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__label__wiki	0.553217	0.553217	Classic TV uploaded by HappySwordsman ''Beat the Clock'' - Circa August 1956 An episode of "Beat the Clock", a popular game show. Original 1956 commercials intact. Topics: Classic TV, Television, Game show, Beat the Clock, 1950s, 50s, Fifties ''Beat the Clock'' - 13 October 1951 An episode of "Beat the Clock", a popular game show. Think about it: This aired over 60 years ago. This copy contains original commercials and network ID. Topics: Classic TV, Television, 1950s, 50s, Fifties, Game Show, Early Television 18,749 19K 50's Game Show 'Beat The Clock' (Classic TV) eye 18,749 Episode of the 50's game show "Beat The Clock". Topics: Classic TV, 50's, Fifties, 1950's, Game Show, Advertising Another episode of the 50's Game Show "Beat The Clock" Apr 4, 2008 04/08 Another episode of the 50's Game Show "Beat The Clock". Topics: Classic TV, Advertising, 1950's Television, Game Show, Fifties, 50s, Goodson Todman, 50's, 1950's,... CNN: Money Archive CNN Money Archive: Beat the clock for online fashion by CNN Money Deadline shopping sites, such as Gilt Groupe and HauteLook, entice customers with a limited supply of high-end designer deals. Topic: CNN Money Archive Conquer by the Clock by RKO-Pathe Encourages American wartime workers to "keep their sleeves rolled up." Describes the volume of industrial and agricultural production that can be accomplished in a single day: enough rifles for a battalion, 1000 acres of corn converted to 30,000 bushels of food." Calls tired workers, in effect, "saboteurs". Narration admonishes workers for the death of soldiers through inadequate equipment or supplies. Utterly melodramatic. Urges workers to move production forward... Encourages American workers to make the best possible use of their time in a war where industrial production and combat are synchronized on an international level. favoritefavoritefavorite ( 4 reviews ) Topics: World War II: Homefront, Timekeeping, Globalization The FlemishDog Collection ABC TV - Test Pattern, Slide, Clock (ABN-2, 26/02/79) Sep 7, 2018 09/18 Hey look, I've beat my 1980 limit with a lovely Umatic recording from the brilliant Commercials Ahoy!. Enjoy a test pattern, an ABC slide, and the clock with Close Encounters music. Originally uploaded by FLEMISHDOG on May 31, 2014 at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3pb11KzU4o. CCX Media - Northwest Community Television Off the Clock with Brooklyn Park City Council Member Lisa Jacobson by CCX Media When she’s not representing Brooklyn Park constituents, Lisa Jacobson is helping homeless youth through Hope 4 Youth in Anoka. She also dances on two local dance teams. “I’ve been there.” Lisa Jacobson heads up Hope 4 Youth in Anoka. “We are meeting the needs of the currently unaccompanied homeless young people, age 23 and under,” explains Jacobson. The nonprofit has a drop-in center and housing program to help homeless children and young adults from the northwest metro. She says... Topics: Minnesota, Brooklyn Park, CCX Media, CCX, Public Access TV, Community Media, PEG, Youtube, 2018 Videogame Replays The Fairly Oddparents: Information Stupor Highway Timmy accidentally sent an email to Suzie, and he REALLY needs to get it back - so badly that he shrinks himself down to pixel-size and enters the Internet! -Control Timmy, Cosmo or Wanda and surf the Internet on an email envelope! -Choose from three exciting gameplay modes: RACE: Line up against Crocker's evil green viruses and beat them to the finish! TIME TRIAL: It's a race against time - can you beat the clock? EMAIL RESCUE: Collect all the emails to save Timmy from electronic... Topics: The Fairly Oddparents: Information Stupor Highway, The, Fairly, Oddparents, Information, Stupor,... The C64-Gamevideoarchive C64-Gamevideoarchive 280 - The Great American Cross Country Road Race by The C64-Gamevideoarchive Video from the C64 game "The Great American Cross Country Road Race". >>Download Video (121 MB) < < Manual [ 1.0 ] General Description From sea to shining sea, the race is on! Rally across the nation in high gear in any of four cross-country challenges. Mind you, it'll take a lot more than just good driving. You'll need to select the race, map out the best route, check road and weather conditions, look out for speed traps, watch your gas level, go easy on the clutch, and,... Topics: c64, The Great American Cross Country Road Race, activision Moving Image Archive BBC Top of the Pops 1979-07-19 by BBC Broadcast Information: Channel: BBC4 HD (satellite) Date: July 2014 Programme Description: Top of the Pops was a British music chart television programme, made by the BBC and originally broadcast weekly from 1st January 1964 to 30th July 2006. Each programme consisted of performances from some of that week's best-selling popular music artists, with a rundown of that week's singles chart. This edition is presented by David Jensen. Playlist: The Sex Pistols – C'mon Everybody (charts) The Real... Topic: Top of the Pops Broadcast Information: Channel: BBC4 HD (satellite) Date: July 2014 Programme Description: Top of the Pops was a British music chart television programme, made by the BBC and originally broadcast weekly from 1st January 1964 to 30th July 2006. Each programme consisted of performances from some of that week's best-selling popular music artists, with a rundown of that week's singles chart. This edition is presented by Peter Powell. Playlist: The Dooleys – Wanted (charts) Sham 69 – Hersham... Funny or Die Videos Funny or Die Video e8006b3d2a: Daylight Savings Time w/ MC Lyte Nov 1, 2014 11/14 by Funny or Die The rapper goes to the Mother of the Beat to create a theme song for DST. Topics: Funny or Die Video Archive, Daylight savings time, Jennifer Aspen, MC Lyte, The Mother, The Rapper,... ''Stage 7'' - The Deceiving Eye The first episode of "Stage 7", an American anthology television series of 1955, which presented entertaining half-hour stories ranging from drama to comedy. In this dramatic episode, a professor who teaches a class about the unreliability of eye-witnesses is accused of murder. Starring Frank Lovejoy and a bunch of other people. Aired on CBS. Useless info about the scheduling of the episode: In Philadelphia this episode aired on 30 January 1955 on WCAU-TV at 9:30PM, aired against... Topics: Classic TV, Television, Crime drama, Murder, Murderer, 1955, 1950s, anthology, anthology series,... House in the Middle, The by National Paint, Varnish and Lacquer Association Atomic tests at the Nevada Proving Grounds (later the Nevada Test Site) show effects on well-kept homes, homes filled with trash and combustibles, and homes painted with reflective white paint. Asserts that cleanliness is an essential part of civil defense preparedness and that it increased survivability. Selected for the 2002 National Film Registry of "artistically, culturally, and socially significant" films. favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 50 reviews ) Topics: Atomic-nuclear: Civil defense, Cold War, Waste disposal The Living Planet A Portrait of the Earth: 9 - the Margins of the Land by Attenborough, David, 1926-; British Broadcasting Corporation. Television Service; Time-Life Films Intended audience: Ages 16 through adult Topics: Intertidal ecology, Mangrove ecology, Intertidal ecology, Mangrove ecology Hak5 Hak5 - FAIL: The 19 Weirdest Products From CES 2011 Jul 9, 2019 07/19 by Hak5 The annual Consumer Electronics Show has come to an end, and along with all the cool new products, surprisingly there were even more wacked products on the show floor than usual. We've wrapped up the wackiest, weirdest, most bizzarre and biggest FAIL products from the show floor this year, guaranteed to surprise, delight and keep you LOLing and ROFLing with glee. Here's a partial list of our dubious winners: Angry Birds - the board game: That's right, soon you'll be able to play an IRL version... Topics: Youtube, video, Film & Animation, verizon, iphone, igrill, rovio, angry, birds, mattel, board,... The Adventures of Captain Comic Revision 5 any% speedrun attempts 2020-08-01 by David Fifield Speedrun attempts of The Adventures of Captain Comic, Revision 5 for DOS. I completed only 1 out of 8 attempts and did not beat my PB of 11:24.59. attempt castle time win time #32 9:28 reset at 15:40.98 #33 8:42 13:46.39 #34 8:54 reset at 12:52.15 #35 reset at 0:22.73 #36 9:24 reset at 13:57.61 #37 8:50 reset at 14:25.45 #38 9:22 reset at 12:14.75 #39 9:30 reset at 11:39.03 The first part of the video is practicing the dark castle in the trainer. The attempts start at 0:10:00. In the trainer,... Topics: The Adventures of Captain Comic, speedrun, any%, DOS games, DOSBox G4 Video Grabs g4tv.com-video16706: Ninja Warrior: Paul Hamm by G4TV.com American Paul Hamm will try to beat the clock and move on to Stage 3 Topic: G4TV.com videos Speedrun attempts of The Adventures of Captain Comic, Revision 5 for DOS. I completed 5 out of 18 attempts, and had 8 runs on pace to beat my PB on entering the castle that I was unable to convert. attempt castle time win time #53 8:49 10:49.04 #54 8:47 11:10.78 #55 8:46 reset at 13:06.27 #56 9:09 reset at 12:02.99 #57 8:41 reset at 13:29.48 #58 9:20 12:19.54 #59 9:21 reset at 15:00.15 #60 reset at 6:48.40 #61 8:42 11:01.20 #62 8:38 reset at 12:50.87 #63 8:45 reset at 11:55.16 #64 reset at... Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (PS) - Single-segment 0:55:51 - Adam Grise by Adam Grise Single-segment speed run of Castlevania: Symphony of the Night done on February 14 2005. Video quality is rather blurry because of an improper deinterlace. Author's comments: I know there's a lot of comments here. But, if you watch the run and have any critisism, comments, suggestions, or inquiries, please read this first. Thanks! -----RUN ABSTRACT/INTRO INFO----- Hello; my name is Adam Grise, and this is my single-segment speed run for Castlevania: Symphony of the Night for Playstation. The... Topics: Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, Single-segment, PlayStation Great Railway Journeys of The World: Changing Trains by Films Inc. Great Railway Journeys of The World: Changing Trains Reel 2 Reel 1 available here By train from London to Budapest on the Cisalpin from Paris to Montreux and the Orient Express through the Iron Curtain to Budapest. Search Educational Film Journals at Media History Project for references to this film Topics: Educational Film, Series: Great Railway Journeys of the World (1980) The Hundred days by FDR (Television program); American Broadcasting Company; Sextant, inc., New York; Encyclopaedia Britannica Educational Corporation Telecast on the ABC-TV documentary program FDR Topics: 16mm Film, Educational Film, Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945, Finance, Rulers... Source: Lasergraphics ScanStation Indiana Jones and the Emperor's Tomb (PC) - 1:46:43 - Erik Krug Aase by Erik 'Goggen' Krug Aase Speed run of Indiana Jones and the Emperor's Tomb, done in 58 segments across 10 files plus ending, completed on March 13 2006. Available in four qualities: low/normal/high/insane quality DivX. Author's comments: Preface: As I started this speedrun, ignorant of the pains and horrors to come, I wrote it with the intent that you could read what I did and why, while making brief jokes to break up what would be a straightforward and boring comments file. I was wrong. After a few months, and only a... Topic: Indiana Jones and the Emperor's Tomb Speedrun attempts of The Adventures of Captain Comic, Revision 5 for DOS. I set a new PB of 10:37.77 . I did a lot of early resets in this session, chasing a run without major mistakes. Out of 37 attempts, I completed 7. 11 attempts were on pace to beat my PB but died in the castle. attempt castle time win time #86 8:51 reset at 13:20.59 #87 reset at 4:11.88 #88 reset at 4:27.64 #89 8:39 reset at 11:05.60 #90 8:43 reset at 12:13.05 #91 reset at 4:07.61 #92 8:38 11:19.57 #93 8:37 reset at... Castlevania: Symphony of the Night Speedrun !!Note!!: I understand that some people are having trouble watching the run. That's my fault; I coded this movie with the incorrect video codec (or at least, a codec that's much less popular). I have the movie re-encoded with the correct encoding so people will be able to watch it, but I have yet to get the correct file on the site. I will put a note on the comments section when the correct file is up. Sorry for the inconvenience and thanks for your patience! Stay tuned; I'll get it updated... Topics: Castlevania, speedrun, symphony Racers put new Mountain Bike Trail to the Test by NWCTV With a little pedal power and some careful maneuvering through trees and around tight corners, mountain bikers race the clock in Maple Grove. A 12.7 mile singletrack mountain bike trail is just a year old at Elm Creek Park Reserve. This month, Three Rivers Park District decided to launch a series of four time trial races at the course every Tuesday night. Racers are coming out by the dozens to give the singletrack trail their best shot. "On any given night, you'll see this parking lot... Topics: Minnesota, Brooklyn Park, Northwest Community Television, NWCTV, Public Access TV, Community Media,... Classic TV commercials and TV ephemera uploaded by HappySwordsman C. 1950s Hazel-Bishop ''Longer Lasting'' Lipstick commercial An old commercial for Hazel-Bishop Longer-lasting Lipstick. This commercial was taken from an episode of "Beat the Clock" that can be downloaded on another part of the site. Topics: Classic TV, Commercial, Commercials, 1950s, 50s, Old, Television PyConZA Beating the bugs: Simulating drug resistance in viral and bacterial DNA using Python and AWS by Imogen Wright Imogen Wright https://2016.za.pycon.org/talks/59/ As a species, we're engaged in a crucial evolutionary struggle, and we're losing: pathogens are evolving resistance to drugs faster than we can make new ones. To slow down the clock and beat the bugs, we need to make sure that resistant pathogens don't get a chance to replicate unchecked in their human hosts. This means doing drug resistance tests to ensure that we only give patients drugs that their infections will respond to. At Hyrax... Topics: pyconza, pyconza2016, python, ImogenWright ''Four Star Playhouse'' - The Man Who Walked Out on Himself Ronald Colman stars in this episode of the popular anthology series. This episode is shot on a single set with most of it consisting of a single character, yet it is still entertaining. Scheduling notes: This was a CBS series, and on most CBS affiliates aired on 26 March 1953 at 8:30PM. For example, in Philadelphia, it aired on WCAU, aired against "Treasury Men in Action" on WPTZ and "Chance of a Lifetime" on WFIL-TV. After the episode aired they had a choice of staying on... Topics: Classic TV, Television, Early television, Anthology, Anthology series, Ronald Colman, 1950s,... Sci-Fi / Horror 3.3M 3.3M by Karl Hardman, Russell Streiner eye 3.3M favorite 1,013 In this classic yet still creepy horror film, strangers hold up in a rural Pennsylvania farmhouse and battle constant attacks from dead locals who have been brought back to life by mysterious radiation. Note: This item contains a user-contributed srt subtitle file. To use this file you must download an srt compatible player and point it at the correct video and srt files (google for srt subtitles). We include this file for advanced users who may wish to use it, however the Archive does not... favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 104 reviews ) Topic: horror Philadephia City Council Councilman David Oh Honors the 50th Anniversary of 93.3 WMMR 9-18-2018 by Philadelphia City Council On Tuesday, September 18, 2018, Councilman David Oh (At-Large) joined Beasley Media Group to celebrate the 50th anniversary of 93.3 WMMR-FM (WMMR), the longest-running rock radio station in America, by presenting a City Council resolution to the station. Legendary WMMR-FM midday personality Pierre Robert broadcast the reading of the Council resolution live as part of The Preston & Steve Show that morning. The event will kick-off “Alumni Week”, a weeklong celebration featuring former DJs... Topics: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia City Council, Government Access TV, Community Media, PEG,... Philadelphia: Bed Bug Capital of America? Pest control company Terminix released its annual list of the most bed bug-ridden cities in America -- so did Philadelphia beat out NYC for the top spot? Plus, Amazon.com founder and big-time billionaire Jeff Bezos wants to make a really, really big clock for a cool 2 million. C64-Gamevideoarchive 252 - Ballblazer Video from the C64 game "Ballblazer" For the best video quality I advise the Cinepack version Manual Scenario: --------- The simplest, fastest and most com- petitive sport in the known universe. It grew from dark roots in an ancient space war to become king of all games among every lifeform within range of Interstellar ethercasting. In exactly three minutes, Ballblazer can make you ahero - or destroy a lifetime of dreams. The year is 3097, and the place is a null-gravity nexus... Topics: c64, ballblazer ''Compilation of Classic TV Footage'' - Episode 21 by Matthew Paul Argall A collection of clips from public domain television series of the 1950s and 1960s. Includes excerpts from "The Price is Right", "As the World Turns", "Beat the Clock", "Hancock's Half Hour", "Life with Elizabeth", "The Ed Sullivan Show", "Strictly for Laffs" (unsold pilot), "The Frank Sinatra Timex Show", "Tic-Tac-Dough", and "You Asked for It". Topics: Classic TV, Compilation of Classic TV Footage, Television, Broadcasting 256,085 256K Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (GCN) - 7:11 - James Bunkley by James 'Brown Bomber' Bunkley eye 256,085 Speed run of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door in 16 segments completed on June 24 2005. Available in 3 versions: low quality, normal quality, and 60fps high quality. Quality note: Parts 10 and 12 have some ~30 second portions of bad quality due to damaged source tape. Author's comments: Hey. This is my first speed run, and I decided to do it on Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. I'm probably crazy for picking such a long game as my first game to speed run; however, I really like this game,... Topics: Mario: Paper Mario, GameCube Iraq War: General American Dictators: Documenting the Staged Election of 2004 by Kevin Booth In a dictatorship there is no choice, the elections are controlled, the police are the military, fear equals control, speech is suppressed, the economy is looted, the people are slaves. We dont know the future but weve studied human history and regardless of who wins the November election in 2004 the new world order wins. --Alex Jones Topics: tyranny, patriotism, patriot, liberty, new, world, order, george, bush, election, 2004, john,... River Cities Community Access Media Lunch And Learn Afternoon Slump 1-17-18 by RCCA HOW TO BEAT THE AFTERNOON SLUMP Presenter: Asia Bay, BS, CPT, CWP, CHWC; Aspirus Business Health. Are your eyelids getting droopy? Is that a yawn? Most of us have been there: a super-productive morning finishing projects, answering emails, and checking tasks off of the to-do list one-by-one when suddenly the clock strikes two and that sluggish, tired feeling sets in…the afternoon slump. Topics: Wisconsin, Wisconsin Rapids, River Cities Community Access Media, RCCA, Public Access TV, Community... The Long Search: 12 -- Alternative Life Styles in California by British Broadcasting Corporation. Television Service Also issued as videocassette Topics: Religion, Spiritual life, Religion, Spiritual life PEGTV Rutland Eli Rogers Hits Winning 3 pt. Shot Against Rice by PEGTV Senior Eli Rogers of the Rutland Raiders varsity boys basketball team hits a 3pt. shot to put the Raiders up by 2 with 2.6 seconds left on the clock. The Raiders hold on to beat division rival Rice Memorial High School by the score of 58-56. Game held February 23, 2013. Watch the full game on PEGTV CH15 or on our website at www.pegtv.com via video on demand. Topics: Rutland, Vermont, PEGTV, Public Access TV, Community Media, PEG, Youtube, Rutland, Rutland Raiders,... Hopkinton Community Access and Media Hank Rudden Buzzer Beater by HCAM The Boys Varsity team beat the Medway Mustangs on Friday, January 11, 2013, with a Buzzer Beater Shot from Senior Hank Rudden. The Hillers were down by 2 with 2.1 seconds remaining, Hillers in bounded from the opposite end of the court to get the ball to Hank Rudden. Rudden shot a beautiful 3 pointer , beating the clock to win 60-59. Click on the video to watch the shot and to see the entire game, tune into HCAM. Topics: Massachusetts, Hopkinton, Hopkinton Community Access and Media, HCAM, Public Access TV, Community... THE LAST BOMB B-29 RAIDS ON JAPAN U.S. ARMY AIR FORCE WWII FILM 33574 This official War Department film titled “The Last Bomb” and was photographed by Army Air Forces Combat Camera Units and special personnel of the AAF Motion Picture Unit. Filmed in Technicolor in 1945, it concentrates on the B-29 bombing raids on Japan in World War II. Striking from bases in Saipan, Tinian, and Guam, the Superfortresses traveled 3,000 miles roundtrip as part of long range bombardment operations in the final months of the war. Members of the XXI Bomber Command (a unit of the... Topics: Stock Footage, High Definition PSX longplay [194] Metal Slug X by NPI 00:00:55 Regular game 00:43:38 Another Mission mode, where you get 14 bonus missions. There is a mission that I couldn't go through because of a glitch that would brake the game, so I died instantly, other than that other missions are hard and there is no way to finish as 1st in some, because you can't get the maximum needed points. 01:04:46 A Chat with Instructor Meg, your instructor in Combat School mode. This mode is nothing more than the original game all over again with rules such as 1... Castlevania 3 (NES) - 0:34:21 with Grant - Tom Votava by Tom 'rdrunner' Votava Speed run of Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse chosing Grant as the spirit parter done during October 2003. Available in three versions: low quality, normal quality, and 60 fps high quality. Author's comments: It takes longer to beat the game with Grant (extra clock tower stage), but NOT by much! He can just about make up all of the time lost from going after him, thanks the ton of shortcuts he can use with his wall-climbing abilities, as well as his superior foot speed. If only he were able to... Topics: Castlevania: Castlevania 3, NES Zelda: Majora's Mask (N64) - 6 day challenge - Peter Branam-Lefkove by Peter 'Dragorn' Branam-Lefkove Speed run of a the '6 day challenge' of Majora's Mask. The goal of the 6 day challenge is to beat the game in at most 6 game days, the first 3 required days, and then after going back in time, use the next 3 days and never go back in time again. 'Dragorn' reaches the clock tower with everything completed at 8:32 pm on the 2nd day, a total of 38:32 game time. Author's comments: First off, the recordings are of days 4 through 6. The first 3 days are relatively boring. In addition to the standard... Topics: Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask, Nintendo 64 NES Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!! TAS in 17:52.4 by Phil and Genisto For more details, see http://tasvideos.org/229M.html The objective is not to beat your opponent... but to humiliate him by winning as fast as possible. Record times in Mike Tyson's Punch-Out: Glass Joe 0:42.00 Von Kaiser 0:35.97 Piston Honda 0:42.82 Don Flamenco 0:14.97 King Hippo 0:37.61 Great Tiger 0:47.48 Bald Bull 0:57.82 Piston Honda II 0:50.25 Soda Popinski 0:47.00 Bald Bull II 1:08.97 Don Flamenco II 1:00.48 Mr. Sandman 2:19.25 Super Macho Man 0:46.48 Mike Tyson 1:58.XX No clock stop... Topics: NES, Mike Tyson, Punch-Out, TAS, Tool-assisted, Speedrun, Phil, Genisto NES Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!! TAS in 17:51.87 by adelikat Topics: NES, Mike Tyson, Punch-Out, TAS, Tool-assisted, Speedrun, adelikat by GuidoAnchovies No, unfortunately this isn't a Dr. Who inspired game. In Time Lord, some aliens traveled to different parts of Earth's history to mess shit up and take the planet over. As a "Time Lord" it's supposed to be your job to go into these different time periods and find all the time orbs, and kick some ass. However, this game loves to fuck with the player. Many of the time orbs involve puzzles with very... obtuse solutions. There is also a time limit where you only have about 25 minutes to... Topics: let's play, guidoanchovies, time lord Hopkins ready for state final It was a strange overtime game that ended in dramatic fashion. Hopkins held the ball and Shakopee stayed in its zone defense through much of the four overtime periods in their state Class AAAA boys basketball semifinal. At the end of the fourth overtime, Amir Coffey let a desperation shot from beyond halfcourt go and hit it at the buzzer for a 49-46 win. The slowdown renewed calls for a shot clock in Minnesota high school basketball. Hopkins will now take on Lakeville North for the Class AAAA...	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line5
__label__wiki	0.829027	0.829027	Tag Archives: Michel Piccoli 144. HOLY MOTORS (2012) May 29, 2013 Gregory J. Smalley (366weirdmovies) 5 Comments “Weird… weird.. weird! He’s so weird!”–delighted fashion photographer at his first glimpse of Merde DIRECTED BY: Leos Carax FEATURING: Denis Lavant, Edith Scob, Eva Mendes, Kylie Minogue, Michel Piccoli, Leos Carax PLOT: A man wakes up and walks through a secret panel in his bedroom wall that leads him into a cinema. Next we meet “Mr. Oscar,”who drives around Paris in a limousine taking on nine “assignments” which require him to become an accordion player, a hitman, and fashion model-abducting leprechaun, among other personae. After Mr. Oscar’s night is over, his chauffeur drives the limo back to a huge car lot labeled “Holy Motors,” where hundreds of similar vehicles are stored. Holy Motors was Leos Carax’ first feature film since 1999’s Pola X. Leos Carax is a pseudonym for Alexandre Oscar Dupont. In most of Carax’ other movies, Denis Lavant plays a lead character named “Alex.” Here he plays a character named “Mr. Oscar” (a name which is itself hidden inside the pseudonym leOS CARax). The flower-eating leprechaun character, “Merde,” first appeared in Carax’ segment in the omnibus movie Tokyo! (2008). The role of Mr. Oscar was specifically written for Lavant. Carax originally wanted to credit Michel Piccoli (who is difficult to recognize under his makeup) under a pseudonym, but word of the actor’s involvement in the project was leaked. Carax says he does not like to shoot on digital film, but did so because he found it made fundraising easier. Holy Motors swept the Weirdest Actor (Denis Lavant), Weirdest Scene (the accordion intermission), and Weirdest Movie categories in our 2012 Weirdcademy Awards contest. INDELIBLE IMAGE: The character of Merde, the gimpy, gibbering, flower-eating subterranean leprechaun-creature, who was so unforgettable Carax recycled him from his segment in the triptych Tokyo!. For a single snapshot that captures Merde’s hard-to-define charm, we select the moment when he bites off a woman’s finger, then licks supermodel Eva Mendes, leaving a trail of blood on her armpit. Ever the professional, she never breaks her expression of sultry indifference. WHAT MAKES IT WEIRD: Holy Motors is overwrought, pretentious, obscure, scatterbrained, confusing, and self-indulgent—all qualities that, when matched with talent, typically make for a great work of weird art. Prepare to be perplexed. You won’t, however, be bored. Original trailer for Holy Motors COMMENTS: Seen as a showcase for the chameleonic talents of Denis Lavant, Holy Motors is an unqualified masterpiece. Lavant officially plays Continue reading 144. HOLY MOTORS (2012) → 2012CinemaDenis LavantEdith ScobEva MendesFrenchIdentityKylie MinogueLeos CaraxMichel PiccoliPostmodernSurrealism LIST CANDIDATE: THE PHANTOM OF LIBERTY (1974) May 13, 2013 Otto Black 6 Comments The Phantom of Liberty is now Certified Weird. Please visit the official entry. Le Fantôme de la Liberté DIRECTED BY: Luis Buñuel FEATURING: Jean-Claude Brialy, Adolfo Celi, Michel Piccoli, Monica Vitti PLOT: There isn’t one! Numerous bizarre situations are briefly explored, but none are resolved. It’s the ultimate shaggy dog movie. WHY IT MIGHT MAKE THE LIST: Monks behaving badly are randomly exposed to exhibitionist sadomasochism. Two people are somehow the same person. A spider-fixated family find architecture pornographic. The dead make phone-calls from their coffins. People who feel no shame about sitting on lavatories together are embarrassed and disgusted by any mention of eating. Etc., etc., etc… COMMENTS: As with the other two films (Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie and That Obscure Object of Desire) in Buñuel’s very loose swansong trilogy, Phantom of Liberty gives us a sense of an artist tying up loose ends. In many ways Phantom is one of his most Surrealist movies, as if he was revisiting the glories of his youth one more time. And yet, it should be remembered that, although he is often described as a Surrealist filmmaker, Buñuel formally abandoned Surrealism in 1932, being forced to choose between active membership of the Spanish Communist Party, which regarded Surrealism as a decadent bourgeoise affectation, or belonging to a pretentious club that mucked about with art and pretended it mattered. Or maybe, like most other short-lived Surrealists, he simply couldn’t stand the movement’s awful, awful founder, André Breton. Since Buñuel was a control-freak himself, the latter explanation is perhaps the more probable. Given his obvious intelligence and love of complex in-jokes and hidden meanings, it’s significant that in an interview recorded around this time, Buñuel says—very perceptively—that Surrealism triumphed on a superficial level, while utterly failing to change the world in any way that truly mattered. (In the same interview, he jokes about making a melodramatic but utterly insincere deathbed conversion to Catholicism just to wind up those of his friends who militated against religion in the most humorless way imaginable). Sure enough, The Phantom Of Liberty uses almost exactly the same dramatic structure as “Monty Python’s Flying Circus“: the ultimate manifestation of unofficial Pop Surrealism. And yet, given the very short difference in time between the creation of Python and this film, and the implausibility of an initially marginal BBC series being sufficiently internationally famous for Buñuel to have already seen it in a language he understood, it has to be assumed that any similarities are purely coincidental. And similarities there most certainly are! The episode in which a crazed sniper randomly kills numerous people (which was cut from early UK TV broadcasts on grounds of unacceptable nastiness) and then, having been found guilty, is unaccountably released with no consequences at all, and instantly becomes tremendously popular, is almost identical to a Python sketch aired the previous year. Plagiarism? I doubt it. Zeitgeist? Almost certainly. More significantly, the entire film follows the Python ethos of not wasting a good idea just because you can’t think of a punchline. Problem ending the scene? Forget it, and arbitrarily move on to something else! As more than one critic has observed, Richard Linklater’s 1991 Slacker is remarkable for being the first film (or at any rate, the first film that anyone’s heard of) to use the technique invented by Buñuel 17 years previously. But actually they’re wrong. Richard Linklater shows us vignettes from the lives of various people who are going nowhere, then cuts away to somebody else because if we followed this particular non-story any longer it would become boring. Buñuel gives us glimpses into situations that have no rational explanation whatsoever, and abandons them because any punchline he could possibly provide would be an anticlimax. The title, insofar as it refers to anything, seems to invoke a spirit which pervades the movie without ever being in any way discernible to the characters or the audience—a direct reference to The Exterminating Angel, in which the Angel of Death is supposedly responsible for the inexplicable events without directly manifesting itself at any point in the film. The characters drift into completely random situations, every one of which involves a massive breach of social norms, or laws even more fundamental than that. And nobody notices a thing. The entire film could, if the title is taken literally, be said to document the progress of an invisible and otherwise totally undetectable entity that capriciously drifts around altering the nature of reality for reasons all its own. And that’s the spirit in which it should be viewed. Buñuel’s best film? No. Buñuels weirdest film? Definitely in the top three. Worth watching? Yes! Just don’t expect a satisfying sense of closure. PS – In recent years certain scenes in this movie have been played out for real in the UK by radical Islamists with no understanding of irony, who used their democratic right to demonstrate to hold demonstrations against democracy. What a pity Buñuel didn’t live to see it! Though maybe he wouldn’t have been all that surprised. PPS – Are there any other films featuring two Bond villains? “An uproarious summary of Luis Bunuel’s surrealistic concerns… a crazy, subversively funny film about convention-bound characters who have a hard time dealing with sexuality and freedom.”–Michael Scheinfeld, TV Guide (This movie was nominated for review by “viqman.” Suggest a weird movie of your own here.) 1974Adolfo CeliComedyFrenchJean-Claude BrialyLuis BuñuelMichel PiccoliMonica VittiReommendedSurrealismWeirdest! LIST CANDIDATE: HOLY MOTORS (2012) January 2, 2013 Gregory J. Smalley (366weirdmovies) 1 Comment Holy Motors has been promoted to the List! Please check the Holy Motors Certified Weird entry for more information and to comment. This initial review is left here for archival purposes. FEATURING: Denis Lavant, Edith Scob, Eva Mendes, Kylie Minogue, Michel Piccoli PLOT: “Mr. Oscar” drives around Paris in a limo taking on nine “assignments” which require him to become an accordion player, a hitman, and fashion model-abducting leprechaun, among other personae. WHY IT MIGHT MAKE THE LIST: Holy Motors is overwrought, pretentious, obscure, scatterbrained, confusing, and self-indulgent—all qualities that typically make for a great work of art. The main knock against it certifying it as one of the 366 Best Weird Movies immediately is that it’s not yet out on DVD—but keep an eye out for it in the near future. COMMENTS: Leos Carax’ segment in the portmanteau film Tokyo! revolved around a gimpy, gibbering leprechaun dubbed “Merde” (played by Denis Lavant) who arose from the sewers to scandalize the polite people of Japan by eating money and licking schoolgirls on the street. In that movie Merde served as a symbol of Japanese xenophobia, a surreal and satirical rendition of boorish Western invaders as seen through Eastern eyes. Lavant reprises Merde in Holy Motors, but here the character is even more random, limping through a Parisian cemetery eating flowers off of gravesites and abducting a fashion model (Eva Mendes) with the backbone of a rag doll. The idea that an already mysterious and absurd character like Merde would be resurrected and tossed into a situation that’s even further out of context is typical of Holy Motors‘ approach. In between a very weird prologue featuring director Carax as a man living in a secret room behind a cinema where shadowy beasts prowl the aisles, and very weird epilogue featuring chauffeuse Edith Scob and a parking lot full of telepathic limousines, Lavant (presumably) plays ten different roles—nine “assignments” and his base character of “Mr. Oscar.” There are no connections between the parts he is assigned: some, like Merde, are purely absurd, some are musical, and some are legitimately moving human moments. Each segment operates according to its own internal illogic. The roles are arbitrary, like the jobs any working actor would take: this month an action hero, next month a dying benefactor. At times we see, or at least think we see, hints of the “real” person behind Mr. Oscar, but mostly we see him applying his makeup in front of his mobile vanity mirror, preparing to disappear into a new role. It’s never suggested what the purpose of these performances might be, or whom they are for the benefit of, or if they ever end (when Oscar goes home for the night, it appears he is only playing another insane character). Scenes that appear to involve Mr. Oscar as “real” person sometimes turn out to be part of another assignment; if we try to figure out who Oscar really is, we’re continually frustrated. By the end of the long twenty-four hour session Mr. Oscar looks weary, sad and resigned; but he must wake up in the morning and do it all over again. It’s a bravura suite of performances by Lavant, who is appointed to capture the whole strange and tragic spectrum of human activity in a single day. In Carax’ eyes this spectrum involves motion-capture sex scenes, accordion intermissions, and mixed human-chimpanzee marriages. Prepare to be perplexed. You won’t, however, be bored. Carax assembled a fascinating cast for his first feature film in over a decade. Gnarly faced Lavant, who has appeared in all of the director’s previous films as well as gracing weird works by Veit Helmer, Harmony Korine and Veiko Õunpuu, was the obvious choice for the lead in the most ambitiously odd art film of the French calendar. The casting of Scob and Piccoli, who between them have worked with all of the great European Surrealist filmmakers of the past, from Franjou to Ferreri to Buñuel, is an equally obvious nod to Carax’ influences, one that positions Motors as the latest link in a long cinematic chain. Australian popstress Kylie Minogue immediately scores unexpected cool points by appearing in this project, while glamour girl Eva Mendes follows up her role in Herzog‘s Bad Lieutenant with this even weirder part. We definitely approve of the way her career is headed (even though her recent choices probably make her agent tear his hair out). “…weird and wonderful, rich and strange – barking mad, in fact. It is wayward, kaleidoscopic, black comic and bizarre; there is in it a batsqueak of genius, dishevelment and derangement; it is captivating and compelling.”–Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian (contemporaneous) (This movie was nominated for review by “Dwarf Oscar,” who said it was “weird, weird, weird. You already guessed, I know that, but right now I’m making it official. For once, I’m pretty confident it’s going to make its way to the List…” . Suggest a weird movie of your own here.) 2012CinemaDenis LavantEdith ScobEva MendesFrenchIdentityLeos CaraxMichel PiccoliPostmodernSurrealism 106. LA GRANDE BOUFFE (1973) February 22, 2012 Gregory J. Smalley (366weirdmovies) 2 Comments AKA The Big Feast; Blow-Out “If you don’t eat, you won’t die.”–Ugo, La Grande Bouffe DIRECTED BY: Marco Ferreri FEATURING: Phillipe Noiret, Ugo Tognazzi, Michel Piccoli, Marcello Mastroianni, Andréa Ferréol PLOT: Four middle-aged, upper middle-class men (a judge, a TV personality, a pilot and a chef) hole up at a country villa to feast; it is gradually and casually revealed that they plan on eating themselves to death. They gorge themselves constantly, but the pilot can’t stand to go even for a day without sex, so prostitutes are invited to join them—along with a schoolteacher who attaches herself to the group willingly. As the gluttonous orgy continues the whores flee in disgust, but the teacher joins in the bacchanalia with gusto. All of the main actors use their real names. All four of the male stars were well-established (Mastroianni, of course, was an international star and sex symbol). Except for Noiret, each had worked with director Ferreri before. Each had also had prominent roles in weird films from other European directors (Mastrioanni, most famously, in Federico Fellini films, but Noiret appeared in Zazie dans le Metro for Louis Malle, Piccoli was a mainstay in Buñuel movies, and Tognazzi had small roles in Roger Vadim’s Barbarella and Fellini’s Satyricon). The quartet would reunite with the director the next year for a surrealist rendering of Custer’s last stand called Don’t Touch the White Woman (starring alongside another weird favorite, Catherine Deneuve). The scatological content of the film scandalized some viewers at Cannes, but the film nonetheless won a FIPRESCI prize for Ferreri. At its British showings La Grande Bouffe was protested by infamous decency crusader Mary Whitehouse; her attempts to have the movie banned ironically led to modification of the Obscene Publications Act to exempt films with artistic merit. INDELIBLE IMAGE: The visions that will probably stick with you when you think back on La Grande Bouffe are scenes of four great European actors stuffing their faces with turkey legs, a castle made out of pâtés, and a pair of matching cakes shaped like breasts. Michel Piccoli dancing with a pig’s head is another strong candidate, as are the numerous gross scatological moments. But, the strangest and most lingering image may be the final one: sides of meat scattered around the villa lawn—a slab of beef wedged in the crook of a tree—and a pack of dogs sitting and looking attentively at the carcasses, making no move to eat. WHAT MAKES IT WEIRD: La Grande Bouffe takes an absurd premise—four men decide to eat Brief scene from La Grande Bouffe themselves to death—and plays it out with illogical realism, proffering no explanations or motives for what happens. It’s an unnatural but straight-faced parable that suggests nothing about how we’re supposed to take it. It’s a grotesque spectacle, but a strangely engrossing one, with a fascination that comes largely thanks to a dream cast of 1970s Euroweirdos. COMMENTS: In the course of their Grande Bouffe, the four suicidal gourmands scarf Continue reading 106. LA GRANDE BOUFFE (1973) → 1973Andréa FerréolArthouseBlack ComedyDramaGluttonyGrotesqueHedonismMarcello MastroianniMarco FerreriMichel PiccoliPhillipe NoiretRecommendedSatireUgo Tognazzi 105. BELLE DE JOUR (1967) February 8, 2012 Gregory J. Smalley (366weirdmovies) 2 Comments “By the end, the real and imaginary fuse; for me they form the same thing.”–Luis Buñuel on Belle de Jour FEATURING: Catherine Deneuve, Jean Sorel, Pierre Clémenti, Michel Piccoli, Geneviève Page PLOT: Séverine is a wealthy young newlywed who proclaims she loves her husband, but refuses to sleep with him. Her erotic life consists of daydreams in which she is bound, whipped and humiliated. She decides to secretly work as a prostitute during the day, taking the stage name “Belle de Jour”; in the course of her adventures a macho young criminal becomes obsessed with Belle, and he sparks sexual passion in her, as well. The movie was based on a scandalous (but moralizing) 1928 novel of the same name by Joseph Kessel. Belle de Jour marked Buñuel’s return to France after his “Mexican exile.” It was the 67-year old director’s most expensive production to date, his first film in color, and his biggest financial success. The director did not get along with the star, and the feeling was mutual. Buñuel resented Deneuve because she was forced on him by the producers. For her part, the actress felt “used” by the director. Whatever their differences, however, they made up enough to collaborate again three years later on Tristana. Séverine’s courtesan name, “Belle de Jour” (literally “day beauty”) is the French name for the daylily; it is also play on “belle de nuit,” slang for a prostitute. Too spicy for critics in 1967, Belle de Jour won only one major award at the time of its release: the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival. It now regularly appears on critics top 100 lists (Empire ranked it as the 56th greatest film of world cinema). Martin Scorsese was behind a 1995 theatrical re-release of the film. INDELIBLE IMAGE: The ecstatic look on Catherine Deneuve’s face as, tied up and dressed in virginal white, she’s insulted and spattered with shovelfuls of mud (or is it cow dung?). WHAT MAKES IT WEIRD: Although the movie weaves in and out of dreams and reality until we don’t know which is which, by Luis Buñuel’s standards Belle de Jour is a straightforward dramatic film. Even the dream sequences are relatively rational, unthreatening, and easy to follow, making Belle the favorite “Surrealist” film of people who don’t like Surrealism. But something about the dilemma of Séverine/Belle’s divided personality, and her uncertain denouement, sticks with you long after “Fin” appears. The movie’s weirdness is subtle but persistent, like the scent of a woman’s perfume that lingers in the air long after she’s departed the room. Original trailer for Belle de Jour COMMENTS: Cinematographer Gil Taylor famously said “I hate doing this to a beautiful woman” Continue reading 105. BELLE DE JOUR (1967) → 1967AmbiguousArthouseCatherine DeneuveCriterion collectionDramaFrenchGeneviève PageJean-Claude CarrièreLuis BuñuelMichel PiccoliMust seePierre ClémentiProstitutionPsychologicalSadomasochismSex CAPSULE: DANGER: DIABOLIK (1968) August 8, 2010 Alice Stoehr 3 Comments DIRECTED BY: Mario Bava FEATURING: John Phillip Law, Marisa Mell, Michel Piccoli, Terry-Thomas PLOT: A master thief and his girlfriend carry off a series of audacious heists while evading the police and a rival criminal. WHY IT WON’T MAKE THE LIST: Despite some perplexing plot developments and slightly surreal moments, Danger: Diabolik never really journeys beyond its cops-and-robbers framework. Ultimately, it’s more a product of its era’s weirder impulses than anything truly out-there. COMMENTS: Full of kitschy décor and colorful costuming, Danger: Diabolik is a time capsule of the late 1960s. The high-tech hijinks of its masked title character (Law) are redolent of Batman and James Bond, but with his frivolous capers and improbable escapes, Diabolik tops even those series’ campy excesses. The entire film is just a string of cat-and-mouse encounters, as the Javert-like Inspector Ginko (Piccoli) lays a trap—be it priceless emeralds or a 20 ton ingot of gold—only for Diabolik to abscond with the loot, and his sexy accomplice Eva (Mell). It may be perplexing at first to see a glamorous ball of fluff like Diabolik being directed by Bava, a man who’s best-known for stylized horror films like Black Sunday. But Bava seizes on Diabolik’s ridiculous premise as a perfect opportunity to pour on the eye candy, unhindered by considerations of logic or self-restraint. So instead of just getting one more of the routine super-spy pastiches that were clogging the theaters in 1968, we get some delirious sequences influenced by psychedelia and pop art. The most effective such moment transpires when a prostitute tries to describe Eva’s appearance, leading into a bizarre animated cavalcade of mutating female faces. The rest of Diabolik, however, is less audacious. The cast seems to exist outside of these creative outbursts, and their performances drone on, whether they’re madly overacting—like Thunderball‘s Adolfo Celi as an angry gangster, or Terry-Thomas as a tooth-gnashing government official—or else, like John Phillip Law, underacting to the point of barely giving a performance. Law is so deadpan that it’s easy to forget he’s there, and that’s not exactly a desirable trait in a brazen anti-hero. But who needs a believable performance when you’ve got sex amidst piles of cash? Or a giant mirror as a method for deterring the police? Or a grand finale that features an explosive vat of molten, “radioactivated” gold? Diabolik’s triumph is that it dispenses with plausibility from the very first gush of multicolored fog, and doesn’t look back, prioritizing scenes of wacky spectacle over minor details like dialogue and characterization. So it’s certainly not a good movie, per se—in fact, a truncated version was mocked in the last-ever episode of “Mystery Science Theater 3000”—but it does carry its worn premise to enthrallingly absurd heights. For a viewer who wants some unrestrained campy nonsense, that should be as much of a lure as freshly cremated ashes chock-full of emeralds. “Utilizing wide-angle lenses, day-glo colors, psychedelic sets, and outrageous costumes, Bava creates dynamic compositions which could have come straight from a comic-strip panel, along with some indelible images, none more so than Diabolik covered in gold at the end, or the shots of he and Eva making love on a spinning bed while covered by a pile of money.”–TV Guide (This movie was nominated for review by reader “Jules.” Suggest a weird movie of your own here.) 1968ActionCampItalianJohn Phillip LawMario BavaMichel PiccoliMystery Science Theater 3000SpyTerry-Thomas 58. DILLINGER IS DEAD (1969) Dillinger e Morto “Dillinger Is Dead throws narrative, psychological, and symbolic common sense out the window… the film’s refusal of clear-cut logic, its contradictory symbols, and its moral ambiguity open it to endless interpretation.”–Michael Joshua Rowin, from the notes to the Criterion Collection edition of Dillinger is Dead FEATURING: Michel Piccoli, Annie Girardot, Anita Pallenberg PLOT: Glauco designs gas-masks by day. One night, he returns to the apartment he shares with his wife and live-in maid and, while searching for ingredients for dinner, discovers a gun wrapped in newspaper in his pantry. He spends an evening puttering around the house, making dinner, watching home movies, playing with his various toys, disassembling and reassembling the gun, painting it, then using the weapon in a senseless final act. John Dillinger was a bank robber in the 1930s who became both Public Enemy #1 and a folk hero. Ferreri barely directed Piccoli, giving him only simple blocking instructions and dialogue and allowing the actor to improvise the rest of the performance. This is the first of six films Ferreri and Piccoli made together. Model Anita Pallenberg may be best known for her romantic involvements with two members of the Rolling Stones (first Brian Jones, and later Keith Richards), but she has had small roles in a couple of weird movies besides this one: Barbarella (1968) and Performance (1970). The movie was filmed in the apartment of Italian pop-artist Mario Schifano, and some of the painters works (most prominently, “Futurismo Rivisitato“) can be seen in the background. The observations that the young worker makes to Glauco in the prologue are all paraphrases from philosopher Herbert Marcuse’s essay One-Dimensional Man, a critique of then-contemporary consumerism, mass media and industrialism. Marhola Dargis of the New York Times believes that the entire movie is an attempt to give cinematic form to Marcuse’s ideas. After it’s initial release, Dillinger is Dead nearly disappeared. Variety‘s 1999 version of the “Portable Movie Guide” didn’t mention it among their 8700 reviews, Halliwell never heard of it, and Pauline Kael didn’t encounter it in “5001 Nights at the Movies.” It was seldom screened and never appeared on home video until a 2006 revival led to the film being virtually rediscovered, culminating in a 2010 release by the Criterion Collection. INDELIBLE IMAGE: The gun that may have belonged to John Dillinger, which fascinates the protagonist. Especially after he paints it bright red and carefully paints white polka dots on it. WHAT MAKES IT WEIRD: Dillinger is Dead is a disconnected, absurdist parable where Clip from Dillinger is Dead nothing seems to be happening, and when something happens, it doesn’t make sense. It’s very much a product of its time—the anarchic, experimental late 1960s—yet the world it portrays still feels oddly, and awfully, familiar. COMMENTS: Dillinger is Dead doesn’t take leave of reality until its very last moments, Continue reading 58. DILLINGER IS DEAD (1969) → 1969AbsurdistAlienationAmbiguousAnita PallenbergArthouseAvant-gardeCriterion collectionDramaEnnuiExperimentalHedonismItalianMarco FerreriMichel PiccoliMinimalistPhilosophicalPop art	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line8
__label__cc	0.713429	0.286571	A Book and a Chat with Steve Berry (There is a slight gap at the begining of the show when I lost all my connections, but the show is one not to miss.) New York Times best selling author Steve Berry is a person I use as a example to other authors, and it was interesting upon having him back as my guest on tonight’s show, that he uses the same example of what happened to him when talking to other users. Steve has been writing since 1990, and it took him 12 years and 85 rejections (over five different editions) to finally sell a manuscript. Now nine years later his books are printed in 40 languages, and he has kept 12 million readers in 51 countries on the edge of their seats with the exploits of his hero “Cotton Malone”. Cotton has been having adventures all over the world to all parts of Europe (The Templar Legacy, The Paris Vendetta), Asia (The Venetian Betrayal), Antarctica (The Charlemagne Pursuit), the Middle East (The Alexandria Link) and China (The Emperors Tomb). It’s no wonder that he told Steve that he wanted some time off so will not be back in a fresh story until 2013. That is however not before one last adventure before his break this time through Steve’s latest smash hit of an adventure; “The Jefferson Key” takes our hero to America. Steve Berry is such a great guest always sharing with us his latest news as well as a few hints along the way about what we might be reading from him next. Now this can also be shared in two ebooks which will introduce to you or perhaps follow up on other characters that appear in both this new book and the "Emperors Tomb" in the form of “The Balkan Escape” and “The Devils Gold”. We also learned in this show about Steve’s trip to the Middle East along with other “Thriller/Mystery" writers to visit the troops and the great reception they received there. So what about The Jefferson Key, which is officially launched tomorrow (May 17th)? Four United States presidents have been assassinated—in 1865, 1881, 1901, and 1963—each murder seemingly unrelated and separated by time. But what if those presidents were all killed for the same reason: a clause in the United States Constitution—contained within Article 1, Section 8—that would shock Americans? This question is what faces former Justice Department operative Cotton Malone in his latest adventure. When a bold assassination attempt is made against President Danny Daniels in the heart of Manhattan, Malone risks his life to foil the killing—only to find himself at dangerous odds with the Commonwealth, a secret society of pirates first assembled during the American Revolution. In their most perilous exploit yet, Malone and Cassiopeia Vitt race across the nation and take to the high seas. Along the way they break a secret cipher originally possessed by Thomas Jefferson, unravel a mystery concocted by Andrew Jackson, and unearth a centuries-old document forged by the Founding Fathers themselves, one powerful enough—thanks to that clause in the Constitution—to make the Commonwealth unstoppable. The response the author has received from the book is amazing, as he stated normally there are a few who do not like the book for one reason or another yet so far he has received nothing but praise, and I can tell you that I for one also think this is his best book so far! When you get reviews like… “One of the most spellbinding and ingenious openings in all of thrillerdom. The cast of characters is huge but every one of them is memorable. The action is intense and masterfully choreographed. As always with Steve Berry, you’re educated about significant things while your knuckles are turning white and the pages are flying. Easily Cotton Malone’s most epic, swashbuckling adventure.” —David Baldacci "The Constitution. . . secret codes . . . loads of history. . . AND pirates! What else does anyone need? The Jefferson Key won't just haunt your nights--it'll haunt your life. Cotton Malone is coming back to the scariest place of all: Home." —Brad Meltzer "THE JEFFERSON KEY starts with a bang and holds the reader in its grip until the last page. Fascinating American history, up-to-the-minute politics, pulse-pounding action. This is a story Mitch Rapp would love." —Vince Flynn You know it’s a sure hit that will soon have the name of Steve Berry and Cotton Malone back on the New York Times Best Sellers list. So listen to an interesting and hugely entertaining show as I spend sixty minutes sharing "A Book and a Chat with today Steve Berry" Direct link to the show "A Book and a Chat with Steve Berry". or you can download the mp3 file of the show from "Steve Berry" You can find out more about my guest and their books at: "Steve Berry - The Jefferson Key" My Blogs: Book Information and Things UK - Across the Pond Book and a Chat Radio Show Guests - A Book and a Chat Funny, Weird Or Just Interesting News From Around the World - Laugh I Thought My Trousers Would Never dry Labels: Alexandria link, Barry Eva, Book and a Chat, Cotton Malone, Emperors Tomb, pirates, Steve Berry, Templar Legacy, The Jefferson Key, thrillers, US constitution, Venetian Betrayal Teenage thiefs find out just "who dares wins"	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line14
__label__cc	0.551777	0.448223	FRIENDS OF ALM Adelaide Literary Magazine THE BLIGHTED MADONNA by Lynn Dowless THE PRINCESS IN THE TOWER by Cezarija Abartis THE LOCUSTS HAVE EATEN EVERYTHING by Marissa Glover MEETING KAFKA by Andy Martin URIEL FOX AND THE MYSTERY OF THE DYING CHILDREN by John… A SWELL GUY by Omar Reyes KETTLE by Pernille AEgidius Dake NET WORTH by Sam Barbee SOMETHING IS HIDING by Sharon Lopez Mooney I CAN TELL NO-ONE, EXCEPT THIS POEM by Susan C. Waters WHAT LIARS THEY ARE by Frank Kowal WHETHER THE PATRIARCHY by Joanna Kadish BREATHING ROOM by Diane Finlayson ROAD TRIP by Elizabeth Bernays WINTER IN CANBERRA: TIME TO HEAL by Sacha Paterson LIBBY BELLE, Author – The Juicy Parts and Other Quirky Stories JUDY HOGAN, Author of BABA SUMMER I & II TIMOTHY RYAN DAY, Author of BIG SKY NICK PADRON, Author of SOULS IN EXILE LYN COFFIN – Author of AFTERMATH Home Fiction “36” by Mike Dorman Fiction - Year III - Number 9 - Volume Two - September 2017 “36” by Mike Dorman By Mike Dorman He did, of course, know when it had happened. Which is to say he had no clue precisely when. It had occurred, not at one decisive turning point, but over the course of days, insidiously, the awareness of it growing slowly, like how spring does not bloom suddenly but rather imperceptibly crosses a critical mass until its clear the season has finally, and inexorably, shifted. In this way did Mark realize he, too, had grown old. Thirty-six. The idea rumbled around in his head, didn’t seem right, like how those psychos convinced their leg or arm didn’t really belong to them must have felt. Thirty-six? Not him. He didn’t feel a day over twenty-five: Lord knew he still had all the insecurities, despite a happy marriage, and despite all the signs of Nadine’s fidelity—chief among them “Leo”, barely even recognizable as a teddy bear after 40 + years of snuggling, and still squished beside her head every night. And he hated that he cared, hated the cliché, but there it was, regardless his repression, regardless his denial: those options he enjoyed at twenty-five, that sense of owning the world, of conquering his professional life, of finally embodying All That Potential? He wasn’t going to live up to any of it. Yet still worst of all was the possibility that he just might. Amir had been right: sometimes having hope was worse than the alternative (and if he was so right about this, why not other things? Maybe all those women Amir passed really were looking at him sexually). Such were Mark’s thoughts as he crossed the parking lot, the Audis and Mercedes and BMWs glittering in the sun and looking out of place before the two-floor rise of corrugated aluminum that looked more like a manufacturing plant than Mulheim’s most upscale gym and further proof that Germany’s industrial heartland, after being bombed beyond distinction in the second war, had rebuilt not with beauty in mind, but sheer function. The grunts and sibilance of clay court volleys drifted through the mesh screen, walking with him, so to speak, along the path separating the indoor courts from the outdoor ones to where a terracotta boulder rested like a pleasant coincidence before two bike racks in full bloom. Resting on a tile of clipped lawn just before the entrance, the rock had been sliced diagonally down the middle, the exposed surface then adorned with metal letters in Copperplate Gothic, a font Mark had always appreciated; sure beat the hell out of that schoolhouse Sans Comic every Klaus, Karl, and Heinrich used when advertising their landscaping ventures (did they not have Word? There were some real decent templates these days). Which brought him to his own flyer. He frowned at the close-up of the coffee mug, knowing there would be mistakes in the German—Nadine had not been home to consult—and wondered if he should have printed in color after all. No, he thought, reminding himself this was just a rough draft, a visual aid, a conversation starter really. In the hallway, Jr. Tennis champions smiled at passersby from plaques, and though it was dimmer than outside, it was strangely warmer—not only due to Germany’s lack of AC culture but also because, in the back corner of the repurposed tennis shop, the pizza oven was currently glowing a cozy, furnace orange. Mark wiped his brow and squinted into the gloom. The room smelled like cork, and though not much larger than an average kitchen, had been creatively and efficiently and—dare I say?—boldly utilized, replete with two slim picnic tables that one, in theory, could eat on, though Mark couldn’t recall a time he had seen a customer. The walls were covered in what had at first appeared to be the chalk scribblings of a madman, but proved, upon pupils’ adjustment, nothing more sinister than the handwritten menu displayed on the blackboards now acting as wall panels. After contemplating the chalk message above the table that read, No, we don’t have WiFi: talk to each other! Mark called into the darkness. “Hello?” The figure before the oven had his arms spread on the countertop as if he needed the support after having just downed a third shot of tequila. Though pudgy, his spot atop the raised dais momentarily transformed that fact, making him seem more bullish than squat, his baldness more thuggish than regrettable. “Uh,” Mark tried again after his greeting went unnoticed, or, more likely, ignored, “I’m here. As we agreed?” “Yes, yes take a seat.” He indicated one of the steel stools screwed to the floor before him. “Would you like a drink?” “Pardon?” Though Mark’s German was at the point where people no longer commented on how good it was, this guy spoke fast. “Something to drink?” He said, just as fast. “An apple spritzer? A coke? A beer?” “…just a water, please.” After walking back from the fridge and uncapping the bottle in a drawn-out ceremony that Mark’s inability to chit-chat in German made seem even longer, the man poured the water in a Koenig Pilsner beer glass and slid it across the fabricated wood. Through all this, Mark chastised himself for not knowing (a) something witty to say and (b) if said witticism would not rather be taken, in a German context, as insecurity. One thing his six years in Mulheim had taught: Germans could endure awkward silences far longer than an American. “You brought something?” His chin indicated Mark’s lap. “Uh…yeah.” Mark’s hand very nearly raced after the snatched-up flyer like it was his lover leaving on the train. “It’s just a rough draft.” The bull-man brought the paper under his nose and for a moment, Mark wondered if he might smell it, feeling all the while like an open wound as the man’s eyes tripped over what he could only assume were mistakes. He’s excited about the idea, Nadine had said. He’s super nice, she had said. Once again, Mark was having a completely different experience, a fact he attributed to his lack of big breasts and toned, female figure. He couldn’t count the times he’d watched grins and twinkling eyes mutate into malice the moment Nadine brought him over to meet another “really nice guy”. Once, an old cowboy with an eye patch didn’t even bother to return his handshake, just went on flirting in his whisky-slurred speech as if he wasn’t even there. “English coffee,” the man nodded at last. “I like it.” “So…you’re interested?” Mark wondered not for the first time if this meeting was going well. Both the idea and push were Nadine’s, and so Mark, rather than hoping for the immediate partnership before him, found himself daydreaming of that life changing email again, the one with the positive response to his query, the one with the book deal. It’s not that he was afraid of work, or that he didn’t like teaching. He did. In fact, up until a week ago, he had imagined himself on the next rung of that career, right up until FOM offered him only one class for the fall semester, which didn’t make sense, because hadn’t his professor ratings been near perfect? Last semester, his third at FOM, he’d needed to turn down courses, which had given him the now clearly misguided audacity to imagine full-blown employment. Sorry, Herr Brewer, we must offer courses to our full-time professors first. Of course we are very happy with your work here and look forward to seeing you this fall. Career path? A freelance English trainer was no career, that much was clear, right along with his worth—six years of experience wasn’t getting any callbacks, further proof of the saturation the recent influx of student travellers had placed on a market willing to pay low wages to any idiot, so long as they were a native speaker. So here he was, peddling his services at his gym, conjuring a dormant entrepreneurial spirit just so he could gain work he didn’t even really want. “Yes, in principle, I am interested. The idea of a language café is one that I’ve seen work before. As I explained to your wife, I have many tennis mothers who come and wait here while their kids take lessons.” To Mark’s despair, the man stored the flyer (it was just a rough draft!) in a pile behind the counter. “Do you know Kirsten Jones? No? She goes to Sporting as well, is also an American. Well, if there is a person to talk to, she is the one. She runs her own language school—you really don’t know her? Networking. It’s all about networking. I will give this flyer to her, and ask around to see if there is any interest. Though, on your flyer you say 10 am? That could be too early.” “It’s just a rough draft,” Mark explained again. “My idea was to keep this as simple as possible. I just wanted to offer—“ “—simple is good, simple is good.” The man bid Mark stop with show of palm. “I will talk to Kirsten. As I said, she runs her own language school, and is in contact with the Dusseldorf Tennis Academy. Do you know of them? Well, they are responsible for an international youth camp during the summer, and Kirsten is coordinating with them because they have expressed interest in learning English, as there is a need for it when one gets into international competition. She wants the contract for the entire international tennis academy.” Mark gulped his remaining water. Had this been an English conversation, he would have steered it accordingly, made a case for his original plan of just advertising the idea and seeing if anyone showed. Instead he said, “Sounds really interesting.” “I will give her your flyer.” The man stared at the counter. “I’m not making any promises.” As Mark hopped off the stool and walked up the stairs separating Sporting from the tennis club, he considered it was probably a bad sign he hadn’t gotten the guy’s name. He stumbled on the path, the darkness abruptly disturbed by a distant light that bloomed against the ridge ahead and made it seem that the bearded face yelling something incomprehensible at him had no eyes. Another flare. Light eradicated shadow and all contour of the man’s face, and he realized it was Dad. “It’s Wodan! It’s Freja!” Dad jostled his shoulders and jabbed a finger overhead. “They’ve come! Don’t you see? They’ve come to test us!” The next rumble knocked father into son, both falling against a boulder and collapsing to the ground. He crawled forward, his fingers suddenly appearing amidst the grass as the next fireball in the sky sent shadows rushing from the valley ahead. Emerald fractals. In an instant they were gone, darkness melting from the ridges to again complete the night. “Are you alright?” She stood, her lightning-colored gown translucent and billowing about the fields, her face high above like a lighthouse. When the next flare waned, she was closer to earth, her face lined in scratchboard-sharp shadows. He crashed to knees. “Do you forgive me?” When her brow furrowed, he soared through its grass-tipped ridges, weaving in the air until the next sudden flare flattened her brow a milky white. “Don’t you see?” She shined like a saint on the path ahead. “The gods are coming back!” Frightened, he backed away, ran, batting grass walls aside. When he opened his mouth to yell into the darkness, it came to him that he had forgotten who he was searching for. “Over here!” From within a cave, diamonds gleamed, growing until they appeared within the face that the next swell of light revealed. All around Dad, grass-trees gamboled, their lengths limned in the same shimmer of the object which he raised from his waist. Swimming atop the wooden surface, ribbons of light illuminated the photo of boy-Dad beaming as he hugged a trophy half his size. The light ebbed to spotlight the engraving screwed to the bottom: Singles Jr. Champion, Southeastern Regionals 1963. Dad reached from the darkness and patted his shoulder. “So long as you’ve got your plaque, they can’t harm you!” But I don’t have my plaque, he couldn’t scream. “I am telling you, women are never wanting to be equal. They are all the same, they want to be taken care of. It is inside of them. It is…” The driver side of Amir’s car—or, to be precise, his wife’s company car—filled up with a chalk-white vape cloud that streamed around his boyish face. Propelling his e-cigarette in the air like an Italian’s hand, more smoke accompanied the completion of his thought, “…biological. Think of it, do you think you would be behaving the same to her if she did not earn as much as you? You think it is okay she travels to Hamburg to see her friends and not let you do the same?” “If it’s with her own money…” Mark shrugged. “Look, I—my generation—we were raised to believe that boys and girls are equal. I mean, not everyone. Where I grew up, in Utah…look, I was never that kind of guy who was gonna grab a girl by the arm and say, ‘come, we’re eating here, and I’m ordering you the shrimp’, but, yeah, I mean, the conservative of us still think men should rule the home. Some of those Utah girls wanted to be bossed around.” “You see?” Amir said, “It is not only cultural. It is your personality. Your Dad was probably weak too, did whatever your Mom told him to. Just like you and Nadine.” “Maybe you’re right.” Mark wondered if it was okay to sponsor people you didn’t really like. “Anyway, what did you need to talk about?” “Did I offend you?” “No. Look, I just got to get home, is all. Dagobert’s alone. But I’m happy to talk about what’s bothering you.” “I did offend you. Look, it is okay if you are weak, it’s no problem. Everyone is different. Me?” His fingers spread across his clavicle. “That would be a deal-breaker! If my wife ever bossed me around just because she earns more money than me? It is such a turn-off. Right now, she wants to go to this fancy hotel in Greece, 5000 euros for 5 days. What do I need this fancy shit for? She tells me, Amir, it is my money, let me spend it for you on a nice holiday, but I said no! First of all, it is our money, not yours, and I will not let you waste it.” “You and your wife are fighting again?” “It is only about Salma. If you want to fuck up your life, that is fine. Go do it. But don’t mess with my daughter’s future.” For a moment, the steering wheel became his wife’s neck, and his knuckles went white. “She is so weak when it comes to Salma. I demanded that in this one instance, she do what I want—she knows herself this is the right thing—but she is…she is lazy. She comes home from work and would rather give Salma some chocolate than deal with her tantrums.” “You’re mad because she gave your daughter chocolate?” “Children do not need these gummy bear bullshit things! They are not even aware of them until we give them to them.” He exhaled another milky cloud. “The only thing I expect is that my wife care about Salma’s health. I do not want her getting addicted to candy and the stupid IPads. I don’t want her being like all these other stupid kids who cannot sit still for two seconds.” That up until a year ago Amir had smoked cocaine while driving with Salma strapped in her child’s seat, Mark neglected to point out. “You mentioned in there you feel rock-bottom inside?” “I am fine.” A cloud emerged from his lips as he repeated, “I am fine.” “Well, which is it? A moment ago you shared how terrible you felt, even though all your external circumstances look so wonderful.” “I don’t understand.” Amir growled at the ceiling. “I read the Quran, I pray, I do my religious thing. I have slipped on looking at women, but I have not masturbated in over a year.” The church hulked outside the rear window, looking more and more sinister as the daylight waned. Beneath the wheel window, seated on the steps leading from the arched, wooden doors, two more from their group were engaged in conversation, the seriousness of which was made evident by the frequency and intensity of cigarette drags. Over his ten years of sobriety, such juxtapositions of the sacred and profane had become commonplace, and not often unnoticed. Mark had heard plenty of slogans, too, and one struck him now: churches have become houses for the holy, instead of what they should be: hospitals for the sick. “You’ve tried to stop cocaine on religious observance before, right?” “Religion is what I do to avoid hell,” Amir said. “And I use it to overcome my bad impulses.” “Did it help you stop using cocaine?” Mark didn’t wait for the answer. “Because, why else come to AA? Why supplement it if it worked so well?” Amir’s brow crashed on the steering wheel. “What am I doing wrong?” “You’re doing it on your own will,” said Mark. “It’s all about humility. I mean, I like to think I’m past coming to these meetings, but, when I accept I have to, when I accept—humbly—that I got an addiction…it gets easier, man. That’s the whole crazy thing about all this: we don’t do our program because of—God only knows why—and all we’re doing is robbing ourselves of happiness. Look, prayer and Quran is great and all, but I think your hiding behind religion again.” “I have slipped on my program.” Amir conceded. “I no longer write a gratitude list every day. I don’t call you, my sponsor. I tell myself I’m too busy to go to meetings.” “See how tricky the ego is? It uses religion to prop itself up as holy, doing its typical checklist/trophy thing by ticking off religious observances, all the while trying to do things all by itself, without any help from God!” Mark shrugged. “No wonder you’re having control issues.” “Control issues?” Amir pushed out his lower jaw as he did when thinking. “It is just good parenting that I don’t want Salma to eat unhealthy. Why should she become addicted to sugar when I have the power to keep her from ever eating it?” “Why are you mad at your wife?” Amir held the mouthpiece just before his lips. “Because she is lazy and doesn’t follow through on what we agreed to.” “So you’re mad at her for not doing what she needs to?” “Kind of like how you’re slipping on your program?” Mark grinned. “Hey, its totally common to project what we hate about ourselves on other people. Just…I mean, you think your wife’s giving 90 percent in regards to Salma?” “Is she giving 90 percent with your daughter,” Mark said, “or you think she’s trying her hardest?” They both jumped at the knock on the window, though only Mark relaxed once it could be seen it was Roland. The best dressed as usual in a white Oxford shirt that complimented his recent tan, Roland waved affably—and, yes, daintily—goodbye as he climbed into his Mercedes. “I am telling you, it is a cultural disease.” Amir’s lip curled as he watched Roland’s car reverse. “We do not have these homosexuals in Egypt. It is not right. It makes me uncomfortable being in the room with him.” “Alright, I’m going.” Mark didn’t feel like going down this road again, and Dagobert was home alone. He paused before shutting the door. “Remember: its just like that reading we had in there: humility really might solve most of our problems.” As he watched Amir whirr away in his wife’s Volvo, Mark chastised himself for feeling unduly perspicuous. Whatever help he was able to offer Amir had come from his Higher Power, and not from some past reading of Carl Jung. Besides, as was usually the case in this vexing AA program, the doling out of advice only revealed one’s own deficiencies. Because, the truth was, he hadn’t talked to his own sponsor in months. The truth was, he’d quit believing in the validity of his inner voice, because, if writing truly was what he was supposed to be doing, shouldn’t he have more to show for it by now? Maybe it was time to grow up. Maybe it was time to give up on this stupid dream, to stop spending all that energy writing stories nobody read. It was time to put away childish things, time to be responsible, time to finally start providing. Huddled together like puzzle pieces, the stained glass shards bloomed various colors, the halo atop the crucified savior shining brightest of all, its golden hue increasing in intensity until each pie-shaped slice of the wheel-window burst apart. As the world receded from that prismatic point, he realized in horror it was only the blink of the beast’s eye. Wind tossed about as he gaped at the sky, paralyzed as he was by the illuminated, wing beast that hovered above. Head shaped like a goat, the beast spread its rainbow-colored wings from its furry torso as, not unkindly, it stared back at him. His back slammed the ground. “Don’t look at the gods!” Dad’s legs pinned him to the ground as his hyena eyes twinkled in the darkness above. “Come. We must hurry! I’ve kept all the plaques at home.” Dad helped him to feet and, after two steps, he was in the back of the Ford Explorer, the click-click of the emergency lights all he registered, overdosed as he was, high on enough cough and cold pills to kill a high-school senior. Dad looked back, all the decades and dementia stripped away, his face twisted in concern and all the more youthful for it. “Don’t worry, we’ll get the plaque.” “I’m sorry,” he sobbed. “I always thought you were a loser! I condemned you, hated you for being a failure…but you loved me. All you wanted was the best for me. And now you’re gone! Gone! I’m so sorry!” Outside, the headlights grazed over wind-tossed grass crawling like seaweed atop the darkness. Dad jumped out and bounded up the hill towards the distant lighthouse, fireballs illuminating the coastline that stood poised like so many Irish suicides above the surf-smashed boulders. The lighthouse took two for every step they rushed towards it, growing larger even as it shrunk, its cupola backlit by the Milky Way come closer to Earth for just such an occasion. Dad shouldered the entry and the door crashed against their first home’s hallway. “It’s just down here.” Rushing past his brother playing Nintendo in the living room, Dad paused before the door leading to the garage. He floated past Dad like a phantom, gasoline asphyxiating as he searched the shelves of half-inflated floats and sleeping bags for his plaque. The door opened and he could breath again; gasping, he glanced at his brother draped in the doorframe boasting he had just beaten Bowser. The world shook. When it stopped, a dent in the shape of a giant fist was visible on the garage door. “Got your plaque, James?” “You know it.” His brother held up the proof, his grin matching the boy’s on the photo who pointed towards a painting of a cat hanging on a gallery wall. The garage again trembled, wrenches falling from perforated walls. “And yours?” The door leading to the kitchen rattled. Mark glanced at his hands, but only saw his shoes where he hoped to find the plaque. More banging, more rattling. He glanced up, and the door now had a fissure where golden light leaked through. “They’re here!” Dad shouted. “The gods are returned!” The fist again pounded the garage door. As the Landstrasse meandered along the glowing wheat-fields, Mark reminded himself why he was driving out to Jonathan’s. Because a phone call hasn’t sufficed of late, because the action takes me out of my head, because I’ve never solved a problem by thinking my way out of it. Honestly, he didn’t believe any of these platitudes anymore—he presently hated the dime store wisdom—which was precisely why he was scared enough to drive an hour and a half out of his way on a weekday just to hear what he already knew Jonathan would say. And that would be how expectations of the future got in the way of happiness-in-the-now, how writing was a part of his sobriety, that all that energy spent on soothing the craving was now freed-up for creativity. He would insist Mark enjoy the ride. Wasn’t that just the thing about this spirituality business? If hopes panned out, it was God’s will, and if they didn’t, hey, that was God’s will, too, the necessary tempering of the soul for its Next Great Purpose. While a pinch of doubt might go with the territory, questioning was arrogance—God’s ways remained ever impenetrable. For a while, he’d found Tim Tebow inspiring—not that he was going to advertise Philippians 4: 13 on his eye black or anything, but, if a Higher Power had helped Mark kick heroin, why not other things? Now, however, after some years sober, he could look life square in the eye, could see that sometimes it sucked. No magical thinking of better days or some Great Destiny needed. He had tried some directions, and not all of them had panned out. Why beat himself up for playing in that church-plant’s worship band? Why be embarrassed of that date with the pastor’s daughter—at least the disaster had shown him he could never fit in with the churched. He walked up the driveway, mentally sang. Oh it’s so disarming darling, everything we did believe, is diving, diving, diving, off the balcony. After ditching the Christians, he tried the Eckhart Tolles and other distillers of Eastern Wisdom—their worldviews being better attuned to the multi-cultural, every day—and had meditated with all the fervor of one who might reach Enlightenment with the next, conscious breath. Yet, for all his hopes of integrating rationality with faith, of bringing the awareness the 12 steps had gifted him to society at large, he finally realized spirituality could never be “cool”. Sure, yoga might be trendy, and “mindful” tech-geeks who talked of flow-states increasingly the norm, but while hipster culture might tolerate a serial adulterer finding Enlightenment and remaining unchanged, Mark thought awakening entailed some qualitative change, some fruits of the spirit. So he’d denounced the Autobiography of a Yogi as eloquently written hyperbole, and, after seeing India for himself, denounced Hinduism as primitive drum banging at painted statues. For that matter, why did post-moderns have so little issue with burning sage but were so cynical about exorcism? In any case, he had dumped his fair share of worldviews, so why not this stubborn notion of becoming a published writer as well? Because you’ve dreamed this even before you used to get high. That inner voice was persistent, he’d give it that. Thigh quivering, he withdrew his phone in hopes of finding that email requesting the rest of his manuscript. It was Nadine. Of course. Who else WhatsApped him? Nico said you never came by again. Who’s Nico? The guy from the café! Your possible business partner! No wonder he doesn’t want to— The door opened to a flush-faced Jonathan, his chest free of shirt and glistening in sweat. “You found it.” Being English, Jonathan showed little excitement, a fact Mark had learned not to take personally. He wasn’t wearing his oversized, thick-framed lenses, drawing attention both to his eyes’ tininess and the skin that fell away like melting wax to his disheveled beard. A heavy-breathing object brushed past his jeans and onto the portico. “This must be, uh…” Had Jonathan told him the name? “Your new dog. It’s pretty. What’s the breed again?” “A Weimaraner.” Jonathan rubbed the dog’s neck. “He keeps me busy.” “I remember when you were still scared of the commitment of a dog.” “That’s right, you’ve a dog as well.” Jonathan scratched at his head. “A…gray hound, right?” “Dachshund.” “That’s right. A girl?” “Boy.” Mark glanced up from his massaging of the Weimaraner’s neck. “Name’s Dagobert.” “Well, I was just at a sit down for some tea. I can’t remember if you take yours with milk.” When compounded with his shoulder-length hair and unkempt beard, Jonathan’s slenderness made him appear all the more crazy, a fact which neither his shirtless torso nor tiger-print Chuck Taylor’s did anything to ameliorate. Yet, despite all appearances to the contrary, he was as English as the teatime he never skipped. Mark already felt better. If this dude could manage 20 + years sober, then, well, surely he could. As he’d never been to Jonathan’s before, he inhaled every detail as he followed him to the kitchen. The low ceilings typical of German Altbau made the rooms seem squat, and the few windows created a dearth of natural light fully appropriate against the hallway’s bulging, mahogany carapace. Mark, peaking through a doorframe, found the IKEA furnishings offensive to the elaborate carpentry, though the living room’s leather sofa and Victorian writing table better matched the house’s soul. Surprisingly—and disappointingly—not a single piece of Jonathan’s, either painted or sculpted, was on display. After Mark had twice declined tea (yes, he was sure), he fired off his grievances, Jonathan listening without interruption and with a floral-patterned mug poised before lips. “You could work out a budget with Nadine.” Jonathan shrugged. “Come to an agreement so you could save up same money, if that’s what you wanted, and go on your own trips.” The idea was nice, but Mark avoided the exact figures for a reason: already, his end of the month contributions felt like throwing pebbles in the ocean of debt he could never repay Nadine. The future might have been now—hard to escape the fact Jonathan and Amir both had breadwinning partners—but Nadine expected fifty-fifty on the mortgage: after all, she already paid all the groceries and vacations. “Do you think I should keep writing?” “C’mon, don’t do that!” Face crashed on palms, Mark suddenly lifted his gaze towards Jonathan. “You know, this would never work as a story.” “Not sure I follow.” “There’s no resolution!” Mark exclaimed. “It’s fine to compare life to a book and all, but…what if the next chapter never comes? You say just keep writing, enjoy the journey, but, in a story, that doesn’t work as a resolution. Okay, maybe in literary fiction, but who reads that crap anymore?” “What would resolve it?” “In the story I’d like to live? I get a book deal.” His hands whisked together. “Conflict solved. Catapulted into the next chapter.” Dents popped around the garage-paper-bag from all sides. “Got it!” Gathering the plaque from the trash pile, his smile died prematurely. “What?” “It’s got a crack in it.” Terrified, he saw that Dad was right. Beginning from the top corner, a crack split the wood, very nearly cutting the same red ribbon strung before a Starbucks his photo self was smiling before. Another rumble. “What do I do?!” Fear in their eyes, Dad and brother backed away as if he were contagious. Plaster rained on their shaking heads as a colossal fist pounded the ceiling. “Help me!” He screamed. “I don’t know what to do!” Above, a pool of brilliant light appeared in the middle of the ceiling, and, choice-less, he joined it, staring suddenly at his own, stupid-gazing-self holding the plaque below. In an instant, he returned to his body, more courageous if not fearless. He would just have to meet the gods. The door leading to the kitchen jostled on its hinges, golden light banging behind, scrambling to get in. Ankle-deep in souvenirs that shined like silver, he approached the door. His hand stretched for the knob. Before his finger reached it, the knob twisted of its own accord—turned from the other side—and, ready or not, the door rushed open. Light flooded the room. Mike Dorman is an American ex-patriot who runs his own English training business for corporate clients in Germany. After a near-death scrape in 2009, he embarked, fear of failure and all, on his lifelong dream of publishing novels. He is working on the third installment of his YA fantasy series, currently seeking representation for the first book, and much prefers coffee over tea. 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These cytokines are created as preproteins that want proteolytic cleavage to eliminate the propiece ahead of secretion. IL-1 family are differentially prepared, with IL-1 and IL-18 becoming substrates of caspase-1 as well as the inflammasome and IL-1 becoming cleaved by calpain (19, 41). Mature IL-1 family are secreted from cells, plus they consequently act to start inflammatory signaling on a number of cell types. Unlike IL-1 221244-14-0 supplier and IL-18, pre- and pro-IL-1 are biologically energetic, employing a nuclear localization series (NLS) at proteins 79 to 86 to translocate from your cytoplasm towards the nucleus, where IL-1 enhances the transcription of additional proinflammatory cytokines, such as for example IL-8 (17, 38). Nuclear pre-IL-1 may connect to proteins from the transcriptional equipment, including necdin, GAL4, and histone acetyltransferase (13, 26, 37). It really is now hypothesized that this predominant part of IL-1 is really as an intracellular signaling molecule. Furthermore to IL-1 being truly a nuclear element, translocation of IL-1 towards the nucleus may serve as a way of limiting swelling during necrosis, when pro-IL-1 can work as a danger-associated molecular design (Wet) molecule. Despite the fact that contamination leads to severe inflammation within the sponsor response, has developed numerous systems to temper the host’s inflammatory response (20). Defense evasion molecules employed by are encoded on both chromosome as well as the 70-kDa virulence plasmid (pYv). Certain strains of encode three unique type three secretion systems (TTSS), including chromosomal and flagellar TTSS, however the best-studied Rabbit Polyclonal to A4GNT immune system modulating systems are from the pYv-encoded TTSS and connected effector protein (18, 24, 40). TTSS enable to straight secrete effector protein from the bacterias straight into the cytoplasm of sponsor cells. The TTSS effector proteins referred to as Yops are enzymes that imitate sponsor proteins such as for example phosphatases, kinases, GTPase-activating proteins (Spaces), acetylases, and proteases that effect sponsor cell physiology by disrupting transmission transduction pathways as well as the cytoskeleton 221244-14-0 supplier (18). YopP (YopJ in and contamination, deletion of YopP includes a measurable effect on virulence, nonetheless it is usually not an important virulence element in the extremely mouse virulent serogroup 0::8 strains (36). Contamination of human being epithelial cells with prospects towards 221244-14-0 supplier the secretion of IL-8, and pursuing contamination in the mouse model, there’s a rapid upsurge in the mouse IL-8 homologues KC and Mip-1 (28). Recently, it was proven that throughout a infections, IL-8 creation was reliant on pre-IL-1 intracellular signaling (17). Predicated on these observations, we looked into the hypothesis that pre-IL-1 was accountable or partially in charge of the IL-8 noticed after infections of epithelial cells which pre-IL-1 intracellular signaling may be a focus on for strains. 221244-14-0 supplier Rabbit Polyclonal to A4GNT Estrogen-mediated neuroprotection is usually seen in neurodegenerative disease and neurotrauama choices; Oseltamivir and peramivir are getting considered for mixture treatment of serious	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line23
__label__wiki	0.777051	0.777051	“Made In China” Starts Rolling, Feat Rajkummar Rao and Mouni Roy The successful team of Stree – Actor Rajkummar Rao and Producer Dinesh Vijan has already kick-started the shooting of Made In China, also starring Mouni Roy and Boman Irani. The entire cast and crew of Made In China, which includes Rajkummar Rao, Boman Irani and Mouni Roy along with filmmaker Mikhil Musale have started the shoot of Made In China in Ahmedabad. The official handle of Maddock Films shared this information on social media. It said, “A new beginning. #MadeInChina starts filming today. Mark the date, releases on 15th August, 2019! #DineshVijan @PVijan @RajkummarRao @Roymouni @bomanirani @MusaleMikhil” The film will release on 15th August 2019, so mark your dates! The Omerta star will play a struggling Gujarati businessman, who sets on a journey to China in order to make his business flourish. The hilarious journey and several lessons leave Rajkummar a successful entrepreneur. As the title suggests, it will be majorly shot in China with parts being shot in Ahmedabad. The film will be directed by Mikhil Musale, who won a National Award for his 2016 drama-thriller ‘Wrong Side Raju’. Rajkummar Rao was last seen in Stree, also starring Shraddha Kapoor in the lead. This movie marks the second outing of Mouni Roy after Gold with Akshay Kumar.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line28
__label__cc	0.690663	0.309337	Real Men Don't Use Scissors Hello again! We're going to start things off with this helpful and insightful grinder tip that seems to surprise students at times. When using a grinder the water in the tray will eventually need to be replaced. Some of it sprays out while you are grinding and a lot of it leaves the grinder by clinging to the piece of glass you've just ground and removed from the grinder. With all of this water leaving the grinder you have to remember to keep adding water so it's high enough to make a small twist of water at the bottom edge of the wheel while it is spinning. It not only keeps the wheel sharp but it also allows the grinding head to cut into your glass quicker and more effectively. A dry grinder will always slow you down. And lastly, just because you filled the grinder with water 15 minutes ago doesn't mean that you won't need to add water to it again shortly. Ok, so we're going to start things off this week by looking at Jeanne's Tiger LSU Window. Where's the LSU? Look at the center stripes and you'll see it hidden away in plain view almost like a subliminal message. Jeanne did a great job on this with a very minimal amount of help. Linda F's Scrap Glass Owl turned out perfect as well. This large suncatcher helps prove that colors (although important) need not be the focal point of your window. Who would ever think to use red, white, and purple in an owl's feathers? Look below and that's what you'll find. Although the colors are abstract at times, the owl is instantly recognizable. Great stained glass windows are a combination of good design and a good use of color. This is both. It's stained glass and color is something that you might want to run with from time to time. Be daring! Linda L's last Santa Window is completed leaving her with a new set of three windows to start. She knows what she's doing already and you'll see just what that is when you get a little further down in this post. This window has nice, even lead lines and beautiful soldering which gets Linda two thumbs up from me. Merry Christmas! Let's stay on the Christmas theme here and move along to Sue's two mirror image Candy Canes. One was completed last week and the second completed this week. Together they sure make a nice pair for decorating. We've added some wire along the bottom of the Candy Canes to make sure they don't fold in half while being handled because straight lines and stained glass never mix well together. However, the problem was averted before these were even finished so now Sue is ready to do her decorating with them. This is the last of the Christmas Decorations that we're featuring this week and this one belongs to Mary Grace. This is the second in a set of three Tree's that she's making as Lawn Ornaments. This one looks fantastic and as you'll see down below (if you keep reading) Mary Grace has her third tree all cut out and ready to be ground. Charlie came in with a hand mirror all cut out and ground save for the mirror itself. He wrapped all the pieces, tacked them together and the we cut the mirror to fit opening that Charlie left when he tacked it together. The mirror fit perfectly the first time it was ground and then he wrapped it, tacked it into place and soldered both sides of his mirror before class was finished. The end result is this completed hand mirror which is spectacular if I may say so myself. In the last of our completed projects, Janet managed to put together her latest Bee Lawn Ornament and now she's officially a pro at making these. I think I'll let her teach the other students how to bend the wings and the body the next time someone else decides to do one! Poor Brenda just can't seem to get away from these Tiger De Lis'. Every time I turn around she has another one started on her work board. The good thing is that these pretty much fall together for her now. But after making five or six of them I'd expect nothing less! Betty's been busy finishing up her LSU Tiger Claw Window and only has the back side left to solder on that project. She also has two more Snowmen cut out and now they're both ground as well. Someone is going to be finishing quite a few projects very shortly and that someone's name starts with the letter 'B'. And Ann now has all of her Rose Bud Window ground. She wants to add a double border to this and once it's wrapped and tacked together the borders will go on quickly. The color that Ann picked for the bud really gives this window a completely different look from it's 'predecessors'. I won't be surprised to see borders get attached to this when we see it next. Becky S has been bust cutting away at glass and will have at the very least a garland of roses once she gets all of these flowers assembled. Then for good measure she's got a few butterflies in the works as well. I know someone who is keeping VERY busy! Linda's latest project is shaping up to be a winner. The original design for this Ship In a Bottle called for the ship to be made as a single piece and the bottle as a secondary solid piece of glass that would be tacked on top of the ship. My problem with this approach is that water and chemicals always get caught between the glass and since the front piece would be clear, build up is a very real problem. Our solution is to simply cut the bottle around the ship. The design practically lends itself to this approach with only one difficult cut. With just one night of work Linda is making this look downright easy! Linda L is fast becoming our student who always works in triplicate! She's done three Pumpkin Panels, three Santa Panels and now she's working on three Mardi Gras Mask Panels. They all slide into metal frameworks that make changing the design easy so Linda is making multiple sets to change things up for each of the holidays. These masks are the most challenging panels she's yet to make due to the number of pieces but as you can see she's cut through this one about as quickly as possible. Jeannette squared up her window and got the background glass cut and tacked into place just before adding her final border. Although they look similar, the purple border on the diamond section differs slightly from the purple border on the border that finishes off the window. You may not see it now but you certainly will when you see it lit up. Once that final border is attached all Jeannette needs to do is begin soldering this project. Well, Bonnie not only added a background to her Rose Bud and Stem Window-- she also added a border as well! There was some creative finagling going down with this project but no one would ever suspect a thing. And I'll never tell! This will be completed before you know it. Have you recognized the rose bud? Yep, it's a variation of the window that Ann is currently making and that Janet and Becky have made in the past. Vickie is moving quickly in class even though she's our newest student. This is the Fleur De Lis that she decided to make and this is what she accomplished in just two classes. The FDL portion has been cut and tacked together and she has the background cut and ground now. That means that this will be ready for a border when she comes back in. I call that working at top speed. When life hands you lemons, make lemon-aid! That's what Martha did this week as she cut and ground the glass for the lemon portion of her Seafood Window. She's meticulously picked out perfect glass for it and has even opted to use the rough side of the glass as the front side to give her window a little more texture. Gale has begun working on this Owl Window which I know is going to turn out great. I love the small overhangs of the branch and the Owl's tail feathers that reach into the background glass. It means that she'll need to grind using the small grinding wheel but the end result will be very much worth it. Sue started working on this Santa Face that she found online and then printed out. The picture is slightly out of kilter but we'll address that once we cut the background and the borders. As it stands this Santa is looking wonderful. And here's the third Christmas Tree Lawn Ornament that Mary Grace is working on. It's identical to the first two save for the texture of the green glass that she's used. This just needs to be ground and then she can fit the red globs into place. Next we have Cindy who resumed work on her LSU Tiger Stripe Fleur De Lis Window and is (as always) grinding as she goes along. It's a method that works for her and that's fine with me as long as the quality of the work doesn't suffer-- and Cindy's work doesn't suffer for it. I just don't recommend this practice to beginning students because it limits your ability to make adjustments on the fly without re-cutting. I was hoping that we'd see Shelley's Aquatic Window completed this week but we had a number of run thru's (lead that flows between the glass from the back side to the front side) that kept us from washing and coloring this mammoth window. Rest assured that it's 100% completed now (except for it's bath) and that you'll surely see it lit up in our next update. Lastly we have Terry who was working on something else while she was tweaking her LA/Tiger pattern but I can't recall what it was! I obviously didn't get a picture of it or I would have that to jog my memory, but I do have a picture of her Tiger which is a lot easier to see than it was in our last update so I'll just post this here and apologize to her when I see her next week. And that's what happened during our first week of classes in November. My memory of some of these events is a bit blurry but I think I've properly matched each of the photo's to the students who were working on them. But I'm not beyond being wrong on that... Hookin' Me Up Alright, it's been a while but we're officially back on track. Between moving, going on a vacation to Rome and Greece, and not having internet on on my computer, I'll be the first to admit that it's taken me some time to get things together here. To be perfectly honest I'm not even sure how far behind I am but these pictures were taken during the last week of October so let's start there. Let's start with Brenda who completed her LSU Tiger De Lis Window. I have to say that her soldering was nothing short of perfection as not one touch up needed to be done on this. She was concerned since the final purple border wasn't a perfect match to the rest of the purple but the SLIGHT shift in contrast is something that I always try to achieve in my own work. Since the corner Fleur De Lis sections are purple which butt against the purple border, the subtle color variation prevented the colors from bleeding into one another. This separation makes the FDL corners stand out rather than just become one blob of purple. Sometimes we learn great things through our 'mistakes'. Linda L finished the first of her three Santa Windows and look how great this first one turned out. This is a another project that didn't need any touching up at all with the soldering. In fact, Linda cut and attached the borders while she was at home. Now that's what I call an accomplished student. Paula's Hurricanes Window is officially finished. The two different whites work perfectly together (like the purples in Brenda's Window) but it's the lettering that really impressed me with this window. Paula is always ready to tackle a challenge whether it's small pieces of glass that have to fit together just right, or foiling someone else's window as she's waiting for her patina to 'dry'! This is another great job by Paula. Cindy completed this four sided butterfly spinner and did a great job on it. You just make four sets of wings and assemble them together with one wing facing at the 12 o'clock position, another at the 3 o'clock position, another at the 6 o'clock position and the final wing pointing at the 9 o'clock position. It sounds confusing but I think the two pictures at different angles explain it all. Cindy went with two different color combinations for the wings so as it spins you'll actually see two different butterflies. Carol made this FDL Window at home and brought it in for some brass channel, some hooks, and it's closeup for the blog. The soldering was perfect (as always) and Carol has yet another window under her belt. Terry wrapped up the work on her flowing Cross design and made short work of it at that. She used 5 bevels in the cross to make this sparkle when the light hits it. It's geometrically and symmetrically perfect but we're used to that from Terry, aren't we? Betty has a first here as she made an old snowman pattern come back to life. It's been years since this Snowman has been made and Betty learned that to make it you actually assemble the snowman, the holly leaves, and the bow as four separate suncatchers. Once they are all completed (soldered, washed and waxed) they are soldered on top of the Snowman to make one final suncatcher. After that we paint on a face and call him Frosty! Betty also completed 4 more Angel nightlights bringing the grand total of Angels to 27 (or so.) That's a lot of wings and Halo's! And speaking of halo's, Betty twisted her own wire to make the halo's on these (final?) four Angels. It's a little tricky but in the end it's kind of fun to do. Janet completed another Butterfly and from start to finish she needed no help at all. Next week she wants to take home three stakes which makes me think that she has three more of these ready to be put together. She's wasting no time at all on these and doing a terrific job. Vickie got all of the copper wire tinned with lead and then cut and spun them around a sharpie marker to make the antennae/hook for her ten completed butterflies. I'd show you all ten but I think that might be a little redundant especially since they all share the same color scheme. Vickie did a great job on these and is ready to tackle another project when she come back in to class. Ann has turned into a regular cutting machine. She has all of her Rosebud Window cut out and ready for the grinder. The pink/champagne class was a very tough glass to cut but Ann got it all out with glass to spare. Sometimes glass is just difficult to cut and this was definitely one of those times. And then, as if to add insult to injury, her background glass didn't want to cooperate either. But again, Ann persevered and put that glass into its place on her pattern. And Becky S is becoming a 3D rose expert because she has at least 3 more of these traced out and ready to be cut. Here's a look at some of the yellow glass that she chose to use. You can see that she has most of the the glass cut with only a few left to be separated. Bonnie has all of her Rosebud With Stem window all cut out and it's got a wonderful flow to it. She requested that it 'pop' out of the background glass and into the border which is an effect I've always loved. I'm pretty sure that this will gain a background when you next see it. Carol also completed another of her bevel inserts while in class and plans on bringing them all back (once they are all completed) so we can get better pictures of them and assemble them correctly for you to look at. Charlie now has one Bird Of Paradise Window completely ground and is just about ready to start grinding the second mirror image match to this one. He's begun wrapping this one but if he wants to box this and resume grinding on the second window there would be nothing wrong with that. Come back next week and see what Charlie decides to do next. Cindy started working on cutting out glass for her version of Brenda's Tiger Fleur De Lis Window and she's moving along nicely. She's gotten the trickiest cuts (the L, S, and U) out of the way first but there's still a lot of stripes to do. But things like that never scare Cindy away. Jeannette began working on her Grapes, Wine and Cross Window and has really done an amazing amount of work on it in just one class. She's got the majority of it cut out AND she has it ground as well! I have to say that Jeannette has really hit her stride on this window because I can't imagine anyone moving any faster unless the quality of the work were sacrificed. Linda F has just about all but the final touches completed on this beautiful Owl Suncatcher. With just the final edging to go I know that we'll see this completed when she comes back in the door. This owl is set to fly the coop. Mary Grace has one Christmas Tree under her belt and a second one almost there. She spent most of her time grinding the tree and then on fitting the red globs into her pattern. Working one at a time she got them all fitted into place in a reasonable amount of time. Perfect fits are important here because without that we end up with a lot of lead around the beads. Mary Grace is really getting the hang of this now. Natalie continued working on her Pelican Window and now that all of the glass is cut for the bird itself she's set to start grinding when she comes back in. Her colors look great and I think this widow will be spectacular when it's finished. Rowena has two panels almost completely cut out for her series of five inserts. Her last series based on this pattern totaled six windows but this set that she's working on has one longer section across the top that we've redesigned for this window. Rowena wanted a Humming Bird and a flower in the top section but we needed it to line up with the original panels or the leaves wouldn't flow correctly. And as you can see from the pattern, we've succeeded wonderfully. Shelley got the second side of her Aquatic Window completed and it's looking perfect. She has a few runs thru's on the front side that will need to be straightened out before she can color this and wash it but that will hopefully be handled during her next class. Hopefully this will be completed next week. Sue resumed work on her large Candy Cane Suncatcher and started a second mirror image version as well. With one completely soldered and the second one ready to be wrapped I'd say that these two projects are just about behind her and ready to be hung. Our other (original) Susan worked on soldering her Tiger Window and made a conscious decision to apply less solder than she normally would and it paid off in spades. This window will be completed when she comes back in because all it really needs are a few more lead lines, a bath, and some patina to finish it off. And speaking of tigers, Terry 's got her Tiger/Louisiana window pattern just about all worked out and will begin cutting glass on this project next week. Though it's hard to see, there's a lot of detail in that tiger face and you WILL see that once the glass is cut for it. So that wraps up the month of October save for the two Weekend Workshops that we held. Those will be coming along shortly along with two other normal class posts which should bring us up to date. Mark my words when I tell you that you'll be hearing again from us sooner than ever! Posted by Bayou Salé GlassWorks at 11:46 PM 1 comment:	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line33
__label__cc	0.635375	0.364625	Mobile Solar Pvs Can Now Replace Diesel Generators for Disaster Relief and Military Operations Published on October 16, 2018 by Daryl James off grid inverter Diesel generators as a temporary power supply for military operations, disaster relief efforts and music festivals could soon be replaced by mobile solar PVs. An Australian-made innovation, CROSS is a factory assembled, a relocatable solar array that has been developed to reduce the logistics challenges associated with deploying solar PV generators. Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has announced $289,725 in funding for Canberra-based ECLIPS Engineering to design, manufacture and test its rapidly deployable Container Roll Out Solar Panel System (CROSS). This is on behalf of the Australian government. Designed to fit inside a standard shipping container, the CROSS units can be stacked up to seven units high. The system also come available in 20ft and 40ft configurations, with a maximum output of 2,175W and 4,350W delivered in minutes ready for connection to an off grid inverter. The $703,468 total project opens up markets not previously available to the renewables industry, including defense, disaster recovery, humanitarian, construction and temporary network augmentation. “CROSS units can be deployed in off-grid and fringe-of-grid areas, displace or offset diesel consumption and improve the security of existing networks,” ARENA CEO Ivor Frischknecht said. “These renewable options can reduce some of the barriers to entry for potential renewable power users in remote locations, including short project durations and where power systems need to be periodically relocated,” Mr. Frischknecht said. Roll-Out-Solar-SystemRoll-Out-Solar-System “Renewable energy can provide an emissions-free, silent energy system that could replace diesel generators in the long run.” Managing Director of ECLIPS Shaun Moore said that the main purpose of CROSS was to improve power self-sufficiency for defense. “One of our early objectives was to provide rapidly deployable utility-scale PV generators to improve the self-sufficiency of Defence’s deployed forward operating bases. Diesel consumption related to the provision of electricity can account for up to 70% of deployed forces’ fuel usage and is a significant cost driver. More importantly, deploying CROSS to forward operating bases also reduces the frequency of convoys for fuel resupply, which reduces the threat to soldiers in contested environments. “These same logistics efficiencies and benefits are transferable to commercial and utility customers in remote areas of Australia,” he said. News off grid inverter Ways to Buy Online Cardboard Tubes for Packaging Purposes Online at Best Prices? TIPS YOU NEED TO ENSURE PROPER LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE Attic Conversions to Add Extra Space Previous Previous post: How To Hire An Expert To Level Up Your Ecommerce Store SEO Next Next post: GABRIEL ART PRINT	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line34
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__label__wiki	0.982414	0.982414	The Gallery is closed until further notice. For programming updates, please sign up to our Newsletter (link at bottom of this page). The More Things Change... Reflections on 40 years of the Centre for Art Tapes Timeline Exhibitions and Events Find Us First Features 18 January – 31 May, 2017 Curated by Ron Foley MacDonald Film still from The Second Awakening of Christa Klages, dir. Margarethe von Trotta, 1978. Some directors arrive fully formed on their debut features. Others never recover. In this survey of first features, we begin with one of the greatest motion pictures of all time, Citizen Kane, and then progress to more contemporary times where some directors—Duncan Tucker and Transamerica, for example—disappear from the scene after tackling some exceptional subject matter. Female directors and stories of gender determination dominate more modern times; Art House staple directors such as Lars von Trier (The Element of Crime) and Andrei Tarkovsky (Ivan’s Childhood) help anchor the series to the traditions of ‘serious’ cinema, while other directors’ debuts mark them for ‘serious’ Hollywood success. SCREENINGS WEDNESDAYS AT 8 PM 18 January - Citizen Kane Orson Welles, USA, 1941, 119 minutes. Orson Welles’ debut—made in his mid-twenties—still remains one of the most talked about films ever. The thinly disguised bio of newspaper baron William Randolph Hearst, Citizen Kane sports complex timelines, expressionist cinematography, and bravura acting. 25 January - The White Sheik Federico Fellini, Italy, 1951, 86 minutes. The great filmmaker behind La Dolce Vita and 8 1/2 made his solo-directing debut with this mild mannered comedy about a trip to Rome by a family from the sticks, complete with an obsession with a washed up film star. Michelangelo Antonioni co-wrote the original story and the script. 1 February - Fear and Desire Stanley Kubrick, USA, 1953, 62 minutes. Long unavailable, Kubrick’s debut is an unorthodox war story that prefigures all of his subsequent work. Also on the bill is his 30-minute documentary on the Seafarers International Union, which mentions Halifax. 8 February - Ivan’s Childhood Andrei Tarkovsky, USSR, 1962, 87 minutes. Co-winner of the Grand Jury Prize at Cannes, Tarkovsky’s debut feature is a dream-like story of a very young Russian partisan during the depths of World War Two. 15 February - Sebastiane Derek Jarman, UK, 1976, 89 minutes. One of the first LGBT films—and perhaps the only one in Latin—Jarman’s debut re-creates the world of ancient Rome and the titular Saint—martyred, famously, by a run of arrows. 22 February - The Second Awakening of Christa Klages Margarethe von Trotta, West Germany, 1978, 93 minutes. A key film of the New German Filmmakers movement, von Trotta’s first solo feature tells the story of a woman—radicalized when her daycare is closed—who robs a bank for money to keep the daycare open. 1 March - My Brilliant Career Gillian Armstrong, Australia, 1979, 100 minutes. One of the signature films of Australia’s great 1970s film revival, the incandescent Judy Davis stars as an unconventional woman struggling to make her mark in a repressive post-Victorian society. 8 March – The Element of Crime Lars von Trier, Denmark, 1984, 104 minutes. The maverick Scandinavian director (Breaking the Waves, Melancholia) delivered a stylized detective story for his first feature, full of plot twists and heavy on dank cinematic atmosphere. 15 March - My American Cousin Sandy Wilson, Canada, 1985, 89 minutes. This Canadian autobiographical classic directly addresses the differences between us and our southern neighbours, written and directed by the West Coast’s most prominent female director Sandy Wilson. 22 March - The Seventh Continent Michel Haneke, Austria/France/Germany, 1989, 108 minutes. Haneke’s (The White Ribbon, Caché, Amour) first theatrically distributed film details the tale of an average family whose final shocking act explores the nature of violence. 29 March - I Shot Andy Warhol Mary Harron, USA/UK, 1996, 103 minutes. Lily Taylor stars as Valerie Solanis, the woman who actually shot Andy Warhol the day after Bobby Kennedy was assassinated in 1968. Mary Harron’s film is full of mordant wit, spot-on art direction, and assured performances. 5 April - Smoke Signals Chris Eyre, USA, 1998, 89 minutes. The first feature written and directed by North American Indigenous filmmakers, Smoke Signals is a wry, subversive comedy about daily life on a reserve, penned by the legendary Sherman Alexie. Canadian Adam Beach stars. 12 April - The Virgin Suicides Sophia Coppola, USA, 1999, 97 minutes. Jeffrey Eugenides’s cult novel about untouchable suburban sisters came to the screen via this remarkable debut feature from Sophia Coppola, daughter of Francis Ford Coppola. James Woods and Kathleen Turner star, with a Sloan song on the soundtrack. 19 April - Me and You and Everyone We Know Miranda July, USA, 2005, 92 minutes. Idiosyncratic artist and writer Miranda July’s first feature is the story of a quirky couple trying to make it in an unforgiving world. July plays the wife. Closed for exhibition installation 24 April to 5 May. 10 May - Transamerica Duncan Tucker, USA, 2005, 103 minutes. Felicity Huffman and Kevin Zegers star as an unlikely parent-and-offspring duo on a cross-country trip where identities—sexual and otherwise—are in a constant flux. 17 May - Submarine Richard Ayoade, UK, 2010, 97 minutes. Afro-British comic, writer, and director Ayoade’s first feature is an absurdist coming-of-age drama defined by landscape and attitude, full of unexpected plot twists and rampant humour. 24 May - Fruitvale Station Ryan Coogler, USA, 2013, 87 minutes. Michael B. Jordan plays Oscar Grant III in this true story about the death of the young black San Francisco Bay Area transit rider. Jordan would go on to star in—and Coogler direct—Creed, the critically acclaimed and financially successful revitalization of the Rocky franchise. 31 May - A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night Ana Lily Amirpour, USA, 2014, 100 minutes. Shot in Los Angeles but set in Iran, A Girl Walks Home... is part vampire flick, part Spaghetti Western, and part art film. 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__label__wiki	0.660663	0.660663	ARTMS’ QUANTM Irradiation SystemTM to be featured at two international conferences in September ARTMS invited presentations in September Vancouver, September 24, 2018 /BusinessWire/ — ARTMS Products, Inc. announced today that it has been invited to present at the National Nuclear Security Administration’s 2018 Mo-99 Topical Meeting on Tuesday, September 25th and the Third International Symposium on Technetium and other Radiometals in Chemistry and Medicine on Thursday, September 27th. Lead manufacturing engineer, Mr. Joel Kumlin, will present at the 2018 Mo-99 Topical Meeting in Knoxville, TN, during Session 7, Production Projects and Technologies II, at 13:00EDT on September 25th. Mr. Kumlin will be discussing progress on implementation of the ARTMS QUANTM Irradiation SystemTM for producing technetium-99m. The QISTM combines local production control and a cost-effective, easy-to-use solid target system for the production of Tc-99m on most cyclotron systems. ARTMS recently announced that the QISTM received CE mark approval and has been installed in a number of countries throughout the world. ARTMS also announced that Dr. Paul Schaffer, CTO, has been invited to present at the Third International Symposium on Technetium and other Radiometals in Chemistry and Medicine in Bressanone, Italy during Scientific Session C at 15:35CEST on September 27th. Dr. Schaffer will be discussing advances in QISTM for producing high-value radioisotopes, such as Tc-99m, Ga-68, Zr-89 and Cu-64. About 2018 Mo-99 Topical Meeting The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) NNSA manages the 2018 Mo-99 Topical Meeting, taking place in Knoxville, Tennessee from September 23-26, 2018. The meeting allows policy and technical experts to present progress on the production of Mo-99 (Tc-99m) without the use of HEU in support of non-proliferation objectives and global supply reliability. About TERACHEM 2018 The Third International Symposium on Technetium and other Radiometals in Chemistry and Medicine (TERACHEM) will feature invited lectures and presentations on the development of medically relevant radiometals and their application in chemistry, radiopharmacy and nuclear medicine. About ARTMS Based in Vancouver, British Columbia, ARTMS is a leader in the commercialization of novel technologies and products which enable the production of the world’s most-used diagnostic imaging isotope, technetium‐99m (Tc‐99m), using medical cyclotrons. ARTMS holds the exclusive global commercialization rights to this award-winning and proprietary Canadian invention which addresses these challenges and offers the prospect of revolutionizing the nuclear medicine industry. For more information on ARTMS and the QUANTM Irradiation System™, please follow us on Twitter @Quantm99, LinkedIn or http://artms.ca/ Contact: Dr. Michael Cross – cross@artms.ca PrevPreviousQUANTM Irradiation System™ Earns CE Mark Approval NextARTMS/Odense University Hospital to Present Solid Target Gallium-68 Production Record at European Association of Nuclear MedicineNext	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line38
__label__cc	0.591594	0.408406	Home > People > Armed Forces Veterans > Roll of Honour -WW1 > Frederick Clements > Frederick Clements WWI Roll of Honour By Lynette Wray Military History: Regiment: Royal West Sussex Regiment (previously RWS Home Counties Division) 202006, (previously T/4144) Date of Enlisting: Cemetery/ Memorial: UK Cemetery/Memorial: St Mary’s Church Ashwell Roll of Honour Frederick enlisted on 8th September 1914 with the (Queen’s) Royal West Surrey, 2/4th Territorial Force, Regimental Number T/4144, which became part of the Home Counties Division. When Frederick were mobilised for war he was transferred to the 160th Brigade of the 53rd Division, Regimental Number 202006, and landed at Gallipoli on 9th August 1915. Due to extremely heavy casualties from combat, disease and harsh weather the Division was evacuated. They then went on to fight in the Palestine Campaign during 1916 and 1917. In June of 1918 they were deployed to the Western Front, France and Belgium and ended the war there near Courtrai in Belgium. Frederick was awarded the British War Medal, the Victory Medal and the Silver War Badge. Frederick survived the war and died on 12th October 1948. He is commemorated on the St Mary’s Church Ashwell Roll of Honour. Date of Birth: c1887 Birth Place: Ashwell, Hertfordshire Residence: Ashwell, Hertfordshire Marriage: (1) 18.8.1928, (2) 2nd quarter 1942 Frederick was born in Ashwell, Hertfordshire c1887 the only son of Mark and Maryann (nee Oyston) Clements. He was a pupil at the Merchant Taylors School in Ashwell. The 1911 census shows him as a farm labourer. Frederick married Mary Sears (nee Goss) on 18th August 1928. It is not known if they had children. Mary died in December 1938. Frederick then married Joan Constance Doreen Skirman in the 2nd quarter of 1942. They had three children, Frederick John, Colin Mark and Eileen Joan. Frederick died on the 12th October 1948 at Flint Cottages, Ashwell, Hertfordshire. Ashwell, Hertfordshire Enlistment Place: Royal West Sussex Battalion: 160th Brigade 53rd Division (2/4th Territorial Force) Regimental Number: (T/4144) Type of Casualty: Theatre of War: Balkans: Gallipoli, Palestine, Western Front: France and Belguim Roll of Honour -WW1 Reginald George Clark Walter Henry Clark Charles William Clements Harold Christopher Clements Herbert George Clements Cyril (Sonny) Markham John Collins	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line39
__label__cc	0.661897	0.338103	Tanzania Missions February 2008 Category: Tanzania Missions Our trip to Tanzania was long overdue. Allen Wells and I had looked forward to this for months and it was with great anticipation that we boarded the plane to Dar Re Salaam and then onto Kilimanjaro. I had first met Ps Norbert two years earlier while on Mission in Kenya and he had willingly agreed to take on the role as our mission"s representative in this vibrant yet poor country. I went there to see the progress of Moriel Missions Tanzania, now an official government Non Profit organization, and I was really impressed with the progress under Norbert"s leadership. Our first day was a trip to the Moriel HQ. 20 acres of land given freely by the Tanzania government is being developed into a mission station that now has a school for vocational and biblical training. The journey there was not easy and everyone winced as the underside of the vehicle was scraped by the terrain and the exhaust almost ripped off. The 30 kms took nearly two hours to travel in the blistering heat with seemingly no air. One of my duties was to give certificates to the hard working students most of who are orphans. Here they learn agriculture, computer skills, tailoring, English studies and biblical studies. The presentation of the certificates was made at the church run by Ps Nelson, a lovely man of God. Not only is the land being developed for growing but a mill has been purchased that strips the maize kernel from the husk and then over to the milling machine for flour production. The Moriel land is next door to a village and the ladies have formed a cooperation that helps one another with the milling as well as funding a mini credit union for the poorest amongst them. As well as crops, it is hoped that they can raise cattle, goats and chickens to feed the growing number of orphans and widows. A cattle shed has already been erected and we hope to be able to encourage donations of animals for the upkeep of this needy community. ‚ One of the nicer duties was to pray for the local pastors and leaders so that they could be set aside as ministers of the gospel with Moriel. Although we are not a credential giving mission (most of us are wit CMFI) it was with a sense of occasion that we were able to set these men aside. The final act of our time on site was to meet with the government and villagers who expressed their support for our work. The next visit of the day was to a village down the road where Moriel supports a substantial orphans and widows project. The local community has given us 2 acres of land to develop and although we could not get to see the land due to the rains and road conditions, Norbert’s vision for the place is truly wonderful. Most of the people here were Masai and it was heartwarming to be received with song by both widows and children. The next day we were to set off to Tabora were Moriel has churches plus a radio program that reaches over 2 million people on Radio Tabora. The ministry here is struggling to pay the $160 per month it takes to host the show and it is our hope that a sponsor may be found very soon so we can preach the gospel and broadcast some good bible teachings from the likes of Jacob. Unfortunately we could not arrange transport to this area (about 10 hours by car) So the next day we were taken to another remote region to visit a Masai village. Our purpose was to undertake house to house evangelism and to set aside the villages Pastor of our Moriel church. The road to the village was even worse. At one time we had to get out and push the vehicle that had got stuck in mud. The local farmer was not happy as we had to push onto his land and his Panga looked very menacing. Most of us got covered in mud but eventually we were free to go on with our journey. The village was made up of simple mud and straw huts. This village had no power, no running water. The people collected orange rainwater that had collected in wheel ruts on the dirt road. They used this water for washing, cooking and drinking. Theirs is a desperate situation. Infant mortality is high, HIV infection growing and the children looked to be malnourished and sickly with opportunistic diseases evident. But despite the lack of water and desperation we were welcomed from house to house to share the gospel and not only was there a lot of interest among the majority of pagans but we had the honor of leading one Masai lady to Christ. The afternoon ended with a meeting at the church tent. The pastor has built a wonderful construction paid with donations of wood and material from Moriel. The praise and worship was awesome and it was great to lay hands on the new pastor. The ladies of the church came and gave us food at the end of rice and beef. However, even though it tasted great we couldn’t bear to eat it with so many hungry children looking on and so we asked could the food be taken and shared amongst the children. Our next trip was to the church of Ps George. Ps George, his wife and 5 children were in a desperate situation. There small congregation are so poor they cannot support even the building. Ps Georges house costs $20pm and the Church also $20pm. In fact they were on the verge of being kicked out penniless onto the streets. At this church we preached the gospel and also were introduced to government leaders. Ps George and his family are good people. We enjoyed their fellowship and hospitality and despite the desperation, they never complained once but were in fact so passionate about the Lord that you sensed they would have it no other way. So what did we learn and what are our recommendations for your prayer? We are amazed at what has been done in such a short time by Norbert and his team. They are to be commended for their vision and energy While at the Moriel HQ we met a retired nurse whose vision it is to set up a mobile medical clinic. This is desperately needed and could save the lives of many children. The following link is to a USA company that could supply the ideal vehicle ‚ for the kind of terrain at a cost estimated at $7000 with transport to Kenya and fitting of back box Clean water is an issue. The people are desperate. Energy is an issue. We could easily set up a solar station that could serve the village. Pastors if they are to travel and preach the gospel and look after their families need some source of income. Even if it’s only a monthly gift to pay the house and church rent. This could be done by creating a ministers account administered by the Moriel Tanzanian board to help out when needed. Equipment such as sewing machines, electrical generators and of course animals are needed. All this takes money and of course the expertise to implement these things. But I am sure that this is doable and that through these measures we could see the sustainable growth of this ministry that blessed our hearts during this brief visit. I will be going with Jacob in June and I pray that in the meantime the Lord will burden hearts to enable us to help Moriel Tanzania to reach the Pagan people of the Masai with the gospel of Jesus Christ and to save the lives of countless children. "We also had the privelidge to meet our Kenya administrator PS Moses who came with John his board member and also our new admin for Rwanda, Burundi and DRC Ps Deo. PS Moses relayed the aweful events in Kenya and how Moriel is helping feed and meet the needs of some of the 600,000 people displaced through ethnic violence. Please pray for the brethren there who are being stretched to the limit. PS Deo comes from a country that after the aweful ethnic cleansing is having a new start. He related how the Lord is working and the planting ofr churches is going ahead. We hope to visit Rwanda in the future". In Jesus Director Moriel Missions	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line44
__label__cc	0.742514	0.257486	Autumn in Bangkok II Following Autumn in Bangkok I Monday, September 8, 2003 [NB] NEWNES: 1157: Richard Coeur de Lion born. 1760: Montreal capitulated to the British. 1909: Colonel Cody, aviator, remained in the air for the British record time of one hour. 1933: King Faisal of Iraq died. () Wescott: SERAPHINA SFORZA The Count of Urbino's daughter, married to Alexander, Lord of Pistoia. It was a happy marriage for a year or two; but Alexander fell in love with a lady most unsuitably named Pacifica, and put his wife out of the house. She took refuge in a convent of the Poor Clares. When the passion for Pacifica had worn itself out and Alexander wanted her back, it was too late: she had become an abbess and taken irrevocable vows. MAO: "All reactionaries are paper tigers. In appearance, the reactionaries are terrifying, but in reality they are not so powerful. From a long-term point of view, it is not the reactionaries but the people who are really powerful." - "Talk With the American Correspondent, Anna Louise Strong" (August 1946), Selected Works, Vol. IV, p.100. Yesterday afternoon Watcharee, Golf, Pom and I took the Sky Train over to the MBK Mall (near the Siam Center). We had an appointment to meet P'Kig's younger sister, Sa, and one of her other sisters. Sa wanted us to bring a large Buddha back to Florida to give to P'Kig (). As you can see from the photo, this particular Buddha is a pretty meaty piece of metal. And, since Thai law prohibits the unofficial export of images of Buddah, Sa was reluctantly forced to take it back on the bus or find another home for it. Anyway, Sa is a pretty cool girl: she has a diamond set into her upper left canine tooth. You can catch a flash of it in the picture ... but you have to look closely to see it (*). Later we stopped at Starbucks to buy Annie a BANGKOK Starbucks 20oz coffee mug. "Alf, doesn't Bangkok have anything more cultural than a Starbucks ... or has your family affiliation blinded you?" Much later in the evening Army, Tick-Tock (sp.) and Beige came over to River Garden to try on their new Screwless Tusker lounging garb. Though I don't want to swamp you with pictures on this already heavy Kodak day, here are two that presage what's to come. [NB] Readers in places just to the east of the International Date Line can easily be confused about today's date. Since our house journal usually 'goes to bed' sometime before 11:00am Bangkok time, readers just a few time zones to the east of THOCBDC many times find their editions on their desks while it is still early in the 'day-before'. As I write this it is dinner time in Montreal, Boston and Lima, Peru; in Bremerton, WA, Tuktoyaktuk (between Mackenzie Bay and Cape Bathurst) and in the Galapagos it's approaching cocktail hour ... going further west you find people who are still lingering over lunch. And all of this is going on the day BEFORE my today. He tipped over into his dish of Oysters Rockefeller after suffering a major heart attack at his favorite Monte Carlo restaurant. Or, maybe that was King Farouk of Egypt who did that. P'Kig is the Thai girl who Watcharee met in Florida ... remember? Sure you do ... we took her out to dinner: up to Max's Place on the beach. Anyway, Sa and her other sister live in Bangkok though, originally, they hail from 'up-country'. * My camera did not capture her tattoo. On reflection, maybe the tooth with the diamond is the one that bites next-door to the canine. 1513: The Battle of Flodden Field. () 1513: James IV, King of Scotland, killed in battle. () GORGONIUS AND DOROTHUS Died 303 The first of these Christian officials of Diocletian's court in Nicomedia, seeing the second tortured, challenged him and the torturers to a trial of endurance. Flesh was whipped off the rival's bones; salt and vinegar were sprinkled in their wounds; they were grilled over a slow fire: nothing much was left of them, but their obstinacy lasted. The torturers finally gave up hope of the Christians' changing their almost maddening minds, and hanged them. () Yesterday Watcharee, Golf and I went to Si Quey's Place (AKA The Bangkok Museum of Forensic Science). Though Watcharee and I had been there twice before (once on our very first 'date'), this was Golf's first visit; she was visibly shaken by the experience of being so close to Si Quey. THOCBDC grudgingly admits that a lot of its log-mileage comes from visitors to its ... ah ... 'historical' pages. While upper management would like to think that the majority of the computers that have corkscrew-balloon.com in their 'favorites' list prefer to wander around our offerings of articles and photographs about corkscrews, hot air balloons and elephant polo ... well, the raw numbers scream otherwise. Frankly, the biggest chunk of our clients go directly to the spilled blood pages. () Buy Ritter stock? Yesterday's Bangkok Post reported that the Thai government will offer lethal injection as a 'parting-option' for criminals on death row. The accompanying photograph showed what appears to be Ritter's Model 111 dispatch table (*). Readers are asked to compare this picture with the ones THOCBDC published back when Tim McVeigh was launched into his own three-stage orbit. (**) Reader M.A. from Yemen asks if we have any more pictures of the Screwless Tusker team. In particular, he seeks a tighter shot of the team shirts and "something with a little more action". Can do! In prior years when THOCBDC pointed out this 'coincidence' nary a reader volunteered any help: did James die on Flodden Field? UK reader A. Page should know the answer to this one. In one of the 'Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbooks' ("TRAVEL", I think) ... or, maybe it was in one of those niche-market foreign phrase books ... I can't remember which (hey, THOCBDC has a lot of stuff on its bookshelves) ... Anyway, the authors of the book usefully provided its readers, should they be kidnapped, with six ways (six Romance languages) to say to their captors "No matter how much you torture me I will not tell you what you want to know." * Over the next few days 'fresh' meat will be added to our existing Si Quey site. Little of it is really new; most will be just 'better' shots of the existing works. But, don't go there right now ... give us some time [as if there is even a correlation between footnote readers and Si Quey fans]. Oh, OK, here's one that hasn't been seen before ... but no more until Paul has finished his dinner. ** Just because it says "Ritter" on the label does not mean that it necessarily came from a Ritter factory. Puntip Plaza and Patpong Night Market shoppers know full well that 2,000 baht Rolexes were not made in Switzerland; is this Ritter but another Bangkok Rolex? *** According to The Bangkok Post the first injection produces unconsciousness; the second causes muscle paralysis; the third brings the heart to a stop. From the first 'prick' until the last beat only five minutes are expected to lapse. Apparently the same mix of cocktails that was used in the USA will be used here in Thailand. Though bullets may remain as an option. PS: Though this man is not from the Si Quey collection, he might as well be part of it ... provided the Museum of Forensic Science had some photojournalists on its staff. This fellow was caught dragging around a bag of people bones ... with what appears to be some attached 'jerky'. 1547: The Battle of Pinkie. 1771: Mungo Park, explorer, born. () NICHOLAS OF TOLENTINO This Augustinian monk was a vegetarian. During an illness which resulted from fasting to excess, a stew of pigeons was set before him, by order of his superior. The very sight of it disgusted him, and a miracle immediately took place: the skewers broke, the gravy sucked up into the cooked veins, feathers grew, and the birds flew out the window. Years after his death, when parts of blessed bodies were at a premium, a German friar cut off Nicholas' arms for his own monastery, and tried to escape with them. It was not possible; though he walked fast all night, he was still in sight of the monastery at daybreak; and the old arms were bleeding, though they had been buried so long. Upon occasion, one is told, they still do. Of all the objects in Bangkok's Museum of Forensic Science none ... save for Si Quey himself ... attracts more young viewers (mostly males, naturally) than that of the anonymous 'head-shot'. Not a full head, mind you; only half a head. But viewers are not shortchanged, for Mr. Dead 'n Plastic has been band-saw-sliced ever so smartly (jaw to crown) ... which, of course, gives the curious an easy-trace of the bullet that so pauselessly 'rifled' from the man's forehead to the rear exit. In just three days we shall roll into Hua Hin. Surely from then on the Screwless Tuskers will be surrounded by the world's flash bulbs, scores of local 'wannabes' and hundreds of autograph hounds. Understandably, any opportunity for quiet and reflective pictures of these shy lassies will be lost once these professionals start their avaricious work. So, before the terribly intoxicating spotlight of .... "That's a bit much, Alf ... even for you." I was just trying to ease into some mug shots. A Scot who explored Niger in 1796. Though worthy in retrospect, his quest did not generate much interest at the time; his death never made the broadsheet obituaries and it's only a guess as to when he died. Newnes's compiler, Collison, can only come up with " ...about 1805." 1618: Thomas Ross, libeller (), beheaded. 1909: Halley's Comet first observed at Heidelberg. 1922: The British mandate proclaimed in Palestine. () 1950: Field-Marshal Smuts, statesman, died. ELIAS SPELIOTES Ninth Century A lucky Calabrian monk, said never to have known 'bodily disease or mental perturbation.' He was one of those who worked on the manuscript copy of the Gospels known as Codex 13. SPERANDIA A woman who learned in a vision what to wear: a pigskin with the bristles inside and an iron chain as a belt. Yesterday the Screwless Tuskers received, via Express Mail, their VIP passes. Along with the seven picture-passes for the players and their owners the box contained 50 complimentary VIP passes. If any readers plan to be in Hua Hin anytime between September 13 and the 21st these passes are in 'awaits' just for you. () In intensely private correspondence among and between the participants and the organizers of the King's Cup Elephant Polo Tournament much has been said about handicapping: the added weight that a strong team should shoulder before taking a victory lap. For example, the all-powerful Chivas Regal team must score 3 additional goals before it is at 'scratch' with a totally unburdened field rival. And Mercedes Benz Germany () needs 2 before it can move into plus territory. The Screwless Tuskers (seeded 12th out of 12) has a zero handicap. Sadly, the employment of negative handicaps (successfully pioneered at WEPA) was not something that TEPA wanted to bite at. However, the Screwless Tuskers are very pleased that its players will fall on the comfortable side of the 'two hand rule'. (**) Readers from all over continue to demand more photographs of the Screwless Tuskers. T. Parsons from Beloit, Wisconsin wants "... a full frontal shot." But, half way around the globe, Anna V., from Petropavlovski-Kamchatski on the Kamchatka peninsula writes "... how long is their hair, in the back?" In a strangely 'edited' photograph The Bangkok Daily News carried this above-the-fold beach scene without comment. Below the fold Morton's traditional darkroom techniques hide the bloody bits. Yes, NEWNES uses two Ls in his spelling of libeller. Reader H.R.P. of Tooting-Beckwith noted (in unpublished correspondence from last year): "Is it just a mathematical fluke that the WTC disaster took place exactly 79 years later? That the number 79, when reduced by the number of virgins to be awarded martyrs upon their arrival in heaven, is 7? Seven being the Arabic number for the number of days in the week?" * Fashionably decorated with the Screwless Tuskers logo ... well, it won't be long before some of them find their way onto e-Bay. ** That name alone should give it a handicap of at least 6. *** The 'two-hand rule' allows ladies to grip their sticks with both hands; gentleman can only use one. PS ... or, maybe a footnote to a footnote: A. Page of the UK expectedly replied to THOCBDC's cry for help in re the possible connection between James' death on 9 September 1513 and the mess at Flodden Field on the same day. [Whether any quotation marks are needed ... and if so, how many degrees 'removed' they should be (if any) ... was left in limbo.] Subj: Flodden field 9th September 1513! Date: 9/10/2003 7:44:44 AM SE Asia Standard Time From: Axpage@aol.com To: Alf@corkscrew-balloon.com Alf as requested! As the sun set on Flodden field, James went down fighting, killing five men with his pike before it shattered in his hands. He then drew his sword and slew five more before he was finally hacked to death. When his body was found in the aftermath, it was found to have been pierced by at least five blows from bills and one arrow. In death James was joined by 10,000 of his fellow countrymen including a large proportion of the Scottish nobility (Two Bishops, Nine Earls, and Fourteen Lords of Parliament.). The English lost somewhere between One and Four thousand men. The one modern day legacy of the battle is that most haunting and evocative pipe lament "flowers of the field" which whenever I hear it moves me to tears for not only does it lament those cut down at Flodden but particularly in the last century at such places as Ypres, The Somme, Cambrai, Paschendale where Europe rushed to war through the compacts of alliances and the dictates of friends. As Shokolov pens in his masterpiece, Silent flows the Don, "sagt Die mir Die blumen Sind?" Bye 4 now PPS: And this from reader J.B. at netnet.net: In a message dated 9/10/2003 11:18:28 PM SE Asia Standard Time, jfbxxxxx@netnet.net writes: A bit of searching reveals that James IV did indeed die in the Battle of Flodden Field. You may want to read more, here: http://www.royal-stuarts.org/flodden.htm ..... and, on a more recent note we have the mysterious Mungo Park. Turns out he had quite a scuffle with the local zombies during his trek. More information on Mungo Park versus the zombies can be found here: http://www.fvza.org/mungo, though I tend to wonder at this as source material, it does make for small amusement. As ever, 1213: The Battle of Muret (decisive in the Toulouse crusade). 1852: The Earl of Oxford and Asquith, statesman, born. 1874: Francois Pierre Guillaume Guizot, historian and statesman, died. 1943: Mussolini rescued from prison by the Germans. 1948: The Korean People's Republic (North Korea) proclaimed. GUY THE POOR Eleventh Century Guy or Guido's poverty-stricken parents were content to be miserable and to fear God. He himself, if at an early age he had not found employment in the church, certainly would have endeavoured to get on in the world; it is not certain if he would have succeeded. The spirit of gain was apparent, and bad luck constant, throughout his blessed career. In order to make money for charity he entered into a partnership with a merchant in Brussels; and set sail for England with a boat-load of cheap goods; he was promptly shipwrecked. In later life, he persuaded a company of pious Belgians to take him as their guide to the Holy Land: they all caught some disease and died; and it took him seven years to get back. According to one of my bathroom magazines the newest move in digital cameras is toward giving the photographer greater optical zooming power. This once was the case ... and then it seemed to fall out of favor for a few years ... and now it is apparently again back in vogue. What I mean is this: about five years ago I bought a Sony Mavica that was fitted with a 14 power optical zoom (but, no 2nd stage digital zoom); it also used a floppy disk for storage...then, for a few years all the Japanese builders worried more about 'pocketability' and the number of pixels on a picture, so my next camera (a tiny Canon) had only a 3 power optical zoom but miles and miles of Compactflash Card warehouse space ... now my newest Nikon 5700 has an 8 power optical lens along with a 4 power digital enhancement plus a one gigabyte Flash Card. "So?" This morning I 'tested' my old Sony against my newer Nikon. For starters, the Sony's floppy disk filled up after only 11 pictures (taken at maximum resolution); but the Nikon's tiny Compact Flash card said it still had more than 4,500 empty places, even with three days of shooting under its belt. Take a look. "Boring! Anything new from Si Quey ... or your team?" PPS: Great Leaders think alike: ... from The Bangkok Post, four days ago: D-day for stray dogs as Apec summit looms City hall will today start clearing the inner city of stray dogs in preparation for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit next month. The measure targets stray dogs in Phra Nakhon, Pomprap Satruphai and Samphanthawong where up to 2,000 dogs are believed to wander. Apec delegates are expected to visit tourist attractions and other spots in the area. Kosin Theswong, the Phra Nakhon district chief, said searches for stray dogs would begin today in his district, where there were a total of about 900 strays. Watcharee again made a visit to the little shop on one of the soys near our apartment....you know, the one that shelters some creations of a local Thai corkscrew artist. Yes, it's the same place where she found those pieces for me. Anyway, here is a larger sampling of his work: 1759: The Marquis de Montclaim mortally wounded (died 14th). 1943: General Chiang Kai-shek elected President of the Chinese Republic. CRESCENTIUS Fourth Century A boy martyr whose valuable body was presented to the town of Siena by Pope Stephen IX. Last night Pom and Golf and Watcharee started to pack for the trip to Hua Hin. Actually, we are also packing for London (), New York (), Florida and Virginia (*) as Watcharee and I are leaving Thailand the day after elephant polo finishes. The girls are ready to go: "See y'all in Hua Hin." We are going to see some 'plays' while in London and New York. The last time we were in London (other than for a change-of-planes) we saw one of the last performances of "Cats". This time we'll also go for the 'musical' route ... maybe "Chicago" and "Mama Mia". Both are playing in London AND in NYC. Does anyone out there have any suggestions? But, nothing heavy with language. ** Don Bull is hosting the 2004 ICCA ... in Virginia. Sometime, either during that meeting or immediately after it, the PCC will have its own AGM. In order to make up a quorum, Gift, Ohmy and Amma have agreed to temporarily give up their Bangkok night jobs at Kings. As the ICCA host hotel is fully booked, the three cofounders of the PCC will pass their down time in a camper in the hotel parking lot. "On the Road" Photo Album: Van ride to Hua Hin - Checking in at Anantara Resort PS: We have the same suite as we've had for the last two years. Next: Hua Hin Elephant Polo Search WWW Search corkscrew-balloon.com comments@corkscrew-balloon.com	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line54
__label__wiki	0.571517	0.571517	CROSSING DARTMOOR Performances & bookings The composer The librettist The supporters On the value of performing your own work by Caitlin, 25 September 2015 It’s been a rather manic few weeks here for Crossing Dartmoor as we hurtled towards the third performance of the piece in London – this time for Bastard Assignments: Fresh & Clean in the Thames Tunnel Shaft in Rotherhithe on Thursday 17 September. With no piano in the venue and Simon unavailable to sing, I created a new arrangement for mezzo-soprano and guitar for this performance, yielding to suggestions that I should have a go at singing it myself, and working with guitarist Ashley Blasse. I also developed a new ‘path’ through the material to cater for a shorter timeslot and an audience who I knew would be open to the more unusual elements of the work. This was a great chance to test out the flexibility of the piece, and I ended up setting aside three of the existing four sung pieces (two songs and the text score ‘Windsong’ which uses a folksong) and focusing instead on the text scores and audiovisual media. This Rotherhithe performance has really cemented the place of the new content I created for the theatrical production in the work. Both the video elements and the text score ‘Drawing Out’ (amplified drawing of a Dartmoor scene via contact mic) worked extremely well, with the latter in particular receiving a very enthusiastic response this time round. For this performance, I allotted it a longer duration, we were able to pump more volume thanks to Ashley’s provision of a larger amp than we’d had before, and I gave it a more prominent position in the path – first up, combined with both a video and a field recording. I think all of these worked in its favour and allowed it to shine. Performing the piece myself has been a very valuable exercise too. While I’m no rival for Simon in the singing stakes, doing it myself made concrete some things that as a composer I could only imagine. Those long gaps in the vocal part are a bit abstract until you find yourself on stage with nothing to do in them, and I felt a strong need to find something that would make me feel relevant in these gaps. To do this, and to smooth transitions between pieces, I found myself drawing on some of the elements Omar developed for the theatrical production. Watching the videos and messing about with maps – but the theatrical approach also leaked into how I considered the relationship between videos, field recordings and live performance. My original concept had been that the videos and field recordings would be presented as performed pieces within the work – no overlap, they would appear in sequence in much the same way as if an oboist had stepped forward to play a solo in the middle of the performance. I may still try this out, but for this show I wanted to experiment a little with layering up sounds and playing around with how that layering affected the perception of duration. I started to look for points where crossfading between videos and fading field recordings in or out would make some sort of dramatic sense, even though I wasn’t thinking of this as a staged production at all. Of course, the sacrifice for performer-side knowledge like this is the eternal problem of the performing composer: you lose the experience of being an audience member, which provides a different type of information. But I’m glad I did it because the experience has provided yet more useful information for the development of the piece, and particularly for staging the piece, even in a formal recital context. © 2021 Caitlin Rowley	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line57
__label__cc	0.677922	0.322078	Jump to Content » Jump to Side-Bar » Jump to Navigation » Jump to Far-Bar » Jump to Footer » Cryptomundo for Bigfoot, Lake Monsters, Sea Serpents and More Cryptomundian WVBotanist Offers Insight: Retired US Forest Service Ranger Claims Sasquatch is Real! Posted by: Craig Woolheater on August 24th, 2011 Cryptomundian WVBotanist offers this insight regarding the Cryptomundo post: Retired US Forest Service Ranger Claims Sasquatch is Real! Forest service employees are not extraordinary in terms of honesty, knowledge, or scientific ability. They are often, however, exposed to information that the Department of Interior would rather keep as secret. For example, Indian burial mounds in various National Parks. They are there, but are not officially recognized because of the political and ownership issues that would arise. I have seen that first-hand, a number of times. And, like the spotted owl example given above, the DOI is very much involved in suppression of information regarding some species’ presence and distribution. One solid example I witnessed firsthand involved the Florida Panther. USFWS and the State of Florida have drafted and followed a plan, according to Endangered Species Act requirements, that basically outlines the range of the Florida Panther as extending only as far north as Lee County. No major Federal actions north of this location are reviewed with regard to the potential to impact or result in a ‘take’ of the Florida Panther. Why? Until recently, land development and mid-range luxury housing and ranchettes, planned communities, and similar drove the entire economy of Florida in that area. If you have wetland (Section 404 CWA) impacts, you have a Federal action requiring a USFWS review under the Endangered Species Act. And nearly every land development and road project in Florida has wetland impacts and Section 404 permits. None mention panthers, unless they are in Lee County or south. Follow so far? Now, see how many state and federal biologists will readily tell you that the Florida panther lives and breeds well north of Lee County. Do a FOIA to Sarasota County Natural Resources regarding panther tracks, trail camera photos, and, in particular, the excellent biologist who brought this to the Feds and the State. What happened? They all sat on it, with the exception of a few stories in the local paper designed to a) cheer for the land management program and b) explain that it was a cryptorchid pet or hybrid and not a REAL panther in the photo. Why? Here are a few names: Palmer. Patton. Bush. Thaxton. String those players together, from bottom to top, and you have a pretty clear story of how and why DOI controls information. Having established that, consider that despite what you hear about the Forest Service, Park Service, USFWS, USACE, and a number of other agencies charged with implementing and enforcing various conservation and biodiversity legislation, usually it is only the entry-level and field staff that even begin to understand the challenges and the science involved. Above that, most are playing politics, and above that, the appointed Administrators are mostly only carrying out a scripted agenda to placate lobbyists or follow the new President’s short-term needs. In short, actual conservation science or even simple cataloging of biodiversity almost NEVER happens. Most of today’s science and EIS data come from university grad students on bean and rice stipends OR excellent USGS Biological Survey documents from DECADES ago. OK, that was almost a rant. But from someone who has been through those ranks, seen it firsthand, still loves science and biology, and actively works as a consultant – I routinely ‘re-discover’ organisms and EPA often responds ‘that can’t be, there are no records of that for the past xyz years’ and promptly overrule my findings unless vouchered (I do plants, but rarely voucher animals). Organismal biology and identification (taxonomy) is a dying science in this molecular era. Few know how to do it, and fewer still can get paid to do it, as scientists should. And when they do, the environmental policy wonks (yes you can get a degree in that) hide what they are not prepared to deal with. It is that simple. Small conspiracies, sometimes, but mostly incompetence. No idea what to make of the interview, it seems believable enough, but I can’t get more than that from it. ~ WVBotanist About Craig Woolheater Co-founder of Cryptomundo in 2005. I have appeared in or contributed to the following TV programs, documentaries and films: OLN's Mysterious Encounters: "Caddo Critter", Southern Fried Bigfoot, Travel Channel's Weird Travels: "Bigfoot", History Channel's MonsterQuest: "Swamp Stalker", The Wild Man of the Navidad, Destination America's Monsters and Mysteries in America: Texas Terror - Lake Worth Monster, Animal Planet's Finding Bigfoot: Return to Boggy Creek and Beast of the Bayou. Email • Facebook • Twitter • Pinterest • Instagram • This entry was posted on Wednesday, August 24th, 2011 at 8:00 am and is filed under Bigfoot, Bigfoot Report, Conspiracies, Cryptomundo Exclusive, Cryptozoologists, Cryptozoology, Evidence, Eyewitness Accounts, Sasquatch, Skeptical Discussions. You can follow responses via our RSS 2.0 feed. You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is not allowed. Delicious Digg Fark Google Instapaper LinkedIn MySpace Newsvine Pocket Readability Reddit StumbleUpon Tumblr Yahoo! Momo Is Here! New Book Coming Soon... Momo! Wild Thing: Virginia Wade The Devil's Creek So, Why Do People Believe In Bigfoot Anyway? 12 Responses to “Cryptomundian WVBotanist Offers Insight: Retired US Forest Service Ranger Claims Sasquatch is Real!” DWA responds: August 24th, 2011 at 10:10 am Well, with regard to the real-world examples he cites, hiding the existence of something that would, if acknowledged, endanger timber sales, second-home developments and mining claims and Wal-Marts nationwide might be a thing certain bureaucrats might want to – even be paid to – do. I for one would not be surprised at all if a number of “shoot, shovel and shut up” sasquatch stories eventually came to light. Absent that, though, I’d rather not focus on this aspect of the sasquatch issue. Sasquatch Up Close responds: August 24th, 2011 at 2:06 pm I think you should embed the video of part two, not part one. midwest mimi responds: August 24th, 2011 at 2:41 pm With all due respect (my husband is from WV), I understand the economic realities of acknowleging the existence of species which might undermine housing developments, mining etc. That said, many Bigfoot sightings are in remote areas which have no foreseeable economic, etc. value. Quite simply, I find it hard to believe that DOI or any other federal agency which lives and dies by its federal budget and is starving for publicity would bury (literally) what is arguably the biggest new species discovery in the past century. Doesn’t make sense. I’m no Pollyanna when it comes to believing the feds keep secrets (I still thing there’s an alien body or two in a storage closet at Wright Pat), but this gentleman’s claims are just too conspiratorial for my taste. PhotoExpert responds: August 24th, 2011 at 4:47 pm DWA–I could not agree with you more. I have nothing to add because you said exactly what I am thinking! Surveyor responds: August 24th, 2011 at 8:48 pm This is a 2 sided coin. There are big $ in conservation banking, which was created by the USFWS as a for profit incentive to preserve endangered species & habitats. In conservation banking, a large area of private land is set aside and restored to pristine condition (wetland,etc., but usually several different ecosystems). Then credits for the new “bank” are determined by the USFWS for each ecosystem or species. The credits are then sold at a high price to developers or others who wish to impact land of that particular ecosystem within that bank’s service area. As far as endangered animal species goes, the USFWS determines in advance how many of each species the bank can support, & impacted species are relocated there for a fee. When all of the credits are sold & species slots are full, the bank is given over to public or non profit trust forever. Craig Woolheater responds: August 24th, 2011 at 10:00 pm Thanks Sasquatch Up Close! I corrected the video embed. jimlyding responds: August 26th, 2011 at 12:34 am What about the Department of Agriculture which the National Forest Service is actually part of rather than the Department of Interior? WVBotanist responds: August 27th, 2011 at 2:01 am All, I had originally submitted this as a comment on the “Retired US Forest Service…” article. And I have to agree with jimlyding about the replacement of “DOI” with the appropriate Ag Department, when referring to the Forest Service. I worked closely with Forest Service Rangers AND DOI National Parks Rangers when I was a DOI scientist… And that make my example a bit less relevant that intended, but still relevant, simply as an example. Supression of species distribution happens often in the case of Federal actions or Federal agency review of proposed actions, under the National Environmental Policy Act. It dont mean to imply that it happens as large conspiracies, to conceal information regarding presence/absence, so much as it happens through a series of accidents, acts of incompetence, small conspiracies, careful presentation of data to avoid regulatory triggers in the NEPA process, and, of course, real, individual conspiracies to suppress data regarding presence of know species via stamping it ‘unauthenticated’ simply because they agencies are not prepared to deal with the political repercussions. Im not suggesting that this is exactly what happened in the case mentioned by the retired Forest Service Ranger. In many ways, his story sounds much more intriguing. I simply meant to point out that you can’t rely on any Federal agencies to have accurate information regarding species distribution, for a number of reasons, and sometimes that is intentional on the part of the agency. As far as funding for the agencies goes, and the tie-in with conservation banking, I have a lot of opinions on that based on continuing experience, but I’m not sure that would fit into this forum. Just consider that in order for USFWS to take jurisdiction AND develop, manage, market, and preserve via trust any type of habitat, there is a long series of actions that must happen, starting off with the designation of the species status (literal act of Congress), followed by years of semi-scientific pursuit of species profiling and habitat accounting (identifying the need more clearly) while happening in concert with an existing protection plan or developed in parallel with the protection plan, which has its own bureaucratic timeline. Then you are ready to pursue land acquisition… etc. At best it is a lengthy process which surpasses the short-term goals of most middle-managers and administrators in FWS. At worst, unmanaged information, verified occurrences of protected species outside of anticipated ranges, or worse yet, ‘takings’ in areas where the species was not ‘known’ to exist – then you have grounds for a 3rd party such as Sierra Club, etc to file suit against the Feds. That is what they fear, that is what drives their public and private policies alike, moreso than legislation. Think of legislation as the bones of their mission, and the fear of 3rd party lawsuits and the chance at late-career appointments as the meat and animation, respectively. Yes, I know it is a cynical viewpoint. And not universally applicable. But definitely based in reality. “Just consider that in order for USFWS to take jurisdiction AND develop, manage, market, and preserve via trust any type of habitat, there is a long series of actions that must happen, starting off with the designation of the species status (literal act of Congress), followed by years of semi-scientific pursuit of species profiling and habitat accounting (identifying the need more clearly) while happening in concert with an existing protection plan or developed in parallel with the protection plan, which has its own bureaucratic timeline. Then you are ready to pursue land acquisition… etc. At best it is a lengthy process which surpasses the short-term goals of most middle-managers and administrators in FWS.” The USFWS does not own, take jurisdiction, develop, market, preserve, or acquire any land for the purpose of conservation banking. As I said in my initial comment, it is set up to be a purely private, for-profit endeavor. I mentioned it to counter the arguments about government coverups about hiding the presence of endangered fauna and flora so that land could be developed or used for timber harvesting, oil exploration, etc., by showing that the government has created very profitable alternatives to offset the destruction and impact of these habitats. As I also mentioned in my original comment, each conservation bank can only serve areas impacted within a certain “service area”, which means that there is no risk of, say, spotted owls from Washington being relocated to Florida. Prior to the bank being placed in the public trust or transferred to a non-profit organization (Sierra Club, Nature Conservancy, etc.), after all of the credits have been sold, a portion of the profits must have been placed in an interest-bearing trust account in an amount such that the maintenance for the bank can be carried out perpetually with these funds. Therefore, it is obvious that government funding for the conservation bank will not be an issue. Here is a link to the USFWS page on conservation banking. Here is their official publication on conservation banking in .pdf format. Trust me, this has been a part of my job for quite some time as a private development consultant. There is money to be made if endangered species are on land that may be impacted by development or growth. It makes no sense financially for the government to cover it up, since they wind up with more land in the end and don’t even have to pay for the upkeep and maintenance of it. WVBotanist responds: August 28th, 2011 at 1:56 pm I’m not trying to misrepresent the details of how conservation banks work. I was trying to present a) in original post: an example of supression of existence of species in a particular area. b) in my comment to your comment: as a hypothetical, in the event that a NEW species were encountered, it would take a long time before any money could be made marketing credits. By ‘taking jurisdiction’ I meant of the species itself. In some cases, as you probably know, that does, in fact, extend to land in the form a ‘critical habitat’ designation. But that choice of language is not as important as the point I was making – that a lot of effort and time would be required to go from documented observation through to the possibility of anyone marketing credits. I know USFWS doesn’t in and of itself market the credits or own the land. But the conservation banking process requires USFWS oversight all along, from allowable credits for a given bank, to review of performance criteria for various restoration scenarios (thinking Scrub Jays, Indigo Snakes, and Sand Skinks here, my only 1st hand experience w/ Federal conservation banking for T&Es)… Again, I did’t mean to misrepresent but condensed the detail in order to get to my opinion. Now, more to the details of the panther example: I described one of several well-documented occurrences that fell OUTSIDE of the USFWS Recovery Plan’s description of the Florida Panther’s ‘Approved’ range. I say ‘approved’ because that is the range referred to by the Recovery Plan, but many people are well aware that they actually exist in a much broader range. There is not money to be made in marketing habitat credits outside of that range. Because none will be approved, under the current recovery plan. There is, however, plenty of political reckoning and lawsuits to be avoided by NOT admitting that some of this area is part of the range of the panther. For one thing, the Recovery Plan would have to be revised. For another thing, 3rd party lawsuits, as previously mentioned, would be filed IF there existed public record documentation of the presence of the actual species, and the possibility of a ‘take’. Because any citizen with enough knowledge and willpower could file suit against the USFWS for not complying with the Endangered Species Act. This suit, to-date, could be potentially filed for past actions. Additionally, the process could result in a pause of several years of other, associated federal actions (USACE wetland permitting, EPA/State joint NPDES permitting, etc) for land development (think large, planned communities here) proposals simply because a pending suit and the attendant research required on the part of USFWS, particularly in the context of questioning the existing Recovery Plan, would preclude the issuance of a Biological Opinion, under an ESA Section 7 consultation. (It should be noted, as previously implied in my original posting, USFWS involvement in this geographical area is almost ALWAYS in the form of a Section 7 consultation, in association with other federal actions, namely Section 404 CWA permit issuance.) For this reason, and this reason alone, the documented year-round presence of multiple Florida panthers AND young (implying more than simply ‘panthers moving through’) in an area far north of that prescribed within the USFWS Recovery Plan, was supressed. And that was my whole point. For an unknown species (in a hypothetical scenario, where a large, unknown primate might be walking the the woods of North America), I felt that your optimistic view of conservation banking and money-making by private landowners was stretch. Land owner/developers and their subsidiary tier of LLCs generally don’t take that long term of a view, in my experience. Once design is begun, time is money. I agree that portions of an area being considered for development that may be set aside and place under a banking instrument, whether for wetland credits or habitat for T&Es, can generate additional dollars, but that is secondary to and almost always less than, the possible money to be made by residential or commercial development. DWA responds: August 31st, 2011 at 2:31 pm Then of course, there’s this. While I hold no brief for a Government wide conspiracy of any stripe, I could see local managers for local reasons stemming from local interests and local management “policy” to try to hush funny stuff. (And this report shows how that might not be tenable for very long.) Opalman responds: September 7th, 2011 at 6:55 pm In another thread I give ample examples and reasons why the government would want to keep the subject of sasquatche’s existence within the realm of folklore. Is The Government Hiding Evidence Of Bigfoot? Recently I had a discussion with an individual who hinted at just that. The gentleman was a Ducks Unlimited executive type who has insisted on anonymity. As we know; Ducks Unlimited (DU hereafter), is a very successful, non-profit organization devoted to conservation and especially wetland and migratory route habitat conservation. DU has worked closely with both American and Canadian governments among others for a long time. They are the world’s leading organization of its kind and they have been active since the 1930’s. The crux of our discussion was devoted to duck hunting and the wild outdoors etc, but almost in passing, for some reason; I mentioned that an ongoing area of interest of mine was armchair research and study of the sasquatch phenomena. Turns out he had recently had a similar discussion with one of his co-workers who said she had been privy to a conversation by one of the higher ups regarding how the bigfoot issue would be addressed after the cloak of secrecy was lifted, and what ramifications might lie ahead for DU. The individual; (we’ll call him Fred) indicated that off the record he believed, (he said he; “absolutely believed”) that the existence of sasquatch had already been validated by the U.S. Government, select museum scientists and geneticists, and that plans for announcing that fact were being made but also put off for as long as possible in order to assure the status quo on many fronts and interests remain; thereby minimizing disruption (Federal Parks, lumber industry, Endangered Species Act ramifications etc.) He also mentioned that the creature was being classified as simply a gorilla sub-species. Finally It became obvious to me he was experiencing remorse for talking as much as he did and I changed the subject; much to his approval. I know… this is one of those ‘he said’—‘she said’, ‘I heard’ etc, etc., accounts and usually I keep this kind of story to myself—but I’m thinking that, in light of this thread, some of you might find its recounting interesting. \|Top \| Content\| Cryptomundo Home Join The Search Mystery Pages About Cryptomundo Bio of Craig Woolheater Bio of John Kirk Bio of Loren Coleman Bio of Rick Noll CryptoRama Merchandise \|Top \| Sidebar\| RSS: Comments RSS: Entries Connect with Cryptomundo BCSCC Champ Search Texas Bigfoot Research Center The International Cryptozoology Museum UFOmystic \|Top \| FarBar\| Copyright © 2005-2021, Cryptomundo. All rights reserved. \|Top\| Cryptomundo is powered by WordPress and has had (Stats Disabled) unique visitors Accessible “Cryptomundo” theme SB v.1.2.c © 2006-2021 by Mike Cherim Attention: This is the end of the usable page! The images below are preloaded standbys only. 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__label__cc	0.714164	0.285836	Di Silvio jumped to attention as the Prime Minister slapped his palms on the desk. Signore Bucci must have waltzed in a full thirty seconds ago, but, after coughing a couple of times and still failing to attract Di Silvio’s notice, he had obviously let impatience get the better of him. Di Silvio was shocked because it was common etiquette, in the Government offices, not to abuse the desk of a colleague, regardless of whether their standing was above or below your own. No one knew this more than the noble Prime Minister, but, judging by his flared nostrils and narrowed eyes, no one cared less about it right now, either. Signore Bucci, in the majority of even the Italian population by having the advantage of height over Di Silvio, at this point towered over the desk like a tidal wave. Di Silvio gulped and opened a mental umbrella. 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The three entries in the collection that had cemented themselves in his mind (replete with full colour photographs) were that of the mountain goat, which was characterised by abnormally high levels of testosterone present at any time; that of a certain species of duck, which sported a blue beak and an enormous and disproportionate penis; and that of a monkey which, sent mad by captivity, repeatedly masturbated and ate what was produced. The Miss World competitors had flirted outrageously with him all evening, and he was particularly impressed with Miss Java, who was six feet tall and had skin the colour of coffee liqueur. It had been quite obvious that she had no aversion to his hooves. Although he never actually saw her smile – his squat figure meant that he had only been able to interview her cleavage – he could feel a draught on the top of his head from her eyelash flutterings, and he was certain they were directed at him. She had also brushed her knees against his goaty member on more than one occasion, and Di Silvio was convinced it was no accident. He was thoroughly disappointed to learn that the host did not get to decide on the winner of the competition, and was consequently devastated when poor Miss Java was voted out in the first round. It’s not http://athenaplus.de/610-csde42145-david-dao.html entirely soul destroying, being kept awake at night. Some nights, I actually get gagner des sous Gadhinglaj up, out of bed, and catch some single kvinner i selvik Pinto Masterchef reruns, or silently, secretly watch a fox selecting his spread from Restaurant Renard – that is, the bin bags out in the street below. From time to time I even open Escoffier’s aridly svenarum romantisk dejt Guide culinaire and attempt to absorb some of the man’s genius. If I’m desperate to send my eyelids drooping towards blissful, elusive sleep, I’ll reach for the Delia – double-daring insomnia by introducing the additional factor of a language barrier to the old crone’s always-slightly-off-target methods – although once I misguidedly picked Carême off the shelf and was awake for days. Some nights, if you can believe me, I’m pretty sure I do sleep. Those nights, dawn just appears, rather than gradually poking its nose over the horizon, and that’s when I reckon I’ve been to the land of Nod. Most nights, though, I just wait. For what, well… that depends on what comes. A few months ago, old Alphonse upstairs passed away. I was awake when he fell out of his bed above me for the final time. His muffled cry jolted me out of a plan I’d been hatching to set up a tiny restaurant in my dining room, the cottontail-end of which involved keeping rabbits on the roof of our apartment block so that I could serve a delicious beery-gamey stew in the autumn months: I’d call it ‘Hopsalot’ or something equally amusing. I held my breath; usually what followed the thump of his body hitting the threadbare rug at the side of his bed was a lot of scrabbling, humping and grunting as he pulled himself off the floor, but this time, there was just a kind of tapping, and then silence. I sighed, and reached for the phone. I suppose it was five weeks later that a youngish man came and knocked on my door. I was halfway up the ladder Christelle had loaned me in return for the promise of some madeleines at the weekend, despite the fact that, along with driving and working as an air traffic controller, climbing ladders was precisely the kind of thing my doctor had advised me against. I was busy cleaning tomato sauce off the ceiling because Fabienne from across the hall had lost the lid to my blender when she borrowed it for guacamole last week (even though she ardently refuted this impropriety), and apparently trying to cover the opening with one’s palm was not an adequate alternative. ‘Come in!’ I called out, knowing the door was off the latch and my knees weren’t what they used to be. Wasn’t I expecting Léonard, for his afternoon Darjeeling? I glanced down at the space on my left wrist where my watch should have been before I realised I’d put it on my right that morning; it was only 11am. I heard someone clear their throat as the door shifted open. I started to climb down, but with my back to the unknown the shiver of a slight panic rode up my spine, and the ladder seemed to warp and melt beneath me. I missed the last rung, swinging wildly for a second before being caught under the armpits by my mystery guest. I found my footing, pushed my glasses back onto my nose, and turned to see the man. I’ll never forget that moment. He had been sporting a vaguely amused, vaguely concerned expression, but as his regard fell on my gazpacho-spattered apron, his eyes seemed to light up. It was as if he was starving, and had just been promised a seven-course meal. I’m telling you, he stared at that tomato pulp like he wanted to make love to my apron, or at least suck it clean. I blinked at him. ‘Hi,’ he smiled, holding out his hand for shaking. ‘I’m Noah. I’ve just moved in upstairs, and I wanted to introduce myself.’ I smiled back, mainly because I couldn’t help it. If Alphonse – boiled-potato, bread-and-butter, milk-and-porridge old Alphonse – had to go, better that he be replaced by a foodie than anyone else. Noah meant we were approaching critical mass in the apartment block. This is an excerpt from my short story, Life Without Sleep, a darkly comic account of the world through the eyes of an insomniac. Posted in Short StoriesTagged featured, flash fiction, short story February 10, 2016 February 10, 2016 By darkpoetess Snow sifted down outside. It sifted past the third-floor window where a headphone-clad Emilie sat sketching, oblivious to the white flakes, and to the raised voices of her parents in the room next door. It sifted past the upturned, bearded faces of the old twins in the apartment below, who clung to each other, rapt. It sifted past José’s forgotten, frostbitten herbs resting on a windowsill that had not been lit from inside for weeks now. And it sifted down to the square of patio where Marc’s shadow fell, which, unmoving, belied the speed of his fingers spidering across the keyboard. Muted sounds: the ding of a tram, a metal whisk in a glass bowl, a dog’s bark; all muted by the soft, perfect snow. As if powered by the hood of silence, the slideshow in Marc’s mind had gathered speed until he had thrown his pencil aside and advanced to his computer, previously a fearful thing, a threatening thing, but this evening a channelling thing, a converter of these flying, fleeting images into words—into solid, sellable words. For too many months the milky square of the computer screen had stared at him: empty months. Now, its white glow made him a silhouette, and he sat, unmoving apart from his fingers. No movement above, either, but dust motes settling in the snow-light on José’s abandoned guitar. Further up, the twins turned their faces to each other, one mooning dreamily, the other a gawping mug. High upstairs, sobbing; but also the slick of a page turning, the scratch of a pen. The falling snow seemed to change the building into a chimney, outside noises dampened and those inside amplified; and in amongst the funnelled, flicking pictures, Marc’s neighbours, too long ignored by him, began to solidify into crystal focus. His hands worked furiously; a frenzied silkworm spinning lines, embroidering the zipping images into a digital tapestry—not to be unpicked this time but to be anchor knotted, preserved. A matrix unspooled before his eyes: black on white, a reflected negative of the fine-spun snowflakes drifting down beyond the glass. Suddenly Marc stopped, the silence broken. He cocked his head. A sad, gentle melody had begun to tremble in the gaps between the floorboards, and José was lulling along to the tune in his wistful voice. The twins, hearing their musical friend back after all this time, forgot the snow for a second and why he’d been away and grinned at one another, each clutching the other by the elbows as happiness spilled out of them in noiseless laughter. Above them, Emilie raised one headphone to enjoy the silence of the flittering snow, but instead heard her father crying, and let it snap back into place. Marc sat back, flexed his wrists, and in the middle of that great white canvas, that pristine, terrifying, optionless Big Empty, he could see a tiny germ greening its way through the crust. This story was written as an inspiration piece for Mash Stories, a short story competition which gives writers 3 random key words or phrases, and a 500-word limit, to create their best pieces of flash fiction. The key words for this piece were: happiness – mug – converter. Posted in Flash FictionTagged featured, fiction, flash fiction, inspiration, mash stories March 18, 2015 By darkpoetess Obsidian night, watchful you are – My alert smile curved, only deserving Your silent eye; bittersweeting, it waits for my short circuit: Here I fall, without relent. You shroud me, disappear my resolve, Shard my heart – But only enough… …I dream of mossed rest, Leaves left to frond their own design around mine. Your flight coils me; unopened and foetal, I rattle through the roulette of dawn as he comes to warp me away from you. Posted in PoetryTagged featured, poem, poetry November 26, 2014 January 7, 2015 By darkpoetess A grainy Saturday morning, and yesterday’s newspaper flaps past the dented metal doors of The Cockpit. The hour is early – not too early for a green-jacketed dog-walker huddled in her collar, but not yet time for the suit in the alleyway to turn away from pissing against the wall of the club and head home. An hour passes. Traffic starts to sound in the nearby streets, an alarm clock of sorts. The main doors crack open. Girls emerge, tottering to their taxicabs, ushered home by minders who know nothing of chivalry. They exit one by one: sallow, young, worn, smiling. They go by names like Jazz, Honesty, Chardonnay, Hope, and they look tired. Men follow, still rubbing their noses and sniffing. Ties loosened and eyes staring, they scramble: tuxedoed cockroaches. In a few hours a couple of them will spoon cereal into their toddlers’ mouths, present their wives with bouquets to mask their own stench. And right about now, Gina should appear out front, her cat-eye sunglasses her only defiance against the daylight. Stepping out into fresher air, she’ll cock her head on one side and light her cigarette. The boss is the last to leave. He closes up, chain and padlock, and lapel fur bristles against his five o’ clock shadow. He pats himself down, chest pockets full of wads thanks to the girls, and beeps his Mercedes open. He nods through the windscreen at Gina as she crosses the road in front of him, but she doesn’t nod back. Instead, she strides off, fourteen blocks to her bedsit, where she’ll shower until the water runs cold, then collapse on her saggy mattress. If she dreams, she’ll dream about her son. Usually she dreams of nothing at all. By the time Gina wakes again, the sun will have cast its low arc across the sky. She’ll smoke at the window, right elbow resting on her left hand as she watches the street below. She’ll sniff disdain at the orange film in the half-a-can of baked beans, but will upend it anyway onto butterless toast and hope that a minute in the microwave will be enough. Then she’ll dress in the same black uniform as yesterday, paint on the same black eyeliner, and make her morning journey in reverse. Back at The Cockpit, the girls are getting ready for the biggest night of the week. One straddles her friend at the makeup counter, deftly sticking false eyelashes. Another stands topless, hip jutting, brandishing her blow-dryer like it’s a gun, and maybe she wishes it was. Gina pokes her head into the dressing room and the girls turn and wave, coo greetings. Gina smiles grimly at the powder and the perfume in the air. “Tonight’s the last time I do this,” she mutters at no one in particular, and ducks back out to serve punters at the bar. “S’what she said last week,” grins the girl with the gun. This story was written as an inspiration piece for Mash Stories, a short story competition which gives writers 3 random key words or phrases, and a 500-word limit, to create their best pieces of flash fiction. The key words for this piece were: honesty – blow-dryer – cockpit.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line60
__label__wiki	0.710891	0.710891	September 11 Changed Nothing Remember all the movies that got altered, delayed or canned altogether because of September 11? The fallout from the US terrorist attacks was felt in Hollywood as much as anywhere else, and executives, producers and investors alike must have been cursing Al Qaeda as loudly as the rest of America for entirely different reasons. Suddenly, entire genres of films were rendered obsolete by their insensitivity. Films where a single hero saves the world from evil terrorists (like Schwarzenegger vehicle Collateral Damage) seemed purely insulting; how could Hollywood producers remind us of the fictional heroes who – as September 11 made painfully aware – don't exist? Anything with even a hint of terrorism in the script was hushed up, changed or shelved. A similar rash of movies that dealt with (previously passe) now politically and emotionally explosive devices were affected. The original script of the Barry Sonnenfeld comedy Big Trouble dealt with a bomb on a plane. It was hurriedly changed and its release delayed for up to a year, whereupon it sank like a stone at the box office. Who wants to be in charge of marketing a movie about a plane hijacking at the moment? In the explosion of late 90's CG-driven adventure thrillers, suddenly our deepest fears could come to life. Comets? Meteors? Tornadoes? Aliens blowing up cities? Studios could serve them all up with orgasmic gusto. In fact, you've even got to wonder if Hollywood culture had something to do with the perpetrators deciding to pick New York for the September 11 attacks – it had been damaged, leveled or otherwise destroyed in no fewer than five films in the previous few years. In Independence Day (1996), the alien craft picks the Empire State Building as the focal point for its superweapon to wipe New York clean. In Deep Impact (1998), the mile-high tidal wave the comet sends hurtling across the globe bears down on New York, knocking the Statue of Liberty off her pedestal before sweeping through Manhattan (ironically, people on top of the World Trade Centre towers are high enough to survive). In Godzilla (1998), army pilots trying to kill the giant lizard miss and destroy the iconic cone of the Chrysler building (plenty of other structures are scraped, trashed or destroyed in ensuing battles). Armageddon (1998) sees the Big Apple under the onslaught of a meteor shower. The Chrysler Building again cops it, having its nose smashed off in a billowing cloud of fire. More disturbingly, people who've jumped or fallen are depicted in horrific detail. The scene concludes with a panning view of New York in ruins, on fire, and with holes through buildings – including the World Trade Centre. And Artificial Intelligence (2001), released in Australia just days before September 11, depicts an abandoned New York of the far future – skyscrapers having crumbled and fallen and the twin towers we'd all watch crumble on the news in the days ahead still standing. No wonder we all thought we'd switched on the TV that morning in the middle of The Movie Show with a segment about the latest disaster blockbuster to hit screens. Who else would think of terrorists flying planes into buildings but a Hollywood producer and his team of CG engineers? In the following weeks, as every sector of the world economy (including Hollywood) reeled, it seemed that short period in history – of showing the destruction of cities and the death of thousands in gleeful detail – was over. But take heart. We can now confirm that nothing's changed. They haven't destroyed the American way of life. We can forget those irritating distractions like the three thousand corpses still buried in downtown Manhattan, the truth about how the rest of the world sees America and her current stewardship and those awkward questions; why do we have to bomb two Muslim countries in response to the actions of a band of zealots hiding in the Afghani desert? We can turn our attention back to what matters now; whether Britney and Justin are going to get back together, finally saving a few cents a litre in petrol again, and making movies where world landmarks full of innocent people are killed in colossal CG explosions or tidal waves. Yes friends, Hollywood has had its minute of respectful, reflective silence. The entertainment industries have collected big stars to do tribute shows and albums, the TV movie rights are in the can – I think we all agree those poor development executives in Hollywood has paid enough in lost profits. In the coming weeks you'll start to see marketing for a new Paramount disaster movie called The Core. It deals with the Earth's core having ground to a halt because of military weapons testing – now creating freak weather conditions the world over. There's an advertising leaflet for the movie in some cinemas in the form of a newspaper, complete with bios on the crew of the drilling machine that will save us all and the effects of the catastrophe around the world. Also included are exciting production photos of the Colosseum exploding across a plaza of terrified tourists and San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge just after its collapse, complete with cars and wreckage strewn across the water. Thank God everything's back to normal.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line66
__label__cc	0.642009	0.357991	The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker Track this platform The 3DO Interactive Multiplayer (often called simply 3DO) is a video game console originally produced by Panasonic in 1993. Further renditions of the hardware were released in 1994 by Sanyo and Goldstar. The consoles were manufactured according to specifications created by The 3DO Company, and were originally designed by Dave Needle and R. J. Mical of New Technology Group. The system was conceived by entrepreneur and Electronic Arts founder Trip Hawkins. Despite a highly promoted launch (including being named Time magazine's "1994 Product of the Year") and a host of cutting-edge technologies, the 3DO's high price (US$599 at launch), limited third-party developer support, and an over-saturated console market prevented the system from achieving success comparable to competitors Sega and Nintendo. This console was released in North America on October 4, 1993, Japan on March 20, 1994 and in Europe in 1994. OnSide Soccer (2007) Developed by Elite for 3DO OnSide Soccer is a sports game developed by Elite and released on 3DO. Powerslide (1998) Developed by Ratbag for 3DO, WIN Powerslide is a racing game developed by Ratbag and released on 3DO, Microsoft Windows. Ide Yosuke Meijin no Shinmi Sen Mahjong (1996) Developed by Capcom for 3DO, PS, SAT Ide Yosuke Meijin no Shinmi Sen Mahjong is a misc game developed by Capcom and released on 3DO, PlayStation, Sega Saturn. DefCon 5 (1995) Developed by Millennium Interactive for 3DO, PS, SAT DefCon 5 is a shooter game developed by Millennium Interactive and released on 3DO, PlayStation, Sega Saturn. Blue Forest Story: Kaze no Fuuin (1996) Developed by Right Stuff for 3DO, PS Blue Forest Story: Kaze no Fuuin is a role-playing game developed by Right Stuff and released on 3DO, PlayStation. 3DO Brainwaves 18th January, 11 replies The most amazing gaming setups and collections you'll ever see Share 3DO with others Platforms You May Like OnSide Soccer Powerslide Ide Yosuke Meijin no Shinmi Sen Mahjong DefCon 5 Blue Forest Story: Kaze no Fuuin users tracking this platform Name code 3DO Type: Home Console 6 items by LinkSmith Consoles I wish I'd owned	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line71
__label__wiki	0.834999	0.834999	Fern2849.blogspot.com ด.ญ.อรวรรณ ทองสุก ม.2/8 เลขที่ 49 โรงเรียนกาญจนาภิเษกวิทยาลัย สุพรรณบุรี วันพุธที่ 10 กันยายน พ.ศ. 2557 17th ASIAN GAMES INCHEON 2014 【►】Official Name: 17th ASIAN GAMES INCHEON 2014 ▧ Duration: September 19, 2014 - October 4, 2014 (16 days) ▧ Venues: In and around Incheon Metropolitan City ▧ Participants: About 13,000 athletes and officials and about 7,000 media from the 45 OCA member states ▧ Staff: Approx. 30,000 ▧ Host: The Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) ▧ Organizer: The 2014 Incheon Asian Games Organizing Committee (IAGOC) ▧ No. of Sports: 36 ASIAN GAMES INCHEON 2014 36 Sports Aquatics, Archery, Athletics, Badminton, Basketball, Boxing, Canoe & Kayak, Cycling, Equestrian, Fencing, Football, Golf, Gymnastics, Handball, Hockey, Judo, Modern Pentathlon, Rowing, Rugby, Sailing, Shooting, Table Tennis, Taekwondo, Tennis, Triathlon, Volleyball, Weightlifting, Wrestling, Baseball, Bowling, Cricket, Kabaddi, Karate, Sepaktakraw, Squash, Wushu 【►】 Objective 【►】 Slogan 【►】 Emblem The emblem design takes the shape of the letter 'A' (for Asia) to project the image of Asians holding each other's hand and soaring together with their wings spread wide. The concept of soaring together towards a bright sun, a symbol of the OCA and Asiad, implies the OCA motto of “Ever Onward” for a bright future. The colours of the emblem, blue and green, each symbolise the international marine city of Incheon and a bright future and hope for Asia. Incheon 2014 organisers are now ready to unveil the mascots and emblem and promote the Incheon Asian Games on the international stage, beginning at the 16th Asian Games set to open in Guangzhou, China, on November 12. The mascot design has been inspired by the fact that the harbour seals inhabit the waters of Incheon's Baengnyeong Island, which is in the northernmost location of the Republic of Korea, while travelling freely between the two Koreas. "The mascots represent the idea of the harbour seals playing a role in promoting peace in Asia by contributing to easing the tension on the Korean peninsula and overcoming ideological and religious barriers in some troubled parts of the world," said Dr Lee Yun-taek, President of the IAGOC. The characters have been named Vichuon, Barame and Chumuro after the Games Main Stadium design motifs of light, wind and dance. Credit: www.incheon2014ag.org/ ▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂ เขียนโดย Fern.2849 ที่ 23:36 Fern.2849 12 Questions Tag : A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ME... Taekwondo - เทควันโด Volleyball - วอลเล่ย์บอล Storm - พายุ Guitar - กีต้าร์ 10 Most Dangerous Active Volcanoes on Earth 21 Meals With Tons Of Protein And No Meat Macaron - มาการอง English Idioms: Weather English Idioms: Color English Cartoons: Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom the 1000 Paper Cranes The Best of Thailand: Top 10 places to visit Learn English with Songs – Let it go 17 Beautifully Painted Stairs From All Over The World. 10 Things You do Every Day that are Killing You Slowly A Core Workout for Flat Abs in 4 Simple Moves What you need to know about the new Apple Watch โรงเรียนกาญจนาภิเษกวิทยาลัย สุพรรณบุรี หน้าต่างรูปภาพ ธีม. รูปภาพธีมโดย sololos. ขับเคลื่อนโดย Blogger.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line75
__label__cc	0.522264	0.477736	There are similarities in different words in languages. But the word for “2” is very similar in most of languages. Why this number is so special? Did people in the first century have last names? Is Serbo-Croatian a language? Posted in categories: Linguistics, Other Languages A2A, because apparently I have a great big “kick me” sign on me. (Only joking, Snežana Đorić (Снежана Ђорић)… … or am I?) Look, my personal opinion, as a taxonomist of the world (a Lumper and not a splitter) , is to look at what used to be one language, turned into four over a decade, of which at least two are identical, and exclaim Oh FFS. But my personal opinion doesn’t matter. Nor indeed does my professional opinion. Because I’m not professionally a linguist. But also because this isn’t really a linguistic matter. Every time someone says “a language is a dialect with a military”, like Daniel Nikolić did here, a little piece of Zeibura S. Kathau dies (Zeibura S. Kathau’s answer to Do you agree that the difference between a dialect and a language is an army?). But, well, it’s not like Daniel’s wrong here. Linguists want the distinction between languages to be about mutual intelligibility. But if the weird dialect is spoken by your fellow nationals, you’ll expend that much more effort to understand it and call it your own; and if the not-as-weird dialect is spoken across the border, you’ll expend that much less effort. Sociolinguists want the distinction between languages to be about Abstand and ausbau: separateness and development. The development comes with status; the separateness… well, the separateness can end up manufactured. When Serbo-Croat was one language, the separateness was quashed; when Serbo-Croat became four languages, the separateness was cranked up. A language is deemed a language when people call it a language. I can think it’s silly; I can exult that the Montenegrin-language Wikipedia did not go ahead. But it’s not up to Nick Nicholas to tell the Croats, Serbs, Montenegrins and Bosnians that they’re speaking the same language, FFS, or to roll his eyes when the same polling booth in Bosnia uses Jekavian in Latin alphabet and Ekavian in Cyrillic alphabet (Mjesto, Место). (… That’s a Russian Italic т, isn’t it. Sucks to be Serbian/Macedonian, I know.) There are linguistic and sociolinguistic criteria for whether it’s one language or four; but if the language speakers are convinced one way or the other, well, that’s how it is. FFS. Answered 2016-09-12 [Originally posted on http://quora.com/Is-Serbo-Croatian-a-language/answer/Nick-Nicholas-5]	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line78
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__label__wiki	0.686737	0.686737	ALPHABETICAL RACES PLACES MISCELLANEOUS REFERENCE INTERACTIVE SHARE Ents Fields, plains and deserts Hills and mountains Islands and promontories Lands, realms and regions Languages and writing Songs, lays and tales Time and calendars FAQ and e-mail Disclaimer and bibliography Old and rare words Lexicon of names Excyclopedia of Arda Movie-goer's Guides: • The Fellowship of the Ring • The Two Towers • The Return of the King The Hobbit Viewer's Companions: • An Unexpected Journey • The Desolation of Smaug • The Battle of the Five Armies Tolkien links The Chronicle of Arda iPhone edition iPad edition Latest Chronicle Calendar Old and rare words Lexicon of names Links Random Started after the defeat of Morgoth in the War of Wrath (II 1); ended with the first defeat of Sauron in the War of the last Alliance (II 3441) The Second Age of the Years of the Sun, after the long First Age came to an end with the fall of the Dark Lord Morgoth Updates planned: 11 The Age of Númenor Years of the TreesFirst AgeISecond AgeIIThird AgeIIIFourth AgeIV The Ages of Arda The Years of the TreesFirst AgeSecond AgeThird AgeFourth Age Dating from a point 590 years after the first rising of the Sun, the Second Age began after Morgoth was defeated in the War of Wrath and expelled from Arda. That war wrought devastation in northwestern Middle-earth; the lands of Beleriand were largely overwhelmed by the Sea, with only the realm of Lindon remaining to the west of the Blue Mountains. The Second Age was the Age of Númenor; the great island kingdom was created and peopled by the descendants of the Edain in the first years of the Age, and as the years passed, their power grew until it surpassed that of any nation of Men, before or since. They sailed east, exploring Middle-earth and founding great cities there. Eventually, their power and pride became so great that they challenged the Valar themselves, and were destroyed. The end of Númenor was not the end of the Second Age, though; a remnant of the Númenoreans led by Elendil escaped its wreck and founded kingdoms in Middle-earth: Arnor in the north and Gondor in the south. They formed a mighty alliance, the Last Alliance of Elves and Men, and marched on Sauron, who had grown great again, assailing the Dark Tower of Barad-dûr. With the first overthrow of Sauron by the Alliance, the Second Age came to its end. Key Events of the Second Age 1 Foundation of the Elven-kingdoms in the west of Middle-earth, Mithlond and Lindon. 32 Arrival of the Edain in Númenor. Elrond's brother Elros becames their first king, taking the name Tar-Minyatur. 600 The first ships of the Númenoreans return to Middle-earth. 1200 Sauron comes to the Elves of Eregion in a fair guise, and begins to teach them. c. 1590 The smiths of Eregion complete the Three Rings of the Elves. c. 1600 Sauron forges the One Ring in Orodruin, and so reveals his true purposes to the Elves. 1693 War begins between the Elves and Sauron. 1701 Sauron's forces, after taking much of Eriador, are driven back into the East by an army of Númenor. c. 2250 First appearance of the Nazgûl. 3255 Ar-Pharazôn, last King of Númenor, usurps the throne. 3262 Ar-Pharazôn takes Sauron as prisoner back to Númenor. There, Sauron begins to corrupt the Númenóreans. 3319 Ar-Pharazôn sails into the West to assail the Valar. The Downfall of Númenor. 3320 Arnor and Gondor are founded by Elendil and his sons Isildur and Anárion. 3430 Formation of the Last Alliance. 3441 Defeat of Sauron by the Last Alliance. 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Hygienic Modernity: Meanings of Health and Disease in Treaty-Port China (Asia: Local Studies Global Themes) Out of the Dead House: Nineteenth-Century Women Physicians and the Writing of Medicine Europe's Indians: Producing Racial Difference, 1500–1900 (Politics, History, and Culture) The Prince's Body: Vincenzo Gonzaga and Renaissance Medicine Additional info for Carl Schmitt's Critique of Liberalism: Against Politics as Technology (Modern European Philosophy) He returned to serious considerations on Lukacs after the war; see Verfassungsrechtliche Aufsdtze aus den Jahren 1924-1954: Materialien zu einer Ver- fassungslehre (Berlin: Duncker 8c Humblot, 1958), pp. 425-6, 450. 18 On Schmitt's debt to Hegel or "Hegelian strategy," see Mehring, Pathetisches Denken. I focus more on this strategy as it was practiced in Weimar in particular rather than in nineteenth- and twentieth-century German philosophy, broadly conceived. Moreover, I do not immediately focus on the "antimarxism" of Schmitt's approach but rather initially on its similarities to Lukacs's particular Marxism. See Lukacs's own work on the philosopher, The Young Hegel (1938), trans. R. : MIT Press, 1976); as well as his remarks on the Hegelian quality of History and Class Consciousness in the 1967 preface to the work. 19 See Schmitt "Die andere Hegel-Linie: Hans Freyer zum 70. Geburtstag," Christ und Welt 30 (Jul. 25, 1957). 20 To mention just a few recent works from the enormous literature on the "Weberian" framing of these questions, see Lawrence A. Scaff, Fleeing the Iron Cage: Culture, Politics and Modernity in the Thought of Max Weber (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1989); Gilbert G. The first is dealt with in Chapter 1: The Marxian tradition of critical theory is most notably represented in the twenties and thirties by Georg Lukacs and his heirs in the Frankfurt Institute for Social Research, such as Max Horkheimer and T. W. 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__label__cc	0.667142	0.332858	Home / World / World Business / Financial / pH Miners Inc. Releases 2 New Cryptocurrency Miners pH Miners Inc. Releases 2 New Cryptocurrency Miners Posted on March 8, 2016 by Korea Bizwire in Financial, World Business, World Tech with 0 Comments pH Miner’s new Litecoin Miner 1000 MH/s comes with the ability to mine both Litecoin and a variety of other cryptocurrencies across the globe. (image: pH Miners) NEW YORK, Mar. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — pH Miners Inc. has officially launched two new, highly powerful miners for Bitcoin and Litecoin, two of the leading cryptocurrencies in the world. A photo accompanying this announcement is available at http://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/6d68cb8c-fc1a-4e77-9a50-a01ad1550c47 The company has developed the miners—Bitcoin Miner 25/THs and Litecoin Miner 1000MH/s—to enable users to more easily process digital transactions and quickly monitor the release of new digital coins. Each miner retails at $3,000 and comes with all of the necessary equipment, including the control unit, cabling and casing, making it fast and easy to set up and operate. “We are absolutely thrilled to launch these two new cryptocurrency miners and make them available to people located all around the world,” said Eric Franklin, CEO of pH Miners. “Our top priority is to make sure our products allow users to make the most out of the digital currency revolution that continues to grow on a global level.” pH Miner’s new Litecoin Miner 1000 MH/s comes with the ability to mine both Litecoin and a variety of other cryptocurrencies across the globe. Both miners have undergone comprehensive testing throughout multiple stages of their manufacturing processes, ensuring the highest standards of quality possible. The company, based in New York City, has a team of specialists on staff with years of experience working closely with both Bitcoin and Litecoin hardware. In creating its cryptocurrency miners, the team uses only top-quality materials and components, making the products highly durable and long-lasting for users. pH Miners only accepts payment in Bitcoin, provides an extended 15-year warranty to cover any types of failure in its products and offers free shipping to anywhere in the world via UPS or FedEx. Bitcoin and Litecoin have risen significantly in popularity over the past several years, with one Bitcoin currently worth about $400 U.S. dollars. Litecoin is now worth a more modest three U.S. dollars, but has been gradually on the rise since its launch in 2011. In fact, retailers, financial institutions and members of the public are increasingly viewing these cybercurrencies as viable alternatives to more traditional forms of money, which are vulnerable to socioeconomic and political shocks occurring with greater frequency worldwide. pH Miners aims to deliver high-tech solutions for effectively and profitably mining cryptocurrencies, using proprietary components rather than sourcing them from outside parties. All of its hardware, including the chips that run its miners, is manufactured at the company’s partner facilities in Asia. This gives pH Miners the ability to maintain quality while offering its products at affordable prices. For more information on pH Miners and its new cryptocurrency miners, please visit http://www.phminers.com. Eric Franklin eric@phminers.com Source: pH Miners via GLOBE NEWSWIRE pH Miners IFAC Perspective on Way Forward After Considering Objective Analysis of Monitoring Group Consultation Responses Record Gold Sales in the First Quarter of 2018 High Grade Intercepts in the Guiro Mine FPT Industrial Showcases its Hydrogen Fuel Cell Powertrain Concept at the IAA Commercial Vehicles Trade Fair in Hannover, Germany Ingenico Launches Full Suite of Chinese Payment Methods for International E-commerce Players	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line108
