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by Readers Question
9:32 AM, 2nd December 2019
Large family moved in when father died?
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A tenancy doesn’t automatically end when a sole tenant dies. When the son of a long term tenant informed us that the tenant had died we assumed that in due course the property would be cleared and the tenancy surrendered. What we weren’t prepared for was for the son to move in with his large family and three dogs and refuse to communicate with us slamming the door in our faces when we called to discuss the matter. ( the property is a small bungalow with one double and one single bedroom)
We have learnt that gaining possession is not straight forward. We were advised by one of the landlord associations to issue a section 21 notice giving the statutory notice of two months from a rent date. We were told to issue the notice in the name of the deceased. We would also be required to make an application to register the notice with the public trustee.
This we have done only to be informed by the public trustee that the notice was not addressed correctly. Rather than the deceased as advised by our landlords association it should have been addressed to, the representatives of………
Consequently, we will have to serve the notice again losing another month.
We may be fortunate to get our property back in five, probably six or seven months following notice, court process, bailiff, etc. With associated costs. All the while this family lives rent free and possibly doing untold damage.
We are not novice landlords . We have been landlords for nearly thirty years and have had mostly good tenants. We have had an elderly tenant die previously with no unexpected consequences.
We have had quite a few related readers questions below. However, you are obviously going to have difficulty so I would 100% recommend seeking professional assistance >> https://www.property118.com/evicting-tenants/
https://www.property118.com/tenant-died-adult-son-lives-flat-not-paying-rent/
https://www.property118.com/my-tenant-has-died-and-any-advice-would-be-greatly-appreciated/
https://www.property118.com/tenant-died-will-difficulties-next-kin/
https://www.property118.com/how-can-i-serve-notice-on-a-deceased-tenant/
https://www.property118.com/returns-deposit-rent-arrears-deceased-tenant/
https://www.property118.com/call-60-year-old-deceased-tenants-ex-partner/
https://www.property118.com/informed-deceased-tenant-council/
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12:46 PM, 2nd December 2019
My tenancy agreements have a list of persons permitted to reside in the property, introduced at the insistence of the local council to prevent overcrowding. It also helps with 'right to rent'.
Such a list may help in future cases of a sole tenant dying.
Is it possible that the people in situ, not being the tenant, could be treated as squatters?
Reply to the comment left by David Price at 02/12/2019 - 12:46
Hi David.
But the family do not have permission to live in the property. The deceased was the sole tenant. The son approached us following his father’s death. Because of his circumstances we declined him a tenancy. He moved in regardless with his wife three children and three dogs.
We have been given conflicting advice.
An officer of the local council said he was a squatter and we should ring the police. We have followed the advice of our landlord’s association which advocated the route outlined previously.
Landlords often talk to landlord associations thinking they are talking to a solicitor. This is rarely the case. You need legal advice from possession experts such as those suggested by Neil. From what you say these occupants are squatters, however, you do not mention if you are receiving rent from them, if so a tenancy arrangement under common law could be assumed.
Reply to the comment left by Neil Patterson at 02/12/2019 - 09:43
Thank you for the related questions. I will look closely at them.
We do usually try and solve all our landlord issues ourselves. We have unfortunately had to serve notice and take court action against tenants previously but thankfully rarely.
On this occasion you may well be right and professional advice will be required.
Reply to the comment left by Rob Crawford at 02/12/2019 - 15:57
Yes, I am inclined to agree with you.
No rent has been asked for or offered. I do understand that even this was the case, it should not halt a possession order.
What is galling is that we delayed action for the family to grieve and waited until after the funeral.
As landlords we are always learning even after nearly thirty years. Sentiment and business do not mix.
0:56 AM, 3rd December 2019
Are there 2 months rent arrears?
If so, then S8G8 might be a faster option?
I also understood that notice should be served on the tenant, and that the tenant's representatives should take it up
Reply to the comment left by Michael Barnes at 03/12/2019 - 00:56
Only one months arrears at this stage, hence the section 21 route. There seems some confusion re who the notice Is served on. The public trustee and the government site maintain that the notice should be served on ‘the representative of’ whereas the landlords association seem to think it’s ok to serve the notice in the name of the deceased. They now tell us to serve, to the representative of.... Apparently, we don’t now need to give two months from a rent date but two months four days.
As previously advised on this site we will seek specialist advice and hopefully proceed lawfully and without too much further delay.
Thank you 118 for all the helpful posts.
15:54 PM, 3rd December 2019
Reply to the comment left by Tom at 03/12/2019 - 07:00
I would suggest also serving S8 notice on grounds 7 (death) and 10 (rent is unpaid).
It might trigger some action.
This link may help:
https://www.gov.uk/tenancy-agreements-a-guide-for-landlords/if-your-tenant-dies-without-an-executor-or-a-will
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CRY FREEDOM
Poffy The Cucumber May 9, 2011
Slaving for Freedom.
If you strike me down, I shall become more powerful than you could possibly imagine.
–Obi-Wan to Darth Vader in STAR WARS.
Another man of peace killed by men of ignorance.
CRY FREEDOM stars Denzel Washington as Steve Biko, the black South African anti-apartheid insurrectionist of the 1960s and 70s (a contemporary of Mandela’s, imprisoned on Robben Island during Biko’s time), who advocated against blacks being treated as second-class citizens – killed, as usual, by white men with small-penis insecurities.
But – like Obi-Wan before him – his murder achieved exactly the opposite effect that the ignorant men desired. His death was another nail in apartheid’s coffin. Amandla!
Kevin Kline is Donald Woods, a white South African reporter who misunderstands Biko (as all whites did) as a black supremacist inciting riots. Woods is challenged by a Biko supporter, “If you are the journalist you say you are, you will visit him!” Woods does! And falls under Biko’s spell, discerning the nuance in Biko’s message of equality in his own stolen land.
But how does one NOT fall prey to the charms of Bantu Denzel? Magnetic, sexual panther, with a locution like butter dripping from warm croissants… CRY FREEDOM is truly where Denzel honed his silver-tongued smoothness for his role as that other black insurrectionist who cried freedom, MALCOLM X (1992).
The apartheid regime deemed Biko a “banned person” from February 1973, which meant he was not allowed to speak to more than one person at a time, publish his writings or speak in public. All of which he continued to do, with the aid of his network of underground supporters.
Biko brings Woods into his inner circle and Woods truly begins to see through others’ eyes, eventually becoming such close friends with Biko that he would risk his life to bring Biko’s message to the world.
CRY FREEDOM is two very good movies cobbled together at the expense of one great movie. From Donald Woods’s 1978 book Biko, screenplayed by Jack Briley, director Richard Attenborough’s cry of freedom becomes diluted in its second half to a cry of chase-movie.
Filmed in Zimbabwe, the first half of the movie is rife with suspense and frustration as Biko is sought by the white authorities, and his family and community terrorized by no less than the Minister of Police, Kruger (John Thaw); it is also showcase for Biko’s philosophies. And – not least – Denzel! Dominating with his “black is beautiful” renaissance.
Nice to hear Biko’s speeches thrum with honesty, rather than stale rehash from Movie Speech handbooks: “…As angry as we have every right to be, we are here to kill the idea that one kind of man is superior to another kind of man. And killing that idea is not dependent on the white man. We must stop looking to him to give us something. We have to fill the black community with our own pride….”
Equal rights in his own country – too much to ask? The white regime thought so. Oppressors are always threatened by the conquered rising above their oppressed state in any way, even psychologically.
Biko: “We’ll stand up to him any way he chooses, conflict if he likes, but with an open hand too; to say that we can all build a South Africa worth living in; a South Africa for equals, black or white; a South Africa as beautiful as this land is, as beautiful as we are.”
Biko did not advocate violence – he was the black Gandhi (but wasn’t Gandhi the black Gandhi? Uh, let’s move on…) – but unlike the frail little Indian, he had no qualms in fighting back against it. When a cowardly detective strikes Biko while two police hold him, as soon as they think he has cowed and release their hold on him, Biko hauls off a backhand that sends the detective sprawling. Reminds us of Poitier IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT – unthinkable for black to strike white, even in self defense. “…conflict if he likes…” To top it off, that measured voice, reminding them in buttery croissant, “I just expect to be treated like you expect to be treated.” How very Christian of him – Old and New Testaments!
August 1977, Biko is arrested as he tries to make his way through roadblocks to deliver a speech in Capetown. This is the jarring transitional stage of CRY FREEDOM, as we next see Biko naked and comatose on a cell floor after police have tortured him to the point that an independent doctor is examining Biko and advising them to get him medical attention NOW. Which they don’t, opting to throw Biko in the back of a Land Rover to transport him to a hospital 700 miles away in Pretoria. Steve Biko dies on September 12, 1977 in custody. The police lie it was a hunger strike.
So it was then, so shall it always be.
The closing title card: “By Act of Parliament in 1962, the South African government legalized imprisonment without trial. Since that time the following are the official explanations for all known deaths in detention.” The credit roll lists all the detainees, dates of their deaths and the reasons given, which include: “suicide by hanging,” “fell seven floors,” “natural causes,” “slipped in shower,” “thrombosis,” “fell down stairs,” etc.
And through the Military Commissions Act of the 2000’s, the American government did the same at Guantanamo Bay (among other black sites), issuing “official explanations” for the deaths of detainees, such as “natural causes,” “suicide,” “cancer,” “apparent natural causes”… Which proves you don’t have to lead an apartheid regime to be an ignorant, murderous bigot.
Donald Woods’s escape from South Africa is an amazing story itself. Authoring a book about Biko’s life, Woods must get the manuscript across the border for publication, to reveal sordid truths and spark change. By then, Woods was a “banned person” himself, so the book’s very existence was cause for imprisonment. His clandestine writings and physical struggles seem almost comical in this age of pdfs and e-mail, in this technociety where our pathetic little rantings are published on a world wide web with the effort of a few pushed buttons – and here is Woods neck deep in a river, a single copy of a paper manuscript held desperately above his head in a satchel…
We are suddenly introduced to the complete Woods family (Penelope Wilton as wife Wendy, and five kids, including stunning, shapely Kate Hardie as daughter Jane, who would unfortunately grow up to be boxy Bella in CROUPIER). Interspersed with the Woods family’s flight, Attenborough throws in flashbacks of Biko, to remind us why we’re here and (probably) still interested in a middle-aged woman and five brats. Strangely, those Biko flashbacks now seem to intrude on this suspenseful escape movie. Attenborough can’t win!
While it may seem on the surface like the movie has derailed, CRY FREEDOM is about Biko’s message – and Woods, through the direst adversity, is continuing Biko’s message, taking his cry of freedom to the world. It had to be shown that this life-risking trek is what Biko’s message is worth. And the continuing solidarity of Biko’s underground supporters who help Woods along the way is touching, and proves Obi-Wan correct, “A friend of Steve Biko’s is a friend of ours.”
When Woods boards a small plane with his family safe at last, when we think the great journey has ended, Attenborough reminds us it has just begun, with a final flashback to June 1976, the Soweto Uprising, a euphemism for its original name, the Soweto Massacre.
All his life, Attenborough has had an iconic picture on his desk of a little boy named Hector Pieterson (1964-1976), one of the first children shot by police during a demonstration by students protesting being taught the white Afrikaans language in schools. The picture is to remind Attenborough of the injustices of the world – and in the last few minutes of the movie he recreates the scene (albeit a mirror image, as Hector’s head is facing the other way) – to remind us that 700 children were killed, 4000 wounded; to remind us why Biko had to fight; to remind us why Woods had to flee; why that manuscript had to make it out of South Africa; to remind us why CRY FREEDOM had to be made.
CRY FREEDOM (Nov 1987) PG
Director: Richard Attenborough.
Writers: Donald Woods, Jack Briley.
Starring: Kevin Kline, Denzel Washington, Penelope Wilton, Josette Simon, Wabei Siyolwe, John Matshikiza, Kevin McNally, Juanita Waterman, Albert Ndinda, Andrew Whaley, Kate Hardie, Graeme Taylor, Sophie Mgcina.
Bantu: is a designation for many varieties of African peoples. The whites in CRY FREEDOM use the word like a racist hammer, and might as well be saying “nigger” the way they spit it at Biko and other blacks.
Amandla: Xhosa, Zula word for power.
Tags:1987, Alpha-C, Based On Real Events, Denzel Washington, Donald Woods, Drama, Jack Briley, John Matshikiza, Josette Simon, Kate Hardie, Kevin Kline, Kevin McNally, Penelope Wilton, Politics, Rating-7, Richard Attenborough
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This Cop Turned A Helicopter Into An Amphibious Racecar
A custom chopper-pontoon-racecar
By Andrew Rosenblum
On dry land, the Racecopter can drive at speeds up to 80 miles per hour.Photograph by Elliott O’Donovan
Last year, the dented body of a 1969 Bell OH-58 Kiowa helicopter sold at auction for $3,101. Previously, it had served in the Vietnam War, flown missions for a federal drug task force, and been chopped up for parts in Nashville, Tennessee, before floating away during a flood. Instead of landing in the junkyard, it got a second lease on life—as an amphibious car.
That’s because the helicopter’s new owner was Jeff Bloch, a novelty-car builder and D.C. police officer. Bloch, who had dreamed of making a helicopter racecar for years, received the chopper as a donation and immediately recruited 16 friends and family members to help make it drivable. They mounted the helicopter on the chassis of a mid-’80s Toyota van wagon and added a lightweight rear suspension from a Mazda Miata.
But Bloch wanted his racer to look like a drivable helicopter, not a sloppy mix of mashed-together parts. So he affixed pontoons to the seam between copter and car, hiding the mismatched body. He reasoned that they could act as bumpers when races got heated—and then he realized they could make the vehicle amphibious. “If I’m going to use pontoons to hide the chassis, it might as well float,” Bloch says. Which means the vehicle can now do everything except fly.
In May, Bloch’s “Racecopter” won the Organizer’s Choice award at the 24 Hours of LeMons race in Millville, New Jersey, even though the Audi engine dropped a valve after two laps. In the water, that same engine runs a 7,000 rpm four-blade propeller harvested from a parasail boat. James Bond’s submersible Lotus might look a bit sleeker, but the Racecopter is 100 percent DIY—and has actual combat experience.
From The Junkyard To The Racetrack
The gear shift is made from the helicopter's repurposed Vietnam-era stick for firing machine guns.
The 3-liter, 210- horsepower engine came from a wrecked 2002 Audi A6 that cost Bloch $450.
Bloch harvested pontoons from a 1988 Sun Tracker boat and reinforced them with steel.
This article was originally published in the September/October 2016 issue of Popular Science, under the title "A Custom Chopper-Pontoon-Racecar."
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by Molly Willis
There’s just something about a woman screaming in your face about sexual harassment and wage discrimination that’s bound to provoke some kind of reaction. Shawna Potter hasn’t long left the stage where she led unanimous chants of “Fuck Trump!” when, during our post-performance interview, a man approaches the War on Women singer to give his personal thanks.
“I love performing in front of people who’ve never seen us play before, because you can see that lightbulb moment where our music starts to make them think differently,” says Shawna. The man had never heard of the band before that night, but War on Women specialise in challenging the status quo through their unique strand of feminism. It is a perspective that is consciously and completely confrontational about trans-inclusive feminism and LGBTQ+ rights, something which is absent not only from the mainstream but from the punk and hardcore scene as well.
Tonight’s venue is The Owl Sanctuary in Norwich, and with its vehement zero tolerance policy towards any form of “racism, homophobia, transphobia or generally being a bullying dickhead” (see website), they couldn’t have picked a better band to amplify this message.
Given the confrontational nature of the name War on Women, I half-expected to see a room full of women that I probably wouldn’t speak to, despite being able to identify on some level of sisterhood and understanding. Instead, their audience was a healthy, almost perfectly designed reflection of their shared political ethos. In addition to the kind of woman I’d imagined (who wouldn’t look out of place in 1991 at International Pop Underground’s Girl Night), there were middle-aged dad rockers, gay people, straight people, trans-people of colour… Even the heavily bearded, exclusively male support bands sported War on Women t-shirts, and at one point joined in with the main show to scream the lyrics alongside the woman of the hour, Shawna Potter.
In the ten minutes I’m granted to speak to Shawna after the show, I ask her what she thinks about the current wave of pop feminism: “I have mixed feelings. I think that Beyoncé standing in front of a big bright light at the VMAs is a great vehicle for someone in a small town finding out about feminism, but it’s been taken away from its meaning. [Feminism] has become a buzzword rather than a movement.”
War on Women’s political ethos serves, in part, to highlight what they feel people are doing wrong, whether that be Beyoncé sending out misleading messages about feminism or Donald Trump spouting his unschooled political rhetoric. And while America might be far away, Shawna proved tonight that if you scream loud enough, people will hear. As the chants of “Fuck Trump!” rumbled throughout the venue, it became clear that War on Women’s own messages were resonating with the crowd. Rest assured, I joined in wholeheartedly.
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Man City Palyers Flew 22 Italian Models For 'Bunga-Bunga' Party To Celebrate 6-1 Win
1/15/2020 04:22:00 pm English Premier League
Manchester City footballers flew 22 Instagram models out to Cheshire for a 'Bunga Bunga' style party at a luxury hotel and spa resort.
The women were flown over to Manchester on Sunday before checking into the £150-a-night Mere Golf Resort in Knutsford prior to the team's match against Aston Villa that afternoon.
The team beat Villa 6-1 and it was thought the party had occurred with the permission of manager Pep Guardiola.
Fixers close to the club are believed to have organised the team bonding night, but it was not clear if Guardiola had been aware that the models were also in attendance.
Many of the models took to Instagram to document their Cheshire escape with videos in the spa and other photos that showed them relaxing, dressed in glamorous clothing.
Speaking to the Sun, a source said it had been a delayed Christmas party for the players and that a liaison officer for the club had spent months organising the soirée.
I think their Wags will be surprised to hear these women were invited, but that they weren't.
The source also added that they could have been members of the Manchester City supporters' club in Milan.
Either way, they are very beautiful and looked like they had a really fun time. I assume the players did too.
One of the models was Amira Paula, who posted to Instagram during her stay. Not one to travel alone, the model checked in with a friend before being picked up by a driver who took them to the airport.
Another Instagram star, Marta Tejada, had also posted videos of her popping champagne bottles.
Famous faces included Italian TV presenter Chriara Giuffrida, who posed outside the venue in an expensive fur coat and sporting a designer handbag. as well as Isa Rivera, who posted a clip of the group enjoying breakfast.
Other pictures showed Chiara Battola in the bath, while other bikini clad women were also present.
The Sun also reported that some of the group has stayed an extra night, taking the opportunity to see some of Manchester's night life.
A spokesperson for the club was unable to be reached by MailOnline, but a source at the club denied claims that the players had partied with the women.
One Italian website claimed the women had been flown over to 'entertain' the footballers at the 81 room venue in one of Cheshire's most prestigious areas.
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Koenigsegg Sells a 20-Percent Stake to Company That Owns Saab's Assets
NEVS, the company that's trying to build electric cars based on old Saab platforms now owns 20 percent of a company that makes 278-mph hypercars. No really.
By Máté Petrány
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The auto industry is full of seemingly odd tie-ups and partnerships, and now, there's another strange one. Today, Koenigsegg, producer of the world's fastest road cars announced that for a hefty €150 million (roughly $171 million), National Electric Vehicle Sweden (NEVS) has acquired a 20-percent stake in the company.
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In case you don't remember, NEVS was founded in 2012 by Swedish-Chinese businessman Kai Johan Jiang, and bought Saab's assets after GM sold the automaker the same year. NEVS beat quite a few players to buying Saab, including Christian von Koenigsegg himself. And while the Saab Museum's collection was saved by the city of Trollhättan, the fact that aerospace company Saab AG managed to take back the Saab brand and logo in 2016 didn't stop NEVS from attempting to convert aging GM-Saab platforms into Chinese-market electric vehicles.
NEVS announced an all-electric version of the old 9-3 back in 2017, though it's apparently having trouble ramping up production. Recently, the Evergrande Group—a large Chinese property developer that previously invested in Faraday Future—took a controlling stake in NEVS.
In a statement, Koenigsegg explained why it sold a stake in the company to NEVS:
"Through NEVS production facilities in Trollhättan, Koenigsegg will access additional capabilities as well as benefiting from the extensive automotive knowledge in the region, whilst maintaining their centre of excellence in Ängelholm. Alongside NEVS capacity for production in Trollhättan and China, NEVS through its majority owner Evergrande, has a wide distribution platform and channels through ownership in one of China’s largest car retailers."
Koenigsegg and NEVS will also form a new joint venture to explore new market segments, with NEVS throwing in $150 million in starting capital for a 65-percent stake, with Koenigsegg taking a 35-percent stake with no money, but by contributing with intellectual property, technology licenses, and product design.
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Soulja Boy and Blac Chyna Split
It’s over for Soulja Boy and Blac Chyna.
Just a couple weeks after they began dating, the couple has called it quits. Sources tell TMZ that the relationship started to dissolve after Soulja and Chyna got into a “huge argument” over Tyga.
They supposedly got together as revenge on Tyga. Chyna has a son with the “Taste” rapper, while Soulja has beef with him.
There were also other reasons behind the breakup. The rapper and model just couldn’t see eye to eye and argued over each other’s true intentions in the relationship. Soulja wanted to hang with friends, while Chyna preferred a quiet night at home. Chyna felt Soulja just wasn’t ready to commit.
Prior to their split, the two attended Grammy parties together and spent Valentine’s Day together. Soulja spent a reported $50,000 on a shopping spree with Chyna at Saks Fifth Avenue in Beverly Hills.
In response to TMZ’s report on their breakup, Young Drako tweeted, “Like I said. I just wanted to see what the pussy felt like.”
Soulja has reportedly gone back to dating Tiona Fernan. “What I look like dating Blac Chyna lmao I’m in a relationship with Tiona Fernan stop playing with me lol,” he wrote in a since-deleted tweet.
The rapper is now readying his new album, which is expected to feature Nicki Minaj, Tory Lanez. Swae Lee, Trippie Redd, Bhad Bhabie, A$AP Ferg, and more.
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Mapping structural conditions for journalism in Serbia
This MeCODEM working paper aims to systematically and comprehensively map the structural conditions relevant to journalism and conflict communication in Serbia
Publisher: Media, Conflict and Democratisation (MeCoDEM)
Research and Editorial Team: Sandra Banjac, Judith Lohner, Irene Neverla
Link: Mapping structural conditions of journalism in Serbia
Journalistic performance and journalism culture in Serbia are assessed against the background of structural conditions, defined as the totality of (formal and informal) orders and structures that characterise media and journalism in a certain space. These include elements such as historical developments and the political culture in a given country, existing guarantees enshrined in the legal framework, peculiar features of State control over media and journalistic culture. All these dimension are comprehensively examined in MeCoDEM paper.
Although levels of media freedom increased between 2000 and 2012, journalists in Serbia continue to be subject to political pressure, which leads to high self-censorship and editors reluctant to criticize political figures and officials. Although media freedom is constitutionally enshrined and protected, and laws such as the Broadcasting Act and the Public Information Act are in line with European standards, the presence of inadequate laws and a saturated media market continues to pose challenges for media practitioners.
The gap between legal provision and the actual practice of media freedom is widening. Lawsuits are filed against journalists, most often by police, judges, politicians and businessmen, while relevant laws are not applied correctly by local court judges, or are misinterpreted because judges remain unaware of legal standards (for example defamation law, or libel law, which remain a criminal offence).
Local judges are also likely to be influenced by pressure from politicians or interest groups, and succumb out of fear of placing themselves in danger.
Crimes against journalists in Serbia include assaults, threats or having their cars burned; these crimes are not prosecuted because the police and judiciary often do not get involved. The combination of political pressure, physical threats and attacks, and limited legal protection has had the effect of restricting investigative reporting. Journalists and media outlets are often banned from press conferences (or simply not invited) depending on their reporting reputation or relationship with the political elite.
According to the authors, Serbia’s media market is saturated, the majority of TV stations are commercial and privately owned and approximately 70 TV stations are owned by local governments and media ownership lacks transparency.
The Balkan Investigative Reporting Network’s overview of the distribution of government funding among broadcasters in Serbia highlights the need for these channels of allocation to be transparent in order to maintain fair competition and neutrality in budget distribution across the media market, ensure editorial autonomy, and that funding supports the production of programming content.
In conclusion, media freedom is constitutionally and legally protected; however, the increasing influence of political and economic elites has led to self-censorship and a decline in media freedom since 2012. Journalists also face the risk of lawsuits under defamation or libel laws. This coupled with journalists’ low salaries is putting a strain on the profession, resulting in a decline in the public’s confidence in media and respect for the profession.
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The export sentiment of Switzerland’s SME sector improved at the start of 2020. According to the latest survey conducted by Switzerland Global En...
BrickMark makes largest real estate transaction with tokens
The real estate blockchain company BrickMark from Crypto Valley is purchasing a building on Zurich Bahnhofstrasse for 130 million Swiss francs. T...
ETH registers record number of spin-offs
Last year, a total of 30 new companies were founded at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich. This is a new record for spin-offs. M...
Naviswiss raises 5 million Swiss francs
As part of its fifth financing round, Naviswiss has raised a total of 5 million Swiss francs. The funds are intended to be used for further produ...
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Ticino gets competence center for drones
A technology park with a competence and research center for drones is being built on the Lodrino military airfield. The drone center will be link...
Switzerland among the world’s most sustainable countries
Switzerland has taken 5th place in the Global Sustainable Competitiveness Index (GSCI) compiled by SolAbility, thereby improving upon its previou...
Bern to become the world’s leading hub for environment and sustainability research
The Wyss Academy for Nature – a joint initiative of the Wyss Foundation, the Canton of Bern, and the University of Bern – is on a mission to deve...
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Stadler in Canada – on the right track
A lot of money is being invested into the public transport system in Canada. The Thurgau-based company Stadler was able to win a major contr...
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Greater Zurich Area turning into a center of food technology
From bouillon cubes to a cluster for food technology: the former Maggi site near Zurich is now home to a new innovation center for Givaudan, a gl...
French company La Salle Blanche opens a subsidiary in Valais
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Cleantech in France: opportunities for Swiss companies
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Bestmile: company takes off with a new mobility system
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Ice Cream Production in the UK - Industry Market Research Report
Report ID: 567965 •
Melting margins: Steep rises in vanilla and milk prices over the past five years have affected profitability
Ice Cream Production in the UK
Companies in this industry manufacture ice cream and other edible ice products such as sorbet and gelato. The industry excludes the activities of ice cream parlours and other retail sale of ice cream products.
This report covers the scope, size, disposition and growth of the industry including the key sensitivities and success factors. Also included are five year industry forecasts, growth rates and an analysis of the industry key players and their market shares.
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UAE Ice Cream Market to 2027 - Country Analysis and Forecasts by Product Type; Distribution Channel
93 pages • By The Insight Partners • Nov 2019
The UAE ice cream market is accounted to US$ 118.6 Mn in 2018 and is expected to grow at a CAGR of 5.5% during the forecast period 2019 – 2027, to account for US$ 191.3 Mn by 2027. Long summers and hot climate conditions have bolstered the growth of the UAE ice cream market. Ice-cream remains to be the favorite frozen dessert in the UAE as...
Frozen Foods Market in Europe (24 countries)
725 pages • By FFT • Dec 2019
Summary This report is produced at time of order from FFT’s online Food & Drink Markets database, first developed in 1989. This database is continually updated, based on extensive desk and field research, and drawing on very long experience. It provides historical and forecast market data covering retail and foodservice...
North America Ice Cream Market: Industry Trends, Share, Size, Growth, Opportunity and Forecast 2019-2024
91 pages • By IMARC Group • Dec 2019
The North America ice cream market reached a volume of 7.3 Million Tons in 2018. Ice cream represents one of the most popular frozen dairy products that is prepared from cream/butterfat, sugar and milk. It is a rich source of energy and contains high levels of carbohydrates, calcium, phosphorus and vitamins such as A, C, D, E, K, B-6 and B-12....
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China’s demand for Packaged Food has grown at a fast pace in the past decade. In the next decade, both production and demand will continue to grow. The Chinese economy maintains a high speed growth which has been stimulated by the consecutive increases of industrial output, import & export, consumer consumption...
South Africa Ice Cream - Market Assessment and Forecasts to 2023
South Africa Ice Cream - Market Assessment and Forecasts to 2023 Summary The South African ice cream sector is led by ‘take-home and bulk ice cream’ category in both value and volume terms, in 2018, while the ‘impulse ice cream - single serve’ category is forecast to register fastest value growth...
Australia Ice Cream - Market Assessment and Forecasts to 2023
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Ireland Ice Cream - Market Assessment and Forecasts to 2023
Ireland Ice Cream - Market Assessment and Forecasts to 2023 Summary The Irish ice cream sector is led by the ’take-home and bulk ice cream’ category in value terms while the ’impulse ice cream - single serve’ category is forecast to register fastest value growth during 2018-2023.Hypermarkets & supermarkets...
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FLAV MARTIN & JERRY MAROTTA NEW RELEASE: SOUL REDEMPTION
Flav Martin & Jerry Marotta Release Debut Album Soul Redemption
Peter Gabriel's rhythm section of his classic line-up, Jerry Marotta and Tony Levin, reunite for the backbone of this album!
Soul Redemption is the debut release from singer/song writer Flav Martin and drummer Jerry Marotta. The duo harmoniously blends modern adult rock with traditional world pop. Whether performed in a cafe in Italy or on the polo fields of Indio, these songs would feel comfortably at home in either environment.
Soul Redemption is a harmonious blend of modern adult rock and traditional world music.
Credited as one of the most innovative acoustic guitar players on the scene today, Flav Martin blends beautiful melodies with intricate technique, voicing, and a percussive style that leaves people saying “How does he do that?”. Throughout his career Flav has performed with David Crosby, Al Stewart, Suzanne Vega, Tommy Emmanuel and more. Flav’s many writing credits include Saturday Night Live, PBS, Canon Films. All but two of the songs on this album were written
by Flav.
World renowned drummer, touring and session musician/producer Jerry Marotta has left his mark on countless recordings by Paul McCartney, Hall & Oates, The Indigo Girls, Marc Cohn, Sarah MacLachlan, and John Mayer to name but a few. He first entered the music scene as the drummer for Orleans with the hit single “Still the One” followed by a decade of performing and recording with Peter Gabriel. His rhythmic drumming and world music inspired percussion complement the acoustic flavor of Flav’s guitar.
Fans of Peter Gabriel will delight as Jerry Marotta and Tony Levin, the rhythm section of his classic line-up, reunite for the backbone of this album. Also backing up the duo are their long time friends Peter Primamore (piano), Thor Jensen (guitar), Marc Shulman (guitar), and Gary Schreiner (harmonica/accordion).
Watch the official Soul Redemption video:
1) Soul Redemption
2) Please
3) Drinking You
4) I Knew It Was You
5) Tell Me To My Face
6) Rio De Janiero
7) Wild Moon
8) Coffee Song
9) How Could You Leave Me Now?
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When Your Kid Walks In On You Having Sex, Here's What To Do According To An Expert
By Danielle Braff
The morning after the big night, my daughter asked me she had heard me making moaning sounds. No doubt about it, she had walked in on us having sex.
O.M.G.
I had officially scarred my daughter for life.
But maybe I could save her from eternal horror and embarrassment.
So I began: “Well, you see, I was walking out of the shower, and I hit my elbow on the dresser. It really hurt. That’s what happened.”
“But why was Daddy also making those sounds?”
“Um, he was helping me with my elbow, when he fell over and hit his elbow, too.”
It was. But it was the only story I could think of at the moment.
The second time it happened was even worse (no, we don’t have locks on our doors, and we need to do this ASAP). She walked in on us midway through. We froze, and had an entire conversation about why it was raining and when it might stop. Midway through, if you know what I mean.
There’s probably a 99 percent chance that this will happen to you at some point in your years of parenting, says Lanae St. John, a board-certified sexologist with the American College of Sexologists, and former professor of human sexuality at City College of San Francisco.
Keep in mind that shouting or shrieking in reaction to that moment can cause more harm than good.
“The key is to not react to your kid walking in on you, but instead to respond to why they entered in the first place,” St. John says.
So instead of being angry or embarrassed, you’re supposed to stop what you’re doing and ask what the matter is, or why they’re awake.
“Keep in mind that shouting or shrieking in reaction to that moment can cause more harm than good, especially to little ones who don’t have any context for what you are doing with your partner,” she says.
Your reaction should also vary depending on your child’s age. If a child is a toddler, he may be scared that his parents are hurting each other.
In this case, simply explain that those sounds are of pleasure rather than pain, said Fran Walfish, a Beverly Hills family and relationship psychotherapist.
If your child is younger and asks what you were doing, you could return the question: What does it look like I was doing?
With teens, you can encourage open, honest communication.
“Teens can entertain their fantasies and ideas that they personally might engage in sex, but the idea of their parents having intercourse makes most gag,” Walfish says. So unless your teen has a radical reaction, the discussion can wait until the morning, when you can explain that everyone accidently had an awkward, embarrassing moment.
“Ask your teen if she has any thoughts or questions about what she saw — it’s always better to confirm, adjust, add, delete or tweak than to shove too much information into your kids,” Walfish says.
Assure you teen that you will prevent further embarrassment by locking your bedroom door and if they need you they can knock first before entering.
If your child is younger and asks what you were doing, you could return the question: What does it look like I was doing? They might tell you it reminded them of something they saw on television.
“You can drill down from there as appropriate,” St. John says. “You can even label the activity as ‘that was us having sexual intercourse’ without further detail.”
I’m blushing just writing this story. Chances are low that I could ever repeat that suggested phrase.
Fortunately, St. John says you don’t need to have the whole sex convo post-walkin. That’s getting ahead of yourself. These conversations should come naturally as your child gets older.
What you can do now, however, is to implement a closed door policy, establishing that a person who wants to enter your room knock first.
Keep in mind, St. John says, that if you implement this plan, that it’s only fair to knock first if your child has closed his or her door.
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Orders from China, top tire makers buoy VMI
HAAKSBERGEN, Netherlands—Dutch tire and rubber machinery maker VMI Group is on track for strong growth this year, parent TKH Group reported in a first-half results statement.
VMI is a key part of Haaksbergen-based TKH's Industrial Solutions segment, which also supplies specialty cable and plug-and-play cable systems for sectors including robotics, medical and machine-building.
In the first six months, turnover in this segment increased by 9.2 percent to $380.7 million, the Aug. 15 report noted. Earnings (EBITA) lifted 24.6 percent to $48.8 million on higher turnover and production capacity utilization.
The segment benefited from "continued recovery" of order intake from China, as well as growth in market-share among the world's top five tire makers, TKH said.
More particularly, TKH noted that its order book was "filled with relatively large number of new machines, among others MILEXX (VMI's recently launched truck-tire-building machine) and customer-specific developments for the top five tire manufacturers."
In the second quarter, segment order-intake amounted to $136 million.
"In line with the first quarter, a high order intake was booked in tire-building industry," CEO of TKH Alexander van der Lof said. "The recovery from China continues and our market share in the top five tire manufacturers has expanded, which gives confidence for further growth."
Looking to the second half of the year, the TKH boss forecast sales at the Industrial Solutions segment to increase compared to the first half of the year.
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Continental earns OE tire fitment on upgraded Acura NSX
MONTEREY, Calif.—Honda Motor Co.'s Acura brand has refreshed its mid-engine Acura NSX sports car for the 2019 model year with an upgraded suspension package that includes an exclusive OE fitment for an NSX-specific version of the Continental SportContact 6 tire line.
The 2019 Acura NSX debuted at Monterey Car Week the week of Aug. 6. It's available for order and deliveries are expected to begin in October.
Chassis upgrades include larger front and rear stabilizer bars (increasing stiffness by 26 percent in front, 19 percent at the rear) and 21-percent stiffer rear toe link bushings. In addition, the rear hub's rigidity was increased by 6 percent.
The two-seat sports car runs on Continental SportContact 6 tires that were developed exclusively for the NSX. Acura said the new tires "feature a revised tread pattern, construction and rubber compound for improved handling performance in all conditions."
The SportContact 6 replaces Conti's SportContact 5P as the NSX's standard OE fitment, Acura said.
Acura will continue to offer the track-focused Pirelli P Zero Trofeo R as an optional dealer-installed tire.
The modifications to the chassis components, tires and software tuning are designed to make the NSX even more responsive to the will of the driver, Acura said, elevating performance driving in all circumstances, from daily driving to the circuit.
The 2019 NSX is powered by a Sport Hybrid SH-AWD power unit consisting of a twin-turbocharged mid-mounted V6 engine paired with a 9-speed dual clutch transmission. An electric Direct Drive Motor integrated with the engine and 9DCT supplements the engine with instantaneous electric torque.
Containing two additional electric motors, the front-mounted Twin Motor Unit varies torque—both positive and negative—continuously to the left and right front wheels to enhance handling precision and cornering capabilities. Maximum peak system output is 573 horsepower and 476 lb.-ft. of torque.
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Female Hormone Key to Male Brain
By David Biello on January 4, 2006
Female hormones circulating in the brain determine masculine behavior, at least in mice. Estrogen--the quintessential female hormone responsible for regulating the reproductive cycle--turns lady mice into wannabe male mice when it is allowed to penetrate the brain during development, according to new research.
Neuroscientist Julie Bakker of the University of Liege in Belgium and her colleagues proved this in the course of solving one of the longstanding riddles of brain development. Although it had long been known that a certain protein--alpha-fetoprotein (AFP)--plays a key role in mouse brain development by binding to estrogen, it was unclear whether AFP facilitates the development of female brains by carrying the hormone or simply by blocking it from entering the brain.
The scientists used female mice incapable of producing AFP and set them loose in a Plexiglass aquarium with a sexually active male. To give them extra incentive to mate, they also received injections and capsules of female hormones. But, unlike their wild cousins, the AFP-deficient mice showed little interest in the male's advances and their brains had fewer cells devoted to producing certain chemicals critical to reproduction, just like males. Furthermore, when placed in a cage with a sexually receptive female, the mice without AFP tried to mimic their male counterparts by mounting the female and engaging in pelvic thrusting.
These observations still didn't constitute definitive proof that AFP helped female mice stay ladylike by blocking estrogen, however. So the researchers prevented AFP-deficient mice from being exposed to estrogen while still in the womb. Without AFP and without estrogen during brain development, these mice proved just as behaviorally female as their wild cousins, the researchers report in the February issue of Nature Neuroscience. In addition to revealing that it is the lack of estrogen that makes the brains of female mice feminine, the findings indicate that it is the presence of the hormone that makes male mice behave as males.
In primates, including humans, androgen--not estrogen--plays the key role in making men's brains masculine and AFP does not bind to estrogens. But the appropriately named sex hormone binding globulin (SHBG) may play a similar role to that of AFP, Bakker notes, keeping women feminine and allowing baby boys develop masculine behavior.
David Biello
David Biello is a contributing editor at Scientific American.
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A weekly look at SoCal life covering news, arts and culture, and more.
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Peter, Paul, and Harry. L-R: Satirist, documentarian, and actor Harry Shearer; writer, comedian, and raconteur Paul Krassner; and the late Firesigner Peter Bergman.
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Off-Ramp commentator Hank Rosenfeld with John Rabe | Off-Ramp® | November 27, 2012
In 1968, I was watching TV coverage of the Democratic National Convention. I remember turning to my father and asking, "Dad, why are the police beating up those students?" "I don't know, son," my father replied.
Thus, at age thirteen, I learned to question authority because they didn't know everything. Later I learned those students were led by activists Abbie Hoffman, Jerry Rubin, Paul Krassner, and other "Yippies."
Krassner came up with the name for their group, The Youth International Party, and years later I was lucky to get to write for his countercultural magazine The Realist, which he published from 1958-2001. Paul taught me how many ways there are to have a conversation. He interviewed major players like Norman Mailer, Ram Dass, and Groucho Marx in iconoclastic "Impolite Interviews." He's been an avatar in exploring consciousness; writing about his psychedelic journeys with everyone from Ken Kesey and the Grateful Dead at the pyramids in Giza to John Lennon at an oceanside cabin in northern California.
He also unashamedly used substances. In our interview, Paul vividly recalls how, when they both took LSD, Groucho was seeing visions of gothic cathedrals, but he was seeing cockroaches; and how when John and Yoko were smoking their pot/opium joints, Yoko said, "Put another cookie on the fire."
Not only did Paul once write for Mad Magazine and edit Lenny Bruce's autobiography, but in the 1960s when abortion was still illegal, he ran a free underground abortion-referral service for safe doctors. Now 80, the social satirist and his wife Nancy Cain (author of Video Days) live in Desert Hot Springs, so I don't get to see them much.
The FBI called Krassner, "a nut, a raving unconfined nut," which he turned into a title for an autobiography: Confessions of a Raving, Unconfined Nut: Misadventures in the Counterculture.
I'm proud to call this confessed nut a friend. He taught me to question everything.
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Kaczmarek'sTransatlantyk Film and Music Festival kicks off in Poland
By Andreas Wiseman2011-08-05T16:21:00+01:00
Oscar winning composer’s ecologically oriented festival features a Green Carpet as well as music competition.
The inaugural Transatlantyk International Film and Music Festival (Aug 5-13) gets underway today in Poznan, Poland.
150 films will screen during the festival, whose programme includes premieres, sidebars on German and Arab cinema, various documentary sections and a Milos Foreman retrospective as well as categories for culinary cinema and 1950s Hollywood B Movies.
Among the screenings are Cannes hit The Kid With A Bike and national premieres for Sam Garbarski’s A Distant Neighbourhood and Steven Silver’s The Bang Bang Club.
The brainchild of Oscar winning composer Jan A.P. Kaczmarek (Finding Neverland) - who is also festival director - has an ecological bent, and also features a music programme with seminars led by composers and a competition with a cash prize of $20,000.
The programme includes two international competitions: the Transatlantyk Film Music Competition and the Transatlantyk Instant Composition Contest, where participants will be asked to view a short film and compose a piano solo on the spot in front of a live audience. Both competitions are for composers only.
The jury for the competitions include Paul Broucek, Music President at Warner Bros. Pictures and Peter Golub, Director of the Sundance Film Music Program. In attendance at the festival will be composers Gustavo Santaolalla (Brokeback Mountain, Babel), Christopher Young (Priest, Rum Diary) and Clint Mansell (Black Swan).
Venues range from concert halls to nightclubs.
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Danny K heats up Fan Fest
Port Elizabeth - The unpleasant weather that hit Port Elizabeth on Tuesday did not keep football fans and fun lovers away from the FIFA Fan Fest at St George's Park.
Almost 2 500 turned up to watch the World Cup semi-final between Holland and Uruguay and to enjoy a delightful performance by talented South African musician Danny K.
In the end everyone agreed it had been a marvellous evening out, despite the weather.
Kaylee Cavendish, who came with a group of friends from the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, said the foul weather had nearly made her stay at home. "We could have watched the soccer at home, but when will we ever get an opportunity again to see Danny K perform live, and for free?"
Denver Beukes, who plays for a Northern Suburbs football club, came wrapped in a large orange blanket. "The Netherlands are my team and I support them all the way. The passion with which they played tonight proved there can only be one winner of the World Cup. Viva Oranje!
"It was really cold and there was a rather small crowd but did not keep Danny K from putting everything into his performance. He was excellent and I am definitely going to buy myself his new cd tomorrow," Beukes said.
A large group of Spanish supporters, dressed in green from head to toe, also showed up at St George's Park. They said even if it snowed, they would return to the Fan Fest arena today to watch on the big screen when their team play Germany. The match will be shown live from 20.30 pm.
Isabella Mendez, a 27-year old chef from Madrid, said she had never heard of Danny K, "but seeing him perform has been a great privilege. He is just so hot!"
The St George's Park gates open at 13.15pm today when the PE Jazz Legends will entertain the early birds. They will be followed by Shoe Lace at 14.15pm, The Magnets Jazz Band at 15.15pm, Jack Rabbit Slim at 16.20pm and Melvin Matthews at 17.15pm.
The highlight of the evening's entertainment will be the performance by popular musician Loyiso.
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August fourteen, year 5784.
A few days back Zax received an invite from Serah to join her on a trip to cave nineteen along with her mom and two others of their friends. The main destination of the trip was to the Young Mist Users Conference that was held annually in either cave nineteen in El-Eden, cave one hundred and seventy one in Tongguo or cave four hundred and ninety nine in Shitou.
The Young Mist Users Conference was a prestigious event that was meant for the high end of Kingdom Earth’s coreless population to attend. Generally, high class children who were about to enroll to the first year of a post Core School would come and have the chance to present themselves in front of the scouts of great schools, receive guidance while having the opportunity to sample cold and hot Martial weapons, obtain pointers and advices from visiting experts, watch demonstrations of advanced techniques and even participate in mock battles with professional fighters from the Earth’s Core’s showdowns competitions, which were advertised by the Strong Arm League.
Naturally, such a big event was something that middle class families, such as Zax’s, his friends’ or any other family from cave twenty five , could not afford to buy the tickets to and provide their children this exclusive opportunity. But as it turned out, sometimes luck can very well make up for lack of money.
Three days ago, cave twenty four, restaurant Fourchettes Et Couteaux.
“Jinka! Where is Jinka?!” A short bearded man in a purple suit entered the restaurant, passing the reception desk as if it was not there and headed to the restaurant’s kitchen. “Jinka?” he called as he entered the scorching kitchen.
“Here, owner Mitchello”. Being the sous chef of Fourchettes Et Couteaux, Jinka, along with the rest of the restaurant’s staff was accustomed to owner Mitchello frequent surprised visits, as well his gauche manner. Nonetheless, owner Mitchello was a cheerful man with a successful business and a capable staff; therefore it was a habit of his to treat his workers during their birthdays or personal special occasions.
Jinka was currently diligently preparing a duck as the main dish of a three course meal. In her job, there were very few things that could make her drop her knife, being addressed by owner Mitchello was indeed among them.
“Chef…” Abandoning the dish was still wasteful and Jinka had to bother the first person that could actually determine her every action in this kitchen. A young woman, Fourchettes Et Couteaux’s chef, sighing for the fourth time since the appearance of her boss, replaced Jinka.
“Thank you, Alinor”. Owner Mitchello thanked from afar. Knowing how bleak his chef’s temperament can get when the wheels of her gourmet machinery are interrupted, he waited for Jinka to come to him.
“How can I help you, sir?”
“Not much, not much at all”. Owner Mitchello laughed. “Let’s talk here for a moment”. He entered the chef’s office and closed the door behind Jinka.
“Can it be kept for later, sir? It is the rush hour of the restaurant…” Jinka pleaded. In all her years working in Fourchettes Et Couteaux she was called only two or three times to talk privately with the owner, all for different reasons, sometimes for small matters, other times for subjects related to her job. If now was one of those “small matters” times, for the sake of a smooth work day, she would rather tend to the meals that she has to prepare.
“Is your daughter and husband, well, Jinka?” Owner Mitchello waved off her appeal and probed.
“They are, sir, our Serah graduated this July from her post Core School”.
“I thought so. This is for your fillette, then”. Owner Mitchello took out from pocket in his pants an orange envelope with a golden red seal. “My grandchildren are too young and Alinor’s twins also a few years off”.
“This?” Jinka rubbed her hands in her apron and received the envelope with gratitude. She did not pondered over what was in the envelope. Owner Mitchello, a high class individual such as him, was known to be a generous man. If he questioned her about her family and claimed to consider her daughter’s age in advance, who can imagine how beneficial his intention could be for her.
“Open it later. I may see you there. If that happens then introduce your fillette to this grandpa as thanks”. Owner Mitchello gestured for Jinka to leave first the chef’s office and snatched an unguarded dessert plate before leaving himself.
Only when she arrived home Jinka opened the envelope, and along with a short introduction were four child tickets and one adult pass to the Young Mist Users Conference.
The group of five rode for two and a half hours and exchanged four buses before they arrived to the marvelous, top class, cave nineteen. Due to the low population of Kingdom Earth, cave nineteen of El-Eden was a huge underground resort with countless attractions. The biggest event of the year, the Young Mist Users Conference, was a hosted in enormous the Lutlua compound.
The group of five supervised by Jinka counted, besides the one adult, Zax, Serah, Dane and Anet. The four minors were in shock from the moment they crossed tunnel forty six to cave nineteen. It was not the first rich cave they visited, but the caves in New Earth were so big that a person could spend a life time in the one cave he was born and never venture outside.
All five stood at the entrance of Lutlua compound, surrounding them was a sea of young and old who also were attending the conference.
“This guys look from a rich school…” Dane pointed at a group of twelve kids, seven boys and five girls, seemingly their age. They all wore impressive uniforms, a fashionable white blouse under a blue jacket. The boys wore blue linen trousers and the girls wore short blue skirts.
Serah and Anet said simultaneously and stared with sparkling eyes on another group, not too far away, of nine girls wearing stylish uniforms in different shades of garish red.
“So many rich people…” Zax also had to admit. There is a difference between a strong soul and maturity. Zax soul training only slightly affected his personality. Therefore, he, too, was captivated by the exalted bearing of the so many people who were streaming into the compound.
“Enough, enough, enough!” Jinka repeated herself three times and pushed the four children to the compound’s entrance. “You four acting rudely in the presence of strangers. Imagine what they think! Do you want them to criticize you? Come on, some already looking at us standing aimlessly, let’s go inside”.
In cave nineteen the Lutlua compound inhabited one of the biggest areas. A row of five buildings, each ten stories tall, approximately eighty meters in height. The length of each building was nearly one hundred and fifty meters and the width was almost twice that size. As grand as the Young Mist Users Conference is, it still was an exclusive event with limited number of invites and so only occupied a fraction of the Lutlua compound.
The conference was held on the first five floors of building number one. The first floor was arranged as the reception of the event, after entering guests exchanged their tickets for golden red badges. Afterward, they could wonder around, view in the huge Screens, which were hung on the walls, the event’s program for every floor. Enjoy the delicious food of a luxury catering. Have a close look at the big names as they arrived – some even had the audacity to stop them for autographs and such… which with accordance to their profession and status were supposed to take part in the big event.
The second and third floors were divided to lectures and viewing halls, along with imposing booths for esteem post Core Schools and Qi examination area.
The fourth floor had display booths of prestige manufacturers that revealed that day their new high class Martial clothes lines and hot and cold weapons. The weapons booths’ operators provided whoever checked their merchandise a chance to try them according to the event’s guidelines. As long as the manufactures brought at least a C level Mist User to oversee the free trials, even children were allowed to have a go at any weapon that was to their liking.
Lastly there was the fifth floor of the event. The fifth floor had most of the commotion for two reasons. First, in it, eight fighting rings, twenty five meters long and wide, were arranged in four rows. Second, the rest of the fifth floor had a designed press area that ordinary visitors, the likes of Jinka and the four children, could not enter.
Jinka allowed the group of children to walk around without her as long as they remained in the same floor. Quickly though, the differences of interest between children and adult made the condition a tad difficult.
On the first floor, as a proud sous chef in a respected restaurant and as a cook in general, Jinka marveled from the quality of dishes and meticulous arrangements the catering invested. She probed and sampled a bit of everything and even took the liberty to discuss with the nearby chefs on the methods that they have used.
On the other side of the spectrum, Zax, Serah, Dane and Anet were satisfied right after they ate their fill and then some. The four kids were more occupied with when they will be able to go to the upper floors.
When they finally arrived to the second floor, things preceded quite the same. The moment post Core Schools scouts approached Jinka to peak her interest with the program for fourth graders of the schools they represents, the curious mother was following to the parent’s seat like a moth to the flame. It is not like she deluded herself thinking this is the chance for her to find the perfect school to Serah. Financially even the cheapest school in the Young Mist Users Conference was way too expansive to a middle class household. But still, she used the opportunity to learn about the different scholarships her daughter could try to get, since enrollment and switching schools were available until a month after the Great Earth’s Core Pursuit.
It was then, on the second floor, that Jinka could not take the nagging, of mostly Serah’s for obvious reasons, that she gave the kids some pocket money for the snacks and souvenirs that were sold on all five flours and agreed to let them go wherever they want and meet her four hours later near the rings at the fifth floor, when the preliminaries for the exhibition fights will start. In case of an emergency Jinka instructed them to call her through the reception’s Caller that each floor had.
The group of kids swept through all the second and third floors, mainly because Serah and Anet wanted to see the flamboyant girls’ uniform of every school. Dane complained at the beginning but covered his mouth after the two girls glared at him. Zax was milder and for knowing better than his friend decided to bear with it.
“No way!” Serah protested. The group was over with the third floor and were prepared to check out the stuff everyone were looking for, the new Martial uniforms none of them would probably have the chance to buy or measure outside the Young Mist Users Conference and the hot and cold weapons that even they, a bunch of children, can try, here in the event.
Unfortunately for them, the fourth floor was packed with visitors. Any piece of clothing, any type of weaponry had lines of visitors waiting to try them. Even the food stalls and gift shops were crowded with overbearing customers.
Zax and Dane did not respond to Serah’s remark or were stupid enough to accuse her and Anet for getting late to the fourth floor. “What do you want to do now?” Dance looked at the two girls. It was silently agreed by him and Zax, since it was Serah’s mom that supplied the tickets and that Anet was closer to her than the two of them, that they should follow whatever the two girls want to do first.
Neither Serah nor Anet had an idea where will be the least bad place to start, which made all the voice on par.
“Is anyone still hungry or want to buy or try something here and willing to wait the long lines?” Zax asked. Although he showed less, he was still Earth’s Core Freak. Only now, as a result of refining his soul, he seemed the most cool headed in the group which also affected the frequency his detestable nickname was used.
Serah, Dane and Anet shook their heads. None of them felt like waiting in the long lines.
“Then how about we’ll head to the fifth floor and save good seats for the fights? If there won’t be anything else to do there, we can go down to the lower floors…” Zax suggested because he read on one of the programs that were distributed that all the blue audience’s seats could be personally assigned by waving the visitor’s badge over the Screens at the bottom of the folding seats and therefore could be saved. The only exceptions were the reserved green seats at the first rows.
“Okay”. They all settled and left to call an elevator.
There were barely any people on the fifth floor. In the press area just a few news crews set their equipment instead of covering the other floors of the big event. The last two parts of the events were the fights and then the main interviews, and like the audience’s seats that surrounded the eight rings, it was also first come first served in the press area.
Around the rings were enough people to save nearly all the first and second rows of seats. After about ten minutes Dane managed to find twelve unsaved seats in a second row, around rings seven. He and the other three quickly assigned themselves four seats.
“I wish the chairs in class were comfy as these seats!” Dane leaned back and raised his feet to the air. If he stayed long enough he could fall asleep and wake up to the roars of the crowd when the fights will start.
“It doesn’t matter now. We graduated”. Anet pointed out, yet still felt like trying her seat prior to the fights and fantasize.
“So in our new school”. Dane proclaimed with close eyes.
“Keep dreaming”. Zax pulled him off the seat. “Come on, let’s see the rest of the floor. Some guy over there practicing on ring one”. The moment that thirty something tall man leaped onto the rings, Zax’s was eager to know if he is one of the participants.
Almost all the people on the fifth floor gathered to see the intense warm up of the man that picked Zax’s interest. The man was shirtless with bulking muscles, an impressive expert to the untrained eyes and inexperienced viewers. He moved from one side of the ring to the other with one step, and jumped to the floor ceiling with a second before he landed and continued the exercise with kicking and punching, though never used his mist energy. No doubt the man was capable for much more and only the confinement of the ring’s size limited his performance.
Through the murmurs of the growing crowd, Zax and anyone else who was clueless for the identity of the man could learn that his name was Chapel Doloris and a Top phase, D level Mist User. His nickname, people said, was an ancient one, Clergyman, since whenever he was about to win a fight he began to reshape his mist energy to cover all of his body like a cloak and then stared at his opponent with an expression of absolution, that was his signature at any successful fight.
“You!” Clergyman suddenly shouted at one of the viewers, a fat middle aged man with shiny ring on every finger who stood beside a boy who looked like a smaller version of his.
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Confession’s Perils
Learning from Those Looking In
By Scott E. Hoezee
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Years ago during Lent at my former congregation in Grand Rapids, Michigan, I structured a series of Lenten sermons around Merold Westphal’s then-new book Suspicion & Faith: The Religious Uses of Modern Atheism (Fordham University Press, 1998). In the book, Westphal profiled three of the most prominent atheists in the modern era: Sigmund Freud, Karl Marx, and Friedrich Nietzsche. Among the many other things each of these figures thought and wrote about, each had some choice words for religious faith and in particular for the Christian faith.
In addition to summarizing the teachings of these men, Westphal’s main point was to say that despite our overall Christian disagreement with core ideas promulgated by each, these atheists were partly right, too. They were onto something then and now. Whether it was various projection theories of religion, thoughts on economics and faith, religion as an opiate of the masses, or musings on various forms of will-to-power, surely we Christians can be big enough to admit that what each philosopher/thinker observed and concluded really did have some basis in fact. They may not have been targeting actual core doctrines of the Christian faith, but they did have on-the-ground evidence from Christian behavior and practice on which to base some of their ideas.
Taking off from Westphal, then, I preached a series of sermons that Lent that helped us to confess our sins in the very areas targeted by Freud and Marx and Nietzsche. No one thinks the church is perfect—not the larger church of Christ nor any individual denomination or congregation. Sometimes it takes an outside perspective to see more clearly where and why we “insiders” sometimes go astray. And such clarity can be helpful to all of us who want to be—as we always say in my denominational neck of the woods—semper reformanda, or “always reforming.”
A number of people in my congregation appreciated this series. A couple of the philosophers in the congregation—including a professor then newly appointed at Calvin College—were downright wowed by the series, both in its concept and in its individual sermons. However, to put it mildly, there were quite a few others in the congregation who, shall we say, had a most decidedly opposite reaction. “Ridiculous” was one elder’s reaction. “Offensive” was the opinion of another who deemed it wrong to grant even a scintilla of credit to such vandalistic atheist thinkers—much less how much credit Westphal and my own sermon series seemed willing to grant them.
Well, okay. It was a bit of an experiment, after all. We preachers know when we are inching onto a slim-looking limb, so we are never totally shocked when a sermon or sermon series falls flat for some. My friend Neal Plantinga likes to tell the story of his earliest days as a pastor and his rich enthusiasm for a series he preached based on Rudolf Otto’s 1917 classic The Idea of the Holy: An Inquiry Into the Non-rational Factor in the Idea of the Divine and Its Relation to the Rational. A couple of sermons into the series and its many deep ponderings of “the numinous,” a kind elder gently pulled Neal aside to alert him to the utter puzzlement of the congregation. The series ended early.
In my case, I sensed something more than mere befuddlement as to why a preacher would ever want to put in a good word for Karl Marx. I picked up some vibes indicating people just generally disliked the idea that any outsider should criticize the church. Worse, a few people sent me the subtle message that maybe there is something unseemly about spending much—or any—time confessing or fretting about the church’s faults.
Given how much better off the church is compared to the unbelieving secular world outside the church’s walls, why would we concern ourselves with any critique coming from that very fallen and depraved realm? No matter how you slice it, the church is still more right than wrong. It’s still on God’s side far, far more than any outside philosopher, writer, thinker, or pundit could ever claim to be, so why spend undue time wringing our hands over the faults others see?
As we preachers prepare to enter another season of Lent, these are interesting questions to ponder. But perhaps we would do well to address these questions from the pulpit in a series of Lenten sermons that confront head-on the church’s weaknesses and failures. If some of what we need to confess is what outsiders are noticing, so be it. Jesus said that when the Holy Spirit came, it would lead us into all truth. If I’m not mistaken, the sense of the Greek verb there was one of ongoing, abiding activity.
The Spirit’s work was not going to be a one-time excursion at the end of which we’d arrive at our end destination of Truth-with-a-capital-T. This was going to keep happening. Any fair assessment of church history would indicate that exactly this has happened too: the church has again and again had to assess and reassess its teachings, it practice, its witness. What were things like the Protestant Reformation or, for that matter, the Catholic Reformation/Counter-Reformation or gatherings like Vatican II if not examples of the Holy Spirit helping us to repent and try to do better? Unsurprisingly, the Spirit also does that common-grace thing of bringing us truths from lots of sources, including some outside the sphere of the church.
