire Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the South Norfolk Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the South Northamptonshire Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the South Ribble Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the South Shields Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the South Staffordshire Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the South Suffolk Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the South Swindon Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the South Thanet Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the South West Bedfordshire Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the South West Devon Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the South West Hertfordshire Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the South West Norfolk Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the South West Surrey Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the South West Wiltshire Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Southampton - Itchen Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Southampton - Test Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Southend West Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Southport Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Spelthorne Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the St Albans Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the St Austell and Newquay Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the St Helens North Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the St Helens South and Whiston Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the St Ives Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Stafford Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Staffordshire Moorlands Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Stalybridge and Hyde Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Stevenage Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Stockport Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Stockton North Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Stockton South Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Stoke-on-Trent Central Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Stoke-on-Trent North Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Stoke-on-Trent South Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Stone Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Stourbridge Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Stratford-on-Avon Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Streatham Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Stretford and Urmston Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Stroud Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Suffolk Coastal Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Sunderland Central Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Surrey Heath Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Sutton and Cheam Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Sutton Coldfield Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Swansea East Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Swansea West Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Tamworth Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Tatton Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Taunton Deane Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Telford Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Tewkesbury Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the The Cotswolds Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the The Wrekin Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Thirsk and Malton Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Thornbury and Yate Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Thurrock Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Tiverton and Honiton Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Tonbridge and Malling Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Tooting Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Torbay Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Torfaen Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Torridge and West Devon Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Totnes Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Tottenham Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Truro and Falmouth Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Tunbridge Wells Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Twickenham Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Tynemouth Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Uxbridge and South Ruislip Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Vale of Clwyd Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Vale of Glamorgan Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Vauxhall Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Wakefield Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Wallasey Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Walsall North Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Walsall South Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Walthamstow Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Wansbeck Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Wantage Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Warley Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Warrington North Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Warrington South Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Warwick and Leamington Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Washington and Sunderland West Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Watford Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Waveney Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Wealden Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Weaver Vale Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Wellingborough Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Wells Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Welwyn Hatfield Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Wentworth and Dearne Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the West Bromwich East Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the West Bromwich West Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the West Dorset Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the West Ham Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the West Lancashire Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the West Suffolk Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the West Worcestershire Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Westminster North Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Westmorland and Lonsdale Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Weston-Super-Mare Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Wigan Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Wimbledon Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Winchester Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Windsor Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Wirral South Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Wirral West Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Witham Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Witney Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Woking Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Wokingham Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Wolverhampton North East Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Wolverhampton South East Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Wolverhampton South West Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Worcester Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Workington Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Worsley and Eccles South Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Worthing West Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Wrexham Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Wycombe Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Wyre and Preston North Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Wyre Forest Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Wythenshawe and Sale East Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Yeovil Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the Ynys Môn Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the York Central Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age) in the York Outer Parliamentary Constituency, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Airedale Wharfedale and Craven CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Ashford CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Aylesbury Vale CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Barking & Dagenham CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Barnet CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Barnsley CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Basildon and Brentwood CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Bassetlaw CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Bath and North East Somerset CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Bedfordshire CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Bexley CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Birmingham CrossCity CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Birmingham South and Central CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Blackburn with Darwen CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Blackpool CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Bolton CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Bracknell and Ascot CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Bradford City CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Bradford Districts CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Brent CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Brighton & Hove CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Bristol CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Bromley CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Bury CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Calderdale CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Cambridgeshire and Peterborough CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Camden CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Cannock Chase CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Canterbury and Coastal CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Castle Point and Rochford CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Central London (Westminster) CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Central Manchester CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Chiltern CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Chorley and South Ribble CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS City and Hackney CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Coastal