__label__wiki	0.94464	0.94464	James Hider Free Chapters US rewiews Category: Non Fiction Time Magazine has reviewed Spiders on their Middle East blog: The Spiders of Allah Strike Again By Tim McGirk/Jerusalem How do you end a conflict when everybody fighting thinks that God is on his side? It's impossible, especially when the line between faith and superstition wobbles and breaks apart. Shortly before I came to Jerusalem, Israel's seemingly indestructible Prime Minister Ariel Sharon fell into a coma. Many Israelis are convinced that Sharon was struck down because rabbis put a curse on him for pulling out of Gaza. That was three years ago, and Sharon –-lying in a hospital bed, half-man, half-machine-- still languishes in a coma. Want more proof of divine intervention? During the Gaza war, Israeli newspapers solemnly reported that Rachel from the Bible appeared to warn a platoon of soldiers to stay away from a booby-tapped house. I cite two Jewish examples. But there are plenty among Muslims and Christians, too. Take the Spiders of Allah. James Hider, the Middle East correspondent for the London Times and a self-confessed arachnophobe, was covering the U.S. Marines' campaign in Fallujah where he heard reports that the city's preachers would boost the Islamic fighters' morale with tales that Allah had sent in legions of “chair-sized arachnids, whose poisoned hairs could make a human body turn blue and explode in a shower of corrupted blood.” Oh, and the spiders also scream along at 40 kms an hour. spiders-us Hider is more afraid of spiders than of God's wrath. (He's an atheist and says he has seen nothing while reporting various Middle Eastern wars to convince him otherwise). He's also just written a book “The Spiders of Allah: Travels of an Unbeliever on the Frontlines of Holy War” (published in the U.K. by Doubleday and in the U.S. in June by St. Martin's Press), which challenges that famous WWII phrase “there are no atheists in foxholes.” Everything Hider sees in Iraq, Gaza, and the West Bank makes him question the madness of men killing, and dying, for their gods. “It is when the mild opiate of mainstream religion is distilled into the crack cocaine of fanatical fundamentalism that the problems really start,” he writes. ‘Spiders' is, by turns, hilarious sardonic, and visceral. It's a first-class war memoir, with a bow to Vonnegut and Brecht. Lately, a rash of journalists' Iraq war diaries have appeared, but Hider spares us the swagger and chest-thumping. Thankfully, he doesn't brag about his reportorial heroics; in fact, he makes light of the danger he faces. At Fallujah, he takes a piece of shrapnel through the arm. The medic who pulls out the metal chunk gives it to Hider in a zip-lock baggie as a souvenir. Hider takes it back to the Baghdad bureau and forgets about it. Coming back from a vacation, Hider finds a note from his replacement correspondent who had “mistaken the shrapnel for a lump of hash and burned his fingers trying to smoke it. By my bed was a handwritten note. “'Dope here is crap. No wonder everyone here is so f____king tense.'” Hashish is nothing, as Hider writes, compared to the nihilistic buzz of fanaticism. In this age of Internet-sped fatwas, Kabalistic curses and Christian outrage, it's a relief to find a writer like Hider who doesn't pussyfoot around the murderous sensibilities of zealots. The Time review can be found at: http://74.125.77.132/search?q=cache:wb5js3p-XMYJ:mideast.blogs.time.com/2009/03/27/the-spiders-of-allah-strike-again/+%22spiders+of+allah+strike+again%22+time+mcgirk&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk Also McClatchy newspapers also did a short review a few weeks back: As a child growing up outside London, British journalist James Hider came to view the Bible as a boring children's story. His teachers taught the New Testament alongside tales of Olga da Polga (the talking guinea pig), Paddington Bear and Beatrix Potter. By the time he headed to the Middle East to cover the chaos in Iraq, he saw religions as "a series of often gory stories, fables told to take the poor, isolated, individual sap out of himself for a little while, [and] let him forget that he is all alone in the universe." Needless to say, James take a rather dim view of religious wars in "The Spiders of Allah: Travels of an Unbeliever on the Frontline of Holy War." a new memoir that he describes as "a romp through the madness that is the Middle East." "The Spiders of Allah" is more readable than "The God Delusion" and less pompous than "God is Not Great." In 300 pages, James travels between meeting extremist Jewish settlers in the West Bank and Hamas TV producers transforming Mickey Mouse into an anti-Semitic revolutionary. James, now the Jerusalem-based Middle East correspondent for The Times of London, scoffs at Muslim extremists in Iraq who issue edicts banning the display of tomatoes and cucumbers side-by-side because they are viewed as representing female and male organs. James describes US soldiers using the "Team America" soundtrack to try and rattle Iraqi insurgents and his distasteful first encounter with American corn dogs during the American effort to rout militants from Fallujah. By 2005, James writes that he was becoming so "inured to the murderous pace" of Iraq that, when a suicide bomber shattered the windows of his hotel room early one morning, he went back to bed because he knew the attack would never make it into his paper. Camel The title of the book comes from a myth that spread across the Middle East that camel spiders sent by Allah were decimating Americans in Iraq. The urban legend had its genesis in a photograph of two camel spiders hanging from a soldier's helmet in Iraq that whipped around the Internet. Although James doesn't hide his atheist views, he doesn't often engage religious extremists in the book. Instead, he lets the stories speak for themselves. But you can get a glimpse of his views in the panel discussion below on "Frost over the World," the Al Jazeera English show with host David Frost. "The Spiders of Allah" is already out in England and is scheduled to be released in the US this June. This review is at: http://washingtonbureau.typepad.com/jerusalem/2009/03/the-spiders-of-allah.html © 2014, Copyright James Hider	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line110
__label__wiki	0.557128	0.557128	Roberta Gambarini – Easy To Love (Groovin’ High – 2006) by Paula Edelstein Although she was born and bred in Italy, Gambarini brings a distinctly American jazz flavor to Easy to Love. On the title track, her multi-octave range can be seen as an indication of the “cool school” but when she starts swinging she’s anything but cool! Her scats and melodies breathe beautifully and her melodic lines have a lighter, airier quality that finds her swinging but in a softer, more relaxed manner. Billie Holiday’s anthem “Lover Man” has been claimed as part of the cool jazz movement and Gambarini certainly offers an outstanding variation of this sublime ballad. Even Gershwin would have enjoyed her passionate reworking of “Porgy, I’s Your Woman Now/I Loves You Porgy.” Gambarini is equally successful at presenting this Great American Songbook standard as a medley of sentimentality with a range of penetrating cries and whispers implicated in her voice. From ballads to bop, Roberta proves she’s no stranger to the art of swing or the bop idiom. Once into “On The Sunny Side of The Street” she teases with playful scats and daring vocalese that would renew anyone’s vocal jazz ambitions. “Lover Come Back To Me” adopts a different tonal palette as she launches into a swinging set complete with searing scats that clearly show her respect for Ella Fitzgerald. Joined by the inimitable James Moody on tenor sax and vocals on “Lover Man” and “Centerpiece,” the saxophonist adds his instinct for melodic development and own brand of scatting. Adding further to Gambarini’s style is a mellifluous but dynamic ensemble that includes Chuck Berghofer and John Clayton on bass, Tamir Handelman and Gerald Clayton on piano, Willie Jones III and Joe La Barbera on drums. Reprinted with permission of…	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line112
__label__cc	0.6119	0.3881	Michael Hoppen Gallery 3 Jubilee Place, Chelsea, London SW3 3TD Tue to Fri 12am-6pm, Sat 10.30am-4pm, Closed Sun \| Aug Mon to Fri 12am-6pm, Closed Sat & Sun A stroll around a decent photo gallery is a bit like taking a trip to Borough Market ?just to have a look?. Just as in the latter you?ll return home laden with culinary goodies, it is impossible to leave somewhere like the Michael Hoppen Gallery without a choice print or a shiny, hardback for the living room. The exhibits are spread across three galleries and several centuries ? a generous variety of artists parading their work. The selection is of a consistently high standard, previous exhibitors include Hélène Binet and Desiree Dolron. The gallery also has a publishing arm which prints its own series of books. 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__label__cc	0.560121	0.439879	Point-to-point (steeplechase) For other uses, see Point-to-point (disambiguation). A point to point race A point-to-point is a feckin' form of horseracin' over fences for huntin' horses and amateur riders. In Ireland, where the oul' sport is open to licensed - i.e, for the craic. professional - trainers, many of the feckin' horses will appear in these races before they compete in National Hunt races. Soft oul' day. Consequently, the feckin' Irish point-to-point is more used as a bleedin' nursery for future young stars: a feckin' horse that wins its debut point-to-point in Ireland will often sell for a high price. Whilst professional trainers are specifically excluded from runnin' horses in point-to-points in Great Britain (other than their own personal horses), the bleedin' days of the oul' farmer runnin' his hunter at the oul' local point-to-point have gone (replaced to some extent by hunter chases). Bejaysus. Increasingly, horses are run from "livery yards" - unlicensed but otherwise professional trainin' establishments, sometimes closely allied with a holy licensed yard. Horses runnin' in Point-to-Points must be Thoroughbreds, save in the oul' case of Hunt Members races and certain other Club Members races (e.g. Pegasus Club Members race). Me head is hurtin' with all this raidin'. The owner must be an oul' member, subscriber or farmer of a feckin' recognized pack of Hounds and obtain a Hunter Certificate from the bleedin' Master to that effect, bedad. Once this Certificate has been registered with the Point-to-Point Authority (PPA) the horse is also eligible to run in Hunter Chases, i.e. Jesus, Mary and holy Saint Joseph. races for similarly qualified horses run under BHA Rules over regulation fences on licensed racecourses. Similarly, potential riders must also obtain a Riders Qualification Certificate (RQC) from a Hunt Secretary and register it with the feckin' PPA. Point-to-Point racin' is also sometimes referred to as racin' 'between the feckin' flags'.[1] Two horses racin' to the finish The first Steeplechase ever was run locally between Buttevant and Doneraile, County Cork, over 250 years ago. Sure this is it. Chasin' from 'steeple to steeple' or point-to-point began in 1752 when Mr. Sufferin' Jaysus. Blake challenged his neighbour Mr, the hoor. O'Callaghan, to race across country from Buttevant church to Doneraile church some four and a half miles distance and to jump stone walls, ditches and hedges as they presented themselves. Whisht now and listen to this wan. By keepin' the steeple of the church in sight (steeplechasin') both riders could see their finishin' point.[2] The first traceable use of the feckin' phrase point-to-point in connection with a horse race is in Bell's Life on 10 January 1874. Whisht now and eist liom. A race is described that took place on 2 January from Sutton-on-the-Forest to Brandsby, held by the bleedin' 9th Lancers stationed at nearby York, fair play. It was won by Langar, ridden by his owner the oul' Hon. Me head is hurtin' with all this raidin'. E, you know yourself like. Willoughby. The first reference to a bleedin' hunt holdin' an oul' point-to-point came in 1875, when the feckin' Sportin' Gazette contained a detailed account of a Monmouthshire Hunt Point-to-point chase held on 12 January from Llansaintfraed to Tykin-under-Little-Skirrid, which Captain Wheeley won easily from his thirteen rivals.[3] In Great Britain, local hunts combined in 1913 to form the feckin' Master of Hounds Point‐to‐Point Association and issue an oul' standard set of rules.[4] Control passed to the bleedin' National Hunt Committee in the feckin' mid 1930s and The Jockey Club in the oul' late 1960s.[4] In recent years, pony racin' has been staged at British meetings in an attempt to encourage more young riders into point to pointin' and national hunt racin'. One of the few remainin' point-to-point races run under the bleedin' original conditions is the New Forest Boxin' Day point-to-point, which has a given start and finish point, with riders allowed to choose their own course in-between. This race is run over the bleedin' open New Forest, with the general area of the feckin' finishin' point publicised only within the fortnight before the race, and the bleedin' startin' point kept secret until the feckin' day of the race itself. It includes races for children and veteran riders. Would ye swally this in a minute now?The majority of the bleedin' races are for riders on purebred New Forest ponies, but some races are open to horses and ponies of other breeds.[5] Horses jumpin' a holy point to point fence Point-to-Point races are normally run over a minimum of three miles, but certain races, includin' some blue riband events (e.g. C'mere til I tell ya now. the 4m Heythrop Men's Open and the bleedin' 3¼m Lady Dudley Cup) are longer, and Maiden races for young horses (aged four to seven years) can be run over 2½ miles. Most Point-to-Point courses are laid out on ordinary farm land, although an oul' few are placed on the oul' inside of professional courses such as Bangor-on-Dee racecourse or Hexham. There are 110 point-to-point courses throughout the United Kingdom divided into nine regions. Devon & Cornwall : 15 - Bishops Court, Bratton Down, Buckfastleigh Racecourse Buckfastleigh, Cherrybrook, Flete Park, Great Trethew, Kilworthy, Stafford Cross, Trebudannon, Umberleigh, Upcott Cross, Vaulterhill, Wadebridge. East : 8 - Ampton, Cottenham, Fakenham, High Easter, Higham, Horseheath, Marks Tey, Northaw. Midlands : 14 - Bitterley, Brafield-on-the-Green, Brocklesby Park, Chaddesley Corbett, Clifton-on-Dunsmore, Dingley, Eyton-on-Severn, Garthorpe, Guilsborough, Mollington, North Carlton, Sandon, Thorpe Lodge, Whitfield. North : 21 - Alnwick, Aspatria, Charm Park, Corbridge, Dalston, Dalton Park, Duncombe Park, Easingwold, Flagg Moor, Heslaker, Hexham, Hornby Castle, Hutton Rudby, Mordon, Sherriff Hutton, Tabley, Tranwell, Whitcliffe Grange, Whittington, Whitwell-on-the-Hill, Witton Castle. Scotland : 4 - Balcormo Mains, Friars Haugh, Mosshouses, Overton. South & Central : 4 - Hackwood Park, Kimble, Kingston Blount, Lockinge. South : 7 - Aldington, Catsfield, Charin', Godstone, Parham, Penshurst, Peper Harow. South West : 26 - Andoversford, Badbury Rings, Barbury, Brampton Bryan, Bredwardine, Charlton Horethorne, Chipley Park, Cold Harbour, Cothelstone, Cotley, Didmarton, Garnons, Holnicote, Kingston St Mary, Larkhill, Little Windsor, Maisemore Park, Milborne St Andrew, Paxford, Siddington, Ston Easton, Treborough Hill, Upper Sapey, Upton-on-Severn, Whitwick Manor, Woodford. Wales : 11 - Bangor-on-Dee, Cilwendeg, Howick, Llanfrynach, Llanvapley, Lower Machen, Lydstep, Llwyn Du in Glais replaces the oul' course in Pentreclwydau, Pyle, Trecoed, Ystradowen. A three-mile race is almost invariably two circuits of a holy typical point to point course although there are one or two exceptions (e.g. C'mere til I tell ya. Larkhill in Wiltshire). Me head is hurtin' with all this raidin'. Every course must have a minimum number of 18 fences and at least two fences must have ditches. This however can be reduced if certain fences are unfit or unsafe to be jumped (e.g. Sufferin' Jaysus listen to this. due to ground conditions or a fallen horse bein' in the oul' way). The fences are made of birch and are approximately 4 foot 6 inches high. Ireland[edit] See also: Horseracin' in Ireland In Ireland, point-to-point races are run under the feckin' Regulations for Point to Point Steeplechases of the Irish National Hunt Steeplechase Committee (INHSC) of the (Irish) Turf Club.[4][6] Point-to-point races are distinct from "flapper" races, which are outside the oul' remit of the INHSC.[7][8][9] Since the Horse Racin' Ireland Act 2016, Horse Racin' Ireland (HRI) has responsibility within the bleedin' Republic of Ireland for licensin' meetings and collectin' and disbursin' fees for point-to-point meetings; the oul' arrangement of each meetin' is done largely on a feckin' voluntary basis by a local hunt club or other local committee.[10][11][12] HRI had before 2016 provided personnel and fundin' to hunt clubs for prize money and meetin' costs. There was opposition to the bleedin' 2016 act's increased authority as interferin' in a system that was already workin' well.[13][10] List of British National Hunt races ^ . C'mere til I tell ya. Harpenden, Herts, UK: Queen Anne Press, so it is. ISBN 1852916001. ^ Churchill, Peter, The Sportin' Horse - The history, the riders & the oul' rules of popular equestrian sport, Arco Publishin' Company, Inc, London, 1976, ISBN 0-85685-139-6 ^ Peter Stevens, History of the feckin' National Hunt Chase 1860-2010, pp. 81-82 ^ a b c Balendra, G.; Turner, M.; McCrory, P.; Halley, W. Would ye believe this shite?(2007). "Injuries in amateur horse racin' (point to point racin') in Great Britain and Ireland durin' 1993-2006", Lord bless us and save us. British Journal of Sports Medicine. G'wan now and listen to this wan. 41 (3): 162–166. doi:10.1136/bjsm.2006.033894. ISSN 0306-3674. PMC 2465222. I hope yiz are all ears now. PMID 17138629. ^ New Forest Point to Point Schedule Archived 2010-12-18 at the feckin' Wayback Machine ^ "IRISH NATIONAL HUNT STEEPLECHASE REGULATIONS FOR POINT TO POINT STEEPLECHASES 2015 / 2016" (PDF), the hoor. Curragh, Co. Jesus, Mary and holy Saint Joseph. Kildare: Office of the bleedin' I.N.H.S. Committee. Sufferin' Jaysus listen to this. 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 May 2016. Here's a quare one for ye. Retrieved 27 April 2016. ^ "A Brief History Of Point To Point Racin'", the hoor. Ireland: Turf Club. Retrieved 27 April 2016. ^ Muircheartaigh, Micheál Ó (2007-05-31), the shitehawk. From Borroloola to Mangerton Mountain: Travels and Stories from Ireland's Most Beloved Broadcaster. Penguin Books Limited. Me head is hurtin' with all this raidin'. p. 317. ISBN 9780141911649. Jesus, Mary and Joseph. Retrieved 27 April 2016. ^ "Racin' Board and Racecourses Bill, 1945—Second Stage", grand so. Seanad Éireann debates. Jasus. Oireachtas. C'mere til I tell ya. 18 April 1945, you know yourself like. Retrieved 27 April 2016. I hope yiz are all ears now. Point-to-point races, as distinct from what I am told are known as “flapper” races, will be brought within the ambit of the Bill, because they are authorised by the feckin' governin' bodies. ^ a b "Horse Racin' Ireland Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (Continued)". C'mere til I tell ya now. Dáil Éireann debates. Here's a quare one for ye. Oireachtas. Be the holy feck, this is a quare wan. 20 January 2016. Retrieved 27 April 2016. ^ "Horse Racin' Ireland Bill 2015; Explanatory Memorandum" (PDF). Bills. Oireachtas. Chrisht Almighty. Retrieved 27 April 2016. ^ "Horse Racin' Ireland Act 2016", enda story. Irish Statute Book. Retrieved 27 April 2016. ^ Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine (October 2014). Holy blatherin' Joseph, listen to this. "Report on the General Scheme of the feckin' Horse Racin' Ireland (Amendment) Bill 2014" (PDF). Jesus Mother of Chrisht almighty. Oireachtas, the cute hoor. Retrieved 27 April 2016. Weatherbys Point-to-Point: the Official Home of Point-to-Pointin' Point to Point - Meanin' & Origin Equestrian activities Main articles: Equestrianism FEI disciplines, Olympic Eventin' Show jumpin' FEI disciplines, non-Olympic Combined drivin' Reinin' Tent peggin' Vaultin' Para-equestrian Horse racin' Flat racin' Harness racin' Thoroughbred horse racin' Equestrian drill team Escaramuza charra Fantasia (performance) Jereed (cirit) Team chasin' Games with horses Barrel racin' Carrera de cintas Corrida de sortija Dzhigitovka Equine agility Er Enish Gymkhana (equestrian) Keyhole race Kyz kuu Ljubičevo Equestrian Games O-Mok-See Pole bendin' Potato race Skijorin' Drivin' sports Ban'ei racin' Carriage drivin' Chuckwagon racin' Draft horse showin' Horse pullin' Pleasure drivin' Scurry drivin' Workin' stock sports Acoso y derribo Australian rodeo Breakaway ropin' Calf ropin' Campdraftin' Chilean rodeo Cuttin' Deporte de lazo Goat tyin' Jineteada gaucha Ranch sortin' Saddle bronc and bareback ridin' Steer wrestlin' Team pennin' Team ropin' Workin' cow horse Cowboy mounted shootin' Joustin' Mounted archery Pasola Pig stickin' Horse show and exhibition disciplines Classical dressage Halter (horse show) Horse showmanship Hunt seat Show hunter (British) Stunt ridin' Trail (horse show) Western ridin' (horse show) breed-specific disciplines Camargue equitation Doma menorquina Common Ridin' Workin' equitation Competitive trail ridin' Field hunter Fox huntin' Hunter pacin' Mounted orienteerin' Pleasure ridin' Trail ridin' Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Point-to-point_(steeplechase)&oldid=996149399" Steeplechase (horse racin') Horse racin' in Great Britain Horse racin' in Ireland	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line125
__label__cc	0.542355	0.457645	As COVID-19 Continues, County Releases New Map and Data For all other COVID-19 questions, contact the COVID-19 Help Hotline at 248-858-1000 or hotline@oakgov.com. HW Peace, Citizenship and Education Project Demonstrates Against Racism The organization began almost twenty years ago in response to U. S. foreign policy in reaction to the 9/11 event. Robin Carter-Cooper Named County’s First Chief Diversity… June 2nd 2020 Coulter said more than 30 percent of Oakland County’s population is ethnically diverse and it is important county policies ensure its workforce reflects the county’s diversity Small Businesses Can Sign Up for Free ReOpen Toolkit through Oakland County The kits have more than $400 worth of supplies. Block Ads for Booze, Smokes, Porn and More with State’s Child Protection Registry “It doesn’t just block them,” said Alisha Meneely, Community Outreach Director for the agency, which is part of the Michigan Secretary of State’s office. “It stops them.” The Ups and Downs in Oakland County – 2019 Population Estimates Released On Thursday of this week, the Census Bureau released its last set of population estimates until the 2020 Census results are released by July of 2021. Emergency Grants Available for Veterans and Service Members Impacted by COVID-19 The grants can be used for health, economic and financial hardships resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. List of Cemeteries in Oakland County Thanks to the Oakland County Pioneer and Historical Society and Oakland County’s Economic Development and Community Affairs Department, here is a list of Oakland County’s cemeteries Oakland County Now Has Free Drive-Thru COVID-19 Testing for Any Adult County Executive David Coulter said the expanded testing is important as Oakland County and the state gradually reopens, which includes resumed operations for many area businesses and manufacturers. Face Mask and Temp Checks the New Normal at County Buildings Coulter said. “Our team has worked very hard evaluating each building, its public spaces and offices, to determine how we can best serve the public and our employees while maintaining appropriate social distancing and other health protocols. Page 19 of 85« First«...1011121314151617181920212223242526272829...4050607080...»Last »	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line130
__label__wiki	0.91781	0.91781	Media release from Gender DynamiX announces intersex inclusive African initiative, Transitioning Africa By Admin on 2 February 2012 . Announcement: Transitioning Africa GENDER DynamiX (GDX) and the Support Initiative for People with atypical sexual Development (SIPD) have taken their collaboration in the Exchange Programmes in 2010 and 2011 a step further and, together with Transgender and Intersex Africa (TIA), will concentrate its efforts mainly on advocacy in Sub-Saharan Africa. Forming the tripartite will further solidify and strengthen their work in Africa and a specific mission and vision for the new partnership has been formulated. The main focus of this new entity is to support a growing transgender and intersex movement and to engage regionally in advocacy for the human rights of transgender and intersex people. While forming a platform for all regional work of the three organisations, Transitioning Africa is not a new NGO but will remain a formal partnership of the three organisations and thus retain autonomy locally and regionally and the capacity for its activities will be provided by the three organisations in the implementation of its activities, such as capacity building workshops, advocacy support to other organisations, exchange programmes and mentorships. The vision of Transitioning Africa is to see a strong transgender and intersex movement in Sub-Saharan Africa, based on human rights principles, while the mission is to strive for gender recognition within social movements in Africa. It aims to build transgender and intersex leadership and capacity, by supporting both individual transgender and intersex activists, as well as transgender and intersex organisations on the continent. The mission further states that Transitioning Africa will advocate for transgender and intersex issues within regional and international platforms, directly, and support local advocacy efforts when invited. It will also aim to document the history of the transgender and intersex movement in Africa. An Advisory Committee will advise Transitioning Africa on its work. This Committee will consist of 6 members, including the Directors of the 3 partner organisations. Three members will be recruited strategically to bring in knowledge and/or skills for the benefit of Transitioning Africa. Behind the Mask – Transgender and Intersex Groups Form Pan-African Alliance Magnificent – Challenging Gender Roles in the Motherland: Could Transgender and Intersex Activism Unite Africa’s Movements? Pambazuka News – Announcement: Transitioning Africa The New Age – Transformative leaders wanted	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line131
__label__wiki	0.522031	0.522031	Пожалуйста заполните все поля, после чего мы с вами свяжемся. “Obama” Bondarenko K. “Reading” Milovic B. “Klezmery” Milovic B. “At a lake” “Hutsul” Loboda I. I. “Love” Savich M. D. “Flowers and fruits” “Steppe Crimea” Stolyarenko P. K. Всего: $7710 Grivna₴ Dollar$ The subject-thematic picture Total:$0 Главная Художники Patyk Vladimir Iosifovich Patyk Vladimir Iosifovich Ukrainian painter, graphic artist. People’s Artist of Ukraine. Vladimir Iosifovich Patik was born October 9, 1926 in the village of Cherny Ostrov (now Zhydachivsky district) in the Lviv region. In 1953 he graduated from the Lviv Institute of Applied and Decorative Arts, where he studied under R. Selsky, I. Bokshay, R. Silvestrov, M. Fedyuk. Lives and works in Lviv. IN AND. Patik is a member of the Union of Artists of Ukraine since 1954. Since 1956 – participant of regional, republican, all-Union and international art exhibitions. Vladimir Patyk traveled a lot: Ukraine and Russia, the Carpathians and the Caucasus, Central Asia and Siberia, the Baltic States and the North of Russia. Everywhere the artist was attracted by the beauty of nature, people and their work. Thus, his own pictorial manner and his special artistic style were born and shaped. The artist resorts to the use of color contrasts and various techniques: from mosaics and frescoes to graphics, pastels and oil paintings. Pure color, prevailing in the paintings of the artist of recent years, increases the emotional content and emphasizes the decorative solution of the composition. Since 1996 – Honored Artist of Ukraine. In 1999, Vladimir Iosifovich Patik was awarded the Shevchenko Prize. People’s Artist of Ukraine since 2006. Personal exhibitions were held in Lviv (2009, 2010 and 2011) and Kiev (2011). The works are kept in the National Art Museum of Ukraine, Lviv National Art Gallery, museums of Ukraine, Canada, in gallery and private collections around the world. Photo: Vladimir Patyk “The Wedding” 1969 Photo: At work. V.Patyk. P.:+38 067 753 20 46 Email:contact@oknasocrealisma.com © 2021. Design and development projectivestudio	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line132
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__label__cc	0.57416	0.42584	Oliver Laric - La Nymphe Salmacis - Villa Paloma, La Table des Matières 20.04-7.10.2018 Oliver Laric La Nymphe Salmacis 2018 Polyamide, TuskXC2700T, acrylic paint, UV coating, aluminium Commission from the Nouveau Musée National de Monaco, inv. 2018.14.1 - Photo NMNM/Andrea Rossetti, 2018 NMNM - Villa Paloma To mark the 250th anniversary of the birth of François-Joseph Bosio, the Nouveau Musée National de Monaco commissioned Oliver Laric to create a work after La Nymphe Salmacis, of which it holds a version in marble and a bronze cast. In 2012 Laric began a disruptive project called threedscans.com, an internet site that allows users to download his 3D scans of works from the museum’s collections and, in consequence, to make unlimited reproductions of them. The direct corollary of this approach is that the sculptures that he makes using 3D printers and composite materials like polyurethane and polyamide are “original replicas” that challenge the notions of authorship and authenticity, and that of appropriation. With regard to his work La Nymphe Salmacis, it seems that Bosio, the original sculptor, took inspiration from the La Nymphe à la coquille (1683, Louvre) by Antoine Coysevox, which was itself made from a cast of the ancient original in the Borghese Collection in Rome. In strong contrast with the marble original, Laric has used a mix of 21st-century materials, exploiting qualities of synthetic transparency and opacity, and playing on the fact that citation, collage and remixing have been processes used for several centuries in the circulation of forms and images that are intrinsic to creation. Oliver Laric was born in 1981 in Innsbruck, Austria. He lives and works in Berlin. [Exhibition postponed] SHIMABUKU, The 16… Pierre Le-Tan Miró, La Peinture au défi - Villa Paloma Variations - Eugène Frey's Light Set Pro… Mattia Denisse - Les Editions Tripé Ettore Spalletti, Ombre d'azur, transpar… Villa Paloma is currently closed Tom Wesselmann, La Promesse du Bonheur -… Celia Pym - Flying Gold Cape - Villa Pal… Oliver Laric - La Nymphe Salmacis - Vill… Collection NMNM, Une sélection d'oeuvres… Alfredo Volpi, La poétique de la couleur… You are here: Accueil Villa Paloma Oliver Laric - La Nymphe Salmacis - Villa Paloma, La Table des Matières	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line146
__label__cc	0.552031	0.447969	Home Technology News Post-Quantum Firefox 58 Packs Additional Multi-Threading Post-Quantum Firefox 58 Packs Additional Multi-Threading adminJan 25, 2018Technology NewsComments Off on Post-Quantum Firefox 58 Packs Additional Multi-Threading Firefox Quantum’s launch late last year gave the world an impressive look at what a major rewrite could do for the browser, and it remains an excellent piece of software several months later. The new Firefox 58, which dropped yesterday, introduces new features and capabilities of its own, setting the stage for additional enhancements later this year. One major feature? The use of Off-Main-Thread Painting, or OMTP. Here’s how Mozilla explains the new capability: In Firefox 58, the painting process (the act of actually drawing all the pixels of a web page) has been moved to its own thread. The main thread of a browser is always a scarce commodity. It runs the page’s scripts, responds to user input, and maintains the current state of the page. Prior to OMTP (Off-Main-Thread Painting), the current state of the page was converted to drawing commands, and the pixel data of the whole page was generated (or rasterized) on the main thread. This meant the performance-critical tasks of scrolling or animation or script could be interrupted, or that a script could cause dropped frames or “jank”. With OMTP on the other hand, the visual state of the page is still computed on the main thread, but the potentially costly task of rasterization is passed off to a designated “rasterization thread”, and the main thread can carry on and stay responsive. To keep CPU usage lower overall, Firefox 58 also begins throttling background tab timers. They’ll still fire, but at a reduced rate. This won’t apply to tabs playing media in the background, or those that require active CPU time to function. This joke has nothing to do with this story. Life is just too short not to mock Internet Explorer. There are also new improvements to Firefox’s screenshot capability — you can access it through the three dots next to the address bar, and seriously, I’m using it all the time these days — some JavaScript handling changes to improve page loads, and some font handling changes. On a personal note, if you couldn’t tell already, I’m still quite impressed with Firefox Quantum. Yes, Mozilla got some egg on its face over its Mr. Robot promotion last month, but the browser as a whole is a remarkable improvement over previous versions. Your mileage may, as always, vary but I’ve been quite happy with it. Certainly happier than I was with any previous iteration of the browser in recent memory. So far, there’s no indication that Quantum has helped stem Firefox’s downward slide — Statcounter and Netmarketshare both suggest it continues to decline, but since those stats are global, they might not pick up country-specific shifts. Not long after Quantum debuted, Mozilla noted it had seen a 44 percent jump in downloads from Chrome users, a 24 percent uplift on mobile, and that the new version was snapped up more quickly than previous products. Hopefully we see signs of that reflected in user share in coming months. Note: Firefox is talking up its Tracking Protection and other features around user privacy with Firefox 58, but as far as I can tell, these features all actually went in with Firefox 57. It’s still a good idea to read up on the tracking stuff if you weren’t previously aware of it, but I haven’t called it out as a new feature the way the Firefox blog implies because, as far as can tell, it isn’t. Previous PostHow To Boost Older GPU Performance, Since You Can’t Buy a New One Next PostPost-Quantum Firefox 58 Packs Additional Multi-Threading	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line151
__label__wiki	0.855773	0.855773	GermanyUnited StatesUnited KingdomRussiaFranceBelgiumChinaAustriaSpainNetherlandsIndiaPolandSwitzerlandIrelandRomaniaHungaryCanadaPortugalBosnia and HerzegovinaNorwayGreeceMexicoAlbaniaMoroccoSwedenBrazilArgentinaSingaporeItalySerbiaTurkeyVietnamPhilippinesSloveniaSouth AfricaJapanIndonesiaThailandCzechiaNorth MacedoniaDenmarkChileNigeriaPeruBulgariaUkraineAustraliaVenezuelaTaiwanIcelandFrench GuianaSlovakiaParaguayCroatiaEgypt North Macedonia Population: 2,118,945 1 VISITOR FROM HERE! North Macedonia gained its independence peacefully from Yugoslavia in 1991 under the name of "Macedonia." Greek objection to the new country’s name, insisting it implied territorial pretensions to the northern Greek province of Macedonia, and democratic backsliding for several years stalled the country’s movement toward Euro-Atlantic integration. Immediately after Macedonia declared independence, Greece sought to block Macedonian efforts to gain UN membership if the name "Macedonia" was used. The country was eventually admitted to the UN in 1993 as "The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia," and at the same time it agreed to UN-sponsored negotiations on the name dispute. In 1995, Greece lifted a 20-month trade embargo and the two countries agreed to normalize relations, but the issue of the name remained unresolved and negotiations for a solution continued. Over time, the US and over 130 other nations recognized Macedonia by its constitutional name, Republic of Macedonia. Ethnic Albanian grievances over perceived political and economic inequities escalated into a conflict in 2001 that eventually led to the internationally brokered Ohrid Framework Agreement, which ended the fighting and established guidelines for constitutional amendments and the creation of new laws that enhanced the rights of minorities. In January 2018, the government adopted a new law on languages, which elevated the Albanian language to an official language at the national level, with the Macedonian language remaining the sole official language in international relations. Relations between ethnic Macedonians and ethnic Albanians remain complicated, however. North Macedonia's pro-Western government has used its time in office since 2017 to sign a historic deal with Greece in June 2018 to end the name dispute and revive Skopje's NATO and EU membership prospects. This followed a nearly three-year political crisis that engulfed the country but ended in June 2017 following a six-month-long government formation period after a closely contested election in December 2016. The crisis began after the 2014 legislative and presidential election, and escalated in 2015 when the opposition party began releasing wiretapped material that revealed alleged widespread government corruption and abuse. Although an EU candidate since 2005, North Macedonia has yet to open EU accession negotiations. The country still faces challenges, including fully implementing reforms to overcome years of democratic backsliding and stimulating economic growth and development. In June 2018, Macedonia and Greece signed the Prespa Accord whereby the Republic of Macedonia agreed to change its name to the Republic of North Macedonia. Following ratification by both countries, the agreement went in to force on 12 February 2019. North Macedonia signed an accession protocol to become a NATO member state in February 2019. Landlocked; major transportation corridor from Western and Central Europe to Aegean Sea and Southern Europe to Western Europe Location: Southeastern Europe, north of Greece Size comparison: slightly larger than Vermont; almost four times the size of Delaware Land Boundaries: total: 838 km border countries (5): Albania 181 km, Bulgaria 162 km, Greece 234 km, Kosovo 160 km, Serbia 101 km Coastline: 0 km (landlocked) Maritime claims: none (landlocked) Climate: warm, dry summers and autumns; relatively cold winters with heavy snowfall Terrain: mountainous with deep basins and valleys; three large lakes, each divided by a frontier line; country bisected by the Vardar River Natural resources: low-grade iron ore, copper, lead, zinc, chromite, manganese, nickel, tungsten, gold, silver, asbestos, gypsum, timber, arable land Natural hazards: high seismic risks Current Environment Issues: air pollution from metallurgical plants; Skopje has severe air pollution problems every winter as a result of industrial emissions, smoke from wood-buring stoves, and exhaust fumes from old cars International Environment Agreements: party to: Air Pollution, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Wetlands Nationality: noun: Macedonian(s) adjective: Macedonian Ethnic groups: Macedonian 64.2%, Albanian 25.2%, Turkish 3.9%, Romani 2.7%, Serb 1.8%, other 2.2% (2002 est.) note: North Macedonia has not conducted a census since 2002; Romani populations are usually underestimated in official statistics and may represent 6.5–13% of North Macedonia’s population Languages: Macedonian (official) 66.5%, Albanian 25.1%, Turkish 3.5%, Romani 1.9%, Serbian 1.2%, other (includes Aromanian (Vlach) and Bosnian) 1.8% (2002 est.) note: minority languages are co-official with Macedonian in municipalities where they are spoken by at least 20% of the population; Albanian is co-official in Tetovo, Brvenica, Vrapciste, and other municipalities; Turkish is co-official in Centar Zupa and Plasnica; Romani is co-official in Suto Orizari; Aromanian is co-official in Krusevo; Serbian is co-official in Cucer Sandevo Religions: Macedonian Orthodox 64.8%, Muslim 33.3%, other Christian 0.4%, other and unspecified 1.5% (2002 est.) Major urban areas - population: 584,000 SKOPJE (capital) (2018) HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: <.1% (201 est.) HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: <500 (2017 est.) Country name: conventional long form: Republic of North Macedonia conventional short form: North Macedonia local long form: Republika Severna Makedonija local short form: Severna Makedonija former: Democratic Federal Macedonia, People's Republic of Macedonia, Socialist Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Macedonia etymology: the country name derives from the ancient kingdom of Macedon (7th to 2nd centuries B.C.) Capital: name: Skopje etymology: Skopje derives from its ancient name Scupi, the Latin designation of a classical era Greco-Roman frontier fortress town; the name may go back even further to a pre-Greek, Illyrian name Administrative divisions: 70 municipalities (opstini, singular - opstina) and 1 city* (grad); Aracinovo, Berovo, Bitola, Bogdanci, Bogovinje, Bosilovo, Brvenica, Caska, Centar Zupa, Cesinovo-Oblesevo, Cucer Sandevo, Debar, Debarca, Delcevo, Demir Hisar, Demir Kapija, Dojran, Dolneni, Gevgelija, Gostivar, Gradsko, Ilinden, Jegunovce, Karbinci, Kavadarci, Kicevo, Kocani, Konce, Kratovo, Kriva Palanka, Krivogastani, Krusevo, Kumanovo, Lipkovo, Lozovo, Makedonska Kamenica, Makedonski Brod, Mavrovo i Rostusa, Mogila, Negotino, Novaci, Novo Selo, Ohrid, Pehcevo, Petrovec, Plasnica, Prilep, Probistip, Radovis, Rankovce, Resen, Rosoman, Skopje*, Sopiste, Staro Nagoricane, Stip, Struga, Strumica, Studenicani, Sveti Nikole, Tearce, Tetovo, Valandovo, Vasilevo, Veles, Vevcani, Vinica, Vrapciste, Zelenikovo, Zelino, Zrnovci Independence: 8 September 1991 (referendum by registered voters endorsed independence from Yugoslavia) National holiday: Independence Day, 8 September (1991); also known as National Day Constitution: history: several previous; latest adopted 17 November 1991, effective 20 November 1991 amendments: proposed by the president of the republic, by the government, by at least 30 members of the Assembly, or by petition of at least 150,000 citizens; final approval requires a two-thirds majority vote by the Assembly; amended several times, last in 2019 (2019) Legal system: civil law system; judicial review of legislative acts Executive branch: chief of state: President Stevo PENDAROVSKI (since 12 May 2019) head of government: Prime Minister Zoran ZAEV (since 31 May 2017) cabinet: Council of Ministers elected by the Assembly by simple majority vote; note - after the December 2016 election, VMRO-DPMNE won a plurality of the seats but failed to gather a majority in the Assembly to establish a government; SDSM, DUI, and the Alliance for Albanians formed an alliance; however, the president refused to give the SDSM leader the mandate to form a new government; VMRO-DPMNE blocked the election of a Speaker of the Assembly until late April 2017, when a majority of Assembly members elected Talat XHAFERI as speaker; in response, demonstrators disrupted the Assembly building, attacking journalists and Assembly members; President Gjorge IVANOV eventually gave the mandate to SDSM’s Zoran ZAEV to form a new coalition government, and the Assembly confirmed the Cabinet on 31 May 2017 elections/appointments: president directly elected using a modified 2-round system; a candidate can only be elected in the first round with an absolute majority from all registered voters; in the second round, voter turnout must be at least 40% for the result to be deemed valid; president elected for a 5-year term (eligible for a second term); election last held on 21 April and 5 May 2019 (next to be held in 2024); following legislative elections, the leader of the majority party or majority coalition is usually elected prime minister by the Assembly election results: Stevo PENDAROVSKI elected president in second round; percent of vote in first round - Stevo PENDAROVSKI (SDSM) 44.8%, Gordana SILJANOVSKA-DAVKOVA (VMRO-DPMNE) 44.2%, Blenim REKA (independent) 11.1%; percent of vote in second round - Stevo PENDAROVSKI 53.6%, Gordana SILJANOVSKA-DAVKOVA 46.4% Legislative branch: description: unicameral Assembly - Sobraine in Macedonian, Kuvend in Albanian (between 120 and 140 seats, currently 120; members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by closed-list proportional representation vote; possibility of 3 directly elected in diaspora constituencies by simple majority vote provided there is sufficient voter turnout; members serve 4-year terms) elections: last held on 11 December 2016, with a second round held in one polling station on 25 December 2016 (next to be held in 2020) election results: percent of vote by party/coalition - VMRO-DPMNE 38.1%, SDSM coalition 36.7%, BDI 7.3%, Besa Movement 4.9%, AfA 3.1%, PDSh 2.7%, other 7.2%; seats by party - VMRO-DPMNE 51, SDSM coalition 49, BDI 10, Besa Movement 5, AfA 3, PDSh 2; note - the 3 seats for diaspora went unfilled because none of the candidates won the 6,500 minimum vote threshold note: seats by party/coalition as of May 2019 - ruling coalition 68 (SDSM coalition 49, BDI 10, Besa Movement 3, PDSh 2, other 5), opposition coalition 52 (VMRO-DPMNE coalition 48, Besa Movement 2, AfA 2); composition - men 75, women 45, percent of women 37.5% Judicial branch: highest courts: Supreme Court (consists of 22 judges); Constitutional Court (consists of 9 judges) judge selection and term of office: Supreme Court judges nominated by the Judicial Council, a 7-member body of legal professionals, and appointed by the Assembly; judge tenure NA; Constitutional Court judges appointed by the Assembly for nonrenewable, 9-year terms subordinate courts: Courts of Appeal; Basic Courts Political parties and leaders: Alliance for Albanians or AfA [Ziadin SELA] Besa Movement [Bilal KASAMI] Democratic Party of Albanians or PDSh [Menduh THACI] Democratic Union for Integration or BDI [Ali AHMETI] Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization - Democratic Party for Macedonian National Unity or VMRO-DPMNE [Hristijan MICKOSKI] Liberal Democratic Party or LDP [Goran MILEVSKI] Social Democratic Union of Macedonia or SDSM [Zoran ZAEV] Socialist Party of Macedonia or SPM [Ljubislav IVANOV-DZINGO] note: during the 2016 parliamentary elections SDSM and VMRO-DPMNE each led coalitions International organization participation: BIS, CD, CE, CEI, EAPC, EBRD, EU (candidate country), FAO, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (NGOs), ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, OAS (observer), OIF, OPCW, OSCE, PCA, PFP, SELEC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNIFIL, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO National symbol(s): eight-rayed sun; National anthem: name: "Denes nad Makedonija" (Today Over Macedonia) lyrics/music: Vlado MALESKI/Todor SKALOVSKI note: written in 1943 and adopted in 1991, the song previously served as the anthem of the Socialist Republic of Macedonia while part of Yugoslavia Diplomatic representation in the US: chief of mission: Ambassador Vasko NAUMOVSKI (since 18 November 2014) chancery: 2129 Wyoming Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008 consulate(s) general: Chicago, Detroit, New York Diplomatic representation from the US: chief of mission: Ambassador Jess L. BAILY (since 12 February 2015) embassy: Str. Samoilova, Nr. 21, 1000 Skopje mailing address: American Embassy Skopje, US Department of State, 7120 Skopje Place, Washington, DC 20521-7120 (pouch) Since its independence in 1991, Macedonia has made progress in liberalizing its economy and improving its business environment. Its low tax rates and free economic zones have helped to attract foreign investment, which is still low relative to the rest of Europe. Corruption and weak rule of law remain significant problems. Some businesses complain of opaque regulations and unequal enforcement of the law. Macedonia’s economy is closely linked to Europe as a customer for exports and source of investment, and has suffered as a result of prolonged weakness in the euro zone. Unemployment has remained consistently high at about 23%, but may be overstated based on the existence of an extensive gray market, estimated to be between 20% and 45% of GDP, which is not captured by official statistics. Macedonia is working to build a country-wide natural gas pipeline and distribution network. Currently, Macedonia receives its small natural gas supplies from Russia via Bulgaria. In 2016, Macedonia signed a memorandum of understanding with Greece to build an interconnector that could connect to the Trans Adriatic Pipeline that will traverse the region once complete, or to an LNG import terminal in Greece. Macedonia maintained macroeconomic stability through the global financial crisis by conducting prudent monetary policy, which keeps the domestic currency pegged to the euro, and inflation at a low level. However, in the last two years, the internal political crisis has hampered economic performance, with GDP growth slowing in 2016 and 2017, and both domestic private and public investments declining. Fiscal policies were lax, with unproductive public expenditures, including subsidies and pension increases, and rising guarantees for the debt of state owned enterprises, and fiscal targets were consistently missed. In 2017, public debt stabilized at about 47% of GDP, still relatively low compared to its Western Balkan neighbors and the rest of Europe. note: data are in 2017 dollars; Macedonia has a large informal sector that may not be reflected in these data GDP - real growth rate: 0% (2017 est.) 2.9% (2016 est.) 3.9% (2015 est.) Gross national saving: 30.3% of GDP (2017 est.) 29.9% of GDP (2016 est.) 28.5% of GDP (2015 est.) GDP - composition, by end use: household consumption: 65.6% (2017 est.) government consumption: 15.6% (2017 est.) investment in fixed capital: 13.6% (2017 est.) investment in inventories: 20.2% (2017 est.) exports of goods and services: 54% (2017 est.) imports of goods and services: -69% (2017 est.) GDP - composition, by sector of origin: agriculture: 10.9% (2017 est.) industry: 26.6% (2017 est.) services: 62.5% (2017 est.) Agriculture - products: grapes, tobacco, vegetables, fruits; milk, eggs Industries: food processing, beverages, textiles, chemicals, iron, steel, cement, energy, pharmaceuticals, automotive parts Industrial production growth rate: -7.8% (2017 est.) Distribution of family income - Gini index: 33.7 (2015) 35.2 (2014) expenditures: 3.605 billion (2017 est.) Taxes and other revenues: 29% (of GDP) (2017 est.) Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-): -2.7% (of GDP) (2017 est.) note: official data from Ministry of Finance; data cover central government debt; this data excludes debt instruments issued (or owned) by government entities other than the treasury; includes treasury debt held by foreign entitites; excludes debt issued by sub-national entities; there are no debt instruments sold for social funds Current account balance: -$151 million (2017 est.) -$293 million (2016 est.) Exports: $4.601 billion (2017 est.) $3.75 billion (2016 est.) Exports - commodities: foodstuffs, beverages, tobacco; textiles, miscellaneous manufactures, iron, steel; automotive parts Exports - partners: Germany 46.7%, Bulgaria 6.1%, Serbia 4.4%, Belgium 4.1% (2017) Imports - commodities: machinery and equipment, automobiles, chemicals, fuels, food products Imports - partners: Germany 11.9%, UK 10%, Greece 8%, Serbia 7.1%, China 5.9%, Italy 5.5%, Turkey 4.5%, Bulgaria 4.3% (2017) Debt - external: $8.79 billion (31 December 2017 est.) $7.685 billion (31 December 2016 est.) Stock of direct foreign investment - at home: $6.937 billion (31 December 2017 est.) $6.8 billion (31 December 2016 est.) Stock of direct foreign investment - abroad: $1.169 billion (31 December 2017 est.) $849.1 million (31 December 2016 est.) Market value of publicly traded shares: $2.078 billion (31 December 2016) $1.853 billion (31 December 2015) $2.269 billion (31 December 2014) Exchange rates: Macedonian denars (MKD) per US dollar - 55.8 (2017 est.) 55.733 (2016 est.) 55.733 (2015 est.) 55.537 (2014 est.) 46.437 (2013 est.) Electricity - consumption: 6.42 billion kWh (2016 est.) Electricity - exports: 58.5 million kWh (2016 est.) Crude oil - exports: 142 bbl/day (2015 est.) Refined petroleum products - exports: 3,065 bbl/day (2015 est.) Natural gas - consumption: 198.2 million cu m (2017 est.) Natural gas - imports: 198.2 million cu m (2017 est.) Natural gas - proved reserves: 0 cu m (31 December 2016 est.) Telephone system: general assessment: being part of the EU pre-accession process has led to a stronger teledensity with closer regulatory framework and independent regulators; administrative ties with the European Union have led to progress; broadband services are widely available; more customers moving to fiber networks; 2 mobile network operators; end of roaming tariffs (2018) domestic: fixed-line 17 per 100 and mobile-cellular 101 per 100 subscriptions (2018) international: country code - 389 Broadcast media: public service TV broadcaster Macedonian Radio and Television operates 3 national terrestrial TV channels and 2 satellite TV channels; additionally, there are 10 regional TV stations that broadcast nationally using terrestrial transmitters, 54 TV channels with concession for cable TV, 9 regional TV stations with concessions for cable TV; 4 satellite TV channels broadcasting on a national level, 21 local commercial TV channels, and a large number of cable operators that offer domestic and international programming; the public radio broadcaster operates over 3 stations; there are 4 privately owned radio stations that broadcast nationally; 17 regional radio stations, and 49 local commercial radio stations (2019) Internet country code: .mk Internet users: total: 1.475 million Airports (paved runways): total 8 Airports (unpaved runways): total 2 Pipelines: 262 km gas, 120 km oil (2017) Railways: total 925 km (2017) standard gauge: 925 km 1.435-m gauge (313 km electrified) (2017) (includes 290 km of expressways) (2017) paved: 9,633 km (2017) Military branches: Army of the Republic of North Macedonia (ARSM; includes General Staff and subordinate Joint Operational Command, Logistic Support Command, Training and Doctrine Command, Special Ops Regiment, Electronic Surveillance Center, and Air Surveillance Center) (2019) Military service age and obligation: 18 years of age for voluntary military service; conscription abolished in 2008 (2013) Disputes - International: Kosovo and North Macedonia completed demarcation of their boundary in September 2008 stateless persons: 571 (2018) note: 482,591 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-August 2019); North Macedonia is predominantly a transit country and hosts fewer than 50 refugees and asylum seekers as of October 2017; 3,132 migrant arrivals in 2018 Illicit drugs: major transshipment point for Southwest Asian heroin and hashish; minor transit point for South American cocaine destined for Europe; although not a financial center and most criminal activity is thought to be domestic, money laundering is a problem due to a mostly cash-based economy and weak enforcement GermanyUnited StatesUnited KingdomRussiaFranceBelgiumChinaAustriaSpainNetherlandsIndiaPolandSwitzerlandIrelandRomaniaHungaryCanadaPortugalBosnia and HerzegovinaNorwayGreeceMexicoAlbaniaMoroccoSwedenBrazilArgentinaSingaporeItalySerbiaTurkeyVietnamPhilippinesSloveniaSouth AfricaJapanIndonesiaThailandCzechiaNorth MacedoniaDenmarkChileNigeriaPeruBulgariaUkraineAustraliaVenezuelaTaiwanIcelandFrench GuianaSlovakiaParaguayCroatiaEgypt « Previous Country \| Next Country » Back to Flag Counter Overview	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line153
__label__cc	0.746942	0.253058	See what's happening on Twitter Helping Businesses Grow & Succeed About the SBDC How the SBDC Can Help Starting and Growing Growth Acceleration Services Individual Consulting SBDC Workshops SBDC at FAMU Resource Library Consulting Locations See their Success SBDC Resources Tallahassee/SBDC at FAMU Resources Big Bend Biz Business Development Centers Minority and Women 10 Reasons E-commerce Sites Fail E-commerce offers fantastic revenue opportunities, the ability to be open 24/7 and traditionally fewer overheads when compared to bricks and mortar retailing. Yet, despite the fact that more than 12 million Australian consumers shop online — and we are experiencing year-over-year double digit growth in online shopping — a huge number of e-commerce businesses are struggling to be profitable, or in many cases, survive. If you own an e-commerce store, or are planning on building one, here are 10 crucial items to be aware of that will have a significant impact on the success or failure of your business. Read More…… https://t.co/DOllh0ZyKl The 35th Annual Small Business Week celebrations are just around the corner! for more information, follow the lin… https://t.co/L8MYsOqPc7 @Phyllis18752291 That's AWESOME!!!! Small Business Development Center \| Florida A&M University 625 E. Tennessee Street Main 850.599.3407 \| Fax 850.561.2049 Contact the SBDC Copyright © 2020 SBDC at Florida A&M University \| Tallahassee, Florida	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line156
__label__cc	0.739989	0.260011	Frequently visited resources Searching for BQP : 2 results found \| RSS Feed for this search 6.845 Quantum Complexity Theory (MIT) 6.845 Quantum Complexity Theory (MIT) This course is an introduction to quantum computational complexity theory, the study of the fundamental capabilities and limitations of quantum computers. Topics include complexity classes, lower bounds, communication complexity, proofs, advice, and interactive proof systems in the quantum world. The objective is to bring students to the research frontier. This course is an introduction to quantum computational complexity theory, the study of the fundamental capabilities and limitations of quantum computers. Topics include complexity classes, lower bounds, communication complexity, proofs, advice, and interactive proof systems in the quantum world. The objective is to bring students to the research frontier. quantum computational complexity theory \| quantum computational complexity theory \| quantum computers \| quantum computers \| complexity classes \| complexity classes \| lower bounds \| lower bounds \| communication complexity \| communication complexity \| interactive proof systems \| interactive proof systems \| BQP \| BQP \| quantum algorithms \| quantum algorithms \| QMA \| QMA \| quantum Merlin Arthur \| quantum Merlin Arthur Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see http://ocw.mit.edu/terms/index.htm Site sourced from http://ocw.mit.edu/rss/all/mit-allcourses-6.xml Click to get HTML \| Click to get attribution \| Click to get URL See all metadata 6.845 Quantum Complexity Theory (MIT) This course is an introduction to quantum computational complexity theory, the study of the fundamental capabilities and limitations of quantum computers. Topics include complexity classes, lower bounds, communication complexity, proofs, advice, and interactive proof systems in the quantum world. The objective is to bring students to the research frontier. quantum computational complexity theory \| quantum computers \| complexity classes \| lower bounds \| communication complexity \| interactive proof systems \| BQP \| quantum algorithms \| QMA \| quantum Merlin Arthur Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see https://ocw.mit.edu/terms/index.htm https://ocw.mit.edu/rss/all/mit-allcourses.xml	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line158
__label__wiki	0.597009	0.597009	Economic & Community Development/Housing Flood Issues Health Care & Social Services Broadband & Telecommunications About TFG TFG Careers Grants and Research Assistant Research Intern Federal Guidance About TFG\|Meet Us\|Meet the Person Meet ..... Heidi Schott Director of Grant Services hschott@tfgnet.com Heidi Schott is Director of Grant Services at The Ferguson Group. She is an integral part of TFG’s Grants discipline and specializes in grants services for public agencies and nonprofit organizations on a wide variety of funding and program operations. Heidi has been successful leading, developing, advising on, and writing competitive grant proposals. Since joining the firm, she has secured over $30 million in federal funding from DOT, DOJ, HUD, DHS, USDA, and EPA on behalf of clients. Heidi also undertakes complex policy and research analysis on housing, public safety, economic and workforce development, education, transportation, environment and water resources issues. In addition to her role at TFG, Heidi works as a Legislative and Policy Manager for the National Association of Towns and Townships (NATaT). NATaT is dedicated to providing America’s smaller communities, towns and townships, and other suburban and rural localities a strong voice in Washington, DC. The Association’s purpose is to champion fair-share federal funding decisions and to promote legislative and regulatory policies designed to strengthen grassroots local government. Heidi tracks and analyzes federal legislation and interacts with Congress and federal agencies on the organizations behalf. Heidi received her B.A. in European History from the University of Victoria and her Master's in Public Administration, with a concentration in Public Management and Economic Analysis, from George Washington University. She is a member of Pi Alpha Alpha, the national public affairs and administration honors society. US Congressional Calendar TFG 2020 Congressional Calendar TFG 2020 Congressional Calendar_.pdf Latest TFG Blog Towns of Surf City and... TFG, alongside Poyner Spruill LLC, worked with the Topsail Island Shoreline Protection Commission (TISPC) in North Carolina to secure a $237 million construction “new start” from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to build the Surf City and North Topsail Beach Project, a critical beach... Meet a Team Member Latest Coronavirus Updates Majority Leader Hoyer Sends Dear Colleague on July Floor Schedule https://www.majorityleader.gov/content/dear-colleague-update-july-floor-schedule Copyright 2020 by The Ferguson Group	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line171
__label__wiki	0.94212	0.94212	[sunday, september 09, 2007] Winners of the 2007 Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards Announced HBO, "Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee" lead all networks and programs with 15 and five wins, respectively. Development Update: Week of September 3-7 Updates include: Annie Wersching signs onto "24," Sara Gilbert to guest on "The Big Bang Theory," ABC adds "Duel" to its midseason roster and Glen Morgan departs NBC's "Bionic Woman." 'Judge David Young' Delivers Justice with a Snap Sony Pictures Television's latest syndicated court show premieres on Monday. Bravo's Guide to Style Premiere Explodes 134% Bravo spins the numbers for Thursday, September 6. DR. Phil Mcgraw, Americas Doctor, Will Take You Inside the Headlines with a New Feature DR. Phil Now When DR. Phil Kicks Off Its Sixth Ground-Breaking Season on Monday, September 10 DR. PHIL Now is "a new platform that will enable the show and America's most notable psychologist, to cover breaking news and big events that affect viewers and their families." Showtime Renews Its New Hit Comedy Series Californication The series is currently averaging the strongest tune-in level Showtime has ever seen for a freshman series and is posting nearly two million viewers per week. The Defuser Conquers All to Win Season 2 of Sci Fi's Who Wants to Be a Superhero? Sci Fi details the winner of "Who Wants to be a Superhero?" Halloween Is Bigger Than Ever on Sci Fi! 'Ghost Hunters Live' Goes Prime Time on Halloween Night Plus: New episodes of "Ghost Hunters" return to Sci Fi on Wednesday, September 26 at 9pm ET/PT. MTV Networks Announces Development Slate of New Targeted Websites Upcoming offerings include a new Daily Show website that will be "a one-stop destination for users to search the entire video history of the show: every headline, every interview and every Back in Black." Cast of "Family Guy" to Perform a Freakin' Sweet Tribute on "The 59th Primetime Emmy(R) Awards" Live Sunday, September 16, on Fox Stewie and Brian will hit the stage in all their two-dimensional glory and pay tribute to the year in television with a song and dance number unlike any other. And Then There Were Four! -- Jessica Hughbanks and "America's Player" Eric Stein Fall Victim to Last Night's First Live Double Eviction of the Season from "Big Brother 8" CBS details the latest "Big Brother" elimination. Hallmark Channel Works Over Time to Deliver Record Ratings During Labor Day Weekend The Hallmark Channel spins the numbers for the week of August 27-September 3. Dale Breaks Ratings Records for CMT as Most Watched Telecast in Network's History CMT spins the numbers for Tuesday, September 4. 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NBC Searches for Contenders and Gladiators for the Return of the Popular Series "American Gladiators" Both contenders and gladiators can audition beginning Saturday, September 8 in Los Angeles with additional calls in New York, Chicago, Miami and Dallas. Dianne Wiest Joins "The Return of Jezebel James" Wiest plays "Talia," the mother of Sarah (Parker Posey) and Coco (Lauren Ambrose) Tompkins. NBC Repurposes 'Bionic,' 'Life' on Sci Fi, Usa; Plus More Encores Plus: returning series "30 Rock" and "Friday Night Lights" will both be featured during mini-marathons on Bravo. In Third Comedy Central(R) Stint, Michele Ganeless Rises to Network President In her expanded role, Ganeless' mandate is to bolster the strength of the COMEDY CENTRAL brand and its programming, not only in the traditional television landscape but also across the increasingly diverse digital universe. 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Their Only Enemy Is the Status QuO. Their Only Friend Is ChaoS. "Upright Citizens Brigade: The Complete Second Season" DVD Hits Stores on Tuesday, September 18 The set features a unique live audio commentary recorded with the entire cast in front of a live audience at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater in Los Angeles. Film Noir with a Killer Grip BBC America touts the premiere of "Low Winter Sun," an original movie on Sunday, October 7, 8:00 p.m. ET/7:30 p.m. PT. NBC Universal Television Content Now Available on Amazon Unbox Beginning on September 10, Amazon Unbox customers can download for free - in advance of their network premieres - the pilot episodes of NBC's new shows Bionic Woman, Chuck, Journeyman and Life. Ken Jennings Faces Ogi Ogas in the Final Match on GSN's 'Grand Slam' After 14 matches in the single elimination tournament, the pair will face off in the final match on Saturday, September 8 at 7:00/6:00. Ogg (Original Gossip Gangsta) Perez Hilton Brings His Celebrity Juice to VH1 with 'What Perez Sez' The series of specials will bow on Tuesday, September 11 at 9:00/8:00c with an episode focusing on the VMAs. NBC and Blockbuster to Offer Customers Advanced Screening DVD of Much-Anticipated Fall Dramas 'Chuck,' 'Journeyman' and 'Life' The DVD, titled the "NBC New Fall Preview DVD," will be available starting today through October 21 as a free rental exclusively at any of approximately 5,000 participating stores nationwide. Witches, Werewolves and Warlocks Invade ABC Family's Ninth Annual 13 Nights of Halloween The event includes the new original movie "Nature of the Beast," premiering Sunday, October 21 (8:00 - 10:00 PM ET/PT). TBS Orders Second Season of Hit Family Sitcom the Bill Engvall Show as Engvall Prepares to Host TBS Special from the Comedy Festival 10 new episodes of the series will roll out next year. Rebecca Romijn (ABC's "Ugly Betty") to Guest Star on New Comedy "Carpoolers" She'll play Laird's (Jerry O'Connell) wildly sexy and free-spirited ex-wife, "Joannifer," who returns to his life determined to get him back. Production Has Begun on ABC's "Cashmere Mafia" Lucy Liu, Frances O'Connor, Miranda Otto and Bonnie Somerville all star in the drama, which premieres Tuesday, November 27 at 10:00/9:00c. Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Announces Licensing Deal with Fine Living TV Network to Air 'The Martha Stewart Show' in Primetime Beginning September 10 Beginning September 10th, the Emmy-winning, "how-to" series, currently entering its third season in syndication, will get a primetime berth on FINE LIVING each night at 8 PM ET and 9 PM PT. 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Celebrities, Showgirls, Weddings, Poker and More Montel in Vegas for Premiere Week Shot entirely on location in Las Vegas, these special episodes include interviews with illusionist Criss Angel and legendary songstress Toni Braxton. Doctor Who to Return for Fifth Series in 2010 The BBC outlines its plans for the future of the "Doctor Who" franchise. Development Update: Week of August 27-31 Updates include: ABC renews "Just for Laughs," TNT calls it quits on "Heartland," Donal Logue to topline FOX's "Hackett" and MTV commits to "The Paper." Emmy Nominated Journalist Thomas Roberts Joins the Insider as Correspondent Previously, Roberts served as a co-anchor at "CNN Headline News." Amber Sheds Her Final Tears in the House as She Is Sent Packing by Her "Big Brother 8" Housemates Plus: CBS confirms the show's season finale will air Tuesday, September 18. [september 2007]	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line172
__label__cc	0.626567	0.373433	Win tickets to see stellastarr* at Chop Suey By ChrisB on July 20, 2009 in Chop Suey, Imaginary Scoop, stellastarr* For about as long as Three Imaginary Girls has been a website, stellastarr* has been a very imaginary band, even giving one of the first Imaginary Interviews to Imaginary Liz back in 2003. I remember being impressed with their set opening for The Raveonettes at the Crocodile way back then. Now stellastarr* is back with a new album called Civilized that was just released earlier this month. It’s their third album and they are touring to support it, which includes as its final stop, a show at Chop Suey on Tuesday, August 4. stellastarr* has offered to give us a pair of tickets to one of our readers. All you need to do is send an e-mail to [email protected] before 9am on Friday, July 31 with “stellastarr” in the subject line and one lucky winner be selected and notified shortly thereafter. It’s 21+ and on a Tuesday night, so doors are opening a little earlier, at 7pm. I’ve been enjoying this in-studio performance of their song “For the People”: [video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAfYKxjb2D8] About ChrisB View all posts by ChrisB → ticket giveaway, Ticket Giveaways, win win win Win (more) tickets to see La Roux at Chop Suey Re: Let's talk about summer songs	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line179
__label__wiki	0.506936	0.506936	Articles: 265 Insights & Views North Korea calls UN report on stealing $2B from banks and crypto exchanges “sheer lie” Mon, 02 Sep 2019, 11:23 am UTC North Korea has outrightly refuted recent accusations of stealing $2 billion from banks and cryptocurrency exchanges. The United Nations recently published a report in which it estimated that North Korea, officially the... ISIS and other terrorist groups prefer Telegram to raise funds via cryptocurrencies: MEMRI Fri, 30 Aug 2019, 10:08 am UTC The Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI), a press monitoring and analysis organization headquartered in Washington, has said that terrorist groups such as ISIS, Al-Qaeda and Hamas are increasingly using social... PBoC refutes media reports on its cryptocurrency launch plans: Chinese State Media Thu, 29 Aug 2019, 11:13 am UTC The Peoples Bank of Chinas (PBoC) has reportedly refuted recent reports that it was launching a government-backed cryptocurrency in coming months, The Global Times said in a tweet. Refuting media reports of... 56 pct of top 50 universities offering blockchain or crypto course: Coinbase Report Leading universities and colleges around the world are increasingly offering cryptocurrency and blockchain courses to meet the growing demand from students to learn about this emerging new asset class and innovative... U.K.'s National Liberal Party lashes current crypto policy, recommends new coherent platform Wed, 28 Aug 2019, 04:05 am UTC The National Liberal Party (NLP) of the United Kingdom has become the first political party to introduce a coherent forward-looking policy on cryptocurrency, criticizing the government for its failure to introduce a... Dow Jones’ Factiva integrates Brave New Coin’s Digital Currency Market Insights Tue, 27 Aug 2019, 06:27 am UTC Brave New Coin (BNC), a cryptocurrency market data provider, has announced that its digital currency market news and insights are now being hosted on Dow Jones Factiva, a business information and research tool. Factiva... 97% of South Korean crypto exchanges on the verge of bankruptcy; blockchain startups now want to go overseas: Report Nearly all cryptocurrency exchanges in South Korea are on the verge of bankruptcy, according to Business Korea. As per the report, many local crypto exchanges are facing bankruptcy because of low transaction volumes,... UK Pension and Welfare Agency looks into blockchain potential to transform payments system The United Kingdom pension and welfare agency said blockchain and distributed ledger technology (DLT) are potential disruptors of the payments industry. In a blog post, Department of Work and Pensions (DWP)s deputy... FATF is not developing a crypto transaction monitoring system with 15 countries The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) debunked earlier reports that 15 countries have purportedly collaborated to establish a new system that would collect and share personal information. The [FATF is] not developing... Congressional Research Service outlines pros and cons of blockchain solution use The Congressional Research Service has recently released a report that examines the pros and cons of using blockchain in the energy sector. Entitled Bitcoin, Blockchain, and the Energy Sector, the report noted that... CipherTrace estimates crypto industry lost $4.3B to cyber criminals in 2019, identifies "exit scam" as concerning trend Cryptocurrency intelligence firm CipherTrace has estimated that cryptocurrency-related thefts, scams and fraud could exceed $4.3 billion for the year. The firm has released its Q2 2019 Cryptocurrency Anti-Money... Chinese state-sponsored espionage group targets cryptocurrency firms: Report In a new report, FireEye Threat Intelligence has stated that a state-sponsored espionage group is targeting cryptocurrency firms in China. The California-based intelligence-led security company has released the details... North Korea stole $2B from banks and crypto exchanges to fund weapons of mass destruction, says UN In a new report, the U.N. has estimated that North Korea has stolen around $2 billion from banks and cryptocurrency exchanges via cyberattacks, Reuters reported. Citing the report, Reuters said that the stolen funds are... Elliptic and MIT's AI Lab say only 2% of bitcoin transactions are illicit Mon, 05 Aug 2019, 04:24 am UTC Blockchain analytics startup Elliptic in partnership with researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)s IBM-funded AI Lab has released a public dataset of bitcoin transactions connected to illegal... Tech organization Nasscom opposes Indian crypto ban, ‘Not Helpful’ Wed, 31 Jul 2019, 05:01 am UTC It is no secret that India has not been the most enthusiastic country when it comes to cryptocurrency as far as its government is concerned and is even considering banning it. This is where the National Association of...	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line182
__label__wiki	0.881017	0.881017	Aztecs kick off Pac-12 play against No. 11 Stanford Photo by Weicheng Han Redshirt sophomore forward Pablo Peleaz prepares to shoot during SDSU’s 0-1 loss to Utah Valley on September 10. by Tony Zarate, Staff Writer With Pac-12 Conference play right around the corner, San Diego State men’s soccer is looking to build on a strong 2016 season, which ended in a bid to the NCAA tournament. A first round loss to University of Nevada, Las Vegas ended the Aztecs’ season, but they will begin the mission to return to the turnament. The Aztecs have little-to-no room for error in a tough conference that includes Oregon State University, UCLA, University of Washington and the defending NCAA champions, Stanford University. The Scarlet and Black will open Pac-12 play against No. 11 Cardinal. Stanford is 6-2 this season, and will be coming off of a 0-2 loss to University of Saint Louis. The Aztecs finished third in last season’s campaign with a conference record of 4-3-3, while Stanford took the top spot in the Pac-12 with a record of 8-1-1. Last season, SDSU didn’t have much luck against Stanford as the team dropped one game, 1-3. They met once again two weeks later and that contest ended in a 1-1, double-overtime tie. The Scarlet and Black are accustomed to contentious matches. “If we continue with our resilient defending and quick combinations, in the final third we will be a very difficult team to beat,” said redshirt sophomore forward Pablo Pelaez. Pelaez is coming off of an outstanding 2016 season where he earned second-team All-Pac-12, Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention, along with National Soccer Coaches Association of America Division I First-Team All-Far West Region. SDSU’s strong defense will also play a big role in its success this season. In 2016, the team allowed 13 goals on 231 shot attempts, an average of less than one goal per game. Redshirt senior Adam Allmaras played a major role in last season’s defensive success. Starting each game last season, the goalkeeper made 77 saves. “I think that defense is more important,” Allmaras said. If you don’t get scored on then you can’t lose. We gotta stick to the process and grind out victories in the Pac-12.” Grinding out victories is something that the Aztecs have done so far this season. Coming off of two shutout victories, SDSU is 4-4, and there is great upside in its scoring efforts leading up to Stanford, said senior midfielder Thom Van den Berg. “We are going to be very successful in conference,” Van den Berg said, “because we always create chances with the creativity and connections we have with our midfield and attack. With the support of our home fans we have proven to deregulate the back-to-back national champions.” The Netherlands native has scored one goal and dished two assists in 2017 after going scoreless in only one start last season. Attacking alongside Van den Berg is senior forward Jeroen Meefout. He is proving thus far to be the Aztecs’ main offensive focus. Already tying last season’s goal total with four goals, Meefout looks to to be a force to be reckoned with as the Aztecs look to claim another trip to the NCAA tournament. Expect the Aztecs to resort to their defensive tactics as well, as they were able to put together an astounding stretch of 11 shutout victories last season. The Aztecs start conference play this Thursday, Sept. 28 at the SDSU Sports Deck against Stanford. adam allmaras aztecs men's soccer jereon meefout pablo peleaz pac 12 soccer sdsu men's soccer stanford soccer university of saint louis Staples scores career-high 24 points, Adams injured in women’s basketball win Mitchell hurt, status unknown as Aztecs drop road contest to Aggies Swimming and diving returns to competition amidst pandemic Basketball coaches dress ‘down’ as pandemic season continues Column: Which Aztecs could hear their name called in the 2021 NFL Draft? Women’s basketball earns first conference win of season, splits series with Nevada Pulliam’s buzzer-beating runner lifts Aztecs to complete sweep over Nevada Three observations: Men’s basketball wins 65-60 nail-biter over Nevada Schakel has a career night as men’s basketball rebounds versus Colorado State Aztecs get big lead early, lose it late to Colorado State	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line189
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__label__wiki	0.739757	0.739757	Members of Alpha Phi pose during their leadership retreat in Los Angeles. From left to right: Libby Miller, Brooke Miller, Taylor Davis, Kenley Cotter, Brooke Haverhals, Autumn Wieczorek and Emily Arteman. Submitted photo. Sorority members travel to St. Louis, Los Angeles for College Weekend Leadership training January 31st, 2020 Madilyn Sindelar Campus, Greek Life, Student Life comments Across the country, thousands of sorority chapter executive teams traveled to two cities to learn more about their respective chapters. Members of Pi Beta Phi traveled to St. Louis from Jan. 24-26, to take part in Pi Phi College Weekend. Members of Alpha Phi attended a leadership conference in Los Angeles on Jan. 31 through Feb. 2. The purpose of the weekend was for executive teams from around the country to take part in learning about their leadership positions, USD Pi Phi chapter president, Kelli Susemihl, a junior double major in media and journalism and political science said. Susemihl is a former Volante staff writer. Susemihl became chapter president in December and traveled to St. Louis along with Tomalyn Peckham, Emma Kroll and Katelyn Thicke. “Pi Phi got a new leadership structure this year on the national level,” Susemihl said. “Last year it would’ve been chapter president and six VPs. They changed it so now there are 22 people on our exec staff so now we’re learning how to implement that change.” At the conference, the women learned leadership skills and how to empower each other, Susemihl said. Being a part of a sorority, Susemihl said, is more than Instagram posts and girly activities. “It’s so much of a bigger picture sitting in a room with 200 chapter presidents was really cool and just learning how to empower people on the local level and realize that Pi Phi is so much bigger than USD,” Susemihl said. Susemihl said some of the highlights of the trip included meeting alumnae and understanding how vast the organization is. “Sitting in a room with other chapter presidents, knowing that they all know exactly what I’m dealing with, good and bad things and knowing how vast this organization is was really cool,” Susemihl said. The Alpha Phi members were able to sight see and gain knowledge to create a strong chapter in California, Emily Arteman, a business major and Alpha Phi chapter president, said. “We got the opportunity to come a day early to do some sight seeing at Santa Monica Pier and Hollywood Blvd,” Arteman said. In the trainings, the students learned from organization leaders from across the country, Arteman said. “The chapter gained more knowledge to create a strong chapter and got specific tips from the Alpha Phi Executive Office and its volunteers,” Arteman said. “It was also really awesome meeting chapters from all over the U.S. and hearing all the ideas they have.” Arteman said their executive team is grateful for the opportunity and excited to share their new knowledge with the rest of their sorority. “We are excited to bring the ideas back to USD and implement them into our chapter,” Areteman said. college weekend Madilyn Sindelar Madilyn is currently a junior Strategic Communication major and social media and marketing minor. She is the Volante sports editor this fall.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line195