Alas, we live in a time of hyperpartisanship. The acoustics in the church have changed so radically over the last twenty years that if we now dare to suggest where the church is falling short or observe how the evangelical church in particular is being perceived in various quarters of society, it instantly sounds like a political screed. “We are only confessing this because that’s what the President’s/Prime Minister’s critics say,” some think, or “We are confessing this shortcoming, but it’s really a veiled policy statement.”
These are tough times for preachers, and perhaps never more so than when doing that utterly Lenten thing of targeting the sins for which we ought collectively to repent. I have no magical solutions for how to cut through the partisan noise or how to recalibrate those diminished ecclesiastical acoustics in which everything is now heard and parsed. But if through our preaching and worship leading and public praying we become incapable of helping the church to continue being led by the Spirit into all truth, then something vital has died among God’s people.
No preacher wants conflict, much less to be seen as a fomenter of conflict. But perhaps the upcoming Lenten season is a good time to help God’s people to see the importance of ongoing confession and reform as well as the things that might be hindering those very practices. The conversations that result might be uncomfortable. These days we could almost be certain that some of those discussions are not going to end well for everyone (notice how the average Facebook conversation goes these days if anything remotely political is brought up). But those unhappy truths are no reason to keep from examining ourselves as believers and congregations. If we ignore what is wrong with the church—even if the criticism comes from those on the “outside”—then the very nerve of the Lenten tradition has been irreparably severed.
This column is provided in cooperation with the Center for Excellence in Preaching. For more on the CEP, its upcoming events, and its online resources, visit cep.calvinseminary.edu.
Scott E. Hoezee
Scott Hoezee is director of the Center for Excellence in Preaching at Calvin Theological Seminary in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
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A 12-year-old pitches his business on Shark Tank. I’m watching it now on YouTube. At three times his age, hand plunged halfway into a bag of Cheetos, I realize: I am an underachiever.
Have you ever wished that you could break the space-time continuum and deliver wisdom from the future to your teenage self? What life lessons, learned the hard way, would you impart?
My first business was a Kool-Aid stand. It’s a fairly unremarkable start for an entrepreneur, but the simple goods for cash exchange (sugar-water, 25 cents) was enough to awaken my inner #girlboss. It wasn’t until after college, however, that I took a real stab.
While holding down a “career” by day, I squinted into a sewing machine light by night (I now require eyeglasses, but I digress) and peddled my handcrafted goods via local and online markets.
I was born with entrepreneur baked in, but squandered it during my prime: I will never have the energy, time, and resources I had as a teenager. Hindsight, right? In this post, I’ll share all of the advice I’d give my teenage self if I ever get my Marty McFly moment. “Start a business!” I’d shout, shaking my own shoulders.
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But, what else would I say? I’ve consulted some pretty bright young people to help me. These amazing kidpreneurs, both present and former, share their stories and advice for Generation Z.
Here’s what I wish I'd known 20 years ago:
1. You’ll never have this much time. Use it wisely, grasshopper.
While a typical full-time work week is 40 hours (unless you’re Tim Ferriss), the truth is many of us are working multiple jobs, or taking work home with us (it’s currently 10:25 PM, for the record). 8 hours of sleep is a luxury. I long for the days of spare periods, a 3:30 PM quittin' time, and free summers. You have more time in your preteens than you think.
Kidpreneur: LeiLei
Founder, Designed by Lei
LeiLei started designing jewelry at the age of 13. Three years later, her hobby became the foundation for her business. For LeiLei, investing time in her business was rewarding because it was based in a passion.
“I was 16 when I started. When I was in high school, balancing everything was pretty easy. When I got to college, I treated it as if it were any other part time job or work study. I set aside a few hours each week and fulfill orders. This got a lot harder around finals and holiday shopping season. I would try to multitask by studying and making jewelry at the same time. I work on the more time consuming aspects (new products, photography, website design etc) during breaks.” – LeiLei
2. Take advantage of free resources—your school has a wealth of them.
Here’s a dose of reality: after high school, your education is going to cost you. Actually, so is everything else. This is your free ride, son. You’re bound to pay more for pretty much everything from bus passes to entertainment. Many schools are beginning to address the need for practical business skills, offering elective classes as part of the curriculum. Labs, studios and tech equipment are also at your disposal.
Kidpreneur: Sydney
Founder, Poketti LLC
We first discovered Sydney when she became one of the youngest competitors in the Shopify Build A Business Competition. Along with her sister Toni, she founded Poketti with skills she’d learned in a 7th grade entrepreneurship class. Sydney honed business skills before her freshman year in high school, and continues to sell her invention—animal pillows with pockets for holding cell phones or tooth fairy treasures—in her Shopify store.
Bonus lesson: the girls responded to my email while in line for a ride at Disneyland—a reminder that it’s important to take time to just be a kid.
“The key to making the most of the many opportunities Poketti gives us is to be prepared, optimistic, and confident in ourselves and our business." – Sydney and Toni
3. Use your built-in audience to your advantage.
You will never in your adult life, have such a captive audience at your disposal. Classmates become the best springboard for testing a product, and a school’s built-in network makes powerful word-of-mouth marketing easy.
Kidpreneur: Lucja
Partner, Clicks Charms
Inspired by Lucja’s enthusiasm for selling charms to her friends at school, family-run Clicks Charms began as a jewellery business, but evolved into a direct sales platform for kids, aimed at teaching them valuable business skills.
“Knowing how to start and run a business is very empowering and gives kids the tools to be successful, responsible and engaged adults. Almost any kid business can be successful with passion, a great attitude, organization, and discipline.” – Andrea, Stepmom
4. Make mistakes. The fall is much harder when you have a mortgage.
Starting a business at any age involves risk, especially when your family’s livelihood is dependent on it. Strike now while your expenses are low, and the roof over your head is guaranteed by someone else’s income.
Photo: Enna Chiang
Kidpreneur: Nick
Co-founder, Bone Broths
Nick and brother Justin snubbed healthy treats as much as any kid, but their mom managed to instil good eating habits anyway. The duo started their own business when they discovered the immune-boosting benefits of bone broth—a food that also improves joint health, but was seemingly impossible to find.
“When starting any kind of business there is a lot you don't know, and the only way to accelerate your learning curve is by trying many things. Trying and failing isn't something to avoid. Fail fast and learn faster." – Nick
Trying and failing isn't something to avoid. Fail fast and learn faster.
5. Get an education—life skills are student-debt-free.
Snagging my first job out of college was entirely attributed to my extra-curricular work through the student union. While it wasn’t my own business, it provided an opportunity to learn about business and government—skills not taught in art school.
Don’t get me wrong: formal education has immense value, but it won’t make you an adult. "I think having your kids work on a business is a great opportunity for creating discussions about business (profit/loss, risk/reward, etc.),” says Doug Tetzner, whose kidpreneur sons run a business on Shopify.
(Former) Kidpreneur: Tucker
Product Manager, Shopify
Tucker Schreiber is a Doogie Howser for the millennial set. His name may be a familiar to some readers, as he was a regular content contributor on this blog before moving to the Product team. While he’s no longer a kid, it’s the experience he gleaned from his entrepreneurial childhood that landed him a seat two desks over from mine.
He had several businesses under his belt before he could grow a sparse teenage moustache. In his posts, he’s speaking in first-person, doling out advice based on his own experience. You can’t buy street smarts.
“Being able to prove that you've been through the ups and downs of building a business and making money on your own is incredibly valuable, and in some cases more important than a piece of paper from college that says you went to school for 4 years.” – Tucker
6. Leverage your parents’ grownup status.
You’re young. Your energy is boundless, and so are the possibilities. You can do anything, right? That is, in most cases, with the approval of your parents. As a minor, starting a business can be a bit tricky from a legal standpoint. In many places, you’re not old enough to enter into a legally-binding agreement, or hold a credit card in your own name.
In Canada and the US, minors (under 18 in most cases) cannot sign contracts. But your parents can, on your behalf. The US Small Business Administration advises that parents seek the counsel of an accountant and attorney.
Photos: Annabella Charles
Kidpreneur: Mo
Founder, Mo's Bows
Memphis-based Moziah started his handcrafted bowtie company when he was only 9. Since then, the dapper kidpreneur has made a deal on Shark Tank, and continues to run a successful ecommerce store on Shopify. With the help of his mom, of course. She’s an employee of the business, as is his grandmother.
His advice for other young people?
"Figure out what you like doing then find out how you can make money doing it, then just let your passion drive your business."
Let your passion drive your business.
7. Do what you love: spin a hobby into a business.
Hobbies are naturally ideal business ideas for the kidpreneur crowd. And frankly, for anyone. Turn a love of animals into a local dog-walking business, or an affinity for sewing into an online apparel shop. Learn business and life skills while doing what you already do in your spare time. Earning extra money for tuition is gravy.
Kidpreneur: Maya
CEO, Maya's Ideas
Super-kid Maya holds more titles than Holyfield. She’s a philanthropist, designer, activist and inspirational speaker who can code, write and draw, too. Moreover, she’s the CEO of Maya’s Idea’s, a business she started at 8 years old. She ships her own eco-friendly designs worldwide, and even caught the eye of Entrepreneur magazine. Maya’s Ideas was born out of the founder’s passion for technology and the environment.
How do budding entrepreneurs get their start, according to Maya?
“First of all, it's important to know what your ideas are. Start an idea book, a journal where you can write down all of your ideas for your business. Whether it be a small thought that crosses your mind or the next big idea it's important to have it written down. Even if it doesn't seem important it may be very useful in the future.” – Maya
8. Give back.
Keep your good karma levels high. “Philanthropist” and “mentor” are mighty impressive words to add to your college application or LinkedIn profile. Donate a portion of profits to a great cause, or use what you’ve learned as a kidpreneur to help empower fellow young people.
Kidpreneur: Esma
Founder, Stargaze Jewelry
Stargaze Jewelry was a bright light in 2015's Build A Business Competition. Esma started a company inspired by her love of sparkly things, and built it through her influential Instagram account. Along with other young entrepreneurs, she also launched Ivory Ella – an ecommerce business donating 10% of net profits to Save The Elephants.
What advice does she give to other aspiring young entrepreneurs?
“There will be some obstacles trying to stop you, people doubting you, but as long as you continue to do what you started and love, you will always get far and it will all be worth it at the end.” – Esma
As long as you continue to do what you started and love, you will always get far.
9. Know you’re worth it.
Look around at your competitors. What are they charging for the same product or service? If what you’re offering is of comparable value, price it accordingly. Have a parent or mentor assist you with pricing, or consult online resources.
(Former) Kidpreneur: Carson
Front End Developer, Shopify
Carson ran several kidpreneur businesses from his home computer, and uses many of his self-taught skills in his current role at Shopify.
“At first I felt guilty taking money from people for doing something I loved doing. It took a long time to realize that they value the work I was doing more than the money they were parting with.” – Carson
10. Think bigger.
Raise your hand if your first job involved processed meats. Think outside of the boxed frozen patties, and consider the alternatives: do you have an amazing idea for a product to sell? Could you offer a valuable service in your neighbourhood?
Photo: Danielle Levitt, via New York Magazine
Kidpreneur: Erin
CEO, Shop Jeen
Shop Jeen head honcho, Erin Yogasundram told New York Magazine that she scoped out internship salaries and realized she could do better. She founded Shop Jeen from her college dorm room five years ago, using the profits from reselling a generously marked-up Céline bag via an online marketplace.
Her first foray into entrepreneurship, however, started at age 11, when she flipped autographs from MTV guest artists, making an average of $500 per week.
“I ask myself, ‘What would (WWE’s) Vince McMahon do?’ He’s had to lay people off, he’s had to deal with lawsuits from performers. He has 600 employees, 100 independent contractors, and has to put on five different live events a week. If he can handle all that, I can handle this.” – Erin, via The Cut
Our kidpreneur consultants had the right mix of gumption, passion, and support to build successful businesses while prepping for exams and senior prom. Time travel aside, it may be too late for me. But there's still time, young buck—get inspired by your peers and put your kid power to work.
(Start now, tween me! Oh, and wear sunscreen.)
Dayna Winter
Dayna Winter is a Storyteller at Shopify, curious about the humans behind the brands and the moments that motivate them to create. She follows more dogs than humans on Instagram and isn't a real redhead.
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PLAYERS PRESENT COLLEGE AWARDS
Henderson and Bishop support North Lindsey at annual prizegiving
The North Lindsey College Annual Awards 2015 took place on the evening of Monday 21st September and Iron players Darius Henderson and Neal Bishop were invited along to present awards to winners of the awards.
The annual awards ceremony is held to recognise outstanding achievements across a variety of subjects and recognise those that have excelled. This year’s event had a Hollywood theme while the winner of BBC’s Young Apprentice 2012, Ashleigh Porter-Exley, was present to talk about her journey to the final of the TV show, as well as announce the winners throughout the evening.
Scunthorpe United sponsored the Outstanding Achievement Award in the Sport and Uniformed Services category which was won by former student Shannon Galvin who has now gone on to Northumbria University to study Sport and Exercise.
Pictured above are Neal and Darius, alongside Ashleigh Porter-Exley, North Lindsey College Principal, Anne Tyrell and Deputy Principal, Mick Iochran.
We’d also like to add our congratulations to Richard Coleman, Managing Director of R.J.Coleman Electrical Ltd, who picked up a lifetime achievement award from the college at the ceremony. Having started out on an apprenticeship, he now has a very successful business based in Glebe Road, Scunthorpe. Richard has long been associated with the football club through sponsorship and we’d like to join in congratulating Richard for his recognition.
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CCSF students, faculty and supporters gathered on the steps of City Hall to introduce a proposal for free community college for all in San Francisco. (Ekevara Kitpowsong/Special to S.F. Examiner)
Tuition-free CCSF hangs in the balance
Joshua Sabatini
Pointing to income inequality, members of the Board of Supervisors approved Tuesday spending $9 million to make City College of San Francisco tuition-free.
But Mayor Ed Lee — who has spending power while the board has appropriation power — has said he will defy the board’s will and only partially fund the effort, allocating that $9 million over a period of three fiscal years.
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That means that free CCSF would be phased in or apply to only certain students if the mayor sticks to his position.
Board members are vowing to push back, especially during the upcoming budget process for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2017.
The board voted 9-1 Tuesday to support the $9 million spending proposal introduced by Supervisor Jane Kim for a free CCSF. Supervisor Mark Farrell opposed it.
“We have a legacy here in San Francisco of being bold and progressive,” Kim said. “We are one of the wealthiest cities in the world, which means that we can not only dream up these concepts, we can actually afford to pay for them.”
“I implore and urge the Mayor’s Office to join us,” Kim said.
Kim argued that Proposition W, a real estate transfer tax approved by voters in November, included a mandate to make CCSF tuition-free since the campaign made it clear that funding was to do just that. However, there was no language in the measure itself dedicating the funds.
The mayor announced in his budget plan last week that he would use voter-approved Prop. W tax revenues to partially replace the lost sales tax revenues after voters rejected a sales tax hike in November. That sales tax revenue was assumed in the budget to pay for homeless and transit services.
The mayor’s budget plan only provides CCSF with $500,000 this fiscal year and $4.25 million in each of the subsequent fiscal years, not the estimated $13 million annually needed to make free CCSF a reality.
Farrell argued that homeless services should be the top priority and that there wasn’t a voter mandate to make free CCSF. “I don’t hear daily about the need to provide free City College for our residents. I want to be clear though, I hear daily about the need to get people off our streets,” Farrell said.
But Supervisor Malia Cohen said that there was a direct correlation between homelessness and investing in education. “Education is key to stabilizing and growing household incomes,” Cohen said.
Board of Supervisors President London Breed said the funding dispute with the mayor would have to be worked out through budget negotiations.
“The mayor wants his budget passed. Part of working with this board is making sure he is adhering to the things that we want as well. That is going to be part of negotiations,” Breed told the San Francisco Examiner.
Other board members emphasized there are other ways to balance the budget, while protecting Prop. W funds for the board’s previously stated intent, for free CCSF and street tree maintenance.
Supervisor John Avalos, who attended his last meeting Tuesday before being termed out office, proposed using $38 million in the current city budget in salary savings he identified as a counter to the mayor’s plan.
This issue of the mayor’s spending power has come up before. In 2009, Avalos proposed a charter amendment to authorize the board to mandate the mayor to spend certain appropriations, but it never made the ballot.
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Wade Payne/APStanford pitching coach Rusty Filter
Stanford’s Yankey named first-team All-American
Stanford left guard David Yankey was named first team Associated Press All-American on Tuesday after leading one of the best offensive lines in the nation this season.
Yankey was the lone Bay Area representative on the first team, but Stanford linebacker Trent Murphy and receiver-returner Ty Montgomery were named second-team All-American and linebacker Shayne Skov earned a spot on the third team.
Yankey was part of an offensive line that ranks fourth nationally for fewest tackles for loss allowed per game (3.6) and 16th nationally for fewest sacks allowed per game (1.15).
The All-America teams were released Tuesday and selected by a panel of AP college football poll voters.
Other highlights of the All-American first team included Heisman Trophy winner Jameis Winston from Florida State at quarterback, running back Andre Williams from Boston College, Arizona running back Ka’Deem Carey and dual-threat quarterback Jordan Lynch from Northern Illinois as an all-purpose player.
— Staff, wire report
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Sunderland University’s visiting professor Shahidul Alam given bail
Written by Samantha Teasdale on 15th November 2018
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After being imprisoned for more than three months in a Bangladesh jail, Shahidul Alam has finally been given bail.
The 63-year-old visiting professor to the University of Sunderland was arrested on August 5 following an interview with Al Jazeera. He was held under act 57, the Information and Communication Technology (TCI) act which can carry up to 14 years in prison and has been used in up to 20 cases involving journalists.
The interview discussed government issues during the then-ongoing student protests in Dhaka and Shahidul was taken from his home in the Dhanmondi by more than 30 members of Dhaka metropolitan police for “damaging the reputation of the nation”.
On Thursday a High Court in Bangladesh granted bail to Shahidul which was confirmed by his nieceSofia Karim, who lives in the UK.
She said: “My uncle has been granted bail. Thanks all of you who spoke out and worked so hard to support us. You, his great big family, helped us achieve this.”
Alam’s arrest sparked protests all over the world and a myriad of international voices including 12 Nobel Laureates, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Hollywood actress, and activist Sharon Stone, Amartya Sen, and several British MPs, including Sunderland Central MP Julie Elliott.
Last month, more than 80 staff and students, along with campaigners and peace activists, unveiled photographs taken by Shahidul at the University’s Priestman Gallery.
Arabella Plouviez, Professor of Photography and Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Creative Industries at the University of Sunderland, who is close friends of the photographer said: “We are really hopeful that this means that Shahidul will be released immediately. It has been a terrible time for him but the level of support internationally has been fantastic.
“Here at Sunderland, our students have been very involved in supporting the call for Shahidul’s release and we all hope that the granting of bail will see him ultimately freed.”
Shahidul’s photographs are well-known for focusing on exposing abuses of power and include images of the 1971 genocide of the Bangladeshi war of liberation. He also founded the picture agencies Drik and Majority World, and the photography school Pathshala South Asian Media Institute.
This is still an on-going campaign and the hashtag to follow on social media is #freeshahidulalam
(Image courtesy of Drik)
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Roe triplane at Lea Marshes, May 1909.
Sir Edwin Alliott Verdon Roe (1877-1958), seen here at the controls, was the first Briton to fly an all-British aeroplane, the Roe I, on 13 July 1909 at Lea Marshes, London. The aeroplane was constructed from wood and paper with a 9 hp engine and flew 100 feet (30 metres). Roe went on to create Avro, one of the world's greatest aeroplane manufacturing companies.
'100 Years of Progress, 1835-1935', GWR poster, 1935.
London & Edinburgh Shipping Company poster, early 20th century.
'Cheshire Lines Railway', Cheshire Lines Railway poster, c 1925.
'To Ireland via Holyhead', LNWR poster, early 20th century.
'Perfection', LNER poster, c 1930s.
'Holiday Excursions - Every Dog Has His Day', GNR poster, 1913.
'The Midland Pullman - the Train of Today', BR poster, c 1960s.
Diesel Train near Basenthwaite Lake, BR (LMR) poster, c 1950s.
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Events2018-11-12T10:22:52-05:00
February – June 2020 Feb – Jun 2020
Tory Jack Day with Joe Becton @ The Abraham Staats House
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An Award-Winning Program for Excellence in History & Education Somerset County Cultural & Heritage Commission.
The annual event, held each February in honor of Black History Month, celebrates the contribution and sacrifices of Afro-Americans in the foundation of our nation. The featured presenter is Mr. Joseph Becton, retired National Park Service Interpretive Park Ranger, recognized with the Community Service award for setting a standard of excellence in interpretation and for his role in connecting Americans to our national parks.
This year the program is “Nothing but the Blues”, a one hour presentation as Mr. Becton plays and sings his favorite blues song and composers. You have never heard him like this since the Cobalt Blues band. He has played guitar and harmonica for 40 years. Group participation is encouraged.
Admission is $10; Children 12 & under are free.
***Advance reservations encouraged.***
Categories: Tory Jack Day
Middlebrook 5 Generals Bus Tours
The Abraham Staats House is one of the five local historic homes featured in the Five Generals Bus Tour sponsored by the Heritage Trail Association. Discover five of the original Somerset County houses that served as military headquarters for important American generals during the American Revolution Middlebrook Cantonment of 1778-79:
The Abraham Staats House in South Bound Brook
The Van Horne House in Bridgewater
The Van Veghten House in Finderne
The Jacobus Vanderveer House in Bedminster
The Wallace House in Somerville
The tour starts from the Van Home House and runs approximately two and a half hours, featuring short stops at each home. For pricing and schedule information, please check the Heritage Trail Association website.
Categories: Five Generals Bus Tour
March Open House (FREE) @ The Abraham Staats House
The Abraham Staats House is one of the finest surviving buildings from the Dutch Settlement of the Raritan Valley in the 18th century. It began life as a two-room structure housing the first owners, the Staats family, who remained at the homestead for nearly two centuries. Over the centuries the house has been expanded several times and now includes a fine late, Federal/Greek Revival two-story addition.
Our “Open House” is held the second Saturday of each month (closed July and August) from 10AM to Noon, when the house is open for free tours. Please check our Event Calendar for special events that may be occurring during Open House hours. Past programs have featured 18th c. blacksmithing demonstration, open hearth cooking and live music.
RSVP by Email
Categories: Open House
Battle of Bound Brook: Living History Weekend @ The Abraham Staats House
The two-day event features 18th-century street battles, military drills and camp life, portrayed by living history reenactors as American and British troops, camp followers, sutlers (merchants selling goods) and others of that period.
Whether you are looking for a family-fun experience, a history buff, a visitor to the area or searching for a new, interesting event to attend, each year’s living history weekend at the Battle of Bound Brook is unique, fun and exciting. Learn about and experience this important period in New Jersey and American history.
Historic House Tours & Lecture with the purchase of the Weekend Pass
Adults: $10; Seniors & 18 year and under: $5; Family(up to 5 members): $20
Grounds and Street Battles: FREE
For more information about the event, please go to our Battle of Bound Brook page: www.staatshouse.org/events/battle-of-bound-brook/
Categories: Battle of Bound Brook Lectures
May Open House (FREE) @ The Abraham Staats House
May 9 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
June Open House (FREE) @ The Abraham Staats House
Boy Scout Troop 42 Retirement of Flags Ceremony (FREE) @ The Abraham Staats House
On June 14, 1777 the Second Continental Congress adopted the flag of the United States. Today the United States commemorate that event as Flag Day on June 14th every year. While the flag is the patriotic emblem of our country, through its display on flag poles and at veteran’s grave sites, in time it becomes faded, worn, and even torn. As written in the US Code (Title 10, Chapter 10, 176.(k)) “The flag, when it is in such condition that it is no longer a fitting emblem for display, should be destroyed in a dignified way, preferably by burning.”
With that in mind, Boy Scout Troop 42 and Cub Scout Pack 42 of South Bound Brook conduct an annual flag retirement ceremony fittingly held on Flag Day. This service project uses the outdoor hearth on the grounds of Abraham Staats House for this ceremony. The hearth was constructed as a Troop 42 Eagle Scout project,
The event is free for all and the public is encouraged to attend, bringing any tattered or torn flags for their inclusion in the retirement. If you cannot attend, please drop the flag off at the South Bound Brook Borough Hall, 12 Main Street, South Bound Brook by June 13.
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Makers Cabinet crowdfunds 180k for new product
Makers Cabinet first caught the industry’s eye with its unique pencil sharpening product, the Høvel, for which it won a free stand in the Stationery Show’s LaunchPad competition. The startup company also won a prestigious Stationery Award at this year’s Stationery Show for the Høvel.
On the back of this success and as part of the company’s strategy to expand its product offer, Makers Cabinet launched a Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign to take its second product, the Iris, from prototype and into production. For more information visit www.kickstarter.com/projects/brahman/iris-the-drawing-tool-that-inspires-creativity
The Iris, which Makers Cabinet describes as ‘an artistic tool that inspires creativity’ has smashed its crowdfunding target of £25,000 in less than 72 hours, and has since gained 1,702 backers, fundraising £184,618 to take Iris to market.
The team says its second project was inspired by the feedback from the first successful crowdfunding campaign, which saw them bringing the Høvel pencil sharpener into production.
Their reason for embarking on developing the Iris tool came from feedback from their supporters, who told them they were disenchanted with the choice of current artistic tools on the market, which they said lacked innovation and were generally manufactured cheaply, unergonomically, and with a design philosophy that seemed to promote short-term usage and a lack of sustainability.
Iris, the first of its kind, mimics the base use of a compass and the aperture mechanism of a
camera lens, it’s stainless-steel leaves rotate inside of a solid brass casing, creating the
perfect adjustable circle - a mechanism that has endured for 200 years. Iris replaces the need for a rotary drawing compass.
Director Noah Bier comments “People love the intricacy and beautiful aesthetic of Iris. I also
think they value and understand our intention to create a tool that’s designed with as much
love as they put into their profession.”
As the campaign was so successful, Makers Cabinet has set up an Indiegogo Indemand campaign in order to accept further pre-orders.
www.makerscabinet.com
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Art Show to Feature River-Focused Work
Photos, musky flies and sculpture, all created locally, on display in Stillwater starting August 22.
By Greg Seitz | August 13, 2013 | 2 minute read
Photo by Ryan Rodgers
The 300 Days in the Watershed exhibit at ArtReach St. Croix’s Stillwater gallery will feature the photos of Ryan Rodgers of Osceola, flies tied by Gabe Schubert of Stillwater, and sculpture by Dale Lewis of Hastings.
Rodgers has been an occasional contributor to St. Croix 360. This spring, he did an interview about his photographic philosophy. Previously, he has written about paddling the Apple River canyon and upper St. Croix and his experience as artist-in-residence at the St. Croix Watershed Research Station’s Pine Needles cabin last summer.
Gabe Schubert musky fly
Schubert is an accomplished angler. He works at Bob Mitchell’s Fly Shop in Lake Elmo and spends his free time pursuing muskellunge on the fly rod around the upper Midwest. His musky flies, some of which are a foot in length or more, are complex works of art, and painstakingly crafted.
Lewis’s sculptures include a 200-pound dragon made of stainless, mesh wire and glass eyeballs which was recently commissioned as a permanent work at the Hastings Prescott Area Arts Council’s gallery.
August 22nd – September 29th
Stillwater, Minnesota
Gallery is open Wednesday through Friday, 10a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturdays 12-4p.m. It will be open extended hours during the annual “festival of art festivals” Take Me to the River, September 21, 22, 28 and 29.
Opening party: Thursday, August 22 from 6 – 8 p.m. Everyone welcome!
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Barcelona Have Put Seven Players Up For Sale This Summer
Last updated 7:35 PM, Tuesday June 04 2019 GMT+1
Barcelona defended their La Liga title this season but it was still a big disappointment of a season for the Catalan giants, now they look set to offload up to seven players in the summer.
At the beginning of the season Lionel Messi promised that Barcelona would bring the Champions League back to the Nou Camp for the first time since 2015, after several years of disappointment in the competition.
Once they reached the semi final that promise looked to be coming true and even more so when they beat Liverpool 3-0 in the first leg at home.
However for the second season in a row the Blaugrana threw away a three goal lead in the Champions League to go crashing out.
The 4-0 loss against Liverpool was made even worse by the fact they then lost the Copa del Rey final to go from eyeing up a treble to 'only' winning the league.
That ending of the season looks to have resulted in an overhaul of the team and there are seven players on the transfer list. According to Mundo Deportivo Philippe Coutinho, Andre Gomes, Jasper Cillessen, Malcom, Denis Suarez, Rafinha and Marc Cucurella are all up for sale.
Coutinho only arrived in Spain 18 months ago. Image: PA Images
Coutinho was a transfer target for Barcelona for more than six months before they signed him in January 2018 from Liverpool but his time back in Spain hasn't turned out well.
The Brazilian was poor against his former club in the semi finals and he has come under a lot of criticism in just 18 months at the club.
Potential moves for Antoine Griezmann or Neymar have no doubt sped up the need to sell Coutinho, although it remains to be seen who will splash out £100 million for the 26 year old.
Gomes was on loan at Everton last season and has also reportedly been chased by both West Ham and Spurs already this summer.
Arsenal loaned Denis Suarez in January but he had no impact for Unai Emery's team and played just six games before injury saw him return to Spain early.
The club are hoping to make around €300 million this summer in order to fund the rebuild of the team that includes Frenkie de Jong and potentially club mate Matthijs de Ligt.
Which of the seven will Barca sell?
Topics: Denis Suarez, Andre Gomes, Football News, Barcelona, Transfer stories, Philippe Coutinho, Transfer rumours, Rafinha, Malcom, Jasper Cillessen, Transfer news, Spanish football, La Liga
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Home » News » Racing Project Finalised & Qualifications Endorsed
Racing Project Finalised & Qualifications Endorsed
The qualifications, skill sets and units of competency that were reviewed and developed as part of the Racing Project are now published on training.gov.au. It follows submission from the Racing and Breeding Industry Reference Committee and endorsement by the Australian Industry and Skills Committee (AISC) at their meeting on 5 June 2018.
The new and revised racing qualifications, skill sets and units are published within the RGR Racing and Breeding Training Package version 2.0 (published on 05/07/2018).
What does this mean for training providers?
Registered training organisations (RTOs) may now apply to have the new qualifications, skill sets and units added to their scope of registration. RTOs who already have the qualifications, skill sets and units that have been updated as part of this endorsement have 12 months to transition to delivering the updated qualifications, skill sets and units, from the date of publish. For more information, visit the Australian Skills Quality Authority (ASQA) website.
A Companion Volume Implementation Guide has also been produced to help training providers implement the new and revised qualifications, skill sets and units. These can be downloaded from the project webpage (linked below) or VETNet.com.
Summary of project outcomes
Stakeholder advice and feedback received during the consultation of the project resulted in the review of the following components.
13 qualifications
109 units of competency
15 units have been deleted, feedback from industry was that they are not required, or they are not used in any of the revised qualifications, or they have been replaced by another unit.
4 units were merged to become 2 new units.
34 Skill Sets (11 new and 23 revised)
Further information about the project is available via the button linked below.
View project webpage and provide feedback
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Overgrown brush guards the roadsides of Bohemian Highway. Tall redwood trees stand silently to the side, casting shadows on the ground below. Light dapples the ground in sparse patches, creating patterns of motion that trick the eye. Dense shrubs hide road signs and driveways, but what else might lurk by the edge of the forests? Who else might be carefully studying us, as we go about our daily lives?
As you drive through Camp Meeker, it is impossible to miss the sign that reads Bigfoot Crossing. A giant statue of the mythical ape-like creature sits atop the hill, guarding the territory known to belong to Bigfoot. Skeptics abound but anyone who lives nearby will have to admit to extraordinary events taking place not far from the statue. Trees breaking, loud cries in the night, and the lurking sense of being watched have all been reported. Not everything is quite as picturesque as it seems, and the cause cannot be simply brushed aside as legend.
Sasquatch lurking in Sonoma County may seem far-fetched, but the legend of this creature first began not too far away. The Sasquatch of Sonoma County has remained fairly quiet for some time, with most reports dating back to the 1980s. This all changed beginning in 2017 when Bigfoot was caught on video attempting to steal a pig from a Northern California farm. While reports remained sparse, the evidence was clear. Sonoma County has had its own Sasquatch for quite some time, hiding amongst the Redwoods and keeping an eye on visitors to the forest. The creature seems to know it will be accepted and allowed freedom to roam in the quiet landscape, with plenty of trees to hide away amongst. For several years he has stayed out of sight, perhaps spending his days hidden by the banks of the Russian River, or in the Old Redwood Groves of Armstrong Woods.
However, a recent increase in bizarre happenings has been linked to a reappearance of Bigfoot.
“I was inspecting the ziplines early in the morning, and I stopped to check the emergency bags. Something big was moving through the brush below the tree. There was all this cracking and breaking, so I knew it wasn’t anything small, but when I radioed down, they hadn’t been in that area. I’m not one to jump to conclusions, but after something like that, you have to wonder…” – Anonymous Sonoma Canopy Tours Zipline Guide
Even skeptics have noted the presence of odd footprints scattered along the Russian River and its adjoining streams. Red eyes, too high off the ground to be anything else, have been spotted by people driving at night, or during the early morning. Lest this seems like sparse evidence to you, below are recounted some more recent reports (anonymously posted for privacy) of our historic and missing Bigfoot’s reappearance.
“We hike a lot of the same paths consistently, so you notice any small changes. This morning when I was walking up, there was a long set of footprints leading across the road. They were enormous and heavyset, not like anything I had seen on the trails before… Something else is out here.” – Anonymous Alliance Redwoods Naturalist
“I was walking down the hill after a night tour, and there was something ahead on the road. It must have been at least six feet tall. Even with how dark it was, the eyes glowed red. It stared at me, and when it moved off it ambled through the woods, moving really fast.” – Anonymous Sonoma Canopy Tours Zipline Guide
“I was hiking around lunchtime, and there are a lot of nice streams in the area. I stopped to sit and have lunch, and I spotted a large figure just up the hill, retreating into the brush. It was way too big to be human, and it blended into the brush as it went…I’m not the kind to lose my head about things, but I hadn’t experienced this type of strangeness in a very long time.” – Anonymous Sonoma County Wilderness Enthusiast
While some may view these reports as inconclusive or simple weird mishaps, the writing is on the wall for anyone who is willing to see it. It is time to prove, once and for all, that this amazing enigma truly exists.
Bigfoot is back in full force.
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RMAF 2019: Speakers
Written by Brent Butterworth Brent Butterworth
Parent Category: Shows-Events Shows-Events
Created: 07 September 2019 07 September 2019
The 2019 Rocky Mountain Audio Fest kicked off with a press day on Thursday, September 6, and three days of general admission to follow. I was able to fly up from Los Angeles for only a very abbreviated, roughly six-hour visit, but I was able to see several notable product launches -- although I know I missed a couple of them, too.
This year, the event moved from its longtime home in the Denver Marriott Tech Center hotel to the new Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center near Denver International Airport. The facilities were beautiful, if sprawling, but I thought the rooms were rather small. In a couple of cases -- including the new Revel PerformaBe F226Be, a version of the Performa3 F206 tower speaker upgraded with a beryllium tweeter and other tweaks -- the rooms were so packed with showgoers that I couldn’t even squeeze in to snap a picture.
Here are the new speakers I found at RMAF, with all prices listed in USD.
Elac’s Andrew Jones designed the new Debut Reference DBR62 ($500/pair) as an upscale version of the company’s popular Debut 2.0 B6.2 bookshelf speaker, to be sold through select dealers. Although the general configuration is similar to that of the B6.2, the DBR62 features upgraded drivers, a slot port instead of a round port, a new tweeter grille, and vastly more attractive finishes.
Klipsch’s Cornwall 4 ($5998/pair, left) and Heresy 4 ($2998/pair, right) are updated versions of speakers that originally launched in 1959 and 1957, respectively. Traditionally, the Heresy has been a sealed-box model that’s a little light on the bass. To pump up the bass a bit, Klipsch increased the speaker’s internal volume by making it a little taller, and also added a rear-firing port using similar geometry to the company’s Tractrix midrange and tweeter horns. “Before, you really needed a sub with it,” Klipsch’s Rob Standley told me, “but now it’s 50/50.” The Cornwall 4 substitutes three of the Tractrix ports for its previous slot ports; the advantage of the Tractrix ports is said to be lower port noise. Both models have new tweeters designed for broader dispersion.
The look of the Cornwall 4 and Heresy 4 has also changed, becoming simultaneously more modern and more retro. The retro part comes from a return to the 1950s-style script logos. The modern part comes from narrower bezels surrounding the grilles, which make the speakers look a little sleeker.
The mild changes to MartinLogan’s Motion speaker line feel more like a refresh than a relaunch. The Motion 35XTi ($1299.98/pair) you see here differs from the original 35XT only in ways that a company rep described to me as “housekeeping”: a new dustcap for the woofer, a new tweeter grille, crossover tweaks, new finishes, and a restyled grille.
The Polk Audio Legend L800 is the first new speaker since 1997 to use the company’s SDA (Stereo Dimensional Array) technology. Priced at $6000/pair, it was designed by Stu Lumsden, a recently retired Polk engineer who worked on the original SDA models with company founder Matthew Polk. Each speaker has two 10" woofers, and two midrange-tweeter arrays, each with a 4.5" midrange and a 1" tweeter. The inside arrays function as standard stereo speakers, while the outside arrays use filtered and phase-shifted signals from the other channel to acoustically cancel interaural crosstalk (leakage of the left speaker into the right ear and the right speaker into the left ear), which results in a much broader stereo soundstage. A cable connects between the speakers to facilitate this. The Legend line will also offer an additional tower speaker, two bookshelf speakers, a center speaker, and an Atmos-enabled height module, although the L800 is the only model to feature SDA.
PS Audio’s AN3 will be the company’s first speaker. It’s designed by speaker engineer Chris Brunhaver, based on concepts originated by late Genesis Audio co-founder Arnie Nudell. It’s expected to sell for $15,000 to $20,000/pair when it ships next spring. Interestingly, the speaker’s designed so it can be shipped by FedEx: the side panels pop off and the top section separates from the bottom subwoofer section, which means each speaker can ship in three relatively small boxes. Various colors of grilles and side panels will be available.
Each AN3 incorporates a built-in subwoofer and a 700W amp in its lower section, with two 5.25" midrange-woofers, a large midrange ribbon, and a ribbon tweeter in the upper section. The AN3 will be the smallest and least expensive model in the new line, with AN1 and AN2 models also planned.
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Senior Editor, SoundStage!
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Will these 'Hog Mollies' transform the Giants' O-line in 2018?
Jul 16, 2018 | 6:15PM
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Burrow admits Odell was giving out real money to players
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George Young elected to Pro Football Hall of Fame
Tight ends coach Lunda Wells leaving Giants for Cowboys
Sources weigh in on who Judge is considering for OC
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Belichick, Saban praise Giants new head coach Judge
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GM Dave Gettleman added fresh faces like Nate Solder, Will Hernandez
By Scott Thompson | Jul 16, 2018 | 6:15PM
This is the first installment of Giants position previews for the upcoming 2018 season. This will be an in-depth look at each position heading into training camp that begins on July 25th.
LT: Nate Solder (PPF Grade: 75.7), Chad Wheeler
LG: Will Hernandez (PFF College Grade: 91.4), John Greco
C: Brett Jones (PFF Grade: 63.9), Jon Halapio, Evan Brown
RG: Patrick Omameh (PFF Grade: 53.6), John Jerry
RT: Ereck Flowers (PFF Grade: 51.5), Nick Becton
ON THE BUBBLE: Malcolm Bunche, Kristjan Sokoli, Zac Kerin, Nick Gates
KEY LOSSES: Justin Pugh, Weston Richburg, D.J. Fluker, Bobby Hart
Here's a good synopsis of the Giants' offensive line play last season: It was really bad.
But what did now-former GM Jerry Reese think was going to happen? He didn't make any changes to the unit after an awful 2016 season, but said progress was made and things would turn around because of hardwork he saw in the building before training camp.
Well, that hard work and dedication clearly didn't work out. For starter, Ereck Flowers was one of those players looking to prove he was worthy of a first-round choice. But it was more of the same from the Miami product as he continued to show inadequacy at the left tackle position all season long.
The same went for the rest of the line. Next to Flowers was Justin Pugh, and though he was normally a reliable option in the past, he posted a 52.4 overall Pro Football Focus rating last season. Siding with Pugh, he was asked to jump around the line as the Giants tried to figure out a lineup that would work. He was playing left guard and right tackle for most of the year.
At center, Brett Jones was asked to take over for Weston Richburg, whose concussion issues had him only see four games on the field. Jones held his own, but throwing an undrafted center in the mix didn't do much to help the line.
That leaves John Jerry and whoever the Giants decided to put at right tackle. Bobby Hart got the nod to start the season, but he was horrendous on that right side with a 37.7 PFF grade on the year. Chad Wheeler made appearances as well, but was effective.
So, Reese's proclamation that the O-line would come through fooled no one as they were lackluster from start to finish. The run game was poor because of no open holes, and Eli Manning was getting the ball off as fast as it was snapped to him to keep himself off the IR.
This group was set up to fail once again, and is one of the reasons Reese's office was cleaned out before the regular season ended.
Biggest Question Heading Into Camp: Will Flowers revive his career at right tackle?
When new GM Dave Gettleman was named to his post with the Giants this offseason, one of his first quotable moments was saying how much he loved his "Hog Mollies." Gettleman knew this offensive line needed fixing and he did just that.
Gettleman made LT Nate Solder the highest paid offensive lineman in the game with a four-year, $62 million contract. And that not only was a big splash in free agency, but it also kicked Flowers out of the left side.
He will now compete for the right tackle position, but there doesn't seem to be any competition to begin with. Wheeler will be there during camp, but Flowers should be able to easily come away with the starting role.
So, can Flowers show the Giants -- who declined the fifth-year option on his rookie contract -- that he was worthy of their No. 9 overall pick in 2015? Most teams scouted Flowers as a right tackle, and even as a guard because of his run-blocking skills. But New York took a chance with him at left tackle, and that move failed miserably.
Flowers' time with the Giants is on its last leg, but maybe (probably not) he can somehow changed their mind with better play on the right side this season. It will tell immediately if the shift on the line worked during training camp.
With Pugh, Richburg, Fluker, and Hart all allowed to sign with different teams this offseason, Gettleman had to get down to business.
Solder wasn't the only acquisition Gettleman as he looked to revive the entire line. Former Jaguar Patrick Omameh was scooped up in free agency, and the Giants landed UTEP G Will Hernandez in the second round, a player Gettleman and company gave a first-round grade heading into the draft.
Hernandez will likely work alongside Solder, and Omameh could easily win the right guard slot next to Flowers. All three of these Hog Mollies should be an obvious upgrade when the season kicks off.
But, Giants fans, don't give in that easy.
The Giants haven't made any Reese-like predictions about their line play, but the tone is it will be worlds better based on these new acquisitions. But, looking at the numbers, Solder allowed his most penalty yards as a Patriot with 80 last season. Omameh wasn't anything special with the Jaguars, and Flowers' transition is a huge question mark.
So, I'm not sold on this group yet despite massive reinforcement on paper. And if one of these five starters gets injured, just pray Manning doesn't find turf in his helmet every other play with depth a major downside.
Seeing Manning comfortable in the pocket, and having some holes for Saquon Barkley to run through will ease my suspicion if it happens early enough. But the Giants better hope this group can perform consistently this year.
The offense will go as they go.
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Tags: Adam Bisnowaty, Bobby Hart, Brett Jones, Ereck Flowers, John Jerry, Justin Pugh, Weston Richburg, Scott Thompson
Giants hire Burton Burns as running backs coach
Burns was Alabama's RB coach from 2007 until 2018
By Colin Martin | Jan 17 | 10:00PM
Nov 24, 2019; Chicago, IL, USA; A detailed view of the New York Giants helmet during the second half against the Chicago Bears at Soldier Field. Mandatory Credit: Mike DiNovo-USA TODAY Sports (Mike Dinovo)
The Giants have hired Burton Burns as their new running backs coach, according to Alex Marvez of Sirius XM NFL Radio.
Burns, 67, was the associate head coach and running backs coach at Alabama from 2007 until 2018.
His ties to Giants head coach Joe Judge go back to Alabama, where Judge was a special teams assistant from 2009 to 2011.
7 things to know about Giants' new offensive coordinator Jason Garrett
Garrett played for the Giants from 2000-03
By Alex Smith | Jan 17 | 9:13PM
Dec 15, 2019; Arlington, TX, USA; Dallas Cowboys head coach Jason Garrett on the sidelines during the fourth quarter against the Los Angeles Rams at AT&T Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Matthew Emmons-USA TODAY Sports
The Giants added an experienced former head coach to Joe Judge's staff on Friday, hiring Jason Garrett as the team's offensive coordinator.
Giants fans likely know all about Garrett's tenure as Cowboys head coach, as he went 85-67 over 10 seasons with Dallas.
But here are some things you may not know about the Giants' new OC ...
- Garrett, 53, was born in Abington, PA. He spent time growing up in Ohio and New Jersey, before playing quarterback at Princeton University, where he majored in history. In 1988, Garrett was named the Ivy League Player of the Year.
Why Jason Garrett is an inspired choice to join Joe Judge's staff with Giants
Garrett is a perfect fit as Giants' OC
By Ralph Vacchiano | Jan 17 | 8:16PM
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The Giants bosses thought enough of Jason Garrett that they planned to interview him for their head coaching job last week. They always knew he'd be tough to sell to their fan base, though.
Selling him as their new offensive coordinator is going to be a lot easier. And it makes much more sense.
Former Cowboys head coach Jason Garrett has agreed to become Giants' offensive coordinator
Garrett was 85-67 over 10 seasons with the Cowboys
Nov 17, 2019; Detroit, MI, USA; Dallas Cowboys head coach Jason Garrett smiles before the game against the Detroit Lions at Ford Field. Mandatory Credit: Raj Mehta-USA TODAY Sports (Raj Mehta)
Former Dallas Cowboys head coach Jason Garrett has agreed to become the Giants offensive coordinator, SNY's Ralph Vacchiano has confirmed.
The news was first reported by ESPN's Ed Werder, and later made official by the team. The Giants also offically announced Patrick Graham as assistant head coach/defensive coordinator and Thomas McGaughey as special teams coordinator.
Garrett was let go by the Cowboys on Jan. 5 after going 85-67 over 10 seasons as the team's head coach, and his contract officially expired on January 14.
Sportsbook places odds on whether Odell Beckham Jr. will be sentenced to jail in 2020
Beckham was issued an arrest warrant for simple battery on a police officer
Jan 13, 2020; New Orleans, Louisiana, USA; LSU Tigers former player Odell Beckham, Jr. in attendance before the College Football Playoff national championship game against the Clemson Tigers at Mercedes-Benz Superdome. Mandatory Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports (Mark J. Rebilas)
On Thursday morning, the New Orleans Police Department confirmed to ESPN that an arrest warrant was issued to former Giants wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr., accusing him of simple battery of a police officer.
Beckham was in New Orleans on Monday night to attend the College Football Playoff National Championship, and was seen handing out money to LSU players while celebrating with the team after the game.
While celebrating with the team in the locker room, Beckham was also seen slapping a male police officer on the butt. And now some sportsbooks have released odds on Beckham being fined for battery or even being sentenced to jail time in 2020.
Tags: Odell Beckham Jr.
Former Giants head coach Ben McAdoo interviews with Panthers, Jaguars
McAdoo was Giants OC from 2014-2015 and head coach from 2016-2017
By Coby Green | Jan 17 | 10:22AM
Nov 19, 2017; East Rutherford, NJ, USA; New York Giants head coach Ben McAdoo adjusts his headset during the second quarter against the Kansas City Chiefs at MetLife Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Brad Penner-USA TODAY Sports (Brad Penner)
Former Giants head coach Ben McAdoo has interviewed for with the Panthers and Jaguars this week as he looks to return to an NFL sideline for the first time since 2017.
The Athletic's Joe Person reported Thursday that new Panthers head coach Matt Rhule brought in McAdoo to interview for an unspecified role. Former LSU passing game coordinator Joe Brady has already been brought on as the new Carolina offensive coordinator.
However, according to NFL Network's Ian Rapoport, McAdoo met with the Jaguars this week specifically about their offensive coordinator position. Jacksonville fired fromer OC John DeFilippo after one year with the team.
Latest on Giants' offensive coordinator search: Scott Linehan is in the mix
Joe Judge has wasted no time in assembling his staff
Sep 16, 2018; Arlington, TX, USA; Dallas Cowboys offensive coordinator Scott Linehan on the field before the game against the New York Giants at AT&T Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Tim Heitman-USA TODAY Sports (Tim Heitman)
The Giants' search for assistants to fill out Joe Judge's staff is ongoing. Here's the latest on the offensive coordinator job...
Jan. 17, 8:45 AM:
Former Cowboys offensive coordinator Scott Linehan will be interviewing with the Giants this weekend, reports Chris Mortensen.
Darius Slayton reacts to Giants' hiring of Joe Judge
The rookie WR had 48 receptions for 740 yards and eight touchdowns in 2019
Dec 9, 2019; Philadelphia, PA, USA; New York Giants wide receiver Darius Slayton (86) runs for a touchdown past Philadelphia Eagles free safety Rodney McLeod (23) during the second quarter at Lincoln Financial Field. Mandatory Credit: Bill Streicher-USA TODAY Sports (Bill Streicher)
Darius Slayton had exactly the same reaction as almost everyone else when he heard the Giants new head coach was going to be Joe Judge.
"Yeah, I had not heard of him prior to the Giants hiring him," Slayton told SNY in an interview on Thursday. "But you know he's coming from a really good organization. Everybody I've heard speak about him has glowing things to say about him, so I'm sure he'll be a good guy for the job."
Tags: Daniel Jones, Darius Slayton, Evan Engram, Golden Tate, Saquon Barkley, Sterling Shepard, Ralph Vacchiano
New Orleans police issue arrest warrant for former Giants WR Odell Beckham Jr.
Beckham is being accused of simple battery of police officer
Odell Beckham Jr. (Mark J. Rebilas)
Odell Beckham Jr. is already in trouble with LSU and the NCAA for handing out wads of cash to players after the NCAA football championship on Monday night.
Now he's in trouble with police, too.
An arrest warrant was issued for the former Giants receiver on Thursday morning, the New Orleans Police Department confirmed to ESPN, accusing Beckham of simple battery of a police officer. The charge is based on a video that showed him slapping a male officer on the butt in LSU's post-game locker room.
Tags: Odell Beckham Jr., Ralph Vacchiano
Sources: Bills denied Giants permission to interview offensive coordinator Brian Daboll
Daboll has worked well with Bills QB Josh Allen
By Ralph Vacchiano | Jan 15 | 10:03PM
Oct 29, 2018; Orchard Park, NY, USA; Buffalo Bills offensive coordinator Brian Daboll before a game against the New England Patriots at New Era Field. Mandatory Credit: Timothy T. Ludwig-USA TODAY Sports (Timothy T. Ludwig)
Joe Judge seems likely to hire an experienced offensive coordinator, and it might turn out to be Jason Garrett. But the new Giants coach had hoped to talk to Buffalo Bills offensive coordinator Brian Daboll about the job first.
The 44-year-old Daboll, who was on the New England Patriots staff with Judge from 2013-16, was high atop Judge's wish list when he was hired by the Giants, multiple sources told SNY. The Giants requested permission for Judge to interview Daboll, the sources said, but that permission was denied by the Bills.
That wasn't surprising, considering it would've been a lateral move for Daboll, who was a big part of why the Bills finished 10-6 this past season and made the playoffs for just the second time in the last 20 years. He's also earned rave reviews for his work with second-year quarterback Josh Allen. Daboll was so highly regarded that he interviewed for the Cleveland Browns head coaching job last week, and was reportedly a "sleeper" candidate before they hired Vikings offensive coordinator Kevin Stefanski instead.
LSU's Joe Burrow admits former Giants WR Odell Beckham Jr. was giving out real money to players
OBJ gave money to two Tiger juniors that haven't declared for 2020 NFL Draft
Former Giants WR Odell Beckham Jr. wants the media to leave him alone, yet he found himself in the spotlight yet again following the National Championship where his alma mater LSU Tigers came away victorious.
Beckham, who was joined by LSU and Browns teammate Jarvis Landry among other former Tigers players, was able to celebrate with the team on the field and in the locker room after the game. And during that celebration, Beckham was seen handing out cash to players as he shook their hands for winning the contest over Clemson.
LSU was quick to say the money was fake, but their Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback Joe Burrow killed that claim during the latest episode of Barstool Sports' Pardon My Take.
Giants part ways with more Pat Shurmur staffers, including OLB coach Mike Dawson
DB coach Everett Withers, Off. assistant Ryan Roeder won't be retained either
A general view of a New York Giants helmet on the turf before the game against the Denver Broncos at Sports Authority Field at Mile High. (Isaiah J. Downing-USA TODAY Sports)
The main news coming from the Giants facility Wednesday is that former Cowboys head coach Jason Garrett is in the building to interview for the offensive coordinator job, but that wasn't the only information coming out of East Rutherford.
The Giants let go of outside linebackers coach Mike Dawson, defensive backs coach Evertt Withers and offensive assistant Ryan Roeder, according to The Athletic's Dan Duggan. These coaches join the likes of tight ends coach Lunda Wells, inside linebackers coach Bill McGovern, and others as those who have left as new head coach Joe Judge builds his own staff.
The remaining coaches from Pat Shurmur's staff include running backs coach Craig Johnson, offensive line coach Hal Hunter, assistant offensive line coach Ben Wilkerson, defensive assistant Bobby Blick and special teams assistants Tom Quinn and Anthony Blevins.
George Young, who resurrected Giants franchise, elected to Pro Football Hall of Fame
As GM, Young brought the Giants Phil Simms, Lawrence Taylor, Carl Banks, and Bill Parcells
By Ralph Vacchiano | Jan 15 | 9:52AM
A general view of an NFL game between the New York Giants and Jacksonville Jaguars during the first half at MetLife Stadium. (Danny Wild)
The man who helped resurrect the Giants franchise and built their first two Super Bowl champions will finally take his long-overdue place in the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
The late George Young, the general manager of the Giants in the 1980s and '90s, was selected to the Hall's special "Centennial Class" of 2020 on Wednesday morning. He was chosen by a "blue ribbon" panel as one of three "contributors" in what will be a monster, 20-person class when he's officially inducted later this year.
"George Young's career is the very definition of a Hall of Famer," said former Giants GM Ernie Accorsi, who was Young's assistant and later his successor. "There isn't a day that goes by that I don't think of George or something I learned from him. The only bittersweet part is that he's not here."
Wells' status was up in the air with Joe Judge still assembling his staff
By Danny Abriano | Jan 15 | 9:04AM
Oct 15, 2017; Denver, CO, USA; A general view of a New York Giants helmet on the turf before the game against the Denver Broncos at Sports Authority Field at Mile High. Mandatory Credit: Isaiah J. Downing-USA TODAY Sports (Isaiah J. Downing)
Giants tight ends coach Lunda Wells, whose status with the team was up in the air with new head coach Joe Judge still assembling his staff, is leaving to become the tight ends coach for the Cowboys, SNY's Ralph Vacchiano reported Wednesday.
The 36-year-old Wells had been with the Giants since 2012.
His first role with the Giants was as an offensive assistant in 2012. He then served as their assistant offensive line coach from 2013-2017 before becoming tight ends coach prior to the 2018 season.
Sources weigh in on who Joe Judge is considering for Giants' OC job
Could Jason Garrett have a Big Blue reunion? What does Mike Shula have to prove?
Jason Garrett/Mike Shula
The Giants have given new head coach Joe Judge the freedom to choose his own assistants, though his bosses have certainly made their preference for an experienced staff clear. John Mara even said publicly that "having experienced people on both sides of the ball is going to be critical," and that an assistant with head coaching experience "would be great," too.
Judge didn't meet that criteria when he hired Patrick Graham as his defensive coordinator. That's why his next big hire -- offensive coordinator -- will be so interesting to watch.
There are many experienced candidates available for the 38-year-old Judge, including a few that sources say he is considering. It's unknown whom he plans to hire, or if he feels any pressure to bring in someone with head coaching experience. But it's expected that his choice will become clear by the end of the week.
Sources: New Giants DC Patrick Graham will also be their assistant head coach
One former Giants player called Graham a 'commanding leader' and a 'big presence'
Patrick Graham (Mark Hoffman)
Patrick Graham isn't just going to be the Giants' defensive coordinator. He's going to be their assistant head coach, too.
The 40-year-old has been given both those titles by new Giants head coach Joe Judge, according to multiple sources. That's not only a sign of the respect Judge has for his new top assistant, but it also explains why he wasn't blocked from leaving his job as defensive coordinator of the Miami Dolphins. They couldn't block Graham from leaving for a job that is technically a promotion.
Graham also will likely get a raise over the normal salary for a defensive coordinator, though the terms of his deal with the Giants were not available. It's also unclear what other duties Judge will give his "assistant head coach."
The 17th overall pick proved to be a solid interior force this season
Sep 22, 2019; Tampa, FL, USA; New York Giants defensive tackle Dexter Lawrence (97) celebrates after sacking Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Jameis Winston (not pictured) during the second half at Raymond James Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Kim Klement-USA TODAY Sports (Kim Klement)
The Pro Football Writers of America have released their All-Rookie Team for the 2019-20 season, and one Giant has made the list.
DL Dexter Lawrence, the 17th overall pick by New York in the 2019 NFL Draft, has made the cut after a solid rookie season.
Lawrence was actually Pro Football Focus' top-graded rookie after the first six weeks. He had totaled two sacks, a forced fumble and two tackles for loss in those contests.
Tags: Dexter Lawrence
Did Clemson's Isaiah Simmons play his way into Giants' 2020 NFL Draft plans Monday night?
The versatile Tigers linebacker boosted his draft stock in the National Championship
Jan 13, 2020; New Orleans, Louisiana, USA; Clemson Tigers linebacker Isaiah Simmons (11) in the College Football Playoff national championship game at Mercedes-Benz Superdome. Mandatory Credit: John David Mercer-USA TODAY Sports (John David Mercer)
The LSU Tigers may have been crowned national champions down in New Orleans Monday night, but Clemson LB Isaiah Simmons was also a winner in terms of draft stock.
And that stock might have boosted all the way up to the Giants at No. 4.
Simmons was electric for Clemson's defense, setting the tone early by getting to LSU's Heisman Trophy-winning QB Joe Burrow. Overall, he had seven tackles -- two for loss -- a sack, and two passes defended.
Tags: Alec Ogletree, Scott Thompson
Giants won't bring back LB coach Bill McGovern, DL coach Gary Emanuel
Freddie Roach steps in for Emanuel, but who will McGovern's replacement be?
Oct 15, 2017; Denver, CO, USA; New York Giants linebackers coach Bill McGovern before the game against the Denver Broncos at Sports Authority Field at Mile High. Mandatory Credit: Isaiah J. Downing-USA TODAY Sports (Isaiah J. Downing)
The Giants will not be bringing back linebackers coach Bill McGovern or defensive line coach Gary Emanuel next season, per The Post's Ryan Dunleavy.
Moving on from Emanuel was a given after new head coach Joe Judge brought on Ole Miss defensive line coach Freddie Roach on Monday. This will be his first NFL coaching job after spending time with Alabama along with Ole Miss, which is how the two coaches have a connection.
As for McGovern, it does make sense to get a breath of fresh air at linebackers coach. This unit has been sub-par for a few years now, and Judge recognized that. New defensive coordinator Patrick Graham also has a history as a linebackers coach.
Blueprint for how the Giants should handle their important 2020 offseason
Dave Gettleman and Joe Judge have a 'daunting task' ahead of them as they prepare for an organizational rebuild
Now that the Giants have finally conceded they really are rebuilding, new head coach Joe Judge faces what John Mara called "a daunting task." And that's not just because he's a 38-year-old, first-time head coach, either.
It's because the Giants went 9-23 over the last two years and could look very different by the time they hit the field for the start of next season. They do have a few good, young pieces to build around, but the reality is they still have plenty of holes.