West Sussex CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Commissioning Board, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Commissioning Board Authority, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Commissioning Board Authority (NHSCBA), Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Corby CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Coventry and Rugby CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Crawley CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Croydon CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Cumbria CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Darlington CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Dartford Gravesham and Swanley CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Doncaster CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Dorset CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Dudley CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Durham Dales Easington and Sedgefield CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Ealing CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS East and North Hertfordshire CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS East Lancashire CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS East Leicestershire and Rutland CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS East Riding of Yorkshire CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS East Staffordshire CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS East Surrey CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Eastbourne Hailsham and Seaford CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Eastern Cheshire CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Enfield CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS England (Formerly the NHS Commissioning Board), Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Erewash CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Fareham and Gosport CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Fylde & Wyre CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Gateshead CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Gloucestershire CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Great Yarmouth & Waveney CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Greater Huddersfield CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Greater Preston CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Greenwich CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Guildford and Waverley CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Halton CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Hambleton Richmondshire and Whitby CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Hammersmith and Fulham CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Hardwick CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Haringey CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Harrogate and Rural District CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Harrow CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Hartlepool and Stockton-on-Tees CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Hastings & Rother CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Havering CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Herefordshire CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Herts Valleys CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Heywood Middleton & Rochdale CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS High Weald Lewes Havens CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Hillingdon CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Horsham and Mid Sussex CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Hounslow CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Hull CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Ipswich and East Suffolk CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Isle of Wight CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Islington CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Kernow CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Kingston CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Knowsley CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Lambeth CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Lancashire North CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Leeds North CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Leeds South and East CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Leeds West CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Leicester City CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Lewisham CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Lincolnshire East CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Lincolnshire West CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Liverpool CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Luton CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Mansfield & Ashfield CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Medway CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Merton CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Mid Essex CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Milton Keynes CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Nene CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Newark & Sherwood CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Newbury and District CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Newcastle North and East CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Newcastle West CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Newham CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS North & West Reading CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS North Derbyshire CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS North Durham CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS North East Essex CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS North East Hampshire and Farnham CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS North East Lincolnshire CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS North East West Devon CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS North Hampshire CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS North Kirklees CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS North Lincolnshire CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS North Manchester CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS North Norfolk CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS North Somerset CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS North Staffordshire CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS North Tyneside CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS North West Surrey CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Northumberland CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Norwich CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Nottingham City CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Nottingham North & East CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Nottingham West CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Oldham CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Oxfordshire CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Portsmouth CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Redbridge CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Redditch and Bromsgrove CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Richmond CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Rotherham CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Rushcliffe CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Salford CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Sandwell and West Birmingham CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Scarborough and Ryedale CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Sheffield CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Shropshire CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Slough CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Solihull CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS Somerset CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS South Cheshire CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS South Devon and Torbay CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS South East Staffs and Seisdon and Peninsular CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS South Eastern Hampshire CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS South Gloucestershire CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS South Kent Coast CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS South Lincolnshire CCG, Number of People With Dementia (By Age): NHS South Manchester CCG, Number of People With 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Susan Wade has 20 Wishes for NHRA in 2020
http://www.competitionplus.com/drag-racing/editorials/susan-wade-20-wishes-for-2020
V10KLZZ71S Senior Member
Until it gets rebuilt, PS doesn't deserve to get more TV time. My wish would be for Factory Stock to replace PS. I don't say this as blindly as one might think, PS has always been my all time favorite. I have pretty much wiped my hands of any PS residue.
January 3 edited January 3
My wish for the future of drag racing?
That the hardcore among us (me included) would/could get over our “Chevy/Ford/Mopar only” attitude. If drag racing (and particularly NHRA drag racing) doesn’t embrace the many other brands that people drive, all of drag racing will continue to become an ever shrinking sport in relationship with all the other sports.
...I have a very hard time even getting into an import, but I’m old and it won’t be too many years till I don’t count. I just hope my hearse is a GM or Ford. (Think I’ll add that to my will.) Guess I’m a brand racist... And that isn't helping drag racing become a major player in the American sports market.
Why would any of the Pro Stock drivers that left want to return? There is very little ROI for the team owners, the sponsors and… Pro Stock drivers. Pro Stock doesn’t deserve more TV time as the bleachers still empty when the nitro smell goes away and Pro Stock comes to the line.
What’s today’s Pro Stock draw? Chevy vs. Chevy or fake Ford/Mopar vs. Chevy? There are zero 500 cubic inch motors in the parking lot. (Ok… there is that one guy with the old Coupe Deville.) There are zero cars in the parking lot that look like any of today’s Pro Stockers or that their owners would even want them to look like a Pro Stocker. But there are many GT500's, Demon's and COPO look alikes. At import drag races, they have door cars running quicker and faster with 6 cylinders. And there are cars in the import race parking lots that mimic them. NHRA Pro Stock has truly become obsolete and it only exists as a good ole boys club of owners that are keeping it alive. The many new names Susan Wade mentioned that are in the NHRA Pro Stock Alumni Club are a major clue as to the class’s value… even to all but a very few drivers and a couple owners.