__label__wiki	0.663866	0.663866	Snowpoet ‘Thought You Knew’ Vinyl/CD/Dig (Edition) 5/5 2nd April 2018 ukvibe “Thought you knew” is the second album from Snowpoet, the London based band led by the writing duo of Lauren Kinsella and Chris Hyson. For vocalist Kinsella, the new album follows two notable previous releases, the aforementioned 2016 eponymous Snowpoet debut, along with the highly imaginative 2014 “Under The Moon” from Blue Eyed Hawk. Multi-instrumentalist Hyson steps up the production levels on this latest release, skilfully bringing together Kinsella’s engaging and characterful vocal style with warm and beautifully crafted arrangements. The results are stunning and the compelling nature of the lyrics and music make for a mesmerising listen. There is a deep and raw emotion prevalent throughout the lyrical writing style and vocal delivery of Kinsella, mirrored wonderfully by Hyson’s delicate and thoughtful arrangements. For this session the duo are joined by Nicholas Costley-White on acoustic guitar, Matthew Robinson on piano, Dave Hamblett on drums, Josh Arceleo on saxophone, Alice Zawadski on violin, Francesca Ter-Berg on cello and Lloyd Haines on percussion. The musicians involved illuminate the gorgeously crafted songs with a tasteful and intelligent palette of colour that allows the originality of the compositions to shine through with a refreshing subtlety and beauty. Ten tunes grace this exquisite album. The lyrics are reflective in a short story-telling kind of way, thought-provoking and intriguing. As tempting as it is to use words like introspective and melancholic, I would rather use words such as illuminating and conscious, portraying that rare quality of honesty that may begin with a very personal thought, but ends up speaking in a very human and universal way. Stand-out tracks include the mouth-watering opener “The Therapist”, a piece of music that surely has to be shortlisted as one of the compositions of the year, “It’s Already Better Than OK”, with its Bjork-like vocal delivery, the beautiful and moving “Snow”, and the heart-wrenchingly reflective music and arrangement of the folk inflected “Two of Cups”. To categorise Snowpoet is difficult – which to my mind is always a good thing. Sitting in the realm of a folk/jazz/ambient crossover would perhaps best describe this wonderful band, with an originality that is both reflective and innovative. “Thought you knew” is music to my ears. Edition Records continue to go from strength to strength as a label, and with recordings such as this, one can only simply say ‘thank you’ for giving the platform to acts such as Snowpoet to write, record and release such charismatic and original music. APRIL 19th Birmingham, UK – Hare and Hounds APRIL 29th CCA, Scotland MAY 3rd Bennigan’s Bar, Derry, UK MAY 4th Derry, Northern Ireland – Derry Jazz Festival MAY 5th The Model, Sligo, Ireland MAY 6th Waterford, Ireland – Coastguard Cultural Centre MAY 10th London, UK (Kings Place, Album Launch) MAY 11th Southampton Turner Sims Double bill with Olivia Chaney MAY 12th Cardiff, UK – Millennium Centre Previous PostFar Out Monster Disco Orchestra ‘Black Sun’ LP/CD/Dig (Far Out Recordings) 4/5Next PostM.F.S.B. ‘The Definitive Collection’ 2CD (Robinsongs) 4/5 BaBa ZuLa ‘Hayvan Gibi’ 2LP (Night Dreamer) 5/5 24th September 2020 John Coltrane ‘Giant Steps: 60th Anniversary Edition’ 2LP/2CD (Atlantic/Rhino) 5/5 20th September 2020 Tim Garland ‘ReFocus’ LP/CD (Edition) 4/5 20th September 2020 Raúl Monsalve Y Los Forajidos ‘Bichos’ LP/CD (Olindo) 4/5 15th September 2020	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line197
__label__wiki	0.684698	0.684698	UFC 111 Preview: Mark Bocek vs. Jim Miller (with ESPN’s Franklin McNeil) An intriguing lightweight scrap between Mark Bocek and Jim Miller will kick off the pay-per-view portion of Saturday’s highly anticipated “UFC 111: St-Pierre vs. Hardy” event in Newark, New Jersey. The 155-pounders have won the bulk of their fights via some form of submission, so don’t be shocked if this one eventually goes to the ground. Bocek’s Brazilian Jiu Jitsu credentials are legitimate and should give him a slight edge on the mat. The real question is whether Bocek’s striking has improved at the pace it needs to in order to compete for a shot at the strap. Miller is certainly no schmuck on the canvas, however he’d prefer to keep the fight standing where he holds a resounding edge. Although only two of his wins have come via TKO, Miller has looked explosive and comfortable on his feet while Bocek’s standup game leaves a lot to be desired. A win for either fighter would be huge for their respective title aspirations, however there’s no rush considering reigning champ BJ Penn is currently mowing down all comers like a fat kid does to a piece of cake. Miller enters the Octagon as a significant favorite (-400) to leave the Prudential Center victorious. He owns an impressive 16-2 pro mark, finishing 10 by submission. Speaking of BJJ, Bocek claims a respectable 8-2 record and has ended six of those victories via tapout. Although the American Top Team fighter is enjoying a three-fight winning streak, oddsmakers believe it’ll be Miller Time on March 27th as Bocek enters the biggest fight of his career a heavy underdog (+300). Please click the media play below to listen to ESPN.com’s Franklin McNeil breaking down Jim Miller vs. Mark Bocek with 5thRound.com’s very own, Tom Ngo: httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9w6_AqWtdno Everyday this week, we’ll analyze each of the five UFC 111 main bouts leading up to Saturday’s extravaganza. Tom and Franklin’s coverage will resume tomorrow as they preview the welterweight rematch between Jon Fitch and Thiago Alves. Also, keep an eye out for Ngo-Stradamus’ “UFC 111: St-Pierre vs. Hardy” predictions!	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line201
__label__wiki	0.858006	0.858006	London Critics give La La Land Best Film – but nothing else 22nd January 2017 4th February 2017 Jason Korsner The London Film Critics Circle has named the feel-good musical La La Land its Film of the Year. But the top prize was the only honour picked up by the Oscar-favourite that won a record seven Golden Globes earlier this month. The critics decided that the best director of the past year was the Hungarian László Nemes, whose Son of Saul picked up the best Foreign Language Oscar last year, but the Critics Circle didn’t think his film was the year’s best foreign language film – that honour went to the upcoming German father-daughter drama Toni Erdmann. La La Land’s writer-director Damien Chazelle also lost out in the screenplay category, to Kenneth Lonergan, whose Manchester By The Sea picked up a second award for its lead actor Casey Affleck. Two other films received two awards. Kate Beckinsale was named the best British or Irish actress for Whit Stillman’s Jane Austen adaptation, Love & Friendship, while her co-star Tom Bennett shared the Best Supporting Actor Prize with Moonlight’s Mahershala Ali. His co-star Naomie Harris won the Best Supporting Actress award. French actress Isabelle Huppert repeated her Best Actress success from the Golden Globes, but for a different film – two weeks ago she was honoured for Elle but last night, it was for Things To Come. The other acting awards of the night saw Andrew Garfield collect the Best British or Irish Actor honours for Mel Gibson’s war drama Hacksaw Ridge, while Lewis MacDougall was named the Best Young British/Irish Performer, for A Monster Calls. As you’ll have noted, the London Film Critics Circle hands out prizes for both best actors – and best British or Irish actors – perhaps to ensure that home-grown stars don’t get overlooked at a ceremony organised by British critics. But the system allows the group to honour the big Oscar contenders, while recognising British talent too. Accepting his award for the Best British or Irish Film of the Year, I, Daniel Blake director Ken Loach took the opportunity to criticise what he called the “deplorable” Donald Trump, describing his election as US President as “an expression of failure” of the last fifty years of politics. No awards ceremony is beyond reproach, whether it’s the release schedule on which they work or the parochial nature of some of the categories, but perhaps more than anything, it’s true to say that groups made up of dozens – or in the case of the Oscars, thousands – of individuals can’t truly be said to think in one voice. This is, perhaps, what can often lead to such peculiarities as seen last night, with the best film being deemed not to have the best director, the best screenplay or the best actors – which begs the question of how good a film it can really be – while the man behind last year’s Foreign Language Oscar winner was named the best director, but his film wasn’t chosen as the best foreign language film. FILM OF THE YEAR FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM OF THE YEAR DOCUMENTARY OF THE YEAR Fire at Sea BRITISH/IRISH FILM OF THE YEAR ACTOR OF THE YEAR presented by Millbank and Cooper Searle Casey Affleck – Manchester by the Sea ACTRESS OF THE YEAR presented by Suqqu Isabelle Huppert – Things to Come SUPPORTING ACTOR OF THE YEAR (tie) Mahershala Ali – Moonlight Tom Bennett – Love & Friendship SUPPORTING ACTRESS OF THE YEAR presented by Cameo Naomie Harris – Moonlight DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR László Nemes – Son of Saul SCREENWRITER OF THE YEAR Kenneth Lonergan – Manchester by the Sea BRITISH/IRISH ACTOR Andrew Garfield – Hacksaw Ridge, Silence BRITISH/IRISH ACTRESS Kate Beckinsale – Love & Friendship YOUNG BRITISH/IRISH PERFORMER presented by The May Fair Hotel Lewis MacDougall – A Monster Calls BREAKTHROUGH BRITISH/IRISH FILMMAKER Babak Anvari – Under the Shadow BRITISH/IRISH SHORT FILM Sweet Maddie Stone – Brady Hood TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT Victoria – Sturla Brandth Grovlen, cinematography DILYS POWELL AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN FILM Babak Anvari Casey Affleck Fire At Sea I Daniel Blake Isabelle Hupert Kate Beckinsale Kenneth Lonergan La La Land László Nemes Lewis MacDougal London Film Critics Circle Love and Friendship Mahershala Ali Manchester by the Sea Monster Calls Moonlight Naomie Harris Son of Saul Tom Bennett Toni Erdmann Under the Shadow La La Land leads the most diverse set of Oscar nominations for years Love & Friendship and Moonlight lead London Film Critics Circle nominations Moonlight causes Oscars upset – in more ways than one La La Land wins 5 BAFTAs La La Land leads BAFTA nominations I, Daniel Blake & American Honey lead BIFA nominations Moonlight Dominates Independent Spirit Awards American Honey, Under the Shadow and I, Daniel Blake dominate BIFAs Moonlight – Review Black actors dominate SAG Awards, a month ahead of Oscars Manchester By The Sea – Review Daniel Blake? Why Him when you’ve got Captain Fantastic? What was – and was not – Worth Seeing in 2016 Love & Friendship – Review The Gifted have a Good Time in Dunkirk, not Hampstead: What’s Worth Seeing from 2017 and what isn’t. La La Land and The Night Manager dominate Golden Globes Son of Saul – Review Rocketman – Review A Good Night for The Inheritance, Company and Come From Away at The Oliviers Olivia Colman was the Oscar favourite after all, as Green Book upsets Roma Roma and The Favourite share the spoils at the BAFTAs Green Book – Review SAG wins for Black Panther and Emily Blunt cast questions for Oscars London Critics pick Roma over The Favourite A good night for Britain at a diverse Golden Globes The Old Man & The Gun – Review Autumn festival line-ups fire starting gun on Oscars race	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line204
__label__wiki	0.583842	0.583842	Related Product Showcase Insulin Signaling Pathway (1489) MAPK3 & RPS6KA2 Protein Protein Interaction Antibody Pair Catalog # : DI0345 Interactome This protein protein interaction antibody pair set comes with two antibodies to detect the protein-protein interaction, one against the MAPK3 protein, and the other against the RPS6KA2 protein for use in in situ Proximity Ligation Assay. See Publication Reference below. Quality Control Testing: Protein protein interaction immunofluorescence result. Representative image of Proximity Ligation Assay of protein-protein interactions between MAPK3 and RPS6KA2. HeLa cells were stained with anti-MAPK3 rabbit purified polyclonal antibody 1:1200 and anti-RPS6KA2 mouse monoclonal antibody 1:50. Each red dot represents the detection of protein-protein interaction complex. The images were analyzed using an optimized freeware (BlobFinder) download from The Centre for Image Analysis at Uppsala University. Supplied Product: Antibody pair set content: 1. MAPK3 rabbit purified polyclonal antibody (100 ug) 2. RPS6KA2 mouse monoclonal antibody (40 ug) *Reagents are sufficient for at least 30-50 assays using recommended protocols. Store reagents of the antibody pair set at -20°C or lower. Please aliquot to avoid repeated freeze thaw cycle. Reagents should be returned to -20°C storage immediately after use. MSDS: An analysis of protein-protein interactions in cross-talk pathways reveals CRKL as a novel prognostic marker in hepatocellular carcinoma. Liu CH, Chen TC, Chau GY, Jan YH, Chen CH, Hsu CN, Lin KT, Juang YL, Lu PJ, Cheng HC, Chen MH, Chang CF, Ting YS, Kao CY, Hsiao M, Huang CY. Mol Cell Proteomics. 2013 Feb 8. [Epub ahead of print] In situ Proximity Ligation Assay (Cell) MAPK3 RPS6KA2 ERK1,HS44KDAP,HUMKER1A,MGC20180,P44ERK1,P44MAPK,PRKM3 mitogen-activated protein kinase 3 The protein encoded by this gene is a member of the MAP kinase family. MAP kinases, also known as extracellular signal-regulated kinases (ERKs), act in a signaling cascade that regulates various cellular processes such as proliferation, differentiation, and cell cycle progression in response to a variety of extracellular signals. This kinase is activated by upstream kinases, resulting in its translocation to the nucleus where it phosphorylates nuclear targets. Alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding different protein isoforms have been described. [provided by RefSeq OTTHUMP00000174538,OTTHUMP00000174540,extracellular signal-regulated kinase 1,extracellular signal-related kinase 1 HU-2,MAPKAPK1C,RSK,RSK3,S6K-alpha,S6K-alpha2,p90-RSK3,pp90RSK3 ribosomal protein S6 kinase, 90kDa, polypeptide 2 This gene encodes a member of the RSK (ribosomal S6 kinase) family of serine/threonine kinases. This kinase contains 2 non-identical kinase catalytic domains and phosphorylates various substrates, including members of the mitogen-activated kinase (MAPK) signalling pathway. The activity of this protein has been implicated in controlling cell growth and differentiation. Alternate transcriptional splice variants, encoding different isoforms, have been characterized. 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__label__cc	0.749059	0.250941	The Power of Managing Closing Costs in a Home Purchase Kathryn Rickmeyer Contributor January 5, 2018 Topics: Finance, Legal, Residential Real Estate It’s closing time: Home buyers—eager to get the keys to their new place—must first cover myriad costs, including attorney fees, lender fees, mortgage insurance, a title search, recording fees, real-estate taxes, survey costs and an appraisal (sometimes two on a jumbo loan). “Closing costs can vary depending on lenders, the state you reside in, the price of the home, and even the day of the month the closing takes place,” says veteran real estate investor and Alabama attorney, Dan Boswell. Jumbo loan borrowers-where amounts exceed $424,100- often face the steepest closing costs because many fees are calculated using the percentage of the loan amount. Borrowers can get a sense of the closing cost they will incur with a good-faith estimate document, which federal law require lenders to provide within three days of the loan application. Lenders cannot change their own origination fees, but they are given a 10% leeway in estimating third-party charges, like appraisal, survey, inspections and titles services. While closing costs vary by state, the average closing costs associated with $200,000 loan in the state of Alabama totals $2,112, according to recent figures by Bankrate.com. Image Credit: Birmingham Business Journal Differences vary not just by state but by individual localities, says Valley Title and Closing CEO Wendy Worley. “The day of the month when the mortgage closes can also affect costs,” says Worley. If you close on Nov. 5, you have to pay the per diem interest from the 5th to the 30th, but if you close on Nov. 28, it’s only three days. Borrowers can also reduce out-of-pocket expenditures by wrapping the closing costs into the loan, but lenders will charge a slightly higher interest rate. When considering that option, borrowers should balance how much cash they can bring to the closing table versus how long they plan to stay in the home. To ensure the most optimal outcome, follow ACRE’s four tips for Alabama home buyers: 1. Shop Around. “Apply with at least 3 lenders to compare origination fees quoted in good faith estimates,” says Boswell. 2. Relationship Discounts. “In many cases, lenders offer lower origination fees for their customers,” says Worley. 3. Closing Attorney. Many borrowers stick with a lender-appointed attorney to represent them at closing, but they are not required to so and can hire their own. Oftentimes, attorney fees can vary upwards of $500. In fact, KC Conway, ACRE's Director of Research and Corporate Engagement and CCIM's Chief Ecnomist, suggests spending a little extra on your closing attorney. “I recommend spending the extra $500 on your own attorney and making sure easements (like fences) are looked at and HOA documents are reviewed and explained to the home buyer to know they can’t park a camper in the driveway or put up /a basketball goal. There is a lot more to consider from a legal perspective in a closing than the bank’s mortgage. This is an area not to be cheap on,” said Conway. 4. Right to Reports. Buyers have the right to appraisal reports three days prior to closing. Why is this important? There are a lot of mistakes in appraisals. An appraisal mistake can cause lenders to recalculate the LTV (Loan to Value). This could potentially impose mortgage insurance premiums and other costs, due to an appraisal error or bad comps. Review and challenge the appraisal. If the bank reviewer accepts an appraisal with mistakes, the borrower remedy is to file a complaint with the CFTB and the appraisal licensing board. It is amazing how an informed borrower with the basis to challenge a bad appraisal gets result. “This is where your broker is a huge value-add. Brokers know residential markets better than appraisers. They know the neighborhoods better than an appraiser trolling for comps to dump in a Fannie Mae or FHA form,” said Conway (a 30 year MAI veteran). The housing quartile not doing so well during COVID-19 The conditions for the 25% quartile struggling to make rent and mortgage payments are not making their way into the housing headlines and are being overlooked by the homebuilding industry and ...	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line211
__label__cc	0.579221	0.420779	Why Acts Acts Online How to save your house from bank repossession How to defend yourself against the banks Banks launch online application portals for Covid-19 SME loans You don’t qualify for bank assistance? Good, you’ve dodged a bullet 30% of SA businesses cannot survive a one-month lockdown Guide for accountants during lockdown Ramaphosa announces massive R500 billion coronavirus stimulus programme Counting the economic cost of the lockdown Here are some alternative funding sources for cash-strapped businesses Agriculture and fisheries Black Empowerment E-tolls Financial and Accounting How SA should tackle the redistribution of land in urban areas Posted 13 May 2018 Written by Sarita Pillay Category Constitution In this interview, Lauren Royston, co-author of “Securing Land Tenure in Urban and Rural South Africa”, argues that talk of land expropriation without compensation is premature, as this is already catered for in the Housing Act. Rather make use of existing laws to accommodate the unhoused before taking the radical step of amending the Constitution to allow expropriation without compensation. Land debates are reverberating across South Africa after the country’s parliament resolved to accelerate land redistribution through expropriation without compensation where necessary. Twenty four years since the advent of democracy, land remains a stark and visible symbol of dispossession and racial and income inequality. The current wave of land reform debates is different in one key respect: there’s been an emergence of an urban angle to them. And rightly so. The majority of South Africans live in urban areas. On top of this spatial apartheid lives on in South Africa’s cities. But genuine land reform requires a shift in the country’s approach to urban land: it can’t be seen simply in terms of its market value and its potential for profit. Land’s social and redress value must be considered. There’s also the real possibility of the land debate being hijacked for political party or elite gains rather than a genuinely re-distributive agenda for poor and working class people. South Africans need to pay attention to the voices dominating land debates, and constantly ask: land reform for whom? In spite of the challenges, the current moment could provide a golden opportunity to redefine the country’s approach to urban land. I spoke to Lauren Royston, who has been working on the urban land question in the research and advocacy arena for more than a quarter of a century. She recently co-authored “Untitled: Securing Land Tenure in Urban and Rural South Africa”. Sarita Pillay: Are we seeing a conversation about urban land reform that we’ve not had before? Lauren Royston: I think we’re seeing an opening for a conversation about urban land reform in a way that hasn’t been present before. Urban land tends to be hidden in other urban development sectors such as housing, planning and municipal finance. The expropriation without compensation debate might be changing that, creating an urban land focus and redistribution an urban land issue too. But a meaningful shift in the debate requires serious interrogation of key areas such as the dynamics of the property market as well as a review of how both state owned and private land can be used to accommodate urban land reform. Sarita Pillay: Urban land in South Africa’s cities isn’t approached as an opportunity for redistribution or social justice. Good public land in cities is being sold for profit by government while land in well-located suburbs is not considered for public housing. Would you agree that the country’s provinces and city municipalities haven’t pursued brave and progressive approaches to urban land? Lauren Royston: I do think that state land is often seen as a revenue generator. I’m not unsympathetic to that – municipalities do have big mandates and are under-funded. But isn’t it time to rethink private land? The expropriation debate gives us that opportunity. It seems to me that occupied inner city buildings and occupied private land parcels are a prime case for a focused, programmatic expropriation approach. One that needn’t cause instability. What we need to talk about next is how those buildings will be held. It’s my view that they should be a public or social asset, not privately owned. The country should have a debate about this. Sarita Pillay: Expropriation can also be used by government to ensure shack settlements on private land finally have access to basic services and infrastructure. This was raised as a demand in the recent Land for Living march in Cape Town. Is this the kind of genuine urban land reform that the expropriation debate opens up? Lauren Royston: Definitely. But the risk with expropriation is how political it has become. Despite the heated debate, it’s always been technically possible. In the urban context, the Housing Act allows for expropriation. The call for an amendment to the constitution seems premature – at least until existing provisions have been used more proactively. Expropriation in the urban setting should focus on poor households – those earning a household income below R3 200 per month. They make up close to 50% of Johannesburg’s population. Private sector delivery doesn’t work for them. Sarita Pillay: There seems to be a lack of public imagination and interrogation around how land is held and the ownership of land when it comes to urban land reform. You’ve written about land tenure, how should we be thinking about this in an urban context? Lauren Royston: South Africa’s property regime is anchored in registered title and this can be rigid and exclusionary. To get into official or formal property if you’re poor, you have to enter a system of individual title deed registration via a housing subsidy project. But a significant number of subsidy properties are not on the deeds registry. South Africa needs to consider that the problem with title may be more systematic than simply “fixing” a backlog. It needs to look into the range of tenures that exist outside the formal property system. These tenures have legal protection under a range of different post-1994 tenure laws but these rights are not registered which makes them less secure and denies access to the many benefits of registered title. Sarita Pillay: What do you think needs to happen now? Lauren Royston: If President Cyril Ramaphosa’s commitments are genuine, then after the 2019 elections the government needs to move beyond rhetoric and it needs to start countering the fear mongering and instability spectre. And it needs to improve capacity on land by co-opting private sector and civil society experts. This article first appeared at The Conversation. The views expressed herein are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of Acts Online. Acts Online accepts no responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or fairness of the article, nor does the information contained herein constitute advice, legal or otherwise.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line212
__label__cc	0.605416	0.394584	the Addison Recorder Pop culture dispatches from the Great Lakes Travis J. Cook Meryl Williams Karen Martin Christopher Walsh Christina Brandon Alex Bean Andrew Rostan PK Sullivan Submit to the Recorder World Cup Cocktails: Group F June 25, 2014 by -J. Leave a Comment Welcome to Group F, the group of Argentina. Messi greets you with hugs! Okay, there are three other teams that are fighting to be the group’s runner-up, but none of them have Lionel Messi. Argentina’s fortunes rise and fall with their star player, and we start with a cocktail as potent as Messi’s left foot. In fact, you’ll find that all the cocktails in this group are made with uniquely bold spirits, so you may want to strap in for this trio. I was initially tempted to do another highball as part of this series, as Fernet & Cola is pretty much the national drink of Argentina (or so the Internet and its targeted ads tell me). But then I ran across a recipe from Imbibe that used Fernet Branca with Scotch. There has been a dearth of whisk(e)y cocktails in this series, so I jumped at this one. (For those who want Fernet & Cola, it is: a shot of Fernet Branca into a Collins glass, add a few ices cubes, fill with cola to taste. Highballs are rather easy drinks.) Posted in: Cocktail Recipes, Cocktails & Spirits, World Cup Tagged: brandy, cocktails, fernet, green Chartreuse, Scotch whisky, slivovitz, World Cup Addison Recorder on Twitter Andrew pays tribute to George Martin, producer without peer, and keyboard maestro Keith Emerson. https://t.co/I3N5iKiMXY 12:00:56 PM March 14, 2016 ReplyRetweetFavorite 90 minutes to #Oscars so one more time - Alex, Andrew, and Travis make their picks. https://t.co/X23YYQ4J3i 05:59:57 PM February 28, 2016 ReplyRetweetFavorite The annual Oscar Picks column is up! Alex, Andrew, and Travis tell the cold, hard truth about the nominees. https://t.co/X23YYPN7EI 12:21:01 PM February 26, 2016 ReplyRetweetFavorite T-minus two hours to the @TheGRAMMYs - more than enough time to revisit Andrew's Album of the Year recap. https://t.co/BhUdmb97Wi 04:59:46 PM February 15, 2016 ReplyRetweetFavorite Andrew previews the @musicboxtheatre 70mm Festival starting 2/19 and recommends some essential films! https://t.co/C2S6y3gkgq 12:04:12 PM February 12, 2016 ReplyRetweetFavorite @addisonrecorder The Smartest Guys in the Room: Remembering George Martin and Keith Emerson Oscar Picks 2016 Mr. Rostan at the Movies: 70 Millimeters of Sheer Adventure The Claustrophobic Folklore of The Witch 2666 at the Goodman Theater Archives Select Month March 2016 February 2016 January 2016 December 2015 November 2015 October 2015 September 2015 August 2015 July 2015 June 2015 May 2015 April 2015 March 2015 February 2015 January 2015 December 2014 November 2014 October 2014 September 2014 August 2014 July 2014 June 2014 May 2014 April 2014 March 2014 February 2014 January 2014 December 2013 November 2013 October 2013 September 2013 August 2013 July 2013 May 2013 April 2013 March 2013 February 2013 January 2013 December 2012 November 2012 October 2012 September 2012 August 2012 July 2012 June 2012 Follow @addisonrecorder Mr. Rostan at the Movies: 70 Millimeters of Sheer Adventure on Alex and Andrew Debate the Sight & Sound List: Part One The Claustrophobic Folklore of The Witch on The Horror of Metaphor in It Follows Mr. Rostan at the Movies: Catching Up With Oscar on Our Month in Pop Culture: May 2015 Mr. Rostan at the Movies: Catching Up With Oscar on Oscar Nomination Reactions – 2016 War Damn Peter on Celebrating 50 Years of “A Charlie Brown Christmas” Copyright © 2021 the Addison Recorder.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line214
__label__wiki	0.693591	0.693591	Make India Asbestos Free For Asbestos Free India Ban-Asbestos-India Journal of Ban Asbestos Network of India (BANI). Asbestos Free India campaign of BANI is inspired by trade union movement and right to health campaign. BANI has been working since 2000. It works with peoples movements, doctors, researchers and activists besides trade unions, human rights, environmental, consumer and public health groups. BANI demands criminal liability for companies and medico-legal remedy for victims. Contact: Advocate Gopal Krishna, LL.M., krishnagreen@gmail.com BANI Supports Asbestos Ban Struggle in Bihar Ban Asbestos Network of India (BANI) has urged the Bihar government to stop the construction of the asbestos cement plant in Chainpur, Muzaffarpur which poses grave risk to the life and health of villagers. It has denounced the police firing by the private army of the owner of the factory on the villagers who were the protesting against the plant which is being built in the residential area and the agricultural fields. Many villagers have been injured in the incident. BANI has written to the Bihar Chief Minister, Bihar State Pollution Control Board and Bihar Human Rights Commission. BANI has visited the site of the plant. It will come out with a Fact Finding report shortly. Alternatives of asbestos is a must to ensure that our country becomes asbestsos free. The reason for alternatives of asbestos being costlier can be traced to political patronage. Almost every Union Budget presented in the parliament has made asbestos artificially cheaper. There are multiple alternatives of asbestos else 52 countries that have banned it would not have done that. Alternatives are usage specific. For prevention of asbestos related diseases to be achieved providing information and technical assistance on the various alternatives to asbestos in construction materials is a must for protecting human health. Polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) and polypropylene (PP) used in combination with cellulose for themanufacture of fibre-cement pipes and roofing materials in place of asbestos. Substitutes for asbestos cement materials can be divided into two broad categories. Firstly, those products that directly substitute asbestos with another material in the same Hatschek cement process (e.g., PVA and cellulose in fibre-cement roofing). Secondly, there are also a number of wholly different products that can replace the asbestos products, for example gypsum or aluminum. 1. Present production of Asbestos related products in India, with separate quantity of AC sheets According to Asbestos Cement Products Manufacturers Association (ACPMA), Chrysotile (White) Asbestos Cement Sheet Production for the year 2009 was 33,70,270 tons. This figure does not reveal the whole truth becasue ACPMA represents only large scale 15 companies which own 51 manufacturing units located in various states in India. Its gross annual turnover of approx Rs.4500/- crores is also based on the production figures of these very companies. 2. Has there been any reduction in its usage / production in the country in recent years No, its consumption is rising at an alarming rate due to political and fiscal support of the Government of India. Suppression of information about asbestos hazards from citizens/consumers in India too is a factor. 3. Is there any attempt to find a subtitute by the sheeting industry Yes, but it has been suffering because of Government of India's step motherly treatment. One Congress MP from Andhra Pradesh owns the biggest asbestos company in the country. 4. What is the status of the Ban White Asbestos Bill in Rajya Sabha and what willbe its Impact on usage of Asbestos, if any. The Bill is pending and will never lapse because Bills introduced in Rajya Sabha never lapse. This relects legislative intent and it will adversely impact white asbestos usage. Gopal Krishna Patkar plea on asbestos manufacturing unit The Times of India, Dec 18, 2010 PATNA: Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) fame social activist Medha Patkar has shot a letter to chief minister Nitish Kumar requesting him to direct the administration to immediately initiate dialogue with theKhet Bachao Jeewan Bachao Sangharsh Committee spearheading the movement against setting up an asbestos sheet manufacturing unit in Kanti locality in Muzaffarpur district. Patkar, in her letter, said that asbestos producing unit is an industry which spreads cancer in the vicinity where it is located. The asbestos plant also violated Environmental Protection Act 1986 as well as 1994 notification made under this Act. It is also in violation of the National Rehabilitation Policy 2009, said the NBA leader. She said that in view of the gravity of the situation, socialist leader and ideologue Sachchidanand Sinha too has joined the ongoing farmers' agitation against asbestos manufacturing unit. Source: Patkar plea on asbestos manufacturing unit - The Times of India http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/Patkar-plea-on-asbestos-manufacturing-unit-/articleshow/7125077.cms#ixzz18W3GSsK0 Attack on cops at asbestos factory The Telegraph, India, Sept. 14, 2010 Muzaffarpur, Sept. 14: A mob of villagers from Bishunpur, Aima, Chainpur and Marwan attacked policemen and district administration officials on the premises of TMT Saraiya factory at Bishunpur. The officials had gone to the village to open the factory which was locked by the villagers on September 8. The villagers had objected to the running of the asbestos factory, as it would adversely affect their health, and had demanded immediate shifting of factory from the village. Hundreds of agitating farmers and villagers, under Khet Bachao Jivan Bachao Sangharsh Morcha, gathered on the factory premises and chased away the policemen and the district officials. The morcha is spearheading a crusade against the asbestos factories. Supervisor of TMT Saraiya, Alok Kumar had sought police protection in view of the palpable tension brewing in the region due to the factory. Subdivisional officer (west), Kundan Kumar said that the policemen had to face the wrath of the villagers and farmers. The supervisor and other employees of the factory managed to flee from the scene when the villagers barged into the premises. Nagrik Forum, an outfit of intellectuals, also condemned the move of TMT Saraiya to run an asbestos factory, putting lives of rural masses at risk. The think-tank of the Morcha, led by Sachidanand Sinha, Ram Kishore Prasad, Uday Shankar Singh, B. Prashant, Arun Kumar Singh, Ravindra Kumar Ravi, Shashikant Jha, Nawal Kishore Singh, D. Satyarthi, Ramesh Pankaj and Abhijit held an emergency meeting and sought immediate intervention of chief minister Nitish Kumar to put a blanket ban on the asbestos factory. They also lodged an FIR against the owners of the factory and accused them of endangering the lives of farmers and villagers of the areas. They expressed their displeasure over district officials attempt to open the factory. http://www.telegraphindia.com/1100915/jsp/bihar/story_12936062.jsp Posted by krishna at 8:01 PM NHRC orders replacement of asbestos sheets roofing with roofing made up of some other material NHRC Acts on TWA's Asbestos Complaint Occupational Health India (OHI) Ban-Asbestos-India Canada's Ugly Secret NHRC issues notices to ministries over Asbestos usage NHRC issues notice on white asbestos to govt ministries Asbestos-related cancer: NHRC notice to health, environment ministries NHRC notice to Centre, State Govts on Prohibiting Use of white Asbestos NHRC notice to states on banning use of asbestos Web www.asbestosfreeindia.org South Asian Ban Asbestos Network (SABAN) BanAsbestosAndhra BanAsbestosJharkhand BanAsbestosGoa BanAsbestosUP BanAsbestosKerala BanAsbestosTamilNadu BanAsbestosRajasthan BanAsbestosGujarat BanAsbestosOdisha BanAsbestosWestBengal Ban Asbestos Bihar (BAB) THE WHITE ASBESTOS (BAN ON USE AND IMPORT) BILL, 2009 HUMAN HEALTH RISK ASSESSMENT STUDIES IN ASBESTOS BASED INDUSTRIES IN INDIA ILO Ban Asbestos Resolution Environmental Health Criteria 203; Chrysotile Asbetos WHO ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH CRITERIA 203 ILO Asbestos Convention, 1986 Health Canada on Chrysotile Asbestos BanAbestosMaharashtra ASBESTOS CRISIS WHO FactSheet on Elimination of Asbestos-related Diseases Ban on Asbestos is a Must A study in a peer-reviewed journal had earlier estimated that there could be more than 6,000 workers affected by asbestosis (an untreatable lung ailment) and another 600 suffering at the minimum from asbestosis-related lung cancer in India at present. Occupational cancer from asbestos, the disease caused by emissions at the work place, poses an increasingly serious health problem. But the subject has attracted relatively little attention from industry, labour, public health bodies or the medical profession. Asbestos is one of the single largest sources of occupational cancer. Indian polticians are acting as if they are bonded workers of asbestos industry. Ban Asbestos India asbestos mesothelioma resource International Ban Asbestos Secretariat (IBAS) Building and Wood Workers' International International Federation of Building and Wood Workers European Public Health Association Weekly Toll Ban Asbestos Canada (BAC) International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) Asbestos Bans asbestosblog Killer Fiber OccupationalHealthIndia OHI, India Russian Asbestos Information Source Refuting Industry Claims That Chrysotile Asbestos Is Safe Asbestos Products News Chrysotile Asbestos Institute Rotterdam Convention Updates Govt urged to take lesson from South Africa and ban asbestos White asbestos continues to be in use in India World’s Cheapest, Smallest Car–But Is It Asbestos-Free Statement of Support for the Ban Asbestos in America Act of 2007 Submission on Asbestos before Independent People's Tribunal on the World Bank Group Asbestos, the biggest killer in the workplace Asbestos poisoning at India shipyards Asbestos kills Americans, Europeans, Australians & Japanese but not Indians Say no to white asbestos Killer Asbestos: Breathtaking negligence Asbestos, the Silent Killer Asbestos-Is-A-Carcinogen Canada’s asbestos exports immoral Asbestos: Kill the people, protect the industry India still uses Amphibole Asbestos along with Chrysotile BANI Condemns Indian Government's Double Speak on Asbestos Doctoring asbestos study to promote its use A government under an asbestos roof White asbestos, a health time bomb Use of Russian & Canadian Asbestos Rising in India India’s Position on Chrysotile Asbestos Dictated by Vested Interests! India's Asbestos Time Bomb Rotterdam Convention World Trade Center, New York collapsed Thousands of tons of asbestos became airborne. Back in 1981, there was research coming out that Asbestos was cancer causing and this ad was in rebuttal to that research touting the benefits of using Asbestos. The text over the Twin Towers states, "When the Fire Alarm Went Off, It Took Two Hours to Evacuate New York's World Trade Center." I do not need to remind anyone of the images of September 11th and this ad. The copy below the ad goes on to mention all of the places that Asbestos was used in the World Trade Center. I can not not think of all of the innocent victims in the area that were exposed to all of the dust, smoke and inherent asbestos that was in the air after the buildings collapsed. The cloud of smoke went across the entire city and potentially exposed hundreds of thousands of individuals to asbestos. Hopefully there can be a cure or treatment for Mesothelioma before all of these potential victims are diagnosed. Ban Use of Asbestos Products Afer EU, Australia, Japan & others, US pases legislation to Ban Asbestos in its country. Apex Court allocates meagre compensation for asbetsos victims In 1995, the Supreme Court of India fixed Rs 1 lakh compensation amount and identified National Institute of Occupational Health (NIOH) as the final authority to certify asbestosis cases. Compensations are given through the Employees State Insurance Corporation (ESIC). Two workers in Ahmedabad Electricity Company diagnosed as having asbestosis by NIOH have been compensated by Gujarat High Court. Twenty-five workers in asbestos jointing and packing industry at Mumbai were compensated by the Special medical board of ESIC. The court ruled that the industrial units must maintain a health record of every worker up to a minimum period of 40 years; insure workers under the Employees State Insurance Act or Workmen’s Compensation Act and give health coverage to every worker. Asbestos Victims Every day estimated 30 deaths in India is under way due to the ongoing trade and use of white asbestos. 'Asbestos' in Greek means 'indestructible'. Greeks called asbestos the 'magic mineral'. Asbestos is a generic term, referring usually to six kinds of naturally occuring mineral fibres. Of these six, three are used more commonly. Chrysotile is the most common, accounts for almost 90 per cent of the asbestos used in the industry, but it is not unusual to encounter Amosite or Crocidolite as well. Though Crocidolite asbestos is banned in India, it can still be found in old insulation material, old ships that come from other countries for wrecking in India. All types of asbestos tend to break into very tiny fibre, almost microscopic. In fact, some of them may be up to 700 times smaller than human hair. Because of their small size, once released into the air, they may stay suspended in the air for hours or even days. Asbestos fibres are virtually indestructible. They are resistant to chemicals and heat, and are very stable in the environment. They do not evaporate into air or dissolve in water, and they do not break down over time. Because of its high durability and with tensile strength asbestos has been widely used inconstruction and insulation materials - it has been used in over 3,000 different products. Where do we use it? In India, asbestos is used in manufacture of pressure and non pressure pipes used for water supply, sewage, irrigation and drainage system in urban and rural areas, asbestos textiles, laminated products, tape, gland packing, packing ropes, brake lining and jointing used in core sector industries such as automobile, heavy equipment, petro-chemicals, nuclear power plants, fertilizers, thermal power plants, transportation, defence. Dr Nikolai F. Izmerov, Head, Russian Occupational Health Institute, Russia Vladimir Putin government set up a panel of experts to give an opinion on a possible Russian asbestos ban. The panel’s report gave an impassioned defence of asbestos use. Dr Izmerov gave a presentation on "Chrysotile. Russian Experience in Occupational Health" at the International Conference on Chrysotile in Montreal during May 23 - 24, 2006. Russia exported 152, 820 MT of chrysotile asbestos to India in 2006.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line216
__label__cc	0.701483	0.298517	Monster Jam llega a Orlando el proximo 21 de enero y los boletos ya estan a la venta, adquierelos hoy! Orlando Monster Jam® Tickets On Sale Now Tickets start at $15 for Monster Jam at Camping World Stadium Feld Entertainment announced recently that tickets for Monster Jam®, the most adrenaline-charged motorsports experience for families on the planet, are now on sale. Monster Jam events are affordably priced for the whole family with seats starting at $15. Monster Jam will be performing at Camping World Stadium in Orlando on Saturday, January 21, 2017. Gates open at 5 PM, opening ceremonies are at 6:30 PM, and racing starts at 7 PM. The event will feature more than 12 trucks and drivers vying to be the Orlando champion, including: Grave Digger driven by Dennis Anderson; Son-uva Digger driven by Ryan Anderson; Team Hot Wheels driven by Scott Buetow; Monster Energy driven by Coty Saucier; Jester driven by Matt Pagliarulo; Xtermigator driven by JR McNeal; Rage driven by Cory Rummel; Barbarian driven by Devin Jones; plus OVER Bored, Bounty Hunter, Knucklehead, Madusa and Wrecking Crew. (Trucks/drivers subject to change without notice.) Approximately 12 feet tall and about 12 feet wide, Monster Jam trucks are custom-designed machines that sit atop 66-inch-tall tires and weigh a minimum of 10,000 pounds. Built for short, high-powered bursts of speed, Monster Jam trucks generate 1,500 to 2,000 horsepower and are capable of speeds of up to 100 miles per hour. Monster Jam trucks can fly up to125 to 130 feet (a distance greater than 14 cars side by side) and up to 35 feet in the air. The Party in the Pits on Saturday, January 21, from 2:30 PM – 5:30 PM gives fans the opportunity to get up close and personal to the Monster Jam trucks and drivers. Pit Passes are available for $10.00 at the Amway Center Box office in advance, online at www.ticketmaster.com, or charge by phone at 800-745-3000. Same day event ticket and pit pass required for entry to pit party. Tickets to Monster Jam are now on sale at www.ticketmaster.com. All seats reserved. Subject to facility fee, plus convenience and handling charges. Camping World Stadium is located at 1610 W. Church Street, Orlando, FL 32805. For more information on a Monster Jam, please log onto www.MonsterJam.com (click on “Tickets” and search for Orlando) or follow us via our social channels below: Facebook: www.facebook.com/MonsterJam Twitter: www.twitter.com/MonsterJam Instagram: www.instagram.com/MonsterJamLive YouTube: www.youtube.com/MonsterJamLive Publicadas por Axel a la/s 3:36:00 p. m.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line219
__label__wiki	0.622682	0.622682	BOOK ԳԻՐՔ HOME » NEWS » WORLD When Kurds Draw the Map of the Middle East Attack to Christians on the way to church leaves 23 dead In Egyptian capital Cairo, gunmen attacked Christians driving to the church, killing 23 and wounding 25. Turkey business forum cancelled due to security detail attack LA Chamber of Commerce announced that Turkey business forum is cancelled. “You will always be outsiders” message to Palestinians Israeli parliament gave preliminary approval to “Israel nation-state law”, which has to pass two more votes to become law. This proposal, which makes people worry that it might constitute a legitimate ground for discriminatory policies against Palestinians, is a hot topic of debate in the country. We talked to Louis Fishman, faculty member of Brooklyn College Department of History about these developments and he states that this law would be a disgrace, not only to the Arab citizens, but also to the Jews working towards an open liberal Israel that is based on freedom and equality. Trump meets religious leaders in Jerusalem As part of his first overseas trip, US President Donald Trump went to Israel after Saudi Arabia. He visited Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, where he met religious leaders. Manchester suicide attack: 22 killed, 59 wounded Yesterday, a suicide attack was carried out in Arena concert hall in Manchester. Currently, it is reported that 22 people were killed and 59 people were wounded. Juncker: NATO summit will be an opportunity to address our questions to Erdoğan Jean-Claude Juncker, President of the European Commission, stated that Turkey will have no place in the EU, if capital punishment is brought back. Park in Cyprus in memory of genocide victims In Paphos city of Cyprus, Armenian Genocide Park will be opened. Parliament of Czech Republic recognizes Armenian Genocide On April 25, Parliament of Czech Republic unanimously recognized Armenian Genocide. Pope will visit Egypt as planned In Egypt, state of emergency is declared after the suicide bombing in Coptic churches in Tanta and Alexandria cities that killed 44 people. While the security measure are tightened in the country before the Easter on this Sunday, Vatican announced that Pope Francis will visit Egypt as planned. 01.16.2021 Hrant Dink commemoration to be held online due to pandemic 01.16.2021 The Mad King Departs 12.24.2020 Averting Your Eyes 12.16.2020 The Year 2020: The Three Wars of the South Caucasus 12.15.2020 The Day Symbols Paraded on the Streets of Baku This little big woman Tigran Hamasyan arrives at Ani and Aghtamar 6th Trans Pride Rally RECENT VIDEO GALLERIES Korkmaz’s lawyer: “Those who kicked Ali İsmail to death were awarded here today” Agos was founded in 1996 by Hrant Dink and a group of his friends, in order to report the problems of the Armenians of Turkey to the public. It is the first newspaper in the Republican period to be published in Turkish and Armenian. Agos's editorial policy focuses on issues such as democratization, minority rights, coming to terms with the past, the protection and development of pluralism in Turkey. As a newspaper that has emerged from within the Armenian community of Turkey, Agos aims to further open its pages to the issues of Turkey and the world. As independent journalism and freedom of expression face increasing restriction in Turkey, Agos also acts as an independent platform for debate. Society Foundations Schools Associations Sport Churches Youth Making A Difference Health Culture And Arts Music Film Theatre Painting Architecture Choirs Dance Literature Photography SERGİ News Turkey World Armenia Diaspora Press Minorities Human Rights Dink Court Case Agenda SON DAKİKA Life ENGLİSH ՀԱՅԵՐԷՆ ՔՐՕՆԻԿԱԳԻՐԵՐ ԼՈՒՐԵՐ AYP - PEN - KİM ՀԱՅԵՐԷՆ-PDF Special Reports BAŞ YAZI ARKA SAYFA ORTA SAYFA 1915-2015 1915 Readings 1915 Talks Survivors Rescuers Perpetrators 2014 © Agos Yayıncılık Basın Hiz. San. ve Tic. Ltd. Şti. \| All Rights Reserved	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line222
__label__cc	0.606262	0.393738	Climakers Alliance: A farmer-driven approach to climate challenge Nov 15, 2019, 8:30am Image source: COPA-COGECA Farmer representatives were to the fore at a recent workshop held by the Climakers Alliance. The alliance – a union of farmers’ organisations, private sector actors, researchers and civil society groups that are committed to providing solutions to climate change – gathered for a European regional workshop in Brussels. The event also welcomed 140 participants including farmers, stakeholders, policymakers and researchers. Opening statements were made by Kari Valonen, from the Permanent Representation of Finland to the EU. After this there was a panel discussion about: the farmer-driven climate change agenda; the origins of the Climakers Alliance; and those involved in it. Dedicated sessions on livestock, carbon farming, and adaptation and resilience followed showcasing best practices from farmers around Europe and what they are doing to mitigate and adapt to climate change. These were presented alongside inputs on the current state of research and legislation from academics, policymakers and private sector organisations. Commenting about the meeting, CEJA president Jannes Maes said: “CEJA and its young farmer members are well aware of the threat of climate change and want to build on the momentum from young people globally to ensure that farmers are leading the discussion and are part of the solution in Europe and further afield. “In our daily activities, farmers all over the world and me included, can proudly say that we are Climakers,” he added. World Farmers’ Organization (WFO) president Theo de Jager also spoke, stating: “We, the farmers, are the most vulnerable to climate change, but no other sector of the global economy can do more to win this battle than agriculture can. That’s why WFO decided to partner up with every other farmers’ organisation we could find on this planet, industry bodies in the value chain, civil society and academia to come up with a farmer-driven approach to climate change, which we call the Climakers. “The Climakers programme is basically the wisdom, the experience, the expertise and solutions to climate change of farmers across the globe. “We know that these solutions would vastly differ from America to Europe, from Oceania to Asia and Africa. But for sure, there is a lot we can exchange and learn from each other,” the WFO president said. The conference concluded with reflections on what had been discussed and the drafting of key messages from the Climakers Alliance to present at COP25 in December. Temperatures to nosedive to -4° as frosty weekend beckons CEJA Climate Action Copa-Cogeca Pneumonia in calves: What are the causes and how to prevent it	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line223
__label__wiki	0.510051	0.510051	VIDFEST Announces Call for Entries - Interactive Design & Digital Film Submitted by Jessica on Wed, 18/01/2006 - 10:02 Where is digital film and interactive design heading in the new year? VIDFEST (Vancouver International Digital Festival) has launched its call for entries to its 3rd annual competition to find out. VIDFEST is developing a reputation for bringing independent and creative producers together with big name digital entertainment and media companies like EA, Nokia, ABC, Warner, and Disney. Those who make the final cut and are selected for screening or exhibition at the festival enjoy full access to all the conference sessions, events, and parties. The deadline for submissions is March 31, 2006. Entrants can submit in two areas: Digital Film : VIDFEST is looking for digitally produced shorts including: music videos, game sequences, animation, digital video; and Interactive Design : VIDFEST is looking for original, highly usable, and innovative websites in 4 categories: Business, Education, Entertainment, and Experimental/Art. More details and entry forms are available at http://www.vidfest.com Read more about VIDFEST Announces Call for Entries - Interactive Design & Digital Film holographic data storage Submitted by AliaK on Sat, 17/12/2005 - 21:33 I remember reading about holographic storage / crystalline data storage in the mid 90s but back then they could write the data but couldn't read it back off. seems like they've fixed the problems according to the tests run last november. looking forward to the personal device using these to be available.. they've been doing tests with broadcasters for hdtv and the like. http://www.hiptechblog.com/2005/11/25/maxell-introduces-groundbreaking-h... Read more about holographic data storage This biography is taken from the Auckland Library - Naxos Music Library collection http://0-aucklandcity.naxosmusiclibrary.com.www.elgar.govt.nz/default.as... Read more about John Cage "The Book of Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices" by al-Jazari (1206) Submitted by kathy on Sun, 11/12/2005 - 15:37 "The Book of Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices" was a manuscript written by al-Jazari in 1206 which described automata and mechanical devices used in early Islam. One of the more famous is the "The Elephant Clock" pictured here. Other machines include wine servers. The devices were 'programmed' to be random and unpredictable. There is an excellent explanation of some of these devices and the book in general @ http://66.244.200.112/D1006Gunalan_Nadarajan.wmv - this is a conference presentation by Gunalan Nadarajan on his paper : Islamic Automation: A Reading of al-Jazari's The Book of Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices (1206) http://www.banffcentre.ca/bnmi/programs/archives/2005/refresh/lisiten.asp Professor Noel Sharkey from Sheffield University is building a replica of al-Jazari's automata boat which acts like a programmable drum machine. "Al-Jazari's machine was originally a boat with four automatic musicians that floated on a lake to entertain guests at royal drinking parties. It had two drummers, a harpist and a flautist." "The heart of the mechanism is a rotating cylindrical beam with pegs (cams) protruding from it. These just bump into little levers that operate the percussion. The point of the model is to demonstrate that the drummer can be made to play different rhythms and different drum patterns if the pegs are moved around. In other words it is a programmable drum machine." The guys from pawful.org have been working on a livecoding game called Al-Jazari which is a musical robot livecoding system based on the principles of al-Jazari's automata boat. view the video demo at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxwLllYchlw "Al-Jazari is written in scheme for fluxus, and continues in the gamepad driven vein of BetaBlocker. Livecoding for all the family! Only for use at royal drinking parties." "The language consists of instructions to move and turn the robot, along with conditionals based on the external state (blocked, robot to my left, right etc) and jump instructions to switch between 4 seperate code states. A simple signalling system to allow the bots to communicate is planned." Read more about "The Book of Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices" by al-Jazari (1206) kathy's blog _grau \| robert seidel \| d 2004 \| 10:01 min \| experimental film / tableaux vivants Submitted by AliaK on Fri, 21/10/2005 - 22:03 _grau is a personal reflection on memories coming up during a car accident, where past events emerge, fuse, erode and finally vanish ethereally. various real sources where distorted, filtered and fitted into a sculptural structure to create not a plain abstract, but a very private snapshot of a whole life within its last seconds... The living paintings (Tableaux Vivants) of growing structures branch out over 10:01 minutes (a reference to the binary system by Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, where he ascribes 1 to god and 0 to the devil) without ever reaching pure black or white respectively. Every element originates from real experiences and is adapted from my sketches, my own body fragments or scientific visualization methods. For example the first, still colored seconds are the prismatic halos of the collision fading into gray ("grau" in german)... The musical framework connects the memories born out of the dramatic moment to clusters. These are unleashed from the image flux partially - to ease the desired, free associations of the beholder... The Kunst Film Biennale judges assigned the movie _grau by robert seidel an honorary award at KunstFilmBiennale 2004, because of the technological mastership which is used to show never seen phenomena in the borderland of science and aesthetics. director, producer, animator: robert seidel. music: heiko tippelt, philipp hirsch. visit http://www.grau1001.de/ for more details or to download the video or purchase the dvd Read more about _grau \| robert seidel \| d 2004 \| 10:01 min \| experimental film / tableaux vivants Weather in My Brain Sound-Visual Art Festival 2005 Open call for entrees 2005 The third Weather in My Brain Sound-Visual Art Festival is set for December.The event will include four sections: Weather in My Brain Sound ‚Äì Visual Art Festival Performance Series, Weather in My Brain Music Video Festival, Weather in My Brain International Sound ‚Äì Visual Art Forum, and Weather in My Brain Taiwanese Open Exhibition/Performances. For the long term, it is also planned to establish a Taiwan Sound ‚Äì Visual Artist's Community. Web site to download application form: http://www.weatherinmybrain.org/ Read more about Weather in My Brain Sound-Visual Art Festival 2005 Open call for entrees history of roland tb 303 expo www.303expo.com is a site about the first 303 / acid exhibition worldwide (so far as we know...), taking place in cologne, germany, february 2006. there will be workshops, interviews, photo exhibition, parties - a deep journey into the world of acid music. visit http://www.303expo.com for more details Read more about history of roland tb 303 expo Hyperdub Records Submitted by AliaK on Mon, 13/06/2005 - 05:02 Hyperdub records - home of Kode9 visit http://www.hyperdub.com/ for more details Read more about Hyperdub Records NEW REVIEWS ON FURTHERFIELD.ORG MAY 05. Submitted by marc garrett on Mon, 16/05/2005 - 03:39 New reviews/works/conferences. All reviews can be accessed from front page http://www.furtherfield.org. Work In Progress : Conor McGarrigle. Reviewed by Pau Waelder. A new reading of Ulysses is being developed by Irish net artist Conor McGarrigle, who has set himself the task of creating a series of pieces based upon James Joyce's novel. The project is unusually large in scale for a net art piece. As McGarrigle puts it "It's a big project, but it's something I wanted to do, because I wanted to start a project that I could work on over a long period of time, because a lot of what I did before was short, self-contained and have no follow-on, which is how a lot of net art is like." Reviewer: Pau Waelder. net art Read more about NEW REVIEWS ON FURTHERFIELD.ORG MAY 05.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line224
__label__wiki	0.863507	0.863507	Turkish designer wins prestigious award "Turkish designer wins prestigious award (Turkish Daily News Via Thomson Dialog NewsEdge) Competing with 3,880 designs from 34 countries, Irmak prepared a unique package for the Istanbul series of Koleksiyon Mobilya (Collection Furniture), earning two awards for the designer. Organized this year into categories of package design, advertisement and interactive media, the competition has been held in Essen since 1955. Winners' works are put on exhibition in Essen's Red Dot Design Museum. Along with Gokhan Irmak, Irmak established the "Orhan Irmak Design". In the packaging design category, he says, Turkey is so new; this has both advantages and disadvantages." More:Turkish designer wins prestigious award Posted by Turkish Digest at Friday, August 31, 2007 Islam's history is not all blood-soaked - Telegraph "Islam's history is not all blood-soaked Last Updated: 12:01am BST 30/08/2007 William Dalrymple reviews The Mughal Emperors And The Islamic Dynasties Of India, Iran And Central Asia, 1206-1925 by Francis Robinson In 1526 Zahir-ud-Din Babur, a young Turkish poet prince from Ferghana in Central Asia, descended the Khyber Pass with a small army of hand-picked followers; and with him he brought some of the first cannon seen in India. With these he defeated the Delhi Sultan and established his garden-capital at Agra." More:Islam's history is not all blood-soaked - Telegraph Turkey's democratic choice - International Herald Tribune "Turkey's democratic choice The election of Abdullah Gul, an observant Muslim, to the Turkish presidency is a victory for democracy. The military, which has a habit of defending Turkish secularism at the expense of Turkish democracy, tried to block his candidacy last spring. Rather than bow to the generals, the government took the issue to the people, who delivered Gul's party a mandate in July's parliamentary elections, smoothing the way for lawmakers to overwhelmingly approve Gul for the presidency." More:Turkey's democratic choice - International Herald Tribune Dunya Online Haber Sayfası "Five Turks taken hostage in Afghanistan 31/08/2007 13:53:51 Five Turkish citizens who work for Turkish construction firm ZDM in Afghanistan were taken hostage yesterday. The Turkish firm reportedly had a dispute with a firm owned by Afghan businessman Abdulfettah Zengerzade. Machine engineer Ercan Ketene was among those first taken hostage, but was released and taken to the hospital when a blow to his head resulted in injury. The identities of the other hostages are not yet known. The Turkish Foreign Ministry is working to resolve the dispute and get the hostages freed." Uzbekistan wants to be friends with Turkey again and counts on its support - Ferghana.Ru Information agency, Moscow "Uzbekistan wants to be friends with Turkey again and counts on its support 31.08.2007 19:34 msk Bahtijar Shakhnazarov Uzbek Ambassador to Ankara Ulfat Kadyrov and Commercial Attache Nadyr Khashimov participated in Abroad, program of privately owned Channel-A of the Turkish television on August 30." More:Uzbekistan wants to be friends with Turkey again and counts on its support - Ferghana.Ru Information agency, Moscow Infocult: Information, Culture, Policy, Education: Gothic surprise in Turkey "Gothic surprise in Turkey Real life imitates Gothic, continued: read this gorgeous post about eerie spaces from Bldgblog. It focuses on the recent discovery of Derinkuyu, an entirely underground city found in Turkey through this surreal, Gothic fashion, by: a man who simply "broke through a wall and discovered behind it a room that he'd never seen, which led to still another, and another..."" More:Infocult: Information, Culture, Policy, Education: Gothic surprise in Turkey ANALYSIS-Low profits force Turkish jewellers to diversify \| Reuters "ANALYSIS-Low profits force Turkish jewellers to diversify Fri Aug 31, 2007 5:56AM EDT By Humeyra Pamuk ISTANBUL, Aug 31 (Reuters) - Turkish jewellers are diversifying their businesses and investing more in areas such as energy and real estate as sky-rocketing raw material prices and fierce competition put an end to easy profits." More:ANALYSIS-Low profits force Turkish jewellers to diversify \| Reuters Seven cities shoulder almost all of Turkey’s foreign trade "Seven cities shoulder almost all of Turkey’s foreign trade Seven cities in Turkey -- İstanbul, Ankara, İzmir, Bursa, Kocaeli, Sakarya and Gaziantep -- were responsible for imports and exports of over $1 billion in the first half of 2007, according to data from the Undersecretariat for Foreign Trade." More:TODAY'S ZAMAN FT.com / In depth - The mosque of integration "The mosque of integration By Hugh Williamson in Berlin Published: August 31 2007 15:31 \| Last updated: August 31 2007 15:31 The steel mills and coal mines that towered over Marxloh for decades have mostly gone, but many of the 'Gastarbeiter', or guest workers, who came from Turkey to dig the coal and work the furnaces remain." More:FT.com / In depth - The mosque of integration Why Turks do not use seat belts? An interview study "Why Turks do not use seat belts? An interview study Özlem Şimşekoğlua and Timo Lajunen Despite the effectiveness of seat belt use and legislation, seat belt use rate is low in Turkey. The aim of this study was to investigate the motives to use and not to use a seat belt in different traveling conditions in a sample of car drivers and passengers. Interviews were made face to face with 221 interviewees from different age and occupation groups. Frequently reported reasons for using a seat belt were traveling conditions, safety, situational conditions, habit of using a seat belt, and avoiding punishment. Frequently reported reasons for not using a seat belt were situational conditions, not believing in the effectiveness, discomfort and having no habit. Safety was the strongest predictor of reported seat belt use in both low and high risk traveling conditions. Findings suggest that seat belt campaigns should mainly emphasize seat belt's safety impact and aim at habit formation. " More:ScienceDirect - Accident Analysis & Prevention : Why Turks do not use seat belts? An interview study Business world hails its new leaders - Turkish Daily News Aug 31, 2007 "Business world hails its new leaders Friday, August 31, 2007 Turkish business circles gave their full support to the appointments. They also welcomed the election of Abdullah Gül as the president. Gül, with experience as a foreign minister and minister of state, and with a constructive attitude both at home and abroad, has the necessary attributes to be president, noted Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu of Turkish Union of Chambers and Commodities Exchanges" More:Business world hails its new leaders - Turkish Daily News Aug 31, 2007 Turks Don't Foresee Islamist Government: Angus Reid Global Monitor "Angus Reid Global Monitor : Polls & Research Turks Don't Foresee Islamist Government August 31, 2007 (Angus Reid Global Monitor) - Most people in Turkey feel an Islamist administration will not be installed in their country, according to a poll by Konda published in Milliyet. 52.9 per cent of respondents do not think there is a threat of Islamist governance in Turkey." More:Turks Don't Foresee Islamist Government: Angus Reid Global Monitor Guardian Unlimited \| Comment is free \| Secular Turks will settle for nothing less than a truly liberal society "Secular Turks will settle for nothing less than a truly liberal society We cannot compromise our ideals just so Turkey can be a role model in the Middle East, says Mehmet Karli" More:Guardian Unlimited \| Comment is free \| Secular Turks will settle for nothing less than a truly liberal society Outstanding brands of diamond and jewelry display charming collections - Turkish Daily News Aug 31, 2007 "Outstanding brands of diamond and jewelry display charming collections Turkey’s and global prominent jewelry brands, companies, manufacturers and dealers meet in Istanbul for the Istanbul Jewelry Show-II. New concepts, collections, themes surround the sector, particularly the diamond sector in Turkey" More:Outstanding brands of diamond and jewelry display charming collections - Turkish Daily News Aug 31, 2007 Turkey to boost energy investments "Turkey to boost energy investments The government plans to pass legislation to allow for Turkey to build nuclear power stations, said Guler. ANKARA - Turkey’s government is to ramp up investments in the energy sector in its second term, Energy and Natural Resources Minister Hilmi Guler said Friday." More:Turkey to boost energy investments Traveler notes: Turkish students spend their summer driving pedicabs downtown "Turkish students spend their summer driving pedicabs downtown Soon the young Turks will be heading home. They are a prevalent but largely unrecognized subculture of San Diego's Embarcadero and Gaslamp Quarter. Most pedal bicycle cabs; others sell T-shirts on the waterfront or work in downtown restaurants." More:Traveler notes: Turkish students spend their summer driving pedicabs downtown Erdoğan prepares for trip to the U.S. with Babacan - Turkish Daily News Aug 31, 2007 "Erdoğan prepares for trip to the U.S. with Babacan Friday, August 31, 2007 DUYGU GÜVENÇ After forming the new government, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is preparing for a visit to the United States intending to kill two birds with one stone." More:Erdoğan prepares for trip to the U.S. with Babacan - Turkish Daily News Aug 31, 2007 Unemployment rates higher among women and young population "Unemployment rates higher among women and young population 31.08.2007 Umut Uras What will the debate on the presence of the Turkish Armed Forces on the Island produce? The newcomer makes you long for the past … The new Greek Cypriot Minister of Foreign Affairs, Erato Marcoullis, has caused the previous minister to be longed for. We knew that Yorgo Iacovou would be missed when Lillikas became Minister of Foreign Affairs, who is now missed upon the arrival of Marcoullis. She is trying to create the image that the presence of Turkey and the Turkish troops are the nuisance and it is their presence that is preventing a settlement and the more she speaks the further down she goes." More:Unemployment rates higher among women and young population Christ Church: A part of Istanbul's history - Turkish Daily News Aug 31, 2007 "Christ Church: A part of Istanbul's history Friday, August 31, 2007 The Crimean Church at the end of Istiklal Street has deep running ties with Turkey. Its chaplain, Ian Sherwood, and the congregation now give back to the community and immigrants who come here looking for a new home" More:Christ Church: A part of Istanbul's history - Turkish Daily News Aug 31, 2007 A call for Turkish-Greek partnership to combat forest fires - Turkish Daily News Aug 31, 2007 "A call for Turkish-Greek partnership to combat forest fires Friday, August 31, 2007 President of the İzmir Chamber of Commerce (İZTO), Ekrem Demirtaş, announced in a written statement yesterday that he sent a letter to the prime ministers of Turkey and Greece calling on them to establish a partnership for a firefighting fleet." More:A call for Turkish-Greek partnership to combat forest fires - Turkish Daily News Aug 31, 2007 Peace activists to gather for preservation of Anatolian mosaic - Turkish Daily News Aug 31, 2007 "Peace activists to gather for preservation of Anatolian mosaic Friday, August 31, 2007 The Kurdish issue is a barrier to peace in Turkey, according to members of the “Turkey Searching for its Peace” initiative. They also criticize the government’s policies on tackling the Kurdish problem, a problem that exists in Turkey for almost 30 years" More:Peace activists to gather for preservation of Anatolian mosaic - Turkish Daily News Aug 31, 2007 Sensoy : Armenian resolution may affect certain relations "Sensoy : Armenian resolution may affect certain relations The New Anatolian / Ankara 30 August 2007 Font Size: default medium large Turkish Ambassador in Washington Nabi Sensoy warned that Turkish-American relations will be adversely affected if the U.S. House of Representatives passes a bill recognizing claims that Ottoman Turks committed an act of genocide in 1915 against the Armenians." More:The New Anatolian Contra Costa Times/Pittsburgh Post Gazette: Turkey's exotic call: Eurasian flavorings influence culture mix - by Anne Chalfan For the complete report from the Contra Costa Times/Pittsburgh Post Gazette click on this link Turkey's exotic call: Eurasian flavorings influence culture mix - by Anne Chalfan The Grand Bazaar boggles the eyes, the ears and the mind, with more than 4,000 shops spread over 61 streets under one roof. It's fascinating and confounding, with pulsating colors and beckoning vendors. Please, have a cup of tea and see our rugs. Lady, you like that purse? I make a good price for you. The Rimskys, who had experienced Grand Bazaar madness on a previous trip, did a little strategic planning prior to this trip and hired the services of the Screaming Shopper, aka Marilyn Hill Henderson. Henderson is a British ex-pat who promises to demystify shopping in Istanbul. The Rimskys walked into the hotel, grinning and dripping with sweat. Mission accomplished: They had bought three fabulous rugs that were being shipped to their home. And Mary Lou was adorned with a few baubles -- a fabulous gold necklace and earrings. Joe sported a new Izod shirt, with three more tucked in a bag.Turkish people are very friendly and work hard to speak English. Turkey is 99 percent Muslim today, but the nation remains secular, and Turkey is desperate to remain moderate in its quest to join the European Union. Istanbul, despite its milling 16 million, is a fun city with a plummy locale occupying both Europe and Asia. Istanbul straddles the Bosphorus, the inlet that divides the two continents. Posted by EU-Digest at Friday, August 31, 2007 Eurobarometer: The EU's relations with its neighbours A survey of attitudes in the European Union Highlights regarding Turkey: Firstly, two out of the three current candidate countries are at the top of the list of countries that EU citizens mention spontaneously as being set to join the European Union in a near future. Respondents indicate first and foremost that Turkey is expected to be next in line to join the European Union (34%), followed by Croatia (12%). Citizens from the EU15 are more likely to know about Turkey’s membership bid (36% vs. 26% in the new Member States). The candidate status of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia is still less well-known (5%). At national level, the accession process of Turkey is the best known in the Netherlands (66%), Sweden (59%) and Denmark (55%). Slovenes are better informed about the candidate country status of Croatia (72%) and of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (22%). Almost every second Austrian mentions Croatia when speaking about future enlargement of the European Union (48%). In general, EU citizens are moderately aware of the countries which are set to join the EU. They spontaneously name two formal candidate countries (Turkey and Croatia) in first and second place as countries set to join the European Union in a near future. However, the candidate status of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia is less well known. For the complete report: The EU's relations with its neighbours Posted by Turkish Digest at Thursday, August 30, 2007 JTW News - Turkey expects Israel's Support in Regard of US Jews "Turkey expects Israel's Support in Regard of US Jews Thursday , 30 August 2007 Turkey expects Israel's Support in Regard of US Jews Turkey expects Israel to 'deliver' American Jewish organizations and ensure that the US Congress does not pass a resolution characterizing as genocide the massacre of Armenians during World War I, Turkish Ambassador to Israel Namik Tan told The Jerusalem Post Sunday." More:JTW News - Turkey expects Israel's Support in Regard of US Jews Comment is free: Fears for the future "Fears for the future Turkey is changing from a secular state to a new hybrid combining modernity and tradition: but secularists won't give up their freedoms easily. The election of Abdullah Gül as president Turkey has been a long slog: five eventful months in which his candidacy first brought millions out onto the streets in protest, then brought down the government - subsequently re-elected in a landslide victory with 46% of the vote - and finally brought the military, historically the most respected and collective organ in the nation, to more or less admit defeat to factional politics." More:Comment is free: Fears for the future Turks Claim US Weapons Reach Rebel Kurds \| World Latest \| Guardian Unlimited "Turks Claim US Weapons Reach Rebel Kurds Thursday August 30, 2007 7:01 PM ANKARA, Turkey (AP) - Turkish legislators said Thursday that American weapons have been turning up in the hands of Kurdish guerrillas staging attacks in Turkey. The accusations came days before a high-level Pentagon team travels to Iraq to investigate how U.S. weapons intended for Iraqi security forces wound up being used for murders and other violent crimes in Turkey." More:Turks Claim US Weapons Reach Rebel Kurds \| World Latest \| Guardian Unlimited Historical Erzurum Houses: Wondrous journey back in time "Historical Erzurum Houses: Wondrous journey back in time Prominent 17th century Turkish traveler Evliya Çelebi included Erzurum in his travel book, describing it as the city where the ‘black cat freezes” in the harsh winter when jumping from rooftop to rooftop." Pentagon probes claims that U.S. weapons ended up in Turkey - On Deadline - USATODAY.com "Pentagon probes claims that U.S. weapons ended up in Turkey Weapons that the United States gave to Iraqi security forces have been linked to murders and other violent crimes in Turkey, The New York Times and other media outlets report. The Times says estimates of the number of guns recovered in Turkey range 'from dozens to hundreds.'" More:Pentagon probes claims that U.S. weapons ended up in Turkey - On Deadline - USATODAY.com Turkish Tycoon, American Dreams "Turkish Tycoon, American Dreams An educational trip to the United States brought Engin Yesil from Turkey to South Florida ripe with innovative business ideas and a penchant for contributing generously to children in need. By Vanessa Valera b0004p-0295.jpg If you don’t believe in the American dream, Engin Yesil, a driven entrepreneur with a relentless zeal for victory, will make you believe. “I came to the United States to get an education, so that I can go back and run my family business in Turkey,” he continues, “I was an entrepreneur since birth, but I realized all the opportunities this country offered, and I was hooked on becoming the American dream.”" More:Haute Living Magazine » Blog Archive » Turkish Tycoon, American Dreams Vatican Influencing EU "Vatican Influencing EU The New York Times cleverly pointed out that since the Vatican has been unable to include a reference to “Christianity” in the new European Constitution, it has of course, continued to influence European politics, and the continent’s future, in other ways. Specifically in regard to Turkish membership in the EU, a recent interview with Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger included a statement saying that Turkey, a predominantly Muslim secular republic of 70 million people, is “in permanent contrast to Europe,” and that connecting it to Europe would be a mistake. To accentuate his point, he even referred to the historical Ottoman Empire’s incursions into Europe." More:Vatican Influencing EU Gulf Times – Qatar’s top-selling English daily newspaper - Europe/World "France names five problem areas of Turkey’s EU bid Published: Friday, 31 August, 2007, 01:15 AM Doha Time PARIS: France spelled out yesterday five areas of Turkey’s accession talks with the European Union that it wants to hold up because they assume the large, poor, mainly Muslim nation will eventually join the 27-nation bloc. They include agricultural subsidies and regional aid – the EU’s two biggest spending programmes – as well as the euro and Turkey’s place in institutions such as the European Parliament, and European citizenship rights for Turks. In a speech on Monday setting out his foreign policy goals, President Nicolas Sarkozy said that France would allow talks with Ankara to continue as long as one possible outcome was the offer of a close association with the EU rather than membership." More:Gulf Times – Qatar’s top-selling English daily newspaper - Europe/World Turkey extends hand of friendship to fire-ravaged Greece (SETimes.com) "Turkey extends hand of friendship to fire-ravaged Greece 30/08/2007 Answering calls for assistance with the fires that have been called an "unprecedented disaster for Greece", Turkey sent a fire fighting plane to the country Monday (August 27th). The assistance was not notable, compared with the significant help already offered by the European countries, but symbolically it was significant." More:Turkey extends hand of friendship to fire-ravaged Greece (SETimes.com) VOA News - Turkey's New President Presides Over Military Victory Ceremony "Turkey's New President Presides Over Military Victory Ceremony By Dorian Jones Istanbul 30 August 2007 Jones report (mp3) - Download 577k audio clip Listen to Jones report (mp3) audio clip Turkey's new president presided over a ceremony marking the 85th anniversary of the final battle in the 1922 Turkish War of Independence. As Dorian Jones reports for VOA from Istanbul, President Abdullah Gul sat next to the country's top military leader, two days after the military boycotted Mr. Gul's swearing-in ceremonies." More:VOA News - Turkey's New President Presides Over Military Victory Ceremony Turkish army chief seeks to play down Gul tensions \| International \| Reuters "Turkish army chief seeks to play down Gul tensions Thu Aug 30, 2007 3:16PM EDT ANKARA (Reuters) - The head of Turkey's powerful armed forces sought to play down accusations on Thursday that he was giving the newly-elected President Abdullah Gul the cold shoulder because of his past in political Islam." More:Turkish army chief seeks to play down Gul tensions \| International \| Reuters World Politics Review \| The European Union Still Eludes a Turkey Culturally Apart "The European Union Still Eludes a Turkey Culturally Apart Handan T. Satiroglu \| Bio \| 30 Aug 2007 World Politics Review Exclusive French President Nicolas Sarkozy once made headlines with the remark, 'If Turkey were Europe, we would know it.' In July, European Commission president José Manuel Barroso gave voice to similar European sentiments in a Greek newspaper interview: 'Let's be honest,' he said, 'Turkey is not ready to become an EU member and the EU is not ready to accept Turkey as a member. Neither tomorrow, nor the next day.' Despite the overwhelmingly positive European response to Erdogan's recent triumph at the polls, and calls to revamp Turkey's political and economic reforms by European leaders, one fact remains clear: Turkey's membership in the EU is as elusive as ever." More:World Politics Review \| The European Union Still Eludes a Turkey Culturally Apart Turkish politics \| The next battle \| Economist.com "The next battle Aug 30th 2007 \| ANKARA From The Economist print edition Abdullah Gul has been elected president. But the ruling AK party faces more conflict with the generals over a new constitution “IT'S the final nail in the army's coffin.” That is how one pro-secular government official summed up the elevation of Abdullah Gul, a former Islamist, to the presidency on August 28th in the teeth of opposition from the country's generals. Others saw it as a moral victory for the pious masses over an overweening secular elite that has long concentrated power and wealth in its hands." More:Turkish politics \| The next battle \| Economist.com Singapore and Turkey sign cooperation agreement "Singapore and Turkey sign cooperation agreement By S Ramesh, Channel NewsAsia \| Posted: 30 August 2007 1747 hrs SINGAPORE : Bilateral ties between Singapore and Turkey are set to strengthen with the signing of an agreement in the fields of culture, science, education, media and sports." More:Channelnewsasia.com Line-up of Turkey's new cabinet led Erdogan "Line-up of Turkey's new cabinet led Erdogan www.chinaview.cn 2007-08-29 23:28:31 ANKARA, Aug. 29 (Xinhua) -- Following is the line-up of Turkey's 60th government led by Prime Minister-designate Recep Tayyip Erdogan, which was approved by Turkey's newly-elected President Abdullah Gul on Wednesday:" More:Line-up of Turkey's new cabinet led Erdogan Working Abroad: How to find a job in Turkey « THE LABOR PARTY "Working Abroad: How to find a job in Turkey August 30, 2007 at 8:00 am · Yesterday’s post about working holidays and finding jobs abroad has proved so popular that I figured it wouldn’t be the worst idea to put together something similar today." More:Working Abroad: How to find a job in Turkey « THE LABOR PARTY Comment is free: Turkey's about turn "Turkey's about turn The election of Abdullah Gül is proof that the Turkish military's old ways of doing business are no longer reliable or effective. Two days into his presidency, Europe seems willing to give Abdullah Gül a chance. His distracted detractors continue to remind us that he is a devout Muslim, he worked in the Saudi banking sector for a few years, belongs to a party that once described democracy as a train leading to an Islamist state, and has a wife who wears a headscarf. But during his years as Turkey's foreign minister, he has won the trust and respect of Europe's diplomatic community. Over the past five years he has worked tirelessly to push forward the EU reform agenda, and one of his first acts as president was to call for this programme (which slowed during the tumultuous run-up to July's general election) to be pursued with renewed vigour." More:Comment is free: Turkey's about turn An Islamic Turkey: Why Not? - News Bloggers "An Islamic Turkey: Why Not? Dinesh D'Souza Posted Aug 29th 2007 11:34PM by Dinesh D'Souza Filed under: Breaking News, Islam, Islamic Radicals Turkey just had an election, and the Turkish people just administered the secular parties and the goons in the military a well-deserved kick in the rear end. The secular parties have for decades considered Turkey their private property, with elections a kind of formality to confirm their inheritance. If elections go the wrong way, they felt, that's no problem: the generals can always stage a coup and restore us to power. Indeed the military has staged four coups since 1960." More:An Islamic Turkey: Why Not? - News Bloggers Gender Focus: Women in Turkish political thought: between tradition and modernity - Simten Cosar "Women in Turkish political thought: between tradition and modernity - Simten Cosar This article aims at revealing the patriarchal pattern that has dominated Turkish political thought in the 20th century. I analyse the construction of woman's identity in the writings of three prominent thinkers of the early-republican era (1923-1945); namely, Ahmet Agaoglu, Peyami Safa and Zekeriya Sertel. The thinkers are deliberately chosen since each represents challenging political dispositions vis-a-vis the others. Ahmet Agaoglu is a liberal-nationalist, Peyami Safa is a well-known conservative thinker and Zekeriya Sertel is a leftist." More:Gender Focus: Women in Turkish political thought: between tradition and modernity - Simten Cosar Turkey's New President: Gul or Ghoul? - August 30, 2007 - The New York Sun "Turkey's New President: Gul or Ghoul? By YOUSSEF IBRAHIM August 30, 2007 A ghoul in Islamic folklore is a demon that eats buried bodies, abducts children, and attacks unwary travelers. The new president of Turkey, Abdullah Gul, may not be that kind of monster, but he is a determined Islamist who will instead abduct Turkey's secularism, bury its democracy, and attack fellow travelers next door in Europe." More:Turkey's New President: Gul or Ghoul? - August 30, 2007 - The New York Sun Turkey's archaic authoritarian model crumbling "Turkey's archaic authoritarian model crumbling Haroon Siddiqui The election of Abdullah Gul as Turkey's first "Islamist" president over the objections of the "secularist" military is more than a triumph of democracy. Combined with last month's sweeping victory of the ruling party, it represents a historic development with domestic and international implications." More:TheStar.com - columnists - Turkey's archaic authoritarian model crumbling Secularism at home, secularism in the world - Turkish Daily News Aug 30, 2007 "Secularism at home, secularism in the world Thursday, August 30, 2007 The nature of the relationship between church and state was enshrined in the modern constitutions of both Ireland and Turkey. And the issue of secularism still carries a very potent political charge here in Turkey as indeed it does in Ireland. More:Secularism at home, secularism in the world - Turkish Daily News Aug 30, 2007 Tea Time with the Turkish Police "Tea Time with the Turkish Police Ben Lazarus Sitting in a Turkish police station next to an accused criminal is not how I expected to spend my Thursday night. Even less did I expect the night to end with a pratical joke played on me by the Turkish police." More:The Georgetown Voice \| Tea Time with the Turkish Police - August 30, 2007 Turkish Businessmen to Open Turkish Lobbies in Europe "Turkish Businessmen to Open Turkish Lobbies in Europe Written by The Media Line Staff Published Thursday, August 30, 2007 Turkish businessmen are trying to establish a Turkish lobby in European countries in an attempt to further boost the country's economy, the Turkish daily The New Anatolian reported. The businessmen are carrying out economic and cultural cooperation ventures together with European mayors, politicians and businessmen, especially in Germany, Belgium and Poland, chairman of the European-Turkish Business Council, Aziz Sahin, said Wednesday at a press conference." More:The Media Line Oracle ISV Migration Center in Istanbul Celebrates First Anniversary W - . "Oracle ISV Migration Center in Istanbul Celebrates First Anniversary With Highly Successful Track Record Aug 30 2007 - Istanbul, Turkey 29-AUG-2007 06:21 AM Oracle's Independent Software Vendor (ISV) Migration Center in Istanbul, which opened on 29 August 2006, has proven a great success in its first full year of operation and facilitated the migration of 215 ISVs to an Oracle technology platform." More:Oracle ISV Migration Center in Istanbul Celebrates First Anniversary W - . Ankara sharply condemns Hyderabad attacks "Ankara sharply condemns Hyderabad attacks The Turkish capital has expressed its deep sadness and concern over weekend bombings that killed at least 42 people in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad, reiterating the vital importance it has attached to international cooperation against terrorism." The missing player in Gulf security - The Boston Globe "The missing player in Gulf security By Lenore G. Martin \| August 30, 2007 THE BUSH administration recently proposed to sell $20 billion in sophisticated weaponry to the states of the Gulf Cooperation Council. This move spotlights the need for allied support for US efforts to counter Iran's threats to Gulf security. Yet Washington already has a strategically located NATO ally in the region: Turkey. Unfortunately, the administration's policies are pushing Turkey toward Iran rather than planting it firmly in the US security network." More:The missing player in Gulf security - The Boston Globe US Must Not Neglect Turkey(The Korea Times) "US Must Not Neglect Turkey By Arthur I. Cyr Scripps Howard News Service The selection of former foreign minister and practicing Muslim Abdullah Gul as the new president of Turkey by the parliament has led to fears of Islamic extremism and political instability. The new president's wife Hayrunnisa publicly wears the religious headscarf, formally banned in public buildings, and has become an iconic figure for the rise of religion in modern Turkey." More:US Must Not Neglect Turkey(The Korea Times) U.S. Weapons, Given to Iraqis, Move to Turkey - New York Times "U.S. Weapons, Given to Iraqis, Move to Turkey By DAVID S. CLOUD and ERIC SCHMITT WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 — Weapons that were originally given to Iraqi security forces by the American military have been recovered over the past year by the authorities in Turkey after being used in violent crimes in that country, Pentagon officials said Wednesday." More:U.S. Weapons, Given to Iraqis, Move to Turkey - New York Times BBC NEWS: Have Your Say - Is Gul the right choice as Turkish president? - send BBC your feedback For the BBC survey click on this link Have Your Say - Is Gul the right choice as Turkish president? - send BBC your feedback Abdullah Gul has been elected president of Turkey - the first politician with an Islamist background to become Turkish head of state. Mr Gul took his oath at a ceremony in parliament, pledging loyalty to democracy and to the secular Republic. The European Union welcomed Mr Gul's election, calling it a positive step in the country's campaign to join the bloc. What is your reaction to Mr Gul's election as president? Is he the right man for the job? How do you think Turkey's secular opposition and the army will react? To give your opinion go to the BBC survey by clicking on this link Posted by EU-Digest at Thursday, August 30, 2007 TODAY'S ZAMAN: Eurasia festival to offer Turkey award-winning movie premieres For the complete report from TODAY'S ZAMAN click on this link Eurasia festival to offer Turkey award-winning movie premieres As drought-weary Turkey hopes to welcome cool and rainy days with the arrival of autumn, moviegoers and art lovers also have high hopes that the new season will help them shake off dreary summer days with festivals, major exhibitions and theater and opera performances. The Altın Portakal (Golden Orange) Film Festival, one of Turkey's major film festivals that has been running for more than four decades, will do just that in the holiday hotspot of Antalya when it gets under way in October. In its 44th year, the Antalya Film Festival -- which covers the Golden Orange and the newly launched sister event, the Eurasia International Film Festival -- is getting ready to salute film buffs with an extensive selection of European and Asian movies and a number of gleaming guests, including movie stars and film professionals from around the globe. Organized by the Turkish Foundation of Cinema and Audiovisual Culture (TÜRSAK) in collaboration with the Antalya Foundation for Culture and Art (AKSAV), both festivals and the Eurasia Film Market will take place Oct. 19-28. Forbes.com: US Army to Examine Iraq Contracts - intended for Iraqi security forces ended up being used for murders and other violent crimes in Turkey. For the complete report from Forbes.com click on this link US Army to Examine Iraq Contracts - intended for Iraqi security forces ended up being used for murders and other violent crimes in Turkey. Among the contracts to be reviewed by the Army are awards to former Halliburton subsidiary KBR, which has received billions of dollars since 2001 to be a major provider of food and shelter services to U.S. forces in Iraq and Afghanistan. Democrats in the US Congress have claimed that KBR, formerly known as Kellogg Brown and Root, benefited from ties to Vice President Dick Cheney, who once led Halliburton Co., the Houston-based oil services conglomerate, and congressional Republicans.Democrats in Congress have claimed that KBR, formerly known as Kellogg, Brown and Root, benefited from ties to Vice President Dick Cheney, who once led Halliburton Co., the Houston-based oil services conglomerate, and congressional Republicans. France says some Turkey-EU chapters should wait for some time "France says some Turkey-EU chapters should wait for some time France wants some parts of Turkey's accession talks with the European Union to go ahead before others, with those that assume Ankara will join the bloc waiting until later, a government spokesman said on Wednesday. In a speech on Monday setting out his foreign policy goals, President Nicolas Sarkozy said France would not oppose continued talks with Ankara as long as one possible outcome was the offer of an association with the EU rather than membership. France has said in the past it has a problem with five of the 35 areas, or 'chapters,' into which negotiations are divided, arguing that they assume an outcome of full membership." Posted by Turkish Digest at Wednesday, August 29, 2007 Indian film director to shoot Mevlana movie "Indian film director to shoot Mevlana movie Indian filmmaker Muzaffar Ali, currently working on his upcoming project which will be a feature-length movie focusing on 13th century Sufi philosopher and poet Mevlana Jelaluddin Rumi, visited Turkey this week to see the locations for the movie." "Armenian Genocide Crisis Tests Tight Ties Between Turkey and Israel - Forward.com" "Armenian Genocide Crisis Tests Tight Ties Between Turkey and Israel ADL to Ankara: ‘Deep Regret’ Marc Perelman \| Wed. Aug 29, 2007 Turkish, Israeli and American Jewish officials held frantic consultations in the past week in an effort to defuse a diplomatic crisis prompted by the Anti-Defamation League’s recent description of the Ottoman massacre of Armenians during World War I as “tantamount to genocide.”" More:"Armenian Genocide Crisis Tests Tight Ties Between Turkey and Israel - Forward.com" United Press International - International Security - Emerging Threats - Analysis "Analysis: Turkey's EU bid strengthened? Published: Aug. 29, 2007 at 1:54 PM By STEFAN NICOLA UPI Correspondent BERLIN, Aug. 29 (UPI) -- Turkey's new President Abdullah Gul has pledged to continue his country’s pro-European Union course, raising hopes in Europe that Turkey's unique experiment of more Islam and more democracy can succeed." More:United Press International - International Security - Emerging Threats - Analysis Turkey's new president vows to defend secularism "Turkey's new president vows to defend secularism printable versionbigger textsmaller text Newly elected Turkish President Abdullah Gul, who has broken with political Islam has stated he is loyal to secularism. His AK party's election landslide victory in July gives him a strong presidential mandate. The new president enjoys widespread popular support but besides the military's cool reception of his election many Turks are divided in their opinion of their new head of state." More:EuroNewsEuroNews : Turkey's new president vows to defend secularism Gul receives cold reception from Turkey military - Region - Middle East Times "Gul receives cold reception from Turkey military Hande Culpan AFP August 29, 2007 REUTERS) ANKARA -- Ex-Islamist Abdullah Gul's first encounter as president with the staunchly-secularist Turkish army got off to a shaky start Wednesday, when the top brass broke with tradition and failed to salute him at a military ceremony here, one day after his turbulent election to the post." More:Gul receives cold reception from Turkey military - Region - Middle East Times Turkey's new president approves pro-EU cabinet - CNN.com "Turkey's new president approves pro-EU cabinet ANKARA, Turkey (Reuters) -- New Turkish President Abdullah Gul approved a pro-EU reformist cabinet on Wednesday which reflected Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan's aim to push ahead with stalled political and economic reforms needed to join the bloc." More:Turkey's new president approves pro-EU cabinet - CNN.com Oktay Eksi: The first day - Hürriyet "Oktay Eksi: The first day Since yesterday, Turkey has a new President. The election of Abdullah Gul has forced us all through an incredibly difficult period. But the democratic system and the Turkish nation, which knows how to find solutions without departing from the basic rules of justice, has led us all to this final conculsion, which shows 'legitimacy.'" More:Oktay Eksi: The first day - Hürriyet Turkish pop star to sing for 'Mission Istanbul' : Music News : ApunKaChoice.Com "Turkish pop star to sing for 'Mission Istanbul' 29th Aug 2007 17.39 IST By ApunKaChoice Apoorva Lakhia’s ambitious project Mission Istanbul keeps getting bigger. First it was Hollywood stunt director George Aguilar (worked with Martin Scorcese) who was recently roped in to do stunts for ‘Mission Istanbul’. Now, a beautiful and talented Turkish singer has been signed to sing a Hindi-Turkish song in the film." More:Turkish pop star to sing for 'Mission Istanbul' : Music News : ApunKaChoice.Com Turkey's politics \| Sliding from the secular \| Economist.com "Sliding from the secular Aug 29th 2007 From Economist.com Turkey's rigid secularism may fade under Abdullah Gul's presidency Reuters THE selection of Abdullah Gul as Turkey’s president ends four months of political turmoil that began when the country’s meddlesome generals unleashed a campaign to block his candidacy. On Tuesday August 28th, 339 deputies backed Mr Gul, a conservative politician with an Islamist past. This was far above the simple majority required in the 550-member parliament. With the elevation of Mr Gul, who served as foreign minister for four years under the ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party, the rigid and authoritarian secularism that has defined Turkish politics for over 80 years is set to fade." More:Turkey's politics \| Sliding from the secular \| Economist.com Diyarbakır boasts longest city walls after China "Diyarbakır boasts longest city walls after China The walls of Diyarbakır, surrounding the city with 82 towers, are accepted as the longest of such structures after the Great Wall of China. The exact dates of their construction are unknown; however, it is known that the city was strategically strengthened by encircling it with these barriers during the reign of Roman Emperor Constantinus II in A.D. 349. The city walls are composed of two main parts known as the 'Outer Fortress' and 'Inner Fortress.' The Outer Fortress is more than five kilometers in length and has four doors -- Dağ Gate in the north, Urfa Gate in the west, Mardin Gate in the south and Yeni Gate in the east. The Inner Fortress is encircled by a separate wall in the northeast corner of the Outer Fortress. Artuklu Palace was discovered during an excavation of a hill called Virantepe in the Inner Fortress." More:TODAY'S US Department of State cangratulates "US Department of State cangratulates Gul, praises Turkish democracy The New Anatolian / Ankara 29 August 2007 Font Size: default medium large 'The successful completion of these elections is testament to the maturity of Turkish democracy and strength of the Turkish Constitution,' U.S. Department of State said on Tuesday." Turkish companies to attend 'Summer Davos' in China - Turkish Daily News Aug 29, 2007 "Turkish companies to attend 'Summer Davos' in China Wednesday, August 29, 2007 Reeta Çevik Turkish Daily News - Istanbul Several growing Turkish companies will participate in the Inaugural Annual Meeting of the New Champions, organized by The World Economic Forum in Dalian, China, on 5-8 September. Also the Premier of China Wen Jiabao will attend the meeting. The event will focus on the role new and fast-emerging multinational companies, the New Champions, are playing in changing global business landscape. More than 1,500 participants from over 80 countries are expected to take part in the so-called �Summer Davos�, named after the high profile meetings The World Economic Forum hosts each year in Switzerland for business leaders, national political leaders, intellectuals and journalists. " More:Turkish companies to attend 'Summer Davos' in China - Turkish Daily News Aug 29, 2007 Foreign tax evaders nothing next to Turks - Turkish Daily News Aug 29, 2007 "Foreign tax evaders nothing next to Turks Wednesday, August 29, 2007 SEVİN TURAN ISTANBUL - Turkish Daily News When in Rome do as the Romans do, so the saying goes. Foreign residents in Turkey have chosen to adapt this old adage to their real estate purchases. Turkey's Ministry of Finance has uncovered serious tax evasion infractions involving real estate purchases in several of Turkey's prominent vacation regions. These violations, typically in the form of property undervaluing, totaled nearly 60 percent of all real estate transactions, and approximately YTL 52.1 million in tax revenues were lost as a result, according to a piece published by the Anatolia News Agency. " More:Foreign tax evaders nothing next to Turks - Turkish Daily News Aug 29, 2007 European Press Review: Gül Should Get A Fair Chance \| Europe \| Deutsche Welle \| 29.08.2007 "European Press Review: Gül Should Get A Fair Chance Turkey's new president Abdullah Gül at his swearing-in ceremony on Tuesday European papers commented on Turkey's new president Abdullah Gül on Wednesday. It remains to be seen whether he will bring Turkey closer to the EU while alleviating the Turkish military's doubts about him, they said." More:European Press Review: Gül Should Get A Fair Chance \| Europe \| Deutsche Welle \| 29.08.2007 500,000 year-old artifacts discovered in Karain cave "500,000 year-old artifacts discovered in Karain cave The New Anatolian / Ankara 29 August 2007 Font Size: default medium large Historical artifacts dating back to 500,000 years ago, were unearthed in Karain Cave of Mediterranean city of Antalya, it was reported on Wednesday. Orhan Duzgun, Ministry of Culture and Tourism's Director General for Cultural Assets and Museums, told A.A that 500,000-year-old obsidian stones and jewelry were discovered during the excavations conducted in Karain Cave." AKP to Disavow Ataturk Principles "AKP to Disavow Ataturk Principles BEIRUT, Aug 29-The ruling Turkish Justice and Development Party (AKP) will put a series of political reforms high on its agenda under the newly-elected President Abdullah Gul, among them distancing itself from secular principles set by Mustafa Kamal Ataturk, an expert said Wednesday." More:Alalam News BBC NEWS \| Europe \| Turkish leader to review cabinet "Turkish leader to review cabinet Abdullah Gul Abdullah Gul has pledged to respect Turkey's institutions New Turkish President Abdullah Gul is to review a proposed new cabinet, submitted by his former boss, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan." More:BBC NEWS \| Europe \| Turkish leader to review cabinet Is Turkey Facing an "Islamist" Future? - TIME "Is Turkey Facing an 'Islamist' Future? Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2007 By PELIN TURGUT Turkey today passed a political landmark when, for the first time in its history, a politician rooted in political Islam was elected President. Bringing four months of government turmoil to an end, Abdullah Gul won the post on the third round of balloting by the nation's parliament." More:Is Turkey Facing an "Islamist" Future? - TIME EU cannot play positive role in Cyprus, says Erçakıca TODAY'S ZAMAN: "EU cannot play positive role in Cyprus, says Erçakıca European Union term president Portugal is too open to pressure from the Greek side over the Cyprus issue, something that 'indicates that the EU can no longer play a positive role in the solution of the Cyprus issue,' according to a statement made by Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (KKTC) presidential spokesperson Hasan Erçakıca on Tuesday. Erçakıca's statement came in response to a journalist's question during a weekly press conference as to Portuguese Foreign Minister Luis Amado's recent contacts with Greek Cyprus. Amado did not visit the KKTC. 'This was an attitude revealing negative meanings,' Erçakıca said." BBC NEWS \| World \| Europe \| Viewpoint: Turkey's soul unveiled "Viewpoint: Turkey's soul unveiled Internationally acclaimed writer Elif Shafak says women's bodies have become a battlefield for competing views of modern Turkey. Here she comments on the impact of Abdullah Gul's election as president. Mr Gul is a former Islamist whose wife controversially wears the headscarf." More:BBC NEWS \| World \| Europe \| Viewpoint: Turkey's soul unveiled EurActiv.com - EU hails new Turkish president \| EU - European Information on Elections "EU hails new Turkish president After a third round of votes, and amid opposition from the Turkish military, the parliament elected Abdullah Gül, a moderate islamist, as the country's new president. The Commission said it hoped the election would give "renewed impetus" to the country's EU accession process." More:EurActiv.com - EU hails new Turkish president \| EU - European Information on Elections Party With Islamist Roots Set to Modernize Turkey "Party With Islamist Roots Set to Modernize Turkey Turkey selects a president intent on promoting democracy, EU integration and economic reform Hasan Kösebalaban YaleGlobal, 28 August 2007 EAST LANSING: The election of Abdullah Gül as president of Turkey – a foregone conclusion since the landslide victory of Prime Minister Erdogan's Justice and Development Party (AKP) in July – marks a turning point in the country’s history. If allowed to carry on the mandate with which the party won 46.5 percent of the vote in July elections, the AKP could further democratize the country, bringing about economic liberalization and international integration." More:Party With Islamist Roots Set to Modernize Turkey Posted by Turkish Digest at Tuesday, August 28, 2007 Abdullah Gul: I will follow the goals of Ataturk and will work for the democratization of Turkey "Abdullah Gul: I will follow the goals of Ataturk and will work for the democratization of Turkey 28 August 2007 \| 20:28 \| FOCUS News Agency Ankara. Abdullah Gul was sworn in as the 11th President of Turkey after he was elected by 339 votes, the Turkish daily Hurriyet announces in its online edition. In his speech at the Turkish Parliament at 6 pm local time, Gul said he would hug his compatriots without making difference among them. He added that today Turkey showed itself and the world how mature the democracy in the country was." More:FOCUS Information Agency Victory for democracy marks a break with Ataturk’s vision \| Bronwen Maddox: World Briefing - Times Online "Victory for democracy marks a break with Ataturk’s vision Bronwen Maddox: World Briefing The success of Abdullah Gül in becoming Turkey’s new President is a victory for democracy. But it is a blow for secularism, in that it accurately reflects the new strength of the conservative, low-key Islamic voters from the heart of Anatolia at the expense of the secular cities." More:Victory for democracy marks a break with Ataturk’s vision \| Bronwen Maddox: World Briefing - Times Online Turkish winemakers look beyond tough home market - washingtonpost.com "Turkish winemakers look beyond tough home market By Daren Butler and Osman Senkul Reuters Tuesday, August 28, 2007; 8:07 PM HOSKOY, Turkey (Reuters) - As harvest arrives, Cem Cetintas tends lovingly to his vines, hoping they yield wine popular with foreign palates to boost his exports in the face of a harsh climate in the Turkish market." More:Turkish winemakers look beyond tough home market - washingtonpost.com Turkish Weekly Opinion - How to Salvage U.S. Prestige in Turkey and the Middle East? "How to Salvage U.S. Prestige in Turkey and the Middle East? Barin Kayaoglu Tuesday , 28 August 2007 It is not enough to be more prudent, more flexible, and more efficient. We now have to cut to the bone and scrape the marrow of our traditional outlook. Nothing is more painful or more demanding in human affairs. But we can take heart from the knowledge that such action is the source of individual self-realization and true national greatness. William A. Williams[1] A few snapshots from recent history reveal how Turkish opinion of the United States has profoundly changed over the years." More:Turkish Weekly Opinion - How to Salvage U.S. Prestige in Turkey and the Middle East? Turkish politics travels in many jagged lines "Turkish politics travels in many jagged lines MIDWEEK By BUNN NAGARA AT FIRST glance, Turkey’s tense issues of Islam and governance would seem to evoke some predictable responses in the Western world, on whose edge the Turkish nation sits. But the interplay of religion and politics – and their implications and nuances – are unique to the country. In Turkey they practically beg for Western misinterpretation." More:Turkish politics travels in many jagged lines Turkey: Genocide flap could hurt Israel "Turkey suggests that Israel could suffer because of Armenian debate Embassy of Turkey Nabi Sensoy, Turkey's ambassador in Washington. By Ben Harris Published: 08/28/2007 The Anti-Defamation League's reversal last week of its position on the Armenian genocide has set off a flurry of diplomatic activity in Turkey and Israel. NEW YORK (JTA) -- The Anti-Defamation League's reversal last week of its position on the Armenian genocide has set off a flurry of diplomatic activity in Turkey and Israel. Officials in Ankara and Jerusalem, in coordination with American Jewish leaders, were working this week to contain the fallout from the ADL's statement, which recognized the World War I massacres of Armenians by Ottoman Turks as "tantamount to genocide."" More:JTA Forum: Article Comments: Turkey: Genocide flap could hurt Israel Back to the Brink in Turkey? - Yahoo! News "Back to the Brink in Turkey? By ANDREW PURVIS Wed Aug 15, 5:45 AM ET The re-nomination of Abdullah Gul for President has renewed concerns that Turkey could be plunged back into the political crisis that triggered early parliamentary elections last month. That crisis pitched the ruling conservative AK Party led by Recep Tayyip Erdogan against the staunchly secular military, which rejected the nomination of Gul, the foreign minister, for the largely ceremonial presidency. The staunchly secular military opposed Gul's initial candidacy on the grounds that it represented a violation of Turkey's founding secularist principles - the fact that Gul's wife, a conservative Muslim, wears a headscarf in public represented a symbol of the Turkish state intolerable to the generals." More:Back to the Brink in Turkey? - Yahoo! News EuroNewsEuroNews : All eyes on Turkish first lady in headscarf debate "All eyes on Turkish first lady in headscarf debate In the run-up to the Turkish presidency election nothing inflamed passions quite as much as the debate over a simple item of clothing. Foreign Minister Abdullah Gül's wife has been a high profile campaigner for a woman's right to wear the hijab, the Islamic headscarf. Hayrunnisa Gül will become Turkey's first first lady to wear the hijab since 1925. The prospect has caused a storm between those who see the scarf as a symbol of political Islam and others who view it as an order from God. 