To fill them, both Judge and GM Dave Gettleman swear it'll be a "collaborative" effort -- that they'll work together, and that their philosophy on how to build an "old school" team is already perfectly aligned. That remains to be seen, of course. But in case they need any help in getting started, here's a blueprint for them to quickly make the Giants a contender again:
Tags: Alec Ogletree, B.J. Hill, Dalvin Tomlinson, Dexter Lawrence, Kevin Zeitler, Leonard Williams, Markus Golden, Nate Solder, Ryan Connelly, Will Hernandez, Ralph Vacchiano
Giants expected to hire QB coach Jerry Schuplinski, who helped mold Jimmy Garoppolo
Schuplinski was on the same Patriots staff as Giants head coach Joe Judge from 2013-18
Nov 12, 2017; Denver, CO, USA; New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady (12) talks with assistant quarterbacks coach Jerry Schuplinski before the game against the Denver Broncos at Sports Authority Field at Mile High. Mandatory Credit: Isaiah J. Downing-USA TODAY Sports (Isaiah J. Downing)
Jerry Schuplinski is expected to be hired as the Giants' new quarterbacks coach, reports Mike Garafolo of the NFL Network.
Schuplinski coached with the Patriots during the same time as new Giants head coach Joe Judge. From 2013-18, he first served as an offensive assistant and then as their assistant quarterbacks coach.
He spent the 2019 season with the Dolphins as their assistant quarterbacks coach.
Roach coached on the same staff as Joe Judge at Alabama
The Giants are hiring Freddie Roach to be their defensive line coach, SNY's Ralph Vacchiano confirmed.
This will be Roach's first NFL coaching job. He served as the defensive line coach at Ole Miss for the last three seasons.
Roach has also coached at Alabama, with his time there overlapping new Giants head coach Joe Judge's tenure there as a special teams assistant from 2009-2011.
How Joe Judge almost missed his Giants head coach interview
Judge was introduced last Thursday as New York's new leader
Jan 9, 2020; East Rutherford, New Jersey, USA; Introductory press conference of New York Giants new head coach Joe Judge at MetLife Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Danielle Parhizkaran-USA TODAY Sports (Danielle Parhizkaran)
Before he was ultimately hired by the Giants as head coach, Joe Judge nearly missed his interview for the job.
Judge opened up on his hectic process, interviewing with Mississippi State before he did the same for the Giants, in Peter King's Football Morning in America column.
Upon interviewing with the Giants last Monday morning, Judge got off at the wrong train station.
Jaguars fire John DeFilippo, adding potential candidate to Giants' offensive coordinator search
DeFilippo began his NFL coaching career with the Giants
By Danny Abriano | Jan 13 | 11:25AM
John DeFilippo (Kirby Lee)
As the Giants continue their search for a new offensive coordinator, the Jaguars have fired OC John DeFilippo, adding another potential candidate to the pool Big Blue was already considering.
The firing of DeFilippo was first reported by Ian Rapoport and Tom Pelissero of NFL Network.
According to Rapoport, the firing came as a surprise.
Graham's coaching journey started in New York
By Garrett Stepien | Jan 12 | 11:03PM
Patrick Graham, right, who coached linebackers the past two years, is the new Giants defensive line coach. Graham is pictured with Pats defensive coordiantor Matt Patricia. (Jim Dedmon-USA TODAY Sports) (Jim Dedmon)
New Giants head coach Joe Judge wasted no time in getting a key hire added to his coaching staff Sunday, when he reportedly brought Miami Dolphins defensive coordinator Patrick Graham aboard for the same position with New York.
Graham, who turns 41 on Jan. 24, joins Judge just three days after the Giants introduced the former New England Patriots assistant.
The two coached together under longtime Patriots head coach Bill Belichick from 2012-15, but perhaps Graham's Giants ties make for the more intriguing aspect of Judge's move to bring him on to run the defense.
Graham's Dolphins defense was ranked 30th in the NFL last season
The most important hire Joe Judge will make for his new Giants coaching staff will be his offensive coordinator, who will be entrusted with the development of franchise quarterback Daniel Jones. Perhaps nobody will end up being more important to the long-term success of the franchise.
His new defensive coordinator, though, could come close.
Patrick Graham, who spent last year as the Miami Dolphins defensive coordinator, will get that job with the Giants, a source confirmed, and will be entrusted with the growth of a very young and incredibly underachieving defense. That unit has been the real Achilles heel of the Giants the last three years, including two ugly seasons under outgoing defensive coordinator James Bettcher.
Former Giants HC Pat Shurmur expected to be next Broncos offensive coordinator
Broncos move quick to get Drew Lock a new play caller
Dec 15, 2019; East Rutherford, NJ, USA; New York Giants head coach Pat Shurmur coaches against the Miami Dolphins during the third quarter at MetLife Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Brad Penner-USA TODAY Sports
Former Giants head coach Pat Shurmur is expected to be the next offensive coordinator of the Denver Broncos, NFL Network's Mike Garafolo reported and SNY's Ralph Vacchiano confirmed.
SNY sources say Shurmur had several options, but the Broncos made a big push because they really wanted an experienced play-caller.
The Vikings, Browns and Bears had reported interest in Shurmur, but it look like he'll be heading to Denver.
The latest on the Giants defensive coordinator search: New York hires Patrick Graham
Who will lead the Giants defense under Joe Judge?
The Giants are searching for their next defensive coordinator under Joe Judge. Here is the latest on potential candidates for the job...
Jan 12, 5:36 PM:
The Giants are hiring former Miami Dolphins DC Patrick Graham for their defensive coordinator role, according to NFL Network's Tom Pelissero.
Graham becomes Joe Judge's first big hire as head coach. The Dolphins are reportedly expected to promote cornerbacks coach Josh Boyer to DC.
Source: Former Giants head coach Pat Shurmur expected to be Vikings OC candidate
Shurmur may see a look from the Browns as well
By Scott Thompson | Jan 12 | 2:39PM
Dec 15, 2019; East Rutherford, NJ, USA; New York Giants head coach Pat Shurmur coaches against the Miami Dolphins during the second quarter at MetLife Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Brad Penner-USA TODAY Sports
With Vikings OC Kevin Stefanski accepting the Browns' head coach position on Sunday, former Giants head coach Pat Shurmur could be finding his way back to Minnesota next season.
SNY's Ralph Vacchiano is hearing from a source that Shurmur is expected to be a candidate to fill Stefanski's role as the team's offensive coordinator. It's the same role that he held with the Vikings in 2017 before he became the Giants' head coach.
If Shurmur were to return to an offensive coordinator job after serving as a head coach, it would be the second time he's done so. He joined the Browns in 2011 as their new head coach, but would only last two seasons. He, then, went to Philadelphia to become the Eagles' offensive coordinator for three seasons.
Joe Judge to keep Tyke Tolbert as Giants WR coach
Tolbert joined Giants under Pat Shurmur
Giants head coach Joe Judge is getting his roster of coaches together on his staff, but at least one will be an in-house hire.
According to NFL Network's Ian Rapoport, the Giants will retain wide receivers coach Tyke Tolbert under Judge.
Former Giants coach Pat Shurmur brought Tolbert to the Giants in 2018 when he was first hired by the team.
Giants' RB Saquon Barkley is changing his offsesaon approach this year
"I took off last year. I'm not taking off this year," Barkley said
By Corey Hersch | Jan 11 | 10:09AM
Nov 24, 2019; Chicago, IL, USA; New York Giants running back Saquon Barkley (26) runs in the second against Chicago Bears cornerback Kyle Fuller (23) at Soldier Field. Mandatory Credit: Quinn Harris-USA TODAY Sports (Quinn Harris)
After a combined nine wins in his first two NFL seasons, there's no doubt Saquon Barkley wants to help lead the Giants out of the rut in which they're currently stuck.
After a rookie season which saw him lead the league with 2028 yards from scrimmage, the Penn State product finished the season with 1003 rushing yards, despite missing three games with an ankle injury.
That injury was initially expected to keep him out for longer, but Barkley wowed the Giants medical team to return much faster than anticipated.
Tags: Saquon Barkley
Giants co-owner John Mara discusses Eli manning's potential future within the organization
Manning has been with the Giants for his entire 16 year career
The 2019 season was widely expected to be the final one in Eli Manning's career, but the 16-year veteran quarterback has yet to make a decision on his future and has left the door open to possibly coming back.
Giants co-owner John Mara spoke to WFAN early Friday morning and said that although Manning's role as starting quarterback is over (with the ascension of Daniel Jones), there are still other options available for him to stick around.
"I haven't closed any doors on that," Mara said about Manning finding another role within the organization during an appearance on WFAN's Moose and Maggie Show. "Eli came to see me a few days ago, and we had a nice, long talk, but I don't think he's fully decided yet what he wants to do. And I've told him just take his time, think about it some more and then come back and see me again."
Tags: Daniel Jones, Eli Manning
Giants gave head coach Joe Judge a five-year deal: Report
Judge was introduced on Thursday at MetLife Stadium
New head coach Joe Judge's contract with the Giants is for five years, reports Adam Schefter of ESPN.
The financial details of the contract have not yet been reported.
Judge, 38, was introduced on Thursday at MetLife Stadium, with John Mara saying Judge's interview was perhaps the best he's ever been a part of and Judge following that introduction with an intense and at times riveting press conference.
Joe Judge and Dave Gettleman are in philosophical alignment about building Giants' roster
"It's collaborative. We'll work through every situation."
By Ralph Vacchiano | Jan 9 | 4:57PM
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. - From the moment Dave Gettleman learned he wasn't fired, he vowed to do whatever his bosses wanted in the best interests of the team. If that meant giving up some of his power or even final say over personnel decisions, he said he'd do it.
In the end, he didn't have to. And it turns out, no one asked.
WATCH: Former Jets GM Mike Tannenbaum gives his thoughts on Giants' Joe Judge
Tannenbaum spoke with SNY's Jonas Schwartz
On Thursday, former Jets GM Mike Tannenbaum talked to SNY's Jonas Schwartz about the Giants new head coach Joe Judge, going over the challenges that Judge could face.
"Well I think that's really a big part of the interview process," Tannenbaum said. "I want to know what's your first 90 days like or what is it going to be like if Saquon Barkley doesn't show up on the first day of the voluntary offseason program? What's your message to him? Whats's your message to the team? What's your message to the media?"
10 of the best quotes Giants' Joe Judge gave during introductory press conference
'We'll play every play like it's a history in a life of its own with a relentless, competitive attitude'
By Danny Abriano and Scott Thompson | Jan 9 | 3:40PM
Giants head coach Joe Judge
There are many words you can use to describe how Joe Judge sounded during his introductory press conference as Giants head coach: intense, passionate, to-the-point, and inspiring are among them.
In fact, Judge looks like he's going to be a walking quote card during his tenure with the Giants, as he had some brilliant lines while making his opening remarks and answering questions from the media in attendance.
While there are a plethora to choose from, here are 10 of the best quotes from Judge that shed light on what type of man and coach the Giants have hired…
Winning games is the main goal -- and Judge knows it
Jan 9, 2020; East Rutherford, New Jersey, USA; New York Giants new head coach Joe Judge poses for photos after his press conference at MetLife Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Danielle Parhizkaran-USA TODAY Sports (Danielle Parhizkaran)
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. - Tom Coughlin had people wanting to run through a wall for him five minutes into his introductory press conference back in 2004. Three years later, he was nearly run out of town, one year before winning a Super Bowl.
Ben McAdoo was mocked for his goofy haircut and ill-fitting suit in 2016, then went 11-5 as a rookie head coach before the walls caved in one year later.
And two years ago, Pat Shurmur looked every bit the "adult" the Giants needed -- a mature, calm, football lifer. Two years later, he was out with a record of 9-23.
WATCH: SNY's Ralph Vacchiano goes 1-on-1 with Giants head coach Joe Judge
SNY NFL Insider Ralph Vacchiano chats with new Giants head coach Joe Judge about his process and plans for Big Blue.
Joe Judge on what his Giants will look like: 'That is blue collar, it's hard work, it's in your face'
'We will play aggressive. We'll punch you in the nose for 60 minutes'
By Danny Abriano | Jan 9 | 2:39PM
After being introduced by John Mara on Thursday as the new head coach of the Giants, Joe Judge hit the ground running, outlining exactly who he is and exactly how he'll coach the team during an incredibly intense, focused half hour press conference.
And Judge understood that one of the big questions coming into it was who he was. He asked that question and answered it during his opening remarks.
"What I'm about is an old school, physical mentality," Judge explained. "We're gonna put a product on the field that the people of this city and region are proud of. This team will represent this area. We will play fast. We will play downhill. We will play aggressive. We'll punch you in the nose for 60 minutes. We'll play every play like it's a history in a life of its own with a relentless, competitive attitude. We will play fundamentally sound, we will not beat ourselves."
Giants GM Dave Gettleman says Joe Judge will have say in personnel: 'It's going to be collaborative'
Gettleman also explained why he and Judge will mesh well
One of the biggest questions surrounding the hiring of Joe Judge as the Giants' next head coach is whether or not he'll have any say in the players he has on his 53-man roster.
And the reason behind that question is because of how old school GM Dave Gettleman is. But Gettleman doesn't understand where that comes from.
"It's going to be collaborative," Gettleman told reporters after Judge was officially introduced as the 19th head coach in franchise history on Thursday. "I don't understand where that notion comes from. It's got to be coming from people who have never worked with me."
John Mara explains why Giants chose Joe Judge, what happened with Matt Rhule
Mara: Judge is 'somebody who commands and demands respect'
Giants co-owner John Mara was sold on Joe Judge the second his interview to become head coach finished Monday afternoon. That's exactly what he said in his opening remarks to introduce Judge as the 19th head coach in franchise history.
After speaking with co-owner Steve Tisch on Tuesday morning, Mara said Tisch felt the exact same way. Tisch said "the more homework we did, the more Joe Judge's character stood out."
Reports surfaced that explained how Judge provided that wow factor in his interview, and Mara took it a step further with this remark:
Giants expected to speak with Freddie Kitchens about joining Joe Judge's staff
Kitchens, who was recently fired by Browns as HC, knows Judge from Miss St.
While breaking down who Joe Judge could add to his Giants coaching staff this season, SNY's Ralph Vacchiano pointed out the possibility that recently-fired Browns HC Freddie Kitchens could be a good match on the offensive side.
Vacchiano heard Kitchens coming up in some circles from his sources, and ESPN's Jordan Raanan followed that up this morning saying the Giants do expect to speak with Kitchens about a spot on their staff next season.
Kitchens lasted just one year as the Browns head coach after Cleveland failed to reach the high expectations placed on them. They ended up with a 6-10 mark for the season, and their offense -- full of weapons like Bradley Chubb, Odell Beckham Jr. and Jarvis Landry -- sputtered as the 22nd-ranked group in the NFL.
WATCH: Do people on the street know who Giants head coach Joe Judge is?
SNY went around and asked random people on the street who Joe Judge is, and some of the answers were pretty out there.
5 questions new Giants head coach Joe Judge should answer at introductory press conference
Why is he the right man for the job? Any thoughts on OC/DC?
Joe Judge and Bill Belichick (Mark J. Rebilas)
The Giants will be officially making Patriots special teams coordinator and wide receivers coach Joe Judge their 19th head coach in franchise history on Thursday, as he'll take the podium to introduce himself to the media at MetLife Stadium.
Giants co-owners John Mara and Steve Tisch as well as GM Dave Gettleman were quick to pivot to Judge after Baylor head coach Matt Rhule signed with the Panthers to fill their head coach vacancy. This came after Judge wowed the Giants in his interview on Monday, which convinced Giants brass that he was the guy for them.
However, Judge is still foreign to many Giants fans, who are still trying to figure out exactly who the 38-year-old is and what he brings to the table. And there's no better platform to fill in the blanks than this press conference.
Giants had plane waiting for Matt Rhule, who was leaning toward New York before Panthers' offer
The Panthers went to a seventh year to get the deal done
Jan 8, 2020; Charlotte, North Carolina, USA; Carolina Panthers new head coach Matt Ruhle holds up a jersey at Atrium Health Dome. Mandatory Credit: Jim Dedmon-USA TODAY Sports (Jim Dedmon)
It's no secret that Matt Rhule was the Giants' top candidate to fill their head coach vacancy. And the Panthers knew that when owner David Tepper, GM Marty Hurney and communications/external affairs director Steven Drummond traveled to Waco, TX to meet with Rhule on Monday.
The Athletic's Joseph Person chronicled the Panthers' journey that led to Rhule standing on a podium Wednesday to be introduced as the team's new head coach.
Instead of going to his home like the Panthers, Giants brass had a plane waiting for Rhule in Waco that was set to bring him to New York. Because of that, Tepper added on an extra year to his initial six-year offer, bringing it to seven years and a whopping $62 million.
Thomas McGaughey to stay on as Giants' special teams coordinator under Joe Judge
There will likely be turnover elsewhere on the coaching staff
New Giants head coach Joe Judge will have the freedom to choose his staff, and that staff will include Thomas McGaughey, who will be staying on as the special teams coordinator, SNY's Ralph Vacchiano confirmed.
McGaughey, 46, has been working in that capacity with the Giants since 2018, and oversaw a group in 2019 that was among the bright spots for a Giants team that went 4-12.
Before joining the Giants, McGaughey served as the special teams coordinator for the Panthers (2016-17), 49ers (2015), and Jets (2014). He has also served as an assistant special teams coordinator with the Giants (2007-10), Broncos (2005-06), and Chiefs (2002).
What are the Giants getting in the Patriots' special teams coordinator?
By Ralph Vacchiano | Jan 8 | 10:04PM
Dec 17, 2017; Pittsburgh, PA, USA; New England Patriots special teams coordinator Joe Judge reacts on the sidelines against the Pittsburgh Steelers during the fourth quarter at Heinz Field. The Patriots won 27-24. Mandatory Credit: Charles LeClaire-USA TODAY Sports (Charles LeClaire)
There were only five head coaching jobs available in the NFL this cycle in what even Giants co-owner John Mara called "the deepest group of quality candidates I can recall." There was a Super Bowl winner, a Super Bowl loser, some of the hottest college coaches in the country, and a slew of accomplished, well-respected assistant coaches, too.
That the Giants dipped into that deep pool and ended up with Joe Judge, a 38-year-old, relatively unknown special teams coach who had never interviewed for a top job before, stunned many around the NFL, to say the least. He wasn't in demand. His name wasn't being tossed around the media or inside NFL circles.
To many, it was as if the Giants pulled Judge out of thin air.
Bill Belichick, Nick Saban praise Giants new head coach Joe Judge
Belichick calls Judge "an exceptional leader" and says "he understands the game well"
Joe Judge/Bill Belichick (Winslow Townson)
The hiring of Joe Judge as the Giants next head coach brought many questions, the main one being how did this special teams coordinator that most haven't heard of become the next man to lead Big Blue on the field?
When you break down Judge's coaching resume, one thing that pops out is his championship pedigree. He won two National Championships during his time with Alabama as a special teams coach. Then, during his eight seasons with the Patriots, he has three Super Bowl rings to show for his services.
And those men that led those two powerhouse teams in Nick Saban and Bill Belichick have nothing but praise for Judge.
Judge will address the media in a press conference on Thursday
Joe Judge
The Giants made the hiring of Joe Judge as their 19th head coach in franchise history official on Wednesday. The news initially broke that Judge was finalizing a deal with New York on Tuesday.
"I am humbled and honored," Judge said in an official press release. "I want to thank John Mara, Steve Tisch, Dave Gettleman and Kevin Abrams for this opportunity. Over the past couple of days we had great conversations about where this team is and where it is headed and how we are going to get there. My job is to lead our players and coaches. The mission is clear, to win games. There is a process to reaching that objective, and we will implement that process and work that process starting today."
Judge has been a member of the Patriots staff for the past eight seasons, serving most recently as the team's special teams coordinator and wide receivers coach. Working under Patriots head coach Bill Belichick, who gave Judge a great recommendation to the Giants, the 38-year-old has been learning the inner workings of what it takes to build a program from one of the best to ever do it.
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Government Liquidation/DRMO/GSA/Govplanet
Pickup Questions
GL Trouble
Thread starter therbert
THAT is a question alot of people would like to know. What about military vehicles that have sat in a field for decades? Lets say someone owns trucks that were bought back during the drmo days. How would they know the trucks were needed to be turned in?
surpdlr
BKubu said:
Robyn, with regard to ending Demil B&Q sales, would that involve the return of all such equipment in civilian hands? That would definitely impact your future sales...if people thought they would be losing whatever they won at auction. I have often worried that they might come for our trucks eventually. People would be out thousands of dollars since most of us invest a lot into the trucks we buy. I bought a truck for $3200 from GL and, as it sits, I have over $25,000 in it. I'd hate to receive a letter telling me that I need to return the $25,000 truck to GL and get a $3,200 refund.
They ARE ALREADY DOING THIS!!!!
What do you think all those letters to return small things are???? I will tell you - they are a test, to see what will happen when the "back door" Demill begins!!
And Robyn seems to be directly contradicting the latest info from the MVPA, go figure!!
emmado22
Mid Hudson Valley NY
Do you have a link to what the MVPA has said about this?
emmado22 said:
They devoted a page to it in the latest supply line. I will try and scan a copy of it later.
mvpa_no_to_demill_mar08_100.jpg
Bozor1000
I just want to say that Sheila Rozum over at GL has been very helpful with my EUC. Any e-mails that I send her are always answered with the information that I request. So I have no gripes with GL.
EdMontana
USMilitarySurplus said:
I don't know all the details but the government did recently consider ending the sale of all demil BQ items, which includes military vehicles. Basically, they considered stopping the sale of anything that requires an EUC. I don't know what they would have done with these items, whether destroy them or sell them as scrap metal or what. I heard that some of our buyers contacted their congressmen/women to try and put a damper on that idea. We're still selling BQ items as of today though.
I for one got all kind of e-mails about it, I don't know if they are rumors to improve the sales or is really something behind it.....I think the worst rumor is the mandatory return of US Property, not many people want to purchase stuff that will need to return to uncle san later on and I doubt that ANY funds will be reembursed either.
Here is a link of one place that sent out a bunch of e-mails:
http://capwiz.com/sboa/home/
Couple of the e-mails::
Department of Defense to scrap or shred huge quantities of usable surplus property
DOD to scrap or shred huge quantities of usable surplus property Take Action!
Your e-mail now can make a difference
It turns out that rumors that the Department of Defense (DOD) plans to scrap or shred large segments of usable surplus property that it currently offers for sale to individual citizens and small businesses in the United States ARE TRUE.
A high-up Pentagon official has revealed that DOD plans soon to withdraw all Demil B and Q property -- that property which requires an End-User certificate to buy -- from the surplus goods marketplace. DOD plans to rent warehouses to temporarily store all the stuff that it currently sells to surplus buyers like you. DOD will then sort through all that stuff for the few things that it thinks it might need in the future, and then scrap or destroy everything else.
DOD claims National Security needs for its plan. This is hard to understand in light of their plan to consign Demil items such as Ford F150 pickups, Radio Shack loudspeakers, cameras, digital cameras, microscopes and even deck shoes to the landfill. As we could all purchase such items in local stores it becomes clear that what is common sense to the ordinary citizen isn't always the reality in Washington.
It's also reasonable to question DOD's capability to do what says it plans to do. On July 23rd of this year the Associated Press reported that:
"Millions of dollars' worth of gear, including combat boots, helmets, vests and aircraft parts, is being junked by the Pentagon rather than stored or sold as surplus to suppliers who sometimes sell it back to the military. Of roughly $1.8 billion worth of equipment the DOD downgraded to scrap from January through June, at least $330 million worth came from categories of gear the Pentagon most frequently buys back from surplus dealers, according to the National Association of Aircraft & Communication Suppliers."
So DOD has been throwing away large quantities of material, purchased with our tax dollars, of which two-fifths was materiel they could probably have used later. And now they want to better manage it?
Even if you do not buy DOD surplus property that requires an end-use certificate, you should still be very concerned about this issue. DOD is, and has been changing the classification of large blocks of surplus property so that it requires an end-use certificate to buy. If DOD executes its plan, all this stuff -- including the cameras and deck shoes -- will be heading to the landfill.
But there is something you can do. Several parties in the surplus industry have worked together to prepare a reasonable counter-proposal that addresses DOD's concerns but protects the flow of surplus property available to purchasers like you. Please send the attached e-mail to your US Representative and Senator. They can help you to protect the flow of surplus property.
Thank you for your immediate action on this. Click on the TAKE ACTION button to send your e-mail.
From GL:
Dear Valued GL Customer:
The Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) has commissioned an external study to determine the financial results and risk attached to the sale of surplus Demil B and Demil Q property.
Government Liquidation has been asked to participate in this study and to obtain the following information. We believe it is in everyone's interests to provide the study team with as much information as we can, And we request your participation. Please note, your answers will remain anonymous. Additionally, answers will be aggregated and will not be identifiable to the source.
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EdMontana said:
I think the worst rumor is the mandatory return of US Property, not many people want to purchase stuff that will need to return to uncle san later on and I doubt that ANY funds will be reembursed either.
This is NO rumor!!!! I have had 3 of the letters so far. I am convinced it is a “Back Door” DEMIL bill. I also think this is the beginning, it is a compliance test to see how gullible GL’s customers are. If this works well, the government can cast a wider net and ask for even more material back!!! Hey, why should the Government BUY back new surplus when they can force GL’s customers to GIVE it back under the gise of “National Security”. You know the reason the sheepeople have given up lots of rights in the last few years.
surpdlr said:
And when they will reimburse you for the stuff and come pick it up?.....that will be something see the govt. waste tax payers money sending "re- recovery" trucks to pick up Deuces around the country....just make sure you hand it back out really de-milled....just a frame with serial number...
Fulton, MS
They expect you to get it back to them, if it comes to the point that they are coming to you they will probably be getting you, not your stuff.
As far as I know or have read, you either play ball or you get black listed and can no longer buy surplus from them. You would have to have something pretty significant for it to go farther than that.
What about property rights in the USA??? There is a contract between you and the seller (GL) that says even before you remove an item, you take title to it. That is why if something goes missing from a lot it's your problem, not theirs!!! Funny how all of a sudden they (GL) are willing to pro rate the cost of the lot if you bring something back, but NEVER will if it is missing at pick up!!! I don't think they can have it both ways!! I still believe that as a U.S. citizen I have a few rights (less than 8 years ago, but that's another story) one of which is a right to keep property that I have legaly purchased!!
That same contract has this in it:
# Items sold by us, which are changed to a Demil Code status of other than B or Q from Demil Codes A, B or Q, must be returned by you to the nearest DRMS facility, and you will be reimbursed for the purchase price and any subsequent transportation costs incurred. If you have already transferred the property to another party, you agree to provide the name and contact information of that party to the Department of Defense or other federal government agency charged with the investigation of the transfer.
# Your failure to cooperate in returning these items, providing contact information of transferees or completing and submitting End-Use-Certificates upon any Demil Code change will constitute grounds for suspension of your account and prohibition from buying in future GL or U.S. Government sales.[/quote]
# Your failure to cooperate in returning these items, providing contact information of transferees or completing and submitting End-Use-Certificates upon any Demil Code change will constitute grounds for suspension of your account and prohibition from buying in future GL or U.S. Government sales.
That may be there now, but I don't think that it was when Levy Latham was selling material. In fact I bet that wasn't there untill about a year ago......
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Cramer, Jacob come up clutch in SJO girls’ basketball’s win against Tuscola
The St. Joseph-Ogden High School girls’ basketball team has fared well under pressure so far this season.
The Spartans’ latest example of this happened on Monday night with a 50-46 overtime home win against Tuscola in nonconference action. It was SJO’s second overtime win of the season after the Spartans defeated Paxton-Buckley-Loda 45-43 in overtime on Nov. 22 to win the Falcon/Bunnie Tip-Off Classic in Fisher.
Monday’s win against Tuscola transpired thanks to some clutch three-point shooting in the extra four-minute period after both teams played to a 42-42 tie through the end of regulation, with Tuscola rallying in the fourth quarter to force overtime.
SJO trailed 11-7 at the end of the first quarter and 20-19 at halftime before taking a 35-29 lead into the fourth quarter.
SJO senior guard Katie Cramer and sophomore guard Payton Jacob both drained three-pointers in the overtime period to give the Spartans just enough of an advantage.
Cramer relied on four three-pointers to finish with a team-high 14 points, while senior forward Taylor Barnes also knocked down two three-pointers en route to nine points.
Senior guard Abby Behrens scored six of her eight points in the fourth quarter, while Jacob (seven points) and junior guard Atleigh Hamilton (six points) also factored into the scoring for SJO.
The Spartans (5-1) continue facing tough nonconference opponents at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday at Danville before they make a trip on Saturday to Fithian for a 6 p.m. game at Oakwood.
By Nora Maberry December 5, 2019
in Athletics
Orcutt named Student Athlete of the Month
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St. Joseph-Ogden senior Joel Orcutt isn’t just a standout basketball player. He is also an artist. “I enjoy doing art...
Hamilton, relay team win state titles as Spartans place third
May 21, 2019 Nora Maberry
Bringing state trophies home isn’t an easy task. But the St. Joseph-Ogden High School girls’ track and field team sure...
SJO volleyball cruises to three straight road wins
September 3, 2019 Nora Maberry
So far, the road has not produced any bad results for the St. Joseph-Ogden High School volleyball team. The Spartans...
Coursey, Rose help carry SJO baseball into regional title game
All hands are on deck come Saturday morning for the St. Joseph-Ogden High School baseball team. With postseason hardware at...
Meyer, Knott shine in Rantoul for Spartans
April 10, 2019 Nora Maberry
Two trips to Rantoul in a three-day span produced some quality performances from the St. Joseph-Ogden High School boys’ track...
SJO cross-country is heading to state!
November 4, 2019 Nora Maberry
Detweiller Park, here they come. After two stellar postseason races, the St. Joseph-Ogden High School boys’ cross-country team and girls’...
Kaiser, Albrecht spark latest win by SJO volleyball
September 17, 2019 Nora Maberry
The St. Joseph-Ogden High School volleyball team kept right on rolling Monday night after placing second this past Saturday at...
Commitment pays off for Mattsey
December 10, 2019 Nora Maberry
St. Joseph-Ogden Junior Brandon Mattsey is a leader. That is why his cross country coach Jason Retz, nominated him for...
Weaver, SJO football is a way of life
August 30, 2019 JIm Cotter
With the 2019 St. Joseph-Ogden football season ready to kickoff on Friday evening, we are beginning a new feature called...
It’s opening day for SJO softball
March 18, 2019 Nora Maberry
The expectations haven’t changed for the St. Joseph-Ogden High School softball team. Even with a new coach for the 2019...
We asked the St. Joseph-Ogden Cross Country team to share their favorite memories from the 2019 season. Here are their...
SJO softball vies for 11th straight regional title on Saturday
A year ago, the St. Joseph-Ogden High School softball team defeated Maroa-Forsyth to win a Class 2A sectional title. On...
Knott, Meyer win conference titles for SJO
May 2, 2019 Nora Maberry
The Illini Prairie Conference track and field meet took place over two days because of inclement weather. But when it...
Knott, sprint relay shine at GCMS Invitational
The St. Joseph-Ogden High School boys’ track and field team went two weeks in between competitions. Blame Mother Nature for...
Wendling doesn’t give up, ready for state meet
February 14, 2019 Nora Maberry
When Jake Wendling first suffered a knee injury earlier this season, wrestling at the state meet didn’t seem likely. But...
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UMSL students, alumni connect and learn during week of optometry meetings
admin | June 24, 2019
From left, Jessica Broodryk, Lauren Ward, Rebecca Weinberger and Madison Moss greet the horses at the AOA and AOSA Block Part on Wednesday. (Photos by Jessica Rogen)
The bounce houses were visible from afar. Then, the carnival rides became perceptible followed by a miniature arch, tents, food trucks, bubbles and banners.
The horses came into view within a block of the American Optometric Association and American Optometric Student Association headquarters.
One white and one brown stood at the corner of the parking lot festooned with every imaginable attraction last Wednesday. The quadrupeds and their selfie-taking fans – swarms of optometrists, students, friends and family – were in attendance for the AOA and AOSA Block Party, held as part of the 122nd AOA Congress and 49th AOSA Optometry’s Meeting conference.
The conference, which took place from Wednesday to Sunday, was the heart of a week of optometric meetings that began June 17. The University of Missouri–St. Louis helped welcome thousands of doctors, students and vendors from across the nation for five days of celebration, continuing education, networking and more.
Optometry’s Meeting is an opportunity for students from across the nation to get together for connections, education and fun.
This was a unique year for Optometry’s Meeting, which, for the first time, took place in the AOA headquarters’ hometown and a city boasting one of the 23 optometry schools nationwide. In accordance, the UMSL College of Optometry had an expanded role, hosting several events that included an alumni party on Friday.
“It gives our students an opportunity to recognize the importance of connecting to other individuals and staying affiliated with an organization that advocates for our patients and for optometry as a profession,” College of Optometry Dean Larry Davis said. “They appreciate the camaraderie and connections that they make.”
AOA and AOSA Optometry’s Meeting
From left, Lauren Dermody and Katlyn Flood worked Optometry’s Meeting as continuing education monitors.
Lime green was the new black downtown at the America’s Center Convention Complex, which hosted the annual professional event, as optometry students in bright shirts stood guard outside continuing education classrooms.
Working the conference was one way that students could get involved in the experience. Plus, it paid well.
Katlyn Flood, a third year at UMSL, made back her registration fee with extra to spare. She relished being among so many passionate about optometry.
“The conference is good networking,” said Lauren Dermody, Flood’s continuing education partner. “The vendors are the best part. It’s nice to see all the innovations in optometry and get excited for the future when I’m a doctor.”
The conference boasted an exhibit hall with more than 200 vendors and featured over 100 events. Some highlights were the National Optometry Hall of Fame inductions on Thursday and the AOSA Optometry Student Bowl XXVIII powered by Essilor – a competitive trivia contest for optometry students. Fourth-year student Lacie Spagnola represented UMSL at the event.
From Thursday through Saturday, the AOA House of Delegates – the profession’s assembly of leaders and decision-makers – met to determine optometry’s strategic direction. Optometric scope of practice is determined legislatively and thus varies greatly state to state.
“We don’t get privileges without going to the legislature and getting them,” said Erin Brooks, assistant clinical professor and student volunteer coordinator. “It helps introduce the students to optometry legislation. If you look back at optometry’s history, before a lot of the legislation, we were basically people who did prescriptions, and we’ve gotten to the place where now we manage pretty complicated eye diseases.”
From left, UMSL students Sydni Davis Farhat and George Dowdy met Nova Southeastern University students Adriana Garcia Aybar and Alisha Kothari. “I love this field,” said UMSL student Sydni Davis Farhat. “I wouldn’t have it any other way.”
The delegates discussed the safety of telemedicine for optometric care, educating the American public on the need for annual eye exams, advances in the field, student loans and debt, consumer protections and expanding scope of practice – especially the Future Practice Initiative, which partners with state agencies on lobbying efforts.
“Over the past years, armies of professions advocates have been hard at work diligently championing to update laws that will allow Americans to receive full access to primary eye care services they need and desire,” AOA President Samuel Pierce said in his address on Thursday.
“It requires a unique combination of elements to succeed and the Future Practice Initiative helps those states poised to change with increased lobbying firepower, political presence and even on-the-ground support.
“Increased optometric scope of practice results in quality care.”
Amid the festivities, UMSL invited the optometric community to campus. The College of Optometry hosted an event Friday evening at the Patient Care Center that included food trucks, games and networking among alumni, students, faculty and staff, and friends.
In part, the evening honored UMSL Professor and Assistant Dean for Student Services Edward Bennett as he retires from 37 years of service to the college. Bennett is also the executive director of the GP Lens Institute, the educational division of the Contact Lens Manufacturers Association, and serves as chair of the Contact Lens and Cornea Section Council of the AOA.
This year’s conference theme was “Meet Me in St. Louis,” and the event was sponsored by industry leaders such as Johnson & Johnson, Alcon, Essilor, AOAExcel, Bausch + Lomb, Hoya, Allergan, CooperVision and Novartis.
From left, UMSL Chancellor Tom George speaks about Edward Bennett’s 37 years of service while College of Optometry Dean Larry Davis looks on during Friday’s event at the Patient Care Center. (Photo by Janice White)
Flex Your Superpowers: inaugural Women in Optometry magazine summit
Finding out she was on the brink of multiple organ failure forced self-proclaimed Type A entrepreneur Amina AlTai to acknowledge that her workaholic ways had to go.
Newly diagnosed with two autoimmune conditions, AlTai set about discovering how to get healthy and then began a new business sharing her hard-earned knowledge with other entrepreneurs.
AlTai told her story to a group of approximately 80 optometrists Wednesday as the keynote speaker for the inaugural Women in Optometry magazine summit, “Flex Your Superpowers.” The magazine held the event in the J.C. Penney Building Summit Lounge.
The four-hour summit featured addresses from a plethora of women in positions of power in optometry that ranged from doctor to editor to industry marketer. Through their talks – which covered topics such as the 80/20 rule, the optometric income gap and living professional and personal lives – the women shared strategies, information and challenges while supporting one another in the profession.
“I love events where women build each other up,” 2010 alumna Jenny Redfern said. “It’s so overlooked.”
Fellow UMSL alumna Laura Bequette agreed, noting that the event’s uniqueness in the industry drew her attention. She also appreciated having it in her hometown, especially since optometrists now have to do 50 percent of their continuing education onsite.
Allergan took top billing as lead sponsor with CooperVision as platinum sponsor. The event was also made possible with support from Alphagan P, Combigan, Lumigan, Refresh and Restasis.
The half-day’s themes may have been best summed up by Jennifer Palombi, CooperVision senior manager for professional and scientific communication, who told her struggle deciding what story she should share with the group.
“I don’t need to get up here and give you all a moment or revelation about how to live your best life,” she said. “That’s what this summit is.”
From left, UMSL students Tantsits, Stevi James, Kailey Utley and Farhat gathered at Optometry’s Meeting on Thursday. “In optometry, everyone wants to help one another because it’s such a small field,” said UMSL student Maria Tantsits. “It’s also a reunion and a chance to meet students from across the country.”
ACSO Conference held at UMSL
The UMSL College of Optometry hosted meetings of the Association of Colleges and Schools of Optometry Student Affairs Officers Wednesday and Thursday in the ED Collabitat on South Campus. The agenda included topics such as accepting alternative standardized examinations, admissions, diversity and inclusion, mentorship, alumni involvement, effective communications and mental health.
The 40-some officers and ASCO staff members also had a chance to tour UMSL’s facilities.
“It’s an entire profession coming together and getting worked on,” Davis said. “It gives us an opportunity to invite all the attendees to see what UMSL is doing in optometry.”
On Thursday, Mike DiCaprio of Butler/Till and Molly Enright of Truth Collective unveiled the progress of ASCO’s newly launched social media campaign, which is aimed at prospective optometry students in their junior and senior years of undergraduate school and features video of practicing optometrists including Muriel Martinez of Houston.
“They are trying to capture who the doctor is as a person,” she said on Tuesday. “If I’m able to help bring applicants to optometry school because I’m just living my best life, that’s awesome.”
Alcon, ProgressIQ and National Vision sponsored the meeting.
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Swanwick at seventy
Reproduced with the kind permission of Writing Magazine
The Swanwick Standard
It's always exciting to be part of the creation of something new. But it's scary too, as you can't help wondering if your new baby will be a success. So it's a delight to see how, in only its second issue, the Swanwick Standard has flourished.
We've been fortunate to bring you a wonderful range of stories about the adventures of an extraordinary number of talented writers, by a great team of dedicated newshounds. It's quite an achievement to master the basics of journalism in just a couple of hours.
But the Swanwick Standard news team of 2017 have done exactly that. I'm very proud of the results, and of what the paper means to the reporters and their fellow writers in helping to chronicle another magnificent year for our dear Swanwick.
Simon Hall Executive Editor, The Swanwick Standard, August 2017.
To get your copy of The Swanwick Standard, click here.
Plan your escape now to win a place in 2017
You can give yourself as many chances as you like to win a free place at the 2017 summer school by entering our three writing competitions:
A poem up to 40 lines
A short story up to 1000 words
Children's fiction up to 1000 words.
The theme for all entries this year is ‘Escape'.
A fully inclusive week at the 2017 Summer School for the winner in each category; Writing Magazine manuscript appraisal for second; and a copy of the Writers’ & Artists’ Yearbook 2017 for third.
£5 for each work entered
Make your cheque payable to WARNER GROUP PUBLICATIONS
Multiple entries are allowed within each category and for each category – send £5 for each entry.
Send your entries to
Lauren Beharrell (Swanwick 2017), Warners Group Publications, 31-32 Park Row, Leeds LS1 5JD
Short Story and Children’s Fiction manuscripts must be typed in double spacing on single side of A4 paper. Send a Cover page with your name, address, telephone number and email address, plus the title of the work(s).
Poetry manuscripts must be typed in single spacing with a double space between stanzas on single sides of A4. Send a Cover page with your name, address, telephone number and email address, plus the title of the work/s.
NB. The first prize of a free week at Swanwick Writer’s School is transferable (only as like for like, NOT as a cash alternative).
For further information, please see Writing Magazine or contact our Secretary: secretary@swanwickwritersschool.org.uk
SWANWICK CHANGES LIVES
by Tiggy Hayes
Fiona Samuels has returned to Swanwick Writing School to teach a course at the place she declares changed her life. Fiona was one of the pioneering Top Write students to be awarded a place at the prestigious school.
For a shy, quiet girl, that first week was daunting but by the end of the week she was joining in and singing along with new friends on the school lawn. On the strength of that week and the confidence she had gained, she returned home, enrolled back at university and finished a teaching degree before launching her career in secondary school teaching.
Top Write is an opportunity run by Swanwick Writing School for 18- 30 year olds currently studying writing. Heavily subsidised by the school the youngsters take part on a fully interactive and creative programme integrating with both published and pre-published writers alike. Many Top Write delegates become regular attenders to the school following their first visit.
Fiona has returned many times over the intervening years including spending time on the committee who run the school. 2016 saw her running a work shop “Eats, Shoots and Leaves” an informal look at grammar and punctuation. She began her session with “Swanwick changes lives – it changed mine”.
STAR FALLS AT SWANWICK
By Andy Cain
We often hear about stars falling from the sky but a particular one stands out this year. Star Fall is the first part of a trilogy entitled Start Stone. Written by Richard Hensley, it tells the story of Billy Carter, an 11 year old boy who discovers an arm band – which turns out to be an iron bracelet – on a Canterbury bombsite in 1942.
This bracelet itself is much sought after as it is extremely powerful; a force for good or ill. Billy encounters many journeys through time and space, ranging from an encounter with a novice druid in 595 who wears the bracelet himself, up to 1943 and an encounter with MI5. Control is taken away from Billy as he and his family are sent to a secure facility while MI5 try to discover the bracelet’s unique properties.
It seems many other people from different times have been drawn to Billy: such as Monsignor Patrick, a Dublin exorcist, who discovers another bracelet in the Vatican in 1938 as well as an encounter in 2795 with Gail, a 13 year old girl, who finds Billy’s bracelet in a derelict building and understands its power through her Synthetic Intelligence Machines.
GPS NOT CRIME FIGHTERS TRACK STOLEN BAG
A conference full of crime writers, ex-policeman and forensic experts were oblivious when a handbag was stolen from the bar at Swanwick Conference Centre. Owner Maria Hennings-Hunt had to resort to her own methods and GPS to find the thief.
It was just after 1 in the morning when Maria returned to her chair in the bar to collect her things, only to discover her handbag had been taken. Her bag contained all the usual stuff such as her purse, her credit cards, her room key and more importantly all her poetry and writing she had brought to the conference. She later remembered it also had her phone in.
Friends and colleagues began a futile search and an urgent plea went out over facebook for the safe return of the bag.
Desperate for some clue, Maria turned to GPS to ‘find her phone’. She logged in on a friends device and was able to track her mobile which was still on site. It took her to the Lakeside block of rooms on the other side of the green. “It was incredible watching my phone move to a room on the screen” said a delighted Maria.
The following morning, fellow delegate and course tutor Steve Hartley found Maria and returned her missing bag intact. He explained how he had found it at a deserted table, in the then empty bar and took it for safe keeping.
NEAR FATAL ACCIDENT AT SWANWICK LAKE
by Linda Payne
It was lucky that Susie White and Joan Dowling were both enjoying their annual visit to the lake together when the near tragedy struck. They were sitting on a bench enjoying watching the damsel flies and dragonflies skim across the relatively still water.
Suddenly with no warning a fish leapt from the water and landed on a lily pad instead of plopping back into the water. Being the taller of the ladies Susie 18+ from Gloucestershire, a former poetry winner of the ‘Win your Way to Swanwick’ competition instantly attempted to save the fish by lying on the ground and reaching for the lily pad intending to flip the fish back. Unfortunately, it was just beyond her reach.
Recognising the predicament Joan 21+ from Cheshire and also a former poetry prize winner of the same competition, quickly looked about her and found a stick which Susie used to tap the lily pad until the fish bounced safely back into the water.
Eye witness, Gill Garret, ageless, who won 2nd prize in the competition this year, said “Because they were both quick thinking there was no need to call the emergency services.”
With no regard for their heroism Susie and Joan casually returned to the bar area for well-earned triple brandy. When questioned about it Susie shrugged “It was nothing, just a flash in the pan.” Joan commented “Which was better than a fish in the pan.”
The Swanwick Standard wants it known that no damage was caused to the lily pad during this drama.
FANCY DRESSER A CUT ABOVE THE REST
By Margaret Burton
Edward Scissorhands cut a dash, sliced through the opposition at the Fancy Dress Disco on Monday evening and scored himself the winning first place.
Gordon Robertson, from Falkirk, Scotland, the young blade behind the facade, was as shocked as his black wig, finding it hard to grasp the situation. The Information and Technology officer is currently employed in the Education and Training areas of his local council. He is engaged in the development of students of all ages.
Asked about his triumph the White Badger said, “I was delighted and surprised. There were so many great costumes.” He continued to declare his new-found love for Swanwick and enthused, “It is a great place to expose yourself. You have to hand it to them.” Snipping potential rumours in the bud, he later clarified, “In terms of writing and performing.”
Mr Robertson had been encouraged to attend this year by Katie White, one of the school’s own leading ladies and founder director of ‘Page To Stage’. He went on to express his desire and hope for next year. “I decided to return after only two days”, he said, emphasising the warm welcome he has received.
THE SEARCH FOR THE SLITHY TOVES
by Meg Jones
As the clock struck 10 on Saturday night a shock awaited White Badgers in MCH. The search for the slithy toves began, recognisable by their gyre and gimble.
Julia Pattison, drama teacher and Swanwick regular from Yorkshire, is renowned for her physical theatre take on Fairy Tales. To celebrate the 150th anniversary of Lewis Carroll she persuaded a group of normally sensible adults into clawing Jabberwocks, jumping Jubjub Birds, and the notorious Bandersnatch.
The innocent looking Julia, dressed in white with flowers in her hair, began burbling and wiffling through the Tumtum trees in tulgey wood. Snicker-snacking on her way. ‘I love nonsense language and the way it flows, it’s having fun with words.’
If you haven’t been to Swanwick before and feel you might be the odd one out – this is the place to be. ‘We call it an Ice Breaker because it’s daunting to arrive and not know anyone, but next day you meet someone and recognise them as their character.’ says Julia ‘A stranger on Saturday is a friend on Sunday’.
Julia declared it brillig, while a trifle mimsy, and the search is still on for the slithy toves.
by Louise Cahill
'I'm not going on the stage sober', says Simon Hall, adding, 'I'll be revealing one item of unconventional clothing, halfway through my performance in 'The Battle of The Writers' Block' at Swanwick Writers' Summer School on Thursday evening. Simon, who's co-written the pantomime with Phil Collins (not the singer) emphasises, 'If it's a triumph, I shall take all the credit. If it's a disaster, I'll blame Phil Collins (not the singer).' Our panto performer will debut as a Swanwick singer (not Phil Collins), in an adaptation of 'The Boxer' by Paul Simon. Is that a coincidence for our Simon? Our Simon adds poignantly, 'It's a solitary existence being a writer.' However, here at Swanwick, we writers get a fantastic opportunity to be among hundreds - a crowd of writers which encourages and will empathise with our battles. We look forward to seeing Simon 'coming to the heart of our big battles - a battle with ourselves'. And with eight months of work and eighteen revisions for the panto, we're sure we'll enjoy a Swanwick success.
Oh yes we will. La la la....
UNDER ARMED CAUTION
Retired Police Chief Constable Michael O’Byrne was questioned at length following a frenzy of holding his audience captivated. During a break in workshops at Swanwick Writers School the audience, who were expecting to learn about finger printing don’ts, was threatened with a rifle and a Webley revolver.
Mr O’Byrne told the room he had been an armed officer in the Hong Kong Police and was used to handling revolvers. Michael said “cops don’t always obey the law” as he waved the revolver over onlookers. He showed how a light touch could easily cause the gun to fire and the audience breathed a collective sigh when he put the offending weapon in his pocket. He explained how revolvers do not eject cartridges so there would be no point looking for them as evidence.
Mr O’Byrne was joined later by Ian Martin Ex CID, Forensic Expert and Simon Hall Crime Correspondent for the BBC to answer questions from the floor. The panel were asked about police procedures, handling informers, witnesses and dead body etiquette and hierarchy.
Mr O’Byrne later assured delegates that both weapons were just replicas and that anyone wanting to use a gun in their stories should “try before you write”.
The questioning was finally brought to a close by the imminent serving of Salmon followed by Key Lime and Banoffi Pie.
HAYES MONSTER SEEN IN LAKE
by Terry Baldock
“I saw a big Splash” says writer
Fears, that the legendary Hayes monster, allegedly last seen in 1911 just after the lake was constructed, has been seen again, were awakened this week
A member of the Swanwick Writers School explained
“The sun was just setting, the wind whistling through the trees; baby moorhens and their mother startled by my approach ran into the calm water broken only by fish rising to pluck hovering insects. And that’s when I saw it.”
The well-known Author was shaken out of his skin by what he described as a long necked reptilian shape drifting across the lake.
“It turned and looked at me,” he said. “And I could tell from its eyes that it had been in the lake for a long time. It seemed to look into my soul,” continued the author. “I was just walking around the lake after having a few drinks in the bar and there it was. It dived suddenly making a large splash and was gone into the murky depths.”
A spokesperson said that the monster had always been considered a figment of an active imagination but that there was no cause for alarm.
by Kim Byles
After reporting a series of unexpected late night banging, of drawers opening and closing in unoccupied rooms, and lost socks, Swanwick reporter Kay Bee went to investigate.
David Hitch, from Cornwall has witnessed these bangs that have been occurring since he arrived.
Asked how it had affected him he replied
“It make’s my ****** blood boil. People above me walking around all night, opening and shutting drawers, banging doors. How is a creative person like me supposed to think with all that racket going on.
People below me making a noise – and I’m on the ground floor so what do you make of that then eh?”
When asked what he thought the cause of the strange bumps in the night might be he answered, “Poltergeist. What else could explain it.”
Mr Hitch is at Swanwick Summer School studying character psychology and has since discovered he is in fact verging on being psychopathic. But in a friendly way, he assures us.
THE SWANWICK STANDARD SAYS…
One phrase I overheard this week sums up Swanwick. A white badger, looking around the bar at the tables surrounded by smiling, beckoning faces, asked, “Are you told to always be happy here?”
The answer is no. Not officially, anyway.
There’s nothing in writing. Not in the constitution of the school, the precedents of so many years, or the welcome packs.
Instead, it’s in the spirit of Swanwick.
It’s in the air, the water and the people.
It’s in the trees that silently guard The Hayes. It’s in the gentle lake, which draws so many to sit, and walk, and think.
It’s in the bricks of the buildings themselves.
And it’s in the creativity, the ideas, the thousands of them that come to life in this special place.
In the humble opinion of this newly founded newspaper, Swanwick is writing with a heart, a soul, and a smiling face.
There are other writing schools. But there is only one Swanwick.
There are other times of year. But there is only one week in August.
There are other writers. And there are Swanwickers.
Page to stage - update from Katie White
Hello Swanny gang! Can't believe it's almost time for us all to meet again - roll on August.
Swanwick Page to Stage, led by Katie White, is an event principally exploring script writing. Since actors, directors and stage hands are also required for the performance, everyone is welcome. Feel free to come along and watch - but there’s no guarantee you won’t be roped in to help out!
As we only have time for 7 scripts to be work-shopped and performed, the duration of scripts will be 5 minutes max (remember: 1 page = 1 minute). Michael (Chairman) will have his timer on the night so no over-running will be allowed! Please get someone to read your script through with you at a normal speaking pace - and time it. Every year we’ve had to disqualify some really good scripts because they are way over the time allocated.
All scripts must be in proper script format (check the BBC Writers Room if you're unsure of formatting).
No names or contact details must appear on submitted scripts but they must be provided in a sealed envelope with entries.
The chairman will adjudicate this competition. There will be awards for
•Best Actress
•Best Actor
•Best Script
These will be presented on the final evening.
•List of characters – try to keep to a minimum.
•Props must be brought with you if you want them to be used but please remember we have very limited space.
•You must be available on the Tuesday afternoon and evening for the actual work-shopping and performance.
•If your script is chosen you will have to bring with you a copy for each of the actors, one for the director and one for yourself.
Please send scripts before the closing date of 30 June 2016 to:
Swanwick Scripts 2016
6 Windsor Gardens
FK1 5HF
Sunday speaker announced
Great news! We have managed to get James Runcie as our Sunday speaker. He is the author of The Grantchester Mysteries, Visiting Professor at Bath Spa University, and a fiction reviewer for The Independent.
Beside the Grantchester Mysteries his books include: -
The Discovery of Chocolate
The Colour of Heaven
East Fortune
The Grantchester Mysteries have recently been adapted to become the ITV/PBS Masterpiece series GRANTCHESTER starring James Norton, Robson Greene, Morven Christie, Pheline Roggan, Tessa Peake-Jones and Al Weaver.
James is a literary polymath, directing plays, dramatised readings at the Southbank Centre e.g. tributes to Seamus Heaney and Maya Angelou; and high-end documentaries on cultural subjects e.g. J.K. Rowling: A Year in the Life; and interviews of leading writers e.g. Hilary Mantel, J.K. Rowling.
Specialist poetry course added to programme
Breaking news is that Alison Chisholm will be teaching a Specialist Course on poetry for us this summer.........that means we now have over nine hours of poetry tuition and courses plus our poetry Open Mic Night! Full details of the course will follow soon.
Alison writes regular poetry columns for Writing Magazine and Springboard, and has
written various textbooks and a correspondence course on poetry. Her poems have
appeared in magazines, anthologies and eleven collections, and have been broadcast on TV
and radio. She gives talks, readings, courses and workshops around Britain and overseas, and
adjudicates poetry competitions.
Tuesday Crime Extravaganza
A forensic study of footprints in the Swanwick flower beds reveals that Tuesday morning will be dedicated to Crime, exploiting the unique mix of crime experts that we have at Swanwick. Between 9.30 and 10.30 am Michael O’Byrne, retired chief constable and author of The Crime Writer’s Guide to Police Practice and Procedure, Simon Hall BBC crime reporter and author of the TV detective series and Kate Bendelow a forensics expert with Greater Manchester Police take you on a light-hearted trip through the most easily avoided and entertaining mistakes that writers make.
If you are worried you might put your foot it in, check out your plot twist with the Crime Panel. At 11.15, the renegades above are joined by Ian Martin, retired detective sergeant, for a panel that will answer any of your questions about crime in all its aspects.
Wednesday evening speaker announced
Another exciting and very different speaker is coming to Swanwick this summer. Brendan Nolan first came to Swanwick back in the noughties as a delegate and has since then established himself in Ireland as a leading storyteller. He will fill our Wednesday slot with Irish charm and magic.
New assisted places scheme announced
Thanks to the generosity of the Friends of Swanwick, we are now able to offer assistance to those writers who are unable to afford our full course fees and would otherwise be unable to attend the Summer School. Writers can apply for any amount up to the full course fee, although we anticipate that most grants will be between £100 and £250.
For full eligibility details and how to apply see our full information pack and application form click here. All applications will be treated in strict confidence.
Please note: there are limited funds available, and we anticipate that they will be fully allocated soon after bookings open, so it is recommended you apply as soon as possible after 1 February.
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A New Law Passed Raising the Standard for Classifying Workers as Independent Contractors in California
By Erin Denniston Leach and Nancy K. Campbell
Since April 30, 2018, when the landmark California Supreme Court decision in Dynamex Operations West, Inc. v. Sup. Ct. (2018) 4 Cal.5th 903 (Dynamex) was issued, companies across the state have questioned whether the ABC independent contractor test adopted in that decision applies to them and/or their workers, how far it may apply, and whether it applies retroactively. The California Legislature has now stepped in and passed Assembly Bill 5 (“AB 5”) which has been called a landmark bill for workers. AB 5 answers some of those questions and adds some further areas of confusion.
Part 1: What Does AB 5 Say?
AB 5 to some extent codifies and expands the decision in Dynamex by adding to the California Labor Code and the California Unemployment Insurance Code that the ABC test applies for deciding who is properly classified as an independent contractor. Under that test, workers will be presumed to be employees for purposes of the Labor Code, Industrial Welfare Commission Wage Orders and Unemployment Insurance Code unless the hiring entity can prove that: (a) the person is free from the control and direction of the hiring entity in connection with the performance of the work, both under the terms of the contract and in fact; (b) the person performs work that is outside the usual course of the hiring entity’s business; and (3) the person is customarily engaged in an independently established trade, occupation, or business of the same nature as that involved in the work performed. Further, beginning on July 1, 2020, the ABC test will also apply to the determination of whether an individual is an employee for purposes of workers’ compensation requirements. This test sets a far higher standard for determining whether a worker is an independent contractor than the decades-old balancing test adopted in S. G. Borello & Sons, Inc. v. Department of Industrial Relations (1989) 48 Cal.3d 341 (Borello).
However, AB 5 has been a work in progress over the last few months with many industries and occupations fighting for exemptions from the ABC test. As a result, numerous revisions have been made along the way. A number of occupations received the exemption they wanted from the ABC test in the Labor Code provision. These exemptions include, among others, licensed insurance agents, certain licensed health care professionals, certain California licensed professionals (specifically lawyers, architects, engineers, private investigators, and accountants), registered securities broker-dealers or investment advisers, direct sales salespersons, real estate licensees, commercial fishermen, workers providing licensed barber or cosmetology services, and others performing work under a contract for “professional services” as defined in AB 5, with another business entity, or pursuant to a subcontract in the construction industry. However, even for some of these exemptions, there are certain factors that must be met for the worker to be deemed exempt from the ABC test. Further, how these exemptions will be applied and interpreted is yet to be seen.
In addition, the applicability of an exemption does not mean each of these individuals is automatically an independent contractor. Rather, for workers in most of these job categories, when evaluating whether they are an employee or independent contractor, AB 5 requires the application of the decades-old balancing test adopted in Borello. Interestingly, for some of these occupations, the exemption is short lived. For example, the exemption for commercial fishermen is applicable only until January 1, 2023, and the exemption for licensed manicurists is applicable only until January 1, 2022. Of note, while newspaper distributors did not receive an exemption from AB 5, Assembly Bill 170 also passed which gives newspaper distributors and newspaper carriers a one-year extension to comply with AB 5 – including with respect to their newspaper delivery people.
A high-profile industry that did not receive an exemption from the ABC test is the gig economy. As a result, AB 5 has been dubbed the killer of the gig economy. Uber, Lyft, and several other gig companies have publicly stated that they are committed to spending millions of dollars on coming up with a third option for gig companies.
Unfortunately, even with the legislation now in place, there are a number of questions still remaining, including how each of the exemptions will be applied, and whether AB 5 applies retroactively. The bill states that it shall apply “retroactively to existing claims and actions to the maximum extent permitted by law while other provisions apply to work performed on or after January 1, 2020.” This language is unclear. The question of whether the Dynamex decision applies retroactively has recently been certified to the California Supreme Court in Vazquez v. Jan-Pro Franchising Int’l.
Part 2: AB 5 Employees – Are They Entitled to Employee Benefits?
As employers sort through whether workers they previously treated as independent contractors are employees under AB 5, they should also consider whether AB 5 employees are entitled to employee benefits. The short answer is “it depends.”