Pro Stock needs more than Chevys and it still need the same brand motor as the car. I assumed the open motor rule was just a way to keep it running until the deep pockets guys gave up. Examples: NHRA reduced the number of races, reduced the overall purses and reduced National Event Pro Stock TV time. Pro Stock had less than full fields with many of their stars moving on (including the 2018 Pro Stock World Champ and past champs like WJ and Mike Edwards).
But to my surprise, a couple deep pocket owners didn't give up, but instead fielded more cars in 2019 to prove how deep their pockets are. How long do you really think that it will be before they ever get a positive ROI from NHRA Pro Stock?
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Unfortunately the solution to most of the points made require lots and lots of money to essentially fall from the sky.
Despite the fanatics that post here, the sad truth is that drag racing, as many of us have known it, no longer interests enough people to keep the money engine turning. There is also a LOT more competition for entertainment dollars now than ever before.
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Ironically, as I sit and post comentary online, I belive that social media has been a contributor to the decline in many entertainment outlets. I teach HS Auto Shop, and our student participation in many extracurricular activites has declined sharply over my 18 yrs here. So much so that our student newspaper polled students to find out why, and social media was the top of the list. Students said that they can reach out to friends and gather information online with greater ease and comfort than actually having to go anywhere. As sad as that seems, it is what they have become accustomed to. I think all sports have felt the sting of empty seats in recent years, and when fans can simply watch at home for very little effort and money, that becomes an easy choice. How is that different than televised sporting events you may ask? Live running commentary boards, online updates from sports networks, live polls, etc. have provided a sense of inclusion in the event that was previously only experienced at the stadium or track. I read more and more about social anxiety and people's general disdain for being in public, and I posit that internet and social media has been a major contributor to that. Now we can see more current events, and gather more information from our phone than we could anywhere in previous history. Rather than being forced to walk into a library to read an encyclopedia, or store to buy a newspaper, people can lay in bed and research or read up to the minute news. Is this a bad thing? I don't believe so for many reasons, but unfortunately, it has changed the landscape for many in the younger generations. I don't know if society will ever see the public participation in events such as football, racing, concerts, etc. that previous generations are accustomed to. If I was looking for a sponsor today, I think I would be looking at the advertisers in the banners along my computer screen. Chances are, they are probably reaching more folks than TV has in years.
Very true. While the population of the country has gone from 209 Million in 1970 to 331 million in 2020, the number of people with any interest in NHRA drag racing has most likely decreased.
Also consider that drag race marketing was tightly focused on the 18-24 year old age bracket in the 70s as drag racing's prime ticket buyers. Look at the crowd shots when Grumpy raced Dyno back in the 70's. The bleachers were filled with young people. Look at an NHRA final with Bob Utner and Erica Enders today and it's me and my gray haired friends along with too many empty seats.
But this pertains to NHRA and NHRA Pro Stock. Check the boards at any major Sports Compact drag race and it's filled with people under 40. (Of course I have no idea what the announcer is talking about as I "no comprende Spanish", but the cars haul butt.) The same goes for attending a Duck small tire race at SGMP. The place is filled with 18-35 year olds.
Drag racing is more fractured than ever and NHRA probably hasn't kept up with population growth if you total all the tickets sold (good luck getting a real number there...) But drag racing in general may very well have the same total number of paid butts on boards per year as it did in the 70's. Automotive interests have changed and are more fractured than ever. It's why the local track that makes a killing on its biggest race of the year can't make a dollar with a Pro Stock race of any kind. The world of drag racing has moved on. But have that same track bring in the Street Outlaw dudes and you have a happy track owner.
"I just hope my hearse is a GM or Ford. (Think I’ll add that to my will.)"
LOL too funny! Belongs in the quote thread. :)
I would have added a Mopar hearse to the list but I was afraid their old gear reduction starter might wake me up.
Sorry Hemi... couldn't resist.
Twostep Senior Member
There's still plenty of interest in drag racing but the action nowadays is in No Prep events. Our little 1/8 mile track, which typically draws a few hundred fans on any given weekend, packed in thousands of them at a big No Prep event about 3 years ago when it was moved here from Tulsa due to inclement weather. Of course, that doesn't help national events any....