'The inside of Abdullah Gul's head is covered,' said one woman in a Turkish street. 'I'm not bothered that his wife covers her head. But imagine a reception everyone's dressed in the modern way and...well I wouldn't be happy to see her dressed like a Saudi woman.'" More:EuroNewsEuroNews : All eyes on Turkish first lady in headscarf debate EurActiv.com - Turkey and Europe: the way ahead \| EU - European Information on Enlargement & Neighbours "Turkey and Europe: the way ahead Published: Tuesday 28 August 2007 International Crisis Group The AK Party's victory in the July 2007 parliamentary elections creates an opportunity for both it and the EU to 're-launch' Turkey's accession process, according to an August report from the International Crisis Group." More:EurActiv.com - Turkey and Europe: the way ahead \| EU - European Information on Enlargement & Neighbours Gül Elected President in Ankara: A Test of Turkey's Maturity - International - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News "A Test of Turkey's Maturity By Annette Grossbongardt in Istanbul After months of acrimony and debate, Abdullah Gül was elected the new president of Turkey. Many suspect him of being a closet adherent of political Islam. Just how Turkey reacts to his election will say a lot about the country's maturity." More:Gül Elected President in Ankara: A Test of Turkey's Maturity - International - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News European Commission Congratulates President Gul Over His Election "European Commission Congratulates President Gul Over His Election Published: 8/28/2007 BRUSSELS - European Union Commission head Jose Manuel Barroso congratulated Abdullah Gul over his election as Turkey's 11th President, saying that Gul's election might add a new momentum to Turkish-EU relations." More:European Commission Congratulates President Gul Over His Election German court orders retrial of 2 brothers in 'honor killing' case "German court orders retrial of 2 brothers in 'honor killing' case AP 2007-08-28 16:54:58 - LEIPZIG, Germany (AP) - A German federal court on Tuesday ordered a retrial for two brothers acquitted of fatally shooting their sister in what prosecutors have described as an «honor killing» meant to punish the Turkish-German woman for her Western lifestyle. A Berlin court last year acquitted the two _ Mutlu Surucu and Alpaslan Surucu, both in their mid-20s _ of murder, citing lack of sufficient evidence of their involvement in the 2005 killing of Hatan Surucu, 23." More:German court orders retrial of 2 brothers in 'honor killing' case A Fond Farewell To Sezer "A Fond Farewell To Sezer Published: 8/28/2007 BY FIKRET BILA MILLIYET- We’re seeing the 10th president of the Republic of Turkey , Ahmet Necdet Sezer, off from Cankaya today. In his seven years and three months in office, he took a stance appropriate to Ataturk’s positions. In this respect, he’ll take his place in the annals of history. He has been a statesman with a strong personality. He hasn’t shifted with the political winds. He has grounded himself in the Constitution and Ataturk." More:A Fond Farewell To Sezer Gul Wins Vote for Turkish Presidency - New York Times "Gul Wins Vote for Turkish Presidency ANKARA, Turkey (AP) -- A devout Muslim with a background in political Islam won the Turkish presidency on Tuesday, in a major triumph for the Islamic-rooted government after months of confrontation with the secular establishment. Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul received a majority of 339 votes in a parliamentary ballot and took the oath of office, pledging impartiality and loyalty to Turkey's historic separation of religion and politics." More:Gul Wins Vote for Turkish Presidency - New York Times EU chief welcomes election of Gul as Turkish president; hopes for more reform "EU chief welcomes election of Gul as Turkish president; hopes for more reform AP 2007-08-28 16:57:58 - BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) - The European Union welcomed Abdullah Gul's election as Turkey's new president Tuesday, hoping it will lead to further economic and political reforms needed for the country to move closer to the bloc. Recent parliamentary elections and Tuesday's parliamentary vote electing Gul as Turkey's new head of state «represents a considerable achievement" More:EU chief welcomes election of Gul as Turkish president; hopes for more reform Turkey's Gul from Islamist minister to president - Israel News, Ynetnews "Turkey's Gul from Islamist minister to president 56-year-old foreign minister elected president after winning third round of voting in parliament; his candidacy was controversial because of his Islamist past and the fact that his wife wears a Muslim-style headscarf" More:Turkey's Gul from Islamist minister to president - Israel News, Ynetnews NY Arts Magazine - Bedri Baykam - Sarah Masel "Bedri Baykam - Sarah Masel Bedri Baykam - nyartsmagazine.com Bedri Baykam Like an endless labyrinth erratically winding and pushing towards new directions with no conclusive destination, Turkish artist Bedri Baykam transcends artistic progression. Developmental patterns do not exist within the artist’s prolific career; for Baykam resides in a world laden with gray, an environment in which x is y, and the very notion of dichotomies collapses to ultimately compose compellingly expressive and audacious art. Indeed, to truly understand Baykam is to at once perceive him as a perpetual rebel, an individual who seems to effortlessly refuse the confining definitions and simplifications that we, as human beings, are inherently disposed to designate. Experimenting with painting, drawing, performance art, installations, photography, collage and even graffiti, the artist, who is also a political activist, notable writer—Baykam published a 1,300 page autobiography, as well as a fictional novel that he believes inspired the attacks of 9/11, titled The Bone—and art scholar, continually surprises." More:NY Arts Magazine - Bedri Baykam - Sarah Masel Time for a change at the CHP - Turkish Daily News Aug 28, 2007 "Time for a change at the CHP Tuesday, August 28, 2007 Deniz Baykal is perhaps the worse leader in the history of the CHP: instead of learning this lesson, and to accept its consequences, he chooses to pursue the exact same strategy he pursued months ago" More:Time for a change at the CHP - Turkish Daily News Aug 28, 2007 IntelliBriefs: Turkey-EU relations in Europe "Turkey-EU relations in Europe http://www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/article.php?enewsid=81965 Tuesday, August 28, 2007 Cengiz Aktar We dwelled upon what should and should not to do in Turkey to re-kindle relations with the European Union (EU). Today let's look at the other side, to Europe." More:IntelliBriefs: Turkey-EU relations in Europe BBC NEWS \| Europe \| Turkish MPs elect Gul president "Turkish MPs elect Gul president Turkey's Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul. Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul, a former Islamist, has been elected president in a parliamentary vote." More:BBC NEWS \| Europe \| Turkish MPs elect Gul president Call by Peres softens ADL's stance on Armenian genocide - Turkish Daily News Aug 25, 2007 "Call by Peres softens ADL's stance on Armenian genocide Saturday, August 25, 2007 The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) Friday called on Armenia to accept a Turkish proposal to establish a joint commission to study the 1915-1916 incidents, in a move to balance their recent decision on the recognition of Armenian genocide after pressure from Israel. “We must encourage steps to create an atmosphere in which Armenia will respond favorably to the several recent overtures of Turkey to convene a joint commission to assist the parties in achieving a resolution of their profound differences,” said the ADL, in a written statement issued by Glen S. Lewy, the ADL's national chair and Abraham H. Foxman, the ADL's national director." More:Call by Peres softens ADL's stance on Armenian genocide - Turkish Daily News Aug 25, 2007 İznik Ceramics: An unchanged practice through the ages - Turkish Daily News Aug 28, 2007 "İznik Ceramics: An unchanged practice through the ages Tuesday, August 28, 2007 Natalie Lyubomirsky İZMİR- Turkish Daily News From the time of the Selçuk Turks in the late 11th century, ceramics and pottery have had a significant cultural and artistic place within the Turkish psyche. In the late 16th century under the support and patronage of the Ottoman Sultans the industry began to flourish. As the Ottoman Empire began to decline so did the practice, however the Ephesus Ceramic Production Center in Selçuk has kept the tradition alive and well. " More:İznik Ceramics: An unchanged practice through the ages - Turkish Daily News Aug 28, 2007 Poll says most Turks unbothered by first lady with headscarf - Women - Middle East Times "Poll says most Turks unbothered by first lady with headscarf AFP August 28, 2007 ANKARA -- Nearly three-quarters of Turks have no objections to a first lady wearing the Islamic headscarf, but want the president to be impartial, a public opinion poll published Tuesday showed." More:Poll says most Turks unbothered by first lady with headscarf - Women - Middle East Times EU welcomes Sarkozy's concession to Turkey "EU welcomes Sarkozy's concession to Turkey Malaysia Sun Monday 27th August, 2007 The European Commission has welcomed French President Nicolas Sarkozy's softer line on Turkey after he pledged not to block its membership talks with the European Union. At a conference of French ambassadors in Paris, President Sarkozy said France would not oppose the opening of new chapters for negotiation between the European Union and Turkey." More:EU welcomes Sarkozy's concession to Turkey Turkish film wins Sarajevo Film Festival award - Turkish Daily News Aug 28, 2007 "Turkish film wins Sarajevo Film Festival award Tuesday, August 28, 2007 The Sarajevo Film Festival, which was launched near the end of the 1992-95 war, awards a Turkish film, "A Man's Fear of God" (Takva) by director Özer Kızıltan" More:Turkish film wins Sarajevo Film Festival award - Turkish Daily News Aug 28, 2007 New Turkish constitution to be sent to parliament before year’s end: Firat "New Turkish constitution to be sent to parliament before year’s end: Firat Turkey’s current constitution was drafted by the military in the wake of the 1980 coup, though it has been amended a number of times in the subsequent years." More:New Turkish constitution to be sent to parliament before year’s end: Firat Tensions on Iraq-Turkey border send residents packing "Tensions on Iraq-Turkey border send residents packing Posted on Tuesday, August 28, 2007 (EST) A year after he fled Baghdad for the safe haven of his father's hometown on Iraq's northern border, Emmanuel is packing his bags again, fearful of a Turkish strike against Kurdish rebels. SHARANSH, Iraq (AFP) - A Christian Iraqi, 43-year-old Emmanuel was born and raised in Baghdad where he lived and managed a liquor store that has been in the family for decades, until he received death threats from Islamist insurgents." More:Tensions on Iraq-Turkey border send residents packing Cyprus outlines positions on EU enlargement "Cyprus outlines positions on EU enlargement 28/08/2007 The positions of the Republic of Cyprus on the next European Union enlargement, including Turkey’s accession to the Union, were presented by Minister of Foreign Affairs Erato Kozakou-Marcoullis during an international conference in Bled, Slovenia." More:Financial Mirror Vivek Oberoi to learn Turkish for 'Mission Istanbul'? : Bollywood News : ApunKaChoice.Com "Vivek Oberoi to learn Turkish for 'Mission Istanbul'? 28th Aug 2007 17.49 IST By ApunKaChoice Vivek Oberoi is working hard for his role in director Apoorva Lakhia’s next film Mission Istanbul . The film, as its title suggests, is set in Turkey and deals with the burning issue of international terrorism. Vivek Oberoi plays a Turkish character named Rizwan. More:Vivek Oberoi to learn Turkish for 'Mission Istanbul'? : Bollywood News : ApunKaChoice.Com As Turkey's world turns -- The Washington Times, America's Newspaper "As Turkey's world turns By Tulin Daloglu August 28, 2007 ISTANBUL, Turkey. -- Some developments, good or bad, can catch us so fully by surprise that they feel like a joke. But the best jokes are a reflection of an emotional threat as they mirror the truth." More:As Turkey's world turns -- The Washington Times, America's Newspaper Candidate Once Doomed as Islamist Is Ascendant - New York Times "Candidate Once Doomed as Islamist Is Ascendant By SABRINA TAVERNISE and SEBNEM ARSU After being shut out of the presidency last spring, Abdullah Gul, a religious man in the assiduously secular realm of Turkish politics, allowed himself a little soul-searching. “Has the government limited women’s rights?” Mr. Gul, 56, asked a panel of newspaper editors on national television, hoping to persuade Turkey’s establishment that it had nothing to fear from his candidacy. " More:Candidate Once Doomed as Islamist Is Ascendant - New York Times Turkey’s Marmara region swamped by heavy rainfall "Turkey’s Marmara region swamped by heavy rainfall Turkey’s struggle with drought in some regions and floods in others continued as heavy rainfall in the country’s Marmara region caused flooding in many cities yesterday. Dozens of houses and workplaces were flooded, vehicles were damaged as they were dragged away by the floodwaters and traffic flow was paralyzed." Two popular eggplant recipies - Turkish Daily News Aug 27, 2007 "Two popular eggplant recipies Monday, August 27, 2007 Eggplant is one of the most popular vegetables, which is used in many different ways in most cuisines. The most popular eggplant recipes in Turkish cuisine are fried eggplants and eggplant salad even though there are hundreds of ways to cook the vegetable. Eggplant is hard to cook because it takes a long time. Ready roasted eggplant has recently took its place on market shelves, so it is now easy for the fans of the vegetable to prepare it. " More:Two popular eggplant recipies - Turkish Daily News Aug 27, 2007 Posted by Turkish Digest at Monday, August 27, 2007 Brussels welcomes softer French line on Turkey — EUbusiness - EU business, legal and financial news and information - EUbusiness.com "Brussels welcomes softer French line on Turkey 27 August 2007, 21:32 CET (BRUSSELS) - The European Commission welcomed Monday French President Nicolas Sarkozy's softer line on Turkey after he pledged not to block its membership talks with the European Union. 'We welcome this contribution to the debate that is underway,' said Commission spokesman Amadeu Altafaj." More:Brussels welcomes softer French line on Turkey — EUbusiness - EU business, legal and financial news and information - EUbusiness.com Turkish army issues new warning "Turkish army issues new warning Turkey's powerful armed forces chief has warned that 'centres of evil' are trying to undermine the secular state. Gen Yasar Buyukanit did not name those who were 'trying to corrode the secular nature of the Turkish Republic'." More:BBC NEWS \| World \| Europe \| Turkish army issues new warning Erdal Inonu Travels to USA for treatment "Erdal Inonu Travels to USA for treatment The New Anatolian / Istanbul 27 August 2007 Font Size: default medium large Prof. Erdal Inonu, former chairman of the Republican People's Party (CHP) and son of Ismet Inonu, former Prime Minister and arm companion of Ataturk, left for United States on Monday to undergo chemo-therapy." Turkey pressuring Israel over new ADL stance http://www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/breaking/103818.html: "Turkey pressuring Israel over new ADL stance 08/26/2007 Turkey is pressing Israel to help reverse the Anti-Defamation League’s new position on the Armenian genocide. Turkey’s foreign minister, Abdullah Gul, reportedly told Israel’s ambassador in Ankara, Pinhas Avivi, that Israel could have done more to prevent the ADL’s shift, Ha’aretz reported." Jackson Diehl - Muslim Democracy in Action - washingtonpost.com "Muslim Democracy in Action By Jackson Diehl Monday, August 27, 2007; Page A13 The notion that democracy and Islam are fundamentally incompatible is about to get a resounding rebuke, just at the moment it is threatening to congeal as conventional wisdom in Washington. Barring a last-minute surprise -- such as a military coup -- a liberal and pro-Western politician named Abdullah Gul will be elected president of Turkey by the country's parliament tomorrow. Gul speaks fluent English and has been a steady if somewhat quiet friend of the United States during more than four years as foreign minister. He also identifies himself as a religious Muslim in a country with an 85-year history of militant secularism. His wife wears a headscarf, which is banned from public offices, universities and -- until now -- the president's Cankaya Palace in Ankara." More:Jackson Diehl - Muslim Democracy in Action - washingtonpost.com German Law Discriminates Against Turks "German Law Discriminates Against Turks A new German law requires that a Turkish woman seeking to join her spouse in Germany must first prove knowledge of how to speak the German language. According to Claudia Roth of the German Green Party: “A Turkish woman has to demonstrate a basic knowledge of German to join hr partner in Germany but an American manager or a Japanese banker does not.” She called for putting aside the new law." More:German Law Discriminates Against Turks Opinion: Does your ethnicity really matter? THE ORANGE GROVE \| - OCRegister.com "The Orange Grove: Does your ethnicity really matter? What you achieve in your life means more than where your ancestors lived. By TIBOR R. MACHAN A young woman asked me the other day what I thought her ethnic background is. After I initially declined to guess – mainly because I don't care about such stuff and know even less – she kept pressing me, so I said, 'I guess you may be Turkish.' Whereupon she took major offense." More:Opinion: Does your ethnicity really matter? THE ORANGE GROVE \| - OCRegister.com Turkish Airlines wage deal averts strike "Turkish Airlines wage deal averts strike (Reuters) 27 August 2007 ISTANBUL - Turkish Airlines and a union representing its staff have reached a wage deal, Labour Minister Murat Basesgioglu said on Monday, averting a strike at the peak of the tourist season." More:Khaleej Times Online - Turkish Airlines wage deal averts strike Drop in VAT will Boost Turkish Tourism "Drop in VAT will Boost Turkish Tourism The Mediterranean Association of Tourist Hoteliers (AKTOB) expects the reduction of the value added tax (VAT), to be adopted in 2008, to boost the Turkish tourism industry. Beginning in 2008, the VAT rate for the sector will be cut down from 18 to 8 percent." More:Focus on Travel News Great Hotels of the World announces opening of new Mövenpick Resort Bodrum "August 2007 - Great Hotels of the World announces opening of new Mövenpick Resort Bodrum Great Hotels of the World (GHOTW; http://www.ghotw.com), representing some of the world’s finest independent hotels, is delighted to announce that the 5* Mövenpick Resort Bodrum in Turkey, has now officially opened." More:Great Hotels of the World - worldwide luxury hotels The way forward in Cyprus - Turkish Daily News Aug 24, 2007 "The way forward in Cyprus Friday, August 24, 2007 Semih İDİZ Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat is due to meet his Greek Cypriot counterpart Tassos Papadopoulos on September 5, under the auspices of the United Nations (UN) in order to see if a breakthrough might be possible in the stalemated Cyprus talks. " More:The way forward in Cyprus - Turkish Daily News Aug 24, 2007 Marriott opens New Hotel in Turkey - Istanbul Marriott Hotel Asia "Marriott opens New Hotel in Turkey - Istanbul Marriott Hotel Asia Marriott has opened the 238-room Istanbul Marriott Hotel Asia, the first of its upscale Marriott Hotels & Resorts brand in Turkey under a franchise agreement with the Buyukhanli Group." More:Marriott opens New Hotel in Turkey - Istanbul Marriott Hotel Asia Istanbul's busy Taksim Square to get a museum - Turkish Daily News Aug 27, 2007 "Istanbul's busy Taksim Square to get a museum Monday, August 27, 2007 Istanbul Mayor Kadir Topbaş disclosed plans to change the face of Istanbul's busy Taksim Square. The project includes a Republic Museum." More:Istanbul's busy Taksim Square to get a museum - Turkish Daily News Aug 27, 2007 Bomb threat temporarily grounds Istanbul-bound jet in Swedish capital - International Herald Tribune "Bomb threat temporarily grounds Istanbul-bound jet in Swedish capital STOCKHOLM, Sweden: An Istanbul-bound passenger jet was grounded overnight at Stockholm's airport due to a bomb threat, but took off early Monday after police searched the plane and found nothing suspicious, officials said. Passengers had not yet boarded the Viking Airlines plane when the bomb threat came in, but the flight crew was evacuated, Arlanda airport spokeswoman Karin Magnusson said." More:Bomb threat temporarily grounds Istanbul-bound jet in Swedish capital - International Herald Tribune Turkey: Ankara Seeks Role As East-West 'Energy Bridge' - RADIO FREE EUROPE / RADIO LIBERTY "Turkey: Ankara Seeks Role As East-West 'Energy Bridge' By Roman Kupchinsky Iran -- A general view of Phase One of the South Pars gas field in the southern port of Assaluyeh, 26May2003 In July, Turkey signed a preliminary agreement with Iran to develop three gas projects in the giant South Pars gas field and build two pipelines to ship an estimated 30 billion cubic meters of Iranian and Turkmen gas to Turkey for resale to Europe." More:Turkey: Ankara Seeks Role As East-West 'Energy Bridge' - RADIO FREE EUROPE / RADIO LIBERTY Ambassador Namig Tan: Approach towards Israel is changing in Turkey after Anti-Defamation League’s statement "Ambassador Namig Tan: Approach towards Israel is changing in Turkey after Anti-Defamation League’s statement [ 27 Aug 2007 11:59 ] “The strategic cooperation between Turkey and Israel is very important both regionally globally,” Turkish ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary to Israel Namig Tan told APA’s Israel bureau. Turkish ambassador characterized Turkey and Israel as democratic and secular states in the Middle East." More:APA Turkey blocks EU, Nato because of Malta "Turkey blocks EU, Nato because of Malta Turkey has blocked Nato from sharing intelligence with the EU because Cyprus and Malta, which are in the EU but not Nato, do not belong to the alliance’s Partnership for Peace Programme, so they have no security clearance. “Turkey will discuss intelligence issues – and this includes Afghanistan – with the EU only if Cyprus and Malta are excluded. But the EU wants to negotiate as a bloc,” a Nato diplomat has been reported as saying." More:INDEPENDENT online France's Sarkozy favours EU-Turkey association \| World \| Reuters "France's Sarkozy favours EU-Turkey association Mon Aug 27, 2007 10:33AM PARIS (Reuters) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy said on Monday he wants a close association between Turkey and the European Union rather than membership but would not oppose opening new chapters that could lead to either of these aims." More:France's Sarkozy favours EU-Turkey association \| World \| Reuters Israel must get US Jews to back down, Turkey's envoy tells 'Post' \| Jerusalem Post "Israel must get US Jews to back down, Turkey's envoy tells 'Post' By HERB KEINON Turkey expects Israel to 'deliver' American Jewish organizations and ensure that the US Congress does not pass a resolution characterizing as genocide the massacre of Armenians during World War I, Turkish Ambassador to Israel Namik Tan told The Jerusalem Post Sunday." More:Israel must get US Jews to back down, Turkey's envoy tells 'Post' \| Jerusalem Post Posted by Turkish Digest at Sunday, August 26, 2007 Economic Trends: The Recent Turkish Elections: Why Is the EU Applauding? "The Recent Turkish Elections: Why Is the EU Applauding? While the EU has generally applauded the recent elections in Turkey as a victory for democracy, many within Turkey are convinced otherwise. The elections were won by the AKP, a religious party, which took 65 percent of the parliamentary seats with 25 percent of the vote. All electoral systems are overly generous to the party with the largest (plurality) vote. The high threshold of ten percent in the Turkish system is particularly so. Apart from questions of the degree to which the results reflect the popular will; however, the elections have raised fears that Turkey may be jettisoning its secular constitutional system." More:Economic Trends: The Recent Turkish Elections: Why Is the EU Applauding? Amado: Cyprus resolution not in European Union’s hands "Amado: Cyprus resolution not in European Union’s hands The European Union cannot possibly resolve the Cyprus issue on its own, Luis Amado, EU term president from Portugal has declared, following his two-day official talks in EU member Greek Cyprus last week." EU to donate 1.6 billion euros to Turkey over three years "EU to donate 1.6 billion euros to Turkey over three years The European Union is planning to give Turkey 497.4 million euros in 2007, 538.7 million in 2008 and 566.5 million euros in 2009 as grants within its multi-year financial framework. The money can only be used to improve the institutional capacity of governmental organizations, regional and supra-border cooperation, regional development, rural development and the improvement of human resources." Erdogan, Gul Widen Army Rift, Gain Freer Hand on Turkish Sales "Erdogan, Gul Widen Army Rift, Gain Freer Hand on Turkish Sales By Ben Holland Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who chose a shining light bulb as his party's symbol, is struggling to keep the power on. Turkey's largely state-owned electricity industry had trouble coping with high demand in the record temperatures of July and August. Now that Erdogan has won re-election to a second five-year term, he can proceed with plans to privatize the power companies." More:Bloomberg.com: Worldwide A deafening Turkish silence as Greece burns - Turkish Daily News Aug 27, 2007 "A deafening Turkish silence as Greece burns Monday, August 27, 2007 ANKARA – Turkish Daily News As nearby Greece continued yesterday to face walls of flame killing scores in the country's worst series of forest fires in history, aid from across the Aegean was largely symbolic despite a legacy of mutual assistance borne of the 1999 Turkish earthquake to which Athens was the first responder." More:A deafening Turkish silence as Greece burns - Turkish Daily News Aug 27, 2007 Turkey to take action to protect interests in Iraq, US report says - Turkish Daily News Aug 25, 2007 "Turkey to take action to protect interests in Iraq, US report says Risk of Turkish incursion into Iraq remains in place, according to National Intelligence Estimate Ümit ENGİNSOY WASHINGTON - Turkish Daily News Turkey will likely resort to a number of measures to protect its interests in Iraq, while there remains a risk of a unilateral Turkish military incursion into northern Iraq to fight the terrorist Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), a top U.S. intelligence report stated Thursday." More:Turkey to take action to protect interests in Iraq, US report says - Turkish Daily News Aug 25, 2007 Cars of the future roam Istanbul traffic - Hürriyet "Cars of the future roam Istanbul traffic Cars of the future roam Istanbul trafficA solar-powered car and another that runs on hydrogen fuel were let sent into Istanbul's busy traffic yesterday following a ceremony at Cevahir mall. The aim is to acquaint the public with alternative energy and its uses, said a spokesperson from the student group that built the cars at Yıldız Technical University." More:Cars of the future roam Istanbul traffic - Hürriyet Turkish Authorities learn from last year - International Herald Tribune "Turkish Authorities learn from last year ISTANBUL, Turkey: Unlike last year, Turkish authorities did not venture into politics during the ceremony after Sunday's Grand Prix — Deputy Prime Minister Mehmet Ali Sahin presented the trophy to Ferrari's Felipe Massa." More:Turkish Authorities learn from last year - International Herald Tribune Güleryüz: ADL does not speak for entire Jewish lobby in US "Güleryüz: ADL does not speak for entire Jewish lobby in US Assuming that the New York-based Anti-Defamation League (ADL) -- which has provoked deep disappointment in Turkey due to a change in their approach to the Armenian issue -- represents the entire Jewish community based in the United States would be misleading, a prominent figure of the Turkish Jewish society warned on Friday." Black and A Turk: Ayse Bircan, Part VII "Black and A Turk: Ayse Bircan, Part VII In this installment of Black and Turkish, Ayse Bircan talks about the situation with women in Turkey and also about her time living and working in London. One of my sisters didn't finish university, got married, had daughters and now works as a secretary; the other finished university and is a high school English teacher. My elder brother--he's twelve years older--was a driver but has stopped work now, he is pensioned. In Turkey women share the same problems of oppression as women anywhere, but their position is changing as a result of industrialization. Old attitudes have begun to change. Before the 1960s there were different attitudes towards women. In big cities women can go to school and do whatever they want, but it's not the same everywhere. Women can also vote in all parts of Turkey; they have the right to vote and to be elected, which is before in some European countries. Because in the war of independence women fought along with men, when the new country was established (it was the Ottoman Empire before) Ataturk gave women all these rights--yet there are many barriers. There are laws. For example, if a man doesn't sign that his wife can work, she can't work; it has to be written on paper. But the situation doesn't arise in the first place, since women, being oppressed, anyway ask their husbands. After the industrialization of the 1960s many women went into the workplace. Their labour was needed because it's cheap and a woman generally isn't a danger for a boss. In the textile industry especially, most of the workforce is female. In the women's organization I worked in an area that has the country's highest population of women workers. It was in Bursa, where there are many textile factories, 90 per cent staffed by women; only the managers were men. Our organization lasted four years before it was banned, but during those years it expanded very quickly. " More:A Beautiful Mind: NOT the Movie: Black and A Turk: Ayse Bircan, Part VII anjapartanen: Arzu Toker:'.. thousands of modern Turkish women in Germany who pretend to be Spaniards or Italians and are ashamed to say they are Turk "Arzu Toker:'..thousands of modern Turkish women in Germany who pretend to be Spaniards or Italians and are ashamed to say they are Turkish, because.. Islam in Europe: An Interview With Arzu Toker on the Cologne Mosque The plans of an Islamic association to build an imposing "Central Mosque" in Cologne are the subject of ongoing controversy in Germany. The mosque design features a giant 35 meter high dome flanked by two 55 meter high minarets. Much of the initial public opposition to the mosque project was organized by "Pro Cologne": a political movement that local authorities have classified as "right-wing extremist" -- a common euphemism in Germany for neo-Nazi groups. Last May, however, the controversy over the Cologne mosque project took on a new dimension when the renowned German journalist and historian of the Third Reich, Ralph Giordano, joined the ranks of the mosque critics. Giordano argued that the mosque project sent the "wrong signal" and claimed that the integration of Muslims in Germany had "failed." As proof for his claim, he pointed to the presence of fully veiled women on the streets of Cologne, whom he described as resembling "human penguins." "I do not want to see women wearing burqas on German streets!" Giordano exclaimed." More:anjapartanen: Arzu Toker:'.. thousands of modern Turkish women in Germany who pretend to be Spaniards or Italians and are ashamed to say they are Turkish, because.. Clog: From Turkey to North Africa - craft connects "From Turkey to North Africa - craft connects DSCF1962 On Thursday, Craft Victoria was visited by representatives of the Australian Turkish Cultural Platform, eager to connect their own community's craft skills to the broader craft scene. Here's a prodigious local maker with the President Hilkat Özgün." More:Clog: From Turkey to North Africa - craft connects Turkey at odds over prospect of presidential first lady clad in Islamic dress - International Herald Tribune "Turkey at odds over prospect of presidential first lady clad in Islamic dress ANKARA, Turkey: Turkey's secular establishment and its Islamic-leaning government have long quarreled fiercely over weighty issues such as the appointment of Islamic-minded officials and the role of the military in politics." More:Turkey at odds over prospect of presidential first lady clad in Islamic dress - International Herald Tribune Peres to Turks: Our stance on Armenian issue hasn't change "Peres to Turks: Our stance on Armenian issue hasn't changed This entry was posted on 8/26/2007 4:38 AM and is filed under Ummah News Links. Israel has not changed its position on the killing of 1.5 million Armenians during World War I, President Shimon Peres assured the Turkish prime minister last week. On Tuesday, the Anti-Defamation League announced that it considered the massacres to be genocide. It apologized for putting the Turkish people in a 'difficult position' in a letter this weekend, the Turkish media reported." More:Ummah News Links Talking Turkey "Talking Turkey Middle East » Turkey » Istanbul By gigiyogini August 25th 2007 During my three weeks in Turkey I have been debating about what to write. Turkey is incredibly diverse and hard to describe in a few short words. It wasn't even until about the last week that I began to really appreciate and enjoy the country for what it is. I arrived in Istanbul to join my second of three Intrepid Tours. Our group was 11 people, 2 Kiwis, 1 English woman living in Turkey teaching English, me, a 70 year old scot living now in Australia (yes 70 and a legend! looks 50 and has the most amazing travel stories), 1 Canadian living in London, and the rest Australian. Our tour leader hails from Brazil, but has spent most of his life in Asia, called Cleverson (yes and his brothers names Emerson and Jefferson!)" More:Talking Turkey August 26: Jews must stay away from this controversy \| Jerusalem Post "August 26: Jews must stay away from this controversy Sir, - David Harris's "Armenians, Turks and Jews - protecting historical truth through dialogue" (August 23) was such a warm and humane piece, the temptation to respond was irresistible." More:August 26: Jews must stay away from this controversy \| Jerusalem Post Turkey in Brief "Turkey in Brief Posted on Sunday, August 26 @ 05:04:09 CDT by editor THE Mediterranean Association of Tourist Hoteliers (AKTOB) expects the reduction of the value added tax (VAT), to be adopted in 2008, to boost the Turkish tourism industry." More:Voices Newspaper Altinkum Didim Turkey - Turkey in Brief Barrichello joins Button at back of Turkish grid "Barrichello joins Button at back of Turkish grid Sun 26 Aug 2007, 9:58 ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Brazilian Rubens Barrichello joined team mate Jenson Button at the back of the Turkish Grand Prix starting grid on Sunday after Honda also changed the engine of his car." More:Sport \| Africa - Reuters.com Khaleej Times Online - Earthquake rattles Turkey, no casualties "Earthquake rattles Turkey, no casualties (AFP) 26 August 2007 ISTANBUL - An earthquake registering a magnitude 5.4 on the Richter scale shook southeast Turkey on Sunday, with no casualties reported, Turkey’s Kandilli seismology centre said. The quake happened at 1:05 am local time (2205 GMT Saturday) in the province of Bingol, not far from the town of Karliova, the Istanbul-based centre said." More:Khaleej Times Online - Earthquake rattles Turkey, no casualties Expulsion for Yıldırım in Holland - Turkish Daily News Aug 25, 2007 "Expulsion for Yıldırım in Holland Saturday, August 25, 2007 Expulsion for Yıldırım in Holland The deputy of Holland's Socialist Party, Düzgün Yıldırm, who is of Turkish origins and who receives death threats from ultra rightist groups, is being expelled from his party, reported the NTV news channel on Friday. Yıldırım has been under pressure by his own party to resign for a period of time. He will continue his role as a senator, he said, adding that he might establish a new party. " Posted by Turkish Digest at Saturday, August 25, 2007 ‘Moderation leads to progress and prosperity’ "‘Moderation leads to progress and prosperity’ Staff Report ISLAMABAD: Moderate character and broad vision can lead a country towards progress and Turkey and Pakistan are capable of showing the way to peace and progress to the rest of the Muslim World, said Turkish Ambassador Rauf Engin Soysal." More:Daily Times - Leading News Resource of Pakistan - ‘Moderation leads to progress and prosperity’ SABAH Newspaper English Edition - Sports - Turkey is proud of you, Elvan "Elvan is the second in the world championship The athlete Elvan Abeylegesse won the silver medal in the women's 10 thousand meters World Athletics Championship in Japan." More:SABAH Newspaper English Edition - Sports - Turkey is proud of you, Elvan Women Preachers Educate Women "Women Preachers Educate Women According to the Office of Religious Affairs, the survival of the family depends on women receiving religious education. The office appointed 196 women preachers to Turkish provinces under a project that was launched a year ago." More:Bianet :: Women Preachers Educate Women Turkey's Jews unhappy with ADL move to acknowledge 'Armenian genocide' "Turkey's Jews unhappy with ADL move to acknowledge 'Armenian genocide' The New Anatolian / Ankara 22 August 2007 'We have difficulty in understanding why the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), one of the most important Jewish organizations in the USA, has changed stance and decided to acknowledge Armenian allegations regarding 1915 incidents,' Turkish Jewish Community announced on Wednesday." The End of Secularism - Newsweek: International Editions - MSNBC.com "The End of Secularism By Soner Cagaptay Newsweek International Sept. 3, 2007 issue - This fall, I plan to teach a course on Turkish secularism at Georgetown University. The class was originally listed as current politics. But given the direction in which Turkey's headed, it could well become a history course instead. For after some 80 years, Turkish secularism is withering away." More:The End of Secularism - Newsweek: International Editions - MSNBC.com Turkey's democratic choice - International Herald ... Uzbekistan wants to be friends with Turkey again a... Infocult: Information, Culture, Policy, Education:... ANALYSIS-Low profits force Turkish jewellers to di... Seven cities shoulder almost all of Turkey’s forei... Business world hails its new leaders - Turkish Dai... Turks Don't Foresee Islamist Government: Angus Rei... Guardian Unlimited \| Comment is free \| Secular Tur... 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__label__cc	0.609256	0.390744	VOG (Voice of Geeks) Network Friday Night Gaming About Bobby The Bobby Blackwolf Show Episode 563: March 26, 2017 Rock Band VR Impressions There totally was only one game that released this week that has the Internet buzzing, and it's Othello for the Nintendo Switch. Or was it the Splatoon 2 Testfire? No, it was Rock Band VR for the Oculus Rift. I give my impressions of it using my already owned Xbox One guitar. The hardware needed with the Oculus Touch, and how the game is dramatically different from the Rock Band we know and love. While talking about it, I reminisce about an old text-based DOS game called Rockstar, and chat actually found a link about it. Then we do talk to OLR about Mass Effect: Andromeda. An HTML5 browser is required to listen to the podcast audio. Download The MP3! - 18MB, 51 minutes 58 seconds Email (required, will not be shown) (also required, believe it or not) Are You Intelligent? 4+5 = BobbyBlackwolf.com Articles Subscribe to Bobby's editorials and other articles giving his musings on gaming, the industry, and meta discussion about the community. The Bobby Blackwolf Show iTunes - RSS The long running live internet radio show about video games is edited down for your podcast consumption. The two year run of this unique video show has audio-only podcasts available for you to relive the memories. Stitcher SmartRadio Skyrim Impressions, Steam Forums Hacked The Bobby Blackwolf Show - 129098 views LIGHTLY EDITED: This is a previously unreleased episode of The Bobby Blackwolf Show, and is released with minimal editing (removing the music break.) Please keep this in mind when you hear long awkward pauses that are typically edited out of the podcast. In this episode, we talk about The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, how it set records on Steam, and how Steam's forums were hacked. Two Worlds II Review, Sony NGP The Bobby Blackwolf Show - 44668 views We start off by giving our review of Two Worlds II for the Xbox 360. Find out if it makes up for the first game as well as why it was one of the most difficult titles for Bobby to review. Sony announced the successor to the PSP - working title "NGP" (Next Generation Portable) - this week in Japan. Mainstream media is bashing Microsoft for banning an 11 year old autistic child from Xbox Live for cheating, because the mother insists he's just "that good" at games. Find out the truth. Then we take calls about the NGP, both in Next Generation Portable form as well as Neo Geo Pocket form. Editorial: Questions About The 3DS Terms of Service Article by Bobby Blackwolf - 18987 views Nintendo really needs to send Sony a thank you card. For the past few weeks, I, any many others in the independent gaming media, have been covering the recent downtime of the PlayStation Network. Meanwhile, folks at the Free Software Foundation have uncovered some possibly scary terms that you must agree to in order for your Nintendo 3DS to be fully functional. Editorial: Why E3's New Rules Are Okay...Mostly On the cusp of his 15th straight E3, Bobby Blackwolf was rejected for not meeting the new requirements for bloggers, even though he is a podcaster. However, he feels that the new rules are okay...Mostly. In this editorial, he describes why GDC went the same route and survived, what E3 exhibitors are thinking, where E3 can improve their quality control standards, and what an independent journalist can do if they get rejected from covering the most important event in the video game industry. Minecraft 360, Diablo 3 Auction House The first item we talk about probably won't help you listening on the podcast, but you could have gotten Midnight Club 2 on PC for free by joining the official Rockstar Group on Steam. But, you can join the VOG Network group on Steam even after May 15th! Minecraft 360 has broken sales records on Xbox Live Arcade, but announcing that has shown there might have been some preferential treatment. We also talk a little bit about the game (impressions from the demo) and how it is different from the PC version. If you want to buy games on Steam, but don't want to use your credit or debit card, you now have an alternative...And neither side is too happy about it. The Xbox 360 is rumored to get Internet Explorer 9 with Kinect support. Information about the real money auction house in Diablo 3 has been released...And we talk about how much money Blizzard will take in from each successful sale. We don't take many calls because we were recording on Mother's Day, but one person called in just to call, so we talked about The Pirate Bay telling Anonymous to stop censoring other people. Updates Hourly © 2005-2021 Bobby Blackwolf Studios. CSS Modified From "Game Portal" Design by ChocoTemplates.com	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line235
__label__wiki	0.747876	0.747876	Home / Camarines Sur / Naga City / News / Police / Duterte condoles with families of slain, wounded Bicol cops, soldiers Duterte condoles with families of slain, wounded Bicol cops, soldiers Bicol Standard Tuesday, October 23, 2018 Camarines Sur, Naga City, News, Police Bicol Standard photo NAGA CITY (Bicol Standard) – President Rodrigo Duterte led the awarding of medals to members of the police and army who were killed or wounded in the line of duty in various incidents in Bicol. In a small gathering here Tuesday afternoon, the President bestowed the Order of Lapu-Lapu, Rank of Kalasag to PO1 Ralph Jason D. Vida, one of the casualties in the recent rebel ambush at Barangay Napolidan, Lupi, Camarines Sur, during the latter’s wake at the Multi-purpose Hall of the Camarines Sur Provincial Police Office. The Rank of Kalasag is given to those who lost their lives as a direct result of their participation in Duterte's campaign or advocacy. The same Order was awarded to SPO1 Percival S. Rafael, who was represented by his wife Grace Rafael; and to PO3 Carlito S. Navarroza, represented by his wife Jaicil Navarroza. Following this, Duterte conferred the Order of Lapu-Lapu, Rank of Kampilan to the following soldiers, who were wounded in action in an NPA encounter in Labo, Camarines Norte on October 14, 2018: Cpl. Christopher A. Bactad, Cp. Joven M. Llorera, Pvt. Johnrex Ferpas, and Pvt. Jesse B. Pausal. The Kampilan Medal is given to those who were seriously wounded or injured or suffered great loss of property in carrying out contributions to the President’s advocacies. The Order of Lapu-Lapu, Rank of Kalasag was also awarded to Pvt. Ruben Bersabe who was killed in an encounter in Labo, Camarines Norte on October 14, 2018. The same was received by family representative Mrs. Avelina Bersabe, his mother. CAA Teodoro C. Adoptante, who was slain in Lupi, Camarines Norte on octoebr 16, 2018 was likewise given the same Order. The medal was received by Mr. Arnel C. Adoptante, his brother. Duterte also condoled with the relatives of the slain cops and soldiers. Apart from the medals, the families received financial assistance from the government, according to Bong Go, who accompanied Duterte. Meantime, also present at the affair was Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Director General Nela Charade Puno, who was the person being escorted when the ambush occurred in Lupi, Camarines Sur last week. Puno told the media that she was extremely saddened by the incident, and hoped the families would obtain justice. Duterte condoles with families of slain, wounded Bicol cops, soldiers Reviewed by Bicol Standard on Tuesday, October 23, 2018 Rating: 5	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line240
__label__cc	0.638544	0.361456	Daily Gossip The new Fluance Fi50 Ronald Silva August 11, 2015 1:29 am January 1, 2017 0 1093 Fluance is known as a company that delivers excellent performing speakers for affordable prices. The new Fluance Fi50 is available at the price of 200 dollars and it is the company’s second wireless Bluetooth speaker. Like its predecessor, the Fluance Fi50 is probably the best sound wireless speaker that customers could buy at this amount of money. Being so big, this speaker also has some down sides, for example it has to be plugged into a power outlet, meaning that it doesn’t run with an internal rechargeable battery. The new Fluance Fi50 looks similar to its predecessor, featuring the same medium-density fiberboard cabinet. This speaker is also available in three different color options and it’s heftier and bigger than the Fi30, featuring 13.4 pounds. To be mentioned that Fi50 doesn’t come with a handle, meaning that it will be harder to move around from a room to another. However, the new speaker comes with a LED display and has better drivers and tweeters, a much larger 40-watt amplifier and an equalizer that lets users adjust bass and treble via the touch controls located on top of the speaker. These touch controls can also be used as volume up/down buttons. If the LED display will bother someone during its night sleep, it can be dimmed or completely turned off. As for design, Fluance Fi50 has a retro design, which probably will not appeal to everyone. This speaker is available in black ash color, but it can also be bought in white or bamboo version. Users will find on the back of the speaker an audio input for connecting non-Bluetooth devices, a physical power switch and a USB input for charging tablets or smartphones. To be added that this speaker uses the older Bluetooth 2.1 standard, but offers AptX streaming for devices that support this. The new Fluance Fi50 is probably three times bigger than every other portable Bluetooth speaker on the market. Moreover, this speaker also has a powerful amplifier that can be used for a decent party. Fluance Fi50 delivers a rich and powerful sound. Previous ArticleSamsung Releases Gear VR for Samsung Galaxy S6Next ArticleThe new Pebble Time Steel Ronald Silva Ronald Silva is one of our newest publishers.He currently lives in Toronto (Canada) with his family.Ronald covers the music and sports sections of DailyGossip.org. Over the past few years, Ronald has participated in various journalistic projects including some of which he started when he worked for a local newspaper in Toronto. Contact him at Ronald.Silva@dailygossip.org. The Best Books to Read in 2020: How Many Of Them Have You Read So Far? By Life Coach Mara0 3724 Paris Hilton Has Lost Her Engagement Ring By John Colston0 22101 Are Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston Getting Back Together? Chris Evans and Jenny Slate Have Separated Jennifer Aniston and Justin Theroux not on Speaking Terms Khloe Kardashian and Tristan Thompson to Get Married Selena Gomez talks about Negative Comments regarding her body Jennifer Aniston Feels Good after Justin Theroux Separation Kendall Jenner Says She is not Gay Kris Jenner talks about Rumors regarding Kylie and Tyga © 2017 DailyGossip.org	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line243
__label__wiki	0.956193	0.956193	WikiLeaks Releases First 200 of 5 Million Stratfor Emails February 29th, 2012 - by admin James Ball / The Guardian – 2012-02-29 00:05:51 http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012/feb/27/wikileaks-stratfor-emails-anonymous Julian Assange Interview The Spy Files (2011/01/12) James Ball / The Guardian LONDON (February 27, 2012) — WikiLeaks has released the first 200 of a cache of 5 million emails obtained from the servers of Stratfor, a US-based intelligence firm. The emails originated not from a whistleblower, but instead from a series of hacking attacks against Stratfor in December 2011, carried out by the online activist collective Anonymous. Anonymous apparently passed the emails to WikiLeaks in the weeks following the attack. The whistleblowing website then recruited, according to its statement, 25 media partners to work on the document cache. Stratfor describes itself as a provider of “strategic intelligence on global business, economic, security and geopolitical affairs”, with a claimed 300,000 subscribers. WikiLeaks said the documents contained details of the inner workings of the private intelligence agency, links between government and private intelligence, and commentary on WikiLeaks itself. “The material contains privileged information about the US government’s attacks against Julian Assange and WikiLeaks and Stratfor’s own attempts to subvert WikiLeaks,” the whistleblower website said. “There are more than 4,000 emails mentioning WikiLeaks or Julian Assange. The emails also expose the revolving door that operates in private intelligence companies in the United States.” The initial release was said to contain information on measures taken to track activist and NGO activity for large companies, through media monitoring, and information on the financial sector. Emails between the founder and Karl Rove, a senior advisor to George Bush, are among those released to date. The cache also contains gossip between Stratfor staff, apparently originating from the 2008 presidential campaign of John McCain, that the senator was encouraged to take action against President Obama for alleged electoral fraud in two states. Coca-Cola also seemingly engage Stratfor for background research against Peta activists in Canada ahead of the Vancouver Winter Olympics in 2010. The emails also often detail the inner workings of a company which has proved a subject of fascination for online activists keen to expose private sector intelligence providers. UK and overseas military officials seem to be among the site’s customers, indicating future releases may include more on such individuals. A Guardian analysis of records published after the original Anonymous attack revealed the email account details of 221 UK military staff and 242 Nato officials. However, some of information in the emails appeared weaker than the site’s release would suggest. Alleged tracking of activist and hoaxing group the Yes Men by Dow Chemicals appeared to amount to little more than email monitoring. Similarly, an email apparently giving Stratfor advanced warning of action by credit ratings agency Moody’s in Ireland was instead from the independent analyst wing of the company — which is independent of the credit ratings side, and receives no information on its decisions ahead of time. The emails published to date contain no redactions of information relating to individuals passing information to Stratfor, or anyone else, raising concern for the personal safety of some individuals in the cache. One email, purportedly from a private security contractor, details an apparent assassination attempt on an individual in Libya, seemingly due to mistaken identity with a member of the country’s transitional council. The email details the surname of the targeted individual, and even coordinates of his house. Key accounts linked to the Anonymous group were quick to support the WikiLeaks release after it was posted in the early hours of Monday morning, UK time. One of the largest Anonymous-linked accounts on Twitter, @AnonymousIRC, put out a series of tweets within minutes seemingly confirming it was the source of the WikiLeaks release. “We promised you those mails and now they’ll finally be delivered. Five million (that’s 5,000,000) emails at your pleasure,” it said. “There’s a treasure trove of nasty details in those emails. We think there’s something for everyone.” Stratfor released a statement condemning the release, but confirming it believed the emails were genuine and had originated from an attack on its servers. “In December, thieves compromised Stratfor’s data systems and stole a large number of company emails, along with other private information of Stratfor readers, subscribers and employees,” the company said. “This is a deplorable, unfortunate — and illegal — breach of privacy. Some of the emails may be forged or altered to include inaccuracies; some may be authentic. We will not validate either. Nor will we explain the thinking that went into them. “Having had our property stolen, we will not be victimized twice by submitting to questioning about them.” WikiLeaks said it would continue publishing emails from the document cache over the following days and weeks.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line245
__label__wiki	0.6779	0.6779	Cartier Polo Match in Dubai Sanjay Kapur at Cartier Polo match in Dubai – The Cartier international Dubai Polo Challenge is set for Friday March 26th, 2010 with an impressive lineup of stars and players Under the patronage of HRH Princess Haya Bint Al Hussein, Wife of HH Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, this year’s most anticipated polo sporting event is set to take place once again, for the 5th successive year, on Friday March 26th 2010 at the prominent Desert Palm Resort and Polo Club. Passion, tradition, sophistication and sporting elegance… a unique lifestyle symbolized by Cartier, “the king of jewelers” and reflected in the celebrated annual Cartier International Dubai Polo Challenge. Every year, this elite event gathers together royalty, celebrities, VIPs from the Dubai social scene and fans of the ‘sport of kings’ to a spectacular performance by the world’s best polo players competing for the Maillet d’Or Cartier trophy. For the first time, four pro-am teams comprising of an impressive line-up of leading names from the sport of polo will compete against one another for the Cartier trophy. The Cartier team will include Saudi national Amr Zedan, who regularly leads the Gulf Co-Operation team to victory in the UK; the leading Indian industrialist Sunjay Kapur, who made his debut at this event last year scoring the winning goal for his team; and Chris Hyde, a six-goal power house who also sits on the Board of Guards Polo Club. The Desert Palm team will be led by Ali Albwardy, owner of the beautiful Desert Palm Polo Resort and Spa; Martin Valent, named Most Valuable Player in his native Argentina’s battle against England in last year’s Coronation Cup match in the UK; and Clive Reid, patron of the AFB team who won the coveted Victor Ludorum Trophy in 2009. The Qatar Airways team will include leading Swiss patron Adriano Agosti; and Saeed Bin Drai, a member of a renowned Dubai polo playing family. Finally, the Julius Baer team will consist of high-goal patron the Marquess of Milford Haven; Hani Habbas, the Jordanian player who features regularly in games in both the UK and the Middle East; and Rudolfo Ducos, another six-goaler who has played polo at the highest level across the globe. Stay tuned for this year’s exciting Polo Challenge that will gather big names in polo and an outstanding elite guest list. Chitrangada Singh launches Beverly Hills Polo Club in Mumbai Neetu Chandra @ D B Realty Polo Cup Match a r rahman live concert – Dubai April 18, 2008 Dubai Summer Surprises (DSS) – from June 19 to August 22 Goddess of Atlantis – Priyanka Chopra Next post: Ayesha Takia on location – Pics Previous post: Designer Manav Gangwani’s fashion Show for IPL	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line246
__label__cc	0.601035	0.398965	Chemical fertilizer industry in an all-round emergency: loss of 300 yuan per ton Exploration of coal chemical industry in dilemma Industrial O Home > News > Efficient low-cost method for hydrogenation of graphene with visible light Efficient low-cost method for hydrogenation of graphene with visible light An environmentally friendly, efficient and low-cost method for hydrogenation of graphene with visible light has been developed by researchers at Uppsala University and AstraZeneca Gothenburg, Sweden. The study shows that the two-dimensional and atom-thin carbon material graphene reacts with formic acid in a water solution upon irradiation with visible light. In the reaction, formic acid acts as masked hydrogen and a material is produced where hydrogen extensively has been added to graphene. One says that graphene has been hydrogenated. The study was performed by Assoc. Prof. Henrik Ottosson's research group at the Department of Chemistry - Ångström Laboratory, together with colleagues in Chemistry, Physics and Engineering at Uppsala University and at AstraZeneca Gothenburg. " The reaction is convenient and cheap, and hydrogenated graphene may be applied within areas such as hydrogen storage. Additionally, upon functionalization of graphene one can open a band gap and this fact is of high relevance for electronics applications", says Henrik Ottosson. Yet, graphene research is a side-project in Henrik Ottosson's group. The group normally studies the behaviours of various aromatic hydrocarbons upon irradiation, and they apply a rule, the so-called Baird's rule, which can be derived through chemically applied quantum mechanics. Chemical compounds that are aromatic have an inherently high stability and often they are not easy to degrade. Benzene is the most well known aromatic compound and more than half of all known chemical compounds contain aromatic groups. The high stability of aromatic compounds is explained by Hückel´s "4n 2" rule, but this rule is only valid for compounds in their electronic ground states. Upon exposure to light of a certain wavelength, the aromatic compounds reach electronically excited states. According to Baird, compounds that are aromatic in the ground state become antiaromatic and reactive in the excited state. The rule, neglected for decades, can now be used to describe various behaviours of aromatic compounds when irradiated. Using Baird's rule, Henrik Ottosson's group develops new light-initiated reactions. First, they studied addition of hydrosilanes to benzenes, naphthalene and gradually larger polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (hydrosilanes are compounds that can be regarded as heavy analogues of hydrogen). Despite the fact that it is not possible to explain if, and how, Baird's rule can be applied to graphene (an essentially infinitely large polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon), the group explored graphene chemistry and found a very efficient addition reaction when using formic acid. At AstraZeneca one sees interesting possibilities for the future: "It has become more common to apply light-initiated reactions during the development of new molecules in our drug research programs. We challenge ourselves to continuously develop more efficient and environmentally friendly chemical methods. The recent progress we have seen in photochemistry, highlighted by the results herein, will increase our opportunities to access chemistry that no one thought possible a few years ago. In addition, graphene based materials have exceptional inherent properties. There is a wealth of possible applications that could result in the next biomedical revolution" , says Joakim Bergman, Innovative Medicines and Early Development Biotech Unit AstraZeneca Gothenburg. Prev: Nano-spike catalysts convert carbon dioxide directly into ethanol Next: Scientists find twisting 3-D raceway for electrons in nanoscale crystal slices	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line250
__label__wiki	0.781073	0.781073	The first record publication system in separation membrane industry Rare earth industry reform expected to speed up Home > News > Novel insight reveals topological tangle in unexpected corner of the universe Novel insight reveals topological tangle in unexpected corner of the universe Scientists find a unique knotted structure one that repeats itself throughout nature in a ferroelectric nanoparticle, a material with promising applications in microelectronics and computing. Just as a literature buff might explore a novel for recurring themes, physicists and mathematicians search for repeating structures present throughout nature. For example, a certain geometrical structure of knots, which scientists call a Hopfion, manifests itself in unexpected corners of the universe, ranging from particle physics, to biology, to cosmology. Like the Fibonacci spiral and the golden ratio, the Hopfion pattern unites different scientific fields, and deeper understanding of its structure and influence will help scientists to develop transformative technologies. In a recent theoretical study Nature Communications, "Hopfions emerge in ferroelectrics", scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy s DOE Argonne National Laboratory, in collaboration with the University of Picardie in France and the Southern Federal University in Russia, discovered the presence of the Hopfion structure in nano-sized particles of ferroelectrics materials with promising applications in microelectronics and computing. Simulation reveals the Hopfian structure of polarization lines within a ferroelectric nanoparticle. Video by Igor Luk yanchuck, University of Picardie The identification of the Hopfion structure in the nanoparticles contributes to a striking pattern in the architecture of nature across different scales, and the new insight could inform models of ferroelectric materials for technological development. Ferroelectric materials have the unique ability to flip the direction of their internal electric polarization the slight, relative shift of positive and negative charge in opposite directions when influenced by electric fields. Ferroelectrics can even expand or contract in the presence of an electric field, making them useful for technologies where energy is converted between mechanical and electrical. In this study, the scientists harnessed fundamental topological concepts with novel computer simulations to investigate the small-scale behavior of ferroelectric nanoparticles. They discovered that the polarization of the nanoparticles takes on the knotted Hopfion structure present in seemingly disparate realms of the universe. The polarization lines intertwining themselves into a Hopfion structure may give rise to the material s useful electronic properties, opening new routes for the design of ferroelectric-based energy storage devices and information systems, said Valerii Vinokur, senior scientist and Distinguished Fellow in Argonne s Materials Science division. The discovery also highlights a repeated tendency in many areas of science. Image depicts some of the polarization lines within a ferroelectric nanoparticle. The lines intertwine into a Hopfian topological structure. Image: Valerii Vinokur, Argonne National Laboratory What and where in the world are Hopfions? Topology, a subfield of mathematics, is the study of geometric structures and their properties. A Hopfion topological structure, first proposed by Austrian mathematician Heinz Hopf in 1931, emerges in a wide range of physical constructs but is rarely explored in mainstream science. One of its defining characteristics is that any two lines within the Hopfion structure must be linked, constituting knots ranging in complexity from a few interconnected rings to a mathematical rat s nest. The Hopfion is a very abstract mathematical concept, said Vinokur, but the structure shows up in hydrodynamics, electrodynamics and even in the packing of DNA and RNA molecules in biological systems and viruses. In hydrodynamics, the Hopfion appears in the trajectories of liquid particles flowing inside of a sphere. With friction neglected, the paths of the incompressible liquid particles are intertwined and connected. Cosmological theories also reflect Hopfion patterns. Some hypotheses suggest that the paths of every particle in the universe interweave themselves in the same Hopfion manner as the liquid particles in a sphere. According to the current study, the polarization structure in a spherical ferroelectric nanoparticle takes on this same knotted swirl. Simulating the swirl The scientists created a computational approach that tamed polarization lines and enabled them to recognize the emerging Hopfion structures in a ferroelectric nanoparticle. The simulations, performed by researcher Yuri Tikhonov from the Southern Federal University and the University of Picardie, modeled the polarization within nanoparticles between 50 to 100 nanometers in diameter, a realistic size for ferroelectric nanoparticles in technological applications. When we visualized the polarization, we saw the Hopfion structure emerge, said Igor Luk yanchuck, a scientist from the University of Picardie. "We thought, wow, there is a whole world inside of these nanoparticles. Polarization arrows on the surface of the nanoparticle. Tracing paths along the varying directions of polarization like tracing paths of hairs in the swirl on the back of a head produces the tangled polarization lines in the simulations. Image: Igor Luk yanchuck, University of Picardie The polarization lines revealed by the simulation represent the directions of displacements between charges within atoms as they vary around the nanoparticle in a way that maximizes energy efficiency. Because the nanoparticle is confined to a sphere, the lines travel around it indefinitely, never terminating on or escaping from the surface. This behavior is parallel to the flow of an ideal fluid about a closed, spherical container. The link between liquid flow and the electrodynamics displayed in these nanoparticles bolster a long- theorized parallelism. When Maxwell developed his famous equations to describe the behavior of electromagnetic waves, he used the analogy between hydrodynamics and electrodynamics, said Vinokur. Scientists have since hinted at this relationship, but we demonstrated that there is a real, quantifiable connection between these concepts that is characterized by the Hopfion structure. The study s findings establish the fundamental importance of Hopfions to the electromagnetic behavior of ferroelectric nanoparticles. The new insight could result in increased control of the advanced functionalities of these materials such as their supercapacitance for technological applications. Scientists often view properties of ferroelectrics as separate concepts that are highly dependent on chemical composition and treatment, said Luk yanchuck, but this discovery may help describe many of these phenomena in a unifying, general way. Another possible technological advantage of these small-scale topological structures is in memory for advanced computing. Scientists are exploring the potential for ferroelectric materials for computational systems. Traditionally, the flip-able polarization of the materials could enable them to store information in two separate states, generally referred to as 0 and 1. However, microelectronics made of ferroelectric nanoparticles might be able to leverage their Hopfion-shaped polarization to store information in more complex ways. Within one nanoparticle, you may be able to write much more information because of these topological phenomena, said Luk yanchuck. Our theoretical discovery could be a groundbreaking step in the development of future neuromorphic computers that store information more organically, like the synapses in our brains. To perform deeper studies into the topological phenomena within ferroelectrics, the scientists plan to leverage Argonne s supercomputing capabilities. The scientists also plan to test the theoretical presence of Hopfions in ferroelectric nanoparticles using Argonne s Advanced Photon Source APS, a DOE Office of Science User Facility. We view these results as a first step, said Vinokur. Our intention is to study the electromagnetic behavior of these particles while considering the existence of Hopfions, as well as to confirm and explore its implications. For such small particles, this work can only be performed using a synchrotron, so we are fortunate to be able to use Argonne s APS. TRUNNANO (aka. Luoyang Tongrun Nano Technology Co. Ltd.) is a trusted global chemical material supplier & manufacturer with over 12 years' experience in providing super high-quality chemicals and Nanomaterials. 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__label__cc	0.568376	0.431624	Light earthquake: M4.4 quake has struck near Lixoúri in Greece A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Lixoúri in Greece. Exact location of event, longitude 20.3618 East, latitude 38.1374 North, depth = 10 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000crf7. Id of event: us7000crf7. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:18:01 / 2:18 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 16/12/20 / 2020-12-16 02:18:01 / December 16, 2020 @ 2:18 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Earthquake epicenter was 94 km (59 miles) from Amaliáda (c. 19 600 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Zákynthos (c. 11 500 pop), 12 km (8 miles) from Argostólion (c. 9 800 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Lefkáda (c. 8 700 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Gastoúni (c. 8 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Amaliáda, Gastoúni, Lefkáda (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop). Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. How would you describe the shaking? How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 9 km SW of Lixoúri, Greece. AmaliádaArgostólionGastoúniGreeceLefkádaLixoúriZákynthos 20.3618° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes. 38.1374° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes. 9 km SW of Lixoúri, Greece Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name. 1.567 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees). 1.16 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights. 118 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees). us7000crf7 Id of event. 7000crf7 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event. ,us7000crf7, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line253
__label__cc	0.613908	0.386092	Auto Shows Breaking ECO News Featured Honda Industry News Top Stories 2011 Detroit: Honda debuts Civic Si Coupe, Civic Sedan Concepts January 10, 2011 May 11, 2012 Omar Rana 2011 Detroit Auto Show, Compact Cars, Concepts, Coupes, Honda Civic, Honda Civic Sedan Concept, Honda Civic Si Coupe Concept, Sedans The Honda Civic Si Coupe Concept as well as the Civic Sedan Concept debuted today at the Detroit Auto Show, giving the world a glimpse of what the new US-Spec Civic would look like. Some design cues from the current Honda Accord (which emphasized Honda’s current design language) are easily visible such as the c-pillar, the aggressive shoulderline, and the dome-like roof. Click here to visit our Auto Show hub. Engine and transmission specs have yet to be released since these are only concepts, but the Civic will most likely maintain traditional inline-4s with the usual hybrid mixed in. There’s also no doubt that Honda will include a plug-in electric Civic seeing as how the trend with EVs is progressing throughout manufacturers all around the world. Honda also announced that they will be expanding the sales of the natural gas-powered Civic GX, the only OEM-built, dedicated CNG (compressed natural gas) automobile. But as part of the emphasis on fuel economy, Honda will include their Eco Assist technology, which debuted on the new CR-Z, for most Civic models and will be the first US Honda model to use the Eco Assist technology in a gasoline-only powered vehicle. The new 2012 Honda Civic will go on sale in Spring 2011. All Photos Copyright © 2010 Omar Rana – egmCarTech. Honda Debuts Sleek and Sophisticated Concepts for All-New 2012 Civic Si Coupe and Civic Sedan Models The Honda Civic Si Concept coupe and Civic Concept sedan are making world debuts at the North American International Auto Show today, providing the first official glimpse at the styling direction of the all-new, ninth-generation 2012 model set to go on sale this spring, the company announced. “The Civic is known for providing a balance of ‘just-right’ packaging, fun-to-drive character and outstanding fuel economy, at a price that even first-time buyers can afford,” said John Mendel, executive vice president of sales for American Honda. “The redesigned Civic builds on this legacy and promises to be the best Civic yet.” The 2012 Civic embraces the company’s vision as a “Civic for all people,” a phrase originally expressed in defining the goal of the first-generation Civic. With the widest array of engine choices available in its class, the 2012 Civic lineup intends to meet the needs of an increasing group of compact-vehicle buyers with a renewed vision of a “Civic for all people.” The diverse vehicle range includes a sedan and a coupe with conventional gasoline models, two sporty “Si” performance versions, along with one hybrid and a natural gas alternative-fuel variant. Collectively the depth of the Civic line offers a compelling balance between fuel economy, low emissions and fun-to-drive performance unlike any other vehicle in the industry. As a new interpretation of the current Civic’s iconic “one-motion” mono-form shape, the upcoming, ninth-generation Civic conveys a more substantial, high-energy appearance. The exterior styling of both Civic concept models showcases the sedan’s and coupe’s clean-yet-powerful lines with steeply raked windshields, wide stances and pronounced character lines along the profile. The lower character line on both models broadens toward the rear fenders to enhance the dynamic feeling of forward energy. The front fender surface treatments form a complex, three-dimensional look to further enhance the image of sophistication and structural depth against the deeply set headlights. The Civic Concept sedan takes on a sophisticated presence with a front grille defined by crisp lines and a solid bar that integrates a chrome Honda emblem. The look of the Civic Si Concept coupe conveys an aggressive demeanor with a more angular front fascia, mesh grille and a tapered rear roofline that flows smoothly into the trunk. The Civic Si Concept coupe is exclusively equipped with a rear air diffuser, a center-mounted exhaust outlet and a rear deck lid spoiler with dual vents. Each concept model has 19-inch machined alloy wheels. Powertrain Technology The Civic’s family of engines with “intelligent” Variable Valve Timing and Lift Electronic Control (i-VTEC®) technology become even more fuel efficient for 2012. The upcoming Civic Hybrid offers the latest generation of the compact and lightweight Integrated Motor Assist™ (IMA™) gasoline-electric hybrid system and features the first application of a lithium-ion battery in a Honda hybrid. Building on its emphasis on fuel-economy, most upcoming Civic models receive Honda Eco Assist™ technology, already available in the CR-Z and Insight hybrids. The 2012 Civic is the first U.S. Honda model to employ Eco Assist technology in a gasoline-only powered vehicle. Eco Assist is just one example of how the new Civic can be customized and configured by the drivers to suit individual preferences. Additionally, Honda is expanding retail sales of the natural gas-powered Civic GX model, which is the only OEM-built, dedicated CNG passenger car assembled in America. The increased availability of the Civic GX helps bring inherently clean-burning natural gas technology to an even broader audience while also supporting diversity in transportation energy resources. The 2012 Civic continues to emphasize safety and is anticipated to score well in both the federal government’s New Car Assessment Program1 (NCAP) and the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety2 (IIHS) vehicle evaluations. The 2001 Honda Civic Coupe was one of the first two passenger cars ever to earn the federal government’s top 5-star crash safety rating3 for the driver and front- and rear-seat passengers in both frontal and side-impact crash tests. All 2012 Civics are equipped with Vehicle Stability Assist™ (VSA®) as standard equipment. Additionally, the ninth-generation Civic continues to provide Honda’s exclusive and innovative Advanced Compatibility Engineering™ (ACE™) body structure for frontal collision energy management. – By: Chris Chin ← 2011 Detroit: Toyota expands Prius lineup with MPV, Prius-C for the city due 2012 2011 Detroit: 2012 Hyundai Veloster is inspired by motorcycles, has a third door → 1979 BMW M1 Art Car by Frank Stella to be auctioned off May 14, 2011 Omar Rana 1 Video: Chrysler released official video of Dodge Viper SRT10 ACR’s 7:12.13 Nurburgring lap September 27, 2011 Omar Rana 1 Report: Alfa Romeo flagship sedan could be produced by Maserati November 25, 2012 Omar Rana 1	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line257
__label__wiki	0.60785	0.60785	A vulcanologist arrives at a countryside named Dante's Peak after a long dormant volcano, which has recently been named the second most desirable place to live in America, and discovers that Dante's Peak, may wake up at any moment. Rating: 5.7/10 (31,360 voted) Critic's Score: 43/100 Director: Roger Donaldson Stars: Pierce Brosnan, Linda Hamilton, Jamie Renée Smith Volcanologist Harry Dalton and mayor Rachel Wando of Dante's Peak try to convince the city council and the other volcanologists that the volcano right above Dante's peak is indeed dangerous. People's safety is being set against economical interests. Pierce Brosnan - Harry Dalton Linda Hamilton - Rachel Wando Jamie Renée Smith - Lauren Wando Jeremy Foley - Graham Wando Elizabeth Hoffman - Ruth Charles Hallahan - Paul Dreyfus Grant Heslov - Greg Kirk Trutner - Terry Furlong Arabella Field - Nancy Tzi Ma - Stan Brian Reddy - Les Worrell Lee Garlington - Dr. Jane Fox Bill Bolender - Sheriff Turner Carole Androsky - Mary Kelly (as Carol Androsky) Peter Jason - Norman Gates Taglines: Whatever you do, don't look back Release Date: 7 February 1997 Filming Locations: Agua Dulce, California, USA Box Office Details Budget: $116,000,000 (estimated) Opening Weekend: $18,479,435 (USA) (9 February 1997) (2657 Screens) Gross: $178,127,760 (Worldwide) (1 January 1998) Despite the fact that this was filmed in Super 35, "Filmed in Panavision" is listed in the end credits. Goofs: Continuity: When the National Guard arrives and Sheriff Turner talks to the Lieutenant, the latter is wearing goggles on his helmet; in the reverse shot however the goggles are gone. Stan: Isn't this beautiful, nestled all nice and cozy right up against the mountain? Nancy: Yeah, just like Pompeii. Dude, you need to calm down... After reading this last guy's review, I'd like to stick up for this movie and offer a BALANCED review. In my opinion, Dante's Peak does a good job of developing the characters (Dalton, R. Wando, the volcano as a character, even the townsfolk), giving convincing backstory as to how volcanos behave compared to scientists' expectations, making us care about the characters, building tension through conflict between Dreyfus and Dalton, and using effects to ramp up the intensity of the action scenes. Yes, there were things in the script and the story which seemed a little contrived and strained believability. The attitudes and behavior of the USGS team were a little too informal and "hip" to seem real. The driving-through-the-river and driving-through-the-lava scenes were really too far out to be believed. Ruth's selfishness and patent stubbornness were unbelievable but understandable. The scene where the pyroclastic cloud chases them into the mine is pure hollywood fluff but still livable, mainly because WE CARE ABOUT THE CHARACTERS. I found the character of Dr. Paul Dreyfuss to be right on. He explained the dilemma well during the city council meeting scene. All of the characters are believable at least, convincing at most. I think the chemistry between Dalton and Wando is believable : Here you have a scientist who is analytical and professional, but who is still in touch with the lives of laypeople, and has a tender side. He has loved and lost before and he senses that this new volcanic threat is akin to the last one which "took" his love away. This re-enforces the precept that THIS TIME, HE WON'T LET THE VOLCANO HURT THE ONES HE LOVES. Wando is the warm, slightly ditsy mayor of Dante's Peak who displays the identifiable traits and values of a northwesterner. She feels slightly overwhelmed by her mayoral duties, raising her kids properly, and running her coffeeshop. She's had a previous marriage to a deadbeat who left her at a vulnerable point. The arrival of Dalton is very catalytic in her life. She's met the only man who has the right answer about the volcano, likes her kids, likes her, is intriguing, and is everything her ex wasn't. THIS IS THE MAKINGS OF A ROMANCE...DUH. I'm really impressed that the filmmakers were able to pack this much character development, backstory, romance, suspense, personal conflict, with an intense end-sequence in under 1 1/2 hours! "Volcano" is a film with a similar premise that,IMHO, doesn't even come close to Dante's Peak. While this film is not deserving of an Oscar, IT IS A SOLID FILM, HAVING BEEN WELL-CONCEIVED, WELL-DIRECTED, FAIRLY WELL-ACTED, AND AS SUCH IS SUBSEQUENTLY WELL-DESERVING OF SOME CRITICAL ACCLAIM rather than getting a baseless pummeling from reviewers who obviously expect to see a 5-star gem everytime they go to the movies. Comment on “Dante's Peak” The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers - Peter Jackson The Jungle Book (1967) - Wolfgang Reitherman Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2 - David Yates Blithe Spirit - David Lean Frost/Nixon - Ron Howard The Witches - Nicolas Roeg	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line260
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The blue and gray concrete building, which will be nearly 8,00,000 square feet after the expansion, would not look out of place in the pharmaceutical manufacturing centres of New Jersey, except for the herds of cattle and buffalo wandering nearby. India’s drug industry — on track to grow about 13 per cent this year, to just over $24 billion — was once notorious for making cheap knockoffs of western medicines and selling them in developing countries. But India, seasoned in the basics of medicine making, is now starting to take on a more mainstream role in the global drug industry, as a result of recent strengthening of patent law here and cost pressures on name-brand drug makers in the West. While the Indian industry has had quality-control problems, it nonetheless benefits from growing wariness about the reliability of ingredients from that other historically low-cost drug provider — China. The US is India’s top export customer for drugs. India is becoming a “base for manufacturing for the global market,” said Piramal Healthcare Chairman G Ajay. Eventually, in Piramal perhaps overly optimistic forecast, only the very first and very last steps of the business —molecular drug discovery and marketing —will be run by the West’s global drug giants. Those companies “don’t create much value” in the steps in between, he said. It is not only Indian executives, though, who are bullish about the pharmaceuticals industry here. Analysts, research groups and consultants have been making similar predictions in recent months. Big pharmaceutical companies have come calling, too. This year, Piramal sold its generic drug business to Abbott Laboratories for $3.7 billion, the latest in a string of takeovers and joint ventures. Daiichi Sankyo of Japan helped kick off the foreign drug push into India in 2008 by buying a stake in Ranbaxy Laboratories. Last year, among other deals, GlaxoSmithKline formed a partnership with Dr Reddy’s Laboratories; Pfizer tied up with Claris Lifesciences; Sanofi-Aventis took control of Shantha Biotechnics, and Bristol-Myers Squibb opened a research centrr in India with Biocon. “There is a lot of good talent at a much lower price in India,” said Pharma Services Network Chief Executive Jim Worrell, a consulting firm that is organising tours of Indian factories for Western pharmaceutical executives who are considering outsourcing some of their business. “What we see happening now is manufacturing and even packaging and even formulation are moving to India,” Worrell said. The shift to pharmaceuticals is part of a subtle, broader shift in the Indian economy. Moving beyond less sophisticated, outsourced services like call centres, India has been advancing up the business value chain, particularly in law and medical diagnostics. Now it is showing a flair for manufacturing, particularly in goods demanding high-skill production and superlow prices. Until recently, pharmaceuticals has been “an incredibly arrogant industry that has never outsourced,” said PricewaterhouseCoopers Associate Director Sujay Shetty. But over the next several years, he predicts, “everything in the value chain will move to different parts of the world that are cheaper,” with India a major beneficiary. The next opportunities for India could come at the more sophisticated end of the drug making spectrum, including research and development for the world’s drug giants and even development of proprietary medicines. “We can crack the problem of patented drug discovery in India at a much lower cost than in the West,” predicted Piramal, who held onto his research and development operation, Piramal Lifesciences Limited, when he sold the rest of his company to Abbott. Dr Reddy’s Laboratories Chief Executive G V Prasad, said that Indian drug makers had the “ability to handle product development on a massive scale at a low cost.” Dr Reddy’s original diabetes drug has completed Phase 3 clinical trials — the last step before seeking Food and Drug Administration approval — the farthest of any of its peers. Meanwhile, at Sun’s stucco and glass laboratory in Gujarat, 650 scientists, backed by tons of expensive machinery and 10,000 animals in cages, are at work breaking down drugs with the aim of rebuilding them in cheaper ways with fewer side effects. Revolutionary science is not only about developing a brand-new product, said T Rajamannar, executive vice president of Sun Pharma Advanced Research. It also means learning how to make an existing drug “very efficiently,” he said. For all the potential, though, India’s drug industry has a long way to go to fulfill its promise. India exported about $8.3 billion in drugs and services for the pharmaceutical industry in the 2008-09 fiscal year, according to government figures, up 25 per cent from the year before. Recent growth, though, has been shadowed by quality problems. The FDA cited Ranbaxy for manufacturing violations several times in recent years, and in February ordered a review of the company’s global manufacturing operations. In May, Sanofi-Aventis recalled vaccines made by Shantha Biotechnics that were distributed to the World Health Organisation after users complained about white sediment in the vials. In June, after floating matter was found in some plastic IV bags, Pfizer recalled injectible drugs made by Claris Lifesciences and sold in the US. Patent laws Intellectual property is also an open question. Trying to change its outlaw image as a maker of illegal knock-offs, India toughened its patent laws in 2005. But dozens of intellectual property suits are still being fought between Indian and foreign firms in courts around the world. And big pharmaceutical companies still find securing protection of their intellectual property in India difficult. A study this year of pharmaceuticals from Indian wholesalers found that 3.6 per cent of the “drugs” had no active ingredients whatsoever. All of which is why some drug executives in the US say that their Indian peers may be too optimistic about their industry’s prospects. “Cost is one issue, and yes it is important, but there are two other critical factors: intellectual property and quality and safety issues,” said Irix Pharmaceuticals Chief Operating Officer Panos Kalaritis. The FDA, in response to India’s growing influence, has opened two offices in India, one in Delhi and another in Mumbai. 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__label__wiki	0.593576	0.593576	Home India Shocking! Muslim dairy farmer’s 51 cows seized, given to gaushala owned by... Shocking! Muslim dairy farmer’s 51 cows seized, given to gaushala owned by Rajasthan’s BJP leader A dairy farmer in Rajasthan’s Alwar district is desperately trying to reclaim his 51 milch cows after they the state’s BJP government confiscated them leaving the family in utter despair. Photo: Hindustan Times According to the dairy farmer, Subba Khan, the Hindutva terrorists posing themselves as cow vigilantes, took his cows away to a cow shelter in presence of police on suspicion that they were being smuggled. Khan said he had merely taken his cattle out for grazingon 3 October. Khan and his family are now spending hours every day trying to convince the authorities that the cows were part of his livelihood and he legitimately owned them. Cops, meanwhile, have expressed their inability to help Khan saying that the cow shelter was owned by a BJP politician Shrikrishna Gupta. The district administration launched a probe to ascertain the ownership of 51 cows. One cow has died in shelter since then. Khan and his family sold hundreds of litres of milk every day to earn Rs 3000-Rs 4,000. The family is now forced to face a near financial ruins in the absence of their cows. Khan’s wife Baseri said, “They said we were cow smugglers. When I tried to intervene, they pushed me. The police were present, but they were mere spectators. Later, with the help of the police, the cows were taken to Shri Krishna Gaushala in Bambora Ghati by the cow vigilantes.” One police officer said that the cows were confiscated to avoid law and order situation since there were complaints of smuggling. Kishangarhbas police station SHO, Chand Singh Rathore, said, “On October 3, we got information that some villagers were obstructing the road with their cattle. To prevent any law and order situation, we acted promptly and took the cattle to the local gaushala and cleared the national highway.” “I am here at the gaushala to identify the cows claimed by Subba Khan as his. After the inquiry, we’ll be able to determine whether the cows were being taken for smuggling or they belong to Subba Khan. This area sees a lot of cow smuggling and thus we took the help of nearby villagers to carry the cattle safely to the gaushala,” Rathore was quoted by Hindustan Times. Gupta, president of Shri Krishna Gaushala, who is also a BJP leader, said, “Policemen and some villagers brought several cows to our gaushala on October 3. Hardly 8 to 10 among those aremilch cattle, the rest of them are not in good health. In spite of staff taking good care, one cow has died. After the inquiry, if the administration orders us to give the cows back to the family, we’ll do so. But the family will have to give us compensation (Rs 200 per day per cow).” Khan belongs to Meo community. Pehlu Khan, also a dairy farmer, was killed in Alwar by Hindutva terrorists in April this year. Pehlu too belonged to the Meo community. Rajasthan Police, which reports to the BJP government had recently given clean chit to six of Pehlu killers. hindutva terrorists Muslim dairy farmer Previous articleAs Modi visits Gujarat, all eyes on possible announcement of sops for voters Next articleUS Congress hears member’s concern on threats to journalists, freedom of speech in India Mohammed Zakiuddin October 17, 2017 At 7:04 PM Shame on police and Govt. That they don’t give security to poor villagers instead they help Hindutwa Communal people’s rowdies and Chor Gundaas…….One time will come All Rowdies will be in lockup and also there Police friend those who are avoiding govt. law and order	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line271