ERISA and the Code - Common Law Employee Tests
Most employee benefit plans, such as Section 401(k) pension plans and health and welfare plans, are governed by the Internal Revenue Code (the “Code”) and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”). ERISA and the Code have their own tests for determining whether workers are employees. Accordingly, as employers reclassify workers as AB 5 employees, they should also consider whether they are employees under ERISA and the Code.
ERISA - Under ERISA employees are identified using a multi-factor common-law test that was laid out by the Supreme Court in Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. et al. v. Darden, 503 U.S. 318 (1992). Under Darden, the primary consideration is “the hiring party’s right to control the manner and means by which the work product is accomplished” and the following factors are considered: (1) the skill required; (2) the source of the instrumentalities and tools; (3) the location of the work; (4) the duration of the relationship between the parties; (5) whether the hiring party has the right to assign additional projects to the hired party; (6) the extent of the hired party’s discretion over when and how long to work; (7) the method of payment; (8) the hired party’s role in hiring and paying assistants; (9) whether the work is part of the regular business of the hiring party; (10) whether the hiring party is in business; (11) the provision of employee benefits; and (12) the tax treatment of the hired party.
The Code - The Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) and the United States Tax Court also identify employees using multi-factor common-law tests. The IRS and the Tax Court use different tests, but ultimately ask the same question: does the hiring entity have the right to control and direct the worker, not only as to the result to be accomplished by the work but also as to the details and means by which that result is accomplished? Straying from the 20-factor test established in Rev. Rul. 87-41, the IRS now organizes the factors to be considered into three categories: (1) behavioral control; (2) financial control; and (3) type of relationship. These factors are explained in more detail in IRS Publication 15-A.
If an employer concludes that AB 5 employees are also “employees” under ERISA and the Code, the employer next needs to decide whether to offer employee benefits to these employees. In making this decision, employers must consider whether their employee benefit plans will be able to pass applicable nondiscrimination testing if these employees are excluded. In addition, not offering qualifying health plan coverage to these employees could trigger significant penalties under Code Section 4980H for large employers. For more information on the Section 4980H penalties see our Health Care Reform’s Employer Shared Responsibility Penalties: A Checklist for Employers.
On the flip side, employers must be careful to not allow workers who are properly classified as independent contractors to participate in their employee benefit plans. Employee benefits, as the name implies, are for employees. Covering independent contractors under an employee benefit plan can create other problems. For example, covering independent contractors under a health plan will cause the plan to become a multiple employer welfare arrangement (“MEWA”). MEWAs are heavily regulated and in some states, such as California, MEWAs are illegal.
Employers should also consider if any employee benefits they offer are not subject to ERISA and the Code. For example, some employers structure short-term disability plans as payroll practices, which are exempt from ERISA. In such an instance, a state law definition of employee might apply.
Plan Documents and Employee Communications
After an employer decides whether to offer employee benefits to AB 5 employees, it should review all employee benefit plan eligibility provisions to confirm they are consistent with the employer’s intent. Plan documents, summary plan descriptions, employee handbooks, and independent contractor agreements may need to be amended. Employers should also be careful when communicating with AB 5 employees to make sure they understand for what purposes they are employees and for what purposes they are not.
The remedies for misclassifying a worker as an independent contractor include back wages, meal break penalties, rest break penalties, wage statement penalties, other steep penalties, and criminal prosecution, among others. Accordingly, now is the time for companies to consider their workforce and analyze whether their currently classified independent contractors will pass this new test under AB 5 and if they don’t, take proactive steps to re-classify them as employees at least for purposes of wage and hour requirements, unemployment insurance, and workers’ compensation. In addition, employers should evaluate whether these individuals may now be entitled to employee benefits.
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Miranda Lambert loves being a stepmom to Brendan McLoughlin's 'amazing' son
Miranda Lambert shared news of her marriage to NYPD officer Brendan McLoughlin in February, this week she talked about her 7-month-old stepson.
Miranda Lambert loves being a stepmom to Brendan McLoughlin's 'amazing' son Miranda Lambert shared news of her marriage to NYPD officer Brendan McLoughlin in February, this week she talked about her 7-month-old stepson. Check out this story on Tennessean.com: https://www.tennessean.com/story/entertainment/music/cma-music-festival/2019/06/08/miranda-lambert-stepmom-brendan-mcloughlin-son/1391459001/
Rasha Ali, Nashville Tennessean Published 9:07 a.m. CT June 8, 2019 | Updated 9:09 a.m. CT June 8, 2019
No evil stepmom horror stories over here — Miranda Lambert is gushing over her new life as a wife to Brendan McLoughlin and stepmom to his 7-month-old son.
In an interview with Extra at Lamber's annual 'Mutt March' through Nashville, the 35-year-old country music star opened up about her blended family,—dogs, husband, baby and all—and noted that McLoughlin inherited some furry friends."a whole barn full."
"He’s a great guy and, bless his heart, he didn’t have any dogs or any animals at all when he came into this relationship, so he inherited a whole barn full…," Lambert told Extra. "Marching with us today, he knows how important that is to me. He lives with a crazy dog lady."
Lambert's cop husband, an NYPD officer, didn't leave his wife without an inheritance of her own. Upon marrying McLoughlin earlier this year, she also became a stepmom to his son. who "is amazing."
“My stepson is amazing,” Lambert said. “I’m loving that whole phase, and I’ve raised a million dogs, so I feel like I’ve got that part of my womanly/motherly thing is full, so this is a whole new journey. It’s great.”
CMA FEST 2019: Miranda Lambert, husband Brendan Mcloughlin lead Mutt March through Nashville
Miranda Lambert's MuttNation March at CMA Fest
Miranda Lambert holds Dibs as she leads the MuttNation March from Nissan Stadium to Walk of Fame Park Thursday, June 6, 2019, in Nashville, Tenn. Courtney Pedroza/The Tennessean
Dan Smyers of Dan + Shay pets a dog during the MuttNation March from Nissan Stadium to Walk of Fame Park Thursday, June 6, 2019, in Nashville, Tenn. Courtney Pedroza/The Tennessean
Josh Sturgeon holds Dibs as Titus waits during the MuttNation March from Nissan Stadium to Walk of Fame Park Thursday, June 6, 2019, in Nashville, Tenn. Courtney Pedroza/The Tennessean
Dogs greet each other before the MuttNation March from Nissan Stadium to Walk of Fame Park Thursday, June 6, 2019, in Nashville, Tenn. Courtney Pedroza/The Tennessean
Miranda Lambert and Dan Smyers of Dan + Shay lead the MuttNation March from Nissan Stadium to Walk of Fame Park Thursday, June 6, 2019, in Nashville, Tenn. Courtney Pedroza/The Tennessean
Dogs greet each other after the MuttNation March from Nissan Stadium to Walk of Fame Park Thursday, June 6, 2019, in Nashville, Tenn. Courtney Pedroza/The Tennessean
Tallulah wears a cowboy hat before the MuttNation March from Nissan Stadium to Walk of Fame Park Thursday, June 6, 2019, in Nashville, Tenn. Courtney Pedroza/The Tennessean
Miranda Lambert speaks after the MuttNation March from Nissan Stadium to Walk of Fame Park Thursday, June 6, 2019, in Nashville, Tenn. Courtney Pedroza/The Tennessean
Dexter waits for Miranda Lambert in a costume after the MuttNation March from Nissan Stadium to Walk of Fame Park Thursday, June 6, 2019, in Nashville, Tenn. Courtney Pedroza/The Tennessean
Brock gets a pet before the MuttNation March from Nissan Stadium to Walk of Fame Park Thursday, June 6, 2019, in Nashville, Tenn. Courtney Pedroza/The Tennessean
Abby Baas holds Star after the MuttNation March from Nissan Stadium to Walk of Fame Park Thursday, June 6, 2019, in Nashville, Tenn. Courtney Pedroza/The Tennessean
Dogs walk during the MuttNation March from Nissan Stadium to Walk of Fame Park Thursday, June 6, 2019, in Nashville, Tenn. Courtney Pedroza/The Tennessean
Miranda Lambert leads the MuttNation March from Nissan Stadium to Walk of Fame Park Thursday, June 6, 2019, in Nashville, Tenn. Courtney Pedroza/The Tennessean
Miranda Lambert speaks before the MuttNation March from Nissan Stadium to Walk of Fame Park Thursday, June 6, 2019, in Nashville, Tenn. Courtney Pedroza/The Tennessean
Michael Coughlin holds Radley before the MuttNation March from Nissan Stadium to Walk of Fame Park Thursday, June 6, 2019, in Nashville, Tenn. Courtney Pedroza/The Tennessean
Chug waits to walk before the MuttNation March from Nissan Stadium to Walk of Fame Park Thursday, June 6, 2019, in Nashville, Tenn. Courtney Pedroza/The Tennessean
Hamilton looks away from the group photo before the MuttNation March from Nissan Stadium to Walk of Fame Park Thursday, June 6, 2019, in Nashville, Tenn. Courtney Pedroza/The Tennessean
Rescues DJ, bottom, Kiko, blue, and Mitzi wait to walk in the MuttNation March from Nissan Stadium to Walk of Fame Park Thursday, June 6, 2019, in Nashville, Tenn. Courtney Pedroza/The Tennessean
A dogs attempts to take a photo in the MuttNation March photo booth from Nissan Stadium to Walk of Fame Park Thursday, June 6, 2019, in Nashville, Tenn. Courtney Pedroza/The Tennessean
Since Lambert resides in Nashville and McLouglin works in New York, the couple splits their time between the two cities.
"We have the best of both worlds," Lambert said. "We spend time in New York, we get to see our adorable nugget, then we get to come back to the farm and have the quiet life. I’m enjoying the balance."
Lambert was married to fellow country singer Blake Shelton before they divorced in 2015 after four years of marriage.
According to US Weekly, the country singer met her now husband in November 2018 during her performance on "Good Morning America."
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Lambert announced their marriage with a social media post in February February.
"In honor of Valentine’s Day I wanted to share some news. I met the love of my life," she captioned a pair of photos from the couple's wedding day. "And we got hitched! My heart is full. Thank you Brendan Mcloughlin for loving me for.... me."
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TEXAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY 'NO LIMITS' LUNCHEON NOTES
By John Sturbin
ODDS AND ENDS: Through the generosity of driver guests Dale Earnhardt Jr., William Byron and Graham Rahal, the trio helped raised more than $7,000 for Speedway Children’s Charities Texas through Thursday’s No Limits Luncheon. The money was raised through a VIP ticket, which included a signed Milano cowboy hat by all three drivers and a photo with them, as well as silent auction tickets for various signed items by them. ”¦ Texas Motor Speedway unveiled its 2017 bobblehead series before the sold-out crowd of nearly 600 with the life-size versions of the drivers. On the NASCAR side, Danica Patrick is the bobblehead promotion for next Sunday’s O’Reilly Auto Parts 500 and the Kevin Harvick bobblehead will be available for November’s AAA Texas 500. Graham Rahal had the honor of unveiling his own bobblehead that will be featured for June’s Rainguard Water Sealers 600 Verizon IndyCar Series race. Gossage surprised the crowd by giving all attendees a Danica bobblehead, in which 30,000 are scheduled to be distributed next Sunday. ”¦ Texas Motor Speedway announced that legendary musician Ozzy Osbourne and his son Jack will serve as honorary Race Directors for next Sunday’s O’Reilly Auto Parts 500 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race. It will be the first NASCAR race ever attended by Ozzy and the duo is scheduled to film an episode of their show “Ozzy and Jack’s World Detour” that airs on the History Channel during the visit. Ozzy and Jack sent a video from the road to visit with the crowd at the No Limits Luncheon. (Click here for video.) ”¦ Texas Motor Speedway unveiled the layout for Robby Gordon’s Speed Energy Stadium Super Trucks that will be part of June’s Rainguard Water Sealers 600 INDYCAR/NASCAR doubleheader. The trucks will run up pit road, turn onto the quarter-mile track located in the infield ballfield, down the frontstretch and then jump into the South Paddock segment that has a figure 8 layout with another jump. The series will be part of the Texas Off-Road Ruckus in the infield Friday and Saturday of that race weekend and it will include a show truck area, vehicle obstacle course and mega-truck ride alongs. The Super Trucks and Ruckus are free with the race day tickets, and the Super Trucks competition will be held before and after the Rainguard Water Sealers 600 race. ”¦ Rainguard Water Sealers, Texas Motor Speedway’s new entitlement sponsor for June’s Verizon IndyCar Series race, had some fun with the rain issues the speedway endured last year during its races as well President Donald Trump’s “Make America Great Again” slogan. The company, based out of Newport Beach, Calif., gave all the guests red ball caps with the slogan, “Make TMS Dry Again.” Please note that this is not FAKE NEWS.
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Firms give backing for bright sparks of future
CHRIS QUIGLEY
TECHNOLOGY companies have backed a drive to help children from low income families gain future skills for success.
BrightSparks, a scheme that gives youngster from some of Brighton’s most vulnerable families 12 months of technology mentorship, has received new backing from the city’s top ten tech firms.
The programme was devised by MakerClub, a Brighton-based provider of invention and design workshops for young people, as a way of closing the digital skills gap.
The programme takes place at Barclays EagleLabs, a co-working hub in London Road with design and manufacturing facilities such as laser cutters and 3D printers.
The children are taught weekly, through a wide range of projects ranging from robot building to “real world” briefs submitted by the supporting companies.
Participating organisations include Propellernet, Madgex, i-crossing, Ribot, Gene, DabApps, Plus Accounting, ClearLeft, FuturLab and Pragmatic. Together they employ more than 500 staff including some of Brighton’s most talented designers and programmers.
Each company has paid all the costs for one child to go through the scheme.
MakerClub will also be providing training for any participating company staff who wish to volunteer time to pass on their digital skills to children in the scheme.
Applicants to BrightSparks must be aged eight to 13 and be on free school meals or have a combined household income of under £25,000.
MakerClub director and BrightSparks lead Declan Cassidy said: “As the world becomes increasingly automated, children need to not just be learning code but a wide range of future skills, like design, prototyping and creative problem solving.
“This programme connects the dots between young people in most need and the local digital economy.
“In a few short years time, these children will be the next generation of designers, creatives and developers that Brighton needs to thrive. “
He said if successful, this pilot programme could be rolled out nationwide, providing vocational education for more than 2,500 children by next year.
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This month we featured three different exhibits, IMPart Ceramics and Bladesmithing exhibit, Pete McCutchen’s “Pattern+Texture,” and the November Open Exhibit. Lee Newman, the juror for our November Open, awarded a variety of Honorable Mentions from among our talented Art League Artists who applied to the November show. Below we asked our Honorable Mention winners more about their pieces and what they are working on next!
Wil Scott, Friends, digital photo.
“I was struck by the seeming connection between the dog and the two human figures. My approach to photography is eclectic. I usually have a camera with me and photograph people, buildings, nature, and any subject that attracts my eye. ‘It’s not what you look at; it’s what you see.’”
Héctor J. Torres , Holy Relics, Mixed Media
“The goal was to create an altar-like piece reminiscent of religious traditions of reliquary art, dating back centuries, with a modern touch, in fact a ‘fake.’ Most typically I am a painter, so I am working on a series of abstract expressionist canvases in oil, however am continuing to work you on some boxes, addressing inspiration from recent travels to the Athens, Venice and Istanbul.”
Bob Friedman, Waiting for the 7:53, photograph
“I was taken with the shadows of the lamp posts. The woman on the left and the man in the distance was a bonus. I just wander the streets looking for people doing things.”
Leslie Landerkin, 3 Chairs – Hallgrimskirkja Reykjavik, Iceland, photograph
“The photograph was taken in the Lutheran cathedral of the same name in Reykjavik, Iceland. The image of the three chairs on the altar captures the Scandinavian simplicity of the cathedral’s design while the sunlight streaming across evokes a spiritual quality…my next two projects are capturing foliage color amid the late fall brown leaves and finalizing black and white images of the Grand Canyon.”
Aletha Kuschan, Flowers and Things, acrylic painting on canvas, 44” x 40”
“The painting is essentially a large drawing-in-color made from a still life set up. What I sought from it was a very direct, linear, drawing-based approach to the still life objects in a motif which I arranged to have strong hints of landscape imagery — with a blue, sky-like background, a green lawn-like table setting and a vase of flowers with a large tree-like bough so that the two genres of still life and landscape might become somewhat blurred together. Next, I am working on a series of similarly scaled still life paintings of flowers, each with a strong leaning in a particular color direction (one being predominantly yellow, another violet, another jade green, etc.)”
Meryl Silver, Fire and Ice, photograph on canvas
“I wanted to capture the beach just as the sun was rising and highlighting parts of the beach. Since the icebergs are in motion the patterns made are constantly changing, making the experience both exciting and challenging. I’m currently working on images I took in October at Bryce and Zion National Parks”
Barbara Stepura, Last Days of Summer, oil on canvas
“As a plein air painter, I find that the experience of translating my view of nature to canvas captivates me and transports me to a place of peace, contentment and oneness with nature that is a marvel to savor. Presently, I am working on a series of plein air paintings of Southern Maryland landscapes.”
Maureen Rabinovitz, Still Life with Rocks, Paper Bag, Scissors, watercolor=
“My goal with this piece, as with most of my paintings, was to use shape, pattern, and especially color to create a harmony on paper. I set up this still life after spending the morning in Deborah Ellis’ Art League watercolor class trying and failing to paint rocks in a landscape. Painting rocks in a shallow bowl came so much easier. I am currently working on trying to paint larger works, usually still lifes but also figures/interiors with still life elements.”
Lynn Mehta, At Our Crossroads, oil
“I was painting on location, trying to capture this moment in time while trucks were passing through the intersection and shadows were quickly moving. I’m now beginning on a series of studio pieces that capture a transitional point in time.”
Sarah Strickler, Bent, photography
“To convey the stark beauty and environment of the Province Lands near the tip of Cape Cod. This area is part of the Cape Cod National Seashore. [Next I’ll be working on] highlighting both the built and natural landscape, how they are often inexorably interconnected.”
Stephanie Chang, Unbowed, Charcoal on paper
“In this drawing, I wanted to capture Olivia’s beauty and strength. Although Olivia’s outward appearance is elegant and refined, her inner world is free and unconquered. I chose to use charcoal for this drawing. Charcoal allowed me to present Olivia’s face as surfacing through the paper, unbowed. Currently, I am finishing a few commission paintings and drawings. I am also planning to paint a portrait of my great great grandfather, who was a general from the Ching Dynasty.”
Barbara Kreling, Intersection, Acrylic with crayon on canvas
“With art training and traditional practice of more than 20 years, I’ve stepped out in the air and now work intuitively to create visual experience using layers of acrylic paint and other media such as crayon and ink. This painting was focused on the intersection of colors through composition. [Currently,] I’m working on several pieces at once beginning with specific colors and working with layers of paint and composition to create a meaningful visual experience.”
Susan L. Sanders, Seraphim, black and white photo printed on metal.
“My goal [with this piece is] to show the beauty of this stoneware sculpture by the Japanese artist, Fujikasa Satoko, which is in the Walters Gallery of Art in Baltimore. I am currently working on a series at MOMA of iconic art works and visitors to the museum.”
M. Alexander Gray, Hardware River Aqueduct III, engraving
“My goal was this piece was to create a more advanced version of an earlier piece, “Hardware River Aqueduct.” The earlier piece was also an engraving and was only the second engraving I completed, and as such did not have a high level of sophistication; leading me to revisit the same subject with the aim of capturing more of the detail and atmosphere of this compelling structure. I am working on several other pieces right now: other local landscapes and scenes that have the same evocative quality that the Hardware Aqueduct holds for me.”
You can see all of these pieces, as well as IMPart and Pete McCutchen’s “Pattern+Texture” exhibit through December 2 in The Art League Gallery!
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High Country chefs offer tips to gear up for grilling season
News | May 23, 2016
Katie Coakley
Special to the Vail Daily
Chef Kelly Liken uses a pre-rub on her chicken wing recipe, which utilizes whole chicken wings, as they stay moister and meatier. âPut them on a medium grill for about 20 to 25 minutes and theyâll get nice and crispy," she said. "Then I make a buffalo sauce and brush it on, like a lacquer, and it just cooks in."
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Grilling trends
Here are some of the top grilling trends from Hearth, Patio & Barbecue Association’s barbecue lifestyle, usage and attitude survey, conducted in July and August 2015.
• 75 percent of U.S. adults own a grill or smoker.
• 62 percent of households that own a grill own a gas grill, followed by charcoal (53 percent) and electric (12 percent).
• The most popular days to barbecue are Fourth of July (76 percent), Labor Day (62 percent), Memorial Day (62 percent), Father’s Day (49 percent) and Mother’s Day (34 percent).
• The top reasons for cooking out: 71 percent of grill owners say it’s to improve flavor, 54 percent for personal enjoyment and 42 percent for entertaining family and friends.
• Half of all grill owners have the most basic grilling accessories, such as a cleaning brush, tongs, glove and/or mitts. The most popular new accessories owners plan to buy include pizza stones, broiling baskets and cooking planks.
• Barbecuing isn’t just an evening activity: 11 percent of grill owners prepared breakfast on a grill in the past year.
• Nearly 1/3 of grill owners (31 percent) grilled someplace other than their homes in the past year, including 24 percent who grilled while camping.
• Nearly a third (30 percent) of current grill owners plan to grill with greater frequency.
Warm Sweet Potato Salad
“This is a healthier version, as it uses a vinaigrette rather than an aioli- or mayonnaise-based sauce,” said chef Marcus Stewart, who shared his recipe here.
1 pound sweet potatoes
1 pound purple sweet potatoes
1 pound Yukon gold potatoes
1 pound bacon, cut into small strips
1 yellow onion, diced small
2 celery stalks, diced small
1 bunch Italian parsley, leaves picked
2 ounces chives
6 ounces apple cider, mustard and rosemary vinaigrette (see recipe below)
Wash potatoes well, and cut them into 1-inch cubes. Blanch in salted water, until they are tender, and then drain away all water. Lay potatoes on a sheet tray to allow proper cooling.
While potatoes are cooking, render small cut bacon in a pan until golden brown, and drain grease. Toss potatoes with vinaigrette, celery, chives, lightly chopped parsley leaves, onion and bacon.
Makes 12 servings.
Apple cider, mustard and rosemary vinaigrette
1 cup apple cider vinegar
3 cups olive oil blend
1 sprig rosemary, leaves chopped
½ shallot, chopped
2 tablespoons grain mustard
In a blender, combine vinegar, honey and mustards, rosemary and shallot. Blend. Slowly incorporate oil, and season with salt and pepper.
The grill is truly a versatile item. During the winter, we utilize it to illustrate the copious amount of snow deposited due to an overnight dump (after all, a picture is worth 1,000 brags). However, during the spring, the grill becomes the harbinger of the season. When the last of the white stuff disappears from the deck, the mighty grill is cleared off and fired up, prepared to issue a siren’s scent of spring to our friends and neighbors.
It says, “The grill is on: It’s time to emerge from mud season hibernation.”
May is National Barbecue Month, marking the official beginning of peak barbecuing season, according to the Hearth, Patio & Barbecue Association. A recent survey by the organization indicates 3/4 of Americans own a grill or smoker. There’s a good chance that you or your neighbor is going to be lighting up that grill soon.
There are almost as many ideas about grilling as there are about politics, but arguing about the former usually delivers up a more enjoyable result than the latter. To fully embrace grilling season, here are some tips, tricks and recipes from High Country chefs and experts to ensure you have a great experience. Who knows? You might even learn something new.
Prep makes perfect
Before you start planning a menu designed to wow your friends, take care of the basics first: Make sure your grill is clean and ready for use.
“Keep a clean grill,” said Brad “BBQ” Austin, a pit master and barbecue judge. “Make sure it’s clean because otherwise you’re going to be rehashing old flavors into your meat.”
Start your spring cleaning with your grill and you’ll ensure that last year’s mistakes don’t resurface as this season’s regrets. Follow the directions for your specific setup, as different materials, such as stainless steel or porcelain-coated grates, require different care. Now you’re ready to get started. Not grilling, though — planning.
The type of cooking that you’re planning will dictate the amount of time taken and what needs to happen when.
“Are you slow cooking or smoking — processes that take four or more hours, such as brisket, pork belly or the a whole pig?” asked Marcus Stewart, executive sous chef at the Four Season Resort Vail. “Or are you quick grilling, such as steaks, chops, chicken, burgers?”
If you’re slow cooking, you’ll have time to prepare side dishes and other elements while the meat is taking its sweet time. However, if you’re quick grilling, Stewart recommends finishing the cold prep first, like making potato salad (see recipe) or chopping vegetables.
Before anything goes on the grill, though, you’ll need to prep your meat. Stewart and Austin recommend a rub for flavor, as does chef Kelly Liken, whose new restaurant Harvest will open at the Sonnenalp Club in mid-June.
From steak to chicken to salmon, a rub can be used before grilling to impart flavor. Pre-grill rubs usually have a higher salt content, though simple salt and pepper will also work.
Note: There are also finishing rubs that are used after you’ve marked one side of the protein and flipped it over. This rub, which might have a bit more sugar, will finish off the flavor profile.
Liken uses a pre-rub on her chicken wing recipe, which utilizes whole chicken wings, as they stay moister and meatier.
“Make a basic barbecue rub (or you can buy one), rub it in and let it sit,” Liken said. “Put them on a medium grill for about 20 to 25 minutes and they’ll get nice and crispy. Then I make a buffalo sauce and brush it on, like a lacquer, and it just cooks in. They’re more delicious and something like 60 percent less fat than regular fried wings.”
When all of the prep is done, it’s time to get grilling. Whether you have a gas grill, charcoal or wood grill, there is one thing that chefs stress: Never put your meat over a full flame — it will burn the meat on the outside. Instead, place it over hot coals or chips, which will impart the best flavor.
“Don’t use accelerants (such as lighter fluid),” Austin said, “because you’ll get those petroleum products into your meat.”
Once you have your temperature set, think about what you want to grill and how long it will take.
“Chicken goes on first,” Stewart said. “You’re going to have to cook it to a higher internal temperature. Once it gets to the 155-degree mark, then you can pull it off. Allow it to rest and brush with sauce, or just let it rest. Then, take care of those finicky things, like steaks. Burgers are going to go on last because those are the ones you can cook to rare and mid-rare.”
Another tip repeated by the pros is the necessity of letting the meat rest after it’s taken off of the grill.
“Anything you grill, take eight to 10 minutes to let it rest,” Stewart said. He recommended putting steaks on a rack, like a pie cooling rack, to give them a bit of elevation.
“Once you’re searing the meat and cooking it, it’s basically seizing up — it looses some of its elasticity, its width and mass,” he said. “Once you allow it to rest, it allows the juices to distribute more evenly and your steak will look more nicely cooked. You’ll also experience less of a loss of juices when you cut it.”
Liken recommends using the time when the meat is resting to grill vegetables.
Cut and season your vegetables before you start grilling. Then you can put them on the grill at the last minute; most take three or four minutes to be done.
“You want to make sure that the grill is not too hot (for the veggies),” she said. “I like a little char, but not burned and black. I throw veggies on when the meat is resting.”
She recommended a perforated grill pan for vegetables, as you can chop them and they won’t fall through the cracks. Or if you don’t have a grill pan, take larger veggies and refrain from cutting them into little pieces. Instead, you can cut onions into quarters, cut zucchini lengthwise (instead of into medallions) or cut tomatoes in half and put them directly on the grill.
“They could even be more of a main course,” Liken said. “They’re more substantial.”
Stewart also recommends grilling veggies as an accompaniment. Shishito peppers, baby red or yellow peppers, even cherry tomatoes from Palisade, still on the vine — they’re all options that Stewart roasts on the grill.
Looking at what’s in season, “you have some fun options to play with,” he said.
That’s really the secret to grilling: It’s all about having fun.
“There’s something wonderful about the grill,” Liken said. “It takes away the intimidation from the kitchen.”
Grilling or barbecuing
Barbecuing and grilling: These terms may be used interchangeably, but is there a difference between the two? Yes, Austin said.
“Barbecue can mean different things to different people,” he said. “But the term barbecue encompasses both grilling and smoking. Grilling is usually at a higher heat, 300 degrees and higher … smoking is usually ‘low and slow,’ around 225 to 250 degrees.”
In the end, it doesn’t matter what you call it. Grilling and barbecuing are easy, non-intimidating ways to fix a meal, whether it’s for you or for a group of people. And there’s a surefire way to get the perfect barbecue, Austin said.
“Practice,” he said. “Practice, practice, practice, because practice does make perfection on the grill.”
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Confirmed! Bananarama 33CD Singles box set: full track listing
July 10, 2015 by Paul Sinclairtags: 1980s, 1990s, Bananarama
New cover art
The time has come… Without further ado, SDE exclusively brings you the full and confirmed track listing for Edsel’s 33CD Bananarama In A Bunch: The Singles 1981-1993 box set. In total we count 310 tracks and 50 previously unreleased worldwide. There are 46 selections new-to-CD (in addition to the unreleased tracks) and frankly, more remixes than you can shake a banana at. Remember you can pre-order this set via the Demon Music Store, or Amazon UK. The former only ships within Europe, and both are just shy of £100. In A Bunch: The Singles 1981-1993 is released on 31 July 2015. Please let us know whether this lives up to the hype and meets your expectations by leaving a comment!
• Amazon UK Pre-order: In A Bunch – Box Set (Worldwide)
• Amazon USA Pre-order: In a Bunch: The CD Singles Box Set 1981-1993
• Amazon CANADA Pre-order: In a Bunch box set
• Amazon ITALY Pre-order: In a Bunch box set
• Demon Music Store Pre-order: In A Bunch – Box Set (Europe only)
BANANARAMA – IN A BUNCH: THE SINGLES 1981-1993 CD1 AIE A MWANA
Aie A Mwana
Aie A Mwana [Extended Version]
Aie A Mwana [Dubwana]
Aie A Mwana [U.S. Extended Version]
Aie A Mwana [U.S. Dub]
CD2 IT AIN’T WHAT YOU DO IT’S THE WAY THAT YOU DO IT – with Fun Boy Three
It Ain’t What You Do It’s The Way That You Do It
The Funrama Theme
It Ain’t What You Do… / Just Do It +
The Funrama Theme [Extended Version]
CD3 REALLY SAYING SOMETHING – with Fun Boy Three
Really Saying Something
Give Us Back Our Cheap Fares
Really Saying Something [Extended Version]
Give Us Back Our Cheap Fares [Extended Version]
Really Saying Something [U.S. 7” Mix]
Really Saying Something [U.S. Extended Version]
Really Saying Something [U.S. Instrumental] *
CD4 SHY BOY
Shy Boy
Don’t Call Us [aka ‘Boy Trouble’]
Shy Boy [Extended Version]
Don’t Call Us [Extended Version] [aka ‘Boy Trouble’]
Shy Boy [U.S. 7” Mix]
Shy Boy [U.S. Extended Version]
Shy Boy [U.S. Dub]
Shy Boy [Instrumental] *
CD5 HE’S GOT TACT
He’s Got Tact
He’s Got Tact [Alternative mix] *
He’s Got Tact [Instrumental] *
CD6 CHEERS THEN
Cheers Then
Cheers Then [Extended Version]
Girl About Town [Extended Version]
Cheers Then [Instrumental] *
CD7 NA NA HEY HEY (KISS HIM GOODBYE)
Na Na Hey Hey (Kiss Him Goodbye)
Tell Tale Signs
Na Na Hey Hey (Kiss Him Goodbye) [Extended Version]
Na Na Hey Hey (Kiss Him Goodbye) [Na (Dub) Hey]
Tell Tale Signs [Extended Version]
Na Na Hey Hey (Kiss Him Goodbye) [Alternative 12” Mix]
Na Na Hey Hey (Kiss Him Goodbye) [Instrumental] *
CD8 CRUEL SUMMER
Cruel Summer [Cruel Dub]
Cruel Summer [Extended Version]
Cruel Summer [Summer Dub]
Cruel Summer [Digital Mix]
CD9 ROBERT DE NIRO’S WAITING…
Robert De Niro’s Waiting… [7” Version]
Push!
Robert De Niro’s Waiting… [Extended Version]
Push! [Extended Version]
Robert De Niro’s Waiting… [Instrumental] *
CD10 ROUGH JUSTICE
Rough Justice [7” Version]
Rough Justice [Extended Version]
Rough Justice [Album Version]
Rough Justice [Original 12” Mix]
Rough Justice [Instrumental] *
CD11 KING OF THE JUNGLE
King Of The Jungle [7” Edit] +
King Of The Jungle [Cold End Version] +
King Of The Jungle [Extended Version] *
King Of The Jungle [Unsegued Version]
King Of The Jungle [Instrumental] *
CD12 THE WILD LIFE
The Wild Life [7” Version]
The Wild Life [Album Version]
The Wild Life [Dub Mix]
The Wild Life [7” Edit] +
The Wild Life [Extended Version]
The Wild Life [Instrumental]
CD13 HOT LINE TO HEAVEN
Hot Line To Heaven [7” Version]
State I’m In
Hot Line To Heaven [Album Version]
State I’m In [Extended Version]
Hot Line To Heaven [Album Edit]
Hot Line To Heaven [Instrumental] *
State I’m In [Instrumental]
Hot Line To Heaven [Radio 1 Jingles] *
CD14 DO NOT DISTURB
Do Not Disturb [Extended Version]
Do Not Disturb [Instrumental] +
Do Not Disturb [Bananamix] +
Do Not Disturb [Original Mix] *
Do Not Disturb [Alternative 12” Mix] *
Do Not Disturb [Radio 1 Jingles] *
CD15 VENUS
Venus [7” Edit]
Venus [Extended Version]
Venus [Dub]
Venus [Hellfire Mix]
Venus [Hellfire Dub] +
Venus [Fire & Brimstone Mix]
Venus [Original Mix]
True Confessions [7” Version]
Venus [Original 12” Mix]
Venus [Radio 1 Jingles] *
CD16 MORE THAN PHYSICAL
More Than Physical [7” Mix]
More Than Physical [Garage Mix]
More Than Physical [Dub]
Scarlett [Extended Version]
More Than Physical [Musclebound Mix]
More Than Physical [DJ Edit]
More Than Physical [Album Version]
More Than Physical [Garage Mix Edit]
More Than Physical [Original 12” Mix]
More Than Physical [Muscle Dub] *
More Than Physical [Instrumental] +
More Than Physical [Radio 1 Jingles] *
CD17 A TRICK OF THE NIGHT
A Trick Of The Night [#1] [aka 7” Mix]
A Trick Of The Night [#2] [aka Alternative Version] +
Set On You
A Trick Of The Night [The Number One Mix]
A Trick Of The Night [Tricky Mix]
A Trick Of The Night [Dub]
A Trick Of The Night [Instrumental] +
A Trick Of The Night [Tricky Mix 7” Edit] +
A Trick Of The Night [U.K. Video Mix]
A Trick Of The Night [U.S. 7” Mix] +
A Trick Of The Night [Original Jolley & Swain 12” Mix] *
A Trick Of The Night [Original PWL Remix] *
A Trick Of The Night [Tuesday Mix]
A Trick Of The Night [U.S. Instrumental] *
A Trick Of The Night [Radio 1 Jingle] *
CD18 I HEARD A RUMOUR
I Heard A Rumour
Clean Cut Boy [Party Size]
I Heard A Rumour [Horoscope Mix]
I Heard A Rumour [Dub]
I Heard A Rumour [Miami Mix]
I Heard A Rumour [House Mix]
I Heard A Rumour [Original Mix] *
I Heard A Rumour [Original 12” Mix]
I Heard A Rumour [Wacky Vocal Dub]
I Heard A Rumour [Instrumental] *
CD19 LOVE IN THE FIRST DEGREE
Love In The First Degree
Mr Sleaze
Love In The First Degree [Jailers Mix]
Love In The First Degree [Escapee Instrumental]
Love In The First Degree [Eurobeat Style]
Mr Sleaze [Rare Groove Remix]
Mr Sleaze [Rare Groove 7” Remix] +
Love In The First Degree [Jailers Mix With Intro]
Mr Sleaze [US 7” Mix] +
Mr Sleaze [Instrumental] +
Love In The First Degree [Hard Vox 7” Mix] *
CD20 I CAN’T HELP IT
I Can’t Help It [Extended Club Mix]
Ecstasy [Chicago House Stylee]
I Can’t Help It [The Hammond Version Excursion]
Ecstasy [Wild Style]
Ecstasy [Edit] +
I Can’t Help It [U.S. 7” Mix] +
I Can’t Help It [Instrumental] *
CD21 I WANT YOU BACK
I Want You Back [7” Version]
Bad For Me
I Want You Back [Extended European Mix]
Amnesia [Extended 12” Version]
The Bananarama Megamix [10” Version] +
Love In The First Degree [House Remix]
Amnesia [7” Edit] *
The Bananarama Megamix [12” Version]
Love In The First Degree [Love In The House Mix]
Love In The First Degree [House Dub]
I Want You Back [Original 12” Mix]
I Want You Back [Instrumental] *
CD22 LOVE, TRUTH & HONESTY
Love, Truth & Honesty
Strike It Rich [7” Version]
Love, Truth & Honesty [Dance Hall Version]
Strike It Rich [Full Length Club Mix]
Love, Truth & Honesty [Balearacidic Mix]
Love, Truth & Honesty [Hot Power 12”]
Strike It Rich [Edit] +
Love, Truth & Honesty [Balearacidic Dub] +
Love, Truth & Honesty [Hot Power Dub] +
Love, Truth & Honesty [Hot Power Edit]
Love, Truth & Honesty [Hot Power 12” U.S. Re-Edit] +
Love, Truth & Honesty [Original 12” Mix] *
Love, Truth & Honesty [Instrumental] *
CD23 NATHAN JONES
Nathan Jones [7” Mix]
Nathan Jones [Extended Version]
Nathan Jones [Instrumental Dub] +
Nathan Jones [Psycho Mix]
Nathan Jones [Bass Tone Mix]
Nathan Jones [1987 7” Mix]
Nathan Jones [Dave Ford Mix]
Nathan Jones [Psycho Mix U.S. Re-Edit]
Nathan Jones [Original 12” Mix]
Nathan Jones [Bass Tone Dub] *
Nathan Jones [Bass Tone Percappella] *
Nathan Jones [Alternative 12” Mix]
Nathan Jones [12” Mix]
Nathan Jones [Dave Ford Instrumental] *
CD24 HELP! – with Lanananeeneenoonoo
Help! [aka Straight Version]
Help [Extended Version]
Love In The Factory
Help! [Instrumental] *
CD25 CRUEL SUMMER ‘89
Cruel Summer [‘89 Swing Beat Version]
Venus [The Greatest Remix Edit]
Cruel Summer [‘89 Swing Beat Dub]
I Heard A Rumour [Corporation Of Bananarama Mix]
Venus [The Greatest Remix]
Cruel Summer [‘89 Swing Beat Instrumental]
I Heard A Rumour [Corporation Dub] +
Venus [Desire Dub] +
Cruel Summer [‘89 Swing Beat 7” Instrumental] *
Venus [The Greatest Remix Instrumental] *
I Heard A Rumour [Corporation Instrumental] *
I Heard A Rumour [Drumappella] *
I Heard A Rumour [FB Dub 1] *
CD26 MEGARAMA ‘89
Megarama ‘89 [Alan Coulthard’s Edit] +
Megarama ‘89 [Dimitri’s Edit]
Megarama ‘89 [Alan Coulthard’s Full-Length Version]
Megarama ‘89 [Dimitri’s Full-Length Version]
The Greatest Hits Megamix +
The Greatest Hits Megamix [7” Edit] +
Tempus Fugit Mix
Tempus Fugit Mix [Instrumental] *
CD27 ONLY YOUR LOVE
Only Your Love [7-Inch]
Only Your Love [Milky Bar Mix]
Only Your Love [Youth & Thrash On The Mix]
Only Your Love [Hardcore Instrumental]
Only Your Love [The Monkey Drum Mooch]
Only Your Love [A Tribute To Barry Mooncult Mix] +
Only Your Love [Paris, Texas Instrumental] +
Only Your Love [Youth & Thrash On The Mix CD Edit]
Only Your Love [Hardcore Instrumental Edit]
Only Your Love [Love Mix] +
Only Your Love [Original 12” Mix]
Only Your Love [7” Instrumental] *
CD28 PREACHER MAN
Preacher Man
Megalomaniac [7” Mix]
Preacher Man [Shep’s Club Mix]
Preacher Man [Shep’s Dub Mix] +
Preacher Man [Shep’s Instrumental Edit] +
Preacher Man [Ramabanana Alternative Mix]
Tripping On Your Love [Sweet Exorcist Dub] +
Preacher Man [Bonus Beats Dub] +
Preacher Man [Shep’s Instrumental] +
Preacher Man [Alternative 7” Mix] *
Preacher Man [Original 12” Mix]
CD29 LONG TRAIN RUNNING
Long Train Running
Long Train Running [Alma De Noche Mix]
Long Train Running [The Romany Dance Mix] +
Long Train Running [The Pacha Mix]
Long Train Running [Flamenco Mix] +
Long Train Running [Sparky’s Magic Button Mix]
Long Train Running [Flamenco CD Mix]
Long Train Running [Instrumental] *
CD30 TRIPPING ON YOUR LOVE
Tripping On Your Love [7 Inch]
Tripping On Your Love [Metropolis Mix]
Tripping On Your Love [Euro Trance Mix]
Tripping On Your Love [Indika Dub] +
Tripping On Your Love [Instrumental] +
Tripping On Your Love [Dance Floor Justice Mix]
Tripping On Your Love [We’re All Doved Up Dub] +
Tripping On Your Love [Dance Floor Justice Instrumental] +
Tripping On Your Love [Silky 70s 7” Mix] *
Tripping On Your Love [Silky Dub] +
Tripping On Your Love [Smoove Radio Mix] *
Tripping On Your Love [E-Smoove Chant Mix] +
Tripping On Your Love [Maurice’s Wicked Mix] +
Tripping On Your Love [Maurice’s Dub] +
CD31 MOVIN’ ON
Movin’ On [7-Inch A]
Movin’ On [Straight No Chaser]
Movin’ On [Bumpin’ Mix]
Movin’ On [The Spag-A-Nana Dub]
Movin’ On [The ‘Norty’ Banana Mix]
Movin’ On [Original 12” Mix]
Movin’ On [Movin’ Mix]
Movin’ On [Thumpin’ Mix]
Movin’ On [Snappin’ Mix]
Movin’ On [NRG Mix]
Movin’ On [Alternative Reprise] *
Movin’ On [Jumpin’ Dub] *
Movin’ On [Instrumental] +
Message From Bananarama [From Japanese DJ CD]
CD32 LAST THING ON MY MIND
Last Thing On My Mind
Another Lover
Last Thing On My Mind [FXTC Dub]
Last Thing On My Mind [The Tone Tone Mix]
Last Thing On My Mind [Hi-NRG Mix]
Last Thing On My Mind [Tone’s Instrumental]
Last Thing On My Mind [Xtra NRG Mix]
Last Thing On My Mind [Extended Version]
Last Thing On My Mind [Instrumental] *
CD33 MORE, MORE, MORE
More, More, More [7” Mix]
Give It All Up For Love
More, More, More [12” Mix]
More, More, More [I Can’t Techno More Mix]
More, More, More [Remix Dub]
More, More, More [Original 12” Mix]
More, More, More [Extended Version]
More, More, More [More Tech No Dub]
More, More, More [Album Instrumental] *
More, More, More [7” Instrumental] *
* Previously unreleased worldwide + First time on CD worldwide
297 responses to Confirmed! Bananarama 33CD Singles box set: full track listing
Paul Taylor-Greaves says:
So, now this has been out a while, has anyone done a comparison to see how much of this is duplicated on the Edsel reissues/Megarama cd? Is it worth shelling out for them all?
I checked tracks too, and that’s it: the 6 tracks mentioned above (from Megarama 3cd set) are not in the Singles Box! + : track 8, from cd 2, are not there too… Or am i mistaken?
Just got this box and am checking tracks vs Megarama 3CD. Appears the following from the Megarama 3CD are NOT on the box set. Can someone confirm or are the mix names different? Thanks.
1-7 Na Na Hey Hey (Kiss Him Goodbye) (Acid Remix ’88) Remix – Alan Coulthard 6:16
1-8 Tripping On Your Love (The Sturm Mix) Remix – Larry Sturm 3:59
2-10 Tripping On Your Love (The Lovable Love-Dove Caper) Remix – Terry Farley & Pete Heller 6:27
3-2 Shy Boy (’88 Remix) Remix – Alan Coulthard 6:34
3-8 Ready Or Not (Jolley & Swain 12″ Mix) Remix – Jolley & Swain 5:33
3-10 Strike It Rich (Dub) Remix – Phil Harding 5:13
@Kiefer2, thanks! I’ve been told by a friend that they re-did Nathan Jones CD! I wrote them about the corrected CD without the glitch. They sent me the replacement CD. I’ve got it in about 7 days (UK>NL).
Who did you contact and how?
@Glenn, this was the emailaddress 2e.DMG.Info2@bbc.com
Thanks Griffin. I have sent them an email. Really appreciate the heads up.
CakeSaint says:
The Bananarama Mega-Mix (10″ and 12″ versions) on Disc 21 (I Want You Back) sound very much like vinyl rips to me, and not really good ones. There is a hum in the background that is noticeable when you transition from another track on that disc, and the sound is not crisp like the rest of the tracks. When they sing “locked in a prison cell” at 0:16 on the 10″ version, there is a telltale blur of distortion on the word “cell,” and it can be heard on other “s” sounds as well.
Perhaps the masters couldn’t be found. But a vinyl transfer can sound better than this.
I noticed that too cakeSaint and thought that maybe the DJ used vinyl rips himself as original source.
Could this be it ?
Max, I posted the same comment over at Discogs and someone mentioned that he thought the original mixes were made from vinyl sources, so that might be it. I haven’t heard the original 12″ but it might explain the sound.
This is called sibilance.I am glad to know that only the megahits were from vinyl source as I find these totally useless even to listen to.
There’s a jump on Nathan Jones CD-14 @ 1:15! They talked about this on the PWL forum. Some said this 12″ Mix (without the jump) is also on The Twelve Inches Of Bananarama! Other said it’s not the same mix. Nathan Jones CD-03 & 14 sound a like but they are slightly different as well. I hope Edsel will replace the disc!
Kiefer2 says:
I believe the “Extended Version” on the 3cd Megarama set is the same and it does not have the glitch. The “12 Inches of Bananarama ” version is different than the others.
Darryl Nelson says:
I love love love Strike It Rich but the mixes are weird. There is:
Album Version (3.29) – sounds more demo-like (no snare)
7″ Version (5.12) – from the LT&H CD
Edit (2:18) – from LT&H CD
Full Length Club Mix (5:14) – from the LT&H CD.
12″ Version (6:00) – from WOW Deluxe
Dub (5.13)
That’s a very long 7″ Version, and the “Full Length Club Mix” is not really full length, is it? It is the same length as the 7″ LOL. And the edit… who fades a song during the second chorus… gahhhh! Seems like a weird thing to do, where did that originally come from?
What is the difference between A Trick Of The Night [Original Jolley & Swain 12” Mix] and [Original PWL Remix]. Can somebody gives me running time? Thanks
Where is the Nathan Jones (Psycho Radio Edit) as found on the US Greatest Hits Collection? I find that version far superior than any other. Also, would have loved to see an album edit of the original More than Physical but I guess it doesn’t exist or there was no room. And the Tripping on Your Love (Metropolis Mix Edit) didn’t fit!!!
i was told Only your love “Love Mix” is the same same as “Youth and Trash mix” Does anyone can tell me?
Other than the time diferenece, they are the same with the “Love Mix” fading out later.
@Edwin
Only 12 tracks on cd instead of 14 listed on tracklist & back cover??
No-there are 14 tracks, but some have the same #s (e.g. 2 are labelled #9).
Did you know that Tripping On Your Love listings are incorrectly printed?Listed at 14 tracks but only 12 listed in the wrong order for the last few.
Sean Peele says:
I am still on the fence about buying this, given the price. Is there any plan for a comprehensive review of the set in the near future?
“Desire dub” is part of Cruel summer’89….It is actually the dub version for the Venus “Greatest remix”
Anyone else compare CD15 of this collection with CD10 of the SAW box set? Not an exact match, never heard of Venus [Desire Dub], and didn’t see it on the 2CD+DVD edition.
“Especially sucks knowing that so many of you in the States already got it last week…”
I live in the states and I got mine last week because it was ordered from a US retailer. Got a good price, much better than Amazon (US or UK). It pays to shop around.
anyone else in Canada still waiting for their box set????? I’ve ordered very often from amazon.co.uk…just since the beginning of 2015 this is my 7th order..and they usually take from 3 to 6 work days….it’s now going on 10 work days tomorrow(thursday)…not counting that 2 weekends have gone by too…I’m getting worried…and dissapointed everytime the mailman gives me a package or a delivery notice when I’m at work….and it turns out to be an item I’m not WATING SO MUCH FOR!!!!Especially sucks knowing that so many of you in the States already got it last week…
At least my chinese copy of Madonna’s Ghost town maxi cd has finally arrived this morning after an entire month :)
Patrick, I had a notice left in my mailbox today stating that they tried to deliver it on Sept. 8th while I was at work. Not only will I have to go to the post office to get it, I’ll have to pay over $30 in duty and taxes.
Unlucky!
Hey Gordon..i take it you’re in Canada if you’re telling me about your missed delivery….why didn’t they leave you a notice card on the day they tried to deliver it,instead of 2 days later? If they tried on the 8th with you and i still didn,t get it today(the 10th) chances are I’ll get it tomorrow….and will have to get it at the post office if it doesn’t fit in my mailbox…hope i don,t have to pay import taxes too….though it has never happened to me with amazon.co.uk in the last 10 years….
But if it isn’t here by tomorrow it is officially late cause it was sceduled to arrive on the 11th at the latest….last time that happend to me,i had a 3 cd shipment and it was 2 days overdue…i was on their customer chatroom and they were about to ship me a replacement shipment with the fastest shipping..all free of charge…very nice of them…but the mailman rang the doorbell and had it in his hands…just in time for me to have the guy at amazon cancel the replacement…
At least you know you’ll have your copy in your hands very soon :)
Yes, Patrick, I’m in Canada. I have no idea why they didn’t leave the notice card the same time they tried to deliver it. That was odd. This is the first time I’ve had to pay duty/taxes on a shipment from any of the Amazon sites, but it may be due to the dollar value of the goods being higher than usual. Anyway, I now have it in my possession, and I don’t work these next two days, so I’ll be totally preoccupied with it. I hope yours arrives on Friday. :)
nope i didn’t get it…i chatted with someone from customer service at amazon.co.uk and they told me it should have arrived…but i gotta wait till the 17th to see if it shows up..if not they will send me a replacement….I’m really bummed out!
As for paying duty taxes on yours.it’s just the luck of the draw….i was once told by someone that works at customs that often they only charge taxes on random items….the amount of the package doesn,t always play in it….i just got a Star wars card set worth 275$ and i didn’t have to pay taxes… guess you were just unlucky….
I took last monday’s holiday for this coming monday..so would be nice to get it in the morning..at least I’d have a few hours to listen to part of the set.
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Everyone please ignore me-I answered my own questions-Paul, anything you can do about an edit feature would be greatly appreciated by me and anyone who bothered with my easily answered posts! :)
Sorry-it’s the “SIR” version on the “Love Truth & Honesty” snap-pack.
Does anyone know what the version of “Strike it Rich” is on the Japanese 2 track snap-pack? Across all the versions/remasters I haven’t seen any version with that timing (5:02). Could it be the US 7″ Version?
Does anyone else have an error in the 7-Inch Mix of “Only Your Love” (track 1)? It occurs around 3:28-3:31.
It’s one of my favorites and unfortunately there’s a glitch! :( At least the Milky Bar Mix was fixed.
I listened to it right now-no glitch.
There does seem to be a glitch (like an audible “swipe”) in the instrumental of Robert DeNiro at around the 0.40-0.44 second mark. (during the “watching a film or a face on the wall” line). This isn’t a complaint-the set is stellar-just something I noticed.
Lieven says:
You’re right about that small glitch in the instrumental of Robert De Niro’s Waiting. I could easily fix this in Adobe Audition.
Aww man, I hope it was just an error during the rip process and not the disc. It’s one of my absolute favourites! Thanks for responding Kiefer2! Wish me luck (please).
“Does anyone know what version Track #1 is on the “More Than Physical” disc?”
How much longer than the 7″ ? Note that even the 7″ single had multiple versions. The original was released in UK/USA/Canada/Australia. Unsure if this is the one called “worldwide single version” because it was also released as a picture disc. But “A version very similar to this one is available on the album Bananarama – Master Series” which, if I understand correctly, was a UK only mix.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master_Series_%28Bananarama_album%29
Corrected if I´m wrong but I think this version on that Master Series is the video version.which I was looking after or it could be the 7 inch version from the US 12 inch single.
The tracking number for my box says “out for delivery” today. Yes!
Just got back from work…NO BOX SET in my mailbox……This sucks!!!!! I made sure my weekend off was totally free……..and NO mail on monday due to holiday…AAAAARRRRRGH!!!!!!
Does anyone know what version Track #1 is on the “More Than Physical” disc? It is shorter than the album version, but longer than the 7″ single remix. I haven’t been able to find any info on a mix with this time.
Sorry! I should have scrolled back to the top and there’s no edit feature!
You can listen to clips here and they’re decent at two minutes each. Note that a few links play the wrong song, usually “Aie a Mwana” for some reason.
http://de.juno.co.uk/products/bananarama-in-a-bunch-the-cd-singles/581869-01/
Thanks so much for the link Tom!
Just got mine yesterday, my neighbors in Brooklyn are going to be hearing a Bananarama marathon this weekend!!
Found out that the 7″ version of Strike It Rich is 12 seconds longer on this box than on the original cd-single I have where that version is on.
I’m still waiting for my copy to arrive here in Canada, but I was just browsing eBay and noticed someone is selling the discs from the set individually for £4.99 each plus shipping. I guess if someone only wanted certain singles this would be welcomed, but I want the whole bunch.
I’m in Canada too and still waiting….how come people from the States got it faster? Canada has the same postal servece as the UK and we usually get our amazon.co.uk items inside of a week…unless people from the US that got it used the priority shipping?
Keeping my fingers crossed that it arrives tomorrow…I’ve done away with all the shopping and chores i had to do,so i could spend my entire weekend off going through the box set…….sucks even more if it doesn’t get here tomorrow cause there’s no mail on monday due to a holiday….then I’m working 12 days in a row with not much time to listen to music :( eveytime i have something coming in the mail that i CAN’T WAIT for….there’s a damn holiday!!!!
I just heard it once for the moment but LT&H (original 12” mix) has a very interesting beggining with all those little sounds you don’t necesseraly pay attention to when you listen to the single. The end is basically the chorus 3 or 4 times and a last drum only chorus.
For A trick of the night (original PWL mix) it’s the demo you hear in the making of the video (from the WOW DVD) with a different drum line on the chorus, the whole song is very interesting to listen to, one of my favourite.
@Max : So how is the original 12″ of Love truth and Honesty?? what about “A trick of the night” unreleased mixes?
@David : I was able to hear More than Physical (instrumental) and Love truth and Honesty (Original 12” Mix and Instrumental)
There is a glitch on Nathan jones CD, on track 14 (12” mix), just after”as I recall” at 1’15. Apparantly everyone has it.
The track is only available on Nathan Jones Maxi CD. It’s not on the reissues or Megarama. It’s not the Twelve Inches of bananarama version either.
You’re right, that glitch is there but I could easily fix this one as a few seconds later that part is repeated. Copy & paste.
This is the same as the “Extended Version” on “Megarama” and the “Mega” version has no glitch.
David Simon says:
Similar problems with Disc 22 – Love, Truth & Honesty!
Christian Aviles-Scott says:
Mine arrived in the U.S. today, September 2, from Amazon UK. I must say it was very well packed! Too bad it didn’t come with AutoRip; it will take a couple of days to get into my digital collection.
@David Simon: I’m only up to CD3, so I can’t comment about 16 yet.
Thanks, Christian. I’ll wait to hear from you!
My set arrived today and I’m getting it on to iTunes and listening as well.
Has anyone else had any problems with Disc 16 – More Than Physical. I can’t get the last two tracks to play or rip!
I have no problem playing or ripping disc 16.
Just started listening to the first CD’s. I noticed there’s a lightly alternative intro to the US Dub Version of Shy Boy. This version on the box has no reverb in the intro while the other version has, on one of the recent remasters.
The version of Shy Boy on the box has no reverb : finally we have the version like it was on the 12” vinyl. Don’t know where the version with reverb comes from.
The bonus tack not listed is on ‘He’s Got Tact’, there are 4 tracks including the ‘Original Version’ which is not listed. It is just under a minute long though.
I’ve had the beauty a few days now. I’m still flailing around, there’s just too much!
There is indeed a mention of the Canadian Set On You in the booklet.
Loving the extended King of the Jungle. There’s a track not mentioned on the published listings, I’ll leave that as a surprise. :)
More Trick of the Nights than you can shake a stick at. Nice early J&S version. Likewise for Do Not Disturb.
Come on give us a clue…. on wich cd is there an unlisted track? is it a song or a mix?
If all goes well I’ll have my box before the end of the week…and ALL i’m doing this weekend after doing my chores is listen to all 33 cds in a row!!!!
Waiting Anticipatin says:
Fricking BRILLIANT box set. I will be spending my whole weekend with it!!! Quick question, why was “Set on You” not included as a proper CD in this box? I have the Canadian 12″ release and would love a CD with remixes! I know it was a limited release but so was “King of the Jungle” right?
In Canada we got a set on you 12” and it’s a rarity to other countries..but technically it was just a quick way to make some cash just after Trick of the night dissapeared from the charts….Nothing really special about it….an altered sleeve of Do not disturb….Set on you was just a b-side…ghost as well and a remix of More than physical …just 3 tracks that hadn’t been released in Canada at that time… and i doubt there are unreleased mixes of Set on you floating out there..and any mixes of Ghost or Physical belong on Do not disturb or More than physical….so no need to have a 34th cd in the box….maybe a mention in the booklet though for people who don’t know about that release could have been a nice little touch.
Cool that King of the jungle got it’s on cd….but at least this release had it’s own very unique sleeve and a few mixes…telling us that maybe a 12” was almost released….but damn i can’t wait to hear that extended mix!!!!
Did you listen to a few mixes yet??? :) There are a few i can’t wait to listen to….some mixes and dubs that i haven’t heard in years cause i don’t have a working turntable anymore….both dubs to Love truth and honesty that i have NEVER heard(the only mixes i never found a copy of) and like i said King of the jungle(extended mix) and Do not disturb(alternative 12 mix”)
anybody from the uk taht got the set today..give us some info please!!!! contents….mixes times….unreleased mixes opinions…..
Pretty excited about this release…can’t you tell??? :)
Just logged on amazon.co.uk..and my order was shipped today..I’m in Canada and it usually takes from 3 to 5 work days to get stuff from them…..once it took 2 work days to get a package….i hope it gets here nt friday sept 4…that way I’ll have friday night and all weekend to go through all 33 cds..would suck if it wasn’t here by then cause sept 7 is a holiday in Quebec(no mail) and my next weekend off is 2 weeks later…
Would be cool to get the times for the tracks if someone from the UK already has the set…
Received notice from Amazon UK that mine is shipping to States today also. Can’t wait!
Mine is on the way… And I’ve been charged £79.99 + P&P. I’m sure it was more than that when I ordered. £20 more I think.
I received a shipping notification that mine is on its way to the states.
August 28th seems to be the U.K. release date and Sept. 4th looks like the date U.S. retailers and importers will have it available.
Today I got a partial refund of €25 through PayPal from jpc de! I just visited their site & learned this box is now €119,99! & the release date is postponed to 25/09/2015! Yes, ka-ching, €25 off.
Big Steve says:
Now this looks like how you make a boxset that makes fans very happy.
I’m a fan of a sticker and a tacky badge as much as anyone but 33 cd’s with so many mixes on each is a fantastic effort all round.
Surely these 90’s Brit Pop releases can stand back and have a look at how to do it properly.