Hell, I don't know. There's lots of things I'd like to see but I'm an old-school drag racer with ideas that would have generated excitement 40-50 years ago - and that's not necessarily what the sport needs in 2020. Personally, I think Wade's best suggestion of all is for the NHRA to be more open to new ideas....maybe conduct some type of racing 'town halls' and let's not only hear but LISTEN to what the fans and the racers want for a change. NHRA has to be more than their brass hats taking home great big checks.
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Kathy Russell’s Motion To Dismiss Is Denied: Plea Deal Seen As Imminent
Kathy Russell’s last-minute Hail Mary pass has been batted down by U.S. District Court Judge Nicholas G. Garaufis.
In a very detailed and well researched Memorandum & Order, Judge Garaufis has denied Kathy’s request to have her indictment dismissed on the basis of prosecutorial misconduct.
And then, to add disdain to the denial, Judge Garaufis also denied her request for an evidentiary hearing that, if granted, would have allowed her to see all the evidence that the prosecution has amassed against her.
Russell’s travails began when she was served with a subpoena on April 25, 2018 that required her to testify before the grand jury in Brooklyn, NY that was hearing evidence about the NXIVM criminal enterprise.
Rather than retain her own attorney who would be able to give her unconflicted legal advice, Kathy decided to utilize one that was being paid for by Clare Bronfman, the Director of Operations and de facto Chief Executive Officer for NXIVM.
That turned out to be William Fanciullo, an Albany, NY-area attorney who once served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney.
William Fanciullo is supposedly a top-flight attorney in Albany, NY. At least Clare Bronfman thinks so.
Fanciullo reviewed the subpoena – and apparently decided that since it was not accompanied by an “Advice of Rights” form or a letter indicating that Kathy was a target, she was only being called to testify as a witness.
On April 30th, Fanciullo sent an email to the prosecutors in the Office of the U.S. Attorney for the EDNY to inform them that he was representing Kathy.
Within 15 minutes of receiving his email, the prosecutors contacted Fanciullo – and offered to discuss Kathy’s scheduled appearance before the grand jury.
But Fanciullo never responded to the offer – and, instead, simply accompanied Kathy to Brooklyn on May 10th.
And so Kathy appeared before the grand jury with only a scrap of paper in her hands to protect her.
On the paper were the words that she would read whenever she chose to invoke her Fifth Amendment rights against self-incrimination.
After she was sworn in, Kathy was informed that she was not a “target” of the investigation. She was not, however, told that she was not a “subject” – and never asked any follow-up questions about her status.
Even before the prosecution informed her about her Fifth Amendment rights, Kathy decided to invoke them when she was asked the following questions:
(1) Was she paying for Fanciullo’s legal services?
(2) Had she recently destroyed any NXIVM-related documents?
Not exactly the ideal way to get started. Especially when she decided not to invoke those same rights when asked many other questions.
For the next 1½ hours, Kathy was asked questions about a range of topics, including her experiences with Nxivm; the courses she took; her positions within Nxivm; the nature and philosophy of Nxivm and related entities; and certain Nxivm rules, rituals, and ranking systems.
Sometimes, she answered. Other times – approximately 50 times – she invoked her Fifth Amendment rights.
Some of the topics that Kathy refused to answer questions about are as follows:
• Her education level;
• Her weight;
• Her decision to move to Albany to work for Nxivm – and leave her son behind in Alaska;
• Her duties and responsibilities as Nxivm’s bookkeeper;
• Keith Raniere’s sexual partners;
• Whether she was a member of DOS or had ever discussed DOS with Keith Raniere;
• Why she did not ask other NXIVM members whether they were branded;
• Whether she knew anyone in Nxivm who had had an abortion;
• Whether NXIVM stored cash at Nancy Salzman’s house; and
• Whether she had ever heard of anybody being confined to a room for a long period of time.
After a short break – during which she conferred with Fanciullo – Kathy returned to the grand jury room.
This time, however, she invoked her Fifth Amendment rights on almost every question she was asked.
These included questions about:
• Whether Keith Raniere has any children;
• Whether she knew if certain individuals were members of NXIVM;
• Whether she had any debts; and
• Whether she knew of cash being brought into the U.S. by agents of NXIVM.