__label__cc	0.610581	0.389419	Jarvis Group We'll help you profit in real estate Economy in Spain With an unemployment rate around 18%, more than double the EU average, in the debate in Spain about the need for labor reform. A proposal hundred economists, for a single contract indefinitely, now joined by seven experts, who argue that labor reform is not the priority. The last before the current crisis, that of 1993, unemployment also stood at around four million unemployed but the employed population then was only twelve million people, against nineteen million people today. The increase in foreign population in Spain, migrants who have come in the heat of the housing bubble, such situations occur, as in the highlights of the Aznar government, unemployment was around 10%, but with a population occupied than at present, between sixteen and seventeen million people. This does not mean that high unemployment is a result of this immigrant population, but it has greatly increased due to the high weight in the Spanish economy low value added activities and very intensive labor, such as catering or construction (real estate booming, brick employed up to 13% of the population, while in other countries is about 5% or 6%, which is also much more consistent with what would be the size of the housing stock in Spain). Construction has destroyed 700,000 jobs in the last year, and this downturn has allowed the temporary employment in Spain fall by about 30% to 25% through non-renewals of contracts and temporary layoffs (even so, the temporary Spain is still about double the European average). In this situation, the group of one hundred economists among which is the current secretary of state for economics, Jose Manuel Campa, even when he signed the manifesto did not yet have this post-only advocates an indefinite contract, to end this dual labor market, with workers “Privileged”, the indefinite, and others with very few rights-storms. brians March 26, 2017 July 24, 2017 About brians View all posts by brians Quality of House Building Somerset House Lietzenburger Training a Dog Bulgarian Property Market University Of Wharthon Reduce Fixed Costs Buying an Apartment without Intermediaries Supernova \| Supernova Themes	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line272
__label__wiki	0.62875	0.62875	A tribute to dead friends: A Search for the Elusive Goblin Fish. July 3, 2017 By Hank Nuwer Leave a Comment A Search for the Elusive Goblin Fish. A Memory of William (Tiny) Boyles and Jimmy Dale Noble. by Hank Nuwer. In 1978, a book publisher wanted the services of a writer without good sense to trail William (Tiny) Boyles, a 389-pounder who made his living as a skip tracer. Hired by bondsmen to bring back bail jumpers, Tiny had muscles, but he wasn’t talented in the hundred-yard dash. So he hired people with foot-racing skills like high school dropout Jimmy Dale Noble, a sometimes logger, deputy sheriff, guitar picker and songwriter in low-rent bands. I, a self-taught writer, went with Tiny on his rounds to get a feel for his job and co-wrote four adventure novels with him. Eventually I figured out that some of the bad guys he claimed to have brought to justice were in fact creations and not real people. “The Bounty Hunter” series was about four friends who brought villains back to a bondsman for a percentage of the bond. The characters were larger-than-life Tiny Ryder; Hammer, a block of granite who uttered only one sentence in every book as a character device; Jerry Jeffers, a rowdy backup singer, and Foster Foster, a bumbling journalist along to get freelance stories, who led the other three into life-threatening situations. The ride lasted two years. Our last publisher, Berkley/Jove, decided the series lacked mass-market clout, ending it after the publication of Blood Mountain in 1981. I was relieved, because Tiny and I were never going to win a Pulitzer for our fiction. I hoped to pursue projects with substance. The books were more like stenography than novels of my own making. They were part reality but mostly fantasy and fiction straight out of Tiny’s biker culture. Tiny died suddenly in 1984. At the end he was telling his stories to another potboiler novelist, but this time he wasn’t getting fifty percent of a byline and royalties. A Reno newspaper editor told me he had walked into her office with his scrapbook, hoping to find one more writer willing to chronicle his tales tall and true. He found it hard to go on boring stakeouts to pick up punks, having enjoyed the attention when Linda Ronstadt and the Skipper from Gilligan’s Island attended a lavish book party the publisher had thrown for him. No longer did Larry King, Tom Snyder and PM Magazine ask him to tell nation-wide audiences about his exploits. I never saw Tiny again after an autograph session in California late in 1981. He was the king of hyperbole and a ring-tailed roarer, and a throwback to the days of the legendary bellowing boaster Mike Fink. Although we had our serious arguments, I respected his incredible storytelling skills. (I do keep in touch with Tiny’s children, although it has been 36 years since I babysat them). Every now and then I think about 100 percent rewriting those Bounty Hunter books, and putting those chauvinistic, foul-mouth characters into a work of literary detective fiction. That will never happen, of course. Tiny died of a heart attack in July of 1984. It was the worst year of my life, losing this co-author, my father, and a baby to miscarriage all in a couple months’ time. But Jimmy Dale Noble stayed in touch with me by mail and phone even after I’d taken a job teaching journalism at Ball State University and wrote serious works about hazing, the environment, and author profiles. In the late eighties Jimmy Dale and I reunited twice briefly when I came to Missouri to write profiles on third baseman George Brett and rodeo clown Leon Coffee. Tiny had cast a wide, though not long, shadow over Jimmy, and now I saw him as his own person–not a mere model for a stock character. He told me stories about his days as a high rigger, a dangerous job requiring agility and guts. To keep their nerve, most tree toppers chew tobacco, he said. He didn’t like the sour taste and puffed cigarettes. “We’d start at the very bottom and take limbs off as we went up,” Jimmy Dale once wrote me in a letter. “We’d keep going up while whacking off limbs until the remaining top was only 16 inches in diameter. The undercut was made as far as possible without getting the saw stuck, and a small, narrow notch was supposed to fall. Then, when everything was still, the final cut was made, and the top went into space. The jar from the top breaking free usually caused the giant post to sway 15 to 30 feet like an oversized whip. I’ve been damn near shaken from my perch more than once. The only time I’ve felt so free was while skydiving.” During those visits we began talking about fiction and how loggers have been excluded from the serious novelistic treatment given to cowboys and whalers. We devised an outline for a novel about a logger that had elements in it of myth and suspense, with a comic tone throughout. We collaborated in person, by phone, and by mail. I told Jimmy I was through writing potboilers, and he said he’d like nothing better than to write fiction in the vein of his Missouri hero Mark Twain. Neither of us expected to make more than $2,500 apiece for a literary novel, and so we had to write in the little time our paying day jobs left us. We set the novel in St. Joe, Missouri, Jimmy Dale’s birthplace and home of the Pony Express. He took me to rugged brush-and-timber country to set scenes. He knew trees by their bark and leaves. In a sawmill, when workers cut rough timber into boards, he identified species by their sawdust scent. In time, the experiences from his life became the experiences of the protagonist in our thickening manuscript. I knew more about his life than I did my own. I lived too much in my mind, and I envied the self-assured way he accepted life’s dangerous realities. Jimmy Dale referred to himself as a river rat; he was reared on a farm along the Missouri River near the stockyards of St. Joe. He and other country kids entered the pens of diseased cattle at night to have rodeo competitions. His life was shaped by the Mighty Mo and, like him, the river could be calm or wild. Near the farm was a long bridge that led to Kansas. As a young man he took a dare in early winter, “when it was colder than a well digger’s butt in a drainpipe,” and jumped, regretting the decision before his feet split the current. He used to tell me that there were times when the river was so peaceful (“peacable” was his word) that he preferred a seat on the bank to one in heaven. All a river rat knew about a perfect world was a day on a sandbar with temperatures in the sixties, putting a worm with a great personality on a hook. We would steal breaks from writing to fish–taking legal pads with us to discuss structure, characters, plotting–and that’s how I remember him in my mind’s eye. The breeze is ruffling his greying hair, and his line is shaking. I see him tense for a second, hoping the cause is a fat catfish and not the wind from the east. Jimmy Dale said his favorite fish was the Missouri goblin fish, named that because you only could catch one at the stroke of midnight on Halloween. The goblin fish–so big that two barges and a tugboat were required to get one to shore–was a picky eater. The only bait it would take a June bug weighing 63 pounds. “And everyone knows June bugs are scarce in October,” Jimmy Dale would deadpan. The joy I found in collaborating on our novel equals the rush of creativity I experience while writing creative nonfiction under the guidance of a capable editor. I have a hint of what it is like for performing arts professionals to collaborate on a beautiful work, or a symphony to put on a world premiere. When human beings collaborate on a work of art, there is a meeting of sensibilities and souls that nothing, save the birth of a child, can match for euphoria and dread and hope. The novel won’t be finished. Last October, right before goblin-fish season, Jimmy Dale died of a coronary. Brain-dead, he lingered for hours. His heart didn’t want to quit. Farewell, partner. I’ll miss your friendship, your stories, our collaboration. You and I didn’t fail at writing that novel. We ran out of money and time. Oh hell, you’d say to that, for you regarded sentimentality as unmanly. We failed awright—so sue us. Grab your fishin’ pole. The journalist in me searches for fact. We failed, we failed. But we tried harder than many who rule. I celebrate the lives of Tiny and Jimmy, especially as I get closer to the end of my own life. “What’s life been like in heaven?” I will want to know. They’ll probably answer at once. “Who told you that you died and came to heaven?” That was Tiny and Jimmy for you.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line274
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__label__cc	0.52153	0.47847	what is rosemary leaf called in igbo These are English (official language), Yoruba, Hausa, and Igbo. This article was most recently revised and updated by, https://www.britannica.com/plant/rosemary, Missouri Botanical Garden - Rosmarinus officinalis, University of Illinois Extension - Rosemary, rosemary - Children's Encyclopedia (Ages 8-11), rosemary - Student Encyclopedia (Ages 11 and up). It is a perennial herb of 30 cm tall (the botanical name is Mitracarpusscaberulus). It is used as a culinary condiment, to make bodily perfumes, and for its potential health benefits. Shopper’s Guide to Pesticides in Produce™, Environmental Working Group is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation, EIN 52-2148600. Igbo – Nchanwu. Salvia rosmarinus, commonly known as rosemary, is a woody, perennial herb with fragrant, evergreen, needle-like leaves and white, pink, purple, or blue flowers, native to the Mediterranean region. Click to Find out the Difference Between Utazi,Okazi / Ukazi,Uziza leaves, and know how to use each of them in Nigerian soups and delicacies. EAFUS [Everything Added to Food]: A Food Additive Database. Jaja's real Igbo name is Chukwuka (p. 144-145) Jellof Rice: Paella-like dish of rice made with tomatoes, peppers and spices and meats; a Nigerian party dish; also called 'Benachin' meaning one pot in the Wolof language is a popular dish all over West Africa." Native to the Mediterranean region, it is a member of the mint family Lamiaceae, which includes over 7,000 species. The linear leaves are about 1 cm (0.4 inch) long and somewhat resemble small curved pine needles. The linear leaves are about 1 cm (0.4 inch) long and somewhat resemble small curved pine needles. Another study of rosemary leaf extract (different from the essential oil) showed it stimulated hair growth. Basil leaves is called “scent leaf” in our Nigerian markets. The language's tone system was given by John Goldsmith as an example of autosegmental phenomena that go beyond the linear model of phonology laid out in The Sound Pattern of English. How to Store Pudina/Mint leaves for 1 MONTH I Preserve Pudina/Mint leaves - Duration: 4:41. 2012. \| FAQ, antimicrobial agent, antioxidant, fragrance ingredient, skin-conditioning agent -miscellaneous, skin-conditioning agent - occlusive, and perfuming. It has a relatively short trunk and a deep, dense crown. The ratings below indicate the relative level of concern posed by exposure to the ingredients in this product - not the product itself - compared to other product formulations. See that long list of ingredients on the back of the bottle? BASIL OCINUM. Developmental and reproductive toxicity: Ingredients linked to developmental and reproductive toxicity, a broad class of health effects that range from infertility and reproductive organ cancers to birth defects and developmental delays in children. AVOCADO PEAR PERSEA AMERICANA. Native to the Mediterranean region, rosemary has naturalized throughout much of Europe and is widely grown in gardens in warm climates. Rosemary, Rosmarinus officinalis, is a bush with fragrant, evergreen, needle-like leaves and white, pink, purple, or blue flowers. Rosemary is a perennial shrub and usually grows to about 1 metre (3.3 feet) in height, though some plants can reach up to 2 metres (6.6 feet) tall. Note that EWG receives licensing fees from all EWG VERIFIED™ member companies that help to support the important work we do. Until 2017, it was known by the scientific name Rosmarinus officinalis, now a synonym.. K The oil from Mint leaves is a component of most herbal toothpaste. Moreover, plenty of communities in Africa, Asia, and … Igbo is a tonal language with two distinctive tones, the high and low. All Rights Reserved. Learn more \| Legal Disclaimer. In ancient times rosemary was believed to strengthen the memory; in literature and folklore it is an emblem of remembrance and fidelity. Let us know if you have suggestions to improve this article (requires login). Rosemary is slightly stimulating. Cancer: Ingredients linked to cancer in government, industry or academic studies or assessments. Rosemary is a fragrant evergreen herb native to the Mediterranean. Creative Cooking by Dr Kajal Recommended for you. Allergies and immunotoxicity: Ingredients linked to harm to the immune system, a class of health problems that manifest as allergic reactions or an impaired capacity to fight disease and repair damaged tissue in the body. It is called Oju-eja, Jeja, Iya-Dudu or Orokoro in Yoruba; Kpokokwa in Igbo; K’afar Mutuwa in Hausa. Hogweed (Boerhavia Diffusa): This plant is used to treat female infertility and menstrual pain. The small bluish flowers are borne in axillary clusters and are attractive to bees. LIME CITRUS AURANTIFOLIA. Copyright © 2020. Many people have written some form of Igbo Dictionary Book(s) in a manuscripts or electronic files but could not publish it.Why? Insights in Igbo Culture and Language This Igbo website provides simple and easy-to-read insights in Igbo language and Igbo culture. Botanical name: Moringa olefera. Please select which sections you would like to print: Corrections? according to Google it's called "efinrin' in Yoruba language which is 'scent' leaf in English They are dark green and shiny above, with a white underside and curled leaf margins. But generic name for such and related herbs such as basil scent leaf etc is Doddoya Fenugreek is Hulba(again Arabic) Ewedu is Lalo related to it is Karkashi which I is darker with smaller leaves The upper surface of the leaves is glossy. The plants are easily grown from cuttings. Rosemary leaf is POSSIBLY SAFE for most people when taken by mouth as a medicine in doses up to 6 grams per day. Hausa – Lemu. Hausa What is chebe powder called in Hausa language pls? Igbo – Epe nkirisi. Mint leaf (Ewe minti) The leaves of Mint are tender can be used in several ways. Be on the lookout for your Britannica newsletter to get trusted stories delivered right to your inbox. The leaves are a compound with 5-8 pairs of leaflets. It is a good idea to remove the leaves from their stems and mince them before adding them to a dish. Presently, over 32 million of people speak this language. Meaning, translation and how to say, rosemary leaf in Hausa, Igbo, Pidgin, Yoruba, English\| Nigerian Dictionary Its main action is to normalize hormones in the body. Igbo language is difficult because of the huge number of dialects, its richness in prefixes and suffixes and its heavy intonation. The ratings reflect potential health hazards but do not account for the level of exposure or individual susceptibility, factors which determine actual health risks, if any. rosemary leaf oil is extracted from the flowering tops and leaves of the rosmarinus officinalis plant. Updates? Yoruba – Efirin. It's called "All of Them Witches," a study on witchcraft through the ages, featuring a chapter on Adrian Marcato (his appearance is … Encyclopaedia Britannica's editors oversee subject areas in which they have extensive knowledge, whether from years of experience gained by working on that content or via study for an advanced degree.... of cedarwood, calamus, costus, rose, rosemary, spike, incense, turpentine, sage, cinnamon, benzoin, and myrrh. The bark is pale gray and rough with droplets of resin. In some cases a third, downstepped high tone is recognized. Benin – Isie. Flo says: October 16, 2020 at 11:25 AM. Environmental Working Group. 2008. Health benefits and medical uses of Mitracarpusscaber. Rosemary is fairly resistant to most pests and plant diseases, though it is susceptible to certain fungal infections, such as powdery mildew, in humid climates. Rosemary receives a book from Hutch's companion, Grace Cardiff (Hanna Landy), which Hutch had intended to give to Rosemary personally. Rosemary, (Rosmarinus officinalis), small evergreen plant of the mint family (Lamiaceae), the leaves of which are used to flavour foods. FDA (U.S. Food and Drug Administration). The taxonomy of rosemary is contentious, and it is sometimes placed in the genus Salvia as S. rosmarinus. Yoruba – Ejirin. Rosemary leaf extract is produced from the leaves of the Rosmarinus officinalis plant. Legal Disclaimer \| Rosemary has shown promise in supporting circulation to the brain and in potentially preventing diseases like Alzheimer's. The flowers are yellow and about 5 mm across. It is a member of the mint family Lamiaceae, which includes many other herbs. Local names: Efirin oso (yoruba) English names: Moringa leaves. The leaf is … Igbo – Ose Oyibo. It has different names according to the different tribes in Nigeria. Reprint Permission Information, EWG’s Shopper’s Guide to Pesticides in Produce™, Click here for all products containing this ingredient, 675 studies in PubMed science library may include information on the toxicity of this chemical, Designated as safe for general or specific, limited use in food. Growing rosemary is easy because it’s a low maintenance plant that’s perfectly happy in a pot on the patio or in a forgotten corner of the garden. Local names: Zogele (hausa ),igi iyanu, ewe igbale (yoruba), Okwe oyibo, Okwe olu (igbo) English names: African spinach (green) Botanical name: Amaranthus Hybridus. Navigate parenthood with the help of the Raising Curious Learners podcast. PubMed online scientific bibliography data. Yoruba – Osan wewe. Botanical name: Murraya koenigii. Build Your Own Report Rosemary has needle-like leaves that can be tough, even after they have been cooked for a long time. Yoruba Medicine – History The medical traditions of the Yoruba people of western Nigeria developed within a culture that deeply respects and venerates ancestors.The orishas, or gods of the Yoruba, were former ancestors such as Oduduwa, the legendary ancestor of all Yoruba people, and his son Ogun. The essential oil content is from 0.3 to 2 percent, and it is obtained by distillation; its principal component is borneol. It is called Ogwungwo or Obuobwa in Igbo language, Gududal in Hausa language and Irawo lle in Yoruba language. In traditional medicine it was a popular aromatic constituent of tonics and liniments. English – Scent Leaves. Rosemary is a perennial shrub and usually grows to about 1 metre (3.3 feet) in height, though some plants can reach up to 2 metres (6.6 feet) tall. Learn more \| Legal Disclaimer, Beyond providing Skin Deep® as an educational tool for consumers, EWG offers its EWG VERIFIED™ mark as a quick and easily identifiable way of conveying personal care products that meet EWG's strict health criteria. Articles from Britannica Encyclopedias for elementary and high school students. Translations (0) Add Translation NigerianDictionary.com is a social media network for Nigerian Languages and Culture, where you can post, discover and share Nigerian videos, pictures, words, pronunciations & translations in Nigerian Languages (currently Hausa, Igbo, Pidgin, Yoruba) Privacy Policy \| Hausa – Barkono. English Name: Bitter Leaf Local Name: Onugbu (Igbo), Efo Ewuro (Yoruba), Shakwa shuwaka (Hausa), Etidot (Cross River State of Nigeria) Botanical Name: Vernonia amygdalina. EWG provides information on personal care product ingredients from the published scientific literature, to supplement incomplete data available from companies and the government. Igbo words may differ only in tone. There’s a huge difference in the smell of what is known as basil outside Nigeria and what we call scent leaves in Nigeria. The evergreen leaves of this herb are about 1 inch long, linear, revolute, dark green above and paler and glandular beneath, with an odour pungently aromatic and somewhat camphoraceous.Colored a dark shade of green above and white below, the leaves of the rosemary give off a beautiful fragrance, and with its small pale blue flowers. http://www.pubmed.gov. Along with increasing peripheral circulation, rosemary contains a constituent called carnosic acid which is a potent antioxidant that may protect neurons from free-radical damage, according to a report in the August 2008 issue of the “Journal of Neurochemistry.” The pulp contains 48 per cent oil and a plantation can produce 7-8 tons of oil per hectare. They are dark green and shiny above, with a white underside and curled leaf margins. Our editors will review what you’ve submitted and determine whether to revise the article. This occurred when hair loss was triggered by … Omissions? Categories: Plants and Flowers Food and Eating If you want to know how to say bay leaf in Igbo, you will find the translation here. Turmeric is called kurkum in the north but that’s an Arabic name. The alchemical theories of the Swiss physician and alchemist Paracelsus played a role in stimulating physicians and pharmacists to seek essential oils from aromatic leaves, woods, and roots.…. rosemary leaf extract is produced from the leaves of the rosmarinus officinalis plant. The basil outside Nigeria smells like our curry leaves. There are four major languages in Nigeria. Esan – Usira. Yoruba is a popular language in Nigeria and Benin. Clove is Kananfari in Hausa Mint is Na’na(also Arabic). EXTRACT OF ROSEMARY, EXTRACT OF ROSMARINUS OFFICINALIS, ROSEMARY CONCRETE, ROSEMARY EXTRACT, ROSEMARY LEAF EXTRACT, ROSEMARY LEAF POWDER EXTRACT, ROSEMARY, EXT., ROSMARINUS OFFICINALIS (ROSEMARY) LEAF EXTRACT, ROSMARINUS OFFICINALIS (ROSEMARY) LEAF POWDER EXTRACT, ROSMARINUS OFFICINALIS EXTRACT, ROSMARINUS OFFICINALIS LEAF EXTRACT, and ROSMARINUS OFFICINALIS LEAF POWDER EXTRACT. Not only does the guide describe the wide variety of the traditions in this part of Nigeria, attention is also paid to normal day-to-day facets of life in the town and villages. As the name implies, the plant is actually bitter and is used in preparing the popular Nigerian bitter leaf soup. ... (Igbo-Ora, Part 3) - Duration: 10:20. Contextual translation of "rosemary leaves" into Nepali. It’s as simple as that. English – Balsam Pear. Human translations with examples: करी पात, साग पात, दौनी पात, pandan पात, काडी पातहरु, sage leaves, काली पातहरु. In igbo it’s called nchuanwu. \| Legal Disclaimer The botanical name is Mentha piperita. The Yorubas call it Ewe minti. We hope this will help you to understand Igbo better. Reply. Some probably aren't as safe as you'd hope. How to Say Bay leaf in Igbo. It’s a woody perennial that adapts well to containers, making it easy to move indoors if you live in a cooler climate, so you can add the fragrant leaves to your cocktails or cooking all year long. Contact Us \| It is also a common host to spittlebugs. NLM (National Library of Medicine). By signing up for this email, you are agreeing to news, offers, and information from Encyclopaedia Britannica. Moringa leaves rank among the most nutritionally rich plant material in living existence on the planet. The leaves have a pungent, slightly bitter taste and are generally used, dried or fresh, to season foods, particularly lamb, duck, chicken, sausages, seafood, stuffings, stews, soups, potatoes, tomatoes, turnips, other vegetables, and beverages. LEAVES OF MORMODICA CHARANTIA. 3. About SkinDeep®/Methodology Before a company can use EWG VERIFIED™ on such products, the company must show that it fully discloses the products' ingredients on their labels or packaging, they do not contain EWG ingredients of concern, and are made with good manufacturing practices, among other criteria. FDA Office of Food Safety and Applied Nutrition. Today its fragrant oil is an ingredient in numerous toiletry products and in vermouth. The leaves have antioxidant and antiinflammatory components which can help in relieving seasonal allergies. Lle in Yoruba language ( Igbo-Ora, Part 3 ) - Duration: 4:41 called “ scent leaf ” our. 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Mallards are among the year-round residents. 500mm, 1/1000, f/6.3, ISO 450. The Jersey Turnpike goes through the marsh, and it’s near shopping malls and subdivisions. Just across the Hackensack River is the Meadowlands Sports Complex. The skyline of Manhattan is visible in the distance. You wouldn’t expect to find a nature preserve here, but there it is. The 209-acre property was going to be drained for a housing development but, instead, was acquired by the New Jersey Meadowlands Commission in 1996. Beginning in 1998 efforts were made to return the marsh to a more natural state, with the tidal flow reestablished and native plants and grasses replanted. A 1.6 mile loop trail takes you through part of the wetlands. Twisted roots and stumps of an old forest of Atlantic white cedar trees. 175mm, 1/1000, f/5, ISO 400. Back in the 18th century, large portions of this area were covered in a forest of Atlantic white cedar trees, most of which were cut down to make roads and houses. Hundreds of stumps were uncovered in marsh enhancements since 1998. The marsh is on the Atlantic Flyway and more than 280 species of birds have been spotted here. Preening. 500mm, 1/1250, f/6.3, ISO 400. The unique vegetation in the marshland, reflections in the still water and the birds that rely on these wetlands combine for an impressive array of photographic choices. I’m looking forward to returning when it’s safer and as the region starts reopening. The day I was there, the light was good and, as usual, I emphasized a fast shutter speed and allowed the camera to decide the aperture and ISO settings. Aerial Reconnaissance. 500mm, 1/1000, f/6.3, ISO 400. Jaganadha “Sastry” Karra was born in India, but left when he was 24 years old. For the past 27 years, he’s worked as an IT professional, and has been living in NJ since 2004. During his spare time, he goes outdoors and takes nature photos, especially waterfalls. 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Kearney, landscape, landscape photography, long exposure after sunset, long exposure water photography, long exposures, NANPA, Nikon Active-D Lighting National Parks in Appalachia September 4, 2019 by Blog Poster The Temple of Karnak is one of the more angular of the many limestone formations deep inside Mammoth Cave, Mammoth Cave National Park, KY. Story & photos by Jerry Ginsberg The national park movement originally grew out of the 19th century recognition that it was important to protect the spectacular natural wonders of the American west. It took a few more decades for the eastern part of our country to gain some respect for its own scenic gems. Eventually, however, many national parks were established east of the Mississippi and now play host to scores of millions of visitors annually. Three of these, Mammoth Cave, Shenandoah and Great Smoky Mountains, form a line through the Appalachians and were created at the urging of FDR. 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Places, Tips and Techniques, Travel \| Arches National Park, Double Arch, Jerry Ginsberg, landscape, landscape photography, NANPA, national parks, nature, Nature Photography, outdoor photography, photography tips Subtle, But Significant: A Polarizer Filter Isn’t Just For Sunny, Blue-Sky Days July 10, 2019 by Blog Poster Cumulus clouds over Dickenson Bay, St. John’s, Antigua, West Indies. I’m a late-comer. I didn’t make the switch to digital until 2014. As a film shooter, I relied heavily on filters. Everything from warming to ND grads to a vast array of special effect filters were permanent residents in my camera bag. Nowadays, digital imaging can replicate many of those filter effects – often much easier and with far more control. But, as good as digital technology is, it still can’t duplicate the effects of a polarizer filter. The photo above is a classic beach scene where a polarizer works most of its magic. By filtering out the glare and atmospheric haze, the true color of the sky comes forth revealing puffy, white cumulus clouds as far as the eye can see. Inspiration, Tips and Techniques \| education, F.M. Kearney, field techniques, flower photography, inspiration, landscape, landscape photography, NANPA, nature, Nature Photography, outdoor photography, photo tips, photographer, photographing flowers, photographing roses, polarizer, polarizing filter, using a polarizer The Fantastic Four Corners, Part II July 3, 2019 by Blog Poster On the Grand Canyon’s North Rim, Mt. Hayden stands in solitary splendor against a backdrop of eroded ridges that seem to stretch forever. Previously, we discussed the northern half of the Four Corners region. That included the most worthwhile photo highlights found in Utah and Colorado. The other half of the Grand Circle tour includes New Mexico and Arizona. To close the loop (ouch!) on this route let’s now explore those great states of the desert Southwest. Both admitted to the Union in 1912, these two seem almost identical in size and shape, but possess very different topography and the singular scenery that exerts its powerful magnetism on us. Continuing in the clockwise circle that brought us through Utah and Colorado, let’s cross into northern New Mexico. While lightly visited, fascinating Pecos National Historic Park provides a great insight into ancient Native American life. Traveling roughly from north to south, we can arrange a logical route something like this: Not far south of Colorado’s Great Sand Dunes National Park & Preserve is Taos, New Mexico. The tiny town of Taos has two time honored photo icons, both made famous by none other than legendary Ansel Adams. His seminal images of the San Francisco de Asis church in Ranchos de Taos and the centuries old Taos Pueblo leave us today with just our own comparatively poor efforts. The Taos Pueblo has been continuously occupied for centuries with its original construction possibly dating back as far as a thousand years. Try to enter the pueblo as early in the morning as possible for the best light. Check the website for visiting hours, fees and any photography restrictions. New Mexico also contains several early Native American sites that are now units of the National Park System. Perhaps the best of these are surrounding the state’s capital Santa Fe. Among them are: Chaco Culture National Historic Park is certainly the biggest of the many surviving sites. This special place offers many great structures along a short loop road. Famed Pueblo Benito has some terrific classic compositions. Don’t miss Chetro Ketl and Casa Rinconada as well. Early morning light can work very well in Chaco. If you are not camping onsite, I suggest arriving at least an hour before sunrise to be in position early for the best light. Check for gate opening hours and allow at least 20-30 minutes to drive to Chaco from the paved highway. Aztec Ruins National Monument is a small, but well preserved and very interesting site with a variety of original and reconstructed buildings. Although administered jointly with Chaco, Aztec Ruins is farther north and hard against the Colorado state line. Bandelier National Monument is a fascinating place that offers many photo opportunities. Starting from the visitor center are trails running uphill along both sides of the canyon. Taking the trail opposite the photogenic niche at the top and packing a long lens will enable you to capture the best composition. Late afternoon light is the most favorable. Pecos National Historic Park is a fascinating gem of a well preserved Native American site. Paved walkways make it easy. Late light can be good; make sure to check closing hours. New Mexico’s historic capital Santa Fe was founded over four centuries ago under the Spanish colonial regime. The Palace of the Governors, once the Capitol, is the highlight of the town’s welcoming central plaza. Several charming streets radiate from here. Don’t miss the Loretto chapel, small, but a real gem. Albuquerque is New Mexico’s largest city, if not the easiest one to spell. While the center of this modern city doesn’t offer much in the way of photography, its edges do have a few interesting areas. Old Town Albuquerque is historic and colorful. The annual Albuquerque balloon festival is held each October. It’s exciting and challenging to photograph this dramatic event. Trying to maintain separation between the brightly colored balloons is fun, but not always easy. Just minutes from the heart of downtown Albuquerque thousands of centuries-old petroglyphs record a long vanished civilization. On the city’s western edge you’ll find often overlooked Petroglyph National Monument. This treasure trove of ancient Native American rock art is best photographed in the soft, warm rays of early morning light. South of Albuquerque between Socorro and Alamogordo lies the sprawling Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, famed for its bird life and great bird photography. Thousands of sandhill cranes and snow geese often spend the winter here. Early morning light gives a soft quality to the sparkling white gypsum dunes of White Sands National Monument near Alamogordo, NM. Watch out for missiles buzzing by. A bit further on, just past Alamogordo, we find White Sands, perhaps my very favorite national monument. Here the great natural gypsum deposit has been formed by time and the elements into a seemingly endless expanse of rippled dunes. As with most all such dune photography, images made when the sun is very close to the horizon will allow us to capture the contrast within the ripples. Once the sun rises for about 30-40 minutes, most of that important contrast is lost. With some luck, you might be able to recruit a NPS ranger to admit you before dawn – for a fee. This will enable you to capture the best light. Scout your location/s the day before. (Hint – The further away from the unpaved gypsum track that you roam, the fewer the footprints in the sands. Out last stop in the far south of New Mexico close to Texas is possibly the jewel of this desert state and its only national park, Carlsbad Caverns. Descending into the caves via the original natural entrance or the quick elevator ride from the visitor center offers a few choices. Either wander around the Big Room on your own with the ability to use your tripod in the very low light or buy tickets for one or more of the ranger guided tours on which you will be restricted to handheld shooting at slow shutter speeds. My favorite spot along the South Rim in Grand Canyon National Park, Powell Point shows its very best colors just before sunset. Eventually crossing into the fourth and last state of the Grand Circle, Arizona opens up yet another whole world of natural wonders. Our forty-eighth state includes three spectacular national parks and several national monuments. Premier among these is one of the great wonders of the world, the Grand Canyon. We can enjoy this grandest of all canyons from at least three very different viewpoints. The popular and sometimes crowded South Rim with its long road accessing many wonderful viewpoints (my favorite is Powell Point) and entry to trails below the rim. The corresponding and much more laid back North Rim with its very different configuration and views is about a thousand feet higher and measurably cooler. The only paved road to the North Rim is generally closed from mid-October to early May. Don’t miss Point Imperial (sunrise & morning), Cape Royal (late afternoon & early evening) and Bright Angel Point (both early and late light). Also on the North Rim is the singular and very remote Toroweep Point. Contact me for details if this is on your bucket list. But the very best way to understand and appreciate the Grand Canyon is via Door #3; a rafting trip down the Colorado River! This is, truly, the never-to-be-forgotten adventure of a lifetime. Days of alternating calm waters and turbulent rapids, putting in at such unique landmarks as Nankoweep and Elves Chasm will leave you with terrific memories and hopefully, many outstanding images. Perhaps the most complete Anasazi granary anywhere rises several hundred feet above the Colorado River deep inside the Grand Canyon. Arizona’s two other national parks are Saguaro with its two separate sections chock full of elegant cacti flanking both sides of sprawling Tucson and fascinating Petrified Forest with its wide variety of fossilized trees and long extinct creatures near Holbrook. That small town is worth a stop just to see the nostalgic Wigwam Motel along historic Route 66. This singular monolith, sacred to the Navajo people, stands at the far end of Canyon de Chelley National Monument, enveloped by the Navajo Nation. This view is from the rim road, open to all vehicles and accessible on your own. Some of the often overlooked highlights of the Grand Canyon State are: Canyon de Chelley National Monument is reached through the Navajo Reservation town of Chinle. Definitely worth a couple of days, this expansive red rock landmark is actually part of the Navajo Nation with limited access granted to the National Park Service. Drive both forks of the rim road and hike the permitted trails, especially the one to White House Ruin, best in mid-late afternoon light. Touristy group tours are available, but are not well suited to photography. Hubbell Trading Post National Historic Site near Genado is a very well preserved 19th century outpost worth a brief visit, especially for history buffs. While the owner’s home has become a museum, the store itself still operates as a genuine trading post. Inside Upper Antelope Canyon (the Corkscrew) daylight penetrates only briefly. The popular town of Page, AZ is the jumping off point for excursions on Lake Powell and just a stone’s throw from the Utah state line. Page is slot canyon central. Right on the edge of town you’ll find both Upper (the “Corkscrew”) and Lower Antelope Canyons. Once upon a time, these wonderful sculptures in sandstone were visited mostly by a small group of hardy professional photographers. On my first visit here many years ago, we had to lower the packs and tripods down on ropes and venture into the semi-dark unknown. It was all very catch-as-catch-can. Those early images created here within the Earth have introduced the uniquely exotic and sensuous rock forms to the world. The inevitable result is that both locations have now become well organized and commercialized tourist enterprises operated by local Navajo on whose lands these very special cracks in the Earth’s top layer are found. Shinnying down a rope has been replaced by walking on a custom made flight of steel stairs and tricked-out pick-ups quickly ferry tourists through miles of sand where once only a few hardy hikers trod. That said, it’s still worth the effort to search out singular compositions in these special places. You can only visit Antelope Canyon with an authorized Navajo guide or tour. Special photography groups are offered–book well in advance! While visiting Page, take the very short drive out to the Horseshoe Bend of the Colorado River. Make sure to bring your widest lens. A 16mm (on full frame) should be about right. There’s a per-vehicle fee to park and visit the overlook. From Page, it’s a straight shot to drive back to Las Vegas airport. But being so close, it’s tempting to drive north from Page across the Glen Canyon Dam back into Utah. From here, it’s not far through the tiny hamlet of Bad Water to Alstom Point with its sweeping view overlooking Gunfight Butte and Lake Powell. Further on up Rt. 89, is the turnoff into House Rock Road toward the less visited and still fairly wild Buckskin Gulch slot canyon, access to Paria Canyon and one of the most special places in all the Southwest, Coyote Buttes and the now famous Wave (permit required). See? I told you it was a great big circle! After hiking for a couple of miles, arriving at last at the entrance of the legendary Wave is likely to create a rush of adrenaline causing you to take off your pack and shoot immediately. Most of the locations above offer a wide variety of lodging and dining options. Towns at or near these photo-worthy sites are very tourist friendly. The Grand Canyon is the only one of the national parks of New Mexico and Arizona with lodging inside its boundaries. Reserve early! With very few exceptions, the places mentioned above can be successfully toured with a standard passenger car. Make sure that your tires are in good shape. For some spots on the North Rim of the Grand Canyon such as Toroweep and Point Sublime, a high clearance vehicle is recommended. It is unlikely that you will be allowed to enter the unpaved route through Canyon de Chelley itself with your own vehicle. If you are, do not attempt it without a good SUV equipped with 4 wheel drive, high clearance and off-road tires. Jerry Ginsberg is a widely published photographer whose landscape, Nature and travel images have graced the covers pages of hundreds of books, magazines and travel catalogs. He is the only person to have photographed each and every one of America’s National Parks with medium format cameras. He has been awarded Artist Residencies in several National Parks and his works have been exhibited from coast to coast and have received numerous awards in competition. Jerry’s photographic archive spans virtually all of both North and South America. More of Ginsberg’s images are on display at www.JerryGinsberg.com Or email him at jerry@jerryginsberg.com Places, Tips and Techniques, Travel \| Albuquerque, Alstom Point, Ansel Adams, Antelope Canyon, Arizona, Aztec Ruins National Monument, Bandelier National Monument, Buckskin Gulch, Canyon de Chelley National Monument, Carlsbad Caverns, Chaco Culture National Historic Park, Elves Chasm, field techniques, Four Corners, Grand Canyon National Park, Holbrook Arizona, Horseshoe Bend, Hubbell Trading Post National Historic Site, Jerry Ginsberg, landscape, landscape photography, landscapes, Nankoweep, NANPA, national parks, Nature Photography, New Mexico, NM, North Rim of the Grand Canyon National Park, osque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, Page Arizona, Paria Canyon, Pecos National Historic Park, Petrified Forest National Park, Petroglyph National Monument, photo tips, photographer, places, Route 66, Saguaro National Park, San Francisco de Asis church, Santa Fe, Taos, Taos Pueblo, The Wave, Toroweep Point, Wig Wam Motel From the Archives: Add Scale to Your Grandscapes © Kerrick James Story & photos by Kerrick James Like many of us, my love of photography began with the wild landscape. My early years were spent emulating icons like Ansel Adams, David Muench and Eliot Porter. I followed the grand landscape dream all over the American West, and after years of chasing light and doing “pure” landscapes with no signs of humanity whatsoever, I began to feel a little boxed in, as if I was repeating my favorite lighting formulas everywhere I went, and missing something I could sense, but not see. Continue reading → Tips and Techniques \| education, field techniques, landscape, landscape photography, landscapes, NANPA, Nature Photography, outdoor photography, photo tips, scale in photographs, scale in photography, using people for scale in photography Crowds vs. Conservation–Conflict or Cooperation Crowds of tourists and photographers start to gather by Delicate Arch hours before sunset. Story & photo by Frank Gallagher Where do you draw the line between access and preservation? At what point does introducing a larger number of visitors to the wonders of nature start to endanger that very nature? It’s a tough call and one that land owners, government agencies and photographers are facing every day. Conservation, Ethical Field Practices, Photography News \| conservation, environment, geotagging, Horsehoe Bend, Jerry Ginsberg, landscape, landscape photography, landscapes, NANPA, NANPA Principles of Ethical Field Practice, national parks, nature, Nature Photography, outdoor photography, Paria-Vermilion Cliffs National Monument, photographer, places, tag responsibly, The Wave, wildlife, wildlife photography On Bended Stems: Explore the Beauty of Post-Peak Tulips Lily-flowered tulips beginning to “show their age” Timing is everything. As nature photographers, we’re constantly trying to schedule our shoots during times when our subjects will be seen at their best. For landscapes, this is generally during the “Magic Hours” of the day – the hour just before sunrise or after sunset. Flowers can benefit from the warm light at this time of day as well, but more important than that is catching them at the peak period in their blooming cycle. It’s an absolute obsession for some photographers. A field of tulips in pristine condition is truly breathtaking. The photo below is one such example. Inspiration, Tips and Techniques \| education, F.M. Kearney, field techniques, flower photography, inspiration, landscape, landscape photography, NANPA, nature, Nature Photography, outdoor photography, photo tips, photographer, photographing flowers, photographing tulips, tulips 6382 Charleston Road Alma, IL 62807 info@nanpa.org Sign up to receive NANPA mailings including NANPA NEWS. JOIN NANPA Explore all the NANPA benefits and JOIN! Or... 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__label__cc	0.674419	0.325581	Interview – Jason Phelps of Phelps Game Calls by Tom Ryle \| Mar 6, 2011 \| Gearing Up, Interviews As a life-long fanatic of calling game into bow range, I’m always on the lookout for new calls to put to the test each season. This year will be no different, and I’m excited to try a new elk call produced by Jason Phelps of Phelps Game Calls. Phelps lives in the... Interview – Matt Alwine of Alwine Outdoors by Tom Ryle \| Mar 3, 2011 \| Hunting, Interviews Matt Alwine and I have never actually met. I came to know of him and his successes in the field by way of www.hunting-washington.com, a hunting community web site where I serve as a moderator. With each passing season, Matt has been a valued contributor to the site;... Outdoor Fathers – An Interview with Monte Perron by Tom Ryle \| Dec 1, 2010 \| Interviews, Outdoor Education http://www.outdoorfathers.com/ Every once in a while you cross paths with someone who stands out in a crowd; someone who is thinking about the big picture and doing something about it. Such is the case with Monte Perron of Raleigh, North Carolina. Social Networking is...	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line310
__label__cc	0.640142	0.359858	PacificsBaseball.com is live 3/24/2020- The PacificsBaseball.com site has been ported and is now live. PacificsBaseball is your on stop for news and information on the San Rafael Pacifics. From the 2012 North America League to the 2020 Pecos League and all of the Pacific Association Seasons in between, all of the information and team history is there. http://www.PacificsBaseball.com The Pacifics Team Store has game worn jerseys from several Championship Teams as well as the 2020 Pecos League Turq Jersey and hats. Championship Row has a tribute to all of the five Pacifics Championship Seasons. The 2020 Pacifics Schedule is available in all available formats (html, .pdf, calendar view) Pacifics Tryouts for the 2020 season are live and available onine. Team Archived Videos are available online Stats are available from all seasons including 2012 North American League All Time Stats Leaders About the Pacifics shows history of North American League and Pacific Association as well as the Pacifics For more information visit Pecos League of Professional Baseball Clubs LLC. http://www.PecosLeague.com 575-680-2212	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line317
__label__wiki	0.911741	0.911741	Robertson Walk Anchorpoint Bedok Point Causeway Point Century Square Changi City Point Cross Street Exchange Eastpoint Mall Hougang Mall Northpoint City Robertson Walk Tampines 1 The Centrepoint Tiong Bahru Plaza Valley Point Waterway Point White Sands YewTee Point Alexandra Technopark Frasers Tower Frasers Experience About Frasers Property Home / Blog / Rest & Relax / Back to the Cinema: 5 Upcoming Must-See Movies in August Back to the Cinema: 5 Upcoming Must-See Movies in August Movie buffs can now catch their favourite flicks on the big screen! Our well-loved cinemas have finally reopened and we can watch our favourite blockbusters on the big screen again! From Scoob! to Mulan, we’ve tailored a list of noteworthy movies coming soon to a theatre near you. If you’re wondering what cinemas are doing to encourage moviegoers back, here are the safety measures put in place to make you feel more comfortable about returning to the silver screen. The new normal in cinemas For starters, there will be reconfigured seating arrangements to ensure safe distancing of at least one-metre between patrons. Groups of up to five friends and family will, however, be allowed to sit together. There will also be a capacity limit of 50 patrons in each theatre hall. Other safety measures include mandatory temperature checks, SafeEntry check-in, and the wearing of masks in the premises, except when eating or drinking. Cinemas are also required to regularly clean and disinfect high touch point areas, as well as the premises after closing and before opening. To reduce face-to-face contact with cinema staff, we encourage you to purchase your tickets online. If you are unable to book online, there are automated ticketing machines for cashless and contactless payment. It is also important that you keep a 1-metre safe distance from other groups when queuing to enter or waiting to collect your ticket and snacks. Now that you’ve taken a moment to familiarise yourself with the health and safety guidelines, buckle up and let the reels roll! Disclaimer: Release dates are subject to change, so please check the cinema’s website regularly for updates. Rating: To be advised Running time: 1hr 31min Cast: Emile Hirsch, Mel Gibson, David Zayas, Kate Bosworth In theatres: 30 July 2020 Force of Nature fits into a startling number of subgenres, each with its own rules. It’s a heist movie and a siege movie and a disaster flick and a cop drama. Oh, also: it has Hollywood stalwart Mel Gibson in it, who stars as a trigger-happy retired cop. Despite being the biggest star on the bill, Gibson isn’t quite at the center of the narrative. Instead, Emile Hirsch (Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood) has the lead role of Cardillo, a desk cop in San Juan, who’s ordered out on evacuation duty when a Category 5 hurricane hits the island. Along with a rookie partner, Officer Pena (Stephanie Cayo), Cardillo heads into a crumbling apartment complex seeking stragglers from the storm. Once there, he catches sight of love interest Dr. Troy (Kate Bosworth), who’s trying to get her dad, played by Gibson, to evacuate the apartment building during the storm. The arrival of the bad guys, led by a heavy-set mastermind who calls himself John the Baptist (David Zayas), complicates matters. Between the shootouts, fistfights, knife-fights, stairwell confrontations, and raging hurricane, Force of Nature comes off as a thriller that will keep you at the edge of your seat. Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy Cast: Will Forte, Mark Wahlberg, Jason Isaacs, Gina Rodriguez, Zac Efron The newest addition to the Scooby-Doo franchise, Scoob!, sees our beloved mystery-solving Great Dane and the Mystery Inc. gang make the leap to CG-feature animation for a sweet and amusing family flick. The movie reveals how lifelong friends Scooby-Doo and Shaggy first met young detectives Fred, Velma, and Daphne to form the famous Mystery Inc. Now with hundreds of cases solved, Scooby and the gang face their biggest, most challenging mystery ever: a plot to unleash the ghost dog Cerberus upon the world. As they race to stop this global “dogpocalypse”, the gang discovers that Scooby has a secret legacy and an epic destiny greater than anyone imagined. Within the movie, are many nods to the Hanna-Barbera properties of the past, building a complete Hanna-Barbera universe. Shaggy (Will Forte) and Scooby-Doo (Frank Welker) wind up collaborating with characters drawn from other Hanna-Barbera shows, like Dynomutt (Ken Jeong), a crime-fighting mechanical dog; Dee Dee Skyes (Kiersey Clemons), the brainiest member of mystery-solving team Teen Angels; and Dynomutt’s master, the Blue Falcon — or rather, his son (Mark Wahlberg) — to take on the villain Dick Dastardly (Jason Isaacs), one of Hanna-Barbera's most recognised villains. The Scooby-Doo franchise has been around since 1969, starting with the classic Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! series. Since then, there have been numerous reboots and spin-offs, as well as animated and live action films like 2002’s Scooby-Doo, which starred Freddie Prinze Jr., Sarah Michelle Gellar and Matthew Lillard. Cast: Russell Crowe, Jimmi Simpson, Caren Pistorius, Gabriel Bateman Unhinged is one heck of a ride, and stars award-winning actor Russell Crowe, as a man who takes road rage to frightening new levels. Crowe plays a stranger whose life has left him feeling powerless and invisible. After a traffic altercation with Rachel (Caren Pistorius), he decides to follow her from a distance to apologise for the incident. But when she refuses to accept his apology, he feels like she needs to know what a bad day really is. The event proves to be a tipping point for Crowe’s downtrodden character, who then embarks on a wicked and murderous rampage. Things quickly escalate and Rachel finds herself, and everyone she loves, the target of a man who has decided to make one last mark upon the world, by teaching her a series of deadly lessons. Derrick Borte (known for the dark comedy The Joneses) directs this terrifying cat-and-mouse chase, that explores the fragile balance of a society pushed to the edge, taking something we've all experienced — road rage — to a terrifying conclusion. Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama Cast: Liu Yifei, Donnie Yen, Gong Li, Jet Li, Jason Scott Lee In theatres: 20 August 2020 (Postponed until further notice) Mulan is China’s legendary heroine and Disney’s first Asian Princess. The movie is based on the legend of a maiden who disguises herself as a man to take her sick father’s place in a war against the Huns. With utmost courage, strength and resourcefulness, she embraces the warrior in her and saves both her family and her country. In this live-action extravaganza, you’ll get to see Chinese superstars Donnie Yen, Jet Li and Gong Li display jaw-dropping martial art skills. Better yet, watch 32-year-old actress Liu Yifei — who plays the titular Mulan — perform 90 percent of her own stunts! This big-budget wuxia (武侠) take on the original 1998 animated film, and will take the story back to its roots to focus on Mulan, who joins the Chinese Imperial Army. In doing so, she takes a stand against her more traditional upbringing and all the expectations of marriage and homemaking that come with it. The live-action Mulan’s score will feature instrumental versions of the animated film’s classic soundtrack. But moviegoers hoping for a full-fledged singalong will have to rely on the original for that, as the new Mulan promises to cut a different path. Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi Cast: Maisie Williams, Anya Taylor-Joy, Charlie Heaton, Blu Hunt In theatres: 27 August 2020 The New Mutants’ plot revolves around a group of five young mutants trapped in a remote hospital after having just become aware of their powers. Pitched as Marvel’s first horror-superhero movie, this slice of the X-Men universe is said to be the first in a planned trilogy. The cast includes Blu Hunt as Danielle Moonstar, the Native American telepath, a.k.a Mirage, who can create illusions based on people's fears and inner desires; Henry Zaga as Roberto da Costa, a.k.a Sunspot, a mutant with the ability to absorb and channel solar power; Anya Taylor-Joy as Illyana Rasputin, a.k.a Magik, who uses teleportation; Charlie Heaton as Sam Guthrie, a.k.a. Cannonball, who has the ability to fly at jet speeds while encased in an impenetrable force field; Maisie Williams as Rahne Sinclair, a.k.a. Wolfsbane, who can turn into a wolf; and Alice Braga as Dr. Cecilia Reyes, a medical doctor who has the ability to generate a protective bio-field around herself but also has more going on than she lets on. Watching The New Mutants’ trailer doesn’t feel much different to watching one for a horror movie, because that’s exactly what the movie is meant to be. Director Josh Boone (The Fault in Our Stars), a self-professed Stephen King fan, obsessed with both horror stories and Marvel comics, has created a movie about heroes who aren’t trying to save the world, but themselves. Unlike other X-Men movies, The New Mutants leans more toward horror than a traditional superhero flick. With so many thrills and spills coming your way, we hope you’ll find this list to be a helpful tool not just for planning, but to keep you up to date with all the new releases. With that, we wish all of you a pleasant and safe trip to the movies! Catch all the heart-stopping action at Cathay Cineplexes, Causeway Point or Shaw Theatres, Waterway Point! 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__label__wiki	0.526901	0.526901	Ros na Rún Episode Recaps Miss an episode of Ros na Rún? Want to see what others think about what's going on? You've come to the right place -- Ros na Rún episode summaries with an attitude. ROS NA RECAPS IS NOT AFFILIATED WITH TG4 OR ANYONE AT "ROS NA RUN" IN ANY WAY. Twitter @RosNaRecaps My Mother's Back, and I'm Gonna Be in Trouble First aired 29 March 2016 We open with Fia sitting at the kitchen table putting on makeup, and judging by the state of her face, this activity has been going on for a while. She finishes, or rather her supply runs out, and puts her coat on to leave just as Evan shows up. She explains that she’s on her way to Galway because her children’s allowance has come through and she needs to buy some more makeup. Someone should tell her it would last longer if she didn’t treat a tube of lipstick as a single serving. When he complains about the mess, she says she’ll clean it up when she gets back, and when he asks when that will be, she helpfully explains, “Later.” Then she tells him to “chillax,” and I am officially done with her. As she skips out the door, he yells after her that she should be ashamed of herself, leaving Péadar and Máire to take care of her baby while she doesn’t lift a finger. She comes back to give him a lecture on the plight of today’s single mother, and there is more of their usual arguing before she leaves and slams the door behind her. Just then, Evan gets a text saying “I’m on my way,” and we all hope it’s Supernanny Jo Frost come to straighten up this dysfunctional mess. At Berni’s, Bobbi-Lee returns from shopping with the mail in her hand. She puts an obviously empty milk carton down on the counter and starts to open an envelope when she hears someone coming, so she stuffs it in her coat and quickly gets into an “I wasn’t doing anything!” position, which in this case involves casually leaning against the counter as if she’s waiting for a bus. It’s Berni, who’s spun the Berni Wheel Of Complaining and landed on “it took you too long to get the milk.” Bobbi-Lee explains that she got held up by the apparently sexy postman, who wanted her autograph. Berni doesn’t even reply to this nonsense, instead flipping through the mail and complaining that it’s all junk. Bobbi-Lee offers that at least it’s not a bunch of bills, and then the subtitles claim that Berni says this gem: “Unfortunately they are unavoidable, and they have to be paid at some point,” which is a sentence no one would ever say unless they were in a foreign-language textbook having a conversation that also included “Twelve francs! That’s very expensive, but it is a gift for my aunt!” and “Where is the train station? Is it far?” Bobbi-Lee, nervously hiding the letter under her coat, asks Berni if she’s opening the café today, and when Berni says that no, Siobhán is doing it for her, Bobbi-Lee announces that when she went by earlier, nobody was there, especially not Siobhán doing any kind of opening. Berni flips out and goes flying out the door in a rage, hungry for poor Siobhán’s blood, and we wonder why Bobbi-Lee didn’t, for example, GO READ THE LETTER IN THE BATHROOM rather than probably getting poor Siobhan, who I am imagining is a single mother with a severe limp whose twelve children all have different disabilities, fired. Bobbi-Lee opens the letter, and of course it’s Berni’s credit card bill, showing that Bobbi-Lee has racked up a balance of €1942.57. Oops! Well, if she needs a job to pay it off, I know a local café which is probably hiring as of two minutes from now. Posted by Rich at 4:21 PM No comments: Ex-Priests Make Strange Bedfellows It’s the morning after the Cois Tine, and a very hung over David wakes up in an unfamiliar bed, decorated in shades of pink and pinker. He has no idea where he is until he sees a photo of Bobbi-Lee on the nightstand, which is of course a hilarious 8 x 10 glossy of her in a cowgirl hat looking saucily over her shoulder. This makes him realize he didn’t spend the night in his own bed, because at his house, there’s an 8 x 10 glossy of himself in a cowgirl hat looking saucily over his shoulder by the bed. He starts to get up and discovers he’s in his boxers, and the whole time he looks like an increasingly confused Fred Flintstone who’s just woken up on Betty Rubble’s rock. As we move from sexy to sexier, Jason wakes up to find a pleased-looking Katy watching him sleep, which is one of those things you can get away with in the early stages of a relationship, but after you’ve been together a while you wake up to find your partner staring at you and are like, “What?!?”, and he or she replies, “You’ve got a really long hair coming out of your nose.” This is what you have to look forward to, Katy and Jason. They compliment each other cutely on how sexy the previous night’s sex was, and fortunately before we can throw up too much, Cuán starts crying and Jason goes to fetch him. Katy smiles sweetly at first, but then wistfully, and what this scene really needs is a photo of Bobbi-Lee in a cowgirl hat by the bed. My Imaginary Boyfriend Went to a Cois Tine and All I Got Was This Lousy T-Shirt It’s the day of the Cois Tine, and Bobbi-Lee appears to be bedazzling a pair of snakeskin boots so they’ll match her outfit. Because, I guess, her outfit is … Wild West Pimp? I don’t even know. She reminds Berni that she’s meeting her frenemy Suzanne Somebody, to whom she was spewing a bunch of lies last week about how famous and constantly sexed-up she is. Berni tells her she can always buy a new pair of shoes and throw those old boots in a bin—preferably one several counties over—and Bobbi-Lee points out that if she had any money, she would. She mentions that she deserves a reward for finding Cathal’s will because rewards are a thing, and she presents into evidence a TV show she saw this one time, which she is probably making up, and if you were watching last week, you’ll recall that Bobbi-Lee always has a vaguely remembered TV show ready to prove her point. Through her pursed lips, Berni asks if Bobbi-Lee is seriously asking for a finder’s fee for something she found while snooping, and of course Bobbi-Lee is like, “Uhh, yeah.” So Berni appears to present Bobbi-Lee with a new designer handbag, but it turns out she’s bought the bag for herself, and she is actually giving Bobbi-Lee something much smaller and cheaper. I can’t tell what it is, but it looks like a 3-pack of blank VHS tapes, so that’s what I’m going to say it is. Out in the street, Evan’s trying to get cash out of the ATM while Mo tells him that the lads are doing some work on her new house for her, i.e., trying to make it look less like someplace where one of Queen Victoria’s maids died. As usual, Evan is halfway listening, and then gets mad because the machine eats his card without giving him any cash, so Mo announces she’ll just get cash back at the shop, and we’re all satisfied with the resolution of this dramatic tale of microeconomics. Just then Máire appears and complains that she can barely keep her eyes open because Nollaig, who I guess we’re not going to call Liam II after all, kept her up all night, and that Fia is useless, which is news to no one. Where There's A Will, There's A Won't It’s St Patrick’s Day! Which is good, because otherwise the extremely elaborate costumes everyone is wearing would look strange. At the café, Bobbi-Lee is still, as my Scottish/Southern grandfather used to say, “all het up” about the money Cathal left Berni in his will. She’s harassing Berni to accept the €120,000, and you can tell by Berni’s expression that this (one-sided) conversation has been going on for a while, possibly since the end of the last episode two days ago. Berni and Evan are both reluctant to have anything to do with the money, and Bobbi-Lee, in no uncertain terms, tells them that they are both a couple of trippin’ heifers. She tells them she’s sure there are plenty of charities that would love to have the money, and before we can even say “Yeah, the Bobbi-Lee Charity,” Berni says it for us. See, Berni is so much more fun when she’s with Bobbi-Lee. Bobbi-Lee changes tactics and tells them it’s karma, that they earned the money by going on that trip to Crazytown with Cathal, and she points out all the fun Berni and Evan could have spending it. The best part is that when she tells them how much “craic” they could have with the money, Berni repeats the word “craic” hesitantly, as if she’s completely unfamiliar with the term, which, well, it’s Berni, so…. Since that doesn’t work, Bobbi-Lee tries yet another direction, and says Berni could put it in a pension or retirement fund, but Berni says no matter how she thinks about the money it doesn’t feel right, and that she’s not going to take it. At the pub: it’s Eoin! God, I’ve missed him. I dip in and out of Fair City, but it’s really remarkable to watch Daithí Mac Suibhne and compare his performances on the two shows, because it really is like he’s a completely different person – his body language, mannerisms, expressions, tone of voice, and even his posture are completely different. It’s like he has different sets of eyes he uses depending on whether he’s playing Eoin or Emmet. Anyway, Eoin is sketching some designs for Mo of how she could transform the house she inherited last episode from Grandma’s Candy Dish into Something From The Twentieth Century, At Least. He’s moving all the rooms around and knocking out walls and, maybe, burning it to the ground so Mo can start all over again, and she exclaims that he’s so good at this that he ought to have an architectural TV show. Do we even know what Eoin does for a living? Does he have a job? Before he leaves, Eoin reminds Mo that life can change unexpectedly—a year ago he never thought he’d be married, or on two TV shows!—so she should keep in mind ways she might use the space in case she finds herself with a partner and/or some kids. She’s taken aback by the idea, and then puts on her thinking face as he leaves. Pádraig shows up in an elaborate and terrifying gold-sequined leprechaun costume to buy Mo a drink, but she’s got to go, as she’s got some thinking to do. Bobbi-Lee: Because Good Taste Is Boring We open in the café, where Katy is tense, and doesn’t appreciate Jason sneaking up behind her to scare her. Does anyone like that? She tells him she and her mom are going shopping today, and oh look, here’s Noreen now, who is bemused by this whole notion of pretend siopadóireacht, because she knows, as do we, that Katy is actually going to the Clip-Art-Butterfly Fertility Clinic today. In the shop, Mack is furious at John Joe, who swears to him that he didn’t know that Dee was representing creepy Muiris in last week’s case. Mack raises his voice, and John Joe asks him to step three feet away to the other side of the shop to cause his scene because it’s apparently more private there. John Joe reminds Mack that he and his daughter aren’t exactly on the best of terms, so Mack should believe he didn’t know what was going on, and not blame him for Dee’s actions. Mack softens, and John Joe offers to go find Ailbhe so they’ll reopen the case, but Mack sadly says it’s over. In the café, it looks like Noreen is drinking a coffee and Katy is drinking a cup of cream, but it turns out this isn’t the case because Katy has to fast for the procedure. Noreen says she won’t be long then since Katy can’t have anything, and then proceeds to take long, leisurely sips, like it’s the best cup of coffee of her life. She’s practically rubbing her stomach and making “yummy yummy” noises. Katy asks her mother, hypothetically of course, when she should tell a man she was involved with about her sad past, and Noreen is noncommittal and fairly useless. Katy should really go to someone more sensible with these kinds of questions, like Bobbi-Lee. She worries that not telling a man is the same as lying, and Noreen scolds her for wasting her time worrying about pointless things that will probably never happen, like getting a boyfriend. John Joe shows up to rant about what a scheming cow Dee is, and any other day this would be Katy’s favorite topic of conversation, but today she’s pensive and wistful, so she notes sadly that Mack is heartbroken, and that she tried to tell Dee— She interrupts herself, but the damage is done: John Joe figures out that Katy knew Dee was representing yucky Muiris, and starts having a go at her. Right, because Katy is the one to blame here. John Joe yells at her, and she runs off, and then he feels awful when Noreen points out to him that today is the day of Katy’s procedure. He should pay more attention to his daughter’s storylines and less to Mack’s. Law & Order: Smug Dee Unit It’s finally the day of creepy Muiris’s trial! We open in the hallway outside the courtroom, where Ailbhe is worried that no one will believe her testimony, but Mack assures her that since she’s done nothing wrong, everything will be fine. Well, if there’s anyone whose expert legal advice I would take seriously, it’s Mack. Through gritted teeth, he announces that he’d love to give Muiris’s gang a thump for that beating they gave Ailbhe’s friend Trish, which makes a nervous Ailbhe run to the toilet to throw up. Caitríona, who is here for some reason, scolds Mack for opening his big mouth and runs off to check on Ailbhe. Mack is all, “Huh! Dames!” At their place, Katy walks into the living room where Jason is making her breakfast in bed. It’s a good thing she comes in when she does, because they haven’t built the “Katy’s bedroom” set yet. She jokes that that’s one way to get into her bedroom, but Jason assures her he’s not pressuring her, and she’s grateful for his patience. He leaves for work, and she opens a letter that’s conveniently right where she’s sitting. It’s an envelope full of poo from Dee! No, it’s a letter from the Caroharry Clinic telling Katy she’s got an appointment in a couple of weeks. I would not trust the medical judgment of any clinic that used a silly pink clip-art butterfly in its letterhead. Katy looks nervous, because with all the recent Jason-ness going on, she’d forgotten she’s involved in this medical storyline. Nightmare on Blecch Street First aired 8 March 2016 One of the things I love about Ros na Rún is that it keeps the stories moving along at a rapid clip, without letting them get too bogged down, and that it feels like something worthwhile happens in every episode. This one, however, feels like treading water, and is kind of a yawner. Was it broadcast opposite some program that TG4 figured everyone in Ireland would be watching, so they didn’t want to waste a real ep? Did the World Cup just happen without my noticing again? We open with Jason looking pensive and/or constipated in the shop, and then Katy comes in, and she’s last person he wants to deal with right now, obvs. He suddenly becomes very interested in the latest issue of Seventeen or Your Horse or whatever it is that he’s pretending to look at and then remembers he’s late for an appointment in Galway and tries to dash off, but Katy wants to talk to him about what happened. He tells her the kiss was a mistake and escapes, leaving her standing there with the same open-mouthed gape we left her with at the end of last episode. Posted by Rich at 9:04 AM No comments: Pay No Attention To The Funeral Behind The Curtain Mack and John Joe are in the street unloading counterfeit/asbestos-laden/non-cruelty-free coffins that have clearly just fallen off the back of several hearses. Mack points out that he’s not supposed to be doing any heavy lifting, what with his hernia-ectomy or whatever, but John Joe tells him they’ve got to finish before somebody (i.e., Tadgh) sees them, so Mack better shut up and lift with his stomach. The handy thing is that if Mack bursts his stitches and drops dead in the street, John Joe can hook him up with a discount semi-detached barely-used coffin. The handle of one of them almost comes off in Mack’s hand, but John Joe says he can fix it with some glue and paint, and besides, he’s pretty sure coffin handles are just decorative anyway. John Joe announces he’s not afraid of Tadgh, and then almost wets his pants when he hears someone approaching from behind, but it’s just non-murderous ol’ Vince. John Joe recruits him to help with Coffingate, but Mack worries that the more people who know about this caper, the riskier it is. Well, fortunately carrying coffin after coffin into somebody’s house in the middle of the street in broad daylight is very discreet and not suspicious at all. At the B&B, Fia tries to make nice with Máire, who gives her the “stop kidnapping your own baby” cold shoulder. Fia is wearing a huge white bathrobe that I’m pretty sure she stole from the Hilton. The social worker is coming today, and everyone is nervous, particularly Fia, who’s afraid they’ll call Vanessa. Máire points out that the social worker will probably just take the baby away anyway so Vanessa will be a moot point, which throws Fia into a tizzy. It Was the Best of Birthdays, It Was the Worst of Birthdays I’m not sure which part of the opening credits I enjoy more: when Micheál appears out of nowhere from behind a bookcase that is too small to obscure him, as if he has phased in from another dimension, or Bobbi-Lee the crazy cowgirl doing whatever she is doing. Anyway. We open with Berni asking Evan if there’s any news from Fia, and he says there’s not. Berni can’t believe Fia is a mother, especially considering what a scheming little ingrate she is, and tells him that Máire and Peadar are freaking out over at the B&B. She thinks they should call the Gardaí, but Evan says there’s no danger because Fia would never do anything to hurt Nollaig. Berni points out that leaving a baby on a doorstep in the dead of winter probably does not qualify Fia for Mother Of The Year. Berni mentions that Máire and Peadar are going to call Vanessa, who will surely know where Fia is, which sends Evan into a Stage III Strop and he goes flying out the door. Over at the pub, John Joe is buying Katy lunch because it’s her birthday. Apparently somebody gave her a lot of fuchsia lipstick as a birthday gift. She has to go, but John Joe asks her to stop by his place later so he can give her his present, and she’s pleased. The two of them are getting along swimmingly, so something will probably go horribly wrong later. Posted by Rich at 10:20 AM No comments: A céad a cúig déag … a céad a sé déag … a céad a seacht déag … Well, the blogspot statistics thing tells me that my Ros na Rún recaps have been viewed 117 times in the five days since the first post, including 34 views yesterday alone! So far we’ve had visitors from the US, Ireland, Germany, and Poland. Wow. So I guess maybe there is an audience for snarky Ros na Rún recaps. What do you think about the show lately? How are you enjoying these episodes? Who do you love, who do you hate? Please leave comments! And there’s a new episode today! What new doomsday leaflets will Máire distribute? Who will Katy roll her eyes at? And will we ever see Eoin and Eimear again? Let’s find out! Thanks for reading. GRMA! PS, in case there's any doubt in your mind as a result of my extreme snarkiness: holy cow, I am completely in love with Ros na Rún. It's seriously, like, my favorite thing. I tease it because I love. Who's to Blame for This? Ros na Rún addict and recapper. I came to the show to improve my Irish but kept watching because it's excellent. Tá cúpla focal agam. My Imaginary Boyfriend Went to a Cois Tine and All... It Was the Best of Birthdays, It Was the Worst of ... A céad a cúig déag … a céad a sé déag … a céad a s... Give Us This Day Our Daly Dread Season 22, Episode 26 First aired 30 November 2017 This will be my last recap until after Christmas, because I’m heading off to Europ... I Might Have Tried Washing It, But Maybe That's Just Me Season 22, Episode 80 First aired 7 June 2018 Have we discussed the fact that Ros na Rún won Ireland’s Villagiest Village? And the gr... We Just Have To Face It: This Time We're Through Season 22, Episode 56 First aired 13 March 2018 We’re back after a week away during which we got the biggest shock of the season: Mo ... Ob-La-Dee, Ob-La-Don't (Season Finale) Season 22, Episode 82 First aired 14 June 2018 It’s the season finale, and there’s some serious craziness ahead, so let’s get right ... 8 Questions with ... Danny McCafferty Few characters have entered Ros na Rún in recent years with as much instant drama as Niall--who can forget the Fia/Vanessa/Niall powder keg ... This blog is not connected to the makers of Ros na Rún or TG4 in any way. Watermark theme. Powered by Blogger.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line322
__label__wiki	0.768002	0.768002	Speaking Spanish On The Senate Floor To Urge ‘Commonsense’ Immigration Reform 06.11.13, 06:45 PM Senator Tim Kaine (D-Va.) spoke Tuesday for nearly 15 minutes on the Senate floor in Spanish, applauding the Gang of Eight bipartisan coalition that’s pushing for a sweeping set of immigration reforms and supporting the start of the debate process that could see an immigration reform bill move out of the Senate. Kaine planned the stunt, for which fellow Democratic Virginia Senator Mark Warner called him a “show-off.” In the hours before he took the Senate floor, Kaine had been promoting his speech with bilingual tweets calling for “commonsense” reform to fix “our broken immigration system.” “Thought it was important to spend a few mins explaining bill in Spanish — a language spoken by almost 40M in US w/a lot at stake in outcome” he tweeted. The Senate went ahead and voted 82-15 to begin debate on the controversial 1,000-page bill, which President Barack Obama is urgingCongress to approve without playing “procedural games.” The United States has no “official” language, and there’s likewise no official language provision requiring government officials to speak English. The rules of procedure do require that a Senator receive unanimous consentof the full Senate before speaking in another language from the floor, as Kaine himself did. http://personalliberty.com/2013/06/1...ration-reform/	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line326
__label__wiki	0.659051	0.659051	BJNilsen (Sweden) Focus Intensity Power (2018) Sound and recording artist from Sweden. As an experimental composer, he often focuses on varied field recordings, mostly processed or treated in unusual ways. However, Focus Intensity Power was recorded in the Netherlands in the Willem Twee Electronic Music Studio. The material was created with a modular synth, tone generator and test & measuring equipment. There's something fascinating about these quiet, droning compositions that will be enjoyed by fans of both Drone Ambient and Noise Ambient. Bjondo (Italy) Colore Vivo (2020) Unique rhythmic World Music from Gianluca Biondo, with synths, lots of ethnic and even self-made instruments. Björnemyr (Germany) Deep Space Mysteries (2004) Deep Space the Planets (2004) German new age artist. I don't know how much of his output will be interesting for EM fans. The above work, although still quite new-agey in places, will certainly appeal to fans of melodic EM and Space Music. Bjørnstad, Ketil (Norway) Three Ballets (1987) Unusual music from this jazz pianist. This is a 3-LP set that contains his electronic works for three ballet performances: "Ophelia's Arrival", "Pianology" and "Minotaurus". The music is melodic and rhythmic and is made with typical equipment of the era (digital synths and samplers). Blac Koyote (Portugal) Blac Koyote (2011) Quiet Ensemble (2014) Experimental project of José Alberto Gomes. Two massive tracks of blackened synths, clicks and processed baritone sax on IO. Black, Andrew (USA) Dreaming (2018) Dialethia (2020) (with מזמור) Ambient with a huge piano presence from this Portland, Oregon-based artist. Black Cavern (USA) Mātu Šaplītu (2018) Dark soundscapes with some Middle Eastern touches. See also: Bergtatt Black Ceiling (USA) A Candle Illuminates the Dungeon (2015) A project of Spokane-based Daniel Guccia, mostly known for his witch house music. However, and quite surprisingly, on some of his releases he opts for an ambient, dungeon synth-influenced style. Black Channels (UK) Black Channels (2015) (S) Two Knocks For Yes (2015) A duo of Simon James and Becky Randall in a dark, analogue electronic mould, sometimes ambient and sometimes sequencer-based. I guess their sound could be considered horror synth-related but it's rather unique overall. Black Deer (USA) Black Deer (2013) The Last Tortuga (2013) Trail of Tears (2013) (S) Pray For Us (2015) (S) Nowhere Man (2016) Black Deer is one of the projects of American deep house producer William Thomas Burnett aka Willie Burns. He states that Black Deer is influenced by Native Americans and their culture. Maybe there is some of that too, but mostly, Black Deer goes for a mixture of his techno / house influences and prog EM / kraut sound. A crossover project. See also: Galaxy Toobin' Black Dog, The (UK) Black Daisy Wheel (2018) Varied techno / IDM project that exists since the early 1990's. The above is their ambient album that mixes floating and rhythmic tracks. Black Fog (Russia) Мечты и кошмары (2017) The project is known under its Russian name "Чёрный туман". Hypnotic dark soundscapes. Black Hat (USA) Thought of Two (2014) I have included only this one album from Seattle-based Nelson Bean aka Black Hat so far. If you like fusions of post-industrial and Ambient, this will be right up your valley. The album features three cold, monolithic and forbidding slabs of electronics with elements of glitch on the longer "Memory Triptych". The most impressive track for me is "Portrait In Fluorescent Light". There's even something of a Heldon quality to it (this is pure electronics, no drums or guitar). Black Lung (Australia) Full Spectrum Dominance (2009) Muzak From the Hive Mind (2015) The Great Manipulator (2019) Black Lung is a long-running industrial project of David Thrussell. He is also a soundtrack composer and would also venture into other electronic-based styles every now and then. Full Spectrum Dominance includes some moody melodic material. Muzak From the Hive Mind is him trying to compose "serious" electronic music. It is mostly quite ambient and full of beeps and bleeps. Surprisingly, some moments end up sounding like a strange, slow, abstract version of the Berlin School (track 13). Whether it's a direct influence or a convergent evolution so to speak, remains a mystery. The Great Manipulator compines ambient synths with rhythmic electro material. Some tracks are more like melodic / sequencer EM. Further investigation is needed Black Merlin (UK) Hipnotik Tradisi (2016) Kosua (2018) Black Merlin is a project of London-based producer George Thompson. He is known for his techno productions but with Hipnotik Tradisi he started a series of unique World Music explorations, in this case combining Balinese traditional gamelan styles with atmospheric and gently rhythmic electronics. Kosua continues in that style. See also: Spectral Empire, Karamika. Black, Mike (USA) GO/NO-GO (2006) Mike Black assisted Robert Fripp's guitar craft courses for 16 years. However, on his solo effort, recorded in just one month, he eschewed guitars (apart from some bass playing) to concentrate on keyboards and soft synths. What he came up with is EM of the style that is reminiscent of Synergy. Black Mountain Transmitter (UK) RedShift (2008) (S) Black Goat of the Woods (2009) The Unsettled Dust (2009) (S) Stille Nacht (2010) (S) Theory & Practice (2010) Playing With Dead Things (2012) Deathdream! Live In Edinburgh (2014) (S) Behold the Undead of Dracula (2019) Dark Ambient / Drone artist J.R. Moore. See also: Cloudland Ballroom Black Resonance (Russia) Azure Syndrome (2015) Dystopia (2018) Polarity (2020) A project of Artemy Kairyak from Saratov who makes complex music that blends influences like chiptune, progrock and progressive EM. Black Robert (Germany) Kolonie (2020) Antalya (2020) Calm, repetitive electronics with a Cluster feel and an extra IDM touch. Black Sea, The (USA) C:>Spacewalk (2002) Cosmic music from this duo of Zero Scratch and David Weintraub bringing to mind some TD material. Black Seas of Infinity (USA) Within Daathian Chasms (2005) Amrita - The Quintessence (2007) The Wordless Aeon Has Awakened (2008) Hieros Gamos (2008) Invokation (2008) (S) Black Ambient from Utah. Good stuff to play Quake 1 to. Black Sun (USA) Initiation (2012) (S) Liber (2014) Dark, ritual ambience from Randall Collier-Ford of Springfield, Oregon. See also: Collier-Ford, Randall Black Tape For A Blue Girl (USA) The Rope (1986) Mesmerized By the Sirens (1987) Ashes In the Brittle Air (1989) A Chaos of Desire (1991) This Lush Garden Within (1993) The First Pain To Linger (1996) Remnants of A Deeper Purity (1996) With My Sorrows (1997) nameless maxi-CD (1998) As One Aflame Laid Bare By Desire (1999) The Scavenger Bride (2002) Halo Star (2004) 10 Neurotics (2009) To Touch the Milky Way (2018) Black Tape For A Blue Girl is Sam Rosenthal plus additional musicians and singers that tend to vary from album to album. Not at all ‘wallpaper’ music as one could expect, this is quality Gothic Ambient electronics. Ethereal, dark music. Very cool in a depressive and dark sort of way. Sometimes features ethereal female vocals. I guess it’s one of the most introspective dark bands out there, but I need to confirm this presumption by listening to their music. See also: Rosenthal, Sam, As Lonely As Dave Bowman. Black Tempest (UK) Ex Proxima (2010) Secret Astronomies (2011) The Sun Behind the Sun (2013) (with Dead Sea Apes) Sticks And Bells And Ancient Spells (2013) Arcana (2013) Astral Voyages (2014) Darkness Unfolding (2015) Enfolding Light (2016) Psyberspace (2018) Dataland (2021) (with Adam Stone and Dead Sea Apes) Stephen Bradbury aka Black Tempest uses analogue synthesizers and acoustic / electric guitars to craft his long, cosmic compositions that strongly remind on the early solo work by Edgar Froese, with bubbling sequences, long-drawn pads, mellotron choirs and tons of effects. Black To Comm (Germany) Back To Comm (2003) (S) Ruckwarts Backwards (2006) Levitation / Astoria (2006) (S) Shirley Temple Police Force (2006) (S) Wir Konnen Leider Nicht Etwas Mehr Zu Tun... (2007) Fractal Hair Geometry (2008) Collaboration (2008) (with Datashock) Charlemagne & Pippin (2009) Alphabet 1968 (2009) Wave UFO (2009) (S) Incidents (2009) (S) Coldplay, Elvis & John Cage (2011) Black To Comm (2014) Providence (2014) (S) Seven Horses For Seven Kings (2019) Before After (2019) A C of M (2020) Oocyte Oil & Stolen Androgens (2020) Hamburg-based drone artist Marc Richter who uses electronic, acoustic instruments and lots of samples / concrete textures. Black Unicorn (USA) Squid And Whale (2011) (S) Prosper Drift (2011) Rediscovering Infinity (2012) Tardigrade Teleport (2012) (S) Traced Landscapes (2014) Alien Jewelry (2014) Insect Songs (2017) Unmanifest Architecture (2017) Sequences, arpeggios, drones and deep ambient synth soundscapes. Black Unicorn is Ohio-based artist Curt Brown. Black Zone Myth Chant (France) Mane Thecel Phares (2015) Jimi W. (2016) (S) Feng Shen (2017) Strange. Started as a screw / collage electronics project and releasing an album called Straight Cassette in that style in 2011, Black Zone Myth Chant aka Maxime Primault started to move in the direction of Progressive Electronic Music. On Mane Thecel Phares he sounds like Heldon and Throbbing Gristle backing demented rants of Anubis in a pyramid (used for the first time on Straight Cassette, the voice somehow reminded me on "Stargate"). There are still influences of screw / cut-up collage, but the whole does sound very Prog and is rather unique, too. Jimi W. is influenced by screw / hip hop, but one track ("Jail Love") is very Prog EM. See also: Annapurna Illusion Blackhall, Steve (UK) Transport (1985) Scottish electronic musician. This cassette was released by members of Altres. Blacklight Chameleon (Austria) Tearing At the Edges of All Restraint (2021) A project of Martin Riedler. Complex themes with traces of art pop, neo-classical structures and EM. Blackout, Mac (USA) Love Profess (2020) Chicago-based saxophonist (real name Mark McKenzie) active in the experimental and punk scenes. On Love Profess, he improvises on sax and synths mainly, also using other instruments like electric piano, guitar, bass, flute and drum machines. The music is a nice and wild amalgamation of free jazz and EM. Blackthread (France) The Way You Haunt My Dreams (2019) Indie pop / shoegaze / post-rock / indietronica artist Pierre Georges Desenfant. The above album contains lots of ambient influences. The closer is a good example of ambient material by him. File under EM-related. Blackwood Incident, The (Slovakia) Curse of Tribe (2017) A bit psychedelic synth soundscapes from Dominik Novák. Blagg, Kevin & Cochran, Amos (USA) Air Structures (2020) Blak Saagan (Italy) A Personal Voyage (2017) Electronic compositions (inspired, as you've guessed it, by Carl Sagan and his science / space popularization programs) recorded with just a Farfisa VIP 202 R organ, Roland TR-606 and a Siel Orchestra. The exact style is not known at the moment. Blak Saagan is Samuele Gottardello. Blake, Tim (UK) Sintesis Intemporal / Sintesis Intemporal II (1977) (S) Crystal Machine (1977) Generator Laserbeam / Woodland Voice (1978) (S) Blake’s New Jerusalem (1978) Waterfalls In Space (1979) (with Jean-Philippe Rykiel) Magick (1991) Tide of the Century (2000) Caldea Music II (2002) Noggi 'Tar (2018) Lighthouse - An Anthology 1973 - 2012 (2018) British synthesist, member of Gong and Hawkwind at some stages. He began experimenting with synthesizers very early and is one of the pioneers of Electronic Music. He was also one of the first to use laser shows during his concerts, because he collaborated with Patrice Warrener who was a great innovator in the field. His first two works are all-time classics and well worth seeking. I have Crystal Machine and it’s great. Blake's New Jerusalem is more song oriented, but still with excellent electronic arrangements. I also have Magick and it’s a complete failure, from my point of view. Although featuring some decent instrumental work, there are still vocal songs that leave much to be desired. I don’t actually think Blake should ever open his mouth for singing, because, to put it politely, I’ve heard far better voices in my life. And now imagine this man putting out romantic stuff of the ‘I love you baby’, ‘Tonight is our night’ kind and sounding as if he is serious about it. I cannot help but laugh. The 2000 album Tide of the Century also contains vocals, but this time not only his own voice is used. You can buy it, of course, that is if you don’t mind straight-forward vocal songs in your Electronic Music. Better grab his first two albums. See also: Hawkwind, Gong, Nik Turner's Sphynx, Saratoga Space Messengers. Blakmoth (USA) Achromatic (2018) Ambient pieces composed and performed in real time. Sort of mysterious, slightly cosmic sound here. Blanchet, Daniel (Canada) Le Chemin de l’Ermite (1987) L’Harmonie des Mondes (1991) Les Voilers de l’Espace (1992) His music has been compared to Jarre and Kitaro. Also has choral elements reminding of Constance Demby. In USA, Les Voilers... was re-released as Starsailing (1998). Blanck Mass (UK) Blanck Mass (2011) Calm With Horses (2020) (soundtrack) A project of Benjamin John Power. Mostly related to IDM or techno musics, some of his output (listed) may be interesting for fans of EM and / or Ambient. Calm With Horses is a varied soundtrack, mostly of ambient nature. See also: Fuck Buttons Blanco, Esteban (Canada) Balloons (2018) (S) Actually a spanicized name of Canadian musician Stephen White. Music is electronic and influenced by the Dusseldorf School. Blanco, Juan Marcos (Cuba) Caballos (1984) Juan Marcos Blanco is son of electroacoustic composer Juan Blanco. This album is subtitled "Musica Electroacustica" but in fact contains quirky Electronic Music a bit in the style of melodic Jarre and Kraftwerk, but rather unique overall. Blank Embrace (Russia) We Should Have Stayed There (2019) Prolific (most releases to date have been download-only) ambient artist. Some rhythmic or shoegaze-influenced stuff as well. Blank, Jeff (???) Dialect (2018) (S) Landscapes Part 1 (2019) Dialect is a techno record with one track ("Prizmic Oscillations") being of particular interest to analog EM fans. With Landscapes Part 1, he went the EM route, delivering an album pull of Cluster-like synth sketches. Blank, Tomas (Sweden) Art Video Music (1985) Nice And Slow (1988) Rare LP with Electronic Music composed for use in TV programs. Blanka (France) Hypnotic (2017) (S) Diverse artist from Paris (Pascal Luvisi), whose style combines elements of instrumental hip-hop, electro, "bachelor pad music" and more. The above album has a little bit of everything and is pretty laid-back and relaxing overall. Interestingly, at least two of the tracks ("Abyss" and "Childhood") have a Prog EM feel, a bit Cluster & Eno-like perhaps. Blanke, Toto (Germany) Tales of Tomorrow (1978) Ex-guitarist of Electric Circus who on this particular album (he released a few more since 1975) crafted a curious mixture of electronics ala Heldon and fusion / acoustic guitar material. His other albums are more oriented towards fusion / progrock or solo acoustic guitar. See also: Electric Circus Blankenship, Terry (USA) Daemon (1985) Entering the Silence (1987) Terry Blankenship is an American guitarist and multi-instrumentalist. He is one of Robert Fripp's "alumnis" and is a member of his "League of Crafty Guitarists". His output is stylistically diverse. Daemon features driving instrumental tracks, both guitar-based and electronic, channeling that Tangerine Dream's 1980's soundtrack vibe. Entering the Silence is an album of "frippertronics" music in the style of Fripp & Eno albums. He also recorded banjo-based acoustic folk, trance (with guitar), David Bowie-inspired pop / rock and Celtic music. Blanket Swimming (USA) The Ringing In Your Ears Is the Cricket In the Stars (2016) Contain Multitudes (2017) Open Colour (2018) Perpetual Seeds For Fleeting Time (2019) The Sunroom (2020) A Connection And Singularity (2020) Jackson, Mississippi-based ambient artist Nicholas Maloney. Blanks, Jeff (USA) The Electric Minstrel (1987) Jeff Blanks is an Atlanta-based musician who recorded this instrumental disc inspired by Olias of Sunhillow by Jon Anderson. The music features a similar mix of prog, Celtic music and EM, with a stronger emphasis on the latter. Blanos, Mischa (Romania) Indoors (2019) Crossrhodes (2020) (with Khori Ander) Pianist who combines his acoustic piano playing with electronics. Unique style, often with almost dancey / club combinations. Blauklang (Austria) Asia (1994) Electronic Music band formed by Richard Gaisbauer circa 1986 after his two previous bands (that also played Electronic Music) The Silent Sun and Phaeicon split. Richard later became known as Agent Error and today he releases music in MP3 format as "Baumbach". See also: Silent Sun, The, Phaeicon, Agent Error. Blauw, Piet Jan (Netherlands) Bluezone 1 (2002) Pluma De Piedra (2002) (with Jorge Reyes) Mosquitos On Ice (2008) (with Ron Rettich) Piet Jan Blauw is a unique artist who crafts his own unique instruments and MIDI controllers. Blear Moon (Czech Republic) Symbolic Seclusion (2018) Expanding Lands (2020) Abstract, experimental, melancholic and droning ambient compositions from Vlas Presnetsov. Bleed Air (Germany) Bleed Air (2020) Analog music with a slightly lo-fi feel. Melodic, rhythmic... Bleek (USA) Lay Your Skull Upon tha Groundz of tha Bleek Godz (2016) Whacked out sax wails upon a bed of warped electronics. Alien Planetscapes jamming with Heldon and Gong in a basement? A project of Ethan Billips from Austin. Bleeker, Robert (Australia) Southern Spirit (1987) Electronic musician with an ambient sound and some tribal influences. Blenner, Serge (France) La Vogue (1980) Magazin Frivole (1981) Fracture Interne (1982) Plaisir Ardent (1985) La Dimension Prochaine (1986) Les Architectes du Temps (1987) Equateur (1988) Babylone (1991) Liberation (1992) Symbolique (1993) Vision et Poesie (1995) Amour (1996) Ars Oratoria (1999) Virtualis (2001) Miroir de Soi (2004) Musique de Chambre (2008) French musician who lives and works in Germany. He began experimenting with electronics in 1975 and in 1978 he gave his first concerts of Electronic Music. La Vogue and Magazine Frivole, his first published albums, are said to be Berlin School based, while in the latter ones he developed his own unique style. I know that Blenner is also a poet and sometimes puts his own verses on top of his music - a fact which doesn’t really sound very inspiring for me. Moreover, I have a slight suspicion that most of his music would sound too ‘sweet’ and ‘romantic’ for my ears. Well, we’ll just have to see about that. Blessed Oblivion (USA) Blessed Oblivion (2001) A Mauve Sideshow offshoot with Dusty Lee, Amanda Christina and Dana Devereaux. In the same vein as MS. See also: Mauve Sideshow, Minus Infinity, Mistress of Strands, Steeple of Fyre, Thistle, Angel Provocateur, Torn Curtain, Kangaroo Kourt. Blessum (Netherlands??) Blessum (2018) Minimal, droning ambient compositions. Sometimes vaguely melodic. Blesvik, Runar (Norway) Blend (2018) Sedate (2019) Ambient / neo-classical composer who focuses on both piano / acoustic instruments and electronics. A nice blend (no pun intended). Blezqi Zatsaz (Brazil) The Rise And Fall of Passionate Sanity (1991) The Tide Turns (2000) Blezqi Zatsaz is the project name of Brazilian keyboardist Fabio Ribeiro. His instrumental music (on which he's joined by a few guest musicians) ranges from the more typical symphonic rock to accessible melodic Electronic Music in the style of Jean-Michel Jarre. Blijweert, Elko (Belgium) I Bambino di Basilisco (2017) Realm of Rides & Romance (2020) Aka Elko B. Although known mainly as a jazz guitarist, I Bambino di Basilisco features a unique take on a Cluster / Jean-Jacques Perrey-like electronic musical vision, with cartoonish sounds, cute rhythms and lulling melodies. Nice and singular. Realm of Rides & Romance continues in the same vein. Blind Cave Salamander (Italy / USA) Cabbalism (2012) (with Nurse With Wound) The Svalbard Suite (2019) Cabbalism Vol. III + IV (2020) (with Nurse With Wound) Varied duo of Fabrizio Modonese Palumbo and Paul Beauchamp. The Svalbard Suite is a moody collage of field recordings, synths and processed strings. Blindmachine (Poland) Cosmos In Your Mind (2017) (with Asuntar) Sequential Friends (2018) (with Drom66, JDan Project and others) Planets (2019) (with JDan Project) Music In Space And Time (with JDan Project) Electronic musician from Poland. Blink Twice (USA) Crowned For Sound (1992) Clouded (1993) Source (1994) Subsistence (1995) Torn Soul And Other Locations (1995) Other Locations (1996) Slow Escape From Sorrow (1996) The Brighter the Moon, the Darker the Shadows (1996) Newer Unknown Breeds (1998) The Demon Haunted World (1999) The Holistic Approach (2000) Metronome Sense (??) Dark Ambient from Robert Salchak. Blinkar från Norr (Italy) Metaphors For Things (2020) Atmospheric project of Sardinian composer Andrea Garau. Ambient, mysterious sound. Bliscappen Van Maria (France / Italy) Pyha Hela Esten (2011) Bliscepen (2012) Started basically as a duo of Gianluca Ruggeri and Sébastien Favez, Bliscappen Van Maria has grown into a large ensemble that includes electronics, guitars and drums (there are two drummers). This expanded lineup recorded Bliscepen. The music on that release is krautrockish and avant-garde, ranging from abstract to motorik driven. Quite interesting stuff, actually. BLNDR (France) L'Observatoire (2018) Les Fantômes De La Côte (2018) (EP) Ambient synth compositions. Melodic, repetitive, sometimes with multiple arpeggios / sequences. A project of Tom Huthwohl. Bloch, Thomas (France) Ondes Martenot (2004) Thomas Bloch is a specialist and enthusiast of rare and unusual instruments such as the glass harmonica and the Ondes Martenot. The later, in particular, has been the object of Thomas' passion since 1985, when he had this instrument made especially for him - a replica of the last classic concert model of the Ondes. His output as a musician has been mostly that of a classical dude. The above album, however, showcases Ondes Martenot in different settings, from versions of pieces composed by people like Messiaen and Bernard Wisson to interesting original material by Bloch and the fantastic ambient piece "Mare Teno", composed by Michel Redolfi. Block, Jonathan (USA) Walking Between Raindrops (1985) Beneath A Hidden Sky (1986) Farther Than Tomorrow (1988) IV (1990) K (1993) Organizing the Struggle (1994) Either (1996) A Science of Forget (1996) The Anatomy of Waves (2008) Solo Electronic Music by a synthesist who would later become known as Synthetic Block. Sequential, cosmic, Berlin School-like. See also: Synthetic Block Blod (Sweden) Livets Ord (2018) Tusen Bitar (2020) Ambient synth music from prolific and diverse musician Gustaf Dicksson. Blokzijl, Gert (Netherlands) From Marum To Clackmas (2008) The Wine Forest Sequences (2019) The Impact of the Mind (2020) Hope (2020) Attic Sessions (2020) Monopology (2020) Oldambt (2020) Toegang (2020) Syntithenay (2020) Wide Fields (2020) Sound Image (2020) Boreas Vol. 1 (2020) Hypnosphere (2020) Seedyk Tour (2020) Aquasculpture (2020) Orion Granite (2020) Zodiacal Light (2020) Interaction (2020) But You Are Still There (2020) But You Are Still There Vol. 2 (2020) Secondoct 2010 (2020) Clavem (2020) Dutch synthesist with a rhythmic, vibrant style. Gert first appeared on the scene with a track on Groove's "Analogy Vol. 3" sampler (reviewed here). Blomeier, Stefan (USA??) Popular Electronics / Radio Astronomy (2011) (S) The Danish Straits (2011) (S) Unexpected Journey (2013) (S) This artist likes to weave complex sequencer patterns using classic analog sounds. This approach is evident on The Danish Straits. On Unexpected Journey, though, he uses a more techno-oriented approach. His name sounds rather German or maybe Danish to me, so I am not sure about his country of origin. Blomquist, Daniel (USA) Measureless Oceans of Space (2014) Wandering Eye (2016) (with Aria Rostami) Signal Artifact (2016) (with Aria Rostami) Distant Companion (2018) (with Aria Rostami) San Francisco-based ambient artist. Blonski, David (USA) Shoreline (1986) (with Synchestra) Saturn Rising (1992) (with Jon Allasia) New age flutist and composer. On Saturn Rising you will find richly textured Space Music with a symphonic touch and a very 'Vangelis' feel. Blood Box (USA) Victim Selection (1994) A World of Hurt (1997) Sunday Sacrifice (2003) (S) The Iron Dream (2004) Funeral In An Empty Room (2011) Dark Ambient from Michael J. V. Hensley. See also: Yen Pox, Hollow Earth. Bloom, Daniel (Poland) Coitus Interruptus (2000) Completly (2001) (EP) Krawedz Swiatow (2001) Horyzont Zdarzen (2003) Tulipany (2005) (soundtrack) Schody do Nieba (2008) (with Josef Skrzek, Paul Lawler, Michael Ogorodov and Steve Schroyder) S.O.S. Kosmos (2010) Polish synthesist with a fairly traditional, Berlin-based style, spiced up by new elements. See also: Paralogic, Krawedz Swiatow. Blöser, Stefan (Germany) German synthesist who I believe doesn't have any official solo releases as of 2019, but he did have a nice rhythmic (a bit disco-like) and spacey electronic track "Voyager One" on the sampler Viele Grüße Aus Dem Underground from 1981. Bloss, Rainer (Germany) Als Traum-Töters Knecht (1982) Djenkuje Poland (1983) (with Klaus Schulze) Drive Inn (1984) (with Klaus Schulze) Drive Inn Vol.2 (1984) Ampsy (1984) Aphrica (1984) (with Klaus Schulze and Ernst Fuchs) German electronic musician (1946 - 2015) who worked with Klaus Schulze on some albums during the Eighties and also toured with him from time to time. He is very skilled at piano playing and therefore his music with Schulze is a mixture of Klaus’ melodic side and a good dose of electronic piano thrown in. Drive Inn Vol.2 is done without Schulze and seems to be more melodic. Not as convincing as the first ‘Drive Inn’ but still pleasant enough to listen to. Recommended for those who like melodic Electronic Music without too much ‘depth’ and ‘philosophizing’ and for those who like a bit of ‘easy-listening’ in their EM. Blot Heathen (Italy) Awakening Gods (2019) Tribal / Ritual Ambient with lots of voices and percussion. Blouseusa (USA) Tammy's Beans (2012) (S) Varied synth / guitar duo from Seattle. Blüchel, Harald (Germany) Die Toteninsel (2006) (recorded in 1999 - 2001) Caged (2007) (recorded in 2001 - 2002) Electric Chamber Music (2008) (recorded in 1999 - 2004) German techno / trance producer best known for his music released under the Cosmic Baby moniker. The above is a CD trilogy ("Zauberberg-Trilogie"), which showcases the more experimental (musique concrete, Ambient, classical) side of his work. See also: Cosmic Baby Blue Chip Orchestra (Austria) Blue Chip Orchestra (1988) Blue Danube (1991) White River Red Spirit (1997) Red Sky Beat (1998) Bognermayr & Zuschrader’s musical project where they delve deeper into the ‘orchestral’ electronic sound realms. While it may be interesting from the technical point of view, musically it is not necessarily so. The latest works deal with native American culture and represent a fusion of electronic instruments and Indian musical traditions. See also: Bognermayr & Zuschrader, Eela Craig. Blue Communion: ISAM (USA) Intercoastal Space (2015) Cloud Forest (2015) Aka Bill Doob. Same style. See also: Doob, Bill Blue Condition (USA) Beyond the Sun (1976) Scarce progrock private press from the Midwest, with one supposedly electronic track called "Synthesizer Prelude - Beyond the Sun". Blue Crystal Star (USA) Heart of the Muse (2019) A Dream Ends (2019) Sort of dungeon synth-like electronics but with an extra cosmic edge. A project based in San Francisco. Blue Lily Commission (UK) Wine Songs (2000) In the Heart of the Old City (2000) Seshen And the White Jasmine Comission (2003) Eastern Evening (2005) Eve Songs (2008) Undrugged (2015) Four Journeys (2016) Altaidubs (2017) World Music project of Stephen Palmer that emphasizes the ethnic side of his oeuvre. Synths, combined with guitars ala Ash Ra Tempel, flutes, tablas, percussion and more. Sometimes a techno influence shows up but is not upfront. See also: Palmer, Stephen, Mooch. Blue, Lindsay (Australia) Love All Life (1975) German-born keyboardist named Lindsay Bourke released this album of psychedelic and religious electronics / voice / percussion / nature sounds. Blue Nude (USA) Blue Nude (2018) (S) Tranquil electronics inspired by Japanese ambient releases of the 1980's. Blue Sausage Infant (USA) Sound For Dreams (1990) Captain Smooth Wants You (1991) Luna (1991) Flight of the Solstice Queens (2010) Trance Warfare (2011) (recorded in 1986 - 1989) Negative Space (2011) Manitou (2012) A Cooling-Board Bacchanal (2014) Scalpels For the Animal God (2016) I Mode (??) Experimental formation by Washington, D.C. based Chester Hawkins, who's been around since 1986. Combines elements of noise, krautrock, EM and space rock. See also: Hawkins, Chester Blue Sky Machine (Finland) Blue Sky Machine (1985) Pre-Nemesis Electronic Music from Ami Hassinen. See also: Nemesis, Ashen Simian, Moonwagon. Blue Star (USA) Blue Star (1982) Space Music for guitar and synthesizer by Ed Van Fleet & friends. See also: Van Fleet, Ed, Synchestra. Blue Universe (Argentina) Entre El Sueño y La Vigila (2003) Blue Universe is a pseudonym of Argentinean musician and chapman stick player Sebastian Woscoboinik. This album represents a mixture of direct melodic progrock songs (with lyrics) and some atmospheric / melodic Electronic Music. One track is a dubious rendition of a Beatles song. Blues