Are they for real with the release date? I got an email from amazon pushing the date back once again, to September. Now SDE says it’s coming out this week, and indeed amazon.co.uk shows a release date of August 28th.
I placed my order immediately, and am in no rush to get it, thankfully, because these constant delays really do a trick of fans. Whenever it will come out, it will be great.
Don’t know if September 4 is correct, but wowhd is showing that. I just looked there 2 days ago, because the usually have reasonable prices. But not this time, not on this item. I also checked with Edsel and Amazon and both says August 28. I have not recieed any mail about pushing back release date any further than August 28, so I think we can be 99,99 % sure it’s August 28.
@Patrick, play com & wowhd used to be my 2 favourite places for CD/DVD/BluRay/games. But since the Japanese took over play com I mainly ordered from wowhd. But since the recent changes there I will check every time I need to order: grooves-inc com or jpc de. I pre-ordered mine from jpc de, when they sent me the Free Shipping offer incl my country, for €144.99 :D
Absolutely brilliant. The only negative comment would be that the original artwork was much, MUCH better. But who cares, as long as the music is all there. Just like the new Duran album cover is hideous but the new songs are brilliant. Thanks for the site Paul. Can’t tell you that enough!
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Personally i have nothing to bitch about….i just learned about this set yesterday,looking up information to see if there was anoth mix compilation on the way.At first i was shocked at the price,but after looking up the tracklist,i bought it immediately from amazon.co.uk….I’m in Canada and it added up to 193$ wich even though it’s a lot of cash..there are 33 cds in the set guys..and with the box set,all 6 deluxe albums and megarama we’ll finally have ALL their 81/93 discography on cd.i never thought it would happen.And we’ll never have to get all those old cds and vinyls out when we want to listen to EVERYTHING !I probably have listened to Bananarama more in the last 2 years then from 86(when i started collecting) to 2013 and it’s due to being able to get so much on cd in just a small covenient pile of discs.
So thank you to everybody who worked on all these fine deluxe editions and this box set.You have made this fan VERY happy…now comes the waiting game till it’s in my hands …to look at and of course listen to!
Now September ;(
On Demon it now says a release date of the 28th August.
Carl P says:
I notice I have another email from Amazon delaying release. Now released at the back end of August.
I see several mixes I don’t have obviously… As that is part of the pros of this box set. But the price really is offsetting me considering quite a few of the never released or first time on CD are instrumentals and dubs. Which have never thrilled me much. I’m hoping someone will parse the discs out and sell them online individually. Even as I have almost every countries version of pop life on CD, cassette and vinyl.. Unless the price comes down I think I’ll wait to add to my already fruitful collection. I also agree with someone who said it would be nice if there is ever a post London days collection.
A couple of U.S. sites are offering this set for about $145 – $150. Shipping is a bit extra, about $6, even on sites that usually offer free shipping above a certain dollar amount. The explanation: the package is an “overweight”item. Ship date is 8/21/2015.
Shipping date will probably be 14-08-2015! So you may also hold it off & wait to see whether they will have the free shipping for a couple of EU countries (incl. NL) by then.
It is available for pre-order on jpc de: €144.99 + €2.99 shipping to NL while on myplaydirect com: €133.99 + €22.29 shipping to NL (and unsure where it would be shipped from, since I don’t even want to pay additional import duties if it’s shipping from outside the EU)!
Fairly sure it’s being shipped from within the EU.
Okay, but the total price is still way more than jpc, which i know for sure there won’t be a problem with the import duties from DE to NL ;) if they offer the free shipping again in Aug it will be even cheaper :P
I’ve read the description of this set on a number of retailer’s sites and some mention “limited edition”. Haven’t read this on the Demon Records webpage or anywhere else. Have to wonder how many will be made.
This isn’t a complaint as much as a question: Why isn’t the 7″ version of ” Aie A Mwana” on it’s disc?
Neil Kelly says:
My guess is (and probably everyone else’s guess) that CD1 track 1 is the 7″
@John Moore
This is one of the worthwhile artists you mentioned! You can’t judge others’ choices without knowing their reasons.
BTW, Guiness Book of World Records listed Bananarama as the most successful British girl group in history.
Just ignore her…
John Moore says:
What a complete waste of time for a band that is simply not important in the world of music- I am gobsmacked that a record company would put any money into this when there are so many other worthwhile artists who have been simply ignored! Why buy?? Donate your hard earned pennies to a worthwhile charity that will make you feel better!
It’s $137 for US buyers if you purchase from Amazon UK. I will be buying my set soon!
There is a pre-order link up a Amazon US, seems pricier:
http://www.amazon.com/Bunch-Singles-Box-Set-1981-1993/dp/B00YG984KY/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1437238337&sr=1-1
jake Searay says:
wasn’t there a Goerge Micheal mix of one of the singles?
@jake Searay
It was Tripping on your love – Metropolis mix
Robert M says:
@Neil
LOL. I did forget one group. Roxette. Their first 2 albums would make a great Edsel or Cherry Pop reissues. All the mixes from both of those albums alone would make them both 2 cd sets. Looking for the hard to find Extended Mix of DRESSED FOR SUCCESS. I have the rare 3″ CD single.
I think that would very be unlikely a Roxette deluxe. Per Gessle over the years has been very generous in releasing “The Rox Box” and recently his Per Gessle archives box set, which have various unreleased tracks. You should listen to “There Is A Ghost In The House” Why this was never on an album, fab.
Don’t worry Paul, not gonna give you my list. I’d be here all night!
Come on, Neil. I dare ya. LOL
My list would be The Corrs. They are reforming to record a new album. Forgiven Not Forgotten is now 20 years old, hint, hint Mr record company.
Yeah, I got that one and noticed the same thing. I guess at the time I didn’t care too much since I had most of the cd singles to fill in the missing blanks, so to speak, but I would definitely want them all together on the cd.
I wish Edsel or Cherry Pop would get their hands on Laura Branigan’s catalog. Right now, Gold Legion is reissuing her albums, but they take FOOOOOORRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEVVVVVVVVVVVEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEERRR to release the cd. I mean over a year’s wait for each release. They do add some bonus tracks, but nothing like what Edsel or Cherry Pop does.
I also would like to see all of Sheena Easton’s catalog reissued again. I know One Way reissued her albums back in 2000 and they did a really good job. Would love to see what Edsel and CP could do :)
@Robert M
Cherry pop released “The lover in me” in 2006 but i was so upset with it….. Too much remixes and dubs missing just like for Pepsi&Shirlie or Sonia ressues…. Too bad. Hope for a real Deluxe edition
@Paul Sinclair
I have a few suggestions, too:
Jane Wiedlin – Fur
Jody Watley – Self Titled
Toni Basil – Word of Mouth
Toni Basil – Toni Basil
Wham! – catalog
Whitney Houston – Whitney
I know. Wishful thinking. :)
Please Paul I hope for these to be released
Paula Abdul : Forever your girl and Spellbound
Kim Wilde : love moves and Love is
Sade : 80’s erea
Neneh Cherry : Raw like sushi
Whitney Houston : Whitney 1987 and IYBT
Seduction : Nothing matters
Prince : Lovesexy
Mariah carey : first albums
@Darren
I was only answering someone talking about missing tracks if you don’t mind…..
@Neil Kelly
Thank you for your comment about MY opinion
Kerrier District says:
Any chance this release is foreshadowing of a 2015 Bananarama world tour? :-) Perhaps a show with Siobhan in Los Angeles? I can dream, can’t I?
Foxee says:
Utterly utterly brilliant and fantastic release – and as someone who bought all of their singles by this greatest of all girl bands as they were released, from ‘Aie A Mwana’ onwards, I’m pretty overwhelmed that such a package was ever put together. This must be one of the most comprehensive releases ever put together for any artist. I do hope there will be a ‘Volume 2’ to capture everything after ‘Please Yourself’. Bananarama’s sheer pop magic and joy will be around as long as ABBA.
Others are right to suggest that similar packages could be put together for other key acts like Thompson Twins, Dead or Alive and Pet Shop Boys, and it would be cool to see something similar for Grace Jones (how many mixes and b-sides must there be for her?!) and Madonna, but pre-Evita (before she became absolutely dreadful (barring ‘American Life’ – which is superb!)).
What you talking about Willis? ‘Confessions…’ was awesome
Sorry – don’t agree at all. Madonna is always at her best when she’s not trying to keep up with trends and trusts her introspection, which is why ‘American Life’ is hugely underrated, and why “like a Prayer’ is her best album.
Cool. I disagree with you also. ‘Like a prayer’ is certinaly up there. I also rate ‘Confessions’ as mentioned and ‘Erotica’. I love ‘Confessions’ from start to finish love Jump, Forbidden love, Hung up (overplayed of course) but still, Future lovers, I love New York. Don’t agree she was trying to keep up with trends just a purely great pop / dance album.
This looks absolutely stunning, congratulations to all concerned. I know if the previous reissues and Megarama are anything to go by the design of the box set will be top notch.
It’s great to see “it ain’t what you do” is finally getting to take its place amongst the others.
some queries now:-
There was an alternative 7″ of “Preacher Man” on the rhino pop life reissue from a few years back. I don’t think that was released anywhere else – could this be the same one?
Also , I seem to remember the rhino reissue of “Deep Sea Skivin” had a slightly different version of “Girl About Town” which was slightly extended, though not the actual extended version. I wonder if that will be on here.
But all in all, fabulous!
Do Not Disturb “Dub version” is missing
I believe the “Instrumental” and the “Dub” are the same.
If that is all you can say in response to a 310 track 33 CD set, then you need to seriously get a life!
He’s allowed an opion
Opinion even where’s the edit feature!
Gord says:
Looks pretty bloody good to be fair. At no point in all of the last 30 years did i foresee that the act to set the standard on deluxe reissues; remix collections, and now box sets would be Bananarama! Quite literally incredible. Neither did I think there would be so much love for them in 2015! (new album please Nana’s!).
And yes, there are a handful of other acts who should be watching this with interest – Dead Or Alive; Pet Shop Boys; Alison Moyet; Boy George etc.
‘A Trick Of The Night’ will be first to get an airing – an amazing song.
Damn right! Dead Or Alive,Pet Shop Boys should follow.
Never forgetting the instrumental versions of In Too Deep as PWL did not include on their Box Set.
And the Pet Shop Boys all versions of What Have I Done To Deserve This US 12 Inch Mixes among others just to mention a few that were never released on CD.
WOW! This is amazing collection.
BTW, Why are some of “previously unreleased” mixes from Megarama (3CD) there and some of them not?
For example: There is A Trick Of The Night [Tuesday Mix], but there is not Shy Boy [’88 Remix].
What are the odds of Exotica, Viva, Drama and Ultra Violet getting the Edsel treatment?
I would think theres a demand by the way everything else has been received so far.
Viva has just been licensed to Cooking Vinyl. The CD is out this Friday.
Maybe they will be putting out something new on that label.
Unfortunately, according to Amazon UK, the re-release of Viva this Friday is simply a reissue of the original 11-track CD, not a deluxe version including the various pre-order tracks, B-sides and remixes from the era.
James Blair says:
@Griffin,
I presume the Rumour FB dubs are Freddie Bastone dubs – done at the same time as his “Corporation of Bananarama” mixes.
Okay, thanks James. When I got mine. I’ll check the remixer credits. ;)
Monkeydrum says:
I have to say, it’s so incredibly fortunate to have had a fan at the helm for all of this stuff. The attention to detail is exceptional and the execution has been exemplary on this and of course the album reissues/Megarama. Even the 7″ version of True Confessions is include fer chrissakes! This truly does set the standard for how these types of projects should be done. As for the box itself, I personally like it. I like the mash-up of iconography from the various albums and even the nod to the Robert De Niro’s Waiting sleeve. It’s literally a dream come true to have my old 12″ singles artwork replicated as CDs (especially A Trick Of The Night and the pre-Venus singles) and to have so many rarities finally in CD quality. Thank you thank you thank you!!
Amen! Tom’s work goes above and beyond – and then a little bit further when it comes to pop re-issues. I have never been disappointed once with anything he puts his name too. I’m so grateful he cares and bothers to do these things so well.
Richard the Big Bunny says:
Sorry, Mike … I was mistaken about “One In A Million”! The 12-Inch Master (05:38) was set to be on the 3-CD Megarama but it was pulled & replaced. I can only assume, at this point, that Keren & Sara just don’t want those demos ever released. But finished 7-Inch and a 12-Inch versions *do* exist (unfortunately of “One In A Million” — not my beloved & coveted “Love Generation”).
Jacquie doesn’t have to be on the cover, yes… she should appear out of courtesy and nothing else but not on the cover. She was in the band for 2 years and the original line up is the line up that STICKS! For 6 years at their most successful :-) I LOVE the new art work, I wish you queens would all shut up and be happy with what you are given!
I didn’t really like the new cover at first but quite like it now I see the full pack shot. However, Jacqui should have been on there, there’s not really any excuse for her not being unless she didn’t want to be.
@The other Darren
Sarah, Keren & Siobhan are the original members of Bananarama and the classic line-up that most people would remember. Jacqui was a member for a very short period of time right at the end of their most successful period which was 1982-1988.
I am well aware of the history of Bananrama thanks. Happy that Jacqui is on the side of the box though.
Jacqui is on the side of the box you can’t see in the images.
Good. It’s only right she should be on there. As for the Darren’s, why not include your surname so we can distinguish? Darren number 2 she was still part of these singles…
Since we don’t have to care about beautiful artwork on the box anymore or having this hidious container in our collection, would anybody be interested in just the singles from the old, alternative Banana? (up to Hotline To Heaven). I am actually only interested in the singles of the SAW-period and afterwards. Maybe we can split the box and save some money. And we’ll both be happy with all the mixes from the era we love.
Sfcbows says:
@ Edward.
I would be happy to split the box with you as I’m only interested in the pre-SAW songs… Plus Cruel Summer 89.
Let me know if you are serious, although i’m not sure how we would contact each other!
Sfcbows
Robert Sowers says:
This box set completes me!
I’ve always wondered about the “Digital Mix” of “Cruel Summer”. IIRC, it was a mix made by the “DJ Service” remixers (like Hot Traxx) that were used at the time. The fact is there were MANY DJ service remixes of Bananarama tracks-why is this one always put on these compilations, but none of the others? Am I wrong about it being a DJ service only remix? Just wondering.
Straker says:
Quite so. All the Razormaid mixes are missing.
Do we know what happened to the “over 100 unreleased songs not on the albums already released”?
There are 96 tracks on the box not on any previous CD. So near enough for me.
Pleasantly surprised that so many people still care for Bananarama all these years later. Who would’ve thought. Here’s hoping that these kind of sets are made for more bands that should have singles box sets.
Okay, every tiny bit was posted fine after I’ve chopped them up. Only this part wasn’t & kept saying I posted the same before/again. After I separated Face Book with a space ” “! It got posted. So I guess FB in full wasn’t allowed, is that correct Paul S.?
@Griffin
No more Caffeine for you! ;)
I Heard A Rumour [FB Dub 1]
Does anybody know what FB stands for? Not Face Book I assumed :D Perhaps the Remixer’s name?
Flex says:
Freddy Bastone ;o) as he did the released mixes ….. (corporation vox & dub)
Does anyone know where to get this boxset online if I don’t prefer Amazon or Demon?
Does anyone know whether to get this boxset online if I don’t prefer Amazon or Demon?
“TP: I’ve thought about that before, but all of the discs apart from one of them are over 75 minutes and there comes a point where you think, where do you draw the line? You know, do you want backing tracks of all the albums? …”
Well, I hope everything will be available op itunes/7digital/others like many other PWL/SAW stuff. So we fans can decide what to get ourselves.
“SDE: What we want to know is, have you got something already in the pipeline, that is going to have those mixes of Love, Truth And Honesty that will come out at some point on a CD format ?
TP: [Evasively] Wouldn’t that be nice? You can look at the way Edsel have handled other artists work… yes there is other Bananarama stuff – the “Hellfire Mix” of Venus, the “Banana Mix” of Do Not Disturb, the “Miami Mix” of I Heard A Rumour, blah blah blah – if these reissues get a good response commercially, …”
I was going to buy the first 4 initially. But pre-ordered all 6 of them. I do hope a special edition of 2 or 3 discs will be released like Paul Young’s or Five Star’s Remixes Compilation with the rest/omissions.
From my earlier post (in Bananarama reissue producer talks to SuperDeluxeEdition)! So there were/are backing tracks of all the albums (@Max & others, thus also the singles like Cruel Summer & Venus)!
Tom Parker (for doing the great job on all the reissues & in particular the Bananarama’s);
Edsel (for listening to & giving us the fans of what we all wanted) and
Paul S. (once again for this site so we can tell the record companies of what we miss or what we want, all the updates, all the inside info’s, still waiting for Paul Young’s of Tomb Of The Memories)
Agreed with all others, this box’ cover arts were much better before than this is now ;( It looks so cheap (yep, like a cheap/budget compilation)! Just peel off the banana skin (this new cover art outer box) we will get the tasty fruit (all the Singles in their original artwork covers)
Thanks Paul, for your reply. I didn’t know neither. My original post was much longer. Now I chopped them (& re-typed word by word)! It seems fine now ;)
Finally, the longest wait of my life ;) Wow, amazing, to have all the mixes/versions collected at one place (not sure whether it’s complete, so nothing’s missing)! I also did hoping for more original instrumentals/backing tracks (noth those “karaoke in the style of…”)! If the Kylie & Jason tracks had those, why did the Bananarama’s not having them? ;( I myself would prefer to have the same song’s mixes right after each other so you can hear the differences between them (original album/7″ remix/12″ remix/12″ dub etc for example) instead of side a, side b, side a mix, side b mix etc. It doesn’t really matter as long as I have all the available mixes I can always do my own compilation CD’s one day ;) or in the itunes library :D The singles up till Megarama were/are the ones I’m after, the rest are less important (for me, don’t mind to have them included here)!
OMG – I am sitting on pins and needles for my copy to arrive here to the USA. This box set is literally a DREAM COME TRUE!!!!! The *only* tiny missing puzzle piece I see is ironically my favorite Nana release (also one of the most elusive) … “SET ON YOU.” I was spellbound the first time I heard this track and then stunned when I came across the 12″ in a record shop in Toronto. I have always been mystified by the bizarre Canada-only 12″ promo release (with “Do Not Disturb”-seque sleeve and equally odd b-sides) … have never been able to track down any sort of explanation. (Was Canada to be a test market? Or was it a particularly hopping Canadian club scene in 1987?) Whatever the case, it appears that this is the only Nana single not to be included in this phenomenal deluxe edition. And, yes, I am aware that all tracks from the “Set On You” Canadian promo 12″ are on other cd’s here. A cd reissue would have been a neat little novelty. If ANYONE out there can explain the Canadian release, I would be eternally grateful. xoxo Luv U Kez + Sez (+ Shuv)!!!!!
Interesting. I have always wondered about why Bananarama released a 12″ single for “Set on You” exclusively in Canada. I’m Canadian and I remember hearing the song on the radio once, not sure if it ever charted here. I am hoping someone can provide some more information on this mystery.
I too have always loved this track and felt priviliged to have played it and really got into back in the day.
“Set on You” is a deep and dark cut … far ahead of its time, even now it sounds innovative. “Falling, falling, falling, falling … ” I always thought it was a shame that the track was only released as a single in Canada … really, CANADA of all places? It should have had a proper release worldwide, or at least as a double A side on “A Trick of the Night.” It is a cult classic.
Always wondered: there’s a Movin’ On (7-Inch A), does that mean a Movin’ On (7-Inch B) exists somewhere? What does the A stand for otherwise?
Movin’ On (7-Inch A) side A of this single, so 7″ Edit/Version/Remix
Movin’ On (7-Inch B) side B of this single was Treat Me Right
BigDaddyRhythm says:
This same treatment should be given to Dead Or Alive.
Adam Amble says:
What a list… We are so, so lucky.
Been a fan for nearly thirty years. So been waiting to have some of these tracks on CD for a long time. It would be lovely to have them all released digitally as well at a later point.
This box set is currently No. 50 in Amazon’s “Box sets” chart. I’m sure it would be much higher if Amazon actually understood what a “Box set” is. They list those standard TV advertised 3CD compilations under “Box set”. Grrrrr! If I’m buying a “Box set”, I’m expecting more than 3 discs.
Many many years ago, I talked to myself why there was no Bananarama albums reissued with special bonus tracks like many others artists that were released in that time. But since the year 2013, first 6 studio albums of Bananarama were received special treatment by EDSEL with many unreleased tracks. That made my dream come true. Then the 2015 Megarama album, and now , the Singles Box Set 1981-1993 is going to issue on August 14, 2015. And I am happy to know that there are many people love all Bananarama albums that get treatment by EDSEL and they wish these to happen for their other favourite artists too… ;-) Looking forward to get my hands on this Box Set..!
So is there a definitive list anywhere of what is missing from this box that is available (or unavailable) on other Edsel releases?
JPD says:
Cannot wait to receive this box set. Is there anything not on the Edsel reissues and this box set? Surely Bananarama are one of a few artists to receive this treatment. To own virtually every single Bananarama release from their time at London Records is amazing. I’d love to see this happen for Culture Club, Dead or Alive and Spandau Ballet. Also the Thompson Twins. I did think as it was the 30th Anniversary of their Into The Gap album last year it would have received the deluxe treatment but sadly not. The Into The Gap set could have been modelled on the TFF box sets. A great way to release their live video Into The Gap Live. We can dream.
Bernard Smith says:
Edsel did a great job already with the deluxe version of Into the Gap and the other 80’s releases. I would love to have a DVD of Thompson Twins videos .
I still listen to them frequently ….My favourite song of theirs is ‘ Sister of Mercy ‘ .It is still such a haunting song.
….Agree , Culture Club would be cool.
Another great artist just waiting for deluxe treatment is Carmel ( The Falling , More , More , More and Everybody’s Got a Little Soul ).
Would kill for a CD singles box set like this of the Twins!! And that DVD and the other live show only on VHS still so far…
Maybe I should have said a super deluxe edition of Into The Gap. It could of contained all the single versions, demos, radio edits and of course the Into The Gap Live video. As the concert footage is filmed in the U.S. It would have been lovely for the U.S. Tour programme in mini form. Also including each of the singles with all mixes and versions plus any unreleased versions. The could have been on their own cd with the original artwork. I doubt it will ever happen. I wonder if Cherry Red or Edsel would release the video on DVD.
cdmaniac says:
PLZ CHANGE THE ARTWORK BACK TO THE 1ST ONE
Jason Whittaker says:
Strange that there’s the unreleased “Tripping On Your Love [Silky 70s 7” Mix]” but not the original “Silky 70s mix” it was edited down from.
Another problem with not having enough room?
Because it’s on the deluxe album of “Pop Life” :P
Am I blocked from posting comments here? Is that even possible? I’m giving up after so many attempts. My comments are not posted ;( I’m so disappointed.
Er,no. This comment has posted fine!
Tedster says:
Isn’t there more than one version of Another Lover?
Richard – what CD has One In A Million been released on?
Fantastic! Thank you so much for the hard work put into producing such a detailed set – can’t wait to get my hands on it. Just a personal thing, but would’ve liked The Loveable Love Dove Caper of Tripping On Your Love included instead of one of the Dubs/Instrumentals but I’m nit picking unnecessarily, great job everyone involved!!
John, the Loveable Love Dove Caper of Tripping On Your Love is available on the 3CD “Megarama – The Mixes”
I’m so close with “Richard the Big Bunny”.
As I wrote before a few months, I was hoping to have
finally “Love Generation” in a better quality as I have since years.
This song is really amazing and very disco – a little bit an 80’s creation
of the disco classic “American Generation ” by Ritchie Family.
For me “Love Generation” has the same feeling.
Maybe they will release the demo in a few years… hopefully.
Okay, I thought I hated the new artwork … but I paused & read the comments … and I’ll save my judgement till it’s in my hands. It’s not the beige cardboard or the birds/sharks/etc print that I hate; it’s the yellow & blue around photos I don’t like either! :-D But I’ll shush. Wait & see.
Glad to hear the “covers design” or some approximation is on the other side.
This all looks a bit 1986 — and not in a funny / ironic / retro-chic way. Perhaps it’s better in person!
I prefer highly-stylised / high concept covers like I WANT YOU BACK, LONG TRAIN RUNNING and MOVING ON … maybe even I HEARD A RUMOUR.
Artwork on a box set (especially on a huge & thorough retrospective like this) should be virtually *art*, in my opinion — with either the best TIMELESS photos of the artist ever *OR* simple with no photos at all (on the front).
I have no complaints about the tracklisting … as I usually end up only liking less 10% of non-single-mixes anyway.
I’m still hoping that one day I will have a clear studio copy of the demo LOVE GENERATION (1989?) — it’s so wonderful! It uses the same music as ONE IN A MILLION (on the recent 3-CD set) and WAKE UP & LOVE ME (all demos with different lyrics over the same base track). Despite them choosing to put ONE IN A MILLION onto CD, it’s LOVE GENERATION that is far & away the best lyric — it actually sounds like a proper summer radio hit! The others don’t even have a hook — whereas LOVE GENERATION has sing-along irresistibility like I WANT YOU BACK and VENUS. I keep hope alive! :-)
neill2407 says:
A lot of the tracks are already included on the deluxe reissues which were released in 2013. Although there is some additional material, it does not warrant the £100 price tag being asked. I feel this release and the Belinda Carlisle box set is exploiting fans just a little.
I’m a little surprised there is so much ire over the box artwork. I really like it, as it is reminiscent of the design of the early releases.
Can’t believe there’s 14 mixes of the rather brilliant ‘A trick of the night’!
I think the new cover IS hideous. the previous cover (rightly) illustrated
*what* was in the box: i.e. singles. it looked great, all the colours (and various sleeves)
all worked so well together. the new cover just does not have a similar kind of impact.
the horrible brown/beige-y colours used don’t help either – and as has been rightly pointed
out, the whole thing looks like a Robert De Niro sleeve knock-off.
Google “box of bananas”. It’s inspired by how bunches of Banana’s are packaged. The “beige-y colours” is a cardboard effect. The front image of course looks like a megamix of Robert de Niro’s Waiting, Love In The First Degree and Movin’ On. It’s old designs mixed together to create something new. Anyone can stick 33 thumbnails in a row.
totally get what you are saying, and while it’s very imaginative
(and I applaud what they are going for) I just don’t like the whole ‘box of bananas’
colour template etc. I just preferred the simplicity of the first.
This boxset literally made me cry with its tracklist! So amazing! Bless everyone involved.
Now my question is, is the “Worldwide Single Version” of “More Than Physical” from the Rhino Reissues the “DJ Edit”? I much prefer that version to the actual UK 7″ Mix (which has the “ba-ba-ba-baby”s present in the intro as well).
The “DJ Edit” (which is the mix name provided on the UK 7″ promo) is indeed the “worldwide single version” (another made up mix name from a wiki), without the “ba-ba-ba-ba-ba” vocal stammers at the start. They were probably removed so the DJ could talk over the opening as it was introduced.
Thanks Anthony! I knew I could count on you to clarify it for me. I believe you were the one who had brought it up ages ago on the PopJustuce forum!
I LOVE this cover!!!!!!! It’s SO Bananarama 1983 -1987. I am SO glad the cover art was changed. It’ COOL and Psychedelic!
Ok, that did not work… will this?
http://i918.photobucket.com/albums/ad26/Anfunny/Bananarama_CD_Boxset_Exploded_Pack_zpss9k1uodp.jpg
I’m not sure if this will work, but I’ve uploaded a pack shot, which shows a little bit more of the box set for everyone? I’ve added a link to it in the “Website” field of the “Post Comment” box here. if it doesn’t work, I’ll try something else!
Not sure how to reply to a reply, but thanks Kiefer2 and Anthony regarding that info on the “Analogue Mix”/Dave Ford mix of Nathan Jones. My info did indeed come from Wikipedia so I may update it myself.
Jon J says:
Saad – re Sade reissues, whilst I’d love to see these, I’m not sure whether they’ll ever happen. There are politics around the Diamond Life era tracks especially, which is where a good number of the rare tracks hail from.
The former drummer with the band who was dropped before they recorded Diamond Life but who played on a number of the single B sides has been involved in a long-running (and increasingly paranoid) battle for royalties for his involvement with the band during this era, so although he’s been unsuccessful, I imagine the record company isn’t keen to add fuel to the fire by putting out material from this time on which he was involved.
I was never more than a casual fan so probably too much for me, but the tracklisting looks pretty comprehensive.
Have to echo the comments about the sleeve design though – hideous! It’s disappointing that there seems to be trend in deluxe issues (see the Texas 25 debacle) for so much work to go into the contents only for a ‘premium’ product to be let down by such amateurish cover art. A design student on work experience could come up with something better than this!
I think “hideous” is a bit out of order! I’ve seen the rest of the box and it’s full of lovely designs, motifs and fan-pleasing witty slogans! I like that it’s such a mash-up of all the faithful fonts and illustrations from all the single sleeves and it matches up with the album re-issues and Megarama compilation perfectly. The booklet is also absolutely stunning… so many gorgeous photos and loads of memorabilia depicted. I’m pretty sure the only hideous thing to be seen once it is in your hands will be everyone’s faces as their jaws hit the floor.
Well said, Anthony. I just think people are a bit disappointed at losing that original design, me included
To all the complainants: listen to ‘There Ain’t No Pleasing You’ and then go and hang your heads in shame quietly in a darkened room!
Beyond that I think this is another finely executed re-issue in a vein similar to the very recent Paul Young rarities release.
It does make you wonder why more ‘serious’ artist’s reissues of bands from the ’80s fail to materialise or just go wrong as in the case with OMD and Simple Minds.
By the way Paul, have you managed to inveigle your way into Sony’s vaults to lend your touch to Sade’s back catalogue?
Josh Higgins says:
This is a fantastic box set. Congratulations to all involved in producing this – including Keren and Sara.
However, there are loads of unreleased songs/demos. Hopefully, these will see the light of day in the form of an official release. In addition, hopefully Ultra Violet and Exotica can be remastered and expanded too.
Jon H says:
The girls have made it very known they do not want their unreleased songs released. They weren’t happy that the few unreleased songs on the album reissues were released.
JSD 90210 says:
Does anyone know what the Radio 1 Jingle versions are?
Hi Paul S., it says “deplicate comment detected; it looks as though you’ve already said that”! But I don’t see my comment here!? Can you check it?
@Sean and @Than. You guys are spot on. It kind of makes you want more artists to have releases like this. It spoils you. LOL. And I know she’s not on the label, but Madonna would be a perfect example of a box set like this. If Edsel got their hands on her stuff…. LOOK OUT :)
Warner isn’t going to license her out nor will she allow it. I love her to bits but she’s far to expensive and it would bankrupt Edsel.
I’m really curious about the More Than Physical 7″ Mix. There’s the standard single mix we got in the States, but there’s also that slightly remixed UK 7″ version. Anyone know if the latter is perhaps also known as the Garage Mix Edit, or DJ Edit?
Shane, there was a 3:44 7″ version and a 3:19 7″ version. One was the standard UK 7″ and the other used on the UK 7″ picture disc I believe. Presumably the DJ edit is the short one of these.
There was also a 3:14 unique version of “Venus” on the “More Than Physical” 7″ Picture Disc B-Side which seems to be absent here. I’m sure there will still be more mixes missing, but over all this is a fantastic collection.
Actually I just checked, that short mix of “Venus” was on “True Confessions (2CD + DVD)”
Forget I mentioned it, it’s track 8 on the “Venus” disc. Listed as “8.Venus [Original Mix]”
There is also a 4:25 singe/promo mix that is featured on a handful of US various artists compilation.
Thanks kindly for the info Darren!
While I understand the disappointment, I actually prefer the new cover design. I like the simplicity, and it looks straight out of 1987.
It is difficult to believe that, after all of my numerous collecting efforts for all of these years, there is more that I have never heard. I am at a loss as to how to describe my excitement at this announcement. This is beyond my wildest dreams. Needless to say, if it is re-issued, remastered, or unreleased and it is a band/group/artist I love, money is really not an issue. I want to see more of this. Bananarama are the first at something yet again! :)
Don’t forget, in addition to theses amazing tracks we still have 48 pages booklet, mini poster, sticker, and postcard set to be included in this box set…;-) No wonder why it release on August 14, give the team who produce this set a time for a complete and perfect box set…:-)
Oh my God. I am exhausted reading all the tracks. That is a GOOD thing :) You guys hit this one out of the park. Great job. Now if other companies would pay attention to Edsel and see what reissues are really about. Can’t wait for this and the Belinda set.
G.Luca says:
Everything is perfect, just a little note, one of the two single versions of MORE THAN PHYSICAL is missing, depend on which is included here. I vote for the first Box artwork. Great work anyway :)
Re; “just a little note, one of the two single versions of MORE THAN PHYSICAL is missing”… er, no it isn’t. This box set has been tirelessly complied and researched by a fan who knows his bananas. If there’s something not here, it doesn’t exist, basically.
Doesn’t exist or lost masters?
It’s called “DJ Edit”.
No i meant that in repsonse to ‘If there’s something not here, it doesn’t exist, basically’
WOW. Exactly what i think everyone was after. 7″ mix of ‘more than physical’ will be amazing enough
Paul Edwards says:
Not my cup of tea but looks a fantastic set for those who like them.
hope it sells so other acts take note!
This still feels unreal!!! So excited!
Edsel’s FB is now saying it’s out on Aug. 14. Not surprised about the delay since we are JUST getting the track listing and it was supposed to have been out in three weeks!
I spotted that, posted it here about 6 last night and it was then deleted for some stupid reason. Won’t bother in future
Really? That’s strange
THANK YOU TO EVERYONE who made this collection possible! I was soo hoping for instrumentals from “WOW” & I could not be more excited! GOD BLESS!!!
I saw bananarama singing love truth and honesty in Italy with another title missing the chorus “love truth and honesty”. Do you know what am I talking about?
Bananarama 1
Belinda Carlisle 0
yes, I agree Darren, nana box is amazing, BC not really
Again it’s not really far to BC because her label just didn’t make more then a remix or two of her singles. However, most of those remixes are already on the reissues except “In Your Wildest Dreams” and the still missing remix of “I Feel the Magic”. The should have made a special CD of rarities instead of a CD Single Collection.
Wow! This really is giving the fans what they want – and value for money, too. To Max, I would say that, given the completeness of the rest of the package, it’s probably safe to assume that the missing instrumentals don’t exist, are long-lost or on spoilt master tapes.
I bet Belinda fans are feeling short-changed right now!!
I cannot wait for this to arrive.
Well that’s not a fair comment as Belinda is well known to hate studio recording which is why there aren’t hardly any unreleased songs and MCA/Virgin was never in the 8 remixes for a single game [not that a bad thing].
!!!!!! Do Not Disturb (Original Mix) !!!!!!!
I can’t THANK YOU enough xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo
And these mixes of King Of The Jungle!!!!!
Oh and don’t forget I Heard A Rumour [Original Mix] and
A Trick Of The Night [Original PWL Remix], can’t wait!
I would prefer the cover art that was originally shown (it would be perfect then), but that aside I am extremely excited by this. It is far beyond anything I could have anticipated. Congratulations to all involved.
Amazing can’t wait to listen to all 33 CDs. :)
The “Analogue Mix” of Nathan Jones is missing isn’t it? It appeared on the first cassette issue of The Greatest Hits Collection” (and possibly the original vinyl issue?) but was quickly replaced by the single mix.
The “Analogue Mix” is is on the “Megarama ” 3 cd set. It is labeled as “The Dave Ford Mix”.
“The Analogue Mix” isn’t an official mix title, as such, it’s just what a fan called it casually as it had no mix name when it turned up on vinyl and it seems to have stuck thanks to it featuring in the wiki page for Nathan Jones. The correct mix name is Dave Ford Mix, which was “officially” given to it when it was re-issued.
Very happy with the tracklisting. The first artwork is so much better but it’s the content I’m after. Ten years ago who thought us Bananarama fans would ever get such royal treatment. I was hoping for the allege 7″ Mix Of “Ready or Not” but we can’t have it all.
Now Edsel/Paul can you make at least Ultra Violet and Exotica avaliable. I believe the girls own the rights to those two.
The cover works better when you see the full box. It’s designed to look like a box of bananas. Those bemoaning the original place holder imagine will be pleased to hear the back of the box features that same design illustrating all the singles sleeves in thumbnail size, just on the “cardboard texture” colour/effect, not the blue.
This is remarkable. I hope it meets their sales expectations so that we can see more of these.
Can’t fault them for the efforts. It is a mammoth set. I was hoping for a little more unreleased material. Not so many instrumentals. Gonna buy it still though. For the singles with Jacquie missing from the CD reissues. It’s still a great set.
Why not Deep On Mix and Groove On Mix of Movin’ On 12″ Test Pressing? This release is included in their webpage. :(
I prefer the first cover art too.
It’s possible the masters are missing?
I was thinking the same but as one chance to get this right if there’s room (no idea) why not include perfect vinyl rips and put in brackets (Mint vinyl copy rip)
Vinyl rips!!!! that would be stupid.we have been waiting for more than 20 years to have some of the mixes for the first time on CD without any distortion,innergroove distortion,sibilance,clicks & pops and you mention vinyl rip!!!
Luckly you were not involved in the making of this box set.
No turntable,cartridge or stylus in the whole world could ever read as precise of a good laser beam while reading a High Quality remastered CD.
This Box Set is what Deborah Harry,The Beloved,Soft Cell,Marc Almond or any artist should release for the fans.PERFECT.
markog says:
Maybe they could release those two missing instrumentals as free downloads for those who buy the box? That would be OK and feasible, I think…
I’m not a big fan of Bananarama, but I’m always happy when people make such an effort like in this case. And everybody’s a winner, because the label won’t get bombarded with complaints and the fans won’t feel shortchanged. And it may just help push the others to follow suit. PSB, for example. :)
Saar Freedman says:
As I predicted, with only 1 Cd per release they could not fit all the remixes done for Tripping On Your Love so mainly the “Sweet Exorcist Dub Mix” remains unreleased on cd, but also the US promo cd edits (Euro Trance 7″ Edit, Metropolis Edit) and “The Strum Mix”
Real Shame as they should have added these to one of the other releases, especially the Sweet Exorcist Dub, since they went to all the effort of including the promo remixes and left this one out
why? :(
Sweet Exorcist Dub is on the Preacher Man CD.
The Sweet Exorcist Dub of Tripping On Your Love is on the Preacher Man single.
With over 300 tracks it is a bit silly to quibble over one or two mixes. If you’re really that bothered about the Euro Trance edit and Metropolis edit, you can track down the US promo CD single.
I have a copy of that CD promo and it was quite easy to get a copy back then (here in the States) , not sure how “rare” they’ve become but I’m not complaining those two are great mixes and I can always pull out the CD when I Want to hear them.
Amazing track list! It’s all present and correct and I can’t wait to get my copy. The new art work is terrible when compared with what had been in use up until now. It looks like a first draft of the “Robert de Niro” single cover using the “Love In the First Degree” photos! Please change back!
DuranChic says:
History made Paul. First time there are no complaints about missing tracks. Even the very rare “Do Not Disturb” “Bananamix” is on there, as well as all the rare mega mixes and very rare instrumentals. They did a great job!
Thanks very much by the way for your amazing site!! I check it daily.
Er, not quite. See Max’s comments above!
Derek T. says:
Pet Shop Boys & Parlophone – are you watching??
Agree! :)
I can’t say I’m a Banana’s fan unlike those Minions but there’s been many CD Single box sets where there’s been around 15 minutes of music max. on each CD and the price doesn’t seem to justify the means.
You can’t fault the amount of material that’s been gathered together to produce this single box set. It would have been interesting to see the running time for each CD.
For all of you Banana fans, enjoy the box set.
I hate being the one that complains after such a hard work but there was 2 instrumentals I was really hoping to have : Cruel Summer and Venus. It’s weird they’re not in here as it is, I think, 2 of their most successful hits. Is it just a lack of space ?
But I’m still buying that box, this is an amazing work, A trick of the night, Nathan Jones, Megarama… CD’s seems very complete.
Can’t wait to have this in my hands. Thank you so much to all the people involved in this project
i don’t think that they ever released instrumental versions of “Cruel Summer” and “Venus”… I think that’s why it’s not there! All the dubs made at the time are included… If you’re chasing for instrumental versions of Bananarama’s, then ask for each single…But I don’t think it’s possible either…
That wouldn;t be the reason as almost all the other instrumentals on this were never released before – so why leave off Venus and Cruel Summer!!
Because they don’t exist on any master tape, apparently, whereas the others did.
I agree, The first cover art is much better than this one although I did’t like it when it first came out…:-) Anyway, the track lists are very well done, though some tracks I’ve wished to be included are not here. This box set is absolutely amazing! Now I would like to see the snap pictures of the booklet and some postcards or stickers inside the box….;-)
Don’t get me wrong, VERY happy with this collection.
I just thought there would be more unreleased versions and b-sides of the older stuff.
Wow – you don’t want much do you? As explained from the beginning each CD to replicate as much as possible the tracklisting from the 7″ / 12″ / CD singles (where applicable) from around the world.
Thank you, I know how to read and it has been pointed out that not every version for every single is accounted for.
Oo… Get her…
that sounds great ! The “bana only” version of Help, all the versions of the megarama… If some mixes miss, let us know, cause this time it looks pretty much complete… It is just a shame that the box stops on the “London” Years, because I think there is absolutely no chance that the last part of their singles release get that treatment…
And , as some had already said before, the cover art is … well… my god! The first artwork worked better…
Was all set to get the Fun Boy Three expanded disc for some of the early works, glad to see them included. All in all, I seriously want this. I’m hoping other online retailers that specialize in “imports” can get this in stock.
As stated above, cannot fault the track list at all – so many goodies that I can’t wait to hear!
I agree about the artwork – go back to the single covers artwork – wasn’t ‘In a bunch’ a budget compilation a few years back?
I’m dumbfounded. This is truly amazing.
Stunning. Absolutely stunning. I think this is going to be one of the best reissues ever.
Beyond breathless with the track listing!! I’ve got money saved up for this. As for the cover…. The original three ” Nanas, Yeah!!
Paul Jackson says:
SIMPLY AMAZING. Beyond expectation. 21 days to wait.
ScrumptiousPrincess says:
Nice to see all those instrumental versions.
Thomas Williams says:
Ouch…. Why did they change the cover art? It was perfect with all the single covers at the front. This new one looks hideous. At least the content is perfect, all that matters I suppose…
I agree; whilst the previous artwork wasn’t perfect, it was much better than this!
Mark Patterson says:
Also Why has Jacqui ‘O’ Sullivan been excluded from the cover, it should be all four of them, She might not have been there in the beginning but her input was invaluable Especially When she took over vocals from Siobhan when singing love in the first degree live as Siobhan quit, also Nathan Jones That was re-recorded with Jacqui. Not to mention she was the best looking which is saying something as they were all drop dead gorgeous ,People seem to have very short memories these days.
Paul Johnson says:
I agree, the cover art that was previously show was much better than this version
Anjoel says:
Yipee!!!!
Now we need a full track listing for the Jaki Graham Box Set “The Studio Albums: 1985-1998”.
gary C says:
I’m sure Paul is suffering from RSI after typing out Nathan Jones 15 times…
They are simply the album tracks, nothing moee.
Thanks so much for saving me the trouble, I was afraid I was going to actually have to read the tracklist for myself. Thanks again.
Sorry, you were speaking of the Jaki Graham set. My apologies!
Amazing tracklists. Cannot fault this at all, cannot think of anything missing…
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Is Microwave Popcorn Bad For You? Cancer & Butter Flavor Risks
Why shouldn’t you eat it?
1. Bags with PFOA
Will microwave popcorn give you cancer?
2. Bags with PFOS
3. The “butter flavor” diacetyl
What is butter flavoring?
Why it’s toxic
4. The “butter flavor” acetylpropionyl
5. Unhealthy oils
6. Excessive sodium
7. TBHQ “for freshness”
What is the healthiest microwave popcorn?
Don’t eat that, it causes cancer!
That’s a phrase we have all become numb to, at least to some extent. Everyday we are told something in our diet is unhealthy or dangerous and we need to stop eating it.
Eventually, it feels like there’s nothing left to eat!
Though in the case of popcorn, there are a lot of good reasons to heed the warnings.
Yes, there are exaggerated claims out there that popcorn can kill or cripple you. Setting the myths and unproven aside, the fact is that many microwave popcorn bags are lined with concerning chemicals. Even the “butter flavoring” you eat could be a chemical which has reportedly been linked to lung damage and other unhealthy side effects.
There’s no denying that fresh-popped tastes way better, however there are reasons to avoid many types which are made in the microwave.
You will want to avoid these 7 things which are bad for you or at the very least, give cause for concern.
Short for perfluorooctanoic acid, this chemical is used in the manufacturing of some non-stick cookware brands.
Is Teflon safe? It’s not PFOA but rather PTFE (polytetrafluoroethylene) which makes the coating non-stick. It’s believed to normally be safe, until it begins breaking down at temperatures above 500 °F (260 °C).
Teflon coatings contain PTFE but when it comes to PFOA, DuPont stopped using it in their manufacturing process from 2013 onward. 3M phased it out even earlier.
Guess who continued using PFOA?
Microwave popcorn manufacturers.
Many of the brands used it to line the inside of their bags, to prevent the kernels and “butter flavor” from sticking. Right up until it was banned in 2016.
While you won’t find PFOA today, other dubious non-stick liners are being used which give cause for concern. If you want to make it in the microwave, your best bet is to get this brand on Amazon which uses no chemical or plastic coatings.
Exposure to PFOA has been linked to testicular, pancreatic, and liver cancers in animal research. It’s unknown as to how much of this chemical humans ingested during the decades it was used to line popcorn bags and what health effects may have resulted. No one has proof or evidence that this exposure caused cancer in humans.
The below chart is NOT related to popcorn.
It’s from statistics compiled by Cancer Research UK as to how many people in that country are diagnosed with cancer by age, irrelevant of the cause, for all types excluding melanoma. (1)
It’s a good visual to show you how this disease is slow progressing. A cell mutation you had as a teenager may not manifest itself as a detectable tumor until decades later. For example, brain tumors caused by radiation exposure can take 10 to 30 years to form. (2)
Being that tumors take years and sometimes even decades until they’re detected, it’s no surprise that finding the root cause for any given cancer case is often impossible.
Going back to the topic of PFOA exposure from bags of popcorn, no one can claim the historical exposure from was safe or unsafe. Nor can anyone claim PFOA is a definite cause of cancer in humans.
However looking elsewhere, there is plenty of evidence to suggest this chemical might be carcinogenic.
There was a study involving 32,254 people who lived near a chemical plant in Ohio that manufactured PFOA and the conclusion was (3):
“PFOA exposure was associated with kidney and testicular cancer in this population.”
The World Health Organization classifies PFOA under Group 2B carcinogens, which corresponds with “possibly carcinogenic to humans.” (4)
We are told by the industry that the amounts which ended up in the popped corn are safe and do not cause cancer. Perhaps that’s true but why would you want to intentionally eat this bad chemical, even if it’s in small and “safe” amounts? (5)
After the ban, is it possible you are still being exposed?
Even though food packaging and wrappers are supposed to no longer use PFOA, it seems reasonable to question what’s currently being used.
PFOA and other chemicals which are molecularly similar, yet strangely legal, typically come from China, who is the biggest manufacturer of them. (6)
Although a study hasn’t been done on today’s popcorn packaging, scientists from the EWG and various universities published a study in 2017 on fast food wrappers.
From McDonald’s and Burger King, to those perceived as having higher quality food, like Chipotle, Panera, and Starbucks, were included. In total, it was 327 wrappers from 27 different restaurant chains.
Reportedly, those specific places all tested positive for PFCs, which is the class of chemicals that includes PFOA and similar compounds. Overall, 40% of the fast food chains tested positive for fluorine, which is the marker for this class of chemicals.
Now that fluorine doesn’t automatically mean PFCs were in them but it’s a very good clue as to their likely presence.
Furthermore, some samples were positive for traces of PFOA when that was tested for specifically. If it wasn’t intentionally added, they speculated it might be coming from recycled papers that were used to make the wrappers and boxes.
For that reason you may want to avoid microwavable bags made from recycled paper. (7)
Is PFOA-free popcorn healthier? Maybe not.
A similar compound is PFOS, which is short for perfluorooctane sulfonate. It too has been used for many years in wrappers, pizza box linings, and yes, those bags you microwave. Its main purpose is to keep the oils and liquids inside from passing through the paper. In other words, it’s a grease barrier.
It was initially dubbed as a “next generation” PFC (perfluorinated) compound to replace PFOA.
As is often the case with these things, sometimes the replacement is just as bad or perhaps even worse.
In 2016 the FDA also revoked the approval of PFOS for food wrappings and barriers. Just a bit late to the game, considering that the European Union banned PFOS in 2008. (8)
Today no one is supposed to be using PFOS or PFOA, though you should remain wary of old stocks for sale at discount stores, as well as bags made from recycled paper.
Today almost all brands advertise PFOA-free and PFOS-free, but that’s not the same as chemical free microwave popcorn. There are nearly 100 other PFC compounds which are not banned. The truth is that many popcorns use similar chemicals which are legal, yet they have limited human safety data on them.
Normally, butter flavoring is not the same as butter extract. It does not contain dairy since it’s not made from cow milk.
This ambiguous ingredient is seen on most brands of microwavable butter-flavored popcorn. Movie theaters also use it. This flavoring can be made out of diacetyl (butane-2,3-dione) which is a natural byproduct created during the fermentation of some bacteria. This compound, along with acetoin, give butter its taste. Gluten free and vegan, since it’s technically dairy free.
While it is naturally occurring in some foods, only small amounts are present. Since diacetyl is the main flavor compound in butter, snack manufacturers have been synthesizing it and using as a substitute for the real thing.
Recent lab research has found that diacetyl may increase the formation of beta-amyloid plaques in the brain, which are a telltale sign of Alzheimer’s disease. However that risk remains unproven and is secondary to a more established risk this chemical carries. (9)
When heated and aerated, diacetyl can cause permanent damage to the lungs and airways. Nicknamed “popcorn lung” and officially named bronchiolitis obliterans, breathing in diacetyl vapors can obstruct the smallest airways of the lungs (bronchioles) by causing them to be inflamed.
Multimillion dollar lawsuits over microwave popcorn are not a myth.
Wayne Watson, a Colorado man who ate two bags daily as a snack for a number of years, was awarded a $7 million settlement for the “popcorn lung” he developed. 20% was paid by the grocery stores Kroger and Dillon Foods that sold it to him, while the other 80% was paid by Gilster-Mary Lee Corporation, which is a private-label manufacturer for microwave popcorn. (10)
While eating two bags daily may sound ridiculous, remember that it’s an otherwise relatively healthy snack, at least in terms of calories and fat. That’s why the lightly or non-buttered versions are popular for dieting. SkinnyPop even markets it as “guilt-free” snack.
Eric Peoples, an employee at a Missouri manufacturing plant, won $20 million for lung damage he endured while working there. A few years later in 2010 there was a similar verdict for a Chicago-area man of $30 million. (11)
ConAgra, who is the maker of Orville Redenbacher and Act II popcorn, was accused in another lawsuit of:
“…bronchiolitis obliterans, severe and progressive damage to the respiratory system, extreme shortness of breath and reduced life expectancy…”
But this case was a win for ConAgra because it ended up being dismissed. It was said the plaintiff’s “statements are not based on sufficient facts or data.” (12)
Given the history of litigation, it’s no surprise those brands began phasing it out over a decade ago. Even years before the biggest settlements, in 2007 it was announced that diacetyl would no longer be used.
Diacetyl-free popcorn brands now include Act II, Orville Redenbacher, Pop Secret, Jolly Time, and Pop Weaver, who also makes the Trail’s End brand that Boy Scouts sell.
However this compound has never been outlawed, nor has it officially been classified as being toxic when used in food.
Some companies still use diacetyl. Even for those who don’t, they still might contain small amounts.
Even your non-GMO corn made with real organic butter will contain a little diacetyl.
Per the FAQ section on Newman’s Own website (13):
“Diacetyl is not added to any of the Newman’s Own varieties of microwave popcorn. However, it is a naturally occurring substance found in butter in miniscule amounts.”
Granted, the tiny amounts naturally present pale in comparison. Still though, bombarding butter with microwaves is quite different than spreading it on a lukewarm slice of bread.
Setting aside the Alzheimer’s concern for a moment, the reason diacetyl is dangerous is because when it’s in the form of a gas, it enters your lungs.
Many speculate it might be similar to the mechanism of vitamin E acetate in some vaping products; the substance burns the lungs.
Unless you are eating or cooking with butter that is actively boiling or steaming, that shouldn’t be happening with other foods containing it, that are served at lower temperatures.
For today’s microwave bags made with real butter, the problem is that you open them and your face is engulfed in a cloud of steam. It continues steaming as it cools down. So your lungs can still be exposed to diacetyl, albeit in much lower amounts.
This is why it’s probably safer to drizzle melted butter or vegan margarine on after popping, rather than have pre-coated kernels with it that are heated to extreme temperatures and create steam in your kitchen. Those with asthma, COPD, and other lung diseases should be even more cognizant of this danger.
If diacetyl has been mostly phased out, what’s the new “butter flavor” made of and is it safe?
That brings us to the next concerning compound…
You won’t even know whether popcorn is made with this. FDA labeling regulations don’t require specific flavors to be identified by name.
Since it’s possible to find acetylpropionyl and diacetyl in nature, manufacturers can list both of these chemicals as “natural butter flavor” or simply “natural flavoring.” They don’t even need to use the word artificial. Even USDA certified organic microwave popcorn can use them.
Many people don’t realize that the USDA’s National Organic Program (NOP) allows for flavors to be used that are non-organic.
Technically known as 2,3-pentanedione, acetylpropionyl is molecularly very similar to butane-2,3-dione (diacetyl).
Acetylpropionyl, which is sometimes written acetyl propionyl, can be found in minuscule amounts in peaches and yogurt, but that’s far different than the concentrated sources which are used to trick your tongue into thinking you’re tasting butter. As with its predecessor, it’s also vegan and gluten free. (14)
Toxicity reports on acetylpropionyl were not even published until 2010. The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) says in a peer-reviewed paper that:
“…acute inhalation exposures to 2,3-pentanedione cause airway epithelial damage that is similar to diacetyl in laboratory studies (Hubbs et al. 2012).”
More specifically, a National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) rat study found that:
“2,3-pentanedione caused proliferation of fibrous connective tissue in the walls of airways and projections of fibrous connective tissue sometimes extended into the air passageways (Morgan et al. 2012a). Preliminary data suggest that repeated exposures to either 2,3-pentanedione or diacetyl can cause airway fibrosis in rats (Morgan et al. 2012b).”
Oh but wait, lung fibrosis might actually be the good news, relatively speaking. Because the next sounds even scarier:
“…changes in gene expression were noted in the brain (Hubbs et al. 2012).”
So that’s on research that was done for occupational exposure to this chemical. In terms of food safety and your exposure as a consumer eating it, there seems to be limited data out there. Remember the NIOSH said that toxicity reports weren’t even published until 2010 and that’s despite that it was already in widespread use as a diacetyl butter flavor replacement in popcorn. (15)
This is last and actually least, because even the bad ones like palm oil and those which are partially hydrogenated (trans fat) might be less concerning than some of the other reasons listed.
Still, less bad doesn’t make it good for you.
Because of the intense heat of the microwave, you actually don’t want oils that would otherwise be healthy at room temperature, like flax, walnut, and unrefined oils. Those all have low smoke points so when they are heated, they oxidize and create dangerous compounds that actually harm you.
Refined versions of coconut, olive, and sunflower all have some of the highest smoke points, at 450°F and above. That benefit should trump others like omega 3 content, which will just get damaged during the microwaving.
Again, something much less concerning than the PFOA-lined bags and the diacetyl butter flavoring. But you still want to pay attention to how much salt they add.
With how much we have elsewhere in our Western diet, ideally you should go with salt-free popcorn. Though understandably, this may be weekend treat and if salted popcorn is your indulgence, it certainly isn’t the worst thing you could be eating.
The American Heart Association advises no more than 1,500 mg of sodium per day.
To give you an idea of how much sodium is in the most popular brands…
Brand & Product
Per Bag
Act II Butter Lovers 4.5 cups 140 cal 310 mg 350 cal 775 mg
Act II Xtreme Butter 5 cups 160 cal 280 mg 320 cal 560 mg
Newman’s Own Organic Butter 2.8 cups 123 cal 187 mg 369 cal 561 mg
Orville Redenbacher’s Movie Theater Butter 5 cups 170 cal 350 mg 425 cal 1,050 mg
Orville Redenbacher’s Naturals Simply Salted 4.5 cups 170 cal 400 mg 425 cal 1,000 mg
Pop Secret Homestyle 4 cups 130 cal 290 mg 390 cal 870 mg
Pop Secret Movie Theater Butter 4 cups 130 cal 270 mg 390 cal 810 mg
Pop Weaver Butter 9.5 cups (1 bag) 270 cal 450 mg 270 cal 450 mg
Pop Weaver Kettle Corn 9.5 cups (1 bag) 260 cal 500 mg 260 cal 500 mg
Skinnygirl Butter & Sea Salt 6 cups (1 bag) 160 cal 400 mg 160 cal 400 mg
Trader Joe’s Microwave Popcorn
(currently unavailable) 7 cups (1 bag) 130 cal 300 mg 130 cal 300 mg
Ignoring the other potential drawbacks, the majority of these have a reasonable calorie count but an unreasonable amount of salt.
You may see that phrase listed on the ingredients label. TBHQ stands for tertiary butylhydroquinone. It’s a food preservative, mainly for oils and fats.
Despite what Food Babe may claim, it’s not “created from butane” (lighter fluid) though it does contain a butyl moiety, something else you probably don’t want to eat.
It’s not approved in Japan. In the United States, it’s allowed in concentrations of up to 0.02% of oils. (16) (17)
There is no reason to believe it causes cancer, though “vision disturbances” have been reported by people exposed to this chemical. In cultured human cells, single strand DNA breaks have been observed which would definitely not be good for you.
In animals, side effects seen have included enlarged livers, convulsions, and medullary paralysis, which is when your reathing and vital functions stop.
On the flip side, those are case reports and studies based on high amounts. There’s no evidence to suggest that the amount of TBHQ in popcorn is dangerous or even causes side effects. Though many people would prefer to simply avoid this unnecessarily added chemical “for freshness.” (18)
The best brands to buy will be those without “butter flavor” since they might contain the potentially dangerous diacetyl and/or acetylpropionyl. Avoid bags coated with PFOA, PFOS, or any perfluorinated compound (PFC). Basically, you want a paper bag filled with organic corn kernels and nothing else.
It’s healthier to add your own butter flavoring after popping. That way, you don’t have the vapors of diacetyl or acetylpropionyl. Remember that small amounts of diacetyl are in dairy products so if you’re using real butter, it’s best to melt separately at lower temperature, rather than zapping it for 2-3 minutes and turning it into a gaseous vapor.
What we recommend is flavoring with coconut oil. It gives you that buttery sensation with an ample of amount of medium chain triglycerides (MCT oil) that’s digested in a different manner than the long chain fatty acids you get with butter and olive oil.
Fat is technically tasteless, as it’s the texture of the triglycerides on your tongue that you enjoy so much. Yes, butter does have a flavor, but it’s not coming from the fat. It’s the flavor molecules which make up less than 1% of the volume.
You may not yet know it yet, but it’s less of the taste and more of the texture you crave. Coconut oil will give that to you.
Currently the only brand we are aware of that offers the perfect snack for movie night is Quinn. What they call Pure Pop bags are made of just plain paper without any chemical or plastic coatings.
On Amazon you can get the “Just Sea Salt” flavor and then jazz it up as you please, with whatever flavoring you fancy. It’s vegan.
If you insist on not hassling with DIY flavors, that’s completely understandable too.
They do have a version made with dried rBGH-free butter from real cows. It’s not that fake “butter flavoring.” Before eating though, make sure you allow for it to cool a couple minutes so you don’t breathe in the steaming butter. You can also buy Quinn butter and sea salt on Amazon.
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Amazing !!!
Horrible, but thank you so much for sharing.