When Kathy was done testifying, the prosecutors, along with several FBI agents, met with her and Fanciullo – and offered to meet with them pursuant to a proffer agreement.
On May 14th, Fanciullo requested – and was provided with – a copy of the proffer agreement. On May 22nd, he turned down the offer, thereby sealing Kathy’s fate.
Kathy was indicted on July 23rd – along with Nancy Salzman, Lauren Salzman, and Clare Bronfman.
On August 9th, Justine A. Harris replaced Fanciullo as Kathy’s lead counsel.
Justine Harris is now Kathy’s lead attorney.
Since that time, Harris and her partner, Amanda Ravitch, have filed numerous documents in support of Kathy’s request for a dismissal.
That battle is now over.
At the same time that Harris and Ravitch have been seeking to have Kathy’s indictment dismissed, they have also been engaged in plea deal negotiations with Moira Kim Penza and the other members of the prosecution’s team.
Most court observers believe that the prosecution has no interest in prosecuting Kathy to the fullest extent possible.
Evidence of that can be seen in the second superseding indictment – which includes only one count of Racketeering Conspiracy against Kathy.
The first superseding indictment had also included one count of Racketeering – and two predicate acts: conspiring to illegally transport a woman across the Canadian border – and installing a “key-logger” on a computer of an accountant who worked for NXIVM so they could monitor his emails.
So, what’s next for Kathy?
Well, unless she has absolutely no sense of self-preservation, she will cut a deal – and agree to testify against Keith Raniere and Clare Bronfman (She’ll probably also have to agree to testify in any subsequent NXIVM-related trials).
Making that choice would be an easy task for most people.
But Kathy is not most people.
Instead, she’s a woman who abandoned her young son – and moved more than 4,000 miles away to be with her Vanguard.
And she’s a 60-year wannabe ballerina who is still doing recitals with 10-year-old and 12-year-old-girls.
Hopefully, her two attorneys can convince her to make her first smart decision in almost 20-years – and get on with her life.
The prosecution is probably anxious to get a plea deal worked out with Kathy – and remove her as a defendant in the case.
That will allow them to concentrate all their firepower on Raniere and Bronfman – and expose them for the horrid people they both are.
Having Kathy be part of the trial would be a distraction – both for the prosecution and the jury (Kind of like having a little puppy wander onto the field in the middle of a football game).
Let’s hope the prosecution gives a deal that requires only a short amount of prison time.
Are Allison Mack and Salzmans Cooperating With Feds in New, Bigger Nxivm Case Against Sara Bronfman and Emiliano Salinas?
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Raniere Thrown Into SHU for Two Weeks – Comes Out With Lump on His Head
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News Briefs – 04/17/2019 | says:
[…] Kathy Russell’s motion to dismiss in the NXIVM case is denied, making a plea deal appear immin… She was the book keeper. […]
Thor Raniere says:
Don’t do it Kathy don’t take a plea fatty fatty square feet has coached you through your very successful ballerina career.. don’t lose the faith now. I have it on good authority ( Yolanda Cortez ) you have been chosen to bear him his Avatar baby after your aquittal.
Thanks Krclaviger!!!!!
I have nothing of wit to add or ask, but a superficially observation to share….
Justine Harris needs to stay a brunette because as a blond it’s just not happening!!!
The prosecution is playing the defendants like a fiddle, too funny!
Frank, may I request MK10art’s contact info? If you would rather not post it I understand.
Looking through her work I have found a couple of pieces I do quite like. The Jabba and Slave is epic, just ridiculous and wonderful lolol.
A lot of her stuff reminds me of a particular painting by an art nouveau artist, Grasset. He did produce a very very small number of paintings that really broke away from typical art nouveau stuff. “Three Women and Three Wolves” is the one I’m thinking of.
Jacksoul says:
Kathy take the plea, prison won’t suit you… throw yourself on the mercy of the court, clean that nxivm filth off of you and start over! You’ve been used and lied to!! The grand jury was a set up!
shadowstate1958 says:
It’s high time for Clare to see the writing on the wall and cut a deal.