Control (USA) Local Flavor (2009) FRKWYS Vol. 8 (2011) (with Laraaji) Valley Tangents (2012) This duo of Lea Cho and Russ Waterhouse once opened for Cluster and the German duo's sound pretty much defines what we have on display here. Local Flavor features motorik rhythms and organ / synth-based melodies in Dusseldorf School (sort of Cluster / Neu! hybrid) vein. They have other albums but they may be more rock-oriented. Further investigation is needed. Bluetech (USA) Dreaming Into Being (2013) Behind the Sky (2018) (with In the Branches) Liquid Geometries (2018) Sci-Fi Lullabies (2019) Underwater Cities (2020) A project of Evan Bartholomew. As Bluetech, he makes Psybient music. However, on Liquid Geometry, released on Ian Boddy's DiN label, he focuses on rich, multi-layered sequencer patterns. I will try his EM, EM-sounding and EM-related releases here. See also: Bartholomew, Evan Bluetung (Australia) Laraproxy (2019) (S) The Reserve (2019) Melodic EM with sequences, pads, etc. Bluewater School (UK) Physics (1995) A duo of David Salvi and Martin Lee-Stephenson. Mystic Ambient, looped textures. See also: Vulse, Sundew. Bluhn, Daniel (Spain) Punto de partida hacia el infinito (2018) Analog synth compositions, mostly of ambient nature. Blume, Ulrich (Germany) Brain-Percussion (1984) Ground Your Ears! Vol. 5 (1984) Ground Your Ears! (1985) Alien Calling (1986) Collage Abstracte (1988) Little known synthesist from Bremen, Germany. The music is a bit on the experimental side and might appeal to fans of Conrad Schnitzler. Blumenthal, Bob (???) Fear And Rebirth (??) Human Liberation (??) Snow Falling Through Open (??) Star Forest (??) Blush Response (USA) Rebirthed In the Sprawl (2016) Blush Response is Joey Blush from New York City, currently residing in Berlin. He is known for his EBM / industrial style. With Rebirthed In the Sprawl he explores darker realms, such as ambient soundscapes and even slight Berlin School influences (sequences!). Blutiger Fluss (USA) Dawn of Mars (2008) Rings of Saturn (2011) This Iowa-based electronic duo was formed in 2008 by two guys Jeff Hutchison and Jim Duede. The music is quite flowing and atmospheric, recalling early 1970's works by Tangerine Dream and Klaus Schulze. BMK (Hungary) Die Mensch Meier (2020) Experimental Electronic Music recorded in the duo format by Bálint Bolcsó and Oliver Mayne with video projections by Gábor Kitzinger. All track titles mimick Kraftwerk's titles. Bnjmn (UK) Pyrrhic (2019) This album represents the ambient side of this diverse musician (Ben Thomas). Boastein (Norway) Urgata Hurgata (1980) Progressive rock band formed in 1970 by Are Storstein (died in Thailand during 2004 tsunami events) and Østein Boassen. The combination of their last names gave name to the band. Musically they are all over the place, with complex arrangements, rock songs and, yes, a couple of tracks that will certainly interest fans of EM - "Stepping Ødis", sounding like Ashra in hyperspace and the closer "Seismologisk Kollaps" that is similar to a more electronic Hawkwind, with its combination of spacey synths and some heavy riffing. Lots of tasty synthesizers are used elsewhere throughout this record. There is an earlier album by them, released in 1977, that I know nothing about at the moment. File under EM-related. Bob Brooks Music Co. And Chorus (Canada) To Keep This Land Alive (1976) (soundtrack) Obscure soundtrack for a movie made by and about Canadian trucking company. Various styles, including an electronic track "The Winnipeg Connection". Bober, Alex (Russia) Purity (2018) Invisible Forest (2019) Airy ambience. Bochum Welt (Italy) IDM project of Gianluigi di Costanzo active since the 1990's. On Seafire, there is a strong influence of EM / Ambient. Bock, Wolfgang (Germany) Cycles (1980) Biscaya Sunset (1995) Mettle Water (1997) The first album is a classic sequencer feast. Latter works contain very melodic romantic Electronic Music. Bocksholm (Sweden) Excursions By the Bank of the Black River (2002) The Sound of Black Cloggs (2003) The Haunting Curse of Skogs-Sara (2006) Rinna Leathercluster Liveaction 2008 (2009) Ironic Discomfort And Cheesy Manners (2019) This one is curious. Both men that participate on this album are named Peter Andersson. One is the man behind well-known Dark Ambient project Raison d'Etre and the other leader of Deutsch Nepal. This, and the fact that they both grew up in the same town (Boxholm - hence the name) have led to a collaboration. Mainly Noise Ambient material here. See also: Andersson, Peter, Raison d'Etre, Deutsch Nepal. Bockstandt, Claus (Germany) Voyages (1992) Lumania (1994) Melodic music. Bocquet, Didier (France) Eclipse (1977) Voyage Cerebral (1978) Sequences (1980) Pictures of Life (1982) Initially a drummer, Didier Bocquet released several albums of Electronic Music in Klaus Schulze vein during the 70's and 80's after which time he left music business for good. Bocquet, Roland (France) Paradia (1977) Robot Rose (1982) Robot Bleu (1983) Solo Electronic Music by former leader and keyboard player of French progressive rock group Catharsis. See also: Catharsis Bodaiju (Japan) To Zen Mind (1986) Flowing, ethnic-spiced electronics, a bit new agey. If you like Japanese EM like Kitaro or Fumio Miyashita, this is more or less along those lines. Boddy, Ian (UK) Elements of Chance (1981) Options (1982) Spirits (1984) Jade (1988) Decade (1989) (recorded in 1980 - 1988) Odyssey (1990) The Uncertainty Principle (1993) The Deep (1994) Symbiont (1995) (with Andy Pickford) Continuum (1996) Rare Elements (1997) Phase 3 (1997) (with Ron Boots) Box of Secrets (1999) Distant Rituals (1999) (with Markus Reuter) Caged (2000) (with Chris Carter) Triptych (2001) (with Reuter & Mullaney) Shrouded (2001) Outpost (2002) (with Robert Rich) Aurora (2002) Jodrell Bank Planetarium (2002) (with Markus Reuter) Chiasmata (2004) Pure (2004) (with Markus Reuter) Moir (2005) (with Bernhard Wostheinrich) Lithosphere (2005) (with Robert Rich) Elemental (2006) React (2008) (with Robert Rich) Dervish (2009) (with Markus Reuter) Shifting Sands (2009) (with David Wright) Trinity (2010) (with Klaus Hoffmann-Hoock and David Wright) Exit Strategy (2011) (with Parallel Worlds) Frontiers (2012) (with Erik Wollo) Liverdelphia (2013) Spectroscopic 1979 - 1982 (2013) Colour Division (2013) (with Markus Reuter) Tone Science (2016) As Above So Below (2016) Memento (2017) (with Markus Reuter) Meridian (2018) (with Erik Wøllo) Altair (2019) Altair Redux (2019) (S) Modulations (2020) Library music: Developing Technologies (1997) Space, the Unknown & UFO’s (1998) Waterworlds (2000) Drones (2001) Sci-Tech (2002) Living Planet (2002) The Unexplained (2004) Ambient Atmospheres (2006) Future Tech (2007) The Elements (2008) Dark Drones (2009) Light Drones (2009) Waterscapes (2012) One of the leading British electronic musicians, Ian Boddy appeared on the scene in the late 1970's, experimenting with analogue synthesizers and releasing several cassettes during the 1980 - 1982 period. These went largely unnoticed, but in 1983 Ian performed at the first UK Electronica festival and his performance was met with a lot of enthusiasm. That same year saw the release of Ian's first vinyl album - The Climb. It got positive reviews from specialized press and had considerable success among EM fans. Since then, Ian has released a lot of solo and collaborative works in a variety of styles. He is also the founder of DiN Records - one of the leading British EM labels. Ian's music is hard to pin down, as he's done everything, from Ambient to rhythmic classic EM. Very good and highly recommended. See also: ARC, Dub Atomica. Bodén, Thomas (Sweden) Kundtjänst (2016) Experimental EM vaguely along the lines of solo Moebius. Bodies of Light (UK) Petrichor (2020) Varied ambient compositions, both flowing and experimental. See also: Langley, Nicholas, Mortuus Auris & The Black Hand. Body Awareness (Sweden) Body Awareness (2010) The Awakening (2016) Analog synth project of Andreas Malm. Echoes of 1970's EM and Ambient abound, with solos, warm atmospheres, chirpy vintage drum machines and some processed field recordings. Sometimes with an Adelbert Von Deyen feel even. See also: Frihet, Skeppet. Body Cage (UK) Night's Meddle (2017) (S) Four Obscurities (2018) (S) Ambient compositions with a strong analog element and even some Timewind twitters on the title track. Body Clock (Australia) Body Clock (2019) Moody ambience from Melbourne. Body of Intrigue (Canada??) Decadence (2016) (S) Exploration (2016) (S) Figuration (2018) (S) Live At Send + Receive (2019) Treasures (2019) (S) Ambient with lots of field recordings and sort of a doomy atmosphere. Body Sculptures (Sweden / Denmark) The Base of All Beauty Is the Body (2015) (S) A Body Turns To Eden (2016) A group featuring Erik Enocksson, Frederikke Hoffmeier, Jonas Rönnberg, Loke Rahbek and Vit Fana. Given the background of some of the members, you can expect stark, industrial-tinged stuff and indeed, it's all quite intense, repetitive, at times noisy, but also hymnal, melodic and atmospheric. See also: Enocksson, Erik, Varg. Body Wishes (USA) White Chocolate (2011) One of the projects of synth artist Peter Tran. This one here is more minimal, consisting of repeating organ phrases ala Terry Riley and droning synths in supporting roles. See also: Curved Light, HD Sunrise. Bodyverse (Italy) Whatever You Want On the Dry Way (2017) Apollo (2017) (with Andrea Porcu) Religion Cr70 (2018) I Could Go Lucid (2018) Beyond (2019) De Sidera (2020) Originally from Venice, Bodyverse is a Berlin-based ambient / experimental project of Andy Mintaka (real name - Andrée Burelli). Bodzin, Herbert (Germany) Revival II - The Electronic Tapes 1979 - 1982 (2018) Herbert Bodzin is a jazz musician who has been experimenting with synthesizers and electronics since the early 1970's. Bøe, Nils Olav (Norway) Nils Olav Bøe (1987) Rare album by this Norwegian synthesist with guest performances by Lars Pedersen (organ, synth) and Nils Petter Molvær (trumpet). Boevye Cikady (Russia) Shtrihi Trepeta (2004) Pokamest (2009) Golden Dissaciative Trip (2010) Experimental ambient soundscapes from Evgeny Savenko aka Lunar Abyss. See also: Lunar Abyss Deus Organum Bogazzi / Gasparotti (Italy) Extrema Ratio (2018) Mixture of electronics and guitars in a kraut / giallo setting. Bogdanov, Yuri (Russia) Beregite Khleb (1982) (soundtrack) Vozvraschenie So Zviozd (1982) (soundtrack) Teleglaz (1982) (soundtrack) Unreleased electronic soundtracks for cartoons by member of "Boomerang" group. Bognermayr & Zuschrader (Austria) NP Computer Glocken-Stimmung (1981) Sternenklang (1982) Erdenklang Sinfonie (1982) Bergpredigt (1983) Schuh Bi Du 50 Jahre Eiler (??) (S) Div (??) Former members of Eela Graig, a symphonic rock band. Their music is one of the first examples of digital sampling technology. Therefore, it’s not necessarily interesting from the musical point of view, but technically, this is certainly of some interest. Historical stuff. Sternenklang contains Christmas songs performed on the Fairlight. See also: Blue Chip Orchestra, Eela Craig, Control Company. Bøhren, Geir & Åserud, Bent (Norway) Orions Belte (1985) (soundtrack) Etter Rubicon / Orions Belte (1987) (soundtrack) Is-Slottet (1988) (soundtrack) The Dive (1989) (soundtrack) Both members of proressive rock band Junipher Greene during the 1970's, Geir Bøhren and Bent Åserud have since established themselves as some of the premier soundtrack composers, having scored a lot of feature films, documentaries, TV shorts and more. Sometimes they used a full orchestra for their scores but often resorted to synthesizers. I will try to list their soundtracks here that are supposed to contain some interesting electronic arrangements and will appeal to fans of the more visual / cinematic forms of EM. Bojanek, Grzegorz (Poland) Constraints (2013) Warm Winter Music (2014) Analogue (2014) Stories of An Old Man (2017) Solid (2018) (with Piotr Michalowski) On Tour (2019) Lines (2020) (EP) Warm ambient sounds from this electroacoustic composer born in 1975. See also: Eta Carinae Bojasch, Lutz (Germany) Reflex (1978 - 1982) Orbiter (1984 - 1993) Handmade (1997) Voices (2001) Synthesist, one of Cyborg members. See also: Cyborg Bola del Desierto (Spain) Bola del Desierto (2018) A duo of Susana Hernández (synth) and Darío del Moral (guitar). Spacey, ambient sound. Bolander (USA) Through the Tube (2005) First Things Last (2010) The Lone Drifter (2011) Peter Bolander is an ambient artist whose album Through the Tube was preceded by a couple of download-only releases. Boll, Hans (Germany) Elektronische Klanggemälde (1989) Transparente Träume (1990) Hans Boll received music education in former GDR. He was a member of GDR state broadcasting committee and apparently had a vast collection of synthesizers. Elektronische Klanggemälde LP went pretty unnoticed and contained music composed for planetarium in Bochum. Bolton, Wil (UK) Time Lapse (2010) Quarry Bank (2011) Chimes For A Wall Drawing (2011) Melt (2011) (EP) Angel In the House (2012) (S) (with Tarl Broad-Ashman) Silver (2012) (EP) Under A Name That Hides Her (2012) Amber Studies (2012) Kollane (2012) Whorl (2014) Bokeh (2014) Inscriptions (2015) Green & Gold (2015) Marram (2015) February Dawn (2016) Maemi (2016) (S) Transparencies (2017) (with Ian Hawgood) Night Paths (2017) 안국 (2017) (S) Viridian Loops (2018) April Spiral (2019) Meridian (2019) (with Joseph Auer) Surface Reflections (2019) Kochi (2019) Visions In Static (2020) Cumulus Sketches (2021) Ambient artist who mixes acoustic and electronic sounds. See also: Ashes of Piemonte, Le Moors, Orphic Signals, Anzio Green. Bonanno, Pietro (Italy) Chiaccio (2007) Music For Flying Planes (2008) Ambient soundscape artist from Italy. See also: Abandoned Communities Bonarelli, Claudia (Sweden) Starfield Simulation Series 08 (2002) Ecocide (2017) Actually a pseudonym of one Johan Fotmeijer. Abrasive soundscapes with some techno elements. One of his releases was omitted as it supposedly contains tech house / dub music. Bondarenko, Vadim (Russia) Smoking Music (2008) 8 Atmospheres (2009) (with Faryus) Quiet Songs From Misty Places (2011) (with Faryus) Cloudscapes (2015) (with Yui Onodera) Vadim Bondarenko is a sound artist from Saint-Petersburg. He works in various genres such as Ambient, new age and folk. On Smoking Music he presents his more ambient material that will be enjoyed by fans of Brian Eno and Harold Budd. Bondarev, Nikita (Russia) Siberian Loner (2014) Siberian Ruins (2016) Day of the Year (2017) Postcard Collection (2019) (recorded in 2013 - 2014) Semi-acoustic Ambient with a strong neo-classical flair from this Berdsk-based musician. See also: Speck Bondy, Ben (USA) Sibling (2020) Cilbien Trance (2020) Varied electronic vignettes with not much of a focus. Bone Idol (UK) Bone Idol (2004) The Triumph of Entropy (2006) Upbeat rhythms / sequencers, melodies and mellotron plus some darker atmospheric pieces with spoken word passages. Bone, Richard (USA) Bone (1979) (S) Quiz Party (1980) Life In Video City (1980) Digital Days (1981) (S) The Beat Is Elite (1982) (S) Emerging Melodies (1982) Brave Tales (1983) Joy of Radiation (1983) (S) Alternate Music For the Hindenburg Lounge (1984) Living In Partytown (1984) (S) Exspectacle (1985) Quickwork (1993) X Considers Y (1994) (S) Ambiento (1994) Vox Orbita (1995) The Eternal Now (1996) Metaphysic Mambo (1996) A Survey of Remembered Things (1997) (with John Orsi) Electropica (1998) The Spectral Ships (1998) Coxa (1999) Etherdome (1999) Ascensionism (2000) Disorient (2001) Tales From the Incantina (2001) Alternate Worlds Vol. 1 (2001) Indium (2002) Alternate Realities (2003) Untold Tales (2004) (recorded in 1979 - 1985) The Reality Temples (2004) Saiyuji (2005) Vesperia (2006) Serene Lives of Microbes (2006) Via Poetica (2007) (with Lisa Indish) Songs From the Analog Attic (2007) (recorded in 1992 - 1998) Infinite Plastic Creation (2007) Connection Failed (2008) Short Waves (2008) Sudden Departure (2008) The Ghosts of Hanton Village (2009) Beleaguered Blossoms (2010) (recorded in 1993 - 2009) Mind Environs (2010) (EP) Xessex - The Palindrome Project (2011) Images From A Parallel World (2013) Cranium Fizz (2013) (EP) Vertical Life (2014) Vaulted Visions Filmworks, Synth Pop, Demos 1978-85 (2014) Brave Sketches (2015) Involution Vol. 1 (2015) Aera (2016) Age of Falconry (2017) Empyrean Castles (2019) American musician who was introduced to EM during the 1970's. Some of his early releases contain pretty wild and experimental music, while others venture into weird new wave / synth-pop realms. In the late 1980's Richard disappeared from the scene, only to emerge several years later as an Ambient musician. Richard’s got a fame of the musical chameleon because of so many styles covered in his works. None of his albums is like the other. From classic Ambient in the Eno / Budd vein to weird rhythmic stuff with distorted voices and God knows what else. Recommended for those who are already bored with the ‘ordinary’ EM. The first single contains tracks "Pirate the Islands" and "The Headlines Have It" and is sometimes referred to by its track names. Bonechurch (USA) Blackstatic (2000) Burning, Drifting (2001) Within Empty Spaces (2003) Bonechurch (2004) Ghosts In Silt (2004) The Soul Blight (2004) (EP) World's End (2005) Nebenstation (2007) (EP) Mistworks (2009) Hell's Iron Gate / Echoing Dust (2007) Asphyxia (2016) Hymns For An Ending (2016) (EP) Valleys of Ash (2017) (S) Utterly Apart (2017) (EP) The Brotherhood of Sleep (2017) Skinsplit (2018) (S) A mixture of classic Dark Ambient and Ambient Noise. Bonechurch is Ben Hudgins. Bones of Seabirds (USA) Sink Thy Hands Deep Into Earth (2009) (S) Hidden Places (2009) A project of Ryan McGill, which focuses on the noisier side of his music, often using distorted guitars alongside noisy electronics. Two works stand out, Prog EM-wise, I think. On Sink Thy Hands... there are no guitars and the music is slightly more ambient (still pretty noisy, though). The same style is heard on Hidden Places, with the addition of some guitars, but also with moments of pure Prog EM bliss. See also: Cliffsides Boneschi, Giampiero (Italy) San Remo Festival 1971 (1971) Cybernetic Circus (1972) Synthetics (1972) Moog Mandolins & Moonlight (1973) Sounds Electronic (1973) A New Sensation In Sound: Fantastic, Futuristic Vol. 2 (1973) A New Sensation In Sound: Relaxing Themes Vol. 2 (1974) Instrumental Electronic Mosaic (1974) Electronic Sound (1974) Flute & Electronics (1978) (with Bruno Martinotti) Light Electronic Scene (??) Rare Electronic Music by this pioneering Italian composer. A lot of his stuff was released as part of the CAM library series. Bong Sample (Canada) Midnight Oscillations (2015) Solo music by member of Private Investigators Parker Thierssen. Similar style, but more rudimentary, less poslished (not that Private Investigators music is very polished to begin with) and sounds like sketches of a bigger thing to come. See also: Private Investigators, Kaunsel, Soft Ions. Bongolian, The (UK) Moog Maximus (2016) The Bongolian is a project of Nasser Bouzida in the style of Latin music / Lounge / Funk. On Moog Maximus he lets his love for analog synths shine through. It is still very much an easy-listening album, though, with nothing progressive about it for the most part and sounding a bit like some 1970's "Moog Pop" records or a verson of Latin / funk music with synthesizers. Some of the moments are more interesting than the others and then there's the nice title track composed in a melodic, very French, style (Joel Fajerman, Francis Lai, etc). File under EM-related. Bonifácio (Portugal) Hanami (2020) (EP) Melodic, repetitive, rhythmic EM with drum machine-based motorik from João Bonifácio. Bonin, Didier (France) L'Arbre Verre (1979) L'Air Lumiere (1982) Reflective, pastoral crossover guitar / electronic compositions from this French multi-instrumentalist. Bonini Bulga (Sweden) Sealed (2017) (S) Blood Name (2020) Bleak, minimal drones from Pär Boström. See also: Kammarheit, Altarmang, Cities Last Broadcast, Hymnambulae, Teahouse Radio, Aindulmedir. Bonney, Alex (UK) Below the Blue Whale (2013) (with Fred Thomas) Excavations And Demolitions (2016) No Boundaries (2020) (with Andrew Bain, Peter Evans and John O'Gallagher) Trumpeter and electronic musician born in 1978. His style is influenced by free jazz, improvisation, electro-acoustic music and Ambient / EM. Bonzi, Christian (Italy) Flights (2000) The Space In Your Eyes (2000) Eve Eve Eve (2001) Melodic EM, I think. Boocanan (Canada) Berlin School worship from this vaporwave project. Boodaman (Switzerland) The End of the Beginning (2018) (S) Geneve-based musician. One side of rhythmic, danceable analog music and another side filled with slowly unfurling modular synth sounds and slow arpeggios. Boogaard, J. T. (Netherlands) Place (2021) (with R. M. van der Meulen) Repetitive, ambient, flowing, pastoral synth pieces. Book of Kells (Germany) Depiction of Saturn And Other Planets Floating In Space (2016) Mostly shorter ambient tracks with something of a lo-fi feel. See also: Yabrov, Aaron Book of Shadows (USA) IndigoM (2004) Mantis (2005) ...And Then We All Woke Up (2007) The Cosmic Doctrine (2008) Isadora Shadow (2008) The Morphail Effect (2009) Twelve Degree Chandelier (2010) Prayer Wheel (2010) Festival of Shadows (2011) Cayleper (2011) Cosmos-Mother (2012) The Second Attention (2016) Book of Shadows is the spacier side of Carlton Crutcher, vocalist and keyboard player of Texan space rockers ST 37. The core of the band is him on various keyboards and electronics plus his wife Sharon on "vocals", with other guests providing guitars, bass and more electronics. This is not their full discography as I'm not sure at the moment that all of their releases fit in stylistically; the supposedly more ambient and electronic ones are listed. The list may expand in the future. Book of Wisdom (Germany) Book of Wisdom (1991) Mors Nigra (1992) Catacombs (1993) Jaegers Kreutz (1995) (EP) Mythos und Legende (1995) (S) Ultra (2005) Classic Dark Ambient formation from the 1990's. In 2005 they released a reunion album with more song-oriented material. Booker, Andrew (UK) Ahead (1996) Ends Meeting (2018) (recorded in 2006) (with David Cross) Ahead is a mini-album from this drummer / keyboardist / singer in EM / progrock style. The only instruments used are keys, drums and voice. At times the sound is a bit similar to Patrick O'Hearn. Bookovsky (Poland) Uklad Sloneczny - Naszyjnik Boga (1996) Sen Paranoika (2000) Analogy (2002) Book of Sky (2006) Tangerine Dream style. See also: Geiger Box Bookworms (UK) Mode of Transportation (2015) Appropriation Loops (A Love Story) (2017) Bookworms is Nik Dawson - an "outsider house" deejay and musician. Some of his ambient or experimental explorations (where he uses granular synthesis, among other techniques) might interest fans of the more out-there forms of EM. Mode of Transportation is more or less an ambient release, while Appropriation Loops is full of mutant, repetitive, dense electronics of which the 20-minute title track is especially impressive, sounding like a deranged, noisy and accelerated hybrid of Lard Free circa Spirale Malax, a touch of Pinhas' guitar and a mutated house beat. Very very different but progressive in its approach. Boom Boom Kid & Zurita (Argentina) Dracula en Campana 1972 D.C (2017) Imagined soundtrack made on vintage analog instruments. Boone, Louis (USA) Church of the Insane (1987) Purity of Essence (1987) (with Reginald Taylor) The Key To the Other Half of the Answer (??) Synthesist. Louis Boone joined Doug Walker's Alien Planetscapes in 1982. See also: Land of Guilt & Blarney, The, Alien Planetscapes, RLM. Boone, Tim (USA) Embryonic Dreamstates (1992) Worlds of Another Color Vol. 1 & 2 (1992) Swimming In the Clouds of the Summit (1994) Tim Boone's music seems to evoke images of Klaus Schulze. There are even the sounds of a cello if you know what I mean. Tim Boone appears on one track off Elemental's Thee Divine Imagination and it also says on the back cover that Tim left this world in 1998. See also: Square Wave Booshank (Australia) Fjord Falcon (2017) Techno artist Paul Graham who expresses a strong EM influence on Fjord Falcon, culminating with the hypnotic, a bit new-agey, 14-minute "Meditation In F". Booth & Creek (UK) Lightwaves (2012) Afterimage (2016) Persistence of Vision (2016) (recorded in 2012) Berlin School / Ambient. See also: Modulator ESP, Daniel & Booth. Boothman (Canada) Boothman Cometh (2016) Boothman vs. Time (2018) A bit grating and noisy, but rather minimal electronics. Boots, Ron (Netherlands) Linear Waves (1987) Dream Weaver (1987) New Dream (1987) Wind In the Trees (1988) Moments (1988) Bookworks (1989) Hydrythmix (1989) (with Bas Broekhuis) Offshore Islands (1990) (with John Kerr) Ghost of A Mist (1991) Different Stories And Twisted Tales (1993) By Popular Demand (1993) (with friends) Detachment of Worldly Affairs (1994) Backgrounds (1994) Too Many Secrets (1994) Cutting Branches (1995) Schloss Burg (1995) (with Demo Art) Screaming Whispers (1996) Of Desolate Places & Urban Jungles (1997) Phase 3 (1997) (with Boddy & van der Heijden) Tainted Bare Skin (1998) BAH! Live In Sweden (1998) (with Aerts & van der Heijden) E-Live 98 (1998) (with Aerts & van der Heijden) Joie de Vivre (1999) (with friends) Close, But Not Touching (2000) The 80’s Box (2000) Livelines (2002) (with Aerts & van der Heijden) Liquid Structures In Solid Form (2002) Across the Silver River (2003) (with Rudy Adrian) Area Movement (2003) Fanta Magic 2005 (2005) Acoustic Shadows (2005) See Beyond Times And Look Beyond Words (2008) Mea Culpa (2008) Beyond the Boundaries of Twilight (2009) Boundary Tales (2009) Derby! (2009) (with Frank Dorittke and Harold van der Heijden) Refuge en Verre (2010) (with Synth.nl) La Caida de Hormigon (2011) Ante Oculos (2011) From the Forgotten Rooms of A Lonely House (2011) Signs In the Sand (2012) Awakening At Booth's Palace (2014) (with friends) Standing In the Rain (2015) Juxtaposition (2015) (with John Kerr) Juxtaposition the Bochum Bonus (2015) (with John Kerr) Juxtaposition Live Highlights (2016) (with John Kerr) Seven Days (2017) (with Stephan Whitlan) Aachener-Jam-Session-Night (2017) (with Robert Schroeder and others) An Evening With Friends (2017) (with friends) Substitutes (2018) (with Stephan Whitlan) Once the Dust Settles (2018) Three Day Week (2019) (with Stephan Whitlan) Borkshavn (2020) (with Synth.nl) When It Gets Dark (2021) Dutch synthesist. Originator of the so called ‘Eindhoven School of Electronic Music’. A very talented musician who creates melodic dynamic music in the best traditions of the masters of the genre. He has also composed some Ambient works like, for instance, Of Desolate Places... released on Amplexus label. Boots himself is the man behind famous Groove Unlimited label that has released a lot of quality Electronic Music during the last several years. So, the music. It’s full of sequences and brilliant synth solos, that’s exactly what you would normally call ‘Electronic Music’ or ‘Synthesizer Music’. Some people may find it a bit too sweet for their tastes, but I don’t think that anyone with a taste for synthetic music should miss this artist. Even I cannot resist such music and I’m far from being a man who likes easy melodic EM. You should definitely check him out. Liquid Structures has many nods to classic era Schulze. By the way, Ron Boots along with Steve Roach, Vidna Obmana and Pete Namlook is a musician who probably has more collaborations with other synthesists than any other. See also: MorPheusz, Derelict Thoughts. Bop Singlayer (Italy) Self-Portrait (2015) Under this pseudonym hides one Luca Affatato from Italy. He seems to be a techno / IDM producer. However, on this album, a strong prog EM influence is heard, especially on sequencer-based tracks. Borange (Australia) Bornite Nights (2019) Strictly experimental electronics from Perth-based Grant Warner, like a crazy version of Cluster mixed with Asmus Tietchens. Borden, Barbara (USA) Lady of the Serpent Skirt (1990) (with Sheilah Glover) Barbara Borden is a percussionist and drummer. The above album is sort of a spacious, melodic, a bit new-agey electronic work with lots of drums / percussion and a World Music flair. The track "Moon Jelly" is pretty nice and unique stuff. Borden, David (USA) Music For Amplified Keyboard Instruments (1981) Anatidae (1983) Migration (1988) The Continuing Story of Counterpoint 9-12 (1988) The Continuing Story of Counterpoint 5-8 (1990) The Continuing Story of Counterpoint 1-4 (1990) (recorded in 1987 - 1990) Double Portrait / In Double Edge (1992) (recorded in 1987 - ??) Cayuga Night Music (1993) Places, Times & People (1994) Night And Day (??) Perilous Night Companion (2000) (with John Cage) FRKWYS 7 (2011) (with James Ferraro, Sam Godin, Laurel Halo and Daniel Lopatin) David Borden is an American musician and synthesist with strong minimalist influences. He’s the man behind Mother Mallard’s Portable Masterpiece Co. See also: Mother Mallard’s Portable Masterpiece Co. Border One (Belgium) Le Feu / Le Sacrifice (2017) Stark electronic soundscapes with sparse rhythms. Bordt, Michael (USA) Boreal Taiga (USA) Boreal Taiga (2001) Qoldai'yek (2005) Polar Night (2008) In Sentrum (2009) Isopectic Isotac (2010) Podkamennaya Tunguska (2010) Northern Shamans (2010) Arctic Remixes (2011) Arctic Remixes 2 (2011) Yg: drasil (2012) at gutú (2013) Return To the North (2015) Polar Reflections (2016) (recorded in 2011 - 2016) Arctic ambience project, initially with some downtempo influences, later becoming more purely Ambient. Borg, Annemarie (France) In Nomine Cetus (2014) In Nomine Tellus (2018) French-born ambient artist currently residing in London. Droning, classically-inspired, with some vocalizations. Borga, Ascanio (Italy) Inner Geometry (2001) Liquid Symmetries (2002) Bad Ground (2006) Peripheral Vision (2007) Xenomorphic (2008) Raw Science (2016) Diverse Ambient / electronics from this Italian composer. The 2007 album Peripheral Vision was created with nothing but electric guitar and processing. The first track, titled "Emergence" follows the classic Ambient formula, with long, drawn-out tones and cloudy masses of guitar drones. This is minimal and soothing music, somewhat hypnotic and very relaxing. There's nothing dark or neurotic about it; it's just pure sonic balm. "Floating Sequence" continues in similar fashion. In fact, you'd have a hard time trying to separate the two by just listening to one-minute excerpts of both. The chill continues until the next track titled "Cloudlike" takes things to darker realms, while retaining the general feel of the previous compositions. The sound has more richness to it and the tones of Ascanio's guitar are much more diverse. There's also a metallic element to the textures that was largely absent on "Emergence" and "Floating Sequence". "Everything Inside" continues where previous track left off, adding a heavier bass element to the proceedings. The sound is still extremely monolithiс and yet somehow liquid and constantly moving. "Discovery" is more icy, hypnotic and out-there. The track corresponds to its title in that it's much more active than the rest of the material and there's something of a nature-inspired atmosphere to it. Yet, instead of marine discoveries and tropical islands, one gets the impression of snowy, wind-swept landscapes, icebergs and vast glaciers. "Forgotten Medicine", however, is more meditative and emotionally neutral. It is basically pure guitar-based drone with a bit of a mystic aura about it. "The Big Sleep" is introduced with a few mysterious bass notes. This three-note motif is then repeated throughout this track, complimented by a few droning textures. The last several minutes introduce new sounds and the mood lightens up a bit. This music is cyclical, minimal and hypnotic. I think Peripheral Vision is an album for those who like their ambient music on the stark, minimal side. These long drones and ice-cold minimal atmospheres would serve well as a soundtrack to some mystery / exploration movie. Otherwise, they are well suited for active and passive listening alike. Borgan (Norway) Asterion (2019) Varied soundscapes from Oslo. Quite intense sound. Borghi, Matt (USA) For Running Time (2000) Huronic Minor (2000) December Impressions (2001) Intercepted Transmissions (2001) (with Cyber Zen Sound Engine) Red Ambience / Kensington Hall (2002) Moving Through (2002) (with Brannan Lane and Jason Sloan) Elegy For Time (2002) Ashes (2003) Meditation Cycles Vol. 1 (2003) Guilford (2004) (with Jason Sloan) Undercurrents (2005) (with Aidan Baker) The Phantom Light (2005) Johnson McCready's Morning Breaks In And Settles (2006) (S) Kensington Hill / Fallen (2006) Olagra (2006) What the Night Leaves Behind (2007) (with Ben Fleury-Steiner) Convocation (??) (with Michael Teager) Shades of Bending Light (2014) (with Michael Teager) Matt Borghi is an interesting character from East Lansing, Michigan, USA, who creates mostly droning Ambient using guitar, synthesizers and processed samples. A lot of his music was inspired by Michigan landscapes and the surroundings of the Great Lakes. Some of his works have a slight psych folk influence. Sometimes his music is very minimal but always with either dark or reflective / melancholic undertones. Boris Divider (Spain) The Source (2012) Aeon (2013) (S) Surface (2013) (S) Parallel EP (2014) (EP) Deflector \| Atractor (2014) Visiones Sequenciales (2016) Optx (2018) Generative Operations 2 (2020) (EP) Spanish electro producer Boris Saez aka Boris Divider decided to deviate from his usual electro style for this Aeon, instead opting for a pure 1970's Electronic Music sound (mostly Berlin School), clearly showing his influences. Sequencers galore! Surface continues in the same direction and Parallel EP also includes a classic, sequencer EM track called "Tangential". In fact, the EM tendencies in this musician's started to show themselves already on The Source from 2012, with the opening title track being a purely sequencer-based melodic and dramatic EM track, "Survivor Sector" and "Escape From District 7" being in similar style. There are also nice EM touches throughout the rest of the album. Overall it can be described as a mixture of electro, synthwave and progressive EM. Deflector \| Atractor is a cold, Kraftwerk-like electro pastische updated for the glitch generation. Ditto for Optx. Borkiet, Eckhard (Germany) The Final Sign (1992) On the Fields of Nowhere (1994) Polaris (1996) Conjurer (1997) Nuclear (1998) Project Journey (1999) Beyond Dreams And Reality (2000) Resurrected (2000) Fear 2001 (2001) Snowblind (2001) Endless (2002) Leaving Earth (2003) Transformed (2007) Synthesist. He makes melodic and rhythmic (often cosmic) Electronic Music since 1988. Eckhard has a warm, rich sound thanks to the use of analogue synthesizers. Borngräber & Strüver (Germany) Transcontinental (2005) In G (2010) Con-Struct (2011) (with Conrad Schnitzler) Urlaub (2011) Experimental electronic duo. Mostly hypnotic and rhythmic. Bornstein, Alexander (USA) Schematic (2017) Cinematic music from this Los Angeles-based composer. Sometimes with a Blade Runner feel, soometimes leaning towards synthwave or 1980's Tangerine Dream soundtracks. Boron (USA) Mirages (2017) (with Argon) Varied project of experimental musician Dan Nelson from Portland, Oregon. He has a certain affinity towards modular analog synths, but his output has been pretty diverse, ranging from completely abstract and noisy electronics to electro-acoustics and so on. On the above album a certain Prog EM infuence is felt. Borreani, Gaston (France) Reve Abyssal (1979) These are electronic library albums. Borusiade (Romania) A Body (2018) Diverse electronic artist (real name - Miruna Boruzescu), whose music ranges from vocal stuff to hardcore experimental techno or industrial. Her album A Body opens with pulsing EM goodness titled "Cluster" and then proceeds through styles mentioned above. There may be some other EM tracks out there, so further exploration is needed. Bosco, Marco (Brazil) Metalmadeira (1983) Fragmentos da Casa (1986) Percussionist who combines Brazilian multi-percussion rhythms and folk styles with ambient and electronic sounds. Absolutely unique artist, although in a way it can be compared to Egberto Gismonti's electronic phase. Botanica (USA) Garden of Earthly Delights (1989) Strange Attractor (1992) Space Music by a group formed by Sanford Ponder. See also: Ponder, Sanford Bottles, The (USA) Phantom Cargo (1997) Shorter tracks of Ambient influenced by classic works of Eno and Daniel Lanois. Some bagpipes bring in an ethnic / medieval flair. Boucle Infinie (France) 直線移動 (2017) Mixture of guitar riffs, driving drums and melodic synthesizers. Good if you like stuff like Harald Nies, Maxxess, Picture Palace Music and F. D. Project. A project of Rémi Gallego. Nice stuff. Bouda, Alojz (Slovakia) Synthesizer Sound (1980) Slovak keyboard player who released at least two LP's: Organ Fascination in 1976 and this monstrosity in 1980. It's basically a bunch of nasty pop tracks played on synthesizers but one of them stands out. It's called "Random" and it's the real deal. In the credits it is stated that on this track he just let his synthesizer play "by itself" and the results are quite nice. There's something genuinely Kraftwerkian about it, with a steady mechanical beat supporting sparkling clusters of synth arpeggios and wiggles. A pity it's too short, though. Boulé, Christian (France) Photo Musik (1978) Non Fiction (1979) Christian Boulé played guitar with Clearlight, Gong and Lard Free. His music is guitar-fronted space rock / synthesizer music. It offers a lot for an EM fan. Christian Boulé left this world in 2002. Boundy, Justin (Australia) Emospheres (1995) Melodic, Jarre-like electronics with a few dance influences from this Queensland-based artist and studio engineer. Bouquet, Jean-Pierre (France) Classical & Modern Musical Worlds (??) Electronic library music. Bourdin, Lucette (France) Soaring Above the Thunder (2005) Oceanic Space (2006) Raven's Dream (2006) The Mystery of the Midnight Sun (2006) Rising Fog (2007) Stories From the City (2007) Seeking Ganesha (2008) Ancient Memories (2008) Tiemeless Shore (2008) Drums And Repercussions (2009) Drum-Atic Atmospheres (2009) Under Currents (2009) A Thousand Voices (2010) Nordic Waves Volume 1: Winter (2011) Nordic Waves Volume 2: Spring (2011) Nordic Waves Volume 3: Summer (2011) Nordic Waves Volume 4: Autumn (2011) A View From Afar (2012) Breath of Grace (2012) Lucette Bourdin was a French female painter and Ambient musician who lived and worked in the USA. Sadly, she died on February, 17, 2011. Bourne, Matthew (UK) Radioland: Radio-Activity Revisited (2015) (with Franck Vigroux) Moogmemory (2016) Moogmemory is a minimal analog synth exploration from this jazz pianist. Released on LP that comes with a CD containing additional tracks. As is clear from the title, the music was done on a Memorymoog synthesizer. Bourrelier, Pascal (France) Histoire d'une Vie / 111 Mega Hertz (??) (S) Boutenko, Stephan (USA) Breathing Room EP (2016) Electronic artist from Oregon with an ambient style and subtle sequencing on the first track. Boutrup, Lars (Denmark) Lars Boutrup's Music For Keyboards (2005) The Symphonic Dream (2011) Small As A Ball (2015) Keyboard player from Denmark who mixes instrumental symphonic rock in the style of keyboard greats with some EM influences. Boutz, Georges (USA) Amber 7 (1983) Silver Eagle (1984) Melodic Electronic Music influenced by Jarre and other pioneers. Bouvetøya (Ireland) Subtractivate (2013) Interstellarphonic (2014) Timeslip (2015) Blue Planet Talisman (2016) Super High Frequency (2016) Machines For Collective Living (2017) Moonquake (2018) Geometrium (2019) The Fiction Makers (2020) Curiously named after a remote Norwegian island in Southern Atlantic, Bouvetøya is a studio-based EM project from Ireland. Bowden, William (Australia) The Dream of the Currawong (1994) Australian sound engineer and composer who worked with Kylie Minogue and The Living End, among others. This album is a relaxing affair, between Ambient and new age, with electric violin on some tracks. Bowen, Eugene (USA) Bourgeois Magnetic (1981) (S) Eugene Bowen is a California-based singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. This small 45-rpm record was released in 1981 on Harold Budd's short-lived Cantil record label and is a forgotten gem of early Ambient and post-punk / art pop minimalism. It features vocal songs and instrumental tracks. Harold Budd plays processed piano and synthesizers on it. The record was re-released on CD in 2007 by Amorfon records of Japan. Bowers, Graham (UK) Of Mary's Blood (1995) Transgression (1997) Eternal Ghosts (1998) Pilgrim (1999) Rupture (2011) (with Nurse With Wound) Parade (2013) (with Nurse With Wound) Diploid (2013) (S) (with Nurse With Wound) Excitotoxicity (2014) (with Nurse With Wound) Mutation... The Lunatics Are Running the Asylum (2015) (with Nurse With Wound) Cinematic Dark Ambient from this musician, painter and sculptor. Bowie, David (UK) Low (1977) For Low, David Bowie (1947 - 2016) teamed up with Brian Eno and, as a result, this album is split in two parts where the first one features experimental / cold electropop / rock songs with sparse vocals, while the second one is filled with Eno-like ambient EM. Same goes for Heroes although there's not as much instrumental stuff as on its predecessor. Bowles, Meg (USA) Solstice Dreams (1993) Inner Space (1993) Blue Cosmos (1996) Night Sun Journey (1996) Places Where Rivers Meet (1997) From the Dark Earth (1999) A Quiet Light (2011) The Shimmering Land (2013) Evensong - Canticles For the Earth (2018) Space Music. Jonn Serrie would be the closest comparison. Bowman, Cooper (Australia) Arid Fault (2017) (S) Varied electronic musician, releasing stuff under various guises and as part of several groups. I don't know how much of his output will be EM-friendly but Arid Fault features waves of analog synths and melodies. See also: Troth Bownik, Adam (Poland) Niebieskie Przesrzenia (1997) Sekwesencja (1997) Olympus Mons (1997) Across the Continents (1998) The Presence (1999) Sonabilis (1999) Angels of the Seas (2000) Dive Into Subconscious (2000) Eter (2000) Epicentre (2000) Time Replicated (2001) Artificial Life (2001) Basis (2001) Trajektoria X (2001) Apogeum (2001) Perigeum (2001) Vega (2002) Phoebe (2002) Silentium Universi (2002) Hydrosfera (2002) The Storm Is Here (2002) Zlote Dzieci (2002) Magma (2002) Zmysly (2002) S Andromedae (2002) Antares (2002) ... a chmury pod nami (2003) Smak Sztuki (2003) Hyperion (2003) Psalmy (2003) Marzenia Twe (2003) Rozowa Magia (2003) Equilibrium (2003) Ekliptyka (2003) As the Moon Shines (2003) Code of Life (2003) Apokalipsa (2004) Dimensional Scales (2004) Vocalia (2004) I Awoke In A Dream (2005) Mars Global Inspiration (2006) A New Life (2006) Contemplation (2006) Glassicism (2007) Supernova (2007) Olcztyn - Elblag 2008 (2008) (with Andrzej Mierzynski and Piotr Krupski) Metanoia (2008) ...And Life Goes On (2008) De Revolutionibus (2015) (S) Adam Cetramen Bownik (sometimes referred to as simply "Certamen") is a Polish synthesist with a lot of albums to his credit. His music can be described as traditional electronics while some works are more in the mould of Ambient (Silentium Universi, Smak Sztuki). He also has a few works in the techno / trance vein, not included in the above discography. I have Zlote Dzieci which consists of three long classic Berlin School opuses. For the most part you won't find any surprises here, just all classic elements nicely put together. The exception is the second track, slow and atmospheric (for the most part). For fans of classic Schulze, Tangerine Dream, and especially Patrick Kosmos, this is a must! Boycalledcrow (UK) Hyperlight (2018) Emerald (2019) Mystic Scally (2020) Chillwave / post-internet / sequencer & MIDI electronics from Carl M Knott. There is a slight Prog EM flair on his album Emerald. Boysen, Ben Lukas (Germany) Mirage (2020) Nice mixture of analog electronics and classical instrumentation from this IDM artist. Very progressive. I wonder if he has other albums that could qualify for inclusion. Further investigation is needed. See also: Hecq Boysen, Per (Sweden) Civitas Urbanus (2007) Sub City 2064 (2010) (with Erdem Helvacioğlu) Per Boysen is experimental electronic artist who is very much into wind instruments. Apart from staples like soprano sax and flute, he uses EWI (electronic wind instrument), electric guitar and processing. His style is quite unique and very diverse, mixing reflective / atmospheric numbers with more frenetic ones and a strong electro-acoustic influence. bphax (USA) Stranger Things Volume Three (2017) Imaginary synth soundtrack from this Iowa-based project. BPMoore (UK) Komorebi (2020) Ben Moore is an ambient-oriented artist from London. Strong neo-classical influence, relaxed rhythms, nice melodies... He states to be influenced by The Cure, The Prodigy, Lau and Talk Talk. BpOlar (Belgium) The White Heads (2007) Pheromones (2009) Ambient soundscapes from Antwerp, Belgium. Bracale, Ron (USA) Shamanic Extra-Terestrial Initiation (2009) Electronic album from this flute player. Bracchi, Giancarlo (USA) Silicone Immortality (2010) Analog sound sculptor and experimental musician from NY. This is a cassette release. Brachial Palsy (Germany) Control And Paralysis (2006) The Central Point of the Nine Planets (2009) I must admit I was a bit hesitant about including this project in EEM, as some tracks off Control And Paralysis are basically rhythmic experimental industrial based on loops. However, other tracks are pure Ambient, not very dark really, and remind me on Dwight Ashley's solo stuff. Brachial Palsy is a project of John Birch and rose out of the ashes of his previous group LA Comunidad that played rhythmic electro. Braciszewski, Maciej (Poland) A.D. 966 (2008) A.D. 1000 (2011) Beatyficare (2011) Deep Blue (2013) Brada (Slovakia) Neila (2017) Noisy and disturbing ambience from this duo. Bradacs, Serge (Switzerland) Space Time (2010) Oscillateur (2012) Synth artist from Switzerland with a classic, analogue sound. Bradley, Mark (USA) Shimmer (2008) Wrecked (2008) (S) Drifting (2008) A Forever Heaven (2009) (S) All of My Ghosts (2009) Eternal (2009) Absolution (2009) Dream State (2009) Smoke And Mirrors (2009) (S) Bible Black (2009) Luminous (2009) (S) For the Monks (2009) (S) The Gloaming (2010) (S) Trembling Branches (2010) Exile (2010) Mark Bradley / Wereju (2010) (with Wereju) Absolute Infinite (2010) (with Jacob Price) Beyond Smoke And Mirrors (2010) When Art Imitates Life (2010) Memnto Mori (2010) (S) Godspeed (2010) Sanctity (2010) His Masters Voice (2010) Cathedral Sound Ritual (2011) The Future Has Passed (2011) (S) Deliver Me (2011) Blind Faith (2011) (S) Sustain / Release (2011) Temple Music (2011) Spectral Electricity (2011) Mystic (2011) (S) Offerings (2012) Radiant (2012) A Collection - The First And the Last Five Years (2013) A History of Silence (2016) The Gospel of Fear-Lift Up Thine Eyes (2017) (S) Extremely prolific electronic artist who does ambient drone, rhythmic, noisy, experimental and many more styles of music, sometimes within a single album. Bradley, Paul (UK) Paul Bradley (??) All That Was (2003) Behind Your Very Eyes (2003) (with Colin Potter) Twenty Hertz (2003) Confluence (2004) (with Colin Potter) Sepulchral (2004) Sometime Today (2004) (with Darren Tate) Immure (2004) Anamnesis (2005) Anoxia (2005) (with Adam Sonderberg) Liquid Sunset (2005) Live (2005) (with Colin Potter) Sophia Drifts (2005) Moraines (2006) (with Cria Cuervos) Memorias Extranjeras (2006) Notes From Past (2006) Sketches From Dust (2006) Chroma (2007) Somatic (2007) Moraines II (2007) (with Cria Cuervos) Searching For the Way (2007) (S) Mas Memorias Extranjeras (2008) Special Edition (2008) The Simple Plan (2010) (with Colin Potter) Veil of Dawn (2011) (with Darren Tate) Water Mountain (2013) (with Jonathan Coleclough, Hitoshi Kojo and Colin Potter) Paul Bradley is an English drone / ambient musician who's been quite prolific since around 2000. He mostly uses processed sounds and subtle instrumentation (guitar and keyboards) to create subterranean rumbles and drones. Paul's music is often quite dark. Bradley Sean Alexander (Canada) Lowered Expectations (2018) Ambient artist. See also: Anthéne, Deschamps, Brad, North Atlantic Drift. Bradock, Pépé (France) Baby Craddock (2016) (EP) What A Mess! (2019) Parisian deejay, producer and musician who comes from the techno / club / rave background and has been around since the 1990's. I don't know how and when he got influenced by EM, but if you listen to Baby Craddock, you will be surprised by a few moments of genuine EM bliss. Among the experimental techno / house tracks you get "Sainte-Maure" - a mesmerizing electronic soundscape and "1755" - a more experimental pastiche with a few hesitant sequences and various beeps and bleeps. These two tracks show us a unique EM style from an artist who is not afraid to step out of his comfort zone, if there is one. If and what other releases contain EM material or are EM-related is unknown at the moment. See also: Bardu, Brigitte Bradshaw-Leather, Don (UK) Distance Between Us (1972) So you call yourself a mellotron fanatic? Then you might be interested in this 2-LP set, as the music herein is a real mellotron overkill. Don Bradshaw-Leather (aka Donald Bradshaw and Don Bradsham-Leather) is an obscure artist who recorded the whole thing using just piano, mellotron (mostly using strings), organ, percussion and voice (his own and that of a guest female vocalist). These four extended "jams" sound like lost and deranged orchestral memories covered by time and dust. I don't know if he is a genius or a madman to put out something like this in 1972 (there are some parallels with early German krautrock / EM experimentalists) but those longing for a mellotron overdose can look no further. It is also interesting to compare this with later-day Neo-Classical Ambient acts like Mauve Sideshow. Braheny, Kevin (USA) Way Home (1978) Western Spaces (1987) (with Steve Roach & Richard Burmer) Galaxies (1988) Desert Solitaire (1989) (with Steve Roach & Michael Stearns) Secret Rooms (1990) Rain (1995) (with Tim Clark) The Spell (1996) (with Tim Clark) American musician. Quiet Ambient music, sometimes melodic and always pleasant. Kevin Braheny uses the EVI (electronic valve instrument) in his music and has mastered this device to a great degree, hence the abundance of electronic ‘wind’ sounds (flutes etc) in his work. Has collaborated with Steve Roach and Tim Clark, among others. Brahmen Raag (Belgium) Brahmen Raag (2016) A duo of Glen Steenkiste and David Edren who play harmonium, shruti box and synthesizers. Sort of an Ambient / drone / World Music sound here. See also: Erden, David Brahms (USA) Pressure (2011) (S) Shimmer//Suffocate (2013) Minimal synth compositions from Jovan Moran. Sounds like toy melodies supported by melodic pads. Brain, The (USA) Access & Amplify (1996) This CD was released on the Hypnotic label and represents a mixture of rhythmic (including some modern beats) and floating analog electronic styles. Experiments For Guitar + Machines (2020) Fine darkish Electronic Music with synths & guitar, recalling earliest Klaus Schulze, Kluster and especially Heldon. A project of Nashville-based Karl Gottlaus (a pseudonym?). Brain Ballet (Japan) Aquarium of the Deep Sea (2004) Aquatic electronics from one Hidemasa Kondo. Brain Drugs (Australia) Brain Drugs (2020) Synth / drums project, although the synth part is rather rudimentary for the most part. Brain Fruit (USA) Seattle-based duo with a Dusseldorf-influenced sound. Vintage synths galore and drum machine rhythms straight from Kraftwerk's Autobahn. Brain Laughter (USA) In the Land of Power (1989) Not Far From A Distant Sun (1995) Life Flows Water (2015) (with Craig Padilla) Source of Compassion (2016) (with Madhavi Devi) Being of Light (2017) (with Craig Padilla) The Bodhi Mantra (2020) (with Craig Padilla) Brain Laughter is Howard Givens. Pulsating sequential electronics ala Schulze and TD. The second album is more dreamy and ambient and features contributions by Steve Roach and Deborah Martin, among others. Brain Machine (Italy / UK) Brain Machine (2008) Alpha Beta Gamma (2011) (EP) The Lost Machine (2014) (S) Peaks (2016) A duo of Italian producer Guido Zen and Jon Tye (Seahawks). Cosmic and sequence-full music between Berlin School and Moroder. See also: Vactrol Park Brain Syndrome (USA) Disconnect (2011) (S) Presented by the label as a "mysterious 80's thrift store find", I strongly suspect a fake here. Anyway, the music on this limited cassette (program repeats on both sides) is somewhat raw and unpolished (sometimes sounding more like sketches rather than full-blown compositions), but the sounds are warm and nice and all... Oh, well. Brainman (Sweden) Keep A Distance (2019) From lysergic harmonium drones to melodic cosmic synth and sequencer raindrops plus leads ala Klaus Schulze. A project of Jonas Tiljander who is a member of noise rock band Brainbombs and one half of psychedelic / space rockers Bremen. Braino (USA) Early electronic band from Cleveland, Ohio, featuring Alan Howarth. See also: Pi Corp Brainstorm (Australia) The Spiral Stair (2013) Unclassifiable space rock / hard rock band from Melbourne, led by Paul Foley. This album has nice spacey background electronics throughout, but there is also a completely electronic (bar drums and glissando guitar) track, called "Das Elektronisches". It has a motorik rhythm and reminds on Dusseldorf School with some Berlin influences. One of those one-track (so far) inclusions. Brainstorm Trust, The (USA) Harmonic Motion (2014) Miscellaneous bunch of tracks, mostly of rhythmic, melodic and symphonic kind. Sometimes with a weird cartoony vibe. Brainticket (international) Celestial Ocean (1973) Adventure (1979) Voyage (1980) New Age Concert (1985) (with Stephanie Wolff) Alchemic Universe (2001) Live In Rome 1973 (2011) Past, Present & Future (2015) Zürich/Lausanne (2018) (recorded in 1983 and 1984) An international formation that has seen many members coming and going during the years, but always revolved around Belgian born Joel Vandroogenbroeck. It has seen Swiss, Italian and American musicians boiling within its pot. The band was formed somewhere around 1968 and consisted at that time of Vandroodenbroeck, Ron Bryer and Wolfgang Paap. The music of that era had nothing much to do with electronics. After that they got caught by a ‘krautrock fever’ and their first two albums Cottonwoodhill (1971) and Psychonaut (1972) are typical examples of psychedelic jams, sometimes hinting at early Hawkwind. After the 'pure psych' phase was over, they became more electronic and their subsequent albums are the ones to grab. Completists, of course, would want to have all of them. EM fans, beware the female vocals on Psychonaut. Notes 18.05.2003. A few words about Alchemic Universe. This is a very good album (composed entirely by Joel Vandroogenbroeck) with unique style, lots of changes and unusual techniques etc. The rhythms are modern, although the techno elements never become prominent enough to be irritating. Some tracks feature female voice reciting (mainly) random phrases and words. In contrast to some of Software's works (Syn-Code) where such voice just got on my nerves and made me reach for the "skip" button, here it seems to work somehow, maybe because it fits better to the music, or maybe for some other reason (doesn't sound like new age bullshit, you know)... Who knows! Anyway, a very pleasant modern EM album. See also: Vandroogenbroeck, Joel, Deyssenroth, Hans. Brainwork (Germany) Sunrise (1991) Brainotronic (1992) Back To the Roots (1993) Rhythm Base (1994) V Melodie & Ambience (1995) Live & Unreleased (1996) Sensual Reflections (1997) Stollwerck '96 (1997) (with Strange Inside) Back To Future (2003) Soundclouds (2006) Ten (2008) Earcatcher (2010) City Lights (2011) The Other Works (2013) Cosmic Places (2014) Above the Keys (2016) Back To Future 2 (2017) Colours of the Soul (2018) Back To the Roots II (2019) 2020 The Synthfonie (2020) Electronic project of Uwe Saher from Cologne, Germany. Very energetic music with some beats in New Berlin School style. See also: Element 4 Brainworlds (USA) . (2008) .. (2009) .... (2010) ..... (2011) Atlanta-based guitarist and electronic composer Mason Brown who is very much into mesmerizing and melodic ambient hazy dronescapes. Brajković, Massimo (Croatia) Mosaico Istriano (1999) Bramble (USA) Dynamism (2007) Emergence (2008) Bramble is Scott Wehman from Toledo, Ohio, who also makes Breakcore musiс under an alias BLÆRG. Bramble, however, is ambient and dark. Bramlaan (Netherlands) Aloft In A Balloon (1981) Obscure double LP of experimental EM and psychedelic music that is somewhat spacey and minimal. There are vocals and the whole thing has something of a Peter Gabriel air to it or maybe also early Battiato. Bran(...)pos (USA) Den of Ordure And Iridescence (2013) Jake Rodriguez is an experimental / noise artist who makes his own instruments (including softsynths) and invents unusual performance techniques. Den of Ordure And Iridescence is a nice album inspired by 1970's German Electronic Music, krautrock and some academic electronic artists. I don't know if there is anything else in that style or similar in his oeuvre, so, further investigation is needed. Branches (Portugal) Sonho Maritimo (2011) (S) Ninguém é Como Tu (2012) Para Ver O Sol (2015) (recorded in 2006 - 2014) Aquatic, floating Ambient. Branchi, Walter (Italy) Paesaggi Intravisti (1987) (with Mauro Bortolotti) See also: Musica Elettronica Viva Brand, Steve (USA) The Quiver of Dreams (2004) One Hour As the One Who Watches (2005) (with Jonathan Benham) Awakensong (2006) Looking Into the Other (2007) Twilightmind (2007) Cahokia (2007) Bridge To Nowhere (2008) SoulSpiral (2008) Broken Gold (2008) (with Disturbed Earth) Because We Were Once Covered In Gold (2008) Children of Alcyone (2009) Spiritual Silence / The Voice From Home (2009) (with Ishq) Coniunctio (2010) Circular Scriptures (2010) Sunprints (2010) What Is Memory (2011) (with Disturbed Earth) Avatara (2011) Upwelling (2011) Catalyst (2012) Our True Nature (2012) The Great Hoop (2013) The Track of the Full Moon On Water (2013) Over-Soul (2013) The Fruit of the Spring (2014) Meltstream (2014) (with Roy Mattson) The Space Between (2014) Into the Current (2015) Second Spring (2015) Sanctuary (2015) Songs From Unknown Territory (2015) The Path of the Heart (2016) Leaving the Hive (2016) Near Series: Silence (2017) Near Series: Otherness (2017) Near Series: Threshold (2017) Spiritual Science (2017) (with Ishq) Upwelling: Emergence (2017) (recorded in 2009 - 2017) Near Series: Glow (2018) Graduated (2019) Counterintelligence (2019) Archaism (2019) Magical Thinking (2020) High Strangeness (2020) Common Wonders (2020) Formerly known as Augur, Steve Brand has been doing experimental electronic / electroacoustic compositions since the mid-1980's. At the start of the New Millennium, he began releasing works under his real name, delving deeper into the ambient realms. His works combine elements of Classic Ambient with desert ambience of artists like Steve Roach and Robert Rich and often Tribal / Ritual elements, with percussion, flutes, tropical forest ambiences, etc. Brandal, Andreas (Norway) Locks And Caves (2010) The Delusive Light (2016) Flames And Ether (2016) The Land of Perfect Twilight (2016) The Thursday Curses (2016) The Work of the Spider (2017) Mix equal doses of Nurse With Would's "creakyness" / horror sound, classic "horror synth" and lush classical arrangements and you will get the idea of what the nocturnal world of The Delusive Light is all about. Andreas Brandal is a prolific drone / experimental musician with quite a few releases to his credit. I will try to list his progressive works here, of which The Delusive Light is a nice gem in a unique style. See also: Skeleton Harbor Branģjolica, Ljubomir (Macedonia) Koneski's Constellation (1988) Classical composer. This album is a theater piece and is supposedly electronic. Brant DeMaria, Michael (USA) Ama (2018) New-agey music from this composer. Some tracks, like "Night Voyage", are closer to EM, though. Brant, Richard (???) Synthi Storm (1986) Bras, Wilhelm (Poland) Wordless Songs By the Electric Fire (2013) Visionaries & Vagabonds (2015) Living Truthfully Under Imaginary Circumstances (2018) Music with lots of strange, quirky analog sounds made on self-built synths. Unique stuff which is great for fans of Experimental EM. Brauer, Norbert (Germany) The Return of the Marshmallow Man (1997) Cyborg member. Bravais Lattice (USA) Emerald Repose (2020) Sort of organic, sometimes slightly lo-fi or noisy electronic compositions. Bravo Tounky (France) Cyao Catalunya (2018) (S) Forez Gump (2018) (S) Flash Détente (2020) Cyao Catalunya is chirping drum machine rhythms and cheesy synth melodies. Forez Gump is supposedly more ambient. Braxton, Tyondai (USA) Hive1 (2015) Oranged Out (2016) (EP) American composer and performer born in 1978. Tyondai Braxton is the son of avant-garde composer and jazz musician Anthony Braxton and, just like his father, he often relies on improvisation. He is known for several projects, both as a solo artist and with collectives such as the Wordless Music Orchestra for example. On Hive1, a totally unique brand of EM is presented. It is highly experimental, quirky, improvisational and yet melodic and accessible. The music is quite repetitive and loaded with strange chirpy sounds and warm analog interludes. Not comparable to other artists. break_fold (UK) 07_07_15 – 13_04_16 (2017) 27_05_17 - 21_01_18 (??) break_fold (2020) Nice and unique artist here. He creates driving, melodic, rhythmic, modern EM with a sense of purpose and great melodic sensibility. Not really comparable to other artists. Influences of Tangerine Dream, synthwave, dubstep and more. Bréant, François (France) Sons Optiques (1978) Voyeur Extra-Lucide (1979) La Nuit des Lapins Géants (2019) Keyboard prog / Electronic Music. Excellent studio wizardry and some guest musicians. At times hints at zeuhl. Breast Explosion (Belgium) Necronomicon (2014) Initially an experimental trio of musicians during the 1990's, it is now reduced to a solo project. This musical rendition of H.P. Lovecraft's "The Necronomicon", released on cassette, is a mixture of Dark Ambient, dark experimental and dark Berlin School (no soloing, just sequences). Will be enjoyned by fans of all things dark. Breden, Greg (UK) Undercurrents (1990) Stones (1991) The Border (1992) Alternative 1 (1992) Darkside (1993) Summer Perfect (2010) Synthesist who had several cassette-only releases in the early 90's. The 10-track CD-R demo I received reveals a highly versatile and talented musician who loves his guitar just as much as he loves his synths. "All Round the House" is a Dream Mixes-type piece. Really good if you like that late 90's Tangerine Dream sound, although the similarity is mostly in style, not in the textures themselves. It's an upbeat and melodic piece. "Undercurrents (1998 Mix)" is more atmospheric, with laid-back rhythm and strong melodic hooks. "Blue" sounds like a recent piece to my ears with a vaguely jazzy atmosphere and a relaxed, funky vibe to it. "Becoming the Alien" is a spooky (and really intense towards the end) number, that, despite having some rather cheesy voice samples, will give you the creeps.. "Earthrise" is a true cosmic trip, featuring a lot of spacey guitar work as well as some tasty synth solos. Think Ashra and Pink Floyd meet is space! My favorite track here - great stuff, indeed. "Pagan" is dominated by distorted guitar and is a very rocky number. Not really my cup of tea, this one. "Stones" is rhythmic / melodic and very synthy, with some guitar in there as well. A nice one! "Incantation" is, I'd venture, the newest track here. It's a "techno" track, although it's much more enjoyable than most of what I've heard in the genre. Once again, if you are a fan of the Dream Mixes series, I think you will find this to your liking. When I listen to "Waverider" I notice that Greg's guitar sound is a bit similar to that of Edgar Froese from the 80's / 90's, although Greg's performing style is different. The track has an Underwater Sunlight-era TD vibe to it. "Heading Home", the last track, is a very mundane piece - perfect music for an evening highway. Greg Breden is certainly an artist to look out for. In 2005, Greg released "Stones", a new album for which he took the title of one of his old cassettes. It contains some remixes and new material. Read my review of this album. Bredice, Gianni (Italy) Triptronic (2014) Synthesist with a varied, mostly rhythmic / melodic style, with an extra loungy flair. Bregger, Douglas (USA) Crystal Arcade (1988) Vampire Radio (1991) (EP) US hometaper who generally gets lumped with the whole minimal wave / minimal synth scene. While the vocals and the aesthetics really confirm these roots, the music itself is very prog-like and TD seem to be one of his main influences. Breidablik (Norway) Songs From the Northern Wasteland (2016) (with Jordsjø) Vinter (2017) Penumbra (2017) Nhoohr (2019) Omicron (2020) Although formally a split relase, Songs From the Northern Wasteland seems to be done by the same people. Wherease Jordsjø is dedicated mostly to symphonic rock / folk, Breidablik is classic, Berlin School-infused electronics. At least one of the Jordsjø tracks here is electronic too, though. The opening track from Vinter is dedicated to the memory of Edgar Froese. Breitband (Germany) Fadu und der Unterschied (1999) Dark and spacey, tribal but with sequenced rhythms. Complex electronic work. A project of Gerald Paetsch and Thomas Brassel. See also: Eko. Brendan Wells' Plant Music (USA) Music For People & Their Plants Vol. 1 (2017) I wonder if this guy was inspired by Mort Garson's Plantasia. Anyway, side A features minimal synthesizer compositions, while side B is basically a recording of a monologue. Brennan, Thom (USA) Mountains (1987) Mohave I (1989) The Dragon's Dream (1993) The Path Not Taken (1995) (S) Beneath Clouds (1996) Vibrant Water (2000) Formation of Storms (2001) Mist (2001) Strange Paradise (2001) Satori (2002) The Secret Faith of Salamanders (2002) Signals In Moonlight (2003) Stories From the Forest (2008) Soundgardens (2019) Another Time And Space (2019) Imaginary Conquests (2019) The Path Not Taken (2019) (recorded in 1994) Elysian Fields (2019) Departures (2020) Night Lights (2020) Dragon Fly (2020) Home Land (2020) During the 70's, Thom Brennan developed an interest in Electronic Music. Inspired by the music of Edgar Froese, Klaus Schulze, Terry Riley and many others, he started playing keyboards, using his double-manual electric organ as a sound source. Soon the first synthesizer followed and from there on he started building his electronic studio piece by piece. In the early 80's, Thom met Steve Roach - another Electronic Music enthusiast and musician. He learned a lot from Roach about the studio wizardry. Soon Mountains was released to critical acclaim, featuring great sequencer patterns and captivating atmospherics. Steve Roach hepled with the production. His early work behind, Thom's style started to drift towards the ambient side of things. After a brief hiatus during the 1996 - 2000 period, Thom returned to music making and since then he has released several albums in the Ambient mould. Brenner, Steve (Canada) Signals (1985) Stellar Tunel (1985) (S) (with Peter Gulch) Nacht Musik (1986) Metropolis (1989) (with Brett Maraldo) Quantum (1989) Cybernetic Dancing (1990) Canadian synthesist and Peter Gulch collaborator. Classic Electronic Music. See also: Vernal Equinox, Kolab. Brenner, Vytas (Venezuela) Ofrenda (1978) I Belong (1981) (with Paulette Dogier) Estoy Como Quiero (1982) Vytas (1983) El Vals del Mar (1986) Amazonia (1989) Venezuelan musician of German origin. He was the leader of Seventies' progressive band La Ofrenda. After the band called it a day, Vytas Brenner gave several solo performances of Electronic Music. I am not sure how much of his recorded output could actually qualify as EM, though. Sadly, Vytas Brenner died in 2004 in Salzburg, Austria. See also: La Ofrenda Brenot, Jean Philippe (France) Resurgence (1989) This album is in a melodic, new-agey style, combining neo-classical keyboards with programmed drums, some female vocalizations and a few sequences. Jean Philippe Brenot released more albums but I am not sure if the bulk of his oeuvre is within the EEM's genre scope. Brewer, Dave (USA) Okefenokee Dreams (1999) (with Free System Project) Phase Shift (2000) Harmonic Resonance (2004) Piano Solo At the Edge of the Swamp of Okefenokee (2010) (EP) Berlin School synthesist. Brewer, Roger (UK) Without Reason (1982 - 1988) (with Brian Smith) Year By Year (1985) (with Brian Smith) Standing On A Beach (1987) (with Brian Smith) One Step Forward (1991) (S) Five Weeks East (2006) Unique artist who combines orchestral textures with Berlin School pulsations, resulting in an exciting EM brew. Brezzo, Gianni (Germany??) tak €2 (2017) Masala Kiss (2019) (with Cass.) Varied musician whose 2017 release mixes keyboard-based fusion and ambient electronics. Briand, Olivier (France) Au-dela des Nuages... (1988) Live ’96 (1996) Flibustieres (1999) Neuronal Trance Mission (2002) Libourne Dreams 2005 (2005) Crystal Tears (2010) Transparences (2011) Random Control (2013) Interferences (2013) (with Bertrand Loreau) Light Memories (2013) The Tape (2014) Ice & Fire (2015) Nomad Hands Space Watch (2017) French synthesist. Bridge To Imla (Germany) The Radiant Sea (2017) One January Evening (2018) Electronic duo consisting of Michael Brückner and Hans-Dieter Schmidt (Imaginary Landscape). This music gravitates towards the Space Music / Ambient side of EM. See also: Brückner, Michael, Imaginary Landscape, La Ponto Ensemblo. Bridonneu, Jérôme (France) Human Colors (2018) Briece, Jack (USA) Heterophonious Fool (1984) Late enigmatic composer from Santa Fe who released at least one wacky album on cassette in 1984 (re-released on LP in 2020). The music is playful and experimental EM. You could say it's along the lines of Cluster, but the sound palette here is slightly different, bringing to mind rather some minimal synth artists and early video game composers. Briece died in 1988 of AIDS-related complications. Brikha, Aril (Iran) Dance of A Trillion Stars (2020) Tech House musician from Stockholm. As he cites Jarre as one of his main influences, it was inevitable that the Prog EM part of his musical soul would have found a way onto a record somewhere, and, to my greatest delight, Dance of A Trillion Stars is a fine and delicate EM album, full of sparkling sequences done with passion and expertise (really, this album is very sequencer-centered). Thumbs up! Brimble, Allister (UK) Sounds Digital (1993) Bang! Tick... Tick... (1997) The Amiga Works (2013) The Spectrum Works (2015) The Galway Works (2016) Energetic, Mark Shreeve-like music. I haven’t heard it yet. Allister Brimble is mostly known as a video game music composer with quite an experience in the field. Brinstaar (Russia) Infotswetock (2011) Testarossa (2013) Drema (2019) Darkish synth / guitar soundscapes from Mikhail Myasoedov. Briot, Gervay (France) Himalaya (1991) (recorded in 1984) Quintessences (1991) (recorded in 1986) TAO (1991) Trans Mutant (1991) Talysman (1991) Exit To the Light (1991) Synthesizers blended with acoustic and electric guitars. Briseño, Guillermo (Mexico) Ausencias e Irreverencias (1983) Interesting artefact here. Guillermo Briseño is a singer-songwriter who plays piano in a jazzy style and sings. However, the whole side B of this LP is occupied by long electronic piece "Irreverencias". It is abstract, jazzy and is somewhat in Vangelis' Beaubourg vein, although with none of that work's spookiness and with different synth sounds used. British Electric Foundation (UK) Music For Stowaways (1981) (recorded in 1978) Experiments in rough electronics from Martyn Ware and Ian Craig Marsh (The Human League, Heaven 17). There's also a release titled Music For Listening To that curiously compiles tracks from Music For Stowaways cassette with only one slightly modified track. See also: Human League, the, Clarke, Vince & Ware, Martyn. British Space Group, The (UK) Eyes Turned Skyward (2015) Ian Holloway's project in a more cosmic, experimental synth mould. See also: Holloway, Ian, Psychic Space Invasion. Britton, Adam (UK) Minions of Chaos (1988) Terminal (1989) Xenomorph (1989) Solo Electronic Music by Corporation member. See also: Corporation Brnčić, Gabriel (Chile) Destierro y Cielo (1980) Academic composer from Chile who has been living in exile in Barcelona since 1974. This particular album features synthesizer music (with added viola on side two) of an avant-garde, but prog-influenced nature. Broaddus, John (USA) 4 At 18 (2003) The artist formerly known as Laocoon. Ambient. See also: Laocoon Broberg, Jonas (Sweden) Kling Klang Salad (1985) Two Composers (1997) (with Erik Mikael Karlsson) Synthesator (2016) From K.K.S. To E.M.S. Electronic Music 1983-85 (2019) Swedish analog synth master. His compositions range from noisy to hypnotic and beautiful, from abstract to rhythmic. Overall it's great for fans of Experimental EM. See also: En Halvkokt I Folie Brock, Dave (UK) Zones / Processed (1983) (S) Earthed To the Ground (1984) Agents of Chaos (1987) Strange Trips & Pipe Dreams (1995) Memos And Demos (2001) Hawkwind founder and leader who would release an odd solo album once in a few years. They are basically a mixture of electronic tracks and some guitar in space rock style. Beware the vocals. See also: Hawkwind, Psychedelic Warriors. Brock, John (USA) Distant Dreams (1982) Pacifica (2011) Electronic musician from Arizona. See also: Android Brockmann / Bargmann (Germany) Licht (2017) Dusseldorf School from members of Camera. See also: Camera Broekhuis, Bas (Netherlands) Face Behind the Mask (1988) Hydrhythmix (1989) (with Ron Boots) The Escher Drawings (1991) The Synchronicity of Life (1996) Wet Dreams (1997) (with John Kerr) The Annazaal Tapes (1999) (with Keller, Schönwälder & friends) Project-Inter.com (1999) (with Keller, Schönwälder and Braun) Vier Drei Zwei (2000) (with Keller, Schönwälder and Braun) Wolfsburg (2002) (with Keller & Schönwälder) Live @ Dorfkirche Repelen (2006) (with Keller & Schönwälder) Space Cowboys @ Jelenia Gora (2007) (recorded in 2004) (with Keller, Schönwälder, Spyra and Fox) Orange (2007) (with Keller & Schönwälder) Blue (2009) (with Keller & Schönwälder) Musique des Machines (2011) (with Keller & Schönwälder) (recorded in 2005) The Hampshire Jam (2012) (with Keller & Schönwälder) (recorded in 2005) Red (2012) (with Keller & Schönwälder) Repelen - The Last Tango (2014) (with Keller & Schönwälder) Direction Green (2014) (with Keller & Schönwälder) Green (2015) (with Keller & Schönwälder) The Repelen EP (2016) (with Keller & Schönwälder) USB Stick - Edition March 2016 (2016) (with Keller & Schönwälder) Red Live @ USA (2017) (recorded in 2012) (with Keller & Schönwälder) Yellow (2017) (with Keller & Schönwälder) Repelen Revisited (2018) (recorded in 2011 and 2016) (with Keller & Schönwälder) Live @ B-Wave (2018) (with Keller & Schönwälder) Purple (2019) (with Keller & Schönwälder) Dutch synthesist and drummer. He usually collaborates with other artists. His own albums are delicate melodic electronics. BROKEN_CANYON (USA) BROKEN_CANYON 1 (2016) Paradise 1116 (2017) LWA15BR (2018) Waiting For You (2020) Futuristic / cyber / neon-lit ambience. Pretty nice if you ask me. Broken Chip (Australia) Powwow Seven (2009) The Wonga Pigeon (2013) (EP) Australian ambient / electronic artist. IMO, he is best when he eshews the glitchy rhythms and goes for the reflective, Eno / Budd piano sound or combines electronics with acosutic guitar. Otherwise, it's not exactly Prog EM. Broken Harbour (Canada) Broken Harbour (2009) Gramophone Transmissions (2011) The Geometry of Shadows (2012) Minimal ambient soundscapes from Blake Gibson. Broken Head (USA) Tea In Nyack (2016) A duo of Paul Collins and Tom Gluibizzi with a somewhat new-agey synth / guitar sound. Broken, Oskar (Spain) Simply (2016) Crystal Maze (2016) Barcelona-based artist combining EM, classical influences and techno / house. Bromley Davenport, Harry (UK) Xtro (1983) (soundtrack) Synth soundtrack for low-budget sci-fi horror movie. Bromwich, Mark Alexander (UK) Dark soundscapes with a strong electro-acoustic feel. In the late 1970's and early 1980's, Mark Bromwich aka Mark Bokowiec was a member of post-punk / minimal synth / industrial band Counterdance. Bronnt Industries Kapital (UK) Untitled (2002) (EP) Polaris / Last Hope Sound (2003) (S) Broken (2005) (S) Virtute et Industria (2005) Hard For Justice (2009) Turksib (2015) Arsenal (2018) Force the Line (2019) A project of Bristol-based Guy Bartell. I don't know about earlier releases, but Force the Line features a mixture of vintage disco, giallo scores, Prog EM, electro and a light touch of industrial (the noisy element). Brook, Michael (Canada) Hybrid (1985) Sleeps With the Fishes (1987) (with Peter Nooten) Cobalt Blue (1987) Live At the Aquarium (1993) Dream (1995) (with Upalappu Srinivas) Night Song (1996) (with Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan) Star Rise (1997) (with Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan) Albino Alligator (1997) Black Rock (1998) (with Djivan Gasparyan) Rock Paper Scissors (2006) An Inconvenient Truth (2007) (soundtrack) BellCurve (2007) Into the Wild (2007) (soundtrack) Canadian musician and innovative guitar player who makes Ambient and ethnic music. The first album was recorded with the help of Brian Eno and stylistically it is very similar to Brian's own Ambient works. Brookes, Paul (UK) Steps From Beyond (1978) Nice Electronic Music by this obscure artist. The second side of the LP is excellent, bringing to mind Tangerine Dream, but very unique, with no sequences, relying on rock rhythms instead (a bit similar to what is heard on "Bent Cold Sidewalk"). Also reminds on the sountrack to "Mystery of the Third Planet" in places - you know, sort of a cosmic, nostalgic sound. Side A has some disco influences and is much weaker overall. Brooks, Jon (UK) Music For Thomas Carnacki (2011) Shapwick (2012) Other Voices (2014) (S) (with Sean O'Hagan) Walberswick (2015) Autres Directions (2017) Applied Music: Plastics Today (2018) Applied Music: Science & Nature (2019) How To Get To Spring (2020) Applied Music: Land & Sea (2020) Ambient / hauntology with library music vibes, classical and musique concrete influences. See also: Advisory Circle, The, Woodbines & Spiders, Pattern Forms, The. Brooks, Mike (UK) Early Out Takes (1983 - 1984) Bay of Solitude (1984) Realms of Darkness (1984) Shaolin (1985) Fragile Shoreline (1985) Sacred Voyage (1986) At UK Electronica '86 / Outtakes (1986) Dangerous Visions (1987) Shadows of Humanity (1988) The Lyme Experience (1990) Time Walk (1991) Mindshadow (1992) Bringer of the Dawn (1995) Passage of Time (??) Floating, atmospheric synth music. Brørby, Anders (Norway) Nihil (2016) Mulholland Drive, 1984 (2016) Mannen Faller (2017) (with Rune Clausen) Traumas (2018) Kill Count (2019) Founding member of prog / psych band Radiant Frequency. As a solo artist he moved away from song-based structures of his earlier efforts to pure soundscapes of the darker variety. Relevant works will be listed. Bross, Michael (USA) Soul Fragments (2000) (recorded in 1995 - 1999) Everything Is Now (2006) Nomad (2008) (EP) Dogs And Their Stars (2008) (EP) Subway Meditations (2009) Subway Meditations features rather nice and hypnotic urban synth soundscapes from this Californian artist. Moody and immersive. Brother Raven (USA) A Sound Like Wailing Winter Winds Is Heard (2009) (S) Diving Into the Pineapple Portal (2009) (S) Nellie (2009) ITCZ (2010) VSS-30 (2010) Eagle Vision (2010) Timewinder (2010) (S) Many Moons (2012) Brother Raven is basically a duo of Jamie Potter and Jason E. Anderson (a noise musician). Under this moniker they explore floating Ambient realms, with some experimental touches. See also: Harpoon Pole Vault, 2 Hands On Knobs, Space Habitat. Brother Saturn (USA) Smoke And Mirrors (2017) A Slow Dance (2019) Music For Sleep (2019) A project of Colorado-based ambient artist Drew Miller, who uses both electric guitar and electronics. The track "Anemone" from Music For Sleep really stands out for me - so airy, peaceful and hypnotic. "An Ocean of Dreams" is also extremely good. A nice release overall. BROtheRS (Italy) Walkin' In the Desert of Dreams (1995) (maxi) Atlante (1997) A duo of Marco Rosano and Paolo Modugno with sort of a Tribal Ambient / World Music sound. See also: Modugno, Paolo, Rosano, Marco. Brown, Alan (New Zealand) Wind And Wire (2020) Jazz pianist, former leader of jazz-funk band Blue Train. Wind And Wire focuses on ambient electronics, still with a heavy presence of the piano. Brown, Arthur (UK) Galactic Zoo Dossier (1971) (with Kingdom Come) Journey (1973) (with Kingdom Come) Faster Than the Speed of Light (1980) (with Vincent Crane) The Complete Tapes of Atoya (1981) (with Craig Leon) Requiem (1982) Jam (1995) (with Kingdom Come) One of the best rock singers of all times (for me - probably the best). A very talented artist. He is known to the Electronic Music fans for his collaborations with Klaus Schulze. Also his 1980 album with Vincent Crane (of Atomic Rooster fame) is very interesting (although it's not EM). This man has an incredibly broad range of voice, from low roaring and growling to high-pitched screams. The energy that emanates from him is impossible to describe. Although I’m not very keen on singers in Electronic Music, I cannot resist this one. By the way, he uses his voice as a musical instrument, rather than as a medium to transmit thoughts, so text is not important, just the sound. And energy. Recommended: his work with Schulze and Faster Than the Speed of Light. EM fans should also check out Journey, which is a great work! For instance, listen to the first track. You can easily hear how bands like The Rockets tried to copy this sound some years later. As usual, the energy that radiates from Arthur is overwhelming and although he rarely sings on the album, the last track is a very good example of his characteristic schizophrenic vocal style where he goes from one mood to another in a particle of a second. Mindblowing stuff! See also: Intergalactic Touring Band, The, Ceremony of Innocence. Brown, Charles (USA) Bull In A China Cabinet (1981) Privately pressed LP from Ohio with Electronic Music played on a E-Mu controller keyboard with Prophet 5, Oberheim expander modules and ARP 2600 synthesizer. The author describes the inspiration for this music as a "very unpleasant stay in the hospital with a kidney stone". Brown, Jeff (USA) Cosmological Horizon (2014) The Blinding Dawn (2016) Mixture of guitar and synth soundscapes in a cosmic setting. Brown, Miles (Australia) Electrics (2014) (S) Séance Fiction (2015) The Gateway (2020) This sounds like synthwave music with synth leads replaced by theremin ones. It is actually pretty nice and unique, even if not very progressive. The closing track from The Gateway really does it for me. See also: Narcoleptor, The, Night Terrors, The. Brown, Tim (UK) Pleasure Strike (2012) Music in a flashy, melodic style from this UK-based synthesist and keyboard player. Hints of Rick Wakeman, Keith Emerson, Synergy and more, all mixed with a dash of Schulzian spaciness. Brr (Canada) Brr (2013) (S) A Pining (2016) (S) A project of Moshe Fisher-Rozenberg. Floating, shimmering synths. Sometimes with sequencers and more along the lines of classic EM. Nice stuff. Brückner, Michael (Germany) Eroonian Avady (1999) Antiferromagnet (2006) Five Minutes (??) Gokuro (??) Or Makif (??) Sufi Sushi (??) A Calm But Steady Flow (2007) Challenge 29 (2007) Oddwind (2009) Endless Mind Portal (2011) One Hundred Million Miles Under the Stars (2012) "R" Is For Rocket And "S" Is For Space (2012) Naura (2013) Thirteen Rites of Passage (2014) Sparrows (2014) (with Detlev Everling) Ombra Revisited (2014) Your Second Shadow (2014) Ondes Intergalactiques (2015) (with Mathias Brüssel) Zwei vor Eins (2015) (with Tommy Betzler) Two (2016) (with Tommy Betzler) Hikari (2016) Muzikhala (2016) The Giant Illusion (2016) (recorded in 2004 - 2015) Trois Briques (2016) Triplet (2016) (with Tommy Betzler) The Dark Path (2017) (with Alien Nature) Trees of Olivandá (2017) All the Pieces Fit Forever (2017) (with friends) During A Lull And Other Tales (2018) Polar Vortex (2019) (with Mathias Grassow) Astronauts 2 - The Great 1994 Gravity Escape (2019) (recorded in 1994 - 2019) The Undercurrent (2019) Servant of the Secret Fire (2020) Segmented Vision (2020) (with Lankow) Reiseziel Mond (2020) (with Everling) Endless Mind Portal is a massive 3-tome set of recordings by German synthesist and composer Michael Brueckner. The music pays homage to the (mostly German) EM classics of the 1970's and is available as a download or on CDR discs directly from the artist. Michael Brueckner has released a lot of music over the last several years, most of which can be obtained as downloads. Michael is primarily an artist who is experimenting in the fields of ambient soundscapes, Space Music and classic, Berlin-tinged EM. See also: La Mansarde Hermétique, Bridge To Imla, P'Faun. Bruçó, João de (Brazil) Caracol (1989) (with R.H. Jackson) Sao-Paulo-born musician (now residing in Europe) who is mainly known as a percussionist. This privately-released album mixes traditional Brazilian rhythms with electronics and guitar improvisations. Rare. Brugger, Martin (Germany) Music For Video Stores (2020) Nice and relaxing synth compositions from this Munich-based musician - ambient synths and some sample-based acoustic sounds. Relaxing, floating, serene... Bruised Skies (UK) Guide (2016) Remnants (2018) Division (2019) (with Sangam) Rain No Longer Softens (2020) Varied Ambient, mostly quiet and minimal. Bruley, Vincent (France) Nazca (1994) Le Vent (1997) La Nature S’endort (1997) Au Bord du Ruisseaux (1997) L’orage et la Pluie (1997) Le Voyage en Mer (1997) La Tempete (1997) Dauphins et Baleines (1997) Sous la Mer (1997) Les Chants de la Glace (1997) Volubilis (2001) Le Temps Suspendu (2003) 13 the Storm (2003) French musician who has contributed a lot of his music to the ‘La Collection Oxygene’ sampler. Ambient. Brume (France) Early / Unreleased Tracks (1992) (recorded in 1981 - 1988) Transports (1997) (with Nomuzic) Industrial / noise artist (real name - Christian Renou) who's been making music (mostly within the realm of musique concrete with industrial flair) since the 70's. In 1979 he got his first synth after many years of working with processed organs and tape recorders. Early / Unreleased Tracks has some archive material that comes close to what I normally cover in EEM, i.e. cosmic synthesizer music. Bruner, Jeff (USA) Foes (1977) (soundtrack) Electronic (or partly electronic) sci-fi soundtrack. Brüning, Andreas (Germany) Blackfactory (2017) Diverse artist from Hanover. Blackfactory features dark soundscapes with a dystopian edge. Brüninghaus, Rainer (Germany) Freigeweht (1981) This album marriages ECM jazz with subtle Electronic Music. It is one of the most electronic-oriented releases on ECM but it's still about 70% jazz, so if you don't like that, steer clear. If you don't mind fusions of genres, though, give it a try. I've seen this album recommended to fans of Tim Story. File under EM-related. Brunn, Benjamin (Germany) Drop (2015) Pieces From A Small Corner of Paradise (2017) Midnight Fantasies of A Wantless Peacock (2017) Honey (2017) (S) (with Move D) Minimal techno artist from Hamburg. Drop has a strong ambient influence. Pieces... is another beatless work built around repeating synth patterns all done on a Korg Poly-800 II synthesizer. Midnight Fantasies... is wackier, mixing minimal techno patterns and equally minimal sequencer patterns, plus several abstract pieces. Brunnmeier, Andreas Maria (Germany) Several Moments In A Different World (1987) Silence (1991) Cyberspace (1994) Elements, Textures, Vision (1996) Space, Underwater, Slow Motion (1999) Animations & Inspirations (??) Most of this artists's output consists of library releases. I don't know if his sound is ambient or rhythmic but I guess both are to be found. Brüse, Claudius (Germany) Arctic Circle (1993) Brustad, Karsten (Norway) Intarsia (1991) Cape West (1994) Dreamy, melodic music with environmental samples. Brutus Greenshield (USA) Contours of A Failed Siege (2018) Dungeon synth-related project from Idaho with a pretty fat synth sound. Bryan, Morgan J. (UK) Asleep While the Rain Falls (1992) Under Every Sky (1994) Thorn (??) Irish composer from Guildford. During the 80's he played in several bands and then went on to write solo instrumental music. The first CD album was released through Dox music in 1992 and then re-released on Disky in Holland. The second album was released a couple of years later, although it never got the distribution of the first work. The third album is on its way. Bryant, Matthew (Australia) Klaus' Dream (2014) With an album title like that, it could only be Berlin School music. And, indeed, it is. Bryter Layter (USA) Imprinted Season (2009) Two Lenses (2011) Uplifting EM from Joseph Raglani and Mike Pollard. See also: Raglani BT (USA) Between Here And You (2019) This artist (real name - Brian Wayne Transeau) has been working in club-related electronic styles (such as drum and bass, trance, techno, etc.) since the early 1990's. Between Here And You is his completely ambient work, and quite a hypnotic and moody one. BU.D.D.A (Germany / Switzerland) All der Guten Dingen Drei (2019) Slightly industrial-tinged drones and synths. A duo of Sascha Stadlmeier and Chris Sigdell. See also: Emerge, bºtong. Bubble (Canada) Features of Spheres (2011) OI (2014) Alternative name for John Sobocan's ambient work. See also: Sobocan, John Bubble Keiki (Germany) One Thousand Windows (2020) Nice, melancholic ambient synth compositions from this vaporwave-related project, recorded during the 2020 lockdown. Buckley, Linda (Ireland) Moog Residency (2018) (with Jonathan Nangle) Intense analog synth workouts in duo format. Pretty entertaining overall. Buccheri, Francesco (Italy) Journey (1979) Second Journey (1982) Hand Made (1995) (recorded in 1984 - 1989) La Via (1995) The Call (1998) (S) The View (2002) Italian synthesist. Fans of Klaus Schulze will go nuts over this one. Classic synthesizer excursions with a schulzian flair. Bucchi, Jean-Louis (France) Hair (1979) (S) Blue Prism (1983) Reportages (1986) These are supposedly electronic library records. Jean-Louis Bucchi also has a solo album from 1978 called Sunflower. It represents a mixture of jazz and RIO-type rock. Besides, Bucchi worked as an arranger and co-composer for the band Quartz. Buchikamashi (Japan) Daireikai (2010) Dontoyare (2010) (S) Message From Space (2010) (S) 1958 - 2009 (2010) (S) Yutairidatsu (2010) (S) Seireikai (2011) (S) Happy New Age (2011) New Astral Projection (2011) (S) Super Mind (2012) (S) Superbrain (2013) (S) A difficult artist to describe. A lot of his music falls into the category of Ambient, especially the droning type. Then there's the experimental angle, with noisy bits and subtle collage. At other times, he goes for melodic, even new-agey sound, with uplifting synths supported by acoustic guitar and other instruments. All of the above are limited cassette releases. See also: Portopia '81 Buchma, Yuri (Ukraine) Autoportrait (1989) Yuri Buchma released an album of material similar to the music of Tangerine Dream of the late 80's. In 1990, he moved to Belgium to write music for movies and theatre performances under the pseudonym G. Bossart. Buckland, Kevin (UK) A Sound, A Place, A Time (2018) Ambient musician with a mixture of processed guitar and electronics. Buczkowski, Szczepan (Poland) Smile Eyes And the Children Folk (2019) (recorded in 1983) (soundtrack) Rediscovered synth score to an early 1980's children's TV show. Varied, mostly melodic and cosmic. Budd, Harold (USA) The Oak of the Golden Dreams (1970) (with Richard Maxfield) Harold Budd (1971) Pavillion of Dreams (1978) Plateaux of Mirrors (1980) (with Brian Eno) Serpent / Children of the Hills (1981) Abandoned Cities / Dark Star (1982) Pearl (1984) (with Brian Eno) The Moon And the Melodies (1986) (with Cocteau Twins) Lovely Thunder (1986) La Nouvelle Serenite (1987) (with Jon Hassell and Gavin Bryars) The White Arcades (1988) By the Dawn’s Early Light (1991) Music For 3 Pianos (1993) (with Ruben Garcia & Daniel Lentz) She Is A Phantom (1994) (with Zeitgeist) Through the Hill (1994) (with Andy Partridge) Glyph (1995) (with Hector Zazou) Walk Into My Voice (1996) (with Daniel Lentz & Jessica Karraker) Luxa (1996) Agua (2002) (recorded in 1989) Three White Roses & A Bud (2002) (with Bill Nelson and Fila Brazillia) Translucence / Drift Music (2003) (with John Foxx) La Bella Vista (2003) Avalon Sutra (2004) Mysterious Skin (2005) (with Robin Guthrie) Music For 'Fragments From the Inside' (2005) (with Eraldo Bernocchi) After the Night Falls (2007) (with Robin Guthrie) Perhaps (2007) A Song For Lost Blossoms (2008) (with Clive Wright) Candylion (2009) (with Clive Wright) Bordeaux (2011) (with Robin Guthrie) Little Windows (2011) (with Clive Wright) In the Mist (2011) Winter Garden (2012) (with Robin Guthrie and Eraldo Bernocchi) Bandits of Stature (2012) Jane 1-11 (2014) Jane 12-21 (2014) Nighthawks (2015) (with John Foxx and Ruben Garcia) Another Flower (2020) (with Robin Guthrie) American composer (1936 - 2020) and a pioneer of Ambient music, along with Brian Eno. And his music is similar too. But Budd’s works are focusing even more on piano. The piano is usually sinked in heavy reverb so the overall feel is very ethereal. Harold Budd was born in Los Angeles and raised in the Mohave Desert. This special environment served as an early inspiration for young Harold to start his research in sound. His career as a composer began in 1962. First he made a name for himself in the academic / avant-garde circles. Graduating from the University of Southern California with a degree in music composition, Harold Budd started to drift more and more towards the minimal, ambient aspects of music. Among his earliest drone pieces was "The Oak of the Golden Dreams", composed in 1970 on a Buchla synthesizer. Taking a break from composing, Budd spent the bulk of the 1970's teaching music before he made a stellar comeback in 1978 with the seminal Pavilion of Dreams. From then on, Budd continued to release ambient works, some of which got spectacular reviews in specialized press. Besides that, Harold Budd has collaborated with a lot of artists, all of whom brought something new and personal to Budd's soundscapes. I can recommend Harold Budd's works for Ambient fans and for those who like this kind of meek, quiet stuff or piano-based music. Buddha's Last T-Party (UK) Emergence of Convergence (2007) In the Land of the Prince Bishops (2012) Music in an individual style, pulsing and melodic but rather minimal. Often reminding on Peter Baumann's solo albums because of that. Budts, Danny (Belgium) Dreamsequence (1992) Mental Illusion (1993) First cassette releases by Danny Budts (Syndromeda) under his own name. See also: Syndromeda, Amin, Divided By Two. Buelna, Raul (Mexico) Meditacion (2018) Cosmic Ambience (2019) Lucid Dreams (2020) Meditative Ambient, sometimes with strong ethnic influences. Buffett, Peter (USA) The Waiting (1986) One By One (1989) Lost Frontier (1991) Yonnondio (1992) 500 Nations (1994) (soundtrack) Star of Wonder (1996) Spirit Dance (1997) Wisconsin: An American Portrait (1999) Spirit Live (1999) Triathlon (2000) Songs From An Eastside Attic (2001) Ojibwe - We Look In All Directions (2002) Spirit - the Seventh Fire (2004) Inside Looking Out (2006) Melodic synth music (that often crosses into ordinary new age) from this musician and son of Warren Buffett. Bugaj, Adam (USA) Telegraphed (2010) Lo-fi electronic ditties that bring to mind Cluster. His debut album was supposedly more song-oriented. Bugg, Richard (USA) PAiA Synthesizers (1974) (S) Member of Cosmic Debris who doesn't have an extensive solo discography but who seems to have been experimenting in the EM genre from early on, being essentially one of the pioneers. The above is a small demo record released by the PAiA company and features, apart from the narration about said synthesizers, segments of a piece called "Epsilon Boötis", which is very good and performed on PAiA 4700 series synth. I hope more of his solo stuff gets a proper release in the future. See also: Cosmic Debris Bugge, Magnus (Norway) Iteration (2017) (recorded in 2015) Ambient with a touch of Nordic "dungeon synth" sound and a cosmic flair. Bügsküll (USA) Collapsed View (2014) A project of lo-fi, indie rock / psychedelic musician Sean Burn from Portland, Oregon. I am not sure how much of his music can be classified as EM or EM-related, and he is quite prolific too (like a lot of indie artists tend to be), releasing like 20+ albums, singles and compilations since the early 1990's. Collapsed View is a strange, synth-dominated, low-fi soundscape with melodic edges and sort of a wacky Cluster feel to it in places. Buio Mondo (Spain) Italia Violenta (2014) Herderos de la Bestia (2017) (soundtrack) Un Omaggio a Riz Ortolani (2018) (S) Bloom (2018) Assassinio In 7 Polici (2020) John Carpenter / Goblin (more Goblin than JC) worship from this Spanish musician. A progrock / EM mixture based on the sounds of electric guitars, drums and lots of analog synths. Bullard, Martin (UK) Loch Ness Enigmas (1997) Melodic and atmospheric compositions from this musician. Bulot, Serge (France) Sanctuaire d'Eole (1980) Les Legendes de Broceliande (1981) Spacey Electronic Music. See also: Marathon Life Bulpitt, Chris (UK) The Cyber Factor (1991) See also: Hycrania House Bundrick, John Rabbit (USA) Dream Jungle (1987) This library album by Bob Marley and The Who collaborator (he played keyboards with them) was released in the mid 80's. All I know is that the music is electronic and features David Gilmour (Pink Floyd) on guitar. Looks like James Asher had a hand in this one as well. Bundt, Michael (Germany) Just Landed Cosmic Kid (1977) Neon (1979) Electricity (1980) Dreamdancer (2016) (recorded in 1976) (soundtrack) (with Peter Seiler) Michael Bundt was born in Mannheim in 1949. After spending some time with Peter Seiler in a duo called "Sirius", Michael Bundt (ex-Medusa) went on to record several solo electronic works that resembled both the space majesty of early Jean-Michel Jarre and the quirky krautrockish kinetics of Moebius & Plank. The first album is known to feature old friend Peter Seiler. See also: Sirius Bundy, Jason J. (USA) Light In Extension (2006) Returning (2007) This Florida-based artist, influenced by Coil, Steve Roach, La Monte Young and a couple of others, creates drone-based works that can be classified as Ambient. Bunkr (UK) The Initiation Well (2019) Brighton-based artist whose music is a mixture of rhythmic, even danceable tracks (more towards smooth house than harder forms of techno) and atmospheric / melodic synth, sometimes in French style (ala Jarre / Marouani as on "Solitary Drift"), sometimes more sequencer-based rhythmic / melodic ("For the Birds", "Rheasilvian Lakes") or closer to synthwave (the title track). An EM album which has a bit of everything and will appeal to a wide audience. Bunzhukov, Oleg (Russia) Осенние южные ночи - 2012 (2014) Russian synthesist with an individual style who tends to use a lot of analog sounds in a cosmic setting. Bür Hoff Bau (UK) I'r (2014) Welsh band influenced by krautrock and Electronic Music, including the Dusseldorf and the Berlin "schools". Burago (Russia) Buma (2013) Kabardian (2014) (S) Untitled (2019) (S) Taegeuk (2020) (S) Moscow-based project with a lo-fi electronic sound and something of a Cluster vibe in places. Burchette, Wilburn (USA) Music of the Godhead (1974) Psychic Meditation Music (1974) Transcendental Music For Meditation (1976) Mind Storm (1977) California-based visionary musician and proto-newager. He released Occult Concert (1971), Opens the Seven Gates of Transcendental Consciousness (1972) and Guitar Grimoire (1973), all based on slow (and rather dull if you ask me) guitar strumming, like a lysergic and grayscale version of early krautrock. Around 1974, he started incorporating organs and synths, which gave his music an extra dimension, although it still remained rather crude and basic. If you fancy very early organ pieces by Klaus Schulze or the second half of Join Inn by Ash Ra Tempel, this is similar in mood. No sequencers here, just flowing organs, guitars and sporadic synth noodling. Anyway, if you're in a generous mood, the above works can be seen as EM-related, yes. Of these, Mind Storm has perhaps a slight edge over the rest, but not much, as his music tends to be quite samey. Burger, Rob (USA) The Grid (2019) American accordionist and multi-instrumentalist. On The Grid, he created a mixture of electronic and acoustic (mostly classical) sounds that is playful, melodic and nice. It will please those into Tim Story, Cluster, Brian Eno and more. Burial Hex (USA) Initiations (2008) Angelic Gematria (2011) Farward (2012) The Hierophant (2014) Assumption / Ascension (2016) Throne (2016) Guardians (2016) Pentecost (2016) The Spoils of Feral Love Vol. II (2017) Nightfall (2020) Wisconsin-based Burial Hex aka Clay Ruby is mostly known to fans of dark noise / power electronics, but on Initiations you'll find enough ambient material (mostly of the "evil", darker variety) to warrant a satisfying listening experience. Scattered across this album are even shades of Vangelis, of all things. I'll try to list his other EM-related works as well. Burke, Josh (USA) Fantasy Nights In Xanadu (2008) One More Night In Xanadu (2008) Absorbent Lens (2009) Autumn Shift (2009) Imagination Pt. II (2009) (S) Imagination Pt. III (2009) (S) Imagination Pt. IV (2009) (S) Empty Channels (2009) (S) Speaking With Each Dancer (2009) (S) Upwards (2009) (S) 42 (2009) (S) Crosstalk (2009) (S) Network (2009) (S) Breathe (2009) (S) Centered Perception (2009) (S) Quartz (2009) (S) Recovery Orb (2009) (S) Underwater Recovery (2009) (S) Fours (2009) (S) Exist (2009) (S) As We Grow Older (2009) (S) Imagination (2009) (S) Quiet Light (2009) (S) Metadata (2010) (S) Adapt (2010) (S) Vista (2010) (S) Sense Palace (2010) (S) Bhavik's (2010) (S) I Both In (2010) (S) Universal Water (2010) (S) Wherever You Are (2010) (S) Shared Lucidity (2010) (S) Prana (2010) Envision (2011) (S) Mirror Secrets (2011) Cloned I (??) (S) Cloned II (??) (S) Levels (??) (S) Synchronous Memories (??) Untitled (??) Data Sphere (??) Wings (??) Prolific ambient synth artist from Chicago, with most releases on 20 to 30 minute cassettes but some CD / CDR's too. See also: White Prism, Bermuda Link, 56K. Burkett, Douglas (USA) Alien Radio (2002) Ambia (2007) Mainly Space Music from this Florida-based artist. Burma Project (Poland) Synestezja (2007) The project of Marcin Burminski in Dark Ambient / experimental mould. Burmer, Richard (USA) Mosaic (1984) Bhakti Point (1987) Inventions (1987) Western Spaces (1987) (with Steve Roach and Kevin Braheny) On the Third Extreme (1988) Sounds of BodyPlay (1994) (soundtrack) Shining By the River (1995) Treasures of the Saints (1996) Early albums are fairly rhythmic, featuring complex electronic compositions. Later he started composing more Ambient-oriented material. Richard Burmer has collaborated with Steve Roach and Kevin Braheny. He died on the 9th of September, 2006. Burn Pilot (Germany) Infinitism (2020) Burn Pilot call themselves a "psychedelic punkband". Their music represents a mixture of stoner rock, psychedelic rock and kraut. On Infinitism, extensive use of synths and the motorik gives the music a very kraut / EM feel. Longs tracks. File under EM-related. Burnham, Conrad (USA) It Went Right Through Me (2018) Medusa (2018) Los Angeles-based composer. Intense synthscapes, sometimes a bit noisy. Burnheart, Johanna (Germany) Burnheart (2020) Experimental violinist who is also into electronics. Her album from 2020 is a jazzy affair with some art pop songs, but there's also a repetitive EM piece called "Sisyphos". Sadly, it's too short. I wish the whole album was in that style. File under EM-related. Burning, Justin (USA) Songs of the Thinned Veil (2019) Unique horror synth pastiche here, with hymnal melodies, some organs, thick synth bass, etc. Burning Pyre (UK) Erotics of Aesthetics (2015) Insipid Dalliance (2016) Suspended In Glacial Ice (2017) The Look of Love (2018) United Angels (2020) A project of C. M. Owen from Newcastle upon Tyne. Rich and emotional synthesizer sound on The Look of Love. Good stuff. BurningTapes (UK) Blood Runs Dry (2016) Pieces Vol. 1 (2018) (with Repeated Viewing) Black Lake (2019) Horror synth-inspired project. Real drums are used here alongside synths. Energetic, pounding... Burns & Roberson (USA) Album II (1983) This is in fact the second Moolah album (recorded in 1979 - 1981) released under the real names of the musicians. The style is not known at the moment but the music is supposedly electronic. See also: Moolah Burrows, Terry (UK) Watching the Burning Bride (1986) (with Asmus Tietchens) The Whispering Scale (1989) Burning the Watching Bride (1998) (with Asmus Tietchens) Terry Burrows is a singer / songwriter from London and a collaborator of Asmus Tietchens, with whom he experimented in Ambient music genre during the late Seventies. Burt, Tony (New Zealand) The Awakening Time (2000) Aka Tony Burt Expression. Music influenced by Vangelis, Tangerine Dream and Australian folk stuff. Burton, Jack (Australia) Lake Monger (2019) Varied music, ranging from pure ambient soundworlds to more rhythmic analog synth-focused stuff. Burwash, Kris (Canada) Moonlanding (2017) lotl qs (2020) Nice, analog music made with modulars, etc. Moody, ambient, melodic, cosmic... Burwell, Carter (USA) Blair Witch 2: Book of Shadows (2000) (soundtrack) Dark Ambient soundtrack. Burzum (Norway) Filosofem (1995) Daudi Baldr's (1997) Hlidskjalf (1999) Sôl Austan, Mâni Vestan (2013) The Ways of Yore (2014) Hvis Lyset Tar Oss (2020) After being sent to prison for murder, Varg Vikernes (aka Count Grishnack) continued to make music. Straying away from the original black metal sound, he approached Ambient music. Using just synth, he made several albums with a shadowy Dark Ambient sound, heavily influenced by classical music but also with some Gothic influences. Filosofem was mixed and assembled without participation of Varg. It's only partly ambient. The next two are completely keyboard based. Hlidskjalf has been even compared to Vangelis! Note that some other, earlier albums also contain Ambient pieces, one or two per album. Buschkotter, Uwe (Germany) Computer Energy (1983) Library LP with a variety of styles, ranging from pure synth / EM to jazz rock / fusion. The music was performed with a cast of guest musicians. Busso De La Lune (Poland) Race Against Time (2002) The Path At the Parting of the Ways (2002) With Your Ear Down To the Ground (2002) Around Borderline (2004) Stream: In City (2005) Stream Endlessly (2005) A Walk To the Sea (2005) Stream Come In (2008) Soundscapes by Piotr Jurczak. Busy Microbes (UK) Long-distance collaboration between Nick Edwards and Katie English. Playful or ambient electronic compositions with something of a Cluster feel to them. See also: Edwards, Nick Butler, Jim (USA) Deep Energy 1 (2008) Drone 1: The Darkside of the Drone (2009) Droneland (2011) Flowing soundscapes, deep drones and darkish Space Music from this New Hampshire-based folk musician. Butler, Jonny (USA) Memory (2015) Pittsburgh-based ambient artist. Lots of organ and piano, as well as some guitars. Reminiscent of Eno. Buttigieg, Ray (Malta) Compucircuit 0.008ms (1981) The Essential Transition: Symphonic Poem No.1 (1982) Sounds of Transformation: Symphonic Poem No.2 (1982) Etere (1983) Nearing the Millenium: Symphonic Poem No.3 (1984) Agriculture Architecture & Astronomy (1984) Mechanism of Thought (1984) Quantum Mechanics (1985) The Great Siege of Malta Opuscule (1985) Music For Computers (1985) Music For Movies (1986) Music For Video (1986) (recorded in 1980 - 1986) Quartet (1986) (recorded in 1976 - 1985) (EP) Codes: Diary of An Earthling Vol. 1 (1987) Perpetual Energies (1987) Sequence: Symphonic Poem No.4 (1987) L'Emigrant / The Emigrant (1987) (recorded in 1977 - 1987) (EP) Messages (1988) Spirit of the Soul: Symphonic Poem No.5 (1988) Selected Works Vol. 1: Excerpts & Movements (1988) (recorded in 1977 - 1988) Sonata 33 (1988) (recorded in 1976 - 1981) (EP) Interlude (1988) (recorded in 1976 - 1988) (EP) Etenoha: Earthnoise No.1 (1989) In Dreams Passages (1990) Almost Pure Vision: Symphonic Poem No.6 (1991) Ġgantija (1991) Tarxien (1991) Ħaġar Qim (1991) Mnajdra (1991) Time Temples (1992) (soundtrack) Elements - Water Suite (1992) Elements - Earth Suite (1992) Elements - Air Suite (1992) Elements - Fire Suite (1992) The Musical Instincts of Nature (1993) Deus Meus. What Are They Doing?: Symphonic Poem No.7 (1993) Ir-Rahal: Earthnoise No.2 (1995) Procyon: Symphonic Poem No.8 (1995) The Methuselah Chamber (1996) Spheric (1998) Selected Works Vol. 2: Themes & Suites (1998) (recorded in 1988 - 1998) Roswell 1947. Alien Debris: Symphonic Poem No.9 (1999) In Rebellion (1999) (with Jason Barnes) (recorded in 1988 - 1989) Thru Energy (2001) Electropolis (2001) Feel (2001) (EP) (with Nala) Electropolis Live (2005) Atom (2006) Rendering Rembrandt van Rijn (2006) Journeys On the Surface of the Earth (2007) Travels To the Edges of the World (2008) Apocraphon ~ Te Deum and other Sacred Hymns (2008) (with Novi Mystici) Sanctum (2008) (EP) (with Novi Mystici) Night At the Catacombs (2009) (EP) (with Demian Clav) Voyages To Unknown Alien Landscapes (2010) Excursions Into the Realms of Imagination (2011) Born on Gozo, Malta, in 1955 as Raymond Francis Grazju, Ray Buttigieg became known after moving to New York thanks to his poetry and numerous solo electronic works. Initially a guitar player, Ray formed a rock group called Cykx somewhere in the mid 70's. The group released one single in 1976 that had considerable success. By the late 70's, Ray became interested in Electronic Music and built a large state-of-the-art studio "cykxsoundlab". It was the start of a long journey that continues to this day. Ray's music is likened to that of Klaus Schulze. See also: Freemusicians, The Buurman, Jeroen (Netherlands) Ufo (2014) Flying (2014) Feel the Ego (2014) Mother Earth - Take Care (2014) Live Life Live (2016) Music with varied influences from this musician, sometimes with dance influences, sometimes beatless. Bvdub (USA) We Were the Sun (2009) A Prayer To False Gods (2009) A Silent Reign (2010) The Art of Dying Alone (2010) Tribes At the Temple of Silence (2011) One Last Look At the Sea (2011) Resistance Is Beautiful (2011) The Truth Hurts (2011) (with Ian Hawgood) Songs For A Friend I Left Behind (2011) I Remember (2011) Then (2011) All Is Forgiven (2012) At Night This City Becomes the Sea (2013) A Careful Ecstasy (2013) Born In Tokyo (2013) Erebus (2013) (with Loscil) I'll Only Break Your Heart (2014) A History of Distance (2014) Tanto (2014) A Step In the Dark (2015) Safety In A Number (2015) Yours Are Stories of Sadness (2016) (recorded in 2012 - 2016) Epilogues For the End of the Sky (2017) Heartless (2017) A Different Definition of Love (2018) Drowning In Daylight (2018) Explosions In Slow Motion (2019) Ten Times the World Lied (2020) Burn Back Time (2020) Wrath & Apathy (2020) Despite the name, most of this project's output consists of beautiful ambient soundscapes and drifting drones / textures with only slight dub elements from time to time. However, the earliest works (circa 1999 - 2007) that are supposed to be more rhythmic and dub / techno-oriented were omitted from the discography. Bvdub is the project of US musician Brock Van Wey who currently resides in China. Byggesett Orchestra (Germany) Wild Birch (2014) Meanwhile (2018) A duo of Peter Körfer and Georg Sehrbrock. They are mostly pretty jazzy and post-rocky / dancey. However, there is also some ambient material, such as "Low Pulse" from Wild Birch, for example. Not very progressive overall, more like EM-related. Byrd, Joe (USA) The American Metaphysical Circus (1969) (with The Field Hippies) A Christmas Yet To Come (1975) Yankee Transcendoodle (1975) Former leader of The United States of America, Joe Byrd formed another group that included up to 12 extra musicians and released an album in 1969 that was somewhat similar to the original USA work, complete with female vocals (three different vocalists this time). After that he continued on his own and released some solo albums full of progressive synth explorations. See also: United States of America, The Byrd, Rob (USA) Easter Invocation (2007) (S) (with Kris Thompson and Wisteriax) My Ghosts And Yours (2010) Twilight Tipi (2011) (with Kris Thompson) Rob Byrd and Kris Thompson is a processed guitar / theremin duo that gave many improvised concerts in unlikely places such as forests, living rooms, small festivals, lofts, as well as various clubs. Their music is ambient and shadowy, sometimes hypnotic and emotional. BySenses (Belgium) Frigments-Fragments (2014) Didier Dewachtere creates Berlin School music. See also: Dewachtere, Didier, Tower Tree, The.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line329
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__label__cc	0.712268	0.287732	Good Neighbors Book Three: Kind By Holly Black Illustrated by Ted Naifeh 128 Pages \| 6.19" x 9.29" \| Ages 12 & Up Rue Silver's world has never been quite normal. But she finds that the more she digs into her past, the less things are as they appear to be-especially Rue. And now the faerie world has been unleashed on her city. The big question is: Will she stop it and save the world she's always known? Or will she take the place as the rightful faerie heir? In the third and final volume of The Good Neighbors, Eisner Award nominees Holly Black and Ted Naifeh weave another masterful concoction of fantasy and suspense. Praise for The Good Neighbors: "Black does a wonderful job of weaving an alien faerie world through Rue's urban landscape, and Naifeh's art, rich with shadows, is expressive and angular and pulls the reader into the story."-Booklist "Searing and exceptionally well-written." -The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books "[Black] skillfully blends the mystical elements with a murder mystery, family drama, and a bit of ever-popular teen angst. Black also does not shy away from the darker aspects of faerie legend, which gives the story a nicely unsettling aspect at all times."- www.BrokenFrontier.com "Ted's knack for misfit characters with a dose of humor is a perfect fit with Holly's vision of the faerie world. And I don't throw words like 'perfect' around lightly."- www.The-Trades.com By this Illustrator	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line336