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Census in the DRC: chronicle of a fiasco - RFI
Since the 1984 census, demographers have been conjecturing to determine the exact number of inhabitants in the DRC. A demographic blur
By Olivier LiffranPosted on 23-06-2019Modified the 23-06-2019 at 22:27
Since the 1984 census, demographers have been conjecturing to determine the exact number of inhabitants in the DRC. A demographic blur that President Felix Tshisekedi has promised to end. In a study published last March, two researchers look back on this sea serpent that hovered over Congolese politics for more than a decade.
In his inaugural address, on 24 January, President Félix Tshisekedi promised him urbi et orbi : " We intend to urge the government to carry out a census very quickly throughout the country ". Before insisting on the importance of having " reliable demographic information (...) for planning our development across the country, province by province ".
A speech in the form of an antiphon in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where the issue of the census of the population is a highly inflammable political subject. Since the 2006 presidential election, all successive Prime Ministers have promised it without seeing the end. With the key of heavy consequences on the various electoral crises, which enamelled the Congolese political life these last years.
In a highly researched study of the Secure Livelihoods Research Consortium, two Belgian researchers chronicled the fiasco of politics, big money and rivalries between international and national institutions. This story begins in 2003, with the signing in Sun City of the final agreement on the work of the inter-Congolese dialogue . The text, which is supposed to put an end to the terrible second Congo war, already conditions the holding of the elections to the organization of a census.
An impossible agenda
But the country is still bloodless and the priorities are elsewhere. It will take six long years before the census is authorized by Prime Minister Adolphe Muzito. Its Minister of Planning, Olivier Kamitatu, made the announcement on Radio Okapi. " We wish to have reliable data for the reconstruction of our country, " he says, saying in passing that the process will end in 2011. Cost of operations: $ 170 million (including thirty funded by the Congolese government) .
But international donors are not at the rendezvous and the agenda is quickly impossible to hold. At the same time, the World Bank, which is starting to take an active part in the project, is imposing the digitization of the census. A bad change lived Congolese side: " It was necessary to shake the old, who can barely use a computer, says a Congolese demographer quoted anonymously in the report. These men, they do not know how to install an antivirus. They do not even know how to use Word . "
Result: the site is dragging in length. And, like that of 2006, the 2011 presidential election is held without a census beforehand. Arrived at the Primature, Augustin Matata Ponyo presents a new budget and a new agenda, which sets 2014 as the census year. The deadline will be quickly illusory. Yet, the government of the man with the red tie puts the means: purchase of a hundred vehicles and signing of a $ 11 million contract with the consortium Sinfic / Quatenus Congo / Novageo. It is also expected a huge technological equipment, with the purchase of tablets, GPS, computers and servers. Las, despite the millions injected, the census is bogged down again.
"A very realistic delay"
January 2015. President Joseph Kabila, whose theoretical end of the second term approaches, addresses his compatriots during his New Year's speech: " The coming year will be marked by the organization of local elections, municipal and provincial and the start of operations census population . In keeping with the spirit of the Sun City agreement, the government is introducing a law, which makes the holding of elections a census of the population. To do this, the executive relies on an institution, the National Identification Office, which has been dormant for three years. His boss, the academic Adolphe Lumanu, proposes to carry out an administrative census in less than a year for some 500 million dollars. " A very realistic delay ," he says.
To summarize, two institutions are now competing for the census organization. One has been around for ten years, the second has just been reactivated for 2016. It does not take more to stir the suspicion of the opposition, who cries a delaying maneuver to postpone Greek timekeeper holding the presidential ballot - the power will finally pull the bill under pressure. Critics shared by the report of the two researchers: " The Onip and the electoral law must be included as part of a set of actions to delay elections or extend the mandate of Kabila. "Between 2014 and 2015, several months were lost due to the politicization of the census, " they lament.
Political quarrels, chronic underfunding, the mess of projects of international partners ... Pending the elections, which will be postponed twice, the Congolese census is increasingly taking a quadrature of the circle. Even the signing of a new contract in 2018 with the group Sinfic / Quatenus Congo / Novageo does not change the situation. " Sinfic was unable to undertake new activities, " note the two researchers. Which point to the budget inflation of the project: it is now estimated at $ 194 million.
The conclusions of Nangaa
December 2018, the long awaited election finally takes place. But his organization has been peppered with a series of controversies. Like the one on the number of registered voters in some provinces. Two million people had enlisted in Sankuru - the equivalent of 94% of its estimated population - before the Ceni rectified and announced massive grooming of the electoral register.
From this controversial electoral file, the authorities drew the map of the distribution of the 500 seats in the National Assembly. Which brings out some incongruities: provinces deemed hostile to Joseph Kabila lose seats, others win because of the exponential increase in their electoral population. Despite criticism from the opposition - "fraud" of power according to Martin Fayulu - the bill is passed by Parliament and then promulgated by Joseph Kabila.
Target of all critics, the head of the CENI, Corneille Nangaa, made his recommendations a few months after the election. " It is important to launch the census of the population so as to constitute a permanent civil status file ," he noted. While waiting for its effective organization, the government announced last February the launch of the census of companies. Here too, there is urgency: the last one dates back to 1982.
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French Educators Make Terror Prevention Proposal and It Has to Do with Teen Smoking
It's "necessary in this particular context to protect against the biggest risks."
French school administrators have suggested that the risk of students being radicalized while standing outside school grounds on cigarette breaks is greater than the dangers of tobacco. (Photo: Shutterstock/Surkov Dimitri)
As France continues its state of emergency following the Islamic State’s deadly November attacks in Paris, French school administrators have offered a proposal for preventing deadly terrorist attacks on students: allow students to smoke on school grounds.
Their logic is that while on cigarette breaks outside school grounds, high school students gathered in large groups are at risk of being targeted by terrorists who could easily figure out the fixed recess times. And that, they said, is more dangerous than tobacco.
French school administrators have suggested that the risk of students being targeted by terrorists while standing outside school grounds on cigarette breaks is greater than the dangers of tobacco. (Photo credit: Shutterstock/Surkov Dimitri)
"Students massing on the street constitutes a very high risk, one that is certainly greater than that posed by the consumption of tobacco," Michel Richard, deputy secretary-general of the SNPDEN administrator’s union, told France Info, the BBC reported.
Richard added that it was "necessary in this particular context to protect against the biggest risks."
The Associated Press reported that the SNPDEN administrator’s union made the request to the French government to ease school smoking rules five days after the attacks in the capital that killed 130.
"During each recess, in more than 2,000 schools in France, dozens of youth or even hundreds at the largest establishments form static and compact groups in a predictable way for 15 to 20 minutes,” the Nov. 18 letter from the SNPDEN union read, the AP reported.
The idea was swiftly dismissed by the French health ministry; however, the educators’ union last week made a new call for lifting the school smoking ban.
The AP reported that the health ministry wrote in its rejection letter to the union, "The state of emergency changes nothing" regarding anti-smoking laws.
Michel said that some schools have defied the government rejection and have begun allowing teens to smoke on school grounds.
A whopping one third of French high school-age students smoke, according to government statistics.
School directors face a fine of between $147 and $815 if they are caught allowing students to smoke in the courtyard.
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The Gloriumptious Worlds Of Roald Dahl Book Giveaway
It's a rare day that the entire family can pick up a book and be taken away into an amazing world of imagination and adventure, but The Gloriumptious Worlds Of Roald Dahl has that quality. Full of nostalgia and magic, this is a scrapbook of stories, characters and creations from 15 of Roald Dahl's best loved children's books, and I am delighted to have a copy to give away to one of my readers.
My full review of The Gloriumptious Worlds Of Roald Dahl is here, and we love it. Everyone in my house, from age 6 to 45 has been spotted grinning at the pages. This is a book full of all the interesting bits and pieces you didn't consider or see when you read Roald Dahl's books - tickets and receipts, posters and letters, adverts and information galore.
Find out the stories behind the stories, read notes written by Roald Dahl, and really get to know some of your favourite characters.
This is a gorgeous book which has a lot to offer any reader of any age from around 6+, and it will be very precious to any fan of Roald Dahl. Released today 11th August, a month ahead of what would have been Roald Dahl's 100th birthday, it is the perfect companion and incentive for any young book lover, and is incredibly accessible, with no huge sections of text, and 7 special items included within the book itself.
The Gloriumptious Worlds Of Roald Dahl is released today by Carlton Books rrp £16.99. Available in all good book shops, and online.
Carlton Books have very kindly offered a copy of The Gloriumptious Worlds Of Roald Dahl for one of my readers. Entry to the giveaway is by Gleam form below. This is a UK giveaway only, and will end at midnight Sunday 11th September. For full terms and conditions see the bottom of the Gleam form.
To enter my other giveaways, please see my giveaways page, where you can also find help regarding using Gleam.
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Tracy K Nixon 11 August 2016 at 19:29
George from George's Marvellous Medicine - he is a little boy with great witt and imagination!
laura banks 11 August 2016 at 21:45
george from georges marvellous medicine he was very creative
Pippa Ainsworth 11 August 2016 at 23:29
That's such a tough question. I think I'll go for Danny the Champion of the World. I loved this book so much as as a child and knew sections of it by heart. He was a real childhood hero of mine.
Matilda because she's an extraordinary child with an incredible talent for learning despite being hampered by uncaring parents.
allison sullivan 12 August 2016 at 00:49
willy wonka cos everyone wants to stay young and eat chocolate
Catherine McAlinden 12 August 2016 at 07:04
Matilda, she is just like my daughter!
Iris Tilley 12 August 2016 at 09:33
The witches because we love to hate their wicked ways and their personalities are well written
Aaron Broad 12 August 2016 at 11:15
I like the BFG because he was friendly and had a cool pipe
Julia Reitz 12 August 2016 at 12:21
Matilda!!! :)
Margaret Gallagher 12 August 2016 at 13:05
Triumphs despite obstacles in her way
Matilda - I can identify with her love of reading!
LESLEY BRADLEY 12 August 2016 at 18:16
Henry Sugar, what an enviable talent he had!
Jo Jones 12 August 2016 at 20:17
Matilda because she was so cute
Becky Yeomans 12 August 2016 at 21:04
The witches because they are weird and wonderful!
Angela Boucher 12 August 2016 at 22:10
I love Matilda, she was so brave in the book.
Cthek Goru 13 August 2016 at 02:50
Willy Wonka - chocolate all day every day !!!!
Jackie Dawson 13 August 2016 at 16:30
Matilda, she's so confident
anthony harrington 13 August 2016 at 17:43
Charlie Bucket from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory because I liked the character and how he viewed his family and other characters on the factory tour.
Johannah Carroll 13 August 2016 at 19:27
James from 'James and the Giant Peach' because he's so inquisitive and believes anything is possible if uou have help from good friends.
Lorraine Tinsley 13 August 2016 at 22:30
I love Matilda, I always dreamed of having the same powers as her, but Roald Dahl has so many brilliant characters it is really hard to choose one.
Kate Davies 14 August 2016 at 14:21
Mr Fox from fantastic Mr fox because he outwits the farmers and shows that you can overcome anything if you think long and hard enough.
Susie Wilkinson 14 August 2016 at 21:08
Danny's Dad from Danny the Champion of the World because he makes his son the centre of everything he does
helen tovell 14 August 2016 at 22:19
I like George out of marvellous medicine as he actually did something against his nasty Nan where most of us just wished it
Sharon Hingley 14 August 2016 at 23:45
Matilda, I love how she finds a way to get the life she desperately wants and her wicked sense of humour.
Carly Belsey 15 August 2016 at 06:35
Danny the Champion of the World, he is a really cool kid who can drive a car! :-)
CharliesGamer Team 15 August 2016 at 10:28
charlie bucket, hes a great role model for children to do the right thing!
Libby Noack 15 August 2016 at 13:44
Matilda because she was my hero as a child :)
Sarah Lambert 15 August 2016 at 15:47
James from James and the giant peach :)
Matila is my favourite I love it @bexallum on twitter
mouseybabe 16 August 2016 at 11:10
I love The giant insects in James and The Giant Peach. It was the first book from the series that I read
Jessica Woods 16 August 2016 at 19:17
James from James and the giant peach
Sharon Stanley 17 August 2016 at 09:28
I love charlie from charlie and the chocolate factory because his kindness gets him everything he could have ever wished for
jodie harvey 17 August 2016 at 11:06
i love matilda, such a sweet, comical little girl, clever AND magical :)
love matilda, such an enjoyable book and film
Willy Wonka as he's a bit of a mad inventor & truly loves his chocolate creations almost as much as I love eating chocolate creations :)
Joanne Tocher 19 August 2016 at 13:02
The Witches is my favourite... Even at 42 I've just re-read it to my 5 year old xxx
C Parkin 19 August 2016 at 18:15
Wikky Wonka as he's the one that sticks in my mind the most.
Tammy Tudor 21 August 2016 at 11:01
i love charlie from charlie and the chocolate factory
Louise Fairweather 21 August 2016 at 20:08
Matilda as she is funny and clever
Rachel Griffiths 22 August 2016 at 13:44
Matilda as she is a bookworm, just like me!
Annabel Greaves 23 August 2016 at 16:34
My daughter loves Matilda as she has a lot of fun
Rebecca Mercer 24 August 2016 at 21:59
I love Charlie from Charlie and the chocolate factory, such a kind thoughtful boy who doesn't have much but good things happen for him
Natalie 26 August 2016 at 15:32
Matilda - she reminded me of myself.
I like Willy Wonka as we share the same love of chocolate! @kleesical
deborah clarke 30 August 2016 at 01:31
Manilla. What a wonderful giveaway.
Richard Tyler 30 August 2016 at 14:35
The Twits - so funny
Rebecca Taylor 31 August 2016 at 16:00
Louise Gardener 1 September 2016 at 19:54
Matilda, she has magic powers
Louise Crocker 2 September 2016 at 10:07
Matilda because she's a very brave little girl
Sarah Archibald 2 September 2016 at 18:27
Matilda, everyone always said I looked like her as a child too :)
Marie Evans 2 September 2016 at 23:15
George from Georges Marvelous Medicine book he makes up such great YUk! concoctions lol
Laura Bryant 4 September 2016 at 13:35
Matilda so brave
Adeinne Tonner 4 September 2016 at 19:19
My favourite Roald Dahl character has to be the big friendly giant as they are an interesting character i think.
Jemma Dwyer 4 September 2016 at 20:07
willy wonka he loves chocolate :D
amy bondoc 4 September 2016 at 20:46
matilda ! shes so intelligent funny and kind !
Zoe Cunning 4 September 2016 at 22:28
Mr and Mrs Twit, they were so horrible and so funny
Angela Pagan 5 September 2016 at 21:11
The Grand High Witch! She terrified, yet amazed me as a child!
Laura Harrison 6 September 2016 at 02:02
Matilda, such a lovely book and film xxx
Jo Hutchinson 6 September 2016 at 16:51
Danny the Champion of the World because he really was a champ.
Kat Allinson 6 September 2016 at 21:59
Charlie because he is so unassuming
Kim Carberry 7 September 2016 at 10:03
Matilda. I loved the book and the film..
She was such a fighter...
Victoria Cunniff 7 September 2016 at 12:54
I love the boy in the book The Witches - he doesn't have a name as he is the one telling the story but I love his run ins with the witches especially when he is turned into a mouse
WeeWillieWilkie 7 September 2016 at 21:56
George from George's Marvellous Medicine because he did great experiments
Eloise 8 September 2016 at 01:16
Matilda so smart and strong
djcrabb69 8 September 2016 at 09:50
Willy Wonka, eccentric, affable and an icon of fiction.
Emma Lowe 9 September 2016 at 12:27
The BFG, such a great big figure but with a heart of gold.
Charley Foy 9 September 2016 at 17:56
I love Matilda, she was so smart and independent, such a strong mind for a child of her age. I always wanted to be like her.
Elspeth MacMillan 10 September 2016 at 11:10
Matilda!! great book :D
Kim M 10 September 2016 at 11:22
Like Charlie,he has a good heart x
Sim1983 10 September 2016 at 11:41
matilda, she is so much fun and spirited. I also wanted to live in miss honey's cottage.
Kim Neville 10 September 2016 at 13:09
Willy Wonka as entertaining to watch and would have loved to have gone to his factory
Toni Pearson 10 September 2016 at 15:01
Love Fantastic Mr Fox, for his perseverance.
Lynsey Buchanan 10 September 2016 at 15:39
Matilda is a great little girl you would be proud to have as a daughter.
Christopher Read 10 September 2016 at 19:41
Willy Wonka as he owns a magical factory
Victoria Jane Middleton 10 September 2016 at 20:25
Matilda, she shows everyone who is boss and is a little book worm just like me
Ellen Stafford 10 September 2016 at 21:35
Matilda because she is so smart.
paula cheadle 10 September 2016 at 22:17
I like Matilda
Kelly cooper 11 September 2016 at 03:37
Charlie from Charlie and the chocolate factory because I would like him to be my son and he gets to eat as much chocolate as he likes .
Daisymaebee 11 September 2016 at 06:54
Mr and Mrs Twit they are just so horrible, I love that Mr Twit saves things in his beard, and as for the tricks Mrs Twit plays with her glass eye they are totally horrid
Jenny Prest 11 September 2016 at 07:31
I love George's Marvelous Medicine and as a child would loved to see if i could do the same as George!
Emma Sykes 11 September 2016 at 08:49
Matilda has always been my favorite, love the fact she was so kind natured even with horrible parents, and the magic powers obviously!
HayleyT 11 September 2016 at 09:15
I loved Mr and Mrs Twit! Their evil antics used to have be in absolute stitches!
Willy wonka is the best
I am never get tired of the this xx
Diana S 11 September 2016 at 10:45
Matilda, so cute and clever :)
Tracey Hoskins 11 September 2016 at 12:21
Charlie Bucket because I remember watching Charlie and the Chocolate Factory as a child so many years ago. Fascinating, still live it. (The original one that is)
Vicky hawkins 11 September 2016 at 14:48
charlie from charlie and the chocolate factory because he is such a caring and selfless character
jackie beckett 11 September 2016 at 16:21
Got to be Willy Wonka i am 65 and i sat down and watched it yet again at christmas with my grandchildren i enjoyed every minute of it
Julie Easby 11 September 2016 at 17:17
Matilda - She is strong willed and puts her amazing gifts to good use
Marie Miles 11 September 2016 at 17:43
i like maltilda, such a lovely story, also the twits, an all time classic, i love the twits.
TRACY HANSON 11 September 2016 at 19:23
Love Willy Wonka - I always wanted to work in the factory, but would probably eat it all :) Thanks for the chance.
snarepuss 11 September 2016 at 19:28
Matilda is fab :)
Deborah Mackenzie 11 September 2016 at 19:47
The Big Friendly Giant, he has the best words ever....
Natalie Crossan 11 September 2016 at 20:02
Matilda- always wanted to do that
Beryl Drake 11 September 2016 at 20:16
I love Matilda , great charecter despite her parents
Anna Brown 11 September 2016 at 21:41
Matilda is a great character I love when she plays tricks on people.
Trapped Debz 11 September 2016 at 22:36
The Twits as they are so aeful its funny
Ali Cliff 11 September 2016 at 22:46
So many great characters but Matilda is my favourite, coming from such a neglectful family she was so brave and intelligent
Samantha Fernley 11 September 2016 at 23:40
James from James and the Giant Peach, always my favourite book.
JC Cross-Jones 11 September 2016 at 23:42
Willy Wonka and Matilda!
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The committee of the Faculty, appointed to nominate candidates for the French Fellowship and Scholarship, has issued an invitation to all persons interested in these opportunities to meet in Emerson A this afternoon at 2.30 o'clock, when the committee in charge will explain in full the nature of the work in each place, the special opportunities offered, and the requisites for each position. The places over which this committee has supervision are the Fellowship of the French Ministry of Public Instruction, at Paris, a scholarship at the Ecole Libre des Sciences Politiques, at Paris, and positions at the Faculte des Lettres at Lyons and Bordeaux.
By special arrangements with the Ecole Libre des Sciences Politiques, at Paris, and the University of Lyons and the University of Bordeaux, exemption from tuition charges is granted annually at each of these institutions to one student or graduate of Harvard. The holders of the positions at Lyons and Bordeaux assist in conducting courses given in English for students preparing for more advanced English examinations. At Lyons there is opportunity for doing official remunerative work and it is hoped that similar arrangements may be made at Bordeaux. Lyons and Bordeaux, besides offering instruction in all the University departments, offer unusual opportunities to the student for seeing and studying real French life untouched by the large foreign and tourist population in Paris.
The Fellowship at Paris, although usually held by some one especially interested in literature, throws open to the student the whole field of studies at the University of Paris and offers opportunities covering a wide range of subjects. The present holder of this Fellowship is H. W. L. Dana '03. The scholarship at Ecole Libre des Sciences Politiques is held by G. Fahnestock '10, and the positions at Lyons and Bordeaux by P. H. Linaberry '07 and H. P. Cooper '10, respectively.
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Edison Electric Institute Is Wrong to Deny America’s Coming Infrastructure Crisis
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Thomas R. Kuhn, president of Edison Electric Institute, takes exception to the facts in the adaption from my new book The Fine Print, published in Newsweek’s Sept. 10 issue. Problem is, Kuhn (or the EEI staffer who wrote the letter with his name on it) plays fast and loose with the facts.
Kuhn asserts that an “especially misleading statement made by the author is that ‘many utility rates have risen much faster than inflation.’”
So what do the facts show? First, my words were not limited to electric utilities, but included telephone, cable, water, and other utilities. But let’s test the integrity of Kuhn’s statements by looking only at electricity prices in real terms from the official data, the federal government’s Energy Information Administration.
The average residential electricity per kilowatt hour rose at inflation plus 8 percent from 1999 to 2010. Add in industrial, commercial, and other uses and real prices rose on average 13 percent.
In states with supposedly competitive markets, prices rise much more. For residential customers they rose 43 percent in inflation-adjusted dollars, while overall electricity prices rose a whopping 48 percent.
Mr. Kuhn’s letter exemplifies the kind of deceptive information for which the corporate-owned utilities he represents are justly criticized in The Fine Print.
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48 lectures on 8 DVDs
Ori Z. Soltes, Ph.D.
Dr. Ori Z. Soltes is Goldman Professorial Lecturer in Theology and Fine Arts at Georgetown University. He is the former director and curator of the B'nai B'rith Klutznick National Jewish Museum in Washington, DC. He earned his B.A. in Philosophy from Haverford College, his M.A. in Classics from Princeton, and his Ph.D. in Interdisciplinary Studies from Union Institute and University. Professor Soltes is the author of more...
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Art across the Ages is rated 4.3 out of 5 by 51.
Rated 3 out of 5 by No askew from This is too soon. I have listened to four lectures and they are well presented.
Rated 3 out of 5 by Velvet from Just okay. Professor Soltes' speaking style is pedantic and fluid; so much so that occasionally, my eyes would glaze over. If you like art from the viewpoint of religion and politics/social issues, then this is the course for you. But don't expect to see any science fiction art, florals or still lifes. In fact, although he did a good job of representing a variety of countries and times, he noticeably skipped over all of the incredible paintings by the Dutch Master floral and still life paintings of the 17th and 18th centuries: such artists as Willem Van Aelst, Jan Davidsz de Heem, Jan Van Huysum, and Abraham Mignon, with only a quick glimpse of a painting by Pieter Claesz. Soltes also tries to unite everything with a thread consisting of sacer (the realm of the unknown) and profanus (the realm of the everyday) meanings in all the paintings. I found this more than a stretch. On the positive side, he did include paintings and artists of the later 20th century, a feat that Prof. William Kloss's art lectures keep omitting.
Rated 5 out of 5 by clea from Great course I'm very happy with the course, it is very interesting and informative. I strongly recommend it, even to those who don't have any background on this subject
Rated 5 out of 5 by Black Jack from A Pleasant Surprise Art has always intrigued me but I've never had the chance to study it systematically. To date I've just finished the first lecture and am well impressed. The speaker obviously is well versed in his subject matter. He uses illustrations well. Most (happily) surprising is that he doesn't seem to have the anti Christian bias that owns higher education. I don't sense the vanity in him that I do in others of his caliber. Or the gratuitous intent to ridicule Christian thought or Christian art. In that respect he stands out. I eagerly look forward to the rest of the course, and I hope that "first impressions" will legitimately be, "lasting impressions." It's also a joy to hear people speaking of BC and AD v. BCE and CE. I'm grateful to Great Courses for from time to time offering deep discounts. I could not and would not have purchased this at full price -- and would have missed a great opportunity.
Rated 5 out of 5 by B Ford from An inspiring cultural gem, a visual treat Professor Soltes's "Art Across the Ages" course is inspiring, engaging, and thought-provoking, a real cultural gem and visual treat. Professor Soltes is a very talented speaker and very pleasant to listen to. He organizes a massive amount of knowledge extremely well: he presents a very comprehensive scope of material in a unique way by sharing his own insights and perspective instead of just summing up existing knowledge. Unlike many art history courses, Professor Soltes (gratefully) doesn't spend an inordinate amount of time merely describing what is shown, but rather delivers ideas about new ways to consider works by discussing cultural and historical contexts. This allows the listener to consider each artwork's relevance with respect to the continuum of human visual expression as well as its place in each artist's life. Each lecture includes a staggeringly impressive array of excellent visual material to savor. Occasionally I used a magnifying glass to better appreciate some of the reproduced images, as I watched most of the course on a portable dvd player. Professor Soltes's narrative is very effective in telling compelling stories that draw many intriguing cultural parallels by explaining the etymologies of words, by discussing the evolution of ritual practices, and by comparing and contrasting the use of symbols by various groups throughout history, in painting and sculpture as well as in textiles and architecture. At the end of each lecture in this course I really looked forward to finding out where the next would lead. This course enhanced my appreciation of other cultures and time periods, and the course guidebook is excellent.
Rated 1 out of 5 by Retired Professor from Great topic, poor instructor The instructor's inflated and pretentious speech pattern gets in the way of covering the course content. Your time and money would be better spent if you purchased one of the several standard college level art history textbooks. I have completed and enjoyed almost twenty courses from The Great Courses. This was the first one that I considered asking for a refund.
Rated 5 out of 5 by Artemisgirl from A fabulous overview of the history of Art As a serious student of Art History for the past decade, I found this course by Dr. Soltes one of the most comprehensive programs ( including college courses) that I have ever taken. I looked forward to seeing the progress of man through art and it was interesting, moving at times and when I got to the end of it, felt as if I had just finished a great book, longing for more. Dr. Soltes shares his expertise in art, history, religious cultures with an obvious enthusiasm that shines in this program. I highly recommend it to everyone who wants a complete art history program. FIVE STARS!
Rated 2 out of 5 by Bill23 from Art thru the ages Presentation is too frantic and thus seems disjointed. Not as interesting as it should be
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The Guardian view on Sir Vince Cable as Lib Dem leader: a voice for the centre
The Liberal Democrats are still in intensive care after the bruising experience of coalition and an election fought in a newly polarised country. But that leaves an important space for them to fill
Thu 20 Jul 2017 14.32 EDT Last modified on Mon 27 Nov 2017 14.46 EST
‘Whether Sir Vince has the strategy or capacity to change perceptions of his party and carve out a role as a voice of cool reason in a febrile climate is uncertain. But that is the opportunity that is his to grasp.’ Photograph: David Levene/The Guardian
Not only does Sir Vince Cable have the experience to lead the Liberal Democrats, he has actually done the job before. He held the reins temporarily before Nick Clegg was chosen in 2007. Since then, Sir Vince has published a well-received book on the causes of the financial crisis and served as a cabinet minister.
An opposition party suffering depleted influence might consider itself lucky to have a figure with those credentials ready to step into a leadership breach. Indeed, Sir Vince’s appointment is about as good an outcome as the Lib Dems could hope for, when optimism about their prospects is not abundant and, with only 12 MPs, the pool of contenders was small. It shrank to one as potential rivals ruled themselves out. Of those, Jo Swinson, the party’s foreign affairs spokesperson, is the figure who might have offered the most dynamic alternative. The consolation is that she has a long career ahead. So the role is still notionally available to her one day.
The risk of an uncontested succession is insufficient debate about policy direction and the absence of a proper autopsy on a general election campaign that failed to come to life. There are some simple interpretations: Tim Farron’s contortions over scripture and gay sex spoiled the campaign launch; Labour hoovered up anti-Tory votes in a polarised contest; support for a second Brexit referendum never came near reflating support for a small party still grievously wounded by the reputational harm of coalition.
Those are symptoms of a deeper malaise: shades of liberalism – economic, social and political – have been at the heart of British government for generations, yet the party that claims that doctrine as its defining purpose, worn in its very name, has failed to assert proprietorial rights. And when it did reach power, the policy dividends were few.
So damaging was that experience for the Lib Dem brand, it is not obvious that recovery can be delivered by a veteran of the coalition era. It is also a feature of the volatile political mood that familiarity from ministerial office is not necessarily an advantage in an opposition figure. Sir Vince cannot present himself as a maverick outsider when that image is very much in vogue. But it is the upsurge in radicalism of left and right that offers the Lib Dems their avenue to relevance.
It is too early to know whether the polarisation of voting (in England, specifically) around Labour and Tory banners signals a return to the old duopoly. The prior trend had been fragmentation. Jeremy Corbyn and Theresa May each scored high vote shares composed of complex coalitions. Socially liberal, pro-European Tories and economically liberal, market-friendly Labour voters can feel poorly served by their leaders. The zone once identified as Britain’s “centre ground” is organisationally hollow and bereft of leadership, but it is not a population vacuum.
The principle of navigation between dogmas of left and right is a concept that needs advocacy, especially in periods where political culture is aggressively adversarial and compromise with a rival is too often denigrated as moral surrender to an enemy. Whether Sir Vince has the strategy or capacity to change perceptions of his party and carve out a role as a voice of cool reason in a febrile climate is uncertain. But that is the opportunity that is his to grasp.
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Kim Kardashian: SLAMMED for "Acting Poor" in New Family Photos
by Hilton Hater at January 16, 2017 7:27 am . Updated at January 18, 2017 6:52 am .
Kim Kardashian is finally back after months of relative seclusion.
Following about three months away from the spotlight, the mother of two returned to social media in early 2017 and all appears well again.
So why is Kim now the subject of some pretty intense backlash?
Earlier this month, the reality star released a slew of new photos.
The images featured Kim and (soon-to-be-ex?) husband Kanye West at home, just hanging out, chilling, spending time with their children.
They offered fans a rare glimpse into the private world of this global superstar, which you'd think would be a positive thing for her fans.
Why the criticism, then? Because a handful of critics out there are taking Kardashian to task for her supposedly overt attempt to "act poor."
Yes ... we're serious. Allow us to explain that rationale:
After the reality star got robbed in Paris last year, some Internet users have noticed how hard Kim is trying to now come across as normal.
The pictures depict her without much make-up on ... sitting on a shaggy carpet ... relaxing on an old couch ... you get the idea.
One image centers on her husband Kanye West casually eating instant noodles out of a bowl in the kitchen, as shown above.
“Lets act poor for the aesthetic. How rude to people who are actually poor,” one hater wrote of the following snapshot, while another added:
“Poverty is not an aesthetic."
Added yet another:
“Wats with the same outfit and rusty background like your not living in a luxury mansion, but a clapped up shelter house with cheap furniture?"
While it's a tad ridiculous to read into and last out at Kim to this degree, it is actually a somewhat interesting topic and debate.
On one side, it's easy to see why the reality star, 36, would choose to show a different side of herself and her family online.
She previously flaunted her wealth and lifestyle at nearly all times, and not just by posing with her diamond rings prominent.
Taking pictures of herself on the grounds of her mansion, or with material possessions galore, she was asking to be ogled.
For her money as well as her ... you know.
And while she cannot reasonably be blamed for what happened to her in Paris, it's easy wonder if she could've avoided it.
Had she conducted herself differently - more humbly, or normally, you might say - would she have been the same kind of target?
Insiders have said that the assailants who robbed Kim of a $4 million ring learned about said ring as a result of Kim's Instagram photos.
So, in the aftermath of this horrific incident, of course Kim Kardashian should rethink her approach to social media to a point.
Then again... come on now.
Kim and Kanye are still multi, multi, multi-millionaires and famous for that. The former is off on a trip to Dubai as we type.
It's most definitely a smart move to scale back on how many photos feature gold-plated toilets and the like, for instance.
But we can understand how many people out there are conditioned to see everything Kardashian and her family does as being fake.
Putting public relations and image and reputation above all else is just part of life in the tightly controlled Kris Jenner Empire.
So can one really be blamed for viewing this as a PR stunt? And being turned off by the notion of Kim fronting like she's suddenly middle class?
Elsewhere, according to French newspaper, Le Journal du Dimanche, Kardashian first spoke to authorities about the robbery around 4:30 a.m. on Monday, October 3.
She told police in her apartment that she returned there with sister Kourtney Kardashian and stylist Simone Harouche and went upstairs to work on her computer after they went out for the night.
“I heard a noise at the door, like footsteps, and I shouted, asking, ‘Who’s there?’ ” she said, according to the report.
“No one answered. I called my bodyguard at 2:56 a.m. Through the door, I saw two people arrive, plus the night man who was tied up.”
The men donned ski goggles and were dressed like cops, she continued.
“It’s the one with the ski goggles who stayed with me,” she said.
"He demanded with a strong French accent, my ring. It was on the bedside table. It’s worth 4 million dollars. … I told him that I didn’t know."
"He took out a gun and I showed him the ring," she recalled.
"They grabbed me and took me into the hallway."
"I was wearing a bathrobe, naked underneath ... [and] then we went in the room again and they pushed me on the bed."
"And, it was this time, they tied me up with plastic cables and taped my hands, then they put tape over my mouth and my legs."
Kim proceeded to outline in detail what had been taken from her room, and the value of her burgled possessions is not small.
This included two diamond Cartier bracelets, a gold and diamond Jacob necklace, Lorraine Schwartz diamond earrings and a gold Rolex.
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“I think they robbed me of 5 million dollars,” she said. “Then they left on the run… I felt they were a bit inexperienced because of the way they tied me up."
After detailing the robbery, Kardashian told French authorities that she wanted to catch a private plane to reunite with her son, daughter and husband in New York City.
Last week, police arrested many suspects in the Kardashian robbery.
We can't imagine going through what Kim went through.
We sympathize with her, we really do. No one deserves that or asks for it, no matter their lifestyle or their public persona.
And while we're often her harshest critics, when it comes to the controversy of this new set of photos, we're gonna give her the benefit of the doubt.
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Government to give money to small businesses to get them online
Government vouchers of up to €2,500 will be granted to small Irish businesses with an online plan.
Jul 11th 2013, 6:30 AM 6,002 31
A NEW INCENTIVE scheme to get at least 10,000 Irish businesses online is being launched by government today.
As part of the first phase of the National Digital Strategy, small and medium-sized enterprises will be able to avail of a ‘trade-on-line’ voucher programme, once the firm matches the amount granted.
The scheme is capped at €2,500 per company but businesses may request less funds, depending on the project.
The money can be used for banking systems or to extend a customer base but ultimately, the Department of Communications wants to get 2,000 more firms trading online over the next two years.
Minister Pat Rabitte said the cost of the scheme will be included in Budget 2014 this October.
“Many of our schemes have ceilings but this is one that if demand exceeded expectation, it would be a good thing…Performance will definitely shape the future of it. It is amenable to tweaking.”
The scheme, which will be trialled with 50 companies in Dublin before being rolled out across the nation, will be managed by local enterprise offices.
Currently, just shy of 23 per cent of SMEs in Ireland trade online but 73 per cent of the €3.7 billion spent by Irish consumers online last year leaked out of the economy.
Speaking in Leinster House yesterday, Rabbitte said the leakage out of Ireland cannot be stopped completely, but it can be competed with.
The government is in the process of recasting the economy and a digital strategy is needed as part of that task, continued the Labour TD.
Ireland is not getting back “the good old days” of construction jobs and high tax takes, he said. “We’re never going back there…that is an economy of the past.”
According to his department, the government has not been successful in grasping digital opportunities despite the presence of many leading ICT players and a digitally-literate workforce.
“An uptake of 23 per cent is frankly disappointing,” he said, noting that small companies utilising and exploiting all technological advances available to them can double growth, output and employment.
The Minister believes there is some reticence on the part of the SMEs because they are already dealing with recession, tight budgets and bureaucratic red tape.
“They do not see technology as an enabler to grow. It is about persuading them of the advantages of the technologies…Some evangelising may be needed.”
Non-liners?
The National Digital Strategy also aims to halve the number of ‘non-liners’ (people who have not yet engaged with the Internet) by 2016. Data examined by the department shows that almost one in five adults – that is 577,200 people – have never used the Internet. Almost three in ten who do use it, do so less than once a week.
Rabbitte noted that there are some concerns with connectivity but neither availability or cost of broadband are the main barriers to access. However, he did recognise that digital exclusion can become a problem is the issues that lead to it are not addressed.
“There is a regular trickle of complaints from rural Ireland in regard to poor broadband connections but it ought to be, at least of similar concern, that there is perfectly fine connectivity and the uptake isn’t what it should be.”
According to Rabbitte, women have generally been more responsive digital skills training courses than men but all demographics will be targeted as part of the strategy, including older people and those with a lower level of education.
Other strands of the first phase of the NDS include education and e-learning initiatives and cross-government measures.
The next iteration will focus on other issues, including trust and confidence, cloud computing, copyright, open data and privacy.
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Youngblood Tire joins Michelin CSN
AUSTIN, Texas (Jan. 4, 2017) — Youngblood Automotive & Tire has joined the Michelin Commercial Service Network, expanding the network's coverage in Texas to 45 locations.
Established in 1971, Youngblood Automotive is a third-generation family-owned business offering a complete range of services and products including commercial and heavy truck, industrial, earthmover, agricultural, trailer and passenger/light truck tires at three commercial/retail locations in Texas.
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Mike Youngblood, owner of Youngblood Automotive & Tire in Austin, Texas.
The dealership operates 22 service trucks and 30 TIA-certified service specialists and offers 24/7/365 emergency road service along with a complete range of services, including repairs, inspection and alignments at its commercial locations, in Austin, Brady and Temple. It also has a retail-only store in Austin.
The addition of Youngblood Automotive brings the Michelin commercial network to approximately 600 locations across the U.S., Michelin said.
"The driving force behind our success is service. Showing up each day ready to compete for our customer through service is what makes us successful," said Mike Youngblood, owner of Youngblood Automotive & Tire.
"Youngblood is honored to be a part of a very exclusive network of dealers focused on offering the best products and services in the country for commercial fleets."
Ralph Dimenna, chief operating officer for Michelin Americas Truck Tires Division, lauded Youngblood Automotive for its 46 years of service to the central Texas market, saying that "demonstrates the level of quality and service" the dealership provides its customers.
In addition to the Michelin, BFGoodrich and Uniroyal truck tire brands and MRT retreads available through the Michelin Commercial Service Network, Youngblood Automotive offers Bridgestone, Continental, Dunlop, Firestone, General, Goodyear, Hankook, Kumho, Pirelli, Toyo and Yokoham tires.
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5G phones too expensive for you? Then check out the Redmi K30
By Richard Priday 2019-12-10T13:07:58Z
Finally, an affordable 5G phone
(Image credit: XDA Developers)
5G is slowly gaining traction in the smartphone market, but the main barrier at the moment is price. For example, a Samsung Galaxy S10 5G costs $1,300, as does the Galaxy Note 10 5G, while something ‘mid-range’ such as a OnePlus 7T Pro 5G, or even Samsung’s cheapest option, the A90 5G, will still cost $900. But Chinese manufacturer Redmi has now announced a 5G handset that will cost around a quarter as much as these existing phones.
The Redmi K30 5G is estimated to start at $285 based on the entry price in Chinese yuan, but features the 5G connectivity that its name suggests. This affordable phone also includes a 6.67-inch 120Hz LCD display, a 64MP main camera (along with 8MP wide angle, 2MP depth and 5MP macro sensors), a dual 20MP/2MP selfie camera array in a punch-hole notch, and a 4,500 mAh battery that fast charges at 30W.
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There are also some welcome features that may seem a little old fashioned for a 2019 smartphone, including a 3.5mm headphone jack and a side fingerprint sensor like on the Honor 20 Pro.
Of course, some parts are a little under-powered compared to premium 5G smartphones. The K30 5G runs on a Snapdragon 765 CPU, a new chip that’s less powerful than the 855 series chips used by most other 5G phones but one that includes a 5G modem within it. In addition, the K30 maxes out at 8GB RAM, whereas the Samsung 5G phones both use a massive 12GB of RAM.
(Image credit: Android Authority)
There’s also a 4G version of the K30, which changes a few of the other specs but does make the phone cheaper to buy for end users who live in places where 5G isn’t fully set-up or doesn’t exist at all.
Both the 4G and 5G K30 versions of the Redmi K30, each available in four different RAM/storage specs, are expected to be released soon in China, with a possible UK and US release to follow. The price may have gone up a little due to different local costs and the expense of exporting/importing products, but this still looks to be the cheapest 5G option available.
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There certainly seem to be plenty of cameras
(Image credit: IceUniverse)
They're not the best of photos, but a new leak has given us our first glimpse at what may be the Samsung Galaxy S11.
Serial leaker IceUniverse tweeted two photos on Sunday that they say is the Galaxy S11 in a leakproof case. We have no way of verifying that, of course, and there's a chance the photos are fakes. But if not, they provide some insight into what we can expect from Samsung's phone.
Galaxy S11 in a leakproof case. pic.twitter.com/LVmhQRl69fDecember 9, 2019
The photos, which were earlier published by Samsung-tracking site SamMobile, only really show the back of the devices, so we don't get a glimpse at the screen. However, the rear of the device appears to show a massive camera bump with three vertically aligned cameras on the left and a flash on the right. Whether there's another camera hiding beneath the flash is difficult to determine in the photos.
We've been hearing reports that Samsung is planning big improvements to the Galaxy S11's camera next year. Chief among the updates will be a 108-megapixel camera sensor, alongside a camera with a 5x optical zoom for telephoto shots.
But in order to accommodate those camera improvements, Samsung apparently needs to deliver a much bigger camera bump. And we can clearly see that camera bump in the leaked images. Considering how far it protrudes from the main back panel, it might also make the smartphone wobbly when sitting on its rear panel on a table.
That said, we don't know for sure whether what we're seeing is really the Galaxy S11, so be sure to take this leak with the proverbial grain of salt. But if nothing else, expect to find some major camera improvements next year when Samsung delivers its new flagship smartphone.
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Bradford West Gwillimbury > Procurement
Procurement Division
The Procurement Division works with Town departments as a strategic partner, facilitating value-added Procurement for all Goods, Services and Constructions. If you do not find the information you require below, please contact the Procurement Division at purchasing@townofbwg.com.
Select a topic for more information:
To obtain the best value for the Town when procuring Goods, Services or Construction. In doing so, the division encourages competition and ensures principles of fairness, objectivity, transparency and accountability are reflected in the Town’s Procurement processes.
Our vision is to provide resourceful professional services to both internal and external customers while adhering to government legislation and sound business practices. The division ensures that Procurement activities are undertaken with due regard to the preservation of the natural environment and the promotion of human rights and fair labour practices.
Open, fair and transparent processes
Employment of Best Practices to facilitate ease of procurement
Competence, excellence, efficiency, objectivity and impartiality
Continuous development of purchasing excellence
Purchasing Co-operatives
The Town of Bradford West Gwillimbury is a member of the Georgian Bay Area Public Purchasing Co-operative (GBAPPC). The GBAPPC membership comprises a broad spectrum of public agencies operating within the Georgian Bay area including municipalities, school boards, hospitals, colleges, and various other public entities that share resource efforts to procure similar goods and services through collaborative processes to recognize additional savings.
In addition to being an active member of the GBAPPC, the Town of Bradford West Gwillimbury may participate from time to time in procurements conducted as part of the following buying groups:
Ontario Education Collaborative Marketplace (OECM)
Ministry of Government and Consumer Services
Local Authority Services (LAS)
Canada Free Trade Agreement – Disclosure, 2018
Pursuant to Article 516 Transparency of Procurement Information, the following details the procurements covered under the Canada Free Trade Agreement for the 2018 calendar year.
Type
Number of Procurements
Aggregate Value, incl. HST
$101,100 or greater for goods or services, excluding construction 13
$3,164,720.44
$252,700 or greater for construction 7
$15,276,655.63
Should you have any questions regarding the above mentioned disclosure, please contact the Procurement Division at purchasing@townofbwg.com
Bid Irregularities
This list of irregularities should not be considered all-inclusive. The Bid Review Committee will review irregularities not listed and shall have authority to waive the irregularity or grant two (2) business days to remedy such irregularity.
Where, at the request of the Town, a bidder has been given two (2) business days to correct an irregularity and the bidder fails to make such correction within that time period, the bidder shall be deemed non-compliant and the bid rejected without further consideration.
For the purpose of this document, the following shall apply:
a) Bidder(s) shall also mean Proponent(s)
b) Bid(s) shall also mean Proposal(s)
c) Bid Form shall also mean Form of Proposal
Informal Bid Process
(see below for Formal Bid Process Irregularities)
Item
Irregularity
Response
1 Late bids Automatic rejection
2 Bid Form not signed or witnessed
Automatic rejection
Bid Form signed by an authority to bind the company, but not witnessed Upon notification, two (2) business days to witness or bid shall be rejected
Bid Form witnessed, but not signed by an authority to bind the company Upon notification, two (2) business days to sign or bid shall be rejected
Incomplete Bid Automatic rejection, unless:
a) the competitive bid opportunity state that partial bids are acceptable, and the bid is complete in respect to the portion of the scope of deliverable(s) bid on; or
b) in the opinion of the Procurement Division, the omission is of a minor nature and is remedied by the bidder within two (2) business days of notification. Incomplete pricing shall not be considered minor in nature and shall result in automatic rejection, with the exception of the irregularities stated in accordance with items 4 and 5.
If a unit price has been provided but the corresponding extended total has been omitted The extended total will be calculated from the unit price and the quantity specified, by the Owner.
If an extended total has been provided but the corresponding unit price has been omitted The unit price will be calculated from the extended total and the quantity specified, by the Owner.
Mathematical errors which are not consistent with the Unit Price, such as tax calculation errors Upon notification, two (2) business days to correct or bid shall be rejected
Unit Price, which has been changed, not initialled but the corresponding extension is consistent with the amended Unit Price Upon notification, two (2) business days to initial or bid shall be rejected
Unit price, which has been changed, not initialled and the corresponding extension is not consistent with the amended unit price Automatic rejection
Transfer of an amount from one part of the submission to another is incorrect or incomplete Upon notification, two (2) business days to correct or Bid shall be rejected
Incorrect security submitted:
a) Bid Bond, in the form, amount and irrevocability outlined in the competitive bid documents, not submitted Automatic rejection, unless the Bid Bond submitted is in excess of the competitive bid document requirements
Bid Bond not signed or sealed, as applicable Automatic rejection
Alterations, additions, deletions or qualifying statements made to or provided with the Bid Form Automatic rejection, unless in the opinion of the Procurement Division the statements provided do not qualify any pricing but are included for clarity purposes
Failure to have a representative in attendance and registered at a mandatory site visit Automatic rejection
Bidder has not been previously prequalified under a related prequalification process, where applicable Automatic rejection
15 Addenda have not been acknowledged:
a) which have financial implications Automatic rejection
b) which have informational content Two (2) business days to acknowledge or bid shall be rejected
Formal Bid Process
b) in the opinion of the Procurement Division, the omission is of a minor nature and is remedied by the bidder within two (2) business days of notification.
a) Bid Security, as an e-bond, in the amount and irrevocability outlined in the competitive bid documents, not submitted Automatic rejection, unless the Bid Bond submitted is in excess of the competitive bid document requirements
Owner is unable to verify the e-bond authenticity Upon notification, twenty-four (24) hours to provide authenticity of the e-bond submitted with the bid.
7
Bid received is from a Bidder serving a suspension period in accordance with FIN-F18-025 Procurement Suspension Procedure Automatic rejection
Owner Terms & Conditions
ARTICLE 1 – INTERPRETATION
1.01 Defined Terms
When used in the Contract, the following words or expressions have the following meanings:
“Conflict of Interest” includes, but is not limited to, any situation or circumstance where the Contractor’s other commitments, relationships or financial interests (i) could or could be seen to exercise an improper influence over the objective, unbiased and impartial exercise of its independent judgment; or (ii) could or could be seen to compromise, impair or be incompatible with the effective performance of its obligations under the Contract;
“Contract” means the purchase order for the Deliverables issued by the Owner to the Contractor (the “Purchase Order”), including these Owner Terms and Conditions and the competitive bid document used to solicit the Deliverables. Should there be inconsistencies between these Owner Terms and Conditions and the terms and conditions within the competitive bid document used to solicit the Deliverables, the latter shall prevail.
“Contractor” means the vendor identified on the face of the Purchase Order.
“Deliverables” means the goods, services or construction as described in the competitive bid document or Purchase Order;
“Indemnified Parties” means the Owner, its elected officials, directors, officers, agents, employees and volunteers;
“Industry Standards” include, but are not limited to: (a) the provision of all labour, supplies, equipment and other goods or services that are necessary and can reasonably be understood or inferred to be included within the scope of the Contract or customarily furnished by parties providing goods or services similar to the Deliverables in similar situations in Canada and; (b) adherence to commonly accepted norms of ethical business practices, which shall include the Contractor establishing, and ensuring adherence to, precautions to prevent its employees or agents from providing or offering gifts or hospitality of greater than nominal value to any person acting on behalf of or employed by the Owner;
“Owner” means the Corporation of the Town of Bradford West Gwillimbury;
“Rates” means the price, in Canadian funds, to be charged for the Deliverables, as set out in the Contract, representing the full amount chargeable by the Contractor for the provision of the Deliverables, including but not limited to: (a) all applicable duties and taxes; (b) all labour and material costs; (c) all travel costs; (d) all costs associated with insuring, transporting and delivering the Deliverables to the Owner at its address specified on the Purchase Order; (e) all insurance costs; and (f) all other overhead, including any fees or other charges required by law;
“Related Entities” include directors, officers, employees, agents, partners, affiliates, volunteers and subcontractors.
“Requirements of Law” means all applicable requirements, laws, statutes, codes, acts, ordinances, orders, decrees, injunctions, by-laws, rules, regulations, official plans, permits, licenses, authorizations, directions, and agreements with all authorities that now or at any time hereafter may be applicable to either the Contract or the Deliverables or any part of them; and
ARTICLE 2– GENERAL TERMS
2.01 Governing Law
The Contract shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Province of Ontario and the federal laws of Canada applicable therein.
2.02 Entire Contract
The Contract, together with any additional documentation referenced in the Purchase Order, sets forth the entire agreement between the parties with regard to the provision of the Deliverables and supersedes any prior understanding or agreement, collateral, oral or otherwise, existing between the parties. In the event of any ambiguity, conflict or inconsistency between these Owner Order Terms and Conditions and any terms and conditions contained in any acknowledgement, order or any other form issued by the Contractor, these Purchase Order Terms and Conditions shall prevail. Changes to the Contract shall only be made by the issuance of an amended Purchase Order by the Owner to the Contractor.
2.03 Notices
Notices shall be in writing and shall be delivered by mail, personal delivery or email and shall be addressed to the contact identified on the face of the Purchase Order.
If any term or condition of the Contract, or the application thereof, is to any extent invalid or unenforceable, the remainder of the Contract, and the application of such term or condition (except to the extent to which it is held invalid or unenforceable), shall not be affected.
2.05 No Indemnities from Owner
Nothing in the Contract, whether express or implied, will directly or indirectly increase the indebtedness or contingent liabilities of the Owner beyond the obligation to pay the Rates in respect of Deliverables accepted by the Owner.
2.06 Force Majeure
Neither party shall be liable for damages caused by delay or failure to perform its obligations under the Contract where such delay or failure is caused by an event beyond its reasonable control, such as natural disasters, acts of war, insurrection and terrorism. If a party seeks to rely on a force majeure event, that party shall immediately notify the other party of the reason for and anticipated period of any delay.
2.07 Survival
This paragraph and paragraphs 2.01, 2.04, 2.05, 3.02, 3.04, 4.01, 6.02 shall survive the termination or expiry of the Contract, as shall any other provision which by its nature ought to reasonably survive such termination or expiry.
ARTICLE 3 – RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN OWNER AND CONTRACTOR
3.01 Contractor’s Power to Contract
The Contractor represents and warrants that it has the full right and power to enter into the Contract and there is no agreement with any other party that would in any way interfere with the rights of the Owner under this Contract.
3.02 Contractor Not a Partner, Agent or Employee
The Contractor shall have no power or authority to bind the Owner or to assume or create any obligation or responsibility, express or implied, on behalf of the Owner. The Contractor shall not hold itself out as an agent, partner or employee of the Owner. Nothing in the Contract shall have the effect of creating an employment, partnership or agency relationship between the Owner and the Contractor or any of the Contractor’s Related Entities.
3.03 Non-Exclusive Contract, Work Volumes
The Owner makes no representation regarding the volume of goods and services required under the Contract and reserves the right to contract with other parties for goods and services the same as or similar to the Deliverables.
3.04 Responsibility of Contractor
The Contractor agrees that it is liable for the acts and omissions of its Related Entities. The Contractor shall advise its Related Entities of their obligations under the Contract and shall ensure their compliance with the applicable terms of the Contract.
3.05 No Subcontracting or Assignment
The Contractor shall not subcontract or assign the whole or any part of the Contract without the prior written consent of the Owner.
3.06 Conflict of Interest
The Contractor shall: (a) avoid any Conflict of Interest in the performance of its contractual obligations; (b) give notice to the Owner without delay of any actual or potential Conflict of Interest that arises during the performance of its contractual obligations; and (c) comply with any requirements prescribed by the Owner to resolve any Conflict of Interest.
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The Contractor is not permitted in any manner to advertise or publish the fact that they have been contracted to furnish the Owner with the Deliverables, without first obtaining the written consent of the Owner.
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The Contract can be enforced by and is binding upon the parties and their successors, executors, administrators and their permitted assigns.
ARTICLE 4 – PERFORMANCE BY CONTRACTOR
4.01 Deliverables Warranty
The Contractor represents and warrants that the Deliverables (i) shall be provided diligently in a professional and competent manner by persons qualified and skilled in their occupation in accordance with: (a) the Contract; (b) Industry Standards; and (c) the Requirements of Law; and (ii) shall be free from defects in material, workmanship and design, suitable for the purposes intended, in compliance with all applicable specifications and free from liens or encumbrance on title. The Contractor represents and warrants that the use or sale of the Deliverables purchased under this Contract will not infringe any patent, copyright or trademark.
4.02 Delivery
Unless otherwise stated on the face of the Purchase Order, all Deliverables shall be delivered Duty Paid (DDP) (Incoterms 2010) to the Owner’s location, as specified on the face of the Purchase Order. No transportation or delivery charges of any kind, including, without limitation, packing, storage, cartage or customs brokerage charges, shall be paid by the Owner, unless specifically provided for on the face of the Owner Order.
4.03 Safety Data Sheets (SDS)
For any hazardous materials on this order, the Contractor shall provide the Owner with the SDS, prior to or with the receipt of Deliverables. If the SDS have not been received, the Deliverables will either be refused or shall be returned to the Contractor at no cost to the Owner.
4.04 Packaging and Risk
The Deliverables will be suitably packed in such a manner as will ensure their safe transportation undamaged to their destination. The Deliverables will remain at the risk of the Contractor until the Deliverables are received by the Owner.
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Receipt of the Deliverables at the Owner’s location does not constitute acceptance of the Deliverables by the Owner. The Deliverables are subject to the Owner’s inspection and acceptance within a reasonable period of time after delivery. If any of the Deliverables, in the opinion of the Owner, are inadequately provided or require corrections, the Contractor shall make the necessary corrections at its own expense as specified by the Owner in a rectification notice. The Owner reserves the right to reject or return quantities in excess of the quantity ordered.
4.06 Time
Time is of the essence. The Owner reserves the right to cancel this order in whole or in part if the Deliverables are not delivered within the stated time schedule. If the Contractor anticipates the delivery will be delayed, the Contractor shall give immediate notice to the Owner of the cause and extent of the anticipated delay. As a result, any costs or penalties incurred by the Owner due to late delivery may be borne by the Contractor.
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5.01 Payment According to Contract Rates
The Owner shall pay the Contractor for the Deliverables in accordance with the Rates within thirty (30) days of receipt by the Owner of a satisfactory invoice from the Contractor requesting payment for Deliverables that have been received and accepted by the Owner.
All invoices submitted by the Contractor must include the amount invoiced, exclusive of HST, and the amount of HST shown separately.
5.02 No Expenses or Additional Charges
The Contractor shall pay all applicable taxes and duties, including excise taxes, incurred by or on the Contractor's behalf with respect to the Contract. There shall be no charges payable by the Owner to the Contractor other than the Rates.
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The Contractor shall put into effect commercial general liability insurance, in a form acceptable to the Owner, in an amount not less than $2,000,000 per occurrence, with the Owner as an additional insured. The Contractor will also put into effect such other additional insurances as required by the Owner. The Contractor shall provide the Owner with evidence of insurance upon request. In the instance of consulting services, the Contractor shall also put into effect professional liability insurance, in a form acceptable to the Owner, in an amount of not less than $2,000,000 per claim.
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ARTICLE 7 – TERMINATION
7.01 Immediate Termination of Contract
The Owner may immediately terminate the Contract upon giving notice to the Contractor for any reason, notwithstanding that the Contractor might not be in default under the Contract, and in such event the Owner shall be liable to the Contractor only for the payment of the Rates in respect of Deliverables accepted by the Owner up to the date of termination. The express rights of termination in the Contract are in addition to and shall in no way limit any rights or remedies of the Owner under the Contract, at law or in equity.
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Make the Baler Room Watertight
The baler room is very old and looks it. But the theatre and filming companies love it that way and as it stands it is a very good source of revenue for the mill. The main issue is (again) the leaky roof and lack of insulation, so it gets very cold for audiences coming to see a show in winter, and water leaking all over filming equipment is never good. An additional challenge is that any work has to be done in such a way that it does not start looking ‘modern’ which will put the film people off. We think the roof will be the main big ticket item and taking the same calculations as with the Pulper House roof, we think it will be £50-70.000 to get that done. Then other items will take the entire project to approx. £100K.
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Will India blaze it?
In December 2015, Tathagata Satpathy, a Lok Sabha MP from Odisha, suggested that marijuana should be legalized in India, in an effort to counter alcohol addiction. Earlier this year, Union Minister Maneka Gandhi spoke about the need for medical marijuana to be legalized. With all this news hitting the headlines, the question that stands in front of us is, should India legalize marijuana?
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Cannabis, more commonly known as marijuana (or in the street lingo as pot), is a psychoactive drug extracted from the plant Cannabis, intended for medicinal and recreational use. The main psychoactive part of Cannabis is tetrahydrocannabinol (THC). Cannabis can be used by smoking, vaporizing, within a food, or as an extract. Cannabis is often used for its mental and physical effects, a few being:
“High” or “stoned” feeling, a general change in perception
An increase in appetite
However, there are also innumerable side effects, such as
Decrease in short-term memory
Heightened feeling of paranoia or anxiety
Impaired motor skills
Long-term effects may include- addiction, behavioural problems and decreased mental stability
Though marijuana is legal in several countries across the globe, this issue has been undergoing some serious debate in India. India’s affinity to psychoactive substances is centuries old. Documented references to cannabis date back to 2000-1400 BC, with texts describing it as “sacred grass”. Medical use of cannabis is recorded in books like the Susruta Samhita. To date, bhang, ganja and charas — products of the cannabis plant — are enlisted in the Drugs and Cosmetics Rules, 1945 for use in Ayurvedic, Siddha and Unani medicine. The use of marijuana is also deeply entwined with faith and mysticism.
The Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act of 1985 criminalized the cannabis plant, though it does allow State governments to ‘permit and regulate’ its usage for medical, scientific and, to some extent, industrial uses. Since only a few states have exercised their regulatory powers, people continue to be arrested for possession and usage of cannabis.
With an estimated 125 million people consuming it, in some form or the other every year, marijuana is the most commonly used illegal drug in the entire world. In 1997, AIIMS, New Delhi, published a report titled ‘Cannabis, Health Damage? Legislative Options’, which found the use of Cannabis to be less harmful than the consumption of substances such as alcohol and tobacco.