Yolanda Cortez says:
Don’t be rat Kathy
Mitch Garrity says:
It occurs to me that if nothing nefarious was done there is nothing to “rat” about or anyone to “rat” on.
Your anger at those getting plea deals and cooperating doesn’t make much sense if they are just telling the truth. If your Vanguard did things that can’t be freely spoken about that should be a big red flag.
Take the plea, Kathy. And get out of the way. We want the full force of energy to go towards Keith and Clare and see to it that they get the maximum sentencing possible. That is unless Clare also takes a plea. In which case, the prosecution should only offer her the shittiest deal possible, then all guns are pointed at Keith. A battle Keith STILL believes he is going to win and walk free.
I personally think he knows he’s going to lose, but he’ll go for acquittal, after which he’ll take his own life. Watch and see. He’s not going to prison for the rest of his miserable life. He’ll take the easy way out and rid the planet of his stench. This will fuel the fire for NXIVM 2.0 with its founder as a martyr and a victim of the system he was going to change. Change in what way you ask? Why he was going to convince the world that adult sex with 12 year olds is not only okay, but should be celebrated as it is “freeing” for these young women and is all part of the feminist movement. Pretty fucked up really. But just ask our troll, Yolanda Cortez. Pedophilia isn’t wrong. It’s the way of the future! A future Keith will now miss out on, and gratefully, the rest of us will miss out on as well. Because most people are sane and will not endorse pedophilia. But we are just all steeped in tradition and morals.
Scott Johnson says:
Actually, if Raniere commits suicide (I don’t think he has the guts, it’s much more likely someone will take him out), he will be in prison for the rest of his miserable (shortened) life. Either way, he will be less of a tax burden.
Stupid is what stupid does says:
After reading today’s posts, it appears the smartest one in the entire bunch of bandits is Karen Unterreiner.
She did not pass go to Clare Bronfman attorneys, she did not collect an arrest warrant, and she didn’t get indicted.
Stupid is what stupid does. It appears that at least six followers are stupid.
Let’s not forget Pea Brain.
Karen U. is also one of the most evil NXIVM participants, since she was with Raniere longer than anyone else.
Nutjob says:
Seems like something Shadow would post. Not sure if evil correlates to longevity. Probably closer to being non sequiturs. As you would say, where’s the proof?
You can’t wrestle with a pig (Raniere) for that long and not get some mud on yourself. At this point, it’s up to her and people who know her to come forward with her story of being fooled by Raniere and not knowing anything, just like Kristin Crook. This is the court of public opinion, not a court of law.
The ones who have know Karen have all been coming to her defense. Frank has been the hardest on her – that’s probably a good thing to help balance all the “she is so nice and sweet” takes on her personality.
I know “he made me do it’ doesn’t work as an excuse for Nazis, but does it hold weight in the court of public opinion on FR?
Don’t mistake this as a hard defense of Karen. More of an attack on Keith’s brainwashing. I’m sure Karen is covered in mud.
I assume the former defendants who took pleas are going to be testifying and I can imagine Keith’s attorney is going to attempt to destroy them on the witness stand. For example, I’m sure he’ll ask Mack about her initials on the brand and if she herself was branded (which is a no and makes her whole “I’m a brainwashed victim” claim iffy). My question is can the judge take this into consideration during sentencing? A lot could come out during the trial (especially if they are on the witness stand) that makes them look very bad. I’m just not sure if legally the judge can use it in his decision since they are not on trial anymore. Any ideas?
krclaviger says:
Information about “prior bad acts” – which is what you’re describing – can, in fact, be included in the “Presenetecing Report” that will be provided to the judge. So, he may well have a chance to take that information into consideration at the time of sentencing.
There’s also a pending motion that, if granted, would allow the government to introduce evidence of non-criminal acts during the trial itself. I’ll go back and find that filing and elaborate on it in a future post.
AnonyMaker says:
I don’t think we know that Mack is necessarily claiming to be a “brainwashed victim,” rather than just having been misled and misguided.
It seems to me that as regards Mack and other DOS slaves, and the counts involving acts against them, more nuanced discussion of undue psychological influence will largely be eclipsed because Raniere ended up resorting to the crude tool of “collateral,” and the arguments will be over whether or not that was coercive or extortionate. However, when it comes to others like the woman kept in the room for two years, if it goes to trial then the use of more subtle forms of manipulation and control will be at issue.