__label__cc	0.616952	0.383048	Selected Science News EARLY MENSTRUATION LINKED TO INCREASED RISK OF DEPRESSION 2/03/2011 06:22:00 PM Publicado por Jorge Franchín Etiquetas: Medicine Girls who begin menstruating at an early age are at greater risk of depressive symptoms during their adolescence, according to new research by academics from the University of Bristol and the University of Cambridge. The research published in the January issue of the British Journal of Psychiatry examined the link between timing of a first period and depressive symptoms in a sample of 2,184 girls taking part in a long-term study known as the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC). The researchers used a structural equation model to examine the association between onset of menstruation and depressive symptoms at ages 10.5, 13 and 14 years. The mean age at which the girls in the study group started menstruating was 12 years and 6 months. They found that girls who started their periods early (before the age of 11.5 years) had the highest levels of depressive symptoms at ages 13 and 14. Girls who started their periods later (after the age of 13.5 years) had the lowest levels of depressive symptoms. Lead researcher Dr Carol Joinson, Lecturer in the School of Social and Community Medicine at Bristol University, said: “Our study found that girls who mature early are more vulnerable to developing depressive symptoms by the time they reach their mid-teens. This suggests that later maturation may be protective against psychological distress. “The transition into puberty is a critical developmental period, associated with many biological, cognitive and social changes. These can include increased conflict with parents, the development of romantic relationships, changes in body image and fluctuating hormone levels. These changes may have a more negative impact on girls who mature at an early age than those who mature later. Early maturing girls may feel isolated, and faced with demands which they are not emotionally prepared for.” Dr Joinson concluded: “If girls who reach puberty early are at greater risk of psychological problems in adolescence, it may be possible to help them with school- and family-based programmes aimed at early intervention and prevention.” However, it is still unclear from the current results whether an early period is associated with persistent adverse consequences for emotional development beyond the mid-adolescent period. The researchers point out it is possible that girls who mature later may eventually experience similar levels of psychological distress to those who mature earlier, after sufficient time has unfolded. (Photo: Bristol U.) Selected Science News Headlines Astrobiology (8) Climatology (72) Computing (29) Computing Sciences (3) Geochemistry (3) Heliophysics (1) Paleoclimatology (29) Space Medicine (2) Noticias de la Ciencia y la Tecnología NCYT Amazings MUSICAL CHILLS: WHY THEY GIVE US THRILLS SLEEP MODE: THE ENERGY COST OF SLEEP DEPRIVATION FASTEST MOVIE IN THE WORLD RECORDED MOTHER'S MILK IMPROVES THE PHYSICAL CONDITION OF F... CHILDREN IN FORMAL CHILD CARE HAVE BETTER LANGUAGE... RESOLVED TO LOSE WEIGHT IN 2011? SKIP THE 'VALUE M... EARLY MENSTRUATION LINKED TO INCREASED RISK OF DEP... MATHEMATICAL MODEL SHOWS HOW GROUPS SPLIT INTO FAC... ONE IN THREE MOTORISTS SEEKS DRIVING THRILLS TO CO... UNDERSTANDING THE ANESTHETIZED BRAIN ON THE TRAIL OF A STEALTHY PARASITE THE SURPRISING USEFULNESS OF SLOPPY ARITHMETIC EARTH’S HOT PAST COULD BE PROLOGUE TO FUTURE CLIMATE ACTIVITY OF A SINGLE BRAIN CELL CAN PREDICT IF WE ... APOLOGIES AREN’T AS GOOD AS PEOPLE IMAGINE THEY’LL BE Selected Science News. Copyright 2008 All Rights Reserved Revolution Two Church theme by Brian Gardner Converted into Blogger Template by Bloganol dot com	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line339
__label__cc	0.555338	0.444662	Sharing music in Poronin! On one rainy Sunday morning four of us, brave and tall estonian girls excited about their trip to the south, met in Tartu coach station to start a day full of travelling. After many hours by buses, a plane and a train we arrived to Poronin, a small town in Poland that became our home for the upcoming week. The project held there was called „Erasmusic+“ so as expected by the title we did have a lot of activities connected with music. Every country-Lithuania, Croatia, Slovenia, Greece and Estonia- had to prepare a presentation about their national music in different decades starting from the 60’s and finishing in the present. To our surprise there were also some songs that were surprisingly famous in other countries. For example there was a Romanian participant who could sing „Kuula“ (by Ott Lepland) by heart and a Greek girl who loved „Rändajad“ and its performer Sandra Nurmsalu. In addition to presentations about music we also had a lot of fun during every other activity. For example we had a hike to Morksie Oko in Tatra mountains where we saw an elk only two meters away, a relaxing evening in the thermal pools, a city game that included tasks like „find a happy horse“ and then lots and lots of competitions in billiards, table football and table tennis. Every day finished with an intercultural evening. It was a great chance to test our knowledge in quizes, learn the fact that there is still much to learn about every country on Earth, to taste different national foods and drinks and to get to know some new interesting songs and dances. Time flew and before we even realized it the week was over. How else but writing our own song would finish Erasmusic+ perfectly! Listen to it here! Summary was made by Liis Randmäe Pictures made by Genelyn All Kyle link World Meet Summit 2018 Conferences for 2018 will take place on 20th Aug, 2018 to 28 Aug , 2018 in New York and 2nd Nov, 2018 to 9th Nov, 2018 in Sydney sponsored by RBS, CG, GS and BAML. World Meet is a private network of young professionals from 83 countries around the world. World Meet aims to empower youth who make up over 55% of the global population to champion global social change by providing access to education, interaction and action. World Meet strives to empower youth to reach their full potentials through the World Meet Fellowship program which is broken down into 4 pillars World meet Summit: WM is organizing and funding the first ever convening of youth from every single country on the globe to learn and discuss topical issues. World Meet Grants: Youth through the grant program will get access to unrestricted funds to carry our sustainable change in their communities. World Meet Scholarships: The fellowship will provide full undergraduate, graduate and post graduate scholarships to students to study abroad or in their countries. World Meet Internships: We believe youth need to be given a chance in the work place. Which is why World meet provides internship opportunities for youth worldwide. The mission of MW is to empower youth to champion global social change by providing access to education, interaction and action. MW hopes to directly impact and work with, and assist 2 million youth by 2030. World Meet’s vision is an inclusive society where youth and their allies are actively engaged in working for social change in their communities. For more information, visit : https://worldmeetsummit.com/ Ralph link Nice blogg thanks for posting Here are summaries of projects in 2016 with Seiklejate Vennnaskond's partnership Hvari Island	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line342
__label__wiki	0.87636	0.87636	Longyear, Barry B (1942- ) US author and editor who ran a printing company with his wife before beginning to write in 1977. He soon published his first sf story, "The Tryouts" for Asimov's in November/December 1978. Before his 1981 hospitalization for alcoholism and addiction to prescription drugs – an experience which formed the basis of his non-sf novel Saint Mary Blue (1988) – he had already published prolifically, sometimes as by Frederick Longbeard. Most of the short fiction for which he remains best known was released early in his career, most notably the stories assembled in Manifest Destiny (coll 1980), which explore a shared universe – in which a ruthlessly expanding Earth battles Dracon, an Alien Galactic Empire – with considerable intensity; and most of the contents of It Came from Schenectady (coll 1984). Enemy Mine (September 1979 Asimov's; 1989 chap dos), which appeared in Manifest Destiny, won Hugo, Nebula and Locus Awards, was filmed as Enemy Mine (1985); with the collaboration of David Gerrold, Longyear novelized the film version as Enemy Mine (1985). In both versions of the Enemy Mine sequence, a human and Dracon soldier, caught in the bitter conflict occasioned by human expansion (see Colonization of Other Worlds), are isolated together on a primitive planet and must cooperate or die. The Tomorrow Testament (1983) is a loose sequel to the tale, reiterating its lessons in a competently extended form. Much of this material is revised in The Enemy Papers (coll 1998), which incorporates a new novel as well. In this early period Longyear also initiated his Circus sequence – comprising, in order of internal chronology, City of Baraboo (coll of linked stories 1980), Elephant Song (1982) and Circus World (coll of linked stories 1981) – about the escape of a circus troop from Earth, its misadventures, its colonizing of the planet Momus, and the final triumph of its representatives as an interstellar act, all within a universe loosely shared with the Enemy Mine tales. In 1980 he won the John W Campbell Award for Best New Writer. After the gap caused by his hospital experience, Longyear returned to active work with a sharp Dystopia about Overpopulation, Sea of Glass (1987), told from the viewpoint of a child whose birth was illegal but who is allowed to survive by the governing Computer which struggles coldly to deal with the huge excess of humans on the planet by creating an artificial War. Later novels like Naked Came the Robot (1988), The God Box (1989), Infinity Hold (1989) and The Homecoming (1989) are variously of interest, but exhibit some intermittent sense of fatigue. His two Alien Nation television Ties: The Change (1994), which novelizes an unproduced script, and Slag Like Me (1994), which novelizes material from a cancelled season, are competent but routine. At the same time, the alert clarity and genre cunning of Longyear's best work seem potentially available to him, and may surface again. [JC] see also: Asimov's Science Fiction. Barry Brookes Longyear born Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: 12 May 1942 Enemy Mine (not listed in order of publication) Enemy Mine (New York: Tor, 1989) [novella: chap: dos: first appeared in Asimov's, September 1979: Enemy Mine: pb/Tom Kidd] Enemy Mine (New York: Charter, 1985) with David Gerrold [tie to the film: novelization of the above: Enemy Mine: pb/] The Tomorrow Testament (New York: Berkley Books, 1983) [Enemy Mine: pb/Michael Herring] The Enemy Papers (Stone Mountain, Georgia: White Wolf Publishing, 1998) [coll/omni of the above plus the original Enemy Mine plus other material including a new novel: Enemy Mine: pb/Matt Manley] City of Baraboo (New York: Berkley Publishing Corp/Putnam, 1980) [coll of linked stories: Circus: hb/John Rush] Circus World (New York: Nelson Doubleday, 1981) [coll of linked stories: Circus: hb/Les Katz] Elephant Song (New York: Berkley Books, 1981) [Circus: pb/John Rush] The Change (New York: Pocket Books, 1994) [tie to Alien Nation (tv): novelizing an unfilmed episode: Alien Nation: pb/Dru Blair] Slag Like Me (New York: Pocket Books, 1994) [tie to Alien Nation (tv): Alien Nation: pb/Dru Blair] Infinity Hold Infinity Hold (New York: Popular Library/Questar, 1989) [Infinity Hold: pb/Paul Youll and Steve Youll] Infinity Hold³ (Bloomington, Indiana: iUniverse, 2002) [coll: containing Infinity Hold plus two additional tales: pb/] Sea of Glass (New York: St Martin's Press, 1987) [hb/Ron Walotsky] Saint Mary Blue (Minneapolis, Minnesota: Steeldragon Press, 1988) [hb/Emma Bull] Naked Came the Robot (New York: Popular Library/Questar, 1988) [pb/Les Edwards] The God Box (New York: New American Library/Signet Books, 1989) [pb/] The Homecoming (New York: Walker and Co, 1989) [hb/Alan M Clark] Manifest Destiny (New York: Berkley Books, 1980) [coll: pb/John Rush] It Came from Schenectady (New York: Bluejay Books, 1984) [coll: hb/Kevin Eugene Johnson] Science Fiction Writer's Workshop (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Owlswick Press, 1980) [nonfiction: pb/] Science Fiction Writer's Workshop – I: An Introduction to Fiction Mechanics (San Bernardino, California: The Borgo Press, 1983) [nonfiction: vt of the above: no second volume was issued: hb/] Barry B Longyear	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line344
__label__cc	0.575831	0.424169	Posted on 27 March 2012 by Simon The drugs don’t work: Asia’s fake meds industry – CNNGo Traveling in Asia? Feel poorly? Don’t be taken in by cheap medicines — they may be counterfeit. http://www.cnngo.com/explorations/life/travel-sick-thats-because-drugs-dont-work-200769 If you’re traveling to Asia and have a health complaint, beware — some countries in the region are hot spots for the manufacture and sale of bogus medication. Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar are of particular concern — peddlers of fake medication use older heroin and methamphetamine smuggling networks around the “Golden Triangle” to get their drugs across borders. “Be careful what you buy — and where” is the message to consumers and travelers from experts who met at a forum on the subject in Bangkok recently, not far from street vendors peddling fake sex pills near one of the city’s red-light areas. “An estimated 3,000 people die each day around the world from taking fake medications,” reckons Scott Davis, a former U.S. customs official, now senior regional director (Asia-Pacific) in Pfizer’s Global Security section. Viagra is Pfizer’s most frequently counterfeited medicine, he adds. One-third fake The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates 10-30 percent of medications sold in poorer countries are fake and Davis believes the fake medicine industry is growing faster than the legitimate counterpart it leeches off. Fake meds can include ingredients such as arsenic, heavy metals, pesticide, printer ink and leaded paint, and either too much or too little of the active ingredient to have the desired effect. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) advises travelers to avoid medicines sold on the street, and to watch out for medication that is underpriced or comes in poor quality packaging or is not in its original packaging — though some counterfeiters can cover up their work with carbon-copy branding. Instead, stick to well-known or branded pharmacies, and pay the standard price — regardless of the allure of cheaper meds available from street stalls. Davis says he has “not heard of a single incident of named pharmacies in Asia having an incident of a breach of their supplies by counterfeits.” For non-brand retailers, it is important to check that they have a license from the country’s Ministry of Health and have a licensed pharmacist on premises, says Davis. Pfizer, stung by the losses incurred due to the sale of fake medications with the company’s branding, is pushing hard for governments around the world to clamp down on a multi-billion dollar transnational crime nexus. In November 2011 China jailed eight fake sex pill manufacturers, after criminalizing the counterfeiting of medicines — even raising the maximum penalty to death, to try to contain illegal production in the world’s fastest growing medicine market. China’s fake med problem is a global one, however — about 40 percent of China’s estimated US$3 billion 2010 sales of counterfeit medicines, healthcare products and medical equipment last year were exported, according to a report by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). That means such countries as Australia, Hong Kong, Japan, New Zealand, South Korea and the United States have all been affected by the fake meds scourge, with online shoppers at particular risk, says Anna-Lise Sauterey, a Bangkok-based researcher at the Institute for Research on Contemporary Southeast Asia (IRASEC), a wing of the French Foreign Ministry. Even worse online “More than 50 percent of the medications sold online are fake,” she says. Making sure the site requires a prescription and has a pharmacist available for questions is one bit of advice given to shoppers who buy online, but a recent U.S. Government agency statement warned: “A rogue Internet website marketing drug products may look like a professional and legitimate website, but may actually be an illegal operation.” With a booming online and emerging-economy market, fake medication is a new growth area for criminal gangs, with “low-hanging fruit” ripe for the picking, according to analysts. Some estimates suggest that US$1,000 seed money to set up a fake meds operation can yield US$450,000 return, compared with US$20,000 for the same investment in heroin. “With low risks and high returns, the attraction to criminal groups is evident,” outlined the UNODC 2010 report. Police corruption or collusion has long been a factor enabling the heroin and “yabaa” (methamphetamine) trade in Myanmar, Cambodia, Laos and Thailand. However, even straight cops might not stop the fake medication trade, with big bucks at stake. “Police are trained, in many cases, to check for narcotics along borders,” says Sauterey. However, she adds: “They do not have the same awareness of fake medications and often let what appear like legitimate pills pass without scrutiny.” Business & Economics, CNN Go, Drugs & Crime, Health & Medical, Travel & Tourism UN warns of surging meth use across Asia, despite Covid-19 - dpa international Not yet crazy rich, but getting crazy drunk - Asia Times/RTÉ World Report Philippines’ Catholic leaders grapple with Duterte presidency - National Catholic Register Zika poses a threat to Asian economies - Nikkei Asian Review Widening waistlines spell opportunity - Nikkei Asian Review As incomes rise, so does the prevalence of diabetes - Nikkei Asian Review Missionary: executed Brazilian had serious mental illness - National Catholic Register Malarial malady in Myanmar - The Edge Review Outcry after Indonesia executes 6 for drug trafficking - Los Angeles Times Meth-making - The Edge Review Rose-tinted history at Rangoon's drugs elimination museum - The Irrawaddy No saying no to rehab in KIO territory - The Irrawaddy Burma pivotal as amphetamine use soars - The Irrawaddy Drug traffickers standing for election - The Irrawaddy Cocaine-fuelled hi-society built on failing states - The Irish Catholic	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line350
__label__wiki	0.628389	0.628389	Home / Video / Watch: Greg Norton joins The Posies onstage in St. Paul to blast through Hüsker Dü classics Power-pop favorites The Posies currently are out on a 30th anniversary tour, and the band’s stop in St. Paul, Minn., on Tuesday night featured an extra treat: The group brought Hüsker Dü bassist Greg Norton onstage during the encore to rip through four of that band’s classics. With Norton on bass, The Posies’ Jon Auer and Ken Stringfellow led the group through performances of “Green Eyes,” “These Important Years,” “Makes No Sense At All” and “Sorry Somehow.” The band then continued its encore at the Turf Club by playing its own 1996 song “Grant Hart,” about the Hüskers’ late drummer/singer/songwriter. Last night at the @TurfClubMN, @theposies covered a handful of Hüsker Dü classics in their encore including “Makes No Sense at All” with original Hüsker bassist Greg Norton. Phenomenal! cc: @slicingeyeballs pic.twitter.com/fYL77Ye6fP — Jake Rudh (@JakeRudh) June 27, 2018 The Posies – touring with the classic Frosting on the Beater-era lineup of Auer, Stringfellow, Dave Fox and Mike Musburger – continue their 30th anniversary summer trek with an appearance tonight at Summerfest in Milwaukee. Check out the band’s website for full tour dates and ticketing details. Below, check out video of The Posies and Greg Norton, courtesy of North South Central Live. Tags: Grant Hart, Husker Du, Jon Auer, Ken Stringfellow, The Posies More posts by Slicing Up Eyeballs \| Visit the site of Slicing Up Eyeballs Greg played on Grant Hart as well Seattle’s best band. Frosting on the Beater still crushes Nevermind like a grape.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line351
__label__wiki	0.556499	0.556499	UMM team won 1st place in the PSSI Persema Internal Football Match Author : Humas \| Monday, November 30, 2020 09:45 WIB The UMM squad received the victory trophy. (Photo: By Istimewa) The internal matches of Persema PSSI Malang Raya level for league 1 have ended from November 5 to November 26. In the competition, the team from University of Muhammadiyah Malang (UMM) won 1st place after defeating the team from Brawijaya University(UB) with a score 2-0 in the final round. The series of matches were held in five different fields, they are the Mulyorejo field, the Porma Sawojajar field, the Bakalan Krajan field, the Kedung Kandang Corn field, and the Tunjung Sekar field. For league 1 followed by 14 teams from all Malang regions, both regencies and cities. Renold Septian, as the head of the Football Student Activity Unit, admitted that he had difficulty preparing this match team. "Preparation for the match is quite tough because there are not many UKM members who are currently in Malang, this makes it difficult for us to choose members," he said. Also read: Build Children's Entrepreneurial Character Through Batik Despite encountering difficulties, the White Campus Football team was able to compete to beat the opposition team by conceding only one goal from all matches. In addition, even though it was conducted in the midst of a pandemic, the Covid-19 health protocol was still well implemented. "We are advised that the players from each representative to do test before the match, limit the number of spectators, and require people except players to wear masks," said the UMM team coach, Dr. Haris Thofly, SH., M.Hum. (shi / can/ nain)	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line355
__label__cc	0.719006	0.280994	Vița-de-vie‎ > ‎Soiuri nobile‎ > ‎ CABERNET FRANC, A GRAPE VARIETY FINDING ITS PATH by Iulia Scavo DipWSET 15.07.2020 When people think about Hungarian wine the first thing that comes into their mind is Tokaj. Most of the time this is the first and only thing they can imagine about Hungary. Some might also know the reputation of the Bikavér, the Bull’s Blood, in which case the image is not always the best. Only wine geeks will quote the Franc and people they might address to would barely imagine that Franc is actually Cabernet Franc, in which case it will be the inferior cabernet… Never ending turmoil. Oldies are goodies… Cabernet Franc is undoubtedly a very old variety. So old, that some consider it a “population-variety” rather than a grape in its own right. Whether we admit that or not, its diversity of synonyms is typical to old varieties for which origin is older than time! Achéria, Ardounet, Bidure, Bordeaux, Bordo, Boubet, Bouchet Franc, Gros Bouchet, Bouchy, Breton, Cabernet Breton or Plant de l’Abbé Breton or Plant Breton, Capbreton Rouge, Cabernet Gris,Cabrunet, Carmenet, Couahort, Sable Rouge, Trouchet, Tsapournako, Verdejilla tinto, Véron, Vidure, Vuidure, Grosse Vidure these exotic names also show how this grape moved from its supposed departure point in the Basque Country to its nowadays regions in France and then further eastwards, to countries such as Switzerland, Austria, Romania, Greece and eventually Hungary. The father of its mighty off-spring Cabernet Sauvignon, has become the classier of the two in this country. Known as the “unsung hero” of Hungarian wine, Cabernet Franc is supposed to have landed there by the end of the 19th - beginning of the 20th century. It was then easily integrated into a number of blends, either Bordeaux style or the traditional “Bull’s blood”. The latter became known as a run-of-the-mill plonk during unfortunate times under communism. For the former, the less interesting Merlot easily made it imperceptible in those blends, as quickly as the over-whelming Cabernet Sauvignon masked it with its unmistakable character. This was around the 60s. During the last 20 past years or so, Cabernet Franc had almost found its “second home” in the southernmost spot of Hungary in Villány. The pioneers of the “Villány Franc”, among which the forefather was Gere Attila, once set around a table and discussed winey ideas, and the Cabernet Franc was one of them. This is how the label came about in 2014. My humble contribution The purpose of this paper is to highlight what was considered an “inferior” Cabernet in a country that seems to have found the best strategy to make the Franc express itself in a world where it remained quite reserved until Hungary put it into the spotlight. I will then focus on the Villány area and develop upon the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats of their beloved Franc in this specific area. I strongly believe that it can one day become “the unique selling proposition” of the Hungarian red wine market which I will try to demonstrate with my “4Ps marketing mix” hypothesis further on. I was lucky enough to have found some bottles to taste and comment on at the end of my paper in order to illustrate the style of the “Villány Franc”. MY NAME IS FRANC, VILLANY FRANC… Few words of history As mentioned above, Cabernet Franc seems to be old, very old. Historical sources suggest that the synonym Vidure could come from Bidure itself deriving from Biturica or Biturigiaca mentioned by Pliny the Elder and Collumella as the grape of the Bituriges Vibisci, Celtic tribes from the nowadays Gironde area. Other suppositions lead us to Gascony in which dialect “bit dure” that means hard vine and harsh to prune. DNA evidence suggests that it could have gone as far south as the Pays Basque. However the oldest and most certain written evidence might be that of French writer François Rabelais, in his “Gargantua”, in 1534: “ce bon vin Breton…” which actually was not from Brittany, as we learn further on, but from Verron near Chinon. This makes us understand the link with the Vascos country as the grape might have come from the area, navigated to the French Brittany and so entered the Loire Valley. At first the climate allowed it to thrive in the area, then as it got cooler by the end of the 16th – beginning of the 17th century, it was obliged to penetrate the valley and settle eastwards. Another explanation about the Breton synonym also exists, given by Alexander-Pierre Odart in 1845: in 1631, Abbé Breton would have planted the best plants of Bordeaux under Richelieu’s guidance in Chinon and Bourgueil. At that time the Abbot was still a teenager, so the story might have been more of a legend than that of a true historical fact. Nevertheless, historical documents used to mention plantings of “Plants de L’Abbé Breton” or simply “Plant Breton”, regarding Cabernet Franc. The oldest mention of a similar name to the nowadays one is “Caburnet” in 1716. This term is supposed to be derived from the Latin “carbon” meaning black, in reference to the deep colour of its berries. So carbon – carbonet – carbenet and it was then subject to metathesis and eventually changed into cabernet. This brief history explains why Cabernet Franc is at home in France and namely in the three above-mentioned regions: Loire Valley, Bordeaux and South West. As shown by Pierre Galet in his dictionary - “Dictionnaire encyclopédique des cépages et leurs synonymes”, Cabernet Franc plantings in France had experienced an incredible growth since 1958 from only 9744 ha up to 36650 ha in 2011 before the release of the book, area which remains more or less stable nowadays. Now when exactly did Cabernet Franc come to Hungary and how did it arrive? And more precisely to Villány, mainly? Villány passed under Ottoman rule between 1541 and 1699. Then came people from the Balkans – the Slavonians, who are said to have brought the Kadarka in the area. Germanic populations such as Swabians were brought here by the 18th century under the Austro-Hungarians and they contributed with varietals such as Blauer Portuguiser – Kékoporto and Blaufränkish – Kékfrankos. It was not until the Phylloxera crisis that reached Hungary in 1880 that French grapes arrived in the country. They mainly came from Bordeaux, hence their name as a group – “the Bordeaux”: Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot. Who would have thought that Hungary would ever become the 4th most Cabernet Franc planted wine nation? With only 2% of the vineyard focusing on Cabernet Franc, Hungary ranks after France (66%), Italy (13%), and United States (7%). 330 ha out of the total 1300Ha are found in Villány, a region that encompasses about 2500 ha of vines. Cabernet Franc DNA parentage Cabernet Franc is supposed to have parent-off -spring links with very old cultivars from Basque Country: Morenoa and Hondarribi Beltza. Where else in Hungary can one find Franc? Not all the Hungarian Franc lies in Villány. As seen above, one can find here only roughly a quarter of the area, with almost 1000 ha planted elsewhere in the country. Neighbouring Szekszard is one of those spots, even though Kadarka is getting classier and Kekfrankos is increasingly making it into the top wines with the “Grand Vin” label including at least 25% of it. Bull’s Blood is also a typically Kekfrankos-led wine. Like in Villány, the Swabian Germans left their footprint here. Eger with its baroque town is a relatively cool climate area on volcanic rhyolite tuff covered by dusky red “nyirok” and brown forest soil. Except for the Eger hill which is based upon limestone. Even though some compare Eger to Burgundy, while others approach it to the Rhône Valley, here one can also find Merlot and Cabernet Franc. Eger remains synonymous to “Bull’s Blood” so most of these varieties find their way into this blend with various proportions, but always based on the almost ubiquitous Kekfrankos As the Franc is getting more and more fashionable, there are possibilities to get it from regions less traditional for Bordeaux grapes. It mainly appears in “Cuvées” or Bordeaux blends, or simply supported by the fluffier, softer Merlot. However, some start producing it as a standalone grape on the Blaton shores, especially the southern bank. Style of the Villány Franc “If you think of Villány, think about Cabernet Franc, and if you think of Franc, think Villány” said Gere Attila’s daughter, Andrea. As mentioned above the Villány Franc is only produced as Premium and Super Premium categories under the Villány DHC, with maximum yields set at 60hl/ha and 35hl/ha, respectively. In addition to the yield restrictions above, that are synonymous with concentration, the “Premium” must spend at least one year in oak, while “Super Premium” must double that with one year in the bottle. We will see further on that few restrict themselves to these minima, pushing the oak maturing to18-24 months. So, does Villány Franc reflect terroir or vinification skills? That is the question… With a happy mix of Pannonian influences and Adriatic- Mediterranean like climate, Villány counts about 2150 hours of sunshine per year. With an ideal situation on the terraced slopes of the Villány Mountains, which protect it from cold northern influence, this special Mediterranean méso-climate also has a peculiar soil consisting of calcareous deposits from the Mesozoic. Dolomite, marls, limestones are covered with a layer of sandy leoss. These calcareous and alkaline soils preserve the acidic character of the wines, while loess deposits add softer layers. Summers are hot and autumns are mild. Slopes range from 140 to 350 m and culminate with the Szársomlyó. In this warm Panonnian region of Villány, Cabernet Franc can easily reach 14-15% of alcohol, tannins are ripen and firmer than elsewhere. The wines are full and the oak maturing helps then become even fuller. The fruit is mostly black, showing blackberry, blackcurrant, and plum, as well as bramble complimented by spices such as paprika, ripe capsicum or balsamic herbs that work well with the spicy character of the oak. Fruit and acidity are always vibrant, while the latter is notably lesser than elsewhere in Europe, the wines feel more velvety and richer, with riper attack, mellower mouth feel and generous style. Hungary wine region map Courtesy of https://tastehungary.com/ French Grape – this gives it certain credibility. Moreover, as Bordeaux and South West Cabernet Franc is mainly blended, while Loire Valley mono-varietal is only a wine geek’s affair, there are few comparisons to be established. For instance, when one tastes a Bordeaux blend, an oaked Chardonnay or a traditional method based on Champagne grapes outside France, people tend to compare to the strong references that are in this case red Bordeaux, white Burgundy and of course Champagne. Niche-product not everybody can put Villány on the world wide wine map and not all Villány is Franc. So once the demand is created, the product can only be a very good, niche wine, that few can have on their table, under privileged conditions. Villány is also lucky to have Gere Attila who is already cult: 7 generations of wine producers, the charismatic Attila and the iconic Kopár making it almost synonymous with Hungarian wine itself…if it weren’t for Tokaj! Mono-varietal Cab Franc with the grape stated on the label –this is both a force in itself, and a possible weakness as the word Cabernet Franc is not stated entirely on the label. Appearing partly on the label (Franc instead of Cabernet Franc) makes it intriguing. When it comes to Bordeaux, nobody thinks of the Cabernet Franc, or see it simply as a complement. In the Loire Valley it is almost impossible to see it on the label. The Villány Franc is supposed to put this “lesser” Cab on the map! Perfect capacity of ripening without the herbaceous character – Cabernet Franc appears in Bordeaux areas mainly on the right bank, where the mighty Cab does not ripen perfectly. It also brings freshness to the soft and creamier Merlot together with herbal signature. However, other than Château Cheval Blanc and few exceptions, Cabernet Franc is there to support not to show off otherwise the result resulting pattern would be too herbal for a Bordeaux wine. In the Loire Valley the global climate change helped it to become herbal rather than herbaceous and even pushed it into a floral, airy area. With the help of new viticulture and winemaking skills, true pyrazine is not an issue anymore except for poor vintages or techniques. With the Villány Franc things change totally. The area crosses Pannonian with Adriatic – Mediterranean influence, resulting in important sunshine, warm summers and long autumns that French may call “été indien”. These together offer the perfect ripening conditions for Franc. As a mid-ripening grape, its maturation here is long and even sometimes pushing it deep into October. Flavours are riper than elsewhere, at least in Europe, fruit is always vibrant and acidity is preserved, while tannins are soft with an elevated level. High alcohol is almost the norm, body is full and the wine is very flattering in its youth, as well as benefiting from a long aging potential. Vinification skills developed to push the Franc to the pinnacle – forget about the former red plonk that was the image of almost all Hungarian Wine with the exception of Tokaj. Maceration- fermentation can take place in the best conditions of temperature control, malolactic fermentation is precise, oak maturing is almost a pastry-chef affair in terms of dosage of oak quality, size, origin, age and seasoning. Excellent aptitude to match Hungarian cuisine – if Loire Valley Cabernet Franc was known as a mid-bodied, soft and vivid red able to be served slightly chilled to compliment cold cuts and fresh water fish, Villány Franc is the serious wine able to stand up to the spiciest, most unctuous and most rustic specialities of the Hungarian gastronomy: gulas, paprikas, venison stew, Saint martin’s goose and even “foie gras” specialities for those who want to change from Tokaj. It can also perfectly match the modern fusion in the classy fine-dining restaurants from Budapest or surprise with classic dishes from the French or international cuisine: Chateaubriand, Rossini tournedos, entrecote à la Bordealise, bisteca à la Fiorentina, T-bone, lamb cuts such as ribs, saddle or leg… it all depends on the style and age, or it is just a matter of taste. Unique selling proposition - It is difficult to find a region elsewhere in the world that produces this full-bodied style of Cab Franc whilst preserving its distinguished aromas. It is also difficult to find another successful grape that tastes like the Villány Franc… Villány Franc, but not only… The late Michael Brodbent once said in 2000 that the Cabernet Franc “came into its element and found its second home in Villány”, but it also grows in other regions in Hungary, showing different faces, expressions and aptitudes. Villány Franc can only be Premium or Super Premium, which can be both a strength and a weakness, as one can see below. The force of the brand stands in the high-level to high-end positioning only using the “Premium” and “Super Premium segments”. That means oak is compulsory, at least one year, doubled by another one in the bottle, for the highest level. However, most of the producers mature it for 18 to 24 months in oak and sometimes brand their 12-month as “Classicus” (which is a DHC Villány but not Villány Franc). Bordeaux grape, with almost Burgundian classification – since the creation of the Villány - Siklós Wine route in 1994, tourists and wine enthusiasts had the chance to rediscover famous terroirs and growth organised like the “climats” – “lieu-dits” from Burgundy: Ahancsos, Bocor, Csillagvölgy, Gombás, Jammertal, Kopár, Mandolás, Ördögárok, Pillangó, Remete…Now they are systematically seen of the most famous labels and in conjunction with the Premium and Super Premium qualifications they are meant to contribute to the “premiumization” of Villány, in the same way as the Royal Grand Crus of Tokaj. Like in Burgundy, their names might indicate historical facts or legends, soil or climate features or can hint to the vegetation surrounding the area. Most of their names had been given by German settlers when they moved here around the 18th century. Jammertal literally means the “Valley of the tears” relating to the Turks’ agony after their defeat. Ördögárok is the “Devil’s hole” while Kopár means the “naked hill”. Like the famous “Montrachet” – “the bald mountain” this is a reference to the shallow soil and lack of vegetation on the top of the Kopár. Mandolás is related to the Almonds trees growing here directly hinting to the Medierranean méso-climate in the same style as Mandelberg in Alsace or the Mandelgarten in Pfalz, both lieu-dits being famous for the mild and warm climate, with specific vegetation. Hungarian wine is mostly synonymous with Tokaj - to give you an example, when I started working on this project I searched importers and distributors in France who sell Villány Franc. Not only do they have no Villány Franc, but red seems almost neglected. With the exception of Gere Attila’s Kopar and one Bikavér, if you are lucky enough to find them, most only hold Tokaj: sweet and mainly from the 2-3 best known produces. In some cases they have Oremus, because they sell Vega Sicilia, or they can provide you Disznòkő as they import Quinta do Noval. It is rare to find a wine merchant in France that has Tokaj due to personal convictions and beliefs (like “Valade&Transandine” selling Demeter Zoltan or “Dionis vins” with Sárospatak for instant…). To sum up there is an issue of weak or limited distribution channels and those that exist mostly propose Tokaj or bull’s Blood! Hungarian language – even though it is a phonetic language, Hungarian is a Finno-Ugric language like Finnish and Estonian. It is thus difficult to compare with wine terms from other groups of languages and the pronunciation is also considered a restraint. Unlike Slavonian languages that are more consonants, Hungarian claims to have not less than 14 vowels as Hugh Johnson tells us in his Pocket Wine Book! Cabernet Franc or Franc is fortunate to be a French grape that people might have heard of. The problem would come from Villány itself for English speakers. Villainy in English means infamous… in Hungarian the word should be pronounced “Villàn”…except when it comes to “Villányi”, where the second “I” is articulated. Few might know that therefore the “Villány Franc” can be close to mockery in the English world. Confusion might also come between the Latin name DHC – “Districtus Hungaricus Controllatus” and the Hungarian translation that also appears on the label: “Védett Eredet Bor” “Villány Franc” the varietal name is simply suggested but few may know it is referring to Cab Franc. In fact few might know exactly where Villány is. There is much work to be done to promote wines from Hungary, beside Tokaji, then to promote Villány, its DHC and eventually explain the concept of Villány Franc… Wine law is both complicated and simplified. There is little communication about “Classicus”, “Premium” and “Super Premium”… The fact that the Villány Franc can only be “Premium” or “Super Premium” excludes the un-oaked categories, so the terroir signature disappears under the winemaking. It is a pity not to include the “Classicus” as a benchmark category. Some produce wines that could access the “Villány Franc” label but classify it only as a DHC Villány Cabernet Franc even if they oak it following the standards of a “Villány Franc”. So they can only mark “Classicus” on the label even though the wine might have some oak signature. Hungary has a very complicated bureaucracy that is also reflected into the wine industry. Many producers craft their wines outside the law, they don’t submit their production to the wine boards anymore. This happens a lot in eastern European countries however, not only in Hungary! Cabernet Franc is actually a quite un-known variety. Many think that people should know about it because it comes from Bordeaux, but there, it is seen like a less important Cab. Few have heard about Loire Valley as Cabernet Franc is rarely stated on the label so people do not particularly know the grape. “Villány Franc” still seems to search the sense of terroir, there is no uniform style for the label and each producer has his or her own signature. Some use oak, others don’t and declassify their Franc into the simple DHC level – “Classicus”. Like in the Austrian DAC system, the style should be imposed and the “Premium” or “Super Premium” should have a more uniform meaning. “Villány Franc” could hence be more consistent in terms of stylistic. Not to mention that Kékfrankos tends to have more sense of the place than that of Cabernet Franc. 2014 “Villány Franc” – a new label intended to promote the region’s flagship grape - the Cabernet Franc and unite the winemakers of the area in a joint effort. This label is also meant to show the world that Cabernet Franc really thrives here and finds itself a second home. Could the Franc become one day the signature red grape for Hungary? Maybe, why not… which means that Villány should become the ambassador of Hungarian red wines, and not only in the Bordeaux blend area. Actually this recurrent comparison between Villány and Bordeaux is getting tiring. Bordeaux with its moderate maritime climate, situated next to large masses of water cannot be compared to the dry, almost Pannonian area of Villány smoothened only by mild Adriatic entries. The Kopár Hill itself means the “Naked Hill” a semi-bald, lightly vegetated terroir of lunar white limestone. DHC Villány – In fact all started with the DHC which is the country’s first, even before the most famous denomination of Hungary which is Tokaj. The DHC encompasses the whole area and not only the Franc, which is both part of the denomination and the “Villány Franc” label. The DHC Villány also has the advantage of being very distinctive owing to the symbol of the “white crocus” easy recognition on the labels. Mono-varietal with the grape on the label – even though the name is not completely written on the label, it is easier to understand that the wine is sourced from Cabernet Franc than for a bottle of Chinon or Bourgueil. UK market stands for an opportunity as a cosmopolitan market crowded with merchants that try to distinguish themselves from the competitors with original selling propositions. MWs writing about the Cabernet Franc many personalities of the wine business including influential MWs keep an eye on the Villány Franc. Since the first Franc&Franc event in 2015 one can notice a real effervescence among MWs such as Elizabeth Gabay and Caroline Gilby, both specialists of eastern European wine countries. Articles, interviews, reviews, tasting notes they are all meant to highlight the new prodigy child of Hungary – the brand new Villány Franc! Loire Valley Cabernet Franc becomes less herbaceous with the global change of the climate: a kind of sleeping beauty of the Loire Valley, the red Cabernet Franc based appellations awake from obscure times with the kiss of new talented winemakers, the global warming and the new sommelier’s trends. Both fresh and ripe, with freshly cut roses scents more than herbal or herbaceous, with riper tannins and more polished textures, wines that can age, that fairly go beyond the infamous green reds from the past, mostly served chilled in old fashioned Parisian brasseries. Economic crisis Covid-19 one cannot much predict yet, but the COVID-19 will certainly have a major impact upon less mature markets, new comers, less established products. Champagne for instance always has a major negative impact during economic crisis but its great experience as a major player on the international market makes it among the first to wake up from crisis. Knowing that during the last years efforts were driven upon the UK market, its wine geeks, MWs and simple curious wine enthusiasts, panic could come from this direction, as the City and the whole Kingdom have suffered heavily from the pandemic. It is now up to the Villány Franc to use the fact that it mainly relies on the inner market (80% of the sales) that as seen below is normally considered as a threat, to get the positive effect out of it. Hungary is among the luckiest nations which controlled the pandemic quite well, with relatively few cases and deaths. It can now securely open to tourists and show their products at the source. The touristic sector is making a lot of effort to attract visitors by offering discounts, proposing free wine tastings, gifts and many other initiatives. Some restrictions generated by the COVID-19 regulations are to be relaxed by August 15th. To be continued… Moldova discovers the Cab Franc – everyone knows the aggressive exporter that is the Republic of Moldova. Whenever they attack a market their plan is always precise with perfect adaptation to the market’s needs. They keep an eye on every single trend and reproduce styles as closely as possible from the stylistic of a New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc to Italian Pinot Grigio or Prossecco copies. With surprising results they then seduce new markets with surrealist price-quality ratios thanks to low labour costs, facilities having high-end technologies and specialists sent abroad to learn and reproduce styles. They recently discovered the Cabernet Franc. Cabernet Sauvignon is not really adapted to their continental climate with the cold weather coming relatively quick in autumn time. So they are seriously thinking of the Franc as the name Cabernet is a good marketing vector. One needs to keep an eye on this competitor. Villány is sold at 80% rate in Hungary, relying on a single market is very risky nowadays. The COVID-19 crisis might affect the inner market and as explained above it is up to the Hungarians to invite potential customers discover the Villány Franc in Hungary hoping that they will fall in love with and take it abroad. Otherwise it is never a good strategy to consider that if the product works very well on the inner market there is no need to explore outside the borders as it will be so forever and ever… Kékfrankos is still the nation’s most widely planted red-grape and is becoming more and more famous as a single variety, also helped by success in Austria where it is known as Blaufränkisch. It is also more suited here in the southern Villány, as it gets riper and fuller, with higher alcohol, more of a black fruit character with blackberry and blueberry than its usual red-fruit style( especially cherry). The grape’s natural acidity is very much appreciated nowadays. People are tired of Bordeaux varieties and seek for original indigenous grapes – that is as simple as “ABC” or “Anything But Cabernet”! And sometimes, the more obscure, the better is regarded, which might explain why people might know Juhfark, Kéknyelű, Hárslevelű better than Hungarian Cabernet Franc! Unique Selling Proposition Villány Franc definitely has the power to become the Hungarian USP, at least on the red wines segment. Please find below my “4Ps marketing mix” – Product, Price, Promotion and Place that could suggest this hypothesis. Cabernet Franc might not be the oldest grape of Hungary, but its history can be traced back far enough and especially as it has a strong link with the French expertise that brought Bordeaux grapes soon after Phylloxera in 1880. While Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot thrive everywhere in the world, not many produce mono-varietal Cabernet Franc. When crafted as a single grape, like in Loire Valley the customer does not specifically know that it is Cabernet Franc, but a precise denomination (e.g. Chinon AC, Bourgueil A.C. etc). The Villány Franc is now ruled by a brand and is part of the Villány DHC which offer strong guarantees to the customer: delimited area, 40 historical growth, adapted varieties among which only Cabernet Franc can access the Villány Franc, different categories depending on oak and bottle maturing. Villány Franc benefits from a “premiumization” process, only the “Premium” - 12 months in oak and “Super Premium” – 12 months in oak and another 12 months in the bottle, categories can pretend to obtain the label. However, the label doesn’t brand it as a strict and very traditional product, but quite a flexible one, with expertise concentrating on different styles of maturing, different oak origins and sizes of the contents and so on. Its style is somehow unique in the small universe of world- wide Cabernet Franc: deep ruby-purple colour, almost opaque, pronounced nose with ripe and concentrated black fruit such as plums, prune, cherries, bramble complimented by spices and fine herbal aromatics, without any herbaceous notes. Spices from the oak signature or hints of oaky aromas can complete the olfactory panel. The palate is dry with ripe attack, full, velvety, with vibrant acidity and ripe, elevated tannins as well as an often high alcohol, intense flavours reminding the nose and long, spicy, savoury finish. It is not advisable to price Villány Franc low, as it would be detrimental to its image and appeal. The pricing is mostly on the mid to high- level with some high-end examples such as the one of Gere Attila. The price segment ranges between 12€ and 29€ on average on the export market. However this still represents a very good quality-price ratio especially combined with the pleasure element in this ratio. The producers’ association joins the efforts of each member to promote the Villány Franc label. The touristic site of the Villány commune also promotes the Villány Franc, highlighting its best craftsmen, their knowhow and the art of pairing this speciality with both local and international food. One can read on the website: “ It is an elegant, rich, long- living, impetuous wine with scented spices, a serious structure, lively, taut acids and smooth tannins: that is with a lovely equilibrium.” The annual “Franc&Franc” event is meant to promote the label. The first was held in 2015 and has taken place every November ever since. The most influential MWs and other specialists bring their expertise to this project in order to understand the challenges the region and the label must surmount to get its sought-after recognition. The speakers are there to help improve the global quality and consistency. Besides Tokaj, Hungarian wine suffers from the image of “Eastern European Plonk” or “cheap Bull’s Blood”. The attendees advise the producer in order to avoid over-ripening, over-extraction, over-oaking, warming alcohol often more than 15% abv., as well as any signs of Brett or oxidation that seemed to be frequent issues over the last decades or so, as Hungarian wine met the Western-European palate. Wine fairs such as Prowein also provide excellent opportunities for promoting the Villány Franc with conferences lectured by the same famous speakers. The impressive growth of the young plantings at the height of 67% also expresses this common will to promote the Franc and fight the supremacy of its country of origin – France. It is obvious that the main aim of all this promotion is to seduce the export market. Villány Franc works quite well on the inner market with 80% of sales concentrated on this segment. Now it is time to attract clients outside the frontiers. Wine enthusiasts from the UK barely know the Villány Franc and is about time to attract them with a Cabernet Franc that does not resemble to any other until yet. There is still work to do and Hungarians should speed before the USA (3rd Cabernet Franc plantings with 7%) and Argentina grab the market shares. Especially the latter that suggest that in few time the varietal could become one of the country’s most important variety second only to the national Malbec. Nobody can contest the French supremacy with 66% of the plantings, but the style is so different. The DOC Friuli Grave and other spots in Northern Italy craft more of this style too: fresh, herbal, lean and mid-bodied. In my opinion Villány Franc situates itself in a kind of New Old World space and the only competitors could come from the American continent. Still, they do not have that historical link that Hungary has with the Franc and that sense of terroir that should be pushed to pinnacle with Villány. There is so much to do on the European market. To sum up, Villány Franc is a distinguished product with unique stylistic and none of the competitors on the market propose this character yet. USA and Argentina might have the possibility to get similar features out of the Cabernet Franc so, Villány Franc should emphasis the sense of place rather than vinification skills. Winemaking is not an issue anymore no matter where in the wine world, so what Villány Franc could do is to reveal more of the terroir. Customer is also very keen on this aspect and that is the promise he or she would expect. Not all Villány is Franc, as it represents around 15-20% of the plantings in the area and not all of it is branded as Villány Franc. Parts of it enter into blends, Bordeaux blends especially. A handful of skilful winemakers craft this rare product and it is a unique chance for me, living in France, to get some bottles, among which are famous names. The pioneers of the area beginning with the forefather Attila Gere: Jozsef Bock, Zoltán Polgár, Ede Tiffán and Pál Debreczeni started thinking how to put Hungarian red wine on the European map. They were soon joined by Christian Sauska, Csaba Malatinszky, Erhard Heumann, Horst Hummel, and Tamás and Zsolt Gere (Attila’s cousin and his son). Among them I could find Villány Franc from the Debreczeni family – Vylyan Winary, Tamás and Zsolt Gere as well as the patriarchs Bock and Gere Attila himself. VILLÁNYI FRANC 2016 VYLYAN WINERY, Premium DHC Villány 13,5% abv. Deep ruby colour, the nose is clean, intense with ripe aromas of black cherry and plums complimented by a delicate oak signature with hints of cocoa and tobacco, a developing wine that still bears a juvenile fruit of a vibrant freshness. Dry, with soft and elegant mouthfeel, the acidity is elevated and fresh, tannins are medium plus to high wrapped by the velvety texture, flavours feel pronounced, both fresh and ripe: black fruit mainly with chocolate and spices tones that linger on the long finish. A very good wine, that can drink now or be enjoyed after further cellaring of around 6-8 years. It will perfectly pair with roasted duck breast, poached cherries in spiced red wine, celeriac purée on the side. VILLANYI FRANC 2015 GERE TAMÁS & ZSOLT WINERY Premium DHC Villány 13,5% abv. Colour shows deep ruby. The wine still in its youth, with lots of black and red berries, bramble, some prune with a touch of spices coming from the oak maturing, a hint of sweet flavoured vanilla, too. The palate is dry, with mellow and ripe attack, acidity is elevated and so are tannins, with a moderate alcohol, perfectly mastered for such a warm vintage, the wine feels, nevertheless full and the texture is silky. Flavours are intense and reflect the same characters as the nose. The finish is long, a bit serious with a firm touch from the tannins, but not austere. I would keep this wine for another 3-4 years to allow tannins to soften, it can drink now with the help of decanting, otherwise potential can go up to 6-7 years plus. Perfect match with slow cooked pork belly, slightly caramelized and served with creamy polenta. VILLANYI CABERNET FRANC 2015 BOCK WINERY Classicus DHC Villány 13,2% abv. This is Cabernet Franc but not “Villany Franc” as the winery had chosen a “Classicus” category with 12 months of large oak maturing. The colour is dark ruby red. The nose is clean, concentrated with black fruits such as prune, black cherry and balsamic herbs. No oak evidence, fruit is ripe, pristine and the wine is started developing with hints of desiccated herbs, faded flowers and almost candied fruit. Palate is dry, acidity is medium plus, tannins are firm and elevated, and the texture is silky, with deep extract. The alcohol is of a moderate feeling, digest for this warm vintage, the body feels quite full, however, with density and the mouthfeel. Ripe black fruit, herbal cents and some paprika on the long finish. Maturity is not yet reached, it can go for another 5-7 years. It needs quite unctuous and fatty dishes with a hint of spiciness, like a paprikas with galusca. VILLÁNYI FRANC 2017 GERE ATTILA WINERY Premium DHC Villany 14% abv. Deep purple colour, bright and lively. The nose is pronounced and expresses blackcurrant, blackberry, Morello cherry, tones of toast, with vanilla, chocolate and oaky spices. Dry with rich and soft attack, the acidity is vivid and tannins elevated, but ripe, soften into the velvety texture. Alcohol is high and generous, contributing to the mouthfeel, the flavours are intense pending between deep and concentrated black fruit and toastiness, with cocoa, coffee, oaky highlights that linger on the long finish. An outstanding full bodied wine, which is so youthful today and needs time to develop, to digest its oak signature. The full development should come after 6-8 years, the wine can age easily more than a decade. Should pair with wild boar fillet glazed with concentrated blackcurrant and red wine reduction, oven backed sweet potatoes. Frankly, reading these few personal tasting notes of Villány Franc should be enough to tempt some wine enthusiasts and seduce them with wines that have lots of personality, both matching Hungarian goodies and International cuisine, with the potential for beautifully aging for a while, offering interesting further development. Very good to outstanding wines, they can stand on any fine dining table next to the most prestigious of the wine world. Hungarian Cabernet Franc is about to find its path. We are only talking about a mere 15 years’ experience with Villány Franc, and the results are already at the cutting edge of technology. Now it is time to understand that besides soil and bedrocks, climate, altitude, aspect, grape variety with all the viticulture and winemaking processes terroir also includes the human element. This should absolutely be there and observe the sum of all the former elements and translate that with the sense of the place, not only his or her own signature. It is then that Franc, Villány Franc will not only be “Premium” or “Super Premium”, but GRAND! Babo, L. von (1844), Der Weinstock und seine Varietäten, Frankfurt, Brönner, Galet, P. 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__label__cc	0.738296	0.261704	Khasab All Destinations Things to do in Oman Things to do in Khasab Khasab Tours Top Khasab Full-day Tours You are viewing Virtual Experiences in Khasab. See more Virtual Experiences around the globe. 🌎 1 Khasab Full-day Tours \| All Khasab Tours Musandam Khasab Day Trip and Dhow Cruise from Dubai The Musandam region, separated from the rest of Oman by the United Arab Emirates, is the northern most part of the Sultanate. The dramatic Musandam peninsula is perhaps one of the most scenically spectacular area in the Gulf. These spectacular fjords have given the area a second name "The Norway of Arabia”. The peninsula is mainly inhabited by the Shihuh, who are fishermen and herdsmen and are probably descended from the original inhabitants of northern Oman. Fishing is the peninsula's main industry with packing plants at al-Khasab and Bay'ah. Transportation is mostly by sea, since no roads cross the forbidding terrain. Musandam - Khasab is very close to United Arab Emirates and easily access able by road for guest from United Arab Emirates. Musandam - Khasab makes it very unique because of Spectacular Fjords, Natural dolphin, Coastal view, Tallest Mountain, Historical Telegraph & Seebi Island, bedouin villages in the Fjords & in the mountains. More Tours in Khasab Things to do near Khasab Things to do in Ras Al Khaimah Things to do in Umm Al Quwain Things to do in Sharjah Things to do in Muscat Things to do in Doha Things to do in Manama Things to do in Kuwait City Things to do in Gujarat Things to do in Rajasthan Things to do in Punjab Things to do in Maharashtra	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line367
__label__wiki	0.857195	0.857195	Coliseum Authority to Get Update on Raiders Lease OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — The Coliseum Authority will meet Friday to get an update on the possibility of whether the Raiders could stay in Oakland another year. Authority executive director Scott McKibben said he will update the board in closed session on where things stand between the Raiders and the Coliseum following a lawsuit filed by the city of Oakland against the team and the NFL last month. No Raiders officials will be present. The Raiders had pulled their $7.5 million lease offer for 2019 off the table following the lawsuit, but owner Mark Davis later said all options remain for where the team will play its final season before moving into a new $1.8 billion, 65,000-seat stadium in Las Vegas in 2020. McKibben said he has been in touch with Raiders president Marc Badain and told him the board is willing to meet after the team has done its due diligence into other sites. The Bay Area News Group reported that the team will meet with the authority, but McKibben said nothing has been scheduled yet. The Raiders have had talks with the San Francisco Giants about sharing their ballpark, could share Levi's Stadium with the 49ers or try to find a stadium in another market. Filed Under: Coliseum Authority, lawsuit filed, lease, levi's stadium, oakland, raiders, san francisco giants Categories: Featured, Football	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line371
__label__wiki	0.531084	0.531084	About The Margin ATM – The Podcast ATM Publishing Shop the Margin Get Across the Margin in your inbox! Subscribe to our NEWSLETTER Film & Television February 25, 2014 July 21, 2014 True Detective Season 1 Episode 6 Deconstructed by: Michael Shields True Detective guides us through a series of “Haunted Houses” en route to its concluding third act….. In the closing moments of True Detective’s sixth episode, “Haunted Houses,” we are presented with a striking and effectual shot of Rust’s broken taillight. Initially, it seemed as just another creative take from a show demonstrating a weekly knack for cinematographic inventiveness. But, the longer you considered the fractured light the more you began to resolve that it had a voice, one that recounted a penetrating tale. It told of an altercation a decade past that ruptured a deteriorating, yet fruitful, partnership. It spoke of angst, passion, and a melodramatic unraveling of epic proportions. It recounted the story of a man on a quest, and another in need of a reminder. A narrative that champions the idea that once damaged, mending is unlikely. And it spoke of a journey, into the past and through a series of dwellings possesed by the demons of prior sins. From encountering Joel Theroit nestled up to a bottle instead of his congregation1, to Terry Guidry’s brokedown palace where the memory of his lost son still haunts his embattled existence and drove his wife to madness. To a mental ward where young Kelly continues to be plagued by the memory of her time with Ledoux and his demonic “giant” cohorts. And unto Tuttle’s plush sanctuary armed with questions about “dead woman and children.” We rattled about like echoes to locales where abominable behavior has led directly to unimaginable pain. And above all, we spent time in the possessed homes of our detectives. One which has become a temple to a robust obsession, awash with the ghosts of missing and lifeless children, remnants of a case deemed solved by the powers that be. And another, devoid of love and trust, now overflowing with bitterness and resentment. This week’s episode was more forthright than the previous two outstanding episodes preceding it, in that it meticulously filled in the holes leading up until present day – Tuttle’s 2010 death, and the suspicious circumstances surrounding it notwithstanding. Much of the episode was spent in chronicling “the human tampon’s” (Hart)2 hideous nature – and it is hard to not wonder why the narrative led us this way3. Cohle’s joke about Marty’s “down payment” to the underage prostitute proved prophetic, and we learned the cost of “a mans game,” exacting “a man’s price.” Slowly, but surely, we have arrived at a place where it is fathomable to expect the unexpected from Hart, and that Cohle, in turn, will go to any length to solve this crime. “Haunted Houses” acquainted us to a name that felt poignant – one Austin Farrar, once accused by Tuttle’s ministry of embezzling from the church4 who later died in an accident. Farrar’s involvement in this scandal remains cryptic, but he does share the name with an 18th century theologian and philosopher (a close friend of Christian apologist C.S. Lewis) who belonged to a group known as “The ‘Metaphysicals,” who believed “that human actions are fully our own but also are the work of God, though perfect, hidden.” An allusion to celestial thought being at the root of our tragedy. It is interesting to consider the unique yet omnipresent code which drives Cohle. “The newspapers are going to be tough on you, and prison is very, very hard on people who hurt kids. If you get the opportunity, you should kill yourself,” he tells a young woman named Charmaine (“The Marshland Medea”) straight-faced and sincere, who was responsible for the deaths of her infant children. Rust’s disgust in humanity, and the evil they are capable of effecting and then justifying is complete5, and thorough rationale for his fixation. Rust is nauseated by Charmaine, and the world as he sees it would revolve just as smoothly without her upon it, but her immorality is a mere drop in the bucket to what he believes he is chasing. Yet it is this same code that makes you wonder about his inability to ward off Maggie’s advances. But this line of thinking ignores the connection between Rust and Maggie scrupulously constructed throughout the season. Maggie, in some way, is the only one that can truly see Cohle for who he is, and she doesn’t just empathize with him – she respects him, and admires that he knows who he is absolutely. And Cohle feels this, is attracted to this adoration, and was, in that moment, amenable to giving Maggie what she needed most – a way out. Woman are treated poorly in True Detective. This idea is indisputable. But instead of this being a prevailing fault of the show, a chink in its otherwise impervious armor, it is rather a component of the comprehensive point about human nature being made. The ills against woman, enacted by those wielding a badge or not, are disparaging flaws. These actions act as character assassinations, allowing us to see the depth of Marty’s illnesses or Reggie Ledoux’s insanity. The world’s gone mad. In fact, its always been. And it is fair, even in this day and age, to affirm that so often women get the short end of the stick. True Detective is a man’s story about a man’s world, where the horrors we bear witness to are the direct result of misogynistic behavior. True Detective knows this, and unrelentlessly thrusts this idea down our throat. The fact that True Detective wades deep into chauvinistic seas, makes it all that much more satisfying when Maggie Hart bites back, and revels in her own “I fucked Ted” moment (a little something for all the Breaking Bad fans out there!). In a moment of extraordinary bravery and desperation, Maggie exploits Hart and Cohle’s complicated relationship and manipulates both men as pawns in her vengeful game. This week’s episode belongs to Maggie, as the lengths she went to rid herself of her unfaithful husband proved both jaw-dropping and effective. She took the power back, for good this time, proving she is, as she claimed, a seasoned veteran in the field of “navigating crude men who thought they were clever.” True Detective had the internet working overtime this past week following episode 5, “The Secret Fate of All Life.” Not since Twin Peaks asked America “Who Killed Laura Palmer?” has a TV show driven viewers into such fevered speculation. Reggie Ledoux’s final words to Cohle about dreams, (“I saw you in my dreams. You’re a priest too.), Carcosa (“You’re in Carcosa now.”), and black stars (“It’s time isn’t it….the black stars.”) gave rise to a fervent escalation in speculation. Theories upon theories of who The Yellow King may be flooded the internet. And with good reason. The references to the fictional play within a collection of short stories (The King in Yellow) are deliberate and pertinent. And they, much like the metafictional work that incites madness and despair to anyone who reads it or who sees it performed, are affecting many of us, as we, ironically, dig in way too deep, stirring within us a frenzy of anticipation and conjecture. The guessing game, fun as it may be, is only one aspect of this drama however. Just one piece of the pie. True to form, it is important to remember the crux of the drama will be about our two heroes. Nic Pizzolatto’s primary interest since day one has been the two main characters and who they are as men. And that idea was on display with vigor this week, as their relationship crumbled before our eyes, and then they ultimately reunite under far different circumstances. Yet, we theorists who have spent the last five weeks barreling down this rabbit hole at warp speed, will presumably have our satisfaction. Cohle has come face to face with the monster. He knows the specifics of the crime scene, recreated for two oblivious investigators, fashioned out of empty Lone Star cans (pictured below). And he is not alone. Hart’s daughter erected the same crime scene in her room, five dolls around its ill-fated prey6. It is justifiable to assume she herself was a victim (This leads to increased speculation about Marty, or possibly his father and law). And so it is likely that by seasons ends we too will be let in on the culprit, the increasingly terrifying “giant” with facial scars and the ominous “Big People.” Fingers crossed anyhow…… The fruit of the discussion between Cohle and Hart will blossom into the finality of the season, the closing two chapters in this all-engrossing and perverted tale. And something tells me we may already be acquainted with our villain. What’s that old saying about the detective’s curse? “Solution was right under my nose, but I was paying attention to the wrong clues.” “All my life I wanted to be nearer to God. The only nearness? Silence.” [↩] Welcome Paul Ben-Victor, who played Vondas in The Wire, to the cast! Paul plays Captain Leroy Salter. It is worth noting that Leroy derives from French for “the king.” [↩] Marty’s daughter drew this. Flower pic from Marty’s bedroom, also can be found at insane asylum. [↩] Remember Joel Theroit’s story about finding the photos of the naked young children – in this sect they shoot the messenger. [↩] “You, these people, this place … you’ll eat your fucking young as long as you have something to salute.” [↩] We must also take a moment here and remember the picture of the five horsemen around a young girl at Dora Lang’s mother’s home. [↩] Episode 6, Haunted Houses, Mike Shields, Recap, True Detective Game of Thrones Season 8, Episode 6 Deconstructed Welcome To The Party Pal — Ted Lasso WTTPP Podcast — The Women of Action Game of Thrones Season 5, Deconstructed Time is Illmatic Mad Men Season 6 Episode 9 Deconstructed Previous articleGuardians of the Galaxy: a primer Next articleTwenty Years Later – Beck’s Mellow Gold Lindsay Hanners says: Can you imagine how many troopers have pulled him over for that busted taillight? Across the Margin says: Funny Lindsay – that certainly crossed my mind. Troopers don’t take kindly to rear tail light malfunctions of any kind – and it has been some time he has been driving around like that. But something tells me Rust easily talked himself out of tickets each and every time! Sign me up for Across the Margin's newsletter! ‘Escape From Camp 14’ Reviewed Across the Margin is a home for writers and wordsmiths, those who revere honesty and idolize wordplay.... 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__label__wiki	0.699409	0.699409	← 2020 Acura RDX Hits Dealerships Acura NSX GT3 Evo Teams Continue Pro/Am Win Streaks → Acura Team Penske Repeats at Mid-Ohio Juan Pablo Montoya and Dane Cameron win the Acura Sports Car Challenge Second consecutive Mid-Ohio victory for Acura Team Penske Trent Hindman, Mario Farnbacher take GTD championship lead with second-place finish LEXINGTON, Ohio – Acura Team Penske remains undefeated at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, successfully defending its inaugural IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship win from 2018 as Dane Cameron and Juan Pablo Montoya combined to win Sunday’s Acura Sports Car Challenge. In GTD, the Meyer Shank Racing pairing of Trent Hindman and Mario Farnbacher contended for the class win in their Acura NSX GT3 Evo throughout the two hour, 40-minute contest, and took over the Drivers’ Championship points lead with a second-place finish. Acura Team Penske After two days of rain and unseasonably cool temperatures, the sun finally came out on race day as a 36-car field took the green flag at Mid-Ohio. While front-row starter Helio Castroneves fell victim to contact with a pair of prototypes on the opening lap, damaging the bodywork of his #7 Acura ARX-05, teammate Dane Cameron took his #6 Acura up to second. After shadowing early race leader Oliver Jarvis for the first 10 minutes, Cameron took the lead with a clean pass into the first turn, and continued at the front of the field until handing the driving duties over to Juan Pablo Montoya during the first round of pit stops. Montoya fell back behind Jarvis during his opening stint, but regained the advantage as the race reached its midpoint. Montoya then controlled the second half of the contest, taking the checkers by a margin of 2.02 seconds. Castroneves ran the remainder of his driving stint with a damaged nose and right side bodywork before handing off to Ricky Taylor at his first pit stop. The Acura Team Penske crew quickly fitted a fresh nose section, and Taylor persevered to a fifth-place finish. Today’s win moves Acura within four points of Cadillac in the DPi Manufacturers’ Championship after four of 10 races. Castroneves and Taylor remain second in the Drivers’ Championship, also four points out of first, with Montoya and Cameron unofficially ranked fourth. Meyer Shank Racing Acura NSX GT3 Evo In GTD, Mario Farnbacher and Trent Hindman took over the class championship points lead with a second-place finish today in their #86 Meyer Shank Racing Acura NSX GT3 Evo. Starting driver Hindman led early, as did Farnbacher during the middle portion of the contest. A charging Jack Hawksworth passed Farnbacher in the final 20 minutes and, while Farnbacher continued to challenge for the class win to the finish, he fell just over a half-second short at the finish. Teammate Christina Nielsen also had a strong start in the #57 Acura NSX, moving into fourth place in the opening laps and surviving contact from a competitor that resulted in right-side damage. Taking over the car in fifth place, co-driver Katherine Legge continued to run in the lead group, despite a brief off-course excursion in the second hour. Late in the race, the Acura stalled on course, and Legge lost a lap and fell to 12th in class while re-firing the NSX. She was able to regain two positions in the closing 30 minutes, and finished 10th in GTD. The Motor City of Detroit is the next stop in the 2019 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, for the Detroit Grand Prix Presented by Lear. The 100-minute contest, one of two “sprint races” on the IMSA calendar, takes place June 1 on the tight and bumpy Belle Isle Park temporary street circuit, with live television coverage on the NBC Sports network. Social media content and video links from this weekend’s Acura Sports Car Challenge at Mid-Ohio are available on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/HondaRacingHPD) and Twitter (https://twitter.com/HondaRacing_HPD) channels. Produced by the Carolinas Production Group, YouTube video packages can be found at: https://www.youtube.com/HondaRacingHPDTV. Matt Niles (Principal engineer, HPD Acura DPi program) on this weekend’s race win: “It’s great to win again at Mid-Ohio, and for the #6 car to get its first DPi victory. Dane [Cameron] and Juan Pablo [Montoya] and the entire #6 team were nearly letter-perfect all weekend. We’ve closed in on the Manufacturers’ Championship lead, now only four points behind, and the Drivers’ Championship is tightening up as well. I think we’re well positioned to challenge for both titles this year.” Ted Klaus (President, Honda Performance Development) on today’s race: “In addition to our overall win, our partners at Meyer Shank Racing produced another strong result today, challenging for the GTD victory throughout the race and taking the championship lead with the second-place finish for Mario Farnbacher and Trent Hindman. Acura has a huge presence in central Ohio, and MSR is also based nearby. While a win would’ve been outstanding, we’re in the thick of the GTD championship battle, in addition to DPi.” Juan Pablo Montoya (driver, #6 Acura Team Penske ARX-05) finished first: “Dane [Cameron, starting driver] did an amazing job in qualifying and at the beginning of the race. We had a great strategy, saved a bit of fuel, and had good stop[s] and good ‘in’ and ‘out’ laps.” Trent Hindman (driver, #86 Meyer Shank Racing Acura NSX GT3 Evo) finished second: “I think, after qualifying yesterday, if you’d said we would finish second today, we would’ve jumped at that deal. We ended up fighting for the win the entire race! That [result] was a testament to the Meyer Shank Racing guys and our Acura NSX. The car was absolutely phenomenal, especially In the wildly unexpected conditions we had today [sunshine and mild temperatures after three days of rain]. No one really knew what to do in terms of setup. These Meyer Shank Racing guys hit it perfectly today. The car was perfect, the strategy was perfect and we came out of it leading the championship. Hats off to my co-driver Mario [Farnbacher] for one hell of a drive today.” IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Acura Sports Car Challenge at Mid-Ohio Circuit: Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course (2.258-mile road course) Lexington, Ohio. Weather: Sunny, mild, 62 degrees F Top Six & Acura Prototype Race Results Ps. Class Drivers Team Chassis Laps/Notes 1. Prototype Juan Pablo Montoya/Dane Cameron Acura Team Penske Acura ARX-05 123 laps 2. Prototype Tristan Nunez / Oliver Jarvis Mazda Team Joest Mazda RT24-P +2.02 seconds 3. Prototype Ryan Hunter-Reay / Jonathan Bomarito Mazda Team Joest Mazda RT24-P 4. Prototype Felipe Nasr / Pipo Derani Action Express Cadillac DPi VR 5. Prototype Helio Castroneves / Ricky Taylor Acura Team Penske Acura ARX-05 6. Prototype Renger Van Der Zande/Jordan Taylor Wayne Taylor Racing Cadillac DPi VR Top Six, Acura GTD Results 1. GTD Jack Hawksworth / Richard Heistand AIM Vasser-Sullivan Lexus RC F GT3 114 laps 2. GTD Mario Farnbacher / Trent Hindman Meyer Shank Racing Acura NSX GT3 Evo +0.598 seconds 3. GTD Bryan Sellers / Ryan Hardwick Paul Miller Racing Lamborghini Huracan 4. GTD Patrick Long / Marco Seefried Park Place Mtrspts Porsche 911 GT3-R 5. GTD Townsend Bell / Frank Montecalvo AIM Vasser-Sullivan Lexus RC F GT3 6. GTD Alex Riberas / Wayne Hardeman Moorespeed Audi R8 LMS GT3 10. GTD Katherine Legge / Christina Nielsen Meyer Shank Racing Acura NSX GT3 112 laps – running [Source: Acura] Posted in: Acura Motorsports \| Tags: Acura ARX \| Comment	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line373
__label__wiki	0.891416	0.891416	Salesforce is set to buy data visualization company Tableau The agreement is an all-stock deal valued at $15.3 billion—Salesforce’s largest deal to date Published on June 10, 2019. Apple to cut App Store fees in half for most developers Pedestrians pass in front of the Salesforce Tower in New York, U.S., on Thursday, May 30, 2019. Credit: Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg Salesforce.com Inc., which makes America’s dominant sales-tracking software, agreed to buy Tableau Software Inc. in an all-stock deal valued at $15.3 billion that it said will help give customers more ways to analyze data. The takeover will mark Salesforce’s largest deal to date, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. Co-Chief Executive Officers Marc Benioff and Keith Block have been chasing new markets to reach an annual revenue goal of as much as $28 billion by fiscal 2023. Benioff has helped Salesforce increase revenue at a rapid clip by acquiring more than 60 companies in 20 years. “Tableau helps people see and understand data, and Salesforce helps people engage and understand customers,” Benioff said in a statement Monday. “It’s truly the best of both worlds for our customers.” Tableau will remain headquartered in Seattle and will continue to be led by CEO Adam Selipsky, a former Amazon.com Inc. executive who has been transitioning Tableau’s software tools to cloud-based subscriptions. With Tableau, Salesforce will be able to help companies tap into data they have, make smarter decisions and boost innovation. IDC projects worldwide spending on technologies and services that enable digital transformation to reach almost $2 trillion in 2022, according to the statement. Tableau software quickly turns raw data into easily understandable dashboards and charts. The company has been broadening its product line to include data cleanup and machine learning tools, enabling it to compete in the wider data-warehousing business. It has more than 86,000 customers, including Verizon Communications Inc. and Netflix Inc. The deal comes after Alphabet Inc.’s Google agreed to buy Looker Data Sciences Inc. for $2.6 billion last week, a move to expand Google’s offerings for managing data in the cloud. Merger Monday Each share of Tableau Class A and Class B common stock will be exchanged for 1.103 shares of Salesforce common stock, the companies said. The deal price represents premium of 42 percent to Tableau’s closing price on Friday. Salesforce shares were down 4.4 percent in early trading in New York while Tableau gained 34 percent. San Francisco-based Salesforce sees the deal cutting its full year adjusted earnings per share outlook by 37 cents to 39 cents to $2.51 to $2.53 a share. Bank of America Merrill Lynch is serving as exclusive financial adviser to Salesforce and Goldman Sachs is serving as exclusive financial adviser to Tableau. The deal is expected to close during Salesforce’s fiscal third quarter ending Oct. 31. Facebook, Twitter CEOs to face Republicans furious about Trump loss Brian Lesser, former CEO of AT&T's Xandr ad unit, joins InfoSum board A leaked pitch deck reveals how TikTok is trying to woo brands Podcast ad blockers are here, but industry shouldn't fret—yet Weed-tech startup raises $16 million Google’s elite hacking team reveals an untimely bug in the iPhone Apple announces a Sept. 10 launch event to unveil the latest iPhones	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line375
__label__cc	0.688678	0.311322	Menu2020-12-03T14:34:31+00:00 Faretra – Smart contracts Faretra opens the way towards a new conception of multidimensional IT systems, offering easy-to-program white label smart-apps designed to help companies enter a new digital era of blockchain applications. Discover them all, in the menu Faretra – Smart contracts. Smart contract that can be installed within your App Faretra’s fully customisable white-label smart apps can be embedded directly into existing apps and workflows, making it the fastest way to bring the added security and trust of the blockchain into your business. Action represents the first real alternative to the giants of online sales. With this module, e-commerce sites have all the simplicity and efficiency of professionally designed user experiences with a substantial reduction in commissions. Be-Live enhances the interaction with users of your App, delivering content through innovative competition-based mechanisms backed by the blockchain. Ideal for highly engaging Information-Play-Win processes, Be-Live makes any content more effective, direct and interactive. CO-TRUST8 Co-Trust8 is the tracking protocol that securely records and stores information relating to deterministic actions in a track record history, such as: monitoring, loading and unloading, generation or destruction of assets, allocations, ticket offices and access controls. The system also delivers reports on the scans, types of users and the geolocation of the interactions, offering a guarantee of quality to the consumer and, at the same time, protecting the manufacturer from counterfeiting. E-Vote is the voting system running on the T.R.I.N.C.I. blockchain and designed to solve all the problems related to the most common systems vote. The enhanced technological security protocols combined with the absolute certainty of individual identity as well as the identity/vote decoupling, guarantee maximum inviolability and transparency, drastically reducing timing and management costs. Do you need help? Contact us. Our experts are at your disposal to provide you with all the information you want. Choose the contact method that suits you best. For more information on Affidaty S.p.A., on the proposed Hardware & Software solutions and blockchain applications, please fill out the dedicated contact form. Affidaty Values Ethics and Sustainability Affidaty S.p.A, © Copyright 2016 – 2020 \| P.IVA IT 06641600488 \| All rights reserved.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line377
__label__cc	0.66772	0.33228	Displaying items by tag: Round the Island Take the Isle of Man Ferry On A 'Round the Island' Cruise #FerryNews - What about taking a novel excursion this summer as the Isle of Man Steam Packet offer the popular annual 'Round the Island' cruise this month, bringing an opportunity to take in the spectacular Manx coastline. The Steam-Packet which makes the Isle of Man easily accessible with routes from Dublin, Belfast, Heysham and Liverpool, will operate Ben-My-Chree on the evening cruise this month on Saturday, 23 June. The cruise taking around 4 hours to circumnavigate the largest island in the heart of the Irish Sea, departs the Manx capital, Douglas (at 7pm). Among the cruise's coastal attractions is the Calf of Man, a 250 hectare island separated from the mainland by the narrow waters of Calf Sound. At Peel is the Viking constructed 11th century Peel Castle perched on St. Patrick's Isle that is connected to the harbour town by a causeway. In addition the many offshore views of rural landscapes and on stretches rising steeply to mountainous terrain leading to the interior. The island's highest peak, Snaefell is 2,037 feet (620.9 m) above sea level from where the island's only other commercial port is Ramsey. So come on board the recently overhauled, Ben-My-Chree, from where you can soak up the stunning rugged coastline while enjoying a meal which is included in the fare, costing just £28.00 for adults. Fares for children are £15, again inclusive of a main meal, drink (non-alcoholic) and ice cream. During the cruise, the bar will not be open during the sailing as the vessel is not licensed to sell alcohol while cruising within Manx waters. If you would like to enjoy an alcoholic beverage with your meal the operator says that you can bring your own (BYO) only for this sailing. To make a booking please call the operator's Reservations Team on 661661 (IOM), 08722 992 992* (UK) or 0044 8722 992 992* (ROI & Outside UK). Telephone Opening Hours: Monday to Friday 0830-1800 Saturday and Sunday 0900-1800 In addition bookings can be made at the Ferry Travel Shop, Sea Terminal, Douglas. Published in Ferry Ten Good Reasons to Sail Lasers in Howth Ireland's biggest Laser sailing dinghy series starts in over a week and organiser Dave Quinn has been in touch with ten good reasons to race in the 2010 Howth Laser Frostbite series on Sunday 31st October. We're sure there's many more but here's Dave's top ten: 1) This is the biggest series in Ireland, typically with over 50 entries 2) Howth welcome - great pre and post race social atmosphere in club. 3) Great Racing - Two short races per day, in open water just outside the harbour with committee boat starts. Great way to work on your helming and tactics over the winter. 4) Mix of competition - Sailors range from top 5 ranked sailors all the way through to beginners and casual racers. Ages range from 15-65. 5) Laser Round the Island and Lunch - A legendary, not to be missed end of season race, and party in March. 6) Great value - €4 per race, which covers the lunch in March also! 7) Free boat parking - entry fee also covers parking your boat in Howth the the full winter. 8) Dedicated race course - No other classes racing. Mix of windward leeward and triangle courses. 9) Full Rig, Radial and 4.7 fleets all supported 10) Friendly advice, guidance and help make it a great introduction to dinghy racing Enter online at www.hyc.ie. For enquiries contact David Quinn 086 2835671 Howth Yacht Club Dave Quinn Full Rig dinghy racing Comm Cuppers Round Island, not Ireland Two of the three boats in Ireland's Commodore's Cup team are booked in for the annual Round the Island race in the Solent on June 19. The race, which already boasts 1,200 entries, kicks off the day before the Round Ireland, which is struggling to make the 20-entry mark at present. Anthony O'Leary's Antix and the new Crosshaven-based Corby, Roxy 6 appear in the 399-boat IRC lineup. Racing 50 miles around the Isle of Wight will no doubt be beneficial for the teams aboard both boats ahead of August's Commodore's Cup, and six Irish boats feature in the IRC section. However, the clash calls into question the timing of the Round Ireland. With the Round the Island, the single most popular sailing event in the British Isles every year, taking place on the solstice weekend, the Round Ireland puts itself at a serious disadvantage in seeking entries at that time. The chance of tempting boats up from the Solent is lessened, when skippers are faced with a shorter, cheaper and more sociable event at home. And with the Solent a similar distance from Cork, It's no surprise that two of the top boats in Ireland, both based in Cork, have decided to use it as a training event for the Commodore's Cup. Insiders have already grumbled that this point is one Wicklow needs to address going into the next Round Ireland cycle. Share your thoughts on Afloat.ie's forum. Published in RORC RORC Round Ireland Yacht Race	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line379

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