Amidst all this, the most prominent question is, does legalizing marijuana actually provide any gains? Here are a few reasons as to why legalizing it could actually end up profiting the masses:
A potential cash crop
The cannabis plant grows naturally in India, especially the northern hilly regions. It has the potential of becoming a cash crop for poor marginal farmers. If proper research is done and cultivation of marijuana encouraged at an official level, it can gradually become a source of income for poor people with small landholdings. Also, even if you are growing paddy, you can grow marijuana on the margins.
India should ideally focus on marijuana’s medicinal use. It is known to help people with eye ailments, cancer, and joint pain. Incidentally, China is also doing a lot of research on marijuana for cancer treatment. Marijuana does not cure cancer but it reportedly stops cancer from spreading.
Elimination of illegal trade and associated crimes
Decriminalization will replace the black-market production and distribution. The trade will be populated by the government, farmers, merchants and retail clerks, instead of dealers and criminals.
Prohibition has failed to control the use and domestic production of marijuana
It is said that 60,000 kgs of hash and 40,000 kgs of opium are produced in Himachal Pradesh. Out of that, only 500 kgs is seized annually. As per reports, "more than 1,600 hectares of cultivable farmland and an additional 500 hectares of illicitly felled public forests are currently under cannabis cultivation". The rate is only increasing. Moreover, these days, it is pretty easy to buy marijuana in India and its consumption is widespread among the youth. So, it is fair to say that prohibition has failed to curb the 'problem'.
However, if one flips the coin, one can see there are certain disadvantages to it too:
Tar Buildup
It is a massive one. However, it is conjointly a risk that may be entirely avoided if you select to try and do so. Tar buildup happens once you inhale smoke from marijuana. Although it’s troublesome to check with the naked eye, smoke from dried herbs contains thousands of little-burned plant particles. Once these particles come in contact with each other, they settle and accumulate. These particles then produce a tar-like organic compound which is harmful to lungs.
Gateway to drugs
This theory states that the utilization of less harmful drugs could cause a future risk of victimization to a lot of dangerous medicine. Cannabis, alcohol, and tobacco are attributed to the current theory. Some scientific studies show that the consumption of cannabis can probably predict a major higher risk for the next use of “harder” illicit drugs, whereas different studies show that it cannot.
A ten-year long study conducted in Australia found that adults of twenty-four years used a drug referred to as amphetamines which were preceded by the employment of cannabis.
In 2006, a counter-study was conducted on rats, in Sweden, that examined the brains of the rats when dosing them with cannabis and found that THC alters the opioid system that’s related to positive emotions, which lessens that effects of opiates on the rat’s brain and therefore causes them to use a lot of heroin.
Reduction in REM sleep
Cannabis users might get a lot of deep sleep; however, they additionally spend less time in REM sleep. REM stands for Rapid Eye Movement. Once we’re in this sleep phase, our body is at its nearest to being awake. Unsurprisingly, REM is the final section of the 90-minute sleep cycle. Coincidentally, REM sleep is the time you’re capable of having vivid dreams and nightmares. Researchers still don’t understand why this sleep cycle is helpful to our health. But, one leading theory is that it provides certain components of our brain a rest, namely, the components which secrete serotonin and histamine.
For now, whether marijuana will be legalized remains up in the air. As many people, we ask, as many opinions will there be. However, we need to think for ourselves, in a country that is already rampant with social issues that seem to have no viable solution, is the legalization of really our topmost priority?
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Gone To A Rave: Tone Def - From Balearic To Jungle
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The label was characterised by a carefree approach to the business of releasing music, with catalogue numbers all over the place (or being repeated), some records showing up as single sided releases, some being pressed with random tunes or mixes on the b side, and at least one never coming out at all. All this looseness is part of the Tone Def charm – unlike a number of the major rave labels (names removed for political reasons!), Tone Def wasn’t run by a non-producing boss signing up artists specifically to make money. Instead it was helmed by DJ/ Producer Yomi Ayeni- DJ Yomi - originally as an outlet for his own bedroom productions, then later as a space to release the music he wanted to play. Tone Def was a passion project first and foremost, and right to the end it’s clear that making music was more important to the label than maximising profits – and perhaps it’s for this reason that a number of the label’s releases ended up being seminal; in the process of releasing the music they wanted, rather than the music they thought would appease the rave scene, they ended up releasing proto-jungle records when others were still dropping happy hardcore sound-alikes.
Yomi was kind enough to take some time to talk to me, so here, possibly for the first time, is something of the story of Tone Def records…
Talk me through how you first got Tone Def started
It started with a trip to Ibiza years ago – Why Ibiza? I don’t know! Lots of people were going.. I went out with a friend of mine. I’d been hanging out with Nicky Holloway, and I met an old friend of mine who I used to DJ with – Carl Cox – Carl and I used to be on pirate radio years beforehand.
Which pirate was that?
LWR
That was such a foundational station!
Yeah I was a program controller on LWR for a while when I was at school. I was a very big soul boy. Soul moved into hip hop – I used to DJ out with Tim Westwood – then it morphed into house. I had a big interest in disco, in Chic, Sylvester, the Salsoul label output, it was all kinda dancey, and that’s more or less how Carl and myself gravitated towards LWR. Tone Def to a certain degree was an extension of that.
So I went to Ibiza in ’89. I came back with a rhythm going on in my head. It was a breakbeat rhythm that was programmed on a 909. I was working with a guy called Alex Gold and we came up with a track called Thank God, under the name Morse Code which, y’know, it did extremely well…
This was during the second summer of love – it got picked up by lots of DJs who loved the vibe.
Thank God wasn’t house, it wasn’t breakbeats, it wasn’t drum n bass it was something different. It had no sample loops, it was all programmed drums.
And that was the first release on Tone Def – did you get the money together to put it out yourself?
Yes, at that point if you said you wanted to make a record, people would say, well you can’t make a record – but I got my money together. It was a funny way of doing things – we recorded the track, we sent it off to get cut, and we got the test presses made, then I went to Barclays in the morning and got a loan of £500, went to the test pressing plant and picked up the test presses, went straight into the west end and delivered them to all the shops. Then before 3.30 I went back to the bank and repaid the loan! [laughs] and that was what I started doing…!
How many were you pressing?
When we did the test presses we only did 30 or 40 and we were selling them for four, five pounds each and people took em. People like Alfredo and some of the other Ibiza jocks were playing them – they got into the hands of Weatherall, Holloway – they were the early opinion formers when it came to music, and they played a lot of the stuff, so we were able to get the records out and they did really, really well.
Who designed the logo?
A friend of mine, Bettina Green, designed it, and it was solely because at that point I was growing my dreadlocks
So the logo is you?
It is more or less me. She designed it, and the funny thing is I still have the original little drawing that she did. It just looked raw and very different, and that was what we were looking for, it just worked.
You’ve name checked people from the early house scene – and they all broadly stayed in the house scene or maybe went to techno, but Tone Def took a different path.
Tone Def took a different path. That was partially because of my background – a combination of soul, disco and hip hop – hip hop at that point wasn’t quite hip hop – hip hop came out of electro, and when you look at the early electro like Jam on It by Newcleus, they all had hard beats, very synth based. I was shopping down in Catford and I went into a record shop and I bumped into Darren Jay, Darren and I had a long talk about stuff – at that point I’d just released a record on another label, Raw Bass, and Darren and I got together, reworked the whole thing and came up with a 4 track EP released on Tone Def under the name French Underground. After that we formed SLM together, which stood for South London Massive
Were Sound Corp you as well?
No I was out DJing and met two guys from Slough. They gave me their music and I loved it – it had such a hard, industrial sound to it, like nothing else being made. So I started releasing their music, which I love to this day.
With the Sound Corp and SLM records doing so well, at this stage had running Tone Def become a full time job?
I got it up and running, but I also had a job producing news for the BBC, and somewhere between I did a Masters in graphic multimedia.
Ha! That’s quite a different CV to most of the hardcore label bosses…
Well I just wanted to make the music. We had a 24 channel desk in my bedroom, drum machine, keyboards, all there. We did the programming at home then mastered it outside. Our cuts were being done by Nilesh. He was a legend – he passed a few years ago- there’s hardly a decent dance record from The Shaman downwards that Nils didn’t cut. If he wasn’t there, we weren’t going in to get our stuff cut. Sound Corp did all their stuff in Slough, we did all the stuff for SLM and all the remixes in London, and the 4 Horsemen of the Apocalypse stuff we did in Milton Keynes.
So I’m right in thinking that the 4 Horsemen of the Apocalypse group was you with Foul Play?
Yes, John and myself, Steve and Brad. I was playing some of the Foul Play stuff, and both my tracks and there’s were picked up for a compilation album. We met through that and decided to form a new group, which we called 4 Horsemen.
There’s been a lot of debate online about the release Drowning Her / We Are the Future – on some copies there’s a reprise of the track which has no drums on it – was that a pressing fault?
It was a pressing fault..! It was a bit of fun we were having in the studio – we stripped the beats and tinkered with it, I liked the strings and piano, which had a haunting effect, and we couldn’t get the piano high enough in the mix. There are actually one or two other versions out there. We didn’t know about it – we were pressing with a company in either Archway or Hayes, and somewhere in between they got things mixed up, There’s one version of the record that has some Sound Corp on it, and one version with that beatless version. All we were doing was picking up the records and delivering them to shops to sell, it wasn’t until later on that someone says, well my copy has got this, and you say, no it hasn’t ... There’s one I found out about last year, where people told me there was a totally different track on one of our discs and I swore blind it wasn’t, and they said it was. It was Tone Def music but I had no idea..! We just picked up the discs and delivered them to shops. We were cutting this stuff, and I don’t know if they put the wrong version on. In hindsight maybe a bit more attention should have been paid, but it was music! We were in it for the music!
There was a time we were being courted by Maverick, Madonna’s label, and we weren’t particularly bothered, we weren’t going chasing. You had Golden Boy- Goldie- who was being chased around and we said, look, we’re not in it for that. And that ran through everything we did, from the FX releases towards the end, to SLM to the Two Dreds Inna Dub stuff, it was all just us doing what we wanted to do.
Two Dreds inna Dub was you with Steve Gurley who went on to be a big garage artist
Yes – I think it was one of the last DnB things he did – I think Rogue Unit was the only drum n bass he did after. It was almost dub drum n bass what we were doing, it had that deep depth with rolling drums, it was very sparse. Do you know, I got a phone call from someone in Hong Kong telling me they heard that track being played out just before Christmas this year…!
There’s definitely still an appreciation of the Tone Def releases… some stuff on the label is getting sold for crazy money.
There are things like Dance Intelligence that wasn’t properly released – there were less than 2-300 copies put out as a white label. I had someone offer me £500 for one and I nearly sold it to him, then I said, let me check… Four Horsemen is being sold for £200 which is just bonkers. But y’know, it’s a monetary thing for some people, a collectors thing for others, and for some people it’s something to play. I’ve just taken a copy of it into my local library – I’d gone in there and they told me they had a £200 gas bill. I asked them if they sell records, they said yes, so I bought them a mint condition copy of the Four Horseman record to cover the bill… so whatever way you look at it, it still does have some value!
I like reading online what people say about the label – many people swear blind that 4 Horsemen of the Apocalypse is Four Hero, and I read these things and laugh – or once in a while I’ll jump online and tell people the truth, other times I’ll just leave it.
What bought Tone Def to an end?
The BBC! They commanded so much of my frigging time…! I did a whole album of alternative stuff that was meant to support a visual project I was working on, and I got too deep into that at the expense of other things and I just pulled it all. It was drum n bass, house, ambient, it was a soundtrack – there was one track that ran for about 25 minutes . It was dark and deep, and really good, and I just got too deep into it. The BBC was commanding a lot of my time because I was in the news room. And at that point, even as much as we had done, people were asking us to do more, it was like ‘Ibiza Records are releasing something almost every week, Goldie’s got this, Suburban Base are doing that’ – I thought, this isn’t us! People were saying ‘if you release this many records, people will see your name’ and I thought no! No no no! You guys have got the total wrong idea of what we’re about – we weren’t there just to keep the wheels turning and keep our name up there. So it became something we couldn’t sustain. You’d go into shops and you’d have something from Suburban Base or one of the other labels that would cover the whole top shelf of the shop. In, say Blackmarket Records, it would cover the whole top shelf, and I felt…. Yeah maybe people were right that if we’d released something every two weeks it would have been different, but that wasn’t our gig, that wasn’t our label. We dealt with quality as opposed to handing things over on sale or return in the hope that people would be whatever. At that point people were just buying things without really listening to them.
Finally, looking back now, what are the label highlights?
If I’m looking at the energy of the label, I’d say the Sound Corp stuff. If I’m looking at the musicality and the composition of stuff I’d say Four Horsemen or Dred, if I’m looking at the programming there’s other tracks I’d look into – if I’m looking for the sheer rawness of two young people looking to make music, I’ll look to the SLM stuff – Nice n Slow is still an anthem, it’s different – I don’t think we’ve fully remixed it as it should have been, and it’s still on my mind. I’ve started putting a studio back together again because I don’t feel like we’ve finished telling this story yet…
Massive thanks to Yomi for providing the images to go with this piece!
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Arrests from Dec. 12
Arrests Arrests from Dec. 12 Check out this story on thespectrum.com: http://www.thespectrum.com/story/news/local/2014/12/13/arrests/20383929/
StGeorge Published 8:13 p.m. MT Dec. 13, 2014
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The Spectrum & Daily News reports arrests for felony crimes and compound misdemeanors and warrants carrying a bail of at least $750. All arrest information is taken from the jail booking log and police reports. Ages are no longer reported by Purgatory Correctional Facility.
•Joseph Marshall Danis, 277 E. Silver Meadows Road, Leeds, was arrested Saturday on charges of improper lane travel, having alcohol in an open container and driving under the influence. Danis was booked into Purgatory Correctional Facility on $1,650 bail.
•Johnny Ricky Rascon, 781 N. Valley View, No. 12, St. George, was arrested Saturday on two charges of assaulting a healthcare worker and one count of intoxication. Rascon was booked into Purgatory Correctional Facility on $4,120 bail.
•Mathew Ryan McBride, 56 S. 300 East, No. 4, St. George, was arrested Saturday on charges of domestic violence-criminal mischief, domestic violence-simple assault and two counts of domestic violence in the presence of a child. McBride was booked into Purgatory Correctional Facility on $7,720 bail.
•Brooke Inez Erin Morgan, transient, was arrested Friday on a theft charge. Morgan was booked into Purgatory Correctional Facility on $10,000 bail.
•Delphina Jean Funaki, transient, was arrested Friday on three warrants. Funaki was booked into Purgatory Correctional Facility on $4,513 bail.
Hurricane Police Department
•Kaillie Nicole Manuell, 2189 S. 700 West, Hurricane, was arrested Friday on a warrant. Manuell was booked into Purgatory Correctional Facility on $5,000 bail.
Cedar City Police Department
•Daniel Justin Kaufman, 28, 1725 N. 355 West, No. 14, Cedar City, was arrested Friday on an assault charge. Kaufman was booked into Iron County Jail on $1,345 bail.
•Eric Ranger Begay, 19, 183 W. Green St., Cedar City, was arrested Friday on charges of being a minor who drank alcohol, intoxication and dealing harmful material to a minor. Begay was booked into Iron County Jail on $3,300 bail.
Washington County Sheriff’s Office
•Erik Ryan Garner, 2300 E. Middleton, No. 9, St. George, was arrested Saturday on charges of possession of an identification document of another person, being a restricted person in possession of a weapon, obtaining a finance card belonging to someone else without that person’s consent, and two counts of theft and two counts of vehicle burglary. Garner was booked into Purgatory Correctional Facility on $19,715 bail.
•James Gregory Graff, 1809 N. Anderson Junction Road, Toquerville, was arrested Saturday on a warrant. Graff was booked into Purgatory Correctional Facility on $6,000 bail.
Washington County Drug Task Force
•Nikki Lee Hales, 1225 N. Dixie Downs Road, No. 56, St. George, was arrested Friday on charges of possession of drug paraphernalia, possession of drugs with the intent to distribute and two counts of possession of drugs. Hales was booked into Purgatory Correctional Facility on $20,583 bail.
•Angelique Wozny, 1540 Canyon View Drive, Santa Clara, was arrested Friday on a charge of possession of drugs with the intent to distribute. Wozny was booked into Purgatory Correctional Facility on $10,000 bail.
Teri Jo Orphan, 781 N. Valley View Drive, No. 7, St. George, was arrested Friday on• charges of having an open container of alcohol, possession of drug paraphernalia and two counts of possession of drugs. Orphan was booked into Purgatory Correctional Facility on $10,683 bail.
•Ian Edward Avery, transient, was arrested Friday on a drug possession charge and on a warrant. Avery was booked into Purgatory Correctional Facility on $15,000 bail.
Washington City Police Department
•Lillianna Pickett, 259 W. 300 North, St. George, was arrested Friday on charges of giving false information to police and retail theft. Pickett was booked into Purgatory Correctional Facility on $850 bail.
Santa Clara-Ivins City Police Department
•Aly Dawn Rutner, 284 W. 300 South, LaVerkin, was arrested Friday on charges of possession of drugs and possession of drug paraphernalia. Rutner was booked into Purgatory Correctional Facility on $11,950 bail.
Southern Utah University Police
•Tucker Ammon Bradburn, 18, 978 W. 680 North, St. George, was arrested Saturday on charges of intoxication and being a minor who drank alcohol. Bradburn was booked into Purgatory Correctional Facility on $800 bail.
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Provincial Politics
Mediation didn’t help, high school teachers’ union says
By Kristin RushowyQueen's Park Bureau
Wed., Nov. 20, 2019timer3 min. read
The province’s push for mediation didn’t lead to any progress in negotiations with Ontario’s public high school teachers’ union, and no further talks are planned.
And as the Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation (OSSTF) heads into a second day of talks on Thursday for the support staff it represents, president Harvey Bischof has said negotiators will see how things are going by the end of day before deciding what happens next for all 60,000 members.
Amid a situation that’s growing increasingly tense, the province’s Catholic teachers published a scathing open letter to Premier Doug Ford and Education Minister Stephen Lecce on Wednesday, saying they are “appalled at how your government has bargained” and slammed them for continuing to insist on “drastic cuts.”
Lecce later told reporters that parents need to know “we have a strong, robust team and they are remaining in place,” and that talks continue with all education unions.
The province’s bargaining team is “going to continue to negotiate in good faith because we want to get good deals with all teachers in this province,” Lecce said.
He continued to urge all teacher unions to accept his offer of mediation. “It can help us drive a deal that's good for kids.”
With the help of a mediator, the government and school boards’ associations reached a three-year deal with support staff represented by the Canadian Union of Public Employees last month. That agreement that was only reached the night before a full-out strike was set to begin.
The province’s public elementary and secondary teachers are now in legal strike positions, but must give five days’ notice before taking any job actions. Elementary teachers have previously announced they will begin a largely administrative work-to-rule campaign next week, meaning no meetings, no ministry workshops and no report cards (although teachers will provide principals with a list of grades).
It remains to be seen what the secondary school teachers’ union will do.
The union representing teachers in the province’s 12 French-language boards was the first to reject Lecce’s call for mediation, saying such a move would be useless given how far apart the two sides are.
Meanwhile, the Ontario English Catholic Teachers’ Association has applied for a conciliator to aid in bargaining, another step toward job action and following an overwhelming strike mandate vote from members.
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Lecce said progress is being made in negotiations, and that “my hope is that they will reflect seriously before any form of escalation and consider mediation, allow it to proceed over some days to deliver a deal. With CUPE it took some time, but we were able to drive an outcome that was good for all the parties.”
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Talks were held Monday and Tuesday between the province and the OSSTF’s bargaining team for teachers and occasional teachers, but mediation “generated no movement on the part of the management team beyond the destructive positions that they had previously tabled,” said a union memo issued Tuesday night.
Liz Stuart, president of the Ontario English Catholic Teachers’ Association, wrote in the open letter that the government has “made comments through the media that have had a detrimental effect on negotiations, introduced regulations and legislation that violate teachers’ collective bargaining rights, and played games with the public to muddy the issues and deflect blame,” including a recent bill capping public sector wage increases to one per cent a year, she added.
With files from Rob Ferguson
Kristin Rushowy is a Toronto-based reporter covering Ontario politics. Follow her on Twitter: @krushowy
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THE DAL SWAINE AWARD:
Best Refereed Paper in Coal and Hydrocarbon Source Rock Geochemistry
The Dal Swaine Award for Best Published paper is presented to the authors of the paper judged to be the best for the year in inorganic or organic geochemistry and/or mineralogy of coal or hydrocarbon source rocks. It was inaugurated in early 2010. The award is named in honor of Dr. Dalway J. Swaine (1920-2013), whose work over many years at Australia's Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) included extensive work on multiple aspects of inorganics in coal. His published books include Trace Elements in Coal, Environmental Aspects of Trace Elements in Coal, and Biogeochemical Cycling of Mineral-forming Elements.
For any given year, the papers considered would have been published in the previous year, ie: for the 2013 award, papers published within the 2012 calendar year can be considered.
THE DAL SWAINE AWARD RECIPIENTS
Submicron-scale mineralogy of lithotypes and the implications for trace element associations: Blue Gem coal, Knox County, Kentucky
by J.C. Hower, D. Berti, M.F. Hochella Jr, S.M. Rimmer, D.N. Taulbee
International Journal of Coal Geology, 192, pp. 73-82.
The geochemistry of naturally occurring methane and saline groundwater in an area of unconventional shale gas development
by J.S. Harkness, T.H. Darrah, N.R. Warner, C.J. Whyte, M.T. Moore, R. Millot,
W. Kloppmann, R.B. Jackson, and A., Vengosh
Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 208, pp. 302-334.
A review of anomalous rare earth elements and yttrium in coal
by S. Dai, I.T. Graham and C.R. Ward
International Journal of Coal Geology, 2016, 159, pp. 82-95.
Priority pollutants and associated constituents in untreated and treated discharges from coal mining or processing facilities in Pennsylvania, USA
by C.A. Cravotta and K.B.C. Brady.
Applied Geochemistry 62, 2015, 108-130.
Marine influence helps preserve the oil potential of coaly source rocks: Eocene Mangahewa Formation, Taranaki Basin, New Zealand by Sykes, R., Volk, H., George, S.C., Ahmed, M., Higgs, K.E., Johansen, P.E., Snowdon, L.R.
Organic Geochemistry, 2014, vol. 66, p. 140-163.
The effect of coal bed dewatering and partial oxidation on biogenic methane potential by Elizabeth J.P. Jones, Steve H. Harris, Elliott P.Barnhart, William H. Orem, Arthur C. Clark, Margo D. Corum, Julie D. Kirshtein, Matthew S. Varonka, and Mary A. Voytek.
International Journal of Coal Geology, 2013, Volume 115, p. 54-63.
Pore size distribution and accessible pore size distribution in bituminous coals by Richard Sakurovs, Lilin He, Yuri B. Melnichenko, Andrzej P. Radlinski, Tomas Blach, Hartmut Lemmel, and David F.R. Mildner.
Alkane and PAH biomarkers as tracers of terrigenous organic carbon in Arctic Ocean sediments by Mark B. Yunker, Robie W. Macdonald, Lloyd R. Snowdon, Brian R. Fowler.
Organic Geochemistry, 2011, Volume 42, p. 1109-1146.
Geochemistry of modern carbonaceous sediments overlain by a water mass showing photic zone anoxia in the saline meromictic Lake Kai-ike, southwest Japan: I. Early diagenesis of organic carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus by Kosei E. Yamaguchi, Kazumasa Oguri, Nanako O. Ogawa, Saburo Sakai, Satoshi Hirano, Hiroshi Kitazato, Naohiko Ohkouchi.
Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 2010, Volume 294, p. 72-82.
Reconstruction of floral changes during deposition of the Miocene Embalut coal from Kutai Basin, Mahakam Delta, East Kalimantan, Indonesia by use of aromatic hydrocarbon composition and stable carbon isotope ratios of organic matter by Sri Widodo, Achim Bechtel, Komang Anggayana, Wilhelm Püttmann
Organic Geochemistry, 2009, Volume 40, p. 206-218.
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Interview With DJ and Producer Doc Delay | Piecelock 70 Records |
These days the concept of "paid dues" in the DJ world is a fading dream. The DJ forefathers' guides and knowledge were never written down, leaving the new and old generations with a jumbled mess, and a lack of mutual understanding. None of this is particularly important in an age where soon you will be able to tune into a packed club in Ibiza from your living room, and sampling from YouTube videos is practically the norm. It is worth noting that at one point not long ago there were rules surrounding this art and hidden knowledge was paramount to creation. NYC based DJ and producer Doc Delay is a student from this school. He's spent years learning music, searching through countless records for seconds of sounds--adding, building, chopping, looping. This is skilled labor, a labor of love, and he is damn good at his job.
Who is Doc Delay? What do you do?
Doc Delay is my super-hero name. A branding from my graffiti days in the early 90s. I'm a producer, lifetime DJ, and fan of music.
How long have you been making music? What started it all for you?
I have been manipulating recorded music since I was a little kid. I played piano and guitar most of my life as well, but i didn't really start making songs until about 1994.
What is your production set up looking like these days?
I share a studio with a friend. It's pretty serious. We have a lot of outboard gear. Tube pre-amps, old mics, synths, transistor organs, vintage drums, ect.
From what I've seen you have a good amount of analogue gear, what are some of your favorite pieces?
I really like the old effects and combining them in different chains. I have a Maestro G-2 that I use almost too much, but my favorite piece of gear is a 1967 Gretsch Country Gentleman. The sounds i get out of that thing are amazing.
Are you sampling drums or them playing live?
Depends. Sometimes both. Sometimes I don't use drums at all. I'll just record a bunch of layers of percussion individually. Recording drums is tough. I have been getting pretty good at it, but every drummer plays different.
What does an average day look like for you? How often are you in the studio?
Since we opened the new spot last August, I've been in there about 3 days a week on average. I usually have a plan when i arrive and i hit the ground running. Sometimes it goes as planned, sometimes it takes a weird turn and ends up being something totally different, It's never a waste of time
The latest release "Morgan" is a bit hard to define musically. With spacey rock elements, synthesizers, vintage vocal samples and hip hop style drums. What was it like creating the project?
That record is something I have been trying to make since the 90s. I always wanted to make a sample based album but was never really given the opportunity until Morgan came out. By that point I had almost moved on from sampling altogether. Too many squandered opportunities due to the legal limitations of that medium.
This was your first "album" correct? How did you link with Piecelock 70?
I have a few earlier EPs, but yes, that is my first full length. I have and will always make pretty deep DJ mixes. Thes from People Under the Stairs was a fan of those mixes and he gave me the opportunity to make an album.
I read somewhere that your neighborhood in Brooklyn played a part in the creation of the album. How is that?
It was actually one street that was a corridor between my apartment and the studio where i mixed the record. The walk was where i listened to everything i was making, so i named the album after that street. The neighborhood got super expensive, and the studio closed as i was wrapping up the record. It was really a goodbye to that era, but my new studio is in the same neighborhood, so i still walk the same route. doh!
Where are you looking musically for inspiration? Is it important for a producer to be a DJ?
Being a dj has given me an interesting insight musically, but i wouldn't say it's important to production. If you make pop music i suppose it could be. if you are interested in producing a unique product, knowing whats out there could never hurt.
Are you still digging for records? Can you recommend something the people might not be up on?
When I think of "digging," I associate it with early mornings at flea markets and road trips. What I do now more closely resembles casual record shopping. Stuff still falls in my lap from time to time. I was just in Cape Cod, and stopped at a thrift store on my way home. There was a mint Village Callers LP in the bins for $2. I recommend that people get out and interact with folks in their community. Every town in the US has an old music legacy. Find the older generations and listen to their stories. If you do that, the records will find you.
Most ridiculous "in the field" record find?
I'm not sure how to quantify that. Is that a rarity thing, a crazy story, or value? I bought Skull Snaps from a homeless guy across the street from my apartment for $0.25 once. I found a really weird vietnamese bootleg of The Meters first LP that was brought back by a veteran of that war. I once bought a hip hop collection that required two trips completely filling every empty area of my Honda prelude. The muffler was dragging on the asphalt, it was so heavy. I bought a collection from a drug dealer's ex-girlfriend who failed to notice the $1400 in cash stashed in between album covers.
What's the worst thing to happen to you at a gig?
Getting dragged out of the club by a cop, and having my face smashed against a tree.
iTunes or Serato crates? How is your digital music organized?
I like to organize Serato crates by crowds who i affectionately name things like,"Fat Girls" or "Art School" or "Fraggle Rock"
Favorite love song?
Thats a tough one. My friends did a cover of James Brown's "Try Me" at my wedding.
Whats next for Doc Delay?
I'm working on a new album with my insanely talented friend and neighbor, Zack Martin. We never really set out to make it any particular style. We just started writing music and it's lead us in the direction it wants to go. It's a huge leap for me technically, stylistically, and musically. Some of the best stuff we're making is a result of compromise. That's something you never learn making beats.
Check out Doc Delay's latest record MORGAN here, follow him on Soundcloud, and Facebook.
The Stories and Sounds of The Isley Brothers
On this episode of The Black Gold Historical Society with Brer Sunshine, hear the stories and sounds of the Isley Brothers featuring music from the group including hip-hop and covers from artists such as Warren G, Mos Def, Frank Ocean, and J Dilla.
JAZZANOVA * SONAR KOLLEKTIV 21 YEARS
Ground-breaking label Sonar Kollektiv are celebrating their 21st birthday with a massive compilation from their back catalogue. ‘Sonar Kollektiv 21 Years’ covers releases from the last two decades, showcasing the labels wonderfully broad approach to A&R, as well a bunch of unreleased treats. German DJ/Producer collective Jazzanova launched the label in 1997, in the atmosphere of creative freedom following the fall of the Berlin Wall. The catalogue covers a wide range of genres - electronica, house, techno, funk, dream-pop, chill-wave and of course jazz. At the heart of it all, the label is about quality and a passion for new music.
‘Yamona’ by Pat Thomas & Kwashibu Area Band - Detroit Swindle Remix
Check out this funky remix from Pat Thomas & Kwashibu Area Band of Ghana by way of Detroit Swindle, now out from our friends at Strut Records! Purchase and support here.
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Rajoy bets his re-election on creating 800,000 jobs this year
Source: El Pais - Thu 9th Apr 2015
"When I'm in power, unemployment will go down." This campaign promise, uttered outside a Madrid employment office ahead of the November 2011 elections, is now hounding PM Mariano Rajoy.
With voters due to head out to the polls again this November, the head of the conservative Partido Popular (PP) is betting his re-election on his ability to create 800,000 jobs this year.
In public, the Spanish leader will only talk about 500,000 new jobs in 2015, but his private forecast is much more optimistic.
This obsession with job creation has a political explanation that goes beyond the altruistic desire to bring relief to a country with an unemployment rate of over 23%.
Rajoy wants to end his first term in office with more people in employment and fewer out of a job than when he took over from PSOE predecessor, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero. While he never mentions him by name, Rajoy often makes references to the final months of the Zapatero administration, when the economic crisis was at one of its worst moments.
At every public rally he attends, Rajoy repeats that Spain has a historical opportunity to recover and leave behind its worst crisis ever, as long as his administration's policies continue to be applied and lawmakers "stay away from frivolities and avoid a return to the situations of 2008 and 2011, which will go down in our country's history."
Rajoy believes that Spain will create one million jobs between 2014 and 2015 – including the 430,000 created last year. At that rate, there could be 20 million people in employment by the year 2019, when his second term would end if re-elected.
While Rajoy officially talks about 500,000 new jobs this year, his economic team is privately talking about 800,000. The last time such a figure was attained was 2005, when a government drive granted legal status to 578,000 undocumented immigrants. Before that, there were similar job figures in 1999 and 2000, two years of record-breaking economic growth for Spain (4.5% and 5.3%, respectively).
The most optimistic forecasts are talking about 3.0% growth this year.
In an interview with state radio network RNE, Rajoy did not specify whether he would seek re-election a third time should he win the November vote.
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Snarknado: ‘Daily Show’ co-creator Lizz…
Snarknado: ‘Daily Show’ co-creator Lizz Winstead aims her snark at the year — and the decade — that was
By Kathy Berdan | kberdan@pioneerpress.com | Pioneer Press
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This time of year for the past 10 years, comic Lizz Winstead comes home to Minnesota for New Year’s shows looking back on the previous 365 days.
Lizz Winstead
2019 offers plenty of pop culture and political fodder for the humorist/activist/commentator and co-creator of Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show.” So much, in fact, that Winstead expects to be revising her 90-minute spiel right up to showtime. Celebrities take some time off from their spotlight shenanigans during the holidays, but the “never-ending saga of gridlock and lack of civility” in politics doesn’t take a break, Winstead said over coffee in Minneapolis recently.
Winstead says she’s written 6,000 jokes this year, and they’re not going to all make the cut.
“So many stories get buried or forgotten,” she says. Winstead has found herself looking back 12 months and saying, “Was that this year?” From soccer great Megan Rapinoe to “Game of Thrones” to gender reveal parties — to impeachment, R. Kelly and Michael Epstein, Winstead says she can’t leave out the bad and ridiculous while celebrating the good.
“I get to ingest all this stuff and you get to come as a person and have this experience of exhaling the stuff you’ve been taking in all year,” Winstead says.
And her shows this weekend, “Snarknado X: A Hilarious Look Back At The Year And Decade,” is — as the name implies — taking on the past decade, as well. She says looking back at the uproar over Kanye West interrupting Taylor Swift at the Grammys or Barack Obama’s tan suit in light of daily twists in the news “all seems quaint.”
A graduate of Minneapolis Southwest High School, Winstead moved away to New York in 1987, but she still considers Minnesota home. “I’ve lived in New York and paid taxes in New York longer than in Minnesota, but I would never say I’m from New York.” She comes back four times a year — for the State Fair, the lakes and “my people.”
Co-creator and head writer for “The Daily Show,” co-founder of Air America Radio, author and touring stand-up comic, Winstead’s current project is Abortion Access Front, a nonprofit organization made up of comedians, writers and producers who create videos that “use humor to elevate hypocrisy.” She says reproductive rights was the No. 1 issue in 45 state legislatures last year.
For four months every year, AAF takes a touring group of comics and musicians on the road to areas where reproductive rights are challenged. Winstead calls it a combination USO tour and Habitat for Humanity project as the entertainers also help abortion clinics that might need an office painted or plumbing work in cities where clinics can’t get services. A plumber who parks a van outside an abortion clinic is committing activism in some cities, she says.
“Talk about abortion is difficult and the blowback is intense,” she says. “If you can’t say abortion, how are you going to defend it?”
AAF helped 40 abortion clinics this holiday season, with everything from socks to heating pad covers, Winstead says.
Here’s what else Winstead had to say about her home state (and home state politicians), what we eat and what she’d wear and what else she might take on in her show, which features a poster of Winstead with her arms spread wide against a red background in a sendup of the ubiquitous billboards for Twin Cities Realtor Kris Lindahl.
The Minnesota State Fair: Winstead goes four times a year, with a different mission every visit. She’s only missed one in her life.
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Torn = Not good
Discussion in 'Evergrey' started by Janga666, Oct 28, 2008.
DRLjr New Metal Member
And again..I never said anything about 8 minutes..so i'm not sure where that idea came into your thoughts.....
simple..look at this short view of some lyrics
Going outside in
Inside out going outside in
As I lie here...
As I lie here
Compared to...
With so much lost in anger......
Too much built-up fear and .....
All these thoughts colliding.....
Making my wounds seem fatal.....
Pushing my head under water......
Making me tired and torn......
If only things were different........
If only things were.......
Brought to me...... in a different shade.....
Shown to me..... so that I could relate.....
Lock all doors that would make me stray....
and offer me a brand new day......
Never claimed to be someone I'm not
and always feared to be forgotten.......
So led astray that I lost all worth.....
So torn by wounds in a world of hurt......!
Torn in this case to me..is about 100 times better written..written like an evergrey song...Where as Lost sounded like something I hear in america....very simple written..not much depth..not much feeling...more like the backstreet boys type of we sound nice not real and deep....you know???
That's just my opinion..
#21 DRLjr, Oct 29, 2008
Eduardo Greco Still In the Water
Sao Paulo - Brazil
It chills my skin (TORN) but today I took MMA to listen it AGAIN (hehe) and man, I got to say, WHAT A FUCKING AWESOME PIECE OF WORK!
Concerning TORN, Still Walk Alone and These Scars worth the whole album!
#22 Eduardo Greco, Oct 29, 2008
DRLjr said: ↑
But man, THAT WHAT'S NICE IN THIS SONG!
Don't you get it?
Or all the songs NEED to be complex or lyrical depressing like Torn for example...
I think Lost is a really nice song, one of the best from MMA and again, that's my TASTE!
Like Tom said, if he'll do music to please other people first instead of himself, there wouldn't be Evergrey!
And as for Lost again, I love that melody!
Tom's voice is GREAT on this one!
IntoPhagist FloriiiiiiiooooooOOO!
New York City and Around
Torn - Legendary? what?
And I love Dark Music..But I liked the direction of Recreation day and Inner circle...sure those albums were dark but they were very uplifting...Torn doesn't seem uplifting to me..I get depressed listening to this album. MMA I hated at first but accept it as a heavy fun album. In search of Truth is Legendary not Torn sorry.
#24 IntoPhagist, Oct 30, 2008
lecroix74 Member
everyone here is right, in his own way. Tom must be pleased it all sparkled this debate. that means people follow the band. but it's just music. it was meant to be an expression of an artist. it our case, it's something EG wanted. we either like it, or not. but comparison to Backstreet boys are far fetched coming up with great memorable melody doesn't mean being sell off. that's what i look for in music. and this band provides it.
people just should understand there will never be another Recreation Day, MMA, no another Inner Circle or any other album. band is evolving. and i'm happy to watch them closely on their way to the unknown
#25 lecroix74, Oct 30, 2008
janhalik said: ↑
... people just should understand there will never be another Recreation Day, MMA, no another Inner Circle or any other album. band is evolving. and i'm happy to watch them closely on their way to the unknown
You've synthesized my feeling bout Evergrey in these lines...
Evergrey is always EVOLVING without loosing their integrity!
That my friend, NONE band could be able to do, not even Metallica!
That's why my admiration for this band grows bigger and bigger!
They've been doing it in every album they release and in my opinion, MMA pleased me most!
schenkadere Obey my dog!
I feel people get caught up in loyalty to a particular band and tend see all their releases as great. I like to look at the individual albums. I can still be a fan of a band without having to worship every release. I'm an Evergrey fan, but I only really love two albums. I feel the same about many other groups...Blind Guardian, Megadeth, Iron Maiden, etc...I may only like a release or two...I'm still a fan.
#27 schenkadere, Oct 30, 2008
All i know is I LOVE evergrey...they are THE band for me...and I love all their work...
I was just stating that torn to me is great..at first i was like eh....But I have come to love it..
And I agree every song doesnt have to be complex to be great...it's just my taste...and every man or woman has their taste right
Keep on rocking everyone..
Didn't mean to upset anyone...
Stay grey everyone...
Janga666 Infamous Butcher
schenkadere said: ↑
I only really like 2 Blind Guardian albums, but I consider myself a huge BG fan. then of course there is Metallica *sigh*. I'm a fan of the first 4 Metallica albums.....
#29 Janga666, Oct 30, 2008
More Than Ever Member
I like all Evergrey albums. I have favorites, but I wouldn't be happy without any one of them!
#30 More Than Ever, Oct 30, 2008
More than ever..thats exactly how i feel..
That's right guys!
The messages above shows what I said before, this forum is one of the most respectful forums I've been to...
Congratulations fellows!
This is a healthy discussion!
What matters is our support to the band WE love!
TheAnonymous Member
I think Torn is an amazing album. In away it followed the direction of MMA, but dropped everything that made that album "not Evergrey' (I still love MMA btw) and replaced it with the good old Evergrey, drawing mostly from ISoT and somewhat RD (IMO). Basically what they got was a great album, that in a way continued in its own direction, as every album should, but also carried the essence that makes Evergrey what Evergrey is, and seems to unite every one of their albums except MMA (which again, I love anyway).
Torn is dark, mature and complicated album. It's written brilliantly, with great riffs, great choruses. The musicianship is great (keyboard is somewhat lacking though) and so are Tom's vocals. IMO it's an awesome album and definately holds its own to any other Evergrey album. Good Job!
#33 TheAnonymous, Oct 31, 2008
Sure, you can take what is probably the lyrically weakest song in the entire album as an example and say that the entire album has bad written lyrics, but in fact MMA has some great lyrics as well.
And you'll despise yourself for dreaming
Hate yourself for believing
Lie to yourself in obedience...
How long have you held me in this water
Much too long since my body is numb
How long have I been here and where am I
And why are my hands tied...
And in dreams they come for you
Have they not come to see you too?
In silence flying through the room
Lonely thoughts try to conquering you...
My war on time
Got worse and faster
The sands fought hard
And every day I lost a battle...
Remind me of what you said life had made you do.
What did you do to make all you had fall through?
What forces you to make the choices that you do?
Are we to blame for all the failures that are you?
Or should we blame you?
These are just a few examples of great MMA lyrics. Every album has its better songs and its worse songs (both lyrically and musically), but Tom has always, except for some odd exceptions (which is perfectly normal), written great lyrics, and MMA is definately not an exception.
It's an awesome song!
[ame]http://br.youtube.com/watch?v=OxvWGSWRLOw&feature=related[/ame]
At least, EVERYONE that I showed it, thought the same thing...
IMO it's an OK song, but definately subpar by Evergrey standards, and lyrically it's pretty weak (especially the chorus). But this is just an opinion and it's just one song. Also it's leaning a lot to sort of mainstream rock, rather than Evergrey's usual dark progressive metal. Still you can't judge an album by a song. MMA is awesome, I love it even though it's different.
Torn however, is as Evergrey as Evergrey can be, and it's a fucking masterpiece. Every time I listen to a song from it, I'm literally blown away by how good that song can be. I'm just dying to see it live, but obviously that's not gonna happen any time soon
dangeruss22 Evergrey Fan Forever
i'm sorta divided about the new album on one hand some of the songs are some of the grey's best imo but for the most part on the other side of things i'm left feeling i dunno like there isn't some really stand out moments by henkik and tom.
i've been a fan of evergrey since in search of truth days and to be honest i don't feel as satisfied as i do listening to the inner circle or recreation day or grey's other albums for that matter. maybe when i heard the preview video thousands of times i had preconcieved ideas about what the songs would sound like..
i dunno but i can't help but feeling a bit dissapointed..i still love torn though and it kills any other band out there..
PS man i love the start of numb fucking awesome
#37 dangeruss22, Oct 31, 2008
Lost may be the most "commercial" sounding song Evergrey has ever written, and it probably does set outside the usual Evergrey mold, but it's also probably the most catchy song Evergrey has ever written, and it just so happens to be my favorite song to sing along to while in the car.
#38 More Than Ever, Nov 1, 2008
More Than Ever said: ↑
I cannot agree more...
Indeed is the MOST catchy song they've ever written and one of the coolest too!
And about the lyrical content, It's a song about relationship and deep weakness. Not such a foolish subject...
#39 Eduardo Greco, Nov 1, 2008
And by the way, the MMA booklet is the most nice and creative I've ever seen!
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Wall Hanging | Wood Flower Block Key Holder
Beautify your walls with the artistic make, intricate detailing, variety of colours and designs these hangings provide. This classy key holder is handcrafted in sheesham wood accompanied with a floral hand block. This will definitely be a piece of attraction for your visitors. This key hook will keep your keys intact & will also act as an intruguing wall decor. Add to your Amazon online shopping basket from your android or iOS Amazon app now and kindly click and follow the given link.
Multipurpose piece can be used to hang your keys4 Key HooksIntricate flower hand carved block at the centreSize: 8” (L), 1.7” (W), 3.5” (H) inchBrown colourLooks extraordinary when placed anywhere.Clean with a soft damp cloth.
A Girl To Remember
In every angel a demon hides, And in every demon, an angel strides. Neel is a self-proclaimed demon, a slave to his desires, putting at stake even the purest of relationships for it. He lives for himself, takes life as it comes, and considers people who love as emotional fools. When he first sets his eyes on his new landlady, a widow who is eleven years elder to him, all he can see is an opportunity.
He has a plan to get rich and is working hard to achieve it, until he bumps into Pihu. She is an immature teenager who likes Neel for no apparent reason, and blindly believes that he is an angel who will take away all her life’s troubles. Neel hates Pihu for her unexplained obsession, and her being a hindrance in his plan, but her firm resolve to see a good person in him shakes Neel to the core. Will Pihu make a difference? Does inner transformation come to a man who has gone to a point of no return? A Girl to Remember is an emotional roller coaster which will make you believe that confes…
Study Table: Contemporary Mix With Traditional & Modern Style
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'Looking for Alaska': The Electric Debut By Award Winning Author of 'The Fault In Our Stars'
John Green writes young adult fiction stories and novels. He won Printz Awards 2006 for his debut novel 'Looking for Alaska, ' while "The fault in our Stars" earned recognition as The New York Time Best Sellers, 2012. Later in 2014, he was listed amongst The most Influential People in the World.
"I go to seek a Great perhaps. " These last words of poet Francois Rabelais brings a turn in Miles's life and he decides to leave his public school at Florida and attends Culver Creek, a private breading school in Alabama. The path chosen for greater good and opportunities leads Miles to Alaska Young, a beautiful and emotionally troubled woman. Alaska has everything that fascinates Miles and with whom he eventually falls in love. Miles life was getting interesting. He had a prankster room-mate, a woman, who fits her imaginations and two great male friends. All who contributed in making Miles more like him were unique in nature and had their own quirks.
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48 Laws of Power
Amoral, cunning, ruthless, and instructive, this multi-million copy New York Times bestseller is the definitive manual for anyone interested in gaining, observing, or defending against ultimate control, from the author of The Laws of Human Nature.
In the book that People magazine proclaimed “beguiling” and “fascinating,” Robert Greene and Joost Elffers have distilled three thousand years of the history of power into 48 essential laws by drawing from the philosophies of Machiavelli, Sun Tzu, and Carl Von Clausewitz and also from the lives of figures ranging from Henry Kissinger to P.T. Barnum.
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Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power
This book has got great reviews and named one of the best books of the year by New York Times Book Review, The Washington Post, Entertainment Weekly, The Seattle Times, St. Louis Post-Dispatch and Bloomberg Businessweek.
In this magnificent biography, the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of American Lion and Franklin and Winston brings vividly to life an extraordinary man and his remarkable times. Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power gives us Jefferson the politician and president, a great and complex human being forever engaged in the wars of his era. Philosophers think; politicians maneuver. Jefferson’s genius was that he was both and could do both, often simultaneously. Such is the art of power.
Thomas Jefferson hated confrontation, and yet his understanding of power and of human nature enabled him to move men and to marshal ideas, to learn from his mistakes, and to prevail. Passionate about many things—women, his family, books, science, architecture, gardens, friends, Monticello, and Par…
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Robbie Hummel Named USA Basketball Male Athlete of the Year
After being named MVP of the FIBA 3x3 World Cup, where he helped the USA men to their first gold medal at the event, Robbie Hummel is the 2019 USA Basketball Male Athlete of the Year.
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Almond Flour or Meal for Gluten-Free and Low-Carb Cooking
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Laura Dolson is a health and food writer who develops low-carb and gluten-free recipes for home cooks.
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Almond flour and almond meal are both made by grinding almonds. You can buy them commercially prepared or make them yourself at home with a food processor or grinder. They are a gluten-free alternative to wheat products in some recipes. Almond flour is higher in protein and lower in starch than many other gluten-free flours, which is appealing for a low-carb diet.
Types of Almond Flour and Almond Meal
Almond flour is most often made with blanched almonds (no skin), whereas almond meal can be made either with whole or blanched almonds. In either case, the consistency is more like corn meal than wheat flour. They can usually be used interchangeably, although using flour from blanched almonds will produce a more refined, less grainy result. Superfine almond flour is a favorite for baking cakes, but hard to produce at home. You may be able to find Bob's Red Mill Super Fine Almond Flour in your store or order it online.
Carbs and Calories
A half cup of commercially-prepared almond flour contains about 12 grams of total carbohydrate, 6 grams of which are fiber, for a net carb count of 6 grams of carbohydrate. A half cup also contains 12 grams of protein, 28 grams of fat, and 320 calories.
The glycemic index of almond flour is less than 1, which means it should have little effect in raising your blood glucose level. Compare this with the high glycemic index of whole wheat flour (71) or rice flour (98).
Almond flour is good for making gluten-free "quick-bread" type recipes. You can use it to make gluten-free muffins, loafs such as pumpkin bread, pancakes, and even some cakes. Cookies are another favorite that can be made gluten-free with almond meal.
Almond meal not good for foods such as bread that require a true dough as you can't knead dough to develop the gluten structure as you can with wheat flour. You will also need to use more eggs when baking with almond meal to provide the structure that gluten in flour would usually create. You can produce almond meal biscuits by careful attention to the recipe.
It can be hard to adapt recipes yourself to substitute almond meal for wheat flour. For one thing, a cup of wheat flour weighs about 3 ounces while a cup of almond flour weighs almost 4 ounces. That will make a big difference in baked goods. You may want to start with a recipe already adapted for almond flour and then make your own variations.
Almond meal can also be used in breading fish and other fried foods, but care must be taken not to burn it. Almond meal can be cooked as polenta or grits to serve for breakfast or as part of the main meal, such as shrimp and grits. Almond flour is beneficial for adding nutrients to foods. Almonds, in general, are more nutrient-dense than grains.
Be aware that almonds are a tree nut, which is one of the eight most common food allergies. As this can result in life-threatening anaphylaxis, you must be sure to alert any guests that your baked goods and dishes contain almonds. If you take almond flour goodies to a potluck, be sure they are labeled as containing nuts. While peanuts are not tree nuts, many people with peanut allergy also have an allergy to almonds.
Making Your Own Almond Flour
You can make almond flour in a blender or food processor. You must take care not to grind it for too long, or you will have almond butter. Use fairly small amounts, and pulse until it is ground into meal. Store any that you don't use immediately in the refrigerator or freezer as it will go rancid quickly if left out. Because almonds are shelf-stable and almond flour is not, it makes sense to only grind what you need for recipes for the next couple of days unless you want to freeze batches of almond meal.
Where to Find Almond Flour and Almond Meal
Most health food stores sell almond flour, and more traditional supermarkets are stocking it as more people look for gluten-free products. Trader Joe's often has good prices for almond meal that includes the skin. Check the bulk prices for almonds compared to almond meal and decide whether it wouldn't be more economical to grind your own.
Packaged almond flour and almond meal will also go rancid after you open the airtight bag. You should keep it in the refrigerator or freezer after opening a bag. It can be smart to buy bags of the size you will use for one recipe or can use within a few days.
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USDA Branded Foods Database. U.S. Department of Agriculture. https://ndb.nal.usda.gov.
Tree Nut Allergy. American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology. https://www.anaphylaxis.org.uk/knowledgebase/almonds/.
Atkinson FS, Foster-Powell K, Brand-Miller JC. International Tables of Glycemic Index and Glycemic Load Values: 2008. Diabetes Care. 2008;31(12):2281-2283. doi:10.2337/dc08-1239.
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Rome II: determining applicable law in cross-border cases
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In New Law Journal of 24 February 2017, Kelvin Farmaner of the Forum of Insurance Lawyers and a Partner with Trethowans LLP, Paul Lavelle, Claims Manager of Van Ameyde UK and Charles Dougherty QC of 2TG report on a recent application of Art 4(3) of Regulation (EC) 864/2007 (known as Rome II).
In the case of Pickard v Marshall and Others; Generali France Assurances v Marshall and Others, in which Van Ameyde UK represented Generali, an appeal by a UK insurer to the Court of Appeal has been rejected so that the original decision of the High Court stands. This is thought to be the first reported case in the UK in which Art 4(3) has pointed back to the same law as Art 4(1) and will be interesting for multi-tort cases (such as a motor vehicle pile-up) when determining the applicable law.
The case relates to an accident in France in which an uninsured French car collided with two British nationals as they were standing behind a UK registered car and trailer, while the trailer was being attended to by a French registered recovery truck on the side of a motorway. After hitting the individuals the French car collided with the trailer, pushing it into the UK registered car which in turn was pushed into the recovery truck. One individual was thrown forward by the impact and landed clear of the vehicles and suffered serious injuries. The other was thrown off the front of the French car and the trailer fell on his leg. He died at the scene.
Two actions were commenced in England by the UK victims. The issues were (i) whether French or English law applied to the issue of liability; (ii) if French law applied, whether the UK vehicle and French recovery truck were “involved” within the meaning of the applicable French statute, Loi Badinter, and (iii) whether the MIB was liable under the 2003 Regulations. The Court determined that the applicable law was the law of France.
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Pacific Aviation Museum Pearl Harbor
To many visitors, Oahu conjures up images of Mai Tais, dramatic sunsets and sandy beaches.
However, it’s also home to one of America’s most iconic and historic sites, Pearl Harbor. And that is home to Pacific Aviation Museum Pearl Harbor. As “America’s Aviation Battlefield,” the museum provides a stunning visual narrative of aviation’s role in the history of the Pacific. It’s no surprise that TripAdvisor calls it “One of America’s Top 10 Aviation Attractions.”
The Museum is home to two WWII era hangars, which survived the December 7, 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor, and the Ford Island Control Tower. The hangars and surrounding tarmac still bear the scars of the attack in the form of bullet holes, strafe marks and bomb craters.
As you step into the hangars, you cross the threshold of time and walk into the pages of history. Up first is a short introductory film in the 200-seat theater that sets the tone with memories from survivors recounting the day of the Japanese attack. Then, it’s on to the vintage aircraft.
With 48 aircraft on display, including the instantly recognizable Curtiss P-40 Warhawk and its nemesis, the Mitsubishi Zero, the 1942 Stearman Biplane flown by President George H.W. Bush and the remnants of the “Ni‘ihau Zero,” which crash landed on Ni‘ihau Island after the Pearl Harbor attack. Among the other aircraft on exhibit are some of aviation’s most iconic military aircraft, like the B-17 “Swamp Ghost” Flying Fortress, F-15 Eagle and AH-1 Cobra. From propeller planes to the jets of the Korean War and the Vietnam War, the Museum offers a compelling visual timeline of aviation history as advancements led to ever faster and deadlier aircraft.
While tales of WWII dogfights might capture the most attention, civilian aviation also has its share of historic milestones in Pacific aviation history. Also on display are artifacts detailing the historic trans-Pacific flights of Pan American Airlines at a time when air travel was viewed as a luxury. Not to be missed is the photo exhibit capturing legendary aviator Amelia Earhart’s time spent in Hawaii.
Impressive though the planes may be, what sets the museum apart is its focus on telling the human side of significant aviation events. For that, the museum runs a series of docent-led tours to enhance your visitor experience. Many of the docents are retired aviation veterans with first-hand knowledge of the planes on exhibit, so you can just imagine what personal anecdotes they’ll impart as you wind your way through the tour.
After taking in all the exhibits, you can indulge your aviator fantasies by climbing into the cockpit of the Museum’s combat flight simulator and trying your hand at becoming an ace. And if all this works up an appetite, the best food on Ford Island just happens to be served at Laniakea Café, located right in the museum. Alongside the café is the Museum Store where you can stock up on memorabilia. To book your tour, visit PacificAviationMuseum.org.
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米国経済と金融政策の見通しは？
利上げが予想される米国の経済と金融政策について、PIMCO社のグローバル・アドバイザリー・ボードの調査から拾ってみた。
米国経済は8年目にかけ緩やかな回復を続けている。回復のエンジンは消費者支出であり、家計バランスシートの強化、雇用および労働収入の増加、ガス価格の低さ、および比較的高いアメリカ経済の信頼を含む良好なファンダメンタルズによって支えられている。改善された住宅セクターと共に個人消費の見通しは、適度な成長が続くことを示唆している。拡張的な財政政策は、今後数年で経済への追加的な刺激となりうる。実際、多くの主要経済国では、財政政策の役割がより大きくなると思われる。我々は、金融危機と景気後退の影響がある程度減速し、設備投資、研究、開発そしてスタートアップが影響を与え、生産性向上の回復が起きることを予想している。
金融政策への転換：連邦準備制度理事会の政策立案者は、中立政策金利が思ったよりもはるかに低いことを認めている。（PIMCOが以前から抱いていた見解です）。中立率が低いほど、今日の政策は非常に緩やかなものではなく、その率の上昇は結果的に緊急性が低いことを意味する。 FRBは雇用やインフレが目標に近づき、世界的なリスクが低下していることから、おそらく12月には金利の引き上げが差し迫っている可能性が高い。
【ご参考：グローバル・アドバイザリー・ボード メンバー】
The PIMCO Global Advisory Board is a team of five world-renowned experts on economic and political issues.
The Global Advisory Board members:
Ben Bernanke, former Federal Reserve Chairman and scholar at the Brookings Institution.
Gordon Brown, former UK Prime Minister and former Chancellor of the Exchequer.
Ng Kok Song, former Chief Investment Officer of the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation (GIC).
Anne-Marie Slaughter, President and CEO of New America, Bert G. Kerstetter '66 University Professor Emerita of Politics and International Affairs at Princeton University, and former Director of Policy Planning for the U.S. State Department.
Jean-Claude Trichet, former President of the European Central Bank and present chairman of the European group of the Trilateral Commission.
【以下、PIMCO社のHPからの引用】
PIMCO's Global Advisory Board Surveys the World Economy
The board’s expertise constitutes a valuable input into our investment process.
BY GLOBAL ADVISORY BOARD NOVEMBER 2016
In late October, the five members of PIMCO’s Global Advisory Board, a team of world-renowned macroeconomic thinkers and former policymakers, met to discuss critical and evolving factors influencing the global economy and markets. Their insights constitute a valuable input into PIMCO’s investment process. The discussion below is distilled from their far-ranging conversation.
Q: It’s a period of political uncertainty. How will political developments affect trade and globalization?
A: In the U.S., much depends on the new president and Congress. (Although the Global Advisory Board meeting occurred before the election, we analyzed implications of both a Clinton and a Trump victory. In light of the election outcome, here we focus on the Trump agenda, and incorporate select additional commentary from our members following the election.) Although both candidates expressed reservations about trade agreements, Trump went considerably further in vowing to renegotiate or rescind existing agreements, including NAFTA (the North American Free Trade Agreement, implemented in 1994). It is not clear that a president can unilaterally abrogate a congressional-executive agreement; moreover, the integration of the Mexican, U.S. and Canadian economies is far too advanced to be reversed. Still, the Trump administration could adopt protectionist policies in violation of NAFTA and other trade agreements and essentially challenge our trading partners to sue us, moves that risk disrupting supply chains and increasing economic uncertainty. Looking forward, the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement is finished, certainly in its current form, which will strengthen Chinese economic influence in Southeast Asia. The populist backlash against globalization and trade is creating ongoing downside risks for growth, both in the U.S. and globally.
International economic and political relations are likely to be highly intertwined in the new administration. Trump has criticized the trade and exchange rate policies of China, but the Chinese prefer him to Clinton because they see him as a pragmatic dealmaker who will not push them on human rights issues. It is likely that we will see another North Korean provocation early in a Trump administration, which has the risk of escalating into a dangerous crisis if Trump pushes back hard on both North Korea and on China. President-elect Trump appears to be backing off his challenge to U.S. alliances with Japan, South Korea and NATO countries; his calls with Asian leaders have been conciliatory and he has expressed his support for NATO. His willingness to improve relations with Russia and cooperate on fighting ISIS/ISIL may improve the chances of reaching a settlement in Syria, but his emphasis on increasing fossil fuel production could hurt the Russian economy. Many U.S. allies will be wary of Trump; U.S. adversaries will wait and see. His election will have the greatest impact on European politics by strengthening the likelihood that populist parties on both the right and the left can win in France and Italy, possibly posing an existential threat to the continuation of the EU.