“Misled and misguided” is akin to Omar saying “some people did something.”
Except Mack admitted she screwed up.
Mack never claimed to be brainwashed. She said she was misled. She trusted the others and was wrong. The judge can take anything into consideration, including whether he thinks she is faking it.
Snorlax says:
As easy as it is to hate most of these people, there is something pathetic about Russell. Something very Tennessee Williams to her story. Hard to get on with life when the last twenty years were a vacuum.
LaLaLad says:
yes, very Blanche DuBois….
I was thinking the sister from The Glass Menagerie. Blanche hits me more like Mack. Faded glory and clueless.
ok, good point. I was thinking of Kathy’s hanging on to her dreams (ballerina, KAR’s lover) long after they faded, like Blanche.
The Glass Menagerie is excellent!
Prosecution Seeks To Admit Evidence Of Uncharged Criminal Acts – Which, If Approved, Will Almost Certainly Guarantee Convictions
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Peter Greste and my own bittersweet memories of Egypt
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Having tea near Tahrir Square, Cairo – October 2010
The recent wrongful conviction of Australian and Al Jazeera journalist Peter Greste and his two colleagues by a corrupt Egyptian court has stirred up memories of the week my wife and I spent in Egypt in 2010 as part of a round-the-world trip.
Before I turned to my own diaries to recall what I wrote about those days in Cairo and Alexandria in a hot October (just a few months before the start of the Arab Spring) I was moved by an re-collection of Cairo by a colleague at the Australian Financial Review, Tony Walker, who lived there as a foreign correspondent between 1983 and 1994.
Mr Walker reminisced:
My own memories drift back to my Cairo home at 19 Gabalaya Street, Zamalek on the Nile, where I lived securely and contentedly for 10 years surrounded by Egyptians who were my friends, including my assistants, Hoda and Shahira, my late tennis-playing friend, Eduard Malek, who was killed in a road accident in the office Mercedes I had bequeathed to him at the end of my assignment…In my apartment building resided some of Egypt’s foremost citizens, including Samia Gamal, the Arab world’s Margot Fonteyn of belly dancers, and Faten Hamama, the region’s Sophia Lauren and first wife of Omar Sharif.
Mr Walker described the case made against Mr Greste and his colleagues as a “judicial farce” and concluded, mournfully: “Egypt, I do not know you”.
Cairo, for anyone who has not visited is a manic place – perhaps the most manic in the world – crammed with 20 million or so people (no one seems to know exactly how many), packed with buildings new and ancient in a metropolis that never seems to end and roads clogged with cars, trucks and busses, where you cross at your own peril. Cairo has both crumbling majesty in its ancient monuments – the pyramids of Giza the most famous – bustling trade in the markets of Islamic Cairo and touch of the modern city in its efficient metro system, one of only two in Africa.
Me, in Islamic Cairo, October 2010
But my abiding memory of Cairo was of playing the Western fools, with our map spread open on Tahrir Square trying to find our way to the Nile or the Egyptian Museum and caught out at every turn by scam artists and confidence tricksters.
We were scammed almost every day in Cairo – nothing of the amount to ruin our trip – but enough to leave a sour taste in our mouths when we flew off to a “sedate” (by comparison) Mumbai.
The opening remark in my journal on Wednesday, October 6th (our fourth day in Cairo) begins: “We awoke with the intention not to be scammed today.”
Of all the cons played on us – from the jovial family man Abdullah who “just happened” to bump into us after his hotel shift on the way to catch a bus to the pyramids and who steered us straight into the arms of US dollar charging camel ride purveyor, to the man who led us straight to his uncle’s perfume shop rather than where – as promised – the felucca boats departed on the banks of the Nile, the saddest was perpetrated by a kindly looking old man with white beard and moustache (think the Egyptian Colonel Sanders), who caught me out on our second evening in Cairo, when I was walking on my own near Tahrir Square (my wife was still battling a cold and had stayed in the hotel room that evening).
A very expensive camel ride at the Pyramids of Giza
I had just returned back to the centre of Cairo after having a wander around the dark lanes of Coptic Cairo (home to ancient ruins, churches and synagogues of Cairo’s Catholic and Jewish descendants dating back 1500 or more years) with its mud-brick homes. tiny convenience stores and less than friendly stares of the local children.
I emerged from Sadat Station looking for somewhere to eat when I was stopped by a portly, balding man with a white beard and glasses who asked me where I was from.
“Not a minute had passed and I found him walking alongside me as if we were old friends,” – I wrote in my journal. “He looked so innocent,” I added.
At one point during our walk he stopped to write my name out in Arabic. Later he told me he played the organ in the church and that he was a sculptor.
At some point, I told him I was hungry but could not find somewhere to eat:
Next minute I was tucking into chicken, rice and vegetables. He watched me and said little except to enquire if the food was any good. He later stepped outside to chat to the owner.
After the meal – all he had was a soft drink – nothing was paid in the restaurant and in my naivety as we left, I wondered if perhaps – out of the goodness of his christian heart – he had paid for me. I wrote:
As we walked on, he said I owed him 43 Egyptian pounds, not a king’s ransom, but double what the meal would have cost me anywhere else. When I gave him a 50 pound note, he then had the temerity to ask if he could keep the change. I said no, but he still short-changed me by 3 pounds.
I walked back glumly to my hotel to recount the story to my wife. I felt both stupid and sad.
Looking back at it now, in the wake of the Arab spring which promised so much for Egypt and its struggling people, I feel mostly sympathy for the little old man who conned me out of a few pounds.
I wonder what has happened to him and if he is still trying his routine on unsuspecting tourists – if any still visit in the wake of 2013 military overthrow and the terrible situation of Peter Greste, his colleagues and thousands of others arrested, tortured and murdered.
One further incident remains fresh in mind –
It is of my wife and I running to catch a bus outside the Egyptian Museum guided by our new friend Abdullah urging us to jump on the rickety thing while it was still moving.
Along side was a man throwing his ten bags of groceries on to the steps of the bus before leaping on himself (buses in Cairo, we learnt slow down but don’t stop to let passengers on).
Safely on the bus, I found myself staring at a little kid – perhaps 12 – sitting in the ticket seller’s seat as we sped past Cairo University who demanded I buy a ticket from him.
Just before I handed over a few coins, Abdullah stopped me.
“He is not the ticket seller, just some kid.”
Having reassured us that he was our guardian, he then proceeded to scam us.
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Oliveira Decries Statewide Transgender Athletics Accommodations
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NEW BEDFORD — As they do every year, the New Bedford School Committee will participate in the annual Massachusetts Association of School Committees and Massachusetts Association of School Superintendents Joint Conference next month. The Committee will send a delegate to the Nov. 9 meeting to vote on recommendations proposed by MASC/MASS.
During this year's conference, delegates from school committees throughout the Commonwealth will vote on nine recommendations, several of which entail controversial subject matter such as proposals to arm school teachers, reproductive health education, and even sports wagering.
At Monday night's New Bedford School Committee meeting, member John Oliveira took issue with a recommendation that would provide accommodations for transgender students in public athletic programs throughout the state, including gender-neutral locker rooms, bathrooms, and private stall showers.
Oliveira tells WBSM News he opposes what he calls the "progressive democrats'" agenda to build a so-called "unisex society."
"We are men and we are women, and we have different natural ways about us," said Oliveira. "And if anybody wants to say otherwise, then they really, I think, have some issues."
He added that implementing such accommodations would present a financial burden to the taxpayers.
Oliveira further stated he would not want his children to be subjected to sharing a locker room with a member of the opposite sex, even though they may identify as another gender.
However, School Committe member Oliveira made it clear he does support the portion of the recommendation that includes anti-discrimination and anti-bullying policies that would protect students who identify as LGBTQ.
"The LGBTQ community should not be discriminated against. They should not be bullied."
Oliveira's was the only dissenting vote as the School Committee voted 6-1 to support the recommendation as written.
The delegate to the MASC/MASS Joint Conference is Vice-Chair of the New Bedford School Committee Bruce Oliveira, with member Joshua Amaral to serve as the alternate delegate.
Source: Oliveira Decries Statewide Transgender Athletics Accommodations
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