The board discussed the economic implications of alternative Brexit scenarios. At this point, a “hard” Brexit, in which the UK makes a clean break with the EU single market, seems the somewhat more likely outcome, since Britain will not accept the EU’s rules on free migration. In any case, the process will take years, with exit negotiations followed by bilateral trade negotiations between the UK and many countries, including non-EU countries whose trading relationships with the UK are currently governed by EU-negotiated treaties. Standards of living in the UK are likely to fall, as the decline in the pound raises the cost of imported goods and services. The weaker currency will boost exports to some degree but probably not enough to compensate for the more limited access to Europe’s markets. Capital investment in the UK is likely to decline following Brexit, particularly in key areas such as manufacturing, pharmaceuticals and financial services.
In summary, we are entering a period of greater uncertainty than we had envisaged, defined by new sets of political risks likely to slow already sluggish trade and hamper efforts at necessary economic reforms.
Q: What is the board’s outlook for the U.S. economy and monetary policy?
A: The U.S. economy continues its moderately paced recovery, now in its eighth year. The engine of the recovery is consumer spending, which is supported by good fundamentals, including stronger household balance sheets, increased employment and labor income, low gas prices and relatively high levels of confidence. Good prospects for consumer spending together with an improving housing sector suggest that moderate growth will continue. Expansionary fiscal policy could be an added boost to the economy in the coming years; indeed, a greater role for fiscal policy seems possible in a number of leading economies. We anticipate some rebound in productivity growth, reflecting in part the ebbing of the effects of the financial crisis and recession on capital investment, research and development, and startups.
Turning to monetary policy: Federal Reserve policymakers have accepted that the neutral policy interest rate is much lower than once thought – a view that PIMCO has held for some time, and which board members previously affirmed (see the Q&A published in June on the outlook for the global economy). A lower neutral rate implies that policy is not extraordinarily accommodative today, and that rate increases are consequently less urgent. That said, with the Fed near its employment and inflation targets and with reduced global risks, a rate increase is likely imminent, probably in December.
Looking forward, the debate at the Fed now surrounds the potential benefits and costs of overshooting, for a time, its targets for employment and inflation. Doves see meaningful advantages to allowing an overshoot, including possibly lasting increases in labor force participation as workers re-enter the job market as well as the cementing of inflation expectations, which have been soft, near the Fed’s 2% target. Doves also argue that the low level of neutral rates should make policymakers more cautious, since there is limited room to cut rates if a “hawkish mistake” or some other factor leads the economy to slow. On the other side, hawks at the Fed argue that going too slowly on rate increases raises the chance of falling behind the curve on inflation, which could result in the need for more rapid rate increases (and the attendant increase in the risk of recession or market volatility) later on. Hawks also note that financial imbalances could build under a more dovish policy. The likely compromise is that the upcoming rate increase will be balanced by communication emphasizing the gradual and cautious nature of any further policy tightening.
The outlook for longer-term interest rates is that they will remain generally low, the result of slow growth and low inflation. But our view of the U.S. economy and the Fed does suggest some upside risks to longer-term yields, including more expansionary fiscal policy, a modest increase in inflation pressures and inflation breakevens, a rebound in productivity and an increase in risk premiums from historically low levels.
Q: Developments in China often reverberate globally. What is the board’s outlook for China’s economy, policy and currency?
A: China’s economic growth has remained solid, even if there is some doubt regarding the precision of the official data. Political jockeying continues in anticipation of the critical National Party Congress next fall, where many key leadership positions will be determined. In the meantime, we are seeing a mix of constructive developments and continued challenges and risks.
Among the positive trends, the transition away from a growth model based on mercantilism and heavy industry to a model emphasizing consumer spending and services is slowly but surely advancing, with the most recent GDP growth figures showing an increase in the contribution of consumer spending and a decline in the reliance on exports. We have also seen some progress in reducing excess capacity on the supply side, particularly in coal and steel production; however, this is only occurring in those provinces where there are other activities that can absorb excess workers. And while China’s levels of nonperforming loans have raised concerns, current estimates suggest that predicted losses would be manageable, with government support available if necessary.
Additionally, China has improved its management of its exchange rate, with an orderly depreciation of its currency this year versus both the U.S. dollar and a broader basket of currencies. The decline in China’s international reserves has moderated and capital outflows have slowed, especially compared with 2015, when a rush to pay off foreign liabilities put more downward pressure on the yuan. Going forward, confidence in China’s reforms and in its economic management should keep its currency on a stable trajectory. One possible near-term risk to this trend would be a hawkish Federal Reserve raising the U.S. policy rate more rapidly than anticipated, which could lead to exchange rate volatility.
Turning to the ongoing challenges and potential negative trends confronting China, we note the risk that the focused pursuit of near-term economic growth may come at the expense of needed structural reforms, exacerbating imbalances in the economy and damaging longer-term growth prospects. As we concluded in our May meeting, although it is not the Global Advisory Board’s base case, the risk of China having a “hard landing” still exists. The adverse scenario could occur if social unrest and political resistance from entrenched interests, such as the state-owned enterprises, result in a stalling of reform and a corresponding loss in confidence. Even if President Xi Jinping is able to consolidate support next year among members of the Standing Committee, reforms will still be politically challenging, and we will need to monitor their progress carefully.
China’s housing market is another area of concern. Home prices have increased rapidly in top-tier cities, and new mortgages make up an increasing share of bank lending. The buildup in mortgage debt is disconcerting, although high down payment requirements mitigate the risks. More broadly, the Chinese government has promoted credit-financed growth, with diminishing effectiveness. China’s leadership has the tools and the fiscal capacity to manage the credit boom, but doing so may involve allocating losses to stakeholders and thus add to the political difficulties of reform.
Q: What is the outlook for Europe’s economy and monetary policy?
A: Buffeted by sovereign debt crises as well as the global financial crisis, Europe’s recovery has been painfully slow despite some more upbeat growth numbers recently. The recovery also remains unbalanced, with large cross-country differences in performance and with a few countries, notably Germany and the Netherlands, maintaining undesirably large current account surpluses. High rates of youth unemployment in many countries, growing inequality and concerns about migration and terrorism are creating political and social stress. Future growth will depend on successful implementation of structural reforms in many countries. The restructuring of the banking sector, which plays a much larger role in credit creation in Europe than in the U.S., remains of the essence. Some countries have fiscal “space”; and, in principle, fiscal policies could supplement the efforts of monetary policymakers and help reduce trade imbalances. However, as Germany is unlikely to support significant expansionary fiscal policies – outside of programs to help resettle refugees and some tax reduction – we don’t see major fiscal initiatives as likely in Europe.
The European Central Bank (ECB) is expected to announce plans for its quantitative easing program at the December meeting. We don’t think it is very likely that the ECB will begin “tapering” its asset purchases when the current program ends in March unless the U.S. dollar is significantly stronger. The ECB could continue its current pace of purchases for at least an additional six months. It is likely to be reluctant to cut its deposit rate further because of concerns about the effects on bank profits, pension funds, life insurance companies and ordinary savers.
Q: Any other global economic developments of note?
A: The Bank of Japan recently made important changes to its framework, including adding a commitment to overshoot its inflation target while aiming to keep the yield on 10-year government bonds roughly at zero (“yield curve control”). The BOJ’s plan is intended to raise inflation expectations while reducing risks to financial stability; by committing to keep the cost of government borrowing near zero, it could also encourage further fiscal actions, beyond those already announced by Prime Minister Abe. The Japanese economy has made progress overall, with the labor market close to full employment and core inflation higher. It’s not yet clear, though, whether the monetary and fiscal policies currently in place in Japan will be sufficient to overcome Japan’s deflationary psychology. To the extent that a President Trump will end the U.S. “pivot to Asia,” both by letting the TPP die and by reducing U.S. attention to Southeast Asia, many Asian countries will look more to Japan as an economic and political counterweight to China in the region.
Investor confidence in emerging market economies has improved notably in the past year. Although specifics vary by country, three factors that have contributed to the broad-based improvement are the perceived stabilization of the Chinese economy and currency, some recovery in commodity prices and accommodative policies by the major central banks.
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Currently Wai-ora Trust, along with its charitable company, Wai-ora Forest Landscapes, employs around 50 full time staff and has up to an additional 200 people participating on programmes and projects.
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Posted by Michael Zahara on Nov 9, 2019
I could imagine US Attorney’s and their AUSA’s and staffers sitting around big conference tables here and in Washington saying something along the lines of the title of this piece. How federal law enforcement goes about their duties here is something completely foreign to me and I wrote the following piece as the lead-off to the New Year in 2012 and I pulled my punches too hoping that they would straighten up and fly right cuz if an idiot like me can see the bullshit they’re pulling here, then certainly other idiots could see it too!
It was the #1 piece of 2012 and had daily visitors all year long and its still hit today. 116 hits this week for a 7 year old work of mine!
https://www.watchdogwag.com/2012/01/02/blame-the-fbi-us-attorney-for-local-corruption/
Retired Metro legend Sgt Norm Jahn revived this work of mine this week reminding his followers and fans that I was onto this not long after the professional cops at LVMPD were! Thanks Norm!
To update this piece today, I would simply say that there is no longer any question at all that the agencies under the United States Department of Justice not only have allowed for an enormous Vice-related Criminal Enterprise to grow and to flourish here completely unimpeded by any measure of credible local law enforcement, the Feds actually gave to it lift, and life, and power, and energy, as well as across the board federal protections for those like Mr Rashid who is just one of many Las Vegastan Prostitution Slavery Entrepreneurs!
Incredibly and inexplicably, Mr Rashid has no restitution to pay for his dozen years grossing $144 million in untaxed and casino and resort laundered illicit gains from this enterprise, but there is also no sign whatsoever that the USDOJ has seized any of his personal or professional assets he brags in his own PR efforts are worth more than 20 million dollars!
Sidebar: This piece below dethroned the above in March but lost the year-end total because I wrote it in March and the other in January. but this one pulled ahead after New Years 2013 and never looked back and remains today the #1 work of this little project of mine at over 300,000 visitors over 7 years!
https://www.watchdogwag.com/2012/03/25/the-battle-for-undersheriff-showed-sheriff%e2%80%99s-weakness/
My vivid imagination and creative conscious has been very active my entire life but I’d like to think that I live in the real world without my head in the clouds and my Nike flip flops firmly on a sandy beach somewhere. When I’m feelin’ ‘it’, I tend to feel ‘it’ very bigly.
Learning the graceful and gracious art of seeking forgiveness rather than waiting in line to bow, kiss a political ring and/or ass, and then begging permission to do something, has been very helpful to me in everything I’ve endeavored since I learned what endeavor meant. Scoring the WIN has never been the goal on anything I’ve ever done and though I like the W’s over the L’s of LOSS much better, I’m not the kind of guy who emotionally needs the Big W’s to validate myself to my own self, or to anyone else for that matter!
I’m comfortable in my own skin and am comfortable with your being comfortable in your own skin too!
Anyone who comes to me for political advice gets the same first question I’ve always asked politically ambitious people: Why are you running for this office?
It continues to surprise me how few can answer that question correctly, to a question which has no hard ‘correct’ answer. I can glean from their answers all that I need to know about them and their chances of enjoying a crime-free period of pubic service in elected political office.
I’ve also never had a need to know about everything and everyone and everyone’s everything about them either. Political low-lives betray themselves in the exact same manner as criminals betray themselves. They’re very easy to spot because they engage in regular, routine, patterned behaviors, verbal reactions and interplay, and physical postures which are a built-in veneer to act as a cover for whatever bullshit they’re up to.
Remember former Assemblywoman Kathy McClain who was using her campaign donor’s money to pad her PERS for years? Neither she nor Gary Gray ever said a word to me about my writing about it, nor I to them either. It was like pulling wisdom teeth trying to get then NVSOS Ross Miller to hold McClain to account for her deceit and for her perjury filing false CC&E’s, but he finally did, though finding no wrong doing on McClain’s part of course, but making the bitch repay the money she stole from her own campaign that year to pad her own PERS. For all of the previous years she’d been pulling the exact same bullshit, he let her skate.
No one took up the matter as to why we’re still allowing our legislators in both Houses in Carson City to even participate in PERS when they’re in session for only 120 days every two years. In the another piece to follow, I’ll tell you a little tale about how it was that former 25 year veteran Assemblyman Morse Arberry managed to skate coming in with 6 shitty state charges and no prison for stealing his campaign funds, and Kelvin Atkinson and Ricki Barlow were both charged with more serious federal crimes and both went to prison!
All three are Black-American men and racism certainly played a major role in all three cases having charges filed against them. Black Privilege, Black Nationalism, and Black Corruption sure did lend a helping hand to one to them but the other two, likely have cause to seek to have their convictions overturned because it did!
I’ve never been one of those annoying Do-Gooders and I do make an effort not to be one of those Do-Badders either.
It is so damned easy to do the right thing and do it correctly and lawfully here when you’re in public life, I never feel any sympathy or empathy for those who do get caught. Case in point: Sheriff Lombardo was caught—discovered a much better word—earlier this year having not disclosed anything about his wife’s income, assets, & debts as is required by the NRS. A very minor sin which can be easily corrected with an amended filing with no penalty. That that occurred at all is the outrage with his campaign using the same connected firm most others use too to file his CC&E’s, though that filing would have been done before by him and separate from his CC&E’s, the firm could have advised him that they will take care of the filing when he provides them the information. His campaign manager should have insisted this be filed and on time, and he said nothing to Joe either. The sheriff knows better than to be that sloppy, but it wouldn’t surprise me if the filing hasn’t been done yet either!
Federal law enforcement knows this about our peculiar lack of interest in enforcement of even the simplest of state and local laws here and are just as lazy and unmotivated to enforce federal law here as well. ‘When in Rome’ and all, seems to be their decades old fall-back excuse in Las Vegastan!
That’s what’s making this whole Metro Vice Scandal/US Attorney blow off of all of the public corruptions involved, that much harder for me to accept, so I’m not accepting it and will fully brief any political opponent of the president’s re-election efforts, who asks for it. The president surely doesn’t know what his subordinates at USDOJ did here, and Sheriff Lombardo never needed to and therefore never did request a ‘Prosecutorial Discretion’ pass be given by USDOJ to the LVMPD, the DA and all their associated riff-raff involved in the Metro Vice Scandal. The direct ‘intersectionality’ with the Vice Scandal and the Mandalay Bay Massacre should have had Attorney General Barr verbally brief the president about all the bullshit their subordinates have been up to here, but he may have forgotten to remember to do so, that being easier the easier course of action with this president on most matters.
The federal government has never liked us or our people, our guns, our wild game, our gambling, or our chubby chicks either. They’ve always hated Wayne Newton, Celine, Donny & Maria, Cher, Lady Gaga and all of the Cirque du Soleil shows. I’m going to fully agree with them on Cirque wondering when that Tourist Fetish is ever going to expire!
They are all also fully aware here that this is two recent major incidents in which our local FBI Bureau and their superiors at their Los Angeles Regional office outright lied to us about what they actually did and what became of what they had actually done here. The first was Eric Scott’s Officer Involved Murder where three uniformed LVMPDers just couldn’t stop shooting Scott at Summerlin’s Costco and one of them so enthusiastically shooting to ensure that he would get really dead, for real, fired one bullet that went right up the victim’s ass in the process!
I was too hard on Mr Scott in the aftermath and I apologized to Eric’s father Bill Scott for stating Eric’s family should have been more aware and more proactive about his addiction issues which numbed his responsiveness and which the LVMPD took care of that by outright killing his responsiveness for a guy who did nothing other than lawfully carry a firearm in Costco.
I tried in vane to get Bill Scott to redirect his sorrow and anger away from Metro and into second place, and then list Costco and its poorly trained and completely unaware of gun rights personnel first, as the travesty of corporate greed and no credible training of store staff it actually was and what set everything else into motion which followed and cost his son his life!
I’ll do the same now with Mrs Connie Land who I was too flippant and insensitive in comment about her deceased daughter and our USA Nicky Tratanich effectively telling her to get over it and get on with her life. Mrs Land I apologize for my thoughtlessness, unfortunately you are now a member of a terrible club of families here and all over the US and Canada who are dealing with the exact same issue and who also have no hope of closure coming to them either!
I’m very sorry about that too ma’am!
However, I’m told that you have some anger issues with Judge Tobiasson which I can’t imagine what that is over or about, but I’ll tell to you as I told to the judge in this mess about her similar anger with writer Doug Poppa; that you’ve both wasted precious time and energy being angry at all among yourselves and at anyone else other than the United States Department of Justice and its subordinate agencies. Mrs/Judge/Mel Tobiasson is a natural ally to you Mrs Land. her performance on our bench is at our very top-tier of excellence in this state and you have my personal word on that!
The crime scene where your daughter was murdered and near to my neighborhood too, was very badly corrupted, contaminated, and compromised and that was deliberately done too if you didn’t know, to ensure that anyone who may be charged lacks the evidence to convict because of local and federal law enforcement officers who were there in the dark of night busily covering their tracks, and further proving their immense corruptions and which the new US Attorney is saying by his inaction and disinterest in the pubic corruptions of associated publicly employed persons, that basically, he was unable to find any evidence on yours or any of the other related criminal matters!
I’ll just go ahead and call BULLSHIT on that right here and now for all of us!
I’m especially sorry to have informed you of this if you didn’t know the background and consequence of what had happened at your daughter’s crime scene. I know Metro’s Homicide and Sex Crimes Bureau’s work to be among the very best in the nation and the evidence Doug Poppa wrote about and which was left behind in the apartment was in fact another crime in and of itself! This is not how our Homicide Bureau operates at Metro. At least it wasn’t how it operated when Sheriff Lombardo was first elected in 2014!
…and the band here plays on and on and on as our local and federal law enforcement’s institutional Titanic left the dock here many years ago and hasn’t been seen or heard from since then!
All three million of us in this state Mrs Land, should be crying our goddamned eyes out about that today!
I’ll salute two shithead cops in Karen Hughes and Charles Hank III which no credible FBI investigation would have failed to find reams and reams of evidence about both corrupted officers
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Simpson Strong-Tie Donates $10,000 to Girls Inc.
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Simpson Strong-Tie donated $10,000 at the end of 2018 to Girls Inc. of Alameda County to help college-bound students in the program equip themselves for university life.
The donation helps provide laptops, suitcases, dorm room necessities and other essentials for girls as they transition into four-year colleges. For the majority, they will be the first in their families to go to college. For many others, it will be the first time they’ve been away from home for an extended period of time.
“We appreciate the investment Simpson Strong-Tie has made in our girls over the past few years with this annual donation,” said Girls Inc. of Alameda County CEO, Julayne Virgil. “We are grateful for their continued partnership and look forward to serving even more girls well into the future.”
“Girls Inc. of Alameda County held a special place in our founder Barclay Simpson’s heart,” said Simpson Strong-Tie COO Ricardo Arevalo. “Their Oakland headquarters is named the Simpson Center for Girls in his and his family’s honor, and we are proud to continue his tradition of giving back and aiding this amazing organization.”
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A wonderful Spring Term of Sport
Posted on: 27 Mar 2019 by Weston Green School | Category: Key Stage 2, Year 3, Year 4, Year 6, Year 5
The Spring Term is always an exciting one for Sport, with many opportunities for pupils to test themselves in the National, Regional and Weston Green run tournaments. Weston Green are often one of the smaller schools in terms of numbers, but certainly not in performance. In boxing terms, we are a very good pound for pound fighter!
The Year 2 boys got their first taste of competitive sport with the Weston Green Football Festival held on the school astro. This is always a loud and exciting event with many parents and children coming along to watch. A late pull out allowed Weston Green to field a B team for the first time, meaning every Year 2 boy was able to participate. The B team showed a huge amount of heart and loved being involved. The A team were excellent and managed to qualify for the final with a 3-1 win in their final group game. A pulsating final was witnessed by Sky Sports commentator, Martin Tyler, who described the match as “more exciting than his last commentary game - Man United v Arsenal!” A thrilling game went to extra time but never came to a winning conclusion, so the trophy was shared between Weston Green and The Orchard. We were also treated to a return from Weston Green legend and now hugely successful Manager of Woking FC, Mr. Dowson.
The Year 6 girls traveled to Lingfield Notre Dame for the hugely competitive U11 Girls London South Tournament. Weston Green had never won a game at this event before, but that was about to change, with many of the all-girl schools having 30/40 girls to pick from. Despite some close matches in the morning the girls narrowly missed out on qualifying for the afternoon finals by one point. The girls swept all in front of them in the afternoon, which included a Weston Green record-breaking 7-0 victory. Huge congratulations to the girls who put down a new marker for all future years to match and achieve. This group has really lifted the standard of Netball at the school.
The U11 boys made their annual trip to Lee Valley Stadium (the Olympic 2012 venue) for the ISA National U11 Boys Hockey Tournament. The boys were placed in a tough group with the eventual winners and missed qualification for the cup competition. This meant they entered the plate competition. The boys demonstrated how close they came in the morning by sweeping all aside and winning the plate competition. This is a national event with schools coming from across the country, so this was a huge achievement. Had the boys had an easier group draw then who knows what might have been? It is always nice to bring home a trophy, so the boys should be very proud of themselves.
The U11 girls Hockey team participated in the annual Weston Green tournament at Old Cranleighan’s Hockey Club. Eight teams participated with four schools from the Bellevue group and three others from around the South East region. The morning consisted of the group stage, with Weston Green finishing second in their group. This meant qualification for the semi-final, playing the winner of group B. After an exciting game against Skippers Hill, the game needed to be decided by push penalties. Skippers Hill scored all their penalties and qualified for the final, with Weston Green going through to the 3rd and 4th place playoff. A victory in their final game meant a 3rd place finish and an excellent final record of played seven, won four, drawn two and lost one. The girls were excellent and a credit to the school, including the three girls who didn’t make the team but acted as hosts to all the visiting pupils and staff.
All of these events working alongside the ongoing fixtures have really demonstrated that Weston Green pupils are developing a great attitude to sport and that they understand how to represent the school with great manners and style. Well done to all the children in Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2 for working so hard at their sport.
Mr. Harrison (Sports Co-ordinator)
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Badley Bridge replacement project to start on Oct. 21
Metcalfe Street to be closed in January 2020 for removal of existing structure; to be reopened November 2020
Advertiser StaffOctober 17, 2019 @ 1:09 pmNews
Bridge construction - Construction on the Badley Bridge in downtown Elora is set to begin on Oct. 21. Advertiser file photo
ELORA – Construction work on the downtown Badley Bridge here begins on Monday.
The County of Wellington contracted Looby Builders (Dublin) Limited for the replacement of the bridge in Elora.
The county, in partnership with the Township of Centre Wellington, is having the bridge replaced in conjunction with the reconstruction of Metcalfe Street from East Mill Street to High Street.
The project will commence on Oct. 21.
Metcalfe Street will be closed in January 2020 for the removal of the existing structure and will be reopened in November 2020.
Cars will be detoured to downtown via Wellington Road 7 and David Street. Trucks will be detoured to downtown via Wellington Road 7 to Wellington Road 18 (Wellington to Geddes).
“There will be no impact to school buses or garbage and recycling other than they cannot cross the bridge location starting in January,” states an Oct. 17 email from county construction manager Joe de Koning.
Emergency services will be accommodated, but there will be no access across the bridge, the email notes.
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Court rulings leave UK companies financially exposed to data protection misdeeds of rogue employees
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By Andrew Hill | January 18, 2019
A recent court case serves as an example of how data breaches caused by corporate system failures or negligence by employees may give rise to a significant number of claims against companies for “potentially ruinous amounts”.
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In a recent claim involving the deliberate disclosure of personal data belonging to 100,000 of UK supermarket Morrisons’ employees by a rogue employee, a senior IT auditor at the organisation, the High Court held that, whilst Morrisons was not directly liable for the data breach (i.e. it was not at fault), it was vicariously liable for the rogue employee who caused the data breach.
Although Morrisons appealed the decision, on 22 October 2018, the Court of Appeal upheld the High Court’s decision, notwithstanding:
Morrisons had taken all reasonable steps to prevent the misuse; and
It was the employee’s intention to cause financial or reputational damage to Morrisons.
The ruling has potentially far-reaching implications for organisations, although it is understood Morrisons intends to appeal the decision in the Supreme Court.
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7% of the claims within the Willis Towers Watson 2017-18 Reported Cyber Claims Index involved rogue employees. The Morrisons decision increases the potential exposure resulting from these types of incidents beyond the costs associated with incident response. By allowing the recovery of substantial damages against employers of rogue employees on a theory of vicarious liability, more plaintiffs will be enticed to file such lawsuits.
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The scope for significant damages
It was submitted on behalf of Morrisons that, in circumstances where an employer was found to have acted reasonably in preventing the misuse of personal data, a finding of vicarious liability would potentially place an enormous financial burden on innocent employers.
The Court of Appeal accepted that, depending on the facts, data breaches caused by corporate system failures or negligence by individuals acting in the course of their employment might give rise to a significant number of claims against companies for “potentially ruinous amounts”.
The potential for more data protection claims
The Court of Appeal’s landmark decision would appear to put organisations at greater risk than ever before of being on the receiving end of a data protection class action. Even in circumstances where employers have taken all reasonable steps to prevent the misuse of personal data, it can be extremely difficult to detect and stop a rogue employee. Following the Morrisons decision, employers in the UK are now exposed to being held vicariously liable for the actions of such employees. The decision will not have gone unnoticed by claimants’ solicitors who specialise in data protection class actions.
The Court of Appeal says insurance is the solution
Having acknowledged that large scale data breaches may lead to class actions that could be ruinous for employers, the solution, said the Court of Appeal, is to insure against such catastrophes. Although the Court recognised that an organisation should not be automatically imposed with liability just because they purchase insurance, it added that insurance is “a valid answer to the Doomsday and Armageddon” concerns raised by Morrisons.
Will Employers’ Liability / Public Liability insurance cover data protection claims where the affected data subjects are seeking compensation for non-material damage?
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which came into effect on 25 May 2018 (i.e. after the events which gave rise to the Morrisons action), gives data subjects an express right to be compensated for non-material damage (e.g. non-financial loss such as distress) for any non-compliance. Even prior to the GDPR, in 2015 (i.e. before the events in Morrisons) the Court of Appeal held in Google v Vidal-Hall & Ors [2015] EWCA Civ 311 that individuals are entitled to seek compensation for non-material damage for (1) a breach of the Data Protection Act 1998 (DPA 1998) or (2) any breach of the tort known as ‘misuse of private information’.
This evolution of damages in the context of personal data, whether under the DPA 1998, the tort of misuse of private information, or the GDPR, gives rise to the question of how Employers’ Liability (for actions by employees) and/or Public Liability (for actions by third parties) insurance, both of which typically cover claims arising out of ‘bodily injury’, are likely to respond in the event of a data protection class action in which compensation is being sought for distress. The expectation is that Employers’ Liability (EL) and Public Liability (PL) policies would, prima facie, provide cover for data protection claims seeking damages for non-financial loss such as anguish or distress, provided the definition of ‘bodily injury’ in the policy is sufficiently broad. It is important to note, however, that these policies are not designed to cover financial loss. Therefore, in circumstances where a claimant alleges pure financial loss, a typical EL/PL policy would not provide cover.
Given the pace of developments in the sphere of data protection, it is unclear whether it was ever the intention of EL/PL underwriters to cover the potentially significant claims envisaged by the Court of Appeal in Morrisons. Therefore, it remains to be seen what action, if any, EL/PL insurers will take to address the rights individuals now have to claim damages for distress. Equally, organisations may want to consider whether their existing EL and PL policy limits are appropriate in view of the Court of Appeal’s comments.
How cyberinsurance cover might respond in a Morrisons-type case
A typical cyberinsurance policy provides cover quite distinct from that found in EL and PL policies. In the event of a data breach, including the one which gave rise to the class action against Morrisons, a cyberinsurance policy is designed to work in two key ways:
Indemnify the policyholder for the costs it incurs dealing with and mitigating against the impact of the data breach (first party costs). These typically comprise:
IT forensic costs
Notification costs
Credit monitoring for affected individuals
Call centre costs
Regulatory investigation/proceeding costs
To the extent an EL/PL policy (1) does not cover data protection claims alleging pure financial loss and/or (2) sub-limits or even excludes data protection claims seeking damages for distress or anguish, cyberinsurance is designed to indemnify the policyholder for any damages, claimants’ costs and defence costs arising from any legal proceedings alleging, by way of example, mental anguish arising from the misuse of personal data or non-compliance with any data protection legislation (third party costs).
What impact does the Court of Appeal’s decision regarding vicarious liability have on cyberinsurance policies?
Organisations that already purchase cyberinsurance may ask what, if any, impact the Court of Appeal’s decision might have on the coverage available within their policy.
Where a claim is made against the policyholder alleging, for example, misuse of personal data, and, as was the case in Morrisons, if it is a rogue employee who is alleged to have been responsible for that misuse, a standard cyberinsurance policy would cover any damages and costs, notwithstanding any argument the policyholder may have concerning its vicarious liability for the actions of a rogue employee. This is because the relevant cover is triggered when a claim is made against the policyholder (which is usually a defined term in the policy) rather than on the basis of who is alleged to have been responsible (subject to what is said below). Were a court to find that the policyholder is vicariously liable for the actions of a rogue employee and award damages to the claimant(s), it would be expected that the policy would respond in the usual way. If, on the other hand, a court were to find the policyholder is not vicariously liable, the expectation would be that the cyberinsurance policy indemnifies the policyholder for any costs it has to bear.
The Morrisons decision also emphasises the importance of ensuring that an organisation’s cyberinsurance policy (or any other applicable liability policy for that matter) provides cover for the acts of all individuals for whom the organisation may be vicariously liable in damages. Equally important, is ensuring careful consideration is given over to several exclusions typically found in cyberinsurance policies which, if not tightly drafted, could result in the exclusion of what would otherwise be a covered claim.
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The Art of Cuphead goes up for preorder
Asher Madan 2 months ago 1
Cuphead is an incredibly challenging run 'n' gun shooter from Studio MDHR. It's regarded as somewhat of a modern cult classic because it features stunning visuals that harken back to cartoons of yesteryear. It even managed to pass 5 million copies sold a few weeks ago.
A wallop of sales!
Cuphead sells 5 million copies, 20 percent off for one week
Samuel Tolbert 3 months ago 1
Cuphead is celebrating its second anniversary and Studio MDHR has announced the game sold 5 million copies. In celebration, Cuphead is 20% off on all platforms for a week.
Cuphead releases sheet music for high school bands and professionals
Cuphead is an incredibly challenging shoot 'em up where you have to explore a cartoon world and defeat its terrifying bosses. It was announced many years ago at Microsoft's E3 media briefing, and has since made its way to Xbox One, PC, and Nintendo Switch. There's even an animated series in the works at Netflix! Needless to say, the title has had a significant cultural impact over the...
Knock yer block off
Minecraft may be headed to Tesla cars, Cuphead coming in August
Dan Thorp-Lancaster 5 months ago 3
You might soon get a chance to break some blocks while killing time in your car — if you drive a Tesla, that is. Tesla founder Elon Musk says that the company is working on bringing Minecraft to Tesla's in-car displays. Cuphead, meanwhile, is set to arrive in Teslas this August.
Cuphead animated show headed to Netflix
Cuphead is a brutally-challenging platformer and shooter rolled into one. The game features visuals that are similar to old-school cartoons, but the animation is much smoother. A few days ago, the team reported that Cuphead sold over four million units across all platforms. It even launched on Nintendo Switch, but that's not where the story ends.
Cuphead launches on Tesla motor vehicles this summer, for reasons
Cuphead is a platformer and shooter rolled into one. The title features visuals that are similar to old-school cartoons, but the animation is much smoother. A few months ago, the team reported that Cuphead sold over three million units across Xbox One and PC. Since then, it has launched on Nintendo Switch, but there's another version in the works.
Cuphead is coming to Switch, Xbox Live support planned
Asher Madan 10 months ago 15
Cuphead is coming to another popular platform very soon! Today, Studio MDHR announced that its game will land on Nintendo Switch on April 18. Cuphead will also receive a major content update on the same day which adds a host of features to the game.
Triple Platinum, Yo!
Cuphead reaches 3 million copies sold, celebrates with 20 percent discount
Dan Thorp-Lancaster 1 year ago 8
Cuphead has hit triple platinum status just ahead of its first birthday, and developer Studio MDHR is celebrating by slashing the game's price by 20 percent.
Deeeeelicious
Cuphead: The Delicious Last Course introduces new playable character
Dan Thorp-Lancaster and Asher Madan 1 year ago 5
Cuphead is introducing a new playable character, new weapons, and a whole new island to explore with The Delicious Last Course, a fresh DLC pack due in 2019.
Shake On It
Repay your debt to the devil and grab this $9 Mugman Funko Pop from Cuphead
Alex Smith 1 year ago 2
This Cuphead Funko Pop figure is $2 off for a limited time at Amazon.
Winning big
Cuphead secures three wins at 2018 DICE Awards
Matt Brown 1 year ago 12
The D.I.C.E. Awards recently came to a close, with several awards to The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Cuphead, and Horizon Zero Dawn.
6 must-play PC games from 2017
Rich Edmonds 2 years ago 6
With all the drama the gaming industry had to endure last year, it was difficult to keep track of some of the stellar titles that were released on PC. Here are some of our favorites.
Rising Some More
Cuphead hits more than 2 million copies sold
Asher Madan 2 years ago 8
Cuphead launched at the end of September and has gone onto hit various sales and critical acclaim milestones since then. Today, the developer announced that the game has sold over two million copies across Xbox One and PC.
Cuphead is one of 2017's best games and is down to its lowest Amazon price
John Levite 2 years ago 4
This was one of the most popular indy games of the year when it released. Now it's down 15% off on Amazon.
Cupsouls?
Take a look at this awesome Cuphead and Dark Souls mash-up animation
Cuphead has become somewhat of a sensation recently. However, as with any form of media that garners such popularity, a lot of interesting content is made about it. Today, 64 Bits posted a Dark Souls and Cuphead mash-up.
Challenge is good
Why Cuphead for Xbox's intense difficulty is a good thing
Brendan Lowry 2 years ago 48
With the recent release of the controversial Xbox title Cuphead, many gamers are debating whether or not it's a good thing that the game is so difficult. Here's why games like Cuphead should be celebrated.
Cuphead In Your Hands
Cuphead might get a physical release next week — sort of (Updated)
Dan Thorp-Lancaster 2 years ago 12
Cuphead, one of the most unique games of 2017, may be in for a physical release. Well, sort of.
Cuphead crosses more than 1 million copies sold
Cuphead has already sold more than a million copies in the two weeks since it first launched.
Vintage Absurdity
Cuphead now available on Xbox One and Windows 10
Now you can take a trip back in time with Cuphead on Xbox One and Windows 10.
Hard as nails. Pretty as a picture.
Cuphead for Xbox One is a work of art — and rewardingly difficult
Jez Corden 2 years ago 27
Cuphead is already notorious for its whimsical art and insane difficulty, but does it live up to the hype?
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A Seductively Retro E-Bike, Yours for $5,000
Author: Damon LavrincDamon Lavrinc
Icon E-Flyer Electric Bike
Los Angeles automaker Icon is best known for creating classic-looking 4x4s for well-heeled off-roaders. Its latest offering, however, has just two wheels and is made for the pavement. Icon’s E-Flyer, developed in concert with Silicon Valley–based Vintage Electric, is roundly retro—all WWI-era motordrome racer lines topped with a Brooks leather saddle—but it’s boosted by a thoroughly modern electric motor. The rear-hub-mounted drive has two settings: a 750-watt mode for tooling around at 20 mph and (if you sign a waiver) a 3,500-watt mode that’ll let you zoom down country lanes at 35 mph. It takes two hours to charge, weighs 69 pounds, and has a range of about 30 miles. Just 50 E-Flyers will be built, and with a sticker price of five grand, this electrifying ride will also shock your wallet.
Icon E-Flyer Electric Bike | $4,995
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WISKA as official HSV supplier and sponsor of the HSV young talents
It was a pleasure for us to support the long-established German Bundesliga football team of our hometown, the Hamburger SV (HSV) during the season 2017/18. WISKA and the Hamburger SV (HSV) not only share a sporting fighting spirit, we also have a special commitment to young talent in common. Therefore, WISKA was one of the first companies to get involved in HSV’s newly formed association for young talents.
U17 Soccer World Cup in India: We keep our fingers crossed for our newcomers!
Great opening match by Fiete Arp at the U17 Soccer World Cup in India: With a goal and a pass, he led the German Team to a 2:1 victory against Costa Rica. What a performance! In the following game against Iran, the team had less success and the youngsters got a 0:4 defeat. That’s why they have to fear about getting kicked out of the World Cup at their game on Friday.
„We will definitely keep our fingers crossed for the upcoming match on Friday. As well as the employees of our subsidiary in India. They also assure us of their mental support. So it can only be a good match against Guinea,“ says Ronald Hoppmann, Managing Director of WISKA as well as a big fan of the Hamburger SV (HSV) Bundesliga team.
The U17 Soccer World Cup takes place in India from 6 - 28 of October with all eyes on the young Hamburger SV talent Fiete Arp (17).
"Fiete Arp is a great example of what can happen if we strengthen young people and foster their talent. Of course, this also involves handling defeats,“ says Ronald Hoppmann.
Hand in hand for youth development
Besides our home city Hamburg and our fighting spirit, also our special support of young talents connects us well with the Hambuger SV (HSV). Therefore, we are happy not only to continue our sponsoring as an “Official Supplier” to the long-established German Bundesliga team for the season 2017 / 18, but also to get involved in official
sponsoring of their young talents.
With big excitement we did our kickoff fotoshooting at the sport club´s newly built campus building close to the HSV stadium together with HSV CEO Heribert Bruchhagen, head of the HSV youth training centre Dr Dieter Gudel and the two U21 players Matti Steinmann and Moritz-Broni Kwarteng.
Picture on the right: A strong team for another season: Dr Dieter Gudel, head of the HSV youth training centre, U21 players Matti Steinmann and Moritz-Broni Kwarteng and Heribert Bruchhagen, CEO of the HSV, together with WISKA vocational trainees Benedict Rüter, Leah Schmidt, Yessica Flohr, Monja Blödorn and Marvin Rühsen as well as Ronald Hoppmann, WISKA general manager (from left to right)
In difficult times real fans become apparent
On Europe’s leading exhibition for electric automation, the SPS IPC Drives in Nuremberg we have raffled off an original HSV-jersey signed by the HSV-Bundesliga players. It was a gift by Alen Halilović who gave an autograph session on the WISKA stand of SMM in Hamburg.
Despite some teasing comments from some die-hard Bavarian soccer fans who addressed the currently challenging ranking of the HSV, it quickly became apparent who the true fans of the HSV were. And we are certain that the jersey will bring joy to its winner.
New signing meets new products: HSV new signing Alen Halilović on the WISKA stand at SMM
Alongside current product features which WISKA, supplier to industry, trade and shipbuilding, is now presenting at the SMM in Hamburg, the company from Kaltenkirchen provided a further highlight at the leading global trade fair of the maritime industry. Rising star and HSV new signing Alen Halilović visited the stand and signed autographs for visitors.
HSV new signing Alen Halilović on the WISKA stand at SMM 2016
Legend meets legend: HSV legend Uwe Seeler at the ‘WISKA Wembley Revival Cup’
The ‘Wembley Revival Cup’, with WISKA facing the English subsidiary, was held on 28 June at the Hamburger SV ground. The surprise guest was HSV legend Uwe Seeler, who gave a first-hand account of that Wembley final.
On the matter of which of the WISKA teams the ex-international was supporting, Seeler declared: “This time I am neutral and the main thing here is friendship.” Seeler stayed until the end and like all of us, took the 8-4 friendly victory by the English WISKA team in good spirit.
What a goal! WISKA is official supplier to HSV.
At the start of the year we sat together in Hamburg with colleagues from our English subsidiary. The main topic of conversation for the evening was the legendary Wembley goal. German colleagues were obviously convinced that it was not a goal. Our colleagues from WISKA UK thought differently of course. That is how it is when you are discussing the most famous goal in footballing history.
An idea came out of the discussion. The idea gave rise to a plan:
A ‘Wembley revival match’. A fun event for employees at which WISKA UK and WISKA Germany would face each other on the football pitch. History could be re-written. All very tongue-in-cheek, of course.
The company’s creative juices began to flow: how about holding the match in Hamburg at the HSV stadium, and taking our employees to the stadium on the HSV bus?
Words became actions: the match went ahead.
The ‘WISKA Wembley Revival Cup’ would be held on HSV’s ground. We met with officials from HSV to present our idea and the pieces just fell into place.
The result: WISKA will be an official supplier to HSV for the 2016/17 season! We are delighted to be able to announce this!
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Memphis father-daughter legal team serves as analysts and inspiration for NBC’s Bluff City Law
Local legal team advises "Bluff City Law"
By Kendall Downing | May 15, 2019 at 6:00 PM CDT - Updated September 5 at 11:52 AM
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - It’s still not clear whether NBC legal drama Bluff City Law will shoot its upcoming season in Memphis, though the stars were here months ago to film the pilot.
A Memphis father-daughter law team brought on by producers as legal advisors said it would be tremendous for the show to be produced locally.
Memphis attorney Richard Glassman and his daughter Lauran Stimac were pulled in as legal eyes for the show. But their expertise quickly made them inspiration. And they could be the source of plot lines this fall!
“They have expressed interest to us in really wanting to be back here to film the first season,” said Stimac.
From their downtown Memphis law office, Lauran Stimac and her dad Richard Glassman heaped praise on the stars, writers, and crew for NBC’s Bluff City Law.
“They just became a part of Memphis,” Glassman said, “Jimmy Smits called me one Sunday and said Richard, I want to go see a trial. Can we get that arranged, in the next couple of weeks, a real trial.”
Producers walked into Glassman’s office earlier this year scouting locations to film. After finding out Glassman practiced with his daughter Lauran, their interest in the pair grew. That’s because in the drama – Jimmy Smits and Caitlin McGee – play a father daughter legal team in Memphis, tackling tough cases with southern charm and grit.
“They wanted to hear war stores,” Glassman said. “I got an email from one of the writers the other day. The end of it was, got any new cases coming up. He’s looking for storylines,” he said.
The Memphis Shelby County Film and Television Commission, along with other area leaders, are currently lobbying the state to come through with $10 million in incentives to secure production in Memphis. In return NBC would guarantee a spend of at least $50 million.
Glassman and Stimac were on set while the pilot was shot, helping to counsel actors and block scenes from a legal perspective and inserting their own flair.
Producers took inspiration from the layout of Glassman’s Memphis law office.
“They loved the feel of Memphis. They loved the people. They loved the way they were treated here,” said Stimac.
The stars themselves said they felt very welcomed in the Mid-South.
“The city, they were so positive and open about us being there, showing it in a great light,” said Jimmy Smits, a lead actor in the series.
Now the hope is they’ll be back for much longer.
“They’re just so appreciative of being in Memphis and making this what we hope will be a great series,” said Glassman.
A spokesperson for NBC told WMC Action News 5 on Wednesday a decision had not been publicly made yet about the location of the show’s production.
Tuesday in Memphis, Governor Bill Lee expressed interest in the project but did not commit to offering incentives.
Kendall Downing
Kendall Downing grew up watching WMC Action News 5 from his hometown in Tipton County. After spending several years reporting in Indiana and Kentucky, he made his way back to the Mid-South. Watch him weekdays at 5 and 6 p.m.
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Pelham burglary suspect charged with attempted burglary in Merrimack
Teen charged in incidents less than two hours apart
Christine DeLong Wheeler
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A teen arrested on burglary charges in Pelham over the weekend is facing additional charges in Merrimack.Jonathan Flynn, 18, of Pelham, was charged with burglary, criminal mischief and loitering or prowling Sunday after a Pelham police officer caught the burglary of Mammoth Convenience store in action.Two other teens were also charged in connection with the burglary.Related: Three teens charged in connection to Pelham burglaryOn Tuesday, Flynn was charged with attempted burglary of a gun store in Merrimack after police said they received information about the incident in interviews made after Flynn's arrest.Merrimack police said they responded to an alarm at Merrimack Firearms at 280 Daniel Webster Highway just before midnight Saturday, where they discovered a shattered glass front door and blood left at the scene.Investigation revealed that the would-be burglar was unable to gain entry to the gun shop due to extra security measures taken by the shop's owner.Flynn is being held at the Hillsborough County Department of Corrections in Manchester on $10,000 cash bail.He is scheduled to appear in court for a probable cause hearing in Merrimack on March 17 at 9 a.m.
MERRIMACK, N.H. —
A teen arrested on burglary charges in Pelham over the weekend is facing additional charges in Merrimack.
Jonathan Flynn, 18, of Pelham, was charged with burglary, criminal mischief and loitering or prowling Sunday after a Pelham police officer caught the burglary of Mammoth Convenience store in action.
Three teens charged in connection to Pelham burglary
Two other teens were also charged in connection with the burglary.
Related: Three teens charged in connection to Pelham burglary
On Tuesday, Flynn was charged with attempted burglary of a gun store in Merrimack after police said they received information about the incident in interviews made after Flynn's arrest.
Merrimack police said they responded to an alarm at Merrimack Firearms at 280 Daniel Webster Highway just before midnight Saturday, where they discovered a shattered glass front door and blood left at the scene.
Investigation revealed that the would-be burglar was unable to gain entry to the gun shop due to extra security measures taken by the shop's owner.
Flynn is being held at the Hillsborough County Department of Corrections in Manchester on $10,000 cash bail.
He is scheduled to appear in court for a probable cause hearing in Merrimack on March 17 at 9 a.m.
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The Great Loop Guide
A family discovers that you don't have to cross oceans to have a great cruising adventure.
By George Sass, and Sr.
Lock Building
Water lock separating one water way from another.George Sass Sr.
As a young man I dreamed about sailing around the world. I had visions of being at the helm of a William Garden-designed ketch with a bone in her teeth on her way to a South Pacific island. Even as my life cycle progressed from carefree college days to raising a family and building a business, the dream never faded. But at some point reality hits all of us. If I couldn’t live my dream, I would modify it. Instead of circumnavigating the globe, I circumnavigated the eastern half of North America. I was no longer young and carefree; I was a middle-aged guy with a good job, a wife who loved boating and an 11-year-old son who loved the outdoors. So after years of planning, we embarked on an adventure of a lifetime, a one-year boat trip known as The Great Loop.
We first became aware of the loop through the early 1990s television series On the Waterways. This show introduced us to life along America's great rivers and lakes, and we became intrigued by the idea of exploring our country from the comfort of our boat.
Our plan was to take a one-year sabbatical from work and follow a schedule that provided an endless summer of cruising. Leaving Annapolis, Maryland, in early July, we would head up the East Coast to the Hudson River, the Champlain Canal and Lake Champlain, continuing inland until reaching Montreal. From there, we would explore the Canadian waterways and arrive in Lake Michigan by mid-September. Taking six weeks to head down the rivers from Chicago to the Gulf of Mexico, we then hoped to cruise the Bahamas in late winter before heading up the Intracoastal Waterway (ICW) and returning to our home on the Chesapeake Bay.
The first leg of the loop departs from Annapolis and travels 700 miles to Montreal.George Sass Sr.
Leg One: Annapolis to Montreal
Distance: 700 miles
After we left our dock the first day, we were so exhausted from all the planning and preparation that we dropped anchor just a few miles from home to chill out and let it all sink in. Finally, we were on our way and wouldn’t be back for an entire year.
After enjoying Fourth of July festivities in Cape May, New Jersey, we ventured offshore for the 130-mile run to New York. As always, visiting the Big Apple by boat was a thrill, but after a couple of days we were eager to get underway and head up the Hudson River. Traveling north, the mountain scenery was animated with trains weaving up the riverbanks and tugboats heading downriver as we passed Bear Mountain and Bannerman Castle on Pollepel Island. We stopped in the friendly town of Kingston, New York, before reaching our first lock in Troy, 150 miles north of New York Harbor.
Once past Troy, we had a choice of turning west to the Erie Canal or continuing north to Lake Champlain. We chose north and began a delightful two-day, 64-mile trip on the Champlain Canal. Lake Champlain captivated us with its beautiful scenery, protected anchorages and charming towns. Burlington, Vermont, considered one of America’s prettiest towns, boasts excellent restaurants, unique shops and, of course, the original Ben & Jerry’s.
Beckoned by the sounds of French accents from our VHF, we cleared Canadian customs north of Rouses Point, New York, and headed up the Richelieu River bound for Montreal, less than 100 miles away. We stopped overnight in the quaint village of Chambly, Quebec, where we began our indulgent six-week tour of French cafes and bakeries. The gentle Richelieu River abruptly met the busy St. Lawrence, where we turned left toward Montreal. One of our few regrets of the trip is that we didn’t take a side trip to Quebec City, but we have that on our “to do” cruising list. Our slip in Port d’Escale du Vieux in the Old Port of Montreal was close to the action downtown, and the wonderful restaurants, cafes, shops and museums — all with a foreign flair — kept us entertained for days.
Beware of marinas on the Hudson River that are exposed to the wakes of commercial river traffic. We like Liberty Landing Marina in Jersey City, New Jersey, for its protected docks and proximity to water taxi service to the Big Apple.
Learn proper lock procedures. Wait for the green light before entering, and follow the lock keeper's instructions about where to tie up. Don't fasten your line to your cleats; lines need to run free as the water level rises or falls. Wear a life jacket while inside the locks.
Have a valid passport for all U.S. citizens entering Canada and/or a certified birth certificate for children 15 or younger. A good source of information is gocanada.about.com.
The second leg of the cruise will take you from Montreal to Lake Michigan for a total of 800 miles.George Sass Sr.
Leg Two: Montreal to Lake Michigan
From Montreal it was a three-day river trip to Ottawa, the capital of Canada. Ottawa’s dramatic entranceway features eight consecutive step locks that raised our boat 80 feet from the Ottawa River to the city level, and once there, we followed the river through the scenic city to Dows Lake. We took advantage of the attractive bike paths along the river to visit downtown and see the magnificent Parliament building.
Ottawa’s step locks are the beginning of the historic 125-mile Rideau Canal system that leads to Lake Ontario. Many of its 47 locks were built about 175 years ago and are still operated by hand. We took a week to transit this magical waterway, spending nights tied up along lock walls or anchored on Rideau Lake. At the suggestion of locals, we threaded our way through the entrance to Morton Bay, a well-protected anchorage surrounded by granite cliffs decorated with tall pines. As the moon rose over the horizon and the wail of a distant loon broke the evening silence, we knew we would never forget this enchanted place.
The Rideau Waterway ends just above Kingston, Ontario, an excellent place to stop and enjoy city life. We chose Confederation Basin Marina for its convenient location downtown. Dinner at Chez Piggy Restaurant and Bar was very French and very good, but an even bigger highlight was Vandervoort’s Hardware, where you can find just about anything: dock lines, charts, underwear, courtesy flags and much more.
We needed to poke our nose out onto Lake Ontario to reach Trenton, where the 240-mile Trent-Severn Waterway begins, and it was a rude awakening to Great Lakes cruising. Gusty winds and steep seas made for an uncomfortable ride until we reached the more protected Bay of Quinte. Soon, however, we were traveling from lock to lock and meeting fellow “loopers” on the tranquil Trent-Severn. Transiting the hydraulic Peterborough Lift Lock was a thrilling experience as our boat was lifted 65 feet in a chamber of 1,700 tons of water. A similar thrill was experienced at the Big Chute, where our boat was carried across 600 feet of rocky terrain on a giant marine railway.
Our route took us from this serene waterway to the rugged cruising grounds of the Thirty Thousand Islands of Georgian Bay and the wilds of the North Channel. We spent two weeks exploring these magnificent waters, kayaking and hiking during the day and building campfires on uninhabited islands at night. The water was clear, the skies were blue and the trees were bent hard over from the relentless, wind-swept winters. When looking back at our entire one-year trip, this was one of our favorite destinations.
Take your time and enjoy the small towns along the Canadian waterways, spending your nights tied up along the lock walls where you'll meet fellow "loopers."
Buy the series of Canadian Hydrographic Service Small Craft Charts, sometimes called "strip charts" (we bought ours in Montreal at McGill Maritime Services). The charts are aligned with the waterway's orientation instead of being north-up. Follow them carefully in Georgian Bay and the North Channel. When in doubt, slow down. There are no soft bottoms up here.
When traveling the canals and locks, cover your fenders with heavy-duty garbage bags to keep them clean from the scum along the lock walls.
The third leg of the journey is 1,600 miles from Michigan to Mobile, AlabamaGeorge Sass Sr.
Leg three: Michigan to Mobile, Alabama
Distance: 1,600 miles
After checking in with U.S. Customs on Drummond Island, Michigan, we headed for Mackinac Island, the popular vacation destination 40 miles away. Known for its horse-drawn transportation (no cars are allowed except for emergency vehicles), it is technically part of a city but feels like a village with clean, noise-free air. Breakfast or afternoon tea at the legendary Grand Hotel is a must, as is a tour of Fort Mackinac.
All this civility came to an abrupt end during our 45-mile crossing to Beaver Island. Although the weather forecast called for mild conditions, as we approached the Straits of Mackinac we found ourselves in building seas and increasingly gusty winds. By the time we reached Grays Reef, punishing 8- to 10-foot seas were coming from several directions. Finally, we landed on Beaver Island and found our way to the Shamrock Restaurant and Pub to lick our wounds and embellish our stories with others who had been out in those miserable conditions.
Working our way south we discovered the charming Michigan communities of Harbor Springs, Leland, Pentwater and Saugatuck, each with its own friendly personality. High white-sand dunes stood out against blue skies. Sturdy breakwaters and lighthouses led the way to protected harbors. The clear, fresh waters were alive with whitefish, trout and yellow perch.
After two weeks we arrived in Chicago, where we immersed ourselves in city life and prepared for our six-week, 1,200-mile trek down the rivers. With changing water levels, heavy commercial traffic, river debris, lock delays and sections of scarce fuel, this leg can be more adventure than vacation, but for every challenge, there was an equal reward of discovery. The colorful, local knowledge at the series of anchored barges known as Hoppies Marine Services on the Mississippi. Paducah, Kentucky’s history-filled floodwall murals. The Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area in western Kentucky. Elvis Presley’s birthplace in Tupelo, Mississippi. Catfish night at Bobby’s Fish Camp in Alabama. From the Illinois to the Mississippi and from the Ohio to the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway, we were seeing America from her own backyard.
Prepare for unexpected delays at locks because commercial traffic has priority over recreational boaters.
Buy a copy of Quimby's Cruising Guide for marina locations and safe anchorages.
Learn the correct "whistle" signals to communicate with towboat captains when passing or approaching. Call on your boat's VHF and ask the captain on which side he wants you to pass. "Pass me on the one" means to pass to the towboat's starboard side. "Pass me on the two" means to the towboat's port side.
Learn the basic inland navigational rules. Going downriver, red markers are to your port and green are to starboard. Buy the inland chart books that cover your entire route. They're cheap compared with a damaged prop or worse.
The fourth leg of the loop travels from Mobile to the Bahamas and back for 1,600 miles.George Sass Sr.
Leg Four: Mobile to the Bahamas and back
Six weeks was a long time on the rivers, and we were happy to see the open blue water and white-sand beaches along the barrier islands east of Mobile, Alabama. Pensacola, Panama City and Apalachicola were favorite stops along Florida’s panhandle, but even more interesting were the rivers and small towns of the big bend that turns southward toward Florida’s tip. Time stands still here, and the towns of Steinhatchee and Yankeetown are reminders of what Florida must have been like 50 or more years ago. Taking the time to explore the Steinhatchee, Withlacoochee and Crystal rivers, we were rewarded by their natural beauty and abundant wildlife.
In contrast, the high-rise buildings and McMansions along the busy waterways of Tampa, Sarasota and Naples were signs of today’s Florida, and we found ourselves moving briskly south to reach the Florida Everglades. (At this point, many “loopers” cut across Florida on the Okeechobee Waterway, skipping southern Florida.) An overnight visit to the Rod and Gun Club in Everglades City was a trip back in time because the walls are filled with photos and newspaper clippings of its famous clientele. Meandering among the Ten Thousand Islands National Wildlife Refuge, we anchored off sandy beaches and met adventurous kayakers exploring the 100-mile-long Wilderness Waterway.
Arriving in Key West, we discovered a different form of “wild life” and thoroughly enjoyed the change of pace. January is an ideal time to be in the Florida Keys, as the temperatures remain in the low 80s while other parts of Florida experience frost warnings. We waited in Fort Lauderdale for the right conditions to cross the Gulf Stream, and after a calm 50-mile passage to Cat Cay, we began a two-month odyssey of the Bahamas. It was February, which can be chilly in the Abacos, so we first headed to the Exumas, eventually reaching Georgetown, where we stayed for three weeks and enjoyed the company of fellow cruisers. As early spring approached, we headed to the more populous Abacos, spending two weeks cruising these delightful islands before heading back to West Palm Beach. Again looking back at our entire trip, the Bahamas were our favorite part along with Georgian Bay and the North Channel.
Cruising Tip
Florida's Big Bend is recommended for those looking for natural wildlife, not exciting night life. If your boat's draft exceeds 5 feet, you'll be better off skipping this area and heading to the west coast of Florida.
Crossing the Gulf Stream requires waiting for the right conditions. Do not attempt the crossing if winds are out of the north.
When traveling to the Bahamas during winter or early spring, head for the Exumas first, then the Abacos. The Abacos can be cool and windy in the winter.
The fifth and final leg of this trip is 1,050 Miles returning you to Annapolis from West Palm Beach.George Sass Sr.
Leg Five: West Palm Beach to Annapolis
After two glorious months in the islands, arriving in West Palm Beach on a busy weekend was like landing on another planet. We had no choice other than to adapt to the quickened pace and crowded waterways. By now we were used to the freedom of our live-aboard lives, and we weren’t overly eager to return to our former lifestyle. Thus began our leisurely two-month trip up the ICW to our home port of Annapolis.
Hopping from one Florida community to another, we spent extra time in both St. Augustine and Fernandina Beach. The architecture and historical significance of these charming cities were intriguing, and we were attracted by their cultural offerings. After leaving Fernandina Beach, we dropped our hook off nearby Cumberland Island in Georgia, where we hiked across the island in the company of wild horses.
Today, many parts of the ICW are experiencing serious shoaling problems, so we talked with fellow cruisers at critical stops for local advice. In some cases, we adjusted our schedule to pass through these areas on a mid- and rising tide. When conditions were favorable, we would run outside, avoiding trouble spots altogether. But since we had time, we mostly enjoyed poking along the waterway at displacement speeds.
Our favorite stops along the way included South Carolina’s Beaufort (pronounced BEEW-fort) and Charleston as well as North Carolina’s Southport, Beaufort (pronounced BO-fort) and Oriental. At this point, there are two routes north: the Dismal Swamp that goes through a wildlife refuge or the more direct Virginia Cut. Each winds up at Mile Marker 0 in Norfolk, Virginia.
From Norfolk, we slowly worked our way up the Chesapeake Bay — familiar ground for us. These last 100 miles were a time of reflection as we began to realize how this trip had changed our lives and given us a better appreciation of this magnificent part of the world we live in.
When traveling the ICW in Florida, pay close attention to the manatee warning signs that require slowing down.
The magenta line showing the ICW route on your paper and e-charts is no longer accurate in many areas, so follow the actual navigation aides to stay in the channel.
Unless you have to, don't rush your trip on the ICW. Slow down and enjoy its many unique towns and secluded anchorages.
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Kim Kardashian's Fridge Has Inspired a Strange Theory
Isabel Jones
InStyle January 8, 2020
Once again, Kim Kardashian’s kitchen is dividing the internet.
The entrepreneur shared what, at first glance, appears to be an innocent photo of herself standing before an open fridge in a SKIMS bra and sweatpants. Upon closer inspection, however, many fans noticed something peculiar about the fridge in question: it’s exclusively filled with milk. There’s something vaguely green-looking in a drawer toward the bottom, but otherwise ALL. MILK.
Fans had thoughts/questions:
Instagram/skims
A Kardashian konspiracy theorist emerged from the comments section:
The fridge next to the milk fridge appears to only hold other, non-dairy beverages, so … maybe they’re on to something?
Another possibility: she’s making a pun! I mean, what does the name “SKIMS” conjure for you? SKIM — as in, milk! SKIM MILK. I’ll let myself out.
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Anyway, Kim’s worth $370 million, and if she chooses to devote a sizable portion of her wealth to a family of strangely segregated fridges, I wish her all the luck in the world.
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